Celebrating Me

just now, i asked my dad to help solve a tricky logarithm question. and my dad solved it in about 10 minutes. T_T i know 10 minutes maybe long for those super duper genuises in my class. but mind you, my dad hasn’t been solving logarithms for more than 30 years already k? and i took like the whole friggin’ afternoon attempting to solve it. funny part was, my dad was so jubilant when he managed to solve it. waving his hands up in the air and all. lol…anyway, good work papa *pats back*

anyway, how i wanna know can use calculator? the question asked to state in terms of a wat.

moral of the story. my dad’s a genuis. haha. no la. actually yes la, but that’s not the moral of the story. moral of the story is, teaching methods last time are like 10 times more effective than today’s. and what was thaught a few decades ago can still be recalled back. in addition, students those days hardly even go to tuition. now how can you explain that? students these days sekadar menghafal only.

you have to understand the topic. and to understand, you have to paste your butt on the chair, grit your teeth and crack your brains like never before. but once you finally get the idea, its liberating indeed. and solving problems related to it, however way its twisted, is peanuts. everything goes back to the main idea. ish. talk like im expert only. but hey, its true k?

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changing the topic abruptly. =)

“distance makes the heart grow fonder.”

how true does this statement hold? personally, i think it does for a certain period of time. but me, being the restless type and having a short attention span doesn’t help at all.

distance does pull people together. not only couples, but family and friends too. but i think for a long distance relationship to work out, 2 people should be really, really in love with one another and have enough trust towards each other. long-distance relationships are tough indeed, especially when you’re not sure when you’re gonna meet. but it’ll all be worth while once you finally get to meet him or her. distance makes you appreciate them more.

i find many couples, who see each other, everyday squabble over small insignificant things. they take forgranted what its like to be in the absence of one another. so yes, i believe distance helps unless you’re tolerable enough towards your counterpart.

but, i’m not saying to hold out for your boyfriend you’re not sure you’re ever going to meet. yes, cases in which couples are separated and to meet each other would mean waiting for years, do exist. if that’s the case, just get over him and find other guys. seriously. im not being mean or anything, its just common sense.especially if you’re still young.

-end of story-

sorry, i ran out of brain juice in the middle of it.

anyways, SPM IS 39 DAYS AWAY! am i suppose to cry or laugh?

see? blog some more la. ish.

selamat hari raya to all my malay friends!!

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bibi baba bibi baba

actually for this post i wanted to write about popularity, but to write about this topic, must get super emo first. but im not super emo today. so that topic’s for another day when im super emo. =)

then i wanted to write about my day, which is like superbly borrriiinngg. actually not boring la. but then after this sentence “mummy and i made kuih dadar” i kena writer’s block.

so now im changing subjects. i’ll be exposing one of my deepest secrets!! jeng jeng jeng jeng…

i like kacau-ing small girls!!! *beams* small girls are so kacau-able. like you can make fun of them, then poke them and then run away. you can also pull their hair and talk baby language to them and teach them bad words they don’t understand. some more you can ask them to say those words to other people. and if they try to disturb you, you can tarok them in a basket. but the basket must be big enough so that they can’t come out. the possibilities are endless!! so fun right?

best thing is small girls are not restricted by their age. but the problem is older small girls are smarter. so your kacau-ing methods are restricted. but still fun leh.

oh no. im listening to enrique-escape and its like getting me super emo. sigh.

anyway ah. uhm. i just wanna know. what’s your first impression on me. like why do my school friends call me gentle. another one of my friends first impression on me is that im cool. another friend thought i was lala. 

okay, i seriously don’t think i’m gentle or cool or LALA, definitely not lala. please not lala la. im not lala laaa. tat would be last thing i’ll be. and i don’t want to be cool. cool are for boys. and im not gentle la wei. im clumsy.

wait, i forgot more first impressions of me. some say im jovial n cheerful. some say i look serious. serious ur head la. im only serious when playing chess and when scolding my baby sister and my cat. and my brothers. some didnt have any first impressions on me. so question is, im totally clueless wei. what am i?

kayyy. drop me comments hor?

bye ya

woooohooooo…! TRIALS ARE FINALLY OVEERRRR!!!

it feels like this fuzzy haze cleared off my mind. No more eating while studying, no more studying in the toilet (ooops) and no more feeling-guilty-surfing-the-net.

although i know i TOTALLY flunked my ADD MATHS. 😦 😦 😦 sighhh….worse part is, i know i’m able to solve the problems but during exams my brain goes hay wire. and like, i just solved a question just now which i did not manage to solve during the exam. 0.o

never mind. past is past. so next week is the hari raya holidays. yipee!!! i am so not gonna study for the next few days. ok, mayb i’ll do a bit of light reading. hee. but i HAVE to get some rest. 3 weeks of exams especially when the last week is the toughest is no joke.

i’m gonna spend the holidays doing simple but fun stuff, stuff i was forced to give up during exams. Play badminton, laze around, hang out with friends, go to pasar malams, catch up with my old school friends, and EAT! …and workout for half an hour after that…

oh yay! i’m playing badminton tomorrow!

yesterday, family and i attended a special ceremony held by the Sri Rama temple in kampar. in conjunction to Rama’s birthday, the temple would hold this ceremony every saturday for a month.

we arrived at the temple late in the morning and ate free breakfast there. before we even got there, swamis were already performing the “yajna”, a ritual to sanctify the place and to confer blessings. in the olden times, yajna was actually a sacrificial ritual to appease the gods by sacrificing livestock. but these days, swamis use ghee, sandalwood and other types of herbs accompanied by mantras. anyway, temples are now all vegetarian.

after that, the men carried “kumbum”. i don’t know wether its really called “kumbum” or not. my family calls it that, so i also call it that la. its a container containing coconut water, adorned with fruits and wrapped with bright coloured cloth. then the men would walk around the temple with the ladies and children following behind.

then comes the fun part. after completing a full circle around the temple, good spirits start entering people’s body and they start going into a trance. not everybody goes into a trance though. only those few regulars witha  strong body and mind, i suppose, go into a trance. my dad said these people who go into a trance are actually reliving the time where rama’s army crossed over the bridge after winning the war against ravana and rescuing sita.

oh ya, “3”, my friend with a weird name was there too with some of his other friends from different schools. after the trance, family and i bought some things at the temple and then went back home.

in the afternoon, we went to the temple again for lunch. i mean got free food sure go la. this time i saw rohan there. first ever time seeing him attend a temple. i don’t think these guys go to the temple to pray. they go just to lepak only. lol. oh ya, anish, a guy they keep talking about in school was there too. i think i saw him although i’m not sure wether it was him.

and then aghaliya was there too. in school, aghaliya’s all wild and loud but with her family she speaks ever so softly. like xiao jie only. haha. but very sweet la.

after reaching home, i chatted on msn for so many hours! my god. there goes my revision time for chemistry. it was all good though.

anyway, tomorrow i’ve got physics but i feel so sleepy now. *yaawwwnnnnssss* 4 more dayss to habis-ing trials…… wish me luck! =)

i’m off to bathe and doze off, albeit now only being 5: 50 pm.

nah, kay lynn. update for you wan ah…hahahaha.

woooohooo…first time i actually sat through a politic press conference this afternoon! by anwar of course. actually i don’t mind being a politician if i fail to become a superstar. *innocent look*politicians are pretty darn famous too. =)

anyway, tomorrow i’ve got BIOLOGY. aaaaaaahhhhh!!
next week i’ve got physics and chemistry and add maths. AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
3 of my toughest subjects in 4 days.. T_T

alright. i’m off to study. i just talked myself into studying.

okay…im not suppose to be blogging now cuz trials are going on…but wat the heck la…

briefly, trials were okay…toughest was the sejarah paper. but worst is yet to come! just a fact, a fact i’ve repeated many times, i’ve never gotten an A1 for physics, add maths and chemistry =( ..sigh.. truth is, i’ve never actually studied really hard for them. either cuz i’m too lazy or too busy……or too lazy. yup, lazy.

but i really really want to fare better in those 3 subjects!! boohoo…that’s why i have to study my butt off for trials lo…but getting straight As is so not gonna happen, cuz i’ve blown my sejarah paper…no turning back. =(

on another note, our country is going through periods of turmoil. all i know is all this political drama is utterly ridiculous. i mean, they are ADULTS for goodness sake. and, and, and that ismail guy who openly said that the chinese are something like squatters?? shouldn’t he be detained rather than that poor reporter instead? poor thing…politicians shouldn’t be immune to the police. something is very wrong with the system,  thats all i can say. anyway, come sept 16, let’s see what’s gonna happen. i’m secretly hoping something big will happen though 😉

actually i’m pretty tired of talking about politics. cuz that’s all my class talks about everyday other than trials.

anyway im craving for OREO mooncakes!! *salivating*

gotta go!

trials are 2 days away!! make that 1 and 1/4 days away!! im excited in a scared, worried, tensed up kind of way. and yesterday, kacsian’s received the official spm schedule. i like it. i mean the booklet and the whole spm atmosphere. so professional la the way the booklet is done up. it’s like this grand competition coming up. weeee…!!

i sound so lame.

but think of it this way. spm is like this really grand portal where all 17 year olds have to go through to be divided into respective dimensions. so cool right?! i can’t believe that i’m actually leaving high school this year.

just imagine. we’ve been schooling for 11 years. and now we’re pushed through this door to the “real” place. i remember when i was 9 or 10 years old, i watched from dad’s car, high school kids holding really “thick” books. at that time i dreaded thinking how i’d survive in high school. i thought high school was really some kind of high level institution where i wouldn’t be able to grasp a single thing.

looking back, i was just an innocent little girl. and now im on the brink of leaving this “high level institution” to go to a really-high-dreadfully-tough-institution. seriously. even getting a pass there would mean lots to people. but who knows, 10 years down the road, i’d be laughing at my current self now.

i’ve gained lots of experience all through my 11 schooling years. some good, some bad but nevertheless its built me to who i am today.

going back to reality, i haven’t even finished trials! gawd…

that’s for now till trials are over. wish me luck! 😉

1. i’m not allergic to anything.
2. i don’t have any phobias.
3. i like whacking people.
4. i laugh at my own jokes when nobody laughs at them.
5. i’m a vegetarian.
6. i went to kindergarden for 3 months only, and i’m proud of that.
7. my chinese intonation is so bad it may get me into trouble one day.
8. i love my parents cuz they’re unique.
9. i think super complicated-ly when it comes to add maths…and physics…and chemistry.
10. i did gymnastics when i was 12.

national service list came out a few days ago. guess what? im in!

i used to fear getting chosen for ns but dad gave me a pep talk early this year and pulled me outta my ns fear. if not, i’d be kicking and screaming and seriously thinking about brandshing whoever’s in charge of ns. right now, im not really estatic about going nor am i scared outta my wits. all that’s on my mind is spm.

anyway, i just read a few blogs of my old school friends and it seems that they didnt get chosen for ns. apparently, they seem very very very delighted of not getting chosen. see what newspaper reports do to people these days.

basically, its stapled in everybody’s mind that you’ll get killed at ns. but one thing you should know is that 70% of what’s reported in newspapers these days are bad news. accidents, murders, politic squabbles, deaths. and its no different with what’s reported about ns. so its no wonder why more and more people are terrified of going to ns.

but lemme ask you one thing. what actually is the probability of getting killed there? if you’re situated in a really lousy camp and hang out with wrong company and say the wrong things at the wrong time and not take care of your health, then yeah, maybe you’ll get into trouble. i’d say the chances of getting killed is pretty darn slim.

have you ever thought about the other side of the story? what you might gain there? i personally think 3 months is way too short to completely chip away racism among all of us. (im not racist k?) but still, you’ll make new friends and participate in fun activities and for some, build more confidence and lead a healthier life style. im sure some pampered fat kids will definitely cut down on the so called bleak food there as its not rich enought to satisfy their classy appetite.

 if you’re healthy, mix around with the right people and watch what you say, you’ll be fine. and there are lots of stories where kids return home from ns with happy unforgettable moments. friendships are built and experiences are gained.

another good thing is, if everything goes well, i’ll be shedding kilos there! =) but the drawback is, i might get darker. you can’t have everything right?

so don’t fret if you get chosen. at the end of the day, it all comes down to how you view it. if you’re optimistic enough, you’ll see it as an oppurtunity to have a time of your life…without parents 😉