Badminton Competition (Category: Under 20)

It sounds so professional. Anyway, this is an interclass badminton competition held among form 6 students of SMJK Nan Hwa. Some of us do have a reasonable level of knowledge about badminton and hence plays quite well but then... whatever, the most important reasons that this activity is held is to provide students a good experience of co-curricular activities and to have fun.

We have been divided into three groups: One lead by Fishball, another by Kitty and the last is by YS, and I have been arranged into Kitty's group. The competition were held one week ago, that is, 24th March, tie with Ciao's birthday.

Luck was not at our side, I think.

Kitty has got shoulder pain and slice under his foot, while Jialing went to Genting Highland at that day. Originally Kitty already been arranged to play two games, single and mixed double, despite his injuries, he still needed to participate in both. And Silly then replaced Jialing as his partner in double.

Sincerely, I really don't play that well. However, to lose 4 rounds in a row is "not an easy" job. That was what happened that made me felt quite sorry for my team. Perhaps I should practice before with my partner,  but however I hadn't got the chance. So instead of contributing directly, I can only cheer for other team members so they could perform better.

I guessed wrongly. There was still hope.

We managed to get 3 points from women's double, Seah Hui and Huey Chee, 3 points from men's single and another 3 points from mixed double, contributed by Kitty for the first and workout with Silly for the latter, 2 points from women's double of Silly and Husin, and last but not least, 4 points from men's double, KR and Bin. Each point is accumulated when one round is won. A total of 15 points we collected, and we got 2nd in the competition. 1 points behind the first.

Too bad, it seems I was not contributing anything. Hope there will be another chance for me to participate in badminton competition.

SPM 2011 Result

21 March 2012, undoubtedly a special day for generally all SPM-ers of batch 2011, the day when they will face their past in black and white and to be shown a gleam of their destiny. Personally I had never faced such situation, I was going to enter Form 6 anyway, but still, to receive the paper that resembles a qualitative measure of preparation you have for exam makes my feet shivering.

So, I guess you guys were excited for the day.

Congratulation to Aik Yin Chien, Chan Hao Jie and Samuel Ong Kuo Xian who have been the first to get A+ for Chinese Language. It has been 2 years that no one managed to get A+, and more and more students are getting hunger for A+ in that subject, by then they could have a beautiful slip of straight A+. I do thought is there anyone getting straight A+ this year, but then...

3 A+ for Chinese Language, but only 1 2 A+ for Malay Language and none for Moral Studies? Weird.

But then I congratulates those who got satisfactory result. Below are those who got 8A+ and above (If I do not make any mistake here):

1. Chan Hao Jie (9A+, 1A, 1A-)

2. Samuel Ong Kuo Xian (9A+ 1A 1B+)

3. Aik Yin Chien (8A+ 2A 1A-)
4. Lee Ming Yong (8A+ 2A 1A-)

5. Ong Chuan Ming (8A+ 1A 2A-)

At the end, I would like to tell you that after all the slip should not be bothering what you want to do in your future, although it does give little effects. Every route is connected to Rome, try not to be too disappointed if couldn't get the result you want, and then, perhaps the choice of pre-university you want. If you have got credit for Malay Language or three out of four science subjects (Additional Mathematics or Physics, Chemistry, Biology), Form 6 (Science Stream) is always waiting for you. The system of Form 6 will change to modular system this year, but what you will be going to study should be almost the same as what we did now, just that you will have a number of coursework and three major exams.

Good luck for your future.

STPM 2011 Result

By the way, it does not concern about my result, which will only be known about one year later... however I am quite concern about the academic results of our school.

First of all, I would like to congratulate SMJK Nan Hwa for achieving 1st place in Manjung District and 2nd place in Perak state. My past knowledge told me that we never achieved 2nd place in Perak state, and the year 2011 has broken the record.

Secondly, I would like to congratulate to quite a number of STPM candidates whom had got good result, especially those who got 4A's, including 4-flat, that has not occurred in our school since 2008. They are Lee Hong Choun (4A), Tan Chuan Cheuan (4A) and Heng Hwa Mei (3A 1A-). Once again, congratulation for your astounding achievements!

Last but not least, I would like to tell the juniors of their (... including me...) to emulate their endeavour to procure excellent result in  STPM. Always give your best attempt, no matter how hard is it, there is no obstacle that cannot be passed over. And then, good luck to ourselves.

Regular morning

I opened my eyes, searching in the dark.

"Ding dong... dong ding..." A soft music that never failed to wake me up, and becomes irritating when you couldn't off it in a short time. After that, I went back to my bed, and yes, I did leave my bed.

The situation above repeated about 3 times everyday.

Hence, the morning has been ruined by my own fault. I couldn't get up perfectly by 6am, only until around 6.30am I managed to walk around. Maybe it doesn't sound too late for most people, but that becomes a challenge for me to get to school in time.

"How's that possible? Are you living in 30 kilometers away?"

Yes, it's possible, but distance is not the problem, what really bugs me is my still-in-sleep digestive system. My breakfast is generally consisted of bread with kaya or sardine, Pao, cake or noodles. Besides the last food I mentioned, I have problem to deal with the others. It's quite weird, I don't dislike those foods, however I couldn't chew them fast in the morning, and when I was trying to swallow down the food, it makes me feel like get stuck in the throat, and hence automatically activate the vomiting system... luckily, just partially activated. I have been eating like this since standard four, but my dear digestive system still cannot adapt to it. Weird, is it? I don't have problem finishing them within a minute during other times, but during morning... It takes about 30 minutes.

So there's not much time left, everything else in morning-to-do-list has to be hurried, pretty much all have to done in 15 minutes, however, sometimes it is more than 25 minutes... And then the school gate is standing in front of me blocking the road to my classroom.

I have been thinking of not having breakfast early in the morning. However, after consideration I decided to continue. First of all, it's family tradition. Secondly, I can save my pocket money as well as time to get stuck in long queue while buying foods.

So, I guess I must have myself disciplined to get off the bed at first ding...

Events v. 2012 - 1/2

There will be a lot of events occurring in the year. Busy but enjoyable, and I should ensure that I can be benefited from it.

In March, there comes my MUET paper test (listening, reading and writing). I have got Band 4 for my previous dry during November 2011, but I do hope for better band, at least, give myself a chance.

In May, the most important event is ATCL piano examination, but mid-year examination of school is quite important too. Playing an almost 40 minutes long program is not an easy-to-do task, especially when you have chosen to play from memory, but I know this is an ability that a mature performer should have, and I must have the willpower to do it well. And yet, mid-year examination is coming nearly at the same period, but I have to prove myself that I can cope with musics and school curriculum.

In June, two major events of Chinese Orchestra will be ongoing - Chun Lei Chinese Orchestra Competition and School Chinese Orchestra Concert. This will be the last time I participate in Chun Lei's, I hope it will leave pretty much good memories of being able to perform at national stage with all other members, and we can achieve the prize we have been aiming for through hard works. This is also be the final year that I am able to perform in the School Chinese Orchestra Concert, and I hope that there will be more music lover have a bit of "Chinese Tea" among the musics that they are listening. It is beautiful in the sense of mixing of Chinese tradition and new musicality.

That's pretty much the sum up of major event of first half of 2012. I appreciate that what have come so far has been doing pretty good. I hope that the year of 2012 will be a memorable year in my life.

All's well that ends well.

The Time's Parabolic Curve

I always believe that time do exist, although people tell me that it only mean to measure a "real" unit. There is a few thoughts of interest:

1. Time is a scalar quantity. There is no direction in time, so one cannot expect time to flow back to past. It only mean to be measured among two "time" in difference (e.g. January and November), from here you can determine its speed by measuring time and plot it against time.
   
2. Time hastens time. The speed of time increases with the time, and NOT directly proportional. Since time always speeds up with time, time is shortened by time, yet it still speeds up proportional to units (day, month, etc.), and then the unit itself is shortened... this goes on and on. The gradient of "gradient of speed of time against time" depends on one's procrastination level, therefore, it speeds up, becomes a parabolic curve, if you plotted it.
   
3. Time is in a state of time, under any temperature and pressure. These two factors only affect the speed of time, when one's being hot tempered or under high pressure, the speed of time increases, generally.

So this is what happening on myself, time itself has been catalysted by the pressure that falls on me, and the more important one is, the time itself. There is almost a whole year beyond now before I am sitting in the examination hall for STPM, and, I know the time left is actually shorter than the two months that has just gone by. There is still a lot of things running in my mind that are to be done in the mentioned time, but... time never waits for people, EXCEPT, the people who manage to increase their efforts proportional with time. That's my faith, anyway.

So, I decide to work harder, no matter what the outcome will be...

Form Six - Pre-University, Pre-Maturity

At last, the year has come. Approximately 200 days before STPM arrives. Yes, I know that is not very long, especially you have quite a bulk of syllabus to cover, not to mention a good amount of co-curricular activities as well as non-school based activities, which happen to be my own choices, but I enjoy them. It has been around 9 months since I started Sixth Form life, and of course, I have a lot of thoughts about Form Six. For me, the most important lesson I learn from the learning process, is to be more mature.

Form Six takes around one and a have year. Almost everyone knows that, you should not play all the day and forget about STPM until it comes to the front of your eye. However, although know the fact, most students do not plan well in handling STPM, and many could not get a satisfying result, and hence claiming that STPM is too hard. They could be partially right, as the exam is not easy, but I have figured out that the most challenging part of Form Six is to change your attitude. We spent around 6 hours per day in school excluded weekends, which is probably not sufficient for most of us. Hence, we need to force ourselves to spent a little time to do regular revision, consuming probably at least 1 hour per day in order to get satisfactory result. However, it is easier in theory than practical. Taking out the time we spent on schooling, we left around 18 hours per day. In order to maintain healthy lifestyle, about 12 hours are gone for sleeping, eating etc. Therefore, we left about 6 hours per day. But remember, as a Form Six students, your choices to live your life have massive variations. No one could have stopped you from having entertainment, internet drug, procrastination or studies. It is the matter of your mindset to determine how to spend the rest of 6 hours, and this is the most challenging part in Form Six.

"To be, or not to be: That is the question" - William Shakespeare

Sadly to say, many of my homework are left unfinished. The most "important" one , that have a little "respect" of us, will be done on time, not through the 6 hours I mentioned, but the 12 hours, which has chomped away our dream. Another bad news is that, my 6 hours is consumed for entertainment and internet drugs, which I don't really find those entertain me. I asked myself, how could I let myself having such a dull life? And there was no answer, until recently. I find that my mind have not sensed the pressure of STPM, leaving me as soft and boneless as a jellyfish. Wait, I am not blaming against the length of the time we have to wait to take STPM. I found that this such a long time journey is to test our determination, and sincerely, the biggest problem is not the memorising part. To study continuously without knowing what will you get one and a half years later is not an easy job. And hence, this improves our ability to always be prepared for the aim that is light years beyond, even though what lies in between is unknown. I do not encourage one to study only when it is near to STPM, although you may able to score well, but for me it is better to learn "learn", instead of just swallowing books without digesting them properly, so that the you will feel less stressed while facing the challenge after the exam. Therefore, the actual way to study for STPM, is to study them continuously, BUT not just because the pressure exerted by the exam, but to prepare so that minimum stress will burden your shoulder.

And another thing I will like to share is, it does not really worth if you just spend the 6 hours on revision. As I said, there is infinite amount of choice for you to spend the 6 hours, and instead of just using them to re-read textbook, why not spending it on other activities? One should carry out sports activities regularly, being badminton or hiking or whatever it is, will probably making out an average of 1 hours per day. Besides textbook, one should read more books to gain extra knowledge and improve language abilities, and if you can find them entertaining and easing your stress, this does bring you many benefits! Reading books should consume about 1 hours per day. Speaking of entertainment, one should not be too stressed until force yourself to boycott all television programs and Facebook and anything else, well, unless you don't find them entertaining. I would have spend these time on playing music instruments or listening to CD's, as I enjoy performing and even taking music test. This should consume about only 1 hours per day, however for me this has to be 2 hours because it is as important as STPM to me too. Even though, I still have 2-3 hours per day, is that not enough? Really? I don't think so. You should be able to finish your homework.  And don't forget that I DIDN'T MENTION WEEKENDS but anyway they are up to your choice. If you still want to cut down all other activities besides those done for preparing STPM is fine... if you like it... but not advisable. Sincerely, it sounds like your time getting wasted. Being a student, especially wearing school uniform like other form students, to live a life is to learn to enjoy and learn beyond what we learnt. To be mature, what's matter is not just purely identify what's right and what's not, but to learn to stay in equilibrium, and to enjoy your life.

p/s: William Shakespeare's has many nice phrases, but until just now I have only applied what I remember: To be, or not to be: that's the question... to-morrow, to-morrow, to-morrow.