Failure

Abraham Lincoln experienced failure after failure - for twenty-eight years! In 1833 his business failed. In 1836 he had a nervous breakdown. He failed to be elected as speaker in 1838. He lost re-nomination to Congress in 1848, and was rejected for Land Officer in 1849. But he 'hung in there'. In 1854 he was defeated for the Senate. Two years later he lost the nomination for Vice-President, and was again defeated in the Senate elections of 1858. But he was elected President in 1860, and went on to become America's best-known leader ever.

'We regret we are unable to give you the weather. We rely on weather reports from the airport, which is closed because of the weather. Whether we are able to give you the weather tomorrow depends on the weather.'

I don't know who said 'It's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game', but I reckon most modern sporting clubs wouldn't want that fellow in their team.

In reality what is perceived as failure is often success, and vice-versa.

'The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it'.

What looks like failure in a success-mad world may prove to be successful in the longer run.



What is life to you?
I like to contradict Jacob Black who says:
"Life sucks then you die"
My opinion is:
"Life sucks then you succeed".

What is the greatest feeling?
An abstract question.

Do you like school?
Friends are great. Education sucks.

What subject don't you like about school?
History, Moral.

How perasan are you? (Perasan is a term used to indicate how sensitive to yourself or self-centred a person is)
Am I THAT bad?

Who do you tag?
Procrastinators.

Excuse the failed topics above. I'm just trying to self-console myself.

Speaking of that.....what's up with pupils in my class?

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7 Wonders

Special post dedicated to Malaysians.

Organisers recently announced the seven new wonders of the world. Here
in MALAYSIA Bolehland we have our very own 7 wonders.

1. THE ZAKARIA 'PALACE' (Zakaria is a NAME)
The only building built with no approval and unpaid assessment fees
that is not demolished and sealed. The owner is the first bankrupt to
be able to own a palace.

2. THE 'BOCOR' PARLIAMENT (The Leaking Parliament Building)
The unique feature is its ability to 'leak' away billions of taxpayers
money while the guardians of the nation stood there all wet.

3. 'UNHAUNTED' KUCHING PRISON
The only $600M prison in this world that is free of haunted stories
and encounters. Reasons No execution was done here before. In fact no prisoners were held in here. There are also no concrete walls with
barbed wires to contain souls - both dead and alive. Maybe it can
qualify as the first imaginary prison built with real money.

4. PAYA INDAH 'WASTED' WETLANDS
The nation's premier eco-tourism park holds the record in the category
of attracting more lawyers with litigation than tourists with
binoculars.

5. 'NOT SO' SMART TUNNEL
Uniquely design to alleviate floods. When completed, it does
everything except alleviate floods.

6. 'DISCONNECTED' CYBERJAYA
The one and only high tech city in the world that offers limited or no
internet connection to its
residents.

7. CROOKED 'CROOKED' BRIDGE
The most crooked bridge in the world dreamt by a most crooked mind.
Too bad it was abandoned; otherwise it would make it as one of the
wonders.

LATEST 8 WONDER :
1ST MALAYSIAN ASTRO MAN BLASTED OFF TO NOWHERE WITH MILLIONS OF
MONEY BURNT IN 10 DAYS FOR THE MOST EXPENSIVE SPACE EXPEDITION THAT
ENTERED THE MALAYSIAN GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS AT 10 PM ON 0CT 10, 2007.
BRAVO!

THE RUSSIANS ARE LAUGHING... THIS IS GOOD BUSINESS!!! SO THEY ARE
OFFERING ANOTHER TAXI RIDE TO NOWHERE FOR ANOTHER MALAYSIAN ASTRONUT. SO PEOPLE OF MALAYSIA, BE PREPARED TO FORK OUT ANOTHER
RM100 M ++ AND BRACE FOR INCREASING PRICES.

MALAYSIA MASIH BOLEH (BAYAR) ....OR SO THE GOVERNMENT SAYS.

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Mr Shane Leong the FUNNY Canadian Ambassador

Funny pictures of previous outings with the crazy little boy.

I am a bubble eye fish. Poke my cheek.

Smart fish.

Arowana

Scene from a horror movie: Darkness overshadows all things.

I believe i can fly!!

Silkie: I'm not looking at the camera since you DON'T have any treats for me....

WE WANT FOOD!!!

The spot where Shane lets go of Silkie.

The spot Silkie was caught. Silkie: I'm confused. What did I do?

Happy BELATED Birthday, Alexandria! (The one in red shirt, standing in front)

The balloon's ALIVE!
Peace out!!

I am the poking monster....

Spot me.

The Chinese way of effective communication:
Dear Ah Lian

Thanks you for your letter. Wrong (Long) time no see you. How everything?For me, I am quiet find (quite fine).
You say in your letter your taukeh Soh (Mr Soh your boss) want you to chain (change) your look? Somemore you must wear kick kok soo (kick-kock shoe, a.k.a. noisy high heel shoes) , hope you can wok(walk) properly.You know, Ah Kau Kia(Ah Kau's son) working in a soft where (software) company now. Last week, he take I, Muthu and few of his friend to May Nonut to eat barger (burger). After that he take we all go to kalah ok (karaoke). Muthu sing and sing no stop until the sky bright. Next week, my father mother going to sellerbread 20 years annie wearsari (celebrate their 20 years anniversary). My father mother going to give a fist (feast) to all the kampong (village) people. So you must come with your hole (whole) family. I only hope one day we no need to write and send letter to you and to me. Better I e-meow (e-mail) you, you e-meow me. I will ketchup (catch up) with you soon. And when you got time, prease few (please feel) free to call me.

Goo(d) bye.....

Worm (warm) regard,Ah Beng

When a Chinese was told to form sentences with numbers 1-10:

1 day I went 2 climb up a 3 outside a house to peep. But
the couple saw me, so I panicked and 4 (fall) down. The man rushed out
and wanted to 5 (fight) with me. I ran so fast until I felt 6 and
threw up. So I went into 7 eleven (a store) and grabbed some 8 (egg) to throw at
him.
Then I took a 9 and tried to stab him. 10 God he run away.
So, I put the 9 back and paid for the 8 and left 7 eleven.
Next day, I called my boss and said I was 6 . He said 5 (fine) ,
tomorrow also don't need to come back 4 work. He also asked me to
climb a 3 and jump down. I don't understand, I am so nice 2 him
but I don't know what he 1 (wants).

Creative colours:
Green! Green!
The phone is ringing.
I pink up the phone.
"Yellow!"
"Blue's there?"
"White do you mean 'Blue's there?' Don't you dare purplely call people."
"I red the newspaper and saw this number. I thought the number won't work, but violet! It does!"
"O-rangey? I don't believe you."
"Then grey lost!"
"White-ever!! Don't ever call black again!!"
"Fine. Cyanara!".

The following list of phrases and their definitions might help you understand the mysterious language of science and medicine. These special phrases are also applicable to anyone working on a Ph.D. dissertation or academic paper anywhere!

'It has long been known' = I didn't look up the original reference.
'A definite trend is evident' = These data are practically meaningless.
'While it has not been possible to provide definite answers to the questions' = An unsuccessful experiment, but I still hope to get it published.
'Three of the samples were chosen for detailed study' = The other results didn't make any sense.
'Typical results are shown' = This is the prettiest graph.
'These results will be in a subsequent report' = I might get around to this sometime, if pushed/funded.
'In my experience' = once.
'In case after case' = twice.
'In a series of cases' = thrice.
'It is believed that' = I think.
'It is generally believed that' = A couple of others think so, too.
'Correct within an order of magnitude' = Wrong.
'According to statistical analysis' = Rumor has it.
'A statistically oriented projection of the significance of these findings' = A wild guess.
'A careful analysis of obtainable data' = Three pages of notes were obliterated when I knocked over a glass of pop.
'It is clear that much additional work will be required before a complete understanding of this phenomenon occurs'= I don't understand it.
'After additional study by my colleagues'= They don't understand it either.
'Thanks are due to Joe Blotz for assistance with the experiment and to Cindy Adams for valuable discussions' = Mr. Blotz did the work and Ms. Adams explained to me what it meant.
'A highly significant area for exploratory study' = A totally useless topic selected by my committee.
'It is hoped that this study will stimulate further investigation in this field' = I quit.

Email Jokes:
#1
A couple was going out for the evening. The last thing they did was to put the cat out. The taxi arrived, and as the couple walked out of the house, the cat shoots back in. So the husband goes back inside to chase it out. The wife, not wanting it known that the house would be empty, explained to the taxi driver "He's just going upstairs to say goodbye to my mother."A few minutes later, the husband got into the taxi and said, "Sorry I took so long, the stupid thing was hiding under the bed and I had to poke her with a coat hanger to get her to come out!"

#2
When Dad came home he was astonished to see Alec sitting on a horse, writing something. "What on earth are you doing there?" he asked. "Well, the teacher told us to write an essay on our favourite animal. That's why I'm here and that's why Susie's sitting in the goldfish bowl!"

#3
Little five years old Johnny was in the bath tub, and his mom was washing his hair. She said to him, "Wow, your hair is growing so fast! You need a haircut again." Little Johnny replied, "Maybe you should stop watering it so much."

#4
A father was trying to teach his young son the evils of alcohol. He put one worm in a glass of water and another worm in a glass of whiskey. The worm in the water lived, while the one in the whiskey curled up and died. "All right, son," asked the father, "what does that show you?" "Well, Dad, it shows that if you drink alcohol, you will not have worms."

#5
For weeks a six-year-old lad kept telling his first-grade teacher about the baby brother or sister that was expected at his house. One day the mother allowed the boy to feel the movements of the unborn child. The six-year old was obviously impressed, but made no comment. Furthermore, he stopped telling his teacher about the impending event. The teacher finally sat the boy on her lap and said, "Tommy, whatever has become of that baby brother or sister you were expecting at home?" Tommy burst into tears and confessed, "I think Mommy ate it!"

#6
One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?" Her mother replied, "Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white." The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, "Momma, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white?"

#7
Little Johnny's new baby brother was screaming up a storm. He asked his mom, "Where'd we get him?" His mother replied, "He came from heaven, Johnny." Johnny says, "WOW! I can see why they threw him out!"

#8
"Is your mother home?" the salesman asked the small boy. "Yeah, she's home," the boy said, scooting over to let him past. The salesman rang the doorbell, got no response, knocked once, then again. Still no one came to the door. Turning to the boy, the fellow said, "I thought you said your mother was home!?" The kid replied, "She is; but this isn't where I live."

#9
Raj had been talking on the phone for about half an hour before he hung up. His father said, "Wow! That was short. You usually talk for an hour. What happened?" Raj replied, "It was a wrong number."

#10
A man speaks frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant, and her contractions are only two minutes apart!" "Is this her first child?" the doctor queries. "No, you idiot!" the man shouts. "This is her husband!"

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School Report 2008

This has been, I might say, one of the most progressive years in my life. Although there were some major disappointments, there were also some things that I never would have done if I didn't come to DJ, not to mention some things that would never have happened if I were not placed in 2 Batai.

Since the beginning of the year, I always had the strong perception that my class had the highest level of English prowess in the whole form. Boy, was I right!! When we were asked on who wants to represent the class in debating, more than half the class raised their hands, unlike the other classes, who had to be handpicked. Apart from that, our class's competitiveness was crazy. Everyone's percentage was so close it was hard to fathom what position one might be getting.

Then, there were 3 Bataians out of 4 Scrabblers who were chosen to represent the school for the inter-school competition (State level). Being one of the Scrabblers, the experience has really made me aware of the capabilities of others. And that was just the beginning of the road.

There was another competition I was supposed to join anyway, but it was canceled because the morning session teachers objected the participation due to odd reasons.

And there was the G-Maths competition too. It was a new game only up to form 2s and was just introduced this year. Our team, which lacked practice, surprisingly did quite alright. I was the most shocked though. We didn't even practice and I won in my game, beating Kelana Jaya, DU and Catholic High School. I also met several old school friends from Taman Sea, who did quite well in the competition as well.

Also, not forgetting New South Wales.....I sat for the Science and English papers. Both passed with a Distinction (FREAK, NOOO !!).

Okay, honestly, this whole year wasn't made for competitions only. Some major setbacks included the infamous Scrabble Case and my notoriety for missing a few prefect meetings. This had NOTHING whatsoever to do with leadership. Blast those conservative mindsets!!

Plus, I have broken a loooong record of straight As starting from 2006.

Geography: 78

Ta-da!! One of my favourite subjects stabbed my back!! I can't believe my History actually got higher than my geography!!!!

And so, this year ends withOUT a jackpot position: 2|2|4

Friends : They are those people who sit with you in class and talk non-stop until the teacher accuses you of being "a bad student" and blacklists you. (Right....so it doesn't go THAT far...)

A great example of the definition on top, albeit being exaggerated, is Sha Lynn. She sat with me since the beginning of mid-term and have been a constant entertainment to the likes of my similar mind. Both of us have been constantly laughing about Mr Rosdi's funny accent and fooling around during his lessons (he didn't see, of course).

A more suitable and less exaggerated example would be Chi Han, who loves to criticise the teachers' rash behaviours as much as I do. And of course, there's Cassandra and Ghee Ken, who, when talking about random stuffs, go on to the extent of screaming at each other. Yes, it's a class specialty, especially when nearby prefects like Ishwin and I barge in for fun and control it (this is where shouting goes out of control and prefects become the target), but it also provides solid evidence that librarians, regardless of ranks, are plain nuts.

Then, there are my vertebrae in school. My friends who have helped me through those hard times when I felt like throwing a pie at the teachers' faces. They gave me strength and at the very most, gave me the confidence I needed when things went topsy-turvy (especially during July!).

Among those I'd like to thank personally are Cassandra, Joseph, Chi Han and Caryn.

But don't freak out and think you're not helpful just because your name isn't there in the list. These are just the names of people who got tangled in my web of trouble. And by that, I mean that they are those who shared my troubles and went through a lot to get us out of it. Moral support goes to Chi Han and Caryn, who have definitely had a patient heart to bear with my moping.

Then, I'd have to thank Ghee Ken too since he gave me the competitive drive. That guy is just so kiasu. Explains why he got top 1% in the country for NSW English paper. Drats. Thanks anyway. If I didn't know you, I wouldn't be a Scrabblemanic now! Oh, and not to mention the Scrabble crew. Okay fine...so I don't know all of them that well. But they certainly gave the little competitive boost I needed to get up there.

Ah, not to forget, all those times our class experienced together : The time Encik Rosdi, my BM teacher, came to school with his disco shirt, the time our class monitor was caught for stealing a teacher's handphone, those hardships we faced as one.....Yeap, all those nostalgic times that could only happen in 2 Batai 2008. Refreshing.

Overall, coming through this year has made me a stronger person in terms of mentality and confidence. Maybe it was the new people I have met that opened my eyes and mind to the world. Thank you, everyone whose life crossed paths with mine this year.

Thank you so much.

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On The Edge

Shortlisted. Again. This time as some top 200+ people (MPYO). The audition was held today and I just realised I was the first to be auditioned today at 10.00 am. I initially thought it would be in the afternoon since I was constantly bombarded with answers saying that it was 2 o'clock. I think my mum thought I kept asking about the composition audition.

Anyway, I woke up around 7 to make my way there. Yes, it's really early, but I expected them to start the auditions early. After all, being early means being able to warm up early, right? Wrong. I reached there around 9 and tried to start warming up. Unfortunately, the security guards there prohibited us to do so. There were 2 other boys waiting anxiously. Suddenly, this Englishman came up and one of the boys and his father quickly left for some special warm up. That left me to realise that I was the first person up.

About 9.25, an Indian man (or a mix) brought both of us to a "special room" to warm up. Indeed, it lived up to the name "special". We had to enter some "secret passageway" to get to the room. It was like some funny backstage corridor, except that it sounded as if we were in the car park and the ceiling LOOKED like those of a car park's. Somewhat, it reminded me of a factory. In the lift on the way down to the passage, I found out that the boy arrived much earlier, around 8.50 or 8.15 (couldn't really catch the words).

We got to the room in no time. It looked like a store room (to me). When we got in, both of us started warming up like mad. I had to borrow his tuner because mine was dead. I found out that he didn't go for exams. But he was quite good. After a little slow practice, I had a choice. Either I get some quick experience out of him or continue practicing to reduce risks of errors. I was shaking, (rather), at the thought that I'd be going first. Afraid of unwanted squeaks and pitching error. But then, the worst excerpt of all, the West Side one.....I seemed pretty undaunted by that excerpt. I have to admit I actually like it best since it's so upbeat, but the triple-stops were just too much. The scary thing was I didn't bother practicing that.

After that little practice time of mine, it was finally it. I went inside the (gigantic factory-like) room and wished Mr Kevin Field (conductor) a good morning. I passed him my scores and started on Schumann's piece. It was alright (in my opinion). Unless I was dreaming while playing. Czardas was okay too.....except that he said I could improve on the tempo a bit. he stopped me halfway through due to lack of time (no doubt, Schumann took up more than 6 minutes). But he added on saying he didn't mind the slight slowing down as long as the divisions (semi-quavers) were even. Well....he SAID they were even, so I'd just hope for the best.

Then I played the excerpts. I was given another chance to play the Brahm's because he thought I could do with more bow and leave the last note as long and smooth. That was a rather close call since I screwed one note during the first try. Great thing I didn't stop though. I started off the Mozart after that and he stopped me in the second bar, getting straight with me on the tempo he wants. Then he pointed out that he didn't want my bow to be light and not "sticky" for this song (the other songs had to be sticky and smooth). So I played the excerpt up to the required point. No slips for this song though I think my speed slowed down halfway.

And I wasn't asked to play West Side or be interviewed!! YAY. (Wait....maybe that's bad?)

And that was it.

On my way back to Level 2, I found out some more exact facts on numbers. 38 people are auditioned each day in one centre. 38 were auditioned on Thursday (yesterday). Many many people applied but only 200 in the whole country was shortlisted, including the East Side (haha..West and East) of the country. The orchestra needs about 105 members. That's about half the people auditioned. Ouch. Out of how many of them are violinists?? A lot. So, I'm probably going to take up some other instrument for an easier entry into the orchestra. Haha.

RM2000 shoes!?!

After loitering in KLCC for a while, we went back to the MPO premise. There, we bump into the boy who went after me. Apparently, Mr Field complimented him on his style. He had a few rhythm errors but that was it. Then, we departed and had to look for a taxi back to my aunt's house. All the taxi drivers thought we were tourists (and my violin case as the luggage bag). Troublesome. Finally, a nice taxi driver took us in with a reasonable price. And throughout the whole journey, my mother and the man were talking about politics (he was of the same kin and thought).

In school, everyone noticed my straightened hair. The main reason I went to school was to get my exam marks. And they weren't very encouraging. Stupid marks. Especially Geography. The damned paper made me get my first B in, like, 3 years!!! And that anchored my percentage to a !@#$&^$!@# 87.89%. Now the freaking top 3 positions would be booked and I'll have to settle with a 4th. Well, 2 + 2 = 4. But really, 1+1 does NOT equal to 1. Imbeciles of the country. (I don't mean the top 3 of Batai)

Lucky it's a 4TH. Wan Jyn dropped. Emily who had extremely high marks surprisingly only settled around 20...or roughly there....higher, I think. AND ENGLISH WAS MY LIFESAVER!!!! I couldn't believe it!! Because Geo pulled me down, Ishwin and I shared the same amount of marks overall, with Jhia Yim a mark behind us, excluding English, which was the last subject we got back. So, I was just placing all my bets on English. Indeed, I wasn't disappointed and got back the freaking marks I expected. Well, okay, not marks I expected, but rather the advantage of the subject. It's where I get bonus marks to beat people. =P

That was great!!

I just cannot settle with 81 for BM. Or how about 81 for Art (well...this was expected since THAT murderer killed my art). 88 for Science, anyone? (I miss Pn Lam!!!! My science teacher now is a wooden marker!!!).It's my favourtie subject if not for my wooden marker, for heaven's sake!!!! Or maybe 99 for MATHS?!?!??!?!?! Or how about this: 78 for Geography, a subject I enjoy the most after Science, Maths and English!!!!! Fake finals. Really.

BM=81
Eng=90
Maths=99
Sci=88
Geo=Blast your head off
History=94
Moral=89
Art=81
KH=91

Majority: 80++
Opinions: Suckish marks, so get lost (pardon the rough language)

Great. So now, I officially lose my job as a prefect due to horrendous reasons. I can't believe they take prefects who goes for assemblies and meetings to be those of leadership quality! So, I could have easily stayed back at home and miss my assemblies and maybe I'd be pardoned for missing them? That's just dumb. It's not like I'm a statue and don't tell students off for their wrongdoings. Gadhfjfkjaidfaosdjf. Resort to reapplying.
SHE doesn't even DO HER JOB!!!!!!


I can't believe I'm on the brink of losing everything I've got.

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