Hectic Holiday

December is the month where all students wait for - Christmas and snow fall (erm, not Malaysia though), but this year my December is CRAZY!!!

December 1: Malaysian Studies Examination

December 4: Moral Studies Examination

December 5: IELTS Speaking Test

December 6: IELTS Listening, Reading and Writing Test + KBU Christian Fellowship N.O.W. Concert

December 8: SAGC spring cleaning

December 9: Going back Kuantan

December 14-20: Penang Bible Camp

December 24: Kuantan Chapel Christmas Night

December 25: Christmas Party at Clement's house

December 26-January 4: SUFES International Student Camp

January 5: KBU AUSMAT orientation (I'm skipping this to take my driving test)

January 6: EAL/D Introductory Test!!!!

January 7: Physics Introductory Test!!!

It's so exhausting besides having to finish my driving lessons and reading up my AUSMAT literature books!

Deng Deng Deng...

Warning to Mr Kok and any IELTS band 9 people reading this

Please bear with me my unforgivable grammar mistakes dotted all over this post and for my very immature ideas which I use to write this post. Mr Kok, you're free to comment on any grammar mistakes I made...lol (this being the first one - use of slang and non-standard English)

Dedicating

A hopelessly non-band-9 essay to an amazing band 9 teacher

Who is this Mr X who has the honour of being taken "a back"?

What is he "deng deng deng"-ing in the class?

THE FAREWELL OF DEAREST

LECTURER MR KOK TUCK MENG

(Calvin and Nick, why you two who sit in the frontest row of the class forget to put the title?!!)

Dating 03 December 2008 of the Gregorian calendar (pronounced as "/ˈkæl.ən.də/" and not "/ˈkæl.æn.də/") from 1500 hours to 1800 hours, 24 Malaysian Public Services Department (PSD) scholars of class Architecture Group 1 (Batch 2008) who studied in KBU International College Room A610 were having their last English class with Mr Kok Tuck Meng before taking a very important examination known as the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) which their lecturer Mr Kok TM took it very seriously and to quote him "I'M NOT JOKING!" *shows his set of teeth*

Oh Woei Song, I've just committed your mistake of writing one sentence which constitutes a whole paragraph. In my opinion, I'm rather doubtful that the above sentence is a complex-compound sentence. Anyway, cut off the formality and start glorifying Manglish, Malaysian English, the "-lah"s and the "-mah"s and so on... (Ginger, does this remind you of anything? hehe...)

It all started after Mr Kok tortured the Arch 1 students with horrendous and confusing IELTS Listening and Reading exercises. At his mercy, we were given a break. Nick the class representative and Song went down secretly to Secret Recipe to buy a blueberry cheesecake only to leave the as RED as Lola's two and a half feet tubular sex Secret Recipe bag in front of the class.

Meanwhile (I hope I used this word correctly), Calvin the assistant class representative was busy writing and checking the thank-you card for Mr Kok, which he thought Calvin was selling some drugs to alleviate the pain resulting from IELTS. Anyway, Calvin was actually scrutinising for grammar, spelling and syntax of the card. He was afraid that Mr Kok will get a myocardial infarction when perusing the card for interesting comments, especially seeing Nad's spelling of 'antics' as 'antiques' and Aqil's confusion between advise (v) and advice (n).

Having observed our weird actions of hiding things under paper and whispering in soft voices with excited faces, Mr Kok, I guess he knew that we were scheming up to something and decided to let us off earlier in anticipation of a non-surprise party. Mr Old Nick then presented him the error-all-over thank-you card and took out the cake.

Admittedly, Architecture Group 1 students are very smart. Poh Hui and I lighted up the candles but do not know what is it for, so they gave an excuse that it represented the six months Mr Kok taught and tortured us. Nadhirah was even more clever, she changed the Happy Birthday song into a "Thank You Thank You Mr Kok" song.

Here is a cool video of the song we sang...

courtesy of Mr Wang Woei Song

Then it was photo-taking session...

Again all the wonderful poses of Arch 1 students declaring their love for Mr Kok

And of course a picture of Nick, Mr Kok and yours truly...

Mr Kok

We thank you for all the animated scenes you have for explaining a new word to us with all the "deng deng deng" cliche

We thank you for sharing with us the idiosyncrasies of your managerie of students with names like Wolf and Tiger and neighbours who sit on the roof and take a taxi to college every day.

We thank you for letting us to watch truly "eye-opening" movies such as Kinky Boots and Little Voice as movie review.

We thank you for informing naive students such as us of laptops, security, maids who wash dishes in the washing machine and how to exercise bluffology for IELTS speaking.

And above all, we thank you for teaching us with much dedication, passion, diligence and sensitivity.

Back row [guys] : Calvin@Cal, Aqil, Izzat, Jin Jyh@Ginger, Aizat, Firdaus@Ali, Hafeez

Front row [gals] :Poh Hui, Nadhirah@Nad, Azreen, Asma Hani@Honey, Suraya@Sue, [Aiyoh, I don't know who to name the girls in order-lah], Nasuha@Sua, Nadia, Athira, Izzatie, Hooi Yiing, Ainin Leong, Najihah, Nur Hafizah, Nurul Aain, Farah Amelia.

Squatting [guys]: Nicholas@Old Nick, Woei Song@Song

Indeed, family and friends we have become with Mr Kok.

Thank you again Mr Kok

WE MISS YOU!!!

P.S. Arch 1 students...

feel free to comment and add your memorable moments as comments!

[This is the end of the IELTS reading test and thank you for reading. Prepare to be flabbergasted on Christmas day which is 19 calendar days after 6 December 2008. Your band scores shall be delighting you always. This is not an advertisement for Canon. Thank You!]

Guitar Chord

I never understand why musical chords exists the way they exist...

For example:
Gsus

A major G triad in which, generally, the third of the chord is replaced by the upper neighbor or fourth in the scale. A G sus chord consists of a Root (G), a fourth (C), and fifth (D). A G sus chord gives a feeling of anticipation, and a feeling of resolution is achieved when the fourth of the chord is resolved back to the major third.


But this one is interesting...

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Guess what is the holiest chord?

Gsus

At least this one make some sense...
[Another archetypal entertainment from Samuel Lee]

Come NOW!!!

NO OTHER WAY Concert

Date: 6 December 2008 (Saturday)
Time: 7.00 p.m.
Venue: KBU International College Multi-Purpose Hall (Level 3)

Featuring
David Woong Lead Singer and Bass Guitar Jabez Ho Lead Singer and Acoustic Guitar Samuel Lee Lead Singer and Electric Guitar Dwayne Ong Second Electric Guitar Jonathan Choong Keyboard Ho Poh Hui Second Keyboard Nicholas Eu Drums Danny Ler Lead Singer and Backup Vocalist Sarah Sim Lead Singer and Backup Vocalist Calvin Yong Lead Singer and Backup Vocalist

and
OUR ALMIGHTY GOD
as the VVIP Guest



[Click on image to enlarge]

FREE ADMISSION!!!

For he says,
"In the time of my favor I heard you,
and in the day of salvation I helped you."
I tell you,
NOW is the time of God's favor,
NOW is the day of salvation.
[2 Corinthians 6:2]

Come With All Your Friends!!!

IT WILL BE A
BLAST!!!





Amazing Grace is what God has given to us, that He is willing to pick us up - the nobodies to do something great for Him in this college! It has a been a prayer from the KBU Christian Fellowship for some years and this December 6 is when the prayer is answered. Miracles after miracles, grace after grace flowed in as we offer up ourselves to God to serve Him.


But,
the greatest miracle of all
Jesus came down to save us ALL!


Many exciting stories and songs to tell
but I'll reserve that after the concert.

So, if you really want to experience

something in no other way,
something different,
something that can change your life forever...


COME TO THIS CONCERT and
EXPERIENCE IT YOURSELF!!!



Would you believe me if I said...
That God can make miracles happen today
Would you believe me if I said...
That you don’t need to wait for the answers before…
You step out in faith…
Would you believe me if I said
That nothing is ever impossible… for God…

[Free - Marty Sampson @ Hillsongs]

Smiling From Above

It doesn't matter whether Venus, Jupiter and the Moon
happen to carve a smile on the night sky...

It doesn't matter if you missed the sight of it
and probably it takes another 30 years to live just to see that smile again...

But what does matter is that
YOU SMILE ALWAYS
Right, Sarah?

and we will all SMILE!

And
Happy Birthday Dr Christine
That's a smile from Above!

Colour of the Clouds

Each prostitution, can help one unschooled child; become a mistress once, can rescue a hopeless primary school...

卖一次淫，可以帮助一名失学儿童；当一回二奶，可以拯救一所希望小学

Don't laugh, because after you read, you won't laugh anymore...

A hooker's death made schoolchildren cried and attended her funeral and the school lowered the national flag for her.

In the funeral of this 21 years old pretty teacher, the Headmaster read Xia's diary sadly in front of all the students, she wrote : 'Each prostitution, can help one unschooled child; become a mistress once, can rescue a hopeless primary school.'....

Xia (殷彩霞) lived in a small village in the province of Gansu. All girls in this small village, no matter whether she is pretty or not, went to southern part of city to earn money. Every spring, they will come back with lots of money and beautiful clothes. However, Xia did not follow their ways after she finishing secondary school. A lot of people did not understand her as she has a pretty appearance and body. Of this, her father always scolded her.

When she heard of the only primary school in the village needing some teachers, she voluntarily asked to become a teacher for free. She was a very good student in her secondary school and because of this, she easily passed all the test and became the teacher of the school.

The first time when Xia walked into the classroom, all children were shocked to see such pretty teacher. From then on, the classroom was always filled with laughter. Classroom -- should call it a hut instead of classroom as the wall was made of sticks and covered with leaves as its ceiling. A big stone was their table and the most expensive property would be the polished dark green stone which was used as their blackboard. Under these conditions, Xia taught thousands of Chinese characters and imparted knowledge to her students.

Unfortunately, there was torrential rain that destroyed the school and all students became school-less. The Headmaster visited the Minister of Education in that province for some money to repair the classroom but came back with nothing. The Headmaster told Xia that the Minister stated that he will only give the money if Xia asks for it. Xia had never met any ministers before and was afraid that she will make the things worse but still decided to pay a visit to the Minister. She walked more than 10 kilometres to the Minister's office. The Minister talked much nonsense but did not mention about the subsidies until late at night.The Minister looked like a person filled with evil thoughts.

At night, he asked Xia to follow him to a room to take the money. When she walked in, the only thing she saw was a big bed. That night, she lost her virginity. The Minister raped her.

Her drop of virgin blood on the bedsheet and was redder than the colour of the national flag in the room.

Xia did not cry, for all she thought of was the students' eyes that was filled of disappointment. She wanted to rebuild the classroom for them.

She did not tell anyone about the rape case after she went home.

The next day, with the money brought back by Xia, all villagers bought some wood and rebuilt the classroom. However, whenever there was a heavy rain, the classroom was still usable. Xia always tell the students that the province ministry department will build a good school for them. In the past half year, the Headmaster had visited the ministers more than 100 times and never got any money from them. He is the only one who knew what the minister did to Xia, yet he can do nothing about it. The new semester came but a lot of students could not pay their fees and could not attend school. Most of them followed their parents to work in the farm. Xia felt sad about that.

When Xia's wish of all students can go to school was torn, she took off all her cloths and sweared to her naked body that she will use this body to exchange the opportunities for the children to go to school. She knew that all the girls in the village were working as hookers to earn a living and she knew that it was a shortcut for her to earn money. She bade goodbye to the Headmaster, her father and the school. She tied her hair up as two ponytails and walked to the city. When she left, her father smiled but the Headmaster cried....

In that flowerful city, Xia was not happy at all but in her mind, there were only a broken classroom and the disappointed eyes of students. She walked into a hair saloon and laid down on a dirty bed, and carried out her second "dirty" business. That night, in her diary, she wrote: "The Minister is that unhumane that even my first customer was better!"

She sent all her earnings except those for her to live on to the Headmaster. He followed her instructions to use the money on the development of the school. Many people kept asking where did the money come from and the Headmaster only told them that it was some donation of society.

After a while, people knew that the source of money was from the teacher and many reporters wanted to interview her but she just refused and the reason being was that she was just a prostitute.

With the money, the school changed. First month, there was a new blackboard; second month, a wooden table and chair; third month, all children had their own books; fourthth month, all children had red ties; fifth month, no children went to school with barefooted.

On the sixth month, Xia came back. All her students welcomed her happily and said 'Teacher is so beautiful'... Seeing all students' smiling face, Xia cried... She thought of how much tears she had shed and how much grief she suffered for the past six months, but she felt all suffering she endured was of worth when she saw all these children.

After few days at home, she went back to the city.

And at seventh month, a exercise playground was built; eighth month, basketball; ninth month, all students had their new pencils, and by the tenth month, the school had their own national flag and students raised the national flags daily with pride. However, during the eleventh month, a land developer refused to use a condom and caused the unwanted pregnancy of Xia. After abortion, she became the developer's mistress. Few months later, the developers dumped her because land value in ShengZhen was plummeting but he did not even pay her a single cent.

Xia was tired of this kind of life, she thought of going home and back to the school, but she had yet fulfilled her students' dream which were building a concrete classroom and buying two computers for the students. Because of these, she went back to beg the developer and the developer just refused to pay anything but introduced a foreigner to her. He claimed that the foreigner will pay her 3000 renminbi for one night. When she thought of the torrential rain happened last time that has destroyed the school, she accepted it and went to the hotel with a tired body and soul . She sweared that she will go back to her home and school after that.

However, she died of violation by three foreigners in turn. Moreover, she just passed her 21th birthday.

Xia died without fulfilling her final wishes which were getting a concrete classroom and two computer for the students.

A hooker died silently, the sky of ShengZhen was still as blue as before, ministers still happily sitting in their office, many expensive cars still running on street, people still happily discussing about the share market, house market, cars, and movies, music and love. Youngsters tried to suicide because of small matters that happened between couples.

At this time, students with teachers and few hundreds of villagers attended the funeral in this small village.

In the funeral, people saw a black and white photo of Xia with two pony tails and a smiling face. Headmaster opened the diary of Xia and read in front of all students: "Each prostitution, can help one unschooled child; become a mistress once, can rescue a hopeless primary school..."

The national flag dropped to its half... Probably this was the ONLY moment when the national flag dropped to its half for a GREAT hooker in China's history.

After I read this, I cried for two hours. From now on, I won't discriminate any hooker, because among them there is a Xia. Hope you will forward this mail to all forum, friends, webspaces, to let all our governments understand when they are only paying lips service and making empty promises, when they are drinking in the pub, when they are doing dirty politics. Someone used her own power to change the world. Xia is using her sadly eye to look at all of us. Although she is just a hooker, she is more clean and saint than any of us. In this cold and dirty society, what she gave to the students is unconditional LOVE.

Xia left the world with wishes, can we continue her mission of bringing hope to the poor? If we can, why don't we share our love to these children in Third World countriesor support those who try to be Xia in our country? Share our love to them, support them more... we can be saints ourselves.

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Isn't this touchingly true?

But I just can't understand one thing -- Why people like writing this kind of FAKE article to deceive me? Why exploit of the vulnerability of my loving heart even though you have a good message to tell?

LIAR!!!

[The Fraud Unclassified]

Apple and Physics

Have you ever had a Physics lecturer who after describing Newton as someone who discovered the apple through gravity and later ask you what would happen if you were to dig a hole passing through the centre of the Earth and drop an apple into that 1.27 x 10^4 m hole?

I guess an apple pie will come out of the South Pole then...

The once soporific lecturer finally managed to keep me awake by teaching me dynamics. At least he left a lasting impression during his last lesson with us.

Ya Amin

One of THE most devastating, catastrophic event that ever hit the OUR CLUB people this must be! Amin the president is charged for cycling over a bird on Jalan BU 6/11 and under the condemnation from himself. It is highly suspected that this bird might be the last specimen of the bird only known by its scientific name Yaamin bandarutamaensis subspecies rihannae.

Mr Amin is currently not BAILED OUT from the problem because of his terrible act of whistling-while-cycling-back-from-girl's-house-because-very-happy-and-in-his-excitement-forgot-to-look-for-what-is-on-the-road-and-take-no-notice-of-a-poor-avian-creature-lying-on-the-road-with-a-bruised-leg-and-WORST-still-thought-it-was-a-bump-on-the-road-and-just-let-his-dunno-what-brand-bicycle-wheels-roll-mercilessly-over-the-creature-God-created-that-a-loud-"PRAKKK"-sound-echoed-through-the-whole-BU6-neigbourbood.

This resplendent creature now can only lie down in agony waiting for death to come and probably think of terrible things such as its legs will become a famous Chinese dish...

I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly

FLY LAR!!!
As with most birds that is featured on my blog... they tend to end in tragedy, but with faith, birdie, you can soar on wings like eagles!

Back with news update:
Mr Amin as shown in picture is at his most pitiful state trying to seek forgiveness from a BIRD. He promised to bring the bird to some veterinarian in One Utama, but what is done is done...

Now it's raining more than ever
But we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella

(Ella ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh eh)

Ya Amin, Rihanna's Curse!

'Tis The Season To Be Jolly

Elves in College?

Check out this COOL video... now Sarah Sim Chui Chin knows what are the consequences if she still persists in her geisha-ish smile... haha

OUR CLUB Gala Nite 2008

It's the Nite when you see people dressed up the way they normally wouldn't.

Wei Khang the Businessman
Look so smart wei!
Gorgeous-es
Didn't know geisha wear shawls!

Anyway, just to prevent you from being addicted to porn looking at gorgeous people...

The Painstakingly Decorated Hall
Romantic huh?

The dedicated Architecture 1 technical team.
GREAT JOB GUYS!!!

Mr-s and Ms-s Personalities: Who is the Mr and Miss Personality for 2008?
*Everyone likes suspense*

Meanwhile, have some Cloud 9... and let the pictures roll!

Ainin and Shun Ling

Woei Song, Calvin, Izzatie and Jin Jyh
(pronounced as Ginger as in that spice)

Chang Win and Edwin
Left and Right Wing

Li Vern, Siow Fern and some DJ girl

Aizat and Woei Song
One of the very few pics I have of Aizat

Woei Song and Poh Hui
Smile so graciously till people think you both are a couple

Li Vern and Woei Song
Smile until the whole set of teeth dropped

Chan and Ginger
The many facets of Chan

Zhaf and Chan
Smart and another eccentric

Tony, Calvin and Jun Kai
My next-door neighbours, when want to start cooking again? Haha

Franky, Nicholas and Sarah
A very weird picture which I can't describe...

Nicholas and Chang Win
Seemed to me like some business partners

Jonathan and Nicholas
Smile at the gun

Leong and Calvin
Best friend and roomate

Sue and I
Chocolate lovers

Aqil, Woei Song, Hafeez, Suraya and Poh Hui
Hafeez really looked like a businessman, the annoying-salesman-with-bag type

Same picture from a different camera
Wasting my Picasa Web space

Decent Architecture Group 1 Pic
Firdaus looked cool

Not-so-Decent Architecture Group 1 Pic
Poh Hui on the phone

Best Architecture Group 1 Pic
Tired Old Nick

The Cool Art Class

Macho and talented people

Fern and Ms Effa
Both are very cool people

Calvin and Ms Effa
Thanks for all the very Malaysian-ish slang jokes in class!

Atiqah, Ms Effa, Syireen, Nasuha and Daniel
Fans of Ms Effa

Ok, enough smiling faces with decent and boring poses!

Ming Chai, Prince Charming who catwalked

Franky with his sister gang

READY FOR MORE?

Definition of Retarded
Chan and Gary

Yakuza and Geisha
Chan and Sarah

Burst Faces
Aqil and Song

Tunku Abdul Rahman
Candid shot of Aqil

Junior's Mr and Ms Personaliti
Atiqah and Song

*Aiyoh no more suspense liao*

Now switch the limelight on me...
XD

Desperate Housewives
Nadia, Hani, Azreen and Nadhirah

Panjang
Admiring my tallness

HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY

Calvin proposing to Kepong girl?
Cause she said my legs are sexy?

Proposal failed. Impossible!

Another throw-facism

Finally ended with a beautiful mess!