Yayz, SCRABBLE!!!
Today was cool, it was prelims for the National level scrabble competition that will be held at Time Square on the 28th and 29th of May.
I'm sorry i'm too lazy to type, all i can really remember is that i did a bingo "OUTLINE" and i beat Siok Wah ^^
Eventually we came out 3rd but basically i think we're the same level as 2nd. Here's some pics to tell the rest of the story:
Saturday, April 30, 2005
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Friday, April 29, 2005
$$$
Ack... money.....money.....MORE money!
Although i'm officially not a full edboard member yet i seemed to be very involved in sorting out their money. The photo session was but a few weeks ago and today was the time for us to collect the money for the photos....i'm telling u...there's A LOT!
Imagine a school of 3000+ students and the amount of photos bought is prolly twice that amount. And with nothing more than a group of 6 ppl or so to sort out the money...it was crazy!
At the end of the day, we had something like 5k+ and this was only the first day's session, lots and lots of other classes and clubs haven't paid up. ed board makes alot alot alot of money, i wud now like to tell u the amount of figures in the edboard bank account, unfortunately its apparently a secret, but its basically more than what teachers earn :p
I think what today has thought me is too much of a good thing is BAD, i've handled so much money today that i think i'm quite sick of it...hehehe i think the main reason is cuz its not mine!
Although i'm officially not a full edboard member yet i seemed to be very involved in sorting out their money. The photo session was but a few weeks ago and today was the time for us to collect the money for the photos....i'm telling u...there's A LOT!
Imagine a school of 3000+ students and the amount of photos bought is prolly twice that amount. And with nothing more than a group of 6 ppl or so to sort out the money...it was crazy!
At the end of the day, we had something like 5k+ and this was only the first day's session, lots and lots of other classes and clubs haven't paid up. ed board makes alot alot alot of money, i wud now like to tell u the amount of figures in the edboard bank account, unfortunately its apparently a secret, but its basically more than what teachers earn :p
I think what today has thought me is too much of a good thing is BAD, i've handled so much money today that i think i'm quite sick of it...hehehe i think the main reason is cuz its not mine!
Monday, April 25, 2005
you've won an...EMPTY ENVELOPE!!! HOW GREAT!
Now after waiting for somehting like 3 weeks, finallu the results for the english week has come out.
I ran out (with a limp) as my name was called out and recieved furst place of impromptu speaking, then later on i got my rpize for 2nd in scrabble. I'm quite sad i didn't win the Oral Interpretation at all though, apparently the way that event was judged was wrong. Instead of judgint the contestants for their variations of voices and the whether or not their voices were distinguishable amongst one another, they judged it like a story-telling competition. They judged it like a little primary skool story-telling competition. These teachers should really go to FOrensics and see what the REAL thing is. But whatever it is, life's life.
so i went up that recieved this evelope and then went to the foyer as i prepared to get the second. While waiting, i opened my first envelope to see what was inside, and to my surprise....it was EMPTY!! nothing, zit. My second was no different either. Later on though it was explained that the teacher had forgot to bring the vouchers for the prizes but she could not cancel the prize giving since it had been so delayed.
So on wedneday i get to collect my mph coupons of RM 40 ringgit ^^ free money yay
I ran out (with a limp) as my name was called out and recieved furst place of impromptu speaking, then later on i got my rpize for 2nd in scrabble. I'm quite sad i didn't win the Oral Interpretation at all though, apparently the way that event was judged was wrong. Instead of judgint the contestants for their variations of voices and the whether or not their voices were distinguishable amongst one another, they judged it like a story-telling competition. They judged it like a little primary skool story-telling competition. These teachers should really go to FOrensics and see what the REAL thing is. But whatever it is, life's life.
so i went up that recieved this evelope and then went to the foyer as i prepared to get the second. While waiting, i opened my first envelope to see what was inside, and to my surprise....it was EMPTY!! nothing, zit. My second was no different either. Later on though it was explained that the teacher had forgot to bring the vouchers for the prizes but she could not cancel the prize giving since it had been so delayed.
So on wedneday i get to collect my mph coupons of RM 40 ringgit ^^ free money yay
Saturday, April 23, 2005
help me i'm in HELP
HELP Debate was TODAY... sigh the whole thing was quite sad really, basically cuz WE LOST.
The topic we were meant to debate was "Developed nations should pay for environmental protection in the third world". And we as the negative...it was HARD.
The whole thing tho is that in terms of points and arguments we actually won the debate! the thing is the teacher said we weren't "influential" enuff, and yea i kinda agree that we all should have spoken a bit better, but the thing is, according to the marking slip, only 20% of the marks given are for presenting the speech. So we STILL should have won.
Victoria Institute also lost on their first debate, which is really quite wrong since their such a good team. I was talking to one of the teachers, and she was saying that they purposely put all the good teams on the negative side of that debate topic... well sigh HELp sucks, hehehe i think i'm a sore loser
The topic we were meant to debate was "Developed nations should pay for environmental protection in the third world". And we as the negative...it was HARD.
The whole thing tho is that in terms of points and arguments we actually won the debate! the thing is the teacher said we weren't "influential" enuff, and yea i kinda agree that we all should have spoken a bit better, but the thing is, according to the marking slip, only 20% of the marks given are for presenting the speech. So we STILL should have won.
Victoria Institute also lost on their first debate, which is really quite wrong since their such a good team. I was talking to one of the teachers, and she was saying that they purposely put all the good teams on the negative side of that debate topic... well sigh HELp sucks, hehehe i think i'm a sore loser
Friday, April 22, 2005
Cool its BLUE!
Today, i went to school, yeapz with me cast and with me sandles on ^^
HEhehe limping around skool really helps u slack off, no prefect duty - no standing during assembly and ppl just seem to help u out more than usual ^^ ahhh all good....
And the first reaction seems to be "cool! its blue!!" hehehe Had lots of ppl asking whether they cud sign it, but i din think it was too logical to do so since it was just a temporary bandage.
HEhehe limping around skool really helps u slack off, no prefect duty - no standing during assembly and ppl just seem to help u out more than usual ^^ ahhh all good....
And the first reaction seems to be "cool! its blue!!" hehehe Had lots of ppl asking whether they cud sign it, but i din think it was too logical to do so since it was just a temporary bandage.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
you must RICE
Today started off at 9am, i figured that i shud spend this time i have in agony for educational puposes that will benefit me, in other words something that is 'berfaedah'. Thus, i started playing God of War :p
The whole day flew by faster than i realized. Besides the fact that the painkillers gave me gastric problems, the day really wasn't too bad. Put it this way:
non-stop-playing-PS2-God-of-War
now tell me, how cud that be bad? :p
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I did eventually stop though, as my mom had made an appointment with the physiotherapist at 4pm.
The experience at the physiotherapist was interesting, it was the first time i had ever been to one. In fact it was the first time i'd seen one apart from my aunt, but she's family!
The physiotherapist (from now on i'll refer to her as "The P") first felt the swollen parts of my foot and asked those normal questions:
The P: Does this hurt?
Me: No.
The P: Does this hurt?
Me: No.
The P: Does this hurt?
Me: OWWWWWWWWWW! @%#$^%@ (nah i din swear :p)
She then put ice on my foot and at the same time told me the key things i shud do - RICE. Yes, u heard right she told me to RICE:
Rest - So that it can heal
Ice - To contract the blood vessels
Compress - To reduce swelling (bandages)
Elevate - To reduce blood to the area
A nice acronym indeed =)
Later, she put gel on my leg and used this hammer looking thing on my leg which was supposedly ultrasound. Personally, i didn't feel anything, she said i wouldn't as well. But just think of it, if i dun feel anything and she tells me that i wun, therefore she cud just be ripping me off :p She did this ultrasound thing for abt a whole 10 mins.
Lastly she took my foot and bandaged it very nicely =D
The whole thing was an interesting experience for me and i'm hoping with all this expertise i'll be able to get a normal looking foot soon! And I'll continue to RICE!
Bandaged foot
The whole day flew by faster than i realized. Besides the fact that the painkillers gave me gastric problems, the day really wasn't too bad. Put it this way:
non-stop-playing-PS2-God-of-War
now tell me, how cud that be bad? :p
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I did eventually stop though, as my mom had made an appointment with the physiotherapist at 4pm.
The experience at the physiotherapist was interesting, it was the first time i had ever been to one. In fact it was the first time i'd seen one apart from my aunt, but she's family!
The physiotherapist (from now on i'll refer to her as "The P") first felt the swollen parts of my foot and asked those normal questions:
The P: Does this hurt?
Me: No.
The P: Does this hurt?
Me: No.
The P: Does this hurt?
Me: OWWWWWWWWWW! @%#$^%@ (nah i din swear :p)
She then put ice on my foot and at the same time told me the key things i shud do - RICE. Yes, u heard right she told me to RICE:
Rest - So that it can heal
Ice - To contract the blood vessels
Compress - To reduce swelling (bandages)
Elevate - To reduce blood to the area
A nice acronym indeed =)
Later, she put gel on my leg and used this hammer looking thing on my leg which was supposedly ultrasound. Personally, i didn't feel anything, she said i wouldn't as well. But just think of it, if i dun feel anything and she tells me that i wun, therefore she cud just be ripping me off :p She did this ultrasound thing for abt a whole 10 mins.
Lastly she took my foot and bandaged it very nicely =D
The whole thing was an interesting experience for me and i'm hoping with all this expertise i'll be able to get a normal looking foot soon! And I'll continue to RICE!
Bandaged foot
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
NO SKOOL!! y aren't i happy?
NO SKOOL TMR!!! those 3 words wud normally strike a student as a miracle, a gift from God!
BUt for me, today, right now, it doesn't really matter -_-
My swollen ankle may be just as swollen as it was earlier today, but one thing for sure is that- IT hurts like HELL!!!
I just saw Dr. Khor (our neighbour) and he says i have a torn ligament, which means it will take a looooooong time to heal. And on top of that i'm suppose to have minimal walking for 2 weeks. Which means i dun get to go to mid valley on thursday!! THis sucks.....and apparently tonight and tmr will be when the pain will be its worse...crap.
no skool tmr? what does it matter anyway? -_-
BUt for me, today, right now, it doesn't really matter -_-
My swollen ankle may be just as swollen as it was earlier today, but one thing for sure is that- IT hurts like HELL!!!
I just saw Dr. Khor (our neighbour) and he says i have a torn ligament, which means it will take a looooooong time to heal. And on top of that i'm suppose to have minimal walking for 2 weeks. Which means i dun get to go to mid valley on thursday!! THis sucks.....and apparently tonight and tmr will be when the pain will be its worse...crap.
no skool tmr? what does it matter anyway? -_-
11th and a sprained ankle
Yea well today was Report Card Day. A day dreaded and feared by many. Various thoughts rush through each student's mind - 'what will the teacher say?', 'maybe i shud make cake for the teacher', and the most common thought, 'oh crap, i'm dead'.
For me though, i really dun feel much anxiety nor nervousness towards what my teacher tells my mom. Although i'm really quite a naughty boi *devil horns*; it really doesn't matter, cuz thats not what the teachers see do they? *angel ring* :p
One thing that DOES make me excited abt report card day tho is my prefect duty ^^
U see, report card day is the day that they are tonnes of parents coming to skool to see their children. And as u all know, parents aren't that smart :p So that is where we prefects step in. We do the job of giving them directions, and lowering our language skills so they can comprehend at least part of what we say.
Now u may think, - what the hell is so interesting abt that? Well i know, i'm weird, but report card day is where i get to talk to parents and show em the way and u see, the thing is, I'M GOOD! Yes as u all can imagine, this friendliness i posess actually comes into good use for public relations (PR). So, i get to greet them, say hello, and show em to their classes, and all the other prefects are praising me cuz i do it the best, YAY. In the words off Jeff, "Warren, if u got a commission for each parent u handle, u'd be a millionaire"
OK warren! that's enuff! lower ur ego! :p (but seriously, who doesn't like praise?)
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So there i was, doing what i do best showing braindead parents here and there and running up and down the stairs that leads to the prefect bridge. Then all of a sudden, while running down the stairs i fell and sprained my ankle (OWWWWWW!!!)
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I spent the rest of report card day sitting on a chair in the foyer. Lucky for me, PBSM had set up a blood donation stand where i fell and i was treated immediately.
My foot was pretty much...dead. I couldn't move it nor cud i rotate it, and when i tried to do that manually with my hands...(OWWWWWWW!!!) But as all dark clouds have silver linings, i put my recuperation time there into good use and completed my chinese journal that was supposed to be passed up yesterday :p
Just sitting there, i got quite a few 'visits' from frens. But one that i rmb best was from Sarah Lim's mom, because once i said i had a sprained ankle she pulled out some sort of lotion out of her bag and told me to rub it on. After that, she took my wrist and did some reflexology thing to it, it was really soothing ^^ Sidenote: Actually first Sarah's mom said "Sarah, rub his wrist" *i smiled*, "But mom, this is skool! they kick u out just for this!" sarah replied *she made her index fingers meet* "Fine, i'll do it". I wudn't have minded that ^^
*Anywaz, Sarah, ur mom's cool!*
After a while, i managed to walk (with a limp) back to class and not long after my mom arrived.
Now I know i said report card day doesn't bother me much, but of course my first question for mom was, 'what did she say?'. The teacher had nothing much to say to my mom but what i was glad to have found out was, i got 11th out of 48 in my class! =D Yea, i know, 11 ain't really something to yaba-daba-doo abt but i was surprised because i thought i got 24th =D
So thats my day, i'm now typing this blog with a swollen sprained ankle and an ice pack on top of it. Yea my foot hurts, yea i walk with a limp now...but i got 11th!! =D
P.S. Just kidding abt the dumb parents thing :p I dun think they're dumb...well at least most of em aren't *wink* =)
My swollen ankle. Disgusting ain't it? :p
For me though, i really dun feel much anxiety nor nervousness towards what my teacher tells my mom. Although i'm really quite a naughty boi *devil horns*; it really doesn't matter, cuz thats not what the teachers see do they? *angel ring* :p
One thing that DOES make me excited abt report card day tho is my prefect duty ^^
U see, report card day is the day that they are tonnes of parents coming to skool to see their children. And as u all know, parents aren't that smart :p So that is where we prefects step in. We do the job of giving them directions, and lowering our language skills so they can comprehend at least part of what we say.
Now u may think, - what the hell is so interesting abt that? Well i know, i'm weird, but report card day is where i get to talk to parents and show em the way and u see, the thing is, I'M GOOD! Yes as u all can imagine, this friendliness i posess actually comes into good use for public relations (PR). So, i get to greet them, say hello, and show em to their classes, and all the other prefects are praising me cuz i do it the best, YAY. In the words off Jeff, "Warren, if u got a commission for each parent u handle, u'd be a millionaire"
OK warren! that's enuff! lower ur ego! :p (but seriously, who doesn't like praise?)
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So there i was, doing what i do best showing braindead parents here and there and running up and down the stairs that leads to the prefect bridge. Then all of a sudden, while running down the stairs i fell and sprained my ankle (OWWWWWW!!!)
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I spent the rest of report card day sitting on a chair in the foyer. Lucky for me, PBSM had set up a blood donation stand where i fell and i was treated immediately.
My foot was pretty much...dead. I couldn't move it nor cud i rotate it, and when i tried to do that manually with my hands...(OWWWWWWW!!!) But as all dark clouds have silver linings, i put my recuperation time there into good use and completed my chinese journal that was supposed to be passed up yesterday :p
Just sitting there, i got quite a few 'visits' from frens. But one that i rmb best was from Sarah Lim's mom, because once i said i had a sprained ankle she pulled out some sort of lotion out of her bag and told me to rub it on. After that, she took my wrist and did some reflexology thing to it, it was really soothing ^^ Sidenote: Actually first Sarah's mom said "Sarah, rub his wrist" *i smiled*, "But mom, this is skool! they kick u out just for this!" sarah replied *she made her index fingers meet* "Fine, i'll do it". I wudn't have minded that ^^
*Anywaz, Sarah, ur mom's cool!*
After a while, i managed to walk (with a limp) back to class and not long after my mom arrived.
Now I know i said report card day doesn't bother me much, but of course my first question for mom was, 'what did she say?'. The teacher had nothing much to say to my mom but what i was glad to have found out was, i got 11th out of 48 in my class! =D Yea, i know, 11 ain't really something to yaba-daba-doo abt but i was surprised because i thought i got 24th =D
So thats my day, i'm now typing this blog with a swollen sprained ankle and an ice pack on top of it. Yea my foot hurts, yea i walk with a limp now...but i got 11th!! =D
P.S. Just kidding abt the dumb parents thing :p I dun think they're dumb...well at least most of em aren't *wink* =)
My swollen ankle. Disgusting ain't it? :p
Sunday, April 17, 2005
8
Tonight I went out with Letitia and her family to watch a play at Bangsar Actors' Studio. Quite obviously, the play was called '8'. Yes, that's the FULL name....'8'
The play was about 8 different ppl from 8 different places and basically it was just showing 8 different situations and thoughts on life. So it was 8 seperate short sketches:
1st (lady):
She talked abt this funeral and how everyones' schedule was messed up and all. She also talked abt all the burning of the paper money, the traditions and so on. And how some ppl were not serious and laughing etc.
Excerpt:
"and as i walked away from the funeral, no one called my name. I was the one who died" *lights off*
2nd (lady):
She acted a chinese lady abt to get married to an indian. They acted out the different actions of different ppl, eg: mom, blind dad, fren, gossiper
Excerpt:
Dad: "now remember dear, if he doesn't treat u well, u'll"
Dad and Lady together: "kick his balls, pack ur bags and come back here"
Dad: "or else, u can bring him back here and"
Dad and Lady together: "we'll kick his balls together"
3rd (lady):
She acted otu an animal, most likely a dog that goes through: being bought in a store, being neglected, being a stray, being trained, being a stray, being played with by kids till death. It was really a sad story.
Excerpt: "what am i? Animal."
4th (man):
He talked abt his family where everyone suicides. He talks about each an every death and how it came to be. Very funny actually how he did it :p
Excerpt: "he wudn't shut up, so we shot him"
5th (lady):
Indian acting as a Malay lady, writing a letter to her mother. About her arranged marridge where she is not allowed to talk to anyone or go out and is sometimes beaten. Very sad, very sad, she cries in the end - real tears.
Excerpt: "mamalah yang menjatuhkan hidup ini padaku"
6th (lady):
Indian lady acting out how the world's male chauvinistic. And how she herself is a feminist.
Excerpt: "Just think where wud u be without one (woman)?"
7th (guai lo man):
This was the best! He kinda like a comedian thing where he talked abt his life in malaysia as a 'local foreigner'
Excerpt: "So nowadays, u know what i like the most? To go down to Petaling Street and watch the other foreigners get lost"
8th (man):
This one sucked...no more to say
All in all i think it was all mediocre. But u have to respect them for the script and the practicing and all =) wasn't a complete waste of time ^^
The play was about 8 different ppl from 8 different places and basically it was just showing 8 different situations and thoughts on life. So it was 8 seperate short sketches:
1st (lady):
She talked abt this funeral and how everyones' schedule was messed up and all. She also talked abt all the burning of the paper money, the traditions and so on. And how some ppl were not serious and laughing etc.
Excerpt:
"and as i walked away from the funeral, no one called my name. I was the one who died" *lights off*
2nd (lady):
She acted a chinese lady abt to get married to an indian. They acted out the different actions of different ppl, eg: mom, blind dad, fren, gossiper
Excerpt:
Dad: "now remember dear, if he doesn't treat u well, u'll"
Dad and Lady together: "kick his balls, pack ur bags and come back here"
Dad: "or else, u can bring him back here and"
Dad and Lady together: "we'll kick his balls together"
3rd (lady):
She acted otu an animal, most likely a dog that goes through: being bought in a store, being neglected, being a stray, being trained, being a stray, being played with by kids till death. It was really a sad story.
Excerpt: "what am i? Animal."
4th (man):
He talked abt his family where everyone suicides. He talks about each an every death and how it came to be. Very funny actually how he did it :p
Excerpt: "he wudn't shut up, so we shot him"
5th (lady):
Indian acting as a Malay lady, writing a letter to her mother. About her arranged marridge where she is not allowed to talk to anyone or go out and is sometimes beaten. Very sad, very sad, she cries in the end - real tears.
Excerpt: "mamalah yang menjatuhkan hidup ini padaku"
6th (lady):
Indian lady acting out how the world's male chauvinistic. And how she herself is a feminist.
Excerpt: "Just think where wud u be without one (woman)?"
7th (guai lo man):
This was the best! He kinda like a comedian thing where he talked abt his life in malaysia as a 'local foreigner'
Excerpt: "So nowadays, u know what i like the most? To go down to Petaling Street and watch the other foreigners get lost"
8th (man):
This one sucked...no more to say
All in all i think it was all mediocre. But u have to respect them for the script and the practicing and all =) wasn't a complete waste of time ^^
Friday, April 15, 2005
"In this debate that we have just won...
Today we had the 2 HELP debate teams come together for a little mock debate. The mock debate was for practice and on top of that to choose between whether we shud take Jun Horng or Pei Ni as a debater.
Some info:
We're sending 2 teams to the HELP debate. Therefore we both have different topics for our first debate but we both happen to be the opposition for both. Anywayz, we agreed that each team wud prepare for their own topic and make some one-liner contentions for the opposing team to impromptu and use.
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First debate: (the one my team prepared for)
Shanmugam and I sat out on this debate so that we could see both Jun Horng and Pei Ni in the same debate and make a comparison.
Result: our team won, but it was a lousy debate, everything was so unprepared for and lousy. Jun Horng was good though. Pei Ni sucks.
The issue of kicking Pei Ni out of our team was pretty much decided on beforehand but this debate was our generousity giving her another chance to prove herself. But as proven after the first debate - SHE SUCKS. Put it this way, she was the first negative speaker and she didn't even rebutt the first affirmative speaker and brought in her contentions straighaway!!
Later on we gave her a little talk and explained that we were kicking her off the team. She has NO experience, NO speaking skills, NO debate whip. Her oni experience is some chinese debate she did in form 1 -_-
Anywayz one of our excuses for kicking her off the team was that she din put enuff effort into the team. Her excuse? "I am oni going for exposure". For goodness sakes woman, if ur not going to win that pretty much bags it for me!
So we kicked off th dead weight (the whole giant fat lot of it :p)
Note: I have nothing against the fact that pei ni is fat, its just such a nice joke =D *dead weight rofl*
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2nd debate: (the one their team prepared for)
So this time, the speakers for my team was:
1st: Me
2nd: Shanmugam
3rd: Ivan Ng Heng Soon (we added him in just for fun ^^)
Note: Soon Heng and Heng Soon are 2 diff ppl
We had nothing. Their team was supposed to have prepared some arguments for us but they didn't, so....
We had only 15 minutes 2 prepare our debate and we only had evidence that we took from our general knowledge.
The result? WE WON!!! The opposition had lost eventhough we were debating THEIR topic. The fact that we won was so obvious because the opposition kept contradicting themselves and were unable to give a suitable rebuttal. It was so clear that towards the last speech, shanmugam and i were dancing in our seats LITERALLY! :p
Oh yea, Ivan's brilliant ending speech, "In this debate that we have just won..." :p
i hope its like this for the ACTUAL debate! =D
P.S. Sorry, dun mean to be so mean to pei ni =)
Some info:
We're sending 2 teams to the HELP debate. Therefore we both have different topics for our first debate but we both happen to be the opposition for both. Anywayz, we agreed that each team wud prepare for their own topic and make some one-liner contentions for the opposing team to impromptu and use.
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First debate: (the one my team prepared for)
Shanmugam and I sat out on this debate so that we could see both Jun Horng and Pei Ni in the same debate and make a comparison.
Result: our team won, but it was a lousy debate, everything was so unprepared for and lousy. Jun Horng was good though. Pei Ni sucks.
The issue of kicking Pei Ni out of our team was pretty much decided on beforehand but this debate was our generousity giving her another chance to prove herself. But as proven after the first debate - SHE SUCKS. Put it this way, she was the first negative speaker and she didn't even rebutt the first affirmative speaker and brought in her contentions straighaway!!
Later on we gave her a little talk and explained that we were kicking her off the team. She has NO experience, NO speaking skills, NO debate whip. Her oni experience is some chinese debate she did in form 1 -_-
Anywayz one of our excuses for kicking her off the team was that she din put enuff effort into the team. Her excuse? "I am oni going for exposure". For goodness sakes woman, if ur not going to win that pretty much bags it for me!
So we kicked off th dead weight (the whole giant fat lot of it :p)
Note: I have nothing against the fact that pei ni is fat, its just such a nice joke =D *dead weight rofl*
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2nd debate: (the one their team prepared for)
So this time, the speakers for my team was:
1st: Me
2nd: Shanmugam
3rd: Ivan Ng Heng Soon (we added him in just for fun ^^)
Note: Soon Heng and Heng Soon are 2 diff ppl
We had nothing. Their team was supposed to have prepared some arguments for us but they didn't, so....
We had only 15 minutes 2 prepare our debate and we only had evidence that we took from our general knowledge.
The result? WE WON!!! The opposition had lost eventhough we were debating THEIR topic. The fact that we won was so obvious because the opposition kept contradicting themselves and were unable to give a suitable rebuttal. It was so clear that towards the last speech, shanmugam and i were dancing in our seats LITERALLY! :p
Oh yea, Ivan's brilliant ending speech, "In this debate that we have just won..." :p
i hope its like this for the ACTUAL debate! =D
P.S. Sorry, dun mean to be so mean to pei ni =)
Friday, April 08, 2005
Snap, snap we have your soul
Well if u look back at my previous posts u'll realize that this week i've missed 2 days of skool. Well hooray! today i missed skool as well ^^
Today is the 2nd day of the 2005 photo sessions and since i'm a probationary Ed Board member i got to spend my whole day helping around with the photo session and i didn't have to go back to class AT ALL yay!
Well my job as a probationary member wasn't much really. The duty position which i was given for most of the photo session was 'corridor' that basically means making sure there's no one walking around the corridors while a picture is being taken. The reason behind this job is to prevent ppl popping up in the background of the photos being taken.
For some reason not many ppl realize this and therefore there's still tons of oblivious souls that walk around the corridors although we made a barricade with chairs! Anywayz, i complained to the seniors on the ed board and said that we shud take the pictures of ppl in the background this year, enlarge them and then put them on a big sign. So watch out everyone! We're doing that next year ^^
The photo session wasn't much really, but the highlight of it is definately credited to John Wong.
Normally, for all clubs and societies there's either 2 or 3 shots of them taken, and the last one is 'freestyle' meaning that everyone can drop their stern looks and make peace signs or stick their tongues out. Well that's what ppl NORMALLY do.
When it came to the Boy Scouts turn to take their picture, it was pretty much the same as every other photo session, there was the headmistress, the PK Hem and so on. But when it came to the 'freestyle' shot John Wong being the odd ball, ran out from the top row, jumped down, and stood IN FRONT of the HEADMISTRESS and did an 'ACTION' pose to the camera!
Needlessly to say, once the picture was taken-- he ran and ran. And as i was walking towards the scene of the 'crime' i heard the words of Shi Kai, "the hunt is on".
Unfortunately i was standing at the corridor during the shot and didn't get the chance to see the picture, but as i have heard from my fellow ed board members, it was apparently very....Artistic :p
Well as far as i am concerned John Wong is in deep shit. But who cares? Put yourself in his shoes when your 50yrs old and looking through your photo album :)
Today is the 2nd day of the 2005 photo sessions and since i'm a probationary Ed Board member i got to spend my whole day helping around with the photo session and i didn't have to go back to class AT ALL yay!
Well my job as a probationary member wasn't much really. The duty position which i was given for most of the photo session was 'corridor' that basically means making sure there's no one walking around the corridors while a picture is being taken. The reason behind this job is to prevent ppl popping up in the background of the photos being taken.
For some reason not many ppl realize this and therefore there's still tons of oblivious souls that walk around the corridors although we made a barricade with chairs! Anywayz, i complained to the seniors on the ed board and said that we shud take the pictures of ppl in the background this year, enlarge them and then put them on a big sign. So watch out everyone! We're doing that next year ^^
The photo session wasn't much really, but the highlight of it is definately credited to John Wong.
Normally, for all clubs and societies there's either 2 or 3 shots of them taken, and the last one is 'freestyle' meaning that everyone can drop their stern looks and make peace signs or stick their tongues out. Well that's what ppl NORMALLY do.
When it came to the Boy Scouts turn to take their picture, it was pretty much the same as every other photo session, there was the headmistress, the PK Hem and so on. But when it came to the 'freestyle' shot John Wong being the odd ball, ran out from the top row, jumped down, and stood IN FRONT of the HEADMISTRESS and did an 'ACTION' pose to the camera!
Needlessly to say, once the picture was taken-- he ran and ran. And as i was walking towards the scene of the 'crime' i heard the words of Shi Kai, "the hunt is on".
Unfortunately i was standing at the corridor during the shot and didn't get the chance to see the picture, but as i have heard from my fellow ed board members, it was apparently very....Artistic :p
Well as far as i am concerned John Wong is in deep shit. But who cares? Put yourself in his shoes when your 50yrs old and looking through your photo album :)
Thursday, April 07, 2005
Defeat....
I guess the reason why i have not been writing my blogs lately is cuz of this....yeapz...today was the MSSD scrabble competition and we....LOST XD
here's a short summary of my matches:
1st round- lost (Sultan Abdul Samad)
2nd round- tie (SSAAS very long name...)
3rd rounf - won (forgot)
anywayz....i wonder whether i cud have done better but, heyz looks on the birght side right??
*be optimistic warren, be optimistic* XD
(lolz at least i missed skool =D)
here's a short summary of my matches:
1st round- lost (Sultan Abdul Samad)
2nd round- tie (SSAAS very long name...)
3rd rounf - won (forgot)
anywayz....i wonder whether i cud have done better but, heyz looks on the birght side right??
*be optimistic warren, be optimistic* XD
(lolz at least i missed skool =D)
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Frank
As u all shud know if u've read my other posts, this week is English Week. And today was the Oral Interpretation event.
Oral interpretation is where u take an excerpt from a novel and u read it the way it shud be... i know thats not a very clear explanation so here's an example:
I did an excerpt from Frankenstein, therefore i altered my voice for the different characters i.e. when i played the Dr. i had a normal voice and when i played the Monster i had a deep, coarse, condescending voice.
Anywayz, i think my performance was ok...mediocre... According to my frens they say its good overall but one prob is that my narration was a bit soft...so i kinda dunno whats going to happen.
But just like impromptu speaking my fingers are crossed hoping to get something at least!
No time to think anymore, tomorrow's MSSD SCRABBLE!!! Wish me luck!
Oral interpretation is where u take an excerpt from a novel and u read it the way it shud be... i know thats not a very clear explanation so here's an example:
I did an excerpt from Frankenstein, therefore i altered my voice for the different characters i.e. when i played the Dr. i had a normal voice and when i played the Monster i had a deep, coarse, condescending voice.
Anywayz, i think my performance was ok...mediocre... According to my frens they say its good overall but one prob is that my narration was a bit soft...so i kinda dunno whats going to happen.
But just like impromptu speaking my fingers are crossed hoping to get something at least!
No time to think anymore, tomorrow's MSSD SCRABBLE!!! Wish me luck!
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Alarums!
Yes, all of u that know me, know that i'm somewhat of a SCRABBLE FREAK!!! So today was one of the best days i've had so far ^^
THE FIRST best thing abt today was the fact that....i missed skool! YAY! I mean, what could be a better way to start off a wonderful day? Anywayz, the competition was held at Lasalle PJ, i was there around 7.30am. I hung around their main hall as i waited for everyone else to arrive. Not long after everyone was there, and just as i had half expected, Jun Horng came with his Essence of Chicken. He does this EVERY competition, last year during inter-skool scrabble competitions, he brought it; during forensics, he brought it. So i guess i didn't find it a surprise, but nevertheless, i still find it disgusting xP. But what can i say, it seems to work for him doesn't it.
So, to make things more simple for y'all (n so that this lazy ass wun have to type so much :p) :-
We had 2 teams - Under 18 and Under 15
Under 18 - Jun Horng, Tian Ann and I
Under 15 - Michael Soyza, Chia Yang and Khai Ling
All in all we played 3 rounds
My rounds:
First round
WON! but only by 16 points, my tiles that round really sucked, i seemed to be getting tiles all worth only ONE mark. Luckily though i eventually managed to catch up with a bingo: 'ALARUMS' Thank God i've read Romeo and Juliet.
Second round
LOST! by 27 points, I actually really don't mind losing but the fact is the girl i played against was a BITCH. Eg: i played a strange word and she said 'your pretty desperate aren't u', crap her i though. By the way, she challenged thw word and it was valid wahahahahahaha. But anywayz, i lost....bitch
Third round
WON! by 124 points! Unfortunately i cannot contribute my scrabble skills to this victory, the cold hard fact is - she sucked. But anywayz, she was a very nice girl, and i even felt a bit sad that she lost. If she was the bitch, i wudn't feel sorry at all *evil*
Overall results:
Under 18 category - CHAMPION CHS!!!
Under 15 category - RUNNER-UP CHS!!!
This is great! it means that our next match is on Thursday, and its MSSD!
PS. Means i get to miss a day of skool too :p
Wish me luck!
THE FIRST best thing abt today was the fact that....i missed skool! YAY! I mean, what could be a better way to start off a wonderful day? Anywayz, the competition was held at Lasalle PJ, i was there around 7.30am. I hung around their main hall as i waited for everyone else to arrive. Not long after everyone was there, and just as i had half expected, Jun Horng came with his Essence of Chicken. He does this EVERY competition, last year during inter-skool scrabble competitions, he brought it; during forensics, he brought it. So i guess i didn't find it a surprise, but nevertheless, i still find it disgusting xP. But what can i say, it seems to work for him doesn't it.
So, to make things more simple for y'all (n so that this lazy ass wun have to type so much :p) :-
We had 2 teams - Under 18 and Under 15
Under 18 - Jun Horng, Tian Ann and I
Under 15 - Michael Soyza, Chia Yang and Khai Ling
All in all we played 3 rounds
My rounds:
First round
WON! but only by 16 points, my tiles that round really sucked, i seemed to be getting tiles all worth only ONE mark. Luckily though i eventually managed to catch up with a bingo: 'ALARUMS' Thank God i've read Romeo and Juliet.
Second round
LOST! by 27 points, I actually really don't mind losing but the fact is the girl i played against was a BITCH. Eg: i played a strange word and she said 'your pretty desperate aren't u', crap her i though. By the way, she challenged thw word and it was valid wahahahahahaha. But anywayz, i lost....bitch
Third round
WON! by 124 points! Unfortunately i cannot contribute my scrabble skills to this victory, the cold hard fact is - she sucked. But anywayz, she was a very nice girl, and i even felt a bit sad that she lost. If she was the bitch, i wudn't feel sorry at all *evil*
Overall results:
Under 18 category - CHAMPION CHS!!!
Under 15 category - RUNNER-UP CHS!!!
This is great! it means that our next match is on Thursday, and its MSSD!
PS. Means i get to miss a day of skool too :p
Wish me luck!
Monday, April 04, 2005
Crap-a-lot
This week is ENGLISH WEEK. Sadly, this morning it rained and that meant there was no assembly. Hey, normally NOT having assembly is GOOD. Today though, i felt sorry mostly for Tien Huey, cuz she had prepared this wonderful banner tied to helium baloons for the English Week opening ceremony. The baloons wud fly high, high, high up into the air and the English Language Society (ELS) sign wud be shown. *Sigh* poor Tien Huey.
But lets not dwell on the bad side ^^
After school, the Impromptu Speaking competition was held in skool. The problem is, i did not know WHERE. I managed to meet Tien Huey, so since she's President of ELS i EXPECTED her to know, to my dismay she told me Bilik Serbaguna, WRONG! Only after much running around skool in my hot prefect attire did i find that it was being held in Bilik ABM.
I realized that some people may not know what impromptu speaking is, so here goes my eexplanation:
U crap. Yes, u heard right, impromptu speaking is basically where u are given one minute to prepare a 4 min long speech. Normally ur given a word and a quote to choose for ur speech but in this case we were only given a word. Well basically that's it crap-a-lot!
For the Form 4 category there were only THREE participants this meant that everyone was SURE to go home with a prize.
Well when it came to my turn i got the topic 'beauty'. I ranted for around 4 mins and that was it. I didn't think i did well really, but i still think i got a high chance of getting a prize (duh :p 3 ppl oni). All in all, although i did bad, i'm still hoping for 1st place :D
*fingers crossed*
But lets not dwell on the bad side ^^
After school, the Impromptu Speaking competition was held in skool. The problem is, i did not know WHERE. I managed to meet Tien Huey, so since she's President of ELS i EXPECTED her to know, to my dismay she told me Bilik Serbaguna, WRONG! Only after much running around skool in my hot prefect attire did i find that it was being held in Bilik ABM.
I realized that some people may not know what impromptu speaking is, so here goes my eexplanation:
U crap. Yes, u heard right, impromptu speaking is basically where u are given one minute to prepare a 4 min long speech. Normally ur given a word and a quote to choose for ur speech but in this case we were only given a word. Well basically that's it crap-a-lot!
For the Form 4 category there were only THREE participants this meant that everyone was SURE to go home with a prize.
Well when it came to my turn i got the topic 'beauty'. I ranted for around 4 mins and that was it. I didn't think i did well really, but i still think i got a high chance of getting a prize (duh :p 3 ppl oni). All in all, although i did bad, i'm still hoping for 1st place :D
*fingers crossed*
Sunday, April 03, 2005
Na-mi-to-fu Mo-jo-jo-jo...
Normally, i dun go for Ching Ming, but lately my dad has become quite queer. Yes, a lot of bad luck has come his way and suddenly he's free-thinker mind has gone a bit Chinese. First of all, i was in his car as he was taking me to Taekwando, and i saw a bracelet in the passenger seat's pocket, i asked him who's it was, and to my surprise he replied its mine. He continued, its prayer beads, naturally i did what any teenager in this situation would do - i stared at him thinking, right......
To make things even stranger he then took the beads out put it around the driver's stick, then he turned on his Monk Chanting CD and chanted some made up prayers: na me to fu, ba na na, mo jo jo jo. My dad could obviously see that i thought he had lost his mind, so he then reached into his pocket and pulled out a credit card of hell, just to prove that he was serious. Sheesh, y can't he just go into the church like normal people!?
So that's how it was next thing i knew it was Sunday and we were driving off to Melaka. I had tried to get out off this situation the night before but it went something like this:
Me: Dad, hmmm we're goign to Melaka, i got lots of homework to do, i'll prolly have to stay up til late in the night....
Dad: Fine then dun go!
Me: I didn't mean it like that daddy...
Dad: I understand, u got work to do. So dun go!
Me: Fine then i'll go!
Dad: *snickers*
Me: Thinking *dang! reverse-psychology again!*
So that's why i ended up going to Melaka.
The trip there wasn't really long actually, there was only one which was very jammed on the way which was around Nilai Memorial Park. The queue going into that place was horrendous, looking inside just made me my lips form an 's'. The scene at that memorial park was worse than what i see at batu caves! but who cares i din have to go there =D
It took about one and a half hours to reach Melaka. When we entered the city my dad started driving around trying to recall the bearings of his old town. Eventually, we got lost. But luckily my dad had a little bit more memory of the town than the hair on his head and managed to get us to his cousin's hawker stall.
Dad's cousin was a nice lady, she made char koah teow for all of us and refused to let us pay and didn't accept our angpao. The hawker place itself i felt was very nice. It was shaded and in the middle of the hawker centre was a GIGANTIC tree that covered the zinc roof of the shop and kept it cool. My dad said the hawker stall has been here for yongs (kiwi slang). Unfortunatey though i can't say the food was as enjoyable as the setting. My aunt had put in extra siham and prolly put in extra effort, but....it just wasn't wonderful, sorry. PS 10 years ago my aunt was in depression and attempted suicide 4 times, she's OK now tho =D
After food, my aunt came out on her motorbike and led us all the way to my uncle's house.
On first sight my uncle is...well...a...big man, oh who am i trying to kid, he's FAT! He looks like the average uneducated Chinese - naked except for a pair of pants and proudly showing off his 'beer belly'. Despite his looks though, he's a friendly man, his wife is a nice lady too and when we came she was sticking the sate meat onto the sate sticks. My uncle as i said is uneducated and works as a welder in a shipyard. My aunt on the other hand does all sorts, such small income businesses as coconut milk, putting meat onto sate sticks, getting siham out of its shell. Basically anything that robots labour will soon replace.
After a friendly chat we took my uncle along with us and drove off to the cemetry. We visited my grandmother's grave first. Oops i forgot to explain, u see, my grandma's grave and my grandad's grave isn't together. Why u ask? well to put things short, my grandad was a rich man in his time and had 4 wives SIMUTANEOUSLY! Therefore, since my grandma was the 2nd wife, she's not buried together with my grandad. PS my grandma commited suicide (2.2.1969) , my grandad died shortly after (23.4.1969), my dad was only 16 when this all happened.
Anywayz back to the main story. The graveyard was like a desert with many carved stones, red earth and specked with a tree here and there. When we went to the grave we were quite lucky that they weren't many ppl. Getting to the grave itself was somewhat complicated. Just imagine, this graveyard is the biggest in Melaka, and Melaka is the most historical city in Malaysia. What does this sum up to? - A lot of graves.
When we reached my grandma's grave we did the traditional thing, the food and cleaning had already been done by my uncle early in the morn. So what we did there was pay respect. Even i, stood in front of her grave and gave my 3 kowtows. I think to me, religion is one thing, tradition is another.
We then sent my uncle back and then headed off to Chen Hoon Teng temple to pray to my grandma and grandad's talismans. -incomplete- (i realize this blog is very long and i might never finish it, so dun count on it)
To make things even stranger he then took the beads out put it around the driver's stick, then he turned on his Monk Chanting CD and chanted some made up prayers: na me to fu, ba na na, mo jo jo jo. My dad could obviously see that i thought he had lost his mind, so he then reached into his pocket and pulled out a credit card of hell, just to prove that he was serious. Sheesh, y can't he just go into the church like normal people!?
So that's how it was next thing i knew it was Sunday and we were driving off to Melaka. I had tried to get out off this situation the night before but it went something like this:
Me: Dad, hmmm we're goign to Melaka, i got lots of homework to do, i'll prolly have to stay up til late in the night....
Dad: Fine then dun go!
Me: I didn't mean it like that daddy...
Dad: I understand, u got work to do. So dun go!
Me: Fine then i'll go!
Dad: *snickers*
Me: Thinking *dang! reverse-psychology again!*
So that's why i ended up going to Melaka.
The trip there wasn't really long actually, there was only one which was very jammed on the way which was around Nilai Memorial Park. The queue going into that place was horrendous, looking inside just made me my lips form an 's'. The scene at that memorial park was worse than what i see at batu caves! but who cares i din have to go there =D
It took about one and a half hours to reach Melaka. When we entered the city my dad started driving around trying to recall the bearings of his old town. Eventually, we got lost. But luckily my dad had a little bit more memory of the town than the hair on his head and managed to get us to his cousin's hawker stall.
Dad's cousin was a nice lady, she made char koah teow for all of us and refused to let us pay and didn't accept our angpao. The hawker place itself i felt was very nice. It was shaded and in the middle of the hawker centre was a GIGANTIC tree that covered the zinc roof of the shop and kept it cool. My dad said the hawker stall has been here for yongs (kiwi slang). Unfortunatey though i can't say the food was as enjoyable as the setting. My aunt had put in extra siham and prolly put in extra effort, but....it just wasn't wonderful, sorry. PS 10 years ago my aunt was in depression and attempted suicide 4 times, she's OK now tho =D
After food, my aunt came out on her motorbike and led us all the way to my uncle's house.
On first sight my uncle is...well...a...big man, oh who am i trying to kid, he's FAT! He looks like the average uneducated Chinese - naked except for a pair of pants and proudly showing off his 'beer belly'. Despite his looks though, he's a friendly man, his wife is a nice lady too and when we came she was sticking the sate meat onto the sate sticks. My uncle as i said is uneducated and works as a welder in a shipyard. My aunt on the other hand does all sorts, such small income businesses as coconut milk, putting meat onto sate sticks, getting siham out of its shell. Basically anything that robots labour will soon replace.
After a friendly chat we took my uncle along with us and drove off to the cemetry. We visited my grandmother's grave first. Oops i forgot to explain, u see, my grandma's grave and my grandad's grave isn't together. Why u ask? well to put things short, my grandad was a rich man in his time and had 4 wives SIMUTANEOUSLY! Therefore, since my grandma was the 2nd wife, she's not buried together with my grandad. PS my grandma commited suicide (2.2.1969) , my grandad died shortly after (23.4.1969), my dad was only 16 when this all happened.
Anywayz back to the main story. The graveyard was like a desert with many carved stones, red earth and specked with a tree here and there. When we went to the grave we were quite lucky that they weren't many ppl. Getting to the grave itself was somewhat complicated. Just imagine, this graveyard is the biggest in Melaka, and Melaka is the most historical city in Malaysia. What does this sum up to? - A lot of graves.
When we reached my grandma's grave we did the traditional thing, the food and cleaning had already been done by my uncle early in the morn. So what we did there was pay respect. Even i, stood in front of her grave and gave my 3 kowtows. I think to me, religion is one thing, tradition is another.
We then sent my uncle back and then headed off to Chen Hoon Teng temple to pray to my grandma and grandad's talismans. -incomplete- (i realize this blog is very long and i might never finish it, so dun count on it)
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