Tuesday, April 14, 2009
BAZAR 2009 Courtesy of Girl Guide Society of Malaysia!
You think the route to becoming a Queen's Guide is easy?
It's been a long time since I've last posted right? But that is because I stuck to my promise and only came online during the weekends! During which I was soooo busy I hadn't the time to post anything! :D
But then, oh no don't think I'm contravening my own rules again just because I am blogging YET again on a weekday, cos I am totally allowed to use this opportunity to replace the time I would have used to blog during the last weekends if I wasn't busy okay. So he he he. :D Some more I am doing my school work ma. Memang need internet access one so I am not online for
UPDATES! :D Something very shocking happened to me about a few days ago. Easter eve I think. It was very terrible. It was so abysmal I even considered committing suicide JOKING JOKING how long you know me already still don't know that I will never commit suicide one. D: (Some more considering how happy-happy I am writing this post it's obvious I'm no where near THAT demented okay) Anyway.
I was going to blog about it, but somehow I lost the adrenaline and muse then I decided to post about something else instead. Next time when the feeling comes back, only then I'll write about it la.
Moving on.
Today I told Miss Biology that I wanted to pull out from the Biology Quiz she submitted my name to, because I would be busy with Bengkel Selalu Sedia (BSS) (if you guys have been paying attention to my blog you all will know what this is. Hor, don't know la. Fine, don't want tell you. ):)
I expected her to just glare at me as would be her usual respond but this time I was in for something even bigger. First she indirectly condemned me of my inability to manage my time. Then she proceeded to condemning Cherrie's artwork for her Projek Khidmat Masyarakat 3 Bulan (PKM3B). Oh no she was not done, then she continued vilifying the whole Girl Guide Society claiming that us Queen's Guides to be are just a bunch of liars for we are doing nothing significant to earn our title (AS IF SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING LIKE THAT). Then right, (jor, running out of connectors already) she continued vilifying everything there is to be vilified in this world and then elucidated that the three Queen's Guides in our school last year who got their titles were also a bunch of undeserving liars.
To which I have only ONE thing to say:
WHATEVER.
Let me enlighten all of you of the REAL process to earning the Queen's Guide title. But let me warn you first that this post might end up very boring but I don't care because I want to LET EVERYONE KNOW that this title is NOT AS EASY SHIT AS YOU THINK.
First, to qualify for Pandu Puteri Remaja, candidates will have to pass a series of tests, which include ikatan, outdoor survival skills (fire-starting, camping, innovative skills when facing danger/adversity during the outdoors) health tests, stalking skills, (I'm serious. This is supposed to teach us how to observe and watch people/enemies without being found out) etc. And then we will have to transform all of those tests that we've passed into writings in a report book called Log Book (Buku Log Kemajuan Pandu Puteri Remaja) which I'm sure most of you have read a gazillion times before about how I hate doing them.
Then, the next step, we will have to qualify for our Pandu Puteri Renjer. This also includes all the aforementioned tests, only with more maturity and increased difficulty level. The additional part of this test requires candidates to dig out histories of Malaysia, as well as the geographical location of Malaysia, within Malaysia, and then within the states and towns in Malaysia. It is HARD work okay. Yes, candidates may download information from the internet, but the Malaysian webpages are always "improvising works are in progress" and so how easy do you think it is to even extract a MODICUM of information about Malaysia from the internet? Plus we are not allowed to copy-paste our findings so we will have to either retype the whole thing or summarise the whole pasage or something and then transform all that into writing in another log book, this time named Buku Log Kemajuan Pandu Puteri Renjer.
And then there are individual log books that we have to do. One will have to fulfil all the requirements stated in the guide book which sometimes include very time-consuming activities like travelling, collecting, interviews, cooking, washing, painting, singing, acting, writing, research, observation, public speaking, outdoor skills, innovation skills, people skills, leadership (basically EVERYTHING there is to be learned) bla bla bla. And then to qualify for Queen's Badge, multiply the number of log books with 22. Yes. We have THAT many log books to do BEFORE we can officially earn our QG title.
And what about practical work? In total we will have to have organised TWO official camps WITHOUT even a MODICUM of help from teachers or whatever. You think that's easy? Do you even KNOW the word camp? We have to consider the safety of the participants, their food and welfare, accommodation bla this that this that.
And to have reached this stage, ALL OF US 6 QGCs of SMK(P) Bukit Kuda, Klang have completed ALL the aforementioned tests/work/stress/pressure.
So WHO is she to say that we are undeserving our of title after ALL we've DONE? She did NOT even see ANYTHING we've done except our PKM3B which we've done recently (I'm still trying to finish it. Amen.) She only has her stupid mouth to keep critising people and pointing out mistakes AS IF she herself is a saint or something. To which I can only respond: PUKE PUKE PUKE PUKE GAG GAG GAG GAG
I know there is this thing that people have been meaning to ask, but refrained because doing so would sound rude, and I'm about 99.9% sure this question is running across in your mind too while you're reading this post:
If it's so cumbersome stressful pressuring bad ugly whatever adjective to describe something bad and boring then WHY do you all still want to do it?
Well. It's all about determination, goals and boasting.
Seriously. It is. Well, to ME it is, I don't know about the rest of the 5 QGCs in our school...
DETERMINATIONI want to do this simply because I want to prove to people that I'm not someone who gives up easily and also, I want to excel in my co-curricular (as well as my academic; but I think I've got that in hand pretty well. Only when I study la of course :P) to form a good foundation for me for when I want to apply for scholarship to pursue my education. (wtf so many for one) Do you guys know that the Queen's Guide title/certificate is recognised nationwide? That means when I apply for some local universitiy/college/scholarship or whatever and they evaluate my co-curricular background, my Queen's Guide title would constitute FULL MARKS. So isn't it completely LOGICAL that I pursue this QG badge?
GOALS
I have lots of goals. As you already know, I conjecture. The most important goal that I want to achieve through this title is significance (despite what stupid Miss Biology has to say). Yes. I want to be remembered, to make a mark in school, to continue to be talked about in school even after I've graduated. Because otherwise what is the whole point of school (knowledge-gaining aside)? You waste 5 years of secondary education in high school and then you are just going to graduate without leaving anything significant behind? Well, I want to be remembered by my teachers and Juniors as someone who's at least achieved something in school. Plus, I want to test my limits. I want to test if I can go as far as to complete all the cumbersome log books and stuff, and then ultimately I can achieve my goal of patience. Next is because I want to make Puan Ding happy and proud. Finish.
BOASTING
Cannot meh? You want to complain that I am such a bragger but YOU GOT ANYTHING TO BRAG ABOUT OR NOT? No la. I am not a mean person. What I mean by boasting is that feeling that makes you feel proud of yourself when you get to showcase to people that you've achieved something. It's a great feeling to be showered with compliments you know. Don't deny la you. Maybe you just don't want to admit it because you've never been complimented before HAHAHAHAHA. Plus being successful (yes, achieving the Queen's badge constitutes successful to me because I (am about to have) achieved it, are/do/did you?) is the only way people are going to respect you and take you seriously.
So you see. It all makes sense. I'm sure you are probably going, "There are other ways to become successful la bla bla bla," but please come back from your ideas of publishing a book, writing articles for national newspapers, earning money from your own efforts (wtf sound like May Zhee only) and all that because mind you, we're in HIGH SCHOOL and only very determined people can do that. Can you? Then you're probably going, "Yes I can." But my question is, Are you doing it?
Well, that's where you're losing out. Because I'm doing something in my life. I'm doing something with my life. Just because it happens to be something I don't entirely enjoy, but doesn't that just make my efforts more worthwhile and significant when I do achieve it?
Please. I've said this before and I'm going to say it again:
Please think of your own inadequacies first before you go vilifying other people.
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Ciao.
PS> I know Miss Biology has published her own books already but she's doing that only at the age of what? 4 decades old? Okay la it's quite an achievement also but does that give her the right to criticise others? NO. I'm getting more and more convinced that she's a two-year-marriage-divorcee rather than a 5 decade-old virgin I originally thought she was, given her total inability in staying civilised in her daily life. To which I can only say, Praise God for saving one man's *coughheralleged/rumouredex-husbandcough* life.
PPS> Okay I am so mean.
PPPS> I just realised! My first left-aligned post! :D Preeeeeeeeeettttyyy! :D :D :D
Monday, April 6, 2009
My 17th Birthday! :D
And so the traditional process begins!
Similarly like What's a Picture Post without a photo of a pretty girl?
Also What's a birthday celebration without a totally hot and gorgeous
birthday girl named TANG JO-YEE Roti Tisu?
MOVING ON! :D
Dinner at The Ship with Daddy, Mummy, April and Tommy! :D
This is what Daddy ordered. Some steak with garlic sauce or something. I refused to take note of the name of his dish because he refused to give me a stick of his baby carrots. Stingy. In the end he didn't even finish them okay! ):
This is what Mum ordered. Baked fish something something something. This time I don't remember because........I just don't remember. Hahahaha. Not a fan of fish la. :D
Hah! This I remember! Because it was my dish! It was the most awesome dish of the night! :D And it was mine! Or maybe I said that already! But whatever! It's called.................Roasted Lamb Rack!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D
Okay so I lied. I don't remember the name of this dish as well. But I'm pretty sure it's something like that. Is it my fault that The Ship names their dishes with such long and complicated names and also that once the food arrived I totally forgot to even BOTHER to remember the name of the dish because I was so totally mesmerised by the aroma emanating from it??? NO, it is NOT. So don't call me a glutton who knows only to eat and not remember dish names okay! eventhough technically I am
But the lamb rack I ordered was a really good dish, promise. (: Verdict: The lamb was very tender and the sauce was awesome and the brocolli was very tender and the corn was awesome repeat for the rest of the stuff on the dish please thank you very much bye!
I seriously don't know why the only pictures of human I managed to snap that night was of my sister and Tommy. Seriously. I was the Attention Of The Night but do you see me in any photos? Noooooo! Unless if I was one of the lamb racks. Sheeeeesh.
Or maybe it wasn't a celebration for my birthday but a celebration for my sister for obtaining good results for her STPM! Oh my God! O_O
Bad side: I was cheated into such bliss during the night whereby I danced around the restaurant half-naked singing "Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to meeeeeeeeeeee...!~" and got hauled to the police station for indecent exposure JOKING JOKING
Good side: Dad is now back to owing ME a birthday dinner! :D :D :D More fooooooooooood! :D This is the cake Mum bought me which she claimed was the BEST CAKE IN THE WORLD until everyone took a bite of it and fell to the floor and DIED.
Joking, it just wasn't as good as (the stupid Fruitty Cakehouse person said it would be) my Mum thought it would be. And Ta-Daaah! The Princess Diaries Book 10! The final instalment to the series! :D Heeheehee. Cherrie, Mae Vin and Xin Yi got it for me. Awwww... (:
Okay so that wraps up my Picture Post for my 17th Birthday. Thank you very much for even bothering to read ciao goodbye see you next time.
Okay la. I'll give a proper thank you speech to all of you who have made me so happy and blissful for my 17th Birthday la okay? (:
Thank you Cherrie and Mae Vin (and Xin Yi) for going through all the trouble of planning me this little mamaking and also for the book. (: I'll try to forget the lame attempt you guys tried to present me with the gift by hanging the book in front of my mirror (because according to you, I never fail to check the mirror every five minutes or so to see if my hair is out of place or whatever which is so untrue because I am not that narcissistic thank you very much) so that you guys would be spared the awkward situation of handing me the gift (lest I don't like it but HELLO. How would I not like TPD Book 10 anything you guys buy me?????)
And thanks Atika, May Shuen, Rock Chan, Seow Wei, Ashley and Zee Yeng for coming to celebrate my birthday with me, and also all the little gifts you guys brought along. (: Sorry no pictures because I forgot to snap snap snap so I'll post them another time. Heeheee. :D
Thanks also to Zoey, Sue May, my cousins, Mummy and Daddy, April and everyone else for all the gifts and birthday wishes you guys gave me. :D
Sooooo I guess that's all! :D
Ciao! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Friday, April 3, 2009
People I Love. (:
So, without further ado, let me begin! :D
Mummy
Okay, despite all the complaints and rants I write about my Mum (hey I just realised I don't talk that much about my Mum! In my blog anyway...), I really do love her. She's one of the very few people who even only the thought of losing her makes me choke back tears. I'm serious. I'm not a very teary person, so when an occasion arises when I actually feel like choking back my tears, you know it's a very big deal. Sure, she is sometimes inordinately unreasonable, but most times she's done her job as a caring and loving Mum very well. :)
Although of course being the very good daughter I am, I always respect her with all my heart. Similarly also like how with all my heart I wish that the previous statement is true. Truth is, I am not a very good daughter, but I'm not a bad one mind you, it's just sometimes I forget to respect my Mum. :P But is it really my fault if she keeps doing things which involuntarily make me lose respect for her? D:
What? What do you mean I'm being sarcastic? Just because I put three smileys there doesn't mean I'm being sarcastic okay. In fact, it is the total opposite: I'm just trying to accentuate my point.
No SERIOUS! I'm not being sarcastic! Not even in this sentence! Really!!!!!
(this is what you get from telling too many lies. When you finally tell the truth, nobody believes you anymore anyway. Maybe I should just go on telling lies for the rest of my life)
Aun Che
I don't know if you know her, but I conjecture some of you do. If you remember (which I highly doubt you do so go check!) in many of my previous posts which I've mentioned about a certain cousin of mine who is so inhumanly kind that I always need to take five seconds of breather to actually try to comprehend her existence? Yes, that's her. Ever since I was born, I had been living in very close vicinity with her family until when I was about 12 or sommat when she moved to KL to live with her husband. During my adolescent/forming years, she had always been around me.
Verdict of her kindness? Well, she always buys me alot of things, ever since I was young. Whenever I desired something, be it a toy, food, books, clothes or whatever, she would get it for me. She bought me sooooo many things when I was young that when I went to (Primary) school, my classmates (yes, that includes you too, if you're from the same Primary School as mine) often mistook me as someone who came from a rich family, when in actual fact, I wasn't (and am not). Uptil now that even I'm only ONE year short of being a legal adult, she still buys me alot of things. As I actually have a brain now which functions, I know how to say 'no' to her, because when I was young, I was too stupid and naive and greedy to refuse her kindness before.
Okay so it is not only by materialistic means that she's kind to me cos she also cares alot for me and my family. If the frequent reminders of 'take care' and 'get more rest' are any indications, which I'm sure they are. In fact, her whole family are very kind people. For example, her parents recently lent a whole car (well, of course it's a whole car, where got people give half cars one) to my family for my sister's use, and even encouraged us to sell said car for a better one; WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY THEM BACK.
So, isn't it crazy how inhuman (in a good way) they are for being so kind? Tell me WHERE ELSE you can find such kind people and I will give YOU that whole car.
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Daddy
If you guys are wondering why my Daddy is in the third position and after my cousin, well, it's because my Mum and Aun Che could have done more for me in an entire week than my Dad has his entire life. It's painful but it's the truth. Not to say that I hate him or anything, because I love him alot actually, it's just well, it's the truth. My Daddy's not lived under the same roof as me ever since I was very young. It's true, he's taught me alot of things and pays me my monthly allowance and all that. But even if he starts accumulating merits right now by fulfilling his rightful responsibilities as a father, his deeds still can never measure up to what my Mum has done for me these 17 years. Unless of course if he buys me a car, a laptop, and a W910i gold colour JOKING JOKING I'M JOKING.
Plus, the one thing about him that I really cannot tolerate is his smoking habit. Even after my constant nags and lectures regarding health care, he still refuses to listen to me. However, he respects my wishes for him to stay at least ten feet away from me when he's smoking as I don't want (my family) to die of second-hand smoke.
Geeeesh. Thinking of this really makes me perspire with anger you know. I seriously cannot comprehend smokers. HELLO. Knock your stupid head and think of the consequences of smoking please? Even if you do not give a damn about your OWN health, at least respect others who actually want to die with healthy lungs okay.
Anyway, my point is, my Dad is a very big part of my life, because I've learnt alot from him and yes, even though I don't live with him, I am technically still afraid of losing him.
Fourth position on list has been REMOVED
(refer to this post for more information)
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CHERRIE
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I'm really thankful to have her as my friend. And well, frankly, I think she is the only friend who understands me so much that sometimes I fear letting her know more about me.
I KNOW. You are getting goosebumps on your goosebumps now right (haha, got this from Pastor Kevin, super funny! :D). Yea, I have them too. I actually have goosebumps on my goosebumps' goosebumps. No don't say that you have goosebumps on your goosebumps' goosebumps' goosebumps because this is MY blog and I will have the most goosebumps atop goosebumps than any human being on Earth. I have goosebumps on my goosebumps' goosebumps' goosebump's goosebumps' goosebumps' goosebumps' goose goose bumps bumps goose bumps goose bumps bumps okay whatever.
Pissed.
Okay so, being the President of the English Language Society (ELS) in school, and having one of the most unreasonable and stringent teacher in the whole school as the Advisor, you can pretty much surmise that this post is not picnic. And yes, it is NOT. To accentuate my point I shall put five exclamation points behind this sentence!!!!! Do you see the burden of this post now? No? Fine. !!!!!!!!!! Ten exclamation points for you. Do you feel the stress now? No? Twenty then! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, a little bit pointless, but well, at least you get my point now don't you.