I started reading books again a few months ago. I don't mean it as I've never read books during my form 6 days - only that, I scarcely read any fiction books at that time.

I have many unread books in my bookshelf. Mostly are classic novels... I've become fond of classic ones since I read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë in Form 5 and been buying classic novels whenever I have money.. I've read Wuthering Heights but don't have much thoughts about it.

*sigh* I've forgotten how much reading books can be exciting and addicting. Surprisingly, I found it more fun than watching serial dramas because it's all happening in my mind - I can pick or create any cast I like according to my preference. It's a very peculiar (in a good way) experience to me actually. There are times I have to hold myself from continue reading because I want to keep it for tomorrow... but at the same time, dying to know what happened next.


Hehe... recently I'm into Diana Wynne Jones (DWJ) books once again. Hmmm. I've started reading her books while I was in form 2. There were plenty of them in the school library. Now to think of it - I am glad the library teacher bought them. I think I started off with "Charmed Life"... and I love it. It's one of my favourite for the Chrestomanci series. I did try reading "Howl's Moving Castle" but I returned it to the library early and didn't bother to re-borrow because I thought it was boring in the beginning.

But, - oh, man - how wrong was I to think it's boring. I borrowed it once again in form 5 and determined to finish it. I regretted not reading it earlier, you know. I am permanently in love with it because of its characters. That's a very nice twist in Sophie's character. Come to think of it, most DWJ books are like that. You were given the impression of dull, normal, uninteresting etc characters in the beginning.. and then suddenly, as you read on, the story becomes more interesting and intriguing - and that's when it's hard to put the book down. You just must finish it on the spot.

The sequel to "Howl's Moving Castle", "Castle in the Air" didn't give much effect to me but I still find it enjoyable because most of the characters I like in "Howl's Moving Castle" are there. I can't wait for the latest sequel which will be out this year in June! Hmmm. I wish I can find a hardcover version locally.

Ha, 1st blabber post.
I'm a virgoan. But I won't say that I'm a highly-organized person because my room can be as messy (but not too much) as Nodame's room. Random-ness #1... Blabbers #1? Haha... I've given them numbers so that I can keep track how many random-ness and blabbers have I posted. It's kind of organized to be labelled/categorized that way.. As this blog is just, what, 2 months old?, I might as well make it all organized early. Hmmm. *Maybe that's where my perfectionism is.*

I know my previous post was very long but I didn't realise that it affected the appearance of the post. It seems separated (can't find another word to describe it) in the middle near the blockquote part.

I removed the long quote I made and it returned to its normal look. Then I add a thumbnail image and there it went again. Lastly, I settled down with just an url to the image... I'll keep in mind to avoid making my posts too long. Huh. That means I have to make it into parts if I talk too much in a post.

And the "highlighted" links aren't highlighted all the time. It seems to be related with how the url looks like, whether it ends with a .com, .html or etc... There must be a technical reason on the net to this, but I'm to lazy to find out... Well, if someone who knows happened to drop by, please leave a comment about the reason...

edit: It seems that the links problem only occur after I used blockquote... Oh, boy... I think I can't use much blockquote in the middle of my post anymore.. except if it's in the end of the post, of course...

I feel really stupid about myself. My last post was in early January and since then there were no more new ones. I tried and want to find something to talk about in my blog but can't seem to find one. I'm not going to school anymore, so I don't have anything exciting happening in my life now.

But, today my cat died. I feel compelled to write something where I-don't-know-who will 'know'. If I write in my diary (speaking of diary, I haven't thank that someone who gave me a diary as a present last Christmas... He'll be leaving for Australia this Saturday. Going to send him a thank-you e-mail later), no one will know. So I chose my blog instead. And with this are some stories from last year.

Random #1-1 - Death
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Excerpt

I adore cats. The cats I have at home are cats that come to our house themselves. At first it was only 'feed them because they look hungry'... But later on as they frequent our house, we started giving names to them and they started living in with us. Through these few years, I've already experienced deaths of my cats many times. Cried many times. Kept saying "Why didn't I treated it better?"...

I also came to know the feeling "Oh, no! He/She's dying." It's when I see the cat lying almost life-lessly, he/she doesn't respond much to me when I touch him/her... I'll cry during his/her last moments... It's really a melancholic and saddening moment...

I wasn't particularly close to the cat that died today (It has a name but I won't use it for now), but I still can feel its loss. I feel the lump in my throat. But I'm not crying. Not this time. Or maybe, not today. I'll see more in my future, I should start learning how to cope with it now.

There might be people who wonder why death of a non-human could affect a human so much (My younger brother cried, no..., sobbed, because he saw the cat died during her last moments. He refused to go to school.) I guess, maybe it has something to do with familiarity. Something you already get used to see, touch, hear etc everyday suddenly is not there anymore. In short, we feel their absence because they were present in our life.

End of cat story.

Last year, before STPM examination started in Nov 13...
It was Sunday. We just returned from church. My dad received a phone call from my aunt in Kota Belud. She told my dad that grandma had suddenly wished to see us at the kampong. I was washing the dishes when my dad told us about it. I stopped doing what I was doing and had negative thoughts in mind. When we finally reach kampong, my grandma was resting on the sofa. She was very happy to see us. I listened carefully to what she said. But I can't remember it much now. In mixed malay and dusun, she told me not to cry if she's gone because she'll lead a good life in heaven. I think she said that because she saw my eyes brimmed with tears. I was struggling not to shed tears because I know I won't stop when they started rolling out.

*speechless*

I'm glad that she's still alive now. I love her.


Random #1-2 - Music
Had you ever encountered a song or instrumental piece that move you to tears or affect you emotionally in another way?

I did, once. It was 海底兩萬米 (Hai Di Liang Wan Mi, 20,000 miles under the sea) by 李芳 Li Fang, an insert song for "Love of the Aegean Sea". It's during my black years (2004/2005). That day, my Physics teacher, Mr. Ooi returned our test (or exam?) papers. I knew I flunk again. But afterwards, he asked me what's wrong in a concerned way. I was moved when he asked. Then back home, when I was doing my homework and listening to "Love of the Aegean Sea" OST, I cried when it reached 海底兩萬米. Well, the lyric didn't have anything to do with me at that time but it was the music that caused me to shed tears.

Another story: Last year, my MUET teacher gave us an assignment. She wanted us to find english songs with lyric to be shared in the class. Funnily, almost every group chose a melancholic, blues kind of song except my group, of course. I chose "Happy" by Alexia. I think it was the second group's song. I can't remember what they picked. But the song sure affected our teacher, Miss Florence, very much. In the end of the song, she explained that she recalled about her mother when she listen to the lyric. Ah.Now I suddenly really want to know what was that song. Another friend of mine, Helen (which was in my group that day) also cried when she listened to Vitamin C's "Graduation (Friends Forever)"... She said she was thinking about us after we left the school, after we 'graduated' what we'll be doing, all that....the lyric touched her. That day was special because I never saw that soft side of Miss Florence and Helen...


Now I remember what song! It was S Club 7's "Have You Ever"!


*The End*

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Originally posted on Wednesday, February 07, 2007 in my old blog
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---"Everything will be okay as long as I smile...^__^"
---"I [will] only compete with myself. If I win, I win OVER myself. If I lose, even if there's someone else behind me, I STILL lose to myself."

To all upper sixth-former around Malaysia: Are you enjoying your upper-six life?

I can't declare that I enjoy it right now.. but it's A LOT better than SPM life(really!). Maybe because the teachers are starting to treat us as [early] adults... Babbling & nagging are needless.. hmmm.. or maybe it's because of myself. Changing my way of viewing things & attitude might have contributed to this ermm..positive thought of better life in Form 6.

I tell you: My SPM life was a mess. It's a hellish transition period towards moving to higher level education. TERRIBLE & PATHETIC. A NIGHTMARE hard to forget. I can't imagine how I could live through the dark years of SPM & still afford to get half of my subjects A-ed. But all my science subjects scored rubbish...


Now I still have those uncompleted homework, I-Don't-Know-&-gets-blur times... I still watch CJK dramas on TV (still DLs some, but I resist watching them)... Still surf the net... etc

BUT I keep in mind what I should do. I want to spend more time studying while still be able to do all those guilty pleasures. I think it's a possible thing to do.

I know upper 6 year is a CRITICAL year for all sixth-formers. But I'm going to turn down all those usual, typical teachers advice... (That's what happen in form 4/5 when I care much about what they say.. & not to mention that I tried to follow their advice...& screwed up my SPM life)

This Year, I want to
(i) keep myself VERY busy so that I won't have time to think about foolish things & ideas.
(ii) keep on smiling no matter what happens
(iii) be more confident & couragous
(iv) be more sociable to others
(v) strengthens my relationship with God
(vi) *six!* get GOOD STPM results!


Fighting!

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Originally posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 in my old blog
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Did this few blogthings...

You Are 18 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

Haha. I already did this once, when I was in form 4 (I was 16 years old) & I got the same number 16! And now, for this year, I got the same too, 18 years old! I act like my real age!

What Your Soul Really Looks Like

You are very passionate and quite temperamental. While you can be moody, you always crave comfort. You are a grounded person, but you also leave room for imagination and dreams. You feet may be on the ground, but you're head is in the clouds. You believe that people see you as larger than life and important. While this is true, they also think you're a bit full of yourself. Your near future is a lot like the present, and as far as you're concerned, that's a very good thing. For you, love is all about caring and comfort. You couldn't fall in love with someone you didn't trust.

You Have Your Sarcastic Moments

While you're not sarcastic at all times, you definitely have a cynical edge. In your opinion, not all people are annoying. Some are dead! And although you do have your genuine moments, you can't help getting your zingers in. Some people might be a little hurt by your sarcasm, but it's more likely they think you're hilarious.

Don't you ever feel it's amazing how such fun quizzes could tell something about yourself when you answered it honestly? (I like Blogthings & Tickle!)

Who Should Paint You: Salvador Dali

You're a complex, intense creature who displays many layers. There's no way a traditional portrait could ever capture you!

Oh, I love this one! Salvador Dali! I knew about him after watching "Love of the Aegean Sea". Well, En Qi likes his masterpiece, "[The] Persistence of the memory" (《記憶的持續性》Ji Yi De Chi Xu OR 《記憶的永恒》Ji Yi De Yong Heng) which somewhat signifies his lonely, boring life. It's a sweet coincidence that I got Salvador Dali for this blogthing quiz. ^__^

Your World View

You are a cautious type, neutral, and rather insecure. You would agree with the idea that everybody has his price... And in your own case it would not be high. You are ruled by an inferiority complex and not easy to assess. How do you present yourself to the world? An idealist, a moralist, a conformist keeping up with the Joneses?

Oh! So true! So true!

Your Famous Last Words Will Be:

"Goodbye. I am leaving because I am bored."

Don't remember when I did this (saved it in my opera notes) but wow. How 'boring'.

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free. In love, you feel the most alive when things are straight-forward, and you're told that you're loved. You'd like to your lover to think you are optimistic and happy. You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please. Your ideal relationship is open. Both of you can talk about everything... no secrets. Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment. You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred. In this moment, you think of love as something you can get or discard anytime. You're feeling self centered.

I'm SO going to remember this.

Your Personality Is

Idealist (NF) You are a passionate, caring, and unique person. You are good at expressing yourself and sharing your ideals. You are the most compassionate of all types and connect with others easily. Your heart tends to rule you. You can't make decisions without considering feelings. You seek out other empathetic people to befriend. Truth and authenticity matters in your friendships. In love, you give everything you have to relationships. You fall in love easily. At work, you crave personal expression and meaning in your career. With others, you communicate well. You can spend all night talking with someone. As far as your looks go, you've likely taken the time to develop your own personal style. On weekends, you like to be with others. Charity work is also a favorite pastime of yours.

Funny. Someone also think that I'm an idealist.

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Originally posted on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 in my old blog
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Aiii...*sigh* The Christmas I had this year is the most 'blackest' of all... some good things did happened...but...

My parents bought us a handphone each! I was so surprised when I received my 'Sony Ericsson J210i' handphone (& it's green, my fav colour!). Never thought they really were going to buy it.

It may sound ridiculous but I have a very bad habit of avoiding (sometimes also hating) anything popular, including the trend of owning a handphone (when you are still in school;which most teenagers find it's cool) & I never read any of the Harry Potter books (but I watched the movies so I'm planning to read afterwards...)... When I think the time is right then only I'll 'follow the flow'.... yeah, I know, I'm a weird girl....(of cos, with some exception)

Oh yeah, there's a new section under the links section: Fanlisting. Listed are everything I like to read, watch, listen etc....(so many pics, gonna take a long time to load...)..gee, I can't find any fanlisting site for Trick series...(there are several pics that link to the same site...I can't resist it...I want to have everything in order & also to include my fav characters...=P)
Anyway, Happy New Year!!!

p/s: During these holidays I'd went to Tips of Borneo (Mengayau) & Tuaran's Crocodile Farm (for the first time!).. & the sceneries at Mengayau were magnificient!

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Originally posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 in my old blog
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今天很倒霉。。。

Went to school had parents-teacher-student meeting ~ got a NOT SO GOOD results.

& Dad bugged me all night about what had happened to my results & went on blaming me spending so much time on computer..bla..bla..bla

I, myself don't even really understand what the problem is. A very bad result [yet, I tried harder than before for this first trial exam] ~ It took me some time to realise that whatever had happened was merely caused by my intentions to GET ATTENTION from teachers. I performed badly to get their attention & to gain their concerns. All in the hope of increasing my self-confidence & motivation.

Removed paragraph indicating my identity.

"Isn't its good to study not because of exams.... (but because we want to/interested to~)," my friend, Khairul said a few days ago.

I may be too young to know how the education system in Malaysia work but one thing I realised, we rely a lot on exams to show how good we are in academic achievements. People judge your intelligence by counting your A's (your exam results). Teachers favour you when you do exceptionally well in the subject he/she teaches(those who fail/didn't get good marks--teachers don't care about them anymore. Malaysian own exam-oriented education system may produce a lot (is it? I'm doubtful about it) people with tonnes of A's printed on a sheet of paper - but is it what we really want? what we really need?

These 'products' may graduate from universities with good results but are they balancedly developed? They may have highly-paid jobs (duh...some are too picky, they are still jobless till now) but do they really enjoy doing it? A life without fun is like a canvas painted by a bad painter - their paintings have no value. No originality. No creativity. Robotic students will eventually turn into monsters (because of stress - commit suicide). Everything is so fake & dull.

Each people have different types of learning ability. There may be no such thing as stupid people but fast-learners & late-learners exist...... Fast-learners have the biggest advantage yet most of them have the common learning disease - LAZY (like me..)...Ironically, the late-learners are DILIGENT because they know they have to work harder to compete with the fast-learners.

School makes me bored. I'm bored to death attending classes in school. I'm bored not because of the subject the teachers teach but BORED because in all the classes, the teachers TEND TO FOCUS MORE on teaching/telling us about 'HOW TO SCORE WELL IN SPM'. Why did the education ministry provide all the subjects in the first place????? No need to waste time translating books on Maths, Biology, Chemistry etc because all that doesn't matter. We don't learn about the subjects, we learn about memorising the right answer & right answering technique for SPM. The Ministry of Education might as well rename the subjects to HTS- (HTS=How-to-Score).... So don't produce those thick textbooks anymore, just publish a booklet on answering tips, we'll memorise it & surely we'll GET MANY A's PRINTED (this is meant to be ironic sarcastic...) on our result paper.

ALL this exam orientation create a situation where learning new things is no more fun anymore. No joy of getting our mind's curiousity fed by our own efforts. We are obliged to memorise the right technique to answer the exam questions. Don't care how much you understand, JUST MEMORISE IT, MEMORISE IT!!!!!! & you'll get good results in UPSR, PMR, SPM, STPM..... (also..ironic sarcastic)

To the Malaysian Ministry of Education & all the teachers :
DID YOU KNOW HOW MUCH HAVE I SUFFER BECAUSE OF THIS? Did you know how much have I suffer just to adjust myself to suit the exam-oriented learning ways in school? I'm not trying to blame others for my bad results, BUT .....JUST THINK ABOUT IT!!! I have my own way of pursuing knowledge...

"You fail to be like others, but you'll never fail being your own self."~

I can't!!! I can't apply myself to the way learning/teaching is conducted in school, never it will be....

I don't intend to disappoint my parents. My dreams are theirs. It's just that I can't change myself just to become similar or equal to the formal way of learning.

[Off topic: Loneliness...has been a great companion of mine all this years. He's my bestfriend, he's my only family. I can't regard my family as family. I see them more as a friend or someone close that I know. I can't confide my feelings or problems in them. I was thinking of going to the school counselor but seeing the person ~ I think she could not help anything. I need a person more trustful than those I know.]

Teachers.....I can't credit them for teaching me a lot of things (except for some)...Because I don't think any of them did (at least to me-lah). Teachers are nothing but teaching robots that breathes like human & they can't feel. They have no feelings. An unfeeling thing - I HATE UNFEELING THINGS. Teachers only think of their own reputation.

Oh, well, not all of them are robots. Some 1 or 2 teacher(s) is/are human anyway. Like my teacher I can't forget in Primary School.

Teachers 'love' being flattered by suck-up students (which most of them ended up being teacher's pet). Their nostrils get bigger [LOL...I just translated the malay phrase-'Kembang Hidung' which means they become so flattered to the extent where they'll forget about themselves]...hearing the student's praises, sweet talks etc & these kind of teacher doesn't care a bit of those who can't speak sweet things..... I thought Miss Nirmaljeet Kaur was one of them, till the last day of school (yr 2000)... I was disappointed because I only got 4A & 1B for my UPSR exam. I think I failed everybody's hope. No teachers will turn their face to me again.

But my classroom teacher, Ms Nirmal gave me a present after 'Majlis Penyampaian Hadiah' (its the last day of school)....I was stunned...On top of the precious gift was a note written by herself:

To Ruth,
Strive for the best, you have the potential.
Remember my words, "Never Give Up".
Love, Teacher Nirmal.
2000

I was happy by then. She does care about me...

That is why I'm still standing straight till now, fighting for my destiny. I suffers a lot & I'm bound to change the fate of the children in the future. Less exam-oriented system, less stress, better life...

~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~

2003 PMR TOP SCORERS
(just sth I wrote about myself which was published in my school magazine)
I wrote:

"I did not expect to get 7A's for my PMR as my results for History & Science were not satisfactory throughout the year. I was shocked but excited when I recieved my results. The joy was also shared by my family especially my parents. Like what the principal had said before we sat for the exam, I had given them a very meaningful Christmas Gift.

I dislike memorising notes because I believe understanding could help me to remember better. During revision, when it comes to re-reading notes, I olny chose those that I did not fully understand so that I could save time for more revisions. Doing more practice helped me to remember certain notes.

I thank my parents for not forcing me to study because I hate being forced to do something. Our principal, Mr. Ng & all the teachers who taught us deserve credits for the motivation given before the exam. I personally want to thank my former Primary Six teacher, Miss Nirmaljeet Kaur for the trust & encouragement she gave me."

Side note:
-Despite what I said before about teachers, THE TEACHERS (when I'm in FORM 3) did gave me encouragement before the exam. I remember Miss Teh's words.
-They typed my favourite teacher's name wrongly!!! (I corrected it in this post)
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p/s: LOL.....Afdlin Shauki has his own blog!!! I just knew about it when I read Sunday's newspaper!

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Originally posted on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 in my old blog
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Did a lot of thinking during sick....

School & Friends
Including this week, I've been 'holidaying' at home about 10 days of school days. Now, I'm getting a back-to-school fright. When I recover from this sickness, I'll be back to school, carrying back all that stress - my unfinished Art Folio Project, Seekers club reports...& I'll be so much behind my classmates(they must have been done with discussing the answers for last SPM trial exam)... & I'll be having the second SPM trial exam on 5 Sept..... AHHHH...... all these make me feel like fainting.... I can't even study at home (truly, how can you study with all these ugly thing on your skin?......I abhor chicken pox!!!!!).

Besides, I'm still discouraged by the way teachers act at school. Oh, how I wish there will be a teacher like Eikichi Onizuka in school. A teacher who will never treat his students as TRASH & never calls them TRASH. (well, my teachers do not call us TRASH but some of them have this attitude of treating us as we are trash if you are not his/her best student......). An easy-going teacher, someone you can go to when you have problems.... someone approachable as if he is your bestfriend... .......

Anyway, the word 'friend' does not mean a lot to me anymore like before... I had experienced betrayal & loneliness... When you have friends, that doesn't mean you can't feel lonely... I do... I remember an incident that happened when I was in Primary 6 (12 years old)... A friend I had known since we were 6 years old... It was my UPSR exam year.. I didn't know when did it happened or started, she began to be friendly with some other friend(a gang of girls)...oh, well.. I was not being jealous or what (ok, maybe a little...) I didn't object to their relationship... but they started to get so close to each other, started fooling around, seemed to not bother their studies(Studying is my first priority~)... & she seemed didn't care about everything I spoke to her... I feel so alone.. & eventually, making 'studying is more important' as a reason to myself, I made a foolish decision. At least, at that time, I thought it was what I should do. I did something like En Qi in Eps 23/24 in 'Love of the Aegean Sea'. I started to act cold towards her. I seldomly talked to her. & I succeed. She changed her siting position in class. From beside my desk to the desk near to her new gang friends. I pretended I didn't feel a thing... I pretended I was happy with the new person siting beside me... I pretended everything was okay... I became quite sensitive by then... a lot of things that moved my feelings happened during that year (yr 2000).. but I suppressed my feelings well...

But this year, it had gotten worste... you know how lonely it feels when you have friends who always speak to you about their problems (I do always listen to them!!)...yet you can't speak to them about your problem... it seems they are not the right person who can help you, they doesn't even have the intention to listen to you... how discouraging...

*BIG SIGH*

Love of the Aegean Sea Part 2?
This serial always set me off thinking over things. WILL & SHOULD there be a sequel to this serial? (Love of the Aegean Sea Part 2). I read this (of course it is not 100% true) but the story do have some similarity with the sequel I created in mind. The story from that site goes on with Xiao Tong & Yao Xiang travelling across the world taking photographs, then they meet someone that looks like En Qi in Korea(named Cui Zhi Jian...*making a wild guess* maybe Choi Ji-gun in korean). Apparently, this person, although looks like En Qi, his charactistics are a big opposite to En Qi's... a person you always find in bars... depends on women to live... Well, Xiao Tong is interested in him, always treating him well.. Yao Xiang worries that he will hurts her, & always find him to discuss...& the plot goes on with Zhi Jian touched by Xiao Tong's hospitality...& what will happen when he knows that he is only a replacement for En Qi etc... Hmm...the story is so much different...no more platonic love...

Personally speaking, if the producers are thinking of creating a sequel, they must have a very excellent script & plot to make it a big success... (Maybe they don't really need to do a serial drama, a 2 hours movie could also do...)...

Another thing that always bothers me is this phrase, "En Qi is so weak." I don't know how to describe this feeling but EN QI IS NOT WEAK! There is so much I want to talk about this character, so I'll do it in a post specially dedicated to him.

Gom Player Part Removed

Serial Dramas on TV
I don't quite like all the chinese drama in TV this time around. I'm bored by TVB's "Perish In the Name of Love" - I don't like this serial, so unexciting... Charmaine Sheh's character is so boring... Steven Ma.. also the same.. Although I kind of like the story between the emperor and the queen (Cheong Peng's mother) I still rate this drama (overall) 6½ out of 10 stars.

TV2's "Find the Light" was quite good at first but now has bored me. Rated ½ star more than "Perish In the Name of Love" by me, I like the story between Chan Tuo Yong & Wong Ng's mother...also Tam Chi Tong & his wife's (Yun Yi) story. I don't like the princess.

Yesterday, Dicky Cheung's "Monkey King etc" (long title, don't remember...sort of like a Part 3 for "Journey to the West") ended. It's A GREAT RELIEF to me. Don't like that serial drama. Sun Wu Kong's characteristics were different from the one in Part 1 & Part 2 of "Journey to the West".... I don't like the one who act Tang San Zang either... I prefer Kong Wah more. The serial is too star-studded, I lost interest after watching a few episodes.

I think QUALITY is MUCH MORE IMPORTANT than QUANTITY.

"Lofty Waters Verdant Bow" replaced that serial. This one looks more interesting & it has some actors I like to watch.... (I love Raymond Lam in "Eternal Happiness", though I don't like that serial that much).... Just watched the first episode today, missed 20 minutes in the beginning, but I think I like it already...hehe..

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Originally posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 in my old blog
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What kind of surprise it will be? Hehe... I'll keep it as a secret first...

So Ba Le (or Ba La as in Phoenix's translations at alecfanclub.net) is actually guava... hmm... I don't really like to eat that fruit...

Long way to go...

Actually translating Alec's news (those in chinese) into english is very challenging... There are some terms (esp those related to him that I'm not really familiar with...) in chinese that I don't understand... Oh, well... I'm not an expert in chinese either... I don't learn/take Chinese Language in school.. The last time I did was in kindergarten... [& I always have my chinese homework done last-minutely...]

I just started to get involved in this language when I was in Primary 6 (12 years old)... I started off slowly... I don't go to language classes... no teachers... I only have an old chinese dictionary I found at my father's book shelves which belongs to a cousin who worked in Taiwan before. It's in traditional chinese & that explains why I prefer that to simplified chinese when I find chinese materials to read (mostly related to Alec, of course).

I learnt more phrases from Alec's serials & songs...who says watching TV is a waste of time?? I have learnt a lot of things from there since little! Most of Alec's songs have beautiful lyrics... Okay, maybe I don't understand it fully but at least I understand a gist what it was about...

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Originally posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 in my old blog
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...the complaint continues

I don't understand what is wrong with me! I have everything readied to assist my study and revision but it just seems that...

It's like...imagine...I have a good car with the most excellent engine...designed beautifully... fully-equipped...Other people's (my other classmates) car can't be compared to mine... YET, having all those is not enough if you never started your engine...Maybe I don't how to start OR I'm too lazy to bother about it cause it is a very tiring ...Other people has started their engines earlier than me & is winning...& ME, still resting under a tree by a lake with the car parked besides me...*SIGH*

I'm going to start the engine very soon...It's time to FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE!!!!!!It's time for revenge!!!
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partial article--
"...蘇有朋的表現應是他們四人中最突出的，他是一個很聰明的孩子，對人物的把握很好，收放也很自如..."

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Originally posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 in my old blog
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Brief Update:

Today's paper: MM (Modern Maths), MT (Additional Maths) and PM (Moral Education)

I don't wish to talk about it ...BUT...
AHHHHHHH ~ ~~How I hate to not know how to do maths!!!!!!!!

Actually----I REALLY love Maths (Modern + Additional)
I love those numbers...and the 'everyday problems'...algebra...(though I hate statistic)

I know I can be VERY GOOD at it...I like doing maths exercises...

YET...Since I started Form 4 & 5...I seldomly do exercises...I'm always busy finishing my last minute homework...Nights of sleeping VERY late cause me having bad moods ...lack of sleep made me irritable ...low-esteem ...down...depression...

~~to be continued