CNY 2010 Celebration at Setia Eco-Park!

Alright, I admit, I actually forgot to blog about something that happened last Saturday.
I'm here to blog about the Chinese New Year celebration that was held at the Setia Eco-Park Resident's Clubhouse.

It's like any other typical Chinese New Year celebration - Red lanterns and banners, tangerines and pomelos, a Lion dance, fireworks, yada, yada, yada...

Ugh, I'm just not in the mood to explain everything!
So I'll just post the pictures I took during the event and be done with it...
Because you know what they say: A picture contains a thousand words!

Here are the pictures I took...

What a festive atmosphere!

A guy in a Chinese deity costume handing out tangerines to random people. Typical...

How original - A long beard...

Prepare to be vanquished, Pomelo!

It's the Year of the Tiger, duh!

Just another Lion Dance...

The Lion looks kind of intimidating, don't you think?

Artillery strike! Woot!

Fireworks!

More fireworks!

So there you have it.
This is where I was last Saturday...

That's it for this post.

May the Force be with you...

Sports Day is Over!

Okay, I just got back from Sports Day at my school...

Remember when I said that I joined the marching squad for PBSM?
Well, today was the big day.
No more rehearsals, this is the real deal!

I rushed to the PBSM rendezvous point at the basketball court.
I got in line. And a few minutes later, we had to march out on to the field already, which was much, much earlier than expected!
So we did our best to synchronise our movements as a unit, and miraculously, it all turned out quite well!

After saluting the VIPs at the main tent, we marched our way towards the middle of the field, where we were ordered to remain in line and stand still.
We had to go through two unbearably long speeches: One from the Headmistress, and another from a VIP whose name escapes me...
I was sweating bucketfuls, but I couldn't wipe the sweat off because I had to remain still!

Finally, after the opening speeches were over, we were issued orders to march back to the basketball court.
After that, the marching squad was dismissed.
Well, at least it's finally over...

Oh, and I forgot to mention that I got free food from the canteen because I particpated in the marching squad! Yay!

Anyway, most of my friends didn't come to school today, either because they have urgent matters to attend to, or merely because they're lazy...
I did meet a few people I know.
Let me just try and recall them. I met: Nani, Iman, Marr, Sarah, Lee King, Theeban, Winnie, Sam, Yi Ling, Jaslyn, Hari, Ah Keong, Dashana, Amirah, Aisyah, Raimi, Marr, Su Lin, Wai Loon and Loshvindra.

Yeah, that's pretty much all the friends that I can remember meeting with today.

Anyway, I started playing an MMORPG ( Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game ).
It's called "RuneScape". I'm sure you've heard of it...
Ashman asked me to try it out, and so I did.
So far, my Combat Level is Lvl 37.

But honestly, some people playing the game can be very rude and inconsiderate.
I was innocently training my character's strength level, minding my own business, when suddenly, some stuck-up bloke just runs up to me and insults me by calling me a "noob"!
Honestly, I really hate those kind of people!
Ugh!

Well, yeah, that's pretty much it for now.

May the Force be with you...

I Got a Webcam!

Alright, after I got home from the PBSM marching squad training, I was surprised to see a weird-looking orb on top of my computer.
After a few seconds, I realised that it was a webcam!

Yes! I finally got a webcam!
No more tedious typing in Messenger!
Now I can just talk to whoever I want to talk to face-to-face!

Anyway, I tested the webcam with Ashman.
The video quality was okay, and the audio quality's not that bad, either.
Here's a snapshot:
So, yeah, the purpose of this post is pretty much just to inform you guys that I have a webcam now...

Kay, that's it for now.

May the Force be with you...

"Sukantara"...

Okay, I just came back from school...

Today, all Form 4 and 5 students had to participate in a "Sukantara", which consists of 3 events - a 100m sprint, high jump and shot putt.
I managed to pass the 100m sprint and the shot putt, but I failed to get pass the high jump...

Anyway, after the "Sukantara" was over, we headed back to class.

During English, Jannah actually wanted me to "teach" her the basics and principles of lightsaber combat!
Apparently, she wants to be in my next Adobe After Effects lightsaber project!
Unbelieveable, right?

So, I taught her the fundamentals of each lightsaber style:
1. Shi-Cho = Simple and basic movements.
2. Makashi = Elegant, accurate and precise movements.
3. Soresu = Resilient, solid and defensive movements.
4. Ataru = Wide, aggressive, acrobatic-assisted movements.
5. Shien / Djem So = Parrying, counter-attacking movements.
6. Niman = Moderate, medium-type movements.
7. Juyo / Vaapad = Strong, ferocious movements.

I'm not sure if she actually understood what I said!
All she knows how to do now is brandish and swing the sword around like a barbarian!
But it's perfectly understandable, I guess. She's just a "padawan", after all!
Well, if I do make another lightsaber video in the future, I'll be sure to include her in it, because she badly wants to be in it! [ smiles ]

After school finished, I had to go for the PBSM marching squad practice.
I quickly rushed to the assembly site. All the other members of the marching squad were there already.

So, we practiced marching. Apparently, today's the only day that we'll get to practice.
There's too much stuff going on on Wednesday and Thursday, and there's a full rehearsal for Sports Day on Friday.
We only got to practice for around one and a half hour, and that's it!
But I think we did pretty well, and hopefully the squad will be able to perform admirably during the rehearsal and on the actual Sport's Day, which is on Saturday.

Well, that's it for now.
I'm gonna type another post immediately after this one - I want to blog about something else and I don't wanna cram it into this post.

May the Force be with you...

No More Prepaid Credit...

Alright, here I am, updating once again...

Okay, I'll type the important stuff first.

You guys all know I'm using Prepaid, right?
Well, guess what? I'm completely out of credit.
Yup, that's right - RM0.00, literally.
So, I obviously won't be calling or even messaging anyone until I go and top up my credit...

Other than that, I actually signed up for the PBSM marching squad for Sports Day.
Don't ask me why, kay? I just wanted to join for some reason...
So, I have to stay back until 3.30pm tomorrow for marching practice. Same goes for Wednesday and Thursday.
Remember, don't ask me why I joined!

Ummm, let me see. What else?
Oh yeah, for those of you who are going to SBP ( Sekolah Berasrama Penuh ), including Jabbar, Haziq, Kamal, Syamim, Rifqi, Zur, Raisz and Amir, I wish you guys all the best and I hope you all take good care of yourselves, yeah?
Honestly, I'm really gonna miss you guys, especially Rifqi, Raisz and Zur, because I just got to know them this year...
Well, good luck to all of you, and bye!

Well, I guess that's it for now.

May the Force be with you...

I Finished My BM Folio!

Well, I finally finished my Bahasa Melayu folio!
It took me around one and a half days to complete it.

And the weird part is that while I was doing the folio, I was listening to music on my earphones!

My parents always stared at me in disbelief everytime they passed by and saw me wearing the earphones while doing the folio!
Oh well...

But I've still got work to do...[ sigh ]
I have to write a formal letter to the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Why do we have to do this? Honestly, I don't know...
But the BM teachers at my school threaten to cut my marks in the exams if I don't write this letter, so I have no choice but to do it...

I'm going to reluctantly, I repeat, reluctantly, write the letter after this post... ( Note how I emphasised on the word "reluctantly" )

Anyway, I went to Setia Alam yesterday to bind my BM folio.

After I binded the folio, I had to follow my mother to the "pasar malam" nearby.
I was really bored, because my mum was busy looking at vegetables and fruits...
So I walked around and took a few pictures with my handphone.
Here thay are:

A typical "pasar malam" - very hot, sweaty and humid...

A picture of a dude making some sort of "kuih"...

Here are the "kuih" the dude was making. I just love eating these!

Other than that, I watched a movie last night.
It's a Chinese movie called "Bodyguards and Assassins".
The plot revolves around the "Bodyguards" ( good guys ) and the "Assassins" ( bad guys ).
The "bodyguards" have to protect the VIP ( I think he's called Mr. Sun or something like that ), whereas the "assassins" are obviously attempting to kill him.

There's a lot of killing, violence, and blood.
Many of the "bodyguards" actually die trying to protect Mr. Sun. It's sad, really...
Some scenes can be very, very sad and there's a lot of slow-mo to make it even more heart-wrenching...

Truth be told, I actually cried during the scenes where the good guys died.
I'm surprised my brother didn't notice me crying...

In fact, he actually laughs out loud when people die!
For example, he laughed like crazy when the guy at the beginning of the film suddenly gets shot in the head!
Unbelievable!

Well, I better get to work...
I need to finish that letter for the Prime Minister by today, because I have to submit it tomorrow.

May the Force be with you...

Homework Galore!

Okay, here I am, updating my blog as usual...

Ummm, oh yeah, I probably won't be posting so frequently from now on, mainly because I have literally tonnes of homework to complete!
My homework, as of today, is:
1. Bahasa Melayu - An essay based on a newspaper article.
2. Biology - A report on "Preparing and Examining Slides of Plant Cells".
3. Physics - A report about "Scientific Investigations".
4. Chemistry - A report about "The Melting and Freezing Points of Naphthalene".

I actually have Modern Mathematics and Additional Mathematics homework as well, but I finished them already because they were quite easy.

Oh, I also forgot to mention that I have to create a folio for Bahasa Melayu based on the novel "Papa".
This was a real problem, because none of the major bookstores have orientatated their BM reference books from the old format to the new format yet, as I've mentioned in one of my previous posts.

Fortunately, Jannah somehow managed to find a BM reference book based on the new format somewhere...
So I borrowed it from her ( how nice of her! ), and I plan to get started on the folio tomorrow.
I aim to complete at least half the folio by tomorrow! More if possible!
I'm sure that with enough determination, effort and perseverance, I'll be able to pull it off! [ smiles ]

Besides that, Ashman, Sehran, Hazwan and I are planning to play badminton tomorrow.
The last time we planned to play badminton, Hazwan and Ashman didn't bring their PJ clothes, which was disappointing.
However, they both promised to bring their PJ clothes this time.
I sure hope they keep their word!

Well, I gotta go finish off my homework...

May the Force be with you...

Another New Profile Picture!

Okay, I went to IOI Mall in Puchong yesterday to buy a new Red Crescent T-shirt and trousers.
I also wanted to buy a Bahasa Melayu reference book for Novel and KOMSAS ( Komponen Sastera ).

I went to buy the PBSM clothes first.
The only T-shirt size that could fit me was the XL size!
I can't believe I have to wear the XL-sized shirt! Am I really that big?

Then, I went to the Popular bookstore to look for the BM reference book I needed.
I made my way to the "Bahasa Melayu" section.
I scanned the shelf. But unfortunately, I could only find the BM reference books that are based on the "old format".
The novel for the new format is titled "Papa" whereas the novel for the old format is titled "Anak Laut".
I guess the bookstore has not switched the books from the old format to the new format yet, since the new format has just been implemented this year...
Oh well, I'll try again next time...

Anyway, I rotoscoped a new profile picture using Adobe After Effects.
Hey, I was really bored and I had nothing else to do!
I applied a new, advanced glow layer to the lightsaber core to make it look just a bit more realistic! [ smiles ]
Here it is.
Oh, and by the way, I had a haircut prior to this picture being taken...
I'm gonna be using this picture as my new profile picture for Blogger, Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo Messenger, and Windows Live Messenger, kay?

Oh, and PS: Essie, if you're reading this, I've added a little more "attitude" into the picture above in response to your comment in my cBox.
Ummm, here are the comments, just in case you forgot:
9 Nov 2009
Essie: Shi-Cho, stance 1. Slap some attitude into that face lah!
Essie: Less "I'mma gonna nap after this" and more "GRRR"
Essie: That, or Darth Sidious. MOAR ATTITUDE BRADDERRRRRR

So, yeah, I hope I have enough "attitude" in the picture this time!
You be the judge, Essie! And for all you other people out there, feel free to comment as well!

Okay, that's it.

May the Force be with you...

"Heavy Duty Kacau Andrew Day"?

Well, I just finished my Biology, Physics, Bahasa Melayu and Modern Maths homework, with some time to spare!

So, I decided to update my blog.

Besides, this is a great opportunity for me to blog without any interference or interruption from my brother!

He's working out at the gym right now.

I think he aims to get a set of six-packs! Nah, I'm kidding!

He's just staying healthy, that's all...

Anyway, I'm gonna recall what happened Thursday, which was yesterday.

Ashman, Hazwan, Sehran and I originally planned to play badminton during Pendidikan Jasmani.

But unfortunately, Ashman and Hazwan couldn't play, because:

Hazwan - He didn't bring his PJ shirt.

Ashman - unknown reasons...

So, only Sehran and I went to play badminton.

We played for two rounds. I won the first round and he won the second round.

By the time we finished the second round, the Pendidikan Jasmani period was almost over, so we both agreed to a draw.

After I finished changing back into my normal school uniform, I went into 4 Epsilon.

Unsurprisingly, I found Ashman, Winnie and Hari in the middle of the classroom playing Chess.

I sat down next to Ashman.

Then I asked the simple question: "How's my hair?", and all three of them burst out laughing!

Unbelievable!

Oh, and Evo didn't come yesterday, so since Jannah can't disturb her, she decided to disturb me instead.

She even decreed the 21st of January as the "Heavy Duty Kacau Andrew Day"!

Want proof?

The picture below says it all!

Could you believe she even took the time to draw this picture?!
It's unbelievable!
Ugh!

Okay, besides that, I have to go to school tomorrow.
It's considered a normal schooling day based on Thursday's timetable.
But Hazwan, Sehran and I have to attend a speech about public speaking from around 8am until 11am...
So that means we'll be skipping Pendidkan Jasmani! Nooo!

Finally, I heard a song playing during one of Astro's television commercials.
It's called "Haven't Met You Yet" by Michael Buble, and I think it sounds really good!
I think I'm gonna record and insert it into my handphone's music playlist! [ smiles ]

Okay, I guess that's it for now...

May the Force be with you...

Chemistry Was Interesting!

Today is the day I had been waiting for ever since I was in Form 1.
Today's the day my Chemistry teacher introduced us to the Periodic Table Of Elements! Yay!
I've been wanting to learn about this ever since I first laid eyes on a Periodic Table Of Elements in one of my Science reference books back when I was in Form 1...

And it turns out that it's quite easy to understand the table.
The elements are simply arranged from left to right based on the number of protons in the elements' sub-atomic structures.
I aslo learned a whole lot of other stuff involving atomic and sub-atomic particles...
Long story short, I found Chemistry today rather interesting!

Anyway, there was supposed to be an English for Science and Technology ( EST ) class today.
But it was cancelled for some reason, so I had to stay back at school until 2.15pm.
Luckily for me, Sehran had to stay back as well, because he knows that his transport will be quite late today.

So, guess what we did?
We played Chess, of course! [ smiles ]
I was Black and he was White. He played something he refers to as the "Hedgehog System" and I played the Caro-Kann Defense.

I have to admit, I made a mistake in the opening that almost cost me my Kingside rook.
Fortunately, Sehran never captured that rook, and I mounted a powerful counter-offensive on Sehran's Queenside, using the power of "Zwischenzug" to my advantage.
In the end, I managed to win his Knight for free. And I still threatened to unleash a powerful forcing combination that will lead to me winning even more material!

I was retaining an awesome initiative until Sehran had to leave because his transport had arrived.
So, I agreed to draw with him, even though I was clearly winning!
Oh well...

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that our timetables have changed.
So that means we have Pendidikan Jasmani tomorrow!
Sehran, Ashman, Hazwan and I are planning to play badminton.
However, if it rains, or if it is too windy, then we'll switch to Plan B - Playing Chess!

Well, I guess that's it for now.

May the Force be with you...