Our Unit that Overlooks the College

Our unit is in Sri Hartamas. Yes, the posh land where the current king is having his palace built. It is a small unit. Basically, white walls stare us down when we walk into the unit. Let me bring you in for a brisk walk into our unit. Be careful the warmth might take you by surprise.

Stepping into our unit, you would realise that the door is broken. Yes, not completely broken but its knob is unable to be used. Thanks to my roommate Mr. Pan. One day weeks before I am typing this, Mr Pan was home alone. He decided to go out for some reasons but forgot to bring his keys out with him. What happened next would affect us all for weeks to come. When he got back, he stared at the knob and asked himself, HOW COULD HE GET IN? Yes, the ONLY SENSIBLE answer he got was to break the knob. Kudos to you Mr. Pan.

Anyways, come on right in. Uh huh, the shoes are arranged beside the small shoe rack and the slippers are there as well. No, don’t focus on those stinky socks hidden in the last compartment of the shoe rack. Let’s keep moving. Ahhh, the dining table which doubles as our study table most of the time. The books on the table are proof of that. Don’t be fooled, it only looks clean for Ken’s parents decided to land us a visit last week. If you were here the week before, you would be lucky even to lay your eyes upon the wooden surface of the table.

Ah hah. Ken? Yes, Ken is my house mate who is Rudy’s roommate. Rudy? Hmmm mmm. Yes. Rudy is my housemate as well. Okay. Let me clear this up. Four of us live in the unit. Two in each room. Rudy and Ken in one and Mr. Pan and I in another. Ken’s parents visited us last week for it was college holidays and we were all heading back. When we heard that they were coming to the unit. A tornado broke free. It cleaned up everything starting with the living room right up to the dishes that were soaking in the sink for the past week. All it took was 30 minutes and everything was neat and tidy.

Moving away from the dining table, you would see two study tables. Mine and Mr. Pan’s. Yes, it looks orderly thanks to the tornado.

Ahhh look at the time. The unit has to be closed now. I would have to continue the tour later. So many details to state and so many experiences to share. I promise you it would be opened soon.

this is what i have learned.....

i make mistakes and i love them. for i gain loads from making a mistake than i would gain in winning a lottery. of course not literally. so now what?......NOW i leave you to think about the frustrations that you had over the mistakes and whether it was worth the lesson. i am going to be doing the same.

well, lets just get on with it.

hmmm, i have been an awful blogger. i admit that. i don't blame you guys for not reading my blog anymore. TCSH has not turned me into an anti-social freak of nature who does not update his friends on blogger about his life. that bit i can assure.

i am now home for the weekend. sitting on my bed and attempting to do something productive. i should let you guys know about the friends i have made at TCSH. well words do not do justice to the level of awesome-ness they are. and guys here at Seremban, i would say the friends that i have made at TCSH are very different from you guys and that is good because i would never want to compare you guys to anyone. i give you my word if both of these groups clash, you guys would fit in like a key would in a lock made for it. yup, that's them up there, uh huh. they do look like a crazy bunch don't they? well, pictures don't lie. they are a crazy bunch but they are lovely people at the same time.

every single one of them have their own special traits. if i can i would like to tell a story about each and every one of them but sadly i don't have the mood to do so. uh-huh. i am a person who goes by his moods. lets consider this as an introduction to TCSH friends. heheheheh.

will tell you guys more next time. my eyelids are giving in, they have no will power left in them. so until we meet next time, adios amigos.

life update!!!...

i know it has been long since i blogged but at least i am doing it now right!! considering the fact that this is going to be one of the longest update ever on this blog, i am going to break it up into two posts!!.. since i don't really want to give out all the details and make it boring as hell, i might as well do it in point form!!...

i'll start from where we left off....TNB interview!!

1. didn't get the TNB scholarship.
2. was called for JPA scholarship interview
3. went there with the same out-fit which i wore for the TNB interview
4. all in all, the interview was fine..and i was less nervous compared to the TNB one
5. was called for TM scholarship camp (3 days 2 nights...can you believe it??..haiz)
6. had a jolly good time at the camp which was held in NUBE, PD.
7. met a lot of new friends and well, one old one (hua chiam)..hehe
8. few days after, got an email from TM informing me that i was shortlisted for their interview
9. jumped up and down screaming YAY (which would be exotically idiotic now, seeing the fact that almost 38 of us got shortlisted and there were only 11 scholarships)
10. went for the TM interview in the big and expensive and scary looking Menara TM....
11. arrived there and met with a few friends from the camp
12. heard from one of them that out of the 11, 2 would be employee's children. (just great ain't it!!)
13. went inside, and the interviewers were all fine and welcoming but with a tone that was sarcastic and making fun of.
14. it was a group session, and well it was alright.
15. after two weeks, i found out that i was not one of their recipients...haiz...
16. then jpa results came out and guess what i didn't get the overseas programme, so much for dreaming for once in a lifetime experience, hahahah
17. the next week, i found out that i was successful for appeal and got the local scholarship from jpa....but it was in UNITEN...haiz...another major problem!!

will continue in the next post!!..chiao people!!..

quick update.......

well, first HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR TO ALL FRIENDS.......then HAPPY VALENTINES to all......

i m back from PLKN...for CNY holz....and so far i m loving the activities and everything about PLKN.
i had no idea that it would be this fun....it's really cool people....don't ever miss the chance if u ever get chosen...

and yeah....of course i am as dark as i can be........

i'll tell u guys more abt the activities once i have finished the whole programme....ok?....

i got nothing else to tell u guys at this moment.....so have fun indulging yourself in all those chinese cuisines this new year....and don't forget to get heart-shaped chocolates for your loved ones ( put roses on that list too....k.)

take care people....and chiao......

.a question to all.....

i am confused. whether to listen to my friends who are asking me to differ NS and go for college or to go for NS like i planned earlier......its like...why you want to go and waste time there when you can join a college and start early.....and my dad is like it will be a new experience, go for it... i am confused.......

i am really dumbfounded. help me.....what do you guys think.....should i go or not?

i am who i am

i have been called a lot of things; an ogre, a gorilla, a girl, a chicken, a weirdo and why even a nonsenscical jerk. but i am non of those. i am who i am. who am i? good question. aren't we all trying to find the best answer possible for that?

i dunno lar. i am confused. why? i don't know. about what? i don't know. i just came back from a fren's palce and i feel like crap. its like i have not been acting my age. u know its like one moment i am the happiest man on earth and the next i have sunk to the deepest of the seas. am i acting my age?

its like i have to u know....some how....be 17 but according to people i am still acting like i am in lower secondary or sumthin like that. i dun even know what i am typing this for.....

what do u guys think......am i supposed to be who i am or be the grown up guy everybody expects of me??????

the BEST birthday ever.....

alright, i just came back from the best surprise birthday party one could ever get. seriously, i did not expect it.

it all started yesterday, when clement told me that we have a Mighty Minds meeting at his house. so i was like

" do we really have to have the meeting?" and he was like " hey competition is in like few weeks, you know."

and then i was like " okay lar...but why tomorrow?" and then shaki was like " other days got tuition lar,". and so i gave in and said that i would go.

so today, after school, i rushed home and bathe and rushed to clement's house. (i brought my dog, Lucky, because they really wanted to see it, in the car). and then, when i reached his house, he was getting ready to go somewhere. he later explained that shakilan had no transport and he was going to fetch him. just when he was about to finish saying that, hannah came out of his house.

i was like "what are you doing here?" ( i was suspicious by then, though)

she was like "we had to finish up some last minute work given by miss claire."

well, i kinda believed her because it was really possible. then clement explained that he was going to drop hannah off and pick up shaki at the same time. so it would have been awkward to stay in his house without him. later, he invited me to go with him.

so i went along. clement's mum was driving and she drove into the lane where KFC was situated. they got out of the car....

and i was like "why you guys getting out of the car,"

and then they said something that i couldn't catch. so i got out......

and then i saw yu chen standing at the entrance inside KFC. i was like AHHHHHHHH....i couldn't believe it. i figured it out then.

they had organised a surprise bithday party for me.....for me. OMG...omg....i was staring at clement like a weirdo and he was just smiling and pulling me into KFC. and then we went upstairs where almost all my close friends were. chin chin, carolyn, kee wen, ying ying, yu chen, andrew, and then later shakilan and chee jong joined in. there were snack plates on each place and then they were all smiling and wishing me HAPPY BIRTHDAY. wow....they are like so ....cool and .....just ....wow...... GREAT FRIENDS.

and then shakilan brought the chocolate cake in. it was so large. i didn't even know how to cut it, hannah had to help me. i mean seriously where can you get friends like mine. i have to say that i am very lucky to have them. clement, seriously you are the best, along with shakilan, carolyn, and hannah. can't believe these guys actually managed to keep it in dark till today. later i found out that they were planning this for over a week now. and all those weird moment and questions here and there made sense. it fit just so perfectly.

guys, i am very fortunate to have friends like you. i was dumbfounded today and just for the record, this was the best birthday i have ever celebrated. i couldn't have wished for a better one. you guys rock. lets keep our fingers crossed that we will be best friends forever. ahhh...to heck with the fingers...we know we will be best friends till the end of time. thank you so much.

i know, i know.....

first of all sorry for being a lousy blogger. its been what, three weeks? but hey, i got reasons for my actions. and one of them is that i was (and still am) sick. fever (on and off). anyway, enough about my sad story, lets carry on.

today, i am going to blabber (just because i said blabber doesn't mean that you got to smile that way, stop that puppy dog look) about HOW OFTEN DO ADULTS THINK THEY ARE AT THE TOP OF THE GAME? like duh, everyone knows that they do it. they think they know all the minute details of life (when actually THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO OPERATE A COMPUTER) ( and NO i am not mocking or talking about my parents, they are so not like that)

lets say, you are talking with a group of adults, and they are talking about some topic that you really do have a lot of interest (and knowledge) in. they will be exchanging facts (wrongs facts, anyway). and when you try to add to their facts (ummmmhmmm...meaning correct the wrong facts), all they do is hush you away, remember these words, i know, i know la... and then, they continue talking (about the wrong facts) ignoring you. like dude, how many time has that happened to you? i get frustrated over these stuff. i am tired of people thinking i am nothing but a teenager who glues his eyes to the television probably watching ONE TREE HILL (and yes, i do watch...the show is awesome)

i mean give us a break, just because you are (what) 20 years older than us doesn't mean that you know everything? i mean come on, man. listen to us once in a while( obey us like we are kings and queens while we treat you like slaves.......muahahahahaha) we have a lot of interesting stuffs to say ( and correct facts , mind you). maybe we should have a WORLD TEENAGERS-ADULTS AGREEMENT, we can put in 'listening to us' as number one ( sure, we will try our level best to slip in the obeying part somewhere......for now just cross your fingers). hahahahahaha.

i think i got better by just typing this post out, man. i feel much better. until we meet again next time, T.T.F.N.

life ( at least for me ) is fair.....

before i get down to business, this post does not go out to anyone specifically, seriously, this thought just came to me, and i had to write it down. if it hurt any one's feelings, i am terribly sorry.

the thing that i love about Life is that we are in control of it. i am not saying that you control life. i am just stating that you shape your life. like a plasticine for example, life is the plasticine and you are since our lives are intertwined, so i guess making a change in your life is bound to give an impact on others' ; because their lives will give an impact to others. somehow, our lives are interconnected.

we always have a choice. to do or not to do. this is the best part of it. choices. it's like we can choose what we want. at times, it is difficult but ,hey, remember that the choices that you make will give impact to others. taking your life in control is quite impossible (if you think of it carefully), but once you have it under control, you will know your destination; where to get down (or UP).

from the view of the public, you waste your life with miss use of drugs and smoking ,(which is quite true, actually, they will only make your life span shorter). but do you know you can waste your life in a different way? well, there is this one way. you would have heard of it. it's complaining that life is unfair.

you see. NOW, OPEN YOUR EYES WIDE AND SEE CAREFULLY. complaining and whining that life is unfair will definitely get you nowhere. if you really see where i am going, nod. if you keep on complaining that life is unfair because this happened to me .....and this did not come to me.....i did not get it.....i deserve it.....EVERYBODY, can you hear yourselves now. this is how you truly sound. complainers, whiners. did you ever think why that happened to you before you go on doing the thing you always do, complain. have you ever wondered before that those 'unfairness' in life is due to your actions earlier? I DON'T THINK SO.

seriously, look beyond the veil of complains and you will see Life waiting for you to take control of it. i know, some of you'll out there are in denial, and probably you are going to navigate away from my page but, think carefully, and you will know that what i am saying is true (and makes sense). before you complain about life, look behind your back first, what you did in the past is trailing you behind. loose the knot THE PAST had tied to you and be free. at least now, you know your destination. your aim and goal. go for it with the perception that life is fair. what goes around comes back around. think properly. take actions with the thought that they carry consequences.

LIFE IS SO FAIR.

it will all get better in time....

like i told you before. LIFE IS A ROLLER COASTER. sometimes there are ups and there are also downs. you cannot possibly expect one to be at the top forever. its just against the rules of nature. you are supposed make mistakes. mistakes so big that it will probably affect your future. MISTAKES so big that might drive your friends away from you. these mistakes are meant to be made because they are life's valuable lessons. they say that there is not a better teacher than mistakes. the important thing about these mistakes is that you thrive through the consequences of it. you jump over each boulder that barricades you from reaching to the finish line. and when you do finish life's race you will come out as a stronger person. so what if you got low grades in your history paper or even chemistry for that matter. all that matters is that you learn from your mistakes. you correct them in the coming years. if your friends do not stick around you to see you succeed, then do not cry over it. they are not really your friends. true friends stick with each other through thick or thin. they might be stronger than you are ; smarter, more popular, better in everything. but it all comes down to whether they are being true friends. i have written a lot on friendship so take a look at the previous posts. so remember never abandon friends just because they are not as good as you in grades, you know that they will never do it to you. but if you still feel that you should move away from a friend who got bad grades, then, who am i to stop you.

P.S. be a true friend first, only then you will have true friends.

life is too short...

life is a roller coaster ride.
you have ups and downs.
sometimes you go up first and then you will come down.
but sometimes you go down and then you go up.

just because it intimidates you a little....
you would not NOT take the ride.
why?
because if you miss this ride there will not be a second round.

on that ride,
there might be things that scare the hell out of you,
things that make you happy,
things that make you wanna cry,
even things that make you think that you should jump down from the ride
right then and there.

but one thing we fail to realize is the rhythm of the ride.
we fail to see that if we go down we will come up, eventually.
we fail to see a lot of things
that we should give importance to.

the phrase "life is too short"
is one of those things that we take for granted.
we don't give much significance to it.
we fail to see the importance of life.

from my point of view,
life is supposed to be a big, huge pot of fun.
we only live once, we only go to primary school once,
we go to secondary school only once.

why stress and make it a not pleasant experience?
we should take one step at a time and enjoy taking that step.
this is 100%my opinion and yours can differ...
but i stand by my own. (i like it)

quote: life is too short for all this nonsense. (a wise man once said that)