Nooooooooo! No More English Novels for Form 4 & 5!

As if you would notice, the BM Novel for Form 4 had changed from "Koncerto Terakhir" to "Papa" as shown in the book list from www2.chonghwakl.edu.my, now I found out that there is no more English Novel! Shyt! Why!!!!!

Actually, I thought they were going to substitute the "older" novels like "Jungle of Hope", "The Pearl" and "The Return" into something MORE interesting but now they canceled it, dammit.

And what's more, the changed the WHOLE book of Selected Poems and Short Stories Form 4 into something completely different. Now they call it the Collection of Poems, Short Stories and Drama. Oh boy, why do I feel that the English literature is starting to transform into BM format... Puisi, Cerpen then Drama...

The changes are as follow:

POEMS: (6 Poems > 4 Poems)

Sonnet 18 by Willian Shakespeare > In the Midst of Hardship by Latiff Mohidin

si tenggang's homecoming by Muhammad Haji Salleh > He Had Such Quiet Eyes by Bibsy Soenharjo

There's Been a Death in the Opposite House by Emily Dickinson > Nature by H.D. Carberry

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost > Are You Still Playing Your Flute by Zurinah Hassan

Monsoon History by Shirley Geok-lin Lim > (REMOVED)

If by Rudyard Kipling > (REMOVED)

SHORT STORIES: (5 Stories > 2 Stories)

The Lotus Eater by Somerset Maugham > QWERTYUIOP by Vivien Alcock

The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant > The Fruitcake Special by Frank Brennan

The Drover's Wife by Henry Lawson > (REMOVED)

The Sound Machine by Roald Dahl > (REMOVED)

Looking for a Rain God by Bessie Head > (REMOVED)

DRAMA: (0 Drama > 1 Drama)

(NONE) > Gulp and Gasp by John Townsend




So, in conclusion, the changed the amount of literature from 11 to 7, what a drastic fall it is. I hope they will add some more novels or literature or else this will make English lessons at school even boring than usual.

And I have a sample of the Drama, it's usage of Language Styles (A.K.A. "Gaya Bahasa") is simply.................... Outrageous, or should I say "Overused"

SAMPLE: From the Drama "Gulp and Gasp" by John Townsend

"

ROSE: This morning I was nobody but you have made me a somebody. I'm so happy.

PERCY: This morning I was nobody but you have made me a somebody. Now I have all I need.

CROUCH: Apart from your pants! This morning I was nobody... nothing has changed.

LORD SEPTIC: This morning I was somebody but you lot have made me a nobody. I'm sick to the back teeth of the lot of you. I'm really f...f...f...f...f...

CROUCH: Fat? Foolish? Flabby? Feeble? Flea-infested?

LORD SEPTIC: Shut your mouth, Crouch. Don't you think we've have enough 'F's for one night?

"


TIP: And in case you don't know, the protagonist for this story is PERCY and ROSE while the antagonists are LORD SEPTIC and his servant, CROUCH.

Now for the SAMPLE EXERCISE

1, Describe the mood of this scene. (See above)

2, How does the repetition of "This morning I was nobody but you have made me a somebody" enhance the mood in this scene?






Therefore, the only thing I can say about this addition to the novel is...... OMG! I wish they could do better than this!


To be continued?

Back from teh NO-INTERNET Trip

Subtitle: JANGAN POTONG!!!!! Walaupun kamu telah nampak itu "Potong Saga" dan P11MAX selalu "potong, potong", JANGAN POTONG!!!!! Gunalah Streamyx!!!!!

I just went for a one-week stay at my Grandparents' in Johor Bahru, and oh my, what a boring stay it is. This is due to multiple reasons that drives me mad during a 7-day stay.

1, There is a very-very-very-very-very-...(infinite) slow connection there in Johor Bahru. And as I almost want to complain for the slow connection for their Streamyx prior to half a year ago. So they changed to the P11Max, I thought "Yeah! Finally! Some DECENT connection speed!" And what I get was "3 Kbp/s" and sometimes it will surprise me by saying "Connection failed due to System Error". To put is simple, Shyt!

2, There is no FREE CARS! Since the connection is so....(look above) slow I wanted to go around to other places like shopping malls, bowling centers and etc. to keep me from touching the computer and its slow connection. But what do you know, there is NO FREE CARS! Since everyone is busy with their work at JB so every car is occupied and I have NO FREE CARS (But with a WOMAN-driver anyway) to go around. So, in conclusion, shyt(x2)!

3, My stupid comp don't have a Graphic Card! This makes me unable to play other computers games at JB since my comp has no Graphic Card but there is a WHOLE LOTTA GAMES with HIGH QUALITY GRAPHICS at JB and I'm UNABLE to PLAY!!!!! DAMMIT!!!!!

In conclusion, I want to shout as loud as I could, but we are staying in a terrace house in JB and therefore I cannot shout because it might disturb our neighbor! What a boring trip it is! But I wonder why I am still looking forward to go back to JB, maybe there is the place where I can reunite and play with all my cousins. Alas, SOMETHING to do in JB, thank god.

Recall the Choir Competition... Part 2

Subtitle: We did something wrong too... But the audience is STILL to blame!

From the last part of this post I mentioned that the audience will take all the blame for delaying our performance and thus leads our performance to an ugly end. But after I loaded and watched the whole performance of our class at the choir competition I changed my mind a bit. That is because our class has some SERIOUS error at the 'beat'(pictures later), but most of the blame is taken by the audience since I already said - No clapping hands/wooing between two songs performed by the same group.

Here are some pictures to support my point:

Pic 1 & 2: Wei Yi lowering his head after the "enthusiastic" audience keeps on clapping their hands after Candlelight Carol has Finished:







Pic 3: EXTREME off beat during the sentence "...and when the Saints go marching out into glory..." (by boys)



Pic 4, 5 & 6: SMALL ERRORS, this don't really count as a fault since they are careless mistakes on the hand expressions and signs and don't really mess with the points (According to professional judge hand expressions and signs only counts as 2~5 marks under the "Creativity" section)

*The difference of time between Pic 4 and Pic 5 are around 3~5 seconds






*Pic 6: Errr the picture is kinda self-explanatory




Well..... expect part 3 (Final part) very soon...... or a very long period later......
(You can see the YouTube video for this, uploaded by Onionfollower at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT-mYki79J0)

KERTAS SOALAN PENILAIAN MENEGAH RENDAH (PMR) 2009 Bahasa Inggeris

Just got this today.
Since I don't have any scanners around, I will type the questions in.

Questions 1 - 10 are based on the information given.
{Notice: I will change all picture format to word format}

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Dafina's Dad: Dafina, did you break the window?
Dafina: Yes, dad. I'm sorry

1, Dafina is _________ that she had broken the window.
A, arguing
B, denying
C, clarifying
D, admitting

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HOUSE FOR SALE
* Fully furnished
* One owner
* Near town centre

# Price: RM120,000.00

If interested, please contace the owner: Miss Sheema (03-40011644)

2, Choose the incorrect statement about the house above.
A, The sale has been completed
B, The house belongs to Miss Sheema
C, The price of the house has been fixed
D, The location of the house is close to town.

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NOTICE


Electricity Disruption


The supply will be disrupted in several areas from 9a.m. to 9p.m. on Monday, 2 November 2009 due to routine maintenance.




3, Why will the electric supply be disrupted?

A, There is a major breakdown

B, To conduct regular checks.

C, There is a lack of supply

D, To save electricity


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Relieves oral ailment --> (A Picture of "Bacti-Free") <-- For gargling only



4, Bacti-Free would probably be used by those suffering from

A, headaches

B, backaches

C, mouth ulcers

D, muscle cramps


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(A picture of Salim's Corner)

MOUTH -WATERING DISHES


Outside food and drinks not allowed.

Open daily from 10a.m. to 12 midnight except Sundays.


5, From the advertisement, we understand that at Salim's Corner

A, drinks are provided free
B, delicious dishes are offered
C, food can be purchased outside
D, the restaurant is opened everyday


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PEOPLE ARE OUR PRIORITY
ABC BANK

6, The slogan above shows that the bank
A, helps customers get rich
B, ensures customers' satisfaction
C, gives preference to certain customers
D, encourages customers to save their money

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Book your vacation two months in advance
and you'll save up to 25% off
the normal price with Dream Travels.

Offer valid till 31 December 2009.

7, The advertisement ________ people to plan their vacation earlier.
A, encourages
B, demands
C, instructs
D, guides

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Money in Old Shophouses



TAIPING - Owners of pre-war shophouses here are likely to become millionaires if the Taiping Municipal Council buys over the shophouses and turns them into heritage buildings.

8, Why does nthe Taiping Municipal Council want to purchase the shophouses?
A, To produce millionaires from the buildings
B, To renovate pre-war buildings
C, To obtain rental from the buildings
D, To convert them into historical buildings

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For over 700 years,
the elephants served
as Thailand's
primary mode of
transportation.

9, The word primary can best be replaced with
A, important
B, main
C, only
D, special

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2009 MEGA SALE only in AUGUST

SURIMAN Your Ideal Health Store

Buy More, Pay Less

Visit Us Now

10, Which of the following is true about the advertisement?
A, Customers can buy all kinds of products
B, Customers can only shop in August
C, The sale is on throughout the years
D, The sale helps one save money

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Questions 11 - 18 are based on the following text.

####Many people enjoy camping as a recreation. It [11] quite an experience to spend a night in a tent with only basic supplies. If the weather [12], you can sleep outdoors with the sky above as the roof. [13] time with Mother Nature is a good way to release stress.

####If you have never gone camping, you [14] want to try it out as a weekend getaway. Besides the tent, remember to pack a first aid kit and medicine [15] you might need. Most importantly, you must not forget to [16] enough food and clean water.

####Suitable campsites can be found by the beaches, rivers, waterfalls or even private camping grounds. Set up your tent when you reach the campsite. [17], organize the things that you have carried along with you. At night, you would want yo build a fire to keep yourself warm. So look around [18] firewood.

####Now you should be ready for a weekend of fun and adventure.

11,
A, is
B, are
C, was
D, were

12,
A, permit
B, permits
C, permitted
D, permitting

13,
A, Spent
B, Spend
C, Spends
D, Spending

14,
A, can
B, may
C, need
D, must

15,
A, what
B, when
C, which
D, where

16,
A, bring
B, brings
C, brought
D, bringing

17,
A, Meanwhile
B, However
C, Finally
D, Then

18,
A, off
B, for
C, by
D, at

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Holiday Again... Yeah Again...

I haven't been writing blog for about 2 months.
I'm probably too busy to write any anyway.
You know, exams, homework and etc. etc.

Now finally squeezed some time out to write something.
Thanks to Mr. Whoever-It-Is for giving us a 5-day-chain-combo holiday and some time to rest after the exam.
I'm thinking of getting some time off holiday to travel, but well, something happened to one of my elders and everything's gone.

There is nothing to do for this short holiday, except for revision, revision and revision.
The PMR is just around the corner, now I am like an ant on the boiling pan(I'm not sure this sentence exist).
Or... maybe not, since I'm not sitting in front of the computer and trying to find something to type onto this post.

But at least something is good for this short holiday:
I don't need to participate in this Friday's friggin "Send off Party" for my society.
According to one of the committee members, the games that are planned for this "Send off Party" is EXTREMELY disgusting.
Hope that they will not be like the "Fear Factor" event back in 2007.
Be canceled! Please! I'm begging you! Cancel this pointless event!

*Breath in... Breath out... Breath in... Breath out...*
I'm okay now, it's just that every time I think of that "Send off Party", I'm getting fired up!

Yeah... finally, something to share with everyone:



For Males only!

Holiday... Yeah...

Finally, it's holiday.
But I don't feel very much relieved.
Got bad marks in Chinese today.
Dammit! I hope it doesn't pull down my average score.

What should I do for the holidays anyway?
There's one whole week of back-to-school tuition.
Now my schedule was stuffed.
I hope I can spend some time back at my hometown, JB.
But now, maybe not.

So what should I do anyway?
I'm currently studying a bit of -subbing-
In one of my older post I asked something about Aegisub.
Well, I'm still using it since it's simple and user-friendly(I guess)
Here something else from what I had been doing:


Actually I'm not really a pro in this software.
I got to copy a lot of stuff from the FAQs to get the effects I needed.

Example the sentence sung above "hitori de wa todo ka nai"
The whole effects + font + timing is:

{\r\k0\t($start,$mid,\fscy120)\t($mid,$end,\fscy100)\fad(250,250)\fs28\pos(320,30)}{\k1\fnMaiandra GD}{\k21\c&H00FFFF&}hi{\k31}to{\k28}ri {\k18}de {\k32}wa {\k47}to{\k25}do {\k34}ka {\k21}na{\k41}i

Yeah... like I will understand as much as you do...
(After all, most of the stuffs are copied from the FAQs, so I don't understand)

Finally, something funny to show from the same anime, but about 20+ from the one I'm currently "testing" on:

Ya a worm?

Dun feel like doing hwork...

These few days...
dunno why I don't feel like doing the hwork given by the teachers
Just went to check joey's blog,
the hwork list is short, but each hwork consists at least 10 pages
My my, today is Wednesday already,
I still haven't finished 5 of them
wasted this morning and afternoon finishing the PMR速读

And currently doing this:


Ahhh, gotta work harder tomorrow.
Hope my mum won't shout at me again.

A Visit to Bukit Jalil

Nah, this is not just a normal visit to Bukit Jalil.
I'm just going there to see the Super Band concert at Putra Indoor Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

My my, the show surely is impressive (and I won't go into details here, for details go check newspaper) and due to our seats we are almost deafened since it is soooooo close to the big speaker.

But I won't complain too much, as least it's worth the price and it is also my first I ever seen a concert LIVE not on tv. It sure earned me some good memories.

Here's what I actually did that day...

3:00 School end
3:30 Reach home, take bath, eat *lunch*
4:00 Leave to fetch my cousin at SS2
4:00~6:30 Wait... wait... wait... for my cousin...
6:45 Finally on our way to Bukit Jalil
7:15 Stuck outside Bukit Jalil parking lot
7:30 Finally found a parking space (for 3 cars)
7:45 Entered the stadium, feeling lucky that I'm a male since the female toilet is crowded and the queue is almost 0.5km long (inside the stadium), but strangely, there is 1 female toilet but 2 male toilet... I'll leave that for you to figure it out.
8:00 Entered the seats, waiting, looking at the screen which keeps on repeating the SUPER 我叫你试 and the Munchy's --- bite me advertisement, almost bored to death...
8:30 Concert finally started, Suki enters stage as special guest (And her voice is nothing compared to the quads later)
8:?? Super Band enters the stage, the Rock-of-the-century begins now.
9:?? The song that I remember the most... “噢爸爸，我要钱，噢妈妈，我要钱，噢爸爸，我要钱，噢爸爸，我真的需要钱！Yo!" (check YouTube for details lah~, title is "我要钱”)
10:?? Wakin asks "现在几点了?"， then “我每次问几点的时候大部分的人的手表都坏了”
10:3? Concert ends, fans not satisfied, screams for encore. The four enters again.
10:4? Encore performance finished, everyone leaves
10:50 Stuck in the car park...
11:30 Finally reached home, take bath... sleep... *dreams*

Not bad isn't it, Wakin is surely funny sometimes, I'm mesmerized by the concert and their voices, simply astounding!

Gotta save money to buy their records, it should be worth it!



The tickets to the concert.



A close up HQ inspecition of my ticket:
AxCESS, August 1st 2009, 8:00pm, Block L13, Row H, Seat 22, Full Price RM228.00 (It's worth it, trust me!)

Recall the Choir Competition...

Subtitle: Blame the Audience!

Wonder why Junior Middle 3 Zhong, the known "1st class of Junior Middle", lost the choir competition to a bunch of *put anything here* Yeah, after the competition many ppl wonder why our class lost miserably, mostly JM3Xiao, the first runner-up. Even the teachers from other classes comments on our class' performance.

Normally, I should not speak about this stuff since it is been a long time from the competition. Nobody wants to remind him/herself of this sad past... due to a "technical failure", our class is DISQUALIFIED! You hear me??!?! DISQUALIFIED! Dammit!

Ahhhh... feeling better now, wonder why I wrote this message... maybe the tension for the choir exam next Sat. is getting closer.

Anyway, back to the main topic, the "technical failure" is nothing more than "not connecting the two songs", yeah sure, like it's our fault. The audience keep on clapping hands after we finish Candlelight Carol and when Wei Yi is about to start OH When the Saints Go Marching In the stupid audience keep on clapping their stupid hands non-stop!

After I asked my relative (who is a choir judge) he said

"Joining two songs is important, especially when the rules say so. When the announcer announces that your team is supposed to sing two songs, when you finish the first one NOBODY is supposed to clap their hands, (if you do so in a real opera/choir fest, you will be kicked out of the concert, no kidding), this is a basic in a choir concert, or probably the students at your school don't know that but well..."

And this jogged up my memory of what the announcer said:
"现在轮到初三忠(ppl begins clapping)表演了，他们所合唱的歌曲是Candlelight Carol (shouting and clapping and etc.) 和 When The Saints Go Marching In" (almost the whole audience is shouting, this shouldn't happen in a real choir concert, it should be clapping, nothing more, nothing less)

So... the announcer DID mentioned TWO songs, did he/she? So... we can make a conclusion that losing in this competition is NOT our fault or whatever stupid technical failure. It is the audience's fault! Thanks to their "huge" welcome, we lost the competition. This does not apply to JM3Xiao and JM3Ren since both of them sung I will Follow You and Take These Wings respectively.

To be continued... if I have the time to do so.

Music --Period-- Period

Finally a day which I can talk about something from school.
Today music class... teacher helps us to revise past songs,
and I don't even know whether I have a group or not.

Normally, Yin Tack should have formed a group but he disbanded it because "2 many boyz~" (I almost wanna smack him on the spot) And now I'm stuck with 3 girls and Wei Jian. Our group does not even have an idea on what song to sing.

To me, I'm confident in:
1, 梦田
2，Beautiful Dreamer
3, 年轻人的心声
4，请相信我
5， 珍重再见

The others I give up, either tones suck or lyrics hard to memorize.
Wonder what the other groups are thinking...

I only know that WeiYi's group has a 90% chance of singing 梦田, with his ex-high-pitched voice, I'm sure his group could pull it through (not insult), then the others are mostly spread out but I'm astonished since nobody is singing 红豆词, probably it's soooooo hard and it's beat is hard to match. (or should I say off-beat?)

My, my, let's see what Monday got in store for me.

Aegisub

Does any one of you uses Aegisub?
I personally say that it is one of the best subbing software I had ever encountered.
After all it helped me in karaoke-ing some of my favorite songs from animes~

But I am still a newbie in the software.
I need to go check YouTube to find tutorials to see how to make karaoke effects.
The choices are limited since most Fansubbing groups classifies their karaoke scripts.
I can only make the basic effects like those mentioned in the tutorial (expand, dissolve) while I still cannot find out how to do the others since they require "pro" programming language.

I still need help on special effects~ somebody teach me please~

But still, Aegisub rocks!

Here are some of my work, compared to the fansubbing groups.

(From top to bottom) My personal subbing, subbing by 3G-wpp. subbing by Ryuu-Rogue


And in case you're just wondering, this is Digimon Adventure's Opening theme: Butter-Fly by Kouji Wada, my favorite Japanese pop/anime theme songs singer~ Check it out on Youtube

P.S: The translation is different between different fansubbing groups, hehe~

Best discount EVAR!

WOW! So Cheap!

Animes... with problems

Thousands of Fan-subbing groups are now all over the world working on different anime titles to bring enjoyment to the major fans (like me), but sometimes QC'ers(Quality Checkers) got to work on a little more than what they are doing now...


And sometimes, dubbing groups got to work on the patches on the Kanji <--> English translation too...





(Above pic) Check out the "nice" newspaper


(Bottom) Da' "Miky" Way

Losing Directions...

Losing your directions yet?

"For restrooms,
Go back towards your behind"


Adding more pics soon, currently laughing like mad~

^o^

Funny Pictures

Today I almost become a madman.
It's been a long time since I laughed like this.
Looking at those hilarious signboards, I feel like laughing to the end of the world.

Yeah... and when does cowboy became a kind of food?

But the meaning really suits though......
牛仔 = Cowboy
扒 = steal(pickpockets) = picks

So "The Cowboy Picks" is really...... accurate translation?
I can't tell... ~_~

How Angry I Was...

Wonder what the f...(nah!)hell is going on with my modem.
The speed of downloading animes dropped DRASTICALLY!

This morning everything's just fine, the average speed of downloading is around 40~50Kb/s
Suddenly, it dropped to like 10~20Kb/s that made me so mad I can throw the modem across the room.

While I'm typing this post the downloading speed hadn't recovered yet!
But when I download some other stuff the speed is still 39,40kb/s, so I guess it's the server's problem. But how long am I going to wait for the anime to "finish download"?

The episode that I'm downloading is around 230~235Mb, after all, the quality is "very high" and I have no regrets wasting 1&1/2 hours to wait for it to download(when it's 40~50Kb/s, mind you), now it takes almost 3&1/2 hours to download one episode.

*sigh*





The 1st row is the completed one, you can see the size is 231.84Mb
The 2nd row is still downloading, 85.12Mb of 233.27Mb, speed 14.9Kb/s, remaining time 2hrs,47min,38sec
The 3rd row is the "other stuff" I'm talking about, 24.63Mb of 157.11Mb, speed 32.5Kb/s, remaining time 1hrs,9min,32sec

Compare the time and you'll see how long had I waited for the episode to "finish download"

I don't know whether I should complain to the site that host the episodes of the anime.
Maybe I should. On second thoughts, I shouldn't. *Sigh* Now what can I do?

Quoting Games & Anime

These days I feel like I had been copying sentences down from games or anime.
Probably due to the excellent use of vocabulary.

One of those sentence tells me that:
"Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality"
I trust the sentence, and since I have faith in myself to face everything with courage.

So, do you have any sentences that affect your life?

Council or Counsel?

My heart being much heavy lately...
I need someone to council me... ... WHAT!?!?!?!

Someone: What! You want to be a council?
Me: No! I just want someone to help me solve my personal problems!
Someone: Then why do you say council?
Me: Oh I did?
Someone: Yes you did!
Me: Oh I'm really sorry... for our services, the meal is free...(starts reciting Oral English...)

Thanks to the certain someone, I'm almost failed to explain what is on my mind.

Untitled Part II

Sides, only a selected few that is what I called "true friends" in my class.
The others... ignoring me? Well, I can't say that they are ignoring me,
but their attitude towards the opposite sex is desirable.

Ah, how hard is to find a true friend?

PS: And 'case you didn't know, I study at CHKL

Untitled

Strange to come up with this specific title name.
Courage X Friendship means courage stands together with friendship.
But I guess this don't really fits me.

Since my so-called "friends" had been kinda pushy around me,
and when the teacher said change partners,
they are too excited and I'm ignored and alone as ever.

What can I do?