Uni Life

Honestly speaking, is 3.35 in the morning right now and i'm here on my  bed figuring what can i do. Is my fault actually for taking a nap in the late afternoon making me now wondering what can i do till i actually feel tired and gone to bed. 

I'll guess i just make some update to this blog since i really got nothing else can i do. I've done checking my mail and updating my facebook:commenting, liking status up to the extent of refresing the page every minute i can just to see anyone have any interesting status or updates that i can comment on.

I think ever since i came to utp, my life has been pretty messed up. i'm not like what i used to be. party animal, doing crazy stuff up to early in the mornin and shit stuff basically. The people i know here are very different from the geng i used to join way back in form6. Probably we are still new to each other, we cant do shit stuff yet or maybe i'm the only one that like to do shit stuff. I do miss the moment back in hometown where time does not matter to me. i just want the time to go very very slowly or better stop for good. On the contrary, here in uni, i just want the time to go on fast. I got so bored that i feel pissed at time not knowing what i pissed at or of..

People often tell me that uni is one time of life you will definitely enjoy. Mainly i think is because the total freedom you get and all the friends are like sort of becoming your neighbours now. Sadly, i dont feel so. Maybe is because the reason of staying far away from the community in the university itself. Staying too far away has been one of the reason that i stay inactive for like nearly half a year now. Besides from debating as a leisure entertainment that i joined, i got no other events that i participate in. And most of my friends here are busy with their own agenda. I think we lack of bonding that prevent us from having some cool activities together. Need time i guess.

So basically what I'm trying to say is that i got so bored nothing better to do and start producing this crap (the above stuff) just to fill up some of my time. From now on, i will work my ass off influencing this bunch of new friends and hoping we can do some shit stuff/activities in the future. Ciao~

When everyone starts leaving

It feels just like yesterday when i just stepped into MHS for my 2 years of form 6. Now, as time flies, i'm entering uni in 3 weeks time where most of friends are entering in a week time. I cant really predict what will happen to each and everyone of us in the new unfamiliar places. Meeting new people, having a roommate now, deciding whether to enter a lecturing or not, all it seems to happen so fast now. Though most of us are kind of excited to face it but there's some of us who is quite reluctant. Unfortunately, i'm the reluctant group. Probably i have been enjoying too much for the past 6 months, my inner self is telling me that i will not adapt well to the new surrounding. Dont get me wrong. I can be quite independent, is just that being surrounded by the comfort and warmth of our house and parents, is like finally letting go the third wheel in your ride now. We are now on our own in deciding which path we will take in the future. It may be hard but definitely I will try my very best to cope for it well :) I hope for the same thing too to my friends but are going to their respective paths. I enjoy the friendship for all this while and certainly we can meet again in the future, with everyone enjoying the peak success of their life, fulfilling lifetime wishes and achieving the goal of life. Live the life!

Tzu Chi

Tzu Chi main office

Had any of u actually heard about this foundation called Tzu Chi? It is actually an international NGO body which aims in helping people regardless of race, cultures and religion. Tzu Chi foundation is widely known for its selfless contribution in the societies in numerous way such as Education, Charity, Medicine and Culture. Even though it is built with strong Buddhist principles, it helps with equal fairness. A brainchild of master Cheng Yen, a nun in April 14, 1966 hopes to bring love towards the world. Unlike others Buddhist societies, it focus more in community service ( which most of us need more rather than praying or chanting ). In 2009, Tzu Chi foundation had actually set up its charity center in 45 countries world wide and visited more than 50 countries to provide humanity services eg providing relief aid ( the recent case is in Haiti), medical aids, voluntary services, etc etc. It also have its own hospitals and university that provide free medical aids and studying loan. scholarship for those who need it.

Not only that, they do provide some courses that you might want to take up. For examples, they have tea ceremony, chinese chess, jap language, cooking class and much more for those who wants gain extra knowledge and have their time spent wisely.

Tzu Chi Academy where some courses you can take

Last few days i had a great opportunity to know more about this place. Reached here around in the afternoon with my fren with the main aim to know more about this society so that we can join in as volunteer. Good for your resume too.. So the first place we vist is the cafe to pay a visit to my relative who is also one of the veteran volunteer there. From there she roughly explained to us who to look for in different department for us to enroll as volunteers. Then we proceed to the recycling center. We met another volunteer named Catherine, a 50+ auntie who saved us time by showing us around the place.

The recycling center

see how wasteful our societies now

Waste paper that gonna be recycled

Next she brought us to the kindergarten. Then she explained briefly to us how the kindergarten run. After listening, i really feel like sending my children here in the future. At there, they really teach the children to be independent since young. They really follow the old bm saying, "melentur buluh biarlah dari rebungnya". Instead from using normal teaching method, they choose a rather soft yet effective approach in teaching the children. They using love in nurturing the children instead punishment. Then they teach the children how to differentiate which is wrong and right. Seeing all the children there really makes us laugh. They are just so cute. XD Seeing us entering to their class, all of them stand and greet us ^^ Those who actually want to put in their children can really do it. Is Rm450 per month, from 8.30am to 5.30pm, monday to sunday, makan all included where got not cheap?

The Main Entrance to the kindergarten

They were havin their lunch and we interrupt them XP

Getting ready to greet ^^
After makan have to queue up then wash their own plates. I bet most of us during that age still sucking our thumbs asking mummy to wash for us.

Then you will have to dry them(bowl and chopsticks) with a clean towel

By late afternoon, we left the place with a satisfaction that we ad learnt something from there. We wished that we can actually bring in more people to know more about this place then join in as volunteer. First you can learn some stuff, do charity, put into your resume (that you're attached to an international NGO body) is like killing three birds with a stone rite. If you're really worry about this is an Buddhist body, do not do so coz they really focus more in community service. They are not somebody that will preach to you. If interested to know more you can actually log in to their website at www.tzuchi.org/ or you can ask me or seo more about it. We will more than willing to explain to you ^^ collecting merits :D

A more fully details about Tzu Chi foundation, u can access en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzu_Chi

China Trip

Oh yes, it was like long time ago since my last update..hmm..was it 3months ago? doesnt matter..

well, i'm back from china quite some time already. 3weeks actually. It was great and awesome. You know when u get to travel, it really widens ur view and opinion esp towards the world. Sometime we might not have what we want but yet we get what we need. I'm proud to admit that we are actually very fortunate to live in malaysia where we can still enjoy our rights. STILL. compared to china which is enjoyin her socialist status and one party government, their people get no freedom of speech, everything is being done as instructed by the gov which in turn, transform them into one of the coming leading nation. Blessing in disguise i say. Forget abt politics, the tourism board there is certainly doing a very good job. Providing good transportation, service-with-a-smile people, clean facilities and others are their key in getting more and more people visiting the country.

If you're thinking that china is somewhere cheap and dirty then you're wrong! I can assured you that the place there can be a lot times better and cleaner than where you're staying now. With 3 or 4 people sweeping the floor at the same time (forget the JKR policy u see here) you think how dirty the street can be? Nil. Yes.

After China Beijing Olympic, the whole city is transformed. Unlike the same ol city i visited few years back then. Everything is new. A high tech-apartment, new shopping complexes, and others super cool building is now residing itself in the city. Not only that, the price definitely gone up. for those that think that china products are cheap think twice. The cheap thing that u find here that stated "made in china" is actually rejected products that are brought into our countries by people who want to make quick money.

There are quite a number of places i went this time. More and better. Among them are temples, beaches, and the best place i've been is certainly Wu Yi mountain. I really fell in love with that place. Google it and you'll find it is listed as national heritage of china and under Unesco too. Thats the best sceneries i ever seen. Very very exotic and oriental. If u're going to china, be sure to pay a visit there. You'll never know when all this scenery gonna be taken over by modernisation. It's hard to explain actually by words. What u have to do is just to visit that place and u'll undrstand what i mean..

Then normally when u visit some place of course u'll learn something from there rite. The most important things that i learn is to be contented. U may think yourself that waking up early everyday to go school but try think that kids there waking up early everyday to go help their parents. u complain that bicycle and bike is embarrassing but try to think that people there walking carrying big stuff up the hills. U think rice everyday is boring and dull but try to think that they sometime have to resort to begging for food. As a conclusion, do not ever think that you're unhappy and have nothing while people there are far more worse than you. Beggars there is something i admit spoiled my day. They will keep on begging you, following u, blessing u with nice words to have u give them some money but u cannot give any simply because they are too many of them. Just imagine an old couple sitting by the door trying to warm themselves up with thin clothes they are wearing and heads down till the floor, kneeling and begging for a living. I bet u cant stand it just by imagining. They are doing it in front of me. Sad. I really dunno how to express this out. Till then. Ciao~

This are some of the pictures i took there. The rest just check out FB or come my hse and see..XD








Lastly, A really big thanks to my super cool parents for bringing us there. Thkiuu~~

Feeling Contented

Thing always go wrong
when you cannot feel happy and satisfy
with what you have
I think i should feel happier with what i got currently
I always ask for more
Take things for granted
In the end
I end up nothing
I had a bad relationship with Hope
It provide me bottles of happiness and dreams
But always leave a hole at the bottom
so it will never fill up
it come and go
repeating like a circle with no end
Alas, i get tired of it and emptied the bottles myself
so i would never get disappointed
again again and again
with this
reality pours in
and i slowly understand
the world
is never wonderful
as what you been
expecting~
...

NS Gathering

27 June, thx to the organiser(s) ( either Chiew Min or Hui Min or both of them), i had a great ex-NS gathering around Malacca area! It was totally awesome to see all of them, oh well not all, some of them back after 1 year of missing each other. Alrite people, i shall let the pic to do the talking..

At Jetty

Handsome le..lolx


We really acted like tourists


Group Pix

I loves this the most~

AFS

AFS or also known as Antarabangsa Budaya Malaysia. I had a great opportunity to be introduced to this great NGO body by Dexter just last weekend from 30th to 31st of May 2009 at Kuantan, Pahang during their end year stay camp 2009 program. The purpose of this program is to celebrate those who are going back to their respective countries after a year in our country for the student exchange program. I can say that this program that held at Megaview Hotel here is quite a success judging from the number of people who turn up and the cheering and shouting and dancing and playing and bla bla...

Just let me start from where dex and me reached the kuantan bus terminal. We reached there roughly around 12something in the morning. Yes, you heard me. 12 something in the morning. Supposedly we can reached earlier but due to a little bit of profit ( the bus can save by not passing through toll) that driver decided to use old roads that were not well maintained. Then from there we spent a night at Kuantan AFS chapter leader's hse. Without her hospitality, both of us will have to sleep under the bridge coz we think that they provide hotel for us for 2days but actually only for a day that is on sat. So we seek for her shelter and she treat her really comfortably.

Next day Saturday, we together with Kuching chapter leader, Mr Bathiah who is also principal of SM Sains Kuching with his wife were brought by Ms Wendy with another Kuantan AFS leader, Madam Choo to Kuantan specialties that is Nasi Dagang. Is a very simple meal: plain white rice + a small piece of fish with abit of the sauce and it cost RM 2.50! Expensive huh?! Luckily not we pay. They treat us.. How nice of them. Oh yes, not forgetting the keropok lekor. I think you guys must have heard of it. Simply delicious. Before the program start, we had the opportunity to be toured around Kuantan. One thing i like of Kuantan is the beach. Although it might be as grand or clean as you compared with the beach at Tioman or Redang, it is definitely one of the quite beach which makes me feel more attracted towards it. I always like a lonely beach rather than a pack with ppl. It spoil the beach.

Back to hotel for the program at 11something. Was kind of happy to see those bunch of exchange students there practicing for their performance later at nite. Met Ludwig and bunch of his fren there. Kinda funny though the feelin coz we just wished him goodbye at the bus terminal not long ago and now here i meet him again. I shall skip the meeting part coz partly just those about new student exchange this coming July.

The dinner later at night was really awesome. The MC is kind of cool with his chinese accent but overall he speaks really well and the whole dinner go on smoothly. I really did enjoy those performance by those student exchange. Mostly dancing (indian dance to be exact..XD) then lastly they ended it with some fashion show by all of them. Hang out with them for awhile before we went back to our room.

The next morning we were given a talk by the famous Malaysian speaker, dato mahadzir lokman. You might not heard of him before but he's a really superb speaker. Able to speak malay with all the dialects, english, chinese, abit of chinese dialect, french and even germany. Sounds cool rite? He's speaker for NAM meeting at M'sia, Commonwealth, OIC and a lot more international events held in Malaysia. Is hard for me to describe how great speaker he is. You have to find out yourself. Next, the meeting continue...

After lunch, all of us, everyone from AFS bid farewell to those student exchange. After this, we will not meet each other again.

Alrite, some of the things that i learnt during my this 3days trip there. From AFS i really learnt that the dream of making all malaysian unite is totally possible. Based on all the people there, the staff, the volunteers regardless of race and religion, they are able to work together under the same community. This really impressed me. Then, i also learnt that meet and farewell is part of our life. We may meet today but part tomorrow. We should value more the people around us more. Who knows tomorrow the person we care the most might leave us. Lastly, this student exchange program i really feel that is the bridge to link two worlds of different cultures to know each other more. Together we move towards world peace! (how noble i am..lol..)

..some of my pic there..



with the famous speaker

grand farewell

The dad, mum and child..lol.

Malaysia Debate Open 2009

The Only Chinese dudes (i'm so racist.lol.)
missin-in-action : Moi Zjen Pang

The title said it. 8 of us, Ming Yuen, Seo, Sanjiv, Anila, Shobana, Saranya, Moi, and me joined the competition held from 21st to 23d of March 2009 at MMU, Melaka. We formed three teams. MHS 1- Shobana, Ming Yuen and me, MHS 2-Seo, Moi and Saranya and finally MHS 3- Sanjiv, Anila and one guy by the name Kitso we find on that day itself. Let me just get on to the crazy things we did there.

First Day, 21 March 2009, Saturday:
Arrive there around 8.30a.m. . Thought we were late but it seemed that we were the earliest compared to most of them. Oh well, you know Malaysians famous for its punctuality XD. Moving on to the long boring opening ceremony followed by the mock round but sad to say everything is out of schedule. Wasted a lot of time here. Finally around 4something the real competition start. The time it supposed to start is 2.00p.m. I shall skip the complaining. First round, we (MHS 1) faced some dudes from UT MARA. The motions were:

1. TH believe that terminally ill patients have the right to die
2. TH Believe teenagers should have the right to vote
3. TH would ban abstinence only sex education in all schools

Motion 2 was chosen. We were the government We lost this round though. I don’t want to be a sore loser but all of us felt that this round we should have won. It was because of the noob adjudicator. I don’t think she can even speak a proper English yet she the one who judged us. Forget about that. Second round our opponent is UT MARA again but different teams. The motions were:

1. TH believe that criminal cases should be tried by jury
2. TH believe that evidence obtained through unlawful means should be admissible in court
3. TH would elect its own judges

Motion 3 were chosen. We government again. This time we lost. yes again but this time we satisfied with the result coz the some of our points were out of context and this three dudes are pre law student. Bad day huh. It all ended around 8something. Then proceed to the hotel thinking it was Mahkota Century but in the end it was Mahkota Guest House. The name souns great huh but as a matter of fact, it is a dormitory. Sad. Thinking is a waste of money to stay there, we refund the money and stayed at seo's place instead. Thanks to seo's dad for providing us a comfortable stay. So much better than that stupid guest house. I didn’t tell you what we did before we went to bed. After our dinner at Amigo, we went to have a walk at Jetty. It was pretty cool. Was playing with seo some ranking game( hehe XD). Then we head to mcd to get some drinks and lepak at dp field. A really nice place to hang out at night ^^ around 4something we only sent the girls back to the "hotel" and finally went back seo's place. We did encounter some unnatural stuff. I think is best for me not to say.lol.

Second Day, 22nd March Sunday.
I lazy want to explain in detail already. Just straight to the points. 3rd round we faced UiTM KBM 3. The motions are:

1. TH would allow corporations receiving government bailout the discretion to give bonuses to their employees.
2. TH believe that the states should give incentives the entertainment industry to produce content with positive social message.
3. TH would repeal tax exemption on all religious institution.

Motion 1 was chosen. Opposition this time. We lost. Pretty sad rite. lol. Moving on to round 4 with opponents from UiTM Perlis. I forgot the other 2motions. The chosen motion is TH would extradite war deserters. This time we challenged the definition given by the PM and we won(yea..finally). Round 5 we faced UiTM Johor. The motions were:

1. TH would fund religion based criminal rehabilitation program
2. TH would nationalize all prisons
3. TH would allow prisoners to donate their organs in exchange for the shortening of their sentences.

Motions 3 is chosen. Opposition again. We won again. haha we finally show soomething we are not to be played easily..lol.. and finally round 6 which is a silent round (a round that u will not know your result) The motion i forgot ad coz is kind of confusing for me to interpret. Is something about economics about tax saving. I did quite a bad job here and pulled down the rest but luckily my team mates brought it back up and we won again!!(we went to ask the adjudicator on the next day to see we won or not). That night was my first time went in to pub. The organiser had the break night at The Cube. Quite an experience for me. haha. Dont worry, i didnt take or consume and drugs. Still normal. haha.

Last Day, 23rd March 2009, Monday.
It was nothing much on that day. Wasted a lot of time. I regretted for skippin school for this. Only around 4asomething we watched somethiong fun. Team from MMU and IIUM were competing in semi-finals. The grand dinner was sucks. The food is is..i dunno how to describe but seriously it was sucks.Dont ever held your party at Water City Resort. You will make your guests upset. The grand final too. Not what we expected for the final. Maybe they are nervous coz was competing up the stage. The motion was something about selling nuclear weapon to other countries to terminate their own program. Basically it was something like that. I lazy to type already. I might update now and then to fill in those I’ve missed. Till then ^^

My Team

Dinner @ Amigo

The Grand Final aka Closing Ceremony

Holiday

There it goes. Another one week holiday. I do wonder whether i can stop procrastinate and start concentrating towards my revision. I have been wasting a lot of time since the very first day i entered form6. Countless time as i recalled that i've promised myself to work hard to achieve the expectation given by my parents, teachers and fellow friends yet i seem to be so carefree about it. Days toward STPM is getting nearer and i already forgot all those chapters in lower 6 and to think that i still have inorganic, organic chemistry to go through. I never regret for entering science stream in form6 in fact, i do enjoy the sciences especially chem but i will never score in that paper XD..nevertheless i shall work hard this time. The trauma of March test is still haunting me. For the first time in my life, March test is tougher than the end year test. I think i got pointer less than 2.0..what a shame! I shall do better in the coming test as not to drop my parent "water-face" (recently my cousin performed excellently in his STPM..very excellent result..thats why my dad is giving me signal ad)..I will, I may, I must use this whole week to catch up all those subjects i have been lagging behind..Ganbatte!

Introduction

My first post ever. I start with jus small introduction. The name is Joeal from mhs, malacca. Oh well, i don really expect people to read. As I have said in my blog introduction, the purpose is for me to express my views on certain issues. I dont expect for comments but a well suggested comment is much appreciated. I do accept critics if thats the only thing you can give ^^ Lets make my first post short and sweet. Bye.