Graduation Day

October 24 marks the final day all Jit Sin form 5 students stay in our school. Graduation ceremony was brought forward to previously mentioned date because some VIP were going to other places and therefore couldn't attend this meaningful ceremony.

Doesn't matter.

VIPs would be VIPs, they had, or have, no sense of punctuality. Perhaps the lack of punctuality is the principal rule to be a VIP.

And the performance by JSPO was simply breathtaking. Everyone of us was spellbound and absorbed in their wonderfully played musics.

Since I'm the class monitor I had to sit in the front row, separated from my class simply because I had to go on stage to receive our graduation certificate. To me, going on stage was like a contest, the louder the shouts were, the more famous you were.

Back to the topic. Upon receiving the certificates I was literally stunned by all those flashy cameras. I had no idea why they had to take so many photographs for a monitor to receive some certificates.

Then Ling Huey, Shi Ying and Feilix, representing all form 5 students, gave their respective talks. LH was on the verge of crying, but she managed to subdue her feelings. Feilix was a bit emotional, but apparently he gave his talk with every fibre of his being. Shi Ying's speech was rather unique. I don't want to be rude, but....I think she kinda humiliate our principal as she talked about our disciplinary problems that were serious enough to mar our school's image, particularly when the parents were present, the reporters were all ears and the VIPs within earshot and I saw TKT grimaced. Nevertheless, that was a great speech. In fact, all three speeches were fabulous.

Then the climax: the model students. Congratulations to BKJ and NYC for being bestowed upon the prestigious award.

After that we sang 祝福. Prior to the ceremony we were told not to run away from our seats, but students would be students, we would never heed their warnings. What could they do if we don't follow their instructions? haha

Then, photographing session went on like hell. Everybody was rushing to snap photographs with their friends, doing all crazy faces, doing all crazy things, screaming like hell, sobbing sadly.

I didn't bring a camera nor did I bring a handphone. Therefore, all photos taken were not by me but by my friends. Thank you for you all, and hope you guys don't mind if I share them here.

Happy Graduation, or not. We'll meet again one day. 海内存知几，天涯若比邻！Friendship last forever!!

Jyh Ruey and me

Derrick and Yuxuan

Tanbai me

Me and my best friend: Jun Jie.

Jun Jie and Pei Ying

The most beautiful girl in my school: Jiann Jou!!!

Hardworking Ping Chan.

Good friends

Jason, nominated for model student.

Good friends: Yun Heng (nenek), Khai Wen (ah boon), Chian Pin

Chin Sheng and Shik Ming

Jacky and Cindy

hiao ta bo: Min Huang, the noise maker. 

Good friend: Wee Chin and Yuxuan

There are a lot more pictures I can upload, but I decided not to because I do not have copyrights (ya I took them illegally, hahaha xD)

Last Day of Schooling, Sort Of

October 21st was the last day of schooling for most of us. It's a day where the sadness can be strongly felt in the air, the day where the ambience was filled with indescribable sorrow, and a day where the love to the school was strongly expressed with unprecedented surge of affection for our school, the school we are leaving inevitably.

As a result, we decided to throw a party to celebrate the last day we stayed in our beloved school.

But, Sod's law applies, and sometimes things just go awry. Our school teachers were smart enough to have an abrupt spot-check which I believed to be a sage decision but one that was loathed by all students.

Virtually all foods that were brought to school were confiscated, marring our mood. Some of my friends were smart enough to cleverly hide the food in some secret places where their foods were secure and escaped from being confiscated.

As expected, everyone of us whinged about that. Who wouldn't?

However, our principal showed some mercy. He allowed us to take back our food during recess, and hence we threw our parties in the canteen, and I believed most of the hawkers were cursing inwardly.

And, as expected, we made a lot of noises.

The sad thing was that I was sick and ergo I couldn't eat any of the food prepared. This is probably one of my biggest regret.

Anyway, some photos were taken, and I guess I'll share my photos for the first time.

Tung, me, Jacky and the annoying bastard. 

Me and Marissa

Me and Eunice.

*Sorry, I'm a camera shy boy.

Happy Graduation JitSinese - okay, nothing to be happy about - we will meet again soon!! I miss you all!!!

Retain PPSMI!!!!

I've lamented about this several times and I'll comment about this again after the official announcement by our ministry again.

1) I'm confused by 'it's difficult for teachers to teach in English' and 'it's easier for them to learn the subjects in their mother tongue'. First of all, switching from Malays to English does not seem difficult to me as you can easily find any relevant information on the internet relatively easily. Secondly, how are the teachers having troubles teaching them just because they are in English? Because they previously taught them in Malay? Mr. Minister, please remember that the Indians and Chinese seemed to do very well when it was initially changed from English to Malay, and back then information of science in Malay was extremely limited and hard to find. So what's the trouble teaching them in English, when all information can be easily dug out from the internet?

2) Teachers opt to teach them in Malay, so you decide to revert it back to Malay? Hello, Mr. Minister, who are the one studying here? Students go to school to study and gain knowledge, not to ensure that the teachers have jobs to do. So you should be concerned about what the students want: retaining PPSMI and not what the teachers want.

3) Easier to learn them in our mother tongue? I'm sorry, I don't think it works. No Chinese and Indians would want to learn Mathematics and Science in Mandarin and Tamil either, simply because English is more important, not because learning them in our mother tongue is harder.

4) Majority of people wish to have PPSMI retained, and yet you remain adament and abolish it. This is the first case I've seen that the majority have to follow what the minority wants in a debate. Stupid.

5) Students are the one who are studying and they are the one who will be contributing to the country, not you, not the government, and definitely not the teachers. So let the students make the choice, don't play the policy around as you like.

Again, Please retain PPSMI!

Sick 3

Persistent violent coughs had bothered me for virtually two weeks and despite calling on doctors for two times my condition didn't improve.

Therefore my mother, extremely concerned and worried, called my uncle who is a doctor, and got another theory: the mucus in my nose might have flowed down my throat, bringing the trapped bacteria down and hence infected my throat and had probably gone to the extent of infecting my lungs.

But I did not have a fever and all the phlegms I spit up were white, indicating no infection. I had no signs of having infection at all, until yesterday the first phlegm I spit up was yellowish. My uncle told me the first phlegm that is spit up, especially the one in the morning, is the key. If the first phlegm is green or yellow but the phlegm for the rest of the days are white, we still consider it as 'yellow' as the first phlegm is the most concentrated and any undesirable things can be spot on clearly and immediately.

Therefore my mother went to buy more antibiotics and cough medications. For now, I'm improving. I'm seriously hoping my condition ain't deteriorating, because I've been violently sick for two weeks and since it's unprecedented for me, I hated it a lot as I suffer quite a lot. Anyway, I'm praying.

Pain

Few days ago I was down with some infection and struggled very badly, yesterday I realised my throat was a bit swollen and was screamingly itchy, hence I coughed so much I wanted to vomit.

I had no choice but to forgo the decision to go to school and call on a doctor, and it was then the doctor told me my nose allergy and asthma in combination caused my lungs to collapse, therefore causing all the symptoms I have.

Anyway, I've taken my medication and inhaler. Now that I have been officially diagnosed with asthma (I suspected I have it years ago, confirmed few days ago), I guess I should watch my daily activities.

Sick, Again

It's true that it's flu season, and everyone has a high chance to succumb to a disease, and I did succumb to one, but one which is not caused by any tiny annoying microorganism, but one that my body 'attacks' itself.

No, it's not autoimmume disease, it's exaggerating.

It's just a throat irritation caused by massive load of stubborn and annoying phlegm. I've been bothered by these phlegm for days until I finally met a doctor to get some medicine to soothe it. What the doctor prescribed was a cough syrup, a medicine for phlegm and antibiotics just in case there is an infection.

I'm still not fully recovered yet. Hopefully it'll be over soon because now my abdomen is painful due to violent coughing for the past few days.

Drew Ryniewicz - Baby

Sorry Beliebers, she can sing much better than Justin Bieber.