LGE's Book

I've followed politics for quite a while. I never read the details about it for I do not have much interest in it. All I am concerned about is what the ruling party is doing, and while the opposition does. I don't really know who the Ministers are, but I do know the ruling party sucks to the core, is belligerent, is always involved in malfeasance, and is horrible at lying but loves to do it.

I went to Komtar on 22th of July, right after I went to my primary school (read my previous post). Lim Guan Eng would held a book signing ceremony at Popular and I wanted to see him in person, for after following politics for a while, I realised he stood out among others, and is definitely a much better politician than others. Plus, he's the Chief Minister of Penang!

So I bought his newest book and flipped through it. The place was crowded and the avenue small, so the place there was quite stuffy and therefore hot.

A lot of people who attended were uncles and aunties, there are people who are adults but I barely saw anyone around my age.

Due to time factor, he arrived half an hour later. Well.......Malaysians are never punctual, right? Never mind, nobody is perfect.

So he arrives, and I finally saw him in person. The excitement was quite intense. The interviewing session begins, and a few issues happening at the moment were discussed. I think I should not disclose.

After that the interview ended, and book signing began. The crowd was huge. I wanted to line up, but then I realised there was no movements at all after 10 minutes. Ergo, I left. With a tad disappointment.

Carnival

There was a carnival being held at my primary school. It was an enormous one and sponsored by Sin Chew, which explained why this year the event was more interesting and attracted more people.

I walked there from my school - with great cautions due to the narrow road and heavy traffic. I literally had no way to stand and was in danger of being knocked down - and reached there and saw many people. Some of them were familiar, but their names escaped me. It had been a good many years since I'd seen them, and I just couldn't remember who they were. Nothing I could do, I walked away.

The foods there were ordinary but hardly affordable. It cost RM4 for a small plate of fried rice that usually cost only RM2. The jelly that I bought tasted curious and was a tad spicy - which was freaking. Which jelly in this world is spicy?

I should have snapped some photos. It was just mesmerising how huge the event was.

There were colouring competition there. Lots of children are naively colouring their drawings with crayons while their parents were waiting outside hoping their children could get at least a consolation prize. There's where I met my teacher - TCH - whose daughter was colouring.

There was also a chess competition which was pretty pointless since silence wasn't upholded or enforced and children are TEACHING each other how to play. What competitions allows muttering?

I met one of my old friends who I had not seen for a few years. It was quite incredible we both recognised each other even though we had not met each other for years, or talked/contacted each other for a few years. We chatted a while, sidled along the corridors, and had fun exchanging our stories.

I don't wanna make this a long-winded post, so I'll just pen it off here. Overall, I loved the carnival this year, and am screamingly ebullient to be able to see my old friends.

Love my primary school. =)

Green Tea

I've learnt to drink green tea a few years ago. I have not learned to enjoy it the way a lot of people do - smelling the aroma, evaluating the taste, identifying the quality by colour etc - but I do enjoy sipping it. It is a little refreshing especially when you're tired. I like to sip the hot tea, especially when the weather is cool or torrential rain hits the land mercilessly, or when the wind blows violently and the clouds loom over menacingly. Cold weather is definitely the exact weather you should be sitting down and enjoy a nice cup of hot tea. Drinking it in a sweltering room is going to be torturing and you won't even want to look at it. I enjoy drinking it, how about you?

Penang Hill

Penang Hill is the tallest accessible hill in Penang, a few kilometres higher than Cherok Tok Kun that I've frequented.

I'd never climbed Penang Hill, therefore after requesting my father to bring me there, he agreed, weirdly, and took me to the hill today.

Two weeks ago, a mountain climbing competition was organised by Kwong Wah. Most of my friends participated in the competition, and later on described the horrible encounters they had while walking out the treks. The more taxing it sounded, the more anticipated I am.

I missed the competition due to some regrettable incidents, but I still wanna climb it.

Today, I've got the chance. The beginning of the hill is indeed steep, climbing out was quite hard. Apparently, it wouldn't want you to have a great start - for a few hundred metres, that gradient remained large. Some turnings are also constructed in a way that climbing out requires some body bending to counterbalance the force or else you might just topple over.

After that it was okay. Starting from 1.5m to about 2.2m was quite flat that I wouldn't even say it's climbing. After that then the challenge continued. Again, till some point around 3.8m the road evened out, until about 4.6m then the horrible nightmare continued. Luckily, for only a short distance.

Of course they are short steep roads among 2m to 4.6m, but one nightmare ranges for about only hundred metre, so overcoming that devil is quite okay and is bearable.

The greatest thing about hiking the hill is that after 4m, the weather becomes very cool as the temperatures plummets significantly.

I reached the top (5m) and did some observing, and realised that there weren't many things to see there. Since I was there early, most cafes and the Owl Museum were not open. The food court was open, but not all stalls in it were ready. Cable car station was loaded with people.

Frankly, it isn't really a nice tourist destination to go.

Well, it's the first time, and I've loved it. Climbing this hill is much more interesting and enjoying than climbing Cherok Tok Kun. It took me approximately 80 minutes to reach the top from the entrance of Botanical Garden. If I were to participate in the competition next year, I would have an additional 3km run to complete, so hopefully, I would be able to finish the race within 2 hours next year.

                    

Form 6 Studies

I've got to admit - life has been dull recently. I can manage to squeeze some time for frolicking, but then I would suffer under a pile of homework and books of gobbledygook.

I realise I'm more fond of enjoying life now, perhaps due to peers influence and the job I took last time. Now, hiding myself in my house is now something I enjoy anymore. Once I've been offered an opportunity to anything socially engaging, I would immediately jump at the chance. Perhaps a little hesitant when I see the piles of homework, but normally I would have joined anything that comes towards me.

Okay. Since I've regaled you about the story of my class, and am currently out of topics to talk about, so I will drone on something I personally despise but have to talk about to ensure my blog doesn't just die off.

I'll start with the compulsory subject - Pengajian Am. So far, so good. The subject is, contrary to what people believe, exceptionally interesting. Studying about politics (not political parties, thank God, and not the history of them too) is quite useful. It's always good to learn about politics. We'll be a voter one day, it's best if we get a picture of how it's like before we actually vote. But I admit writing essays is very mundane and dull, but.....everything has its bright side and dark side.

Next, Chemistry. Currently the second most confusing subject. STPM Chemistry is totally different from SPM. In this level, you'll realise what you've learnt in SPM Chemistry are actually either wrong or incomplete, and this causes you to suffer very badly in form 6, especially since the concepts are very abstract and require profound visualisation. So far, I've learnt till Chemical Bonding, and I'm already struggling with it, especially about the hybridisation of atomic orbitals and the lewis structure of molecules.

Then, Physics. So far, so good. All I've done so far are revisions of SPM Physics, but at a more advanced level. Many calculations are involved, unlike SPM where theories are more emphasised and calculations are actually very simple. Then, MUET. Nothing much to complain. I've got used to my teacher's unsuitable teaching methods and absence, so I'm quite okay with it. I strive for at least band 4 and hopefully I would get band 5. Since band 6 requires extreme good proficiency in the language and I know my limits, I won't stretch it and simply lower my expectation so that the disappointment that it ensues won't be very damaging to me.

Then, the most discombobulating subject - Mathematics.T. Owing to the in-depth knowledge on the syllabus, and the scarcity of time to produce a good book, and the lack of reference books for studying, all of us are struggling very badly. You can say that we've all been mortally wounded by the subject, and are fighting for survival now. The whole chapter of Vector speaks jargon, and none of us has enough intelligence to interpret it. And the worst thing is that the coursework is related to this topic, and most likely will only touch this chapter. With the wide syllabus and lack of time, now my teacher is warning us that we'll most likely be unable to finish the syllabus before we sit for the exam.

Great!

Thankfully, I've never asked for perfectness, and therefore I guess I won't be stressed very much since I do not aim 4As (getting it is desired but not necessary for me, since I'm not intending to enter IPTA).

But I'll make sure I get at least a B+. Maths is my soul, and I will make sure I do it well. It'll be a war between me and the tough opponents consisting 4 subjects.


Let the war begins!

L6BP

So how's my class now, if you ask?

Okay.

Let me summarises it, and give you an initial description of the class.

Initially, it was a small class, but it snowballed later and the number of student peaked a maximum 40.

It was before some of my friends changed their stream officially.

Then, three new students came in later, pushing the number to 43, stretching the limit.

Then, those who applied for transferring stream got their application approved, except three.

These three continued their effort towards their dreams. They strove to get what they want.

Thankfully, they got it.

Then, a student got Maktab, and another one left after a considerable amount of time of ambivalence.

Now, officially, we have 33 students, of whom 17 are boys, and 16 are girls.

How is the friendship, you might ask?

Well, it's awesome!

It's a blend of students from different categories, different interests, and different classes.

Most of them do not know 50% of the classmates, contrary to form 5 classes.

Luckily, everybody got along well.

There are six students from my class who were from other schools.

Among them, 4 are girls, and 2 are boys, and how are they, you might ask?

Great. Extremely sociable, effervescent, and superbly intelligent.

My new teachers for this year. =)

Everyone else is sociable, but perhaps lack of common interest.

There's a group that favours IT, and a group that are fond of computer games,

and there are a few groups with arbitrary interest, or no common liking.

Yet, if you observe clearly, you'll realise, everybody is an equal, nobody is sidelined.

This is what I call a class - unity, sociable, co-operation.

Plus the fact that everyone is cheerful. The merriment was never ending.

It burns with an intensity so strong you could hardly describe it.

We have a guy with slight "yellowish" brain, whose brain cells are interconnected by unique lines that are not shared by others.

We have a guy with slight mental growth retardation who miraculously entertains and exasperates the class simultaneously.

We have a guy who never ceases sleeping, but when he remains awake, he's surprisingly garrulous.

We have a few guys who have passions towards Maths and would solve anything pertinent to it.

We have a few girls who are very united and always do things in unison.

We have a few girls who shoulder their responsibilities seriously.

And, of course, we have a class who is serious in learning,

and although at times we slack,

our determination in pursuing the knowledge never fades.

It's been only two months, but everything is visible.

Now the question is - would this uniqueness of my class lasts?

I hope it does, because I've begun to love this class, and I would hate to despise it one day.