THANK YOU Adrian 大哥 and Warren lao ba!


Looking back, this year hasn't been the smoothest I have had. Eventful he had been. Fruitful probably. Adventurous or maybe misadventurous.

Definitely had lost hope more than once. But 2 days and 3 hours before 2009, my 2 seniors woke me up from my piteous dream, my deep sleep. Foolish I had been. Lamenting too much over my losses. Struggling to find the silver lining in the dark cloud, I almost became 1 of the thousands who got struck by lightning doing so.

Thank you 2 for making me dare to do what I do best again. Dreaming Big.

Although 10A1s seem difficult, it isn't impossible. Right Adrian?

I have also come up with a nice explanation of 'process' after talking to 2 of them. Why is process deemed as important by many people when the mercenary society often looks only at the result? I answered this question with...physics.

Let's say you are doing a physics practical assessment. Maybe calculating the period of a pendulum bob. Because the earth is rotating, there is no guarantee that the bob will move in a straight track, this will eventually lead to inaccuracies in your results. Thus, having a good process will help you arrive at good results. Pay more attention to the bob, make no mistake in your experiment, and let nature take its course. the result cannot be perfect. You cannot control the environment. You cannot stop the earth from rotating, you cannot stop the moon from revolving. Somehow, there will be external factors that would affect your experiment, and affect your results. However, when you have done what you could have possibly done at your best, you will achieve the best results you can possibly achieve. there's nothing much to resent over after that. So, that's how much process matters. You cannot control what your result will be because the environment affects the results, and the environment is something you cannot control. Other than the environment, process also affects the results and that is probably the only thing you have a control over. So, all we can do, is to make good use of 'process' to achieve maximum results.

simply physics. :) haha.

Dream Big - Emily Shackelton

yongliang

Interior of the Airebus Business class coach. Supposed to take executive class (which is the lower end double decker). But ended up that executive class coach not running, so we got the business class single deck coach instead. haha! upgrade! Better food, nicer seats, and a 10.2" LCD screen. WOW.







Hohoho. My hotel room :D. and i mean. MINE. lol. Only me. What a luxury. totally insane. Cos my grandma had other 'appointments' and only stayed for a night. So i had the whole room to myself for about... 3 nights. And I totally LOVE discovery channel. I need cable TV.

Familiar name?

Work of a burglar. Burglar made a hole in that ceiling, probably the sofa was acting as a ladder. So the burglar went in, and made another hole in the adjacent flat, (my grandma's flat) and well, he took as much as he could.

Before...

After

Sofa smashed into smithereens to prevent further thefts... All done with a hammer. I'm a destructive kid? maybe.

see that? Jackie Chan (chen long) and dinosaur (kong long) brothers of oddity.




I seriously think there is a new language out there. Chinglish does exist. I'm quite sure about that...

DOMOKUN!



Prison break! Cool figurines. But...they cost 2 bombs.

MR MRAZ!!! haha.

My black sports car. Ok. Not exactly mine. Not my dream car either. But it's my cousin's! haha. I'm going to bet it is a Mazda Rx-7 FC3S. tailights gave it away although there was no obvious indication what marque this is. Noisy car. Old too. About 2 decades.

MANHATTAN FISH MARKET.
Too much fried food. I really was afraid of looking at all the fried food after finishing my fish and chips. Feeling very nauseous. Too much flour. But not too bad overall. They were flexible. haha

Oh ya oh ya. I heard Taylor Swift in a shop! :D Shopkeeper was playing Christmas carosl when i heard Last Christmas sung by Taylor Swift. :)

that's all

yongliang

Panasonic earphones...

Thanks. I appreciate the thought haha. But it isn't exactly what i am looking for.... :/ I tried it on...it didn't really feel comfortable. :S And I don't really like earphones which try to tell the whole world that the user is listening to music. :/ But, the sound is quite okayy, at least better than my busted Phillips one. Pity the jack isn't gold-plated, unlike my Phillips one. :(

Not my ideal choic, but beggars can't be choosers...

M'sia here i come?

yongliang.

FEARLESS.

Oh yea, I'm gonna do a 'review' on Taylor Swift's Fearless. Listened to every song a couple of times. I guess my favourite songs from this album are: White Horse, You Belong With Me and Hey Stephen. The songs from this album or artist, as usual boasts good lyrics, rhythm and, the beat is real catchy for some songs. :D

But I think one song kinda disappoints. The song entitled Fearless. Somehow, she can't seem to fit the word Fearless into the song. It kinda feels that the word 'Fearless' is a little unnecessary in the song...

Nevertheless, this album is errr..great. haha. Singer/Songwriter has got lots of talent. beautiful voice. Give it a run for your money. It wouldn't disappoint.

yongliang

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.

I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that that lit up her entire being.

She said, "Hi, handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?" I laughed and enthusiastically responded, "Of course you may!" and she gave me a giant squeeze.

"Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?" I asked.

She jokingly replied, "I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of children, and then retire and travel."

"No seriously," I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.

"I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!" she told me.

After class we walked to the student union building and share a chocolate milkshake. We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this "time machine" as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I'll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, "I'm sorry I'm so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I'll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know."

As we laughed she cleared her throat and began: "We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. "You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are dean and don't even know it!"

"There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight. Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change."

"Have no regrets. The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets."

She concluded her speech by courageously singing The Rose. She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives. At the years end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago.

One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.

Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.

If you read this, please send this peaceful word of advise to your fiends and family. We send these words in loving memory of ROSE.

Remember, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY, GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.

wonder who once said total defence was optional...

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A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert like island. The two survivors, not knowing what else to do, agreed that they had no other recourse but to pray to God. However, to find out
whose prayer was more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the island.

The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the land, and he was able to eat its fruit. The other man's parcel of land remained barren.

After a week, the first man was lonely and he decided to pray for a wife. The next day, another ship was wrecked, and the only
survivor was a woman who swam to his side of the land. On the other side of the island, there was nothing.

Soon the first man prayed for a house, clothes, more food. The next day, like magic, all of these were given to him. However, the
second man still had nothing.

Finally, the first man prayed for a ship, so that he and his wife would leave the island. In the morning, he found a ship docked at
his side of the island.

The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island. He considered the other man unworthy to receive God's blessings, since none of his prayers had been answered. As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from heaven booming, "Why are you leaving your companion on the island?"

"My blessings are mine alone, since I was the one who prayed for them," the first man answered. "His prayers were all unanswered
and so he does not deserve anything."

"You are mistaken!" the voice rebuked him. "He had only one prayer, which I answered. If not for that, you would not have received any of my blessings."

"Tell me," the first man asked the voice, "What did he pray for that I should owe him anything?" "He prayed that all your prayers be answered."

For all we know, our blessings are not the fruits of our prayers alone, but those of another praying for us.

Credits to Pravsworld.com