Life with College

OMG!!!

I somewhat couldn't believe the state I am in right now...

Sorry by the way for not updating this really rusty blog. Had been busy practically everyday since college started...

So, quick snip-bits and updates of me:

For some of you who don't know, I'm in INTI College SS15 right now... Studying AUP (other name for ADTP)... And so far, everything's hectic, stressful, but yet easy-going at the same time.

Secondly, I still can't drive. Apparently my whole week is fully condensed with weekly routine and classes and clubs and whatnot... And the instructor's not free at the times that I'm free... =.=

Not to forget, I also took the opportunity to learn how to play the guitar!! :D I just finished learning some of the basic strumming patterns and a short while later my teacher is going to start plucking (I actually look forward to learn plucking on the first week of lesson, but my mum who also start learning guitar at the same time wanted to learn strumming...).

OH and also, I joined iChoir at Inti and it's an AWESOME club!!! The numbers may not be a lot, but the members are super friendly... And they HARMONIZE!! :D (I know choirs are supposed to harmonize, but the reason I get excited is because previously in SMK USJ 12, we barely harmonize).

I attended only two practices so far and there's this upcoming performance THIS SATURDAY!! Well I'm not exactly sure where but it's some random college that I never heard of... I'M SO EXCITED!!

Well, can't really think of much other things to say already... So that's it for now... Will write more when inspiration comes... And when time is willing...

See ya!

Eng Hoe signing off...

Life with ASS PEE AMM IS OOOVAAAAAARRRR!!!!!

Sorry if the title was kinda shocking... It's just me.

So yeah I'm back!! Finally!! After all of that nasty one whole month of torture, I finally get my peace of mind... And honestly, SPM wasn't as bad as it sounded in the first place. Unfortunately, it was boring and, well, lengthy... =.=

But that doesn't really bother me right now...

RIGHT back to my after SPM plans!! Guess what? I'm leaving for Genting TOMORROW!!! Yeap!! I'll be there together with my awesome friends: Kew Hon, Edward, Yee Yang, Gavin, Chia Yung, Bernard, Hui Li, Yee Shuen, Tze Yan, Lisa and Alena... :DD



And RIGHT after that, I'll also be leaving for OSAKA JAPAN!!!!! :D



I really hope I can get lots of good shots out of these trips... :O

Lastly, since SPM is over, it's time for me to think about my future... Currently, I'm really messed up: at first all I thought was just a typical A-Levels then study abroad in UK... Then comes the idea of taking foundations in Marine Engineering in Australia... But now everything just got cracked up and I have simply no idea of what's in store for me...

It's just like every single option has too much cons... And everything just got jammed back one step...

Its just so frustrating...

Hope God can enlighten my eyes to see what I really should go for...

WELL that's all basically... Not much to say after all... So ciaos!!

Eng Hoe signing off...

Life with A Month

to SPM, that is.

Right now everything is just one. It's like the only thing I'm holding now is a one-buttoned remote which says "fast-forward"...

I mean, we form 5's just finished our PPPA trial exams just like today, and tomorrow we're off for a week... A WEEK... I haven't even get back most of my papers for my previous trials... :( And it's the same for all of us fifth-formers...

And I ought to tell you...

Well, I was about to say "It's a hell of a ride" or "There ain't no fun in my vocab now", but all that floods into my mind is

SPM

Timer: 45 days 7 hours 42 minutes and 34 seconds...

By the time you read this, it's waaaay lesser than that...

After PMR hols, there's graduation, then yet ANOTHER week of Deepavali hols, two days of Hari Raya Korban hols, and it's D-Day...

"Time flies. Especially when there is loads of trials as appetizers, followed by unnecessarily long side-dish holidays, and ended with the main course of exams..."

---Quote by Me

^ exam :( ^

Quick update (even though most of us fifth-formers knew already): This year, our school's graduation day is gonna be in Chee Wen Jeffrey Cheah Complex Hall... And yes, that's my primary school...

Ironically, 5 years ago, I didn't get to have my graduation in that hall (they were still constructing even after we left), and right now I finally get to have my high school graduation in it... =.=

I suppose this will be my last post before my SPM... Won't hear from me till 7 December... So, don't forget to include me in your prayers...

Until then, it's been great serving with you.

Eng Hoe, signing off, stampeding into the war zone, embracing for the battle together with my fellow form five comrades...

Life With Needs

When I was around 5 or 6-years old, I had an exercise book, well, those kind of activity books filled with colouring, crosswords and linking dots pages...

And there's one particular crossword which I remembered up to this day. It had a hippo picture on top of it and it asked me to search for the basic needs of living things.


So I asked my cousin about it, since I was still young and I don't even know science...

We all know the answers to those are air, water and food, right?

"Bathe. Every living thing needs to bathe...", my cousin answered aptly.

About a decade later, I no longer think that any human can live on just these things (including bathing) anymore. We all know that. As we all grow up and out into the world of adults, we realized that life is not just merely what we learn from primary school science.

It's us.

In our lives, we need so many other things to keep us alive, to keep us humane. Some may say that we need to have dreams, set goals for our future, motivate our hearts to redefine the impossibles. Some say we need our own set of skills, wisdom, our identity, so that we can face the world and live on with the rest.

I think, we all need love.

And no, I'm not a despo. I remembered a story about an experiment to test the importance of love in newborns' growth. They splited up two groups of infants, and provided them with the same nutrition and living conditions. What's different is one group gets a hug and a kiss to the cheek everyday, while the other group doesn't.

Turns out, after a few weeks, the infants without the regular hugs and kisses face stunt growth, while the other group lives healthily. The babies are then returned to their respective mothers before the babies lacking hugs and kisses become dwarfs...

But ultimately, we all need the love of God. The thing is, God loved us before we even were born. I don't know what you think about God, but He sent His one and only Son to earth just to die for us. If you find this hard to portray, just imagine this. It's just like you deciding to trade away your mother or father for someone's, perhaps even a stranger's mistake.

If anyone boasts, "I love God," and goes right on hating his brother or sister, thinking nothing of it, he is a liar. If he won't love the person he can see, how can he love the God he can't see? (1 John 4:20)



That's what keeps me going on everyday, knowing that God loves me, it became my need. Accepting the love of God is definitely a need for not just the human life we have right now, but also the eternal life God promised us in heaven.

So, what do you need today?

Eng Hoe signing off, singing out...

Life With Pressure

Okay, it's not really pressure, but I recently know about this song from the Glee Project... Under Pressure/Ice Ice Baby...

Btw, have you heard of the Glee Project? Coz' I only heard it like two weeks ago... But so far, their contestants are pretty awesome... :)

Enjoy!!



Eng Hoe signing off, singing out...

Life With Leaving The Board

This is written by me, but it was meant for the school's website...

If you don't know yet, the school HAS a website, and there I'm part of the Website Team... We believe we can rebuild the broken pieces of the website from the past years... :)

Here it goes:

“Sekarang dijemput Pn Lim Saw Bee untuk Majlis Perlantikan Pengawas Sesi 2011/2012,” Pn Shirley spoke into the microphone on a chilly morning of 25th of July, 2011.

The whole atmosphere is filled with dread and sadness when the whole ceremony began.

We as the 2010/2011 AJKs lined up at the side of the stage as we witnessed a march by the prefects, led by Mohammad Faidhi. The prefects who consist of Form 3 and Form 4 prefects all marched their hearts out as a last gratitude towards the seniors.

Our 2010/2011 Head Prefect, Tan Jia Rou then recited her last speech. The crowd of students and teachers fell silent as she expressed her gratitude towards her fellow comrades. Jia Rou mentioned that her time working with the board will be a everlasting memory. She also congratulated the new board of prefects.

As her speech went on, she and the 2010/2011 board presented the prefect teachers, Pn Lim Saw Bee, Pn Noriza P. P. Abdul Majeed, and Penolong Kanan HEM, Pn Teo Boon Hwa a token of appreciation for their dedication and hard work.

Then, the unexpected moment came. After her speech, Jia Rou positioned herself in the middle of the stage and bowed towards the teachers, then faced the students, and bowed to them too. Everyone went wild as she took them by surprise, giving her a grand round of applause.

As the ceremony continued, our dear Headmistress of SMK USJ 12, Pn Zaharah binti Ishak had her speech. She said the prefects play an important role in helping the teachers to maintain the welfare of the school. Thus, she was grateful for the Prefect Board of Session 2010/2011 who served tirelessly for a quality discipline school.

The signing of the credential of the prefect board by Pn Zaharah and Pn Teo followed shortly after the speech.

After the signing of the credential, we Prefect Board of 2010/2011 and the new Board went up on stage in unison, followed by us handling the new board’s letter of appointment to them one by one. It was very emotional for each and every one of us as we gave the folder containing the letter of appointment and our tags to the newly elected board.

The ceremony ended with a speech from the new Head Prefect Session 2011/2012, Natalie Yap Li-Lynn. She broke down at the sight of seeing us, but calmed herself down before she began her speech. She expressed her gratitude to the school and the Session 2010/2011 Prefect Board for electing her as Head Prefect. She also hoped that the Prefect Board will work as a team and synergize in carrying out their responsibility as the Prefect Board Session 2011/2012.

In overall, this is one of the most emotional moments for the Prefect Board’s history. I hope, no, I should say,  trust in all of them that they can “Synergize To Visualize”, bringing the Prefect Board to a whole new level and rise above all the previous seniors.

That's all for my post from the website. And btw, I mean every single word I said: To all the remaining Prefects, I trust in you all completely and whole-heartedly... And I pray that you all will excel...

Eng Hoe signing off... After watching a gruesome match from Chong Wei and Lin Dan, which ended badly...

Life Without Enemies

Today I went through my note book that I've been using since form 1... And found out something...

I saw a page, written on it the black and white face says "Home Project: List of 'Enemies' "

I never remembered this page, simply because I didn't see it for a very long time...

And somehow I wrote there:

"It was said in Matthew 5:44:

'But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.'

So, I will make up a list of 'enemies' I have, to love, bless, do good, and pray for them."

And at the bottom of it I wrote three names...

Then I realized what a fool I was...

Because two out of the three names there are right now my close friends!!

Well, I didn't get to seethe third one any longer, he went to some other school...

I was like, ISN'T IT AMAZING? The two person I used to hate and despise the most when I was form 2, are now close friends of mine... :)

So, moral lesson learnt: LOVE YOUR ENEMIES!!! :D

Eng Hoe signing off, tearing off the page of "List of Enemies", crumpling it and getting rid of it for good... :)