Great event for my last year

We've been skipping classes since the last couple of weeks for this day. All the hardwork for this day. And the day had come. It's the annual sport day of my school (Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid to be exact) and as usual the royal family was there including the head Sultan of Kedah. It was going to be the biggest event of the year and the grandest celebration of all, in conjunction with my school's 100 year of age. A lot of surprises happened including the grand reveal of the school's band new uniform. It was a lot better compared to the last one because the last one looked like they were the Power Rangers or something.

Anyway, the ceremony started with uniforms, sport houses and games' flag marching in, gave the salute to the Sultan. Then bla bla bla and here comes the greatest part of all; when all the skydivers performing some, pretty much a normal thing they would in their career. This is the first time ever so we got a lot of "Oohh"s and "Ahh"s. I was pretty excited actually. Then, the rest is history...

One thing I like band's new uniform. I actually talked to one of their members and he said that it was about time the seniors (who usually handle them including designing the uniform) follow the trend. The hat is probably the most expensive item and yes, it looks great.

And there's this mascot issue which is very ridiculous because we got fairies, falcon, and this weird looking animal which doesn't represent any of the creatures in animal kingdom. Can't believe that they had to take the smartest guy in school to wear the costume for my sport house mascot which was an eagle.

The weather wasn't very beautiful at all. It was somewhat clear but at the same time ready to pour down the rain. The finale for this day was the rope-pulling event, between my sport house Kedah, and Gurney which is the green house. We won, big deal. My sport house is actually leading the scoreboard but I'm not sure whether I contributed any of the scores. Overall, it was very an enjoyable day.

It is probably the best sport day in the history of my years in this school. The skydivers and everything was great. I'm sure the school had spend a lot of money on this. I hear there is going to be a celebration in July/August for out 100th year. I might add some more photos for this entry, since I'm getting more from my friends.

Let me made this clear

I've been receiving, rather not-helping-comments from fellow visitors about me leaving MRSM PC. Obviously this issue isn't over yet. I'm already over this but I supposed my thoughts on MRSM are offending maybe? I don't think so. These are only MY THOUGHTS, I'm not insulting the institution or anything. This is freedom of speech! [honestly, this doesn't turn out right but whatever]

First and foremost, I'm leaving behind this MRSM thingy because it's already in the past and I want to move on. It was kinda... Not really bad but something that I will always remember. I'm moving forward now. I already made a blueprint of my future so enough about reminding me about the past!

These are my post tagged with MRSM. As you can see (obviously), this is the hottest and most commented subject in my blog. I want to comment with a 2-3 words on certain comments that I received in the last couple of months.

Sape kata ngaji memane pun sama ? Tipu je lebey. Ngaji kat skolah berprestij, walaupun result lekeh, orang akan pandang tinggi. Bayangkan dapat result cukup makan tapi grad dari M.I.T ! Whoaaaa ! MRSM memang established households name. Kalu setakat nama " kolej " melekat kat nama sultan, berlambak lagi sekolah lain kat bumi Malaya ni nama camtuh. Tapi MRSM bukan sembarangan aaar... berebut org nak masuk tapi tak dapat.

Orang akan pandang tinggi? Hello, what if you got expelled from let's say Harvard? I'm sure you will try hard to hide your face from the public. Beside, I thought our education system supposed to be same throughout the nation. So I don't think you'll get any special education at certain educational institutions. Plus, every students in Malaysia get the same chances in studying abroad.

The first 6 months or so at MRSMPC was terrible I have to say. The bullying thing, the whole new boarding school life, the whole new MARA education system which was so strange to me who were well adapted to the Kementerian Pendidikan's conducts.

I really understand what you felt.
Like you, I got 3.25 in the first semester there.

Yes!

So just leave me alone.

I'm in total crap...

Honestly, I felt like shit since the last couple of days. There's been like a lot of craps in my head, especially about school. I think I'm falling apart...

My results were tremendously bad, I failed Add Math with crap marks on other subjects. This is probably the worst result I've ever got in my life! 30th place in the class, with a pointer of 2.08. Fuck, why is this happening to me?! Bleh, why the hell I'm writing this? Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck... I'm not sure whether or not I can face SPM exam next year, I really, truly want to do well in the exam. How the hell am I going to study abroad? Oh shit, guess what, you're not going anywhere, because you're stupid!!!

Anyway, sorry about that. I AM in total CRAP! This is the Ramadan month so I shouldn't say such things. It's been about a week in Ramadan and I'm pretty much a tired cow everyday because the school is still going on in the background. The food bazaar in my neighborhood area is fun as it offers tones of food vendors compared to the past couple of years.

Well, I already making some moves about my school problem. I'm getting some help on my study from my peer that sits next to me. He's pretty much the only guy I hang out with at school and one of the smart folks in the class.

Hmmm... I don't think this is a fun thing to read, isn't it?

Life before and now

Yes, I'm back bitches! I took a break from blogging for a few week or months, I guess. So now, I'm back. What's up? Nothing much. Post-MRSM life has been very good although it is actually the same, like getting back to your normal routines. The experiences in MRSM have made me appreciate every moments I have in normal school (non-boarding school, non-MRSM, whatever you wanna call it).

Can I just state here how much I hate MRSM? Yeah, I hate MRSM. Remember this case where some students of MRSM were expelled? 15 students to be specific (the news at Bernama). Who says bullying cases don't happen in MRSMs? It happens all the time. We just can't believe the fact that it happens in a high-grade school like MRSM. I was in MRSM Pengkalan Chepa, one of the four best MRSMs around and the MRSM PC was the the third best school based on 2006 SPM exam results. But still, all these things that we thought shouldn't happened happen. UGH! My brain got cramped thinking about MRSM PC.

LOL! What a waste for me missing this fun time watching the pavilion of MRSM PC, located at the field. The fire happened two days after I left the school. So cool!

Anyway, MRSM life is one of my chapters in my life and I already passed it. The funny thing is the life I thought it was over continues. The Kolej life will never end, I guess. Bleh, I hate being very patriotic about my school.

After being super busy with drama when I was in MRSM PC, now I'm part of an F1 team. We make F1 cars in small scale. I'm the graphic designer and pretty much doing small things like marketing, merchandising and presentation. I don't actually make the car.

This is actually the machine where you make the model. We actually made it drilled some hole on the metal rod where it holds the wooden block. And as a graphic designer in the team, I came up with this logo. It's not official yet, but we're going to decide tomorrow.
The race is during early September that will be held in Alor Star. It is the north region level competition. After that, we go (if we are on the top 3) straight to national level.

Hello from MRSM PC

I've been trying very hard to get online and write to my blog, so I made it. Things have been going pretty well but I'm alright. It is very hard to know the fact that you are few hundred miles away from home. I'm pretty much a homesick person but I didn't know that until I came here.

I got A BUNCH of things to tell but I got like ZERO privacy to write since the computers are located like along the stairway. I'm going back to Alor Star this 8th of March and I will write more as soon as my ass hit my room.

Last Day

Yesterday was my last day of school in Alor Star. I'm currently schooless! It was somehow a very meaningful and sad but kinda fun day. The school was pretty busy yesterday since the annual sports day is coming. Throughout the day, I was enjoying every moment with people around me and it is kinda sad to know the fact that I might not see them again. I'm going to miss the school :(

I felt strange to the fact that I love my school. Like, I used to say from my mouth that I hate the school, I wish the school burned down etc. but now I feel really sad because I left the school. Three years have been very good to me. I had a bunch of fun times with my friends, teachers and the school. Gosh, I miss it already.

I was looking forward yesterday morning when I was coming to school. Everyone was like "Yeah Zul, this is your last day". I was pretty busy myself, going up and down the office. I spend my morning there by teaching my Red Crescent drill team, then after that my school leaving certificate and I gave the school my offer letter. I also went to say my goodbyes to the teachers. Few of my friends were like "We're going to miss you", just some of them. I'm also glad that I left some bitches that I hate.

Me and some of my classmates were hugging and say our goodbyes when I was leaving. I wrote their numbers and stuff. No tears. Pretty sad but whatever. MRSM PC, here I come!

Going to MRSM PC

All the comments on my last post made me think about on going to MRSM Pengkalan Chepa in Kelantan. The verdict is I'm going there this 21st of January February [sorry!]. I just don't know what to say. This is my only chance to get away from my family, be independent and start my own life in a boarding school. The offer letter came with a mile of list of things to bring while studying there. I already started the preparations yesterday by doing something that I always do best: SHOPPING!!

I went to shop in Alor Star with my grandma and sister. They were very useful when it comes to shop :P Anyway, I bought a lot of things like polos, track pants etc. But I still have a lot of things to buy like toiletries etc. I guess I'm pretty excited going there. Yesterday, I spend about RM500, bought cheaper stuff that I usually would buy so I got myself a good amount of stuff. It was a plus for me as the Chinese New Year sale is going on at the malls. I will probably going to the malls again this weekend.

Just now I went to the hospital to make an appointment for my medical check-up. It's an requirement and the appointment is on tomorrow at 8 AM. Wish me luck!

Congrats! I'm in dilemma...

:D Pretty excited about getting an MRSM boarding offer. But the sad fact I got MRSM Pengkalan Chepa in KELANTAN, one of the rural states in Malaysia and I think Pengkalan Chepa is quite a distant from Kota Bharu, the capital state. I was very excited to know the fact that I got the offer then I went from that to the valley of dilemma... Should I go or not?

If I go, then I'll leave everything behind including my friends and my beloved school. If I turn down the offer, I'll be missing a chance in a lifetime. My whole family is telling me that I should NOT go, due to the fact that it's very far away and the school is located in a not-so-modern place. Yes, they got the point and I thought the same. However, (hell!) it's my only chance on going to a boarding school. I kinda like want some changes in my education life. It might be bad, but... Yeah, it is going to be bad. Probably no Internet (which mean no blogging, e-mail etc), bad food, and no more shopping!

According the their website, the requirement is at least 8 A's so I take that as MRSM Pengkalan Chepa is a nerd school. Few of my friends called me last night, they said they got offers from northern region MRSMs so they are not that far from Alor Star. I'm (currently) the only one who got an offer from Kelantan! I'm supposed to be in school right now but the doctor gave me one day off because of my fever. I guess I should check with my friends tomorrow and see whether they wanted to go or not.

I'm going to London!

Okay, it's pretty late to wish Happy New Year but I was so busy being happy with my result :P So anyway the school started like usual on Tuesday with school orientation until Thursday, so my daily routine will starts this Sunday; wake up in the morning, go to school, come back home etc. I actually hate my daily routine. My life is one of the boring lives in the world.

Back to the title... Yes, I am going to London! Hehehe... Not really honestly. I was excited when Mr. Fernandes, head of AirAsia launched AirAsia X that will be flying to Asia, Europe and Australia with very low price tag! I found out yesterday when I was reading The Star about the Transport Minister has given the rights to FAX to fly internationally. I saw the news on Google News and I went completely excited. Traveling to Europe for cheap price? Hell, everyone wants that.

Did I wrote about how I'm into commercial aviation so much? Yep, I have grown my interest on commercial aviation since early last year. I'm not really an expert or pro but I just like it. So AirAsia X will probably using B777 or A330 for these flights. They will start their flights to China and Manchester in July. Yay for cheap flights!

The Star news on AirAsia X
Google News search results on AirAsia X

I can't believe this!

The PMR result is out! Guess what? I got straight 8 A's!!!!!! Hell, I was in shocked yesterday and till now, still can't believe I got straight A's!

What are the plans?

I don't know. I'm talking about plans for this coming school holidays which already started few hours ago. I went to school today and found out like half of the school was absent. I was like WTF this morning when I saw the school was clear.

So the plan, so far, going to Kota Kinabalu in December, which I already mentioned on my last post. I'm not sure if I'm going to make it on PMR result day since I will be in KK 22-27 December. I heard few dates for the result day including those in between 22-27 December. I just hope that I'm going to make it on that day. I got a wedding reception coming up this Saturday in Taman Uda. And guess what? A stupid reunion this Sunday!! Primary school reunion on Sunday at City Plaza, and the most hated person will be there. I thought I'm going to be in the flight to Padang this 22 November, but my mom is going there with her colleagues. Too bad, but I don't really care because they're going there with AirAsia which is not my airline.

My grandma already on the bus to KL, and left me here with my sister, again. Unfortunately, she had to go there because my uncle's maid ran away, which I think usual thing that would happen if you take an Indonesian maid. So my grandma has to take care of her grandchild, the cute Aleesya because her father is going to Jakarta tomorrow. It's sad because why the maid had to run away? She was very polite, obey, loyal etc. yet she ran away. Did I mention that she took my uncle's Sony Cybershot T5? That just so not right.

Boring Day at School

I went to school today, like usual and IT WAS BORING! We did nothing beside playing cards, chatting, mobile phones etc. I brought along my camera with me and took some photos, since I've knew the right way to take photos. So here they are:

My friend made Blackjack deck tower/pyramid/whatever.

Some tree I took next to my class.

Bullies in School

Since we (Form Three students) already finished with everything like the PMR etc, the counsellor held an open discussion in the hall yesterday. I say it was very interesting and kind of helpful, and I think the whole form was enjoying it. The open discussion is about bullies in school, which is a very common topic in school, yet still a disease in school. I, sadly took some notes for the sake of the blog.

It started off with the definition of bully. The counsellor asked opinions from us. Some said it means force someone to do something that the one doesn't want to do it, look down on someone and also ragging. Bully is actually to scare people that is small, lack of confidence etc than you. The abuse is usually carried out repeatedly.

From the open discussion, we heard a lot of stories from both bully victims and bullies. The bully victims felt that the bully is out of mind and doesn't care what other people is feeling when they are being bully. The bully victims hid their feelings and never fight back as they don't have the guts or they can afford to do it. From the bullies, when they are bullying someone, the feeling is fun, satisfy and want to do it again. They also feel that they are the greatest and the best among the peer. One of them was also once a bully victim. He got bully by a kid in school that was older than him. He waited for few years, with the feeling of revenge in him. He bullied the bully's brother as soon as he knew that the bully's brother went to the same school as his

After we heard all of the stories, we were asked to draw the face of the bully with his characteristic. Some of the charasteristics are brainless, doesn't know how to think, heartless and sex-addicted LOL In my opinion, the bully doesn't bully other people on his own, instead in a group. They are actually coward because they don't admit what they did. When they got caught, they will realise but it was too late. I really want to kill those people but I'm a good person... :D

The point is don't bully other people that is lack of things than you, e.g. lack of confidence.

PMR '06: Ended Today

Being very hard-working in the last two months, the PMR (Penilaian Menengah Rendah or Lower Secondary Evaluation) exam finally came to an end at 9.30 AM today. What a relieve!! Words can't describe the relieve in me and the rest of the Form Three students in Malysia. I thought the exam would never end :) I'M SPEECHLESS.

First Day
The exam started on Monday, October 2nd with three papers: Bahasa Melayu Paper 1 and 2, and Islamic Religious Education for the Muslims. All these three papers were hard as hell, especially BM Paper 1 and Religious Education.

Second Day
Four papers were served: English Paper 1 and 2, and Science Paper 1 and 2. The second went through very nice and smooth. Not as I expected. I expected Science to be very hard, but it wasn't that hard, so I'm happy!

Third Day
Three papers: Mathematic Paper 1 and 2 and History. Math papers were... easy, not hard at all. I still can't believe. Math is very hard for me usually but it didn't on this day. I was so happy but it ended when I sat for my History paper. It was very normal and typical, like not very easy nor hard.

Fourth Day
Only one paper: Kemahiran Hidup. It was very normal and not really hard, just okay. I went home early since I don't take Chinese, Punjabi etc papers.

Fifth Day
One paper: Geography. Last paper, not that hard and very happy! IT'S OVER!

Since the first day the blog started, I've been talking about PMR a lot. In memory of the PMR exam, below are some of my posts about the exam. Not a lot though:

• PMR Trial Exam
• Hard Time - Less Than Four Weeks
• Time to be more serious

Class of 2006

The other day (can't remember), the school was having some photograph sessions involving the Form Three to Five classes, clubs, societies and sport teams. My class, 3 Alfa, was the first one on the bill to take photo. The photos are actually for the school's yearly magazine. I'm going to be in the magazine!

In the photo, I'm the 4th in the back row standing. The woman in the middle, front row seating is my class teacher. She teaches us Math. Two of my classmates weren't in the photo. They were absent, shame. I'm in boys' school if you guys still don't know.

I scanned the photo, made some adjustments and came up with this. Scanned photos are low in quality and I hate them actually. I have to pay 50 sen for the photo though. Click on the photo to see the original size. Small size aren't that good.

Time to be more serious

Less than two weeks left for my PMR. Yes, the real one. Again, THE REAL ONE! It is going to happen on 2nd-6th of October 2006. I just realised that I have (to be specific) 13 days left before the exam, and 13 days to complete my revisions. I still haven't mastered everything, especially in History, Geography and Science. These are the three subjects that I suck at. I really have to concentrate on this. I'm going to nail this exam.

As for the school's last preparation, there will be a Yassin recital ceremony this Thursday for all Muslim students including those who are going to sit for SPM and STPM. On that day, there will also a special ceremony for the teachers and students at 11.30AM, then off to Al-Bukhary Complex at 12.30PM for the Yassin recital ceremony. Parents will be there too.

Tomorrow, my mom, sister and grandmother will go to KL for sister's graduation ceremony at Mandarin Oriental Hotel, near KLCC. They thought of bringing me along, but I said I'm currently busy with school and stuff. Hell, 13 days and skip school for two days?! Not going to happen. My dad also busy with his work so he can't go too. So that leaves the three of us (me, dad and bro) for four days starting tomorrow.

Hard Time - Less than Four Weeks

Yes, I am right now. I'm really worry about my PMR exam this October. I haven't master everything from Form One to Three. I have like less than four weeks before the exam starts. Time flies very fast and day by day I'm getting closer to the exam. In school, the teachers went alot of revisions with us, including Math and Science, which I hate the most and bad at it. But it's pretty good since most of us (I think) don't make any revisions at home.

The school, last week changed the current timetable to a new one. Sadly, they took out PE and Art. Again, they changed it again, with more periods for each subject. Technically, not add more periods but like Geography used to be three periods for three days but now two periods for one day. I'm so going to fall asleep is Geography class. Talking about Geography, everyone seems crazy for the teacher's daughter. Oh yeah, she's cute.

Another thing is I really have to get away from the Net. I'm crazy about the Net, especially blogging. It really distracts from studying, but I figured out that if I'm not on the Net then probably day-dreaming. I have another problem which is lack of self-esteem. I feel like I can't get straight A's in PMR. Parents-Teachers Meeting is coming up this Thursday. At last, my secret which is C in my last trial exam will be reveal!

Holidays are back

For these holidays, I'll be attending the school's extra classes on Friday till Monday, which mean it starts tomorrow. Then, I have one day free on Tuesday. After that, I'm going to KL from Wednesday till Saturday and back to school again on Sunday. The extra classes part isn't that good. But at least, I'm not going to spend the nights at the hostel. I hate it! [refer to this post]

Recently, I got my results back. BAD! As I expected but not what I wanted. 5 As, 2 Bs and 1 C. Can't believe I have to get a C. The C was History with the marks of 53?! Ugh. I'm so stupid at History :P The rests are okay. I only have to worry about History and Geography because these two are the lowest, C and 65 B respectively, but I do have to worry everything cause I DIDN'T GET STRAIGHT A. I'm like 2 marks away from A for Mathematic. The school is dissappointed with all of us because only seven people who made straight A.

I'm currently listening to Utada Hikaru. Her songs are like bomb. So far, for J-Pop genre, I like Utada and Ayumi Hamasaki. They both are cute but I think Ayu is cuter than Utada :D

PMR Trial Exam

This week, I was having my PMR trial exam, about maybe 2 weeks before pre-PMR and 2 months before the real PMR. I just don't understand why they have to make alot of exams before the real one starts. So anyway, the exam, as expected by me would be hard as I could imagine. I made my revisions about a week before it.

The First Day
The exam started with three papers: Bahasa Melayu paper one and two and Science paper one. Bahasa Melayu was okay for me, but I'm not too confident with both. I think I did okay for Science, it was in two languages. So far, so good.

The Second Day
I had three papers: English paper one and two and Science paper two. The first paper for English was basically MCQ paper and essay writing for paper two. I fucked up Science paper two.

The Third Day
Only two papers for this day: Islamic Religious Education and Mathematic paper two. Both are okay except on Math, I flunked locus question. Arrgh!

The Fourth Day
Three papers: History, Mathematic paper one and Geography. On this day we can keep the question papers, which eventually freaked me out. I think I got B for my Geography :'( Plus, I didn't do the last four questions of Math and two questions that I skipped in the back which made up a total of six questions because I was running out of time. History was like bleh (not good).

The Fifth Day
Only one paper for today: Life's Skills. This is the only paper that I think I can score.

Today, they gave us a new timetable. It turns out to be the same which relieved most of us as we don't have to sacrifice our sweet Sunday. Wish me luck on getting the results!

Busy, Busy, Busy

It's almost 2 weeks since I last updated this blog. Like the title says, I'm super busy since last week till tomorrow, I guess. The school will be having awards day in July, so next week will be a very busy week but excluding me. New principal came to my school, replacing the current one. Not really new principal as he came in 2001, out in 2004 and came back this year again. Welcome Mr. Morazuki!

I was busy with reports in last week, and taking nap after school in this week :P I take nap after school so that I can watch the World Cup matches at night. But only matches that start around 8-10pm. Germany is my team, but I go for other teams, depending on the match like I went for Italy because I hate the US and etc. South Korea is pretty good. Talking about the World Cup, the US is so going home. And sadly for Togo, they're already out. The next match is nothing for them, just completing the schedule.

Good news for me this weekend. My mom and I are going to Jerjak Island in Penang, so fun this Saturday! They have spa on the island which I think pretty cool. Penang is like second best place in Malaysia after KL. It's raining heavily outside...