Why me????

A picture speaks a thousand words; A string of it speaks more than....you do the math.

Speaks alot don't you think?No? Go bang the wall. See how much it hurts without your father or mother stopping you.

God Bless, and remember it isn't just about you only.

"Both of You are too Strong!!"

That's the reason I got because of my question on the teacher's justification on splitting me, Wei Lun and Esther up. But before that, let me give you the prologue of the problem.

Initially, we wanted to register as a team for 5S1 to join the debate competition.But since Sarifah Sarah wants to join too.We decided that Esther would join us in the Semi-Finals, and Sarifah would be our 1st speaker in the finals.(If we win)

It was a "close victory" according to the teacher.(Yeah,the same teacher I mentioned, she's going to play a big part in this story, albeit a "poor player" as William Shakespeare used to say) A lot of blunders were made between our team(goverment) and the opposition team.

Nevertheless, we had a fun time. So we eagerly wait for our finals between the other two teams.

When the results were out, the teacher suddenly had a plan so brilliant she would be short-listed in receiving the Nobel Prize, if and only if the judges had a brain capacity smaller than an ostrich.

She thinks that me and Wei Lun will surely win the final and so, she decided to split me and him up. The form4's were "excited" by the proposal and a loud applause soon happened.Thanks alot, I really appreciete that. Sincerely. Also to the TL of 39 G.T.(S), thanks for all those unecessary comments you made, you'll get into so much trouble if it not that Saik Ian thinks you *still have what it takes to lead our troop.

I got into an arguement with the teacher, and for good reasons of course. We entered the competition as a team, and now we are suppose to fight each other?? What's the point of registering us in the first place. We might as well just get random names and pick the good ones to form a team for the final? Doesn't that save time and there would be no fuss? I'm sure SMK H_K teachers would agree cause they need to "concentrate on the acedemic stuff".

Wei Lun wasn't satisfied, but he just brush it away. Telling me that it doesn't matter, but then what ticked me off soon after that is that the teacher said Sarifah shouldn't compete. Because she wants Andrew to be in my team, along with Nicholas.

Now, why didn't she questioned Wei Lun's team when he has 2 form 5's in his team, and a Form 4 who was in our school team? She also said that Andrew should be given a chance because he worked hard in preparing his speeches. HOW ABOUT SUHA AND YI XIU?? Didn't they work hard also??? Heck, I think they wanted to win the competition as well, why shouldn't they be recognized for their hard work and participation. It's good enough we have classes willing to join the debate, why mix them up??

What's more ironical is that the teacher wants Andrew Loh to be in the team so that the Form 4's will be prepared for next year. And yet, she wouldn't let go of me,Wei Lun and Esther. This is getting way to oxymoronic.

Now I'm stuck with a catch-22 situation, if I walk out, surely someone will bad-mouth me for being so "immature". (Yes, I quoted that from someone who went to a local university to get a teaching degree).What's funny is that the debate topic was "It is better to study locally than overseas". I guess I was at the wrong side of the arguement.

But if I stay on, the very purpose of 5S1 people of joining the debate is lost. We wanted to go and a team, win as a team. And that's all gone so that the students will have something interesting to watch. What? Me arguing against Wei Lun is a "must-watch"? What are we? Entertainment?? Screw you.

Right now, you can say I'm sulking. I have to admit I was doing that, and I am still pretty mad with what has happened.

So, to the "screenies" of my beloved school, I leave you with this quotation from the late MJ:

JUST BEAT IT!!!

Go read other SMK HK student blogs and be the secrurity act you guys are known for,

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Btw, we eventually have to compete against each other. But Wei Lun's team defeated us.

Congrats to him,Esther and Sara.

English Week

Probably my most satisfied week ever in school, even though at the expense of my studies.But hey, it's just one week only, so what?

First Day.

I had to give a 5 minute speech on that day. Well, it wasn't so bad, i did manage to get a few to chuckle. But I still can't get over the fact that both my friends PPK me. =.=

(The airline they used.Hey, at least it didn't crash..)

Then today,they "unintentionally" leaked that someone said that they PPK me. Come on, it's your fault for not getting up early or setting the alarm at the wrong time.Why put the blame on me pointing out your mistakes? The irony is that these people like to pinpoint mistakes in everything: People, organizations, Politicians....you name it,they have an library in their mind dedicated to being just plain critical .

Besides, I need something to make people laugh. XD

After that, it was the scrabble competition. I'm Form 5, so I don't get to play =(

But nevertheless, I had a fun time. We get to walk around, laughing at people who had great tiles to put BINGO's or nice places to put 3-letter words that can score 30+ points.( I mean it)


2nd Day

Also known as today.

The scrabble competition ends today with 3 games of King Of The Hill, if you have no idea what's that. Surely you never playes HALO before.

(Warning: Hysterical laughter may occur followed by a
state of sorriness for the doom of mankind. )

It's basically position #1 vs #2, #3 vs #4, #5 vs #6....you get the idea.The most interesting part(Or rather the lack of it) of the format is that sometimes #1 can play #2 for alot of times.I been to 3 days competition and the #1 played against #2....... 7 times.

Man, to think that I couldn't even last 3 games with the same person.

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3rd Day

Elocution day.And also the Spelling Bee competition.

It was fun looking at people misspelling words. XD

Then it was the elocution. Me and Sakthi were the only reprentatives for our class.

He got 3rd. I WAS CHAMPION!!! XD Thanks alot to my mum for helping me in choosing a topic and God that make it happened. =)

5 Thoughts of the Week XII

Wow, last week's BSF questions were quite a handful. Thank God the questions are straightforward. XD

I can't get enough of "Stranger of Moscow" & "Human Nature"

" We will revert back to BM in the teaching of Science and Maths,but will concentrate more on English"Does anyone see an oxymoron here?

YAY!! I got my 1st custom-made cop. =)

Happy Birthday to you!May god bless you.Sincerely, from us.

I'm speechless...

Another article to add into the "Back to BM by 2012" Fiasco.

All I can say tothe author of this article is..

"What's with you?? Are you having stress ? Need a break from Politics?
No. Seriously."

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ZULKIFLI BIN NOORDIN
AHLI PARLIMEN
KULIM BANDAR BHARU


Saya mengalu-alukan keputusan kabinet untuk menghapuskan Pengajian & Pengajaran Sains & Matematik Dalam Bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI).

Ini adalah kemenangan kepada pejuang-pejuang bahasa Melayu yang tidak kenal penat lelah, tanpa batasan kepartian atau fahaman, tetapi bersatu bertekad untuk memartabatkan bahasa ibunda. Ini membuktikan bahawa apabila bangsa Melayu boleh mengenepikan fahaman politik dan kepartian, mereka boleh bersatu dan mempertahankan hak, maruah dan martabat mereka.

Ini juga membuktikan bahawa keputusan yang dibuat tanpa konsultansi, muafakat dan rujukan kepada mereka yang pakar akan menjerumuskan rakyat dan negara ke kancah kecelaruan dan haru biru. Dasar yang dibuat oleh Mahathir Mohamed tanpa rundingan dan perbincangan telah menganiaya ramai generasi desa dan kampung yang kepentingan dan kebajikan mereka langsung tidak ada dalam kamus Mahathir Mohamed.

Sebenarnya Artikel 152 Perlembagaan memperuntukkan bahawa Bahasa Kebangsaan adalah bahasa Malaysia. Oleh itu tidak timbul persoalan mengapa kita tidak boleh memartabatkan bahasa Melayu sebagai bahasa ilmu. Mendakwa bahasa Melayu sebagai bukan bahasa ilmu adalah satu penghinaan kepada sejarah, peradaban dan ketamadunan bangsa Melayu.

Kita telah melihat banyak bangsa yang langsung tidak menggunakan bahasa Inggeris sebagai bahasa ilmu namun berjaya dipersada pentas keilmuan dunia. Lihat sahaja bangsa Jepun, berapa ramai tokoh ilmuan dan saintis mereka yang menerima anugerah kehebatan duniawi termauk Anugerah Nobel sedangkan mereka sepatah bahasa inggeris pun tidak mereka ketahui.

Sebaliknya kita lihat bangsa Filipina contohnya yang begitu fasih berbahasa inggeris tetapi sekadar berjaya mengekspot ramai pembantu rumah!

Saya berpendapat sesuai dengan slogan 1-Malaysia, maka sudah tiba masanya Bahasa Melayu dimartabatkan semula sebagai satu bahasa ilmu dan bahasa persekolahan.

Sesuai dengan itu, saya sarankan kerajaan melaksanakan perkara-perkara berikut:

1. Mengembalikan tulisan jawi sebagai asas kepada Bahasa Melayu. Dasar meromawikan tulisan bahasa Melayu telah menyebabkan generasi masakini buta jawi dan buta Al Quran. Mereka kehilangan roh bahasa Melayu. Tulisan adalah roh sesuatu bahasa.

2. Menyelaraskan sistem persekolahan kepada "1-Sekolah 1-Bahasa". Ini akan menyegerakan proses integrasi dan memalaysiakan rakyat sebagai bangsa Malaysia. Sebagai langkah pertama, kerajaan perlu ada kekuatan politik (poltical will) untuk memansuhkan semua sekolah bukan aliran kebangsaan. Saya tidak faham kerana apa setelah 52 tahun merdeka kita masih mengekalkan sisten pecah & perintah yang diamalkan penjajah. Mengapa kita masih mengekalkan sekolah kebangsaan aliran lain sednagkan kita adalah rakyat Malaysia.

Daripada mengekalkan sistem pengasingan saperti yang diamalkan sekarang, mengapa tidak diujudkan satu sistem persekolahan yang menggunapakai bahasa Malaysia sebagai bahasa perantaraan.Ini tidak bermakna kita menafikan hak bangsa lain. Sebaliknya saya sarankan supaya bahasa-bahasa utama lain saperti bahasa Cina, Tamil dijadikan sebagai matapelajaran pilihan bagi pelajar-pelajar kita. Malahan pelajar-pelajar Melayu sewajarnya digalakkan mengambil matapelajaran bahasa lain ini sebagai pilihan mereka. Dengan cara ini, proses integrasi dan perpaduan kaum akan lebih segera tercapai.

3. Kita menyedari akan peri pentingnya bahasa Inggeris. Bagi tujuan itu, pengajaran mata pelajaran bahasa Inggeris perllu dipertingkatkan. Saya sarankan supaya pengajaran bahasa inggeris dijadikan matapelajaran pilihan wajib dan dipertingkatkan dengan pengajian kesusasteraan inggeris.

Saya mengharapkan keputusan kabinet akan membawa satu sinar baru kepada memartabatkan dan mengembalikan maruah bahasa Melayu sebagai bahasa ilmu dan pemacu ketamadunan gemilang.

Zulkifli Bin Noordin
Rabu15 Rejab 143008 Julai 2009

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I got the article from here.

Unsurprisingly, the author received nagative comments.One of them is (quoted) :

"Tuan membandingkan Filipina tetapi kenapa tuan tak membandingkan dengan INDIA yg ramai fasih bahasa inggeris dan mengeksport ramai PAKAR MATEMATIK,IT dan TEKNOLOGI ke seluruh DUNIA??"

He's got a point....Here's another one:

"Bercakap tentang Jepun......rakyatnya bertungkus lumus mempelajari bahasa Inggeris dan menterjemahkan ilmu-ilmu sains dan teknologi ke dalam bahasa Jepun.....sekarang mereka boleh mendabik dada.....tanpa sepatah pun tahu bahasa Inggeris. Ini adalah kerana terjemahan ilmu mereka terlampau banyak hasil usaha orang terdahulu."

Wow,I never tought of that before...

Nevertheless, I do hope the goverment will reconsider their desicion and re-think about the whole policy.I'm sure the goverment are made up for people that are calliber in their duty and get out and hear the people's thoughts.

Meanwhile, cast your vote on "Back t0 BM" in http://chedet.co.cc/chedetblog/

MALAYSIA BOLEH!!!

Student Card

Finally, our school has reached to it's senses and decided to do something for our students. A student card.-The most essential for all students to show their identity in the school.

Before this, we have to make use of what we had. Whenever we wanted some student card discount, we use our Library Card which is more or less the same as a Manilla Card that is crudely designed. About the same as wearing a Tesco suit to the Prom.Works, but what's the point?

Apparently the student card has an expiry date. I mean sure, there's some sense on having an expiry date, but what about us Form 5's??? There's 4 more months till we graduate, we seldom watch movies cause we have SPM coming, so what is the relevance for us to have a student card??

As a sounvenir??? Ohhh..sure. But wait, let me quote what is stated at the back of the card:

3) Pelajar yang berhenti sekolah atau bertukar sekolah perlu menyerahkan kad pelajar kepada pihak sekolah.

Bummer. =.=' Now I'm curious why do they need our cards back. We paid Rm4 for the thing, and we don't expect the money to come back to us cause the Adminstators are living on a different time zone than us.

" The reason we need to take back the card is to ensure that no one will misuse the card after they leave school".

Sure, you can say that. Then what's the expiry date for?? I know, a cheap joke.

5 Thoughts of the Week XI

With all due respect Michael,I still think Neil Armstrong is the one who invented "Moonwalk".

Wohoo!! My exam results was better than I expected.I got 3rd!!! TQ Lord.

But now I have a coming July test...in 2 more weeks...=.=


YES!!! My Cristiano Ronaldo in FIFA07 gets his Mercurial Vapour V!!

My favourite song: Billie Jean. At least there's some recognition from my peers who had no taste in music.