Argh.. the feeling of stress is really unpleasant.

Ok. I forgot to blog the previous month. I guess that's how much determination I have on keeping my blog alive. Meh.

Ever felt that you were well behind your classmates in studies? Well, yeah. That feeling ain't pleasant. Especially when you really want to score higher than someone..and fail to do so. Oh, and the times when actually you beat that someone by a mark or two, or occasionally get a draw, that person will beat you by like 10 marks or more in the next test :) Haha. I used to be in that situation and I still am.

Apart from that, life here's pretty... cold... and wet lately. Mowing the lawn is a pain since it takes up like 1.5 hours.. and killing those damned weeds are a pain in the butt. For some reason, they have the ability to revive themselves from the dead...even though I've pulled them out completely from the soil... which worsens the tedious task of eradicating them. I am contemplating on getting fake turf (fake grass) for my new house..like seriously!! At least they look green all year round and not yellow during summer... oh, and they look more realistic now since they've been improving.

A couple of weeks ago, there was this workshop.. a psychology workshop to be specific. It was intended to train students to be reliable friends to those who are troubled. 52 students applied, only 28 got picked randomly, and I was one of the 28. (Duh, or else I won't be blogging about this =P) Went there...got free lunch, free training, free certificate and a free badge..which looked a bit tacky. In the end, I now know to deal with people who have problems like, suicidal thoughts (er..lol?), sex life (er..lol again?), social problems, etc. Counselling people was also a new "skill" I've learnt. Well, yeah.. all those useful things were learnt in one day. Hopefully, the cert will look got on my resume =)

Well, back to studies.. mid-terms are around the corner.

Sublime peace

Okay. I kinda forgot to blog..even though I did say that it would be one of my resolutions this year. Darn it. Oh well. Only missed Feb.

Righto, time to sum up all that has happened over the last month.
- There was a Swimming Sports event
- There was camp

Now to the details.

Swimming sports is basically an activity where the whole school goes to the aquatic centre near our suburb for competitions and basically to chill out from the stress. The swimming relays aren't compulsory so those who can't be bothered, basically "lepaks" around. Like what me and my friends did xD. Prolly participate next year though. Looked like fun.. Apart from that, you'll see the final-year students dressing up really radically. Hmm.. you can find a Pac-Man dude, guys-only-cheerleading squad (with their double-D balloons and bras..God knows how they got them), pirates, ninjas, the hula skirt-briefs-topless guy gang and more. Really gay but funny =)

Camp was pretty awesome considering it's my first time going to Phillip Island. Food and accommodation was alright and the activities were cool =) There was this giant swing (30m high and yes they heave you up there for the drop with some a pulley mechanism hooked to your harness), canoeing, raft-making, maze (human sized.. pretty cool despite meeting several dead-ends), rope-obstacle course(involves balancing 7m off the ground with all the equipment provided) and flying-fox. Boy am I glad I was a scout..helped me out for the raft-making. And the swing? Extreeeeeeeme G-force.. like..if-you-are-afraid-of-heights-you-might-wet-your-pants-extreme. Of course, I love roller-coasters so it was fun xD well for me.. discovered a significant amount of people afraid of heights.. it was surprising actually.. ah well. They don't know what they're missing out =P

Oh and I went bowling with my youth group too! LoL.. For some reason, they think I am a pro bowler because..hmm.. I might have accidentally scored a strike on my first bowl..lol. Ok. Those who have seen me bowl obviously know that that never happens.. so came to realise that the lanes were kinda...short. Okay. Kinda is an understatement. Maybe at least 25% shorter than the ones we see in M'sia. I had the joy of owning them for the first match xD then fatigue kicked in and I pretty much got pwned in the second match. Meh.

Missed the fireworks this year, but I've still got more to come, right?

2010. Hmm.. ever heard the lines that go - "The young pursue their future while the old cling on to the past"? That line comes to mind every new year... for an unknown reason =) I guess it reminds me to balance both my feelings for the future and the past.

Ok this is the first post of the year! I shall try to maintain "a post a month". One of my resolutions. Yes, you may add that in to the resolution list you made me write, Sze.

Well, it was quite unofficial, but I came back to lovely M'sia for a nice lil' holiday since the 5th of Dec. Went to Bali after that, then to S'pore. And I've settled down for a bit until the HK trip next week. Went out in between the trips and watched several movies. Boy, this is a really undescriptive summary XD

I should be delusional due to exams around now. But I feel strangely normal.

Slacked off after coming here for almost a year now? Maybe. Wait. I mean, yes. I've been slacking off ALOT.

Not forgetting the stuff I've done here while slacking. Been learning how to solve the Rubik's cube since let's see.. May? Heh. Now I'm trying to take up speedcubing as my hobby. I know it's nerdy but hey, I find personal gratification with this. I'll show you my 45 second average =P It's a start.

Nothing happened really in the last few months. I made a lil siren thingy with a projector around it that makes it look like a mini bazooka for electronics (Something like K.H. cept it's a lil more detailed). Apparently it's capable of setting off car alarms too. o_o

Gah. Exams are next week and I haven't studied seriously for a bit. Blogging is only temporary escape so I guess I'll head back to studies now. *sobs

Okay. Muck up day was.. somewhat..

Aights. Finally remembered to blog after like an eternity. Hmm.

Ever felt like celebrating after the end of high school? Well, it's an exclusive event here for students and they are even entitled to it! Even the school and the authorities approve of it.

Haha. Lemme start from scratch. Basically, if you are a school leaver every year, you get the right to throw pranks at everyone on the last day of school known as Muck Up Day. It's like a rite of passage.

Normally, the students would just throw fish oil, honey and jam on our locks in the locker bay. There would also be some people getting egged and water bombed. In addtion to that, there will be a few more other bizarre things like taunting the teachers by borrowing a large amount of books the week before and returning them on Muck Up Day. Boy.. that happened in my bro's school. And yeah.. you can imagine the pile of books tantalising the librarians.

Well, in these scenarios, your chances of not being affected by this is like a 50-50 chance. But this is changed altogether a few years back..

In some schools, the students occasionally got out of hand. Ours had that problem.. So they ruled out Muck Up Day and changed it into a "Celebration" instead. LoL. So we basically attended an assembly where EVERYONE had to attend. Some skipped school..they were so..fortunate.

By making us sit in the assembly-like celebration, we were basically sitting ducks waiting to be shot. Chances of 'survival'? Hmm. It's a big, fat zero. Let's just say that I've attended the Assembly of Hell.

Everyone just got owned. First, we walked in and filled up the left and right rows, then the school leavers walk up in the middle aisle to the front of the hall where their seats are reserved. And you guessed it. They unleashed hell upon us as they walk to their seats. Boy, that was the longest 5 minutes of my life.

Well, to cut a long story short, it was really an experience o_o traumatising initially but hell yeah it was funny.