Differences can't make any differences

The house believes that "Life today offers so many choices."

2011-03-28T05:26:00.000-07:00

So here's a debate about "Life today offers so many choices". There will be a proposition team which is PT, and an opposition team named OP and each points they made (Well, I made) will be numbered such as PT1 and OP5 so it is easy to refer to.

Remember this debate is only made by myself, and any disagreement with the articles can be made after reading the whole text in the comment section BELOW.

So, now, I'll start the debate with the PT starting the debate.

PT1 - Today's motion is "Life today offers so many choices." We as the proposition team strongly believe that Life today offers so many choices. First of all, let us look at the definition of the motion today, and understand it completely. Life today, who is Life today? Life today is the modern life that we are living in right now, the modern age and the modern society. And choices, what are choices? Are they paths, options or opportunities? Well, actually, all of them. In fact, these don't need to be the correct path to success. Which is what our 1st point about - in life, there are a lot of choices for us to choose, whether they are to success or to fail. It doesn't really matter if we are to succeed or to fail, as long as they are choices that can be chosen, then they are counted as choices. So, for example in a person's life, he can chose to study well and get a good job in the future, he can chose to play music and be a musician, he can chose to be an athlete in the future. Other than that, he can also chose to buy a few video game console and play video game all day long and be a couch potato. he can also buy cocaine and be a drug addict. He can kidnap someone and be a millionaire. So there are a lot of choices in our life today.

OT1 - This is the opposition team speaking here. Well, we totally agree with the definitions given by the proposition team but we found a loophole in the point made by the proposition team. In reference to PT1, the proposition team states that there are a lot of choices such as drugs, games, kidnap, couch potato, music, athlete, professors and so on. The question here is, are the choices being offered each of our lives? I believed not. For example, in developing countries and Asian countries, where a significant fraction of the world population lived, the children are not given the choices of being a failure, but rather, all of the children are expected to be highly efficient and contributing to the society. Like the western countries, the abilities of these children are assessed in the beginning of their lives, and they are only given one course and only one choice to follow in their life, and that is to be either an athlete, doctor or engineer. Surely that there are unlimited numbers of jobs available, but there is a limited number of jobs offered. Therefore, though life today got so many choices, life of the people today is only offered by a few, if not more than one choice.

PT2 - In reference to OT1, those are the main choices that are being discussed, the jobs that the future generation is going to have. How about side, less important choices? Such as the choices of talents? Surely enough anyone have more than one talent, and there are plentiful of choices to be chosen to polish any talents, such as piano, guitar, drum, origami, karate, jiu-jitsu and lots more. So is that not what life can offer to us, plentiful of choices, apart from the main choices that we are offered in our life? In conclusion, life today does offers so many choices.

OT2 - In reference to PT2, Choices to polish talents, are those available to poor people? Economic crisis had caused many parents to lose their jobs, and so, isn't the choices limited to the children of poor parents? Or poor bachelors? Now, the majority of the world population is considered to be in the poor category, due to economic crisis, and the rise in demand for better quality of work. Therefore, isn't the majority of the world population not offered the choice to be able to polish their talents for now? In conclusion, the economic crisis recently had crippled the ability of a normal citizen in choosing the choices life can offer, but their life can't afford.

Guys, do help me and give me some more points to argue about, cause right now, I'm blank about what to say. Thanks!

Discipline problems in school - what are they and how to deal with it?

2010-11-21T22:03:00.000-08:00

Even wonder how discipline problems can be developed in a school so quickly? All it takes is just a loophole in the teaching management, and the discipline problems will expand like wildfire, anyway, you know how more people point their fingers at parents, teachers and the students themselves for those discipline problems, and less people actually help to tackle these problems. Nonetheless, there are people who are always there to tackle these problems, and there are always people who only know how to talk.

Discipline problem, what are they? Breaking the rules of the school? Like having long hair, long fingernails, and coloured shoes? It is a fact that these rules are set up by the school to preserve and maintain the discipline of the students, let us discuss them one by one.

Hair - why aren't we allowed to keep long hair? (For the boys only, obviously) That would be, of course, due to religious beliefs, as usual, and also that long hair is not highly appreciated by the adults in Brunei. But is it? You may find it hard to believe that the adults, in their generation, have longer hair than we do, like the Beatles and michael jackson, so why did they resent so much for our long hair? That is because they learnt their way of error, and start to reform the new generation to have short hair, cause short hair looked smart, while long hair don't. Maybe it's because that they want us all to look like nerds rather than Koreans, so well, no point arguing about it, the rules aren't going to change because some chickens are clucking anyway.

Shoes - must be kept black all the time. This certainly means there is no rights for the student of the "freedom of expression". So everyone of us need to wear the same uniform, and the same colour of shoes, no way to express ourselves with unique clothes, only with unique accessories. Anyway, I believed that the shoes are kept black all the time just to make sure that the students looked like students and less like vagabonds.

Fingernails - female with long fingernails are highly appreciated by the adults (well, at least by the chinese only), but however, long fingernails are really seemed as dirty and so on. And it seems like that only our pinky fingers are allowed to be long for the digging gold reason.

So, all these discipline problems can be tackled through one effective way - great and strict discipline teachers and also understanding parents. Through their parents, the students will always have short hair, short fingernails and also the suitable school uniform, knowing the reasons why they must wear these and follow the rules and regulations of the school, whereas the discipline teachers will ensure that those students whose parents are unable to convince their children will be punishment not by any other way but by cutting their hair short, fingernail short and spraying their shoes in black. There is no wrong in doing so, as APPROPRIATE measures are taken.

Another discipline problem - smoking. It may be cruel, but the most effective way is to call the police to solve the first case of smoking. Since smoking is now illegal for youngsters, one underage smoker being arrested is all it takes to install fear in every underage smokers. Remember that the police now have the authority to arrest underage juvenile and therefore, that would be a very effective way in tackling the smoking problem in schools.

Aside from that, fights, one of the most hard-to-be-solved problems. How can we stop them? Even if the discipline teachers are able to make it to the fighting ground, the fight had already begun. How can we ever solve this problem? The answer is to employ counselling teachers. Remember that these counselors always keep the secret in their mind, and so there is no worries that the secret will be leaked out. These counselors would cooperate with the discipline teachers to help troubled students who felt that they are threatened.

Fights are better to be prevented than stopped. However, what if the fight had already begun? Who are to be blame? Who are the attackers and victims? That would be a very serious matter to discuss. Usually the school would blame both the attackers and victims, and perhaps leave them school-less for a few weeks, but is that justice? In some case, no, in some case, yes. Maybe the victim provoked the attackers, maybe the attackers are bullies, we never know.

But what's the best way to solve a fighting problem? Investigation. The investigation of the matter will certainly lead to justice, but if the victims are traumatized, the accounts would be unusable. And that would lead to the questionings of his/her fellow classmates. Anyway, it would be a really complicated matter to discuss, since that some targets the smart students in order to make their record dirty.

Anyway, discipline problems can only be solved by the cooperation of the adults, the teachers and the students themselves. If one cannot be disciplined, then one cannot ask other to be disciplined. The last quote would require serious thinking before coming to a conclusion.

Academic Challenge in SMSO!

2010-11-15T05:10:00.000-08:00

Hey guys! It was fun in the morning just now with the Academic Challenge which I joined as the leader of the Baiduri's team! There's like 10 checkpoints with different questions for us, and it was quite fun!

The first stop was giving out questions about General knowledge, which I think is too much general knowledge needed for those questions. Just remembered that Mr. Bean is related to Mona Lisa, Dan Brown with Angels and Demons and that anyone with the name George could be a president HAHAHA

The second stop is at english, I think, and the questions are like arranging the words and stuff. Not much fun here, just a lot of correct answer. The next one is geography, which I totally sucks at HAHA

The next one is about malay, I think, there's just too many, I forgot the order already haha totally sucks at malay, history, geo, Irk, and general knowledge hahaha

In maths, it was fun~ The question even includes some physics A2 topic! WHOA!! Was kinda surprised at the choice of questions! Then we got science, which the first four questions were quite easy, but not the 5th one (Biology!!) hahaha

Then we got computer, where the one for the L6 is still more towards general knowledge haha what is the latest dell gaming computer??? Inda aku tahu eh!! Hahaha then what's the last one again? Economics, total disaster! What is capital? Money! What is opportunity cost? The cost to purchase a chance! What is free good? Free gifts! HAHAHA

It was fun~ But the bomb for today is Physics A2! About centripetal force, damn hard and fun! whee~ See ya guys around~

Comments on my end of year examinations' marks.

2010-11-12T03:31:00.000-08:00

1. Physics

Paper 1 - 37/40 Difficulty: Average

Paper 2 - 57/60 Difficulty: Above Average

Paper 3 - 29/40 Difficulty: Easy

Overall mark - 89

Comments:

The paper set for end of year is quite average, with a few hard questions in paper 1, and some in paper 2 but none is paper 3.

Anyway, it wouldn't be hard to get a C or higher if one truly understand the topics, since that in Physics AS, there isn't much complex topics, and the topic that is the easiest is nuclear physics.

2. Chemistry

Paper 1 - 37/40 Difficulty: Easy

Paper 2 - 52/60 Difficulty: Average

Paper 3 - 28/30 Difficulty: Hard

Overall mark: 90

Comments:

The chemistry papers set for the end of year may be a little too unbalanced. The difficulty of the papers as shown above rest the case for it though the marks may not.

In paper 1, there is 1 or 2 difficult questions which required critical thinking. In paper 2, The last question is what makes people lose marks.

In paper 3, the whole paper is quite hard for an inexperienced salt analysis student, since that the skills need for salt analysis is quite high for this paper. Other than that, many misunderstood the instructions on the titration.

In conclusion, it would be fair to say that it require quite a lot of hard work in order to get a grade of C or above.

3. Mathematics

Paper 1 (Pure Maths) - 69/75 Difficulty: Average

Paper 2 (Mechanics) - 50/50 Difficulty: Easy

Overall marks (Not official) - 95

Comments:

I believed that certain topics are not yet taught or discussed for paper 1, such as how to find an angle between two lines in coordinate geometry. Though so, in overall, the paper is average.

I believed that the mechanics paper is easy, and it wouldn't be hard for anyone to get a C and above. I guessed that this paper is the basic paper, and there will be another one which is in A2 which will include relative velocity in 3D which I am waiting for!

4. GP

Paper 1 - 41/50 Difficulty: Average

Paper 2 - 23/50 Difficulty: Hard

Overall Mark: 66

Comments:

Paper 1 is quite an average paper, with at least 3 questions out of 12 that I could answer with ease. Paper 2 is what make me drop. I believed that data analysis isn't a question that is easy to answer. That result in the big hole in my mark.

So in conclusion, I got a grade of A A A b, which I am not quite satisfied with the grade b of my gp. Nonetheless, I would have to work harder for A2, starting now already with the opening ceremony of A2 Physics yesterday!

Alright guys, comments over, see ya!

The meaning of my blog name

2010-11-07T04:07:00.000-08:00

"Differences can't make any differences"

That's my blog name for 2 years already, and yet, I've never talked about it. I am beginning to think that I just type this name because of my ex girlfriend (Who's a malay and I wrote their differences can't make any differences to imply that the differences between our religion don't make any differences) but then again, when I look deep into it, it may have another meaning, a meaning that I didn't see when I was young.

Differences, a word when separated into 11 letters, spelled D-I-F-F-E-R-E-N-C-E-S means well, how different things are between each other. How about "Can't make any differences"? It actually means that it don't really matters, either to the result or outcome, or to anything else.

Differences join this world, rather than divides it. Similarities is what divide the world. Spoon and fork have differences, but we still use them both in eating. A pair of chopsticks have no differences, and yet we still use them both in eating, so where did the "differences join this world, similarities divide the world" went wrong? It cannot be expressed in such a simple analogy.

It may be easy to think first that similarities cause competition in this world, for that similarities between the sport of two people will make them rivals, but when their sports are different, they can become best friends. But then again, can this analogy prove that the philosophy is right? No, it does not, people who play football together will rather be united than divided, people who play rugby, baseball, badminton, basketball and even running will be united!

So what can be the analogy of this philosophy? Think way deeper! For that the deeper you think, the more you will discover by yourself. But then again, the best way of getting knowledge and wisdom is not to think at all. Then, you'll discover the secret of life, so what is the secret of life? No one have ever told anyone theirs, since it is yourself to be discovered, but my version of life, is to spend time with my beloved ones until the day where they can achieve the same with their family.

Still, back to the topic, differences can't make any differences. This sentence, will be used frequently by troubled people, especially in love problems (like I did) OR it would be used to differentiate racism feelings to zero. But no matter, the secret of the blog name is not to be shared but to be discovered by each individual, for that if one cannot discover the secret of it, one does not deserved to know it.

Well, so much of revealing what my blog name actually means. But then again, once one discover it, the feeling of the discovery cannot be described. Good night everyone!

Superpowers - myths or reality?

2010-11-04T23:16:00.001-07:00

Are superpowers becoming a reality in this world? Strength, invisibility, vampiric personalities and mind reading, will it exist when the wheel of time keeps rolling?

Strength is the ability to do enormous amount of work, and that alone would mean having a body shape like superman or Mr. Hyde. Invisibility is the ability to be as transparent as a glass. Vampiric personalities mean to have characteristic to have the urge to drink blood, to be afraid to onions and to be nocturnal. How about mind reading? Does it actually exist already? Psychics around the world claimed that they can read people's minds. Are they true? To answer this, we need to ask ourselves - how far can we stretch our imagination? If mind reading can be applied, then governments and private sectors would be eager to get this ability as well.

Anyway, let's not venture too much into that topic. Superpowers, how to gain them? Drinking potions or rather, chemicals to transform ourselves from commoners into super heros? Or is it something that is born together with our genes? No one can answer these questions, except one, and who is he? God.

But why do we need superpowers in this world? To help the world become a safer place? As far as I am concerned, nuclear weapons did not bring just peace to the world, it also brought fear. This also applied to superpowers. Imagine, if superheros turned to super villains, how will we be able to survive in this world? As the law say, the strongest will survive, the weakest will be killed. Thus, if there is such a dangerous weapon in this world, the citizens and denizens must do well to not let it fall into the enemies' hands.

Anyway, I'm talking nonsense again this time, so see ya all around~

Nothing to do much today, so I'll blog

2010-11-03T05:15:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, how are you all doing? I have nothing to do right now, so I guess I'll just blog nonsense again! So what's today's topic? Any suggestions? How about love? Well, I guess I'll do on it!!

What is love? Love can be shared between parents and their children, a man with a woman or a person with their relatives. There is no law of conservation of love. Love can be spontaneous, and sometimes, random. Some may receive more love than they give, some may give more love than they receive, but one fact remain - love does exist.

One of my statuses - The cause of hate is love. So what does this exactly mean? Well, it is said that in this world, everything is created in pairs. Man and woman, light and dark, yin and yang, fire and water, wind and earth, up and down, right and left, love and hate. Because there are women means that there are men, a shadow is formed when light is present, yin is still, whereas yang is mobile. Fire and water makes up our earth but extinguish each other, wind and earth is what we call the inseparable pair, and up, down, right and left cannot exist without each other.

So how about love and hate? Will there exist a society where only love exist? How about a society that only hate exist? Who is going to answer that? First, we need to ask ourselves, "what if..."

If everybody love everyone in a society, what could happen? If there is no love in a society, what could happen? It would be hard to imagine that, as a man cannot live without woman, dark cannot exist without light, yin cannot be present without yang. Love and hate are like yin and yang, they balance each other to give earth the best results.

Anyway, I guess I talked too much rubbish up there, so let's get on to the point.

The love between a boy and a girl is proportional to their combined age. Well, that's the theory, for that the younger you are, the less the love you will give and receive, is that true? It seems true, doesn't it? Cause as we approach our 20s, we appreciate our partners more, and with that, our affection and love grows for them.

But I guess that everyone hate talking about love, or actually, reading about it. All they want to know is all the juicy bits of love problems, don't you? Well, alright, I'm gonna talk about it.

Biggest problem in a relationship - JEALOUSY! No doubts about it, when you saw your boyfriend talking with other girls, you could go ARGHH! And when you saw your girlfriend talking with other boys, you can go WTF! So how do you solve this problem? Not even the world's brightest man can answer this!

A little jealousy in a relationship is always healthy, for that it let you know that you can lose that someone easily. There is no way to reduce that emotion of jealousy, there's no solution to cure this jealousy, because this jealousy actually shows how much you love that person! Isn't it true? If you're jealous, you seriously love him/her :)

Second problem? Perhaps it's about honesty. There are always secrets we kept from our partners, be it personal, or secret crush, and it's usually these things that can crush our relationship, and again, how do you prevent this? Nothing can, love is the best thing that can happen to our life, it is also the biggest problem that cannot be solved.

Anyway, I'm getting lazy to blog right now, so see ya all!

Should pornography be legalized worldwide? Discuss

2010-10-28T05:29:00.000-07:00

The following post may not be suitable for underages. Please do not read this post if you are in anyway offended by it. DISCLAIMER: The writer does not hold any responsibility to whatever that happened to the reader.

Read on if you're interested.

All right, so today's motion is, "Should Pornography be legalized worldwide? Discuss."

First of all, I would like to assure you that this essay will NOT contain any pictures or videos or anything related to pornography, and that this essay only contain the following points:

1. Why pornography should not be legalized worldwide

2. the uses of pornography

3. why pornography may not be suitable in some countries

4. Sexual terms such as masturbation

The essay will not contain:

1. Examples of pornography

Therefore it would be relatively safe to say that you are reading an essay which is just discussing about an issue, and not pornography itself. If you're ready, and you may start reading.

Legalizing pornography is a controversial issue debated worldwide with heated arguments. Proposers agree that pornography is usually used to encourage birth rate and also to develop a new entertainment industry while opponents argued that pornography are not suitable in countries where their religious background condemned pornography. Discussions about whether pornography should be legalized or not will be presented in this essay.

First of all, many agree that pornography is used in countries such as Japan to encourage birth rate. Japan have an ageing population and have a low birth rate. Therefore, it would be vital for it to legalize pornography to encourage birth rate. In fact, pornography is used by the chinese to encourage the panda to have sexual intercourse so that they would not go extinct. This had shown that pornography is necessary in certain countries.

Pornography had created a new line of industry in the field of entertainment. Porn stars had sacrificed their dignity and honor just to carry out their job of enhancing the uses of pornography. Besides that, new jobs are created for this new field which will lower unemployment rates. Websites selling videos of pornography allow computer experts and businessmen to expand their company swiftly.

Besides that, remember that in some developed countries, there are the presence of sperm bank. Some males may have difficulty in providing the sample, and therefore, pornography would be very useful here to extract valuable genes. Pornography is a very good alternative to mild electric shock and other more painful methods.

However, many would argue that pornography would definitely be NOT suitable for countries with weak moral values. It would be correct to say that pornography would surely create more problems such as illegal sex than the uses. Besides that, it could be abused, and children may be used in pornography. Although in other countries, child pornography is banned and the law protecting them are strictly enforced, the case may not be the same in developing countries.

Besides that, one of the biggest problems that pornography is causing is that underage teenagers have access to them, and that alone can change everything. Having access to porn means these teenagers have sexual fantasy, which cannot be satisfied through masturbation alone. This will lead to the increase in number of illegal sex, and also in the number of abandoned babies and abortions. Therefore, pornography may be work well in some countries.

Furthermore, there are other better alternatives than pornography to encourage the birth rate of one country. Mothers who gave birth to a child may be given a sum of money to encourage birth rate, though this method may be more expensive, but at least caused less problems. Another solution is to provide sex therapy counselors to couple having the trouble of having a child.

Last but not least, pornography is seriously condemned by some countries especially countries with a very strong religious background. By the law of the religion, it would be sinful to watch these unholy videos and therefore, pornography is totally inappropriate in these countries.

In conclusion, whether pornography should be legalized or not in each countries will depend on their own reasoning and debates. In my opinion, pornography is only necessary in countries which have problems that can only be solved by pornography, and also efficient solutions to solve the problems created by pornography.

I'm reverting back to my old self!

2010-10-27T06:07:00.000-07:00

It seems that I've became less and less sociable these days, since my hearing capabilities are getting worse, and it is kinda rude for people to repeat their sentences twice. And I've learnt the mistakes in the past, the best way to deal with this is to walk the street alone!

And I don't know why I've became like this. Perhaps a lack of chocolate for 1 month already, or perhaps that I've really lose myself. But no matter what happened, I must remain calm with high hopes that one day, someone will come by and make my life back as it was.

So I ask you not to be surprised if I appeared to be weird, cause that's the way I am right now. I don't even understand myself right now, why i can't hear the things I want, and that why I'm less creative with jokes right now. It seems that the on and off switch on my brain is turned off, and the serious switch is turned on. I'm turning blue, cause I enjoy talking with you guys, but yet, I'm unable to do so...DANG!

Anyway, so enough about that, I've no reasons to stay hyper for now, unless I'm socializing. So I guessed that I'll just have to wait until the perfect moment to shine again. I'm not planning to take the position of AJK next year anyway, gotta go for now!

Food that I hate eating

2010-10-25T06:16:00.000-07:00

Hey guys! How are you all doing? Have you ever wondered how you wish you can avoid eating food that you don't like? HAHAHA cause I do! So today I am going to tell you what kind of food do I hate eating and possibly ways to avoid eating them!

First of all, I got two food that I forbid myself to eat! It's coconut and durian! It's funny that I couldn't eat these two, but if I do, I'll get very sore throat!

I used to hate eggs, but now they are my favourites! (After the trip to Japan, that is) but I still can't get used to the taste of the egg white, I only like the egg yolk! I wondered how people can stand the tasteless taste of the egg white.

Anyway, besides that, I don't like eating oyster, abalone, or such things that is so slimy and EWWW! Hahaha but I do eat crabs and scallops though, only in their fried state or "packed like a hot dog shape"

So usually, to avoid eating these things, it's either I offer it to somebody else (Which is quite a typical and POLITE method) or tell them honestly that I don't like to eat it. Though the truth hurt, we shouldn't be hurting ourselves more than we hurt their feelings, right?

Anyway, it's getting late, and feel free to play my playlists down there~

How do we actually study our subjects in sixth form

2010-10-23T05:43:00.000-07:00

Well, hiya there guys! Good morning, good afternoon and good evening, whenever you're reading this post! So I guess that a lot of people would like to know the secret of learning in life, right? Well, you've just stumbled across the ideal blog post today! So today I'm going to talk about how do we actually study our subjects in sixth form so that you can use this method wherever you want!

So, I'm actually taking chemistry, maths, physics and GP in SMSO Tutong right now, and believe me, I'm a "concept" guys. And I'm not a "facts" guy and that is why I don't take biology and history. Other than that, I'm also not an "art" guy or a "business" guy and that is why, I choose the above subjects.

So before you actually enter form sixth, you need to know which subjects are your best interests in! Believe me, there's no easy subjects in form six. Either die or pass! And that is why, many complained that sixth form is a lot harder than form five, but is it really so? Yup, it is, but with less subjects of course! But then again, if you are really interested in the subjects, you would have no problems in form sixth!

So, how do I actually study these subjects? Well, I've told you that I'm a "concept" guy, didn't I? That means I like to imagine things that can be translated into numbers! All you need to do is to gain interests in the subjects you are learning! There's no special tricks in this kind of learning. Once you truly understand the subject, you just need to revise it back 6 months later HAHA

Anyway, I don't think that I'm such a great adviser of learning tricks anyway, but the keyword for today is "UNDERSTAND" and also, a lot of hard work!

Taylor Swift - My Favourite Singer!

2010-10-20T22:38:00.000-07:00

If you take my Ipod Shuffle and listen to it, you will always find at least 2 or 3 Taylor Swift songs. That's right, I love TS! She's a blonde who sings country songs and she's pretty too! She's just 4 years older than me, being born in 13 December, 1989!

Anyway, I love her new song MINE! I really love this song, and it makes my goosebumps grow up when I listen to it! I definitely recommend this song to you if you're a TS fan!

And besides that, I also love the songs Our Song, Love Story, You Belong With Me, Two is better than one, Today was a fairytale, picture to burn and lots more! I can even play two of her songs - Love story and you belong with me using piano! Right now, perhaps I would like to learn one of the guitar songs - white horse!

Anyway, this is just a short wall post to welcome my new background!

The debate about death penalty

2010-10-20T04:52:00.000-07:00

Hiya guys, long time no blog! Today I'm going to talk about death penalty, and personally, I believe that death penalty should not be abolished in this modern world with my own reason. First, let me discuss about death penalty, which I did in school, with this 500 words essay.

The death penalty is a controversial issue usually debated worldwide by sociologists, politicians and lawyers. Many argue that it is necessary to instill fear in the population while the opponents argue that it is inhumane and usually leads to the loss of innocent lives. In this essay, arguments about whether capital punishment will be prohibited in all countries will be presented.

Firstly, death is an irreversible process and mistakes are inevitable. Wrong judgement by the jury could lead to the execution of innocent lives. Criminals, instead of the victims and innocent people, escaped any forms of punishment. Besides that, there could be racist and biased judgement in countries where racism still exist nationwide. Apart from that, it also discriminates the poor as they cannot afford good lawyers and thus may lead to the execution of innocent people.

Secondly, many argue that death penalty and the methods used to carry it out such as lethal injection, hanging and electric chair is inhumane. Death penalty is usually seen as a form of justice but the fact is that it is actually a form of revenge. As the saying goes, revenge never end. Moreover, killing the criminal won't bring the victims' lives back.

Thirdly, capital punishment prevents people from having a chance of rehabilitation. There is always a fraction of people who are willing to turn over a new leaf and start over their life but death penalty ends their lives with no questions asked. Some of these criminals, especially political and foreign prisoners, may some day contribute to the society greatly, such as Nelson Mandela.

However, it can be argued that death penalty acts as a warning to the population. It shows the people that crime never pay and usually ends with deadly consequences. In response to this, would-be drug traffickers and murderers will think twice before they act, for that death awaits them.

Furthermore, death penalty is a better punishment than life sentence. First of all, it saves the costs from feeding the criminals and providing them with shelters. These expenditures can be better used in other fields such as education and hospitals. The safety of other less dangerous criminals must be considered as well since lethal criminals tend to harm them. Last but not least, prisoners are provided with food and shelter which homeless people don't have. This may encourage homeless and desperate people to commit crimes to obtain these privileges.

Finally, death penalty is nevessary to remove threats and dangers from the society. There is always a chance of prisoners escaping from prison and these prisoners will harm more innocent people. Besides that, burdens such as terrorists, psychopaths and extremists must be removed from the society as they have futile effort of rehabilitation.

In conclusion, some countries had banned it while some countries still practiced it, each with their own reasons. In my opinion, death penalty is still necessary in parts of the world.

Alright, that's the essay I wrote a few days ago, now now, I want to counter argue the points that are against death penalty.

1. Wrong Judgement of jury

-It is inevitable to make the wrong judgement in any parts of the world. However, like we had said before, mistakes are unavoidable. Therefore, prisoners escaping from prisons is definitely one mistake that will happen in all parts of the world. So, what we should do is to compare the rate of prison escapee and the number of innocent people being executed wrongly. Which of them are higher? Remember that these escapee will harm more innocent people. Therefore, indirect sacrifices of innocent people is necessary to preserve peace in the society and the safety of the citizens until the judicial system is perfect.

2. It is inhumane.

And so, we should treat inhumane murderers with humane punishment such as a simple life sentence? Remember that these murderers kill with no regrets, and all we are doing is to lock them up, is that all? No, we should impose death penalty on them, so that in the future, citizens will know that killing someone means killing yourself.

3. Prevent people from having a chance of rehabilitation.

Yes, it does prevent people from doing that, but what we need to do is to scale up the level of crimes to the level where death penalty is appropriate. Terrorism and extremism should not be tolerated in any countries, and should be imposed with death penalty to prevent further damage. besides that, appeal can be made to the court if the criminals want to have a chance of rehabilitation.

That's all I'm going to argue about today, thanks for reading these.

How we progress through our life - Does fortune-telling actually works?

2010-09-05T06:10:00.000-07:00

On Earth, every human's fate is different from each other and can be in fact, unique! Some people may have the same birthday, the same chinese horoscope, the same zodiac and even the same DNA. However, their future may differ, for that the future depends on how each individual progress in their life, not when they are born or how they are born.

Have you ever come across a fortune-teller? Have you ever wonder how they can precisely predict your future? Just like in the movie Twilight, there are multiple visions of the future, and so, what is it that is changing our future? It's our attitude. So how exactly did fortune-telling become so realistic? It's actually called the placebo effect.

The placebo effect can be illustrated through the example below.

Imagine I have two vitamin C pills, and I gave them to my friends and tell them that this pills can cause dizziness (In which in reality, it cannot). And so they eat it, and soon get dizzy. This is actually the effect of the brain believing in what it is not, and thus, follow the consequences.

And so, is fortune-telling very similar to this? Let's see if you actually agree with the following predictions on zodiac. Read them and see how much you believe it.

(December 22 - January 19) Capricorn possess a natural exuberance, sense of adventure and love of life that makes them one of the most optimistic zodiac signs of all. Capricorn are happiest on the move - exploring new cultures and ideas and many are attracted to occupations related to travel, the media, outdoor work and philosophical pursuits. In love, their catch-cry is "don't fence me in". But once they find a partner who understands their need to retain their own sense of self and identity, Capricorn can be the most big-hearted, generous and fun-loving companions of all.

(January 20 - February 18) Most Aquarius are extremely talented, but even though they are gifted in many ways, they still manage to spend most of their lives battling "confusing" conditions. One thing that plays havoc with your life is romance. When things romantically are going well for you, you are on cloud nine. When romance turns sour you land in a heap. Aquarius often need to take lots of holidays (or time off) to recover from life's many diverse pressures.

(February 19 - March 20) Most Pisces are extremely humanitarian and often involved in social programs that assist others. They can also be objective in judgement, for they never let their emotions get in the way. Outgoing and amiable, pisces attract friends wherever they go and those whom pisces befriend have their unswerving loyalty.

(March 21 - April 19) - It is fair to say that most Aries are a bundle of contradictions. Compassionate and caring with friends, family and lovers, yet they can cut to the bone with their jealous remarks and ever-changing moods. Endearingly eccentric on one hand, and on the other, insecure about how others see them.

(April 20 - May 20) Taurus are always on the move; thirsty for knowledge and new experiences. Terminally curious and sometimes even mischievous, Taurus are multi-faceted souls who enjoy knowing a little bit of everything but generally not too much about one particular subject.

(May 21 - June 20) Gemini manage to discreetly stay apart from the crowd, even though they have a well-earned reputation for being socialisers. They will let others get close, but only so close as they want them. Some claim that trying to get your point across to a Gemini, should they not want to hear you, is rather similar to talking to the trees – they simply won't budge. And, there is no such thing as an open-book Gemini. Their feelings, fears and desires often run far deeper than anyone around them would guess.

(June 21 - July 22) - Cancers are regarded in astrology as adventurous, active and outgoing.Although they are independent, outgoing and assertive they are also surprisingly trusting, often innocently walking into the lion's den at times.

(July 23 - August 22) When a Leo is confident within themselves they are the most successful, structured and creative of all the signs. Many Leo can be found working in the "service to others" industries, ranging from welfare work, doctors, school-teachers through to practising natural forms of healing like massage, herbal remedies etc. One of the most magical characteristics of the Leo is no matter how many times life or romance turns sour on them, they still manage to maintain faith in others, refusing to become cynical.

(August 23 - September 22) Virgo's are born fortunate. Charismatic and positive-thinking they attract not only an abundance of friends and opportunities, but manage to survive life's stormy times with style and good humour. Once a Virgo is committed to a relationship, they are totally devoted and faithful. Should their heart or trust be broken they never forgive or forget.

(September 23 - October 22) Libra lead fate filled lives and have intense and dramatic personal relationships. Even as children Libra are often found to be wise beyond their years. Many astrologers call this the sign of the "oldest souls". Old and wise beyond the average, Libra often know all the answers, except sometimes; they too often have difficulty finding what they need to develop their own happiness.

(October 23 - November 21) Scorpio - As their lives unfold, the experiences, false starts, dramas, broken hearts and disillusionment they encounter seeking this personal Holy Grail, often shapes their futures in the most extra-ordinary manner. Love and love-lost makes a big difference to the Scorpio although their often happy-go-lucky appearance against all kinds of odds may not reveal this as fact.

(November 22 - December 21) Sagittarius always climbing higher and higher; never content until reaching the top.The one thing a Sagittarius must always try to do is balance work with play; otherwise they can become too one-sided and work can replace true personal emotional fulfilment. Sagittarius rise to the occasion when faced with a new task or deadline. Even if something comes to a grinding halt, their ambition to reach the ultimate keeps them moving forever onwards and upwards.

Perhaps you have never try this before. To tell you the truth, the descriptions of each zodiac is switched with each other, and what you actually believe in is actually fake. However, it sounds very convincing, doesn't it? It's all what we called the Placebo effects.

Predictions made by fortune-tellers usually contains daily precautions that we took for granted. For example, he may say that you need to be careful when you are driving a car this year, or that you must not anger anyone in your school. All this precautions are actually what we practice over time, only that we are not aware of it, until the fortune teller mention it, do we then realise it.

So, is fortune-telling totally fake? I wouldn't dare to say yes, cause it's just like UFO, 90% of the testimonies by eye witnesses are fake, but there are 10% of them saying the truth! And just like fortune telling, doesn't mean that if you meet a fake one mean everyone is fake.

Anyway, that's all I want to say today about fortune telling. I was actually going write about how we progress through our life - Attitude and strength but I guess this will do for now. See ya guys!

Age, Seniority and Maturity

2010-08-25T05:57:00.000-07:00

The title today is actually related to the incident that I had witnessed today. I'm not going to state where, when and how, but I guess you all can guess it correctly without any doubts.

And so, does age actually reflects maturity? In this modern world, it isn't apparently so. Maturity is definitely not proportional to age for some people. How to support this fact? Just look at the adults on how they react if a problem arise. The mature one will immediately assess the damage, and try to find a solution for it, while the immature will overlook the damage and started to find someone to blame. It is very obvious that there are more immature parents than mature parents in this world at this moment, though the equilibrium is going to shift to the opposite direction.

However, age does help to produce a mature image, though not by much. Like a popular saying goes - Light travel faster than sound. That is why people looked brighter until they speak. Maturity is not judged by age, but it is judged by the way of thinking and the thinking skills one possessed.

I believed that maturity is usually confused with seniority in this world. People who are the seniors usually thought that they are more mature than the juniors, in which that in this world, it only happens half of the time. It is true that seniority may be proportional to maturity for some people, but again, it only help to produce a mature image just like age did. So, what actually we mean by this three?

Age is the time we have lived in this world. Seniority is the rank of position of oneself. Maturity is the measure of the thinking skills of oneself. In Brunei, these three are usually misunderstood, where people think that the older you are, the more knowledgeable you are, the more mature you are. Apparently, that could be very true, since the older you get, the more you experience. However, a mature mind not only comes with experience, it also comes with facts and figures, and also logic.

So, am I actually saying that some young people are more mature than old people? EXACTLY! In this world, there are people who are more mature than their seniors, perhaps not from the experience angle, but from the angle of knowledge and modern logic. It is not that experience is not as important as knowledge, but that knowledge usually outweights experience in most situation. Of course, it can't be argued that experience is what old people possess most, and knowledge can be possessed by both parties by a short time.

And so, what am I doing by writing all this flowery sentence? Just one word to conclude it - respect. In Brunei, the older you are, the more the respect you get. Should this law stands, or should it not? That will depend on how you define the ways to get a respect in Brunei. Should respect be gained in term of seniority? Or should it be gained in term of maturity? Or should it be gained in term of the qualifications of oneself? Or that respect should be gained only by respecting others?

And what do you mean by respecting others? Do you actually not annoy someone cause you respect them? Or is it something else?

Well, when you respect someone, it actually means that you treat him/her as your friend and not your enemy. You will not deliberately hurt him/her and you will not try to insult him/her. When you respect someone, you will not try to humiliate him/her and that you will not hate him/her.

So, the youth is usually told to respect the elders. Now the youth ask, "Are the elders respecting the youth?" This is a very direct question, and of course, there is no definite answers. Some of the parents respect their children and thus will always love them and understand them. Some of the elders think that if you did something wrong, you are a bad kid. And then they would stop looking at you as if you're a good kid, and they will complain anything if you were wrong. Lazy when you're tired, too playful when you're hyper and stupid when you're relaxing. Is this the correct way of treating a child?

Of course some of the elders are very wise, and instead of complaining, some of them actually help the children to undo their wrongdoings. These are the mature ones. How about the immature ones? They insult, humiliate and spread the rumors all over the place. That's what they do, and this group of people will never disappear from the surface of Earth.

So what shall we do as Youth? We can behave well, but for how long? There is going to be a time where we will do something wrong and that is inevitable, can we actually act like nothing happened when the elders scold us? Should we?

The answer is NO. Accidents do happen, remember? If that wrongdoings are deliberate, then we definitely deserve a punishment. But if it's not, we shall not be held responsible. Why is that so? Cause believe me, never in this world, anyone, even the Prophets, can escape from doing something wrong. That's why.

So what can we do so that the future generation of Brunei will be more mature than the current generation? We have to be wise parents in the future, and teach our children about the importance of respect, as well as thinking skills, and help them to be mature.

And here, I conclude my blog post with an incident that happened in my house a few weeks ago to give you an example on how mature people should be.

"It was a hot afternoon, and my cousins are visiting my house to have fun. Though I was quite busy playing my own laptop, they were running around and finding games to play. And at one point, they were opening a cupboard which is too close to the moving fans, and guess what. BANG! The fan's blades is so bent, it is so unstable.

And here's what I did. In a split second, I rushed everyone out of the room, in fear that the fan may fall down. After a few moments of nerve-calming, one of my little cousins said that he thought I was mad and was chasing everyone out of my room. And here's the moral.

When a problem happened, the most important thing you need to think of is, what danger is present now? If there is, solve it, don't blame people yet. It is only after you eliminate the current danger, can you solve the future danger. The fan's blades was repaired by my father after two hours, in which that he wasn't mad because no one is hurt in the accident.

Now you see the maturity that our parents possess. Instead of asking why did we open the cupboard, he knew that it is all an accident, no one could have stopped it. It is actually hopeless to ask such a ridiculous question, since it does not help to improve the situation, and so, why ask? Right? My father did a great job in this parental thingy."

And now, I'm going to talk about my father, truthfully. He was a wise man alright, but he lack the skill in parenting until last year. I guess it's all because of the economic crisis that had stressed him out. Besides that, he also got this heart problem that had been troubling him for quite a long time now. All he did everyday is to mind his own business, and doing whatever a man would do, but all he forgot is his parental responsibility.

After a relationship incident a few years ago, my dad start to lecture us whenever he can, which is quite useful if you find it amusing, but then, the efforts may be futile since it is not an eye-to-eye conversation and it was very very impersonal.

And it is only until last year, when I confided my relationship disaster, that he began to understand how children have their troubles when the parents don't spend enough time with them. And it is also the beginning of time when he started to get wiser and chats more with me.

It is this kind of parent that everyone wants, an understanding parent, who will always give you the best, not only in the form of love, but also guides and motivation. They will help you to achieve your goals, through both their and your efforts. It is because of them that we can reach new heights.

And so now, I ask you, is it important now that the parents should be more mature than they are? The answer is quite obvious - YES!

Hey~ Long time no blog

2010-08-24T05:07:00.000-07:00

I've decided to resume my blog after a much needed break and rest. Recently, I've became very busy with all my schoolworks, let me state all of them - Gp, Chemistry, Pure maths, Mechanics, Physics, Piano, Guitar, Karate, Debate, Business plan, Energy conservation club, giving O level english tips to my friends and also helping my chemistry teacher for the googles payment. Anyway, since I got a free time now every night, I guess I can blog now!

So hello there guys! How are you all doing? Let's see what I did today, first we got chemistry today, and the lecture was awesome, as teacher Rohaini was talking about the physical properties as well as the chemical properties of alkane, and then she talk a little bit about the environmental impact of excess carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. I guess I did a little too much of an animation of the impact in this one, acting as one with asthma, and with a fan and saying very hot HAHAHA anyway, it's all for fun!

Then we got our maths class, and it's so funny just now, when Siang throw the two minimum points just now HAHAHAHA but it's too yellow, can't share it with you guys here

Then we got physics today! It was fun during the first half, but during the second half, I'm half awake HO HO HO but I love the concept about potentials! And besides that, I managed to ask Mr.Chu about how to increase the force supplied by the spring on our nerf guns! HO HO HO

Then we got our normal and boring ps, and then GP! A little poem for you guys right now-

For people who you don't know in facebook:

Roses are red, violets are blue. Friend request are great, but who the hell are you?

For people who you hate:

Roses are red, violets are blue. I got many fingers, the middle ones for you

For people who are really jobless:

Roses are red, violets are blue, and so is the American flag

HAHAHAHA I'm totally relaxing right now, and I've been addicted to the song Mine and Today Was A Fairytale by Taylor Swift! And it was the only songs I've been playing all week long, they are so nice, they can ignite my goosebumps HAHAHAHA

And today's karate training is so tiresome! And first I did two rounds of stretching, and then I jump like about 30 seconds. After that, 45 push ups, and I almost die half way HAHAHA my face was all red just now. And then I cool myself down by doing some leg stances and finally end it up with 55 sit ups and 1 round of stretching.

Just a few moments ago, we were having a family gathering for the Chinese Ghost month there, and I ate two plates of chickens and potato, and also 2 bowls of red bean soup, they were so tasty, but I'm so full right now, it's so hard to walk HAHAHA

And now I'm writing this blog right now, thinking that I should continue to write this blog as often as I can so that people can follow it. So, what do you think?

Description of my kite - an analogy of my life, my attitude and my philosophy

2010-07-18T23:49:00.000-07:00

A description of my life, my attitude and my philosophy through an analogy of a kite is simply challenging. We are looking at the material that were used to build the kite, which is similar to family support in a human life. We are looking at how the kite is shaped, which is similar to the appearance and the attitude of a person. Never do we realize that a kite, though made from fabric and delicate material just like human, is strong enough to repel the winds to reach new heights and goals.

A description of my life would be describing the appearance and material of my kite. I am not a great-looking kite, being neither cute nor handsome in appearance but I am a maneuverable kite, blessed with many talents such as piano, karate, guitar, debate, origami and blogging.

Just like a kite with not much decorations, I do not have many gadgets to slow me down in my life. Thus, I am a fast and active kite, having joined a lot of school activities since secondary school. A light kite with strong wooden frame will be a suitable analogy about me. I am born into a humble family but I am highly competitive in all aspects. Like wood, I am fragile and has weak physical strength because my father is an ex-smoker and I am born into this world contaminated.

However, I am equipped with a thick and strong string that is knitted by my parents, meaning that I have a strong family support behind me, guiding me every time I am blown by winds and unexpected occasion. This is my life and this is my current. Nothing can change what nature had given me.

To describe about my attitude, it would be best for me to use the attributes of a kite and how it reacts to any situation as a metaphor to my attitude. I believe that I am a kite that just go with the flow of the wind, being an easy going person and joking as usual. However, I am a very sturdy kite, meaning I am very serious in my studies and all sort of competition.

Flexible is what my kite is, being able to adapt into any situation even though it's my first time doing so. Strapped by a tension-resistant string, I am able to handle stress quite well. Perhaps it is because that I am a peaceable kite who always apologize first if anything go wrong. Besides that, polite is my middle name, and 'sorry' and 'thank you' are my daily sayings.

What my kite maybe unique about is that it is decorated with divine and sacred chinese characters, indicating that I am a very religious man who prays everyday. I can say that my kite whistle in the presence of the wind as I love music and appreciate music as an art as well as to calm my heart down.

Most people think that kite is just a non-living thing. The truth is that, everything have a soul and aura that can only be seen by certain people. Statues and sculptures are the objects that normal people can see the aura and respect but a kite's soul can only be felt by the owner deep in his heart.

The kite's soul would be like my philosophy, which drives me in my life with motivation, guidance and determination. Only that the soul is pure and clean that the kite will not fail in a tornado.

Perhaps, one of my famous and well-known philosophy is usually heard. "Nothing is impossible as long as there is enough time." I am a person that believe that every human can do anything as long as they put in enough investment of effort and time. Thus, I am always pursuing new talents in this age of mine. Perhaps it is because of this philosophy that I had became a jealous kite who want to be able to do everything though I know this attitude of mine must be changed positively.

I am a kite that is trying to install glitters on my gliders and trying to impress everyone by being unique and honing new talents. Even so, my string is not a glass-coated string. I know that competition must be healthy and that the victory and satisfaction comes only from being the best and no sabotaging.

I'm a quite open-minded person and I know that if a disaster happen, I must look at the bright side to get what is left and to look at the dark side to get lessons. I am also a colourful kite with no racism feeling towards other races. To be honest, I am most racist to my own group, the chinese.

I believe that a picture is worth a thousand words, but my idea of describing my kite would be best rhough literature. In conclusion, my kite is the kite that wish to rise up and reach new heights regardless of anything nature throw at me.

Progress test tomorrow

2010-06-27T05:48:00.000-07:00

And so, like everybody know, tomorrow the lower sixth form in SMSO will have their progressive test in the hall, and the first test is a butt killer - a GP test with a duration of 2 hours and 40 minutes! And that butt is going to hurt. Nasib jua masa di muda hashim sudah kami train for this kind of situation ho ho ho wait, that one is 2 hour, 2 hour and 40 minutes inda pernah kami cuba, BUAAAAAA

Anyway, to be honest with you guys, I just realized this right now ho ho ho and although it's just only about 10 more hours to go, I'm still calm because I knew that there aren't a lot of definition to state in chemistry and that I know how to use them for application.

I am a little bit concerned about the GP paper instead. So, 2 hours and 40 minutes is the time given to do the paper, there are 2 sections in this paper, so, 1 hour and 20 minutes for each section. Section one will be composition while section two will be comprehension.

So here's my plan for tomorrow.

Section one - composition - 1 hour

Choosing question, brainstorming - 10 minutes

Planning - 5 minutes

Writing introduction - 5 minutes

Writing the paragraph and conclusion - 30 minutes

Checking the words - 10 minutes

Section 2 - Comprehension - 60 minutes

Reading the passage for 2 times - 10 minutes

Write the conclusion for each paragraph - 5 minutes

Start answering the questions - 45 minutes

And the remaining 40 minutes will be my back up time. Let's just wish that I can do this!

And here's another plan of mine tomorrow. I'm going to use my stopwatch to keep a perfect record of my time taken to do each task, and so, here we go! Tomorrow's test, I am going ace it!

Anyway, now for chemistry paper 2, there aren't any strategy for it, so I'll just follow the flow~

And I'm getting lazier to blog right now, so, see you guys around, and good luck for the progressive test!

My life as a sixth form student

2010-06-23T05:52:00.000-07:00

Hiya guys! Been a while since I haven't blogged about myself. Well guys, as you can see, I was quite busy at the moment in this year, so blogging was just one of the tasks I will do to kill some time. Anyway, I would like to describe my life as a sixth form student tonight!

And so, as a sixth form student, I am allowed to choose any three subjects together with GP. I chose Chemistry, Physics and Maths, particularly because I feel comfortable with maths and physics while I would be requiring chemistry in the future job that I am pursuing, that is Nano-technologist.

Chemistry is a challenging subject as a lot of the topics are more advanced than form five syllabus. This is a subject that you don't want to take if you can't think a lot. On the other hand, they aren't any easy subjects in form six. Form six is generally the FINAL centre to determine your job, whether you are going to the main science stream, art stream or sociology stream. Anyway, back to the topic, chemistry is very useful and will certainly help you to learn physics as well! And that is why, chemistry and physics is a very good combination of subjects - if you can coop with the stress, that is!

Physics, on the other hand, is more relaxing as the laws and formulae are stated out clearly and there are some obvious reason behind each explanation. All we need to do in physics is to be able to understand the laws and formulae, and then we can apply everything. Just this year, I just found out that there is a different meaning between accurate and precise HAHAHAHA though it sounds like both of them are synonym, in form six, they are not!

And I just found out that work done = energy used, and that work done can be expanded to become any formula of the energy such as potential energy and kinetic energy. It was such a wonder that this formula and that formula have such a connection!

Maths, as usual, will be form five add maths, which everybody had already heard of, and there is another paper, which is mechanics! Mechanics is actually easy if you understand the meaning of equilibrium! It actually means that upward force = downward force and left force = right force. And then, you will have the potential to score A in mechanics.

Be careful though, as mechanics is harder than add maths, and to be honest actually, mechanics consist of the hardest topic from add maths. So that we must work hard to score an A for mechanics.

GP is a course which I really like it because we need to do a lot of thinking. Actually, I would rather take Thinking Skills, but it wasn't offered in smso, so oh well, gotta study what is offered! GP can be fun while intimidating because it is mainly about argument about controversial matters and some of them are above 18 years old stuff. So well, we gotta be mature to go through the GP course!

Alright now, enough about the subjects, I know you guys are getting sleepy HO HO HO so let us proceed to what I am doing this year and next year.

I am currently quite busy with all the after-school activities that I had been doing. Let's start off with the activities I am doing DURING school hours.

I join the debate club, which is usually held every Monday afternoon. I also joined the Energy Conversation club every Thursday afternoon, on which that I am the president of the club. I am also joining the karate club every saturday afternoon, and currently a yellow belt under the clan Shitokai (Shitoryu).

I am joining some kind of business plan idea or whatever it is together with Nazim, and so well, to be honest with you, I'm joining activity that is not one of my field, but I'm trying on it!

Anyway, after school, when I got back home, I would have my piano lesson at home, and then I'll train hard for my karate. At night, I would have my guitar lesson and then start to do my revision and homework.

And now, I'm getting lazy to blog, so see ya guys around!

Motion - Should 6th form students be allowed to bring mobile phones to school?

2010-06-07T19:05:00.000-07:00

So guys, I've decided to do my GP revision in my blog, so you might be able to gain some knowledge too by reading my blog about all these debates and stuff. I'm aiming to write an essay about my own opinions in the GP progressive test this June, so well, here we go.

The motion today is "Should 6th form students be allowed to bring their mobile phones to school?" First, let us look at the definition of the motion today. 6th form students will be around 16 to 19 years old youth. At this age, they would be mature students and will usually think twice before they act.

Mobile phone on the other hand means a portable gadget that can be used to do various function such as games, calling a friend, messaging and playing music. School is a place to gain knowledge and certificates to allow oneself to get a better job in the future and benefits the country.

And so, the definition of the motion today is, Should 6th form students, who are mature students and think twice before they act, be allowed to bring their mobile phones, gadgets used to perform various function to school, a place to gain knowledge?

The debate today will performed with one fact from the opposition team first, then one fact from the proposition team and then one fact from the opposition team and so on.

And so, let the debate start off with the opposition team starting!

OT - Students should not be allowed to bring mobile phones to school because it is usually used for SMS during lessons which will disrupt their concentration in the lesson. This will certainly not enhance a student's academic performance and served no importance.

PT - 6th form students are mature students who think twice before they act. They know that it is not polite to use mobile phones during classes and that since 6th form subjects are much harder than it is in form 5, they are already aware that they need to concentrate in the lesson and so resisting the urge to use their mobile phones.

OT - In every society, no matter which society, either the peaceful society like the Japanese or a war-torn society like Iran, where there's good, there's evil. The same case happened in school. There may be a lot of students that are mature and do not use mobile phones in school, but there are going to be a small group still using these gadgets because they are not mature enough. Thus, mobile phones must be strictly prohibited in school.

PT - If mobile phones are to be prohibited in school just because of a small group of immature students, then we will be deriving the mature students of the benefits of mobile phones. This is like prohibiting the school canteen to sell peanuts because a small and insignificant number of students are allergic to peanuts. There are a lot of benefits of mobile phones to 6th form students.

OT - A lot of students misused the mobile phones, especially the males when they used it to watch pornography in school, and sometimes even during lessons. It does not benefit anyone at all, and it will not improve one's academic performance and will surely bring down the students' grades. Thus, to totally eliminate this unholy activity, the best way is to prevent the students from bringing mobile phones to the school. End of story.

PT - It does not end there. Remember that we are talking about 6th form students who are mature enough and will think twice before they act. They are well aware that watching pornography is strictly prohibited in the school. An analogy is that, would a policeman watch pornography in a police station? He will not, because they are already mature. The same case applies here to the students. Moreover, since all 6th form centres in Brunei are co-ed schools, with the presence of the females, it would be quite unlikely for the males to watch pornography in front of them.

OT - Mature minds come with both reasonable thinking and also evil thoughts. Some of these students would use mobile phones with camera to capture the images of students, especially the female students for criminal or blackmailing purposes. This could result in a case of bullying, rape and harassment on the students. Sometimes, the cream of the crop of the school are targeted, and after the harassment, they usually perform badly and thus does not help to improve the school's reputation.

PT - This evil activity had already been tackled by a few secondary schools in Brunei, and possibly the regulation may be imposed in 6th form centre as well. The regulation I am talking about is the one that prohibits students to bring mobile phones with cameras. One of the schools that had implemented this is the St.Andrews school, which have quite a good reputation for both its academic and non-academic performance. Mobile phones should be allowed to bring to school as long as they do not have any camera.

OT - However, some of the students bring their mobile phones to school just to ignite jealousy among the students. This could results in fights and bullying. Besides that, the mobile phones may be stolen by other students as well. And it can be very frustrating to the victim. This will certainly create stress on the student. So it is better to leave the mobile phones at home rather than bringing it to school.

PT - Once again, 6th form students are mature students, and they are well aware that jealousy like these shall not be ignited nor unleashed. Besides that, you kept talking about the cases that seldom appears in 6th form centre. You did not state any benefits of the mobile phones. Mobile phone, as everyone know, can be used to phone their family in case of emergencies such as accidents, illness and sudden change of events. It prevent waste of time of the students.

OT - It is true that the mobile phone can perform such a function. However, the school had already provided phones for the students for emergency use without any cost. There is no need for mobile phones, and it can reduce the expenditure of the students which can be better used to buy books and stationary.

PT - Aside from that, mobiles phones can be used to relax and relieve stress in between classes, during breaks and lunch. They can served as music players and game consoles to relieve the students' stress. It will certainly benefits both the students and the school provided that the students do not use them during classes.

OT - Research had shown that socializing with friends is a better way to relieve stress than playing music and games. Listening to music and playing games alone may make the students to become shy and perform bad at non-academic activities. Socializing with friends can lower the bullying rate of the schools too.

PT - Besides that, mobiles phones can be used to search for crucial information in the internet since internet is not provided for laptops in some 6th form schools. Mobile phones nowadays are equipped with bluetooth which can search crucial information and knowledge for the students at the click of a button.

OT - The information searched in the internet may not be reliable and a better way of getting knowledge is to ask the teachers. What the need of internet if we have teachers here to teach and guide us in school?

PT - Based on all the facts and examples we have given above, we concluded that 6th form students should be allowed to bring their mobiles phones to school for its benefits provided that they avoid doing the unholy activities. Thank you.

OT - Based on all the arguments and examples we have listed just now, we concluded that 6th form students should not be allowed to bring their mobile phones to school because of the accidents and unholy activities that had been plaguing the schools for generations and that it is a total waste of time. Thank you.

And there ends the debate for today, and it is quite an intense debate with some major and deep arguments in the beginning and quite short ending as well. And now, for the added section - My Opinion.

DISCLAIMER - The My Opinion section should not be challenged nor criticized for its content because it is only the view of the writer and nothing else. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and it is to the wish of the writer to express his own opinion.

My Opinion

This is a purely neutral opinion and may be beneficial to both the opposition team and the proposition team. Should 6th form students be allowed to bring their mobiles phones to school?

The opposition team had mainly focused on the harmful effects the mobile phones had on the students, especially on the unholy cases and also on the so-called usefulness of the mobile phones.

The proposition team had mainly focused on the fact that these students are mature students and that they will not perform such unholy cases and also the benefits of the mobile phones.

What we need is a compromise, seemly that mobile phones have both the benefits and also the harms. We need to make sure that these students will use their mobile phones with maximum benefits and to minimize the damage that it creates.

And so, 6th form students should be allowed to bring mobile phones to school provided that:

1. They will not use their mobile phones for any unlawful purposes, namely bullying, blackmailing, watching pornography, creating jealousy and theft.

2. They should not use their mobile phones during classes unless permission is given.

3. They should set it to silent mode during classes, or switch it off.

4. Music players and game consoles must require ear piece to be played as so not to disturb other students.

5. Mobile phone will automatically be confiscated by any teachers if any regulations are broken, and can only be retrieved by the parents with reasonable reasons and swearing an oath.

And if, 6th form students should not be allowed to bring mobile phones to school, the school must provide:

1. A guarded school phone free of charge to be used by the students to place any emergency calls.

2. Teachers who are always free to answer the students' questions.

3. More counselors and discipline teachers to tackle the minimized problem created by mobile phones and to install fear in the students to minimize bullying cases.

4. Internet must be provided for laptops in the school, conveniently in the school library for extra knowledge for the students.

And with all these, we will achieve our Bruneian dream - 2035! Let us all work hard for that.

The writer's name is Nigel, and all this blog post is for his GP revision and also for moral as well. His goal is to install an understanding between students that Brunei have the potential to be like Japan and Singapore in just 25 years. Let us all work hard to achieve that dream!

I've decided not to be an mpp

2010-06-04T04:56:00.000-07:00

It is of utmost regret and due respect that I would like to announce that I would not be an mpp in smso this year after heavy thinking yesterday. I would explain why I have made this difficult but crucial decision later on. Before that, it is best that I state what that should not be misunderstood.

First of all, I would like to say that being an mpp is not easy, nor do is it hard. It is an important job, and well respected too. Besides that, being an mpp may make you to do better in an interview, with an extra co-curricular activities to add in your curriculum vitae. This is a status which you would really want to hold, as it will build up your leadership skills, build up your confidence and enable you to speak in the public and help you to get a better job.

However, for me, I have evaluated myself and concluded that I already have these skills, and it would be unnecessary for me to join this program after all. Besides, it would be better to give somebody else like Nabil or Hamiz to hone their leadership skills. I believe that if I had joined this program and be the leader, I would have derived them of the skills they are supposed to hone.

Aside from that, being an mpp means contribution to the school. Mpps will be involved in a lot of school activities, namely sports ceremony, talents ceremony (Al-Quran recitals, Nasyid and so on), roadshow presentation in SMSO and community work at Pusat Ehsan. By doing that, the school would be very proud of the mpps, and the mpps are certainly the first thing the teachers would be talking about when it comes to school achievements.

From my point of view, for me that is, I've targeted a different contribution for the school this year and for next year. I've targeted to promote the SMSO Energy Conservation Club (Since I am the president of the club), I've decided to join the school's debate team (And possibly, be the leader of the debate team) and that I've join the Limewire business competition together with Erra and Nazim. These three contributions, I hope, are not the only ones I am going to do. I also planned to take the Australian quizzes this year and next year. And for all that contribution, being an mpp can ruin it all.

And here what I would like to stress is that, the reasons I've decided not to be an mpp is NOTHING personal at all. i don't hate any of the smso teachers, and I love them all because they are all great teachers and some of them even assisted me quite well in pursuing my goals. I just want to stress that it is nothing personal at all. It is all about my evaluation about my current ability and power. It is not about if I can be an mpp or not, it is about whether it is worth it or not.

REMEMBER, being an mpp is not only about the certificate that you will receive by the end of the status, but it also about the ability and talents that you can get from being an mpp. Leadership skills, fluent speaking without shivering and the ability to work independently, it is a job that will train you to be a mature person. And it is because I am sure that I've already these skills, the mpp certificate just seemed less important than the certificates I'm going to get from pursuing my goal.

So people, should you be an mpp? This is surely going to change your future. Be an mpp, and you'll get to improve yourself in becoming a friendly person. Be not an mpp and concentrate on your studies. Which one do you want? The first one? The second one? If you think you are shy, and you want to cure this shyness, would you want to be the mpp? If you're too busy to be an mpp and shy, would you want to be the mpp and ready to sacrifice some of your studies time for this?

If you're already talented in leadership skills and public speaking, would you be an mpp to hone your leadership skills? If you're creative and you want to contribute something for the school, would you be the mpp? If you got a lot of spare time for revision and homework, would you be an mpp? These are all the questions you need to ask yourself before making the final decision on becoming the mpp or not. I hope this will help the others to think more about their future.

Remember, the teachers would like their mpps to be willing and determined to do their best, not forced or lazy. Joining the mpps is not about getting the certificates only, it is also about participating in the school activities. I sincerely hope that this blog post will help other students to think wisely about their future, whether to contribute to the school with all their power, or to concentrate in their studies.

And with this, I wish you all good luck in your decision, and may God be with you.

Motion - It is better to be a MPP!

2010-06-03T05:08:00.000-07:00

Alright guys, since so many of you are deciding on your future today and tomorrow and during the holiday, I might as well think about this, and practice my debate skills anyway. And so, today's motion is "It is better to be a MPP!" First, we will look into the definition of the motion today.

The word "better" in the motion today means that there are more benefits if one be a mpp than there are more losses. In other words, will becoming a mpp actually helps more than it will harm more? Next, we look at the word mpp. Mpp is a member of the school's student counsel which will assist the teachers in ceremonies such as roadshow and will also participate in different co-curricular activities such as community work.

And so, let us begin with the proposition team's opinions!

Being a mpp will build up your leadership skills and confidence. It will help you to be a better leader, and teach you how being a leader is hard work, as well as building up your confidence to do public speaking. Aside from that, the leadership skill is strongly recommended in the future as this skill is rare among the youth in this modern age.

Besides that, it also helps to train one's skill in time management. Since that the status will be taking quite a strain on one's timetable, it will teach one to manage his time more properly and prioritize the important tasks in his life. Improvement in time management skills will definitely helps the person a lot in his future.

Being an mpp mean joining a lot of different activities such as community work, roadshow presentation and camping. This means that the person would make a lot of friends and be active, eliminating his shyness, overcome his fear and also allow him to gain extra general knowledge over the activities he had done. In this way, the person will become more friendlier in nature, and will not be shy to step forward to do a presentation or roadshow, and can assist a lot in different types of activities for their friends.

In another word, all the work mpp do will help one to decide a decision fast and accurate, to be a great leader with big responsibility and help one to think how to deal with difficult situation. All these are going to help greatly in his future job and will definitely benefits the society.

Furthermore, being a mpp will be a great achievement to be proud of, and certainly will be a major addition to one's curriculum vitae. It will absolutely going to help the candidate to perform better in any interviews and get a better job in the future.

In conclusion, being a mpp has a lot of benefits as it will train one's mind to think maturely. I rest my case. Thank you.

Alrighty, that's all for the proposition team, and now, let us turn to the opposition team's opinions.

Being a mpp has a lot of losses. One of the main losses is time! A lot of time is invested in this program and these time are usually spent on school hours. This will certainly disturb the performance of the students in their studies and the time invested could better be used to pursue other talents. It is ridiculous to think that we should give up other talents just to become an mpp. And besides, job interviews do not get better with poor academic results.

Aside from that, the person will have less time to spend at home, and thus they may neglect their family responsibility as a child and as a sibling. I firmly believe that everyone of us in this world have responsibility in our family as soon as we turned 16 years old, that is the mature age. And since that delinquency can mainly be cured by family support, it would be a bad idea to cause these youths to neglect their family!

Extra work from being an mpp can be stressful in many ways, and there will be less time spent on relieving stress. This could cause the student to perform badly in academic and also can put a strain in their healthy lifestyle. Thus, it could be unhealthy for one to be an mpp if he does not know how to cope with the pressure and stress.

Aside from that, some subject teachers resent their students to be mpps as it will disrupt their lessons and possibly could result in the failure of their teacher to reach their annual goal of getting 100% credit. Thus, becoming a mpp could disrupt the relationship between the students and the teachers.

In conclusion, being a mpp could be a straining work and could be a bad idea if one does not know how to cope with the pressure. With all the factors I've listed above, I rest my case. Thank you.

And that's all from the opposition team. And I hope that this will help you guys to decide whether to be an mpp or not.

DISCLAIMER: All the opinions in this blog post are purely from Nigel, and though some of them may be offensive, none of these opinions are used to offence anyone or to ignite any negative feelings. Nor do shall anyone challenge these opinions. These opinions are just used for helping the students to decide whether to be a mpp or not, and disagreement with these opinions shall not be presented to Nigel.

Nigel's Trivia Kuiz Maze! (NTKM) 3rd question!

2010-05-17T06:24:00.000-07:00

Hiya again guys!! How are you all doing? Here I am to give you the answer to yesterday question!

2. How many places did Nigel slept without his parents, and where?

The answer is THREE!

1. Chung Hwa Middle School, a motivational camp when I am in Primary six

2. Kuala Lumpur - Spending my holiday with my uncles and aunties

3. JENESYS, JAPAN! Best vacation ever! Totally without parents, with friends lagi, HAHAHA I can't wait to have another trip like this one!

And so, as promised, one question per day. Today's question is:

3. Which friend's house is the first house that Nigel had visited for the first time in his life? and what was his age that time?

Okay guys, give you the answer tomorrow! Just inbox me if you want to answer this!

Nigel's Trivia Kuiz Maze! (NTKM) 2nd question!

2010-05-16T06:00:00.000-07:00

Hiya guys! and here I am to answer the question I gave you tomorrow. The question is:

1. What two events had changed Nigel's life in 2009?

The answer is

1. Having a relationship

Yup, I had a relationship in 2009 and well, it was a failed relationship, and after that faithful event I confided to my parents who later help to advise me on everything I did. It had made me more mature, and think twice before I act, thinking further before I take an action, and also had cured me of my bad temper (Yes, I do have a bad temper just before) It failed to make me more friendly, however.

2. JENESYS

This is the event that had made me more friendly that ever when I make friends with 26 friends! This was actually the first time I ever meet so many girls for such a long time (A whole month) and this was actually the first time that I was able to socialize with my friends. It had made me more confident, as well as making me feel like that I got too little talents (After seeing Faizan with his Traditional Brunei knowledge, Julius with his leadership skill, Ika with her friendly and socializing attitude, Faiz with his funny and cheerful attitude and the others)

And that is why, I am now different from the SHY, CHUBBY, WEAK and also NOT CONFIDENT self as I was in the past. I feel like I need to lead the people right now, and I have to stop being a follower, it is time for me to lead on! And that is why, I want to be the leader of the group if I can.

It also made me more friendlier, encouraging me to make friends with strangers easily (Just like in SMSO Orientation) and besides that, being funny and cheerful is one of the attitude I have always wanted...

Okay, now that question is answered, now for the second question of NTKM!

2. How many places did Nigel slept without his parents, and where?

I'll give you the answer tomorrow night!

Nigel's Trivia Kuiz Maze! (NTKM)

2010-05-15T05:48:00.000-07:00

And here we go! The first ever game show in my blog! I'll be posting questions in my blog for everyday except Tuesday and Friday, and the answer on the following night! And so, here's the first question!

1. What two events had changed Nigel's life in 2009?

You can either inbox me in facebook, or just chat with me in msn. One person is entitled to just one answering. No prize is given to those who guess it correct. It's all about fun!

Wait for the answer tomorrow night! Or just find me in msn!

My goals this year

2010-04-28T00:08:00.000-07:00

Well guys, I guess that I'm just boring this afternoon, so I'll just write down a few things that I wanna share with you guys. Since that this year is 2010, where I am in form six this year, I guess it's time for me to set out my goals for this year. Firstly, this month and next month (May) goal :

1. Update Jenesys blog

I know it's been a long time that I haven't update it, but I'm going to!!!

2. Summarise Gp - Youth and Crime

I can't believe that I haven't done this yet, I gotta finish this tomorrow!!

Anyway, I guess that's all for my monthly goals, and now, for my major goals this year :

1. Learn how to play guitar

2. Get myself ready for the debate next year

3. Get into green belt in karate this year

4. Finish learning the song A Thousand Miles and two more songs by piano

5. Getting myself ready for AS level

6. Getting myself ready for the next Sport Day

7. Complete at least 5 school activities

Another jobless day~

2010-04-05T05:31:00.000-07:00

Hiya there again everyone! Konbanwa! How are you all doing? I'm back on blogging, and guess what, I've been so busy since school had started (Due to the overwhelming of friends asking for educational helps as well as old friends trying to talk with me) Huff Puff, I barely have a time to breathe.

Imagine this, everyday (Not exactly, I mean, every school day) I wake up at 5 o'clock, shower and get dressed until 5 30, and then have breakfast till 6 and then wait for the carpool to come around 6 40. Then around 7 arrived at school, and right in the class is where the real TEACHING DASH starts hahaha. After teach this one, the other one keep asking, after teach finish that one, the other one ask again, then when two are done, another two came again. WAAAAHHHH so many students eh, should I set a boundaries or something? NAHHH, guess that people are already struggling with the subjects.

Talking about struggling, I found GP to be quite comfortable and fun for me, Chemistry is where I am most frustrated at (Due to the lack of chemistry teacher, we have 3 or 2 chemistry classes per week instead of 5 per week). Kinda feeling scared right now, hope there will be a new chemistry teacher soon!!

Anyway, maths, as usual, is fine for me, but mechanics is the part where I need a little more thinking to get it right, and guess what, people are not asking Mr. Lim about what they don't understand, and end up asking me. Atu yang aku benci tu.

Same case with physics, Haiz, banyak orang inda faham tu, you gotta ask Mr. Chu. Imagine if you're struggling with just kinematics, now imagine we are learning electromagnetic spectrum, MATI NE MATI!

Ok, since nothing to do, let's just write the name of the people yang aku kenal both name and face hahaha and I mean in smso saja. Let's see....in GP class, we got Eli, Yen, Mimi, Izzatul, Ocy, Nadhirah.......atu saja aku ingat HAHAHAHA, lelaki nya, Fadli, me, Siang, David, Arif, Hamiz, Onn, Tong, Junyi, Azfar, Nazim, Azmi and Hafeez! Atu saja aku ingat semua hahaha, anyway, NEXT!

In chemistry class, Bini bini dulu, Yen, Kam, Maria, Nadhirah (Au, lagi) and Anna, yang lain.....inda tahu nama mereka HAHAHAHA lelaki nya, Me, Siang, Kaveen, Hamiz, Hazim, Hafiz....and Azmi, sikit lagi lupa nama ia hahaha. NEXT!

In maths class, Yen (Lagi, balik balik ni), Fatinn, Le wen, Nadhirah, Farah, Anna, Hadeenah, Ocy and Lynn. Lelaki nya, Me, Siang, Ridzuan, Kay (Adnin), Azfar, Fook and Junyi. Next, jobless aku ah.

In Physics class, Azzizat, u ze ti (Inda aku tahu nama bini bini cina atu hahaha) and Yen, yang lain totally inda kenal. Lelaki nya, Faiz, me, Ezewanddy, Hazrul, Siang, Tong, Azfar, Junyi and Hafiz.

WAHHH so many people to know, and people who aren't in my class but I know them - Joanna, Gdah, Lina, Ahmad, Muzakkir, Muslim, Shamshah, Jaz, Yunazry, Shunita, Mira and ....inda ku ingat yang lain HAHAHA

Anyway, I'm not jobless anymore right now, so OYASUMINASAI MINASAN!!

Myself

2010-03-27T04:46:00.000-07:00

I'm kinda boring today, so I guess I'll just once again, introduce the new me! JENESYS is a life changing trip for me, and I felt that I had changed a lot since last year. Anyway, here it is!

My full name is Nigel Teo Kui Meng, and usually, friends called me Nigel, and family members called me Meng, but I prefer the name Nigel because it is a name that my Australian aunty gave it to me. My date of birth is on 12nd October, 1993, which means I'm still 16 years old today. I guess that my face is neither cute nor handsome, but it isn't too ugly either. I got a weird right ear, cause my right ear is partially deformed, and there's a long long white hair growing from my right ear. I'm 56 kg, and 167 cm tall.

Anyway, I guess all that is not that important. Now to get to the important part. My hobbies are karate and piano. I am wearing a red belt right now in karate, going to karate lesson every Tuesday and Friday night at the Tutong sports complex. I play piano for at least 1 hour every day, and now, I know how to play "My Heart Shall Go On" By Celine Dion, "Love Story" By Taylor Swift and also "You Belong With Me" By Taylor Swift too. And now, I'm trying to learn "A Thousand Miles" By Vanessa Carlton. And yeah, I do have a piano at my house, not a keyboard.

You may sometimes see me playing with papers, and that's what I called Origami, the art of folding papers. This is one of my hobbies aimed to kill time during a boring speech, or when my hands are getting crazy. Making paper airplanes is also one part of the origami, and as usual, it's banned from taking off in classes hahaha. Paper birds, butterflies and modern art and shape are what I always fold into.

You will always find me making jokes whenever I talk, perhaps, like once every ten sentences, that's cause I'm into jokes. I can crack as many jokes as anyone can, and that's how they used to call me crack, though half of my jokes are lame. Anyway, feel free to be chatting with me, I don't bite people.

Though many people said that I'm interested in mathematics, science and lots of education stuff, I'm not a nerd! I don't go to cyber cafe, I don't read a lot of novels everyday (Only Archie comics) and I don't wear like a nerd (Except my spectacles that is). Almost completely different from a nerd, I'm just as normal as a normal guy, not shy, friendly, nice to meet some new friends and so on. Besides that, it is usual that people would think that I'm just a bookworm, the fact is that I just don't have any transport to go to any gatherings...

Anyway, enough of that, time to talk about my attitude. Sometimes you might find me excessively funny, and rarely you will find me serious, except when I'm doing something important of course. I'm friendly in all ways, and ready to meet new friends and pleased to know them. However, I hate people who lie (Except those who was joking) so don't make me don't trust you, okay? And I don't gossip either, so shoo away if you're here to gossip.

I'm not that emotional when it comes to things like this, and before you get me mad or anything, one thing - I don't want to talk about my secrets cause it annoys me, so don't ask me for more. All you see is a Nigel who like to make friends and so on, no gossips and no making enemy. Just plain old Nigel.

Enough talking about me, extra info can be gathered by chatting with me. Be sure to add me up!

That's all folks, oyasuminasai!

All the Academic Achievement of My Life (From 1999 to 2009)

2010-03-22T05:43:00.000-07:00

For the past ten years, I had collected so many certificates that I required ten days to sort them all out! Hahaha, surprisingly, I still find them too little! Anyway, here we go! Starting from 1999, when I'm in Primary 1!

1999 - Primary One - End of Year Examination - No. 3

2000 - Primary Two - End of Year Examination - No. 3

2001 - Primary Three - End of Year Examination - No. 4

2002 - Primary Four - End of Year Examination - No. 4

And like all other students, it's the dormant time during lower primary period. Not too much to do, and as you can see, there are no kindergarden records here, cause they aren't worth publishing hahahaha, or rather, embarassing haha. Anyway, starting 2003 is where I started to join activities!

2003 - Primary Five - End of Year Examination - No. 3

6 April, 2003 - UCMAS Mental Arithmetric (ABACUS) Ordinary Grade 8

This is the first activity I had joined, an abacus course. Though I'm not pro anymore in using the abacus, maybe that's the reason I was able to calculate huge numbers without any calculator, this is perhaps the first activity I joined that had improved my maths.

2004 - Primary Six - End of Year Examination - No. 3

24 April, 2004 - 4th Annual Primary Interschool Mathematics Competition at Chung Hwa Middle School

This is actually the first maths competition that I had joined, together with Junyi and Johnny (And perhaps someone else, cause I forgot this already). We didn't get anything, just consolation. Nevertheless, like a kid that time, and I still remember it very well, imagination took me out cause I was imagining something like, "Maths is my friend" and then that this competition is making maths my enemy, and stuff like that. Kids, go figure! HAHAHA

Anyway, this is also the year that I had my PSR, my score is as followed

Science - A

Mathematics - A

General Paper (History and Geography) - A

English - A

Malay - C

Kinda sad getting that C, I'm the only one who got 4A 1C in my school HAHAHAHAHAHA ketawa jua aku ni melihat result teruk ani hahaha.

2005 - Form One - End of Year Examination - No. 3

2005 - Wordplay 2005 National English Language Quiz

This is the second competition that I had joined, together with Fadli, Farid (Kali, lupa ku) and Junyi and Azfar (kali jua, lama sudah ni). And guess what, if Fadli is not wrong, this is actually the first time where I saw IKA!! Yes, Ika Phi, you! Baru jua ku sedar kami kalah pasal kamu punya pasal HAHAHAHAHA no offence and no grudges ah! Don't care if I lose at the first round, we actually beat sufri anyway hahaha

2005 - Australian Science Competition - Distinction

This is the first Australian competition that I ever join! And nice to get a Distinction :) Anyway, this competition is highly recommended for youngsters! You're get a lot of praises for getting this! (Though this competition require a lot of concentration in order to score)

2006 - Form Two - End of Year Examination - No. 2

16 September, 2008 - Brunei Robotics

Joined this activity with Azrin and Fadli, our robot sucks so much we couldn't even pass the starting line HAHAHAAHAHAHA anyway, I love that robot! Actually wish that I can have one! Tapi mahal tu ah.

2006 - Australian Science Competition - Distinction

Again, I joined this competition, and got a distinction for it. Just keeping up the good work.

2006 - Grade 2 Piano (The Associated Board Of The Royal Schools Of Music)

I lost the first certificate hahaha, and I only got the second one hahaha, after getting this certificates, I quit music school because my sis (who at the same time is also having piano lesson) got too much extra class, and forced to stop music school. Anyway, this is a nice talent, the one I had kept till now. Not going to lose any talent!

2007 - Form Three - End of Year Examination - No. 2

12 May, 2007 - Participation on 15th National Mathematics Quiz 2007

My first ever national level mathematics competition, I didn't get anything, just participation. Anyway, it's a start!

2007 - Australian Science Competition - High Distinction

My first ever High Distinction in Australian competition!! Siuk jua dapat high distinction ani, aku seorang saja lagi tu hahahahaha

2007, the year that I also sat for my PMB examination, and got real bad result HAHAHAHA, I don't regret that I didn't study much for my PMB examination, just that I laughed at myself for being so engrossed with video games that time hahaha. Anyway, here's my score-

Mathematics - A1

English - A1

Science - A1

Computer - B3

History - B3

Geography - B3

Ugama - B3

Malay - C5

So pretty ah my score, 3A1s, 4B3s and 1C5 hahahahahaha, just glad that I didn't get any Ds!

2008 - Form Four - End of Year Examination - No. 2

9th - 10th April, 2008 - Participation in Mathematics Carnival

Hahahaha, to tell you guys the truth, this is actually the first time I met with lots of girls, hahahaha, and so looking forward to it haahaha. Joined this activity with Rieo and Fadli.

12th June, 2008 - 2nd place in 16 National Mathematics Preliminary round written quiz 2008

At first it sounds so impressively, then it's all just about that I score the second best result in the first round, and that my partners don't, we don't even make it to the second round HAHAHAHA, but never the less, nice one!

6 July, 2008 - Sunday - Borneo Bulletin Guest Editor

Our turn to get our school news in the Borneo Bulletin! Watch it!! Apakan, it's so late already haha, anyway, I got a copy of it, and this is the first time that I am in Borneo Bulletin! (Been in chinese newspaper at least twice already haha)

31st July, 2008 - Participation in History quiz

I didn't put much effort in this, but nevertheless, ada jua certificate atu HAHAHA

2008 - Australian Science Competition - Distinction

I'm so glad that I didn't get a credit for this hahahahahaha

2008 - Australian Mathematics Competition - Credit

I know right, it sounds so weird that I got a credit for this competition but hey~ This is my first time haahahaha

2008 - Australian National Chemistry Quiz in Junior Division - High Distinction

Hahahaha, I went to Maktab Science to receive this award cause I'm the top scorer of my score, it's kinda nice to see that I got such a high award, or maybe not, someone else receive a plaque for getting merits in senior division hahaha, and like I said before, there is always a bigger fish out there! Which in other words mean, there is always a better student out there!

2008 - 2009 - PRS SMMHT

The most enjoying activity in form four! It is so fun being a prs, don't miss a chance to be a prs! Inda jua busy, siuk rasa nya!

2009 - Form Five - End of Year Examination - No. 1

18 February, 2009 - Champion of RIPAS Mathematics quiz Competition

The competition that I enjoyed the most in my life ever! Hahahahaha guess that this competition made me famous in RIPAS before ahhahahaa, anyway, it was a nice competition! Just too bad that SUFRI didn't join it. Regional level ni.

2009 - Australian Science Competition - High Distinction

I'm so jealous of Fadli, he got a medal for this hahahha, and I'm just THREE POINTS short hahahaha, dang, but oh well, you can't change the mark! This is the last one I joined, and perhaps I'll join it this year or next year.

2009 - Australian Mathematics Competition - High Distinction and Prudence Award

This is the competition that makes me balanced with Fadli HAHAHAHA, just that I didn't get any medal for it, only a trophy from my school hahahaha Siuk dapat score ani! Hahahahha

2009 - JENESYS Programme from 1st December to 10th December

The most enjoyable activity I had joined ever in my life, and this is actually the activity that change me from shy into hyper hahahhaa, without this activity, I think I'll be in shock when I'm in smso this year hahha, (The feeling of pertama kali nampak bini bini is not there anymore haha)

Anyway, this is the year that I sat for my O level examination, and this time, I'm proud of my results!! This is my score!

Mathematics - A1

English - A1

Additional Mathematics - A1

Physics - A1

Chemistry - A1

Biology - A1

Computer - A2

Bahasa Melayu - B3

I'm actually very proud of all my achievements, and I actually wish that I can inspire students to achieve these too, cause in the future later, it will take more than all this achievements to get the job you want. See ya guys round!

Is the result going to come out soon?

2010-01-25T04:51:00.000-08:00

Well, hello guys! Long time no update the blog hahahahahaha so, everyone nervous about the result? Is it going to come out today? Tomorrow? The day after tomorrow? Which day will it come out? You can find the answer in my blog!

Well, the result is going to be announced on 8 February, 2010, so don't you worry about it first, what you hear from rumors are all fake, I hope hahahaha. But still, sometimes it varies, so keep your guard up. Or I should say, just relax, don't be nervous hahahahaha.

Oh yeah, I'm back to my tutoring job, and it seemed like that a lot of people heard about this lesson already, which means I'm going to get busy, busy and busy again! But still, I love it when I'm learning things when using the internet instead of wasting my time.

Today I went to smso, and what do you guess, so many old friends there, chinese or muslim. Just a bad thing that I'm not that close to them, but hey~ I got the L7! L7 ftw!

I'm waiting for Julius's report right now, and somehow, I miss call him already, message him already, call him already and now, I'm waiting for him to online. Haiz. Thanks to Nazib for submitting your report. I need Hany's later on though. Please visit www.jenesysbrunei2009.blogspot.com to see all our adventure!

You know, I so miss Japan right now, and I wished I'm there again with the L7 and My foster family. Now, people say I got two families, but actually, I got three plus the L7! You guys are like family to me!

I'm not nervous about my result at all, though I don't know why, but well, everyone got a new attitude once they go through a life-changing experience.

Jenesys 2009 had been a life changing experience for me. In the past, my dad always eats a bowlful of rice plus vegetable and meat, and for me, always just half bowlful of rice. And now in the present, I'm the one who's eating more than my dad.

And besides that, I think I'm more friendlier than before, and less shy. I've learned to speak more clearly, and hear more clearly, and speak more slower hahahaha yeah I admit sometimes I speak fast, but after talking with some japanese students who can barely speak english, I've learnt how to speak slower and clearly so that they can understand what I'm talking about.

Well, for those who want to join JENESYS, work hard! It'll be a great journey! Don't hold back during the interview! Let the interviewer know that you want to join this program! There's nothing to worry, everything is planned perfectly, even the foster family can speak english! Join join join! I wish Brunei can send 100 people next year to Japan. The program is so much fun! It brings us, the Bruneians and the japanese people together! I'm very close to my foster family in Japan! I so wish that we can meet again next time!

See ya guys! Soon! When the result is announced, we'll celebrate it together!

A big Thank you for the Ito Family!

2010-01-07T04:52:00.001-08:00

Hiya guys! I'm back from Japan already (28 days ago, on 10 December, 2009) and my blog is finally working! Currently updating the jenesys blog. Gomenasai for all the trouble, I'll do my best with the blog!

I would like to say, Iroiro arigato gozaimashita to the Ito family who had been taking care of me in Japan for 3 days. I've spent a lot of time with both my sisters, and really had fun! Thank you! And I also enjoy all the presents that they have gave me. Thank you!

Below are the photos:

These are my two sisters - Tamao on the left and Chinatsu on the right

I really loved those japanese cake we bought from Dojoji Temple

This is the cake I'm talking about, very yummy, you would like to eat it (Actually, we ate more than 6 samples hahahahahaha Japanese people are really kind)

A packet of things full of handkerchief and origami papers! They knew that I love origami! I'm going to turn these pretty papers into a bowl of paper fruits hahahaha

Just a few origami I did when I'm in Brunei, definitely going to learn how to make a bowl full of fruit, and thank you for the pretty umbrella as well.

Haahahahaha I really like the Children's day carps. (I know I'm still kinda childish) but well, thank you to the Ito family for wishing so that I'll grow taller!

Right now, I'm going to learn piano (I mastered the Titanic song already, going to upload a video of it soon), karate (Grow taller and stronger, yeah!) and also more origami! I hope I can go to a Japanese University in the future hahahaha but who knows, right? See ya guys round.

More jokes to lighten up your day~

2009-12-24T05:27:00.001-08:00

More jokes I found from the website, some are funny, some are not, that's why I went there to see which one is which! Sorry for the disorder, I couldn't correct it haiz!

-Expecting A Baby
For weeks a six-year old lad kept telling his first-grade teacher about the baby brother or sister that was expected at his house.
One day the mother allowed the boy to feel the movements of the unborn child. The six-year old was obviously impressed, but made no comment. Furthermore, he stopped telling his teacher about the impending event.
The teacher finally sat the boy on her lap and said, “Tommy, whatever has become of that baby brother or sister you were expecting at home?”
Tommy burst into tears and confessed, “I think Mommy ate it!”

-Electric Train
A few days after Christmas, a mother was working in the kitchen listening to her young son playing with his new electric train in the living room. She heard the train stop and her son said, "All of you sons of bitches who want off, get the hell off now, cause this is the last stop! And all of you sons of bitches who are getting on, get your asses in the train, cause we're going down the tracks."
The mother went nuts and told her son, "We don't use that kind of language in this house. Now I want you to go to your room and you are to stay there for TWO HOURS. When you come out, you may play with your train, but I want you to use nice language."
Two hours later, the son comes out of the bedroom and resumes playing with his train. Soon the train stopped and the mother heard her son say, "All passengers who are disembarking from the train, please remember to take all of your belongings with you. We thank you for riding with us today and hope your trip was a pleasant one. We hope you will ride with us again soon." She hears the little boy continue, "For those of you just boarding, we ask you to stow all of your hand luggage under your seat. Remember, there is no smoking on the train. We hope you will have a pleasant and relaxing journey with us today."
As the mother began to smile, the child added, "For those of you who are pissed off about the TWO HOUR delay, please see the bitch in the kitchen."
Electric Train
A few days after Christmas, a mother was working in the kitchen listening to her young son playing
with his new electric train in the living room. She heard the train stop and her son said, "All of you sons
of bitches who want off, get the hell off now, cause this is the last stop! And all of you sons of bitches
who are getting on, get your asses in the train, cause we're going down the tracks."
The mother went nuts and told her son, "We don't use that kind of language in this house. Now I want
you to go to your room and you are to stay there for TWO HOURS. When you come out, you may play
with your train, but I want you to use nice language."
Two hours later, the son comes out of the bedroom and resumes playing with his train. Soon the train
stopped and the mother heard her son say, "All passengers who are disembarking from the train,
please remember to take all of your belongings with you. We thank you for riding with us today and
hope your trip was a pleasant one. We hope you will ride with us again soon." She hears the little boy
continue, "For those of you just boarding, we ask you to stow all of your hand luggage under your seat.
Remember, there is no smoking on the train. We hope you will have a pleasant and relaxing journey
with us today."
As the mother began to smile, the child added, "For those of you who are pissed off about the TWO
HOUR delay, please see the bitch in the kitchen."
-Lipstick
According to a news report, a certain private school recently was faced with a unique problem.
A number of middle school girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom.
That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick they would press their lips to the mirror leaving
dozens of little lip prints.
Every night, the maintenance man would remove them and the next day, the girls would put them back.
Finally the principal decided that something had to be done. She called all the girls to the
bathroom and met them there with the maintenance man.
She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the maintenance
man who had to clean the mirrors every night.
To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance
man to show the girls how much effort was required.

He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it.
Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror.
Explanation - water from toilet into the mirror.
-Out of Paper!
Two Blonde men were in the woods hunting. One looked at the other and said, "I've got to take a crap."
The other said, "Well go behind one of those big trees, and crap."
The first one said, "But I don't have any paper to wipe my ass."
The other blonde replied, "You have a dollar, don't you?"
The first one said, "Yeah, I've got a dollar. That's a great idea-- I'll use that!"
He left and came back with crap all over his hands and clothes.
His friend looked at him and asked, "What in the hell happened to you?"
The first one replied, "Have you ever tried to wipe your ass with 3 quarters, 2 dimes, and a nickel?"

-Doctor! I have a serious problem, I can never remember what i just said.
When did you first notice this problem?
What problem?
-Bungee-Jumping in Mexico
Two guys are bungee-jumping one day. The first guy says to the second. "You know, we could make a lot of money running our own bungee-jumping service in Mexico." The second guy thinks this is a great idea, so the two pool their money and buy everything they'll need - a tower, an elastic cord, insurance, etc.
They travel to Mexico and begin to set up on the square. As they are constructing the tower, a crowd begins to assemble. Slowly, more and more people gather to watch them at work. The first guy jumps. He bounces at the end of the cord, but when he comes back up, the second guy notices that he has a few cuts and scratches.
Unfortunately, the second guy isn't able catch him, he falls again, bounces and comes back up again. This time, he is bruised and bleeding. Again, the second guy misses him.
The first guy falls again and bounces back up. This time, he comes back pretty messed up - he's got a couple of broken bones and is almost unconscious. Luckily, the second guy finally catches him this time and says, "What happened? Was the cord too long?"
The first guy says, "No, the cord was fine, but what the heck is a 'pinata'?
-An American, a German, and a Mexican
There is an American, a German, and a Mexican. They are in all in a boat. The boat is about to sink. Each of them have to throw things out to make the boat lighter.
The German throws out 4 cases of beer and says, "We have a lot of bear in Germany so we don't need these!"
The Mexican throws out 5 cases of burritos and says, "We have a lot of burritos in Mexico so we don't need these!"
The American grabs the Mexican and throws him out.
The German asks why he threw the Mexican out.
And the American replies, "We have a lot of Mexicans in America so we don't need him!."
-What did George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Christopher Columbus all have in common?
They were all born on holidays.
-Bathing the Cat
Following are instructions on the best way to bathe your cat:
1. Thoroughly clean the toilet.
2. Add the required amount of shampoo to the toilet water, and have both lids lifted.
3. Obtain the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom.
4. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close both lids (you may need to stand on the lid so that he cannot escape). CAUTION: Don't get any part of your body too close to the edge, as his paws will be reaching out to grab anything they can find. The cat will self-agitate and make ample suds. Never mind the noises that come from your toilet, the cat is actually enjoying this.
5. Flush the toilet 3 or 4 times. This provides a "powerwash and rinse" which I have found to be quite effective.
6. Have someone open the door to the outside and ensure that there are no people between the toilet and the outside door.
7. Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift both lids.
8. The now-clean cat will rocket out of the toilet and run outside where he will dry himself.
Sincerely,
The DOG
-Little Johnny's new baby brother was screaming up a storm. He asked his mom, “Where'd we get him?”
His mother replied, “He came from heaven, Johnny.”
Johnny says, “WOW! I can see why they threw him out!”
-Ten of One Fruit
One day in the forest, 3 guys were just hiking along a trail when all of a sudden, a huge pack of Indians attacked them and knocked them out.
When they woke up, they were at the leader of the tribe's throne.
The chief then said "All of your lives may be spared if you can find ten of one fruit and bring them back to me."
So after a while the first man returned with 10 apples. The chief then ordered him to stick all ten of them up his butt without making any expression at all on his face. He had a little bit of trouble with the first one and started crying while trying to put the next one in. He was soon killed.
Later, the next guy came in with 10 grapes. The chief soon ordered him to do the same as the first guy. After to the 9th grape, the man started laughing so hard for no apparent reason, and was killed.
The first two guys soon met in heaven and the first guy ask the second, "Why did you start laughing? You only needed one more grape and you'd have gotten away!"
The second guy answered while still laughing, "I couldn't help it. I saw the third guy walking in with pineapples."
-Smartest Man in the World
A doctor, a lawyer, a little boy and a priest were out for a Sunday afternoon flight on a small private plane. Suddenly, the plane developed engine trouble.
In spite of the best efforts of the pilot, the plane started to go down. Finally, the pilot grabbed a parachute, yelled to the passengers that they had better jump, and bailed out.
Unfortunately, there were only three parachutes remaining.
The doctor grabbed one and said "I'm a doctor, I save lives, so I must live," and jumped out.
The lawyer then said, "I'm a lawyer and lawyers are the smartest people in the world. I deserve to live."
He also grabbed a parachute and jumped.
The priest looked at the little boy and said, "My son, I've lived a long and full life. You are young and have your whole life ahead of you. Take the last parachute and live in peace."
The little boy handed the parachute back to the priest and said, "Not to worry, Father. The 'smartest man in the world' just took off with my back pack."
-Game Of Intelligence
A blonde chick found herself sitting next to a lawyer on an airplane. Bored, the lawyer kept bugging the blonde wanting her to play a game of intelligence (lawyers like easy prey). Finally, the lawyer offered her 10 to 1 odds, said every time the blonde could not answer one of his questions she owed him $5, but every time he could not answer hers he’d give her $50.00. The lawyer figured he could not lose, and the blonde reluctantly accepted.
The lawyer first asked, “What is the distance between the Earth and the nearest star?” Without saying a word the blonde handed him $5.
The blonde then asked, “What goes up a hill with 3 legs and comes back down the hill with 4 legs?”
The lawyer looked puzzled. He spent nearly an hour, looking up everything he could on his laptop and even placing numerous air-to-ground phone calls, trying to find the answer. Finally, angry and frustrated, he gave up and paid the blonde $50.00
The blonde put the $50 into her purse without comment, but the lawyer insisted, “What is the answer to your question?”
Without saying a word, the blonde handed him $5.
-A middle-aged woman has a heart attack and is taken to the hospital. While on the operating table she has a near death experience. During that experience she sees God and asks if this is it. God says no and explains that she has another 30 years to live.
Upon her recovery she decides to just stay in the hospital and have a face lift, liposuction, breast augmentation, tummy tuck, etc. She even has someone come in and change her hair color. She figures since she's got another 30 years she might as well make the most of it.
She walks out of the hospital after the last operation and is killed by an ambulance speeding by. She arrives in front of God and complains, "I thought you said I had another 30 years." God replies, "I didn't recognize you"
-Ugliest Kid Ever
I was walking home last night when I noticed an old drunk staggering along the road. He passed a woman who was walking a young child. "Lady", said the drunk, "that's the ugliest kid I've ever seen. Damn, that is one ugly child!." As the drunk wandered off, the lady burst into tears. Just then, a mailman came to her rescue. "What's the matter, madam?" he asked. "I've just been horribly insulted" she sobbed. "There there," said the mailman, reaching into his pocket. "Dry your eyes with this tissue, and here's a banana for the chimp"
-No Ears
A guy walks in for his interview.
The interviewer asks, "What's the first thing you notice about me?"
The guy responds, "Why, You don't have any ears."
Interviewer: "Get out! Send in the next guy."
2nd guy walks in for his interview.
The interviewer asks, "What's the first thing you notice about me?"
The guy responds, "Why, You don't have any ears."
Interviewer: "Get out! Send in the next guy."
This guy on the way out says to the 3rd guy "What ever you do, don't say anything about his not having any ears - He'll kick you right out."
3rd guy walks in for his interview.
The interviewer asks, "What's the first thing you notice about me?"
The guy looks at the interviewer intently for a few seconds and responds, "Why, you wear contact lenses don't you."
The interviewer says, "That's impressive that you're so observant. How could you tell I wear contact lenses?"
3rd guy "Because you don't have any damn ears to hang glasses on."
-Phone call to God
Billy Graham went to see the Pope in Rome. While he was waiting, Billy noticed a red phone. As he was ushered in to talk to the Pope, he asked, "What's the red phone for?"
"That's to talk to God," came the reply.
"Really," Billy gasped, "how much does such a call cost - it's an awful long way?"
"$10,000 a minute, but it's well worth it." answered the Pope.
Some weeks later, Billy Graham went to see the Chief Rabbi in Jerusalem. He noticed that he, too, had a red phone. "I don't suppose," asked Billy, "that this phone is to talk to God?"
"Yes it is." came the reply.
"And how much does that cost?" Billy inquired.
"Twenty-five cents a minute," shrugged the chief rabbi.
"How come it's so cheap?" Billy asked, "the Pope has a phone like that and it costs $10,000 a minute!"
"Well," grinned the Chief Rabbi, "From here it's just a local call."

Jokes from the internet~

2009-12-23T03:55:00.000-08:00

Just some jokes I searched from the internet, enjoy!

-What did one snowman say to the other snowman?

Do you smell carrots?

-What's the difference between snowmen and snow-women?

Snowmen have snowballs.

-Somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.'

-A duck walks into a bar and asks the bartender, “Hey, you got any duck food?” The bartender says, “No, we ain’t got no duck food. We’re a bar. We serve drinks. Now go on.” The duck shrugs, heads for the door and says, “Okay.”

The next day, the duck walks back into the bar and asks the bartender, “Hey, you got any duck food?” The bartender says, “No. I told you yesterday, we ain’t got no duck food. We’re a bar. Now get outta here.” The duck shrugs, heads for the door and says, “Oookaayy.”

The next day, the duck walks into the bar and asks the bartender, “Hey, you got any duck food?” The bartender says, “Now listen here you stupid duck: we ain’t got no duck food, and if you come in here one more time askin’ me for it I’m gonna’ nail yer webbed feet to the floor!” The duck backs out the door shaking in fear and says, “Oooooookaaaayyyyy.”

The next day, the bartender waits and waits for the duck to show up, but the duck never does. Figuring he scared the duck away for good, the bartender goes about his business. That night as he’s shutting things down, he hears, “Psssst.”

He stops what he’s doing, looks around, but doesn’t see anything.

“Hey mack,” someone whispers. He looks around and sees the front door open a crack. He walks toward the door but can’t see anybody. “Down here,” says the voice. The bartender looks down and sees the tip of a duck bill.

“Hey, you got any hammers?” the duck whispers. “No,” says the bartender, “we ain’t got no hammers. What do you think we are, some kinda hardware store?”

“You got any nails?” whispers the duck. The bartender, really starting to get worked up now, says, “No…”

“Good!” the duck says loudly as he walks in the door. “You got any duck food?”

-A man is filling up his car with gas. As he's waiting for the tank to fill he lights up a cigarette. He didn't realize it but as he was filling up a little gas spilled onto his sleeve. Of course, a cigarette ash falls on his arm and it goes up in flames.

The man goes crazy and get in his car and immediately takes off (even pulling the nozzle out of the pump).

A cop saw the whole thing and immediately pulls him over.

The man gets arrested for illegal possession of a firearm.

-Mental Problem - One day at the psychiatrists office, a short, fat man came in, stood in front of the desk and shouted at the psychiatrist 'HOI! Bow to me, lowly Chinese! I am General Yamashita! Hahahahaha' and the psychiatrist said, 'What makes you think that you are General Yamashita?' and the man said, 'Because God made me General Yamashita! Hahahahaha'

Suddenly, his laughter was interrupted by a voice from the outside...'NO I DIDN'T!'

After counseling the man and convincing him he was NOT General Yamashita, the short fat man left happy and pleased. Before letting the next patient come in, the psychiatrist picked up the phone and said, 'Sir Winston Churchill, this is Lim Bo Seng. I have Yamashita's plans ...

-A mental hospital

After hearing that one of the patients in a mental hospital had saved another from a suicide attempt by pulling him out of a bathtub, the hospital director reviewed the rescuer's file and called him into his office.

"Mr. Haroldson, your records and your heroic behavior indicate that you're ready to go home. I'm only sorry that the man you saved later killed himself with a rope around the neck."

"Oh, he didn't kill himself," Mr. Haroldson replied. "I hung him up to dry.

-Sunday School Lesson

Little Janice was not the best student in Sunday school. Usually she slept through class. One day the teacher called on her while she was napping, “Tell me Janice, who created the universe?” When Janice didn’t stir, little Johnny, a boy seated in the chair behind her, took a pin and jabbed her in the rear.

“God Almighty!” shouted Janice and the teacher said, “Very good” and Janice fell back asleep.

A while later the teacher asked Janice, “Who is our Lord and Saviour.” But, Janice didn’t even stir from her slumber. Once again, Johnny came to the rescue and stuck her again.

“Jesus Christ!” shouted Janice and the teacher said, “Very good,” and Janice fell back asleep.

Then the teacher asked Janice a third question. “What did Eve say to Adam after she had her twenty-third child?” and again, Johnny jabbed her with the pin.

This time Janice jumped up and shouted, “If you stick me with that thing one more time, I’ll break it in half and stick it up your ass!”

… the teacher fainted

-Little Johnny Wants Some Ice Cream

Little Johnny rushes home from school. He invades the fridge and is scooping out some cherry vanilla ice cream when his mother enters the kitchen. She says, “Put that away Johnny! You can’t have ice cream now. It’s too close to supper time. Go outside and play.”

Johnny whimpers and says, “There’s no one to play with.” Trying to placate him, she says, “OK, I’ll play with you. What do you want to play?” He says, “I wanna play Mommy and Daddy.”

Trying not to register surprise, and to further appease him, she says, “Fine, I’ll play. What do I do?” Johnny says, “You go up to the bedroom and lie down.” Figuring that she can easily control the situation, she goes upstairs.

Johnny, feeling a bit cocky, swaggers down the hall and opens the utility closet. He dons his father’s old fishing hat. As he starts up the stairs he notices a cigarette butt in the ashtray on the end table. He picks it up and slips it in the corner of his mouth. At the top of the stairs he moves to the bedroom doorway.

His mother raises up and says, “What do I do now?” In a gruff manner, Johnny says, “Get your butt downstairs and get that kid some ice cream!”

-School Daze

It was at the end of the school year, and a kindergarten teacher was receiving gifts from her pupils.

The florist's son handed her a gift. She shook it, held it overhead, and said, "I bet I know what it is. Some flowers."

"That's right" the boy said, "but how did you know?"

"Oh, just a wild guess," she said.

The next pupil was the candy shop owner's daughter.

The teacher held her gift overhead, shook it, and said, "I bet I can guess what it is. A box of sweets."

"That's right, but how did you know?" asked the girl.

"Oh, just a wild guess," said the teacher.

The next gift was from the son of the liquor store owner. The teacher held the package overhead, but it was leaking. She touched a drop of the leakage with her finger and touched it to her tongue.

"Is it wine?" she asked.

"No," the boy replied, with some excitement.

The teacher repeated the process, taking a larger drop of the leakage to her tongue.

"Is it champagne?" she asked.

"No," the boy replied, with more excitement.

The teacher took one more taste before declaring, "I give up, what is it?"

With great glee, the boy replied, "It's a puppy!"

-Great Writer

There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire to become a great writer.

When asked to define "great" he said, "I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, howl in pain and anger!"

He now works for Microsoft, writing error messages.

-Car Trouble 3

There are three engineers in a car: an electrical engineer, a chemical engineer and a Microsoft engineer.
Suddenly the car just stops by the side of the road, and the three engineers look at each other wondering what could be wrong.
The electrical engineer suggests stripping down the electronics of the car and trying to trace where a fault might have occurred.
The chemical engineer, not knowing much about cars, suggests that maybe the fuel is becoming emulsified and getting blocked somewhere.
Then, the Microsoft engineer, not knowing much about anything, comes up with a suggestion, "Why don't we close all the windows, get out, get back in, open the windows again, and maybe it'll work !?"

-The Last Word

General Gasslefield, accused of high treason, is sentenced to death by the court-martial. He is allowed to make a final statement, after which he will be shot if the statement is false or will be hung if the statement is true. Gasslefield makes his final statement and is released.

The Riddle: What could he have said?

The Answer: General Gasslefield said: “I will be shot.” If this statement was true, he would have been hung and thus not be shot. But then his statement would be false, which implies that he should be shot, making the statement true again, etc… In other words: the verdict of the court-martial could not be executed and the general was released

A big Thank you for the Ito Family!

2009-12-19T21:16:00.000-08:00

Below are the photos:

These are my two sisters - Tamao on the left and Chinatsu on the right

I really loved those japanese cake we bought from Dojoji Temple

This is the cake I'm talking about, very yummy, you would like to eat it (Actually, we ate more than 6 samples hahahahahaha Japanese people are really kind)

A packet of things full of handkerchief and origami papers! They knew that I love origami! I'm going to turn these pretty papers into a bowl of paper fruits hahahaha

Just a few origami I did when I'm in Brunei, definitely going to learn how to make a bowl full of fruit, and thank you for the pretty umbrella as well.

Haahahahaha I really like the Children's day carps. (I know I'm still kinda childish) but well, thank you to the Ito family for wishing so that I'll grow taller!

This could just be the last post from me until 12 days had passed!

2009-11-28T05:36:00.000-08:00

Well guys, I'm going to Sheraton Hotel tomorrow, so see ya guys in 12 days or more! There's going to be a lot of things to do. Dancing and so on. Anyway guys, let me tell you something. Apart from dancing, presentation and singing, I got one more thing to do - giving a speech.

Farewell party speech! I surprised myself when I wasn't stammering (Au Fadli, I am improving my english) on thursday. Really. Did I do great? Anyway, sorry to hear about your injured knee Julius, hope you get well soon.

Anyway, I got nothing else to write here. Meet ya guys on 11 December, 2009 GUYS!

So many things to do...

2009-11-25T04:33:00.000-08:00

Since this Friday, that is 20 November, I have been going to the Bandar everyday just for the Jenesys training and preparation of the presentation! Oh, now I remember too! I got a speech to do! Dang. So many things to do, I don't feel hot or cool today. Ah well, singing - Check, dancing - Check, presentation - Check, speech - BELUM! Anyway, going to do that in a while though.

20 November - Went to SMJA to practice singing, dancing and presentation

22November - Went to SMJA for the same thing

25 November - Went to SMJA for the same thing

It's so tiring. 21 November and 23 November, go to Ika's house to prepare the presentation. Thanks for the ice cream and fries Ika! And Julius too for his full body picture (Don't get the wrong idea, it's for the presentation). And of course, I'm still a coward (I don't think a lot of people know that I don't like to watch horror movies, though I do enjoy it) I couldn't sleep for two days.........walaupun siuk lihat exorcism of Emily Rose and Paranormal Activiy (WATASHI WA) HAHAHAHAHA

24 November - Went to the mall for 2012! Basically, the movie sucks, transformer 2 is better! And I should have bought more popcorn, I'm happy that the movie is over. Ticket for the movie wa atsui des! And if you don't get what I mean, I mean it's expensive! Dang, I just got scammed.

Ah well, I'm leaving Brunei in 4 more days, going to miss Brunei...and I supposed I should go now, going to make that 2 Minutes speech. See ya guys around, and let's hope another reunion is here!

Happy Birthday to Cheyenne!

2009-11-20T03:30:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to Cheyenne who is turning 17 today! Have a great feast, and I don't think she is going to be able to do the work today HAHAHAHAHA! Anyway, Ika and Faiz, here's the information.

Batu Apoi Forest Reserve and Ulu Temburong National Park

The Batu Apoi Forest Reserve is a 50,000-hectare spread of thick virgin jungle with very little human impact while the Ulu Temburong National Park features steep, swampy terrains and thick impenetrable jungle lands and can be accessible only by boat.

Tasek Merimbun

About 27 kilometers inland from Tutong is the Tasek Merimbun, an “S” shaped blackwater lake, which has been earmarked as an Asean National Heritage Site. A flooded segment of a tributary of the Tutong River, this 120-hectare site is surrounded by swamps and sedges and has gravestones that date back to the 15^th century. History has it that this was once the burial ground of early Borneo tribes,, notably the Dusun.

Tasek Merimbun is also the nature lover’s delight, offering views of birds, plants and insects. Altogether, the lake covers 7,800 hectares of wetland, peat swamp forest, freshwater forest, and a lowland mixed Dipterocarp forest. A tiny island in the centre features a pavilion that provides visitors a place for a picnic or to simply admire the nature beauty of the surroundings.

Brunei Museum

Established in 1965, the elongated shape of the Brunei Museum houses a collection of historical artifacts, including Borneo Ethnography and Natural history displays, as well as Islamic Art, documenting the origins of much of Brunei’s culture. The museum is located at Jalan Kota Batu, about 6.5km from the heart of the capital Bandar Seri Begawan.

From their softly lit niches, illuminated intricate rendering of the Holy Quran and centuries-old glassware, ceramics, jewellery, tapestries and military artifacts bear silent witness to the artisans’ skill and devotion. Other displays include Ancient Chinese Ceramics Porcelain and Jade and an Oil & Gas development and Discovery Gallery.

Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque

The Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque is perhaps the country’s most recognizable landmark – located close to Yayasan – as a purely white mosque that represents the nation’s strong faith in Islam.

Built in 1958 by the late Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien during his reign, the magnificent architecture inside and outside are sights to behold. The mosque stands in the centre of a man-made lagoon and on it rests a stone replica of the 16^th century royal barge known as the Mahligai.

Kampong Ayer

A journey along the Brunei River will be the perfect experience into the country’s past. It houses the largest water village in the world, Kampong Ayer. Hailed the “Venice of the East” by European tourists, Kampong Ayer has about 42 villages with a population of more than 30,000, who live in traditionally made stilt houses that are connected by a maze of wooden walkways.

Although the world is evolving quickly, due to technological advances and globalization, Kampong Ayer still preserves much of the historical features first witnessed by the great explorer Ferdinand Magellan in the 16^th century.

Apart from the traditional structures, visitors can also find a small number of villagers carrying out olden-day activities such as fishing and boat-making River traders, or better known as “Padian”, can still be seen travelling in small boats from house to house, selling vegetables and fish.

Royal Regalia Building

The museum stores a priceless collection of the royal regalia that has been inherited from generation to generation. It was built to commemorate the 1992 Silver Jubilee of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam’s ascension to the throne.

The building, with its distinctively gilded dome, has become an outstanding landmark in the heart of the capital. It houses gold and silver armory, jewel-encrusted crowns, a royal chariot, a replica of the throne and gifts that his Majesty has received.

Please be online on msn, we need a group chat right now, seriously!

Jenesys2009!

2009-11-15T16:59:00.000-08:00

Guys, I had just created the blog www.JENESYSBRUNEI2009.blogspot.com, Please visit it and give suggestions. Anyway, I'm going to start posing today so no worries there.

Anyway, I'm going to be real busy this week, since there are so many things to do. Presentation, Dancing, choir and learning japanese language. And blogging too. So, I can't hang out with the 5 science 1 gang, sorry.

So, desune. Konnichiwa. Hajimemashite. Watashi wa Nigel des. Juu roku sai des. Burunei kara kimashita. Anata wa gakusei ka? Watashi mo gakusei des. Dozo yoroshiku.

Dancing part, first, right hand up left hand straight, L shaped, then move to the right and then pusing sekali.

Lepas tu berjoget for 2 times, and then Silat satu kali. Push up one time, then naik, pusing sekali lagi, then joget while pusing to face the girls. Lepas tu, joget sama sama, then cross each other, then go back to original position, joget ke belakang sekali, joget ke depan sekali, go to the north east for a little bit, joget to Ika's back, sambung joget 2 kali, then go to left and lihat Ika, go to the right and lihat Ika, go to left and lihat Ika, then go to the right and lihat Ika.

Then, right hand up, left hand straight, move to my position on the far right, then silat kiri kanan for 2 times, and then silat lagi one time, push up, pusing, then pakai lutut duduk then AHEM AHEM, lepas tu repeat the second paragraph and third paragraph, and then move to the finale position and pose while looking at ?, Aku lupa namanya. OOPS.

Anyway, the song, I need to know, One is Kain Jong Sarat, I need to know the other two, so help me. That's all I suppose, see ya guys around.

Last day tomorrow

2009-11-12T03:45:00.000-08:00

So it's everyone wish that the O level exam is over. Hooray. well. It's going to, tomorrow. Anyway, I got plans for tomorrow though. Had to listen to the traditional songs for a while here. Let's see what I have in plan for my November and December.

I got JENESYS, which means, a lot of dancing, singing (Maybe saja) and culture learning. Going to have my head full of something again, dang it. After JENESYS, I think I'll just learn piano for a while in December while doing the report. Oh, going to singapore again in December after the JENESYS. Banyak benda kan dibuat ni.

After that, comes january, and february, What to do, what to do. Let's see. Body building, gaining stamina, piano, crafting, and possibly, gardening, I suppose. Anyway, let's skip the boring part and into the interesting part.

So, that's all, I suppose, got no idea what to write on, anyone got a suggestion put it in the chatbox.

Hey hey hey, it's Nigel here!

2009-10-30T04:48:00.000-07:00

Ah well, wednesday got Maths 2 and Biology 1 and 2. Biology is the subject I found most difficult in my life, seriously. Though I found the technique to understand how the entire system of the human works, somehow the question always come out different (One or two questions). Anyway, it's ok for that, for computer and biology, it's impossible for me now to get top of the world for those two. My remaining hope is English, Malay, Physics, Chemistry, Maths and Add maths.

By the way guys, I entirely forgot about telling you the secret techniques in getting this excellent result. There is one way of learning something and understand it throughly out. That one way, is written below.

Pray to God.

That's right, that's the way. I've been praying since september, and every time I did that, My heart felt calm and ready to absorb those knowledge. Maybe it's just my thinking that made this happened, then again, God is everywhere and on our side always as long as we are doing the right thing.

So, please, pray to God that you will success, and success you will. I guarantee it.

La~La~La~

2009-10-29T05:29:00.000-07:00

Dang di dang di dang. Biology 3 and Computer today. Nah, I don't want to talk about it. Two subjects that I didn't hope to get As on, damn, clashes together. La~ La~ La~ Let's see what we can play in the next round.

Coming up next, maths 2 and biology again. Ah well, again and again, luck is on my side this time. Biology going off quite easily, time to concentrate on my main subjects. Let's see my list of A1s. Maths, Add Maths, Physics, Chemistry and MALAY?! Salah tulis kah? No~ I actually aim for A for Malay. Three people inspire me to.

1. Cikgu Awang Damit - For inspiring to gain interest on Malay.

2. Fadli - The first one to show me that you can get 77 in Paper 1 by WRITING A STORY! That's really, really, hard. And the first one to show me that we can get A1 for paper 2. Thanks!

3. My dad - He's been the reason why I've been working hard so hard sampai dapat relax sebelum exam.

Yup yup yup, that's right. I thank everyone for your encouragement and insults. What's that old saying again? "Those who insults me is my teacher" by the chinese. And, "Each failures bring you closer to success." .......Buat apa ku post ani. Anyway, those insults are meant for me, and I will look it in a positive way, that's what a good general was suppose to do. Hm.....something's wrong tomorrow, and I'm positive that it's not Hari Kiamat.

Anyway, I ran out of ideas to blog here, so see ya tonight guys, ah well, morning or afternoon or midnight or whatever, see ya guys round.

So far, SO GOOD!

2009-10-27T05:01:00.000-07:00

English paper 1 and paper 2, AH DANG! I did perfectly in paper 1 part 1, JUST 50 minutes I used! And yet I flunked in my part two, thinking about the damn title for 10 minutes. Nonetheless, PAPER 2 was a piece of cake! Literally.

Seriously, I think I did better in Malay than English. Media massa came out again, and this time, there is a word there, "Bahaskan". Somehow, we are confused by this, but I took the precaution to use the debate format. Hmmm, Bangun singa kerana berani, tetapi bangun saya hari ini untuk berbahas.........Seriously, paper 1 was like that. Paper 2, MY LUCKY DAY! Soalan 1, Above average senang. Soalan 2, easiest one I had ever done. Soalan 3, Paling payah. Soalan 4, Above average senang. Good thing is, we choose between soalan 2, 3 and 4. Lucky!

And then, chemistry 3 yang today! Gila kali, easiest paper I had ever done before! Test for anions at first, then titration, and then test for cations and ada oxygen and so on, SENANG BOY!

Anyway, I think that's all, malas ku tulis lagi ni...

A blog is like a blessing, as well as a curse

2009-10-24T05:21:00.000-07:00

A blog is where I can write anything I want that doesn't break any rules of blogger.com (AND Brunei's own artificial law : Never talk bad about someone big) and thus, this is my blog. Written with anti-smoking campaign and so on, I'll be surprised if someone objected to my motive so far. Let see what did I do for the past few month.

Hmm. First, I had this, Nigel's Free Online Tutoring Lesson, and we got 3 teachers now, I, Barrun and Fadli (Both of them are, umm, less online than I am, that's why students rarely find them). The tutoring lesson is free, efficient and (I) will suggest people to go their teachers if there is a subject that's too hard to teach over the internet.

And of course, this lesson never had a schedule, as not to disrupt your timetable. You can be online at anytime you want, and ask me anything you want. It's a self come self learn process. Just come to me when I'm available and I'll help. That's why I only take in students that really want to win this war.

Anyway, that's all I think. Nothing harmful for that. Don't think I break the MoE's new law. It's free, don't cause any noises (Please confirm this, students that I taught aren't actually screaming on their place, are they? Maybe some, hahahahha, Still, it's okay to speak to your family while being taught) and lastly, I helped in the most cheapest way you could ever find on earth, FREE, ANYTIME (Except for some times) and anywhere. You could just use a mobile and find me. Number two, you can just go to cyber cafe, then thought of something you don't understand, and just find me. Number three, when is there a time where I'm not online for more than 3 days?

Anyway, this service is FREE, ANYTIME and ANYWHERE. AND, I'll be surprised if someone actually object this. Honestly, no one did, and I'm just writing this so that I won't be called "Nada update" Anyway, Anyway, Anyway, if the future generation is like this, I HOPE SO. This service had proven so far to have no flaw. I'm taking time out of your time to online (THAT IS, doing something else other than studying) and it's your willingness to come and find me (Which eliminate the saying that said I made you students more stressful) AND I'm also helping myself to revise anything that you students asked me. A win-win situation. Tell me of any cons you can find in my system using MSN, Please, customer's feedback is very important.

Okay, so, the next thing, the ANTI-SMOKING campaign. Let's just said someone told me to do this. My deceased grandmother was a smoker. My father was an ex-smoker (Quits after the age of 24). My mom was never a passive smoker (Mom and dad married at 29 years old). I, am the last one, and also, the one that was the heaviest passive smoker when I'm young. Let me tell you a story about this.

When I was young, I always stay close to my grandmother everytime (Au, jadi cucu kesayangan) and exposed to cigarettes' smoker almost everyday. And that continued for more than 3 years I suppose, before I moved to a new house. That, costs me my stamina. You can see me breathing like "Ada asthma" before. Yeah, I suppose, it's my fault to be staying close with her when she's smoking (My mom and Dad masih berkerja semasa atu, that's why inda tahu I closed to her when she's smoking) That, is the result that you are seeing now. Not blaming her, I later asked my father if he smoke too. Yeah, the answer was "was". Which is, well, a good answer for me. And a bad one too. This mean that I'm going to be a little bit than normal A.K.A. ada cacat sikit. And yup, there's one, My body and my mouth. I found it hard to speak with strangers.

That's what I've been trying to drum into everyone's head. If you smoke now, your son could be worse than me, A WEAKLING PLUS A RISK OF BEING AN IDIOT! No kidding here. I was stupid till primary 3 I think. The cigarette is showing its effect till I'm at least 9 years old. Scary huh? Someone so stupid that he is one of the school's greatest hope right now. That's right. All it need is determination and hard work.

Now you knew the effect of smoking, don't you? It's enough to make Albert Einstein become Micheal Faraday. I mean, it's enough to downgrade someone brilliant to someone clever. I mean, oh whatever! I mean, umm, like, it's enough to make umm (Siapa baik ah?) OH YEAH, it's enough to make a teacher become a student, if you get what I meant.

So, NFOTL + Anti-smoking campaign, I think that's all I'm going to do in my life. Life is going to end soon like this five years flying by me, I knew it. Anyway, enjoy your time with your family. You never know. 24/10/2009

Last war story that you will ever see from me...Enjoy...

2009-10-20T05:01:00.000-07:00

Here it is, the last story. Feel kinda sad though, now that I'm in form five, and I'm leaving this school for good. Time passed fast, and so did I pass fast too. Five years had passed and finally, I'm in the epic battle and the final chapter of Season Two! (Season One is Primary School) And so, let the final chapter begins and enjoy my last composition. Both part 1 and part 2.

Part One

4.Write a story which includes the sentence: 'He never could resist temptation.'

With the raging thunderstorm and heavy rain delaying the advance of our army, we were forced to camp in the forest. Our mission was to carry out an assault on the enemy's main camp but it seemed to be impossible with this rainy weather. However, Brian suggested that we attacked the enemy as dusk deepened to increase our chance of victory. We prepared ourselves for the battle and hoped for a victory.

At the dead of the night, we swiftly charged towards the enemy's main camp, shooting every enemy we saw. The whole camp was in pandemonium and it seemed inevitable for them to retreat before they kicked the bucket. With the capture of the new base, our famished soldiers feast on the enemy's provision to celebrate the glorious victory. Drunk and satisfied, the soldiers slept on the rough ground.

I woke up early the next morning and found out that the enemy had already surrounded us in a circle. We had been ambushed.

"Sound the alarm!" I shouted.

Our soldiers were weak and could barely stand straight. The enemy marched towards us and our wobbly army stood no chance of victory. Umpteen soldiers had bit the dust in this battle, and Brian and I was spared from the onslaught because the enemy's general wanted to see us.

Cowering with trepidation, Brian was unable to stop gawking at me. The enemy's general stood in front of Brian and stared at Brian with a pair of evil eyes.

"Would you like to join my ranks? I will give you a nice reward," asked the general.

He never could resist temptation. Whenever there was an offer like that, Brian who was suave and debonair would turn into an uncouth and elephantine traitor. He greedily accepted the offer, wearing the outfit of the enemy and started to act like a dog, obedient to his master.

Fortunately, my reinforcement had arrived. Janet and her rampaging hordes infiltrated the base and slaughtered countless enemy. Brian didn't survive the onslaught and breathed his last. I was saved by Janet and retired after the battle.

After that epic battle, my country that was Osea, which was the epitome of peace, was never at war again with the neighboring countries. It seemed like the invasion had stopped. Though I got a sense of premonition, I returned to my old cottage at the outskirts of town without further ado with the intention of relaxing.

Reading the newspaper in my cottage, my blood ran cold when I read this passage:

"The ceasefire between Osea and her neighboring countries had ended today. The enemies of Osea are expected to attack Osea as the soldiers of Osea were not yet ready. Citizens living at the outskirts of ttown are advised to evacuate the area."

(462 words)

Part two

Question:

As part of your extra-curricular activities, your principal wants your class to hold a party for young school children. He asks you to explain in a letter how you would organise the event.

Write your letter. In it you must include the following:

When and where the party will be held.
How you will decorate the place.
How you will provide the refreshments.
Details of the entertainment.
How you would like your teachers to be involved.

You must cover all five points in detail. You should add further details if you wish and make your letter polite but persuasive.

Answer:

20th October, 2009.

Dear Principal,

PARTY FOR THE YOUNG CHILDREN

In this letter, I would like to explain how I would organize the event where my class will hold a party for young school children on 31st October, 2009 in the auditorium. We would be glad if we are given the permission to use the auditorium.

The auditorium will be decorated with balloons and cartoon drawings to create a suitable environment for the children. We planned to decorate the auditorium two days before the party that is on 29th October, 2009 in the afternoon.

About the refreshments, we would like to ask the school to call for the catering service of Pizza hut. The food provided are widely liked by the children and the cost is relatively cheap.

Some of my classmates had volunteered to entertain the kids. We planned to do a magic show and a dancing contest on that day. Some of my classmates would like to dress as clowns too.

Of course, this party will not be perfect without the teachers. We would appreciate it if our singing teacher, Mrs.Susan, can perform for us during the party. We would also like our music teacher, Mr.Brian to play a song using the piano for the kids.

I hope that party will be a success.

Yours sincerely,

Signature censored

NIGEL TEO KUI MENG

Class 5A

(205 words)

A sample of my revision today

2009-10-18T06:04:00.000-07:00

Okay, here it is Fadli, as you requested, my revision for today.

2.Write a story based on the sentence "As soon as I heard the news of the special offer, I knew what I must do."

With the raging thunderstorm disturbing the calmness of my village, I charged towards the beast which had been tormenting the villagers since I was born. Swiftly but not recklessly, I engaged with the beast, determined to slay it to bring peace to my village. A strike of lighting set fire to a nearby tree when i pierced the beast with my sword.

The next morning, the villagers and I had a feast to celebrate the glorious victory. Ever since the beast was pillaging the village, the villagers were always famished and demoralized. Nevertheless, after the beast was killed, the village had lived in peace until one day, an elder came to see me.

"Nigel, had you hear that the kingdom of Osea was looking for a brave general?" the elder asked.

As soon as I heard the news of the special offer, I knew what I must do. I thanked the elder for informing me about the offer and prayed to my deities before setting out to the castle without further ado.

On my way to the castle, I met Janet, a female witch who was going to the castle too to serve the king. She tagged along with me as she feared that she might be attacked by any wild monsters.

The journey to the castle was along one. We had already crossed countless rivers and climbed umpteen mountain, and yet the castle was nowhere to be found. Luckily, we found a village where a young girl volunteered to bring us to the castle.

Entering the castle with Janet, i was amazed by the sheer amount of the weapons. Though I got a sense of premonition, I walked to the king's chamber without any hesitation. We paid our respect to King Brian and offered to serve him.

"I didn't recall anything about hiring a new general," replied the king.

Upon hearing this, I realized that I was tricked by the enemy and started to cower with trepidation as one of the king's servant reported that a village was in pandemonium. Restraining myself from quavering apprehensively anymore, I powered my way through the rivers, mountains and forest with Janet just to save my village.

Reaching the outskirts of the village, the so-called village was no longer a village. It had been flattened and only the ashes remained. The villagers had kicked the bucket, the children had bit the dust and the elders had breathed their last. I couldn't stop the enemy from having an onslaught on my village.

Surprisingly, there was a note stuck on the mud. The note read:

"After this village, we will be heading to another village where a young witch had also left her village."

Janet's blood ran cold and again, this time, we found the village to be a deserted village. Not demoralized by this, we turned over a new leaf and started our new journey - to banish the evil spirit from this world.

(500 words)

Au au au, all the vocabularies are repeating themselves, again. Not to worry though, it's ok to do that anyway. Please do NOT follow this example, because I myself considered this composition to be very weak in both the vocabularies and the story plot. I mean, I crowded the good vocabs in some paragraph and some paragraph had nil. Anyway, it's one of my average composition, the one I'll write in 50 minutes instead of the usual 60 minutes.

Pretty girls from Asia!

2009-10-17T06:40:00.000-07:00

Oh damn, Now that I'm addicted to blondes, I'm addicted to Asian girls as well. Shucks! So, I'm going to publish their photos here and please forgive me for any above 16 years old material in this post.

Rank First in my Prettiest Girls' Photos! Kinda like a blonde, like you all had guess.

Nice outfit, hair, and body too. No.2 in my List!

This girl look very familiar to me. Must be one of the girls from Anime. No.3~

The exact outfit from Negi Magister! That put her on No. 4! Nice eyes!

A girl who can just make you smile whole day. No.5~

Really, really nice pose. No.6!

Kinda reminds me of someone in Brunei. Siapakan ni? No.7!

Nice outfit and legs. No.8!

Nice outfit, average background, Nice body! No.9!

Nice body, nice pose, bad position of the camera, anyway, No.10!

Lawa right? Somehow some of these photos looked like my friends, guess who?

Countdown!

2009-10-16T05:53:00.000-07:00

5 more days to go for O level for me. This is getting exciting. I'm on my 100% now and I can't wait to try my new might on this O level Examination. Is this going to be one of my failures or is this going to be my greatest victory?

My Done list:

Maths : One paper 1 done.

Add maths : Completed Past Years Paper from 2002 to 2009. Completed Pass with Distinction Book, One paper done for Modal Paper.

English : Two Paper 1 part 2 done, two paper 2 done.

Malay : One Paper 1 done, one Paper 2 done

Physics : Lost count of the papers I did.

Chemistry : None paper 1. 5 Paper 2 done.

Biology : Finished study. None paper 1. None paper 2.

Computer : Two paper 1 done.

The above Done List is showing the papers I did exactly like the O level. with time limit. The only subject I got problem with is Biology. Not really confident to get an A, but let's try our best!

Anyway, if you just start revising today, you have to double your effort, seriously. I took 9 days just to cover the three science subject excluding doing past years papers, 9 days for the other five subjects, and 16 days for the past years papers. Really, it's hard but nice for now.

Anyway, guys, never give up and Let's win this battle!

Second wave incoming! Brace for impact!

2009-10-13T05:44:00.000-07:00

Second missile incoming! 10 seconds for impact! Counter with artillery guns! Can't hit the missile! Brace for impact! Ka-boom!

This is exactly the scenario happening to a student who did not study hard for O level. All they can do is study with their best effort wishing that that 10 seconds will be long enough for their guns to shoot the missile.

An entirely different story for a student who had already study hard for O level. Their guns are already big enough. Their only worry is that whether they will miss the missile with the first or second bullet. The unprepared ones are different. They are worried their bullets will just bounced off the missile.

So now people, would you rather brace for impact, or just stand there and watch that missile sink to the ground? It's your choice, not mine. But if you need a bigger gun, I'm here to help.

See ya guys, no mood for blogging today though.

People do things that doesn't seemed to be correct

2009-10-09T23:36:00.000-07:00

Users of Brudirect, if any here reading this blog, are you there in Brudirect to insult people or talk with justice? There's no surprises that someone was actually commenting on the wrong thing in the right topic. What I meant is, Orang tulis pasal rokok, orang palui comment pasal babi. Bodoh benar eh. Let me explain it to you here.

Smoking is considered "Haram" in Islam. Ada lagi tu orang comment, "YOU WANNABE ULAMA!" Anak atu, memang, masuk neraka tu. Every muslim reading this blog, is smoking haram or not? Kalau inda haram for muslim, then I should call you a kafir.

No offence to anyone here, but just one thing - when we talk about cigarette, don't talk about ice cream. Sometimes, people comment on the things that aren't necessary, watch this topic in Brudirect and see what happen:

http://www.brudirect.com/index.php/200910088013/HYS-Topic-Of-the-Day/i-for-a-smoking-free-country-part-2.html

You will get what I meant. The article is about smoking. 75% of the comments are about something which are not about cigarette. Somehow, orang Brunei ani, lain dicakap and diucap nya.

Anyway guys, I just thought of a way that might just reduce the number of smokers in this country. Let me explain it to you here. You know right, Smoking is haram, as well as pork,so, what we can do it, sell the cigarette in the Non-Halal section. Don't think there is anything negative about that. You can buy cigarette, but beware of the pork's skin coming nearer to you or the smell of pork. Pork is not meant for muslim, and so is cigarette. Haram tu.

Don't think anyone can argue with that. Anyone who had any argument, please find me in msn. Don't think there is anything wrong than putting the cigarette in the non-halal corner.

Anyway, not in the mood to say something funny today, see ya guys.

The Best Composition that I wrote in my life

2009-10-05T05:28:00.000-07:00

Well guys, I don't have much to post so I'll just type the composition I wrote for my qualifying examination. Hope you enjoy My story. By the way, this story is included in my school magazine Rentis 2009 and it's title is

Victory

As the raging thunderstorms came nearer, the inevitable battle between Osea and Erusea could not be delayed anymore. As the commander, I should rain down death upon the enemies with Janet's deadly strategies and Brian's capability. The battle must be ended with a glorious victory for me before I retired.

Shots of guns were heard, the battle had begun. Though I got a sense of premonition, without hesitation I proceeded to my battle station. After killing umpteen enemies, I lost track of time and the number of soldiers I had slaughtered.

Suddenly, I found out that we were losing the battle. Restraining myself from quavering, I swiftly escaped to the forest together with Janet who was praying to her deities to end this calamity and Brian who was shivering apprehensively.

As we were advancing through the forest, I scrutinized the area before marching forward. A shot startled and petrified me. We were being ambushed by the enemy.

Surprisingly, Brian Moved towards the enemy. I tried to stop him as he looked like he was in a state of oblivion. To my horror, Brian was actually one of the spies of the enemy. I couldn't believe that Brian who used to be clumsy, uncouth and elephantine was now a suave and debonair man, and our enemy.

Gawking at Janet, I was cowering with trepidation. Blunders only happened to me once in a blue moon. If they passed through me here, they would cause a pandemonium in the capital of Osea which was the epitome of peace.

As there was a very high chance for me to kick the bucket, I didn't take the risk trying to take down the enemies. The enemies tied us up and guarded us, taking us as hostages. I was famished and had castles in the air, thinking of my fallen soldiers who had breathed their last in the battle. They were priceless to me, I had lost a lot of precious people.

Luckily, one of our minor forces infiltrated the forest and rescued us. All the enemies in the forest except Brian had bit the dust. Pointing my gun at Brian who I didn't have any grudges at, without any qualms I shot his legs and decided to bring him back to my country to get the enemies' information. Without further ado, we returned to our country. After that conflict, I retired.

Sitting in the cottage reading the newspaper, my blood ran cold when I read these sentences:

"The mastermind who ignited the war was Brian who had just escaped from the prison. Apparently, he left a letter saying, "I will murder the one who shot my legs." Investigations were currently being carried out."

(450 words)

Now that I read back my composition, it doesn't look like my best composition. I can do better than this! All righty, let's get down to business! See ya guys around.

Only Bitches like guys who smoke

2009-10-01T05:17:00.000-07:00

The one drug I hate most in my country is not heroin, is not marijuana, is not alcohol, but it's tobacco. Seriously, the smell is bad enough and the one who smoke is bad-looking. What could possibly make the mirror crack more?

Maybe we need a stronger sentence to encourage people to stop smoking, but what? The following sentences are the one which seemed to work a little but to no avail:

1. Smoking helps you relax in peace (RIP)

2. Smoking cause lung cancers

3. Smoking cause diseases

4. Smoking can kill lives.

If you think these are good sentences, then maybe it will work, but the following sentence are far more powerful on which that one of them is the topic above:

1.Only bitches like guys who smoke

2. Smokers look like a bunch of shit in front of girls except bitches

3. Smoking increase the risk of unhappiness literally

4. Smoking lead people to the gate of hell.

Now, is that more insulting or what? If you think out of the box, if Brunei stop importing cigarette and use that money to build the whachamacallit, uhh, the, you know, the centre for people who want to quit smoking. Yeah, that one. Nice! Making tobacco as an illicit drug will be far more better! In 1 month you will see no cigars in Brunei literally.

Now, let me explain the bad thing about smoking, firstly, well, let me make it clear here, I am going to talk about the strong points only here, and there will not be any points like lung cancer or whatever that is.

Firstly, smoking depletes stamina and health. What I mean here is, Smoking will increase the risk of emphysema (Increased secretion of mucus, making breathing difficult) and chronic bronchitis (Enlarged air sacs, making the lung looked like a handbag), which are simply, lung cancers. Let me tell you this, even if the greatest athlete in this world smoke, he/she will surely drop in his/her performance.

Second! Studies had shown that most people who smoke are more stupid than those who don't. No offence but, this is according to studies. If you want a bright future, stop smoking, stop doing that, your future will light up.

Third! It is shown that, people who smoke, are indeed, the one who are stressed. Uhh, I wanna ask something here, Why are people stressed anyway? I rarely felt stress cause I don't care what will happen (For example, I did badly in my history competition, but I don't feel stress, the reason being, Is there anything I can do to change that fact? If no, why am I making myself looked stupid here?)

You know what? I just found out the reason why I hate tobacco so much. It's not the smokers I hate, but it's the manufacturer of the tobacco. The reason I hate tobacco so much is that, It could be just the reason that take my beloved grandmother away from me. I still don't know what is the reason she depart from this world, but smoking is one of them. So, It's time I tell the world that I hate tobacco!

Nigel, the one who just declared war on tobacco, signed out now.

The Epic Battle is coming...

2009-09-26T06:11:00.000-07:00

The Final Battle is drawing near, there's only 25 days left for training and drills. Will you succeed in this battle? Or will you give up at the middle on the way to victory? What should you do? Alive or death?

Torn between the feelings of Hari Raya and the upcoming event of the Final battle? Is that you who got this feeling? Fear no more! Nigel's here to help you sort out your feelings! Sit tight and wear your seat belts, I mean, Belts only, or whatever it is, And keep on reading this blog post.

First thing first, One thing I am gonna tell you here, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FAIL THIS EXAM! I said it one more time, this time using lowercase, you are NOT going to fail this exam! Why? Cause you ARE going to do a lot of revision! And your mind will not take no as an answer! You are going to do a lot of revision starting by NOW!

Think about your girlfriend/boyfriend! They are more important to you and if you fail this test, they WILL break up with you! I am 75% sure about this! Imagine your boyfriend/girlfriend go to another school full of handsome guys and beautiful ladies WITHOUT you, they WILL have scandal (75%) Think! If you fail now, you fail later!

Think about your parents! Don't think about how they brought you up, but think about how you brought them down. The only thing you can do now is to get a result satisfactory to your parents in this upcoming exam! Don't give up! Your parents don't send you to school just for gf/bf or meeting your friends ONLY. They put big hopes on you and don't you felt stress about it. Don't think like it's a burden, but think that you are given an opportunity to represent your parents in your school. The whole family's fame rely on you! Don't fail them now. Instead, show them you can do it!

Anything more? Yes, one more, Think about yourself! If you are single and want to have a bf/gf next year, try harder in your exam! Don't try to fail this test and get a slut or an useless bf next year! Form six got more choices if you want! (This blog is not responsible for any scandals or anything associated with socialization)

Seriously now, one more thing you need to think of, that is, YOUR SCHOOL! Which one do you prefer your principal to give the speech -

"Without you, this school would have been a low producing school"

"With you, this school is and always will be a low producing school"

Which one is more insulting? The first one? The second one? Do you want your principal to praise your class or do you want him/her to insult the whole school? Think about your school. Make a good reputation for your school. Remember - it is a chance for you to build a good reputation for your school.

I've done my part on that. And now, it's your turn to do it. It's time to burn the whole chicken and kill a tiger. It's time to be a shark and kill a blue whale. It's time to be a student and surprise your principal with your excellent results!

Nigel, the one who will always wish everyone best luck of exam, will NEVER wish any idiots best luck in exam. Best lucks guys!

A change in something doesn't mean that a change in another thing

2009-09-22T19:53:00.000-07:00

A change in distance doesn't mean that there will be a change in displacement,

A change in speed doesn't mean that there will be a change in velocity,

A change in weight doesn't mean that there will be a change in mass,

A change in acceleration doesn't mean that there will be a change in speed,

A change in my behaviour doesn't mean that I will lose in this battle.

That's it guys! No matter what insults people throw at you, no matter how piercing it is, it doesn't mean that it change the way YOU look at yourself. If people considered themselves to be smarter than you, will you consider that or will you defy her sentence and prove her wrong by being smarter than her?

Now is not the time to be emo and being pitiful to others and wanting attention or getting a new partner but this is the time you need to survive! By your own! This is the time you show your true potential and win this battle with all your might. The battle will commence at 21st October, 2009. You got less than 1 month for training yourself to beat the demon that is youself!

Believe me, my fellow readers, now is that time you show those snobbish genius that you can win this battle! And this is the time that I, Nigel, will show all teachers and students in Brunei to change their views about SMMHT which is my school and rumored to be a bad school. I will show them that this school can produce such a student that he can beat MS quality! Now is the time we stop everything, and restart everything back!

Battle will commence at 21/10/2009. Be ready for it. Any units who are not capable or still low in morale, please find me using MSN.

Selamat Hari Raya~ Maaf Zahir Dan Batin

2009-09-21T05:47:00.000-07:00

Whoa! Hari Raya is here again! Too bad I can't join you guys cause I need to study hard! Well, I can actually go to our English teacher house on thursday, cause my scehdule is as below:

21/09 - Chemistry

22/09 - Physics

23/09 - Physics

24/09 - Computer

Since I've already done my revision on computer and will be doing past year papers on that day, I think I can slack off a little bit cause 25/9 and 26/09 will be computer as well.

Well guys, I think there are going to be a lot of you who read this post later than 22/09. Anyway, today, I'm going to talk about the importance of the school you are heading for Next Year.

Please take note of this, This will seriously affect your perfomance in Form Six.

Firstly, One thing you need to take note is, in Form Six, there are no time to slack off. Really, no time to slack off. If you find the teacher to be "Very good" or "Sporting", and all the latter gave you are easy exercise, I might say you just entered a wrong school. Form six are easy in the beginning, just like when you are in form four. When you are in form five, you somehow felt that your teacher didn't cover some topics, these are notes to be taken down.

If you find someone annoying in your class, or maybe, he/she is affecting you very seriously, consider changing school. Seriously, this is just my advice, Why go to school if you know that you are going to fail? It is better to change school rather than try your "luck" in that school. In Form Six, I might say, They are testing your limit of your understanding.

Seriously, choose the best school for you next year, you might not be able to survive if you choose a lousy school.

Okay guys, see ya.

The 100th Post!

2009-09-18T06:12:00.000-07:00

Hahaha, This is the 100th post I posted in my blog today! Well, today, I'm going to tell you, the way of KINGS!

Well, first up, Micheal Jackson! Well, to be a king, you must be unique in something. I can tell you that, Micheal Jackson is the only artist I knew that have better concerts and music than the actual recording. Know what I meant? He's the only one who perform better in concerts rather than recording. He is the king! It's rare that someone actually perform better in concerts, but he prove to the world that it can be done. All hail the King Of Pop!

Hmm, who's next? Me? Well, to be exact, I'm only unique in my method on problem solving. Just an unique way that I develop. Well, the secret is, well, if you want to learn, is like this:

This equation, Sin y = 1/x

You convert it into 10 equations, I don't care what they are, surds kah, anything, It's possible.

The reason, In the equation, you can draw a triangle, and find the adjacent, then find the area, then do whatever you want!

Anyway, i'm a bad teacher when using texts only, anyway, KEEP TRYING and Don't GIVE UP! Never give up! One trick, if you forget some of the angle rules (Angles in circle), Try drawing the same diagram using your compass and ruler and proctator! No use staring at the question! 9I actually did this in June when I forgot about that rule)

Anyway, just draw any diagram if you kinda forgot the rule. It's better than nothing!

Okay, see you guys..

Just a motivation to motivate my fellow friends for the next battle a.k.a. the Final Battle

2009-09-17T05:18:00.000-07:00

The sun rose and the sunlight shone on my shiny pen. And I truly believe what they said, the pen is mightier than the word. I picked up my pen and put it into my pocket, together with my pencil, eraser and IC. As a ruler, I won't forget to bring my ruler to the battlefield, the field that has a lot of tables and chairs in it.

I sat on my chariot, I mean, my chair, waiting for the enemy a.k.a the question paper to show up on my table.This is not a fable, I'm sitting waiting for the paper to be put on my table, my table isn't connected with any cables and Sorry, I won't cheat with you cause i'm unavailable. Anyway, enough with the English.

well well well, the Final Battle is closing in on us, And surely please don't sit on an uninterruptable power supply. There we go again. Damn! This English rhyme is contagious, and i hope it don't bother you guys cause this may contains just something you don't want to see. Damn! There we go again.

Anyway, please NEVER give Up cause in any way, we are going to sit for the final exam, dead or alive, I mean, pass or fail. Remember, November O Level Exam is just like a bully forcing you to a corner where you can't run from him, or else, her, or else, WHATEVER! It's you that decide to throw a heavy punch on him, or just a puny punch (just don't throw mango punch on him, he likes it) If you do great now, that is, you threw a heavy punch to him,, he will back off. If you threw a puny punch on him, you have to punch him again. So, which one do you want - Sit the exam once or twice? And please don't decide that with a coin or dice.

Seriously guys, I need to stop writing because of this infectious English before someone else get infected. DAMN! Okay okay, see ya guys around, and please don't be round.

About the crocodile attack

2009-09-16T06:37:00.000-07:00

Can someone stop killing crocodile in order to find the remains of the victim? What good will it do if we found the murderer? Seriously, the only thing we can do is pronounce death. There's no way a 4 years old kid can survive a crocodile attack or 4 days in the wild.

And by the way, crocodiles are in the endangered species, and human aren't, so stop killing crocodiles okay? Some said this is an exception but HEY, if you want to build a tombstone for someone especially a muslim, do you actually need the remains? And besides that, crocodile's stomach acid are known to digest meats (Apakan, semua stomach memang digest meat) And crocodile usually threw the bone out. ........ Wait a second, if I ate a whole goat, and after 4 days you cut open me, is there anything inside? Logic kan?

Uh, about crocodile attacks, let me explain the weapons of the crocodile. The primary weapon is his tail, which is more like a spear, swinging here and there and pop, there you go into the river and drown. Uh, just want to warn you here, a slap from the crocodile's tail can send someone into a coma, so don't underestimate it.

The second one will be its mouth. Be careful ah~ The crocodile mouth is descended from the T-Rex and it is a crusher. Know what I mean? If there is a bicycle there and the crocodile bite it, uhh, let say, 2 seconds the bicycle turn into a ball?

Let see, what weapon crocodile have...Great swimming talent and heavy body. You know what? If you put a strong rubber on the river and let the crocodile bite it, it will roll and try to tear that rubber. It's very hard, since crocodile's bite are almost impossible to let go.

Anyway, ways to be done to avoid future crocodile attacks are :

1. Capture crocodiles which can adapt to zoo and send them to the zoo to allow breeding. After breeding, Brunei can create her own crocodile skinned items, legally.

2. Put a sign that indicates there may be crocodile in that area.

Well, that's that guys. i'm not a nature lover, i'm just a guy who want people to think logically.

Another perfect world...

2009-09-13T05:03:00.000-07:00

You know guys, don't you kind of wishing that this world have no crimes at all? Let me just say one thing, and I am not censoring it, say FUCK NO to smoking, guys.

Seriously, guys who smoke only looked cool in front of a bunch of bitches. Don't try to smoke people. In any way, it's going to kill you. For example, well, just what you have thought, not-so-pretty teeth, looked like a corpse. It's just not worth the risk to smoke.

Besides that guys, have you feel that the number of crimes in Brunei is getting higher and higher? It's insane! What have my country become? The days where we can just leave the door open and no one will enter and steal anything, not even when we open the door at night.

Is it really 10 years that had past? 13/9/1999? When i was 6 years old? Time passed really quick, and now, We are going to sit for the examination that will determine our fate. And this time, I am not going to make the same mistake the last time I did for PMB!

This time, it's really time to kick off, to show my real talent! This is the time where the situation calls for Life or death. Anyone who fail this test, will be looked down by the society. And so people, this is the time you had to start to revise now. Put down everything that bothers you. Boyfriends, girlfriends (If only they bother you, This blog is not responsible for any break up), your problems. Everything. This is the last battle. The last battle that will free ME from a bunch of idiots in my school A.K.A. the one i mentor every Saturday morning during Kokurikulum period.

Seriously guys, the reason behind why I run this NFOTL is to make Brunei's students smarter. If you ever teach the class i teach every Saturday Morning, I bet you will jump from the roof. They are like, Form Three? But they don't know how to ADD. Again, this time I am not censoring it again. Say FUCK NO to becoming an idiot.

There three things i hate now, that are Idiots, Smokers (Except my grandmother) and gays. I don't really hate guys but, if everyone in Brunei agree with me, MAN is made by God for WOMAN and WOMAN is made by God for MAN. Anyone disagree?

Anyway, I think that's all I wanna say and advise to you. DON'T BE A GAY, DON'T BE A HOMO, DON'T BE A SMOKER AND DON'T BE AN IDIOT! I'll hate you...

I don't believe this...

2009-09-07T23:21:00.000-07:00

Seriously guys, I can't believe that I got No.1 in my class! It's not possible! How could that happened? Maybe it's fate, who knows? Maybe I'm just lucky that Fadli ter-goof in some of his test~

Anyway, still, I wanna tell you all that, Operation BF (Beating Fadli) is NOT my first priority but it's my first goal. Now that i achieve my first goal, it's time i pursue my second goal, which is ( NOT getting another girlfriend) to..............be the greatest student in Brunei. That, is very hard to achieve, BUT, I must achieve that in exactly 42 days, 9 hours, 2 minutes, 38 seconds starting from now that is 8 september, 2009, 2:57:22...

This dream is my ultimate dream, together with the goal to get the scholarship, I must work hard now, very very hard, harder than what I did last season, i mean, Last term. So now, guys, it's time to work hard now, it's the FINAL COUNTDOWN TO THE ULTIMATE BATTLE

Operation MOE (Malay Oral Exam)

Destination - School Library

Time - 1:00:00

Units to be present - Bn202/0010 to BN202/0022, for Form 5Science-1 only

Weapons to be brought:

1. IC - Failure to bring this will result in execution of the unit immediately

2. Voice - Any unit who just watch a horror or a tearjerker movie before the Operation and lose his ability to speak, will be banished immediately to avoid demerit

Failures to attend the operation will result in getting fired.

Council Meeting, Dismissed.

Tips on how to do well in Malay oral

2009-09-06T18:37:00.000-07:00

Just a short article on how to do that, TRY to put the reading paper as far as your eyes can see them clearly, believe me, it works for me, I can read better with that, I'l demo it on tuesday that is tomorrow. Try to read slow and steady, and breathe deep when you are nervous. It's okay to pause for 3 seconds, rather than forcing yourself to read worse. Okay, i gotta go, see ya.

A tip from me on how to get 90 and above in Additional Mathematics

2009-09-05T19:38:00.000-07:00

Well guys and gals, here's the secret I promised you all I'll spit it out after the qualifying exam - The Secret Way To Get A1 In Additional Mathematics (TSWTGAIAM). And now, don't click the Close button at the top right of your screen or click Alt + F4 using your keyboard, because you are going to witness, the secret way to get A1 in Additional Mathematics.

There are 7 steps in the conquest to get A1 in Additional Mathematics, the first one will be

1.Learning everything

That will be the first step that is, learning every topic (Binomial expansion, surds, circular measure, Differentiation, intergration and so on). If you have done the first steps, you are already in the credit zone.

And now, the second step will be

2.Doing questions that are from that topic.

Doing binomial expansion question, surds question, differentiation question just to test your understanding of the topic, if you can do it now, you can do it in the examination.

The third step, a grand step to get a B, that is

3.Doing questions that are beyond your ability by asking questions to the experts

To do this, you may need an expert to help you since you may barely be able to answer this question. Remember, the more you do, the better you become.

The fourth step, which is a very common step but a very crucial one, that is

4.Do a lot of revision on every topic,

Let say A revision of 30 questions per day, 2 questions per each topic (Roughly 15 additional mathematics topic). This will train you to see the pattern on the questions and will help you greatly in your exams.

The fifth step, which is also a grand step, that is

5.Create your own way to answer the question

Don't use anyone's way to answer the question. Develop a habit so that you will solve the problem without hesitating whether it is wrong or not. The best way to tackle a question is to solve it using your way, your style and your satisfication.

After doing step 4 and step 5, you are already in the A zone, there's just two remaining steps that you need to do in order to get TOP IN THE WORLD! (That is, 99%)

6.Do past years papers like you are in an exam.

Get past years papers from your teachers and do it like you are in an exam. Have a stopwatch or a clock beside you while doing the papers. Time yourself, see how many minutes you need to do that paper. The more you do, the faster you become, the more the time you have for checking, the more the errors you found, the more the errors you corrected, the more the mark you get! Gradually, you will find yourself improving like me, my time is recorded below.

First try - 1 hour 35 minutes

Second try - 1 hour 30 minutes

Third try - 1 hour 28 minutes

Fourth try - 1 hour 27 minutes

Fifth try - 1 hour 23 minutes

Sixth try - 1 hour 20 minutes

Seventh try - 1 hour 10 minutes

You see, I kept improving until that I can finish a work within 1 hour on which people needs 2 hours to finish. Always remember, the more you do, the better you become.

And now, the ultimate step to be the best Mathematician in this world, the SEVENTH STEP, which is also the peak of these seven steps. This is the step that become the reason why i get A1 for my both papers, And now, hold on to your mouse and scroll down, as you are going to witness, the ultimate steps to be, THE GREATEST MATHEMATICIAN!

7.Invent your own question

This may sound easy but, it's actually difficult. Do you know why you sometimes get a whole number from a cosine equation? Or maybe from a surd equation or an exponential equation? That's because the creator of that question uses Reverse Mathematics to create the question. That will be explained in the paragraph below.

Use your skills to create the question. From one number for e.g. 1, you can create a very difficult question such as a differentiation + Intergration + Surd + Logarithimic + Exponential + Trigonometric question that is so difficult, you forgot how you create it. This is the ultimate steps to get top in the world, cause you know how to create the question, you know now that how to solve them.

Please do NOT do step seven if you are not comfortable because you need to get A1 standard first before trying this that is, you must finish steps 1 to 6 before doing step 7, because, step 7 can crack your brain and possibly make you crazy. So, little by little, you will be able to do step 7, and by that time, you will be recognised as one of the leading mathematician like ME.

So now, that's the secret to get A1 in Additional Mathematics. Always ask for help when you don't know how to do the question. Always relax when you can. Time is precious right now, study hard because, Brunei needs more hardworking students like you...

Problems that Brunei is facing right now and the solutions to it

2009-09-03T21:57:00.000-07:00

Here I am again, trying to solve the problems Brunei is facing right now, the first thing first is, about the bogus kidnapping calls.

Well, the solution is very simple. It seems like that, they don't kidnap the children, but they claimed that kidnap, so, the solution has to be telling the parents that their kids are safe. So, the solution is, during school times, teachers will send a message to parents whose kids is missing that is, either escaping or being kidnapped. This way, their parents will know if their kids are missing and immediately come to the school to take care of the matter.

The method is very simple, Student missing, for example, Student A, the text message to be sent to the parents should be,

"Your son A is missing from the school. Please come to the school immediately so that this matter can be solved without any delay."

This way, If the bogus kidnapping call comes, and the parents don't receive the SMS, it means the call is fake and this can proved to be a very good time for the parents to relieve stress. Why? It's time you can use bad words to scold them (F***, K*M* and so on) without getting scolded and slam the phone. Anyway, back to the important thing, the concept is, if the parents don't receive the SMS, their kids are okay, if they receive the message, he/she could be kidnapped, or just escaping.

This method will prove to be a very good way to eradicate escapers and kidnappers.

Another one is, Brunei is short of teachers, ?...I thought A lot of people want to be teachers, but it's true, Brunei is short of teachers. The reason being, who want to teach a bunch of losers? Currently, if you can see in many schools, there are more students who don't deserved to be in their form, that is, some of them are in form four, but they have the thinking skills of a Primary Six Student. i think that's the reason why I don't want to be a teacher too, well, no solution for that one I guess.

I think that's all, nothing funny today for you reader, please read my notes at my facebook for more details, just search for "Nigel Teo Kui Meng" and I am the one in Brunei, not Singapore (There is one person whose name is also Nigel Teo).

That's all i think, see ya, i have to gather more jokes for my next post, see ya.

Details about my Free Online Tutoring Lesson

2009-08-31T05:47:00.000-07:00

Students who are interested please read the post posted on 23 August 2009 before this post. I will explain in details about this lesson.

Firstly, about the students and teachers, for those who are interested, please write your name in the chatbox with your request and I will add you to the List of students. For those who want to be the teachers, please put your name in the chatbox with your Email Address so that I can add you to my List of Teachers.

Okay now, about the lesson, I will explain it in details.

For Mathematics and Additional Mathematics, I teach EVERYTHING. You hear me. I teach EVERYTHING. 5 Stars questions, Impossible to solve questions and puzzles, Bring it on! I can solve any Mathematics question. It's end of world if I can't.

For English, I can only give you advices on how to get a good grade on Paper 1 and paper 2.

For Physics, Chemistry and Biology, I can teach only a little, cause I am a little weak, so I have to recruit teachers who are expert in that field like Fadli in the field of Physics and Chemistry and Emily on the topic of Biology.

For computer, I can only teach you what questions that usually comes out, that's all.

For Nutrition, this is the part for those who have a lot of pimples, who want to be slim and those who want to have a healthy life. If you want to be a Pimple-free person like ME, Slim like ME, and Strong like ME, I can teach you how to be like ME. I rarely grow pimples, hardly gain any weight and have muscular biceps, triceps and six packs. I got a lot of advice for girls who want to be slimer, more pretty and cute. So, what are you waiting for? Join now and become a pimple-free person like ME!

I think that's all, please put your question in the chatbox if you got something to ask or just simply add my Email Address and ask me directly through MSN.

Online Tutoring Lesson

2009-08-23T23:00:00.000-07:00

Okay guys, I'm now officially opening my online tutoring class. For students who are interested please add my email first that is

lavenderer10@hotmail.com

After that, you can find me for help on any academic subjects listed below when I am online:

1. Mathematics

2. Additional Mathematics

3. English

4. Physics

5.Chemistry

6.Biology

7. Computer

8. Nutrition to a healthy body

Mathematics and Additional Mathematics are my expertise. You may ask ANY questions, including FIVE STAR questions.

For English, I can only teach you how to get 90% and above for paper 1, for paper 2, I CANNOT except for summary.

For the three science subjects, I am not that expert in, so, I may have to search in my books while helping you that. I AM TRYING TO HELP OK?

For computer, I only know the GCSE O LEVEL topics and for Nutrition to a healthy body, I will teach you how to be slim like me, muscular like me, and also how to cure your eyesight (NO RISK)

I only teach students who fit the qualification below:

1. Able to read

2. Form 4 or Form 5

3. Willing to study, not forced to study

4. Not required to have any standard qualification such as PSR and PMB, but it will be an advantage to have that

5. Hardworking

I only teach those who are willing, not forced to study, anyone who want to get flying colours in their examination and those who are polite enough NOT to make fun of this lesson I.E. he/she don't take the lesson and just want to make fun of me.

I will NOT teach students who have the below cons:

1. Want to make fun of me instead of study

2. Stupid as in older than me and don't know what is a quadratic equation

It is best that students will use computers in lieu of phones for the tutoring lesson as Drawing will be unavailable through phones. It is okay to use phone, though it is not recommended.

And so, what are you waiting for? Sign up now and learn before you cram over the night to study last minute.

All righty, that's done. An online tutoring lesson for students who really want to pass their examinations.

By the way, I also need teachers who are willing to work together with me. Fadli, Emily and anyone else, if you think you are the pro in one subject, please join me as we help other students together.

Okay now, here I will explain how I teach.

I teach by two ways:

1. Group chat

2. Private chat

So, if there are a lot of you given the same homework, kindly invite your friends as doing so will make me teach easier and not BALIK BALIK. Basically, it will be YOU students who COME and find me, not I find YOU. So, it's all up to you whether you want to study or not.

Rarely, I will reject you probably cause there are too much students or some other reasons. So, please forgive me for that.

That's all, I think. Thank you for reading this, AND if you want to sign up as a student or teacher, please add my Email:

lavenderer10@hotmail.com

Whatever you are talking, do you know what is this?

2009-08-19T00:11:00.000-07:00

"Why should we listen to them? Why should we follow their orders?" He saw a fist and shut up. Whatever you do, there is always a bigger fish out there. Never ever and ever though you are the greatest to everyone but always thinks that you are the second most powerful person in this world, and the first is YOURSELF. The reason that you can beat yourself is that, you can't destroy all your bad habits. So, It's time we take a look on that.

Let's see. To be perfect, we never do something bad, always get the right decision and always get No.1 and always wins. Not that there is a person in this world that is like that. Disagree all you like. NO ONE, AND I MEAN NO ONE. Not even the greatest or most religious and spiritual people in this world. However, if you want a 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999% error free person, it's still not perfect. The reason being, for 1000000000000000000000000000000000 tasks he/she do, he will make one mistake, mathematically counting. So, throw away the bad habits and you will surely be able to improve yourself very well.

Ah well, I got a lot of things to do, see ya guys around. REMEMBER: THROW AWAY THAT BAD HABIT AND THE PENCIL YOU ARE CHEWING NOW IF YOU ARE!

Words of caution...

2009-08-14T05:41:00.000-07:00

Well, it's exam time now, well, at least, it's 3 hours away till tomorrow. Don't let anything distract you. Reduce your time doing something else other than study. IT"S STUDY TIME, BACK TO NERD MODE!

Seriously now, you should have done all of your revision now. Don't just realize that tomorrow is exam time and get stressed about it. "Alamak! Belum Ku belajar, esok kan exam" or "Sial, esok exam, aku belum belajar" or "No! No! No! Lupa ku esok exam, stress ku eh" or whatever foul language you use. It's useless to whine or get stressed over it. The exam will not pity you or be delayed. It's time you should realize that you have to work harder with the time.

Look at the clock, what time is it? How many hours you have till 12 o'clock mindnight? Divide those times eaually, with 1 hour study and 10 minutes break between each study session. How many study sessions you have? How many topic you have to revise? Divide the number of topic by the number of study sessions you have. That number will be the number of topic you must revise per each study session.

Now the study session is set, think what are you going to study about? Study the easy topic first then the hard one. So that you will be studying, easy hard, easy, hard, easy, hard which makes it balanced, sometimes you can relaxed and study, sometimes you can really focus, it really helps.

It's past midnight, and you still have a lot of things to study. What to do? GO TO SLEEP! It's okay, you have tried your best. It's okay if you don't revise all. It's really okay. Go to sleep. You deserve the sleep. There's no need to overwork yourself. You need the energy for tomorrow. Besides, you can always study in tomorrow morning, and I am saying that you can only study AFTER you take your breakfast. The reason being, when you wake up, let me ask you this, Do you straight away run the second second you wake up? You have to warm up first, like go pee or eat.

So well, that's done, what's next? Study! Study! Study! It is actually better to learn more about a specific topic rather than learn little about every topic. I'm not kidding here. It's actually better. If you disagree, you can always ask people who always get top in their class, like Fadli. Cause

QUALITY BEATS QUANTITY

Hm? You got a gf/bf? Well, this is certainly NOT the time to ditch them. Talk to them as usual, but tell them you will talk to them less frequently to make them understand what you are trying to do. If possible, group study with him/her. You always fights better with your enemy, I mean, in the opposite way, you always learn better when you are with your beloved one. Talking about that, NEVER leave them alone, send them a message like every hour, telling him/her what you are doing. It never hurts to send a message to your gf/bf cause they care really much about you (except for players, of course)

Lack of motivation? Lack of determination? Your class got someone who is better than you? Well, maybe it's fate, but let's just ignore that. Maybe it's not fate, cause we can change our fate. It is our power to do so. You can see how I change my fate, trying to beat Fadli. I almost did, and I had already tried my best. Well, I shouldn't say that. All I want to say is, if you still got energy to study, please do, if you are exhausted, but you have to study, don't, it will make you worse.

So? How to get motivation? How to get determination? Why not try to get motivation from your gf/bf for those who have? Ask them for a kiss if you get good marks, or maybe two kisses. Ask them for anything. Your bf/gf wants to see you success and go to the same class as he/she do. So, It's time to ask them for that.

For those who don't, you got your mom and dad. Listen to your heart. Listen to it. What actually you want most in this world? Money? Mobile? Laptop? Set your hopes high. For example I always get 50 mark for my Malay. I target for 80, and I get 70 marks. It's really important. If you don't have anyone close to you, it's time you need to find. Get close to your parents or cousins or anyone, someone you can trust in this world. He/she will be the one who will lead you to the door of success.

Well, This is not my secret way of learning, so don't get mad. There are times when truth is to be kept secret for a while. Oh, by the way, one more thing, just to make sure you get a good mark on any subject you want, try to make it into a game and take a liking to it. Like, my malay. I HATE STUPID PEOPLE. So, I go and study the reasons why there are stupid people in this world in the malay language book. Guess what? With all these reasons, I can scold them till they suicide. MUAHAHAHAHA, That's what I want, so , Let's read about it and see what I can do.

Adios, and good luck on using the method above. Just remember, no matter where you are, or who you are, there is always someone who support you, though indirectly, but they are the one you must put them into your heart to seek out the path of success!

A secret art to get 100% in the examinations

2009-08-13T20:43:00.000-07:00

Other than doing a lot of revision and so on, there are secret ways to get 100% in the examination, one of the way is ************************************************************

Seriously, I am NOT going to tell you guys about that way until the next examination, but I got two tips for you:

Always learn from your mistakes, AND

Always have someone close to you to talk with

These two tips are the first step (well, actually, the first and second) to become a succesful person. Learning from your mistakes, that's right. Never lick a metal pole with your tongue in the winter, or else it will get stucked. And there are only TWO ways to solve that problem. One, You pull it out, leaving half of your tongue attached to the pole. Second, you pee on your tongue. Seriously, YOU PEE ON YOUR TONGUE! The reason being, any temperature will either burn your tongue or won't defrost your tongue.

The best way, is to use a liquid that has the same body temperature with the body. You always think of saliva first. Well, the amount isn't enough to bring the temperature back to normal. Sweat? hello, you don't sweat in the winter (pardon me for the hello). Anymore liquid? Blodd? well, that's okay, but would u want to lose 500ml of blodd just become of your tongue? That's up to you. Well, All i want to say is that, if you don't want to taste shit, don't lick a metal pole in the winter hahahahaha.

Well, i don't have a lot of jokes left, i'll write when I have the feeling, see ya guys around

What will be going on for the next 20 days

2009-08-12T06:03:00.001-07:00

The wind can't stop him,

The storm can't make him budge,

The waves won't make him move an inch,

The volcano can't hurt him in any way.

Games can't distract him,

He's willing to give everything up,

In return he will get something back,

Something much more greater than what he had sacrifice.

When people gave up, He don't,

He kept on fighting,
That never-say-die attitude of his,

Is what makes him so great.

An enemy so great,
So far away and yet he's so near,

Who's him, you ask?

Yes, he is me.

And here comes the feeling,

The feeling of the war coming,

This feeling is here,

It's time for me to take up my spear.

The battle drum will soon be sound,

I must get ready for myself,

For victory and fame,

I will win this battle.

As for now, it is time,

Time for what, you ask?

Time to win this battle,

and turn the tide of the war.

Written by : Nigel

Now Now, seriously guys, it's exam time and we need to study, study and study, we only got 60 more days to O LEVEL so let's study! By the way guys, I'll upload something funny in my next post, so look out for it!

Seriously, it's time for me to.....

2009-08-08T06:15:00.000-07:00

Well guys, it's time to study so minimise your outdoor activites and internet activities too. You need to study more now. I'll be online maybe three times a week and it will always be later than 9PM, see ya guys around, I got no topic to chat today, give your suggestion at the chatbox.