yesterday was the open day, and as usual, parents are required to come in person to school to collect the report books of their children (which is somehow quite annoying...hehe). an advantage to us as there are no studies to be done that day, and we get to take our chessboards out to play...

 

i went down at about 9am, when a prefect told me that my mother was here... and i saw the elven queen pn.khoo sitting there, consulting some ppl for knowledges of the handphone... an unexpected sight, as one will consider an adult will know a handphone full well... nvr assume that it is so anymore...

 

after collecting my own report book, again my mother criticized me for not doing well in add maths and physics. at the same time, i saw the scene of the open hall, lots of parents came to collect the report books as well, which gives only 1 meaning: no matter how hard parents work for $$, the welfare and fates of their children is forever their priority...

 

i went home and shortly after i met jaryl self-lover at around 12 near the school, then we went somewhere, and conduct our plans...

 

3 hours later i left, and i was alone, wandering around in taman desa, waiting for the night market to begin its business... and as i walked past the house of a friend, i perceived a sight: a beam of light shining from the sky, while the storm clouds are everywhere... immediately i thought: hope is everywhere, even in the darkest places of the world, tears of the heavens may fall to us, but the light of the sun is a glory that will blaze across and kindle the hearts of everyone...

 

nonetheless, the weather has been getting unpredictable these days, though there were storm clouds all over the sky on yesterday afternoon, which means that rain will fall soon, it ended up no rain at all, but another hot afternoon.. wth?? even if the sky doesn't rain, dun be so unpredictable to the extent of giving us a hot afternoon...

 

still, the better part is behind. 4 hours later, when the sun has finally gone down beyond the horizon, and moonlight was dominating the night sky.. another strange thing happened, i met 2 people (both are female), who i somehow felt that they were familiar to my eyes... initially i thought they were the archpriestess and her mother came to the night market, however, wht actually turned out to be proves that my skill of recognizing people is very, very noob!!! only one i could recognize, and even this i doubted: the one with the red shirt is actually the elder sister of the archpriestess... the other one, cannot recognize at all..

 

even funnier, i met pn.khoo the elven queen again near the vegetable stall, where she was busy buying vegetables for dinner it seems. as usual, her son hit me again upon sight, until his mother chided him not to play on the road, in case of car banging him or so.... i then asked her where to get a pair of shoes in this entire place, and as expected... the answer: no idea.

 

sometimes fate does create events that one could nvr imagine, in no time i thought of encountering the elder sister of the archpriestess, and yet it happened to be so.. 7pm of the 20th june 2008... this is yet to be verified, as i'm not sure whether i really saw her, or otherwise, perhaps the archpriestess can answer my question on monday...

 

written by the archknight, 21st june, 4.40p.m.

the results of the mid-year exam is out at last... and it is a bit of a disappointment to me, though it is not bad in overall. but the thing that make me furious is that, some ppl did not use honest ways to get their supposingly high marks during exam... this is not a joke or an empty statement, but something with proof and evidence.

 

why say so? the reason is obvious: about one-third of the class caught them.... ppl involved are like the sand king (shame on him) and his gang.. with some others as well (refer to the previous one for better reference)

 

among the evident ones are:

 

i) the dark lord and his friend brought the moral definitions into the class during moral examination. only to be spotted out and they didnt actually carried out their initial plan (good for them as they are protected from being caught by teachers)

ii) according to some ppl, there is a person who took less than 10 minutes to do the paper on her own, the rest of the time used to ask others for "help". wth?! if that's the case, i will rather give the whole paper for others to do it on my behalf... (though it's impossible)

iii) exchanging of answers among a group or bunch of people, evident during papers which involves structured or essay questions. this will help the people involved to remember the required points or answers better. a fair trade?? dun think so, one may gain marks and respect, but will lose his or her morality..

iv) showing his or her paper in a deliberate manner, or by accident.. this one is actually the easiest way to do, and least likely will get caught, however if the person u intend to show is somehow has a not-so-good eyesight.... too bad

 

some of them are actually too kind hearted, they may not be directly involved in this "conspiracy", but they also helped these culprits by giving answers to them.

 

recently fears are increasing in a gradual manner, as the open day is drawing nigh. with each passing day, one will get himself or herself more and more worried, not only becoz of the results, but also the mouth of the elven queen. it is widely known to ppl that she is not a person who can keep secrets intact, and thus everything we have done, the whole world will know...

 

the biggest joke or rumour since the 2nd semester has begun occured yesterday, which involves the absence of the archbishop. a version of it said like this: he jumped down from 5s1, which is the 2nd floor. which is not impossible given that he had done it before.

 

another theory is that he jumped down a flight of stairs 7 steps away.. so high that he hurt himself.

 

no matter the theory, all agreed on 1 thing, which is he hurt his own leg and did not come to school yesterday. the moment when pn.khoo heard of this, the replies are (listed in below)..

 

i) "siao...(crazy)"

ii) "this kind of thing cannot joke, he may need to see a counsellor, for he may be undergoing stress or emotional problems"

iii) "his mother must be told"

iv) "how in the heavens he can do such a thing?"

v) "is it serious?"

 

all these replies clearly exhibited a kind heart within her, in which the elven queen is renowned for... although none of us liked her way of asking letters of absence

 

the recess of yesterday posed an even bigger surprise, which is (in my way of speaking) : it's time to profess ur love to someone or something on monday... the reason? we will be doing "sonnet 18" on monday, and we are required to do some research on the topic...

 

shortly after is lab cleaning during chemistry period, we were warmed up due to the labour-work during sivik period...  all of us enjoyed ourselves, and some even "decorated" the whiteboard with great creativity... some even slammed dunk through the throwing of test-tubes into the bin, while some people like the viscount were getting themselves lazy by indulging themselves in a heated up chatting issue.

 

and again my eyes are at work, for a long period of time i saw the viscount attempting to get close towards the archpriestess, though up to wht extent im not sure, but one thing can be confirmed, that he is succeeding in whtever goals he conceived in mind, be it out of kind-heart, or diabolical, as she seems to "bridge up"  the distance between both of them. this is obvious to the eyes of the majority....

 

and somehow i know, bridging up a distance doesn't mean anything... but if a high-level relationship is born through it, i will pray that it lasts...

 

written by the archknight, 14th june, 4.50p.m.

 

 

holy shoot.... times have indeed changed, if one is to compare things now with things 20 years ago, one will find that the prices of certain goods have risen to such extent that many people tried not to use it as often as possible, especially starting from today. why is it so? word from the PM: the prices of petrol, diesel and such will be increased by 78sen and 1 ringgit respectively. wth?! no idea to those on how to survive with their cars which need a constant fuel supply, the increase alone will let their wallets bleed dry!

 

nonetheless, this things are little of my concern. as i'm not eligible to use a car yet. still, i have my own tale to tell....

 

beginning on the 24th of may, there is a 2-week holiday that lasts until 8th of june (which is this sunday). it is a sign of relief to most people, as they indulge themselves in a typical american-dream style. it is also an agonizing thought when one started to think of the sundering of their friends, although it is just temporary.

 

not much happened throughout this fortnight, except for 2 days, which is the 26th and the 31st of may, these 2 days have things happened which brought to me a meaning so great that i choose to explain it extensively here.

 

26th may, it was a day when i went to the international book fair with a few of my friends. we met each other at 10am near the bus stop which is situated in front of our school.  when the bus arrived, off we go all the way to the hub in pasar seni, which is in the heart of kl city. after reaching there, we then took the putra lrt to reach the kl convention centre, the place where the book fair is held.

 

on the way there, we discussed the recent results of the mid-year examination, and it was also on that time i found out certain truth that involves a group of people. who are the people i mentioned? the answer: the group of people who came from a different primary school...  

 

i solemnly take oath that i hold no grudges nor negative intentions against these people, who some of them are my friends for years... but as they have a different background from us, our minds tend not to intersect in the same manner, nor is our mindset hold anything similar to theirs, and thus we are somehow estranged by this difference of thoughts and mindsets.

 

however, this truth was an agonizing one, it changed completely my sight and opinion towards them. according to the archduke, he stated that they got help from each other during exam times, and this is one of the reasons they can get high marks in their papers (this time may be the exception)....  get help from each other?? it sounded like they did not complete their papers in an honest manner, and i refused to believe it..... until when i thought back, i found that he somehow got a point. (this will be exlained in the next post, when i have obtained the detailed explaination of this matter)

 

this truth brought a twofold message to me: to succeed and hold supremacy towards something, one must unite with others and trust in them, no matter to wht extent. the other one is: mankind has a selfish nature which corrupts the heart and mind of a person who embraces it, thus will resolve to do practically anything just to succeed in his goals, even through sacrificing the ones he beheld dear.... a reason on why man is so respected and revered and honoured, yet feared...

 

well, back to the point.. we reached the book fair at 11.30am, and the moment we entered, we were stunned... the place was so big, equivalent to 5-6 football fields. within it, there were all sorts of books from comics to non-fiction, history to literary works... and those books can be found in both chinese and english.

 

and due to this variety of books that i can choose from, i had a hard time to make my final choice. a book came into my hand, and i placed it back after a few moments. the decision was so hard to make until the judge cam to me and asked me to walk with him to assist him in search of a good book, since he thinks it is very remorseful of him not buying a book. he ultimately succeeded in his "quest"... and i bought 4 books as well.

 

after 2 and a half hours of book-surfing, we went for lunch at the food court. after that we knew that sth was not right, since rain was going to fall... this caught us a bit unprepared, and another message was discerned by me, which is: to avoid caught unprepared, one must be always in vigil towards everything around him, which i lacked...

 

the funny thing and unexpected happened later, while the high master was buying train tickets to go back, we met the elven queen pn.khoo and her son... it was quite a nasty shock for me, as her son gave a whacking right at my back. it can be considered unfortunate for her as she couldn't find any books of her liking. (her books of liking are those revision books only)

 

the moment we reached to bus terminal, something even funnier happened, we encountered her again.. but she left us without a word. however, at the same time, we decided to take different paths, and when the archduke adn his gf decided to take the same bus, we decided that we will not "disturb" their romantic times, and took a different bus instead... again, they left without a word, and the high master phoned them to scold them of not saying "bb"... we then took another bus and took seperate paths....

 

such was the tale of the 26th, the 2nd part will involved the happenings of the last day of the month.

 

the 31st of may is the day when i attended a public speaking workshop which was held in the millineum tower. it begun on 9am, and lasted for 8 hours, which can be considered very worthwhile, as many things i learned, many messages i obtained.

 

the event started by asking us to complete the handout given and followed by an ice-breaking sort of event, in which we were required to look for 7 people to ask of their name lucky number, and their favourite movie or song and their reason. then entered the speaker or rather trainer for the day, which is mr.u2kumar.

 

his intro to the day was rather intriguing and we watched the videoclip attentively, with some laughs at a certain point. then he entered, introduced himself and emphasised on the fengshui of the formation of the seats, which was quite a funny and unexpected thought. after we did it, he then made us to seperate into groups, and he appointed 4 people to be the group leaders, which included me...

 

consequently we were asked to find our own team members, and after that think of a group name and the team cheer. i chose the name "endurance" for my group, for 2 reasons. one was that this name was the name of the group which prevailed during the gathering at bukit tinggi, again it was i who devised the name for the victorious group. secondly, i believed that the power to endure can bring us to achieve many great things.

 

throughout the workshop we were given some "money" which looked like monopoly-style notes which was a reward to those who performed well in anything. mr. u2kumar also personally stated that an amount of 8mil is needed to enable us to leave the workshop... quite a scary thought initially, but later subsided.

 

for 2 and a half hours we listened to all his presentations and jokes in a very attentive manner, none of us fall asleep. of all wht he said throughout the day, there are 7 things which i remembered the most, which are:

 

i) stop complaining if you want to be a better communicator

ii) blame yourself if anything goes wrong

iii) stop making excuses of any form

iv) devise a strategy whenever you go for a talk, if cannot, then change it

v) look for response from the audience

vi) high energy is needed for you to convince the others

vii) intonation does matter, as it can bring forth 3 different meanings

 

at lunch we got to enjoy sth which we are not able to normally -- archery... as rewards are given to every arrow which hits the target, i kept a record for every arrow that hit so to ease the claiming of rewards later... many succeeded, yet more failed. at the same time, certain groups tried to earn extra "income" through team cheers and recital of posters...

 

after lunch came the time where we were required tio present ourselves in front of the audience and receive their comments. this was done in 2 rounds, and all sorts of funny comments came forth. i, who lacked eye contact while talking, naturally got chain-blasted by people regarding this matter. and some even ridiculed me for chain-blasting nearly everyone in the eye contact issue...

 

then we listened to somemore stories and time just slipped past us... it seemed to be only seconds gone past when it came to the announcement of results... though my group did not prevailed over the others, we got 2nd place as well... quite proud of such a feat. we were given medal-like things as a gift or souvenir.

 

after that was the most exciting moment, picture taking.... there was one i even requeted "so that i won't forget your faces." then  the high priest asked for a picture with the archangel.... all sorts of pictures taken. such memories much be preserved so as to prevent it from dying out of my mind...

 

thus was the tale, the pictures for the book fair and the workshop, will be attached as usual.. in the photo albums in here...

 

written by the archknight, 5th june 2008, 11.43a.m.