What is the next step after SPM?

People love to ask me what are my plannings after SPM. This is the question that everyone would ask a SPM leaver.

Some of the common answers are as follow:

1. I'll be going to enrol in ........college (because they are rich or simply wants to waste their
parents money)
2. I'm waiting for my SPM results.
3. No planning yet.
4. DUnno!!!
5. I plan to apply for scholarship. Depends on my results.
6. Ohh..I'm taking FORM 6
7. Bla bla bla

So which one would be my answer? Mine would be no.5. It will all depends on how good they will be. I heard that results will come out on the second week of March which will be next week! OMG.....It's so scary. When you enter the school, you will start to shiver and the blood will rush through the body at the maximum speed followed by adrenaline.

Let's just all pray for all SPM 2009 candidates to get good results. :D Fingers crossed!

What have I been doing all this while?

Initially, I was rotting at home. Watching HOuse MD. every day. Till date, I have watched up to Season 5, the final disc, moving on to Season 6 soon! :D But don't have much time to do so because I am working with in my mom now. Working as what? Admin and data entry clerk. Basically, I need to enter cash sales into the computer, photostat, fax and do whatever that's necessary. I get to earn money instead of sitting at home every single day. It's definitely a good exposure. 1 month of working experience enable me to actually understand how my parents actually suffer to after doing tonnes of job in the office. earning money to support our cost of living.

In January, I organized an Organ Donation Awareness Campaign. My life before and after the campaign was very hectic. There were many last minute changes. Fortunately, we managed to cope with the changes. Organizing an event is definitely not easy. Seriously! You need to call and email many people to make sure everything is ok. Then, you have to tell some white lies during the process. If not, the deal would not be a successful one. I couldn't sleep every night, worrying about what has not been done and etc. It's a total torture. You won't even have the appetite to eat. No joke. But still need to eat. If not, your hungry stomach will be the victim and make you fall sick in the end. Nevertheless, the campaign was a huge success. 169 people pledged as organ donors and 134 people came for the health screening. We managed to raised RM548 which was donated to the Patient Dialysis Welfare Fund of National Kidney Foundation.

That's all for now.

Got to go home now! (in the office now) - after office hour ok, is legal :D

Next post will be regarding CNY.

Love

After months of stress, SPM came to an end weeks ago. Woohoo! :D In a way, I'm happy that exams are over but sad because it marks the end of high school life. We can no longer wear school uniform, carry heavy bags to school and see each other every day, gossip and laugh out loud in the class and make teachers angry. Hahahahaha....!!! I bet a lot of people will miss the famous Aunty Irene's nasi lemak, those fried food and roti canai. Not forgetting the wonderful teachers who once tortured us with tonnes of homework ranging from lab report to essays. The copying part too when we forgot to do something or just lazy to do. :P Books will be flying from one corner to the other, from table to table meeting different students in the class. Student's life is always easier than an adult's life. All we need to do is to study hard, score good grades, excel in extra curricular activities and have fun in school but once we enter the adult's life, things will be totally different.

An end marks a new beginning of something. That's what people said.

On 10th December 2009 which is two days after SPM, my family and I were happily going to the night market to shop. When we reach the night market entrance, my mom's phone rang. The person on the phone said told my mom that her mom has passed away. My mom was like, what? Who said that my mother pass away? May I know who this is? So the lady on the phone told her that she is calling from the old folk's home, my grandma was placed in. From that moment, we know that grandma has passed away and she doesn't need to suffer anymore. She can rest in peace now.

I've been busy during that weekend. Don't ever think that job is gonna be easy for you when someone has passed away. It's far more tiring then what you usually do. My dad told me that there are three stages in life that makes you feel tired the most which are when someone:

1. Born

2. Get married

3. Passed away

Don' t take the things in your life for granted. Love the people around you. Visit them more often. Tell that you love them before you regret especially when the person you love is old and might be unable to talk and express their feelings one day. That's what happened to my grandma. She is unable to talk and swallow anymore when stroke hit her.

Don't hesitate anymore. Go back to your hometown and visit your grandparents and the one you love.

PS: Before my grandma pass away, she saw each one of us. So, I think she doesn't have any regrets before she leaves us.

VOTE EARTH!

Distractions

When we were sitting for the Biology paper, noises are coming from all directions. And it's non-stop. Teachers are giving us the chance to learn how to continue doing the test without being distracted by it, I supposed. :D Form 3 students were screaming their lungs out as their PMR was over and they were having lots of fun in the field that we didn't have when we were Form 3 which is indeed very sad. Nothing was planned for us at that time. We played UNO cards in the class, the Game of Life, Monopoli and so on. This year, the Form 3 students were fortunate enough because the teachers took the initiative to plan activities for them but for us, we only get scolding by teachers for bringing cards to school. Nevertheless, we still had fun laughing and making noise in class. Construction work was going on upstairs to repair old ceilings (our school celebrated Golden Jubilee-you what that means right?) that are going to fall on someone very soon. That's where the noise comes in. They dragged the tables, hammered something and scared the ones on the bottom floor, us! Despite all the noises heard, we still managed to finish the paper on time.
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Shall I consider myself as a nerd? Some used this adjective to describe me. No choice. I have to be like that sometimes to score good grades in exams. People see merits, not anything else. If you're not smart, you'll have to work extra harder to achieve what you want.

I don't revise until late night, skip meals and refrain from watching tv.

Burning the midnight oil will lower down your concentration in class. Be present in school every day! You'll be able to learn new stuff from the teachers. I know that there are teachers who don't explain properly and they will just skip the whole chapter assuming that they have taught us the entire chapter. If you choose to skip school, will you revise on your own? Probably no! You'll be online, logging in Facebook, chatting, playing games, watching tv half of your time, blogging and sleeping.

Hardworking people scores higher marks than a naturally smart person.

Say Yes!

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Horrified

I had a nightmare two days ago. It's freaky! My teeth were falling one by one in my mouth and I just couldn't stop it. Eventually, every tooth fell. I was on my way to the dentist and the dentist told me that he cannot fix it anymore. Nothing can be done to my teeth. Ar......what had happened? Then, I woke up. The first thing I did was check my teeth. Thank GOD they are still there.

Watch it, don't be afraid

When exam is around the corner, parents tend to restrict their children from watching TV, their favourite shows. In every parent’s mind, memorising all the facts is the most important thing to do. Have they ever wonder how stressful that can be, how much pressure it exert on the poor child? I bet the answer will be no.

I can't restrict myself from watching TV daily. It's a must to watch all my favourite shows. :D I can't be sitting in my room and study 24/7. Taking a rest helps to rejuvenate my body and brain. A deep breath and light exercise will be good too! You can choose to take a bite or a cold drink in the meantime.

I personally think that there's nothing wrong in watching. You are still gaining knowledge, improving your language and other necessary skills which also depend on what you are watching. Even cartoons or animations are beneficial. They bring positive messages. Korean, Japanese, Taiwan or Chinese drama is equally good. Many skills can be learned from here besides the textbook which is full of facts, texts and silly elaborations which I don’t know why they have to be in there. Probably to make the book thicker and look as if it’s full of useful information but actually there isn’t. Some are just short notes and questions with no answers to it. So, where can we find those answers? Very simple! In revision books which involves money. Can all the students afford a RM20++ book each subject? Let say, we have a minimum of 3 subjects that is RM20 X 3 = RM60. It’s a pretty large amount already for poor families.

Watch TV while you can!