LSS4, Jom Pergi Cameron!

25 September 2010 

I love you LSS4! Had a superb trip to Cameron Highlands last Wednesday, 15th September. The trip was initially mooted by our beloved Biology teacher, Mr. Liew Boon Ket before the 2-week school holidays. Then, planning were carried out by our awesome monitors, Xinh Guan and Sandra Elizabeth. At last, this 1-day trip brought us tons of laughters and happiness at the end of the day.





A total of 27 people were present for this trip including 24 from LSS4, Mr. Liew and two strangers whom became friends with us, they are Tan Ke Ying and Lee Sin Wei. Both of them are Carmen's friend. Sadly, Jegendran, Kelvinder, Vikneesh and Dina were not able to make it for this trip. =(


The 'actual' purpose of this trip was to collect a plant which we named it as 'weird plant' and put it into a poisonous solution to preserve it. My mom was shocked when I told her that I don't know the name of the poisonous solution and I don't even know what plant am I collecting to do the experiment. LOL! Besides that, we have to buy certain amount of beetles or bugs to do another experiment.





We hired a private bus and took off from Ipoh around 7.30am. Reached Tanah Rata around 9am+ and had our breakfast at a mamak store nearby. After that, we went to visit 'Sam Poh' Temple located up the hill, further down from Tanah Rata.





The Buddhist and Taoist like Xinh Guan, Woei Hong had their prayers there whereas Kar Heng, Sandra and Mark were walking around since they are Christians. I remember I heard something from Hana, it was 'I'll get killed if I enter this building'. LOL!





After they have done their prayers, camwhore frenzy started! Most of us took our cameras out and kept shooting non-stop XD. Geston, Woei Hong, Xinh Guan and me have became the shooting models out of a sudden. Haha





After that, we went to Strawberry farm. There was a sign there saying: Pick your own strawberries, RM5 per kg, minimum 1 kg. But Yee Mei suddenly ask me to change the word 'strawberries' to 'nose'. Epic! LOL





Besides strawberries, there were also different types of plants there such as the extraordinary large pitcher plant and extremely big-sized cactus.





Imagine you're exhausted and there was no chair around so you decided to sit on the cactus for....... ^^








We went to BOH Tea Centre at Sungei Palas too. The air there was cool and refreshing. Felt like spreading my arms and jumping off the cliff. LOL. We enjoyed the hot tea thanks to Mr. Liew. I don't remember how many times we refilled the jug, uncountable~








The last place we visited before going back was the Bee farm. Well, I don't enjoy looking at bees to be frank. The only thing that we enjoyed was the beautiful flora planted there.





I still miss the moments that we shared together at Cameron Highlands until now... Memories Alive~





I've selected 2 lucky photos as my LOL photos for this post, they are....


1) Mark do not understand a single word of the signboard?





2) Both Yammini and the 'Hot' guy were staring at each other.

Credits to

Kendra Ng

Phoon Chau Yeong

Zidane Tan

Mr. Liew Boon Ket

for the awesome photos in this blog~

家好月圆 Steamboat Reunion

11 September 2010

The word 家好月圆 simply means a full moon symbolizing a harmonious family. The pronunciation in chinese is 'jia hao yue yuan' or in cantonese 'ka hou yuet yuen'. We have used this word to represent the friendship among us few years back.


Few days ago, on 9th Spemtember, we have a gathering at Goodtimes Restaurant opposite Tower Regency Hotel. As what my title said, it's kinda more like reunion. I'm happy and thrilled to see my friends again. Chuah came back from Malacca, Teik Sum came back from Penang and some of my friends from Kampar, Sunway.. MISS THEM DEARLY~



I was the 5th/6th person to arrive. When I arrived, I noticed a trend among us. Majority of us are wearing black, white or blank and white shirt. Chris was the only one wear RED. So we decided that those who are wearing shirts other than the colours mentioned above are required to pay~ (Wahh, Chris was so happy upon hearing that, hehe)


One by one arrived as time passes. Eon and Olivia, Haw Tung, Teik Sum, Esther...
When we thought the last to arrive were Chuah and Pui San, Vizent proved us wrong. He's the last one as usual, AS USUAL AHH!!!


There was a man, in his 60/70's, I've met him few times in different location before this. He will ask for donations of any amount and he will give 2 packets of tissue and play a song using his 'Erhu'. However, this time he was using his harmonica and played a song named 'Auld Lang Syne' in english or 'Friendnship Forever' in chinese. It perfectly suits the environment there.


The one that ate the most was Teik Sum! He said he miss the food in Ipoh, wow, so touching~

MIA:

JoeJoe, Guo Sheng and Pig?

Chris Chow Birthday Bash

9 September 2010 - Celebrated Chris 18th birthday at Yee Lim's house last Sunday, an enjoyable start for the long weeks of school holidays. We had our bbq session around 7pm when everyone was there. Too bad Alson Bear couldn't make it because he went to Pangkor Island for some kinda prayers session?




The superstars of the day - Kar Heng and Xinh Guan. Both of them brought their guitars and dedicated some nice songs to all of us including their hit song - Somewhere Over The Rainbow. At first it was the traditional birthday song. Then they manipulated it to some funny lyrics, creatively thanks to Kar Heng~



Later on, Yee Lim and Chris joined them and 'demonstrated' their guitar skills. Picture above clearly displayed the 4 of them and their supporters:

Sze Ngou, Natalie, Eon Chen, Olivia, 

Vizent, Kin Ho, Boon Hong, Joe Hang, 

Pui San, Esther, and last but not least, 
Leon and his Soul Crew

Chicken wings, sausages, meat balls, etc. These were not the only foods that filled our empty stomachs that night. The presents and birthday cake were presented after everyone has settled down.



As usual, we have the strong faith in upholding the Michaelian tradition. However, besides the usual tradition, there's a new tradition which...... Geez, where's the video?
It was a splendid night of bbq accompanied by the harmonious melody of the guitars. The only imperfection was Kin Ho. He did not talk much with us and was eating from the beginning till the end of the celebration. =(

Ooops, before i forget...

HAPPY AWESOME BIRTHDAY

CHRISTOPHER CHOW SWEE KWAN

My Dearest Friend in Hospital

Name: Andy Lau Khin Foong*

Location: Ipoh Specialist Hospital, 3rd Floor, Ward 716

31 July 2010 - I went to ISH to visit him together with Yee Lim yesterday. He is having high fever around 40 degree Celsius and coughing non-stop, suspected of having dengue. The latest news that I get from him was he was vomiting a few times today. To those friends of him out there, please do not hesitate to visit him if you're free. Hope to see him recover soon~

Katrina's Birthday Bash

31 July 2010 - We celebrated Katrina's birthday on the 28th this month, approximately 4 days ago. After the co-curriculum ended at 5pm, we made a surprise celebration for Katrina in the parlour. She was waiting for Yee Lim to fetch her back and totally unaware of the celebration we did for her.



We bought a simple cake for her as usual. We were actually looking for sponsors for the past few days for the real present. So there was around 10+ people contributing to the present. The first present we gave was a small teddy bear and the names of the 10+ people were written in the card. She was shocked and confused at the same time. 10+ people for a small teddy bear?



Nevertheless, she accepted it and was touched by the celebration we did for her. The real present was presented to her when the celebration ended. It's one of the product of dooo-dolls! The price is not cheap and that's the reason we were looking for sponsors. For those of you who don't know what is that.. google it! =)

First Prefect Outing

25 July 2010 - So we, the prefects had an outing at Kuen Wei's house last night. It was a combined outing by ISUC and SAC but almost all prefects from different commission attended. His house was extra large and I think it's 4 times larger than mine. Hong Wei said it was the best house for outing ever! LOL





I went with Joe Hang and Swee Kwan and reached his house around 8pm. We had trouble seeking for his house as we are not familiar with the area there. Everyone was enjoying their food before they went crazy and splash everyone with water.


 

I thought it was some kind of formal outing. Never did I expect that they can play till all wet and really had their own happy moments there. It's the feeling of a real bond between each and everyone there.





After all those rumble and crazy water-splashing was sharing moment. We formed a circle and one by one, we share what we feel and what we hope for the board. I salute Swee Kwan for what he has said to us. He felt unfair for not being elected as the commission head and he dare to speak up. He is willing to accept the fact and he is willing to share what does he feel to all of us. My respect for him has increased tremendously.

 

I left around 10.30pm for Yee Lim's birthday celebration. =)

Prefectorial Board AGM 2010

25 July 2010 - What happened last Friday was totally unexpected. I will start off with Mr. Karu's AGM which began at 1.00pm on that day. The way he handle the AGM was unacceptable for all of us. There were no reports from the 6 Excos and the commission heads because the seniors are barred from entering the lecture theatre. So this is the first time in history only juniors are allowed to attend the AGM. The only agenda in the AGM was the statement of accounts from the treasurer which no one is there to care about what he is crapping and the election of the new commission heads.

Okay, I'm not gonna critize anyone anymore. So the list of the top 6 Excos are:

Head Prefect: Tan Tihn Chern

Lady Head Prefect: Yogamalar

Deputy Head Prefect: R.J. Kevin

Deputy Lady Head Prefect: Deborah Yaw

Honorary Secretary: Nicholas Chen

Honorary Treasurer: Mark Ooi

And the newly elected commission heads for guys are:

Discipline Commission (DISCO) -  Foong Chee Hoe

Cleanliness and Security Commission (CS) - Teoh Ting Yuan

Home Affairs Commission (Homies) - Lee Kar Heng

Inter-Society Understanding Commission (ISUC) - Ivan Tan

Student Affair Commission (SAC) - Wong Joe Hang

I've forgotten the lady comm. heads. Sorry~
Frankly speaking, I felt that it's unfair to choose all the non ex-prefects as the commission heads because they have less experience than the ex-prefects. Majority of them are not satisfied with it and it's not even considered a handover. My comm. head is not there. No one is there to acknowledge them. I'm not happy. =(



However, what's done is done. I can't reverse what has happened. What I can comment is, in order to show others that I can manage the commission,

I WILL STRIVE FOR THE BEST AND WILL NOT GIVE UP,

I WILL BRING THE COMMISSION TO GREATER HEIGHTS,

I WILL GIVE MY FULLEST SUPPORT TO THE CURRENT BOARD,

I CAN DO BETTER THAN THE PREVIOUS COMM. HEAD!

The photos in this post is the real AGM conducted by Er Vin and a family of true prefects. Enjoy~

The Brave One

18 July 2010 - Exactly 1 week ago, I went to school for this year's drama, The Brave One. It was a superb 3-night drama on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Since I've my prefect duty on Saturday night, I thought I will have free access to watch the drama. However, prefects are only allowed to enter 30 minutes after the drama started and we have to go in and out the hall frequently for duties. This leaves me for watching only half of the drama.





Therefore, I decided to watch the drama again with the free tickets given to my class on Sunday night. Nobody in my class seems to be interested to watch the drama so Xinh Guan gave out the remaining 2 tickets to me and Sze Ngou.



The first part of the drama was quite boring to be frank. It was totally different from Corrinne Mah's production. This year's drama they have too much talking and lesser actions. Some said it was more like a comedy than an actual drama.

 

They slotted in some of the Michael Jackson's songs and Yiruma's Kiss The Rain in the second part of the play after the break. I was sitting with Yoong Xiang and his dad since some of my close friends are not around.



That's all basically. Enjoy the photos that I took after the drama for both days~

An Unexpected Compliment

15 July 2010 - Last Wednesday was co-curriculum day right? So as usual after St. John meeting, I went for Editorial's meeting. As we were discussing half-way, I saw a man, his right hand was holding an umbrella. He was walking and stopped at my class, looking at us with a confused face. I walked towards him and ask him: 'apa u mau?'... No la of course, just joking. I walked to him and ask him what can I do for him. And then he told me he was looking for Rotaract Club. He told me he is a Rotarian. I know what does that means. I'm an Interact Club member too when I was form 3.

So I walked and walked from class to class to find for the Rotaract Club he was looking for. And true enough, the club is located at the end of the lower six classes, I don't know exactly which class is that but it's opposite LSA3. He thank me and I'm back to what I was doing then.

But then today, Wen Jie suddenly hand me an envelope with a card inside. It was a nice card from the same man that I've helped out last Wednesday, he is Rotarian Arthur.

Dear Ivan,

Hi! This is Rotarian Arthur Yeong from the Rotary Club of Kinta.

Thank you very much for helping me to look for the Rotaract Club last Wednesday.

Thank you for going from class to class in your effort to help me.

If I can be of service to you, don't hesitate to let me know, ok?

Wish you the best in your future endeavours.

Yours in Rotary,

Arthur Yeong

I'm touched as I did not expect anything in return from him. Thanks Rotarian Arthur for your compliment~

Mei Yen & Jing Wah's Farewell Gathering

11 July 2010 - So we had this farewell party on the 30th June I think. Actually the day was the drama ticket-selling day for our class from 9.30am till 12.30pm but we stopped selling around 11.15am and the 6 groups were ordered by Xinh Guan to gather at Old Town Kopitiam opposite St. Michael's for this class gathering.



Sitting on the left is Mei Yen whereas on the right is Jing Wah. Mei Yen will be going to Sunway to study A-level while Jing Wah is still waiting for her application to the arts stream. I think most of us were present except for Jegendran because he went back to school for some photograph-taking session.
 

Look how happy Xinh Guan and Sandra was? LOL =D
 

After we finished eating, all fo us decided to snap some photos as remembrance for this meaningful farewell and gathering.





The farewell cake was the last to be brought in, cheers! Happy Farewell to both of you, Mei Yen and Jing Wah! We will miss you~