SMI Co-curriculum Day 2008

23 October 2008 - Today was the annual Co-curriculum Day for my school. Varieties of uniformed unit, clubs and societies were displaying and presenting the uniqueness of their respective extramural activities. Class 3A9 was selected for the St John Ambulance. We had around an hour to prepare before the students started walking in at 9.00am. We divided the room into a few sections, mainly Simple Bandaging, CPR, Choking, Achievements, Theory, Photo Gallery and Case.


My team which consists of Donivald Tham, Lim Kin Ho, Teoh Jia Heng and me myself demonstrated around 5 to 8 short cases for the sea of spectators. We were not good for the cases mainly because we were lacking of training. Oh yea, Kin Ho and Hong Tat were in charged for first aid kit presentation too, here is the photo:

From what I can see today, the Chinese Language Society (CLS) did a very good job. They managed to equip their class with loads of stuff. Lanterns were hung inside the class, chinese calligraphy was placed outside the class with newspapers to allow other students to get their hands on. They even make 'tang yuan' and sold for RM1.00 per cup. Splendid! The Michaelian Military Band (MMB) displayed their precious instruments in Class 3A5 too. The instruments were put on the tables and brief explanation about them were printed out. They band members had their performance at approximately 11.00am. Well Done!

P.S: I did not take any photos during the Co-curriculum Day mainly because to show a good example for juniors by not playing with handphones.

Final Year Examination

18 October 2008 - It has been two weeks for my final year examination, a long and tiring two weeks. That means my journey for year 2008 is almost end, but the game is not over yet. This indicated the start of something new in year 2009 and more challenges ahead. Frankly speaking, my study for this year is not as good as expected. I even failed my Chemistry on August Monthly Test. For this final year examination, 'average' is what I can give for the overall exam. I have no problem for my English and Bahasa Melayu but i faces difficulties for boring and uninteresting subjects such as Sejarah, Chemistry and Physics. After Mr Thong left us in May this year, my Additional Mathematics level dropped. I had to depends on my tuition and hard work to study as Mr Woon is teaching too fast and the combined class is too noisy. For Physics, you can ask any of my classmates whether the teacher is a good teacher or not. My Modern Mathematics, Bahasa Melayu and English are safe for now. Just hope that my results for this time will be better compared to last time, and no fail(s) please...
(I'll attach my results when it's out)

Jelapang Toll Highway Duty - Motor Accident!

~~~~~~ Jelapang Tunnel ~~~~~~

28 September 2008 - Fuyoh! Heard of highway duty before? I went for it with Yoong Xiang yesterday (27 September 2008) from 8pm to 8am. Yes, it's from pm to am. 12 hours staying in a room at Jelapang Toll. It's not bad after all, before we went, we stopped by at KFC near our school and get our free boxes of fried chickens. 2 officers who are Malays accompanied us. Encik Ramli as the driver taught us the way to remove and transfer the stretcher from the ambulance when we arrived around 9pm. Around 12 midnight, the two officers were asleep but Yoong Xiang and I were playing with each others handphones. Suddenly (every story sure got the word 'suddenly'), a person with a walkie-talkie on his hand called us and informed us that there've been an accident near North Ipoh Plaza Tol. Upon hearing that, we felt nervous because this was our first time attending highway duty and we were the lucky person to have a case for us. According to my senior, he've been attending highway duty for several times but there was hardly any case for him, but for us... We arrived at the scene 5 minutes later after wearing our gloves and flash jackets. The two officers were handling the casualty who was more serious and both of us were handling the casualty with minor injury. The casualty has a slight injury on his right shoulder, which we suspect was fracture and we apply Elevation Sling for him. Besides that, he was also suffering from a thigh injury and his jaw were bleeding which I managed to prevent it from bleeding continuously with a gauze. Our St John Ambulance transferred the more serious casualty to the Hospital Raja Permaisure Bainun while both of us were waiting for another ambulance to arrive. After 20 minutes, an ambulance from Civil Defence (Pertahanan Awam 991) arrived and they quickly transport him into the ambulance without hesitation. Alright, that's all I can tell you about the case which we encounter. The only thing funny about the whole case was when the Civil Defence left, they forgot to take their first aid kit! In order to protect the kit, Yoong Xiang and I decided to take back to our St John Office in school for the kit's safety. See, we were not only saving the casualty but a fully equipped kit as well! (Sorry, no pictures for the accident xD)

~~~~~~ KFC ~~~~~~

~~~~~~ St John Ambulance AES 911 ~~~~~~

~~~~~~ Jelapang Tunnel Standby Point ~~~~~~

BEWARE!! Danger Everywhere!

21 September 2008 - I went to The Filling Station which is located opposite Digi Center in Greentown for my dinner with some relatives from Singapore after attended duty in Perak Turf Club. As usual, the elder ones with chat for an extremely long time. To avoid such situation, my three cousins which are younger than me, most from secondary schools, and me walked to a darker and more quiet place. We exchanged handphones to play games, listen to musics, etc. We were sitting there for quite a long time there, approximately 30 minutes. Suddenly, a person, which I'd like to refer as 'Coward' managed to slipped behind us and snatch two of our phones. My two younger cousins are struggling with Coward. Upon seeing that, my first thought is kidnap! But then I realised that he is snatching for the phones. I quickly shouted to let my relatives hear and catch him on the shoulder. He managed to take off his jacket - and all I'd got was his jacket. He successfully snatched two phones which belongs to my cousins and ran off the stairs. He fall down but that time I was shocked and terrified. I was going to chase Coward but out of the blue I stopped and watched him running away.

The Problem
1) We should not sit on a dark and quiet place and started playing our handphones. Thus exposed us to danger and unware of our surrounding.
2) I was the only one shouted when I saw Coward, my cousins should shout because I was shocked at that moment and don't know what is going on.

The Effect
We would not look at the world the same thing anymore. Danger is everywhere and anyone could be snatching your things. No faces are familiar in the public.

A Visit To Manjung

~Different types of knots~

6 September 2008 - Right after St John divisional meeting, I walked straight to YMCA because the officer was waiting for us. Oh yeah, I was attending St John Ambulance proficiency badge courses, namely 'Animal Care' and 'Home Skills' organized by St John Ambulance Manjung Division. The officer for Manjung, Sir Ting Tai Fook fetched Yoong Xiang and I to the Manjung Fire Department because both courses were prepared there. Sir Ting was a friendly man, he keep on chatting with us on the way there. I took us almost 90 minutes to reach there from Ipoh. Well, the courses are quite boring because the room that used for lecturing was hot, stuffy and poor ventilated. I could not concentrate well because I sat too far from the lecturer. My friends were Donivald Tham and Wong Yoong Xiang. We'd been informed that the test paper will be sent to us 7 days later. Nothing much, farewell!

~Yoong Xiang and I~

~Donivald Tham~

National Day Parade

31 August 2008 - Woke up early in the morning around 5.30am and arrived Ipoh Padang around 6.30am. Met my friends from our division there. Oh yeah, I am representing St John Ambulance for the National Day Parade, just like the Michaelian Military Band. There were 25 nursing (female) and 25 ambulance (male) members and I am one of them. Since there were 2 rehearsal before, so it's not weird for me anymore. The St John Ambulance were lead by Sir Chan, an officer from headquarters. Around 8.30pm, we followed the rest of the squad who were also marching into the sea of spectators (the streets). There were approximately 80 squad which consist of around 50 person who involved. All the squads were lead by the first squad - Michaelian Military Band, also known as former Champion for the parade. We walk passed a lot of people. The Grand Stand was located near the police station where all the menteri besar sitting there. Although both the St John Ambulance and the Michaelian Military Band did not manage to get any placing for the parade, but this will surely give a great experience for us. Till next year, ~With pride shall we march~ .

The Saga of Darren Shan

14 August 2008 - As shown in the picture above, a total of 12 books are available on The Saga of Darren Shan but I bought the trilogy set, that means 3 books are combined in one (3 x 4 = 12). The overall rating that I give will be 9.9/10 because the story was very interesting and not even a single page will let you sleep. The missing 0.1 mark was due only 12 books to such a nice story. It should be more than that!!! ^^ Below is the 12-book series of The Saga of Darren Shan:

1) Darren Shan : Cirque Du Freak - Darren Shan gets a opportunity to the mysterious Circus of Freak with his best friend, Steve Leopard. It was there that Darren was blooded by Mr Crepsley and become a half-vampire. Mr Crepsley fake Darren's death in order to get rid of civilization.

2) Darren Shan : The Vampire Assistant - Darren knows about the custom and tradition of vampires. He get to know about the snake boy that perform in the Cirque, Evra Von and a young boy who wished to join the Cirque, Sam Crest. Sam was killed by the wolf man in an accident. In order to survive as a creature of the night, Darren must drink Sam's blood.. or die!

3) Darren Shan : Tunnels of Blood - Darren embarks on a journey to Mr Crepsley's hometown. A few cases involving death have occur. He get to know a girl that was same age as him, Debbie Hemlock in a shopping mall. Mr Crepsley, Darren and Evra must face the vampaneze that committed the murder, Murlough, in order for peace to drop by.

4) Darren Shan : Vampire Mountain - Darren and Mr Crepsley embarks to Vampire Mountain to attend a once in 12 years council. It was there that he get to know more vampires such as Seba Nile, Arra Sails, Gavner Purl and more. He learned that the vampires are ruled by the Vampire Generals and the Vampire Princes.

5) Darren Shan : Trials of Death - Darren must face 5 deadly task in the trials in order to prove himself to the vampire clan. As a half-vampire, he faces difficulty in the task and was saved by a Little Person that accompanied him, Harkat Mulds. He know the truth about the future Vampire Prince, Kurda Smahlt in a plot to overthrown the vampire clan.

6) Darren Shan : The Vampire Prince - Darren revealed the truth about Kurda Smahlt to the Vampire Princes after several months being flushed away from the river in Vampire Mountain. As a return, Darren was elected to become a Vampire Prince!

7) Darren Shan : Hunters of the Dusk - The Was of Scars finally broke off between the vampire and vampaneze. According to Mr Tiny, only 3 selected vampire will be able to kill the Lord of Vampaneze, they are Darren Shan, Larten Crepsley and Vancha March.

8) Darren Shan : Allies of the Night - Darren faces the biggest nightmare in his life - school. Darren get back to school in order to avoid attention. He found out that Debbie Hemlock was teaching in his class after 15 years. Darren also learned the truth about Steve Leopard, a half-vampaneze that swore to kill Darren one day.

9) Darren Shan : Killers of the Dawn - Darren and his allies were hunted by the police, the human and the vampaneze. They were forced into the border of extinction. It was there that Mr Crepsley was killed by the stakes in the Cavern of Retribution after successfully killed the Lord of Vampaneze, only later then they know that Steve was the real Lord of Vampaneze.

10) Darren Shan : The Lake of Souls - Darren and Harkat went to the future in order to find out who Harkat was before he became a Little Person. They faces black panther, a Grotesque, a giant toad and more challenging tasks before they reach the Lake of Souls. They found out that Harkat's identity was Kurda Smahlt, the vampire traitor, before he was executed.
11) Darren Shan : Lord of the Shadows - Darren faces Steve once again for a fight to the death. He found out from Lady Evanna that the Lord of the Shadows, who will destroy the world no matter which sides win the War of Scars, will be either him or Steve.

12) Darren Shan : Sons of Destiny - Darren found out that he and Steve was created by Desmond Tiny or Des Tiny before they were borned. After Darren successfully stabbed Steve in the stomach, Mr Tiny reveal the truth about it. Both Steve and Darren were dead and transported to the Lake of Souls. What's the ending? It was a very very nice and surprising ending that you must read!

Drama of the Year 2008 : Camelot

16 August 2008 - Successfully purchased the Saturday's ticket for school play this year, King Arthur, Camelot, and the Knights of the Round Table. It is about King Arthur, his queen and the conflicts between his fellows knights. The musical was quite satisfactory as it was enjoyable. But the entire storyline was dull and boring. It seems that King Arthur was talking too much until the hall started to make noise. The tones and languages of the cast were not good according to what I saw. It disappoint me and most of my friends who were expecting a better quality school play than the previous years. The overall rating that I can give is 4/10.

Letter of the Month

10 July 2008 - Are you curious about the title of this post? Nope, I know you don't! But I still wanna continue with my post.. haha. I am currently subscribing to a local gaming magazine - GameAxis Unwired. There is a section for readers to comment and speak out their mind called 'Letter of the Month' section. Like any other readers, I submitted my letter to GameAxis and successfully owned the title of 'Letter of the Month'. The picture above is the prizes that I get from GameAxis headquarters in Dataran Prima, Petaling Jaya. There are:

i - Cold Fear PC DVD Game

ii - Multimedia Star International (MSI) Figurine - Hector

iii - Multimedia Star International (MSI) Figurine - Heena

iv - 2 box office tickets for X-Files

v - Heart-shaped Bean bag

Here is the letter that I have wrote:

Dear Editor,

May issue was fantastic, with better, improved reviews and updates. Well done, keep up the good work! Few days ago, my friend visited my house and he found a whole slot of my shelves filled with Gameaxis magazines (=.=''). Like anyone else, he took one of the magazine and had a quick glace through it. I promoted the magazine to him by listing all the advantages of having Gameaxis. What?? are you asking me what are the advantages? Let me tell you!

1) Resourceful. With the words ' Malaysia's Most Useful Gaming Magazine' on its cover. It certainly deserves that because it contains a lot of information besides game.

2) Cheap! With just RM7 per issue to keep you updated from the latest games and news. It's definitely worth it.

3) Multi-platform. Gameaxis contains games from many consoles such as PC, PS2, PS3, Xbox360, Wii, DS and PSP. This is useful for gamers who owns more than 1 console! =D

4) Newsbyte. The section included the previous and incoming news about games such as the ESWC tournament and the WCG tournament.

5) Reviews and Rating. Hey, it's not easy to review a game. So we should read through each and every word. Besides review, ratings from 1.0 to 10.0 is included so that we will know which games are worth playing.

6) Mobile Games. Yes, it's also the reviews and rating, but it's for your brand 'in' mobile in a section called MobileAxis. It is quite fun because you can know which games are worth to be downloaded to your phone when you are on the long run.
7) AnimeAxis. This new section included the latest anime news and the anime shown on Animax. Furthermore, there are selected anime series highlighted from Anime Tech. ( I love the 'Figures of Imagination' section by Lim Kuan Keat xD)

8) MovieAxis. It covers the latest movie that are coming soon on cinema. Like any other magazine, it have the synopsis and overview. But what differ Gameaxis from others is the 'What to expect' section. What do you expect?

9) Hard&Fast? Dont get confused! It's the hardware section. Because of most of the readers don't understand the hardware, so it contains the latest graphic cards, processors and more...

10) Last but not least, the BRICKGAMERS that everybody loves and waiting for every issue! It contains funny characters which are similar to gamers nowadays in lego form. LOL xD P.S: Gameaxis give away attractive and fabulous prizes for the Letter of the Month too. WRITE ON if you're interested! Talking about myself.. =D

Regards,

HeartBreakKid

Ipoh International Run 2008

6 July 2008 - Yes, I have done it again! Same with starwalk, the route is 10km. But the difference is we are running this time. At 7.02am, we started to count down, 10, 9, 8, .... so on. After the gun shot, I started running without stopping until i reached the area near Fair Park. That time I am still not tired. I don't quite remember the route. I think it is somewhere near... not sure... I finished the run at 8.10am (Huh, so fast??). Although the entire run is tiring and I sweat a lot, but it's definitely worth it because I finally managed to grab the certificate, unlike last year (sad case). Most of my friends who joined the 7km category did not get their certificates. I started the run with my friend, Cheah Wai Hoong, Donivald Tham, Hong Tat and many more, but we were separated throughout the run. I am looking forward to join this jovial and momentous run again next year. Ipoh International Run 2009 - HERE I COME!!