.:: KWN PaNaSoNIc

Mood: a little exhausted but it was all worth
the wonderful one-in-a-lifetime experience I had in KL.
Thanks to everyone who made it so memorable!!

Where do i begin?
Let's see...

On Friday [25/7/08]

I rushed off on a flight to Penang for the Sudoku
competition in Sunway Carnival.
Penang was so great to be in,
and I'm totally missing the food there already.

The sudoku competition was okay I guess,
but I didn't win anything.
It's still kinda difficult for me.
Lack of practice and skills.
Gonna have to improve on that.

On Sunday [27/7/08]
DAY 1

I took a flight to Subang from Penang.
Had to wake up at 5am cos Grand-Aunt
was paranoid in case I might miss the flight.
In the end, I ended up checking in way too early.
This time, I had a nice nap in the plane.
I reached kinda early too, 8.45 when the arrival time was supposed to be 9.10am.

From Subang airport,
Chee Wei fetched me to his office in Subang.
MAS office is huge @.@
Who knows, I might wanna work there someday.

Anyway, after that,
he fetched me to Concorde Hotel in Shah Alam.
That was where my 4 days of PURE HAPPINESS began.

The first people I met in Concorde were Jasmeen and Lup Yee.
We happened to be the earliest ones.
Met with Karmen a bit later on.
I checked in for myself first because Banun and the rest haven't yet.
My room number was 925 and I was sharing it with Banun.
I had to 'surrender' my laptop for the Panasonic crew to install Pinnacle.

It started with a short briefing on how to use the AVCHD Camera.
If I'm not mistaken, it stands for A Very Clear High Definition Camera,
or something like that.
Note that this camera costs RM 8000.00
and we'll be using it for the whole programme.

Our assigned table in the freezing ballroom was table 11.
We were sharing it with the Pasir Putih guys from Johor.
Amir and Nasril and their teacher Pn. Shoba.
We had fun =)


Pn. Rusnah and Banun


Pn.Rusnah and Me

The whole day was spent on how to use the Camera,
checking the items.
Besides the RM8k camera, they are also giving us:
-40GB HDD
-4GB and 2GB SD Card
-Tripod Stand
-KWN T-shirts, notebooks etc

It may seem very little, but there were actually
a LOT of equipment.


The group assignment thingy.
We got 2 packets of lolipops for achieving this.

DAY 2

Day 2 was where the ice-breaking really began.
For starters, my appetite for lunch was spoilt thanks to
Kaelan and Avinash, who nicely re-phrased 'Baked Penne'.
I don't even wanna remember what they phrased it to,
but I know I'm not eating Baked Penne for some time.
(Try thinking 45 degrees and maybe you'll get it)
 These two are from SMK Seafield and they're a really funny duo,
always cheerful and such.

I think after that, me and Ban and RJ
shared a table with the USJ12 people.
Back then, we still didn't get to know them yet...
Banun bet with me that Eugene and Mun Yue were both
like me, Form 4 but not 16,
so I asked them...
And turns out that they were only 15 @.@
Unbelievable, with that height...

I seriously need to grow taller.
I was like "Cos he looks 'larger' than 15"
Don't ask why I used the term 'larger', it just came out.
LOL.
Then Pn.Shirley asked "Mature or size?"
And I replied, "both."
And then 'someone' syok sendiri
Me and Ban didn't get to know them that well till later on,
so let's leave that to later on. XP

We were all mixed up with other teams by Mr. Othman Hafsham,
Me and Ban ended up in table 15,
which was way at the back, with 6 other people.
They were Kit May and Jasmin from CBN,
Jasmine and Farina from Kedah,
and Badrol and Haris (if I'm not mistaken) from Rompin


Farina and Kit May

We chatted quite alot here...
Mostly thanks to Kit May who started all the conversations.
Then Miss Normah wanted us to each say
a 'creative' sentence to a partner that must not be from your own school.
And it was like so sudden 'caus she immediately went to our table.
So I 'sorta' volunteered and crapped a dumb question.
And Miss Normah actually made me repeat till I got all
the expressions and stuff right before Badrol was allowed to answer.

A little embarassing, but owh well,
I knew I wasn't the only one who was going to do the same thing.
My 'not-so-creative' sentence was:
Everyone has feelings, emotions, things they want to tell others,
so my question is, why do they always keep what they want to say in
their hearts and not express it?
(Don't comment)
Badrol's answer was:
Because I think they might be shy.

And after that, Miss Normah went to pick on other tables.
*phew*
When it came to table 11,
Amir asked Eugene what he would answer to my question,
and he answered "action speaks louder than words"
(or something like that)
Then Banun was like, "See I told you!"
And we started off debating on our 3rd motion for debate nationals,
"Well done is better than Well Said"

Then, we were seperated into groups again for the video shooting assignment.
This time, me and Banun were in Unit 6,
together with Fatur and Faiz from Kelantan,
 Danish and Farihin.
We were supposed to draw lots to see who would be
the cameraman, soundman, scriptwriter, director and 2 talents (actors)
Me and Faiz got talents for this round and
our subject was 'in the stadium'

At first, we planned to do a scene where the team lost
and the coach would be shouting furiously with the player,
but there wasn't enough time because after 30 minutes,
we still couldn't get past scene 1.
So what we did in the end, was an interview.
Simple and plain.
And to make things easier as we were rushing,
we just spoke on the spot with the languages we were comfortable with.
So I spoke in English and Faiz answered in BM.

We got good comments for this,
considering the fact that we rushed everything in 15 minutes.
Thank God.
I really love our team because everyone could
work wonderfully together and each
one of us was playing our part well.
I knew from then on, I was gonna miss our team,
Starlight Six.

At night, me and Banun were kinda tired after the whole day.
After taking a bath, the phone started ringing.
And so I picked it up...

"Room Service..."
And I was like ????
"Did you ask for 2 blankets?"
*Me: Erm, I think you got the wrong room.
"This is room 925, right? We got a call for 2 blankets"
???? So I asked Banun whether she asked for blankets,
and she said no.
*Me: Nope, we did not ask for blankets. I think you got the wrong room.

I actually believed it was really room service for a minute,
but the voice was really familiar and room service
definitely didn't have such good english.
So when the call came a second time,
I was like "Wait a minute, you're not room service, aren't you?"
Then they burst out laughing.
Yup, in actual fact, the 'room service' was actually Eugene and Mun Yue plotting.
LOL. Definitely won't forget that.
To think that they could still pull off something like that when everyone else
were so dead exhausted. Wow.

Me and Banun watched CSI before finally going to bed.
Haha.

DaY 3

NOTE TO SELF:
Make sure to bring a huge alarm clock if you share a room with Banun.
It is not easy getting her out of bed and out of the bathroom.

To wake Banun up, I jumped on her bed,
poked her several times and had to pull her blankets before she
would FINALLY wake up. It wasn't easy.
*phew*
Then, Banun spent a lovely 45 minutes in the bathroom,
breaking her previous record of 30 minutes the day before.

Anyway, breakfast was lovely this time,
mostly because they had milk!
Yay =P
I had 3 glasses of milk before I was too full to eat anything else.
It's not my fault milk is sooo delicious!


Qian Li being her hyper-active self.

We had an outdoor shooting this time,
and my team got the tittle
"Traffic Summons"
Mr. Hafsham said yesterday's talents couldn't be talents this time,
so me and Faiz were seperated to draw the lots.
The first time, I drew the middle piece and i got...
"TALENT"
Oops. Anyway, after that I got scriptwriter,
Faiz was the director, Danish the cameraman, Farihin got soundman
and Banun and Fatur were today's talents.


Remains of Banun's phone after Scene 5 Take 3. >.<

Banun was the grouchy policewoman and Fatur was the Lawbreaker.
We had to edit this video and it went well, I guess.
At first, I hated that Pinnacle software, but after paying a little bit more attention,
I grew to like this programme.
All the KWN participants went to the poolside for a photoshoot
and gosh, there were a lot of us.
I didn't get that shot because,
well, I was in the picture
XP But I did manage to get the teachers'

That's only the first half,
my camera wasn't big enough to cover the whole thing.

This time, the video preview was really testing our
patience, because it lasted till 12.15 am.
We were all dead tired by the time we reached our rooms.
'Some people' still got energy to go Starbucks wor...
@.@ Haha.

Day 4

Final day.
It was kinda sad to think that 4 days would be over so fast.
This was the day that I took tons of pictures. LOL.
Banun went back early cause she wanted to go shopping with her parents.

I missed the ending ceremony,
because I was eating lunch that I almost missed,
together with Pn Rusnah, Pn. Shirley, Eugene and Mun Yue,
because we had to line up pretty long just to seal
all the equipment boxes.

I'm gonna let the pictures do the talking now =)


My 'last words' on stage


I put Pn. Rusnah up there. Haha.
I got choked for that too.


Qian Li, Kar Men and Me =)


Lup Yee and Me =)


Me & Kit May


Lup Yee, Kar Men, Me and Jasmeen =)


Amir, Qian Li, Me & Nasril
(these are the people from room 921... buat kacau!)


Me and Kaelan


Faiz and me (Talents of Starlight 6)


Miss Normah and Me
(Panasonic!)


Kak Azizah, me and Qian Li


Group pic: RJ, Qian Li, Pn Shirley, Mun Yue,
Me and Eugene


This is what flashlight does to pictures.
I think Pn. Shirley took this one?


Eugene and Me


Me and Mun Yue


Farina and Me


Qian Li and Jasmeen =)

Well, there are too many pics to upload,
but the rest are in my Friendster profile.
Thanks to everyone who sent me pictures,
the ones i took with my phone were horribly blurr!
Hope we all make it to the finals! Friends forever and hope to see everyone soon!!
*phew* Finally finished this post... LoL.

.:: JeWeL ::.

Mood: Sleepy, but feel like blogging.

Somehow, recently, I've felt like blogging but never seem to
get the time to do so.
Now I finally have time on my hands,
and I don't know what to blog about.

For starters, the post's title today is Jewel because
that song has been stuck in my head since the day before yesterday.
It's a really nice song sung by BoA.
Kinda long time ago, but I never searched for lyrics till now.
Dunno why. Was singing it to myself a lot in class today.
Kinda miss Gaaya, cause she'd probably sing with me too.
Probably be thought weird singing to myself,
but that's part of being me, so who cares?

Anyway,
Last Friday, Chee Wei came back to Kuantan
and took us all to watch Batman,
The Dark Knight.
In my opinion,
It was way too violent for me, so I didn't like it
at first, but after thinking it through,
it was kind of a good movie after all.
Mostly because of the moral values learnt.
Beautiful.

Also, the final chapter of RAVE is finally out!!
RAVE 35.
*WARNING: SPOILER!!
Haru and Lucia were fighting in Endless.
Apparently, Lucia's ancestor, a Rareglove was the
only survivor after the world was destroyed.
She was the one who recreated the world using Memory Dust.
Eventually, Lucia lost to Haru and broke into shards
due to the vortex thingy
( I didn't really get this part, hate BM!!)

Haru couldn't get out of Endless and if Elie doesn't fire Ethealion,
Overdrive would initiate.
It was a sad moment where Haru and Elie were talking to each
other and Haru hugged her and said it was okay.
So Elie fired Ethealion and Haru died.
After Endless was defeated, Musica got up alnd limped towards Elie.
Elie was on the floor, Plue next to her,
and she said, "Weird bug" (What she first called Plue in ep.1)
Musica called out to Elie and she replied, "Who are you?"
Tears streamed down Musica's cheeks and mine too.

So, Elie forgot all about Haru and everything else for a year
because no one would tell her in order to spare her the sadness
of losing Haru.
However, the gang goes back to visit Haru's grave,
Elie as well, eventhough she didn't know who's grave it was.
Shuda kept the grave well and Memory Crystals formed from
Memory Dust was sorrounding the grave.
But the minute Elie touched Haru's grave,
Haru sprung out from his grave,
revived thanks to Memory Dust.
Elie got all her memories back at the sight of Haru.
Everyone was crying.

Haru and Elie returns to Gallage Island,
where Cattleya was.
They eventually got married and lived happily ever after.
The end.

I loved Hiro Mashima's work!!
Now, on to reading Fairy Tail. =D

Owh yea,
currently, even in my busy days,
I'm crazing over Shonen Onmyouji while
waiting for VK Season 2 to come out.
Also, trying to download BLEACH Diamond Dust Rebellion,
Another Hyourinmaru.

Now looking forward to Friday,
because I'm going to Penang!
Curry mee!~
Actually, it's for a Sudoku competition,
but hope to be able to hang out with you guys =)
(u know who u are)

And then on Sunday,
it's off to Kl for that 4-day training in
Concorde Hotel Shah Alam,
for the KWN Panasonic Programme.
Thank God debate was postponed,
otherwise I wouldn't be able to go.
God knows best, I guess.
Also, He was kind enough to drop something
special in my letter box today =)
Not gonna mention what though.

*yawn*
Time for bed, I guess...?

.:: oPeN uP YouR MiND ::.

Mood: feeling much better

Firstly,
Thanks to everyone for being there for me,
when I was feeling so down,
and when others didn't even notice.
It's nice to know that there are people who can
see me behind this mask of smiles I've gotten so used to wearing.
And I've finally been able to start singing in class again,
like how I'm so freely used to in SMART.
It feels like the locked away me has
been released once more.

Secondly,
I can be sure of myself
that I will always be me.
And I've only changed for the better.

Me and Gaaya in Form One,
during Deepavali I think.
Yea, we were young =P
That's Wai Kit (sesat) at the back.
It brings back alot of memories,
some of which helped to shape who I am today.

Lastly,
Thanks to everyone
and the everlasting wind,
I can always look forward to a brighter tomorrow.

And to this song,
thanks for lifting my courage and spirits up time and time again.
OPEN UP YOUR MIND's the tittle

moshimo ima subete ga umaku nante ikanai
makesou ni naru toki datte
hitomi wo tojireba kokoro kara
sekai ga miete kuru
Even when it seems that nothing can go right
and you want to just give up,
if you close your eyes,
you can see the world from your heart.

In this world when life can be so tough
You must be strong
Just believe in yourself and don't you fear
So open up your mind and close your eyes
Take another look from the other side

kodoku na yoru demo mayoi osoreru toki mo
ima wa hitori demo kono ashi de doko made mo
aruite ikeru hazu dakara
Even on a lonely night, when you wander afraid,
you may be alone now, but
your feet can take you however far you want to go, so

Just hold on tight hitomi tojita nara
Look inside yourself kagayaki ga aru kara
Yes, subete shinjite hoshii
You can take another look from the other side
Just hold on tight, because if you close your eyes,
look inside yourself, there's a shining light there.
Yes, I want you to believe in everything.
You can take another look from the other side

Just hold on tight kokoro kujikete mo
Reach into your soul ashita ga mienakute mo
Yes, ikiru tsuyosa ga areba
You can take another look from the other side
ai no subete ni deau made...
Just hold on tight, even if your heart is breaking.
Reach into your soul, even if you can't see tomorrow.
Yes, if you have the strength to live,
You can take another look from the other side,
until you find all that is love...

kono sekai de ikinuite-iku tame no tsuyosa wo
anata ni negatte-iru kara
kokoro no tobira wo hiraitara [1]
nanika ga miete kuru
I wish for you to have the strength
to make it through this world,
so open up your mind, [1]
and you'll be able to see...

Just remember you are not alone
So don't you fear
Even though you're miles away
I'm by your side
So open up your mind and close your eyes
I'll be there for you no matter where you are

hoshi no inochi nara nagai kedo itsu made mo
onaji kono hibi ga kurikaesu wake ja nai
ashita wa dare ni mo mienai
The stars may live for a long time, but that doesn't mean
that the same days will repeat over and over forever.
Noone can see into tomorrow.

Just hold on tight hitomi tojita nara
Look inside yourself kodou kanjiru kara
Yes, "MIRAI" shinjite hoshii
You can take another look from the other side
Just hold on tight, because if you close your eyes,
look inside yourself, you'll feel a heartbeat.
Yes, I want you to believe in the future.
You can take another look from the other side.

Just hold on tight kokoro kujikete mo
Reach into your soul ashita ga mienakute mo
Yes, chigau sekai ga atte
You can take another look from the other side
ai no subete ni deaeru yo...
Just hold on tight, even if your heart is breaking.
Reach into your soul, even if you can't see tomorrow.
Yes, there's another world out there.
You can take another look from the other side,
and you'll be able to find all that is love...

.:: aLoNe - Shimokawa Mikuni ::.

Mood: To be honest, I'm feeling a bit down.

Firstly,
I'm actually afraid.
I'm afraid that I'm not the person I used to be.
I'm afraid that I've changed.

I'm not going to state the reasons,
they are kinda apparent.
Inside, I'm scared. Is it really okay to change?
Eventhough I know the answer is NO.
(I have my reasons for this as well)

Secondly,
well, it hasn't been raining enough.
I mean, its only drizzling...
I miss the heavy rainstorms.
But the wind has been blowing rather frequently,
so I'm a bit contented.

I guess, well, after some self-reflection,
all I can do right now is trust in myself
and be who I am,
rather than listen to what others say.
So What if I'm NOT up-to-date, blurrish,
sometimes have no common sense,
boring and always sits alone?
That's part of being me, right?

Well, almost. I didn't really sit alone till
I transferred to SABS.
That's probably something to add to my list of
'why-i-should-regret"
But then again, it can't be helped,
cause I don't know anyone that well there.
One way or another, I'm always left out in some parts.
So, I guess it's okay to be always lonely, right?

And I can't find out about homework like I could
in SMART. I mean,
back then, whenever I didn't go to school,
Gaaya would call and tell me my homework,
Priya and Chew Yee take turns to keep it
or send it to my house...
AND right now,
I can't even call anyone to find out
what homework we have.

But, I know that,
I shouldn't have to rely on anyone else.
So I've decided not to regret.
And try my absolute best in everything.
Even if i end up ridiculed or made fun of,
at the very least, I tried.

And even if I end up getting hated,
I think it's worth it because
I got hated for who I AM and not loved for someone I'm NOT.

AND the tittle for today's post is ALONE because,
that's the song that keeps playing in my mind everytime
I'm thinking sad stuff. It cheers me up.
And actually, that's what made me realise what to do after this.
I owe it all to anime =)

kawaita kaze ga fuku
machi wa kogoete-iru
ikutsu no kisetsu ga sotto oto mo naku
sugisatta no darou
A dry breeze is blowing
The city is getting cold
I wonder how many seasons have passed
without even a sound?

yukikau hito wa mina
omoi nimotsu seotte
tooku ni yureru kagerou no naka ni
ashita wo mitsukeru
All of the people coming and going
bear heavy burdens,
searching for tomorrow
within the heat haze wavering in the distance.

kono te wo koboreochiru
suna no you na kanjou
ano toki mune ni sasatta
kotoba ga fui ni uzuku kedo
Feelings like sand
falling through my hands...
Back then, the words that pierced my heart
suddenly started to throb with pain, but...

hatenai yoru wo kazoe nagara
jibun no kakera sagashite-ita
ushinau hodo ni kono omoi ga
tashika ni natte'ku
ima nara kitto aruite yukeru doko made mo
I've searched for pieces of myself,
counting the endless nights all the while.
These feelings are becoming so certain
I almost lose myself.
Right now, without fail, I will walk forward, however far.

doushite kono sora wa
konna ni hiroi no darou
sakende mite mo koe ni naranakute
namida ga afureta
I wonder, why is the sky
so vast?
Even though I tried to yell, my voice didn't come
and the tears poured out.

jiyuu ni kaze kitte
tori-tachi wa doko e yuku no?
sugoshita jikan no you ni
onaji basho ni modorenai
I wonder where the birds are flying off to,
as they freely slice through the wind?
One can't return to the same place
as it once was in days gone by.

kono mama yume wo akiramete mo
takanaru kodou osae kirenai
itsuka wa kitto chikadzukitai
ano kumo no takasa [1]
mou ichido kokoro ni tsubasa hiroge tabidatou
Even if I give up my dream like this,
I won't suppress my soaring heartbeat.
Someday, I want to reach
as high as the clouds. [1]
I'll spread wide the wings in my heart and journey once again

kanarazu tadoritsukeru hazu
I will reach it, without fail.

hatenai yoru wo kazoe nagara
jibun no kakera sagashite-ita
ushinau hodo ni kono omoi ga
tashika ni natte'ku
ima nara kitto aruite yukeru doko made mo
I've searched for pieces of myself,
counting the endless nights all the while.
These feelings are becoming so certain
I almost lose myself.
Right now, without fail, I will walk forward, however far.

.:: MeNSa FuN TeST - a SiMPLe TeST oF IQ ::.

Mood: A little dissapointed at my IQ Results,

yet happy at the same time...?

Anyway,

Everyone should try out this test [HERE]

It's really FUN.

My Results:

21 out of 30

Your score was 21 out of 30.

That is a very good score—you would have a good chance of passing the Mensa test.
Please note that the Mensa Workout is NOT the official Mensa test, and your score will not qualify or disqualify you for membership.

.:: STaTe LeVeLS DeBaTe (pics) ::.

Mood: A little sleepy, just woke up after sleeping the whole evening.

Before anything else, I wanna say that I FINALLY
managed to find the 2nd paper of accounts and my marks for paper 2 was:
70/80
Well, considering I didn't finish my 2nd question (11 marks),
It's all right I guess.
Luckily, I managed to do until where d 2nd question earned me around 6 marks.
So all together,
(36+70) / 120 X 100 = 88

Anyway, last Thursday,
My school's debate team represented Kuantan for the
STATE LEVELS debate in Temerloh.

My debate team consists of:
GOV Leader: Banun (also known as the youngest)
Gov 2nd: Marjan (Mama Chicken)
Opp Leader: Faiz (Papa Chicken)
Opp 2nd: Qian Wen (sister-like speaker and
is opposite poles with Marjan. Yes, we love to argue.
Its what we do, that's what debaters are.)
Rebutter: Ishwaar (Papa Chicken 2. Dont ask.)

The bus left in the morning, (we shared a bus with the drama team)
around 9.30 am
Before that, we were all in the TRC busy with our scripts.
The trip there ate 2 hours, I think.
When we reached Temerloh (we were expecting Temerloh to be VERY ulu)
we were awed that they had buildings like Maxis
and Happy Fried Chicken (HFC) not KFC.

Then, we left CIVILISATION and entered the jungle
where SMK Tualang was.
To get to the girl's dorm,
we had to climb down 4-5 flights of stairs,
which nearly cost us our lives,
just to find that...

we had to climb another 4 FLIGHTS of STAIRS upwards!!
With Banun's huge luggage and tons of other stuff to carry,
it was annything but easy.
By the time we reached the dorm,
we were all sweaty, tired and panting.
We took a bath in the lovely cold showers
(that's the only place we loved in the dorm)
and then laid down to sleep,
unfortunately that didn't work.

So scratch all those unhappy thoughts,
later, we gathered at the 'pondok'
and we found out we were the only school staying in the dorms,
because the other districts either drove here
or were staying in hotels. (lucky them!)

We did practice in the open-air and had all those
muslim students (it's an 'agama' school, I think)
staring at us,
especially during my turn cos we were loudly arguing
the POIs.


Me presenting at the pondok


Marjan


Okay, I did not approve of this picture being taken

Debating OUT OF TOPIC about hati & jantung
during MY TURN to present my speech.
Starts with Marjan POI-ing.

Anyway, that night I went home (Kuantan) because thanks to
measels, I'm not supposed to eat any OUTSIDE
food for the next three months!
Just have to make sure I don't see anyone eating delicious foos.
Thank God though, because during the briefing,
the facilitator said that the place was 'keras'
(that's how they say haunted in Malay?)

She also said,
"Jangan berpeleseran dengan kawan-kawan kamu,
nanti kamu akan nampak seorang yang nampak macam
kawan kamu tapi BUKAN kawan kamu"
Wasn't that convinient?

The next day,
Mum drove us back and practiced a little
before the competition started around 2pm.
It was held in the canteen of SK Tualang.

The motion was:
THBT Science is a Threat To Humanity

Ishwaar drew opposition,
and so Faiz and me went up.
This is how it works,
if government gets picked,
then Marjan and Banun goes up.
If Opposition gets picked,
Me and Faiz go up.
Either way,
Ishwaar has to go up because he's the 3rd speaker.


WHY AM I the ONLY ONE listening to the 1st speaker's speech?


I know I'm smiling,
but I was actually damn nervous.

Because it was held in the canteen,
it was really hard for me to project my voice.
Ishwaar and Faiz didnt seem to have any problems,
cause they're guys. Sheesh.

Eventually, we won that match.
And Ishwaar (the LOUDest and MOST CONFIDENT)
got the BEST SPEAKER.

After the competition,
I went to stay with Mum and Pink at
Hotel Bukit Bendera.
(also because of the 3 months after measels thingy)
Its a nice place, with a lovely swimming pool.
Unfortunately,
no contact with chlorine water for sometime.


The way to the rooms.
Our room was 102.


Scenery outside the room. Nice rite?
I had to refrain taking pictures of the room
because I know Marjan and Banun would be dead jealous.

That night,
we practiced in the dorm cafeteria.
Everyone was kinda dead tired,
and I was kinda moody cos all my brain cells
were half asleep. (Yes that happens)
So, when my turn came,
I totally blasted out my voice,
and in return got a lot of stares from the asrama girls
coming in to take supper.

By the time we were done,
it was 11.30pm
and by the time I had dinner and everything,
it was 1 am.
I planned to wake up at 5.50 the next morning
to memorize both my scripts
(because I'm doing reply speech too)
but unfortunately, I woke up at 6.50!!
And by the time I had breakfast,
it was 7.20 and the comp starts at 8!!

Had to rush like mad and I was praying that
OPPOSITION wouldn;t get picked.
BUT it did.
So I totally counted on the 1-hour quarantine time to memorize.
In the end, I had to cover up with my own words.

The motion this time:
THBT A Successful Nation is Dependent Upon ICT Savvy Citizens

This time, it was held in a classroom.
Good news for me because it's easier to project my voice,
plus, knowing that I could blast my voice thanks to the night before,
I was pretty sure the audience could hear me this time.

We also managed to win that match!
Which means, only finals left!!
Suprisingly for this round, the opponents DID NOT POI.
And the best speaker...
went to ME! Omg!
Mainly because my timing was near perfect:
7.59 out of 8 mins
and 4 minutes on the dot.
(according to Mum's stopwatch)

Then after some rest,
we went to prepare for the finals!


In the 'cafeteria'.



I think I was saying something here.

Anyway, to cut straight to the point...
The next day, FINALS!!
Against Bentong!

The quarantine time was really funny.
Even the JPN officers were laughing.
GOVERNMENT got drawn,
so me and Faiz didn't have to go up AT LAST!
*phew*

The Motion:
THBT the Development of Quality Citizens is
Dependent Upon the Freedom of Media

Yea, I know. Stupid motion.
Bentong was kinda good, in some parts.
But in the end, WE WON!!
Not only that,
but for DRAMA too!!

In the end, Kuantan
WON EVERYTHING
(drama, debate and public speaking!)
Cool huh? I love my district =)


Drama team and their trophies.


Debaters =D


Dramatians and Debaters of SABS!!

And when I reached home...
OMG. Moral folio!!
And notes! Owh well,
might as well get started.