A thousand apologies. He will not attempt to make excuses for abandoning his duties of updating this place. Because 2 months without an update is simply inexcusable. You see, he was studying. Trials and the world's 3rd most difficult exam. Studying a lot. Burning the midnight oil. Mugging. Like really hard. Intense stuff. Energy sapping, brain draining and uh, soul destroying stuff. Totally. So here's a brief update for all the things that he's been up to the last couple of months(in between all the, uh, studying of course).
Well for starters, his car got hijacked. Never will he leave his keys in the ignition when RoPav are in the vicinity. In case you are wondering, RoPav is what he shall refer to the unholy union of Rowena and Pavitra as. There will be a separate post about them later, because they really are that awesome.
Other than fooling around with the Lower 6 girls, he did manage to actually accomplish some things. Like his first Raya open house, which he can now check off his unending list of things most normal people would have accomplished by now. Yes, he isn't going to wait till he's dying to do all the things he's wanted to do. So at the ripe age of 19, he attends his first raya open house, you know, just to get a head start on everybody else.
In case you're wondering whose open house it was, he wont ruin it for you or anything, so you can go ahead and keep wondering.
It actually was quite fun. In all honesty, he expected it to get boring after a while, after which he and Tiru would make some excuse and leave early. The fact that they stayed from 4:00 pm until 11:30 pm probably proves his point. Of course, her place has almost become their regular hang out spot, so the idea of overstaying an invitation didn't really occur at any point of their 7 and a half hour stay.
The debaters were there, her bestie, and the form 6 gang. Ate, laughed, made plans for a post stpm trip to Penang, changed light bulbs, you know, standard open house fare. Minus the duit raya. Which is taking terribly long to reach them for some reason or other.
Then there was Deepavali. There was invitations here and there, but he was already fully booked the whole day with relatives to visit and what not. Still don't understand why people cant spread the open houses out over a couple of days, must it all be exactly during lunch time on the same day? Although it must be said that them Indians sure know how to celebrate the Festival of Lights, what with every house taking turns to put up their own show of fireworks that could give most grand shows a good run for their money.
Keeping to the Indian theme, would be Tiru's birthday(Tiru would probably warrant a post all to himself at this point, mushy tributes and all, but again, it will have to be reserved for another post). He achieved another landmark accomplishment. Watching a Tamil movie in the cinema. Aadavan. Which wasn't as much of a disaster that he thought it would be. Sure subtitles were missing for half the show, but still you don't need subtitles to appreciate the song and dance, and the exaggerated action scenes. For popcorn fare, its money well spent. If of course, one could understand Tamil. Which he has on the list of things he must accomplish, in between bellydancing and recognising the subtle nuances of colour, like say the difference between pink and "fuchsia".
And of course, there was the prefect dinner. Which was nice since the girls all looked prettier than usual. And of course, he noticed. Nothing like a feast for the stomach as well as for the eyes. He taught someone a valuable lesson that night too. Never say never. Well actually you can say never, just don't say "I'm never sitting in a car with you!" only to enquire moments later if the said driver could drop you off at home with that silly toothy smile of yours. Just in case you are wondering who this person may be, well, you can keep on wondering.
Rowena Selvarasan. He couldn't help himself.
She probably deserves a post to herself too, but, you know, we should probably save it for another post. And in case you're wondering when the 3 more posts that has been promised to you thus far will be coming, you can most certainly, with the most fervent enthusiasm, keep wondering.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
somewhere a duck is watching you(a classic post from the archives)
There are great patriots who would die for their country, martyrs who would die for their religion, and hopeless romantics that would die for their love. Brave men indeed. But surely, they must be afraid of something?? Yes, they maybe willing to give up their lives, but surely they are susceptible to something? Don’t be surprised to find out if these great men hide an Achilles Heel like, maybe, Anatidaephobia- fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you. Or maybe Arachibutyrophobia- fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. But he digresses.
For the point of the matter is that Albert has his fears too. Think Erotophobia- the fear of marriage, dating, and romantic relationships. Yes, his faithful fans will tell you that this has been mentioned before, but as trivial and petty this may seem at his age, do hear him out.
This is for real. Not just those things that you would just grow out of. He has asked himself this question many times, what really is the point of getting married? If he liked kids that would be a different matter, but he doesn’t. He himself comes from a semi-dysfunctional family, which maybe lies the root of the problem. Where is the love, a group that named themselves after a non-existent vegetable would holler, well, no where near this amigo that’s for sure. Let us consider the repercussions of a singleton’s life. The freedom is one thing, dying a lonely man is another.
Lets start with something random like say, hmm, maybe, somewhere, like, sex. Ohhh, the TABOO subject. Well don’t get all disgusted with him, of course theres more to marriage than sex, and it definitely isnt the ONLY thing on his mind, mind you. But in accordance to his religion, premarital “seed-spreading” is sinful. But its actually a beautiful thing, let him put it this way-
“ you can lose yourself, everything, all boundaries, all time, the two bodies become soo mixed up that you don’t know who’s who or what’s what, and just when the sweet confusion soo intense you think you’re going to die, and you know you kinda do, leaving you alone in your separate body, but the one you love is still there. That’s the miracle, you can go to heaven and come back alive, go back anytime you want with the one you love.”
Wouldn’t it be an absolute shame to miss out on that? Thou thinketh him shallow are thou not? Well go screw thouself, he maintains his romantic views about it. But with no wife=no going to heaven and back.
Also, his mom constantly daydreams about his marriage, the perfect daughter in law and such. He wouldn’t want to break her heart by saying no to marriage. Also being the eldest, it is expected for him to lead by example; also mom wants to arrange the whole thing. No worries though, she sets her standards soo high she’ll never finding a living person who fits the profile willing to go to heaven with Albert INSIDE wedlock.
Somehow, he thinks marriage is society’s way to trap young people to adhere to an accepted social structure whereby the building blocks starts at the family. He wants to be George Clooney, bachelor for life. But then again, he feels that one would be a failure if they don’t have a family to show off. Hence the dilemma, which is as much of a problem as it would be if it came from a 36 year old, instead of another rant from a teenager. Because Albert has foresight. Which is refreshing cause some guys have more foreskin than foresight. Still it is pretty distant a problem, 20 years down the road.
Maybe by then he would have made up his mind. Maybe he would fall helplessly in love with some girl who would sweep him off his feet and get hitched with him before Albert can even say “pre-nup?” But if not, it is going to have to be a one-way ticket to heaven then would'nt it?
For the point of the matter is that Albert has his fears too. Think Erotophobia- the fear of marriage, dating, and romantic relationships. Yes, his faithful fans will tell you that this has been mentioned before, but as trivial and petty this may seem at his age, do hear him out.
This is for real. Not just those things that you would just grow out of. He has asked himself this question many times, what really is the point of getting married? If he liked kids that would be a different matter, but he doesn’t. He himself comes from a semi-dysfunctional family, which maybe lies the root of the problem. Where is the love, a group that named themselves after a non-existent vegetable would holler, well, no where near this amigo that’s for sure. Let us consider the repercussions of a singleton’s life. The freedom is one thing, dying a lonely man is another.
Lets start with something random like say, hmm, maybe, somewhere, like, sex. Ohhh, the TABOO subject. Well don’t get all disgusted with him, of course theres more to marriage than sex, and it definitely isnt the ONLY thing on his mind, mind you. But in accordance to his religion, premarital “seed-spreading” is sinful. But its actually a beautiful thing, let him put it this way-
“ you can lose yourself, everything, all boundaries, all time, the two bodies become soo mixed up that you don’t know who’s who or what’s what, and just when the sweet confusion soo intense you think you’re going to die, and you know you kinda do, leaving you alone in your separate body, but the one you love is still there. That’s the miracle, you can go to heaven and come back alive, go back anytime you want with the one you love.”
Wouldn’t it be an absolute shame to miss out on that? Thou thinketh him shallow are thou not? Well go screw thouself, he maintains his romantic views about it. But with no wife=no going to heaven and back.
Also, his mom constantly daydreams about his marriage, the perfect daughter in law and such. He wouldn’t want to break her heart by saying no to marriage. Also being the eldest, it is expected for him to lead by example; also mom wants to arrange the whole thing. No worries though, she sets her standards soo high she’ll never finding a living person who fits the profile willing to go to heaven with Albert INSIDE wedlock.
Somehow, he thinks marriage is society’s way to trap young people to adhere to an accepted social structure whereby the building blocks starts at the family. He wants to be George Clooney, bachelor for life. But then again, he feels that one would be a failure if they don’t have a family to show off. Hence the dilemma, which is as much of a problem as it would be if it came from a 36 year old, instead of another rant from a teenager. Because Albert has foresight. Which is refreshing cause some guys have more foreskin than foresight. Still it is pretty distant a problem, 20 years down the road.
Maybe by then he would have made up his mind. Maybe he would fall helplessly in love with some girl who would sweep him off his feet and get hitched with him before Albert can even say “pre-nup?” But if not, it is going to have to be a one-way ticket to heaven then would'nt it?
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Interact IU Night! (pics courtesy of Eutjin)
And so the day finally arrives. His last day at the helm of the Interact Club. Sigh. Time flies so fast when you're working with a board of chicks making tons of money. All mushy sentiments aside, he has to say that this particular IU probably is one of the best IUs this school has ever had. Here's how it all went down:
The theme was bollywood, and the original plan was to have it in the new open hall. He had a hunch it probably wont work out and it turned out to be true, as much as his board members tried to push for it to happen, bureaucracy, red tape and paperwork simply got in the way. Nevertheless, tickets were selling like crazy, its hard to imagine that tickets for an IU being held in school priced at Rm 18 could sell out even before the actual day itself. All 200 of it. So no matter what actually happened on the day itself they were assured of a handsome profit. Which probably is the only gauge of any importance of an event's success. Especially considering last year's IU made a loss.
We haven't even considered the people who walked in and bought tickets on the spot.
Registration did a great job
Nevertheless, despite having to cram in the small hall(which is more like an elongated classroom), the show still had to go on.
This is how 200++ people in the school hall looks like.
Pn Kany and Cik Farah. No need to chase screamo bands off stage this year!
Airina and her flower.
Who says guys cant multitask. Had to shuffle between MC-ing and being president the whole night. Of course no one ever said you had to do both very well.
Himself and Puteri were the MCs for the night(hes effectively given up on solemn vows to never mc again), and they actually kicked off the night right on time(another landmark achievement). Give or take, a few(ahem) minutes.
By the way, Puteri is a kick ass awesome singer. See the cue cards shes holding, can you guess what he's thinking right about now? He will not say the "d" word.
This was the opening act of the night, he was awestruck seeing them perform hound dog during audition where they saved it for the last, but here their best song came first and damn, it was so, so awesome. Best band to have ever performed for an IU. Outlawz.
Facemelting guitar solos by Ethan.
Then there was a simple speech by Pn Kany followed by the IU director's, Vivien Yeow. He is seriously running out of superlatives to describe his board members. Ruthlessly efficient. Literally has everything done like, yesterday.
Then the introduction of (insert superlative here) 08/09 BOD members
Kept everyone waiting this dude.
Kept everyone cheering this dude.
And then there was dinner. Which he had none of. Went the whole day without lunch or dinner. MC-ing sucks.
He knows Christopher's hand when he sees it.
He will never MC again.
He will not say the "d" word. He wont.
Pn Chua happy. Enough said.
Then, the world witnessed, for the first time ever, future superstar, his hot co-emcee perform on stage! If I aint got you by Alicia Keys, Ms Keys would have been proud of that rendition really. Puteri should be snapped up by a record label by now.
The darker it got outside, the blue-er it got inside
The dance by Carmen Beh and her crew.
The blue lighting in full effect.
For a while, we could almost forget this is a school hall.
Sharmila, flexing her vocal chords
The installation of the 09/10 BOD. Hence ends his term. He is now Ex President. Joining the likes of Sean and Evan. Its probably going to be a while until theres another guy president, for now it'll be Daphne Khoo. Prepare to suffer the pelan operasi's and the school administration. Have fun.
The rest of the bands provided the entertainment for the night, Rubber Bandage and Tks
MJ tributes here and there.
Then the inevitable encore performance from the Outlawz. Crowd loved them. So did Pn Halimah, the new teacher.
Guy on the right did a pretty decent MJ impersonation, what with the hat tossing and the moonwalking and the crotch clutching. These guys are unbelievable.
Then the highlight of the night, the crowning of Mr and Ms Bollywood.
Nominees for the guys
Tiru getting a little carried away here. Who knew Vibbeshanan was so popular?
Had a lot of fun with the female nominees. Puteri was too hot to not be nominated. The look on her face was priceless. Probably the only perk of being an MC, being able to pull stunts like this. All of them were beautiful but the crowd cheered loudest for Puteri and Vibb. Clear winners.
Deserving winners.
And finally, the only bollywood-ish performance of the night, Hafizah, Sharm, and Ren's dance.
Just to make a point, what Fiza is wearing is more pink than it is purple. Khosh is as wrong about this as she was about the Kadazan costume.
DJ Jose played his mix as the night winded down with random people showing off their moves.
Getting jiggy with it.
Pn Halimah. Most sporting teacher ever.
And so ended an awesome night, and an awesome term. No disasters. No one after his head. Raked in the dough. $$$$. Hats off to the best BOD ever.
This is why the Interact Club is the most (insert superlative here) club ever.
The theme was bollywood, and the original plan was to have it in the new open hall. He had a hunch it probably wont work out and it turned out to be true, as much as his board members tried to push for it to happen, bureaucracy, red tape and paperwork simply got in the way. Nevertheless, tickets were selling like crazy, its hard to imagine that tickets for an IU being held in school priced at Rm 18 could sell out even before the actual day itself. All 200 of it. So no matter what actually happened on the day itself they were assured of a handsome profit. Which probably is the only gauge of any importance of an event's success. Especially considering last year's IU made a loss.
We haven't even considered the people who walked in and bought tickets on the spot.
Registration did a great job
Nevertheless, despite having to cram in the small hall(which is more like an elongated classroom), the show still had to go on.
This is how 200++ people in the school hall looks like.
Pn Kany and Cik Farah. No need to chase screamo bands off stage this year!
Airina and her flower.
Who says guys cant multitask. Had to shuffle between MC-ing and being president the whole night. Of course no one ever said you had to do both very well.
Himself and Puteri were the MCs for the night(hes effectively given up on solemn vows to never mc again), and they actually kicked off the night right on time(another landmark achievement). Give or take, a few(ahem) minutes.
By the way, Puteri is a kick ass awesome singer. See the cue cards shes holding, can you guess what he's thinking right about now? He will not say the "d" word.
This was the opening act of the night, he was awestruck seeing them perform hound dog during audition where they saved it for the last, but here their best song came first and damn, it was so, so awesome. Best band to have ever performed for an IU. Outlawz.
Facemelting guitar solos by Ethan.
Then there was a simple speech by Pn Kany followed by the IU director's, Vivien Yeow. He is seriously running out of superlatives to describe his board members. Ruthlessly efficient. Literally has everything done like, yesterday.
Then the introduction of (insert superlative here) 08/09 BOD members
Kept everyone waiting this dude.
Kept everyone cheering this dude.
And then there was dinner. Which he had none of. Went the whole day without lunch or dinner. MC-ing sucks.
He knows Christopher's hand when he sees it.
He will never MC again.
He will not say the "d" word. He wont.
Pn Chua happy. Enough said.
Then, the world witnessed, for the first time ever, future superstar, his hot co-emcee perform on stage! If I aint got you by Alicia Keys, Ms Keys would have been proud of that rendition really. Puteri should be snapped up by a record label by now.
The darker it got outside, the blue-er it got inside
You heard her here first people.
The dance by Carmen Beh and her crew.
The blue lighting in full effect.
For a while, we could almost forget this is a school hall.
Sharmila, flexing her vocal chords
The installation of the 09/10 BOD. Hence ends his term. He is now Ex President. Joining the likes of Sean and Evan. Its probably going to be a while until theres another guy president, for now it'll be Daphne Khoo. Prepare to suffer the pelan operasi's and the school administration. Have fun.
The rest of the bands provided the entertainment for the night, Rubber Bandage and Tks
MJ tributes here and there.
Then the inevitable encore performance from the Outlawz. Crowd loved them. So did Pn Halimah, the new teacher.
Guy on the right did a pretty decent MJ impersonation, what with the hat tossing and the moonwalking and the crotch clutching. These guys are unbelievable.
Then the highlight of the night, the crowning of Mr and Ms Bollywood.
Nominees for the guys
Tiru getting a little carried away here. Who knew Vibbeshanan was so popular?
Had a lot of fun with the female nominees. Puteri was too hot to not be nominated. The look on her face was priceless. Probably the only perk of being an MC, being able to pull stunts like this. All of them were beautiful but the crowd cheered loudest for Puteri and Vibb. Clear winners.
Deserving winners.
And finally, the only bollywood-ish performance of the night, Hafizah, Sharm, and Ren's dance.
Just to make a point, what Fiza is wearing is more pink than it is purple. Khosh is as wrong about this as she was about the Kadazan costume.
DJ Jose played his mix as the night winded down with random people showing off their moves.
Getting jiggy with it.
Pn Halimah. Most sporting teacher ever.
And so ended an awesome night, and an awesome term. No disasters. No one after his head. Raked in the dough. $$$$. Hats off to the best BOD ever.
This is why the Interact Club is the most (insert superlative here) club ever.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
KDUDA Interschool debate among other musings
Well debate season is officially over.
In the absence of Taylors(which has been going on for the past 15 years uninterrupted until now), SMKSS17 sent in Leon, Rishen and Esther for a little bit of exposure to varsity level debating. Thats right. This really was an eyeopener to debating in its truest form. 30 mins prep time. Debating real issues. With proper adjudication by seasoned uni debaters(one of which happened to be Suhaib, which just makes him so proud).
Round 1
NS has done more harm than good
SMKSS17(gov)vsSMK Bukit Bandaraya 3(opp)
SMK Bukit Bandaraya edged them out on this one.
Round 2
THW not allow children to participate in Reality TV shows
SMKSS17(gov)vsSMKUSJ4 3(opp)
USJ 4 had pretty much the same team that got thrashed in the test scores debate, but this one performed much better, with the Rahman dude being much improved, as for the 2nd speaker, well there was no POIs for this round, and they had this brilliant Chinese dude who was 3rd speaker which won the debate for USJ 4.
Round 3
THW not allow the Malaysian PM to serve for more than 2 terms
SMK Sungai Buloh 2(gov)vs SMKSS17(opp)
SS17 won here. The other team was crap.
Round 4(humour round)
THBT comic book superheroes should not have secret identities
SMKSS17(gov) vs SMK Taman Desa 1(opp)
Generally good humoured debate. Everyone was dead tired by this time. Results not announced. Close.
Round 5
THBT the WHO should restrict international movement during pandemics
SMKSS17(gov)vsSMK Sungai Buloh 2 (opp)
Up against same crap team. Results not released, but probably a win.
SMKSS17 didnt breat into the octofinals, and neither did the Seafield team that won Taylors in Suhaib's year or the USJ 4 team. SMK DJ as usual had all 3 teams break, Catholic High had all 5 teams break, but the winner was SMK Bukit Sentosa and one of the Catholic High teams were runners up.
This debate competition was most definately the highest quality competition he has ever seen, not to mention the insane format and the tough adjudication. A real baptism of fire for Leon and Rishen. Esther was solid as expected, never had any doubts about her, shes born to talk. But its Rishi who has improved ALOT. This form 3 kid actually prepped his own speech in half and hour and went up there and talked off the cuff for 7 minutes. He actually managed to do it. For all 4 rounds. The kid already has more experience(in terms of quality and quantity) than Suhaib had when Suhaib was 15, he can only imagine how good Rishi will be once he's 17.
Speaking of Suhaib. It really gives you a warm fuzzy feeling inside to see this kid you worked with in F4, with his immature speeches and silly mistakes, grow over time to suddenly becoming this kick-ass debater leading his own team in F5 to the Taylors Final(albeit with some coaching), and finally now being all grown up (every bit of 18), to see him actually adjudicating High School debates, its just, wow.
And it doesnt stop there. Rishi told him that he's his idol. Apparently what got Rishi into debating was reading his blog(forthelackofbetterwords.blogspot.com), with all the debate adventures in it, and it, quote "inspired" unquote him to be a debater. He never thought his blogposts could actually inspire anybody. But this dude, who is all 6 feet of burning passion for debate is proof. It is truly an awesome feeling to inspire somebody to be passionate about something in the same way you are too. And to be their idol. Its fulfilling. Never mind the fact he has never accomplished anything much as a debater, as a coach, this warm fuzzy feeling more than makes up for it. And of course being able to associate the best run the school has ever had in English debate competitions for the past 3 years to himself.
2007- Wira Zon Champs, District semifinalists, Taylors semifinalists
2008-Taylors runner's up(wonder what the school did with the 5K)
2009-Wira Zon Champs, District semifinalists
Certainly a more consistent record in the past 3 years than any of the schools around here. Remarkable achievement for a team with little resources and him for a coach.
Now, life may appear to be a post-debate downward spiral, but all he really has to do is get this little inconvenience called STPM over with, and sit tight until next season. Ooh, the fuzzy feeling is awesome.
In the absence of Taylors(which has been going on for the past 15 years uninterrupted until now), SMKSS17 sent in Leon, Rishen and Esther for a little bit of exposure to varsity level debating. Thats right. This really was an eyeopener to debating in its truest form. 30 mins prep time. Debating real issues. With proper adjudication by seasoned uni debaters(one of which happened to be Suhaib, which just makes him so proud).
Round 1
NS has done more harm than good
SMKSS17(gov)vsSMK Bukit Bandaraya 3(opp)
SMK Bukit Bandaraya edged them out on this one.
Round 2
THW not allow children to participate in Reality TV shows
SMKSS17(gov)vsSMKUSJ4 3(opp)
USJ 4 had pretty much the same team that got thrashed in the test scores debate, but this one performed much better, with the Rahman dude being much improved, as for the 2nd speaker, well there was no POIs for this round, and they had this brilliant Chinese dude who was 3rd speaker which won the debate for USJ 4.
Round 3
THW not allow the Malaysian PM to serve for more than 2 terms
SMK Sungai Buloh 2(gov)vs SMKSS17(opp)
SS17 won here. The other team was crap.
Round 4(humour round)
THBT comic book superheroes should not have secret identities
SMKSS17(gov) vs SMK Taman Desa 1(opp)
Generally good humoured debate. Everyone was dead tired by this time. Results not announced. Close.
Round 5
THBT the WHO should restrict international movement during pandemics
SMKSS17(gov)vsSMK Sungai Buloh 2 (opp)
Up against same crap team. Results not released, but probably a win.
SMKSS17 didnt breat into the octofinals, and neither did the Seafield team that won Taylors in Suhaib's year or the USJ 4 team. SMK DJ as usual had all 3 teams break, Catholic High had all 5 teams break, but the winner was SMK Bukit Sentosa and one of the Catholic High teams were runners up.
This debate competition was most definately the highest quality competition he has ever seen, not to mention the insane format and the tough adjudication. A real baptism of fire for Leon and Rishen. Esther was solid as expected, never had any doubts about her, shes born to talk. But its Rishi who has improved ALOT. This form 3 kid actually prepped his own speech in half and hour and went up there and talked off the cuff for 7 minutes. He actually managed to do it. For all 4 rounds. The kid already has more experience(in terms of quality and quantity) than Suhaib had when Suhaib was 15, he can only imagine how good Rishi will be once he's 17.
Speaking of Suhaib. It really gives you a warm fuzzy feeling inside to see this kid you worked with in F4, with his immature speeches and silly mistakes, grow over time to suddenly becoming this kick-ass debater leading his own team in F5 to the Taylors Final(albeit with some coaching), and finally now being all grown up (every bit of 18), to see him actually adjudicating High School debates, its just, wow.
And it doesnt stop there. Rishi told him that he's his idol. Apparently what got Rishi into debating was reading his blog(forthelackofbetterwords.blogspot.com), with all the debate adventures in it, and it, quote "inspired" unquote him to be a debater. He never thought his blogposts could actually inspire anybody. But this dude, who is all 6 feet of burning passion for debate is proof. It is truly an awesome feeling to inspire somebody to be passionate about something in the same way you are too. And to be their idol. Its fulfilling. Never mind the fact he has never accomplished anything much as a debater, as a coach, this warm fuzzy feeling more than makes up for it. And of course being able to associate the best run the school has ever had in English debate competitions for the past 3 years to himself.
2007- Wira Zon Champs, District semifinalists, Taylors semifinalists
2008-Taylors runner's up(wonder what the school did with the 5K)
2009-Wira Zon Champs, District semifinalists
Certainly a more consistent record in the past 3 years than any of the schools around here. Remarkable achievement for a team with little resources and him for a coach.
Now, life may appear to be a post-debate downward spiral, but all he really has to do is get this little inconvenience called STPM over with, and sit tight until next season. Ooh, the fuzzy feeling is awesome.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Is it me or is it the weather?
Owing to the recent developments in his (love) life, there has been a nagging question that has got him wondering about, well, girls in general. Feel free to weigh in with your comments on the issue.
You see, the thing that has got him completely stumped is how a girl, can like a guy, without even knowing the guy. Is that really possible? From a guy's point of view, eye candy is just eye candy, and nothing more than that. It certainly takes a lot more than appearances to keep a guy hooked. He always assumed it was the same for girls, until of course, the recent developments in his short-lived love life.
Its not just a one-off event, it happened twice in the past 6 months, and in both cases, neither girl actually knew him well, in the latter case they hardly even knew each other. And when you ask them why, its always the coy " I don't know", then when you press further you'll get something vague like " you're different or you're nice" which hardly even sounds convincing since they liked you even before they could know you well enough to come to that kind of conclusion about you, and even if they did it should take a lot more than being different and nice to warrant that kind of attention from the opposite sex. But if you persist further you will finally hit jackpot and they tell you its your eyes, and they get all excited about it. And you're wondering, for all your personal traits and good qualities that you hope you have, the only reason they like you it seems is for your eyes. That's it?
He was talking to Cheryl the other day, his AFS friend, and she doesn't really think a girl can like a guy without actually knowing the guy.
" Maybe she thinks you're hot."
Was all she could surmise from this whole thing. It sounds ridiculous really, actually more like hilarious. But it seems to be the only thing that can explain it.
"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
Do check out the Sherlock Holmes trailer by the way, the movie version is just absolutely reeking with coolness.
So superficiality wins today then. Maybe that's all it was.
This is so weird.
You see, the thing that has got him completely stumped is how a girl, can like a guy, without even knowing the guy. Is that really possible? From a guy's point of view, eye candy is just eye candy, and nothing more than that. It certainly takes a lot more than appearances to keep a guy hooked. He always assumed it was the same for girls, until of course, the recent developments in his short-lived love life.
Its not just a one-off event, it happened twice in the past 6 months, and in both cases, neither girl actually knew him well, in the latter case they hardly even knew each other. And when you ask them why, its always the coy " I don't know", then when you press further you'll get something vague like " you're different or you're nice" which hardly even sounds convincing since they liked you even before they could know you well enough to come to that kind of conclusion about you, and even if they did it should take a lot more than being different and nice to warrant that kind of attention from the opposite sex. But if you persist further you will finally hit jackpot and they tell you its your eyes, and they get all excited about it. And you're wondering, for all your personal traits and good qualities that you hope you have, the only reason they like you it seems is for your eyes. That's it?
He was talking to Cheryl the other day, his AFS friend, and she doesn't really think a girl can like a guy without actually knowing the guy.
" Maybe she thinks you're hot."
Was all she could surmise from this whole thing. It sounds ridiculous really, actually more like hilarious. But it seems to be the only thing that can explain it.
"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
Do check out the Sherlock Holmes trailer by the way, the movie version is just absolutely reeking with coolness.
So superficiality wins today then. Maybe that's all it was.
This is so weird.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
And so ends the first half of the season
HELP Debate
THBT killing animals for sport is morally wrong
SMKSS17(pro) vs SMK B. U. Damansara(4)(con)
Winner: SMKSS17
The second team scrapped through this one with Esther performing best out of the 3, but still best speaker went to the other team.
TH would legalize voluntary active euthanasia
SMKSS17(pro) vs (some team) (con)
A second round exit for the B team. Apparently the decision was biased, the judges were split, and even the teacher for the other team was surprised. It was a classic case of a good 3rd speaker saving the day after 2 lousy speakers. Nevertheless, the exposure to HELP was good, and there wasn't any embarrassment of suffering a first round exit. An all round decent job for a last minute debate team. One good thing to come out of it was an unearthed talent in Esther Chai. She could just make the team for taylors.
The first half of debate season is over, will spend the the rest of the off-season analysing and preparing for Taylors(which hopefully will resume as usual in June).
Debate is his life.
THBT killing animals for sport is morally wrong
SMKSS17(pro) vs SMK B. U. Damansara(4)(con)
Winner: SMKSS17
The second team scrapped through this one with Esther performing best out of the 3, but still best speaker went to the other team.
TH would legalize voluntary active euthanasia
SMKSS17(pro) vs (some team) (con)
A second round exit for the B team. Apparently the decision was biased, the judges were split, and even the teacher for the other team was surprised. It was a classic case of a good 3rd speaker saving the day after 2 lousy speakers. Nevertheless, the exposure to HELP was good, and there wasn't any embarrassment of suffering a first round exit. An all round decent job for a last minute debate team. One good thing to come out of it was an unearthed talent in Esther Chai. She could just make the team for taylors.
The first half of debate season is over, will spend the the rest of the off-season analysing and preparing for Taylors(which hopefully will resume as usual in June).
Debate is his life.
Monday, April 13, 2009
The end of Wira. And the beginning of HELP
In the era of globalization, there should be no censorship.
District Semis
SMKSS17(pro) vs SMK Bandar Puchong(con)
Winner: SMK Bandar Puchong.
Best speaker: The negative second speaker.
Well they lost deservedly. It was disappointing. And almost embarrassing at one point. It had better not happen again.
SMKSS17 is participating in HELP debate for the first time, its the second stringers this time Renukka, Matthew Chan, Esther Chai and Shumeetha Kaur. Always wanted to try HELP.
THB that killing animals for sport is morally wrong.
SMKSS17 is the affirmative for this one. Should be much easier than the other side. Up against SMK Bandar Utama( 3 or 4).
Wish the rookies luck. They're gonna need it.
District Semis
SMKSS17(pro) vs SMK Bandar Puchong(con)
Winner: SMK Bandar Puchong.
Best speaker: The negative second speaker.
Well they lost deservedly. It was disappointing. And almost embarrassing at one point. It had better not happen again.
SMKSS17 is participating in HELP debate for the first time, its the second stringers this time Renukka, Matthew Chan, Esther Chai and Shumeetha Kaur. Always wanted to try HELP.
THB that killing animals for sport is morally wrong.
SMKSS17 is the affirmative for this one. Should be much easier than the other side. Up against SMK Bandar Utama( 3 or 4).
Wish the rookies luck. They're gonna need it.
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