Episode 41: Walk The Talk

Juz wanna dedicate this song to all the delegates of 19th Lasallian Leaders Convention. I am glad that i met with you all. Hope we will meet again in the future.

We are companions on the way
Sharing dreams and sharing life
And in the life we lead and the road we take
We can make dreams come true

In faith like La Salle, we’re called to show the way
To share and to live his dream
To ev’ry woman, child and man, will learn to be free
To live in harmony

We will walk the talk
We will touch the hearts with love
It’s the reason, we’ll share in the dream
And in the world of pain, we are the hopes of life
And in the darkness, we’re called to be
Lights of our world

Our futures- they seem so far away
But our tommorows are decided today
For it’s a time to care and a time to heal
A change starts with you and me

From La Salle we draw strength, to practice what we preach
In caring for the world today
In giving everyone, we learn to receive
To make this world a better place

We will walk the talk
We will touch the hearts with love
It’s the reason, we’ll share in the dream
And in the world of pain, we are the hopes of life
And in the darkness, we’re called to be
Lights of our world

There’s a tension within to give or to take
To touch every heart or lose all that’s at stake
The choice is yours and the choice is mine
To build the world with humanity

We will walk the talk
We will touch the hearts with love
It’s the reason, we’ll share in the dream
And in the world of pain, we are the hopes of life
And in the darkness, we’re called to be
Lights of our world

4th Asia Pacific Lasallian Youth Congress Theme song
Lyrics by Eric Bryan, Ivan Ng and Gerrard Louis
Music by Eric Bryan and Ivan Ng

Episode 40: Angels and Demons

Yesterday, I went to school for my librarian duty at 4pm. The whether was kinda want-rain-duwan-rain like dat. But fortunately I reached school without getting my clothes soaked.

Pei Chern was the shift leader on that day (she always give me ‘penyusunan’ one). No duty on that day. Stock check was carried out on that day. So everyone must do ‘penyusunan’ Great.

As I carried some books to one shelves to another, something caught my attention. It was a book la. But I got the feeling that the book was calling for me…

“Come to me Mun Keong…. Come to papa….”

Gosh, creepy man.

To satisfy my curiosity, I took out the book (it was thick and has a hard cover) from the shelve.

When I saw the book title… OMG….

The book was none other than…..

DAN BROWN’S ANGELS AND DEMONS!!!!!

Me wif Dan Brown's masterpiece.

Gosh, man. I cant believe it man. The book with the words “The International Bestsellar” was right in front of my eyes. I feel in love with it instantly. No doubt bout it.

What would such a popular book (even popular than Stephanie Meyer’s Twillight) was doing inside SGI library???

“Damn, I gotta borrow this book”, I whispered to myself.

So today, after Mr.Teh’s account class, (boring as ever) armed with my librarian tag, I raced to the library, hoping the book was still there.

“Thank God the book is still there”, I murmured.

So I grab the book (and hug it) and walked to the library office. I clicked on the computer to register myself as the borrower of the book.

“Ey, ey, Mun Keong, kamu buat ape tu??” asked the Kakak. (Kakak was the library boss)
“Saya nak pinjam buku ini kak.” I replied.
“Tak boleh pinjam hari ini. Kan ada stock check.” said the Kakak.

My heart shattered into pieces.

“Tak boleh pinjam ke, Kak??”, I tried to negotiate.
“Tunggu stock check habis dulu.” she replied.

I was like OMG. When la the stock check gonna finish?? Of all the time…

“Kak, betul tak boleh pinjam?? I asked for one last time, hoping she will agree.
“Tak boleh” she said.

Great. This is just fantastic.

For a moment I thought I could borrow the book… But now…. Have to wait till stock check is done.
I reluctantly put back the book into the shelves, and head to the exit with a sour face.

Suddenly, the Kak called out my name.

What I heard next was magical…

“Baiklah, baiklah. Pergi procees buku tu” she said.

Lady luck had not abandoned me after all. Without wasting any time, I ran towards the shelve and took out Dan Brown’s masterpiece and have it processed.

“Terima kasih Kak.” I said with a glowing smile on my face. My sour face no longer exits that time.

As soon as I went back to my class, I stared flipping the pages. Interesting, I must say. Having read the comments, especially one that says….

“A heart racing thriller. The story has so many twists that it would be a sin to reveal too much of the plot in advance. Lets just say that if this novel doesn’t get your pulse racing, you need to check your meds” –San Francisco Chronicle-

burned my desire to read up the book.

So thanks a lot to Dato’ Ng Tieh Chuan for donating such a marvelous book to the library. The Lost Symbol in the future perhaps??

This book is highly recommended, and if you are a SGI, you should borrow it. But must wait me finish first la.

Hope I can finish reading before November 11.

Can you decipher this?? Illuminati is the word.

This was the place where the victim were 1 by 1 being killed

Episode 39: Comeback

“Guess who’s back, back again, Shady’s back, tell a friend. Now everyone report to the dance floor…”- Just Lose It by Eminem.

Ahh…Finally… After 1 week of misery, my final exam was finally over. But somehow, I don’t feel happy bout it at all. I did kinda badly in my account paper la, that’s why. Still cant believe that, although I’ve been training for 5 months under my account sifu, I still cant mastered the foundation. Damn it man. (sigh)



Time really fly fast don’t they?? Just a blink of an eye, and its already near the end of 2009. The feeling of being enrolled to the F6 stream is still fresh in my mind, and its just like happened yesterday only. I find hard to believe that the fact that, I’m about to complete my L6 syllabus already. And next year I’m gonna face my biggest challenge ever… STPM.


The 1 week holiday during Hari Raya was indeed a fun week man. No words can describe how exited I am to be reunited with my old pals. Not to mention we had a fantastic BBQ meal at Seik San’s house. Of course nothing could beat the adventure to Taman Saga a.k.a Chinese Graveyard. Lol. I was in Joo Gin’s car at that time and gosh, he almost rammed over a grave when we took a tour inside the graveyard man!!! It was so scary at that time. But luckily no “white figure” or “a pair of red eyes” appeared.
A few days later, we even went to Kuala Sepetang to have one scrumptious seafood feast.

Kuala Sepetangs rocks dude!!!!

The Sepetang gang

Rewind back to a few months ago.... The events that happened was the Librarian Farewell Party and Interact Installation Nite. Sorry homies, no time to blog about that. But what can I say is that, it was a great experience for me as I was elected as the Organizing Chairman for both the function. The Librarian Farewell Party was carried out successfully but not for the Interact Installation. A lot of trouble occurred during that night. I am very sorry bout it.

I guess that’s all from me for now. Will be posting more post in the future. Until then, chao.

P:S: Good to see you back, Foo Mun. Cant believe that the price of one hair cut in France is equal to RM 75 in Malaysia. No wonder you keep it long la. Then u can tie ponytail already. Haha. Anyway I am glad we got a chance to keep in touch via the webcam. Bear in my that we all, I mean the whole bunch of SGI Class of 08 will be looking forward seeing you again next year. Take care in France, my friend.

Episode 38: Outsider -Loner

Check out this Korean artist who is regarded as one of the fastest rapper.

In case you havent listen his 17-syllables-per-second rap, have a listen to his song
"Loner".

Episode 37: Welcome Back to Taiping!!!

Just can’t wait for Raya week to arrive...

Y????

Not because I am gonna balik kanmpung or what...

Its because…My buddies are BACK!!!!!

Yup, the SGI Class of 08 will be back for Raya holidays!!!!

We’re definitely gonna have one big makan during that week. No doubt about it.

Besides that, we are gonna bbal at CRC, cinema at TS, lepak at Tai-O, yum char at Prima, cc at Webzone, stroll at Taman Tasik and etc…

Its gonna be blast!!! Really looking forward to meet you guys back. Have a safe trip back to Taiping guys.

By the way, welcome back(from the dead) 3 in 1 shampoo!!! Its been so long since you guys updated your blog. I am very eager to read up the upcoming post. (Penang trip punya) So do post it up. Anyway congrats on your 1st anniversary.

Not to mention, the ‘ang mo’ girl in your post is very very cute!!!

Episode 38: F6

Prologue

I could still remember that in the beginning of the year, I strongly disaggree with my dad’s idea of sending me back to SGI for F6. The reason?? Most of my friends had gone. F6 is a waste of time(1 and half years!!!). And not to mention seeing “her” face again. Gosh.

I am very envy that most of my friends went for college. Taylor,Sunway,UNITEN, you name it. For once my dad asked me whether I want to go UTAR or not. I was jubilating at that time. Coz, I finally got to taste what college life is all about. But he took back those words as he thinks that F6 is more suitable for me. Sigh (sorry yea Joo Gin, kenot teman you). During Chinese New Year, my relatives came back. As we sat on the dining table (after eating) we started to chitchat about the path that I should take. As expected, my relatives 100% agree of sending me back to F6.

“Ah Keong r. Better listen to what ur dad says. He nvr wrong 1 in making decisions.”
“Ya lo. U know r? The standard of F6 is higher than Matrix and A-Levels u know??”
“Ah Keong this… Ah Keong that….”

After hearing their thoughts, I finally give in. I understand that my parents could not afford me to go for private colleges. As a result I hafta continue my next chapter of life in F6…

Welcome back to school

Its been almost six months since I left my alma mater. Nothing changes much. Just that the basketball court had been tiled up. The rest is still very much the same. As usual, students din tuck in shirt, rubbish everywhere and students wooing the new L6 gals. It can never change. Sad.

Orientation started on that day. Boring as ever. Ok, I am gonna skip that part. Orientation ended after a week. Then, I was placed in the Physics class for 3 miserable weeks!!!

My plan for F6 would be enrolling myself in the arts stream. (Account class-L6k2) I could not do that because I need a so called “kelulusan” from the JPN. To make matter worst, the peroid for F6 had been extended untill 4pm. 4pm you know!!! Kanasai le.

After the holidays, my request for changing to the arts stream was granted. But somehow, I don’t feel happy about it. Coz, Yiap,Nixon and Yew Cheong(who were supposed to join me n the account class) punya request were denied by the JPN. Therefore they have to make rayuan.This means they have to rot in the Physics class again!!!

Can anyone tell me why we need a kelulusan from JPN only you can change stream????

L6K2

When I first stepped into my new class, I was very nervous. As I stood by the class teacher, I could see 23 pairs of eyes staring at me. After telling to the form teacher that I am the new boy, I started to introduce myself…

“Hello there. My name is Hooi Mun Keong. Nice to meet you all”

There was a silence for a few seconds, before some of them satrted clapping. I was in a very awkward situation by that time(mayb for d few seconds of silence kot). I quickly scanned for a place to sit. Class ended without anyone talking to me. What a great start.

During extra class, things got “better”. Some of the girls started to talking to me, only to know that I DON’T SPEAK MANDARIN!!!. Later on, I realize that the whole class was made of(majority la) Hua Lian students. Therefore you can conclude that their daily conversation would be in Mandarin. Another great start.

I started to doubt whether I can mix with them or not. Luckily some of them can communicate in Cantonese. What a relief!!!As days goes by I started to mix with them more and more. The students in my class were super friendly and they don’t mind talking to me despite language barrier. So you can say that, I learning Mandarin everyday. Haha.

Epilogue

Its been almost 3 months now in the class. You can say that now I am very formal with them already. We are no more strangers from the dat we met. And I can say there wont be one dull moment from day 1 untill now. The class is so fun filled. I started enjoying F6 life now that even I rejected the offer that I got from the maktab.

Yiap,Nixon and Yew Cheong joined us 3 weeks after their request had been denied. They have to drive to Ipoh to get the job done.

Well, that’s how my life is.. in f6. I made countless of friends. And I had learn a lot of new stuffs. Of course have to study hard especially for account, since I had no basic in it. Hope to update more on whats goin on here in f6.

Until then, chao.

Episode 37: Back 2 Blog

Finally holidays arrived!!! Yippie!!! Yahoo!!!

Gonna start blogging back already. Its been a very long time since I update my little bloggie. If update also, pics nia. I’ve been busy for the since I enrolled myself to F6. So, no chance to blog lor. Bt no worries. I am gonna take this holidays as the opportunity to do some blogging.

Upcoming episodes:
1) F6

2) L6k2
3)The madness is back!!

Stay tuned!!!

Episode 36: A Very Big Terima Kasih

From the bottom of my heart,I would like to say, Terima Kasih to..

Hsaing Seng, Kok Leong, Miin Fah, Pei Lih,Yung Thai, Weng Chiat, Kalairasan, Pei Chern, Yee Sheng, Shuh Sien, Kuan Ling, Chew Hong,Shok Ni, Kok Weng, Shelly, Natasha, Su Ying, Wan Chuin, Yee Fung, Yen Phing, Jin Jin, Siew Kwan, Bee Theng, Hooi Ming, Yee Ching, Suresh, Chee Han, Wei Ying, Chiao Hwa, Tun Keat, Ming Ping, Shyang Lin, Jia Xing and Seong Jiunn.

for making the Librarian Farewell party a blast!!! Despite exams and tuitions, you all still take initiative to attend all the meetings that I had organize. I salute you all for that. I apologize if any of my action or words that might provoke you. I certainly did not mean it.

The Committee Members of 09/10 Librarian Farewell Party

P.S: Thanks for the wonderful comments!! You guys certainly rox!!! N kudos to Kok Leong for the pics.

Episode 35: Hari Anugerah and Reunion Dinner Pics

We shall meet again in Kim Gary after 20 years...

Reunion dinner at restaurant

Too bad Siew Hoong wasnt wif us that day.. LOl. A pic wud b better perhaps?

Stone Cold of SGi

Leng Cai-Leng Cai Sekalian

Wif Mr. Yee

SGI Class of 2008

P:s Kudos to Kok Leong for snapping super clear pics, wif his 2k punya camera. There
are some pics sumore, but no time to upload it. I'll do it nex time. The maxwell
hill punya post, i'll post it soon. Sory for the delay.

Episode 34: Conquering Mawxwell Hill-Round 1

Theme:- The Chosen Four
Who:- Me, Chee Leong, Kok Leong and Gus
When:- 26th April 2009


7.00-7.30a.m.
-Chee Leong (together with Kok Leong and Gus inside the car) came to my house (baiknya) to fetch me.
-Reached Maxwell Hill.
- Warmed up
-Begin our hiking at 7.30a.m.

7.30-11.30a.m.
-After 15 minutes of hiking, Ah Kok complained of tiring already.
-Really tough to hike, since so long didn’t hike.
-A relief when we reached the 1st pondok, saw some uncles and aunties ‘yam cha’ at there.
-Rested for 5 minutes.

-Continued our hike.
-Saw one bugger running, Gus and Chee Leong ‘beh syok’ and say that he sure pomcat want. Maybe that fellar want to lansi kot….
- Joke and laugh all the way to 2nd pondok.
- Rested at 2nd pondok for a couple of minutes and then continue again.
- Gus said that we should take our breakfast at 3rd pondok. We mar like ok, since Gus been to the top before.

-After quite a long hike, pondok no.3 is nowhere to be seen. We curiously ask Gus whether the pondok is still far away or not. Gus kept insisting that the 3rd pondok is very near.
-After we ‘belived’ that Gus is talking the truth, we continue to hike some more, despite our stomach growling.
-Another 15 minutes of hiking, we ‘beh tong’ already.
-We stopped at the roadside.
- We sat down at the concrete-like- bench and had our light breakfast. I shared my mum’s homemade egg sandwich with them. Chee leong pula ate his ‘roti berkrim’ .
-While we were eating, there was a bunch of ‘natives’ ( you know who am I talking rite??)passed by us. Chee Leong overheard them saying that we were ‘uncles’(means that we were weak la).

-We continued our journey after 10 minutes of break.
-Kok Leong terus branded them as ‘monkeys’ after watching them do silly and stupid stuffs. (ex. mimicking monkey’s voice, throwing rocks to the trees)
-Continue searching for 3rd pondok (and Gus still insisting that it is nearby)
- Saw a few jeeps going up. Spotted a few ‘leng lui’s’ inside.

-Reached Tea Garden. (after approximately 40 minutes of hiking from the concrete place)
- Break a while at there. I ate my mum’s sandwich to gain energy.
- Kok Leong and Gus were busy gulping water. Chee leong pula went to a toilet (man-made 1, not natural) at there. After doing his ‘business’ he told us that it was the worst toilet he had ever been.
-Rested bout 5 minutes and then we continued our hiking.

-Lost sight of the ‘monkeys’ already.
- Reached the waterfall. Gus wanted to drink the water but reluctant to do so after Kok Leong and Chee Leong joked, ‘You know ar Gus.. The water u bout to drink are from the mixing of monkey’s pee + Uncle bathing on top and + Hiker’s spits…..’ We all LOL.
- Well it’s just a joke anyway.


-Still a long way to the top.
-Chee Leong started to listen to his mp3.
-Saw a jeep go up. Inside got a few boys. Ah Kok joked that if there were another jeep going up with boys inside, he will took off his shirt and wear a shirt with the words “Jeep are only for pussies!!!” written in it.
-We all laugh-out-loud again.
-Break at roadside to have a drink.
-Another 30 minutes of walking, and we finally reached our destination.


11.30-12.00
-We were so happy when we reached the tower. The structure of the tower reminded me of the tower from the movie ‘Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers’.
-Never forget to snap the beauty of the hills there. (check the pics below)
-After that, was the bridge. It also reminded me of the monkey bridge where our seniors built during scouts camp. Snap a few pics at there. (see below)











12.00p.m-3.00pm
-Reached the cafeteria.
-Ordered teh tarik.
-I did not ordered any food cause still haven't finish eating egg sandwich. Ah Kok ordered nasi lemak. Quite cheap. Only RM1.50. And its satisfying. (according to Kok Leong la)
-After our stomach finished digesting the food, we resume our journey. (sek pau mou ye chou)





-We arrived to a wooden table and chair where we could not ressist the temptation of looking to something. (not girls yea, we are not pervert).
- It was the most beautiful sight that I’ve ever saw. The view of the whole Taiping town!!!
-I could not imagine that Taiping was such a huge town. We were all busy snapping the beauty of Taiping town. (Check the pics below. We forgotten to bring camera go. (aherm) So the quality of the pics is kinda sucks. )
-Gus was busy finding Tesco la, Taiping Sentral la..
-After staring at the perfect view of Tpg, we resume back our journey.












-Reached Cendana Hut and Café.
-Took a stroll around there.
-Break.
-There was a road up in front from the place we were resting. We debated whether we should continue hiking or not as we were out of energy already.
- All of us agreed of continuing the hiking.







-After a few metres of walking, my legs started to hurt. A kind Kok Leong (tipu punya) borrow me his Yoko-Yoko to help me relieve the pain. It did not help anyway.
-Chee Leong pula continue listening to his mp3.
-It was quite a long journey (approximately one hour of hiking from the Cendana) to the communication tower.
-Along, we saw a huge bee hive. It’s so big that it reminded me of Siew Hoong’s head. Lol. Its just a joke yea.. Too bad we forgot to snap a picture of it. We even debated again whether we should continue or not as the road lead us to nowhere.

But finally….

We reached it!!! The communication tower!!! Highest point if Maxwell Hill!!!










I am so glad that we did not stop halfway at there. Its definitely worth it.

2.00 pm
-Back at cafeteria
-Gus, me and Kok Leong ate Maggi cup. Chee Leong special 1. He ate Ramen, specially imported from Japan 1 lor.. Together with chopstick some more. All we had was plastic fork nia…
-As expected, a cup of noodles was not enough for Ah Kok. He went in (the cafeteria) and ordered a piece of drumstick.

3.00pm
-To end our journey, we took a jeep down to the foot of Maxwell. We were lucky enough that there was a jeep there to take us down. If not, we will have to walk down already.
-It costed us RM 4 each.
-We went back to our home sweet home around 3.45pm

It was indeed a one hell of a hike. We were all exhausted. But I am very thankful that I was given a lifetime experience with my buddies.

Thanks for the memories guys!!

So when are we gonna conquer Mt Kinabalu and Everest??

Episode 33- Barcelona Conquered Rome... (and Seik San's house)

The four of us,(me XY,SS,FM)went to Seik San's house to watch the match.

The pictures were taken during the match...

Xy complaining about the referee.

Xy reacting after the first goal. What id FM doin??

SS and FM(after waking up)watching the game

So intense.

XY reacting after the game.