"That don't fly, ma."

A movie I have recently seen is The Freedom Writers.

The title may sound dead boring but the movie is anything but it. There's drama, and...drama. Mostly dramalah.
The movie is about a teacher making a change in a class where the students are about the worst bunch you can ever find-they pick fights everyday, they call each other names, they go by their own clique. The main character was played by Hilary Swank.
This movie was inspired by a true story. It's a truly inspiring movie even though the fountain of vulgar words at the beginning will shock you. I think the words added some pizzazz to TFW though. The F word was mentioned once, by the teacher no less, and there was a collective gasp in the audience.


i don't have a caption for this pciture so...picture taken from Yahoo images.

My opinion is that every student should watch it. As racist as it is at some parts, the underlying message is conveyed thoroughly. I'm sure my english teacher Pn. Sundari would have immediately arranged for a movie-watching session.

TFW made me laugh and cry-the emotions almost seem too real at times and the experiences of the students really makes us sit down and think: What if Malaysian students actually acted like that? Joyce pondered that thought aloud at the beginning of the movie. I said they'd be in jail. Sherrene said something else: "It will never happen because Tunku Abdul Rahman prevented it," I was glad to hear that-at least someone saw what could have come.

Overall, it was a very profitable afternoon at youth. And no, the movie wasn't censored so we got to hear all the vulgar words. My favourite lines have to be this:

Ben: Ms. G, we can fight this y'know, like the Freedom Riders.
Marcus: Yeh yeh, we all drive around on a bus, only this time they try and bust us up we bust a few of them board member's heads.
Brandy: Or we can go to the newspapers. Media...?
Tito: Or we can paint the administration building with the word assholes, in various colours!

I give The Freedom Writers 9/10 for being an inspiring and thought-provoking movie.

"the door is closed for a reason. respect that reason if you can't respect the door."

it's been very tiring the past few weeks.

she told me she wasn't right and i believe her.

with what the guy and the girl told me i think it's a good time to really start praying.

we don't pray like the pagans.

we pray like people who know who we're praying to and for what.

because we do.

they say there is calm before the storm.

it feels like a storm around me but i didn't feel the calm!

isnt there something beautiful when you call out that name?-paradise live

Colossians 1:9,10

snl/snf?

"If this is ever going to make you feel better, i heard if you die in the camp, government is going to pay you 30-35K"-Sherwin, as told by K regarding National Service.

"Keep the faith...or I'll pound you"-Sam C

Matthew 5:44,45
But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Pemerintahan di Rom-bukti pembangunan tamadun

Pada mulanya, Rom diperintah oleh raja2 berkuasa mutlak berbangsa Etruscan. Masyarakat Latin yang mendiami Rom tidak menyenagi hal ini dan bangun memberontak dengan pemimpin golongan bangsawan yang digelar patrician. Selepas pemberontakan ini, pemerintahan dijalankan oleh dua orang konsul supaya kedua-dua pemimpin ini mempunyai kuasa yang sama.

Pemerintahan ini dipanggil Republik. Konsul dilantik Dewan Senat. Ahli Dewan Senat yang ingin menjadi konsul haruslah memegang jawatan sebagai pemimpin tentera atau praeotor dahulu. Ahli2 DS terdiri daripada golongan bangsawan. Konsul dibantu DS dalam hal2 pentadbiran. Segala keputusan DS akan diluluskan dahulu oleh Dewan Perhimpunan yang diwakili oleh semua rakyat Rom.

So basically, after the reign of the Etruscan kings, the Latin people memberontak. After that they decided to make two leaders who are called Konsul. Konsul (2 org pemimpin)-> Dewan Senat (bangsawan, praeotor) -> Dewan Perhimpunan (rakyat Rom) Definisi Republik: Negara yang ditadbir oleh wakil yang dipilih rakyat melalui pilihan raya dan diketuai seorang presiden.

Pompei is one of the places in Rome where there is proof of peningkatan tamadun-it's a very selesa place for kediaman because it has a rumah ibadat, the colloseum, a makhamah and a library.

One bukti peningkatan civilisation in Rome is their sistem terusan. This sistem terusan air membolehkan rakyat Rom mendapat bekalan air secara berterusan semasa perang dan keamanan. You know why? 'Cos it's UNDERGROUND. It involves 14 cities.

Apparently, the SMS service for the NS checks are unreliable. So, go check the website which is currently jammed to be sure.

IONA!!! I'm going to miss you....r hair a lot when you're gone! And I just realised something-Iona kena NS, Fiona also kena! AHAHAHAHA it rhymed...In case you still can't see it, Iona is one F short of Fiona.


Gosh! I just realised that 4 out of 6 people in this picture are chosen for NS! That's like...2 out of 3!

Ai yor...I'm already missing Iona and Cherylyn and YX lah...and their hair...separation must be hard. AHAHAHAHA. Iona sent me the mailing address for her NS site already:
Iona,
Hutan di Kwsn Tenggara Penisular Malaysia,
Lebuh Monyet,
xxxxx Sektor 41 (classified)

And this is what K said:
Khadijah says:
Sherwin said he didn't get.
Khadijah says:
but he said something like this..
Khadijah says:
"If this is ever going to make you feel better, i heard if you die in the camp, government is going to pay you 30-35K"
Khadijah says:
like that ever going to make it any easier.
Sha says:
AHAHAHHA
Khadijah says:
I won't even be able to SEE the money.
Khadijah says:
let alone SPEND it.


On another note, Convent is paying my school to lend them some of our boys for choir. Which got me thinking. Why isn't our school sending a team to compete in the competition, if Convent is sending one?

you kena ah?

So far, two people in S1 got-And birthday girl is one of them! I was just talking to her at the padang today-"So, what kind of food are you going to serve at your wedding?" and then Iona says that b'day girl teared when she got the news that she was selected.

Since b'day girl kena NS, and she's the pianist of the choir, the powers that be also had to choose the conductor. Yes people, she got NS too! Of all people, the girl who stitches and knits and jumps and giggles! Well, it's bound to happen someday.


Two in S3 kena, along with their best friend in S4.

My mortal from Camp Meta also kena.

And Darlie also kena!

I read in The Star the government actually added 10,000 more places in this batch's one to accomodate more participants. I think it's not becuase of that. It's because there's a huge influx of those born in the year 1990.

Think lah, people, THINK. Some parents make sure that they have a kid born in the year 1990 because in the year 1997 they'd be 7 years old, likewise in 2007 they'd be 17 years old. You heard it from me.

The website (www.khidmatnegara.gov.my) is jammed up (maklumlah, hari Jumaat).

Khadijah won't tell me if she kena or not!!!!! And neither will I. ;)

For her sake

Instructions : Paste the following on your blog and tag people to answer the questions below. Have them tag other people. Your tagged friends will answer the questions about you.

1. What is your friend’s name?
- T. Cherylyn (we call her Cher. Like that singer)

2. Jock, Geek, Prom King/Queen, Loner, Friendly, Flirtatious, Promiscuous. Pick the word from the list that best describes your friend.
- Prosmiscuous. Nolah, 'cos she's a musical person what, so I can imagine her playing Nelly Furtado's Prosmiscuous on the piano...She's a loner. In a good way.

3. Choose 5 adjectives to describe your friend.
- muscial!
- serious
- talkative
- bossy
- musical

4. What color do you think best associates with your friend?
- green

5. In ten years time, where do you see your friend?
- An acclaimed pianist with a regular slot at the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra earning a 4-figure salary a month. Or fighting to save the environment agaisnt unscrupulous (?) people with me as the sidekick. hehe.

6. Describe your friend’s blogging style.
- Dead pan environment-centered (you go girl)

doctors, lawyers and law breakers

It's the mentality that students in the Science stream are supposed to score better than the students in Arts/Commerce that make some teens drop out of school.

Say you have potential, and you know it. But because of a few alphabets on a slip of paper, you're forever doomed to be looked down upon in life.

It's not just me-everyone these days seem to look up upon those who are in the Science stream and shun those in Arts/Commerce. Go ask your uncle or auntie.

The potential you thought you had is in you, but because you're in the A/C stream, no one can help you bring it out. I hear the teachers bad mouthing those in Science Four like they have no future and I hear them saying how they wish they'd never been assigned to those in the A/C stream.

I don't blame anyone for how these kids have turned out-it's a blame we all have to shoulder. We were the ones who said or thought, "No wonder you're in A/C stream! You only got 2 As for PMR,". We were the ones who look shiftily at them in the library when all they wanted to do was to get some knowledge. We were the ones who said those in A/C classes will not be successful in life unless they encounter some dumb luck.

We were the ones who sit in our gold-gilded chairs comfortably listening to SPM tips and leaks while those in the A/C work their butts off to get some praises. We are the ones who HAVE EVERYTHING we NEED to SPEAK out for them, but we choose to indulge ourselves in our whims and fanices.

"Whateverlah"

the chatbox is going away soon. and shannon, i want to relink you back. ;)

"i dislike mondays"

Sometimes I feel suffocated. (It doesn't sound as emo as it should.)


Satu bukti peningkatan tamadun di Yunani dari aspek pemerintahan adalah pelbagai jenis pemerintahannya.
Antara jenis pemerintahan di Yunani adalah monarki (pemerintahan oleh Konsul), Oligarki (Orang kaya dalam Konsul), Aristokrasi (Orang kaya yang memiliki kuasa yang amat kuat), Diktator (oleh golongan tirani-diwakili oleh orang kaya dan golongan tentera) dan akhirnya demokrasi.
So after that Yunani use demokrasi. Sparta still use pemerintahan tentera but other negara kota oso use raja berkuasa mutlak.


the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night. -psalm 121:6

For Khady's sake
Instructions : Paste the following on your blog and tag people to answer the questions below. Have them tag other people. Your tagged friends will answer the questions about you.

1. What is your friend’s name?
- Khadijah

2. Jock, Geek, Prom King/Queen, Loner, Friendly, Flirtatious, Promiscuous. Pick the word from the list that best describes your friend.
- Friendly. Like Doraemon.

3. Choose 5 adjectives to describe your friend.
- What's that word? Hyper.
- Clutchacholic (Ok, it's not an adj. Sue me)
- Very Friendly
- Studious
- Kind-hearted

4. What color do you think best associates with your friend?
- Maroon. (baju pengawas mah)

5. In ten years time, where do you see your friend?
- Married with three children, expecting her fourth. Lives in Bandar Botanic with three cars and two maids, courtesy of her husband.

6. Describe your friend’s blogging style.
- Happy-go-lucky/dangerous blogger

This is kind of fun!

Warning: this might happen to you if you read too much at bookstores. Especially you, Janielle!
xkdc.com

"i think you're tone deaf"

CLICK IT^

A sluggard does not plow in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing.-Proverbs 20:4



We all want to, but we can't. We can, but we don't. We should, only if someone says so.
We want to join in, to stand there without getting injured, without getting identified. We want to look at the pain, to experience the enthusiasm without being weak. It's an anomaly!
"We all have someone that digs in us"-DIG
The thing is, we have each other to look at while joining, so why not jump in?


Listening to: Happy Together,Simple Plan

i'm surrounded by...vanity crisis?

This year's Miss Universe from Japan will be in the second season of Heroes.



That was for Iona.



Remember my dad's friend's wig? That was it.



Here it is again, suffocating its victim.



A wig can make a person feel emo. Especially when the wig is paired with a crown.

John 15:17-This is my command: Love each other.


Listening to:Anna Molly, Incubus

to iona:it's a waste of pixels, not space

Instructions : Paste the following on your blog and tag people to answer the questions below. Have them tag other people. Your tagged friends will answer the questions about you.

1. What is your friend’s name?
- Iona

2. Jock, Geek, Prom King/Queen, Loner, Friendly, Flirtatious, Promiscuous. Pick the word from the list that best describes your friend.
- jock

3. Choose 5 adjectives to describe your friend.
- Humourous. (I may be a fluent English speaker but I do not know the meaning of adj and have no intention to google it)
- Loud
- Friendly
- Brave
- Harsh

4. What color do you think best associates with your friend?
- Blue

5. In ten years time, where do you see your friend?
- Working at a 9 to 5 job, still collecting ang pow. Just kidding. Probably with two kids in tow.

6. Describe your friend’s blogging style.
- Kenny Sia.

I tag : (You guys don't have to tag other people)
Khadijah
Iona
Cherylyn
Bawanie

I got to go