16th ~ 22nd July

Grotesque it may be.

The roar of the thunder

The maw cracked asunder,

The lightning born of fire,

The warning that heeds dire.

This week, many things happened. For a first, I walked in the pouring rain again on Monday which was probably the heaviest rain I walked in yet. As if it couldn't be any worse, more than one car splashed jets of water showering me and further drenching me. It was a wonder that somehow I did not fall sick at all eventhough for the next two and a half hours I was in an air-conditioned room.

Besides that, Hari Kerjaya was held this week for the Form 5 students. Even though I had gone through this two times before in the past two years, the Form 5 experience was different as we had talks from the people of different colleges. I am truly grateful for the people who have procured this event just for the Form 5 students and I can only imagine how much work had to be done in order to accomplish this huge event. It was probably no mean feat gathering so many colleges from all around and asking them to come over to DJ to give talks and to advertise their each colleges. With this year's  Hari Kerjaya, I believe I know what I want to do or go in the future even more so that what I think I did in the past.

The last event that happened this week was that i had a celebratory lunch at Umai-ya in Damansara Utama. It was to celebrate our victory in the Law Olympiad 2012 and also to celebrate Pei Ming's birthday. 10 of us showed up at this particular restaurant which a reservation was made sometime this week. We payed for a Japanese buffet restaurant which meant that we could order as much sushi, meat or whatever tickled our fancy whenever we liked to. The payment was pretty expensive though the damage it did to my wallet will be reduced from the prize money that I will receive from the Olympiad thing. After the heavy lunch, 8 of us headed to One Utama courtesy of Pei Ming's parents who kindly provided the transport we needed. There we watched Batman and it was pretty good I think because seeing as I have never watched any of the previous Batman shows, it was a little bit confusing for me especially at the start. Anyways, once the introductions and the plot settled I could pretty much get the gist of the movie.

The stars transcend their beauty,

The moon wafts overhead,

Once it is in the gully,

It shall finally be pronounced dead.

9th ~ 15th July

The reason is.

The enigma which surround,

The void of the empty ground,

Lasting an appearance so blight,

Revealing the most ugly sight.

This week, though there was Sports Day, it was a pretty relaxing week for me. I think this is because I have skipped two days of school and Friday there wasn't much studying going on anyways. In Sports Day, I was reminded again never to take off my shoes when running on the track that is, if I ever get the chance to run again next time. My race was a relay race of 100m and sadly my team got 4th which didn't qualify for the medal. Anyhow, my feet were hurting badly because not only was the ground rough, but the wet rain just somehow increased the pain. After Sports Day, I walked home as usual and stopping by the newly constructed Paradigm Mall for lunch and to wait for the rain to stop.   The mall was okay I guess because I did not really explore it fully as I just ate lunch and continued home.

Other than that, on Sunday, I watched Spiderman and the movie was pretty exciting filled with action but a little bit predictable. I watched this movie with Wei Fai, Adam and Adam's friend which I don't remember his name. Anyways after the movie, Wei Fai's parents drove me to The Club nearby which had many different facilities all for the purpose of exercising or relaxation. I first went to play badminton for a good hour or so then I visited the gym which was filled with confusing gadgets which I have no knowledge how to use at all because it was my first time in a gym. Luckily, the machines were all user-friendly and I was able to figure out how to operate most of the machines there.

The fall, the crawl,

Of an insect so dull,

The flight, the speed,

Of the noblest steed.

2nd ~ 8th July

The flowing river carries me.

All shalt be torn asunder,

If thou shalt surrender,

Lift up thy head and smile,

Fill this world with laughter.

This week, things were abuzz, you can see students in school rushing about, going on their own individual business whether it is choir, cheer, marching or some other stuff. For me, it was running on Tuesday which we had 'saringan'. Needless to say, I did not do really well but still, the memory of running for my house since Form 1 till now has been a memorable experience for me. I still have to run for the following week's Sport's Day and I really hope to get a position this time since its a relay race.

Other than that, our school this week carried out the annual 'Library Week'. The theme for this year was about traditional games which people used to play long time ago. Some of these games have either died out or evolved to fit this current era. It was a learning experience for me and I really appreciate the amount of work the librarians did by fulfilling their duties and catering to students of every class as well as setting up this event.

Besides that, I attended the Law Olympiad 2012 in HELP. I was actually just a substitute for someone else because she had to pull out for reasons of her own. Anyways, it was a great experience and somehow, my team managed to get first place out of the twenty teams, including us, who entered this competition. We basically wrote answers to the questions they gave us. There was four games which we played. The first game was about aliens which ruled earth and decided to take five human rights away from us and participants had to choose which five rights, out of ten choices, to give up. The next game is playing detective which participants were required to identify the guilty person and provide reasons as well. The third game was general knowledge from quotes, places, science, maths, and idioms. The last game was playing judge which we had to be a judge give the call whether who is in the right or wrong and provide reasons. After the games, they acted out for us a mock trial where we got to see how is a trial actually carried out.

Fault of mine,

Break the shrine,

Bestow upon me,

And let me see.

25th ~ 1st July

The crevasse.......

Greater, greater,

I have to be,

Larger, larger,

I have to grow.

This week started off with my birthday on Monday which I sorta celebrated by spending the whole day at Tropicana City Mall and spent the night in tuition and a Japanese dinner in Damansara Jaya with my friends Wee Han and Brandon. I watched the movie Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter which was a great movie full of the supernatural, action and a little bit of horror.

Besides that, it was open day in school on Friday which went pretty alright I guess considering my teacher had no complaints against me except that my BM results are really bad compared to my other subjects which isn't really a complaint and honestly BM is the one pulling me down.

On Sunday, I had the first time of eating shark meat which I find the taste nearly the same as a normal fish. The only difference I could find was the skin which was a little more sticky i guess than the normal fish.

Tear apart the rifts,

That bind me always,

Allow me freedom,

To search the sky.

Discrimination Lives Within Everyone

Discrimination Lives Within Everyone

Discriminate. A word so endearing where people strive to keep it out even till today but to no avail. Wars fought, lives lost, hearts crushed are one of the many reasons why great people try to unite citizens to prevent discrimination. In doing this, they hope for peace and prosperity throughout the world but the roots of the past which holds people's hearts are too deep to destroy. Discrimination lives in everyone. It is sadly not a plain statement but a fact which has proven to be true time and time again.


One of the many ways people discriminate is most popularly and evidently is skin colour. This is apparent everywhere whether in school, work or in society. Such as in school whereby most of the Chinese students usually hang around each other and so the same can be said for the other races as well. Only a few rare cases where a person of different skin colour actually is accepted to the group and even so not all of them are willing in the first place. In work, people who have dark skin colour usually have a harder time finding jobs because everyone assumes that the person is unable to be trusted just from the assumption that he is black. 


Besides that, people also discriminate in the form of friendship and family. Sometimes, this trait is easily seen when a less capable person in picked for the job when there exists a more capable individual who is willing to do it. This also happens in many places besides the work industry such as like in school, during sports especially when students get to pick who is in their team to go for competitions outside school. The captain will most probably be more inclined to pick his friends or siblings rather than to pick the newcomers who are actually good as well.


Other than that, people have been discriminated due to family ties. For example, people who are from a higher standing family are usually overestimated and those from a lower standing family are sometimes underestimated. Each and everyone has their own special potential and just because of family, people will look down upon you. This is sometime also double-edged sword because if the child of a higher standing family does something horrible, his whole family are thought to be bad as well which is sometimes the case but not always.


Furthermore, people are also discriminated in the form of religion. For example, all Islamic people are thought to be terrorists at some point of time in history due to some of them who became suicide bombers yet all Islams have suffered discrimination from other people. As usual, this is like when a rat is cornered, they will bite back and as such, some Islams who hated the discrimination did became terrorists and it just strengthens the belief of other people. This has led to wars and much blood was shed due to this belief. 


In conclusion, discrimination I feel has a grip too strong for mere words and current acts of people to break free from. It is a darkness that will forever seep in the hearts of mankind whether young or old. The only hope for salvation I believe is to raise children of all different races in a different world where the history of mankind will not be able to spill there and corrupt their young and loving minds.