SPM is so damn close! :(

Hey, I'm here to proudly announce that:
SPM starts next week!!!  

Awwww gosh! 

THIS,
is what I have been doing in class today, instead of studying. *sighs*

One more month!

Hey guys, I've been really really busy with school because

SPM is in 29 more days!!

Gonna blog more after that. :)
Stay tuned. ;)

xx

Slow learner

As you guys know, my first driving lesson was on the 31st July 2010.
That was my first time ever being behind the wheels in seventeen years! Therefore, it must be historic!! I shall remember that day until the day I die. *touch wood*

Since that was my first driving lesson, I was extremely excited! Who wouldn't be? :D I thought driving would be easy, but it really isn't. Trust me. I especially hate to use the clutch! I don't even know why the clutch is ever invented in the first place. -__-

Before I start driving, my driving instructor briefed me on what I must do before I start the car like adjusting the seat, rear view mirror, free gear thing, hand brake and.... Crap. I can't remember the rest. :S
When everything was set, I started the car and he shift the gear to reverse and he reversed out of the parking area with me in the driver's seat and him in the front seat. Yes, HE REVERSED by controlling the steering wheel and the clutch or whatever you call that. I was there admiring the scenery only. LMAO.

The first thing he taught me was how to apply the foot brake and clutch. He told me to release the clutch and then slowly apply the clutch again and brake. When I heard the magic word 'brake', I slammed quickly on the foot brake because that was the only thing I understand/know at that moment. The car stopped instantly at that spot. Due to inertia, both my driving instructor and I were thrown forward and back again. WTH. No one died thank goodness! I got a long lecture from him after that. Bahahahahahahaha. :)

Then, he taught me how to turn. I can't even master that technique until now! Boohooo. It was so boring turning round and round the track for I dunno, 50 times. For my first and also second lesson, he didn't let me control my own steering wheel because he said I can't control my own steering wheel. At that time I didn't know whether the car was moving straight or not because that was just my first time. :S It is something very new to me. LOL. I had no idea how to navigate the car and when I asked him, his reply was something like 'You need to feel the car.'
Feel-the-car. Righhhttttttt. ==

I wanted to look at the curb while turning but he forbids me to do so, claiming that I must learn to estimate and to feel the movement of the car. My ability to estimate is CRAP RETARDED. I tried my best to estimate and to feel the car when I was turning but that didn't work out because when I turned the steering, it was either too soon or too late and my instructor had to turn the steering wheel back for me. :S
Driving makes me feel dumb.

THIS is why:

Xian: *turns the steering wheel happily*
Instructor: Hey, you turned too soon.
Xian: How do you know?
Instructor: You hit the curb already. -__-
Xian: REALLY? I DID?? *turns head to look at the curb behind*
Instructor: Didn't you feel that? OI!! Eyes on the road! Eyes on the road!
Xian: Oh right. *looks in front* No, I didn't feel anything.

Later, he told me to fasten my seat belt because he is going to let me drive on the main road. *GASP* I get to drive on the main road for my first lesson!! I've got to say I'm so proud of myself because Ash and Shen got to drive on the main road during their second or third lesson.

So, the moment I reached the junction, I couldn't feel my legs. Literally. There were so many HEAVY VEHICLES like lorries, trucks, buses and SPEEDING VEHICLES. It was so scary because I don't even know how to drive and yet I am driving on the road, with my instructor beside me of course... Just so you know, the Kancil's air-con was so cold I couldn't feel my fingers too! Don't, underestimate a Kancil's air con! :D
My instructor controlled the steering wheel while I closed my eyes with my fingers because there were so many cars heading towards us as we turned out of the junction. Heck yes I closed my eyes. 8D
I KNOW THAT'S CRAZY!!
Honestly it was my instructor who did the steering and most of the driving.

I've got to admit, I get distracted really easily by stuff happening outside of the car.
For example, I pointed and screamed BALD KID!!!! when there was this bald kid with his mother walking by the road side. I got distracted by birds fighting on the electric cables too. WTH.
I don't know how many times my engine died that day, but I know it increases every lesson. For my third lesson it was more than 10 times, dammit. D:

My driving instructor told my mom I don't know how to control my steering wheel when my mom came and pick me up. :(
Ash and Shen could drive without an instructor beside them for their FIRST LESSON!!!

That's all for now.
I want to sleep. :P

Greetings!

I had my fifth driving lesson today, I repeat, FIFTH. Twins didn't even go for their fifth lesson! They could drive perfectly smooth for their fourth lesson and sit for their road test after that and eventually PASS.

Unlike me. 

I am a slow learner like what my driving instructor told my mom! ==

I am so happy today! :D
Do you want to know why?

Well, remember Taylor's Principal Awards Scholarship that I applied last month. Guess what?

I AM SHORT LISTED FOR THE INTERVIEW!! 

*insert smileys here*

I am so freaking happy and nervous at the same time because this is my first formal interview ever. For seventeen years and a month, I've not been through any formal interviews. Pffft. I am so stressed out. I'm making a big fuss at the moment over tiny things like what to wear and how to style my hair. :S
The HECK.

For these two weeks, I have like tonnes of holiday homework to complete. Most of them are Chemistry. :( Chemistry, oh Chemistry. 

I am going to *gulps* blog about my driving lessons tomorrow. Hopefully I remember most of them. ;)

IN THE MEANTIME, I shall go to bed. :P

Nights! 

Tumblr!

Hey guys I don't know what got into me to start tumblr-ing again. :S

Check it out if you have the time. :)
www.xiansational.tumblr.com
It will be updated more frequently because I've downloaded the free tumblr app on my iPod. :D

Unfortunately the best apps for blogspot needs to be purchased. -___-

Follow me on tumblr if you have one. ;)

Biology Test Tomorrow!

Ah. I'm getting bored reading and revising biology. :S Im gonna read some more when I'm done with this post.
I WANT AN A THIS TIME!!

Anyways yesterday was so not my day because I couldn't and didn't finish the Add Maths 2! :( I think I did better for Physics. I left a few questions blank, can you believe it?! :(

There was one question in Physics and it went like this : You are a MECHANICAL ENGINEER, (something something) design a cooling system for the engine of the motorcycle by selecting the metals for it and (something something).

Gahhh!! Firstly I don't want to be some freaking mechanical engineer even if I was magically offered the course for it.
Secondly, I don't care what metal is used for whatever cooling system. NO ONE CARES.

Add Maths 1 today is easier and I have like 30 minutes left when I finished. -__-
Mum just got back from Singapore and she bought like so many pairs of shoes!! :D woohoo!

Gosh, I just spent 15 minutes typing this. Oh wells.

XX

I miss my blog. :(

I have been super busy with my life lately and right now I can actually feel the SPM pressure getting to me. :(

Anyways, last two weeks I had my first driving lesson!!

The first time being behind the wheels was awesome although it was a little scary initially!! :)

I really really want to blog about my first driving lesson now but I can't because it's almost midnight. I am suppose to read some biology and physics.

I am itching to blog right now but I just can't. :( That is why there will definitely be more updates after my first trial ends. WHICH IS IN TWO WEEKS.

If you really want updates, then follow me on Twitter. :) I update my twitter more frequently because every tweet of mine must be less than 140 characters. LOL.

My birthday was yesterday!

Time flies, don't you think so?

I remembered complaining about being born so late and had to wait for like 100+ days until I can drive legally. But now, I'm proud to say:

I AM FINALLY OF LEGAL AGE TO DRIVE!
OH YEAH!

Yesterday, Ashley and Shennen sat for their driving test, and guess what? THEY PASSED!
They went for only four freaking lessons and yet they can pass! I want to be like them too!
On second thought, it must have been MY BIRTHDAY LUCK given to them! [Ash or Shen if you are reading this please don't be mad because it's trrruuueee!] Hahahahahahaha!

My party is tonight and I am so excited! :P
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
And the reason I'm throwing a party on my seventeenth birthday and not my sixteenth birthday is because, fifteen is the same as sixteen. Anything you can do when you are fifteen, you can do it too when you are sixteen. Ain't that right? So, no point in celebrating. Whereas when you're sixteen, you can't drive. Seventeen is much more better because you can now drive! :D Geddit?

While doing the experiment for heat of neutralisation yesterday, Joyce and me were so blur. Hahahaha! It is because she took the sulphuric acid and measured the temperature and I took the ethanoic acid and measured the temperature. When we mixed it the temperature of the mixture rise by just 1 degree. -__-
Crystal's group got their temperature to rise by about 7.5 degrees.
We were all wondering why our reaction was retarded.
THEN WE REALISED THAT NONE OF US TOOK THE ALKALI FOR NEUTRALISATION! OMG.
No wonder. We assumed that the other person is taking the sodium hydroxide. :\
We had a good laugh. ;)

It's nine in the morning now. I have so much homework to complete which reminds me I have to complete my bio exercises or else it is 2 demerits for every question not completed! That would look really bad on a college application. D:
My first mock is in approximately three weeks time. Shoot. First mock. College application. DAMN.

I am REJECTED!

Yes, I am rejected....

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FOR NATIONAL SERVICE!!!! :D

I checked twice already through SMS because the PLKN site was so congested that it went down. -__-

Pfft. Cheap. And they replied me after 40 minutes my message was sent the first time and 5 hours for the second time I sent the message?

PHAIL.

Anyways, I am so happy I am not one of those lucky people who are going for the national service. :P

I'm not going for NS! I'm not going for NS! I'm not going for NS! I'm not going for NS! I'm not going for NS! I'm not going for NS! I'm not going for NS! I'm not going for NS! I'm not going for NS! I'm not going for NS! I'm not going for NS! I'm not going for NS! I'm not going for NS! I'm not going for NS! I'm not going for NS!


You have no idea how delighted I am! xD

xx

July!

Boo. :(

I am awake at 8.55am on a fine Sunday morning. My brother's phone rang at 7 something just now, with Pyramid set as his ringtone. DAMN. It's so loud and annoying! Now I can't go back to sleep.
What a great way to kick start my Sunday.

 I was browsing through my old photos and I found some photos of me when I was in the afternoon session, around age 13-14. I dare not look more because I looked stupid back then. *embarrassed*

These are photos of me taken last week. :)

Ooooh that's my hair btw. ;P

And before I forget, I got distinction for my Grade 7! My marks were better than last year's marks, not much of a difference, but whattheheck, it was better right? :D

P/S: I'm going to cook something to eat, and then I'll try to sleep after that.

obscene?!

This happened a few months ago, but still, I need to rant about it.

I was told that I was in charge of putting together everyone's photo for the class profile. So these were what I came up with. Not bad for a beginner like me right? :)

Guess what?

They (school magazine people) said the photos were too SEXY and told us to change. What the heck man! 

I spent like two days selecting and cropping and doing this and that until I neglected some of my subjects and also sacrificing some of my sleep time! 

WHAT THE HECK MAN. 

YOU CALL THIS SEXY??? 

GET A LIFE FREAKS.

What is wrong with you people? Why are you guys so freaking close minded. 

Do you even know what is sexy you stupid group of idiots?

If you consider sleeveless and dresses above the knees sexy, then what about swimsuits and leotards? Lousy. Tasteless. Dull. Close-minded. 

PFFT.

OMG THESE PEOPLE ARE DRESSED SO SEXILY IT'S OBSCENE. 

Note the sarcasm.

We ended up submitting these anyways.

L-O-S-E-R.

She got me LOL-ed. ;)

You know that day while driving on the road with my driving instructor, he suddenly said: 'Jiayou! Jiayou Ashley!' I thought he was giving me encouragement because I was driving so slow and also because jiayou is a word to encourage somebody in Chinese. After thinking about it for a while, I figured out that jiayou meant stepping on the accelerator!

- Ashley      

She told me that in class and I couldn't stop laughing. HAHAHAHA.
Honestly, if I were to be in her shoes, I would have thought that the driving instructor wanted me to pump some petrol from the nearest petrol station. -__-

eeps

My mom FORBIDS me to use the computer or laptop. Since today is Saturday, and my parents are not in town, I might as well blog. :)

First of all, I am starting to love chemistry. :) Our Chemistry teacher uses our civics period to teach chemistry, so now we don't have to worry about anything related to civics anymore! :P And who the heck cares about civics in  the first place anyways?

Chemistry experiments are fun. :D Just like last week when we conducted the Effects Of Different Metals On Rusting experiment. Basically we need to pour the hot jelly into a few test tubes. I repeat, test tubes. Not boiling tube. Just so you know, the mouth of the test tube was so small it was hard to pour the hot jelly into it. And because we spent so much time putting the hot jelly in the first tube, so by the time we were about to pour the hot jelly into the second test tube, the hot jelly became not-so-hot anymore. -__-

Jelly solidifies when it's cold. So yeah, we had trouble putting the jelly into the test tubes. To make sure the jelly doesn't solidify further, I decided to use my bare hands to do things. ;) Oh and the jelly was greenish-yellowish-snot-like-ish. It was kinda fun putting the jelly into the test tube, after all, it's all for science! :D
I'm pretty sure our chemistry teacher thinks of me differently now. Trust me, I can be dirty (as in clean dirty, not yellow dirty) if I want to. ;)

Secondly, our biology teacher showed us some pretty gross pictures during our biology lessons. She showed us pictures of STD infected people with pus and stuff in their eyes, hands, etc... Some people kept their eyes closed when the teacher showed us the pictures. She included photos of babies delivered through cesarean too! It was kinda sick because there's blood everywhere. -__-

Thirdly, ECLIPSE IS OUT. I freaking want to watch that. :c

Fourthly, my mom told me earlier that she is going to use the results of my first mock to apply for college! Going to use the results of my first mock to apply for college!! That fast??! Sighs. I guess I have to study hard starting from today, or tomorrow, or.....
The people I know who are going over to Taylors are all going for the second intake. That means, I am going to be in college with no one I know! :( Hopefully I can meet some great people there though..
It's weird but at the same time I feel excited for the first day in college. :S

Fifthly, is 10th of July already! November is less than four months from now!! T__T The thought of SPM is close is worrying me too much. :(

Sixthly, okay I'm out of points.

I am going to stop here so hear from me soon. :P

Multitasker

Hell YEAH. I am a multitasker!

It's 12am and I have to hand in my Chemistry exercises tomorrow. I am left with one more experiment and a couple of blanked structured questions. Yet, I am still here typing a post. :D

Someone ought to tell me to finish my Chemistry first...

Anyways it's July already and my birthday is in 3 weeks time. I'm planning to throw a medium size party this year since it's my last year in high school anyways. :P I am turning SEVENTEEN!

After that, I am going to learn how to drive. AT LAST! Whoop-de-dooooh! Hopefully my seventeenth birthday is a memorable one. :)

So my birthday is in three weeks time.

ECLIPSE IS FREAKING PREMIERING IN A WEEK AS WE SPEAK!

I'm so excited!!! :D

Oh great. I just wasted 15 minutes typing this post. :(

I'm gonna sign off now to prevent wasting more of my time. -__-

I totally hate Mondays.

Monday. The first day of the week. Just one day after Sunday and two days after Saturday. 

MONDAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK. I hate Mondays. Who doesn't anyway? :P

No wonder people came up with the term Monday Blues. :i

Why do I hate Mondays?

Reason #1 

The first period is Maths. Boring and oh-so simple Maths.

Reason #2 

The second period is Moral. Moral is worse than Maths okay? :( 

The world of Moral revolves only around nilai-nilai murnis. :f Ain't that true guys?

Reason #3

Our Add Maths teacher always use our PE period for Add Maths lesson, hence causing Add Maths to be a double period on Monday. UGH! :(

Oh and you know what? On Tuesdays, we have double Add Maths period. 

Not to forget on Wednesdays, she's prolly going to take our PE period [again!] for Add Maths. It's like eight periods of Add Maths altogether in just ONE week! It's sheer torture. 

I am hating Add Maths more and more everyday because of the teacher. SHE TAKES SO MANY PERIODS!

Reason #4

School ends at 1.30pm. :c

I'll just end here now and take my shower before mom scolds me.. Sighs. 

Nooooo

You see while I was editing my template, I accidentally clicked on something and everything was gone just like that. :c

I tried my very best to restore it and then the Internet went down! :~
As you can see, I've lost ALL OF MY LINKS. :( I am very bad at remembering links so please leave me a message or comment so that I can relink you... :$

I am not using the netbook now so that is why I can't edit the arrangement of my sidebar. :( I'm writing this post using my iPod and it's 12:12am. I have school tomorrow so yeah, it's kinda late for editing.. :(

Tomorrow, I shall edit my template. :r

I think that's all for now. Good night peeps!

P/S: Please leave me your link so that I can relink you guys. :D

Second Day of Sports Day

It was raining quite heavily on the second day of Sports Day. :(  

We complained when it was too hot. We once again complain when it was the opposite of sunny day. 

The lighting was kinda bad, as you can see from the photos. There was no sunlight and the sky was covered with ugly looking grey rain clouds. There will be no photos of blue skies in the photos coming up. :O

I took my camera out into the rain to take photos in the rain and I didn't know that the space between the polarizing filter and uv filter could fog up. So when it fogged up I thought it was the end of my lens. Luckily it wasn't. :D

In the afternoon when it was still raining, I held a towel together with my camera because I was afraid that the polarizer would fog up again... -__-

This was taken on the first day but I have no idea how it ended up in the second day's album.

Just look at the wet track. :(

This can be for Air Asia's commercial. LOL.

Anyways, the highlight of the day was the TEACHERS' EVENT. I repeat, the teachers' event.

Hell yeah this year was the first time in 5 years of my high school years they held something so interesting. It's about time! 

IN YOUR FACE PEOPLE WHO MISSED IT!

Everyone was super hyped up when they heard that the teachers were going to sprint 50m! Well, technically not all the teachers took part. 

When the emcee announced that it was the teacher's turn to run, the whole stadium was chanting for the principal to take part. It was wild! 

Dayum. Some of the teachers could run really fast! I know it's bad but i couldn't help myself from laughing when I saw one of the shorter and chubbier teacher ran and fell FACE DOWN! She tried to get up but she fell again. If that isn't funny then what is?? Her expression was pretty funny too!

You see what I mean?

For those of you who don't know, this is Mr. Chai's son! :O

Luckily I was a photographer or else I would not be able to be on the track. :)

Look at those people all standing up to watch the show. :D

The teachers who took part. :)

They managed to force the PKHEM to take part. ==

The first three teachers from the left can run fast I tell you!

The teacher who fell was the third one from the left... :)

The students managed to make it down to the track to watch the event in the end anyways...

Extra whitening lotion? :O

And yep, that's about it. 

Just so you know, 

AMETHYST HOUSE WON THIS YEAR! :D

P/S: Click older post for the previous post...
Thank you for reading. :)