Hi guys, wow how long has it been ? Anyone still visits here ?

The year 2010 and it is almost 5 years since we were last in 5S1. Everyone has grown up, everyone has the lives ahead of them.

But one beautiful thing remains, and that is the memory of us being friends and that no matter how far apart we are, how long we've not seen each other, how weird it would be to talk to one another, or just how vague our memories of each other may be, we still shared the memories.

I saw a quote on one of those fridge magnets at my cousin's place. It said,

"We do not remember the days. We remember the memories."

I thought it was just so appropriate.

Anyway, just wana do some catching up, who's in Malaysia right now ? I know many of us are graduating this year.

Hope to catch up soon ppl !

Loves.

graduation

This is, shamelessly, another post from me. :P

I just attended my church friend's graduation (from the Christian International School of Prague, a high school here). It was a really sweet informal ceremony to celebrate the lives of seven loved kids. We got to see baby photos! And each of them gave a little speech to thank their parents, God, teachers and friends.

It kinda reminded me of our graduation. I remember how Rachel K started tearing beside me in the hall. I remember how Xing Ji cried non-stop, even after we got back to class. :D I remember Tim holding back tears, too! And I remember all the hugs, all the laughter and all the good times. And I remember how I wished school never had to end.

Well, we all need to grow up someday - if not by choice, by the forces of nature. But I'll always be glad to have been able to be a part of 5S1. Thank God for all of you.

revisiting the past

Sometimes the past is never forgotten, merely hidden. And all it takes is a dream or two, or a nostalgic moment, or the familiar din of silence to bring back in remembrance all that has been thought to be forgotten.

If there's one thing I miss about CHS, it's knowing that every day I belong. CHS and 5S1 was like family to me. Every time after a holiday, as I trudged down the 'lorong' into the canteen, greeted by sleepy-looking students, to get into the Ed-Board room, I feel a grin spreading from ear to ear on my face, knowing that I belong, that I'm part of this whole establishment, and knowing that I'm not alone.

Knowing that we all have one goal, to get through high school, and that we were going to get through high school together. Knowing that if we were sad, there would be friends reading our expressions, prepared to lend a listening ear, to let us know that we are not alone in this phase of life.

Knowing that at every corner, there would be laughter, be it laughing off a nickname, a tease, an embarrassing moment. Knowing that at the end of the day, no hard feelings will remain, knowing that we are truly friends, and our basis is innocence. We may not know everyone personally, but everyone knows us and we were accepted the way we are.

We grew up together, from beginning to end, we faced the praises and storms of teachers together, we backed each other up.

I still remember how from 3A1, Yin Shean backed even our notorious friends who tied up poor Zhen Yuan and left him on the corridor of 3A2 face-to-face with our teacher, who stormed into our class and demanded to see the culprits who dared to defy discipline.

I still remember how difficult it was to get the class to do things, and yet at the end, we pulled every drama, every presentation, every exam off so well. :)

I still remember many stories from the days of good ol' CHS. Invisible in my grown-up everyday, but still so real in my heart.

Where are we at now?

Does it matter?

All of you always will, to me. :)

With love, Flo.

Hello hello!

It's been quite a while since anyone / I last posted here. Just wanted to drop a note to wish you guys a Happy (Belated) Chinese New Year, and a Happy Chap Goh Meh! :) Hope everyone is fine!

Just a little note of appreciation...

...for those who turned up for our reunion, and those who helped out in any way. :)

Thanks so much for the laughter and the fun and the food and the friendship... simply unforgettable and amazing in every way.

I love reunions, because they remind me of how special 4/5S1 life is to me, and how it helped build up my character. You guys are the greatest.

Have a blessed holiday season, everyone. :)

P.S. As for photos... Tim was snapping shots, so we'll just wait patiently for his exams to be over before we'll get them. All the best in your exam, Tim! May God bless you. :)

*rings some Christmas bells to get everyone's attention...*

Maybe Li Hong wants us to celebrate before he goes for his exchange program.

Maybe Yen Tink can't wait to come back for her internship.

Maybe Tim can't wait to tell us about his happening Klang posting.

Maybe Xing Ji has a bag of good (lame?) jokes to update us with.

Maybe it's the feel of the just-round-the-corner Christmas season.

Maybe it's just because * you * being a 5S1-er... is worth celebrating. :)

Come join us! :)

P/S : The proposed date & venue is just a proposed date & venue. We'll check it out first. Suggestions are still welcome, though!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=181803207241

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=175483&id=1791672375&saved

4 years ago...

SPM 2009 started yesterday.

I was just sitting and thinking...wow. It's been four whole years.
Memories of 5S1 suddenly rushed back.

A sudden wave of emotions hit me. It's been so long. Yet not long enough maybe.
I miss you all...=(

Ok emo post over. Back to studying. =)

Lecturis Boringus

And this is how my lecture theatre looks like. Sorta... so how does it compare across the unis?

Videos from Nottingham

I was at Nottingham last weekend for the Nottingham Malaysian Games. Met up with Ji Hang who brought me around the city and I bunked at his place for the night. Shot a few random videos of Ji Hang.

At the Nottingham Castle.


Ji Hang drumming on his iPhone 3GS to Taylor Swift's Love Story.


Ji Hang pulling a MJ to Man in the Mirror and a tour of his room.

Conversations With a Guy Awake at 4a.m.

Too Xing Ji says (20:06):
it was a dark and stormy night
황헉성 says (20:06):
sounds familiar
and isnt it 4 am
Too Xing Ji says (20:06):
time is relative, when you're travelling at the speed of light
wait
time is always relative
황헉성 (20:07):
no..
velocity is relative..
hrm
fine time is relative
Too Xing Ji says (20:08):
u busy?
황헉성 (20:08):
well
not really
Too Xing Ji says (20:08):
is time relative?
it is right
Too Xing Ji says (20:09):
i know there's time dialtion
dilation*
황헉성 (20:09):
are you reciting somethingn or
Too Xing Ji says (20:09):
reciting what?
황헉성 (20:09):
beats me
no then
everyone has their own time
actually does time relate?
to anything?
if u have ur own perception of time
Too Xing Ji says (20:10):
things are relative when measured against others
황헉성 (20:10):
my time against your time then
then it is relative
Too Xing Ji says (20:10):
the absolute then being the speed of light
황헉성 (20:10):
to velocity
Too Xing Ji says (20:11):
anyway, humor me: it was a dark and stormy night
next line
your turn
황헉성 (20:11):
and xing ji is standing in the rain by the bus stop
Too Xing Ji says (20:11):
damn he thought: should have brought the umbrella
황헉성 (20:13):
he starts walking
Too Xing Ji says (20:14):
water smashed furiously against his face. This wasn't rain, it was an ocean in a box with holes cut in the bottom
황헉성 (20:16):
he sees an old japanese lady furiously hanging onto her fragile umbrella walking towards him
Too Xing Ji says (20:19):
He walks over
황헉성 (20:20):
she takes out an old talisman and hands it over to him. she said a few things to him and quickly walked away before he even had the chance to say anything.
Too Xing Ji says (20:23):
Emulating his favourite Horror B-movie protagonists, he throws caution to the wind (which was howling louder than a howler monkey on crack), and puts on the talisman.
황헉성 (20:23):
nothing happened
Too Xing Ji says (20:24):
He turns the talisman over: made in China.
황헉성 (20:26):
suddenly he heard a bang
Too Xing Ji says (20:27):
Something old, female and Japanese flew past him in a surreal fashion
황헉성 (20:28):
btw i have seen this for the first time in my life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-WVpQ0ZG8Q&hd=1
good stuff
it looked like the lady who passed him the talisman made in china
Too Xing Ji says (20:30):
She had been mowed down by a Lamborghini driven by a Chinese man. The irony.
황헉성 (20:32):
he runs to the lady and tried to save her, but it was too late. he takes off the talisman and puts it in her cold clammy hands and started heading off
btw talking about einstein
tivity that the speed of light is constant and independent of its color, energy, direction or how
this i mean http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/29/1541227/Intergalactic-Race-Shows-That-Einstein-Still-Rules
Too Xing Ji says (20:33):
i saw the vid when i was young
Too Xing Ji says (20:34):
hmmm, but there was a time lag
although could be equipment
or the atmosphere
황헉성 (20:34):
they did say there might be some granular abnormalies
Too Xing Ji says (20:35):
hmmm
how the hell did he come up with the postulate anyway
황헉성 (20:35):
beats me man
a whole bunch of math
Too Xing Ji says (20:36):
as he left, he heard a second bang. The lamborghini had managed to run over the Japanese woman again. Chinese really couldn't drive.
황헉성 (20:38):
the made in china talisman managed to get lodged in under the car which resulted in the car blowing into smithereens 100 yards from the old lady. the irony.
Too Xing Ji says (20:42):
Xing Ji broke into a run. The cops in the city were known to be notoriously efficient. He didn't fancy himself being found next to a bombed out sports car with two dead asians. The whole scene was just WRONG.
황헉성 (20:47):
He got home, panting. He turned on his computer and logged onto facebook. His whole homepage was completely filled with photos and videos of the scene he was just in. Also on the homepage was a long article on some sort of conspiracy theory of how the Japanese lady was a spy and the Chinese man was a counterspy. Technology nowadays.
Too Xing Ji says (20:50):
Better start untaggin myself he thought. He sat down and felt a lump in his back pocket.
the middle of the video was weird
and i think the ending is unfinished
황헉성 (20:50):
yar.. I don't get that bit
i heard its a short film so probably its just a part of it
Too Xing Ji says (20:52):
hmmm ok
anyway
thanks for humoring me
황헉성 (20:52):
this is class blog material
Too Xing Ji says (20:52):
haven't written creatively for a looong time
황헉성 (20:52):
shall you or shall i
Too Xing Ji says (20:53):
you shall
황헉성 (20:53):
i shall

Backdates =P

I was re-reading some old journal entries, and I came across some gems. Enjoy!

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School bizzz...

Bio - We learned abuot our skeleton frame today and Pn. See brought out a whole skeleton set for us to see. Cool! Anyway, (wazzit Xing Ji or Si Yi) some guy, for the benefit of an uproar arranged the bones of the hands in such a way that it portrayed a thinker's pose...

Hahahahaha...!

And the guys also manged to dislocate the skull from its proper position. Oh, boy.

Soon, it was the girls' turn to inspect our new source of curiosity when (don't ask me how) the whole group conversation (with teacher providing explanations) reverted to sexual reproduction. Now, how on EARTH did that happen?!! Oh, man. We're giving ourselves a bad name! Somehow, all those facts make me feel more... fragile. Ouch. Eek.

Science has never been so fascinating..

Physics - Rachel Kwan had a fit of sleepiness - a jolly good thing she didn't pass it on to me... then for some apparent reason, she burst into incessant laughter for several minutes after some conversation with Darell. Conclusion: Science One students are utter nuts who crack up for no reason due to excessive stress. Complacency? More like, critical emotional instability and easily berserk-ed laughing receptors.

Chemistry - Haha! I had a real good laugh at this one... We were conducting 'Garam' experiments in the Chem lab. Halfway through, my group extracted the 'baki' and 'hasil' from the 'turasan' (Ist that distillation in English?) And I asked Yen Tink to help us light the Bunsen burner. We put the liquid hasil onto the 'mangkuk penyejat'. But Yen Tink said no, we had to use the baki and she picked up the liquid and flushed it down into the sink. A split second later, I realised that I was right! Haha... A good thing, time's up came right after that! Funny gal kept apologizing but I was glad enough to have a good laugh to cherish in years to come!

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NG YEN TINK WHERE ARE YOUUUUU!!!

Sorry sorry... I'm feeling a bit nostalgic/emo/bored at the moment.

I miss you all! :)

Love,

Flo.

Updates.

I have been posted to Klang hospital for clinical training. Will be there for a year till next year July. Or two years if I fail and have to repeat. =P

But I'm usually back during the weekends.

Some interesting links.

Puasa!

Civility?

Malaysia in 15 clips!

Go. See. =)

The weird thing about being Malaysian in Singapore

So there I was, decked out in black and white with the suit but minus the tie, ambling around Giant at Vivocity with two bags of green apples, chocolate and Kellogg's cornflakes in the shopping cart. To all appearances, a highly incongruous sight indeed.

But wait, there's more. What's that ah beng businessman doing? Is he dancing? He's... he's singing Hari Raya songs....OMGWTFBBQ?!

Tim's article link

Google is hard, try this:

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/8/31/merdeka/4414817&sec=merdeka

On a more serious note, I laud Timothy for his bravery and optimism.

Well just a shoutout here to all of you.

I just wana say Timothy's article in the Star on National Day was inspirational. If only our leaders were that open-minded. Love the part on Sejarah and Pendidikan Moral.

I remember we asked Tim on his 21st what his wish would be. And I remember seeing tears in his eyes when he said he wanted a united Malaysia without racial discrimination.

Tim, if you ever wana do something that could change Malaysia and unite the people, I'm right behind you.

Cheers !

tink tink tink in da house

hahaha. short notice *waves*
hi guys =)

just wanted to let u know if you wanan read my blog, give me your email la XD coz.... i wanan lock it for a while LOL. *faints* hahaha not that it is anything interesting. but yea LOL.

btw.

this is my 1st post here i think?!

hope everyone is doing well in their lives =)

tink tink tink.

Post #200

I like this petronas ad a LOT. :)



And this, too! :)

Yo 5S1-ians,



Long time no hear. Its a real pleasant surprise to see someone blog here, especially if its Flo.



Anyway, yes life has changed, time has flown us by and we are older and hopefully wiser. Haha I don't need reminding that our secondary school days are not just a memory away but it has been 4 years. That's cause even my bro (and your sis, Flo) is in Form 5 and are revising for THIER SPM. Oh, SPM ... those were the days.



I too havent been blog-hopping, at least for the past 7 months since I started work. But now that work has decided to take a vacation, I at least have the time to come over here and take a look.

UPDATE @ 25 Aug 2009

I so wanted to post this up last week, but so happen work hit me in the face. I was blogging half way when my manager called me. And I have been busy for the rest of the week. Anyway, I think we should plan a year end gathering and make sure as many ppl come as possible. Maybe even the teachers.

Take care people ...

Greetings, with love.

Hello, everyone, wherever you are. :)

It's been a while since I last posted something, and I just came across Caleb's and Sui Yuan's blog, which posted videos of Caleb's friend and Sui Yuan himself as they celebrated their 21st birthdays with great people - loved ones and family.

And it's been a while since I looked away from thick medical books to blog-hop onto Rachel's, Yen Tink's, and Cher Hui's blogs. People whose voices I haven't heard for months, possibly over a year now. :) To think that I was so used to hearing their chatter daily, in the past.

How many years has it been - four? Nearly five? How much have I forgotten - how much do I remember? It all seems hazy, now that I look back.

We were so young, we were haggling marks from our subject teachers, we were dancing around school rules and holding onto pencilcases and rockheavy schoolbags. We were sweaty and silly and wild. We were so many things. We were seventeen.

And now, most of us are turning twenty-one! (And some of us are perhaps a year younger. :)

Some of us are about to graduate, some of us still have a long way ahead of us, some of us are already in the working scene. We are so grown up, more grown up that I could have ever imagined we could ever be, from the eyes of a bespectacled ponytailed student.

I never imagined we would grow older; I imagined we would just grow more familiar into the world we have chosen for ourselves after we left the comfort of high school.

I never imagined we would forget each other; I imagined we would probably grow apart a little further, just as kites tug at their strings to fly just a little higher, just a little higher.

Here's to each and every one of you.

May you smile brighter and find meaning in everything you do.

May you make a difference and shine in your part of the world.

May each new day teach you something new.

May you be happy, truly happy and truly blessed.

May you live and love louder than you ever imagined to.

May you always find hope, trust, and peace.

and may God bless you.

:)

Yasmin Ahmad, The Storyteller

Florence's brother interviewed Yasmin Ahmad a few days before she passed away. What a tragedy her death is.. No more heart wrenching Petronas ads. Sigh.



http://thestaronline.tv/v/3849