Life on Record

Catholic Junior College!

2012-02-09T04:40:00.000-08:00

Hello there, it's been a really long time since I've last posted. Many things had happened during the time while I was away. Examples are:

- Chaotic events that happened after being posted to Innova.
- Enjoyed Innova's orientation programme.
- Interviewed by CJC's principal.
- Accepted to CJC.
- Had a blast during CJC's Orientaion Finale!

In the mean time, lectures are already starting and I have to start studying already. The current problem now is what CCA do I want to join in CJC. At first, I thought of joining Judo but after much thought, I am really not sure what CCA to join. The main reason why I'm having second doubts to join Judo is because it is not as physically challenging like other CCAs such as rugby or track and field.

I'm not sure if I want to join rugby because I'm wearing spectacles so... I'm afraid that it will be a problem for me because I do not have the best of eye sights! For track and field, I am not keen in running constantly and be panting every time...

So now my decision is to go to the "open house" for the CCAs tomorrow and just see which CCA interests/excites me more and I will join that CCA. So, wish me luck internet in finding the right CCA for my JC life. :D

Life

2012-01-17T04:24:00.000-08:00

What is life? What is the purpose of living?

Religiously, it is a way to test one's eligibility to enter heaven but physically, what is life? What defines life?

If life means to work and just live... It seems meaningless. Imagine this. You have to enter work at 7am, so you wake up at 5.30am for preparation and morning prayers. Then you take transport to your workplace. Then, you work until 5pm. You reach home at around 5.30pm - 6pm. Then, you take a shower, eat and etc. By then, it will be around 7pm. Take a rest, watch television and talk or whatever. Then you fall asleep. Repeat this 5 times a week. During the weekends, you have to do your laundry, your household chores, your errands and etc. So, how much time do you have left to enjoy and think about nothing? At most, probably, a day? If you're lucky.

That is really lifeless if you call that life. You don't have time to do the things you want to do and you're stuck in a jail cell you yourself had created. You're stuck in the vicious cycle of working and the same old routine for months and months maybe even years. So, what is life actually? What defines it? Is it to work all life long or to enjoy and do the things you want to do whenever you want to?

I still have yet to find the meaning of life. This is the end of this post. Hopefully, I'll find the meaning soon. Take care.

6 A2s!

2012-01-10T03:16:00.000-08:00

Just gotten my results yesterday and it was AMAZING. I've achieved 6 distinctions and all of them are A2! It was really unexpected. I expected to have at least a B3 for one of the subjects. It was amazing! The feeling was awesome! This shows that hard work really does pay off. Consistency is key to success.

I'm really happy and I really made my family, cousins, aunts and uncles proud.

I have already submitted my application form and currently hoping that I get to enroll into Nanyang Junior College. :)

Lets hope for the best! :)

Motivation

2012-01-05T22:38:00.000-08:00

Hey, I recently looked at my body and it was ugly i tell you. Seriously, I've got some kind of a mini muffin top. Argh... I blamed it life. Even though, i have 10 % odd body fat percentage, its weird that I still have this mini muffin top effect. Probably it is because of my small muscles. If I were to weight lift again, maybe it won't be so bad.

Anyways, my plan to go lean and mean again is to go on a low calorie diet and to run every morning. After the run, I will go to the fitness corner and do some pull ups and dipping. Push ups and leg lifts will be done at home. I've been planning to go back to parkour but the problem is that I just couldn't find the time. Hopefully, this time, I can find time.

The MAIN problem is motivation. Since I rarely see my friends, I don't really have motivation to exercise or bulk up. So, my solution to that is to watch parkour showreels and videos on Youtube before my training. Hopefully, this will motivate myself.

Argh... my plan now is to lose 2KG by 1st February. Hopefully, hopefully, this will all turn well.

Fast Food Restaurants.

2012-01-03T04:11:00.000-08:00

Just wondering.

I was eating food from those fast food restaurants when suddenly, I realised that fast food restaurants are really wasting A LOT.

Okay, let me give an example. The wrappers that they use to wrap our burgers and food items. Okay, they wrap our food items minutes before someone buy the food. Then, if that person dines in, he will need to unwrap the wrappers and then will throw it away. So, what is the purpose of wrapping the food items in the first place if one will throw it away minutes after? To me, its like throwing away the wrappers directly into the bin. If the person is dining out, I'm fine with it.

Imagine, the amount of waste just because of those wrapping papers every single day. Its a waste, its harming the environment. I know that some fast food restaurants use recycled items to make their wrapping paper but remember, recycling is also harmful to the environment. The process also releases some non-environmentally friendly wastes into the air. If using it at low quantities, its okay but in the amount a fast food restaurant uses? That is too much.

Instead of using wrapping paper to wrap the dine in food items, why not use reusable plates just like McCafe? It is way environmentally-friendly and drastically reduce the waste made by all of these fast food restaurants.

This is just my opinion. It is just amazing how much a small change can do. Till next time.

Its 31/12/2011, we will never see this date again...

2011-12-31T04:46:00.000-08:00

Hello, again... Like what the title says... it is 31/12/2011. It is the last day of the most "happening" year to date.

A lot of things had happened in the past year. The things that happened comes from a range of topics. Political, social, economical.

The Arab Spring occurred on 2011. It all started when a guy burned himself as an act of anti-government protest. This led to anger among the people in Tunisia. This then started a wide scale riot which led to the fall of Tunisia's government, the first victim of the Arab Spring. This event started a domino effect in the Middle East as it encourages more people to stand and fight against their government. The next victims were Egypt, Libya and now Syria. The Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi was killed during a raid of his hiding place when he was hiding from the rebels during the civil war which was created. Hosni Mubarak, the then dictator of Egypt was also overthrown after being pressurized. There are many other events which happened during the Arab Spring.

There was also the killing of the infamous Osama Bin Laden. He was killed in his hiding place by the United States.

There was also a random riot which occurred in Britain which allowed people to loot from shops.

There was also economical problems such as the Europe Crisis.

There was the recent fall of the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Il. He died due to a heart attack while on a train. Now, his son, Kim Jong Un, became the supreme commander.

There are many many more things that happened this year and I truly believe that 2011 was the most CHAOTIC year so far. A lot of problems had occurred and most of them are still left unsolved this year and hence, had to be carried forward into the future.

I am really nervous and afraid of what is going to happen in 2012 because of the problems and things predicted for the year. Hopefully, it will all be OK in 2012 and hopefully, it will not be as chaotic of a year as 2011.

I really hope that 2012 will be a year which will turn for the better.

Goals 2012.

2011-12-28T06:10:00.000-08:00

I'm going to talk about my goals for 2012. Hopefully, it will be an amazing year.

I have several goals which I want to accomplish in the amazing year of 2012.

1) I want to be stronger emotionally and physically.
2) I want to be more active in Youtube.
3) I want to ace my examinations.
4) I want to be a better person.
5) I want to save at least $2000 in my bank account.
6) Make the best out of 2012. Life is short.

Hopefully, I will be able to accomplish all of these goals. I hope that by the end of the year, I would be a better person for the country and the world. My long term is actually to change people's lives no matter how small or big it may be and to also save and care for Nature. This is OUR world, our planet, our LIFE. We should do our part... This will be a great year, I can just feel it!

Christmas.

2011-12-24T05:25:00.000-08:00

Hey, hey, hey. This topic has been on my mind for the past few days. It is actually about Christmas.

Christmas is tomorrow and obviously many people are going to celebrate it. The thing that I want to talk about is actually about the people who celebrate Christmas. I'm just wondering how many people who celebrates Christmas actually knows the meaning or the reason behind Christmas...

Well, some people actually understands the meaning of Christmas however, most don't. They follow the other people just because it it a holiday. Based on my understanding of Christmas, Christmas is actually the "birthday" of Jesus Christ. It is say... not actually a day where people get drunk and do sins but actually it is a holy day to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. To me, I considered it a holy day and that it is currently portrayed wrongly.

The current Christmas is a celebration with Santa Clauses, presents, trees, drinking, sins and etc. I don't know if it is actually celebrated that way because it seems all so wrong. I'm not a Christian by the way so I'm not really sure if it is okay to do sins on a supposed holy day.

Okay, back to the topic. Why are people celebrating Christmas if they do not understand the reason behind it? Are they just following Western influence or are they just copycats? Why? I don't get it.

I have many other things to talk about but I'll end it here today.

Learn and understand the reasons behind a celebration/occasion before you celebrate it.

Kim Jong Il

2011-12-20T21:35:00.000-08:00

Recently, Kim Jong Il, the leader of the Communist North Korea just passed away due to a tragic heart attack on board his train.

I just want to talk about the future of North Korea. Will the two Koreas ever reunite again or will they remain separate? What will the new leader, Kim Jong Un do? What are his goals, his ambitions for his country? Will he still be a tyrant leader just like the previous two?

North Korea has the ability to destroy and invade countries with their huge army and possibly, nuclear weapons.

I'm curious to what Kim Jong Un would do... He's young. Some say that he might use this opportunity to open up North Korea while some say that he might declare war. Well, it is very gray in that area.

Anyway, this had been a historical moment in history and it may or may not be a turning point for North Korea.

Hopefully, all will go well and no war will happen even though North Korea is struggling to feed its population and the need to use their huge army increases. No pressure.

Thinking you're not good enough.

2011-12-18T17:44:00.000-08:00

Some people think that they're not good enough. Some people are being hard on themselves. They say things that would hurt themselves. For example, they always think that they're not clever enough, they're not fast enough, they're not beautiful enough.

Well, I believe that everybody ARE good enough. The only thing is that everyone has different strengths and weaknesses. We also have to deal with the situation based on our strengths.

We are all human, we require constant pressure to push ourselves to our very best but ultimately, we can only reach to that... very best. We have limits.

No one is perfect. Most people who thinks that they're not good enough might be a victim to low self-esteem, tragic/traumatic events that happened in their lives or just being too hard on themselves. They should understand, once again, that they're human. People are not perfect. We do mistakes, we do fail and we do lack in certain aspects.

What we can do is to believe in ourselves, Talk to friends, family or respected adults. Talk to them. You will discover that you're not alone. A lot of people out there also experienced this. They also understand how you feel. Everyone, in one point in life, we will experience this. They will feel that they're not good enough.

For example, myself, I do feel that I'm not good enough once in awhile but what do I do? I'll try my best.

We have to try and do our best in everything we do in life. Thinking that you're not good enough will not help you succeed in life but trying and doing your best will. Thinking that you're not good enough will just bring you down even more. You may even fall into a depression.

Hopefully, all the scars of feeling not good enough will heal and everyone who is experiencing this will discover new things/potential about themselves.

WE ARE ALL GOOD ENOUGH, IT IS JUST HOW MUCH EFFORT WE PUT IN AND HOW WE DEAL WITH THE SITUATION.

Confused.

2011-12-17T06:19:00.000-08:00

Hello there, again..

I'm confused about my next door neighbour. Based on what I know, they're muslims. They have a sign with the words "masha allah". They ever had a doa session. The funny thing is that, they have a Christmas Tree in their house. I know that the husband is a white but isn't it wrong to have a Christmas Tree in the house if you're muslim? Even though the husband may have been a Christian at one point in his life. He should remove all the old traditions of being a Christian once he converted into a Muslim.

How confusing... Probably, this is just my assumption, they're not following the Islamic laws. Possibly they're still drinking wine, beer and who knows what. I'm not accusing them of anything because I don't really know them that well but I definitely know that they are at the wrong to have a Christmas Tree in the house if they're Muslims.

I don't really know what religion they are in anymore. Well, it is none of my business but it is my duty as a Muslim to pray for them and hopefully they will return to the path of righteousness. Insya'allah, their hearts will open.

That's all for now.

No Inspiration

2011-12-15T01:52:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I wonder... How do youtubers always have video ideas?

I've tried to think of one but... nothing appeared in my mind except an idea to make a Stompwatch. It will be like a news video report where I report or talk about the things I find interesting on Stomp. The only thing that is stopping me from doing that is that I'm afraid that the public will troll because Stomp is a popular website.

Wait, why should I care about other people's thoughts? Why should I? I should do what I love or want to do. I have the freedom don't I? This is tough. I don't know what I want to do anymore... Maybe I should film a shuffling video or a dance video? I don't know. I just don't have the mood to make videos right now.

Maybe the thing that I'm lacking is time. I think I should plan on what to do on that day in the morning. Yeah... I think I should. Maybe, by having a proper schedule or time management, I might be able to make some quality videos.

OK. Tomorrow, I'm going to edit the Medan, Indonesia video. Then, the next project will be the Stompwatch. I'll probably make it in episodes.

Hopefully all will be well.

13/12/11 (13th December 2011)

2011-12-13T04:21:00.000-08:00

Hello blog,

Today has been a beautiful day. Today was the day when I was born. Today was a fairytale. I still can't believe that I'm 16! What a LIFE it has been! Half of me is still sad because by becoming 16, it shows that I'm becoming older, I'm becoming much more mature in thinking.

Secondly, I can't believe that I have the same birth date as Taylor Swift! I have much to say about her. She has been wonderful, awesome, amazing and life-inspiring. She had taught many things about life and had made me feel that we can be stronger if we try. She had been a role model who is down-to-earth and caring. One day, one day, I'll be a person who is also capable of making huge changes in the lives of people. I WANT TO INFLUENCE!

Hopefully, my wish will be fulfilled sooner or later. Well, I have to work hard then. Maybe I'll be someone with status which can influence a whole bunch of people or just be modest, hardworking person and slowly build up support.

To me and Taylor Swift, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Made this Blog.

2011-12-11T17:25:00.000-08:00

Hello, actually, i've been thinking of making a blog for a really long time. I'm making this blog to record down my feelings, dreams and things that I think of such a political matters and environmental problems. This place will be a place where I can improve my ideas and create and brainstorm new ideas.

Sometimes I can get quite angry towards the government and the world as a whole, so, this place will be where I can channel my anger and maybe give raw ideas where I can then modify and remake and use on my videos and stuff.

So, this is just a starter and hopefully, this will last long. :D