Mad-faced Mal

Graduation Night ‘09

Posted in Events/celebrations by M! on October 24, 2009

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Graduating Class of ‘09 – 5 Gamma
3 people missing but they’re negligible :P

When I was a lot younger, I used to think that ONLY ONE class can graduate, simply because “Graduating Class” was used instead of “Graduating Classes”. That’s when I thought that graduating must be something really hard to do.

I dare say..I was partially right. It is hard to leave the people you’ve grown attached to throughout the years of schooling.

Anyway, it was Graduation Night last night. Held at Sheraton Subang (which has been renamed to Grand Dorsett). The moment I arrived, I saw many people in formal attire. Wasn’t used to seeing all of that because I’ve never really attended any occasion this formal before.

Camera equipments for the night:
D40 – Stuck at ISO 1600 [expect some noise], Aperture Priority
SB900 – w/ diffusion dome, gel filter: TN-A2
..and the ever-trusty 18-200mm

I didn’t take more than 200 photos last night because I got a headache and hence, I was lazy to take photos. To get near the wee stage, I’d have to walk through a sea of round tables…and going through all that “Excuse me, pardon me, coming through”…

I shall jump right to the photos and probably slip in a few mini-intros of familiar faces, here and there.

“But all endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time.” – The Five People You Meet In Heaven

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This be Elena Ang. I’ve known her since 2003, when she was my classmate and sat behind me. It all started with this small metal bar which I brought (don’t ask – I’m just weird)

We ended up cutting up coloured erasers into small bits and placing them on the metal bar. We added our own “artificial cheese” (made out of glue with diffused yellow-coloured pencil lead in it) and I named that creation “Chopped Salmon Brains” HAHA.

Up ‘til now, she’s my best friend. Together, we’re a small-and-big combo like Mike and Sulley from Monsters, Inc. Whenever we hear/see something odd, we’d just exchange the did-you-hear/see-that? look. It’s a strange connection but it’s awesome.

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Farisha [KISS] Qistina is one of those super-open-minded Malays, like meee :P She came to Sri KL back in 2007 and none of us knew much about her. Sooner or later, we learnt that she’s a hardcore gamer (or more like, 75% of her family are hardcore gamers). We also learnt that she’s DAMN good at drawing [more on the sketchy side], has a really nice cursive handwriting, and plays drums and guitar.

She may not be a loud person like most of us, but she has a great sense of humour and her sarcasm is always very entertaining. Not to mention, the funny tales of her father.

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Teh Yee Suh, or should I say..THE Yee Suh smiles a lot, this is for sure. She’s a new student this year, and is an extremely hardworking one. She’s too nice..she consoled me when I felt deep emotional turmoil (yes, it has been the two darkest years of my life)

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Lee Chen Ji and Goh Chai Leng. Chai Leng was my classmate back in Std 1 (1999) while I only knew Chen Ji in Form 2. Chen Ji is a humble dude whereas Chai Leng is not a person to be messed with (seriously, I think she could stab anyone with her killer heels)

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Vanessa Lochnessa Tan can turn any drawing into a perverted one, hahah. Wong Hwee Wen, on the other hand, is super random. These two are bound to make anyone laugh :D

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Leong Wei Li/Snow White and his “son”, Nagusha Rachagan/Snowball ;)
Nagusha’s voice stiiiill hasn’t broken yet.
Wei Li can imitate Mr Perumal really well. From “You, take your bag and out from the class” to the infamous “WHERE IS YOUR WAAAARK!”, he sure can do it one.

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Yesss..Reading the menu. He asked for a shot.

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Vanessa, Hwee Wen, Samantha (SUSAN!), Elena and I

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Faris, Wei Li, Vanessa and Nagu

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Featuring The Queen of Samanthahahaha Land (God knows whatever happened to her Samanthem)

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Plus Diyana.

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Diyana, Candice, Ness, HW, and Wei Siong at the back

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Dumbfounded, ay?

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Di, Candice, Yvonne, Ness and HW.

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Esther, Sarah and Sucelia.

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I was carried away by something, I’m sure.

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Wei Li, Nagu, Bryan and Xian Ming

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Sucelia Han! I can’t help but to think of the Paddle Pop Rainbow ice cream when I look at the colours. Pals since ‘05. She wasn’t really into make-up back then, haha. Now look at how she’s changed :)

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Nagu, Zenvern, Seng Giap, Wei Li, Faris, Chee Hang and Wei Siong.

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HAHA Farisha looks dead-tired!

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My camera’s too heavy to be used in a situation like this..

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Celine and I. We’re both Wans. This was taken in the toilet, by the way.

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With Chen Ji and Ooi Wei-Jun. Obvious height difference. Wei-Jun used to be in band but left because he went to pursue his librarian dreams (I’ve mentioned this before, I know it)

He sings well too :O ..and those were the days (Form 3) when we used to taunt each other about certain things HAHA. Ahhh, how I liked the Form 3 life.

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Yeoh Seng Giap, Yee Suh and Yau Chee Hang

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Sherlyn Fung and Pn Kamala [Alamak], our Sejarah/History teacher. I remember what she said months ago:

“..and I know that Franz Ferdinand is also the name of a band..” – on the causes of World War I


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“ZOMG, BLING!”

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FF :-o It was one of the wow-factors of the night.

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You know what this reminded me of?

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This. Yeeeah, Zuko…

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It’s not “Enjoy Your Inn” – It’s “Enjoy Your Dinner”. That was an awesome mini-show but there was too much food after that, man. SEVEN dishes, if I’m not wrong.

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Our class performed “You’ll Be In My Heart” and “I’ll Be Missing You”. It always has to do with someone being somewhere, these song titles.

Kinduvva screw-up because we didn’t tune the bass and guitar together :(

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Farisha and I had to share one chair. Zzz. Check out the white heels I’m wearing (they belong to my mom, though)
I call them Space Shoes.


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In case you’re wondering, dywt? = Do You Want To? Jajaja, a song by Franz Ferdinand. The initials looked nice to my eyes, so I just had to put it there on my bass.
Also, note the Apple logo sticker.

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LA!

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Initially,Yew Wei Siong (middle) wanted a picture with Farisha. Then Low Wei Yang (left) crashed.
This is only Stage 1.

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Stage 2 – Four people came to crash the photo.

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Stage 3 – 7+4=11

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Stage 4 – You do the calculation.

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Stage 5 – Faris strikes the “O HAI GUYS!” pose.

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Stage 6 – Then comes Crystal and Nagu.

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Stage 7 – HAHA Wei Li.

En voila..Stage 8 is the photo at the beginning of this entry.

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Chee Hang wanted a picture. Pretty random, I must say.

Alpha people ahead..

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Adriz Shazlan and Jason Ong (aiyah, eyes closed!). I’ve known them both since Form 1, and they were originally a Gammarian last year..until they shifted to Alpha. Could’ve been in the same class as them for 5 years straight. I guess these guys should be called the Masters of Perverted Jokes. I can tolerate their jokes..well, most of the time.

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Steffi Lim the Great. We’ve performed together for quite a few times. Am still quite in a shock about last year’s Talentime.

Back in Std 6, we used to “discuss” about the Simpsons after every show. We’d memorize lines too, I think!

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This is Rohit Menon. Have known him since Std 1. He’s still a silly guy. Racist jokes are always based on him, that poor fella.

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“ENOUGH!”

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Audrey Woo and I. A really entertaining Alpharian, and fun to talk to. Usually, we’d trade class gossips.

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Alan Tee Tong Yong and I :D Apparently, my smile is widest here and his face is somewhat come-hithery HAHA..Ok, I won’t be afraid to admit that he is my ”person of interest” for more than 3 years already, heeh. Alan was a classmate back in Form 2 and 3 and he’s a very sincere guy, really. At least that’s what I think :) I’ve had a heart-to-heart conversation or two with him and I must say, it’s a rare occurrence. I’m glad to have him as a friend but I do wish that I knew him a lot more throughout the years..

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Take two :)

“Very happy la now?” – Elena

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With Vicky Chow. I think she’s the fourth person in this entry to have their eyes closed. Aye.

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Off-focus :-?
Christabel Lim of 5 Beta, a fellow Nikonian! Good to have known her — Otherwise, I’d have to go and take photos on my own during events :/

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Class reps singing school song & Auld Lang Syne
L-R: Mr Ching (you can see that he’s really enjoying it), Kavin (5B), Jason (5A), James (50), Rekha (5T), Nagusha (5G), Heng Hau (5D), Joon Jern (5S) and Maskurnia (5R, but missing from the pic)

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Featuring Mr Phuah on guitar, far left. He CAN play well! I think most Bio teachers are musically inclined. Mr Roland can play the euphonium. Seen it with my own eyes.

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Overexposed :-?
Standing in a line, ready to shake hands with the big shots and etcetera. I only lined up for a short while. To tell ye the truth, I’m not close to any of the teachers; Not even to the extent that I don’t want to part with them..but I do like Cik Umi..

A Little Nightmare Music, please?

Posted in Events/celebrations by M! on August 7, 2009

School will be closed next week. I don’t know whether I should laugh or cry. School has been really quiet this week anyway.

In the previous post, I mentioned that it’s very unlikely that FF will come to Malaysia for MTV World Stage Live. To make things a little better, IGUDESMAN AND JOO ARE COMING TO MALAYSIA~ (I thank Sean for informing me about this)

Not for MTV World Stage Live lah of course.

injYeaaaah.

Info according to the official website:

Monday 16. november 2009
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – with Gidon Kremer
BEING GIDON KREMER: The Rise and Fall of the Classical Musician
Igudesman & Joo with Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Baltica

Announced : 18-06-2009 17:16:05
Tuesday 17. november 2009
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
IGUDESMAN & JOO: “A Little Nightmare Music”

Announced : 18-06-2009 17:16:22
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – with Gidon Kremer
BEING GIDON KREMER: The Rise and Fall of the Classical Musician Igudesman & Joo with Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Baltica

Announced : 18-06-2009 17:16:06

Hohoho, and SPM starts on the 18th of November. I don’t care whatever happens man, I am willing to see these guys in action a day before my major exam (As long as I am well prepared…)

Surviving the first week of holidaze

Posted in Events/celebrations, School band madness by M! on June 7, 2009
Surviving the first week of holidaze
one Conditions were perfect. My mom wasn’t at home. I’m inside a room. And what did I do?
I did a cover of Franz Ferdinand’s No You Girls. Covered every instrument but there’s no vocals in this one because..I can’t sing :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AUf7G-DdzY
two I invited Moses over to my house.
three I was claying around.
four OVERDUE! I was supposed to write a post about the Band Party we had on the 29th of May, but there was no way I could upload the photos.
Anyway, I finally got the pictures uploaded last night but it’s in Facebook. Click here if you want to have a look at ‘em. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=111970&id=592014972&l=f231e158b3
Long story short, the band party was held at Steffi’s house + neighbourhood. At the very same time, there was a Green House party elsewhere (haha green house effect). I had two choices and obviously, I picked the Band Party, because the band is forever “the best” ;)
What, I’m proud to be a band geek! :D
Those who didn’t attend (for whatever reason) have absolutely missed the fun we had lah. The party was a good opportunity to bond with the other BANDitos, since we had some group activities/games. We played this Amazing Race sort of game, running back and forth from the house to the playground..pretty much like testing our own endurance.
One last statement: If we’re talking about team/society parties, I’d rather go for band parties anytime. Right right right? ;)

one Conditions were perfect. My mom wasn’t at home. I was inside a room. And what did I do?

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I did a cover of Franz Ferdinand’s No You Girls. Covered every instrument but there’s no vocals in this one because..I can’t sing :lol:

two I invited Moses over to my house.

..did I ever mention that I have a thing for building IKEA stuff?

three I was claying around. For the sake of my Art project.

 And take a look at my right thumb. Le hitchhiker’s thumb :D

four I think that it’s going to be a great year, in terms of games and such. With the Sims 3 released and the soon-to-be-released Tales of Monkey Island and BEATLES ROCKBAND, I wonder how I am going to set my mind onto SPM..

A 3D John Lennon is pretty good-looking HAHA. Ok lah, I definitely can’t get this one since it’s ROCKBAND. A whole set. No way.

five OVERDUE! I was supposed to write a post about the Band Party we had on the 29th of May, but there was no way I could upload the photos. I finally got the pictures uploaded last night (after a one-week struggle) but it’s in Facebook. Click here if you want to have a look at ‘em. 

Long story short, the band party was held at Steffi’s house + neighbourhood. At the very same time, there was a Green House party elsewhere (haha green house effect). I had two choices and obviously, I picked the Band Party, because the band is “the best” ;)

What, I’m proud to be a band geek! :D

Those who didn’t attend (for whatever reason) have absolutely missed the fun we had lah. The party was a good opportunity to bond with the other banditos, since we had some group activities/games. We played this Amazing Race sort of game, running back and forth from the house to the playground..pretty much like testing our endurance.

One last statement: If we’re talking about team/society parties, I’d rather go for band parties anytime. Right right right? ;)

Teachers’ Day ‘09

Posted in Events/celebrations, School-related by M! on May 14, 2009

Celebrated on the 13th due to the busy schedule that we have. Open Day on the 16th. Exam starts on the 19th. Oh dear, I am in trouble.

Photos! (Manual mode + retained the ISO at 800)
Click on them for a larger resolution.

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“HAPPY TEACHERS DAY”

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Emcees: Vernexia and Rizki
This was taken all the way from the back of the hall, where the Form Fivers sit…Yeah, the “summit”.

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Jolly Mr Chew in the middle and the sad-looking Mr Roland (in white)

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Oh gads, look at the sea of orange and black (+ a girl in white).
It’s like a papaya.
The pledge/oath reminds me of this quote from Finding Nemo: “I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends, not food.” 

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It seems that En. Aseri knows the “Teacher’s Song” by heart

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The Looks
From left to right: Maskurnia, Sheryl, Farah, Syakila and Rekha

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It’s…Hariz and Steffi!

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You are currently looking at my guitar

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He’s one of the best guitarists that I know, seriously

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“I’ve got a lovely bunch of guitar picks”

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..aaand that’s my tambourine you’re looking at! :D

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Capo 1

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Nina, Natalie, another Farah and Shao Wei

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Hariz’s guitar :lol:

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Chee Ming and Hariz

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Brenda and Ryan

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Another shot of the bunch o’ taped plectrums

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Why so serious, Ryan?

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Barley Less Ice
I don’t know whether this dude is Neal or Nigel

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Jonathan and his necktie of many garish colours
And I don’t know who the guy on the right is. Sorreh!

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Clapclapclap! ‘Twas the cake-cutting ceremony. (I think somebody sang Happy Birthday in the background :lol: )

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Funny how I used to think that megapixels can cause the blur/bokeh effect. Pfft. Thank goodness I realised soon enough that it’s just the aperture.

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Surprise performance #1?

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Sheriff Rizki in hiding

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Jonathan, Brenda and Neal/Nigel

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If the guitarist is Neal, then the pianist is Nigel. If the guitarist is Nigel, then the pianist is Neal.
Twins, ya see. Who’s who?

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Surprise performance #2 with all performers on stage

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Steffi brought out the tambourine and Rizki brought out the maracas. Ayyy! Mexican Hat Dance, anybody?

(+2) Random photos in class: 

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“You people are such angels!”
Note the colours.

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Taking a photo of a photo being taken, what a mouthful.

Sports Day ‘09

Posted in Events/celebrations, School band madness, School-related by M! on April 26, 2009


From a trombonist’s eye-view
Originally uploaded by malfrinko

 

It was my last Sports Day yesterday.
Fifth and last time to march and perform at Matsushita Stadium with the school band. (this is not the last band activity of the year!)

No more Atten-Hut.
No more Parade Rest.
No more Left-Face-Left/Right-Face-Right.
No more Mark Time March/Forward March.
No more Parade Dismiss.

The school band is a club/society and Green House is a [sports] team, but it seems that I have a lot of spirit for the band rather than the latter. I just don’t know why. Maybe, to me, making music with others is better than engaging in sporty stuff. I’m extremely pathetic in running and all that.

I think…if the school band did not exist, I might have been in Green’s marchpast team.

Yellow House was the champion again (for how many consecutive years already?); Followed by Red, Blue and Green. I contributed only one point to Green House and not to forget, a whole lot of sweat to the prop-painting for the Green House marchpast team.

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Before the final results was announced, I was telling myself that I’d be frustrated if Green House is only less than 5 points away from Blue House.

…It turned out to be right. We were 4 points behind Blue. At times like this, you’d feel that every point counts.

I’m just glad that all of the paintings we’d done did not go to waste :D Yep, Green’s marchpast team grabbed the gold!

##Using an 18-200mm camera lens as an utility:##
“Eh, that fella running there..Green or blue?”
“Cannot see.”
“Oh wait wait wait, I use my camera.”
*zooms*
“Blue.” 

PhotoSpam time. But before that.. 

DSC_0227 by you.Credits: Ivan [right] for taking the marchpast and band photos
Edward [left] for taking the band videos (update: JUST ADDED!)

MARCHPAST + BAND

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Prefects

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Scouts

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This is Sparta. This is madness. Spot Faris/King Leonidas haha

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Raging Spartans! Red Forever

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If you tilt your head to the right, you’ll see that the “G” on the shirt is actually the power icon.
 ”Nature” is our theme this year. Not my favourite (and I am not into saving the earth),
but we could look at it as many things like:
The Green Lantern followers, Elves or Druids, Treehuggers, Freaks of Nature…

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It’s a heart, but ye can’t see it clearly here..

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This is a masterpiece which Farisha, Laura and I worked on
It’s a picture of Mother Nature but we didn’t come up with the design
This is the original picture:
 

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CHEERLEADING

DSC_0257 by you.A present!

DSC_0261 by you.Surprise!

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DSC_0277 by you.Can you do the can-can?

DSC_0282 by you.Back-breaking, man.

DSC_0283 by you.Awakening the dead

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DSC_0301 by you.Dispersion

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DSC_0311 by you.“Sawadeeka! We welkam you to Bangkok!”

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DSC_0315 by you.They’re like casting magic spells right there.

DSC_0316 by you.“NO don’t drop it on my head!”

DSC_0322 by you.Tango sort of thing?

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DSC_0325 by you.I smell some grammatical error..

DSC_0337 by you.The one jumping at the front has extraordinary jumping skills.

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DSC_0346 by you.Which way is it: West or East?

DSC_0349 by you.Chai Leng says “HI!”

DSC_0352 by you.“Pick me, teacher! Pick me!”

DSC_0357 by you.Hovering Humans

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DSC_0361 by you.The undertakers

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DSC_0366 by you.Oh gads, mid-air split.

DSC_0368 by you.“Hyugh. We’re so strong, we need no overly large biceps.”

DSC_0371 by you.Y…MCA.

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DSC_0373 by you.No perversion allowed.

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DSC_0382 by you.“Ugh, what’re these jellyfishes doing on my face?”

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DSC_0387 by you.Take-off like Superman! Woosh.

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DSC_0391 by you.Go, fight, win

DSC_0393 by you.Looks like the High School Musical 3 poster.

DSC_0395 by you.Trojan or Spartan? Aiyah, same thing lah.

DSC_0398 by you.“Eh, can scratch my back ah? I cannot reach the itchy part..”

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TEACHERS’ TELEMATCH

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DSC_0607 by you.I guess this was the moment when Ustaz fell down..and initially, he was leading..

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TUG-OF-WAR

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DSC_0617 by you.Looking at the horsies reminds me of Charlie the Unicorn :D

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DSC_0633 by you.“Let there be Add. Maths!”

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DSC_0641 by you.“Whaat. You call that a tug?”

DSC_0642 by you.“I don’t care!”

DSC_0644 by you.Defeated.

DSC_0645 by you.Victorious.

DSC_0647 by you.HOT HOT HOT

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DSC_0655 by you.Gloves to reduce pain?

DSC_0656 by you.Mr. Chew poses with some style :lol:

DSC_0658 by you.Green’s Capt. Yap Yee Sam/1 2 3

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DSC_0663 by you.“Ah come on, ye sissy sea urchin! Tug ‘arder!”

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DSC_0665 by you.Defeated.
There’s something freaky about his right eyelid in this picture

RANDOM UNCATEGORIZABLE PHOTOS

DSC_0237 by you.Heng Hau’s smug-face

DSC_0243 by you.“I’m soaring like a candy wrapper caught in an updraft!”

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DSC_0253 by you.The score board fell forward..

DSC_0254 by you.Mr Kao looks really worried

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DSC_0595 by you.It’s Christabel again!

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–Post-Sports Day–
Things we [as in the band] did after Sports Day ended:
1. We “marched” to Pizza Hut.
“Fall in!”
“WOI CHECK YOUR LINE LAH!”
“Eh, wrong leg!”
“Parade, go to Pizza Hut!”

Yeah, it’s sort of a band joke/inside joke, which is cool.

2. We continued using band commands while we were in Pizza Hut.
“Atten-Hut!” *holds up a knife and a fork*
“Roll-roll-roll, down! Roll-roll-roll, eat!”

3. We took photos!

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I’m second from the left.
Just so you know, it was nobody’s birthday. 

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This “rock sign” was used as one of our marching signals.

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Do the Lala pose!

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The Trombone Section — playing air trombones!
We had to say “Trombone!” instead of “Cheese!”
 Ended up having that strange smile on my face.
And next year, the trombone section will be taken care of by Han Quan (2nd from left) and Nagulan (1st from right)

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Steffi and her gangstas

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Gangsterism. Money. Grayscale.

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More money

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Kar Seng and I :D
He’s such a cute little fellow!

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The Pizza Lifter Heroes

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What goes well with bamboo trees?

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 A ninja! (there’s a shuriken on Steffi’s left index finger)

4. We walked back to school while talking about gangsters.
“Cross the road when the car comes. That’s what gangsters do.”

5. I found Green’s Mother Nature painting which used for marchpast and we re-arranged it. Apparently, the head went missing.

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Oh well.

Drama Competition ‘09 Part Deux

Posted in Events/celebrations, School-related by M! on April 10, 2009

Photos are taken by me, unless otherwise stated. Used the same ol’ D40 + 18-200mm. Manual mode. As usual, no flash fired.

Another little note: Black outfits which are under blue lights appear to be red in photos (in my case, at least), but don’t worry; It’s already corrected.

Feel free to steal ‘em as you like, stalkers :P For larger resolution, you’ve gotta request from me personally.

5 Delta — The Life Of Thye Perk Yang (awarded second place in the competition)


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5 Sigma — Murder in the Mansion (they didn’t win but they’re worth mentioning. Lots of posh names were used in the drama, and er, Clementine is actually a girl’s name)



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5 Gamma — Snow White Returns (awarded first place in the competition)
[videos can be found in the previous entry]
[credits goes to Calvin Khor for taking the following photos][Auto mode] 

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Hwee Wen and I, and Sounds&Music means serious business.

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The baby’s kicking!

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Hi-ho, heave-ho

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All by himself

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Snow White just got charm’d.

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Heh.

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Hungry kidnappers

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I want more food!

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So useless!

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Black magic scene! :lol:

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He is Dragonball! Abuken!

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Take that, sista!
Dancing to Thriller :lol:

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Everybody dance now!

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Syok-sendiri-ing/self-pleasure

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Soulja Boy. YOUUU.

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Doomed

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OMGZ

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Wait! Says the queen.

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The queen appears to be coconut-headed here

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“You fight like a milkman!”
“Oh, how appropriate. You fight like a cow.”

- not quotes from our drama, but from Monkey Island instead :D  

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That HEE-HEE-HEE face

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He/she can take the land!

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Mourning

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Playing dead is hard to do. Especially when you leave your eyes open.

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Curtain call!

Drama Competition ‘09

Posted in Events/celebrations, School-related by M! on April 9, 2009

Sri Kuala Lumpur’s 3rd Annual Drama Competition was held on Tuesday the 7th.

My class, 5 Gamma, participated again. Yep. Gamma Drama. We didn’t take it seriously UNTIL last Monday (30/3/09). After spending a lot of time deciding whether to do something serious, comical, or seriously funny, we settled on doing a sequel of The Untold Story of Snow White due to the lack of ideas. This time, we focused on another character besides Snow White…You’ll see why. As for me, I’m in the Background Music + Sound Effects team again.

You could say that we were very last-minute and all that, but unexpectedly, we won first place! Second place went to 5 Delta (The Life of Thye Perk Yang) and third place went to 4 Delta (For Love or For Money).

Although it has been a few days since the showdown, the strangest thing which left most of us baffled is that..How could 5 Sigma (Murder in the Mansion) not win? They did an excellent job, and it seemed pretty flawless to me! When I saw their performance during the preliminary rounds, I was very sure that they were going to sapu the first place..but I was wrong. Good stuff though. Go YouTube it.

Let’s have a little rewind, shall we? The two videos below shows LAST YEAR’S Gamma Drama: The Untold Story of Snow White (awarded Best Script and Second Place in the 2nd Annual Drama Competition)

And now, presenting THIS YEAR’S Gamma Drama: Snow White Returns.

A little note or two:
1. While waiting for the judges to arrive, whoever-it-was played The Phantom of the Opera overture + Hannibal ON LOOP. I love PotO but putting the same ol’ track on loop can drive you crazy.

2. At least one death occured in EVERY group. As Mr Hanif Merican (one of the judges) puts it: “You people do love to see dead bodies.”

..or something like that.

(psst, Steffi, if you’re reading this, The Humans ARE Dead.)

Photos? Later.

Happy Valentine’s Day/Happy SAD Day!

Posted in Events/celebrations by M! on February 14, 2009

Like I mentioned last year, SAD stands for Singles’ Awareness Day :mrgreen:
And as always, I have no Valentine, haha..but I have feelings for the same person for nearly three years now. Heh.

Regarding the following photos,
I took ‘em, cropped ‘em, and changed the colour temperature. No resizing done.

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Looks like the bird on the left does not want to be kissed. :lol:

Middle Schools Band Festival ‘09

Posted in Events/celebrations, School band madness by M! on February 8, 2009

Yesterday, some of us school band members participated in the Middle Schools Band Festival ‘09 at The International School of Kuala Lumpur. It was my last time, along with the other Form Fives :(

The last time the band members of Sri KL participated in this was back in 2007. There’s a post on it right hereDidn’t attend last year’s because nobody in our school received the sheet music. You can’t go for the band festival without sheet music, ya know…

Just so you know, this Band Festival thingo is basically like a free workshop. We are divided into the junior and advanced group. While the advanced group practice in some classrooms under an instructor, the junior group will remain in the auditorium and they will practice there. We switch locations after our break(s). After hours of practice, we perform! :D This year we have a new addition though. Besides just being a band festival, a choir group performed too. (It’s nothing compared to our school’s “Choir” club okay! The pros have four lines – Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone. And how about Sri KL’s “Choir” club? Aiyah, as Calvin puts it: “I wouldn’t even call it a choir”, which is pretty much true because they’re all girls and they all seem to be altos ONLY. Where’s the darn variety?)

So anyway, I’m in the advanced/blue group, along with Siew Yee [trumpet], Heng Hau [trumpet], and Calvin [clarinet]. I was in the trombone section, and it so happened that I was the only one with a bass trombone. Oh, how I used to find the “uncommon” instruments so amusing…such as the bass clarinet and baritone sax. Didn’t spot any tall bassoons or coiling sousaphones this year.

A few flautists and a staff euphoniumist played Henry Mancini’s Baby Elephant Walk as an opening for the ceremony. Ivan, my trombone senior who is now studying in college, helped me to record a few of the performances. He didn’t manage to record the opening and the choir one, although I must point out that the choir group were so cool that when they left the stage row by row, they continued singing ’til even when they were already outside the auditorium. It’s a “Wahliaoeh!” factor. The junior group played Tribal Dance, Train Heading West and March of the Ladybugs. The advanced group played Barnum and Bailey’s Favourite, Portrait of a Clown, and Celebration For Winds and Percussions. Here are the videos:

Tribal Dance

Train Heading West

March of the Ladybugs

Percussions Ensemble! (mix of juniors and advanced)

Barnum and Bailey’s Favourite

Portrait of a Clown

Celebration for the Winds and Percussions

Iva, if you’re reading this, I envy you because you got to play The Incredibles back in ‘06 :o

Photo time! (Note: Photos were taken by Steffi, Heng Hau, and probably others too)

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Sri KL’s junior group

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Top row: Yi Xin, [forgot her name], [forgot her name too], and Hoe Quan 

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Middle row: Yu Xin, Celine and Amber 

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Xi Ning in the middle 

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Ryan in the middle 

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Si Min, also in the middle 

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Nagulan in the middle, Chia Seng on his left and Ming Ying all the way in the bottom-right corner 

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That is I, playing le bass trombone

Heng Hau [trumpet] in ze middle

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 She’s also our band president for ‘09! :D

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Here, you can also spot Harry Potter
(Seriously, when I spotted that dude, HP came to my mind right away)

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Calvin said that I look like a goth here…
That’s what you get when there’s not enough light.

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Steffi was wearing red because she didn’t want to play and claimed that “the red group is for experts” 
Turns out that the red-shirted people are the instructors.

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And like I said [in a few posts back], he never “leaves” the band
He’s also a brilliant painter, really 

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Accidental sepet-ness

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Sri KL’s leh? Not even one.

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You know that you’ve gotta to use the flash when you’re in a bumpy bus ride

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 Ryan: Calvin, how did you get there so fast?!
Calvin: Why, through osmosis, of course!
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(she proved to me that she can speak German!)

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(My left arm? Don’t ask)

 

New Year, again? In the same month?

Posted in Events/celebrations, Fotographie by M! on January 26, 2009

Happy Chinese New Year to those who celebrate this auspicious occasion! :D

Random shots taken at Mid Valley Megamall:
(note to self: Always shoot in raw format when there is enough space…) 

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On a random note…
one Franz Ferdinand’s third album is out today! Couldn’t find any copy though…*sigh* I’ll have to wait.

two Ever seen black nylon strings for the guitar? I bought one set of new strings just the other day and I found that there were three black strings in the pack. Yay?

gittyYes, I has an owrange room.