WHY do we actually sing nursery rhymes to children? is it our method of comforting them to sleep? or is it jus something we do because it has been passed down generations after generations? but watever the reason, has anyone ever wondered, how much violence there actually are in nursery ryhmes?.. (and they say we're having too much violence and gore in our movies and TVs nowadays)
first, let's start off with HUMPTY DUMPTY..
humpty dumpty sat on a wall,
humpty dumpty has a great fall,
all the king's horses and all the king's men,
couldn't put humpty dumpty together again..
er, can someone tell me wat comfort or good moral lessons are we or the younger generations suppose to learn from humpty dumpty? because apparently, i dun see any..
secondly, we have LONDON BRIDGE..
london bridge is falling down,
falling down, falling down,
london bridge is falling down, my fair lady..
when london bridge is falling down, it was suppose to be a tragedy.. so where the HECK did my fair lady come from? was it dat the writer wanted to warn a fair lady nearby dat the bridge is collapsin? i think NOT! i think the write had a sick mind to look at fair ladies nearby when a tragedy is happening right before his eyes..
next, we have ROCK-A-BYE BABY..
Rock-a-bye baby, on the tree top,
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock,
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby, cradle and all.
i would understand why, if babies started crying after listening to this nursery rhyme.. the only thing i can say is, God bless their little souls and hope they don't live in trauma and worry that the cradle supporting them from below would one day break and give way to the ground..
then, we have JACK AND JILL..
Jack and Jill went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.
well, it doesn't sound as violent as rock-a-bye baby but it isn't pleasing to the ears either..
and last but not least, (well, there are plenty more, but i decided to stop at five), there's THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE..
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe,
She had so many children she didn't know what to do.
She gave them some broth, without any bread,
and whipped them all soundly and sent them to bed.
gosh, gave them some broth, w/o any bread and whipped them soundly to bed? is that wat we want to instill in the minds of the little ones? that adults are bad examples and are violent?
in short, there are lots of erm, disturbing and violent nursery rhymes that shouldn't even have existed.. BUT not all are disturbing and violent.. for example: twinkle twinkle little star.. the most important thing for us to do, is to screen through the nursery rhymes and pick only the ones suitable for the little ones.. it is said that ppl learn best at a young age, esp before the age of five.. we wouldn't want them the learn the wrong things and to stick with it in the future, do we? btw, has anyone ever notice that ABC, baa baa black sheep and twinkle twinkle little star has the same tune? ('',)
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
my driving test..
YAY!!!! I PASSED MY DRIVING TEST!! HAHAHA..
ok, so as usual, i shall 'yak' and write about wat happened during my test day..
we went to bukit minyak in butterworth at 8 sumthing in the morning, registered, wait for our turn.. and by waiting, i meant HOURS long..
when the tester finally called out my number and a few others, i started to get even more nervous.. but among the ones called, i was the last one to be tested.. so, from being nervous, i ended up being angry and impatient.. which IS good in a way, cuz i stop panicking.. but when i got to the car, i was nervous again, swt-ness.. i did Bahagian 3 first, which was driving on the road.. i was asked to go Jalan D, which is the easiest and shortest route.. but, because i was so nervous, i ended making several mistakes, and in the end, i got 16/20, which is the passing mark.. one more mistake and i would have failed, hehe.. by the time, i finished driving on the road, it was already 1 sumthing in the afternoon.. sheesh..
then, i went over to do Bahagian 2, which is the hill, parking and 3-point turn.. these three things are wat i do best, but i started to worry too, cuz there were so many ppl who failed the hill and parking.. there were six ppl tested at one time.. then, when it was almost my turn, suddenly the lady who was in charge of looking after the ones doing parking, left her table, took her own sweet time to go to the washroom and took her own sweet time to come back too.. when she finally return, another lady tester asked her whether she wanted to rest.. and so, WONDERFULLY, i had to wait approximately another hour while they're having their lunch break.. when they FINALLY came back, the test was resumed, i finally did the test, which i passed ('',) then, those who were still there were driven back to penang.. by the time i got home, it was already 4 something.. i managed to get some shut-eye before going for add maths tuition at 5..
ok, so as usual, i shall 'yak' and write about wat happened during my test day..
we went to bukit minyak in butterworth at 8 sumthing in the morning, registered, wait for our turn.. and by waiting, i meant HOURS long..
when the tester finally called out my number and a few others, i started to get even more nervous.. but among the ones called, i was the last one to be tested.. so, from being nervous, i ended up being angry and impatient.. which IS good in a way, cuz i stop panicking.. but when i got to the car, i was nervous again, swt-ness.. i did Bahagian 3 first, which was driving on the road.. i was asked to go Jalan D, which is the easiest and shortest route.. but, because i was so nervous, i ended making several mistakes, and in the end, i got 16/20, which is the passing mark.. one more mistake and i would have failed, hehe.. by the time, i finished driving on the road, it was already 1 sumthing in the afternoon.. sheesh..
then, i went over to do Bahagian 2, which is the hill, parking and 3-point turn.. these three things are wat i do best, but i started to worry too, cuz there were so many ppl who failed the hill and parking.. there were six ppl tested at one time.. then, when it was almost my turn, suddenly the lady who was in charge of looking after the ones doing parking, left her table, took her own sweet time to go to the washroom and took her own sweet time to come back too.. when she finally return, another lady tester asked her whether she wanted to rest.. and so, WONDERFULLY, i had to wait approximately another hour while they're having their lunch break.. when they FINALLY came back, the test was resumed, i finally did the test, which i passed ('',) then, those who were still there were driven back to penang.. by the time i got home, it was already 4 something.. i managed to get some shut-eye before going for add maths tuition at 5..
AGMs
RC Annual General Meeting..
sigh, last day as an RC Section Leader.. i used to shrug at the idea of having to stay back in school until 4 o'clock and not being able to get some shut-eye before my add maths tuition.. but, when the day finally came for the form5s to hand over their post and retire.. well, most of us, i would say, tak sampai hati.. haha, and us Section Leaders decided to leave our trademark in our respective group books.. hehe.. then, it was time for us to vote for the new AJKs, and our "wonderful" youth officer aka teacher advisor, ms chow, decided to come up with a "brilliant" new format.. which is, only those who have attended annual parade twice before, can be voted for the top posts.. wat the heck was that all about? well, long story short, to tell u all, how "wonderful" the plan worked out.. those who were SOOOOOO committed in RC for the past years (but sadly were not able to attend annual parade twice due to personal issues) din get any post.. and all those cacat ppl who have done almost about NOTHING, i repeat, NOTHING got the post.. and miss chow dare call me blind cuz i nominated a girl who went to annual parade once!.. i was so mad at that moment, but i pity the girl more.. even when it was a UNANIMOUS nomination by the seniors and alot others, ms chow decided to turn a deaf ear and ignore us.. well, the only thing i can say is, good luck to the new batch of RC AJKs.. the only reason why i think RC will survive is because kai sing, xin fang, cherylene and yvonne are holdin the top 4 posts.. the other top posts? ha, i have no comment watsoever.. (us SLs held on onto our books until the end of the AGM, and then, it was time for us to say goodbye, haha)
ELS
last day as ELS president.. well, pn gan aka ELS teacher advisor came up with a new voting format too (wat's wif the teachers and having new formats, sheesh) each member was given a sheet of paper, which audelia, xin fang and i had to do the tedious job of preparing ALL the papers for them, where they nominate ppl for all the posts available in ELS.. then, pn gan will decide herself and choose among the ppl nominated to hold the respective posts, which she will announce later on.. but, that has nothing to do with the form5s dla.. then, she held crossword puzzle competition.. that was when i left to go home.. pn gan said i was setting bad example to others, hehe, but it wasn't my fault i had driving lesson on the same day.. 2AGMs done, 4AGMs to go..
sigh, last day as an RC Section Leader.. i used to shrug at the idea of having to stay back in school until 4 o'clock and not being able to get some shut-eye before my add maths tuition.. but, when the day finally came for the form5s to hand over their post and retire.. well, most of us, i would say, tak sampai hati.. haha, and us Section Leaders decided to leave our trademark in our respective group books.. hehe.. then, it was time for us to vote for the new AJKs, and our "wonderful" youth officer aka teacher advisor, ms chow, decided to come up with a "brilliant" new format.. which is, only those who have attended annual parade twice before, can be voted for the top posts.. wat the heck was that all about? well, long story short, to tell u all, how "wonderful" the plan worked out.. those who were SOOOOOO committed in RC for the past years (but sadly were not able to attend annual parade twice due to personal issues) din get any post.. and all those cacat ppl who have done almost about NOTHING, i repeat, NOTHING got the post.. and miss chow dare call me blind cuz i nominated a girl who went to annual parade once!.. i was so mad at that moment, but i pity the girl more.. even when it was a UNANIMOUS nomination by the seniors and alot others, ms chow decided to turn a deaf ear and ignore us.. well, the only thing i can say is, good luck to the new batch of RC AJKs.. the only reason why i think RC will survive is because kai sing, xin fang, cherylene and yvonne are holdin the top 4 posts.. the other top posts? ha, i have no comment watsoever.. (us SLs held on onto our books until the end of the AGM, and then, it was time for us to say goodbye, haha)
ELS
last day as ELS president.. well, pn gan aka ELS teacher advisor came up with a new voting format too (wat's wif the teachers and having new formats, sheesh) each member was given a sheet of paper, which audelia, xin fang and i had to do the tedious job of preparing ALL the papers for them, where they nominate ppl for all the posts available in ELS.. then, pn gan will decide herself and choose among the ppl nominated to hold the respective posts, which she will announce later on.. but, that has nothing to do with the form5s dla.. then, she held crossword puzzle competition.. that was when i left to go home.. pn gan said i was setting bad example to others, hehe, but it wasn't my fault i had driving lesson on the same day.. 2AGMs done, 4AGMs to go..
Sunday, July 6, 2008
tag by MISS ANGELIN..
The rules:1. Link to your tagger and post this rules.
2. List eight (8) random facts about yourself.
3. Tag eight (8) people at the end of this post and list their names.
4. Let them know that they've been tagged by leaving them a comment on their blog.
Eight random facts about myself:
1) I once erm, poke a girl's forehead with a pencil in kindergarten
2) I hate pink.. to me, it signifies vulnerability (sorry n no offense, pink lovers)
3) The first ambition i ever had was to become a teacher
4) I'm hooked on tv (altho SPM is coming)
5) I love champagne rose (although it looks dull and pale in pictures)
6) I'm REALLY hoping to get Petronas scholarship.. erm, does this count as a random fact?
7) Seven's my favourite number.. haha
8) I really like someone but i wonder if it's a one way thing.. and the last time i spoke to him was two months ago..
hmmm.. i shall now tag CHENG YEE, JANICE LEONG my dear daugh, PHAIK SWEN, JOCELYN LEONG.. i'm too lazy to think of more ppl now, so i shall tag only four instead of 8.. haha..
2. List eight (8) random facts about yourself.
3. Tag eight (8) people at the end of this post and list their names.
4. Let them know that they've been tagged by leaving them a comment on their blog.
Eight random facts about myself:
1) I once erm, poke a girl's forehead with a pencil in kindergarten
2) I hate pink.. to me, it signifies vulnerability (sorry n no offense, pink lovers)
3) The first ambition i ever had was to become a teacher
4) I'm hooked on tv (altho SPM is coming)
5) I love champagne rose (although it looks dull and pale in pictures)
6) I'm REALLY hoping to get Petronas scholarship.. erm, does this count as a random fact?
7) Seven's my favourite number.. haha
8) I really like someone but i wonder if it's a one way thing.. and the last time i spoke to him was two months ago..
hmmm.. i shall now tag CHENG YEE, JANICE LEONG my dear daugh, PHAIK SWEN, JOCELYN LEONG.. i'm too lazy to think of more ppl now, so i shall tag only four instead of 8.. haha..
Saturday, July 5, 2008
my driving lessons
june 22: MY FIRST DRIVING LESSON!!! hahaha, erm, on the scale of 1 to 10 of
terrible, i would say it was 7.. hahaha, well, it was fun, but bcuz i wasn't used to
my instructor's askin me to do several things at one go, i sorta panic.. ALOT.. hahaha.. to the point that he stopped me half way, and drove me home instead of lettin me drive home, so embarassin.. but overall, it WAS fun la.. haha..
june 25: my 2nd driving lesson.. hahaha, yay, suprisingly, i got used to my instructor's instructions and i din panic.. and i mastered three point turn n stopping on the hill d.. hahah.. parking, only did twice so, nt much to say bout it.. then my instructor let me drive home.. YAY!
june 27 & 29 : my third and fourth driving lesson.. erm, driving is so fun.. hahaha..
we did da usuals la, going up the hill, parkin, three point turn and driving on the road.. hahaha, and on our third lesson, hui ting n i did the same mistake.. while parking, hui ting knocked down a pole while my bumper 'kissed' the pole.. haha..
july 1 : 5th driving lesson.. and today, we went to bukit minyak (bukit mertajam) to drive in Melati driving school.. (i think soon lee has partnership wif melati or sumthin lidat la) i learnt driving in route A and route D on the road today..
driving in melati is SO DARN SCARY!!!!! there were SO many cars driving at the same time, the parking spots and the three point turn area is so close that i almost get heart attack everytime i turn out of the three poin turn area.. and the car i drove has a mind of its own even when i step on nothing else but the clutch, the car can move as though i'm steppin on the accelerator.. and there was one girl who was like, flirting with the insructor.. bleh...
july 4 : JOCELYN'S BIRTHDAY!!! happy birthday gal!!! hahaha, we surprised her in school by buying a cake and celebrating wif her during recess.. and she started crying..
then, after skool, her sis brought cupcakes for her, which were ordered and custom made.. there were four inside, and the toppings on each cupcake were rilli cute : her pictue, bao chunlai's picture (her fav badminton player), shuttlecock and badminton racquet..
and she started crying again.. and this NICOLE ar!!! ppl cry, she also cry.. swt-ness, haha..
my 6th driving lesson.. i learnt driving route C today.. the routes are one section of the driving test, where the tester will pick a route and we hafta drive along the route.. meaning we hafta remember all the roads, sigh.. and the funny thing is, there's Route A, Route c and Route d.. but no Route B.. hmmm..
and when i was driving inside, SOME FREAKING LADY
jus suddenly cut my queue after i waited for several minutes and was finally my turn to park.. i got even madder when the instructor laughed.. after dat, i told hui ting about my experience and i got even madder at myself when hui ting told me i shud have horned at the lady.. i didn't i think of dat.. ARGH.. but i calmed down soon after, after thinkin bout it..
there'll be lots of ppl like her in the future while driving on the road.. i shall jus take this experience as "practice"
6 lessons left and 2 lessons left to go.. and my driving test is on JULY 14TH!!!
gosh, ppl, pray for me dat i won't make any major mistakes dat'll make me fail..
terrible, i would say it was 7.. hahaha, well, it was fun, but bcuz i wasn't used to
my instructor's askin me to do several things at one go, i sorta panic.. ALOT.. hahaha.. to the point that he stopped me half way, and drove me home instead of lettin me drive home, so embarassin.. but overall, it WAS fun la.. haha..
june 25: my 2nd driving lesson.. hahaha, yay, suprisingly, i got used to my instructor's instructions and i din panic.. and i mastered three point turn n stopping on the hill d.. hahah.. parking, only did twice so, nt much to say bout it.. then my instructor let me drive home.. YAY!
june 27 & 29 : my third and fourth driving lesson.. erm, driving is so fun.. hahaha..
we did da usuals la, going up the hill, parkin, three point turn and driving on the road.. hahaha, and on our third lesson, hui ting n i did the same mistake.. while parking, hui ting knocked down a pole while my bumper 'kissed' the pole.. haha..
july 1 : 5th driving lesson.. and today, we went to bukit minyak (bukit mertajam) to drive in Melati driving school.. (i think soon lee has partnership wif melati or sumthin lidat la) i learnt driving in route A and route D on the road today..
driving in melati is SO DARN SCARY!!!!! there were SO many cars driving at the same time, the parking spots and the three point turn area is so close that i almost get heart attack everytime i turn out of the three poin turn area.. and the car i drove has a mind of its own even when i step on nothing else but the clutch, the car can move as though i'm steppin on the accelerator.. and there was one girl who was like, flirting with the insructor.. bleh...
july 4 : JOCELYN'S BIRTHDAY!!! happy birthday gal!!! hahaha, we surprised her in school by buying a cake and celebrating wif her during recess.. and she started crying..
then, after skool, her sis brought cupcakes for her, which were ordered and custom made.. there were four inside, and the toppings on each cupcake were rilli cute : her pictue, bao chunlai's picture (her fav badminton player), shuttlecock and badminton racquet..
and she started crying again.. and this NICOLE ar!!! ppl cry, she also cry.. swt-ness, haha..
my 6th driving lesson.. i learnt driving route C today.. the routes are one section of the driving test, where the tester will pick a route and we hafta drive along the route.. meaning we hafta remember all the roads, sigh.. and the funny thing is, there's Route A, Route c and Route d.. but no Route B.. hmmm..
and when i was driving inside, SOME FREAKING LADY
jus suddenly cut my queue after i waited for several minutes and was finally my turn to park.. i got even madder when the instructor laughed.. after dat, i told hui ting about my experience and i got even madder at myself when hui ting told me i shud have horned at the lady.. i didn't i think of dat.. ARGH.. but i calmed down soon after, after thinkin bout it..
there'll be lots of ppl like her in the future while driving on the road.. i shall jus take this experience as "practice"
6 lessons left and 2 lessons left to go.. and my driving test is on JULY 14TH!!!
gosh, ppl, pray for me dat i won't make any major mistakes dat'll make me fail..
Friday, July 4, 2008
updates.. updates..
haha.. haven't been able to come online for a really long time
and since MISS SOFIA screamed at me (hyperbole) in tuition for not updatin my blog.. guess i'll update now.. haha.. btw, wat is freaking wrong wif blogspot nowadays? i cant even upload a single pic.. ARGH
june 20: my dearest mummy's birthday.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! (altho her b'day's
already passed and i wished her already.. hehe) we went to Manhattan's fish market
(the one in new world park) to celebrate.. i've heard about but have not tried the one in queensbay, which every1 who i've known to have eaten there b4 say the food sucks, but.. those who have not, should try the one in new world park.. my gudness,
the food is scrumptious.. love it.. haha..
mum and dad.. aww, so loving
my mum's cake.. it's called opera cake (consisting of 12 alternating layers or chocolate, cake n dunno wat)
Manhattan Fish Market ('',)
can't remember whether this is the seafood platter or grilled platter..
chocolates and liquor dat my sis bought during her langkawi trip.. hehe..
june 21: Law Olympiad organized by HELP university..
overall it was really fun.. we played 5 round of games..
whodunit(round 1) where we're suppose to read some cases and determine who da culprit or murderer is (gosh, i din know it can be so mind-twisting.. swt-ness)
general knowledge (round 2) this round okok la.. testin general knowledge..
(can't remember round 3)
wat's ur verdict (round 4) where we play da role of judge and determine whether da person is guilty/not guilty or should/should not be compensated, and state da reason for our choice..
reason.able (round 5) where we're given a topic to discuss about n we hafta write bout the pros and cons in a mind map.. the two titles given to us were..
''should children be allowed to emancipate themselves from their parents'' and
''should the jury system be introduced in m'sia'' (or sumthin lidat)
june 26: AFS student exchange programme interview.. i would be lying if i say i wasn't nervous at first.. and the best part was, i was so 'lucky' to be da last person to go in.. sheesh..
but when i finally got into the room, i was greeted by two friendly interviewers, one of which i've met b4 at my skool roadshow.. haha, they started askin me questions.. like, why did i choose canada as my first choice.. if i was given a chance to go, how will i tell the people there (includin my foster parents) about m'sia.. etc.. and the funniest part of my interview was..
they ask me why did i choose YES scholarship (for those who wanna go US) when i'm going canada..
n i indicated that i tot canada was in US.. they started laughin at me.. hahaha..
hey, it wasn't my fault.. i asked a number of ppl soon after, n a number of them tot canada was in US too! after da interview, we played games and socialised wif the other candidates.. hahaha, i haven't had so much fun since comin to f4.. ('',)
and since MISS SOFIA screamed at me (hyperbole) in tuition for not updatin my blog.. guess i'll update now.. haha.. btw, wat is freaking wrong wif blogspot nowadays? i cant even upload a single pic.. ARGH
june 20: my dearest mummy's birthday.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! (altho her b'day's
already passed and i wished her already.. hehe) we went to Manhattan's fish market
(the one in new world park) to celebrate.. i've heard about but have not tried the one in queensbay, which every1 who i've known to have eaten there b4 say the food sucks, but.. those who have not, should try the one in new world park.. my gudness,
the food is scrumptious.. love it.. haha..
mum and dad.. aww, so loving
my mum's cake.. it's called opera cake (consisting of 12 alternating layers or chocolate, cake n dunno wat)
Manhattan Fish Market ('',)
can't remember whether this is the seafood platter or grilled platter..
chocolates and liquor dat my sis bought during her langkawi trip.. hehe..
june 21: Law Olympiad organized by HELP university..
overall it was really fun.. we played 5 round of games..
whodunit(round 1) where we're suppose to read some cases and determine who da culprit or murderer is (gosh, i din know it can be so mind-twisting.. swt-ness)
general knowledge (round 2) this round okok la.. testin general knowledge..
(can't remember round 3)
wat's ur verdict (round 4) where we play da role of judge and determine whether da person is guilty/not guilty or should/should not be compensated, and state da reason for our choice..
reason.able (round 5) where we're given a topic to discuss about n we hafta write bout the pros and cons in a mind map.. the two titles given to us were..
''should children be allowed to emancipate themselves from their parents'' and
''should the jury system be introduced in m'sia'' (or sumthin lidat)
june 26: AFS student exchange programme interview.. i would be lying if i say i wasn't nervous at first.. and the best part was, i was so 'lucky' to be da last person to go in.. sheesh..
but when i finally got into the room, i was greeted by two friendly interviewers, one of which i've met b4 at my skool roadshow.. haha, they started askin me questions.. like, why did i choose canada as my first choice.. if i was given a chance to go, how will i tell the people there (includin my foster parents) about m'sia.. etc.. and the funniest part of my interview was..
they ask me why did i choose YES scholarship (for those who wanna go US) when i'm going canada..
n i indicated that i tot canada was in US.. they started laughin at me.. hahaha..
hey, it wasn't my fault.. i asked a number of ppl soon after, n a number of them tot canada was in US too! after da interview, we played games and socialised wif the other candidates.. hahaha, i haven't had so much fun since comin to f4.. ('',)
