Being religious

Religion can turn into a very sensitive topic in Malaysia. One wrong word can lead many misinterpretation and I might be put into jail by the ISA. However, this topic is quite interesting and can let me decide how you see things in life or decide whether you are an open person or narrow-minded person.

Since form 3, I have a handful of friends who confessed to me that they have converted their religion without their parents knowing it. Some even went through baptism (I just know that it some sort of ceremony where they dip people in holy water) but still their parents were ignorant of it. Instead of confessing to their parents in the proper way, they chose me to be their witness that they have converted without their parent's consent. But when they are braved enough to announce their decision, they end up arguing with the people that put food in their mouth. (I only have friends converting to Christianity or Buddhism and not Islam).

I have no rejection in their decision of converting but somehow I feel it is wrong to convert without their parent's knowledge. No matter what happens, parents are those that put in effort to make you grow up in the best environment, people that sacrifice their entire life to ensure you fit in the society, people that cherish and raised you up, people that give life to you. Bottom line, they are your PARENTS!! Do not convert behind their backs, talk to them, ask for their opinion, discuss and most importantly ask for their permission first.

I have told many of my friends when they faced such situation, do not regret the decision you made that you felt was the best at that time. Once you are in the situation, adapt and find solution to solve the problems that surfaced. Do not sweep it under the carpet and ignore it as long as you can. If you regret it now, what you want to do about it?? Convert back to your original religion? Then when you hear some other incitement, you change again? Then when will you ever settle down with the religion you want??

In my opinion, people convert because they do not understand the essence of the religion they were born in. What is Buddhism?? It is not a religion, it is a way of life, it is the teachings of the Buddha. What is Christianity?? It is a religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus. What is Islam?? It is a religion originating from the teachings of Nabi Muhammad where He received the knowledge from Allah. Every religion to me is the same because their main teaching is do good. Whether you are a Buddhist, Christian or Muslim, your main aim is to do more good to others and not the negative side like steal or kill.

When my mother, brother and I talked about this topic during dinner, I find that people are prejudice of other religion. I'm sure this is not alien to you when you hear another people condemning other religion but I honestly feel it does not need to be like this. Its the way you think, the way you control your mind!! This is the reason why so many wars erupted just because of a small misunderstanding. Its not worth dying without a real reason. So many people died because their leader did not try to understand or tolerate other leader's belief. For those who studied Sejarah (form4) in secondary school, you can recall one of the war that started because 2 people from different religion had a argument with one killing the other. This war continued for many many years!! I was very interested in those few topics and can answer almost all the question about Islam that was written in the text book.

I have a Muslim friend who wanted a girlfriend badly. He had one before but things did not work out. When I started to know him, he was sweet and caring and you know, guys. Then he started to shower me with sweet talks and stuff like that. One day, he asked me if a Chinese can have a Muslim guy as boyfriend. I was honestly oblivious to his intention but I do have many couple friends that are of different religion and are happy together. So, I answered him truthfully and then a lot of drama started. But after a while, he finally dared to ask the question but being someone who have a NO-MARRIED-LIFE set of mind, my answer was obvious. After the "incident", we were not as close as before but remain as close friends (I mean, he treats me as a listener of his problems). Then recently he confessed he found The-One and few days back he introduced her to me through MSN (web is so convenient). Yup, she isn't Muslim and she accepted him and the funny part was, I knew her long time ago but was never close (just a hi-bye friend).

See, if you tolerate and "love" your religion, things still can work out. So stop being negative and one sided when it comes to religion. Leaders of big powerful country, OPEN YOUR MIND AND READ OUR FORM 4 SEJARAH TEXT BOOK AND STOP STARTING WARS IN OTHER MUSLIM COUNTRY!!! Innocent people are dying and suffering because of your greed, ignorance, and stupidity!!! Enlighten yourself already...

ps: This post is not directed to anyone. so don't perasan

2 weeks after a level

After 30th Jan 2008, 3.30pm, I officially graduated my a level. What did I achieve so far since that day??

30th Jan night- Had our last gathering with some of the a levels friends
1st Feb- Cleaned the house
2nd Feb- Went and meet up with Jay(still so thick yeah)
3rd Feb- Celebrated Jayne's birthday
7th Feb- Celebrated Chinese New year and gained weight
11th Feb- Bought 2 of Jay's albums (Still lack 2 more albums to complete my collection)

Not much was achieved honestly and in 2 weeks time, I am going to start my University. Fast? Yup, you bet it is. I honestly miss all of you guys and of course the time we spent together in classes.

In Chinese tradition, we should have new clothes to wear on CNY but honestly I haven't been buying new clothes since 5 years ago and my wardrobe stayed the same since ages ago. Until this afternoon, I went through my cupboard and can't find anything to wear for University. For your information, we need to wear formal clothes 24/7 in campus!! Let me show you the dress code that I received last week.

Female students	Yes	No
Attire	Formal, clean, well pressed Blouse with knee-length skirt or knee-length dress Long pants	No plunging neckline No spaghetti string blouses No jeans No T-shirts Blouse, skirt, dress and trousers should not be made of denim material No three-quarter pants No showing of the umbilicus
Footwear	Well kept formal shoes or dress slippers	No sport shoes, running shoes, sandals, flip-flips and sneakers
Hair	Hair length should be above bottom line of collar Hair must be well-combed, tied or pinned to avoid hair falling all over face All long hair must be neatly tied up

I totally despise wearing skirts. I never wear skirt when I was in primary school or secondary school(Only if I was really forced). Its only when I went and became a temporary teacher in a school, only was I forced to wear skirts. When I went to college, my mother talked me into wearing skirts on alternate days because the skirts that I have will be a waste if left hanging around. Hence, on 1st semester you can see me wear skirts on certain days but after that, once in a blue moon. Skirts are nice on certain gals but not on me. I look even shorter and fatter in it. Hence, skirt is a NO WAY!! Now, in University I got to wear skirts or long pants. Long pants will be on me at all times because that University is really really cold!! The skirts that I have will be passed on to my sister who by the way looks better in them.

No spaghetti string blouse, T-shirts, jeans or denim material clothes??!! That is totally everything in my closet. So, I was thinking, can I just go naked instead?? Gosh, why can't all these casual clothes be worn in the campus? You look at brochures and you can see students wearing T-shirts or jeans in University and now in this campus, all these are banned. No fair at all!! Change my closet since I am already in my twenties seem to be the answer to my problems but everyday when I go for visiting, almost everyone mistakes me as 15 or 16 years old gal and its not a compliment to me. I look childish!!When I went for interview to be a temporary teacher, a disciplinary teacher mistook me as a form 1 gal who wants to transfer school. Yup, that bad =(

Footwear, what is dress slippers??No sport shoes, running shoes, sandals, flip-flops and sneakers?? No sneakers?? Gosh, I have no idea what to wear, bare foot?? But anyway, I only have a pair of sneakers which I have been wearing to college everyday. So, buy new shoes?? Thank god my mother's and sister's feet size are similar to mine. So, solution is wear my mother's high heels. Just now, she took out 2 new pairs of shoes and they suit me nicely. So, problem solved. My mother's fashion taste is totally opposite to mine so when she buy clothes for me, it'll be my sister wearing them because somehow, she likes it too. Thats why my sister have a lot of new clothes while I prefer my old ones.

Hair is something that would not trouble me at all. Just a pony tail and problems solved. This is why long hair is a bliss. Do not think it is hard to maintain. It is very easy, just ignore it and it'll be fine. Well, for me it works that way. Just pray hard it'll work for you too. Anyway, this evening went to 1 Utama and bought a long pants which is not denim material and another jacket because I really am scared of cold.

While walking around, I realised that almost every shopping complex have a "special" person that I meet or have a sentimental moment.

1 Utama- Jay Chou
Metro Prima Kepong- Mr.Ronnie
The Curve and Ikano Power Station- Jayne
Sunway Pyramid- xxx
Time Square- KKK
Mid Valley- Seng Fung
Bangsar Shopping Complex- A level gang
Kl Sentral- WH

Funny?? Nah, you are just jealous.

random rants

Yesterday after lunch, my mother, brother, sister and I watched "Edward Scissorshand"- the movie that sort of got Johnny Depp famous.

It was fantastic and touching actually. Anyway, my point is Johnny was fabulous(and so young). He's role doesn't need him to talk a lot but requires him to use his facial expression to reach to us, the audience. He really reminded me of great movies that are hard to get now a days.
Just so you forgot what is this movie is all about, let me tell you its simple short plot version.

Its about Edward, a robot who was created by an old scientist that did not survive to change Edward's scissors hands into real human's hands. Anyway, Edward was found by a lady who sells Avon's cosmetic. Well, she actually wanted to sell her products and saw the mansion so decided to try her luck there and ended up with Edward. (I was wondering who in the world would sell cosmetic products in an old mansion that said to be haunted??!!)
Edward fell in love with the Avon lady's daughter and she eventually fell in love with him too. In the process, he got famous and attracted a lot of housewife which so call to be "lonely", and cut a lot of grass, hair and dog hair. He even sliced meat with his hands and wall paper when he was jealous.

Interesting? You can actually see a lot of Tim Burton's new work in this movie such as "Nightmare before Christmas". There was a few prototype of Jack o' Lantern (from robots that make cookies) and the movies directed by this guy is always dark (Corpse's Bride). But Johnny Depp's acting sure make this movie worth to watch.

Just now while ironing my sister's pinafore, I recalled a funny incident. My friend who happened to have her 1st period in school after recess had blood stains all over her pinafore(at the back, butt area). It was so big and obvious that she was forced to the toilet and wash her uniform. On the way to the toilet, a few innocent but naughty guys saw her and started spreading the news. What they spread was, she shit in her uniform!!! It was so hilarious because when the stain dried, the colour did really looked like shit.

Then, another thought came to me, I remembered looking at the huge-est shit in my entire life at KPD D (lab's toilet) Well Jac and MJ, you know where I'm going right? Hahaha!! For those who do not know what I am crapping about, well, like what I just said, I saw the huge-est shit in the lab's toilet (Bio's lab). It was so huge that after flushing 2 or 3 times, it was still there floating. Disgusting? Well, this is me. You should see me that day with Karam and Jac, laughing non stop like nonsensical people. I am still laughing now.

When I was half way ironing the clothes (and laughing by myself) my sister came into the room and talked about her "suai" guy again. (suai means handsome) Anyway, she was blabbering about that guy so much till I can't help but ask her if she liked that guy. NO!! was her reaction but well, coming from her is something weird because when a few of her girl friends told her they liked her(I think they meant as friends) she came home excitedly announcing loudly that they were gay or lesbian(your choice). Thus, when it comes to love topic, you can get extraordinary news from her. Recently, her frequent question is-- Why jie jie now still do not have boyfriend? Cute? NAH!!

My sister got her 1st hand phone weeks ago from my dad because this smart dad of mine went and bought a PDA phone and end up pestering me to exchange my phone with his new PDA. Well, reason is so obvious, he thinks the PDA is not user friendly and waste a lot of time to learn up the steps. Well, I have been persuading him to admit that he is OLD. Do not get me wrong, I am not looking down on my dad. He's a great father and a very hardworking one too. He worked everyday including this whole week of CNY. But really he should know himself better. When I asked him why did you get that hand phone, he said because he thought he can check his email in it. I was like stunned!! Just to check email you got a PDA??!!

Anyway, my sister so far has only 2 of her friend's contact number. She has been so free that she started to feel bored. Hence when I was happily watching all the movies downloaded by my beloved brother, she approached me with my hand phone and walked away. Usually when she pass me my phone, there would be a miss call or a sms but when I checked it was empty. So I ignored it and put my hand phone a side not suspecting anything. Then, suddenly my phone rang and my caller ID was my sister. I rolled my eyes, paused the show and answered the phone.

me~ hello?
sis~ hello.
me~ why are u calling?
sis~ I'm bored, nothing to do.
me~ where are you?
sis~ outside with the dog.
me~ ....

She's bored and expect me to entertain her. So, how I entertained her was by closing the phone and shouted at her ~ DO NOT DISTURB ME WHEN I AM WATCHING MOVIE!!!
Later she decided to get Jayne's number and disturb her by sending sms but knowing Jayne, she will not get any replies back because Jayne decides whether that sms is worthy for her to reply. Till now, my sister is still asking me~ Why Jayne still haven't reply me?

Bad sister? Nah, just a little evil.
Happy Chinese New Year!!!

FINALLY!!!!!

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!

Just moments ago, my mother and I finally finished cleaning the house. We started last Thursday, rested on Saturday and Sunday and continued till just now. When I say cleaning the house, I really mean cleaning the house from morning 9 or10 something until evening 5 or 6 something. Every corner is wiped, swept and mopped. Boxes are reopened and stuff that are stored inside are wiped. Dust are eliminated when it is spotted. Anyway, I'm really glad that the house cleaning chore is OVER!!!!

Yesterday, I have no idea what possessed me but I was really feeling down. I did not want to wake up from my bed, and when I did I decided to clean my room. I have no idea what happened but I felt like crying. I keep telling myself I hate changes. I have no idea what made me think that way but I keep remembering sad things. I was so sad that when my brother woke up and watched me clean my cupboard, my eyes were filled with tears. The moment he left to dream on other things, tears started to flow and till today I still do not have a reason for it.

When I cleaned my another cupboard that was filled with presents received during birthday and Christmas, Chinese New Year cards and other sentimental things, my eyes were swelled with tears again. I went through all the cards, present, my eraser collection, sticker collection etc and I keep wanting to cry even more. I can actually remember who gave me all the present and when it was given. I also still have my UPSR slip, PMR and SPM slip that were sticked on my exam table, old yearbooks that were filled with signatures and wishes and now addition of new things from my a level friends.

Going through all the cards made me felt better. When I usually write words in a card, I really mean it and write them from my heart. When I read all the sentences in those cards, I can feel they actually mean it but of course some are standard words. But the effort to make or write something and even post it to me gave me the strength to feel better. When I reread all the letters that my friends and I wrote to each other, I felt happy because we share something common that won't disappear.

I had a lot of "dramas" during primary and secondary school. The things my friends and I quarrel, joked about, gossiped really make me feel that I did grow up and gain experience to make my life better. I miss my friends a lot!! I do hate changes, I do hate to adapt to a new environment, I do hate losing friends just to gain more.

I wish I know what made me felt that way on Monday.

JAY CHOU MET ME!!!!

Ok, I know its a little bit thick to say that he met me but well, he waved at me!!! Wait, let me tell you from the very beginning....

I woke up in the morning and continued with the CNY house work--washing bathroom. Can you believe if I say I used 2 hours to wash that small bathroom and broke a pipe? Yup, thats how long I took to clean the bathroom and I did not have a good time at all since mom was in bad mood, meaning more scoldings. Anyway, when I broke the pipe half way finishing this chore, I realised it was 1 hour before my ballet class. Hence, I speed up my work after more scoldings from dad and mom and rushed to class on foot. A few meters away from my ballet school, I remembered my leotard's belt is still on my bed. I was hesitating to walk back or get another scolding from teacher in the middle of the road. Imagine me walking back and forth at the same spot for few seconds debating for the decision!!

Since I had enough scolding for the day, I started to walk back and thank god dad who drove out to buy a new pipe saw me and fetched me back home and back to ballet school. Lunch--2 kaya paus. Yup, I got more scolding from the teacher anyway since I was weak in a few exercises and that make me came to the decision that I won't have a happy day after all even though I am meeting Jay and watching the Kung fu Dunk gala premier.

The sky was like laughing at me and making my life more difficult when it started to rain heavily. I was suppose to reach 1 Utama by 5pm but we left house at 5pm. (Quote my dad few days back when I asked permission :"Sure I'll fetch you, anytime, since you work so hard cleaning the house") More bad luck??

When I reached 1 Utama, Jayne was not there yet so I decided to meet Lai Thin and gang(A47 Further Maths classmates). My dad dropped me off at the taxi stand at old wing(near Sushi King) and they were in front of new wing's Guess. Shu Yi was asking me to reach there as fast as possible because Lai Thin is leaving and she wants to give me something. Since when Hwei Jene always visit 1 Utama and knows the way to Guess?? But this time Luck started to smile on me and yup, I met them in time after a few wrong turnings. We chat and sent Lai Thin off and then Jayne called and asked me to go to the place where the gathering for Jay is held.

So there I was standing under the drizzle of rain, like a crazy gal all alone waiting for Jay (of course with more Jay's crazy but smart fans because they brought umbrellas!!! ). After a few minutes under the rain, I started to turn normal and walked to the shade. Jayne arrived and we went looking for her cousin sister who was in charge of the whole programme. Found her, helped her to roll Kung Fu Dunk's poster and helped to distribute to the public while waiting for the arrival of Jay. Jay, Baron Chen and the director Kevin Chu was suppose to reach by 7pm but apparently traffic jam caused him to reach by 7.45pm.

Jayne and I got the VIP media pass and we were in front of the stage!! He was standing in front of me and when I waved at him, he waved back!!!! I was in cloud nine!!! A few performance with basketball from him and honestly, he was so cool!!! His skin was so smooth!!! He was so "yeng"!! Anyway, a lot of cameras started to block my view and by 8.30pm, he left the stage to go to GSC.

We quickly left and rushed to the cinema too!!! Hall 9!!! Since we had no dinner and was a little sick of standing, we did not wait in front of the lift where he'll appear. Instead we entered the cinema (Hall 9) and rested. It was empty and the feeling of sitting in an empty cinema eventually creeps us out so we went out and bought popcorns.

The hall started to fill up and there was a lot of local celebrities from Astro, 8TV and Ntv7. I was not interested in them so I was not hyped up at all (maybe due to lack of ATP). Anyway, by 9pm when I was looking at the cinema ticket only did I realise that our slot is the 9.15pm(2nd slot) and Jay wont be with us in the same cinema(he's in the Gold Class hall). A little disappointed but well, I want to watch the movie and not just him. Jayne also told me that he'll leave by 10pm to Rumms to promote this movie so if I'm in the same hall as him, he'll interrupt me watching the movie. (Still so thick?? Swt)

KUNG FU DUNK


Jay acts as an orphan who was dumped by his dad to a kung fu master when he was a baby. So he practically grew up in the Kung Fu School and after a fight at a night club got banished from the school because the headmaster was bribed by the gangsters who owned the club. Anyway, he was found by Eric Tsang who had wicked ideas and made his living in the streets. On the exercise of helping Jay search for his family, Wang-Li invited him to play basketball at the First University. However, he would like to make use of him to make money. Jay on the other hand who was naive and kind did not mind Eric's intention at all and got famous. He combined his Kung Fu skills with basketball technique and has the ability to slam dunk (in a very yeng way). Anyway, love triangle and conflicts between team mates are in the plot too.

Honestly I thought this movie will be a little fake like Shaolin Soccer but this movie turned out not bad at all!! Not because I'm Jay's fan that I'm promoting him, but really this movie was entertaining. Truthfully, I prefer him singing than acting.

Anyway, check this movie out when it is released on 7th of Feb^^

The premier ticket

The VIP pass (wrist band)

Pictures of him will be uploaded later...
Kenny sia was there too!!!