Thomas Cup Latest News - 30 April 2006

Throughout the tournamnt, i'll be posting updates on Malayisa'a progress in the Thomas Cup.

Malaysia has topped Group D after recording a 5-0 whitewash of England, and will meet the runners-up from Group B, either Korea or surprise package India.

	MALAYSIA	5 - 0	ENGLAND

S1	WONG Choong Hann	2	21 - 16 21 - 10	0	SMITH Andrew
D1	CHAN Chong Ming KOO Kien Keat	2	21 - 5 21 - 17	0	ROEBUCK Kristian PALETHORPE Ian
S2	HASHIM Muhd Hafiz B	2	24 - 22 21 - 14	0	KIDD Nicholas
D2	CHEW Choon Eng TAN Boon Heong	2	21 - 16 21 - 13	0	LINDLEY David LANGRIDGE Chris
S3	KUAN Beng Hong	2	21 - 18 15 - 21 21 - 16	1	OUSEPH Rajiv

Those are the match results.

A wonderful night to remember.... LifeTeen camp's coming!

What a night! Tonight LifeTeen had a birthday celebration for lifeteeners whose birthdays were on March and April, and surprise, surprise! It was me who was one of them, and it was fun! hehe...

This was the first time i celebrated my birthday with so many friends, and on a large scale... And it was great... Before that, it was CG LifeNight, which emant we were split into small(er) groups... It was fun... (esp the imagining part!) We were asked to imagine going back in time, and going far back to ancient civilisation, where there were no modern facilities, and so on... It was fun, and everyone's response was funny.. hehe... And that was that...

Today, i went out for what has been a long while, and i met up with an old friend, which was great! hehe... It goes to show what friendship iz all about.. hehe...

Ah, and as of now, Liverpool has just recorded a fine 3-1 victory over Aston Villa in their last home game of the season. Wonderful goals from Fernando Morientes and 2 from Steven Gerrard, including a scorching drive from 40 yards, swerving into the net. Yay Liverpool! hehe...

Fernando Morientes after scoring the first goal against Villa.

Well, i guess that's all for this wonderful night to remember... hehe... Till next time, c ya!

P.S. LifeTeen Youth Camp's coming! yay! I can't wait! The theme for this year is "Experience Jesus" and the camp will be held at Maktab Nasional. For more info, contact the LifeTeen Core Leaders or me! hehe... See ya!

All The Roadrunning....

The title album by ex-Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler and country legend Emmylou Harris is out now. 'All The Roadrunning' features 12 songs performed by Mark and Emmylou, a result of 7 years of collaboration. I highly reccommend this great album, filled with easy listening songs. All The Roadrunning, by Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris.

Now, back to my life.....

The past week has been boring, save for a few drama meetings which brought out the humor and laughters in us... Monday was ok, save the real "drama" (u know what i mean....) during the Earth Day launching in the field...

Wednesday we had another kerja amal, this time for Earth day, and we all were asked to arrange the old newspapers, and it was ok, but then it was hot!! But at least we didnt have class for a while.. hehe..

Other highlights of an otherwise boring week, well, nothing... I guess that's all that's noteworthy...

Oh yeah, Liverpool reaching the FA Cup final after a brilliant 2-1 win over Chelsea! haha! Who's the man?? hehe...

I guess that's all! tata!

Thomas Cup 28 April-7 May 2006 - Sendai, Japan

The Thomas and Uber Cup has officially started! That means badminton fever is on again!

Malaysia are placed in Group D with USA and England, and started their campaign off a few hours ago with a crushing 5-0 win over USA.

U.S. OF AMERICA

0 - 5

MALAYSIA

S1	RAI Raju	0	9 - 21 11 - 21	2	LEE Chong Wei
S2	GO Eric	0	14 - 21 9 - 21	2	WONG Choong Hann
D1	GUNAWAN Tony MALAYTHONG Khan Bob	1	21 - 23 24 - 22 17 - 21	2	CHOONG Tan Fook LEE Wan Wah
S3	SHU Howard	0	3 - 21 7 - 21	2	HASHIM Muhd Hafiz B
D2	GO Eric SOU Ronald	0	8 - 21 7 - 21	2	KOO Kien Keat TAN Boon Heong

Next Malaysia play England, on 30th April.

For more info, visit http://www.internationalbadminton.org (the official IBF website) and http://www.yonex-tuc.com/english (the official 2006 Thomas Cup website)

Malaysia Boleh!

Champions.... Blast Off! (No, not the Astro band competition...)

Well, today's been a great day for me, and im really happy now...

Today, the school held a Rocket Launching Competition in the filed, and there were 16 teams competing, and my team was one of them. My team was called "Fender" as a tribute to the greatest guitar brand ever, (although Gibson aint far behind! I like both Fender and Gibson 'coz Mark Knopfler uses them. Brilliant guitarist!) My team was me, Alvin and Mortigou, but those 2 went off to their Dreams and Teams, when this competition was a once-in-a-lifetime chance... And im still upset now...

So anyway, today there was supposed to be no lessons, coz the Muslim students were supposed to go to the hall for a function, while the Moral students all dunno go where.... The 'rocketeers were exempt from all those, so we all went to the field. That meant i was alone, and i was facing a huge headache, on the parachute part of the rocket.. (P.S., this competition was divided into 2 categories: Trajectory (farthest flight) and Parachute (longest in the air) today...)

So the teacher gathered us all for a short talk on the competition, while i was frantically fixing the rocket.... Meanwhile, the other Form 4 Moral students went for a kerja amal (by Teacher Surilla) in the kindergarden near Sembulan (is it?) and they were doing something else. Right, back to the rocket.

First off was the parachute competition, and only a few teams joined. My first try was a failure, but luckily there was a 2nd run, and i managed to get the parachute to open, though it lasted for only 5 seconds in the air. The winner for that part was Chan's team, and congrats mate. 20 seconds in the air.

Then, the thrill begins. The trajectory competiton. The Fender Rocket was all set and ready to launch, but by the time my turn arrived, i was sweating.. The farthest so far was 97 metres... So i prepared for my rocket. Filled the water, checked; pumped the air, checked; and then it was lauch time... Poof, 78 metres was the 1st try, and then it looked gloomy, with the distance no match for the leading team, and the nosecone broken... But then nothing is impossible, like Liverpool's Champions League win.. (ok, that's kinda off topic, i know, but this shows that NOTHING is impossible...)

So i quickly repaired the nosecone and fixed a new one over the old one to make it stronger and more aerodynamic. Then the 2nd try came, and i can remeber every bit of detail as my rocket was about to do something very special....

I went to fill the water as Chan's team was getting ready his 'secret weapon' (a super rocket).... Then i waited for my turn, made some adjustments to the wing and nosecone, and then it was time. I placed my rocket in th launcher, tightened it, pumped the apir in, closed all the valves, adjusted the launcher angle, and then..... BANG!! Off it went into the air, and it went so far that i hardy could see it! I was excited, but not yet, coz they havenmt measured the distance at that time.

I went over to the far side to get my rocket and the distance. I jogged back to the starting point, and halfway i asked "how far?!" Then the reply was the best thing i heard. 112 metres!! Then ecstasy as i jumped and shouted in celebration! 112 metres! And that turned out to be the winning distance. So the Fender Rocket is the winner! Wow... Absolutely incredible!

To be honest, after the first try, it had look bleak and i thought i would lose, let alone go past 100 metres, but it did! And i was so happy! You should have seen me celebrate. It was like Liverpool winning the Champions League after 21 years! Absolutely estatic!

So now that Fender won, our team will represent the school in the school-level competiton.

It was one of the best days of my life, winning the rocket competition almost single-handedly! (after all, during competition day, I was the one who did all the work in helping it to be a sucess.. hehe!) Now i can still feel the win....

Yahoo!

Fender, 2006 Rocket Launching Champions!

The freakiest day in my 4 years in school...

Really freaky... The strange weather probably sums it up.... Today was the freakiest day in my 4 years in Sabah College, and this probably started 2 weeks ago...

Based on word of mouth and what i saw, this whole hysteria thigy started 2 weeks ago, and continued till today.... Practicaly everyday there was shouting and screaming... It was shocking but curiousity took over, but soonm when it happened over and over again, it got boring.... Until today....

I should have known what will happen today.... Me and my friends were asked to help arrange the class chairs n tables for 3K and 3T for today's procession....

7.00 am, and the ritual begins.... The 2 classes each had a mr. ustaz to help chase away the bad spiris, and during the whole day, from then till around 11, so much screaming and shouting went on.... Lots of ppl kena rasuk dis.... around 20++.... all the form 3 kena xcept 3 Makmur, which was testament to their strong spirit... Lucky oo they all... As for me, well, i was not that scared.... Until the boys finally kena rasuk... Then i started to worry, but not to the point of screaming lah... Rehat oso in chaos this, so many ppl naik turun.... Ah, then going home time, the weather sudenly got gloomy and then, hujan kuat, plus strong thunder.... Omens this....

I think i don't have to say much, coz EVERYONE knows bout this... And since im tired rite now, this is where i'll stop... For now....

Tata!

An eventful last few days.... Saddening...

The title says it all...

These last few days has been, the least to say, eventful... Sadly, all are down experiences, no positives at all...

On Thursday, it was a really frustrating day, to say the least.... First, me mate's pencil box was "attacked" by a giant bee, and me fren tried to get rid of it, and to me fren'sa credit, got rid of it, but funnily enough, it fell down the corridor as me mate got rid of the bee... heheh....

Then, the controversy bee-gins (excuse the pun)... Our class money, a big chocolate (i wont say whose, later my fren slack me off) and some other valuables got lost while we were away in the Chemistry lab, and maybe some itchy hands from our neighbour class took it (i say maybe.... not peoven yet.... Some of u all know what kinda class 4M is next to.... 5S!!! (eeeh! i hate them! n im so in trpuble if they see this... LOL.. peduli...) And then, they try to act tough again... Eeesh, as if!! I hate them!!! Always disturbing our class only!! 4A oso kena, some of their stuff also went missing.... So sad.....

But one bright spot was that i got PlanetShakers' new album, Arise, later!! Yah!! 2CDs agen that... heheh.... majesty.....

Then on friday, the bad news struck.... me mum got sick, and was admitted to hospital... Apparently she got very ill, but now she's fine, but still resting in hospital... I watched her with me dad, and still found time to attend the Holy Week mass on Thursday and today... (Good Friday bah, must) hehe... She got appendix, through some viral infection, and was in semi-serious condition.... But now she's fine... I miss my mum!! And now im like depressed, sad and tired...

Oh yeah, this was the first time i attended mass in Holy Week... (aiyah, just re-discovered the Lord, thanks to Anthea last year and thanks to thePlanetShakers Conference! and LifeTeen!! They helped me rediscover God... and the spirit to attend every mass...) and it was like different, but it was ok....

Well, tomorrow is Holy Saturday, and Sunday is Easter! Hehe... So, to all Christians reading my blog, i wish you Happy Holy Week, Happy Easter, and may God bless you, always and forever!

See ya all!

Will update my blog again soon, maybe tomorrow!

Hectic week!

Well, its been an interesting week after the drama performance...

It certainly doesn't end there. with us performing "The Pearl" in other schools, and an encore performance of our first play that got Project D together in the 1st place, "The Lotus Eater" as the closing act for the Bulan Bahasa... yay!!

On Monday, i went back to class proper for like, 3 weeks and was like, so blur and confused... Too much relaxatuon, rehearsing and focusing on the drama... hehe...

Then we had a few meetings, and got toghether again, and held auditions for budding actors, and that was it for the drama side of my school life...

Then, the whole week was more or less the same, but this week was a bit special, with some special guests.. hehe... A few (i think 10) students from Thailand came to Sabah College for a visit and tour, and one of them came in to our class for a day only, and his name was Wee.... Nice to meet ya and your friends rite! hehe... As well as some teachers and students from the rural schools, all involved in the Dreams and Teams project...

Ah, today, was a very tiring day....

In the morning, i went to an Educational Fair to take part in the Spelling Bee contest, around 10 am... And when i went there it was like, so many ppl yg VIP this, got kompang2, red carpet la, and all.... Turns out that the CM will visit the fair, and that guests come only at 1 pm! But what do i care, i was already there, so i went in among the well-dressed crowd (i was wearin T-shirt, peduli!) and jalan2 tinguk sini sana.... Then, i went to register early for the Spelling Bee, and turns out the contest is divided to 5 slots, 2 today and 3 tomorrow (Sunday).... It only started at 2.30 pm, so long!! Lucky got Max and Navin to fren me (they were in the contest also) till 11.30, then they go KK. Then i went home, and came back at 2 pm... But the funny thing was, the first person i saw there i recognised was..... Brian, the LifeTeen guitarist!! hahah, in nice suit and tie man! Turns out he was working in Yayasan Sabah, and they had a booth there to promote in the fair, so at least i had him to fren me.....

Then i went in the hall at 2 pm, and watched the Sejarah UMNO quiz first, till 3 pm!! So the first round of the Spelling Bee started late! 12 contestants, you have 2 spell 10 words, and if you get 7-9 correct, RM 20.... All 10 correct, RM 200!!

I picked my envelope with my words inside, and i was the 2nd last contestant, so i was lucky! :-p Besides being the last few, i knew that it would be easier, and turns out it waz true! But by the first contestant, when they mentioned the 1st word, trus blur!! But, at least i didnt panic, (even Drama also i was the coolest and relaxed of all the crew) and watched the 1st 10 ppl go thru their words... hehe....

When came to my turn, as usual, took a long breath, and got started.... All 10 words were quite easy, but the pronouncer's voice was not clear, so i was quite confused, but i still spelt all, and got 8/10 correct, which means RM 20, and a certificate! yay! hehe...

Then i went home feling happy and satisfied, but sad knowing i could have got all 10 correct and RM 200!! hehe... Then went to church, today's palm Sunday mass, and then to LifeNite.....

Just now's LifeNite was ok, very interesting and to those Christians who are wondering what LifeTeen is, i suggest you check out this website: http://www.lifeteen.com and look around... Basically its a Youth Ministry, serving the Lord... hehe... Every LifeNite on Saturdays are fun, but most importantly we can talk about the Word of The Lord, and praise and worship Him..

Ok, i guess that's all for now... It's certainly been a hectic week for me, and looking forward to Easter weekend!

Good night!!

A fun day and night out! hehe...

Today was probably the most fun day out i've had in a week... LOL, only a week... Today's April Fools' Day (but by the time u read this, its over, but i had fun pranking ppl!! haha!) and i enjoyed it...

First, i went to KFC CP for a drama reunion, and breakfast and all, with all the school drama members... We ate KFC again that for breakfast, sooooo unhealthy.... Nevermind, once in a while bah... Took a few pics, cerita2 again, then jalan2... Ray and Lorenzo went to watch movie; Frances, Hanies and Azureen watched a different movie, and Alvin, Jon and Chan went playing racing, leaving me alone!!! Then i bought a birthday gift for someone, and went off......

Next stop, a hotel somewhre for a private occasion... I won't be revealing too much here until i get the green light, so next time folks! All i can say that it was a birthday party.... NEXT!!

Went home, rested, chatted to Fatheen, and bathed.... And off to LifeNight...

Just now we had a special guest, Father John, apparently from the British isles, but now residing in Uganda.... He gave a brief talk on the 4 gospels, and Dom continued it... And of course the worship songs.... Kings of majesty... hehe....

The best part was, i get to prank some frens in LifeTeen! hehe.. to those i pranked, april fools! hehe...

So, this was my April Fools' Day.... Went here and there! hehe...