End of a Sem + Do you want to dance with me? Part 1

Finished my last paper, what I am feeling now is relieve and freedom.
Aaaaaaaaaaand Chinese New Year!
Yey!
My friends asked why am I so excited, it's just another celebration...
For me, CNY means new stuff, new year, new luck!
I am happy to be home with all of my friends and family, I am glad to celebrate it with them.
I love cheesy CNY songs and I love CNY food.
I love what we did during CNY and I love new beginnings.
:)


I would like to share something with all of you guys out there.
I participated in an essay writing competition and won first prize lately.
Even though it was not a big scale competition, I'm glad that I won.
Because, the story I wrote actually means a lot to me.
Hope you guys will enjoy the first part of it.

Do you want to dance with me?
(Part 1)

 “Do you want to dance with me?”

Under different circumstances, that would be very flattering. But from his calm and controlled tone, I could guess what would happen next. I held on to the phone tightly as my breath started to get slow and heavy. The TV screen in front of me grew blurry as I slump deeper into the sofa. Adrenaline began to rise in me. I wanted to dance with him but there were too many uncertainty and too many sacrifices. Questions poured inside my mind as I debated whether or not to accept his offer. I imagined myself dancing gracefully on stage, with him holding me, both of us smiling brightly as we finished with grace. How I wish I could be that lucky girl. BUT. What will happen to the other dancer if he chooses to dance with me? What will happen to our team, my friends? What if I fail? Can I pull this through? Can this clear my name of being a betrayer?

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THE INTRO

“Hey Wendy”

I stirred from my chair to realize a tired looking Jason walking through the door. Trickles of sweat flowed down his dark face as he grabbed a seat beside me and lunged at his water bottle.

“How did the discussion with the teacher go?” He looked at me with annoying eyes and did a shrug.

“Ahh, I guessed that. Well it’s nothing we can do. Discipline teachers are hard to convince sometimes.”

He took a final gulp at his water as he folded his arms on the table and rested his head on it. “I wish life would be easier. You thought being a prefect seems so cool; getting to know all the teachers, being respected by the students and all… But in fact, it’s the total opposite of that. The teachers give you a hard time and students make your life miserable. What’s more, the midterm test is coming soon. I haven’t even ‘touch’ any of the books I should be studying.”

I could only give him a sympathetic look as I subconsciously toyed with the prefect badge pinned on the left side of my uniform. Deep down, I agreed with him. It’s hard being a prefect, harder still being one of the top management where you had to conduct the whole board of prefects while juggling with school work, duties and co-curriculums. I myself felt the need to ‘get away from it all’, with the prefect’s evaluation forms pilling up and 3 sheets of backdated Pure Math homework waiting for me,  I needed a break. My thoughts were interrupted when Jason sat up all of the sudden.

“Hey, Wei’s organizing a dance performance for the welcoming orientation of the new students and she’s putting together a group... Well, I’m in it!” I looked at him quizzically. “I think you should join it too! You know, to relieve the stress and everything. I know that you like to dance too!” Jason continued with a smirk.

“Oh, I’m sorry man, there are just so many things to be done, and I can’t just go dancing!” I rolled my eyes at him but he attempted the puppy eye look which looked so wrong matching with his lean body muscles and dark complexion.

“Fine, I’ll give it a try”


---Part 2 (body) here Do you want to dance with me Part 2---
---Part 3 (Ending) here Do you want to dance with me Part 3 --- 

Mommy's advice

There's so many of them.
Among them, there's one which stood up from the rest.
And it's that one that I hold it dear to me.
The one I respect and would very much like to stick to it as much as I can.

Mommy said:
If you want to say something, make sure it's something good. If you have nothing good to say, then don't say it. 

I know it not original at all. It might sound lame to others but experience had taught me to think otherwise.
Lemme share with you a story.

Shelly (not real name) was once in the same team as I was, being one from the team member, she tried hard to be one with us. But she has this bad habit, she likes to bad mouth others. It's not like your typical "I don't like this", it's more like "Ewwww... Why must she do this? Don't you think it's stupid to do so?" Sometimes you feel bad for the person, but come to think of it, you'll be self-conscious, you'd think: will she badmouth me as she badmouth others too? So, when times pass, we drifted apart. Then I came to a Facebook status. She was stating what a bad day she was having and the weight she gained. When one of our friends jokingly suggested that she has to cut down on her food consumption from the photos she posted on FB, she went berserk. Needless to say, things did not end well for her. She still here and there, drifting, waiting for someone to approve of her.

Again, her behavior is not for us to judge. But it did help to generate more questions.
Why? Why will this happen? How did it happen? What went wrong?
I would say, it's the matter of the mouth.
It would have been better if Shelly knows that she's causing discomfort among her friends by constantly being pessimistic.
Maybe she has her own clarifications, we won't know.
But my mom's advice rang in my ear.
If you want to say something, make sure it's something good. If you have nothing good to say, then don't say it. 
To put it in context, how good it would be if we were to select what we say.
It would have saved a lot of effort.

However, this advice has its own limits. There are some instance where it is not applicable.
Have a nice day.
:)

Signing off,
JCG

Roots

People change.
You may come to a point where life is so very different from the one you are accustomed with.
No matter how big or small the changes may be, do take some time to cherish the old days.
It might be as simple as calling your parents/grandparents or writing your name in your native language.
Our identity, our root is the one that made us us.
Without them, we are sailors on nameless boats, bees with no proper home to go to.
Be proud of what you are or where you came from.

Lemme share a story with you.
Jeanie (not real name) was once a normal Chinese girl, she went to a normal Chinese school and was brought up in a very typical Chinese environment. She was showered in the Chinese culture 247, and she accepted the fact that she was one. However, with the advancement in technology, she was exposed to other cultures such as the Western, the Japanese, and lately, the Korean. She went after each and every of them as she changed herself to match herself to different cultures. Cloths, language lessons, behavior and beliefs; one after another, the changes in her made her hollow inside. She became one without root, where she frown upon her parents who are "out of date" and "very old fashioned". She hang out with friends who admire her and accepted her as the cool people. She skipped praying sessions and worshiping ancestors to go for parties and entertainment centers. She was happy with her life...

Even though the story above is imaginary, but I believe some of you might relate to it one way or another. We are not to judge others for what they did, but to improve ourselves if we see fault in others.

Smile and cherish life.
饮水思源

Signing off
JCG

Christmas, on the way!

Do you still believe in Santa? 

It seems matured to not believe. 

But yea, I still do. 

Not the fat guy in red who jumps into chimneys to deliver gifts, 

but the ones in our hearts which warms us when we are cold, 

to give us the courage to say "what the heck, I'll just do it", 

and the one who told us to love life, your family and friends. 

Merry early Christmas and I can't wait till New Year's here!!

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And Poof!

Que song "Jingle Bells"

Que song "White Christmas"

Que song "All I want for Christmas is you"

Weee! 

:)

Signing Off

JCG

Cake me

Yea, it's not the first time I bake. But this is the first time I tried my granny's recipe.

So, I guess this is a failed attempt of the egg cake 鸡蛋糕～ 

So, anyone wants a bite? X)

Sorry I haven't been updating my blog for quite some time. 

Yea, asses flying everywhere. 

But, I'm gonna post on some of the interesting places I've been to this past few weeks. 

Hopefully short story even? 

:)

Video Inspiration

I watched a video in Facebook with this cutting edge vehicle invented by the Germans.



So... As I was saying, this made me realize that Malaysia as a country can do so much more to minimize workload and to maximize profit. Looking at the poor workers wrapped up in masks working under the blazing sun (they look like the poorer version of the ghost busters btw)... To look at it from a longer term's POV, I would say, it's definitely worth it to invest in technology. Time saving, human power saving; some more, people would actually prefer to WORK like this, with the aircon in the vehicle, the awed look from passengers around you and so. It's actually cool to work in these.

In a partially related note, improving transportation systems around here would really help not only to increase efficiency of the people, but also to bring forth the process of modernization. When people get to travel easier, it helps to boost the economy, education and much much more. These "secondary effects" will be the determiner for a better future in Malaysia. Again, investing in some bullet trains or MRTs does help. Well, you have to make it commercialized first, then to make it user friendly, make it available to everyone, take care of their image (which I find it very important because poor image of local transportation will actually turn people off from riding in it) and etc. It's a heavy job and it takes lots of investments and so.

It's very nice if the above mentioned could be considered. Nicer still if it can be implemented.

:)
Signing off
JCG

Time spent living the drowsy days...

Time seems to move slower at home
It's like everything is caught in a time freeze and nothing much seems to matter
Getting up in PJs was a daily routine
Eating late breakfast was a daily thing too
I like days at home
Where I got to finish a nice novel in a day without as much as eat sleep and work on minimal chores
Where I got to play lame but addictive hp games like farm frenzy lying on the bed with my feet up so high
Where I got to spend my times with my family, going places and having fun....
Days like these were the days I would treasure...
Seems so carefree, so deserted from civilization, so sleepily slow...

Then the assignments came along... :(
So much for that life

Anyways, I get to catch a few glimpse of the drowsy days before I head on to the homework days...

Cheerio~

Signing off

JCG

What we did during a wedding dinner...

爱心妈妈.......的姐姐

2 个小傻瓜～

一个小妹妹穿baby头饰～

当场的斟茶仪式

抢气球比赛

谁赢呢？

抢气球真的要有技术！

下图看清楚哦～ 

合照

最佳妈妈奖

战利品

have a nice day! 

:)

JCG

Living in denial

Well, since the weeks has gone and the school work has pilled up, it should be the time to work on my task. But... This is the time when my mind & body choose to take a rest. Go figure. I'd say why must everything be on almost the same due dates? That can literally kill. But yea, life is nice, at least I met lots of friends, some little dramas, twists & turns here & there. Kah-boom~ There you go. A uni student's life in summary. Bittersweet. Good luck to all my friends & friends of friends & basically, everyone coping with their life. Look at challenges of life & give them the finger, someday you can own this. Beat it!


love
JCG

Sorted out!

Yes, after a few attempts, I've finally sorted out........the points for my topic of oral presentation.
You might be surprised at the time I spent to make sure everything goes just right.
I would like to say it's easy for an English student to come out with a persuasive topic to talk about, but it's not.
I drained my brain & searched through countless websites, but it's done, and I'm happy! Heeeee
Anyways, I have 2 quizzes, 2 presentations & a report coming up next week. Yey me!

Have a nice day yall.