Gah,it shud be confirmed. That's the DAY where SPM results of year 2007 will be released.

Scared? Excited? Freaked out? Relieved? Anticipating?

A little bit of all makes me numb. 

What will come will come and I have no choice but to accept.

Here's cheers and all the best of us waiting to face this day.  

Currently feeling: productive

Soooo.....D-Day is finally here and almost ending too. How did i fare this time in a major examination? Hmm...not that bad, but not that good either i guess. But it's still a major blessing! thanks to my parents and all my teachers and my sisters and friends and all the deities that heard my prayers! Hahaha.

I'm mighty glad I scored in all my science subjects, but am verryy disappointed in my BM. Outraged, shocked, and all other words that means the same,less or more. I hope to get it remarked, but what the heck for. 3 months of waiting! JPA scholarships would be all given out by then. Not standing much chance of getting it, but am trying anyway. Who knows what floats their boats?

Haha. The whole family's taking me out to watch Ah Long Pte. Ltd. tonite tomoro nite (fully-booked,my gawd.)

So where do i go from here? *wonders* 

Currently feeling: indescribable

For unknown reasons, i always have this nagging feeling to blog something (just anything!) after reading other blogs. So here i am (8.22 pm, 17th march 2008), sitting in front of my soon-to-konk-off-but-please-don't-monitor, trying to find all the right words to illustrate what's on my mind now.

First on, the past weekend has been a totally different one than any other i've had before. Why, u ask? Cuz i went on TWO hiking trips! On saturday, i joined the Rovers and went to hike in pantai kerachut in penang. The hike up took 20 minutes and hike down took 1 and half hours. Wonder why? Cuz a few of us privileged ones get to sit boat there! Hehehehe cheh. this is probably my 2nd outing as a rover and it's quite fun lar. But hiking down or up,gah no difference wan, cuz there are some parts that goes up all the way, so tiring. But at least smth small happened to me for the first time and although it's such a negligible thing, i have thank that fella cuz it made me kinda happy for the rest of the day. Hehe.

On sunday i went on a family trip to Sungai Sedim's Treetop Walk in Kedah. Although it's called a family trip, but my dad's friends from the tokun hill came as well. Boasting as the 'longest treetop walk in the world', it's proven to be the longest but worthless. All we see are trees nia. and the bridge (pathway or watever) is made from metal wiring,so got holes wan and can see below. So it's actually quite freaky for those who have fear of heights. I really wanted to take my hp out snap how it looks like from where we were but scared lar,what if my phone slipped??it was at least 3 storeys high from one point. But after a while it's not so bad lar. the weather was freaking hot too. Not a bad trip oso lar, Lunch was great too! but too slow. T.T Was freaking hungry that day.

Second, gah,for the past few days i've been feeling so freaking restless. Why? Cuz my head is bursting at its seams trying to figure what i should do after this, education-wise i mean. A-levels? Form 6? Matriculation? Gah. After much tiresome discussion and asking around, it seems like Matrics would obviously be the first choice, that is if they ever accept my application *crosses fingers and toes*. If not, then it'd be Form 6. Why not A-levels, some ppl ask. Why, that's cuz if i enter A-levels, then i can kiss public Unis goodbye, and more importantly, Vet science goodbye,which obviously i don't want lar. So if it's Form 6, my mum is quite hesitant to let me do it in HSBM cuz according to wat i get after asking around, it seems that a lot of good teachers in there are either retiring or leaving next year. Ah,some luck huh? And it's harder to focus too. So someone recommended IBM. Yes, that IBM in BM. Gah, teachers and classes-wise it should be very good cuz it seems that most graduates from there qualify into public unis. So if i study there my chances will be quite high to get into UPM. But the probs are :

1. mostly are chinese school students. i have nth against them, but i'm just afraid of turning into a social outcast.

2. having to wear uniform again! (ohnoeesss)

3. it's freaking nearby. I don't even get to step away from BM. imagine that i will have to wander around the BM streets that most of my friends has left.

4. what if i can't keep up with all the whizz?? i'm not dumb, but i'm not a smart kid either.

5. High school is probably gonna cost much less than IBM. IBM has MONTHLY fees! O.O'' Gah, it's private anyway.

But there are some good points too other than the above...maybe without so many of my close friends with me, i'll be able to focus on my studies better. And it's nearby so i won't have to worry about transport. Sighh...most of the probs are abt my freaking pride, i guess. Guess i'll just have to sacrifice it for my future. Classes start on the 31st of march and dunno y, there's part in the corner of my mind that's quite excited about studying again. Sick brain i've got here really. hahaha.

So what's the verdict? Sigh, all i can do is wait to see if i get into matrics, or else it'd be Form 6 in IBM for me. Wish me luck.

Currently feeling: weird

Dear Anonymous,

Thanks to your recent comment on my tagboard, you've made me realise my mistake all these while. At the beginning when I started translating Chinese song lyrics to English, I just wanted to help others who like me, have difficulty in understanding Chinese song lyrics. And because I have difficulty to understand the words myself, it was not quite an easy job to translate these lyrics to english. It was with the help of chinese-english dictionaries and my own hard work that I manage to translate the amount of lyrics that are in the database of my site now. And due to that, I thought that it would be a good idea to 'copyright' my translations. So, with every translation of lyrics in the past, I included an 'All rights reserved' statement at the bottom. What I do not realise at that time was that the statement actually copyrights the whole thing, which now I realise, was wrong. All I meant was to say "please don't copy my translations as you like and credit it like its your own work, thanks!". Silly, wasn't I? So, hereby I apologise to anyone who felt offended by this.

And now, to Anonymous and all other visitors, please note that from now on, I will be working on removing that copyright statement from all my translations and replacing it with this instead :

Translations of lyrics from Chinese to English and/or pinyin(unless not stated) by athlynn17@tabulas.
Copyright over all original lyrics and music remain property of their respective proprietors.

Besides that, I would also like to explain something else. Anonymous, you wrote "how can you copyright this? the lyrics are public domain and anyone with decent manderin can make the same translation." Yes, I agree that anyone who knows a little bit of both languages can do the same. But what sets me and 'anyone' apart is that I did indeed worked on translating them and am willing to share it here on my site. So is it wrong of me to state that I was the one who translated them? If you would just search on Google or any other search engine of your choice, you would also see that similar sites like mine that translates lyrics or anything else would state the name/nickname of the person who translated it.

Anyway,
I would also like to extend my gratitude to you for your comment that gave me a chance to realise and correct my mistake. But I just don't understand why you chose to do it under the name 'Anonymous',like many other critics before you. If you believe that what you are saying is right and are not ashamed of it, why not at least state your nickname? With that, I can at least be able to thank you properly because you are actually helping me on how to improve my site. Anyway, thank you Anonymous.

Currently feeling: working

So...it was my first day as an IBM student today. Today's orientation was a-okay, although some teachers might come across as inexplicably boring. But luckily a few of the more boring ones aren't teaching me. It's funnily relieving yet strange that I can just brush Physics aside now since i'm not taking that subject in Form 6.

All teachers that came in lectured on many things, but one thing is in common, which is the famous line, "You must work hard in Form 6"...*grim expression pasted on face* Way to go, Captain Obvious. Me taking 5 subjects, namely General Paper, MUET, Chemistry, Bio, and freaking-inevitable Maths. Sigh, wonder if i could cope. I certainly hope I can,though. >.<

Got the time-table and it can be incredibly depressing. Classes start mostly at 7.45 a.m except mondays and thursdays and guess what, my number 1 taboo; I even have classes on Saturdays! Argh,dammit. Have to re-adjust my waking-up hours. So sien.

Thanks god I got to know a new friend (Wenny) there who speaks english well. Not that i'm a total banana, but i can communicate much better in english of course. Everyone else in my class is from around BM town, but a few are from Kedah and one from Perak. Wenny's from Machang Bubok and studied in SMK Alma, so she's definitely new to this area. This actually makes me wanna bawl cuz i'm still stuck in these streets. *smacks forehead repeatedly* Studies first, dammit!

After the orientation today, i waited for my dad to come get me downstairs. And looking at the familiar yet feels not quite the same surroundings, it just feels so lonely and strange here, although it's just the same old place. Sigh, my dear friends, wish you all well in whatever you're pursuing now, and who knows one day we might be roaming these familiar streets together again, off to Summit or perhaps just for Jawa Mee round the corner.

My dad asked me if it's just like Form 5. And I replied, "No, not at all." 

P.S. Saw a familiar name (several,actually,but this one caught my eye most). I wonder if it's him. If yes, then I dunno what fate is playing at.

Currently feeling: sleepy