Livin' The Vida Life

Even thought it's a bit late for the greeting but still Selamat Hari Raya~!



Visit those family and cousins...

and friends of your's...

Put on a smile where ever you go...


On this celebration we all have been waiting for~

Hello my sweet readers! I'm back and I have to say I'm sorry that it has been a while since I last blogged and I left off with a New Year rhyme to say good bye to 2010 and hello to 2011.

Yes, 2011! Well the year started good, surprisingly exciting as well. If I'm not mistaken, there was a post about starting college early and since I got selected to be one of the trail batches for college, I said to myself " Eh, what the heck. Might as well give it a try than spending another 2 months of holiday"

I know when you read that you must think I'm nuts trading in holidays for school. To be honest I was already bored and I mean really really really bored from the NOT even 1 month holiday. It's funny that during long holidays I tend to forget how to write. So, yes basically to avoid further forgetting simple studies I chose to enroll college to sharpen things up a bit. Get my head back to the game.

College so far is fun. And FYI the college I go to now is Meragang Sixth Form. Six form here is considered college. the first taste of college was awkward, you know the feeling that you get when go to another school. Yup, that was the feeling only maybe worse because during our trial time at college we have to wear out previous school uniform! I know, OMG! and I just realised that college here is not like the college in America or is it any closer to the high school there as well. There's no bullies trashing your lunch tray, no atomic wedggies only one thing that we have to becareful when it comes to seats at the canteen....


DO NOT DROP YOUR CHAIR OR MAKE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG A FAIL... Or else expect a loud boo or woo from the seniors. It's a major embarrassment if it happened.


The subject Herr has a good selection. It's wise and so obvious that choosing a subject that is to your forte is essential. Take a subject and don't understand, don't bother to take it for A levels. Oh the classes! OMG! If segways are provided it would be a grand but NO. You got only 5 minutes to get from one class to another. The classes are far and if only you're lucky, your classes might be in the same wing of the building. And if you ever think you have time to go and let some load or water out in the toilet, don't bother it would be tough luck cause you won't have the minutes to reach to your next destination in time. Best way is to go during break or lunch. And if you ca't hold itkuch longer be sure to be in your class first that way the teaher would know you ain't escaping.


Oh there isnt much signal connection there as well, LOL. A way to stop using phones in class.


Well I guess that's it for now. I got to revise. Some teachers in this college give surprise tests.

Yes Star Trek, you might think this blog have been hacked by some Trekkie. But no. Yes it's me, Yasmin here and yes this blog is dedicated to Star Trek. The one i'm starting to develop an interest to.


Some people labeled people who watch or a fan of Star Trek a "geek", but no readers. We have a term for people who watch or a fan of the Enterprise. It's called "TREKKIE"


Though Star Trek enthusiasts preferred Trekker, other preferred Trekkie. The original Spock, Leonard Nimoy once attempt to set things right with the different terms and that the correct term was Trekker. 


A documentary i watched on TV about the terms Trekkie and Trekker, what do they mean for the fans. Some stated that Trekker are the ones "walking with us", while Trekkies are the ones that simply sits and watch Star Trek.


Gene Roddenberry (R.I.P) the creator of the Star Trek went to a convention and used the term "Trekkies", a fan then stood up from the crowd and shouted to correct him that it was " Trekker". Gene replied "No, it's Trekkies. I should know - i invented the thing" Well, that's so true, he is the creator of Star Trek and who was that fan that stood up had to go against him, the fan is just a fan not Gene. Oh well..in that case i would rather choose the term Trekkie.





I've been planning to get the episode series and watch it during my free time. Problem is, i can't find the full series. I don't want to download it from the internet, it'll just cause problems with the computer so it's a no fun. I want to watch it so bad! Maybe i can learn to speak Klingon....


I knew the new Spock seems so familiar and..ehem..cute =P And then i Googled...and that's him in real life with the Vulcan greeting!!

I can't do the Vulcan hand sign..YET! i want to do it so bad! It's like everyone i know can do it and i CAN'T!!! i taped my finger over night and i still can't get it =(

 I promised myself that if i can make it with the Vulcan hand sign i would watch Star Trek and become a Trekkie. Trekkie wouldn't be complete without the Vulcan hand sign!! (still taping my fingers together HAHA)

Oh and look what i found that is simply illogical for Spock to do.....or maybe not


And thought you might want to know, some celebs and few famous people that is a Trekkie. And few in the list are:
Megan Fox. Daniel Craig. Whoopi Goldberg. Angelina Jolie. Tom Hanks. Eddie Murphy. Ben Stiller. Robin Williams. Frank Sinatra. Brad Paisley. Pharrell Williams. Al Gore. Barack Obama. Ronald Regan. Arnold Schwarzenegger ("i'll be back"). Stephen Hawking. Dwayne Johnson (The Rock). Sir Richard Branson ( founder of the Virgin brand). and more.

The whole year is coming to an end and as you can realize that my blog hasn't been much active this year but that is all coming to an end well for now. School work has made it's way to the teacher's desk, the exam papers are flown to Cambridge and soon to be burn down in a furnace after 3 months to leave space for the next batch ( i really wish the authorities would just give back the paper after they marked it. The purpose to learn from our mistakes is my reasoning).


Now taking out the Relax Card that I've been saving the whole year as a reward for a good job in finally passing through the exams phase. Recently I have been thinking and i am willing to trade in 1/3 of my Relax Card opportunities for the next stepping platform in life. The next stepping platform that basically having the grip upon the occupation for me in the later life. Yes, the trade in is for stepping on to the world and experiences of college from the world of high school. Though all would be dearly missed, the juniors, the teachers, the principal, the staffs, the facilities and of course the memories that we have engraved in our previous school (SM YSHHB ). This new chapter in life is what the exam was worth doing.


College. Wow...i just realized that HAHA . So Yup, college. Actually there isn't much for me to say about it. I'm nervous and the term have not even begun. Well, I kinda got accepted before the end of the year to Meragang  College ( Pusat Tingkatan Enam Meragang/ Meragang Sixth Form )....please readers i am clearly not trying to be vain here (if that's what you're thinking, well..i'm not). I'm just very thankful i could get into college.


Though i got through the registration phase, the subjects are what holding back my dream..well,  i guess my dream was crushed on the day i was given the "wake-up call"  for choosing the subject and where in the real world i would end up with. Being in the medical stream was my dream since i was young ( well i'm still young, come on 16 coming on to 17. That's not old. Back to when i was young-ER ), doctors, nurses, pharmacist. That dream is now crushed to fragments but those fragments what will become my hope to achieve. The thought of ending up in the medical stream is now out of my head and i seem lost. Maths was the one i'm lacking of. And it was Maths that hold me back from the walking down my dream. A career counselor from the college gave me an advice and an option to choose what subjects that i would be capable of. Maths, the one subject that he mention to almost all subjects, namely Chemistry, Physics and to careers, Doctors, Pharmacist, Nurse, Engineers. Maths. I love it, but IT hates me. During exams, i stumble onto mistakes but for revisions it seems an average can-do subject. Maybe Maths is not in my blood, but as so i wish it would.


Over all i would like to thank the career counsellor for showing me the truth of how maths is so important, the advice he gives changed my so to speak attitude towards subjects =)


Despite the Maths problem, the subject that i will be taking by starting for the new term is. Biology, Geography, Psychology, Business and English (which is a compulsory, which i will surely enjoy =) ). These subjects are for the start-off term. And after i receive my Oct/Nov O'level results and accepted into the college again, teachers recommend to drop off one of the subjects that seems not to my capabilities. So, at the end, only 4 subjects are to go on for the exams of A'levels. Hopefully  it will all go well. Especially for Biology, Psychology and English those must be my favourite subjects and i'm willing to excel in it.


Allah the Almighty please be with me!


So, long story short. I'm trading in 1/3 of my O'level holidays for start-off college year. Some students may think it's crazy to start school in January when it's supposed to be a holiday..(Oh No, my birthday's in January..school..aww mahn=/ ) and some may say " relax relax". I think i have done a lot of relaxing time already. 3 days relaxation is enough for me, let alone 3 months??  My fingers won't know how to write in that time period! Starting college early has it's advantages, early start and by the time March enters with new students that subject will be scanned through again. But to every advantage there's a disadvantage. The catch to going into college in January, that when the results are out in Feb the staffs will look through the results and if you made the requirements, no change is needed. But when it is not made with the requirements, it's down back to high school even if you entered the college in January *GULP* i know.



*sigh* I  CAN'T WAIT FOR STATIONERY SHOPPING!!!!!!!

Finally! I'm back!. Okay, I know it's really off due and i was supposed to blog out right after the O'Level exam is..dare i say it...OVER! Woot Woot! and that was...exactly 2 weeks ago. I've been meaning to blog out since the last day but..blame it on Blogger or maybe the internet connection, they didn't allow me to blog. When i logged in, they logged me out. It feels like i've been exile from the site...oh that better NOT happen. I will kill em'.

The last exam experience was full of anxiety yet...the fear was not there for me..well at least it was there for Maths. But that fear that supposed to be hanging on to you in examination was not there with me. The fear that makes you study more and more and more. Instead, i seemed to treat it like a normal End Of Year exam, which in this case bad. As some people prepare for the exams by reading ahead a month before the exams begin, but the way i do it, if having the last minute touch ups.


I'll be honest with you readers, i'm not such of a bright student nor the top in the class, just the average willing to learn student. And revising ahead of time, doesn't do good for me. I mean it's like you revise the first day and you remember it for the whole week but when it comes to the last minute exams revisions you forget things and you have to start over again and the attempt may cause a skip in one of the topics. So the way i do it is to revise 2 days before or the night before on the hour before the exam. It's bad, i know. Though it pretty much helped me in the exams and went through it quite the way i want it to be (except Maths.. the struggle, it hurts), but i have to change the way i study to make sure that does NOT become a bad habit.


I tried many revision methods, eg. m-i-n-d-m-a-p-p-i-n-g (too much of a treasure hunt, the further i go in the further i get lost in the topic), flash cards ( i forget the previous after 5 cards), bright colours & illustrations to understand the topic ( it helped me but it depends on what subject) and P.N.U.M.O.N.I.C.S (That hardly works for me, trust me i've been trying to get it but with my Chemistry teacher..impossible..well not impossible just difficult).


I think it's best for me to stop right here about the past exams. As some people say,


"When you reminisce what was done, you will tend to regret it"-some people

" Give All Your Energy, To Gain Something You Aim For "

Yes readers, it's just the first day of the extra classes that i'm going to have and i'm already very exhausted. Moody at the same time too, things around me just get even annoying [coz' sister is to blame].

Well, the first exra class went well..only that i had the feeling of laziness that you get on the first day to the holiday. *sigh* Tired. Now i just can't wait for the Raya day to come! New clothes, new shoes and [HELLO!] Road trip!

Okay, i'm going off now, today's really tiring and it just drains all my energy. But it was all worth it. Oct/Nov O' Levels are coming very soon.

Tata~!

" Risk something, to achieve something "

Hey readers, i'm back but only for this announcement. As you can realized...my last post was about the World Cup and that was about a month ago. Yes, inactive...i know. There goes to say, i'm very busy this year. Just look how many posts i posted up this whole year -few.

I've just done with my last mock exam and now waiting for the big one. O'Level's. The international examination that will determine your future. Now is the time to crunch, bite, cramp, stuff in with all the studies.

My May/June was a bit disappointing just got 3 O's out of 6 subjects. As usual, it's Engish, Geography and Biology. Just a 'B' and 'C' s. Still struggling with Maths, Malay just a work on the paper 2 and oral, Physics...the pratical was -Crap. So now, since i am familiar with my weakness, i'm concentrating on the subject.

I've been attending tuition which is helping out alot, extra classes too. Also, it's the holiday season now, but now for me or my classmates...we're haveing extra classes during the holidays too. We actually requested for it. Better to learn in school than at home where i usually get distracted.

Few days ago i had my November Malay orals. Alot of anxiety before my turn. It all went well, got some stuttering  but i was able to answer and my reading was fine. I think i'm satisfied with it. Now, i just can't wait for the English orals which we'll be having in a month's time...why? I want my English orals now! =.=

I'll have to go now, tuition for geography and later chemistry. Will update when i can, maybe through mobile phone (On The Go Blogging)

Tata, Happy Holidays and Selamat Berpuasa (i know it's been weeks and only days left til the end of the puasa month, but hey, a late greeting doesn't hurt) ;)

"When we are dreaming alone it is only a dream. When we are dreaming with others, it is the beginning of reality." -Dom Helder Camara

I'm experiencing weirder dreams day by day and i don't know how to explain it. The dream i had that was the weirdest by far happen two nights ago, and the dream felt a pretty long time.

Somehow the dream took me to my school (SMY) at the main gate, everything seems normal there, only it looks like we have alot of visitors from different form 6 schools and also visitors for England judging by what i heard in my dream, was pure strong British accent. I guess our students were told via speakers to go to the lecture hall, so i followed the students up the main stairs and i saw Dr. Loji (our principal) with some other "important" people. I wanted to go up the stairs which leads to the form 5 classes, but in my dream...there was no stairs at all. It was a big elevator! But before i went in the elevator i greeted Dr. Loji, but his reply to me was shocking! He replied with "Hey gurl~ how ya doin'?" and did those finger movements my friends used to do. I can feel myself being weirded out, i asked myself, "Was that really the principal?"

I ignored it before things could get even weirder with the principal. So i went in the elevator and when it opened it showed me..what it was supposed to be the lecture hall in my dream. The lecture hall in my dream was not even close to what it looks like in reality. It was huge! It was big as the Jerudong Park Amp!  It looked like a place where an ochestra would play their melody in! There were huge crowds of stidents from different school and they all seated according to their school. When i sat down and looked around i saw two of my ex-seniors; Auji and Nazmi, sitting still with their spectecals on while writing down notes of the principal's speech (even in my dream his speeches are long and boring, can't help to wonder why ahahah). There was no words coming out from either of my ex-seniors, but there was blabbering in the background, it must have been the principal speech ahhaha.

The speech finally ended and the students were excused from the huge lecture hall. I guess i went out into a field where there were people playing rugby...not to mention, i saw my friend Zaff. Then there was a market place at the side of the field that caught my attention. I went in...and it was a kind of black market. People selling weird and creepy things. Then i saw something in a cage, something with wings of a bat and glowing red eyes...

I woke up so suddenly, it was a long dream, slept at 11pm woke up at 9am...that was long. I can still remember the dream clearly. It was an interesting dream, but also weird =P

One of my favourite things about dreams, is that i can remember them well.."weird"

Later now, Bye.

"I shouldn't have to rhyme these words in the rhythm for you to know it's a rap"

"One name, of course it's Eminem, yeah that's right. I could listen to his music til late at night. He's the best, i will simply confess. His lyrics are strong, even if the words he uses are wrong, for the children to hear, but heck don't even let them go near. He's the best rapper for me, even better, he's the best rap-per of the cen-tury. Now i'm gonna let you hear this little song, a little song that inspired me a whole month long. Hey Eminem, the mic now goes to you, let's hear you rap and show what you really can do! Hey~!"   - (to Eminem if he will ever find this or read this =D )


Not Afraid- Eminem
 

"I'm not afraid to take a stand
Everybody come take my hand
We'll walk this road together, through the storm
Whatever weather, cold or warm
Just let you know that, you're not alone
Holla if you feel that you've been down the same road"

I love this part of the lyrics, it really inspire me to...well..to not be afraid. There are people out there that are having the same problem as me (maybe), which means i'm not alone, not the only one in the world with a problem. Plus his rapping has been stuck in my head for a whole week. Introduced by one of my bestfriends; Mirza, i realized how much i miss Eminem's music. Now i can't get his song out of my head. Sometime i would laugh at a random time, just because a funny part of a lyric just popped in my head.

Overall, yes, Eminem's music is an inspiration to me, just in a different way. You can understand his message clearly through his music, and wow...they are based on true story. Also, if you readers have been sharp with your ears, Eminem's rapping is getting faster by the years, unbelievable, it's hard to sing-along with him =P  In my opinion, yes, Eminem is by far the best rapper i have ever known.

Blogger Out!

"Thought to give it a renovation, a new change"

So i guess you readers must have seen the change on my blog page. Yes, more earthy isn't it? Well i thought that the page needs more colour on the background. There won't be much colour in my text now, as i would like to keep things simple and only express them with words.  And i did some changes to the link, it is now http://www.yasminxjamal.blogspot.com/ , guess i got too attatched to my Twitter name.

Yes, i have a Twitter and i'm quite active in it than Facebook or Blogger. So be sure to follow me on Twitter, just click the little blue birdie on the side column and you're on your way to follow me =)

The new renovation calls for a different type on post now too. I'm figuring i should have equal side of whats going on in my life (happy ones only) and what's going on around me.

Let's say an example of what's going on in my life: Well, HOLIDAYS thankyou God! waited so long for the time.

And for what's going on around me: Well, I'm busy finding some of my picture that shows MY Brunei, as i'm participating a contest on Twitter created by BruneiTweet. Prize is a limited edition of a BruneiTweet t-shirt. I did sent 2 photos of MY Brunei, but to me..it wasn't enough. Which is why now, during this holiday, i'm preping up my camera and sharpening up my shutterbug skills.

So my post is going to be 50/50 of my life and my surrounding. And i might add up a post to show what i think of a certain topic. For example, the latest news (not really latest) the new licence plates for Brunei: A Waste.

So sort like that. So be sure to catch up, during this holiday, my spare time would be on studying and ofcourse trying to post a blog. =)

Tata now

"Yes, i plead myself guilty. Case closed."

I know my dear readers, it's been a long time since my last post, MONTHS to be exact. As you see, this year is my busiest year by far. Studies were always the top priority, it still is now. Staying back in school til 5.30 pm and then there's tuition, but it's all for the sake of my future.

Speaking of future, i recently attended the May/June O'levels for the papers of English, Malay, Mathematics D, Biology, Physics and Geography. Maths for me was the toughest of all the papers. Engish was the most nerve-wrecking paper, you can't predict what was going to come out on the English paper at all. Malay, i did my best i can,  hopefuly it's ok for a credit. Geography was uterly confusing, but the paper was okay. Physics and Biology papers..well... i can say the papers were fine the way it was...it's just that the pratical... made the moods go sinking like the Titanic herself. The praticals for Biology and Physics had a lot of problems hiding under the paper. For Physics the pulleys went stubborn, and i guess i hit the careless mistake. Biology pratical was uncalled for, drawing a beetle?!? I can't even remember have that in our syllubus and i don't get it... the banana food test, it was completely different from the teacher's result but there were a number of the class got the same result as me. Hopefully it's acceptable due to flaw of the experiment.

All of them have the same thing in common, there wasn't enough time! Well, what's done is done.

That is not the end yet readers, i still have to study for the October/November O'levels, so it still means there will be less post than last year. So please dear readers, please understand what i'm going through now, for the sake of my future. But of course, when i find the time i will update. =)

Thankyou and goodbye