It's a Zack Life

New Year's Hope

2010-01-02T00:08:00.004+08:00

Hello anyone who reads this dead blog, Merry New Year 2010!

Unlike most, I'll keep this short cause there is no point in writing so long if no one reads. haha

Every new year, I'd like to think this is a new start and a fresh beginning for me. For me, it means I can leave all of yesterdays bad memories behind me and keep moving forward. But I have to admit,

My life stinks

People notice that I'm emo, and I've been getting even more so lately. There are some things you can see in people's eyes and you just KNOW that something's not right. I guess that's what's been happening to me. And that isn't good, cause I have been known to be one with a terribly huge ego. I would never let anyone know if I'm hurting. I never let people see me cry or sad. I'm the kinda guy that even if people know I'm hurting, I'd say "it's okay, I'll be fine". Then I'd just let things go.

But somehow, I realize my problems never really go away. I simply have just been digging holes and burying them and now I've run out of place to bury them. I've let these things hurt me and rob me of my joy. I appreciate all the people who try and help me out of my hole, but sometimes, I already know the answer. I just refuse to let myself accept it or I'm too hurt to hear other people out.

Some may say that I come across as self centred but I beg to differ. I KNOW for a fact that anyone of my friends with problems often come to me seeking the answer. And I do my utmost best to help them. I KNOW for a fact that I would go out of my way to help my friends. But some times I just feel so dry. Like I'm giving and giving but never receiving.

I'm tired of feeling second best all the time. Tired of seeing my parents PROMOTE my brother to everyone and not speak a word of me. Tired of seeing my friends run off and be happy while I'm alone and sad. Tired of being criticized and just being dumb enough to accept it. I'm known to be one to often fight back and win, but I tried to tone down cause I thought I was being mean. Guess if I'm not mean, someone else will be. I'm tired of always losing - to my parents, my brothers, my friends, my church leaders, my teachers, etc. I'm tired of getting the blame all the time. I'm tired of crying and sleeping my problems away, cause they never go away.

I wanna be happy. Is that too much to ask? Why must I make others happy and be sad myself? I just wanna go out and be myself. I just wish things turned out the way they should.

Then again, maybe it's me. Maybe I've never let anyone help me. But that's cause I've always told myself I'm strong enough to face these kind of things. So far it's worked. But some days, I just wanna wish all my problems away. I think I often take on too much burden when I shouldn't. Like why should I plan any of my friend's outings? not like I'm appreciated, I just get scolded! And if my friends can ask me "eh we doing anything tmrw?" why can't I ask the same thing?

Spiderman says "with great power, comes great responsibility". I some how feel that God forgot to give me the great power and just gave me the great responsibility instead. And yet I'm not one to give up. Yet I still will feel guilty when I don't plan the outings. Still I feel guilty for not pleasing my parents. Still I feel it my responsibility to talk to the new people or to my grandfather. Still I feel the need to give my friends relationship advice. Why?

I hate this feeling. I hate that I can't talk to anyone about my problems. Not that I would anyway.

But in all, I am thankful for trials build character. I know I'm destined for greater than this and I know I'll make it through. The trials will be worth the wait and I will not accept defeat. Though I climb and uphill slope, I won't lose hope. For I can go the distance. I will not let anything change who I am. For I am who I choose to be. And who I become, is a result of the choices I make in life.

On a lighter note, I'm sorry this post became so long. I thoroughly enjoyed 2009 and I look forward to 2010. This is my hope of a new beginning and a new start.

MERRY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

And So It Begins

2009-11-17T19:52:00.001+08:00

Let's get this party started.

Chasing Starlights

2009-10-06T00:49:00.006+08:00

There's probably no one that reads my blog since I NEVER update but I find that it serves its purpose as my "online journal" for me to write my thoughts and feelings down before I forget. Yes, I don't always update but that's cause I don't have the time or I don't think what I have to write is of very much importance. It's a guy thing I guess, to keep things in.

But, there is something nagging at me I HAVE to write out. And the ironic part is that it's about school. Yes, that boring hell-hole I've spent a million years at as a "prisoner". But honestly, I have this sad, weird, lonely feeling-

I'm gonna really miss school once I leave Form 5.

I was having some conversations with some friends that day after Graduation. It was pretty emo. We were all talking bout how we wont see each other and what not. I guess, the part I'll miss the most is my friends. I mean, its hard enough to get a bunch of 5 people to go out on a saturday for a movie, imagine getting everyone back for a day out? And, we'll all be having different schedules since we don't have our similar timetables of school any more, so lagi worse kan?

The hardest part is that, we now take for granted that we get to see EVERYONE EVERYDAY. But when there's no school, when do we see everyone? Things are gonna be so different once we hit the college life. It's not that I'm worried I'll have no friends in college, I just feel upset I have to leave some of them I've grown so close to over the years. Friends who are basically like family. One BIG BIG family.

I guess I owe everyone a BIG BIG thankYOU for playing a part in my bitter-sweet school life. Each and everyone of my friends have left footprints in my life and if I had not met even ONE of my friends, I might not be the same person. No matter how big, small, deep or shallow the footprint, each and everyone of my friends have left a mark and I truly cherish each one of you guys, you know who you are.

Come to think of it, we've had a lot of fun in school. To the GANG, people like Timo, KJ, Sarah, Ro, Vic, Sam, Peter, Laks, Yinn Yii, Wan Qien, Jason, Josh, etc etc, thank you for being one of my closest closest friends, like one big happy family, for the support when i needed it, for the crazy things we do (e.g. lying down on the floor for a photo) for the racist remarks ( We're actually one of the more racially equal groups in our CINA-fied form and school but that's also cause we're mostly Bananas :P BANANAS UNITE!) , for all the day outs swimming, cycling, shopping and what not, and for just being you guys. Its really been one hell of a ride and we've all had our ups and downs but we pulled through pretty well I must say. I will miss you guys, especially the going-away-to-another-country ones or the going-out-of-state ones. We must MUST hang out before New Year.

To 5B, yes, we're a lil cliquey and we have our own groups and what not, but we still were cool. We had the best class page, we were the only class to perform on Graduation, which by the way, good job to Jason, Aaron, Yi Han and to Timo, you guys were freaking awesome (: We were also the first class to play rugby, remember Wei Xin? and also the first to turn a class into a gambling den, Darryl. We were the class with one of the worst teachers and we had so much fun poking fun at them ( impersonation of Cik Fatima's "Yesssss", etc) It's such a sad ending. After 2 years it felt like we were family already and then now it all comes to an end. My only regret is that we couldn't spend more time together. 5B, I must say I couldn't have asked for a better class.

And to YOU. yes, you whoever you may be, anyone who i might have missed out, friends who I may not see again, thank you (: We tend to take for granted what we have and suddenly when we don't have it any more, it hits us that we should have appreciated it while we still could. I don't want that to happen to me. I've got approximately 2 months till SPM is over. I will WILL appreciate you guys (: I truly am sorry if I ever ever took anyone of you for granted. I don't mean to (:

Writing this, I feel so happy to realize what awesome friends I really have and how thankful to God I have so many friends that are truly AWESOMEPOSSUM. It's a tough wish, but I truly hope that none of us will lose touch, that we will still always be friends. I still remember my looong lost friends who we promised to each other "we'll always be friends" but don't talk to anymore or don't even meet any more. And this was only 5 years ago. But I really hope that this will not happen to us. We spent the best years of our teenage life together, growing up like I said, as Big family. I really hope that the relationships we built throughout the years will last selama-lamanya.

From the depth of my heart, I truly love all of you, and I'll miss everyone and all the fun we had in high school. Now all we need to do is get over with SPM (: we can do it guys! and then, we have our whole lives ahead of us!

P/S: Come to think of it, I'm gonna miss the free entertainment of teachers. we'll have no more weird teachers to laugh at :P

gosh this is so emo

ROLL OUT

2009-09-08T00:19:00.007+08:00

In the midst of trials but couldnt resist posting this up (:

everyone, meet my good friend - Optimus Prime

Oh and he can transform to a truck :P

TA-DA :D

ANNDDD, here he is with his best friend BUZZ LIGHTYEAR :D

I miss my childhood days

Broken Strings

2009-08-26T11:49:00.005+08:00

And so, I ran a kilometre with my friends, drove my friend's manual car in a foreign area, witnessed TWO friends get into TWO different accidents within the same hour, wished another friend HAPPY BIRTHDAY, and ended the day having iced tea with my brother. all in a day. not bad eh? (:

PS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICOLE KOW LI YEN! :D

hope you enjoyed the suprise (:

PSS: to Timo and Sarah's CARS, get well soon. heh hope you guys dont get into too much trouble :D

PSSS: thank you GOD that despite having 2 accidents yesterday, not one of the 6 people have a single scratch (:

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ANYWAY, PREFECT DINNER PICTURES (:

More pictures on my facebook here

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Trials are in a week.

Trials are for a month.

Trials are before SPM.

There is 2 months before SPM.

I haven't studied.

SPM starts on my birthday.

just enjoy the show (:

Take this sinking boat and point it home,

2009-07-06T23:08:00.004+08:00

I don't know you

But I want you

All the more for that

Words fall through me

And always fool me

And I can't react

And games that never amount

To more than they're meant

Will play themselves out

Take this sinking boat and point it home

We've still got time

Raise your hopeful voice you have a choice

You'll make it now

Falling slowly, eyes that know me

And I can't go back

Moods that take me and erase me

And I'm painted black

You have suffered enough

And warred with yourself

It's time that you won

Take this sinking boat and point it home

We've still got time

Raise your hopeful voice you had a choice

You've made it now

Falling slowly sing your melody

I'll sing along

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CONGRATS TO STOMPERS '09!! AWESOMEFANTASTICWONDERFUL JOB! (: TENTH PLACE IS AWESOMEPOSSUM-NESS :D

Paper Planes

2009-05-11T18:43:00.011+08:00

She stood at the edge of her chair, ready to jump. A noose hanging from the ceiling was fastened around her neck. One chair. One noose. One crying person. All in that empty living room.

She thought her life was a mess. She must be the most un-luckiest person in the world. She'd thought about turning back to God again so many times but it seemed impossible to get an answer from Him. Was there really such a thing as God?

"This is it God!! My life is like a paper plane that's been thrown to the ground by YOU till it's all crushed!!" she shouted aloud.

She thought about how her life was so messed up. Mum left when she was 7 and Dad squandered what little left of their money on alcohol and gambling. She remembered how she was abused by her dad and she got even more angry.

She thought how she was always alone in school. How people would hurry off whenever she came into sight. How one of the teachers had once called her "retard child". How she was never smart or athletic or anything at all.

She thought about everyone getting a summer job while she spent half the summer trying to get one until she finally gave up. She remembered how her father abused her for that. Then she remembered how she thought she found love. But the boy ran off for another prettier girl within a month. He stole her heart and ran off. Anger and hurt swelled up in her heart.

Then she whispered quietly, "Thanks a lot God". And she closed her eyes and jumped.

Within an instant, her life flashed before her. Time seemed to stop.

She realized then that though she kept asking, "Where are you God?" the answer was simple, "I'm right here". But the world had made her deaf to His calling.

She remembered about the pastor who would come to visit her and give her pocket money and her father some money to buy alcohol so he wouldn't lash out on her. She remembered how caring the man was and how he treated her like his own daughter. He showed her love like no one ever showed her. God's love.

Then she remembered how one teacher, the pastor's wife, in her school would always miss her lunch break to stay back and talk to her. How this teacher was always so patient in teaching her. How, like her husband, this woman had also loved her.

Finally, there was her one and only friend in school, the pastor's daughther. She remembered how her friend would sit with her during recess. How she would defend her when she was being insulted or laughed at. How she listened to her endless ranting.

Then she realized, she wasn't so alone after all. God was always there for her.

God, I asked for a friend, you sent a caring angel

I asked for wisdom, you sent a teaching mother

I asked for better parents, you gave me a family

I asked for a father, and YOU were there

Time snapped back to place. She felt the slight tingle on her neck as the noose contracted around her neck. She had jumped off the chair. She couldn't turn back now. She felt afraid she made the wrong choice.

In a cry of desperation, in a fraction of a second, just as she knew her life was about to end, she cried, "Forgive me Father!!"

She opened her eyes unsure of what just happened.

"Am I dead?"

She realised then that she was standing on a chair. ANOTHER chair. It wasn't there before. Now there were two chairs in the living room and the noose lay on the ground. She broke into tears, knelt on the ground and said aloud, "Thank you Lord".

"Even if your life, like the paper plane, crashes to the ground, I will always be there to pick you up again and set you flying towards greater heights"

A Day at The Pool

2009-02-09T13:24:00.005+08:00

Yes, I know I'm late in posting this up. sorry (:

During the Chinese New Year holidays Kah Jun, Darryl, KP, Ro, Lakshwin, Sabrina, Qien, Shi Xian and myself went to THE CLUB for a day at the pool.

It is the best pool I've ever been to. EVER.

Here are some of the pictures we took (: oh btw, some of the pictures were taken by LAKSHWIN, who suprisingly happens to be quite a camwhore and a trigger-happy guy when it comes to the camera :P

All You Have To Do, Is Listen

2009-02-02T23:20:00.004+08:00

short update.

I've just watched August Rush, complimentary of KP, and it is AWESOME!

I give, 9/10, only because the last part the actors as his parents were kind of emotionless. HAHA

But overall, a VERY good movie with a good plot. It's a must watch. MUST. So touching, so beautifully planned and it really made my day. Anyone who loves music will love this movie.

the music is all around us,

all you have to do, is LISTEN.

-August Rush

An OX-picious NIU Year

2009-01-31T20:21:00.006+08:00

First off, Happy Chinese New Year everyone!

I hope you guys enjoyed your holiday as much as I did mine (:

here's a few snippets of my short holiday (:

I went cycling with Lakshwin, Victor, and Sabrina to McD and me and Vic decided to use the drivethru service!

Then, on monday, the family decided to go for a one day trip back to melaka, where i visit all my unknown-way-distant relatives

on the way there, along the highway

when we got there...,

Hannah got really bored

one of my really cute-unknown-distant cousins. heck, he might even be my nephew or uncle.

This is my niece, Joanna, who is older than me and I know she's my niece cause her dad (who is my dad's age) is my cousin. yea, the family is too big.

my grandaunt's huge house.

Then off to dinner in KL with my malay relatives. Please meet...

Ali

and Amzar

and this is the pond in my uncle's house. It's so big and nice!

well, that's all for now folks! i'm pretty busy and i WILL post the swimming trip pictures soon! till then, Cheers! :D

Life

2009-01-17T20:27:00.003+08:00

life is simple,

yet it is a mystery,

a wonder,

sometimes a riddle,

sometimes a roller coaster ride,

an enigma that bothers us each day,

a question that rings in our head over and over again,

an answer we never find,

and in the end we find ourselves asking, "who am I, really? and what is life?"

the doubt, confusion, and fickle-ness fill our heads,

attempting to solve a puzzle that can be solved by no one but Him,

the creator,

for life is simple,

He is life,

and he gave life to all who live,

shall we not live for Him?

so, who are YOU?

Government Prison Begins

2009-01-04T23:36:00.003+08:00

"Zechary Chin Wei, you are hereby sentenced to 1 year in government prison, otherwise known as school. You have found to be NOT guilty of anything yet we still want to torture you for a year in a place called SMK BU3. Your prison warden is Mr. Mah. He will treat you unkindly for no reason until the end of your sentence. Subsequently, you will have no rests, holidays or enjoyments of any sort. At the end of your trial, you will sit through an execution called 'SPM" and will not be allowed out of prison unless your death occurs or once you go through the execution alive. May God have mercy on you"

yes, I'm back in school.

2009-01-01T18:41:00.001+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!

Are You Watching Closely?

2008-12-30T12:28:00.000+08:00

Cause if you aren't, you're gonna miss it.

This year 2008 has been a year of new beginnings, laying down the foundations for more improvement next year.

In ourselves, in our schools, in our families, in our church, in our nation, in our world.

Lets not miss and cry over 2008, rather lets look forward toward 2009.

Lets learn from our mistakes over the past year and lets see where we can improve for the next year.

Most importantly, lets not worry for next year, for next year will worry for itself.

Enjoy what's left of 2008 and let's embrace 2009 together!

maybe we're trying, trying to hard.

maybe we're torn apart.

Next Plane Home

2008-12-28T01:28:00.000+08:00

Goodbye my dear friend.

Hopefully, we shall meet again soon.

Till then, take care and God bless.

Enjoy Abu Dhabi and Canada/USA/ UK!

We all miss you and love you! :D

This the season

2008-12-26T01:12:00.000+08:00

The best season of every year has to be Christmas (:

MERRY Christmas everyone! :D

Basically, this year end has been really packed for me. With VBS, mission trip to Thailand, GY camp and caroling, I'm just glad I get to spend this time of the year with family and friends no matter how short. Hopefully the nest week or so will be spent wisely (:

till then, God Bless.

The PRINCE Returns

2008-12-25T03:03:00.000+08:00

I think it's high time I reopened this blog.

Most people didn't know it was DEAD and those who knew didn't quite care.

*ahem ahem cbox spammers, namely jace n vic* =P

So many people are like, " eh go blog about this about that" or "do u blog?"

so yea anyways, this blog will be reopened for those who wish to read.

cause I need somewhere to talk.

cause I need to tell people about what happens in my daily life.

cause I no one to talk to

cause cause...

Is my life really that boring?

NOPPEEE (:

So don't expect much.

Empowering The Next Generation

2008-10-01T12:45:00.000+08:00

well Royal Rangers Selangor #7 has just celebrated its 20th Anniversary and guess who won the t-shirt design?? =D

I'd do this for my girl =)

2008-09-21T18:54:00.001+08:00

• give her a big t-shirt of yours to

sleep in.

• leave her cute text messages.

• kiss her in front of your friends.

• tell her she looks beautiful.

• look into her eyes when you talk to

her.

• let her mess with your hair.

• just walk around with her.

• forgive her for her mistakes.

• look at her like she's the only girl

you see.

• hold her hand when you're around

your friends and in private.

• let her fall asleep in your arms.

• stay up all night with her when

she's sick.

• watch her favorite movie with her.

• come up and grab her by the waist.

remember this:

• don't talk about other girls around

her. If you love her,others shouldn't matter.

• when she's sad, hang out with her.

• let her know she's important.

• kiss her in the pouring rain.

• when you fall in love with her, tell

her.

• and when you tell her, love her like

you've never loved someone before.

• answer her phone calls no matter

what.

Caused she missed the way I wrote.. :D

2008-09-17T01:51:00.000+08:00

tada! i updated! =P

Hear You Me

2008-08-05T14:54:00.000+08:00

i know the blog is dead but i just had to post this.
suprising how ppl still visit after the blog's death

kill-ed

2008-03-18T20:03:00.000+08:00

What if I wanted to break
Laugh it all off in your face
What would you do? (Oh, oh)
What if I fell to the floor
Couldn't take all this anymore
What would you do, do, do?

Come break me down
Bury me, bury me
I am finished with you

What if I wanted to fight
Beg for the rest of my life
What would you do?
You say you wanted more
What are you waiting for?
I'm not running from you (from you)

Come break me down
Bury me, bury me
I am finished with you
Look in my eyes
You're killing me, killing me
All I wanted was you

I tried to be someone else
But nothing seemed to change
I know now, this is who I really am inside.

Finally found myself
Fighting for a chance.
I know now, this is who I really am.

Ah, ah
Oh, oh
Ah, ah

Come break me down
Bury me, bury me
I am finished with you, you, you.
Look in my eyes
You're killing me, killing me
All I wanted was you

Come break me down (bury me, bury me)
Break me down (bury me, bury me)
Break me down (bury me, bury me)

(You say you wanted more)
What if I wanted to break...?
(What are you waiting for?)
Bury me, bury me
(I'm not running from you)
What if I
What if I
What if I
What if I
Bury me, bury me

to all readers, this blog is officially CLOSED. There will be no more writtings, post whatsoever. The writter MAY return to things he was familiar with once his life goes back to normal. till then don't even bother coming back here. This blog as you all know it, is DEAD, KILL-ED. By tomorrow the link and everything else will be gone.

Zack
-its not the ride; its the RIDER-

LALALALA

2008-03-16T18:52:00.000+08:00

What Zechary Means

You are incredibly wise and perceptive. You have a lot of life experience.

You are a natural peacemaker, and you are especially good at helping others get along.

But keeping the peace in your own life is not easy. You see things very differently, and it's hard to get you to budge.

You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone.

You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together.

At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.

You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily.

You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind.

A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable.

You are truly an original person. You have amazing ideas, and the power to carry them out.

Success comes rather easily for you... especially in business and academia.

Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing. You're a strong person.

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection.

You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.

You have the classic "Type A" personality.

You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something.

You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense.

You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun.

You are a free spirit, and you resent anyone who tries to fence you in.

You are unpredictable, adventurous, and always a little surprising.

You may miss out by not settling down, but you're too busy having fun to care.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

oooooo coool.. something I found on Jason's blog.

its been a pretty loooonng week I guess. had some fun, had some scolding. had some TUITION. But oh well, it's been okay. Had a public speaking competition yesterday. not bad. Just that i obviously didn't make it to the semi-finals. All the college people made it. haha. Managed to catch the movies 10000 BC, Martian Child, and Spiderwick Chronicles. Spiderwick was the best but the rest wasn't to bad either. Okay maybe 10000 BC was kinda bad. Darryl la. haha.

oh well, I'm back to school. T.T

BLANK

2008-03-07T14:39:00.000+08:00

My mind is currently out of ideas on what I should do at the moment so I guess I’ll just respond to this tag from Sam Sito.

001. Real name: Zechary Chin Wei
002. Nickname: Zack, Zech, Zacko, Zack Chin, Jack, Jackie Chin, Zacko Wacko….
003. Married: not YET
004. Zodiac sign: scorpio, although I don’t really believe in this kind of stuff
005. Male or female: male
007. High school: SMKBU(3)..
008. College: Soon.. man that makes me fell old.
010. Short/long hair: I say it’s short but MR.WONG (my guru disiplin) says “ When u gonna cut hair ah?? Very long. U r a problem to the discipline board u noe..” pfft.
015. Are you a health freak: does eating McD every other day sound healthy?
016. Height: 180!! Soon gonna touch 6ft! all you Malaysians are just short so don’t say I’m tall. Okay maybe I am just a lil’ bit.
017 .Do you have a crush on someone: *sigh* yea….
018. Do you like yourself: What’s there not to like??
019. Piercings: I’m a guy. Although…..
021. Righty or lefty: righty

FIRSTS : (this section will contain a lot of “emmm’ s)
022. First surgery: emm…does a tooth surgery count?
023. First piercing: like I said in question 19…
024. First best friend: emmmm…
025. First award: emmmmmmm….
026. First sport you joined: emm.. I think it was badminton or football.
027. First pet: emmmmm… my mum is kind of against having pets
028. First vacation: emm.. I must have been too young to remember
029. First concert: Rueben Morgan’s concert in PJEFC 2005
030. First crush: a girl in std 3 or 4 I think

CURRENTLY :
049. Eating: just had lunch
050. Drinking: my saliva
052. I'm about: faint doing these questions

YOUR FUTURE :
058. Want kids: yup
059. Want to get married: definitely
060. Careers in mind: dreams of becoming a Jet pilot has been crushed cause I wear glasses. Want to do something related to cars. Maybe a rally racer car designer or car engineer.

WHICH ONE IS BETTER:
068. Lips or eyes: look into those beautiful eyes and kiss those pretty lips
069. Hugs or kisses: hug her then kiss her
070. Shorter or taller: average
072. Romantic or spontaneous: Romantically spontaneous
073. Nice stomach or nice arm: Both
074. Sensitive or loud: Sensitive but not too quiet either
075. Hook-up or relationship: Relationship
077. Trouble maker or hesitant: Hehe.. trouble maker!!

HAVE YOU EVER :
078. Kissed a stranger? Of course not
079. Drank bubbles: er.. no
080. Lost glasses/contacts: Yup I’ve lost both glasses and contacts before. haha
081. Ran away from home: Thought about it more than once, but then, where to run to? Not enough money to go overseas also. haha
082. Liked someone younger: definitely
083. Liked someone older: yeaa….
084. Broken someone's heart: I think so.. not sure really..
085. Been arrested: No.. Almost was sent to court though. All because I defended my friend from being bashed up in std 2. pfftt. Unfairness of life. lol
086. Turned someone down: Not directly
087. Cried when someone died: yea…
088. Liked a friend: definitely

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
089. Yourself: Yea. Most of the time
090. Miracles : definitely
091. Love at first sight: Yea..
092. Heaven: Yup
093. Santa claus: Used to. Used to even think I heard him during Christmas night whilst I was a kid. MY CHILDHOOD HAS BEEN ROBBED BY BARNEY!!!
094. Sex on a first date: Not even on a second or third date. That’s all after marriage man.
096. Angels: Yea

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY :
097. Is there one person you want to be with right now? Yes and no
098. Had more than one boyfriend/girlfriend at a time? NO
099. Do you believe in God? Of course!
100. tag 5 people.

finally, the end. XD
Ah well whoever wants to respond to this can jolly well go ahead.

Oh ya, it’s HOLIDAYS!!!

Undi undi lah BN....

2008-03-05T20:19:00.000+08:00

quote: Pak Lah la la la la...

Forget your problems, I just wanna JUMP...

2008-02-26T21:58:00.001+08:00

I'd rate this show DARN CHUN.

Speaking Publicly

2008-02-26T21:48:00.000+08:00

public speaking workshop was....

pictures courtesy of KP

AND SO.....

2008-02-24T23:02:00.000+08:00

The return ~~of the King~~

Its been a loooooong week. Two weeks actually. To start off, right after the CNY holidays (where my weight AND my money went up in amount), I had a week to plan Outpost Camp Sel#7 COUNCIL FIRE opening and closing. Other than that I had to design a costume for myself based on the topic FOOD. In fact, the council fire THEME was food. So everything in the whole camp was food related; our group names, games, council fire, even prize giving titles!

Over all, there are a few things to conclude: the camp felt WAAAYYYY too short although it was still an awesome camp nonetheless. Maybe I felt like that because I was stressed out with having to handle council fire, being in the advance party, and handling a few group leading stuff, and taking care of the little Ranger Kids and Discovery Kids. Relating to that, I won the prize for being the Camp’s-Nangka-Nanny cause I was said to be always taking care of the lil’ kids. Most of the time they all came running to me screaming “Ko-Ko Zechary, Ko-Ko Zechary!!!” Even Wee Yen teases me about that. But it’s nice cause even at home I’m not called “ko-ko” or anything, not even by Hannah. Not that I would want them to call me that since I’m used to even Hannah calling me “Zack”. It’s more normal to me.

Firstly, we were separated into our three different groups- Bak Gua, Papadums, and Mud Pies. I was in Mud Pies. GO MUD PIES!! we did the usual – banners, song an yells, bla bla bla…

Then we had Gourmet Challenge, where we played team games related to food. We had a pair of Ranger Kids pick some fruits whiles blindfolded and it all got blended to a drink for the Expedition Ranger to drink. Poor volunteers. After that we had to connect cooked spaghetti to form the world’s longest spaghetti strand. Last task was to design using fruits, a headgear, which unfortunately, I had to wear.

Later, we moved on to the beach to have beach tele-match. A few interesting games were played and then we were allowed free time to go play in the sea. Sadly, some of us Expedition Rangers had to leave early to get the council fire set up. In fact, most of my fun time was cut into half due to being in the helping committee for the camp and council fire.

Then at night we finally had the long awaited COUNCIL FIRE. It turned out not tooo bad despite the fact that I violated a major rule in using an aerosol spray to start the fire. So me isn’t it?

Well I’m kind of lazy to give too much details bout the camp and I know this post is REALLLYYY LATE so I’ll just end the part about Outpost Camp here. Overall, it was a good camp.

Go MUD PIES!!!

Wee Yen, Petrina, and me; microwave, long bean and fridge. too bad my door can't be seen.

Sunday Service with Cmdr Josh (you want a better caption for this pic? go to PETRINA'S blog then)

And finally, Nanny McZechary.

And I'm Off to CAMP

2008-02-15T15:57:00.001+08:00

A Dance in The Rain

2008-01-30T18:20:00.000+08:00

Like a beautiful diamond, you caught my sight,

I was ENCHANTED; your beauty, your long flowing hair,

A wonder, glittering in the bright golden sunlight,

Oh, to see you, the Beauty in my life, so beautiful and fair,

Oh, to love you, my angel from heaven, so lovely and bright.

How long ago was that moment we first met?

How long has our different paths separated us?

Will love and happiness ever return to me?

Was our brief yet painful goodbye forever?

Soon, I shall see you again, my love,

And relive that enchanted moment when we first met,

And we shall dance in the rain, ever so gracefully,

Two fairies, glowing and shinning amid the darkness,

Two fairies, that dance full of a never ending LOVE.

For English literature, we had to write a SONNET on LOVE. For those that don’t know, a sonnet is a poem whereby each line has in between 10-14 syllabuses and the whole poem has a total of 14 lines. After being reviewed by Miss Yeow, I got an 8/10 and a comment saying “Wonderful!” Not bad la considering the last minute-ness of it.

Work (cancel) school has been tiring and stressful. The homework pile grows bigger with each passing day and I’m beginning to realize that I’m slowly getting lost in it. I’m also realizing what they say bout form 4 being a “relax” or “honeymoon” year is con man crap. The path towards my computer is also unsure since I’m buried in my pile and piles of homework.

In all the busy-ness I still managed to catch THE GAME PLAN last week and go for WHITE WATER RAFTING on Saturday. Sorry there ain’t gonna be any post on any of those events. I just can’t seem to find the time to blog bout an event after it happens and when I actually do find time it’s a bit too late.

For those who don’t know, my sister Ashley has been in the hospital for an operation to remove a growth in her body. Thank God it all went well and she’s now recovering well. What was most surprising to me was the amount of visitors she had and is still having even though she’s out of the hospital already. I wonder if that many people will visit me when I’m in the hospital (if I’m ever gonna be there).

Well, its back to work time. Y’all have a great week enduring the tortures we call “school and homework and teachers”.

Shadow of the Day

2008-01-17T21:22:00.000+08:00

Such a cute video I came across! Alvin and the Chipmunks singing 'Shadow of the day', a Linkin Park song.

This reminds me however, I NEED A MOVIE CATCH UP DAY SOON! I have not watched so many shows yet! Anyone wanna come with me?

Disney's Desperate Housewives

2008-01-10T14:42:00.001+08:00

Hilarious. I saw this on my friends blog.

The Sufferings, The Trials, The Hardships...

2008-01-08T20:06:00.000+08:00

As we embark on this journey of 2008, be prepared to face difficulties along the road of life. Every year, we all move up a level in our thinking, intelligence, wisdom, understanding, and PROBLEMS. Growing older doesn’t mean that our problems and difficulties just disappear. Everyone faces problems whether in school, church, at home or so on. Trials and hardships are just a vital part along this road of life that we travel.

Sometimes (or you can say, ‘Most of the times’) we as the youths face problems with authorities. Sure, some of your teachers are complete looneys in your eyes or maybe even that’s what the whole school thinks; but have you thought what the teacher thinks of you?

Its really not easy dealing with authorities that just want to be difficult. Trust me, in the first week of school I have already fought with two teachers regarding my hair. But in the end what can I do besides grumble and then oblige?

Sometimes, just because we are different, we might be picked on. The law of humans is such that favoritism can never be completely avoided. Worse, there are those in the world who relish in the feeling of making one’s life easy and another’s, a living nightmare.

Trials and hardships will come at us in every direction; left, right, front, back, centre. The question is, are you going to learn from your mistakes? Are you going to take the challenges of life as a learning opportunity to improve ourselves?

Most say, “Whatever problems that’s in store for me, I’m ready”

Really?

Truth is, none of us can really be prepared for the problems that await us.

'The brain cannot comprehend what it has not yet experienced'

“Go on, open the door.”

“But I don’t know what’s behind that door.”

“It’s gotta be better than where we are now. I can’t see a thing here!”

“I dunno. I feel safer here since I know there isn’t anything else besides the two of us.”

“C’mon! I can already see the light from under the door!”

“You go. I’d rather just stay here…You don’t even know what’s behind that door! You don’t know if you will even come back!”

“Whatever it is, I’m anticipating it."

The road I travel may hold many trials, but I KNOW what is at the end of this road and everything else on the way, is a learning process towards the end.

Government Prison Day 1

2008-01-03T20:05:00.000+08:00

I'm back, back in ~~town~~ school
and everything ~~has changed~~ still sucks
I feel, feel let down
~~The faces stay the same~~ AZIZAH still remains
I see, see shadows
Of ~~who we~~ how life used to be
And I ~~drive, drive these roads~~ ride, ride to school
Through this ~~memory~~ agony

And ~~we were only kids~~ when I was on holiday
And ~~we were best of friends~~ I had such fun times
And we I hoped for ~~the best~~ no school
And let go of the rest

I heard, heard ~~myself~~ Mr. Wong
Say things ~~I take back~~ bout my hair
<"hello! I cut so short edi!!>"
If I could, could ~~retell~~ un-cut
And ~~make these stories last~~ keep my long fringe
I see, see shadows
Of ~~who you'll~~ what school will always be
I drive, drive these roads
~~Made of memories~~ through these prison's gate

And ~~we were only kids~~ when I was on holiday
And ~~we were best of friends~~ I had such fun times
And we I hoped for ~~the best~~ no school
And let go of the rest
Shadows and regrets
Let go from the rest

~~Everything~~ Nothing here has changed
~~Faces stayed the same~~ AZIZAH still remains
~~Everything~~ Nothing here has changed
~~Faces stayed the same~~ AZIZAH still remains

And ~~we were only kids~~ when I was on holiday
And ~~we were best of friends~~ I had such fun times
When the time ~~couldn't~~ ended too fast
And how ~~tall did we stand~~ long did it last
With ~~the world~~ too much time in our hands
And ~~we were only kids~~ when I was on holiday
And ~~we were best of friends~~ I had such fun times
And we I hoped for ~~the best~~ no school
And let go of the rest
And shadows and regrets
We let go of the rest
Shadows and Regrets
We let go of the rest

Shadows and Regrets by ~~Yellow~~ Redcard

I know, I know, some parts don't make sense or rhyme but hey, it's the first day of school. =D

To all you government students like ME, HAVE A FUN SCHOOL YEAR 2008!!
And to all HOMESCHOOLERS... too BAD!! XD

New Year, New Beginnings

2008-01-01T13:39:00.000+08:00

2007 is over and 2008 is here. Are we READY for what this year holds in store for us? As we look back to 2007 do we see changes in ourselves? Have we improved in anyway? What has MATURED in us? Are we changing to become who The Father has destined us to be or are we still our old annoying selves who don't grow up? Sure it’s not time to start driving or working yet but have we at least matured not just physically but mentally and SPIRITUALLY as well. Or are we still being nuisances to others? Are we still trying to impress instead of being who we really are? I mean, trying to do something you're not good at just so people will “like” you; showing off "skills" you don't really have? WANNABE is a term for this now a days. I prefer the term LIARS.

Yes, I know it’s the New Year and I'm being very terrible, but it’s just that I can't understand how some people smile at you and tell you "Happy New Year" but somehow it’s just another cycle for them. The New Year brings no change upon these kinds of people. Or maybe it does, but it’s for the worse not for the better. Have we truly thought about what we want to ACHIEVE this year? To ASPIRE to be more than what we currently are. To CHANGE for the better?

This year’s theme is “New Beginnings and New Trends in Taking Dominion”

Are you READY for New Beginnings?

On a lighter note, I spent my New Years Eve quite well. I found a way to get to Mid Valley Megamall on public transport all the way! Total cost = RM2.30. Woohoo!! Spent pretty much the whole afternoon there with Janielle and Kedric. Watched Attonement. Stupid Keira Knightley kind of show. Gah. Lol. After that I went back for “The Last Dinner” in my house and then off to church to welcome the New Year with the whole congregation of Grace PJ and Pastor Henry and his corny jokes. Not that they’re not funny mind you. They’re just a bit lame that’s all. Anyways, just before 12 midnight, a few of us sneaked out to the roof to see the fireworks. Here are a few pictures. More will come soon.

The dawn of a new day, new beginnings.
Me and Wee Yen on the top of the roof. Only two of us dared to sit up there. Ironically, we were right on top of Ps. Henry on the stage. haha.

Posers. "erm.. notice we're standing next to a lightning conductor??"
"who cares man!"

Corny smiles. Yen, me, and Roberts. actually we only look like that cause my sister was taking the picture and we were so afraid she would spoil Yen's D40. lol

Blessed New Year Everyone!
Lets all anticipate what 2008 holds for us!!

Are You READY ?

2007-12-31T21:26:00.000+08:00

Living in my own world
Didn't understand
That anything can happen
When you take a chance
I never believed in
What I couldn't see
I never opened my heart yeah!!
To all the possibilities
I know that something has changed
Never felt this way
And right here tonight

This could be the start
Of something new
It feels so right
To be here with you
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart
The start of something new

Now who'd of ever thought that
We'd both be here tonight
And the world looks so much brighter
With you by my side
I know that something has changed
Never felt this way
I know it for real

This could be the start
Of something new
It feels so right
To be here with you
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart
The start of something new

I never knew that it could happen
Till it happened to me
I didn't know it before
But now it's easy to see

It's a start
Of something new
It feels so right
To be here with you
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart

That it's the start
Of something new
It feels so right
To be here with you
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart
The start of something new
Start of something new

Start of something new - High School Musical

Shadows and Regrets

2007-12-28T13:35:00.000+08:00

Well I'm back from my trip. It wasn't exactly all that great and I must say I would rather have been here in PJ for Christmas, especially to be part of the Christmas play, but it was a good chance to relax. I love pictures, don't you love pictures? well I'll just let the pictures do the talking. The pictures are mostly taken with camera phones so forgive the poor quality.

Melaka
The church on the top of the hill

"eh! lets go already la!!" Jon

A Famosa

olden "tombs" in the church.

inside the church

again

display plane

display train

"kerang hitam" (the black pearl)

Singapore
We went to Jurong water park and it only cost 80 CENTS per person to enter!

The Slides

The Wave Pool- it was even better than Sunway Lagoon's wave pool.

Lazy river, but i prefer to call it the "piss river". why? Cause the water was so WARM and it was so greenish in colour. lol

Kiddies water zone- I went in and got chased away by the Lifeguards

Orchad Road

"if all the lil raindrops were coffeeeee......"

decos in one of the malls - they would never allow such a thing in Malaysia.

Enchanted much?

Even the TREES were decorated

I like this shot. its as though I could see thru the bus. I took it by accident cause some dude was pushing his way thru the crowd and hit me.

HUGE Christmas tree

The human traffic jam. No photoshop on this picture. People were spraying artificial "snow" all over the place. Looks as though its actually snowing.

And I'll, Do It EVERYDAY!!!

2007-12-12T15:51:00.000+08:00

“If there is one thing that TIME hates, its’ FUN. Time will run as fast as it can to finish the period of fun. Unfortunately we are the victims.”

FUN: GY camp

TIME: 4 days

Hello people! I’m back from GY camp; THE CAMP OF THE YEAR!!!!!

One word: AWESOME!

Unfortunately I didn’t get to post anything prior to the camp due to over stress-ness of being a group leader even though it’s my first GY camp. Sorry for that.

Camp was AWESOME, FUN, EXCITING, and so much more. Words fail me as I try to even explain the greatness of this camp.

Praise and worship was the BOMB!!! Pastor Henry’s SEX TALK! Ahahahaha…. Games, treasure hunt, HYDRO WAR, guardian angel, not sleeping till 3 in the morning, COOKING maggi and hot chocolate at the stair case where no one can see us, spraying Roberts with our mega water guns on his birthday, “bodek-ing” the “billionaires” for money, and I think I was the only one who actually sent a whole bunch of guys to spray my “mortal”, Brandon, as a guardian angel gift.

“BRANDON!! GUARDIAN ANGEL SAYS GO AND BATH!!!” *sprays*

Being a group leader is also not an easy task. But in the end all the effort is worth it. We turned out 6^th out of 20 groups. “GO REPUBLIKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Our skit also turned out to be the best and my continent won hydro war!! Wooohoooo!!!!

"REPUBLIK!" I designed this using photoshop.

My group name tag (or was it banner?) won 5^th best looking, and we only had one name tag to sell. Benny bought it and apparently it was the highest price for a name tag ever. 7000 grace dollars! I wish we did more though. We were 13000 grace dollars behind the first group! But the important thing is that everyone had a fun time.

GY camp 08; I will be waiting!!

THE REJECTS STORY

As was announced at the camp, this years GY camp t shirt was designed by Zechary Chin. I would like to post the entire story so no one gets confused.

Prior to camp, a t shirt designing competition was held.the colours given were brown and army green. In the end two peoples design was chosen – Zechary Chin, sending 7 designs, and Chris Tan, sending 32 designs. A merge was called for and the task was passed to me by Caleb Tan and Justin Jian. I would like to post all my “rejected” designs here for others to see. Also, I'm offering whatever skills I have in designing for anyone who needs t shirt designs for camps or events. Call me - 016-2258073.

The Rejects

the Chosen

Chris' design that was chosen

and finally i merged our designs to get something like this

However, due to financial issues and the non availability of army green and brown shirts, the colour was changed to black with orange, and purple with pink, and the rising sun pattern also had to be removed. I'll try and get the finalized design soon. For now, I shall explain what everyone has been asking.

these words say "die.live". its actually the same word inverted so that it reads something else. i drew it myself and scanned it and then photoshopped it. so its copyrighted. lol. the concept is based on dying to self so that we may live.

Matthew 16:24 and 25 - Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone were to come after me, he must deny himself, take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it but whoever loses his life for me will gain it."

Dying to live? or living to DIE?

What happens on the Internet Nowadays

2007-11-27T21:34:00.000+08:00

I'm a bit bored so I shall Actually respond to this "tag business" going around

Rules And Regulations:

-do not copy answers
-the tag questions must be 100% the same
-tag people after doing tag

Sam Lim
Lee Yu Tjin
Tim Ong
Samantha Sito
Kwan Xue Bin (Kedric)
Rowena Hong
Ng Ming Yang (Aaron)
Colin Ray
Debbie Low
Diane Chew
Naeden
Hosanna
Victor Lee
Emily
Jhun Hoe
Teh Hon Yu
Lin Kah Heng
Janielle Beh
Mei Jean
Emmanuel

How do you know 14? [Emily]
Met her at the VBS.

What would you do if you had never met 1? [Sam Lim]
I would be a little less GAY.. XD
What would you do if 9 and 20 dated you? [Debbie Low and Emmanuel]
Deb is ok I guess… but Emmanuel?! Wattaheck man?!! lol

Would 6 and 17 make a good couple? [Rowena and Kah Heng]
Hmmmmm…. MAYBE

Do you think 8 is attractive? [Colin]
GOOD LORD!! Are you kidding me?!

Do you know anything about 12's family? [Hosanna]
blessed enough to move out of Malaysia into Abu Dhabi. Other than that I’ve known them for soooooooooo long. =D

Tell me something about 7? [Aaron]
More like a grandma to everyone than a friend. Ahahaha… no la he’s a great friend

What is 18's favorite pastime? [Janielle]
Being Blur! Ahahaha… hmmm.. text messaging, photography, reading…?

What language does 15 speak? [Jhun Hoe]
So far I’ve only heard English… *home schoolers…* hahaha.. don’t worry im a banana too..lol

Who is 19 going out with? [Mei Jean]
Apparently no one.. *wish it was me though* ahahahahaha…

How old is 16 now? [Hon Yu]
15.. though he acts like 80… lol

When was the last time you talked to 13? [Victor]
He called this morning

Who is 2's favorite singer? [Yu Tjin]
Angels and Airwaves –“….I’ll be your distraction!!!!!!!!!” (inside joke)

Would you date 4?[Sam Sito]
Hmmmm… maybe maybe

Would you date 17? [Kah Heng]
Im not GAY despite hanging out with Sam Lim ok?? lol

Is 15 single? [Jhun Hoe]
I guess so.. unless he has been secretive about that as well

What is 10's last name? [Diane]
I don’t know which is the last name. choose yourself. Diane Chew Ching Yi (I think that’s how to spell it… lol)

Would you ever consider being in a relationship with 11? [Naeden]
REPEAT! I am not GAY!! lol

Which school does 3 go to? [Tim Ong]
Same school as me. BU3- a government prison

Where does 6 live? [Rowena]
Taman Tun Dr. Ismail

What do you like about 5? [Kedric]
The fact that he talks about all sorts of stuff even though he knows people are not listening. Nowadays he’s hooked to thriller mystery and assassin novels. Lol

I tag-

Kedric (so he can ACTUALLY UPDATE HIS BLOG... lol)

Mei Jean

Hon Yu

Debbie Low

Sam Lim

'Naive' about my AGE

2007-11-26T01:38:00.000+08:00

Come and go now as you please
Your actions write the melodies
To those songs that we sing
And you just sing

And I finally found that life goes on without you
And my world still turns when you're not around

Is this the way you want it?
Is this the way it has to be?
Sitting here beside you
When my heart's lost in New Orleans
Dreams come clever
Hearts now severed
Deep inside forever
And I am lost there

And I finally found that life goes on without you
And my world still turns when you're not around
And I finally found that life goes on without you
And my world still turns when you're not around
And I finally found that all

Your actions write the melodies
To the songs that we sing
Your actions write the melodies
To the songs that we sing
And you just sing along out loud

Come and go now as you please
Your actions write the melodies
To those songs that we sing
And you just sing

And I finally found that life goes on without you
And the world still turns when you're not around
And I finally found that life goes on without you
And the world still turns when you're not around
And I finally found that all

Your actions write the melodies
To the songs that we sing
Your actions write the melodies
To the songs that we sing
And you just sing along out loud

Naive Orleans by Anberlin

Emo? I like it! I just can't seem to get enough of this song. Its so nice and emo but yet rocks! haha..

“I don’t believe you are fifteen!” words from a small little kid in USJ during the VBS, said to me and Sam.

“But we are!”

“You’re lying!”

I stare back at the over-populated-with-pimples face looking at me in deep thought, the eyes boring into mine, reading and understanding every thought. Of course, it’s my reflection.

‘If I look old now, what more when I’m older?’

‘…darn, the dyed hair doesn’t make it any better. In fact, makes it worse’

I go and glue my self to the worn out chair that sits in front of my computer. How I spend my days. And interesting conversations with friends I just met from the VBS spring up. Along with the ever-popular question-

“How old are you?”

“15”

“I thought you were 19!”

Reasons?

Emily and Mei Jean says: Coz u r so darn freaking tall!

I stand next to my dad, conversing. We move from cars, to computers, to my grandfather, to lunch. Then I realize,

“Why the heck am I looking down at you, dad?!!”

Dad says, “Oh crap.”

I think its time I stopped growing taller but instead bigger. Unless I decide to be a walking bamboo.

Joke

Sam: “… and some kids in USJ thought we were 20 plus..hahahah.. How old do you think I am if you didn’t know me?”

Nat: “erm…..”

Sam: “I mean if you didn’t know me? You think I can sneak in to the 18 movies?”

Nat: “NO. ZACK MAYBE CAN.”

Sam and Zack: “Dang……”

AGE is catching up with me too fast!
Enjoy this week people!
Live life, to the FULL!

USJ Vacation Bible School

2007-11-23T16:50:00.001+08:00

Me and Issac- Gameshow host and guest for "WHO WANTS TO BE A KING"

JAKUNAPEK

Jakunapek Soldier

Thru Sam's view

"FIRE"

Supposedly a bee

THE Elijah

And again

"Dress the butterfly" game

At Crafts

Eunice, "Make sure you aim properly!!"

Sam, "My HAIR still standing?"

Owen, "Oh no, i FEEL it coming!"

Jon, "If only it were full with pizzas"

Emily, "NO!! don't take me!"

Ma'am, doing her thing.

Ryan, doing his thing.

Sam trying too.

'PIZZA walls' by 'Hutcard'.

Ryan, "Are you gonna come to life or what?!"

Owen, "Please forgive me, Lord Elijah".

Hansler, "Oh no! It's Zack".

Hansler and Ashley Tan, emo pic. "Will we ever be together, Ashley?"

Eunice

Emily

Pamela and Mei Jean

Aunty Sally- Back to childhood?

Elijah, "you're not supposed to find me here!"

"YOU!"

Traffic police man, "Whatever".

Emily, Mei Jean and I-don't-remember-who, "Don't la! We're SWEATY!"

Michelle, Amelia and Eunice, "I hope our group wins".

Sam, "No la, my group will win!"

Eunice, "I'm not sure about MY group"

WRONG looking "firefly"

"I think I see something!"

"Come on children, don't be shy."

Eunice

Sam, "Still hungry la dei."

Marcus, "don't tell anyone about my girlfrie......."

Sam, "Thats my group!"

Emily, "I'm tired."

Bugger, I mean, Bugbert.

Mei Jean

Owen

Sam, "Awww, dang! I don't think there is enough for me!"

Amelia, "Yes!! We WON!"

Eunice - Second place face

Ludwig, "Hear me blow my trumpet, tra-la-la-la-laa!"

Well the VBS was quite a success! And even though us helpers were tired out, I think the children really enjoyed it. Its so NICE to see how in just three days, some children can have a complete change of attitude and heart. It was also a great opportunity to meet new friends both for the children and the helpers.

Zack VS Sam
Now I'm back to Adobe Photoshop-ing!

To Make It Better

2007-11-18T22:10:00.000+08:00

Most people talk about missing the windows of opportunities and how they should have been more alert and prepared. What people don’t usually talk about is the thing they SHOULD HAVE or SHOULDN’T HAVE done during those opportunities to make it better or more fun. Take exams for example. You didn’t fail the paper but somehow you feel as though you could have done better and not have made silly mistakes you shouldn’t have made.

Yesterday, I went out to Berjaya Timesquare with Janielle, Zoe, and Tammy. It was quite fun sitting at Borders, having lunch at a real posh place, and watching the Bee Movie. Haha, yes the Bee movie. I had the OPPORTUNITY to eat at Big Apple restaurant, the hotel restaurant because my mum and Sarah gave us tickets for a free Hi-tea buffet. Food was quite nice actually…

Relation of this to the topic?

I SHOULD HAVE EATEN MORE

Jan posing

Ice cream shot

Are we full yet?

Zoe and the prison in the background. She says it still operates.

The music entertainers at the restaurant. See the white hand? that dude "sexually harassed" the woman. dang..XD

Today, a few of the Expedition Rangers had BAKING class with Cmdr. Darren for the Advanced Backpacking merit. We had to make our own ‘oven’ with a box, aluminium foil, and wires. A very fun experience except - We were supposed to bake MUFFINS.

Relation of this to the topic?

I SHOULDN’T HAVE EATEN THE “MUFFINS”

Have a great week people!

Muffin pics will be comin soon!

FOOD Awakening

2007-11-13T13:10:00.000+08:00

I twitch and turn, trying my utmost best to return to slumberland. Sleep did not come. My heavy eyelids fluttered, adjusting, in the cold darkness that surrounded me. At first, the darkness was like an abyss around me, like a place out of time and memory, all forgotten. Part of me was still trapped in the “dream zone”. Flashbacks of my dreams occurred in the back of my mind. Then when I came to myself, I realized it wasn’t so dark anymore. “Of course, I was in my room”. The room seemed to have an illuminated floor. It wasn’t morning, I knew that. My thoughts were confirmed by the clock on my table. Instinctively I approached my room door and realized, “someone must have left a light on”. When I opened the door, an aroma so sweet and wonderful pierced my nostrils, which had grown to used to the unpleasant smell of ‘growing boys’ its seems, in my room. I recognized it straight away, and I came to a conclusion-

My mum was baking BROWNIES

However, being the good boy I am, I did not succumb to the temptation of stilling my hunger pangs. Instead I returned to bed with the thought “I’ll be having brownies for breakfast tomorrow!” I awoke only to find that the beautiful aroma is missing. Without wasting anytime I raced downstairs into ‘Food haven’.

“DANG IT!! Those brownies were for Hannah’s class party!!”

The Final Battle- Anakin VS Obi Wan-From Yesterday

2007-11-12T16:42:00.001+08:00

Another movie i made to pass the time . XD enjoy!

Anakin Skywalker - What I've Done

2007-11-06T16:18:00.001+08:00

A music-video i MADE based on anakin's life.

random work of art

2007-11-05T17:36:00.000+08:00

Legacy - What will you leave me behind?

2007-10-31T01:10:00.001+08:00

Under the shade of the old oak tree in the park, a man, with a face older than his age, thinning hair obviously dyed, wearing a uniform signifying he worked in the bank, sat alone thinking. His right sleeve was smudged with ink showing that he was most probably of high ranking in the bank, and the way he wore his outfit showed he had served a few years in the army. Shirt tugged in neatly, first button buttoned even though there was no tie, shoes shinned so well you could see your reflection, and his crew-cut hairstyle. He was however, not BEHAVING as smart as his outfit presented him.

His back was hunched, his face longer and even more old looking than it already was, his eyes, were blood red and sore from crying. Occasionally his hands would go to his face to wipe off any tear trickling on his face.

“Oh God… What have I done..” his quiet heart whispered. His face hid in the comforts of his hands once more. Unintentionally, his thoughts slipped out of his mouth. Hoping no one had heard him, his thoughts turned back to his current situation. Then he thought about his dead father. He was a great man, and he loved his family very much. Under all the circumstances of the on going war at that time, he tried his best to give his one and only child a better life. And he DID. The family became extremely wealthy after winning a case over a few pieces of land belonging to his grandfather. His father however was killed during the Vietnam war. He died a hero saving many at the cost of his own life. He left behind more than just money and property. He left a LEGACY.

Every time he thought about his father, he remembered a hero. Then he looked back at his own screwed up life. He was on the verge of a divorce, trying to raise up his kids in a busy city like New York, he was losing a few of his properties to a man he never even met, he owed sums of money he couldn’t repay, and he had gambling debts. His life, as he knew it, was falling apart. Then he thought of his father and the legacy he left behind. What was he going to leave behind? How would his children remember him? All pastors, priests, and monks say “he was a good man” at the funeral. But was he really?

“Get up! Get up you lazy ass! Get up and do something about it!!” he said to himself. This time he didn’t care if anyone heard what he had said. It was time for something new to begin in his life. LEGACY.

Sad story of a fathers legacy.

Luke Filewalker?

2007-10-26T17:49:00.000+08:00

Thats my new Anti-Virus at work.

ALL SYSTEMS BACK ONLINE

2007-10-23T01:00:00.000+08:00

Two days ago, my computer actually BLEW UP. There was a major thunderstorm, and when I tried to turn on my comp after the rain, SMOKE came out of the back. SMOKE. Man, I thought it was going to explode like a bomb! And guess what? Result of that ‘minor explosion’, I had to spend 665 bucks on repairs. All this was a result of ONE lightning strike?

Through all the hassle of reformatting, reinstalling and so on, I learned two things. ONE is that DIGITAL MALL is sooooo expensive compared to Low-Yat (I think that’s how you spell it…). And two, is that the things built by man, will never overcome the forces of nature. ONE simple thunder strike and *POOF* there goes 665 bucks, loads of important data, programs and a lot of set backs in work documents!

It kind of makes me wonder how I, a puny little spec of dust on the face of the earth, could be easily overcomed by the forces of nature. OR, the forces of nature choreographed by GOD himself. Is what depicted in ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ real? Or will the end be worse? God himself said in the book of Revelations that he would end the world in FIRE. But that’s, not really the important question now is it? The MORE important question is where you end up after the end. Where will your eternal soul go?

When a computer gets hit by lightning, there are only two things you can do about it. Get it fixed and continue to use it, or leave it in a corner and let it rot and rust. Likewise, when we as humans are destroyed in the end, our eternal souls will have only two directions, to be rejoined with God and enjoy the pleasures of heaven, or to rot in HELL. Heaven and Hell ARE REAL whether we choose to believe it or not. The title of this post is ‘all systems back online’. Is your eternal and everlasting soul ‘back online’? Or will you let it ‘rot and rust’?

Our decision today, will decide where we end up in the future.

Waiting for something?

2007-10-18T20:52:00.001+08:00

I was having a slightly heated conversation with my mum today concerning the different ministries in our church, when I noticed how all this time we have just been WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO MIRACULOUSLY HAPPEN. Its odd isn't it, how people can notice something wrong and not do anything bout it?

She was saying how some people in the Rangers always land up with all the work and how it can be really taxing at times. Then she suggested "I think if we pull out, the church will notice the loss of workers and get the others to do something". Isn't this hoping for something to happen? I mean just because we're a church it doesn't mean we're so holy and in-human that we don't fail and make mistakes. What if you do pull back but the church is stubborn and refuses to see its mistakes of picking on people to do work but instead sees you as rebelling?

Shall we just keep quiet and hope for a miracle to happen? Are we not a church united as one body? If so we must wake up those sleeping body parts to actually start doing something useful! The church would not realize the faults if it is not brought up. For example, if I don't tell my brother his pants are UNZIPPED, would he know? If I decide its unkind to tell him and he starts walking around the world to God knows where, wouldn't he be laughed at and criticized? Then I would get remarks such as "Zack, your brother walked half way round the world with his pants UNZIPPED!!!". If I didn't know his pants were unzipped I would laugh my head off, but the thing is, I DID know. I just didn't tell him.

IF THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG, DON'T BE QUIET! You can't always expect something to happen that would solve the problem. YOU must do something.

Believe Me - Batman Begins

2007-10-17T18:39:00.001+08:00

I ain't got no money

2007-10-16T21:02:00.000+08:00

i supposed u all would wanna know why im using this phrase right? well, as you all know, i went to conquer the tallest mountain in Malaysia, Mount Kinabalu, last Thursday. the five day trip with Cmdrs Terence, Debbie, Bryan Eric, Jeff Yong,and the four monkeys Sam, Wee Yen, Kedric and myself was spectacular (minus the massive amounts of muscle sores). besides the 2 day long climb up Mount Kinabalu, i also went snokerling and had some fun in KK city.

kedric "Apek"

"ked, u smell something?"

now, for some reason, kedric kept on singing the part of the song by Timbaland, "I ain't got no money...". i dunno why but we found it quite funny to repeat the line over and over again. haha

one of many views

sam caught in action

"Agung"

after reaching the end of our climb, we set out for Poring Hot Springs and relaxed our muscles there. other than that, we prank called some ppl tat night as on the very same night the selangor 1 silver jubilee dinner was going on.. haha.. we laughed our heads off.. then there was an old man who juz wouldnt stop talking to us about sabah.. (well we did learn a few things from him... oh and btw the we from now on is only me, wee yen and ked.. we were supposed to be asleep but we werent.. hehe) then we saw this HUGE grass hopper and we all freaked out.. especially me..haha..

peak view of the sunrise

they actually had a telephone booth all the way up there

THE BUG!!!

SNOKERLING. well it was quite an interesting experience as it was the first time i did it.. but the sea wasnt that great.. especially the sea life.. most of it was dead.. all in all still a great time..

well in conclusion, i must say i enjoyed my trip to KK very very much.. thanks to all those who made it possible and who encouraged me to go on when i felt like giving up.. =D

some water front sunset pics

"keep ur hands off my girl.."
(i'll explain this phrase some other time.. hehe)

lightsaber movie

2007-10-10T22:54:00.000+08:00

my lame video

2007-10-10T18:34:00.000+08:00

my video!! stupid file converter cut it to only one quarter so thats all u guys get to see..
its my first lightsaber movie so forgive the mistakes... cant believe i worked hours juz for a 4 second video!!!! ahaha.. well im off to KINABALU tmrw.. see u peeps later..

3 months of enjoyment

2007-10-08T11:30:00.000+08:00

hey peeps! yes now that im soooooooo free and bored i shall actually start to blog... ive been asked so many times by others "why dont you blog?". the answer, "i've got no time".. is it true? or was i juz plain LAZY? haha.. anyways for those of you who know chris tan, you shud see his latest post at www.regnarlayor.blogspot.com.. really cool video..(yes chris im advertising for you) i will be working on mine and hopefully my next post will be a video too.. XD
till the have a nice day!