Ohayo....
Just freshened up. Am hogging the lappy. Heheh.... Okay, so yesterday I forgot to post so I'm making up for it today. We didn't do much, really. We sent my bro and mum to the Peninsula Reneissance, because the Spell It Right crew had already given them accommodation. & their room is a suite! & their bathtub is like the ones I see on House Paradise! GRRR>.... We ate Nando's. (krikkk krikk)
Today, first thing on the agenda is to go and watch the Spell It Right finals. I don't know where it actually is, really, so I'll just go with the flow. The camera's not with me either. It's with my bro. So, you'll get to see behind the scene pictures!! I'll post after the whole thing's blown over. Bye bye~
.:MIMI TACHIKAWA:.
~Ajisai HaNa~
Friday, October 18, 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013
KL Trip Update: Am so LAZY
We arrived at my uncle's place somewhat early, because we departed from my grandparents' house, in a state right close to where I am now. I kinda woke up early today, but doesn't matter. Sorry, just too lazy and too tired to update. Maybe pizza and popcorn will help? Hope so. Besides, nothing's happened. I'll update this eve probably. Depending on the agenda. Okay. Bye bye.
Lazy bum,
.:MIMI TACHIKAWA:.
~Ajisai HaNa~
Lazy bum,
.:MIMI TACHIKAWA:.
~Ajisai HaNa~
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Hooray for Updates! Part 1: WSC
Yo! Konbanwa, minna-san!
I'm back from MJSC and trust me, I'm so glad I'm out of that place. I'm at home, Facebooking, but I can't text, because my phone's dead. Anyway, back to the point.
I'm going to go on a trip to KL! Woohoo! Despite the many social, traffic and environmental problems there, I absolutely love it there! Why? It's because of the scene, really. I love seeing so many beautiful skyscrapers, just the fact that I get so scared if the skyscrapers were to topple on top of me or something... We're going there because of the Spell it Right finals. My bro is representative for Terengganu again! I'm happy for him, but seriously, what would make me even happier is when I'd entered and at least went to the semi finals with a never ending spelling battle with him, but sad to say, I didn't even register for this year's Spell It Right.... T^T It's not that I don't want to, (since do I not want to enter the spelling competition that changed my whole life entirely?) it's just the dates clashed with my debating championships, which is in KL.
First agenda: WSC. It stands for World Scholar's Cup, and I was one of the lucky first years to participate and represent KOPU. There were six of us: me, Syahmi Danial (SyD), Syafiqah Athirah, Aisyah Awanis, Dar and Hanif Hakimi (Kimi). I was team 105, along with SyD and Awanis, but SyD claims himself as team leader, just because the ribbons that held our qualification slips weren't uniform. His was orange, while mine and Awanis's were yellow. But he made a good leader, so I'm glad I didn't protest wholly. This championship was 6 months ago, but I'll still tell you, because it's been so long since I've seen my blogs.
Okay, first venue: The Australian International School. I met up with SyD by the front entrance, and judging by the school's achievements display by the office, the school's got awesome debaters. Mum's not those kind of people who can wait through a contest that she cannot watch, so she told me she's going shopping and she'll contact me when she's done. So begins the epic battle of debate. We had to sit in teams, and we sandwiched SyD in between. Hehe.
First on our agenda was Collaborative Writing. The thing was held in the basketball court, and that place is huge! I could tell from the banners that their last match was Emus vs Kiwis (laughs out on Kimi, hehe). We had to discuss in teams about who is going write about what. My motion was 'THBT radio stations should play local music'. Just let me say I'm not good at it. I kept looking to my side and saw Awanis was really into her essay. Okay... After I finished my essay, I tried to ease the pressure off me by drawing some alpacas at the back of the paper (they had scribble sheets on the paper specifically for drawing alpacas. I was merely following orders).
After that part blew over, the next on the schedule was the Scholar's Challenge. It's kind of like an exam, just the fact that it's much, much harder than your average exam. You have 2 hours to answer 450 questions. Divide that by six, you get 75 questions per topic. My strongest topic? Writing and Literature. Really, if you look at it, we are strong at what module we own before the start of the championship. SyD got Art, and Awanis was head on Globalisation. It took me 2 hours and 10 minutes to finish everything, because I got stuck at the topic I hate the most, Globalisation.
LUNCH BREAK! We went to the canteen and it was like the British canteens Mum and Dad always told me about back when they were still studying in Twickenham. Absolutely stunning. Back at MJSC, we had iced water and chicken rice for lunch; in AIS, you know what we had? Arabian rice, spaghetti, smoothies!!! They're filthy rich! It was like having lunch back at home, where Mum and Dad would cook those stuff for me and my siblings. The senpais ate with each other, while us first years were stuck with ourselves. Knowing Kimi, he ate a lot and speed. Hey, he's my homeroom kaichou, practically my 'onnichan', of course I know. But it was just for a while, because we had debates right after lunch.
The debates were at the academic block, and boy, was the view amazing! It was a four story building with a swimming pool right in the middle. We were absolutely jealous. There was even a lift! My hostel is four floors high and we have to use stairs, darn it. Meaning to say, rich students are rich but lazy. Awanis and SyD begged me to go with them on the lift, but I told them it's restricted to outsiders, and if it weren't, we'd use it for the last minute. But they were being very pushy, so I had to go ask the authorities. She asked me where our debate was. It was 2 floors up, so of course she wouldn't let us go on the lift. Both of them were cursing her as we went up the stairs, but I told them we'd get to use the lift one way or another.
First debate: us vs a two-person team from Garden International. They looked much older than we were, but it turned out one of them was our age! That kid was Corrine. Her other team member was Aseev, the team captain. They told us their other team member was somewhat lost, and we were all 'Okay, take your time...' None of us had any debating experiences before, so this match is kind of fair. Their points were very holey, and they didn't even make eye contact with the judge! But still, they won. Okay then... Corinne pulled me into a hug but I shivered when I had to shake with Aseev. We went out being so disappointed.
Next debate! Form 5 from MRSM, but I forgot which MRSM. And again, they won. Nothing much to say here. We were so blue, but we had to toughen our spirits: we will go to Dubai, no matter what! Last debate: Form 3 and 4 from MRSM Balik Pulau. I had a migraine in the middle of the PM's speech, and I fell asleep, but SyD helped wake me up. He gave me some water to clear the fuzz in my mind. Migraine of not, Asuna said I spoke really well. Our team won this one! Woohoo! SyD said he was tired, so he suggested the lift. Awanis, being the law abiding citizen, suggested the stairs. I went with his SyD's idea. Once the lift's doors close, we were cheering in the lift because we won the last one.
NEW DAY>>>>>>>
Next day. Venue: Taylor's University College. Being a college, I'm not surprised at the size and beauty. I was the first among the whole 6 teams from MJSC to arrive, so I spent time with my mum. After the teams arrived, my mum said she's going shopping at Sunway Pyramid, so she'll meet me up in the evening. I went to Starbucks with the senpais, because my team hasn't arrived yet. The only first years that came early were Kimi and Dar. Dar went to hang out with her team members, so I stayed with Kiwi. It was nice really, talking to him and all. Then Zack, the spokesperson for WSC called us into the hall. It was the most exciting part of the whole championship: SCHOLAR'S BOWL!!!!
My memories of WSC were entirely tied to the Scholar's Bowl. We're all gathered in the hall and they gave us clickers so that we'll be able to answer the questions upfront. My team was breezing through the first 3 topics and before we knew it, it was lunch time. I had to admit, the food wasn't as awesome as the food back at AIS, but it'll have to do.We had a little picnic lunch by the lake with everyone from MJSC who came along with us, and we had a little picture shoot. But there was still 30 minutes left. So my team went to 7 Eleven, SyD treated me tuna sandwiches and Wanis some coffee I think. Then we stopped by Starbucks... Hehe. It turned out we were the latest to enter the hall. Ouch. We finished everything with a little 'it's your fault' here and there, but we reached the bonus level. Last question? 1000 points, and we missed it!!!
But when they announced the wildcard winners who get to qualify to Dubai, Team 105 made it! We screamed at the top of our lungs, because we were the first among 6 KOPU teams to be announced as wildcard winners to Dubai. WoohOO!
Till next time,
~MIMI TACHIKAWA~
I'm back from MJSC and trust me, I'm so glad I'm out of that place. I'm at home, Facebooking, but I can't text, because my phone's dead. Anyway, back to the point.
I'm going to go on a trip to KL! Woohoo! Despite the many social, traffic and environmental problems there, I absolutely love it there! Why? It's because of the scene, really. I love seeing so many beautiful skyscrapers, just the fact that I get so scared if the skyscrapers were to topple on top of me or something... We're going there because of the Spell it Right finals. My bro is representative for Terengganu again! I'm happy for him, but seriously, what would make me even happier is when I'd entered and at least went to the semi finals with a never ending spelling battle with him, but sad to say, I didn't even register for this year's Spell It Right.... T^T It's not that I don't want to, (since do I not want to enter the spelling competition that changed my whole life entirely?) it's just the dates clashed with my debating championships, which is in KL.
First agenda: WSC. It stands for World Scholar's Cup, and I was one of the lucky first years to participate and represent KOPU. There were six of us: me, Syahmi Danial (SyD), Syafiqah Athirah, Aisyah Awanis, Dar and Hanif Hakimi (Kimi). I was team 105, along with SyD and Awanis, but SyD claims himself as team leader, just because the ribbons that held our qualification slips weren't uniform. His was orange, while mine and Awanis's were yellow. But he made a good leader, so I'm glad I didn't protest wholly. This championship was 6 months ago, but I'll still tell you, because it's been so long since I've seen my blogs.
Okay, first venue: The Australian International School. I met up with SyD by the front entrance, and judging by the school's achievements display by the office, the school's got awesome debaters. Mum's not those kind of people who can wait through a contest that she cannot watch, so she told me she's going shopping and she'll contact me when she's done. So begins the epic battle of debate. We had to sit in teams, and we sandwiched SyD in between. Hehe.
First on our agenda was Collaborative Writing. The thing was held in the basketball court, and that place is huge! I could tell from the banners that their last match was Emus vs Kiwis (laughs out on Kimi, hehe). We had to discuss in teams about who is going write about what. My motion was 'THBT radio stations should play local music'. Just let me say I'm not good at it. I kept looking to my side and saw Awanis was really into her essay. Okay... After I finished my essay, I tried to ease the pressure off me by drawing some alpacas at the back of the paper (they had scribble sheets on the paper specifically for drawing alpacas. I was merely following orders).
After that part blew over, the next on the schedule was the Scholar's Challenge. It's kind of like an exam, just the fact that it's much, much harder than your average exam. You have 2 hours to answer 450 questions. Divide that by six, you get 75 questions per topic. My strongest topic? Writing and Literature. Really, if you look at it, we are strong at what module we own before the start of the championship. SyD got Art, and Awanis was head on Globalisation. It took me 2 hours and 10 minutes to finish everything, because I got stuck at the topic I hate the most, Globalisation.
LUNCH BREAK! We went to the canteen and it was like the British canteens Mum and Dad always told me about back when they were still studying in Twickenham. Absolutely stunning. Back at MJSC, we had iced water and chicken rice for lunch; in AIS, you know what we had? Arabian rice, spaghetti, smoothies!!! They're filthy rich! It was like having lunch back at home, where Mum and Dad would cook those stuff for me and my siblings. The senpais ate with each other, while us first years were stuck with ourselves. Knowing Kimi, he ate a lot and speed. Hey, he's my homeroom kaichou, practically my 'onnichan', of course I know. But it was just for a while, because we had debates right after lunch.
The debates were at the academic block, and boy, was the view amazing! It was a four story building with a swimming pool right in the middle. We were absolutely jealous. There was even a lift! My hostel is four floors high and we have to use stairs, darn it. Meaning to say, rich students are rich but lazy. Awanis and SyD begged me to go with them on the lift, but I told them it's restricted to outsiders, and if it weren't, we'd use it for the last minute. But they were being very pushy, so I had to go ask the authorities. She asked me where our debate was. It was 2 floors up, so of course she wouldn't let us go on the lift. Both of them were cursing her as we went up the stairs, but I told them we'd get to use the lift one way or another.
First debate: us vs a two-person team from Garden International. They looked much older than we were, but it turned out one of them was our age! That kid was Corrine. Her other team member was Aseev, the team captain. They told us their other team member was somewhat lost, and we were all 'Okay, take your time...' None of us had any debating experiences before, so this match is kind of fair. Their points were very holey, and they didn't even make eye contact with the judge! But still, they won. Okay then... Corinne pulled me into a hug but I shivered when I had to shake with Aseev. We went out being so disappointed.
Next debate! Form 5 from MRSM, but I forgot which MRSM. And again, they won. Nothing much to say here. We were so blue, but we had to toughen our spirits: we will go to Dubai, no matter what! Last debate: Form 3 and 4 from MRSM Balik Pulau. I had a migraine in the middle of the PM's speech, and I fell asleep, but SyD helped wake me up. He gave me some water to clear the fuzz in my mind. Migraine of not, Asuna said I spoke really well. Our team won this one! Woohoo! SyD said he was tired, so he suggested the lift. Awanis, being the law abiding citizen, suggested the stairs. I went with his SyD's idea. Once the lift's doors close, we were cheering in the lift because we won the last one.
NEW DAY>>>>>>>
Next day. Venue: Taylor's University College. Being a college, I'm not surprised at the size and beauty. I was the first among the whole 6 teams from MJSC to arrive, so I spent time with my mum. After the teams arrived, my mum said she's going shopping at Sunway Pyramid, so she'll meet me up in the evening. I went to Starbucks with the senpais, because my team hasn't arrived yet. The only first years that came early were Kimi and Dar. Dar went to hang out with her team members, so I stayed with Kiwi. It was nice really, talking to him and all. Then Zack, the spokesperson for WSC called us into the hall. It was the most exciting part of the whole championship: SCHOLAR'S BOWL!!!!
My memories of WSC were entirely tied to the Scholar's Bowl. We're all gathered in the hall and they gave us clickers so that we'll be able to answer the questions upfront. My team was breezing through the first 3 topics and before we knew it, it was lunch time. I had to admit, the food wasn't as awesome as the food back at AIS, but it'll have to do.We had a little picnic lunch by the lake with everyone from MJSC who came along with us, and we had a little picture shoot. But there was still 30 minutes left. So my team went to 7 Eleven, SyD treated me tuna sandwiches and Wanis some coffee I think. Then we stopped by Starbucks... Hehe. It turned out we were the latest to enter the hall. Ouch. We finished everything with a little 'it's your fault' here and there, but we reached the bonus level. Last question? 1000 points, and we missed it!!!
But when they announced the wildcard winners who get to qualify to Dubai, Team 105 made it! We screamed at the top of our lungs, because we were the first among 6 KOPU teams to be announced as wildcard winners to Dubai. WoohOO!
Till next time,
~MIMI TACHIKAWA~
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