Recap Of Year 2009

The year 2009 has been a fateful year where I had the most fun of all years in school. All the wonderful stuff that happened and also the the life changing ones. This is as far as I can remember.....

Jan-- Started school be answering Jojo's call for help in SPBT and met all the awesome SPBT gang. This is also how I started to join SPBT Club and being involved actively in SPBT work.

Feb-- Started to sosialise with people and made friends. Wasn't such a bad month as far as I can recall.

March-- The starting of a very much busy year. Koko registration. Lots of meeting. Held 3 posts. Life is still good then. Found a person to poke, Jesslyn. CF camp was wonderful. Worked at the MPH warehouse sale at the Mayang Plaza. Got annoyed by DURIAN, starting of an awful experience with the irritating DURIAN.

April-- Regularly stayed back for PBSM meetings. Poor me and KK always get it from our ahem* president.. =) DURIAN annoys me further, finally asked the all so friendly Jesslyn to be my girl friend for one week to GET RID of THE ahem* ahem* DURIAN. Stayed back almost everyday. Afternoon recess meeting doing well... PBSM camp was early this month, am camp comm.

MAY-- Doom month of mid-year... Exams and holidays... A lot to plan.... Marching during holidays...

JUNE-- Marching continues... Hong wei and Han xiang caught my attention most, mostly Hong wei who simply cannot march in front of girls... hehe... Continued normal routine.

JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER-- Life continues normally... The frequent staying back allowed me to meet the form 1 probates while they're preparing for their installation. This is followed by an awful incident that I had previously posted. I was neglected and stabbed in the back by people that I never would expect (but I do forgive you, don't expect me to do well with you though) I do thank those friends who supported me in this dark time.. This incident or event led to a change that I hope it never happened, I became easily angered and care much about what people say (though they sometimes do it for fun unknowingly offended me) I'm really sorry if I'd ever yell in your face. But life goes on... I had to make most out of it...

Ohh.. I met Phei Fern sometime in July I guess... I joined the Chinese society's 'party' which I ended up doing PA there, wonderful time indeed. Joined the Leo installation with May Kwan. But it is my most regret to have fallen sick and missed these events- National Bible Knowledge Quiz, Interact installation, PBSM BOD bbq party( all on the same day) and Kem Muafakat. Since I can't make it for camp because my mum is afraid I might fall sick again, I went to the Librarian Trip which was an awesome experience we had soooo much fun. Things back slided a bit though after that...

And then doom for the form 3's PMR started... Did some silly things at that time.

Oct-- Exams... I totally cramped last minute for the final year exam... Those that are not satisfactory went up, the good ones went down... GRRR... Moral remained the same.. Things got better a bid.. I guess... Finally decided to revive the pool in front of the hall and was officially called the SPBT garden. Did much gardening and fishes from my house were brought there. Beautiful plants were planted.. The teachers did a very great job!!

Nov-- Still busy with the pond... Had a very busy time.. especially with the recollection of SPBT books, giving of form 5 SPBT books and dodge ball competition.. Joined the form 3s occasionally.. Left for Kem Kepimpinan... It was unique in its own way... Then it was pretty much of slumbering at home..

Dec-- Perhaps the most interesting month of holidays... Went to Pulau Langkawi to meet up with my cousins there.. Not the ideal exploring trip that my father and I will take but its pretty much okay... The after that I have visiting relatives from Hong Kong. It's great to see the aunties and uncle again.. Then it's just slumbering again~ And took of my braces so I'll have to wear retainers from now on... And ya.... I'm posting about the entire year.

Some family events are not included, CNY and cousin's graduation.*
Some school events have also been left out, Hari Kecemerlangan Akademik, Sports day, Teacher's day and Hari Koko. And of course Merdeka Celebration.

**I will never forget the wonderful times I had with you. Your laughter and kindness will always be in my heart and mind. The good times are unforgettable.... And to wrap it up, I still like you~



******************Finished at 11.59pm 31-12-2009***************

The Last Day

Ohhh.... The last day of 2009.... How sad it is to leave this wonderful year behind.. Next year will indeed be full of change.. Teachers are changing, school's administration is also changing I certainly hope that my friends will not change nor my luck so far.

What else can I say, I have to perpare myself for something I've neve liked, to prepare for the unexpected.

A toast to 2009!!!

What An Experience

Offft.... What an experience I must say... On this very day, on much unwillingness, I visited the place I had to go once every month.. The dental clinic.

Today mark a milestone in my life, today is the day that my braces are coming off.. Hehe... Nice ehh..? After 2 whole years of wearing that metal thing that fortifies my teeth, its coming off today. However the process is not a pleasant one.

The dentist took something that looks like a pliers and start to twist every bracket she had put up long time ago. It felt as if she is actually plucking my teeth out. Then she changed to another 'pliers' and started scrapping what left of the cement off.. I keep having the fear that all this will actually make my teeth drop off.

Then she started scaling my teeth, exchanged to the polisher, and then to the pliers like scraper and scaling again. This process of taking off the cement actually took around one whole hour. And for one whole hour I have to cope with the fear that my teeth will drop off. How scary...

This is one experience that I will not want to go through again... And for those still wearing braces, your turn will come.. EHEHEHEH~

Navy Show Case 2

Next on the list is the destroyers. Destroyers are fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger ships in a fleet. Destroyers usually plays the role of anti-submarine and guided missile launcher.

Below is a US destroyer with a classic 20th century US design, USS Winston Churchill.

Cruisers are vessels that are larger than the destroyers but smaller than battleships. Cruiser was a navy's long-range "force projection" weapon, while the larger ships stayed nearer to home.
They fire long range missiles and anti-air as well as anti-ship. Cruisers in WWII are very much like Battleships just that they have different roles and sizes.(Note* Cruisers have higher towers and are longer than destroyers)

There are only 3 countries operating cruisers now, the US, Russia and France.
This is a US guided missile cruiser, the USS Port Royal.

A US cruiser firing a tomahawk missile.

Battleships are the largest surface combatant in the navy. However due to their slow movement and large size, they are decommissioned on reserve, thus making the cruisers the largest surface combatants. IN history, there's only one when they were recommissioned, during the Cold War.
Some of them served as museums because they have historic value. Such as USS Missouri.
After modernisation, the carry anti-air, guided cruise missiles and retained their gigantic cannons. In war, they usually provide off-shore bombardment and target elimination by missiles.

The good old fateful USS Missouri. She is widely known for her contribution during WWII and the Cold War. But the most historic value of this ship is that the Japanese leaders surrendered on the deck of USS Missouri during WWII thus ending the war.

The firepower of USS Iowa.

Next are the amphibious assault ships. They have a flight deck that main supports helicopters and VTOL's. They also have assault carriers that can be employed to assist ground troops. They have a 'well deck' that can be lower for assault ships to be deployed. (Note* Amphibious assault ships are different than aircraft carriers, they have very different designs and different roles too)

Here are the six amphibious assault ships of the US Navy.

US amphibious assault ship the USS Bataan.

An Air Cushioned Landing Craft entering a Amphibious Assault Ship.

Finally, we have the biggest ship in the entire fleet, the lead ship in any expeditionary force, the aircraft carrier. There are different kind of carriers, some are VTOL's carriers some are helicopters and most of them are aircraft carriers. Basically, the aircraft carrier is the most important and the most feared ship in the entire fleet. This is because of their devastating air attack capability. They have squadrons of fighter jets on board, 4000+ personnel, air-attack(most important, because at high risk of air attack), and of course an entire armada as it's strike force.

The world's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier the USS Enterprise with a French aircraft carrier.(Note* US aircraft carriers are all supercarriers, so they are generally bigger than other aircraft carriers from other countries)

USS Nimitz, a 'new' supercarrier to the US Navy.

A Japanese helicopter carrier.

A Royal Navy SVTOL aircraft carrier.

Navy Show Case

In conjunction with LIMA that was officially launched today, I have decided to show you all about type of ships in the navy. This will also be my first post with pictures after such a long time.

The RMN( Royal Malaysian Navy) and other countries navy usually have offshore patrol boats as the smallest vessels in their fleet. It is usually not heavily armed, but is armed with machine guns and a small cannon at the bow. It sometimes also has a landing deck at the stern. This is a German boat that has similar design of a RMN patrol boat. And a US Coast Guard patrol boat.

And the US Navy's USS Firebolt

Next we'll have corvettes. They are vessels that are bigger than patrol boats ( 500 tons ) but smaller than frigates ( 2000+ tons ). It's main purpose is to safeguard the country's waters from pirates or unwanted visitors. It's armed with a small cannon at the bow, missles and anti-aircraft. Some even have sea to surface missles. It also has a landing deck at the stern. THe following is a Singaporean corvette the RSS Vengeance.

And this is the RMN's Laksamana class corvette KD LAksamana Tun Amin.

And finally the biggest surface ship in the RMN fleet and perhaps the smallest in the US Navy, the frigate. A typical frigate's job is to protect the country's waters by providing reasonable firepower. A frigate is usually armed with a cannon in the bow, anti-aircaft missles and cannons and also sea to surface missles. It also has a landing deck at the stern. THe following is a older version frigate of RMN, Kasturi class frigate from RMN. One from the Republic of Singapore Navy and one from the US navy. (respectively)

RMN's KD Hang Tuah,

The newer Kasturi class frigate, KD Kasturi

(Didn't put the newer Lekiu class frigates because the photos are not that pretty)

The Republic of Singapore Navy's RSS Intrepid

The US Navy's USS Brooke