Put a banana in your ear.

ivan fed the world.

HAHA BIO PEOPLE. PWNED. :X

Finally the exams are over, period of frantic mugging is over, even though I still do not understand why I studied so hard for 15%. I just realized I probably worked harder than anything I have worked for other than EOYs last year, and all for just a measly 15%. Screw you peer pressure.

Now it's time to move on to a period of frantic GAMING, and frantic PW-ing T_T
Things do not look good currently, so must ensure that we bring everything back to up to speed, and make sure at least we have something to show to Naidu. Too much red tape, too many obstacles blocking our way, but all we have to do is "curve around the obstacle" - like in Wanted.

Watched Wanted with the class after exams, and it's seriously quite cool. Okay, probably the gore is quite unexpected, there might have been a tad bit too much swearing, but you have to admit that the movie effects are good, because they were cool and didn't make me giddy like in Jumper, and Angelina Jolie is hot. That ass scene and the kissing scene just makes it all worthwhile. LOL still remember Nick Yun saying "I want..." out loud in the theatre while they were kissing, causing everyone to laugh. Then he said "Shihua..." and I was like O_o.

Curving bullets and hot bods aside, there's no time to waste. It's time to spend some quality gaming time with non-stop DOTA and MMO gaming :)

Once again, have fun bio kids. It's just one more day now, don't cry...

ivan fed the world.

Spontaneous Idealist (SI)

Spontaneous Idealists are creative, lively and open-minded persons. They are humorous and dispose of a contagious zest for life. Their enthusiasm and sparkling energy inspires others and sweeps them along. They enjoy being together with other people and often have an uncanny intuition for their motivations and potential. Spontaneous Idealists are masters of communication and very amusing and gifted entertainers. Fun and variety are guaranteed when they are around. However, they are sometimes somewhat too impulsive in dealing with others and can hurt people without really meaning to do so, due to their direct and sometimes critical nature.

This personality type is a keen and alert observer; they miss nothing which is going on around them. In extreme cases, they tend to be oversensitive and exaggeratedly alert and are inwardly always ready to jump. Life for them is an exciting drama full of emotionality. However, they quickly become bored when things repeat themselves and too much detailed work and care is required. Their creativity, their imaginativeness and their originality become most noticeable when developing new projects and ideas - they then leave the meticulous implementation of the whole to others. On the whole, Spontaneous Idealists attach great value to their inner and outward independence and do not like accepting a subordinate role. They therefore have problems with hierarchies and authorities.

If you have a Spontaneous Idealist as your friend, you will never be bored; with them, you can enjoy life to the full and celebrate the best parties. At the same time, they are warm, sensitive, attentive and always willing to help. If Spontaneous Idealists have just fallen in love, the sky is full of violins and their new partners are showered with attention and affection. This type then bubbles over with charm, tenderness and imagination. But, unfortunately, it soon becomes boring for them once the novelty has worn off. Boring everyday life in a partnership is not for them so that many Spontaneous Idealists slip from one affair into another. However, should the partner manage to keep their curiosity alive and not let routine and familiarity gain the upper hand, Spontaneous Idealists can be inspiring and loving partners.

If four questions could tell what my personality is like, life would be so so simple. Some parts just make me go "yea right." XD

ivan fed the world.

...was what ODAC24 climbed as a batch for the whole of last week, or technically speaking, from Wednesday to Saturday for the ascent and then the descent of the beautiful mountain called Gunung Yong Yap - 4th highest mountain in Peninsula Malaysia. Incidentally, this is also my first real mountain climbing experience.

But don't be fooled. All of you might be saying, "Chey, I climbed Mount Kinabalu before, highest in the WHOLE OF MALAYSIA. PWNZ JOO KKTHXNUB." I learnt plenty of lessons through this journey, together with my batch, and one of them is that the difficulty of mountain climbing is not just by height, its by an amalgam of factors: Just as SirMr. Forest Gan said, the environment is a complexity. There are too many factors that can come into play, and it is most definitely narrow-minded to judge a mountain by the height of it. This mountain which we climbed, most definitely provided more learning lessons, and more experience, and more "magnetic benefits" (whatever that is), than anything else we would have chosen to climb.

For one, I witnessed my limit. Not just the physical limit, I have reached that far too many times. It's a mixture of all my limits put together that I witnessed, for the very first time. Physical, mental, psychological, everything. And it happened while I was climbing to the summit, through muddy, thorny, and obstacle-filled terrain. If I were to compare the climb to a 2.4km run, it just feels so different. For a 2.4km run, we know when we are reaching the finish, we know all we have to do is to persevere and push on until we can get to the end. But for climbing a mountain, even if the end seems so close (that is, if you can see it - I totally could not due to tree blockage), it can actually be a very long walk away still. I reached the point where I was panting, and usually at this point of physical exhaustion during a 2.4km run, I would just will myself to go on because the end is near in sight. However, this time, I just couldn't. I did not know how far more I had to go on. I did not know what I would be pushing for. I did not know what sort of obstacles the mountain would continue to throw at me as I pushed on. I pushed on, but fatigue sets in simply because I reached my limits. One could say that I probably felt tired due to a range of factors: Ran out of water, did not eat much at all, was losing body heat quickly without knowing it, thin mountain air (these really happened by the way)... But those are simply physical factors, while what I felt was really a breakthrough for me was my mental strength and psychological perseverance. I found my limit for those finally, because they have not really been truly tested before, be it in a jog, during gym, while doing a test. I am glad to say that I kept pushing until I emerged victorious at the top, along with everyone else, with joy and fatigueexuberance undeniably written on all of our faces. I feel that I have truly broken a barrier, and that, personally, was the greatest breakthrough that I have gained through this expedition.

Undeniably, being fitter in the physical sense does help out in climbing a mountain. For example, the group which climbed before us reached the summit in 4 hours, making it look so easy. We took, say, in between 7-9 hours? Being fitter, stronger, hardier does help in climbing a mountain, but I truly believe that mental strength also plays a pivotal role in mountain climbing. Now I know what to work on to become a better mountain climber personally.

Wearing the same set of clothes for the entire span of six days before I got the chance to bathe was also a truly excellent experience. In fact, my shirt became so dirty that my mother decided to just throw it away :/ "EEEW, so dirty," might be what you would be thinking right now, but it's actually more practical to do so than to change clothes everyday, and then get it dirty again at the end of the day. Saves weight, saves effort in washing, and saves the trouble of changing as well. XD Me and Syafiq truly hardcored the entire expedition, walking through treacherous terrain in our shorts, while everyone else wore their track pants. Truly very proud of that, and I have the multitude of sandfly bites, cuts and scratches (all gotten ON THE LAST DAY! GRRRR!) to show for it.

Everyone worked hard in planning for this expedition for the past few months, and it would have been sad to see rain douse our happy moods and plans. Thankfully, this time there was no rain at all throughout the expedition, making things much easier for us. I shudder to think what would have happened if it had rained (super ultra soft soil... landslide?! AAAAHHH!), but thankfully the weather was nice and sunny all the way through. The temperatures were of course cold, and I was practically sneezing for the entire first day as I fought to acclimatise and get used to the sudden change in conditions my body is used to (I'm extremely intolerant of the cold ><). Night time temperatures are crazy low no matter where you are, in the town or at the summit, even though it becomes unbearable at the summit. Next time I should follow advice and bring the 50% polyester and 50% cotten shirts (made in China! WOOOO!) instead of wearing 100% cotton. Nearly froze to death up there -.-

Technically, I feel all of us have improved definitely with all the basha pitching practice we had, although it was not enough to stop our basha from toppling at the summit -.- However, we got through just fine in terms of technical skills, cooking included as well. Happy to say that me and Syafiq cooked OMGIMBARICECOOKERSTANDARD rice, and of course plenty of other stuff that we managed to cook up. In fact, we brought too much food - pancake mix was alot of extra weight to carry for Siyun ><>

Anyway, we had fun, and it's now time to look forward to Sea Expedition - Codename: SEX.

Presenting to you, ODAC24:

ivan fed the world.

I'll be gone for one week.

Unable to mug.

Unable to game.

Unable to do anything for PW.

However, I will be able to:

HAVE SOME DOOFING FUN IN JEX.

Byebye people. TRIPLE SMILE. :)))

ivan fed the world.

It's scary.

The stuff I see on my table that are left untouched since the start of the holidays till now.

The thick stacks of notes and worksheets that are filled with several times the content that was covered in secondary school.

The friends who give up playing to go on mugging frenzies, until it becomes so late at night it would be sunrise in a few more hours.

It's scary.

Reality hits when you realise that you have an expedition waiting for take away a week of your time, and although there are people who have it worse than me, I still find it stupid why I didn't make use of the remaining time to really hardcore mug.

I see friends putting in hours of mugging in a day, friends consulting here and there, friends who give up leisure for studying.

And then I start to think...

Is this abuse? I don't mean abuse as in the making use of a situation to make things better for yourself. I mean abuse as in physical abuse. Psychological abuse. Mental abuse. Are we meant to be sacrificing what we want to do in order to get a nice grade on a paper which is not guaranteed anyway? Are we meant to make sure our brains get pushed to their fullest potential, and force it to keep growing and absorbing more knowledge like an already fully-soaked sponge? Are we supposed to be sacrificing sleep for everything we do nowadays?

Mugging is definitely what a lot of people would not do given the choice. In a way, I would say that it's most definitely self-abuse.

Aiya at the end of the day, the most important thing is:



Kthxbai.

ivan fed the world.