True or False, which one are we holding on to?

One of my guru bahasa said this to me before, ‘Emerlyn, apa yang kamu belajar di sekolah berbeza dengan apa yang berlaku di luar pagar sekolah.’ These words came upon me and it is just as clear as I have been told on yesterday. We have been taught to keep our virtue, to be mean, just, honest, so on and so forth. But there is no so-called virtuousness outside there, the world isn’t that beautiful as what we have been learnt in our text book, we are actually living in a fallen, broken world, in many ways getting worse, it’s no wonder that sometimes we feel the world overwhelmed by the powers of evilness. We can reveal this by looking around what is going on recently in our country or in other continents as well.

BUT, there is but, this was what I found in Daily Bread: In life’s battles, let’s hold on to the fact that good will triumph over evil in the end… ( Title: What are we holding on to? Date: Mar. 3) Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life. ( 1 Timothy 6:11-16)

Today, as I was walking on my way with my friends from English tutorial class to my Acc. teacher’s house, I saw my friend’s car rear-ended a motorbike in a T junction. Fortunately, the two guys on motorbike were not injured. Frankly, I didn’t witness how was the accident happened, I just saw one of the guy negotiated with my friend and asked for RM400 for compensation.

My friend told me it wasn’t their fault, her mom gave signal to slow down and was ready to turn left, all of sudden, they experienced a clash from behind. My friend and her mom reckoned the guy brought the motorbike very fast. On the other hand, the guy accused my friend’s mom stopped at the junction suddenly. God damn him! Didn’t he see the signal? And, why he wants RM400 just to repair a small damage in front of his motorbike? I say, he is brainless, he thought he can cheat a woman and a teenage girl? The guy finally compromised when they said they wanted to report this case to the police.

I got a bolt from the blue when I saw my friend negotiated with the guy so bravely, she's cool, man.Pity her mom, she got a bit shock. Hope she’s fine now. I’m not sure whether I have the courage to do that or not. One thing I want to say to my friend, ‘ I salute you.’

Datuk Lee Chong Wei BOLEH!

Lee Chong Wei is awesome! He has beaten Lin Dan in the Swiss Open in Basel on Sunday. Actually, I didn't watch the tournament. Did Lin Dan throw his racquet??? This an article by K.M. Boopathy which I adopt from New Strait Times online news reading.

WORLD No 1 Lee Chong Wei produced a breathtaking show to neutralise Olympic champion Lin Dan's power play while men's doubles Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong put up a top class performance to clinch the Swiss Open in Basel yesterday.

Chong Wei, after going down to the World No 2 from China in the All England final, was hardly given any chance of turning the tables but the Malaysian had his own script and ended a three-match losing streak by registering a 21-16, 21-16 win in 52 minutes and in grand style.

The victory will act as a confidence booster for Chong Wei as this is the first time since the 2007 Japan Open that he has beaten Lin Dan to capture a title.

Kien Keat-Boon Heong avenged their defeat to Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen in the quarter-finals of the All England as they registered a brilliant 21-14, 21-18 win over the Danes in 39 minutes.

The Malaysians have gone without winning a Super Series title since the Denmark Open triumph in 2007 and the victory could become a turning point in their roller-coaster career.
National singles chief coach Rashid Sidek, in a telephone interview from Basel, said Chong Wei has found the right strategy to counter Lin Dan.

"Chong Wei's defence was very good and he was sending every return deep to the baseline while Lin Dan wasn't that sharp today (yesterday)," Rashid Sidek said.

"There was no pressure today and he played freely. Lin Dan was making unforced errors and eventually gave up after failing to penetrate Chong Wei's defence."

Chong Wei, in a telephone interview from Basel, said remaining calm during the final was the key to his win.

"I had a discussion with my coach (Misbun Sidek) after the All England and he advised me to stay patient while playing Lin Dan. That's what actually helped me today (yesterday)," said Chong Wei.

"In the All England, I was trying to attack too much and I couldn't sustain that. That's why I decided to be patient and I managed to rattle Lin Dan."

Lin Dan's start was, as usual, ferocious and his attacking play took him to a 7-2 lead and then stretched it to 13-9 to stay in control.

However, the tide changed at that juncture when Chong Wei took five points on the trot with his stout defending to lead 14-13.

Chong Wei's patient rallies made the difference as Lin Dan became edgy and started making uncharacteristic errors.

The Malaysian pulled ahead to 20-15 and there was only one winner at that stage.

The second game was virtually a repeat with Lin Dan setting the early pace but once Chong Wei got his nose in front, he smelt victory and there was no denying the Malaysian his night of glory.

Chong Wei had finally found a way to outplay Lin Dan as it has been long time since the Olympic champion was forced into submission by a strong display of defence.

Sport Camp

Just a drop by. After coming back from sport camp, I feel a bit tired now.

Thank God our CF first BIG activity so far has been running very smoothly and I feel it is worth for we has been working hard for it. Luckily we were having a lovely morning in this raining season.

I have no photo to upload because I don't bring my camera purposely, dunno why, maybe I'm too lazy.

I would like to express my gratitude here though they might not see this... I'm so blissful for having you all here

Thanksss to
our CF teachers, Pn Lau N Pn Anna

Dominic, my assistant :)

Egbert, our camp director cum Tchoukball couch

Michael ( ah di) N Jet

Elaine, Ka Man N Manhowe

n last but not least
Tharma, n friends from TARC floorball team. I know I owe you so much, ahem, maybe not that much, hehe...

Loi, what a pity you couldn't turn up today, we were having great time in the camp. Blekkkkk

I have just finished my standardized test in this week, from now on, I gotta work hard for the last theory exam which I will have on this coming Monday. I'm not sure whether I can do well or not, hopefully yes.

***HAPPY HOLIDAY ***