60 Earth Hour

60 Earth Hour is on the 28th March, this Saturday at 8.30pm to 9.30pm. There are all together 84 countries, 2848 cities, towns and municipalities, 6299 organizations, 8742 schools and 21014 businesses in the world that have already committed to VOTE EARTH for Earth Hour 2009, as part of the worlds first global election between Earth and global warming. So everyone, please remember to switch off all the lights in your house for an hour from 8.30pm to 9.30 wherever you live on planet earth. Switching off your lights is a vote for Earth, or leaving them on is a vote for global warming. So will you be part of the earth hour to save the environment and the earth?

Heartbreak For Chong Wei

Lee Chong Wei was beaten in the final of the All-england Badminton Championships on Sunday. He lost to Lin dan 21-19, 21-12. This was the first All-England final for Chong Wei and this was Lin Dan's 6th successive final and his 4th title. Although this defeat was a better performance from Chong Wei comparing to the 2 defeats at the Beijing Olympics and the China Open, the gap of standard between him and Lin Dan is still quite far. Besides the victory for Lin Dan, China also made a clean sweep of all the 5 titles and they are the first nation to do it in the All-England Championships, if I am not mistaken.


The winners of the All-England 2009 were:
1. Men's singles: Lin Dan
2. Women's singles: Wang Yihan
3. Men's doubles: Fu Haifeng-Cai Yun
4. Women's doubles: Zhang Yawen-Zhao Tingting
5. Mixed doubles: He Hanbin-Yu Yang


Furthermore, the Swiss Open Badminton Super Series will start today and I hope the Malaysian players taking part will fare better this time comparing to the All-England.

My First Post In More Than 2 Months

Hey everyone, sorry for not updating my blog for the last 2 months or so. Anyway, my exam finally finished last thursday and overall, i rate this exam as quite easy. I already know a few of my exam results and I am quite content with the results except for my Chinese, which was not up to the mark. I will blog more about my exams next time.

The All-England Badminton Championships final is tonight at 8.30p.m. Astro will show the final on channel 811. It will be very exciting tonight for Lee Chong Wei will be up against his arch-rival Lin Dan. Yesterday, Chong Wei was in superb form, as he demolished Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat 21-8, 21-13 in just about half an hour while Lin Dan was quite lucky yesterday because his opponent, Chen Jin retired half way during the match. Anyway, if Chong Wei wins this final, it will be his first All-England title and the first in men singles since Mohamad Hafiz Hashim won it in 2003. As for Lin Dan, if he wins it tonight, it will be his fourth All-England title after previous victories here in 2004, 2006 and 2007, if I am not mistaken. Both players will have a 50-50 chance to win tonight's final and I predict that it will be a mouth-watering match up and that Chong Wei will emerge as the winner. Malaysia Boleh!! Well, that's all for now. Bye.

Happy New Year 2009!!

The year 2008 has just ended and let's welcome the new year 2009. I would like to wish everyone a wonderful and prosperous new year and may good health and happiness be with you. Happy New Year and God Bless You!! =)

Happy New Year!!

2009!!

My Experience In Vietnam

I came back from Vietnam on the 12th of December (Friday)and the whole trip was great. I know I posted this only 3 weeks after the trip and I am sorry for the delay. Anyway, here is how the trip was.

Day 1 - Woke up at 4a.m in the morning and reached the LCCT (Low Cost Carrier Terminal) airport at 6a.m. The flight time was at 7.50 and we reached Vietnam at around 9.50. When we were boarding the plane, there was a heavy rain and the airport service was poor because we had to walk in the rain to go to the plane. Anyway, back to Vietnam, after reaching we took a taxi to Ho Chi Minh city and we stayed in the Thien Tung Hotel. We later went to the Ben Thanh market. Its one of Vietnam's most famous landmark and it was built during the French occupation of Vietnam back in 18 something. We went for lunch and then we went back to the hotel and we rested until at night. During the night, after dinner, we went to the Diamond Plaza- one of the biggest shopping malls in Vietnam to do some shopping. We later went back to the hotel.

Day 2 - Woke up around 6 a.m and we followed a tour to the Cu Chi tunnels. The tunnels were used during the Vietnam war by the Vietnamese where the Americans fought against the Vietnamese. Before reaching the tunnel, we went to see a temple of a new religion in Vietnam called Cao Dai. It is a religion mixed with their own Cao Dai, Catholicism, Buddhism, Taoist and Hinduism. Then, we continued our tour and we reached the tunnels at around 3 something. There were 2 different tunnels and we went to the one that was the closest to the city. There were many things to see there. We not only crawled in the tunnels, but we also saw many boobie traps, an exploded tank, a large bomb crater, the way the soldiers lived in the tunnels and many more. The tunnels that were build last time were really awesome. Then before going back, my brother, my father and I tried a real M-30 gun with live bullets. The gun sound was really loud and it was also very heavy. After that, we followed our tour bus back to the city. Had our dinner at the Ben Thanh market and later went back to the hotel.

Day 3 - Woke up around 6 a.m again and we followed a private tour to visit the Mekong Delta and River. And this time round, our tour guide was one of the hotel's staff. And he could just skip his work like that to be our tour guide. How funny and weird. Then, we went to the Mekong River. We sat on a small boat to a few islands in the Mekong River. We went to the first island to buy some souvenirs and also see some roosters that are used for fighting. We also drank one type of honey drink there. On the other islands we went, we ate tropical fruits, watched a musical perfomance and we even sat on a sampan. The trip finish around 5 something and we headed back to the city. After that, went back to the hotel and after dinner, we went to the Ben Thanh market. Later in the night, my father brought my brother and I to eat ice-cream at one special ice-cream store and finally went back to the hotel.

Day 4 - We woke up around 6 something and we ate breakfast at the hotel. We didn't follow any tour on this day. So after breakfast, we went to the Ben Thanh market again for my mother and my grandparents wanted to buy something. In the afternoon, we ate lunch at a beef noodle restaurant and we also went to visit one of my parents' friends in the city. Then, we went to the Diamond Plaza again and we watched the Madagascar 2 Escape To Africa movie. After the movie, my brother and I played bowling with my father. Then, my parents went out to do something and the rest of stayed at the hotel and we ate dinner there. We spend the night by just watching television and using my father's laptop. Before we slept, we packed our things to get ready to go back tomorrow.

Day 5 - The day finally came for us to return home and we woke up about 5 a.m and we started packing our things and we left the hotel an hour and a half later to the airport. Our flight was at 8.50 a.m and we took our breakfast at the airport. Next, we boarded the plane and the flight back to Malaysia took nearly 2 hours. We went back in two separate cars back and after an hour's drive, we finally reached home after almost a week away.

That's the end of the trip. =) Hope you enjoyed it. :)

Vietnam Here I Come

Yes!! I will be going to Vietnam tomorrow with my parents and grandparents. I will finally be able to go somewhere and won't be bored staying at home. I have to sleep early tonight because I got to wake up at 3.30 a.m tomor row and leave for the airport around 4 something because I have to board the plane at 6.30 a.m.

Oh well.. I don't know how am I going to be able to wake up so early in the morning and then go travelling and visiting places the whole day. Anyway, I am very excited to go to Vietnam and I will be back on Friday. :) Will update my blog about my trip to Vietnam after I come back.

My Exam Results Are Out!

Hey everyone! I haven't been blogging for quite some time because I don't really have anything to blog about. Anyway, I just got my final exam results today. My school sent the results to everybody and guess what I got? An average 15th position in class. Haiz... =( I was expecting to get at least 5th and below but I failed my Seni and that pulled me down to 15th. I only got 36-E for Seni and altogether I got 4A, 5B, 2C and 1E. My total marks was 790 out of 1100 and my average was only 71.82. I guess my expectations were to high for the exam. I will just try to work harder for all my upcoming exams. Anyway, that's all for now. Bye.

Exams Are Coming!

15 more days till the final exam. It starts on the 30th of October and ends on the 7th of November. This time the exam is really late. Anyway, got to study now. I still have not finish preparing for my Sejarah, KH and Science subjects. Having a 4 day holiday break now will be good for me but I need to go to school tomorrow.

To all PMR-ians, just to let you guys know, have been praying along for all of you. Hope that you guys will do well and get good results for the PMR exam. All the best to you guys in the rest of the exam!

Just A Silver Lining

So near yet so far. After Lee Chong Wei won his semi final match against S.Korea's Lee Hyun Il 21-18, 13-21, 21-13 on Friday, he was going to play against Lin Dan in the final. The whole nation was hoping for Chong Wei to win the first olympics gold medal for Malaysia. But during the final, he lost to China's Lin Dan 21-12, 21-8. He looked out of sorts and was feeling the pressure. I think he lost on mental, speed and strength to Lin Dan. It was Chong Wei's worst defeat by Lin Dan. Although he did not win the gold medal, he is still the country's hero. He bettered Rashid Sidek's record by winning the first badminton singles silver medal. Rashid Sidek got the bronze in 1992 or 1996 (I forgotten the year). After 50 over years competing in the olympics, an elusive olympics gold medal is still far from getting.

Chong Wei

From L to R: Chong Wei, Lin Dan, Chen Jin

I hope Malaysia will fare better in the London Olympics 2012 than this olympics and hopefully they can get a gold.

The Olympics Opening Ceremony

I watched the Olympics opening ceremony and it was spectacular! It was the best opening ceremony in the olympic history and there was about 30000 fireworks altogether. Anyway, I watched the opening ceremony with my cell members. It was fun and we had loads of food to eat. Besides that, I hope Malaysia can finally land an elusive gold medal with high hopes from the badminton players. Malaysia Boleh!! Now I will be spending most of my time watching the olympics. Plus, with the English Premier League resuming next weekend, I don't really know what programs to watch. Futhermore, Manchester United will take on Portsmouth in the Community Shield tonight, live on Star Sports at 10pm. Hope Manu can win. :)

The Beijing Olympics Mascots!