First, it was that laptop.
Then, it was school results.
Now, this.

Numbed to the core, to the extent where i do not react anymore. Yes, it happened. Yes, it’s done. No more knee-jerk responses. No more bleary tears.

What could I have done? What am I to do, appreciate the past?

Am I but not a rag doll? -

Guess I wont be updating here anytime soon. Laptop got stolen white on Rapid.

4 month old laptop. Wtf.

Feels like a stupid bad dream.

1st round: THW fight for your (university students) right to PARTAYYY!
Room: 3 Position: CO Ranking: 2nd. Case: (Opening) literally partying. (Closing): Right for political involvement.

2nd round: THW grant citizenship to environmental refugees.
Room: 6 Position: OO Ranking: 1st. Case: Clashes on temporary asylum vs citizenship, characterization of ‘environmental’ refugees.

3rd round: THW regulate religious schools in the United Kingdom.
Room: 3 Position: CG Ranking: ._. Case: Institutionalised religion studies leads to improvement of interfaith relationships. Our extension did not appear to contain enough new matter, my whip speech was a plain rehash with insufficent perspective changes.

4th round: THW call it a draw when both parties can’t climax.
Room: 4 Position: OO Ranking: 3rd zz. Case: OG set up a case set in Kashmir. Had prepared (initially) for either annulment of marriage due to non-presence of consummation (LOL) or external mediation as a channel to solve conflicts. Had almost zero information of Khasmir’s status quo (fail), and thus our arguments were mostly too generic.

5th round: Thw remove the financial blockade on donations to ‘Wikileaks’.
Room: 6 Position: OG. Ranking: Zzz. Case: Rights, Check and balance, a link of responsibility that goes both ways. Characterization of WL as being merely a disseminator of information.
Got knifed by bad and biased adjudication. End of case.

Frankly, I did quite badly.

Rubicon: The stream that Julius Ceaser fatefully crosses before becoming the 2nd Roman General to enter the lands of Italy with the aim of occupying Rome by force.

Anyways,

Half term and a week into IB. Been trying out new stuff: aquathlon, public speaking, debate, et cetera. Been realising how much more I have to work on.

Been moving away from things that I am familiar with: science, research projects, olympiads. Been having to learn new things from scratch.

Been eating quite some dust so far.

No other better time to take some risks and try some new stuff though.

Frankly,

Not to an extent of ‘crossing the rubicon’, but certain things in life hang in a balance, I wonder which way it will tip.

That song’s lyrics. =/

Image link. I dont know how to clear up the whole controversy, but the point is, it’s just an invitation, not an offer.

Went to the Inti Students Academic Conference yesterday. Finally understood why some INTI people told me to steer clear of it. Suffered from quite a bout of brain damage during the conference. The event management was quite acceptable though.

Guten tag. =)

A quick post about school life before I screw myself up.

After 9 long months, I have finally started the next segment of my school life: pre-u education.
Axiata decided not to send us 4 scholars to either kyuem or ktj but rather to the international school of penang, uplands.

Yes, I am a penangnite, but apparently I had to enter the boarding at uplands too as per axiata’s request.

Thus I am here in the boarding house, typing this random stub post.

On a whole, the boarding has been, by malaysian standards, not too bad. I am staying in a semi-detached house and sharing the master bedroom with a fellow scholar. The room is bathroom attached, with a bathtub, heater, and air-conditioner. Another guy stays in the next room, and other than that, its 1500+ square feet to 3 people. The laundry runs well.

School on the other hand is acceptable. I have some more personal views on it, but I believe they are rather premature considering that I have only been to school for 3 days. Lets wait and watch I guess.

All in all, a smooth transition to boarding, and a soft landing into a new school environment. =)

Mid autumn festival eve. One day to go. Sigh.