Hello guys!
I have given all my students a task to start writing up a blog.
Thus, as a form of encouragement to my students, I will indulge myself in the beauty of blog writing
and complete all the tasks given by me to the students.
Lets get straight to it!
1. I used to live a 'nomadic' life.
First of all, please do not get puzzled with the word nomad as it means not staying at one place for a very long time and likes to wander and travel to many places without having a house to settle in. I did have houses to live in the past, but my family and I used to move a lot. Consequently, I changed schools six times during my primary and secondary schools. I went to three primary schools and three secondary schools. Thankfully, I ended up in boarding school throughout most of my secondary school years. I had studied at Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid, Alor Setar, an all-boys boarding school before I quit the school after one year. Then, I went to a public school in Kepala Batas Penang, SMK Datuk Haji Ahmad Badawi. I stayed at Kepala Batas when I was in Form 2. Then, due to my nomadic life, we moved to Bukit Mertajam. However, I refused to change school as it was tiring for me to get familiar with the new surrounding and people all over again since I had gone through the process four times before that. Thus, when I was in Form 2 and 3, I had to travel by public bus from Bukit Mertajam to Kepala Batas to go to the school which took me 45 minutes to one hour to arrive. I had good and bad times traveling that far just to go to the school. Then, I pursued my study at MRSM PDRM Kulim after I obtained a fairly good result in my PMR examination. The fun fact about having a nomadic life is I always have trouble in giving out my residential address as it keeps changing from time to time. LOL!
2. I miss my Sydney life.. why?
Some of you might not know that I was one of the lucky people who received a government scholarship to pursue my study abroad (despite of my average result in SPM). I had the opportunity to further my Degree in Sydney Australia for two years (it was a twinning program) and honestly, it was the best moment in my life. I learned to live on my own, doing things independently, exploring new things without any hesitant and what I miss the most about my life in Sydney is I miss being productive and creative as the people in Australia are not judgmental compared to the people in my country. They always try to see the bright side and shower me with words of encouragement instead of blindly judging me or my works. I love doing things without being afraid of being judged and ridiculed. I was once the Cultural Director of Malaysian Student Association in Macquarie University which I had to organise a cultural event in Sydney and my permanent job as a cultural director was to cook for almost 100 people for every event involving our association. It made me a good cook I must say!
The committee of Malaysian Students Association
Satay in Sydney prepared by me and my mates!
My 129 housemates in Macquarie University Village
I made friends with a lof of Australians and Iain Brew is one of them.
Miss you bro!
I miss my Sydney life!!!!
3. Dance is my passion!
Do you know I almost quit my degree in Bachelor of TESL just to take on another direction after I discover that dance is my passion! I discovered that dance is my passion when I was in my first year of Degree in Institut Perguruan Bahasa Antarabangsa (IPBA) in Kuala Lumpur. As the first year student, we had to perform a traditional dance during our orientation week and let me tell you, I had a blast! I enjoyed every moment of it and decided to join PEWARIS, the dance club. I got the chance to perform for Citrawarna Malaysia 2007 (if I am not mistaken) and join many ASWARA dance classes until at one point, I told my mother that I did not want to go to Australia because I wanted to pursue my study at ASWARA. Well, my mother gave me a very good scolding about opportunity and being grateful.
When I continue my study in Macquarie University Sydney, I was told that I have given a chance to take one elective course and guess what.. I opted for DANC202 Contemporary Dance course! The fun fact is I was the only Malaysian and a GUY who enrolled for the course. Well, my passion triumphed everything else. I put aside my fear and fright and indulge myself into my passion and I can proudly say that I got Distinction (A in Malaysia) for that course and High Distinction (A+) for my DANC302 Dance Creativity Course! Hats off Danny!
Rehearsal for my final examination!
Had a great time being the Dance Manager for Malam Gema Malaysia
Try and spot me!
Performing Bollywood Dance in Darling Harbour Sydney for Malaysian Fest!
4. I am not a sociable person
Well, to be honest, I am not a very fun person to begin with. I do not know how to crack jokes and make people around me laugh. To be honest, I do not really know how to break the ice when I am surrounded with a lot of people. I would rather keep quiet and scrutinize the surrounding and situation. It is not because I do not want to contribute anything but it is just that my mind always turns blank when I need to come out with any topic to break the ice. I immediately enter my 'blur mode' when I had to sit down with other people although my brain works very hard to process any information that could help me to break my silent.
That is why I always prefer to live alone and spend my time alone as I do not have to go through the torture of pushing myself hard to have a decent conversation with others (since I do not know how to have a long decent conversation with others) as I always run out of ideas and I always end up nodding my head, smile awkwardly and agree to everything. SIGH!!
5. I hate conflicts or negativity
Another reason why I do not really like to socialize and make new friendship and relationship is it always has conflicts. As I am getting younger (read the opposite way pleasee haha) I would rather spending my time doing the things I love but there is always something or someone that leads me to have a conflict (which i despise a lot as it brings nothing but destruction). If it was five or ten years ago, I would confront the conflict and stand up for everything that I think is correct. But it will end up making me a fierce person and someone that people will not want to be around as they are scared or annoyed with my bluntness and fierceness. Well, that is why I do not want to be that person anymore.
I have been living a peaceful life because I do not surround myself with other people. There were times when people make fun of me or say bad things about me but I just do not have the time and energy to be the old me anymore. I would just let it slip away and move on with my life and have a good life. I will just care about me from now on. I believe when I keep the positive energy for myself, I will have a better lifestyle and it makes me young... Oh now I get it! I wonder why people think that I am 23 years old now! Positivity keeps me young! Hahah
