Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The other day i managed to watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on tv and it's a really wonderful show. When it first came out, i didn't thought that it would be such a good story with some highly important values embedded into the story. so i didn't watch it then, but i was so wong.





The story talks about Willy Wonka, an owner of a super-state-of-the-art chocolate factory and he is the best chocolate creator in the story. He sent out 5 tickets to 'lucky' children who are given the opportunity to visit his factory and one of them will have a suprise at end.





So came five children together with their parents for a visit to his factory. Willy Wonka is greatly depicted by Johnny Depp, and i pretty much like him in the story. Slowly, the children were eliminated one by one due to their own misbehavior. and the last boy standing was Charlie. the suprise was that he will be the heir to the factory, with one condition, Willy Wonka said that Charlie would need to shift in into his factory, leaving his family behind, and because of this, Charlie rejected Willy's offer. well, it later ended well :D





throughout the story, there are some thought provoking moments.





1. the children in the movie were brats, and that got me thinking... will my children grow up like that? with the things they show on media nowadays, it's really REALLY hard to fend them off, especially since they would believe and like things which looks cool. if they asked me to buy them this and that, will i give in? i remember when i was still young, i do ask things from my parents, but more often that not, i don't get what i want. i do feel unhappy then, and therefore i should not make my children feel what i felt right? but it's a debate about pampering too much vs child disciplining, which is hard to balance and find the fine line between the two.





2. one thing i like about the movie was how it transcends normal logic. and that's what i like about manga too.. especially One Piece. it fosters creativity and make people think about what are the possibilities out there. logic is logic, but to be able to think about illogical stuffs which are out of the ordinary, it's creative. i thought to myself, have we (we referring to humans in general) been trained to think so logically that we sometimes don't see some other view which is totally out of the ordinary? if we could just tap into this power of creativity, i think the world will be a better place to live in. ^^





3. the value of the people around us. in the movie, Charlie would give up owning the factory just because he had to be seperated from his family. And that's a point of view coming from a child. how many of us would be as him, to be able to say a big 'NO' when the bargain on the other end seems so so good?





Love this movie

God Bless~

What shall I do?

The axe is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. "What shall we do then?" the crowd asked. John answered, "The man with two tunics should share with him who has none, and the one who has food should do the same." Tax collectors also came to be baptized. " Teacher," they asked, "what should we do?"

"Don't collect any more than you are required to," he told them. Then some soldiers asked him, "And what should we do?" He replied, "Don't extort money and don't accuse people fasely-be content with your pay."

The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Christ. John answered them all, "I baptize you with water. But one more powerful than I will come, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." (Luke 3: 9 - 17)

That is the Gospel message of today and how very suitable it is. As we come into the 3rd week of Advent, it is high time we ask ourselves, "what shall I/we do?"

Christmas for many is a holiday rather than a holy day. and we shall not forget the true meaning of Christmas. Instead of praising Santa Claus and doing our Christmas shopping, we should instead ponder on the birth of Christ and give attention to the people around us who needs help. Indeed, sometimes we are so caught up in doing things among ourselves that we neglect people who really needs our attention.

we do Christmas carolling among BECs, buy presents for friends and familes etc., but have we ever wondered whether we can sing to the old folks in the old folks home, or the orphanages? have we thought about buying gifts for the orphanages, the migrant workers, our maids, give donation to the poor, and give attention to the lame, the afflicted or simply offering up a little prayer for the sick, torn families, people in war who are in fear etc.?

as Christmas is coming, let us not forget the root of Christmas which is CHRIST Himself. Let us be aware of the people around us who needs help. The true spirit of Christmas will only be experienced if we reach out to people.

"What shall I do?" I blogged about His glory. Now what about you? :)

God Bless~

MAPCU 2009

This year volleyball MAPCU was filled with UNCERTAINTY. Mainly because the main organizer did not want to organize it. And it was initially being called off. But our head of DSA didn't want to call it off and said that HELP will organize it.

So DSA have been working to organize the volleyball competition. I should give credit to the people who organize cause they did manage to pull it off. Although there are many uncertainties, but i can see that a lot of effort have been put into making the event a successful 1. Many colleges don't want to participate cause they don't have teams, girls teams especially, and it is not until the 11th hour that we know whether there is the competition or not. but they did try their best to get participations for both males and females category and finally, it did happen

Date: Nov 29 2009
Venue: Sports Complex, University Melaya

There are 8 teams for males, and 6 teams for females.

Males: HELP UC, Lim Kok Weng, Apiit, UCSI, Nottingham, IMU, Segi and KLIUC
Females: HELP UC, IMU, Apiit, UCSI, Nottingham and i don't know another 1. XD

In the grouping stage, males went against Apiit in the first round. And we lost. :p Lim Kok Weng didn't manage to turn up. So we need to win against UCSI to go into semi. And we did won UCSI.. yea yea.. happy.. so we were in the semi.

match against UCSI i think XD

For the girls, they fought pretty close with IMU, and won. and then won Apiit as well, with a breeze if i not mistaken. Our girls strong ok.. Roar~

Against Apiit?

In semi, the guys was up against Segi college. Erm.. nothing to comment i guess.. just that lose a lot of points in service. grrr... after losing to Segi, then compete with Apiit again for 3rd placing. and this time we won.. woo hoo hoo.. so males got third placing


For the females, semi they went up against Nottingham, and won. In the finals, they finally met their rival UCSI. And it was a very close fight. Both teams won a set, and it was the final set. Both teams service also fail. XD... but in the end, we won.. woo hoo..


time for some pictures shall we?

male team with the coach for the day, Mr. Mark

female team with coach, Mr. Cheng

everyone together..

our new president.. XD

and the GLORIOUS CUPS. :D

God Bless~

Bad sleep, bad dream

I have a bad sleep today.. didn't really slept well cause a lot of mosquito bites.. i finally woke up, and checked the time.. it's about 5.20.. for the whole 4 hours and 20 minutes.. didn't really slept also.. toss and turn and then mosquito bites.. grr..

then after that, tried to sleep again, and got bad dream.. =.=;

i dreamt that i was in a shopping complex wanting to buy some stuffs (i do remember that there are other people together with me, but i don't really remember whether it's my family members or not).. so anyway.. walk walk.. want to buy stuff, and entered a shop.. but that shop doesn't have the things we wanted to buy.. so walked out..

after walking out, there was an announcement saying that the cinema does not sell food. we were pretty suprised by the announcement and therefore decided to have a look at the cinema, since we were not very far away from it.. and the cinema was jam packed. brimming with people..

but that's not the exciting part.. the exciting part is that there is a huge guy who is cleaning the walls of the cinema.. and by huge, i mean really huge.. like.. double of yao ming's height and size. and he was so odd that i looked at him for a little longer.. he was big, and had a some hair at the back of the head.. he was scrubing the wall of the cinema while walking on the escalator.

so after that, i left and suddenly there was a ruckus.. the big dude fell (i don't know from where and how), but he did fell and he was pretty much in pain.. covering the back of his head with his two arms.. then suddenly, people started to pull away his hands and feet and 1 person stepped on his neck.. they pulled and *snap*. i presumed that his limbs are no longer attached to his body.. of course i wouldn't know for sure because just before it snapped, i looked away..

at this point.. i not sure whether i am awake or not.. but i think i am half awake.. i did feel whether i should continue sleeping, or wake up.. but i did continue sleeping and so my dream continued

i don't know why the people do what they did to him, but that got me and the people who were shopping with me scared and we ran. run run run, run until some place which i don't even know where. it's like a mountain-eous place and i am at a place built with stones (at this point, i only remember me, but i am not together with the people in the shopping complex anymore). i remember there was an old man there, and it seems like he can predict the future or something. he drew a picture, and the picture can actually move, sorta kinda like revealing some sort of secret with the movements.

then a huge monster appeared. by huge, i mean.. HUUUUGEE.. like ultraman monster huge.. and the monster was heading towards us.. i got scared, and ran. i tried hiding from the view of the monster.. and we sorta play hide and seek with each other.. although the monster is big, but it's fast.. then appeared a african lady, with a gun.. always shooting at the monster.. one might think that she's nuts.. but i remembered her saying that the monster is her pet. -.-;

after that, don't really remember anything anymore.. really crazy dream.. y am i having so many bad dreams recently?

the worst part in the dream is the snapping of the limbs la... after waking up, i ponder to myself.. do humans kill other humans just because they don't look like each other? do we kill each other just because we don't look like each other?

God Bless~

MATRADE 2007

I officially started working in 2007 for the Food and Beverages Fair in MATRADE Centre. And for this work, i did blog-ed about it http://bpsych-ers.blogspot.com/2007/07/first-day-of-work.html

But that time no pictures ma.. hahaha.. now got pictures already. One main reason why this happens is because i don't have my own camera. so i rely on other people to snap the photo and afterwards send it to me. so that's y many old overdue posts..

so yea.. a little refreshment.. since the event is food and beverages fair, there are lots of sample food to eat.. so me and my friend went around eating food samples for our lunch and tea. hahaha.. good in a sense that there are tons of variety (just opposite our stall got halal daging salai. XD), but bad is that.. there is nothing which u can eat a whole lot.. takkan want to stand at that stall and eat and eat right? malu la.. ho ho..

this is my friend, who worked with me in the same stall. she helped me find the job.. ho ho

her name is Yi Ling

together with 2 of my superiors

:D

God Bless~

HMC Ball 2006

Yes yes... super overdue.. now close to 2010 only come blog about this.. haha.. but i super free.. apa boleh buat? XD

For 21 years of my life, this is the first ever prom/ball that i ever went too. Not because i want to, but because i HAVE to. I am one of the commitee member for HMC Student Council, so have to go and do work.. But at least it's free.. good thing it's free cause i didn't even manage to eat anything except for a bowl of fried rice.. was controlling the lighting from above..

the stage. nice?

reception area

starting performance.. pretty impressive i should say..

the nice nice entrance

and finally, everyone enjoying on the dance floor

all in all, eventhough i didn't eat much, i was happy i guess.. i still remember the whole council went up stage and dance to Goo Goo Dolls song - Iris. Didn't enjoy much of the ball, cause i was controlling the lighting, but it was good i guess.

Me and prom don't mix i think cause i don't or probably can't communicate well with people.. if i sit at the table, i can only imagine me eating non stop. XD all in all, it was an experience which will never be forgotten, but me and prom really no friend. so expensive for a night.. worth it ma?

God Bless~

Bpsych Lunch

I suddenly find myself super free these days.. or probably for these few weeks only.. ho ho.. and so i decided that one of the things that i shall do is blog, and i have many events to blog about. events which previously i didn't blog because... i was either lazy/busy/any other reason.

there is no order to my events posting.. just random.. so we shall start.. Bpysh Lunch 2007

Our department, the Psychology department have this lunch which they welcome new students into their departments. but students must wear this 'graduation robe' to signify that we will strive towards our graduation. it is a motivation for us, and i wonder how many of us still remember that day?

Me, Meng and Jian

Back then, lameness knows no end

Back then, vain-ness knows no end

All the leng zhais and leng lui?

The one in the middle is our Dean, hopefully we can wear the robe, with a square hat by the end of next year, or probably the starting of the following year :D graduation is not a dream anymore, it's becoming a reality

God Bless~