I am noticing that there is something wrong with me. I have nothing to write about. AGAIN (this is like the 5th time and I'm not even exaggerating.) Currently it is summer holidays, and I have nothing to do because we have came back from all the holidays. But there's good news. I'm starting 5th grade in just a few weeks. My passport expires next year, so I went to renew my passport with my parents.
In front of the entrance (to make your passport) was a chain that forbids people to park there. I decided to jump over it, and good news, I did not get injured. The lift doors opened with a clank! It was about 12 in the afternoon, but when we got the number that told us when our turn would be, there were about 300 people in front of us. We planned to print my birth certificate out (because I needed it to make a passport), but when we found out that our turn was at 6pm, we went home to get my birth certificate.
My piano teacher called to ask me if I was free to do a replacement class today. Luckily, my dad was smart enough to tell my mom to tell my piano teacher that I would do the piano replacement today. My dad knew that what the person told us was not necessarily true, and sure enough, I finished my piano class and we all came back just to find out that we had to wait until 8pm because they were going to rest for a hour to clean the place. We ate dinner, and came back at 8pm. We didn't have to worry about missing our turn because even if our turn passed, they would allow us to make our passport right away.
When our turn came, we went to the counter. I was up first, so I handed my passport to the officer. My dad met a classmate from when he was in secondary school (I think), and they started to talk. The officer asked for my height, so I replied with a steady answer.
"125cm." (yeah, I'm pretty short for my age.)
Then I turned to the right. They had a really cool picture system, not only because the cameras were very good (and probably expensive), but the cameras would move up and down according to your height. The officer snapped a few pictures from his computer, and he said that I was all good. He printed a sheet of paper out. I put my left thumb on this fingerprint scanner thing, and did the same with my right. I was so happy. This meant that I could finally use the E-Gates again. I put my thumb on a ink pad, and then pressed it down firmly on the piece of paper. They were taking my fingerprint for whoever knows why (actually, it was because I didn't have a signature yet.)
It then came to my parents turn, I started talking to my dad's friend's sons, but I soon decided to go to the toilet. We talked some more in the toilet (because they decided to go too). My mom and dad decided to go and make a new Identity Card (IC), although I did not because I still could use mine until I was 12 (or 13. I forgot what age). They had to make new ICs because their ICs were not the new format, and if it was not in the new format, then they would not be able to renew their driving licenses. We were told that we had to come get my parents' ICs tomorrow, and they were given temporary ICs to use.
We then walked into the lift. We paid the parking fee (I memorized everything that the parking machine would say, so I recited it as the parking machine said it.), got in the car, and drove off into the darkness.
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Slice Of Life #125 - Nothing to Write About (AGAIN!) - Tuesday, 24/7/2018
I have nothing to write about. Again. I really wonder how YouTubers that post videos everyday think of what to record about. They have intriguing topics everyday, and I don't understand how.
Currently...
Currently...
- I have nothing to do.
- My mom found an article about a lunar eclipse that is taking place on the 28th of July this year.
- If you are in the US, you are out of luck because you will not be able to see the eclipse. Pretty sure.
- Yes! I can see the eclipse from my house. Click here to see if you will be able to see the eclipse.
- The eclipse will take place on the same day that Mars will be closer than ever before to us.
- According to the website, I will be able to see the eclipse for 6 hours and 6 minutes.
- I am searching for the latest science news.
- Yesterday, scientists working at the University of Michigan managed to find a long trail of stars from the long lost M32 (Messier 32 - Messier was the astronomer that discovered M32 (pretty sure)), or more commonly known as the Andromeda galaxy.
- I am reading about the Asian games
- I am reading about trap shooting
- I have to go take a bath now. I know that this post is very short and also very boring. I am sorry.
- Bye!
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Slice Of Life #124 - I'm Back! - Tuesday, 17/7/2018
Ok. Well, it's nice to finally be typing my Slice Of Life in front of a computer again. One thing that has changed is my typing. I really need to brush up on my typing after not typing on a computer for a week. Wait. Take that back. My I have not gotten any slower on typing on a phone. Only a computer.
Anyways, this post is going to be about my holiday. When I wrote my last post, I was sitting under mint green trees on a bench, and I was also sitting on the front steps to a museum in Budapest, Hungary (click here). But, that was my 2nd day on holiday (I think). That did not cover the part when I was in Vienna, Hallstatt, and Salzburg. So now, lets talk about what I did.
When we arrived at Vienna (after we got off a bus), we took a train to somewhere close to the hotel. Then, we got off the train and walked to our hotel. At first glance, I did not expect the hotel to be good because of what was surrounding it. But when we actually got close to the hotel, it gave us a good first impression, which is very important for making business. Service is another key thing to success, and service was great. And... I found another grammar error! (people really need to proof read their things these days) Grammar error (sorry, I have to do this. Finding grammar errors is life!): Enjoy the fresh Viennese water from the tap. Bring your water bottle here. We delighted to refill it for you. Um... You have to put an 'are' before delighted. Anyways, back to the story.
In Vienna, I don't think a lot of people have cars, so they take trains (usually) to work. Taking trains and subways was a crucial way for us to be able to move around. Because of that, my dad had pre-bought a 1 week city pass, which let us use public transport in Vienna for free for 1 week. (well, we had to pay for the 1 week pass).
By the way, if you have allergies to egg and/or dairy and/or you are a vegan, Vienna is the place for you. They have some people there promoting veganism, and if you managed to find them, their basically going to be able to let you know about a lot of great vegan food that you can go try. Other than that, I finally got the chance to eat ice cream on a cone! FYI, the cones for ice creams have egg in them, so that's why I can't eat ice cream on a cone. But this time, they had vegan ice cream (that means with no milk), and the cones also had no eggs! Link here.
Also, I went to the headquarters of the United Nations (UN)! I bought a shirt there (that was bigger than me even though it was supposed to be smaller than me.) When we got pass all the security checks, we stepped on UN ground (basically, the territory belonged to all the countries that are part of UN, so it was basically also my country (a small part)). We were still in Vienna, but it was no longer considered Vienna's territory. Because of this, the guards (in terms of security) were not Vienna's police. They were from around the world, and the police were only called in if the UN needed help. Their just like embassies (US embassies, US territory, which means that the countries' army is not allowed in without permission.)
In Hallstatt, I got to take pictures from a UNESCO world heritage view. Beautiful scenery! We took a funicular up the hill (which is like a tram) to see a mine (not the inside of it because we didn't have time) and learn how the miners lived. I also got to walk in a UNESCO world heritage village, where, like always, there were beautiful views.
And finally, in Salzburg, I got to go inside Mozart's residence, and also Mozart's birth place (but I didn't go inside) I loved to go inside Mozart's residence, because there, I got to learn more about him, and how he lived. His house was pretty big, but unfortunately, part of it was destroyed during WWII. (Budapest, Vienna, and Salzburg had a lot to do with WWII. Especially Budapest. Hotels there were used as headquarters for spies in WWII.) Mozart's house displayed many cool and intresting things that Mozart had used/written in his life, including a violin that he used and some of his drafts for symphonies.
Great, we're finally done. I'm exhausted. See you next week! Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyways, this post is going to be about my holiday. When I wrote my last post, I was sitting under mint green trees on a bench, and I was also sitting on the front steps to a museum in Budapest, Hungary (click here). But, that was my 2nd day on holiday (I think). That did not cover the part when I was in Vienna, Hallstatt, and Salzburg. So now, lets talk about what I did.
When we arrived at Vienna (after we got off a bus), we took a train to somewhere close to the hotel. Then, we got off the train and walked to our hotel. At first glance, I did not expect the hotel to be good because of what was surrounding it. But when we actually got close to the hotel, it gave us a good first impression, which is very important for making business. Service is another key thing to success, and service was great. And... I found another grammar error! (people really need to proof read their things these days) Grammar error (sorry, I have to do this. Finding grammar errors is life!): Enjoy the fresh Viennese water from the tap. Bring your water bottle here. We delighted to refill it for you. Um... You have to put an 'are' before delighted. Anyways, back to the story.
In Vienna, I don't think a lot of people have cars, so they take trains (usually) to work. Taking trains and subways was a crucial way for us to be able to move around. Because of that, my dad had pre-bought a 1 week city pass, which let us use public transport in Vienna for free for 1 week. (well, we had to pay for the 1 week pass).
By the way, if you have allergies to egg and/or dairy and/or you are a vegan, Vienna is the place for you. They have some people there promoting veganism, and if you managed to find them, their basically going to be able to let you know about a lot of great vegan food that you can go try. Other than that, I finally got the chance to eat ice cream on a cone! FYI, the cones for ice creams have egg in them, so that's why I can't eat ice cream on a cone. But this time, they had vegan ice cream (that means with no milk), and the cones also had no eggs! Link here.
Also, I went to the headquarters of the United Nations (UN)! I bought a shirt there (that was bigger than me even though it was supposed to be smaller than me.) When we got pass all the security checks, we stepped on UN ground (basically, the territory belonged to all the countries that are part of UN, so it was basically also my country (a small part)). We were still in Vienna, but it was no longer considered Vienna's territory. Because of this, the guards (in terms of security) were not Vienna's police. They were from around the world, and the police were only called in if the UN needed help. Their just like embassies (US embassies, US territory, which means that the countries' army is not allowed in without permission.)
In Hallstatt, I got to take pictures from a UNESCO world heritage view. Beautiful scenery! We took a funicular up the hill (which is like a tram) to see a mine (not the inside of it because we didn't have time) and learn how the miners lived. I also got to walk in a UNESCO world heritage village, where, like always, there were beautiful views.
And finally, in Salzburg, I got to go inside Mozart's residence, and also Mozart's birth place (but I didn't go inside) I loved to go inside Mozart's residence, because there, I got to learn more about him, and how he lived. His house was pretty big, but unfortunately, part of it was destroyed during WWII. (Budapest, Vienna, and Salzburg had a lot to do with WWII. Especially Budapest. Hotels there were used as headquarters for spies in WWII.) Mozart's house displayed many cool and intresting things that Mozart had used/written in his life, including a violin that he used and some of his drafts for symphonies.
Great, we're finally done. I'm exhausted. See you next week! Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Slice Of Life #123 - On Holiday - Tuesday, 10/7/2018
Okay... Currently I am in Vienna, Austria, and my dad is reading a map. I am taking this precious time to write my Slice Of Life. Because of that, sorry if this slice is kind of weird. Anyways, back to the point. I am on holiday right now in Vienna. We just came back from Budapest, Hungary. Budapest was a great place to visit. There, we took a hop on and off bus tour. The bus tour included earphones (yay!), which we used to listen to pre-recorded guides. Ok. Now I am sitting in front of a Mozart monument. The place is so green. It is so windy right now. In Budapest, we passed by lots of places with a medevil history. Unfortunately, the places did not have a good history. Some of the places were places where innocent people were threatened, tortured, and even murdered by the Nazi Cross Party (in other words, Hitler's party) in that domain. Great. It's raining heavily now. I managed to take some beautiful pictures on the cruise, which was included in our hop on hop off bus (big bus) ticket. We also bought tickets to a castle bus ticket. We managed to cover 4km around the castle, but we eventually were forced to stop because we were taking a 6:30 bus to Vienna. Now, here I am, sitting down, waiting for the rain to stop, awaiting whatever adventure awaits me.
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Slice Of Life #122 - Kuantan Outreach - Tuesday, 3/7/2018
Ok. We're back! The day before yesterday (Sunday), was a tiring day. I woke up at 3:30 am and slept at about 11:00 pm. Why was this so? Because I went to an outreach in Kuantan (which is a state in Malaysia). My dad is a doctor, and he was supposed to go to this outreach to help refugees, so me and my mom decided to go with him.
Anyways, I woke up to a daze. Well, somewhat of a daze. My alarm clock was screaming disgraceful noises into my ear. I smashed the top of the alarm clock, snoozing the alarm clock (for now). I rubbed my eyes. I turned off the alarm clock, and it went back to becoming a normal clock.
I looked at the time. 3:30, it read. I threw the covers on the bed. I scrambled out of bed and opened the door to my room to be met with blinding white light. A friend of my parents came to our house. We were "carpooling" to the area where the bus would pick up all of the people going to the outreach. It took 1 hour to reach "the place", and after a wait of about 15 mins, the bus stopped in front of the building with a screech.
We hopped on. I was happy to finally be able to get a chance to be able to sleep. On the other hand, the bus seats were not leather, which I hated because I hate to ride on those soft, "cushiony" seats. We passed by Batu Caves, and the view there was just amazing. The giant god was lit up with light, while everything remained dark.
Among reaching the place where the outreach would take place, I woke up. We got off the bus, and we went into the building (unless the person had a job outside the building). I had nothing to do, and I really wanted one badly, but there was nothing to do. Then, a person came to me with something to do. I could help out in the ushering group.
My job was to hand out numbers to each patient, and the numbers would help us keep track of how many patients we would be able to see in 6 hours. Our target was 400. Refugees without UN cards are not welcome in Malaysia, but some people had negotiated the case with the police, so the police would not catch any illegal refugees today so they would be allowed to seek treatment (oh, treatment is free. I forgot to say.)
After the outreach, I felt pretty good because I was able to help a lot of people on that day. We had managed to get 318 patients, which I thought was a pretty good amount although we didn't reach the target.
Anyways, I woke up to a daze. Well, somewhat of a daze. My alarm clock was screaming disgraceful noises into my ear. I smashed the top of the alarm clock, snoozing the alarm clock (for now). I rubbed my eyes. I turned off the alarm clock, and it went back to becoming a normal clock.
I looked at the time. 3:30, it read. I threw the covers on the bed. I scrambled out of bed and opened the door to my room to be met with blinding white light. A friend of my parents came to our house. We were "carpooling" to the area where the bus would pick up all of the people going to the outreach. It took 1 hour to reach "the place", and after a wait of about 15 mins, the bus stopped in front of the building with a screech.
We hopped on. I was happy to finally be able to get a chance to be able to sleep. On the other hand, the bus seats were not leather, which I hated because I hate to ride on those soft, "cushiony" seats. We passed by Batu Caves, and the view there was just amazing. The giant god was lit up with light, while everything remained dark.
Among reaching the place where the outreach would take place, I woke up. We got off the bus, and we went into the building (unless the person had a job outside the building). I had nothing to do, and I really wanted one badly, but there was nothing to do. Then, a person came to me with something to do. I could help out in the ushering group.
My job was to hand out numbers to each patient, and the numbers would help us keep track of how many patients we would be able to see in 6 hours. Our target was 400. Refugees without UN cards are not welcome in Malaysia, but some people had negotiated the case with the police, so the police would not catch any illegal refugees today so they would be allowed to seek treatment (oh, treatment is free. I forgot to say.)
After the outreach, I felt pretty good because I was able to help a lot of people on that day. We had managed to get 318 patients, which I thought was a pretty good amount although we didn't reach the target.
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