Loved ones...

Yeah people,
I hope you didn't miss me too much. Based on the ridiculous poll I put up, boys should get chocolates, sweets, write love songs, love notes, love poems and profess his love for the girl he likes on Valentines. That's kinda a lot to do, considering boys only have so much time. xPxP
So anyway, okay enough about all the hype on this boyfriend-girlfriend relationship thing. In case you didn't know, yesterday was Earth hour. For all you blur peeps, yes it was the time where most people with a heart ( no offense ) decided to turn off their lights. Even Kuala Lumpur played their part by turning most of the lights. Take a look at KLCC man ! Seriously, this should be applauded. So yeah, it was a great time. I spent the time walking around houses with friends around the neighborhood asking them to turn off their lights. One of my friend, Matin went on ringing doorbells and didn't notice one of 'em gates were opened, and got chased by a dog. It was fun and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
SO ANYWAY, back to the main topic of today. In accordance to Earth hour, I've come to learn something and I thought I just wanna share with you people, yeah YOU! I met this really old dude.. ( old means loads of wisdom.. hahaha ) and he spoke to me about stuff. He says this which I believe is quite true, in my case at least.

He said and I quote, " Boy, you're young. You have a long life ahead of you. You spend time with your friends, you have fun. You enjoy the moments and live it to the fullest. Sometimes, you get jealous when you're not invited to parties or events when your other friends are 'cause you want to be everywhere, knowing everything and not wanting to be left out. It's normal. But most friends come and go, there are those who you spend a lifetime with and it's good that you have this sorta friends. But remember, it's your family that matters most. When you lose your dad, he won't be there anymore. The same goes for your mother. Siblings especially, are the ones that keep you company throughout your life. You find safety in them, comfort, company and everything else. So cherish your family, for this is a one time life and you get to live it only once."

There's still loads more that he said that really spoke to me personally, unfortunately I can't remember. So yeah, family... do you spend time with your family a lot? Do you talk to them about anything and everything? Or are friends and your life much more important than them? 'Cause if that's the case, then I hope you know what you're doing.
Gosh, I feel like some old dude man! This is too much to take in. Okay let's do a brief news coverage of what's been happening lately.

Manchester United unfortunately lost yet again to Fulham 2-0 at Craven Cottage and are now only a single point ahead of Liverpool. Laugh now Liverpool fans, MU are still gonna win the EPL. World Cup Qualifiers are also on today. Oh and remember how I was asking about the controversy surrounding Britney Spears' song "If you seek Amy"? I found out about it a few weeks ago. It meant F*** Me. If you listen really closely, then I think you might be able to catch it.
-sigh- this is tiring, I have exams in a week and I doing this, gawd! Oh yeah speaking of exams, my 3-4 days of studying BK paid off 'cause I got 84% for my BK exam. haha!! My first A for the subject. Just in case you didn't know, SPM trials are in 6 months and SPM in 8 months. OMG !!! Do I have enough time to catch up on everything? I certainly hope so. If you know some special method of how I can buck up on form 4 and 5 syllabus in that little amount of time, do tell! I'm desperate here!
So, that's your regular dosage of darren khoo's life. I hope you enjoyed it, if not at least try to. till the next one peeps..

-darrenkhoo signing out

Persevering !

Yes, Man U fans. The scoreline is 4-1. At Old Trafford ! It's unbelievable but it happened. I'm still in shock, then again it's only one game. I'm confident enough to say MU will still retain the championship for the third time running. Nine games to go, Man U aren't gonna slip anymore. All the hype are on them slipping, what about Liverpool? They can slip as well. I'm sure Manchester are going to take their game in hand ( against Portsmouth ) and go 7 pts clear of Liverpool again. We'll just wait and see the remainder of the season yeah? I won't be surprised to see these photos again on my TV screen anytime soon.

Holidaying but counting down

So again come the holidays. It's mid-March and what am I doing??? Blogging ! Gawd, I've really gotta do something about my studies thick and fast. I can't really enjoy the holidays anymore. I'm entering into the countdown mood already. Is that even healthy? You form 5's better study man. As for all you form 4's, it actually is wise that you start studying in form 4. Once you're as old as I am, you really regret it. Seriously, what the oldies say is true, don't waste anymore time.
-sigh-we put that to bed first and enjoy the rest of life la yeah? so what you up to? anything big planned for holidays? or you just one of them losers who rot at home, watch tv, eat and sleep? if you are, then join the club, man...
ughhh.. always never anything big planned for this type of holidays. Someone please invite me to somewhere.. anywhere, I'm dying to go out and hang out. Ok, enough about my sad life.. moving on to world news.

Manchester United beat Inter 2-0 aggregate with Nemanja Vidic and Cristiano Ronaldo supplying the goals on the return leg at Old trafford a few days ago. All 4 English teams progressed into the quarterfinals with Liverpool beating Real Madrid 5-0, Arsenal winning Roma on penalties, and Chelsea 3-2 over Juventus. Barcelona, Porto, Villareal and Bayern Munich join them for the mouth-watering quarterfinal draw in a few days. Oh and in case you didn't already know, MU are playing Liverpool tomorrow at Old Trafford. If MU wins, they virtually seal the title, if they don't then perhaps Liverpool still have a glimmer of hope of trying to wrestle the title from MU.
Oh and whats up about the song from Britney Spears entitled "when you see Amy" or something like that.. apparently it's causing lots of controversy in America. If you do know whats the fuss about, please do tell. Oh and I'm eager to watch Slumdog Millionaire and Inkheart. They look like cool movies, do invite if you're going to watch :)
I just finished the first three seasons of Grey's Anatomy !!! it ended with Lexie Grey and the new interns coming to Seattle Grace Hospital. I can't wait to get my hands on Season 4.
So I think this is about time I stop. I hope you enjoyed your daily dose of darren khoo's life.
till the next post peoplez!
-darren khoo signing out

The weekend

19-21 February 2009. Discipleship Conference at DUMC. 23-25 February 2009. First monthly test at SMK Kota Kemuning. Conference-exam-exam-conference. I THINK I should be studying.. then again I'm doing this. I"m seriously gonna run out of time for studying. It's always been the case my whole life. Not to mention the amount of time lost throughout the weekend. Is it the same for you? I bet some of you leave it to the very last minute. And there are those who don't study at all. I'm kinda like a hybrid, a bit of both. But I think the conference was good. Well, the thing that strike me is what Rev Edmund Chan said, " truth does not change lives... truth applied changes lives". Strong words, big words actually. So yeah, don't just learn something.. apply it in life. It helps.. I think.
Sports day just ended, don't exactly know who won.. probably green house or something like that (according to my sister). Oh well, for my red house.. " there's always next year !". So anyway, I've been reading the freakin' history book like 15-20 times over and over and I still can't really suck it in. Do you know how to suck information in and having them stay there? 'Cause I'd really like to know... it's painful how you try to memorize them yet fail so miserably.
I really think I should be studying now and if you're reading this anytime between 23-25 February and you're from SMK Kota Kemuning.. I really think you ought to be studying right now !!! So Go !! get lost.. xD
darren khoo signing out

It's that time of year

Hey you loser blog readers...
thanks for dropping by this one and I'll try to entertain you for the next few minutes or so.

So, today is February 9th 2009. We're about 5 days away from Valentine's Day. Isn't that fast? Oh by the way, a friend told me the other day that there would be school on Valentine's Day. I was like, " Duh.. it's a Monday ". She replied, " Valentine's on the 14th you derrrr ". I said, " Oh yeah, I thought it was 16th, my bad ".
Seriously, how dungu did I sound. I'm kinda lost in time right now so most of the things are a bit haywire for me. Anyway, I hope you've got your loved ones something nice. This day only comes around once a year. This might just be another Valentines. It is up to you to make it special.
And by the way, not meaning to boast or anything but I just calculated my total earnings from my previous 4 tournaments along with angpau money from CNY. It hits a grand total of about 4k. Cool, there are loads of thing I can do with that. Yeah yeah, I know some of you might have loads more than that but oh well, I'll deal with what I've got. xPxP
So seriously, back on the Valentines issue. There have been things I've seen being sold for the occasion which to me look really really ridiculous, not to mention cheap-looking and " just for the sake of giving something " kinda thing. So, come on peoples, get the romantic part of your brain clicking and do something great this year !! I'm sure they'll love it.
Okay whatever.. something random, I've embarked on another TV series.. " Grey's Anatomy " now. I've decided to start from scratch from season 1. It's kinda cool. I like Meredith and Lexi, hahaha.
time's beckoning for me to accomplish a few more things before the day ends, so till the next one peeps...
I hope you didnt waste the past few minutes of your life. x)
--darrenkhoo signing out

Writing my 2009 book

What a wonderful New Year celebration it was. What a wonderful Christmas celebration it was. All the wonderful 'was' in 2008 have come and gone. It's time to start anew, afresh with 2009 with so many exciting things in store. It's days 7th of the year and there are already a few people telling me to do a countdown towards SPM. I mean seriously, who counts downs to SPM with about 300 days left to go?? You should be enjoying yourself ( not too much ) and slowly kick it up a notch as time goes.
OH WELL, third day into the new school calendar. The class welcomes new students, new teacher, new monitor ( Gosh !! that's me. Judgement day shall come soon ). I'm waiting on how all these pends out at the end of the year. It's a pity we lost so many students through streaming. Then again, I'm grateful for the few that came over to 5 Science 1.
I have approximately 357 days and 6 hours left to write a really really good book about year 2009 for me. I mean, I'd like to look back on this year as the breakthrough year for me and heading towards a better and brighter future. Wouldn't you? After all, you only get to write it once so why not make it memorable? It is my senior year in high school too. So I should end high school with a *bang* right? Right???
I don't quite get the novel books for students to read and use during exams especially the malay ones. It is :-
a. ridiculously long
b. in "MALAY"
c. utterly boring
d. too exam oriented
e. UTTERLY BORING !!!

Oh well, I guess u have to do what you have to do to get an A for exams. til the next one peeps
--darren khoo

Wonderful time of Christmas celebration !

20th December 2008. I guess you can say it was one of the highlights of year 2008 for me. For the first time, I played the guitar and worshipped along with my dad in front of about 100 people in celebration of Christmas. We had friends, relatives ( Chung family ), neighbors, all come together in my house to have a wonderful time celebrating Christmas.
It was great; atmosphere was good, people were having a good time, food was fantastic, games were awesome, testimonies were touching and of course the worship was ' DA BOMB ' ! ( haha.. xP)
So yeah, playing in front of a crowd that big ( ok well, it wasn't that big but still ) really gives you a taste of how it feels performing in front of lots of people with most of them staring at you. I was a lil' anxious at first but as I began to play ( as they say ).. that anxiety gradually fades off.
I hope this is a learning phase as I look forward to more opportunities to perform in front of a bigger crowd.
Another plus for Christmas is the fact that MANCHESTER UNITED won the FIFA World Club Cup, beating Gamba Osaka 5-3 in the semis and LDU De Quito 1-0 in the finals with Wayne Rooney claiming the MVP award for the tournemant. More so the fact that Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool all drew in the week's Premier League fixtures leaving MU with two games in hand and only 7 points behind leaders Liverpool. So, all in all it has been a tiring yet exciting week for me. I hope it is too for you guys and I'm back into the Prison Break and Heroes season.
Gotta keep track with those two series and by the way, I watched 90210 yesterday and Boy ! do i love that show. till next time peeps
--darren khoo signing off