Praise be to God, the Exams Are Over!

Shout for joy!!!

1. Alhamdulillah. Syukur ke hadirat Allah. At 2.oo noon today, Thursday of 28th of May, the mid-year examinations are behind us all. The last paper done was Physics.

2. Tears and cries of joy surrounded the class. There were also some laughter in the background.

3. Peers were seen hugging each other, releasing the joy in their hearts. A mid-year exam well done, I suppose.

4. Thanks be to all teachers, and classmates, for making this exam one hell of a wake-up call for the majority of us.

5. Why do I say this? Well, the tests were quite hard, very very time-consuming, and boring. This is a very realistic simulation of what the actual SPM come November will be like, I guess.

6. Some subjects, turned out ok, great even, while others (I don't want to say here, errrm*add maths*), well, lets just say there's HUGE room for improvement for most of us.

7. And finally, with a guy in my class singing Sudirman's Merdeka song, we are all free from the horror and insanity of two weeks of mid-year exams.

8. I just hate formal exams. I mean you go to school, for 8 hours, doing exams. For two straight weeks. Two straight weeks of brain-melting exams. Two straight weeks of not learning anything new.

9. The reality just makes me sick. Just some of the flaws in the modern education system.


10. Just forget about what you just read. I was only reflecting upon my life. Be on the bright side of things.

11. The Axiom wishes all a good two weeks of rest. Stay healthy. Assalamualaikum.

The Student

1. Right. Ok. Now let's explore the inner workings of my friend, Amzar's mind, through his piece of sketch, done today in class, during Bahasa Melayu period.

2. I asked Amzar to lend me his BM exercise book, to scan his artwork. He agreed. So here it is.



3. It's a drawing of a guy. A student, I think. Who was on his mind when he drew this, god knows. I wonder... I leave that to your judging. It looks like he's wearing standard school uniform, has terrifyingly long hair, and his face creeps me out.

4. What's cool about Amzar's drawing of the student is that it was drawn directly after copying the teacher's notes (syair) on the white board. As said, this piece of art was scanned directly from his exercise book. I tell you, this guy can get really inspired, at the most unexpected times.

5. I love random art. This is an example of random art done by my classmate. Totally random and inspired. Oh, Hanif also added some details on the guy's pants. Thanks...

6. You can tell what someone is thinking about at a point in time through random art. That's the cool thing about random art.

7. Thanks, Amzar. Thanks for sharing. Really appreciate it. Good night people. Assalamualaikum.

2 Swords and a Spear

1. It was Biology class. Biology class after recess.

2. The teacher was talking in front. Talking. Talking about biology. Giving out the answer to the worksheets. The worksheets she had given. Everything we need to know about the workings of the nervous system.

3. Along the lesson, she kept telling us, repeating about how difficult biology is, all the things that need remembering, the commitment needed in constant reading...

4. You can tell it was a boring lesson. It was obviously a boring lesson. But I enjoyed it anyway. I get fascinated easily by the most boring things.

5. But my friend Jalil, started showing signs of boredom. He started drawing swords in my notebook. They looked cool. I like looking at sketches of cool, long swords. As I said, I get impressed easily.

6. He also drew this kinda african-tribal-looking spear, which had some sort of fin-like extensions on both sides.

7. There was also this two-bladed dagger thing, which also looked cool.

8. I am collecting artwork, and his sketches were rather inspiring. These artworks from Jalil reveals his inner-subconscious mind, and shows the inner-workings of his brain at the time of the biology lesson.

9. So, I asked his permission to put the drawings on this blog. He agreed. So here they are. Thanks, Jalil. Totally appreciate it.

Lukisan Petang

1. Hmmm. Right. OK. First thing, apologies. I've been off my blogging duty for 1 whole month. I am sorry for the long leave. It's just that, owwhh, you know, school, homework, exam, stuff...I'm sure you understand. Again, my sincerest of 'sorry's.

2. I've got a masterpiece to share with all of you. It's a one-and-only original artwork by my well-known-friend, Hafizan Halim. He showed it to me during extra-class period today (physics). The realism of this piece of drawing is astounding. I know that, to art people, who posess the god-given skills of sketching and rendering, or have learned it somehow in some point of their lives, that this is just 'ordinary, anyone can do it' stuff,... but to me, this, this is beautiful. I mean, the detail, the realism... man, this is great stuff. This is one good sketch.

3. According to Hafizan, he drew it yesterday evening, spent about 30 minutes doing this, using his Mitsubishi technical pen, while at Hafidz, a close friend's house. So, this piece is called 'Lukisan Petang Ahad di Rumah Hafidz', by Hafizan.

4. It's a view of Kolej, the row of classes near the green, stagnant 'kolam', you know... let me relate this. In 2008, the furthest class you see in the drawing used to be 4 Omega.

5. So, thank you, Hafizan, for the sketch, and thank you for letting me share your art with all of us in my blog. And with this, I hope I can post more artwork on this blog in the future. Anybody wanna share? I'm at 5 Omega. Just go see me sometime if you have anything good to be shared and recognized.

6. Good night people. Stay healthy. Assalamualaikum.