The Lord of the Rings (LOTR) part 2

Many things had happened after the fellowship was broken. Pippin and Merry were carried by orcs to Mordor. Frodo and Sam were closer to Mount Doom. Aragorn,Legolas and Gimli went to Gondor. Let's start with the three best friends (Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli). As so I said, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli went to Gondor, to meet Theoden King and Eomer. On their way, they saw a man with white robe with long white hair (in the book) they assumed it was Saruman. Then realized that it was actually Gandalf. He was no longer Gandalf the Grey, he was Gandalf the White. After that. they went to Helm's deep and that was where the Battle of Helm's Deep began. Gandalf went off and told Aragorn he will be back.

Man, elves from all around Middle-Earth came to battle against the orcs. Before that Legolas said that their strength to be three hundred against ten thousand. Aragorn and Legalas quarreled a while. But there were many who fled to the battle field. Women and children fled from Gondor to Helm's Deep because it was safe there, until battle came. The women and children were hiding from danger in a small tunnel beyond the gates of Helm's Deep. All man and even small boys were to fight. Eowyn, daughter of Eomund, sister of Eomer, took care of the women and children, she later fought in the Battle of Pelennor Fields, without King Theoden (her uncle) knowing. Elves from Rivendell made it to the battle field (in the movie). When they were almost hopeless, Gandalf the White came with another army, and they won the Battle. The battle lasted for a few days.When the Battle of Helm's Deep began, Pippin and Merry managed to escape the orcs one night and ran into Fangorn Forest.

Fangorn forest belongs to the Ents, a race that look like trees and they talk. Pippin and Merry was chased by one orc when they escaped, the orc was killed by the oldest ent in the forest, Fangorn also known as Treebeard. Pippin and Merry soon became friends with Treebeard and his ent friends. At that point, Saruman and his army chopped down all the trees to make room for his new army. Merry successfully led the ents to attack Saruman and his army unexpectedly. Treebeard was very angry when he saw all the trees chopped down. And so, Saruman was prisoned on the top of Isengard. And the orcs were all drowned. Pippin and Merry was seen dangling their feet up upon a wall by Gandalf and the others. 

Meanwhile at Frodo's... Frodo and Sam spent days walking, getting closer to Mount Doom. Sleep in the night, walk in the day. Just the two of them, but they never knew there was a third one...  Then one night, when they were sleeping at a "tunnel" at Emyn Muil. Gollum, he was once Smeagol before he found the ring and was corrupted by it. Gollum has been going after the ring right after Bilbo Baggins (Frodo's uncle) found it by accident and took it. When Frodo and Sam were sleeping, Gollum sneaked upon them and tried to snatch the ring from Frodo's neck (he wear the rings in a necklace way around his neck). But Frodo and Sam were awake, they caught Gollum and use the elven rope Galadriel gave to Sam and tied it around Gollum's neck. They made a deal, Frodo will not kill Gollum if he bring them to Mount Doom. So Gollum was their guide. Ever since then, Sam thought something was fishy about Gollum, sometimes at night, after Frodo slept, Sam heard Gollum speaking to Smeagol, speaking to himself. He has split personality. The bad Smeagol, Gollum said he will lead the hobbits into a trap, my the good Smeagol denied. But Gollum managed to pursued Smeagol into trapping them in order to get their "precious" (the ring). 

Sam told Frodo secretly about Gollum's plan, but Frodo did not believe him. Sneaky little Gollum acted innocent infront of Frodo. His voice was rough and always hold the letter "s" producing a "ssss" sound. Like preciousssssss. Annoying. 

After the two battle ended, Gandalf, Theoden, Legolas, Gimli and Aragorn made their way to Isengard, when they saw the place was flooded, Saruman was trapped at the top of Isengard. Pippin and Merry greeted them with glee. They finally reunited! But what trouble could have come for Frodo and Sam? To be continued.....


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Hey guys, I won't be updating my blog, because my final exam is in 16 days (OMG). And it is really important, because it determines if I can skip form 3. So I really wanna skip form 3. This'll be the last blog for the next 3 weeks. I will update more after my exam's finish. TQ AND TATA :)

The Lord of the Rings (LOTR) part 1

WAIT WAIT OMG BEFORE I START. I FINISHED THE LOTR BOOK A FEW WEEKS AGO! YES 1000+ BOOK I TOLD YOU ABOUT!! IT WAS A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.!! AND NOW... TO THE REAL TOPIC...


The Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy novel written by J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings was published in three volumes, entitled, The Fellowship of the Rings, The Two Towers and The Return of the King. 


The dark lord, Sauron, created the one ring to rule Middle-Earth. The rings was gold and had elven-writings on it, but it only could be seen if it is heated. They said, if the ring was put on, he or she will become invisible. In a small land, The Shire, a hobbit-land, where all hobbits unite. Lives Frodo Baggins and his uncle Bilbo Baggins and their gardener Samwise Gamgee (known as Sam). Then one day, came Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo's old friend. After Bilbo left for his journey, Frodo came upon a deadly quest. That could drive all of them in great danger. He must once and for all destroy the ring of power. 

THE RING

Alike Huh??

Scary Huh?

Together with Sam, they were on a quest to Mount Doom, Mordor, the only place to destroy the ring. When they bumped into two other hobbits (their own kind), Peregrin Took and Meriadoc Brandybuck also known as Pippin and Merry. They both looked alike but the funny thing was they were not twins. Both Merry and Pippin join Frodo and Sam on the deadly quest. On their way, they met Tom Badabil. A friend of Pippin. They stayed at his house for a while and Tom armed them with weapons as the road down was dangerous. They went a very far way. Until one day, they stumbled across a dark rider, Saruman's army.

But, they eventually escaped the dark rider. *applause* On their way, they reached Bree, a small village, Gandalf told them to stay at The Prancing Pony. In there, they met Strider, whose real name was Aragorn, son of Arathorn. From there, together with Strider, they continued their journey. One night, when Strider was away for a while, Frodo and the hobbits caught the eyes of the dark riders. They were surrounded by the dark riders. Frodo had the urge to put his ring on to escape. But, putting the ring on was a bad idea, it only attracted the dark riders (a.k.a. the nazguls) attention. One of the Nazguls stabbed Frodo on his left shoulder. Then Strider came and fought the Nazguls. Frodo was in deep pain, Aragorn and Sam went to find kingsfoil which could slow the pain down. When suddenly Arwen the elf(which I like to call Aragorn's lover/gf :) ) With Arwen's help, she and Frodo rode to Rivendell, where Frodo can be healed by Arwen's father, Elrond. 

Frodo woke up on a comfy bed, beside him was Gandalf, Frodo was "muzzy" at first until Gandalf filled it in. He felt no pain on his shoulder anymore, Lord Elrond had healed him. After Frodo, Sam, Pippin and Merry reunited. They met Bilbo, resting below a tree, writing his book, "There and Back Again". Bilbo gave Frodo his mithil coat, a protective armor, made from the delicate hands of the elves, and Bilbo's sword, Sting, it will glow blue when there is orcs nearby. 

Rivendell, the magical place. Where elves rule...

The news of the ring had been spreading fast. So it happened, that there will be a council in Rivendell, where all races unite to solve the issue. Frodo and his friends dwell in Rivendell for a few days, when strangers from around Middle-Earth came. Frodo, Gandalf, Strider (Let's call him Aragorn from now on), Elrond (of course), elves, dwarves.... Gandalf introduced the elves, dwarves and men in the council. From the woodland Mirkwood, Legolas Greenleaf (HAWTTTTTTT) and his elf-friends represent The King of Mirkwood, King Thranduil (Legolas's father). Among the dwarves, you know, the short little fellow? Yeah, them. Sat Gimli, son of Gloin, he had a long bushy beard. Among the men, stood Boromir, son of Denethor, and Aragorn, Isildur's heir (You really need to know the Middle-Earth history first) During the council, they had fights, disagreement, especially between the elves and the dwarves. The dwarves hates the elves. Because Gloin, was prisoned by King Thranduil. Done. I think that's it. But later on in the story, Gimli and Legolas became good friends *applause*

They came across The mines of Moria, Frodo saw a hideous creature following them. Gandalf said his name was Gollum, he has been following them for 3 days since they left from Rivendell. Gandalf fell down the bridge of khazza-dum when fighting against The Balrog. The fellowship wept and continued their journey. They went to Lothlorien a.k.a. Lorien, where elves ruled. There lived Galadriel one of the ring bearers of the three elven kings. The fellowship dwell there for a few days, and took off. Galadriel gave each of them a gift. 


At the end of the Fellowship of the Rings movie/book. Frodo and Sam went alone to Mount Doom, leaving the fellowship behind. Boromir died from saving Merry and Pippin from the orcs. Pippin and Merry got captured by the orcs. Gandalf died. Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli were left alone, they continued their journey to Gondor. The fellowship was broken. 

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The Night of Drama

The 4th of August was our annual drama theater showcase. Featuring the Form 2s and Form 5s. Yep, all those rehearsals are for that day, where all of our friends and families came to watch us perform. I was looking forward to it! Well of course! My group auditioned for the slot in theater showcase and we succeeded! Teacher Erica and her sister, Teacher Grace told us that theater showcase will be held  on August 4th, at Wisma Bentley Music, Mutiara Damansara.... 

We were to arrive there at 12. Gillian carpooled with me, I got a picture of the venue in my mind, Gillian wanted to surprise herself. We left at 11.15 and arrived at 12. You know the traffic there. My mum gave me a hug before we went up to the 4th floor. I was freaking out throughout the whole journey, because this time, my mum and her friend were going to watch me. Me and Gillian went in. First thing that came into my mind..... WHOA! SHIT! WHOA! We're gonna die! ARGH! Yiting, Emily and Sarah were already there. And of course, Teacher Erica, Teacher Grace, Teacher Bernie and The backstage,stage crew.... and the tech crew and other crews.... You get what I mean. The auditorium looks grand! Seriously, the chairs the carpet, the stage, the curtains at the back, the walls, the lighting!  

The stage

Most of our friend came by 1.30. Joseph's group, Kheng Yue's group, my group was early. The crew was setting up the stage when we get there, they needed lots of time. Sound effects, props, stage managing, lights. They were busy. THEY not US. Us? We were sitting up at the back row, chilling. #likeaboss 

It was already 2, Teacher Erica made some announcement, much more like general rules actually. Then we started our cue-to-cue rehearsals, which means with sound effects, full-dress... I think that what it means. The first 3 group need to be at backstage before the doors open. Which means, my group, Gillian's group and Ashley's group. Unlike last year, we don't have to shout at the top of our lungs anymore, because this year, they provided us with head-piece microphones! :DD was head-piece or head-set.... ANYWAYS, Teacher Grace was the host, she, too, practiced her speech, to make the whole rehearsal looked real. It was, despite the fact that there were more empty seats than students and teachers. The crew helped my group, me, Yiting, Chee How and Dody with the microphones. I was really nervous, eventhough it was just rehearsal, I never used this microphones and the stage is tall and wide. But I must say that the stage was smaller compared to last year's season 2 theater showcase. 

I started to get used to the stage after my first line, then I calmed myself down. There, easy. Our play was only 2 minutes, same goes to other plays. We were done, we thought we did a great job. As time passed, it was the Form 5s to practice. Me and my fellow friends just sat back and enjoy the other plays. The form 5s were awesome!!! We loved them all! But after one of their plays, Teacher Erica said to everyone that our energy was very low, the pacing was slow, she said especially the form 2s, which was us. That time, our heart sank, damn it! Teacher asked us to go out the auditorium and practiced at the foyer. We all went out with dissapointment, and we had our snack. Sandwich, it was simple but nice! After that, I nudged my group to practice. It was quite some time, so we all went in. Surprisingly, it was the last rehearsal, I mean it was the last performance, the closing performance. Boy, it was funny! 

My awesome group 

It was 5pm. 3 more hours to showtime. *gasp* No big deal. The sun was setting... with the scenery of construction site... visual pollution much? Sorry, I just learnt visual pollution. After that, we chilled and had our dinner at 6. It was okay, rice, potatoes the usual. My appetite was bad to be honest, probably because I was nervous. After dinner we relaxed ourselves, meditate or whatever much more like a free-time. Where the form 5s were in the hall discussing with Teacher Erica, WE were chilling. OKAY, this is getting boring. Lemme just skip to 40 minutes approximately before the show starts. okay? ok.

40 Minutes before the show starts. Teacher Erica called us ALL in to the hall. Shut the doors. Just the whole drama group and the teachers, Teacher Erica, Grace, Kai Yuan and Cher Bernie. We all did vocal warm ups because some of our pronouncation during the practice was.. not accurate. We did humming, where everyone hums at the same time. We also bit our thumb and say 3 lines from our play. Slowly and accurately. It was hard, you wouldn't know if you try it. We also introduced ourselves to everyone. Yes, one by one. It actually took some times. And we had a good laugh at some of the drama students and the teachers. :D It was ALMOST time, Teacher saved us the last 4 rows of seat for us to sit back and watched the rest of the show after we performed. As we rehearsed, the first four groups went backstage.  My group brought all the props we needed along with us to backstage. Then the crew equipped us with the head-set microphones. And so we awaited... for the crowd to fill up the empty seats. Me, Bryan, Yiting, Dody and Emily and Joseph kept on peeking through the curtains. We saw some of the teachers, Teacher May Peng was there and so is Teacher Navanee and Teacher Chris/Andy *there're twins* 

The show was delayed 30 minutes, when suddenly we heard Teacher Grace spoke through the microphone: Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls welcome to our annual theater showcase! *the crowd cheers* At that very moment, all of us at backstage were freaking out. My group prepared to go up the stage. It was only a while when Teacher Grace announced that our group will be welcomed on stage. We did not speak, as the microphones were switched on. And so, we went out and give out all we got.

It was only 2 minutes, and my group got off the stage. I wished the other groups good luck and head straight out the backstage door. I high-fived with my group members and joyfully skipped back to the hall. YES! This is the advantage of performing first, you get to sit back and relax the rest of the show. Oh yeah. I heard my mum's camera's shutter sound when I was up on stage. GOSH! I was really happy and high :D With the joy, I watched the rest of the show. 

Some of my friends play: 

I will never ever forget the night when I perform in a grand hall* eventhough I performed last year* ** The hall is GRAND to me** the night that make me laugh, the night that show me what drama is. The night of drama. 

BM DAY

10th of July was our school's annual BM day. We had to dress differently on the day... There were choices, dress up with traditional clothes or modern/formal. I mean seriously, who has baju kurung?? Well, except for Malays that is. So we decided that as a class, we would dress up formally. Girls wear dresses, boys wear.... formal, with the tie and coat and yeah. That day was similar to theme day.


We decided to sing a song to start! At first, it was Rasa Sayang, the most popular malaysian childhood song, but we realised that it is a very common song and there is also a high chance that other class MAY be singing it. So we changed our song to 1 Malaysia. 

Us practicing 

We thought that it would be boring to just stand up there and sing, so we decided as a class, we would form a "v" shape and throw paper planes with BM encouraging writings in it. :DD The song is really nice, Gillian said that We were being so patriotic XD 


We splited ourselves into 2 groups, one would do singing, the other would do art and design, I was doing singing, my art skills suck! I didn't take my lunch that day, I figured that I was not hungry and my friends could use some help on painting the flags of Malaysia, so I helped out. It was almost time, me and my friends struggled to find a vacant toilet for us to change, I found one! What a miracle! I got dressed up and went in class for last minute preparation, when it was time, we each hold a paper plane to throw at the audience sometime during our presentation. Me? I just went along with the flow.


Lucky Dylan, that's what I called him that day. He was our Representative to class dice to decide what is our number to present to the school. We were very "lucky" we got first so we presented. To be honest with you, me and my friends memorized but forgot the lyrics, what do you expect? Take a picture and keep it in our brain? -.-  It took like a few hours for the activity to finish, including the wau creating. Our wau suck. You wouldn't want to see it. Thrust me.


Oh yeah, after that,each teacher has to pick 6 students to dance with them. First round was Cher Navanee and Cher CJ, Fifi got picked by Teacher Navanee. She was out there.... ALL ALONE... how scary. @.@ Second round was Teacher May Peng and Teacher Cheong Ho, teacher May Peng walk towards our class and "scan" and picked Dylan. I was relived until Teacher Cheong Ho, our maths teacher, came and pointed at me. He chose me! He freaking chose me! I went out with Dylan and Lionel. Then Gillian came along. I was not alone :D It was the most awkwardest moment ever. UGH! 


After that  Emily took some pictures with Cher May Peng and Cher Cheong Ho

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Freedom!!! Freedumb....

Woohoo! I had just finished my test yesterday and as I promised I will update my blog more often as I am very free now. I'm gonna read my LOTR book, I haven't read it for like a month! >< And other things..... so i will be writing my new update.... starting now....










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