I really had to post this this morning, even though the day had just began.
Simple... dreamt about something, but could not wake up.
Saw some friends at Clarke Quay at between midnight and three in the morning, walking down the same stretch where Andy, Randall, Gabriel andI did our Walk and Talk competition. Instead of them, this group comprised of some of the familiar people like Ze Yi ,Zhi Kai, Cazua,Damien and Dom( no offence). Everyone was dressed in black, from top to toe, and had headsets( looking like those bluetooth headsets) for communication....
Went with them to UOB plaza, before seeing them running up the stairs to the office levels. From what I can remember, they had guns and military knives? I had nothing other than a bag full of first aid equipment( guess it was to drees up any wounds they had), a pistol and a knive. They sort of shot at any police officers who stopped them, and pushed me aside before going into the offices to check on the area before proceeding upwards... Surprisingly, did not hear any alarm or anything in there...
Went to the top, and came down by lift. We managed to hear someone on the radio, saying that a group of at least 5 had infiltrated the area. He spoke commands by radio, saying to close the car park gates, have armed guards at all entrances and exits. I saw an armed officer, wearing a bullet-proof vest with the word" POLICE", carrying a rifle of which I forgot the name...In all, he looked like one of those who usually patrol the MRT stations, just that he has got more equipment this time round...
Headed to the carpark to plot our escape through the closed gate. However, we were spoted by a nearby survelliance camera which gave us away. Soon, we found more of those officers coming in from all the possible exits, except the car park's two main exits. We surrendered and were led to the police bus, before being led to another complex for interrogation... I blacked out on the way, and awoke to find my cousin and her CCA chairperson behind me... well, after that I was in a dze, din't really know what was going on, other than the phrase "wanted for murder and robbery" . After that, I found myslef in great anxiety, wanting to get out, seeing death as a way out of all that chaos, not wanting to have done all that in the first place. Soon, after hearing another explosion sweeping through the place, the same group of us, this time including those who were at the complex and were related to those who infiltrated the UOB plaza fled on the same bus, heading for a jungle( which I do not know of)... It was only then when I was woken up by someone( at 10 30 am)...
What could this mean? Could it be a dangerous day on Monday, or when the class has got a gathering? Could it be a possible terror attack? Maybe I am just thinking too far...Maybe, just maybe, whenever such dreams occur, I can count on it that something bad always happens...Hopefully, my brother who's in Brunei for an 11 day trip would not come to any harm...
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Friday, January 26, 2007
Hard Core Friday
Today was really tough, with test coming after test( especially Additional Mathematics). There were already 4 Mathematics tests to date, 2 Chinese tests, 3 Science tests and a English test held so far. 10 tests held in the first 4 weeks of school, and that makes an average of three tests each week!
Though the lessons were smooth, Chinese was more of working with speed and skill, as as long as we could complete a cloze passage and 6 comprehensions within 1hour and 30 minutes... but it ended up with me completing it in 2 hours! The situation was made worse when the comprehension questions were a lot harder than the previous two papers...
Had some soccer after lunch. That was when Zhi Kai pumped the ball into the tree, and while everyone attempted a couple of times to get t down with a basketball, Cazua proved with his worth by his strong sill of marksmanship by kicking a basketball up to the tree, and getting the soccerball down on his first attempt... After that went to take a look at Sean tutoring Clara with her mathematics before going for St John... Now with three new officers, things are going to be really tough ahead, even though it''s for the best of the school... Many new rules to take note of, and many new activities to know of, since I doubt I'll even have a chance to go at them, since, afterall, there's only eight or nine more months to the O Levels...
Left for home at 5.30pm, and met Andy, Chie Heng and Chong Siang coincidentally on the way to the MRT station. Reached hom, ate dinner, changed and headed for tution at 6.45 pm...
Just now, I started to sneeze frequently and my nose even started to flow like a river... maybe I stayed out in the rain for too long today...
Although it's just for the next couple of months, but these times will be over soon, so just try to treasure the days spent at the CCA before it reaches my last...
Though the lessons were smooth, Chinese was more of working with speed and skill, as as long as we could complete a cloze passage and 6 comprehensions within 1hour and 30 minutes... but it ended up with me completing it in 2 hours! The situation was made worse when the comprehension questions were a lot harder than the previous two papers...
Had some soccer after lunch. That was when Zhi Kai pumped the ball into the tree, and while everyone attempted a couple of times to get t down with a basketball, Cazua proved with his worth by his strong sill of marksmanship by kicking a basketball up to the tree, and getting the soccerball down on his first attempt... After that went to take a look at Sean tutoring Clara with her mathematics before going for St John... Now with three new officers, things are going to be really tough ahead, even though it''s for the best of the school... Many new rules to take note of, and many new activities to know of, since I doubt I'll even have a chance to go at them, since, afterall, there's only eight or nine more months to the O Levels...
Left for home at 5.30pm, and met Andy, Chie Heng and Chong Siang coincidentally on the way to the MRT station. Reached hom, ate dinner, changed and headed for tution at 6.45 pm...
Just now, I started to sneeze frequently and my nose even started to flow like a river... maybe I stayed out in the rain for too long today...
Although it's just for the next couple of months, but these times will be over soon, so just try to treasure the days spent at the CCA before it reaches my last...
Thursday, January 25, 2007
WIreless Enabled
Finally! S.Nightlife have completed their Walk and Talk competition audio clip, all thanks to the great resourcefullness of the team members and their language skills.
Today, headed to school early to go to the classroom, put down my bag, complete some last-minute work. However, I soon found out that the classroom was not even being used for any meeting this morning! IT started raining, and everyone gathered in class.
Anyway, the meeting was to be held in the afternoon, at around 2.45 pm when school has ended for the day. PE was only some minor lecture on perserverance, and it seemed to have helped me a little. That was 1 period. Next, all we did was to go for a run(enjoyed it) which was also a breeze. Last 10 minutes. Practiced my pull-ups again... could only do three like the last time. Physics practical came after that. I crapped around little with the apparatus again...
After recess was Mathematics. It was not too bad this time, and I could understand the lesson this time round. CME came next. Learnt quite a lot about the electoral system... many facts which I do not even know myself!
Assembly program was about the school's new wireless network and E-learning portal. The school had just recently aquired numerous wireless acess points, tablet PCs and changed everyones' passwords. However, I did not now that bringing a laptop, notebook, tablet to school is actually an offence( an act I did on three occassions last year)... Well, maybe during the St. John training camp held during the June holidays, I could attempt it again, with a plan in mind?
By the way, there were also a group of student demonstrators with 8 of the 20 new tablets in the hall, demonstraing to the audience the uses of the new E-learning portal, which seems more like an organiser than an E-learning portal. Just hoping that on Wednesdays, 8 Biology students could have a different way of having their biology lesson, whereby 8 students gather around a teacher's tablet to copy down lesson notes, since the projector in the temporary classroom is not operarional...
Tomorrow is another CCA day,and luckily I do not have to be in full uniform since I have to rush of at 5.30 pm to prepare for tution in the evening...
Today, headed to school early to go to the classroom, put down my bag, complete some last-minute work. However, I soon found out that the classroom was not even being used for any meeting this morning! IT started raining, and everyone gathered in class.
Anyway, the meeting was to be held in the afternoon, at around 2.45 pm when school has ended for the day. PE was only some minor lecture on perserverance, and it seemed to have helped me a little. That was 1 period. Next, all we did was to go for a run(enjoyed it) which was also a breeze. Last 10 minutes. Practiced my pull-ups again... could only do three like the last time. Physics practical came after that. I crapped around little with the apparatus again...
After recess was Mathematics. It was not too bad this time, and I could understand the lesson this time round. CME came next. Learnt quite a lot about the electoral system... many facts which I do not even know myself!
Assembly program was about the school's new wireless network and E-learning portal. The school had just recently aquired numerous wireless acess points, tablet PCs and changed everyones' passwords. However, I did not now that bringing a laptop, notebook, tablet to school is actually an offence( an act I did on three occassions last year)... Well, maybe during the St. John training camp held during the June holidays, I could attempt it again, with a plan in mind?
By the way, there were also a group of student demonstrators with 8 of the 20 new tablets in the hall, demonstraing to the audience the uses of the new E-learning portal, which seems more like an organiser than an E-learning portal. Just hoping that on Wednesdays, 8 Biology students could have a different way of having their biology lesson, whereby 8 students gather around a teacher's tablet to copy down lesson notes, since the projector in the temporary classroom is not operarional...
Tomorrow is another CCA day,and luckily I do not have to be in full uniform since I have to rush of at 5.30 pm to prepare for tution in the evening...
Monday, January 22, 2007
Unexpected outcomes
Finally I managed to find time to post something new... Last week was sort of hectic, though there were light moments in between those times of seriousness.
Today, English was fun as ever(eondering hoe the other two groups are doing). I came across some diffculty during the Geography test today, which was on Development. I could get the main idea of the questions, but I still have the problem of time management and expressing my answer as words.
After recess there was Mathematics, fast as it was, even Mr Liew was angry with us for failing to keep the teachers' table neat and tidy in a small room, his anger left as soon as it came. Hope that the lesson is learnt. Chemistry test was almost immediately after that. Simple, though I had little difficulty(of which I oversame quickly) in understanding one of the questions.
Headed to the canteen with thirteeen others after the test, as the remaining 30 had Phusics remedial immediately after school(however, they were released somewhere around 3.30pm). We went for lunch, headed to the library at 2.45 pm for a short quiz, went through the answers and were dismoissed at 4.16 pm.
The part I hated most: the sudden change in the SYF script. Ms Chee said she consulted an expert from ACT 3, who said there there was not enough time to run though Damien's near-completed script. I was not in favour of using the Cultural Nite script and modifying it such that it would be up to standard. Just as I had wanted to use the new script, Ms Chee,tpp had a point there. If that happened, would that mean that some of Damien's efforts that made him stay through the night be gone to waste?
why? Is it that some things can't be up to us students to decide?
Today, English was fun as ever(eondering hoe the other two groups are doing). I came across some diffculty during the Geography test today, which was on Development. I could get the main idea of the questions, but I still have the problem of time management and expressing my answer as words.
After recess there was Mathematics, fast as it was, even Mr Liew was angry with us for failing to keep the teachers' table neat and tidy in a small room, his anger left as soon as it came. Hope that the lesson is learnt. Chemistry test was almost immediately after that. Simple, though I had little difficulty(of which I oversame quickly) in understanding one of the questions.
Headed to the canteen with thirteeen others after the test, as the remaining 30 had Phusics remedial immediately after school(however, they were released somewhere around 3.30pm). We went for lunch, headed to the library at 2.45 pm for a short quiz, went through the answers and were dismoissed at 4.16 pm.
The part I hated most: the sudden change in the SYF script. Ms Chee said she consulted an expert from ACT 3, who said there there was not enough time to run though Damien's near-completed script. I was not in favour of using the Cultural Nite script and modifying it such that it would be up to standard. Just as I had wanted to use the new script, Ms Chee,tpp had a point there. If that happened, would that mean that some of Damien's efforts that made him stay through the night be gone to waste?
why? Is it that some things can't be up to us students to decide?
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Busy Saturday
I was rushing for almost the whole day yesterday, because of 1 reason: oversleeping.
I woke up at 8.06 am, finding that I was way late for the CCA Open House... Before that, I had this thought: why is the sky so bright so early in the morning at 5.40 am? I looked at my watch, and there I was, rushing to prepare my full uniform.
I reached school at 9am. There were some parents still going up to the hall. However, there was already some activity going on in the hall by then. I went straight to our exhibition room at the ground flor, meeting Ms Lim and Darren on the way. She gave me two new badges, but anoter three have not arrived yet. Darren took me to the drama room, where I placed my bags and put the twobadges in place. We went to the hall to watch part of the concert after I changed. Four officers arrived close to 11. They took a look at the SJAB exhiition and even visited the store room... Some time before that, Ms Lim told me that her cousin was actually my brother's classmate! Guess that he really sent those messgaes of Ms Lim to her...
In the afternoon, after some revision at home, I went back to sleep, only to wake up at the time my tuition started: 4.30pm... ther I was again, rushing. I reached my destination only at 5pm...
The moment it ended, at around 5.30, I headed home and packed the essential items(Mp3, camera) into my bag, and rushed once more to Jurong East MRT station to meet up with Randall and Gabriel for our English competition. We had to get to Clarke Quay to take snap shots and recordings of the background atomsphere of the long chain of restaurants along one side of the Singapore River. The job was simple, except that in order to get better shots of the river, we had to get permission to enter the restuarants to take photographs.
At around 8pm, about 30 minutes after we finished the first phase of our preparation, we headed for dinner at Macdonald's... and left at 8:20 pm. That was the first time I took four packets of chilli to finish the fries. Went to a nearby 7/11 store to buy some water before carying on with our final phase of the recordings. This time, we headed to the bridge near Victoria Threatre, where the Cultural Nite was held in November last year. The only thing we had to do here, was to record the soft rumble of the river taxis, so that we could insert them into
the 2-minute audio clip.
Finally, at 8.30pm, we wrapped up everything and headed home by train. The only thing was that something unexpected occured at Clementi MRT station, which was a fainting incident, which happened so fast. I never stepped out of the train, since Iwas starting to fall asleep the moment we boarde into the train... won't go much into detail about what happened though...
10 pm, first thing I wanted to do when I reached home: Sleep. However, that might not be a good idea, since Andy said he wanted to meet us online to talk about the things that we had acomplished tonight. That took only 30 minutes, and I managed to upload some of the recordings and unedited audio clips into the computer...
Why, is it that this year is getting increasingly tiring even before the examination of
__destiny even begins?
I woke up at 8.06 am, finding that I was way late for the CCA Open House... Before that, I had this thought: why is the sky so bright so early in the morning at 5.40 am? I looked at my watch, and there I was, rushing to prepare my full uniform.
I reached school at 9am. There were some parents still going up to the hall. However, there was already some activity going on in the hall by then. I went straight to our exhibition room at the ground flor, meeting Ms Lim and Darren on the way. She gave me two new badges, but anoter three have not arrived yet. Darren took me to the drama room, where I placed my bags and put the twobadges in place. We went to the hall to watch part of the concert after I changed. Four officers arrived close to 11. They took a look at the SJAB exhiition and even visited the store room... Some time before that, Ms Lim told me that her cousin was actually my brother's classmate! Guess that he really sent those messgaes of Ms Lim to her...
In the afternoon, after some revision at home, I went back to sleep, only to wake up at the time my tuition started: 4.30pm... ther I was again, rushing. I reached my destination only at 5pm...
The moment it ended, at around 5.30, I headed home and packed the essential items(Mp3, camera) into my bag, and rushed once more to Jurong East MRT station to meet up with Randall and Gabriel for our English competition. We had to get to Clarke Quay to take snap shots and recordings of the background atomsphere of the long chain of restaurants along one side of the Singapore River. The job was simple, except that in order to get better shots of the river, we had to get permission to enter the restuarants to take photographs.
At around 8pm, about 30 minutes after we finished the first phase of our preparation, we headed for dinner at Macdonald's... and left at 8:20 pm. That was the first time I took four packets of chilli to finish the fries. Went to a nearby 7/11 store to buy some water before carying on with our final phase of the recordings. This time, we headed to the bridge near Victoria Threatre, where the Cultural Nite was held in November last year. The only thing we had to do here, was to record the soft rumble of the river taxis, so that we could insert them into
the 2-minute audio clip.
Finally, at 8.30pm, we wrapped up everything and headed home by train. The only thing was that something unexpected occured at Clementi MRT station, which was a fainting incident, which happened so fast. I never stepped out of the train, since Iwas starting to fall asleep the moment we boarde into the train... won't go much into detail about what happened though...
10 pm, first thing I wanted to do when I reached home: Sleep. However, that might not be a good idea, since Andy said he wanted to meet us online to talk about the things that we had acomplished tonight. That took only 30 minutes, and I managed to upload some of the recordings and unedited audio clips into the computer...
Why, is it that this year is getting increasingly tiring even before the examination of
__destiny even begins?
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Multi purpose classroom
This morning went to school early to complete some unfinished homework... with Sean. However, the moment the classroom was opened by Gabriel, the tables were in a mess... the classroom was being used by other students yesterday. Things were made worse with a meeting about to start in 10 minutes, at 7.20 am. THe three of us rushed to tidy up the place the best we cold, before Yong An came in, and helped us, shortly before the meeting really started...
So, we had to vacate the classroom, and sat at the canteen to see who went to the classroom and came down again... at roughly 8.20am, we went up to the classroom to wait for the meeting to end. Surprisingly, almost everyone was already outside waiting.
Anyway, today was reallylight, as there were only two lessons, Physics and Maths. I was also surprised that I could still maintain my running stamina and was even able to accelerate for the first kilometer of the run during PE...
Right now, just hoping that tomorrow's CCA meeting would be short and simple, since there would be a CCA open house for the secondary ones on Saturday, and I have yet to prepare my full unfirom...
So, we had to vacate the classroom, and sat at the canteen to see who went to the classroom and came down again... at roughly 8.20am, we went up to the classroom to wait for the meeting to end. Surprisingly, almost everyone was already outside waiting.
Anyway, today was reallylight, as there were only two lessons, Physics and Maths. I was also surprised that I could still maintain my running stamina and was even able to accelerate for the first kilometer of the run during PE...
Right now, just hoping that tomorrow's CCA meeting would be short and simple, since there would be a CCA open house for the secondary ones on Saturday, and I have yet to prepare my full unfirom...
Monday, January 08, 2007
Second week of 2007
Time really passes by at such speed that just a look back and before you know it, it's already the second week of 2007...
Well, back to review the year 2006, which was very smooth-flowing...
Top Ten most memorabe incidents/ things that occured in the year 2006:
Well, back to review the year 2006, which was very smooth-flowing...
Top Ten most memorabe incidents/ things that occured in the year 2006:
10.Welcoming the year 2007
9. Secondary one campfire 2006
8. Receiving first hand phone handset
7. Scondary Three Outdoor Adventure Camp 2006
6. Passing away of grand father
5. Becoming commander during school morning assembly
4. Breaking left arm
3. Being vice chairman of SJAB
2. Spent first 30 minutes of Christmas with friends
1. CNY reunion
Thursday, January 04, 2007
First post for 2007
Finally I can acces the site properly and fast... This year started with the fireworks, just like the past two years. This year's fireworks were much better than last year's, and the crowds were also much larger than last year.
Yesterday was the first day of school, and the day passed almost as if it was already the fourth or fifth weekof the new term... maybe I am just used to the same teachers of whom I was taught by a year ago. THe only lesson was Mathematics, where Mr Liew taught us in the same old style that we are used to, for the last two years. However, the most shocking thing that occured yesterday was that the form teacher of Secondary 4E1 was not Mr Liew as Gabriel and Andy have announced, but it was still Miss Lim! Seems like drama members also neeed moretraining to see through their act...
Today was just like yesterday, just that the first three periods yesterday are almost like the last three periods of today, and that Mathematics lesson was still almost the same. The last thing today was that the class changed their sitting arangement. As I had expected, moving to a seat in the front would prevent me from being switched around with other classmates. And it seems like And and I are still sitting close to one another after another year...
Tomorrow, well, lets just hope it's a different story tomorrow, for during school days, interesting things always happen...
WHY is it that many fallsick whenever it is just days and maybe even weeks after the new year?
Yesterday was the first day of school, and the day passed almost as if it was already the fourth or fifth weekof the new term... maybe I am just used to the same teachers of whom I was taught by a year ago. THe only lesson was Mathematics, where Mr Liew taught us in the same old style that we are used to, for the last two years. However, the most shocking thing that occured yesterday was that the form teacher of Secondary 4E1 was not Mr Liew as Gabriel and Andy have announced, but it was still Miss Lim! Seems like drama members also neeed moretraining to see through their act...
Today was just like yesterday, just that the first three periods yesterday are almost like the last three periods of today, and that Mathematics lesson was still almost the same. The last thing today was that the class changed their sitting arangement. As I had expected, moving to a seat in the front would prevent me from being switched around with other classmates. And it seems like And and I are still sitting close to one another after another year...
Tomorrow, well, lets just hope it's a different story tomorrow, for during school days, interesting things always happen...
WHY is it that many fallsick whenever it is just days and maybe even weeks after the new year?