Gabriel had finally narrowed the gap between Social Studies and Geography for the class today. using some skills we aquired during Gepgraphy yesterday, he managed to apply those facts to Social Studies. Wow. Since nothing much happened today, other than having Steven's "game" being passed around the class, we had English.This time, we had to apply Geography and Social Studies into English, since this was going to be the oral topic for today. Wonderful. We did just as well as this morning, applying both SocialStudies and Geographical concepts into this. After school, just wentfor lunch, chatted with some of the juniors, before going home with Andy(and who was the other kid?). Strange, every one in twenty to thirty students who went home after brought home pillows with shades of grey,black, white and some, yellow home. Weren't those the pillows I found dumped at the school's back stage on Wednesday?Oh yea,right. They were used for the SYF...
Nice, short and sweet, that sums up everything for today~
Friday, July 27, 2007
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Close, Yet Very Far
I still have other plans after this, so I'll make this short. School. For the first time, I had believed that the school uniform go through only one major revamp. This one turned out to be made up of many minor ones, with the worst being the new orange school Tee shirt. The colour scheme seems to be unmatched ith the uniform. Nonetheless, I'm feeling lucky that we're the last batch of students to graduate in white school Tees.
Nothing much really happened today, except that after school,after the Mathematics remedial, went to 4E3 with Andy to watch him play Grenado Espada. Liked the music and Graphics. As soon as he started and as soon as the atmosphere started to build up, Damien and Cazua entered. Well, as least I gained some insight about the game. As they were organising something for a major event(seems like outsiders, including members of the same class are not allowed in), mybe I should just leave quietly. SOmehow there was a voice from within, saying"leave them, it has nothing to do with you, don't say a thing. Just leave."Subconsciously, I just did that.
At home, something similar occured. Slept for two hours, as I slept for only one and a half hours the night before.I could see two things happening simultaneously,one at the classroom, the other, what was going on back at home(Strange and extraordinary, ain't it?). Somehow, those images seemed so real, as though I was involved in them.
Anyway, Wont be talking much for now... Theres still a test tomorrow, and my brother's flying off to London tomorrow morning.
Nothing much really happened today, except that after school,after the Mathematics remedial, went to 4E3 with Andy to watch him play Grenado Espada. Liked the music and Graphics. As soon as he started and as soon as the atmosphere started to build up, Damien and Cazua entered. Well, as least I gained some insight about the game. As they were organising something for a major event(seems like outsiders, including members of the same class are not allowed in), mybe I should just leave quietly. SOmehow there was a voice from within, saying"leave them, it has nothing to do with you, don't say a thing. Just leave."Subconsciously, I just did that.
At home, something similar occured. Slept for two hours, as I slept for only one and a half hours the night before.I could see two things happening simultaneously,one at the classroom, the other, what was going on back at home(Strange and extraordinary, ain't it?). Somehow, those images seemed so real, as though I was involved in them.
Anyway, Wont be talking much for now... Theres still a test tomorrow, and my brother's flying off to London tomorrow morning.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Photograph Taking Session
The highlights of the day, photograph taking.
This morning, there was this mysterious rain cloud. It seemed that the rain cloud covered only the school. It started raining soon after, allowing us to head to the classrooms. Biology lesson, we went to the computer laboratory and passed time there, surfing the net.
Geograohy lesson was sort of hilarious, with us having only half a period of lessons. We had to take our class photograph, you see. Once back, it was more photo taking as no teacher was around. The boys took their photographs within 10 minutes, while the girls, well, took about double that time to have their first shot taken. We went on to take our 'class' photographs, starting off with those in Biology class, followed by English and Physics.Sadly, the girls "killed" my camera battery after our English lesson.
Other than that, we took photographs with the two Ms Tans, Ms Lee, Ms Khor(pardon my speeling), Ms Kang, and of course, our Vice-Principal, Mr Gomez. Ms Lim came by and gave us(I mean, me) a short lashing for not being in class during our free period after recess.
Gabriel,I and a few others went to help Ms Lim later to carry the newspapers sponsored by her parents( I had forgotten about this project), before joining the rest of the uper secondary students in the hall.Later, we found out that we had 300kg worth of newspapers.Wow.
After school, there was going to be Social Studies remedial, and as there were construction works going on, we had to change our location. I managed to keep myself awake during the first part of the lesson, as I was already very tired at that time. However, I somehow managed to beat most of the classmates in doing our assignment. I wrote at a speed that was twice of thrice my normal speed. Randall was last,and I had to wait for him. I wanted to watch the reharsal for the National Day Parade. Ms Lim was there, and I managed to spot a terrible and pathetic mistake done by the juniors. Where were the seniors? The juniors were not alert at all, noticing the commands only close to fifteen seconds after the command was given. THIS IS WAY TOO SLOW. However, good thing many things fell into place. Ms Lim succeded in chasing me back home this time, I reached the bus interchange and, guess who I met? Sir Jun Hao! It was pure coincidence. Luckily, he was there. I found out that both of us were sort of at fault, since he was not there for the past two weeks, and I had not been watching over them for the whole term.Nevermind. At least now that he knows of it, something can be done. Also, since there is only a few more weeks to go, maybe I could take a small risk by training them a little.
Thats all for now, looks like another long post. Tomorrow, I wonder what awaits us, and I won't be attending the CCA photo taking session after school tomorrow, since I had never done anything beneficial to the CCA groups at all since the start of this year, or to make it sound worse, zero contribution since Cultural Nite 2006.
This morning, there was this mysterious rain cloud. It seemed that the rain cloud covered only the school. It started raining soon after, allowing us to head to the classrooms. Biology lesson, we went to the computer laboratory and passed time there, surfing the net.
Geograohy lesson was sort of hilarious, with us having only half a period of lessons. We had to take our class photograph, you see. Once back, it was more photo taking as no teacher was around. The boys took their photographs within 10 minutes, while the girls, well, took about double that time to have their first shot taken. We went on to take our 'class' photographs, starting off with those in Biology class, followed by English and Physics.Sadly, the girls "killed" my camera battery after our English lesson.
Other than that, we took photographs with the two Ms Tans, Ms Lee, Ms Khor(pardon my speeling), Ms Kang, and of course, our Vice-Principal, Mr Gomez. Ms Lim came by and gave us(I mean, me) a short lashing for not being in class during our free period after recess.
Gabriel,I and a few others went to help Ms Lim later to carry the newspapers sponsored by her parents( I had forgotten about this project), before joining the rest of the uper secondary students in the hall.Later, we found out that we had 300kg worth of newspapers.Wow.
After school, there was going to be Social Studies remedial, and as there were construction works going on, we had to change our location. I managed to keep myself awake during the first part of the lesson, as I was already very tired at that time. However, I somehow managed to beat most of the classmates in doing our assignment. I wrote at a speed that was twice of thrice my normal speed. Randall was last,and I had to wait for him. I wanted to watch the reharsal for the National Day Parade. Ms Lim was there, and I managed to spot a terrible and pathetic mistake done by the juniors. Where were the seniors? The juniors were not alert at all, noticing the commands only close to fifteen seconds after the command was given. THIS IS WAY TOO SLOW. However, good thing many things fell into place. Ms Lim succeded in chasing me back home this time, I reached the bus interchange and, guess who I met? Sir Jun Hao! It was pure coincidence. Luckily, he was there. I found out that both of us were sort of at fault, since he was not there for the past two weeks, and I had not been watching over them for the whole term.Nevermind. At least now that he knows of it, something can be done. Also, since there is only a few more weeks to go, maybe I could take a small risk by training them a little.
Thats all for now, looks like another long post. Tomorrow, I wonder what awaits us, and I won't be attending the CCA photo taking session after school tomorrow, since I had never done anything beneficial to the CCA groups at all since the start of this year, or to make it sound worse, zero contribution since Cultural Nite 2006.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Tensed
Yeah, as Randall told me this morning, "you sure are tense these few days." i agree to that statement.It was so this morning during Biology lesson and Physical Education. Biology, I burnt myself again, this time, by Andy's literally Red Hot tripod stand. As I thought that it was just the paint, I did not give it a second thought, and, there you go, a swelling red index finger. During PE, I just decided to take things easy, with me running only after hitting the bridge.Next, in the hall, we learnt a game, which was a cross-of a badminton game and tennis game. Well, was it Pickle-ball again?Never mind that. I had fun, since it had the basics of badminton and tennis.Damn, I was a target by someone. upon remembering Randall's statement, I just decided to let it pass, right here.
There was going to be no remedial at all today, neither mathematics nor Physics. That would mean freedom for the class. So, while there was a meeting going on in class, a small oral examination lecture outside, and another meeting of which I cannot disclose went on in the other classroom. What a class!Another group gathered, with the members being Jun Jie,Chie Heng, Yong An,Chong Siang,Gabriel, Wei Fan and of course,me, had the idea of going to Jurong Point for lunch, before the rest of them went for a viewing of the movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, with Chong Siang and I going our separate ways later on. We decided to have lunch at KFC, and there it happened, me being tense again. I was separating these fries, when the tray toppled due to its unstable equilibrium, toppling my cup of cola(also due to the cup's high centre of gravity) and causing it to spill its contents onto the floor. Slience settled in for a while, and all turned back to normal. On the way back to school, I met up with the same four. They were Hui Jun,Yixin, Suzanne and Pei Xuan(pardon my spelling). Three were heading for home, while one had a class back at the classroom. That meeting should have ended by now, I guess. And that was where I found out another tinge of darkness looming at the corner of class 4E1. Other than that, there were only 5 classmates aspiring for today, while some others were having an English Language supplementary class.
Anyway, tomorrow's the photo taking session for the school, and I'm going to spike my hair for the second time.,plus I will be bringing my own camera to school.
This time, in commemoration of the lost cameras incident last year, I will not lose them again this year.
There was going to be no remedial at all today, neither mathematics nor Physics. That would mean freedom for the class. So, while there was a meeting going on in class, a small oral examination lecture outside, and another meeting of which I cannot disclose went on in the other classroom. What a class!Another group gathered, with the members being Jun Jie,Chie Heng, Yong An,Chong Siang,Gabriel, Wei Fan and of course,me, had the idea of going to Jurong Point for lunch, before the rest of them went for a viewing of the movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, with Chong Siang and I going our separate ways later on. We decided to have lunch at KFC, and there it happened, me being tense again. I was separating these fries, when the tray toppled due to its unstable equilibrium, toppling my cup of cola(also due to the cup's high centre of gravity) and causing it to spill its contents onto the floor. Slience settled in for a while, and all turned back to normal. On the way back to school, I met up with the same four. They were Hui Jun,Yixin, Suzanne and Pei Xuan(pardon my spelling). Three were heading for home, while one had a class back at the classroom. That meeting should have ended by now, I guess. And that was where I found out another tinge of darkness looming at the corner of class 4E1. Other than that, there were only 5 classmates aspiring for today, while some others were having an English Language supplementary class.
Anyway, tomorrow's the photo taking session for the school, and I'm going to spike my hair for the second time.,plus I will be bringing my own camera to school.
This time, in commemoration of the lost cameras incident last year, I will not lose them again this year.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Last Chinese paper
Today was another day of major examination. The 'O' Level Chinese Language Listening Examination was on at 3pm, 94.2 FM radio. Well, the day was not as important as this, so, I will just talk about this for today.
The music sounded familiar, as though I had heard it on national radio before. As the music pieces played on, it just become more obvious. Is that Symphony 92.4?My doubts were cleared after the Disc Jockey announced it. Well, perhaps it was a little too late to tell relatives that they could 'sit' for the examination together with me.
I felt really clam this time round. Could it be the music that was played while we were waiting? Classical music has been known to calm most people most of the time. Or could it be the small size of the examination room, given that there was no more than 20 candidates in the room.
3.02 pm on my digital quartz watch. The last cheerful piece of music that was aired had just ended. The tone and sentences ran through the corridors. It had begun.
Everything seemed to be just the same, and our invigilator( I forgot to ask for her name and the school she taught), kindly told a handful of us that the paper was quite simple, and she even helped us to check our answers!Wow! Thanks!I found three to four mistakes after she told us her prediction of the answers to the questions.
Now, I can finally enjoy the days(for now) without the need to study Chinese like there was no tomorrow at the Secondary level at least.The Chinese OWL (you should know what I mean if you have watched the fifth Harry Potter film.I seem to like this abbreviation.)papers have ended!!!YEA!!!
Now, i can finally say,"Whatever the outcome is, and any for any grade that I get for my Chinese
language, I am proud to have the confidence to say that I have done my best for the three papers, and will not take the paper again, even if I should fail."
Sadly, as more 'O' Level Paers fall between the national Day period, Ms Lim does not allow me to march for the school's parade. Hope mysome of my juniors can understand why I broke this promise, for she meant well.
The music sounded familiar, as though I had heard it on national radio before. As the music pieces played on, it just become more obvious. Is that Symphony 92.4?My doubts were cleared after the Disc Jockey announced it. Well, perhaps it was a little too late to tell relatives that they could 'sit' for the examination together with me.
I felt really clam this time round. Could it be the music that was played while we were waiting? Classical music has been known to calm most people most of the time. Or could it be the small size of the examination room, given that there was no more than 20 candidates in the room.
3.02 pm on my digital quartz watch. The last cheerful piece of music that was aired had just ended. The tone and sentences ran through the corridors. It had begun.
Everything seemed to be just the same, and our invigilator( I forgot to ask for her name and the school she taught), kindly told a handful of us that the paper was quite simple, and she even helped us to check our answers!Wow! Thanks!I found three to four mistakes after she told us her prediction of the answers to the questions.
Now, I can finally enjoy the days(for now) without the need to study Chinese like there was no tomorrow at the Secondary level at least.The Chinese OWL (you should know what I mean if you have watched the fifth Harry Potter film.I seem to like this abbreviation.)papers have ended!!!YEA!!!
Now, i can finally say,"Whatever the outcome is, and any for any grade that I get for my Chinese
language, I am proud to have the confidence to say that I have done my best for the three papers, and will not take the paper again, even if I should fail."
Sadly, as more 'O' Level Paers fall between the national Day period, Ms Lim does not allow me to march for the school's parade. Hope mysome of my juniors can understand why I broke this promise, for she meant well.
Friday, July 13, 2007
A 'Magical' Friday the thirteenth
This is the second time this year,but it is also going to be the last time in the four years of secondary school.
Anyway, the day began, the first incident arrived. Heard that the Meet the Scientist Event at the Science Centre was going to be cancelled, as registration had closed for this one. The second incident.Morning assembly, there were many new rules introduced. I find them not much of a difference compared to the old ones, but they were either too impractical or too strict.
Physics class.Nothing happened here though, excpet that the third incident came when Randall was summoned for his late homework.
Social Studies. This one was the worst today. Being the fourth incident, I pricked my finger twice by a stapler bullet on my notes which protruded from the paper.
FIfth incident. Mathematics was held unexpectedly aduring our Chinese lesson, best Friday the thirteenth incident today.
Sixth incident, that came after school. Few classmates stayed back after school today.
Seventh incident, cheers! They had bought the tickets! We're going to watcht he movie at Jurong Point at 4pm after all. Met up, went to collect the tickets for Harry Potter(it's only the second day) and The Order of the Phoenix.The movie was nice, especially the duel between two high-level wizards... One thing I noticed, was that one large part of the movie showed school rules being added consistently, the new temporary head-master was hated by the school?As well as the part where the head-mistress stomped into the room... I just felt that maybe what happened in real life was similar to these few scenes( How coincidental)... Anyway, for a more detailed review, perhaps you could visit Andy's site...
As for now, lets just hope that few incidents would appear tonight...And, hopefully I can take part in the school's National Day Parade once last time, for this year, St John is the GOH(I think)...finally...
Ok, fine.maybe it just isn't time to be thinking of unecessary thoughts... Now that its only 3 months away, that effortand endurance would be wort it. It's almost there.
Anyway, the day began, the first incident arrived. Heard that the Meet the Scientist Event at the Science Centre was going to be cancelled, as registration had closed for this one. The second incident.Morning assembly, there were many new rules introduced. I find them not much of a difference compared to the old ones, but they were either too impractical or too strict.
Physics class.Nothing happened here though, excpet that the third incident came when Randall was summoned for his late homework.
Social Studies. This one was the worst today. Being the fourth incident, I pricked my finger twice by a stapler bullet on my notes which protruded from the paper.
FIfth incident. Mathematics was held unexpectedly aduring our Chinese lesson, best Friday the thirteenth incident today.
Sixth incident, that came after school. Few classmates stayed back after school today.
Seventh incident, cheers! They had bought the tickets! We're going to watcht he movie at Jurong Point at 4pm after all. Met up, went to collect the tickets for Harry Potter(it's only the second day) and The Order of the Phoenix.The movie was nice, especially the duel between two high-level wizards... One thing I noticed, was that one large part of the movie showed school rules being added consistently, the new temporary head-master was hated by the school?As well as the part where the head-mistress stomped into the room... I just felt that maybe what happened in real life was similar to these few scenes( How coincidental)... Anyway, for a more detailed review, perhaps you could visit Andy's site...
As for now, lets just hope that few incidents would appear tonight...And, hopefully I can take part in the school's National Day Parade once last time, for this year, St John is the GOH(I think)...finally...
Ok, fine.maybe it just isn't time to be thinking of unecessary thoughts... Now that its only 3 months away, that effortand endurance would be wort it. It's almost there.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Team of Two OWNED
At first, we were owning the class. Next we were being owned by the largest team in the class. Imagine this: First, a team of two were leading the whole thing at 85 points... next, a team of 6 caught up with and took the lead with145 potins, leaving the pathetic(not really) two with 115 points.
Never mind that... at least we learnt something today...
From today, things would be a little shorter, till mid-November.
First, it felt like half the class travelled back in time to our secondary one days... remember the time when we had a walkthrough for our first cross-country run? It rained heavily halfway through and we had the best run since then... today, history repeated itself, with us running on a different route, but the rain was not as intense as the one we ran through 3 years ago, though a few of us had difficulty runnng with our glasses on...
While the girls went change into their dry uniforms, the boys, being more active, played captain's ball in the hall... If it had not rained, Iwould have played a game of badminton for sure...
Anyway, Physics practical... I drew the shape of a middle finger for my graph today...WOW.... after that, was Math, Physics, and English. Fun, but I always go onto the stage to take a look of the classroom. In other words, I never said a thing up there... Now.... Just type up to here then... I need a break....
Never mind that... at least we learnt something today...
From today, things would be a little shorter, till mid-November.
First, it felt like half the class travelled back in time to our secondary one days... remember the time when we had a walkthrough for our first cross-country run? It rained heavily halfway through and we had the best run since then... today, history repeated itself, with us running on a different route, but the rain was not as intense as the one we ran through 3 years ago, though a few of us had difficulty runnng with our glasses on...
While the girls went change into their dry uniforms, the boys, being more active, played captain's ball in the hall... If it had not rained, Iwould have played a game of badminton for sure...
Anyway, Physics practical... I drew the shape of a middle finger for my graph today...WOW.... after that, was Math, Physics, and English. Fun, but I always go onto the stage to take a look of the classroom. In other words, I never said a thing up there... Now.... Just type up to here then... I need a break....