Today was a really tiring day. In the morning there was the gym session again, and we had to do abs exercises. It was only the third or fourth exercise when everyone became half-dead. Long time since I had trained like that. Even for the running part, I lost alot of stamina and speed.
After that was CATS, and our group got an A grade for the previous assignment. Another A for the first term. CATS has got another assignment in line for us again, and this time round, we have got to come up with a video as the final product. Tomorrow I would be getting the third and final result for the common test. And I'm positive that it's going to be another A+ grade.
So, after school, went to KAP with Jian Hui, Hamzi, Amanda, Janna, Jun Jie and Yin Feng for lunch. Submitted the Eltech project there as well. So, it's back to 5 projects again.
After that, at around 3pm, went home for a short nap before heading back to school for another round of rehearsals. Slacked alittle, rehearsed alittle, crapped alittle, and at 10pm, we were done with another day's work. On Monday, it would be the first full dress rehearsal and that would also be the first time the AV crew will be in action for the actual performance.
By the way, TO YCSS 4E1 PEOPLE, YOUR 'O' LEVEL CERTIFICATES AND TESTIMONIALS ARE READY FOR COLLECTION!! Anyone free on any day to head back to the school to collect the certificate and testimonial with me??
Anyways, heres another poem that I had a sudden urge to compose, which I don't think would be a good one, since it's been a long time since I did something like that.
The night so serene,
The shadows providing shelter for the soldiers of darkness.
The peacemaker hiding among the moonlight,
Waiting for the perfect moment,
To lay his sword on the menacing darkness.
The night so calm,
The wind fuelling the coldness of the air.
The fire burns among the piles of wood,
Waiting for the perfect moment,
To conquer the icy elements.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Results
The start to the new term was sort of great, but then again, it was not so good. Here's what happened. On Monday, we collected three of our Common Test results. I had straight As for my tests so far, and I have been feeling high over that for slightly more than three days now. I had 88/100 for Engineering Mathematics 1, 80/ 100 for Electrical Technology and 95/100 for Computer Programming, which I topped the class unexpectedly.
I must admit though, though the results for Engineering Mathematics 1 and Electrical Technology were promising, I did not put in much effort into the paper. It's all due to carelessness and mis-interpretation of concepts, but, I must say, it was just because of over confidence that the paper would be damn easy, that I ended up losing the unecessary marks. For the very next examination, the Semestral Examination, I will put in 100% for every paper, so that I will avoid the unecessary loss of marks like what has been happening since Secondary school.
I'm still waiting for the revelation of the last paper on Friday, and that isthe module of Engineering Mechanics. By the way, in case you do not know what Engineering Mechanics and Electrical Technology are, they are two modules that make up your Science known as Physics. Electrical Technology covers the elctrical part of the subject, while Engineering Mechanics covers the force-related topics in Physics.
And now, on to yesterday. Darren and I had arranged to meet up on Monday to collect our 'O' Level certificates yesterday. We met at the school bus stop, took a bus to Clementi MRT Station, took a train to Lakeside MRT Station, and walked to school. On the way, we met Ming Wei who was heading home, and Chong Siang, who was coincidentally also heading back to the school with us. Once there, the security guard had changed, and we were not stopped like what happened earlier this year. Anyway, we went to the office and met some teachers who taught us back in those years.
We were told that only the testimonials for 4E3, Darren's class, was ready for collection. 4E1's(our class') testimonials were still being sorted out. So, we had to come back another day to collect them. Once done, we took a walk around the school, only to find that some new chanes had been made to the environment there. We found out that there was going to be a performance in school on the 11th in the evening, but were not very sure if it was opened to former students like us. We went to the school library to relax for about an hour, before walking to the staff room with Miss Lee. Talked alot, and we did not talk the way we used to back in those days when we still had the school uniform on us. Anyway, although no longer part of the school, I still look forward to the day that I can visit it again.
You know, I really hoped that there was one day, or maybe, a couple of days where we could just meet up and catch up on lost time. Well, but as time catches up on us, it seems like it would be an eternity before something as good as that could really become a relaity...
I must admit though, though the results for Engineering Mathematics 1 and Electrical Technology were promising, I did not put in much effort into the paper. It's all due to carelessness and mis-interpretation of concepts, but, I must say, it was just because of over confidence that the paper would be damn easy, that I ended up losing the unecessary marks. For the very next examination, the Semestral Examination, I will put in 100% for every paper, so that I will avoid the unecessary loss of marks like what has been happening since Secondary school.
I'm still waiting for the revelation of the last paper on Friday, and that isthe module of Engineering Mechanics. By the way, in case you do not know what Engineering Mechanics and Electrical Technology are, they are two modules that make up your Science known as Physics. Electrical Technology covers the elctrical part of the subject, while Engineering Mechanics covers the force-related topics in Physics.
And now, on to yesterday. Darren and I had arranged to meet up on Monday to collect our 'O' Level certificates yesterday. We met at the school bus stop, took a bus to Clementi MRT Station, took a train to Lakeside MRT Station, and walked to school. On the way, we met Ming Wei who was heading home, and Chong Siang, who was coincidentally also heading back to the school with us. Once there, the security guard had changed, and we were not stopped like what happened earlier this year. Anyway, we went to the office and met some teachers who taught us back in those years.
We were told that only the testimonials for 4E3, Darren's class, was ready for collection. 4E1's(our class') testimonials were still being sorted out. So, we had to come back another day to collect them. Once done, we took a walk around the school, only to find that some new chanes had been made to the environment there. We found out that there was going to be a performance in school on the 11th in the evening, but were not very sure if it was opened to former students like us. We went to the school library to relax for about an hour, before walking to the staff room with Miss Lee. Talked alot, and we did not talk the way we used to back in those days when we still had the school uniform on us. Anyway, although no longer part of the school, I still look forward to the day that I can visit it again.
You know, I really hoped that there was one day, or maybe, a couple of days where we could just meet up and catch up on lost time. Well, but as time catches up on us, it seems like it would be an eternity before something as good as that could really become a relaity...
Friday, June 20, 2008
First Full Run-Part 1
Today was the first full run of the first part. Had to be a temporary understudy again, but it sure was fun! Brings back some memories though. Today there was nothing much as well, but it sure killed 6 hours. All we did were listen to speeches, re-ran the scenes a couple of times, went to grab a bite from the sandwich stall, and of course, went home. don't intend to say much though, but, there's something to share:
Ticket Sales for Noises,Voices,Choices 08, the sequel to Noices,Voices Choices Have Started! This one-time only production will be performed on the following Thursday, 3rd July 2008 in Ngee Ann Polytechnic.Each ticket costs 2 bucks, and it only costs 9 bucks for 5 tickets! Hurry! Limited seats available.
Ticket Sales for Noises,Voices,Choices 08, the sequel to Noices,Voices Choices Have Started! This one-time only production will be performed on the following Thursday, 3rd July 2008 in Ngee Ann Polytechnic.Each ticket costs 2 bucks, and it only costs 9 bucks for 5 tickets! Hurry! Limited seats available.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Second Rehearsal
Today was the second rehearsal for an up coming school event that would raise the fame of NPSTMC to a significant level. Nothing much happened, except that we went through a list of things that had to be gotten ready, went through lines and roles, as well as filled up some vacnacies for the production.
I went today, though I did not have to, but since I was dying of boredom at home, and two friends were going for the rehearsal as well, maybe I should just go over and kill some time. The effort to head down was paid off, since the rehearsal was damn fun and there were jokes along the way as well. Had wanted to go for the third rehearsal tomorrow, but, as I have got two projects to complete in one day, maybe I should just give tomorrow a miss, and clear both projects in one afternoon. There's one on electromagnetism and one on computer programming, both of which are due in less than seven days.
The next major rehearsal would be on Friday, and I'm looking forward to it, since that's going to be the very first full rehearsal that would involve the whole club!
I went today, though I did not have to, but since I was dying of boredom at home, and two friends were going for the rehearsal as well, maybe I should just go over and kill some time. The effort to head down was paid off, since the rehearsal was damn fun and there were jokes along the way as well. Had wanted to go for the third rehearsal tomorrow, but, as I have got two projects to complete in one day, maybe I should just give tomorrow a miss, and clear both projects in one afternoon. There's one on electromagnetism and one on computer programming, both of which are due in less than seven days.
The next major rehearsal would be on Friday, and I'm looking forward to it, since that's going to be the very first full rehearsal that would involve the whole club!
Sunday, June 15, 2008
An Unique Birthday Celebration
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I had a very unusual invitation yesterday. I was invited by Wei Ming, Sean's friend, over to his place to celebrate not just his belated 17th birthday,but his sister's 21st birthdayas well! Well, a little strange, but, since I had nothing better to do at home, so why not? After attending a friend's wedding(thanks for the invitation and best wishes~), I rushed home, got changed, and left the house. At around 1.40pm I boared the bus and headed for Clementi MRT station. The time I was suppossed to meet them was 3pm. But, since I was travelling from the West to the East, I would need alot more time to travel. So, at 2.45, I reached Aljuned MRT station, and depended on a small map to locate The Alcove, the place where the party was to be held.
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Well, true enough, I got lost, since the directions on the map were wrong in a sense. Whenever Im not used to a place, I tend to find a traffic junction when it comes to corssing busy roads. However, in that map, well, I was suppossed to jay walk. So, in the end, I took the correct route, but ended up getting lost as the map did not cover the area that had the traffic crossing. So, Wei Ming had to come escort me, just because I did not know where to turn.
Anyway, once we arrived at his place at 3pm, we played games,listened to music and surfed the net with our laptops. All three of us, Wei Ming, Jon and I, except for Sean who has yet to own his first. Well, at least Sean had something that we did not have(an ipod touch). Sean and I played counter Strike which became a game that was boring to play after spending close to an hour playing the same map over and over. So, after watching the first semi final match of the Aviva Open on TV, we went to the gym for a short workout at 4.30pm.
The gym was really small though, but the equipment were decent. This time I hit a new high on the treadmill, 16.5km per hour. I usually ran at 15, but since it has been 3 weeks since i ran on one, maybe i could use the extra speed to make up for lost time. after that I hit the machine. Sean handled 12kilogram weights without any effort. Well, for me, I was close to being half dead when I tried the 7kilogram weights. Finally we used the 6kilogram free weights, since those were the heaviest we could find(damn). By then, it was almost 5.30pm, so we went for a drink before playing at the playground. We were damn bored by then, so we played on the see-saw, and took photographs.The food arrived 15 minutes later.
At 6, we were back in his apartment, changing into dry clothes and slacking in front of our laptops again. We listened to more music, and I saw how the game of AuditionSEA was being played for the first time. At 6.30, we went down to the barbeque pit for buffet dinner. The food was nice and we ate quite a bit. At 7, we continued with our stuff on our computers, but an hour later, we went down again to cut the cake. The cake weighed 3kg, but when I carried it down, it felt as though it was only around 1kg. After we finished our cake, we took another photograph before heading back to the apartment, and locked ourselves in Wei Ming's room after viewing a short video clip made by him to his sister(and seriously, that was really my first time I watched it, though he did mention something about using The Click Five's sountrack for that).
Around 10.30pm, I left for the MRT station, with the escort of Wei Ming and Jon(just in case I got lost). surprisingly, it took me only 30 minutes to reach home, since it took me at least 45 minutes just to travel to Aljuned from home. And, I look forward to seeing you guys again sometime soon!
Thursday, June 12, 2008
First Week of Poly Vacation:Pre-occupied Week
Finally I hit the Hundredth Post in this blog(after 2 years). This week was not a busy week at all, since there were only 4 things that kept me occupied on 4 different days. First was last Saturday, followed by yesterday, today and Saturday.
Last Saturday, met up with Sean and his two close friends, Wei Ming and Jon who were from St Patrick's School at 1pm at City Hall MRT station.We went to Raffles City in search of a gift for Wei Ming's sister who would be celebrating her birthday this coming Saturday. Well, we were at a total loss about exactly what to get her, since she is an university undergrad and we have no idea what a girl her age would like. So, Sean, Jon and I asked the friends we knew about what someone like Wei Ming's sister would like, and we all ended up with the same answer: Bracelets and Necklaces. Sean and I got the same answer as to where to get them: Diva. Eventually, we did pass by Diva, but they did not have in store what we wanted. In the end, we decided to go for our last resort: chocolates.
We trained down to Vivocity and got a 38-dollar package of 6 assorted chocolates from GodDiva. We felt really bored after that and stoned for a short period of time, before making the decision to train to Terminal 2 of the Changi International Airport(all because a friend did not want us to meet her, and even "chased" me home in the process).It was around 8.30pm when we left the airport, after witnessing an SIA Boeing 777 plane being delayed in its flight.
Yesterday, I was finally able to reunite with Andy and Randall. They sure did not change much, except that Andy has improved in his studies, and Randall was just as slacked as ever. Long time since we met up yea? Anyways, Andy wanted a change in cinema this time round, so we decided on the Shaw cinema at Jurong Entertainment Centre. That building might look small, but its cinemas sure prove it to be otherwise! We watched the much talked about movie, Kungfu Panda at 10.20am at Cinema 3. Heard many critics saying that it was a must-watch during the holidays, and we wanted to watch it for ourselves to believe it. True enough, the 7 bucks we spent on tickets(one of the CHEAPEST so far since the price hike),and the large portions of pop corn(the cup was so damn big that you could not hold it with one hand!) sure was worth spending. That movie was a cocktail of action, humour and trust. The audience was laughing almost throughout the whole movie(us included of course)! After the movie, we walked around as we were too full to have lunch, and there was still some time to spare. So, we went to the arcade on the second floor to kill off 45 minutes, before heading in our separate directions once again.One more thing. The movie ended with humour, which put it at a notch above many other movies, for you would expect such scenes to be placed after the credits. There were two quotes that were insightful in the movie. They were "Yesterday's a history, tomorrow's a mystery and today's a gift" and "there are no such thing as accidents". I quite like the first one more, for it's definitely applicable to our daily lives, and as for the second, well maybe it's to reassure us that anything we do could be helpful to our future?
Finally, on to today! Today's meeting with Sean and Wei Ming was sort of like a last minute-plan, and I mean TOTALLY. We arranged to meet at 10am this morning at 1am the same morning(that was last night). So, this morning, we met up as usual, went to Sean's place to place our bags, and off we went for a jog near his place. We ran on the road of a private housing estate of bungalows, and the route was coupled with slopes that provided a bit of a challenge to us. We had prepared to run 5 laps, but on our first, Sean and i had stitches. Guess we did not eat enough for breakfast this morning. Nonetheless, we decided to walk for just one more round before heading back to his home. We talked about quite a lot of things before we arrived at Sean's favourite downhill slope. There, we sprinted down the slope and I easily went beyond my top speed and nearly lost my own balance.
As we had only spent a total of 30 minutes, we decided to go for a cycle from East Coast Park to Changi Village. There goes my third time cycling a distance of 40km. Sean was ecstatic when I told him of the route that the NP Cyclng Club used on our Orientation Ride in April. He's an airplane fanatic as well yea. We trained down to Eunos before taking a bus to the park, reaching there at around 12.30pm. We had a light snack, rented our bikes, and stocked up on water, before commencing on the first 20km of the ride. This time round, we managed to see many thrilling sights of plane landings and take-offs up close, but, those were only the warm-up. We reached our destination of Changi Village at 2.30pm. We stayed there for close to 30 minutes for a short drink and chatted before setting off at 3pm. On our way back, a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777 jet passed directly over our heads. What's more, its flaps and landing gear were fully extended! NICE! Sadly, we did not bring our camera with us, so we were unable to take any photographs of the ride today. At 5pm, we completed the final gruelling 20km of the ride, with me tackling Wei Ming's bike almost every time he rings his bell at ignorant park users who stay on the wrong side of the track. Had a late lunch and early dinner at MacDonald's before we head back to Sean's place.
We reached Sean's house at close to 7pm, and went to slack in his study room after a nice drink. his whole family met up for dinner today, and the atmosphere was great. And for dinner, they had steamboat. Lots of delicious stuff tonight. Well, the food sure looked tempting, but, maybe i should not join them in their dinner? By the way, Sean brought Wei Ming and I into his room where we watched TV and looked at his collection of plane models. At 8pm, we had a short dinner before leaving for home. And, once again, many thanks to Sean for the great day of activities which were a bit of last minute, but they were really enjoyable!
So this is how the days will be like till the holidays are over? Days are slacked, but i still fear the probability of being off form once school starts again. So, how are things going on? Still good, or have things gotten a little tougher??
Last Saturday, met up with Sean and his two close friends, Wei Ming and Jon who were from St Patrick's School at 1pm at City Hall MRT station.We went to Raffles City in search of a gift for Wei Ming's sister who would be celebrating her birthday this coming Saturday. Well, we were at a total loss about exactly what to get her, since she is an university undergrad and we have no idea what a girl her age would like. So, Sean, Jon and I asked the friends we knew about what someone like Wei Ming's sister would like, and we all ended up with the same answer: Bracelets and Necklaces. Sean and I got the same answer as to where to get them: Diva. Eventually, we did pass by Diva, but they did not have in store what we wanted. In the end, we decided to go for our last resort: chocolates.
We trained down to Vivocity and got a 38-dollar package of 6 assorted chocolates from GodDiva. We felt really bored after that and stoned for a short period of time, before making the decision to train to Terminal 2 of the Changi International Airport(all because a friend did not want us to meet her, and even "chased" me home in the process).It was around 8.30pm when we left the airport, after witnessing an SIA Boeing 777 plane being delayed in its flight.
Yesterday, I was finally able to reunite with Andy and Randall. They sure did not change much, except that Andy has improved in his studies, and Randall was just as slacked as ever. Long time since we met up yea? Anyways, Andy wanted a change in cinema this time round, so we decided on the Shaw cinema at Jurong Entertainment Centre. That building might look small, but its cinemas sure prove it to be otherwise! We watched the much talked about movie, Kungfu Panda at 10.20am at Cinema 3. Heard many critics saying that it was a must-watch during the holidays, and we wanted to watch it for ourselves to believe it. True enough, the 7 bucks we spent on tickets(one of the CHEAPEST so far since the price hike),and the large portions of pop corn(the cup was so damn big that you could not hold it with one hand!) sure was worth spending. That movie was a cocktail of action, humour and trust. The audience was laughing almost throughout the whole movie(us included of course)! After the movie, we walked around as we were too full to have lunch, and there was still some time to spare. So, we went to the arcade on the second floor to kill off 45 minutes, before heading in our separate directions once again.One more thing. The movie ended with humour, which put it at a notch above many other movies, for you would expect such scenes to be placed after the credits. There were two quotes that were insightful in the movie. They were "Yesterday's a history, tomorrow's a mystery and today's a gift" and "there are no such thing as accidents". I quite like the first one more, for it's definitely applicable to our daily lives, and as for the second, well maybe it's to reassure us that anything we do could be helpful to our future?
Finally, on to today! Today's meeting with Sean and Wei Ming was sort of like a last minute-plan, and I mean TOTALLY. We arranged to meet at 10am this morning at 1am the same morning(that was last night). So, this morning, we met up as usual, went to Sean's place to place our bags, and off we went for a jog near his place. We ran on the road of a private housing estate of bungalows, and the route was coupled with slopes that provided a bit of a challenge to us. We had prepared to run 5 laps, but on our first, Sean and i had stitches. Guess we did not eat enough for breakfast this morning. Nonetheless, we decided to walk for just one more round before heading back to his home. We talked about quite a lot of things before we arrived at Sean's favourite downhill slope. There, we sprinted down the slope and I easily went beyond my top speed and nearly lost my own balance.
As we had only spent a total of 30 minutes, we decided to go for a cycle from East Coast Park to Changi Village. There goes my third time cycling a distance of 40km. Sean was ecstatic when I told him of the route that the NP Cyclng Club used on our Orientation Ride in April. He's an airplane fanatic as well yea. We trained down to Eunos before taking a bus to the park, reaching there at around 12.30pm. We had a light snack, rented our bikes, and stocked up on water, before commencing on the first 20km of the ride. This time round, we managed to see many thrilling sights of plane landings and take-offs up close, but, those were only the warm-up. We reached our destination of Changi Village at 2.30pm. We stayed there for close to 30 minutes for a short drink and chatted before setting off at 3pm. On our way back, a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777 jet passed directly over our heads. What's more, its flaps and landing gear were fully extended! NICE! Sadly, we did not bring our camera with us, so we were unable to take any photographs of the ride today. At 5pm, we completed the final gruelling 20km of the ride, with me tackling Wei Ming's bike almost every time he rings his bell at ignorant park users who stay on the wrong side of the track. Had a late lunch and early dinner at MacDonald's before we head back to Sean's place.
We reached Sean's house at close to 7pm, and went to slack in his study room after a nice drink. his whole family met up for dinner today, and the atmosphere was great. And for dinner, they had steamboat. Lots of delicious stuff tonight. Well, the food sure looked tempting, but, maybe i should not join them in their dinner? By the way, Sean brought Wei Ming and I into his room where we watched TV and looked at his collection of plane models. At 8pm, we had a short dinner before leaving for home. And, once again, many thanks to Sean for the great day of activities which were a bit of last minute, but they were really enjoyable!
So this is how the days will be like till the holidays are over? Days are slacked, but i still fear the probability of being off form once school starts again. So, how are things going on? Still good, or have things gotten a little tougher??
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Blog Update
Time sure flies! Finally, another six months have passed, and it's time to change the looks of the blog once again. Well, some updates are:
-A new skin
-New Links
-New Link Categories
The next time would be in December, so until then, do expect more things to come by!! So long~
-A new skin
-New Links
-New Link Categories
The next time would be in December, so until then, do expect more things to come by!! So long~
Thursday, June 05, 2008
First Class Outing
As soon as the first hurdle has been successfully tackled, there is celebration. The atmosphere lurks in the air, welcoming the holidays in full swing.
Today was the very first class outing of 1A03, which was pretty much successfully and well planned, except for the meeting times and places. Met up with Hamzi and Wei Yong at 9.40am at Pending LRT station, before taking a bus down to vivocity, rendezvous with Jian Hui and Jun Jie. We had lunch at 12.30pm before meeting Issac and trained down to Sentosa. Then we had a hard time finding the rest of the class at Siloso Beach, our venue for the outing. When we finally did, it rained alittle. Went for a game of basketball, before playing soccer with the other guys. Not really sure myself, but, I was never that good at soccer. My stamina had fallen quite a bit, but at least my basics were still intact.
Once we were all tired, we went into the waters for a dip to cool down. After around an hour in there, Jian Hui, Jun Jie, Hamzi, Janna and I went to slack under a coconut tree, while the others simply left us to play volleyball. Since we had nothing better to do after taking a short nap, Jian Hui,Jun Jie, Hamzi and I decided to dig a shallow pit to dump some sandals in. As if that took alot of time, we went to dig another pit at around 3pm, this time with the aim of reaching the depth where we could obtain sea water from the pit. It seemed futile when, an hour later, we were still trying to reach our target. So, we changed plans and decided on bulding a "wall" surrounding our bags.
It was around that time that I noticed the group of students participating in an activity near us. Not just that, it soon dawned upon me that they could be, or maybe, they were Catholic Junior College students, since I noticed a familiar face there, but not sure if I was right though.
So, it was 4pm when the rest of the class returned from their game of volleyball. Some of them became nervous and frantic when they found out that their sandals were missing. So, pitying them, we gave the exact location of where the sandals were buried. We then went to wash up and change, before heading back to Vivocity once more, this time for dinner.It was around 8pm when we left for home, since tomorrow, there was another activity in line for us. Mechanical Engineering Course Inter-class Games. Can't wait for that, but now, maybe I should worryabout whether I am able to play in tomorrow's games of Captain's Ball, since I sustained a minor injury on my right foot.Oh! And the photographs will be up soon, maybe on Saturday.
Today was the very first class outing of 1A03, which was pretty much successfully and well planned, except for the meeting times and places. Met up with Hamzi and Wei Yong at 9.40am at Pending LRT station, before taking a bus down to vivocity, rendezvous with Jian Hui and Jun Jie. We had lunch at 12.30pm before meeting Issac and trained down to Sentosa. Then we had a hard time finding the rest of the class at Siloso Beach, our venue for the outing. When we finally did, it rained alittle. Went for a game of basketball, before playing soccer with the other guys. Not really sure myself, but, I was never that good at soccer. My stamina had fallen quite a bit, but at least my basics were still intact.
Once we were all tired, we went into the waters for a dip to cool down. After around an hour in there, Jian Hui, Jun Jie, Hamzi, Janna and I went to slack under a coconut tree, while the others simply left us to play volleyball. Since we had nothing better to do after taking a short nap, Jian Hui,Jun Jie, Hamzi and I decided to dig a shallow pit to dump some sandals in. As if that took alot of time, we went to dig another pit at around 3pm, this time with the aim of reaching the depth where we could obtain sea water from the pit. It seemed futile when, an hour later, we were still trying to reach our target. So, we changed plans and decided on bulding a "wall" surrounding our bags.
It was around that time that I noticed the group of students participating in an activity near us. Not just that, it soon dawned upon me that they could be, or maybe, they were Catholic Junior College students, since I noticed a familiar face there, but not sure if I was right though.
So, it was 4pm when the rest of the class returned from their game of volleyball. Some of them became nervous and frantic when they found out that their sandals were missing. So, pitying them, we gave the exact location of where the sandals were buried. We then went to wash up and change, before heading back to Vivocity once more, this time for dinner.It was around 8pm when we left for home, since tomorrow, there was another activity in line for us. Mechanical Engineering Course Inter-class Games. Can't wait for that, but now, maybe I should worryabout whether I am able to play in tomorrow's games of Captain's Ball, since I sustained a minor injury on my right foot.Oh! And the photographs will be up soon, maybe on Saturday.
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
First common test
Quite alot has happened over the past few weeks. Good or bad, there are many. Some activities over the past few weeks were three insightful Student Toastmasters Club meetings and a cycling Endurance Challenge stretching 45 kilometers at the Paya Labar airstrip.
Anyway, on to this week, the common test period. Long time since I sat for an examination since the O Levels close to 9 months back.The examination style is slightly different from your average secondary school and JC. Rules and regulations are more stringent, and the penalties for cheating are more serious, and in some cases, that could cause you your school life.
Monday was the first paper, Electrical Technology. Since this module made its debut three years back in 2005, each year, the papers get significantly tougher. This year's paper, was the most challenging in terms of conceptual problems where you had play around with the laws and formulae just to arrive at the answer. I should easily get a B grade for this test though.
Yesterday, we had the Engineering Mathematics paper. Difficulty was 3 out of 5 stars. The paper was a breeze, with only a couple of tough and tricky questions. I'm almost certain that I would get at least an A grade for this paper.
Today was the final paper for the common test. Engineering Mechanics. Rating 1 out of 5 stars. The difficulty level was the same as the past year papers, up to two years back in 2006. There would be only one calculation error for that paper though (guess I forgot to check my claculations, apart from the method). I would get an AD grade(A grade with Distinction) for that test. Here's a spoiler: I did less than hour's worth of revision for this paper.
By the way, this was also the first time that I had less than five papers for a common test. It sure was surprising at first, but yea, after checking the announcements and all, there really was in fact only 3 papers for this term's common test.
So, with three days taken out for common tests, the other two would be left for fun and relaxation. I would be going off to Sentosa with my class tomorrow, then on Friday, it would be back to school, but this time, it's not for lessons, revision nor exams. Instead, it's back to school for a games day organised specially for the first year students of the course of Mechanical Engineering by their very own lecturers, to commemorate the completion of our first examination in a totally new environment.
Anyway, on to this week, the common test period. Long time since I sat for an examination since the O Levels close to 9 months back.The examination style is slightly different from your average secondary school and JC. Rules and regulations are more stringent, and the penalties for cheating are more serious, and in some cases, that could cause you your school life.
Monday was the first paper, Electrical Technology. Since this module made its debut three years back in 2005, each year, the papers get significantly tougher. This year's paper, was the most challenging in terms of conceptual problems where you had play around with the laws and formulae just to arrive at the answer. I should easily get a B grade for this test though.
Yesterday, we had the Engineering Mathematics paper. Difficulty was 3 out of 5 stars. The paper was a breeze, with only a couple of tough and tricky questions. I'm almost certain that I would get at least an A grade for this paper.
Today was the final paper for the common test. Engineering Mechanics. Rating 1 out of 5 stars. The difficulty level was the same as the past year papers, up to two years back in 2006. There would be only one calculation error for that paper though (guess I forgot to check my claculations, apart from the method). I would get an AD grade(A grade with Distinction) for that test. Here's a spoiler: I did less than hour's worth of revision for this paper.
By the way, this was also the first time that I had less than five papers for a common test. It sure was surprising at first, but yea, after checking the announcements and all, there really was in fact only 3 papers for this term's common test.
So, with three days taken out for common tests, the other two would be left for fun and relaxation. I would be going off to Sentosa with my class tomorrow, then on Friday, it would be back to school, but this time, it's not for lessons, revision nor exams. Instead, it's back to school for a games day organised specially for the first year students of the course of Mechanical Engineering by their very own lecturers, to commemorate the completion of our first examination in a totally new environment.