With less than 10 hours left before a big run, it's almost time to head to bed. Possibly my earliest time yet. The past week was, pathetic. I have not completed revision for all 3 modules for the common test, with ED being the worst hit.
Down with a flu that's recovering, I have got no idea if I'll be able to complete the run. Extremely bad timing. In just 8 days after tomorrow, it'll be the common tests. After that, I'll be doing lotsof revision and projects, before welcoming the new year.
This morning woke at 8.30am, after having yet another weird dream. Once again, it took place in school. There were 3 places that we went to. Lunch time, on a Friday(gut feeling I had during the dream). We went to Makan Place, and turning left, I saw a friend with a girl and two guys doing CAD?! Why is it that I always dream of others doing questions in the modules that I have done before? Anyways, I asked if I could join, took a chair, and sat next to them. Of all my 16 'sightings', this, was the first time I came across something like that (don't really want to say what I 'saw' up here, and, nothing I saw in the dream was R-rated). It did not end there. After lunch, I offered to go to a study corner with them, to help them out with the question. They were supposed to create an extrusion of a rod, with other small details. I went to join my class for some time, and somehow, I got a fast-forward to the 'scene' where I was at the study corner(somewhere near SIM), with them. This time, the two guys were replaced by two girls. The situation there, was rather weird, something I have never experienced before(though it could be something good). After that, somehow I was sent back to Makan Place with the same group from the study corner.
How was it so, that students from another school, was learning something that was taught only at SoE? I seriously doubt that anything like that would happen anytime in the near future. Of all the 16 'sightings', if this one were to come true, I have got nothing to say.
4pm, left home for WM's place by bus. Not too bad, enjoyed a sweet, short 30-minute nap before transfering onto the MRT at City Hall. Put down my stuff at his place, and an hour later we left for dinner at Aljuned Road. Dinner was nice, something similar to what I'll be having with my family each weekend. Right now, I'm just worried, that due to health problems, I would not be able to complete my run in the morning, or worse, completing it in one piece.
Alright then, till tomorrow! Here's wishing all runners all the best for tomorrow's run!
Could it be that, something has already happened, that I'll have something to believe in?
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Saturday, December 05, 2009
Sunday, December 14, 2008
After the Hiatus
It's been a month since I last posted something up here ya? Alright, today I'll continue from where I had left off then. Going to be one extremely long post, so take your time to read it though.
Anyways, let's just skip to Saturday, 22nd November when I brougt Sean and wm back to school. Somehow, the three of us managed to ake the same train to Lakeside MRT Station that morning. Met Darren and the others at the MRT station, before I actually met the two of them. So, we walked as usual to school, before taking a tour. Went straight to Qi Long to bring him a message from Andy, before going to take a look at the Drama Club at the auditorium, followed by the St John booth to take a look. Seems like there were quite a number of new members this yar, though I did not enter, for I did not really know the new officers who were appointed to the school this year.
Next, met Meng Yan and another friend before we walked around behind her. Throughout, Sean and wm were intrigued by the new building and were jealous of the facilities(they were from a reputable school you see). The school seems to have grown,with the new canteen, equipment, furniture and hall. One thing that caught my attention was, how did the school suddenly become so wealthy in just 1 year? Maybe, perhaps they were cutting back on funds back in the old building so that they can spend more on the new building. The library now has bean bags and touch screen computers, there is even a Problem Based Learn room equiped with a new projector which uses cutting-edge technology. Met almost all the teachers who taught me over the past 4 years, and I guess some were surprised to see why two strangers were with me as well? Went for lunch at the coffee shop, before we heaed to Funan to get the flight simulator game, before walking a couple of kilometers to Sim Lim to get Sean's joystick. They took the train home after that, while I walked to the esplanade to take the bus home. It's worth the effort, as I have a wider choice of seats and also have more time to sleep on the way home.
And that's all for the month of November. I dont' really have much to comment about that month, for it was very smooth, except that I had problems with Economics and Communication Toolkit. Other than those, everything else was just fine.
Now, let's head on to December. On Tuesday, the 2nd of Dcember, I was almost too afraid to do welding at first. However, after the demonstration, everyting started to become fun and easy. Maybe that's what most might feel on their first attempt. That, sure was a nice start for the last month of the year.
Later that Friday, I did badly for te first Engineering Drawing test. I made a couple of errors on the second question, denying me of a chance to complete the whole paper. I'm expecting a borderline pass for that paper, but I'm just going to let the grades go just this once. I'm going to working at double or even triple the pace just to recover from that fall.
The next day, on the 6th of December, Jon, wm and I went for Changi Airport's Terminal 2 for lunch at Popeye's. The portions were way larger than KFC's, but was it worth paying the price. As we could not find a suitable spot to study, we decided to make our way to the national Library branch at Bedok to study instead. We had planned a couple of days ago to study economics together, to clear our doubts and questions, for Jon's and my test was going to be held just 3 days later on Tuesday morning. I managed to cover every single chapter during the 4 hours we spent there, thanks to Sean's notes. We went to Burger King for sundaes, before going to the hawker centre to buy food and then, head home. I decided to take the bus once again, for it's cheaper and I can sleep peacefully on the way home again. Shortly after I entered City Link at City Hall MRT Station, I met Sean and Cherie, by coincidence. The moment Sean saw me, he took no time tryig to explain and prove that it was not because of cherie that my first call could not get through once again. Of course, although I bought his reason, but afterall she was also with him, so perhaps that made it even more difficult for him to pick up my call. I reached home at 8.50pm, just in time for the first episode of the animated Star Wars series.
On Monday, I went to King Albert Park to study with the usual group; Jun Jie, Jian Hui, Janna, Amada, Jenere, Billy, Zhi Jie, An Yan, Swenson. We stayed there till 6.30, before Jian Hui, Janna, Jenere, Zhi Jie and I went fo dinner at the hawker centre narby. I went home at 7.
Tuesday was the first day of the common test. In the morning, there was Economics. It was pretty do-able, and the MCQ questions were really easy. I must say, that the reason behind why I would not be getting an A grade is simply due to the fact that I did not put in enough effort during the revision. I'm expecting a C grade for that paper. I went home for lunch before going back to school in the afternoon for the Engineering Mathmatics 2 paper. Not to offend anyone, but, this was the only paper that i did no revision at all, for I was ready for the test about a couple of weeks before the day the paper was due to be held. I'm expecting an A+ grade for the paper.
There was a few days' break before the last paper(also the toughest for the term) was to be held.On Wednesday and Thursday, I spent a total of 18 hours revising and memorising chapters 3 and 4 of the syllabus. On Thursday, maybe not knowing that the others were meeting up to study was a good thing, for I would have wasted 4 valuable hours of my time on travelling alone, but still, meeting up with friends was way better than shutting oneself from the rest of the world, tryig to get information into the mind. Currently, 18 hours is nowhere near my 48 hours of memorising and revision, made last year during the O Level period, while studying for Physics papers 1 and 2.
On Friday, practically, I did not open my notes nor did I went through the slides. I spent the whole day relaxing. In the evening, I met the comittee of the Mechanical Engineering Society(I guess?) and went for a Christmas concert at the esplanade concert hall by the SSO. Really enjoyed it thoroughly, especially toward the end where there was a sing-along session. AND, I REALLY SANG. Guess I built-up too much stress over the past two days.
After the concert, joined them at a restaurant that sells only chocolate related food and beverages for a short moment before I took the bus home. This bus ride was going to be one that I might remember for quite some time. On the way back home on the bus, spotted a group of three girls(I'm usually not the type of person who is so free to do such stuff). Every 3 to 5 minutes, I took glances. However, after a while, I found myself looking at them momentarily, until it became so obvious they, too turned to look at me, and soon, we were staring at one another. That's when I got afraid that I might have done something wrong and stopped. Frankly, that was the first time I did something like that. It only ended when they alighted from the bus, and it felt as though time flowed normally again. That 20 minutes sure felt like an hour.
Anyway, now, it's on to yesterday, and it's Saturday! The moment I arrived in school at 8.30am, everyone was getting ready to leave for the examination room at block 50. The paper was easy, if one had studied the chapters thoroughly. That, was a paper where, if you studied, you would not only pass, but have a high chance of doing well for the paper, and if you had not studied for the paper, you might fail, or if you were lucky, you would pass decently. I'm confident of at least an A grade for this paper.
After the paper, we went to Vivocity, for lunch and to watch a movie. Once there, Janna was just too excited when she saw that Twilight was showing in Singapore at last, and it was 5 days earlier than the actual release date. What's more, we only had to pay 8 dollars for each ticket as Amanda had the Safra card. Sadly, Jenere could not join us as the movie was at 4pm. So, we, Janna, Amanda, Jian Hui, Jun Jie, Wei Yong, Kenzi and I wet to Carle's Jr for lunch. It was only 1pm, so we had 3 hours before the movie started. At 2pm, we went walking around. Around 2.0pm, I found out that there would be more joining us later on. Janna had called Chengwen and Chengyun to join us for the movie, while Jun ie and Jian Hui asked their friends to join us as well.
We accompanied Jenere to the bus stop, before going with Jian Hui to withdraw money(and we got a shock), before going to the cinema box office to wait for the others to arrive at 3.30pm. At 4pm, we were ready to enter.
At 4.15pm, the movie started, but during the first part of it, the graphics were not very good, but after the scene, everything seemed to be in place. I must say, that the movie was definitely worth watching. 2 hours, lots of action, especially in the second part of the movie. Now, I'm thinking if I should watch it again, and I'm also considering of reading the books in the series. Janna! You have influenced me as well...
Alright then, that's all for today's post. Not sure if this 3 week break is going to be boring or exciting though, as it has only just began.I'm skipping CCA tomorrow as I'm having flu and can't do very much physical activity as yet, but should have no problem doing so on Thursday. Jun Jie is also planning a roller blading trip which I'm so looking forward to, and I guess I better prepare some plasters as well for that day. So far, at least 5 people I know are already on holiday, and soon, more would follow. If you're one of them, enjoy your trip!!!
Oh, and before I end the post, expect a mass blog makeover tomorrow, for it's that time of the year where I change my blogskin and make some major changes once again!
Anyways, let's just skip to Saturday, 22nd November when I brougt Sean and wm back to school. Somehow, the three of us managed to ake the same train to Lakeside MRT Station that morning. Met Darren and the others at the MRT station, before I actually met the two of them. So, we walked as usual to school, before taking a tour. Went straight to Qi Long to bring him a message from Andy, before going to take a look at the Drama Club at the auditorium, followed by the St John booth to take a look. Seems like there were quite a number of new members this yar, though I did not enter, for I did not really know the new officers who were appointed to the school this year.
Next, met Meng Yan and another friend before we walked around behind her. Throughout, Sean and wm were intrigued by the new building and were jealous of the facilities(they were from a reputable school you see). The school seems to have grown,with the new canteen, equipment, furniture and hall. One thing that caught my attention was, how did the school suddenly become so wealthy in just 1 year? Maybe, perhaps they were cutting back on funds back in the old building so that they can spend more on the new building. The library now has bean bags and touch screen computers, there is even a Problem Based Learn room equiped with a new projector which uses cutting-edge technology. Met almost all the teachers who taught me over the past 4 years, and I guess some were surprised to see why two strangers were with me as well? Went for lunch at the coffee shop, before we heaed to Funan to get the flight simulator game, before walking a couple of kilometers to Sim Lim to get Sean's joystick. They took the train home after that, while I walked to the esplanade to take the bus home. It's worth the effort, as I have a wider choice of seats and also have more time to sleep on the way home.
And that's all for the month of November. I dont' really have much to comment about that month, for it was very smooth, except that I had problems with Economics and Communication Toolkit. Other than those, everything else was just fine.
Now, let's head on to December. On Tuesday, the 2nd of Dcember, I was almost too afraid to do welding at first. However, after the demonstration, everyting started to become fun and easy. Maybe that's what most might feel on their first attempt. That, sure was a nice start for the last month of the year.
Later that Friday, I did badly for te first Engineering Drawing test. I made a couple of errors on the second question, denying me of a chance to complete the whole paper. I'm expecting a borderline pass for that paper, but I'm just going to let the grades go just this once. I'm going to working at double or even triple the pace just to recover from that fall.
The next day, on the 6th of December, Jon, wm and I went for Changi Airport's Terminal 2 for lunch at Popeye's. The portions were way larger than KFC's, but was it worth paying the price. As we could not find a suitable spot to study, we decided to make our way to the national Library branch at Bedok to study instead. We had planned a couple of days ago to study economics together, to clear our doubts and questions, for Jon's and my test was going to be held just 3 days later on Tuesday morning. I managed to cover every single chapter during the 4 hours we spent there, thanks to Sean's notes. We went to Burger King for sundaes, before going to the hawker centre to buy food and then, head home. I decided to take the bus once again, for it's cheaper and I can sleep peacefully on the way home again. Shortly after I entered City Link at City Hall MRT Station, I met Sean and Cherie, by coincidence. The moment Sean saw me, he took no time tryig to explain and prove that it was not because of cherie that my first call could not get through once again. Of course, although I bought his reason, but afterall she was also with him, so perhaps that made it even more difficult for him to pick up my call. I reached home at 8.50pm, just in time for the first episode of the animated Star Wars series.
On Monday, I went to King Albert Park to study with the usual group; Jun Jie, Jian Hui, Janna, Amada, Jenere, Billy, Zhi Jie, An Yan, Swenson. We stayed there till 6.30, before Jian Hui, Janna, Jenere, Zhi Jie and I went fo dinner at the hawker centre narby. I went home at 7.
Tuesday was the first day of the common test. In the morning, there was Economics. It was pretty do-able, and the MCQ questions were really easy. I must say, that the reason behind why I would not be getting an A grade is simply due to the fact that I did not put in enough effort during the revision. I'm expecting a C grade for that paper. I went home for lunch before going back to school in the afternoon for the Engineering Mathmatics 2 paper. Not to offend anyone, but, this was the only paper that i did no revision at all, for I was ready for the test about a couple of weeks before the day the paper was due to be held. I'm expecting an A+ grade for the paper.
There was a few days' break before the last paper(also the toughest for the term) was to be held.On Wednesday and Thursday, I spent a total of 18 hours revising and memorising chapters 3 and 4 of the syllabus. On Thursday, maybe not knowing that the others were meeting up to study was a good thing, for I would have wasted 4 valuable hours of my time on travelling alone, but still, meeting up with friends was way better than shutting oneself from the rest of the world, tryig to get information into the mind. Currently, 18 hours is nowhere near my 48 hours of memorising and revision, made last year during the O Level period, while studying for Physics papers 1 and 2.
On Friday, practically, I did not open my notes nor did I went through the slides. I spent the whole day relaxing. In the evening, I met the comittee of the Mechanical Engineering Society(I guess?) and went for a Christmas concert at the esplanade concert hall by the SSO. Really enjoyed it thoroughly, especially toward the end where there was a sing-along session. AND, I REALLY SANG. Guess I built-up too much stress over the past two days.
After the concert, joined them at a restaurant that sells only chocolate related food and beverages for a short moment before I took the bus home. This bus ride was going to be one that I might remember for quite some time. On the way back home on the bus, spotted a group of three girls(I'm usually not the type of person who is so free to do such stuff). Every 3 to 5 minutes, I took glances. However, after a while, I found myself looking at them momentarily, until it became so obvious they, too turned to look at me, and soon, we were staring at one another. That's when I got afraid that I might have done something wrong and stopped. Frankly, that was the first time I did something like that. It only ended when they alighted from the bus, and it felt as though time flowed normally again. That 20 minutes sure felt like an hour.
Anyway, now, it's on to yesterday, and it's Saturday! The moment I arrived in school at 8.30am, everyone was getting ready to leave for the examination room at block 50. The paper was easy, if one had studied the chapters thoroughly. That, was a paper where, if you studied, you would not only pass, but have a high chance of doing well for the paper, and if you had not studied for the paper, you might fail, or if you were lucky, you would pass decently. I'm confident of at least an A grade for this paper.
After the paper, we went to Vivocity, for lunch and to watch a movie. Once there, Janna was just too excited when she saw that Twilight was showing in Singapore at last, and it was 5 days earlier than the actual release date. What's more, we only had to pay 8 dollars for each ticket as Amanda had the Safra card. Sadly, Jenere could not join us as the movie was at 4pm. So, we, Janna, Amanda, Jian Hui, Jun Jie, Wei Yong, Kenzi and I wet to Carle's Jr for lunch. It was only 1pm, so we had 3 hours before the movie started. At 2pm, we went walking around. Around 2.0pm, I found out that there would be more joining us later on. Janna had called Chengwen and Chengyun to join us for the movie, while Jun ie and Jian Hui asked their friends to join us as well.
We accompanied Jenere to the bus stop, before going with Jian Hui to withdraw money(and we got a shock), before going to the cinema box office to wait for the others to arrive at 3.30pm. At 4pm, we were ready to enter.
At 4.15pm, the movie started, but during the first part of it, the graphics were not very good, but after the scene, everything seemed to be in place. I must say, that the movie was definitely worth watching. 2 hours, lots of action, especially in the second part of the movie. Now, I'm thinking if I should watch it again, and I'm also considering of reading the books in the series. Janna! You have influenced me as well...
Alright then, that's all for today's post. Not sure if this 3 week break is going to be boring or exciting though, as it has only just began.I'm skipping CCA tomorrow as I'm having flu and can't do very much physical activity as yet, but should have no problem doing so on Thursday. Jun Jie is also planning a roller blading trip which I'm so looking forward to, and I guess I better prepare some plasters as well for that day. So far, at least 5 people I know are already on holiday, and soon, more would follow. If you're one of them, enjoy your trip!!!
Oh, and before I end the post, expect a mass blog makeover tomorrow, for it's that time of the year where I change my blogskin and make some major changes once again!
Friday, August 08, 2008
National Day '08
This week, was actually, extremely unpredictable. First, I started habering random thoughts(the kind I never thought of before, but fre not, they are not the foolish kind of thoughts). Then, on Monday and Tuesday, things seemed to be going real well, but then, on Wednesday, disater struck. That's the first time I failed in something that I had so much confidence in. Yesterday seemed to be the only fine day, when I could do things normally. Anyway, the other days are over, so perhaps I should worry about those things afer te examinations, and concentrate on the up coming exams which is in less than a week's time. Tonight, I realised that I am not really myself, but still, I have got no idea exactly what it is.
On to today, I finally have the chance to return toYuan Ching again. Met up with Darren at 8.25 before joining up with the others at the bus stop. We then adjourned to school. Things have changed so much. The school budget seemed to have increased, and they have upped the number of vending machines by 3 from 1 to 4. For the first time after leaving the school, there was no parade, nor was there any performances. Well, at least the school kept that 4 year old tradition of having a carnival to raise funds for the school. Andy also gave his valedictory speech oday upon receiving the Most Outstanding 'O' Level result award and the All Rounder Award. And, Mr Hon is back! Yes, he's back, and that would also mean that the school's discipline would be climbing back up to where he initially left it a year ago. After everyone left at 11.20, Randall finally arrived. We headed to the office only to realised the clerk was not around. So, we decided to return on the 29th of August to collect our testimonials and certificates.
We went on to Jurong Point to meet up with Zhong Rong and the others for lunch. Once there, we did not eat anyting as either the queues were way too long or there were not enough seats for us. In he end, the rest of the guys went ahead to town, while Randall, Xiu Wi and I went to SP. Randall and I went for lunch, while Xiu Wei went for her lesson. After that, w went to his classroom to slack or an hour from 1.30 to 2.30pm. After that, I left at 2.30pm fo school, as the last lesson was starting at 3pm. There was a National Day celebration going on at the convention centre, but, it seemed that I din't have time for that as arrived in school right on the dot, and I was already lucky enough to be on time.
Anyway, after tonight, no, maybe after tomorrow night, then I will really start studying. I still want that 4.0!Tonight was also the opening of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.Oh and photos will be up soon!
Could I be experiencing what some friends know as being emotional? Or, is it some other thing? I have never experience something as advese as this before. Being irritated for a moment, followed by feeling worried during the next and then feeling extrememly high and so on. I feel as though something worse might be coming, but, I have got no idea what could happen next, other than to just take things as they come, which is not really the best way out of things in situations like this. Someone help me please...
On to today, I finally have the chance to return toYuan Ching again. Met up with Darren at 8.25 before joining up with the others at the bus stop. We then adjourned to school. Things have changed so much. The school budget seemed to have increased, and they have upped the number of vending machines by 3 from 1 to 4. For the first time after leaving the school, there was no parade, nor was there any performances. Well, at least the school kept that 4 year old tradition of having a carnival to raise funds for the school. Andy also gave his valedictory speech oday upon receiving the Most Outstanding 'O' Level result award and the All Rounder Award. And, Mr Hon is back! Yes, he's back, and that would also mean that the school's discipline would be climbing back up to where he initially left it a year ago. After everyone left at 11.20, Randall finally arrived. We headed to the office only to realised the clerk was not around. So, we decided to return on the 29th of August to collect our testimonials and certificates.
We went on to Jurong Point to meet up with Zhong Rong and the others for lunch. Once there, we did not eat anyting as either the queues were way too long or there were not enough seats for us. In he end, the rest of the guys went ahead to town, while Randall, Xiu Wi and I went to SP. Randall and I went for lunch, while Xiu Wei went for her lesson. After that, w went to his classroom to slack or an hour from 1.30 to 2.30pm. After that, I left at 2.30pm fo school, as the last lesson was starting at 3pm. There was a National Day celebration going on at the convention centre, but, it seemed that I din't have time for that as arrived in school right on the dot, and I was already lucky enough to be on time.
Anyway, after tonight, no, maybe after tomorrow night, then I will really start studying. I still want that 4.0!Tonight was also the opening of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.Oh and photos will be up soon!
Could I be experiencing what some friends know as being emotional? Or, is it some other thing? I have never experience something as advese as this before. Being irritated for a moment, followed by feeling worried during the next and then feeling extrememly high and so on. I feel as though something worse might be coming, but, I have got no idea what could happen next, other than to just take things as they come, which is not really the best way out of things in situations like this. Someone help me please...
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
National Day celebrations and Speech and Prize Presentation Day
Overslept this morning and reached school slightly later than usual. At 6.50 am, I came in with Gabriel, before we went to meet up with the rest of the class at the canteen and outisde the staff room.
Today was definitely different from other days, since we were there for celebrations in the morning, followed by some Math later in the afternoon. Things were slightly different for me this year. Instead of being at the parade square, Darren and I were in the hall throughour most of the parade this year. So, we sort of like missed watching the parade inspection and the march past, but, we did catch one thing;The choreography of the Guard of Honor and their new drill, whereby the middle row is to join up either with the row in front or the row behind, forming only 2 rows. While the rarade went on under the sun, the 100-strong prize winners were enjoying the air conditioners inside the hall,though we still had to run through our steps once again.
We watched the National Day video today(my first time viewing one in the school), and the scenes were great.
Now the moment has arrived, but things did not go as most of us had expected.Mr Chia went up on stage with the Guest of Honor(dint really remember his name)?Some of us were wondering"what is this? Wasn't it to be that only the Guest of Honor went on stage, and with the help of an ursher(a councillor)?" Nevermind. What's past, is already past, it can't be undone anyway.
The Carnival. YES! TOday is the first anniversary of me putting on my braces~ However, want to know how I celebrated it? I could only eat things that required minimal biting, since I had changed the wire again(the fourth so far). Cazua,Darren,Wee Keong, some 1E3 peeps and I shouted our throats hoarse today,but it was a good attempt to draw the crowds(including some VIPs to the stall). The service that the kids'(as Andy would say) provided was efficient and great.Nice effort put in!
After that, went back to staff room as most of the class was there. There was some sort of a small question and answer session about Junior Collgeges there, listened a little, and found out that I did not quite know many things(more than those Caleb had told me a couple of weeks ago). Nonetheless, rushed to Randall's place for Guild Quest later, and the initial processes seemed fast, as we completed the first stage in 5 minutes! Another record broken. I messed the boos stage up by forgeting to use my skills to avoid being killed, and caused the bags to disappear.
Now, almost time for our lesson.Randall packed his bag, I took two slices of bread(thanks~ though, but I can't really bite well) and we took a taxi down to school. We practically brought it to Ms Lee, who happened to flag down our taxi as it stopped near the bus stop. Nice.
The lesson was refreshing, though most of us were starting to dose off. So, Mr Liew went into Plan B. We did a graph question, and that really worked(at least it kept me fully awake for an hour), before I started to feel lethargic again. 4.59pm. Wow, he sure kept his promise, to release us before 5pm today. I like it, feeling that I had recovered some lost skills in Mathematics.
Next up, a miracle(not really).I accomplished part of my resolution of the year today, by talking to more than one teacher(as I had not done so for the past 6or 7 years) in one day. Somehow I felt really close after that, and new insights amd truths.
Home Sweet Home at 5.50pm, I read the papers for awhile before starting to feel unwell. Maybe like Cazua said, we are going to watch the NDP tomorrow at the hospital(sounds like fun)... On second thought, maybe not. 7.30pm, I dosed off after staring at the computer for 20 minutes. I had finally depleted all that energy for the day.Now, I did not even have the mood to study, since I was still feeling really tired before I finally forced myself to even type this in.
Alright then, time to go. I'm dead sleepy now. Hope I get well soon tomorrow morning...
so, it all boils down to today, that I feel the committment that I had put in for the last 3 years fading away. Seems like it is time to get down to serious work, and less socialising for now at least, I hope. Right now,I'm still wondring, did I even make the right move two years back, to make the choice of coming this far, and doing little about it?I'm still lacking that determination and courage...
Today was definitely different from other days, since we were there for celebrations in the morning, followed by some Math later in the afternoon. Things were slightly different for me this year. Instead of being at the parade square, Darren and I were in the hall throughour most of the parade this year. So, we sort of like missed watching the parade inspection and the march past, but, we did catch one thing;The choreography of the Guard of Honor and their new drill, whereby the middle row is to join up either with the row in front or the row behind, forming only 2 rows. While the rarade went on under the sun, the 100-strong prize winners were enjoying the air conditioners inside the hall,though we still had to run through our steps once again.
We watched the National Day video today(my first time viewing one in the school), and the scenes were great.
Now the moment has arrived, but things did not go as most of us had expected.Mr Chia went up on stage with the Guest of Honor(dint really remember his name)?Some of us were wondering"what is this? Wasn't it to be that only the Guest of Honor went on stage, and with the help of an ursher(a councillor)?" Nevermind. What's past, is already past, it can't be undone anyway.
The Carnival. YES! TOday is the first anniversary of me putting on my braces~ However, want to know how I celebrated it? I could only eat things that required minimal biting, since I had changed the wire again(the fourth so far). Cazua,Darren,Wee Keong, some 1E3 peeps and I shouted our throats hoarse today,but it was a good attempt to draw the crowds(including some VIPs to the stall). The service that the kids'(as Andy would say) provided was efficient and great.Nice effort put in!
After that, went back to staff room as most of the class was there. There was some sort of a small question and answer session about Junior Collgeges there, listened a little, and found out that I did not quite know many things(more than those Caleb had told me a couple of weeks ago). Nonetheless, rushed to Randall's place for Guild Quest later, and the initial processes seemed fast, as we completed the first stage in 5 minutes! Another record broken. I messed the boos stage up by forgeting to use my skills to avoid being killed, and caused the bags to disappear.
Now, almost time for our lesson.Randall packed his bag, I took two slices of bread(thanks~ though, but I can't really bite well) and we took a taxi down to school. We practically brought it to Ms Lee, who happened to flag down our taxi as it stopped near the bus stop. Nice.
The lesson was refreshing, though most of us were starting to dose off. So, Mr Liew went into Plan B. We did a graph question, and that really worked(at least it kept me fully awake for an hour), before I started to feel lethargic again. 4.59pm. Wow, he sure kept his promise, to release us before 5pm today. I like it, feeling that I had recovered some lost skills in Mathematics.
Next up, a miracle(not really).I accomplished part of my resolution of the year today, by talking to more than one teacher(as I had not done so for the past 6or 7 years) in one day. Somehow I felt really close after that, and new insights amd truths.
Home Sweet Home at 5.50pm, I read the papers for awhile before starting to feel unwell. Maybe like Cazua said, we are going to watch the NDP tomorrow at the hospital(sounds like fun)... On second thought, maybe not. 7.30pm, I dosed off after staring at the computer for 20 minutes. I had finally depleted all that energy for the day.Now, I did not even have the mood to study, since I was still feeling really tired before I finally forced myself to even type this in.
Alright then, time to go. I'm dead sleepy now. Hope I get well soon tomorrow morning...
so, it all boils down to today, that I feel the committment that I had put in for the last 3 years fading away. Seems like it is time to get down to serious work, and less socialising for now at least, I hope. Right now,I'm still wondring, did I even make the right move two years back, to make the choice of coming this far, and doing little about it?I'm still lacking that determination and courage...
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.
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.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Collaboration?
Things just weren't right, at least till the somewhere in the middle of the COMPASS programme. Maybe it was because I slept eraly again last night, or was it because I forgot to complete a couple of assignments the day before?
Nevermind, at least the eight Biology students got our most appalling threat of the year. No matter what,I wont be empahsizing much on it any further. Next period, we did not expect COMPASS to start so early today. At 8.30 am,everyone was already seated and ready for the activities(never felt it as a lecture in the first place). Andy was called by Mr Ong to participate in the National Day Rally speech by the PM, hope you will go on that day,Andy. Seemed like the others were taking their time going back to class(thinking it was geography, but I thought that it was not, with all that talking going on inside). Entered the classroom as though it was my first time there. Strange, yes, as some classmates were seated at different parts of the room. However, it was more because of the fact that I saw two very familiar people in the classroom. Did it look like a typical Geography lesson? No, and it never was.Unfortunately,the place I decided to sit at was the worst decision I made this morning, to move all the way to the front,sadly, won't give any reasons for this one. To make things worse, it was lonely to sit there. Nonetheless, at least I could still get involved in the activities.
We had a break from 10.20 till around 11am(strange, theres only one break today, compared to the usual two break given).Reason? 16 VIPs will be having their Chinese Language oral examination later in the afternoon, and thus, the instructrs wanted to finish the course as early as possible.
11.51 am. The 16 oral candidates have left. With some of the more talkative ones MIA(missing in action for short), the classrooom is no doubt more silent and, obviously, more spacious. Heres where all the fun things of today came in. More hands on work meant being more awake(Randall dint seem to be affected in any way, except that I felt it was just as someone had told us about the way he slept... it was definitely as randall told mea few days ago!!!WOW)
Anyway, after the course had ended, went to meet some of those who had finished their oral examination. Not that difficult for the reading part. The topic conversation question was difficult to understand, but easy to answer, from the look of some of their faces and the way they explained their answers to me. Maybe, it would not be so bad when it is my turn to be on the hot seat in a few days' time. Tomorrow is Be Yourself Day-cum-St John Day. So, perhaps, I will just donate SGD2 for not wearingmy full uniform tomorrow.
It's just the fourth day of the new school semester, and the thoughts that have haunted me for the past two years are back again. Maybe this time round, I should not run away, but find a way to put an end to it. Whether or not it will cause emtional damage, I will have to make the move...
Nevermind, at least the eight Biology students got our most appalling threat of the year. No matter what,I wont be empahsizing much on it any further. Next period, we did not expect COMPASS to start so early today. At 8.30 am,everyone was already seated and ready for the activities(never felt it as a lecture in the first place). Andy was called by Mr Ong to participate in the National Day Rally speech by the PM, hope you will go on that day,Andy. Seemed like the others were taking their time going back to class(thinking it was geography, but I thought that it was not, with all that talking going on inside). Entered the classroom as though it was my first time there. Strange, yes, as some classmates were seated at different parts of the room. However, it was more because of the fact that I saw two very familiar people in the classroom. Did it look like a typical Geography lesson? No, and it never was.Unfortunately,the place I decided to sit at was the worst decision I made this morning, to move all the way to the front,sadly, won't give any reasons for this one. To make things worse, it was lonely to sit there. Nonetheless, at least I could still get involved in the activities.
We had a break from 10.20 till around 11am(strange, theres only one break today, compared to the usual two break given).Reason? 16 VIPs will be having their Chinese Language oral examination later in the afternoon, and thus, the instructrs wanted to finish the course as early as possible.
11.51 am. The 16 oral candidates have left. With some of the more talkative ones MIA(missing in action for short), the classrooom is no doubt more silent and, obviously, more spacious. Heres where all the fun things of today came in. More hands on work meant being more awake(Randall dint seem to be affected in any way, except that I felt it was just as someone had told us about the way he slept... it was definitely as randall told mea few days ago!!!WOW)
Anyway, after the course had ended, went to meet some of those who had finished their oral examination. Not that difficult for the reading part. The topic conversation question was difficult to understand, but easy to answer, from the look of some of their faces and the way they explained their answers to me. Maybe, it would not be so bad when it is my turn to be on the hot seat in a few days' time. Tomorrow is Be Yourself Day-cum-St John Day. So, perhaps, I will just donate SGD2 for not wearingmy full uniform tomorrow.
It's just the fourth day of the new school semester, and the thoughts that have haunted me for the past two years are back again. Maybe this time round, I should not run away, but find a way to put an end to it. Whether or not it will cause emtional damage, I will have to make the move...
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Flight of Time
It's less than 6 months, and we are going in our own seperate ways again, just like what happened four years ago. Seems like this will repeat itselfin another few years' time, and again later in life. Though I hate this, its nothing that can be changed, theres always a time where we all have to leave one another, only a matter of sooner or later.Nonetheless, I wont talk much abut these right now, but will go more in depth as that time comes nearer.
Anyway, a new semester, a new term and new experiences accompany the same people and the new timetable. one word tells it all,"madness". Three quarters of mathematics lessons for the whole week squeezed into two days, WOW, lets just hope I can focus for that length of time.Another thing is the number of new teachers entering the school. Its not that I hate this,but just that with so many coming in at a single point of time just does not seem right. Anyway, enough of ranting(it neither helps nor solves anything).
At the start of the term, that was, Monday, we received many handouts, particularly the timetable. Though it was not at all that bad, I feltit was going to be better days ahead, with more Physics,Social Studies,Chemistry and Biology classes but less Geography periods.However, time is not necessarily the limiting factor most of the time, as although one can squeeze little stuff into a lesson, others might benefit from it. Something that gave me hope was the LEAPS CCA point allocation slip. 18 points! Im now just short of 2 more to get a distinction for my CCA. Its going to be a new record for meand Darren, who will most likely break the record of being possily the first SJAB members to get distinctions for our CCA...
Now, on to today, yesterday was treated like any other normal day. The day was slow and sort of sleepy, but I found that the PE lesson was more energy consuming this time round than those we had in the past.Why? Simple. Many were sleeping soundly during the Mathematics remedial today. Not just that, they were mostly seated in the front rows(true, I found a few who looked cute when they slept...it was just a passing glance across the classroom),Andy left, lesson ended15 minutes later, left school, reached home, end of story.
One last thing though, this Friday is Be Yourself Day, and its also St John Day.Im just wondering, if all the secondary 4E members did or did not wear our full uniform, do we have to pay that SGD2 ? I dont mind paying, but what do you think? If that were you, would you wear the full uniform, or would you just come to school as a normal student?
Anyway, a new semester, a new term and new experiences accompany the same people and the new timetable. one word tells it all,"madness". Three quarters of mathematics lessons for the whole week squeezed into two days, WOW, lets just hope I can focus for that length of time.Another thing is the number of new teachers entering the school. Its not that I hate this,but just that with so many coming in at a single point of time just does not seem right. Anyway, enough of ranting(it neither helps nor solves anything).
At the start of the term, that was, Monday, we received many handouts, particularly the timetable. Though it was not at all that bad, I feltit was going to be better days ahead, with more Physics,Social Studies,Chemistry and Biology classes but less Geography periods.However, time is not necessarily the limiting factor most of the time, as although one can squeeze little stuff into a lesson, others might benefit from it. Something that gave me hope was the LEAPS CCA point allocation slip. 18 points! Im now just short of 2 more to get a distinction for my CCA. Its going to be a new record for meand Darren, who will most likely break the record of being possily the first SJAB members to get distinctions for our CCA...
Now, on to today, yesterday was treated like any other normal day. The day was slow and sort of sleepy, but I found that the PE lesson was more energy consuming this time round than those we had in the past.Why? Simple. Many were sleeping soundly during the Mathematics remedial today. Not just that, they were mostly seated in the front rows(true, I found a few who looked cute when they slept...it was just a passing glance across the classroom),Andy left, lesson ended15 minutes later, left school, reached home, end of story.
One last thing though, this Friday is Be Yourself Day, and its also St John Day.Im just wondering, if all the secondary 4E members did or did not wear our full uniform, do we have to pay that SGD2 ? I dont mind paying, but what do you think? If that were you, would you wear the full uniform, or would you just come to school as a normal student?
Friday, April 27, 2007
Official Step Down...
Finally, I have got a lot less things to do in St John Ambulance Brigade and as for ELDDS Drama Society, I'm not so sure whether I have officially stepped down as a member or not. Today was no doubt pleasant right from the start of the day.
Something strange happened to me this morning on the way to school. I somehow managed to get the feel of my legs being restless. With that alone, I seemed to accelerate very quickly, and went beyond my top speed within seconds? After that, I overtook almost everyone on the way, and an ambulance passed by... I sort of got carried away from it, and before I knew it, I was heading for the busstop outside the the school. Stange,ain't it?I entered the school the traditional way. However, I did not see the "advertisement" at the bus stop this morning. maybe it was taken down by someone?For more, visit Damien's post.
Biology, don't wish to talk about this. next, English lesson. We went to the computer laboratory to do some essay assignment, with the title "River Swimming", and the situation as while you were swimming in a river, something shiny caught your attention...Damien finished it even before the lesson started, as he finished it at home. During recess, Mr Liew came and asked Augustine and I to help with the stapling of 45 past year Mid-year Additional Mathematics papers. As I was holding my new,unstapled Biology paper, I felt that I could use the stapler as a service charge.Now, let's head to the time when it's after school(the main course).
I arranged the tables as soon as everyone left the classroom, which is like, solo work?It was definitely a one-man show back there, but as I liked to kill time by arranging tables and chairs to perfection, I did not mind that at all,even at the cost of having to rearrange them again a few hours later(hope Siang Lin sees this). I went back to class to help one of Andy's secondary 1 student to write a letter (err, Andy, what was her name again?). Another area of my interest, and soon, I was so engrossed in it that I sort of exagerated a little?
Finished the two-page write-out in twenty minutes, and headed down to the parade square to watch the 4E1 netball team own the whole inter-class games. We pawned most of the upper secondaryclasses!Went back to class after it started raining, and that was where all the drama tok place. A small group of three were studying, and that area accumulated after some time. Well, the others were playing a short game of Monkey when Siang Lin finally came in, and exploded?Semed that way to the secondary ones, but after that, she was smiling behind their backs...Well, they sort of got shocked, as Andy and I felt that it was perfectly fine to stay in the classroom, which did not seem to be the case, as priority goes to anyone who was studying in class. We packed up, and went to Jurong Point after that. As today was suppossed to be Sara's, Xu Wei's ,Darren's and my last day at the St John Meeting in Yuan Ching Corps, we were prepared for 3.30, however, that timne never came as no one assembled at the study corner...Or was it, suppossed to be next friday? Maybe let's just wait for further news for now, yea.
Went to Jurong Point to celebrate my Last CCA day? notreally, we went there to relieve our stress, four secondary one students(Sorry, but I seemed to have forgotten your names),Zhong Rong,Andy and I. Stayed there till 5.50 before heading home, to prepare for tuition at 7.30pm. Now's already 11.05, and I am here posting, after a day of hard work.
These four years in St John has been a great one, howver, I was not ableto help the corps to break free from the bronze barrier, but we actually did not break the 3-year chain of bronze awards. Although my time in Drama was a pathetic two years, I managed to find committment n the CCA and did my best in acting as well. That Secondary one student, looked so much like her when she was Primary 6...please, don't tell me that I am going to sccumb to the same fate andoutcome I faced four years ago???
Something strange happened to me this morning on the way to school. I somehow managed to get the feel of my legs being restless. With that alone, I seemed to accelerate very quickly, and went beyond my top speed within seconds? After that, I overtook almost everyone on the way, and an ambulance passed by... I sort of got carried away from it, and before I knew it, I was heading for the busstop outside the the school. Stange,ain't it?I entered the school the traditional way. However, I did not see the "advertisement" at the bus stop this morning. maybe it was taken down by someone?For more, visit Damien's post.
Biology, don't wish to talk about this. next, English lesson. We went to the computer laboratory to do some essay assignment, with the title "River Swimming", and the situation as while you were swimming in a river, something shiny caught your attention...Damien finished it even before the lesson started, as he finished it at home. During recess, Mr Liew came and asked Augustine and I to help with the stapling of 45 past year Mid-year Additional Mathematics papers. As I was holding my new,unstapled Biology paper, I felt that I could use the stapler as a service charge.Now, let's head to the time when it's after school(the main course).
I arranged the tables as soon as everyone left the classroom, which is like, solo work?It was definitely a one-man show back there, but as I liked to kill time by arranging tables and chairs to perfection, I did not mind that at all,even at the cost of having to rearrange them again a few hours later(hope Siang Lin sees this). I went back to class to help one of Andy's secondary 1 student to write a letter (err, Andy, what was her name again?). Another area of my interest, and soon, I was so engrossed in it that I sort of exagerated a little?
Finished the two-page write-out in twenty minutes, and headed down to the parade square to watch the 4E1 netball team own the whole inter-class games. We pawned most of the upper secondaryclasses!Went back to class after it started raining, and that was where all the drama tok place. A small group of three were studying, and that area accumulated after some time. Well, the others were playing a short game of Monkey when Siang Lin finally came in, and exploded?Semed that way to the secondary ones, but after that, she was smiling behind their backs...Well, they sort of got shocked, as Andy and I felt that it was perfectly fine to stay in the classroom, which did not seem to be the case, as priority goes to anyone who was studying in class. We packed up, and went to Jurong Point after that. As today was suppossed to be Sara's, Xu Wei's ,Darren's and my last day at the St John Meeting in Yuan Ching Corps, we were prepared for 3.30, however, that timne never came as no one assembled at the study corner...Or was it, suppossed to be next friday? Maybe let's just wait for further news for now, yea.
Went to Jurong Point to celebrate my Last CCA day? notreally, we went there to relieve our stress, four secondary one students(Sorry, but I seemed to have forgotten your names),Zhong Rong,Andy and I. Stayed there till 5.50 before heading home, to prepare for tuition at 7.30pm. Now's already 11.05, and I am here posting, after a day of hard work.
These four years in St John has been a great one, howver, I was not ableto help the corps to break free from the bronze barrier, but we actually did not break the 3-year chain of bronze awards. Although my time in Drama was a pathetic two years, I managed to find committment n the CCA and did my best in acting as well. That Secondary one student, looked so much like her when she was Primary 6...please, don't tell me that I am going to sccumb to the same fate andoutcome I faced four years ago???
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Yuan Ching Class Quest???
Nothing interesting happened so far except for that, and although there was another incident yesterday, well, it might not be good to include that in here...Now, allow me to take you back to the annual NAPFA Test of Yuan Ching Secondary held on Thursday, 19th April,2007.
3pm. Everyone gathered in the hall for a short briefing. Andy sure was a little satisfied, since this was the first time 30 or so Chinese Dance members were relocated out of the hall for the sake of 9 classes of secondary four and five students. But since Randall was telling me some facts of the sharinean guild quest(MapleSEA), I thought of typing a walkthrough of the NAPFA test in the same format.We had entered the hall after taking our attendence(registration).Anyway, we were given our Station(stage) order after that, and the first was the standing board jump.A test of the classmates' leg strength and jump distance(haste, scrolled for jump equipment and teleport strictly not allowed).There were 18 boys today, as 4 were down for intensive practice for SYF. I made my attempt, with my final score at 226(second attempt).
Second stage:Sit and Reach. A test of the classmates' flexibility.Here, one must sit on a board with a metre that has a metal slide in front of him, while he is supported on the back by another board and a belt preventing him from bending his knees. I wasalways the last to attempt, so I could have gotten the upper hand. I think that I had gotten the highest for the class, at 50cm. CLEAR! We move on to the next stage.
Stage 3: Pull Ups. A test of the classmates' arm strength.Here, one must hang on a 2-metre high pole before lifting himslef up to the rod, thus having only his chin above it. Once done, it is counted as one, and he must get down again, straightening his elbows before going on the next attemptand so on. For this, the top scorers are Andy, at 11 pull ups,Kamal at 9 pull ups and the others who did 5 and got a "C" grade. Many classmates "died" at this stage.CLEAR! We moved on to the next stage.If I was not wrong, this was a "boss" stage, but since it was not the second last stage, it think it cannot be considered to be one.
Stage 4:Shuttle Run. A test of the classmates' agility(Haste and scrolled for speed equipment strictly not allowed). kamal broke the record of another class by hitting 9.78 seconds on the clock. I got another "D"grade by clocking 10.77 seconds. CLEAR! We moved on to the next station.
Height and Weight. A checklist of the classmates' height and mass. Well, this is simply to kill time, and also to restock a little on our lost liquid intake. Well, it was certainly a joke to have my height read as 136.5cm(humilating, eh?).Ont he second attempt again, it seemed better, but I think I had shrunk by a centimeter, from 170 to 169.No CLEAR, as it was more like a transition than a stage.We simply moved on to the next stage.
Stage 5:Boss stage for class 4E1, boys' group. Sit-ups. A test of the classmates' endurance and stomach strength(if that is what they call it). This one'sa though one. No one got killed here, though it was the most tiring after the pull up station. I did 41, and Randall did 43. Just one more, and I could have gotten an "A" grade! CLEAR! We moved on to the Bonus stage.
BONUS Stage: classmates get to re-attempt any one station he did not do so well in. Randall and I returned to the first stage, the standing board jump station, and we got slightlymore satisfying results.
Caualty count(injuries): 3. Gabriel who experienced a bit of thoigh preoblems before his attempt at the standing board jump station, Andy who crammed his left leg at the sit-up station and me, for a crammed thigh at the sit and reach station.
Casualty count(failed attempts of classmates): i did not pay so much attention for this, although I know that about less than 10 failed their pull ups.
First aider(Cleric): Me,of course... :P
I'm finally out of the bronze barrier after 7 years,but a silver's not good enough for me...
3pm. Everyone gathered in the hall for a short briefing. Andy sure was a little satisfied, since this was the first time 30 or so Chinese Dance members were relocated out of the hall for the sake of 9 classes of secondary four and five students. But since Randall was telling me some facts of the sharinean guild quest(MapleSEA), I thought of typing a walkthrough of the NAPFA test in the same format.We had entered the hall after taking our attendence(registration).Anyway, we were given our Station(stage) order after that, and the first was the standing board jump.A test of the classmates' leg strength and jump distance(haste, scrolled for jump equipment and teleport strictly not allowed).There were 18 boys today, as 4 were down for intensive practice for SYF. I made my attempt, with my final score at 226(second attempt).
Second stage:Sit and Reach. A test of the classmates' flexibility.Here, one must sit on a board with a metre that has a metal slide in front of him, while he is supported on the back by another board and a belt preventing him from bending his knees. I wasalways the last to attempt, so I could have gotten the upper hand. I think that I had gotten the highest for the class, at 50cm. CLEAR! We move on to the next stage.
Stage 3: Pull Ups. A test of the classmates' arm strength.Here, one must hang on a 2-metre high pole before lifting himslef up to the rod, thus having only his chin above it. Once done, it is counted as one, and he must get down again, straightening his elbows before going on the next attemptand so on. For this, the top scorers are Andy, at 11 pull ups,Kamal at 9 pull ups and the others who did 5 and got a "C" grade. Many classmates "died" at this stage.CLEAR! We moved on to the next stage.If I was not wrong, this was a "boss" stage, but since it was not the second last stage, it think it cannot be considered to be one.
Stage 4:Shuttle Run. A test of the classmates' agility(Haste and scrolled for speed equipment strictly not allowed). kamal broke the record of another class by hitting 9.78 seconds on the clock. I got another "D"grade by clocking 10.77 seconds. CLEAR! We moved on to the next station.
Height and Weight. A checklist of the classmates' height and mass. Well, this is simply to kill time, and also to restock a little on our lost liquid intake. Well, it was certainly a joke to have my height read as 136.5cm(humilating, eh?).Ont he second attempt again, it seemed better, but I think I had shrunk by a centimeter, from 170 to 169.No CLEAR, as it was more like a transition than a stage.We simply moved on to the next stage.
Stage 5:Boss stage for class 4E1, boys' group. Sit-ups. A test of the classmates' endurance and stomach strength(if that is what they call it). This one'sa though one. No one got killed here, though it was the most tiring after the pull up station. I did 41, and Randall did 43. Just one more, and I could have gotten an "A" grade! CLEAR! We moved on to the Bonus stage.
BONUS Stage: classmates get to re-attempt any one station he did not do so well in. Randall and I returned to the first stage, the standing board jump station, and we got slightlymore satisfying results.
Caualty count(injuries): 3. Gabriel who experienced a bit of thoigh preoblems before his attempt at the standing board jump station, Andy who crammed his left leg at the sit-up station and me, for a crammed thigh at the sit and reach station.
Casualty count(failed attempts of classmates): i did not pay so much attention for this, although I know that about less than 10 failed their pull ups.
First aider(Cleric): Me,of course... :P
I'm finally out of the bronze barrier after 7 years,but a silver's not good enough for me...
Monday, April 16, 2007
SPCA Flag Day
This might seem a little outdated, but i have just only found time to write about it tonight. Anyway, I woke up at 4am in the morning to catch up with my maplesea account...Strange eh? I would not have anymore time for that once it hits daybreak. For your information, I am a ludibrium-based level 44 cleric in the world of Delphinus of MapleSEA. My IGN is RY91D. Soon, I will be creating a new character. Anyway, back to topic. Ended at 6.30 to prepare for the Flag Day. I reached Jurong Point at 8am, as it was the reporting time. The people from SPCA came late, at around 8.25am. Andy,Randall and I formed a team, collected our can and flags(not stickers) and headed out to on our quest to "beg" for donations.
First stage, Jurong East MRT Station. As we travelled by MRT, we were among the first to arrive. Weselected the first spot, the traffic crossing. It was extremely fast, though, within less than an hour out of the 2hours and 30 minutes allocated to us, Randall had already completed our first page of flags! However, as time passed, so did more groups pass by. Time to change our collecting location.
Next stop, Jurong West Market. We headed back to Lakeside MRT STation, rehydrated ourselves before heading there by bus 187. Sadly, we hardly sold more than 10 flags there. 3 groups of 2 had already taken that spot. So we moved on to the third stage at our final location, Ghim Moh Shopping Centre. We rehydrated ourselves again before taking bus 99.On the way there, guess what? Yong Chuan(pardon my spelling),together with a few others was playing basketball at a nearby basketball court!Wow!There they were,slacking away while having a job to do. Think about this, someone having 2hours and 30 minutes added into his CIP hour bank for playing basketball??? Anyways,back to the scene.Andy did a little while outside the shopping centre. By then, our can was already three quarters full. I took over after that, and completed our 100th flag before going off for a lunch break at 11am. We went back at 11.35pm to fill the last quarter. I managed to get out of my shell this time, ask anyone who came our way to collect a coin or two.There were kind ones, morale boosters and also, those who would not like to make a donation or they had already made one. That, was in fact the hard reality of society.
12.10pm, I sold the 150th flag that filled our can to the brim(RECORD BROKEN!!!) 5minutes before time. We took a bus straight back to the end point, Jurong Point Shopping Centre. We were praised by the collectors at the collection point, for achieving a grest collection that filled the can. That day was the second time this year that I participated in a flag day. The last time was two weeks ago when St John Ambulance Brigade had one, but I did not have to "beg", as I had Mathematics remedial that day. Now, what comes after each party quest in MapleSEA is completed? The BONUS Stage, of course! We got a certificate of participation and a bottle of water for the hard work.
I headed back to Jurong East after that to buy some paint and brushes for my model set, which is already nearing its completion, due at the end of term 2. Headed home for lunch and to get ready for tuition at 2.30pm(that's why I could not make it to the school's Chinese Dance troupe's full-dress reharsal at 3.30pm)...Tuition ended at 4.30pm, and I prepared for the next one at 6.15pm, at Bukit Panjang... Finally, at dusk, I reached home at 7.30pm,had my dinner, completed somerevision before participating in Azure Sanctum(my MapleSEA guild)'s next attempt at the new Sharinean Guild Contest and guild quest...
For now, maybe its back to a little more training before i reach level 50 and help the guild once again...
First stage, Jurong East MRT Station. As we travelled by MRT, we were among the first to arrive. Weselected the first spot, the traffic crossing. It was extremely fast, though, within less than an hour out of the 2hours and 30 minutes allocated to us, Randall had already completed our first page of flags! However, as time passed, so did more groups pass by. Time to change our collecting location.
Next stop, Jurong West Market. We headed back to Lakeside MRT STation, rehydrated ourselves before heading there by bus 187. Sadly, we hardly sold more than 10 flags there. 3 groups of 2 had already taken that spot. So we moved on to the third stage at our final location, Ghim Moh Shopping Centre. We rehydrated ourselves again before taking bus 99.On the way there, guess what? Yong Chuan(pardon my spelling),together with a few others was playing basketball at a nearby basketball court!Wow!There they were,slacking away while having a job to do. Think about this, someone having 2hours and 30 minutes added into his CIP hour bank for playing basketball??? Anyways,back to the scene.Andy did a little while outside the shopping centre. By then, our can was already three quarters full. I took over after that, and completed our 100th flag before going off for a lunch break at 11am. We went back at 11.35pm to fill the last quarter. I managed to get out of my shell this time, ask anyone who came our way to collect a coin or two.There were kind ones, morale boosters and also, those who would not like to make a donation or they had already made one. That, was in fact the hard reality of society.
12.10pm, I sold the 150th flag that filled our can to the brim(RECORD BROKEN!!!) 5minutes before time. We took a bus straight back to the end point, Jurong Point Shopping Centre. We were praised by the collectors at the collection point, for achieving a grest collection that filled the can. That day was the second time this year that I participated in a flag day. The last time was two weeks ago when St John Ambulance Brigade had one, but I did not have to "beg", as I had Mathematics remedial that day. Now, what comes after each party quest in MapleSEA is completed? The BONUS Stage, of course! We got a certificate of participation and a bottle of water for the hard work.
I headed back to Jurong East after that to buy some paint and brushes for my model set, which is already nearing its completion, due at the end of term 2. Headed home for lunch and to get ready for tuition at 2.30pm(that's why I could not make it to the school's Chinese Dance troupe's full-dress reharsal at 3.30pm)...Tuition ended at 4.30pm, and I prepared for the next one at 6.15pm, at Bukit Panjang... Finally, at dusk, I reached home at 7.30pm,had my dinner, completed somerevision before participating in Azure Sanctum(my MapleSEA guild)'s next attempt at the new Sharinean Guild Contest and guild quest...
For now, maybe its back to a little more training before i reach level 50 and help the guild once again...
Friday, March 23, 2007
Turning 16
Today sure was one normal day. Although it might have been my birthday, I believe that is just a small significance to this time of the year. However, no matter how fast time flew today, I still had a chance to celebrate it, and that was during supper, since I had SJAB after school followed by tuition at 7.30pm. Well, we celebrated the occasion with Chicken,coleslaw, Mashed potato and a 1.5Litre Pepsi bottle, not to forget, the cake. Other than that, although I did not receive any presents in the real world, I did receive two in the virtual world(seems like the virtual world of Maple sea is full of surprises, just like in the real world)...
There was a course today on making plans in life, no matter how short term nor long term they may seem. This course is known as the Compass Programme. Was it interesting and exciting? From my point of view, it was, though I found myself falling asleep, not because that the course was boring, but I was so comfortable with the pace that I lost concentration and almost drifted off to sleep. That occurred after Mr Liew left the class(he sat beside me during the one period after our recess).
Shortly before and after SJAB ended today, it was just too close for me, since Damien had left for home soon after the Compass Programme, I was on the Most Wanted List for birthday bashes. Everyone was chasing me for a short period of time, but the sudden but vital appearance of Ms Lim for the CCA debrief saved my line. That marks that my first and last birthdays in YCSS do have have such a thing as a birthday bash...:)
Such times like these are rare,but I believe that that is what gives a family portrait a rainbow of colours...
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?