Today, quite a good day in school. Did my little bit for the class, peeled double sided tape for people :P. Was a good day with lessons too, not too slack, not too stressful.
Hong Kong students came to our school yesterday. They were on some Residential Programme or something. Students from different school in Hong Kong. 2 male students got attached to our class. Lol, I spoke to them in my super bad cantonese...well, at least they could understand me...;)
Went to the new National Library with C today to study. Met XL, S & D on the bus.
@ NL, we actually wanted to tour the place first...but then...we were just to excited to study :P.
So we settled on the 7th floor. The study area is very good. Theres spacious white tables, with plugs for laptops...I think theres wireless internet connection too...how cool!
But the place wasn't all that cool...toilets were UGLY!!! ugly tiled walls, cheap materials for doors/locks/cubicles and ugly square sinks.
And the gardens they were talking about? You won't believe how small they are...maybe the size of my room.
And the views they were raving about...bleh...all around were buildings...the only interesting view was the road 7 levels down....
Went to visit YT with XL after that. We didn't know where to go at first, but being girls, we asked for directions (unlike macho guys who die die also won't ask...) The baggage guy @ the hotel was really nice...he even brought us out of the hotel to point us the directions...
We walked through this really ulu place...then climbed up this hill of houses, only to find a dead end and a fence baricading Mt. E. in. So, we had to walk the long way in. Inside, we got lost...we went up the medical building instead of the hospital. G**, it was soooo ULU!!! I had the impression that Mt. E. was this prestigious cool private hospital...but bleh...it's super run down. At least the hospital was better...but not much.
I discovered many ironies in the hospital...
1) They want their patients to rest well...but they wake them at unearthly hours to get them to take their medicine.
Can't someone invent some medicine that doesn't need to be taken at specific times...
2) They want patients to have a conduvice convalencing environment...but they blair out announcements over their bloody audio system
can't they even make the effort to go tell the patients nicely...
3) ...food sucks...
can't they even make food fit for consumption? Must everything have less sugar/oil/salt etc.???
bleh...
See YT also don't know what to do with her...poor girl...only she can help herself.
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People, you are making history. For the first time, you are reading an entry posted by moi at the unearthly hours past midnight.
Well, now that I've gotten as far as that, I don't feel like writing anymore. Bleh.
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Wheee! I've survived a week of numerous tests. So proud of myself! Also, i studied for 4 straight hours on Wednesday. C and I went to KFC @ SingPost.
Terror has struck again. Whoever said that lightning didn't strike the same place twice definitely never thought of terrorism. Because terrorism always strikes more than once. Its really sad, what the world is turning into. I am quite certain that there will be a world war 3, its quite inevitable, with the rate technology anf stuff are advancing, its only a matter of time, and over what.
It could be over:
Iraq
Taiwan
Terrorism
Science vs Religion
Lol, maybe its cause I've just finished Angels and Demons, but the idea of war between science and religion is really a huge possibility. Maybe not as extreme as the Vatican getting involved (though there are some points to ponder upon in the book), but just look at how the pious people of the world are protesting against genetic research, stem cells experiments etc. This is a war that has been around since I believe the beginning of science, which I believe is since the beginning of time.
Also, look at all the research efforts put into researching warfare. More powerful weapons of destruction are being created everyday. What one day, somebody was really able to produce a visible droplet of antimatter, or something of the same level; how can the world escape the power greedy people who might abuse this power?
World War III is inevitable.
It doesn't help that a country thinks that it is King. This country who thinks that it is the "peacekeeper" of the world, when all it's trying to do is to maintain it's leading position in the world. The way they interfere into everything without understanding the full story is something I find really wrong (couldn't find a better word). I strongly believe that one day, this country will fall.
We had a 5 hour long career seminar today. It was basically a group of schools presenting our options to us. They were namely: VJC, TJC, TP, NYP and some international overseas education agency or something. Today has really given me a bad impression of polytechnics. If their presenter today is reflective of all the teachers in the school, I pity their students. Also, I don't understand why the polytechnics are only promoting their niche when they were supposed to sell (or introduce) their school to us as a whole. All I can say is that the only interesting parts of the afternoon were the presentations by VJ, TJ, and of course...the food! ;)
I so want to go to Victoria Junior College. Their PRINCIPAL came to talk to us. She's really cute, actually, she reminds me of Frau Heng.
TJ was pretty interesting too. Their scienc HOD is so lame...you wouldn't believe how lame it was (and I shan't tell u. I'm terrible at repeating jokes anyway). Well, just take it that she was really corny, lame, funny.
Still, I felt that VJ's presentation was the one that really won me over.
I shall stay for NJC on Monday, but I've got a feeling VJ's for me ;). (just look at how far NJ is...)
Hmmm, I haven't spoken to YT for quite some time. Hope she's ok, she seemed fine this morning (saw her @ frc). But these things don't just disappear...Hmm, but something she told me and something C told me seems rather contradictory...wonder which is the real thing...
I shall try to make my weekend constructive.
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This week is so going to be a stressful week.
Monday was racial harmony day. There was e maths and social studies test.
Talking about racial harmony day, I wore a black qipao, it was rather short, but everybody commented...come on...it was short, but not THAT SHORT!!!?!?!? Well, maybe it was that short, but there wasn't a need for EVERYBODY to comment !!!! Lol, but I do that kind of thing too...so who am I to say if I wanna continue doing it...
Tomorrow theres Chinese and A maths.
Thursday theres English MOE base line oral test and Chem test.
Friday theres Chinese and some other test.
My school bag is half a metre away, but I'm too lazy to get it.
I spoke to YT in school today. Pretty weird (I wouldn't go to saying it was akward, wasn't really), talking face to face after smsing for so long. Poor girl, was sick, so had to go home in the middle of the day.
Hmmm, I always feel that I have alot to write about, but after I start blogging I just don't feel like putting it all down...bleh.
Truth is the essence of life.
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Today, an hour ago, @ the esplanade, Clare Yeo's concert!
The girl was so cute. I told her that she played beautifully, she said "thank you" in the sweetest and cutest way.
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The weekend's been super slack...I have loads of work to do, but till now, I've only done nothing.
Sec 4 life is fun, but so much to do...but thats like duh...its O level year.
Been talking to yanting. (yea, @ last she remembers who i am, lol) She seems like a pretty sad, lost and confused teenage girl who doesn't know how to go on. I mean, its like everytime she has a good day, bad days are bound to follow, and she wakes up each morning dreading those bad days, and disregarding good days. as a friend, i wanna help, but don't know how really. I won't lecture about life or some other crap and sound like proffessional idiot...so i'll just be a friend who listens and talks to her.
People think she's putting on an act to be AA(attract attention), but thats just crap. I'm going to denounce that right here and right now.
Yan Ting is not acting.
But then, teenagers will be teenagers, skeptical of others, never giving people the benifit of the doubt.
"It., Spesso e da forte, Piu che il morire, il vivere." (Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.) Vittorio Alfieri, Oreste (IV, 2)
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Prelim oral is two days away!!! CRAP! What am I going to do? The teachers are taking it all so lightly...for goodness sake its PRELIM! Its not some mock exam where its ok if you screw up. This is the prelim that will determine what you are going to do for the first 3 months of next year...and this is the prelim whose results Cambridge will take if they loose your results!!! We are so underprepared, well, at least I am.
I was one of the lucky ones (thanks to my index number being one of the first few) to be able to have a one to one oral with MK today.
My reading was ok...what was really bad were the other 2 parts...2 out of 3 is so not good...
Picture discussion: I had no idea what to say, things I said were in chunks and it was pretty incoherent and it sounded like I was talking rubbish. HELP!!!
Conversation: Worse...I was completely doing a recount, I didn't include enough of my feelings, so I wasn't able to bring my listener to the scene...she was bored for goodness sake...
crap..what am i gonna do...bleh...
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Thought I'd be a bit egoistic today and post a pic of myself. ;)Today seems like some childhood revival day.
We were supposed to design a game for PE lesson. We were cracking our brains, trying to modify poison ball or some other ball game, when some genius (shade, not me) suggested ice and water! Isn't that just pure genius? How long has it been since anyone in Chung Cheng has played ice and water? Its fun and it makes you run! And how lovely to talk about what we used to do as kids...haiz...those were the days...
And just now, during my measly meal of spaghetti with plain tomato sauce, I was watching "Hook". This peter pan movie made in 1991, starring all the stars...duh...(dustin hoffman, julia roberts, carolline goodall, maggie smith...steven spielberg...)
What would have happened if Peter Pan grew up? In the movie he did, and became a lawyer, married Wendy's granddaughter and had kids. He immersed himself into work blahblah...but one day his kids were kidnapped by who else but Captain Hook...so he had to go back to neverland and fight hook...so he has to rediscover fun...
It really just makes you think back to the days of primary school...whoever first said "time flies" definitely knew what he was talking about...
Ok, enough nostalgia, let me tell you about my day.
SS lesson was funny, once MG came in, people started crowding around her and declaring when they would hand their holiday homework in...and all she did was to give her "what else can I expect" face.
After school, I had to wait for Maya to finish her Bio ws, so I went down for lunch, the new Poultry delights tenents are indians, and they sell indian food...their rolled chapati is really nice.
Maya and I then wasted one hour trying to find computers to use. Library (oral), com lab (locked), YMM (was going to chinatown for some shufa thingie), com in audi (kaputt). YMM told us to go find Jim in the com lab. We were supposed to opened the small door beside the lab...but guess what...no prizes...it was locked. All that, + going up to the hall to view the cans took 1 hr!!!
I can't remember if I've mentioned anything about VT in my previous posts. But anyway, heres the story.
She comes to tell us that she won't be teaching us anyway, start of term, she comes into class, telling us that she will be teaching us afterall, today, 2nd week of school, we're told that she won't be teaching us...
I think that woman really needs help, and that her problems are not as superficial as everyone and maybe even herself think that are.
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Yesterday has been a GREAT day. And if you have been faithfully reading me, you know that when I say great, I really mean great. You'd be wondering what's gotten me so hyped...
Well, for one, school was a breeze...well, as breezy as Sec 4 term 3 can get. There was no homework stress, no test stress...and the best thing was that VT was very happy that day, the the day just passed peacefully. It was filled with the usual laughter and fun in class (+ hard work of course).
The downside was this MOE English research exam in the afternoon. The stupid thing was 3 HOURS!!! So all the special stream students were trapped in LT2 for 3 whole hours doing rubbish papers that more or less insulted our intelligence, so of course we didn't give them our full intelligence ;)
The deciding factor for my day came after that. H and I went to raffles city for the IOC thingie. We watched the voting and announcement of the choosing of the venue for the 2012 Olympics. There was this huge crowd of people, quite a number of parisians and some londers. I supported Paris and H somehow preferred London. Once in the while, the parisians would go "Pari! (clap*clap*) Pari! (**) Pari! (**)". Whenever the Londers try to do the same, the parisian chant would simply drown out the sounds of "London! (**) London! (**)" The atmosphere was really hyped. Sounds of "shhh" echoed throughout the shopping centre as Jacques Roggue took the stage, I bet the place has never have had so many people and been so quiet. The ground floor area around the screen was packed, and so were the other stories upstairs. Photographers trained their cameras from the convention centre fromt the 4th storey, and some camped out at Hagen Daaz (they were cute to watch). Back to the announcement...everyone expected to hear "Paris"...but you of course know what happened...
The seconds immediately following the revelation were silent. It took some time for the news to sink in and for the Londers to start cheering and jumping and screaming. And for the parisians to become subdued and talk quietly among themselves.
The photographers and reporters had quick reflexes however. They got to work immediately, snapping pictures, interviewing people...H and I then started walking around and sticking our heads into lenses before deciding to go home.
Go home we did, and we did homework...
something that I have to do now
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Its been ages since I've blogged...about two weeks...well, I just didn't feel like blogging...but now I do.
First of all, I wanna wish
Markus Peretzki (in Germany)
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Tiffany Chng
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
HERZLICHE GEBURTSTAG!!!
Happy birthday to Markus, and Happy Belated Birthday to Tiffe.
First week of school has been unlike any other first week. We just go into work once we come back. There has been quite alot of changes.
1) We have 2 vice-principals
2) We have a new Chinese HOD
3) We have a new form teacher
4) We have our old chem teacher back
And we really just plunge into work. But one good thing is that all teachers gave us extra time for holidays homework. (not that i didn't try to do any in the hols)
Friday was a good day. For one, it was the day of our PE lesson. For another, it was the day CCHMS beat the world record for the longest chain of cans.
PE lesson: it was good, after a week full of work. At first it was Vball (where a smelly ball hit my nose and almost made me puke!). Then we went off to play Bball. Both were fun and destressing.
The rest of the day was more of less spent in the excitement of the can chaining project. There was this survey, which was apparently a competition. Once the word competition came out, everyone became super enthu. (duh). Nice Mrs Cheng let us walk around the exhibition downstairs to look for answers. :D Hmm, the exhibition was actually not bad...pretty interesting.
Today: Youth day!!! Most importantly, NO SCHOOL!
The whole SCIP 2004 Germany group was supposed to meet at Marche, Heeren for lunch with a few exceptions. But guess what happened instead? No prizes...yeah, except for a few exceptions, everyone else didn't turn up. All pulled out last minute.
Naro and Jon were the first there. Then I joined them. Apparently, Jaff thought that it was 1pm, when I specifically told him 12nn. Frau Ostlund came with her son...Jaff came...When we all finished eating, Tiffe came. She wasn't eating anyway, she's fasting. But at least she turned up.
We went Raffles City to find a present for Markus. Man, was super funny...! But thats a story for another day if I remember.
I've a chinese test tmr...
wish me luck
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