Time flies and its the end of the year already..
Many things have happened.. Like EOY, O Lvl HCl, THIMUN, Commencement Dinner, HIC and a few others..
EOYs were better than expected considering how late i started studying for them.. 14 hours covering all bio topics ><
O lvl HCL just came and go.. Just hope i don't have to take chinese in JC.. For this miracle to happen.
THIMUN was quite fun being secretariat, being able to slack in the room just doing printing.. However it was also nice i got to experience note passing. it was fun yet tiring. Good thing I only had to do it once..
HIC was on my birthday.. But it did really made my day, and i really liked the skit made by some classmates with a few others, along with over a 100+ members of the audience. The votes they garnered was more than the other 3 skits combined.
That was Oct and Nov I guess. The rest of the time didnt have anything significant to remember..
Dec is full of project work i guess.
First two weeks was spent going to sch for the antibacterial project.. However much of our efforts seem to have gone down the drain, as the experiment doesn't produce any new results..
Then about mid Dec, my attachment to DSO started, having been pushed back by about 1 whole month due to this and that problems.. Then I started alternating between DSO and Sch, going to school when there is nothing on the day for DSO.
Somewhere in the midst, I went for a LAN session with some school mates. It was my first time playing L4D2, which was really fun despise me being really bad at it... Then this Monday I went with some of them again for another LAN session after labwork at sch. This time, a few stayed behind to watch Avatar after LAN.
Many seem to say Avatar is really good. Maybe it was coz i was watching in 2D which makes it didnt strike out too well, with one guy identifying quite a few areas which would be stunning in 3D. Then 2 days later went to watch Bodyguards and assassin at night. I felt the movie was really good.
Christmas was spent at my cousin's house. but it could be compared to staying at home coz of a few reasons.. But then the adults played mahjong till 1:30 am and by the time we reached home it was 2.. And now is boxing day which was spent slacking again.
on a side note, I received OSA. yay, though there is the hassle of getting 3 MB photos and stuff..
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Plants VS Zombies
Recently I found an interesting game called Plants VS. Zombies. Basically its just tower defence. You plant plants to protect your house from zombies. Quite interesting. Completed the main adventure and am playing the minigames.
Here are some pictures.
These were shot while playing survival mode.
This game reminded of how i used to play an imaginary tower defence when i was young. The times where we had to practice writing chinese words, I treated it as a game of tower defence, with the “enemies” invading from the 4 sides of the page and my “tower” is supposedly the centre. Haha the good old times.
Sad my weekend is gone.
skk
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Yay MUN Interview postponed.
Wow Windows Live Writer seems like an interesting program. I may start blogging more often due to this =DD
But then again I don’t have any more readers so that doesn’t matter.
Anyway, hurray! MUN Interview is postponed yet again
From SMB:
Gentlemen,
Please note that the interview scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed to next Friday, 24 July. Time, venue and schedule of interview remain unchanged.
If your interview slot clashes with your EP3, please inform your EP3 teacher of your possibly being late.
Thank you.
Regards,
Ms Tan
Woots haha. More time to prepare. I really hope to go MUN. It sounds so fun. Speaking is a nice thing to, or so I found out today, even though I screwed up the Oral Assessment.
I’ve realised our homework load is near 0. Why?! Some people say it is to allow us time to study. This possibility is indeed sound. Then again it is term 3 already. Plus, school ends at 1:20 everyday, except Thursdays of course. Life sure is freaking slack. The secondary 1 days.. Oh no.. I’d better not keep slacking. Geography was extremely unsatisfactory. The exam of course. I only scrapped a B3 while others obtained a high A1, a very very respectable score. *Oh My!!*
Ok that’s all for today. Haha.
ciao,
skk
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Reflections and Happenings
Things in life has changed much or so it seems. Spending the past hour ++ reading blogs, something I haven't done for quite some time, made me think back on stuff.
Testimonial and Personal Statement was one of the more important happenings. We have to write the testimonial in a 3rd person perspective which was rather odd. I was really crapping about basically nothing.
Project. On the surface of the log book, it seems to be doing extremely well. The unapparent truth, there is still so much more that we're missing out on. People have their web reports done. Mine doesn't exist. People have theirs being regarded as the most promising project in the category. Mine is just another antibacterial project, though the only plus point its not on some already known stuff. I really hope to get into finals for Proj Day. I have never experienced that joy in the past 3 years. Always got kicked out in Semis, even worse preliminaries..
Results. I didn't do well for my geography exam, which means I must focus a lot on my IHC and China Studies. I appreciate Chinese as a language, but dread doing it. However, lately I have been better able to read Chinese, e.g. YZZK. Maths test was quite good, considering I felt I was anyhow doing since I prepared with a blur mind the day before. Obtained a mere A1, though I definitely could have done better. Physics was quite a stun, getting stunned at quite a few questions. Was able to do, though some misconception here and there. What's more, kinematics is my weakest physics topic.
Piano. I seriously wasted my parents' money. Primary School time was seriously screwed up piano-wise. I practically slacked all 6 years. Secondary School, I had gained a better interest in music, and also started picking up songs of a more modern nature, the likes of tong hua and qing tian. Other than Canon in D and the upcoming exam pieces, I can't play any other classical songs already. haiz. So much for classical piano course. Thinking back, I hadn't completed much in my primary school time. Secondary School is quite late to catch up. Everyone is already at grade 7, 8 or even going for diploma. Furthermore, my playing time is really short, like just 15 minutes a day, when i'm supposed to be committing an hour.. Piano Exam coming up in just 2 months. If I really want to do well, I'd better be practising frequently (longer periods) starting from now.
Schedule. First time I'm ending a day at 9, and reaching home at 10, on a regular basis. This occurs every Thursday for this term. There better not be the existence of a test on Friday, if not I am royally screwed. Plus the subjects on friday includes maths and biology, pretty heavy subjects i must say. This is my life on thurs: School ends at 2:40 (its the only day we have to stay back after school), YDSP World of Science series till 6:15, and finally piano till 9. There is time in between no doubt, but the schedule is extremely tight and I'm gonna be rushing from Week 4 onwards as YDSP would no longer be in school.
Procastination. My greatest horror and my most frequented activity at the same time. I got rid of it in term 2 (i think). After the holidays, the terror has came back to strike me again. And it has indeed made a mark. Last time, I started work at 9. Now, I'm starting near midnight. Totally terrible. I definitely need to exclude it from my life, secondary 4 is in its 2nd half already, time is of the essence.
Rest. I'm definitely not having enough rest. This is justified from the fact I feel sleepy during school times. Or is it that my sleep cycle has change. The past holidays has had its impact on me. I have started sleeping later, the likes of 3 a.m. or so. Definitely bad. What's worse I had to wake up at 8 then. I have to wake at about 6 now. Some people make it up sleeping in class, and these people are the geniuses. I am not. Staying awake in class, I myself can become lost, what's worse to say sleeping in class. And of course, watching people opening pokemon booster packs at an unearthly time like 2 a.m. and being wide awake is definitely not a good sign.
Change. I guess I've changed much since Secondary 1, though not all for the positive side. Some people has had positive change, becoming more vocal, more outspoken, more brave etc. I felt i have gone the bad way instead. One major factor I must say, is undeniably computer games, in particular maple story. Many find this lame and retarded, however its the catch of levelling which really made me amused enough to get addicted. It has made me met some friendly people. But the things it took away from me is countless. I remember i was quite quick witted as a primary school boy. Now, I'm getting slower in thinking, and have mind blocks at school. This might be due to lack of sleep, but then camping in front of the computer does have its adverse effects as well. I was not thinking. I was merely exercising not myself, but my fingers, which does not require that much exercise in itself. Maybe I shouldn't have followed the computer gaming trend, like how I was thinking in the first half of sec 1, that I would never ever dabble with these stuff.
Reflection is one thing. Doing is another. Having spent time voicing out my reflections, I shall attempt to change. That's all for now.
Testimonial and Personal Statement was one of the more important happenings. We have to write the testimonial in a 3rd person perspective which was rather odd. I was really crapping about basically nothing.
Project. On the surface of the log book, it seems to be doing extremely well. The unapparent truth, there is still so much more that we're missing out on. People have their web reports done. Mine doesn't exist. People have theirs being regarded as the most promising project in the category. Mine is just another antibacterial project, though the only plus point its not on some already known stuff. I really hope to get into finals for Proj Day. I have never experienced that joy in the past 3 years. Always got kicked out in Semis, even worse preliminaries..
Results. I didn't do well for my geography exam, which means I must focus a lot on my IHC and China Studies. I appreciate Chinese as a language, but dread doing it. However, lately I have been better able to read Chinese, e.g. YZZK. Maths test was quite good, considering I felt I was anyhow doing since I prepared with a blur mind the day before. Obtained a mere A1, though I definitely could have done better. Physics was quite a stun, getting stunned at quite a few questions. Was able to do, though some misconception here and there. What's more, kinematics is my weakest physics topic.
Piano. I seriously wasted my parents' money. Primary School time was seriously screwed up piano-wise. I practically slacked all 6 years. Secondary School, I had gained a better interest in music, and also started picking up songs of a more modern nature, the likes of tong hua and qing tian. Other than Canon in D and the upcoming exam pieces, I can't play any other classical songs already. haiz. So much for classical piano course. Thinking back, I hadn't completed much in my primary school time. Secondary School is quite late to catch up. Everyone is already at grade 7, 8 or even going for diploma. Furthermore, my playing time is really short, like just 15 minutes a day, when i'm supposed to be committing an hour.. Piano Exam coming up in just 2 months. If I really want to do well, I'd better be practising frequently (longer periods) starting from now.
Schedule. First time I'm ending a day at 9, and reaching home at 10, on a regular basis. This occurs every Thursday for this term. There better not be the existence of a test on Friday, if not I am royally screwed. Plus the subjects on friday includes maths and biology, pretty heavy subjects i must say. This is my life on thurs: School ends at 2:40 (its the only day we have to stay back after school), YDSP World of Science series till 6:15, and finally piano till 9. There is time in between no doubt, but the schedule is extremely tight and I'm gonna be rushing from Week 4 onwards as YDSP would no longer be in school.
Procastination. My greatest horror and my most frequented activity at the same time. I got rid of it in term 2 (i think). After the holidays, the terror has came back to strike me again. And it has indeed made a mark. Last time, I started work at 9. Now, I'm starting near midnight. Totally terrible. I definitely need to exclude it from my life, secondary 4 is in its 2nd half already, time is of the essence.
Rest. I'm definitely not having enough rest. This is justified from the fact I feel sleepy during school times. Or is it that my sleep cycle has change. The past holidays has had its impact on me. I have started sleeping later, the likes of 3 a.m. or so. Definitely bad. What's worse I had to wake up at 8 then. I have to wake at about 6 now. Some people make it up sleeping in class, and these people are the geniuses. I am not. Staying awake in class, I myself can become lost, what's worse to say sleeping in class. And of course, watching people opening pokemon booster packs at an unearthly time like 2 a.m. and being wide awake is definitely not a good sign.
Change. I guess I've changed much since Secondary 1, though not all for the positive side. Some people has had positive change, becoming more vocal, more outspoken, more brave etc. I felt i have gone the bad way instead. One major factor I must say, is undeniably computer games, in particular maple story. Many find this lame and retarded, however its the catch of levelling which really made me amused enough to get addicted. It has made me met some friendly people. But the things it took away from me is countless. I remember i was quite quick witted as a primary school boy. Now, I'm getting slower in thinking, and have mind blocks at school. This might be due to lack of sleep, but then camping in front of the computer does have its adverse effects as well. I was not thinking. I was merely exercising not myself, but my fingers, which does not require that much exercise in itself. Maybe I shouldn't have followed the computer gaming trend, like how I was thinking in the first half of sec 1, that I would never ever dabble with these stuff.
Reflection is one thing. Doing is another. Having spent time voicing out my reflections, I shall attempt to change. That's all for now.
Friday, July 3, 2009
School starting
I doubt anyone remembers this.
hmm for most schools, it started this week. Have been learning at home instead =D
Hols:
QM course
An enriching course (2 weeks leh), but took up alot of time.. and the first 2 weeks of the hols flew past just like that. Sadz lor. Everyday go home 5 pm also dun feel like doing work.
VLC
Yet another slack scouts camp. We even got bunk beds.. First time in history man.. The only bad point is they made us stay up till 4 am. But can wake up at 8 + or 9. Not bad man.
SYM:
A fun camp. Definitely enjoyable. Didn't expect the people to want to keep contact. It didn't seem that much of a group thing afterall, well maybe on the third day i guess. Their library quite nice. Got a whole collection of CDs. By far my favourite part was the filming and radio. Radio in particular coz its a new and rare experience.
Miscellaneous outings:
BBQ
a barbeque in the rain. fun haha. The other group bbq-ing ran away as soon as the sky turned dark. We happily bbq-ed with umbrellas lol.. and we succeed in maintaining the fire. yay.
Movie outing
Went with a pri sch friend. Watched transformers. Nice movie. Awesome. I wonder why the reviewers were so against it. Its really nice..
BSP camp group outing (or ining)
Intially planned to go ECP. Changed eventually, to a movie screening session. Watch harry potter and zohan(not exactly sure of that guy's name). Played stress! after that. They were commenting i'm too understressed.
Homelearning week.
Essentially a fail thing. People were confused. People were sleeping. People were daoing. Some people woke up at 5 am and did everything by 8 am. Coming to think of it, I haven't completed the work for day 1 when the week is already ending.. Ahh!!
Let's be realistic and look forward.
Youth Day:
I hope i dun slack it away. But considering me, I could very well procastinate it away.
oh well shall end here.
skk
hmm for most schools, it started this week. Have been learning at home instead =D
Hols:
QM course
An enriching course (2 weeks leh), but took up alot of time.. and the first 2 weeks of the hols flew past just like that. Sadz lor. Everyday go home 5 pm also dun feel like doing work.
VLC
Yet another slack scouts camp. We even got bunk beds.. First time in history man.. The only bad point is they made us stay up till 4 am. But can wake up at 8 + or 9. Not bad man.
SYM:
A fun camp. Definitely enjoyable. Didn't expect the people to want to keep contact. It didn't seem that much of a group thing afterall, well maybe on the third day i guess. Their library quite nice. Got a whole collection of CDs. By far my favourite part was the filming and radio. Radio in particular coz its a new and rare experience.
Miscellaneous outings:
BBQ
a barbeque in the rain. fun haha. The other group bbq-ing ran away as soon as the sky turned dark. We happily bbq-ed with umbrellas lol.. and we succeed in maintaining the fire. yay.
Movie outing
Went with a pri sch friend. Watched transformers. Nice movie. Awesome. I wonder why the reviewers were so against it. Its really nice..
BSP camp group outing (or ining)
Intially planned to go ECP. Changed eventually, to a movie screening session. Watch harry potter and zohan(not exactly sure of that guy's name). Played stress! after that. They were commenting i'm too understressed.
Homelearning week.
Essentially a fail thing. People were confused. People were sleeping. People were daoing. Some people woke up at 5 am and did everything by 8 am. Coming to think of it, I haven't completed the work for day 1 when the week is already ending.. Ahh!!
Let's be realistic and look forward.
Youth Day:
I hope i dun slack it away. But considering me, I could very well procastinate it away.
oh well shall end here.
skk
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Nobody
There seems to be a recent craze over the song "Nobody" by the Wondergirls, for my school, or my cca at least. Personally, I find that it is a really nice song. Here are some nice mvs found:
Eng version:
Compliation of uploaded vids:
Just returned from a camp, helping out was quite slack, though pity the poor SPL who was the main SWAT. The others spent much time slacking I should say. Left on 2nd day to go to a teacher's wedding, and coincidentally, his newly-wed wife teaches at the school the camp was held.
Today was the one and only activity we were required, situational course. Sadly, I only managed to improve on my station after the first group came. Oh well at least there's improvements, though I later gained some feedback it was an easy station.
Then aft was water bomb which was quite wet for some. Some were less dry, while some were not wet at all. An afternoon spent on "teambuilding games".. Memories of the same camp which I attended back in 07. After breaking camp, wanted go watch movie, however due to the time slot only 8:30 pm, it was postponed as people felt they would fall asleep in the movie as well.
That's about it.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Insight series
Nothing much happened over the week, except getting back of most if not all results and the insight series..
The insight series was possibly a success?, though there were people who felt they learnt nothing from the presentation which is sad for them. Anyway, the presentation was on gender discrimination and the method of presentation is museum box which can be found online via google. Unfortunately it has been deleted for no apparent/unapparent reason.
Next results.
physics A2 which was extremely disappointing..... plus losing 3 marks to careless mistakes doesn't make it any better when you are half mark away from A1...
Chem A1 though I wished my MCQ didn't screw up....
Bio A1 yay
IHC epic fail which makes my IH grade a C6 so my msg for this term is officially the screwed up.
and thus I conclude that this week is fail and sadded.
I should start doing my work and stop being bored..
The insight series was possibly a success?, though there were people who felt they learnt nothing from the presentation which is sad for them. Anyway, the presentation was on gender discrimination and the method of presentation is museum box which can be found online via google. Unfortunately it has been deleted for no apparent/unapparent reason.
Next results.
physics A2 which was extremely disappointing..... plus losing 3 marks to careless mistakes doesn't make it any better when you are half mark away from A1...
Chem A1 though I wished my MCQ didn't screw up....
Bio A1 yay
IHC epic fail which makes my IH grade a C6 so my msg for this term is officially the screwed up.
and thus I conclude that this week is fail and sadded.
I should start doing my work and stop being bored..
Friday, May 8, 2009
yay test week over
Week of Science test is over !! at least the weekdays are gone. Now there's only IHE Exam, Maths trigo test and the upcoming Chinese common test to prepare for.
Physics: Spent 3 days Hope can do well.
Chemistry: MCQ seems quite screwed. Hopefully don't die
Biology: Essay and the drawing question might be screwed, hopefully not though.
Apparently my group for human rights got selected to present at the Humanities Insight Series, so we have to present while the others are taking their Chinese common test, and we get to have it at a later date. Hopefully it is something good? Still need to make amendments to the museum box by Monday...
I seriously hope IHC doesn't screw up.. Ms Sunita apparently got quite pissed at us going to class so slowly, and that we are not independent learners. So she decided not to go through our class' papers again. Hopefully I don't screw up. A borderline C6 for geography does not bode well, adding on a terrible IHC grade would definitely be detrimental to the maximal extent to my already terrible msg of this term.. How I wish I could obtain something like last term or better...
Oh well. I shall not worry over tests and attempt to enjoy the 3 days up ahead and hope for the best for the tests.....
Have a nice day,
skk
Physics: Spent 3 days Hope can do well.
Chemistry: MCQ seems quite screwed. Hopefully don't die
Biology: Essay and the drawing question might be screwed, hopefully not though.
Apparently my group for human rights got selected to present at the Humanities Insight Series, so we have to present while the others are taking their Chinese common test, and we get to have it at a later date. Hopefully it is something good? Still need to make amendments to the museum box by Monday...
I seriously hope IHC doesn't screw up.. Ms Sunita apparently got quite pissed at us going to class so slowly, and that we are not independent learners. So she decided not to go through our class' papers again. Hopefully I don't screw up. A borderline C6 for geography does not bode well, adding on a terrible IHC grade would definitely be detrimental to the maximal extent to my already terrible msg of this term.. How I wish I could obtain something like last term or better...
Oh well. I shall not worry over tests and attempt to enjoy the 3 days up ahead and hope for the best for the tests.....
Have a nice day,
skk
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Labour Day + weekend gone
i should be sleeping now..
Anyway the past three days was quite hectic.
Physics is tough, especially when you missed around 6 weeks of lesson, with the teacher at bsc being not exactly enthu. Distinct memories of him saying "Ok, I've taught this chapter finish" after writing formulas and talking for 5 minutes, then proceeding to say "do the worksheet. You need the practice." Apparently much was left out. How to draw a circuit etc.. Argh.
Looking at my yue bao xin de for fun at 1:30, I found quite a few 错别字, like how 华文 somehow became 花纹 as it was the only two word that is registered for "hua wen". Lol..
Thinking about blogs, my maths blog is quite fail, with me being the only one who posted, and having only 3 rather pathetic posts. Anyway I recently found out more than 1 person actually knows my blog URL. Just for my own knowledge, anyone who reads this post please reply in comments for me to know.
PS: Apparently VLC was slack I wonder if I should have gone..
PS2: I wonder why ppl like to strike out words for no apparent reason.
Thanks.
I'm tired..
Anyway the past three days was quite hectic.
Physics is tough, especially when you missed around 6 weeks of lesson, with the teacher at bsc being not exactly enthu. Distinct memories of him saying "Ok, I've taught this chapter finish" after writing formulas and talking for 5 minutes, then proceeding to say "do the worksheet. You need the practice." Apparently much was left out. How to draw a circuit etc.. Argh.
Looking at my yue bao xin de for fun at 1:30, I found quite a few 错别字, like how 华文 somehow became 花纹 as it was the only two word that is registered for "hua wen". Lol..
Thinking about blogs, my maths blog is quite fail, with me being the only one who posted, and having only 3 rather pathetic posts. Anyway I recently found out more than 1 person actually knows my blog URL. Just for my own knowledge, anyone who reads this post please reply in comments for me to know.
PS: Apparently VLC was slack I wonder if I should have gone..
PS2: I wonder why ppl like to strike out words for no apparent reason.
Thanks.
I'm tired..
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Survival
Don't remember much for the past few days after today..
Today, was survival. It was held at Punggol jetty area (the forest beside it). Met up at 8.15 then made our way there. Soon after, we were in the forested area beside it. Walking for a while, we finally found a place to settle down and start our "camp site". It was a traumatizing 7 hours, highly dehydrated despite having drunk about 2 litres of water. Starting out, I was tasked to collect fire wood. It was amusing at times, for example we found something that seems like it was once a tree. Later, I was required to do water catchment, which I screwed up unfortunately. Using guidance from other groups, barely did up a catchment. Later, I was supposed to man the fire and cook food which was a task I can't handle due to my extreme noobness. Required help for maintaining the fire as I didn't really liked to feeling of ember or ash or whatever the white stuff flying all over possibly onto the face. The chicken somehow had its skin tore, possibly cooked too well. Tasted okok. Potatoes were black, corn, half black half yellow. Interesting. Adding on, the rice actually looked cooked for a moment, with it being fat and white, though it dried up later and looked uncooked by then.
Overall, we were required to build a shelter, a trap, a water catchment, cook food for 3 ppl and a "toilet". Amazingly my group members tanked the others while I was basking in the hot sun. Unfortunately, all I was tasked to do was more or less in the sun, making me end up with a sun burn or the like. At around 5, we finally ended the activity. My group passed shelter and food, which was better considering 1 other group had the same results, the other 2 didn't pass shelter. Later, threw away rubbish and bought a drink, where many conveniently washed their hands in the ice water. Then bus 82 came and we travelled to Punggol. Went to Compasspoint at Seng Kang 1 stop away, for dinner. Then came home, where I don't feel cold even with the fan AND aircon on.
And I remembered wad happened yesterday! Was given a half day for the achievements in cca, yet still had cca haiz =(. Half day was more or less wasted.. To rub salt to the wound, after going there, they soon announced it was optional.. Ended up leaving at 3+ and slacked in sch till 5+. Then came back home seeing an emb msg saying:
"Please note that it is up to the discretion of your CCA teachers to
decide if your CCA would proceed today, perhaps due to preparation
for upcoming competitions or arrangement with the
coaches/instructors.
However, if your CCA were to proceed today, you would be compensated
after your competitions, in which your teachers would identify a CCA day
for you to rest."
This set me thinking, my cca doesn't have competition, which means we have no compensation!! Noo. T.T oh well what can I do.
k that's all for now.
Good bye loyal readers.
Today, was survival. It was held at Punggol jetty area (the forest beside it). Met up at 8.15 then made our way there. Soon after, we were in the forested area beside it. Walking for a while, we finally found a place to settle down and start our "camp site". It was a traumatizing 7 hours, highly dehydrated despite having drunk about 2 litres of water. Starting out, I was tasked to collect fire wood. It was amusing at times, for example we found something that seems like it was once a tree. Later, I was required to do water catchment, which I screwed up unfortunately. Using guidance from other groups, barely did up a catchment. Later, I was supposed to man the fire and cook food which was a task I can't handle due to my extreme noobness. Required help for maintaining the fire as I didn't really liked to feeling of ember or ash or whatever the white stuff flying all over possibly onto the face. The chicken somehow had its skin tore, possibly cooked too well. Tasted okok. Potatoes were black, corn, half black half yellow. Interesting. Adding on, the rice actually looked cooked for a moment, with it being fat and white, though it dried up later and looked uncooked by then.
Overall, we were required to build a shelter, a trap, a water catchment, cook food for 3 ppl and a "toilet". Amazingly my group members tanked the others while I was basking in the hot sun. Unfortunately, all I was tasked to do was more or less in the sun, making me end up with a sun burn or the like. At around 5, we finally ended the activity. My group passed shelter and food, which was better considering 1 other group had the same results, the other 2 didn't pass shelter. Later, threw away rubbish and bought a drink, where many conveniently washed their hands in the ice water. Then bus 82 came and we travelled to Punggol. Went to Compasspoint at Seng Kang 1 stop away, for dinner. Then came home, where I don't feel cold even with the fan AND aircon on.
And I remembered wad happened yesterday! Was given a half day for the achievements in cca, yet still had cca haiz =(. Half day was more or less wasted.. To rub salt to the wound, after going there, they soon announced it was optional.. Ended up leaving at 3+ and slacked in sch till 5+. Then came back home seeing an emb msg saying:
"Please note that it is up to the discretion of your CCA teachers to
decide if your CCA would proceed today, perhaps due to preparation
for upcoming competitions or arrangement with the
coaches/instructors.
However, if your CCA were to proceed today, you would be compensated
after your competitions, in which your teachers would identify a CCA day
for you to rest."
This set me thinking, my cca doesn't have competition, which means we have no compensation!! Noo. T.T oh well what can I do.
k that's all for now.
Good bye loyal readers.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Project's day
Today came by and went just like that.
Yesterday my laptop was upgraded to Windows Vista which I am quite happy about, though I ended up spending the whole night using the comp and unfortunately completing no work at all.
Today was project's day, and one thing was my group was allocated the last group of the last slot. How perfect. First half before recess was spent stoning and listening to presentation in LT @ SRC, which the second half was spent in the library. After a game of DoTA, I came to a final conclusion that indeed, DoTA is a stressful game, looking at how people are so engrossed, and shout at each other to "Back! Back! Back!" or "(Ulti)! (Ulti)! (Ulti)!". Then went for presentations which was quite screwed as we didnt present quite some bit of information. Next went to support Class debates, which apparently hardly anyone went at all. Went in to find 2 other classmates there, 1 for the opposing team and other than judges, teachers and cameraman, there were no further audience. My class won in the end, with the ultimate aid of a "physical sweeper" which "1 hit KO" in the pokemon sense. Some of the people unfortunately did not meet our expectations though someone whom people regarded a fool actually did well in debates.
The past weekend was spent chionging CHAOS 09. It all was because I had done research on one of the questions and someone leaving the team, leading to me recruiting a new guy, and pestering the rest to chiong their part as well. On Monday night at about 11:30 pm, I finally experienced the joy of completion, and with a wide smile sent an email to j loh. Also much thanks to him were we able to extend a day.
2:17 AM really isn't a time I should be blogging.
Yesterday my laptop was upgraded to Windows Vista which I am quite happy about, though I ended up spending the whole night using the comp and unfortunately completing no work at all.
Today was project's day, and one thing was my group was allocated the last group of the last slot. How perfect. First half before recess was spent stoning and listening to presentation in LT @ SRC, which the second half was spent in the library. After a game of DoTA, I came to a final conclusion that indeed, DoTA is a stressful game, looking at how people are so engrossed, and shout at each other to "Back! Back! Back!" or "(Ulti)! (Ulti)! (Ulti)!". Then went for presentations which was quite screwed as we didnt present quite some bit of information. Next went to support Class debates, which apparently hardly anyone went at all. Went in to find 2 other classmates there, 1 for the opposing team and other than judges, teachers and cameraman, there were no further audience. My class won in the end, with the ultimate aid of a "physical sweeper" which "1 hit KO" in the pokemon sense. Some of the people unfortunately did not meet our expectations though someone whom people regarded a fool actually did well in debates.
The past weekend was spent chionging CHAOS 09. It all was because I had done research on one of the questions and someone leaving the team, leading to me recruiting a new guy, and pestering the rest to chiong their part as well. On Monday night at about 11:30 pm, I finally experienced the joy of completion, and with a wide smile sent an email to j loh. Also much thanks to him were we able to extend a day.
2:17 AM really isn't a time I should be blogging.
Monday, March 30, 2009
BSC ended; the precious memories brought back
Been thinking of writing this post for the past 2 days, yet never remembered to do so.
Today was the first day of school upon returning to Singapore from Beijing. Was filled with stuff like a Chinese composition and Napfa 5 items test. How fun. Shall not elaborate on this though. Tmr, the next batch of people will be leaving. Filled with an envy, I look back at the memories in BSC, Beijing.
My room consisted of 5 people, all of which are from my class.Much memories were that of in the dorm, in school, in the track and field, or the school's mini-stadium.
I remember the times in the dorm, doing work, playing CS, making pokemon fusions, the times people randomly come into our room, the card games, the times Kenji came dashing in with a loud "fuu". I remember the time we played CS till 3 am in the morning, and the times when we stayed in for the day, making me feel sinned. The times where being unable to connect caused much displeasure. I remember laundry days, which was Friday for my room. At 8:30 sharp, we would pack our laptops and rush straight for the dorm, and pile up our used clothes before dumping them into all 3 washing machines. Then, we would go get breakfast for Saturday while waiting for the laundry. I also remember the times where there was hardly any clothes hanger in the laundry room. The toilet, even bring back its own memories, unfortunately not the pleasant kind.
I remember the tests we took in Beijing. The biology test, in which was postponed from the previous week before we left. Also, the maths test on differentiation here, which everyone felt was difficult and that they did badly.
I remember the times in school. The classroom where we worked, played, self-studied, and torrented.. I remember the small garden in the middle of the school, the road which we take to get to the canteen. I remember the track, with each round being a mere 200m, 2.4 takes a wretched 12 rounds to complete. I remember the field, the place where we had fun playing soccer. I remember the 3 rounds we ran everyday when the weather was cold. I remember the mass exercise when the place turned warmer. I remember the morning Chinese lessons, where many had their heads buried in their folded arms. I also remember the snowball fights, the handprints in the snow. I also remember the PE lessons. The table tennis where we had to share a table. And also the basketball game where me Troy, Kiat Long and John got thrashed by 4 girls, possibly from basketball during immersion week. I also remember the self-study sessions, where sometimes we played CS, shoddy battle, while there were also the serious times, doing work.
I remember immersion week. Me and Ephraim were posted to 高二（四）班. Though the buddy did not really communicate with us, there were some people who were quite friendly. I remember the 艺术课, where I watched The Phantom of the Opera for the first time, though having heard about it before, and starting to like the songs in the movie, though unfortunately we were unable to finish the whole movie. I remember the english lessons, which reminded me of the earlier styles of teaching english in a more structured manner.
I remember 红桥, the pearl market, where Leymo Coffee, a starbucks lookalike is. The time one of us pissed a shop keeper off by haggling and walking away. Went there thrice, but never really saw all the anime stalls, Toy City, the time we went in high spirits for an iphone, only to find it was bad.
I remember 绣水街, where the prices could be cut dramatically, from hundreds to tens. The haggling process, the random attempts to piss shopkeepers off, and also the 2K ++ Harley Davidson Jacket. It was also the place I obtained my hand-carry bag, also the place I bought all my new shirts and a pair of jeans.
I remember 西单, where the prices were all very high and unreducable, with a doraemon shirt costing as much as 240 RMB. I also remember the shop which was having a mass sale, possibly cos it was closing down, and where I bought the jeans at a mere 45 yuan, whose pockets were sewed up.
I remember the various fieldtrips, to places like the Great Wall, the National Theatre or something along that line, the Beijing Zoo with the Aqua World thingy, the dolphin performance, 圆明园 and 天坛公园 near 红桥.
I remember 欢乐谷, the theme park in Beijing. The rides, Crystal Wing, Apollo's wheel, the Ride through the jungle thingy which was rocky and where YY amazingly managed to maneuver the popcorn so that none fell out. There was also the water ride, with the second fall being one of the tallest few. I also remember the 1000 ton hammer which some bought, I remember the hand-like thing on a stick, which pointed the number 7 and costed 10 yuan.
I also remember the 天外天烤鸭, the Roasted Duck store near the dorm. The first experience there wasn't exactly too pleasant, with the rice arriving only after ALL the dishes had been eaten. The atmosphere then was gloomy. The second time we went there to crashgate a guy's family dinner though they only arrived when we were finishing. Then, we had requested for the rice to come quickly, and the meal turned out much better. I also remember the 羊肉串. Though we were never exactly a big fan of it, I remember spamming those on the last Wednesday there, to savour a last taste of it.
Thinking back, there is still so much more of the place in my memory. The drinks there: 统一, the milk tea, the 营养快线. All the precious memories of Beijing, all obtained within the short but extremely memorable 6 weeks, will forever be etched in every BSC-goers' mind. The photos taken during the stay may just be photos, but they do speak a thousand words, bring back all these heart-warming memories of the place where we stayed for 6 whole weeks.
Today was the first day of school upon returning to Singapore from Beijing. Was filled with stuff like a Chinese composition and Napfa 5 items test. How fun. Shall not elaborate on this though. Tmr, the next batch of people will be leaving. Filled with an envy, I look back at the memories in BSC, Beijing.
My room consisted of 5 people, all of which are from my class.Much memories were that of in the dorm, in school, in the track and field, or the school's mini-stadium.
I remember the times in the dorm, doing work, playing CS, making pokemon fusions, the times people randomly come into our room, the card games, the times Kenji came dashing in with a loud "fuu". I remember the time we played CS till 3 am in the morning, and the times when we stayed in for the day, making me feel sinned. The times where being unable to connect caused much displeasure. I remember laundry days, which was Friday for my room. At 8:30 sharp, we would pack our laptops and rush straight for the dorm, and pile up our used clothes before dumping them into all 3 washing machines. Then, we would go get breakfast for Saturday while waiting for the laundry. I also remember the times where there was hardly any clothes hanger in the laundry room. The toilet, even bring back its own memories, unfortunately not the pleasant kind.
I remember the tests we took in Beijing. The biology test, in which was postponed from the previous week before we left. Also, the maths test on differentiation here, which everyone felt was difficult and that they did badly.
I remember the times in school. The classroom where we worked, played, self-studied, and torrented.. I remember the small garden in the middle of the school, the road which we take to get to the canteen. I remember the track, with each round being a mere 200m, 2.4 takes a wretched 12 rounds to complete. I remember the field, the place where we had fun playing soccer. I remember the 3 rounds we ran everyday when the weather was cold. I remember the mass exercise when the place turned warmer. I remember the morning Chinese lessons, where many had their heads buried in their folded arms. I also remember the snowball fights, the handprints in the snow. I also remember the PE lessons. The table tennis where we had to share a table. And also the basketball game where me Troy, Kiat Long and John got thrashed by 4 girls, possibly from basketball during immersion week. I also remember the self-study sessions, where sometimes we played CS, shoddy battle, while there were also the serious times, doing work.
I remember immersion week. Me and Ephraim were posted to 高二（四）班. Though the buddy did not really communicate with us, there were some people who were quite friendly. I remember the 艺术课, where I watched The Phantom of the Opera for the first time, though having heard about it before, and starting to like the songs in the movie, though unfortunately we were unable to finish the whole movie. I remember the english lessons, which reminded me of the earlier styles of teaching english in a more structured manner.
I remember 红桥, the pearl market, where Leymo Coffee, a starbucks lookalike is. The time one of us pissed a shop keeper off by haggling and walking away. Went there thrice, but never really saw all the anime stalls, Toy City, the time we went in high spirits for an iphone, only to find it was bad.
I remember 绣水街, where the prices could be cut dramatically, from hundreds to tens. The haggling process, the random attempts to piss shopkeepers off, and also the 2K ++ Harley Davidson Jacket. It was also the place I obtained my hand-carry bag, also the place I bought all my new shirts and a pair of jeans.
I remember 西单, where the prices were all very high and unreducable, with a doraemon shirt costing as much as 240 RMB. I also remember the shop which was having a mass sale, possibly cos it was closing down, and where I bought the jeans at a mere 45 yuan, whose pockets were sewed up.
I remember the various fieldtrips, to places like the Great Wall, the National Theatre or something along that line, the Beijing Zoo with the Aqua World thingy, the dolphin performance, 圆明园 and 天坛公园 near 红桥.
I remember 欢乐谷, the theme park in Beijing. The rides, Crystal Wing, Apollo's wheel, the Ride through the jungle thingy which was rocky and where YY amazingly managed to maneuver the popcorn so that none fell out. There was also the water ride, with the second fall being one of the tallest few. I also remember the 1000 ton hammer which some bought, I remember the hand-like thing on a stick, which pointed the number 7 and costed 10 yuan.
I also remember the 天外天烤鸭, the Roasted Duck store near the dorm. The first experience there wasn't exactly too pleasant, with the rice arriving only after ALL the dishes had been eaten. The atmosphere then was gloomy. The second time we went there to crashgate a guy's family dinner though they only arrived when we were finishing. Then, we had requested for the rice to come quickly, and the meal turned out much better. I also remember the 羊肉串. Though we were never exactly a big fan of it, I remember spamming those on the last Wednesday there, to savour a last taste of it.
Thinking back, there is still so much more of the place in my memory. The drinks there: 统一, the milk tea, the 营养快线. All the precious memories of Beijing, all obtained within the short but extremely memorable 6 weeks, will forever be etched in every BSC-goers' mind. The photos taken during the stay may just be photos, but they do speak a thousand words, bring back all these heart-warming memories of the place where we stayed for 6 whole weeks.
Friday, March 13, 2009
2 weekends more
2 more weekends in BSC and I would be back in Singapore.
Results were released today and personally I feel that I have done well for this term, with it being the best term 1 msg since sec 1.
Over the course of the week, I went to the Great Wall. Unfortunately, I did not reach the peak, only stopping at a tower before the great climb. Interestingly, there was a small cute dog that followed us all the way up the great wall, and even reached the top. Incredible. Along the way back, there were some stalls which sold clothes and souvenirs. Unfortunately, I missed getting s small piece of metal which said "____ has climbed the great wall."
The next day, went to tian tan gong yuan. It was just a look around with nothing interesting in particular. Some people bought a chapteh and played in a secluded area. There was this place called the Echo Wall, though I never really hear any echo. Furthermore, I lost my ticket in there, so was unable to go to another attraction in the park.
Other than this two fieldtrips, the week was generally not too exciting an experience. Time flies, hopefully the last 2 weeks would be a nice and fruitful experience.
Results were released today and personally I feel that I have done well for this term, with it being the best term 1 msg since sec 1.
Over the course of the week, I went to the Great Wall. Unfortunately, I did not reach the peak, only stopping at a tower before the great climb. Interestingly, there was a small cute dog that followed us all the way up the great wall, and even reached the top. Incredible. Along the way back, there were some stalls which sold clothes and souvenirs. Unfortunately, I missed getting s small piece of metal which said "____ has climbed the great wall."
The next day, went to tian tan gong yuan. It was just a look around with nothing interesting in particular. Some people bought a chapteh and played in a secluded area. There was this place called the Echo Wall, though I never really hear any echo. Furthermore, I lost my ticket in there, so was unable to go to another attraction in the park.
Other than this two fieldtrips, the week was generally not too exciting an experience. Time flies, hopefully the last 2 weeks would be a nice and fruitful experience.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Immersion week
Time flies and the 5 days of immersion week is over.
Quite a nice week. A few students talked to me. Their lessons were quite interesting too, and I think the class was a pure science one as it did not have any humanities lessons at all. Interesting to hear the lessons we that usually have in english in Chinese.
today, we went to 国家大剧院 also known to some as "the egg", like the esplanade is "the durian". It was also like esplanade inside, full of theatres for the performances, so there was nothing much in particular other than an exhibition. After that went to hong qiao, where I bought a pair of shoe for 50 yuen thanks to a friend's help in haggling.
Overall, quite a nice week, though I'm beginning to fall ill.
Quite a nice week. A few students talked to me. Their lessons were quite interesting too, and I think the class was a pure science one as it did not have any humanities lessons at all. Interesting to hear the lessons we that usually have in english in Chinese.
today, we went to 国家大剧院 also known to some as "the egg", like the esplanade is "the durian". It was also like esplanade inside, full of theatres for the performances, so there was nothing much in particular other than an exhibition. After that went to hong qiao, where I bought a pair of shoe for 50 yuen thanks to a friend's help in haggling.
Overall, quite a nice week, though I'm beginning to fall ill.
Monday, February 23, 2009
1 week in BSC
Time flies and its been a week in BSC.
Had bio test on Thurs and a math test coming thursday.
Went to places like tian an men, xi dan and Tianjin.
Tian an men was nice with a big mao ze dong picture at the entrance. Walked thru to the end and bought a pack of specially designed cards. Then went to a park where we climbed up to see the middle road of Beijing thingy.
Ytd went to xi dan where everything was especially expensive where this random doraemon t-shirt cost like 240 yuan which equates to about 60 Sing--. However, in the middle of an expensive district, I found a shop which sold jeans at like 45 yuan, equating to bout 10 sing. haha
Today went to Tian jin eco-City. Quite a waste of time. Nothing much learnt yet we have to do a write up on it... Went for lunch before going to a culture street or at least its direct translation. Dinner-ed and came back at like 9.
What an interesting time.
Had bio test on Thurs and a math test coming thursday.
Went to places like tian an men, xi dan and Tianjin.
Tian an men was nice with a big mao ze dong picture at the entrance. Walked thru to the end and bought a pack of specially designed cards. Then went to a park where we climbed up to see the middle road of Beijing thingy.
Ytd went to xi dan where everything was especially expensive where this random doraemon t-shirt cost like 240 yuan which equates to about 60 Sing--. However, in the middle of an expensive district, I found a shop which sold jeans at like 45 yuan, equating to bout 10 sing. haha
Today went to Tian jin eco-City. Quite a waste of time. Nothing much learnt yet we have to do a write up on it... Went for lunch before going to a culture street or at least its direct translation. Dinner-ed and came back at like 9.
What an interesting time.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
BSC day 3
Today is the third day in BSC and first day of lessons.
Ytd, there was a field trip that was boring and cold. Went to the bird nest olympics stadium to suffer in the open air and also take pictures of the bei bei jing jing huan huan ying ying ni ni. It was also freaking cold as well. At night didnt do anything productive.
Today started lessons. Chinese history and literature were sleep-inducing. Even Yan Yu was half-asleep. Maths was lol. Had a brief snowball fight during the break. my hand was like frozen. Then was IHC where lim hc was er.. ok. Then afternoon go to some place about china history/future. A walkthrough where most people were busy attempting to catch photos and the speaker as well. Then watched a movie where people had a visit to slumberland. Then went to this place where I had a first taste of some red red mini-apples (the fruit) covered with sugar that I don't remember wad its called. Came back for dinner and had a rather unproductive self study session where I caught up with ppl from Sg and find out I am missing IH Ace opportunities.
That's sad. Good bye.
Ytd, there was a field trip that was boring and cold. Went to the bird nest olympics stadium to suffer in the open air and also take pictures of the bei bei jing jing huan huan ying ying ni ni. It was also freaking cold as well. At night didnt do anything productive.
Today started lessons. Chinese history and literature were sleep-inducing. Even Yan Yu was half-asleep. Maths was lol. Had a brief snowball fight during the break. my hand was like frozen. Then was IHC where lim hc was er.. ok. Then afternoon go to some place about china history/future. A walkthrough where most people were busy attempting to catch photos and the speaker as well. Then watched a movie where people had a visit to slumberland. Then went to this place where I had a first taste of some red red mini-apples (the fruit) covered with sugar that I don't remember wad its called. Came back for dinner and had a rather unproductive self study session where I caught up with ppl from Sg and find out I am missing IH Ace opportunities.
That's sad. Good bye.
Monday, February 16, 2009
BSC!
Ytd at 6 am was at airport, bidding goodbyes, receiving bon voyages from various people.Had a short breakfast before entering the check-in area and boarded the plane soon after. SQ is nice and I watched a movie and heard songs. Reached Beijing at like 2:30 pm. Then took a coach to the dorm and reached at about 4:30.Went to dorm and unpacked. Later had dinner and went to buy daily necessities.
Today had snow. The guy was commenting about how 北京用雪花欢迎你. Lol. Going to the olympic village later. Today is a freezing day. Ok that's all for today.
Today had snow. The guy was commenting about how 北京用雪花欢迎你. Lol. Going to the olympic village later. Today is a freezing day. Ok that's all for today.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Leaving tmr.
In less than 8 hours, I'll be at the airport. In about 10 hours, I'll be on the plane.
Today was a relaxing day despite the small mountain of homework.
So far, my progress is the completion of the argumentative essay.
Physics to be done.
IHC hopefully, but can drag ABIT.
Leaving for Beijing soon, excited. Yay!
Today was a relaxing day despite the small mountain of homework.
So far, my progress is the completion of the argumentative essay.
Physics to be done.
IHC hopefully, but can drag ABIT.
Leaving for Beijing soon, excited. Yay!
Saturday, February 14, 2009
1 day closer
Busy day.
Though a number of people focused a lot on today being Valentine's Day, today was just any other Saturday to me. Ventures was slack, SRIT. Then music lesson was 2 hour as a make up for missing lesson the week before. Other than that I was slacking/packing.
And the best part is that even went I'm going Beijing I still have to hand up homework by Monday. wow.I wish IT weren't so advanced that we don't have email so I dun have to hand up..
List of fun things to be done:
Physics SPA 3
English Essay
IHC Project thingy.
Life is so damn fun.
Though a number of people focused a lot on today being Valentine's Day, today was just any other Saturday to me. Ventures was slack, SRIT. Then music lesson was 2 hour as a make up for missing lesson the week before. Other than that I was slacking/packing.
And the best part is that even went I'm going Beijing I still have to hand up homework by Monday. wow.I wish IT weren't so advanced that we don't have email so I dun have to hand up..
List of fun things to be done:
Physics SPA 3
English Essay
IHC Project thingy.
Life is so damn fun.
Friday, February 13, 2009
BSC
Time flies...
It has been nearly two months since I last posted. Many things have happened. CNY, VMC,Venture Night Hike, Christmas, New Year etc etc.
Very soon, I will be leaving Singapore for the Beijing Satellite Campus. No doubt, it would be a very fun experience, promised by friends from previous batches. However, one of the largest opportunity costs is the missing of lessons like biology where there is NO replacement. Also, along with the missing of lessons come with the price of a week full of test.
The past week for the BSC-bound:
Monday, Physics test
Tuesday, Nothing
Wednesday, Geography(those who took geog IHE)
Thursday, IHC
Friday, Chemistry
Basically this meant mugging from practically Sunday to Thursday. Tiring life ain't it? However, I do truthfully hope this long hectic and week full of ordeal can be compensated by a fun, fulfilling and enriching experience in the foreign lands of the Great Wall City...
It has been nearly two months since I last posted. Many things have happened. CNY, VMC,Venture Night Hike, Christmas, New Year etc etc.
Very soon, I will be leaving Singapore for the Beijing Satellite Campus. No doubt, it would be a very fun experience, promised by friends from previous batches. However, one of the largest opportunity costs is the missing of lessons like biology where there is NO replacement. Also, along with the missing of lessons come with the price of a week full of test.
The past week for the BSC-bound:
Monday, Physics test
Tuesday, Nothing
Wednesday, Geography(those who took geog IHE)
Thursday, IHC
Friday, Chemistry
Basically this meant mugging from practically Sunday to Thursday. Tiring life ain't it? However, I do truthfully hope this long hectic and week full of ordeal can be compensated by a fun, fulfilling and enriching experience in the foreign lands of the Great Wall City...
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