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Biography


JOY
nanhua high school
ex-kemingnite
SAXOPHONIST in NHSB
102 '07
202 '08
302 '09
403 '10
11SH11 '11'12


71 words

Typing Test



Wishlist


Selmer Mark III Model 62 Alto
Gemeinhardt Model 3SH Intermediate Flute

2013: all these kinda seem redundant, guess we all have different likes and hobbies and perspectives now.



Wednesday, March 31, 2010
To the hell with math and sciences!

My new-found love: Language subjects
The recent slight change in teachers ie Mr Seow -> Mr Benny Ng has really been a source of inspiration. I used to write on the teachers' day card: You are the actually the only truely enjoyable chinese language teacher I've met from primary school until now. Nowadays, if there really is a chance, I think I'll write: You're actually the only truely efficient teacher that seems to make Chinese work out for us. You rock, Mr Ng. Maybe it's because recently most of the things we do during science lessons are SPA and revision, I think this is the time whereby our language subjects seem to be of the importance.

Today, there was this impromptu Chinese workshop for 'neither here nor there' Chinese students to actually learn how to mark questions in Paper 2. It's totally effective but I think what it really did was make all of us avoid choosing teaching as a profession. Trust me, marking scripts are NOT fun at all. (Except for the '0's we had to give some unfortunate students) We had to like really read word after word to look out for wrongly-written words, and since my reading speed was like, 10words/min, it was totally slooowww and boring. However, the occasional jackpot you hit when you find a wrong word was quite satisfactory and it kept us going. And of course, Mr Ng's Milo drinks and Hello Panda was really sweet! 自掏腰包!!

Besides that, the 自由发挥 questions were also really enjoyable to mark, because then you can really start laughing at the questions. Jun wei's motto: When in doubt, give zero! Yes, his marking speed was incredible. When we were just done with the fifth script or something, he'd already finished 15scripts or so! This taught me to pass any scripts I was unsure of to Jun Wei, and it'll just come back with a nice, perfectly-round circle! :)

There was also these questions on giving the meaning of a phrase quoted from the passage. One of which was something about putting in lots of effort just to harm people with your own knowledge of something. Someone actually had the audacity to write "有知识的人用知识去玩他人" and it totally made me laugh for half a minute non-stop!

These days, I feel as though school life has slowed down a lot, and it totally doesn't feel like O levels. At all. Maybe because this week only has three schooling days... And it has been relatively calm and peaceful and the teachers seem to be slacking a little by giving us lesser homework.

I really feel tempted to join the Commenwealth Essay Writing Competition 2010. However, something inside me is shouting, "Don't be an idiot. Join and you'll embarrass yourself with a crappy piece of essay that I'll be forcefully adding redundant things just to lengthen it. Don't forget, 1400 words minimum!"

So, in the blink of an eye, weekend is here! I think I should seriously be avoiding dinners with my family. It's the ultimate way to gain weight man.

I feel like going out tomorrow, but my conscience is telling me to stay at home and do the elearning assignments dutifully. However, my past experience that the elearning portal will just crashhh seems to be an impetus for me to skip this whole stupid idea and have a fun-filled day out. I mean, Ironman 2 and Clash of the Titans are out in the cinemas tomorrow. What can be better than that? Sadly, it seems to me that most teens nowadays don't read marvel or dc comics. No one here seems interested in watching Ironman 2! Perhaps I should learn from Yating and watch a movie myself...

It seems that nobody is keeping an updated blog recently. So for all those who are trying to find an updated blog (like Fiona), I'm trying to keep my blog updated since I really wanted a diary of mine but that doesn't seem very practical and I don't think I'll bother updating it after sometimes.

Had a conversation with Sin Nee on the bus (as always). She's such a great person to talk to. Somehow talking to her just makes you want to tell her all your well-kept secrets and satisfy that burning desire to rant out everything that's within that lonely cortex(or is it cerebellum?) of yours.

I think I'm suffering from short-term memory loss. Haha. Nowadays while coming up with pragmatic ways to improving my language subjects, I just keep losing track of what I just came up with. That day when I went to the kelong with my father, I thought of some inspiring essay that I'll write because I was so touched by something the previous night. The next day however, I forgot what I wanted to write...

I am eccentric. Now and then, I get uncanny ideas for things to do. Yesterday I thought of meditating (for no good reason, actually), because I was just wondering how can anyone possibly think of nothing for a split second? Every single second we think of things, even before our sleep. Maybe that's why we get so stressed after sometime living in a 尘世. So, I decided to meditate while I was studying for A Math last night...

I lay on my sofa and closed my eyes. As I attempt, with my very every efforts to block off distractions from our bodily mind and establish spiritual connection with, ironic as it sounds, nothing, I realise that it was indeed working. I feel so relaxed, tension easing away from every inch of my muscles... I was asleep, mind you.

3 seconds after attempting to meditate I fell soundly asleep. My adventure in lalaland was so exhilarating... yet so peaceful, as I know that my body was starting to recover from the day's work... That was until I was rudely awakened by my mother's loud bellows of "GO AND SHOWER! 10pm at night already and you refuse to shower when you smell worse that a pig! GO GO GO!"

Oh well. That's it for today's post. Anyway, I still haven't got the results of today's interclass basketball match between fabulous 402 and another class, 310. Hope they did well! :)

Monday: Shall bring Ritz Cheese Crackers again to school. :))

Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Alright, Earth Hour was gone and I am proud to say that I took part in it by turning the toilet lights off for an hour when I usually leave it on!
Fine, maybe that was not exactly a very eco-friendly statement.

I admit, I totally forgot about Earth Hour!
However, I don't feel guilty at all since I thought Earth Hour's on Sunday. This means it's totally not my fault! Besides I think it's totally pointless to switch off your lights and start playing candles at the neighbourhood park. Mind you, unless you haven't completed your schooling, burning
ANYTHING gives you CARBON DIOXIDE and water. And unless you haven't started preschool, candle wax falls under ANYTHING.

My point is, it produces CARBON DIOXIDE, a greenhouse gas. Although I admit that the environmental impact of generating an hour's worth of electricity is much greater than having the whole world burn candles for an hour, I think it's just pretty dumb that they're publicising Earth Hour by showing posters and videos of people burning candles in formations that spell out "60".

The main point of this blog entry?
I was checking out some stationery at Popular this afternoon when I saw this foolscap booklet with this really nice, high-class, posh, black cover. It totally attracted my attention. There were words indicating "100% pre and post-use paper imported from France" and "100% source of paper from Italy" or something like that. Immediately, I went "woahhh" and I was so tempted to buy it. I turned the booklet around and saw the pricetag. "$3.20". $@#!!%#@$^&#!!! Recycled paper!! Imported from France!!

Right next to that nice posh black-covered book of foolscap paper, I saw another stack of foolscap paper. This one was wrapped in plastic (environmentally-unfriendly), had a rather plain but cute cover made of recycled paper most likely (it was brown), and like 1.5 times the number of sheets of paper. The colour of the paper was clearly much whiter than the recycled book of foolscap. At the cover side, a price-tag clearly indicates $2.90.

If you were in the same scenario, which would you choose? The recycled one or the new one?

My first instinct was to buy the recycled foolscap booklet. Come on, it's the 21st century. If you receive typical DC education like me, I think you'll probably get the recycled one too. In my case, I think I was buying more for the environmental thing thing than the value of the paper... Besides, the "imported from France" part really was enticing.

Thankfully, my mother was there to save my from my act of foolishness. She simply went, "Aiyah, $3.20 for a thicker booklet, plus it's much whiter than the other one, you buy that one, you siao ah?" Typical Singaporean adult, you may think. However, it did knock some sense into me. When I got back, I sort of thought about that and I realised, quite true. How much pollution has it actually caused to ship the bloody recycled paper from France!! I think, many businessmen are just trying to get consumers to get their products because we care for the Earth. What about them? Have they ever considered about the environmental impact?

I'm not trying to discourage anyone from buying recycled paper or other goods like that. All I'm saying is that shop wisely. Don't let your guilty conscience trick you into buying some stupid recycled paper shipped all the way from France. It won't do you good using paper made from used French products (I'm not saying I dislike the French. Seriously, you dont know how much I love France.)

I still buy recycled foolscap all the time. Nowadays you can really get good quality recycled paper from local brands eg Popular. The point is, I feel good using such recycled paper and it doesn't burn a hole in my pocket either.

Mind you, I have a hunch I'll grow up to be an animal activist or something like that. I grow up and work for CITES or WFP. By the way, I used to think that sharks' fin is a neccesity during Chinese festive occasions, esp CNY, but now, I'm a strict no-sharks person. Even had a quarrel with my mum because she was craving her sharks' meat from this quite popular tze-char stall and I just refused to let her buy it. Well, when demand goes down, supply goes down too, hopefully, so I'm proud to say that I did my part. When I grow up, I think I'll become a vegetarian or even vegan, since livestocks are a main contributor of greenhouse gases.

My dream of becoming a doctor seems to be making this a reality, too. If I work for the UN, I can then go to Africa and save those starving people there :)

Okay, let's not go so deep into the future. Tomorrow, I'll be having a picnic in class! I'm bringing Ritz Cheese Crackers and Koko Krunch cereals! And of course, Peanut butter sandwiches for me! :)

Thursday, March 25, 2010
gahhhh. zomfg.
heya ppl :)

thanks for telling me to blog more.
at first i was thinking that blogging = lesser time to study
then i found out that not blogging = gaming

so why not take the chance to improve my english through blogging.
lols joking. ok lah i try.

Recently, for some reason unbeknownst to me, the Twin Oaks tune keeps getting stuck in my head. This inevitably brought back memories of the band under the baton of Mr Tan. I don't dislike Mrs Chua whatsoever, but I think that she's sort of neglecting the sec 4s and somehow I don't approve of Mrs Chua's way of conducting. Somehow this is good, because if she neglects us, this means that sec 4s can slack. Perhaps this is the strategy or whatever that conductors use to get to know a band... Ignore the sec 4s and develop relations with the other batches since the sec 4s will obviously be the most attached to their previous conductor.

Actually I have no idea why in the world am I bestowing such a great honour upon Mr Tan. I still recall we 3xtra0rdina2ians from band used to curse him about some stuff *confidential (haha)*. I suppose it's simply because we just aren't used to Mrs and Mr Chua. Oh well..

Nowadays I feel as if the little shimmer of hope for band deep down in my heart is fading at a much quicker pace whenever I force myself to attend band practices out of guilt. I head inside the band room, looking forward to seeing my beloved (but somewhat distant nowadays) juniors, and I get bombarded by insecurity and unfamiliarity. All around me, the new faces, the new seating arrangement, the unruly and undisciplined behaviour of the band just forces me to seek shelter outside the band room once attendance-taking is over. Ironic, eh.

Well, on a lighter note, at least the isolation the band has towards the sec fours is the best excuse I use to consolate myself when I skip band practices. "'O' levels nearing", I'll tell myself and hide away in my classroom, which just so happens to be at the extreme end of the school, far away from the band room.

These days, I find it shameful to see Aloy and Jerome, really sorry, I've become sort of like Ash, except that I still feel guilty about skipping band.

Which reminds me, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEROME. :)

Am I going to join band in JC? Hell, no. Even if I do make it to HJC, which I think I won't because if I'm going to I should be studying for the chemistry test tomorrow, I'll join something else. Really love tennis (gawd, RF) but the thought of Maria Sharapovas or Serena Williams in the CCA scares me.

Okay, enough about band.

Eurona almost ran into class after school to tell us she saw someone, Aloy or Han Guang she reckons, kissing another girl somewhere near the PE room. Everyone was looking down at them from the railing until the girl looked up or something. LOLS. EPIC.

Had health check today. Kind of... funny. We were comparing our h&w at birth and we were just like, "WTH I WAS LONGER THAN YOU AT BIRTH! WHY IN THE WORLD AM I SHORTER THAN YOU NOW?! #@!$$#%#&!!!"

I'm really into this game, Three Kingdoms Online recently. Just found out that all my three brothers are playing -.- Whatever.

I've got a new teacher I idolise now. MS CHNG!!! GAH.
So maybe listening to her give mock oral was quite interesting.
ok, back to short-forms.
she is one f***ing horrific teacher, who seems to enjoy tormenting students who can't submit homework on time when she usually takes up to 2 months to mark a assignment (yes, wtf in the world bother collecting when you don't mark). i mean, check ms sathi out. she goes through everything in class because she knows she cant mark.
and she f***ing likes to mark our scripts in a super strict manner

BUT~

Her passion for nurturing her students is amicable, and her efforts put into giving us extra tips and reminders as well as supplementary reading articles (gawd those are essential and I know I'll miss them after I graduate). I will try with my every effort to do my best for English, put in my heart and soul when doing your assignments (even though you take forever to mark them) and make sure you did not waste two years of your life teaching 302/402.

Your weird (yes I know, don't start condemning me already, weird should only be used in speech) sense of humour keeps me awake in class (I just realised I've never felt sleepy in your lessons) and I just pray that I will get an A1 for English and do you proud, even though I haven't got an A or 'Grade One' since P5...

Go Ms Chng! (and I hope you find your true love someday! 岁月不留情, JOKING)

Okay... I'm going back to my no life mode. Chem textbook, here I come. *sigh*

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