Monday, December 31, 2007
A look back at 2007
Well, I sort of was about to press the publish button when i sort of like used my mouse and accidentally deleted the whole post...will get back to it on wednesday...sorry...
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Long Day
A couple more hours and those performing arts members going for the Shanghai trip would be leaving their homes.Anyway,wish them all the best and hope they enjoy their trip,and back to the main topic...
Yesterday,there were mainly FOUR main events that took place. First one? It's the YCSS open house, which is finally opened to the public for the first time. Although the turn out was not that good, the graduates from the previous years, along with some of the secondary 4s, visited the school once again. Well, we sort of formed the bulk of the visitors who came.Once again, I never failed to head over to my two CCAs that helped me clinch an A2 for my CCA record upon arrival and before leaving the school again.
Next, went home with Randall before heading off with him for a movie and some other contacts at Vivo City.The movie was Hero,it's a nice movie, and I think it's a sequel to a previous movie shown on television. Surprisingly, Randall was very slow in understanding the whole story.Strangely enough,even after it had ended, he still did not know roughly what was going on.At around 5.37pm, both of us made a dash for the MRT station.Along the way, we were stopped to do donate some money.We did something nice. The moment we refused him(it was a him by the way),we sprinted for the sation.We told him we were in a rush(really),so, we were really in a hurry,thus,we sprint.
So,we were obviously late for the third major event yesterday.
That was 4E1's barbeque session.Both of us arrived at around 6.10pm.and got down to work almost immediately. For me, I felt a little tired, and decided to take a short walk around the condominium. It looks big, but the places were really easy to find(That's Andy's answer to how I could buy the pack of fire starters so quickly).Played with Randall on the swings when we felt real bored.Mr Liew had only arrived then.Randall still held the upperhand, being the one to reach higher faster.I'm the type who prefers to climb slowly,then descend slowly.Then again,at 9.06pm, I had to make another dash for the MRT station.This was going to be the fourth great event that took place yesterday.I would like to apologise for not being able to stay longer,with the band members I met at the gate before running to the MRT station and the others who came later that night,for not being able to stay for the photograph taking session and for not being able to witness the handling of momentos to Ms Lim.Ran along the canal in the opposite direction toward the MRT stationfor the first time in 4 years(tonight was also my fastest lap timing ;P ).
Another 40 minute journey by train to Paya Labar MRT station before I was picked up by my uncle and my mum tomy cousin's place at Katong. There was another barbeque over there,which started at about the same time as the one for 4E1.So, this one was more lively, with a live telecast of a socccer match of Liverpool against another team.I din't watch for too long, though at that time, Liverpool was leading by a 3-0 win over the other team at that time.We chatted alot, and thanks Clara for finally reuniting me with my ELDDS CCA photograph after my countless forgetfulness made me leave it in the hands of the teacher in-charge for close to 3 months.at around 11.30pm,we had toleave, since Clara would be going on the Shanghai trip as well and had to get some rest before the flight.She'll do just fine over there with the rest of the group, so let's not worry too much about that for now, and,please don't say that I'm thinking of someone else now ok?(that spot is empty again...making me feel light).
Anyway, I really wanted to stay put at the class gathering, for we would meet less freqently nowadays, and would hardly meet as a full class,and for now,time to get back to more training at MapleSEA.Dammit...If only I had time to buy Flight Simulator yesterday, I would be playing that instead right now...
Those memories were really sweet ones, and still, I don't know if I should be happy or sad, or even both,since I'm going to miss the people I had aquinted with for the best 4 years of my life in the 10 years education.Nevermind about the other 6 long years,I still hate those days to the CORE.
Yesterday,there were mainly FOUR main events that took place. First one? It's the YCSS open house, which is finally opened to the public for the first time. Although the turn out was not that good, the graduates from the previous years, along with some of the secondary 4s, visited the school once again. Well, we sort of formed the bulk of the visitors who came.Once again, I never failed to head over to my two CCAs that helped me clinch an A2 for my CCA record upon arrival and before leaving the school again.
Next, went home with Randall before heading off with him for a movie and some other contacts at Vivo City.The movie was Hero,it's a nice movie, and I think it's a sequel to a previous movie shown on television. Surprisingly, Randall was very slow in understanding the whole story.Strangely enough,even after it had ended, he still did not know roughly what was going on.At around 5.37pm, both of us made a dash for the MRT station.Along the way, we were stopped to do donate some money.We did something nice. The moment we refused him(it was a him by the way),we sprinted for the sation.We told him we were in a rush(really),so, we were really in a hurry,thus,we sprint.
So,we were obviously late for the third major event yesterday.
That was 4E1's barbeque session.Both of us arrived at around 6.10pm.and got down to work almost immediately. For me, I felt a little tired, and decided to take a short walk around the condominium. It looks big, but the places were really easy to find(That's Andy's answer to how I could buy the pack of fire starters so quickly).Played with Randall on the swings when we felt real bored.Mr Liew had only arrived then.Randall still held the upperhand, being the one to reach higher faster.I'm the type who prefers to climb slowly,then descend slowly.Then again,at 9.06pm, I had to make another dash for the MRT station.This was going to be the fourth great event that took place yesterday.I would like to apologise for not being able to stay longer,with the band members I met at the gate before running to the MRT station and the others who came later that night,for not being able to stay for the photograph taking session and for not being able to witness the handling of momentos to Ms Lim.Ran along the canal in the opposite direction toward the MRT stationfor the first time in 4 years(tonight was also my fastest lap timing ;P ).
Another 40 minute journey by train to Paya Labar MRT station before I was picked up by my uncle and my mum tomy cousin's place at Katong. There was another barbeque over there,which started at about the same time as the one for 4E1.So, this one was more lively, with a live telecast of a socccer match of Liverpool against another team.I din't watch for too long, though at that time, Liverpool was leading by a 3-0 win over the other team at that time.We chatted alot, and thanks Clara for finally reuniting me with my ELDDS CCA photograph after my countless forgetfulness made me leave it in the hands of the teacher in-charge for close to 3 months.at around 11.30pm,we had toleave, since Clara would be going on the Shanghai trip as well and had to get some rest before the flight.She'll do just fine over there with the rest of the group, so let's not worry too much about that for now, and,please don't say that I'm thinking of someone else now ok?(that spot is empty again...making me feel light).
Anyway, I really wanted to stay put at the class gathering, for we would meet less freqently nowadays, and would hardly meet as a full class,and for now,time to get back to more training at MapleSEA.Dammit...If only I had time to buy Flight Simulator yesterday, I would be playing that instead right now...
Those memories were really sweet ones, and still, I don't know if I should be happy or sad, or even both,since I'm going to miss the people I had aquinted with for the best 4 years of my life in the 10 years education.Nevermind about the other 6 long years,I still hate those days to the CORE.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Mass blog overhaul-Phase 1
Here's the list of updates:
1. 5 new links, they're quite obvious actually
2. Added a new link segment, MapleSEA Peeps
3.New Blogskin
4.More coming up in the weeks to come, but let's leave itlike this for now...
1. 5 new links, they're quite obvious actually
2. Added a new link segment, MapleSEA Peeps
3.New Blogskin
4.More coming up in the weeks to come, but let's leave itlike this for now...
Another final Farewell
Oh well... secondary four is one of the most emotional times i had gone through. Everyone can be seen to have very strong bonds with one another, yet, we end up leaving one another at the very end.Will be talking more about that next week, shortly after the actual blog overhaul.
Anyway, here's another sad, yet memorable outing by a quarter of the class today.Before that, let's start off at midnight today. Was playing MapleSEA again,but theres a little difference to this one. We're sort of imitating the DJs at 987 till 2am. After that, since there was nothing to do, we decided to train a little till 4am when the patch starts.Was falling asleep till we were finally logged out at 4.05 this morning.
Slept for 4 hours till 9am this morning,before preparing for Vignesh's farewell gathering at 11.30am. Andy,Gabriel and Zhong Rong at Zhong Rong's place... its for another gathering,known as "4E1 1st anniversary 2007" at his condo's barbeque pit 1 on Sadurday,241107,6pm. Those from 4e1 who are going can just sms Andy or Zhong Rong... Snyway,back to story. Damien(meeting someone) was at the MRT station as well, and so was Yong An(going for his job),followed by Vignesh~,Wei Xiang and I.... Soon,the train arrived and off we went,first to Viviocity for lunch and to stock up for the gathering later on.
WE were separated by heavy rain shortly after arriving at Palawan Beach, the Southernmost Point of Continental Asia. Liked the suspension bridge,was enjoying the violent swaying of the bridge,caused by the strong winds,though it did freak some friends out.I was second last to be thrown into the water,and it seemed like my sprinting and ability to turn at high speed was not so rusty afterall.Gave in after I got bitten by a red bug and endured a short moment of intense pain,got pulled in by Vignesh and Gabriel,but before I fell intot he water,I pushed them in first(XD).By the way, we found this large,brown possibly dead jellyfish stranded on the shore,discovered by Jun Jie(not the singer though).
We played games like murderer and volleyball before going on to water bombs while the girls were changing. When we finally did, we thought that we were being given a warning by the beach patrol for littering,but it turns out that he was given others a stern warning instead for something more serious, and also to warn people near the shore not to venture to far out due to the increasingly strong currents and high tides...
We packed up, and we were off to Juring Point with Steven,Gabriel,Fong Yong and Jun Jie for dinner(finally a decent meal). Played Truth or Dare and found out how to sort of attract people of the opposite gender, and we all gained new insights from Steven again(Thanks for all that). Now,here I am, typing this, before going on for another MapleSEA marathon till around 2 or 3... till then,see you soon,and Vignesh,we will miss you for 2 years straight...
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Photographs and videos from Graduation Nite
Before the actual day:
The rehearsal venue, Taman Jurong Community Club...
The actual day at the Crystal Ballroom,Club CSC @Bukit Batok :
>>>Entrance and interior
<< ( for the next day)
The foods(looks nice, but somehow I did not have the appetite to eat so much):
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<<<(left and bottom)Like chicken, but still prefer the skin...
<< Prawns,the only dish left intact by table 10,solely for Darren to finish
The MCs,Table Games,Performances,Videos and Group Photographs(the main attraction):
<< MCs Yew Chong and Darren with Mr Chia and his super short speech...
Table Games(Damien doing the drawings for the first game)
Performances:
<<<4e2
<<<4e3 and their sing-along session
Class performance by 4E1,choreographed by XIang Lin and Xue Li:
Class Video, done by our very own Damien:
These photos and videos were provided by Andy,Damien,Steven and Pei Xuan.... thanks...
The rehearsal venue, Taman Jurong Community Club...
The actual day at the Crystal Ballroom,Club CSC @Bukit Batok :
>>>Entrance and interior
<<
The foods(looks nice, but somehow I did not have the appetite to eat so much):
<<
<<<(left and bottom)Like chicken, but still prefer the skin...
<< Prawns,the only dish left intact by table 10,solely for Darren to finish
The MCs,Table Games,Performances,Videos and Group Photographs(the main attraction):
<<Table Games(Damien doing the drawings for the first game)
Performances:
<<<4e2
<<<4e3 and their sing-along session
<<
(I think)
Class performance by 4E1,choreographed by XIang Lin and Xue Li:
Class Video, done by our very own Damien:
These photos and videos were provided by Andy,Damien,Steven and Pei Xuan.... thanks...
Friday, November 16, 2007
Graduation Nite 2007
Yesterday was the Graduation Nite for the secondary 4Es and 5Ns.At around 4.20pm, met up with Pang Yong,Attiqah,Yew Chong and Andy(they sure looked smart in their clothes) at the Bukit Batok MRT station,before taking them to the Civil Service Club where the event was to be held later that night. At the entrance,we waited for a short moment before a redcar arrived.Fong Yong and Siang Lin stepped out from the car.Wow, she sure looked pretty. Fong Yong had not changed into his attire yet(me too).
Shortly after, more girls arrived, and they sure looked more pretty than they were back in school! Then soon came the 4E2 people. The guys looked cool in their sunglasses and their outfits, and the girls like Xiu Wei were almost not recognisible!Anyway, at the Crystal Ballroom, we were taken in awe by the size of the ballroom, which was the largest in the club. Liked the stage lights the most. Everyone was busy taking photographs,4E1 included, and the rehearsals for our class performance had to be postponed till around 5.30pm. We took our attendence,lucky draw numbers and were told our tables. Andy,Darren,Damien,Edward,Zhong Rong,Lilin,Fong Yong,Dominic,Randall and I were seated at Table 10. At around 7.30pm, two hours later, did the MCs,Darren,Yew Chong(Jack Sparrow),Mdm Azlinah and Mr Fadzel take centre stage. They sure added lots of colour to the atmosphere that night! They started the night with a short speech by Mr Chia,followed by the first table game, whereby half of the people in the ballroom had to read a short sentence and draw a short comic strip about the sentence, with the second half of the people in the ballroom using the drawn pictures to write out their definition of the comic strip.
Next was the first performance by 4E2.Really liked it. After that, there was the Lucky Draw, before the next class,4E3,performed for everyone. Enjoyed the two songs they sang, and then it was on to the next table game,which was something like a treasure hunt.
Following was the next lucky draw and another table game. This one would be very well known by some of our friends. We had to guess which childhod photograph belonged to which teacher, and some of the answers were very funny too! Next up was a performance by Damien and Sean with their Duet song.Andy gave his last farewell speech for the school, which I think was the shortest speech he had ever gave to the school. 5N2 also had a sing along session, and after that it was none other than our very own class,4E1!I will never forget the performance given by our class.I really enjoyed this segment the most! 4E1! You guys are the best people I had been with over the last 4 YEARS of secondary school life!After that was a touching video by Damien(will upload it tomorrow),and I really liked it!It was definitely better than the one showed on Teachers' Day.Seems like our class had many mini self-organised events during our time-slot for the peformance yar. Sadly,although Miss Lim was not there to watch our performance, she would be watching it on video next Saturday during the class gathering at Zhong Rong's place. Hoped Mr Liew enjoyed it too, for we love Mr Liew too!
There was another video, this time by the teachers to the students, followed by one from the students to the teachers. Really touched by some of the comments by the teachers and the students.The best dressed awards came up next, before the whole Graduation Nite was rounded up by class photograph taking sessions and many other small-scale photograph taking sessions at about 10.30pm.
After that, many might not know of it, but an hour later, when most of the teachers and students had gone home, I made a confesson to her(should I say her name?), ya. Appreciated the help some friends gave me during the short moment.Anyway, here's a short statement I said,"You know, I had really liked you for 3 years." Her reply? Well, it's a long story, with the result being a rejection. Well, come to think of it, I think that the act was worth it, for it should me that my confidence had really grown many times greater than it was 4 ears ago, when I did not even dare to talk to anyone,not even to a close friend. Though the result was painful, I guess, some things have to be learnt and realised the hard way, yar,for that has always been my way of learning things.Well, it was 10 minutes to midnight when everyone vacated the ballroom.Everyone took taxis home, but for me,being one who prefers walking alone,yea, you guessed it, I walked home, arriving at my doorstep at 12.08am this morning. Right now, I feel sort of empty, since last night would be the very last time we were united together for a performance.I will miss those days, but I will not forget those memories we all shared together.
By the way,photographs will be uploaded tomorrow...
The time has come, we all enjoyed ourselves, and that was all that mattered. Although that might be the last time we saw each other, I know that there would be times where we all could bt reunited again, as a class.As I feel the pieces of 4E1 drifting apart, I know that we will see each other again someday in the future...
4E1, may our precious memories always stay in our hearts!All the best to everyone in whichever route you might take in your life stories!!!
Shortly after, more girls arrived, and they sure looked more pretty than they were back in school! Then soon came the 4E2 people. The guys looked cool in their sunglasses and their outfits, and the girls like Xiu Wei were almost not recognisible!Anyway, at the Crystal Ballroom, we were taken in awe by the size of the ballroom, which was the largest in the club. Liked the stage lights the most. Everyone was busy taking photographs,4E1 included, and the rehearsals for our class performance had to be postponed till around 5.30pm. We took our attendence,lucky draw numbers and were told our tables. Andy,Darren,Damien,Edward,Zhong Rong,Lilin,Fong Yong,Dominic,Randall and I were seated at Table 10. At around 7.30pm, two hours later, did the MCs,Darren,Yew Chong(Jack Sparrow),Mdm Azlinah and Mr Fadzel take centre stage. They sure added lots of colour to the atmosphere that night! They started the night with a short speech by Mr Chia,followed by the first table game, whereby half of the people in the ballroom had to read a short sentence and draw a short comic strip about the sentence, with the second half of the people in the ballroom using the drawn pictures to write out their definition of the comic strip.
Next was the first performance by 4E2.Really liked it. After that, there was the Lucky Draw, before the next class,4E3,performed for everyone. Enjoyed the two songs they sang, and then it was on to the next table game,which was something like a treasure hunt.
Following was the next lucky draw and another table game. This one would be very well known by some of our friends. We had to guess which childhod photograph belonged to which teacher, and some of the answers were very funny too! Next up was a performance by Damien and Sean with their Duet song.Andy gave his last farewell speech for the school, which I think was the shortest speech he had ever gave to the school. 5N2 also had a sing along session, and after that it was none other than our very own class,4E1!I will never forget the performance given by our class.I really enjoyed this segment the most! 4E1! You guys are the best people I had been with over the last 4 YEARS of secondary school life!After that was a touching video by Damien(will upload it tomorrow),and I really liked it!It was definitely better than the one showed on Teachers' Day.Seems like our class had many mini self-organised events during our time-slot for the peformance yar. Sadly,although Miss Lim was not there to watch our performance, she would be watching it on video next Saturday during the class gathering at Zhong Rong's place. Hoped Mr Liew enjoyed it too, for we love Mr Liew too!
There was another video, this time by the teachers to the students, followed by one from the students to the teachers. Really touched by some of the comments by the teachers and the students.The best dressed awards came up next, before the whole Graduation Nite was rounded up by class photograph taking sessions and many other small-scale photograph taking sessions at about 10.30pm.
After that, many might not know of it, but an hour later, when most of the teachers and students had gone home, I made a confesson to her(should I say her name?), ya. Appreciated the help some friends gave me during the short moment.Anyway, here's a short statement I said,"You know, I had really liked you for 3 years." Her reply? Well, it's a long story, with the result being a rejection. Well, come to think of it, I think that the act was worth it, for it should me that my confidence had really grown many times greater than it was 4 ears ago, when I did not even dare to talk to anyone,not even to a close friend. Though the result was painful, I guess, some things have to be learnt and realised the hard way, yar,for that has always been my way of learning things.Well, it was 10 minutes to midnight when everyone vacated the ballroom.Everyone took taxis home, but for me,being one who prefers walking alone,yea, you guessed it, I walked home, arriving at my doorstep at 12.08am this morning. Right now, I feel sort of empty, since last night would be the very last time we were united together for a performance.I will miss those days, but I will not forget those memories we all shared together.
By the way,photographs will be uploaded tomorrow...
The time has come, we all enjoyed ourselves, and that was all that mattered. Although that might be the last time we saw each other, I know that there would be times where we all could bt reunited again, as a class.As I feel the pieces of 4E1 drifting apart, I know that we will see each other again someday in the future...
4E1, may our precious memories always stay in our hearts!All the best to everyone in whichever route you might take in your life stories!!!
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
First,second and third rehearsals for the BIG day
After the Teachers' Day Celebrations,I had the thought that everything that brought the bonds between classmates would end right there.I was wrong. In fact,the bonds were going to be reinforced.
On the last three days, last Friday,yesterday and today,half of us came together once again, for the last big event which would take place tomorrow at the Civil Service Club at Bukit Batok. It started froma small,simple gathering on Friday to a large-scale full rehearsal today. Won't be saying so much(it's supposed to be something like a surprise till then I guess).
At around 1.30pm, we went our own ways again, for lunch with gabriel,Fong Yong,Steven and Jun Jie at the hawker centre next to the community centre.After that went on to Lakeside and met Mr Liew for some advice on where to get clothes for Jun Jie for a moment before we went on to Queensway Shopping Centre at 2.30pm to buy some clothes for tomorrow.In just one and a half hours,four of us,Steven,Jun Jie, Gabriel and I, completed our shopping at 5 and we were headed for home.
Now, I doing nothing,except for some rehearsing for tomorrow.Just hoping that everyone will enjoy themselves tomorrow.
So this is where the story ends. Memories, both great and sad,friends and teachers will be missed, new ones will come later,but till then, these memories are things I will never forget...
On the last three days, last Friday,yesterday and today,half of us came together once again, for the last big event which would take place tomorrow at the Civil Service Club at Bukit Batok. It started froma small,simple gathering on Friday to a large-scale full rehearsal today. Won't be saying so much(it's supposed to be something like a surprise till then I guess).
At around 1.30pm, we went our own ways again, for lunch with gabriel,Fong Yong,Steven and Jun Jie at the hawker centre next to the community centre.After that went on to Lakeside and met Mr Liew for some advice on where to get clothes for Jun Jie for a moment before we went on to Queensway Shopping Centre at 2.30pm to buy some clothes for tomorrow.In just one and a half hours,four of us,Steven,Jun Jie, Gabriel and I, completed our shopping at 5 and we were headed for home.
Now, I doing nothing,except for some rehearsing for tomorrow.Just hoping that everyone will enjoy themselves tomorrow.
So this is where the story ends. Memories, both great and sad,friends and teachers will be missed, new ones will come later,but till then, these memories are things I will never forget...
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
It's OVER
Finally! The "O" Levels are OVER!4 YEARS of HARD WORK have paid off...
Brief overview of the Month of Examinations,in the order of which subject finished first:
Additional Mathematics:
I never expected it to be of the same difficulty as the prelims(especially paper 1). Just hoping for 3 points for this one.
English:
Come on, you got to bekidding me with such interesting passages(previous passages seemed like a lullaby to me). Essay was no doubt a breeze.
Mathematics:
Comparable with the prelims.
Science(Chemistry/Biology):
Chemistry was tough right from the start, while Biology was the exact opposite. Chemistry was tough for ALL three papers, then Biology was way easy(we were only tested on our foundation knowledge).
Comined Humanities(Social Studies/Geography Elective):
Easier than prelims,but still, I'll keep my fingers crossed for this one.
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Anyway, the day I had been waiting for had come, so what's next? The graduation Nite, of course!Let's leave that for Thursday shall we?
Looking back at those 4 years, many things have definitely changed. I can't really think of much to say right now,so would most likely post all of it in the next post.
Brief overview of the Month of Examinations,in the order of which subject finished first:
Additional Mathematics:
I never expected it to be of the same difficulty as the prelims(especially paper 1). Just hoping for 3 points for this one.
English:
Come on, you got to bekidding me with such interesting passages(previous passages seemed like a lullaby to me). Essay was no doubt a breeze.
Mathematics:
Comparable with the prelims.
Science(Chemistry/Biology):
Chemistry was tough right from the start, while Biology was the exact opposite. Chemistry was tough for ALL three papers, then Biology was way easy(we were only tested on our foundation knowledge).
Comined Humanities(Social Studies/Geography Elective):
Easier than prelims,but still, I'll keep my fingers crossed for this one.
Physics:
Easy for the paper 2, slightly easier than prelims for paper 1.
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Anyway, the day I had been waiting for had come, so what's next? The graduation Nite, of course!Let's leave that for Thursday shall we?
Looking back at those 4 years, many things have definitely changed. I can't really think of much to say right now,so would most likely post all of it in the next post.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
So I Guess This Is Good Bye
I had planned to return to blogging in about a weeks' time, but, I guess this has to come now, or I would lose the feelings to "pen" this down.
Tuesday,6 November 2007
Immediately after our second last paper of the O levels, we headed straight for a classroom on the first floor of the admin block. Mr Liew siad that earlier this morning, he had something to tell the class. Those at the study corner had the thought that he was going to give us some insight on the JC and Polytechnic syllabus or something similar, on Mathematics. But we were wrong. We were about to be given the worst news in our 4 years of secondary school life in Yuan Ching.
At first, he went about his normal lines, encouraging us to look ahead and go in the direction that appealed to us most.Anyway, to make a long story short, our(my would seem a little selfish in my perspective) form teacher of two years,but for most of us, have had her as a form teacher for three years, has left the school two weeks ago. As she did not want to cause us much alarm, she only told us about it today. That's her love for us, her dear 4E1(2007) students.
It sure did brought much shock and speculation to the class. I even had the thought that Lian Yun was joking when he said that Ms Lim had left the school. Imagine that, FOUR YEARS. All those sweet and bitter memories that we shared as a class, secondary 1E1, 3E1and 4E1. Imagine, all these years,we grew,suffered,laughed, learnt and cried together. No where else can we ever go through all those great times together once again. I admired her strength to be able to go all out with us, to shower the 44 of us with love,care and concern. Even till now, I still can't find the right words to express all the things she did for us...
Anyway, dear 4E1, indeed, like what Mr Liew said, we should be happy for her, since she has moved on, to write a new chapter in her life story.Well, I would like to say this. Ms Lim, I would support you all the way,though you never told us your reason for leaving, I hope that you would enjoy your time at your new workplace.
By the way, this is a quote from Andy's blog:
"But nevertheless, Miss Lim is now teaching in an International School and really hope to see her again in our Graduation Nite.... I really miss Miss Lim... Miss Lim, Thanks for everything you have done for 4E1 in the past 2 years. We(4E1) enjoyed our memorable journey together with you and hope u too have enjoyed the journey with us. Really wanna thank you very very much. Will always remember you... *SOB*"
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In the middle of a dark and cold room,
there was a candle.
It gave its surroundings a guiding light,
It gave its surrounds reassuring warmth,
It showed its surroundings its power to burn.
In the shadows,
there was the flame's light.
It gave its users strength,
It gave them the courage,
It showed them their respective paths in life.
In the freezing darkness,
there was the flame's warmth.
It gave its users hope,
It gave them the love and care they needed,
It showed them what other better opportunities fate had in line for them.
This is a poem specially penned out for Ms Lim, guess you would know what the flame and the users represent.It's quite obvious, really.
Tuesday,6 November 2007
Immediately after our second last paper of the O levels, we headed straight for a classroom on the first floor of the admin block. Mr Liew siad that earlier this morning, he had something to tell the class. Those at the study corner had the thought that he was going to give us some insight on the JC and Polytechnic syllabus or something similar, on Mathematics. But we were wrong. We were about to be given the worst news in our 4 years of secondary school life in Yuan Ching.
At first, he went about his normal lines, encouraging us to look ahead and go in the direction that appealed to us most.Anyway, to make a long story short, our(my would seem a little selfish in my perspective) form teacher of two years,but for most of us, have had her as a form teacher for three years, has left the school two weeks ago. As she did not want to cause us much alarm, she only told us about it today. That's her love for us, her dear 4E1(2007) students.
It sure did brought much shock and speculation to the class. I even had the thought that Lian Yun was joking when he said that Ms Lim had left the school. Imagine that, FOUR YEARS. All those sweet and bitter memories that we shared as a class, secondary 1E1, 3E1and 4E1. Imagine, all these years,we grew,suffered,laughed, learnt and cried together. No where else can we ever go through all those great times together once again. I admired her strength to be able to go all out with us, to shower the 44 of us with love,care and concern. Even till now, I still can't find the right words to express all the things she did for us...
Anyway, dear 4E1, indeed, like what Mr Liew said, we should be happy for her, since she has moved on, to write a new chapter in her life story.Well, I would like to say this. Ms Lim, I would support you all the way,though you never told us your reason for leaving, I hope that you would enjoy your time at your new workplace.
By the way, this is a quote from Andy's blog:
"But nevertheless, Miss Lim is now teaching in an International School and really hope to see her again in our Graduation Nite.... I really miss Miss Lim... Miss Lim, Thanks for everything you have done for 4E1 in the past 2 years. We(4E1) enjoyed our memorable journey together with you and hope u too have enjoyed the journey with us. Really wanna thank you very very much. Will always remember you... *SOB*"
I wuite like the way this is said, since that is the way most of us feel right now.
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In the middle of a dark and cold room,
there was a candle.
It gave its surroundings a guiding light,
It gave its surrounds reassuring warmth,
It showed its surroundings its power to burn.
In the shadows,
there was the flame's light.
It gave its users strength,
It gave them the courage,
It showed them their respective paths in life.
In the freezing darkness,
there was the flame's warmth.
It gave its users hope,
It gave them the love and care they needed,
It showed them what other better opportunities fate had in line for them.
This is a poem specially penned out for Ms Lim, guess you would know what the flame and the users represent.It's quite obvious, really.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Blogging Turns 2~
Yeah~ today marks not just my second year of blogging,another friend who's tuning sixteen today,but also the end of the preliminaries(Three Cheers~).
First, this marks my second sucessive year of blogging, so do expect more updates to come sooner(this is the best time to celebrate about something after the failure of a major examination).
Next, Happy birthday to Pei Xuan, who won't have to sneak into the cinema threatre to watch NC 16 movies(happy 16th birthday to you~). Yong Chuan sure was high today, cause he suceeded in giving her a gift for the second time, and this time, he went further, giving her one that was in a big bag(wow).
Thridly(I seldom celebrate so many thins at once), today's the last day of the O Level preliminaries!Plus, I can gurantee a 70% chance that today's paper, the Additional Mathematics Paper Two, will earn me a distinction(compared to my failing grade of F9 months ago).Maybe again, let's not count on it again, for it might be another failing grade.
Don't really have that much to say for now, except that this could be the last post till mid November, when all that hard work pays off. However, there's really no need to worry, for it's just two months, before I can continue as per normal yea?
Anyway,Here's something for yesterday. While the whole school was studying or having their examinations, the twelve of us went to class to slack(Fong Yong joined us only at 9am). WE did all kinds of things in there, ranging from reading to sports. When it was finally time, to the laboratory we went, and guess what, just for the thirteen of us, the corridor of the laboratory was cordoned off.Unfortunately, I met with some difficulty finding the right readings for the first section and lost lots of time there. Lost of time leads to less time and less time would also mean the lack of time to complete the tabulation of results and the drawing of the graph. Thus, I did not finish 3marks' worth of workings. OK then that's all I guess, the last paper's going to be starting in a couple of hours...
To this a new start,
To that an old end.
The future carries new experiences
The past entraps old memories
What ever the outcome might be, the past and present might have become something a simple and valuable memory. However, fret not, for though you might be taking the plunge now, the future can be changed-you still got a chance to turn the tables around.
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A destiny,
What will it be?
What will foretell?
A wish,
What can it do?
What truths can it unravel?
A life,
What can it say?
What will its jouney be like?
There's no definite line between the three elements that I had been thinking about just a few moments ago, and decided to come up with this...
First, this marks my second sucessive year of blogging, so do expect more updates to come sooner(this is the best time to celebrate about something after the failure of a major examination).
Next, Happy birthday to Pei Xuan, who won't have to sneak into the cinema threatre to watch NC 16 movies(happy 16th birthday to you~). Yong Chuan sure was high today, cause he suceeded in giving her a gift for the second time, and this time, he went further, giving her one that was in a big bag(wow).
Thridly(I seldom celebrate so many thins at once), today's the last day of the O Level preliminaries!Plus, I can gurantee a 70% chance that today's paper, the Additional Mathematics Paper Two, will earn me a distinction(compared to my failing grade of F9 months ago).Maybe again, let's not count on it again, for it might be another failing grade.
Don't really have that much to say for now, except that this could be the last post till mid November, when all that hard work pays off. However, there's really no need to worry, for it's just two months, before I can continue as per normal yea?
Anyway,Here's something for yesterday. While the whole school was studying or having their examinations, the twelve of us went to class to slack(Fong Yong joined us only at 9am). WE did all kinds of things in there, ranging from reading to sports. When it was finally time, to the laboratory we went, and guess what, just for the thirteen of us, the corridor of the laboratory was cordoned off.Unfortunately, I met with some difficulty finding the right readings for the first section and lost lots of time there. Lost of time leads to less time and less time would also mean the lack of time to complete the tabulation of results and the drawing of the graph. Thus, I did not finish 3marks' worth of workings. OK then that's all I guess, the last paper's going to be starting in a couple of hours...
To this a new start,
To that an old end.
The future carries new experiences
The past entraps old memories
What ever the outcome might be, the past and present might have become something a simple and valuable memory. However, fret not, for though you might be taking the plunge now, the future can be changed-you still got a chance to turn the tables around.
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A destiny,
What will it be?
What will foretell?
A wish,
What can it do?
What truths can it unravel?
A life,
What can it say?
What will its jouney be like?
There's no definite line between the three elements that I had been thinking about just a few moments ago, and decided to come up with this...
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Speeding Kills
Yes,it sure does. I got killed mentally by speeding today.
I'll just give brief highlights for the new week of the final term of secondary school life, which is a very unique week in ten years of education.
TERM FOUR WEEK ONE,2007:
GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINATION ORDINARY LEVEL
INTERNAL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
Monday
Geography Elective, Science(Chemistry/Biology) practical
Geography, happy to say that I was just three sentences behind time, that's all, and I did complete my map reading section in 50 minutes, which is a bit of an improvement, since I completed that part in 70 minutes during the last Semestral Examination.
To Date, that day's practical sure was the most fascinating of all the practicals I had ever done and attempted in secondary school. First, you could hear frequent shattering of glass. Next, I succeeded in making my reagents explode while heating(cheers)!My third reason, I brought my samples from the Biology experiment home, and gosh,they looked like c*****s, because they had a partially permeable membrane.Sadly, as the samples cannot be kept under normal conditons for too long, I had to dispose of them three days later.
Tuesday
Social Studies, Science(Biology) Paper 4
Social Studies wasn't that of a killer, except that I was just one sentence away from finishing the whole paper. Nevermind, it's just two marks, not that bad.
Biology.My favourite subject, and currently I found a new way to study for this subject:usage of photographic memory(it's not powerful enough for me to memorise the whole book this way). With that, I save time memorising the drawings and diagrams.
Wednesday
Elementary Mathematics Paper 1,Physics Papers 1 and 2.
Today's a killer, with 5 hours and 15 minutes of examination time spent in the hall in three sittings.Don't have much to say for Mathematics, except that If I was more composed during the paper(including all Mathematics papers), it would be a definite distinction.I have the knowledge, but somehow I need some sort of a stimulant in my mind to get them out normally.Anyway, things were a little funny today, with those taking the Physics paper 1 finishing 15 minutes before the Science(Physics) candidates. However, there was a sawp of the tables when the Physics candidates returned intot he examintion hall. As soon as the thirteen of us started off on our 1hour 45 minute paper, there were tremors. The Science(Physics) candidates were vacating the hall!Ok, I dont really mind thier noises, but it was the vibrations(my table was literally shaking) that dirupted my chain of thoughts for the claculations and explainations.
Physics was like a beach, where the seabed gets deeper as you travel further offshore.That's how most of us felt about paper 1. I manage to clinch a B3 for this one(yea~ from a borderline pass to an average score) at 26/40. Next, the Physics paper 2 was the exact opposite of our Semestral Assessment 1 for this year. Instead of tough explainations, today's paper had all sorts of funny figures(and I mean figures) for the workings and equations. Hope I will do better than last time.
Thursday
Elementary Mathematics Paper 2, Science(Chemistry) Paper 2
These papers did not prove to be much of a hassle, so I did the papers quite normally.Till now, I'm still wondering how I managed to do the questions in the Mathematics paper.
Friday
Science(Chemistry/Biology)Paper 1,Additional Mathematics Paper 1
Yes!I broke my record for the Science paper. 15 minutes for the Chemistry questions, and 5 minutes for the Biology questions(guess I aced it). Frankly,I did not believe that I could finish the 20 Biology questions within 5 minutes(normally I took at least 10 minutes).
Alright, on to the paper that sort of got me devastated today. I paid the most attention to this paper, and for this day as well. Anyway, it was this particular question on functions that indirctly killed me. Not to forget, I fumbled again, thanks to the many careless mistakes that surfaced again. Yea, took the precautions and all, but still, i got more or less the same results.Nevermind. With just thirty minutes left, I rushed through the last four questions of the paper. I was certain that I did not care less about getting the right answers. But heck, as long as I got the method marks, I'll not fail,ya?So, there you go, I finished with one small unfinished portion of the paper. After that, I was emptionally empty, after putting in all that effort only to get anohter failing grade. So, straight home it would be. Maybe next week I'll head out for an hour or so to relief myself?Next week, for the second paper, I will not commit the same mistake that I had been commiting since the Semestral Assessment One.Never.
Highlights of next week:
TERM FOUR WEEK TWO,2007:
GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINATION ORDINARY LEVEL
INTERNAL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
Second Birthday of my blog~
Checking of Papers
It's getting nearer,I can feel it, but let's just hold out a little longer. Feeling like breaking down this moment,especially after another great fall at the second attempt.But hey,we're almost there...
I'll just give brief highlights for the new week of the final term of secondary school life, which is a very unique week in ten years of education.
TERM FOUR WEEK ONE,2007:
GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINATION ORDINARY LEVEL
INTERNAL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
Monday
Geography Elective, Science(Chemistry/Biology) practical
Geography, happy to say that I was just three sentences behind time, that's all, and I did complete my map reading section in 50 minutes, which is a bit of an improvement, since I completed that part in 70 minutes during the last Semestral Examination.
To Date, that day's practical sure was the most fascinating of all the practicals I had ever done and attempted in secondary school. First, you could hear frequent shattering of glass. Next, I succeeded in making my reagents explode while heating(cheers)!My third reason, I brought my samples from the Biology experiment home, and gosh,they looked like c*****s, because they had a partially permeable membrane.Sadly, as the samples cannot be kept under normal conditons for too long, I had to dispose of them three days later.
Tuesday
Social Studies, Science(Biology) Paper 4
Social Studies wasn't that of a killer, except that I was just one sentence away from finishing the whole paper. Nevermind, it's just two marks, not that bad.
Biology.My favourite subject, and currently I found a new way to study for this subject:usage of photographic memory(it's not powerful enough for me to memorise the whole book this way). With that, I save time memorising the drawings and diagrams.
Wednesday
Elementary Mathematics Paper 1,Physics Papers 1 and 2.
Today's a killer, with 5 hours and 15 minutes of examination time spent in the hall in three sittings.Don't have much to say for Mathematics, except that If I was more composed during the paper(including all Mathematics papers), it would be a definite distinction.I have the knowledge, but somehow I need some sort of a stimulant in my mind to get them out normally.Anyway, things were a little funny today, with those taking the Physics paper 1 finishing 15 minutes before the Science(Physics) candidates. However, there was a sawp of the tables when the Physics candidates returned intot he examintion hall. As soon as the thirteen of us started off on our 1hour 45 minute paper, there were tremors. The Science(Physics) candidates were vacating the hall!Ok, I dont really mind thier noises, but it was the vibrations(my table was literally shaking) that dirupted my chain of thoughts for the claculations and explainations.
Physics was like a beach, where the seabed gets deeper as you travel further offshore.That's how most of us felt about paper 1. I manage to clinch a B3 for this one(yea~ from a borderline pass to an average score) at 26/40. Next, the Physics paper 2 was the exact opposite of our Semestral Assessment 1 for this year. Instead of tough explainations, today's paper had all sorts of funny figures(and I mean figures) for the workings and equations. Hope I will do better than last time.
Thursday
Elementary Mathematics Paper 2, Science(Chemistry) Paper 2
These papers did not prove to be much of a hassle, so I did the papers quite normally.Till now, I'm still wondering how I managed to do the questions in the Mathematics paper.
Friday
Science(Chemistry/Biology)Paper 1,Additional Mathematics Paper 1
Yes!I broke my record for the Science paper. 15 minutes for the Chemistry questions, and 5 minutes for the Biology questions(guess I aced it). Frankly,I did not believe that I could finish the 20 Biology questions within 5 minutes(normally I took at least 10 minutes).
Alright, on to the paper that sort of got me devastated today. I paid the most attention to this paper, and for this day as well. Anyway, it was this particular question on functions that indirctly killed me. Not to forget, I fumbled again, thanks to the many careless mistakes that surfaced again. Yea, took the precautions and all, but still, i got more or less the same results.Nevermind. With just thirty minutes left, I rushed through the last four questions of the paper. I was certain that I did not care less about getting the right answers. But heck, as long as I got the method marks, I'll not fail,ya?So, there you go, I finished with one small unfinished portion of the paper. After that, I was emptionally empty, after putting in all that effort only to get anohter failing grade. So, straight home it would be. Maybe next week I'll head out for an hour or so to relief myself?Next week, for the second paper, I will not commit the same mistake that I had been commiting since the Semestral Assessment One.Never.
Highlights of next week:
TERM FOUR WEEK TWO,2007:
GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINATION ORDINARY LEVEL
INTERNAL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
Second Birthday of my blog~
Checking of Papers
It's getting nearer,I can feel it, but let's just hold out a little longer. Feeling like breaking down this moment,especially after another great fall at the second attempt.But hey,we're almost there...
Friday, September 07, 2007
Trials
THE school holidays has finally hit the last weekday. Puting many things aside, seems like many events unfold during this one week of intense revision period and other things.
First, Monday was sort of like off to school for a course. Polytechnic life, the student is free to come and go as and when he or she wants to go. I came just to experience polytechnic life as well as to gain new insight into a course that I had never heard of(that's what made this trip interesting).Singapore Polytechnic that was, and I went with Randall and Attiqah on board course H(I think it's more to design). There were practically no examinations for the 4 Diploma courses offered here, though there is one, which is like an audition. Not to forget,heading out to Jurong Entertainment Centre with Chong Siang,Suzane and Wei Fan for dinner, before setting my eyes on two more ptential models(the Eternal and the Minerva from the gundam seed series,an anime)
This week seemed to be an odd-numbered-day orientated one, since the major events occured only on Monday,Wednesday and of course,today.Tuesday,nothing, just some intense Mathematics,Humanities and Science revision,same for Thursday.
Wednesday. This day shall be ranked number two in the things that passed time most quickly.
Went back to school to ask Mr Liew some questions on Mathematics, as well as did Social Studies and Physics revision in school. There were only eight of us there,Andy,Gabriel,Fong Yong,Banu,Carina,Jun Jie,Steven and I that morning, although someone said that most of the class,if not, the whole class was coming.Since I did not have many questions to ask, I practically did more questions which were challenging all the way till 12 plus in the afternoon. By the way,we started at 9.30 that morning. Went for lunch near the school, and found out that Mr Liew sure deserved the Most Energetic Teacher Award during the Teachers' Day Celebrations. We talked about almost anything while waiting for me to finish my noodles(extra spicy,should have resisted the temptation).Come to think of it, you don't have to spend six or even nine hours a day on revision, since all you need is to understand and remember what you had revised for that day. Surprisingly,I completed my revision for the day within five hours.Wow.
Alright,now on to today. I tried this out for today exclusively,but not for the fun of doing it though. First, play some computer games shortly after you awake early(and I mean early) at around 4am perhaps? After that, grab a textbook and some notes(especially for science) and just do the memorising. You will find that you can actually remember most of the facts very quickly. However, don't try it for mathematics, in the sense that you do a full mathematics paper(I practically failed as I did it half awake). It was almost 6am when I did that. After that, get some sleep before you start revision again at 10am. Now that's really extreme.Sadly, Dad found out about it(maybe becasue I forgot to keep the notes after finishing the revision?) and got away with advice(I don'thave to use it at all). And as for the reward, I could head out again on another lone trip to Suntec City for the Cyber Games Convention.I din't go,unfortunately. First it was going to rain, next,my mother told me there would be more chances of going out with friends after the examinations, so why bother to go there alone for now?I prefer to visit exhibitions alone,especially when there's a crowd there(no need to worry about losing sight of friends and family and you tend to squeeze through the crowds more easily). Nevermind, one hour might not be enough for this, so, why not go again with my whole family tomorrow,when things would be more fun with them around.I had planned to go at 3.30pm, but I calculated that I would not have enough time to complete walking around the whole thing in one hour,since you could play some computer games there as well,since I had to be back by 6 for dinner and more revision.
Anyway,this holiday sure has been a fruitful one for me,given the circumstances that I was ale to experience both the bright and dark sides of polytechnic and junior college life before I made my final decision(confirmation and determination of where to go) this week.So,three more days it is to the prelims, wishing all taking examinations all the best as usual!
First, Monday was sort of like off to school for a course. Polytechnic life, the student is free to come and go as and when he or she wants to go. I came just to experience polytechnic life as well as to gain new insight into a course that I had never heard of(that's what made this trip interesting).Singapore Polytechnic that was, and I went with Randall and Attiqah on board course H(I think it's more to design). There were practically no examinations for the 4 Diploma courses offered here, though there is one, which is like an audition. Not to forget,heading out to Jurong Entertainment Centre with Chong Siang,Suzane and Wei Fan for dinner, before setting my eyes on two more ptential models(the Eternal and the Minerva from the gundam seed series,an anime)
This week seemed to be an odd-numbered-day orientated one, since the major events occured only on Monday,Wednesday and of course,today.Tuesday,nothing, just some intense Mathematics,Humanities and Science revision,same for Thursday.
Wednesday. This day shall be ranked number two in the things that passed time most quickly.
Went back to school to ask Mr Liew some questions on Mathematics, as well as did Social Studies and Physics revision in school. There were only eight of us there,Andy,Gabriel,Fong Yong,Banu,Carina,Jun Jie,Steven and I that morning, although someone said that most of the class,if not, the whole class was coming.Since I did not have many questions to ask, I practically did more questions which were challenging all the way till 12 plus in the afternoon. By the way,we started at 9.30 that morning. Went for lunch near the school, and found out that Mr Liew sure deserved the Most Energetic Teacher Award during the Teachers' Day Celebrations. We talked about almost anything while waiting for me to finish my noodles(extra spicy,should have resisted the temptation).Come to think of it, you don't have to spend six or even nine hours a day on revision, since all you need is to understand and remember what you had revised for that day. Surprisingly,I completed my revision for the day within five hours.Wow.
Alright,now on to today. I tried this out for today exclusively,but not for the fun of doing it though. First, play some computer games shortly after you awake early(and I mean early) at around 4am perhaps? After that, grab a textbook and some notes(especially for science) and just do the memorising. You will find that you can actually remember most of the facts very quickly. However, don't try it for mathematics, in the sense that you do a full mathematics paper(I practically failed as I did it half awake). It was almost 6am when I did that. After that, get some sleep before you start revision again at 10am. Now that's really extreme.Sadly, Dad found out about it(maybe becasue I forgot to keep the notes after finishing the revision?) and got away with advice(I don'thave to use it at all). And as for the reward, I could head out again on another lone trip to Suntec City for the Cyber Games Convention.I din't go,unfortunately. First it was going to rain, next,my mother told me there would be more chances of going out with friends after the examinations, so why bother to go there alone for now?I prefer to visit exhibitions alone,especially when there's a crowd there(no need to worry about losing sight of friends and family and you tend to squeeze through the crowds more easily). Nevermind, one hour might not be enough for this, so, why not go again with my whole family tomorrow,when things would be more fun with them around.I had planned to go at 3.30pm, but I calculated that I would not have enough time to complete walking around the whole thing in one hour,since you could play some computer games there as well,since I had to be back by 6 for dinner and more revision.
Anyway,this holiday sure has been a fruitful one for me,given the circumstances that I was ale to experience both the bright and dark sides of polytechnic and junior college life before I made my final decision(confirmation and determination of where to go) this week.So,three more days it is to the prelims, wishing all taking examinations all the best as usual!
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Teachers' Day 2007 Phototgraphs
Here are some of the photographs taken during yesterday's Teachers' Day celebrations in school. Most of the pictures were obtained from Andy and yesterday's official and in-official photographers(thanks for the pictures).Following are the pictures taken on the first and second day of the decorating process:
An essential hand-made item for every celebration and party,the invitation card:
The very first item that the team started work on, the two Banners...
The first:
Andy,Weng Ling,Banu and Carina are really focused on the cuttings
Siang Lin and her 'C'
The Black background's finally up,and O.o why does Siang Lin has an additional pair of hands???
4E1's very first bubble tea shop:Happy Tea~
and it feels great to have Afian back as our assistant and advisor on Wednesday~
Now,on to the second:
This is one of the toughest tasks for the decorations,as instead of drawing and colouring, friends had to cut out templates for the spray painting to be carried out...
Randall,Banu,Gloria,Yong An(I think), Kuan Wei and Ying Xiu decorating and wrapping up the wine glasses to be used as gifts for the teachers
The end products~
There, a reunion of the founding members of ELDDS Drama Society, two years after their debut performance at the Drama of History Competition in 2005(could this be their swan song?PS:hope not)...
Not to forget:Damien's performance that was a real morale booster for those who were decorating the class on Thursday. It sure was a great start to the long time we took to decorate the class on the second day...Thanks Damien~
Classmates busy putting up the decorations for the actual day all the way till nine in the evening on Thursday even though it was getting late. Must have been tough on everyone,but it seemed like everyone was not tired yet...This was,to me, the best 6 hours I had spent during the two days of decorating the classroom for the BIG event and I enjoyed myself thoroughly during those times!
The ribbons and balloons going up to create the "red-carpet" effect for Ms Lim and the other subject teachers of class 4E1
An attempt to dress up the lights with glass paper(if that's what they're called) to create the ambiance of being in a nightclub,with the final touches being made to the rest of the classroom(the backdrop aka the banner for the 'stage') This is a job suited only for the very tall of 4E1
Damien with Yong An and Wei Xiang performing an item for the camera~
Yea~Mr Liew was back to see us!Well, at least we were glad that he was well enough to at least pay us a visit late at night in school,when we were working against time to complete the surprise for the teachers, especially Ms Lim the next day.Thanks Mr Liew, and do get well soon~
Some extra photographs taken on the way home on Thursday night(a typical student does not always experience this often on his/her way home from school at night):
The new school building at night(seems nice)
Into the darkness
30minutes later at 9.50pm:
I think the others will reach hoe before I do,but,I'm almost home~
The full moon was really big that evening(the blue light in the horizon), sure is a once in a blue moon sort of thing...
Now,On to the actual day:
The side gate was reported and was to be locked at all times yesterday(as instructed by the security guard)...
ACES DAY:you don't always get to see this in school, teachers wearing the school PE attire.
A pose for the camera
Mr Chia enjoying a game of floor ball in a teachers-students game at the street soccer court behind the techinical block
The 4E1 team,formed at the eleventh hour,beating another student's team to get a chance to get back at the teachers!
Alas!The moment that class 4E1 had been waiting for has arrived! The drama item put up by the founding members of the ELDDS Drama Society who took part in the Drama of History competition and clinched thrid place for the school in 2005. Here, there are two guest-stars in this performance.Can you identify them?(Hint:look at the earlier photographs)
Group, Pair and class photos taken during the celebrations in class 4E1:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Post-Teachers' Day Celebrations at class 4E1, YCSS
Sadly,some of the decorations had to go,although we were given the green light by Ms Lim to keep some of them
Finally, this is the very first batch of photographs that I had put up on this blog, after almost another year of blogging, so, this is my "surprise" to mark two years of blogging?As a matter of fact, these are just some of the photographs which I obtained from Andy's,Steven's and Damien's blogs(since they're among the first to have the pictures up).It's thanks to them that I was able to put these up as a mini album.
If only times like these never failed to occur day after day,month after month and year after year. If that was so, how enjoyable life would be for all of us...
An essential hand-made item for every celebration and party,the invitation card:
The very first item that the team started work on, the two Banners...
The first:
Andy,Weng Ling,Banu and Carina are really focused on the cuttings
Siang Lin and her 'C'
The Black background's finally up,and O.o why does Siang Lin has an additional pair of hands???
4E1's very first bubble tea shop:Happy Tea~
and it feels great to have Afian back as our assistant and advisor on Wednesday~
Now,on to the second:
This is one of the toughest tasks for the decorations,as instead of drawing and colouring, friends had to cut out templates for the spray painting to be carried out...
Randall,Banu,Gloria,Yong An(I think), Kuan Wei and Ying Xiu decorating and wrapping up the wine glasses to be used as gifts for the teachers
The end products~
There, a reunion of the founding members of ELDDS Drama Society, two years after their debut performance at the Drama of History Competition in 2005(could this be their swan song?PS:hope not)...
Not to forget:Damien's performance that was a real morale booster for those who were decorating the class on Thursday. It sure was a great start to the long time we took to decorate the class on the second day...Thanks Damien~
Classmates busy putting up the decorations for the actual day all the way till nine in the evening on Thursday even though it was getting late. Must have been tough on everyone,but it seemed like everyone was not tired yet...This was,to me, the best 6 hours I had spent during the two days of decorating the classroom for the BIG event and I enjoyed myself thoroughly during those times!
The ribbons and balloons going up to create the "red-carpet" effect for Ms Lim and the other subject teachers of class 4E1
An attempt to dress up the lights with glass paper(if that's what they're called) to create the ambiance of being in a nightclub,with the final touches being made to the rest of the classroom(the backdrop aka the banner for the 'stage') This is a job suited only for the very tall of 4E1
Damien with Yong An and Wei Xiang performing an item for the camera~
Yea~Mr Liew was back to see us!Well, at least we were glad that he was well enough to at least pay us a visit late at night in school,when we were working against time to complete the surprise for the teachers, especially Ms Lim the next day.Thanks Mr Liew, and do get well soon~
Some extra photographs taken on the way home on Thursday night(a typical student does not always experience this often on his/her way home from school at night):
The new school building at night(seems nice)
Into the darkness
I think the others will reach hoe before I do,but,I'm almost home~
The full moon was really big that evening(the blue light in the horizon), sure is a once in a blue moon sort of thing...
Now,On to the actual day:
The side gate was reported and was to be locked at all times yesterday(as instructed by the security guard)...
ACES DAY:you don't always get to see this in school, teachers wearing the school PE attire.
A pose for the camera
Mr Chia enjoying a game of floor ball in a teachers-students game at the street soccer court behind the techinical block
The 4E1 team,formed at the eleventh hour,beating another student's team to get a chance to get back at the teachers!Alas!The moment that class 4E1 had been waiting for has arrived! The drama item put up by the founding members of the ELDDS Drama Society who took part in the Drama of History competition and clinched thrid place for the school in 2005. Here, there are two guest-stars in this performance.Can you identify them?(Hint:look at the earlier photographs)
Group, Pair and class photos taken during the celebrations in class 4E1:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Post-Teachers' Day Celebrations at class 4E1, YCSS
Sadly,some of the decorations had to go,although we were given the green light by Ms Lim to keep some of them
Finally, this is the very first batch of photographs that I had put up on this blog, after almost another year of blogging, so, this is my "surprise" to mark two years of blogging?As a matter of fact, these are just some of the photographs which I obtained from Andy's,Steven's and Damien's blogs(since they're among the first to have the pictures up).It's thanks to them that I was able to put these up as a mini album.
If only times like these never failed to occur day after day,month after month and year after year. If that was so, how enjoyable life would be for all of us...