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TERM 2 WEEK 2 6 JOURNAL.

2008-04-28T21:31:00.002+08:00

WEEK 6 : SCHOOL CANTEEN FOOD

I OCCASIONALLY EAT FOOD MADE AT THE CANTEEN. I DO SOMETIMES BECAUSE I AM REALLY HUNGRY ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY BUT I USUALLY DO NOT BECAUSE THE FOOD THERE IS NOT ESPECIALLY NICE. THE FOOD IS USUALLY COLD UNLESS IT IS BOUGHT FROM STALL 3, WHEN MOST OF THE FOOD IS PUT IN THE WARMER.

I LIKE STALL 3 BECAUSE THE VENDOR SELLING HER FOOD THERE IS POLITE AND FRIENDLY. SHE, UNLIKE MOST OTHER STALL VENDORS, HAS A WARM SMILE ON HER FACE MOST OF THE TIME. I DO NOT PATRONIZE HER STALL NOWADAYS BECAUSE THE TIME FOR RECESS HAS SOMEHOW AUTOMATICALLY BEEN REDUCED. IT HAS BEEN REDUCED TO 20 MINUTES GRADUALLY, AND ME AND MY FRIENDS DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO FINISH UP OUR DRINKS OR FOOD THAT WE BOUGHT ( BUT USUALLY I DO NOT EAT ) .

THOUGHT THE FOOD ARE HYGIENIC AT THE STALL, THE CANTEEN IS NOT HYGIENIC. I HEARD ABOUT COCKROACHES DROPPING FROM THE CEILING AND LIZARDS IN THE BACK OF THE STALL.

THE CANTEEN DO NOT HAVE MUCH HEALTHY FOOD, AND I CANNOT THINK OF ANYTHING NOW. BUT I THINK THE SCHOOL SHOULD BRING IN MILK IN DRINKABLE CONDITION. THE MILK IN THE SCHOOL NOW IS DISGUSTING. ALSO, THE RICE STALL SHOULD USE GENUINE RICE, OR MAYBE IT IS, BUT IT TASTE AND FEELS LIKE FLOUR, AND THE RICE STALL SHOULD ALSO DISPLAY A LARGER VARIETY OF VEGETABLES ( MAYBE FOR JIARUI TOO. ) .

I THINK I SHALL READ THE ARTICLES NEXT TIME. THANKS.

TERM 2 WEEK 5 JOURNAL

2008-04-17T18:17:00.002+08:00

WEEK 5: COURTESY.

COURTESY IS AN ACT OF KINDNESS TO ANOTHER PERSON. IT COULD SIMPLY BE JUST SAYING A THANK YOU WHEN SOMEONE RETURNS YOU YOUR MONEY WHEN YOU DROPPED IT.

THE STORY OF THE PHEASANT AND CROW INPRESSES ME THE MOST. THE TWO MERE BIRDS WERE ABLE TO LIVE TOGETHER IN HARMONY, WHAT'S MORE IS THAT THEY ARE HUMBLE AND DO NOT DESPISE THE OTHER PARTY BEHIND THEIR BACKS.

OUT OF EVERYONE IN THE CLASS, I THINK YING TONG IS THE MOST COURTEOUS PERSON IN OUR CLASS. SHE DOES NOT TALK BAD ABOUT OTHERS AND IS ALWAYS POLITE TO ELDERS. SHE DISPLAYS THE QUALITIES ROLE MODELS SHOULD SHOW. I GUESS MANY WOULD SAY SHU YUN WOULD BE THE ONE, THE ONLY THING ABOUT HER IS THAT SHE TALKS ABOUT THINGS REGARDING PEOPLE BEHIND THEIR BACK, WHETHER GOOD OR NOT.

WE SHOULD BE COURTEOUS EVERY MOMENT. THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO SHOW YOUR COURTESY TO OTHERS. SAYING PLEASE AND THANKS YOUS IS ONE. ANOTHER IS THANKING PEOPLE WHEN THEY HELPED YOU IN SOMETHING. WE SHOULD ALSO BE REPAY THE DEEDS ONE HAS DONE FOR US.

TERM 2 WEEK 3 AND 4 JOURNAL.

2008-04-17T12:08:00.003+08:00

WEEK 3:?

WEEK 4: FRIENDSHIP.

WHAT IS FRIENDSHIP? FRIENDSHIP IS A CLOSE-NESS THAT BRING TWO OR MORE PEOPLE TOGETHER NEVER SEPERABLE. WHEN THE OTHER IS HURT, THEY WOULD RUSH OVER AND THAT IMMEDIATE INSTANT TO HELP, ANDFRIENDS NEVER ALOW THE OTHER PARTY TO GET HURT.

FRIENDSHIP IS IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US. IF YOU ARE A LONER, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING : I'M FINE ON MY OWN. BUT YOU WHEN YOU HAVE FRIENDS, YOU WILL FEEL THAT YOUR LIFE IS MORE COLOURFUL THAN BEFORE.

FRIENDSHIP CAN START IN ANYWAY, SOME START BY QUARRELS, SOME IN CHATS.

FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN COUNTRIES ARE ALSO IMPORTANT. IF COUNTRIES HAVE CONFLICTS WITH EACH OTHER, EXAMPLE SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA, THEN MALAYSIA WOULD STOP THEIR SUPPLY OF WATER AND THEY MIGHT EVEN START WAR WITH US, THEN THE CITIZEN OF OUR COUNTRY WILL SUFFER.

A FEW DAYS BACK, OUR SCHOOL ORGANIZE A SHOWCASE OF VARIOUS MARTIAL ARTS TO COMMEMERATE THIS SIGNICANT DAY WHERE EVERYONE COMES UNITED. THE MARTIAL ART ACTS WERE IMPRESSIVE. THE PERFORMERS WERE HIGHLY SKILLED. THEY COULD CARRY THEIR COMPANION AND THROW THEM DOWN, THAT WAS THE PART I ENJOYED THE MOST.

THE SCHOOL COULD HAVE MADE IT MORE INTERESTING IF THEY TOLD THE PUPILS THE HISTORY OF THIS CELEBRATION.

TERM 2 WEEK 2 JOURNAL

2008-04-04T20:13:00.004+08:00

WEEK 2: MY DREAM.

I WANT TO BE AN ARCHITECT.
THIS IS AN UNREALISTIC GOAL IN LIKFE BUT DESIGNING IS PART OF MY LIFE. I DO NOT MIND HAVING ANY OTHER KIND OF OCCUPATION BUT BEING AN ARCHITECT IS MY WHOLE LIFE'S DREAM. WELL, THE FIRST STEP OF WORKING TOWARD THIS GOAL IS TO STUDY HARD. IT IS DIFFICULT FOR ME AS I AM USUALLY NOT MOTIVATED AND PROCASTINATE A LOT, BUT, SOMETIMES, IF I SEE SOMETHING INSPIRING, I WILL HAVE A GUST OF MOVITION WORKING UP INSIDE ME, THEN THAT'S WHEN I HAVE A WILL DO SOMETHING.

DREAMS IS IMPORTANT. IF PEOPLE OUT THERE DO NOT HAVE A DREAM, THEN THEY MIGHT AS WELL NOT STUDY AT ALL. DREAMS ARE WHAT THAT WILLS US ON TO DO THINGS. IT GIVES YOU A DIRECTION TO WORK TOAWRDS. PEOPLE WITHOUT A DREAM WILL HAVE DIRECTION IN LIFE AND THEY JUST LEAD A MENINGLESS LIFE. WHETHER THEY HAVE A 1/100 OR A 99/100, IT DOES NOT MATTER AT ALL. SO, DREAMS ARE AS IMPORTANT AS OUR LIFE.

TERM 2 WEEK 1 JOURNAL

2008-03-20T11:57:00.006+08:00

THIS WEEK, WE WENT TO THE SMRT HQ(?). THERE, WE LEARNT MORE ABOUT BUSES, TAXIS AND MRTs. DID YOU KNOW THAT SMRT OWN 800+ BUSES, AND NEXT YEAR, THEY ARE GOING TO GET 130 BUSES. THAT'S THE ABILITY OF MONEY. ANYWAY, WE WATCHED A CLIP AND KNEW ABOUT THE ROUTES THAT THE BUSES GO AROUND. WE GET TO HAVE STICKERS IF WE MANAGED TO ANSWER A QUESTION CORRECTLY, I MANAGED TO GET ONE QUESTION, BUT STILL, I GOT IT WRONG BECAUSE I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH MRTs.

LAST TERM, I HAD REALLY AVERAGE RESULTS ( EXCEPT FOR CHINESE ) . WELL, THIS TERM, I WANT TO WORK HARDER AND GET ALL ABOVE 85 AT LEAST.

THESE ARE MY SPECIFIC GOALS:
ENGLISH: 85/100
MATHS: 92/100
SCIENCE: 92/100

I THINK THESE GOALS ARE QUITE HIGH AND RATHER HARD TO ACHIEVE, BUT I WILL TRY MY BEST TO REACH THEM.

TERM 1 WEEK 9 JOURNAL

2008-02-28T12:07:00.004+08:00

THIS WEEK, WE HAD OUR CT (CLASS/COMMON TEST) , AND SO FAR, WE HAD RESULTS FOR 3 SUBJECTS BACK, AS THE FOLLOWING:

1. ENGLISH: 29.T/50 (B!)
2. MATHEMATICS: 39/50 (A!)
3. MOTHER TONGUE: 49/50 (A*!)

THE TESTS WERE DIFFICULT SO I WAS NOT DISCOURAGED, AND THIS IS ONLY A CLASS TEST, SO I WAS NOT SO WORKED UP.

TERM 1 WEEK 8 JOURNAL

2008-02-22T17:27:00.004+08:00

WEEK 8: -NIL-

THIS WEEK, WE HAD OUR PHOTO-TAKING SESSION FOR OUR SECONDARY SCHOOL SMART(SMRT?) CARD. I HAD TO TAKE TWICE BECAUSE I DID SOMETHING WEIRD TO MY MOUTH SO THEY ASK ME TO ACT LIKE NORMAL THEN THEY CONTINUED WITH THE SECOND SHOT. I THINK I LOOKED RATHER HORRIBLE FOR I WAS HAVING A RATHER WEIRD SMILE. FOR THE PREVIOUS DAY MR. FONG SAID THAT THE PHOTO-TAKING SESSION MIGHT CUT INTO OUR P.E. LESSON, MOST PEOPLE IN OUR CLASS DID NOT WEAR OUR P.E. ATTIRE, I DID WEAR IT JUST IN CASE THOUGH. IN THE END, THE SESSION ONLY TOOK 5 MINUTES AND ALMOST EVERYONE IN THE CLASS WENT LIKE 'I'M DEAD' AS THEY DIDN'T WEAR THE ATTIRE. DURING P.E., THEY WERE PUNISHED BY I-DON'T-KNOW-WHAT-THEY-DID-TO THEM-FOR-I-WAS-HAVING-MY ATTIRE. AND THEN IN CLASS, THEY HAD THEIR SECOND ROUND OF PUNISHMENT FROM MR. FONG AND HE REPRIMANDED THEM SAYING HE TOLD THEM TO BRING, NOT TOTALLY NOT WEAR AND BRING, AND HE ASKED WHO BROUGHT IT AND DIDN'T WEAR AND PRIYANGAH(HOW TO SPELL?) RAISED HER HAND. EVERYONE GIGGLED. THEN MR. FONG SAID SHE WAS FUNNY, SHE COULD WEAR AND EXCAPE PUNISHMENT, BUT INSTEAD CHOSE TO BE PUNCTUAL BUT BE PUNISHED.

TERM 1 WEEK 7 JOURNAL

2008-02-18T22:07:00.004+08:00

WEEK 7: -NIL-

NOTHING REALLY INTERESTING OCCURRED THIS WEEK IN SCHOOL. THOUGH WE HAD A FIRE DRILL AS PART OF OUR NATIONAL CIVIL DEFENCE PRACTICE, WE ALSO HAD SOME NOTICEBOARDS TELLING US ABOUT OF WAR HEROES AND WHAT THEY DID FOR OUR COUNTRY DURING OUR WARS AND NEEDS.

WE HAD TO ANSWER A QUIZ REGARDING WAR HEROES. ON THE QUESTION SHEET, DESCRIPTION OF THE HERO AND CONTRIBUTIONS WERE GIVEN, AND WE HAD TO ANSWER THEM WITH THE INFORMATION GIVEN TO US ON THE NOTICEBOARDS. WE HAD TO COMPLETE IT BY THURSDAY, THOUGH MANY, INCLUDING ME, DID NOT COMPLETE IT. LATER ON FRIDAY, WE HAD OUR FIRE DRILLS. MANY IN OUR CLASS WAS EAGER FOR IT AS WE COULD SKIP LESSONS. WE HEARD A PIERCING RING FROM A BELL, THEN WE TOOK AS LITTLE TIME AS WE COULD ( WHICH TOOK 3-5 MINUTES STILL ) TO QUEUE ACCORDING TO OUR HEIGHT, THEN WE TOOK OUR DESIGNATED ROUTE DOWN TO THE SCHOOL FIELD. WE LINGERED THERE FOR ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES. DURING THAT TIME, ANNOUNCEMENTS WERE MADE, AND THE WHOLE SCENE WAS IN A COMMOTION. THERE WERE PEOPLE CHATTING, PEOPLE SHOUTING, AND WITH THE TEACHER'S MFFLED ANNOUNCEMENTS, THE FIELD WAS ENGULFED IN NOISE. AFTER THAT, WE WET BACK ORDERLY TO OUR CLASSES.

AFTER RECESS, WE WATCHED A CLIP (ACTUALLY NO ONE AS WATCHING, THEY WERE ALL TALKING ) , FOR I WASN'T WATCHING MYSELF, I DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS IT ABOUT, SOMETHING ABOUT EMERGENCIES AND PRECAUTIONS, I THINK. THEN WE WENT BACK TO CLASS. THIS DAY TO THE SCHOOL WAS A SERIOUS MATTER, BUT TO US STUDENT, WAS A DAY FOR SLACKING AND NOT BEING SERIOUS.

TERM 1 WEEK 6 JOURNAL

2008-02-10T21:46:00.001+08:00

WEEK 6: CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS

DAY 1:
ON THE FIRST DAY, WE VISITED RELATIVES. AFTER WE ATE BREAKFAST AT 9 IN THE MORNING, WE LEFT FOR MY PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, WHILE MY AUNT MAUREEN, COUSIN BRENDON AND FRIEND ( OF MY COUSIN ) FROM AUTRALIA LEFT FOR THE TEMPLE TO PRAY FOR MY MATERNAL GRANDFATHER FOR IT WAS HIS ANNIVERSARY. IT WAS A RATHER GREAT RELIEF TO ME WHEN THEY LEFT FOR MY COUSIN'S FRIEND, MICHEAL WAS A PAIN IN THE NECK. ANYWAY, WE REACHED MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE AT 10:30. WE ATE OUR LUNCH THERE AFTER WE RECEIVED OUR RED PACKETS AND PLAYED WITH OTHER COUSINS THAT WERE THERE. AFTER THAT, WE WENT TO MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER'S PLACE. THERE WERE MORE RELATIVES OVER THERE AND WE RECEIVED MORE RED PACKETS. FOR THERE WERE MORE CHILDREN THERE, WE PLAYED THERE LONGER. WE PLAYED BLACK JACK WITH SMALL BETS, OTHELO, SCRABBLE, WORLD OF WARCRAFT ON THE COMPUTER AND OTHER GAMES ON OUR GAME CONSOLES. WE PLAYED UNTIL SEVEN, WE HAD OUR DINNER AFTER THAT. WE CONTINUED OUR GAMES FOR AN HOUR OR SO THEN LEFT FOR HOME WITH MY AUNT WHO HAD CAME BACK FROM THE TEMPLE.

DAY 2:
SOME OF MY MOTHER'S SISTERS AND BROTHERS CAME OVER FOR TEA AND DINNER. MANY OF THEM ENJOYED MY MOTHER'S FRESHLY BAKED SUJEE BISCUIT, I WAS RATHER SICK OF IT ALREADY. AFTER OUR EARLY DINNER, WE WENT UP TO PLAY. SOME PLAYED MY COUSIN YAN WEN'S PS2, WHILE OTHERS ( ME, MY SISTER, MY COUSIN SHU JING, SHU RUI, AND GOLDIE ) WENT INTO MY SISTER LAURA'S ROOM FOR CHATS. WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE MANAGED TO TALK FROM GAME CONSOLES TO MICHEAL. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE DISLIKED HIM AND OTHERS. A SHORT WHILE AFTERWARDS, WE WENT TO ENJOY OUR DESERT. WE HAD A HORROR MOVIE AFTER THAT AND LATER MY AUNTS AND UNCLES LEFT.

DAY 3:
- NOTHING MUCH -

DAY 4:
WE PLANNED TO WATCH A MOVIE 'AH LONG PTE LTD' THAT DAY, BUT WE WERE AFRAID WE WOULD MISS THE TICKETS ( WHICH WERE OUT OF STOCK FOR THE PAST 3 DAYS ) , BUT FORTUNATELY, WE MANAGE TO GET THE LAST FEW. BRENDON, SHU JING, LAURA, GOLDIE, YAN WEN AND BRENDON WENT, AND SO SADLY, MICHEAL HAD TO TAG ALONG TO AMK HUB, TO DO HIS "SHOPPING", WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE STEALING FOR HE WAS SUSPECTED OF STEALING BRENDON'S DVD A FEW DAYS AGO FOR IT WAS IN HIS BAG. COINCIDENTALLY THAT DAY ( FOR LESS CONFUSION, TODAY ) , BRENDON'S HAND PHONE COINCIDENTALLY WAS MISSING ( AND WE SUSPECTED HIM AGAIN ) . GOLDIE'S MOTHER, AUNT PEGGY PAID FOR OUR TICKETS AND THEN SHE LEFT FOR HER SHOPPING, WHILE WE WATCHED OUR MOVIE, MICHEAL HAD FINALLY LEFT FOR HIS "STEALING". THE MOVIE HAD A RATHER LOUSY ENDING, BUT IT WAS VERY FUNNY IN THE MIDST, I ALMOST LAUGHED MY HEADS OFF, TOO BAD BRENDON DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE HOKKIEN VERSES, WHICH WAS ADDING TO THE HUMOUR. AFTER THE MOVIE, MICHEAL MET US AND HE, TOGETHER WITH YAN WEN AND BRENDON, WENT TO SHOP AND PLAY ARCADE, WHILE SHU JING, GOLDIE, LAURA AND ME WENT TO MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE TO CHANGE, WHICH WAS SHU JING'S RESIDENTIAL PLACE. THEN WE LEFT FOR MY AUNT KEZIA'S HOUSE. WE MET BRENDON, YAN WEN AND MICHEAL THERE. WE PLAYED A FEW ROUNDS OF 'BIG 2' OR WE CHINESE CALL IT 'DAIDI'. AFTER THAT, IT WAS MAHJONG. I LEARNT TO PLAY IT WITH AUNT KEZIA'S HELP. IT WAS RATHER, OR ACTUALLY VERY ADDICTIVE, BUT WE MANAGED TO STOP AND GO HOME, I WAS EXTREMELY IRRITATED WITH MICHEAL 'AWW...'S, OR 'YAY!'S OR WHATEVER STUPID DIALOGUES. AND I WAS EVEN MORE IRRITATED WHEN WE WERE IN THE CAR. WHILE WAITING FOR THE CAR TO ARRIVE, I TOLD GOLDIE, WHO WAS ALSO WAITING FOR HER DAD, THAT HE IS LIKE 18, AND HE IS STILL LIKE A LITTLE 3 YEAR OLD KID, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS THE VOCABULARY. NOT LONG AFTER, THE CARS ARRIVED, AND WE SO SADLY DEPARTED, WHILE RELUCTANTLY SAYING HELLO TO OUR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS.

TERM 1 WEEK 4 & 5 JOURNAL ( MAKING UP )

2008-02-06T12:53:00.002+08:00

SORRY FOR THE LATE JOURNAL ENTRIES MR FONG.

WEEK 4: WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO VOICE OUT ABOUT PEOPLE IN OUT CLASS?

I WOULD SAY THAT I DO NOT HAVE ANY GRUDGE AGAINST ANYONE IN OUR CLASS IF I HAD TO TELL MR. FONG, OUR FORM TEACHER, BUT ACTUALLY, I DO.

I DON'T REALLY LIKE JIARUI BECAUSE HE ALWAYS GIVE A CHEEKY SMILE WHICH FOR SOME REASONS, IRKs ME. AND A FEW DAYS AGO, JONATHAN SAID HE SAT AND FARTED ON MY BOOK, I WAS VERY FURIOUS AT HIM FOR THAT. AND OTHER THAN JIARUI, THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER PERSON THAT I CAN'T REALLY GET ALONG WELL WITH, AND THAT PERSON IS SHUYUN. SHE ALWAYS SEEM TO AVOID ME OR SOMETHING AND IS A HYPOCRITE, IF YOU ALLOW ME TO SAY THAT. SHE ALWAYS ACTS WELL BEHAVED IN FRONT OF THE TEACHER, BUT WHEN THE TEACHER'S BACK IS TURNED AWAY, SHE SIDES HER FRIENDS, WHICH I THINK A PREFECT SHOULDN'T DO THAT.

WEEK 5: CHECK-UP

I DON'T REALLY MIND THE INJECTION, IT'S NOT THAT PAIN, IT'S ONLY THE SECOND, THEN IT'S GONE. BUT THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE RATHER STRONG, THE NEXT MORNING, WHEN I FIRST WOKE UP, I COULDN'T LIFT MY HAND FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN I GOT BETTER, THEN IT BECAME A LITTLE PIERCING WHEN I REACHED SCHOOL. THE THING THAT I WAS NOT REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH IS THE PUBERTY CHECK. IT'S RATHER GROSS ALTHOUGH IT IS NECCESERY.