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2010-01-31T22:13:00.004+08:00

A special moment you enjoyed with you family

Family time is something that is usually neglected by most Singaporeans, especially in families where both parents are working. However, it is a very important part of our lives. It strengthens the bonds between family members and allows them to get together as a family. Therefore we should always make the most out of the time we have together with our families. I myself believe strongly in this.

Strolling through the park with my cousin, I could see the smoke rising from the barbeque pit in the distance. It was my birthday and my family and I decided to have a barbeque at East Coast Park to celebrate. My cousin tagged along as well as he had nothing better to do. Bouncing excitedly towards the barbeque pit, we could already smell the chicken wings and sausages sizzling on the grill. Sure enough, by the time we arrived at the barbeque pit, my mother was already setting a few chicken wings on paper plates to allow them to cool down.

My cousin rushed towards one of the plates and grabbed a chicken wing with a lightning-fast pounce. Devouring it within seconds, I could tell that he was extremely hungry. Or just greedy. Everyone laughed at such a comical sight while he just stared at us unrepentantly. Soon everyone was eating together, chatting and laughing. Eating together with the family provided a stark contrast to usually eating alone or with friends in school. After eating, we walked towards the beach, the sandy floor beneath our feet. Waves washed over our feet, occasionally getting high enough to just reach just below our knees.

Soon the day drew to a close and the sun was once again shrouded behind the clouds. As we on our way home, I felt happy and contented as I could spend a day with my family and spending time together. Hopefully I would have other chances like this in the future as well!

Credits:
http://www.caughtonfilmphoto.com/blog/uploaded_images/IMG_9692-787058.jpg

http://www.barbecue-party.com/bbq/wp-content/2009/07/grilled-chicken-wings.jpg

2010-01-31T22:00:00.005+08:00

A problem you encountered and how you solved or managed it

“The valance shell of an atom has 18 electrons while…” Listening to my chemistry teacher drone on and on about atoms, shells and whatnots, I could have sworn nearly half the class was asleep. As usual some of them had already dozed off, others reading storybooks under the table. And as always the teacher was so engrossed with boring us to death that he was oblivious to the lack of attention he was receiving. As for me I was struggling to understand and digest the gibberish our teacher was throwing at us like he expected everyone to be able to understand immediately. Frantically copying down notes, not even sparing them a second glance for fear of missing something, I briefly wondered how I was going to pass my chemistry at this rate…

As soon as the bell rang, I rushed over to the tables of my friends Zachary and Wei Liang and immediately started a discussion with them about the notes we copied during class. Reviewing the notes with my friends and discussing the points we managed to understand, I managed to grasp the topic a little better. However at this rate, I wasn’t going to pass the upcoming exam on Chemistry.

Brainstorming for ideas on how to overcome this obstacle, I scoured through the textbook, assessment books and even the Internet. However, without a teacher to mentor and guide me, the information provided little success. Preparing for the worst, I read the topic again and again, digesting and processing what little information I could remember while juggling homework from the other subjects and my CCA training.

With a few weeks left to the CA1 exam, I was getting desperate. I even contemplated getting a temporary tuition teacher but decided against it as I did not have the time to attend the long tuition hours. Suddenly an idea stuck me. I was appalled that I didn’t think of it earlier as it was the most obvious solution. I could stay back after school and have personal supplementary lessons from my teacher!

Cursing my stupidity, I immediately requested after-school lessons from my teacher. After making some minor changes to her schedule, she promptly agreed. Diligently staying back even after the bell that marked the end of school rang, I received the tutorage of my teacher. Slowly I started to grasp the topic much more easily thanks to the fact that she patiently explained any theories I did not understand. Finally the day of reckoning arrived. As the test paper was laid in front me, I mentally reviewed all that I had learnt during my short lessons with my teacher. Minutes passed, then an hour. Soon I was done, with half an hour to spare. Conscientiously checking through my answers, I fervently prayed that I could at least pass the test.

A few days passed and the papers were given back. I could hardly believe it when I scanned through the paper. The time and effort spent was well spent. There, on the top corner of the paper, was a big fat 90! I leapt with joy, thanking my teacher for helping me achieve my goal. Without her, I could never have solved my problem!

Credits:
http://img.brothersoft.com/screenshots/softimage/a/atoms_bonding_and_structure-17332-1.jpeg

http://blog.dearbornschools.org/harrisr/files/2009/04/test-pencil-school-400a061807.jpg

2010-01-31T21:51:00.004+08:00

A moment spent alone doing something you enjoyed

The Japanese culture has always been a fascination for me, particularly the Japanese language.It always amazed me how the Japanese rapidly fired their words at a breath-taking speed, causing me to wonder if the recipient of the Japanese “bullets” actually understood what was being thrown at them.I was mostly inspired by the various anime I watched, Japanese animation that was readily available on the internet. I was hooked on them, watching as many episodes as I could manage within my free time.

Having such a strong interest in Japanese, it was definitely stupid not to do something about it. As if on cue, one of my friends discovered a website where you could learn Japanese online. Of course, I was thrilled and checked it out immediately. Upon attempting to enter the site, I was appalled that the site was only assessable with Mozilla Firefox. Shrugging my shoulders in defeat, I downloaded Firefox and slowly waited for the green loading bar to fill.

After what seemed like an eternity, it was finally done. Staring at the page, I briefly wondered how long I was going to take to learn passable Japanese. The page was filled with Japanese words. There were 3 different types of Japanese words, namely hiragana, katakana and kanji. I resolved to work hard and achieve my goal.

The first few days were a constant struggle as I had no help from anyone or any base foundation. Constantly backtracking to reread the information I was trying so hard to digest, I felt that I couldn’t go on. But determined to never give up, I persevered. Slowly I built a foundation and learning the words gradually became easier. Soon I was enjoying learning the new language as I could understand it better. After a few weeks I could speak some crudely formed sentences and write some Japanese words as well. Not bad considering I learnt everything by myself! Who says you can’t enjoy something that you do by yourself? For my case it was both a fruitful and enjoyable experience!

2010-01-17T19:02:00.007+08:00

Something unusual that happened that day

“What? You can’t be serious right? Nobody told us anything at all!” Everyone was shouting something along those lines, outraged at the apparent “invasion” of the school field. We watched helplessly as Victorians in their black-and-yellow jerseys streamed into the field, closely followed by the purple-wearing students of Queenstown Secondary, with the main, striking similarity being that both teams were wearing knee-high soccer socks.

Our school field was being taken from us, the Track and Field team, by the soccer teams.

This shocking reality only hit us when we watched the two soccer teams walk into the school field, the captain of our school soccer team jogging towards us to inform us that the school field would be taken over by the soccer team. All of us left in indignation, reluctantly “lending” the field to them for their friendly match. Getting ejected from the only place we could “officially” throw, we decided to improvise. After scouring through the school grounds, we improvised the grass field behind the hostel as our throwing grounds. The throwing started smoothly enough, the fence separating us from the field not hindering us unduly. The trouble only started when my senior, Zhao Chen, threw a javelin into a tree…

A blue javelin wedged in a tree

It was quite a comical sight, seeing a javelin wedged in between the branches of a 10 meter tall tree. The entire team gathered around the tree, starting up helplessly at the stuck javelin. After brainstorming for a few minutes, someone came up with the idea of hitting it down with various objects, namely other tree branches lying around, a volleyball and another javelin. The main flaw of the tree branches were that they were too short and thin, bouncing off the tree harmlessly. The javelins we threw didn’t fare much better. We gave it up when the javelins we threw threatened to wedge themselves in the tree together with the original javelin. However, it was the volleyball that saved the day. Aiming it at the javelin, we started throwing the volleyball at it, missing it a few times. The impact wasn’t enough on the first few tries as well even when it hit. We hit the jackpot when one of the members threw it directly up, hitting the javelin with enough force to knock it down. Everyone cheered, rejoicing at the return of the javelin, though it was quite an amusing sight, everyone getting so euphoric over such a small matter. Our delight slowly turned to annoyance as even more javelins got stuck in the trees. The training session slowly turned into a “javelin retrieval” session. Our coach even joked that we should complain to the media in order to get the government to build another field for us to throw in instead of using such a pathetic makeshift practice ground!

I have never seen a cat stuck in a tree in my entire life but following that particular training session, I can finally brag that I have seen a javelin get stuck in a tree. Not something you see everyday huh? It was truly an interesting and unusual event that happened during a monotonous training session. What a lot of hoo-ha over an overgrown metal toothpick!

Javelin retrieving 101

I almost killed my CCA teacher?

2010-01-16T18:14:00.012+08:00

Something that took place in school

“Mr. Sng! Look out!” I cried out in contradicting dumbstruck horror, following the seemingly doomed flight path of the javelin hurtling towards my Track and Field teacher Mr. Sng. I was sure that the javelin would impale him judging from its trajectory, therefore causing our school to make the headlines the following day. If only I knew what was in store for me when I attended CCA training that day…

The much awaited ringing of the school bell that marked the end of each day seemed to come later than usual, the last period being the mundane subject of History which was my most hated subject. At the end of a long and arduous day no one was quite in the mood for Qin Shi Huang and World War Two, especially in a stuffy classroom where the “rotating” fan blades produced hardly anything at all except a distracting “clack clack clack”. What’s more, I still had to slog through my Track and Field javelin training, although throwing long, sharp metal sticks into a grass field does have stress removing properties. When the bell finally rang, it was like a gift from heaven, calling out to us like moths to a flame. Little did I know that a flame was indeed waiting for me later that day.

Jonathan getting ready to throw a javelin

As usual our teacher-in-charge Mr. Sng supervised our training, giving us tips here and there while we threw, or rather for the newer members, flung our javelins. As he stood on the other side of the field, observing the distance our javelins covered, shaking his head ever so slightly whenever a javelin spun out of control, he turned abruptly without warning, just as I released a javelin from my hand. I watched in horror as the metal pole cut through the air like a hot knife through butter, shooting towards Mr. Sng like a deadly arrow. I shouted a warning at him, the oversized metal toothpick still gaining speed and threatening to pierce my teacher through the gut. At the last moment he miraculously turned to the side, oblivious as the javelin whizzed past his head harmlessly, embedding itself in the grass a few centimeters away from where he was standing. I thought that such close and exaggerated misses only happened in movies but clearly I was mistaken!

Realising that he was almost skewered by me, Mr. Sng’s face turned the brightest shade of red you could imagine, looking very much like a beetroot. Showering me with an interesting combination of incoherent shouting and flying spittle, coupled with wild hand and leg movements, I could tell throwing another javelin that was within a ten meter radius from him was a very bad idea. Oh well, I guess you can consider the chances of the javelin missing to be on par with the chances of a golf novice getting a hole in one, though I definitely would not want a hole in any one of my teachers!

My senior Zhao Chen skillfully throwing a javelin (and not hitting anyone)

2010-01-16T18:06:00.004+08:00

Yeah I noe should have written this MUCH earlier. So yeah.

-BLOG IS/WAS DEAD-

But...it will be TEMPO active till 29 Jan. Why? Coz of ENGLISH BLOGGING ASSIGNMENT 2010 (aka Blogging for 50% CA1 Marks). So yeah dun get ur hopes up. After 29 Jan will be dead agn.

Also the next few posts will be like compositions so if u wan comment thn comment nth to comment dun flame/troll. Yeah ok. Time to start blogging for 50% english marks...

Lastly Happy belated birthday/christmas/new year/whatever to everyone for th past year. Yeah i noe. Oh and Happy Birthday to me ytd...

2009-03-11T20:43:00.002+08:00

Ok... really long time since I last posted. But hey, its sec schl... projects,exam,homework etc. Anyway, good news!!!(for me at least... =P)
1. Got 3rd for Discus and 4th for Javelin.
2. Won the pi recitation contest.
3. A1 for all subjects in CA1.
4. Got 1st in class for CA1.
ya, thats about it. HOLIDAY FASTER COME!!!!! SCHL VERY SIAN!!!! T_T

2009-02-08T11:23:00.000+08:00

and have fun with the big red button too. XD (its under the chatbox)

2009-02-08T11:18:00.003+08:00

Lol so long nvr post liao. but also nth interesting happen so... anyway, I got into track and field and FINALLY ESCAPED CHOIR!!!!!!!(I wanted to join track and field anyway) they dunno y anyhw put me in choir when its nt even in my 5 choices so i go appeal. lucky appeal sucess if nt die liao... >.< i'm joining javeline BTW. ok gtg liao.

2009-01-22T15:02:00.001+08:00

added new songs. tmrw going back to coral le... hope they let us in >_>

2009-01-21T16:25:00.004+08:00

WHOOHOOO!!! yay, my schl won the Science Buskers Competition(refer to previous post). looking forward to going back to coral on friday. ok bye nth to say...again >.<

2009-01-15T21:51:00.002+08:00

YAY today my birthday =D. so ate at Sakae Sushi for lunch(YAY JAPANESE FOOD). but...bo present -.-''' jk la dun hv also nvm. i nt so materialistic...or i THINK thts hw its spelt. ok... and pls help my schl win the competition by following the steps below.(PLS PLS support my schl -.-)

DO YOUR PART and support Pyro Cyro and 3Buskeeters in
their quest for glory in the Science Buskers Competition.

What can you to do to support?
1)Click on each of the links below.

Pyro Cyro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0XIabdmSCA

3Buskeeters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIpO7TZ3AKU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HJHOgED690&feature=related

2) View the videos.

3) Give them comments and good ratings.

The viewership number and ratings contribute to their score in the
final round.

Lets wish them all the best in the grand finals on Saturday.

The Science Busking Team

*Note: U MUST BE LOGGED IN TO AN ACCOUNT FOR UR VOTES,VIEWS,RATINGS AND COMMENTS TO COUNT.

2009-01-14T17:45:00.003+08:00

and i added some maple games to my blog coz nth to do. (yes, i like maple tht much even though all of u hate it f3)

The controls are these keys for MOST of the games but the effects differ.

Z
X
C
V
A
S
D
F

But for all games, Spacebar is jump and if u hold it it's flash jump.
And ps for the lag.

2009-01-14T15:02:00.002+08:00

LOL 2day smthing quite funny happen. as u noe, i take schl bus de. so 2day when the bus driving then suddenly like become very slow... thn keep stop and start again. thn at the HIGHWAY(only 2 lanes), the bus broke down... -.-''' thn the whole bus was like LOL and XD. somomre since is highway so onli hv 2 lanes and we were taking up 1 whole lane so like almost hv traffic jam but still hv 1 lane so still quite ok. the bus driver call LTA,traffic police,other bus drivers la. 10 min ltr the traffic police and LTA come wif a tow truck. thn the ppl try to restart the bus by shaking it frm left to right... but nth happen f3. and tht tow truck sit thr so long nvr even do anything... then abt 15 min ltr the tow truck com and tow us *FINALLY*. but, it tow us for abt 20m thn stop. dunno y. thn ltr another bus frm the same bus agency com to pick us up. and... we were 1hr 10min late for schl... diaoz... -.-'''. b4 the new bus com and pick us up, everyone in the bus all take out phone and ply/listen music/do stuff(nt tht cannot in the bus but usually no one take out la but we all very bored) i even took 2 videos as evidence tht the bus broke down in cas kena scold. as i used my fren's phone, i will upload the vids in abt 2 days time but i try tmrw if can. stay tuned for the vids. (btw if u dun find this funny its ok coz u read it like this is nt rly funny but if u were thr at tht time to witness it then it was very funny. oh and rmbr to read the newspaper tmrw coz MAYBE hv our story as 1 LTA guy take our photo. but i dunno if rly hv hor. dun blame me if dun hv)

2009-01-12T17:28:00.002+08:00

SUPER SUPER PS... so long nvr post le... but also not my fault ma. schl start liao cannot use com le T_T sian la so much homework and project i dam stressed sia. i maybe wan transfer to coral sec f3... nt rly la but if i cannot cope then i MAYBE might but i dun think so ba. anyway, VS is kinda nice and stuff, canteen quite nice finally hv soft drink nt like pri schl and also hv ice kachang. wa the ice kachang so big $1 onli sia. and to those tht keep asking me wat CCA i joining i shld be joining IT club if can go in. and pls dun say i very nerd hor the it club is nt juz sit in front of com everyday. hv robotics design, website design, national IT competition organising, everyweek hv 1 day ply sports, and also this yr is the pioneer batch of students tht will be learning hw to use a java program to design games and animations such as: Maplestory, Sims, Second Life etc. then can sell the games for alot of $$$ XD. no la i nt so money face. wa i nw thn notice this post so long... nvm make up for the other posts. haha lols. and can some of u pls tell me if i shld take higher chinese.(and IP when i sec 2). although i think i already noe wat most of u would say... ok i gtg liao. bye all

2008-12-28T19:17:00.003+08:00

AAHHHHHH!! PS SO LONG NVR POST LE!! Anyway, Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year. So... I'm going to VS le and FIRST 3 DAYS OF SCHOOL TIO CAMP LE!!!!!!!! Die le la... And i have a feeling its the same as our p5 camp -.-''' ok nothing to say le byes :D

2008-11-20T15:59:00.002+08:00

AAAHHHHH PSLE SCORE 259 ONLY!!!! AAHHHHH!!! lol. EL and SC get A*, MA and CL get A. :P I thought my chinese can get A* also... nvm maybe is pro A. XD. Anyway, for those in Coral Primary, u shld no who gt 1st... Beatrix Chan again. 274 nia, so pro... and Benedict gt 268! So lucky. I so sad T_T wan cry le. He also 4 A*. Oh and 4 those tat dun no, the highest score this year is 287 and is frm Nanyang Primary... i thought will be frm St Hilda's. Ok so bye then... nothing to say le.

2008-11-17T08:23:00.002+08:00

ps so long nvr post le. anyway i dun wan say so much... later cry... anyway the farewell party was fun and there were games and performances like our skit"Where in the world is Mas Selamat" and Roy singing "I'm Yours" while playing it on the piano. Wa, he very talented nia. and the school also gave out prizes like vouchers and stuff. BUT THEY ALSO GAVE OUT A MP4 PLAYER WITH A CAMERA,2GB!!!!!!! I WANT! no la. anyway after te party , ALOT PPL CRY!!! i almost cry... very sad wont see everybody already... a few boys cry also... ok ok i dun wan talk le i nw wan cry... to all Coral students and teachers, I WILL MISS YOU!!! And i nt putting te graduation song on my blog coz i will cry even more... and pls all coral students add me msn at: cleric_00619@yahoo.com.sg . there will be 2 accs, add the one with the very long personal message. and pls tell me who are you. ty.

2008-11-07T10:56:00.002+08:00

lol yesterday me,jack,benedict,wz and praveen went to dunman sec for some DNA and Enzymes science trail thingy. Was quite fun and we extracted the DeoxyriboNucleic Acid(DNA) of a strawberry. Nw its at home... dunno wat to do with it. oh and BTW, to all P6 students, 6/O HAS an item for the P6 farewell party. We juz could not make it in time for the audition as that day must go for the science trail so stop saying our class very good dun need do.

2008-10-31T22:12:00.002+08:00

sian... I WAN PSP AAAAHHHHH!!!! anyway, any 6/O boys reading tis if u hv and ideas 4 the farewell pt, pls tell me/Jack/Benedict/Wei Zhong. ty. and dun forget 2 add me MSN. id u see 2 accounts com up add the one with the personal message: I'm behind you...

2008-10-26T16:51:00.000+08:00

hi everyone. i juz created a msn acc today pls add me: cleric_00619@yahoo.com.sg.

Snow City

2008-10-24T13:25:00.002+08:00

YAY! today go snow city so fun ^_^. But dam cold nia. only fingers and nose though. body and face quite ok but lungs pain but still fun. we sat the slide thingy and everyone keep kicking me when we go down O.o then i crash at the bottom then somersault quite far and turn and turn and turn... the food very ex but quite nice. Oh we also make ice-cream...with LIQUID NITROGEN! so fun and cold. i wonder where is the finger on the floor...XD. Lmao. we make chocolate flavour. the person at first pour 2 table spoon but then suddenly accidentally pour one VERY BIG chunk of chocolate syrup. in the end very nice and sweet =D. I love snow city, hope can go again but must bring face mask...

2008-10-20T21:00:00.002+08:00

zzz so long nvr post le. This post is meant for 15 Oct. Anyway, today went Jack's house dam suay lor. Go KFC that time my meltz kena give 2 the girls then must buy another one >.< Then play tennis/squash that time kena bully by the girls make me pick up all the tennis balls. Then the most suay one: Benedict play squash then dunno hw can use the tennis racket whack until my face dam pain nia. T_T Almost squash my eyeball. O.o But nw ok le la, nt so pain. But also nt his fault la. But overall quite fun la. BTW, anybody wan go Victoria tell me hor. (246-272)Express

New stuff

2008-10-18T16:09:00.002+08:00

Ok everybody. I put up the new Miniclip game box at the bottom since so many ppl like 2 play Miniclip (I dun really like, just so-so only -_-). Pls giv any comments on hw to improve this blog via the chatbox. And NO CHANGING OF BLOGSKIN AND URL!

Irritating nia

2008-10-15T08:50:00.001+08:00

Nw chinese lesson com lab so noisy. Everyone on com so loud. Sian lazz. Haiz .sian

No changing of url

2008-10-15T08:20:00.000+08:00

Pls dun ask me to change the url alot of other url cannot and i lazy 2 think.

Yay com lab

2008-10-15T08:19:00.002+08:00

yay 2day go Com Lab. Miss Poon bring de. nw nothing 2 do pls link my blog.zzz.zzzzz.zzzzzz. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Y am i spamming my own blog...?

2008-10-13T15:15:00.001+08:00

zzz nothing to do so just created a blog... -_-