CNY celebration

Chinese New Year celebrations are over already. Time really does pass so fast when you are enjoying yourself. Now, let me recount what I did after the celebrations in school.

Firstly, I went back to my primary school where I met up with friends and teachers from the past. It was so nice, just like the "good old days". Though there is something. We are slowly going apart. It is only to expected. We all have a new life now, more things to share with others, but less in common. Well, we have to get on with life. So the meeting went on to 4pm where we parted.

Then on Saturday, I dedicated the entire day to finishing my homework so I could go to Malaysia without the nagging worry that I have not finished my homework. It was finished in a blink of an eye, though that does not mean teachers should pile us with homework. At night I packed my luggage for the next day's trip.

Oh I hate traveling! It was a long, boring road to the hotel. But as my father says, the journey is more important than the destination. So I appreciated the scenery of trees and greenery nonetheless. Then all of my cousins, after a visit to my grandmother's, came over to the hotel. It was really big, 1500 square feet! So my cousins were invited for a sleepover. While my male cousins were playing Xbox games with me, my female cousins were learning art from my mother.

All good things have to end, obviously. On Tuesday afternoon, we packed up and came home and reached Singapore at 8pm. It decided that it had been a good time and I would cherish my memories of it.

Bless be to all of us.

New Life of Three and a half weeks

Chinese New Year is around the corner.... and we have exams already! It is almost unbelievable. Though I think starting school late by about one week has something to do with it. So soon are the exams that I am having my Maths test in two days! Thank god that we are going to have the CNY break. Of course the bad news is that we are likely going to spend a fair portion of it on revision for all the other subjects.

However, that is no reason not to indulge and immerse oneself into the festive atmosphere of the celebrations. I shall be going up to Malaysia over the long break and visiting all my cousins. It has been a while since I last saw them.

Well, other than having exams and homework that threaten to crash down on my head, I think I am beginning to adjust to this new life. CCA is good, juniors are coming in anytime soon, which will mean that we, the seniors will have less work to do. We will let them integrate into our club, then we boss them around a little ..... that is until next year, where they will repeating the same thing. Ah, what a vicious cycle of hate, continuing until the end of time.

Bless be to all of us.

An interesting turn of events.

Well, with a new year, comes new subjects, such as research studies. What a coincidence that it clashes with my 3rd language on Thursday afternoon. So I was told I had to transfer out of that time slot for 3rd language.

Ah well, so on last Thursday I went to get the form and have it signed by my assistant director of consortium, Mr Chew Tyng Yong to transfer out. On last Friday and this Monday, I forgot. So today, I with my friend Mattheus went to see him. He was not in. Therefore we went to see our director of consortium, Mrs Ke. We were informed that we were unable to transfer out of the class as MOELC(Language Center) complained that too many students were transferring out of Thursday and could no longer transfer out of the Thursday class. We were reassured by Mrs Ke that the research studies will be pushed back so that all those affected could attend both the research studies and the 3rd language.

On the good side, my Tuesdays are free and I am able to go home early(compared to the days I have to stay back). On Thursdays I am also able to meet more of my friends. On the other hand, I shall be piled with homework on Thursdays, though I am quite sure I should be able to cope. All in all I am actually quite happy with the interesting turn of events. Strange that because forgetfulness, things have turned out in a good way. Of course I am not saying that being forgetful is a good thing :).

Bless be to all of us.

A new year, 2010.

To all, I am reviving this inactive blog as part of the school assesment. Hope you will all find this blog interesting. This is a new year, a new time, and a new blog.

How to prepare for the Literature/English EOY

The three aspects of the English EOY exams are Essay/Situational Writing, Comprehension and Literature.

Essay and Situational Writing:
To prepare for this is hard. Writing essays is almost an on-the-spot thing. It takes creativity and careful writing to achieve a good mark. With an unknown topic, one can only perhaps practice their grammar and vocabulary skills to avoid losing marks.

Comprehension
This one could do with some preparation. One has to understand the passage, which is where understanding prose proves to be a valuable asset. Also the vocabulary section also can be helpful to gain the extra 5 marks. Micro Fiction would help in the Summary. Time management is crucial.

Literature
There is one definite factor here. Animal Farm - Squealer. One should read up on the notes given to prepare for the exam. For the unseen piece, reading up the notes and previous assignments is also useful. Of course a good vocabulary can be put to good use in shortening and making it the answer "tighter".

For all the components, one factor is important. A good vocabulary. To obtain that, one should read more often and more widely.

MBA

We will get there


Remember the days, we set out together with faith?

Remember the times, so fine, when we thought that

Nothing could stand in our way?


Then things weren't the same, the life that we knew had to change

We've struggled through, the darkest storms

We thought we couldn't tame


Together we've tried, as we stood side by side

I knew we'd build a new world

A world of hope for ever after


Chorus:

Deep in my heart I just know

Right from the start, we will grow

Look where we are, we've come so far

And there's still a long, long way to go


With all of my heart, I will care

I'll play my part, I will share

With family and friends, together we'll stand

And in the end, hand in hand

We will get there


So now we begin, working together to win

Believing in trust, it must

Be possible to overcome anything


There's so much to do, there's so much we can contribute

By sharing just a little love

We will start again anew


So why don't we try? If we stand side by side

I know we'll build a new world

A world of hope for ever after

Deep in my heart I just know

Right from the start, we will grow

Look where we are, we've come so far

And there's still a long, long way to go


With all of my heart, I will care

I'll play my part, I will share

With family and friends, together we'll stand

And in the end, hand in hand

We will get there

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This poem expresses me – who I am, what I am like now, how I feel about life. The life during primary used to be easy and relaxed. “the times so fine.” My friends and I used to imagine ourselves as a grown-up, having graduated the top of the university. “when we thought that nothing could stand in our way.”

Then, things changed after we all advanced to secondary school. The life we had got used to over six years of primary education had to change. It changed from a relaxed to a busier schedule. “Then things weren't the same, the life that we knew had to change”. All of us struggled from the lack of sleep and the our ignorance of some topics that we now are so familiar with. “We've struggled through, the darkest storms”. We had thought we would never come through secondary school life. “We thought we couldn't tame”.

After the shock of the abrupt changes in our life, we decided that we would work best in a group so we got together despite going to different schools. “Together we've tried, as we stood side by side”. We still maintain the confidence that one day in the future, we will be successful in whatever field we are in and contribute to mankind in one way or another. “I knew we'd build a new world A world of hope for ever after”.

In my heart, I know that we will continue to advance and progress to the higher levels of education. “Deep in my heart I just know Right from the start, we will grow”. At the end of primary six, we looked back to our first day of primary one. It seemed such a long time ago. But when we look forward to our bright future, we realize there is a much longer path to follow. “Look where we are, we've come so far And there's still a long, long way to go”
I care for all those close and dear to me “with all of my heart”. I will play my part in the contribution to society, I will share what I know which others may not know. “I'll play my part, I will share” Friends and family are those who are closest and dearest to me, together we will walk on and work together towards our goals and finally, we will arrive at our destination. “With family and friends, together we'll stand And in the end, hand in hand We will get there”.

So now we start on the long arduous journey, working together towards our objectives. “So now we begin, working together to win”. We trust each other and believe in it, then we will be able to work as a cohesive group. “Believing in trust, it must”, thus being to achieve almost everything. “Be possible to overcome anything”

There is too much to do on this world, as much as we are able to contribute. “There's so much to do, there's so much we can contribute”. And just by sharing a little love by doing charity and helping the world’s people. “By sharing just a little love”.
We can then undo whatever wrong we have done. “We will start again anew”.
We ought to try to contribute, (So why don't we try?) if we work together we can make an entirely new, better world(I know we'll build a new world). A world better for the rest of the world. A world with hope.(A world of hope for ever after)

This poem shows what I place first in my heart; friends and family. I truly believe that working with those who I get along well with will increase the efficiency of our work. And the confidence that I have in my friends and I that we will one day be successful is from the bottom of my heart.

Since this song is about working together with other people; friends and family, and my learning style is interpersonal, I think a poem on working together is in order.

We are never alone

Even in the darkest of times,
When there was no light
At the end of a seemingly endless tunnel

We are never alone

We may sometimes think that
We have to do a task all by ourselves
But I will show you that

We are never alone

In the most hopeless of times
Where you have given up
You will see, beside you, family. See?

We are never alone

You decide to work with them
And together you
Start to chip away at the most solid of rock
Keeping others from you
And you hear on the other side
Similar scraping noises

We are never alone

Soon, by removing all that stands between allies
You soon mass a large number of friends
And with your family,
Start to rush to the narrow beam of light
Which was granted for your unity
The first arrives, and pulls the gap wider
So everyone can escape
The imprisonment of being alone

We are never alone

Having succeeded
Cheers and hugs,
Everyone is happy.
Even the jailer rejoices at the reunion of the prisoner
For it was the clever him
Who wanted to teach to all
We are never alone

Poem on a household ..... thing.

It can be good
It can be bad
But without it my mood
Will turn sad

With it, there are two paths
One to go further in knowledge
In English, Science and Maths
The other to push you over the edge


P.S (It is a computer.)