time to speak again :D

mundane rountines

2008-08-05T09:04:00.002+08:00

Now , it's History lesson and MsHeng has given us a choice of what to do . So I've decided to blog about the happenings of the past six weeks .

Frankly , there isn't much to blog about . I mean what could you expect from a typical school life other than just studying , mugging and more studying ? Yes , it's a mundane rountine that just somehow robs your social life away . Less television programmes and outings with friends . It's most of the time just home to school and back home again . With Prelims drawing nearer and nearer and the major O's in less than 3months away , I couldn't complain about how boring this rountine really is . And it's just killing the mood of enjoying school . With revision time increasing by the day and more and more information to cram .

Basically , the past six weeks have been rather tough , an uneven path . Rushing to finish up D&T artefact and journal just drains at least half of my energy away . I felt a great sense of relief when I finally completed my artefact . Long hours of being stuck in the workshop , smelling all that dust and all the steps to be done for the artefact are just finally over . I need not step in there anymore :D But it doesn't just end there , now it's a task to finish up my journal and meet that deadline that's set for us . Which is only 10days away , on the same day as my English O's oral . See , how studying might just kill .

Test week was just over ! Another relief . I was rather disappointed over my results because I failed to maintain my grades for majority of my subjects . I took it really hard esp for the subject that I've put the most effort in . But some people encouraged me to just move on . At that point , I just couldn't help but doubt my intelligence . But as humans , we are bound to make mistakes and face failures because we are not perfect right ? What was most significant or left a vivid impression in my memory was that I ~~broke down~~ big time over my failure . Yes , it might sound silly to some people esp guys . I don't know what got into me , but I felt the need to just cry out all my unhappiness that I have kept in . All at one go , long and hard . Though it was rather stupid to just cry over some results and some unmentionable things , I felt really good after that as if a heavy weight had just been lifted off me :D
There's no specific reasons why sometimes I just have the urge of crying so badly , maybe because of studies or perhaps some other things that are not known to most people .

Recently , we have been viewing two movies that MsHeng is screening for us to enjoy :D I particularly love the show Taaew Zameen Par . The show was a rather touching one , and unlike some movies , this movie carries a lot of meaning in it . The movie also tries to convey messages to the viewers about how some children can be special in a very different way . The part that is really great was when the movie projects how sometimes parents can overlook their children's need etc .

Shall just bring an abrupt end to this post . There's only 5minutes left to the lesson and mood's all lost to continue .

2008-04-19T17:08:00.002+08:00

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what aspects of your education do you think will be the most useful to you in adult life ?

2008-04-19T16:15:00.002+08:00

As a student ,

I feel that the different aspects of my education cannot be measured

by how useful it is in contributing to adult life .

Every aspect of education that I have gone through ,

and am still going through ,

are different stages of the essential education I require .

But if needed to make a choice of which particular

aspect will be most useful ,

my choice would be when i receive education after secondary school

which is also known as tertiary education .

However ,

this is just my personal opininon

and others may beg to differ .

Primary and secondary school education would be what I call

' stepping stones ' of education .

It is where we take time to build our foundation ,

otherwise known as the three ' Rs '

which is reading ,

writing and arithmetic .

At the same time , we can enjoy attending lessons in school .

Perhaps the main objective of these ' stepping stones '

are just to let us take some liking to and have

positive mindsets on about education .

Yet , I am not saying that just because

primary and secondary education are mere foundation of ours ,

they are not important .

They both play an important role into contributing to our adult life ,

it is where good foundation can be built for our future .

Without a good and stable foundation from the start ,

it would be much difficult for us to carry on the educational journey

required of us .

Hence ,

primary and secondary education can be said to be important

and useful to adult life .

But comparing to the tertiary ,

it does not weigh as much importance and usefulness ,

don't you agree ?

Therefore ,

primary and secondary education are just the basics

and not the most useful aspect of education

for adult life .

After having gone through secondary education ,

there are various paths of the tertiary education to choose from ,

of which ranges from junior colleges , polytechnics and

institute of technical education .

It basically depends on how one fairs in the

O'level examination .

In addition to that , the choice of which we make ,

is based on our interest or ambition .

In the tertiary education ,

we take up extra subjects in the field of our interest .

If you like courses related to the arts ,

you can be in the humanities courses .

Likewise if your preference are sciences .

Tertiary education would be of a higher level

where we aquire higher ability such as thinking skills like

inference or testing the relability of a particular source .

Hence ,

it concludes as to why I feel tertiary education are of

greater usefulness and importance .

As we are much older and more matured ,

we are able to better decide on the subjects we like to study on

and most probably benefit us in adult life .

While being in primary and secondary school ,

we might not be in the best position or

in a clear mind to make a choice on what is

best for ourselves .

Therefore ,

primary and secondary education are where it allows us

to find and discover our interests

and capabilities .

Whereas , teritary education could be where we find what

we really want to pursue in adult life .

Of course , teritary education is not the last aspect .

University education would usually be the last aspect of education before

adult life .

University education also plays an important

role as it would be the further progress of education

after graduating from teritary .

University helps to further your studies in

the various aspects .

Teritary education would be the starting point of preparing

for the working world in adult life

and university is just the follow up after the

starting point .

It is important and essential for us to have good foundation from

our basic education so as to enable us in

the future aspects of our education .

However ,

teritary education would be much useful to adult life

as we are clearer of what we want for our future

and choose our course matched to our

interest and abilities .

This helps us to be mentally and physically prepared for adult life

as we gain much more exposure along the

way of our teritary education .

Thus ,

I feel that teritary education would be of most useful

aspect of education towards adult life .

2008-03-01T21:24:00.004+08:00

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2008-02-24T18:14:00.006+08:00

instant spagehtti
penne

fusilli

elbows

curls

bowties

my favourite food :D !

thanks to globalisation , i found my new friend (:

my favourite food !

i forgot when was the first time i tasted pastas

but after i tried spagehtti bolonagese when i was young ,

i was so addicted to having anything similar to spagehtti !

whenever i stepped into a restaurant ,

if possible i would always order a place of spagehtti or pasta .

even my aunties know what i would order

before i even placed my order .

according to my research ,

there are over 33 short pastas and 18 long pastas .

the photos above show the various pastas .

not only are there various shapes and sizes of pastas ,

there are many ways to cook it !

there are like countless of sauces cooked with pastas .

from the red sauce of which is most commonly known as bolonagese

to the white cream sauce named carbonara .

the ingredients in the pasta also make each plate different from one another (:

i have yet to try all the different sauces and different shapes of pasta .

apparently if i do so ,

i might just be so sick of pastas & grow super fat !

over the years , i'm no longer that addicted to pastas & spagehtti

like how i used to .

like most people , i have more than one favourite food .

but i like pastas out of the rest .

the other is sushi but i'm not someone who takes raw food .

so there are quite many ingredients of sushi that i don't eat .

additionally sushi is much more filling as compared to pastas .

hence , i chose pasta to be my favourite food for this assignment (: !

2008-02-17T12:39:00.002+08:00

this post is on my comments on globalisation :D

firstly , why people support globalisation

while others do not ?

the main reason why some people support globalisation

is because it benefits them .

who doesn't want some benefits ?

if they get something good out of it ,

why won't they support it ?

it's mere human nature .

globalisation helps increase wealth in the country .

no one would want to see their country be poor right ?

so this could be one very good reason as

to why some people support globalisation .

it also helps the country generate employment for people .

this would benefit those who are unemployed .

it also create greater awareness of foreign culture ,

we get to know more about other countries .

like in Singapore ,

we have Macdonald's of which orginates from another country .

globalisation is somehow irresistable to some country's government

due to the benefits it comes with .

globalisation also helps improve the standard of living in the country .

now , why would others be against globalisation ?

perhaps globalisation doesn't benefit them in any way .

worst still , affecting their present lives ?

with globalisation ,

some people might not be able to cope with

the high standard of living in the country .

with their amount of pay ,

they couldn't afford to live through everday .

globalisation hence ,

create a gap between the rich & the poor .

the rich in the country would be rather rich

and the poor would be so poor .

globalisation would harm our planet too !

deforesation causes global warming .

the renewable resources in the country would exhausted .

there would also be a loss of culture in the country .

i'm neither supportive or against globalisation .

i mean there are both the positive and negative points of it .

why i would be supportive of globalisation ?

it's good that it can increase our standard of living (:

it can create employment for people

so unemployed people won't worry about having no income .

it also allows us to interact more with other countries ,

building of relations with others .

however ,

globalisation harms my ' home ' !

hence , i'm not fully supportive of globalisation .

it destroys my planet then where am i suppose to live ?

so the standard of living is secondary .

the place i live is primary .

additionally , the loss of culture is not ideal .

living in the country with another country's culture ?

it's totally out of the question .

there should be a balance of both (:

but with globalisation ,

we might lose our own culture completely .

in conclusion , i'm supportive & against globalisation .

like Secretary-General , Kofi Annan

said " It has been said that arguing against globalisation

is like arguing against the law of gravity "

why argue your point if it's rather impossible to come to a conclusion ?

i shall just stay neutral (:

2008-02-17T09:27:00.002+08:00

Mrs Yeo ,

how has life been for you ?

Hopefully it is alright .

It is really a pity to know how fast time flies .

It is already my final year in secondary school

and I have to say that it has been enjoyable so far and I am sure

it will continue to be .

In these four years ,

each year is very different for me personally .

There are bound to be many changes yearly

and this year is no exception either .

With the change of the principal since the start of last year ,

there has been quite a few changes around the school .

The school is currently going through the re-painting of the buildings .

They are painted with a variety of colours to brighten up

the school environment .

The principal has also made changes to the collar pins of our uniform

based on the request of some students .
So from the start of this year onwards ,

we are all expected to wear iron - on badges instead of having collar pins .

Additionally , Mr Koh , the principal

made another major change to the school system .

Now on every thursday ,

school assembly starts at 8.20AM instead of the usual 7.20AM .

That gives us an extra hour to get ready for school

and I am sure most of us like this change very much .

These are just some of the changes so far .

Presently ,

being in secondary four is the most crucial year of my secondary school education

and it puts me in a tense environment .

After experiencing almost a month of secondary four life ,

I can tell how much different and stressful it is compared to the previous years .

This year is going to be a very demanding year

and the teachers are expecting us to be sensible and more mature .

This year is where everything is more serious

and of a greater importance .

Management of time is vital now with the hectic schedule

with normal school curriculum and structured remedials

almost everyday .

Every minute and every hour I have on hand is very precious .

I learnt the importance of cherishing my time

and using it wisely .

The past month was just like a preliminary round for me of how to

manage my time for my studies and social life .

It was really a challenge that I have to face because I need

to set my priorities right .

I need to sacrifice many activities of my social life such as

the use of the Internet for entertainment

and the watching of television programmes .

Hours for entertainment need to be reduced .

Of course it is easier said than done .

Most of the time when I wanted so much to give up

studying or revising ,

I kept reminding myself that I needed to hang in there ,

at least until my major examinations are over .

I had to motivate myself in order to perservere .

I do not want to have any regrets when I get my results next year .

At the start ,

it would be much of a struggle trying to balance the hectic schedule

for school and social life ,

apparently it still is after one month .

I am still trying to get used to the work more ,

play less life of which has a vast difference from the previous years of education .

After the last month ,

I learnt to be persistent especially towards my studies

and not give up halfway despite how tough

and long the journey might be .

I know that my hard work and perserverance would pay off

at the end of the day .

Lastly ,

Mrs Yeo , I miss your English lessons

and the smile that spreads across your face occasionally .

I hope that you can come and pay us a visit in school ,

then you can take a look at the changes around the school personally .

Nonetheless , take care :D !

2008-02-12T11:26:00.002+08:00

today's post is on the compo

describe your first day in secondary one 2005

The first day in secondary one for me just spells the word U-N-E-A-S-Y !

When i first entered the foyer ,

I felt a sense of a whole new environment .

I had to face ,

a new environment with people around me I needed to start to know .

Butterflies were in my stomach which made me feel really uncomfortable .

Countless thoughts filled my mind .

I just could not help but kept wondering about was in store for the secondary one students

for our very first day .

I was worried about the things I would face on my very first day .

Perhaps like every other secondary one student ,

I was anxious to see and experience to experience secondary life yet

at the same time I was afraid that I might not fit in .

While waiting to assemble in the hall ,

I unexpectedly made a new friend .

Though we were total strangers ,

we had both plucked up our courage to get a conversation with each other going .

We introduced ourselves with our names and our primary schools .

Her name is Shazwani .

She was also clad in the same outfit as me ,

our school uniform .

We continued our conversation on the second level near the staff room .

More and more students started coming into the school .

Students from other levels and the newcomers like Shazwani and me .

We procceeded up to the third level at the parade square

when we realised how time had already flown past .

Assembly was starting soon .

We chatted a little more before we walked into the hall together

and sat in our respective classes .

We agreed to have recess together .

Sadly , we were not classmates until we were in secondary three .

I would not forget how I made my first friend in Kent Ridge .

The amount of courage I had to pick up and how tense I was .

I felt really strange having boys around me

and some of them my classmates .

For the six previous years of my education ,

my classmates had been clad in skirts not shorts .

They were not so rough like the boys

and not as irritating as the boys were .

In the beginning ,

I really just could not get used to it .

Due to the difference in behaviour

and how they carried themselves .

Girls in my primary school were much more well behaved .

Whereas the boys I had as classmates were always fooling around

in class and getting into trouble .

But soon after ,

I slowly managed to get used to having boys as part of the class .

Of course that was not the end ,

I had to learn how to get along with them as well .

All the " excitement " made me want someone familiar to keep me company

in the unknown environment that i was in .

I looked around the classroom to see how my fellow classmates looked like .

At the same time ,

I wanted to take a look and see who were those I could most likely befriend .

Unexpectedly , a girl caught my eye .

She looked very familiar as if I have seen her before .

Then I reconisged that she was a girl from my primary school .

I supposed she knew me as well ,

as she smiled at me when she saw me in the class .

But we did not know each other that well ,

until we became good friends from secondary one .

Her name is Joey :D !

Recess was quite a shock .

The canteen was crowded with many people mostly those that were

much more familiar with the school compound ,

my seniors .

I was clueless as to what I should get for my recess

because the crowd in the canteen scared me .

Hence , I decided to make a quick exit .

I was with another girl who was my classmate instead of

being with Shazwani as she had already made another friends from her class .

My new friend soon became one of my good friends too

and she is Fransiska :D !

Fransiska and I did not want to stay in an unfamiliar area with so many strangers

that looked so much taller and bigger which intimidated us .

The first day of school was really an eye-opener

and a whole new experience for me .

I learnt to slowly adapt to secondary school life

as the days of the year passed by .

2008-02-06T09:58:00.000+08:00

HOHOHO ! this blog is created just for the posting of english essays etcetc :D
it's just mainly for school stuff !
all these said by ms heng :D ! own-ed two blogs . LOL !