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Post Exams Mood
Ok. Lets give this blogging thing another shot. I havent blogged in a very long time partly due to the insanely crazy schedule I have in school and also because i am lazy. Anyway, was inspired to start blogging again cause now is after exams so got time and also because today my class went to watch Julie and Julia which was mostly about a girl blogging about her cooking experience and might I say that the movie got progressively bad from a good start to an unresolved ending so i would not advice you guys to watch it. Wanted to watch fame after that but there were only front row seats and not enough so sadly had to give it up. Anyways, today was one of the happiest day in my IB life in a long time because finally got to go shopping and do absolutely watever we wanted without worrying about our studies. Went to Ding Tai Fung at Wisma for dinner with classmates cause our chinese teacher highly recommended the xiao long bao there and i must say its quite ok costing $1 each and the shop having like 10% service charge + 7 % GST = 17% Tax which was exorbitant considering the service was very bad we were tempted to write a feedback form for them but decided against it. Well, some updates about the exams... I think i did pretty ok for everything except for maybe chemistry which i am more or less prepared to attend concentration camp for which will cost like $200 per subject for a week of extra lesson then a retest. Theres also the english con camp which u will get into if u dont get like 6 points which i have a feeling would constitute at least half of the year 5 cohort so its practically like remedial except they make u pay for it. And if by some stroke of luck i do not make it into con camp, there will still be my extended essay to worry about. It is like a 4000 word report and i have choosen to do it on chemistry but currently i do not have a topic which is quite worrying considering that the trial run are like in 2 weeks??? That would mean that the whole of my November will be burnt doing my experiments and typing the report. And theres that TOK essay which i have to type which is like basically about philosophy and all which is like questioning our existence which is wat i am doing currently. I know i have been ranting on and on about how my life sucks and all and i am pretty sure its the same for you but take heart in the fact that there are friends who walk the same road with you. Classmates who encourage you, demoralize you, make you laugh, make you angry, they come in all shapes and sizes and considering that you will be friends with them for at least 1 more year, i suggest you make the most out of it cause i know i will walk out of this IB experience and the most important thing that i will bring along with me (other than the IB Diploma) is the friendship that i made along the way.
Anyway, on a happier note, I am teaching Indians how to sing 'Peng You' for a chinese karaoke competition and its quite cool. Tomorow dunno whether to go play squash in school, gym and badminton at jurong west or go play frisbee at sentosa. Have like a break from now till wednesday cause marking day and all so now i will enjoy the most out of it. Life is too short to worry about things, I will just take it one step at a step. P.s. If anyone still reads this dead blog, please leave a tag so that i would be encouraged to continue blogging =D
Music changes everything<'3
Rock rock rock :D
Rock rock rock :D
Orientation
This week marks the official start of school after the o level students joined us on monday even though sch for me started on 19 Jan. Anyway, my Orientation Group(OG) has 7 girls and 20 plus boys. On Monday, our day started with chapel and then a Principal's briefing which lasted like 3 and a half hour and this is like the longest time i have seat in the Auditorium in my 4 years in the school. The principal also kept using the term blue ocean strategy throughout his speech which no one understood until he finally explained it and it is basically like breaking away from tradition and creating a new market which is demonstrated by the IB program. Then after the long, excruciating talk, we had a break and our orientation started. We had a very fun cheering session and also some fun Ice breaker games like a game called ping pong which is actually a finger game that tests one's concentration. we were also entertained by a very hilarious skit which depicted the difference between a Acs, raffles and Chinese high boy. It also went through the history of ACS from how Oldham and Thoburn founded the school to how a parents' questions about IB were answered. After that, we had telematches which comprised of each one in the OG taking turns to first shoot a green pea through a piece of paper, then transport a tennis ball on a plastic spoon with ur mouth, limbo under a danger safety tape, then go in circles 10 times around a pole, transport the ball with the stick to the end of the course and pick up a piece of puzzle which was actually a photo of our OG leaders while competiting with the other groups. In the end, i think my OG won thanks to one guy who took 4 puzzle pieces and another who took 3 when we were only supposed to take 1 each. Yesterday, we started the day with a briefing by our deputy principal on what the IB program is basically about and then we had a discipline talk by the student council. After that we had a a mass dance session which was damn fun cause we learned a dance to the music of disturbia by rhianna and the dance moves were damn comical. DUring the warm up, there were moves like milking a cow, plucking apples and pumping tyre and my personal favourite the Chernobyl kid which is a move where u put one hand on the back of ur neck while u let the other hand hangs loose on the side and you shake it around like a retard. We also had another session of Cheering which caused my voice to become a bit hoarse and after that it was the wet games which was damn cool. There were 3 games and each OG took turns to compete against each other and the games were minefield, twister and sock war. In sock war, we had to wear our sock and on a mat that was filled with soap and detergent water, we had to attempt to take of each others sock and it was quite funny to see the difference between how the girls played and the guys played.(P.s. The girls had their our seperate round and without any guys). Next, there was twister with a twist which was we were playing with sauces. So we had chilli sauce, kaya, oyster sauce, egg white and egg yoke so when they picked a colour and hand or leg, we had to put then at the respective postitions. Lastly, we had minefield where we had to like guess the path through the oponent's minefield and if we step on the wrong box, we were bombed with water bombs but in the end my OG still won. But the road to victory was not a easy one cause when we ran out of water bombs, some guy filled up a basin with socks he got from god knows where and poured it over one of my team mate who stepped on a mine. That was freaking disgusting!!!!!!!!! Today was damn boring cause got lectures and this will continue until next tuesday where we will continue our orientation. Anyway, tomorow got lecture on the various subjects and what combination to choose for students and parents so school will like end like 8pm!!!!!! I am totally not looking forward to it at all cause tomorow, school will be like from 8am- 8pm which is like 12 hrs!!!! The only condolence I get is that next friday we get to go sentosa for some ACSiting race which will last like the whole day. I am signing off here to go rest if not tomorow cannot last the long hours of lecture. P.S. xiu jin, I will go buy the lor mee noodles soon and see whether they taste as good as u say they are. :)
Music changes everything<'3
Rock rock rock :D
Rock rock rock :D
Back to School
This is like my first post for the new year so i start by recounting the first 2 days of school. Yesterday, everyone went back to school and gathering in front of the front office and meeting many friends whom i have not seen in close to 3 months was a great experience. We had some chit chat before we went for Chapel. There we were seated according to our Orientation Groups(OG) and i was in 12 which mean i was with some people like Archis, Palmer, Hafiz and Viet Anh among others but sadly our group had no girls Yet. I stress yet because the girls now are those who got in by direct admission so we still have to wait for the people who are applying for the school by the O level track to come in. So anyway, yesterday we had 3 lectures which were English which was basically the history of literature, Maths which was about the math of using probability in calculating your odds when gambling in 4d or toto and economics which was about how it applied to our daily lifes. Today was a more fun day cause we had this life skills talk conducted by the Adam Khoo Company(Brings back a lot of memories for those in my primary school) and the Trainer we got was like totally hilarious and he was like telling us jokes and sharing his experiences in relationships with us. On top of that, there was like 3 people from my OG group who were seated right in front and were like acting gay with each other and the trainer would like ask them why they were touching each other from time to time providing much comic relief. One of them also claimed that he liked Hannah Montana and when the trainer said proof it, he took out a pink colour Hannah water bottle. After that cool talk, my group B which comprised of OG 7-12 had to go to some Chinese Traditional Medicine Talk at Machpherson and it cost like $12 per person. When we went there, we were introduced to the basics like acupuncture, and massaging techniques and then there was a hands on session where he would demonstrate the techniques so he was asking for volunteers and one of the guy went up and the person asked him to take off his shirt and for some reason, kept pulling his underwear lower much to the amusement and disgust of everyone. Then he put some cups on the body which created a partial vacum which caused the flesh to swell up. Then we also had tea making competition where we had to mix and match different herbs to create the tea. Then my friend went to pour half a container of lou han guo into the tea and then it became like damn sweet. Anyway, tomorow got some stupid science competition where we have to make soemthing usable out of recycled materials so i have to prepare some newspaper and bottles. We also have to write like a 1000 word essay so I guess I'll be signing off here.
Music changes everything<'3
Rock rock rock :D
Rock rock rock :D
XMas Present Xchange
On Monday just had a steamboat cum xmas present xchange with the peeps from 6-5. Arranged to meet at geh poh at 730 so when i reached there, i saw clarie and his friend then after a while more wan zhen and li ping arrived. We went to buy drinks for the dinner then clarie go send his friend to the bus stop. After we finished, we waited for rui song who was supposed to meet us there. After many failed attempts at contacting him including one which consisted of both parties just saying hello to each other cause cannot hear each other, we finally got through and found out that he was at NTUC with gary buying plates and utensils. So we walked to guo wei's house and meet john on the way. When we arrived, we had a very scrumptious steamboat dinner which included shark's meat courtesy of Gary and also Roast Chicken. After the meal, we slacked around while the table was cleared and then we proceeded to have some fun and games. We played a game called chubby bunny which included everyone taking turns to stuff mushmallows into their mouth and saying the magic words chubby bunny after that. Then can the long awaited present exchange which was filled with gifts from action city including mine and we drew lots with names of the person whom we were getting our present from and in the end, i got a rather cute banana organiser from siyi and i have promised her to put it to good use so i will try my best. Then kai en had to leave early cause she moved to telok blangah and she was rushing for the mrt and according to clarie who was in constant communication with her after she left, she just made it on the last train. After that and much crap talking later, we went home @ like 0030. P.S. Pictures "koped" from Yanni's Blog :)
Music changes everything<'3
Rock rock rock :D
Rock rock rock :D
Class Gathering
This week, I had a class gathering with my primary 6 classmates and it was like organised by thomas. We were supposed to meet at Jurong Point at 1230 but I like Gym at 10 and then in the end got pushed to 1030 cause the coach had some competition the day before and hence was late but luckily I made it in time. Anyway, when I reached Jurong Point, I saw Wan Zhen and Liping and then shortly after Thomas came and I found out that he had invited like 15+ people to come but in the end only 8 people turned up. So we went to Marina Square and wanted to go to Yuki Yaki but then very long queue so decide to go Seoul Garden but same thing happened so in the end we had to settle for Breeks where I ordered Mushroom Pasta and we sat there and talked for very long. In the end, when we wanted to leave, we requested for separate billing so the manager had to slowly print out individual receipts so she took like 20 mins to figure out things and print out 8 receipts which was hilarious on one hand but environmentally unfriendly on the other. After that we went to some place where there were like many machines to grab soft toys and we saw like many people trying their luck. Then saw one guy with a girl with like 3 soft toys one of which is so huge one wonders how they managed to grab it. Then Yan ni wanted to try her luck but i told her about what I saw once on a show called "Brianiac" which showed that these machines were programmed to give a payout only after a certain number of tries and even then you needed some skill to grab the doll. What this means is that if the soft toy costs like $20, they will only give the doll to you after like $60 has been put in. So we are actually better off just buying it. Anyway, after that we decided to go find gary and rui song who were playing some game at the arcade and they were armed with some cheated which meant they could keep healing themselves. So we decided to walk to Suntec City to play at another arcade where there were basketball machines. After like a few games they gave up and it was just in time because gary and rui song came. Then we were having a hard time deciding where to have dinner so we went to the fountain and sat down to talk things out. On one hand, some wanted to eat Seafood while others who were not hungry wanted 'tau hui' but in the end we decided to go back to Jurong Point before we make up our minds. When reach Jurong Point, we decided to go for a walk and it is now like damn huge after it got renovated and now it has like a Starbucks and a Newyork Newyork amongst other stalls.We finally decided on KFC but the JP outlet too many people so go to another place instead. There we talked for very long before going to play basketball near Jia Hou Place but no ball so Rui Song had to go borrow from his friends. Then after like half and hour or so, we decided to go back. Then me and ruisong escorted yan ni to her block before we went home ourselves. Then I got a shock from eldric who smsed me saying that his dad was timing us for swimming the next day and my legs were aching but in the end still had to go. So the next day we went down to Jurong West Swimming Complex which has pool water which is salty and swam laps. Before I went home, ELdric showed me this very funny India Music Video on his Subtitles. Coming up, I have a XMas gift exchange with my primary school friends but I have not decided what to get. It has to be above $10 and should be unisex cause the gift exchange is random so anyone with ideas please write it on the tag board.Shall post more photos when Yan Ni decides to post them on facebook.
Music changes everything<'3
Rock rock rock :D
Rock rock rock :D
Afterthoughts after Fly By Night
I have finally finished the fly by night competition which is a 48 hour film making competition but sadly, our team was not one of the 10 judges choices. However, I would like to say the the overall experience was very fun. On the 28th, we went to 72-13 Muhammad Sultan Road which was freaking had to find because the place was actually on 72 Muhammad Sultan Road but the address they put 72-13, in the end i went to like 13 before going to 72. Anyway, after reaching there, we waited for like 15 mins before the whole event started. Then can the part where the theme was to be revealed and one of the organizers ms tan pin pin said, i know you are going to hate me but the theme is "X" and flashed a paper with the theme and everyone was like WTF????$^#%(*(... Then everyone was like given until 30th at 12noon to submit. My team went to the MacDonald nearby and were brainstorming while having dinner amongst other teams who too were thinking of what to do. Our ideas were very crazy and they included singing the ABC song and it getting stuck at X and changing to some beatboxing. Then after thinking for 2 hours, we decided to go back to our school and get our equipment. By the time we reached school, it was like 10 and we settled on filming near school and so we embarked on filming in places like in the clock tower(Which is supposed to be locked but never is for some reason) where it was quite scary at first and then when we reached the top, i stumbled on a box with some old stuff and in it was like booklets of ticket stubs from an acs concert in 1991... Anyways, we went back to edit and it was around 2 and then we decide to get some food from the 7-11 at dover market but the one problem was that the gate was locked. So we approched the guard and surprisingly, he was very friendly and even asked us how our filming was going and giving us tips. After that we went back to sleep at like 3 O clock and woke up at 9. By then, we were like 3/4 done and our trainer lena who by the way participated too called us and we like told her how fast we were done and she was a bit shocked. We went to K.A.P for Macs again... to eat and do some filming then we were back in school again and we received a call from ms tan pin pin saying some film council people want to come interview us but in the end we waited until 3 but they didn't come. So i went home to sleep from 5pm to 9am. Then today we had to go watch the screening of all the films and some very funny, some were gay and so were plain i dont get it!!!! Before that, i had Macs Again for breakfast like 3 times already and we found a cockroach near where we were sitting in the 72-13 venue. That basically summarizes all i did in like the past 3 days. Anyway, I have also included the video that my team did for the Singapore Digital Media Awards based on the theme Its playtime and so we did a video about Pakour which is about urban free running.
Music changes everything<'3
Rock rock rock :D
Rock rock rock :D
Videos for the Holiday Boredom
This are some Hilarious Videos that I watch and I feel that it is only right to share it with everyone to overcome the holiday boredom. Enjoy :)
Music changes everything<'3
Rock rock rock :D
Rock rock rock :D
