Besides all the negative stuff, I want to thank people for all the good stuffs that made 2006 one of the best year for me.
I want to thank Mrs Tan for letting me taking part in VJC quiz, and Yingjie for saving the team from being pushed out of the running.
I want to thank my form teacher Mdm. Ng for recommending me to take part in the translation competition over Ling Chen (who gave up the chance by insisting I'm better than him in English) and subquently another one later in the year, as well as 华岗文学 (though I didn't win anything).
I want to thank whoever nominated me for mun last year (most probably Mr. Ng and or Mr. Ho). I want to thank Mr. Cheng, Mr. Chng, Miss Sunita and Mr. Lim for their valuable guidance
Last but not least, I want to thank 杨老师 for making xinyunxinyun a success.
This post is for all the teachers. Think I will post another one for my fellow schoolmates next time.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Friday, July 21, 2006
RMUNC
Ok, the event is like around 2 months ago....so the timing of this post is "a bit" Kian Yang. But anyway, here's what happens generally:
I received a private emb msg that notified me that I'm participating in RMUNC (Raffles Model United Nations). Apparently all the delegates selected are either those who went for THIMUN or want to go for HMUN this year. So anyway, I'm in.
Then I went for some briefing at RJC. Interestingly, all of us need to prepare some ppt which states our country's stand and planned solutions and so on. Apparently this is for the chair to judge how well-prepared are we. And then the conference is set in 1982 during cold war, and not 2006, so "outdated" info suddenly became the most "up-to-date" ones.
After missing a few meetings whereby allocation of council were discussed and stuff, we were notified that HCI will represent Russia (aka USSR) and Zimbabwe. So anyway I'm in ECOSOC doing Debt Crisis.
I'm quite glad that I'm not doing GA4, as it's highly technical which makes it well very boring and hard to understand. Moreover, since it deals with special political issues like say Israel and Palestine, it takes almost forever to just deal with the ownership of Jerusalem.
And obviously, we needa prepare the ppt and start to read up on stuff, as teachers (SLIM and Sunita) will be looking at it. I wonder whether I prepared enough, but I certainly dont know more than others. Moreover, I can't find stats for my own country's debt and so on. LOL LOL.
Then one day, someone added me on msn. Apparently, she is Alan's friend, and added me for lobbying and some sort of "consulatation". So we exchanaged our ppt and gives suggestion for improvement. It turns out that others often spam the RMUN official yahoo grp for msn contacts for lobbying. LOL, and I just stone. So anyway, up to the time the conference starts, I only have MOST (not even all lor) HCI's contacts and Zi Wei's contact. Ok, that's "a lot".
So the actual ppt quite screwed of cos. I dont really know what I'm talking about and the chair caution me. I went home to do a working paper, as I'm too lazy to do a resolution.
Day 1 conference: Stoned mostly, so kena scolded by the Chair. LOL. But I did speak a few times against the USA's resolution of cos. I don't quite understand why the USA wants me to support his side. Obviously, it would be a major diplomatic coup if he succeed, just imagine the 2 superpowers WORKING HAND IN HAND! I also agreed with him that our proposed solutions are quite similar. However, my job is to OPPOSE USA. Sorry then. In the end, I joined another bloc formed by UK and sorta contributed to their reso.
Day 1 night: After being heavily criticised by so many people for not performing the role of Superpower, I decided to came up with my own resolution. However as we needa fix the computer, I only went online at like around 10 pm. Feeling boliao for one moment, I talked to Iran (aka Zi Wei) and asked what she is doing. It turned out that Iran, being anti-US, had found a bunch of countries (sorry, should be "alliance") who are waiting for me to work together on an alternative resolutions. Ok lor...ji I need to find allies?
So anyway I shared my ideas with them infused with lots of "socialist" (I'm supposed to be communist) ideology. I koped some ideas from others' resolution, my own working paper and "The End of Poverty". There's a 5-point plan inside which lists way to stablise an economy, which I amended for our anti-US, socialist reso. We split up the work amongst the alliace, consisting primarily of India, Saudi, Iran and USSR. Guyana also contributed. As we cannot finished in time, we decided to meet up tomorrow at J8's Mac to iron things out.
Day 2: Iran was very late, but we started work anyway. So basically, everyone take out their work and combine. India (or is it Saudi?) promptly worked on it for almost the whole morning of the conference. And I myself, being the head of all communists, sent out lots of notes to publicise. And obviously, I went up to speak a few times. Things were looking up. :)
However, everything changed during the lunch. UK decided to merge his reso with USA, which effectively means that there wont be space for any opposing bloc to propose a new one, since you can only sign one at a time. So I need to defeat the merged reso which I signed, otherwise my reso would be totally useless since I cannot get enough signatures to get it debated. (You can only sign one reso at a time. If it's passed, you cannot sign again). SO SCREWED.
And of course, I cannot even find 12 countries to sign the reso. I think USSR is really unpopular. Cuba's absence and the Sino-Soviet split doesn't help either. And apparently, we are involved in Somalia and Afghanistan's war so they wont support us either. What ter heck! USSR is a powerless superpower.
Then after that, we had the RMUN crisis. Apparently, because Falkland Island had Diamonds, everyone wants a share of it by claiming the island is theirs. So there's 2 camps: one group wanna resolve it by settling the ownership first, while the other just want to have a share of the diamond for funding to resolve the debt crisis.
And ridiculously for the USSR, we were supposed to invade them! We proposed a joint alliance with China, but of cos there's the Soviet-Sino split. So we were left quite alone and we just dao the thing. To put it simply, logical solutions that will get support does not seems logical for USSR's interest. If we wanna protect our interest, we wont get any support. What ter heck!
Interestingly, I read from someone GP's notes on my trip to RJC, that small nations often want a "referee" like UN to enforce the rule, while major powers wants more room to manoeuvre (often by upsetting the rule). Moreover, it sounds logical for a major power to exert his influence and assert his power by taking active steps to protect her vested interest. Unfortunately, self-interest often go against collective ones.
Day 3: After completedly giving up, we just dao the thing. The next day, a reso, which referred the case to SC, was passed resolving the stupid crisis. Our debt crisis meeting went on for another 90 minutes. For some reason, nothing got passed due to a lack of time. It would be a success of the council to pass the reso, but then it would seems as a failure on our part. And of cos, my alternative reso was laid to waste.
Then we had our fashion parade. Our rasputin was well, entertaining, but not artistic. Same goes for Zimbabwe. And I think the D n D rocks lah, especially the band, though nobody really dances unless you count jumping and down for no reason...
So obviously I didnt get any prize for the whole conference, but I admit it's quite a good experience nonetheless.
I received a private emb msg that notified me that I'm participating in RMUNC (Raffles Model United Nations). Apparently all the delegates selected are either those who went for THIMUN or want to go for HMUN this year. So anyway, I'm in.
Then I went for some briefing at RJC. Interestingly, all of us need to prepare some ppt which states our country's stand and planned solutions and so on. Apparently this is for the chair to judge how well-prepared are we. And then the conference is set in 1982 during cold war, and not 2006, so "outdated" info suddenly became the most "up-to-date" ones.
After missing a few meetings whereby allocation of council were discussed and stuff, we were notified that HCI will represent Russia (aka USSR) and Zimbabwe. So anyway I'm in ECOSOC doing Debt Crisis.
I'm quite glad that I'm not doing GA4, as it's highly technical which makes it well very boring and hard to understand. Moreover, since it deals with special political issues like say Israel and Palestine, it takes almost forever to just deal with the ownership of Jerusalem.
And obviously, we needa prepare the ppt and start to read up on stuff, as teachers (SLIM and Sunita) will be looking at it. I wonder whether I prepared enough, but I certainly dont know more than others. Moreover, I can't find stats for my own country's debt and so on. LOL LOL.
Then one day, someone added me on msn. Apparently, she is Alan's friend, and added me for lobbying and some sort of "consulatation". So we exchanaged our ppt and gives suggestion for improvement. It turns out that others often spam the RMUN official yahoo grp for msn contacts for lobbying. LOL, and I just stone. So anyway, up to the time the conference starts, I only have MOST (not even all lor) HCI's contacts and Zi Wei's contact. Ok, that's "a lot".
So the actual ppt quite screwed of cos. I dont really know what I'm talking about and the chair caution me. I went home to do a working paper, as I'm too lazy to do a resolution.
Day 1 conference: Stoned mostly, so kena scolded by the Chair. LOL. But I did speak a few times against the USA's resolution of cos. I don't quite understand why the USA wants me to support his side. Obviously, it would be a major diplomatic coup if he succeed, just imagine the 2 superpowers WORKING HAND IN HAND! I also agreed with him that our proposed solutions are quite similar. However, my job is to OPPOSE USA. Sorry then. In the end, I joined another bloc formed by UK and sorta contributed to their reso.
Day 1 night: After being heavily criticised by so many people for not performing the role of Superpower, I decided to came up with my own resolution. However as we needa fix the computer, I only went online at like around 10 pm. Feeling boliao for one moment, I talked to Iran (aka Zi Wei) and asked what she is doing. It turned out that Iran, being anti-US, had found a bunch of countries (sorry, should be "alliance") who are waiting for me to work together on an alternative resolutions. Ok lor...ji I need to find allies?
So anyway I shared my ideas with them infused with lots of "socialist" (I'm supposed to be communist) ideology. I koped some ideas from others' resolution, my own working paper and "The End of Poverty". There's a 5-point plan inside which lists way to stablise an economy, which I amended for our anti-US, socialist reso. We split up the work amongst the alliace, consisting primarily of India, Saudi, Iran and USSR. Guyana also contributed. As we cannot finished in time, we decided to meet up tomorrow at J8's Mac to iron things out.
Day 2: Iran was very late, but we started work anyway. So basically, everyone take out their work and combine. India (or is it Saudi?) promptly worked on it for almost the whole morning of the conference. And I myself, being the head of all communists, sent out lots of notes to publicise. And obviously, I went up to speak a few times. Things were looking up. :)
However, everything changed during the lunch. UK decided to merge his reso with USA, which effectively means that there wont be space for any opposing bloc to propose a new one, since you can only sign one at a time. So I need to defeat the merged reso which I signed, otherwise my reso would be totally useless since I cannot get enough signatures to get it debated. (You can only sign one reso at a time. If it's passed, you cannot sign again). SO SCREWED.
And of course, I cannot even find 12 countries to sign the reso. I think USSR is really unpopular. Cuba's absence and the Sino-Soviet split doesn't help either. And apparently, we are involved in Somalia and Afghanistan's war so they wont support us either. What ter heck! USSR is a powerless superpower.
Then after that, we had the RMUN crisis. Apparently, because Falkland Island had Diamonds, everyone wants a share of it by claiming the island is theirs. So there's 2 camps: one group wanna resolve it by settling the ownership first, while the other just want to have a share of the diamond for funding to resolve the debt crisis.
And ridiculously for the USSR, we were supposed to invade them! We proposed a joint alliance with China, but of cos there's the Soviet-Sino split. So we were left quite alone and we just dao the thing. To put it simply, logical solutions that will get support does not seems logical for USSR's interest. If we wanna protect our interest, we wont get any support. What ter heck!
Interestingly, I read from someone GP's notes on my trip to RJC, that small nations often want a "referee" like UN to enforce the rule, while major powers wants more room to manoeuvre (often by upsetting the rule). Moreover, it sounds logical for a major power to exert his influence and assert his power by taking active steps to protect her vested interest. Unfortunately, self-interest often go against collective ones.
Day 3: After completedly giving up, we just dao the thing. The next day, a reso, which referred the case to SC, was passed resolving the stupid crisis. Our debt crisis meeting went on for another 90 minutes. For some reason, nothing got passed due to a lack of time. It would be a success of the council to pass the reso, but then it would seems as a failure on our part. And of cos, my alternative reso was laid to waste.
Then we had our fashion parade. Our rasputin was well, entertaining, but not artistic. Same goes for Zimbabwe. And I think the D n D rocks lah, especially the band, though nobody really dances unless you count jumping and down for no reason...
So obviously I didnt get any prize for the whole conference, but I admit it's quite a good experience nonetheless.
Monday, July 17, 2006
Xinyunxinyun
I finally passed the baton to my successor, MoXiang (aka y-c cos y=mx+c) in a "chuan wei" ceremony which is quite lame of course. I'm sure that our heir will handle their new mantle with care and bring the Frozen Huagang to greater height, though I admit MoXiang still has too much link at the moment. I would make sure he has hyperlink soon.
Meanwhile xinyunxinyun is finally over. There's such an intensive emotional release that everyone got quite high after the xie mu, with yours truly amongst them. I guessed I finally fulfilled my mission, though unfortunately not in a bigger role, of reviving Huagang Yee Yun. I can left Huagang with a clear conscience, that I contributed to OUR production, BY us and ultimately FOR us to watch.
And then some other rumours had materialised into concrete links, with some with high potential of actually developing into "good-friends" or even romance, with no brokeback. You can refer to HP or Jensen post for more details. Meanwhile, being the "Linkable Lincoln", I'm still a noble gas existing as a solitary atom. This declaration is not an open invitation or whatsoever to tell you that I'm available or anything..., just reporting on my status.
The end is near and I wonder whether the new beginning would prove to be better...
Quote of the day
Homework: Something you needa get it done, though there's no need to get it right.
You need to done it, or you would be done for.
It's ok for love to be blind, as long as you don't lose your sense of taste.
From HongYe
*Someone* is effecient at getting things NOT done.
Can't think of more at the moment. Maybe will update soon.
Meanwhile xinyunxinyun is finally over. There's such an intensive emotional release that everyone got quite high after the xie mu, with yours truly amongst them. I guessed I finally fulfilled my mission, though unfortunately not in a bigger role, of reviving Huagang Yee Yun. I can left Huagang with a clear conscience, that I contributed to OUR production, BY us and ultimately FOR us to watch.
And then some other rumours had materialised into concrete links, with some with high potential of actually developing into "good-friends" or even romance, with no brokeback. You can refer to HP or Jensen post for more details. Meanwhile, being the "Linkable Lincoln", I'm still a noble gas existing as a solitary atom. This declaration is not an open invitation or whatsoever to tell you that I'm available or anything..., just reporting on my status.
The end is near and I wonder whether the new beginning would prove to be better...
Quote of the day
Homework: Something you needa get it done, though there's no need to get it right.
You need to done it, or you would be done for.
It's ok for love to be blind, as long as you don't lose your sense of taste.
From HongYe
*Someone* is effecient at getting things NOT done.
Can't think of more at the moment. Maybe will update soon.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Project's Day
Well, think I would just like to blog about what went on during the competition this week, since I had been nothing much else as of late, except spamming Hwagang of cos. Just before it's our turn to present our project, Yee Jiunn told us about the 3 Cs.
Convince - Persuade the judges that you are part of the magical movement that would bring to school to further greatness
Con - Well, nothing is what it seems to be.
Confuse - if there's no substance, try to "smoke through" according to JJ.
Let me add a few more Cs to the list.
Chim-mify - quite similar to the idea of "con". If the project is hard to understand or even impossible to understand, the judges would generally have less questions or don't know what to ask, so you wont be screwed for Q and A.
Combination of Consequenses - aka luck. Sometimes the judges don't need a reason to kick out of the competition...
So anyway the judging was quite screwed for us, but I would and wouldn't say that "you reaped what you SOWed". Our group was screwed by one particularly annoying and bitchy teacher whose name is somewhere in this post, and highlighted in some way. But of cos, I dont think we deserve to be eliminated this way, since we really did the experiement the best that we could though sometimes misguided by our dear mentor. In fact, I bet I done more for biodiesel than my previous 3 projects put together. Haiz, based on effort alone, think we deserve something more. but that's for me to decide.
Convince - Persuade the judges that you are part of the magical movement that would bring to school to further greatness
Con - Well, nothing is what it seems to be.
Confuse - if there's no substance, try to "smoke through" according to JJ.
Let me add a few more Cs to the list.
Chim-mify - quite similar to the idea of "con". If the project is hard to understand or even impossible to understand, the judges would generally have less questions or don't know what to ask, so you wont be screwed for Q and A.
Combination of Consequenses - aka luck. Sometimes the judges don't need a reason to kick out of the competition...
So anyway the judging was quite screwed for us, but I would and wouldn't say that "you reaped what you SOWed". Our group was screwed by one particularly annoying and bitchy teacher whose name is somewhere in this post, and highlighted in some way. But of cos, I dont think we deserve to be eliminated this way, since we really did the experiement the best that we could though sometimes misguided by our dear mentor. In fact, I bet I done more for biodiesel than my previous 3 projects put together. Haiz, based on effort alone, think we deserve something more. but that's for me to decide.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Term 2.5
With so many stuff piling up “nicely” for the June holiday and the first few weeks of term 3, the break seems more like an extended school term to me. Indeed, it would be a miracle if I sailed through the whole periodunscathed. Indeed, I have been coming to school almost every-day that this break merely seems to be an extended school term. Fortunately (for better or worse), I’m not coming to the school campus for week 2, so at least I’m not so sick when I came again in week 3.
Week 1 – making props
Although about half of Huagang belongs to the props group, somehow only about 3-4 regulars turned up frequently enough to be worth a mention. Of course, I cannot blame those actors and exco members (Hey some of us did come down to help!) since they were already too bogged down with rehearsals and administrative matters respectively. However, what excuse does the rest have? Why are they not coming when we need them the most?
Week 2 – RMUNC
Ok, I myself did not go and make props nor go for the Huagang camp for a very obvious reason: RMUNC. Well, for details about what went on during the conference, please wait for my post just on this event.
Week 3 – Project and Choir
After RMUNC ended off with a bang with the D & D, I promptly went back to work on my Biodiesel project. This must be the first time I had actually started doing my project during the June holidays, perhaps yet another potent indicator of my failure in Project’s Competition. Yet I cannot screw it up this time around, for this is the last year all of us would be in HCI high school section (Refer to my earlier post about Year 4 syndrome).
I sincerely hope that we would at least make it to the final, after missing out on greenwave and NUS Chemistry fair due to our lagging external mentor. Anyway, the Ngee Ann lecturer did not reply us promptly yet again (think he’s overseas) so we just continue preparing the oil needed for testing religiously. Hopefully we can complete everything in time.
Meanwhile, choir training resumed with dismal attendance as usual. I really begin to wonder whether we can make it for the NYGH concert in tip-top condition, considering what we sang during the practices. And of course, the old issue about succession popped up more and more frequently, as the date for departures of sec 4 nears. Hewlett quipped we might as well form a boy band. At the same time, I think Mr. Yong gave hints that yet another recruitment drive would be organized. Miss Lim’s comment that there’s a lots of singing talent in Hwachong rings ever louder in my ears nowadays, as I realized that our dear Chee Yang didn’t even join VE. Imagine that! Hopefully VE can survive beyond the few remaining founders.
As you might had noticed, I did not even make a passing mention about revision for test (Math, Physics and Bio quiz), holiday homework nor HRP for a very good reason: I didn’t even touch them. They would probably be tackled in the last week.
Schedule
Stuff for Term 3 Week 1-3
Book circle
HRP
Physics, Bio, Math test
VE and Chinese drama performance
Project’s Day Semi judging
Australian English
Stuff for remaining weeks of term 3
ACE (especially Physics and Biology)
Oral Defense
Young editor (write some short stories)
Science research paper (for “Scientific Major Research Paper” aka SMRP)
Exam revision
Hopefully everything goes well, and then I can concentrate on revising for my exam to get my choice subject combination.
Week 1 – making props
Although about half of Huagang belongs to the props group, somehow only about 3-4 regulars turned up frequently enough to be worth a mention. Of course, I cannot blame those actors and exco members (Hey some of us did come down to help!) since they were already too bogged down with rehearsals and administrative matters respectively. However, what excuse does the rest have? Why are they not coming when we need them the most?
Week 2 – RMUNC
Ok, I myself did not go and make props nor go for the Huagang camp for a very obvious reason: RMUNC. Well, for details about what went on during the conference, please wait for my post just on this event.
Week 3 – Project and Choir
After RMUNC ended off with a bang with the D & D, I promptly went back to work on my Biodiesel project. This must be the first time I had actually started doing my project during the June holidays, perhaps yet another potent indicator of my failure in Project’s Competition. Yet I cannot screw it up this time around, for this is the last year all of us would be in HCI high school section (Refer to my earlier post about Year 4 syndrome).
I sincerely hope that we would at least make it to the final, after missing out on greenwave and NUS Chemistry fair due to our lagging external mentor. Anyway, the Ngee Ann lecturer did not reply us promptly yet again (think he’s overseas) so we just continue preparing the oil needed for testing religiously. Hopefully we can complete everything in time.
Meanwhile, choir training resumed with dismal attendance as usual. I really begin to wonder whether we can make it for the NYGH concert in tip-top condition, considering what we sang during the practices. And of course, the old issue about succession popped up more and more frequently, as the date for departures of sec 4 nears. Hewlett quipped we might as well form a boy band. At the same time, I think Mr. Yong gave hints that yet another recruitment drive would be organized. Miss Lim’s comment that there’s a lots of singing talent in Hwachong rings ever louder in my ears nowadays, as I realized that our dear Chee Yang didn’t even join VE. Imagine that! Hopefully VE can survive beyond the few remaining founders.
As you might had noticed, I did not even make a passing mention about revision for test (Math, Physics and Bio quiz), holiday homework nor HRP for a very good reason: I didn’t even touch them. They would probably be tackled in the last week.
Schedule
Stuff for Term 3 Week 1-3
Book circle
HRP
Physics, Bio, Math test
VE and Chinese drama performance
Project’s Day Semi judging
Australian English
Stuff for remaining weeks of term 3
ACE (especially Physics and Biology)
Oral Defense
Young editor (write some short stories)
Science research paper (for “Scientific Major Research Paper” aka SMRP)
Exam revision
Hopefully everything goes well, and then I can concentrate on revising for my exam to get my choice subject combination.
Year 4 syndrome
I think the final year in your school would always be the most memorable. Besides relishing the bond with your friends and the inevitable parting, the anticipation of your next steps towards achieving your life-long dream must always be on the back of your mind. Now more than ever, I feel the increasing sense of urgency as the sand remaining in the hour-glass disappear even faster than a shooting star. The quest is on to eliminate any possible regrets, from being carried forward to your college days.
No doubt this cohort would still be promoted together to J1, but this is a significant milestone that nobody wanted to cross without something to show for. Perhaps that is why all of us are working so hard, with valuable experience accumulated from past failures, to save our best shot for the last.
The end is near.
No doubt this cohort would still be promoted together to J1, but this is a significant milestone that nobody wanted to cross without something to show for. Perhaps that is why all of us are working so hard, with valuable experience accumulated from past failures, to save our best shot for the last.
The end is near.
Friday, April 14, 2006
Translation
Thought I just blogged again since I still have not developed the mood for doing my HRP, RMUNC ppt and..........
So as I mentioned, Term 2 Week 2 is a bit crazy due to the ultra-hectic schedule, which made me completedly burned out. Yet somehow for one reasons or another, it became quite "slack". So here's the timetable for that Monday:
730-1330: Normal lessons (Recess training with Mrs Tan for VJC quiz)
1400-1500: LEP lessons (supposed to last till 1600 but for some reason, it's cut short)
1600-1750: Project meeting with external mentor with Mdm. Choi (Been waiting for tyjiunn and Kevin, as they were held up by some stuff)
1800-1930: Stone at poolside and had dinner there, as I dao VE
1930-2130: Translation training with Mr. Wang
2200-2130: Bath, rushes some hw and went to bed
All in all, the translation training with Mr. Wang is quite fun, and I learnt quite a lot. Interestingly, I never met my team-mates throughout the course of the training. Jian Zhong and Dian Jun were too busy and only came for the Wed session, while obviously I'm away for that day due to VJC quiz.
Just like the VJC quizzes, the 3 of us were quite shocked that we actually made it to the final round, considering that the 2 of them did not prepare adequately (the 2 hours "crash course" on wed). Apparently Mr. Tan, lacks so much confidence that he did not want us to bring the xiao qi there. lol.
So here's how the competition went along:
1st rd-Dunman totally screwed up, scoring a grand total of zero. At this pts, RV is leading with 12 pts, while RI and us got abt 8-9 pts.
2nd rd-RV totally screwed up, scoring 9 out of possible of 48. Dunman caught up with RV and eliminated them with a total of 27 pts (Only top 3 teams qualify for the 3rd and final round). Meanwhile HCI trailing RI by 4 pts with 45 pts.With such a big lead, we are confident of getting top 2 at least. Anyway the order is this HCI go 1st then RI, then Dunman.
3rd rd-RI self-destruct as their rep. obviously cannot translate english into chinese. Same goes for Dunman, but they dont have anything to destruct anyway, so we dont bothered about them. We know we were the champ, once the RI guys began to speak Chinese.
So after the 2 competitions, ACE for a few subjects have been maxed or very close already. Here's the tally:
Chinese: 5 for sabbatical and 12 for translation (total 17)
English: 3 for ppt and ?? for translation subject to approval
IH: 8 for VJC (I also had 1 land reclamation ppt, RMUNC and lit...)
Physics: spamming forum + Australian Science
Others still zero. So hoped everyone can collaborate with me thanks.
So as I mentioned, Term 2 Week 2 is a bit crazy due to the ultra-hectic schedule, which made me completedly burned out. Yet somehow for one reasons or another, it became quite "slack". So here's the timetable for that Monday:
730-1330: Normal lessons (Recess training with Mrs Tan for VJC quiz)
1400-1500: LEP lessons (supposed to last till 1600 but for some reason, it's cut short)
1600-1750: Project meeting with external mentor with Mdm. Choi (Been waiting for tyjiunn and Kevin, as they were held up by some stuff)
1800-1930: Stone at poolside and had dinner there, as I dao VE
1930-2130: Translation training with Mr. Wang
2200-2130: Bath, rushes some hw and went to bed
All in all, the translation training with Mr. Wang is quite fun, and I learnt quite a lot. Interestingly, I never met my team-mates throughout the course of the training. Jian Zhong and Dian Jun were too busy and only came for the Wed session, while obviously I'm away for that day due to VJC quiz.
Just like the VJC quizzes, the 3 of us were quite shocked that we actually made it to the final round, considering that the 2 of them did not prepare adequately (the 2 hours "crash course" on wed). Apparently Mr. Tan, lacks so much confidence that he did not want us to bring the xiao qi there. lol.
So here's how the competition went along:
1st rd-Dunman totally screwed up, scoring a grand total of zero. At this pts, RV is leading with 12 pts, while RI and us got abt 8-9 pts.
2nd rd-RV totally screwed up, scoring 9 out of possible of 48. Dunman caught up with RV and eliminated them with a total of 27 pts (Only top 3 teams qualify for the 3rd and final round). Meanwhile HCI trailing RI by 4 pts with 45 pts.With such a big lead, we are confident of getting top 2 at least. Anyway the order is this HCI go 1st then RI, then Dunman.
3rd rd-RI self-destruct as their rep. obviously cannot translate english into chinese. Same goes for Dunman, but they dont have anything to destruct anyway, so we dont bothered about them. We know we were the champ, once the RI guys began to speak Chinese.
So after the 2 competitions, ACE for a few subjects have been maxed or very close already. Here's the tally:
Chinese: 5 for sabbatical and 12 for translation (total 17)
English: 3 for ppt and ?? for translation subject to approval
IH: 8 for VJC (I also had 1 land reclamation ppt, RMUNC and lit...)
Physics: spamming forum + Australian Science
Others still zero. So hoped everyone can collaborate with me thanks.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
What I did
Havent been blogging for these few weeks for a very simple reason: Too much stuff to do. Everyday, you seems to need to sleep at midnight or work non-stop from 6am to 6pm to clear the pile of homework.
Achievement in Term 2 Week 3:
Best Speaker for "in the" class debate
3rd for VJC IH Quiz
Passed Projects Prelim (lol though it's not our real topic at that time...but it seems we are doing on Biodiesel after all)
Champion for national Translation competition
For past 2 weeks been training for the competition as mentioned. Lol Yong Jie and I and we were actually quite surprised we got into the final round in the first place, as we did not feel we prepared adequately. I mean during the tea reception between the prelim and final rounds, we were discussing how many qns we got correct. So all of us got little more than 30 (Ying JIe got 39 while Zach, our reserve, got 24). It turned out that once you passed the quiz, as in getting more than 30, you are already one of the top since Ying Jie actually got individual 4th!!!
So for the final round right, HCI screwed up the individual round, sorry lor. Subsequently for the jeopardy (is that what you call that?) also a bit screwed.
Thus we did not really narrow the gap so we were in last place. The scoreboard look like this: HCI 30, RI and Chung Cheng 55 and SJI 75. Somehow SJI got this guy damn meng so he sorta answered all the questions.
Then for buzzer, Ying Jie is practically spamming so we eventually climbed to 2nd. Unfortunately, we answered wrongly for the last qns, and was deducted 2 marks, thus surrendering our runner-up position to RI by 1 mark. (SJI 112 Champ, RI 98pts, HCI 97, Chung Cheng 97)
Just thought that it's quite sway that we only got 3rd since I actually know the answer to some questions and it seems Ying Jie didn't hear me or something. But then Ying Jie is quite zai so don't blame him. Oh yah one RI guy thought they get to answer one buzzer rounds qns when it's supposed to be us, and they just shouted out the answer lol. But then considering that HCI didn't get in (or is it never?) even with a damn good team last year, think we did well lah.
Since this is my 1st competition representing the school, felt quite nervous. So totally stone for 1 Russian leader pic (didnt answer at all) luckily Yong Jie also crapped some qns like saying Tony Blair is Foreign Sectretary (it's Jack Straw), making me more relaxed.
All in all quite tyco, dont really know how we got in. But once we got into the final round, we knew we got a chance to win, though it was not to be.
So 1 more stuff to my portfolio, 8 IH CPs. Sorry Miss Sunita, I missed out on the 2 RMUNC meeting due to VJC. Hmm, luckily they did not assign me to that GA4 again. Otherwise damn sian man.
Blogged abt Translation next time.
I still got RMUNC ppt, HRP (long overdue but becos got competition so no time to do) and....
Achievement in Term 2 Week 3:
Best Speaker for "in the" class debate
3rd for VJC IH Quiz
Passed Projects Prelim (lol though it's not our real topic at that time...but it seems we are doing on Biodiesel after all)
Champion for national Translation competition
For past 2 weeks been training for the competition as mentioned. Lol Yong Jie and I and we were actually quite surprised we got into the final round in the first place, as we did not feel we prepared adequately. I mean during the tea reception between the prelim and final rounds, we were discussing how many qns we got correct. So all of us got little more than 30 (Ying JIe got 39 while Zach, our reserve, got 24). It turned out that once you passed the quiz, as in getting more than 30, you are already one of the top since Ying Jie actually got individual 4th!!!
So for the final round right, HCI screwed up the individual round, sorry lor. Subsequently for the jeopardy (is that what you call that?) also a bit screwed.
Thus we did not really narrow the gap so we were in last place. The scoreboard look like this: HCI 30, RI and Chung Cheng 55 and SJI 75. Somehow SJI got this guy damn meng so he sorta answered all the questions.
Then for buzzer, Ying Jie is practically spamming so we eventually climbed to 2nd. Unfortunately, we answered wrongly for the last qns, and was deducted 2 marks, thus surrendering our runner-up position to RI by 1 mark. (SJI 112 Champ, RI 98pts, HCI 97, Chung Cheng 97)
Just thought that it's quite sway that we only got 3rd since I actually know the answer to some questions and it seems Ying Jie didn't hear me or something. But then Ying Jie is quite zai so don't blame him. Oh yah one RI guy thought they get to answer one buzzer rounds qns when it's supposed to be us, and they just shouted out the answer lol. But then considering that HCI didn't get in (or is it never?) even with a damn good team last year, think we did well lah.
Since this is my 1st competition representing the school, felt quite nervous. So totally stone for 1 Russian leader pic (didnt answer at all) luckily Yong Jie also crapped some qns like saying Tony Blair is Foreign Sectretary (it's Jack Straw), making me more relaxed.
All in all quite tyco, dont really know how we got in. But once we got into the final round, we knew we got a chance to win, though it was not to be.
So 1 more stuff to my portfolio, 8 IH CPs. Sorry Miss Sunita, I missed out on the 2 RMUNC meeting due to VJC. Hmm, luckily they did not assign me to that GA4 again. Otherwise damn sian man.
Blogged abt Translation next time.
I still got RMUNC ppt, HRP (long overdue but becos got competition so no time to do) and....
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Date with FT
In the end, did not meet Miss Koe but "just" my form teacher. However, my dad seemed pretty aggressive and kept pointing out that I should manage my time better and not wastes it on some "lame stuff". I think someone passing by would think that it's my dad who's the angry form teacher confronting the helpless parents on what exactly goes wrong. The truth is actually the other way round.
Let me give a short transcript:
FT: Here's your son's term 1 result
Dad (after looking through intently): Why did you get so bad result?
FT: I'm quite shocked too. During Chinese lessons, he's always quite alert and quite competitive. In fact, I think of all the students whose parents I met (as in those who also get MSG>3), he got the strongest learning ability. So what could be the reason behind his bad result? He said he kept watching TV.
Dad: Not really, but he spent a lot of times on some stuff like reading newspaper, lazing around and things like that.
FT: Hmm
Dad: I think he should be less involved in those class events and things like that, so that he can have more time to focus on his studies.
FT: ok…
Then we changed the subject to competition, which I felt I’m involved in too many of them.
FT: The school’s policy is that we allow those with the ability to participate in outside competition (to build up the resume) and gain some experience. Your son said he’s involved in too many of them, and cannot cope.
Dad: That’s why I said I asked him not to be so active in those events that don’t really need him.
And they keep repeating this. Then I’m asked to go out so that FT can have a private discussion with my dad.
In the end, I did not drop anything at all. However my dad told me I’m kicked out of the translation competition liao as FT wanted me to focus on reducing my MSG. Although I’m not officially informed by FT yet, LLC told me he’s being approached to replace me. Just as well, I got 1 less thing to do.
By the way, I don’t really understand why but I’m involved in so much more stuff this year. I think the surge is due to my lack of initiative when I’m in lower sec, when I just cannot be bothered to take part in anything and not selected for any school events or for performance either.
However when I’m in sec 3, I somehow got into the THIMUN team which led to my involvement in RMUNC this year. Whenever any emb msgs call for participant, now I would read through them to see whether I can take part in it. Another reason would be that FT gave me quite a lot of opportunity to participate in some Chinese competition. Oh yah when I’m in sec 2, I sorta short listed for “Instant Speech” competition and asked to meet Shiesh, but nothing came out of it.
FT also remarked that I’m actually quite all-rounded in the sense that I’m above average for language, humanity and the science, so it would be quite hard to gauge what area to focus on to develop my “strength”. Well let’s hope I manage to reduce my msg in term 2, do my PD project well and get some prize.
Lastly as I would be quite busy in term 2, it’s quite likely I won’t be blogging very often. I hope I can put up short msg from time to time to inform reader what I am doing. See ya.
Let me give a short transcript:
FT: Here's your son's term 1 result
Dad (after looking through intently): Why did you get so bad result?
FT: I'm quite shocked too. During Chinese lessons, he's always quite alert and quite competitive. In fact, I think of all the students whose parents I met (as in those who also get MSG>3), he got the strongest learning ability. So what could be the reason behind his bad result? He said he kept watching TV.
Dad: Not really, but he spent a lot of times on some stuff like reading newspaper, lazing around and things like that.
FT: Hmm
Dad: I think he should be less involved in those class events and things like that, so that he can have more time to focus on his studies.
FT: ok…
Then we changed the subject to competition, which I felt I’m involved in too many of them.
FT: The school’s policy is that we allow those with the ability to participate in outside competition (to build up the resume) and gain some experience. Your son said he’s involved in too many of them, and cannot cope.
Dad: That’s why I said I asked him not to be so active in those events that don’t really need him.
And they keep repeating this. Then I’m asked to go out so that FT can have a private discussion with my dad.
In the end, I did not drop anything at all. However my dad told me I’m kicked out of the translation competition liao as FT wanted me to focus on reducing my MSG. Although I’m not officially informed by FT yet, LLC told me he’s being approached to replace me. Just as well, I got 1 less thing to do.
By the way, I don’t really understand why but I’m involved in so much more stuff this year. I think the surge is due to my lack of initiative when I’m in lower sec, when I just cannot be bothered to take part in anything and not selected for any school events or for performance either.
However when I’m in sec 3, I somehow got into the THIMUN team which led to my involvement in RMUNC this year. Whenever any emb msgs call for participant, now I would read through them to see whether I can take part in it. Another reason would be that FT gave me quite a lot of opportunity to participate in some Chinese competition. Oh yah when I’m in sec 2, I sorta short listed for “Instant Speech” competition and asked to meet Shiesh, but nothing came out of it.
FT also remarked that I’m actually quite all-rounded in the sense that I’m above average for language, humanity and the science, so it would be quite hard to gauge what area to focus on to develop my “strength”. Well let’s hope I manage to reduce my msg in term 2, do my PD project well and get some prize.
Lastly as I would be quite busy in term 2, it’s quite likely I won’t be blogging very often. I hope I can put up short msg from time to time to inform reader what I am doing. See ya.
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Year 2006
My meeting with Miss Koe
Totally screwed this term so think my parents and I need to meet Miss Koe. Just to give you a picture of how bad it is, I'm normally on par with Ling Chen and Mi. However their sum of their msg this term would roughly equivalent to mine. Really not meng bao?
Anyway thinking of things to drop. Currently I have:
1 additional subject: Biology ("Lest our old robe sits easier than the new")
2 Special Programs: SMRP and LEP
2 EP3: Chinese Drama (There's a combined performance with NYGH in July) and VE (Don't want to know what I need to do…)
4 Competitions:
1. Chinese reading report (need to write about 2000 words on "Cherishing Life")
• Real-time translation (1 day event. Would there be training? Not really finalised, maybe can get kicked out?)
• VJC Humanities/Current Affairs Quiz (Slim chance of actually getting in. Maybe can get process point for being reserve and taking part in training if any)
• Projects Competition (Much better chance of getting into the finals with quite a good team in my opinion. Doing some Chemistry stuff with Vincent Tan)
2 Events:
• RMUNC 2006 (3 day event during June holiday. In Hwachong MUN team. Hope I got to speak and not get kicked out)
• Ngee Ann Astronomy (2 day event during Term 2 Week 2 weekend)
Let’s hope I would do well in all of them and improve my msg.
Totally screwed this term so think my parents and I need to meet Miss Koe. Just to give you a picture of how bad it is, I'm normally on par with Ling Chen and Mi. However their sum of their msg this term would roughly equivalent to mine. Really not meng bao?
Anyway thinking of things to drop. Currently I have:
1 additional subject: Biology ("Lest our old robe sits easier than the new")
2 Special Programs: SMRP and LEP
2 EP3: Chinese Drama (There's a combined performance with NYGH in July) and VE (Don't want to know what I need to do…)
4 Competitions:
1. Chinese reading report (need to write about 2000 words on "Cherishing Life")
• Real-time translation (1 day event. Would there be training? Not really finalised, maybe can get kicked out?)
• VJC Humanities/Current Affairs Quiz (Slim chance of actually getting in. Maybe can get process point for being reserve and taking part in training if any)
• Projects Competition (Much better chance of getting into the finals with quite a good team in my opinion. Doing some Chemistry stuff with Vincent Tan)
2 Events:
• RMUNC 2006 (3 day event during June holiday. In Hwachong MUN team. Hope I got to speak and not get kicked out)
• Ngee Ann Astronomy (2 day event during Term 2 Week 2 weekend)
Let’s hope I would do well in all of them and improve my msg.
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Insight about Myself
Finally blogging again after so long. During this period, my hand sorta recovered (still can't straighten it), com. crashed so lost all my files. Anyway this entry is abt an interesting encounter in which i got some interesting insight abt myself.
During the taiwan trip last year, My family and I went to something like a fortune-telling centre which gauge ur fortune in life based on ur name and when ur born (aka "sheng cheng ba zi"). That guy also said I got quite a good name, from a geomancer point of view. Hmm.
Here's what they told me:
1. Possess great intelligence (probably in the area of problem-solving and dealing with people)
2. Will probably starts own business in the future
3. Needs a "gui ren" to be the catalyst behind my success. He said I'm likely to surpass that "gui ren"
4. Very determined to get what he wanted and may even resort to despicable means to achieve them.
5. Have a love for freedom
The last identifying feature strike me particularly. Would that be better or worse?
During the taiwan trip last year, My family and I went to something like a fortune-telling centre which gauge ur fortune in life based on ur name and when ur born (aka "sheng cheng ba zi"). That guy also said I got quite a good name, from a geomancer point of view. Hmm.
Here's what they told me:
1. Possess great intelligence (probably in the area of problem-solving and dealing with people)
2. Will probably starts own business in the future
3. Needs a "gui ren" to be the catalyst behind my success. He said I'm likely to surpass that "gui ren"
4. Very determined to get what he wanted and may even resort to despicable means to achieve them.
5. Have a love for freedom
The last identifying feature strike me particularly. Would that be better or worse?
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