First examination i took ever since i came to YJC, not inclusive of class tests and term papers lah.
On Friday, 29th May 2009, i sat for the ever dreaded General Paper, detest by every JC student since it was known. And another affectionately termed H1 Mother Tongue, which isn't very good either.
For GP paper 1, I undertook the task of writing "Is technolgy to be blamed for crimes in modern society". Which ofcourse in my case, isn't. So i started crapping about Guns, Computer and the Internet. I said, first of all that guns are "The greatest creation mankind has undertook", which would set in place a motion, in any case, both traditionalist and revisionists and post revisionists critics would argue till the end of mankind.
And i finished off saying that since technology is the creation of the human mind, shouldn't humans be blamed first instead? Considering that without the lack of technology, humans are still able to kill each other (punching to death), steal (punch the glass windows) and last but not least, rape (physical prowess). So yeah, i tink i'm on my way to whoever knows wat is in stall for me, considering wat my tutor is looking out for.
For GP paper 2, dunnoe why, but always, my summary has the least amount of words, at 87 if i'm not wrong. The limit is 130 words, so yeah, i tink i have just flunk this, why anyway it only asked for Paragraphs 3 AND 6. Some idiots actually took Paragraphs 3-6, shows that u dunnoe HOW TO READ INSTRUCTIONS. For the questions, i tink i did fairly well, paraphrase my entire answer so that it actually reads differently, but means the same. As for the kind of questions asking for meanings, i just whack wateva i had in mine, which by far, isn't quite the same as wat my peers wrote, so i tink there goes my 5 marks :(
For Chinese paper 1, i took Q4, which is basically a GP question in chinese thats all. The question is about how singapore deals with the outbreak of pandemics, which they should just change to "how singapore deals with swine flu" considering wat we are facing right now. So yeah, while most people are off doing Q1-Q3, there i am, attempting this, all becuz it has already given us quite soem hints on wat to write for Individual, Society, Government, School. So i'm counting whether or not Miss Luo will take the crap i have produced, hopefully ^.^, i wish for atleast a C for essay.
As for compre, dunnoe wat to say, cuz the AQ part i totally crap it all out. Filling in the blanks..... Dunnoe, i jus see whichever is suitable/sounds nice when spoken out.
And sumthing amazing, the entire cohort spend the entire day in the Hall, from 9am-1.30pm and then from 2.30pm to 5.30pm. How amazing that one day is gone just by writting papers.................
Oh yeah, after my 3 weeks holidays, Block test right on the first day. DAMNIT! I have a month to catch up on maths and econs!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Avontuur at Republic!
YJ totally tio pawned at this year's race.
We 'conquered' the third, fourth and fifth position. But count from the last :D
Whereas schools like CJC, AJC, HCI(only one took part so combined wif VJC, AJC), which sends their ODAC teams, also got pawned, mainly becuz of the poly's team. Which u knw lah, loads of experience, more talents.
Basically, if i'm not wrong, SP took 3th NP took 2nd and NYP took 1st.
But ofcourse lah, how can we compare against them? We are officers, not OUTDOOR ADVENTURE CLUB. Which i tink is more suited for peeps in our ODAC. But then, why didn't they joined? Ironic right?
The race in whole was VERY well organised and elaborately set up, in the sense the distance between stations can be as far as 2.4km? One moment we were navigating round woodlands, we arrived at admiralty then shoot back to woodlands, then marsiling. Fun right? And my legs are aching, and literally crying out from the soreness i put them through.
From like being a loadbearer, navigator and runner? I tink that this race really challenged me, especially when u are dealing with a person who score like 12min+ for 2.4km, YET AGAIN!?
And also, maintaining a clear sense of mind, kudos to the organisers to tap on the fact that after just a few stations, most teams would be exhausted from all the running, they included some maths test where u are suppose to climb a flight of steps 10 storeys high, at the same time, doing problem sums placed at some landings. How amazing! I tink our SC should do this for orientation trail next year too...
Most teams spend the longest time there, along wif the suduko challenge :P
I screwed up on orienteering, LOL.
Other than that, i got to knw 3 more UG Members better. Like Chin Rong(YTSS NCC), our college's SC's Vice-President, Derrick also from YTSS NCC, and Clarice(i tink its spelled like this) from Canberra Sec NPCC.
And now, as always, why do NPCC members always outnumber NCC peeps? What the hell is wrong with their members? Like UG club in YJ is also dominated by them, urgh.........
Anyway, i still have econs essay to do. Which i haven't, along wif revision of SEA history. And i nid to collect stuff at City Hall and Plaza Singapura 2mr.
Which basically means another screwed up weekend...... AND THERE'S GP BLOCKS COMING UP ON FRIDAY!
DARN DARN DARN DAMN DAMN DAMN!
We 'conquered' the third, fourth and fifth position. But count from the last :D
Whereas schools like CJC, AJC, HCI(only one took part so combined wif VJC, AJC), which sends their ODAC teams, also got pawned, mainly becuz of the poly's team. Which u knw lah, loads of experience, more talents.
Basically, if i'm not wrong, SP took 3th NP took 2nd and NYP took 1st.
But ofcourse lah, how can we compare against them? We are officers, not OUTDOOR ADVENTURE CLUB. Which i tink is more suited for peeps in our ODAC. But then, why didn't they joined? Ironic right?
The race in whole was VERY well organised and elaborately set up, in the sense the distance between stations can be as far as 2.4km? One moment we were navigating round woodlands, we arrived at admiralty then shoot back to woodlands, then marsiling. Fun right? And my legs are aching, and literally crying out from the soreness i put them through.
From like being a loadbearer, navigator and runner? I tink that this race really challenged me, especially when u are dealing with a person who score like 12min+ for 2.4km, YET AGAIN!?
And also, maintaining a clear sense of mind, kudos to the organisers to tap on the fact that after just a few stations, most teams would be exhausted from all the running, they included some maths test where u are suppose to climb a flight of steps 10 storeys high, at the same time, doing problem sums placed at some landings. How amazing! I tink our SC should do this for orientation trail next year too...
Most teams spend the longest time there, along wif the suduko challenge :P
I screwed up on orienteering, LOL.
Other than that, i got to knw 3 more UG Members better. Like Chin Rong(YTSS NCC), our college's SC's Vice-President, Derrick also from YTSS NCC, and Clarice(i tink its spelled like this) from Canberra Sec NPCC.
And now, as always, why do NPCC members always outnumber NCC peeps? What the hell is wrong with their members? Like UG club in YJ is also dominated by them, urgh.........
Anyway, i still have econs essay to do. Which i haven't, along wif revision of SEA history. And i nid to collect stuff at City Hall and Plaza Singapura 2mr.
Which basically means another screwed up weekend...... AND THERE'S GP BLOCKS COMING UP ON FRIDAY!
DARN DARN DARN DAMN DAMN DAMN!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Executive Committee
Thou shall hereby pronounce that he's the PRESIDENT OF THE YISHUN JUNIOR COLLEGE GUITAR ENSEMBLE!
Thanks for the support(votes) that u guys had given me, fret not, i shall do a good job in my capacity as President. With all the excitement still raging inside me, i have made one thing clear. Score for blocks and promos, and do not get MYSELF RETAIN!
I do not want to be the first president of the ensemble to actually get myself retain :(
Anyway, i would like to congratulate all fellow J1 exco members too, LETS MAKE A GOOD JOB FOR THIS ONE YEAR IN OUR ENSEMBLE!
JIA YOU EXCO 09/010!
Thanks for the support(votes) that u guys had given me, fret not, i shall do a good job in my capacity as President. With all the excitement still raging inside me, i have made one thing clear. Score for blocks and promos, and do not get MYSELF RETAIN!
I do not want to be the first president of the ensemble to actually get myself retain :(
Anyway, i would like to congratulate all fellow J1 exco members too, LETS MAKE A GOOD JOB FOR THIS ONE YEAR IN OUR ENSEMBLE!
JIA YOU EXCO 09/010!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Loaded
Um not quite in the monetary side, but rather, my commitments and responsibilities.
Even before in the mid-year of schooling, i'm already laden wif roles such as Logistics and Administrative In-Charge of YJC's 2nd China Studies in Chinese Seminar, Avontuur Race in Republic Polytechnic, would-be participant of the Hillary Challenge, C/Offr for both East District's Phase 2 and 3 Spec Course, Host to a German student who is visiting Singapore and a would-be member of YJC's Guitar Ensemble Executive Committee.
Really, i think i'm really OCCUPIED with so many things, add in Project Work this year. Well, it basically sums up a both fun and exciting experience in JC. Downside is, i'm not exactly doing well in my subjects. History term tests failed, Maths EPIC fail, Literature fail also, all with the exception of economics, which i'm glad to say, doing well.
And next week is my first GP block test. Whats worrying is the fact that i score a very pathetic grade for my first GP essay at 18/50, when all my peers are getting like >20? Ironic even that i wrote argumentative essays in secondary school... Language, as always, had been my bane. Essay got problem, Compre also got problem. Dunnoe whether if i would survive GP and Chinese Block Test coming next week.
The problem here isn't really whether i can understand for both History/Literature/GP, its that i can't EXPRESS EXPRESS AND EXPRESS myself. History, always blank, unable to write anything. Literature, i ALWAYS get the WRONG PERSPECTIVE or the view that people cannot accept. GP, as said earlier on.
Not that i'm doubting whether JC is a life for me, its really more on the bad side of me that always keep surfacing. The side that can't do this or that. Maths, dunnoe why, but i kinda lost the drive i had in secondary school. Where i suprise myself by getting a B4 for O levels maths, when my average used to be D7.
CA1 test was all the more disappointing, just as i thought i would be able to score atleast an E(pass). I got a U, which is so much worser off than a S, sumore this is H1 leh! I really wonder if this would cause me to be retent next year somehow, no matter how i try to be optimistic that i'm able to get it, one way or the other.
So, i better be off doing my Int History reflections/PROOF reflections/SEA History Term Essay right now :D
Even before in the mid-year of schooling, i'm already laden wif roles such as Logistics and Administrative In-Charge of YJC's 2nd China Studies in Chinese Seminar, Avontuur Race in Republic Polytechnic, would-be participant of the Hillary Challenge, C/Offr for both East District's Phase 2 and 3 Spec Course, Host to a German student who is visiting Singapore and a would-be member of YJC's Guitar Ensemble Executive Committee.
Really, i think i'm really OCCUPIED with so many things, add in Project Work this year. Well, it basically sums up a both fun and exciting experience in JC. Downside is, i'm not exactly doing well in my subjects. History term tests failed, Maths EPIC fail, Literature fail also, all with the exception of economics, which i'm glad to say, doing well.
And next week is my first GP block test. Whats worrying is the fact that i score a very pathetic grade for my first GP essay at 18/50, when all my peers are getting like >20? Ironic even that i wrote argumentative essays in secondary school... Language, as always, had been my bane. Essay got problem, Compre also got problem. Dunnoe whether if i would survive GP and Chinese Block Test coming next week.
The problem here isn't really whether i can understand for both History/Literature/GP, its that i can't EXPRESS EXPRESS AND EXPRESS myself. History, always blank, unable to write anything. Literature, i ALWAYS get the WRONG PERSPECTIVE or the view that people cannot accept. GP, as said earlier on.
Not that i'm doubting whether JC is a life for me, its really more on the bad side of me that always keep surfacing. The side that can't do this or that. Maths, dunnoe why, but i kinda lost the drive i had in secondary school. Where i suprise myself by getting a B4 for O levels maths, when my average used to be D7.
CA1 test was all the more disappointing, just as i thought i would be able to score atleast an E(pass). I got a U, which is so much worser off than a S, sumore this is H1 leh! I really wonder if this would cause me to be retent next year somehow, no matter how i try to be optimistic that i'm able to get it, one way or the other.
So, i better be off doing my Int History reflections/PROOF reflections/SEA History Term Essay right now :D
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Productivity
Um.... NO, i'm not going to start on Economics here, which kinda reminded me that i hadn't revised it during the long weekend break :(
Friday had been good, cuz most of us (SG24) were looking for yet another three day break since the last one on May Day 09. Never really sure, but i guess more or less wat they feel is the same as me. We TOTALLY screwed up our time management. For the past week, we had been rushing homeworks, revising for CA1 even though we do not have Mid-Years.
Yeah, the experience of independent studying is great, but the living part. Well u get what i mean...
And i had an interview on Friday too for me and my wihsing part of vying for the coverted President's Post of YJ's Guitar Ensemble. The interview was both exciting and sad in some way, like how i screwed up when they ask that kind of "What if..." questions. And also when the currrent President went: "Um, u knw, this is an ensemble, not NCC arh" With much amusement from everyone, teachers and current excos alike.
I'm having this really bad feeling over this, but as what people would say "Aiyah, nevermind one lah". So if worse come to worse, i most likely just have to depend on my role as a cadet officer in NCC to boost up my SGC...
Saturday was kinda wasted in a sense. I slept like 1am on Friday, and woke up like 6.30pm on Saturday. There u have it, entire day gone, with not much homework completed. So with much procrastination, i did like 3 out of 10 today, NOT GOOD! Do not wish to have any more screwed-up session for this week! MUST COMPLETE HOMEWORK!
Tuesday this coming week is gonna be my life sapper, gotta get down to Republic Poly for my Avontur race clinic. For those who kinda dun get what i've just typed, Avontur is Adventure, in wat language i do not know, so the whole thing just means Adventure Race.
I dun get it, this is suppose to be a task for those peeps down at ODAC, not something for us UniAid members. Still have to pay $15 u knw!? Ever since i got myself into this JC, i have been spending and spending for god knows how much!
And sumore, the whole freaking thing i guess is gonna end really freaking late. The clinic starts at 5.10pm, and judging for past experiences, its ending off no less than 8pm. And RP is situated at woodlands, and i'm living at bedok. So i tink i most likely get home round 10pm++?
Yeah, so i better buck up and start completing my homework now or else i'm going to screw up yet another week, and fail yet another test dats coming... MATHS!
P.S I failed my Int History Test, and Lit Assignment, along wif Lit Test. God damnit, wat m i doing!?
Friday had been good, cuz most of us (SG24) were looking for yet another three day break since the last one on May Day 09. Never really sure, but i guess more or less wat they feel is the same as me. We TOTALLY screwed up our time management. For the past week, we had been rushing homeworks, revising for CA1 even though we do not have Mid-Years.
Yeah, the experience of independent studying is great, but the living part. Well u get what i mean...
And i had an interview on Friday too for me and my wihsing part of vying for the coverted President's Post of YJ's Guitar Ensemble. The interview was both exciting and sad in some way, like how i screwed up when they ask that kind of "What if..." questions. And also when the currrent President went: "Um, u knw, this is an ensemble, not NCC arh" With much amusement from everyone, teachers and current excos alike.
I'm having this really bad feeling over this, but as what people would say "Aiyah, nevermind one lah". So if worse come to worse, i most likely just have to depend on my role as a cadet officer in NCC to boost up my SGC...
Saturday was kinda wasted in a sense. I slept like 1am on Friday, and woke up like 6.30pm on Saturday. There u have it, entire day gone, with not much homework completed. So with much procrastination, i did like 3 out of 10 today, NOT GOOD! Do not wish to have any more screwed-up session for this week! MUST COMPLETE HOMEWORK!
Tuesday this coming week is gonna be my life sapper, gotta get down to Republic Poly for my Avontur race clinic. For those who kinda dun get what i've just typed, Avontur is Adventure, in wat language i do not know, so the whole thing just means Adventure Race.
I dun get it, this is suppose to be a task for those peeps down at ODAC, not something for us UniAid members. Still have to pay $15 u knw!? Ever since i got myself into this JC, i have been spending and spending for god knows how much!
And sumore, the whole freaking thing i guess is gonna end really freaking late. The clinic starts at 5.10pm, and judging for past experiences, its ending off no less than 8pm. And RP is situated at woodlands, and i'm living at bedok. So i tink i most likely get home round 10pm++?
Yeah, so i better buck up and start completing my homework now or else i'm going to screw up yet another week, and fail yet another test dats coming... MATHS!
P.S I failed my Int History Test, and Lit Assignment, along wif Lit Test. God damnit, wat m i doing!?
Friday, May 1, 2009
Guitar, guitar, guitar...
The following person has increase my motivation to master the classical guitar: Per-Olov Kindgren.
Was as usual, wandering about in youtube, searching for some videos here and there which does not include videos-people-of-my-age-would-like-to-see, but videos that ACTUALLY increases my brain capacity.
Here are Per-Olov's links to his little-performances in youtube->
Stairway to Heaven, by famous rock band Led Zeppilin, but further increase by Per-Olov's skills such that the song is made more "Emotional".
Air on a G-String, by August Wilhelmj, a violinist who arranged J.S Bach's original "Air" to suit the violin. Shows that guitar ARE ABLE TO play Violin pieces.
Tears in Heaven, by Eric Clapton. This video shows that CLASSICAL Version PAWNS ACCOUSTIC Version.
Romance d'Amour, by i dunnoe who. Shows that CLASSICAL GUITAR plays Piano pieces VERY WELL.
BWV 1007 "Prelude in D" from Suite for Violoncello solo, by J.S Bach, which is arranged(notes suited to guitar playing) by Per-Olov into a really NICE SONG!
Enjoy this links, and now i shall go and have my sleep from the whole (Labour)day of guitar practice i have for MYSELF.
P.S I feel that my brain is overflowing with all the musical knowledge i have read about................
Was as usual, wandering about in youtube, searching for some videos here and there which does not include videos-people-of-my-age-would-like-to-see, but videos that ACTUALLY increases my brain capacity.
Here are Per-Olov's links to his little-performances in youtube->
Stairway to Heaven, by famous rock band Led Zeppilin, but further increase by Per-Olov's skills such that the song is made more "Emotional".
Air on a G-String, by August Wilhelmj, a violinist who arranged J.S Bach's original "Air" to suit the violin. Shows that guitar ARE ABLE TO play Violin pieces.
Tears in Heaven, by Eric Clapton. This video shows that CLASSICAL Version PAWNS ACCOUSTIC Version.
Romance d'Amour, by i dunnoe who. Shows that CLASSICAL GUITAR plays Piano pieces VERY WELL.
BWV 1007 "Prelude in D" from Suite for Violoncello solo, by J.S Bach, which is arranged(notes suited to guitar playing) by Per-Olov into a really NICE SONG!
Enjoy this links, and now i shall go and have my sleep from the whole (Labour)day of guitar practice i have for MYSELF.
P.S I feel that my brain is overflowing with all the musical knowledge i have read about................
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