Happy Teachers' Day 2009!!!

today is teachers' day
went to SLB room in the morning
where i found joel locked outside of the room as his key was taken by marcus
opened and went in to chat
nothing much to plan for teachers day as everything still lies with the student council
got ready with the morning meeting
where everyone was pretty excited
after some briefing for the concert later,
we presented the gifts that we had bought on sat to the 5 discipline teachers
after that, as per normal, the morning assembly
everyone was like joking around, not that serious anyone
who cares, its Teachers day

after the morning assembly, was asked to be in the hall for some briefing by SC
lack of communication and planning still led to some miscommunication
which sort of wasted quite some time
after that went back class for some 15mins lesson
on conduction, convection and radiation
there will be more class tests coming up so have to prepare them soon.
it was a long recess which was quite chaotic
managed to go to the hall to prepare for assembly
and saw some of the rehearsals, the dance was pretty nice
then the students settled in the hall
and awaited for the performances to start
the student leaders were busy settling the souvenirs stuffs
i was giving mrs tay her gift, which includes a candle with a holder, a voucher and a packet of cookies.
after that took a ricola sweet from ms tan
and we were finally dismissed

went back to primary school with andy
on the way saw jenna at sengkang lrt
went there signed in and i was just looking around
saw the head prefect (current) which obviously she does not know me
not sure who are the vice
they are much busy as a head prefect now as they still need to perform
while in my era, i was just planning.
Then went to find huang lao shi in her usual classroom
which she has her remedials with 6.1
went up and saw the bunch of 6A-08 people
saw emily, fangshuo, and people
nvr get much time to talk to them
then was like crapping around with the juniors
and later bumped to elton and gang and went off with them
saw sheryl, yuxiang, and people
went down to find mrs ng
and we starting a small gathering
with mrs ng preparing her DIY masks for her dinner today
started to crap with YX, elton, sheryl and jenna
and weiting came in between after her lessons
after that at around 3.30
we split our way back home
and actually meeting for a movie
but it was cancelled as only elton, sheryl and me wanted to go
maybe we can go for a gathering soon 6A-06
long time nvr see liao
hope everyone can turn up

more things have to be done
and my HCL end of year is coming in two days time
need more effort to maintain more studies

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never extinguish

a sense of achievement

today was such an enjoyable day
as managed to get back most of the marks
today, almost all the marks for all the papaers were check
and only additional math was not yet confirmed as there were some change in the marks
I was super happy with the marks for this term
and I had to sustain this result to get As in the overall
as first semester did not perform that well

so these are the results

Eng - 71 (A2) first A for english in CHS
HCL - 81 (A1)
E math - 84 (A1) not so sure
A math - should be around an A2
Physics - 75 (A1) careless, need to sustain all the test marks to get higher, but SPA still highest in class
Bio - 74 (A1) bio master this round, but overall still quite low, B4 only, final year will prove all
Chem - still not sure
Combined Humans - 82.5 (A1) SS was overall well done, History a bit lower then expected
Geo - Still not sure, but not too good for common test

so currently overall 467.5/600
and average 77.9%
but some of the subject i had expected to not do well

few more weeks to final year
which i certainly do not want to slack
and waste this term effort

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nvr extinguish

Area 4 Survival Training Camp

Finally, the survival training camp was over.
Overall, this camp was quite a success to me
and I certainly enjoyed it.
This camp is useful and also taught me many things.

Dayone
After the add math paper and biology,
I waited for the recess bell to go off
and i am officially dismissed
to go for the survival training camp.
I gathered in the store after lunch break and gotten ready to go over.
I went up the bus with the sec 2 to accompony them with jacky sir.
Long time never see him already.
Took a short nap and reach the jetty very shortly.
Went to assemble and soon took the bumbboat over and gathered at the basketball court there
I was later assigned to group three
and was briefed by the camp cord, ziyi maam and mick sir.
Our group was called Nike
and we started planning our cheer and stuffs.
More and more schools join in gradually and more familiar faces were seen.
My group have Wen hao, Chuan Kai, Daneesh, Weimin, Jia Wei, Jasper, bryan, gavin and mroe and mroe.
After that, we started the camp with a treasure hunt.
walk around ubin and reach back to the campsite the last.
Dun have bag check so proceeded on with tthe admin and stuffs.
After that pitch tent,
was in the same tent with shaun, weimin, jasper, felix and jiawei
was the first group to pitch up,
competing with the full cath high grp.
This year the meal is much nicer,
no need to cook as all are combat rations.
then was campfire discussion
manage to get some ideas and formed up a skit
then was mass debrief and sentry and slept
first time able to sleep soundly due to the tiredness of the exams.

day 2
woke up in the morning
and gotten ready for physical training
lead by joseph sir
was quite okay and quite fun during the sing a long during the run
then breakfast and gotten ready for the land expedition and jetty jump.
Went around ubin during the land expedition
with Desmond sir, vincent sir, jiahui and wenqi maam.
Quite fun but it started raining
so delayed and did not manage to finish the whole journey
went by the dirt track/shortcut
back to the campsite
came back with a pair of muddy shoes.
gotten back and known that the IRC did not manage to do anything due to the rain
got ready for the jetty jump
everyone was excited about that
i jumped the second
when step on the board, the feeling was so intense
the few seconds seemed like hours when dropping down
then whoosh it went into the sea
shiok is the only feeling i felt
after that clean up and prepared for lunch
everyone was waiting for us
after lunch was IRC
i was looking forward to this
have a short briefing and i found out thtat the challenge was much safer
with theCBD
help out with the ladder for a while
and went up to challenge
i went for the harder one cus the easier one tried before
it really test my physical powers
first time so tired after doing high elements
it was a triangle shaped station
3 station
first one quite easy when got the hang on it
second one was commando hang
super tired after that my hand no strength and neck very pain
got an abrasion in the ankle area becus of that
last one was balancing
started by holding the rope
but instructor told me to go back and try without holding
in the end with much effort still manage to cross over
delighted
AFTER irc WAS dinner and wash up
bath quickly and got ready for the campfire
it was so high at that moment
the sec2 came shortly from bahru campsite
and joined us in the songs
then we proceeded into the ring
campfire, i was sitting with nadeesh
was so high throughout
talking and cheering out loud
camp closed and all went back to foyer
had the survival games which was quite boring for me as not enough time
debriefed and slept

third day - last day
suddenly woken up by fire drill
rushed down and started the tekan session
but still managed to pull through
i think the clearest memory i had was the fire drill
and i still managed to learn the most thing in that.
The punishments and style given by the instructors
their orders impressed me
going to pick up that skill soon
useful for unit camp
then pt by yan hao sir
was quite fine
but not the abs part
very suan
after that we had unpitching of tents
then followed by the finalle activity
our group won that and earn 60 points
the ifrst win in the camp
then we continued with area cleaning
was quite xianzzz as our group was pumped becus we help the tents
after helping to clean the foyer, then the canteen, then the mess tins, then stove
so was quite unhappy for that
but that will be just a pass and parcel
so nvm
continued with the other activities
and was debriefed by SMS
and was waiting for the final briefing
eat watermelon by the instructors and waited for the sec2 to come
prize presentation
sec2 nvr win anything
i dun blame them cus we were like that before
this year our squad finally got one booster
jeffrey was the best camper
unit spirit all come back liao
kale again was the female best camper

after that, all were dismissed back into the unit
and was lead by YH sir out to the jetty
we were like chionging all the way, overtaking schools
but we managed to push on
returned to mainland and waited to debrief
crap with the sec 2
and was dismissed
eat lunch with jeff and guys and went back early cus my parent came to fetch me

this camp had layed the foundation for me to come back
as a CI after pop
i loved the family of area 4 instructor and hope to come back
wait for me CIBTC D10
learnt a lot of things from the inrtuctors
mostly on how they punish, encourage and scold
all useful to push up the unit standards
more hard core work to be done

gotten back some results
quite happy with it

Math - 30/30
Add Math - 21/30
Bio 74/100
so hapyy with bio
first time getting A2 and also topped

gonna balance my time
more work to be done
more responsibility made
the change have came

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A tiring day

Today was the second day of the mastery review.
yesterday was the chinese and math paper.
the chinese paper was a bit challenging.
and almost not enough to complete the whole test.
Nevertheless, still managed to do quite fine for it
as some of the answers gone through by another class was correct.

Math was easy for everyone of us who took it.
No determinant and challenging questions.
All was just simple concept
and some accuracy in the answers.
The others was just fine.

We had our LOTF presentation also.
Done very smoothly
although some lagging parts during my presentation
overall was good
thanks to the research that we had done for this.

Today was the physics and e history day.
Elec history was quite smooth
manage to spam all the information into that two pages.
My conclusion was like 3/4 the page.
Reliability should not be a problem.
After that was physics,
quite shocking with the questions
but manage to answers some of it.
Hope to get a high score for that.

Today was like super busy and tired.
Was like trying to finish revising the 5 essays of SS
Chemistry and spamming some geo notes.
I think I have to use my visualization skills again.
If there is time, i will try to memorise,
if there isn't, i will try to capture the image of the page and capture the important points/
Hard to use that for geo and ss
tmr go to school still have to study to recap by brief studying of today.

The day after will be the Survival Trainign camp plus the end of mastery review.
Still have not packed my bag
and i have a goal to acheive during this camp
See whether i have make it in my next few posts.
Going to rest my mine for tmr hell
due to the lack of time and lack of preparation.

平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚
i finally relized this.

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aimless soul

Today was certainly boring for me.
Woke up at 830 today
then scan through the chinese newspaper
after that, had my breakfast

Managed to watch television
and started to study physics
kinematics and physical quantity
then had my lunch
after that lunch,
i slacked all the way then switched on my comp.
Finally alias with yx, yc, n shaun for the LOTF project.

At around 2.30
set off to bishan library to do the project
went to the topp floor,
then walk one big round before finding yc n yx who are hiding at one corner.
Shaun came a bit later then me,
he too was walking one big round.

Did some edits to my research
then went to macdonalds for some tidbits.
Bought a large fries
and finally tried the seaweed thingy
It was overall quite nice although i did not mix it properly

Went home after that
went to hougang mall to see some books
saw emily on the way.
She was with her mom n sis (if i not wrong)
THEN WENT TO POPULAR
to search for some more books
then went to library to read some comics
then went home in the end

been slacking all this well
no mood for hardcore mugging
as mugging is not my hobby

going to find time to meet up with friends
and also prepare for mastery review

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National Day Celebration 2009

Today was the national day celebration.
This year, NPCC was the GOH for the parade.
The GOH was all ready by 7am today.
I was the parade commander for the event.
I did some of the preparation and got ready for the final rehearsal.
The rehearsal was quite a screwed up
as did not manage to execute properly.
We were dismissed for a break and went to report my temperature.

At around 8am
The parade was formed up and the school was ready.
After the emcee had finished, I marched in and took my position.
Sized up the contingent and march in the GOH.
After the long full sequence,
we had the march past.
"Kawalan Kehormatan, dari kiri, chepat jalan"
and the band went on and the GOH march on.
After marching under the indoor sports hall,
it was finally declared over.
We had some photos and a debrief.

To all who had participated in this year parade,
thank you for all your hard work and commitment.
To the teachers,
thank you for guiding us along in the preparation of the parade,
we had learnt a lot from this experience.
To my CC,
thanks for all the sweat that you all have given to maintain the standard of respective contingents
To all cadets,
thanks for pushing yourself on despite having a lot of scoldings from us
To the GOH,
you all have done us proud and i am certainly proud of you all.

After the parade,
noel, clay, ronald, andy, shaun,weimin and me rushed back to the grandstand
to take our prize
throphies for the rig-challenge
from mr Lee.
After that, took some more photos
and changed to class tee
and joined the class for the competition.

Then, I was told that the school compound was vandalised again.
This time was the plaza and the rock wall.
I went up to take a look.
The one at the plaza was cleaned off,
but not for the rock wall.
It was spray paint again.
The vandalism was targeted at a teacher,
although i seriously thinks that the teacher is a respectable teacher.
I hope the school can find out who is it soon,
and i seriously condemn those who had made such atrocities.

Our class won 3rd in the inter class soccer
and our class seemed to bond very well.
Mastery review is coming soon next week
and still checking whether can meet up with the OBS people
on National Day.

More things to be done, STC coming up soon.

always aflame,
never extinguish

busy week ahead

lots of things have past
long time also nvr post

this few days preparing for ndp
was the pc for the parade
ytd juz manged to finished all the sequence
last rehearsal
no need to protect my voice
abit hoarse now
everything quite nice

today very nice
morning assembly finally back
took our physics test
then mr yong mark by the end of the day
34/45
75%
quite xianzz
alot of careless
should get around 38
then bio
super happy
the test got 33.5/45
A2
bio spa test 20/25
my drawing was commented
nice
first time bio get so high
overall now 50%
pass mid year can get A2 liao
challenging with others to see whetehr can beat bio master
mugmug
then have an icas test
quite easy for most
some quite challenging

going to prepare for exams
more things to go

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nvr extinguish

Leadership

nothing to do
write this stuffs about leadership

to me
leadership is not a position
but a responsibility

leaders are not someone who empowers
but someone who influence

leaders are not perfect
but definitely not slackers

this few days
dealing with leadership stuffs
pls dun blame me if i am being harsh on u all
either npcc or pb
i have my reasons for it
i will continue to push on
and i will not close one eye

there are lot of things that leaders do
not just physically,
mentally too
preparations are done beforehand
even the type of punishments that u all have received

to the slackers out there
pls do not try to challenge the leaders
they can see what u r doing

leadership is all up to yourself
whether u wan to take it or not
is whether u want to train up your leadership skills
camps, lectures, courses
all value of leadership are similar
but what truely determines yourself as a leader
is ACTION

action is not to be done easily
some juz cannot put themselves to do it
the change has come
no more slack day for npcc
better standards are going to be made

tough time nvr last
tough people do

if not u then who
if not now then when

start to train your leadership skills
and it will definately help u in your future

as my quote go
nvr extinguish
always aflame

this is called the torch within u
if up to u whether u want to reignite it
and make a blazing fire out of it
it is your passion
your belief
and no one can ever extinguish it for u

change has come
more to be done