Some interesting things have happened this past week. Shall blog about them.
Okay, start with Monday. Had practical on Monday as usual and we were doing experiments in preparation for the upcoming SPA exams already. We were to be calculating thermal energy given out when adding iron strip to acid. Well, what was interesting was that while doing the experiment, my iron strip just would not react with the FA3(ie. HCL). After trying for a few times, I decided to get XinPing's help and realised that the "solution" I had gotten was actually pure DI- water. LOLS! No wonder no reaction occured. Zzz...
Had 'A' Levels oral exams on Tuesday this week. But wasn't too worried about it though, having gone through the 'O' Levels Higher Mother Tougue oral exams. Question was about whether the opening of the casinos brought about more advantages or disadvantages. Well, didn't have too much trouble with it. Only a little bit when the examiner asked what other advantages other than bringing in more revenue and I was stunned. All in all, think they were quite satisfied.
Had CCA on Wednesday. Mr Leow briefed us on several upcoming events.
1. Crystal Growing Competition. I took part in it:)
2. CIP project. Probably going to be handled by CIP head, Kendra.
3. Science Demo Presentation 21st July(Wed) or 28th July.
4. Strutured Enrichment Programme. For us all in the club. Is a programme where science teachers give us lessons relating to science. Eg. Chem sketch, Physics croc, microscope etc.
5. Open House & orientation 2011 - Plan. We have 2 Open Houses. One which is external during Jan for new sec 4 students. Another which is internal to attract more current Pioneers to join Alchemist Club.
6. Science Week 2011. We've got to start planning for new demos and got to get ready equipment, apparatus and chemicals.
Egs. - Make Pet Rocket fly further
- Straw Struture
- Egg falling but doesn't crack. Sounds interesting eh?
7. We also need an Alchemist Club website - for oreintation and PJC Science Competition 2011
8. We've also got to present science facts to the members in the club weekly from now onwards, each taking his turn.
9. Alchemist Club has now also got a specific meeting timings - Wed 3- 6pm Thurs - 4- 6pm.
Thurs PE. MYE results.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
The Slackest CIP ever... and the wettest ROFL!!
Woke up real early this morn at about 4. 20. Was due to the rain pouring outside though. Anyways was going to meet up with 10S13 to go for a CIP at East Coast Park. We were to be road marshalls at the ST Paper Chase, a running event for youths. Got to Cck MRT and boarded a bus that was catered for us. It was still pouring outside, time was about 6.15am.
When we got to East Coast Park at about 7.15am, it was pouring harder than ever.Lols.
The tents that were put up for the event were in the middle of some open grassy area near Ford Road. Once we stepped into the grassy area, our feet got soaked!
Literally soaked!
It was flooded all around. Regretted not wearing slippers.
So we just hung around under the tents and stood all the way for about 5 hours!
Well, why so long you may ask. The event got called off almost immediately after we got to East Coast Park actually. The organisers received information from relevant authorities that the persistent rain will persist till about 12.00pm. Therefore the participants started to leave a little while after our arrival. However, us volunteers were told to stay back to help out if the organisers needed help. So therefore, we just hung around and waited - for 5 hours!
My feet got really uncomfortable due to the soaking though but due to the long wait was much better as I got used to it. We didn't move around much as well,partly due to the discomfort and also to the fact that it was flooded all around, so not much place to move. Another problem was "nature's call". Standing around for 5 hours would sure result in the need for the toilet right? Well, it was no exception for me. I tried using the "portable" toilets placed there but the only one that was available for use was severly ruined, by mud I think. So I decided to walk down the stretch of cycling track along East Coast Park to find a public toilet.
However, remember that I said that the tents were put up in the middle of the grass patch? That would mean that I would have to get my feet really soaked going in and out of the grass patch area. Lucky for me, there were some big trees there which had big roots. I decided to walk on those to keep me off the soaked grass. It was a success as I could find tree roots to walk on all the way out to the cycling track. I then took a walk a little way down and found a public toilet not far off. It was still drizzling.
On my return trip, I saw something that made me stare. My path was blocked by a huge tree which had fallen and blocked the pedestrian path.I was quite surprised as I had never actually seen a tree fallen over before, just pictures. Secondly, I was quite surprised that I did not notice such a huge tree had fallen over on my way to the toilet. I then walked back the way I came, on the cycling track.
When I got back, everyone had disappeared. I saw them a some distance away standing in a sort of line and thought that the bus was finally here and we could go home. To my dismay, I found out that we were finally needed to help out. That is, to look for a missing bunch of keys. Standing in a straight line was so that we would have a thorough cover of the whole area. We then set out and after searching for some time still did not find the keys. Not long after that, our bus finally came and after the organiser gave us an apology for the failed event, we set off for Kalland MRT station. What a CIP!
When we got to East Coast Park at about 7.15am, it was pouring harder than ever.Lols.
The tents that were put up for the event were in the middle of some open grassy area near Ford Road. Once we stepped into the grassy area, our feet got soaked!
Literally soaked!
It was flooded all around. Regretted not wearing slippers.
So we just hung around under the tents and stood all the way for about 5 hours!
Well, why so long you may ask. The event got called off almost immediately after we got to East Coast Park actually. The organisers received information from relevant authorities that the persistent rain will persist till about 12.00pm. Therefore the participants started to leave a little while after our arrival. However, us volunteers were told to stay back to help out if the organisers needed help. So therefore, we just hung around and waited - for 5 hours!
My feet got really uncomfortable due to the soaking though but due to the long wait was much better as I got used to it. We didn't move around much as well,partly due to the discomfort and also to the fact that it was flooded all around, so not much place to move. Another problem was "nature's call". Standing around for 5 hours would sure result in the need for the toilet right? Well, it was no exception for me. I tried using the "portable" toilets placed there but the only one that was available for use was severly ruined, by mud I think. So I decided to walk down the stretch of cycling track along East Coast Park to find a public toilet.
However, remember that I said that the tents were put up in the middle of the grass patch? That would mean that I would have to get my feet really soaked going in and out of the grass patch area. Lucky for me, there were some big trees there which had big roots. I decided to walk on those to keep me off the soaked grass. It was a success as I could find tree roots to walk on all the way out to the cycling track. I then took a walk a little way down and found a public toilet not far off. It was still drizzling.
On my return trip, I saw something that made me stare. My path was blocked by a huge tree which had fallen and blocked the pedestrian path.I was quite surprised as I had never actually seen a tree fallen over before, just pictures. Secondly, I was quite surprised that I did not notice such a huge tree had fallen over on my way to the toilet. I then walked back the way I came, on the cycling track.
When I got back, everyone had disappeared. I saw them a some distance away standing in a sort of line and thought that the bus was finally here and we could go home. To my dismay, I found out that we were finally needed to help out. That is, to look for a missing bunch of keys. Standing in a straight line was so that we would have a thorough cover of the whole area. We then set out and after searching for some time still did not find the keys. Not long after that, our bus finally came and after the organiser gave us an apology for the failed event, we set off for Kalland MRT station. What a CIP!
Saturday, July 3, 2010
After work is done... more work comes:)
After the MYE has ended -Hoorays!- comes Chinese 'A' level Oral Examinations. Recently just been informed by Mr So that 10S13's oral exams are on 12th and 13th July. Mine's on the 13th. So I've gotta start working again on my oral. Besides, there will be a PW discussion time set aside for us when we get back to school on the 6th, Tuesday. Hopefully we can fully utilise this time to discuss and finalise most of what we are going to do for PW as we wouldn't have much time for too much discussions and meetings due to the coming Promos.
We've also been informed of our new teacher who is Ms Haridas.
Kays signing off. Loads to do... very long weekend though, Monday's Youth Day!
We've also been informed of our new teacher who is Ms Haridas.
Kays signing off. Loads to do... very long weekend though, Monday's Youth Day!
The Rain Came... and washed everything away..
Went back to Kranji Sec yesterday evening with some friends for Cultural Fiesta Nite'. Hahas, just received news of it two days before by Tommy, he asked me if I was going back lols. Then I asked "Huh, what for?" Hais, idiot!
Met up with some of them , mostly 4D'09ians, at 6.00 for dinner at Lot'1 and ate at food court, ate fish soup. After that at almost 7, we decided to leave Lot'1 but then someone received an SMS. Said CFN is cancelled due to rain. Yeahs, it was drizzling then( Hais.. all the teachers' and students' efforts gone down the drain in preparation for this event. Some of them even rented costumes and most were dressed splendidly). LOLOL! We then had to make other plans. We finally decided to still go back to KSS to maybe visit the teachers? When we got to the gates, we were chased away by the security officers though, lols. However, persistent us gave a call to the other group who were previously with us and found out that they had gotten in. Therefore, we "sneaked" in by the side gate instead. Rofl!
Mainly hung around the canteen where most people were gathered. Most had already left for home though, teachers as well I think, cause didn't really see many teachers around. Only saw Mr Malek, Ms Koh and Ms Lai. Of course the security officers, who were persistent like us, went to the canteen to chase us again. But with so many people, they only made it as far as the Foyer before we stopped moving again. Then, when I finally stood for some time and looked around, I realised that KSS had a "Good New's Cafe" in front of the bookshop now. Hadn't realised it until now. Either it was very recently constructed or I just had not been observant enough to notice it before.
In the Foyer, it was now the teacher's turn to chase us out. Ms Lai started chasing us but it was again to no avail. It was only when the VP came out and said that they were closing the school that we finally made our way out of the school. It was only 8.40pm, much too early to go home! So we headed down to Limbang to get some drinks from "SweetTalk". I didn't need anything though and went to use toilet at Mac. Met Keith there. After hanging around abit, we then made plans to go for a movie at Lot'1.
Lot'1 was "flooded" with Kranjians, both past and present. Literally flooded! At least the arcade and cinema area was. Only Eugene, ZW, Wei Zhi and me went to watch the movie. We then bought tickets for "Ip Man - The Legend Begins". Didn't know another Ip Man show had come out. Me and Eugene paid and we went to hang around Lot'1 as the movie was at 9.35.
We made our way to the cinema at 9.20 but was stopped at the entrance. After a long time, during which we were playing with ZW's iPhone, we were then let in. The show was quite action-packed and had quite a good story line. Quite an interesting show. We all liked it I guess. At least I did, and Eugene too. Lasted about 1.30 hours and we left at 11.15 from the cinema. Made our way home after that.
Spent quite a memorable evening with Sec friends this evening. And also visited some places where I've not been a long time, such as Limbang. Went there and all the past memories of Limbang came flooding back. The foodcourt, Mac... all places where we used to frequent between lessons and afternoon lessons or choir practices. Hahas... hope to have such an outing again soon, maybe if CFN is postponed?
Met up with some of them , mostly 4D'09ians, at 6.00 for dinner at Lot'1 and ate at food court, ate fish soup. After that at almost 7, we decided to leave Lot'1 but then someone received an SMS. Said CFN is cancelled due to rain. Yeahs, it was drizzling then( Hais.. all the teachers' and students' efforts gone down the drain in preparation for this event. Some of them even rented costumes and most were dressed splendidly). LOLOL! We then had to make other plans. We finally decided to still go back to KSS to maybe visit the teachers? When we got to the gates, we were chased away by the security officers though, lols. However, persistent us gave a call to the other group who were previously with us and found out that they had gotten in. Therefore, we "sneaked" in by the side gate instead. Rofl!
Mainly hung around the canteen where most people were gathered. Most had already left for home though, teachers as well I think, cause didn't really see many teachers around. Only saw Mr Malek, Ms Koh and Ms Lai. Of course the security officers, who were persistent like us, went to the canteen to chase us again. But with so many people, they only made it as far as the Foyer before we stopped moving again. Then, when I finally stood for some time and looked around, I realised that KSS had a "Good New's Cafe" in front of the bookshop now. Hadn't realised it until now. Either it was very recently constructed or I just had not been observant enough to notice it before.
In the Foyer, it was now the teacher's turn to chase us out. Ms Lai started chasing us but it was again to no avail. It was only when the VP came out and said that they were closing the school that we finally made our way out of the school. It was only 8.40pm, much too early to go home! So we headed down to Limbang to get some drinks from "SweetTalk". I didn't need anything though and went to use toilet at Mac. Met Keith there. After hanging around abit, we then made plans to go for a movie at Lot'1.
Lot'1 was "flooded" with Kranjians, both past and present. Literally flooded! At least the arcade and cinema area was. Only Eugene, ZW, Wei Zhi and me went to watch the movie. We then bought tickets for "Ip Man - The Legend Begins". Didn't know another Ip Man show had come out. Me and Eugene paid and we went to hang around Lot'1 as the movie was at 9.35.
We made our way to the cinema at 9.20 but was stopped at the entrance. After a long time, during which we were playing with ZW's iPhone, we were then let in. The show was quite action-packed and had quite a good story line. Quite an interesting show. We all liked it I guess. At least I did, and Eugene too. Lasted about 1.30 hours and we left at 11.15 from the cinema. Made our way home after that.
Spent quite a memorable evening with Sec friends this evening. And also visited some places where I've not been a long time, such as Limbang. Went there and all the past memories of Limbang came flooding back. The foodcourt, Mac... all places where we used to frequent between lessons and afternoon lessons or choir practices. Hahas... hope to have such an outing again soon, maybe if CFN is postponed?
Friday, July 2, 2010
Rain after papers everyday and I still don't bring my umbrella
Hahas.. no school again today coz again no paper. Rather, it's that I've finished all my papers already. Last paper Chem was yesterday. A quick review of my papers...
First paper was GP before the hols started. GP paper was not too bad. Did a question on Environment and was quite satisfied with it. Hope to score well for it and keep up with Mrs Fadzleen's expectations.
Second paper was physics on the Friday on the last week of the June hols. As I've had little practice on Physics (ie. I haven't been doing my tutorials), this paper was really tough for me. Could do some of the questions which required open- ended answers and definitions but most of the calcuclation questions were GG for me. Hoping to at least get a passing grade for this paper and I've really got to work much harder for my physics in the coming months.
On Tuesday, I had Econs paper. I think I did okay for the Case Study section and answered the Essay question pretty well. Should be able to get good grades for my Econs paper, unless I get an "IR" for the Essay section. Hoping not to get that of course!
Wednesday was a killer. Had my chinese papers 1 and 2, chinese listening compre and Maths papers all in one day. Had listening compre first thing in the day and I was glad that I had a chance to take a paper in the hall. Well, due to having extended timing, I am having all my other papers in a classroom F1- 47. The hall was air conditioned for the exam (something I've missed out). Well, one can't have too much of a good thing, right?
After a short rest of 30 mins, it was Chinese Papers 1 & 2. Altogether 3 hours straight without any rest. After the extra time was added, it became a 3hour 45 min paper, almost 4 hours! As I needed time to revise for my Maths paper later, I requested to leave early should I finish the papers early, thinking that it shouldn't be a problem to finish off early. However, I changed my mind when I got to paper 2. Paper 2 was so difficult, unlike any of the practices I've done before. In the end, I fully utilised the 3hours 45mins to salvage what I could for the chinese paper and left for a 20min break before Maths.
As I didn't have much practice for Maths as well ( totally have not touched Functions and Inequalities), I faced problems again for my Maths paper. Again after adding the extra time, the Maths paper lasted more than 3 hours. All in all, it was almost 7 over hours straight of exams with little rest. Really drained after that.
Thursday was my last paper, Chemistry. Having done more practices and having had more time to read up on it, I felt more confident for this paper. That is, with the exception of Chem Energetics and Equilibrium. Majority of the questions seemed easy to me, some required some thinking and a few just could not be done. All in all, still not too bad, should be able to get quite good grades.
Think I've really got to plan a study schedule for myself for the coming months before the promos. Really got to buck up.
Even with the extended timing I am still having so much trouble with the papers, seriously..
Going back to KSS later in the evening for Cultural Fiesta. Meeting up with John, Eugene and Zhao Wei first for dinner.
And its been raining everyday after my papers and I still didn't bring my umbrella. The result is of course, a drenched me every evening when I get home.
First paper was GP before the hols started. GP paper was not too bad. Did a question on Environment and was quite satisfied with it. Hope to score well for it and keep up with Mrs Fadzleen's expectations.
Second paper was physics on the Friday on the last week of the June hols. As I've had little practice on Physics (ie. I haven't been doing my tutorials), this paper was really tough for me. Could do some of the questions which required open- ended answers and definitions but most of the calcuclation questions were GG for me. Hoping to at least get a passing grade for this paper and I've really got to work much harder for my physics in the coming months.
On Tuesday, I had Econs paper. I think I did okay for the Case Study section and answered the Essay question pretty well. Should be able to get good grades for my Econs paper, unless I get an "IR" for the Essay section. Hoping not to get that of course!
Wednesday was a killer. Had my chinese papers 1 and 2, chinese listening compre and Maths papers all in one day. Had listening compre first thing in the day and I was glad that I had a chance to take a paper in the hall. Well, due to having extended timing, I am having all my other papers in a classroom F1- 47. The hall was air conditioned for the exam (something I've missed out). Well, one can't have too much of a good thing, right?
After a short rest of 30 mins, it was Chinese Papers 1 & 2. Altogether 3 hours straight without any rest. After the extra time was added, it became a 3hour 45 min paper, almost 4 hours! As I needed time to revise for my Maths paper later, I requested to leave early should I finish the papers early, thinking that it shouldn't be a problem to finish off early. However, I changed my mind when I got to paper 2. Paper 2 was so difficult, unlike any of the practices I've done before. In the end, I fully utilised the 3hours 45mins to salvage what I could for the chinese paper and left for a 20min break before Maths.
As I didn't have much practice for Maths as well ( totally have not touched Functions and Inequalities), I faced problems again for my Maths paper. Again after adding the extra time, the Maths paper lasted more than 3 hours. All in all, it was almost 7 over hours straight of exams with little rest. Really drained after that.
Thursday was my last paper, Chemistry. Having done more practices and having had more time to read up on it, I felt more confident for this paper. That is, with the exception of Chem Energetics and Equilibrium. Majority of the questions seemed easy to me, some required some thinking and a few just could not be done. All in all, still not too bad, should be able to get quite good grades.
Think I've really got to plan a study schedule for myself for the coming months before the promos. Really got to buck up.
Even with the extended timing I am still having so much trouble with the papers, seriously..
Going back to KSS later in the evening for Cultural Fiesta. Meeting up with John, Eugene and Zhao Wei first for dinner.
And its been raining everyday after my papers and I still didn't bring my umbrella. The result is of course, a drenched me every evening when I get home.
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