Phobia of mine

Tomorrow, 30th of November, together with my family and relatives, I will be going to Hong Kong. I am really excited and hope that we will have a fun-filled time there.
But, yesterday I am already starting to feel giddy and nauseous. I always have this stupid phobia of travelling on an airplane. The same goes for travelling by sea. Everytime, I am going overseas, I have to take medicine. I hate this but have no control over it. I am suffering right now.
I am thinking that it will be worse tomorrow. Once the plane take off, I will be worse. This does not happen to me only, my brother is also affected.
Hope everything will be fine.
Happy Holidays!

Sick day...

I am ill right now, having fever and blocked nose. I am just recovering from a bout of flu 2 weeks ago. I'm so angry that I am ill. My parents wanted us to get the flu jab before our trip to Hong Kong. I insisted I don't need it, I can just improve my immune system by taking more vitamin C.
I must get well before my father comes home from Thailand on Friday. If not, he will ask me to get the flu jab. My body aches and whenever I sit down, I can't breathe properly.
Till next time...

end-of-year results

Today I got back my report book. Nothing surprising as I already knew my marks.

I am 6th in class, my average percentage is 61.1%. So long as you pass English, you will be promoted to sec 4. Here are my results:

English: 59--C5

Chinese: 64--B4

A maths: 39--F9

Maths: 65--B3

Combined sciences: 65--B3

Combined humanities: 70--A2

Except for my A maths, I am quite pleased with my results. My L1R4 is 16 while L1R5 is 20, which means I could go JC. Tomorrow is the last day of school. We can go home at 10 am. But, we still need to go for 2 weeks of extra lessons.

Warm Wishes

PSI level : Unhealthy

The haze is driving everybody crazy. All thanks to the forest fires in Indonesia. It's been going on for about 2 weeks now. The weather is so hazy, it makes my eyes watered when I look at the surroundings. This haze this year is the worst, the highest PSI level being 150.
We are breathing in smoke right now not air. Besides, the weather these days had not been good, many people are falling ill. Recently, there was an outbreak of the "stomach flu", hitting 2 schools in Singapore. I blamed it on the haze.
Sources say that the haze will be gone by end of the month.
I can't wait to breath air again....But till then, we all must endure the haze.....

Post exam activities

There was nothing much to do after exams. We stayed in the class for the whole day, some sleep, some read books while others played games. These few days were very boring.
On Tuesday, 15 students from my class did not come. This was the record so far. The same thing happened to the other classes. Yesterday, 19-10, we went to science centre. It was quite fun as we got to walk around and looked at the exhibitions. But still, 9 students did not come.
Today is Promotion Day, so I do not have to go to school. It means the teachers gather to see if you get promoted or advanced or retained to the next level.
^.^

The perfect day

Today was the best day of my life. I went out with my parents in the morning and came back in the evening. It was quite strange as today was a school day. I seemed to be the only teenager walking in Orchard.
My mother went to see her doctor and after lunch, we went to JewelFest 2006. It was so beautiful. I've been looking forward to this every year but this was my first time going there. Finally, New Moon was mine! I went to Borders and was not disappointed. I was so happy that I got the book.
Later, we went to Causeway Point. As my father had a $3500 voucher, we planned to buy furniture with it. But in the end, we ended buying diamond necklaces for me and my mother. It was not the design I wanted but it will do. I like necklaces with patterns, mine was simple.
I can't believe it, I have a diamond necklace...Hooray!
What a lovely day~~ It's everything I wanted!

End-of-year exams--final part

At last, the end-of-year exams had come to an end. Physics was quite all right, I think. I did know know how to do a few questions though. Biology paper 2 was a little difficult, we had been warned by our teacher. He said he "want to kill us" in this exam. I did not know how to do 2-3 questions.
So, tomorrow and Friday are "off-days". Tomorrow is art paper, but since I do not take art, there is no need to go to school. Friday is marking-day. I am disappointed to find that New Moon by Stephenie Meyer is not available in Singapore. I am looking forward to reading it after my exams. I have yet visit borders to check. This Friday, I think I will be going to borders to check if New Moon is available there.
Warm Wishes

End-of-year exams--part 3

Today's papers were Additional Maths paper1 and 2. Both papers were disasters. I would rather not talk about it. I did not have much time to update this blog and tomorrow is the last day of exams. Yay!
Biology paper 2 and Physics tomorrow.

I am upset that I can't get the book New Moon by Stephenie Meyer in Singapore. I thought that after the exams, I will be able to read it but none of the bookstores here have it. I am thinking about ordering it in amazon.com......
~.~

End-of-year exams--part 2

Geography paper today. It was quite difficult , the map-reading took up 1/3 of my time.
There was 1 question " What are the characteristics of Hi-tech farming in Singapore", I think I answered it wrongly. Also, I only studied 2 advantages and disadvantages for industrial concentration. However the question was worth 10 marks which means that I had to give 5 advantages and 5 disadvantages for it. I managed to write 3 each.
I am worried that I will not do well in this paper. I have high standard for geography.
Tomorrow's paper is Chemistry, a subject that I am not very good in.
.....>.<

End-of-year exams--part 1

Today was the 1st day of my main EOY exams. Today's papers were social studies and E-maths paper 1.
For the social studies paper, there was 1 question I was not too sure about the answer. It was about the IRA in Northern Ireland. But I still complete the paper in time. I have high standard for my social studies so I am worried that I might not do well. I must get at least 70% for my social studies paper.
I skipped quite a lot of questions for my E-maths paper 1 in the 1st round. No calculator was allowed for paper 1. I finished all the questions during my second round of checking. I think it is still all right. I must get at least 65% for my paper 1.
Tomorrow's paper is geography, another subject I have high standard for. There are lots of things to memorise.
Wish me luck....5 days to go

Exams---CA2

The september holidays is over. About 2 more weeks before end-of-year exams starts. The first will be English paper.
Anyway, here are my exams marks for Term 3, CA2. They are the average marks.

English: 64.8--B4

Chinese: 56--C5

Additional Maths: 41--E8

Maths: 60.9--B4

Biology: 63.4--B4

Combined Physics and Chemistry: 53.8--C6

Combined Social Studies and Geography: 78.7--A1

I thought it was quite alright, except for my A maths, Biology and combined Physics and Chemistry. The second test for biology was difficult so it pull down my bio marks. As for my A maths, until now, I had only passed 2 tests. All I wish is to pass my A maths. Physics and Chemistry are difficult for me, as they require a lot of calculations.

I must work hard for my end-of-year exams!

September hols is coming

September holidays is coming soon. It falls on the 2nd of September. Anyway, it is only 1 week of "break", and we still need to go back to school for extra lessons. Besides, there will be a lot of homework to "keep me company".
I had endured at least 2 weeks of constant tests. One test per day. I had enough. The teachers keep reminding us that after the September holidays, it will soon be our end-of-year exams.

Is school is all about exams? Many people don't think so, but to me, it is so.

Term 1:

Lots of tests

March holidays:

homework

Term 2:

prepare for mid-year exams

mid-year exams

June holidays:

Lots of homework

Term 3:

lots of tests

September holidays:

homework

Term 4:

prepare for end-of-year exams

end-of-year exams

December holidays

And it starts all over again. I am tired of it. Study, tests, exams, this is school.

National Day

I was right. The "celebration" for national day in my school was so pathetic. It can't even be considered a celebration. We just watch some videos about the SARS crisis and that's it. We then went back to class to discuss it with our teacher.
Furthermore, most students from other schools got to wear red and white while we were the ONLY school that was dressed in sombre uniforms. We looked like we were going to attend a funeral. It was "refreshing to see that our school is so unique". The thing I hated most was they gave excuses as to why we were not allow to wear red and white. The reason being, (quote) " We gave you freedom, but some of you abused it". It was only 'some', not all, which means that majority were all right, just a few spoilsports. Why do we allow our spirits to be crushed by these few? We could have continued with our celebrations.
I was really disappointed by this......

Happy National Day?

Singapore's national day is on 9th of August.
There is something terribly wrong with my school. I feel that they are not putting enough effort in the celebrations. We aren't allow to wear red and white to school on the eve of national day. The celebration is going to be boring, even the teachers say so. One teacher told us it is going to be "one-man talk", meaning there is going to be "lectures". What is this? It is the nation's birthday, why are the celebration lukewarm?
The same goes for our racial harmony day, the other schools allow their students to wear their races costumes while we can't. Not only that, the teachers made all sort of excuses why they don't let us wear. Besides we never really celebrated the day, we only saw a play and thats it. I still remembered the good old days in my primary school where we celebrated racial harmony day. I feel so ashamed, why this is happening to my school?
On a good note, I can get to enjoy 2 days of holiday. Tomorrow is going to be a half day for us, 9th and 10th are holidays.
Happy National Day! >.<

Internet dis-connection

I am so fed-up with the computer. It gives me lots of problems.
Every other day it would create problems for me. The latest happened 2 days ago, there was something wrong with maplestory so I decided to re-download it. Each download needed 8 hours, guess what, I had to download 4 times before I can finally play. Each time, there is something with the internet connection.
My internet connection is the worst. Most of the time, it will get cut off. I don't really know how to describe the problem. I am not a expert in computers but it was I who solve the problems every time.
My dear internet and maplestory, please don't do this to me....

Annual NAPFA test

Today, was our National Physical Fitness Award Test (NAPFA) 2.4 km run. I already went for my 5 stations. The 5 stations consisted of shuttle run, standing broad-jump, inclined pull-up, sit-ups and sit-and-reach.
For the 2.4 km run, it is a thing we all dread each year. The run is equal to 10 rounds around the field. The cut off time for girls is 19 minutes. But to pass (for a 15 year old girl) is 1810. My timing is 1750, which meant I got E (1 point). To me, this was quite good. I do not have much hope for the run anyway. Last year, I failed the run and I need to re-run again.
These few days have been raining all day long, which makes the field so muddy and squishy. After the run, our shoes, socks and legs were all stained with mud and grass. It was so disgusting.
This year's NAPFA was over, but there was still next year....

Back from Camp

I returned home from camp today.
I must admit, it was quite fun. Although, the food was sort of horrible. We did lots of activities like rock-climbing, build our own raft and night-walk. The night-walk wasn't that scary, we had to walk in a dark place with no lights and could not bring our torchlights. In twos, we walk into the "jungle" path, it was so dark that you couldn't really see your friend. Some of the lucky ones saw fire-flies.
One the first day, we slept at about 12 to 1 plus, me and my friends were about to sleep when the teachers called all to get out of their tents. The reason being, it was already lights-out but many people were still talking and walking. I slept quite badly, I kept waking up.
The second day, my section first activity was rafting. Each group had to build their own raft. But every group's raft didn't even manage to get into the water. The rock-climbing was difficult. My nails became rough because of the "rocks". We had a camp-fire that night and sang lots of cheers and songs.
The bathrooms were small with no hooks to hang our clothes and we rushed through our bath. Worst of all, all the toilets cannot be flushed. We heard that the boys' bathrooms had no curtains, which means they were "bathing for all to see".
We were all discussing what we were going to do the moment we got home. Most of us wanted to take a long, long bath and had some proper food.
Many of us were sun-burnt. My hands and face were all red and hurt.
I was glad to be back after two days without proper bath and food and computer.

Updates

1 more week before school reopens, and then it will be the Sec 3 Camp. I dread this day. There are still some homework I didn't do, like the English book review. The book is really boring.
I have enjoyed myself during this school holiday. I played lots of maplestory and neopets and at last, I bought the books I always wanted. These are the books I bought, The Princess Diaries Sixsational by Meg Cabot and The Frog Prince by Gillian Mcknight. I went from bookstore to bookstore in search of these books, and each time I was disappointed.
But now, they are mine. I've already finished the books.
Going to enjoy the last few days of my holidays.

Special day

Today was a special day. It was our duty to mend the stations in Zoolympix 2006. No adults were there to help us, just us, a bunch of Sec 3 students. My station was the Cheetah Catch-Up. I mended the station with two other friends. Besides explaining the game and rules, we also must sell posters. We sold a lot of posters which costed 1 dollar. However, we only managed to sell 1 goodie bag, as many people already bought it at the registration counter.
Many children came to play at our station. To participate in Zoolympix, you have to buy the goodie bag which contains an activity book. There are six stations to complete.
It was an enriching experience for us, because we have to approach strangers to buy posters and explain the rules to them. We also did a lot of complaining, about how we could have stay at home and watch TV and play computer games instead of "wasting" our time here. We came to the Zoo at 8.45am and the program ended at 4.15pm. We were all very tired at the end.
On Thursday, 8th June, we did a SPH Wildlife Buddy Media Launch. We have to buddy up with little kids to explain about aquatic animals like the sea lions. It was hard talking to them. The media was there to interview some students. On Friday, I had a nice surprise, my picture was in the newspaper. Although, it only showed the side of my face, I was really pleased.
Take Care

Updates

This is the second week of the June holidays. I have just started doing my homework. First week was mostly for extra classes and computer games. Now, I still play but not that much. I am worry that I may not be able to complete my homework on time.
About two more weeks before school reopens, and then is camp-time.