OK you guys out there must be wondering like why the weird title today. Those who aren't in my lit lecture, here's the story: Our lit teacher offered a highly interesting new perspective we could adopt for Jane Eyre, which is the sexual one. In other words, the Red Room incident may be regarded as Jane going through menstruation and becoming a woman while John Reed whacking her may be considered losing her virginity. Ok personally I feel it's all bollocks, but it's all right, new perspectives are always welcome. Then there was something about how men in the past were afraid of women, as shown by how witches ride the broom which is actually a phaelic symbol, thus meaning they are able to control male authority.
Ok so like let's look deep into this metaphor like a good lit student. Since witches ride on brooms which = phaelic symbol, then Harry Potter who rides on brooms = phaelic symbol be gay?? Ok so from here we can uncover more dirt, cos like if Harry is gay, then maybe Ron is his boyfriend too, since in the Order of The Phoenix Ron begins to ride the broom=phaelic symbol as well! So the whole liking Cho Chang on Harry's part and Hermione on Ron's part is just a facade to hide their homoxuality! This is a whole new discovery!
Hey wait. So since the broom is a phaelic symbol, then wouldn't houswives and cleaners all be sexual maniacs who all hide their perversity under cover as the virtuous Angel of The House? This is clearly a world of deception, where women and cleaners hide their immense and overflowing sexual desires and only allow themselves to indulge in sweeping the floor for that sensational ten minutes daily.
Wait this is getting more and more exciting and we unveil the dark secrets of the world! Through lit we understand that many parts of the world used to adopt a patriachal society. This is, however, no longer true, it seems. HOWEVER! If the broom may be used as a phaelic symbol, then wouldn't all of us living in condos or HDBs be living in a phaelic symbol itself?? Then isn't this a representation of a patrichal society, since most of us live in this high-rised, phaelic, apartments??
What is the world coming to?!
Saturday, April 30, 2005
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Thanksgiving
Reading Xunyu's post (pointed out by a friend of mine) reminded me of how we must remember to give thanks to all our beloved friends around us always. So this blog entry will be dedicated to the people whom I love so dearly.
1. My family.
They (maybe not so much my brother, but oh well) have always given me support throughout my 17 years, even when I seem like I have no hope whatsoever. They never insist, but always advise, and the little things they say always mean a lot to me. Without them, I'd probably won't be anything I am today.
2. F5.
Although I have only known them for 2+ years (for Queen Bea and Natface 4, Esther 3, Elaine 2), we clicked immediately from the very first day of school. I did need some time to work some things out with Esther cos we're very different people, but we're confidantes now, and I can say we tell each other almost everything, if not everything. They have been my main source of comfort ever since I have joined HC, and no matter how irritated I am with the school, I know I always have them to fall back on. This spurs me on, and with their encouragement, I find my strength in continuing.
To Esther, I must say thank you for all the rubbish you have put up of from me, and I feel our friendship will never end even as we choose different paths in life. To Elaine, thank you for being the glue, holding us and pulling us back when we get too caught up with our own lives, and to remind us once in a while that we still have each other. To Bea, just for giving me solid advice and being the motherly figure in our presence, for making me laugh everyday I spend with you. To nat, for being the idiot and clown that no one can resist loving, even as you are dumber than everyone thinks (HAHA!). I love you guys!!]
3. Mrs Nat Lim, Ms Bong, Mrs Goh, Mrs Chen.
These four teachers are so close to us (F5) that other people might not believe it when we say that they actually attend our birthday parties, listen to our nonsense, and allow us to visit them and have meals at their places.
I feel especially indebted to Mrs. Lim, for without her I would not be the Hon Jing Yi everyone knows today. She was definitely more than a teacher to me, more like a good friend, even a mother, though she's too young. She puts up with my rubbish, and lets her hair loose whenever she's with us. She's one of the people I miss most after leaving MGS.
To Mrs Chen, just for being the nice bubbly teacher who's also like a friend to me. I was SUPER scared of her as her History student in Sec 1, but a trip to Japan with her in Sec 3 proved that she was such a great person to be with! Love to have her around always.
To Mrs Goh, for being the mother figure. Always very motherly, like a mother hen looking out for all her chicks. an INCREDIBLY nice person too always offers me rides (which i am thick skinned enough to accept) home though it's rather out of the way for her.
To Ms Bong, for without her I would not love lit as much as I do today. Lit was my favourite subject because of her, and her passion towards the subject. As my prefect mistress she was fair, understanding but strict. A wonderful and playful person (under cover) whom everyone loves despite being the disciplinarian of the school.
4. Class of 2004
I spent my happiest of the 17 years in 2004, even though it was a year of 'suffering' towards the end of the year (since we were all rushing and cramming for Os). We had incredibly strong school spirit, even though people may be differ in train of thought, which allowed me to look forward to going to school every single day of my life. People who made an impact on my life include Clarissa Poh (idiot under the cover of a genius who always helped me in math), Ng Meixi (I LOVE this girl she was truly an asset to MG who instilled school spirit and pride in MG), Joyce (who was always behind us giving us support), Juang (who always made lessons more interesting by giving weird answers), Dell and Liz (who talked crap to me, and who are members of the Thunder Thighs Gang though none of us I must say really, truly fit the bill), Suz and Thia (for making my life more colourful, Suz with her bets and Thia for being my fellow hobbit). Of course there are many others, but these are the truly important people I feel if without them, I'd probably not feel as deep an attachment to MG.
Ok this list is too long I must continue tomorrow (must study for zuowen now). Goodnight!
1. My family.
They (maybe not so much my brother, but oh well) have always given me support throughout my 17 years, even when I seem like I have no hope whatsoever. They never insist, but always advise, and the little things they say always mean a lot to me. Without them, I'd probably won't be anything I am today.
2. F5.
Although I have only known them for 2+ years (for Queen Bea and Natface 4, Esther 3, Elaine 2), we clicked immediately from the very first day of school. I did need some time to work some things out with Esther cos we're very different people, but we're confidantes now, and I can say we tell each other almost everything, if not everything. They have been my main source of comfort ever since I have joined HC, and no matter how irritated I am with the school, I know I always have them to fall back on. This spurs me on, and with their encouragement, I find my strength in continuing.
To Esther, I must say thank you for all the rubbish you have put up of from me, and I feel our friendship will never end even as we choose different paths in life. To Elaine, thank you for being the glue, holding us and pulling us back when we get too caught up with our own lives, and to remind us once in a while that we still have each other. To Bea, just for giving me solid advice and being the motherly figure in our presence, for making me laugh everyday I spend with you. To nat, for being the idiot and clown that no one can resist loving, even as you are dumber than everyone thinks (HAHA!). I love you guys!!]
3. Mrs Nat Lim, Ms Bong, Mrs Goh, Mrs Chen.
These four teachers are so close to us (F5) that other people might not believe it when we say that they actually attend our birthday parties, listen to our nonsense, and allow us to visit them and have meals at their places.
I feel especially indebted to Mrs. Lim, for without her I would not be the Hon Jing Yi everyone knows today. She was definitely more than a teacher to me, more like a good friend, even a mother, though she's too young. She puts up with my rubbish, and lets her hair loose whenever she's with us. She's one of the people I miss most after leaving MGS.
To Mrs Chen, just for being the nice bubbly teacher who's also like a friend to me. I was SUPER scared of her as her History student in Sec 1, but a trip to Japan with her in Sec 3 proved that she was such a great person to be with! Love to have her around always.
To Mrs Goh, for being the mother figure. Always very motherly, like a mother hen looking out for all her chicks. an INCREDIBLY nice person too always offers me rides (which i am thick skinned enough to accept) home though it's rather out of the way for her.
To Ms Bong, for without her I would not love lit as much as I do today. Lit was my favourite subject because of her, and her passion towards the subject. As my prefect mistress she was fair, understanding but strict. A wonderful and playful person (under cover) whom everyone loves despite being the disciplinarian of the school.
4. Class of 2004
I spent my happiest of the 17 years in 2004, even though it was a year of 'suffering' towards the end of the year (since we were all rushing and cramming for Os). We had incredibly strong school spirit, even though people may be differ in train of thought, which allowed me to look forward to going to school every single day of my life. People who made an impact on my life include Clarissa Poh (idiot under the cover of a genius who always helped me in math), Ng Meixi (I LOVE this girl she was truly an asset to MG who instilled school spirit and pride in MG), Joyce (who was always behind us giving us support), Juang (who always made lessons more interesting by giving weird answers), Dell and Liz (who talked crap to me, and who are members of the Thunder Thighs Gang though none of us I must say really, truly fit the bill), Suz and Thia (for making my life more colourful, Suz with her bets and Thia for being my fellow hobbit). Of course there are many others, but these are the truly important people I feel if without them, I'd probably not feel as deep an attachment to MG.
Ok this list is too long I must continue tomorrow (must study for zuowen now). Goodnight!
Thursday, April 21, 2005
STOP DISCRIMINATION OF THE VERTICALLY CHALLENGED PART II
OK too many upsetting and disappointing events happening recently. Will enter a crap entry today!
Let's recap about what I have said so far about not being as-tall-as-people-think-i-should-be.
1. I can't be a prison warden.
2. I can't be Miss Singapore.
So I'll continue today.
3. We are fated to die young. All sorts of medicine's labelled with 'Keep Our of Reach of Children', which means to put it somewhere high or out of reach for little kids who might have the incentive to pop some of 'em. So, to protect these little furballs, we're like putting our own lives at GREAT RISK! What happens if we get a heart attack and are in desperate of the pills that have been put high up on the shelf we can't reach?! What if we get an asthma attack and have to wriggle helplessly on the floor as we stare our source of life on the mantlepiece?! UNFAIR!
4. Being not-as-tall-as-people-think-you-should-be is also TERRIBLE on buses and MRTs (or the subway/train if you're not local). It's an absolute torture for people like me when there are no seats left and we have to grab a pole or those handle things to maintain our balance. BUT! What happens when YOU grab onto the handle? YOUR armpits are lifted into the air! So what happens to ME? Somehow my eye level is always at such that the armpits are facing my face directly. And what is near my eyes? YES! My nose!!!! So yes there you go. And I am totally not fooling around with this. I can always tell you what is hygenic (and shaves) and who isn't. There was once such a bad smell wafted over I wanted to vomit so I walked as quickly as I could to the other end of the train. Just my luck I must say. So yes, at my height, you definitely get to smell more body odour. Not my cup of tea. Not my scent either.
Ok my homework beckons need to go now! Will continue in future.
Let's recap about what I have said so far about not being as-tall-as-people-think-i-should-be.
1. I can't be a prison warden.
2. I can't be Miss Singapore.
So I'll continue today.
3. We are fated to die young. All sorts of medicine's labelled with 'Keep Our of Reach of Children', which means to put it somewhere high or out of reach for little kids who might have the incentive to pop some of 'em. So, to protect these little furballs, we're like putting our own lives at GREAT RISK! What happens if we get a heart attack and are in desperate of the pills that have been put high up on the shelf we can't reach?! What if we get an asthma attack and have to wriggle helplessly on the floor as we stare our source of life on the mantlepiece?! UNFAIR!
4. Being not-as-tall-as-people-think-you-should-be is also TERRIBLE on buses and MRTs (or the subway/train if you're not local). It's an absolute torture for people like me when there are no seats left and we have to grab a pole or those handle things to maintain our balance. BUT! What happens when YOU grab onto the handle? YOUR armpits are lifted into the air! So what happens to ME? Somehow my eye level is always at such that the armpits are facing my face directly. And what is near my eyes? YES! My nose!!!! So yes there you go. And I am totally not fooling around with this. I can always tell you what is hygenic (and shaves) and who isn't. There was once such a bad smell wafted over I wanted to vomit so I walked as quickly as I could to the other end of the train. Just my luck I must say. So yes, at my height, you definitely get to smell more body odour. Not my cup of tea. Not my scent either.
Ok my homework beckons need to go now! Will continue in future.
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
I have a dream...
Ok I was thinking about this the other day when I was day dreaming. I was thinking like we (as in F5) can go travelling after the As!!!! We don't have to go to Europe or expensive countries. In fact, places like HK or Taiwan would do, and the money we save from not going to these expensive countries can be used to stay at those poshy hotels! And shopping of course HAHA!
That's be the time of our lives, I believe. Sigh. Can't wait!!!
That's be the time of our lives, I believe. Sigh. Can't wait!!!
Monday, April 18, 2005
The 32nd Students' Council-to-be
Ok will digress from my lamenting about the unfair treatment of people who are not-as-tall-as-society-deems-fit and summarise my past 3-4 days with the 31st Students' Council.
Our interaction (between seniors and juniors) began on Friday, 4pm, the beginning of our Eleco Camp 2005. It was a solemn beginning - our teacher-in-charge Mrs. Ang gave us a speech about how we need to behave properly and carry ourselves well because we were under scrutiny of the school population, and how we need time management and not neglect our studies. There have been many stories of how, um, not nice she is but I feel she is rather reasonable. Then we had talks from the administration.
The camp was bascially a camp of pumping. Aloysius had warned us in the beginning that the Council is extremely particular about punctuality. Every minute that any one person is late for would cause the whole council (seniors and elects) to be punished with 15 push-ups. So we were doing pumps rather often because of some tardy people (though most were unintentional).
Didn't sleep much. Can't say much about 2nd night but I only slept like 3 hours. The first night was better, though I kept waking up to check the time. We had sentry duty, and I was so lucky to pick out the 3am one. Right smack in the middle!!!! So basically, I couldn't sleep much. But thank goodness my sentry was with ZiYao and Cherie and Calvin (and shuhui and Daen) who are really interesting to talk to, so I was really awake during the thing.
OK gotta do my math now have to stop slacking.
NB Added Xunyu on my list of links.
Our interaction (between seniors and juniors) began on Friday, 4pm, the beginning of our Eleco Camp 2005. It was a solemn beginning - our teacher-in-charge Mrs. Ang gave us a speech about how we need to behave properly and carry ourselves well because we were under scrutiny of the school population, and how we need time management and not neglect our studies. There have been many stories of how, um, not nice she is but I feel she is rather reasonable. Then we had talks from the administration.
The camp was bascially a camp of pumping. Aloysius had warned us in the beginning that the Council is extremely particular about punctuality. Every minute that any one person is late for would cause the whole council (seniors and elects) to be punished with 15 push-ups. So we were doing pumps rather often because of some tardy people (though most were unintentional).
Didn't sleep much. Can't say much about 2nd night but I only slept like 3 hours. The first night was better, though I kept waking up to check the time. We had sentry duty, and I was so lucky to pick out the 3am one. Right smack in the middle!!!! So basically, I couldn't sleep much. But thank goodness my sentry was with ZiYao and Cherie and Calvin (and shuhui and Daen) who are really interesting to talk to, so I was really awake during the thing.
OK gotta do my math now have to stop slacking.
NB Added Xunyu on my list of links.
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Stop Discrimination of The Vertically Challenged!
OK I said I'd explain why we should Stop Discriminination of The Vertically Challenged. Let me begin today by describing the difficulties I have faced being not-as-tall-as-others-think-I-should-be. (Let me remind you I stand at 1.46m)
1. My dreams of being a prison warden were dashed upon realisation that there is a height limit to being one. I'd always wanted to be a prison warden for a while, I don't know why, but I think it's quite cool! And then I realise that you have to be 1.58m to be one, and I am quite far from that, so there u see, there's a deprivation of a job opportunity for me just because I am not-as-tall.
2. I cannot join the Miss Singapore Pageant which insists that you need to be 1.64m before you are worthy of representing Singapore. HELLO? What nonsense is this???? Who says one can only be termed as 'pretty' if she reaches the height of 1.64??? You mean we are like UNFIT to represent Singapore if we are below that specific height? What rubbish, really. At least for air-hostesses I understand, cos I have problems reaching the luggage thing above our heads, so it's quite impossible for me to help any of the passengers or anything.
OK ABRUPT ANNOUNCEMENT I NEED TO SLEEP NOW! Will continue tomorrow.
1. My dreams of being a prison warden were dashed upon realisation that there is a height limit to being one. I'd always wanted to be a prison warden for a while, I don't know why, but I think it's quite cool! And then I realise that you have to be 1.58m to be one, and I am quite far from that, so there u see, there's a deprivation of a job opportunity for me just because I am not-as-tall.
2. I cannot join the Miss Singapore Pageant which insists that you need to be 1.64m before you are worthy of representing Singapore. HELLO? What nonsense is this???? Who says one can only be termed as 'pretty' if she reaches the height of 1.64??? You mean we are like UNFIT to represent Singapore if we are below that specific height? What rubbish, really. At least for air-hostesses I understand, cos I have problems reaching the luggage thing above our heads, so it's quite impossible for me to help any of the passengers or anything.
OK ABRUPT ANNOUNCEMENT I NEED TO SLEEP NOW! Will continue tomorrow.
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
New Title!
Decided to change the title of my blog. It used to be wuyen, which is actually the username/nickname I use in every single forum, cos it means 'No Beauty'.
But I thought 'Stop Discrimination of The Vertically Challenged' would be a more suitable name, since there are organisations for every single thing you can find on this world, and although many people (I can name quite a few) discriminate, tease, poke fun of, look down upon people who are not so tall, there has been no one so far to STAND OUT and protect us (or ourselves) !! So here this is, my new blog name!
We discussed an extract during PC today from a play called 'A Kind of Alaska' about a lady named Deborah who had an illness named Encephalitis Lethargica, which is a kind of sleeping illness that causes you to sleep and sleep and sleep. So this woman slept for 29 years (!!!!!!!!!) which is like rather, um, long. Haha.
So I was thinking like, at the rate I'm going I guess I do need a virus like that for me to get enough sleep and rest haha. Well I do love sleeping as well! It'd be kinda like 13 going on 30, haha, and I wouldn't mind waking up at 18 right after my A Levels only to find that WHOA! Someone has gotten 4As +1 S paper +A1 for GP for me and I have no choice but to accept the results!
But this is rather impossible.
But I thought 'Stop Discrimination of The Vertically Challenged' would be a more suitable name, since there are organisations for every single thing you can find on this world, and although many people (I can name quite a few) discriminate, tease, poke fun of, look down upon people who are not so tall, there has been no one so far to STAND OUT and protect us (or ourselves) !! So here this is, my new blog name!
We discussed an extract during PC today from a play called 'A Kind of Alaska' about a lady named Deborah who had an illness named Encephalitis Lethargica, which is a kind of sleeping illness that causes you to sleep and sleep and sleep. So this woman slept for 29 years (!!!!!!!!!) which is like rather, um, long. Haha.
So I was thinking like, at the rate I'm going I guess I do need a virus like that for me to get enough sleep and rest haha. Well I do love sleeping as well! It'd be kinda like 13 going on 30, haha, and I wouldn't mind waking up at 18 right after my A Levels only to find that WHOA! Someone has gotten 4As +1 S paper +A1 for GP for me and I have no choice but to accept the results!
But this is rather impossible.
Monday, April 11, 2005
Congratulations C&C!
Yay! It was no doubt the Royal Wedding of the Year yesterday between Prince Charles of Wales and Camila Parker Bowles (who is now known as the Duchess of Cornwall).
It is no wonder Prince Charles has chosen the Duchess! Who would want to stick around with dear old Lady Diana when we have Camila??? One must have the intellect and the wisdom to choose a virtuous wife capable of handling the menial chore of having to decide which portions of your millions of pounds should be used to renovate which areas of your palace! A pretty and elegant wife is just not practical!
Long live the Royal Marriage! Congratulations to Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall!
It is no wonder Prince Charles has chosen the Duchess! Who would want to stick around with dear old Lady Diana when we have Camila??? One must have the intellect and the wisdom to choose a virtuous wife capable of handling the menial chore of having to decide which portions of your millions of pounds should be used to renovate which areas of your palace! A pretty and elegant wife is just not practical!
Long live the Royal Marriage! Congratulations to Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall!
Depressing JC life.
My results are rather depressing. I just got back my Jane Eyre mini-test thing and I did really badly. Like C-. This is so not what I should be getting, even if I read the stupid book online. I'm SO gonna get at least a B the next time I do a freaking assignment. I barely passed the previous essay thing on Wuthering Heights, 25/50. I hope it's because I only knew what was required of us today, which was not a thorough understanding of Frankie, Jane Eyre and Hotel De Dream, but of Gothic Lit on the whole. I hope to get maybe 30 the next time.
GP's not going well either. But for that I can't really blame myself, since the answers they want are really a lot different from O Levels. So I'll aim to pass the next time. I got like 17.5/50 (WHAT NONSENSE) of which 9 points came from language!!!!!!!!!!!
Math is...all right. No tests or anything yet but I do know how to do most of it. Just the complicated parts get me sometimes.
Econs. Sigh. I'm spending the most time on this subject. But somehow, I don't do like super well. I got 27/30 for my first test and 11/25 for my timed assignment. The problem is I don't use technical terms. So I will do so in my next one. Let's aim for 14/25. I just hope to maintain my marks for the next test cos I don't really get it so I'm depending on these two days to go understand it on my own.
Chinese is all right. We've done several essays, but none have been returned. The only ones that have been returned are a short assignment on Da Tie Cui which I got a B for and a compre which was rather simple (13/15). I don't think the standard is really that simple, so I have to try harder. The next time coming up is a dictation on "Shi Zhi Sai Shang" on Friday. It's quite short, so should be all right.
My only comfort is that it is still rather early. My block tests are in July, which means I still have time to catch up and get at least a B or C for every subject. And also there are some details about certain subjects that we have only just cleared up. Oh well.
And I can only study on my own, cos everyone is so busy with their own lives. And Bea Ass Elaine and Nat are so far away. I'll just have to live by myself.
GP's not going well either. But for that I can't really blame myself, since the answers they want are really a lot different from O Levels. So I'll aim to pass the next time. I got like 17.5/50 (WHAT NONSENSE) of which 9 points came from language!!!!!!!!!!!
Math is...all right. No tests or anything yet but I do know how to do most of it. Just the complicated parts get me sometimes.
Econs. Sigh. I'm spending the most time on this subject. But somehow, I don't do like super well. I got 27/30 for my first test and 11/25 for my timed assignment. The problem is I don't use technical terms. So I will do so in my next one. Let's aim for 14/25. I just hope to maintain my marks for the next test cos I don't really get it so I'm depending on these two days to go understand it on my own.
Chinese is all right. We've done several essays, but none have been returned. The only ones that have been returned are a short assignment on Da Tie Cui which I got a B for and a compre which was rather simple (13/15). I don't think the standard is really that simple, so I have to try harder. The next time coming up is a dictation on "Shi Zhi Sai Shang" on Friday. It's quite short, so should be all right.
My only comfort is that it is still rather early. My block tests are in July, which means I still have time to catch up and get at least a B or C for every subject. And also there are some details about certain subjects that we have only just cleared up. Oh well.
And I can only study on my own, cos everyone is so busy with their own lives. And Bea Ass Elaine and Nat are so far away. I'll just have to live by myself.
Saturday, April 09, 2005
EXCITING!
WOAH! It was so cool today!!!!!!!!!!
I went to school at like 10 today for Elects Initiation! They told us it was Traditional Banner Painting Day, and we were to wear our old clothes, so we did! And when we arrived the told us "we are the brushes, you are the banner!!!!!!!"
HAHA!
So they poured and rubbed pink paint all over us while shouting us questions like "WHAT'S YOUR NAME" and "WHAT'S YOUR SURNAME (i think this one was for me)" and "WHO'S YOUR FAVOURITE COUNCILLOR (Ziyao, definitely, so funny.)" "WHO'S YOUR FAVOURITE FAC HEAD (Ziyao, since there's only ONE fac head). Then Shiyang was so funny haha he was like "WHO'S YOUR FAVOURITE DANCE IC" and I was like SHIHAN! though i prefer him haha cos he talks more and his jokes are rather funny but I just wanted to like poke fun. Then they made me turn ten rounds and enter the council room.
When I was in the room they made me kneel and crawl around. There was paint everywhere and I was crawling in paint and they shouted questions like "WHY DO YOU JOIN COUNCIL" (for fun. actually it meant i wanted to have fun but it might have sounded a little wrong.) Then I heard questions like "WHICH COM DO YOU WANT TO JOIN" then I screamed "ECACO!!!!" cos that's where the Song ICs are!!!
Then we later had a good look of the Council Room which we are not allowed to enter until after we become real councillors. Then we went out to wash up, have a mass dance session and have lunch (chicken rice). Then I went for a shower before Small Yellow City.
My shirt (an old MGS PE T-shirt) and FBTs were completely destroyed by the pink. My BRA was pink. The only piece of garment spared was my underwear. It was a tough job scrubbing all the paint off myself when I reached home at night after Small Yellow City (I still bear traces of it on my arms and legs) and I spent like one plus hour in the shower but it was worth it. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! Haha! Glad to know all the rest of the elects as well!
My hair was in streaks of pink which was SO NICE!!!!!!!!! I'm gonna make my hair pink after school!!! HAHA!
I went to school at like 10 today for Elects Initiation! They told us it was Traditional Banner Painting Day, and we were to wear our old clothes, so we did! And when we arrived the told us "we are the brushes, you are the banner!!!!!!!"
HAHA!
So they poured and rubbed pink paint all over us while shouting us questions like "WHAT'S YOUR NAME" and "WHAT'S YOUR SURNAME (i think this one was for me)" and "WHO'S YOUR FAVOURITE COUNCILLOR (Ziyao, definitely, so funny.)" "WHO'S YOUR FAVOURITE FAC HEAD (Ziyao, since there's only ONE fac head). Then Shiyang was so funny haha he was like "WHO'S YOUR FAVOURITE DANCE IC" and I was like SHIHAN! though i prefer him haha cos he talks more and his jokes are rather funny but I just wanted to like poke fun. Then they made me turn ten rounds and enter the council room.
When I was in the room they made me kneel and crawl around. There was paint everywhere and I was crawling in paint and they shouted questions like "WHY DO YOU JOIN COUNCIL" (for fun. actually it meant i wanted to have fun but it might have sounded a little wrong.) Then I heard questions like "WHICH COM DO YOU WANT TO JOIN" then I screamed "ECACO!!!!" cos that's where the Song ICs are!!!
Then we later had a good look of the Council Room which we are not allowed to enter until after we become real councillors. Then we went out to wash up, have a mass dance session and have lunch (chicken rice). Then I went for a shower before Small Yellow City.
My shirt (an old MGS PE T-shirt) and FBTs were completely destroyed by the pink. My BRA was pink. The only piece of garment spared was my underwear. It was a tough job scrubbing all the paint off myself when I reached home at night after Small Yellow City (I still bear traces of it on my arms and legs) and I spent like one plus hour in the shower but it was worth it. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! Haha! Glad to know all the rest of the elects as well!
My hair was in streaks of pink which was SO NICE!!!!!!!!! I'm gonna make my hair pink after school!!! HAHA!
Friday, April 08, 2005
Contradictory.
I got in. Into council I mean. I must say it was a rather tough fight, and I am rather surprised myself that I actually managed to squeeze in. The whole of Bazang made it in, which was really expected, Yeowch, Wenxi, MC, they all made it. For me, I feel that it was the last question that really changed my 'fate'.
The first two questions were those normal boring ones. They gave me a list of characteristics and told me to choose three which I felt was important, including things like integrity, responsibility and all. The second one was which part of your body can be used to describe the council, and I said the head. That was a really bad answer, I admit.
My third question was much better. Two people (guys, I presume) named diego and Ryo directed a question to be, which is as follows: Being the daughter of the Deputy CEO of HCI, do you feel the pressure to deliver and perform? Would you fear that people will remember you as daugher of Principal instead of Hon Jing Yi?
This was my answer:
"I have a pact with my father. We have agreed that we shall remain Principal and Student in HC. But the stress for me is obviously still there for me to behave properly and not let anyone into thinking that having a father as staff of the school gives me any special privileges as a student, such as being voted into council or anything. However, I am still very much a human, and like all of you people, at least the normal people, I still struggle with homework and school life, so there is really not much of a difference, I believe. For the second part of the question, I must say that no, I do not fear so. My father is definitely a wonderful man, at least to me, but I am amazing in my own ways as well. Thank you."
I'm quite happy there was such a question, so I can clear these questions once and for all to the whole faculty.
But I am in council, I should be glad? I would be. But my two other team members didn't get in. Although I am quite sure they are proud and happy for me, I feel it is rather unfair. We definitely shared the work, and unlike some other groups I might mention where only one of the members did all the work, we shared the work rather equally. Yet, I was the only one who got in. But I guess Weiqi and TingXuan already have the Humanities Research Programme, and we have learnt a lot from this experience, so that is sort of comfort to them, if not at the very least, me.
Thanks, Weiqi and TingXuan. It's been great working with you guys. Thanks for your support!!
The first two questions were those normal boring ones. They gave me a list of characteristics and told me to choose three which I felt was important, including things like integrity, responsibility and all. The second one was which part of your body can be used to describe the council, and I said the head. That was a really bad answer, I admit.
My third question was much better. Two people (guys, I presume) named diego and Ryo directed a question to be, which is as follows: Being the daughter of the Deputy CEO of HCI, do you feel the pressure to deliver and perform? Would you fear that people will remember you as daugher of Principal instead of Hon Jing Yi?
This was my answer:
"I have a pact with my father. We have agreed that we shall remain Principal and Student in HC. But the stress for me is obviously still there for me to behave properly and not let anyone into thinking that having a father as staff of the school gives me any special privileges as a student, such as being voted into council or anything. However, I am still very much a human, and like all of you people, at least the normal people, I still struggle with homework and school life, so there is really not much of a difference, I believe. For the second part of the question, I must say that no, I do not fear so. My father is definitely a wonderful man, at least to me, but I am amazing in my own ways as well. Thank you."
I'm quite happy there was such a question, so I can clear these questions once and for all to the whole faculty.
But I am in council, I should be glad? I would be. But my two other team members didn't get in. Although I am quite sure they are proud and happy for me, I feel it is rather unfair. We definitely shared the work, and unlike some other groups I might mention where only one of the members did all the work, we shared the work rather equally. Yet, I was the only one who got in. But I guess Weiqi and TingXuan already have the Humanities Research Programme, and we have learnt a lot from this experience, so that is sort of comfort to them, if not at the very least, me.
Thanks, Weiqi and TingXuan. It's been great working with you guys. Thanks for your support!!
Thursday, April 07, 2005
YAY!
Ok I forgot to write this in yesterday. Little Isaac Peter Ng! He was born two nights ago, 5th April, at 2325 hours. He's 3.35 kg and 51 cm long. Quite a big baby I think since I was 2. something and 46 cm long, haha. Congratulations to Ms Bong! Yay!!! I never had any other lesson like lit with Ms Bong! I was rather excited so I called everyone I could contact, including Elaine, Ass, Bea, Nat (whom I did not manage to contact), Joyce and Clarissa (who did not pick up my call). I told Eddy, Adora and Jac too and they were all elated to hear the joyous news. We'll probably pick something up and visit her in a few weeks when she recovers from her delivery and when little Isaac is stong enough to take visitors.
5 Taiwanese visitors came to our class today for a one-day immersion! They joined us for Lit lectures, PW and Chinese, of which Lit must have been the most disappointing for them, since all Mr. Wong could talk about was the 'dopplegonger' or the 'double' which must have been quite difficult to understand, since I doubt they have even heard of the book Frankenstein let alone read it. PW was cool cos Ms Lim gave us some time to like go through our names so that our Taiwanese friends would know us better. They were rather happy at Chinese though cos they knew one of the poems that Chen Laoshi was teaching, so they were like answering questions and participating. One of the girls told us that she thought Singaporeans were very warm in recieving them, since we had met them with a lot of enthusiasm, especially from the numerous Jay Chou (Ting Xuan), 5566(Weiqi and Weiying) and Zheng Yuan Chang (Weiying) fans who bugged them again and again.
I'm very happy! I got a form inviting me to join an interview for The Taiwanese Immersion programme, the one that JK spoke with a lot of enthusiasm about!! They give it to people with 'good results' so I thought I wouldn't get it, but they gave it to me so I guess it must be random. It's so exciting I really want to go for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope I get through the interview!!! If I get it it means that a Taiwanese student will come stay at my place in July-August and I go over in December! How cool is that??? And I can join their lessons and all which is so wonderful!
Another sad thing was MOE left me out for the LEP Scholarship Interview though, along with three other girls. I am supposed to get it, but somehow they left us out. I gave them a call and they're supposed to reply to me tomorrow.
Council QnA and voting tomorrow. I'm kinda excited about it, but not worried. It's like I'm kinda like hecking care it. If I get in, YAY, but if I don't, so be it, I can join some other cca, haha. I mean it has been a very good experience working with TingXuan and Weiqi, doing the lame WTH song and sandwich boards and I've learnt a lot about photoshop too. So I cross my fingers, and hope that I get more lame questions and not say something that is so lame everyone just stares at me and I stare back. Good Luck, WTH?!
5 Taiwanese visitors came to our class today for a one-day immersion! They joined us for Lit lectures, PW and Chinese, of which Lit must have been the most disappointing for them, since all Mr. Wong could talk about was the 'dopplegonger' or the 'double' which must have been quite difficult to understand, since I doubt they have even heard of the book Frankenstein let alone read it. PW was cool cos Ms Lim gave us some time to like go through our names so that our Taiwanese friends would know us better. They were rather happy at Chinese though cos they knew one of the poems that Chen Laoshi was teaching, so they were like answering questions and participating. One of the girls told us that she thought Singaporeans were very warm in recieving them, since we had met them with a lot of enthusiasm, especially from the numerous Jay Chou (Ting Xuan), 5566(Weiqi and Weiying) and Zheng Yuan Chang (Weiying) fans who bugged them again and again.
I'm very happy! I got a form inviting me to join an interview for The Taiwanese Immersion programme, the one that JK spoke with a lot of enthusiasm about!! They give it to people with 'good results' so I thought I wouldn't get it, but they gave it to me so I guess it must be random. It's so exciting I really want to go for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope I get through the interview!!! If I get it it means that a Taiwanese student will come stay at my place in July-August and I go over in December! How cool is that??? And I can join their lessons and all which is so wonderful!
Another sad thing was MOE left me out for the LEP Scholarship Interview though, along with three other girls. I am supposed to get it, but somehow they left us out. I gave them a call and they're supposed to reply to me tomorrow.
Council QnA and voting tomorrow. I'm kinda excited about it, but not worried. It's like I'm kinda like hecking care it. If I get in, YAY, but if I don't, so be it, I can join some other cca, haha. I mean it has been a very good experience working with TingXuan and Weiqi, doing the lame WTH song and sandwich boards and I've learnt a lot about photoshop too. So I cross my fingers, and hope that I get more lame questions and not say something that is so lame everyone just stares at me and I stare back. Good Luck, WTH?!
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Nice Day
Yay a wonderful day today I actually managed to rush home to sleep. Was having a migraine probably from lack of sleep. JC life is really insane I don't think it's very healthy that youths of 17-18 should really be sleeping only 4-5 hours a day.
I've just read the one and only entry in Ass' blog. I love that kid, but we see each other like once a fortnight and we're all so busy, me with my campaigning and her with her choir. But thank goodness we do know each other rather well already, although of course there are many more things we can learn about each other. Our ties with one another are kinda like Spiderman's web. They're really rather thin and tangly and seemingly weak but they're actually very durable and strong, and when you tug on it occasionally, they don't give way at all.
So anyway, about Ass' blog. I'm rather sad cos she's quite disappointed with herself for not shining and maybe not being as outspoken or as seemingly intelligent as some of her classmates, but I am sure that's not true. You don't become a 6-pointer for nothing you know, haha. And from what she has described, I'd definitely be more respectful towards Ass because she is listening, while others just talk and play. We'll see who really does better at the end of next year!
I've just read the one and only entry in Ass' blog. I love that kid, but we see each other like once a fortnight and we're all so busy, me with my campaigning and her with her choir. But thank goodness we do know each other rather well already, although of course there are many more things we can learn about each other. Our ties with one another are kinda like Spiderman's web. They're really rather thin and tangly and seemingly weak but they're actually very durable and strong, and when you tug on it occasionally, they don't give way at all.
So anyway, about Ass' blog. I'm rather sad cos she's quite disappointed with herself for not shining and maybe not being as outspoken or as seemingly intelligent as some of her classmates, but I am sure that's not true. You don't become a 6-pointer for nothing you know, haha. And from what she has described, I'd definitely be more respectful towards Ass because she is listening, while others just talk and play. We'll see who really does better at the end of next year!
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
I'm cool...
Ok I'm not angry anymore about what happened yesterday. I'll probably clear things up with her AFTER the elections. But if I do see her during these few days of campaigning I think I will explain myself or something.
ANYWAY. Yea. Not a bad day. We wore our sandwich boards, and Tingxuan and Weiqi were mightily embarassed by what we were doing. I thought it was perfectly find, and the more you squirm, the more people will look at you and find you weird. But they did sort of adjust towards the end. We spoke to a few people. A few were rather supportive, while some turned their heads when they saw us coming. Some were rather hesistant about saying they would support us but did agree that they would consider voting for us.
Never mind! We're tryly trying our best. And in event that we do not get into the student council, what more can I say? Maybe we just lack the appeal, or other people are just much better than us. Bazang, for one, is rather popular. That I agree, and I myself am planning to vote for them, cos they were super cool about lending us their red and white paint hehheh. And it wasn't any paint it was quite ex (Thanks Xunyu! Although I doubt you know who I am.) I know some plan to vote for Wenxi and David, cos they were rather impressionable, and David was in Huang Cheng, so yea. I kinda know who I wanna vote for, but I'd decide last minute.
Oh yes! We printed many small pieces of paper and begged the canteen uncle to let us stick all of them onto the packet drinks and put them into the vending machine! What a shock the people would have when they buy their drinks tomorrow only to see WTH stuck all over them! Cool man thanks to Weiqi for this brilliant idea.
I helped the big Ass with her blog yesterday. Not sure if she wants to show the whole world but it's on my list of links. Don't think she has written anything yet though, the silly girl. I love F5 and even now as I am writing my entry into this blog, I keep checking to see if they are coming online. Our fortnightly visits just gives me the energy to continue in this place where so many people doubt me, even when my intentions are kind.
And oh yes. Special thanks to Chen JinJing who told me to ignore the comments by the girl. My mood is definitely much better now and I'm no longer as upset anymore!
ANYWAY. Yea. Not a bad day. We wore our sandwich boards, and Tingxuan and Weiqi were mightily embarassed by what we were doing. I thought it was perfectly find, and the more you squirm, the more people will look at you and find you weird. But they did sort of adjust towards the end. We spoke to a few people. A few were rather supportive, while some turned their heads when they saw us coming. Some were rather hesistant about saying they would support us but did agree that they would consider voting for us.
Never mind! We're tryly trying our best. And in event that we do not get into the student council, what more can I say? Maybe we just lack the appeal, or other people are just much better than us. Bazang, for one, is rather popular. That I agree, and I myself am planning to vote for them, cos they were super cool about lending us their red and white paint hehheh. And it wasn't any paint it was quite ex (Thanks Xunyu! Although I doubt you know who I am.) I know some plan to vote for Wenxi and David, cos they were rather impressionable, and David was in Huang Cheng, so yea. I kinda know who I wanna vote for, but I'd decide last minute.
Oh yes! We printed many small pieces of paper and begged the canteen uncle to let us stick all of them onto the packet drinks and put them into the vending machine! What a shock the people would have when they buy their drinks tomorrow only to see WTH stuck all over them! Cool man thanks to Weiqi for this brilliant idea.
I helped the big Ass with her blog yesterday. Not sure if she wants to show the whole world but it's on my list of links. Don't think she has written anything yet though, the silly girl. I love F5 and even now as I am writing my entry into this blog, I keep checking to see if they are coming online. Our fortnightly visits just gives me the energy to continue in this place where so many people doubt me, even when my intentions are kind.
And oh yes. Special thanks to Chen JinJing who told me to ignore the comments by the girl. My mood is definitely much better now and I'm no longer as upset anymore!
Monday, April 04, 2005
I AM NOT HYPOCRITICAL!
Not the most fantastic day today.
It was fine for the most of it, weiqi and I prepared the 'gimmicks' for our council campaigning, mainly sweets to like thank people for encouraging/supporting us and also to remind them to consider voting us when the time comes. Then the last period came when we had PE, and we had to run like the usual 2.8km around the school. Well, no biggie, I can handle something like that.
BUT! On my way out of HC to BTP to pick some stuff up, I met a friend. She told me to liven HC up if I really become an SC. I told her I'd definitely do my best and then I told her to support me then, and ask her classmates/friends to do so as well. Then she told me that some people told her that we were being very hypocritical during Orientation 2, only asking Ares people to vote us, and talking only to them the whole time, and she wanted to know if that was true. I WAS SO MAD!!!!!!!! THAT IS SO NOT TRUE OK! And I was only talking to that Ares girl BECAUSE SHE WAS MY CLASSMATE!!!! I feel extremely insulted by this comment. It's like, HELLO? I may want to be in the student council, but I am not about to turn into some hypocritical act-friendly piece of shit just to get some measly votes!!!!!
Why do these people always say things like that??? Some idiot said I announced loudly that I hate IJ girls when THE FACT IS I ONLY KNOW 3 IJ GIRLS FROM CHEM TUITION AND THEY ARE THE FRIENDLIEST PEOPLE I HAVE EVER MET! I HATE it when people say things like that, and they start hating me even before they have even spoken to me. But thank goodness this is all cleared up now.
I just hope all those who felt we were being like 'biased' would NOT think that way. You can totally just not vote for me I don't care any more, but please I would like to clear up this misunderstanding.
It was fine for the most of it, weiqi and I prepared the 'gimmicks' for our council campaigning, mainly sweets to like thank people for encouraging/supporting us and also to remind them to consider voting us when the time comes. Then the last period came when we had PE, and we had to run like the usual 2.8km around the school. Well, no biggie, I can handle something like that.
BUT! On my way out of HC to BTP to pick some stuff up, I met a friend. She told me to liven HC up if I really become an SC. I told her I'd definitely do my best and then I told her to support me then, and ask her classmates/friends to do so as well. Then she told me that some people told her that we were being very hypocritical during Orientation 2, only asking Ares people to vote us, and talking only to them the whole time, and she wanted to know if that was true. I WAS SO MAD!!!!!!!! THAT IS SO NOT TRUE OK! And I was only talking to that Ares girl BECAUSE SHE WAS MY CLASSMATE!!!! I feel extremely insulted by this comment. It's like, HELLO? I may want to be in the student council, but I am not about to turn into some hypocritical act-friendly piece of shit just to get some measly votes!!!!!
Why do these people always say things like that??? Some idiot said I announced loudly that I hate IJ girls when THE FACT IS I ONLY KNOW 3 IJ GIRLS FROM CHEM TUITION AND THEY ARE THE FRIENDLIEST PEOPLE I HAVE EVER MET! I HATE it when people say things like that, and they start hating me even before they have even spoken to me. But thank goodness this is all cleared up now.
I just hope all those who felt we were being like 'biased' would NOT think that way. You can totally just not vote for me I don't care any more, but please I would like to clear up this misunderstanding.
Sunday, April 03, 2005
First Post
I don't know what has given me the incentive to begin blogging. Everyone's blogging. My brother, my friends, my classmates, my teachers. It's not me to be doing something that everyone else is already doing.
It's been a lovely day. I woke up at 11.30 pm although I wanted to go to school to play soccer with my brother at 8 am. But it was too unearthly an hour and I continued to sleep till then. Then the most marvellous thing happened in the afternoon. It rained! I love rain! I wanted to go down to return the 3 Dvds my brother borrowed but my mom refused to let me walk in the rain cos it was thundering. But I did go after the rain stopped and we played soccer (just penalty kicks) for a while.
Not the most interesting day but it was peaceful. I even did math in the afternoon! More tomorrow.
It's been a lovely day. I woke up at 11.30 pm although I wanted to go to school to play soccer with my brother at 8 am. But it was too unearthly an hour and I continued to sleep till then. Then the most marvellous thing happened in the afternoon. It rained! I love rain! I wanted to go down to return the 3 Dvds my brother borrowed but my mom refused to let me walk in the rain cos it was thundering. But I did go after the rain stopped and we played soccer (just penalty kicks) for a while.
Not the most interesting day but it was peaceful. I even did math in the afternoon! More tomorrow.
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