friends

2H best friends:
`Edward
`Rich
`Ying Jie
`Weijie
`Kejing
`Joshua
`Jaryl

3B best friends:
`Jun Sheng
`Keng Chee
`Dennis
`Kenneth
`Jerald

The 2 lists have so much resemblance of each other. =)

I can still faintly remember sec 1 term 3, when we changed class and changed our seating arrangement, I had to sit beside weijie. At that point in time, my circle of "best friends" were sitting together in 1 row. Yingjie, Rich, Edward, Kejing. Those were really my best friends... Having to part from them was rather sad. I had that mindset that weijie was a very bad friend at that time too. I always thought of him as someone who would only care about himself. Well, I found out my mistake. And by the time we were sec 2, I realised that 2H was such a wonderful class. Weijie, though at times irritating like Kejing (lol. =D), was actually a great friend. Kejing too, was rather irritating at times, and still is (haha.), but he's actually quite a good friend too. There were so many more friends in 2H, Xiang Yu, whom I worked with during drama for the lightings and were labelled as "light professionals" by Mrs. Rosie Smith. haha. That was such a proud moment for me, and I believe it so for him too. Then there was Aaron who was also such a great friend. He's so helpful and sensitive to other people's feelings. Then there was Xinghe, Weikang, Shang Xuan, Guodong and all the others who were also such great friends. Joshua, Jaryl, Manoj and Ben Ng at the front crapping. haix... what a fun class...

But 3B is so great a class too! Jun Sheng, Keng Chee, Jerald, Kenneth, Dennis are really really very very good friends. =) Then there are the scholars who are also very nice. Xiong Wei, Zhi Wei, Ying Xiang, Ming Jun, Long, Gia and Ye Tao... haha. den there is huiyao n Vincent. (LOL. does hand action again)! and of course the ever-so-egoistic PAP member Jie Liang. haha. Then Erdong and Tony who are very helpful. Of course people like Mark, Ben Yong, Jinghui are damn pro and nice too! Lumpy, Eugene, Ben Low... Den there is Barry... ahhh... such a nice class!!! haha.

Not forgetting Dewei and Max in 6H. Ting Fong, Shi Hao, Clement, Zhi Yuan, Matthew... ahh... what a nice class...

lol. k. got to study liao. bio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Patrick

文化，开讲！

最近在文化，开讲中发表了自己的看法。本以为它是个没有意义，没有价值的开讲，但事实并不如此。虽然许多学生都是为了拿文化分才到那里发表自己的看法，但他们所发表的意见，都非常深入。当然我也发表了自己的一些看法：

新加坡是否有自己的文化？是否有自己的传统？新加坡历史没有中国那样的长久，没有美国那样的丰富。但是，我们的确是有属于自己的文化，传统，语言。举个简单实际的例子，新加坡拥有自己的语言。虽然“新加坡语”不可完全算是自己的语言，而应该是英语的一种，但是它却是多么的独一无二，多么的与众不同。而这也就是我们所谓的文化了。当然，作为一个种族和谐的国家，我们也有自己的传统节日，那就是“种族和谐日”。这些与许许多多其它的事物都是属于我国的文化传统的一部分。虽然不太丰富，不太悠久，但它还是那样的独特，美丽！

新加坡是否失去了自己的文化？这是一个非常值得去思考与讨论的问题。在“新加坡是否有自己的文化”课题里，我们已经明确地确定新加坡的确实有自己的文化，还是一种非常独特与美丽的文化。但是，随着时间的流失，这些文化是否已经被年轻一代所淡忘，是否已经不存在，是否已经被遗弃了，是否已经变成了新加坡的历史？这些问题都非常重要。如今，新加坡学生注重于学业成绩，除了学业以外，什么东西都不去理会，不去思考。于是，许多如传统历史的东西，都被这些年轻一代的人所淡忘。这是非常遗憾的事。但是事实就是如此。我们无法回到以前改变今天，只能在今天的错误中吸取教训，并在明天改变事实，解决问题。如何解决这些问题呢？首先，我们需要让学生学会看整体概念，不要只顾着读书，不顾全局。像历史，传统之类的东西都是非常容易忽视的。但是，忽视它的后果是不堪设想的。如果真的有一天失去了它，我们就无法再把它救回来，就像我们无法救回以前的牛车水一样。但是，如果学生们知道这些文化传统的重要性的话，那么，这些文化传统就可能会被挽救，被保留，被发扬。因此，我本身觉得，让学生学会如何看整体概念，从不同的角度去看一些容易被忽视的事情，了解它在生活中，在社会中的重要性，是解决这个问题的关键。

颂霆

hey

hihi.

gonna make a quick blog post b4 i go slp... later 530 going church...

sigh. sian.

bio is hard. but at least i'm more organized now.

SS and history. ahh...

k nvm. yesterday watched a real inspirational documentary with my family. it's called "an inconvenient truth", talking about Global Warming, done by Al Gore. He's really inspirational. Now I start to realise that Global Warming is really a imminent problem and the consequences of letting it continue to persist can be disastrous. All the results from scientists show only one trend, that is global warming is increasing at a rate too fast for comfort.

The documentary is almost like a presentation and I really urge all of you to go watch it. But the documentary. It's worth it...

And Man U won again. Yeah. 5 points ahead, 3 games remaning... Hmm...

k. that's all for now. bye.

wateva

heyheys!

wah today so tiring. got compo/summary test, Math CCT den still have to go IBN... finally home. haha.

b4 starting on the post (though it's started already), I'd like to congratulate RIGE, RV, RISE, RP, and CDC, trampoline, badminton.

RIGE - gwh. YEAH man. great job. Eugene, Aaron, Barry, KC!!!!!!, Huiyao... congrats. u did our school proud. =)

RV - gold. not bad. not as good as last year but i heard standards were raised so nvm... Continue to Jiayou!!!

RISE - gwh. haha. expected, but still... CONGRATS!!! yeah man... we rock... jinghui rock on!!!

RP - gwh again! haha. congrats man...

CDC - silver. nvm. there was a time when rico got silver too. so continue to work hard and strive to do better next time! =)

trampoline - GOLD. yay. sporting gold.

badminton - GOLD. yay another one.

n because of these and more (like cross country), WE GOT ONE DAY OFF. MONDAY. which means we have a 4 day long weekend. omg. this totally owns. YAY!!!

but bad thing is we are missing history and SS, which means we will be missing practice for the CCTs.

but this will definitely give me time to mug for the ccts.

STARTING WITH BIO. shall spend the most time here.

NEXT, SS. shall spend time reading the notes. sigh. utopian, utopian, utopian...

THEN, history. the killer one... sigh... i dont noe how to mug for it at all...

then, last but not least, physics quiz. haha. mug a bit can liao bah.

so it's bio, phy, ss, history for the weekend. got to start on my eng blog and SS assignment too.

that's all for now. I NEED TO SLEEP EARLIER!!!

Patrick

hi

Shall not post in chinese today. chinese takes too long. haha. esp. when u are emo.

the last blog post was so emo...

but thanks for all your support! your comments have certainly spurred me on!

just wanna organize myself today for the chionging of the upcoming weeks...

today = study all the theory parts of math CCT
tml = PRACTICAL parts of math CCT
thur = study eng compre/summary test
fri = blog post 1
sat = blog post 2 + bit of SS brainstorm?
sun = Finish at least 1/2 of SS + study bio + study SS notes + study phy quiz

k that will be the plan. will try my best to complete them... need to do some chem too...

and many of you may have noticed by now, that my MSN nick is "hope that doesn't change for eternity". well, that phrase came during a conversation with jun sheng... We were discussing about friendship and I said I felt that my best friends now had to be LjS, KC, Jerald, Kenneth n Dennis. I mean, 3B is a great class and there are many other great friends like huiyao, mark, ben yong, barry... but i really feel that we 6 are a team. haha. LjS agreed too and i believe the others will also do so. and therefore i said that quotation. i honestly hope that this friendship will last a lifetime. Here are some of the greatest friends in the entire school, entire country, entire world. I have to treasure them...

k. that's all for now. still got to do math.

Patrick

sad

博客真可说是“螺丝钉向上”。昨天本想在博客上把心中所有的烦恼吐出来，但因博科的某些问题，使我无法登陆，最终只能在别人身上发泄怒气。为此，就借此机会对两人说声抱歉，并表达我的谢意。这几天，说失落也不是，说害怕也不是，说气愤也不是，但心总是觉得非常不自在，一不留神，心就很可能跳出来，找一个比较舒服的地方休息。但问我为何这么难过，我又无法给一个适当的答案。还好现在也算是好一点。

朋友是什么？友谊又是什么？他是否是永远的，持之以恒的？这些问题在我心中不断提起，只恨我找不出一个合理的答案。友谊可以使一个人快乐，开心，使一个人不再觉得孤单。但同样的，友谊可以使一个人低落，哭泣，使一个人觉得更加寂寞。我是否做错了？是否对不起您？为何您对我如此冷漠？也许我做错了，也许我真的对不起您，但何必这样对待我？原有的友情抛到哪里去了？我们是否可以以其他方式解决我们之间的问题？难道我们的友情就要这样结束吗？难道真的没有所谓的“童话故事”吗？我不相信。即使要花费多少时间，多少功夫，我都会尽我的全力，把我们之间的友情挽救回来。

以前，我一直都相信，只要懂得退让，只要懂得宽容，任何友情都可以永恒的。许多人都对我这么说过。就拿我中一以及中二的班主任为例子，它总是提醒我们，要懂得在适当时候得利，但也要懂得在适当时候退让，让别人从你身上得利。就连我的围棋老师，杨老师，也这么说。记得只有两天前，他就说了这么一句话：

忍一时，风平浪静。
退一步，海阔天空。

这句话可以说是我那么年以来，一直都遵守的规律，规则。如果几个星期前老师说这句话，我会立刻点头，同意他的说法。但两天前，他说这句话时，我浑身麻木了。原来，友情并不那么简单。原来，友情是那么的脆弱，如同线一样，一有摩擦就很有可能断线。无论一个人如何地退让，如何地忍受，友情也同样可能被切断。现在才发现，原来友情是双方面的。只有双方一起退让，忍受，友情才有可能永恒。但这是多么地困难，难以实现。

但就像刚才所述，我是永远不会放弃的，不管线是否已经断了，不管线是否已经摩擦了多少次，多久，我同样会继续努力，尽力挽救我们之间的友情。因为我坚持，功夫不负有心人，只要努力，只要奋力，没有什么事情是不可以完成的。线段了同样可以连回去，摩擦多了，同样可以挽救。如果伤痕真得无法康复，我们还是可以重新开始，再次逢出一条线，挽回我们的友情。

为我们之间的友情而奋斗！

颂霆

darn crap

damn sleepy. shit. since wearing the braces, i think i've lost around 3kg of weight. Considering I am already light... I think I'm around 40kg now only... AHHH!!! Had to eat porridge for so many days. These few days always feel damn sleepy. malnutrition sia.. sigh. i cant take it anymore la. like i can't really pay attention in class (not that much at least) esp. during english lessons where i just want to go zzzzzzz....

But good news!
Bio assignment - 25/30 4.0 secured once again! =). i can't believe i'm doing so well for my supposedly worst subject of the 3 sciences. 3 assignments, 3 4.0 grades. Some like the CCT, HIGH 4.0s! omg. i'm so happy!
Chem CCT - 31/33 YEAH. nice job man. that brings up my score to a 4.0. (i'm taking that the cct is 20%), if it's 10%, then i'll still be at 79... but still great job Patrick. Grades pulled up! and with today's rather easy chem assignment (i hope i did put iodide... and not iodine...), i guess my chem is back at where it should be, unlike what the APR suggests... Congrats to jinghui for getting 34/33 for his chem test. =) haha. was tied second with xiong wei. yeah! so happy!

Physics still doing well. Same thing as bio. 3 assignments, 3 4.0 grades. haha. this is damn shiok. Finally all sciences 4.0s!

Time to pull up my languages and humanities... =D Chinese I'm aiming long term - the O levels. Must do well there. I want an A1!!! so i've been starting to read more chinese lately. Chinese is such an interesting language! much more interesting than English. maybe not as much as japanese but definitely not far behind...

As for English, I've always flailed in this subject. There seems like there is absolutely nothing for me to keep myself afloat in the deep blue sea of English. sigh. Why does my English suck so much!?!? i wanna improve and reading is they key. Shall start reading today news or CNA news. Got to have self-discipline to do that!

As for the humanities, history and SS are still very unstable grades, having only one assignment each so far. I NEED to do well for my SS essay and I shall be working on it on Sunday together with preparing for English n math CCT. History is a CCT. There will be revision at a later time so i will have to pay extra attention at that time. It's a do-or-die for humanities. I don't want a repeat of the rajaratnam project... ><

Next, Philo and CLE. my philo has dropped A LOT! from last year's full marks in both CCTs, i've dropped to a measly 65%... Ahhhhh! I'm not even in RA (lol. philo RA?). Sian... got to improve that. CLE got test in week 9 (like errr... CLE also got test??) It happens to be something on leadership techniques or something in that sense...

And lastly, for RE, the main chionging period is June. omg. I just can't wait for June! It's gonna be so fun!!!!

k think that's all for now.

Patrick

oh yea?

I shall write a goal list today! (more like a dream list hey?)
1. Learn Japanese and visit Japan!
2. Live in Hong Kong some day.
3. Play the piano like Sam
4. Play the guitar and sing like Mike
5. Be able to speak Chinese like Xiong Wei or Ming Jun.
6. Understand the whole of the physics university TB. Be as pro as Ben Yong/Huiyao
7. Understand the whole of the A-level chem TB.
8. Be able to be as pro in English as Mark
9. Memorise the whole of the A level biology TB. =)
10. Be as pro in math as Barry
11. Be as nice as Keng Chee. =D
12. Be as emo as Jun Sheng or Jerald xD xD xD
13. Be able to get into a university in England/USA
14. Travel around the world! especially CHINA,KOREA,JAPAN!!~ (yeah!)

Maybe a wish list now?
1. The SONY ERICSSON WALKMAN SERIES phone
2. An mp3 player?
3. Always be together as a family! haix. so rare nowadays...
4. Furry balls!~ yayyayyay!!!
5. That the day my braces are out of my mouth comes!

sigh. kk. i think i've got to go liao. got to get an early night. The CCTs are approaching. Got to do well for ALL of them.

Patrick

RIGE

Jiayou RIGE!!! You can do it!!! Get the GwH man...

Aaron Tang
Barry Tng
Chew Keng Chee
Eugene Gan
Tang Huiyao

GO GO GO!!!

Patrick

没完的路

不知为什么，这几天总是放学一回到家就趴在床上睡着。唉。这几天除了读一些网上的新闻报道，也没做过什么。真是失败。难道我真得这么没有自律吗？或许如此，但现在一定要改过自新了。功课不能不断地堆起来，不然将来要把全部的功课在一天内做完，那是不可能的事，后果也会不堪设想。

今天因当完成的功课：
1 华文作文大纲
2 英文博客选文章，做大纲
3 物理需完成作业

唉。今天就这么多吧。反正我再多列一些功课也一样抽不出时间去完成它的。

颂霆

F.I.R

F.I.R - Lydia

他走了带不走
你的天堂
风干后只留下
彩虹泪光
他走了你可以
把梦留下
总会有个地方
等待爱飞翔

F.I.R - 无限

无边无际无穷无限蔓延
无道无天无间无限光远
无悔无怨无限无法超越的世界
红色蓝色灰色黑色警戒
无色有色真实虚幻空间
都是属于我们音乐自由的意念

.....

只有相信一种坚持一种力量
能把失败都摧毁(能把失败都摧毁)
只有我绝对
没有后路可退
自由去追
没有谁能拒绝
只要我超越
极限你看不见
自由的纯粹我能体会

从这两首歌中抽出了我所喜爱的歌词，跟大家分享。希望你们不会读到睡着了！

颂霆

华文

这是我第一次在博客上写华文，别问我为何这么做，我可不晓得，也许是因为在韩老师的教导下，耳濡目染，喜欢上这语言。

刚在华乐团弹拨组的博客上拜读了文强的一篇文章，感触良多。他在文章中提到人的“聪明”，写道“我们懂得如何撒谎，力保自己与麻烦永不会碰面。我们懂得过河拆桥，一旦某某人对自己已经没有利用价值就把他抛到九霄云外，断绝关系。我们懂得挑拨离间，利用他人的不合，来一个“鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利”。”

不知为什么，我读了这一段文字后，感到惭愧无比，过往所做过的“聪明事”也都历历在目地浮现在我的眼前。显然，我做错了。但时间不回头，做过的事永远不能重做，做错的事更不可能去更换。那我该做什么？我该怎么补偿我这么多年来的过错？经过沉思，也没什么好办法，只好以后办事多注意自己的行为举止，希望不会像以前那样，再次犯下错误。要勇敢地去面对问题，面对现实，解决问题，改变现实。该怎么去寻找着勇敢？这问题我也真不会回答，就像文强在文章所说，有些问题，“答案犹如烟雾,不管怎样抓，终是无法成形”。但是一点是可以有目共睹的，只有勇敢去改变人生观，改变我们的所作所为，我们才有望在不久的将来，建立一个融洽和谐的社会，大家一起同甘共苦，互相帮助，一起去实现梦想，实现目标。人生有时就是那么的残酷，那么的不如意，只有能够勇敢去面对现实的人才能把这个已有千百年悠久历史的人性除掉，更换！

永不放弃！持之以恒！

颂霆

new idea

I was watching TV just now. Was scanning through the channels and accidentally stumbled upon this channel 8 news report. This guy had this idea of a new vehicle. It would be what I would call a train-cum-bus. It was basically something which could function as a bus and a train.

Having thought of some brilliant idea of "Transport in RI" last time during chinese lesson, as some of you may already know, I was thinking whether such an invention would aid transport in the future. To me, transport is a system (duh) which is divided into a few portions, the larger one and the smaller one. Firstly, there is the biggest one - spaceship. Travelling thru the universe. The next would be planes. Travelling around the globe. After which there would be trains, travelling from city to city. Then there are buses/cars/lorries etc. which travel within cities, sometimes across cities. I was thinking if we could combine all these into one vehicle, it would be great. If all cars could act as trains and travel on railroads, there will be no more need for highways, because railways will be sufficient. The only roads that will be needed will be those within a town. No more TPEs, just travel on the railroad, and when u get to the town u want to get to, change ur vehicle into a car and go to the place you want to go to on the road. It will really save space. Of course, more railways may have to be built, but I really think that this can be a great idea.

Well, enough of that. I'm really motivated to study chinese after this incident at the pick-and-choose stall near my house. It was totally embarrassing. The hawker was speaking in chinese, asking the person before me what food she wanted. She replied in English. And it continued. omg. cant she speak in chinese? It seemed very weird. Two people conversing in different languages yet understanding each other fully. sigh. nvm. I have a sudden interest in Chinese, and I definitely have to keep it burning. Don't forget that you are born in hong kong... Chinese is your main language!

k. nvm. I have been crapping. i really think im typing random stuff. Therefore, I shall stop here. Tomorrow seems like a boring day. k. nvm. Wish RIMB luck tomorrow. They will need it. But I firmly believe they can do it.

Jiayou RIMB!!! YOU CAN DO IT!

Patrick

MAN U

Saw this on Tze Ern's blog and just couldnt stop myself from putting it on my blog. Man United just rock... =D

new idea

Hi!

After hearing of HCI's boarding ex, I was thinking whether RI could do the same. The basic idea would be that every class will get a week given to them to stay at the boarding block. Isn't that so cool. To be able to live together. Maybe it seems like OBS, but it has a larger effect. So nice! Studying together, playing together, eating together, helping each other. Then u can gather to study as a group etc... It will not only make the class more bonded, cuz this week's activities will be organized by the class, it also trains leadership skills and creativity thinking. Of course, there is also independence learnt. Isn't that just so cool?? haha. Wonder if we could really do this...

I'm falling in love with F.I.R's fly away and wu xian! haha... of course wo men de ai also!!!

Well, tomorrow got to work hard. got to study chem and math. do some chinese? and finish bio chapter 2 if possible. sigh. got to really work hard. cant wait for chem results... coming out on thur if im not wrong... sigh... k nvm. bye!

Patrick

yeah?

damnn...

My GPA is 3.51 only... great thanks goes to my math with a GPA of 2.4 ><... sigh... I really have to improve. This will definitely not do. currently, i have 4 4.0s, 2 of which are not secure, that is SS and history.

The other 3 3.6s are LOW 3.6s. which is totally unacceptable...
English-72... omg. so low. I definitely have to pull that up to at least a 77...
Chinese-75... Ahh... IMPROVEMENT NEEDED!!! I want a 4.0 or at least something like 79...
Chem-71. gg. im damn dead for this. I've got to improve on this like shit. i was aiming a moderate 4.0... AHHH!!! Tomorrow get back CCT. We'll see then wat's the score i have... but this really calls for a big improvement. my chem doesnt suck so bad!!!

Math-57... Moderate score in RA class. but i've still gotta improve. I want a 3.2 at least... Next mon's TA and the upcoming CCT could prove useful...

for the 4.0s, great job. but must maintain!
Hist-80. Improvement required!!! i dun want borderline marks!!!
SS-90. Seems high. but only one project so far. The upcoming take home assignment and test are important...
Bio-87. The only thing to smile at. I can't believe im doing so well for bio. but still must work hard!!!
Phy-95. haha. kind of expected la. but still not highest in class. Think Barry, Gia, Lumpy and (who was the other full marks for CCT?) got higher than me. Still happy with this score though...

So things to note:
SS- upcoming take home assignment and test MUST do well to maintain grade
Math- upcoming TA and test MUST do well to pull up grades!!!
Hist- upcoming things must get higher 4.0s to maintain grade...
Bio&Phy- Continue to work hard!
Chem- Damn. Next few assignments/tests must do damn well...
Eng- Do your best! =)
Chi- Important cuz got O's coming next year... Must start bucking up...

Patrick

saturday

today was a rather slack day. except for reading a few pages of my bio tb, i did practically nothing... day started with a visit to the dentist (again). damn. my teeth feel damn stiff now... Took out another tooth and this time the dentist placed some metal structures around my teeth which feel damn uncomfortable... AHHH!!! haha. today wasn't that painful. but still, it feels weird. really weird... After that, went to singtel shop to sign up for the mio thingy... haha. actually wanted to get a hp... (the plan came with a hp) but in the end, sam got the phone because his current one is spoilt. it's a 3G phone and looks really thin but not really cool. haha. I prefer the sony ericsson one. i shall get one the next time i buy a phone. =) the walkman one. haha. so cool!!! went home and slept a bit b4 going out for weiqi again. quite slack there. after which it was jiang. jiang was rather fun today. a lot of group discussion... yay. so fun! k. think that's all for today. i realised i have been blogging daily for the past week. YAY. record! haha. Tomorrow, I shall study bio, chem and physics. If possible i shall add in math probability cuz ta is next week. I guess I shall just have to read the history notes at a later time... Bye!

Patrick

school

heys people!

Today was good friday. Not a very interesting one for me though. Stoned at home for hours... Sigh... Didn't really start on chinese project except researched on some stuff to do with sun zi bing fa. Did some organization today too. I recaped the things I did in term 1 to now (onli the academic work). Well, there are some stuff which i still need to work on.

1. Bio chapter 2: chemistry of life
2. Chinese zong he and chang wen
3. Math competition stuff
4. Relations and Functions
5. memorising the angle properties of circle and practicing them...
6. Chem spa / experimental techniques

These are some stuff which i am still rather weak in. especially number 1. I really can't get myself to memorise all those stuff. ugh.. Bio got so much mugging to do...

But i realise that till now, I have been scoring relatively well where it mattered...

For chem, i think im averaging at either a low 4.0 or high 3.6. Got to work harder for it. Later get another 79 then regret. haha.

For phy, im doing really well. Think it's a high 4.0 for now. Only bad thing may be the practical.

For bio, im doing a moderate 4.0. Doing quite well i think. Top in CCT. 4.0 for the class-based assignment. onli the assignment that was taken home may pull me down. slacked for that assignment...

For chi, im not doing that well. think it's a low 3.6. but not to worry. i think almost everyone is averaging there. except for the china scholars of course...

For eng, im not doing that well either. It's a moderate 3.6. Got to buck up. I want a high 3.6 at least.

For history, onli one assignment so far. But it's a low 4.0. exactly 80... I'm ok with that for now. But must do well for the other assignments to maintain that grade.

For math, I think I'm at a 3.2. Got to work harder to. I want a 3.6 so that when end of year moderate, i can still get my 4.0... The upcoming TA and CCT could pull me up.

For SS, im doing well for now. onli one assignment for now and im at 90%. but the upcoming tests will be the ones that will really matter. Got to do well for those...

so summary.
subject - current GPA - aim
Phy - high 4.0 - high 4.0
Chem - high 3.6/ low 4.0 - moderate 4.0
Bio - moderate 4.0 - moderate 4.0
Chi - low 3.6 - high 3.6
Eng - moderate 3.6 - high 3.6
Hist - low 4.0 - moderate 4.0
Math - 3.2 - moderate 3.6 - after moderation becomes 4.0
SS - 4.0 - 4.0

I think physics should be relatively easy. Chem needs a bit of work done. Bio too. History and SS are really all about the essay questions and SBQs... so have to do well for those den can liao. math CCT and TA do better than can liao...

k. that's all for now... hope u weren't bored by my post. haha.

Patrick

school

finally back to school with a normal heart. no more SYF to worry about. The job is done. Well done. I really have to congratulate everyone for making this gold possible. Some people whom I think really worked hard include the suona sec 2 (oops. i don't know his name), yee siang... A lot more but these 2 really stood out. Thomas had a great influence too. He was a great student conductor. A very effective one. I have to thank Yin Kwan and Tze Ern for helping me all this while. Yin Kwan really did a good job, considering he was very sick the day before. Tze Ern too who sprained his ankle but still stood when performing for SYF. The erhu people were also great. I know Yiheng has put in lots of effort, and I'm sure the others have to. Samuel, Benjamin, Hong Bo... It's a job well done. Then tanbo as well. Joewie, Chang Cheng (PenangGroupC!!!) and others like Jeremy and Chun Yin have done well. The yangqin people were also great... Gilbert, Wen Qiang and the other 2 have done brilliantly. Wen Qiang did screw up a bit during his solo but that's part of life... Base was great too. Edmund, Vincent and the rest have worked hard. Then there's chui guan, which we all thought were going to fail us but in the end performed much better than expected. The suona people shld get the most applause for their efforts... Ren Yan for his solos as well and the other dizi people. The sheng-s who have also done well. Shi Heng, Tian Le...

And the Gold award is the reward that we got. It's a really great feeling...

Well, that's all for SYF i guess. Comes to a closure... Hope our juniors can bring the level higher in the next SYF. Hopefully, we can reach the standards of Hwa Chong...

Ok. enough for SYF. School today was rather ok. Philo was damn fun. The video was funny... haha. It was really eye-opening... The experiments they did, the conclusions they made. The movie itself was actually an experiment itself. Basically the video is about the senses. We watched the part about the sense of sight and the video stated that men tend to notice some things and ignore others. Like what happened in the video. Wouldn't elaborate too much so as not to spoil the joy of watching for the others who haven't watched...

Went to IBN today too. haha. Learnt a lot there. Discussed about the reports. Learnt more about the project itself and what we were supposed to do. I'm getting really excited about the experiments itself. The sophisticated technology that we will be using... wow. It all sounds so great.

Well, that's all for now. Later must discuss chinese project. May read up a bit on physics and chem. k den. That's all for today. BYE!

Patrick

SYF gold

GOLD!

FINALLY!

This calls for a big celebration. Finally, after 6-8 years of waiting, we have got back our gold... phew...

wow. the feeling was great. unlike 2 years b4 when we got a silver... it's not gold with honours though, so shldn't be so happy yet. must continue to work hard...

anyway, the performance was ok. SUONA ROCKED. haha. They totally owned...

We did all the major things all right, but had some minor errors...
haha. I'm wondering whether if we didn't make these minor errors (which we don't during prac) would we have got gwh. haha. but honestly, we did much better than during our prac or arts at atrium. So, im rather happy with our performance...

Sigh. got to mug for chinese book test now.

YEAH. RI's FIRST GOLD...

Patrick

day b4 SYF

omg... slept for so long after coming home. just ate dinner and chatted with yin kwan... and now after writing this shall go sleep again. haha. Didn't go for track today... had prac instead and i would say today was worse than yesterday. Still, tomorrow's one matters the most. Hope we can really perform at our best....

Yin Kwan seems very sick. He fainted momentarily for a second during class today. sigh. hope he really recovers... Tomorrow SYF hope he will be well and good... haha. God bless you. For now, he seems ok though. We were having a good laugh at our own recording just a few minutes ago. haha. Our recording is BAD!!! blames it on the handphone used. haha.

Well, think that's all for today. must really get an early night...

RICO JIAYOU!!! LET'S DO OUR BEST!!!

Patrick

monday

today was ok. math was fast, history slow, english slow, physics fast, SS fast, HMT fast (Cuz we were doing zuo wen...)

Damn the zuo wen. No inspiration at all. sigh... im so going to fail it. Well, at least i can comfort myself. I did better than Keng Yong who wrote only 3 lines. I really pity him... His second time having a zuo wen with no inspiration liao... at least i had a bit and just crapped based on it... the zuo wen title was dumb...

Prac was great. haha. we are finally getting to a higher standard. Maybe between silver to gold. Not enough though. On that day itself confirm screw up cuz of nervousness. I can almost predict my knees and hands shaking liao. damn. sighh... just hope i can perform at my best level... Today was rather good, probably cuz less pressure but on that day itself - MUST CONCENTRATE... and don't panic. Must follow conductor and just relax dont tense up. sigh... If we can do that, we will be gold liao... AHHH!!! COME ON!!!

sigh... Anyway, we got the new gong mallet. OMG. I like. it's BIG... haha. I want RICO to buy!! lol. my qing technique is still not perfected. Got to do something regarding that tomorrow. and of course my timp last part... den i think im safe... I'll try not to listen out for other people's errors on wed (which i will be tempted to) cuz that caused me to miss a few notes during arts at the atrium. haha. Just hope i can do well. Do my best...

Anyway, things required to do are...
1. MUG CHEM BONDING ++
2. CHINESE BOOK TEST
3. PHY WAVE... terms? exercises?
4. BIO chap 2. mugg...
5. Read history notes

that's about it. Gotta improve on my languages too... sigh. and weiqi. yay. our new coach rocks to the core. haha. he teaches so well. I'm starting to want to skip RA lessons to go for RIweiqi lessons. haha. Well, at least i get to go longer now since no more CO after SYF for at least a month and RA lessons onli once per fortnight...

Well, think that's all. Shall start revising chinese book test b4 i sleep. Get to skip it on wed so may get some insights to what is tested.

k. think that's all. BYE!

Patrick

RICO jiayou!

lol.

Saturday prac was ><. It's only a few days before SYF and prac was shortened. And we were doing a session of learning "how to queue up"... wow. I wonder what's happening... I'm sure you do this sort of rehearsals just b4 SYF... It's not useless but the timing is wrong. sigh...

On a brighter note, went to watch movie with LjS and Kenneth! haha. so fun. Mr bean was a lame but funny movie. Still isn't anywhere near Stephen Chow's movies though. haha. maybe this was funny because it was soooo lame... haha. The plot is dumb, the characters are dumb... hahaha... the movie was quite expensive though... $9.50 for a sat movie... sigh... nvm. Enjoyed my time with jun sheng and kenneth...

Den went for weiqi which was rather slack. Played hong bo and won...

Den jiang was rather ok... did some zong he tian kong stuff... Class was rather noisy (partly because it was full - some people came for replacement classes)... haha. I pity han lao shi. She had to ask the class to keep quiet countless times...

I have to prac math like xiao now...

Sigh... Sian...

k. think that's all for now. wanna go read some stuff den sleep liao... bye!