at 'o' levels, i liked all my subjects that i was studying except the humanities meaning social studies and history...though it is not always that i score very well for all of them............
to me, my favourite subjects are not neccessary the ones i score very well in, nor is it because i have the best teachers, and also not because that particular subject is easy, though all these do play a part in the degree of like-ness........
e.g. i like learning german in secondary sch, though i have never gotten at A for it in sec 4 before, i like it all the same, though i have to memorised many vocabulary for the compositions that i have to practise often and remember all that confusing nominativ, genitiv, dativ, akkusativ forms and the masculine, feminine and neutral pronouns and the many endings......and exceptions, i like it all the same... but i didnt take it in JC was becos it will be like learning german lit and i felt that wasnt up to it......but still i like german.
then there was maths, it was like a love-hate relationship, i can like and hate maths at the same time! it was a subject that i have been steadily acing in my secondary sch years.... though differentation and and intergration gives me headaches oft and make us go berserk over it, i still like maths al l the same... it was lucky that i had a wonderful teacher, mrs yeo then, she talks very fast, yet we understands wat she is teaching, and gives us lots of practice..........
for english, that's one frustrating subject that i can never aced. language skills are built up on foundations laid long long ago, my foundations were never strong, though i read avidly, grammar rules never seemed to go in........so is vocab so i am always stuck to a B/C-grade, really irritating situation............luckily i had a very dedicated teacher, mrs heng, who speaks and enuciates her word so clearly we cant help but learn to speak nicely too and ace our o lvls orals(i hope)..........her classes are fun and interesting..though i sometimes dislike the compositions we have to do.....
for the sciences, both bio and chem are memorising work while phy is hard on application...................i like bio but i hate memorising, so that was why before prelims my grades sturck to bs and Cs.......cos i dislike memorising every little detail, like how the who production of Penicilin is carried out or what and when exactly do each hormone in the female's menstrual cycle does and appears or what kind of microorganism is used for hte production of cheese and yoghurt and wat not.............i like learning abt them, esp stem cells and cloning and DNA but not memorising........... for chem, memorising wasnt so difficult, cos we had many TYS practices so we applied wat we learnt regulary to qns so everything that needs to be memorised is somehow up there alr......for phy, i hate swallowing the whole textbook too on the defintions and formulas.........somehow, i still manage to score As often for this subject though i dont like it as much as the former 2............but now anways, my PHY is horrible cos i am clueless abt wat is happening during the lecture la! econs is worse! and yong tau fu isnt helping much..........haix
but anyways, what i want to say is even aft such a horrible JC1 CT, i still love my subjects!(:
Sunday, July 30, 2006
ilo's b'dae
celebrated ilona's b'dae at the round tables on friday! hahas, so fun! i was snapping cons' cam away at ilo cutting her cake, eating it and opening all the delightful 28 prezzies plus my cards!
twas funny cos...... i arrived at the round tables quite early so ilona wasnt there yet....yijun was busy arranging the 28 prezzies and she wasnt satisfied with the arrangement so we took everthing out and started putting everything back nicely again, then this dark shadow loomed behind us...........ilona had arrived!!!!!! she have thsi suspicious look and we were kind of shocked to see her. so me and yijun was like hurry! put everything back into place! hahas.....it was very nice watching ilona opening all her presents..........and her forcing everyone to have a bite of her cake! haix...will miss her at practices! she and her funny looks!!! and her "noreen, i have faith in you!" look and her wonderful advice.....and i will miss teasing her and pinching her cheeks! *pinch pinch!*....hahas, how she tolerates my nonsense!:P
twas funny cos...... i arrived at the round tables quite early so ilona wasnt there yet....yijun was busy arranging the 28 prezzies and she wasnt satisfied with the arrangement so we took everthing out and started putting everything back nicely again, then this dark shadow loomed behind us...........ilona had arrived!!!!!! she have thsi suspicious look and we were kind of shocked to see her. so me and yijun was like hurry! put everything back into place! hahas.....it was very nice watching ilona opening all her presents..........and her forcing everyone to have a bite of her cake! haix...will miss her at practices! she and her funny looks!!! and her "noreen, i have faith in you!" look and her wonderful advice.....and i will miss teasing her and pinching her cheeks! *pinch pinch!*....hahas, how she tolerates my nonsense!:P
Seniors
the last entry was simply full of photos cos i was too lazy/busy to type an entry yet i dont want to leave my beloved bloggie dead......so yupps, those were some photos taken with seniors and fellow angklunites on hte day of our successful performance and the day after that when we also performed at suntec city for this heritage festival thingy............
That day when we had our combined concert for angklung, many things happened, twas eventful! we were let off at 12:30pm which makes no difference to me cos that was the time that my timetable ends that day....so we had a super long lunch break where me and eileen went down to mug and chit chat... then we went for the last-minute rehearsal before the concert...guess everyone was in a high mode.... then went for a very early dinner at the amphi...where i managed to whip out my camera and take a few photos... unfortunately i left in a flurry and i left my beloved camera in the amphi, when i went back to look for it, it wasnt there! in the end, twas mr fuad who kept it for me, at first he dont want to return it to me la, boohoo! hahas,but anyways i got it back in the end la! funny mr fuad! so that was that, oh yah, on that day i managed to wrapped myself up in the sarong pretty neatly! hahas so quite proud of myself(:...someday i am going to teach my juniors how to do so nicely too!
aaaahs i look forward to orientation!
that night my fav snr had to rush home cos of an emergency..... and the next day we had a performance, xingyu didnt come that day so i was the only one playing "4" normal....so i missed my snr alots! ahhs. then cons took on 4 while joyce tried 4 atas..wat's worse is that the sound sys suntec wasnt good cos we can hardly hear ourselves, let alone TWO "4" angklungs playing...
That day when we had our combined concert for angklung, many things happened, twas eventful! we were let off at 12:30pm which makes no difference to me cos that was the time that my timetable ends that day....so we had a super long lunch break where me and eileen went down to mug and chit chat... then we went for the last-minute rehearsal before the concert...guess everyone was in a high mode.... then went for a very early dinner at the amphi...where i managed to whip out my camera and take a few photos... unfortunately i left in a flurry and i left my beloved camera in the amphi, when i went back to look for it, it wasnt there! in the end, twas mr fuad who kept it for me, at first he dont want to return it to me la, boohoo! hahas,but anyways i got it back in the end la! funny mr fuad! so that was that, oh yah, on that day i managed to wrapped myself up in the sarong pretty neatly! hahas so quite proud of myself(:...someday i am going to teach my juniors how to do so nicely too!
aaaahs i look forward to orientation!
that night my fav snr had to rush home cos of an emergency..... and the next day we had a performance, xingyu didnt come that day so i was the only one playing "4" normal....so i missed my snr alots! ahhs. then cons took on 4 while joyce tried 4 atas..wat's worse is that the sound sys suntec wasnt good cos we can hardly hear ourselves, let alone TWO "4" angklungs playing...
Friday, July 21, 2006
memories
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
AQUA HAT
recently we had a HAT dinner at SWENSENS! yummy! i ate a bowl of baked fish rice and shared apple crumble with sam! oh no! i am alr salivating at the thought! 8 ppl turned up, at least each hse got one representative present, sam and i from aqua, adeline frm aerius, sasha frm solaris, annarine and haikel frm ignis, christine from terra and fadhli frm lignum...33.3333 percent turnout rate, not bad la! considering it was organised only 1 day before? hahas:D we realised that the 39th batch of HAT-ters are nice and friendly and open ppl, and share info with other hses rather freely, i guess that's the nj spirit! hehe:) hope there will be more of such outings with at least 50% turnout rate.......i think i have grown fatter aft eatg so much good food during e hols
yay! today, 39th aqua hat had a meeting at J8 and we found out that it was the PERFECT place to carry out our HAT meetings 'cos it is convienient for everyone! so wonderful rites? WE met at 10am in the morning at had breakfast at YA KUN, then went on to further discuss stuff at a bench, and ate a delicious and affordable lunch at thai express, on gerard's recommendation of course! Seriously, the present aqua vice-capt, gerard, is a connoisseur la! who else more approprate to decide the place for our many impending jts?!! our seniors are sooooooo lucky! and while walking in j8, what cannot be missed are the many scandalous couples there! wooooooooh! once in a while, u will catch a familar face or two! hahas:P
yay! today, 39th aqua hat had a meeting at J8 and we found out that it was the PERFECT place to carry out our HAT meetings 'cos it is convienient for everyone! so wonderful rites? WE met at 10am in the morning at had breakfast at YA KUN, then went on to further discuss stuff at a bench, and ate a delicious and affordable lunch at thai express, on gerard's recommendation of course! Seriously, the present aqua vice-capt, gerard, is a connoisseur la! who else more approprate to decide the place for our many impending jts?!! our seniors are sooooooo lucky! and while walking in j8, what cannot be missed are the many scandalous couples there! wooooooooh! once in a while, u will catch a familar face or two! hahas:P
Monday, July 03, 2006
ANGKLUNG LIFE
1st of july is one really memorable day in my j1 life! Angklungnites went down to TPJC to play ZAPIN for the malay dances...the atmosphere was electric! The day before, we had our first dry run of the song, twas a stressful experience for everyone, especially Cons i guess, everything just wasnt turning out the way it should! the song was too fast and the maly dancers had trouble catching up, the drumbeats were somehow not up to par with mr osman(is tt rite?) standards and all the last minute changes and tight time constraints is simply so frustating! phew! on that day, somehow, everything fell into place, the smiles came naturally, though the stress was still there to play well, and the loud applause at the end of our item simply made everything seemed so worth it! defitnitely, everyone felt elated after the performance. while walking to our bus, Educational minister Mr tharman shamugaratnam was leaving too! wat an honour! to be able to see him face-to-face and hearing praises from him that our playing was good. it just fall short of being able to take a photo with him. What a PITY! humph!
angklung oei! oei!
angklung oei! oei!
angklung oei! googles up! wooh!
hahas:) that was the result of being obsessed with eric's game! Twas so fun! it kind of helped everyone destressed for awhile and bond together as ONE CCA, it was a rather meaningful session me thinks. I really admire eric's abilty to make the ppl around him be at ease... ...
angklung oei! oei!
angklung oei! oei!
angklung oei! googles up! wooh!
hahas:) that was the result of being obsessed with eric's game! Twas so fun! it kind of helped everyone destressed for awhile and bond together as ONE CCA, it was a rather meaningful session me thinks. I really admire eric's abilty to make the ppl around him be at ease... ...
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