Picture Discussion 2

This picture is taken at the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station. There is a large crowd and everyone is holding their cameras in the air to take photos of the last train that is leaving the railway station at that moment. They gathered there as the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station is going to be demolished and taking pictures of the last train would give them great and unforgettable memories that they had in the railway station.
The face expressions of the crowd really shows how much memories they had in there. They seem really upset and disappointed that a place that existed from their childhood was going to be demolished very soon. They must have thought, 'Why is this place going to be demolished? This is such a wonderful place! I really hope that they do not demolish this place!'
Previously, the trains in the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station were linked all the way to the capital of Malaysia, which is Kuala Lumpur. Now, the government has plans of further development of the land but the main building would still be conserved. Operations ended permanently on 30 June 2011 and the Woodlands Train Checkpoint took over as terminus for KTM's Singapore services from 1 July 2011.

Picture Discussion 1

There are many people are choosing the textbooks which is needed for their children. The people there are mostly middle-age woman who look like housewives in their 30s and 40s. They probably need some financial assistance from the government or the school.

All the books are all over the table and they did not take the initiative to place the books back to its original places. As all the books are scattered all over the table, there may be much difficulties for the other people to find the books that they need. They can actually solve this problem by hiring volunteers or helpers to help to place the books back neatly after a certain time, or even kindly ask the parents to place the books back neatly to its original places.

There is an Indian lady at the foreground of the picture. She is wearing a long sleeve shirt with her daughter and they seem to have difficulties finding the books that her daughter needs. I think she was also grateful to the generous people who donated their books to the second hand textbook for the sales.

It is very expensive to buy books for their children every year although as they have some financial difficulties that they cannot cope with. I think the parents there have already prepared a book list of what their children need and they can just search the books immediately once they are at the sales. The fortunate people living in Singapore should help the less fortunate more often and try their best to do what they can do as these small donations can actually make the less fortunate very happy and we can actually help them a lot by saving money to buy their daily necessaties, instead of buying books.

My Choice For The 2011 Presidential Election

If I had a chance to vote in the upcoming presidential election on 27 August 2011, I would vote for Dr Tony Tan as he is a highly knowledgable and respectable man, and he has many experiences in working for the government.

Dr Tony Tan has many working experiences in working for the government and banks. He was the former deputy prime minister, the chairman of the People's Action Party and also the former chairman and chief executive of OCBC bank. He was invited to join the People's Action Party and had a position of a chairman in there. This proves that even the government knows that he is capable of managing the People's Action Party and Singapore.

In my opinion, among all the four eligible contenders which are Dr Tan Cheng Bok, Dr Tony Tan , Mr Tan Kin Lian and Mr Tan Jee Say, Dr Tony Tan is still the most favourite contender as there are many people in the public who supports him.

In terms of experiences and qualifications, the four of the contenders received a cerfiticate of eligibility. However, Mr Andrew Kuan and Mr Ooi Boon Ewe did not receive their cerfiticates as they did not meet the constitutional requirements of their equivalent in experience and qualifications.

Individual Blog Entry - 'I Can Make A Difference'

Topic: Water Conservation

Water conservation refers to reducing the usage of water and recycling of waste water for different purposes such as cleaning, manufacturing, agricultural and irrigation. Through research on water conservation, I realised that the amount of water on Earth are really limited. The majority of the Earth's water is contained in the oceans and seas, and only three percent of Earth's water is freshwater. In the three percent of the freshwaters, seventy - nine percent is frozen is glaciers and ice caps in the Noth and South Poles, twenty percent is groundwater, and only one percent is accessible surface water. Of that small amount of accessible surface freshwater, fifty - three percent is in rivers and streams, and eight percent in the atmosphere.

Till now, there are many people who do not realise the importance of conserving water. They do not use it wisely and waste water. Many people would ask, "Why do we need to save water since water in constantly cleaned and recycled?" The reason is because when you play a part in conserving water, you help to save energy and the environment. We can actually conserve water by turning off the water taps when not in use, flush the toilet only when necessary, wash the clothes when you have full load, stop leakages and shorten your showers! Just by doing these, you have already conserved a few gallons of water!

Now, I have understood the meaning of water conservation and I would play a part to start conserving water to help the environment!

Review and Target Setting

I was quite displeased with my SA1 results when I recieved the exam papers back. Although I had a slight improvement compared to my SA1 results, but I only managed to achieve a few 'A's. Now, I really have to work extra hard to achieve high marks to get into 3E1 next year! Now, instead of playing before studying, I would rather study and then play when my mind is still alert in the afternoons. WISH ME GOOD LUCK!

International Friendship Day

Celebrating International Friendship Day this year was one of the most memorable experiences that I had in this school. On that day, Jia Bin, Shu Hui, Annabella, Teresa, Shammah, Stefi, Elyza, Jolene, Jia Yee, Xin Wei, Sharon, Theresia and I left our class at 8.30am and went to the canteen and met Madam Yap there. We were supposed to set up stalls of different countries in the canteen and selling the food that we made or cooked to school. Shammah, Stefi, Teresa and I were managing the Singapore stall. Shammah brought 'Bobochacha?' and some sort of fried peanuts with a little spice on it. At the end of the day, the Singapore stall and the China stall with Jia Bin, Shu Hui and Annabella managing, had everything on their table sold off. We also calculated the amount of money that we had earned. The Chinese stall earned a total of $80 while the Singapore stall earned only $32. At last, when everyone was packing up, everyone did not want to leave and requested to let them in if there was any other events like that.

Personal Confessions (Cross - Country)

This year's cross - country was an exciting an interesting event as I really had fun there. The competitors who were supposed to run for more than 3km, started off the race first. I was one of the runners in the fun run, and we went after the competitors. Some of the guys, who were the competiors, ran more than 3km and came back in less than twenty minutes! Everyone was amazed and shocked at the speed they ran. When I started running, I realised how rocky the path was at some turns ans sometimes, I had difficulty running and I almost tripped! When I was on the rocky path, I did not feel tired as the air was really fresh in there. As I ran out by the roadside, I felt exhausted and had difficulty breathing. At that moment, I really felt like giving up as I was too tired to run and the air was too stuffy. The encouragement from my friends along the way told me not to give up and upon hearing that I was getting near to the finishing line, I was determined to finish this run quickly and I started to jog as my chest and stomach started to hurt. I even took over my friends who encouraged me earlier on! Soon, I completed the race and I really felt delighted and was proud of myself for not giving up when the race was actually going to end.

Personal Recount on Total Defence Day

In one of the school events that I've enjoyed myself was on the fifteen of February, when our school commemorated Total Defence Day by having a fire drill, followed by a performance in the hall. When everyone heard of the news of having a fire drill, everyone started complaing, but they didn't realised that it was actually important, just in case of an emergency.

When the fire drill alarm went off at 12.15pm, everyone started rushing out of the classroom and started lining up in two straight rows, and we were led down to the field where everyone assembled there. In the field, everyone line up in a single row according to the arrangement of our class and the order of our register number. Our teacher started taking down attendance and asked us to squat down after our names were being called out.

When everyone had settled down, the teachers started dismissing us as we were supposed to go to the hall for a performance. The National Cadet Corps performed first, acting out the scene of the war that took place in the 20th century, followed by the students in the Red Cross Youth who had a presentation and a video clip on cardiopulmonary resuscitation. We were thought on how and when to apply it when necessary.

On that day, I had learnt alot on social awareness and about doing our part for Singapore, being loyal and defending our country and social awareness, which is about being acceptable in the society and to know in which manner we should act. I also learnt the five key aspects of Total Defence which are military, civil, economic, social and psychological defence.

HOLIDAY PICS.

GUYS! CAN YOU GO MY FACEBOOK SEE THE PICTURES?! I'M SERIOUSLY... LAZY. ._.

The Advantages And Disadvantages of entering a POLYTECHNIC / JUNIOR COLLEGE

From what my older cousin told me, he said the in Polytechnic, it'll be less stressful and we have more social area. If you're in Junior College and you can't graduate to UNIVERSITY (I'M AIMING TO GO THERE!), you either have to retake the exam, go to a Polytechnic and... The other I forgot. SORRY! That's why I think that I should go to a Polytechnic! Oh, and does anyone find me wierd? My ambition is to become a surgeon, but my Science grades are like... Down to the drain.

TRAVEL JOURNAL! ^^

During the December holidays, my parents, Jing Wen, Hui Shan, Auntie Yvonne, Auntie Georgin, Uncle William and I, a total of eight people, went to HONG KONG! We stayed in Hong Kong for 6 days. Though it is my fifth time going there, but it was totally different this time. Cause.... ITS THE FIRST TIME THAT I WENT WITH MY RELATIVES!!! :D


Day 1: Took the 7.45am flight, SQ860 to Hong Kong, arrived there at 12.45pm. The weather was.... COOLING! It was aroung 19 degrees then. Of course, much better than Singapore! We took an MTR (which is our MRT) and then a bus to our hotel, BP International. Anyway, the last time when I went Hong Kong, we stayed at Prudential Hotel, which is MUCH better than this hotel! WHO BOOKED THIS HOTEL?! Uncle William. Arugh!


Day 2: Three words to describe today. FUN. EXCITING. AWESOME. (I feel like screaming when I typed this sentence.) Guess where we went?! DISNEYLAND! This is the second time going in there so, I became the tour guide there! Being there for Christmas was so wonderful where you get to see the beautiful and fascinating lights, decorations and the cartoon characters! I even took a picture with Minnie, Mickey and Chip and Dale! (Look at my Facebook pictures for all of them!) Not much fun rides there. Oh! There's this roller coaster called Space Traders, which is really fun! Actually, I was the one who asked everyone to take this ride as I've taken it the previous time I came which was... 2 or 3 years ago. After coming out of the ride, one of my cousins cried complaing it was too giddy and too dark, too scary and the others was like. Cursing me. WHAT DID I DO?! CAN'T THEY FEEL THE FUN OF IT?! Sickening people. ._. Still, my parents and I were the only ones who can take all the rides. The lighting of the Christmas tree was at 6pm while the the fireworks started at 8pm and it lasted for 10 minutes. IT WAS SUCH A SPECTACULAR SIGHT! After the fireworks ended, almost everyone go out of Disneyland. WE TOO! We took an MTR back to Austin station and had a dinner around Temple Street, and shopped! I bought a bag which was HK$150 (S'PORE$25), but my dad bargained till HK$100 (S'PORE$16)!


Day 3: Quite a boring day cause we went Macau. Auntie Yvonne bought too many stuff that she had to bring a luggage with her when we went Macau. We took a one hour ride from Hong Kong to Macau by a ferry. In Macau, there was nothing much to see except for the St. Paul's Catheral. We spent half a day in Macau and took a ferry back to Hong Kong. We went to Ladies Street and I bought 2 pairs of Converse sneakers and the total cost was less than $40!


Day 4: THE MOST ENJOYABLE DAY DURING MY STAY IN HONG KONG! We went to Ocean Park and I became the tour guide there! Like what I did in Disneyland! There were so many rides there and the best was... We did not have to queue for any rides! Not cause we're some VIP but... Actually I also don't know why. My mum said it was not Hong Kong's school holiday yet, that's the reason. We just ran in, sit down and enjoy the ride, ran out, and went in again. We could sit one ride for many times. It was much better than Disneyland! Although we were tired from all the walking, we really enjoyed our trip there. The same thing, almost everyone of them were scared to sit the rides. I think they only sat a few rides when I sat almost all the rides with my parents while the others just sit there and talk and eat. (Later become fat!) Auntie Georgin was even scared to sit cable car then ask me not to walk there walk here if not the cable car shake then she scared. RUBBISH. Everyone didn't liasten to her and started to walk from left to right to take photos. Around 6pm, we left and went for dinner and at that time, Jing Wen and I were drenched as we played the Raging River repeatedly (Should be more than ten times.) but soon, the crowd came and we left. SAD. We went to Ladies Street and Temple Street again and I bought another bag (which is my school bag now) and two pairs of shoelaces, one pink and the other.... How should I say? Lace?


Day 5: Went to Ngong Ping 360 and took the Crystal Cabin cable-car for 30 minutes. The Crystal Cabin allows you to see the mountains, enormous graves (should be a VERY long time ago....) and the trees. At this time, Auntie Georgin ask us not to stand and shake again then she kept playing with her iPhone. When we arrived, everyone was amazed at how long was the staircase to climb up to the BIG BUDDHA! Everyone was panting while we climbed up. DADDY WAS THE FIRST! I WAS THE SECOND! JING WEN WAS THE THIRD! MUMMY WAS THE FOURTH! HUI SHAN WAS THE FIFTH! UNCLE WILLIAM WAS THE SIXTH! AUNTIE GEORGIN WAS THE LAST. Auntie Yvonne didn't climb but gave us moral support. HAHAHAHA. At the top, I took my camera and snap here snap there (snap everywhere). Although climbing up was tough, but descending was easy! I also went to the ESPRIT factory outlet and bought four tees from there as their really cheap!


Day 6: HOME SWEET HOME TODAY but, everyone was happy when we were informed about the one hour delay in our flight! Instead of departing at 3.30pm, we departed at 4.30pm, taking the AIRBUS 380, A DOUBLE DECK PLANE! The upper deck was much cooler than the main deck, luckily I wasn't sitting there if not, I might freeze to death!

ENGLISH MINDMAP. First paragraph (Draft).

"I'm sorry... I won't ever do it... Again." Kenny was having a public caning in the school hall as he recalled what happened, the incident which resulted such consequences....

"Thank you Miss Lee!" the class exclaimed in unision. They formed two straight rows outside the class, waiting for their dismissal. Soon, they were dismissed. "Hey! Do you want to play soccer again? It was so fun yesterday!" Kenny, ran to Raymond and Elvin to ask. "We have better things to play with. Get lost now." They turned their heads and went off to the other direction. Soon, they walked towards Kenny and asked him to join in. Being curious, Kenny followed.