Good Friday

Yay Good Friday is today!! :D A much needed holiday filled with homework...ok fine theres not so much homework but theres still much to do :( Sadly Im a free thinker so im not going to say anything abt Jesus Christ and the Chiristian stuff, ill get my facts wrong anyway.
So heres wats been happened to me in previous days...

Tuesday: left my drawing block in the gym again :p Luckily I remebered abt it while walking to the bus stop. Im so muddle-headed. Well as in Barry Potter series, non-magicians are "Muddles" anyway...

Thursday (yesterday): went to Wei Qi's house from 4 to 7 pm). we were supposed to be doing our Geog homework and other projects, but we ended up playing...tai ki (the card game), saying "i luv u" on wei Qi's msn acc to en (lol) and erm...playing the flash fighting game Xiao Xiao @ http://www.newsandentertainment.com etc, etc. so we didnt do any work at all (whoops) :p
Anyway it was there that i realised that my ftp account on the HCUI server had exceeded the limit for like one wk already...im in trouble. i wonder how much ill be CHARGED for that :'(

Today: went to visit some farms in Choa Chu Kang. sadly the weather was so hot i couldnt enjoy much :(

Also i heard that the scouts just had their 1st camp in the March holidays. And Qi En freaked out during solo night (what they do is that u get left in a place alone for a few hours). Well they had solo nite from 12 am to 6 am...im not really surprised cos Qi En is erm...lacking the male hormones which make u brave?

And our new Bio teacher Mr Lee (nickname: leefy) is SICK. he talks crap about "missionary position" and "coital engagement". Im not surprised that the SICK and PEVERTIC nicholas likes his lesson.
Our new Computer Studies teacher Mr Koh KT (the guy who made the EMB) also just drones on about C++ (thats wat we're gonna learn for this term)...boring. I still prefer the previous teacher Mr Yong JS who taught us CS last term. :(

Thats a freaky Term 2 ahead of us.

Nicholas

Heh to "acknowledge" the massive amount of HTML copied from others (like me and Kuan Yue) it seems hes put this little scrolling acknowledgements at the bottom of his blog...but its very lame lah :p So he wants me to delete the "Nicholas is lame" post (i wonder y?)...but i shall not accede to his request...muahahahahaha. However, i will acknowledge that at least a little effort was put into acknowledging that Nicholas copied much HTML :p haha.

Ok so today was our 86th Foudner's Day (but Mr Hon accidentally said that Chinese High/HCI was 85 yrs old in his speech). It was really boring...just sit there and watch as they give out prizes for outstanding effort, improvement, blah blah...the list just goes on. the only gd thing was that there were no lessons and we cud go home at 11.20! yay!

Also a new poll has been added and a few minor changes have been made...check the poll out.
And check out Wei Qi's new blog! (in the links section)

Wrap-up of term 1

Yep this shud haf been done a few days ago...but theres been too much homework...arrgh i havent finsihed my History yet :(
Ok...so this post will highlight some major happenings which haf not been seen on this blog b4.

Chronological order
1st day of school: was late. ok mebbe its a blessing in disguise cos i jus happened to choose the seat next to Wei Qi (all the other seats were taken up already). Didnt know tt we'll become friends sumtime in the future. :p

GEP camp: WQ's downfall. KY foudn out his little secret abt en...i guess WQ didnt expect KY to be so curious and try to find out more abt her and make it into a full-blown issue. 2 bad 4 him (aw...). evryday now 1N ppl talk abt wei-QI-eENing (those frm 1N shud be able to read btw the letters :p). talk about how fast "rumours" can spread (esp when u got KY and Derek and JJ at the head)!

Geop rep: I dun think i regret being selected as geog rep. amazingly, majority of the class voted 4 me (i think) :p Whats so gd about me?? at least the job is not as stressful as other stuff like being the Chinese rep...

Blogging craze: The few wks when evry1 wanted to create a blog. Yep this blog was oso created partially becos of the craze...(mebbe it was oso due to me wanting to show off sum nice HTML...this contradicts the disclaimer doesnt it?)

Sec 1 camp: sux. RI's GEP camp was so gd (already covered in previous post) and ACS's GEP camp was held on a cruise! <<
well at least it did help mi find out more abt the character of sum of my classmates...

Teachers: we're lucky tt we got mostly gd teachers. accroding to one of the sec 2 seniors, all the better tachers are "reserved" for sec 1. i wonder how school life will be like next time..anyway most the teachers scolded us only once in the whole term (wow isit tt we're really "angels" or they can really keep their temper? :) )
anyway congrats to Mrs Yong...shes pregnant. so Mr Quek will take over teaching us Literature altho Mrs Yong will still be our form teacher and be in charge of admin stuff...its a pity to c her go. And Mr Liew (our english teacher) will be leaving sometime in June/July cos his scholarship bond is up...its a pity to c him go oso. He'll be going to university-wishing him gd luck in his studies. Mr Quek MAY take ova him then. :(

Whole of term 1: Always feel sleepy in class. Must haf been the work of the mosquitoes at night.

Term 1 results: Yay i got 3rd in class wif an MSG of 1.67!! Benjamin got 1st while Derek (i think-or was it zhaoxing?) got 2nd. surprisingly, neither Wei Qi nor Yi Yong got into the top 3. cant rmb their MSGs and ranks tho.

Yong Quan: i guess if HCI had the mass run at MacRitchie this wudnt haf happened. and the thing abt Pigsie having onli 1 out of 5 chance of survival must have been false. and one piece of REALLY gd news (but its a couple of days late): hes been discharged! Wahoo! he even logged in to msn.

Ok so tts all i haf to say abt Term 1...hope tt Term 2 wont be so stressful :p
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oh and i heard tt Mr Quek wud be going around to check our blogs quite sum time ago...i wonder whose he's seen so far?

March hols are here..

u must be wonderin y i havent been blogging 4 so long...well ive been too busy wif my holiday homework. i jus finished my Comp Studies one where we haf to create an online portfolio, but i wont post my URL until the last day to prevent lame ppl like Nihcolas frm copying...haha. paranoia? i dun think so. btw Nicholas's online portfolio is at www.hwachong.edu.sg/~y05hci451/index.htm and u wud notice tt the BGM 4 one of the poems is copied frm Kuan Yue...also his scrolling thing is copied frm hubert (www.hwachong.edu.sg/~y05hci442/index.htm) and his scrolling title is oso copied frm KY's blog!! wat a copycat creep.

Ok...so on Monday i went for treatment at the Skin Centre for my wart...its a kind of viral growth thats very ugly and pain...mine is on my 2nd toe on my right foot. Ok so i got to skip gym trainin becos of tt...:p

Tuesday: went 4 a movie with Wei Qi & Hong Hui & WQ's ex-classmates from Chong Fu. saw eening...but i agree wif HH, she not really v pretty. We watched "a series of unfortunate events" at yishun GV...alot of info gaps so it was so-so only...but price of $6.50 still reasonable lah. and this movie is the 1st i watched a movie wif friends and no adults...this is oso my 4th movie (only).
PS 4 those of u wif funny thoughts...i sat beside WQ and HH and there girls sat in a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ROW
anyway after the movie sum of wq's ex-classmates caused sumtin to *ahem* happen btw wq and en...i wont elaboate else wq will kill me :p for those who want more info go ask him urself. so i guess its a blessing (4 WQ) tt Kuan Yue didnt go after all..

NICHOLAS IS LAME

If u c Nicholas's blog, u wud c tt he copied the scrolling title from Kuan Yue. NICHOLAS U COPYCAT. Anyway ur stupid virus thing is also lame and ur incessant pop-ups is also annoying. i am too pissed to visit ur blog again becos it closes after the stupid virus thing is finished.
Also do not believe Nicholas that Kuan Yue forced him into having s** that fateful nite. Its jus a lie. BOTH parties were willing.

PS for more details about the sec.1 camp, visit hubert's and bing heng's blogs. their report is really detailed.

My badminton tourny/RI camp

Theres good news and bad news.

Good news: I got into the quarter-finals (2nd round) of the badminton mini-tournament today! Yay! But actually it was more of luck than skill :p My friends who were more pro then me actually got eliminated in the 1st round.
So heres the format of gameplay: All competitive games will be singles. The semi-final and final game will be 3 sets, while the others will be a set each. First Round: Participants will be divided into 4 groups A - D, and each group will have a court to play amongst each of the others before the best 2 of their group are determined. The first to get seven points wins a match. Quarter-finals: The best 2 from each group will be grouped into 2 further groups X and Y, with each group having 2 1st-place and 2 2nd-place group representatives. Another round-robin will take place to determine the top 2 from these two groups to qualify for the semi-finals. There will be 2 sets of 11 points each(if there is a tie, there will be a 3rd match played). Semi-finals: Group X winner will play Group Y runner-up, Group X runner-up will play Group Y winner. Finals/3rd place: Semi-finals winners/Semi-finals losers (of cos)

How i was so tyco (lucky): My grp, D, had only 3 nubs-one from sec. 2, one from sec.1 and me :p Then there was one better than average sec. 2 player, and one sec. 3 (i think) pro. Then, after winnning 2 matches, the pro withdrew! wow.
so i lost to the btr-than-average sec.2 7-0 (it was my 1st match and i guess i was nervous), but thrased the other sec.2 7-1 and won the sec. 1 7-6 (still very nervous). So by winning 2 out of 3 matches, i got into the 2nd round! wow.
Obv, i got thrased by the best guy from grp C 11-2, 11-0 in the 2nd round. boohoo. His balls were dam fast and he smacks like hell. As one of my pro friends who lost to him describes him: "too good for a sec.1".
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Bad News: I envy the Rafflesians so much.
About the RI camp: WOW they're so dam lucky. it was a GEP only camp and they didnt have a sec.1 camp. They camped in the Sembawang Boys Brigade camp. 1st gd thing: they got to shower properly-the cubicles ALL had showerheads and they didnt have to rush and finish in 2 mins(the only bad thing was tt the toilets were smelly). 2nd gd thing: they had BEDS to sleep on! and there were no bedbugs either. 3rd gd thing: they had activities like war games and a mini amazing race. Cant say we enjoyed OUR activities as much as theirs. 4th gd thing: their food was nice. They actually had catering where the lay all the food out in a buffet style! we only got lousy oily food in styrofoam packets (u know the kind those hawker center aunties give u when u takeaway) 5th gd thing: they didnt haf to get dirty in any of the activities
The only bad things: Physical Training in the morning (they haf to run around the campsite) and bathing (they still complain about it?!)
They are so dam luky lor.
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Additonal couple of notes to my previous post: 1) our camp motto was "gold after fire". geddit? fire=torture :(
2) our instructor hinted to us that our CDANS campsite had a spooky history. ponder over this: while there was jungle growing all around our campsite, why was our campsite suddenly so empty and void of trees? there werent even any tree stumps. theres also a temple and a statue of the Goddess of Mercy across the road. *a shiver runs up my spine*

Sec. 1 camp

That *groans* camp just ended today...phew! I'll just cut short all the stuff about the camp so u wont be bored with my complaints...lol

1st day
Venue: CDANS (Civil Defence Association for National Servicemen) country club
Complaints: 1) teachers got to sleep in the chalet (waa got air-con!!). And they didnt even haf to pay a single cent! :(
2) Not enough time for the High Elements (its basically a high-rope course)
3) Food stinks. We got nothing but lousy vegetables and barely any meat! Dun even haf eggs. No drinks even 4 lunch! (had to drink tap water) Even when we had the drinks it was so diluted it tasted like plain water.
Summary: I was in grp 26. thankfully everyone was from 1N so we knew each other. We named ourselves the Weevils! (sounds familiar? KY).
Anyway after we set up our tents we played sum common problem solving games (like the one where u link up every1's hands and try to unentangle ourselves. we cheated tho :P)
Then we had sum team-building exercises (u know wat i mean). Finally, the thign every1 was waiting for: high ropes challenge! But there was so little time we cud onli do one component (bah). anyway i realised i was not that scared of heights (yah altho my legs were shaking a little). i feel so sorry for Jia Kun who was behind me. He was just about to go up when the activity ended! many of the others also didnt get a chance. Poor them.

2nd day
Venue: Chinese Gardens
Complaints:
1) teachers still got to sleep in air-conditioned cabins!
2) teachers slack (they didnt trek with us except for Mr Liew-but he didnt haf to carry any heavy luggage cos his was all in the car!)
3) bathing stinks! (more details in the summary)
2) food stinks (no explanation needed)
Summary: At least breakfast was good. We got some char kuay teow wif an egg. After that we had to TREK from CDANS (in Bukit Batok) to Chinese Gardens (Jurong). Thats a long way to walk under the hot sun. lukily the thing at turf city run didnt repeat itself.
The environment at chinese gardens was even worse. all grass wif biting ants and "flying" spiders and hardly and concrete. wahhz.
anyway the water activities this time were fun (however dirty). We started off with learning boring songs and map orienteering. at first we were pissed but later we realised how lucky we were. the other grps had to do that wif soggy cloothes and shoes!
Later, the excitement of the day: water activities. 1st activity: raft-building. all we got were ropes, 4 lousy tires and 4 poles. and we had to paddle our raft across a muddy lake! nobody's raft was able to stay on the surface and sunk halfway/disintegrated. at least ours didnt disintergrate. i did much of the rope tying (i was a scout b4). during our "test", the whole thing came loose and the 4 ppl on it got wet. whoops! not enuff ropes. we "borrowed" sum frm other grps and our raft eventually worked. but every1 still got wet and muddy. it was fun anyway :)
2nd activity: dragon-boating. it isnt as fun as canoeing tho. and we cudnt capsize the boat :p
and the worst part of the day: BATHING. omg. If u haf a weak heart skip to the next paragraph. so we had to "mass bathe" wif ONLY our underwear on. sum guy wif a hose sprayed water on us. that stinks (literally too). so it was like, we were bathing in the OPEN wif nuttin but a canvas sheet overhead. i hope no unsuspecting tourists passed by. and we had to endure gravel in our shoes. i wont go into details. for pervertic stuff go to nicholas's blog. he has a yellow and contaminated mind.
Sleeping: nuttin special except that Nic and KY were having s** in the tent. told u tt guy's perverted. i wont go into details.

3rd day (today)
No complaints
Yay! our camp finally ended. the Weevils didnt win anything tho :( and breakfast was nice wif char kuay teow amd a chicken wing.

Things i learnt: 1) Qi En is like a sissy. during the high elements, when he was being lowered, he was making cc noises. 2) nicholas is dam pervertic 3) teachers are so priviledged 4) HCIS ppl are brats (majority at least). They scolded the teachers "bus thirds" behind their backs becos they had drinks and we didnt. one even said: "不用紧，我回家去跟爸爸讲就好了。” Ya, their parents are rich, but money and everything u kno. 5) Yu Xuan is also a brat. always gets in trouble.

So i can conclude that we paid $75.40 for this but didnt even get half the worth of it...
Calculations: 400 (bare minimum) x $75=$30 000++ Food: $3500 (maximum) Rental of land, chalets: $7500 Equipment: $8000 Transport: $1000
Total: $20000 Profit: $10000 ++

I wonder how the RI/ACS boys are gettin on in their camps...they may be smirking at us rite now.
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Other news: Pigsie is getting better. He can now talk. Three cheers for him! :) Thank god.

I haf a badminton mini-tournament tmr as EOTA (End Of Term Activities)...wish me luck :)
You can expect more changes to this blog during this weekend and next week. The March holidays are coming! Wahoo!

'A' level results...

1st off, congrats to Mr Liew, our Chemistry teacher, for his outstanding 'A' level results (yah hes pretty young... :p).
Some background info about mr liew 4 those who dont know him: he is a Malaysian scholar (wow) - not being racist or anything, but doesnt it emphasize the point about "foreign scholars"? :p He was also the top 'O' level in his year (WoW), and doesnt need to go to NS cos hes not a S'porean (WOW). Thus, he came bak to HCI to teach us (talk about being really loyal!:) ). Pretty interesting history, isnt it?
Anyway, he got 4As in bio, physics, chemistry and maths, distinction in maths 'S' paper, merit in bio 'S' paper and a2 in GP. Well its not perfect, but at least he could secure a scholarship to CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY!!! wow!! three cheers for Mr Liew!! :)

Anyway that *groans* annual sec. 1 camp starts tmr...so i wont be updating this blog for the next few days :( [Not]surprisingly, my friends frm RI and ACS oso haf their camps next wk...

Oh ya and KY's blog is real awesome...check it out! :) He even did away wif the template! mebbe ill *try* to do tt in the March holidays...

Arrgh

I havent had time to blog in the past few days...so sorri 4 the lack of updates.

1) Dammit. Pigsie's article appeared in the Straits Times already (Mar 3). Well, i guess this was inevitable...i hope pigie's parents won't be too upset
Anyway, Pigsie's really recovering pretty fast. He can now talk, but is still weak (wats the use of keepin this confidential now??!!) As usual, lets all pray that he recovers quickly at this rate. May god bless him.

2) 2day at gym trainin: My coordination's pretty bad. i cant do the hou4 hui4 huan2 (dunno how to type it in chinese). the seniors then got pretty pissed at us :p
then at wushu lessons: I failed terribly in my li3 yu2 da3 ding3 (oso dunno how to type in chinese) basically, u're supposed to bring urself up while u're lying on the ground (dunno how to explain) i oso forgot some of my 套路. im such a letdown :'(

3) one gd point: the holidays are here in a wk! yay! bad point: all of us sec 1s got a 3-day camp on Mon-Wed, then after tt we (sec.1 iSpark/GEP only) still haf to attend sum workshop. Arrgh!

4)english lessons are really interesting. we get to study how Singlish works and the diff btw it and "perfect english". and amazingly, i still got 4 ACE pts for EL and 2 pts (upon 3) marks for oral participation. and its like im one of the quieter ones in class lor :)

And i left my drawing block in the gym today :( guess ill collect it on Monday.

Pigsie

I wont be postin specific info about pigsie from now on, for the sake of him and his family, and also for other reasons. Ive also deleted specific info about him. May he get well soon.

Anyway ive got nuttin much to say about today, except tt the number of sec 1s going for gym training are shrinking. mebbe they got into other ccas already-i dunno. Anyway Alan is such a brat he always like to act high-and-mighty lor. i dunno if hes jus jokin wif us or if hes really like tt. i hope tt if its the 1st one, he doesnt do it so often. ivan is also starting to hate him.

oh ya and ytd mrs lim didnt cum in 4 history. we're so lucky cos we were supposed to hand in our hist file. shes on mc for a whole wk and we wont c her till term 2!! woohoo!!

Anyway theres not much more to write for today. our sec 1 camp is comin soon. i cant say im lookin forward to it tho.