Saturday 31 March 2007

colours

heys! just thought you guys might like to know something...

there's no such thing as "yellow colour" or "blue colour". yellow/blue (or any other colour for that matter) is already a colour, so what you're essentially saying is "colour colour". which is as stupid as it sounds.

and i finally realised where it originates from! directly translated from chinese, which goes huang se or lan se...

oh ya, and there's a difference between shower and bathe, so be glad you're one of those few who know they can't be used interchangeably! (:

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Peishi,
the great register number 23.

Thursday 29 March 2007

EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY AND NOBODY

This is a little story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.

There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.

Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.

Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody's job

Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.

It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

Monday 26 March 2007

Noise level

My post here today concerns the noise level in LT5 during the phonetics course
whereby 4G,H & J are all having the lesson together.
Much as we would love to concentrate on learning how to twist our tongues
and pronounce each word with grace,
the noise emitted by one of the classes is the most bothering aspect of the entire 1 hour in the LT.
The incessant chattering and giggles from the, let's just say, MATURE boys
does drive me and natalie mad.
I don't know about the rest of the class,
but judging from the number of 'SHHHH's that i heard today,
I'm sure they share the same sentiments.

I mean, the comments that that particular class gives is neither constructive nor relevant to the topic
and ms tessonsohn's futile attempts to get them to keep quiet takes up almost half of the lesson
not forgetting that according to her, we are lagging behind

The message just doesn't get into their head. No matter how hard we try to ask them to keep quiet, they just keep talking.
Its like their mouth is something automatic. Once Ms tessonsohn moves her hand or flips a page, they'll start talking.

Maybe if Mrs Lee Lee Mui was there looking over them like a babysitter, they'll just shut up.

Sunday 25 March 2007

the life story of peter the plant

this is a true story on peter the plant. (written in the 1st view)
I am peter the plant. I originated from a place called the 'very pretty flower' flower shop.(although i am not a flower) i was bought by some cheapo aunty at a price of 99 cents. Together with the other plants she bought, we were tranported to a school called RVHS.
During my stay in an air conditioned room, where students came in and called their parents because they forgot to bring their PE shirt, i suppose that it was an office. My other mates were carried away one by one. Until i was the last left on the shelf. I heard that the GREEN REP from each class was suppose to collect a plant, but obviously the one who suppose to collect me forgot.
Finally he came and i was yet again tranported to another air conditioned room. I reckoned it was a classroom as there were lots of people buzzing around me. Suddenly they stopped. The silence were deafening. The voice which broke the quietness started ranting dy dx and blah blah blah. It was like some lullaby and i fell asleep after a while.
Then i heard some commotion happening in the class and i saw a monkey like creature pushing a caterpillar onto my leaves. I tried to be friendly and introduced myself to her. (i supposed it was a her) she told me she was Mimi. (it IS a girl) She then complained about how much she suffered under the hands of the monkey like creature.
" all the poking and pushing is messing up my hair" she said.
Just then i realised an ant crawling around me. He seems to be in a rush.
"hey buddy what's the rush?" i asked.
"Watch your mouth. butt hole, I'm a girl ok. I'm called Nana." I apologised for my grave mistake and the three of us started chatting away happily.
When the creature was gone, the buzzing started again. And people crowded arounded me again. Suddenly i saw a hand going for Nana. "Nana be careful.." I warned. But it was too late. A human girl who has a bean shaped face squashed Nana. Mimi and i was traumatised. The very next moment, I was carried out of the room and placed at a sunny area. I started to have my meal, the delicious sunlight. When i was having my meal, i realised Mimi was missing. Just then a big black bird flew past.
"NO!! MIMI!!" And I broke into tears. I was all alone again.
To be continued...

Saturday 24 March 2007

BOOK RECOMMENDATION.

Hiiiii fellow 4Jers (Haha that sounds like forgers. Forging what? 4J forgers forging....money?) and Mr Faizad!

Ya, anyway. Let me recommend a wonderful book to all of you! I borrowed it during an insane book-borrowing craze today after CO when I paid a long overdue visit to the library. (Haha, I still owe them 10 hours of CIP.)

It's called "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress" by Dai Sijie. (:It was originally written in French by a Chinese, as you can tell from the name. Anyway, it's about two guys sent away to the mountains during Communist reign in accordance to our dear !ultra-communist! Mao's policies, because they were city people and intellectuals because their parents are intellectuals. They were supposed to be "re-educated" (read: brainwashed) in the mountains, and it happened, though not in the way it was supposed to.

Basically it talks about their lives there and how it changes when they find a secret stash of "forbidden books" that their friends keep, which they ultimately steal. D: It contains all those great Western classics by Balzac, Dumas etc, which would obviously have a profound impact on their ideology.

The Little Chinese Seamstress comes in because she is daughter of the only tailor in town, and she has a "particularly fine pair of feet". Yes, that was a quote. So she knows them, they read to her most of the books, and her life changes as well.

So on so forth.

ESPECIALLY GOOD FOR HISTORY STUDENTS BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT THE COMMUNIST THING. (ZIXI ARE YOU LISTENING?)

Plus it's a bestseller. : DDD So put down the Jodi Picoult for awhile and read it okay?

Then watch the film cause it has Zhou Xun inside and she is very pretty.

As a side note, I also borrowed "When the Emperor was Divine" by some Jap person about her family being ostracized in America after the Pearl Harbour bombing because it's a different POV. Also, "Kiss Kiss" by Roald Dahl because his stories are so nice (although not very unexpected/shocking anymore since I've read it a lot of times and yet I am too cheap to buy the book.)

Hurrah, I feel so intellectual today. (:

More CIP options ...

Hi, my name is Malti and I'm the volunteers co-ordinator for Short and Sweet.

For Short and Sweet, we are now in need of ushers/front of house for a couple of dates below.

As an usher, we would need you to report 1 hour before the show. So, it's 7pm on the days of evening performances and 2pm on the days of the matinee performances. You do not have to attend rehearsals.

I'd like to give you a few dates below, please pick the batch which you would like to do. It's not a must to choose a, b and c altogether. Just one is good enough.

DATES AVAILABLE -- USHERING (please pick one alphabet)
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BATCH a) 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd April -- 7pm (5 nights)

BATCH b) 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th April -- 7pm (5 nights)

BATCH c) 21st, 22nd April -- 2pm (2 afternoons only)

Please feel free to pick either a) or b) or c) or more than one if desired.

Once you have chosen your alphabet below, please reply with the following particulars :

- full name- hp number- email- snail mail address

and I'll get back to you shortly

Thank you and with best regards.

Malti Lalwani
Volunteers Co-ordinator
Short and Sweet Singapore

Thursday 22 March 2007

I happened to receive this and would like to do some charity work

Okay, so I received an email. And the content was really pretty (no. not flowery language) but really, really, really pretty.
So I shall be charitable and share it with the rest of the class.
(And I would like to add that the plant on the teacher's table is taking away my oxygen)

A letter from a mother to a son.

My dear Jagjit,
I am in a well here and hoping you are also in a well there. I'm writing this letter slowly, because I know you cannot read fast.

We don't live where we did when you left home. Your dad read in the newspaper that most accidents happen 20 miles from home, so we moved 20 miles away. I won't be able to send the address as the last Sardar who stayed here took the house numbers with them for their new house so they would not have to change their address. Hopefully by next week we will be able to take our earlier address plate here, n that our address will remain same too.

This place is really nice. It even has a washing machine, situated right above the toilet. I'm not sure it works too well. Last week I put in 3 shirts, pulled the chain and haven't seen them since.

The weather here isn't too bad. It rained only twice last week. The first time it rained for 3 days and second time for 4 days.

The coat you wanted me to send you, your Aunt said it would be a little too heavy to send in the mail with all the metal buttons, so we cut them off and put them in the pocket.

Your father has another job. He has 500 men under him. He is cutting the grass at the cemetery. By the way I took Bahu to our club's poolside. The manager is Badmash.He told her that two piece swimming suit is not allowed in his club. We were confused as to which piece should we remove?

Your sister had a baby this morning. I haven't found out whether it is a girl or a boy, so I don't know whether you are an Aunt or Uncle. Your uncle, Jetinder, got drunk one night and fell in the wine vat. Some men tried to pull him out, but he fought them off bravely and drowned.

We cremated him and he burned for three days because he was really soaked in alcohol. Your best friend, Balwinder, is no more. He died trying to fulfill his father's last wishes. His father had wished to be buried in the sea after he died. And your friend died while in the process of digging a grave for his father. There isn't much more news this time. Nothing much has happened.

Love Mom.

P.S : Jagjit, I was going to send you some money but by the time I realized, I had already sealed off this letter.

Saturday 17 March 2007

OH MAN.

WAH LALA.
Undone homework ? check.
Party tonight but i'm at home ? check.
School starting in less than two days' time ? check.

OH MY GOD.
hello people, here's an IMPORTANT announcement.
on monday, 19 March, after school, there will be an english semiar [or something like that]
from 2.30 to 3.30 in one of the LTs.
yep so please do not forget this and make some other appointment.
sorry for the late notice too because we were just informed by mrs kan
this evening at around 5 o'clock.

the holidays are ending and i hope that you all have completed
most of the homework assigned to us.
and do not forget to bring your progress reports and get them signed!
did all of you have a nice holiday? :D
school is going to reopen soon and we're gonna have a change of seats.
how exciting is that. to have a new seating partner. XD

okay now everyone please support manchester united because
they're already having a 3-0 lead in the first half! :D

Wednesday 14 March 2007

VIRGIN BLOG ENTRY.

HEY. Its my virgin blog entry.
I kind of decided to check this blog out.
Anyway, its been like 2 years since i had a blog.
My screws are getting a little rusty.
Although i still remember how my virgin blog looks like;
It was kind of black and pink, which was kind of gay. Yeah. Whatever.
But i thought it was kind of cool you know, with all the graffiti and stuff.
DON'T BLAME ME FOR MY INFANTILISM OKAY!!
don't blame my inner child. IT HASN'T EVEN LEARNED HOW TO WALK YET!
MUCH LESS REACHING PUBESCENT!!
-changing the subject-
Oh yeah. i've been much of a bookworm recently.
I love reading books!!
I want to be a geek.
although i remembered i took like 2 months to finish a particular book.
and the font size was like NOT SMALL.
Yeah so i'm currently into Jodi Picoult books!
Yeah i know i'm kind of on the abysmally slow frequency
everyone has already read it. BUT WHO CARES!!
I'm gonna go to borders and read off all of her other previously written books
and get her newest one yet. The nineteen year something something.
I didn't quite catch the title.

That's all folks.

GEEKS ARE COOL. NERDS AREN'T.

bid you'all adieu

Tuesday 13 March 2007

the holidays

i just want to make some comment on this holiday..
i think it just sux..
i dun think we can even finish the homework even if we copy them..
plus all the cca things which is overwhelming me..
my last friday, saturday, sunday, today which is tuesday and this friday will be wasted.
and UG camp was really tiring although i am the one who is te kaning people.. haha..
however i only slept for like 6 hours for 3 days and i went for the kayaking course which is totally tiring..
so teachers please be kind enough to let people like us off if we cant finish our work or copy them..haha

PUBLICITY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! GET FREE TICKETS & CIP HOURS!

Dear 4J,

Am posting this here in case some of you have too much time on your hands or may be interested to help out in the local arts scene:

PUBLICITY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

GET FREE TICKETS & CIP HOURS

Dear Volunteers,

Thank you for your continuous support for W!LD RICE and our productions. W!LD RICE proudly presents BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Glen Goei (Boeing Boeing, The Magic Fundoshi), this comic masterpiece stars Lim Kay Siu, Neo Swee Lin, Tan Kheng Hua, Selena Tan, Pam Oei, Gerald Chew and Celine Rosa Tan.

We are looking for volunteers to assist in the FRONT-OF-HOUSE (FOH) to welcome our guests and other FOH duties.

If you are able to commit at least 4 weekdays (Tues to Fri) or a weekend (Sat & Sun) from 12 April to 29 April 2007. Call Ellen Ng now @ 62922695 or email ellen@wildrice.com.sg before 23 March 2007.

Thank you for your support and dedication! Looking forward to seeing you again.

Cheers,

Ellen Ng

Marketing Executive

Regards,

Ni Men Qing Ai De Ying Wen Lao Shi

Saturday 10 March 2007

Ultra sour!

LEMON BARS ARE ULTRA SOUR!

My lemon bars. D: Should not have added one entire lemon's lemon juice in the Lemon Bars because it is super super super Mary-Poppins'ly SOUR!

No, I have not gotten food poisoning yet. I WILL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT I OBSERVE STRINGENT KITCHEN HYGIENE OKAY?! Actually I planned to make Lemon Meringue Pie, then the crust shattered to the floor so I have to improv and make Lemon Bars instead.

Today was PTM. I had a whale of a time playing translator for my mother! She hasn't been to a PTM since I was P5, I think. This is the first time I've went to a PTM and I've actually heard some good stuff about me. I'll have you know that I used to sit in the middle of the class when I was Pri 4 because I was the least attentive in class. D: I might have minor ADD.

Hahaha! I just had a horrible thought that the moderator might know all our passwords! THEN I WILL NOT BE SAFE BECAUSE I USE THE SAME PASSWORD FOR EVERYTHING!!!

I'm not very Internet-safety savvy. I shall go change the password of my Neopets account so nobody can steal my pixels. D:

Thursday 8 March 2007

wow today passed by so slowly.
the comment above was random.
so where are the pictures that we took when we visited mr chng's place?
one more day everyboddyyy.
school can be awfully dreadful at times, any seconders?

Monday 5 March 2007

Cross Country

I am currently continuing the trend of the boring title/headings.
And I have to admit that I am terribly hopeless at remembering passwords -not many days have passed since I just changed my password but alas, I have to do it again. Gmail and blogger will block me one day.
And I would like to admit that typing "I" in capital letters is a big pain in the (---) -up to you to fill up.
It was cross country today and well, although we weren't running from Jurong to Bedok, it was bad enough in the scorching heat and the fact that we had to give way to the Centaur people made it far worse. A pretty tiring day on the whole. WRONG! A extremely atrociously tiring day. However, I think the Turf City course is much less taxing on the human body. Why oh why did we have to do it at the reservoir at Bishan. (only because I do not know how to spell the name on the reservoir)
There is Physics SPA tomorrow (no, not the Jean Yip thing but the one where we get our brains fried in the physics labs) and my mind cannot take it any further.

No, I cannot hold this in any longer. I happened to innocently scroll down the class blog, only to my horror, I caught sight of the four males in our class camera hogging. Trust me, it is not nice. They, on their parts and to our viewing displeasure, have decided to show and exhibit their talents at the 10-ways of acting cute. As if I did not have enough.
But this is er, cute, I guess. How many guess would do this for the class blog? I applaud them for their bravery and courage - don't give up!

Well then, the March holidays are going to come soon and I am dreaming of days of fun -sun, sand and sea. Yeah, that's right, I am going to watch Casino Royale and all those sun, sand and sea shows for the scenery. I highly doubt I am going anywhere this holiday anyway - DANG!

Ah ha, 9.12pm is now. Sleep, I must. Brain, fried. Dreams, I see all of you.
Seriously, would they audition me for the role of Yoda in Star Wars 110?

Goodnight, sweet dreams, dream of me tonight. (Everbody now, AWWWWWWW)

Thursday 1 March 2007

Eurasian Association.

Hello everyone! Nevermind the uncreative, identical title, I'm here to blog about the fantastic Eurasian trip! I come with offerings of text and peace, with no photos whatsoever. Ask Pearlyn. She has loads of photos.

Anyway, ya. After school, 4J went for lunch and I stayed in the classroom with some people whom I can't remember. ZiJing was shouting, "I WANT TO HAVE LEE JOON KI'S HAIRSTYLE!" and the teacher next door came over twice to tell us to shut up. In a very nice way, of course.

Then we went for the trip on a bus coated with ants. I didn't really care, I slept throughout the journey. Apparently, our driver got lost. Hahahaha. But I wouldn't know, I was sleeping and turning into an ice cube under the air-conditioning.

The tour around the EA was interesting, to say the least. A bunch of us got stuck at the staircase because the door was one-way. It was those "OHMYGOD THERE'S NO WAY OUT! OPEN THE WINDOWS AND PREPARE TO JUMP, PEOPLE!" scenario until the kind Jingkli Nona dancer opened the door for us.

Then we went to the exhibit and saw all the gruesome ways of torture including the famous water torture, and a person commiting suicide by ramming his head repeatedly against the concrete jail wall. I've also read before that they tied nets around a person so that the flesh popped out, then they proceed to slice the flesh off like pieces of tofu.

I think that would be the Chinese, not the Japanese. But you can never be too sure.

Anyway, yada yada, we finally went back to watch the woman dance the Jingkli Nona (or was it Jingli Nona?) and ate Sugee Cake. SUGEEEEEEEEEEEEE. I LOVE SUGEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. I even have the recipe now, I shall bake it once I find semolina (whatever that is) and 7 egg yolks.

What do I do with the egg whites, then? Put them on my face?

English composition will be returned to us tomorrow! Let Mr Faizad be more benevolent when marking compositions.

Eurasian Association.

Eurasian Association was cool, though the Japs during the WW2 really freaked me out. They are totally sick in the head.

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WE GOT AN 'A' FOR CLEANLINESS.

Simply rockin' with the royals.