A Great Day Yesterday

Yesterday was the NJ Road Run, and it was fun.
The IP students set off first, followed by the J1 girls, J2 girls, J1 boys then the J2 boys. My ogl who was in the IP batch came in first with a superb timing of ~13 minutes for the 3.7km route.
The J1 and J2 participants had to run 4.8km and 3.7km for the boys and girls respectively. We had to run through the terrace estates and finally turn out to Nanyang Girls school and back to NJ. I'm disappointed for not being able to enter the top 50. I was number 55 or 56, when I reached the finishing point, I saw the number 50 chip handed out to the guy infront of me. :(
Although the road run was 4.8km, it seemed shorter than MacRitchie's 4.8km route which I ran during my Sec 2 and 4 cross-country. I definitely need more training ad I hope to get into the top 30 in the next road run or cross country I participate in.

At night, I went to Anderson JC to meet up with my ex-sec sch classmates. AJC screened Troy that night. I had a great time exchanging college-happenings with them. Some of my friends at AJ seemed to be stressed out by the pace there. One of my friends even started to speak nonsense ever since he entered AJ (he wasn't like that during sec sch), probably due to the stress. Another wanted to drop Biology. I don't think I'd want to enter AJ after the JAE, haha.
We all went to the market hawker centre for dinner and chatted till about 10:30pm. It was definitely great to meet my classmates again after so many days splitted up into different JCs.

"Treasure everything you have now, because you'll not get to keep it forever" -Anonymous

Rumour: O lvl on 25th Feb

There has been a rumour spreading around saying that the tentative release date of the O level results will be on 25 February. I do not know who leaked this information, but I think it's accurate as MOE's JAE website is announced to be completed by end-January.

It's been so hot

The weather has been scorching hot since last week. Before that, it had been raining daily. What a turn in the weather conditions. The temperature makes me restless easily. Today I almost fell asleep during lecture, haha.
I hope it rains!!

Holiday tomorrow!

Hurray, tomorrow is a holiday. I can finally take time off from school. This week has been a rather fast-paced one, with lecturers rushing through syllabus (even though its only the start of the year) and me waking up early every morning to catch the MRT or bus. Time really flies and I've already spent 3 weeks in JC. I begin to get used to the pace of life in JC and not become so tired as easily as before.

Today we went for the route familiarisation run for the NJ road run next Friday, during the PE lesson. It was quite tiring for me, I definitely need more training... After that were lessons as usual and this afternoon was very warm and stuffy. Everyone got restless already even though we still had 3 periods to go.
After lessons, I attended the inter-CT maths competition. I attended a similar one when I was in secondary school, and coincidentally it was organised by NJC too. The questions were tough, not sure how I'll do in this test.

Yeah, it's the start of the 3 day weekend tomorrow! Enjoy everyone! :D

Office jokes

Office jokes which I found humourous. haha (Click on picture to enlarge it) 

Go Singapore!

The Singapore soccer team is finally on its way to achieving its first major tournament title since a long time. Tonight at 7:30pm, Singapore will play Indonesia at the Singapore National Stadium for the 2nd leg of the Tiger Cup Finals.

Go Singapore !!! :D

Finally the weekend...

Never have I been looking forward so much to the weekends. It just shows how tiring and exhausting JC life can be for new comers. Celebrations, the weekends are finally here.

This morning I went to play basketball with my secondary school classmates and had a great time. Ever since JC started, I've not had time to play basketball or meet up with my friends. Fortunately for me, the implementaton of the five-day work week has given me time to meet up with friends and relax during Saturdays and Sundays. I hope teachers do not spoil it by giving us more homework...

I went to collect the Edusave scholarship this afternoon. I met several primary school mates. It gave me the opportunity of exchange handphone numbers and catch up with them. However, I find the ceremony very lengthy and dry. Probably the organisers could split up the 1000 award winners into two or three groups so as the time of ceremonies could be cut short.

And yeah! There're two soccer matches which I look forward to this weekend. Today its Liverpool vs Man Utd. It'll probably feature Liverpool's latest Spanish signing Fernando Morientes. And tomorrow, Singapore vs Indonesia in the 2nd leg of the Tiger Cup Finals. I hope that Singapore, having the 3-1 scoreline advantage from the 1st leg, will finally clinch the Tiger Cup title!

Good luck Singapore!! :D

NJCians = muggers?

Does the above equation hold?

My friend once said "The building is grey, the uniform is grey, it is as dull as NJC students". Today a few of my classmates have already started studying, yes studying!, for their subjects in JC. It's only the 2nd day into the study week, and they've started mugging.

I just want to have some fun for the first 3 months, so I'll definitely not be as hardworking as those who have started -revising for A levels- Duh!

Class ended at around 2pm, and I went to the rifle range to try out the air rifle. I hope to get into the air rifle CCA, but I'm a total beginner at this sport. I've not handled an air rifle in my life before, it was my first time. Well, so logically my shots went haywire during my try-out session. I'll probably go again tomorrow. I then came home and was pretty worn out.

There's still my Maths and Chemistry assignments issued by the JC, to do. It's only 2nd day of studying, and there's homework... Other JCs like SRJC only have sample lectures and not even tutorials yet!

In the evening, I went for a jog at the stadium nearby my house. I went for 10 rounds and was totally exhausted after that. I've got to train hard for pull-ups too. I used to be able to do about 5, now I can only do 2 times!

I'm still pondering whether to stay on in njc or not, I'm really not sure...

First week in JC

In a flash, the first week in JC is over.

The orientation week was fun, like the mass-dances and war games. But the first week was the most tiring period I've had since the December holidays. Now I really treasure the time I spent in New Zealand when everything was so calm, smooth and relaxing. Well, what can I do, life in Singapore is ever so hectic.

On the first day of orientation, I reported about 30mins late at the JC. I wasn't informed that the reporting time was pushed forward, maybe the JC contact system screwed up. So well, a student showed me the way to the hall where there were already hundreds of students seated and chit-chatting away. I'm the only one from my Secondary School to enter this JC, so I just sat quietly next to a few students from Victoria and Rivervalley High School.
After the staff introduction, I was a little shocked that we had to choose our subject combination on that day - the first day of school! It totally contradicted the emphasis that teachers put on wanting us to think through our subject combination decision, as it'll affect our future. But anyhow, I chose a suj combination.
Later there were talks by the principal and HODs. Lunch break and mass-dance followed later on. Everything ended at around 5pm and I reached home around 6pm... The journey home is long.

On the 2nd day, we were splitted up into our respective classes and ice-breaker games followed. From then on, the process of meeting new friends and introduction gone on properly. There was another mass-dance session again, it was totally fun! :D

3rd day, there were station games and mass-dance. My class lost several station games, but who cares about winning? Games are for fun! :D

4th day was the war games. It was house vs house. I was the defender and protected the "guardian angel". heh. We used water guns and water bombs to attack the opponents. It was real fun too.

Last day of orientation, we met our senior class. Then we went on a cultural mapping activity. We went around Bukit Timah in search of street names. There was this shooting range which I found very cool. It was run down and spoke of Singapore's history. Then at night, we had a dance fiesta and bbq. Everyone had a time of their life. Some danced on tables and benches, others danced to the beat of the music on the crowded grounds. I was so exhausted when I reached home.

Now I'm still deciding whether to stay on at NJC after the first 3 months (if my results allow). Next week will be start of the lectures and tutorials. I think I'll have to wait till then to have a taste of the true NJC life. I'm sure NJC isn't about fun and dance like we had during the orientation week. Besides, almost everyone in NJC are from top schools in Singapore. I'm currently the first student from my Sec School to enter NJC, and I'm sure there are reasons why students in the past do not want to enter NJC.
I've got friends in AJC, NYJC, SRJC, CJC and MJC (Meridian). I'll have to ask them for comments about their JC...

Till then, good luck to everyone!
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Arrivederci!

Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone a peaceful, healthy and prosperous Year 2005!