Class outing

I had a really fun class outing today. After the holiday lectures in school, almost half the class went to watch X-Men 3 together at Bugis. The movie was alright, lots of action throughout with great eye candies.

Later, we went shopping at Bugis Junction and Bugis Village. It's only my second time shopping at Bugis Village, and I realise it's a really great place to shop. The atmosphere gave me a nostalgic feeling, kind of like the olden days shops. Although the place was like a pasar malam, the area was clean and tidy. Prices were reasonable considering its in the city area. No wonder many of my friends love to shop there. I'll probably shop for my friend's birthday present there too!

Anyway, here's a nice spoof of an advertisement on TV:
"I saw this little girl buying a turtle,

She approached the shop owner and showed him $3

She said she want to buy turtle to release in the pond for good luck

The shop owner said "can only buy one baby turtle"



After she left the shop,

I look inside my wallet, i saw a VISA card

So i approached the shop owner

He gave me a smile

Tomorrow when the little girl go to the pond, she will release one baby turtle.

She will get a BIG surprise"

Haha :)

Thoughts...

The June holidays have finally begun! This is where the preparation for the A levels begin. The mid-year exams are particularly important because it is where I can build up momentum till the A levels as almost the entire syllabus is included in this exam. I will aim to get onto the Honour's Roll so as to give myself more confidence. One must never become complacent even if you do well. I watched the NBA match this morning, Pistons v Heat. The Heat were up 11 points initially, but the lead was gone within minutes as the players made bad shot selections and committed many turnovers. Sports really does inspire you to make good decisions and set goals for yourself.

I have learnt that only results count in today's society. No matter how much effort you put in, if you do not get the results, it doesn't count. The winner of the 2006 World Cup will get their place in the history books and be remembered for life, while the losers go home under criticism and a sense of failure.

Recently, I've also been seeing alot of news about Memebers of Parliament setting up committees to assess the needs of residents, and conducting Meet-the-Residents' sessions more regularly. PAP has finally woken up and try to redeem themselves after almost losing Aljunied GRC and having only 66% votes at AMK. However, only time will tell if they are fully committed to their plans to help residents. With transport fares going up soon, and GST rumoured to be increased to 8% in the near future, the cost of living can only go further up. It is also sad to see that some Singaporeans earn only $450 a month (published in Friday's ST about the New Poor), while the Ministers earn 200 times more. MP Low Thia Khiang's idea about varying the Ministers' pay according to the people's income is definitely a logical one. The new MPs introduced by the PAP were born with a silver spoon, studied in top schools and mixed around mostly with the elites. How would they understand and thus solve the problems of the low income group?

Lots of thoughts gone through my mind...

NS Medical

I had to take a day off from school to go for my NS medical checkup. I made a huge mistake by picking today for the medical. There were so many people and I spent almost 5 hours at CMPB for the checkup, with almost 1 hour spent to queue up. It was the usual medical checkup, almost similar to the checkup I had for SYFC, just that this included dental, blood and vocational tests. The blood test was the scariest I think. They poked the needle into the skin and filled the syringe with blood. Fortunately, it was over within a minute. I cannot imagine those donating blood as I'll have to sit there for more than 30 mins with the machine sucking out your blood every moment. I can definitely not be a doctor. :S

The checkup started at 10am and ended at around 3pm. After that, I went to Kelvin's house for mahjong. I don't know how people can play mahjong for prolonged periods, as I get tired after just 5 games.
I missed just one maths lecture today and one whole chapter had been completed! I'll have to catch up on tutorials this weekend... the speed of JC life is picking up already. Mid year exams straight after the June holidays, and Prelims about 3 months later. I will never be able to complain that I've nothing to do anymore for the rest of the year... :(

Tomorrow is the SYFC certificate ceremony and NYJC's college day after that. Another busy day for me again. I wonder when I'll have time to complete my work.

Long weekend

I had a fun time yesterday. We went to Suntec City to see Jamie's temple event. It's the first time I see a temple holding such a grand event at Suntec City's fountain. Temples are beginning to become contemparary to attract younger devotees I suppose. The event was very large-scale and grand. There were a 3 large statues where people worshipped and prayed for good health and luck.
I went with Yvonne, Kelvin, Doreen and Bee Hua. Although there were only a few people, it was fun. As usual Yvonne was the most lively person and it was nice.
I left at around 6pm to meet up with another group of friends to attend the AJC Chinese Orchestra concert held at Singapore Conference Hall. We went there to support one of my friends who was previously in NJC in the first three months and later joined AJC. There was one particular performance that everyone enjoyed the most. It was the Suo Na or trumpet (I think) solo performance. The student played it really well and livened up the crowd.


Today, I went to Suntec to celebrate my friend's birthday. We watched MI3 and had dinner at Swensens. The movie ended at around 9.30pm and the shops were all closing already. We walked from Marina Square all the way to Suntec to have our dinner at Swensens. Fortunately they were opened till 10.30pm.
Oh gosh, I've spent lots of money this weekend. I had better stay home tomorrow to study!

I can't wait till next Saturday when I receive my SYFC certificate. I can finally meet my coursemates and catch up with them. :D

Singapore #1 Box Office Hit

LOL~

Eventful week

Last week was really eventful. So many things to do. The elections and lots of homework and common tests!

I'm really surprised about the AMK GRC votes. A young and unknown WP team went into PM's territory and came out with 33% of the votes. It's a really poor mandate for PM Lee considering a member of the PAP team commented that they were aiming for 80%.
In school, if you get 66%, its a B grade!
On Friday, the last day of the election rallies, I went to the Workers' Party rally at Serangoon stadium. The turnout rate was very high. The whole stadium was filled and there were at least 1000 people surrounding the stadium listening to the WP candidates' speeches. It's a pity the media did not publish the pictures of the huge crowd at WP's rallies.
I found this pic on the web:

Crowd of WP rally @ Hougang

I'll try to update the blog as often as I can. It has been really busy for me this month. Hopefully I can organise myself during the June holidays.