Birthday celebrations

I finally got to hang out with my NJ friends after so long. We've not met each other for probably 2 or 3 months. This time it was to celebrate two of our friends' birthdays. Eight of us went to Sketches restaurant at Bugis Junction for dinner. It was a pasta restaurant, something like PastaMania but had proper service and nicer pasta dishes. :D
The girls baked a chocolate birthday cake. I think it was really thoughtful of them to spend time and effort to bake a cake instead of buying it. Although home-made, the taste of the cake matched the standards of bakeries, it was nice. At the table next to us, a three year-old girl was celebrating her birthday with her family too. She was really cute and we also gave her a portion of the chocolate cake. I'm sure she enjoyed eating it as well.
Later on we went to watch John Tucker Must Die, it was a nice comedy, but just the usual 1.5hours laugh-and-forget (LAF) kind of movie. It'll probably be worth it if you watch on weekdays with cheaper ticket prices. I reached home at around 12 midnight and was totally worn out.

I'll post up the wonderful pics once I receive them from my friends. :)

Prelims finally over

It seems like I had just taken my first exam paper a few days ago... I completed my 2-week long prelim exams yesterday, which ended with the Physics P1&2. Overall, I handled this exam much better than my mid-year as I studied for it. The A levels is really unlike the O levels where you can just relax a week before the exam and expect to be able to do most of the questions. I had this attitude for my mid-years and I was totally wrong. The A levels is just 1 month away, and I'm quite excited about it. I have a very strong feeling that this batch of students will create history in terms of excellent academic results for NYJC. :)

I woke up early at 7am today and went for a jog at the nearby stadium. The exercise and and fresh air really brightens up your day. As I usually jog in the evening, this was the first time jogging in the morning. I was surprised the stadium was crowded with adults jogging and senior citizens doing tai-zhi in large groups. Singapore's healthy lifestyle campaign is really working.

I've got a break from school till next Wednesday, and I'm going to catch up with sleep and playing time. :D

Here's a picture for everyone:



(It's a great way to lock your bicycle on the streets)

Singapore's image dented

Singapore's image has been dented due to PAP's persistence to ban 27 activists. PAP has really handled the situation very, very badly. IMF's president has now pointed out the fact about Singapore's political and 'democratic' system, something which PAP has been denying for years.

Here are some news articles:
Singapore branded 'authoritarian'
Singapore inflicted enormous damage to reputation: Wolfowitz

These articles deserve to be on the frontpage of Straits Times, but I doubt that its censorship would allow it.

Liverpool thrashed 0-3 by Everton

This picture says it all.

Crunch time

It's Friday today, the prelim exams are just three days away! This time, I hope I've done more sufficient preparation than for the mid-years. I still probably have to practice a few more physics and maths prelim papers, and I'm ready.

I went back to school yesterday for chemistry consultation. Mr Wan was there at about 10am, and 5 of us sat at the round table outside LT4 and asked questions for more than 3 hours, whoah. Mr Wan commented that he actually wanted to complete some admin stuff, but couldn't do so as we took up all his time. Later on, we had lunch together and he even bought us drinks.

I really want to do well in this prelim exams as it'll prepare me for the A levels. Without excellent A level results, my career options will be bleak. It will be tough to get into a course with C and D grades, especially since I'll have to spend 2 years in the army and there's so much competition this time.


A beautiful picture.

RSAF Open House

I went with my friends to the RSAF Open House today. The place was very crowded, but transport there was convenient and fast, so it was alright in the end. Here are the pictures. :)

Static Dislpays




Aerodisplay show

Teachers' Day

Today's teachers day celebration in school was fun. We had two Indian dance instructors leading the school in a Bhangra dance workout. Some people danced so enthusiastically till they were drenched in perspiration, while some just sat there to watch. Anyhow, the dance was fun.

My class made scrapbooks containing notes from every one of S6A for our teachers. I'm really glad we came together as a class to come up with gifts of gratitute for our teachers. While in secondary school, we gave presents individually to the teachers and the class spirit wasn't really there. I'm sure the teachers would prefer sincere notes of words than expensive gifts, sincerity is priceless.

Later on, I was thinking of whether to visit my secondary school teachers. It was already 11am then, and the teachers would have all left the school, just like last year. Thus, I joined a group of friends to play computer games at a LAN shop.

Prelims is just one week away, I never thought that time would pass this quickly. Soon, it'll be the A levels already. Somehow I do not really feel prepared for the A levels, but the aim of achieving straight As is always stuck in my head. I really need to do something effective and quick about it.