Basketball is a game that cannot be achieve without teammates

2009-09-02T18:09:00.002+08:00

It's been a long time since I have posted...

My blog is like dead..Everyone!! Please!! Revive my blog again!!!

Okay, it's two days to the Sept Holidays. I bet everyone are very excited right?
Well, I will be posting some funny videos on my blog. Be sure to watch them, OKay?

Ermm, okay I think I will end off here...

Good luck for your end year exams!!!

BYEBYE...

2009-07-02T18:22:00.002+08:00

Now, in this post, I am going to talk about my favourite character. I willing be writing about Hari. I think he is admirable and pitiful. He is pitiful because he is a very young boy who is trying to help his family work and earn money to support their family. These are not just bad conditions, but they are very harsh for a very young boy with the same age as us.
But he is very admirable because hehe was able to work throgh the stress and cope with the harsh conditions. (although he left the village in the end to go to Bombay to look for a job).

2009-07-02T17:43:00.002+08:00

The part I like the most is when Hari left the village. Hari had to make a very important choice of his life. This choice is almost the most important choice of his life. But he decided to go to Bombay what so ever. He decided to leave Lila by herself to take care of their mother and their sisters. This caused her and their sisters to be very nervous for him.

2009-07-02T17:35:00.002+08:00

I think that sometimes it would be better to have traditional technology as compared to advanced technology.

One reason is that advanced may not be very environment-friendly. Now, children have been playing with modern gadgets like hand phones or the XBOX or the PSP. They would not have the chance to enjoy the most beautiful scenery of all. And playing with these modern playthings, they could harm the children's eyesight and get them short-sighted.

Another reason is that the modern people can have more convenience, when they wanted to search for information, they can just search for it on the internet. How ever , people using the traditional way of searching for information is to go to the library and search for the book that has the answer to your question.

2009-07-02T17:07:00.005+08:00

Blog prompt

I rather be the city rat than the country rat. Comment.

I would rather be the city rat because the city rat would not have to work a lot to scavenge for food as there are plenty of food in the city because more people are living in the city than in the country. As you can know, rats that live in the city are much more fatter than those who live in the country side, where only llittle people live and farm there.

In the country side, the farmers and family may have little money and food to provide for themselves. So the rats that live there would have to scavenge even harder to find food.

In the city, the rat that lives there would get better and more food than the rat that lives in the country side. Whereas the country rat would only have the same food everytime. The rat that lives in the city can slack around all day without working because they would have plenty of food to spare.

2009-07-02T13:04:00.005+08:00

My own blog prompt

I am posting this as memorial for Michael Jackson's death.
Here are some information about him

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer and businessman. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he made his debut on the professional music scene in 1968 as a member of The Jackson 5. He then began a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group and was referred to as the "King of Pop"in subsequent years. Jackson's 1982 album Thriller remains the world's best-selling album of all time, and four of his other solo studio albums are among the world's best-selling records: Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) and HIStory (1995).
In the early 1980s, he became a dominant figure in popular music and the first African American entertainer to amass a strong crossover following on MTV. The popularity of his music videos airing on MTV, such as "Beat It", "Billie Jean" and "Thriller"—widely credited with transforming the music video from a promotional tool into an art form—helped bring the relatively new channel to fame. Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made Jackson an enduring staple on MTV in the 1990s. With stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of physically complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style influenced many hip hop, pop and contemporary R&B artists across several generations.
Jackson donated and raised millions of dollars for beneficial causes through his foundations, charity singles, and support of 39 charities. Other aspects of his personal life, including his often changing appearances and eccentric behavior, generated significant controversy which damaged his public image. Though he was accused of child sexual abuse in 1993, the criminal investigation was closed due to lack of evidence and Jackson was not charged. The singer had experienced health concerns since the early 1990s along with conflicting reports regarding the state of his finances since the late 1990s. Jackson married twice and fathered three children, actions which caused further controversy. In 2005, Jackson was tried and acquitted of further sexual abuse allegations and several other charges.
One of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, his other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records—including one for "Most Successful Entertainer of All Time"—13 Grammy Awards, 13 number one singles in his solo career, and the sale of 750 million records worldwide. At the time of his death, he was preparing for This Is It, a series of 50 concerts that would have been held in London beginning July 13, 2009.

I believe that the world is gravely surprised by his death so suddenly. I am too. We cannot acept the truth that our "king of pop" has died.

2009-06-29T09:43:00.002+08:00

E. E. Cummings
Edward Estlin Cummings was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 14, 1894. He began writing poems as early as 1904 and studied Latin and Greek at the Cambridge Latin High School. He received his B.A. in 1915 and his M.A. in 1916, both from Harvard.

He is a American poet and painter who first attracted attention for his eccentric punctuation, but the commonly held belief that E.E. Cummings had his name legally changed to lowercase letters is erroneous – preferred to capitalize the initials of his name on book covers and in other material. Despite typographical eccentricity and devotion to the avant-garde, Cummings's themes are in many respect quite traditional. He often dealt with the antagonism between an individual and masses, but his style brought into his poems lightness and satirical tones. As an artist Cummings painted still-life pictures and landscapes to a professional level.

In his work, Cummings experimented radically with form, punctuation, spelling and syntax, abandoning traditional techniques and structures to create a new, highly idiosyncratic means of poetic expression. Later in his career, he was often criticized for settling into his signature style and not pressing his work towards further evolution. Nevertheless, he attained great popularity, especially among young readers, for the simplicity of his language, his playful mode and his attention to subjects such as war and sex.

I chose this poet because I knew some famous poems made by him. I wanted to research more on him on the Internet. This is what I have got.

This poet is known for his distinctly grammarless and structureless style speaks to what most of the human race may say is a society’s undeniable tendency toward unity structure, rules and regulations.

“To be nobody but yourself - in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.” - E.E. Cummings

maggie and milly and molly and may went down to the beach(to play one day)and maggie discovered a shell that sang so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles,andmilly befriended a stranded starwhose rays five languid fingers were;and molly was chased by a horrible thing which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:andmay came home with a smooth round stone as small as a world and as large as alone.For whatever we lose(like a you or a me) it's always ourselves we find in the sea

somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyondany experience,your eyes have their silence:in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,or which i cannot touch because they are too nearyour slightest look easily will unclose methough i have closed myself as fingers,you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens(touching skilfully,mysteriously)her first roseor if your wish be to close me, i andmy life will shut very beautifully ,suddenly,as when the heart of this flower imaginesthe snow carefully everywhere descending;nothing which we are to perceive in this world equalsthe power of your intense fragility:whose texturecompels me with the color of its countries,rendering death and forever with each breathing(i do not know what it is about you that closesand opens;only something in me understandsthe voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)nobody,not even the rain,has such small hands

Spring is like a perhaps hand (which comes carefully out of Nowhere)arranging a window,into which people look(while people starearranging and changing placing carefully there a strange thing and a known thing here)andchanging everything carefullyspring is like a perhaps Hand in a window (carefully to and fro moving New and Old things,while people stare carefully moving a perhaps fraction of flower here placing an inch of air there)andwithout breaking anything.

http://www.google.com.sg/search?hl=en&q=interview+with+Edward+Estlin+Cummings&meta=&aq=f&oq=

http://lovepoems.yu-hu.com/cummings/ee_cummings.shtml

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/cummings.htm

2009-06-29T08:54:00.002+08:00

Haiku (Never Published) by Allen Ginsberg

Drinking my tea

Without sugar-

No difference.

The sparrow shits

upside down

--ah! my brain & eggs

Mayan head in a

Pacific driftwood bole

--Someday I'll live in N.Y.

Looking over my shoulder

my behind was covered

with cherry blossoms.

Winter Haiku

I didn't know the names of the flowers--now

my garden is gone.

I slapped the mosquito

and missed.

What made me do that?

Reading haiku

I am unhappy,

longing for the Nameless

A frog floating

in the drugstore jar:

summer rain on grey pavements.(after Shiki)

On the porch

in my shorts;

auto lights in the rain.

Another year

has past-the world

is no different.

The first thing I looked for

in my old garden was

The Cherry Tree.

My old desk:

the first thing I looked for

in my house.

My early journal:

the first thing I found

in my old desk.

My mother's ghost:

the first thing I found

in the living room.

I quit shaving

but the eyes that glanced at me

remained in the mirror.

The madman

emerges from the movies:

the street at lunchtime.

Cities of boys

are in their graves,

and in this town...

Lying on my side

in the void.

the breath in my nose.

On the fifteenth floor

the dog chews a bone-

Screech of taxicabs.

A hardon in New York,

a boy

in San Fransisco.

The moon over the roof,

worms in the garden.

I rent this house.

[Haiku composed in the backyard cottage at

1624Milvia Street, Berkeley 1955, while reading

R.H. Blyth's 4 volumes, "Haiku."]

How are the figurative language used in the poem? The figurative language used in the poem

=Give the specific word(s), explain what type of figurative language it is and why the poet chose to use this figurative language? The figurative language used in the poem

"ah! my brain & eggs" Hyperbole.

"Someday I'll live in N.Y."Hyperbole

2. Tell us why you like this poem in no less than 100 words.

I like this poem very much because I am very interested in the Haiku as it is related to japanese poems. The author uses quite a lot of figurative languange in this poem. In the end, the author is just trying to express her own emotions with the American way of living and the Japanese way of living. The poem catched my attention.

2009-05-13T09:02:00.006+08:00

I am back to posting again. I am crazy about movies!!! I watched Star Trek on Saturday. It was so damn nice. Here's some videos for you to enjoy.

2009-05-06T09:01:00.006+08:00

This videos is about the lastest blockbuster-X-MEN ORIGINS WOLVERINE!!! This is the best movie I had ever seen. I was awed by the special effects of the movie. It was fantastic!! I tell you more later tonight...

This is a link of the offical site http://www.x-menorigins.com/

This is what the movie is about...

It is quite long, so take your time!

The film focuses on the violent past of mutant Wolverine and his time with Team X,
before Wolverine's skeleton was bonded with the indestructible metal adamantium.
The plot also details his early encounters with Colonel William Stryker,
the Weapon X program, Wolverine's interactions with other mutants and his complex
relationship with his half-brother Victor Creed.

In 1845, North-Western Territory, British North America, young James Howlett
sees his father John Howlett killed by Victor Creed's father,
Thomas Logan. In an act of vengeance, James kills the elder Logan
using his bone claws which protrude from his hands. With his dying breath, Logan
tells James that he is also his son. James and Victor then run away.
In the following years, adult brothers James and Victor are seen fighting together
throughout the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, and eventually the Vietnam War,
their regenerative powers keep them from being killed in the battlefield.
James is forced to act as a check on Victor's ever-increasing rage and ferocity.
In Vietnam, Victor kills a superior officer after being stopped from raping a girl,
and James and Victor are sentenced to death by firing squad, though their unique
regenerative abilities keep them alive.

William Stryker approaches the two mutants and offers them membership in Team X,
his elite group of mutants. The team consists of mutants Fred Dukes, who's super-strong and
invulnerable, John Wraith, who can teleport, Chris Bradley, who can control electricity with
his mind, expert marksman Agent Zero and mercenary Wade Wilson. The brothers join the group,
and are sent to the team's first mission: Invade a diamond traffic operation headquarters to
retrieve a meteorite used by the leader of the dealers as a paperweight in Lagos, Nigeria.
After retrieving the meteorite, Stryker and the team interogate nearby village people to see
if there are any other meteorites. James is disgusted by the murders committed by his teammates
and abandons the group.

Six years afterward, James - now going by his last name,
Logan - is a lumberjack living with his girlfriend Kayla Silverfox. Meanwhile,
Victor hunts down and murders Bradley, mentioning that Wade is already dead.
Stryker locates Logan, and claims that someone is out to kill members of the now-disbanded team.
Stryker asks Logan for help, but is refused. Shortly after, Silverfox is murdered by Victor.
Wolverine hunts down his half-brother, but is easily defeated. Stryker once again asks Logan
for help, and he agrees. Stryker then has Logan's skeletal system reinforced with adamantium, a
virtually indestructible metal retrieved from the meteorite found by Team X. Before the
procedure, Logan asks for his new dog tags to say "Wolverine", based on a story that Kayla had
told him. After the procedure, Stryker orders Wolverine's memory to be erased, but Wolverine
overhears this and flees. Stryker orders Agent Zero to hunt him and take his head off.

An elderly couple Travis and Heather Hudson sees Wolverine in their barn and provide him a home
until the next morning, only to be shot dead by Zero. Wolverine takes out several HMMWV,
a helicopter and Zero himself, then goes to Las Vegas. Wolverine locates former associates
John Wraith and Fred Dukes, seeking to learn the location of Stryker's new laboratory.
Wolverine learns the disbanded team had been capturing mutants for Stryker.
One of them, Remy LeBeau, also known as Gambit, had escaped the island and knew the location.
Dukes also tells him that Victor is actually working for Stryker, capturing and killing mutants
for him. Meanwhile, Stryker captures a teenage Scott Summers with Victor's aid.

Wolverine and Wraith locate Gambit in a New Orleans bar. Wolverine talks to Gambit while Wraith
keeps watching outside, but Gambit suspects Wolverine was sent to recapture him and, using his
ability to charge objects with kinetic energy, throws several playing cards at Wolverine that
sends him flying through a wall. Outside, he sees Victor has killed Wraith and taken a sample
of his blood. Wolverine fights Victor, only to be interrupted by Gambit. Victor escapes, and
after a brief struggle, Gambit agrees to take Wolverine to the mutant prison on Three Mile
Island. Once there, Wolverine confronts Stryker and learns Silverfox is still alive, having
faked her death with hydrochlorothiazide. She was keeping track of the mutant to free her
sister, Emma Frost (Tahyna Tozzi), who is also in the prison. With no more quarrel with Stryker,
Wolverine departs. Victor, angered at Stryker that he let Wolverine go, demands the adamantium
procedure. Stryker, however, tells him that he won't survive the procedure and in an act of
rage, Victor tries to kill Silverfox. Wolverine hears Silverfox's screams and attacks Victor.
Finally having the chance to kill Victor, Wolverine chooses not to give in to his animal
instincts and instead knocks him out. Silverfox shows Wolverine to the holding cells, and he
frees the mutants there; among them are Emma Frost and Scott Summers.

Panicking, Stryker prematurely activates his newest creation, Weapon XI(also known as Deadpool)
a bald, pale skinned and deformed Wade Wilson, lacking a mouth and with patterns marking
adamantium bone structure. The rescue party approached an exit when it is blocked by
Weapon XI who is under Stryker's control. Wolverine tells them to find a new exit as
two blades extend from Weapon XI's arms, similar to Wolverine's claws, but more like
Wilson's preferred katanas. At this moment Wolverine realizes that this monstrosity is actually
Wade Wilson. Weapon XI has the abilities of several of the killed and captured mutants such as
Scott's optic blasts, Wraith's teleportation, and Wolverine's healing ability.

During the escape, Silverfox is mortally wounded. The other mutants escape through the
facility's tunnels, guided by Scott who is unable to tell them how he knows the exit.
Emerging from the tunnel, the party encounter a helicopter. Emerging from the helicopter
is a familiar figure, Professor Charles Xavier, who has guided them to
safety and offers them a shelter at his school.

Meanwhile, the fight between Wolverine and Weapon XI spills onto the top of one of the plant's
cooling towers. Weapon XI overpowers and prepares to decapitate Wolverine, but Victor returns
to aid his brother. Wolverine and Victor, now working together, are able to decapitate Weapon
XI; sending its head, still firing optic blasts, down into the cooling tower. Wolverine coldly
informs Victor that despite his help, their relationship is over. Victor simply reminds him
that as brothers, they can never be finished, and jumps off the side of the cooling tower.
The resulting damage from the optic blasts causes the cooling tower to collapse, but Wolverine
is saved by Gambit. Wolverine asks Gambit to ensure the prisoners are safe, while he returns
to find Silverfox, who had stayed behind. As he carries her to safety, Stryker shoots him in
the back with an adamantium bullet. Wolverine tries to kill him but is soon shot in the head,
knocking him unconscious.

Silverfox uses her powers of persuasion to order Stryker to walk away until his feet bleed,
then dies from her injuries. Gambit returns to assure Wolverine that the mutants are safe,
but due to amnesia caused by the brain damage the adamantium bullets inflicted,
Wolverine does not remember anything (this was Stryker's intention, knowing that even the
adamantium bullets could not kill Logan). Gambit tries to get Wolverine to come with him,
but he declines. Gambit wishes Wolverine good luck before departing, and Wolverine flees
the scene as the ambulances and police arrive.

2009-05-06T08:59:00.001+08:00

2009-04-21T21:44:00.004+08:00

The video is available in HQ version too - just click on the HQ tab!

A few art teachers had this idea for a music video on workplace safety, so they roped in all the art teachers to help out in the short film / music video! They submitted this work for the "Safety Starts with Me Competition 2009" organised by the Workplace Safety and Health Council (Singapore). Didn't get any awards, but the whole process was very rewarding. They had lots of fun writing the lyrics, composing and arranging the song, shooting most parts of the film on green screen, getting the costumes and sorting out the colour coordination, making the styrofoam props and the cardboard background, choreographing the dance sequences, doing the digital illustrations, compositing the visual effects, adding the subtitles and finally editing the film!

ISn't that our art teacher, guo lao shi?

2009-04-19T20:23:00.005+08:00

Hi everyone... I am back to posting again after a FEW days. Sorry everyone, but my blog is turning into a zombie. So can anyone please tag or at least comment on my dying blog?

Ok. Back to posting. Have anyone ever watched Britains' Got Talent on TV? If you have, you must have heard Susan Boyle singing on the stage. She is just a farmer but her voice surrpised everyone downstage, even the judges, including Simon Cowell, a very cocky judge...

Susan Boyle (born 15 June 1961) is a Scottish amateur singer and former community worker who came to public attention on 11 April 2009 when she appeared as a contestant on the third season of Britain's Got Talent . Boyle leapt to almost immediate global fame when she sang "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables in the competition's first round.
Before she sang, both the audience and the judges appeared to express skepticism based on her ungroomed appearance and awkwardness. In contrast, her vocal performance was so outstanding that she has been dubbed "The Woman Who Shut Up Simon Cowell". She received a standing ovation from the live audience, attracting yes-votes from Cowell and Amanda Holden, and the "biggest yes I have ever given anybody" from Piers Morgan. The audition was recorded in January 2009 at the Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow, Scotland.
The juxtaposition of her powerful voice with the audience's first impression of her triggered global interest. Articles about her appeared in newspapers all over the world, while online videos of her performance totalled over 50 million views within a week. Cowell is reported to be setting up a contract with Boyle with his Syco Music company label, a subsidiary of Sony Music.

Here's a video for you enjoy... That's right, gape at it . Be surprised!!!

Susan Boyle on Britains Got Talent 2009!! Incredible Voice!! @ Yahoo! Video

2009-04-06T21:25:00.004+08:00

All Blacks(My favourite Rugby team)

Today, I am going to talk about the history and origins of the Haka, which is sung and danced by the New Zealand rugby team immediately prior to international matches.

Haka Origins

According to Maori ethos, Tama-nui-to-ra, the Sun God, had two wives, Hine-raumati, the Summer maid, and Hine takurua, the Winter maid. The child born to him and Hine-raumati was Tane-rore, who is credited with the origin of the dance. Tane-rore is the trembling of the air as seen on the hot days of summer, and represented by the quivering of the hands in the dance.

Haka is the generic name for all Maori dance. Today, haka is defined as that part of the Maori dance repertoire where the men are to the fore with the women lending vocal support in the rear. Most haka seen today are haka taparahi, haka without weapons.

More than any aspect of Maori culture, this complex dance is an expression of the passion, vigour and identity of the race. Haka is not merely a past time of the Maori but was also a custom of high social importance in the welcoming and entertainment of visitors. Tribal reputation rose and fell on their ability to perform the haka (Hamana Mahuika)

Haka reflected the concerns and issues of the time, of defiance and protest, of factual occurrences and events at any given time

Haka History

The centrality of the haka within All Black rugby tradition is not a recent development. Since the original "All Black" team of "New Zealand Natives" led by Joseph Warbrick the haka has been closely associated with New Zealand rugby. Its mystique has evolved along with the fierce determination, commitment and high level skill which has been the hallmark of New Zealand's National game.

The haka adds a unique component, derived from the indigenous Maori of New Zealand, and which aligns with the wider Polynesian cultures of the Pacific.

The All Blacks perform the haka with precision and intensity which underpin the All Black approach.

2009-04-05T18:50:00.002+08:00

This is so cruel!!!How could Canada allow hunters to kill more than 300,000 baby seals???!!!This videos are consists of gore and horror PG13. PETA fired off a letter to the USDA demanding that it begin protecting animals raised for the bloody fur trade after PETA investigators on a fur farm in Midland, Michigan, saw chinchillas who were being electrocuted, causing painful seizures to the animals hearts, and having their necks snapped while fully conscious. Animals killed for their skins currently receive no federal protection from the kinds of abuses that our investigators witnessed.

2009-04-05T18:30:00.005+08:00

Well, hi everyone... I have started posting again. In this post, I am going to be a little more casual than usual.

Last Fri, our whole class went for the Tan Kah Kee Epic Drama. I think I have the same social problem as Han Yang. I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING!!!I will keep laughing when Han Yang does some perverted jokes like BJT or AF/F . Han Yang and I also keep holding our noses to prevent us from bursting out laughing.

You may be noticing Han Yang and me laughing during flagrising, do you know why? He said he was thinking of the butt *@!# sound. So I stupidly followed him. So PLEASE anyone, PLEASE PLEASE,PLEASE help me try and change this bad habit!!!

JingShiuh,
this is seriously a informal post...

2009-04-02T22:48:00.002+08:00

I am uploading this video because I think that this video makes people feel sorry for the animals.
What if this people killing or skinning this animals are the animals themselves? How would they feel? It would hurt a lot right? I feel sorry for those animals... Please give your comments on this video...

Pledge to go fur-free at PETA.org.

2009-03-30T21:33:00.011+08:00

Cute Car, I think it is a beetle

Does this look familiar?...

Me standing outside a temple

Lei men

Yummy Takayaki

Some cute Kindergarden kids

Me stnding outside my hotel

Standing outside the Imperial Palace

Part of Imperial Palace

The sunsetting

2009-03-29T14:42:00.010+08:00

The sunset in the evening, taken from a 45 storey building

Grilled eel with Japanese rice

Close up on sukura with bee on it. Sakuras only bloom in April.

Me sitting near the window seat

The day when my family and I were taking off from Singapore to Japan

yummy!!!

Bian Dang, packed lunch

The nice scenery

Steam Bath with scenery

2009-03-26T21:27:00.005+08:00

This is called the ShinKyo also known as the sacred bridge, this bridge was used by the Shogun to cross and go to the temple opposite the river to pray.

This was the armor that one of the Shoguns wore.

2009-03-25T20:50:00.006+08:00

Sorry for not posting for such a long time...
Here are some pics I took on the Japan trip. The sakuras will blossoming in Japan.

Pink Sakuras

The Tokyo National Museum

Closeup of a sakura

The three monkeys

Posting more tommorow

2009-03-17T20:20:00.002+08:00

Hi everyone, I am back again...

Today, my whole family took the Yamanote line to the Ueno station at about 9.45am

We past by the Ueno Zoo, the Tokyo National Museum and so on...

At around noon, we went for lunch which was absolutely delicious!!!There was some octopus balls for dessert too!

At night, we went to the 60-story high shopping centre which was called Sunshine Shopping Centre.

Will post again tommorrow, exciting day tommorrow!!!

2009-03-16T16:58:00.002+08:00

Hello everyone, I am now in Japan, Toyko.Woke up at 4am this morning and took the 7 hour flight to Japan.

Reached Narita Airport at around 2 30. Took the Narita Express for about a hour to reach our destination, Ikebukuro. On the way, I enjoyed the scenery...I took some photos that I will put on my blog after my vacation.I noticed that the houses and buildings in Japan are not very tall as there are earthquakes in Japan.

The seats on the local train are very comfortable, compared to the seats in the Singapore MRT. The house of Ikebukuro(hotel) was a distance from the train station. The room was quite small, but still they are comfortable...

I will try to post again tommorrow if I can...

2009-03-10T21:10:00.002+08:00

Tom morrow, all the Sec 1s are going for their camp and I had already packed my bag. I hope the camp will be very enriching and I would learn a lot of things from it.

Today, as part of sabbaticals, almost all the Sec 1s had the pre-preliminary rounds for the project module. Our group did quite well but the judges said that our idea was not very creative. They gave a positive comment though, they said that we were very lively and could project our voices properly, unlike the some other groups...

2009-03-08T13:44:00.002+08:00

Yeah!!! It's Sabbaticals next week. The sec ones are having their first camp in HCI!!! I am so excited!

Yesterday, I went for the Milo Youth TRYathlon! Although it was tiring, I enjoyed the race a lot.I wanted to give some comments for the race though...When it rained that day, there was not enough shelters for the people.

I hope the next TRYathlon is going to be more fun!!!

2009-03-08T13:12:00.002+08:00

STORE WARS!!!

2009-03-05T21:42:00.006+08:00

This is a few videos from Youtube for you to enjoy for the March Holidays and Sabbaticals...

I am also quite a fan of Avatar, so here's a video...

2009-03-05T21:19:00.002+08:00

The school value that I am going to talk about today is EXCELLENCE.

EXCELLENCE means to strive for continual improvement. Behavioral statements are: Set Goals, to have a can-do attitude, and last but not least, to create and to innovate.

Todya, I got back my results for my Maths test and my chinese composition. I got 28.5/40 for Maths and 47/70 for the Chinese composition. I improved a lot since the last tests. I hope I will improve even more on these subjects ...

These are examples on one of the school values, EXCELLENCE

2009-03-04T21:29:00.000+08:00

Some random pic I found...

2009-03-04T21:18:00.002+08:00

The Youth TRYathlon is going to be held this Saturday!!!
I am so excited!!!

2009-03-01T14:29:00.002+08:00

Ms Gordon told the outer circle and the inner circle to create a blog post on the Socratic seminar the whole class had last Friday.

She told the people in the outer circle to think about the question: Who do you think is the real "lamb" in the story? Who was the one who was really "slaughtered" in the story?

A: I think that Mary Maloney is the real "lamb" in the story. She was emotionally hurt by what her husband said, who was "slaughtered" by her using the frozen leg of lamb.

In another point of view, Mary's unborned baby is the "lamb" in this story. The baby would be borned with no father. Maybe after he is born ed, his mother would be hanged. So I think the baby may the real "lamb" in the story.

In the last point of view that I think is valid is that the "lambs" in the story are the policemen who are investigating the murder case. They believed that Mary could not be the one who committed the murder. So they stupidly accepted Mary's advice to eat the lamb and drink some whisky. The policemen were so tired after trying to find the murder weapon so they wolfed downed the lamb.

This is what I have to say about the Socratic seminar.

Thank you for your attention...

Done by:JingShiuh

2009-02-24T20:31:00.002+08:00

I got this quiz from Sarah's blog(http://singingwrittenpictures.blogspot.com/)

List out 10 people.
1) Kevin
2) Vernice
3) Giggs
4) Sze Chuan
5) Cheryl
6) Clement
7)Chloe
8) Madeline
9) Keeve
10) Alena
1. WOULD YOU DATE NUMBER 5 (Cheryl)?
YES!!! She's cute...
2. NUMBER 2 (Vernice) JUST GOT INTO A CAR CRASH. WHAT WOULD YOU DO?Sorry to curse you Vernice, but I would pray for you to be alright.
3.NUMBER 9 (Keeve) WITH YOUR BOY/GIRLFRIEND.I don't think so because he doesn't even know my girlfriend.
4. YOU COME HOME AND FIND OUT YOUR ROOM HAS BEEN RANSACKED BY NUMBER 4 (Sze Chuan).Maybe because he wants to rob me? But other wise, it isn't possible.
5. NUMBER 1 (KEVIN) IS ACTING WEIRD.Maybe because his girlfreind dumped him? 6.NUMBERS 3 (Giggs) AND 8 (Madeline) DECIDE TO GIVE NUMBER 10 (Alena) A HAIRCUT.LET IT RIP BABY!Because they don't like her hair style.
7. NUMBER 7 (Chloe) JUST GOT TICKETS FOR YOU AND HER TO GO TO A CONCERT
What? That is not possible!!!
8. NUMBER 10 (Alena) TAKES YOU TO A BAR.It is probabbly 'flirty' week and she wants to show off how she flirts and for some reason i am there to witness and broadcast to all ...9. YOU AND NUMBER 8 (Madeline) ARE BEING CHASED BY COPS FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON.I would be escaping before the police caght me...
.10. NUMBER 5 (Cheryl) ASKS YOU OUT FOR DINNER.Wouldn't it be me who is asking her out and not she asking me out?
(:11. NUMBER 9 (Keeve) AND YOU ARE SITTING ON A BUS TOGETHER.We will just talk about Hong Da(basketball coach)
12. NUMBER 6 (Clement) CALLS YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BECAUSE HE CAN'T SLEEP.Tell him to take sleeping pills...
13. YOU ARE WALKING WITH SOMEONE AND NUMBER 6 (Clement) SUDDENLY RUNS UP TO YOU AND TACKLES YOU TO THE GROUND.Because I am with his girlfriend?
14. NUMBER 1 (Kevin) COMES UP TO YOU CRYING BECAUSE HIS GIRLFRIEND JUST BROKE UP WITH HIM.Comfort him?
.15. NUMBER 2 (Vernice) OFFERS TO BAKE YOU A MEAL. YOU'RE SITTING IN A ROOM AND THE KITCHEN SUDDENLY BURSTS INTO FLAMES.I don't think Vernice really knows who to cook...
16. NUMBER 4 (Sze Chuan) COMES TO YOUR DOOR ONE DAY HOLDING A KOALA.First reaction"WHAT THE HELL?"17. NUMBER 4 (Sze Chuan) JUST GOT YOU AN X-BOX.Because it's my bdae?
18. NUMBER 9 (Keeve) CHALLENGES YOU TO A CHILDREN'S CARD GAME.Keeve isn't so childish
19. NUMBER 1 (Kevin) THINKS HE'S OVERWEIGHT.Not possible because he works out often...
20. NUMBER 7 (Chloe) LOOKS LONELY.Accompany her
21. NUMBER 2 (Vernice) RUDELY TELLS YOU TO LEAVE HER ALONE.Leave her alone lorh?22. NUMBERS 5 (Cheryl) AND 3 (Giggs) DECIDE TO THROW A SURPRISE PARTY FOR YOU.They will never la!They don't even know each other
24. NUMBER 2 (Sze Chuan) TELLS YOU HE'S GOING OUT FOR A WHILE, AND THEN LATER YOU HEAR ABOUT A SHOOTING WHERE 2 (Sze Chuan) WENT.Call the police , go thheir and rescue him
.25. YOU CATCH NUMBER 9 (Keeve) CRYING BY HIMSELF.I will ask what is wrong , but most likely is because he lost his basketball or something.26. NUMBERS 1 (Kevin), 3 (Giggs), 5 (Cheryl) AND 6 (Clement) ALL TACKLE YOU AT ONCE."WHAT THE HELL" (1)KICK SCREAM KICK *you know what* (2) Taupok me ah...LOL...

2009-02-23T20:56:00.005+08:00

Today Ms Gordon told the class to write a post on a newspaper article. The article I am going to talk about is : "NUISANCE CALLERS DIAL UP A 999 LOGJAM"

This article is a plot-driven story, this story's plot is the the most important aspects of the story. It talks about a day at work for Sergeant Norlaila Yunos. Her job is to pick

up 999 emergency calls and dials. On the page opposite the article, there is one comic strip that tells us some examples of prank calls. Some of them are: a lady who is
dialing up the police just because she did not know the number to book a cab after
her shopping, almost 77.4% of the calls were prank calls.

I think this prank callers should be well aware of the consequences if they continue to make these prank calls, they should be fined and even go to jail!!!

I have some advice the police to catch these culprits. They should track down the
place the prankers are calling from. If they are using a payphone, they should also
track down the culprits and punish them severely.

This is what I have to say about the article. Thank you for your attention...

2009-02-20T22:27:00.009+08:00

I am going to say 34 jokes in this blog post...

1 What did one snowman say to the other snowman? ANS: Smells like carrots...

2 What's red and smells like blue paint? ANS: red paint

3 What is the difference between a coyote and a flea? ANS: One house on the prarie
and one browse on the hairy...

4 What did one wall say to the other wall? ANS: Let's meet up in the corner...

5 How come seagulls live by the sea? ANS: Because if they live by the bay, they would
be beagals(baygulls)...

6 Why do cows wear bells? ANS: Because their horns don't work.

7 How come a man driving a train got struck by lightning? ANS: Well he was a good
conductor...

8 What happened to the magical tractor? ANS: It turned into a field...

9 What did the vegetarian zombie say? ANS: G...R...e...e...n

10 What's brown and sounds like a bell? ANS: DUNG...

11 How did Luke Skywalker walk across the forest? ANS: He walks...

12 What do you get when you put a sheep a wooden trampoline? ANS: A woolen
jumper...

13 How do you put five Bulbasaurs and two Charizards on a bus ? ANS: You Po ke
mon (poke them on)

14 Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader are locked in combat, Darth Vader pulls Luke
close to him and says "I know what you are getting for Chrismas" "What?!How?!
That's impossible!" "I sensed your presense(presents)"

15 Why do chicken coops only have two doors? ANS: Because if they have four, they
would become a chicken sedan...

16 What's the difference between a bad golfer and a bad skydiver? ANS: One goes
WHACK!DARN! The other one goes DARN!WHACK!

17 I tried to build an irony detector but it just won't work... Why?What's wrong with
it? Well it can work, it just can't detect irony...

18 A duck came into a bar wearing one shoe , the bartender said Hey you lost one
shoe! The duck said No actually I found one...

19a What is black and white and black and white and black and white and black and
white and black and white? ANS: A penguin rolling down a hill...

19b What is black and white that is laughing? ANS: The penguin that pushed him...

20 Why did the tomato blush? ANS:Because he saw the salad dressing...

21 What is the difference between beernuts and deernuts ? ANS:Beernuts cost $1.50
whereas deernuts cost under 1 buck.

22 Why can't Helen Keller drive? ANS: Because she's dead!!!

23 Did you hear about the red and blue ship that collided? All of the cellars were
marooned...

24 Two peanuts were walking down the street. One was assaulted(a salted).

25 What do you call a monkey in a minefield? ANS:A baboom(baboon)

26 There are two muffins in a oven . One said Man it is hot in here. The other one
says Holy Crap we are talking muffin...

27 Dad is god a man or a woman? God is both... Is god a black or white? God is both...
Is god Michael Jackson?

28 Why is six so afraid of seven ? ANS: Because Seven Eight(ate) Nine

29 Why did it take so long for pirates to learn ABC? ANS: Because they spend hours
at sea(C)

30 What is the difference between a pumpkin's circumfrence and it's radius? ANS:
Pumpkin pie(3.14)

31 a) Why did the first monkey fell off the tree? ANS: Because it was dead!!!

31 b) Why did the second monkey fell off the tree? ANS: Because it was stapled to the
first monkey!!!

31 c) Why did the third monkey fell off the tree? ANS: Peer pressure...

32 Did you heard about he guy who had his entire left part of his body cut off? ANS:
Yes but he is all right now...

33 Where does the king keep his armies? ANS: iIn his sleevies...

34 Why is the math book so sad? ANS: It has a lot of problems...

35 I wish to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not panicking, like his passengers...
36

For the full jokes, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7GvstxiH-M&annotation_id=annotation_917301&feature=iv and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzHBszZn6uo&feature=channel

2009-02-20T22:02:00.003+08:00

Balls

So..Let me get this straight...This is the dude who is running the United States for the last few years?

2009-02-20T21:20:00.000+08:00

There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

By: W. Somerset Maugham

2009-02-20T21:17:00.000+08:00

Kolmanskop, Namibia. Kolmanskop is an abandoned diamond mine near the coast. The "ghost" town has several residences and barrack-type accommodations, as well as the remains of a few commercial establishments. Today the town is a photographer's dream come true. One cannot spend enough time taking in all the photographic opportunities. For this photograph I had to crawl through a small opening in a window and have my friend pass my camera gear into me.

2009-02-19T21:18:00.004+08:00

Cleon in a fireman suit...Thumbs up!!!

Three soldiers...

Some random machine...

Sniper rifles, machine guns, M18s

Guns...Guns...Guns...

Wardrobe of a soldier...

Helmet and some more equipments of a soldier

A map of the Singapore Discovery Centre

Nice scenery...

More nice scenery... with some extra people

That is one tall tower... That guide said that we could see china from there[joke]

Officer Cadet School

This stone is made out of bronze...can you believe it?

This is a fighter jet plane...

2009-02-19T20:55:00.002+08:00

Marcus Lau

Guan Xun and Wen Han

Funny face... Marcus Low

So hardworking... Kah Win

Sze Chuan and Caleb

2009-02-18T21:34:00.000+08:00

Never try to tell everything you know. It may take too short a time.

By: Norman Ford

2009-02-18T20:07:00.000+08:00

Linus, age three, enjoys a morning bath.

2009-02-17T17:28:00.001+08:00

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

By:Marquis de la Grange

2009-02-17T17:19:00.000+08:00

Blue sky reflects off the surface waves created by a koi surfacing to feed in our backyard pond.

2009-02-16T16:11:00.000+08:00

If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.

By: Paul Beatty

2009-02-16T16:04:00.003+08:00

Nuristan, Afghanistan, October 2006: Blast halo and round exiting mortar tube as U.S. forces engage nearby insurgents. Mortar systems provide much needed relief for convoys and patrols that come under attack from insurgents.

2009-02-15T10:49:00.002+08:00

A metaphoric representation of the heart's light illuminates the hand of its giver.

2009-02-15T10:43:00.000+08:00

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

By: Walt Disney
US cartoonist & movie producer (1901 - 1966)

2009-02-14T22:31:00.000+08:00

What a exciting game today. We won Yio Chu Kang 28-71. Nickolaus, Giggs, and Kuok Kam were the controllers. Me, Kevin, James, Clement, Shang Ming were point guards. Sean, Keeve, Zhang Jing, Timothy, Matthias were playing centers.

Happy Valentine's day everyone...

2009-02-13T21:08:00.002+08:00

Yo everyone...

What an unlucky day. Today is the Fri the 13th and I went for basketball training. It is getting tougher and tougher as the competition is coming soon in Mar. We had to run 3km around the school before the training. Yea! I ran it under 16min, what a feat!! We did 357 on the basketball court. After training, we had to do two sets of 40 sit-ups and another two sets of 30 push-ups. I was so exhausted after that.

Tommorow is Valentine's day... We are going to have a friendly match against Yio Chu Kang Sec Sch. I have to go to sch at 7-45.

Happy Valentine's day everyone...

2009-02-13T21:06:00.002+08:00

My friends and I were in town on Halloween night when we happened along four identical phone booths. It seemed only natural to snap a photo.

2009-02-13T21:03:00.000+08:00

Writing well mean never having to say, 'I guess you had to be there.'

By Jef Mallett Frazz, 07-29-07

2009-02-12T21:44:00.003+08:00

http://http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/music/valentines-day/track-8-beautiful-girls-wm.html

2009-02-12T21:44:00.002+08:00

2009-02-12T21:44:00.000+08:00

If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.

By Doug Larson

2009-02-11T20:28:00.001+08:00

A young Cambodian boy enters the monkhood in Siem Reap, Cambodia. He is likely to serve for a few years before entering the workforce.

2009-02-11T20:14:00.001+08:00

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

By: Ernest Hemingway
US author & journalist (1899 - 1961)

2009-02-11T17:45:00.000+08:00

The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.

By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Russian novelist (1821 - 1881)

2009-02-11T17:41:00.000+08:00

This photo is a depiction of impermanence, imprints, and impressions of life. Oblivious of the din due to a midnight fair, the pilgrims have queued up to pay their obeisance to their lord, Shiva, on the pious occasion of Mahashivaratri festival. Those who have received the blessings retire with spiritual satisfaction. Location: Kyasara village in a deep pocket in southeast Rajasthan, India.

2009-02-10T18:30:00.003+08:00

Hello everyone, I am going to talk about the story Adeline Ng Ai Choo from Little Ironies-Stories of Singapore...

I sure all of you must have read it already. But I'm just going to briefly talk about it to all of you. Adeline is a student who commited suicide after being refused one mark by her English Language teacher.

I think Adeline should not resort to such drastic action just because of not getting the marks she wished for. Mrs Ramalingam, Adeline's class teacher, added that Adeline had been a very unstable girl since Sec 3.

Adeline said in her diary that she was very stressed because her father kept telling her to study hard and get good grades. She said she must STUDY! STUDY! STUDY! And not fail... She even said that even if she died, she must work hard to get a pass grade.

From the story, we learnt that Adeline obtained a grade marginally below the passing mark. That's why she wanted to get marks from her teacher, she just wanted to pass the test and not disappoint her parents.

This is what I want to said about Adeline, thank you for your attention...

2009-02-10T10:19:00.000+08:00

These are my classmates...

These are also my classmates...

Some more of my classmates...

2009-02-10T10:13:00.000+08:00

This image shows a fight between a redheaded woodpecker and a yellow-shafted northern flicker over a nest hole. The redheaded woodpeckers tried to chase away the intruding flickers but after this encounter, the fight was over. The flicker managed to grab the redheaded by its tongue and force it all the way down to the ground. Both birds spiraled while falling to the ground. It must have been painful as the redheaded gave up after this clash.

2009-02-10T10:04:00.000+08:00

This is the quote of the day for Mon, 9/2/09.

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.

By Jackie Manson (US comedian (1934 - ))

2009-02-09T02:57:00.000+08:00

Watch this post about Cleopatra...

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/countries-places/egypt/cleopatra.html

2009-02-09T02:37:00.000+08:00

This is the photo of the day for 8/2/09.

2009-02-09T02:30:00.000+08:00

I got comments that I should not post the word of the day. Instead , I think I should post the National Geographic photo of the day. I will be deleting the words of the day...

2009-02-08T04:21:00.000+08:00

This is the quote of the day for 6/2/09

For when the One Great Scorer comes. To write against your name,he marks not that you won or lost. But how you played the game.

By Grantaland Rice "Alumunus Football," Only the Brave and Other Poems, p. 144 (1941)

2009-02-07T04:31:00.000+08:00

This is the quote of the day for 7/2/09.

If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.

By Bob Hope
US (English-born) actor & comedian (1903 - 2003)

2009-02-06T13:22:00.000+08:00

About the News In Class today...

There was a report named GO PUBLIC!
I think what the Transport Minister, Raymond Lim, is doing now is right.
He is extending the train tracks to more places, such as Marina Parade, the TUAS causeway and so on...
People would not drive their cars more often as they can take the MRT to more places conveniently, fast, and cheap.
By not driving cars, we can keep the Earth from becoming more fragile.
So let's do our part to protect the Earth!

2009-02-06T13:09:00.000+08:00

This is the quote of the day for thur, 5/2/09

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher (1788 - 1860)

2009-02-05T12:16:00.000+08:00

The quote of the day for Wed, 2/4/09

A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions--as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all.

Friedrich Nietzsche(1844 - 1900)

2009-02-05T11:32:00.000+08:00

Words and quotes of the day

I am going to post the words and quotes of the day everyday, in two different posts.

Welcome to my blog

2009-02-03T13:55:00.000+08:00

Hello everyone, this is my new blog. Hope all of you like it...

Today Ms Gordon said that some one's blog was spammed. I think that person should be disciplined severely as spamming and plagiarising are not allowed in Hwa Chong. Every student should be a gentleman and follow all the core values , JTIGERR. I hope the culprit would be caught as soon as possible and punished reasonably.