Hi friends,
Today was the prize giving ceremony. Full stop? er, no.
Firstly, I am on cloud nine (perhaps even cloud 10??) because I have managed to end this year by achieving my new year resolution. I got top in English. :) Now, my new aim is to stay that way next year. I know there's a tough competition, but I know what I want.
Now, on to the ceremony-the highest in GEP is Bingjian (who clinched top in Math and Science too!!!)and Danson(top in social studies, wow) and they actually draw at a stunning score of 441/500!!! I got...406. :'(. I don't believe that such a score is possible, but it is. And that mark is so much higher than the highest in my class with a score of 427. Still, that's a cool score compared to mine. Now, all I want is to stay on top. I may get disappointed-badly-but at least I can try.
I made some new friends too, with the Primary 4 kids sitting next to me. Aww, they were so cute, arguing and complaining and making me take sides, lol. The two friends I made both received the sturdy and studious award which i think is absolutely beautiful, looks like a dark blue diamond pyramid.
There were two people performing to entertain the audience during the interludes. First interlude there was Jingzhe playing te chinese flute and gosh, that piece was so stunning! He played the piece with passion, expression and produced a wonderful piece of music. The second interlude was a solo song by Jerrie Liao and I loved her song even more. It was Somewhere Out There and she sang a very high pitched range. I loved her performance, it was very emotional and expressive. Wish she could sing again.
Tomorrow it will be my turn to perform violin with Zhexuan. *gasp* I hate the mike. Wish me luck!
Cheers
Grapesgirl
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Feeling high 2day...FEELIN' HIGH!!
Hi friends,
I feel like I'm on clouds today. I'M GETTING A PRIZE AT THE PRIZE GIVING!! For English! Yay!!! I have fulfilled the challenge I set for myself. Ooh yeah. And Miss Gillian has been really nice, she gave me an inflatable guitar as a reward! ;) I like it so much, I can't go through the day without playing a "tune"!
Nothing much really happened today so I'm going to post pics of my Hairclip Parade!
Section A:
Section B:
Section C:
Section D:
Section E:
Section F:
Section G:
Section H:
The queen leading the procession(it's the biggest, that's why):
The whole parade and I know it's very blur:
And that's 'bout it. And yes, the photos are no longer just in code. :) They appeared, right?
Cheers
Grapesgirl
I feel like I'm on clouds today. I'M GETTING A PRIZE AT THE PRIZE GIVING!! For English! Yay!!! I have fulfilled the challenge I set for myself. Ooh yeah. And Miss Gillian has been really nice, she gave me an inflatable guitar as a reward! ;) I like it so much, I can't go through the day without playing a "tune"!
Nothing much really happened today so I'm going to post pics of my Hairclip Parade!
Section A:
Section B:
Section C:
Section D:
Section E:
Section F:
Section G:
Section H:
The queen leading the procession(it's the biggest, that's why):
The whole parade and I know it's very blur:
And that's 'bout it. And yes, the photos are no longer just in code. :) They appeared, right?
Cheers
Grapesgirl
Sunday, November 9, 2008
DON'T GO TO MARINA BARRAGE!!! Unless you can fish or something, And you got to have your own car but I discourage driving as it pollutes air.
Hi friends,
I went to the Marina Barrage yesterday and it was nothing like what was described in the newspapers. It SUCKED! Okay fine, to be fair, the reason why it wasn't very fun was perhaps due to the fact that we didn't surf, swim, fish, play in the mini pool, fly a kite or have a picnic. We went there merely to have a look at the scenery. But it sucked. Rather, the journey did, not the scenery. The scenery wasn't good enough to pay for all the shortcomings, what I meant.
Firstly, we had to wait for half an hour for a shuttle bus to take us there from the MRT station. Half an hour! Plus, we were lining up opposite a construction site and a busy road where the air was polluted with clouds of smoke coming from a thousand trucks with cement. Yuck. Here's a photo (copy and paste as url):
file:///C:/Users/Ng%20Koon%20Huat/Desktop/marina%20barrage/DSC00034.JPG
file:///C:/Users/Ng%20Koon%20Huat/Desktop/marina%20barrage/DSC00035.JPG
When we finally reached, we decided to walk the whole slope that sloped up and we did pass by some people having fun because of their activities. We had nothing to do so we walked all the way up and down again. But the walk up was incredibly long enough to tire your legs. Very good for NAPFA tests. Just run two rounds and you can die. Check out the photos. We took a pic of half the slope(btw we were standing on the slope so we couldn't take the whole slope)as well as some features of the barrage that was supposed to be fun but we didn't use them.
file:///C:/Users/Ng%20Koon%20Huat/Desktop/marina%20barrage/DSC00073.JPG
file:///C:/Users/Ng%20Koon%20Huat/Desktop/marina%20barrage/DSC00050.JPG
file:///C:/Users/Ng%20Koon%20Huat/Desktop/marina%20barrage/DSC00060.JPG
If you are wondering what the last photo is it's a jetty.
After the walk we were kinda hungry so we tried to find a place for dinner but there was only a small cafe that was already packed so we headed towards the gallery first. If there was anything really good, this had to be it. At least we learnt something. We learned how the barrage works as well as learn a bit about the solar panels. We viewed lots of interesting stuff at the gallery too. But the explanation about how the barrage works is really long, so I will just post a pic of the demonstration. If you are really curious on how it works then let me know and I will write the explanation out. Basically the pic shows how water from the reservoir is transferred to the sea to prevent flooding.
file:///C:/Users/Ng%20Koon%20Huat/Desktop/marina%20barrage/DSC00079.JPG
Here's the solar panel park pic:
file:///C:/Users/Ng%20Koon%20Huat/Desktop/marina%20barrage/DSC00070.JPG
When we left the gallery we were starving but when we went to the cafe it was still fully packed. Urgh. The sky was darkening and we were really hungry so we left. We missed a bus so we had to wait another half an hour. Left with nothing to do, I tried memorising car plate numbers.
After what seemed like eternity a bus arrived and we entered with relief. The bus was packed but thank goodness, we got a seat. Then we saw this cute li'l boy who had no seat, so I squeezed with my mum in one seat and the boy sat on the other.
We rejoiced when the bus brought us to the MRT station at last. We rode the MRT to City Hall and tried to find a place to eat. We went to Raffles City shopping mall but the food was expensive and the food court closed for renovation. So we walked down the street passing by different shops. My mum was against eating fast food so we dragged ourselves past fast food restaurants. After some time we finally found a shop my mum was agreeable with and we went in for some sandwiches and cake.
We then took a bus and we were on it for 1 HOUR AND 20 MINUTES! Wow. We passed by my mother's primary school! It's now no longer a school but a church. (the primary school was a catholic one)
Okay, maybe I was exaggerating on the first paragraph about how it sucked, but I say the whole thing can be improved if they put more buses in the shuttle bus service and put more shops...
Cheers
Grapesgirl
I went to the Marina Barrage yesterday and it was nothing like what was described in the newspapers. It SUCKED! Okay fine, to be fair, the reason why it wasn't very fun was perhaps due to the fact that we didn't surf, swim, fish, play in the mini pool, fly a kite or have a picnic. We went there merely to have a look at the scenery. But it sucked. Rather, the journey did, not the scenery. The scenery wasn't good enough to pay for all the shortcomings, what I meant.
Firstly, we had to wait for half an hour for a shuttle bus to take us there from the MRT station. Half an hour! Plus, we were lining up opposite a construction site and a busy road where the air was polluted with clouds of smoke coming from a thousand trucks with cement. Yuck. Here's a photo (copy and paste as url):
file:///C:/Users/Ng%20Koon%20Huat/Desktop/marina%20barrage/DSC00034.JPG
file:///C:/Users/Ng%20Koon%20Huat/Desktop/marina%20barrage/DSC00035.JPG
When we finally reached, we decided to walk the whole slope that sloped up and we did pass by some people having fun because of their activities. We had nothing to do so we walked all the way up and down again. But the walk up was incredibly long enough to tire your legs. Very good for NAPFA tests. Just run two rounds and you can die. Check out the photos. We took a pic of half the slope(btw we were standing on the slope so we couldn't take the whole slope)as well as some features of the barrage that was supposed to be fun but we didn't use them.
file:///C:/Users/Ng%20Koon%20Huat/Desktop/marina%20barrage/DSC00073.JPG
file:///C:/Users/Ng%20Koon%20Huat/Desktop/marina%20barrage/DSC00050.JPG
file:///C:/Users/Ng%20Koon%20Huat/Desktop/marina%20barrage/DSC00060.JPG
If you are wondering what the last photo is it's a jetty.
After the walk we were kinda hungry so we tried to find a place for dinner but there was only a small cafe that was already packed so we headed towards the gallery first. If there was anything really good, this had to be it. At least we learnt something. We learned how the barrage works as well as learn a bit about the solar panels. We viewed lots of interesting stuff at the gallery too. But the explanation about how the barrage works is really long, so I will just post a pic of the demonstration. If you are really curious on how it works then let me know and I will write the explanation out. Basically the pic shows how water from the reservoir is transferred to the sea to prevent flooding.
file:///C:/Users/Ng%20Koon%20Huat/Desktop/marina%20barrage/DSC00079.JPG
Here's the solar panel park pic:
file:///C:/Users/Ng%20Koon%20Huat/Desktop/marina%20barrage/DSC00070.JPG
When we left the gallery we were starving but when we went to the cafe it was still fully packed. Urgh. The sky was darkening and we were really hungry so we left. We missed a bus so we had to wait another half an hour. Left with nothing to do, I tried memorising car plate numbers.
After what seemed like eternity a bus arrived and we entered with relief. The bus was packed but thank goodness, we got a seat. Then we saw this cute li'l boy who had no seat, so I squeezed with my mum in one seat and the boy sat on the other.
We rejoiced when the bus brought us to the MRT station at last. We rode the MRT to City Hall and tried to find a place to eat. We went to Raffles City shopping mall but the food was expensive and the food court closed for renovation. So we walked down the street passing by different shops. My mum was against eating fast food so we dragged ourselves past fast food restaurants. After some time we finally found a shop my mum was agreeable with and we went in for some sandwiches and cake.
We then took a bus and we were on it for 1 HOUR AND 20 MINUTES! Wow. We passed by my mother's primary school! It's now no longer a school but a church. (the primary school was a catholic one)
Okay, maybe I was exaggerating on the first paragraph about how it sucked, but I say the whole thing can be improved if they put more buses in the shuttle bus service and put more shops...
Cheers
Grapesgirl
Friday, November 7, 2008
Sorry for being away for so long, got no time...
Hi friends,
Sorry for my long disappearance but I was kinda occupied. Anyway today was voting day for the recycling bins, and total I only received 17 votes. T_T Some pair (I think it was Mervin's?) actually got hundred plus votes, while my neighbour had 86...AND I GOT A MISERABLE 17!!!!! Worst thing is, Miss Gillian didn't want to vote for ours, say ours has only one concept and the way we phrase it is easily misunderstood. Waaaah. :( Part of the reason why we stopped at 17, I think, is because after we reached that number we stopped rallying. We didn't find any meaning in losing our voices, wasting our time and knowing we won't win. Sigh...what a waste of our precious time just to hit 2 hours of CIP! Last year, we picked litter at a beach and that is so much more meaningful!
Anyway Mrs Tan was giving out little letter writing packs to those who did well in SS and we could choose. They consisted of 4 pieces of writing paper, 4 fake stamps and 2 envelopes. I saw a blue one with a really cute pic of a puppy at the corner and I wanted to take it but somebody booked it before me and I had to let him have that. Still, I didn't really mind. I got a pink one but I don't care about the colour, I only care about the innocent looking pic of a different not-as-cute-but-still-cute puppy at the corner. The stamps that come along are not real stamps, but I intend to make them usable by adding double sided tape at the back. :)
I have taken a sudden interest in the childish glittery hair accessories I used to doll up my hair in. I am currently trying to make a special arrangement with them and will take a pic when I'm done...I will name it the Hairclip Parade. Might even upload it here! This is my second attempt as I did my first attempt on the bed and my dad who was sleeping accidentally knocked down the entire arrangement and he didn't know. Now I am doing the arranging on a sturdy table and it won't go wrong again, I guess.
Cheers
Grapesgirl Sakura
Sorry for my long disappearance but I was kinda occupied. Anyway today was voting day for the recycling bins, and total I only received 17 votes. T_T Some pair (I think it was Mervin's?) actually got hundred plus votes, while my neighbour had 86...AND I GOT A MISERABLE 17!!!!! Worst thing is, Miss Gillian didn't want to vote for ours, say ours has only one concept and the way we phrase it is easily misunderstood. Waaaah. :( Part of the reason why we stopped at 17, I think, is because after we reached that number we stopped rallying. We didn't find any meaning in losing our voices, wasting our time and knowing we won't win. Sigh...what a waste of our precious time just to hit 2 hours of CIP! Last year, we picked litter at a beach and that is so much more meaningful!
Anyway Mrs Tan was giving out little letter writing packs to those who did well in SS and we could choose. They consisted of 4 pieces of writing paper, 4 fake stamps and 2 envelopes. I saw a blue one with a really cute pic of a puppy at the corner and I wanted to take it but somebody booked it before me and I had to let him have that. Still, I didn't really mind. I got a pink one but I don't care about the colour, I only care about the innocent looking pic of a different not-as-cute-but-still-cute puppy at the corner. The stamps that come along are not real stamps, but I intend to make them usable by adding double sided tape at the back. :)
I have taken a sudden interest in the childish glittery hair accessories I used to doll up my hair in. I am currently trying to make a special arrangement with them and will take a pic when I'm done...I will name it the Hairclip Parade. Might even upload it here! This is my second attempt as I did my first attempt on the bed and my dad who was sleeping accidentally knocked down the entire arrangement and he didn't know. Now I am doing the arranging on a sturdy table and it won't go wrong again, I guess.
Cheers
Grapesgirl Sakura
Monday, November 3, 2008
CIP and an inspriring poem
Hi friends,
I just want to start off by telling you about a classmate who wrote a very inspiring poem that impressed me. I want you to read the poem and guess:
At midnight, it is pitch dark
There is nobody around
Even as I strain my ears
I can hear no sound.
Feeling boredom and emptiness
I wish to be reassured.
Even by the slightest wind,
Or the twitters of a bird.
When suddenly I see it right
A glisten that will heal me
That lights up my empty heart
The only hope it will be
The midnight star regenerates me
With all the wishes deserted
All is well and back to truth
And my true thoughts were heard.
I must thank you, sincerely
Midnight star of my dreams
You stand out in the sooty black
As your silver coat gleams.
Midnight star,
You understand my true feelings
Midnight Star,
You will guide my dreams.
I was extremely impressed. If you want to know, the author is An Yee. You can find more cool stuff on her fantaasy blog.
Anyway, today was the day of the CIP project on-the-spot competition and it was crazy! Everybody was like running up and down the corridor and frenziedly throwing paint and cut-outs onto the recycle bins. I tried drawing hello kitty on the box, and it looked totally different from the original pic I copied...
We finished in time, much to my surprise. Ruijun and I were drawing cutting pasting writing and screaming inside us. Some of our friends were painting and I don't think they had an easy time. But the end product was cool! I admired several artworks that were simply artistic. Judging by the way things are going, mine won't be shortlisted. But I don't quite mind, I have never been good at art.
The theme for my recycling bin was Yu-gi-oh on one side for the boys and Hello Kitty for the girls. LMAO the end product looked kinda weird but I am satisfied. It doesn't look as bad as I thought it would be and I was even kinda pleased.
I realised that I could not enjoy my Wednesday holiday. T_T I have to edit and assign a great pile of articles for the school newsletter and I'm so going to faint. It's due in 2 days time and I have to rush. Argh. Some don't even check their emails?! Plus my father's planned study schedule for tomorrow, looks like I will have a bad day. T_T
Cheers(not)
Grapesgirl
I just want to start off by telling you about a classmate who wrote a very inspiring poem that impressed me. I want you to read the poem and guess:
At midnight, it is pitch dark
There is nobody around
Even as I strain my ears
I can hear no sound.
Feeling boredom and emptiness
I wish to be reassured.
Even by the slightest wind,
Or the twitters of a bird.
When suddenly I see it right
A glisten that will heal me
That lights up my empty heart
The only hope it will be
The midnight star regenerates me
With all the wishes deserted
All is well and back to truth
And my true thoughts were heard.
I must thank you, sincerely
Midnight star of my dreams
You stand out in the sooty black
As your silver coat gleams.
Midnight star,
You understand my true feelings
Midnight Star,
You will guide my dreams.
I was extremely impressed. If you want to know, the author is An Yee. You can find more cool stuff on her fantaasy blog.
Anyway, today was the day of the CIP project on-the-spot competition and it was crazy! Everybody was like running up and down the corridor and frenziedly throwing paint and cut-outs onto the recycle bins. I tried drawing hello kitty on the box, and it looked totally different from the original pic I copied...
We finished in time, much to my surprise. Ruijun and I were drawing cutting pasting writing and screaming inside us. Some of our friends were painting and I don't think they had an easy time. But the end product was cool! I admired several artworks that were simply artistic. Judging by the way things are going, mine won't be shortlisted. But I don't quite mind, I have never been good at art.
The theme for my recycling bin was Yu-gi-oh on one side for the boys and Hello Kitty for the girls. LMAO the end product looked kinda weird but I am satisfied. It doesn't look as bad as I thought it would be and I was even kinda pleased.
I realised that I could not enjoy my Wednesday holiday. T_T I have to edit and assign a great pile of articles for the school newsletter and I'm so going to faint. It's due in 2 days time and I have to rush. Argh. Some don't even check their emails?! Plus my father's planned study schedule for tomorrow, looks like I will have a bad day. T_T
Cheers(not)
Grapesgirl
Blearrh. B-O-R-I-N-G day
Hi friends,
Firstly, I want you to check out the new hangman game I've added to the blog. Play for fun.
I didn't think there was anything worth blogging about today but since I'm bored, well...? Basically it's been a fruitless day. Not really. We did get our portfolio results back, 24/28!! Yay...been thinking of a 20! I am not sure but I think the higest is full marks...wow! I think is Josiah. Not very sure. Anyway I finally found out who got a full marks, it's Delvin. Blew me off my feet man, that's an impossible (well almost) score!
Science project was a failure as usual...
Chinese lesson chen lao shi actually gave us a chinese paper! Hey, the exams are supposed to be over, what are we doing with another useless one? I wanted to quickly finish and play scrabble with the others cos Nigel brought a Scrabble board! So anyway I was scribbling my work away like plain squiggling. My handwriting was like a bunch of incorrigible weeds sprouting and sprouting. I didn't check my work either and thus some of my answers were not quality ones, but it paid off anyway because I was the first to finish! :)
For CIP I wish I was not stuck with 3B. I'd rather an older more matured class. Now, 3B wants their recycling box covered with Duel Masters and Hello Kitty and I am wondering what I am going to do about that. Surfed the net anyway and found a couple of pics. lol the hello kitty pics were so cute.
Going for sci+math trail on thursday, looking forward to that! Except for insects, especially butterflies. I am against butterflies, they are so ugly and big and worst of all: SCARY. Ugh. But we are having a picnic there and that rocks.
Now I have nothing to say...so I'm going to think of something. If I am boring you, pardon me. You can go post a comment at the cbox or something. If not, read on.
I am so going to die waiting for my report book. I am so excited, I hope that I win a prize for the best in English, I have been pinning my hopes on getting a prize! So disappointing if I don't get it. Ever since I entered GEP my studies kinda dropped and I only have English to pull myself up.
Going to Genting in December...waiting for my well deserved break!
Cheers
Grapesgirl
Firstly, I want you to check out the new hangman game I've added to the blog. Play for fun.
I didn't think there was anything worth blogging about today but since I'm bored, well...? Basically it's been a fruitless day. Not really. We did get our portfolio results back, 24/28!! Yay...been thinking of a 20! I am not sure but I think the higest is full marks...wow! I think is Josiah. Not very sure. Anyway I finally found out who got a full marks, it's Delvin. Blew me off my feet man, that's an impossible (well almost) score!
Science project was a failure as usual...
Chinese lesson chen lao shi actually gave us a chinese paper! Hey, the exams are supposed to be over, what are we doing with another useless one? I wanted to quickly finish and play scrabble with the others cos Nigel brought a Scrabble board! So anyway I was scribbling my work away like plain squiggling. My handwriting was like a bunch of incorrigible weeds sprouting and sprouting. I didn't check my work either and thus some of my answers were not quality ones, but it paid off anyway because I was the first to finish! :)
For CIP I wish I was not stuck with 3B. I'd rather an older more matured class. Now, 3B wants their recycling box covered with Duel Masters and Hello Kitty and I am wondering what I am going to do about that. Surfed the net anyway and found a couple of pics. lol the hello kitty pics were so cute.
Going for sci+math trail on thursday, looking forward to that! Except for insects, especially butterflies. I am against butterflies, they are so ugly and big and worst of all: SCARY. Ugh. But we are having a picnic there and that rocks.
Now I have nothing to say...so I'm going to think of something. If I am boring you, pardon me. You can go post a comment at the cbox or something. If not, read on.
I am so going to die waiting for my report book. I am so excited, I hope that I win a prize for the best in English, I have been pinning my hopes on getting a prize! So disappointing if I don't get it. Ever since I entered GEP my studies kinda dropped and I only have English to pull myself up.
Going to Genting in December...waiting for my well deserved break!
Cheers
Grapesgirl
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Update on later hours of the day, as I promised...didn't go very well either
Hi friends,
As I promised I am updating on the hours after my theory exam. Mainly, my violin lesson. And yes, it sucked, if you are wondering. Not too long ago I said that the piece I was preparing sounded like a howling cat and a wailing bat drowning in a pile of fresh deep crap. Today, after my teacher drowned me in an avalanche of advice on how I could play better, I realised that it sucked more than I thought. Now, imagine what I used to describe my playing and add the sound of a beheaded chicken trying to swim. Yeah, go on and imagine.
The teacher said that I had a lot of intonation and expression problems.
"No,first note short, then LONG! then get shorter..."
I play...
"NO, you never play the second note longer, its too short!"
Followed by a headless chicken trying to swim squawking...
"NOOO, I told you that the second note must be LONG!"
"That D is out of tune. Try again."
Howling cat and wailing bat drowning in fresh deep crap, nice chocolate brown...
"No, its still out of tune."
Blah blah blah...
"No..."
isudhvfwkethgn;tekjng...
"Still out of tune, must hear the note and remember carefully the position!"
Sigh. Don't get me wrong, she's a good teacher. She was not scolding me but telling me nicely. And her voice was hoarse and hard to hear, so she was like trying to force the words out, thus the exclamation marks. If you are reading this now, (violin teacher), i am thanking you.
Looks like I have a lot to work on now. Sorry if I bored you. If you have time, do see this vid cos it's pretty funny:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/519610/deal_or_no_deal_parody/
Cheers
Grapesgirl
As I promised I am updating on the hours after my theory exam. Mainly, my violin lesson. And yes, it sucked, if you are wondering. Not too long ago I said that the piece I was preparing sounded like a howling cat and a wailing bat drowning in a pile of fresh deep crap. Today, after my teacher drowned me in an avalanche of advice on how I could play better, I realised that it sucked more than I thought. Now, imagine what I used to describe my playing and add the sound of a beheaded chicken trying to swim. Yeah, go on and imagine.
The teacher said that I had a lot of intonation and expression problems.
"No,first note short, then LONG! then get shorter..."
I play...
"NO, you never play the second note longer, its too short!"
Followed by a headless chicken trying to swim squawking...
"NOOO, I told you that the second note must be LONG!"
"That D is out of tune. Try again."
Howling cat and wailing bat drowning in fresh deep crap, nice chocolate brown...
"No, its still out of tune."
Blah blah blah...
"No..."
isudhvfwkethgn;tekjng...
"Still out of tune, must hear the note and remember carefully the position!"
Sigh. Don't get me wrong, she's a good teacher. She was not scolding me but telling me nicely. And her voice was hoarse and hard to hear, so she was like trying to force the words out, thus the exclamation marks. If you are reading this now, (violin teacher), i am thanking you.
Looks like I have a lot to work on now. Sorry if I bored you. If you have time, do see this vid cos it's pretty funny:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/519610/deal_or_no_deal_parody/
Cheers
Grapesgirl
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