Secret War Journal [30 June 2009]

Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Phew! Time really passes fast when you least expected it. The last time I posted, I was still enjoying my holidays!

Now? Today is the second Day of school already! And I hardly finished any homework. Opps?

Here's the not-so outstanding Holiday Homework:
  1. 4 x English Comprehension [2 Done with the remaining 2 incomplete]
  2. 3 x Physics Paper 1 & 2 [All done except a few Questions in Paper 2]
  3. 2 x Chemistry Worksheet [Done]
  4. A.Maths Worksheet [Done but may have missed out something here]
  5. History SBQ Excercise [Just Done ^^]
  6. Geography [Do not intend to do until teacher presses for it]
Ah...Come to think of it, that really is a quite an amount of homework here. :o

Great, so what's this fuss about telling us this stuff, anyway?
Hahas, true. You probably read all this stuff about homework if you went to my classmates' blogs but hey here's something different! My thoughts! That's what make this MY post, right? ;)
Now what?
As I was saying, I have some kind of reflection over this super-lots-of-homework-incomplete matter. To be frank with you, I was trying out a new approach to finishing my homework. Previously I used to do homework pieces by pieces. This meant that I kept focusing on that piece of homework that I was doing (sometimes, to the point of being stuck there forever...) until I completed that and moved on.
It's fine since I still complete my homework but what's not fine is that I tend to get super bored from this.

So here's what happened during this June Holidays, I decided to do the homework, parts by parts.
Yeah, I know. I did not manage to finish all the homework by the end of the Holidays but I figured that it was just time management (at least, that's what I hope)
But here's one challenge: The beginning was a brisk but the later part was mind-boggling. Perhaps I will have to spend time one day and try to perfect this approach. :->
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Okay, enough about my homework, let's move on to some stuff that had been the topic on the headlines for quite a period of time.
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Influenza A (H1N1-2009) AKA Swine Flu
Here's a quote from Singapore's Crisis News Website:
30 new confirmed cases of Influenza A (H1N1-2009)
  1. Singapore has confirmed 30 new cases (600th to 629th cases) of Influenza A (H1N1-2009) today, bringing the total tally to 629 confirmed cases. Though the number of infected cases has increased, the severity of the disease remains relatively mild. To date, 246 patients have fully recovered and the rest are in stable condition. Singaporeans should carry on with their usual activities whilst observing good personal hygiene at all times. If unwell, they should see a doctor, stay away from work, school or crowded places, and rest at home. In addition to these 30 new cases, 105 other cases were pending investigation yesterday. Of these 135 cases, 71 have been investigated. The latter includes 58 local cases, and 13 imported cases. The remaining 64 cases are still being investigated.
  2. The 58 new local cases comprise of a new cluster of three cases at Raffles Institution Boarding while Republic Polytechnic sees another 17 new cases.
  3. MOH would like to stress the importance of being socially responsible and exercising good hygiene practices, such as covering the mouth with a tissue when coughing and sneezing. This will go a long way in protecting ourselves, our families and at-risk groups of people who are more vulnerable to developing complications from H1N1, such as young children, those with comorbidities, and pregnant women.
  4. For those planning to travel, we encourage them to be informed of developments globally so that they can take the necessary precautions when travelling. The list of countries with confirmed cases and/or exported H1N1 cases is available on MOH’s website at www.moh.gov.sg. For more information on Influenza A (H1N1-2009), please access MOH’s website, call our hotline at 1800-333 9999, or visit www.flu.gov.sg.
- Extract from Singapore Official Flu Site

And here's a piece of old news, WHO has raised the level to Phase 6 for this Flu. Pretty serious, huh? True.

Now, you guys are going to groan (thinking that I'm going to drone on about this flu situation and stuff) but surprise! I'm not going to talk about this. :D
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So now, why had I bought it out then? Read on... ;)

School Starts...(once more)
Getting a clear picture? We will see. ;)

Let's start with a quote! (once more. Haw...)
"the first sight at school made me chuckle a little today.
ms peh, me leow and even chowchow accompanied the security guard and pretended to be dentists!"
-Extract from Angeline's Blog


Obviously, they're not trying to be Dentist! (seriously...)

They are dressed up to prepare for the Swine Flu (pardon me, but I prefer the nickname of this Flu). And what impression they gave the students on the First day of school! Of course, this practice is still being carried out today, though not as intimidating as the first day of school yesterday. :D

Let shed light on what happens when you enter the school gates ;)
"Ms ... : travelled?
me: *shakes head*
Ms ... : well?
me: *nods head*
(i dont know how to spell the teacher's name =X)"
- Extract from Vanessa's Blog


So yeah, that pretty much will un-nerve anyone who totally did not expect this on the first day of school, not to mention their appearances. :o
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Aside from this, some not-worth events occurred in school on the first day of school.
But towards the end of lessons that day, I got pissed. I'm not entirely sure why but I figure something that Christopher Lim said pissed me right off. But of course that's a guess and I figured I may never know. So oh well, live and let learn. ;)

But it left me doing some reflection. School may stressful but no matter what, we must all live our days to our fullest. Some say life is short, some say we will never know when our life ends. But no matter what, if we treasure and enjoy the days we lived to our very best, would we have regrets then? Maybe not, maybe we would still have. Who knows? But it's better to be optimistic than being pessimistic right? At least, I believe so.

So with that, I end my seemingly-long post. ;)

Oh, almost forgot.
I hope you guys all enjoyed your holidays
however fun or tiring it was!!!
;D

Best wishes,
Leroy

Secret War Journal[18 Jun 2009]

Thursday, June 18, 2009
Yeah, this is a super outdated post but nevertheless, this day is kind of important to me so I guess I should not leave it.

Now, why is this day so important that I can't just ignore this post and move on with my current life? Beats me, until my father told me, that is.

Now look at the date: 18 Jun. For those who know well enough, this date has no significant meaning in my life. Okay, apart from the fact that it is one day after my birthday.

Nothing right? Sorry, just trying to make sure we're on the same page.

Now we can move onto what exactly IS going on here. ^^ (that's right, I was just fooling around, to a certain extent)
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Mother's Death Anniversary 2009
Hee hee, got a shock of your life yet? Yep, today is supposedly the Death Anniversary of my late mother. But *WAIT!*, didn't my mother died on my younger sister's birthday? And today is certainly not my younger sister's birthday.

So what in the world is going on here?
Haha, fear not, you have gone nuts and I'm still in every bit sane. I'm sure there is a logical answer to this. (:

The logic behind the answer is so simple that you should had laughed your head off this. Today IS my late mother's death anniversary, on the lunar calender. Now, I bet you hadn't thought of that, right? It is expected for Chinese to use their own calender to commemorate its special days. (I hope I used the right vocabulary)

So, here I am, waking up early in the morning and boarded a bus with my dad to meet my grandmother before paying respect to my late mother.

The temple was very empty today(today's a weekday). During the journey to the temple, I stained my shorts with curry. =.=
Upon reaching the temple, the first I did was to wash my shorts. LOL! Unfortunately, I was unable to wash off the stain, if not lighten it.
As of posting, the stain remains....

Aside that, my father had to meet my mother somewhere else, so he left grandmother and I to go back grandmother's house by taxi. After which, I went home by bus.

The bus was a long trip. Bus "80" is always fast when heading towards harbourfront but slow when going towards home. I'm not sure if this is something to do with mentality but I waited for 1 hour just for that one bus to appear.

Which is why I'm glad I brought a book along to entertain me.

Actually I brought along my PSP too but it went flat during the trip to my Grandmother's house. I think I forgot to re-charge. =.=

God, I miss my mum. Hahas. Anyway, I got school tomorrow and it's late now. So I will end it here. So sorry for not elaborating much, there wasn't time.

Secret War Journal[17 Jun 2009]

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
With this post, I'm officially 16 years old! ^^

Man, I feel old already. Hahas!

Before I start off this super-long post (with no pictures, no groans please), I would like to thank a few people who wished me a "Happy Birthday!"

Hmm...Wonder how to thank you guys in orderly manner..let's try something that no one presented before! ^^

I would like to thank(May be in chronological order, I try):
  1. Johnston Tang (Ever the Best friend ^^)
  2. Marcus Tan (For your thoughtfulness and your slice of birthday cake which I did not foresee it coming! hahas)
  3. Trevor
  4. Keller Goh
  5. Clarice Chua (for wishing me happy birthday the day before the great day)
  6. Jing Ting AKA Jaytii (for being the first to wish me happy birthday using an audio file *lols*)
  7. Aunt Michelle (for her awesome present! and still remembering my birthday! ^^)
  8. My Father(for wishing me happy birthday near midnight :p)
  9. Shawn Lim(for being the first to wish me happy birthday today)
  10. Frank Heuckeroth(for bothering to wish me happy birthday, a great guy you are ^^)
  11. Pei Si(my god-sister, thank you for sending an virtual cake. hahas)
  12. Michelle Tan
  13. Joey Tan
  14. Alexia Lee (So sorry for not wishing you happy birthday on 16 Jun! I was not aware that that was your birthday!)
  15. Siew Yan (And for calling me geek? hahas)
  16. Travis (my CCA Junior, thank you!)
  17. SockYii(my CCA Junior, thank you!)
  18. Khong Yew(my CCA Junior, thank you!)
  19. Yan Zhi (for trusting me with one of your secret ;)
  20. Guan Hui (For coming on Wednesday, I hope you would like your b'day present as well!)
  21. Lai Yin(thank you for ur present, still have no idea what's that though. Haha! Hope you like my present ^^)
  22. Vanessa Lim
  23. Christopher Lim (Why do you want pens for presents? O.o Anyway, hope you like it)
  24. Bernice Teo(thanks for wishing me getting fatter =.= hahs)
  25. Angeline(lol, thanks for calling me the "best technical guy" you know.)
  26. Yuki(my cousin! Thank you!)
♡♡♡THANK YOU!!!♡♡♡
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You guys made my 16th Birthday so special! It's been so long since so many people wished me "Happy Birthday" hahas.
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Now..to the highlight of today's post! ^^
My Birthday(BASH?)
Woke up and used my computer immediately, I just realised that I had not checked my mail. Some bad habit of mine. :p

Turned out it was not a bad decision, I have received quite a number of "Happy Birthday" Greetings. Hahas.
Sad to say, I got caught up with using the computer and forgotten to trim my fingernails(it's not trimmed) and I went out with long fingernails! Ga! The horror. Have I ever told you how I hate having long nails? They give me the creeps. Funnily, I don't feel that way when I see long nails on other people.

Back on track, I called Lai Yin to confirm details of today's gathering. Later on, Aunt Michelle went online and we discussed on the meeting place so that she can pass me presents as well meet up. Come to think of it, I had not seen her for close to a year(now was it?)

Left Home @ 11:19AM
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The journey begins(like always ^^)...
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First to arrive at Popular Store(1st Checkpoint), though Jaytii and Christopher are already at Library(at this time).
Vanessa Arrived. We waited for Lai Yin, meanwhile we chatted. (About random stuff? Quite foggy about the details)
Lai Yin came running(she needed my popular card to buy her album)
Yeah, Vanessa and I pretty much rolled our eyes(oh right)

To make things even funny, Lai Yin used just coins to pay! Imagine SGD$11+ worth of coins passed to cashier!
We joked with the Cashier(a friendly one, of course) and the cashier replied that next time if Lai Yin does that again, she will need to pay additional service charge. LOLs!
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Hide~&~Seek!(well, sort of)
After the purchasing the album, we went to the library to look for Jaytii and Christopher. Surprisingly, they were not there. We came out puzzled. After staring at the crowds below(we were at 4th Floor), Vanessa spotted them at the flower shop and so we go!

And guess, what. They're gone(once more). Once more, we scanned the crowds until Lai Yin got fed up and called Jaytii for her whereabouts.

And that Lai Yin(very smart of her) took the lead without telling us where they were. And the amazing thing is that she led us to the wrong place, with Vanessa and I finding(or spotting) them earlier than Lai Yin. Life is so strange, isn't it?
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He Up-ed, unnoticed, bought, appeared.
We finally met up with Jaytii and Chris at the Kiddy Palace. That's when I realised that Jaytii was wearing a skirt. (I thought she hated skirts and dresses?)
Christopher was very curious on our reaction on Jatii wearing skirt(a mini-skirt too =.=)

Apparently, Vanessa and Lai Yin did not notice. Well for my case, I don't have much reaction. Maybe I gave a semi-confused face. Yeah. Anyway, they explained to me why Jaytii wore mini-skirts. Lai Yin tricked Jaytii into agreeing to both wear skirts but Lai Yin backed up at the last moment but Jaytii wasn't aware of that so yeah we have this situation. LOLs.

Next person to meet up would be Yan Zhi, who would be going to Value$ Shop. We waited for him at the Escalator. We end up chatting until he appeared. With a drink, and he came from the Value$ Shop. I was like, "Since you came? I did not see you coming up!" Yan Zhi's reply was that he saw all of us chatting happily so he sneaked past us and bought himself a drink first. LOL!

How did we miss such a tall person is beyond me.
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The AWESOME Present!
The last person to meet now would be Guan Hui. Going down, it's time to meet up with Aunt Michelle. We had agreed to meet MOS Burger because I did not know what was "Ya Kun"(now I know it's the Kaya Toast but that's too late right?)

Guess what? I got a Ipod Nano from her! How cool is that? I'm so happy of that present! ^^
But I will not dare to bring it out of my house(for the time being) after what happened to my PSP while outside. THE LCD SCREEN CRAcKED! It's like "how did this even happen?". Yeah, amazing.

But the Ipod is really cool, I like the click wheel, though it took me half-an-hour to figure it out how it works. (Prior to this, I have no idea how to navigate in there)
Boy, it was fun experience. Hahas.
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Food Fest(for me anyway)
We met up with Guan Hui at the MRT station and went to Plaza Singapura for movies. But before that I want lunch! So Lai Yin, Guan Hui, Jaytii, Vanessa, and I went for lunch. Leaving Chris and Yan Zhi to their...whatever thing. Yeah.

I ate quite a lot. ^^ To my heart's content ^^

Not to mention the popcorns and drinks that I will enjoy later at the cinemas.
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(not so)Movie Review
We had decided to watch the movie "Night in the Museum II". Johnston had recommended me to watch this movie and I'm so glad I did!

What I did not like is that they introduced too much characters but the jokes are good and so is the plot. So readers, if you have not watched this movie yet, go on now and watch at your nearest cinema!
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(Okay, I'm trying to cut short the post)
After the movie, Yan Zhi went to a dentist while the rest of us ate Fish & Chips at a restuaurant. I did not eat anything there(and wise choice too) because I was very full from the Popcorns and stuff.

Turns out that the food there isn't very nice. Oh well. After this, Vanessa went home. We went to TIMES Bookshop where I get Lai Yin's, Guan Hui's, & Chris' Presents.

I always like to give them free reins to buy what they like.

Budget: SGD$100(I got the vouchers already ;)
What they got:
  • Chris -> 3 Pens (What got into him? Maybe he like pens. Actually he wanted Manga...)
  • Lai Yin -> A guide book on learning Piano
  • Guan Hui -> Undecided. Bought nothing. Saved up the SGD$50 until next time. When she decided, of course. ^^
Amazing how little a SGD$50 can buy in that bookshop. Then again, we always knew books are expensive. ^^
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Then it's time for dinner! Lai Yin and Guan Hui went home with Yan Zhi(he joined us again), Jaytii, Chris, and I going to Kovan for dinner. Actually only Yan Zhi and I ate dinner.(Jayti and Chris got sick of food after the fish and chips...)

Then I went home while they went off to a park.
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Epilogue
And ta-da! I'm done with this post. I'm sorry if I cut short severely for the bottom portion of the post(though I think you guys are cheering for that ^^) but my fingers are hurting from the massive typing(or I was afraid your eyes would die of boredom.. hahas :p)

Tomorrow would be a semi-eventful day for me. Would tell you tomorrow!(if my fingers recovers...:p)

~Distants cries of "At last!"

Secret War Journal[15 Jun 2009]

Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Okay, so I'm posting on 16 Jun but hey I reached home late!
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Outing @ SAFRA @ Tampines
Hahas, anyway, I went to SAFRA @ Tampines on 15 Jun to have a great time (hey, I'm speaking the truth :p)

Let's be honest here, the planning process was a tedious one. The location was hard to find - One that is near a cinema, near Bowling facilities, gaming, and food - and I'm glad we went to SAFRA @ Tampines (even though we never went to play bowling in the end)

For this gathering, Johnston, Marcus, Trevor, Keller(only for Lunch and Boardgames), and I were present.

Emelia did not attend because she only wanted to go Jurong to swim(which is too far for us to go, it's like on the other end of the Island!, so sorry!)
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We played some computer games until Lunch(waiting for Trevor though we played with him for an hour)
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Though going to Mindscafe was not the original plan, we went there for lunch and played until 6pm.
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Played@Minscafe
We did several stuff, all of which are boardgames(duh?)
Settlers of Canan
First up(which we have to thank Mr.Goh), we played "Settler of Canan" which was introduced to me by Mr.Goh. Since keller had not arrived, we were all involved in this game but sadly Marcus(being the only one clueless on how to play), soon left the game after got fed up by how complicated the game is. (We don't blame you)

Winner of Game: Trevor (I was going to win next turn! T.T lols)
I'm the Boss
We never this game before, so based on my first-time playing this game, I will say this game is very intense, confusing, and really a cut-throat game(as it claims)

It's a game of making deals with other players and with Keller around(who propose that he represent some of us and wants no money), it's hard to even secure a profitable deal.

Well, this changed at late-game when I started to represent everyone and I get all the money ^^
Winner of Game: Me ^^
Game of Life
Our last game was this, but unfortunately, this game was not never finish as Keller had to go for Tuition and thus, there was no winner. The suspected winner should be Keller since he had the most 'Life' cards. However, I had the most amount of cash on hand at that moment though there is a chance of me losing all of that.
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The Unexpected
Marcus ordered a slice of Birthday cake for me. I'm so touched! Thanks guys! I really appreciate it! No one did that for me before, I'm so happy! I have such great friends! ^^

So many people remembered my birthday despite me not even mentioning much. I feel good though I don't why. Hahas. But nevertheless, thank you all for wishing my Happy Birthday (albeit early ^^)

Tomorrow, I will be going out once more. This time it will be with my classmates for my secondary school. Probably tell you more tomorrow since today's topic is not about tomorrow but today! (15 Jun, to be exact)
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He's da man
Then we went back to play Computer games for half an hour before sending Marcus off because he needs to be back early to prepare for tomorrow's camp.

Which would be fair to him only if I give him some limelight in my post ;)

Initially, he was supposed to leave by 7pm to attend his grandparent's anniversary. He arrived at our planned meeting place wearing more formal than expected (or over-dressed)

He looked like a businessman! Especially his shoes, the kind of shoes that working man wear for work. Office shoes. Hmm..very formal. Just missing the blazer. :p

Okay, we should not tease you anymore (opps?)
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la Movie Expressio
Next up, the remaining few of us(John, Trevor and I) went to Tampines Mall to catch a movie!

Upon reaching the cinema, (at 6.30), we decided on the spot to watch "Land of the Lost" which starts at 6:30PM. Imagine the rush we had, buying popcorn(which funnily was our dinner that night) and entered the Theatre.

But hey, it was worth it. The movie was nice. I enjoyed it. It's funny oh right. ^^

I'm not sure if I should spoil it but I guess I could say this much:

The movie is a comedy that centres around a scientist who have invented a machine that can open a portal to an alternative dimension that is called the "Land of the Lost"(ah duh?) Together with his friends, they must find a way to return home(saving it along as well)"
Yeah, that should be pretty much the plot for the movie.
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After the movie, we all got drained and returned home.

And that's when I realised that I forgot to pass Marcus the bookshop "TIMES" vouchers (So sorry! I forgot!) I feel so ashamed.

I'm not going to talk what happened when I reach home, it's not exactly a joyful thing but the trip on the bus I was half-freaked, I was very afraid I took the wrong bus. Hahas, overall, I'm glad that I returned home without any unexpected events. ^^
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With that...

Until next time pals! See ya!

Secret War Journal [11 June 2009]

Thursday, June 11, 2009
It's a been a week. Hell yeah, a horrible week it had been for a holiday.

To start it off, I have spent the last few days completing homework without much rest and entertianment. Which is probably I see it fit to relax now(after completing all my homework, of course)

To start if off, this Wednesday, I went out with Johnston and Emelia to check out the "Da Vinci" Exhibtion. I will not write much detail right now as I'm waiting for Emelia to post the pictures on her blog. If by end of next week, the pictures are not up, then I will write in words on how was the exhibition.
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Moving on, I am supposed to start off this post with a happy tone, having finally cleared my homework for this week, I was going to relax when my mother gave me work to do. =.= How great to spoil one's mood in an instant.

My life is so depressing and my step-mother is so not good at giving people work(which makes life a lot harder around here)
I mean, how am I suppose to complete that task with close to no information at all. She did not give me her expectations, what she wants to see in the end-porduct...just nothing. It's like she just want me to do something for the sake of doing something(Grr....)
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Am I even taken seriously around here? Seriously...
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Closer to school matters, I have decided to go for the Prom Night which will be held at the end of this year. Despite the various shortcomings of the management team in our school(which I have covered in previous posts), I decided it may one of those last chances to have a gathering for my class and school(not that I really want it in the first place but I wish to give them face, :p)
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I think it's pretty well confirmed(I sort of infered), I have done okay or well for my Chemistry SPA. Not bad, that leaves Physics SPA. It's hard to know when you do not even see the teacher once since school closed.
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And that reminds me, do you know that in-line with the Swine Flu outbreak, there is a chance that schools will be closed nationwide for 2 weeks? That would be distratious for us, being graduating students. We can't afford to miss school! Unless, of course, they decide to moderate the examinations accordingly. LOLs!
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There are so many things to tell you guys but those are too personal, so I guess that's all folks! Until next week then!

Da Vinci Exhibition @ S'pore Sci Centre

Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Hey, do you recall what I said on the earlier post on "11 June 2009"?
(Update: I shift the posting date for this, so sorry if it seems that I posted in the future)
Well, the photos for the "Da Vinci Exhibition @ S'pore Sci Centre" have finally arrived. Without further ado...*

First and foremost, I would like to thank our photographer, Emelia Tang, who so generously passed me the pictures! ^^
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In this picture, she's listening to an Ipod. :)

Right, on the way to the Science Centre from the MRT station nearby, we have no idea how to reach the Science Centre. So we sort of consulted the guide. :p
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This is the map nearby the MRT station. This map proved very useful to us! ^^

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Useful to an extent, though we walked to the Science Centre in the end...

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And that's us judging the distance from the MRT Station to the Science Centre. That was when we're deciding whether to take a bus there or just walk.

Emelia commented that we looked like tourists in the photo. :o


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This picture was taken secretly by Emelia!!! O.o

So we walked and the first thing we saw when we reached the Science Centre was...
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Some kind of display, huh? But wait! What is that?...

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Ah...kind of self-explanatory, right?

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Woah! A T-rex! Sound included too! How cool is that? Pity it can turn its head to face you. (that would be way scary...hahas)


Walking up, we saw something amusing...
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Behold! At first glance, you see children playing in there(which is nothing wrong). But I doubt anyone would notice that no one is allowed to play in the water containers....O.o

Entering the building which contains the exhibition hall, we saw a preview of what's in store for us...
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This is an Wooden Bridge designed by Leonardo Da Vinci himself. :o
(Notice the smaller version next to it, so cute...)

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The Vitruvian Man displayed at the Entrance. Read up on the Internet if you have no idea what that is! ^^

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And so we go! Into the Exhibition Hall!!!

Unfortunately, no photo-taking are allowed inside, so we just have to skip to photos that were taken after we left the exhibition hall...

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This is proof of our entry into the exhibition! Fear the fellowship of "DV"!!! lols....

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The compound when you exit.

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Took a photo with Johnston and Ronald! How nice of him to pose for us! (lols...)

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It is spoiled. Pity.

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That's where we went after the exhibition.

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I think this is supposed to work when the sun is up, but I don't think it's working.

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A Hydro-Pump that requires you to rotate it to work. Be careful though, Johnston turned it too fast and accidentally splashed out water onto Emelia. LOL!

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Water Mill. No water coming out from above though. Wonder what went wrong.

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Following the Water Mill, gives you this.

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Figured this would be spinning if the Mill is working.

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Erm...I forgot what is this...(opps!)

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That would be Johnston and I walking or exploring around...

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Did you know SunDials can be used for Pull-up? I didn't. :p

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Even so, it's fun to do so. ^^

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A massive network of sound pipes which leads to everywhere and nowhere. Hahas...

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A bigger version(without the pipes) would be this! :D

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Up-close picture of Johnston listening. O.o

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That would be me.

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You should try this, if you can pedal without getting exhausted. I would say you're Pro!

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Emelia standing on a rolling wheel!!!

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Finally, this is called the "Fireball". I can see why. Call a couple of your friends to spin you and lift up a leg! You will thrown out like a fireball! (That's what happened to me, spit out from the vortex)

Johnston was safe, he did not lift his leg up. :p
Emelia was taking picture, and hence the safest. Hahas...

This concludes our journey in Singapore Science center. I hope you enjoyed reading this! ^^

Note:*Click on image to enlarge.

Secret War Journal[2 June 2009]

Tuesday, June 2, 2009
1st Post for June 2009! Yeah, I know, it is not a week since my last post yet so why post now? The reason being is that I can't wait to talk about the Holidays! ^^ (okay, that was a lame reason)

Anyway, your second question might be why I did not post yesterday(when Chinese "O" Levels Examinations was held). The reason being is (no, not because I was lazy =.=') that I was deciding between posting after a week or post now or post daily for holidays. As you can see, I decided against posting daily during the holidays(I'm not that free...)

Moving on...

I don't really wish to talk about "O" Level Chinese Examination.

But personally, I don't feel much difficulty from doing the paper except for the letter writing for Paper 1. Which could be a bad sign because that might mean that I was so stupid to not be able to feel the challenge(given my pathetic standard at Chinese...)

Finally...(yes, I wish this to be a short post ^^)

The situation at my school is getting pretty grim for graduating students(that includes me...)

Our science teachers are like trying to convince us to drop to "Combined Science" which is in every way depressing(I believe I have discussed this topic before so let us move on)

Now, the next pressing issue would be our Science Practical Assessment which is very worrying because for some reason I lost the skills since last year(AHH~!)

I'm very worried, screwing this up and I will have to drop. And I don't feel prepared! Actually, no one is.

I mean, having such a test right after mass-brainwashing of Chinese is plain nuts. Haiz...

And worst, today, Mr Goh told us some pretty bad statistics for last year's batch: 90 students took Pure Sciences, 75% Distinction(so far so good), only around 10 A1 (horrid face), 50+ A2, the rest lower(oh god...)

How much worse can it be now? [Someone (please) just shoot them dead....]
The cruel reality of life...

Of course, I prefer to stick to my "Pure" Status. So I must work hard! Onwards to good results(I hope...)

Okay, so much for the morale boost. Lolz

Wish me luck!