New Phone!

Secret War Journal[31 August 2009]

Wohoo! I got a new phone at last! The previous one was spoilt. (and had poor functions after mother traded with uncle..:o Hahas)

New Phone Model: SGH-F400

It's a music-player phone. :D
Somehow, I got a feeling this is only a temporary phone...:o But who cares. I shall enjoy it while it last. >=D

Tested the music, not bad quality. :D
Only problem with this phone is that I can't disable Internet. Ahh! Need to be careful or else parents would kill for bursting the phone bills. :p

Quality of Camera should be acceptable. Let your eyes be the judge:

From Left: Leo, Lera, Leroy

From Left: Leo, Lera, Leroy

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P.S: Yes, the background is the kitchen..Hahas...

Erm..wait, uh-oh, where's my contacts?!!!! Oh great....

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Update: Someone asked for the picture of the phone so...

I provide a video instead...


And of course, the official walk-through cum Showcase!

Visits to Grandmother

Secret War Journal[30 August 2009]
Perhaps I should backtrack a little bit, back to 29 August 2009...
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Refer to Leroy's Secret War Journals: 27, Day of Geography Exam for some background information. ;)
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Right! After posting the post yesterday, Lera and I went to our Grandmother's House. We went with my aunt and uncle because my Parents are busy tending the shop. :D

Before going to grandmother's house(because it's still kind of early), we went to our aunt's house. That's where I did my Physics Paper.
Alas, there were distractions, my speed of answering a MCQ Question is 1 per hour. (Yes, that's extremely slow)
So what distractions were there? No, I assure I did not use computer.(Or else my speed of answering would be even slower..:p Hahas)
Well, for starter's I watched a movie(halfway) and watched TV dramas. Hee...

After a while, Tze Yui and I went down to collect the flyers which my aunt will be distributing in a few day's time(okay that's tomorrow)
Unlike last time, I'm not helping her with the flyers(except carrying one or two boxes of flyers to her house...) because of my "O" Levels Examination. Haizz..that examination cost me some income opportunities!!!(LOLS!!!)

Okay, before I go nuts from the lost of profits, I want to tell you guys something. Actually, I'm supposed to be the only one going down to bring up the flyers but I sabo-ed Tze Yui to 'accompany' me. Hhaas!
(*Evil Laugh*)

To Tze Yu: It wasn't so bad right? Hahas. Guess not. Hahahas....

You know what the best part is? Tze Yui is still in school uniform(opps?) and for some funny reason she doesn't want to be seen wearing school uniform(I think I know why...but double opps? Hahahs...)

Okay, I'm getting a bit evil. Time to fast forward...

Yuki went for Violin lessons today. So Cool! (Okay that was random...)
(NOTE: Tze Yui eats dried Cuttlefish at a very fast rate...*Screams*..lols)
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Anyway, on our way to Grandmother's house,  I found out another thing - Never let Lera eat Tic Tac Orange. She goes super HIGH. God knows why.(Maybe too much sugar content)

"Tic Tac's bad for health" - Yuki

Lols...
Well, for starters, Lera starts being extremely random. (it's like woah, what the...)
Then she starts to scream for seemingly no reason...
Followed by a 'catfight' with Tze Yui (hahas, third opps?)

I sort of ended the 'fun'. It's getting to noisy for my liking. Then Lera starts to throw tantrums, specifically at me,...

Oh well, at least the madness ended.
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At grandmother's house, I had Roast duck, chicken and many food! Not to mention the drinks... Mmm!
Simin and family came as well. O.o. So did Qi Xian!
(I shall not elaborate, it's way too private. ;)

But I will say this, Qi Xian gone a lot thinner! Oh my god! We're, yes I think it was everyone ;), all shocked. It's been weeks, maybe months, since we last saw him.

Wow...Hahas...Then Simin's father was like asking Qi Xian: "Qi Xian, what's the secret behind slimming down?" (Translated roughly into english)

Hahas, not that I really care. (Because I'm not fat. Wohoo! Lols, just finding this opportunity to praise myself..hahas)

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P.S: Is bony shoulders bad to lie on? Hmm..guess not..

Going back to 30 August 2009(yes, I'm skipping here and there because I'm running out of time)

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Hungry Ghost Festival

(7th Month of Lunar Calender)

Woke up early in the morning to prepare for the trip to pay our respects to my late grandfather and mother.

Revised on Physics: Transfer of Thermal Energy while parents were tidying up the goods to be put on sale in the shop.

That's pretty much the reason we were late. You see, we're supposed to go to Grandmother's house to bring her to the temple at 10:30AM but we only left our house AT 10:30 AM. Oh dear..

Well, no real damage was done. Phew..
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Rain..Haiz..rain complicates stuff during such events... In addition to coming out with lots of bags to carry, you would need to hold an umbrella.
Anyway, I did not bother to use an umbrella(lazy to). Hope I don't catch a cold. :o

Unexpectedly, the temple is crowded. (Silly me, everyone's coming for the same reason as me)

Rain...crowd, what did I miss? :o

♥林金食♥

♥美泠♥

Forever Missed...

To my grandfather who could speak english. (:D So pro right?)
To my mother who had been very dear to me...
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Ate lunch in the temple. (They no longer charge us $2...)

My father 'abandoned' me halfway. Zzzz...
He gave me two choices - Either take MRT home with Lera or hitch a ride with Qi Xian's Parents. Being lazy, I obviously chose to tag along with Qi Xian. Ha!

(Wonder why Simin's Father was laughing secretly at me...*Scratch Heard*)

Okay, so this is first time in Qi Xian's Parents' Car, I like their radio. Looks so cool! They have a GPS Navigator too. Woot! So stylish right? Hahas...

I can describe their atmosphere when they were bring Lera and I home in one word: Excited. LOL...

They accidentally took a wrong turn and thus activated the GPS navigator(and that's when the COOL part started) hahas.

It has the same voice as Bao Lin's sister's GPS Navigator.. O.o (Maybe the voices are copied many times over. Hahas)

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Got home and did Chinese Composition, which is kind of overdue...before coming to blog. >=D

God! I swear, I skimmed through so many parts that I can't believe that I have actually related the entire day out! I'm sorry if you don't exactly understand(maybe because I cut out the personal parts. :D opps?). But yeah, like I said, I'm kind of in a rush so without further ado, bye bye and until next time! ;)

P.S: Thanks Grandmother for the Tau Sa Bing! Hee...And did I mention that one of my joss stick just cannot light up after numerous times??? Well it did, after much attempts....

27, Day of Geography Exam

Secret War Journal[29 August 2009]
Weekends! Ahh! Really miss them. I'm kind of in a rush right now, so expect this post to be rather short(or rushed).

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Geography Papers

Well, it seems that my mugging focused too much on Human Aspect of Geography and too little on the Physical Aspect of  Geography.

Result? Both papers could not be completed. Haiz...

The first paper was on the Physcial Aspect of Geography. It was very demoralising for me because I did not study much on them.
On the other hand, the second paper, which was on Human Aspect of Geography, I was able to answer. Heck, I know the content, the examples, the evaluations, but I had insufficient time. Guess I wrote too much. Zzzz..

So yeah, Geography is now officially wasted for Prelim 3. Wohoo! Geez...

English Papers

Paper 1 was unique in the sense that the situational writing requires us to boast(in a way...) about our strengths and achievements.

The situational writing is about an application to some scholarship. (That's all I'm gonna see without revealing too much. :p)

My main worry for that section would be that I'm afraid the markers thinks mine is too cocky. (LOLS...) Hope not.

For the essay section, I wrote on the theme: Weight. For this, I wrote on imaginary weight(For example, burden, responsibilities, commitments)
Hopefully, I am able to get across the idea to the marker and would not go out of point. ;)

Paper 2 was difficult. The passage was not hard to understand but the questions were a challenge to answer. This paper is as difficult as Prelim 2, if not harder.

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Next up would be my Additional Mathematics but before that, there's Teacher's Day!
(no worries, there will be a post about that in a few days)

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Alright, have to go prepare going out now and revise, of course.

Pendragon: Soldiers of Halla

Secret War Journal[28 August 2009]

Description

It has all been leading to this. Every victory. Every loss. All the thrills and sadness; the hope and despair. Bobby Pendragon's heart-pounding journey through time and space has brought him to this epic moment. He and his fellow Travellers must join forces for one last desperate battle against Saint Dane. At stake is not only the tenth and final territory, but all that ever was or will be. Everywhere.

This is the war for Halla.

Every question is answered. Every truth is revealed.

The final battle has begun.


Personal Views
Wohoo! An epic conclusion to the adventures of Bobby Pendragon! For those who had read one book or just have been following closely with the series, this is a must-read! Like the book states, all the questions are answered! Finally, it's good to know everything and the reason to why such an event occur in the very first place.

[Spoiler Alert!]

It's sad that Bobby and Loor were not together in the end. I was rooting for them. Darn. Hahas.

Get the book online now!

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Note: I will be posting about the papers I took perhaps tomorrow...

Numb my Soul

Secret War Journal[26 August 2009]

Let's face it, I'm no Rand Al'Thor. I can't steel myself(which is probably a good thing.)

So I will try another approach. I'm going to stuff my myself, overwhelming myself with loads of work. Be it studies or personal work. I figure it's better than not being numb from other emotions(which I will be screaming in agony at school every single day until after "O" Levels Examinations)

So I hope you guys don't take it the wrong way when my face has a an indifferent look. :p

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Card Writing Session@Skool

Right, it's been some time since I last talked about my class.

Today, we had PC(Pastoral Care) Lessons and it was rather strange(though unique).

We're suppose to write a card to encourage(or compliment) a random classmate in our class. This is done by balloting.

Shortly after the balloting session started, Ms Tan discovered that one lot(which meant a classmate) was not included in the balloting. Hahas.

So, the balloting restarted, with that missing lot included, of course. Kind of wonder why no one find this amusing, Ms Tan was more concerned about hurting a classmate's feelings that he or she was not included in it. Well, for this case, I don't think anyone would mind. No very serious to the point of discrimination so no damage done. (I guess)

Hey, I'm an naive kid. ;)

Anyway, Ying Ying got chosen to write the card to me:

Okay...so Ying Ying used this opportunity to praise herself too.(god, she's thick-skinned)

And I don't see how being Geek is an compliment(in her sense...)...Oh well...

Well, at least it sounds positive(this coming from her, wow! I mean I half-thought she would insulting me geek all the way. Hahas. Opps?). I mean yeah, it's good to feel appreciated. Thanks.

I don't understand why she had to hold back on the good wishes on Maths and Sciences!
(what's with the misconception that I'm good at those subjects???!!!) =.=
Yeah, I really need it for Chinese. Hahas. :p (thanks)

O.o...Oooo..I like the mouse-becoming-Kangaroo part. Novel. It's hilarious. That made my day... Hahas...

Overall, a thank you to you(to Ying Ying).
Okay, after saying that out loud, I realised how strange that sounded but it's the thought that counts, right?

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Update on the day before Start of Prelim 3

I'm about two-thirds done for my mugging(yes, I'm not considering it as revision)  for Geography. Tomorrow's the day. I'm left with err..roughly 2 hours to mug before the Prelims officially starts.

Which would be roughly the time the dices start spinning...

Price of Success

Secret War Journal[25 August 2009]

Let's be frank. I had actually planned to screw up for Prelim 2. Yes, bad of me but at least hear me out first. The problem of getting too high a grade(especially that of Prelim One) so early before the main(and important) examination, which would be the "O" Levels Examinations, would cause complacency. So I figured after I should not score as well for Prelim  2 so as to use that as lasting warning that I should not slack and work hard for Prelim 3 and of course, ultimately "O" Levels Examinations.

Well, looking back(at the results). I would say the first phase plan went well. Too well. The warning hit me so hard that I had actually thought of giving up and lift my hand up helplessly. So hard that I felt there was no meaning in continuing the fight.

No, this is the moment. The moment to strike back(I hope). Have to. Must. I need to persevere.  The next phase of Plan is about to begin. It's either a complete success or complete failure. A morale boost or a lasting defeat. It's time to reset the Chess Board, time to take back what was taken. It's time.

Of course, Prelim 3 would be the penultimate indicator of how successful my plan is. So only time will tell.

Meanwhile, I need words of Encouragement, not words of insult(which THEY're good at. =.=. Okay, there are exceptions...)
Boy, I miss my primary six class. Oh well, guess I'm on my one for this battle.
On the side tone, I'm halfway prepared for Geography with a crash course tomorrow. I have revised for the other subjects. Most of them anyway, for some reason I seems to have missed out Geography in my Revision Plan(a blunder, yes)

Hmm..Enough time to salvage the damage from this abnormal leaving out of one subject, I guess. Tomorrow would require major memory work. (*Battle Cry*)

Talk about thirst of revenge.  
Talk about restoring pride.

Talk about Stress. 

Grr...

P.S: Notice that I started to post on the daily basis again? Yeah, only for the moment. I need a platform to distress since I decided to stop gaming.(yes, it's about time). I need a platform to organise my thoughts. Where else but a journal? Hahas.

Anyway, I reverting back to my "Moral Mirror" Policy. I really see no point in giving people words of goodwill and encouragement when they never every offer once to me. Of course, as part of the policy, I will still give those to those who always had given me a helping hand. ;) Don't worry guys, I had never forgotten the help you offered me! :D

P.P.S: Hahas, and thanks to Hai Jin for your words of encouragement in the past. ;)

Hobey ho! And so we go!

Post-Oral

Secret War Journal[24 August 2009]

Oral Skills Reloaded

Even though my "O" Levels English Language Oral Examination are over, I've found use for the knowledge learnt from Ms Tan's lessons.

I'm teaching them to Lera. Well, sort of. Hahas. Of course, she can't grasp the meaning of consonant endings yet but it think it helps.

She can read one entire book with minimal errors now! I'm so proud of her! I taught her to pause between commas too(and she is applying it, unless it's just coincidental that she's out of breath after every comma...:o)

I took care to praise her, hope she's motivated to continue the good effort! ;D
P.S: Leo's riding on as well, though I think Lera went a bit too fast for him to learn...

I'm amazed at children's memory. They're so good at remembering stuffs. Envious, yeah.

Sad to say, she got scolded by Dad later at night. She's kind of addicted to Television now, you see.

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Counting down to my Prelim 3, roughly 3 days left to Prelim 3. Some would be wondering why I'm even online...

Can I say I'm stressed? Probably not, I doubt anyone would even believe that.

Lastly, I think Ms Tan's got an impression that I'm very talkative.(which is probably true..Hahas)

:o

Don't let her know that I said that! That will only confirm her impression!(whatever that means) Hahas!

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Alright! I'm about to be off and continue my studies. Just for an update, I finally officially started on my Geography Revision(like finally?) which is 3 days away. A bit last minute but I'm like that. (Opps?)

I skimmed through Tourism and read through Industry. Hope that helped.

You know what this means? I did not follow my study plan(which was requested by the school) again. Oh well...Live and let learn...

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Errata

My father made a mistake in the end, my younger sister did not miss her orientation day. It's actually on 21 Novmember 2009. Talk about Panic for a wrong cause...

A New Beginning

Secret War Journal[23 August 2009] [2nd Post]

I'm thinking of this for some time and I'm glad I did it. Yeah. this also means that the Secret War Journals of mine isn't so "Secret" anymore. Hahas.

For starter's, I would like to clarify that I would not regret this move, in fact, I'm enjoying every moment of it right now. Tells you how long since I touched coding, huh?

Just joking! To be frank with you, the posts at the previous place was getting too stuffy and I figure I should just split them up into two. Hahas!

On the bright side, I can finally use the Tags system in Blogger for my Secret War Journals(at last!) LOLS.

And yeah, this is my first public post. Hell nervous, hahas. I'm not sure why myself either. Hahas.


Lastly, some of you guys may be wondering why I call these my Secret War Journals and not Secret War Diary. Let's just say I'm had intended to go public with these posts(with more and more people knowing where to find it, of course ;) and Diary is meant for my own eyes only. So Journals seems more appropriate.

Okay, I typed so much today, I swear, my fingers are breaking!

Today's post had already been posted, look it up in the archives or click Older Posts. I decided to still show one post per page(the posts are long, remember? Hahas)

Hope this isn't as lag as before, I did not move everything here. Hahas ;)

Happy reading!

Update: Oh, I'm kind of lazy to link people, but if you wish me to link your blog, please do say so, I will oblige and act on it upon reading it. ;)

2nd Update: Surprisingly, for someone who loads the webpage from the previous area and this new website, the previous one load faster by 3%. O.o But to me, this new webpage loads faster. Wonder why...

Secret War Journal [23 August 2009]

Wa...I sort of predict this is going to be a long post.. Brace yourselves! ;)

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NCHS Prelims 2 Pt3 [2009]
This will be the final time I will be talking about this, I mean ain't you guys bored of talking the same old topic for the past three posts?!

Since some people are curious about the details, so I will oblige with this picture which will explain on behalf of me. :D

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English Oral
Okay, back on track. First things first, my "O" Levels English Language Oral Examination.

One word, Horrible.

Elaborate? I screwed up.

At least I feel I did. LOL. I really hate being the first few students to take the oral Examination(mine was on the very First day, =.=)

Some people said the topic on that day was the easiest so far. I, on the other hand, think not. It's so difficult, so uniquely special that I totally had a shock.

Talk about oral blues...Brr...

Before you start screaming at me for not telling you what the topic was(please don't scream), I will share with you guys. ;)

Topic: Holiday/Shopping

Sounds easy? Think again.

Question 1: Tell me about a far-off place you've been to or a place you want to go.
Question 2: How do you like to shop?

Question one was manageable slight because I sort of overheard the question when I was in the waiting area which in turn allow me time to prepare for this question. Quite a number of us overheard too, talk about flaws of having an oral examination in an enclosed area.

Question two was in every way twisted beyond comprehension. The addition of the word "How" adds depth and bring complications. I got a feeling I did not even answered their question. (Which is probably why I think I screwed up...)

On top of that, our examiners on that day was horrible. Luckily for me, this incident happened after I left the exam hall.

As told by Angeline...[Adapted]

For starter's, we have two examiners who are invigilating us(try to imagine...). On the left was a woman, and on the right a man.
Halfway while Angeline was answering the question, the man dozed off. (Yes, appealing)
Shocked, Angeline stood up and rose her voice, (subtly, of course) so as to 'indirectly' wake the man up. The man, of course, woke up and smiled back to her. (Daring)

From the looks of it, the man sounds indifferent. O.o

Another incident, as told by Christopher and many others [Adapted]

There were rumours about another pair of examiners that day, that one of them muttered a swear word.
And many agreed and witnessed that on one occasion after a student finished his/her oral, the woman(the same) sprinted off. Some said that she was heading for a loo.(reasonable) while others say she couldn't stand it anymore(which is not so reliable)

What angered me was not the fact that the man(the one who slept) dared to sleep but the fact that he did not even made an attempt to stay awake. I don't mind yawning(it helps the brain) because that's hard to contain but sleep? There's so many ways to stay awake. Drinking coffee or tea, for starter's and those WERE provided.

Tsk Tsk...

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"O" Levels Chinese Language Results
Wohoo!

Okay, don't get the wrong idea, I did not get A1 or A2 but I'm happy all the same!

I reached my goal! B3!

Wohoo!!

Sadly, my school is forcing me to re-take at the end of this year. (Spoilsport)

Friends' Results:

1. Christopher Lim -- A2(D)
   
2. Christopher Widjaya -- C6
3. Cynthia -- B3(D)
4. Donavan -- B3(D)
5. Demond -- A1(M)
6. Hai Jin -- A1
   
7. Jia Xing -- C6
8. Jie Sheng -- B4(P)
   
9. Jing Ting -- B3(D)
   
10. Johnston -- C6(P)
11. Ker Shiun -- B3
12. Marcus -- B3(M)
13. Me -- B3(M)
14. Pei Si -- A1
15. Pei Wen -- A1
    
16. Sherman -- A1
    
17. Siew Yan -- A1
18. Wei Siang -- B2(M)
19. Ying Ying -- A1
    

Yeah, just some random people because I'm lazy to ask the rest.

In case you're wondering, those little letters next to the grades are the Paper 3 grades.
(P) = Pass
(M) = Merit
(D) = Distinction

Note: Paper 3 cannot only be taken once, hence these grades are pretty much permanent and hence so important in your decision in whether you wish to re-take at the end of the year.

Congrats to those who got A1 (which is half of my class!) :D

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Checking of SGC
If I'm not wrong, SGC means Singapore Graduation Certificate. This certificate is awarded to you when you graduate from Secondary School. The graduating classes were asked to check for errors, during this week, in the Draft Version of the SGC so that our SGC would be nice and perfect when we officially receive it. :D

Here's how it looks like:

This is the cover page, some information has been removed due to privacy. ;)

The next page would be a blank page, followed by your "O" Levels Result.

Moving on, the following page would be your CCA Achievements and your CCA Grades.

The following picture is also not finalised(Because I'm still aiming for A1! Hahas!)


Finally, this last page will be written by your teachers who assessed you and write a testimonial of your qualities, which may be useful when you want to enter certain schools. ;)

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Revisit: Primary One Registration
At the request of my cousin, I'm coming back to this topic for an update!

It has been confirmed not more than 2 days ago that my younger sister is successful in applying for Anchor Green Primary School!

But my family was too overjoyed to miss something - The orientation day, which was 3 days ago...

Yep, so we totally missed it, now the burning question is: Is my younger sister still successful in applying into that primary school? Guess we'll only find out when Monday comes...

Now we need divine intervention.

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Overreaction
This hilarious incident happened today!

As told from my dad...[Adapted]

Today, my father dropped my Mother at the MRT Interchange at the dropping area so that my Mother can go to work. As my father wants to leave, he reverses and hit someone's car door.
(as to whether to the car door was already open or not is in doubt)
The driver, whose car was hit, came out and demand compensation from my dad. Thinking that the damage was severe, my father went out to take a look and assess the damage. To his amazement, it was hardly a scratch(if you can even consider that a scratch)
Damage? A tiny speck of paint from MY DAD's car was rubbed on to the other party's WHITE car. Now then, the white car's stained. Sounds serious, huh? My father went to rub on it, and the paint disappeared, or should I say flaked off.

Continuing the tale, the driver was pissed and demanded to claim from my father to have his car fixed(which was pretty much fixed by my father's handing rubbing off the paint...)

Obviously, this was too minor a damage to use insurance claim to repair. Hence, my father offered money as compensation instead and asked how much was the driver needs to fix it(LOL.)

To my father's horror, the driver demanded SGD 50 for the repair. (!!! Day-light Robbery!)
Luckily, my father refused and went off. The driver tailed my father back home(sounds like stalking to me...)

That's when I laughed. I mean, he actually chased my dad for such a trivial thing. LOLS!

When my father left the car, the driver called my dad to stop and give him my dad's IC. The driver said that my father was being ungentlemanly because he hit-and-run and all that stuff.

My father left him to his own devices and returned home.

You know, I got a feeling that the driver was using this opportunity to get money from my dad. With the context of recession now, who knows what people are capable of? But this is a first, demanding $50 for a paint-plating for such a small area. WOW. Just plain wow.

Worse, the driver's car was parked illegally, yet he had the cheek to demand compensation when my father was just dropping my mother for work. (I mean duh, that's a drop-off point?)

LOL. Recession makes people do funny things.

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Phew! Long, isn't it? I even cut off some parts of my dad's story to make it shorter! For example, there was a mediator(an old man) who tried to resolve the commotion.

Well, next week would be my Prelims 3. another trial, another period of boredom. Until next week then...

Secret War Journal[16 August 2009]

Alright! Welcome back! Time really passes when you're busy.(Now, have I said that before? Hmm..)

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First up is a event that occurred yesterday...
Extraordinary Lift Encounter!
Yep, it's the lift thingy again. But while the prior encounter touches on spookiness, this encounter is plain cool! (for me, that is)

This time, it involved the lift on the left! Here goes...

I was with my younger sister and I pressed the Lift Button as we're going down for lunch. (As in eating out.)
One lift was on Maintenance. What's surprising is that, it's that lift that came down for us...

I was like, "is this some sick joke"?

Before I jumped into conclusion, I looked at the other lift. It was not moving.

Oh great, why me?

When the lift arrived, I was expecting some lift repair workers inside, but it was empty.

Remember I said it was not spooky? Scratch that.

Nevertheless, I had no other options, we went in.
Obviously, my younger sister looks indifferent, she has no idea what's going on. Now could she?

It was a risk that could well end my life. But it was cool to be in a lift in maintenance, and it's lifting you too!
How cool is that? I mean, not many people ever could experience that.

I'm so proud I experienced that and nothing bad happened to us. ;)

Like I said, plain cool!

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Prelims 2 Marks Pt2
Like I promised in the prior post, I'm going to share with you my pathetic results for Prelims 2.

• L1R4 -> Same as Prelims 1 L1R5; 11
• L1R5 -> 15
• Poorest Subject -> Chemistry
• Best Subject -> Probably E.Maths
• Overall %(For best 7) -> 70%

Okay, on the bright side, the overall percentage wasn't so bad. I don't really want to comment on the results but yeah, in case you're wondering, I'm definitely not the third in class anymore.
I mean, if I get third, that would just mean that my class is really lousy, (which I hope isn't, duh?)

Anyway, it just means that I have to work harder for Prelims 3! Right!

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National Day@9 August 2009
National Day for me this year is kind of boring.

But here's a memorable experience: The pledge Moment

And I'm proud to say that my family and I participated in it, even though my younger brother only joined in the middle of pledge.

But it felt so awkward, reciting the pledge at home. I think it's because my family never recited the pledged as one family before. So it felt...so strange.

And I totally missed the aircraft performance. What a pity.

Despite that, we had durians on that day. Mmm! It had been some time since I 'mass eat' durians. :D

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Primary One Registration 2009
Next year, my younger Sister would be going to a Primary School to start her first formal education.
Unfortunately, since we're new to Sengkang, the process is rather messed up.

For starter's, we wanted her to enter the Nearest(and the best around here) primary school, which was Nan Chiau Primary School. Sadly, due to overwhelming response, the places were left to luck...through balloting. Obviously, my younger sister did not qualify for a place there.

Next up, we applied for Anchor Green Primary School(never heard of this school until two days ago).
As of yesterday, there were overwhelming applies for that school too. Shocking, yes. It's all left to fate once more, whether my younger sister enters that school will be up to god's will. I have no comments on that matter.

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Opps, I ran out of time. But rest assured, next week I'll be talking about my results for "O" Levels Chinese and how my English Oral went. Like always, wish me luck!

P.S: Boy, I'm very nervous about Oral!

Secret War Journal[12 August 2009]

Before I start this post, here's a (rather late) Message:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE!!!

Yep, it was Singapore's 44th Birthday a few days ago.

Contrary to the the previous post, this post will be very short. I'm rather busy this week so I hope you guys would understand.

I would not be discussing about my Prelims 2 Marks until I get back my report book (or until next week, I got time).
Like I said earlier, it was very disappointing.


Next up, lots of things happened over the week but I may not have the time to discuss them. I'm so sorry.

To be frank with you, I'm just updating with this super brief post so as to let you know that, no, I had not stopped blogging. I just simply lost track of time and you know, forgot to blog on Sunday. :p

Which is why I'm posting this post in the meantime before next Sunday which I believe, I will be writing about happened over last week as well. (Which might mean it will be another long post. Hahas)

Well, finally, next Monday would be my "O" Levels English Oral Examination, followed by the announcement of my "O" Levels Chinese Results on Wednesday.

So, wish me luck! (and for tomorrow's Amaths Test too!) Hahas.

Will update with a more worthy post, sorta promise!

Secret War Journal[31 July 2009]

Another week went by! That was fast.

I foresee that this post will be rather long, so bear with me. ;)
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Prelims 2 Marks 2009 Part 1
So far, I'm not very happy with my results.

• Chemistry -- 59.2 [C5]
• Combined.Humans -- 69 [B3]

Not a single A yet! OMG! I fared really badly for these two subjects. I feel so sad. Chemistry, I can understand but combined.humans?

This is like Secondary One all over again. Argh. I need to see As. (Someone help me pray for As for the rest of the subjects. ;)

On the bright side, Mrs Hay said that my Chemistry marks should be rounded up to 60[B4]
Then it won't be so bad.

And I'm in the process of claiming one mark for my Combined Humans. Wish me luck on that. :D

English Paper 2
I got it back and the results weren't as disappointing as the other two aforementioned. I scored 32/50. I was not expecting to get the top position for this Paper 2 for my class(still not confirmed! Hahas)

Anyway, I hope my Paper 1 would be just as good, then my english would have improved way lots! Hahas.

And on top of that, this prelims would be memorable. Wanna know why? Because....

That's right! I wrote some funny answers on the Question Paper. I'm quite proud of it.

Please note, however, that these are not model answers and should not be used as learning aid or for educational purposes. There are simply meant for entertainment. ;)

Elementary & Additional Mathematics Paper 1

• E.Maths -- 72+1/80
• Add.Maths -- 62/80 (I think, I sort of forgot)

Here's something I think is funny(okay, that was evil of me)

I wanted to claim 2 marks from Mrs.Sim because she marked Cynthia's Answer(which is same as mine) correct but mine wrong. So I went over and it turned out that the answer was wrong(talk about false hope) and I sort of made Cynthia's marks reduced by 2 marks(my bad!)

But I need to thank her on one matter, because she lost two marks, she argued for one mark to be claimed due to method marks. Since she got the one mark, I got it too(Because I had that method too, hahas).

So her marks overall were reduced by one while mine was added one mark. Sounds like she sort of 'transferred' one mark to my paper. Hahas. (okay, should not laugh at people's mishap)

Let me clarify, I'm laughing on the way I got one extra mark. ;)
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The Day there was Biology
That exams portion took you so long to reach here and guess what? It was just the beginning. (Told you this post would be long ;)

Next up, on Tuesday, my class and some other classes have no school on that day because of the fact that we have no exam papers on that day and hence we decided to go out and relax.

People who went(with me):

1. Christopher
2. Jing Ting, Jaytii
   
3. Lai Yin
4. Yan Zhi
   

This time, we have fewer people. Vanessa was feeling unwell and hence she did not come with us.

Well, it turned out that Vanessa still went out that day, with Bernice and co. She claimed that she recovered overnight(yes, hard to believe) and so can go out. Well, no matter what she claims(whether it was true or not), we have to respect her decision so no hostility there when we spotted her. Hahas.

After that, we went to Bugis for Lunch. Actually, I had lunch before meeting them but I ate all the same. Hahas. Of course, I did not order a full meal set. Just some side orders, which was just some garlic bread.
They decided to dine in "PastaMaina" for some pasta. I must admit, that was my first time dining there and I wasn't very impressed.(Partly because I don't really like pasta)
Nevertheless, they had a great meal and we went off to accompany Lai Yin to buy her musical tool(s), whatever that was.

So, you would be wondering, what's the freaking highlight of this outing? Obviously, our aim was not to wander around in the streets of Orchard. In fact, we haven't even reached out final destination yet. Yan Zhi was still not with us. (Surprised?)

Next Stop: HarbourFront
Yep! Insane as it sounded, I thought it was insane, we're heading towards VivoCity. Yes, the land of HarbourFront, on the opposite side of Sengkang, the great journey from the North to the East to the South. Ahh! We were really insane then. Hahas.
Now, of all places, where VivoCity, and why so far?

The reason lies with Jaytii - She wanted to watch a movie. In 3D(ah, the catch).
As to why this cinema, beats me. I'm pretty sure that isn't the only cinema in Singapore that offers 3D movies...

Oh well, so we go..the movie...:D

Ice Age 3: Dawn of Dinosaurs

Cute little poster, hahas. Basically, the 3D effects were really a let-down. Not much worth noting effects inside which is why I feel that we should had just watched in a normal movie environment. Sigh, I was expecting more...

As for the story, it's rich, funny and fresh. For that, I urge you all to watch this movie(if you hadn't)


P.S: I used my handphone on that day. Ironic, huh?
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Interview Skills Seminar
On 31 July 2009, our school invited NanYang Polytechnic to host Seminars for our graduating classes. I chose "Interview Skills" Seminar which I found enriching, hence I do not regret going to that class.

Basically, we were offered the following choices:

1. Business
2. Roller-Coaster Engineering(something like that)
3. Interview Skills
4. Infocomm Technology
5. Life Sciences
   
6. Media and Information Technology

Our class was rather special, majority of us went for Interview skills. The rest of the classes mostly rooted for Business.

Unless I can split myself into many pieces, I did not attend the other 5. So, I can only discuss about the Seminar that I attended.
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Key Tips in Interview Skills

1. First Impression lasts
   
   1. It takes 7 seconds to make one.
   2. 55% of the time, the outcome is based on your appearance.
2. Accept Compliments (Don't deny them :o)
3. Use Good English. (Simple English would suffice)
4. Use interviewer's name occassionally (For interaction)
   
5. Avoid simple answers like "yes" and "no".
6. Do not lie (It's a big no-no)
7. Don't be a "know-it-all", it will sound cocky and arrogant.
8. Never make negative statements about your present or former schools/organisations.

Life Skills touched on

1. "The world is unfair". This is why first impressions are so important.
2. Learn to prioritise which is more important and spend more time on it. Do not spend too much things on trivial tasks.
3. Don't spend too much. Learn to manage finance well.
4. Overall, family is the most important, not the company. Avoid becoming a workaholic and end up being married to the company instead of your life partner.

Preparing for the Interview

• Investigate the target organisation/Do your homework or research.
• Study the job description.
• Practise answers to typical interview questions.
• Expect to explains problems area on your resume.
• Build interviewing experience with less important jobs first.

Possible problems area on Resume

• Time Gaps. In between your timeline, what did you do? For example, you graduated in 2007 but only got a job in 2009. What were you doing during 2008?
• It is not advisable to put in your school grades unless they were superb. Else, it serves no purpose.

Fighting Interview Fears

1. Video Record a practice session to see how you come across(if you can)
2. Rehearse your closing statement.
3. Prepare 110%
4. Practise More.
5. Know how to answer the most frequently asked Questions.
6. Get ready success stories such as your experience as a leader. (If you have Leadership positions). Hence, get such experience by taking up leadership posts.
7. Take deep breathes to calm down and think. It is useful when you're nervous.
8. Remember that during some parts of the interview, you will be in charge.
9. Remember that you are also assessing the interviewer, and his or her organisation. This should give you confidence. (For e.g. assessing their culture)

Sending Positive Message

1. Never be late
2. Be courteous
3. Dress Professionally
4. Wait for the receptionist to offer you a seat.
5. A right and firm handshake (skill)
6. Introduce yourself
7. Control body movements
8. Make eye contact but don't get into staring contest
9. Sound sincere and interested
10. Smile

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Your face is the most important tool in non-verbal communication.
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I did not copy down the Don'ts for the Female and did not copy finish the Don'ts for Male.
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Don'ts(Male)

• Bad Breath
• Oily Hair
• Short Trousers

Important Areas of Interview

1. Communication Skills
2. Attitude
3. Motivations - Your goals
4. Potential

Different Interviewer Types

1. Dominance
   
   • Interviewer of this type are often impatient, direct, short and sharp.
   • To counter this, be brief and confident.
     
2. Influence
   
   • Interviewer of this type are often chatty which makes you at ease.
     
   • To counter this, remember to smile and tell stories to illustrate your points.
     
3. Steadiness
   
   • Interviewer of this type are often Patient
   • To counter this, speaker slower so that they can hear you properly and clearly.
     
4. Conscientious
   
   • Interviewer of this type are often questioning.
     
   • To counter this, be precise, be serious, and think before answering questions.

Closing the Interview

1. Stand up and shake hands again.
2. Ask when you would hear from them.
3. Thank the interviewer
4. Take notes of the interview when you reach home.
5. Write a thank-you letter to the interviewer and that you really like the job (if you're interested in getting the job)

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With that, I will end this post. It is getting too long and I want to revise for my Chemistry Practical Assessment Tomorrow. Until next time!

Secret War Journal [26 July 2009]

It's been a long time, how are you guys? I hope life's good because this week hadn't been so good for me. Hahas...

This week had been packed with Examinations and more Examinations. (lols...)

On top of that, this Wednesday, we had "O" Levels Chinese Listening Comprehension. I should have every reason to feel stressed right? Hahas...

"O" Levels Chinese Listening Comprehension
So, I guess let me start on what happened on Wednesday then...

Ironically, on this day, the World witnesses the Longest Solar Eclipse ever occurred. The whole of Singapore missed it, wow.
You would be wondering why the whole of Singapore(, shouldn't it be only the "O" Levels Candidates?). Well, on the Wednesday Morning, which is around 8~9AM, it rained. Well that's partial darkness for us. (Laugh out loud!)
For my class, we never figured when the eclipse occurred so yeah, we lucked out (big time)

But on the bright side, we had no lessons on that day. The School decided to let us relax before going for the Examinations. I heard from some teachers that this is the first time the School did that and they were trying to figure out why the school made this strange move after so many years. My answer to them would be: Who knows? Hahas...

On the not-so-bright side, we got back our Chemistry Paper 1 for Prelims 2.

Boy, the class screwed up. Only one-third of the Class(excluding people who are taking Combined.Sciences) scored above 30 out of 40. Which is disappointing. Even more disappointing is that, I'm not the few who got 30 or above. T.T

I got only 28!!! AHHHH!!!!
(Okay, I know 28/40 is A2 grade but I want A1!!! AHH~!!!)

So yeah, the class got lectured by Mrs Hay. Nice backdrop for day of National Examinations, huh? Guess not.

So I guess I can kiss my Ai-grade for my Chemistry goodbye. Haiz...
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I have the Question Paper for the Listening Comprehension since they allow candidates to keep it. But I won't be showing it here because of Copyright issue. Duh? Hahas.

Anyway, I feel that the Paper was very difficult. So I'm just hoping that I scored at least 14/20. I would be leaping with joy that I reach that goal.
Hopefully, I do not need to re-take my Chinese at the End of this year. :D

NCHS Prelims 2 Pt2
This week, I took quite a number of examinations:

1. Elementary Mathematics Paper 1 & 2
Compared to the first Prelims, this paper is much easier and Mrs Sim had mentioned that we did well for Paper 1. Paper 2 was not known because she had not marked finish.
2. Chemistry Paper 1 & 2
Chemistry Paper 2 was a killer and I thought Chemistry Paper 1 was easier. With my Paper 1 so badly done, I doubt my Paper 2 would be anyway near better...
3. Additional Mathematics Paper 1 & 2
Same as Prelims One...Paper 1 easier than Paper2. Hope I did not screw it up like the first Prelims...
4. Physics Paper 1 & 2
Gee, what can I say, the paper should be easy but I think my answers are filled with careless mistakes. So I'm good as dead.

Which leaves one last paper for me to tackle: Geography. My weakest subject, you can say. Oh great. Yeah. I'm proud to say that revision should be half done. :D

But I still think I will screw it up. Best not get hopeful. Haha...

Wish me luck! Because I would really need it.
The Wrong Signboard
Next up, here's a queer thing that happened. ;)

Remember the shop that my family set up? It turns out that a typo occurred at the Signboard. It wrote "Quenna" instead of "Queena"
And guess what, neither my father nor me spotted it. I should have realised it because I was advertising it on Facebook and used the Signboard as the logo in there. And the thumbnail wrote "NN" right in front of me.
I can't believe I did not register the problem! Stupid me!

Well, thankfully, my stepmother spotted it and the problem is dealt with(I think). ;)

Which is why I changed the Logo for the Facebook group too. ;)
The Lift Encounter
Another queer thing happened recently would be about the right-hand-side elevator.

On this day after a stressful examination, I reached the Lift Lobby. The Right-hand-side lift doors opened and I entered. So far so good. ;)

I pressed my Storey number and pressed the button to close the door.

Everything was fine until the lift door could not close. Okay, let me rephrase that, the lift door could close fully but it does not move up but open the door again.(only to close it again)

Yep, just imagine a mouth that opens and close. That freaked me out. I was worried I would be trapped in this lift. (God, why me...) I pressed the "Close Door" Button so that I can somehow move up.

Well, that failed. :o

My next move was to press the "Door Open" button. Hahas...Well it opens it doors alright, only to close it again moments later. LOLS...

Now that's one freak lift, so I sort of time it and exit when the Doors are open. I jumped out, literally. Phew! I thought I would be crushed by those doors, given my fragile body. I'm so freaking glad I'm thin! Wohoo!

But that's not all, the freaky thing is that the moment I left the lift, it closed its doors and launched off...leaving me on the Ground Floor...

=.=
Talk about rejection...

Since the lift on the right-hand-side was moving up, when I pressed for a lift, the left-hand-side lift came for me. Nothing funny happened to me, thank the gods.

As to why the 'rejection' occurred, I have no absolute idea. Subsequent trips using that lift gave no problems. It was a one-out-of-million chance for that to happen, I guess.

Well, just to be safe, avoid using that lift. If needed, just be on guard, the lift's spooky...

Epilogue

All right! That's all, folks! Gotta go now and continue revising for my Examination tomorrow! Until next week! ;)

Secret war Journal [18 July 2009]

Three Subjects for Prelims over and done with. Woot! Two more weeks and I'm exam-free for a few more weeks. (before Prelims 3 begins...=.=)

Well, I don't know what to say for the past three papers. I guess, I can only talk about that after I get the results. Hahas

Well, to begin with, I took this few papers during the last three days:

1. English Paper 1 & 2
2. Chinese Paper 1 & 2
3. Social Studies
4. History

Yeah, and I should stop talking about Exams. God, I'm tired from all those papers.
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Now, lemme think. Was there anything interest that happened this week? I think not. But here's something to take up the space. ;)

Queena Fashion on Facebook

Right! The thingy on top is a shop that has just been recently set up by my family. It sells Women Clothing. So those interested, please visit us and check it out! ;)
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Come to think of it, it's been some time since I visited my Grandmother, maybe I should visit her next week.

Secret war Journal [4 July 2009]

Wee! What a busy day today had been! I was intending to start on my homework today but I guess I got distracted. Or rather, I was given no chance to even so much as touch it. :o

Now, why?

Early in the morning, I was woken up by my parents just so that I can help out with extending the visit pass of my grandmother. BUT!

They had an ulterior motive! They wanted me to help out at the shop we're setting up today. So I was moved from my home, where the homework lay, and to the the office. Okay, I meant the shop. :p

So that's basically why I did nothing, homework-wise. :o

But I can't exactly say I wasted the entire day. For starter's, I helped settled the problem of extending the visit pass for my grandmother(which was met with lots of problems, the government should solve them as soon as possible)

In addition, I read some pages for "Wheel of Time". But that is not important.

Today is the day. Today is the day that I see the shop for the very first time. It is not exactly completed which is the reason I'm summoned to help out in the first place.

We, parents and I, sorted out the goods and drilled holes for the installation of furniture. That's when we realised that the walls of the shop is HOLLOW! We were doing nothing for a period of time, deciding on the next course of action as we really need to screw some fixtures onto the wall. So we thought of an alternative (which do not require strong walls) and so they left me alone in the shop while they shop for those things.

That's the time when I started reading the book. LOLs...

My parents were away for a very long time and at 4 o'clock at the evening, I realised that my fingernails are blue!
Forget fevers, talk about frostbite in a mall! Panicking, I locked the shop and went out of the mall for warmth. After walking out of the mall, I kind of got awkward. Me, alone, walking around the entrance of the mall for no due reason(I know I have, but the others don't)

That's when I wish I had someone beside. At least, I won't be at risk of being accused of loitering. :p

Anyway, my handphone battery almost went flat. Thank god, there's still battery when my mother called me to buy lunch (at 5+ o'clock..=.=)

And guess what? I had my dinner at 10:15PM! -.-

What a life-draining, energy-draining and mental exercise it had been!!!

Oh and before I forget, here's an interesting situation that happened after my parents came back:

My father and I started to place price tags on the goods. I was using the machine which prints the price labels and it went out of labels to print after we sort of spammed it.

Then, a problem occurred. We just bought this machine, and...

We had no idea how to refill...

LOLs....We wasted lots of labels just for trying to figure how to make that machine work for us. In fact, we were puzzled at how the labels went from one end to the other. LOLs.

All came to light after my step-mother took out the packaging box of the machine and showed instructions on how to refill. LOL, I was such a fool.
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It's late, before I go off and sleep, here's some tips:

Never go eat Beef Ramen in Far East Plaza (it's...just not nice)

See ya, guys!

Wake tomorrow for a bright sunshine!

Secret War Journal [30 June 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]

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]

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]

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]

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!