where simple music rules... the 60s...

i wanna be like them... oh man...

its been like 40++ days since i last posted on this blog... its been a long long time since i have touched this laptop of mine for LEISURE... this laptop of mine has its wireless hardware screwed, it cannot shutdown properly, the inside heats up until u can feel the heat, the itunes is not working and the antivirus does not allow u to surf the net unless i disable it...it does look cool i guess...but...well... its getting old...

Promos just ended... i did study for it, i must say that when i was sitting for the paper, the "answers" just flowed out of my mind instantly. of course there was some questions that i could not do, some concepts that i forgot, all in all, i think there is a fine line on whether i can pass or not, in other words, promote or not. there is no time for me to check my papers, i just wrote what is relevant to the question, in fact it was like writing what my mind tells me. i do not know if this is the correct way to do my papers, "answers" were those that i myself think is correct. i do not remember doing my papers like that in secondary school, i remember at least in O levels, i knew what the questions were asking and i could answer what the question is asking for... not to forget there is still time to think again...and also check the paper... goodness... whether this is a good sign or not i really don't know. guess i would be retaining JC 1 again...

at least i know i did all my tutorials, i attended all the lessons... the school says that the tutorials is to help us to "study", theres no need for study breaks... i think this "way" of studying only applies to humanities subjects; remember the contents, and just vomit the rest... as for other subjects where application is needed...this is a very very useless way, at least from a point of view from a person like me, labelled as "mugger" by my friends... honestly, doing all the chemistry, maths and physics "extra tutorials" does help... only to a small extent...

i am not saying that it is totally useless, but why give us questions that are almost the same? then kill us with questions that are so different in tests and exams? why not throw us some basic questions, including some complicated ones in tutorials? why not use the ten year series instead like econs? why not just take questions from the TYS when they recycle questions? teachers say they want to bring up the standard, they say we are a weaker batch on JC students... but i think it is a kind of prejudice in society... at least for 1s20, an average O level score of 12.6
below average? i guess not.

let me give you an example.

you got a group of soldiers you have to train for war. they are to know the basics of survival, they have to learn how to kill, how to be "war smart". but you train them just with the basics, you teach them how to shoot, what to eat, how to take cover, how to read hand signals.
yes, you give them the materials needed, they basics. but they do not have the experience, or even a simulated environment where they can practice their newly acquired skills.
when they fight a war, do you think they could survive?
even though they know the way to shoot, they never fired a weapon, do you think they can hit their target?
yes, practice makes perfect, but how can one be perfect when he only practices the basics,(the pose, position, and way to shoot)? without firing the real deal?
there is a reason why the army has firing ranges in Singapore, there is a reason why there is field trainings.
i personally feel that unless one is exposed at least to the possible environments, one has very little chance to "survive".

how about a more practical example?

cooks

can you only teach a cook by teaching him how to understand the basic recipe, and expect him to cook in you restaurant? NO.
fish and chips for example. theres the fish, the batter, and the fries. the recipe says season the fish with salt and pepper, fish into batter, and deep fry.
however, HOW MUCH SEASONINGS? MUST THE FISH BE TOTALLY COVERED IN THE BATTER? HOW HOT DOES THE OIL HAVE TO BE? HOW LONG DOES THE FISH HAVE TO BE FRIED?
it takes experience, EXPERIENCE IN FRYING THE FISH, AND NOT EXPERIENCE IN UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT RECIPES ON HOW TO FRY A FISH.

convincing?

how are those 2 mentioned above able to survive a war, and cook up meal? they have to be place in the respective environments to learn! that is how they can move
forward. FORWARD

i am not saying that my school's teachers are lousy, they are the best, but i just want to highlight that their way, the "way" that they think is "beneficial" to the school is not the best. if we want to move on, we cannot be different from the others, we got to have some elements that others have to move on.

come on! we are the only JC in whole of Singapore to end school at an average of 4.30p.m not including the extra consultation hours...

i really cannot understand the prejudice that weak students = lazy students = longer school hours = more university admissions = better JC.

honestly, if i do not have teachers that i have now, i would quit school. how many teachers in a JC would be willing to stay back to have extra consultations with you?

i just cannot accept the long school hours, and the never ending tutorials, that are SOMETIMES... useless...

i just disagree with that bloody "Ar Qua" (cross dresser). i remember clearly this person said this:

"i have been here 10 + years, and i know what it is like... if students in school cannot make it to the university with the similar kind of timetable, what makes you think that a shorter time table can improve the percentage admissions to universities in Singapore?"

this person has been there 10+ years, and the school has not been moving forward...
IRONY...

after a whole day, from 8 to 4.30, a total of 8 hours in school. so much to absorb, so little time. i take about 1.30 hours to reach home, by the time i have dinner, and my bath, 7 in the night. tutorials will take up at least 3 hours, that is 10 in the night. revision till 12 midnight. any later than that, i would fall asleep in lectures, and learn nothing at all...

as an ordinary person, i think that this is something very unacceptable. some says its about adapting to JC life, but according to the dictionary:

Synonyms: These verbs mean to make suitable to or consistent with a particular situation or use: adapted themselves to city life; can't accommodate myself to the new requirements; adjusting their behavior to the rules; conforming her life to accord with her moral principles; fitting the punishment to the crime; couldn't reconcile his reassuring words with his hostile actions.

suitable?, consistent? i can take the heat on tutorials, but not the timetable. yes, they keep saying that we are young adults, can't they just trust us with the responsibility to take control of our studies ourselves? aren't they speaking contradicting themselves? so much for being a young adult...

then they would point the finger at those whom, defying all odds, could benefit from such an environment... again, i felt the pinch of society's prejudice, we are not the same... we are all different, please do not group us as one.

uniforms... i only got a few things to say, the colour sucks, the material is shit. but thank GOD for half uniform days... other than that... please, please, please, after the bloody contract of the current uniform supplier, change to another, and change the colour of the uniform. please... let the future generations of this school be able to wear something that looks like a uniform, not like a communist school. as for the school song, unless someone can come out with something better, it adds on to the communist "feel".



life have been the same as usual, i finally got the time to sleep, to at least watch TV... man... sitting on the sofa... watching my favourite shows... playing my xbox, playing my guitar... man... after so long...

a few things have changed, i am going out, GOING OUT more often with my classmates... really regretted not going out with my secondary school mates more often... opportunity costs... i really enjoy myself with them around, the burdens seems to be all thrown aways when i am with them. i really hope i can promote to JC2, even though hope seems to be diminishing by the days... well... i really thank these guys for being my friends...

i too miss all my mates back in SA! argh, its really a place where i call home. everybody is so friendly, an i seems to know everyone. it is a place where i took for granted, but now really cherish and miss. especially those living in Braddel View, you guys know who you are... ping pong, soccer, Playsation...

i still find joy and satisfaction when i fly the piper warrior II in SYFC. flying is really a privilege that i enjoy. sometimes i really ask myself what in the world i have done to enjoy this. besides, i have such a nice instructor, he damn cool i tell you... calm, yet always so funny. and he is kinda kind too, treating his students to meals and drinks, at least what i heard... i mean, 7000 feet above Singapore, flying in a plane, straight and level, climbing, descending, radio calls...it is as though i am living my dreams of being a pilot... man... words cannot describe the feeling when you fly... to sum it all up, ITS DAMN COOL!



all in all, life's been gd, thanks to God's grace and mercy. his love really never ends. even though i have failed him so many times, he is always there for me... now its not about the positive mindset, it is about having confidence in the lord... for he can always solve my problems... not matter what.

no matter what happens next year, still gotta work hard, still gotta finish all the tutorials, who knows? it might help in the end... besides... i choose to come to this school, so, no choice, gotta abide to its rules...

i am going to enjoy it while it lasts...

some really good oldies that me and my class dudes enjoyed on our "all boys outing"...



and the original...

where simple music rules... the 60s...

i wanna be like them... oh man...

its been like 40++ days since i last posted on this blog... its been a long long time since i have touched this laptop of mine for LEISURE... this laptop of mine has its wireless hardware screwed, it cannot shutdown properly, the inside heats up until u can feel the heat, the itunes is not working and the antivirus does not allow u to surf the net unless i disable it...it does look cool i guess...but...well... its getting old...

Promos just ended... i did study for it, i must say that when i was sitting for the paper, the "answers" just flowed out of my mind instantly. of course there was some questions that i could not do, some concepts that i forgot, all in all, i think there is a fine line on whether i can pass or not, in other words, promote or not. there is no time for me to check my papers, i just wrote what is relevant to the question, in fact it was like writing what my mind tells me. i do not know if this is the correct way to do my papers, "answers" were those that i myself think is correct. i do not remember doing my papers like that in secondary school, i remember at least in O levels, i knew what the questions were asking and i could answer what the question is asking for... not to forget there is still time to think again...and also check the paper... goodness... whether this is a good sign or not i really don't know. guess i would be retaining JC 1 again...

at least i know i did all my tutorials, i attended all the lessons... the school says that the tutorials is to help us to "study", theres no need for study breaks... i think this "way" of studying only applies to humanities subjects; remember the contents, and just vomit the rest... as for other subjects where application is needed...this is a very very useless way, at least from a point of view from a person like me, labelled as "mugger" by my friends... honestly, doing all the chemistry, maths and physics "extra tutorials" does help... only to a small extent...

i am not saying that it is totally useless, but why give us questions that are almost the same? then kill us with questions that are so different in tests and exams? why not throw us some basic questions, including some complicated ones in tutorials? why not use the ten year series instead like econs? why not just take questions from the TYS when they recycle questions? teachers say they want to bring up the standard, they say we are a weaker batch on JC students... but i think it is a kind of prejudice in society... at least for 1s20, an average O level score of 12.6
below average? i guess not.

let me give you an example.

you got a group of soldiers you have to train for war. they are to know the basics of survival, they have to learn how to kill, how to be "war smart". but you train them just with the basics, you teach them how to shoot, what to eat, how to take cover, how to read hand signals.
yes, you give them the materials needed, they basics. but they do not have the experience, or even a simulated environment where they can practice their newly acquired skills.
when they fight a war, do you think they could survive?
even though they know the way to shoot, they never fired a weapon, do you think they can hit their target?
yes, practice makes perfect, but how can one be perfect when he only practices the basics,(the pose, position, and way to shoot)? without firing the real deal?
there is a reason why the army has firing ranges in Singapore, there is a reason why there is field trainings.
i personally feel that unless one is exposed at least to the possible environments, one has very little chance to "survive".

how about a more practical example?

cooks

can you only teach a cook by teaching him how to understand the basic recipe, and expect him to cook in you restaurant? NO.
fish and chips for example. theres the fish, the batter, and the fries. the recipe says season the fish with salt and pepper, fish into batter, and deep fry.
however, HOW MUCH SEASONINGS? MUST THE FISH BE TOTALLY COVERED IN THE BATTER? HOW HOT DOES THE OIL HAVE TO BE? HOW LONG DOES THE FISH HAVE TO BE FRIED?
it takes experience, EXPERIENCE IN FRYING THE FISH, AND NOT EXPERIENCE IN UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT RECIPES ON HOW TO FRY A FISH.

convincing?

how are those 2 mentioned above able to survive a war, and cook up meal? they have to be place in the respective environments to learn! that is how they can move
forward. FORWARD

i am not saying that my school's teachers are lousy, they are the best, but i just want to highlight that their way, the "way" that they think is "beneficial" to the school is not the best. if we want to move on, we cannot be different from the others, we got to have some elements that others have to move on.

come on! we are the only JC in whole of Singapore to end school at an average of 4.30p.m not including the extra consultation hours...

i really cannot understand the prejudice that weak students = lazy students = longer school hours = more university admissions = better JC.

honestly, if i do not have teachers that i have now, i would quit school. how many teachers in a JC would be willing to stay back to have extra consultations with you?

i just cannot accept the long school hours, and the never ending tutorials, that are SOMETIMES... useless...

i just disagree with that bloody "Ar Qua" (cross dresser). i remember clearly this person said this:

"i have been here 10 + years, and i know what it is like... if students in school cannot make it to the university with the similar kind of timetable, what makes you think that a shorter time table can improve the percentage admissions to universities in Singapore?"

this person has been there 10+ years, and the school has not been moving forward...
IRONY...

after a whole day, from 8 to 4.30, a total of 8 hours in school. so much to absorb, so little time. i take about 1.30 hours to reach home, by the time i have dinner, and my bath, 7 in the night. tutorials will take up at least 3 hours, that is 10 in the night. revision till 12 midnight. any later than that, i would fall asleep in lectures, and learn nothing at all...

as an ordinary person, i think that this is something very unacceptable. some says its about adapting to JC life, but according to the dictionary:

Synonyms: These verbs mean to make suitable to or consistent with a particular situation or use: adapted themselves to city life; can't accommodate myself to the new requirements; adjusting their behavior to the rules; conforming her life to accord with her moral principles; fitting the punishment to the crime; couldn't reconcile his reassuring words with his hostile actions.

suitable?, consistent? i can take the heat on tutorials, but not the timetable. yes, they keep saying that we are young adults, can't they just trust us with the responsibility to take control of our studies ourselves? aren't they speaking contradicting themselves? so much for being a young adult...

then they would point the finger at those whom, defying all odds, could benefit from such an environment... again, i felt the pinch of society's prejudice, we are not the same... we are all different, please do not group us as one.

uniforms... i only got a few things to say, the colour sucks, the material is shit. but thank GOD for half uniform days... other than that... please, please, please, after the bloody contract of the current uniform supplier, change to another, and change the colour of the uniform. please... let the future generations of this school be able to wear something that looks like a uniform, not like a communist school. as for the school song, unless someone can come out with something better, it adds on to the communist "feel".



life have been the same as usual, i finally got the time to sleep, to at least watch TV... man... sitting on the sofa... watching my favourite shows... playing my xbox, playing my guitar... man... after so long...

a few things have changed, i am going out, GOING OUT more often with my classmates... really regretted not going out with my secondary school mates more often... opportunity costs... i really enjoy myself with them around, the burdens seems to be all thrown aways when i am with them. i really hope i can promote to JC2, even though hope seems to be diminishing by the days... well... i really thank these guys for being my friends...

i too miss all my mates back in SA! argh, its really a place where i call home. everybody is so friendly, an i seems to know everyone. it is a place where i took for granted, but now really cherish and miss. especially those living in Braddel View, you guys know who you are... ping pong, soccer, Playsation...

i still find joy and satisfaction when i fly the piper warrior II in SYFC. flying is really a privilege that i enjoy. sometimes i really ask myself what in the world i have done to enjoy this. besides, i have such a nice instructor, he damn cool i tell you... calm, yet always so funny. and he is kinda kind too, treating his students to meals and drinks, at least what i heard... i mean, 7000 feet above Singapore, flying in a plane, straight and level, climbing, descending, radio calls...it is as though i am living my dreams of being a pilot... man... words cannot describe the feeling when you fly... to sum it all up, ITS DAMN COOL!



all in all, life's been gd, thanks to God's grace and mercy. his love really never ends. even though i have failed him so many times, he is always there for me... now its not about the positive mindset, it is about having confidence in the lord... for he can always solve my problems... not matter what.

no matter what happens next year, still gotta work hard, still gotta finish all the tutorials, who knows? it might help in the end... besides... i choose to come to this school, so, no choice, gotta abide to its rules...

i am going to enjoy it while it lasts...

some really good oldies that me and my class dudes enjoyed on our "all boys outing"...



and the original...