Home is where the Heart is

Alright, it's tuesday again. My free day! Haha..always look forward to it. But this week...i've got to do coverage for the Bizcom Bazaar. Met Guo Qi again in the morning to get the key and time table. Went to YIH at around 12.30pm, collect the equipments..haha..i look like going to market..carrying one big bag of camera, one small videocam and one tripod. Luckily there isn't many people on the bus, manage to get a sit but just for one stop though. Haha..reach central forum at 1pm. Was super rush coz according to the time table the event starts at 1pm and I haven't even set up the things. Made my way to the stage area and set up the tripod. Waited for Nadhirah to join me. She had marketing presentation before that. We waited for quite long and finally they fixed the mic at around 1.30pm. Make me rush all the way for nothing. So angry!!..I took the videographer job..haa super boring. Ask us to film some talk on wine appreciation and pasta quiz. And the person was like walking all over the stage. So hard to film la..plus I was almost going to fall asleep. Haha..I think some part of the video cant see the person coz he walk too much and some people was walking in front of the camera blocking them. Oh oh and there was this guy who actually stand right in front of my camera to talk to his friend. So irritating:S

Anyway, we finish at 2pm. Didnt bother to wait for the next event. I'm super hungry already. Went back to YIH to put down the camera and grab my bag. Ate at the canteen there then went to Science Library to print my lab report. But the was some error and I cant fix it so came back to PGP to edit my file. Decided to print it tomorrow instead since Dr He havent upload his lecture notes as usual and I will still need to make my way there again.

Study for my genetics test tomorrow. Hopefully I'm ready for it. Need to try and score full marks. Have to make up for the last test. Took my afternoon nap at around 4+pm..Haha..not sure when I fell asleep also. Woke up and saw it's already 6pm. Message Jinfeng to tell him I'll be late for IGC today. And I dunno why somehow I fell asleep again. Woke up at 7pm. Went to buy dinner, shower and make my way to YIH again.

Met the NUSSU president on the bus. He was rushing for Exco meeting. I went to collect the equipments for tomorrow's coverage and then join them at MPSH 4. Played Othello till around 10pm. Alex drop me at PGP. Suppose to reach in like less than 10 mins but because he dont know the way, he took the wrong turn. Haha..sorry I should have warn u earlier:P Anyway thanks. Hehe..at least I dont have to wait for the bus which comes like every 30mins:S Played with the mini othello set on his car. Haha..so cool.

Anyway, yeap so my day off is kind of wasted. Didnt manage to do much. Have to get back to my revision. All the best to me tomorrow. Have to work hard. Haha..luckily the test is at 6pm and my first lesson is at 2pm. Can sleep longer:P.

Just came back from school and the fire alarm starts ringing.. Haih..make me walk 4 storeys down and 4 storeys up..and as we were walking down, there's like so many people staring at our block. Then we realise that it's only our block where the alarm is triggered! Anyway, it stopped quite soon and here I am back in my room.

Haha..we had genetics practical again today and most of the things we do, I have already done them during my attachment at TLL. So it's a bit boring. And what's worse, our new TA hardly speaks more than 20 words!!! I certainly miss our previous TA. Anyway, our practical is on Drosophila Melanogaster and we are suppose to look at the appearance and distinguish the sex of the flies. Very boring.

Besides our usual practical, we were asked to be test subject for a research paper. So we need to provide DNA samples. We were given salt solution and we are suppose to gargle it to obtain cells. After that, they did a skin prick test for allergies. Arr..super itchy. They applied histamine, and some dust mites sample solution on our hand and measure the diameter of the red spot. Oh and we need parental consent for that since most of us are under 21, so we asked Bryan to help be our guardian. Haha..super funny. Quote "Grace: Thanks daddy!"

Started the day by going to YIH early in the morning to collect the tripod for today's Bizcom Bazaar coverage then went to Science Library to print my lecture notes then attended Chem Lecture then rush over to central forum for the coverage. And when I was there, they told me that the performance only starts at 1pm. Super angry lorr. Make me rush all the way there and have to waste 1 hour waiting. Anyway, Guoqi came and took over the coverage from me. Hehe..thanks..thanks..so I went back to Science to have lunch with my usual group of friends. VERY hungry.

Finish my lunch at around 2+pm. Then we went to look for LS Lab 1. Manage to find out that it is actually at S1A. So took a bus there. Haha..I know, it's super near but I'm just lazy to walk. Sat outside the lab till 3pm.

Had dinner in Science canteen again. Haha..Zhisheng and I regretted for coming back to Science. We could have took the bus to another canteen. Met Gerard at the canteen. He gave me a lift home after our dinner. Super tiring day. And I realise I have to do the coverage for tomorrow's event again. All because of the wrong timing given by the Bizcom people.

Alright, I should get back to work now. :P

Meeting my dear juniors. Meeting the new boarders. Meeting my buddy hostelmates. That's like super fun. Went for Anglican House Farewell ceremony for the graduating batch - Sec 4 and JC2. Well, wish them all the best for the upcoming O-Level and A-Level examination.

Really enjoyed all the performance and inspiring speeches. Miss Mdm Tan, Mr Ng, Ms Ow, my dear juniors and hostelmates.

Here are some of the photos we took. More with my friends:P

Me and Sanva, my hostel buddy..He's now the tutor there - Mr Sanva!

Me and Huang Sheng, the ex-hostel president and one of my dear junior

Mdm Tan our hostel warden

A new junior from Malaysia that I got to know this year

Me and Le Dung, one of my 'naughty' junior:P Haha..got scolded for something he didn't do

Me and Minh, my junior in TPJC..work hard!

Me and Raj, the squash captain of MJC

Me and Audi, the hostel ex-vice president..Haha the cheeky look again

Thank you everyone for the wonderful night. Too bad I have to rush off early. See you all around again very soon.

Alright..I finally got back my laptop this morning. My series of bad luck started since my marketing group presentation. We did our project on Build-A-Bear Workshop. And Ms Canley said she enjoyed the presentation especially the cute power point slides but our reporting format was a bit messy. We didn't answer some of the questions accurately and some didn't even answer at all. Our SWOT analysis part was incorporated into the report and she didn't want that. She wanted a separate heading. That was really horrible. I think we will not do very well for it. So have to work harder for our individual assignment. Came back to hostel for dinner after the presentation.

But that's not the end to my series of unlucky event. Went home to continue doing my lab report. I have 1 lab report due on Monday and 1 on Wednesday and another 2 assignments to complete. So I was busy rushing my reports and assignments and chatting that it suddenly went into hibernate mode. My laptop ran out of battery so I tried to us the AC adaptor. To my horror, I can't power on my laptop!! Arrgh so sad.

I can't send my laptop for repair on Wed as I'll have lesson from 9am till 6pm. So went to the Acer buliding on Thu. Leo accompanied me there. After sending my laptop for repair, there's nothing much I can do. So we decided to go to Jurong East instead. Went and walk around IMM.

Came back to PGP for dinner and slept early coz there's nothing for me to do.

Met Jinfeng and Cynthia for lunch. The went to Science to meet Leo. He borrowed me his laptop so I can at least complete one of the lab report. I finished my Chem report which is due on Wednesday first instead of Genetics.

Was checking my email and came across this mail from Eilene:

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous 'yes.'

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

'Now,' said the professor as the laughter subsided, 'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things---your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions---and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car.

The sand is everything else---the small stuff. 'If you put the sand into the jar first,' he continued, 'there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you.
'Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Spend time with your siblings. Spend time with your parents.. Visit your grandparents.
Take time to get medical checkups. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first---the things that really matter.
Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.'

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled and said, 'I'm glad you asked.'

The coffee just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.'

This is so true. Will always remember it.

Monday's here again. Woke up a bit earlier this morning to get the marketing report from my group mates. Had peanut butter sandwich for breakfast. Rush out to get the bus about 5minutes before the lesson starts. Luckily I was not late for lecture.

Chemistry lecture. As usual I think it was quite hard to understand his lecture. Anyway, I manage to keep awake throughout the whole lecture. Hopefully I still can remember what he teach.

Had lunch with Iris, Zhisheng, Hui Chuan, and Gerard. I really enjoyed the meal with you all. Haha..we started talking about the Mr Brown show, history of Malaysia and Singapore, formula 1 race and practically anything. Someone came over to ask us if we can help her do a survey. We agree. Hopefully we wont be selected by her lecturer to verify the survey:P We were in the canteen for about an hour and Zhisheng was doing his chem tutorial. Haha..so last minute. He tried asking us to find something to do. But we ended up talking the whole time.

Attended chem tutorial. Haha..formed a group with Gerard, Iris and Zhisheng and 2 other person. There's this girl in our group who's like so unfriendly. We tried engaging her in the discussion but she just ignored us. Anyway, although our group was one of the last to chose the questions to present but not bad, we manage to present the questions quite well. Congrats to us. Haha..tutorial ended like 20 minutes earlier than usual. So we had a lot of time to spare before our genetics practical. Zhisheng went to eat. He was turn off by the queue earlier.

Went and sit outside Lt28 to read up on the practical worksheet and the report format. But most of the time, we were talking about the F1 stimulator race and other racing games. So fun so fun. I shall play more after the tests.

Genetics practical . Today's practical is going to be a simple one. We were basically there to collect results from the experiments we did in the previous sessions. Dr He gave a general overview of the experiments and what are the expected results for the genetics manipulation of bacteria DNA. That's not going to be in our report. What's more important is the transformation part. After a short briefing by our TA, we started to examine the agar plate that we plated before the mid-term break. I would say genetics practical is the practical that I enjoyed most. Our TA's like super nice. He never scold us although we were like super forgetful and ask silly questions. Haha..we actually asked him why does the plate have ugly streaks of bacteria on the LB plate when we actually labelled it as water and it's totally no bacteria growth on the LBA plate. We totally forgotten that we actually streak bacteria cells onto the plate and the label water because we transform the cells with water. How silly we were:S haha..we recorded the results and put the 1st experiment's plate one side. Our TA came over to ask what's our result and we told him it was exactly the same as what Dr He had mentioned in the expected results. So proud of ourselves:P He was like 'are you sure you got that?' so we jokingly ask him if he wants to check and he actually said yes! haa..so bad don't trust us:X We started to count the bacteria colonies from the second experiment. Super hard to count. We divided the agar plate into 8 sectors and in one sector there's like more than 400 colonies. Wow! Count until I feel like sleeping. Of course, our TA came and see if we counted the colonies correctly. And definitely, we manage to do it well. He was quite surprise by the number of colonies that we have. He commented that we did well:P High transformation rate, no contamination, well done to us! What a successful experiment. Reminder: Lab report due next week Monday, 11.59pm.

Oh ya, remember the girl I mentioned in chem tutorial which ignored us? She's also in my group for genetics lab. What a coincidence. I still remember Grace mentioned that she look fierce and unfriendly. Quite true. She didn't even talk to us during the whole practical session except maybe with her lab partner:S. Anyway, shall not talk about her anymore. Spoil my fun day:P

Met Jinfeng after my practical lesson. Went over to S9 there to take a few photographs of him. I was suppose to join him for dinner but was too tired so came back to PGP and sleep. Had dinner with Michelle today. We went to the restaurant in PGP. Hehe..our first time there. Haven't try the food there before. Taste not bad. Quite good. The atmosphere was nice too. We had spaghetti and pizza. Wow. Very full.We can hardly finish half the pizza so we decided to pack instead. Can keep for breakfast tomorrow:P After dinner went to meet her senior. Got like 3 years worth of notes.

Well, I think I starts to like school more now. It's not that bad after all. With all the super nice friends that I can depend and rely on. Thanks for being there for me. Love ya all.

That's what I wore last year! Got it from my roomie, Jade:P

Okie time for me to get back to my assignment...or shall I play game? No no must be disipline. Must finish everything by tonight - marketing assignment 3, marketing presentation script, lab report!!! Arr that's what I dread the most and I'll have to submit 2 Lab reports which I have no idea how to write next week. Oh no!!! Wish my good luck. Haa..good night(",)

Today's quite a busy day for me. At least for a Saturday. Went for VPC Basic Photography Course. Jianqing taught us some important skills and I find the exposure part most interesting. Thanks for sharing some of the important tips and techniques in photography.

Met Guo Qi and we went for the NUSSU meeting at Function Room 1. They were talking about renting of the NUSSU van and revamp of YIH. Manage to grab a slice of pizza before we left. Had lunch with Sook Zhen, Xin Min and Chris. Was really hungry by then.

We then went for the Basic Videography Course conducted by Hitesh. Wow..it was really a lot of techniques we can use in movie/film production. I hope I'll remember them and put into good use:P.

Came back to PGP. Chat with Alex, Leo, Guo Qi, Anthony, Cheryl and Sarah.

Leo showed me his 'edited' blog. He said he deleted some post so I cant read them. Haha..must be complaining about how I bully him. Chat with Mr Eugene too. He showed me Dragon ball pictures. Haha..talked a bit about dragon ball..Hmm I still think his grin looks like Son Goku.

Anyway, I was lazy to buy dinner again. So decided to cook spaghetti instead. Taste quite nice. So proud of myself:D

Things to buy: FOOD!! - I'm running low in food supply, only left with biscuits and milo, Mouse - mine's proven to be faulty, so sad, Ironing Board - my bed's going to be super flat if I continue ironing on it, Pot / Pan - so I can cook more food instead of depending on the microwave alone. Must remember to get them after my tuition tomorrow:P

Just finished my biochem CA. Really tired. Had dinner with Gerard at YIH. What a bad timing to have test. Most of the food are already finish by the time we were there.

Biochemistry and Biomolecules paper wasn't that hard after all. Prof Too and Dr Deng gave the answers after the test and I realised I had a lot of careless mistake. Was aiming to score at least 18/20 but now the best I can manage is 16/20 thanks to my silly mistakes.

I should have read the questions properly and be more careful in my calculations.

Played a few rounds of games with Leo. Finally I manage to win him in one game!! Solitaire showdown was almost draw. But I still can't figure out how to win in hexic:S.

Hmm..I think I'll need a new mouse..my computer can't detect mine:S so sad

Today's my younger sis birthday. So sorry I cant celebrate it with you. I wish I can.
Today's also my first assessment for biochemistry. I wonder how it will be like. Hope everything will turn out fine.

Woke up quite early today. Prepared breakfast and started studying. I would say today's one of the least exciting day ever. Study. Study. Study. Cooked lunch for myself. Don't feel like going out. Kelvin suggested we meet after my test today but my test ends at 7pm and by then it will be too late as he'll need to travel back to the east.

Daniel will book out tomorrow. Haha..he has to waste one day in camp as they having sports day tomorrow.

Hmm..nothing much to talk about. All the best for my biochem test:P haha..oh ya and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Fui Peng:D

Attended marketing lecture today. I think the lecture was really interesting. Prof Ang taught us about positioning and branding our product. It really makes me think of all the different strategies companies have employed in order to maintain competitive in the market. Was with Yung during the lecture and the lecturer told us the RBR joke - Here's how it goes: Year 1 students are considered the red spot books, highly in demand and there's a limited borrowing time of 2 hours; Year 2 students are considered as the open shelf books, where still can borrow but less in demand; Year 3 students are considered as reference books, hardly anyone will look at it. Haha..just a joke anyway, don't take it too seriously.

Anyway, when we were talking about branding, Prof Ang showed us a few examples that I find quite interesting:

1. Singapore spends $400,000 to rename Marina Bay... Marina Bay
2. A cash prize of $2000 was given to one lucky person for coming up with the best name for our new budget terminal in Changi. And the name is: Budget Terminal

Yay..today's another day off for me. It's Hari Raya Puasa as well as Children's Day. I can't really remember when was the last time I celebrated Children's Day or visited people on Hari Raya, maybe it's before I came to Singapore.

Talked to Mr Eugene today. He was trying to reinstall all the programme into his laptop. Haha..he reformatted his hard disk and all the files are gone because he wanted to change to Windows XP which is faster?. Anyway, he got frustrated having need to download all the softwares coupled by the slow connections. So he went offline very soon. Oh he was also looking for charger for his Nokia phone. The charger actually cost $28!!! So expensive. Luckily mine's still working fine.

Tried something new today. Cooked fish porridge for lunch. It didn't turn out very nice. Initially I put too little water so it turn our quite hard so I added more water to cook and it's actually OVERCOOKED with too much water. Doesn't taste very good but still edible. Will try again next time. Take note of the amount of water and duration. I cooked it for more than 20mins today.

Did some studying. Hopefully it's sufficient for the test on Friday. I really must get more practice questions to do.

Went for dinner with Michelle, my clustermate. Ordered ban mian from the stall in the old canteen. Someone accidentally took my noodle and the uncle had to cook again for me. So waited quite long. Oh I also met San Mei at the canteen so manage to return her friend's dress to her. Really thanks a lot for that.

Leo told me that from today the public transport fee will increase by 4cents and 10cents respectively for ezlink and cash payment. I realise I have not been keeping up with the happenings around Singapore and the world. Maybe it's time for me to get back to the newspaper again. Abandoned them since I finish teaching / started university.

Time to stock up the food in my room. I'm running out of things to cook.

Nope. Didnt go shopping or tour Singapore. Was just a day out from my small room in PGP.

Chat with Winnie and Ying Zheng in the morning and I realise 3/4 of the class actually skip school today. Really disappointing. But at least I know that Yz manage to meet the promotional criteria. He's a smart student with the potential to excel if he put his heart to it. Winnie didn't quite made it but there's still hope. She have yet to get back her chem overall marks. Wish her all the best. S31, you all really need to work harder.

Had lunch together with Jinfeng and Leo at Biz Canteen. I had Chinese Mixed rice. It was not bad. Can consider that next time:P Leo was late coz he had something to do. So I met Jinfeng first. I was super unlucky. It started to rain just as I board the bus. Luckily, I alighted at the Business School and walk to the canteen instead. So there's shelter all the way:D

Leo joined us at about 12+ or 1pm. He was carrying super a lot of things. Like he just went shopping..haha..anyway after lunch we all went to Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library. Studied a bit. Play a lot. Sleep too. Haha..how we manage to do all that? Jinfeng went down to book the meeting room. So we practically have the whole room to ourselves.

Went back to Biz canteen for dinner. Jinfeng didnt manage to get his favourite grilled fish with lemon. So he didnt have anything there. Leo bought dried Yong Tou Foo for me. That's the first time I eat dried beehoon and yong tou foo. But it was not bad la. Quite nice:P Like the seaweed soup the most. Haha.

Took the shuttle bus to YIH then walk to MPSH 4. Jinfeng went to get his dinner (something from Old Chang Kee?) so walk to MPSH with Leo. Played a game with Bridge player. During midgame, Jinfeng asked me how I could win the game 64-0. Really tough but I manage to figure it out in the end. Had a game with Jinfeng, lost to him 53-11 due to a stoner trap. I must remember this!! Played another few games with Leo. Lost all of them:S

Oh Anthony was teaching this girl from Arts and they were all telling him to teach her the basics first or he'll just scare her away. Haha..really funny.

It started to rain very heavily when I decide maybe it's time to go back so stayed longer in MPSH 4. Played Tic-Tac-Toe with Leo. Haha..manage to trick him a few rounds but he trick me too.

Left MPSH at about 10pm. Still raining heavily and worse thing is, there's a lot of people at the bus stop. Luckily Ke Sin shared her umbrella with me so we manage to get on the bus and grab a seat. Was really lucky. Reach back PGP about 10.45pm. Shower. Online:D

Tomorrow's going to be another free day. But I think I have to use it to revise.=(

Since I played so much othello today, some Othello boards picture I had from JC.

Hearts

My initial - FS

TPJC =P

First and only lesson of the day - Organic Chemistry. Although most of the things taught seems to be from the A level syllabus, there's a lot that need further reading and explanation. We studied about benzene today. The ring structure that we used to draw is no longer considered the best structure here in uni. They prefer the double bond alkene like structure (or the kekule structure?). Can't really remember. Anyway, I think I have to revise all the mechanisms again. Some are really confusing.

Had lunch together with Gerard, Zhi Sheng, and Iris. We decided to go for western food. The queues at other stalls are just too long. Oh yes, throughout lunch we were talking about the F1 race last night. Haha..really exciting race. Gerard also told us about the accident he had before the recess week. Luckily it wasn't a bad accident. After lunch, went to YIH to meet Kim Hung to collect the photographs for archiving but the VPC room was lock so I have to come back and transfer the photos in PGP.

Browse through the photos for IFG and I found some interesting ones. Our othello team in action.

Yes. I finally get to watch F1 race. Nope. Not on the live circuit. Just on television. I haven't really got the chance to watch F1 races since I came to Singapore. It was really an exciting race especially when Massa was leading the race when Piquet crashes bringing the safety car. What was worse than losing the lead? Pit problem. Massa drove off with the fuel hose still attached to his car thus resulting in him having need to stop at the end of the pit lane for the mechanics to remove the hose. He really lost a lot of time there. Kimi was queuing behind Massa so he lost a bit of time there too. It was really a disastrous race for Ferrari. And what made it worse was Kimi crashing out with 5 more laps to go. So disappointing. Anyway, Alonso won the race eventually. He benefited from the safety car incident having pitted before his teammate crash.

I had lunch at Jade's place. She cooked noodles for me:P so nice. Then went over to her room and pack some stuff. Came back to collect my laundry and did some studying. I wonder why time flies when I most enjoyed it. Cooked porridge for dinner and watch F1. Called my mum after that.

Yeap. I attended the event under VPC. Went out to meet Guo Qi at YIH. He practically camp there most of the time.Chris had a test till about 5.45pm. So we took a bus to Clementi and met him there. The bus journey to Orchard Hotel wasn't as long as I expected. Only about 30mins if I'm not wrong. But anyway we were a bit late. Sook Zhen and David are already there.

We went on to register and realise that they actually didn't allocate a table for us (so sad). But anyway we manage to find a seat for the 5 of us. Dilesh our photographer was there too. Really enthu. He was there even before we reach. Well done.

Ate. Took photographs. Chat. There were prize presentation, the highlight of the day, in between our meal. SAVE and PRU also performed a song. Oh they actually served the wrong dish yesterday. It was suppose to be a dish for the next door's function (if my guess is correct) but the accidentally serve it to us. And the 3 of us had a prawn each. Taste good:P.

Yeap we were hanging around after the dinner. Taking photos and getting to know the new committee. Get to know the new NUSSU president as well. He's actually interested in photography too.

Left Orchard hotel at about 11.30pm. Waited for the bus 143 until midnight before we decided that we actually missed the last bus so we had better take another bus to Buona Vista. Took 105 instead. Reach Buona Vista at about 12.40am. We realise that there's no more bus for us to go back to PGP so we decided to walk. Quite tiring to walk in heels and the night breeze was so cold. Eventually we manage to reach PGP at about 1.20pm. Super tiring. Lucky there's Guo Qi and Chris to walk along, if not it'll be a never ending journey to walk alone. Went back to the room. Rest. Shower. Sleep.

Me in the dress my senior borrowed me for the night

How I spent my mid semester break? my initial plan was to catch up with all my studies and complete the assignments but I have yet to finish half of what I wanted to do and the break is almost over - tomorrow's the last day.

Saturday (20/9/2008)
Today's the finale for Inter-Faculty Games and I'm in the Science Reversi team. Reached MPSH 4 at about 9.30am. Didn't have a good start, I lost my first match to Ke Sin but it's okay she's really a good player. Carried on with another 3 games before we went for lunch. Had lunch with Leo, Jinfeng, Alex, Anthony, Mei Zhen, Ke Sin and Kai Chuan (i'm not really sure if I got their name right, I hope I did:P). More refresh after the break and I manage to win the 2 remaining games but the last game didn't start after some dispute from the medicine faculty. So there was quite a long delay but anyway, team science emerge as the champion - really happy for us (although I didn't contribute much).




Our medal for IFG - Reversi







After the prize presentation, we (Alex, Ke Sin, Leo and me) went for dinner at Clementi. We had Japanese meal, it's relatively cheaper and nicer than our school's. Left the place at about 7.20pm (Leo's late for his tuition!!). I went back to YIH to do archiving until about 10pm.

Sunday (21/9/2008)
Woke up quite early in the morning to do laundry. Really don't feel like doing anything after a tiring day. Anyway, I finish my laundry and ironed all my clothes. Studied a bit of biochemistry. Sleep. Went to YIH again at night to do archiving with Guo Qi and Sherly.

Monday (22/9/2008)
Today's my first outing with Video and Photographic Committee. The response wasn't that good. There were only 7 of us going for it. Met at PGP foyer at 1pm then we walked to Kent Ridge Park. It was quite a nice walk, the weather was nice - so it wasn't that tiring. But after that we have to climb the hill. That was really tiring. We were all sweating when we reach the top.

We continue our walk and photographing along the way. Oh and I forgotten to charge my camera so had to share the school's camera with Guo Qi. We continue our journey at Southern Ridges - Hortpark, Alexandra Arch, Forest Walk, Henderson Waves, Marang Trail and finally reaching Harbour Front. Took a bus back to PGP. Shower. Eat. Rest.

Some of the pictures I took before my camera died:P

Henderson Waves

Kent Ridge Park

Hortpark

What does it take to be Student of the Year?

Intelligence. Enthusiasm for learning. Versatility of talent.

These qualities in Chin Fui San have certainly impressed her friends and tutors.

A promising young lady, Fui San joined the College in January 2006 after completing secondary education in Malaysia. In the 2007 GCE 'A' Level Cambridge Examination, Fui San attained distinctions in Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics at H2 level, as well as distinctions in Economics and Malay Language at H1 level.

Fui San was a pleasure to teach because in what ever she undertook, she showed competence and passion to learn. A bright student, her contributions added spark to class discussions. In Mathematics for instance, her ability to think out of the box enabled her to obtain alternative solutions and arrive at uncommon perspectives. Fui San surpassed the expectations of all her tutors in her attitude and intellectual ability, and thus achieved consistently outstanding results during her course in TPJC.

In addition, her desire for learning extended beyond TPJC. She was especially fascinated by the Life Sciences and excelled at research-based assignments. It came therefore as no surprise that Fui San was the only representative from Tampines Junior College to be selected for the Research Attachment Programme jointly organised by the Ministry of Education, National University of Singapore and Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory in 2006. For her creative presentation at this event, she was awarded a book prize. Her thirst for intellectual adventure also led to her participation in the 2007 National ExoroGame Youth Challenge where her team attained third position. She also represented the College in the NUS Biomedical Quiz, Singapore Biology Olympiad and Singapore Mathematics Olympiad. Her enthusiasm for such myriad of enrichment activities is indeed refreshing.

Fui San was just as passionate about her CCAs. Her love for, and expertise in photography saw her appointment as President of Photography Society. As President, she was extremely dedicated and ensured the smooth running of the Society's activities. Her team organised training activities and coorganised the TPJC Photography Competition which was part of the Inter-Junior College Exhibition. Fui San's devotion to the Club was highly commended by her Photography teacher.

Fui San has what it takes to be student of the year: Intelligence, drive for learning and versatility of talent.

But there is one more quality I have not yet mentioned, a quality precious in this competitive society of ours. It is the quality of kindness. Fui San is a kind and sensitive individual, generous in giving her time and talent for the benefit of others.

Fui San committed herself to two community projects. She used her teachinical expertise in photography to bring cheer to children at a Christmas Party in Chen Su Lan Methodist Children's Home in 2006. In 2007, Fui San was photographer, editor and videographer of a video aimed at raising awareness on the proper care of pets.

In TPJC, though top in class, Fui San remained gracious. Her friends described her as someone who encouraged them when they were stressed, and she put her academic abilities to good use by helping classmates overcome their problems with their subjects.

Fui San has truly set her priorities right in life. It has been a joy knowing her the last two years.


"Special thanks to Miss Liu Shu Zhen for being my civics tutor. You had indeed made my JC life much more enriching. Thank you to all the teachers in TPJC who taught me - Miss Yap, Mr Loke, Ms Sukhvinder, Mrs Serena Neo, Ms Khoo, Ms Nora, Mdm Azian, Cikgu Maswati, Cikgu Malek, Mrs Tay, Mr Lim Chok Peng, Mr Chew Kia Khang, and Ms Ong Bee Suan. Teachers whom I got to know during my two years stay in TPJC. It was indeed a fun-loving experience working with you all on the various projects, International Friendship Day (Ms Wendy Lee), Racial Harmony Day (Ms Wee and Ms Tan Chien Ming), etc. My CCA teachers, Mr Tay, Ms Norzian, Miss Yap, Miss Young, Mr Jeremy, and Ms Tan for photography, Mr Loke for Chess Club. Thank you very much for all the guidance and support. I will surely miss TPJC."
Memories in TPJC
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Hmm...yea...i had always been telling u all the events and all...not much about the people rite?
haha...okay let me tell u more about the people here from college and from hostel....hehe
start with school...

we've got our civics rep. already...hendro...from Indonesia...he's really nice always reminds us about basically everything like what assignment to hand in what to bring the next day...and more...basically just like our personal diary...or even better...his quote ~ "drink more water" that's like what he told us almost everyday...and we've also gotten our pw groups I'm with daniel, elizabeth, eveline (not evelyn...haha), and marianne...i kinda like our group....everyone is like helping one another...not stressing up each other like the other groups...we even have time to joke around but of course have to keep close to our deadlines

hmm...we went over to elizabeth house today...she've got a small dog just like the one i used to have...damn cute....arrr....miss my dog too...anyway we were there doing our group project proposal and joking around until about 5 pm...hmm...next time show u their pictures...

and our class is like quite bonded now....but the guys are a bit 'crazy' though...haha...they each got a 'gay' partner...dunno what's wrong with them....teachers always try to separate them in class....and there was one day when xavier another guy in class wanted to go to the toilet together with melvin teacher was like must u go together? 'no,later' 'i think I'm going to pee in class' 'laugh laugh' and in the end teacher have no choice but to allow him to go along....then there's syida and adora...both of them had their bags loaded with goodies before coming to school....haha...sweets, chocolates, breads, cakes, etc... so we always have a small party before lessons...hehe....of course without the teacher knowing....don't really have any problem with people in my class...I'm nice to everyone mah...haha....just joking...they are all very nice....

as for hostel,hmm...did i tell u about this china scholar who's really weird? actually all of us here find her weird...not that she did anything to us but her attitude is just not like what most of us expect her to be...there was one day when we were walking home and she purposely disturb the dog....dunno why....and she was eating in the TV room which is air-conditioned...haiz...

hmm...the rest of the boarders here are quite nice and friendly...i told u about them already right?
mjc was having their common test last week and most of the are really stressed up and was also acting weirdly...we have a small birthday party for linh on saturday....sing wei, yung and san went to get her a birthday cake and present and dine in a Japanese restaurant before coming home....then sing wei was acting really weird after that...he says he's drunk??? yung says probably there's wine in his food...haha....and he was weird the whole day....but we think it's his way of releasing stress....so don't mind him...today he's much better... there's another funny thing happened....we had ice-cream after dinner today and we were the last one there as all the rest had left the hall....so when we went over to get our dessert, the auntie gave me two sticks of ice-cream...so i ask him to choose...one's pink and one's blue....guess which one he choose? the pink one...haha....but in the end i gave him the blue one....i think it's really weird for him to hold the pink ice-cream and walk around the hostel...

yea so that's about all i think it's super long already...catch up with u soon...see ya bye

yeap I'm in photography and chess club..there will be tpjc runway tomorrow...kinda like fashion show for us with some other performances....but guess what can go in for free coz I'm doing photography duty...haha...lucky rite? and yesterday we had our chess competition...intra-college...not bad

and we will be having our sports day next Friday...but no one in our class is competing...we didn't get through the heats...so sad....but anyway will be attending it as well...on duty again..haha....then there will be the sea sports carnival...I'll be taking part in the dragon boat event only...scary leh...i don't know how to swim some more...haih...luckily not canoeing....the canoe can easily capsized...haha...

hmm...what else arr...yea so basically we are preparing for the events lorr...so must ready juggle our time well....as we'll be missing quite a lot of lessons and the common tests are just around the corner...the essay questions itself freak me out...haha...and same goes for maths...we took like 30minutes to solve one question today and that is relatively long for an a level question....haih...

basically that's all that are happening

We just had our sports day last week. And Hawk emerge as the overall champion..Yay!!! we are in Hawk (yellow - don't really like the colour) and we will be having our sea sports carnival on monday. currently Hawk and Heron (purple) are tied with 33 points each. so it depends on the jc1s to score.
We had our first dragon boat practice session on Saturday and it was really fun. most probably because it's my first time dragon boating...haha...we were there for more than 2 hours and all of us are like super tanned now.
The session was okay, well-organised because there is someone from dragon boat in our class, so he taught us all the techniques to row for a long distance. hopefully we can make it...haha!!!!yea!!!
however, we were not really concentrating as it was super hot and we are really tired after rowing for 1 hour so sight-seeing...we had sight-seeing almost every 50 strokes...and besides that we were playing with each other splashing water and joking around...also we wave at other people who were practicing there..tried to race with them but we are like nothing...can't even get close enough...main reason was because we had 7 people to their 20 people....so no matter how hard we tried we can do it...hopefully on that day we can over come all the other classes...and another of our mistake is singing while rowing...wasting our energy...haha...all the nursery rhymes...other people was like staring at us....including our seniors who were practicing there too...
oh yea we took almost one hour to locate the place...reached the mrt station at about 2 pm....walk around the park to look for the place until about 2.45pm before starting our official practice...hehe...actually we walk up and down the park for almost 3 times to find the training center...
yea and on the 20th of may is our college day, something like speech day too...but i will not be attending because we'll have some activity in hostel on the same day....so can't make it ....

We just had our school carnival cum open house ....yea same as you having speech day in school..wonder how's it? just like any other year? or somethin interesting happened? haha...really want to hear Pn. Hong's comment on the results...must be interesting as it involved us...
Hmm...as for our carnival there wasn't much interesting stuff...except that there's really a variety of games booth but all about academic in one way or another...there was science, maths, sports, and lots more...but unfortunately i'm on duty for photography so i got to be there as early as 7.30am to prepare and my duty's until 12 pm....didn't really do much just follow the vips walking from one booth to another...tiring....ahhh...but they talk so long at each booth and i can't be snapping their pictures all the time so i also sit down and play...haha....
there was haunted house also but they didn't allow me to enter with the camera as it will spoil the fun...dunno why...nvm about that...haha....and at 3.30pm our class is on duty to clean up the hall and the stadium...it was quite clean though so nothing much to do...went back and e-mail you now...haha
yeaterday was the asean night, did't attend because.....was too tired, came back late and miss the bus...haha...but they told me it was really fun and exciting...too bad i miss it...nvm there's still asean dance to come hopefully will be able to attend it...hmm...so that's all for now....

Ouu...haha...i didn't go to church these few days...we went to temple instead...it's much nearer..just walking distance...of course i'll remember you...you will too right? haha...so you'll be taking four subjects? that's great but not the same as ours here...maths and further maths are combined into one subjects...so you can take maths without further maths...and i seriously find it tough...you know how i was struggling with add maths last time.....arrr....yea so that's one big problem and of course my essays....another one...just had our gp test today...glad that's it's over...will get our biology and chemistry results tomorrow...hopefully i don't fail...

so your college life sounds so free and enjoyable....get to know lots of people...haha...yea i'm not doing my project work in the computer room...decided to take a break and reply your mail...hmmm...this is another BIG problem...now's just the beginning of the project...

i don't think i'll be going back for the speech day....i only got the spm award i think...so doesn't matter...haha...most of the time people don't go also..you must attend coz you've got the biggest award and i'm proud of it...haha...too bad i can't witness it....must take good photos to let me see ya... i actually thought of attending, however we'll be having our carnival on the same day...and it's compulsory...and the day before is the asean night but i'm most probably not going....ahaha...so you won't see me this saturday....haha....nvm will be coming back during the june holidays...do you all have holidays too??

okay got to get back to work or else will never get to finish it before the room close....haha....

I'm great here except that there are a lot of tutorials, assignments, projects and worst of all tests. There's a test after each chapter for each subject so it's like 'test' season now. Hmm...So how was Good Friday? Got a lot of Easter eggs? We went out to celebrate one the boarder, Sing Wei's birthday in the airport so no egg but only cake. Ha-ha, what a place to celebrate, in the airport we find it a bit weird though. Well, it's because we've got to send another boarder, Yung. She's going back to Vietnam to visit her grandmother. And believe it or not, Yung really reminds me about you. Well, it was since her first day here that I thought so but yesterday was really reminds me of you. Before we left for the airport she was sort of in a rush and left her ez-link card in the room and I thought it really looks like you when you are in a rush...haha…regardless of whether you are in school or at home…and remember the way we studied together before exam like skip this and skip that not important and all…and when we were at the airport already, the officer told her that they don't have here name in the system although she have got the ticket already so she was not allowed to check-in…well this somehow reminds me of you during our time in school I think for the SEWO concert or something…when you look really serious…ha-ha weird right? Must really introduce her to you if there's a chance. I had known her for less than a month but somehow we've got really close already…just like you and I…hehe of course I still think you are the best though. We had a small birthday party together yesterday night in the hostel also and played until quite late about 11pm before there was a roll call for all the JC boarders. Hmm…let me tell you more about our activities here for this month. Today, there will be a musical play organised by the City Harvest Church at the Singapore Expo Hall – Easter Encounter 20006. Haven't really confirm yet but I guess it will really be an eye opening experience. On Wednesday, we'll be having a Mathematics Enrichment Trip to NUS. Hopefully it will be enriching…ha-ha…on Friday will be the Asean Night…not sure what's there…most probably not going…coz Saturday's our college carnival cum open house. And guess what we've all got a free t-shirt to be worn on that day…The following Wednesday will be our Intra-college Chess Competition while on Saturday we will be having a friendly match with the Othello team from Nanyang JC. The first week of May we will have our first Learning Journey to the Supreme Court and on Saturday is my first Flag Day experience…So there's a lot of activities lined up for us so must really balance our time well as our common test is also around the corner. Hmm…school is great too. We are now having rock climbing for our Skill PE classes and it's really fun but not the part where we've got to keep the equipments and the warm up process where we have to run at least 4 rounds, 20 push-ups and 20 sit-ups before we can start climbing. Oh yea, we are now starting a new term and there's quite a number of changes. Our tutors, our classmates and of course our workloads…ha-ha…We've got new economics teacher, she's quite okay but I still prefer the old one. As for our GP teacher I think she's fine coz both the former and present teacher's teaching methods are the same…And PE was the best of all coz we've got a teacher who allow us to do conditioning and games alternately during our PE lessons. Our classmates, most of them are in different JCs now and we've got 23 people in our class…most of them are new of course and there's only 2 foreign students left. One's me and another's from Indonesia (not the same one as in term 1). And worst of all, I'm the only student in our MTL language class from 06S05 (my class) =( Hmm…so are you still catching up with the rest? Can't wait for the holidays to come. Oh yea, will you all be having holiday the same time as we do?