Swiss Badminton Trickshots
Tuesday, 22 January 2008, 01:31
Childhood Innocence
Saturday, 19 January 2008, 03:07
Whenever I see little children running around or playing in the park I would watch with envy as it brings back memories of my happy childhood as a small young boy. I envy nursery, kindergarten and primary one students because they have lots of freedom and nothing to worry about as their lives are being taken care of. The world, as seen through their eyes, will always be bright and beautiful.When I was in primary one , I was naturally like those typical primary one boys. I had no idea what was ahead and what school was really about. My idea of school was that of a place where I could make friends and playing to my heart's content.Then I was free.I remembered I had very little homework then , I could go to the park every saturday , cycle , play football and things like that.. I was enjoying my life. But as i grew older and began to learn the importance of studying and doing well I stopped going to the park every week so as to focus more on my studies. However it was rather mystifying that after I stopped going to the park , my results got worse , somehow I could not concentrate and had a short attention span. It was only after this that my mother allowed me to take a break once in a while.I was then able to get back on to my studies. The only moment I felt free was after the PSLE , I was able to do what I want with nobody controlling me, I was on cloud nine. However don't get me wrong, it's not that I am lazy and do not like studying, it's simply because I feel there is a time for studying and relaxing. I was not born a robot. Now I as I mature and know that there isn't time for playing,but sometimes I feel I may have concentrated too much on studies to the extent that I have forgotten how to enjoy life.I know I should not be complaining as currently I have five projects breathing down my neck and with the tight schedule of my cca , theres simply no time for relaxing. But it's at times like this whereby I truly wish I have magic powers and can turn myself into a bird and fly freely in the air without a care in the world. Life would be perfect then.Labels: please mark this. thank you.
Sec 1 orientation camp
Friday, 18 January 2008, 02:19
During the the first few weeks of my secondary 1 orientation, the one that I recall most vividly was my orientation camp.
Immediately after we were admitted into Victoria , we were sent packing for the camp. The purpose of the camp was to make us bond together and to become a man after that.I remember it was quite a cold day that day , the air was light and slightly chilly , I trembled slightly on my way to school as I was nervous about the camp. When everyone had assembled in the canteen , we were ready to get onto our bus and began our journey to camp! In no matter of time we reached our camp and were instructed by our peer leaders to line up at the parade square of the camp site to wait for the camp instructor to assign us our dormitory. The whole parade square were filled with excited students bustling about , it was almost claustrophobic. As soon as we got to our dormitory, we threw our bags there and went down to do our first activity which was the rope course. Fortunately I was not the first person to do it as I would have been very afraid and confused not knowing what to do. Seeing some of my classmates faltering and stumbling upon doing them I was rather anxious. When it was my turn , I stood like a statue not daring to move an inch until the instructor persuaded me and helped me. I held on tightly to the rope as I did not want to fall because that would be very embarrassing. I told myself that this course was no tough feat and that I could complete it. I was moving quite smoothly then , with this momentum I managed to complete it with ease. I was utterly delighted with myself.
After our lunch break , we were off to the most exciting activity of the camp and that is the flying fox and abseiling. I chose to do flying fox as I thought it was a very thrilling activity and it was one worth trying. Flying fox was very popular among the secondary one students and I had to wait quite a while before it is finally my turn.I was not that afraid as the previous students who done it before me all squealed with excitement as they swung down, I held on to the handle as tightly as possible and went for a big swing. My heart was thumping madly as I went down , I felt like doing it once more but knew you could only have one shot at this camp .Dusk was soon approaching and we were given 20 minutes to finish everything and assemble for our dinner at the canteen. When I was given my food , I looked at it with disgust, " This little amount of food? are you kidding me?" Those were the thoughts going through my mind. However I tried not to be so fussy as I was famished after a hard and exhausted day. At the table with our class , I got to know Fang Xiang and Jun Da. Fang Xiang is quite an energetic boy while Jun Da is a friendly person. After our dinner we were free do anything we want , i trudged back to my dormitory wearily and went to sleep immediately without even bathing.
When I woke up on the next day I felt better and more fresh. We did our normal morning exercises and promptly finished our breakfast for our activities for the day. We first had our 2.4km running which would be counted if you wanted to join cross country. I did not bother to run my best as I did not see the point of wasting my energy, I would much rather save my energy for the next activity which was the nature rumble and that means getting down and dirty. By the time we finished the activity we were all covered with mud and was very sweaty. I shot off to bathe as I knew many people would be rushing to bathe and clean themselves as we had to attend the campfire afterwards. It was an unforgettable moment for me as i thoroughly enjoyed myself, there were many performances and dances , we had quizzes and even games. I was happy that at the end of the second day I made two more new friends namely Pierre and Ying Xi. Pierre and Ying Xi both like to joke a lot. That is a good thing as they come up with jokes that made me laugh until I was breathless.
The third morning came and everyone was looking forward to it as we were going back home that day. Our morning task was to pack up our bags and clean up our dormitory and the toilets. It was rather fast to clean up our dormitory as our dormitory was not really dirty. But it was a tedious and difficult task to clean the toilets as many people were terrified of the toilet's dirtiness. We were given a scrub , hose , mop and a pail of water. Everyone was doing their job except for one , and that was Hao Yang . While everyone was cleaning the toilet and scrubbing hard , Hao yang was slacking and just stood at a corner and daydreamed. We were of course furious with his attitude and protested to the teacher. In the end , Hao yang was rightfully punished and was made to clean up the toilet by himself , however we were not so bad to Hao Yang as he seemed repentant and so we decided to help him along. In about 1 hour we cleaned up the toilet and were ready to go back home. I got back home at around three in the afternoon , I took a very quick shower and felt rejuvenated and revitalised, but then I was still very tired and flopped onto my cosy and comfortable bed , instantly falling asleep. The next thing I knew it was already morning when I opened my eyes.
After this camp , I have learnt many valuable pointers. e.g. I should not take things for granted, always appreciate what you have and don't ask for more , team unity is important. etc.... I would certainly not regret going back to camp again if I 
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Life In Primary 6
Saturday, 12 January 2008, 04:34
Whenever I do badly for a test, horrific scenes of my primary six life would flash through my mind.Up till now I can still recall vividly what had happened then.
I was a very playful boy when I was in primary school , I was always burning midnight oil and revising just days before my exams. In short, I was a very last minute worker. Even though
I knew that primary six was an important year and I had to do well if I wanted to get into my dream school, there was always a lack of discipline in my attitude towards my studies.
So it should not have come as a surprise that a month before my Prelims, my teacher saw the need to call me up and give me a wake up call. He advised me to pull up my socks and start studying hard if I wanted to do well for my PSLE. However my teacher's advice had fallen on my deaf ears. My overconfidence got the better of me and I simply thought to myself: " There's still plenty of time left." Once again, I studied just days before my Prelim exams. True enough,when I got back my prelims result , my heart sank as I looked at my score. I could not even get in to a decent school with that result.I felt very dejected and sat at a corner and started weeping.My grief was beyond comfort when suddenly my teacher patted me on my shoulder and said"Every man goes through failures before succeeding , its not too late to work hard now."She encouraged with a sunny smile.After that terrible moment , I became a changed person. I worked hard day and night to make up for my losses.Although it was a tedious task , I managed to persevere and never gave up.
When I went back to school to collect my results , questions began to fill my mind. What score would I get? Did I do well enough? Finally I got hold of my results slip , I still could remember how ecstatic I was when I managed to attain a much better score than my prelims results.The moment I reached home, I was greeted with congratulatory hugs from my parents.I was very grateful for my teacher's wake up call and encouragement. From that one experience, I have learnt that it is never too late to do anything and as long as you are willing to put in effort, you will succeed. It is not intelligence that brings you success, but sheer hard work and perseverance that paves the way for success.
That is what got me to Victoria School, Nil Sine Labore, well said.Labels: please mark this. thank you.
my first blog
Tuesday, 8 January 2008, 03:16
testing.. mdm Ow please dont mark this entry.
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