Green Week started today. All classes switched off their lights in an attempt to conserve energy consumption. We left the fans on, though, it would have killed us if we did. Tomorrow, is car free day, so I'll have to get up earlier and leave earlier as I'm taking Public Transport to school tomorrow.
Living without lights on a Monday was perfect, firstly because it's half day for us, and also because of the periods scheduled in the half day, they don't really require lights. For English, Ms Leng just needs her brain, not the lights, to tell her stories, although we did read an article, but that only took about 10 minutes. As for Biology, he was using Powerpoint Presentation, so the lights are supposed to be off anyway. But using the computer isn't really reducing energy consumption. After that, was Physics Lab Lesson. We didn't need the lights here as it's on a higher level, so the Sun shines in. Overall, it was a good Monday. Now I'll just have to think about how sleepy I will be tomorrow. I'm expecting a bad Tuesday.
Monday, 19 April 2010
Sunday, 18 April 2010
I had a nice training session yesterday although I was not really on form. I had never fa diu so many balls in one day.
I started off training AT girls to fa quango, and they of course, cheated in their counting. 4 of them counted their outs to have no penalty on them. As for the other 2, after the first successful la, anything that went in during the rally after that increased their requirement. And if they hit out during the rally, they would just add 1. So it was a really really cheap way to finish it, but it did not benefit them afterwards.
Jia Lu turned up and I offered to play a match with him after he had not come for 3 weeks. He declined at first, but 5 minutes later asked me back for the same thing. So we played a nice Left-Hander match that went 1 - 0, 2 - 0, 2 - 1 and then I won it 3 - 1. He asked for a rematch after a 2 minute water break, and this time he won the first set, but again I came back with a 3 - 1.
Next, we were both made to play a full round of Doubles with Daryl and Darren. We were to partner each other only in the final match. I took Daryl first and we started losing to the Lefty pair because Jia Lu's smashes are really fast and the balls go in awkward directions, so we couldn't catch them. Losing 2 - 0, Daryl started to make miracles happen when Jia Lu failed to return his service continuously after that. We won 3 sets in a row. It was Darren and I next, my turn to be with a left hander. This time, we led the match 2 - 0, but Daryl again did some things that let them catch up to 2 - 2, but we had to win the final set 11 - 8. In the last game, I wasted many services, more than that in the previous 2 matches, which costed us 1 set. We won 3 - 1 in a close 11 - 9 for the final set.
I was asked to play against 3 of the 6 AT girls after that. So, having not trained properly earlier, I beat all of them 3 - 0, which marked the end of my training session.
I started off training AT girls to fa quango, and they of course, cheated in their counting. 4 of them counted their outs to have no penalty on them. As for the other 2, after the first successful la, anything that went in during the rally after that increased their requirement. And if they hit out during the rally, they would just add 1. So it was a really really cheap way to finish it, but it did not benefit them afterwards.
Jia Lu turned up and I offered to play a match with him after he had not come for 3 weeks. He declined at first, but 5 minutes later asked me back for the same thing. So we played a nice Left-Hander match that went 1 - 0, 2 - 0, 2 - 1 and then I won it 3 - 1. He asked for a rematch after a 2 minute water break, and this time he won the first set, but again I came back with a 3 - 1.
Next, we were both made to play a full round of Doubles with Daryl and Darren. We were to partner each other only in the final match. I took Daryl first and we started losing to the Lefty pair because Jia Lu's smashes are really fast and the balls go in awkward directions, so we couldn't catch them. Losing 2 - 0, Daryl started to make miracles happen when Jia Lu failed to return his service continuously after that. We won 3 sets in a row. It was Darren and I next, my turn to be with a left hander. This time, we led the match 2 - 0, but Daryl again did some things that let them catch up to 2 - 2, but we had to win the final set 11 - 8. In the last game, I wasted many services, more than that in the previous 2 matches, which costed us 1 set. We won 3 - 1 in a close 11 - 9 for the final set.
I was asked to play against 3 of the 6 AT girls after that. So, having not trained properly earlier, I beat all of them 3 - 0, which marked the end of my training session.
Friday, 16 April 2010
It was a rather nice Sports Day today. Better than last year at least. It is just sad that just 1 more Sports Day remains for me. We started off the day with Chemistry which was supposed to be held in the 21st Century Classroom, but trying to use it so early in the day meant that it was locked. We spent 10 minutes trying to get through a door that wouldn't open, then when Ms Yeo decided to go back, she was climbing the stairs when the door opened and Mr Wee came out with many apologies. So we did have our lesson in the 21st Century Classroom. We started Calculations of Chemical Equations today.
Social Studies was quite fun as usual. Our teachers are very nice :D. Then it was Physics. We were supposed to be released at 10am today, but she wanted to go through some important things, so the lesson pulled on until 10.15am, when we were dismissed from class.
Meaning to go out with Keefe, I met Reuben and Russell just outside the classroom as I walked out of it. They were waiting for me to end my lesson and planned to go out together. Such wonderful friends :). So 4 of us, we went to J8. They kept pretending to be suspicious characters using their bags as bombs on the train. Reaching there at 10.45am, I realized that Breakfast was still available at Macdonalds, and I wanted to eat that, but Keefe insisted that we go to the Food Junction instead. And I couldn't remember the reason why I didn't want to go there until we entered it. I took Cheese Prata again for $6.60. It's nice, but I wanted to eat Hotcakes :D. But nevermind.
I was about to go to the Stadium, but Keefe wanted to mess around, so he just walked into Popular when he saw his friends in there, and they were coming out. But he stayed in there. 5 minutes later, he went to queue at the counter with 2 blue pens and said that he wanted to buy them. Then he decided that he only needed 1 and spent another 1 minute to put it back and return to the queue which had extended in his absence. When we finally got out of Popular another 5 minutes later, I told them that I wanted a Hot Fudge Sundae and went down, but they found something else to look at. 27-inch iMac with a Magic Mouse and a Bluetooth Keyboard attached to it. Next to it was the Macbook Air, Macbook Pro in 13, 15 and 17 inch variations. Spent another 5 minutes there. 11.40am. In a toy shop, yes, a toy shop, they played around for another 5 minutes. They went in after I pointed out a 5 x 5 x 5 Rubik's cube to them...
Getting my Sundae at last, I finished it in about 5 minutes and needed to wash my hands as they had overfilled it with fudge this time, so when I dipped the spoon in for the first scoop, fudge spilled over onto my hand. And sucking it up just doesn't feel right. Wash my hands = Go to the toilet. And why did the other 3 of them have to follow me there? I managed to slip in there before they caught up, and they went past the toilet in the wrong direction. I just went in there, left my hand under the tap for half a second and came out again. And I did not see them. Waited for 2 minutes then Reuben called me to ask for my whereabouts. After regrouping, we headed back to the MRT Station.
Dropping off at Serangoon to go to Hougang, we reached our destination in about 7 minutes. I don't know why I'm so particular about the time spent in this post, but I guess I'm just trying to see how I spent my 3 hours of free time. So anyway, none of us knew where Hougang Stadium was from the station, like on Wednesday. So we just picked an exit and got out there and as expected, it was the wrong one. Returning to the underground passage to get out through the other side, we met a group of people including Benedict. That made about 15 of us. We didn't really know where it was, but we led the way. When I thought that they were just following us blindly, I wanted to play the fool, so Russell, Reuben and I, we turned into a HDB block, and they followed us. And it turned out that it was the right way. OK so we managed to find Hougang Stadium through a prank. I thought we were already a big group, but at Traffic Junctions, we could Nan Chiau High people in groups of 30, and there were many groups. Yeah, they had been using the Stadium just before us, so they were leaving and we were just taking over their place then.
Arrived there to be greeted by Daryl and Ee Jin. People in yellow shirts filled one side of the place. Benedict was also in the same house. Russell did not know what house he was in and was wearing the school uniform so he didn't care and just sat with us while Reuben stood out in the crowd as the only green among us until our ex-classmates came to bother us. But they found a wide space to migrate to and Russell and Reuben followed suit, but I wanted to stay with my Table Tennis juniors.
We just talked, as they were still preparing for the event. At about 2pm, we found Daryl and Kai Shiun, both yellow shirts too :D and Zi Ping. That's 6 Table Tennis players in the same house :D. Then our fellow China players. Talked even more. I lost track of time after that, but at some point in time the councilors came up with boxes of buns to chuck around to the crowd. Russell and some primary school kids in front of me kept asking for more, and they just gave it all to me. Being a fan of Chocolate Buns, I took all of them like a greedy pig, but of course I returned some of them and kept 6. Haha. And that excludes those that I threw at and gave to other people. But of course I didn't eat all of them there.
They took 2 and a half hours to run through the 100m, 400m and the 4 x 100m Relay from Primary 4 to Secondary 4. Ming Xuan told me that I was to record his 100m sprint, but if he was not in the top 3, delete it. I didn't bother, and he did not get top 3. At 4.30pm when they were about to start the 4 x 400m Relays, it started to drizzle and the lightning alert came on. We were told that the event was to end there due to unsuitable conditions. I was missing the most exciting part of the event where each individual was of vital importance to the team's victory. It was the one that I stayed for and wanted to watch, but they cancelled it.
They dismissed us according to our houses. Keefe asked me if there was a direct bus home and I told him I didn't know, but I had to worry for him since he isn't used to getting around Singapore on his own yet, so when I found that he did not come out with the Blue Shirts, I called him. He had gone on ahead. Kai Zhong, who lives near me, was coming along too. So the 3 of us, we went back to the station. On the way, we found a bus stop and Keefe checked the bus numbers. 165 was on the schedule, but then I pointed out the stop that he was about to end up at. Hougang Central Interchange, 3 stops away. Haha he changed his mind.
We went back to school to take a bus back, on the way meeting Russell yet again, and Marcus. As Keefe had a direct bus, we left at the stop before Coronation Plaza to change our bus. Chatting more about nonsense with Kai Zhong in the limited time, I dropped off at my destination and went home.
Social Studies was quite fun as usual. Our teachers are very nice :D. Then it was Physics. We were supposed to be released at 10am today, but she wanted to go through some important things, so the lesson pulled on until 10.15am, when we were dismissed from class.
Meaning to go out with Keefe, I met Reuben and Russell just outside the classroom as I walked out of it. They were waiting for me to end my lesson and planned to go out together. Such wonderful friends :). So 4 of us, we went to J8. They kept pretending to be suspicious characters using their bags as bombs on the train. Reaching there at 10.45am, I realized that Breakfast was still available at Macdonalds, and I wanted to eat that, but Keefe insisted that we go to the Food Junction instead. And I couldn't remember the reason why I didn't want to go there until we entered it. I took Cheese Prata again for $6.60. It's nice, but I wanted to eat Hotcakes :D. But nevermind.
I was about to go to the Stadium, but Keefe wanted to mess around, so he just walked into Popular when he saw his friends in there, and they were coming out. But he stayed in there. 5 minutes later, he went to queue at the counter with 2 blue pens and said that he wanted to buy them. Then he decided that he only needed 1 and spent another 1 minute to put it back and return to the queue which had extended in his absence. When we finally got out of Popular another 5 minutes later, I told them that I wanted a Hot Fudge Sundae and went down, but they found something else to look at. 27-inch iMac with a Magic Mouse and a Bluetooth Keyboard attached to it. Next to it was the Macbook Air, Macbook Pro in 13, 15 and 17 inch variations. Spent another 5 minutes there. 11.40am. In a toy shop, yes, a toy shop, they played around for another 5 minutes. They went in after I pointed out a 5 x 5 x 5 Rubik's cube to them...
Getting my Sundae at last, I finished it in about 5 minutes and needed to wash my hands as they had overfilled it with fudge this time, so when I dipped the spoon in for the first scoop, fudge spilled over onto my hand. And sucking it up just doesn't feel right. Wash my hands = Go to the toilet. And why did the other 3 of them have to follow me there? I managed to slip in there before they caught up, and they went past the toilet in the wrong direction. I just went in there, left my hand under the tap for half a second and came out again. And I did not see them. Waited for 2 minutes then Reuben called me to ask for my whereabouts. After regrouping, we headed back to the MRT Station.
Dropping off at Serangoon to go to Hougang, we reached our destination in about 7 minutes. I don't know why I'm so particular about the time spent in this post, but I guess I'm just trying to see how I spent my 3 hours of free time. So anyway, none of us knew where Hougang Stadium was from the station, like on Wednesday. So we just picked an exit and got out there and as expected, it was the wrong one. Returning to the underground passage to get out through the other side, we met a group of people including Benedict. That made about 15 of us. We didn't really know where it was, but we led the way. When I thought that they were just following us blindly, I wanted to play the fool, so Russell, Reuben and I, we turned into a HDB block, and they followed us. And it turned out that it was the right way. OK so we managed to find Hougang Stadium through a prank. I thought we were already a big group, but at Traffic Junctions, we could Nan Chiau High people in groups of 30, and there were many groups. Yeah, they had been using the Stadium just before us, so they were leaving and we were just taking over their place then.
Arrived there to be greeted by Daryl and Ee Jin. People in yellow shirts filled one side of the place. Benedict was also in the same house. Russell did not know what house he was in and was wearing the school uniform so he didn't care and just sat with us while Reuben stood out in the crowd as the only green among us until our ex-classmates came to bother us. But they found a wide space to migrate to and Russell and Reuben followed suit, but I wanted to stay with my Table Tennis juniors.
We just talked, as they were still preparing for the event. At about 2pm, we found Daryl and Kai Shiun, both yellow shirts too :D and Zi Ping. That's 6 Table Tennis players in the same house :D. Then our fellow China players. Talked even more. I lost track of time after that, but at some point in time the councilors came up with boxes of buns to chuck around to the crowd. Russell and some primary school kids in front of me kept asking for more, and they just gave it all to me. Being a fan of Chocolate Buns, I took all of them like a greedy pig, but of course I returned some of them and kept 6. Haha. And that excludes those that I threw at and gave to other people. But of course I didn't eat all of them there.
They took 2 and a half hours to run through the 100m, 400m and the 4 x 100m Relay from Primary 4 to Secondary 4. Ming Xuan told me that I was to record his 100m sprint, but if he was not in the top 3, delete it. I didn't bother, and he did not get top 3. At 4.30pm when they were about to start the 4 x 400m Relays, it started to drizzle and the lightning alert came on. We were told that the event was to end there due to unsuitable conditions. I was missing the most exciting part of the event where each individual was of vital importance to the team's victory. It was the one that I stayed for and wanted to watch, but they cancelled it.
They dismissed us according to our houses. Keefe asked me if there was a direct bus home and I told him I didn't know, but I had to worry for him since he isn't used to getting around Singapore on his own yet, so when I found that he did not come out with the Blue Shirts, I called him. He had gone on ahead. Kai Zhong, who lives near me, was coming along too. So the 3 of us, we went back to the station. On the way, we found a bus stop and Keefe checked the bus numbers. 165 was on the schedule, but then I pointed out the stop that he was about to end up at. Hougang Central Interchange, 3 stops away. Haha he changed his mind.
We went back to school to take a bus back, on the way meeting Russell yet again, and Marcus. As Keefe had a direct bus, we left at the stop before Coronation Plaza to change our bus. Chatting more about nonsense with Kai Zhong in the limited time, I dropped off at my destination and went home.
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Wednesday, 14 April 2010
Started off today with double Chinese, we were practicing for our Oral today. Being a chicken, I stayed at the back and did not volunteer myself, instead suggesting for others to do the talking. The result is that I have to do it tomorrow :(. At least I have some idea on what to say having heard my friends' opinions.
Following that was Maths Base Test. The teacher was so kind to forget and only tell us that we had a Base Test today, yesterday. It's not that I can't prepare in one night, but many of us panic when time seems short, especially when most of them are busy 24/7, unlike me. So ok Chapter 4.1 and 9.3, we made sure by asking him several times yesterday. And guess what, he came today and told us that Chapter 1 was included. Now what's chapter 1? Quadratic Equations, the Alpha Beta part of the chapter. I immediately went "Oh shit" in my heart, because as far as I could remember, I was slacking when he taught that as it was just after the Exams. So naturally I was weak in that when it came to homework. But it turned out ok in the end as I asked my friends for help. However, I was still not entirely confident of my ability to solve those questions. That's where the sarcasm ends. Mr Wu gave us a quick 2 minute revision to pity us for keeping from us the fact that Chapter 1 was included in the Base Test, and then I suddenly remembered everything. I was fully ready for the test then.
4 questions, 20 marks. Turned out very good. Confident that my answers are all correct, working-wise, not so much. Only applies to the last question anyway, so I'll just take off 2 marks from that. Should be 18/20 or higher. I'll wait :D.
The rest of the day passed like usual. Ms Leng told us stories during her period, and Mr Teo extended this section by telling us a couple of stories of his own, and he even released us early so that we could be punctual for our NAPFA test! Includes lunch time. Went with Russell and Reuben. None of us knew where Serangoon Stadium was from the MRT Station, but they met a classmate of theirs who knew the directions, so he lead the way. I still arrived there 40 minutes early at 2.20pm. By 2.45, the group that was supposed to start at 2.30pm hadn't even begun. They just kept dragging it. There were 4 groups of about 20 people per group on the track, that makes 80 students running in circles, some sprinting like they can't tire out, most panting for breath and moving at their comfortable pace. When I finally started at about 3.30pm when my class had been scheduled for 3pm.
It wasn't as tiring as I thought it would be, but it wasn't fun to feel breathless either. I clocked 11 minutes 56 seconds, 4th in my group :D. That's a B for me and it secures my Gold. Ming Xuan had a timing of 10 minutes 48 seconds. If I had not sprinted the last half lap, I would probably be position 10, I think. That's how close we all were. It was as if we all had the same constant speed. I jogged throughout the 6 rounds, pausing once for half a second to catch my breath, but then decided that I could not afford to stop, so I continued running. Poor Waise missed his C by 3 seconds, and I told him to beg the teacher to be merciful, but unfortunately for him it didn't work out as he could not change the timing, the receipt still showed the actual time and that would prove to be very suspicious when they came to check. So he is one who has 27/30 points for NAPFA, but has a Silver. That is really, really hilarious.
Went back to school for training, shouldn't have bothered though. If all my juniors skipped it, what's the fun of going for it?
Following that was Maths Base Test. The teacher was so kind to forget and only tell us that we had a Base Test today, yesterday. It's not that I can't prepare in one night, but many of us panic when time seems short, especially when most of them are busy 24/7, unlike me. So ok Chapter 4.1 and 9.3, we made sure by asking him several times yesterday. And guess what, he came today and told us that Chapter 1 was included. Now what's chapter 1? Quadratic Equations, the Alpha Beta part of the chapter. I immediately went "Oh shit" in my heart, because as far as I could remember, I was slacking when he taught that as it was just after the Exams. So naturally I was weak in that when it came to homework. But it turned out ok in the end as I asked my friends for help. However, I was still not entirely confident of my ability to solve those questions. That's where the sarcasm ends. Mr Wu gave us a quick 2 minute revision to pity us for keeping from us the fact that Chapter 1 was included in the Base Test, and then I suddenly remembered everything. I was fully ready for the test then.
4 questions, 20 marks. Turned out very good. Confident that my answers are all correct, working-wise, not so much. Only applies to the last question anyway, so I'll just take off 2 marks from that. Should be 18/20 or higher. I'll wait :D.
The rest of the day passed like usual. Ms Leng told us stories during her period, and Mr Teo extended this section by telling us a couple of stories of his own, and he even released us early so that we could be punctual for our NAPFA test! Includes lunch time. Went with Russell and Reuben. None of us knew where Serangoon Stadium was from the MRT Station, but they met a classmate of theirs who knew the directions, so he lead the way. I still arrived there 40 minutes early at 2.20pm. By 2.45, the group that was supposed to start at 2.30pm hadn't even begun. They just kept dragging it. There were 4 groups of about 20 people per group on the track, that makes 80 students running in circles, some sprinting like they can't tire out, most panting for breath and moving at their comfortable pace. When I finally started at about 3.30pm when my class had been scheduled for 3pm.
It wasn't as tiring as I thought it would be, but it wasn't fun to feel breathless either. I clocked 11 minutes 56 seconds, 4th in my group :D. That's a B for me and it secures my Gold. Ming Xuan had a timing of 10 minutes 48 seconds. If I had not sprinted the last half lap, I would probably be position 10, I think. That's how close we all were. It was as if we all had the same constant speed. I jogged throughout the 6 rounds, pausing once for half a second to catch my breath, but then decided that I could not afford to stop, so I continued running. Poor Waise missed his C by 3 seconds, and I told him to beg the teacher to be merciful, but unfortunately for him it didn't work out as he could not change the timing, the receipt still showed the actual time and that would prove to be very suspicious when they came to check. So he is one who has 27/30 points for NAPFA, but has a Silver. That is really, really hilarious.
Went back to school for training, shouldn't have bothered though. If all my juniors skipped it, what's the fun of going for it?
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Blogger just screwed up today's post, and I'm not typing it all out again. I'll just make it short
I was puzzling over my timetable in the morning.
Today is Daryl's birthday (my classmate).
Did not run for PE today.
Crapping in Maths lesson (again).
Made Copper(II) Sulfate crystals during Chemistry.
Failed to do the ICAS test after they stole my money.
Taking my NAPFA test tomorrow.
I was puzzling over my timetable in the morning.
Today is Daryl's birthday (my classmate).
Did not run for PE today.
Crapping in Maths lesson (again).
Made Copper(II) Sulfate crystals during Chemistry.
Failed to do the ICAS test after they stole my money.
Taking my NAPFA test tomorrow.
Monday, 12 April 2010
It was a better Monday today then the past 3 Mondays. Maths was fun, Biology was fun, Physics was quite fun too, then the day ended. The problem was that it felt a little too lengthy, but I shouldn't be complaining since it's only a half-day. Assembly filled in the epic part of laughter of the day as Mr C. Kunalan, Singapore's greatest runner and one who set the record for 100m sprint at 10.38 seconds, entertained us with his numerous photos of his life. The caption that he threw in was valuable to causing our laughter as well. He wasn't the average height for a man, but he loved to compare his height with other people so he showed us many photos of himself standing beside people taller than him and there was this one where he was more than a head shorter than another athlete who was 1.95m tall. And with every of those pictures it would have a line above his head that stretched across to his companion in the photo which would show how much shorter he was compared to that person. He is Malay, has 2 daughters, one who married a Scotland guy and the other married a British guy, so he has an International family.
Tomorrow I'll have PE again, I must remember to bring my shorts, and for Chemistry, I must remember to bring the standard file duo and Workbook. And we'll be running tomorrow for PE, I can see through the evil plan of the teachers to tire us out on the day just before the official 2.4km test so that we will all fail to get the grade that is expected of us, but I think I'll still run through it tomorrow anyway. Oh and I had to return a couple of overdue books today...
Tomorrow I'll have PE again, I must remember to bring my shorts, and for Chemistry, I must remember to bring the standard file duo and Workbook. And we'll be running tomorrow for PE, I can see through the evil plan of the teachers to tire us out on the day just before the official 2.4km test so that we will all fail to get the grade that is expected of us, but I think I'll still run through it tomorrow anyway. Oh and I had to return a couple of overdue books today...
Sunday, 11 April 2010
My performance improved today, but I don't know if it's the bat or I just got lucky. Early in the morning, it's just to practise. But I did get a doubles match with An Qi and the twins, so that's 3 left handers in one match. Still won all 3 times though. Then I stroked with Yi Kar for a bit before leaving for lunch with Julian.
Same thing as last week, couldn't be bothered to get anything else besides a Hot Fudge Sundae. We camped outside the station watching the time. 3 mins on the board. I ate my ice cream and finished it with 1 minute remaining to rush into the station, down the escalators just in time to see the train pull over. Went back to school to continue part 2 of training.
Coach as usual put me at the last table. When I was about to start the 2nd game, he told me to go back down and let Yi Kar take my place. Then I let Xin Wei play. After that, Kai Shiun came and we played alternately. At about 3.30, I think, Coach made me play with Celeste. Celeste and Jia Wei wanted Doubles, but he said no because she has her tournament coming up. So it was Celeste vs me and Daryl vs Jia Wei. That's a 4th Daryl I'm mentioning in this blog. I was full on form then because to be honest, she looked quite tough. First set 11 - 0. 2nd set 10 - 12. Then I won the 3rd and 4th set. There were a number of lucky balls and I had to run around like I always do because of my tendency to fang gao qiu. Daryl won his match 3 - 1 as well.
After that, Coach called for a Doubles match. Si Min and I vs Daryl and Gerrad(is that how you spell his name?). Whatever I'll call him Carrot :D. We lost the first set and I think Si Min was quite pissed after that because I did not match their standards, but after that we took 3 straight sets to win 3 - 1, again.
And then in the final game of the day, I was made to play against the same pair but with a different partner, Benedict. I could just tell that we were going to lose 3 - 0 100% having played that previous match. And we did. I told Benedict that if we won I'll give him 20 cents (I'm a cheapo, I can't afford stuff) but of course I didn't try to lose.
Same thing as last week, couldn't be bothered to get anything else besides a Hot Fudge Sundae. We camped outside the station watching the time. 3 mins on the board. I ate my ice cream and finished it with 1 minute remaining to rush into the station, down the escalators just in time to see the train pull over. Went back to school to continue part 2 of training.
Coach as usual put me at the last table. When I was about to start the 2nd game, he told me to go back down and let Yi Kar take my place. Then I let Xin Wei play. After that, Kai Shiun came and we played alternately. At about 3.30, I think, Coach made me play with Celeste. Celeste and Jia Wei wanted Doubles, but he said no because she has her tournament coming up. So it was Celeste vs me and Daryl vs Jia Wei. That's a 4th Daryl I'm mentioning in this blog. I was full on form then because to be honest, she looked quite tough. First set 11 - 0. 2nd set 10 - 12. Then I won the 3rd and 4th set. There were a number of lucky balls and I had to run around like I always do because of my tendency to fang gao qiu. Daryl won his match 3 - 1 as well.
After that, Coach called for a Doubles match. Si Min and I vs Daryl and Gerrad(is that how you spell his name?). Whatever I'll call him Carrot :D. We lost the first set and I think Si Min was quite pissed after that because I did not match their standards, but after that we took 3 straight sets to win 3 - 1, again.
And then in the final game of the day, I was made to play against the same pair but with a different partner, Benedict. I could just tell that we were going to lose 3 - 0 100% having played that previous match. And we did. I told Benedict that if we won I'll give him 20 cents (I'm a cheapo, I can't afford stuff) but of course I didn't try to lose.
I had extra Social Studies lesson in the morning today. It was supposed to be 9 to 10:30am, but at 10:30 she said 10:45 and that's it, and naturally we were dismissed at 11am. I went to Xin Ten afterwards.
I am really eager to go for training tomorrow. I have got a totally new bat although with the same 2 rubbers, and it feels so much better than my old one, which I got in P3. Maybe the broken wood was the reason for my lousy playing, and people complaining about my "Pirated Anti" should stop that tomorrow, it's new and if it still doesn't act like it should, it's not my fault. And this is the 2nd new thing this week... and I have a 3rd thing in mind although I should stop getting new things.
I finished my Maths homework :D. 9 graphs straight, it was so pissing off and I needed to find Graph paper on the internet that could fit my requirements and it was so difficult to find. I don't have a Graph pad, but I should get one. Anyway, the ones on the internet are either in inches or their width is too small. But I finally found one which was almost like the Graph Paper that I use.
I am really eager to go for training tomorrow. I have got a totally new bat although with the same 2 rubbers, and it feels so much better than my old one, which I got in P3. Maybe the broken wood was the reason for my lousy playing, and people complaining about my "Pirated Anti" should stop that tomorrow, it's new and if it still doesn't act like it should, it's not my fault. And this is the 2nd new thing this week... and I have a 3rd thing in mind although I should stop getting new things.
I finished my Maths homework :D. 9 graphs straight, it was so pissing off and I needed to find Graph paper on the internet that could fit my requirements and it was so difficult to find. I don't have a Graph pad, but I should get one. Anyway, the ones on the internet are either in inches or their width is too small. But I finally found one which was almost like the Graph Paper that I use.
Teacher: Apollos, come out and do question 1 on the board now.
Apollos: *Gets out of his seat*
Teacher: Wait, have you even done it on your worksheet?
Apollos: *Looks at worksheet* Er… I do now. *Sits down*
Teacher: You haven't even done your work and you're talking to your friends like a busybody.
Apollos: No… just… some people give the money already, some haven't.
Teacher: And why does that concern you, Apollos?
Apollos: Because I give my money already, then I scared my name not ticked (on the nameless).
That was part of Chemistry lesson on Friday. I remembered to bring my things this time :D. That 1 period should have been longer, because we had Chinese 听写 next, and I could just tell that I'd fail. So I was desperately but calmly trying to remember the words, then this teacher came in, and the class started to cheer and whoop because it was a relief teacher. In the midst of our shouting, our chinese teacher came into the classroom. The relief teacher looked surprised and they talked for a while, then he left. He was reliving the part of the class that was taking Chinese Literature, that is, our China Scholars (They don't take Higher Chinese). Then the class was in a moody state after that. Temporary moment of triumph backfired completely, it was an epic fail.
As mentioned, I am sure I failed, because I forgot at least one of the words in almost every one of them, just can't write the full thing correctly. This feeling of misery was enhanced in the next 2 periods as it was Maths. Mr Wu really went to check that he didn't have our E-Maths Book 2, so he assigned Homework, which is like 15 questions of which 10 require drawing graphs that are not linear, and that's what I hate the most. The flexicurve is one of the most hateful thing to use, it just doesn't cooperate with me and fit the graph nicely, so any part questions after that which involve estimation will be off.
Following that, Recess. Then double English period, where Ms Leng was absent once again. We were so happy for a relive period, but then in the last 15 minutes of the 1st half of the supposedly 1 hour 10 minutes of peace, Ms Wong came in to teach us whatever Social Studies information that she could in that amount of time. Then it was Chemistry, again as Ms Yeo took the 2nd period. I was dying for the day to end as I wanted to do my NAPFA test, it would be fun to see the results of the other students in my group. I endured the final period, Physics, in a depressing state. When it was finally over, my heart felt SO light.
But laughing at others about their NAPFA test isn't a really good thing to do in my case, as I'm not really fit myself. My group of 8 was comprised of 6 Scholars, Kai Xun and I. Of the 6 scholars, 5 had to do their Pull-Ups already. We started off with Sit and Reach, a D grade for me, 1cm more to C, which was same as last year. One of my scholars did not know how to do it and just pushed that metal thing as hard as he could and we were all laughing at him. When he did it properly, it was still 40+cm. Then my Inclined Pull-Ups was A, and 3 of the Scholars failed their Pull Ups, where just 1 was enough to pass. The scholar who did IPU was so tall that he could not lie properly and low enough as his hands were super long too, so he got a free A as the teacher did not know how to handle it either. Shuttle Run was A, Sit Ups A. I was happy with my Sit Ups result as I thought I would die from a weak Stomach muscle having not trained for it properly at all in the past year. Then came Standing Broad Jump. After wa tiao, I expected this to improve, but no, I did worse than last year. Another D. There goes my Gold. Kai Xun is guaranteed his, he has 4 As and 1 B, and that B was Sit and Reach, 1 more cm to A. Unsatisfied with this failure, I offered to retest, but the teacher said that I would have to wait for everyone to finish, which was likely to be at 4.30pm. At that time, my watch showed 3.30pm.
So I waited 1 hour for a retest with Jia Hui, Shawn and Ashley, they wanted to improve their results too. Jia Hui needed to redo sit-ups as I had caused him to get an E in the official test because Keng Wee shouted "Stop" near the end and I thought the time was over, but he actually meant that he was to stop, and I was confused so I stopped holding down Jia Hui's feet for him. He managed a D in the second try anyway, but 1 more to C. My Sit and Reach became C and so did my SBJ, by 1cm. "There goes my Gold" is history. Ashley still failed it after numerous tries and in the end he gave up. Now all I have to do is to get a nice timing for my 2.4km run and I'll have my Gold!
Apollos: *Gets out of his seat*
Teacher: Wait, have you even done it on your worksheet?
Apollos: *Looks at worksheet* Er… I do now. *Sits down*
Teacher: You haven't even done your work and you're talking to your friends like a busybody.
Apollos: No… just… some people give the money already, some haven't.
Teacher: And why does that concern you, Apollos?
Apollos: Because I give my money already, then I scared my name not ticked (on the nameless).
That was part of Chemistry lesson on Friday. I remembered to bring my things this time :D. That 1 period should have been longer, because we had Chinese 听写 next, and I could just tell that I'd fail. So I was desperately but calmly trying to remember the words, then this teacher came in, and the class started to cheer and whoop because it was a relief teacher. In the midst of our shouting, our chinese teacher came into the classroom. The relief teacher looked surprised and they talked for a while, then he left. He was reliving the part of the class that was taking Chinese Literature, that is, our China Scholars (They don't take Higher Chinese). Then the class was in a moody state after that. Temporary moment of triumph backfired completely, it was an epic fail.
As mentioned, I am sure I failed, because I forgot at least one of the words in almost every one of them, just can't write the full thing correctly. This feeling of misery was enhanced in the next 2 periods as it was Maths. Mr Wu really went to check that he didn't have our E-Maths Book 2, so he assigned Homework, which is like 15 questions of which 10 require drawing graphs that are not linear, and that's what I hate the most. The flexicurve is one of the most hateful thing to use, it just doesn't cooperate with me and fit the graph nicely, so any part questions after that which involve estimation will be off.
Following that, Recess. Then double English period, where Ms Leng was absent once again. We were so happy for a relive period, but then in the last 15 minutes of the 1st half of the supposedly 1 hour 10 minutes of peace, Ms Wong came in to teach us whatever Social Studies information that she could in that amount of time. Then it was Chemistry, again as Ms Yeo took the 2nd period. I was dying for the day to end as I wanted to do my NAPFA test, it would be fun to see the results of the other students in my group. I endured the final period, Physics, in a depressing state. When it was finally over, my heart felt SO light.
But laughing at others about their NAPFA test isn't a really good thing to do in my case, as I'm not really fit myself. My group of 8 was comprised of 6 Scholars, Kai Xun and I. Of the 6 scholars, 5 had to do their Pull-Ups already. We started off with Sit and Reach, a D grade for me, 1cm more to C, which was same as last year. One of my scholars did not know how to do it and just pushed that metal thing as hard as he could and we were all laughing at him. When he did it properly, it was still 40+cm. Then my Inclined Pull-Ups was A, and 3 of the Scholars failed their Pull Ups, where just 1 was enough to pass. The scholar who did IPU was so tall that he could not lie properly and low enough as his hands were super long too, so he got a free A as the teacher did not know how to handle it either. Shuttle Run was A, Sit Ups A. I was happy with my Sit Ups result as I thought I would die from a weak Stomach muscle having not trained for it properly at all in the past year. Then came Standing Broad Jump. After wa tiao, I expected this to improve, but no, I did worse than last year. Another D. There goes my Gold. Kai Xun is guaranteed his, he has 4 As and 1 B, and that B was Sit and Reach, 1 more cm to A. Unsatisfied with this failure, I offered to retest, but the teacher said that I would have to wait for everyone to finish, which was likely to be at 4.30pm. At that time, my watch showed 3.30pm.
So I waited 1 hour for a retest with Jia Hui, Shawn and Ashley, they wanted to improve their results too. Jia Hui needed to redo sit-ups as I had caused him to get an E in the official test because Keng Wee shouted "Stop" near the end and I thought the time was over, but he actually meant that he was to stop, and I was confused so I stopped holding down Jia Hui's feet for him. He managed a D in the second try anyway, but 1 more to C. My Sit and Reach became C and so did my SBJ, by 1cm. "There goes my Gold" is history. Ashley still failed it after numerous tries and in the end he gave up. Now all I have to do is to get a nice timing for my 2.4km run and I'll have my Gold!
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