Battle of the petitions

Okay stop sending me that sms about the petition for the mock exams to continue, because I've received it three times so far.

And now I'm beginning to think that the whole issue is kind of dumb.

But I'm supporting this petition! Yay. Because even if we have normal lessons teachers may still schedule remedials anyway, which is worse than having mock exams because sometimes we don't learn much from lessons and some lessons are boring.

And even if I get sick of it I'd just pon school and have my mother write a letter. Hehehahahoho.

Maybe they should just make it optional to go to school. Save my mum the trouble. Save those people from writing petitions. At this rate, who knows, they may come up with a new kind of situational writing topic.

Write a petition to the Principal/Dean, giving reasons for being for/against the mock examinations. Explain in detail why you think the students will or will not benefit from the mock exams and persuade them to support you.

On 21st September, this made my sister and I laugh out loud:


More screenshots that day:




Screen shots from long ago:



Try and beat my high score for Winterbells!


It was Wanessa Woong's birthday on the 22nd and we asked her to open the present in class, which was in a box, and in the box, there were purple decorative strings and a pretty pink piece of paper with our names written on it (Chrystabel, Debby, Michelle, Jiaying, Shi Ting, Rui Shan, Leongyew, Bryant) so that she'll know who it is from. And when she opened it, she quickly closed the box and she laughed until her face turned red. Hahaha.

It was also funny that when Debby, Michelle, Chrystabel and I went to buy it, the saleswoman nagged at us and told us to go home to study.

And another funny thing was that when Michelle and I went to Bryant's house to get him to go to Westmall to buy the box. We called him on his house phone because his handphone is spoilt and then went to his place. The security guard asked us to sign in and if we were here to see "the boy upstairs".

So we were like, yeah, and she told us his unit number. Then we went up and contemplated about pressing the doorbell. We saw his school shoes and it confirmed that it was his house. So Michelle pressed the doorbell and he answered it. And we kept laughing because he was surprised and went, "How did you know I stay here? You saw the shoes is it?"

While standing in the shop staring at all the boxes, I had to inform him that he was standing next to two indecisive people.

And I think the New Kids On The Rock are awesome! Check it out:
http://www.hollywoodeasttv.com/profile/NewKidsOnTheRock

Go there and watch all the videos! There are 5 episodes so far! My favourite one is still episode four. Hilarious. And even the videos like the one with them reading their fan mail and the other video of them at their office, are funny.

You Are a Dreaming Soul

Your vivid emotions and imagination takes you away from this world So much so that you tend to live in your head most of the time You have great dreams and ambitions that could be the envy of all... But for you, following through with your dreams is a bit difficult You are charming, endearing, and people tend to love you. Forgiving and tolerant, you see the world through rose colored glasses. Underneath it all, you have a ton of passion that you hide from others. Always hopeful, you tend to expect positive outcomes in your life. Souls you are most compatible with: Newborn Soul, Prophet Soul, and Traveler Soul

What Kind of Soul Are You?

Michelle said that I'm a very influencial person because she reckons that I influenced others to call her 'Leongyew's girlfriend', which actually started from Ms Lau, not me.

Debby and I had managed to save a seat for Leongyew during the English review on Tuesday. So he sat next to Michelle and behind me, which was funny because it reminded me of our seating position last year, before we shifted to the holding school. And it so happened that Vanessa sat behind Michelle too.

Oh yeah. And I wanted to complain about how on Wednesday, Michelle made me walk down to the bus stop with her by pushing me along, causing me to miss two buses. When we reached the bus stop, we saw LY and I was like, 'LY! Your girlfriend is here!' Which caused Shahilla, Farah and their group of friends who were with him, to laugh.

Mock Exams

Early in the morning, my eardrums almost burst because during our review for the history elective paper, Mrs. Toh used the microphone in the AVT.

And okay people. Chill about the no more mock exams thingy.

So we had one week of mock exams. When the timetable was passed down last week, I realised that it wasn't as bad as it seemed because during the two weeks schedule, we'll get to go home at the usual time on both thursday and fridays. Plus, 1st October is a public holiday. I told Jiaxun wasn't as scary as it sounded and she agreed.

After a while, everyone started complaining because it drained us mentally. But you've got to admit that the mock exams were useful in some sense.

Anyway, there was a petition which lots of people didn't support. I didn't support it either, because I know I'll slack at home (which is what I'm doing now) and I won't feel the pressure to study, so mock exams are a good thing for people like me. And Michelle. And the guys who sat behind me during the E Math Paper Two today who saying about the same thing. But I still went to forward the sms which Michelle sent to me, to see what kind of reaction I'd get.

And during the E Math Paper 2 review I criticised Michelle's curve for being imperfect and she kept redrawing it and I kept criticising it and we laughed a lot because of that.

Some people are mad about resuming our normal time table next week. Stayed in school for lunch today and Mr. Cha came over to tell us about it. But we shouldn't get too upset because Mr. Cha says that we can still do the papers in exam conditions after school.

Those people who are upset shouldn't blame anyone about resuming our normal time table either, because everyone has their own opinions and some people really did hate the mock exams, or didn't feel like they learnt anything from it, while others felt too stressed out.

And of course, there are those who remain nonchalant about everything and just don't care.

Wanted to go back with Yi Ting and Chrystabel, but Michelle made me stay back in school a little longer because LY asked her to help him and Jiacong with something and Melina stayed back too.

In short, I stayed back because of globalisation ._.

And I'm supposed to be on hiatus but I wanted to announce that LY is a miser because he refused to treat us to a meal! Boooo. Also, Jack poured red glitter on me and we played with the many rulers Jiacong has inside his huge pencil case.

Oh, and Chrystabel bullied me three times yesterday. Boo. The first time was by scaring me with the front door of our classroom. The second time was by pulling my bag from behind at the same time when I was pulling Vanessa's bag in front and wanted to catch up as she started taking two steps at a time. The third time was when she suddenly sprinkled some water at my face after washing her hands.

I think I kinda like mock exams because after doing all those papers I feel more hyper. I have no idea why. Weird. Even Paul could see that I was high, through my text messages.

And nobody is allowed to copy me by saying "Hehehahahoho" or "That's nice", okay! This is especially to Michelle.

Hehehahahoho.

Which reminds me about what happened some time ago, when my sister brought her friend over and they played Guitar Hero III. But there was something wrong with it so my sister asked me to the study room to fix it and I told her to play ther other version of Guitar Hero and she was like, NO, but I was like, "But it's nice!", copying the way that she always says that phrase. And her friend was like, "Whoa, she really sounded like you!" to my sister. "Is this a sister thing?"

In a while the game was ok so I went out. Then something was wrong with it again as it was taking really long to load, so they asked me back in but I didn't do anything and the game worked a short while after I came into the room. They said it was too much of a coincidence and told me to stay in the room forever. Lol.

Prelim results

Just a short post. Then I'll go back to hiatus mode.

Good news! (YAY!)

1. I got highest in class for situational writing! I think. I don't know. Irvin made it seem that way.
   
   
2. Mrs. Toh printed out my exposition about mobile phones! I thought I was writing rubbish. So when they passed down the model essays, I stared blankly at the paper and didn't realise it was mine until I read the first line and my head jerked back a little because I was like, O.O. So I stoned and Jiaxun was like, "Haha, you're reading your own essay?" And I was like, "No lah! I'm just surprised."
   
   And I think my essay isn't very good but Mrs. Toh was like, "You see, Shi Ting (emphasis on 'Shi') has enough points to elaborate on," blah blah, "If you don't have a good command of english better not choose to write an exposition," blah blah. But actually I chose to write an exposition because it was about handphones and it was easy because I'm addicted to text messaging too. And it reminded me of how Mrs. Toh caught me using my handphone in class last year before we shifted to this holding school. Besides, Mrs. Toh told us to try new things during school examinations or tests, and not wait until the 'O' levels because you'll probably screw up.
   
   
3. I passed A-Math! I went to get one more mark from Mdm Yeo and when she changed my marks, she was like, "Good, I can see improvement." YAY!
   
   
4. I got A2 for Literature! Which isn't an improvement because I always get A2 so I was like, boo, I can never get A1! But the funny thing is I got exactly the same marks for both papers.
   
   Paper one: 18 + 17 = 35/50.
   Paper two: 18 + 17 = 35/50.
   Total: 70/100
   
   
5. The other funny thing was that I was the only person in class out of the other 23 lit students, who chose to do the essay question about 'The Ugly Singaporean.' Mr. Latiff was like, "I'm glad one person in this class attempted question one." Then he looked at me and smiled. Hahaha.
   
   
6. Mrs. Toh scared the hell out of me on career day when she was like, "Shi Ting (emphasis on 'Shi'), I need to see you about how you answer your second question for your history SEQ." And I was thinking, OH NOs. I'm going to fail my combined humanities because I wrote crap and I didn't study because I tried to spot questions and I'm going to die.
   
   But nooooo. During the last minute history remedial on Thursday, Mrs. Toh told the class and was all, "You cannot answer the part (b) question like you're answering the part (a) question!" Which was what I did because I wrote that one reason is this and another reason is that. And Mrs. Toh said, "So Shi Ting (emphasis on 'Shi'), you understand now?" And I nodded but I felt stupid because she got me worried for three freaking days for just such a minor issue.
   
   And I ended up getting a B3 for combined humanities which is okay because I thought I was going to fail as I studied the wrong chapters, but I guess my SBQ pulled me up. But it wasn't really okay either because I've been getting A1s since last year.

Bad news! (BOO!)

1. I failed chemistry. I'm just seriously not into science because-
   
   
2. -I failed physics as well.
   
   At the start of the lesson, Miss Punitha came into class and was encouraging as she was all like, "For those who failed, don't give up, you still can get at least a B3 or a B4 if you work very hard from now on." Half way through the lesson, she went, "Are you all MAD? How can you get this question wrong?" But at the end of class she asked to see those who did badly and wanted to see us after school on Friday, to go through the questions which we didn't understand.
   
   So on Friday, Debbie Chia, Pei Jun, Cecilia, Bharani, Divya and I went to this tutorial room to meet Miss Punitha and she seemed nice I guess. It is still unclear to me whether she's being discouraging, encouraging, insulting, or just using reverse psychology (like making you feel that she thinks you suck and to prove her wrong you should work extra hard).

Prelims are over. So what?

So I'm going on hiatus from tomorrow onwards.

China beauty Pei Jun asked me to update so I shall! :D

Anyway, prelims are finally over but the 'O' levels are like, staring right in our face, seeming to mock at us and be all like, oh hoho, you can't relax just yet. Boohoo. The 'O' level exams are evil.

After Chemistry paper one, Debby, Michelle and I went to Lot 1 to have brunch. The food court was really empty because they are still preparing food and some stalls weren't really opened yet. Walked around and LY called after his Biology paper. He met us at Macdonald's to return Debby her jacket. And I don't know why they all ended up coming to my house. So we played 'Black' and 'Guitar Hero III' on my PS2.

Debby typed on the rough paper attached to my sister's typewriter which was bought from a second hand shop. Michelle typed her name on it before, the first time she came. Today, Debby typed something like, "hello my name is michelle and i loooove leong yewww". Hahaha. They went home before Mum came back. Tricked them to turn left when they walked out of the lift.

My mother was kinda disappointed because she was like, "Aiyah, why they so fast go home, I wanted to come back and see how Leongyew looks like."

You Have Fantastic Karma

You are a kind, sensitive, and giving person. And all your good deeds will pay off - if they haven't already. But you're not so concerned with what you get in return anyway. You have an innate caring nature - and nothing can change that!

How's Your Karma?

Your Blog Should Be Yellow

You're a cheerful, upbeat blogger who tends to make everyone laugh. You are a great storyteller, and the first to post the latest funny link. You're also friendly and welcoming to everyone who comments on your blog.

What Color Should Your Blog or Journal Be?

You Are a Jam Cookie

On the outside, you project a straight-laced, innocent vibe. But on the inside, you're complex, exotic, and full of flavor.

What Kind of Cookie Are You?

You Are Occasionally a Jerk Magnet

You've been known to attract real jerky guys from time to time... But the truth is, you know what you're getting into. You can help but love bad boys.

Are You a Jerk Magnet?

You Are a Good Friend Because You're Fun

You are energetic, amusing, and always up for a good time. Optimistic and genuinely happy, you help people see the sunny side of life. And you're always up for a party... no matter how big or small. You're usually the first one to celebrate a friend's success. Anyone who's interesting or fun is welcome in you circle of friends. You're not the type of person to exclude or make fun of someone who's a little different. Your friends need you most when: They're down or depressed You really can't be friends with: Anyone who's stuck up or chronically unhappy Your friendship quote: "It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."

What Makes You a Good Friend?

What These Fireworks Say About You

You are a rather reserved person in day to day life. However, you do have a few topics that truly excite you. When you become impassioned, it's a surprise to everyone around you. But if they blink, they'll miss it, because you get back to being calm very quickly.

The Fireworks Test

You See the World Through Blue Colored Glasses

You live your life with tranquility. You have faith that things will work themselves out with time. You judge all your interactions through the lens of hope. You try to get all the facts before forming your opinion. You face challenges with wisdom. You know that all bad things pass, and you have the confidence to see problems through. You see love as the utmost expression of trust. Your relationships tend to be peaceful and stable. At your worst, you can be cool, melancholy, and detached. You sometimes have to step back from emotionally charged situations. You are at your happiest when you are able to reflect and relax.

What Color Glasses Do You See the World Through?

Your Love Quote

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.

What Love Quote Suits You?

What Your Purple Umbrella Says About You

When faced with adversity, you remain together and graceful. You are very balanced, and it's hard for you to let yourself get too down. You are brainy and philosophical. It's hard for you to lose your broad perspective on life. You accept things as they are. You don't try to change anything that can't be changed. On a rainy day: you should spend the day reading

The Umbrella Test

The Part of You That No One Sees

You are passionate, romantic, and emotional. You put love first in your life, even though you have often been disappointed by it. You expect to be swept of your feet, and you never expect infatuation to die out. Underneath it all, you are scared that you aren't lovable. Your insecurity has ruined many relationships, as you are unable to see the love that's really there. You are secretly afraid of being alone. Confronting your insecurities is incredibly painful.

What's the Part of You That No One Sees?

Your Lucky Love Color is Purple

When someone gets to know you, the first thing they notice is how romantic you are. The most romantic of all the colors, in fact. You are a big flirt and a total tease. Your antics get you in trouble, but they also get you what you want. And unlike what your color might suggest, you are not a princess of any sort. If anything, you make your man feel like a prince. Your heart is dreamy and open. You don't put restrictions on love - because you never know what can happen.

What Does Your Lucky Love Color Tell Men?

You Are the Storyteller

You have a way with words, and you love hearing yourself talk. You are at your best when you have an audience, and you can carry on a conversation with anyone. You are light hearted and fun - a natural entertainer. It's a side of you that you can't really turn off. You thrive on attention (perhaps a little too much), and you love applause. When you allow yourself to be serious, you can be a moving and articulate speaker. Your words have power, and not just the power to make people laugh.

What Role Do You Play?

You Should Honeymoon in Europe!

You are a traditional romantic at heart... With a taste for fine wine, museums and beautiful walks. You and your sweetie should get romantic in a cafe in Paris Or get a Eurail pass - and see as many cities as possible! Suggested destinations: Paris, Venice, London, Greece

Where Would Your Dream Guy Take You on Your Honeymoon?

Why did I type this post in point form?

1. I think I've stopped growing. Oh nos.
   I will remain this short forever! BOOHOO ):
2. Have yet to start vising. VISING, mind you, not REvising.
3. Which means I have to START vising 25 chapters of Chemistry.
4. And also 22 chapters of Physics.
5. I'm so dead.
6. Not to mention, A Math tuition homework.
7. And to revisit OC.
8. Oh yeah. Can't neglect E Math either. Have to practise.
9. And don't you just love this video?
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw
10. This other one was on Yahoo! News.
    http://sg.video.yahoo.com/watch/3265004/9205068

Reducing global warming?

I'm blogging again because I won't know when I'll get the chance to blog.

Anyway, compare these two photos!

This was the view when I looked out of my living room window on 21st August:


And this is the view when I look out of my bedroom window:

Ironic much?

The safer way or the easier way? a sudden thought i shld ask ppl...ha says:
u wanna get license?
SHI-TING says:
yeap
The safer way or the easier way? a sudden thought i shld ask ppl...ha says:
haha ok! gddy gddy :D
SHI-TING says:
hahaha yeah
SHI-TING says:
i want a purple car! x)
The safer way or the easier way? a sudden thought i shld ask ppl...ha says:
HAHA KNEW IT
SHI-TING says:
hahaha yay!
SHI-TING says:
it'll be pretty.

Speaking of cars, my mother was in a BMW when she recently saw Fiona Xie driving down the road in her Mercedes-Benz SLK convertible. And she came home to tell me like it was awesome even though it isn't really because a lot of other people also spotted her driving, too. My mother also said that Fiona Xie was wearing blue framed sunglasses.

Lame entry! Quadriple Yayness!

I came back from shopping just now! YAYNESS!
I bought a pretty purple dress! DOUBLE YAYNESS!
I bought 3-inch heels! TRIPLE YAYNESS!

Omg this post is so lame.

To make things lamer,

Source A

Terror Storm ~~ d[-_-]b says:
st are you going for that barbeque thingy?
SHI-TING says:
what barbeque thingy?
Terror Storm ~~ d[-_-]b says:
The 2e6 barbeque thingy? O_o
SHI-TING says:
there is a 2e6 bbq thingy?
Terror Storm ~~ d[-_-]b says:
Isnt there? O_o
SHI-TING says:
i didn't know
Terror Storm ~~ d[-_-]b says:
Whutreally?

I didn't know a "2e6 barbeque thingy" existed until a combined conversation with Michelle, LeongYew and Bryant, in the morning before going out. But this isn't the least bit surprising.

Ignorance is bliss.

& Mingshen is funny.

Source B

Funga FuFu says:
u nvr go the BBQ tingy ?
SHI-TING says:
you never go?
Funga FuFu says:
nope
Funga FuFu says:
go there eat burnt food
Funga FuFu says:
nothing nice ba
SHI-TING says:
lol okay.
SHI-TING says:
i didn't know until bryant asked me if i was going.
Funga FuFu says:
haha
Funga FuFu says:
he goin ???
SHI-TING says:
dontknow leh.
Funga FuFu says:
if he is goin
Funga FuFu says:
then i will be happy now
Funga FuFu says:
cus if i go there
Funga FuFu says:
i will get rape by him
SHI-TING says:
lol!
SHI-TING says:
good point.
Funga FuFu says:
wei jie oso nt goin...

Text messaged Paul, (censors some parts of the messages)

Source C

Me: Go have fun at the bbq.
Paul: I am at tuition. So how to have fun.
Me: Huh? Ms say you going?
Paul: He blur sotong

IM-ed china beauty to see if she's outdated, too! x)

Source D

SHI-TING says:
did you know about the 2e6 bbq thingy?
a trifle bit trifled. .:blueayy says:
NOOOO

-Censors next part of conversation-

LOL. So, why is it labelled to be a "2e6 barbeque thingy"? How far is it a "2e6 barbeque thingy"? Isn't it more of a hang-out-with-your-bunch-of-friends thingy? And I'm quite clueless. So who actually went to the "2e6 barbeque thingy"?

Study all sources. Do some cross references, inferences and comparisons to answer the questions above. Contextual knowledge is essential.

And I'm bored. Shouldn't I be studying?

» the damned minutes says:
i dunno how to do a maths
SHI-TING says:
ask LY
» the damned minutes says:
he hasn't done the question since yesterday
» the damned minutes says:
how to ask him
SHI-TING says:
who cares
SHI-TING says:
you are his gf!
» the damned minutes says:
..
SHI-TING says:
your knowledge of a math to be on par with his knowledge
SHI-TING says:
is crucial!
SHI-TING says:
its important!
» the damned minutes says:
i stand speechless before your beauty
SHI-TING says:
thanks lygf, you're so sweet
SHI-TING says:
i shall put this conver in my blog too.
» the damned minutes says:
nooooooooooooooo
» the damned minutes says:
for what!
SHI-TING says:
flpj!

Teachers' day 08!

Not really in the mood to blog, but I've yet to blog about teachers' day!

It was quite dumb that the teachers didn't tell us anything about it after our paper on thursday, which I had expected them to. So when we had lunch on thursday (with Debby, Michelle, LY, Bryant, Zhengyang, Nilesh) I was asking LY whether tomorrow was the day that he was going skipping. And Debby heard it as stripping. Hahaha. Anyway, turns out that it was, and Vanessa told me the right information to wear PE attire to school.

Last Friday (29 August) we had our teachers' day celebration in school. The concert was boring, as usual, except for this guy who really got our attention with his cool dance moves. The guy who was in the blue striped shirt, I mean.

Then we had this sports carnival thingy! I didn't take part in any of the events, and ended up waiting for Vanessa, Mei Rong and Jack so that we could go back to Nan Hua together. Supported 4E2's floorball and handball teams! Jiaying fell down, so I brought her around looking for first aiders. Anyway, our class got silver medals for floorball and gold for handball. Yay! Didn't watch captain's ball, soccer and skipping though.

Debby, Michelle and I had bought box of stamps for Mdm Yeo as her present. We gave it to her in class, when we were supposed to clean up our classrooms for examinations or whatever. She was like, good! Because there were two chops with "corrections" and "see me" labels. For Mr. Latiff, we bought him a soft toy lamb which looks like him. It is the 'Latiff Lamb' with the 'Latiff Look'. Hooray for alliteration!

Anyway, so Mei Rong, Jack, Vanessa and I took 173 to Nan Hua, and we reached really quickly. Saw Mr, Kang, but I don't really have much to say to him anymore. Which is weird, because I remember that after the primary six camp, when I was leaving for my piano exam (and I got to skip the best and final part of camp; cleaning up!), I did talk to him, and my mother was like, whoa, you like have a lot of to say to him like that.

When I saw Mr. Kang outside the hall, I was talking to Vera on the phone. After hanging up, he was like, wah, someone become much more talkative already ah. Hahah. After that I just wished him a happy teachers' day.

Went to the auditorium at the back of the hall and sat down, watching them give out awards to the teachers. Mdm Lee, my primary six math teacher, received the most caring teacher award from NIE. I wanted to find her, but I wondered if she would recognise me, though Marcus did tell me she did when he mentioned about me. In the end, I decided to leave early to meet Vera at Vivocity, because we have lots to update one another about. A few students went on stage to sing "Any Dream Will Do", which is a song I learnt when I was in the school choir.

And as part of Nan Hua tradition, everyone had made paper hearts on sticks and they were all waving them in the air. Only a section of students in the hall didn't, and so we deduced that they were primary six students. Got to see the school's panda mascot thingy! It was shown on screen and it was so cute! Wanted to take a picture of it, but my handphone camera is still spoilt.

On the way out, Vanessa was poking me. Lol. I saw some of my ex classmates from 6B who were sitting at the front few rows of the auditorium. Vanessa and Mei Rong went with their 6C friends and Jack disappeared, so I told them I was leaving and made my way to Vivo.

Met Vera and we went to Long John Silver's for lunch. And since we hadn't planned to go to Vivocity, because we were actually supposed to meet in Nan Hua, we didn't know that we would be going shopping either. And so, I saw a lot of nice stuff but I had no money to buy anything.

Vera and I talked a hell lot and she kept linking her arm with mine while walking. She is still my fashion guru! Yay. After shopping and having walked and talked a lot, we were tired and thirsty, so we went to Subway for a drink before going home.

I had a haircut on Sunday! Which was after having lunch at Crystal Jade Kitchen as a family at causeway point. Yay sweet and sour pork!

And I have one week for my hair to grow longer.

Went back home and watched 'Couple or Trouble' from 5pm to 12am. Seven episodes! I paused the show in between to have my dinner, of course. Then I watched the last five episodes yesterday, the first thing in the morning, because it was addictive and I was dying to know what happened next.

So, I'm done watching, Michelle! And I love Couple of Trouble! Oh yeah, and I cried too! But it's probably because I watched it for a few hours straight, which caused my emotions to build up or whatever.

The next show that Vera says I HAVE to watch, is a Japanese drama, Hana Kimi! She let me watch snippets of it from her ipod.

I shall watch it after the 'O' levels!
Wait, that's what I said about Couple or Trouble, too.

This time, I must really mean it. Only after the 'O's!

Oh yeah, and my blog became three years old yesterday!