I remember when I was P6, getting 70 to 80 marks out of 100 in a PSLE practice paper warranted a 'See Me' mark on the paper, as well as compulsory remedial and the like.
Recently my results are getting really good, considering my results used to be around 60 to 70%.
Chinese: (I forgot but above 80%)
Lit: 88%
Chem: 73%
and full marks for History Portfolio. Praise God!
I suddenly feel very young. Very young indeed.
Thursday, 19 February 2009
Sunday, 15 February 2009
In Short...
On Friday, went for D-Pillar meeting. Finally, I can buckle down and get working somewhere in BPYM.
I also went for the Auto Defib course at the Police Academy.
2 more weeks till end of CMTs.
Life seems to be easing up a bit. I just hope this isn't the calm before the storm.
I also went for the Auto Defib course at the Police Academy.
2 more weeks till end of CMTs.
Life seems to be easing up a bit. I just hope this isn't the calm before the storm.
Monday, 9 February 2009
Encouragement
It always amazes me when someone encourages me, and it always uplifts me when someone tells me he or she is thankful for something I have done.
I am very sure this is the same for most people I know.
Yet it is amazing because I don't expect it, and after a while I feel terribly depressed after I receive a note of encouragement.
Perhaps it's the fault of my mindset. I always have been thinking - NEVER expect thanks from anyone, NEITHER should you expect any support, backing or encouragement. Encourage others but don't expect reciprocation.
Whatever the reason, its only God who can help me in such times where the black dog takes over.
(Oh yes, you realise that I never talk about school nowadays? It could be a trap, and people might use those words against me, so might as well shut my bally mouth about it. Careless talk costs lives... I let a few things loose once and I think I got away with it. I should be more careful.)
I am very sure this is the same for most people I know.
Yet it is amazing because I don't expect it, and after a while I feel terribly depressed after I receive a note of encouragement.
Perhaps it's the fault of my mindset. I always have been thinking - NEVER expect thanks from anyone, NEITHER should you expect any support, backing or encouragement. Encourage others but don't expect reciprocation.
Whatever the reason, its only God who can help me in such times where the black dog takes over.
(Oh yes, you realise that I never talk about school nowadays? It could be a trap, and people might use those words against me, so might as well shut my bally mouth about it. Careless talk costs lives... I let a few things loose once and I think I got away with it. I should be more careful.)
Sunday, 8 February 2009
Online again.
Well, I haven't been blogging a lot recently, but well, I suppose since no one reads it anyway, it wouldn't do any harm.
Well yesterday, I was watching an episode of Dad's Army and it showed this scene where ARP Warden Hodges was miraculously unhurt when a bomb nearly got him. After that, he was shown talking to the vicar about how thankful he was and how he resolved to be a better person after that.
It got me thinking. God is merciful, and he shows this mercy throughout our lives. How often have we not been thankful to God for His mercy? Do we respond to His mercy?
"Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."
Lamentations 3: 22-23
Well yesterday, I was watching an episode of Dad's Army and it showed this scene where ARP Warden Hodges was miraculously unhurt when a bomb nearly got him. After that, he was shown talking to the vicar about how thankful he was and how he resolved to be a better person after that.
It got me thinking. God is merciful, and he shows this mercy throughout our lives. How often have we not been thankful to God for His mercy? Do we respond to His mercy?
"Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."
Lamentations 3: 22-23
Thursday, 1 January 2009
Come What May
The year ahead, I expect, will be no different from the last one.
Miserable.
Painful.
(A continual list of negative adjectives)
I now realise I need God more than ever.
I'm not fighting to win.
I'm fighting for survival.
Gott mit uns.
Postnote: Wishing the visitors (if any) a Happy New Year.
Miserable.
Painful.
(A continual list of negative adjectives)
I now realise I need God more than ever.
I'm not fighting to win.
I'm fighting for survival.
Gott mit uns.
Postnote: Wishing the visitors (if any) a Happy New Year.
Sunday, 21 December 2008
Perth, WA
Sorry for the lack of updates. Here is a brief summary of the Perth trip.
Day 1:
Qantas flight to Perth. After reaching hotel, immediately depart for Perth Central to eat. After that we walked 2 km home. Thank goodness it was cool.
Day 2:
Trip to Bull Creek to see the RAAF Museum. They store a Spitfire, and this huge original Lancaster bomber. It took up the whole hangar. They also had this C-47 in which you could peek in the back door (the one you jump from). I looked in and then I suddenly remembered Band of Brothers. I then saw the static line up on the ceiling of the C-47. Then I looked down. Silence.
Day 3:
Trip to Fremantle. Went to this fish and chips place. Really good stuff. Highlight was the visit to HQ Western Australia University Regiment. They had this museum with all the WW2 tanks like M3s on the perimeter of the parade square. There was this re-enactor inside wearing the uniform of a Light Horseman in WW1. He let me wear his ammo bandolier (containing replica, actual weight .303 clips). Its quite heavy if you carry it by hand, but actually wearing it is quite OK. There also was this diorama called 'In Flanders Fields' with all the soldiers advancing over a parched, burnt land. There were also these mockups of a POW camp, with the cholera tent, and a figure with jungle ulcers. Awfully disgusting, to say the least. I wouldn't want to have any of those.
And thus concluded the Remembrance part of the trip. A wooden plank at the exit of the POW gallery summed it all up.
"When you go home, tell them of us and say - For your tommorow, we gave our today."
Day 4:
Swan Valley. Winery after winery. I'm a teetotaler. I don't drink, and when I tasted white wine, I think I was a bit doozy for a few seconds. I wouldn't want to down a whole bottle of the stuff.
Day 5:
City West. Bought 633 Squadron (book) there. Cheap secondhand books, but a very limited range.
Day 6:
Arrived in Singapore. Enough said.
I said it was going to be brief. I forgot to mention the flies going all over my beef. That was the worst lunch I had in years. And the most expensive. Price does not equal a good experience. Lesson learnt. Never eat next to a winery.
Day 1:
Qantas flight to Perth. After reaching hotel, immediately depart for Perth Central to eat. After that we walked 2 km home. Thank goodness it was cool.
Day 2:
Trip to Bull Creek to see the RAAF Museum. They store a Spitfire, and this huge original Lancaster bomber. It took up the whole hangar. They also had this C-47 in which you could peek in the back door (the one you jump from). I looked in and then I suddenly remembered Band of Brothers. I then saw the static line up on the ceiling of the C-47. Then I looked down. Silence.
Day 3:
Trip to Fremantle. Went to this fish and chips place. Really good stuff. Highlight was the visit to HQ Western Australia University Regiment. They had this museum with all the WW2 tanks like M3s on the perimeter of the parade square. There was this re-enactor inside wearing the uniform of a Light Horseman in WW1. He let me wear his ammo bandolier (containing replica, actual weight .303 clips). Its quite heavy if you carry it by hand, but actually wearing it is quite OK. There also was this diorama called 'In Flanders Fields' with all the soldiers advancing over a parched, burnt land. There were also these mockups of a POW camp, with the cholera tent, and a figure with jungle ulcers. Awfully disgusting, to say the least. I wouldn't want to have any of those.
And thus concluded the Remembrance part of the trip. A wooden plank at the exit of the POW gallery summed it all up.
"When you go home, tell them of us and say - For your tommorow, we gave our today."
Day 4:
Swan Valley. Winery after winery. I'm a teetotaler. I don't drink, and when I tasted white wine, I think I was a bit doozy for a few seconds. I wouldn't want to down a whole bottle of the stuff.
Day 5:
City West. Bought 633 Squadron (book) there. Cheap secondhand books, but a very limited range.
Day 6:
Arrived in Singapore. Enough said.
I said it was going to be brief. I forgot to mention the flies going all over my beef. That was the worst lunch I had in years. And the most expensive. Price does not equal a good experience. Lesson learnt. Never eat next to a winery.
Saturday, 6 December 2008
An Update
Well, back from Malaysia. Watched Madagascar 2 there.
and it was darn funny. The plot is quite well-woven if you ask me.
Funny lines:
***
Kowalski: [the plane has crash landed and the penguins are looking at a clipboard] Only two passengers unaccounted for, Skipper.
Skipper: That's a number I can live with! Good landing, boys! Who says a penguin can't fly?
***
(ultimate tough manly quote)
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit, and a whole lotta duct tape.
***
Alex: [to Marty] I broke your iPod!
***
Private: In case of a loss of oxygen, please place your masks over your faces to hide your terrified expressions from the other passengers.
***
Julien: [after Melman has announced he has only 48 hours to live] "If I had only two days to live, I would invade a neighboring country, and force my ideology on them, whether they wanted it or not."
***
(best quote in the movie in my opinion)
Julien:"Well, you gotta march right up to this woman, right? You look her right in the eye, you lean forward, right? Just a little - almost all the way. then you let her, like, lean forward, just a little bit until you're just a lips' distance away from each other. And then you just tell her...how much you hate her."
Funny stuff.
and it was darn funny. The plot is quite well-woven if you ask me.
Funny lines:
***
Kowalski: [the plane has crash landed and the penguins are looking at a clipboard] Only two passengers unaccounted for, Skipper.
Skipper: That's a number I can live with! Good landing, boys! Who says a penguin can't fly?
***
(ultimate tough manly quote)
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit, and a whole lotta duct tape.
***
Alex: [to Marty] I broke your iPod!
***
Private: In case of a loss of oxygen, please place your masks over your faces to hide your terrified expressions from the other passengers.
***
Julien: [after Melman has announced he has only 48 hours to live] "If I had only two days to live, I would invade a neighboring country, and force my ideology on them, whether they wanted it or not."
***
(best quote in the movie in my opinion)
Julien:"Well, you gotta march right up to this woman, right? You look her right in the eye, you lean forward, right? Just a little - almost all the way. then you let her, like, lean forward, just a little bit until you're just a lips' distance away from each other. And then you just tell her...how much you hate her."
Funny stuff.
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