docent

Today was THE BIG DAY for the trainee docents. We would finally get to put our training to the test and guide visitors around the museum.

The first group of visitors consisted of Amanda, Rachel and a little girl, the sister of someone from 2L. Even though we tried our best to seem lively, I guess we kinda failed at it cause they did seem a bit bored. Must be museum fatigue. xD Rachel did tell us some feedback that we were doing great as we tried to have a conversation with them. :D This is the first group so we should keep our spirits up! :)

The second group was a group of tourists. They were from overseas I think and one of them was I think, married to a Eurasian woman. We guided them and 2 of them seemed spontaneous. The woman, though, seemed kinda bored and started looking around.

The third group was a girl who was the twin of someone in 2L and her younger sister. They seemed kinda interested and that made us happy! :D There was also a docent with them, observing us too I think.

The fourth group consisted of Xuhua, Alvin and a teacher from DHS. They were actually quite erm, observative. Surprisingly. Though Xuhua did say a few unneccessary things. Nearing the end, Nicole came and told us to end quickly as the next group is going to come soon. So, I cut short the part about music.

The fifth and last group, was a group of Malays, possible brothers. They were actually told to watch the movie first as we were actually rushing. They were the most pro-active among all of our tourists. When i held out a picture of P.Ramlee, I thought that the eldest of them all would answer, but in the end, it was actually the youngest one who shouted immediately, "P.Ramlee!" Haha. It is kinda cool actually when you know that they are so interested. :) Grace later also told me that when she talked about the actress who commited suicide, one of them went, "Eh! Why?" And as she continued talking, he went, "Haizzz. Commit suicide....." Haha. So I think that among all of them, they were actually the best group that we received :D

Overall, this experience was a very cool one :D I mean, the self-satisfaction that you get from it is something that cannot be bought and after that 1+ hour of standing, you will feel that it is actually worth it! We had a great time too! If I have a chance, I would do it again! ;)


~being a docent rocks

Alice in wonderland

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Went to eat buffet actually at Sakae Sushi with my cousins before deciding to watch Alice in Wonderland.

Ate sushi until very full.... yummy....!

Storyline: Alice comes back to the 'dream' that she had after 13 years. She is now grown up and was actually in the midst of being proposed to when she ran away, chasing after a white rabbit in a vest with a ticking clock. She fell into a hole and viola! She is in 'Wonderland' where the Red Queen rules ruthlessly. The hatter and many others have been awaiting her return to save them and kill the deadly dragon. She is confused and does not believe that any of these are real. To her, this is just another nightmare or dream. She struggles with her inner self to bring out who she really is and what she really wants.

Verdict: I love the colourful images and wonderful sound effects! The makeup and everything are perfect! However, the story does seem a bit slow in the beginning until when Alice meets the Hatter. The voices of everyone are perfect as well. Anne Hathaway's voice is very good as it is normally soft and gentle, except for the part when she sounds serious and deadly as she warns Alice about choosing her choices. The only, perhaps, loop-hole is that I do not know what is the moral or meaning of the show. Is it finding oneself? Or is it nothing is impossible? Or is it looks can be deceiving? Hmmm....

Rating: 4/5 

Even though I do not really get the moral of the story, it is still a good watch for both kids and adults and at least, there is a storyline. :)

In....ter....net....work...ing....slow...ly

My internet is working soooooooo slowly. Gahs.
later gonna go eat sakae sushi buffet with my cousins. :) gonna pass them free tickets to the show, "Being Human" directed by Jack Neo.
Currently, feeling terribly sleepy, dunno why. OHHHHHH. I think I know why now.... Just now I ate medicine for the flu. GAH. Big mistake. Now i feel like dozing off straight away. Never mind, later then sleep in my aunt's car. Haha. Weird.
Woke up at 9 today. Did chinese hmwk!!! Printed out the pictures, all thats left is to collate and cut and paste them onto coloured paper. :) Left one more chi newspaper review..... Planning to finish it on Friday, along with Nat Geo worksheet. Then, on sat or sun, will plan to do the dreadful maths. :(

Had museum guiding prog yesterday. Still desperately trying to find a visitor to visit the museum. Why is it that everyone seems busy tomorrow?! Haiz. Yesterday was fun. :D After the guiding prog, the bunch of us went to Pastamania to eat. The pasta that I ordered was Basil Chicken Aglio. Very nice. Though should be spicier. x)
After that, went to macs with Grace, Krystal and Nic w. We ordered fries first while trying to think of problems as well as getting the laptop started. In the end, we finished the questions, but the laptop hasn't started yet. Haha. We were like begging the laptop to start faster. In the end, we were like, what did we bring the laptop for??? Haha.
Then went back home while Grace and Nicole w. went to do Geog with Suting.....

Hope that i can find a visitor to goooooooooooo. GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
sleepy...... zzz

Gasp! The horror!

Gasp!!!! The horror!!!! Well.... Basically I am gasping at the horror of the hmwk we have even during this long-awaited short one week holiday. Why do they have to take away our last chance of FREEDOM? Gahs. So yeah. The stuff that I have to do/go out for on the following days:
Monday - Meet up at the museum to chiong the script... Hopefully will be able to finish!
Tuesday - Museum guiding program
Wednesday - Most prob gonna do/chiong FPS
Thursday - Museum guiding program
Friday - Gotta do homework which includes chi (the horror)

GAH. So many stuffs. Luckily I did abit of my chi already. To those who haven even started, JIAYOUS AND GOOD LUCK! Haha. Dun mean to sound sacarstic or anything. >.<  Still have a little bit flu and cough. Hate the cough. Damn it.

Yesterday went to eat dinner at a place at my grandma house there. One of the dishes was a pig TROTTER. So yeah. Can roughly imagine the expressions on our faces bahs. I mean, its like one BIG HUGE FAT PIG TROTTER in front of us. And we gotta eat it. But we did eat it in the end. xD HAD to. LOLs. Anyway, Happy birthday to the two cousins! :)

Currently still debating over the timing to meet up for FPS and days. Days are like virtually(reality-ly) filled up.
And FPS is like SO HARD AND DIFFICULT. You gotta rack your brains out just for one problem. But then we have to think of SIXTEEN problems. Just to one scene. Gahs. Why in the world do we need so many problems? Get it??? xP Haiz......

Anyway, there have been many ongoing controversies over the "Jack Neo Cheated" episode.

That is JACK NEO. To the people who dunno him, just in case. I mean, we have seen his movies and stuff and they were mostly revolving around one big issue and topic: FAMILY.  So, WHY IN THE WORLD HAS THE GUY WHO DIRECTED SO MANY HEARTFELT, TEARS-RENDERING MOVIES CHEATING? *gasps* I did not know about it until I saw the video of his conference where his wife fainted on the news. I did not really think that he was this kind of guy. And what's more, there had recently been many cases of such "He cheated on his wife" cases going on. I can name a few here: Tiger Woods, John Terry and such. Is this the latest trend???

You work hard, marry, have kids, happy ending. That's what everybody wants. So why are there so many people digging their own grave? In addition, he is FAMOUS. Once you are famous, people will want you to become INFAMOUS. Like, seriously. He has been in this business for many years. Why did he still do it? He has kids, shouldn't he think about them for a minute before he went on to do whatever-stuff-that-is-being-published now? I pity his wife, really. The wife has to take care of the kids and the house and MAINTAIN it even though it is collapsing right now.

As for the other girls who come out to say that they have been 'connected' to Jack Neo even though he disagreed, I really hope that they will think about the family that they are breaking up here. Don't you even feel guilty? You are breaking up a family! And, if those accusations that you make are not true, then you are really.... (no words can express). Trying to gain fame by making use of the situation, eh?

Anyway, I hope that Jack Neo learns his lessons and stop doing such things. Repent and treat your wife better in the future. And to all those other tempted husbands, or even wives, out there, DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.


~the world is going mad

Half day

This post is regarding Thursday, 11 March 2010, yesterday.

Yesterday was HALF DAY! Last period was PE so we were damn happy sia~! Most of them went to play basketball. Gen and I went to borrom volleyball from Ms Lee. Then, Krystal, Grace, Gen, Weirong and I played volleyball. After a while, Pamela came. Was really sunny and hot. But we had great fun!!!!! :D

Afterwards, almost the whole class started playing volleyball. Valen, Xuhua and Mingyu kept serving damn far. Spoil our game... :( Then, most of the class went back to volleyball again. After playing enough, we decided to go Benedict's house. Went to White Sands then with Ming yu, Yohanes, Gerald, Bryan, Krystal, Grace, Nic g, Benedict, Felix. :) Ate macdonalds while listening to lame jokes though we still laughed.

Then, we shopped around for Pamela's gift to store the stars. Finally saw something like a divider to put stuff in. Looked really nice. :) Finally, we set off for Benedict'd house. Ming yu and Gerald left then. Walked to his house and got a minor side-stitch then cuz ate macs. ._. When we arrived, we obviously started looking and walking around his house. Saw the paintings that Benedict's mother drew I think. Damn nice. Really cool. I think can sell lors. :D

Then started playing cards while listening to Yohanes play piano, again. haha. Then halfway through, we started playing stress. And Benedict, who claimed to be the King of Stress came 'challenging' people to see if he has 'lost his touch'. Haha. He was damn fast lahs. I managed to stress him if not I think he would have won. :P

Went back home afterwards. Damn tired.
Had a sore throat and today, I got flu and cough.... GAH.

Anyway, received news that I got into Chinese Society, amazing. I thought that the audition did not go well lors.... Dunno lors. Gonna try and find out when will I start....

And my tests are not that bad. Currently. I very scared of the maths. :(

Yuan wen's hse

This is a post regarding Tuesday, 9 March 2010.

On that day, there was supposed to be Kong Hwa star buddy programme. Then, Yohanes, Nicole G, Gen, Ming Yu, Yuan Wen and I were waiting at the foyer. We waited and waited. Then decided to check out if there was really a star buddy prog. We called and called but could not contact Ms Tan. Was damn pissed lahs. I mean, she should have told us first!

Then in the end, due to some weird unexpected ideas, we decided to go Yuan Wen's house. Travelled there and walked and walked in the endless maze of detached houses. Finally, we reached her house. The house was damn nice lahs. Got like 3 storeys!!!!! Saw her cat, Shadows too. Was a bit scared that it would scratch me though.

And of course, Yohanes started playing the piano. Nic, Gen, Ming yu and I started playing cards. Tried teaching them bridge but failed. Fought over Ming yu's phone. I scored like 3 secs for the pulling toilet paper roll!!!! Yes.....! xD

Then we went to the computers and started 'doing' our SIP.... but kinda digressed and moved on to Sims 3 in the end. Played with the characters and made them fat, skinny, fat, skinny.......Finally, we decided to go back... Walked with mingyu, gen, nic. Yohanes claimed that he knew a short cut or sumthing and went on by himself.... In the end, we kinda got lost... Then we asked a women and a boy where should we head to to go to the MRT. They pointed in DIFFERENT directions. Was funny. In the end, we found out where the MRT was... Tired. x)

...

Went to school damn early at like 7am to do FPS stuff. Obviously finished it. XD
Then, erm. nothing really special happened today, except that there was a sci test. There was a Chinese test yest and tomorrow, there is a LA test. boohoo....
The LA poetry analysis is damn hard lahs..... Argh.....
And tomorrow, I have an audition for the Chinese Society....
I hate auditions..... :(

song

This song is DAMN nice!!!!! It's sung by Timberland and Katy Perry. Katy Perry rox!!! :D Saw it on MTV channel at first. The song is nice, the MV is nice too!!!!!! So here it is. :)



Oh, yesterday, as there was museum guiding, we went to the museum, obviously. I got to see the Egypt exhibition!!! Btw, do you students know that it is actually FREE for ALL STUDENTS in Singapore to view the exhibition!!!! So cool!!! We went to see the exhibition and saw a MUMMY!!! So cool! Though I wished that there were more mummies! X)

K, anyway, I was supposed to talk about my day. Today, I tried volleyball for the FIRST time during PE! By the way, my first PE lesson for this year was on yesterday. XD So yeah.... coming back.... Volleyball is FUN! I paired up with Joelle are we made a mistake in taking the ball. We took the hard one so after a few hits, my arms were red. But not swollen. XP My receiving is.... quite messy in the beginning but after that, it became kinda okay. I guess. The problem was that I could not manage to hit it straight at the person I want. My spiking was in a sense 'powerless' in the beginning. But after that, it became better. :D

Then, we were split into groups of 3. But since there were 25 people, our grp had 4 people: Ying Xuan, Genevieve, Joelle and me. I was kinda bad at aiming and hit Joelleon the face in one of the rounds! SO SORRY, Joelle!!!! I hope it does not leave a mark or anything.... >< After that, the teacher asked us to line up in 2 lines so that he can spike to us for us to receive. He spiked to me two times and I did not get it to him TWO times. :( It kept going left. Haiz, must control next time!!!! Gah. I hate the 2 rounds during every PE lesson. So exhausting. My legs and arms are aching from running and volleyball....

During Geog, it was okay... Not much happening.... except interesting videos that are COOL. Do you know, that to make a cup of latte, you need 500 litres of water, which is 50 gallons of water? WOW. This includes planting your coffee, making the pastic lids and stuff. JUST TO MAKE A CUP OF LATTE. So the message was: Change the way you think. THAT certainly did change the way I thought! Climate change and many more are happening everyday. The carbon footprints that we leave behind that invisible, but the effects are real and happening. Thinking that the world could end in 2012 might be possible, considering the rate of destruction the Earth is going through. We should never think that our efforts are too little. Imagine 100 people conserving the Earth, do you know how much impact that would have? Too effort is too small. Start recycling for a change. It would not only save the home that you live in, Earth, but also make you feel good about yourself. :D

As for Chinese lesson, I was told to read one of my answers to a question which I got a 2 star next to it. >< Well, I felt happy for the fact that I got 2 star, but I did not exactly felt like standing up to read. But then again, I got 5 points for my group! ;)

Malay lesson was damn competitive! We had something like competitions... And everyone was scrambling to stand up. And there was one funny part when everyone struggled with the answers and no one could answer. Then Suting quickily stood up to answer. She say "21", which I think was the calculation to Mr Iskandar's question??? We were like laughing. Then, she stood up again and said, "erm.... (something something)" which she accidentally said wrongly. Mr Iskandar deducted the points despite their protests. Then she stood up AGAIN to anwer. And, when Mr Iskandar asked to her for the answer, she said, "I have no idea." Everyone burst out laughing and Pamela was like shouting at Suting, "Nooo!!! Why you again?!" Haha. It was THREE times in a row!!!! And their group had been deducted 15*3=45 points. Haha XD Malay lesson has never felt so funny!!! Btw, we won in the end!!! :) 


~laughing like hell

i found my calling

I finally found my calling. I know that some of you might not like or support the decision that I am making. But this is what I WANT.

When I thought about going to softball, my stomach suddenly churned. You know that kind of feeling when you dont want what is gonna happen to happen? Well, I kinda cried a little too. I then hesitated. Should I still just continue with softball or quit.

I started to think about what everyone would think. The consequences. All the trouble and paperwork. Then I paused and asked myself, "What do I want?" I had just seen this movie on TV called 'The Women'. And they had this wife who did not know if she should leave the husband who was having an affair. Then someone asked her, "What do you want?" And it hit her, just like it hit me.

I want to quit softball.
And I am gonna leave it at that.

movie

PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTNING THIEF

I went to watch this movie on the last day of the CNY holidays.

Before that, we had went to Seoul Garden. 

By the time we finished our food, we had smelled really really bad. 

Thus, we went into the movie theater sheepishly, hoping that no one could smell us.

Story Percy Jackson is the son of a god and a human. One day, demons and gods started looking for him, believing that he is the thief that stole Zeus' lightning bolt. Percy struggles to prove his innocence and save his mother who was killed while they were escaping from a Kindly One(something like a monster).

Verdict Well, this movie is definitely BETTER than Harry Potter in the sense that it is not slow in the opening. After all, I am not a very huge fan of Harry Potter as well. The 'final' battle between the real lightning thief and him could have been longer though. And they focused too much on the seeking of the 3 pearls. They should have elaborated on Merdusa too. However, the visual effects were great. As expected.

Rating 3.75/5 A great movie! Almost a 4 too! :D

VALENTINE'S DAY

This was an impromptu outing.

After the CNY celebration at Dunman High, Suting and Gen suddenly popped the question if I wanted to watch Valentine's Day. 

OF COURSE.

We(Suting, Gen, Joelle, Vivianne, me) rushed all the way from school to Plaza Sing.

And obviously, we made it IN TIME. :)

Story It was Valentine's Day. There would obviously be some heartbreaks and happy endings. Well, it was a typical storyline. Akin to 'Love Actually' actually. The love stories of a few people and how do they connect AND fall in love.

Verdict Lots of humorous parts. They could use it. The storyline was not exactly very surprising in a good way. It was cliche and we could kinda figure out what was going to happen. Pretty and handsome actors and actresses though. :P Some parts were actually totally redundant in a sense, like when Taylor Swift and Taylor Lauter were acting.

Rating 3/5 A nice humorous movie to watch, but not exactly that great.

~wishing