Thursday, April 29, 2010
socratic Seminer
B.B and the Taximan's Story
On 28th April, we discussed about two stories, B.B and the taximan's story, wrote by different writers, Chiam Potok and Catherine Lim respectively.
B.B
Introduction:
Characters: Dad, Mom and B.B
DAD-doesn't like to have children after little Timmy died.
- Dad doesn't wants to go through all that HELL with another sick child.
(I would like to emphasize on the word "HELL" as this clearly shows that the father of B.B is annoyed and frustrated with children and Mom's pregnancy makes him
Feel worse.
-relationship with B.B very close.
(Confiding secrets to him such as his football dreams and aspirations but not to his wife.)
Has many problems that he could not share to his wife as their relationship is strained and there are disagreements and arguments between them.
MOM-loves children
-has a strained relationship with husband
-family means everything to her
-has a fragile heart but a strong front.
("Cries secretly when no one is looking")
B.B-Hates fights between parents and has no one to confide in to his problem as his parents are always quarrelling.
-very filial and mature
-has great emotions
(Cried a lot that night)
-relationship between parents is quite close
Taximan's story
- Father and lay choo's relationship is not very good and Lay Choo seems to hates the father.
- father strict and do not understand his daughter
Visa-versa
Daughter is stubborn, do not understand father.
-lack of trust in the end
Common Theme
In both Stories, they talk a lot about relationships between
-father and daughter
-mother and daughter
-father and mother
We can also refer these stories to a similar story village by the sea
In all stories, the father is the one who created the mess, leaving the children to be victims.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Hwa Chong Track n Field
On 14th April 2010, there was our anual Nationals Tack and field competition. Sprinters, jumpers, throwers and pole vaulters came down to the famous event, not to mention half of the secondary one classes. 1O3 was also selected and hence, we made our down Chua Chu Kang Stadium to witness this extraordinary event.
The event started with high jumpers and students throwing javaline. Hwa Chong outdone the rest in Javaline and high jump too. In the end, one Hwa Chong student got 1st! Now came the much anticipated event, the track event. Mrs Anu, Zihan and I was chatting and had a bet who would win. Mrs Anu began talking about how GREAT indians were and how fast they were. So Mrs Anu bet on a Indian girl, me on a hwa Chong girl and Zihan, as usual, the prettiest he could find there ( so desperate )! Mrs Anu was indeed smart and the indian girl won.
Later, many races took place and had even more bets. This time, it was Jack to play. We bet and I won the bet 4 times in a row! However, the B division boys had their best 4x100m relay which they have been winning for many times. So, having some information from Jack, I was sure that Hwa Chong would win. Thus I said to Mrs Anu:" If Hwa Chong don't win, you can beat me up."
In the end Hwa Chong lost and Mrs Anu.............
The event started with high jumpers and students throwing javaline. Hwa Chong outdone the rest in Javaline and high jump too. In the end, one Hwa Chong student got 1st! Now came the much anticipated event, the track event. Mrs Anu, Zihan and I was chatting and had a bet who would win. Mrs Anu began talking about how GREAT indians were and how fast they were. So Mrs Anu bet on a Indian girl, me on a hwa Chong girl and Zihan, as usual, the prettiest he could find there ( so desperate )! Mrs Anu was indeed smart and the indian girl won.
Later, many races took place and had even more bets. This time, it was Jack to play. We bet and I won the bet 4 times in a row! However, the B division boys had their best 4x100m relay which they have been winning for many times. So, having some information from Jack, I was sure that Hwa Chong would win. Thus I said to Mrs Anu:" If Hwa Chong don't win, you can beat me up."
In the end Hwa Chong lost and Mrs Anu.............
Thursday, March 25, 2010
10th March 2010 (Wednesday)
Day 1
We were on the bus, going to St.Johns Island, for our Hwa Chong secondary 1 camp. On the bus, the two instructors from the camp, Justin and Shafiq, introduced themselves. They were really friendly and it was not long before we became close buddies. Elated and excited, everyone was with hoping that the bus ride would be faster so we cold get to our camp.
……… (Nothing really happened)
We got on the boat ad during the journey, Zihan felt very tired and took a rest, he fell asleep and happened to lose his balance and fell on me. At that time, I was also tired and resting, Mrs Anu, dying to get a picture of me
(I don’t know why?) Took a snapshot of me and Zihan sleeping! I felt so humiliated! We reached St. Johns Island and took a long walk to our destination.
……… (Nothing really happened except for a short briefing)
We learnt to pitch a tent and carried on with some activities. There was the exhausting and energy consuming commander’s crawl which made a hole in Zihan’s pants. There were also other games. It was time for lunch as we did the hungry cheer. At night, we did a kidnap game were Qiyuan was abducted. I, huisheng, and William went on a quest to find him. Without any clues, it was almost impossible to find him. A one point of time, I went into a place which I found rather suspicious and found a few instructors with a bunch of students which I think Qiyuan was there. I knew we had found them but the instructors shooed us away. In the end Qiyuan was found there.
At night we sleep in the tent, the 1st hour was BURNING HOT!!!!! After the hour, it was rather cooling and just as I was about to sleep, Jack change turned around to sleep in another angle and fell asleep, leaving me and Arnold to a small little space. We could not even stretch our legs! It was too cramp but I finally slept.
Day 1
We were on the bus, going to St.Johns Island, for our Hwa Chong secondary 1 camp. On the bus, the two instructors from the camp, Justin and Shafiq, introduced themselves. They were really friendly and it was not long before we became close buddies. Elated and excited, everyone was with hoping that the bus ride would be faster so we cold get to our camp.
……… (Nothing really happened)
We got on the boat ad during the journey, Zihan felt very tired and took a rest, he fell asleep and happened to lose his balance and fell on me. At that time, I was also tired and resting, Mrs Anu, dying to get a picture of me
(I don’t know why?) Took a snapshot of me and Zihan sleeping! I felt so humiliated! We reached St. Johns Island and took a long walk to our destination.
……… (Nothing really happened except for a short briefing)
We learnt to pitch a tent and carried on with some activities. There was the exhausting and energy consuming commander’s crawl which made a hole in Zihan’s pants. There were also other games. It was time for lunch as we did the hungry cheer. At night, we did a kidnap game were Qiyuan was abducted. I, huisheng, and William went on a quest to find him. Without any clues, it was almost impossible to find him. A one point of time, I went into a place which I found rather suspicious and found a few instructors with a bunch of students which I think Qiyuan was there. I knew we had found them but the instructors shooed us away. In the end Qiyuan was found there.
At night we sleep in the tent, the 1st hour was BURNING HOT!!!!! After the hour, it was rather cooling and just as I was about to sleep, Jack change turned around to sleep in another angle and fell asleep, leaving me and Arnold to a small little space. We could not even stretch our legs! It was too cramp but I finally slept.
11th March 2010 (Thursday)
Day 2
We woke up and my leg was cramped up but we got ready for the day. For the activities, we did a human pyramid, it was so FUN!!! The fun part was falling down and I was on top of William who was screaming in pain, I also remember falling on Shao Dian a couple of times who was quite macho so he didn’t felt it pain. At last we did it! After the fun games, we went on to decide on our campfire performance-dance. I was laughing my hearts out as Jack (the one with the curly hair) had to act as a girl! The dance steps were embarrassing and I was reluctant to dance but did after the enthusiastic Zihan encouraged me.
We then did an entangling game with William, again, was screaming helplessly as his arm was contorted into a wild mess. We also played a game-on my laps which WILLIAM fell so many times. He is the NO.2 joker while Zihan is the first. It now came to the game we have al been looking forward to, Captain’s Ball. As the game proceeds, everyone was hacking their way and was having ‘war’ to fight for the ball. There was an instance where me and Wei Jin was playing monkey with a small kid- it was so COOL! The small and ignorant boy then fell onto the ground after banging me. Group 15 and 16 decided to collaborate and help one another to win. In the end we scored a lot of points and I think we were among the top classes.
Campfire!! Everyone was nervous on our act and had no choice but to perform when called. Before ach performance, the instructors would dance to the music played and occasionally pulled students up to dance. Once, Justin was looking at us and I smelt a rat, thinking, “Don’t pick me, don’t pick me!!” then, an arm pulled me and the next thing I knew, I was dancing with Justin. (Lucky Mrs Anu didn’t take picture!!!)
After the camp fire, we proceeded to our dormitories and surprisingly, I fell asleep immediately as it was so cooling compared to the tent.
(End Of Day 2)
…………………………………Next, Day 3………………………………………..
Day 2
We woke up and my leg was cramped up but we got ready for the day. For the activities, we did a human pyramid, it was so FUN!!! The fun part was falling down and I was on top of William who was screaming in pain, I also remember falling on Shao Dian a couple of times who was quite macho so he didn’t felt it pain. At last we did it! After the fun games, we went on to decide on our campfire performance-dance. I was laughing my hearts out as Jack (the one with the curly hair) had to act as a girl! The dance steps were embarrassing and I was reluctant to dance but did after the enthusiastic Zihan encouraged me.
We then did an entangling game with William, again, was screaming helplessly as his arm was contorted into a wild mess. We also played a game-on my laps which WILLIAM fell so many times. He is the NO.2 joker while Zihan is the first. It now came to the game we have al been looking forward to, Captain’s Ball. As the game proceeds, everyone was hacking their way and was having ‘war’ to fight for the ball. There was an instance where me and Wei Jin was playing monkey with a small kid- it was so COOL! The small and ignorant boy then fell onto the ground after banging me. Group 15 and 16 decided to collaborate and help one another to win. In the end we scored a lot of points and I think we were among the top classes.
Campfire!! Everyone was nervous on our act and had no choice but to perform when called. Before ach performance, the instructors would dance to the music played and occasionally pulled students up to dance. Once, Justin was looking at us and I smelt a rat, thinking, “Don’t pick me, don’t pick me!!” then, an arm pulled me and the next thing I knew, I was dancing with Justin. (Lucky Mrs Anu didn’t take picture!!!)
After the camp fire, we proceeded to our dormitories and surprisingly, I fell asleep immediately as it was so cooling compared to the tent.
(End Of Day 2)
…………………………………Next, Day 3………………………………………..
Hwa Chong Camp
12th March 13 2010 (Friday)
Day 3
It was the last day and we did our last cheer. We did not even do area cleaning. We picked up our luggage and left for the jetty. In the boat, we played a few games with 1O4 and it was quite fun as we bomb here and there.
--------------End-------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Reflections~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In this whole camp, I felt it was really fun and rewarding. I learnt how to appreciate things- food/ water etc….
I also learnt how important teamwork is and learn basic life skills.
I will certainly look forward to another camp.
Day 3
It was the last day and we did our last cheer. We did not even do area cleaning. We picked up our luggage and left for the jetty. In the boat, we played a few games with 1O4 and it was quite fun as we bomb here and there.
--------------End-------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Reflections~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In this whole camp, I felt it was really fun and rewarding. I learnt how to appreciate things- food/ water etc….
I also learnt how important teamwork is and learn basic life skills.
I will certainly look forward to another camp.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Intrapersonal
-------Mary Maloney Journal-------
(School work-Mary's journal)
This fateful day, where Patrick died. It all began on my much anticipated Thursday evening. Lying on the sofa, I waited for him, he was later than usual but i still do it without regrets. The doorbell rang and I did not know why I was so excited at that time. However, that was the beginning of me, still so innocent, far from the real reality.
I greeted Patrick with a big smile on my chin, only to suffer his grey and dull face. He stomped in. My much innocent self went to him, trying all ways to please him, only to be rejected and ignored. At that time, for some reason i still love him, willing to serve him even to be treated as a slave is fine with me. Is it wrong to be submisive and loving? Patrick wasn't like this, he was a good man,so loving and faithful. It all changed, after he changed his job, he changed. He was rude, ill-mannered, aggressive and so unhappy with me. I tolerated his nonsense, but was dying to find out why he became such a cold-hearted man.
My question was finally answered, that Thursday, he sat down giving me a cold shoulder doing man unusual things he would not do. I smelt a rat and the next second, he said he was LEAVING me! I gasped, dumfounded, thinking hard why this was happening, it was a moment of weaknss. I forgot to mention, i was pregnant and i'm just a simple wife who just needs her husband's company. But why? why should i suffer such ill-fate? Such a god wife like me don't deserves this ill-treatment! Immediately, I used the frozen lamb leg and swung it down on the wretched man. He collapsed like a deck of cards, he was dead and I would die without any regrets now................
(School work-Mary's journal)
This fateful day, where Patrick died. It all began on my much anticipated Thursday evening. Lying on the sofa, I waited for him, he was later than usual but i still do it without regrets. The doorbell rang and I did not know why I was so excited at that time. However, that was the beginning of me, still so innocent, far from the real reality.
I greeted Patrick with a big smile on my chin, only to suffer his grey and dull face. He stomped in. My much innocent self went to him, trying all ways to please him, only to be rejected and ignored. At that time, for some reason i still love him, willing to serve him even to be treated as a slave is fine with me. Is it wrong to be submisive and loving? Patrick wasn't like this, he was a good man,so loving and faithful. It all changed, after he changed his job, he changed. He was rude, ill-mannered, aggressive and so unhappy with me. I tolerated his nonsense, but was dying to find out why he became such a cold-hearted man.
My question was finally answered, that Thursday, he sat down giving me a cold shoulder doing man unusual things he would not do. I smelt a rat and the next second, he said he was LEAVING me! I gasped, dumfounded, thinking hard why this was happening, it was a moment of weaknss. I forgot to mention, i was pregnant and i'm just a simple wife who just needs her husband's company. But why? why should i suffer such ill-fate? Such a god wife like me don't deserves this ill-treatment! Immediately, I used the frozen lamb leg and swung it down on the wretched man. He collapsed like a deck of cards, he was dead and I would die without any regrets now................
Learning Profile
My learning profile is "INTRAPERSONAL".
I took a multiple inteligent test which found out my learning styles. after taking more than 50 questions about myself, I found out that my learning style is "intrapersonal". The test compromises of many different questions and most about what things i do best, what am I interested in and many other questions about my information and most importantly, determine my suitable learning style.
Personally I feel that the multiple intelligent test which determines my learning style is very helpful as it essential for good learning. I shall elaborate why.(giving reasons)
1.To make our learning suitable for each of us.
2.If we learn things that we are not interested in or is very weak in that area, we would not learn well and hence, this multiple intelligent test is essential for us.
Lastly i would like to conclude that the learning styles are indeed impotant and would have good implications on us.
I took a multiple inteligent test which found out my learning styles. after taking more than 50 questions about myself, I found out that my learning style is "intrapersonal". The test compromises of many different questions and most about what things i do best, what am I interested in and many other questions about my information and most importantly, determine my suitable learning style.
Personally I feel that the multiple intelligent test which determines my learning style is very helpful as it essential for good learning. I shall elaborate why.(giving reasons)
1.To make our learning suitable for each of us.
2.If we learn things that we are not interested in or is very weak in that area, we would not learn well and hence, this multiple intelligent test is essential for us.
Lastly i would like to conclude that the learning styles are indeed impotant and would have good implications on us.
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