Monday, January 31, 2005
I enjoy people watching. Not too long ago, I was alone at Mac Donald's and I observed the people who walked into the restaurant. Now, before I continue, please do not get offended by what I say. Afterall, I do eat at this place too.
Have you noticed that the young children who eat at this place all look somewhat dumb? They don't have bright eyes, they behave unruly etc... I'm not saying that all children who walk into the place are like that, but generally, they seem to have a lower intelligence.
I don't know how to put this next point in a nice way, but to put it somewhat bluntly, don't you think that this fast food chain caters to people with a not so high status? That is all I should say.
And hove you seen how chubby children are these days? I'm sure half of the lot are loyal supporters of dear O Ronald. People know how unhealthy the food is, yet they still sacrifice their lives for a cheap 15 minute thrill of fries or a burger?
I was never a fan of the big M. I only went there for their happy meal toys, and usually, I would take 3 bites of the burger and throw the rest away. I guess it was due to the fact that since young, I knew that the beef and chicken patties were of very inferior quality? But then , that is an open secret.
I guess everything is due to the good marketing strategies and somehow excellent service that the company has, and we poor victims fall for it. Dumb? You bet. I am one who doesn't fall easily to advertisements or the different tactics companies use. ha..
but then again, dear Ronald does save the day when you have only your EZ link card with you, or when you are in a foreign land wondering what to eat.
10:07 pm |
Sunday, January 30, 2005
to all you people who think that i pon school for fun, you are seriously mistaken. iwas in terrible pain.
somehow, i injured my back and i was running back and fourth tts to get my back checked..
and so, the check uup found that my discs are well, spoilt. and i'm excused from PE and all for 2 months. haha.. yep.
1:36 am |
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
I don't understand the school's detention system, parent's letter fuss, or the late coming system. Why must one go for detention for coming to school late? Why must one go for detention if you give a parent's letter explaining absence from school? Why must they even bother suspending perpetual late comers?!
Coming to school late. I see no point making students stay back for 2 hours just because they are late, even if they are late for one minute. At least the kid makes it a point to come to school.
And if a student checks in a few hours late with a parent's letter, the student still has to do detention? I mean, isn't a parent's letter strong enough? If some kid's mother or father signs the letter, i think that the letter is made valid. Fuck. If you are afraid of forgery, go ahead and call up the parent!
What use is there to go for detention when you are late? Seriously, it serves no purpose. Anyone chooses to defer?
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Parent's letter. Now, it is a must to give an MC if you are absent for a day. But what if you have diarrhoea and have left over medication from last time? Must you waste like twenty bucks to get the same medicine and get an MC? Fuck man! Mummy or daddy writing a letter to certify that you are unwell for school, is that wrong?
In my school, it is wrong. If there is a parent's letter, it is just as good as absent without reason and you get detention. Yea, what the fuck.
You go ahead and punish those who are absent with no reason la. Spare those kids whose parent's allow them to stay home.
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And this is just hilarious. Late for 4 or 5 times, the school will suspend you. Come on la, the kid still took the trouble to go to school and you suspend the poor fellow who probably missed the bus or woke up late?
I see no rationale in suspension. Really. It is partly the school's fault for the kid being so tired. PE 3 times a week, CCA 2-3 times a week, long hours, crap subjects, crap teachers (some of them). No wonder the kid is drained.
And dear o BP wants us to study like I have no fucking idea how many hours a day, sleep before 12 and burn more than half our weekends studying! What the fuck man. We slog it out for a week and we are also expected to slog it out on weekends? Isn't the five day work week supposed to allow more leisure time and catch up on lost sleep?
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I just think that detention/suspension is just dumb for late coming. And so is the parent's letter being a non substitute for MC. Crap school, crap rules. Bah. i can't wait to get out of this fucked up place.
And oh, no short skirt, no low pants, no dyed hair, no beard/moustache, no multiple ear piercings. Ha! Look at the teachers themselves! Fuck, aren't the teachers supposed to show a good example? And since they are in the school, doesn't the school rules apply to them to?
And handphone useage. I guess we must be thankful the school allows us to use the phone now. But at very specific locations ONLY. You should be happy we don't use it when lessons are going on. I don't see any offence using it along corridors or in class when there is a change of period or when there are no on going lessons.
Fuck fuck fuck fuck! Don't you just hate the school? Find me a reason to love this school!! (other than the windy grandstand)
11:19 pm |
J.E.TAI: haha.. okie, i'll be fitter.. haha.. thanks for the encouragement! haha.. we'll encourage each other so that we won't have to book in earlier! haha.. well , late but at least i came eh? haha.. and your tag-board arh!! haha.. change to haloscan la.. haha.. tag board always screw up.. that's y i changed to haloscan! haha..
10:37 pm |
Monday, January 24, 2005
ming: well, i guess there is no escape from going to a co-ed environment, and a different set of challenges face us eh? poly boys huh? sigh! haha.. don't give two hoots about them la.. :)
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xing hui: haha.. i guess i've changed.. i am what i really am now, well almost.. last time i had to abide by the laws because of the tie.. haha.. yup, we'll be MT's little clique.. hur hur.. make use of our remaining time in CJ la, then at least there might be 1-2 things thst would bring back fond memories..
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J.E.TAI: ya marcus.. we can do anything we want EVEN when the teacher is around.. for my school that is.. haha.. yea, i guess JC can be fun, but in different ways.. :) and great job on the 2.4 manx!
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guang: ^5.. haha.. yea, and especially 4E1, the air-con class! haha.. well, patrine chua was greedy what! haha.. not my fault! heh
10:05 pm |
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Have you looked back at your primary school and secondary school days and feel nostalgic?
It seemed like yesterday, when I stepped into secondary school, all young and innocent and looking like a sotong. And it seemed like I just graduated from secondary school an hour ago. Those memories will never leave me.
Silent reading took place every morning. The whole school would have to sit and read for half an hour after flag raising. I would be looking around to see whether any of my subject teachers were absent. The sun would shine her glorious rays upon me and I would complain that it's hot.
There was morning run on certain days too!
Then there was art and craft lessons, home economics and D&T. There was this funny incident when I dropped my whole pot of cooked spaghetti into the sink during my exam, and I quickly threw the cooked stuff onto the serving plate and giggled as I saw the teacher putting a huge spoonful of it into her mouth.
There was this other time when I was pulled out of class by my history teacher. I thought I was doomed. But she was seeking my permission to pull me into the prefectorial selection because somehow she heard that I was head prefect in primary school.[the selection had already close and I wasn't selected 'officially' because I was the class chairman and usually the chairman can't be a prefect]
Secondary 3 came and I was selected to go on the exchange programme. I thought I was doomed to stay in Singapore because during the interview, I got quite pissed with the interviewer (a HOD) and raised my voice, cut him off sentences, and even questioned him!
And I had the pleasure of talking back to the DM and got suspended for that.
Once during a biology practical, a classmate got his finger stuck in a drawer opening. Don't ask how, but it sure was hilarious. The school almost sawed off the drawer while trying to free his finger.
Sec four came and there was still no mood for study. We played, stayed back, made a class movie, sang in class, threw paper balls around class during lessons[and you think it only happens in cartoons], and scold vulgarities like no ones business.
Sadly, the school didn't have a graduation night. We had this graduation ceremony in school though. And that was one of the few times when we actually sing the school song, myself included. It was a really sad moment.
I miss the all boys environment. Yes, just shoot me. I mean, when you are in a boys school for ten years, you are dying to be in a co-ed school. But once you are out of there, you so badly want to go back into the boys school environment.
And boys from all boys school make better men. Except for some schools which I refuse to name.
My biggest mistake was to take triple science for upper secondary. I was given the option of taking either triple science or take combined science and literature. I chose triple science and i've regretted till today.
Of course, there are other memorable incidents, but if I list all, you'll get bored so I'll leave it at this.
Now, as I listen to my secondary school song, listen to the songs we used to sing in class, the dances we did, the songs we used in the class movie, and when I watch the class movie, I tear. Even at this moment.
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Would I look back next year and feel the same way about my junior college life? I seriously doubt it. But only time will tell eh?
1:03 am |
Saturday, January 22, 2005
Taken from http://www.funderstanding.com/right_left_brain.cfm.
Most individuals have a distinct preference for one of these styles of thinking. Some, however, are more whole-brained and equally adept at both modes.
In general, schools tend to favor left-brain modes of thinking, while downplaying the right-brain ones. Left-brain scholastic subjects focus on logical thinking, analysis, and accuracy. Right-brained subjects, on the other hand, focus on aesthetics, feeling, and creativity.
How Right-Brain vs. Left-Brain Thinking Impacts Learning
Curriculum--In order to be more "whole-brained" in their orientation, schools need to give equal weight to the arts, creativity, and the skills of imagination and synthesis.
Instruction--To foster a more whole-brained scholastic experience, teachers should use instruction techniques that connect with both sides of the brain. They can increase their classroom's right-brain learning activities by incorporating more patterning, metaphors, analogies, role playing, visuals, and movement into their reading, calculation, and analytical activities.
Assessment--For a more accurate whole-brained evaluation of student learning, educators must develop new forms of assessment that honor right-brained talents and skills.
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Left Brain
Logical
Sequential
Rational
Analytical
Objective
Looks at parts
Right Brain
Random
Intuitive
Holistic
Synthesizing
Subjective
Looks at wholes
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haha.. our school is screwing our left brain. haha.. but interestingly, i'm not really a victim of our screwed up system. I don't bother to be analytical or objective. Neither am I sequential. heh.. i'm not cut out for JC education eh? haha..
12:57 am |
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
What a way to start my day. I got up earlier than usual, and left my house at 0703! And guess what? I saw the freaking bus zoom pass me. So I thought, drats, I'll be late AGAIN. And yes, I was late by a minute. Got caught, and had to do detention. Nice. And to top it all, i had to climb the grandstand 25 times for PE.
Michael Tan's gonna be my good friend soon. Or maybe i'm his good friend already? I went into his office, he looked at me, and just as I was about to open my mouth, he HAD to say " Shawn Seow!! T19 right? Late again arh?". Sweet. So I stayed back from 4-6. Hao stayed back with me. THANKS!
Shit. I hate it when discipline teachers know me, especially these kind of teachers: Tan Jek Suan, Michael Tan, Bro Paul! Yes! Only 3? ain't that enough??!!
I can't believe I'm in trouble with them la! I mean, I was the HEAD PREFECT in primary school, I was the DEPUTY HEAD PREFECT in secondary school. I was loved by the discipline committee![well, apart form the one time I got suspended from duty in secondary school because I TALKED BACK TO THE DM. SHE DESERVED IT BTW]
sigh~ look at me now.. haha.. I'm sure no one in the screwed up institution knew I held such a high post in my previous schools eh? haha..
I don't get it why the school cares about us coming late, uniform blah blah. I mean, so what if we are late? I don't think I deserve punishment for coming to school late. afterall, better late than never right? Sick.
and uniform. So what if my pants is hanging at my hips?! I mean there are people who wear their pants at their buttocks and they don't get caught? Ha!
i mean, do you really want your school students walking down Orchard Road looking like geeks with pant's high up, skirts long long? i mean, look at VJ or AC girls. Their skirts are like short? and they CAN study.
bah! Oh anyway, I have an econs test tomorrow. I don't understand a single shit. haha.. So I guess I'll have to rely on my ever so faithful common sense. hee:P
10:34 pm |
Sunday, January 16, 2005
First thing's first.
I MUST NOT PON SCHOOL SO OFTEN.
I MUST NOT BE LATE FOR SCHOOL.
I MUST DO MY HOMEWORK.
I MUST STUDY HARD.
I will try and accomplish these tasks at hand for the coming week, and hopefully, it'll continue for the rest of the year. Well, Friday is a holiday! Yay! But, I haven't done any work over the weekend. I feel guilty. Yet, I have no mood to do anything. hee :D
Have you tuned in to 98.7 recently? They have been playing relatively okay songs on a Saturday night. No more "Club Beats".
I'll end off with this: Be proactive.
11:53 pm |
Have you taken a look at the quotes in the Ceee Jayyy diary? Well, if you have flipped through, you would have probably seen quotes from erm,
less reknowned philosophers, like YODA or even the movie LOTR.
Have I mentioned that I became a mattress delivery man for an hour on Friday? Yep, I served detention carrying mattresses. How nice.
12:10 am |
Thursday, January 13, 2005
When are you ever gonna come?
Why aren't u bothered?
Why don't i deserve the time?
11:16 pm |
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
School is pretty sick. Yea, sick. Have you ever put some thought into this: do you actually learn more(if you do that is) in school or at home mugging before the exams? I can quite safely say that I did waste more than half a year last year going through JC1. Most of the time, you would be so shagged you would doze off during lectures. What's more, you get crap food, crap lessons, crap timetable blah blah.. So basically,
school(particularly where I am currently studying), is crap.
School "formally" begins the academic year yesterday. And, from what I can see, few are in the mood to study, including yours truly.
And so, what is school? I guess, the system here has transformed school to a place where people get forced education, teaching becomes a chore, learning becomes tedious, and
students are slaves to education!
10:33 pm |
Saturday, January 08, 2005
How's this for the first week of school! I attended only 2 days. Yup. 2. That's pretty slack eh? It can't continue like this.. haha.. I'm in JC2 damn it.
Studying in Singapore. I can't believe that I'm actually under the control; of the MOE. Having gone through education from a ridiculously young age, we are groomed to become idiots. (Excluding those who choose the poly path that is.) The JC route is crap. Totally.
We take subjects that we are supposedly going to further in the university. I mean, how many actually continued what they do? How many physicists, economists, mathematicians, historians, geograpphists are there?
People in JC. Are they really happy? I mean, there are some relatively retarded people who enjoy what they are doing in JC. Go up to them and they will go " yes!!! I absolutely love what I'm doing!!!"
But stop and think. Do the majority of the people in JC like what they are doing? Or are they doing it for the sake of going to JC rather than for the love of the subjects. Personally, I hate what I'm doing.
Economics. I hate it. It's a brain cell killing subject. My brain juices have run dry trying to remember facts. And all that bullcrap about linking one idea to the next? It doesn't work for me. I'll confuse everything. So what if you know that the petrol industry is an oligopoly? Will we change the way we view things?
mathematics. Well, I'm okay playing with numbers. But when you start drawing strange squares and circles, my eyes get crossed. And there is calculus. What on earth is that for? It's not like I'm going to differentiate or integrate things when I work! How often can you do that?
Physics. It's practically rubbish. So what if you know how things work? So what if you knew that K.E.=0.5MV^2? Are you going to calculate the amount of energy your car is using? Oh please. Maybe it'll be great to know how much energy is released when an A bomb blows up using E=MC^2. But other than that? Think circular motion or waves.
There is more to education than this. Why not educate us on practical issues? Things like piracy, copyright laws blah blah.. I don't understand why we have to learn "dead things". I mean, people learn history "so that we won't make the same mistakes again." Yeah yeah.. But learning theories and formulas, 3/4 of which we won't even bother to remember by the time we are 25? Oh please.
And the much dreaded project work? What in the blue hell is that foe??!! It's useless! Agree?
Lucky poly people. They get to do more fun stuff.
It's time to consider. Are you really happy doing what you are doing now? Seriously. You hear stories of people saying that JC is a dumping ground. Well, sad to say, it's damn true. JC people! What ambitions do you have? I'm sure many of you haven't thought of that right? There you have it.
We have no goals, no "future". Nothing. We lead life on a "see how lorz" basis. Sad ain't it? But that's the truth.
1:26 am |
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
Depression is an illness that involves feelings of sadness lasting for two weeks or longer, often accompanied by a loss of interest in life, hopelessness, and decreased energy. Such distressing feelings can affect one's ability to perform the usual tasks and activities of daily living.
This is considered to be clinical depression. It is very different from a temporary case of "the blues" triggered by an unhappy event or stressful situation.
Depression affects the mind, but this doesn't mean "it's all in your head." Depression is a medical illness linked to changes in the biochemistry of the brain.
Depression is not a weakness of character. Being depressed doesn't mean a person is inadequate. It means the person has a medical illness that is just as real as diabetes or ulcers. Like other medical disorders, clinical depression should not be ignored or dismissed. A clinically depressed person cannot simply "snap out of it" any more than a person with an ulcer could simply will it away.
(taken from
http://health.yahoo.com/health/centers/depression/1 )
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Did you know that depression is a form of emotional stress? haha... Check this out
http://www.metromkt.net/viable/health21.shtml
under symptoms of stress.. haha
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Other interesting stuff on depression at http://health.yahoo.com/health/centers/depression/1 ... haha.. There are definitely more sites where you can find more about depression, but I think yahoo has condensed most of the things you need to know.
1:05 am |
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
The dark rider gallops into the shadows
hoping to find some guiding light
that would lead him back to
happyland
where he truly belongs.
11:20 pm |
Monday, January 03, 2005
Today marks the first day of the school term. I saw some familiar faces.
And oh my goodness, my juniors from my secondary school are like soooo nerdy can? I feel embarrassed having any association with them. what has become of St Gabriel's boys? Gosh! I am not like them in any way. in fact, the 1987 batch are not like the '88 batch in anyway.
The new time table is slack until I don't know how to slack. The days are short, and on average, we have 1.5 hours of break a day. Yup. I'm so used to finishing at 5 plus that with this new time table, i feel bored. Haha..
I'm in no mood to study. No mood at all.
11:14 pm |
Sunday, January 02, 2005
2005. A year I hope will be better for everyone, especially myself. I'm not trying to be funny here or anything, but yea, I hope it will be a better year for myself. My life is pretty much screwed up. 2004 was hell. Oh yes. No one knew the shit I had to go through.
The clown is a happy man,
or so he seems.
Jovial, joking and laughing,
no one really knew his pain.
It was the life he had to live,
to make some people happy.
For your own good,
so they say.
To ease the pain, the clown lived two
separate lives.
One which everyone knew,
and the other of pain.
Till recently he saw another clown just like him,
but that clown was different.
It had the will and the valour
like a lion in the jungle.
And that other clown got to live a life,
which he so dearly envied.
He drew up his strength
and is determined to make a new start.
Sigh, it is a little late,
but it's better late than never, right?
Rather than be miserable his whole life ,
the time has come for change.
Able to be free, free as a bird,
and leading a life which he would prefer.
No reckoning, no finances, no boredom,
But genuinely fun things to do.
The clown is ready to make the change,
yet he is uncertain, scared and confused.
He has but little time to contemplate, but meanwhile,
a happy clown he will be.
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And to my darling , thank you for your love and support all this while. I would not have made it through 2004 without you. I love you.
1:18 am |
