想当年 - The Good Old Days

As I take dinner at the dining table on a cold and rainy evening, drinking a bowl of delicious hot soup, I can't help but remember the good old days in primary school. I would remember during recess time, if it was raining, my friends and I would head down to the canteen together. We would buy a bowl of delicious piping hot soup with lots of meatballs, fishballs, crabsticks and dumplings. We would sit down together at our favourite spot and chat till our recess ended. This was the stress-free life I had in primary school.

Now, after more than one year later, I still miss my primary school a lot. I would remember the many happy moments the boys would play soccer together during recess. The many times we played catching with the track and field team. The boring mornings doing prefect duties. The uncountable number of times I got into trouble. The many ups and downs my friends and I experienced together. All these beautiful memories are nothing but the past now...

Now as a secondary two student in Hwa Chong Institution, I would dare say that life is a lot more stress than when I was in primary six before taking my PSLE. Life in Hwa Chong is basically one which needs you to manage your time well. I often find myself chasing deadlines after deadlines. There is always a never ending list of things I have to do.

However, one thing I like about Hwa Chong is that there is never a dull day. Life in Hwa Chong is full of exciting events and talks, lectures, lessons and activities. My parents said that I should learn to enjoy my secondary school life more as that is the point of time in your life where you meet your true friends and have the real time of your life. What do you think? Do you think this statement is true?

E-Learning Homework

Intrapersonal [pick one]:
a. Who would you want to be friends with in the novel? Explain.
b. Which character would you like to play in the movie version of the novel? Explain.
c. Write a diary entry for a major character of the novel.

I would like to play the role of Atticus Finch in the novel. He is full of wisdom and righteousness. His character is nearly the complete opposite of the general population of the town. He is a man without prejudice and racial hatred and is a good-hearted man of strong morals. He brings up his children the way he deems is right. Atticus sees past a man's colour and looks into the depth of his character. He has courage that not many people have. He knew that he was licked before Tom Robinson’s trial started and yet he still fought hard for him and saw it through the end. He was very optimistic. He knew that it would very rare for him to win the case but he believed that as long as he gave Tom the best defence he possibly could, that would be enough. He is also consistent. He is the same in his house as he is on the public streets. This is what gained Miss. Maudie’s admiration. Atticus is a man filled with lots of excellent qualities. He functions as the novel’s moral background. If given a choice, who wouldn’t want to be him?

MI Test Result

I feel that the test is quite accurate as the results are more or less the same as last year’s. Logical and Intrapersonal have the two highest scores. Knowing your strengths and weaknesses can help you a lot during your learning journey. We can improve on our strengths and tackle the problems of our weaknesses. This will let us to be able to excel more in areas that we are not so good at, thus helping us to become well-rounded students. With this information we can change our learning styles and patterns to help us get the best results.

Tests Are Over!

As of yesterday, I have finished all my tests already. Yesterday's paper was Maths and History. I was a little disappointed as I did not manage to finish my Maths paper losing 8 precious marks. History was quite tough too. Anyway I am glad that it is all over and I am looking forward to the sabbatical week. I am in fencing and I heard that it is going to be quite fun. I am definitely looking forward to it.

My 14th Birthday

1 year ago, I had just turned 13.
1 year ago, was the first day of Chinese New Year.
1 year ago, I was just new to HCI.
1 year ago...

What An Eventful Day

Well today was quite special in a sense that I was both happy, disappointed, surprised and a mixture of many other feelings. So I shall tell you what happened today.

This morning I went to church with my family as usual on every Sunday. Then we went to Bras Basah to send my sister for he Mathematics tuition. My parents, my other sister and I then went to a famous chicken rice stall for lunch. Before long it was time to fetch my sister from the tuition centre.

As we were taking the lift up to level four, my mother decided to sign me up for Mathematics tuition too. I protested violently but to no avail. I was quite disappointed as I do not like the idea of tuition and more homework. As we were making our way to my sister's classroom, we decided to take a peek at the Secondary 2 Mathematics class that my mother had planned to sign me up for.

To our surprise, the teacher was actually my father's ex-lecturer in Hwa Chong Junior College way back in the 1980s. My father was very surprised! As the Secondary 2 class had just ended, my father and his ex-lecturer had a long chat. My father told me that he was a very good teacher and urged me to join his class. Anyway what say did I have to stop my parents from signing me up for tuition? However, according to my father, his ex-lecturer was excellent with Mathematics. He even has a doctorate in Mathematics!

Well... maybe it is not such a bad idea to join his tuition class after all.

Hello everyone, I am Sean Lim. I am in the school’s Track and Field team. I love running and my main event is the 400m hurdles.

I have 2 sisters. In my free time, I like to play with my sisters and watch videos showing my favourite sprinter of all time, Tyson Gay. He is a very humble and inspirational man and that is what I like about him. You can check out some of his videos by clicking the links below.

Now, I shall tell you more about the subjects which I like and dislike. I like Mathematics a lot. I find it a thrill to solve difficult sums. The sense of achievement you receive cannot be described by words. I do not like History as there is a lot of memorising work to do. Sometimes, I may forget some facts and this will result in me doing badly for my History paper.

This year, I hope to do better in my History and Geography as these two subjects always pull my MSG grade down. I also want to improve in my Mathematics, Sciences, Language Arts and Chinese. I have introduced myself. Will you do the same to? Please leave you blog’s link when you comment so that I can check out your blog and get to know you better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y4ftPU6-U8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U3x4Ohl8lw