block tests-

more than 2 weeks since i updated-

to start off,
ADEL AND BEN LOVES GERMANY TO THE MAX =)
ohkayy fine i think she loves lahm more than anything but that's not the point.
WE STILL LOVE GERMANY =D

ohkayy anyway its been 16 days since my last update! been rather busy because of block tests which make me have sleepless nights. been at school all of the last week of holidays for the study programme thing to mug for block tests, and i was a little satisfied that i did not waste alot of time thanks to the study programme.

anyway what's done so far-

1. H1 General Papers 1 & 2
2. H2 Economics Paper
3. H2 Chemistry Paper 3
4. H2 Physics Paper 3
5. H2 Mathematics Paper

and what's left-

1. H2 Chemistry Papers 1 & 2
2. H2 Physics Papers 1 & 2

and that's it, end of pain but start of misery when i get back my results. i am totally unhappy with myself over mathematics. it's like i spent so much time on mathematics over every other subject with the hope of some small improvement but when it comes to block tests i couldn't even do the first question in the mathematics paper. am i dumb or what-

ohkayy that aside, i still maintain the view that 林依晨 is totally the cutest. hahaa i know YOU are laughing but it works the same way as you liking the not-very-tall-player-you-think-is-cute ohkayy lols.

ohkayy enough of updating, i shall be back after block tests end on tuesday-

friendly match-

bowling friendly match with SRJC bowling team today-

j2's swan song. our last one representing the school (and bowling team) in a competitive event. it meant so much to us. at least i hoped to round it all off with a decent performance to end my time at hcbowling on a high note.

and so we reached the alley before the friendly, with the idea that there would be practice throws before the friendly itself. but it turned out that we weren't going to have practice throws and there was a sudden frantic to open lanes to play 1 practice game before the friendly. i haven't bowled for more than 2 weeks - and it shows. my practice game i only closed one frame and scored some obscenely low score that's less than a hundred.

but anyway the friendly started and team 2 (yinghao, jansen, adriel and myself) really owned today. first two games we were practically beer-ing each other many many times (i.e. 3 people strikes and one person doesn't, if you don't understand) and the second game we had like team pinfall of 698, we were aiming for 700 but adriel missed his last spare hahaa.

but anyway all three games ended and we were quite happy with our performance, actually rather certain that our team would win. and so adriel got individual first, jansen individual third, yinghao individual eighth. top seven get to play masters so adriel and jansen played, adriel won first for masters, noreen won first for girls' masters.

and OHH. pictures-
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above: Top Boys Team - HCI Team 2 Boys - Ying Hao, Benjamin Chan, Jansen Tan and Adriel Lam.


above: adriel receiving team and individual prize from joanna lam.


above: jansen receiving team prize from joanna lam. jansen looks elated-


above: myself receiving team prize from joanna lam.


above: prize for top boys' team.


above: champion teams. SRJC team 5 (girls) - consisting Catherin, Phoebe, Grace and Joanna Lam - and hwachong team 2 (boys) - consisting Adriel, Ying Hao, Jansen and myself.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST-

hwachong bowling batch 07/08 - thanks for making the past one and a half year the most wonderful time of my life. it's been a really great time and though it seems we've come to the end of the journey, we are still a team. for as long as we still remember each other as teammates - the journey never ends.

GWEN GOH, SHERMAINE, YANTIAN, YINGHAO, CHONGCHEN, DONALD, ADRIEL, JANSEN - I LOVE YOU GUYS.

bowling chalet-

ohkayy adel i'll update with a post now lest you say my blog is dusty hahaa-

and so i was at sentosa from monday to wednesday for bowling chalet. lots of fun, lots of quality time spent with the team, particularly the j2 team. i'm going to miss you guys alot alot after we stop training man. i mean seriously.

anyway, first day's highlights were generally our j2 dinner and the exco interview session. 煮炒 at koufu was nice seriously. at least it was quality j2 bonding time heh. oh anyway gwenma seriously looks like a ghost when she stands on top of the lamp on the beach. and at around midnight we conducted the exco interview on the small island off siloso beach, it was fun doing the interview in the dark, although the junior guys had a more awkward interview due to some special requests for them to take off their t-shirts hahaa. the interview lasted all the way till like 1am plus after which we went back to our room to play big2 till like 4am plus.

second morning we went to bury bottles which contained notes (and exco positions, if any) in the sand and made the juniors dig for them in the designated boundary. breakfast at delifrance was super expensive. houseball competition and pool session at SAFRA Mount Faber in the afternoon. i seriously can't bowl for nuts with houseball anymore hahaa. had pizza for dinner, all at the expense of the juniors. what's more - we were surprised with nice presents (mine hung on the tree on the island off siloso beach) and sweet notes and a big photo montage which looks like a bowling ball hitting pins when seen from far.

third day was plain normal, checkout and brunch at vivo but what's important is that seniors really really had a memorable chalet and were really touched by all the thought put into the notes and presents. thanks a billion, juniors. you guys have left us an everlasting fond memory of hcbowling. we love you guys.

anyway i went to school to study chem with yantian today. chemistry gets really dry when its read and attempting questions all day. after studying i suddenly had craving for douhua tangyuan and so i made yantian go eat too hahaa. pure satisfaction.

i can't seem to finish with revision, and i'm like quite scared of block test 2 now after my poor results from block test 1. i'm really really trying my best to dash all i can to revise as much as i can. but i'm really afraid.

wow this is my longest post ever-

milestone-

a thousand passengers carried since the inception of the counter-



not a very significant milestone, but its been a long recollection of my memories, particularly college memories.

no matter-

yantian sent me this song a few days ago. its supposed to be some TVB-exclusive song used in several TVB serials. and i really like the lyrics-

"No Matter" - by Angel
Doesn't matter whom you are with
Doesn't matter where you are going
Don't you know I'm still waiting here for you
And pray for you

In the sunny days, sun will light your day
In the windy days, wind will lead your way
I have to say you're my treasured moments
Never gonna walk away

In the rainy days, rains will share my tears
In the stormy days, storms will steal my pain
Just go your way and leave things all behind
Spread your wings and fly away

I'm pretending you're mine
And wishing you'll be fine
The moments we share never die
You make a difference to my life
And let me realise
The feeling I've got
Deep inside

maths study camp-

been out for the past two days and today to do tutoring at a maths study camp for amk secondary students-

initially signed up to do only e-math tutoring. but after the e-math quiz on the first day it seems my tutee totally didn't need e-math tutoring, she got like full marks for that quiz hahaa. so my tutoring became a-math tutoring instead.

due to the very easy e-math and a-math questions given to the tutees on the first day, we decided to give the more challenging "Just One Page" questions that we did in high school to the tutees yesterday. then today after marking my tutee's a-math full practice paper and comparing with the other tutors' papers, i realised i was super miserly with giving my tutee marks (sorry! hahaa). some small mistakes here and there but it was not bad =)

hahaa and my tutee wrote jokingly on the tutee reflection sheet that her tutor kept making her do logarithm questions. heh the extra logarithm questions were like quite fun please, i gave questions that involved alot of changing base and combining terms and the answers are always like simple terms such as '1', after cancelling out everything hahaa.

anyway i think the study camp was quite meaningful la. although i don't think i taught much to my tutee, but the experience was fun and enriching i guess. and my tutee and her gang kept laughing at me and yanming's conversation hahaa.

ohkayy we took two photos at the end of the study camp! or maybe more than two because my tutee said i was expressionless in the first one hahaa.


above: xinyi (my tutee) and i, before the prize presentation i think.


above: my tutee and her gang, two other tutors - the one in brown (first row) and the one in darker blue (second row) - and myself. i was like so busy laughing that i wasn't looking at the camera hahaa.