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Monday, August 29, 2005
7th Assignment - Learning Journey: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
At first, when i heard that the Sec 2s will be going to see Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, i was not exactly thrilled as i'm not actually a fan of the book or the movie. Even more, i heard bad reviews of the movie from one of my classmates saying that it was boring & not worth watching. I guess i would not know if i did not see it for myself, so i went for it.
Personally, i don't think it's that boring after all. The movie was quite interesting & it sure was entertaining to see. I've never seen so much chocolate in my life!
The 5 children has personalities which, were quite unique to me but my favourite character is Charlie, he was far different from all the children and to me, the most normal one. The actors who portray the characters were quite good actually. They make the characters come to life.
I've never read the book before so i cannot the tell whether it's similar or not, but i bet it is similar in different ways. I don't think the movie should really be the same as the book because you cannot make it exactly the same. It's kind of impossible.

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6:52 PM*

Friday, August 26, 2005
6th Assignment - "Give me three macho claps!"

I was not exactly looking forward to the camp as to me, it felt like it came too fast. Even before that, we had tests & after that we will have the final exams about several days later. So I guess that is why I was not looking forward to it. When it came, I thought it would be torture as I’m not exactly an outdoor person and also, I’m kind of afraid of heights. Since it’s a camp and not a resort or anything like that, I guess I would just have to adapt to the environment.

The place was quite nice actually, not what I expected though but better. The activities were really enjoyable especially the camp fire..’ooo yeah, yippee yippee yeah’. I like that phrase, it has a rhythm to it. The unfortunate thing about the camp is that, I did not get to ride the Zip Line which in fact, I would love to ride on. Instead, I tried Abseiling. It was terrifying especially when you have to sit on nothing well, you have to sit on air actually. When I reached the bottom, I felt the feeling of accomplishment. It was a really good feeling especially to a person who is afraid of heights.
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6:31 AM*

Monday, August 08, 2005
5th Assignment - A Lesson About Life
I know most of you don’t know that I write poems on my spare time, but my poems are not about love, romace or any of that kind of stuff.

Well, actually it’s the total opposite. No, not hate but nearly there. I write depressing poems.

Okay, let me elaborate, I write poems about death, suicide, sadness, dark poems, depression .. well, u get the picture.

My poems are all made up, not real, imaginary. I even wrote a suicide letter, it’s very original BUT not true.

When I wrote that, I kind of expect people to think that there’s something wrong with me, but that was not reached because I always reassure them that the poem I wrote was totally fictional beforehand, but my perspective on people changed one evening.

My mum and I was browsing some magazines at a magazine rack. When I was flipping the pages, a story caught my eye. It was about suicide, and since my poems mostly based on suicide, I read it.

It was about a man who killed himself and said that he could not take life anymore..and there it was, right smack on my face, a real suicide letter.

It says there that he led a good teenage life and was even popular in high school. That kept me wondering why he would even killed himself when his family was good and led an even better teenage life? He was so cheerful that nobody noticed the darkness he kept inside.

I guess you can’t actually judge a book by it’s cover. I can’t actually remember the whole story as it was a month ago when I read that, but I still remember the suicide letter, i'm still recovering from that one.

Somehow that article taught me a lesson in life, u can't actually tell if a person is happy with his/her life just because he/she led a good life. I mean okay, for example, look at me, i write depressing poems and yet i'm not depressed. I guess my look on people changed just because of the article.

Okay, let me finish this off with a poem i wrote about me liking dark poems...



9:18 AM*

Monday, July 25, 2005
4th Assignment - Curbing Smoking
Personally, i have no idea why people these days like to smoke so much, despite the harmful effects it gives to the smoker. Don't get me wrong, i have no grudge against smokers. It's just that, i don't get it, why do they like to smoke? It's not like smoking benefits anyone. These days, youths like to smoke. Maybe they think smoking is cool and this could win them popular friends, or maybe it's peer pressure. I think that's common among youths, being peer pressured. They see their friends smoking and they want to smoke too to feel accepted. To me, i don't think that's what it is called friends. Good friends don't smoke, well, most of them don't. Even if they smoke, they would not pressure their other friends in smoking. I think the we should have more ads to enforce awareness for the harmful effects of smoking. Maybe, that could help.
I'm thankful to Sir Richard Doll as he has made people realise the consequences of smoking. Because of him, loads of people around the world has stopped smoking and he even saved lives.


6:54 PM*

Thursday, July 21, 2005
Something to Think About - The Secondary Two Camp
I was quite shocked when i saw the 'Dairy Farm' in Dairy Farm Adventure Centre. I missed the word 'Adventure' so i thought we were going to be sleeping overnight in a dairy farm, which, is by the way, quite ironic. Hehe. Silly me.

I read the article and i thought it was okay, i guess. The centre is to help meet demand for more facilities to toughen up kids. Toughen up kids? I don't think i need toughing up, what for? Haha. I guess i'm over-reacting. "The centre has an eight-station rope course, where students have to cross from one vertical pole to another several storeys above the ground; walls for abseiling and climbing, and a shed for 50 mountain bikes", accoring to the article.

I've never went up on a rope course before, so i guess that'll be interesting. Abseiling and climbing, that's cool. Mountain bikes, no way..i have never ever in my whole life rode a bike before, the only thing i know how to use which has wheels are rollerblades so, i don't know about that.

3:31 AM*

Monday, July 18, 2005
3rd Assignment - What Makes A School?
I think the teachers make a good school as they are the ones who teach the students. In some student's point of view, the teachers are like their role models as they are their peers and they look up to them. To me, i'm grateful that i attend this school as their facilities are more than enough. In my classroom, i would not change anything. Well, there is something. I just hope that the class would not be as noisy in between lessons. That really gets into my nerves, and also playing in class. I just hate that. Well, i guess i have to deal with it since i can't change my classmates, just accept them the way they are.
How bout the school? Ummm..i don't exactly know what to change about the school. The school facilities are great, the cafeteria is great and the lessons ain't bad either. So, i guess i would not change anything about the school.


7:17 PM*

2nd Assignment - The NKF Saga
I have to say, those people who are using the money for themselves instead for the people who need dialysis is quite selfish (no offence though), but that is what i think. I mean those people need the money for dialysis, fighting for their lives while the people taking those money get richer! I'm not being mean or anything but frankly speaking, it is just not fair for those people.
They need the money more than they do.
Despite the controversy, i feel that i will still donate to the NKF as i still have faith for the patients. They need continued support and i hope people would still donate money and just hope that the money would not be misused.


6:54 PM*

Thursday, July 14, 2005
1st Assignment- Singapore's 40th Birthday
I'm quite excited about Singapore's 40th Birthday. It is just that Singapore has come a long way and now is celebrating it's 40 years of independence! I bet Singapore's future would be bright as there are alot of people in Singaporeans who work hard to shape Singapore's future from the past till now. It is really great on what they are doing such as working hard for Singapore and making Singapore a developed country. Just think of all the problems Singapore faced in the past such as unemployment problems and not enough housing estates, but look at Singapore now, enough jobs for people and housing estates are being build for the growing population. I think youths could help by getting education because it would make Singapore more educated as they are Singapore's future. Without them, there would not be a future for Singapore.


5:38 AM*

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