数学天才

Sorry for the long wait everyone. This title of  "数学天才" has been sitting here since March 26. It's now April 05. Oh gosh, just realised how time flies ... Well,  i have been busy over the days because i had a lot of co-corriculum activities; besides i was also busy playing my DoTA, relaxing my mind after the dreadful exams. Please forgive me for my impunctuality of writing this blog and please continue to follow my blog.

Enough of the apologizing and lets get to the main topic. After our first term exams, we waited anxiously for our results. And as you may very well know (or not) "数学天才" means "Maths Genius". Our teacher distributed our assesments according to numbers in decending order, starting from number 41 till 1. (Our class has 41 students in total, and each of us was assigned a number from 1 to 41 according to the alphabetical position of names in the class list. ) 

At number 31, teacher said he got 90 marks and everyone called him a 数学天才. I was thinking, while I was in primary school, the then teacher would say 90 marks is not enough. When it came to my turn, number 15, I myself was shocked to find out I scored a full 100 marks! 

By now, my classmates were shouting 数学天才 but i was trying to be modest. I told them its just a little improvement but they firmly said NO, you are a 数学天才! And now, after ALL 11 exam papers came back, I am the No. 1 boy of the class which is a little or not unusual for me.

Scout Camping Day

We had a Scouts Camping Day on the 20th-21st of March (Friday-Saturday). It was really exhausting. We had to build a bridge that took us 8 HOURS to build. We could not rest or drink water until it was finished.

OK, now let me tell you how I started this camp. At first i thought the camp would be a good experience, so i joined in. We had to get up at 5:30 in the morning to reach school before 6:30am. When we reached school we had to practice marching and did an activity called flag break (make a circle around the flag posts and do some rituals or something ...).

Then, we put our bags in the classrooms and we started to build a bridge, the Banana Bridge. The other 2 patrols wre building the Suspension Bridge and the Monkey Bridge. We started by building a tripod and binding it together with the tripod lashing. After that, we built the base of the tripods with four long peices of wood and tied them together with the square lashing.

We started pushing BOTH the tripod up until they turned until 90 degrees. Then we had to tie both of the ends of the tripods together with the share lashing. We built a figure of faith on the top and built the path across the bridge. We built a fence around and across the bridge to prevent us from falling. Then, it was finished. Think it is easy? Think again. We took 8 hours to finish the whole thing. There were 54 and i mean 54 square lashings in the whole bridge!!!

At night, we had an activity, The Treasure Hunt. We were competing to hunt for the treasure and finally, the 3rd patrol won (I am in the 2nd patrol). We slept on tables in the classrooms at 1:00 a.m. and got up at 5:00  a.m. My back was aching but we had to go out and do morning excersise. Then we had 3 forkfulls of maggie mee for breakfast ...

We brushed our teeth and got ready to take down our bridge - the Banana Bridge. We were sad when we had to take down our bridge because it took so much time and hard work to complete it. We took it down under 3 hours, a big difference from the 8 hours needed to build the bridge. By that time, my face was sunburned till it looked like a big, fat, plump, red THING ... At about 3 in the afternoon, the awards were presented to us. My patrol won 2 awards; The Best Spirit award and the Best Pioneering Camp bridge award.

By that time all of us were yearning to go back home. We did 1 last activity, the Flag Break then packed our bags and went back to home sweet home ... 

NOTE: My face is still sunbured badly sob sob ...

Exams Over and the Holidays Are Here!

The exams are over and now its time to relax, sit back down and .... play DotA!!!!! The exams were a little stressfull on me because it was the 1st time of exams in F1.  Anyhow I think i will get great results.

Now after my exams, I am going to play DotA on GG Garena. If you want to play with me, just add me. Now i can sit back and relax and enjoy my gaming. See you all later bye-bye!!!!

Life's Brief Candle

   To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, 

   Creeps in this petty pace from day to day 

   To the last syllable of recorded time, 

   And all our yesterdays have lighted fools 

   The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! 

   Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, 

   That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, 

   And then is heard no more;  it is a tale 

   Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, 

   Signifying nothing.

This is the first of the three poems that i have to read in Form 1. Well, to give a short explanation (i usually mean short as in long). This poem is written by no other than the great William Shakespear, the greatest dramatist in the world. It is taken from the play "Macbeth", William's greatest hit. 

What I understand from this poem is that this poem is related to a tragic moment. The subject of the poem is death. Life is short or brief; just like the candle, which can only burn for a short amount of time. The poem deals with death. Death is unpredictable and can come crashing down at you when you least expect it. No one lives forever. We have to accept that because all of us will come to a stage of life where we will have to leave our loved ones behind.

To conclude, the poem deals with death and shows that life is short and unpredictable. Therefore one should learn to use time wisely and to the fullest to ensure a successful life. The poem also teaches us that we must set goals in life and make life meaningful, so that we know what we want to do in life. 

Put simply, we must spend our lives wisely and meaningfully. Not just a candle that blows out in the slightest of winds or a candle that burns out fast because of the enormous flame that burns out the wax. Spend your life as you would because you will only have one life.

Exams......

Exams are coming fast and I barely have time to write my blog so excuse me if I didn't update it weekly. I study everyday and put all of my time into studying. There are some new subjects in high school like Geography, History and more.

Exams are a part of almost everybody's life. Exams are made to test your ability to study and do not think that the goverment made exams just to torture you to death (well, not litteraly).They make us study hard and aim for one goal - getting higher marks than your rival. You won't need to lie, you know you want it.

I've got beaten at exams by my best friend before and i was determined to beat him at the exams again and that was a pure non-drug booster.

Now do you think exams are important? If you don't you better think again ........

Books That I Have Read

I am sure everybody has read a book before, no matter what genre or language the book might be in. I have a passion for books especially for Harry Potter series and novels similar with it. Examples are, "Skulduggery Pleasant",  "Magyk",  "Artemis Fowl" and many more.  I am eagerly awaiting the coming of new series ...  

One of my problems is that i can't get enough of a book. I finish reading a book very fast and when i reach the end, i regret that i have finished reading it beacuse there would be no more books to read (Excuse me if I am too "blabbery"). Even if i read the book again, there would be no more suspense in it.

Secondly, I think I am starting to nag my Mum to buy books for me to read (obviously not reference books). Well, to make it simple, in one year my mum will spend lots of money for books on me. But on the bright side, she will get a "discount" on her income tax.

On the other hand, I read my books until late night when my Mum and Dad have already slept. I litterally feel my eyelids drooping and stooping and all of a sudden a yawn will charge at me with full speed and i will get tired but will be determined to finish reading my book. My Mum always says that if I have this kind of attitude in studying, she would be so happy (obviously no one has that kind of an attitude on studying. Well maybe THK my Ex-classmate has that attitude, a zombie attitude).

Our Yummy Dinner

Tom Yam Soup with Fuccilli

A great dish from Black Canyon which my mum ate just today. It was a little sour and spicy but that's what Tom Yam's all about!!!

Fish Steak

My Dad had this as his dinner with a free mushroom soup. It comes with chips and tartar sauce and buttered toast.

Fuccilli with Chicken Ham

The dish that I had was delicous. It had green pepper, chicken ham and peas with fuccilli.

Computer and Study room

My Study and Computer room. I love to play DoTA here. It is my place of luxury until my mum calls ... Gates !! .... then i will have to stop. Obviously i will stop reluctantly.

My Living Room

My Living Room. The place where i watch TV and movies with my mum and dad. I mostly have my dinner or lunch here. Well... i don't expect too much but this living room is just nice.

47th Sports Day (2009)

I just had a tiring day on Saturday, 28-Feb-2009. It was the 47th Sports Day and prefects needed to be on duty from 7-11A.M. We just stood there getting burned by the sun and instead of getting vitamin E,  we got a nausea.