Hey all,

Its been quite a while since I posted on this blog. The previous two posts are the assignments that I am suppose to do for LA(hope you like them, especially the poem, I racked my brains to create that poem) in the Home Learning that I have currently, 25th and 26th May 2010. There was a couple of school events this term. They consist of Founders' Day, Combine Sports meet with Nanyang Girls' School, Projects Day Preliminary Judging and Term Two Sabbatical Week. I will give you more details on the above events by the end of this week as I have to do my research for my Humanities Home Learning assignment. BYE~~

Cheers,

Jun Yi

My Poem

Sitting in a quiet classroom
Nobody talks
Nobody chats
Nobody whispers
With a fierce teacher staring right into everybody's eyes

Dozing as the teacher speaks
Staring at the clock as the minute hand ticks
Waiting for the last period to end
And 'rrriiiinnnnnnggggg' goes the bell as the clock strike 1.30pm

Students pack up bags
Dashes to the crowded canteen
Grab a bite
And off they go for their Co-Curriculum Activities

Perspiring after the activities as they walk out of school
Hop on a bus and head home
Reaches home an hour later
Wasted no time bathing and eating

Started on the pile of homework
Ended at 2am and sleeps immediate
Wakes up in the morning at 5.30am
And there it goes again

Analysis of a Poem

The Son is in Secondary School by Affian Sa’at

My badge has a Latin motto
Hope for the future
The future is hope
Or something

At times black crows try to interrupt
When we sing the National Anthem

It is difficult to maintain
The whiteness of my shoes
Especially on Wednesdays

I must admit there is something quite special
About the bare thighs of hardworking scouts

The Malay chauffeurs
Who wait for my schoolmates
Sit on the car park kerb
Telling jokes to one another

Seven to the power of five is unreasonable

On Chinese New Year
Mrs Lee dressed up
In a sarong kebaya
And sang Bengawan Solo

The capital of Singapore is Singapore

My best friend did a heroic thing once
Shaded all A’s
For his Chinese Language
Multiple-choice paper

In our annual yearbook
There is a photograph of me

Pushing a wheelchair and smiling
They caught me
At the exact moment

When my eyes were actually closed


So the poem above is the one that I am going to analyse for Home Learning(e-Learning). Honestly, I really don't know how to analyse a poem so for this, I will try my best to analyse it. Don't laugh!

So basically, this poem is a free verse type of poem, it does not have any rhyme or regular rhythm. It also sounds like a daily conversation you have with your friends. The poet is actually reflecting back on his secondary school life. He sang the National Anthem in school, finds that it is difficult to maintain the whiteness of his shoes, feels that the bare thighs of hardworking scouts are somehow special. The poet even remembers the sarong kebaya that his teacher, Mrs Lee, wore on Chinese New Year. I do not know why but the poet feels that his friend shading all his questions on the answer sheet 'A' was a heroic act. Maybe because of the fact that nobody but his friend dares to do this in an examination thus calling his act 'heroic'. The poet remembers that the annual year book had a photograph of him. At the end of the poem, the poet says,'When my eyes were actually closed.' This explains that he was reflecting on his secondary school life with his eyes closed.

MY BIRTHDAY!

Hey everyone, want to know something? I think you already know by the title of this blog post. It is my birthday today!!!

Received a card from the GREATEST class, 1O3!!!
I also received a birthday present from Wei Jin. It was a chocolate bar which was given to him. THANK YOU WEI JIN!

I also received many wishs by friends and families. Thank you all for doing so!
Had a lovely cake bought by my mother, taken pictures and ate it. It was awesome.
THANKS MUMMY!!

LA Home-Learning assignment

Journal entry according to Detective Jack Noonan's point of view for Lamb to the Slaughter:

It was a rather peaceful day at the police headquarters. Then, out of the blue, the phone rang. It was from Mrs Malony. She was sobbing. That caught my attention immediately. She told me that Patrick Maloney is dead! My heart skipped a beat and I really did not know how to feel. Patrick was a close friend and colleague of mine. I had just watch him leave the building about one hour back and totally did not expect a call like that.

I immediately ruched to the scene, Patrick's house, with O’Malley, also a close friend and colleague of Patrick. Other colleagues like the doctor, police photographers and others that would help with the investigation. I went to check on the body. There was no signs of life. No pulse rate. No breathing. Nothing. He is has really died. I held back my tears. Something tells me that the killer is nearby, near me. However, I doubt the killer would have the courage to stay and see how the investigation goes. I am determined to find the killer and bring him to justice.

Of course, the first person we suspected is none other then Mrs Maloney. We asked her about what happened. Although I suspected that she was the murderer, I eventually gave up that thought. Reasons were that she had always been a good and faithful wife, and she looks really saddened by Patrick's death. We also went to question the clerk at the grocery which Mary had gone to before she called 911. The clerk said that Mary acted normal and was pretty enthusiastic about preparing supper for Patrick as they normally go out for supper on Thursday nights.

Later, Mary had asked us to help her eat up the lamb leg she had prepared for Patrick. We did not want to disappoint her after what had happened. Thus, we did as she said, However, as she walked away behind the wall, I heard her giggle. Was I hearing things or did I really hear her giggle? What had exactly happened to Patrick and who killed him? So many questions to be answered and I guess I should be the one to answer them and avenge Patrick.

'Lamb To The Slaughter' and 'The Way Up to Heaven'

Both stories were written by Roald Dahl and are equally interesting to read.
There are a few similarities between the two stories. Both Mrs Maloney and Mrs Foster were very faithful and loved their own husbands very much. However, the two husbands were killed at the end of the story because of something they did to their wife. It may sound a little weird to you but this makes you want to read the stories because it sounds interesting, am I right?

I personally prefer the story 'The Way Up to Heaven' because of two points. Firstly, Mrs Maloney killed Mr Maloney in a more direct way using a frozen lamb leg while Mrs Foster just left Mr Foster stuck in a lift in their house while she goes away for a 6-week holiday to Paris as if nothing happened. Secondly, in the story, Roald Dahl did not mention that Mr Foster has died. This is indeed very interesting as I have never encountered such a story.

P.S. This is also required in this blog and I will be posting posts like this one from time to time.

Cheers
Jun Yi

Hello!
It has been a while since the previous post. Thus, I shall updated on what I have been doing.

Last Thursday, I had IS test. The test was not difficult but I also cannot say it was easy.

On Friday, we had no lessons! This is because we were celebrating Lunar New Year on that day. There was a concert held at the Kah Kee hall. There were performances like the lion dance , pieces of music by the Chinese Orchestra and also a comedy-like performance by the Chinese Drama. The celebration ended at about 9.30am and everybody was released directly from the hall. After the celebration, I met up with a couple of friends and we went back to our primary school to see our past year teachers, schoolmates and classmates.

On Saturday, my family and I were spring cleaning, preparing for Lunar New Year!
We had our reunion dinner that night and the food was home-cooked! It both healthy and delicious!

On Sunday and Monday, my family and I went around visiting relatives and wishing them a Happy Lunar New Year. On Sunday night, we also went to watch 'Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief' at Golden Village at Marina Square. The movie is very interesting and suggests that if you have not watched it.

On Tuesday, we did not go out. This is because me and my sister had to complete our homework.

Today, we had Math and Composition test today. I really hope the whole class and I would do well in the tests.

Last but not least, I know that I am a few days late but I still like to wish everybody Happy Lunar New Year!

That is all for now!

Cheers,
Jun Yi

Hello!
To be honest, there is not much I can say about today because nothing really happened. However, the thing that left me the greatest impression is the picture composition that we did during the 3-periods of LA. The picture was an octopus in a room with its tentacles swinging around and causing destruction to the room.

That's it for now.

Cheers,
JunYi

Hello everyone!
This is the third post in this blog and its already week 6! Doesnt time pass very fast? *Sigh*
Today, I had AAP, IH, level assembly and Chinese.However, there is something different about today. We went to the Singapore Discovery Centre to learn about Total Defence day.There was a talk about Total Defense and the Civil Defense were also there. They brought some equipment that students could try using like the mist gun which is used to put out fire. We headed back to school at about 5pm and arrived at roughly 5.35pm.

That's it for now.

Cheers,
JunYi

Its finally February! Should I be happy as Chinese New Year is coming? Or should I sad as its now nearer towards the Final-Year-Examinations? Nah... I'll rather be happy!:)

Okay now about school today. I had Art and Acts of Persuasion(AAP) today and it was the first lesson of the day. Also, I forgot to mention yesterday that my AAP teacher is Miss Lim. In the lesson, the main thing we learnt in class is Paul's Wheel Of Reasoning. The next lesson was Integrated Humanities(IH) and we learnt about Geography. Recess followed afterward and then reading period.Assembly and then Chinese was the last six period.

I stayed back for softball trials but it turned out that the softball team was at a competition. I went home in vain and reached home at about 6.30P.M. and here I am blogging about today.

That's it for now.

Cheers,
Jun Yi