6.13 Jerusalem

should i laugh or should i cry? should i rejoice or should i mourn? haha... i don't really quite know. but one should always focus on the pleasant things - the cranium, teachers' day celebration, the dinner at NYDC, the 'chatting' sessions (many hours) in the Counselling Room, the chinese & indian "discussions".

SMRT Challenge 2008

31st august - what a way to spend the eve of teachers' day with a group of students. participated in the smrt challenge 2008. it was a fruitful day as two of the three teams came in 4th and 3rd. among the top 4, we are the only non-tertiary institution. proud of you people!!!

maybe the organisers should consider putting the tertiary institutions (NTU, NUS, SMU etc) in the open category. the ability between them is too great for a hunt like this. it's almost like pitting the secondary school students with primary school kids.

3rd placed winners - zhi jie, alvin, louis, matthew - posing with their $1000 cheque which out of silliness suggested asking them to bring the big cheque to the bank and cash it in. :P

the SIN is on the medal tally

finally, SIN has a place on the medal tally... make sure you take a good look, one last good look at the medal tally. this phenomenon is even more rare that seeing the next total eclipse, or even rarer than seeing the next tsunami that will hit the shore of singapore. each generation of singaporean may only see the word SIN on the olympics medal tally once in their life time. so do cherish it...

delay no more/ delay no mall

one of the coolest name for a shopping center and brand in hong kong is the Delay No Mall and "delay no more"... say it fast enough and repeat it again and again... translate it to cantonese, you'll know what i mean by the coolest name/brand.

for those who has absolutely absolute no idea of cantonese, don't go around asking your parents before they smack you. just to give you a clue how cool the name is - translated in english, it means, FYM... go figure...

pesta sukan petanque 2008

fun and thrilled sunday, winning the pesta sukan petanque competition. thanks to two young chaps, who really performed well. without them, it's not possible for us to come back from the brink of defeat to winning the championship trophy!

Singapore Connected...

in memory of singapore's 43rd national day celebration in anglo-chinese school (independent)

enquiry letter part 6

Thank you for your email. We have both starter kits in hand.

I think it would be much better if we could set up a meeting to clarify some matters which we have doubts.

It is precisely your statement that the 'two teams visited the sites together as one and they had visited the sites physically. if they had not visited the sites, they would not have known the questions and the answers.'. This is also my point, that if your role had just been to check their answers before submission, how would it be possible that you knew if their answers were right/ wrong unless you were also there with them? Would that not then constitute assistance as they are supposed to participate in the race themselves?

Perhaps it is best we could meet up to to discuss the matter. If it suits you, would this Friday be good?

enquiry letter part 5

dear mr. tan,

"It would imply that you had helped the two teams in their race as they would not have known what the questions were at each of the 24 sites until the team (and by assocation, yourself), had visited the sites physically."

this is completely false! the two teams visited the sites together as one and they had visited the sites physically. if they had not visited the sites, they would not have known the questions and the answers. i was the one who registered the teams, and it is only right that i have to make sure that they filled up their registration particulars correctly, the team names and they ticked the correct category. in my reply to you, in no way did i say that i had helped/alter/change/given the answers to the students. so under what circumstances would it constitute "providing assistance" to the students?

to quote from your previous mail, "We are having some difficulty retreiving your starter kits." my queries are: what has happened to the starter kit of the other team? how did the results announced turn out to be that way if the teams had submitted the two cards one after the other?

desmond

enquiry letter part 4

Dear Desmond,

Thank you for your enquiry and information on the teams with regards to Fun on Foot : The Heritage Marathon held on Saturday 19th July.

I gather from your email that you sent in two student teams. You also stated that you assisted both student teams in their answers before submission. It would imply that you had helped the two teams in their race as they would not have known what the questions were at each of the 24 sites until the team (and by assocation, yourself), had visited the sites physically.

Our Registration Form clearly states that teams under the 'Educational Catergory' can only consist of 'Full-time students of secondary schools, JCs, ITEs, Polytechnics and tertiary institutions.' This clearly rules out any assistance of any sort from adults, teachers or non-full time students.

By stating that you have physically checked the answer scripts of both teams, this constitutes a breach of the rules and regulations as stated. We have no choice but to disqualify both teams on grounds of flouting the rules and the composition of the team under the educational catergory.
This will make both teams liable to disqualification. We will therefore require you to surrender your prizes for MEZZ in this instance.

Please feel free to contact me if you need any further clarifications and for information on how you can return the prize money.

Regards
S*** H***

enquiry letter part 3

Hi S*** H***,

No, both are under the education category and both are students.

One team name is MEZZ, members are: Pek Zhi Kai, Matthew Liu, Eugene Yeo and Zhi Jie

The other team is ACS(I) Ventures, members are: Louis Leong, Alvin Lin, Zhen Yi and Kyne Wong

Sincerely,

Desmond

enquiry letter part 2

Hi Desmond,

We are having some difficulty retreiving your starter kits. You say that both teams are in the education catergory? One's yours (ie. teachers) and the other is your students?

Cheers
S*** H***

enquiry letter part 1

Dear Sir,

With regard to my query on the results (education institute category), I am wondering what is the outcome of your investigation.

Just a short detail regarding my query:

I sent in 2 teams (MEZZ and ACS(I) Ventures) in the education institute category. Just before the two teams submitted the score card at the check point, I checked and made sure that the two teams have similar answers to the questions. Thereafter, the two teams submitted the score card one after the other, with no other teams standing in between them. Upon the announcement of the results, one team was awarded first while the other team was unplaced. My query is: how is this possible that, when the two sets of answers are similar, no other teams standing in between the two teams and the winning margin was so big, yet one team came in first and the other team was unplaced?

Thank you for your investigation and would anticipate a thorough investigation into this matter on your part.

Mr. Desmond Yap

it's okay to fail exams now...

good news for all students out there! cancel all your tuition class, throw your revision books, notes, ten years' series out of the window NOW! i am here to bring you good news, according to taiwan newspaper:

"It is possible that students who score a zero on their college entrance examination will be accepted by universities this year, an official at the College Entrance Examination Center said on Saturday"

hurray, play hard and sleep! you can stop studying, throw your CAS files away, stop submitting EE and TOK, get below 24 points for IBDP. there's always TAIWAN waiting for you...

hong kong vs singapore

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VpjNgIwyrbE

watch only if you hate hong kong and LOVE singapore...

fun on foot 2008 - heritage festival

gruelling journey, 24 checkpoints, 6 hours... it was sheer hardwork and proper planning with a little bit of strategy that allows us to defend our title for fun on foot 2008. thus, the team is now $1000 richer and happier for the weekend.

however, the win is not without controversy as our second team left empty handed, even though we submitted similar answers, at the same time. how is it possible that one team came in 1st while the other team ended up empty handed is anyone's guess. lodge an official complain with the organiser but i am not having high expectations that i will get a satisfactory answer. this is organised by heritage board, part of the government sector/stat board. they will give me some stupid excuses which is expected of all government sector/stat board. shall wait for a reply from them.

clementi champion - once again!!

had an enjoyable saturday with the scouts and venture scouts at mount faber safra. initially, don't really feel like waking up that early on a saturday morning, after sleeping at 2.30am, losing in mahjong the night before.




*sick* just feel like pretending to take mc, which many of the students will understand what it means. just tell doctor you have cough, stomachache, headache... which doctor can really tell these illnesses right? (maybe there are more varieties of undetectable illnesses, anyone has more suggestions? should look through my class list and see who are the ones who are always absent, i mean PRETEND TO BE ABSENT! they can be my consultant...)



it was fun bowling with the venture scouts. with the competition being very very intense, thought we'll be fighting for 2nd place after the first game. guess we stepped up our game and our opponents just simply gave up the fight. i must say that we are really strong in our mental strength, never giving up even until the end. the venture scouts won by a really really thin margin and feeling of being victorious is *shiok*! so here we are... retaining the crown of being CLEMENTI CHAMPION! my autograph, anyone?

the difference between a man and a woman

need i say more? "she" left a mark on me... :)

flash flood at carlisle road

straight from the horse's udder!!

was told by stanford that some people in medan drink horse milk and we are out to try it the minute we see one shop selling horse milk. never did we expect that we were led to a horse when we told the shop keeper that we want to buy horse milk! immediately, the farmer went to the horse, squeeze 600 ml of horse milk from the udder, place it in a mineral water bottle and sold us for about $10. yes, you got it right... no cooking required, no boiling of the milk, no pasteurize needed! the most expensive milk i have ever drank! but it was good, tasty, sweet...

anyone game for it?

TERRORIST!