Thomas Koshy, Monday, August 27, 2007 in Today Newspaper.
Monday, November 05, 2007
My tongue can't taste no more...
What more can I say?...I just refused to see the doctor last Tuesday with the diarrhoea and fever....Decided to go yesterday and the doctor eventually told me it's food poisoning and told me to rest and eat porridge crap...If only...Here I am rushing my last assignment to hand in and the module is called Feeding the World...yeah, I know what you're thinking...
I've managed to keep my spirits up so far....If Destiny's kind, I've got the rest on my mind...
I've managed to keep my spirits up so far....If Destiny's kind, I've got the rest on my mind...
Labels: NIE Thoughts
Saturday, October 27, 2007
The 3Qs that got everyone talking....
An ex-teacher took 19 minutes
to do with a calculator!
to do with a calculator!
I found it amusing to find out that people were complaining over the questions because students do learn how to solve questions using algebra now with one unknown. I only started learning algebra when I was in secondary 1 and some parents might have even only started learning it in secondary 3 for all I know and may have underestimated the kind of rigorous standards nowadays. But on closer inspection, I certainly found some flaws.
Question 1 is a very straightforward question which is not difficult and can be solved easily using algebra by using X to represent the unknown, which is the equal amount of rice sold by both shops.
I noted that question 3 used values that may have posed difficulties for average students. It too can be solved by using algebra and using X to represent the unknown, which is the same height in this case. All you need to do is to substitute the same height, X into the formula for volume(length x breadth x height) for both the tanks and their sum should be equal to the total volume of Tank A if it were full. Students may also choose to use the Guess and Check method to solve this question, but that may take an awful long time. Generally, I was satisfied with the examination board's explanation that they need to be able to differentiate the standards between good students and excellent students too.
The question that annoyed me was question 2. Firstly, the information about the rows of 13 and 7 was totally unnecessary to solve the question. In other words, it was misleading - the first of two grave mistakes made by the setter. This question can be solved using algebra by using X to represent the unknown which is the total number of chairs. Here's the sucker-punch! If you were a conscientious kid and tried to work backwards to check your answer, the number of chairs in rows of 13 will be 51.6 - a decimal!!....So it doesn't make logical sense as no one will want to cut up the last chair in that instance into pieces right? Therefore this question is considered mathematically incorrect...
Oct 21, 2007, Sunday Times
By Nur Dianah Suhaimi
At sixes and sevens over PSLE Maths
Tears and outrage yet again - but exam board chief says it's no tougher than past years
AS FAR as parents and pupils are concerned, PSLE Maths papers often just don't add up.
Howls of outrage greeted this year's test, with mums and dads fuming and some pupils in tears outside the exam room.
Parents also cried foul in 2005, after a flawed question slipped into the paper.
In 2000, about 25 angry parents called The Straits Times to complain about the paper being too difficult.
And in 1992, the Ministry of Education was criticised when parents raged about tough questions.
It all looks like a standard formula: tricky questions plus nervy pupils and expectant parents multiplied by exam pressure equal tears and ill temper.
Why do parents and pupils have problems with the PSLE Maths paper?
Mr Tan Yap Kwang, chief executive of the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB), offers this explanation: 'For Maths, if you don't understand the question or the concept tested, you cannot even start solving the sum. For English or Mother Tongue, you can always guess an answer.'
A maths teacher, who declined to be named, said: 'Maths is the one subject pupils can possibly score 100 marks for, unlike English. So it devastates them when they cannot do well.'
Mr Tan, who feels parents are over-reacting, said this year's paper was no tougher than in other years. 'Sometimes pupils have very high expectations for themselves. Not being able to answer one question is like the end of the world.'
Ten parents and former teachers complained to The Straits Times Forum page that some sums were not in the syllabus.
Mr Tan said the PSLE must differentiate between pupils of different abilities: 'It'd be a problem if 30 per cent of the cohort scores full marks. Then how do you differentiate between the average student and the brightest of the lot?'
Ten teachers told The Sunday Times they had never seen so many pupils crying after a PSLE paper.
One admitted that she needed a calculator to solve one of the sums. Pupils are not allowed to use them.
A teacher was called into the exam hall after a top pupil broke down and wanted to quit. But Mr Norman Tien, a PSLE Maths trainer, said: 'Most students are drilled to do past exam papers. If they come across a question they've never seen before, they'll think it's difficult.'
At least 95 per cent of a cohort should be able to tackle the basic questions, Mr Tan said, while the last few 'challenging' sums are aimed at the brighter ones.
Pupils should not fret if they cannot answer some questions. Mr Tan said: 'You don't need to answer every one correctly to get an A*.'
Labels: News, Singapore, Teaching
Monday, October 15, 2007
BMT Oh!....
I know...The moustache makes me stand out...
It was kinda hard to have any real conversation with them other than the usual reminiscing over the good old days as we had all gone into different vocations after BMT... I did get Mohamed's contact coz the dude's in the satay biz and you never know when you need those eh?...
Oh man...BMT was easily the most tiresome yet fun part of my life...All you need to do was beef up at the gym, eat and run and then eat some more...the cycle goes on and on...with the occasional time spent at the swimming pool, which had the most picturesque view of the Changi Airport Control Tower in the early mornings...
Labels: Army
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Lasteaing Love...
It's been an awful long time since I wrote anything here...Work's piling and I am beginning to grow a beard...haha...
I wouldn't really say I am too excited about my FYP trip to India...Ok, I know it's a big country and I haven't been to that part of the lands that are addicted to tea rather than coffee (for good reason that tiz cheaper, being not so far from Darljeeling and all)...It will surely be a new experience...We'll see how it goes...
A friend was recently lamenting to me that she's like the only girl in her clique of girlfriends who isn't attached and was feeling the pressure...Some smart ass even told her that she's reaching her sell-by-date age...I told her that love is not something to do with age but something much more than that...It's a feeling that only comes with certain people but you need to date the person and know the person quite well before even thinking about a relationship...I know some girls kinda have this warped sense of imagination where their knight in shining armour is going to appear from nowhere...It happens sometimes but not overt like in the movies la - great example of this is "The Notebook"...It's one of those feel-good movies where the underdog get the girl against all ridiculous odds...But you and I know this is way off the mark in real life, in most cases...By the way, I saw the article below about finding that perfect person...Do you think they were right about the 3 factors that makes love last?...
The love that lasts and lasts
Saturday, 22nd September 2007 in Today Weekend
Clement Mesenas
Editor-At-Large
clement@mediacorp.com.sg
AH, that perfect person … the one who makes your heart race and your stomach churn. And glory be, he or she feels the same way too about you. It's only a matter of time before you decide to nest together.
That sounds so simple and so lovely. Like saying that all marriages are made in heaven — and supposedly last forever. But you and I know that's not true. More than 7,000 couples split up in Singapore last year and the trend is rising.
Of course, almost all of us get married believing in everlasting love, and during those early rosy days, it's not unusual that many couples feel as if they are Adam and Eve traipsing in the Garden of Eden. But such joys are short-lived. Adam and Eve got booted out — and for many of us lesser mortals, that heaven on earth we had hoped for can evaporate like the morning dew.
A woman I had lunch with recently shared her secrets of a lasting relationship. She is charming, as delectable as the food on the table, and French — a people said to be knowledgeable in the matters of the heart.
She said three things are necessary for a long and satisfying relationship. One, a couple must enjoy talking to each other.
Best-selling author Jeffrey Archer, who cheated on his wife and went to jail for perjury (he lied in court about his fling with a prostitute), told me about his wife of many years, described by the judge during his trial as "a most fragrant woman".
"Mary and I have been together a long time, because for a good relationship to survive, there must be intellectual stimulation, and I find conversation with Mary fascinating.
"We don't discuss what I write when I am in the process of writing but I make three copies of my final draft — one for the publisher, one for my agent and one for my wife," Archer said.
"She will read her copy and tell me what she thinks of it. And then I'll tweak those parts she finds inaccurate. She's a scientist, a very clever woman — certainly smarter than me. Apart from my final drafts, she reads only non-fiction."
And what did he miss most about her when he was incarcerated in Her Majesty's prison?
"Meeting her at the end of the day for our tete-a-tete before dinner. Life behind bars is a lonely, lonely existence: The noise, the smell, everything. I was alone most of the time.
"I read voraciously and wrote — a million words in the first year — but there was no one to talk to. The lack of mental stimulation was almost too much to bear. Terrible, terrible."
Mary must enjoy Sir Jeffrey's knack for telling a good yarn. They have stayed married 40 years and more, despite his indiscretions.
My lunch companion moved on to the second key ingredient for a successful relationship: Sharing the pleasure of doing something together. In public, she said.
It could be anything — going to the movies, playing croquet or just enjoying a beautiful sunset by the beach.
Jennie Chua, Singapore's most celebrated hotelier, describes the man in her life as somebody who sweeps her off her feet, literally. She told me they enjoy ballroom dancing — in fact, they met on the dance floor and that enjoyable encounter has led to an enduring relationship that began more than 10 years ago and is still going strong.
Jennie is 61 and I have asked her, will she still need him, will she still feed him, when he's 64. "I'll let you know when I reach there," she said, chuckling.
And what's the third factor in a good relationship, I asked the French woman.
Why, sex of course, she said. Good sex — with the right partner — is hard to find, and it is the cement that can hold a relationship together, even if the other two factors are not too fulfilling.
Recently, I was a witness at a wedding. Peter is 66 and Elvie in her 40s. It was widower Peter's second marriage, and Elvie's first. I asked Peter whether he felt sex was an important part of marriage. A delicate question but Peter, father of two, answered gamely.
In an email, he replied: "Sex does not only mean the act of copulation — although I am sure men think of it more often than women do. For me, a tender touch, a caress, whispering sweet nothings — they all contribute to a romantic and 'sexual' feeling.
"I hold hands with Elvie almost all the time when we are out walking. I am not bothered by what people think — an old man holding a younger lady's hand with. Elvie shares the need I have for this sense of closeness."
So, there you are, folks. If you are contemplating marriage or a long-term relationship, and have been able to add a tick to all the three key points, hey, yours could well be that match made in heaven.
I wouldn't really say I am too excited about my FYP trip to India...Ok, I know it's a big country and I haven't been to that part of the lands that are addicted to tea rather than coffee (for good reason that tiz cheaper, being not so far from Darljeeling and all)...It will surely be a new experience...We'll see how it goes...
A friend was recently lamenting to me that she's like the only girl in her clique of girlfriends who isn't attached and was feeling the pressure...Some smart ass even told her that she's reaching her sell-by-date age...I told her that love is not something to do with age but something much more than that...It's a feeling that only comes with certain people but you need to date the person and know the person quite well before even thinking about a relationship...I know some girls kinda have this warped sense of imagination where their knight in shining armour is going to appear from nowhere...It happens sometimes but not overt like in the movies la - great example of this is "The Notebook"...It's one of those feel-good movies where the underdog get the girl against all ridiculous odds...But you and I know this is way off the mark in real life, in most cases...By the way, I saw the article below about finding that perfect person...Do you think they were right about the 3 factors that makes love last?...
The love that lasts and lasts
Saturday, 22nd September 2007 in Today Weekend
Clement Mesenas
Editor-At-Large
clement@mediacorp.com.sg
AH, that perfect person … the one who makes your heart race and your stomach churn. And glory be, he or she feels the same way too about you. It's only a matter of time before you decide to nest together.
That sounds so simple and so lovely. Like saying that all marriages are made in heaven — and supposedly last forever. But you and I know that's not true. More than 7,000 couples split up in Singapore last year and the trend is rising.
Of course, almost all of us get married believing in everlasting love, and during those early rosy days, it's not unusual that many couples feel as if they are Adam and Eve traipsing in the Garden of Eden. But such joys are short-lived. Adam and Eve got booted out — and for many of us lesser mortals, that heaven on earth we had hoped for can evaporate like the morning dew.
A woman I had lunch with recently shared her secrets of a lasting relationship. She is charming, as delectable as the food on the table, and French — a people said to be knowledgeable in the matters of the heart.
She said three things are necessary for a long and satisfying relationship. One, a couple must enjoy talking to each other.
Best-selling author Jeffrey Archer, who cheated on his wife and went to jail for perjury (he lied in court about his fling with a prostitute), told me about his wife of many years, described by the judge during his trial as "a most fragrant woman".
"Mary and I have been together a long time, because for a good relationship to survive, there must be intellectual stimulation, and I find conversation with Mary fascinating.
"We don't discuss what I write when I am in the process of writing but I make three copies of my final draft — one for the publisher, one for my agent and one for my wife," Archer said.
"She will read her copy and tell me what she thinks of it. And then I'll tweak those parts she finds inaccurate. She's a scientist, a very clever woman — certainly smarter than me. Apart from my final drafts, she reads only non-fiction."
And what did he miss most about her when he was incarcerated in Her Majesty's prison?
"Meeting her at the end of the day for our tete-a-tete before dinner. Life behind bars is a lonely, lonely existence: The noise, the smell, everything. I was alone most of the time.
"I read voraciously and wrote — a million words in the first year — but there was no one to talk to. The lack of mental stimulation was almost too much to bear. Terrible, terrible."
Mary must enjoy Sir Jeffrey's knack for telling a good yarn. They have stayed married 40 years and more, despite his indiscretions.
My lunch companion moved on to the second key ingredient for a successful relationship: Sharing the pleasure of doing something together. In public, she said.
It could be anything — going to the movies, playing croquet or just enjoying a beautiful sunset by the beach.
Jennie Chua, Singapore's most celebrated hotelier, describes the man in her life as somebody who sweeps her off her feet, literally. She told me they enjoy ballroom dancing — in fact, they met on the dance floor and that enjoyable encounter has led to an enduring relationship that began more than 10 years ago and is still going strong.
Jennie is 61 and I have asked her, will she still need him, will she still feed him, when he's 64. "I'll let you know when I reach there," she said, chuckling.
And what's the third factor in a good relationship, I asked the French woman.
Why, sex of course, she said. Good sex — with the right partner — is hard to find, and it is the cement that can hold a relationship together, even if the other two factors are not too fulfilling.
Recently, I was a witness at a wedding. Peter is 66 and Elvie in her 40s. It was widower Peter's second marriage, and Elvie's first. I asked Peter whether he felt sex was an important part of marriage. A delicate question but Peter, father of two, answered gamely.
In an email, he replied: "Sex does not only mean the act of copulation — although I am sure men think of it more often than women do. For me, a tender touch, a caress, whispering sweet nothings — they all contribute to a romantic and 'sexual' feeling.
"I hold hands with Elvie almost all the time when we are out walking. I am not bothered by what people think — an old man holding a younger lady's hand with. Elvie shares the need I have for this sense of closeness."
So, there you are, folks. If you are contemplating marriage or a long-term relationship, and have been able to add a tick to all the three key points, hey, yours could well be that match made in heaven.
Labels: News, NIE Thoughts, Relationships
Sunday, September 09, 2007
British Cluedo?...
Was it the valet?
Oh and without this movie, I wouldn't have known a great theatre composer like Ivor Novello existed in the early 1900s...He was portrayed by Jeremy Northam in Gosford Park...I loved every song of his that was performed in this movie...The song "Land that Might Have Been" still rings in my head...I've give the lyrics to that song below....Maybe I'll try to find the song and add it to my radio for you...Tata!...
Ivor Novello - Land That Might have Been
Somewhere there's another land different from this world below.
Far more mercifully planned than the cruel place we know.
Innocence and peace are there. All is good that is desired.
Faces there are always fair. Love grows never old nor tired.
We shall never find that lovely land of Might-Have-Been.
I shall never be your king nor you shall be my queen.
Days may pass and years may pass and seas may lie between.
We shall never find that lovely land of Might-Have-Been.
Sometimes on the rarest nights comes the vision calm and clear,
Gleaming with unearthly lights on my path of doubt and fear.
Winds from that far land are blown, whispering with secret breath.
Hope that plays her tune alone. Love that conquers pain and death.
Shall we ever find that lovely land of Might-Have-Been?
Will I ever be your king or you at last my queen?
Days may pass or years may pass, the seas my lie between.
Shall we ever find our lovely land of Might-Have-Been?
Monday, September 03, 2007
Do you Mind?...
The usual suspects...All six of us...
Last weekend, we made our way down to another games location called The Mind Cafe at Boat Quay and despite the bigger space and better food variety, we weren't so impressed with the service....Didn't have that chirpiness the people at The Pitstop Cafe had...Their range of games is just as good though....
As for our next outing, we're still pondering over whether to go ice-skating, pool or bowling...Pool or bowling is familiar grounds for me but ice-skating?...mmm....Well, I would love to wayang in the ice-ring like Rocky in Rocky II, if there was a pretty damsel to teach me.....
Oh before I sign out, a very happy Teachers' Day to everyone in the teaching business...In my friend Kalpana's words, "the one day you are forced to be appreciated"....haha...
Labels: Random Thoughts, Trips
Monday, August 27, 2007
Singnet?....ummm....
I am sure most of you already know about the Odex court case that became big news because illegal downloaders were being cracked downed on and asked to pay fines for downloading...However, what really caught my eye when I was reading the article below was that Singnet didn't even bother to protect its customers' privacy...Hey, this is supposedly Singapore's largest telecommunications company and they surely have the means to do some proper investigation before giving away such information to some third party vendor...
It's really funny how one of the smaller intenet providers, Pacnet, was more successful in evading Odex's nonsense...mmm.....Those of you who are using Singnet, I think you better think about switching your internet service provider....
Anime in court: 2 ISPs, 2 different outcomes
It's really funny how one of the smaller intenet providers, Pacnet, was more successful in evading Odex's nonsense...mmm.....Those of you who are using Singnet, I think you better think about switching your internet service provider....
Anime in court: 2 ISPs, 2 different outcomes
Judge's ruling in favour of PacNet against Odex only throws up more questions
Thomas Koshy, Monday, August 27, 2007 in Today Newspaper.
IT WAS a case of third time unlucky for Odex in its application to court for a discovery order to find out the names of subscribers who had allegedly downloaded copyright infringing anime off the Internet.After successfully obtaining such orders against SingNet and StarHub, its similar application against Pacific Internet (PacNet) failed last week.Since similar information was sought in presumably similar circumstances against all three Internet Service Providers (ISPs), the natural question that arises is why PacNet succeeded where SingNet and Starhub had failed. More importantly, the decision throws up more questions about the already controversial saga.District Judge Ernest Lau, who decided the PacNet case, explained that the issues raised in the PacNet case were never fully argued in the StarHub case. What he said about the SingNet case was, however, more troubling: "For the SingNet case, the orders were made by consent."This means that SingNet did not even argue against Odex's application for subscriber information. The ISP did not even instruct its lawyers to attend the court hearing of Odex's application.The Telecommunications Competition Code (TCC) prohibits unauthorised release of subscriber information by ISPs. Although the TCC provision may be trumped by a court order, should SingNet not have argued against Odex's application rather than consent to it? If the ISP does not argue for its subscribers' rights to privacy, who will? Without a voice in court, the prohibition in the TCC becomes effectively an empty promise.One also wonders whether SingNet has acted in breach of the spirit of the TCC provision and, if so, whether punitive measures are warranted.So, what were the arguments that PacNet raised, which the other ISPs had not? Essentially, PacNet challenged both Odex's right to make the copyright infringement claims and the reliability of Odex's tracing of copyright infringers.The challenge to Odex's claim was largely successful because Odex was not the copyright owner or exclusive licensee of all but one anime video titled Mobile Suit Gundam Seed. For all the rest, it was a mere sub-licensee and, therefore, not entitled to pursue claims for copyright infringement — only copyright owners or exclusive licensees may do so. Accordingly, the court held that Odex had "no civil right of action under the Copyright Act against the persons whom the identities are sought".Copyright infringers should, however, bear in mind that even though Odex may not have the right to pursue such claims, the actual copyright owners or exclusive licensees would have such a right.It was reported that Odex might appeal against the PacNet decision. But what about the enforcement action that Odex has already taken? Should it desist from further pursuing any claims unless it manages to get the PacNet decision reversed? What about the funds that Odex has collected in settlement of its supposed claims? Is Odex obliged to return those funds if the PacNet decision is not overturned on appeal?This brings to the fore another aspect of the Odex case — that the Odex letters of demand to subscribers were apparently not sent by lawyers but by Odex itself. Letters of demand sent by lawyers are subject to rules on legal conduct. For example, a lawyer may not "demand anything other than that recoverable by due process of law". Should such provisions be made broader so as to embrace letters of demand sent by persons such as Odex as well? Otherwise, a client sending out a letter of demand himself — even if after procuring legal advice — may easily circumvent them.Another interesting snippet from the decision of District Judge Lau concerns the costs incurred by Odex in tracing the copyright infringers.Odex engaged an American company, BayTSP, to track the copyright infringers. Odex's Peter Go had quoted an article in his affidavit, which highlighted the low cost of BayTSP's services — tracing up to 100 files for only $12 per month, with a setup fee of $25 for 100 images.In a notice that has been put up on its website, Odex stated that "many of those who received Odex's letter have ... settled the matter. The average amount of compensation paid by those who have settled is about $3,000 to $5,000." And yet, in a letter issued to the media last week, Odex had said the total amount it has recovered so far "has not covered even 20 per cent of Odex's enforcement costs".The revelation of BayTSP's low costs heightens the mystery surrounding Odex's "enforcement costs" and revives the question of whether the quantum of the sums demanded by Odex to settle its claims against copyright infringers is excessive.In the fog of all the negative perceptions generated by Odex's pursuit of copyright infringers, it should not be forgotten that copyright infringement is illegal and offenders run the risk of civil and criminal penalties. But the Odex case has highlighted that all parties involved must pay more than lip service to the due process of the law. The writer is a legal academic. These are his personal views.
Thomas Koshy, Monday, August 27, 2007 in Today Newspaper.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Pitstopper....
I find going back to NIE a hassle...Now, I understand how difficult it is to travel from Hougang to Boon Lay...Takes me an godawful 2 hours to reach...That's 4 hours of doing nothing to and fro but sitting or standing on a bus or MRT...I am still upset with someone for forgetting to key in my points for CCA, and as a result I have not gotten a hostel for the first time...Then these private hostels outside NTU are all taken up, with the earliest chance of even getting being at the end of September...
My subjects are pretty dry and boring this semester...The closest thing to something interesting is this Geography module called "Feeding the World" - means I don't have to go any forest this semester and walk up and down those slopes with all kinda gadgetry...Yeah!...
I realised that some of these English tutors are very biased and keep praising their 'A' students from the crossover batch....Reminded me of how one of my own Geography tutor used to do that with my gang...Doesn't give you a good start to making friends with the rest of the classmates and worse, they'll suspect you are gonna get an 'A' with little effort...
I was arrowed to go and take charge of this food and games bazaar on Tuesday for my club...With a little help from my fellow club-mates, Annabelle and Akhila, we held a hopscotch competition and sold croquette burgers, which I ordered at a minimal price from a Canteen 16 vendor..We got back about $98 from 2 and a half hours of madness...Should have just gone into the food business lah...
Udaya got me out of the house on National Day to go to this place called Pitstop Cafe near Clark Quay MRT...Those board game places with food you know that seem to be sprouting everywhere..Never knew there was one at a place where I went clubbing regularly last time...His brother, sister, girlfriend and his sister's friend were there and we had loadsa fun...4 hours passed by so fast...Some of the games we played were really something...Besides typically well-known games like Taboo they also had games I've never heard of before like Saboteur and my personal favourite, Squint...Food was soso but the place is cozy and nice...Oh, they also take a group picture of your gang and sell it at $1 per print...Quite cheap...
Despite all this fun, a quiet sigh inside me...why?...mmm...
*edit* I know now!...yesh I do!....waaaa.....
My subjects are pretty dry and boring this semester...The closest thing to something interesting is this Geography module called "Feeding the World" - means I don't have to go any forest this semester and walk up and down those slopes with all kinda gadgetry...Yeah!...
I realised that some of these English tutors are very biased and keep praising their 'A' students from the crossover batch....Reminded me of how one of my own Geography tutor used to do that with my gang...Doesn't give you a good start to making friends with the rest of the classmates and worse, they'll suspect you are gonna get an 'A' with little effort...
I was arrowed to go and take charge of this food and games bazaar on Tuesday for my club...With a little help from my fellow club-mates, Annabelle and Akhila, we held a hopscotch competition and sold croquette burgers, which I ordered at a minimal price from a Canteen 16 vendor..We got back about $98 from 2 and a half hours of madness...Should have just gone into the food business lah...
Udaya got me out of the house on National Day to go to this place called Pitstop Cafe near Clark Quay MRT...Those board game places with food you know that seem to be sprouting everywhere..Never knew there was one at a place where I went clubbing regularly last time...His brother, sister, girlfriend and his sister's friend were there and we had loadsa fun...4 hours passed by so fast...Some of the games we played were really something...Besides typically well-known games like Taboo they also had games I've never heard of before like Saboteur and my personal favourite, Squint...Food was soso but the place is cozy and nice...Oh, they also take a group picture of your gang and sell it at $1 per print...Quite cheap...
Despite all this fun, a quiet sigh inside me...why?...mmm...
*edit* I know now!...yesh I do!....waaaa.....
Labels: Random Thoughts, Trips
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Cruise is over....School?...Oh no!....
Time for school to start....argh!....I was having so much fun during my holiday on the cruise and spent so much time hanging out with friends that I got no energy to drag myself back to Boon Lay...This has been my busiest holiday so far in NIE, coz I had been working as well in the earlier half...Here's some of the pictures from the trip...There's some crazy ones but well...not suitable for publishing...haha...
We felt as clean as a baby after a trip to the Spa...
I love my Siew Mai!...
Senthil and I at our gangster best during Bingo!..
We were so addicted to go-karting!..
We felt as clean as a baby after a trip to the Spa...
I love my Siew Mai!...
Senthil and I at our gangster best during Bingo!..
We were so addicted to go-karting!..
Two Sunrises from two different Cameras...
Labels: Trips
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Punish to Purify...
Every teacher and student should check out the flash video below, done by a Singaporean at the site happeepill.com....The site is fantastic!...I got the link from Sharm just now, though I must say, it takes quite a while to load....Btw, I'll be off on holiday for a while...So till then, adios!....
Labels: Random Thoughts, Teaching
