Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Video making of Emily of Emerald Hill

Two weeks ago, Jun Yu proposed that we could make a video of our customised version of EOEH for ACE. Our members are as follow: Jun-Yu, Kai Jin, Soo Han, Yik Hin, Andrew, Seng Kiet and me. Jun-Yu, our leader, prepared all the necessary props and clothes (although we all hate cross-dressing).

The few days of videoing was enjoyable. We took the time from our weekends and played our part in the play and we made jokes along the way. When we received or clothes, most of them were upset when they found out they were going to wear female clothes. They were uncooperative at first but after many persuasions we managed to get to work.

It was fun during the videoing but we always wasted a lot of time just on a few second scene. For instance, during the scene where Richard takes the plane to England, we took a lot of time convincing Soo Han and Yik Hin to wear their costumes as they were very unwilling to cross-dress. It took about 2 hours to tape that very small part of video due to our inefficiency but nevertheless it was somehow similar to a class bonding event.

Art Club

I do not know how to draw a masterpiece, nor do I know how to make a wonderful sketch (cause if I could I would end up in AEP). However, I do have interest in art and thus I joined the art club.

Many say that art club is a very slack CCA we could sit in an air-conditioned room with Mr Kuek pulling of lame jokes. Yes, it is a very slack CCA but even so we do not have many opportunities in getting CCA points. If I were to participate in a competition, I would get only a point. I know that I would not get more than that because I understand that that would be impossible for me to.

Art club is a fun CCA as we share our experiences and jokes while doing our work (normally sketches). The teachers never restrict us from listening to music all pull pranks on others during our weekly activities and therefore we always have unforgettable experiences during that short period of 2-3 hours.

Besides indoor activities, Mr Kuek always try to organise a field trip to art galleries. Getting our members to hand in the consent forms were difficult but nevertheless we had an enjoyable trip every time we went out. That ends my sharing on the topic, thanks.

2A2. What a Class :)

After 3 terms and 8 weeks and 3 days (or maybe more), I finally had the urge to post this on my blog. 2A2 is the class that many teachers complain about, even Dr.Chew had to personally lecture us for pissing a relief teacher off during class. To those outside 2A2, let me introduce this "wonderful" class to you.

From my point of view, the class seriously does not realize that they have been creating a lot of rubbish in class, especially those who stayed in class for recess and ate packed food in class. Basically, when the class is "spic and span" in the morning ( quoted from Mr.Tan Kai Yuan ), I always never hoped that it will stay the same after school. Plastic bottles and oily plastic bags will always be found in every corner of the class. Polystyrene cases are always found on the floor when they are left on the table empty and of course we have used correction tapes everywhere.

I never knew what they were doing in class during recess( I always came up very late ). Rubbish is produced in the waste factory of 2A2 almost every minute, maybe because of the influence of Kai Jin? Newspapers were never stacked properly ; they were left untidy when they throw it in the "box of reading materials". I do not have the right to post about our class discipline so I will leave it the our chairman and monitor Zexel and Zan.

Despite the behavior that our class displays in class, I think that we somehow have a lot of class spirit. Every day on facebook there will be posts meant for us to read and comment ( I mean EVERY day ) . Video tags, photo tags and post tags were never rare to see on facebook thanks to our active facebookers. When I go on facebook every day, I would expect some blog posts from our class and normally I would search for their names for updates :).

Every time we were scolded, doesn't matter who, we always try to cover our classmates' mistakes. For example, someone was late for class, and when the teacher asked, we would tell her he had a stomach ache and then he would sit and continue the lesson. This shows that our class is united (correct me if I am wrong). I am thankful that I can come to this class of chaos and unity. Every bit of time in 2A2 is a memorable experience for me.

Please comment on this (You guys know you want to). And of course if there is any thing you want to comment on to me without other people knowing, feel free to send me an email on it (I will tag you on facebook) ^^.

Monday, August 16, 2010

Sleeping

Remembering the 1A2 last year, when we were always complained by teachers, I was a sleeping log. I slept at almost every lesson. Most of the time, the teachers never noticed. But then, there was once my maths teacher caught me sleeping in class so care freely that he made a joke of me in front of the class. It was an unforgettable experience that I laughed when I thought of it.

The 1A2 back then, many people slept in class and tried to avoid being caught by teachers. Most of the time we somehow survived but there were some times that we were punished. It was a very good experience to be punished with my fellow friends. We could joke around to relieve ourselves from the punishment and even play with each other without the teacher noticing.

Nowadays, I always get sleepy even though I sleep as early as 10 the last night. It is inevitable that people notice me sleeping in class or during break time(mostly my friends, the teachers never notice :)). To prevent this, I tried having heavy cups of coffee in the morning. It worked, just for the early part of school. Unknowingly I would shut my eyes while thinking of what the teacher meant and fall asleep.

Even at times when I'm not in school, for example, the bus, I would fall asleep and miss the stop. Even if I'm boarding the bus to somewhere near the school like BTP and KAP, I would fall asleep and continue on to the end of the stop. It was somehow embarrassing and I always tried to find a solution to that.

Anyways, sleeping is always the best when you have a choice of doing your homework or slack. ^.^