Well as I was sick on Monday, I didn't go for the French lesson. Instead, I went on Thursday, which proved to be a rather insane lesson...

Firstly, Mlle Lim was absent because 'elle prepare pour se marier'... Haha, I remember me and Pingwei went oooohhh when Mme Teo (the relief teacher) told us so. Mme Teo made the lesson really quite boring... Oh I missed Mlle Lim's teaching style that's why. Mme Teo spoke like a bullet train, and kept emphasising that we have to go home at 7pm if we didn't complete the lesson in time... This continuous repetition = naggy! D:

As usual, most of the HCI boys were late because their school ends late anyway. Kelvin was being so polite; he knocked on the door for don't know how many times, but Mme Teo didn't acknowledge him... Maybe she didn't hear. BUT it was so loud, like the whole class heard and we started raising our hands telling her to let Kelvin in. Then finally she said come in. She looked at the clock; 3.55pm. She screeched, "What time does the lesson start?!" "3.30pm" "What time is it now?!" "3.55pm" And then she stared up at Kelvin and fume (Hehe, Kelvin's like suddenly so tall now and Mme Teo was kind of short...)

A few minutes later, another boy (I think it's Zachary?) came in late. Same thing happened... Me and Pingwei were thinking Kenny will have such a bad time when he comes in... 4.40pm: Kenny came in. Late, due to a competition. Glare, glare, glare. Scold, said some horrid things I wish no one will say to me. She didn't even ask for a reason!

Anyway, the whole point was that she spoke really quickly, clicked on the powerpoint at full speed (her fingers are really so nimble) that I had no time to copy down notes, no room to ask questions/clarify my doubts etc. Sigh, and it was an important part of grammar that she was teaching. Pingwei did ask her to slow down, but she then scolded Pingwei for disrupting her and said that we must stay back until 7+pm if we don't complete this. I mean, if we really fail to complete in time, just tell Mlle Lim to carry on next lesson...! It's better to have the students understand the foundation and concept and not keep going on and rushing everything...

AND THEN. Because silly Kenny and Kelvin, esp Kenny I believe, felt rather bored, they felt like they had to SOMETHING. I gave Pingwei a V-Day present, and she said, "oh give Kenny 1 chocalate (from us) because he was so kind to help me throw away the wrapper." Haha, we tied a nice purple ribbon plus a note before tossing it over the 'corridor' to Kenny. And then he thinks that he can throw NOTES to us during class! Argh, Pingwei and I got hit by so many pieces of crushed/folded paper from Kenny and Kelvin. Hehe, I was in charge of replying to the notes... but I did not (except once as I told them to stop it)! As everyone knows, I'm not a person to pass notes in class! Disrespectful act. I had to try and concentrate! Next Kenny threw slices of eraser. Hit Pingwei unfortunately, not me fortunately. She thought it was Kelvin so she threw back paper or something to Kelvin. Poor Kelvin. He got "framed" and wronged.

Well, however droning the lesson was, something humourous must happen right? I was coughing, then I suddenly lost most of my voice for a moment. Needed to drink water, but had no water. So I went up to Mme Teo, who was writing vigorously on the whiteboard. I tried calling her, but my voice failed me. I went closer her and tried to get her attention. Then suddenly, she turned around and screamed into my face. Like the high-pitched kind of scream when a woman is frightened or shocked. Er, how could she be scared of me?! Like she didn't notice me behind her at all?! Hahaha... The thought of this just makes me laugh like crazy... And it made the class laugh too.

Well, 19/2 French lesson was really rather hilarious! Between teacher and between friends. Haha. Worthy of my remembrance. ;)

Hope no teacher finds my blog, or even worse, Mme Teo herself... I know I'm not supposed to be expressing my great displeasure for Mme Teo's attitude for her students..., but well, if she does find my blog, I hope she'll change for the better. :)

Still laughing crazily away,
The Enchanting Twilight! :D

Labels: French, Humour

YAY! 'Love with a cause' was great success! Now I'm so tired, with a load of homework piling up...

Anyway, it was a good start at 4pm, with Nelson (a poor cancer-stricken child) in the cart, Dr Tan went on his 1st round around the track, with lots of people and MG girls screaming and cheering. And you know how we, MG girls, cheer. Haha!

Well, I had to report for duty later on at 5pm, which involved recording every child's name and age and how long (mins) he/she sat in the cart. My shift was from 5pm-6pm, a duration of 1hour. Well, it may seem really long and tedious doing this job in the humid evening weather, but time flew really quickly with each passing child, and soon the next pair reported for duty! Well it was fun. Everytime Dr Tan returned from his round around the track, he'd talk a little in his ever-so-cheerful and confident voice, shake hands with the little kids, etc.

6pm-8pm was my break, and i went to KAP for dinner because I didn't feel like eating the food in the carnival. Plus I needed some exercise after being cooped up in the school's bamboo courtyard for so long. Haha. Thus I ate my lonely meal in KAP, not that I mind, I actually enjoy eating alone. :) Then I decided to freak my dear sister out by giving her a telephone call and say "I MISS YOU SO MUCH!" Hahaha, and her reply was so cool and composed, "I think you're a bit crazy..."

At 8pm, I was scheduled to man the T-shirts and books booths. So I sat at the booth with Jerusha, Eleanor, Sheralyn and Claire and we began chatting a little. Sheralyn, of course, started her sick jokes and they lasted throughout the night. The music was blaring really loudly, and Josephine and Claire got really 'high' and started dancing and doing the 'body wave'. Haha. It was really crazy and funny! I couldn't stop laughing! This lasted the whole night, until 12am when I decided to get some sleep. The track was crowded with people and MG girls at 12am when I went up to the 3O classroom to take a rest... (I know it's dangerous to sleep alone in a deserted classroom, but I asked Jacklyn and Wanrui to accompany me, but they left anyway.) I know I'm a bad girl; I decided not to wake up and do my 12am-4am shift of manning the booths, thus I slept right through until 5am.

I woke up to a world of silence, because the people had left MGS and most of the girls were resting either in the Sports Complex or Bamboo Courtyard. Well, there were active girls playing netball and tennis all night through...

So I walked along the quiet corridor, down the staircase and into the Bamboo courtyard where I found a few girls who were awake. I asked them what had happened (when I was asleep) and they said nothing much, which is good, haha. If not, everyone would be angry with me because most of the girls only got 2-3 hrs of sleep, unlike me who had a straight 5hrs of sleep. >_<

Next, from 6am-9am, I supervised at the track as a 'Track Marshall'... Hehe, it got rather hot at 9+am, so I asked someone else to help me. Thanks to Jacklyn! :D After that, I just went booth-hopping, see if anyone needs help, chat with different girls, etc. :) It turned out that not many people needed me, thus I went around chatting and sitting at different booths for a while.

It became a little boring, but at 2pm, Grace (from England) appeared at the event! Oh, I was so delighted to see her again after about 4 years so I gave her a big hug! Yes, we repeated the sick jokes Sheralyn told us, and Grace shared more about her life in London. She learns 4 languages, wow! English, French, Spanish and Chinese. So cool! We tried conversing in French a little; well, we did okay for our 1st try... :)

At 4pm on Valentine's Day, the event finally ended. Again, it ended the way it began, with a word of prayer, screams and cheers from MG girls, a short speech each by Dr William Tan and Mrs Ong (Principal of MGS). It had been indeed a really fun event, and I definitely bonded more with my old friends and of course, made new ones in the process.

This was truly an exciting experience! Not only was I more inspired by Dr Tan's perseverance, we (the student helpers/leaders) were much more bonded than before and supported each other until the end, which is the whole point of this event. Support and encouragement. For Dr Tan, for our teachers, for our peers, for the public.

Now, no matter how weary I am, I think this event was worthy of my participation and thus I enjoyed it tremendously! :D

Going to sleep and wishing all a Happy Valentine's Day,
The Enchanting Twilight

PS: Thank you Kenny for coming down to this event and helping in raising funds for the cancer society.
Pingwei, although you couldn't come, I still appreciate your 'jia you' smses! :D Same to you!
Thanks to all fellow Duplo mates and Exoforce! Plus all other student helpers from other LTC groups! :D

Labels: love with a cause

Well today was a totally horrible one, 4 tests in a day! 2 formal tests, 2 quizzes.

First up, the Biology practical test. Well, my hand was so shaky I couldn't draw the cells properly and adjust the microscope well. I kept losing sight of the perfect cell, and had to re-find it.

Then, the worst of the worst... A. Maths test. Super confusing. I had a sudden brain freeze; how nice. Now I've convinced myself I will do very very badly, and I really hope I don't fail. It's mathematics, and I'm not supposed to fail it, as stated in my previous post.

Next there was a Maths pop quiz, which wasn't a pleasant surprise at all! At least we could discuss. I feel so much better after discussing with friends and getting the same answer. Oh, must always discuss with scholars, because they're the ones who have the answer key in their head, especially for Maths.

After that, because Mrs Chitra my English teacher lost most of her voice, she gave us a graded comprehension to complete in 1 hour. I don't like comprehension passages; I keep failing them. I think I'm going to fail this too because I couldn't read between the lines for the last few paragraphs. There were so many "Explain fully" and "answer in your own words" questions. And of course, I'm horrible at those questions. Oh I do hope I pass this at least. Or it'll be such a disgrace to myself and my previous English teachers... :(

Sigh, next week, French Petit test is on Monday. And I have Passe Compose and Imparfait all mixed up in my head. Pronoms relatifs, I keep mixing que and dont. Oh no. My grades are really falling. They're at the tip of the cliff. It's so scary.

Why is it so easy to learn and understand the subjects, but so difficult to pass the tests? The simple answer most teachers will tell you is that you didn't understand deep enough, or you're just living in your 'utopia' where you think you understand but don't.

Am I? Help.

The (not-so-)Enchanting Twilight

Haha, okay, I haven't posted for quite a long time!

Anyway I'm back, with a couple of funny incidents to record in this dear blog of mine.

#1. Annette and I sat together for French class on 2 Feb 2009. Mlle Lim, our French teacher, called an RV boy to read a paragraph of the French letter. Well, his reading was kind of jerky and Annette and I stared at one another at the same time. Then we burst out giggling. Oh my gosh, I felt so bad! We were 'supposedly' laughing at the boy. But soon, I was half-laughing at Annette, half-laughing at the boy. Oh my goodness, we just could not stop laughing. That boy sat diagonally behind us, so I'm really scared he heard us laughing and got a bad impression on MG girls. That was really bad, I regret not having self-control and stop laughing, but to think of it again, I'm laughing now. Haha. And I bet it's not funny to you. You'll think Annette and I are so weird.

#2. I'm really good at breaking people's hearts I realised. One such example was today, when I 'broke' Alysia's heart. Haha. And what did I say to her? In a very serious and sombre tone, I told her that my sister was a much better study partner than her as she was making so much noise saying who's hot and who's not (Hi-5 cast). Well, then I went on to say that I love my sister loads of times more than I love her, and that made her keep quiet. Hmm, so cool. I guess she doesn't really like criticism, so I shan't say that to her ever again. :)

Hmm, that's it for the post today. I hope the RV boy doesn't find my blog and read about this. Sorry Alysia, if she ever finds my blog.

Well, are these incidents really funny? They were to me because I went home and laughed and laughed so much over them. A Maths test and Biology practical test tomorrow... Sigh. Back to serious work. No more laughing.

Wish me luck,
The Enchanting Twilight

PS: My horoscope (the Dog) for this Year of the Ox says that I have to watch my tummy. OH NO!