Hey ya guys!!
Sorry as i did not post for a long time as i was very busy and could not squeeze out free times to write out my thoughts with you guys. You know, this term, there had been lots of tests lately and i was even having difficulty to study for the tests! Now it is the weekends and finally i could have a good rest. Maybe not. Why? Because i have more tests coming and i think i got one IS (Infocomn studies) test on Monday. Even my parents are nagging at me to study. :(
Back to the point. Now.
Okay. I will talk about the future today.
The future. What about it? Many of you would ask that question. I am telling you, this is important. It is the future. So, guys, what do you think of the future? Will there be colourful winds? Talking animals? Will there be cloning? Will there be an immortality pill? Will humans live in space? Will we have two lives?
No one knows.
I thought, that this is quite an interesting question. In the near future, i believe, technology will be more advance. Surely. I have heard from trusted resources that the world's oil supply and stuffs like that could run out in a couple of years. I would like to believe the scientists could do something about it. I mean, the world cannot survive forever. there will be a day where the Earth cannot provide enough for humans anymore. What would we do about that? People said that we could be heading to live on Mars. I am not so certain. Mars, so far, is heard to have found no water supply at all. The basic needs of a human are air, water and food. If we did not have any of these, we could only survive for 1 week, the longest.
I wonder, if there will be a day when the countries of the world work together and everyone is united. If that happens, will there be utopia? Will there still have wars? I wonder if dinosaurs would be discovered living somewhere in the world. If that happens, will we be allowed to see the dinosaurs?
There are so many questions. Yet we will have to wait patiently. Wait patiently...... Until the FUTURE.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Projects day
Hi everyone. Okay, i just had my preliminary rounds for projects day, category 3: inventions today! I was excited and nervous at the same time. This is the first experience for me in a secondary school and i was afraid that i may not live up to the judges' expectations.
After the competition, i realized that i learnt a lot of moral values and realized my weakness and strength, also learnt that team synergy is vital in life. I actually benefited a lot from this eye opening experience. Jarel, me, Caijie and Bin Hui were able to contribute our fair share of ideas and we cooperated pretty well. The only difficulty is that Caijie often cannot meet up with us due to time clashed with EP3s and other tuition matters. It was definitely a fruitful project as i learnt how to manage my time well in order to have time for work and play. I have also learnt that to get other's trust, we have to trust them ourselves first. I also had fun with my team members and it was a worthy project. We each have tasks delegated by our leader, Jarel and i felt he did a great job, as well as Caijie and binhui as they really cared about the project and are willing to stay back on many days to rehearse on the project and memorise the script.
The competition today was very strict and we were shaking like leaves. The judges were extremely fierce and they really demanded alot from us and they went into every minute detail possible to question us of our projects. As we were the 12th team, we have to wait for quite a time before presenting our project. As i watched the other groups present their own unique projects, i was both amazed and disappointed at some of their PowerPoint slides. Some of them were pretty impressive and did quite a good job while others had failed to explain their invention. I was rather impressed with the group that presented the Car Courtesy Sign. They did extremely well, considering all factors and working out feasible solutions and ideas. Their invention were basically made to show courtesy while driving to promote courtesy among drivers. I felt that they analysed the whole thing elaborately and the idea is a fresh one. Even the judges were also shouting praises along the way. There were also a few teams which i think are not so good in their plotting of idea. I will not be elaborating further on that area.
In the twinkling of an eye, it was already our turn to present. I was trembling with fear and trepidation as i calmed my butterflies in my stomach but to no avail. I was too afraid! As a sign of good luck, we shook hands and patted each other before walking onto the stage. My heart was palpitating wildly and i hope that our project will went smoothly. As we did the necessary preparations like inserting the thumbdrive and opening the powerpoint slides, i was faking a smile to the audience but my fidgeting habds betrayed my anxiety and concern.
Soon, Jarel had already started to introduce us and had told everyone about our invention. He then went off to talk on the objectives and rationale of our project. I was controlling my stage fright with my best shot, however my attempts were fruitless. I was biting my lip now and then. Soon Jarel finished his role and haned the mike over to me. I perspired profusely despite the cooling air conditioning. I was unable to speak for 2 seconds, until BinHui and Caijie gave me words of encouragements and urging me on. I then started to elaborate on the target audince of our project. In the process, i felt my cheeks burning and my beads of perpiration trickling down my cheeks as more than 100 pairs of eyes stared at me. The pressure was inmense!
I then went on to talk on our methodology of the project before handing the mike over to Jarel just when------ The computer system went black.
For a moment, no one moved and an uncanny silence fell over the Drama Centre. I froze in complete shock as i did not anticipate this! I exchanged worried glances with Chen Caijie and they frowned which expressed concern. I stared at Jarel, only to see him frantically adjusting the wires. I felt flustering red. Why did this only happen to us? Fortunately, Jarel managed to fix the problem and returned ro the powerpoint page. We were back on track.
As we went into the final stage of our presentation, which basically includes the resources and features of oyr prototype, we all heaved a sign of relief to know that msot of our presentation were successful except about the power failure(not our fault). Then, we concluded our presentation and and it is time for the Q and A session. We were stunned to know that there was only one comment about us. I mean, there were not any questions! We were the only team that escaped the session because noone asked questions, not even the judges. Well, as i mentioned earlier, one of the judges said that we could ask the LTA if they allow the attachment of our gadget onto the cars.
Well ,that pretty summed up the day.
After the competition, i realized that i learnt a lot of moral values and realized my weakness and strength, also learnt that team synergy is vital in life. I actually benefited a lot from this eye opening experience. Jarel, me, Caijie and Bin Hui were able to contribute our fair share of ideas and we cooperated pretty well. The only difficulty is that Caijie often cannot meet up with us due to time clashed with EP3s and other tuition matters. It was definitely a fruitful project as i learnt how to manage my time well in order to have time for work and play. I have also learnt that to get other's trust, we have to trust them ourselves first. I also had fun with my team members and it was a worthy project. We each have tasks delegated by our leader, Jarel and i felt he did a great job, as well as Caijie and binhui as they really cared about the project and are willing to stay back on many days to rehearse on the project and memorise the script.
The competition today was very strict and we were shaking like leaves. The judges were extremely fierce and they really demanded alot from us and they went into every minute detail possible to question us of our projects. As we were the 12th team, we have to wait for quite a time before presenting our project. As i watched the other groups present their own unique projects, i was both amazed and disappointed at some of their PowerPoint slides. Some of them were pretty impressive and did quite a good job while others had failed to explain their invention. I was rather impressed with the group that presented the Car Courtesy Sign. They did extremely well, considering all factors and working out feasible solutions and ideas. Their invention were basically made to show courtesy while driving to promote courtesy among drivers. I felt that they analysed the whole thing elaborately and the idea is a fresh one. Even the judges were also shouting praises along the way. There were also a few teams which i think are not so good in their plotting of idea. I will not be elaborating further on that area.
In the twinkling of an eye, it was already our turn to present. I was trembling with fear and trepidation as i calmed my butterflies in my stomach but to no avail. I was too afraid! As a sign of good luck, we shook hands and patted each other before walking onto the stage. My heart was palpitating wildly and i hope that our project will went smoothly. As we did the necessary preparations like inserting the thumbdrive and opening the powerpoint slides, i was faking a smile to the audience but my fidgeting habds betrayed my anxiety and concern.
Soon, Jarel had already started to introduce us and had told everyone about our invention. He then went off to talk on the objectives and rationale of our project. I was controlling my stage fright with my best shot, however my attempts were fruitless. I was biting my lip now and then. Soon Jarel finished his role and haned the mike over to me. I perspired profusely despite the cooling air conditioning. I was unable to speak for 2 seconds, until BinHui and Caijie gave me words of encouragements and urging me on. I then started to elaborate on the target audince of our project. In the process, i felt my cheeks burning and my beads of perpiration trickling down my cheeks as more than 100 pairs of eyes stared at me. The pressure was inmense!
I then went on to talk on our methodology of the project before handing the mike over to Jarel just when------ The computer system went black.
For a moment, no one moved and an uncanny silence fell over the Drama Centre. I froze in complete shock as i did not anticipate this! I exchanged worried glances with Chen Caijie and they frowned which expressed concern. I stared at Jarel, only to see him frantically adjusting the wires. I felt flustering red. Why did this only happen to us? Fortunately, Jarel managed to fix the problem and returned ro the powerpoint page. We were back on track.
As we went into the final stage of our presentation, which basically includes the resources and features of oyr prototype, we all heaved a sign of relief to know that msot of our presentation were successful except about the power failure(not our fault). Then, we concluded our presentation and and it is time for the Q and A session. We were stunned to know that there was only one comment about us. I mean, there were not any questions! We were the only team that escaped the session because noone asked questions, not even the judges. Well, as i mentioned earlier, one of the judges said that we could ask the LTA if they allow the attachment of our gadget onto the cars.
Well ,that pretty summed up the day.
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