Moving on...

An SMS received on 22^nd March, from Chi Tao (1S10'07 1^st intake CT-Rep)

Hey, i think you better start looking on the bright side you got a bloody 2 more years there!

After reading the SMS, I realised that I should start moving on, and not dwell on my past experience in SRJC... (Of course, this does not mean I should not just forget that SR exists and to think at my 1st two months experience is just a dream...) I should stop comparing TPJC and SRJC... Although I did not have a nice experience during the first 1-2 weeks in TP, it does not mean that TP is not a good school... (I mean... Considering that the people in TP have a lower cut off of less than 14 pts)... So i just have to accept the fact that I am in TP and not in SR... And stop complaining about the culture/LTs/Audi/lecturers/tutors/council and more there... Haha... Just have to accept the place as it is, and if I get the opportunity, I will try my best and contribute to TP to make it a better place...


Anyway after 1 (disorganised) week of lessons/lecures, I feel that my tutors and lecturers are quite ok...

(Feeling better now after the post...)

2nd day of lessons...

Well... Today i got to see even more teachers... Even got to see the TPJC Auditorium... (Those in SR who complain abt the LTs, dun complain till u see the LTs here.. haha) Well.. the Audi is not as big as the LT5 in SR ( maybe it is the same size, but LT5 in SR is long, and the Audi in TP is wide... so LT5 in SR seems bigger...)... not as bright too...(and maybe not as hi-tech as the LT5 in SR...) haha... but still bright enough for us to have lectures...

Well... we managed to start on Chemistry Practical! (Note to self: SPA skill B assessment would be on T2 week 8... must prepare... haha) Found out that some of my CG (Civics group) mates do not even know how to do titration ( No pure chem, did not go for 1st 2 months...)... Some of them got lost...

Anyway getting used to TPJC.. hope the lecturers (and tutors) are as good (if not better) than SR... lol...

Lessons proper...

Well... the first day of lessons in TP was quite ok... received my timetable... Latest days ends at 4.30pm (better than 5.30 in SR... haha...) but it is on Mondays and Thursdays... Other days ends at a reasonable time... Anyway, Project work (H1) has started! Man... Don't really know what to do... Have to submit the "Preliminary Ideas" by week 5! LOL... (Those doing PW which question are you going to do? "Groundbreakers" or "Entertainment"?)

Well, i got to meet some of my teachers today... A bit of mess here and there (people cannot find classes, ...) but other than that was quite okay...

Anyway I have PE on the last period on Monday... (Sian...) Haha... the teacher is quite an old man! Balding! haha... (But dun underestimate him... He is very strong...)

FYI, my CT is Mdm Lim Jiin...

Lessons...

Well... So the new term has started... Hopefully the remaning terms would not be as bad as the impression the orientation has given me... By the way, I'm taking H2 Maths, H2 Physics, H2 Chemistry, H1 Economics, H1 Chinese, H1 Project work and H1 General Paper... My class in TPJC is 07S21...

ABRSM Grade 8 Theory exam...

Well as you all know from my previous post, my ABRSM ( Associate Board of the Royal School of Music) Music Theory grade 8 (Highest grade, followed by Diploma) is today! Anyway it's over... now waiting for my results... haha...

Hmmm... the paper was quite ok.. not too difficult... BTW do anyone of you know what this is called?They asked for what abbreviation can be used for this... haha... anyhow put "Trem." (short for Tremolo)

Anyway i heard that if i got a distinction i could get up to 400 pounds... LOL! So desperation hoping for a Distinction grade~! LOL!

3rd day (final day) of TPJC JC1 2nd Orientation

Well... so today is the final day of orientation... So far had been so sian... 2day was at least a bit better... More lively... More cheering... but only 5 people came in my OG as it was WET GAMES, so it was like totally not enough people to participate in the games and stuff... Nvm... we still played the games... we played "Friendly mode" so 2 from the opposing team sent 2 players to play against their own team... End of the day, we only played 3 games... and I got wet only once! always avoid the water bombs...

The orientation finale was not really good... Couldn't understand what my OGL (orientation group leader) was performing on stage... After the acting, our OGL used a cheer to put other OGs down... It goes like this:

Oh ley ley,
Oh lah lah,
(someone) very gay,
(someone) boleh blah!

So lame right...? LOL! then other families call us LOSERS...


Anyway the way they give points is a bit lame.. everyone won in the end ( so no point having the point system at all...)

Oh yah... To all SRJC SC Interns Welco, the outing on Saturday is CANCELLED! so sad...

BTW I better not write anymore... 2mr is my piano exam... Wish me luck~!

2nd day of 2nd Orientation...

Hi all again... Well as you know, the first day of orientation was VERY boring ( See previous post)... Hmmm... today's orientation was a bit better... More games n cheering... Learnt 2 new cheers, but i still prefer my old Argo cheers (learnt in Orientation 1:Voyage in SRJC) ... Well... OG DJ is leading at 95 pts, while most houses are 85-90 pts..

Games there was not really fun, mostly searching for a piece of paper at each station (there were 20 stations... so you should know how board we were...) After about the 10th station, everyone all very sian already, as we met up with the same family OG (Captain Hook)... end up like all the captain hook OGs were together.. THEN we came to a station, which we had to race against another OG from another family.... Since most of us there were from the same family, we could not play against each other... then another OG of the same family as me came to snatch my OG's place. So we had to wait... After 2 turns past then our turn came ( other OGs of the same family snatch place)... During that time we were sitting there (under the sun, no shade) and wait... That made us unhappy...

Hmmm... i think i'll stop here... Will post tomorrow about the 3rd day of orientation...

1st day of 2nd Orientation

I got posted into Captain Hook, OG 11.

Man... this has got to be the worst orientation ever! So different from the one in SRJC... Not fun at all! The president of the Student Council in TPJC is .. not as good as the one in SR... He does not know how to ¨control¨ the new JC1 batch...

So this was what happened: He started talking and everyone else too.. BUT he did not really care... ( or at least show concern..) ... he did not even state his expectations to everyone... LOL! This is so different from SR... At least Amos (president of 19th student council in SR) told us the school rules and other stuff... Haha...

Another BIG mistake he made: He sat at the edge of the stage when addressing everyone! OMG! How can he ever control the crowd...? LOL!

Hmmm... I heard from many people who got transferred from SRJC to TPJC want to appeal back to SRJC... I wonder why... It may be due to the Orientation : It scared them away...

BTW I heard that back in SRJC a friend (also an OGL) said that her OG sucks... I wonder why... LOL! I also heard that Argo is not winning... Demeter is... haha! Who cares...?

Anyway hoping that the 2nd day of Orientation is just as good as the one in SRJC...

Go back to SR?

Hmmm... i have heard that many people from TPJC want to appeal back to SRJC... Should I...? Recently my good friend (Chi Tao) in SR who was posted to MJC called me and said that SR was more "value-added" than TP... Said that SR's and TP's results were about the same, only difference was the pass rate...

BTW I just read my friend's (Xiu Hao) blog and found out that he had written a memo for me! After reading it, i realised that I missed SR and my friends in SR, though most would not be going back to SR... So what's the point of going back...? haha...

Anyway I want to thank all those who had helped me in 1 way or another in SR... Keep in touch!

Argo 6 rocks! SC Welco rocks! 1S10 ('07) rocks! All lecturers / tutors who taught me rocks!

W00T! TPJC HERE I COME!

Hmm... Ok... as most of you (2006 o-lv students) know, the JAE Results have been released today... http://www.moe.gov.sg/esp/schadm/jae/ ...

My results was... not really very good, but good enough to go to a JC... So i put TPJC (Science) as 1st choice, and SRJC (Science) as 2nd choice...

Well, I'm happy that i managed to go to TPJC: No more 30-45 min bus rides home~! I'll post about the 1st day orientation in TPJC 2mr...

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