here is about the week after the holidays.
on monday and tuesday, we had lessons as usual. just that on monday, i had a swimming lesson for PE, which i enjoy quite a lot. (in ri, we hav swimming for PE 3 months every year) from wednesday to friday, some classes which includes mine, had a sec 2 special programme. we had to choose from 6 choices ,a place we wanted to go for a field trip. then, on wednesday, we went to our respective places. i went to the Asian film archives, hoping to see some animes or smthg. but... it turned out that... they only kept films on singapore history in the singapore branch... X(
but the trip was very educational. firstly, we had a tour at the place and we had a 'free n easy' for us to browse through the information, take photos etc. then, we had a half an hour break to eat some snacks. hehe. i ate with felix, the poet guy, as he also came with me. ahmad, asnawi and gulshan went there too.
after the break, we had a 2-hour long talk on the singapore film industry, its history, its effects etc. by the executive director of the museum, Mr Tan. (haha, not me, of course) we got to watch some clips from famous movies (mostly local) too. from the talk, i learnt a lot, seriously. most importantly, i think, i understood that films are not merely for entertainment purposes. they are also for preserving our culture, heritage and memories. =) and i will definately think about this the next time i go for a movie.
we spent the next day sharing with our grpmates the things we learnt and given a situation, we had to do a report on future problem solving. my group was good, as we were all really good friends and we worked well together.
for the third day, we had to make a poster on our processes and our solution for future problem solving. when it was recess, we got burgers and pandan cakes from the school and we were allowed to eat them while 'admiring' other grp's posters. later, we had to go to the lecture theatre for the finale. firstly, we had a talk on global warming by two pple from "the hemispheres". then there was a quiz session. i got a question right!!! and so, i got a magazine and a competition kit for a project of theirs. but, i gav the kit to iqbal, the most artistic guy in my class. as i thought he would hav stood a better chance of winning. anyway, gd luck! (it was because he didnt answer any questions, and a kit costed $4) then the best four groups from the whole level had to do a presentation in the lecture theatre.(if it was me, i would hav stage fright...) one of the groups was from my class! yuho's group. their presentation was good. with yuho being "Typhoon Bongzilla", it was hillarious! but in the end, the two GE classes won... (>=p) GEGEGEGEGE... haiz... nvm. but iqbal's grp won the best poster!!! congrats.
i liked this special programme. instead of being stuck in a classroom, we went on trips and we too learnt a lot. i hope there will be more of these programmes in the future. =D
Jim Tan signs off.
5:59 PM