The Year 2010

Hi,everyone!It's a new year,2010!Whoa,that was fast.I am in 6Care now!12 years old!Ah!I will be older by 1 year...Sob...Anyway,what is the most important thing this year?That's right!PSLE!Well,I have to perk up,pull up my socks,prepare for PSLE and "chiong" to the end of this year...Bye!

Update on My Blog

Hi everyone!It's me again.I am back to update my blog.

Well,many things happened since my last post here,of course.I would like to thank everyone for visiting my blog and taking a look at it.

I just want to say:Yippee!I am so elated that I can spend this PSLE Marking Week by doing lots of homejoy (that's what our class call as homework) and revising for the upcoming SA2 Exam!Oh,actually,I am also very depressed for it.What if I don't get good grades?Oh,that will be very scary!!!

So,I must revise and pull up my socks!Goodbye everyone!I will make sure that after the exams,I will continue to update my blog! :))

The Fun Celebration Of National Day

Today,in the morning,my whole school and I,went celebrating National Day of Singapore,although it is not the real day.It was very fun and I had a great day.The real day is tommorow.This was how it all started...

7.08 am-I reached school.I walked to the bench outside our school library.I saw many of my classmates gathering there,elated and eager to start the concert.And there stood one of my classmates' mother,and ma'am.The parent was helping my classmates to paint...on their faces!Some of them chose to have strokes,while some of them chose to have "I LOVE SINGAPORE".And...Guess what?I chose to have strokes.I was eager to start the concert,at the parade square,too.

7.25 am-The whole school gathered at the parade square and the concert started off.It started off with the recollections by one of our school teachers-Mr Yeo.Soon,we began to sing one of our Singapore's National Day Song,My Island Home.I like this song very much as its tune is very nice.We were given the lyrics the day before.I brought it there and took it out to sing with the whole school.Minutes passed by and we had the wishings of "Happy National Day" from the Minister Of Education.

8.10 am-Wee!We went to fetch and welcome the Guest-Of-Honour,the teachers and pupils from Rainbow Centre,as we were chosen to be the class to celebrate and share our joy with them. Then we went up to the hall to watch the concert.It was interestingly fun.We gave each of them a Singapore flag and sang the songs with them.We cheered loudly,as loud as we could.

10 am-We were dismissed by our Discipline Master,Mr Tan.And all of us had a great time.And lastly...Home Sweet Home(That's the end!).

The National Geographic Magazine

Just now, ma'am gave us the National Geographic magazine.There are many stories and interesting facts in it.The story of the cover page is National Geographic:Maui's Monster Waves Jaws.There are still many other stories in it,such as:America's Wilderness and the Cossacks.They are also quite good,but the story on the cover page is the one I like the most.I like this story because it is very interesting.I gained a lot of knowledge about "monster waves".Now,I am going to tell you about it.

Imagine skiing down the front of a five-storey building.That's Laird Hamilton's idea of fun,plunging some 50 vertical feet on a wave face that only a handful of surfers dare ride.The strength of such waves has earned this Hawaiian surfing spot its Jaws.Those who know it best fear it most.Says Hamilton:"Some say 'no fear'.I say 'bull'.I absolutely fear it.That's why I surf it."When you fly down the face of one of these waves,it's not a wave anymore,it's a mountain.This mountain can move at 25 miles an hour and give a windsurfer the ride of his life,or leave him fighting for it.On a big-wave day,Jaws kicks up about 12 times a year.

Local surfers also call Jaws by its native name,Peahi,Hawaiian for"beckon".And this is the most interesting part.-Jaws generates a breaking wave only when ocean swells reach a certain size.From the underwater ridge,the remnant of an old lava flow,juts straight out to sea.A little over half a mile from shore the reef drops abruptly away into the sea.An average swell of 10 to 12 feet passes over the nub of the reef without incident.But larger swells,storm spawned,suddenly mound upward as they striked the reef,a process called shoaling.

Jaws have a second wave-rearing trick.The swells on either side of the reef,moving in deeper water,bend inward,focusing much of their energy on the center of the wave crest.This refraction of wave energy is like a magnifying glass gathering light into a hot,focused beam.In essence, the reef squeezes the wave inward and upward.Surfers call it a peaking wave.

To tow each other into the big waves at Jaws,surfers use Wave Runners.To keep from getting knocked off their boards,they use windsurfers' foot straps.Purists howl,claiming that the only right way to surf is to paddle into a wave and stay on your board using just your own strength.

Overall,I like this story and the National Geographic magazine.I would like to thank ma'am for lending this magazine to me,and my classmates.

About The SA1 Exam

Now,I am going to let you know about the exam I had.It was SA1 exam,of course,now the exams are over.And now the June holidays are coming.But now I am only to tell you about the SA1 exam.There were six papers in total for each of us to do.The first paper was the English paper,it was quite tough,the most difficult part was the comprehension open-ended.Okay,the English paper was set by ma'am,our form teacher.

A few days later,the whole class,including me,knew the results of the English paper.I was saddened by it.I got 80 marks!The moment I reached home,my mother asked for my English paper's result.She started to show me a dirty look and later,shebanged the table."How dare you tell me your atrocious marks?!Are you not afraid that I will skin you alive?!I am going to do it now!"She punished me for twenty minutes and told me to take my bath.

Okay,lets not waste our time.I am just going to tell you my marks.For my Mathematics,I got 92 in total.For my Science,I got 82 in total.For my Mother Tongue,I have not know the marks.Okay,that's all.

Have a nice day,everyone!Goodbye!

Caterpillar

The caterpillar which ma'am put in our classroom was missing suddenly!I was very sad.The lime butterfly was so cute!But one day,I saw the fully-grown butterfly on the wall.I jumped for joy.That day, when we went back to school,the butterfly was missing again."This was a mystery for me,"I thought.Since that day,the lime butterfly did not come back again.I shook my head.But when ma'am told us that she would be buying a butterfly again,I smiled.I really hoped that ma'am would buy a butterfly again.I would like to thank ma'am for buying another butterfly again.I am looking forward for the arrival of the butterfly.

Scrabble

Some of my classmates and I had played "Scrabble".It was a very fun game.Few days ago,we had played a friendly Scrabble match of competition.Ma'am chose me as the team leader.My team members and I played with our opponents from Mayflower Primary School.Although all of us lost,we had made friends and learnt many new things and words used in Scrabble.We were not disappointed at all.Another point of Scrabble was the day that the whole class and I went down to our school canteen with ma'am.Some of my classmates had took some of the refreshments to get the other pupils'attention to come to let us to teach them and play Scrabble.Ma'am chose five of us,including me,to give out the refreshments and snacks to the pupils.Almost all of the pupils from each level came to let us teach them.We enjoyed ourselves there.We went there for two hours.I would like to thank ma'am for leading us into the fun.

The English Carnival

We had the "English week"in school during the last five school days.It was known as "the English week"or"the English Carnival".It was very fun and interesting because all the games were those which I liked.We had "Stretch and Throw"and many other games.I liked "Stretch and Throw" the most because it was a game about "throwing".This was how we must play:First,take a ball from a basket.Second,throw the ball into one of the baskets which were on the chairs.Fourth,if your ball goes into one of the baskets,you must proceed to the "answering"part.Answer the question given to you.(But take note that there is no sweet or any other prizes for you!)It was just an "answer game".Of course,those questions were about English.My classmates,whom were all girls and I went to play the "Guess and Find"game.It was very interesting too,but I prefer the"Stretch and Throw"to this "Guess and Find".This was how to play the"Guess and Find":First,an "e-parent"from our school will give us a question about English.We will need to raise our hands to answer.Of course,the"e-parent"will choose one of the students.Second,After the"e-parent" has called one of the students,the student will have to answer the question.If he or she answers the question correctly,he or she will need to find the word which he or she uses to answer the question in a crossword puzzle.Third,if he or she finds the word hidden in the crossword puzzle,he or she will get a sweet.That was how we played.Although I did not get a sweet,I was not sad or disappeared.It was worth playing.My classmates and I had enjoyed ourselves.I would like to thank the "e-parents"and teachers who had prepared these fun games.I am looking forward to have another English Carnival.

The Oral Practice which ma'am Gave Us

Few days ago,ma'am gave us oral practices.She also gave us the "oral notes".The notes were very important to us because if we read them,our oral would get better.The marks we would get would be also high.I felt that the notes were very worth and precious.They were just like gold to me.Many people know that most Singaporeans speak"singlish".We must not speak"singlish".First,we practised our "pronounciation".Pronounciations are very important to us,because when we pronounce the words wrongly,even one short word,the marks would get"pulled down",so we must pronounce words clearly.This will make people understand what are we talking about.Second,we practised the"tongue twisters".Actually,it is not that by reading tongue twisters will make your tongue twist.It is actually that that words in the tongue twisters is sometimes quite alike as the other words in pronounciation.It is quite easy to read the tongue twisters.They are fun and interesting.Third,we practised our intonation.pace and volume by reading passages.Sometimes,we need to read the words in "highs"and"lows".We also need to stop a while when reading.This is called phrasing.Lastly,fourth,when we are telling stories,we need to read informally,which means we can read them in "highs"and"lows".But when we are reading an important news report,we need to read it formally,which means we must not read in"highs"and"lows".We must read it in just a little bit of "highs"and"lows".I can remember that some of my classmates went to perform the "singlish" and the wrong pronounciations.It was very funny and all of us laughed.I would like to thank ma'am for giving us the oral practices to train ourselves.I would also like to thank some of my classmates for bringing us the joy and laughter by performing on the school stage.