Favouritism?

I'll be blogging about the Racial Harmony Day "saga" today as I have promised. Here goes!

Racial Harmony Day (RH Day) celebrations in my school were held on Wednesday (23rd June 2008). No lessons, half day and only a test for Secondary 4's after school. "What a great opportunity to skip school/come 2-4 hours late!" thought many people. Mr Koh told us that the people that came late would be getting punishment and would not be let off easily. Wednesday came and ~100 people from secondary 4 came late/ did not come at all.

The next day, Thursday, those who skipped school on Wednesday were called forth during morning assembly . Most of the people who did it bravely stepped forward without coaxing. (at least that's what I hope) They got yelled at by Mr Tan Kee Ho and Ms Mildred Yap (are the spelling and title correct?).

(In this paragraph, the information is from a friend who came late on Wednesday) Then they got detention till 2PM in the hall so they missed classes, they had to do a reflection form. On top of that, the students' School Graduation Certificate will be affected, students taught by Ms Mildred Yap would not get their exercises and tests marked by her and students in Principal's Honours List who skipped will get their names struck off!

Subsequently on Friday, Mr Koh asked those who skipped school on Wednesday to come forth during morning assembly while everyone else returned to class . Including those who had parent's letters "hiding behind Mommy and Daddy" as Mr Koh called it. (Dunno what happens after this but they return to class shortly after.)

But this is not what makes me peeved even though the punishment seems a little too extreme.
What I am really peeved about is how it seems that certain students are being favoured and given an "unfair advantage". The favouritism was VERY obvious during this RH Day thing.

Certain people had their parent's protecting them and had parents write letters of excuse for them but what was TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE was that certain people could simply pass a parent's letter and be excused without the teacher even reading it while the majority of the students had to be held back 1-2 hours before they could have the opportunity to give the letter to the teachers and even then were not excused. Favouritism? NAH, CAN'T BE.

What's more, these people had to be "dragged out" to give their letters. No courage to step up even though they did have an excuse from mom/dad or no courage to face the punishment cause they knew they were guilty of skipping for fun?

I even over heard someone trying to protect the person who skipped by asking the chairman not to call the person forward. Please do not lie to yourself, do you really think you're helping him/ her?

It really pisses me off that these people get to get away Scot-free. There really isn't any justice in this world is there?

Finally on Friday when Mr Koh called those who were "hiding behind by Mommy and Daddy", guess what? These people did not step up, some even had teachers PERSONALLY approach them to move forward they ignored the teacher AND they did not get yelled at. Interesting.
I heard later that they laughed while walking by the brave ones that came up and were sitting on the floor. Don't you feel like slapping / punching them?

Could really just go on and on about this but i think i'll stop here for today.

Here's a random picture to make things a little interesting.

For you NCC (sea) guys

Progress

Went skating today with Melvin and Azri. Made lots of videos. I think I have made quite a bit of progress. I am into freestyle slide genre if you did not already know by now. Edited the video so its pretty short. The guy in white top +camouflage pants is me. The other guy in black would be Melvin. He's an ex TK student. IP-ed to Temasek Junior College same age as me.

persistence

I just think this is really cool and wanted to share this with you guys. We were having physics today, in the lab and we did a practical using magnets. After we completed, we got bored and started to play with magnets. This is by far the most impressive. Kudos to Daniel.

there were no strings attached.


will post about the Racial Harmony (RH) Day Saga on Monday, after Mr Lee's address. Need to get some things off my chest.

Exclusivity

For those who don't know, today we celebrated Racial Harmony Day at school, yeah i know its just some government propaganda, but hey! I get to ethnic clothes(for the first time). Probably only 1% of the school was wearing ethnic clothing (thanks Az!) and i felt super exclusive today cause i wearing ethnic clothes. Its like unspoken understanding between those wearing ethnic clothes. Now, for the photos...(names are from left to right)

First photograph of the day, Faizan, Azri and I


second picture, Nadiah, Ameera, Az and I


Firza and I, sorry about the bad exposure


Some of the Secondary 4's feeling racially harmonious, too lazy to name all


With Sec 4A


As you would've guessed by now, i had a great Racial Harmony Day,(its not about the girls) Thanks Az for lending me the clothes.

Chainsaws in my throat

Been sick since Thursday. Throat infection i think, at least the fever's subsided. Skipped school on Friday and i am pretty bummed out about it. Why? Cause I missed PE, that's not where the problem lies though. Problem is, we're having Racial Harmony day on Wednesday so there are no lessons on Wednesday but my next PE class is on Wednesday. Bummer.

Oh yeah, i also sabo-ed Jamie to be the co-class leader for our class's "Be Our Guest" project along with surprise, surprise...Zahran and we're doing something concerning Homosexuality. This year's "Be Our Guest" project seems like its gonna be interesting. Buahaha

P.S thanks to the guys who commented, you guys broke the record on this blog for the highest number of comments on one post! Congratulations!

Long times

The past two days have simply been all about stuff that has lasted very long.
-NCC (the post is below)
-my school bag

This post is about my bag. Served me very well during its use for 4.5-5 years as my school bag but finally, all things wear down and i retired my bag today. Bye Bye bag.

my bag


the reason why i couldn't use it anymore.


tiny spots of mold growing?


so yeah that's it.

POP-ed

Finally stepped down from NCC (sea). *Huge sigh of relief* stepped down on Friday. Just realised that we are one of the few UG's, if not the only UG that has overnight stays when the sec4s "retire". My "finest hour" has passed and i am still filled with emotions. As i watched the customary video of us since we were sec 1 till now. I realised how much we changed, bonded and maybe even fell "accidentally in love" with each other. 3.5 years has been a long time and i am so glad i didn't waste it in some other CCA. As i took of the badges from my no. 3 and put it in the laundry basket, it struck me, i was taking off my badges for the last time and probably never going to wear my no.3 anymore.It was like everything was being kept for good not only in my cupboard but in my heart, mind and soul. NCC will now just seems like a very long, sweet dream. Just wanna dedicate this to all you TK NCC (sea) guys.
P.S. NCC guys please shout this together with me in your mind.

PART DEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
HUUUUU YAAA PART DEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

Service Award , smerwise award

Just in case you thought I was bitching about not getting a service award, I actually do have one but this post is dedicated to those who did not get one. Cheer up. Sure Service Awards look good on a resume but do you want to work for someone else your whole life, making him richer? Service Awards just show that that person is good at service. Everyone is gifted, but there are only limited service awards to be given. If you don't have one, don't despair continue what you do best. It'll pay off. Anyway, here are some pictures i took on Service Award Day.

That's me in no. 3


My friend Azri and I, two of TK NCC(sea) 's 3 1st sergeants


Damn, Ashley is taller than me :( (both of us were tip-toe-ing)


The Dyanamic Trio


In other news, I vinyl-ed my file with environment conservation messages. GO captain planet!