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Saturday, January 31, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Friendship Day is Coming!
Hey class!
It's really nice to see everyone wishing each other a Happy Chinese New Year on the tag board. :)
I think it was Ashikin who mentioned that our blog looks boring without photographs... Since Friendship Day aka "Valentine's Day" is coming up, the topic for this week is to post a photograph of yourself and your friends on this blog! :) I HOPE TO SEE NEW PEOPLE POSTING!!! It's okay if not all the people in the picture are from our class, just make sure they will be fine with their picture being on our blog before you post. Also, please do not post offensive pictures that will get our blog flamed!
The photograph that best represents "friendship" gets a prize! So as not to jam up our entire blog, please do not post more than three photographs per person, and keep your photo size SMALL or MEDIUM. I know I haven't given the post-of-the-week prize out yet... I will do so tomorrow. Please take good care of your motivational posters and remember to bring supplies to complete them in Lifeskills next week. Remember, best poster gets a prize too! :)
All the best with remaining block tests! In the meantime, here are some photographs of me and my friends...
Clowning around with my NIE friends, 2007:
Novice nuns in Nepal, Dec 2007:
Reunion with my university friends in America, June 2008:
Oh yes, we will be changing our blog address to www.5aspire.blogspot.com very soon. Stay tuned for details!
:)
Miss Ruby
Monday, January 26, 2009
Homework
Hi 5a,
These are the chinese new year homework...
1. Physics tb ques for chap 1, 2, 3 & physics w/s ( only miss kuah students)
2. English comprehension
3.Revise for english block test on wednesday (28.01.09) 4p.m-5.45p.m
4.For mother tongue homeworks, check with your friends.
vaisha...
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Just a Reminder ,
Please spread the news , i written it on the board but i don't think any one notice that .
Saturday (24th january 2009 )
7:30 am - 8:30 Maths remedial at 3SA ( if I'm not wrong )
For Mr Rozells class :
9:00am - 10:30am English Remedial ( Go through on comprehension of sharks )
Heidi ;b
Goals (heidi)
My Aims for 2009 ,
I'm gonna aim a course in Nee Ann poly (maybe )
that's 10 point ( L1B4 ),
but i will do everything , i give the best i can for my academic this year !
As I'm not sure what course i want to go in ,
I Just want to score well , in order to go to the course that i want after changing my mind .
I would likely forgo everything i like (tv , Msn , friendster ,blog)
just for my aim .
3 hours per day revision , at least :D
That's all :D
* & seriously i hope everyone , can be united as one and stop all the distractions .
Really losing focus at times .
CNY/ V-Day Gathering
Dear Class of 5 Aspire,
You are cordially invited to my place for a Chinese New Year cum pre-Valentine's Day gathering!
Date: February 7 2009
Time: 12pm to 3pm
Venue: 45 Hume Avenue, Symphony Heights Condominium
Dress code: An auspicious colour that suits the occasion. E.g. Red, pink etc. No swim wear please!
Directions:
From Pending LRT station, take bus 184 or 171. Get off at the stop just after Railway Mall. Cross the overhead bridge, and you will see BEIGE coloured condominium buildings in front of you. Register with the security guard, walk past the pool, and go to the 2nd floor of the clubhouse that is next to the BBQ pits.
Other buses that go to the same stop: 67, 961, 178, 170, 75. 173 goes onto the top of the hill and stops right outside the condominium itself.
If you are coming by MRT, you can take the MRT to Bukit Batok station and take 178 or 173 from the interchange.
I hope to see everyone there! Please let me or the class committee know if you cannot make it. Also, class committee, please work out how you want to deal with food - everyone pitch in money and order pizzas/ cater buffet? Potluck and everyone brings a dish to share?
I will provide:
1) Drinks ranging from Pokka Green Tea to Pepsi, no watered-down syrup. :P
2) Vegetarian Bee Hoon
3) Chocolate FONDUE with fruits and marshmallows. One-finger clap!!!
4) A small cake for our January babies.
5) Disposable utensils, serviettes etc.
Let me know if you need me to provide anything else.
:)
Miss Ruby
My goals for 2009 is also to do well for my 'O' levels. My aim is to go to a good polytecnic and sign up for either an aviation or marine engineering course. Even though I know that i have to work very hard to reach my goals, I will try my best to reach my goals by studying hard in class and to do my homework. I have to improve greatly in my humanities and sciences as i got a grade of 4 in my 'N' levels, not forgeting about both my english and maths. I also have to make a time-table to balance out my worklife, persona stuff and my schoold stuff.
I wish everone the best of luck
Happy Chinese New Year
Daryl...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
My Goals For 2009
My goals for 2009 is to do well in the 'o' level examinations and to enter into a good polytechnic... The way to achieve my goal is through revision and by paying full attention in class. Another goal of mine is that i must follow my time-table to manage my time between homework and own revision. Even tough, i have planned my time-table, i find it very difficult to follow. Hence, this would be one of my goal . Finally, i wish i would get enough points in my 'o' level examinations to get into my favourite course, child psychology which is available in ngee ann polytechnic. I hope i will achieve my goals in this year. I wish everyone in 5A all the best in their future endeavours... Aim High...Last but not least, i wish all my chinese classmates a very fun-filled happy chinese new year
Enjoy the long weekend....Vaisha
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Jack's Post
What are my goals for 2009 and after graduation? My goals for 2009 is to pass my GCE 'O' LEVEL with flying colours if not to the best i can do.
I can achieve my goal by studying hard when is study time and do not waste any free time i have. Most importantly, i cannot keep on studying, it will make myself mad and admit to IMH. ): so i need so relaxing time.I must plan the time well for myself. A study time table will be good! (:
I MUST GO TO POLYTECHNIC!Another goal for myself is not to disappoint my mother and do well in all exam and i must change to a better person. I CAN DO IT because i have changed! but not to the best!
What i can do during relaxing time?
- Gym
- Swimming
- Slack with friends
- Read books about taoist prayer
- Listening to songs
My Goals after graduation is that i am going to find a part time job or continue learning taoist priest thing from my master. I'm also going to prepare myself for NS by having healthy diet and excercise 3 times a week to keep myself slim and fit. I'm going to NS once i get my O level results!
Anyway, wish me good luck please ! i am going to take my theory and practical at BBDC for my car license in 4 months time. haha. **Anybody interested in buying any health plan or savings plan or invest in anything, please tell me also. I'm helping my friend at great eastern with this also. Surely, it will benefit you when you are old. trust me. I,myself bought a savings plan! thanks thanks. Loves,Jack
my answer to Miss Ruby Question.before that, poor Miss Ruby, didn't know who spelt it wrongly. hahas.anyway, my goals for 2009 is to get veri good grades for my O level, and get into the courses i want. after i graduate, i will want to pick up new skills eg, guitar and singing and of course working. during the holidays before i really start study life again.=))alright take care!!! do homework. i haven't even finish mine. got to go bye.zhongping.
NEW Question of the week
Given that the "song problem" has been resolved by our incredibly efficient blog rep... I am going to propose a NEW question of the week:
What are your goals for 2009 and after graduation?
Best response to this Q wins a prize on Friday Jan 23! Please post on the blog itself, it's easier to read.
Thanks a million vice-chair for the photos! Zi Hui looks so "productive" trying to "help out" in the last picture. Oh yeah, we should post a picture of the completed decorations! :) Can I also point out that someone spelt SECONDARY school wrongly in the CNY Hamper card... I was mocked mercilessly in the staff room because of this. Sob!
Study groups are a great idea - let me know your plans.
:)
Miss Ruby
Saturday, January 17, 2009
homework
Reminder: please remind those chinese people who did not pass up Bao Zhang Bao Dao please up on monday 18 january 2009
From:Jeffery
hi classmates,
its me again the vice chairperson.
this past weeks i have been working well with the class.
i got not much of a complain. keep it up man.
i hope everyone is coping well with their studies...
any problems that you are struggling with can go find teacher, or the comittee.
we will do our best to help. DON'T STRESS!!!
haha.
some random pics here that i took during class deco.
just to make the blog more interesting.
look at our 2 art students.. clap for them man. they did alot for the class notice board.
without them i don't think it will turn out this nice. credits also to the rest helping CLAPS!!!
=))
Suggestion:
1. making a class T-shirt, before we really get busy with our studies and no time for that. Somemore this is our LAST YEAR!!!
2. Study Group after school. not confirm. will discuss with miss ruby, and update you guys on how it works. =))
these are my suggestion only, don't scold me. hahas.
alright. you guys enjoy your weekends.
but before that remember to finish up your homework. =))
list of homeworks:
1.Miss Kuah students>>> Physic Ws 14.1, 14.2, 14.3 and Physic Workbook.
2.Math Ws on trigo.
3.Chinese Students>>> Xi Zi, Ting Xie, Li Jie Wen Da for people who went for Miss Chee remedial.
*if i miss out anything do post it for me. Thank yOU.
gOODBYE!!!
Friday, January 16, 2009
Lifeskills Next Week
Hello hello to all the folks who said hello on the tagboard! Do post on the blog ITSELF as well, now that you all have the userid & password. If you have lost it, ask your friends in the class committee.
So, how did people find the "line game" we played this week? I learnt a little bit more about our class, but I'll bet there were people who didn't answer with complete honesty. E.g. The question about boyfriends and girlfriends. Ha! Thanks to those who had the courage to take a step forward, especially for the more sensitive questions.
For lifeskills next week, I'd like everyone to think about their goals for 2009, and also to think about what they would like to change about themselves this year. We will do actual target setting on paper in week 4, so I'd like us to start thinking in that direction. In your free time, surf JC/ polytechnic/ private school websites, find out about courses you might be interested in, and start planning NOW. Please do not wait till you receive your GCE 'O' level results before deciding where to go, based on the options given to you. You will regret not having had a clear goal and working towards that goal. Also, there will be a PRIZE for the top in English & overall top student for the first block test. Strive hard everyone! :)
Not many people responded to my question on what "A" in 5A should stand for - I am personally a fan of 5 ASPIRE. Maybe we can take a vote in lifeskills next week before we change the name of our blog URL.
:)
Miss Ruby
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Hellos ! everybody lets work hard tgt for our aim to poly !
(: Everyone stop playing alright , stop all nonsense and start studying ok :D
After monday's result releasing , you know how hard it gonna be for us ,
you can their results , evern though they worked so hard but , their results wasnt that expected aft all ,
so we must work even harder if all of us want to go poly , imean not only poly but to courses we want .
ALRIGHT! , lets work hard tgt as a class
:DDD
Hweejun`heidi
Jiayou , jyjy
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Hi classmates,
since so many people has been asking the class to buck up,
I shall not nag much here too.
i wish all a the very best in your school work now man!!!
need help in SS can ask me, i'm willing to help.
sorry ah, i only got confident in SS & His.
=)) lets all do it well man!!!
Want to take this chance to thank the gals n a few boys who stayed back yesterday to help out with the class CNY deco!!!
really is a great job done!!!
Give urself a big big big CLAP man!!!
loves classmates!!!
Alright, tomorrow got lifeskill lesson...
lets look forwad to what plans Miss Ruby had prepared for us man!!!...
=))
goodnights ladies n gentlements.
loves!!!
Monday, January 12, 2009
Vaisha's Post
Hi 5a, we just witnessed the release of 'o' level results today and soon,it will be our turn to recieve the 'o' level results.It is definately a big jump from 'n' level to 'o' level. However, we can do it if all of us put in 100% effort. Always remember that miss ruby is expecting 100% polytechnic admission from us and we must not disappoint her. So from now onwards, lets pay full attention in all classes and attend all structured remedial classes which are planned for us. We will be able to do it with perserverance. So 5a, LETS PERSERVERE TILL THE END TOGETHER... Let me the first person to wish all of you good luck and best wishes for the journey we are
going to take to succeed together. The victory shall be ours. Go 5a...
vaisha
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Annoucement!!!to save cost buyin all the materials for CNY,
people who has old CNY deco or anything that suit the CNY theme,
pls recycle them and bring it to school.
thankyou.
eg. Jack is bringing lights to school. i don't know how to describe but we are using it.
for my self i will be bring flowers for the notice board. it's recycled.
so if you have any, please do bring it to school yeah?!
thankyou.
Items to bring on mon for CNY deco.
1.Scotchtape.
2.Doublesided Tape.
3.Scissor.
4.Stapler and Bullets.
5.Bluetag if possible.
6.Crayons.
7.Recycled Materials.
8.Can Food.-Compulsory
Class please play apart in contributing to the items.
more materials, things can be done faster that way.
then we don't have to go around sharing.
at least bring 2-3 items aside from the compulsory item.
thank you.
To make things easy, some of the people may not visit the blog,
so this is what we can do. below are the people that you are to inform to bring the above items.
i really seek your help.
thankyou.
hweejun-candy and weikim
Jack-yanzhi, tim, raymond and zihui.
Fariq-ezad, hamirul, khairi, asyraff, ridhwan and kama.
Vaishanavi-XueHui, Camille, Santosh and Niroshini
Daryl-Raynie,Eugene,jiewi and jeffery
Ashikin-safura, siti, adilah, diyanah and syafiqah
the rest i will inform, thank you...
those names which are in red, you are to pass the message down to your group.
the names are all written beside your name.
please pass the message down clearly. thank you.
zhongping
I read the news today, oh boy...
Thanks to all who have been posting on the blog - encouraging messages, public apologies, what next? Declarations of love? ;) It's very nice to see this positive spirit here. Keep it up! To be fair, I have authorized Fariq to give out the userid and password to everyone in class so you can all post on the blog. Zhong Ping & Jack can give out the information as well. I will also give out the userid and password in class on Monday.
Anyway, I am posting on a Saturday morning because I finally had time to read the paper today, and it broke my heart to read, on page 11 of World News, about what is happening in the Gaza strip in the Middle East. The headline says "One in Three Who Die in Gaza War Are Children," and there is the saddest photograph next to it. In the article, you can read about 10 boys who continue to play soccer despite the shelling from bombs around them, because they are used to it. Can you imagine living in a place like this?
Of note in Home news is a very small article about the Chinatown murder that happened a few days ago, in which an 18-year-old boy was beaten to death by 4 strangers over a staring incident. The strangers turned out to be 4 young men aged 19 to 21, and if convicted, they face the death penalty. Isn't it ridiculous? To lose your life over something like this? It's very sad to see young people throwing away their lives because of a moment of folly.
There's also a Saturday Special on how young graduates find it difficult to get jobs all over the world, thanks to the ongoing economic recession. Hopefully when you all graduate from tertiary education, the world economy will be in a better place.
So much bad news on a Saturday morning! But really my point is this - this weekend, count your blessings. That you live in a peaceful country. That you have loved ones around you. That you have the chance to go to school. That you have the chance to achieve your dreams this year. That you are alive!
Have a good weekend! Remember to post on what you think the "A" in 5A should stand for, or you can respond to this post as well.
:)
Miss Ruby
Labels: News in brief
Friday, January 9, 2009
Annoucement!!!
Class of 5AA is to stay back on monday to do the class decoration for CNY.
3.00pm
people who cannot make it, pls come and inform me so that i can take down your name.
people having oral will come after your oral.
i seek your cooperation.
thank you.
hallo, is me again.
Just want to thank you people for cooperating and giving ideas for the class deco.
keep it up man.
you guys can do alot more than this.
put this spirit into studies too.
=))
want to aplogise for shouting at Raymond today during chinese class and ignoring some boys.
but you guys should know why i did that.
anyway,sorry.
i believe your should know your mistake by now.
i hope to seek you guys understanding and cooperation towards every single teacher while they are teaching.
it is for the sake of the class and also you yourself.
thankyou!!!
i seek your understanding. =))
Intelligent=1%
ATTITUDE=99%
zHONgPiNG
Thursday, January 8, 2009
hi all,
i agree with what Jack says, about how the class sholud be.
i believe many of you agree to his words as well.
=))
i believe after so many rounds of talking and sharing from friends and teachers, we have a goal now right?!
i think everyone of us will know what is next right?!
GO PEOPLE!!! JUST DO IT.
anYway,
i look forward in working with the class as a vice chairperson.
i seek your cooperation and understanding towards both me and Vaisha.
Thank You.
We will do our BEST and not let the class down.
Have Trust in us, and we will not let you down.
ThankYou.
Jiayou.
Apple... ZhongPing...
Jack's Post
HELLO 5a'09 ! We have come so far till the final stage of our secondary education. Please do not waste the effort and time you put in for the past 4 years in GSS!. I'm sure you put in the effort,hardwork & time is because you want to pursue your 'O' level and get to polytechnic! Don't waste it!
Let's help each other if we got any problems regardless of schoolwork or any other problems.
Please unite as one ! We are sec5, let us make ourselves proud with any good ways. For example, decorate the class for CNY and be the top.
Always remember this :
ATTITUDE = 100 !!
HARDWORK = SUCCESS !!
The time,effort and hardwork will always pays off at the end. No worries at all friends.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
PS : Anyway, to those hokkien and taoist or buddist people, if any of your friends or family need priest for funeral prayers or god prayers, you can contact me and i will help you arrange. No worries. : )
Jack ( :
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
What does the "A" in 5A stand for?
Hello, class of 5A 2009!
The main reason why I would prefer for us not to be known as 5NA is because the acronym "NA" usually stands for "Not Applicable." For example, if I were filling out a form, and the form asked me to put down the number of children I have, I could write "NA," because I have no children. To my mind, "NA" doesn't sound like a very positive acronym. It would be very sad if we were the class of 5 "Not Applicable."
It's very important that we pick a good word to stand for who we are. As Mr. Rozells mentioned at assembly this morning, books are weapons, and WORDS HAVE POWER. What we call ourselves will shape what we believe about ourselves and what we achieve.
So in the comments section, I'd like you to post what you think the "A" in 5A should stand for, and give one or two reasons why you like this word. Please pick a positive and uplifting word that will give us strength throughout this year!
Some suggestions from me: A for Aspire? Attitude? Amazing? Awesome? All-stars? Arrived? Achievement?
Post your comment on this blog or on the tagboard by Friday January 16. The best comment for the week will win a prize! If you don't know how to post on a blog, ask a friend for help!
:)
Miss Ruby
Ground Rules
Welcome to our class blog! :)
A couple of ground rules I would like everyone to observe:
1) As usual, RESPECT your friends and teachers when posting on this blog. You are writing in a public domain and your comments can easily be copied, pasted, emailed and used against you. So think carefully before you post.
2) Take RESPONSIBILITY for your comments. Make sure you include your name at the end of every comment you post.
3) As far as possible, write in standard English. As your English teacher I will be posting English-related topics on this blog, on top of posts related to class or Lifeskills matters. Please try to keep SMS/ chat language to a minimum. Emoticons like this :-) are acceptable. Chat spelling & acronyms e.g. "Aniwae, see u l8tr!" are NOT acceptable.
If you can think of any more ground rules we should observe on this blog, or in class, post a comment here. If not, have fun blogging!
:)
Miss Ruby
