Influenza A H1N1

Hey all! I guess you've heard of the Influenza A H1N1 virus., better known as 'swine flu'. Some symptoms of swine flu are cough, fever, sore throat, headaches and chills. Presently, the number of confirmed cases around the world totals to about 17,705, with 4 cases in Singapore! It's creepy, how fast this virus can spread. Some countries in Asia like Japan, South Korea, China, Malaysia, and of course Singapore, have cases of the H1N1 virus. To prevent the spread of the virus, they quarantine tourists from Mexico or people who have H1N1 like symptoms.
Recently, our school has been conducting temperature taking exercises, which I think is quite effective, because if the pupil has H1N1 like symptoms, he or she will be sent home instead of the pupil passing his or her illness to everyone else.
By the way, if you have been to the airport recently, have you noticed these tiny little cameras on the ceiling? These are in fact 'thermometers'. Instead of it taking your photo, these nifty little gadgets will take your temperature!
To prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus, we should always cover our nose or mouth with a tissue when we sneeze or cough and wash our hand regularly.
Well, I guess I've come to the end of my post. 'Till next time!

Kindness

Hi everyone! This weeks post is on kindness. To me, kindness would mean doing nice things for someone or just helping someone do something. Being kind is very important. Why? Well, no one would want to live in a world where everyone's horrible to each other, right? People could show their kindness in simple things, like giving up your seat in a bus or MRT to some one who needs it more. There was this one time when a pregnant woman came onto the bus and I let her take my seat. I felt happy that I could help her. Promoting kindness could be done by sharing acts of kindness with everyone around and they'll probably be inspired to do the same.
Well, that's the end of my post. Remember to be kind!

Oral Exam

Hi everyone! Yesterday I went for my Oral exam, but it wasn't as scary as I thought it was.(It was quite easy, actually!) I went for my english oral first, but I had to wait a really long time, so I read the book I borrowed, The Cole Protocol, while waiting.(Thanks for the book, Nigel!) The picture was about this scene in the zoo. A couple was riding the elephant and the zoo was holding an art competition called 'We Love Animals'. And there was this boy in the picture who was doing a very unloving act to this peacock(or at least he was going to do it). In the english conversation, I feel that I could have said more.Then I went for my chinese oral, but I was prepared for it, thanks to a hunch. For chinese oral, when the teacher asked me a question in the conversation, I found I kept on repeating stuff that I had said when I looked a the picture and described what was in it.
All in all, it was quite easy. Well, I sure hope no one ever got a nervous breakdown before going for oral! :)

International Friendship Day

Hi everyone! Today, I'll be blogging about International Friendship Day. The theme for this year is 'Getting To Know ASEAN'. I'm not sure how International Friendship Day came about.(whoops!) ASEAN stands for Association of South East Asian Nations. I hardly know anything about ASEAN(yup, you read that correctly) except that it was created in August 1967. On International Friendship Day, our school organized a concert for us. An Indonesian woman told us about her country. I don't have any friends in any ASEAN countries.(What a shame.) I think the school should have more exchange trips to other ASEAN countries. This way, we students could learn more about the people there, and know what its like to be in their shoes.(Not literally.)
Well, this is probably one of my shortest posts, as I didn't have much to write about. Hopefully I'll have more to blog about next time.

Learning Journey @ Singapore History Museum

Hi everyone! This time, I'm going to blog about the learning journey we went to on Monday. We left the school at about 1.15 pm, reaching the Singapore History Museum at about 1.45 pm. There, we were briefed on how to use the Companion and were each given a pair of headphones. Then, we were led into this very dark and gigantic area with screens all around us. After walking down a spiraling ramp, we headed into the History gallery, which was way darker than I expected. There were countless exhibits and artifacts there. If we wanted to know more about the exhibits in that certain area, we just looked for a number on the floor and punched the number into the Companion.
Most of the exhibits there were mainly about the fall and rise of Singapore. There was this really cool machine gun that was on display. It was retrieved from a British ship that was sunk by the Japanese. After about an hour, we had to return the Companions at the exit. Then, we headed of to the Singapore Living Galleries, where we learnt more about the food, fashion, films and wayang of the time. We learnt how the foods and fashions were like in the past, and we also got to see this Malay horror movie.(No one screamed though. Strange. When people watch horror movies, they usually scream their heads off, unless their brave enough.) We also got to look at some cool stuff that were used in the film industry and some costumes and props used in the wayang.on
All in all, it was a wonderful learning experience for everyone. I hope that we can go on more learning journeys in the near future.

Healthy Eating

Hi everyone! Did everyone act as good environmentalists by participating in Earth Hour? Hopefully, everyone did. Now, back to what I'm blogging about today. As everyone knows, we all have to eat to have the energy to do things everyday. However, we also need to know how to eat healthily. If we don't, it might lead to diseases(its a very long list) and we will become victims of them. In order to be healthy, we must eat a balanced diet of rice or noodles, meat, vegetables and fruit.(Next time your parents tell you to eat your vegetables, don't complain. And don't forget to exercise.) Unhealthy foods... French fries, hamburgers, deep fried food, etc. Like I said earlier, if you don't eat healthily you'll fall prey to heart disease or diabetes or other diseases out there caused by unhealthy eating.
Eating fruits and vegetables is a good way to eat healthily, as both contain a truckload of vitamins each. I may like to eat certain fruits, but vegetables... Let's say I'm not such a fan of vegetables, apart from broccoli and lettuce. I do support the school's campaign in encouraging pupils to eat more fruits and vegetables, but I doubt if it'll achieve overwhelming response. On the day that the students would willingly eat their fruits and vegetables, pigs might fly, and lions would become vegetarians. Putting up posters around the school might help, and hopefully it might work. So, go on everyone! Prove me wrong and let the poor pigs fly! :)

Earth Hour

Everyone has heard about Earth Hour, right? Well, I'm going to tell you what its all about and why people are being very serious over this. Earth Hour is an annual international event created by the WWF, held on the last Saturday of March, that asks households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. It will be held on 28 March this year.
This is the first time Singapore will be taking part in this global event, and I'm really excited about it! Here are some activities that anyone could try out during Earth Hour: Attend a local Earth Hour event or organise your own by throwing an Earth Hour street party with your neighbours; enjoy a family dinner by candlelight; or you could organise a treasure hunt in the dark!
Right now, the Earth is facing more problems than anyone would care to like. Not only is global warming threatening to grip the Earth, we're also facing pollution, deforestation, animals going extinct, etc. Some solutions to these problems are to ban hunting of animals that are endangered or seriously endangered. For pollution, people should start installing solar panels on their roofs!!! Deforestation... I don't have a solution for that one yet... I'll answer that one in few weeks time when I think of a solution. :) For now, bye! And remeber to participate in Earth Hour!!

Passion For Learning

Hi everyone! This month's value is passion for learning, hence the title. Passion is about wanting to do something over and over again until you can do as best as you can. Passion for learning is really important. Why you ask? Well, if no one ever had passion for learning, no one would want to learn anymore! If no one bothered to learn, Newton wouldn't have bothered to think about why the apple dropped down on his head instead of going up or sideways. But luckily, there are a good amount of people with a passion for learning, or a passion for anything else.
Take Micheal Phelps, for example. He won those 8 gold medals at the OLympics. He beat all the other swimmers by training long and hard. I think, more people should have a passion like his. I have a passion for learning, as I try to pay 100% attension in class, and do my best in my work. To develop a passion for learning, or any other type of passion, you just have to start by first enjoying that certain thing, I guess.
Well, that concludes what I have to say about passion for learning.

What I Will Defend

Hi guys and fellow Maplers out there! This week, for a blogging competition, we were assigned to write about what we would defend, in conjunction with Total Defence Day. What would I defend? I would defend the enviroment. Now, with global warming and climate change, the climate of certain countries have changed a little. If no one cared about global warming, places near the equator would start snowing, and Antartica and The Artic wouldn't even be where they are now.
Last year, the school started to raise funds to get a few air conditioning units in the hall. If the school could actually get enough funds to get the air-cons, the school could start another fund to install solar panels on the roof!(Really, I'm not kidding. But of course, it might cost a teeny-weeny bit too much, but its still possible, right?)
Anyway, I just want to say, good luck to everyone, and may the best blogger win!

Starting Schools Later

Have you ever wondered why schools start so early? I have, and starting school early at 7.30 a.m. can be really tiring. The reason why schools start early is because that normally, schools have a morning session and an afternoon session. But, with only the P1s and the P2s, why can't the P3s and P4s join them in the afternoon? This, would then allow only two levels to wake up early, thus sparing more pupils from lack of sleep. But of course, there is another way, by starting the morning session later, at 9 a.m. This way, the pupils will have enough sleep and the bus drivers can still ferry the factory workers to their destinations. Then, instead of having recess, there'll be lunch at about 12 noon to 1 p.m. And possibly, school will end at aout 2.30 p.m. or 3 p.m.
And that concludes on my say to start school later. Hopefully, this will also happen with secondary schools, if this does happen, that is.

The new year in school

Hi guys! Welcome back to school! Hopefully you liked the first week. We were really lucky to get Mrs Azhar as she was also our teacher in P5. I can't believe that the years have just flew by and now I'm in P6 with the PSLE coming up! Here's a tip: Everyone study hard and its guaranteed that you'll get into a good school. Well, I hope that rest of the year will be good!

Children's Day Celebration

Firstly, I'd like to thank Mrs Azhar for wishing me a very happy Children's Day! Secondly, I'd like to thank all the teachers who put up such a wonderful concert for all the pupils! After recess, the teachers put up a play for everyone to watch. I guess it was hard for them to memorise their lines, because they still had to teach and do what teachers do. :-)

Anyway, the play was about a day on Hari Raya Puasa(which coincidentally was on the same day as Children's Day). Mrs Azhar was in it too!

I hope that Mrs Azhar didn't spend alot on the snacks that she bought for the class. I really enjoyed them(the snacks, that is) and I think everyone else did too!(Right?) I'll be looking forward to another enjoyable celebration next year! 

I hope I'll be getting as many snacks next year! :-)

P5 Camp

2 weeks ago, we had to go for a camp. But, I fell ill on the day that we had to go for the camp. I think the activities would have been quite fun. I hope everyone enjoyed it!

Teachers' Day

Firstly, I'd like to wish all teachers a happy teachers day!
My P5 teacher is Mrs Azhar! She is a very wonderful teacher, and all her lessons are very interesting. Sometimes, even though she has a sore throat, she will still come to school to teach. Because she is such a great teacher, I really hope that she can teach us next year(although it might not happen). Mrs Azhar is a very inspiring teacher, and always tells us to do our best in whatever we do.
I sure am looking forward to next year's Teacher's Day Celebration. So...

HAPPY TEACHER'S DAY!

He has done it!

After smashing 7 world records and 1 Olympic record, Micheal Phelps, aka "The Baltimore Bullet", has gotten all the gold medals that he was aiming for! On Sunday (17/8/08), Phelps and his team managed to grab the gold medal to bring his medal tally to 8. In the first two rounds of the relay medley, the US were lagging behind in 3rd place, but Phelps and teammate Jason Lezak managed to turn the tides on their opponents!
In his second last race, Phelps nearly lost his gold to a Serbian, Milorad Cavic, but thanks to his speed, managed to miss getting the silver medal by just 1 millisecond. Very close indeed.
Well, let's hope he can do the same in the 2012 London Olympics! I wish him all the best!

Beijing Olympics 2008

Hi everyone! Did you see the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics? It was wonderful! The drummers were very synchronized, making it look as though they were one thing, instead of just being individual. It was also very interesting to see the people dancing and painting on the very big "scroll".
The fireworks that were "walking" towards the stadium was quite unique too!(although it was computer generated, as I found out later.) The man that lighted the Olympic torch "flew" on the walls before lighting the big torch.
Which athlete will you be supporting? I'll be supporting Micheal Phelps, the swimmer, who will be trying to get all 8 gold medals in all the swimming events. He almost got a silver medal in the 4 x 100m swimming event. Luckily for him, Jason Lezak, the last swimmer, forged ahead, and beat the last French swimmer by just 8 milliseconds. Very very close, don't you think? Anyway, Micheal Phelps has already won his 6th gold medal! Well, let's hope he can go on and get his 7th and 8th!

Go Micheal Phelps!

Racial Harmony Day

Hi everyone! Today, I'm going to talk about the Racial Harmony Day celebration in school on Monday. During recess, there were some stalls set up that were selling traditional food, like satay, dragon's beard candy etc. I didn't get to buy any though...
Oops! I nearly forgot! Before recess, there was a play in the hall called "The Importance of Being Kay-Po" (means busybody). It was totally hilarious! Later, there were supposed to be a few activities in the parade square, but since it was raining, the activities had to be in the hall. :(
Later in class, we each made a garland. It was hard, but I finally managed to finish it at home. All of the activities were incredibly fun. I hope that the school will organise it again next year!

National Day Parade

Hi everyone! Today, I'm going to talk about the NDP. I was actually suppose to talk about the NE show, but I was feeling sick on that day, so I didn't go. But, I heard from my friends that it was fun. So instead, the NDP. The NDP, of course, stands for National Day Parade.
The NDP is a very big show, and alot of people like it. For instance, I like the aircraft. But, I can't go for the real thing, as tickets are very expensive, and the stadium can be very crowded. So I can only watch it on TV... :(
Okay, that's all I have to say. I hope you enjoy the NDP!

SPICES

Hi everyone! Today I'm going to talk about SPICES. You may be thinking about cinnamon and other spices but, SPICES is actually an acronym for Sincerity, Passion, Integrity, Courage, Excellence, and Self- discipline. Below are some examples on these values:

Sincerity:When you give up your seat in a crowded bus to a someone who needs it more.

Passion: When you do your homework thoroughly and check it until you are content with it.

Integrity: When you find money on the ground, instead of keeping it for yourself, you give it to a teacher or to the General Office.

Courage: When you have done something wrong, instead of lying about not doing it, you own up.

Excellence: When you keep on trying to do a certain thing, you keep on trying, and finally persevere.

Self- discipline: When you behave yourself without being told to do so.

And that's SPICES!

Reflection 5 :Netiquette

Hi everyone! Today, I'm going to talk about Netiquette. Netiquette is about displaying Internet courtesy and demonstrating mutual respect in Cyberspace. They are rules like everyday laws or school rules. There are 6 rules of Netiquette, which are:
1. Use capital letters and punctuation correctly. (Don't shout: Using capital letters unnecessarily)
2. Respect other people's time and privacy. (Only send important emails to people)
3. Know your audience. (Know who you are "speaking" to)
4. Don't flame. (No crude words or threatening)
5. Do not copy software, videos and other things that are under the copyright law.
6. Know when to use formal and informal styles of writing properly. (Use a formal style of writing when writing to your teacher)
We should follow the rules of netiquette to make Cyberspace a much safer, nicer, and better place for everyone.
And, always remember this Golden Message :
Display good manners and demonstrate mutual respect in Cyberspace!