HaGaSsInEsHnAh

English Holiday Homework

2008-07-07T06:09:00.000-07:00

Qn 1) It is better to be safe and not take risks. How far is this true?
Taking risks means that the person should not worry about his/her safety. This also includes the fact that the person could even die if he is taking a risks. Many who want thrill and excitement in their lives are taking risks. They most likely do not fear for their lives.

Many do prefer to be safe than to take risks. These people are those who are afraid of their lives. They rather stay safe than to take risks. By not taking risks these people play safe. Majority feels better to be safe. However there are still minorities who do take risks. Many do activities such as diving and bunji jumping for the fun they get and do not worry about their lives.

Qn 2) It is foolish to look for excitement in dangerous activities. Do you agree?

Dangerous activities are not safe to do. However at times certain dangerous activities could bring the fun and excitement that the person expects. For example, bunji jumping could be dangerous, but many feel the thrill in this activity. They rely totally on the rope and risk their lives to jump off the cliff. The probability for the rope to break off is low, but yet it’s not zero. There is still chance for it to break. This may be the dangerous part of the activity that the people should worry about.

It is also not right to expect excitement from dangerous activities. Life comes before excitement. By going after excitement there may be chances for the person to lose his/her life. This factor is very important to be concerned about.

Qn3) Women in society. What are their roles these days?

In the past, women were considered as housewives who do not have a word to be said in the family. They were not given the opportunity to study nor work. This leads them to be uneducated and jobless, thus have to rely on their husband to live. They stayed at home cooking and taking care of their children.

However, things these days are changing. Women have been given equal rights just like men, to do things. They are allowed to study and moreover given the chance to make their own future. They are not forced to get married and settle down with a family that fast.

Qn4) Qualities that you would look for in a friend.

A friend is someone who aids the person with help when he/she needs it. Many imagine their friends to be the best person in their life. Some even treat their friends better than their parents. However the true meaning of friends is that he/she must be always there when you are in a problem. Not only that, they must be trust worthy to keep secrets. Friends are always the best listening ear for secrets to be told.

On the whole a friend should be the person you can totally believe in. That friend should make you feel that you are special to him/her.

Qn5) Advancement in medical knowledge. Boon or bane?

Medical is an important factor in a country. It provides the country with health facilities. Every century, new life killing deceases are found. To be able to fight back such illness, medical is needed. By improving in medical, new medicines are found and better ways are created to keep the nation clean and decease free.

Advancement in medical is definitely blessing as many lives could be saved every time. Not only that, by knowing the new medicines, it is faster for patients to be cured. Moreover, the nation’s hospital facilities would also improve through this.

Qns6) Would the world have been a safer and cleaner place without science?

The world would not have improved this far without science. Singapore would not have grown without science. It would not have gotten the chance to create “NeWater” without science.

Science always has its own path. It’s not the fact of safe or clean it is. It’s about how to use science. For example, during various science experiments, procedures are given, but when those procedures are not followed it leads to distraction and explosion. Thus when science is being followed wisely, it is still safer and cleaner.

Qns7) Science has done much harm than good! Do you agree?

Science had brought great achievements to the world. Such achievement is the satellite. Satellite had brought much information of our neighbouring planets.

However not all achievements are good to the world. For example, due to science and technology, we are now enabled to travel around as and when we like, but we are not much aware of the harmful gases produced into the world through this. This could be an example of hoe science is not safe to the world.

My FaMiLy!!!

2008-02-17T05:19:00.000-08:00

My family is an extended family. It is filled with my grandmother, 2 aunts, 2 uncles and my 2 brothers living together under one roof. Most of the time it would be very fun with all together at home. The house would usually be very noisy. It would be very entertained when in the house. We live in a 4-room HDB flat. There is room for everyone in the house. Fortunately my brother and I share a room and we got our own privacy.
Staying in an extended family brings up lots of positive attitudes towards our growth. I get to learn how to share my belongings with the people around me. I learn teamwork from my family. Most importantly, I learnt to care for everyone around me. At times we get to sit together and have our dinner. That time would be the most adventures time. We get to share our thoughts and experience for that day.
Everyone in family have their own way of life. The way food is prepared for everyone is one of the various differences that we carry. We give in to many things. For example, the food prepared everyday would each of our choice each day. It’s that fun to enjoy the favourites of my family. More than this, I also get to clear my doubts with them. Many would call their friends but in my case, I get the chance to ask my family members first before I could ask my friends.

My nEw yEaR TaRgEt aNd eXpEcTaTiOns!!!

2008-01-13T04:51:00.001-08:00

My target for my Preliminary Paper is that I should at least attain B3 for every subject. In this way I can improve my target for O’ levels by each grade for every subject. Currently I am not doing well in Maths. I had taken up tuition for that subject. This could help me get into Polytechnic, as Maths is a compulsory subject for both Polytechnic and Junior College. As this is my final year, I have told myself to perk up on every subject. I have not just started to go for tuition classes, but also divided my time equally for fun and mostly for revision, homework and self study. I hope by doing all this I can do well in my O’ levels.

My expectations are to achieve all my targets and my resolutions. As for my resolutions, I have in both my studies and also in lifestyle. In my studies, I want to become a better person in class. I used be someone who gives up that lesson if a do not understand. But now I want to change it. I have decided that even if I do not understand, I still listen to the rest of the lesson taught by the teacher, and ask him/her my queries after lesson or school. In this way not I do not day dream in class, but also understand the topic. In my lifestyle, I want to be a good friend to my friends, a good student to my teacher and a good member to my family. By these, everyone around me gets the best out from me. Since this is the last year, I am going to be with my teachers and classmates, why not make them happy?

Thus these are my target and expectations for this year!

HoW DiD I SpEnT My hOlIdAy... ThE m OsT InTeReStInG EvEnT ThAt hApPeNeD DuriNg tHe hOlidAy!!!

2008-01-12T03:22:00.000-08:00

I spent most of my holiday in band. This was because Metier, our band’s annual performance was held in 23rd November. We spent 1st month practicing for the big day. After the event, most of us went back to clear up the band room for the next year. Metier was the most exciting event that occurred during my holiday. Last year was supposed to be the last year for Metier for the Sec 3s as we were doing O’levels this year. We had alt of fun preparing for Metier. We wanted to give our best as we wanted the concert to be the best. Most exciting was that we performed with different CCAs. Those CCA’s were Indian Dance, ELDDS, Chinese Dance and also the performance by ‘2KG’ and a Sec 1 student’s piano performance. This was the first year there was metier not only showcases band but also other performance. The various rehearsals together were the steps to the success that we had accomplished last year. Many were very proud about the praises that we received from Mrs Menon, Mr Shaw and also the teachers. I really feel very thankful for those who made the concert a wonderful and great event which was very successful.

My fOrTh/lAsT wEeK...

2007-06-25T07:38:00.001-07:00

…was the only week when I am left with doing the homework. I was not free as usual due to band practice and STAR program.

Other then this, something special occurred in that week. It was the IDEAS day. I had a very great experience. Two days before IDEAS day, Ms Tan told me that my group (representing Tamil for InnoWits) had not done anything. She said we should show here the presentation by the next day or taken away. So I did the presentation. The next day I showed her. She said she wanted some pictures of our product. I tried to call my group members together to do the editing, but all were busy. In the end, I did the editing and all the other stuff. This was not that bad. But the bad news was that for presenting, on IDEAS day, no one was there from my group other than ME. The feeling I felt, when Ms Tan ask me where are the other group members, was really bad in my heart. It was suppose to be group presentation but I felt as though it’s a solo performance. You people should know the feeling. To add to my ‘feeling’, 3 members from other group came down to help. I really felt relieve to see such people. End of the day, the presentation was done properly. I felt glad when Ms Tan appreciated us!

That was what started with sadness and ended with happiness, but now is the part of how I finished the other ½ of my homework. As usual you all would have guess- LAST MINUTE WORK!!! But, my last minute was not that bad as I did the left over 6 commentaries, 3 on Saturday and the other 3 on Sunday. End of the day I finished my homework rushing through.

***Note:-MISS CHIN
(Miss Chin, I may had done a last minute work, but even that work was done with my total effort. You can see the hand writing very NEAT!!!) =^-^= ***

!!!SO THAT WAS THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENED IN MY JUNE HOLIDAYS!!!
:)... B-)... (^"^)...HAHAHA!!!

My tHiRd wEeK...

2007-06-25T02:12:00.000-07:00

…after that deep sleep, I woke up to see that I was very lazy to do my homework so tried to enjoy the left over three days. As every “kid” be, I ‘slucked’. Soon I did not know the reason to do my homework on time, that I only realised later (to be told later part).

On the third week, even though I did not have any commit program, I still went back to school. I went back to do the preparations for band and other stuffs.

But then, like all would have thought, I slugged, but I did not. I decided to turn into a GOOD girl, so I did the other ¼ of my work. This came up to be ½ of my work done. I was happy.

The next day, which was The 14th of June, was my uncle’s birthday. He was turning 40 so we thought of celebrating it grandly, and we did. We brought him to an Indian restaurant, which was his favorite, to treat him. It was a big surprise to him. Like everyone, he too enjoyed himself.

On the same week we had our family gathering. We decided to meet at the Escape Theme Park. All the “kids”(12 and below) had a lot of fun at the Wild Wild Wet, including me. I was some sought like a babysitter for those kids. I was glad that I did not sun tan that much. Son we all had a lot of fun seeing one another again.

The last week was the only week…

My sEcOnD wEeK...

2007-06-25T01:31:00.000-07:00

…but the next I was also filled with activities as I had Councilor camp.

It was a 3-day 2-night camp. On the first day, we went to Changi Village for the night walk. The place was filled with lots of cockroaches and lizards. End of the night walk we were very excited even though it was not very scary.

The second day we had a NE walk around from Singapore River to a vegetarian shop where we had our lunch. We started our walk at around 8am. Unfortunately after around 75% of the trip, it started to rain. So we had to rush to the shop to have our lunch. During the trip, we visited to church. It was very quiet. It gave a feel of peace in our hearts and minds. Mr Paul was explaining about the church. The second church that we visited had 3 people praying, so we did stay there, but just walk through. After that, we went to a place where there was both Chinese and Indian temple. We saw people exiting the Chinese temple and entering the Indian temple for prayers. This shows how united Singapore is.

The third and the last day was the best as we went back to Camelot after the Growth camp. ‘Polar’ was there when we went. Everyone was to try 3 high elements. All the 3 elements were new to me, as I did not dare to try during the Growth camp. The 3 elements were the Abseiling, walking on a rope and the last one was walking on a log. It was scary looking down from the top but soon I gained confidence and finished the element.

End of the day it was a great experience to all.

After ½ a week I finally managed to start on my English homework. I did my best but I was very tired to finish all at once, so after doing ¼ of the work I went to a deep sleep…

My fIrSt wEeK...

2007-06-25T00:54:00.000-07:00

Hey all nice to see you all back again. Today I am going to tell you about my 1 week of my holiday.

My first week was very tiring as I had STAR program and band practice. I almost went to school everyday. I had also spent some time if my family members.

My STAR program was on Principle of Accounts (POA). Mostly after every lesson I went for band practice. I had to be there to mark attendance. But before that program, I had the course held by the New South Whales. It was under the Maths department. Our teacher was a retired speaker. He was very good at his Maths that he was explaining many things, which I have not learnt yet. But end of the day he managed to finish up the paper tat he brought foe us.

After a few months later, I visited my grandparents at their house in Hillview, with my brothers on the first Saturday of the school holiday. It was fun as I got the chance to swim there after a very long time. They were very happy to see us. We were also very happy to see them and some of my cousins. We stayed there overnight and bid good-bye the next day morning.

My first week was not very exciting to me, as I did not get the chance to do my homework or revise any subjects. I was hoping that I could do my work by the next week.

But the next week…

mY ReFlEcTiOnS oN ThE CaReER FaIr!!!

2007-03-04T19:01:00.000-08:00

Today I'm going to talk about the career fair which I went to on Saturday. Many of my classmates would have gone with the school on Friday, but since some had the rehearsal for Singapore central judging on that day, band members went on Saturday.

The career fair was very big. I lost my way through the place. The fair was at Suntec City. I was supposed to look out about my ambition as in my future career, which was as said before in my posts. My English teacher gave us a worksheet which we suppose to answer those questions. The career fair happens annually in Singapore. It lets people gain knowledge about jobs. There were almost every type of jobs which are available in Singapore and in other countries like India and Europe.

When I was looking around for my ambition, jobs, I also collected pamphlets which were related to my future career jobs. In my previous posts, I had told that my ambition is to be a Geography teacher. I collected pamphlets in which I learnt about the job scope, the salary and the requirements for the job. I also had to do the same thing for two other jobs, which are Accountant and in Mass Communication. I asked the people in charge of the booth belonging to my job, questions about those jobs.

End of the day, the career fair was very useful to me!That's all about the career fair…Bye!!!

reflection on video!

2007-02-21T00:03:00.000-08:00

This is reflection for the video that I watched during English lesson. It was about going to foreign countries and still has the commitment to Singapore. As a Singaporean, I would always remain in Singapore to study and also fulfil my dreams. I’m glad that there are also people who went to foreign country but still had the feelings to come back to either visit Singapore or visit their family members. Some come back to do their National Services, and not run away from the service.

This shows that how people have their trust in Singapore. They would want to come back to contribute to Singapore. Not all Singaporeans are that good as some had been fined for not doing their National Service. If I was in their shoes, I would definitely come back to finish up the debts that I owe Singapore. In return now Singapore has increased the amount paid for those who did their National Service.

To add on Singapore has encouraged people to stay by giving money to Singaporeans. Such money could vary for those in different housing. Those who are in less number of rooms, they get more money. This help the Singaporeans to stay in Singapore.

mY AmBiTiOn..!

2007-02-21T00:02:00.001-08:00

Ambition is something that everyone should have. Those without ambition are those who do not know their future. They are in the path which may lead them to the right ending or not all the times right and turn out to be a disaster. Not all get the chance to get the right choice as it depends on that person. If that person was lazy all the way in his/her studies, that person in return would get an unexpected job to reach him/her.

To me, my ambition is to become a teacher. A teacher is someone who helps the other gain knowledge by helping that person by teaching him/her. Through this that person could enhance himself/herself. Teachers are very lucky to meet different kind of people through their life of teaching in a school. Not all the students that the teacher meets would make him/her happy. Some can also cause the teacher’s blood boil, in another words make the teacher angry. Not all students are bad to make the teacher feel this way. Teachers should have the courage to endure all this problems. I hope I do have the courage to withstand.

In Tamil language there in this quote, ‘Mother, Father, TEACHER and God!’. This symbolises the important of the people whom we encounter each day. The most important person we should regard is our mother followed by our father and then our teacher. Last but not least is our god. This quote has impressed me a lot. This helped decide on my ambition when I was young. I decided to become a teacher as this quote was said during our forefathers. Our forefathers bemused their students to become a teacher. Due to this I would also want to be a teacher.

I would want to be a Geography teacher as I love Geography as a subject. To become a teacher we should develop the subject that we want to teach in future. To me I told myself that I would improve in my Geography so that I could make my dream come true. I had been giving my best in Geography. This way I could help myself to make my dream come true as being a Geography teacher in the future. My marks I had attained till now is not that enough to be teacher, so I would make sure that I would study harder.
That’s all for now!
I’m sure you now a lot about me now!
Look forward to knowing you.
Good-bye…

AbOuT MySeLf

2007-02-05T22:39:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone I'm hassinah here. I'm going to tell you about myself, my family and also about my school and community.

To start of with I'm going to talk about myself. I'm a girl who loves teddy bears a lot. I like them because they are very sweet and nice to hug. Other than that I like to watch IQ programme that could help me in my studies. More than that I like chatting with my friends. My best friends are kalaivani @vani, majitha @maya and vilashini @vila. I would always love to chat with them.

Now is my family. There are 12 of us in a family as we all live together with my grandmother's family. I love my youngest brother who is 2 and a half year old. He is very cute that makes me love him. He is as cute teddy bears. Overall I love everyone in my family as they all care for me.

For my school and community, I have to tell that my school is the place where I spent most of time with. I come to school at 7 and leave for home at 6.30 everyday. To add on, teachers and schoolmates are like my family members as school is like my home. For community, I live in ang mo kio. There are lots of events which occurred at my community such as block parties and tours to different places.

I love my family, school and community truly.
That's the end..!
Bye!!!

***HaGaSsInEsHnAh***