My CCA

Oh! Every Tuesday was always fatiguing as our curriculum will be fully packed. However this Tuesday will not be so anymore as I would have table tennis training, my CCA, to de-stress myself.

I have just recently changed my CCA as I could not get on with the previous one. It was Chinese Orchestra. Thinking on the perspective that I was over aged, I had chosen Chinese Orchestra last year However, I was too foolish to choose a musical CCA, thinking it would be easy to learn how to master a musical instrument. It was a huge and terrible mistake that I made last year.

In the training sessions of Chinese Orchestra were insipid and mundane, we just keep on practicing. Worse still, I couldn’t even read the musical notation, so I was scolded terribly.
Nevertheless, things start to change after I joined table tennis! Table tennis is always my favourite sport and I get to know more friends! This allows me to speak up more. Furthermore, the trainings are full of fun and excitement and dramatic occasions often occurs too. For instances Zhi Lin, my friend played with us this Tuesday and we played doubles. Playing doubles requires chemistry between the two players, if not it would be rather difficult to win a game. The need of having chemistry was then proved by Zhi Lin. He was absolutely unfamiliar with his teammate, a rather plump guy, and it ended up with a loud boom! They clashed against one another! Indescribable pain was vividly etched on to their faces in split seconds and they cried out loud synchronously, distinctly showing how painful the clash was

Overall, the changing of CCA taught me an important lesson. Always choose the thing that one like and passionate of instead of choosing something which one was absolutely unfamiliar with. Tuesday’s training was my tenth session and so far so good! I hope this happiness would last throughout my secondary life…

Great Day

Great Day!
Thursday was a particularly intriguing day. The day kicked off with Mother Tongue lesson. Wow! It was really great and fun. The teacher taught us in an unique and special way. He let us read through some passages from the news paper and one of it was about a woman from California giving birth to octuplets by caesarian section! It was stunning. Furthermore, our class was divided into several groups and we became extremely rowdy when we played bingo. Undeniably, my group was one of the most hyper active groups amongst the entire class. Nevertheless, we won ourselves a packet of Oreo! What a great way to start off the day!

Our lesson was followed by P.E, one of the best periods of the day. We get to play floorball! Each of us was very excited about it and was very active during the game. However, when it came to the running of the hundred meter run, half of my energy had already been drained out. Inexpressible tiredness festered within me. In the end I took 13.5seconds to complete the hundred meter run. Well, it was neither a good nor bad result.

After recess was the English lesson. It was full of fun and laughter too! Mr. Hamilton shared with us several interesting vocabulary and followed by doing the comprehension worksheets. The comprehension was written by a Cantonese woman and Mr. Hamilton put all of us into great laughter by imitating the Cantonese accent! I was totally impressed and amused.

Than we went to science lab to do some experiment; we worked on the agar block experiment which allows us to learn more about diffusion. Gavin, however, was not concentrated instead he was desperate and asked Mr. Gabriel if he could eat the jelly like agar block! Mr. Gabriel was stunned but soon gave a swift and powerful reply “No wander you are in that size.” The whole class then burst out into laughter.

The day ended in a blink of an eye, but some of us stayed back to work on our class decoration. We worked together to form several beachy decorations. This period of time was truly an enjoyable and meaningful one.
Teamwork is great!
Coming together is a beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success.

The importance of family

Wow! This Friday was really an unexpected day! My father came to Singapore to visit my mother and I without informing us. He is always a man of surprise.

Most of the times my father was busy with his works and he works in Taiwan so he do not have time to visit us. My father was separated from us in different country for a long period and we could only reunite every half a year. Therefore, we doubly cherish every single moment when we all get together.“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other”
On this Saturday my father decided to bring us to tourist attractions in Singapore.
We flipped through magazines about Singapore and finally made our decision,Singapore Jurong Bird Park, the largest and most remarkable bird park in Southeast Asia.

Filled with indescribable exhilaration, we went on this exciting trip.

Once we reached, sense of ecstasy coursed through my veins, we were greeted with the tropically styled entrance with verdant added sense of serenity. Furthermore, we saw hundreds of pinkish red flamingos standing in a graceful posture and were like noble women, trying to show off their luxurious clothes.

Later on, we went to watch an intriguing show, Birds and Buddies. The performances of the beautiful bird were interesting and funny. A vibrant parrot imitated the sounds of cats and dogs. Morover, it sang in three languages, showing its brilliance in imitation. The macaws then flew through hoops and even tinier holes. What a stunning show!

We went around the bird park and treasured every moment. Even though we walked a lot but we never felt tired and wore a façade of exuberance. However, time flew past in a blink of an eye, we concluded the day trip after having an ice cream cone there. Well, good things will all come to an end, isn't it?

This Saturday was truly a meaningful day and I loved these special moments with my family. We love this bonding moments and I think one should always treasure their family, we don't choose our family. They are God's gift to us, as we are to them.
However, today would be perfect if the bird droppings did not fall on to me while I was walking around. Probably I should bring an umbrella when I visit there in the future. It would indubitably be a good protection.

Resilience and Determination
This Monday was a rather interesting day, I was taught a great lesson during CDE-TTT sessions, a truly inspirational one.
It was about resilience and we were to write about our strengths and weaknesses. Furthermore, we also shared solutions on how to overcome the peoples’ weaknesses. But overall, I think the highlight of the session was the time when we watch an inspirational video about Nick Vujicic.


He was a man with no arms and legs and was once helpless, broken and alone. However, he determined to live a vibrant and meaningful life. Despite the fact that he has no limbs, he still does lots of different activities, probably more than I do. Nick said that sometimes in life when people fell down, they might felt impotent and kind of give up but it shouldn’t be so. People should persevere until the very end. It matters how we are going to finish.

I was totally touched, life is like a box of chocolate, we never know what we’re going to get. Unfortunate things do happen, but I think one should determine to overcome the challenges they face instead of just easily giving up.

After this lesson, I reflected upon myself and my weaknesses. I often grumble on minute trifles and was too pessimistic. I think I should not behave like that anymore as compared to Nick, my difficulties are nowhere as difficult as his.

Monday was really an intriguing day and I look forward to have more of these meaningful lessons.

“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”

A Lesson

I was busy packing up for the swimming test early in this morning.
Well, this was not the first time taking the test, but I was quite worried about it.
Once I arrived at the swimming complex, the anxiety really intensified.
I walked around to kill time but all of a sudden, I slipped and fell on the solid concrete floor. Ouch! It really hurt and worse still everyone’s eyes were fixated on me. I blushed like a huge tomato and without any delay I rushed into the toilet to hide.
How embarrassing...
Later on, trouble struck me again. The examiner reminded us to wear the tee-shirt beneath our pyjamas (for survival skills).What! A tee-shirt! I didn’t bring an extra tee-shirt. The only one that I have now was the one that I wore. A wide array of chaotic thoughts spun in my head and my brow creased .How was I going to get home with my tee-shirt completely drenched?
However, before I could think of any solution, the test began. So I went into the cool water with my tee-shirt on…
I felt relaxed during the test all thanks to the continuous practice for three months which helped me to improve my stamina.
The test was a breeze and I was awarded the Gold rank! I was extremely happy about this brilliant achievement. Nevertheless, I still have to solve the problem of not having an extra shirt. After racking my brain for ten minutes, the only solution that I could figure out was to cover myself with my towel and got on to a cab as quickly as possible. Then of course get home immediately. This would hugely reduce the chances of embarrassment.
Today was a memorable day and I learnt a good lesson- It is better to be over prepared than not prepared at all.

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