Yup.ACSian/Scout/NJCian/Debater/Student at Uni of Birmingham/UNA—all rolled into one.
Links:
The ACS OBA Website
Anglo Chinese School (Independent)
University of Birmingham
Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies(now S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
United Nations Association Birmingham University
United Nations Youth & Student Association UK
ACS (I) Scout Troop WebsiteThe Debate Association (Singapore)
The Singapore Scout Association
Living Waters Methodist Church
International Baptist Church (Singapore)
"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine"--Rick Blaine, Casablanca
"Some men see things as they are and say why; I dream things that never were and say why not"--George Benard Shaw
Ecclesiastes 3:1: "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:"
Philippians 3:14: "I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus"
Isaiah 40:31: "But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.They will soar on wing like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint"
Isaiah 2:4: He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore."
About Me
The writer is currently an Undergraduate at the University of Birmingham, UK. He wishes to espouse an amalgamation of entries and thoughts in this site with the aim not just to entertain but to provoke discussion, especially on his write ups on social issues and current affairs. Apart from heavily engaging in this activity, he enjoys a wide range dramas and musicals, especially those that carry insightful messages. He is also a self proclaimed music critic, a history buff and most recently a novelist and a scriptwriter. He holds a strong interest in the workings of macro-economics, particularly international trade policies and international development, Post-Modernism/Post-Structuralism as well as International Political Economy. Any discussion with regards his write ups or interests is most appreciated. Do kindly use the Guestbook function located below, leaving some means of contact. Alternatively, click on the “contact me” function above.
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Loyalties Part 1 *
2003-03-01 9:24 p.m.
Hmmmmmmm.... must thank Lucas for his comments... fine fine I'll read up on Geog Mr Neo........
Any way, this new entry is on something that troubled me throughout this year. Just over a month ago, while I was sitiing in KAP macs and contemplating my Fillet o fish meal, my friend asked me," As and AC boy why didn't you go to ACJC?" At that momment I was stuck with no response. Looking back at it, true why didn't I continue for 2 more years in ACJC?
Loyalties lie in every sphere. I've been an ACSian for 10 years ( 6 in ACJS or ACS(J) as it is now called, and 4 in ACS (I) ) Through out those 10 years, I had numerous memorable and unforgettable experiences.There were those days in ACJS where the constant bullying forced me to form the AAIDS society ( don't ask me what that stands for). Then came the magic book where we wrote down how to make nitrogylcerine, homemade land mines and even a radio jammer powerful enough to jam all stations in Singapore.( one of the reasons why we never tried it was the high risked of being imprisoned!) Oh yes, in primary 5 came racial harmony day, where my friends and I thought of twisting the purpose of this anuual celebration by creating the Nazi flag instead of a country's flag as we were suppose to do so. Other crazy events were dreaming of girls ( who were absent in our environment) and teasing our relief english teacher ( who had an idiotic way of punishing us).
Upon entering ACS (I), the situation grew wilder. Instead of just name calling, there was physical assaults (no no no not the kind you see in street fighting, but rather, clothes ripping) That happened to me a couple of times. Sigh, I forgave those guys, now that we progressed.
There was the typical life of ACS almost every year. The constant scoldings during assembly, the streams of late comers falling in to the waitng hands of the prefects. Oh yes, the cannings. One every year. I shant go in to great detail, but in always amused me that they got our tennis teacher and not the discipline master to admister that horrendous wack. I later learnt that he was callled in as he could hit the same spot on the unfortunate boys bum twice. Other idiosyncractic acts were .....I shant say there are just too many. However, back in 1998/99, there was this most amusing scolding we ever had. We were in the CPA, when this chinese teacher came up on stage and started yelling in broken english on how someone snitched her packet of mee goreng while she was in the restroom.
STOP! READ THAT AGAIN! A PACKET OF MEE GORENG!!!!!
If she wasn't yelling her head off the whole school would have burst into uncontrollable laughter. that was not the end of it. She lauched into a speech on honour and integrity or something along that lines. Looking back at that now, it would have been ridiclous to scold any school for that matter.However, those are the ACS days.
Secondary two saw me fooling around with stuff, mainly from the science labs. I still remember the time we made a highly explosive solution of benzene. Another glorious event was the musical my group created ( with it own oringinal song called "Dust in the Wind"). It was shame it never entered the finals of the musical competition but it was fun nonetheless, playing with a toy machine gun, attempting to "kill" each other in sword battles. Then speaking of battles, our class actually engaged in trench warfare using the tables and chairs. Paper Aeropalnes became bullets, and well yes we got punished for that. Nothing did stop us from um, "exploding" a Fire extingusiher which filled part of the corridor. hey, but we weren't ruffians.
Sec3 saw a mountain of troubles with studies and friendships. There was the 3 day Chiangmai trip where we got caught playing cards at midnight and one of my classmates broke a chair( funny? you should have been there) Then there was the wonderful German trip, something I thank the MOE for. ( This trip shall be described later)
Sec 4 saw even more playfulness and simply lunatic incidents. Most common was firing "cannon shells" across the chem lab by burning the wrong substance in your test tubes.( yes mr Chew, thanks for pointing that out) Second was the creation of Chlorine gas which resulted in no deaths thankfully. Then, there was the crying and hugging during seniors farewell and seniors night...
