i have a confession to make.
but i'll do that later.
for now, please, welcome the HOD of teh Science Department, Mr. Tan, who counts in tens, not ones.
he asked me to run a hundred rounds around the chem lab, simply i didn't have the notes. Because, i forgot my asknlearn password. and i forgot to photocopy. blame it on my forgetfulness.
so i ran ten, and he asked both me and nigel to stop. (nigel ran 22)
english was interesting. oral practice, for the whole class to hear. harden your head and skin, and do the conversation topic with no shame. i did, and i got a perfect score, 5/5, for thinking about the topic for a second, and talking for more than a minute.
and i'd like to say this:
i'm an english-speaking person. Rarely would any person hear me converse in mandarin.
i speak more hokkien than mandarin. but no more of that.
i speak eng, and it affects my results in this way:
eng marks is lower than chinese marks
eng oral marks is higher than chinese oral marks
do i really need to speak mandarin? for the sole purpose of pulling up my L1, and to get a nice B grade for Chinese for my 'O's? if so, so be it, and i'm serious.
END OF DISCUSSION
so i had recess, e maths (vectors, BORING vectors test) and chinese. i had fun during chinese.
tested clement on his conversational skillz (near negligible) and had a really nice discussion about our life (more about clement's passion for martial arts), till schoo ended, and i found out that i didn't need to stay back for any chinese supplementary classes, so i went out for lunch with gab, adam, joel, darrel, kai wei and joe, i think. after getting consent from my mum, that is.
so we went to katong shopping centre to eat.
then i entered the Home of Pool.
this, is where my confession starts.
ignore it while you still can.
i entered a LAN shop, and played one kill of Half-life 2 on the computer.
then i left.
this, is where my confession ends.
like i said, ignore it, it's no use finding out, anyway. i didn't commit some crime, i just entered a place where most (gaming)TKsians enter, and it was my first time.
so i took bus 10 and 2 back home, where i slacked, ate, and blogged.
~BenjaminTAN
