Tuesday, June 24, 2008
是你让我活在梦幻里
(VERY LONG POST)
hey,i'm here for a very quick update of photos for the lit retreat,as i have mentioned earlier.
i have to post now,cos tmr will be one of the very rare days i don't have test,so i'm quite free now, and i won't have time for the rest of the week,i guess.
okay some stuff i wanna rant about before i post the photos.
cos i am soooooo upset today.
as you all should know,if you read my previous post that i was ALREADY very very upset that my fringe turned out to be a disaster.
what more?today had to be soooo screwed up to make things worse.
first i had chinese lit test,which sucked,not because i don't know how to do,but because I DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO!!!T.T
i rushed through one whole page when the teacher suddenly said 5 MINS LEFT!
i was like AHHHHHHHHH SHITTTTTTTTT
i left out a whole section of summary which is worth 12 marks.damn it.
right after that,already feeling so depressed,i rush to take my H1 Math common test,
which,i didn't study at all cos i was busy studying my chinese lit test.
2 and half hours straight of test.
my tiny winy brain can't take it you know.
so,math test,was horrible.
i DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO!
the questions are NOT like the ones we have been doing,cos i could do those.
i left bits and pieces of questions out here and there.
it will be a MIRACLE if i pass this,seriously.
IT'S COMMON TEST YOU KNOW.
IT IS WORTH TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT.
my friend said,if you fail a common test,you can forget bout passing that subject.
cos promos won't help.it's only 40%
the rest comes from all these stupid small tests.
I'M SO DEAD.can forget bout passing math.
AND.i just knew today that my chinese A level H1 mother tongue oral examination is on this friday.shit.
the last time i did oral was sec 3.the O level oral.
okay,on the lighter note,photos now. :)
okay first,the place we sleep.
SMU hostel at prinsep street. :D
2 of the 3 rooms in the unit.the 5 girls in my class all stayed in this unit.
the kitchen and living room.(with a sofa and a table)
the toilets are behind,i didn't take photo.
each room has 2 beds,this is my bed!
woohoohoo i love this. :D
DAY 1: PLACE, CHANGE AND CONTINUITY
first we went to Singapore River,looked at the very famous Stamford Raffles statue,then we walked down the river to 'experience' the change in the Singapore river over the years,and how significant is the s'pore river to Singapore.
we had a little of history lesson along the way.
whatever bridge this is called.haha.but it's quite pretty!
this is cute!
fullerton!! pretty pretty.
and our teacher actually fooled us.-.- he told us that we are going IN there for a CHOCOLATE BUFFET.
this WAS the the highest building in Singapore,once upon a time..
walked to merlion and esplanade.(the merlion is also part of our identity,being our icon or something like that)
the Singapore Flyer!
after that we had lunch and lectures at SMU with Robert Yeo.
PART 2(afternoon): FAITH AND IDENTITY
we visited places of worship.
the Sultan Mosque.
it's really interesting inside!
after that we went to the Guan Yin(goddess of mercy) temple at Waterloo Street,
and beside it is the Indian temple Sri Krishnan Temple.interestingly,there were MANY chinese praying outside the Indian temple(probably after they went to the chinese temple beside),because the temple doesn't allow you to go in now,so you can only pray outside.so we didn't get a chance to go in too.
i don't have photos of this 2 temples.
the Maghain Aboth Synagogue,Jewish place of worship(the only one in S'pore,i think)
very interesting place,didn't know s'pore had jewish people.wow.
but it's a pity we didn't get to go in.cos we were split into 2 groups.
my group went to The Cathedral of the Good Sherperd(catholic church).
it's an Organ!so big and amazing and pretty(i have never been to a catholic church before)
after that,returned back to SMU for lectures again.this time by 2 philosophers
,one Irish one British.they accent is so cute and sexy.
eh but philosophers are difficult people.
they ask difficult questions that give you headache.but it was quite fun though.
then we went back to the hostel and prepare for our night entertainment.
they didn't tell us where we were going and what we would be doing,
until we found out ourselves when we reached there.
so everyone guessed that it was at esplanade and we would be watching a play or a performance or something,since this is LIT.
so,a lot of people dressed up,so elaborately,like they were going for a dinner or something.crazy.
(they will regret this decision once they find out where we were going)
my classmates!(with the brazilian guy too!his name is lucas)
in the end...
we went to....
THIS PLACE!i will never forget this place,cos this is the place where we and my sis walked all the way to find that stupid shop,for my shirt-my birthday present,but in the end the shop doesn't sell that shirt.
it's an art design school i think,something like that.
we went there to watch a Singapore movie.
there's a cinema there called Sinema,which shows only locally made movies.
we watched 'talking cock'.
the cinema is soooo cool.
er the movie is....not very intellectual but funny.haha.
more for humour i guess.
after that we went back to our hostel.
and here comes a series of very stupid photos.hahaha.
we took soooo many stupid,candid,funny photos in the hostel.INSTEAD OF SLEEPING.hahaha.
they tried to separate me and Angela!!!(the brazilian guy's sister)
there are many more....really.haha. but it was FUN!:D
DAY 2: COLONIALISM AND IDENTITY
we walked along padang,then visited the Singapore Cricket Club.
taken from the the balcony of the club.
city hall..
Singapore National Museum.
inside the museum..
then back to SMU,for panel discussion with the professors/lecturers,then buffet dinner at the hostel and byebye. :)
whether we like it or not,colonialisation has made Singapore what it is like today.
or naturally,it is part of our identity.(have you ever noticed that colonialism is still part and parcel of our everyday life till now,even though we are independent long ago?look at the buildings,the architecture and style,the famous landmarks,street names)
