Cameron highland!

Cameron Highland and Japan, here I come!

14nov to 17nov- Cameron Highland
19Nov t0 4 Dec, Japan

Photos from Cameron and Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Matsumoto will be uploaded after 4Dec! :)

*Extremely exciting right now*

WHO are going to do WHAT and by WHEN?

Dear all,

(It's me again.)

Choir, I've observed something today. Something positive and encouraging.

You are taking initaitive and start to think and plan what you're going to do (for your task!). I've seen that some of you started to write down what you're going to do or your questions on the yellow papers I've given you. It's a good start. I can see that you're making improvement. KEEP IT UP!

Ok, the title of this entry says it all. :) Here is an overall view of WHO are going to do WHAT and by WHEN so that you can remind each other.

"WHO?" - JOCELYN

"What?"
Create minimum 3 Choir Tee shirt designs. Look at my right hand side Choir Tee design. It's designed from that website. Or click the following:
http://www.customink.com/designs/juliana/9569668-1426065/social?cm_cat=facebook&cm_pla=share&cm_ite=juliana&cm_ven=social

"When?"
by 6 Nov

"How about the rest?" - First of all, if the rest of you have some ideas in mind, pls draw or print it out and show us on 6 Nov. Secondly and most importantly, start to save up for the Choir T. It costs about $18 per shirt. Jersey (dry fit)material. Good for humid weather like Singapore so we won't be smelly after wearing it for long hours. :)

"WHO?" - JOLYN, ANGELA & QIXUAN "nose nose"

(thank you jolyn for agreeing to help us in doing the noticeboard.)

"What?" - Task #1: Create minimum 2 Choir noticeboard designs. Task #2: Do it. Fix it on the noticeboard.

"When?" - Task#1 - by 6 Nov. Task#2 - by 13Nov.
1st deadline: by 6 Nov

"How about the rest?" - If you've ideas, pls draw or write or print it (them) out and show us on 6Nov. Your contributions are valuable to us. :)

"WHO?" - MINDY and KAILING

"What?" - Task#1: Create minimum 3 Choir flyers/ posters. Task#2: Edit and send for printing

"When?" - Task #1 by 6 Nov . Task#2 by 13Nov

"How about the rest?" - If you've ideas, pls draw or write or print it (them) out and show us on 6Nov. Your contributions are valuable to us. :)

"WHO?" - CLARICE, JIAMIN, STELLA and NAT

"What?" - Create minimum 2 ways of displaying the Choir booth during Sec1 CCA Orientation Day in Jan'09. Present to the fellow Choir during next practice in HARDCOPY or SOFTCOPY.

"When?" - by 6 Nov

"How about the rest?" - If you've ideas, pls draw or write or print it (them) out and show us on 6Nov. Your contributions are valuable to us. :)

"WHO?" - ANGELA, CLARICE, NURUL and mdmJ

"What?" -
Create a video to showcase Choir past activities to Sec1 students, their parents & the school on CCA Orientation Day'09.

"When?" -
31 Oct - Pass the CDs (contain all the photos that were taken during all the activities) to Angela and Clarice. After viewing all the photos, Angela, Clarice (&may be Nurul) start generating the storylines of the video. Meanwhile, Nurul will have to explore and test out the "Photostory" software that she has in her PC.

7 Nov - Discuss with mdmJ of the ideas of the videos in D&T Staff room at 12noon.

After 7 Nov - Angela, Clarice and Nurul will start doing to video.

12 Dec - Angela and Clarice will meet mdmJ to show the 1st draft of the video at 10am in D&T staff room. (Nurul will be attending the World Choir Festival. All the best, girl! :D)

19Dec - meet mdmJ at D&T staff room. Viewing of video.

30Dec - Play the video to Choir!

Angela, clarice and Nurul, if you need comments / feedback from he rest of choir, perhaps you can let them view the video once your 1st version is done.

"Who?" - Carine and mdmJ

"What?" - task # 1. create minimum 3 Choir banner designs. Task # 2. Update the blog content and blogskin, etc

"When?" - 6 Nov for task#1. For Task#2 - Carine, when?

"Who?" - Pris and YH

"What?" - Task #1: come out minimum 3 ideas on door gifts to be given out on CCA Orientation Day'09. It'll be very helpful for us to see what you've designed by showing us the models. Task#2: improve and edit and show us at the end or before choir starts. Task#3: make a decision on the final door gifts. No changes after that.

"When?" - Task #1: by 6 Nov. Task #2: 11Nov, 13Nov, 18Nov. Task#3: On 20Nov - last date.

If you feel uncertain of your designs/ ideas/ colours, NEVERMIND! JUST DO IT! SHOW us on ^ Nov. Then we discuss together.

Thank you for all your hardwork! I look forward to your submission on 6Nov! :)

Take care

Cheers,
mdmJ

Dates of Choir Practices during Nov and Dec holiday

Dear all,

In order to prepare ourselves for SYF'09 and Sec1 Orientation Day Performance, we are going to have more practices, BUT reduce the duration of each practice. So, we are going to have 2 practices in 1 week and 2 hours for each practice only.

The following dates for the practices durning November and Decemeber holiday are fixed. So, if you are unable to attend due to certain reasons, INFORM ME IN ADVANCE. And Choir pls inform the absentees of the dates of practices. Here are the dates:

4 Nov (tues) - 2.30 to 430pm
6 Nov (thurs) - 2.30 to 430pm
11 Nov (tues) - 1 to 3 pm
13 Nov (thurs) - 1 to 3 pm
18 Nov (tues) - 1 to 3 pm
20 Nov (thurs) - 1 to 3 pm
25 Nov (tues) - 1 to 3 pm
27 Nov (thurs) - 1 to 3 pm

30 Dec (tues ) - 1 to 3pm

So far, Pris has informed us that she will be overseas from 23 to 28Nov. So, if you're overseas or can't attend choir practices due to whatever reasons, INFORM ME FIRST.

See you on 4 Nov (Tues), 230 pm in Music Room.

See ya!

Cheers,
mdmJ

to 4N4 students ... Part 3

Dear 4N4,

I've saved the farewell party photos onto photobucket. Guess this time you can save the photos finally.

Here is the sneak preview of what you've NOT seen from the Part 1 and 2 series ...









Click HERE to view and save the rest of the photos ...

Enjoy~

Cultural Carnival on 21October

Here are some of the photos that were taken during Cultural Carnival on 21October. Selected students were picked from Home Economics, Design & Technology and Art beforehand. Each group is supposed to wipe up a delicious dish based on their selected ethnic culture. In addition, they had to design the menu on the spot given the time constraint. But of course they had designed and made the menu holder beforehand during the D&T lesson.

Here are some of the photos taken with my cameraphone. i've yet to collect photos from my colleague's camera... Coming soon!!! :)

Here's a sneak preview!



"OMG! I'm caught in candid camera!"



The very vintage sofa menu holder. Wonder how did Carrie and Liting think of this idea?





Say Cheese...


"I'm very scared..."



Miss Shy and miss cheeky



Group photo.




"Talk to my hand!"









There will be more to come... Stay tuned.

Dear all,

It's time to prepare for Sec1 Orientation '09. Here is the duty list and get started.

Choir blog and Banner - Carine

Purchase of table cloth - by Kai Ling -

Card board - by Qi Xuan -

Arranging photos in slide/video - by MdmJ + Clarice + Angela+Nurul

Buy coloured paper - by Rachel

Purchase of marker pens/crayon - by Stella

In charge of poster or flyer - by Mindy

In charge of powerpoint presentation - by MdmJ+ Angela+ Clarice+Nurul

To Angela, Clarice and Nurul,
Pls get ready a CD-RW (make sure is rewrittable!) so that I can save ALL THE PHOTOS into the CD. I will "burn" and pass to you as soon as I can. Once you've viewed all the photos and HAVE A ROUGH idea how you're going to present the photos in the form of SLIDESHOW / VIDEO, we will meet and discuss how to create the presentation. You have sec3 intensive lesson next week. So I will meet you after your intensive in SCHOOL.

To EVERYONE,
if you need to see me PERSONALLY regarding of your tasks, here are my days that I don't have O Level invigilation and I can meet you. Pls take note of the timing that I can meet you. Meeting venue will be in school. Otherwise, pls contact me at my mobilephone.

28/10/08 (Tuesday) - after 1230pm
30/10/08(Thurs) - after 1230pm
05/11/08 (wed) - after 2pm
07/11/08(Fri) - after 11am
10/11/08(Mon) - after 11am
11/11/08(Tues) - after 11am
12/11/08(Wed) - after 10am
13/11/08(Thurs) - after 10am

Thanks.

Cheers,
mdmJ

National Junior College Open House on 18 Oct

I visited National Junior College (NJC) Open House on 18 October.

This school is really patriotic - red and white everywhere.

There're 2 things amazed me when I visited NJ.

1st - young looking boys/ girls visited the open house, together with their parents.

I thought it's an open house... to secondary school students?! But why on earth they are there?! Oh... later then I realised that it's actually NJ offered Integrated Programme (IP) to P6 students. NJ is one of those few JCs that offered through train programme so that they don't have to sit for O levels and take the A level straightaway when they are in their 6th year.

Hmm... it must be very stressful to study in such competitve environment...

2nd - I was rather baffled by one of the store owners.

I ordered chicken cutlet that comes with fries and some vege. I've never liked to eat fries, except Macdonald's and Mos Burgers' ones.

Me: "Can I change from fries to potatoes?"
Auntie: "NO".

Me: "Can you give me meshed potatos and I PAY for it?"
Auntie: "NO"

=.= ...




Eventually I polised up everything, except leaving a pile of fries behind.

What a waste!

But, anyway, it's not a waste to visit the Open House. :)

My first time ...

Look at the needles poking at my right leg (another one on the left leg)! That's right. It's acupuncture!

My ankles have been giving me problems for long time. Sometimes, the pain gave me headache too.

It's time to do something!

When the doctor poked the needle into my skin, OUCH! I felt the biting sensation. The most fascinating part is after inserting the needles into my skin, the nurse connected wires to the needle! Immediately, i could feel the pulsing sensation sent to my body! it's kind of like a mini electric shock ...

After 15mins, the doctor removed the clips and needles. Here comes the BEST part ...

He massaged or rub my legs with so much force until I almost cried in pain ...

I was told that i've to go for at least for about 8 sessions...Well, as long as the pain is gone. :) And hopefully he can cure my swollen ankles which have been sprained for 5 times for each ankle...

I wonder how I walked last time... How could a person sprained his/her ankles 5 times on each leg?

Guess, I am the only person.

Visited ACJC Oepn House on 8 Oct!

Today I felt like I'm back to school again. I know I go to school everyday. But I really felt like I go back to school - as a student.

I brought my Choir students to Anglo Chinese Junior College (ACJC) Open House.

Verdict ...:

100% FUN!

200% excitement for me as all my fond memories of JC life came back live (though I didn't study in ACJC)!

300% Eye - opening experience to all of us!

I learnt this quote today which I find it inspiring -"I'm a brightspark. Watch me shine."



For the remaining photos taken during the trip, pls click HERE or

click this URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliana2608/sets/72157607857350971/

I certainly hope that whoever went with me today, has learnt something new today.

Personally, I like the the slogan on your goodie bag - "I'm a brightspark. Watch me shine".

TO 4N4 / choir/ whoever is reading this right now:

Each of you is a brightspark that is going to shine. Believe in yourself that you'll shine one day and I will certainly watch you shine. :)

ACJC open house on 8oct, wednesday.

Dear all choir members,

I'd like to bring you to an Open House organised by Angolo Chinese Junior Colleage(ACJC) on 8October, from 1 to 6pm. Of course the venue is held at ACJC itself- Buona Vista. This is ACJC's website about the Open House: http://www.acjc.edu.sg/article/410

Meeting time: 2pm SHARP.
(And pls have your lunch before 2pm!)
Meeting veneu: Hougang MRT Control Station

Dress code: Be yourself!
(It's only an open house, and pls don't wear as if we're going for clubbing ok!
So pls wear casually. But I'm not encouraging you to wear slippers/ flip flops as it's not very appropriate.)

Ending time: latest 6pm - as that is the closing time of the CCA Open House.

Pls bring along your cameraphone / camera to take pictures and basic stationery.

Make sure there's sufficient money in your Ezlink Card as we're travelling from Hougang to Buona Vista and back home. It's quite a long distance.

Every year, almost every JC will organise an open house. The objective is to showcase their achievements/available programmes/courses/CCAs,etc to the existing potential sec4/5 students who may want to Jc, to parents and public too.

"Why must we go?"

Let me emphasise the objectives of us going there are to LEARN + at the same time it's a choir outing + it's an exposure to you as it's a junior colleage, not secondary school.

- I feel that it's a good opportunity for us to see how other school sets up an open house. It's a very big scale - much larger scale than our annual CCA Open House. We can learn from them and apply what they've done in our CCA orientation day'09/whatever programmes we've in the near future!

- Not only that, it's benefitting you in the long way. You may be asked to run an programme when you're in class/JC/ poly in the future :)

- CCAs booth may be set up. So we can go visit ACJC choir booth and of course other CCAs too.

Just to refresh some of your memory, for those of you who went with me to the Internation Choir and Dance Festival at Genting Highland in yr07, i.m sure you've an unforgettable experience, esp,the last day- when we watched the finale performance. One of the performance was performed by ACjc choirs. Some of you still commented that there're so few girls and yet could produce such loud n beautiful voices! And not forgetting there're some guys who sang with funny expressions that amazed the audiences? They snapped their fingers and sang Acapella (hope i spell correctly)? Since you enjoyed yourself so much , then why not see them LIVE?

- In addition,it may be an eye-opener experience 4 us to see what Jc life is all about and their available facilities.

- After your completion of Sec4/5, you will be moving on to either ITE/JC/poly. So, by going to a JC open house is actually helping you to look far - look beyond yourself now. You may think that O level is still faraway, but some of you are sitting for Os next year!

-Take it as another Choir outing!!!

"Who else are going?"
Jessica and jolyn will be joining us on tat day. (anymore seniors?) :):):)

"Hmmm.. I'm not sure if I can go leh..."

If you don't have any special program on 8oct, come and join us. I understand that u may want to celebrate with your friends on 8oct,as it's the last day of your exam.

Sure, definitely go ahead with your celebration AFTER 7pm on 8 October or after 8 October.
This open house is only an 1 day event. But you can still celebrate with your friends on 9 , 10 ,11 and 12 October! 4 CONSECUTIVE DAYS LEH!

Choir, give it a thought and reply me either thru sms or in the tag box.

I'll look forward to hearing a reply from u-if u can or can't go.

Linda, thank you for your reply. We'll take many pictures. :)

So far these are the people who can go:

1. Myself
2. Jessica
3. jolyn
4. Carine
5. Jiamin
6. Kai Ling
7. ?????????

Take care!
MdmJ

Selmat Hari Raya and Happy Children Day~

2 Big Children went to Sentosa for a little retreat and celebrate Happy Children Day at White Dog Cafe.

1st stop: Sentosa



Construction was ongoing on 1st October. Kid #1 and 2 couldn't help but wonder what they were building and look forward to coming again. :)



Kid #2 wanted to try this but the queue was toooooooooooo long. Waste of our time if we spent time queuing up. So let's do what we do best - walking and taking photos. Along the way, we've discovered different games that are played by adults and kids.

Games played by kids...




Games "played" by adults ...



and following the crowds ...




2nd stop: White Dog Cafe

The 2 Big Children are very hungry!!! So they headed back to the mainland and dined at White Dog Cafe at Vivo City.

Kid #1:"What should we eat??"



Kid #2: "I want Mango Chicken!"



Kid #1: I want Baked Mussels ... and



Cowboy Pizza too !!!!!!



And the greedy Kid#1 ordered Lobster soup! So, Kid #2 must "fight back" by ordering Clam Chowder ... and



a Mocktail: Virgin Lychee Margarita (Verdict: Refreshing!)



and Dessert~! Is that pudding? Nah... is the marble dining table!

After 2 hours of dining, the 2 Big Children declared "NO MORE SPACES IN OUR TUMMY FOR DESSERTS!" although Kid #2 has a philosophy - "there is always a compartment for desserts."

Anyway, it's really late and need to head back home to rest.

A indeed Happy Children Day!

Happy 10 years anniversary

October - it's time for JC class gathering yo!

Time flies. Year 2008 is OUR 10Years ANNIVERSARY! :)

10 years ago, after completion of O-Level, we came from different secondary schools and fate brought us together in the same class, CT16, for 2 years in NYJC.

There're many wonderful and sweet memories. I could still remember vividly.

I remember there's 1 time when me, Blurp and Jijie studied in the canteen, Miss Yue walked pass and I was bold enough to ask Miss Yue to help me to buy Hei Bai Pei (chocolate biscuit)! I thought she wouldn't buy ... But she came back with my then - favourite - snack!

When I was late on those dreadful Wednesdays because of PE lessons, I remembered I'd head towards my favourite breakfast's venue - Mac first before went back to school... and mingled with the students who just came out from the changing room after their PE lessons... So it's as if I just get changed from my PE attire! Ha! What an irony now that I've to catch students who skip lessons!

During those tiring F Maths lectures, JiJie would always asked me to apply my famous "rolling balls" on her tiny little chicken back. She would look super relaxed after I massaged her back.

The list goes on...

Now we're working. Some work in Hong Kong or in China. Everyone is busy with his or her work. It's hard to find time to get together to catch up with each other. But i'm glad that we met up on Thursday night.

Sorry to disappoint Jijie that we didn't eat in Xian De Lai Steamboat but end up dining at White Dog Cafe at Vivo City.



Didn't know that I'm the earliest!!!! So order myself a cuppa Strawberry chocolate mocha (I don't know the name but sounds something like that)

Here comes my main course ... FOOD!



LOOKS GOOD RIGHT!!!! "P.S, I Love You" tastes really good... Not too meaty. Though I don't really like prawns, the tiger prawns tasted unbelievably springy! Oh and I loved the 3 scallops
that are wrapped by bacon.

What a clever combination ... yum yum ...

Didn't have chance to take photos of what my friends're eating 'cos I busy eating and talking! Time passes so fast! Didn't know that we've sat inside the White Dog Cafe for 2 hours!

Well, is once again our ritual to go for drinking. Thanks to Jijie, now I've discovered a fantastic place at "Marina Keppal Bay" or may be called "Marina at Keppal Bay".



* the lightings look good but sad to say my cameraphone didn't do justice to the pictures. The place is perfectly for chill out~*



*how i wish i'm inside the yacht...*



Cheers to our 10 years anniversary! And may we've many more 10years to come.



Does beer taste very good meh? I still prefer my Martini. Slurp!

Stay connected and Take Care. :)