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Friday, May 29, 2009
The study of mathematics is a continuous endeavour to express and explain the phenomena of the real world in precise, logical terms through mathematic modelling and reasons. In the Raffles programme, the goal is to produce inquiring thinkers who are able to appreciate, understand and apply mathematical concepts for effective problem solving, and to nurture, innoveta individuals poised to lead in the forefront of science and technology. In line with the RP goal, the Secondary 2s will compile the resources for problem solving topic by topic. Each student will need to contribute at least one question annd its solution for problem solving. You must cite the source of the question. The topic for our class is Algebra. Submission date:12th june. In case you didn't know, my email is akoowq@hotmail.com I realised i could have just scanned the whole thing... [[YAKOO ^.^ took to the sky at 7:51 AMY]]
Thursday, May 28, 2009 happy june hols!
Did I miss out anything? I think that's all. Go running off and wave your hands in the air. "Read your history notes the day before school re-opens," says Ms Syazwani. (She knows us too well.) Um, sleep late and sleep in, etc etc. Shall stop rambling. [[Ysand! ;D took to the sky at 8:59 PMY]]
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 last shit day
(I'll post all the hols homework tmr.)
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009 two. more. days.
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Monday, May 25, 2009 I GOT SOMETHING TO SAY TO YOU
min ee says BRING 1.50 TOMORROW FOR MUFFINS or meet your doom. your doooooooooooooooooooom. oh in case you didn't know it's the silly birthday celebration thing 8) OKAY BYE STAY COOL STAY IN SCHOOL DON'T DO DRUGS [[YLETI! took to the sky at 7:51 PMY]]
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Friday, May 22, 2009
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
(damn you, blogger. stop lagging on me.) [[Ysand! ;D took to the sky at 5:23 PMY]]
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
emo about english marks, be afraid for bio? and people, remember to clear out your stuff under your table/on the floor/on the shelves/on the lockers, etc and bring them home/stuff into your lockers these few days. [[Ysand! ;D took to the sky at 8:29 PMY]]
Monday, May 18, 2009
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Sunday, May 17, 2009
Aaaand. choral reading, chinese ws... that's all I think. [[Ysand! ;D took to the sky at 11:37 AMY]]
Thursday, May 14, 2009
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
(I wanted to say something, but I forgot. D: ) there's hcl ws! [[Ysand! ;D took to the sky at 8:42 PMY]]
Monday, May 11, 2009 random reminders
And remember to bring your convo malay consent form. I have 3 - mine, Rongrong and Chels. Because I MAY not be coming to school tomorrow, pass it to one of the vice-chairs. And last call for excuse letters for ICAS! So far, only cheese has responded. Go pester one of the vice-chairs immediately if you need one and have not told me aka the rest of you besides cheese. AAAAND. Finally, good luck for SAs tomorrow (I've given up mugging for history and bio since I've practically died on my bed for the whole of Sun. PLEASE GIVE ME AN MC DOCTOR!) [[Ysand! ;D took to the sky at 11:56 AMY]]
Sunday, May 10, 2009 O.O
The history ppt is already put up on Inet, under: (On the left) Sec2 > Humanities > History 2009 > Classes under Ms Syazwani > The Two World Wars and Singapore Should be la i dunno. And i went to school on Sat and our class tray is very crowded. - EVERYONE's bio self design experiment ws and results - bio groupwork presentation on the scientists - philo SA class seating arrangement The person who collects please announce to the class/ pin it up/ give it out. Last thing, apart from hist bio lit (in order) on tues, there's a science competition also. Here're the details, taken directly from inet. --- International Competition for Schools (Science) Instructions to students When is the Competition? The competition will take place on the 12th May 2009 (Tuesday) from 3.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. What time should I report? All students are to report to the allocated classrooms/Hall or science lab by 2.45 p.m.. The competition will start at 3.00 p.m. sharp. No extra time will be provided for late-comers. What should I bring? Students are advised to bring the following items for the competition: 2B pencils soft eraser calculator ruler How long will the competition take? The competition takes the form of a 1-hour long MCQ test. You are required to complete 45 MCQ’s in that duration. What if I have official commitment (eg CCA or 3rd language class) on 12th May (Tuesday)? Such students will be excused from the CCA and 3rd language class during the time of the competition. CCA teacher in-charge will be informed of the competition and that the competition is compulsory for all sec 1 & 2 students. Students who require excuse letters for 3rd language, please inform your science rep/chemistry rep/physics rep to indicate your name on the class list and the representative from your class will submit this class list to my locker(83) located at the Anderson staff room in D-block by 10/5/09 (Monday). Where should I report on that day? Please refer to the table below for the venue allocated to your class for the competition. (Table) Location Invigilators Classes No. of student Total No. of students from each class Hall 6 Teachers All Sec 3 & Sec 4s 90 330 101-106 240 Sc Lab 1 Lin Yin - Lab technician 107 Sc Lab 2 Chan SW -Lab technician 108 Sc Lab 3 Jacqueline Ho - Lab technician 109 Sc Lab 4 Mr Ali - Lab manager 110 Sc Lab 5 Ooi K K - Lab technician 111 Sc Lab 6 Joanna - Lab technician 112 Sc Lab 7 Sandy Huang – Lab technician 113 Home Rooms Teachers All Sec 2s Where should I report on that day? Please refer to the table below for the venue allocated to your class for the competition. (Table) Location Invigilators Classes No. of student Classroom 201 Lydia Tan 201 Classroom 202 Wincy Tsang 202 Classroom 203 Chua Hai Lee 203 Classroom 204 Jazilah 204 Classroom 205 Ng Kai Lin 205 Classroom 206 Sharon Siow 206 Classroom 207 Chad Evans 207 Classroom 208 Andrew Chia 208 Classroom 209 Shaun Gerald De Souza 209 Classroom 210 Thio Cher Kuan 210 Classroom 211 Aldrin Tee 211 Classroom 212 Yang Kian Hong 212 Classroom 213 Julie Quah 213 What if I am absent on that day? Students who have signed up for the competition but are absent from school on the 12th May (with MC) are to contact Mrs. Tay York Lan immediately the next day after the competition to arrange for an alternative test date. Failure to do so will disqualify you from taking part in this competition, with no refund. What if I can’t make it on that day due to other interschool competitions? Students who have signed up for the competition but are unable to sit for the competition at the allocated time please contact Mrs. Tay York Lan by Friday, 8th May. An alternative test date may be arranged for you on a strictly case-by-case basis. (Don’t assume that it can be done). Attempts to arrange for alternative test date will not be entertained after 8th May 3pm unless supported by an MC. How should I study for the test? No prior revision is necessary. The competition focuses on skills (e.g. analysis, evaluation, etc) rather than knowledge. Practice questions are available on the EAA website, www.eaa.unsw.edu.au/prepare. Who should I contact if I have other problems or questions? Mrs. Tay York Lan (ext 864) , email: yltay@rgs.edu.sg Good Luck ! --- Ahaha sounds like talking to myself. 4 exams!!!!!!!!! O.O seeyall and have fun studying! L, Dawne. [[YAnonymous took to the sky at 5:12 PMY]]
Friday, May 8, 2009 sam's fa
The poet’s diction is very masterful as it effectively makes the reader put themselves in the shoes of the soldiers. The first stanza already gives a sense of staleness in the atmosphere, and time seems to be dragging on. The words “glares”, “giddy” and “buzz” already makes the reader feel nauseous, in the sultry midday air. The repeated use of ellipses shows the length of time, and makes the reader feel that the sweltering noontime would never come to an end. There seems to be no indication of chaotic warfare, as if it is a snapshot of the trenches, frozen in time. (To what effect?) (Yes, the sense of stifling heat) The poet might have wanted to depict the non-violent, yet equally cruel side of war. The “stagnant trench” seemed abnormally silent and deserted. The soldiers “endure the sweat, grit and stench” of the baking hot trench, when the blazing Sun hung overhead and they were clearly suffering in the harsh and enclosed trench. The metaphor “cattle in the pen” resonates with me, the reader, as the reader can imagine the men being inhumanely cooped up in the “deep trench”, making it seem like a hole in hell. The men seemed to be doing nothing constructive, simply enduring the bleak conditions in the confined trench, with no way of escape – just like animals being imprisoned in the pen. (Like animals waiting for the slaughter) Death seemed to hang in the air, making one feel nauseous. The poet could therefore be trying to show how nature (conspiring to “torture”) with its harsh side, could drain a man in the cruel conditions he was forced to live in. In the third stanza the melancholy tone of the situation is broken with “a sniper’s bullet”. However the soldiers were too enervated to even attempt to defend themselves or hide from any attacks from the enemy. The soldier simply “sighs and stirs” from his semi-conscious slumber in the heat of the day. (Yes – a sense of resigned acceptance. Inability to react, inactive.) From “hell’s frying fire”, the trench seemed to be a frying pan, where the hellish Sun would beat down mercilessly on the soldiers. The poet might be trying to convey a message that man is susceptible to the will of nature, and war, a conquest for greater power, comes secondary to that of other forces, such as the blazing heat, in which man cannot control. (Good.) Similar to the third stanza, a “high cool cloud descends” upon the trench. It also brings about change to the sticky, sultry atmosphere, bringing in the first sign of relief (But it is a false relief) from the weather. The “aeroplane” (Also emphasises their loneliness) is a sign that someone is awake and energetic, unlike the demoralised dying soldiers in the trench. However, again the ellipse shows that the aeroplane eventually also trails away. The war scene is back to its original state, with the “sun striking down” as the “Black spot” of the plane just flies by the trench, showing its insignificance. Finally in the last stanza, the poet spells out his description of the trenches – people “sweating, dizzied” and the trench “isolate”. He plays on our conceptions of hell, calling the place “the hot trench beneath”, possibly implying that the environment of war was akin to the underworld. (Yes – a burning inferno.) The last two lines of the poem is trenchant, especially the words “life or death”. To me, it means that the soldiers have been sapped of their will to live, though the poor and sweltering conditions they had cope with in war. They are leaving it up to fate to decide what would happen of their lives. It did not matter to them whether they lived or died – for death did not seem like such a painful option given the conditions that they were living in could not have been much better than death itself. A common perspective to war is that it is action-packed, gory and with bloodshed. The poet could be giving an alternate perspective towards war, that men can survive direct combat with the enemy, but the environment that war is fought in is enough to deprive a man of his willpower to live, the soldiers could still be physically alive, but mentally and spiritually, he is dead. “Fantastic! A++” – Mrs Leslie [[Ysand! ;D took to the sky at 9:06 PMY]]
(oh man, I don't feel like posting what happened today now. I just explained it to evelyn and sam. Okay, maybe later or maybe someone else will be kind and post. ;) [[Ysand! ;D took to the sky at 6:35 PMY]]
Thursday, May 7, 2009 History pics
  Well yeah, so here are the pics taken from History. Yes, they are clear enough to be read. And I don't think Ms Syazwani has put the thing on INET yet, I can't find it anyway. Just wondering, is like 11/31 213-ers sick? o_O [edit] for the benefit of those in IE who can't click on the pics, here are the urls: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitLLAOH9jC1Aa0BcObwczlBfC9lkeHfJtUOEamKLnYu7osThH81zvsH8zijcLfVyYVqtZzLYThCg8-wv6GoxpskYx3nKi8DG89ZvBBGowaz2eROGyoyp0ujWNgtbFCz_l5vczJEAq0S2wz/s1600-h/DSC00194.JPG https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl2gYEoCGfVQxvO42cndUrkxnxw5ROV4zW7kYGxuVQlt5q2VUdp3WU-e7iHGe6EbigOc9bFFWj0dC18NolIdyWxe44MkhAijPeu1f7IDuR_UL-syQe_HfB0-9O-bbOB57hjeV3meuFvAbg/s1600-h/DSC00193.JPG um, thank me for searching through the html for it! (no lah, it took less than 3 seconds.) -sandra [/edit] [[YSam Chan took to the sky at 9:24 PMY]]
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   hey friends! okay attached are the TWO SIDES of the history FA and the answer scheme for lit FA. yepps (: the lit FA looks kinda messy cuz uhhh mrs leslie's handwriting isn't all that pretty. people who are sick get well soon. oh yeah and people who were sick today and want bio FA answers can come look for me (: and uh... if you are sick please don't come to school. yeah. xD there you go! [edit] hyperlinks again. https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XDwJcdrUUK42ufP0J4OYAYNdoy9gOPEOOi6JhDKEukssn8uD9si9XWgdSUGEdzcasbsUvA1VFPHGe4tWog15paapHmUfur6SCYOiWphFbWNPWVyYYyEN7bcZLTaJaweNYveCSbif5m9p/s1600-h/CCF00582009_00002.jpg https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrBlxv-gpjFhhILJWev8V64v0yWuOlnnq_oDUr05FGgb7XvFLCtOqjDQNJY0ElpepgIu7YefosstgIhkgoxVOIXCj8Cvzl50iA5KMg7uXX7pjaZbT8MbdxSmkoKs9Tb9XaP2qxDIy1LWNg/s1600-h/CCF00582009_00001.jpg https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0oc8S-tqVqgahq9LE83C6F3ixvIoNB5_diLC007xWIlcR8VRRPIq1HrubD-uAxcrsYkb86hqNI18FZNs4Z6kL0DQO7qyHu0mVjuMH7YVf_LjqfAHlWYrHh4fDOz9uZgObuqHlJn23rzwa/s1600-h/CCF00582009_00000.jpg -sandra [/edit] [[Y//butterflied. took to the sky at 8:52 PMY]]
hello. i don't know what i'm here for. anyway for those sick people. i'll be nice and sort of like update you on what happened. if it helps. First we had English. where Mrs Leslie went through many war poems. It actually kind of made me sleep :X she went through the five ways to kill a man thing (and other poems too lah) that mrs yap asked us to read before last year. And I sort of started sleeping at the age of aeroplanes thing and woke up at the end of it. you didn't miss much i guess. unless one poem with mrs leslie talking a lot about it is going to drastically help you. it's lit lah. and then was recess! and then was history. where miss syazwani did some war thing. it's hard to describe ... (because i don't really remember it) anyway if you are concerned, it probably won't help in your SA on tuesday either. Tomorrow's lesson probably will though and then math. if you were in advanced math. i can't help you. anyway if you were in miss ting's class, we went through ws 3. you know what, if you don't know how to do, you can look for me! because i do. okay. just use your brain and think. it's quite simple after you "see" it And then we had bio. where we went through the mock paper. here i can't help you. and then geog. where we watched a documentary on earthquakes. which wasn't exactly very interesting. at first it was okay. but it kept showing a lot of earthquakes and getting very repetitive. and then i slept. oh yeah, mrs yap let us sleep during the video if we wanted to. so you know it's really not that important. and then lunch. and then chinese. where we slacked our lives out. we listened to the the 禽流感 song! (一样的鸡蛋。。。。。。一样的我们。。。。。。) and then kind of mentally prepared ourselves for PFT. by jumping! standing broad jump. and stuff like that. and then changed early and etc. and went for PFT. which is basically what happened in class today. okay, get well soon. IF YOU ARE SICK. YOU BETTER STAY AT HOME. *cough*don'tspreadthegerms*cough* see, i'm sick now. no, i'm not. but if you are sick, please rest at home and don't spread the germs. thank you. :D [[YYUN ZHEN! took to the sky at 8:15 PMY]]
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Lit FA
So it's saved a draft, go check it out under the "edit posts" tab. And um, could someone not sick (yet) update us on what went on in school today/tmr? And check INET for some random history thing that Ms Syazwani put up. -Sam [[YSam Chan took to the sky at 7:27 PMY]]
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 sorry it's late!
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009 homework?
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Monday, May 4, 2009
All students are to submit their temperature readings using INET. Please follow instructions below: 1) Under List section on the left of screen, click on Temperature reading form for your class. 2) Click on Actions, choose Edit in Datasheet 3) You may be asked to install an ActiveX, please install it. 3) Datasheet view allows one person in your class in type the readings for everyone. What you type will be saved automatically. 4) If you get an error in Step 2, click on Student's name to key in temperature one student at a time. so says inet, the rgs bible. umm don't really understand how this works, actually. e.g. everyone takes temperature in the morning, tells the secretary of the week, and the secretary collates and passes to sand to key in on inet everyday? o.O anyway. keep checking inet for announcements :) must always be familiar with your bible verses. [[YSUMALEE SRISAI took to the sky at 7:53 PMY]]
Sunday, May 3, 2009 temp taking exercise
essentially, besides temp taking, there's some visual screening thing when you go to school, and lalala travel declaration, social distancing (e.g. avoiding mass assembly - does that mean we don't have assembly? YES!) and yeah, that's about it. RMB TO BRING YOUR THERMOMETER TOMORROW (and everyday for the rest of your lives!) AND YOUR SAM CONSENT FORM IF YOU HAVE NOT HANDED IT TO ME. [[Ysand! ;D took to the sky at 1:42 PMY]]
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