More technology? Hah!
A brand new Nokia 3100 was purchased for me by my father last night as an early birthday present. Actually, my mother was thinking of upgrading to an even better model but I insisted on Nokia 3100, because it was the cheapest phone I could find. I would feel really bad if my parents were to splurge on an over-expensive phone on me when I hardly use all the functions either. I am someone who prefers practicality…
But I would definitely miss my old phone, the Nokia 3310. Even though it had been giving me some problems recently, I must admit that it was the best phone which I had ever owned, despite it being almost obsolete now.
My mother also decided to get me something while we were at Sim Lim Square. After all, that place has almost anything technology related. Therefore, my mother bought a small digital camera which cost almost $190. The brand of the camera was some ulu-ulu brand, but at least it is usable. So now I have two digital cameras, one with a video camera function and one without. I am planning to bring the new digital camera when I head for my year-end holidays as it is so small and lightweight, compared to the big and bulky one which I currently own.
Project Work meeting tomorrow. Zhi Qi just phoned me up to remind me, jerking me up from my current relaxed and carefree mood. I just absolutely loathe, hate and despise Project Work! It is taking up too much of my time. So much for my initial plans to relax throughout the entire long weekend, doing everything which I want to. In the end, I have to slog for the whole of tomorrow, getting the Oral Presentation into shape and writing out our script…
I can’t wait for the whole of this Project Work nightmare to blow over next month, then I am able to wash my hands of it forever. Seriously, I would just scream at the next person who even mentions the words “Project Work” to me. Hopefully, I wouldn’t wake up tomorrow feeling grumpy… A negative attitude is the absolute last thing I need now…
The teachers have yet to respond to my email regarding the appeal for my friend E (refer to previous post). Don’t they even care about her at all? I know that Mrs Lim does not really like E and some of the teachers are just so irresponsible that they do not even want to hear any appeals from students for promotion, but E has tried so hard! I thought teachers are supposed to be understanding? E has the correct work attitude and she knows how to balance her time well between work and play, so why can’t my teachers give her a second chance?
It is now official that I have passed all my subjects in the Promotional Exam. This was really unexpected, considering all the worries which I had about failing this exam and getting retained in JC1. At least now I can be at ease knowing that I had done well.
I am in a horrible dilemma now regarding a close classmate of mine, referred to “E” in this entry. Apparently, E didn’t do well in her promotional exams and thus, she is going to be retained in Year 1. E didn’t want to repeat another year, neither did I want her to, especially since I would miss her a lot. She appealed with my civics tutor but her request was turned down straight away. There was supposed to be a sub-test which all potential retainees have to sit for, and so I talked E into sitting for it. She agreed, but her request was again turned down by the CT as her grades didn’t meet the minimum requirement for sub-test entry.
E was miserable, so was I. At this moment, I am thinking up of ways and means to help her get promoted. Currently, I have appealed with our subject tutors, CCA heads and classmates, hoping that they would put a good word in and help E out. I have yet to know the outcome, but I am willing to do anything to make them agree, even if it means threatening them at knife point. This is a young girl’s education we are talking about, and this is something which was very important to her. I am not going to sit one side and watch helplessly as my good friend is forced to remain in Year one.
E has worked very hard, and I can bear witness to that. She heads for the library after school everyday to revise and she had spent countless hours practicing questions for the relevant subjects and whatnot. But in the end, she still wound up with 4 Fs, which is a complete waste. Please… if E is given an additional chance and is promoted, I will do all I can to help her improve her grades. She had also promised that she would work even harder if she were to be promoted.
Hopefully, my appeals for her would be successful. I really want to lift her up from her misery so that she can start enjoying her JC life once again. Otherwise, she would decide to pack up and go to a polytechnic, which means an additional 2 years wasted. She wants to get promoted and I am going to make sure that she gets her wish.
It’s ironic about how I was agonising about my results last week and now I am worrying for someone else.
On a lighter note, my parents had decided to buy me a new handphone tonight for my upcoming birthday, even though I hadn’t requested for one. For some strange reason, they just want me to upgrade. I am going to miss my Nokia 3310…
Why can’t these irritating mosquitoes just leave me alone? Sitting in front of the computer for just two hours earnt me 8 mosquito bites and it is getting really uncomfortable. My house is terribly mosquito infested to an extent that I have to apply anti-mosquito lotion even when I am staying at home. One bottle of that liquid costs me almost $8.00 and even calling in the pest exterminator service to investigate this strange phenomenon doesn’t seem to help much. My household’s regular routine of spraying every corner with insecticide every morning is not very effective either.
Honestly, my house is definitely a wonderful hideout for various pests. When I walk to the balcony, especially the area near my water fountain, I would never fail to spot at least one or two cockroaches crawling around. When I walk to my dining room, spotting a whole group of tiny ants is very common. My mother’s room is infested with termites, especially the area above her dressing table. Lastly, little strange looking creatures can be seen crawling up and down my bedroom wall once in a while. I have to face all these household pest problems on top of the occasional appearances of lizards, moths and whatnot.
Also, a few wasps and bees do fly in to pay a little “visit” once in a while and they usually send me screaming and running into my bedroom to seek cover due to my huge fear of insects. At least most of these problems seem to be under control by Rentokill (a pest exterminator association) but some problems, especially the mosquito infestation still persist.
As usual, I paid my grandmother a visit as I usually do every Sunday but this particular visit seemed pretty much eventful as compared as to the usual visits.
It was only today (or yesterday, if you prefer) when Jeremiah, Matthias and I discovered that there was something really wrong with David. The problem with David is his common habit of breaking wind in public. I was counting the number of times that David broke wind today and the total count came to an amazing nine! There was one point in time when we were having dinner around the television set when David suddenly let go a huge bout of gas, causing all of us to lose our appetites immediately. After all of us regained our composure, we made sure that we were at least 5 feet away from David before we continued eating.
But it is high time that David kicks that habit, or at least try to control his bowels as breaking wind in public is absolutely disgraceful, and not to mention rude. When David breaks wind, he never apologises but would start giggling at our irritated glances… That boy will never learn…