MOE PAE (Pre-U Admission Exercise) results released

Yay, I've made it to the JC of choice. :)

Go to: http://www.moe.gov.sg/esp/schadm/pae/

The holidays

Its been a long time since I've worked on this blog. Well, I've been preparing (yet) another new blog (PostItLive). Registration is welcomed.

O' Levels - The beginning

Cambridge is sure getting a lot more creative these days (or years). Well, after all it (the exam) is meant to test out your capabilities. By the way, happy halloween.

Prelims Over; New Opponent Approaches

It was expected that the Prelims are tough. The examination puts you to the test. Well, its the closest you can get to emulating the environment of the O levels examination. About a month left to the written examinations of the O levels.

Prelims

There is a handful of weeks left before the prelims. Thankfully I did my full scale revision a little earlier. Now all I need to do is to recap on my stronger subjects and focus on my weaker subjects. Well, at least I look forward to taking the prelims. It allows me to gauge how well I might perform in te finale (O levels).

Happy (?) Teachers Day

Ouch, that would have to hurt... a poem dedication that became disaster. Well, at least we now know she (a teacher) does not know how to infer from a poem. Obviously, the writer of a poem does not want this to happen. I guess the poem has a little too much sarcasm and irony that the teacher took the poem seriously (the poem was peppered with a few petty jokes to make it interesting and unique compared to the others). Despite our numerous apologies, our efforts did not seem to get through with her. After all, the poem might have outraged her. Well, before the poem was read, we had numerous choices. We could keep the poem as it is (which we unfortunately did), censor a few parts here and there (but it will shorten the poem by a lot and render it very uninteresting) or we could simply dedicate to another teacher (preferably one who do not mind being the butt of a joke). A sense of guilt and worry looms as teacher's day approaches.

Goodbye Pluto

Its been a blow that the famous pluto, will be demoted to a 'dwarf planet' from the solar system. As of now, the solar system will have 8 planets. What does this mean? Well, billions of (science) books will have to be reprinted... $$$.

Reason for change:
There are 2 more planets (Ceres, 2003 UB [Official name not comfirmed]) that were about to be included that managed to fit the previous definition. However, there are probably 100s more of such planets which... could flood your nice little map of the solar system.
Hence, the definition was redefined.

More...:
Ceres was once a planet before being demoted to an asteriod. It is now a dwarf planet.
Pluto was a planet for over 70 years.

Conclusion:
Science changes rapidly with time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_redefinition_of_planet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_system

ND Celebration

It is anticipated that this year's celebration would involve a bigger bang (not to mention the fireworks) Obviouslt eeveryone would be looking forward to the (spectacular?) event. Waiting is obviously the greatest choice.

New Theme

A new theme (glass) have been added recently.
TODO:
A fix will be issued to address areas that are difficult to read.
FIXED:
The menu has been adjusted to allow for skinning.

Election '06

The election which is due on the 6^th of May, might be one of the more interesting events which have occured in Singapore. There is quite a handful of contesting parties, and each one of them did their best to win the population's vote. Although PAP has been the leading party since the 1950s, this election still poses a challenge to them.

Like all elections, there is always something to say about it. This year, the PAP would have many new faces. This is due to the fact that most of the more experienced (senior) members of the group have either left the party, or retired due to age. This might actually handicap the PAP as PAP would have lost quite a bit of power due to the changes.

Nevertheless, it would appear that PAP would be more advantaged compared to the other contesting parties. Firstly, it is considered more popular and well known to the population. Second, the PAP would have probably influence the public during its reign. Thirdly, PAP has majority of the seats. Last but not least, the PAP would have more experience in governing Singapore compared to the other parties.

The population's vote will determine the events that will happen in the future. Personally, I feel that PAP would be more suited to the job as when PAP is elected, there would not be to many critical changes to the key areas of the country such as the parliament. However, if another party were to be elected, there would be changes in the government. Such changes which may have been thought to help may not be so. Also, if the government were to changed powers, there will be confusion amongst Singaporeans. Though other countries can afford to have the constant switching of powers, Singapore cannot afford to as it has limited resources.

More Info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Singapore_general_election