NSW Science Paper

Hi,

     Today we had the NSW Science competition. It's quite different similar to the Physics we learn. We may have forgotten the Chemistry + Biology part  though.

      In the morning, there was History; should start revising.

     Malay, teacher didn't come, there was a crossword puzzle.Terence & Yu Xuan were lamenting about how their PW group is uncooperative.

  For Chinese, we did the workbook then there was a past year paper to be done on Monday.        90 minutes for the whole thing.

      We went down late for recess, late for Science. Finished the Chapter on moment of force. Then got back Science Test. The last 3 questions were not that easy to understand.

17/20

English, we were given a Comprehension Skill Worksheet as well as a Vocabulary exercise.

Immediately after that, at 1.15, we headed to the Science Lab to do NSW Science Paper.

Not enough time. A confirmed -10 marks already which means the maximum I can get is 35. Still need to - those I didn't know how to do.

Rushed home

                         

C.O Presidential election

Hi,

     Today was quite  momentous, as today marks the last day the Sec 4 seniors are attending CCA :(

It is hard to believe the fact. Anyway, we had C.O presidential Election today. Charmaine won by a landslide victory... Gui Er wasn't even close.

Candidates:

 

Charmaine Choo

Poh Gui Er

Poh Qing Kang

Qing Ying

Since there will not be any Sec4, doesn't mean C.O will be very slack.

=========Today=======

Had the chanbara today 3rd lesson.

Not fun at all...

Art, Mdm Zee didn't come, stayed in class.

Science, went through notes.

ACC, about war...

Then, I went to the Library and met Jerome & Chuan Kun at the Library. They were doing Home Econs together.

Went for CCA at 2.30 p.m.

When asked what instrument he would join, Chuan Kun wanted Cello.

There was the hand over of committee members.

When it was over, he asked me," How to use Erhu?"

Even Chuan Kun is interested in other instruments.

Erhu is a very versitile instrument, since there is no finger board :)

bye

SYF actual day

Hi,

     We had SYF today. Many things happened, before and after. My BET: If we get Gold for SYF I will hug the Concert Master. Right after assembly, we went to C.O room to prepare. Tune instruments. Chee Kiat's Gao Hu string snapped suddenly.Told you the D string had a problem... Erm, took a long time to change, maybe too nervous. 

Changing bridge takes 3 seconds ?

Changing 2 strings takes 15 minutes ?

Wei Qian asked Chee Kiat to rub a lot of rosin on the bow hair. So much so that there was a considerable amount of difference before and after using the rosin cake.Don't you think using Violin rosin is wrong? Chinese song xiang, is quite different, it is more brittle. However, violin rosin still can be used, as it is more common. Well, everybody uses Schwarz, maybe the cheapest?

Then, on another Erhu, the A string also snapped. The end where there is blue thread broke...

That, I will change later, just in case there are not enough strings for SYF...

We went to the Hall for the last practice. As we were walking to the Hall, they wanted to go toilet. They left their instruments leaning against the wall. Wei Qian worried, "How can you leave your instrument like that." Helped him to hold, Wei Qian more relieved, maybe because Wei Qian thinks I am a bit experienced in handling?

 Practice wasn't that good. Suona so heavy, still want to raise it up, bring it down, raise it up again. Part of affecting the pitch and doing tai feng. Stared at Wei Qian, Wei Qian didn't stare back, fun thing to do to relieve stress :)

Had a break at 10 a.m. Went to C.O room at 10.30 a.m. Rested a while, before we changed into the costume. Packed all our instruments. Chee Kiat brought a spare Gao Hu, just in case the string breaks again. 1 box is heavier that the other :) The Huqin section took 1 bus, while the rest like plucked string and wood winds took another bus.

When we reached there, we alighted and went in from the back. We registered and sat down in 3 rows. Followed by that, we took out the instruments from the case and left the hard case outside the Conference Hall. 

Soon, we were in the tuning room for the last minute practice and tuning. About 5 minutes inside, that's all. The time is precious.

C.O rehearsal

Hi, today there was a C.O rehearsal. ON  A SUNDAY ?

Quite O.K, complicated, maybe

Suona: The last day I am playing is tomorrow. Let it be a good one, and I can say good bye :)

 It is quite heavy holding at at 90 degrees. 

+ The lowering & raising part is difficult to synchronise with the music.

It started at 10a.m and ended at 12.30p.m

We improved, a bit

Hope I have the correct pitch. The problem with wind instruments is that it can't be tuned. Unlike Strings, where there are tuning pegs. Tuning pegs can slip :( At least if you push it in, it wouldn't slip that much.

After that, we went back to C.O room, to rest a while.

I saw erm Chee Kiat's Gao Hu string  loose. That's what happened on Friday. If you leave it on its own, it will unwind by itself. Scary. I turned it back, and it was fine...

Must be careful...

What did you do-------- leave it on the floor, that's why.

Seems very strange.

By the way, I did not touch it, it just happened. So don't say I made it spoilt.

The pegs are tight, but can suddenly TWANG loose...

My last few words :Good luck For SYF

                                  I love AHS CO!!!!

No C.O today

Hi, 

there is no C.O today :( I am happy  because, I don't need to play Suona, Sad because there is no C.O.

       For Chinese we completed the Composition.

        Home Econs, we worked on Oral presentation.

MAths, went through test.

         Music, used software to compose music.

          History, talked about the David Marshall's actions. Terence, please don't do that again. This time I was lucky................ TERENCE!!! ...................

For FTI, we used some time to go to the Library to borrow books :) Then I went for Remedial at 2.30 p.m Remedial finished at 3.00 p.m

Went to TEN, played a while, until about 4.00 p.m, the group came in ....

table soccer???

Always dash in.......

Went home at 4.30p.m

C.O is not fun if you play the Suona :(

Hi,

      Today was not really a fun day, partly because of SUONA!!!

I don't know why, but it just is not fun. C.O is fun, but not Suona.

       For Maths, we went through the worksheet.

       Science, we went through the pop quiz.

       History, talked about David Marshall.

       English, we went through the worksheet.

       Chinese, we did a Composition.

===================  SAD PART=====================

 

After that, I went for C.O. Rested a while before the conductor came. Unfortunately, my mouth piece cracked :) :)

The School also didn't have any.I got from the conductor. It cracks very easily, yet, it isin't cheap.

I was breathless during  C.O

Mainly beacuse of the 50+ bars of Continuous playing :(

I felt dizzy...

I wouldn't have this problem if it was a bowed-string instrument.

There was break for a while.

I decided to rosin the Erhu bow.

Borrowed from Wei Qian, Pirastro Schwarz( the Dark one)

Well, I prefer light ( Gold / Goldflex )

Soft & Hard below:

 It would be good if you can get the full range of cakes

for my Birthday present :) Erm, just joking? 

C.O tomorrow but it is combined self-practice :)

Not as tedious, can relax :)

Decent Rosin costs SGD 10 :)

C.O today

Hi,

     I went for C.O from 9.ooa.m to about 12p.m.The extra 30 minutes was for staying back a while to play the you know what, because I was quite sad over Suona :(

     As a result, I borrowed an Erhu home. Oh, Wei Qian was soo surprised / shocked. I think attendance was taken.

     Unfortunately, the I didn't have any rosin, thus the sound was not so good. No fine adjusters, more difficult to tune. The pegs kept slipping, even though I pushed it in.

       Experimenting with  the Erhu...

Chinese Test

Hello,

          Today we had a Chinese Test. It was O.K For History, we finished Chapter 7.

We went through some vocabulary during Chinese. Then there was recess.

So for Science, we used 1 period to do up the class notice board.

            A worksheet was given during English. We are supposed to do all, except the summary.

Now for the fun part, Erhu sectionals at 3p.m. I didn't go there to blow the Suona, obviously. Just resting there. Then when Zhe Qian and Chee Kiat came, I just took out an Erhu and tried a while. Erm, the tuning took a long time, as the pegs kept on slipping, even though I pushed it in and there was no fine adjusters. I was determined not to touch Suona today, not today!

             Zhe Qian and I went to our own class. He was playing some games, while I was practising Erhu. The sound was quite screechy, probably because I didn't apply rosin at all. The rosin allows the bow to grab the strings.

               At 5.00 p.m, we went down as they wanted to lock the classroom. Well, there is C.O on Sat, Mon, Tue, Thurs, Friday & Sunday.

How ridiculous!!!

I wouldn't mind if there was Erhu self-practice.

But Suona is definitely a NO-NO!!!

I don't feel like playing Suona anymore...

April Fool's Day

Hi,

     Today is April Fool Day, I suppose. Today we also made our product for Home Econs.       For Chinese, we went through the textbook,

      Home Econs, we were give 1 hour to complete whatever we need to do. we are doing Thai Pineapple fried rice. I brought the Pineapple and mixed vegetables.

       For Maths, we learnt the Congruence and similarity property. Ate the Pineapple fried rice, quite OK. There is a maths test next week. It clashes with Chinese :(

       There was Music presentation today. Mine is next week. Most probably we will sing a song. History, we read Chapter 7. Life after WW II.

        We went to the hall for assembly. Since it is English week today, there was story telling, and it was erm from the Sejarah Melayu. It ended at 2.15p.m. '

      Something unexpected cropped up in class!!!

Terence accused me of spraying water at him, when it he barely got wet ???

We had Chinese remedial after that. It was about the phrase.

Went to TEN to play mini-pool.