Today, I had my PE lesson. Upon hearing that we were about to run a cross-country race of a sort in February, all of the students groaned. I thought to myself, Aww, man.... My stamina isn't really up to mark! I couldn't even run 2.4km, the standard for secondary schools' NAPFA tests, without huffing and puffing like bellows at a blacksmith's fire.
As a "small" exercise, we were to run around 3km. All of us groaned even louder and slouched towards the starting point. However, I surprised myself today by being able to run the whole 3km WITHOUT STOPPING. I paced myself from start to end, and even managed to come in as the first few in the class! I even had the energy to do a "nitro" at the last 100 metres of the exercise by sprinting towards the end!
I was amazed by the handful of people sitting around, and at first I thought that I did not really run 3km and missed a rounds. The 3km felt even shorter than the agonising 2.4km! I think that the pacing helped a lot because my momentum was already set in place and did not need much "re-setting".
Do you have a more effective way of running? I want to ace my NAPFA test this year! Do comment to share.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Level Assembly
Yesterday, as per normal, all the secondary 2 students of Hwa Chong Institution filed into the auditorium for a level assembly when they have a dialogue to discuss problems in the school and other administrative matters. Occasionally, there would also be talks by teachers. Yesterday was one of the assemblies that consisted of the speech.
Although what I heard was in chinese, I believe I can share it with you viewers in English. I found the talk very interesting as it thought you how to be successful in whatever you did. People always think that something different would always equate to something new and therefore would be good. However, what if it was not accepted? Well, that's when this talk came into play. The talk explained that to be successful, people had to be NORMAL. Trying to be normal, instead of standing out, would always be better. Why? Simple. Because most new ideas would be unaccepted by the modern society because it would view new ideas as controversies. Evidently, people would not be very open to controversies, right? Therefore, in today's society, being normal would naturally be the best policy. I felt that this was very reasonable, therefore I am sharing it with you today.
The speaker was very straightforward, and said that even if, 20 years down the road, should you not have what you dream of, just continue, perservere, and BE NORMAL.
So, what do you think about this talk? Comment to share with me about it.
Although what I heard was in chinese, I believe I can share it with you viewers in English. I found the talk very interesting as it thought you how to be successful in whatever you did. People always think that something different would always equate to something new and therefore would be good. However, what if it was not accepted? Well, that's when this talk came into play. The talk explained that to be successful, people had to be NORMAL. Trying to be normal, instead of standing out, would always be better. Why? Simple. Because most new ideas would be unaccepted by the modern society because it would view new ideas as controversies. Evidently, people would not be very open to controversies, right? Therefore, in today's society, being normal would naturally be the best policy. I felt that this was very reasonable, therefore I am sharing it with you today.
The speaker was very straightforward, and said that even if, 20 years down the road, should you not have what you dream of, just continue, perservere, and BE NORMAL.
So, what do you think about this talk? Comment to share with me about it.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Comeback!!!
Hi guys!!! I'm back! This is the third week of school, and I was actually quite busy up till now. Well... Except for the holidays. I was... hehehe... too busy playing! Well, anyway, we have been discussing the text "To Kill a Mockingbird" during English lesson for the past weeks. Today, we discussed about the term "Southern Belle".
A Southern Belle was expected to be elegant, demure, dainty, and many other values, one of which was having a flirtatious yet chaste demeanor. However, people had really high expectations of speech, appearance and actions of the "Southern Belles". Good grammar had to be used in any situation and there was to be no boasting or mockery. They could not be sarcastic or have any form of blacks' accents in their words. They could not participate in outdoor activities, they had to dress appropriately everywhere, even at home! There were special dresses for especially special events and above all, they had to look presentable at all times. They had to observe strict decorum in any case, and violence of any sort, even raising one's voice, was not allowed. They had to behave especially well on Sunday, which was sabbath, a kind of rest day for Christians.
Wow! Now, aren't girls and women of this age lucky to be unhindered by all the rules from the past! Write in to give your comments on these "rules".You may also follow me to know when I put up my next blog post!
A Southern Belle was expected to be elegant, demure, dainty, and many other values, one of which was having a flirtatious yet chaste demeanor. However, people had really high expectations of speech, appearance and actions of the "Southern Belles". Good grammar had to be used in any situation and there was to be no boasting or mockery. They could not be sarcastic or have any form of blacks' accents in their words. They could not participate in outdoor activities, they had to dress appropriately everywhere, even at home! There were special dresses for especially special events and above all, they had to look presentable at all times. They had to observe strict decorum in any case, and violence of any sort, even raising one's voice, was not allowed. They had to behave especially well on Sunday, which was sabbath, a kind of rest day for Christians.
Wow! Now, aren't girls and women of this age lucky to be unhindered by all the rules from the past! Write in to give your comments on these "rules".You may also follow me to know when I put up my next blog post!
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