Today...
Lets start today's log with a rather interesting question...
What is propaganda?
According to the Longman Dictionary Of contemporary English (1984)
prop-a-gan-da/noun [U] often derog
(Actions taken, esp. By a government, to influence public opinion on some matter by spreading) True or false beliefs, ideas, news etc.
Ok, since we got the meaning in place, please keep it in mind as I start my log.
If you guys know about how our discipline mistress is called the head of pupil management, you would think that it shows that the school has really good discipline. Well, many Sec 1s are forced to believe it when they first stepped into the school due to the orientation talk on the workings of the school.
If you really believe that the school's discipline is that good, wait till you get a glimpse of the Management Diary (MD) that the Class Chairperson and the Deputy Class Chairperson holds in his hand. As far as I am concerned, last year when I went to update the MD, I correctly remembered that three classes can have their whole class be sent for detention as they have all committed more than three offence. And if they really think that this is all, just take a look at the amount of rule breaking that occurs after school ends...
Oh wait, you don't even have to wait until school ends, just look at how many people decides to eat sweets in class...
The Sec 1s who undergone the assembly talk would believe that the school has a really good discipline. OK, I can't deny to a certain extent that our discipline situation is ok, as long as there are no huge increase in the serious offences (Which I remembered seeing quite a bit in those few MD I updated, hmm... Note to self: remember to include it next time...)
So anyhow, is that the only thing that I am going to talk about here, no...
Lets take a look, hmm, we won the school distinction award... And what sustained achievement award, what best practice award, what Singapore quality class... I mean, what does this show of us, that we are better than other schools in terms of spirit and results?
Some people have the chance to go mix with people from other schools who may or may not have won this award. This people finds our school pathetic in a sense, that we do not have the spirit to be able to show to others what our school is and also even though they have not won all this awards, they still can do better than us.
Lets divert away from this topic a bit, what awards do MOE have for us to torture the school and its students.
First there is the Best Practice Award, the Sustained Achievement Award, Singapore Quality Class, Singapore Quality Award, ISO ????, School Distinction Award...........
Are they even AWARDS? Do they do anything in any sense. I mean why compare schools when they are trying to stop ranking schools according to results. The only thing that they are ever going to do to this award is to let me and some people get bored. I mean, why publish we had won this award almost everytime we had to bring a paper back to give to our parents. It is always printed at the bottom of the page with those nice little drawings, showing that we won this and that...
Does it gives the students anything? Nothing, for all I know, we had won all this award, blah blah blah... Does it improves the school outlook in anyway... SCs are still hated (to a certain extent), no one is stopping themselves from breaking rules, school spirits are not improving in any way (although some of us have got an idea how to improve it) I mean, what are all this things for...?
Looking at how other institutions fight for this award seems to be a bit of a joke. Why is everyone under pressure for getting this award that does not mean anything at the very end? I mean, if some institutions are forced to get the Singapore Quality Class (SQC) just because their other branches have it, does it make any sense?
Eventually, everyone would be in SQA (Singapore Quality Award). So what, does it really means that everything is the same in S'pore, everything is just awards, awards, awards... and more awards....
Some even decide whether they should look after some groups in school by looking at the awards they have received...
So, is it what you see that is true, or is it just another stereotype that has been punched into us...
I doubt I will ever know...
Discmon
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Advance Wars 2 'strategy': Little Island
Lets see, I said games that goes with it right. Well, here we are, looking at a game that is rather old although it has not made me lose my interest in...
Advance Wars 2 is the second version of the wars series that is available outside Japan.
Before it was Famicom Wars (NES version), Super Famicom Wars (SNES version), Gameboy wars (Gameboy version). All this episodes in the war series belonged exclusively to Japan.
Advance wars was the first of the series to hit shores outside Japan. Starting with the debut of the Gameboy Advance, Advance wars was made only for Gameboy Advance only.
Advance wars followed up with a series called Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising, which basically continued the series with more strategy and some new improvements...
I own Advance wars 2, not on ROM, but on real catridge and on a gameboy advance...
I hated the campaign, although it did allow me on more strategy on the other maps. After playing around with the Orange Star COs, I find that they have almost no specialization, which makes them easy to play around when you go map-hopping.
Other COs from the other faction seems to provide more interesting map domination strategy...
I hate doing reviews, I mean, others have done it, why should I?
So anyhow, I am providing some strategy guides in the versus mode, should you hate your friends so much that you want to thrash him...
This map is in the VS folder and it is called little island.
This map is a fast map, and poor CO selection on your opponent side can make the battle end in about 12 days.
(That is my record on the map).
Let me first make an analysis:
Best Pick CO:
Kanbei (Yellow Comet)
Recommended COs:
Max (Orange Star) (Only if he deploys faster than the opponent)
Olaf (Blue Moon) (Depends on how fast the snow comes)
Colin (Blue Moon) (If he deploy tanks extremely early)
OK on this map...
Andy (Orange Star) (Only if you play guerilla warfare)
Sami (Orange Star) (Only if her capture works faster than the opponent or if she does victory march successfully)
Sonja (Yellow Comet) (Fog of war only)
*Note that this analysis is based on comparison with the best pick CO, so all those in brackets are strategy to beat the best pick.
As far as I am concerned, the Green Earth COs are only any good if the terrain suggest that it is going to be totally either air or navy. Its land troops suck because the infantry suffer, and on this map, infantry is your most important asset for about 1/3 of the game.
I am giving the guide for Kanbei only. To make it easier for you guys, all the other COs on recommended or OK have to go first against Kanbei, or they would be thrashed. Kanbei can go first or second, regardless of what CO the other CO is. (Unless it is Kanbei VS Kanbei)
Basically the idea is to produce two infantry for two turns to capture the two buildings around you. Only send 1 of them for the buildings nearest to you. The other have to go and fight with the other CO over the possession of the other four buildings in the middle.
As Kanbei, your troops should be overpowered so leave the one that you used to capture the building nearest to you there to capture both buildings. Start saving for a recon first so that you can whack out the early attack of the infantry dying to capture those buildings. Make sure to get at least two buildings though.
Than, slowly fight off the resistance and get the other two buildings. During this period while you are trying to get the other two buildings, I like to produce tanks (if you run short, produce a mech instead) Make sure you only produce one unit a turn, this does not affect you too much.
When you get all four in the middle, Kanbei should have enough resources to produce a tank a turn. Slowly surround the enemy and decided your favorite method to finish it off.
Strictly speaking, Kanbei troops might be expensive, but it pays off on this map as you can quickly overwhelm your enemy. Never try Kanbei vs Kanbei though. In this sort of match, the player who go first would win.
Hope you would have a pleasant time thrashing your opponent. Please remember that on this map, the more tanks, the better...
One more thing, Colin is extremely cruel on this map if you happen to meet a Pro in Colin...
Next time on Advance Wars 2 'strategy' >> We'll take a look at a pre-deployed map that could prove unfortunately unfair to many people when you play with one certain CO...
Watch out for Advance Wars 2 'strategy': Bundle City...
Discmon
Advance Wars 2 is the second version of the wars series that is available outside Japan.
Before it was Famicom Wars (NES version), Super Famicom Wars (SNES version), Gameboy wars (Gameboy version). All this episodes in the war series belonged exclusively to Japan.
Advance wars was the first of the series to hit shores outside Japan. Starting with the debut of the Gameboy Advance, Advance wars was made only for Gameboy Advance only.
Advance wars followed up with a series called Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising, which basically continued the series with more strategy and some new improvements...
I own Advance wars 2, not on ROM, but on real catridge and on a gameboy advance...
I hated the campaign, although it did allow me on more strategy on the other maps. After playing around with the Orange Star COs, I find that they have almost no specialization, which makes them easy to play around when you go map-hopping.
Other COs from the other faction seems to provide more interesting map domination strategy...
I hate doing reviews, I mean, others have done it, why should I?
So anyhow, I am providing some strategy guides in the versus mode, should you hate your friends so much that you want to thrash him...
This map is in the VS folder and it is called little island.
This map is a fast map, and poor CO selection on your opponent side can make the battle end in about 12 days.
(That is my record on the map).
Let me first make an analysis:
Best Pick CO:
Kanbei (Yellow Comet)
Recommended COs:
Max (Orange Star) (Only if he deploys faster than the opponent)
Olaf (Blue Moon) (Depends on how fast the snow comes)
Colin (Blue Moon) (If he deploy tanks extremely early)
OK on this map...
Andy (Orange Star) (Only if you play guerilla warfare)
Sami (Orange Star) (Only if her capture works faster than the opponent or if she does victory march successfully)
Sonja (Yellow Comet) (Fog of war only)
*Note that this analysis is based on comparison with the best pick CO, so all those in brackets are strategy to beat the best pick.
As far as I am concerned, the Green Earth COs are only any good if the terrain suggest that it is going to be totally either air or navy. Its land troops suck because the infantry suffer, and on this map, infantry is your most important asset for about 1/3 of the game.
I am giving the guide for Kanbei only. To make it easier for you guys, all the other COs on recommended or OK have to go first against Kanbei, or they would be thrashed. Kanbei can go first or second, regardless of what CO the other CO is. (Unless it is Kanbei VS Kanbei)
Basically the idea is to produce two infantry for two turns to capture the two buildings around you. Only send 1 of them for the buildings nearest to you. The other have to go and fight with the other CO over the possession of the other four buildings in the middle.
As Kanbei, your troops should be overpowered so leave the one that you used to capture the building nearest to you there to capture both buildings. Start saving for a recon first so that you can whack out the early attack of the infantry dying to capture those buildings. Make sure to get at least two buildings though.
Than, slowly fight off the resistance and get the other two buildings. During this period while you are trying to get the other two buildings, I like to produce tanks (if you run short, produce a mech instead) Make sure you only produce one unit a turn, this does not affect you too much.
When you get all four in the middle, Kanbei should have enough resources to produce a tank a turn. Slowly surround the enemy and decided your favorite method to finish it off.
Strictly speaking, Kanbei troops might be expensive, but it pays off on this map as you can quickly overwhelm your enemy. Never try Kanbei vs Kanbei though. In this sort of match, the player who go first would win.
Hope you would have a pleasant time thrashing your opponent. Please remember that on this map, the more tanks, the better...
One more thing, Colin is extremely cruel on this map if you happen to meet a Pro in Colin...
Next time on Advance Wars 2 'strategy' >> We'll take a look at a pre-deployed map that could prove unfortunately unfair to many people when you play with one certain CO...
Watch out for Advance Wars 2 'strategy': Bundle City...
Discmon
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
The unpopular denied fact...
Seems like I have a lot of free time eh?
Posting so many post in such a short amount of time. This is basically because I got totally sick of the great irony that exists in the student council that I unfortunately had to be part of...
Let me get this straight first, this is from my personal own point of view, and for the interest of others, all people listed here will be in code name, so, if you don't understand, try to picture the codes into names...
Lets start with what I felt ever since the new council came into being way back in September 2004...
First, everyone was fine, there were a few tears as we said good bye to the sec 4 whom would be leaving us as they are going to be progressing to JC. I think some of the more observant people in SC was shocked when they saw that HX became the president. Personally, I have no grudge against anyone being the president so I ignored the fact that there was a few shocked faces here and there.
I eventually knew why there was a shock much later thanks to a few friends whom told me about the dilemma of the situation. Of course, we all hoped that HX would do a good job and help us be as good or even better than the last council.
Than, things took for a worse...
First, the thing that I noticed the quickest, was the apparent fact that HX cannot control the council. I mean, last time whenever the president is going to say something, it would be as though a order was given. Everyone would suddenly quieten down and listen very attentively. As far as I can see, she is not commanding that aura of leadership around her. It seems to me that she is not commanding the respect of fellow councillors. I don't really understand this fact, even until now, but I believe it got something to do with the way she shows herself. As far as I can see, she does not show seriousness when she is supposed to do so, and I think that that is probably the reason...
There are many other reasons that my friends told me, but I was not really able to understand it, or rather put into my context, so I left them out. But this is the situation. I guess it is a bit of dilemma.
But what really inspired me to write this log is not the problem with HX or our various EXCOs whom people question their leadership, it is our committees own EXCO, and when I leave out that 's', it really means one of the two, not both...
The problem of a council that is separated by committees is that the council would eventually become a broken union as everyone sees themselves as belonging to individual committees. So, the council does not really work as one although it is supposed to do so. Well, I think any move by anyone to make the council more united would be a welcomed move by any teachers who are in charge of us, but sometimes, you feel that it is the wrong people who are overdoing the things...
As far as I can see, our exco, seems to resent being with us when she was elected to take over our previous exco (whom we all felt was very good in bringing us together and getting things done, the sort of aura that XSH, CZM and HFM would give to you. Unfortunately, she went for the through-train program) Although she seems to have taken the post in seriousness when she first took it, she now seems to resent the fact that she has to take care of us for another 2 years. It could be something to do with cracking some jokes in front of her, but come on, most of us gets this treatment now and then...
Lets show the situation...
First, unless its administrative stuff, she usually don't cares about us. She seems to be better bonded with the other SCs in the other committees. I mean, you can't say that it is a bad sign, but you would feel that she is really overdoing it. She rarely talks to anyone in our committees as JA has pointed out. JA may be a bit of a critic, but at least he doesn't critic everything that comes to him negatively.
The meeting yesterday was perhaps the biggest inspiration to put this point as the first one.
Lets see what happened yesterday, first, we all arrived at the meeting place and everyone started forming its own committees as I already stated earlier in the log that a separated council is possible for this sort of things to happen. So anyhow, we slowly settled down and then we notice that our exco is sitting quite some distance away from us. All of the members of our committee is sitting together, and yet we see our own exco 'deserting' her own committee. This made me unfortunately agree with JA on his earlier critic that our exco is resenting her presence as the exco of our committee. Unfortunately, she has to be closer to the other sc whom we don't really get along well. As far as I know, I never got along well with any other sc from any other committee, mainly because of the nature of our responsibilities.
Lets put it on a wider perspective, a lot of people/critics had pointed out that the choices for the exco had been chosen badly because they do not seem to possess that leadership quality. I don't really care about the other committee as I am not as observant as this critics are. I am only putting it here to reflect the situation of the mind of some people. I am not really thinking about wrong leadership as I never really personally had been under their control before.
I hope that this would be a form of a wake up call to some people so that the council would be able to pick up strength and try to make the best out of the new council that is going to be formed very soon.
In fact, JA and I reasoned that the apparent earliness of the nomination and election is not just to align it with the other ROD from the CCA, but it is also to get rid of the leadership that is currently not working. Too bad the exco I had been discussing about have to stay with us for another two years. For the earlier HX I talked about, lets hope she would think of this removal of power so that the next group could perhaps bring sc back to life in a comforting way.
I always hear the saying from our senior that we should support our EXCOs, I can do it for one of them who would be leaving very soon, but definitely not for the other one, whom I regarded once as a friend, a fellow councillor, and a leader in all odds during the SC camp...
If only she would understand that her resentment in being a member of our committee is not helping the committee in anyway, and also disappointing a lot of people who spoke for her as the next exco when CLA left...
I hope this serves as a wake-up call to that person whom I had been discussing about...
Discmon
Posting so many post in such a short amount of time. This is basically because I got totally sick of the great irony that exists in the student council that I unfortunately had to be part of...
Let me get this straight first, this is from my personal own point of view, and for the interest of others, all people listed here will be in code name, so, if you don't understand, try to picture the codes into names...
Lets start with what I felt ever since the new council came into being way back in September 2004...
First, everyone was fine, there were a few tears as we said good bye to the sec 4 whom would be leaving us as they are going to be progressing to JC. I think some of the more observant people in SC was shocked when they saw that HX became the president. Personally, I have no grudge against anyone being the president so I ignored the fact that there was a few shocked faces here and there.
I eventually knew why there was a shock much later thanks to a few friends whom told me about the dilemma of the situation. Of course, we all hoped that HX would do a good job and help us be as good or even better than the last council.
Than, things took for a worse...
First, the thing that I noticed the quickest, was the apparent fact that HX cannot control the council. I mean, last time whenever the president is going to say something, it would be as though a order was given. Everyone would suddenly quieten down and listen very attentively. As far as I can see, she is not commanding that aura of leadership around her. It seems to me that she is not commanding the respect of fellow councillors. I don't really understand this fact, even until now, but I believe it got something to do with the way she shows herself. As far as I can see, she does not show seriousness when she is supposed to do so, and I think that that is probably the reason...
There are many other reasons that my friends told me, but I was not really able to understand it, or rather put into my context, so I left them out. But this is the situation. I guess it is a bit of dilemma.
But what really inspired me to write this log is not the problem with HX or our various EXCOs whom people question their leadership, it is our committees own EXCO, and when I leave out that 's', it really means one of the two, not both...
The problem of a council that is separated by committees is that the council would eventually become a broken union as everyone sees themselves as belonging to individual committees. So, the council does not really work as one although it is supposed to do so. Well, I think any move by anyone to make the council more united would be a welcomed move by any teachers who are in charge of us, but sometimes, you feel that it is the wrong people who are overdoing the things...
As far as I can see, our exco, seems to resent being with us when she was elected to take over our previous exco (whom we all felt was very good in bringing us together and getting things done, the sort of aura that XSH, CZM and HFM would give to you. Unfortunately, she went for the through-train program) Although she seems to have taken the post in seriousness when she first took it, she now seems to resent the fact that she has to take care of us for another 2 years. It could be something to do with cracking some jokes in front of her, but come on, most of us gets this treatment now and then...
Lets show the situation...
First, unless its administrative stuff, she usually don't cares about us. She seems to be better bonded with the other SCs in the other committees. I mean, you can't say that it is a bad sign, but you would feel that she is really overdoing it. She rarely talks to anyone in our committees as JA has pointed out. JA may be a bit of a critic, but at least he doesn't critic everything that comes to him negatively.
The meeting yesterday was perhaps the biggest inspiration to put this point as the first one.
Lets see what happened yesterday, first, we all arrived at the meeting place and everyone started forming its own committees as I already stated earlier in the log that a separated council is possible for this sort of things to happen. So anyhow, we slowly settled down and then we notice that our exco is sitting quite some distance away from us. All of the members of our committee is sitting together, and yet we see our own exco 'deserting' her own committee. This made me unfortunately agree with JA on his earlier critic that our exco is resenting her presence as the exco of our committee. Unfortunately, she has to be closer to the other sc whom we don't really get along well. As far as I know, I never got along well with any other sc from any other committee, mainly because of the nature of our responsibilities.
Lets put it on a wider perspective, a lot of people/critics had pointed out that the choices for the exco had been chosen badly because they do not seem to possess that leadership quality. I don't really care about the other committee as I am not as observant as this critics are. I am only putting it here to reflect the situation of the mind of some people. I am not really thinking about wrong leadership as I never really personally had been under their control before.
I hope that this would be a form of a wake up call to some people so that the council would be able to pick up strength and try to make the best out of the new council that is going to be formed very soon.
In fact, JA and I reasoned that the apparent earliness of the nomination and election is not just to align it with the other ROD from the CCA, but it is also to get rid of the leadership that is currently not working. Too bad the exco I had been discussing about have to stay with us for another two years. For the earlier HX I talked about, lets hope she would think of this removal of power so that the next group could perhaps bring sc back to life in a comforting way.
I always hear the saying from our senior that we should support our EXCOs, I can do it for one of them who would be leaving very soon, but definitely not for the other one, whom I regarded once as a friend, a fellow councillor, and a leader in all odds during the SC camp...
If only she would understand that her resentment in being a member of our committee is not helping the committee in anyway, and also disappointing a lot of people who spoke for her as the next exco when CLA left...
I hope this serves as a wake-up call to that person whom I had been discussing about...
Discmon
Monday, January 10, 2005
The good old tsunami...
My last post left a rather bitter taste in my mouth in what I perceive as totally crap... I mean, what is so exciting about my life? Maybe something that would interest more people would be better on a blog such as this one...
Anyhow, people who likes to dips into archives of post, would know that most of my entries so far, have been talking about the unfortunate tsunami incident. Anyway, this is some things that I hoped people and perhaps some people who decided that just giving money would help to understand what they have been doing so far...
I think we have heard several times that some companies are donating something to the disaster area by buying something from them. Seems to be an unfortunate incident to allow people to do charity and buy more things for them under the pretext that they are helping the people who are in needs. But as we all already know, charity should be done of one's free will. Why must the companies ask other people to buy things so that they would donate to the people who needs this things urgently...
As far as I can see, a lot of companies and even people are using this opportunity as a chance to make money...
How wonderful, cashing in on someone's else misfortunes...
Anyhow, if some people had been paying attention to the critics on the newspaper lately, we would have heard of reports of people donating boxing gloves, golf clubs, 1-cent coins, curtains infested in cockroaches, and the one that hit the mark, tons of 50-cents coin so that those poor children there can go and play the arcade...
I mean, even people like us would feel that this is ridiculous. What does this show us, it shows that Singapore is too peaceful, what we feel as doing charity means donating things and money. We have lost all concepts of hardship and what it is like to be in war or a disaster. I mean, if a young boy would donate 50-cent coins so that the children there can play the arcade, what does this show of us singaporean...
I think critics and other people who writes on forum and any other citizens of Singapore who still fortunately reads the newspaper, would be able to comment on this. Otherwise, try and find a copy and just read the forum pages...
Not just that, some people even got raped after getting rescued. I think, like how the old saying goes, that disasters bring out the worst in some people, the best in others. Just like the donations where people who live in good old safety Singapore uses as a method to get rid of garbage and almost worthless 1-cent coins...
Not to say that they are worthless...
I think that this donation thing had just become another way for the nations all over the world to compete. I mean, donations are meant to be voluntary, but what has happened so far, makes me feel that the word donation should change from its original meaning.
I am getting a bit sarcastic so I decided to list down all the meanings alteration for the word donation...
For countries who are constantly donating more and more:
A situation in which whoever gives the most is most respected by other stupid people all over the world...
For Singaporeans:
A chance for them to get rid of useless items in their home
Also to show to the whole wide world, the singaporeans apparent disregard of how disastrous the situation is, and how we are so secured that we resent any preparations for the worst... And also the lack of education on our young on the possible chaos that could happen anywhere in the world and how 'safe' they are in their present surroundings...
I think that should be enough...
Discmon
Anyhow, people who likes to dips into archives of post, would know that most of my entries so far, have been talking about the unfortunate tsunami incident. Anyway, this is some things that I hoped people and perhaps some people who decided that just giving money would help to understand what they have been doing so far...
I think we have heard several times that some companies are donating something to the disaster area by buying something from them. Seems to be an unfortunate incident to allow people to do charity and buy more things for them under the pretext that they are helping the people who are in needs. But as we all already know, charity should be done of one's free will. Why must the companies ask other people to buy things so that they would donate to the people who needs this things urgently...
As far as I can see, a lot of companies and even people are using this opportunity as a chance to make money...
How wonderful, cashing in on someone's else misfortunes...
Anyhow, if some people had been paying attention to the critics on the newspaper lately, we would have heard of reports of people donating boxing gloves, golf clubs, 1-cent coins, curtains infested in cockroaches, and the one that hit the mark, tons of 50-cents coin so that those poor children there can go and play the arcade...
I mean, even people like us would feel that this is ridiculous. What does this show us, it shows that Singapore is too peaceful, what we feel as doing charity means donating things and money. We have lost all concepts of hardship and what it is like to be in war or a disaster. I mean, if a young boy would donate 50-cent coins so that the children there can play the arcade, what does this show of us singaporean...
I think critics and other people who writes on forum and any other citizens of Singapore who still fortunately reads the newspaper, would be able to comment on this. Otherwise, try and find a copy and just read the forum pages...
Not just that, some people even got raped after getting rescued. I think, like how the old saying goes, that disasters bring out the worst in some people, the best in others. Just like the donations where people who live in good old safety Singapore uses as a method to get rid of garbage and almost worthless 1-cent coins...
Not to say that they are worthless...
I think that this donation thing had just become another way for the nations all over the world to compete. I mean, donations are meant to be voluntary, but what has happened so far, makes me feel that the word donation should change from its original meaning.
I am getting a bit sarcastic so I decided to list down all the meanings alteration for the word donation...
For countries who are constantly donating more and more:
A situation in which whoever gives the most is most respected by other stupid people all over the world...
For Singaporeans:
A chance for them to get rid of useless items in their home
Also to show to the whole wide world, the singaporeans apparent disregard of how disastrous the situation is, and how we are so secured that we resent any preparations for the worst... And also the lack of education on our young on the possible chaos that could happen anywhere in the world and how 'safe' they are in their present surroundings...
I think that should be enough...
Discmon
Sunday, January 09, 2005
New class of friends...
Sorry to disappoint anyone for my apparent lagginess on blogger and my apparent disregard to how my homepage looks like...
(I got a phobia against HTML after coding almost 12 pages of HTML two years ago for my computer project. I also seriously hated Dreamweaver after that)
Anyhow, this year is a whole new year. And like what the teachers had said for the past few weeks, Sec 3 is not like what we had experienced a few years back. Its time for the teachers to end the paradise sort of land they had created in sec 1 and sec 2.
I want to see how they are going to do it...
Anyhow, the good news is that on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I am going to have a free period. Being that I do not take C lit as a subject and some classmates do, so, tomorrow, all of us are going to bring some games to school. Games, that is like chess, scrabble...
Other then that, in another round of good news that just started on Thursday, Beier, who was transferred to NUS math and science school, has come back. Reasons are unfortunately unclear, although if you happen to one of his close friends, I would suppose that it would be a totally different way around.
The PRC scholars in our class are basically keeping to themselves as far as I can see. Probably because they had just met us for only about a week. I hardly know their names, but I expect that we would all be able to 'mess' around by the end of the first month.
I also managed to get some conversations going in class with the other classmates that belongs to 3D. Some of them are people I met in the corridors several times a day, but hardly ever talk to. Its great to know more friends isn't it.
I finally managed to become the AV rep after almost two solid year as the cleaniness rep. Hope to be able to foster good working partnership with the AV equipment.
Argh, this is crap...
Discmon
(I got a phobia against HTML after coding almost 12 pages of HTML two years ago for my computer project. I also seriously hated Dreamweaver after that)
Anyhow, this year is a whole new year. And like what the teachers had said for the past few weeks, Sec 3 is not like what we had experienced a few years back. Its time for the teachers to end the paradise sort of land they had created in sec 1 and sec 2.
I want to see how they are going to do it...
Anyhow, the good news is that on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I am going to have a free period. Being that I do not take C lit as a subject and some classmates do, so, tomorrow, all of us are going to bring some games to school. Games, that is like chess, scrabble...
Other then that, in another round of good news that just started on Thursday, Beier, who was transferred to NUS math and science school, has come back. Reasons are unfortunately unclear, although if you happen to one of his close friends, I would suppose that it would be a totally different way around.
The PRC scholars in our class are basically keeping to themselves as far as I can see. Probably because they had just met us for only about a week. I hardly know their names, but I expect that we would all be able to 'mess' around by the end of the first month.
I also managed to get some conversations going in class with the other classmates that belongs to 3D. Some of them are people I met in the corridors several times a day, but hardly ever talk to. Its great to know more friends isn't it.
I finally managed to become the AV rep after almost two solid year as the cleaniness rep. Hope to be able to foster good working partnership with the AV equipment.
Argh, this is crap...
Discmon
Monday, January 03, 2005
History of Discmon...
I was lagging a bit and because I do not feel like doing homework as it is the first day of school, I decided to elaborate on the history of this alias, discmon, which also happens to be a sort of machine made to help you with keeping disc which I only found out recently...
Discmon, was first created by me, way back in the year 2000, after my primary four streaming examination. We were pretty bored as we had nothing to do essentially, so everyone went to create games on paper so that everyone could play. Because we cannot bring Gameboys to school, I created discmon, which essentially, is pokemon on a slightly smaller and more luck based scale. I originally created stickmon, which basically forms the basis of discmon.
However, discmon was never played in school, mainly because by then, the holidays had arrived and no one would play this games anymore as we progress to primary 5.
Then, I started to play on neopets. I wanted a username without any numbers and thought for a very long long time. It was during this period that I remembered this game which never took off, and so, I commemorated it by letting my username be discmon. Which is currently still rather active although I am lagging over there at neopets.
In case you are wondering, that date was the 21st of May, 2001.
After that, discmon became my alias on the internet as it does not really show my particular unless you check neopets (which strictly speaking is also not showing any of me personal particulars). So, discmon is my alias.
Weird things happened after I went to secondary school. Discmon, which originally was just a game name, seem to have too much coincidence in my current life in school. For an easy example, Discmon starts with a D, and I am in D class. 1D, 2D, 3D. I mean, isn't it too coincidental. There are others obviously to make it worse, but I am only going to tell you this.
So, discmon, is my alias and its history is rather short. Well, my alias on Blogger is also discmon, in case you people have yet to understand, which you should.
Also to clarify things, Discmon was not originally created because my room is overflowing with CD, nor is it because of some dumb advertisements on the web.
Good things and alias take a long time to make an impact on you...
Discmon
Discmon, was first created by me, way back in the year 2000, after my primary four streaming examination. We were pretty bored as we had nothing to do essentially, so everyone went to create games on paper so that everyone could play. Because we cannot bring Gameboys to school, I created discmon, which essentially, is pokemon on a slightly smaller and more luck based scale. I originally created stickmon, which basically forms the basis of discmon.
However, discmon was never played in school, mainly because by then, the holidays had arrived and no one would play this games anymore as we progress to primary 5.
Then, I started to play on neopets. I wanted a username without any numbers and thought for a very long long time. It was during this period that I remembered this game which never took off, and so, I commemorated it by letting my username be discmon. Which is currently still rather active although I am lagging over there at neopets.
In case you are wondering, that date was the 21st of May, 2001.
After that, discmon became my alias on the internet as it does not really show my particular unless you check neopets (which strictly speaking is also not showing any of me personal particulars). So, discmon is my alias.
Weird things happened after I went to secondary school. Discmon, which originally was just a game name, seem to have too much coincidence in my current life in school. For an easy example, Discmon starts with a D, and I am in D class. 1D, 2D, 3D. I mean, isn't it too coincidental. There are others obviously to make it worse, but I am only going to tell you this.
So, discmon, is my alias and its history is rather short. Well, my alias on Blogger is also discmon, in case you people have yet to understand, which you should.
Also to clarify things, Discmon was not originally created because my room is overflowing with CD, nor is it because of some dumb advertisements on the web.
Good things and alias take a long time to make an impact on you...
Discmon
Saturday, January 01, 2005
Happy new year!!! Or at least to all those optimistic people out there...
Well, it is quite early right now and I got no idea where this energy to type this out came from...
But anyhow, I must say it is time to say goodbye to the old year and say hi to a new one.
Although there is no fireworks, we must all say that another year had just passed. It sort of reminded me of an article that I had read sometime back, about a child whose grandparent would always go mad whenever she hear firecrackers explode. For those who happen to know me, think of 2003 early February. It is because of the fact that whenever firecrackers explode, she would think it is the guns that is being fired as she had lived through the second world war and her husband was killed then. Whenever she heard that, she would go mad and start creating havoc around the house...
Anyhow, it was a very touching story, when for one year, all the neighbors decided that for one Chinese new year, they would not burn firecrackers. And it stayed that way until the author's grandmother passed away. I must say that it was a really quiet Chinese new year...
No fireworks, this is to be with the nations that had been dramatically affected by the tsunami that had occurred after the earthquake underneath the sea off Indonesia west coast. Fireworks were used to drive a old year out and welcome a new year in, but it seems that we would have to do without it, well, those people who had died had hoped to see the new year coming with all its joys and hope. Guess they would have to do without it...
This year, which means 2005, we all hope, that the world would be able to recover from all those things that had caused the world to become what it is today, and to become what everyone in the world wants, a peaceful world, for when war and natural disaster and the likes occur, the people who suffer the most is the peasants, the civilians, the people right at the lowest class...
A new year beckons a new hope, but as we welcome this new year, lets us all also not forget the people who had died just a few days ago, and whom will never see the new year in its full glory...
Discmon
But anyhow, I must say it is time to say goodbye to the old year and say hi to a new one.
Although there is no fireworks, we must all say that another year had just passed. It sort of reminded me of an article that I had read sometime back, about a child whose grandparent would always go mad whenever she hear firecrackers explode. For those who happen to know me, think of 2003 early February. It is because of the fact that whenever firecrackers explode, she would think it is the guns that is being fired as she had lived through the second world war and her husband was killed then. Whenever she heard that, she would go mad and start creating havoc around the house...
Anyhow, it was a very touching story, when for one year, all the neighbors decided that for one Chinese new year, they would not burn firecrackers. And it stayed that way until the author's grandmother passed away. I must say that it was a really quiet Chinese new year...
No fireworks, this is to be with the nations that had been dramatically affected by the tsunami that had occurred after the earthquake underneath the sea off Indonesia west coast. Fireworks were used to drive a old year out and welcome a new year in, but it seems that we would have to do without it, well, those people who had died had hoped to see the new year coming with all its joys and hope. Guess they would have to do without it...
This year, which means 2005, we all hope, that the world would be able to recover from all those things that had caused the world to become what it is today, and to become what everyone in the world wants, a peaceful world, for when war and natural disaster and the likes occur, the people who suffer the most is the peasants, the civilians, the people right at the lowest class...
A new year beckons a new hope, but as we welcome this new year, lets us all also not forget the people who had died just a few days ago, and whom will never see the new year in its full glory...
Discmon
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