I’m a Canadian but that does not mean that I’m perfect in English. That’s the mentality here in Singapore that I don’t know I can change. My friends even do that and one in particular always calling me a “disgrace to my country” in a friendlier joking kind of way. So what if I failed the English and then narrowly pass the semester, better study then. Oh yeah, I already studied and I feel that I can pass the vocabulary and grammer (that’s my strong point). So I hope I can ace all three of my tests tomorrow. Pass or flunk, I won’t die (but maybe from insanity). Well signing out. I wonder what all my friends are doing on the summer vacation.
… And to beat the first in class, it’s a tight race, Passion vs. Grades
The first in class seems to be hard to beat. For one thing, we are both on par with many subjects. Math, Science, Geography, History and English are going to be close races as I think I’m on an equal stand with her. Art and Music she has the advantage and my disadvantage will be Design and Technology. I don’t know if I stand a chance since I always end up second. Then again, Literature is my strength. Literature class, although it is near par, is in my favor. She does it because it’s for the grades and the overall average. Thus her answers although long do seem to be repetitive and include unnecessary material. I do it because I find it as a passion, something I can connect to. I do it because I feel that it reflects my views as an individual and helps the liberal thinking acquired at SAS. For my academic rival, I’m not sure though but I won’t know until a long time.
The Chess Career Begins…
The one hobby in my class Sec. 2/5 is chess. I have the feeling that although many people don’t enjoy to play chess in my class, they at least know how to play it. I would guess that most of my classmates at least know how to play chinese or english chess or checkers. I was bad at chess before and when I went to a chess tournament when I was in Grade 4, I really was horrible at it and depended on stalemates, time and scores. Now, I can fork, pin and do the four move checkmate but I am still careless in my moves and need some kinks to help myself. Now I was planning of going back to a chesws tournament and at least get into a knock out round.
The Bird Cry Heard ‘Round the Hall
Today, the classes of the lower secondary were attending their usually scheduled assembly. Unnoticed by them is that there was a fool in the hall. The “fool” made many whistling sounds that one person in particular commented it to be “like a bird whistling bird who would most likely want to go outside and join them.” That one person was more like a person who likes to see justice in any way possible.A Singaporean teacher with unique views.
“I don’t want the fool to get us held back!” was the main idea among these students. As the teacher intention was to capture the culprit who dared whistle to him. He thinks it to be Sec. 2, have the hall is empty. Now the Sec. 2’s are upset aboout this matter. The teacher now releases the girls, thinking them to be innocent as stastics show that they are less likely to commit crimes. Although, I find this prejudice and discrimination against boys! The teacher intent of capturing the culprit, someone stands up to confess. Then another whistle is heard. “Who whistled the second time?” It was so close to freedom and justice but that fool just had to whistle as he was about to escape justice. By the time we were released, it was 20 minutes after the time when we were supposed to go home. The culprit escaped justice or he was the so-called scapegoat that stood up. This is Zachary, signing out.
The Last Summer
This summer, if I was either in Shanghai or Canada I would’ve graduated, thrown up a hat and say goodbye to Middle School forever. To top it all of, it’s supposed to be Canada Day tomorrow and I’ll get a few flags to show that spirit. I still wish I had that long vacation.
Who’s Visiting this ol’e Empty Blog?
According to my traffic tracker widget, I used to have somebody coming to my blog from my old place in Shanghai, China. Now I have someone in Singapore (Well I am but not there were other times someone in Singapore landed here that I didn’t) and the USA. Whoever it is, please comment in this space. I’ve only remembered two other people I know who visited this blog at all and it seems like I don’t see one and the other one attends regularly. So who are you? Could you please show yourself? No spam comments please and I know the person if it comes from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
Meritocracy is NOT Equality-HAGS!:)
This is a contrast to Singapore’s views. It views meritocracy as a must to provide oppourtunities for talented but it doesn’t treat people equally and meritocracy will only begin the need for an elitists class for Singapore. This doesn’t relate to my political views of democracy (they don’t have it in school, can you believe that? Teachers have the final say!) and equality for all (fine, I have some communist views). Well, that’s my complain to Singapore. Have a great summer vacation blog surfers, Canadians, and friends. 
Learning the HARD Way
I got myself in a bad position. I think I turned my bad thing from two posts down into a sort of addiction. I kept wanting to see it but I knew I shouldn’t until I finally cracked today. However, I broke it today as well. How? After the incident, I went to play my games when I received a phone call from my teacher. She asked for my mom to see my results but later on, I realized it could be a sneaky way to say what I’ve been doing on the net. My mom was away so that was a relief and after that, I was scared to death. Then I realized that it was simply disgusting what I did earlier. The morale of my story? Either don’t ever try the first time no matter the reason and sometimes it just takes a lucky break or a pat on the back to realize it.
Is There Justice?
I would like to ask this question to everyone, is there justice in the world? The classic good guys always win and bad guys always lose doesn’t come to play in the modern world. People who are truly guilty in crimes have been set free and innocent people have been sentenced for crimes they didn’t commit. Also, we see people fighting for what they think is a just cause, we see people protesting for change, we see people putting them down, sometimes forcefully, but is this justice?
A Changing Personality
It’s been a while since I been on this blog. Many things happened in a snap. I started having thoughts that weren’t normal, more like a psychotic mind to be exact. It is like my mind was hungry for sexual images. This is not me. I haven’t done anything serious as of yet but I think that typing it down here calms my nerves. I can think and say to myself, this ISN’T you. You are stronger than this and you’ve been able to fight it. Don’t succumb to the promises of Satin for he has plans. Being a christian with atheistic thoughts, I pray to god above and try to put this into philosophical means. After my prayer, I felt the light opening up. I thank the lord for everything. I will bring back some of my old self back (the working hard), open to new ones (stand at a point) and keep existing ones (environmentalism). After that moment, I’m now a new person.
