asked ekta and nut to speak to me in hindi as much as possible whenever they see me.
hopefully this will strengthen my command of this language, though none of my fingers are crossed.
nothing much happened in school per se.
on wednesday though was racial harmony day and the day of the sea carnival.
we had to recite this declaration for racial harmony day. it was quite amusing to watch the whole audi stand up and recite this silly little thing. its like being sworn in for something akin to presidency.
i blew sea carnival (as did 70% of the J2 population i guess).
went out with kit and jeremy. ate katong laksa (it was much needed chelestrol therapy) then went to town, for the simple reason of having nothing else better to do.
one thing lead to another and soon we were in (mosquito infested) fort canning. it was actually really fun.
there were numerous narrow, dark tunnels called sally ports that ran through the ground and up gates. soldiers used these to get from one place to another quickly (in a nutshell, i think). it was so cool exploring the tunnels (though we only went through 2).
its like going in at one place and coming out somewhere else.
imagine how the soldiers felt during those tumultuous times of WWII. kinda scary just sitting and waiting for your turn to go out into the open field and fight for your country.
nonetheless, the place was really nice and i want to go back there again when its all dark. i think that it would be really scary. (fun fun)
also saw a wall with epitaphs, and i'm not just talking about one single epitaph; it was like epitaphs-r-us. there were like 100s of em. kinda shocking. i mean with the war and all you expected people to die while fighting, but to actually see these writings was a whole different experience.
jeremy, who's really afraid of anything supernatural, was too scared to go near the wall, or even spend more than a second looking at it. he was even so afraid that he took great pains to avoid walking past the Keramat. (needless to say kit and i aka the-brave-ones visited the Keramat). that fellow is weird. even talking about it makes him freak out.
lol.
anyway...
we slowly walked to clarke quay by cutting across the park. on the way i familiarised myself with the frangipani tree and the scent of its flower.
just in case.
walked past the reverse bungy jumping contraption (which kit and i will take during her birthday. i'm freaked.), and onto the train for home.
was really a fun day.
learned alot.
found out today from the interact teachers that the cme board wants the exco of the interact club to give a talk to the J1s (the entire lot of the sorry bunch) about cip. i was freaked, and i did a double take when i found out that the tentative date for the presentation is week plus away.
argh!
and i thought i was done with interact.
hopefully this will strengthen my command of this language, though none of my fingers are crossed.
nothing much happened in school per se.
on wednesday though was racial harmony day and the day of the sea carnival.
we had to recite this declaration for racial harmony day. it was quite amusing to watch the whole audi stand up and recite this silly little thing. its like being sworn in for something akin to presidency.
i blew sea carnival (as did 70% of the J2 population i guess).
went out with kit and jeremy. ate katong laksa (it was much needed chelestrol therapy) then went to town, for the simple reason of having nothing else better to do.
one thing lead to another and soon we were in (mosquito infested) fort canning. it was actually really fun.
there were numerous narrow, dark tunnels called sally ports that ran through the ground and up gates. soldiers used these to get from one place to another quickly (in a nutshell, i think). it was so cool exploring the tunnels (though we only went through 2).
its like going in at one place and coming out somewhere else.
imagine how the soldiers felt during those tumultuous times of WWII. kinda scary just sitting and waiting for your turn to go out into the open field and fight for your country.
nonetheless, the place was really nice and i want to go back there again when its all dark. i think that it would be really scary. (fun fun)
also saw a wall with epitaphs, and i'm not just talking about one single epitaph; it was like epitaphs-r-us. there were like 100s of em. kinda shocking. i mean with the war and all you expected people to die while fighting, but to actually see these writings was a whole different experience.
jeremy, who's really afraid of anything supernatural, was too scared to go near the wall, or even spend more than a second looking at it. he was even so afraid that he took great pains to avoid walking past the Keramat. (needless to say kit and i aka the-brave-ones visited the Keramat). that fellow is weird. even talking about it makes him freak out.
lol.
anyway...
we slowly walked to clarke quay by cutting across the park. on the way i familiarised myself with the frangipani tree and the scent of its flower.
just in case.
walked past the reverse bungy jumping contraption (which kit and i will take during her birthday. i'm freaked.), and onto the train for home.
was really a fun day.
learned alot.
found out today from the interact teachers that the cme board wants the exco of the interact club to give a talk to the J1s (the entire lot of the sorry bunch) about cip. i was freaked, and i did a double take when i found out that the tentative date for the presentation is week plus away.
argh!
and i thought i was done with interact.
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