Happy Holidays!

Hello everyone!!

It's been a week of holidays for you so far.. hope you're all having fun and relaxing. :) The hard work can come next week heehee..

I've been hard at work too and have just finished packing my table. Jiamin, you'd be proud of what I've done! (this probably doesn't reflect very well on me huh..:p) But yes... I've got a neat-looking table that's pretty organised now. It's a good start to the holidays. 

Regina, the nose-picking sounds awful! Haha... I guess you just have to make sure you stay healthy. Hope you are doing fine. Wish you could have come for the musical though. It was quite lovely. I was happily bobbing along to the songs backstage so much so a fellow teacher told me the director should be informed that I want to join the musical next year. :p 

I was surfing the net yesterday and came across this game online. 

http://www.quia.com/cb/96929.html?AP_rand=744924617

I hope the link works because I can't seem to use the ctrl-copy and paste function on my computer. 

Anyway, Zijian, I didn't see you at Lot 1. I don't see why anyone would like to impersonate me and post a reply... but that wasn't me. 

Hi Lydia, sorry I'd have to keep you in suspense on that... Hope your holidays are coming along fine though! Have you been to the zoo yet? I keep hearing about the Rainforest exhibit but have yet to go. 

Happy holidays everyone! Happy reading too! Go to the library and borrow as many books as you can. Holidays are perfect for lazing around with a good book and picking up some cool phrases to use in your compositions in P5! :) 

Good Job!

Just wanted to say how proud I felt of you guys today after I saw what you'd come up with in such a short time. 

The typing of the scripts, the enthusiastic acting, the reminders to 'face the audience!!', the focused way you were doing the props, overcoming your shyness to act in front of the class, remembering to look at the audience when you speak. 

It was all good. :) 

Just to list some things that made me really impressed... 

- the way Kishore took charge and did the script for the group

- how Zi Jian read so enthusiastically and expressively

- how Elroy was willing to take the group's ideas and incorporate them into his lines

- how the group made props with Daniel, Navin and David leading the way. I am really impressed with your 'shelter' for Wilbur! Not to mention your teamwork when doing the fence. that was really great. 

- how Chee Wee and Alvin switched roles and ended up doing better

- how well Boon How and Jonathan did as narrators

- the ideas that Clemence came up with...

- the way the group progressed from squabbling to being more focused and trying to remember to face the audience

- the way group 1 & 2 girls worked as a team and rehearsing so well together. I really enjoyed watching you guys esp Nadine bringing to life the idio-idio-idiosyncrasy of the goose! :p 

- it was really entertaining to watch you strut about pretending to be farm animals and seeing Delvine going 'so do it, do it, do it!', Lisa going 'Hmmm how about Pig Supreme?', Beatrice going 'But Charlotte... I'm not terrific!'. Kudos to Wei Li and Jia Min for memorising their very very very long lines and while I'm at it, kudos to Nadine for remembering that Double T double E etc etc CCCC line. I could see the rest mouthing the words along with you haha. Jing Yi's Templeton was cute too! "What's up!!" 

- the props made by group 3 & 4 girls were really impressive. You managed to finish the painting, the fence made by Yee Ann and the spider made by Priya were fantastic! I thought Hui Wen did a really good job as Lurvy with the 'Holy Moley Macaroni!' and your funny introduction by Wei Jia and Lydia (today) "I can show you my fist...." You worked as a team and managed to overcome your initial disagreements. I thought that was really great. Sandrina's cover page for the script was really nicely done too. 

So yep. That was a pretty long list. I think given the short time you had, what you've done is really quite awesome. 

think before you write

Sometimes it's easy to simply write an angry comment and not think about the consequences. You may think you are being very clever because no one knows who you are when you post a nasty comment in the chatbox, especially if you use a nickname. Or worse, if you use someone else's name.

Think before you write.

It's just cowardly behaviour when you post a nasty comment using another person's name. If you really have something you feel unhappy about, just tell the person straight. Hiding behind the computer writing petty remarks isn't going to solve any problems. In fact, the person you are angry with wouldn't even know what is wrong.

You need to tell the person what is wrong. Politely.

It is not nice to swear and write 'fish' because we all know it's meant to be a vulgarity. It's just plain rude and extremely cowardly behaviour. So please don't think you are going to get away with such bad behaviour because I will have my ways of finding out who you are. And I'd like to clarify, I don't mean writing nasty comments on this class blog only but also writing on your fellow friends' blogs. It hurts their feelings and the innocent person whose name you're using gets implicated.

Think before you write.

You need to have integrity in your words.