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2009-06-22T01:51:00.000-07:00

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The e2 Empire Phonelist release

2009-02-23T03:40:00.000-08:00

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2009-01-30T05:35:00.000-08:00

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Zimbawe Dollars

2009-01-30T04:07:00.000-08:00

This is Shocking....

SGD 1 = ZWD 1, 008, 473 746

One Billion, Eight Million, Four hundred Seventy Three thousand, Seven hundred and Forty Six!

So to be a Trillionaire

SGD 991.59 = ZWD 1, 000, 000, 000, 000

ONE TRILLION Zimbawe dollars!

I AM A multi-trillionair... lol

well you can see how bad the economic situation is.... ok...

A Re-Post

2009-01-21T19:27:00.000-08:00

To the "A Teacher at SCSS"

1. You shouldn't in any case ask me to remove my post. This letter was sent to MR Liew En Le, the principal of Swiss Cottage Secondary School, this letter is a RECOMMENDATION to Swiss cottage to re-look at its policies and for her to change for the better. Moreover, i did not in any way insult or criticize Swiss Cottage Secondary School or her employees.

2. How should blogs be used? Till today there is no GOVERNING committee on how one should use a blog. I believe that some leading corporations use blogs as a way to judge them selves and to reach out to their user-base. The question is why Swiss Cottage is still run as a communist state, trying to suppress sx-students like me to air my comments and recommendations to improve the school? Why cant Swiss Cottage embrace my recommendation and change for the better? I am not even asking for a reply, i am just asking for a listening ear.

Monday, November 3, 2008

My Article on Swiss Cottage Sec school defunct Goverment

When Force Begets Force

The deep-rooted problem of Swiss cottage, the single longest controversial topic in Swiss Cottage; The infamous “Anti-Handphone act”. In 2005, January the government of Swiss cottage announced a ban of Handphones for the lower sec, declared the war on phones, with the sheer hope of curbing the problem of ever-increasing Handphone thefts. A year later, assuming the previous policy effective, government policy makers decided to fully ban the use and possession of phones and all electronic equipment in the Swiss Cottage. In 2007, The Miss Tay Administration is in its last term, and in that year, dismantled all human rights policies in the Swiss cottage by banning all students from leaving the school for lunch. In this article we will take a look at why change is necessary, reviewing what effects it has caused and what image does the Swiss cottage government want to portray, by implementing these policies.
The effect of the implementation of the “Anti-Handphone act”. The most obvious assumed effect is that Swiss cottage has become a better place with fewer crimes, a lie nonetheless freely propagated by the school. Moreover, on the school’s side, they had considered it a success, seeing a decline in the hand-phone related crimes. However, leaving the problem unsolved, students still bring phones and phones are still stolen.
This policy not only failed, it failed terribly, and now carrying a phone will carry 2 risks, one confiscation and two being stolen. Students will tend to consider the risk of the phone being confiscated to teachers more than the risk theft as the school up plays the consequence of bringing phones, being scolded and demerit points. While trying to hide from teachers, one has thus forgotten about the other risk, being stolen. This effectively deceived official data regarding the thefts of phones. The school effectively cut off its help to those that has lost phones. As users fear the school more then they fear thieves, they would never consider reporting a lost, in effect of this rule. Thus, the actual number of thefts that the school has obtained is only theoretical, not practical. This drastically reduces the school’s power over this matter, as being unable to actively neither monitor nor control the situation. However I fully understand what is the school’s motive of the up playing of the consequence, to deter students from bringing them to school, solving the root of the Handphone thefts. Student brings Handphones for reasons that adults cannot understand, to socialize, to “relax”, to contact parents and other reasons. Moreover, the rule was implemented, without the inclusion of teachers.
Moreover this policy results in more resources and time be committed to catch “criminals”, good Samaritans who see redundancy in this rule. The school is thus applying an authoritarian or communist approach to this matter. By declaring war on Handphones, the school is effectively declaring war on our students, the entire population. Now, the school has to fight two fronts, one the population who are conceived as criminals, two the real criminals. Precious time is dedicated to secret spot checks which used to create panic throughout all levels, causing students to hide their phones from water bottles to wire piping. This increased the chances of theft as phones are temporarily stored at public places, in large amounts unlike the usual circumstances, in pockets. If ever this is going to happen, how is the school ever going to respond to a mass-theft that is a result of a policy that was meant to prevent theft? Time is also dedicated to tracking criminals who had been harder to track as there are fewer people more willing to report.
The school must recognize that it’s impossible to bend someone’s will, after 3 years of trying. This is human nature; politicians had tried it and failed. The school is seen as bending our will as we do not see the imperative need to implement this rule and that is causes more inconvenience than good. Firstly we are required to surrender our phones and submit a valid reason in order to legalize it. But who would surrender to someone who we are trying to hide the phone from? Moreover the school implemented it in a childish way; they banned phones on a student level. This is the same thing as the Singapore government pedaling drugs while declaring drugs illegal, that every citizen is not capable of handling drugs. This is the exact situation happening here in Swiss cottage. Which most or I dare say, all students cannot comprehend, if phones were such a distraction or that it encourages theft, why are the teachers bringing it, some even using it in our face. Moreover it will cause us to be more willful, wanting to prove the school wrong that we can be responsible. This type of feeling is further enforced by the passing of another similar rule, restricting us from eating out. However, this rule was implemented under the pretext of “protecting us from gangs” that were active around this area at that time. Then, the school manufactured the fact that “We the students are not allowed to eat out just because of our failure of being responsible, not reaching the school on time” thus this rule will be still in effective. While teachers are seen going out to eat lunch, we are stuck here with leftover food, or no food at all. The school has thus created an invisible rope with the school committee on one end and the students on the other, trying to tug at each other. The more the school wants to restrict us, the more we do not want to be restricted.
Image of the school, probably this is the most interesting. The school as of publishing date aspires to (I QUOTE) “help students be self-disciplined”. The definition provided by Swiss cottage official webpage “http://swisscottagesec.moe.edu.sg” (I QUOTE) “A self-disciplined person is a master of himself, knowing how to act with respect and responsibility. A self-disciplined person has the strength of mind to speak and act in ways that are appropriate, and to avoid speech and conduct that are inappropriate.” With the implementation of this policy, does the school teaches and inculcates a sense of respect or responsibility in students to last for life? By preventing students from exercising self-responsibility for one’s items?
I QUOTE:”
Prohibited Items
• Do not keep any tobacco products and pornographic materials.
• Do not bring and consume chewing gum.
• Handphones, pagers and any other communication, electronic and entertainment devices are not allowed in school.
• Do not bring any expensive items/valuables to school.
• Personal items such as soccer balls, guitar and card games of any kind are not allowed to be brought to the school.

MAJOR OFFENCE
1. Fighting
2. Assault
3. Threat e.g. (a) Physical and (b) Verbal
4. Extortion
5. Theft
6. Possession of illegal material e.g. (a) pornographic material and (b) stolen goods
7. Vandalism
8. Smoking or possession of tobacco products
9. Abuse of substances
10. Illegal access into school computer network
11. Abuse of technology
“
Note that possession of electronic equipment and personal items are actually put in same league as Pornographic materials and tobacco, which the latter two is prohibited under the law of Singapore. Does the enforcement of this rule really force the students to be responsible? Hardly. Rather, the reverse is true. By legalizing the possession of Handphones, the school effectively allows students to exercise self-responsibility of his or her own items. The current image of school to the students wants to teach self-responsibility by depriving them of chances.
Moreover instilling pride does not come easy (one of school’s polices) and it is easily destroyed by implementing such a policy. This policy only fuels hate towards the school, in not understanding students enough to implement such policies. The school must understand that we students have our own social other uses for the phone or other electronic devices, albeit teachers have similar but more uses. We want to be treated like adults (like what Miss Tay Promised), to be trusted, but the school simply destroys that.
Direction of the school, a legacy left by Miss Tay. It is a historic moment of Swiss cottage, when Miss Tay changes the rules, and direction of Swiss Cottage, wanting us to be treated as young adults. She removed the mindset of lower sec students treated as kids by enforcing that all students are to wear long pants. However, this image is contradicted by the restriction and eventually the banning of electronic equipment.
The longest standing reason the school has backed is that phones distracts us from learning in the classroom. But sadly this rule is not working; students are still using it in class. Moreover being distracted, sleeping and dreaming is equally “fatal“, if not more than using phones. Distraction is still distraction, no matter source it came from, a phone, a bird or from our selves, day-dreaming or sleeping. Hence I feel that this argument by the school is not strong, if distraction is such an obstacle, they should have rounded up all the sleepyheads and daydreamers and punished them severely. However, the school feels that distraction that emitted from a phone is far more dangerous than the distractions in us. Moreover the school does not have concrete proof that phones causes distractions that students submit to them.
It’s the war on phones, war against our own people. Strictly speaking, this is an unwinnable war; it is time for the school to realize this. Relegalizing the possession and use of phone and electronic equipment, would put a stop to those destructive consequences – end the risk of higher unreported theft, end the waste of resources, end the suppression of student’s rights, end the hate, end the contradiction to the school’s image and end the distraction lie. Most importantly, END the policy that is trying to do the exact reverse of its aims. Trust the students, give them the free will and ultimately they will understand and wizen up, restricting their use of phones in the school, while keeping a constant alert for thieves. Running a free liberal state with responsible citizens is better than running a military dictatorship. The school can explore other ways to counter the theft, providing lockers for students (asking them to “buy a locker”). Conversely the school should explore the use of mobile phones in classes to enhance the learning experience or the meaningful use of phones; i.e. phones contacting teachers who forgot about lessons, using Handphones to remind one’s homework, saving cost on the school’s telephone-teacher system. Phones or electrical equipment is not bad or causing crime, it is the war against it that is causing all the problems. If this policy is changed, the school will not be fighting crimes and students but fighting for student’s self-responsibility.

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My pictures (online)

2009-01-14T07:10:00.001-08:00

Find Scouts, 4e2,2e2 and MISC photos here!
http://picasaweb.google.com/darthvader.aka.eric

Memorial to my Grand mother

2009-01-05T09:12:00.000-08:00

To my Grandmother who passed on on 31/Dec 2008

a wierd dream

2008-12-28T05:07:00.000-08:00

Sylar Sylar...... The dream goes like this: i discovered my telekinetic powers by trying to eat a grapeusing the powers.... haha then i was trying to perfect it.... ok then i tried to use the power on my sis, trying to push my sis on to the wall but failed and she landed on the shoulder.... she screamed in pain and i laughed at her.... then i found myself at scouts and it was NPC and every one was groaning when the truck unloaded the poles... Then i used my telekenesis and lifted ALL the poles to the camp area... Mean while everyone clapped and cheered. The last scene was with my friends aqil and delwin on a hike and half way, aqil was complaining about his leg/feet (i dont remember) and so i floated him on the hike...

However, i really believed that TELEkinesis will and was possible.

pictures of hike with AQ and Dell

2008-12-23T02:07:00.000-08:00

Not to be confused with the other hike with hui jie

Debtors

2008-12-10T09:44:00.000-08:00

Damn .... debtors at 121 dollars SGD ..... seems that i will.have a hell lot of bad debts...

All hail Swiss Falcons!!!
today's meeting adgenda is venture troop plus a Grand/General meeting at the year end to discuss next year, program...

damn I better get pictures for the NPC Camp....

OK Hike tml.. 40 km

OH Look at this Telekinesis If only it is really possible... SYLAR...

CPR performed(blog revived)

2008-12-05T07:45:00.000-08:00

This was typed using my new Fujitsu Laptop/notebook/umpc

my Schedule:
6-day Camp (26 November to 1 december)

All Hail falcon Scouts!
NPC Camp result double silver

Camp was great (at least for the Camp Staff)... Looks like I am the ONLY one who will be back to help falcons from my batch.... (If Hui ]ie PS me) well to say I am quite proud of my juniors.

3 day stay at Johor, Malaysia at central hotel

Service was really bad at the hotel, the door lock keeps malfunctioning, air-cond (made in China) keeps tailing, TV has some wind problem... etc...

pardon me for not updating...
A) I did not bring my laptop during Camp
B) I was not allowed to bring my laptop to Malaysia (Ps: the movies are very cost effective: RM 10 1/2 price...) (However the cinema stinks)

Okay, that, all, will do a performance test on my new laptop and any own review, so far so good. All the way Fujitsu U2010!

Anderson JC Epic class photo

2008-11-22T00:53:00.001-08:00

maybe you all should see this picture..... ( i told some of you all before about his picture)
This pic is very old probably 5 yrs old, this picture is EPIC, EPICEPICEPICEPICEPICEPICEPICEPICEPICEPICEPICEPIC win. lol the people behind did not know at all and like kind of contrast in the picture.

If all is in the right direction, microsoft isnt.

2008-11-22T00:42:00.000-08:00

Microsoft, the single largest entity that is controlling the web. Its power, wealth and extent is undeniable, however one is. Research, about how and what people want. Not all is about ridiculously high security and beautiful graphics. Yes people want security, do they need more security than companies? No. They need usability. One thing Microsoft over looked is their usability. ASP and vista are two super failed products.

busy week... lol

2008-11-20T17:59:00.000-08:00

ok look heres my schedule....

13 Nov - Prom night at some 3 star hotel...

Seriously, it sucked, the lobby is small and the ball room is poorly designed. from the outside it looked as if it was a 90th century building.... well i dont mind paying more to go a better hotel....

Haha, everyone dressed very elegantly and nicely with exception of the teachers.... Come on... Tee-shirts and pants, whats some are even wearing what they always wear in school. ( i shall not mention names)

Thats what i heard >> shi Min ($90 bra)?

14 Nov to 16 Nov - scout camp

This is where i start worrying for the girls NPC team, they underperformed during this camp. I see that they are under lots of stress and are highly unmotivated. They need to be more organized and need to overcome the internal problems....

17 Nov to 19 Nov - 4e2 Chalet

Haha, some guys tried to buy beer and they failed. Fun! (sorry no pictures) water gun, and all sorts of lame stuff....

Terrence owes me $30
Joanna owes me $12.50

I think these two will go down as bad debts......
Haiz....

20 Nov - sleep for half day.

Lol my sis was palying Runescape while i was sleeping...

PSLE results!!!!!!
My sis scored: 258
lol top 10 in school ( not counting double scores )

Choice
1: NJC
2: RV high (she chose this coz of special stream)
3: ??
4: ??
5: SWISS COTTAGE (:( cant bully her )
6: ??

well if she went to scss, haha i will send all my juniors after her to join scouts... Muhahaha

ok...

TODAY

accompany mom to do her passport.....
well bored...
okok

LifeBook U2010~~

2008-11-20T17:55:00.000-08:00

this notebook is really cute!....
6 more days before i get this, well at sitex.... http://www.sitex.com.sg/ , the crazy computer fair

Detailed Specifications
Platform	Intel^® Centrino^®Atom™ processor technology - Intel^® Centrino® Atom™ processor Z530 (1.6GHz, 512 L2 Cache, 533Mhz) - Intel^® System Controller Hub
Operating System	Genuine Windows Vista^® Home Premium (or Genuine Windows Vista^® Business)
Display	5.6-inch SuperFine WXGA TFT¹⁰, 1280 x 800 pixels, Passive Touch Panel
Memory	1GB DDR2 533MHz
Hard Disk	60GB HDD/ 64GB SSD
Bluetooth^®	v2.1 + EDR
Battery	Up to 3.5hrs¹ on HDD / Up to 4hrs¹ on SSD(2-cell Li-Ion 2900mAh)
Weight	Approx. 0.61kg
Hard Disk Drive	60GB HDD: 1.8-inch PATA Ultra DMA 100 (4200rpm), 2 plates, S.M.A.R.T support, Two Partitions - 50/50²
Graphics	Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 500
High Definition (HD) Audio	RealTek ALC269 HD audio codec with built in speaker and digital microphone
Communication	Bluetooth® v2.1, RealTek Fast Ethernet, Atheros® XSPAN™ 802.11n³ with dual antenna, 1.3 Mega Pixel camera, GPS¹¹
User Interface	Keyboard with Glide Point: 68-keys, 15mm key pitch, 1.3mm key stroke Glide Point with two buttons (left & right) Touch Screen Panel with Stylus Pen 4 LEDs Indicator (Power-LED, DC-in/ Charge-LED, Battery Status-LED, HDD Access-LED)
Card Slot	1 x Type I/II CF Card slot 1 x Secure Digital (SD) Card Reader
Connector Interface	USB 2.0 x 1, Audio-in, Audio-out, Power Adapter DC-in, VGA (external display) and RJ45 (LAN) via bundled LAN/ VGA adapter connector
Quick Launch Panel	Two programmable application buttons, two programmable up/down key buttons, one rotation button, one Ctrl+Alt+Del button and one FnKey button
Security⁴	User and supervisor BIOS password, Boot Sector Write Prevention, Fingerprint Sensor, SMART HDD, Anti-theft Lock Slot
Dimensions	Approx 171mm (W) x 135mm (D) x 26.5 - 33.0mm (H)
Bundled Accessories
AC Adapter	Input AC100-240V, Output DC16V,2.5A (40W)
Bundled Software	Microsoft® Origami™ Experience 2.0 Pack (Runs on Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Operating System only), Acronis True Image, Softex OmniPass, ArcSoft Camera Capture, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Sun Microsystems Java Runtime, Fujitsu UpdateNavi⁵, Fujitsu Hardware Diagnostic Tool, Fujitsu Display Manager, Roxio Easy Media Creator, Microsoft Office Professional 2007 60-day Convertible Trial⁶
Other Softwares	1 year Full Licensed Norman Virus Control
VGA/ LAN Adapter⁷	External adaptor for connection to RJ45 (LAN), VGA (external display)
Carrying Case⁷	Portable Slip Case
Optional Accessories
Port Replicator	Connector Interface: USB 2.0 x 4, VGA (external display), RJ45 (LAN), Power Adapter DC-in Dimensions: 190 mm (W) x 110mm (D) x 159mm (H) Weight: 0.33kg
Extended Battery	Up to 7.5hrs¹ on HDD/ Up to 8.5hrs¹ on SSD (4-cell Li-Ion 5800mAh)

it will be a little larger than your A5 notebook... small, cute! haha..

lol Swiss lol

2008-11-03T22:15:00.000-08:00

Found this in a forum

AntiMage

03-12-2007, 02:55 AM

Oh yah, i guess the reason why u all have stopped replying to this thread becuz of the possible legal actions that will be against you for further statutory defamation of the sch's name???

I've enjoyed SJI SO MUCH, so wud made some of u didn't? isit becuz you did not even try to be part of the culture, the family?

and i read about someone from SWISS COTTAGE who mentioned that in SJI, you learn nothing but touching the set of balls beside urs ... Isit true? I've never groped my peers, my seniors nor my juniors, definitely not my teachers.

And so all the balls-groping and gay-congregating activities in SJI came about from your friends, or was it really your real life experience?

Do not even make such comments abt our Alma Mater when NONE of us had done so, and why didn't we do so?? Cuz we're not taught to do that when we're still in sch, who are we to judge???

Somewhere in this thread I've read that SJI has produced professionals in most industries and business sectors in Singapore, and i guess one professional has already spoken ... and yes, from what i've heard from a professional's mouth, legal actions will be taken if you continue to make such comments.

In bold and italics: What?!

Mass Linking Project

2008-11-03T19:36:00.000-08:00

If you see this please leave a message in the Cbox to indicate your blog so i can link u

My Article on Swiss Cottage Sec school defunct Goverment

2008-11-03T19:34:00.000-08:00

When Force Begets Force

The deep-rooted problem of Swiss cottage, the single longest controversial topic in Swiss Cottage; The infamous “Anti-Handphone act”. In 2005, January the government of Swiss cottage announced a ban of Handphones for the lower sec, declared the war on phones, with the sheer hope of curbing the problem of ever-increasing Handphone thefts. A year later, assuming the previous policy effective, government policy makers decided to fully ban the use and possession of phones and all electronic equipment in the Swiss Cottage. In 2007, The Miss Tay Administration is in its last term, and in that year, dismantled all human rights policies in the Swiss cottage by banning all students from leaving the school for lunch. In this article we will take a look at why change is necessary, reviewing what effects it has caused and what image does the Swiss cottage government want to portray, by implementing these policies.
The effect of the implementation of the “Anti-Handphone act”. The most obvious assumed effect is that Swiss cottage has become a better place with fewer crimes, a lie nonetheless freely propagated by the school. Moreover, on the school’s side, they had considered it a success, seeing a decline in the hand-phone related crimes. However, leaving the problem unsolved, students still bring phones and phones are still stolen.
This policy not only failed, it failed terribly, and now carrying a phone will carry 2 risks, one confiscation and two being stolen. Students will tend to consider the risk of the phone being confiscated to teachers more than the risk theft as the school up plays the consequence of bringing phones, being scolded and demerit points. While trying to hide from teachers, one has thus forgotten about the other risk, being stolen. This effectively deceived official data regarding the thefts of phones. The school effectively cut off its help to those that has lost phones. As users fear the school more then they fear thieves, they would never consider reporting a lost, in effect of this rule. Thus, the actual number of thefts that the school has obtained is only theoretical, not practical. This drastically reduces the school’s power over this matter, as being unable to actively neither monitor nor control the situation. However I fully understand what is the school’s motive of the up playing of the consequence, to deter students from bringing them to school, solving the root of the Handphone thefts. Student brings Handphones for reasons that adults cannot understand, to socialize, to “relax”, to contact parents and other reasons. Moreover, the rule was implemented, without the inclusion of teachers.
Moreover this policy results in more resources and time be committed to catch “criminals”, good Samaritans who see redundancy in this rule. The school is thus applying an authoritarian or communist approach to this matter. By declaring war on Handphones, the school is effectively declaring war on our students, the entire population. Now, the school has to fight two fronts, one the population who are conceived as criminals, two the real criminals. Precious time is dedicated to secret spot checks which used to create panic throughout all levels, causing students to hide their phones from water bottles to wire piping. This increased the chances of theft as phones are temporarily stored at public places, in large amounts unlike the usual circumstances, in pockets. If ever this is going to happen, how is the school ever going to respond to a mass-theft that is a result of a policy that was meant to prevent theft? Time is also dedicated to tracking criminals who had been harder to track as there are fewer people more willing to report.
The school must recognize that it’s impossible to bend someone’s will, after 3 years of trying. This is human nature; politicians had tried it and failed. The school is seen as bending our will as we do not see the imperative need to implement this rule and that is causes more inconvenience than good. Firstly we are required to surrender our phones and submit a valid reason in order to legalize it. But who would surrender to someone who we are trying to hide the phone from? Moreover the school implemented it in a childish way; they banned phones on a student level. This is the same thing as the Singapore government pedaling drugs while declaring drugs illegal, that every citizen is not capable of handling drugs. This is the exact situation happening here in Swiss cottage. Which most or I dare say, all students cannot comprehend, if phones were such a distraction or that it encourages theft, why are the teachers bringing it, some even using it in our face. Moreover it will cause us to be more willful, wanting to prove the school wrong that we can be responsible. This type of feeling is further enforced by the passing of another similar rule, restricting us from eating out. However, this rule was implemented under the pretext of “protecting us from gangs” that were active around this area at that time. Then, the school manufactured the fact that “We the students are not allowed to eat out just because of our failure of being responsible, not reaching the school on time” thus this rule will be still in effective. While teachers are seen going out to eat lunch, we are stuck here with leftover food, or no food at all. The school has thus created an invisible rope with the school committee on one end and the students on the other, trying to tug at each other. The more the school wants to restrict us, the more we do not want to be restricted.
Image of the school, probably this is the most interesting. The school as of publishing date aspires to (I QUOTE) “help students be self-disciplined”. The definition provided by Swiss cottage official webpage “http://swisscottagesec.moe.edu.sg” (I QUOTE) “A self-disciplined person is a master of himself, knowing how to act with respect and responsibility. A self-disciplined person has the strength of mind to speak and act in ways that are appropriate, and to avoid speech and conduct that are inappropriate.” With the implementation of this policy, does the school teaches and inculcates a sense of respect or responsibility in students to last for life? By preventing students from exercising self-responsibility for one’s items?
I QUOTE:”
Prohibited Items
• Do not keep any tobacco products and pornographic materials.
• Do not bring and consume chewing gum.
• Handphones, pagers and any other communication, electronic and entertainment devices are not allowed in school.
• Do not bring any expensive items/valuables to school.
• Personal items such as soccer balls, guitar and card games of any kind are not allowed to be brought to the school.

MAJOR OFFENCE
1. Fighting
2. Assault
3. Threat e.g. (a) Physical and (b) Verbal
4. Extortion
5. Theft
6. Possession of illegal material e.g. (a) pornographic material and (b) stolen goods
7. Vandalism
8. Smoking or possession of tobacco products
9. Abuse of substances
10. Illegal access into school computer network
11. Abuse of technology
“
Note that possession of electronic equipment and personal items are actually put in same league as Pornographic materials and tobacco, which the latter two is prohibited under the law of Singapore. Does the enforcement of this rule really force the students to be responsible? Hardly. Rather, the reverse is true. By legalizing the possession of Handphones, the school effectively allows students to exercise self-responsibility of his or her own items. The current image of school to the students wants to teach self-responsibility by depriving them of chances.
Moreover instilling pride does not come easy (one of school’s polices) and it is easily destroyed by implementing such a policy. This policy only fuels hate towards the school, in not understanding students enough to implement such policies. The school must understand that we students have our own social other uses for the phone or other electronic devices, albeit teachers have similar but more uses. We want to be treated like adults (like what Miss Tay Promised), to be trusted, but the school simply destroys that.
Direction of the school, a legacy left by Miss Tay. It is a historic moment of Swiss cottage, when Miss Tay changes the rules, and direction of Swiss Cottage, wanting us to be treated as young adults. She removed the mindset of lower sec students treated as kids by enforcing that all students are to wear long pants. However, this image is contradicted by the restriction and eventually the banning of electronic equipment.
The longest standing reason the school has backed is that phones distracts us from learning in the classroom. But sadly this rule is not working; students are still using it in class. Moreover being distracted, sleeping and dreaming is equally “fatal“, if not more than using phones. Distraction is still distraction, no matter source it came from, a phone, a bird or from our selves, day-dreaming or sleeping. Hence I feel that this argument by the school is not strong, if distraction is such an obstacle, they should have rounded up all the sleepyheads and daydreamers and punished them severely. However, the school feels that distraction that emitted from a phone is far more dangerous than the distractions in us. Moreover the school does not have concrete proof that phones causes distractions that students submit to them.
It’s the war on phones, war against our own people. Strictly speaking, this is an unwinnable war; it is time for the school to realize this. Relegalizing the possession and use of phone and electronic equipment, would put a stop to those destructive consequences – end the risk of higher unreported theft, end the waste of resources, end the suppression of student’s rights, end the hate, end the contradiction to the school’s image and end the distraction lie. Most importantly, END the policy that is trying to do the exact reverse of its aims. Trust the students, give them the free will and ultimately they will understand and wizen up, restricting their use of phones in the school, while keeping a constant alert for thieves. Running a free liberal state with responsible citizens is better than running a military dictatorship. The school can explore other ways to counter the theft, providing lockers for students (asking them to “buy a locker”). Conversely the school should explore the use of mobile phones in classes to enhance the learning experience or the meaningful use of phones; i.e. phones contacting teachers who forgot about lessons, using Handphones to remind one’s homework, saving cost on the school’s telephone-teacher system. Phones or electrical equipment is not bad or causing crime, it is the war against it that is causing all the problems. If this policy is changed, the school will not be fighting crimes and students but fighting for student’s self-responsibility.

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China's Multiple Personality Syndrome

2008-06-23T04:31:00.000-07:00

Today we are immensely influenced by China. Just china. Look around and you will discover almost most of your things come from china. Ok i will leave economic politics for now.

Many say China has changed, for good, towards democracy, but who actually sees the change? I tried to discover if this change has occurred, through this years' Athens, forget the Tibet protests, London demonstrations. Focus on China, on how the government has created a "Sporting hype" in the country and the opening of various sporting academy in the nations and try to discover through the system and quotes if the Great Republic founded by Mao has changed for the better.

1) Selection Processes
Officers are sent nation wide to search for good sporting talents. The talent's parents are convinced to send their children to the sporting schools(you can use force, if you define convinced the generic way) The talents are later propagandized to love the sport, even if they do not even know the name of the sport.

2) training Processes
Over 400 thousand people are trained in various sports schools. The talents curriculum include at least 5. (note: AT LEAST) While chinese goverment propagandists claim that they train in moderation and they are "mostly for academics with sports training as a spare time activity". (Time reporters cant find any test books though) Sports talents when interviewed, asking how their day is spent, one replied " I run, and I sleep,"

China Winning? Look at the above( all from a Time report), do not tell me that the old communist elements cease to exist in china. Is china getting too obsessed to: show the worlds as a sporting nation? or To win those Athens gold medals? The figures 400 thousand, makes us wonder where do they go after their sporting career comes to an end or are dumped. First to start off, they received no or little academic education. Next, social behaviors, as they are being over propagandized, will make them have a social gap when they are mixing with the society.
Is China going to mass people just to get the few medals that Beijing wants?
China's policy on Athens Should be changed?

Westerners : We have passion
Chinese : We have people

Some information in this article is taken from a time magazine article. (c) TIME, All Rights Reserved. TIME is not responsible for the comments posted by me(eric).

Revamp

2008-06-22T03:07:00.000-07:00

Welcome back,
Haiz, June Holiday is Over, sad to say all my friends and i will be going through the O' levels' gates of hell, So will be having a last blog revamp.
1) updating links ( ie friends links )
2) editing the skin?

Activities i did this holiday:

Scout camp!
They are still the same, with some sec 2 becoming more matured. The sec. 1 if i am have not mistaken has gone in terms of behaviour, worse. Sec 3s are my main worry; a possible power struggle and a impending civil war, if things continue to remain status quo. However, the seniors ( Jimmy and friends ) are back, this is really something worth celebrating. I think its time to do somthing about the not-up-to-standard attitude and skills. With their help, i hope the correction will be in time for the year end NPC. This problem, i admit, i was one of those responsible,

Swimming~ with Zhanz and XY
Still trying to get pics, well it was fun. I made an interesting revelation : at the swiming pool, there tend to be more guys at the pool in the morning and noon. But at evening, night, there are much more gals there !!

4e2 BBQ
BBQ pit 18, 17 june. I have to say this BBQ was boring, at least for me. I promise Year end's chalet will be great. Ps: the transport's problem (2hrs) was not Evers fault, it was mine.

The Swiss Cottage Paradox

2008-03-13T07:33:00.000-07:00

Well, Every one in the school just live life the way it is. But, no one ever realizes that Swiss Cottage has a flaw in their "law system", the message they are sending towards the students and the public.
Let me explain:

2005 When i was sec1
> they banned hand phones for lower secondary students

I understand this: as possibly the government of swiss cottage wants to "immediately" decrease the rate as i understand that at that point of time the theft rate was high and the school attributed the problem to the lower secondary.

2006 When sec 2
> they banned hand phones for upper secondary students

For this i do not understand at all.

1) Contradict the adult policy
The school's policy: To treat all students in the school as adults
> they changed the school's lower secondary uniform from short pants to long pants.
> they changed remedial policy from compulsory remedial to a "self study" model

2) Hand phones do no harm in anyway to a student's study

3) Hand phones can compliment one's studies
> record homework
> sms teachers when they go MIA
> Remind about homework

4) parents need to contact their kids on when they are reaching home and what remedial etc etc.

Besides, if students were allowed to bring phones, teachers should be allowed to confiscate phones on the spot if the students used them in class (games or messaging)

This would practically solve most of the things.

Swiss cottage: "Treat all students like adults" This is a lie.
More like: "Treating students like adults is just a delusion to trick the public, mock the students and frind some work for mdm tang to do.

I will bring this up in the principals' conference this year. I will have nothing to lose.

Stolen from Shana's Blog

2007-12-21T21:02:00.000-08:00

NAME 20 ppl you can think of now right at the top of your head. Don't read the questions underneath until you write the names of people. At the end tag at least 5 people.

1.Ryang Ho Sung
2.Mr. Delwin Chin
3.Zhan Ming
4.Bryan
5.Madeline HAN FU YUN ( my sister)
6.Eleanor
7.Dhurga
8.Hui Yi
9.Jamie
10.Adil
11.Yong Qin
12.Hui Lak
13.Evers
14.Kai Ling
15.Xue Er
16.Xian Yao
17.Hui Jie
18.Chia Heng
19.Yu Si
20. Ren Yi

How did you meet 14?
This Year Jan In class (through Ho Sung i think)

What would you do if you have never met 1?
I wont be writing this. haha. Great Guy. XD as delwin

What would you do if 20 and 9 dated?
Heaven will come down to become hell and hell will become heaven. OMG. cant imagine.

Did you ever like 19?
Er.. Not really..but some one claims so...

WOULD 17 and 6 make a good couple?
No seriously no. No offense abt the height difference eleanor but, no two people from different worlds.

Describe 3.
Crazy guy but sometimes i need to CC for him in scouts :(

Do you think 8 is attractive?
Ok but needs to do some weight management

Tell me something about 7.
A person devoted to her beliefs and a good spontaneous speaker.

What's 9 favourite?
Er.. LUO ZHI XIANG? aka pig? hahas

What if 18 confesses that he/she likes you?
I will know he is joking with me.

What language(s) does 15 speak?
English, Chinese

Who is 9 going out with?
Er.. Melody and Su Yu?

How old is 16?
16. but you wont know it when you talk to him.

When was the last time you talked to 13?
About 1 month ago

Who is 2's favourite band/singer?
Mr eric han hahah joking.. its josh Groben> i guess he likes classical songs.

Would you ever date 4?
NO! i am not gay!!!!!!!!!

What's 10's last name?
Ok i dont know..

Would you ever be in a serious relationship with 11?
Yes if i were a girl hehe. too bad i aren't

What school does 3 go to?
Swiss Cottage, same as me.

Where does 6 live?
Some where in chua chu Kang

What's your favourite thing about 5?
The good thing that she increases my tolerance level... (

ITS A SMALL world AFTER ALL

2007-12-21T20:13:00.000-08:00

I did some SPONTANEOUS, RANDOM searching, really random and found Shana's blog lol.

Todays Eric's Featured blog: Shana's blog : http://krakoviak.blogspot.com

It captures the really interesting parts of the lfe of class 2e2. (apologies to those who created equally good blogs)
Really interesting. let me Quote: (the Parts which i Like XD)

"We had a fake math test today, Miss Yeo bluffed us la! I swear I was on the verge of becoming a SILLY nutcase and eating my hair. Han Zi became a little schizo and all, so did Eric, they were all quarelling with Mr Mak and so we were late for today's assembly! It was on bullying and I couldn't stop thinking of Teo Yiting. Guilty pangs, anyone?"

> ok ok I still remember lol over the DUSTBIN, just because ms tay argued that we dint throw rubbish properly, hehe

"Music was also really cute because I have my name in a song! The theme for the project was "school" so you could practically write about anything in school. And Aqil's group was like WHOA AWESOME their song-writing is real good. But it was bloody and all because they were singing about Mr. Mak losing his mind thus he blew up the classroom and there are pieces of Hui Lak & Eric all over the place, Gayatri turning into a human sausage, and"

>This was really memorable, the song.

"Today was like, blahblahblah-ish.
Kind of no mood, you know?
Seems like everyone is sad these days. I guess it's just the EOYs and all of us are like guilty because nobody listened to The Boring Teacher.

Eileenkhoo, cheer up! :D

Eric your photoshop is like lousylousylousy can! L(:
This is my cuzzie's masterpiece, photoshop and all!"

>wad.. ^^ see the new logo is nice right? hehe I win

"And Eric, Darth Vader and Paris Hilton will not rule the galaxy for five million years pls! Paris Hilton's lovely face would probably be used as some fossil fuel to drive a car. And I think she should just stick to being a socialite, really."

> ok Shana I admit ok :( but i dont agree with the vader part.

"We went to buy potong ice cream and I suddenly burst into laughter because the red bean on the ice cream looked like the dots on the monk's head. And then Yuxin started to laugh too because she said I was a dum-dum >:D"

> ok. lets admit it. this part had nothing to do with 2e2 but it was really dam ____ ( really no words to describe...)

hehe i just came back from Don's house after Caffine addiction

Runescape Revival

2007-12-04T06:55:00.000-08:00

For those who are still blank.. Runescape is an ancient game which i got addicted to last time.
But for now i am going back, not as intense though.

can add me: eric_vader

Woodcutting 82!!!!!!!!!!

haha no one can beat that!

anyway, i am still a bit worried about my homework.

who cares! i am getting a PDA!!!!!!!!
o2 ATOM hehe~~ now i will remember who owe me money :P

List of impactful friends

2007-11-19T07:08:00.000-08:00

£ric's HALL OF IMPACT

According to chronological order:

Some Girl at k2
this one i cant forget... she somehow kissed my hand for some reason i do not even know. > i got teased for this

Pricillia at primary 4
This one is my "table-mate" she did a lot of crazy things, too many that i cant consolidate them into this place but one i cant forget. Hehe

Hui Shan at primary 5
Another "table-mate" who kept arguments at bay by going on with her own ways and kept teasing abt M. She also designed my "memories" book(nice). I still remember her birth date XD.

Ms Lek (teacher) at primary 6
This teacher is a very dedicated teacher at GreenRidge primary school. Kudos to her. Really. one sentence is not enough to describe her. "excellent teacher with endless tolerance and knows you personally(you wont realize it)"

Johanthan at post Primary 6 and sec 1
A person who has an unbelievable power with girls. but sometimes that power can be irritating to you in some sense. This guy really take me insight into different people and thoughts and more and more and more.

Yong Qin In Sec1 and Sec 2
A person who ihas really some strong determination and motivation (both self and others), this made a lot of change in me (impact too.

Ryang Ho Sung Sec3 - current
A person who is considered weird if you do not know him very well. Nice guy but i have to admit he changed a lot , but....... HE IS STILL A NICE GUY.. persistant, very stong determination ... great in POA ( i dunno how he did it)... The other subs almost same as me haha. Whoho~~~
If i was about to write an essay about him it will take forever. yea.. he changed some thing in me.

So, if you take every one above and blend them and mix and you will get ... ME ... hehe

some K2 girl + Pricilla + Hui Shan + johnathan+ Yong Qin + Ho Sung = £ric

just came back from chalet. ( 1 day ago) . it was FUN hehe

your everday hidden investment

2007-11-15T05:03:00.000-08:00

You are always making an impact on someone's life in someplace, somewhere and it is constantly happening. When you buy a product, you use it, but it is not that simple. when you buy the product, you actually create jobs for people in the particular place, you injct funds in to the company. Lets take when you buy a computer, made in china. When you buy the product, you are actually creating jobs for people in china, spurring growth in china. this is all about consumer power, if one day, every one started boycotting Chinese products, there would be job losses, slow or no growth in china. then the effects would be echoed first in china, then Asia and then the whole world. This is roughly what will happen, today's world is so compact and small such that even a small movement can cause a "global epidemic" . So actually consumer have lots of power in their hand it is just use it or not.

chinese Fuji Apple- believe or not

2007-11-09T20:17:00.000-08:00

I just went to the fairprice supermarket. Guess what? I went down and found something very interesting.

Chinese fuji Apples - 0.60/ apple
American Washington Apples - 0.50/apple

So... is it worth buying Fuji Apples? and pay an extra 10 cents just to offset the increase in mercury prices? You judge. One shipped across the South China Sea and the latter Pacific Ocean.

Intel Vs AMD

2007-11-06T07:03:00.000-08:00

Intel All the Way!! i dont worry i am not going to write an argumentative essay... BTW SOME teacher said my writing skills was bad (you will know who if you study at scss 3e2 XD)

ok.. Intel just released the latest INtel Quad Core Based on latest 45nm process. Oh Ya its called Penryn. check this out !Intel Press release Intel is now ahead of AMD ( a few steps ahead) after Intel had tasted AMD's processors in 2006. I believe this fight of AMD and Intel is not a bad one it gives a win-win-win situation. 1. when a fight begins, they will try to out beat each other in price, variety and technology. this way consumers can get more out of their money. like getting powerful dual core processors at around SGD$100? who knows its in the near future. 2. we will move light speed into the next the next and next technology, as the two companies are trying to be better than another. best of all current Intel chips are not MADE IN CHINA as most PC parts are... harddrive... cddrive etc..

see... scary.. MADE IN CHINA.

IBM or did u say Lenevo?

2007-11-06T06:56:00.000-08:00

For the not so tech Geeks, IBM laptops are now made by a CHINESE company called Lenevo. (sad..) Acutally i am not really that sad just that i have not tried out a chinese made laptop. i knoe and heard and embraced. the Big Blue (IBM) make the worlds BEST Windows laptop and for me the best laptops too. If you have not tried, Ibm Laptops are not just Laptops, they are equipped with innovations, (they stole some from apple though i think) apart from that they have excellent quality control. IBM is a great company but i just wondered why they sold it to a devil? haiz... i still love thinkpads though... I will be still getting a chinese made one next year. I will post me own review here XD

Whoho!~~~

2007-11-06T06:27:00.000-08:00

Braces XD.. haha too long dint post ar.. haha

Yeah finallyi can have braces... though not really a hard wish but is still okeys.. hehe... Actually i wanted to gat an IBM (American Laptop)* citation needed haha but mum wont allow hehe so got braces..

guess my results:

(from the good to the Bad)

E- Math 86 A1
Principal Of Accounting 83 A1
A-Math 84 A1
Physics 75 A1
English 66 B3
Combined History 61 B4
Chinese 51 C6
Chemistry 43 E8

L1B5 `` 11 Points
minus CCA ``9 points

XD i will work hard for my O levels...

Meanwhile i will dream bout the IBM laptop (notice i use THE)

Chinese Domination...

2007-08-31T08:05:00.000-07:00

As i strolled along the world largest floating stadium on national day, i saw an unfamiliar sight, the streets filled with foreigner, mostly mainland Chinese and Indians. All waving the flag enthusiastically, some had the flag stuck to their hair. This sight scares me; it meant lesser jobs and sort of instability created. I was also wondering, where are all the Singaporeans? I dreamt of the future as shops filled with Chinese goods, all pamphlets printed in Chinese, physics taught in Chinese world wide, English no longer the international language. Now it boils to another thing, China's dominance, a song from the Taiwanese band S.H.E, has a song ZHONG GUO HUA, or china's say(translated). It talks about the world embracing China, "listening" to it. I am not trying to say the Rise of China is bad, but, it might have adverse effects on the environment, and possibly the rest of the world. I dread to see, as i forced my self to accept the fact that dollar is falling. I watched in awe as day after day, the dollar dropped. Embracing china isn't bad after all, we get cheap goods, all stamped with the label "Made In China". But have we thought about our environment? More key players in the market meant more pollution as companies in both china and America try to out beat one another in producing cheap and reliable goods.Yes, we get cheap and cheaper goods, but you will see your house flooded with water, and the problem is you do not notice it. MADE IN CHINA-- may be the most scariest sign in the future(and common)

NSC~~

2007-08-21T05:56:00.000-07:00

Hey Boon kiat GET OVER IT its OVER okok.. hard for you must its a fact. Whao, Jia hao, hui jie chia they all are like MAD people plus estacy XD... Ya, that day VVP's daughter or niece was on the bus too, hui Jie was like RGS ar, .... (censored). Chia was like Who's frm RGS?... they all claimed that the girl was chio(which i got some doubts) not say my standard high. XD i think she dam ke lian. Ah Ha... she had a same phone as me XD.. lolz... I believe they had done their best.

Writing speech now... XD for tml. hope wont kok up XD... clap for me XD. Do visit again XD

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2007-08-19T08:34:00.000-07:00

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