Somehow, things just got messed up!

Yup, things that happened to me always went wrong, and I don't really know why. When I'm around, things around me went wrong. When I'm handling things, they just went wrong strangely. And then everyone just came and scolded me saying that it was my fault, even though it just went wrong by itself!!! I composed this to describe how:

All of them were looking at something,
Something considered very important
Which they had to finish quickly,
'Cause it's considered very seldom.

I was not involved in it
And I happened to walk past them.
I was curious about what they were doing
And I moved to them to see what happened.

When I was there I found out
That they were looking at two roosters
The roosters were fighting out
To see who is the winner.

I looked somehow surprised
I tried to advance to see more closely
All of the sudden I was realised
And they fled as if I am a beast.

All of them were suddenly shocked
And then they turned to look at me.
Then they blamed me and make me mocked,
What on earth had I done to them?

I swear on earth and to God,
That it was not me who scared them away.
I didn't know that at such distance,
The roosters would be scared away.

And so I was confusingly despised,
Recognized as the "scarerooster".
I didn't know there is a curse in disguise
That prepared to strike at me first.

Although I hadn't experienced the incident in the poem, other incidents are particularly similar. And, yup, I'm such an unlucky person.

A book called Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Somehow I have gotten with this book of tragedy and read it up. Never mind how I got it, but this book is really tragedic. With this guy called Hamlet avenging his father to kill his uncle, all became so sad.

     It started when suddenly the castle is haunted by a ghost. Three sentinels, Marcellus, Barnado and Francisco were standing on guard, chatting when suddenly a ghost comes in.  Strangely, this ghost looked like the dead king of Denmark! Three of them forced him to speak something, but the ghost just went off. After this, the scene was set in the Council Chamber where the king, Claudius, grieves for the recent death of the previous king which was also his brother. He also granted the leave of Laertes, the king's advisor Polonius's son, to France. 

    This is where Hamlet comes in. The king asked Hamlet not to grieve too much on his father's death and look on the bright side. When I first looked at Hamlet, I always thought that he hated the king, also his uncle, by the use of words. Anyway, after only Hamlet remains, he grieves again for his father (and I knew one thing: the king remarried the queen!!). The real story begins when Horatio (Hamlet's friend) with two sentinels came to Hamlet and told him of the ghostly thing. Hamlet seemed interested and kept asking Horatio about the ghost.

    In the next scene, Laertes prepared to take his leave with Ophelia (his sister) watching him leave. He advised Ophelia not to love Hamlet too much and stay away from him (Ophelia can also be said as Hamlet's girlfriend, and seems to me that hardly anyone likes Hamlet). Later, Polonius comes in and advised Laertes before he leaves.

The most incredible way to plagarise

Home-learning Term 2 (or an indirect form of Home-learning submission)

Home-learning for term 2 is quite a nice one. On the first day, we had online lessons for Language Arts, Maths, Integrated Humanities and Infocomm Studies. But today I'm going to talk only  about the LA lesson.

In the LA lesson, I learnt what is poetry and in the end I was given a homework to analyse a poem:

The Son is in Secondary School by Affian Sa’at

My badge has a Latin motto
Hope for the future
The future is hope
Or something

At times black crows try to interrupt
When we sing the National Anthem

It is difficult to maintain
The whiteness of my shoes
Especially on Wednesdays

I must admit there is something quite special
About the bare thighs of hardworking scouts

The Malay chauffeurs
Who wait for my schoolmates
Sit on the car park kerb
Telling jokes to one another

Seven to the power of five is unreasonable

On Chinese New Year
Mrs Lee dressed up
In a sarong kebaya
And sang Bengawan Solo

The capital of Singapore is Singapore

My best friend did a heroic thing once
Shaded all A’s
For his Chinese Language
Multiple-choice paper

In our annual yearbook
There is a photograph of me
Pushing a wheelchair and smiling
They caught me
At the exact moment
When my eyes were actually closed



And so I came up an analysis like this:

This poem is written in a free verse describing the author's school life. The sequence of the stanzas matches the sequence of things which happen at an ordinary school day.

The poem is somewhat amusing from the description of the author. It shows that the author had once an interesting school life. It seemed that the past school life is unforgettable for the author as he can remember the interesting things which happened to him before. He also seemed to have enjoyed his life in school. He wrote this poem to mourn the loss of youth. He wrote that he is handicapped at the last paragraph, which actually shocks the readers.

And then we have to compose our own poem. Mine is like this:

The Expected One

On the year I reach 7
Sent by my mother
To the school of great expectations
Where I was one of the expected ones
Expected to fulfill hopes and dreams. 

I was expected a lot in my class
Expected because I had great potential
Maybe I can be like seniors
Once being expected and never regret.

At this school we were always expected
Expected to have manners by wearing full attire
Uniform shirt, uniform shorts, white socks and white shoes
In this school cleanliness is highly expected. 

Assembly is also where we are expected
When singing the national anthem and the school song
We are expected to sing with passion
  As a means of fulfilling the country’s expectations 

I was expected especially on tracks and fields
‘Cos I have the potential in track-and-field
Jumping and running is what I am expected
Jump higher and run faster.

 On the year I reach 12
We were once again highly expected
Expected to score well in PSLE
For education, quality and reputation. 

And so I did fulfill the expected
Scored higher than the expected score
With that I was again expected
They expected me to go further.

Applying mathematics - and some hands - to a MAGIC TRICK

Our mathematics teacher, Mr Chua Boon Woo introduced the usage of algebra with some magic tricks. Said he that a lot of tricks about numbers actually cling to algebra (and very, very, very tightly indeed!) and whatever numbers we picked will actually "fall down" to the one and only number.

This is one of the magic tricks he showed to us:

1. Pick either a 3- or 4-digit number.

2. Jumble the digits up.

3. Take away the smaller number from the larger number.

4. Circle any digit in your answer, any except 0(coz it's already a circle!!).

5. Tell the magician (whoever it is) the number left uncircled and he will tell you the number you     have circled. You will find that he is always right.

Have you noticed something in the process that is awkward? It's the 0 thingy. Ever wondered why it asked you not to circle 0? It's reason that it is already a circle is only an excuse.

Here's the secret:

1. Take the 3-digit number as 100a+10b+c and the 4-digit number as 1000a+100b+10c+d.

2. Jumble the digits up. In this case, the 3-digit number is jumbled to a+10b+100c and the 4-digit-number as a+10b+100c+1000c.

3. This is where the "trick" comes in. Subtract the smaller number from from the larger number. In this case, the difference between the 3-digit-numbers is 99a-99c whereas 999a+90b-90c-999d for the 4-digit numbers. Notice that the answer you get will always be a multiple of 9.

4. Circle a random number except 0. Why? Remember that multiples of nine has digits that add up to multiples of 9? This is why once you circle a number leaving the others and tell the magician the other digits, the magician can subtract it from the nearest multiple of 9 which is greater. Circling 0 is not allowed as there will be two answers, 0 and 9 (as said, the reason of not circling 0 is that it is already a circle is just merely an excuse)!

Sorry - it's too late to go and change......

Firstly I wanna say sorry for not updating my blog for several weeks. But because of recent works that make me busy all the time, so very sorry to y'all and I promise that the blog will be frequently updated.

1st day of Home-learning + Submission of LA Interpersonal homework

Today, there is a program called home-learning. It is like a type of online class. So today I will tell you about today's home-learning.
The first lesson is LA. For LA, we have to do the homework related to our category which you are allocated according to your results of the multiple-intelligence test.
My highest mark is the Interpersonal(myself smart).

This is the instruction concerning Interpersonal:

Conduct an interview with a friend (not from HCI) or family member. Find out his/her opinions about crime and punishment or the necessity to communicate in a relationship. Record the interview or write out the interview transcript.

I decided to do the interview about crime and punishment, and this is my transcript:

Charles: Hello, Yi Xuan, can you let me conduct an interview with you?
Yi Xuan : Sure. Please proceed.
Charles: So I would like to talk to you about crime and punishment. What do you think of crime?
Yi Xuan: I think that crime is about doing things that are illegal and strictly prohibited in terms of law. Crimes are done by people wanting to get instant profit, but with an incorrect way. But what can you get from these in the end? Nothing! For example, stealing will give you more money but you will be punished if you got caught in the act. So my advice is don’t do any crimes. You will get nothing from that.
Charles: And what about punishment? What do you think of that?
Yi Xuan: You got to know about that at first. Punishment is one of the actions given to you when you do something wrong. If you committed a crime you will most probably receive corporal punishment. You certainly don’t want that, do you? Thus don’t do anything stupid that will lead you to any punishment.
Charles: And this thus concludes the interview today. Thank you very much, Yi Xuan.
Yi Xuan: You are welcome.

The next lesson is mathematics. We have to do the lessons in ylearn.co.uk and post your reflection on it.

The following is IH. I am allocated to the Malays group, and the group have to do an article about why the Malays immigrated to Singapore.

The last lesson is IS, which our teacher tell us, through his blog, how to do the ePortfolio.

Overall, I think the Home-learning is very good in case there is an emergency case which we don't need to go to school, but we can still learn. I hope such program can be held more during this year.

3 BLOGS AND WEBSITES MERELY FOR HOMEWORK????!!!!

Do you know that when I study at Hwa Chong, I gotta do 3 blogs and websites merely for homework?! Yup, I think that's incredible(maybe someone had to do more than I do...).

So why? Why do I need that? For ACE points!!! Now what is that? It is an abbreviation of Activities for Curriculum Enhancement, and I think this is quite unique - it only appears at Hwa Chong!

Do you know that in Hwa Chong, your overall score consists not only the score of the main subjects, but also ACE points, Oral Participation points, and others? That's why I said this school is good.

Anyhow, these 3 blogs and websites are http://charlesisblog.blogspot.com, http://1o230charlessci2010.wikispaces.com and this one. The 1st one is about the IS(Infocomm Studies) and the other is about science.

And updating these blogs is one of my cues. The blog I'm most satisfied is this one. I actually put in a lot of effort in doing this.

Feel free to enter those blogs if you wish, thank you!

The Village By The Sea(no jokes, unsuitable for too-stresseds)

Recently I read a book called The Village By The Sea. It is a story which happens in India, in a countryside named Thul. It starts with Lila praying by the nearby sea. As the story goes on, we can know about her family background(her mother severely ill, her father permanently drunk, and her two sisters, Bela and Kamal, who were still at school), and how she envys rich people.

Because of the illness of her mother, Lila had to do all the housework herself. Hari gets the task of earning the money and keeping the family alive. However one day, Hari ran away to Bombay in desperation and Lila is left to do all the things necessary for the family to strive.

I felt pity for Lila, who has to do many uneasy jobs. If you read the actual story you will realize that this story might be a bit boring at first(that feeling comes to me too), but slowly if you understand the story you will start to recognize what the story is telling you, and you will soon think that this story is interesting.

The potent sounds of Hwa Chong

During the SOO(Sec 1 Orientation) of HCI in 2010, is when the most potent sounds of Hwa Chong is heard. Loud and energetic Hwa-Chong-cheers filled the whole school most of the time during these 3-day period.
"Hwa Chong!""Oi!""Hwa Chong!""Oi!""Hwa Chong!""Eh bah!"is actually an indication of be ready(especially when the group is in a mess). Other cheers are also being "yelled". The most common ones are the Willow cheer, the Ke-bah-bah cheer and the Rock You cheer. Whatever it is, the cheers reflected the invincible and infinite potential and energy of Hwa Chong.
Why do I say so? The sounds are so loud that you can actually feels its energy inside. The energy is not an ordinary one, it is a very extraodinary energy which gives other people the feeling of a completely charged Hwa Chong, not a tired and bored Hwa Chong.
Strive hard for Hwa Chong! We will always support you!

Why is laugh needed?

Before I answer the question, I will briefly explain what laugh is. Laugh is an expression of happiness, or an expression when you think something's funny. Laughing sometimes can drive you to tears or even do some crazy actions! Laughing comes in many types: teasing laugh, hilarious laugh, happy laugh, crazy laugh, unagreeing laugh and etc.

So why is laugh needed? Laugh is needed so you can relieve your inside feelings. Laughing also make someone have good opinions to you. Laugh relieves stress. Laugh even expresses craziness. And most important of all, laughing also make someone happy.

Life in HCI-What is the real HCI?

My life in HCI? For me it's the best school I've ever study at! Everything so new, so interesting ......
When I first come to this school, it is so large that I got lost. I just adapted this school recently. To me the most unique part of this school is the clock tower. Scarcely any schools have clock towers like this one.

Lessons from teachers of every subjects are interesting. Recently we have to do a presentation for the Projects Day. The food.....oh I just love the food......delicious, lovely, supreme.......Life has never been any better in this school.

About HCI(Hwa Chong Institution, previously called the Chinese High School), its motto is 自强不息(never give up and strive to be successful),its philosophy is 己立立人，己达达人(WIN-WIN) and its guiding principle is 饮水思源(never forget one who helped you). The Hwa Chong value comes from the words of abbreviation,the




Joy
Teamwork
Integrity
Global perspective
Excellence
Respect
Resilience

I think we should follow the motto, philosophy and principle in order to be successful. It tells us we should not give up and keep on going, help each other and never forget the teachers who had taught you.

This is my school logo:

It actually derives from the word 华 meaning Chinese, but to me it looks really like a torch, don't you think so?

For literature lovers(unsuitable for too-stresseds)

Our English teacher taught us about literatures of deception (literatures about broken love), and gave us three examples, namely Lamb to the Slaughter, Male Child and Love.

In Lamb to the Slaughter, Mary Maloney cares a lot about her husband, Patrick Maloney but he somehow rejected her care and said that he would leave and as a result, he was being killed by his wife with a frozen lamb leg.

In Male Child, Chuan Poon is either being blessed or cursed with six daughters while his wife was pregnant. He hoped it is a male child this time. When a fortune-teller told him that he will be blessed with a male child, he was overjoyed until he goes to a whore-house and having a mid-wife. He beated his daughters and scolded his wife for not bearing a male child. His wife told him he could leave if she bears a female child. Upon hearing that, he prayed to God every day so she could bear a female child.

In Love, Frankie Liew is in love with Pearl, his new girlfriend. He dumped his ex-girlfriend, Mee Choo while Pearl dumped her ex-boyfriend, Hong. But when Pearl found out that Frankie is worse than Hong, they broke up, and each returned to their exes.

I liked Lamb to the Slaughter the most because Roald Dalph is very creative making readers jolt out of their sleepiness by writing that Mary has no feelings after she murdered her husband and also destroy the weapon by feeding it to the police officers.

(To view jokes, scroll down.....)

What is the real LOL?

Hi, I am Charles from Hwa Chong Institution who created this blog. Maybe you're wondering why I give my blog such a name. Well, I will explain.

From my opinion, LOL(laugh out loud)is actually an expression of happiness, or in a more advanced definition, an antidote to all kinds of stress. LOL is a better choice of relieving stress rather than smoking, drinking wine, or even addicting drugs(STRICTLY ILLEGAL!!!!!).

Many scientists concluded that laughing is healthy for every person. I've always regard it as a very correct conclusion. Although in an indirect method, laughing is TRULY good for health.

1)Sad or angry feelings brought substances which are harmful into our body.
2)By laughing, the amount of such substances into our body are lessen. This is why I say laughing is indirectly good to health.

Below are some comics, jokes and comedies I published for people of all kinds. LOL and relieve all your stress!

Sign Jokes

>Teacher: Ok, tell me why you are late today.
Student: I woke up at 6am, and got to school at 7am.
Teacher: But it is 8 o'clock now? How come?
Student: I saw a sign at the school gate. It said :SCHOOL Reduce speed. Therefore,I had to slow down. That's why I'm late today.
Teacher: .................

>One day, a hunter went into the woods. There's a tree with a sign saying: RABBIT SEASON OPEN. It was posted by THE duck who hates his rival enemy, THE rabbit.
Soon, the hunter saw THE rabbit, pointed his rifle at him, and said:"Say your prayers, rabbit!" THE rabbit tied his tip-of-gun and said:"I think you got it all wrong, rabbit season's already closed.Look!"The hunter turned to see the sign, which said:RABBIT SEASON CLOSED.He said:"I'm sorry.I guess I'll just leave here.
THE duck, who is hidden behind a tree, was shocked. Still hidden, he looked at the sign. There's the real sign behind it. He called the hunter:"Hey,pinhead,this's just a fake one.The real one's under it."He then ripped the fake sign off.BLAM BLAM BLAM!!!!!!!!THE duck was being shot.Why? The sign said:DUCK SEASON OPEN.

>A farmer was harvesting his vegetables when a flying saucer landed near his farm. An alien walked out of it, and they use sign language to communicate.
The alien pointed up, then the farmer pointed down.
The alien stretch out its palm, and the farmer pointed a seven-like sign.
The alien pointed something like a gun, then the farmer pointed a squeezing-like sign. Then the alien suddenly hurriedly went into the flying saucer and flew away.
Back home, the farmer said to his wife:
"I met a strange person. He said that vegetables drop from the sky. I corrected as vegetables grow from the ground. He asked how much is 5 kg of vegetables, and I said 7 dollars. He asked how much is 7 kg? I said pay more money. Then he suddenly just went away."
Back to its planet, the alien said to its friend:
"I met a strange but scary person on Earth. I said I come from the sky. And he said he come from under the ground. I said I've killed 5 person, he said he killed 7. I said I killed them with my disentigrater gun, he said he killed them by squeezing them till death. I was afraid that I might become the 8th victim, so I ran away."

It's all the same

One day, Mr. Green wanted to go to the town to buy some things.
But a heavy rain had just ended and there's lots of puddles in front of his house,and he did not want his feet to be wet. He called to his wife.
Mr. Green: My dear, could you go to the next door and ask Mr Adrian to lend me his boots?
(And so...)
Mrs. Green: Mr. Adrian, my husband would want to borrow your boots.
Mr. Adrian: But that boot, it's....it's.....new....But wait, I've got a better idea, how about he let me carry him?
(Mrs. Green returned home. Back at home.......)
Mr. Green: Damn, I've never seen or heard of such a stingy man before!!(cleared his throat)Honey, I have no idea. Could you bring to me the new boots that I bought this morning?

LOL Jokes

>A: Excuse me, how do I get to the nearest hospital?
B: Just close your eyes and walk across the street, I bet you could get there very soon!

>Teacher: You have been very bad since the past few months. I hope you can turn over a new leaf.
Student: Ok, I will try.
(However, for the next few months, his bad behaviour seemed to increase instead of decrease)
Teacher: I thought I told you to turn over a new leaf!
Student: But I did.
Teacher: Are you sure?
Student: Of course! I pluck the latest leaf grown from a seed and turned it over!
Teacher: ..............................

>One day, a rabbit hopped into a Chinese herb shop.
Rabbit: Do you have carrots?
Shopkeeper: No.
(The rabbit left. But the next day, it hopped into the shop again)
Rabbit: Do you have carrots
Shopkeeper: But I thought I said no yesterday.
(It left. The next day...)
Rabbit: Do you have carrots?
Shopkeeper: No! No!! NO!!!
(The next day...)
Rabbit: Do you have carrots?
Shopkeeper: How many times do I have to tell you that there's no carrot here??????!!!!!!!!
(This continued for a few days, and each day the shopkeeper got more angry. One day...)
Shopkeeper: Are you gonna ask me whether I have carrots again?
Rabbit: No, but do you have milk?
Shopkeeper: No.
Rabbit : Then do you have carrots?
Shopkeeper:!@#$%^&?><^&%$#$@!

>A patient hadn't been sleeping well recently and so he seek the doctor for help.
"No worries,"said the doctor"if you couldn't sleep well just try and count to 50000."
And so the next day, the patient went to the doctor again.
"I use your method to help me to sleep.""It worked?""It's already sunrise when I finished."

>One day, a professor is doing a research on his project. His wife came in and served him a cup of water.
Professor: Darling, have you seen my pen?
His wife: Isn't it at your ear?
Professor(angrily): Can't you see that I'm busy? Tell me precisely, which ear is it at?
His wife: .........................

>A tourist visited a foreign country. During his visit, he got ill, but he didn't know which clinic can cure him. He asked a person of the country. He said: 'No worries, there's a law in our country. Whenever the doctor of any clinic has failed to cure a patient, which mostly leads to death, he has to hang a balloon.'
The tourist searched for a suitable clinic. He saw one with 25 balloons, and one with 30 balloons. At last, he saw a clinic with only 5 balloons. He walked into it.
The nurse said:'You must wait. This clinic started its business this morning and now the doctor is really busy.'

>Sam was sticking a stamp on his letter, waiting to be put into the mailbox. An old man came to him and said:"Can you please write a letter for me, young man? I'm too old to write.""Okay,"said Sam. "Help me write'To my dearest old friend Hubert:'" "Okay,"said Sam. "And then write'How are you? I've never sent a letter to you since two months ago because of the holidays. Sorry to keep you waiting.'" "Okay, sure.""Write 'I would like to tell you about my life during the
holidays.'""Okay, okay..."said Sam with a little frustrated.
The old man asked Sam to write more words on his letter, and each time Sam became more and more frustrated.
"Okay, just write'Sincerely, Cody' will do.""Is that all?"Sam said with a frustrated tone and handed Cody the letter. The old man looked at the letter, hesitated for a while, then said"I'm sorry, could you write'PS: Sorry for the untidiness of the words I wrote.'?"

This is a very lol question sent by my aunt. It is just an appetizer, so stay tuned for more!

Here's the question:

There was a very, very tall coconut tree and there are 4 animals,
A Lion, a Chimpanzee, a Giraffe, and a Squirrel, who pass by.
They decide to compete to see who is the fastest to get a banana off the tree.
Who do you guess will win?
Your answer will reflect your personality.
So think carefully . .. .. Try and answer within 30 seconds

Got your answer? Now scroll down to see the analysis.


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If your answer is:
Lion = you're dull.
Chimpanzee = you're a moron.
Giraffe = you're a complete idiot.
Squirrel = you're just hopelessly stupid.

A COCONUT TREE DOESN'T HAVE BANANAS.
(scroll up for the question to check)

Obviously you're stressed and overworked. You should take some time off and relax! Try again next year. Laughs more and pass on laughter to others… it gets us through our days !

The dictionary of humour

Window: An entrance made for thieves.
Standing on your head: One way to raise the earth up.
Giraffe: During the examination of animals, the probability of him peeking other's answer is the largest.
Car: Made by terrorists to kill people.
Unicorn: An extremely stupid horse disguised as a goat.
ASAP: As swift as a pig.




(all the definitions provided are just for gags)