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Biography CA1

2010-03-07T12:14:00.001+08:00

Biography Of My Father

My father was born in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia in 1962. He is the younger of two children.

When my father was young, he loved to read books by Enid Blyton such as The Famous Five, The Five Find-Outers and The Secret Seven. My father used to climb cherry trees to pick cherries for his cherry gun. This gun was made from a long ruler with rubber bands and a clothes peg and it shoots cherries. His favourite toys were his cherry gun, a battery operated passenger aeroplane, a toy Volkswagen and his plastic cowboys, Indians and soldiers.

Some of his favourite television programmes include Land Of The Giants, Star Trek, Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea and Ultraman.

My father studied in St. John’s Institution in Kuala Lumpur. He started Primary 1 in 1969. He was good in his studies and used to win prizes in Primary School. As a child, he wanted to be a doctor.

When he was in Secondary School, he joined the St. John’s Ambulance Brigade as an Extra-Curricular Activity. My father and his teammates won the National First Aid Competition in 1979.

My father came to Singapore in 1980 and studied in National Junior College. He completed his A-Levels in 1981 and went to study Building and Estate Management in the National University of Singapore. He graduated in 1986 in the middle of the recession.

After eight months of trying to find a job, he finally found work as a valuer in Jones Lang Wootton. My father worked there for nine years before he resigned and went to work at DTZ.

My father met my mother in 1989 while working in Jones Lang Wootton and they were married in 1992.

My father had an enjoyable childhood, had loving parents, good friends and believes in hard work, honesty, integrity and perseverance.

Cinquain Poem

2010-01-17T16:13:00.002+08:00

Instrument
melodic, harmonic
tuning, plucking, bowing
playing my heart out
Erhu!

上网买菜

2009-05-24T16:39:00.000+08:00

这份报纸的文章是有关现代兴起上网购物的习惯。本文介绍两家特色网路商店。Supernature 是一门卖有机食物的店。在 LazyGourmet 的网上商店，顾客不只能买到精湛食品，还能订购煮熟的美食。

网上买菜十分方便。它使我们能够节省时间，因为货物不但价格合理，商店还会把货物送到我们家门口。所以，网上买菜适合现代人们忙碌拥挤的生活方式，给我们带来了方便及更加的质量。

《西游记》杂技剧

2009-05-24T14:40:00.003+08:00

这份报纸文章是关于中国广州著名杂技团要到我国表演《西游记》的详情。演出日期是7月16日，在滨海艺术中心剧院。

看这部表演，能让我们对《西游记》的故事有进一步的了解。从此剧的舞蹈,武术,木偶等多种艺术表现手法,我们还可以体会到中国丰富多彩的传统文化.

ENG: Spider Monkey

2009-03-01T13:26:00.001+08:00

Introduction
The spider monkey got its name from its ability to climb objects quickly and quietly. The spider monkey lives in the central American rainforest. It is a large monkey and an endangered species.

Party Animals
Spider monkeys are extremely social animals that live in groups of 40 to 50. The spider monkeys can die of loneliness.

Civil Defence
The spider monkeys will try to frighten intruders with loud bark-like calls or banging of branches.

Fun Time
The baby spider monkey likes to climb onto its mother’s back for a joy ride.

By TC, Primary 4 Kindness
Focus Writing 1

LP Compo

2009-02-22T14:22:00.002+08:00

Composition assignment for LP. Written while right arm was in a cast.

Ali was listless as he had just come back from school and had no homework to do. He went to the playground to play when he found a lamp.

He was so excited that he quickly picked it up and rubbed it a few times. Suddenly, a puff of smoke came out from the lamp! A small chubby-faced genie popped out. Ali had watched the movie “Aladdin” and knew that genies could grant wishes, so he said “I wish I could score perfect marks in all my exams!”. Ali smiled excitedly for a few seconds. His smile soon turned into a frown as he realized much to his disappointment, that the genie was a baby, and could only say “goo-goo-gaga”. It could not grant any wishes yet!

Suddenly, Ali felt droplets on his face as he saw, much to his horror, that the baby genie was regurgitating on him! Ali woke up and saw that his baby brother Irfan had crawled onto him and was drooling and giggling happily away. “Whew, it had just been a dream!”, Ali said, with a sigh of relief.

News Summary

2009-02-19T14:49:00.000+08:00

这份报纸文章是关于一对夫妇如何庆祝今年的情人节。卢先生打算送巧克力给妻子，可是他送的巧克力只能‘用’，不能吃。虽然巧克力不能吃，卢太太非常喜欢收到这份独特的礼物。其实，礼物是美容中心的“巧克力按摩”服务。卢太太平时照顾孩子，常常腰酸悲痛。有这机会去享受这么特别的按摩，真是满心期待.

HK/China Travel Log

2008-06-20T14:33:00.001+08:00

Travel Log: My Trip to Hong Kong / China

Tuesday, 10 June 2008
We left for Hong Kong today. My brother fell down the day before, so he needed a wheelchair to get to the aeroplane.
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008
After breakfast, we visited an old fishing village at Aberdeen. There is a famous floating restaurant there called “Jumbo”, where Jackie Chan has shot several movies. The boats were decorated with many colourful lanterns. We also went to Repulse Bay where there’s a beautiful beach.
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Thursday, 12 June 2008
We went to Disneyland. We stayed at the Hollywood Hotel which is nearby. We spent the whole day going for all the rides in Disneyland. It was really fun! I met a school friend there and we went for the Dumbo Flying ride together. I most enjoyed the AstroBlasters ride. Mom & I went on that many times, trying to get higher scores with each ride!

There were beautiful fireworks at the Sleeping Beauty Castle at night.
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Friday, 13 June 2008
After a sumptious breakfast at Chef Mickey’s café, we took an “Express Train” direct to China. It took us a rather long 4 hours to reach the city of ZhaoQing though. Many of my Grandmother’s nephews were waiting for us at that train station. They brought us to stay at a hotel with really huge rooms.
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Saturday, 14 June 2008

Our relatives brought us to the village where my Grandmother was born. We saw the well that Grandma used to draw water from everyday. They made us enormous rice dumplings to eat for lunch.

We spent the afternoon hiking at the DingHu Mountains, which has fresh air and delicious beancurd made from the natural mountain springs. We fun splashing at the waterfall pools

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Sunday, 15 June 2008

Dad’s uncle, who is a priest, held a mass for all the relatives in the village.

Look at the many relatives we have in the village!
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Monday, 16 June 2008

Took a bus back from China to Hong Kong. All the relatives came to bid farewell. The bus ride was bumpy and not as comfortable as the train. There were floods all over Southern China, but thankfully, we made it back to Hong Kong safely.

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Tuesday, 17 June 2008

Went to Ocean Park. It was not so great as it rained the whole day! We did get to see the cute pandas, and the dolphin show was fabulous! We also saw a stingray that kept coming up to say “Hi!”.

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Wednesday, 18 June 2008

After breakfast, we left for the airport to take a flight back to Singapore. We watched a very interesting movie “CJ 7” on board. Too bad, the movie started very late, so we missed watching the whole show.

We had a fairly enjoyable holiday.

Science Project

2008-03-22T14:53:00.000+08:00

Purpose:
To show the differences between the density of salt and fresh water.

Materials:
Raw Eggs
3 Tablespoons of Salt
2 Tall Glass Cups
Water

Method:
1. Make salt water by dissolving salt in a cup of water.
2. Put fresh water in another cup.
3. Put 1 egg in the cup of fresh water.
4. Put the other egg in the cup of salt water.

Result:
The egg in the cup of fresh water sinks to the bottom of the cup.
The egg in the cup of salt water floats.

Conclusion:
Salt water is of higher density than fresh water.

学二胡

2008-02-13T14:46:00.000+08:00

学二胡
几年前，看过学校的华乐团表演，我就想学拉二胡。我七岁时，妈妈找到一位会讲英文的二胡老师。我就开始学拉二胡。我最欣赏的二胡大师是闵惠芬。她拉的几首歌都很好听，如“江河水”，“良肖”，“空山鸟语”，“光明行”。

Reference Videos

2007-10-31T13:50:00.002+08:00

Pieces from syllabus

春诗
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzE3OTYxMDg=.html

草原新牧民
I prefer this version by SongFei:
http://www.tudou.com/l/A0PE87tGh5c

口语演讲：读后感

2007-08-19T15:19:00.000+08:00

Primary 2 Term 2 Assessment
Oral Presentation (10% of Term marks)

书评 Book Review
《儿童安全故事》
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1。我最近读了一本书,名叫《儿童安全故事》。
2。这本书有好几个故事，关于：家庭，生活，学校，等的安全。
3。其中一个故事是《我玩游戏不推挤》。
4。故事里的动物在游戏场溜滑梯。
5。小猪动作慢吞吞。大家就抢在它前面，推到小猪跌下来。
6。我喜欢这本故事因为它很有趣。
7。我们也学到玩游戏时要注意安全，才能玩得很开心。

Changi Airport

2007-08-10T11:16:00.001+08:00

Our class went on an excursion to Changi Airport on Wednesday 1st August.

Changi Airport is a major Aviation Hub in the World. We saw many international flights like Garuda and Malaysian Airlines listed on the Flight Information Screens.

We did a practical exercise in Measurements, Multiplication & Division using the chairs, pillars, tiles & counters.

We also interviewed a passenger Mr Gurmit Loi. He’s from New Zealand and was on his way to India. He had lots of presents in his luggage for his family and friends.

We ended the trip with a yummy meal at McDonald’s. I had my favourite McNuggets with chilli sauce.

I had lots of fun on this outing!!!

Right-Brained

2007-07-25T22:28:00.001+08:00

You're a Right-brained!

The Brain Test

Brought to you by Tickle
Most right-brained people like you are flexible in many realms of their lives. Whether picking up on the nuances of musical concerto, appreciating the subtle details in a work of art, or seeing the world from a different perspective, right-brained people are creative, imaginative, and attuned to their surroundings.

People probably see your thinking process as boundless, and that might translate to your physical surroundings as well. Some people think of you as messier than others. It's not that you're disorganized, it's just that you might use different systems to organize (by theme, by subject, by color). Straight alphabetization and rigidly ordered folders are not typical of right-brained behavior.

You are also more intuitive than many. When it comes to reading literature, you probably prefer creative writing or fiction over nonfiction. And when it comes to doing math, you might find you enjoy geometry more than other forms like algebra.

Shrek 4D

2007-07-10T16:47:00.000+08:00

My favourite movie is Shrek 4-D. We saw this movie when we were at MovieWorld in Australia.

We have to wear these goofy glasses called “OgreVision Goggles” so that we can watch this movie in 3-D.

This short movie shows the spirit of Lord Farquaad returning from the dead to kidnap Princess Fiona. The Shrek and Donkey then go to her rescue.

The movie is 4-D because we can feel what we are watching. For example, as Shrek & Donkey run after Princess Fiona, the seats will move; and when Donkey spits, it would spray right at our face!!!!

It was a very exciting adventure to be part of!

Eye on Malaysia

2007-06-14T17:53:00.000+08:00

Lake Titiwangsa, Kuala Lumpur: 今天我们到马来西亚新开的摩天轮 "Eye on Malaysia"。这个摩天轮很大，高达60米。在摩天轮里，可以看到吉隆坡远远的地方，包括 Petronas双塔。风景优美。

Travel Log: My Trip to Malaysia

2007-06-13T14:43:00.001+08:00

Travel Log: My Trip to Malaysia
(Primary 2)

Tuesday, 12 June 2007

We started out early at 8am. We packed the car with our luggage, toys, books, snacks and drinks. Daddy checked that we had all our passports ready. We then drove off.

We reached Malacca around 10am and decided to have an early lunch at the famous Farmosa Chicken Rice Ball restaurant.

We reached Kuala Lumpur in the afternoon. We stayed at Berjaya Times Square and had lots of fun at the Cosmos World.
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Wednesday, 13 June 2007
After breakfast, we drove up to Genting. On the way, Mom decided it would be a good idea to take the cable car instead of driving all the way to the peak. We spent the WHOLE day going through many fun rides at the Genting Theme Park. When we left in the early evening, we saw a beautiful sunset from our cable car.
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Thursday, 14 June 2007

We took 2 hours trying to find the other hotel that we were moving to stay at. The roads were just very confusing to my Dad and there was a bad traffic jam.

We went to the “Eye on Malaysia”. This is at Lake Titiwangsa. It is a gigantic ferris-wheel. We could see the Petronas Twin towers, the KL tower and the Cultural Center while up on the ferris wheel. It was fun for the 1st 3 to 4 rounds and quite boring by the 5th and 6th round!

There was a light and laser show on the Lake.

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Friday, 15 June 2007

We went to Batu Caves. There are 272 steps up to the Caves. We had run up the steps very quickly because we thought the 5-legged cow was up in the cave. We found out later that the cow had already died!

We set out on our drive back to Singapore that afternoon. My sister made me a cute robot from our leftover snackbox.

豆豆糖

2007-05-01T15:59:00.000+08:00

今天我和爸爸、妈妈到怡丰城逛一逛。我想去那儿的大糖果店（Candy Empire）。应为那里的豆豆糖很好吃。丁老师给我们吃的豆豆糖是从这个糖果店买的。我最喜欢草莓味道的豆豆糖。

VivoCity

2007-05-01T15:14:00.000+08:00

After going to Candy Empire, we looked around for lunch. There was a Kolo Mee shop there. The wanton soup & noodles and the fried wantons were very tasty! The aloe vera drink there did not have lime in it. Not nice.

We also went to the playground which was quite lame. The rooftop pool was more fun. I tried to make "bear" paw prints there.

We also saw this pole. Mommy says it's a Lightning Conductor, so if there's lightning, it would hit this high point first and not strike the people in the pool.

Kuti-Kuti

2007-04-17T23:46:00.000+08:00

My Pri 2 Chinese teacher 罗老师 gives us these little plastic toys as rewards. He says it's an old toy. I've collected so many this year already! I also trade some of them with my friends so that I can have different types of Kuti Kuti.

Mommy also says it's a toy from when she was just a kid and they could buy many of it in a small packet for a few cents either from the Kacang Puteh man or the "Mamak" (Indian) provision shop.

These are Special. They can stand. I only have 7 of them. I just got the blue sail-back dinosaur one from my friend today.

I had fun counting my collection of kuti kuti this afternoon. Then I had the idea of arranging them into the pattern of a sun. So nice !

Mommy helped me take these colourful photos.

Cloud

2007-04-01T23:16:00.000+08:00

Saw this from our room window around sunset. The cloud looked like a Dragon, and the sun rays were shining from the back of the cloud. So beautiful!

Journal: Fave Book

2007-02-22T14:47:00.000+08:00

其中一个故事是《我玩游戏不推挤》。
故事里的动物在游戏场溜滑梯。

小猪动作慢吞吞。大家就抢在它前面，推到小猪跌下来。

我喜欢这本故事因为它很有趣。我们也学到玩游戏时要注意安全，才能玩得很开心。

Pirate School

2007-02-21T21:23:00.000+08:00

My favourite story book is a Pirate School book called "The Bun Gun" by Jeremy Strong.

In this story, the children at Pirate School are hungry. They know that their Head Teacher Patagonia has yummy food, but it is all locked up in a cupboard.

So the children set out a plan to get hold of this food. They even have a Secret Weapon - the Bun Gun! The Bun Gun is a cannon that fires sticky buns & doughnuts.

I like this story because it is very exciting! And very funny!

Show & Tell: Jacket

2007-02-20T21:26:00.000+08:00

Topic: Things We Wear
Item to SHOW : Jacket

Tell: This is my Winter Jacket.

I wore this when I went to Korea for the holidays.

It was winter then. It was very cold. This jacket is very thick. It kept me warm and cosy.

It has a hood that I put over my head to keep my ears from freezing. When I zip the jacket up and close the hood, it keeps my neck warm.

There are also some pockets for me to put my mittens when I want to eat all the Yummy Food in Korea!

This is a GOOD jacket for Winter.

Show & Tell: Toy

2007-02-19T22:19:00.000+08:00

Topic: 我最喜爱的玩具 My Favourite Toy
Show: 直升机 Toy Helicopter

Tell: 我最喜欢的玩具，是这一架电动直升机。这架直升机是爸爸送给我的礼物。我带它到我家楼下的空地玩。直升机有一个遥控器。遥控器上有几个按扭。每次我一按左边的按扭，直升机就会马上飞到天上去。我再按右边的按扭，直升机又会回到我的身边。真的是有趣极了.

Another Pet

2007-02-10T22:01:00.000+08:00

adopt your own virtual pet!

Erhu Chopsticks

2007-02-10T21:44:00.000+08:00

My teacher gave these sticks to me. She says it is for making erhu.

Cyber Pets

2007-02-07T23:20:00.000+08:00

I found out about cyber pets from my sister. They are so cute, so I got some for my blog. So fun to "play" with them.

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Korea

2007-01-02T17:09:00.000+08:00

I went to Korea over the New Year holidays. We left on December 29, 2006. It was winter. It was very cold. I wore 2 layers of shirts & pants. I also wore a nice thick quilted jacket. My mittens couldn't keep my fingers from freezing.

We went to Lotte World （乐天世界）。 We watched a parade and a laser show. We also went on a few rides. There was a mini 'Giant Drop" that I liked.

On the third day, we went up to the mountains. The place was covered in snow, just like pictures in Christmas Cards! We stayed at a ski resort. At the ski resort i played with the snow. I rolled in the snow and tried to make snowballs. It was difficult because the snow was too powdery. We also went snow tubing. That was very exciting. I enjoyed that most of all!

We came back to Singapore just the night before the first day of school.