Friday, January 05, 2007
Bah, I expected full-blown homework flung in our faces, but instead we get two days of extra activities. Is that ironic or what?
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Wednesday:
I came back to school, bit grouchy. You would be if you woke up at 5:30am with the alarm clock screaming in your ear.
Luckily the bad mood wore off when some of my close friends came into sight. Said hello to all of them, and we chatted about what we did over the holidays and such. Nothing seems to have changed much, that's good.
I had expected the Sec 4 classes to be at the fourth floor, but we got the third floor instead. Not that I'm complaining, that saves me a lot of legwork and its damn hot up there on the fourth floor. I pity the poor 4N and 4T classes...
The Sec 1s are tiny....whee...more juniors to bully...lawl, I'm evil I know, kekeke...
My teachers haven't changed, except that I've got Doctor Thuraisingam (Oh no) as my English teacher, Mdm Khaw (My form teacher) became my class' Math and CME teacher and my PE teacher has changed to Mr Seo. I've heard bad feedbacks on Mr Seo...oh no...
Mdm Khaw will be absent for two days because she has to go for a one-day surgery to remove a lump from her breasts, I do hope everything goes fine...(Please don't let it be a malignant lump...)
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Thursday:
I went for a Social and Dining Etiquette course at New Park Hotel with my class, as well as 4E1...we rode a couple of chartered buses to the hotel, took about thirty minutes I think...
Whee...the talks were so interesting! We had two people talking to us, Christian Chua and Nick Tan! They were great man! Glad I had a front seat XD
Chris talked to us all about being a people magnet and how to be one...supposedly its all about making the right first impressions...dressing right and how to carry yourself in a confident manner.
A supposedly boring talk like that was turned out to be extremely interesting due to Chris cracking jokes left right and center, LMAO~ XD
Next up is Nick, who talked to us about the many utensils that Westerners use in a formal dinner. There're so many! Lucky I've read about them before and have some knowledge about the uses for each utensil.
Bread: Break the bread with your fingers into bite-sized pieces before buttering the bread.
Soup: Scoop the liquid away from you rather than towards you, reduces the chances of spillage onto yourself. Sip from the side of the spoon, more refined-looking.
Main Course: Cut the meat into bite-sized pieces. It is perfectly fine to pile some potatoes or vegetables on the meat before eating it.
Lawl...there's just so many tips...
We had a chance to practice too. The hotel provided a five-course lunch for us! Yum yum. Here's the menu!
-->Bread and Salad
-->Mushroom Soup
-->Grilled chicken with potatoes and mixed vegetables
-->French Pastries
-->Coffee/Tea
Yum yum...so delicious... P=
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Today:
I had a career talk at school! Skip skip...nothing much to talk about except that I learnt how to write a resume and avoid answering killer questions during interviews.
Bonding camp! I personally feel that's pointless...my classmates already know each other for over a year, give us some credit...
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Fingers tired, bye bye.
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