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Lloyd, I was here for brunch today. Nice food here. Credit to your name :)

Yours T

Hi

please inform those who have not filled up the spreadsheet to do so. We need to quickly consolidate as the holidays are nearing. thank you.

Pheesible

i dunno when i free wan la... i'm like got event den go wan... u organize den i see if i can make it lor...
darren fong

Wow... This year primary school end school so late... 20Nov speaks of fond memories... The day where CTSS moved...

GUessWho?

Huiping and all,

Forget about the index number. Just go by numerical sequence down. Easier to keep track of the number of people signing up.

Yours T

I also kinda forgot my register nmber hahaha
I think it's 25 ba.

Ping

i forgot my register number... lol

Thanks, Caleb, for taking the effort to work out a spreadsheet for this good cause.
The last reunion (dinner plus post-dinner dessert) in the first half of the year was a jolly nice one. Simple but engaging. But if more are joining, it's better to look for a place that can accommodate bigger crowds and since we all make a lot of noise, it has to be a place where people will not find us a nuisance.

School only ends on 20 Nov for primary schools, so basically weekdays are rather impossible for me unless it is an evening event. Sundays are out for me. If it's a Saturday event, I would usually only be able to join after 4pm.

Will be away in New York from 26 Nov to 13 Dec. Subsequent two days are for me to get over my jet lag.

Looking forward to the reunion.
I miss all the talking.
Very deprived this year.

Yours T

Olivia, I don't look cool at all. It's an ugly shot of me taken at the most tiring moment of the evening. The handsome photographer took more than 50 shots and he had to choose the very last and ugliest one...

Besides that point, I want to thank those from 6/6 2008 who have kindly nominated me when I do not quite deserve it. Without your support, this would not have come true.

Hi fellow ex-classmates,

Tis time to have our reunion(s). To ensure maximum attendees, pls click on the link below and fill up the dates you are available this hol.

Double-click on the dates to see which day it is.
On the dates you can make it, put a "1".
On the dates you can't, put a "0".
On days you don't know, just leave them blank and you may fill them up again another time.
Once you've keyed in or edited, it'll be automatically saved (no need to click on "save").
Pls only add/edit your own row and not anybody else's.

6/6'08 Outing Dates Nov/Dec'09

Meanwhile, think of places to go and/or activities to do.

Those without a blogger account to post here, can post on my tagboard at www.pheesible.blogspot.com

Thanks a bunch!

(PS. Congrats, Ms Chan *wolf-whistle*! U more than deserve the award!)


Pheesible

Labels: Outings

HEY :D

please go and read today's (23rd Oct) Home page 10 in the newspapers

it concerns ms chan. she looks very cool in the photo :D

-Olivia

EOYS ARE OVER, BUT NO ONE POSTS OVER HERE ANYMORE. Eeks.

I screwed up for my EOYS. 3 A1s, 2 Bs and a C for Geography 'coz whatever I studied did not come out and the parts I was not sure about came out. B for History and Maths. A1 for Mother Tongue, Lang Arts and Sciences (all three sciences).

CHUCKCHUCKCHUCK!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRI91wZke7g
found this on youtube. you should be able to recongnize who's laughter is that.

Bored coz nth to do after exams hahahaha
So weiling, ENJOY MUGGING~!!!!!!!!

Ping

Oh i think the choco and sweets question is using the parts and units type of question right? ... Exams are over... and i am bored!

GUessWho?

... stop rejoicing. (at least not right in my face lah)
especially ms ng hui ping and mr darren lim.
i heard it. on class blog, blogs, msn and everywhere. yes, I HEARD IT. so people stop telling me that your sch ends earlier and etc.
coz, MY EXAMS HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED. i haven't even pulled through the language paper. or the humanities paper.
argh...

p.s. to hui ping: i can give you the answer to that question you posted. after EOYs

i have said my piece. only bother me after 21 oct, 9.30am.

Thank you =)
i wont mind if you spam me with encouragements to study though.

btw: ms chan, i dont think i need the protective order. hahas. thanks anyway.

weiling

My exam starts on Oct 1 and ends tomorrow. (!!!! 11 more hours!!!!)
PSLE started on Oct 7 and ends tomorrow.


NOT FAIR NOT FAIR NOT FAIR I never knew PSLE was so short~~!!!

Anyway, the P6s will enjoy thmselves to the fullest from tmr onwards. Still rmb how happy I was whn I handed in my Science script, how we (non-HMT pupils) looked at one another and gave BIG BIG BIG SMILES(oops irregularity. & I remember the first person I smiled at was Szeling.). Oh well, this will happen tomorrow again!!! Just with new classmates.

PSLE was a good experience. It was rather fun... really. Sometimes I really look back and wonder, how I managed to b so hardworking then. Regretfully, I didn't do the same for my MYEs and EOYs this time. But thrs no longer the push + motivation to keep me going on for several weeks (or even months!!!)

Now I question GohWeiLing,
HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO MUG FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR?!?!?!?!

I can't even do it for a few days now. Lousy, lousy...

Good luck to ya'll who are still having your exams (or going to have)!!! I'm gna celebrate soon (11 MORE HOURS!!!!), while you all suffer, hehehehee.....

Ping

To the accused - Marc:

By court's order, you are to stop harassing Wei Ling from this second until her EOY is over.

To the victim - Wei Ling:

You are eligible to request for protection order from me if the situation does not improve.
All it takes is for me to punch a few numbers.

Judge Chan

Okay, Caleb, going by your definition, the last paper will be tomorrow.
And YES, I am recuperating now from accumulated fatigue.

But God has been very gracious to me this year...I haven't taken any medical leave yet even though I suffer serious internal injuries this year...thanks to the unteachable ones in my class...many of whom belong to this breed known as 'males'.

Yours T

nonono, my def of paper is:

a material from barks of a tree with ink printed with a pattern and WHICH MAKES MS CHAN DIE OF FATIGUE AND WORRY. The last paper on tuesday technichally can't. So to me it's not really a paper. HAHA 8D

Pheesible

i certainly have to agree with weiling. i really prefer p6 math. i failed a test just becuz of my presentation.i got 23/50. for all the sentences, i wrote " It is (ans here)" den the teacher go circle it and wrote " what is?" den all minus 2....
~fong~

Correction, Caleb! Last PSLE paper is on Tuesday (officially!).

I kind of agree with Huiping that secondary school Math is easier...formulae are everywhere.

And Weiling, Math is really about seeking evidence so you are actually being trained well now! The difference between a Math prodigy and a Math doer is that the latter applies formula without knowing why and how the formula is derived.

Yours T

-_-||| (so careless)

NVM thanks ms chan.

Weiling, exam first, batminton later

pheesible.

PS PSLE last paper tmr...

weiling

I think this means that we can expect to see another 29x in 2009.

Coz moderation of marks will mean those who do well will do REALLY well, those who do badly will be average average.

Thr was another speed question that Gordon provided (haha Speed Master). Totally made me dumb. & this question also made me stare at it for 30 minutes, drawing countless number of models... -_-" (Countless of x = chocolate y = sweets 1/2x 1/2y whatever~)

I'm so rusty with P6 Math...
But hey, it will never come out for my exams anymore! ;D Y1 Math is really easier, really really easier, really really really easier than P6 Math. The only difficult question (that is a question worthy to be put as Qn 45 on P6 Maths Paper) is the Bonus question...

Oh well, I'm glad to be over & done with P6 Maths.
No more torture~ (and thankfully, no emotional turmoil for our batch!)

Ping

Yeah, this year's Math paper is a bit tougher...my NSW High Distinction Math scorer could not even finish the paper.

Yours T

Dear Caleb,

Your answer is derived from your first two equations, so of course you will be able to substitute the answer back perfectly, even though the answer is wrong!

Your first two equations are already wrong...error highlighted in blue.

Let x be no. of chocolates and y be no. of sweets.

y/2 - 12 = 1/7 (x/2) Therefore: x = 7y - 168

x/2 - 18 = 4 (y/2) Therefore: x = 4y + 36

7y - 168 = 4y + 36
3y = 204
y = 68

And here's a model for your reference:


Some things are best kept simple.

Ms Chan

lol... I got a different answer.

Let x be no. of chocolates bought.
Let y be no. of sweets bought.

they each bought half and gave each other half.

they both have x/2 and y/2

(y/2-12)=1/7x
(x/2-18)=1/4y

x=((7y/2)-84)
y=((4x/2)-72)

2x=7y-168
4x=14y-338 (1)


2y=4x-144
-4x+2y=-144
14x=-2y-144
4x=2y+144 (2)

(1)=(2)

14y-336=2y+144
12y=144+336=480
y=40

Check
y/2-12=1/7x
40/2-12=1/7x
8=1/7x
x=56

So

x/2-18=1/4y
56/2-18=1/4y
28-18=1/4y
10=1/4y
y=40 correct

Is there something wrong with my answer? Thanks

Pheesible

SINGAPORE: The first thing her son did when he came out from the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) maths paper on Thursday this week was to gesture as if he was "slitting his throat".

"One look at his face and I thought ’oh no’. I could see that he felt he was condemned," said Mrs Karen Sng. "When he was telling me about how he couldn’t answer some of the questions, he got very emotional and started crying. He said his hopes of getting (an) A* are dashed."

Not for the first time, parents are up in arms over the PSLE Mathematics paper, which some have described as "unbelievably tough" this year. As recently as two years ago, the PSLE Mathematics paper had also caused a similar uproar.

The reason for Thursday’s tough paper, opined the seven parents whom MediaCorp spoke to, was because Primary 6 students were allowed to use calculators while solving Paper 2 for the first time. Paper 2 makes up 60 per cent of the entire paper and consists of 18 questions.

Said Mrs Vivian Weng: "I think the setters feel it’ll be faster for them to compute with a calculator. So the problems they set are much more complex; there are more values, more steps. But it’s unfair because this is the first time they can do so and they do not know what to expect!"

These parents’ children are studying in both neighbourhood and "top" schools.

In response to MediaCorp’s queries, the Education Ministry said this year’s paper was "comparable" to those of previous years. "There is no change in syllabus, question types or number of questions," a spokesperson said.

"The introduction of the use of calculators does not have any bearing on the difficulty of paper. The use of calculators has been introduced into the primary maths curriculum so as to enhance the teaching and learning of maths by expanding the repertoire of learning activities, to achieve a better balance between the time and effort spent developing problem solving skills and computation skills. Calculators can also help to reduce computational errors."

But the parents MediaCorp spoke to said students were apparently so stumped that many — even top students who have regularly aced past school examinations — broke down in tears in right after the paper.

Private maths tutor Josephine Tan whose son studies at Anglo—Chinese School (Junior), said he told her that "many A* students in the top class... couldn’t finish all the questions".

According to posts on an online forum for parents, one example of the problem sums given was: "Jim bought some chocolates and gave half of it to Ken. Ken bought some sweets and gave half of it to Jim. Jim ate 12 sweets and Ken ate 18 chocolates. The ratio of Jim’s sweets to chocolates became 1:7 and the ratio of Ken’s sweets to chocolates became 1:4. How many sweets did Ken buy?"

Mrs Tan said: "They have spent months revising and preparing, but it’s so much tougher than they expected. It really put a big dent on students’ morale."

Another common gripe: There was not enough time for them to complete the paper.

A private tutor, who declined to be named, told MediaCorp she concurred with parents’ opinions. "This year’s paper demanded more from students. It required them to read and understand more complex questions, and go through more steps, so time constraints would have been a concern," the 28—year—old said.

However, the parents’ fear of poor grades for their children may be unfounded since they will be compared against the entire cohort’s performance.

And the answer to the question? 68.

GUessWho

P.s Miss chan, was the maths paper very tough?

Well, then good luck to you, the other rvians as well as the rest of sixsix08!
Mine only comes next thurs haha

Pheesible

Good luck to all juniors taking PSLE (I'm so sweet)

6 more days to my (or RVians) long-awaited freedom. 8 weeks of holidays + 2 weeks of post-exam school = (!!!!)

Actually it's alr coming tmr, cos I don't think that much studying has to be done for EL + Chinese + MAth Paper2 :D

13 more hrs~

Ping

I saw the moon last night :) It was really high up in the sky and it disappeared twice between 11:28 and 11:40. I managed to get a glimpse from 11:41 to 12. xD My friend and I were literally spamming eachother with smses of 'I see it' and 'NOOO, IT'S GONE' and 'stupid cloud :('

TheMotherCHUCKer

*meow*

Was running around the house looking for the moon. Ok that's not the point. The point is I couldn't find the moon. Maybe it's directly above my roof. I can't see it.

Anyway,

EOYs have started,
which means they are ending soon! :D

Oct 12 Oct 12 Oct 12 Oct 12 ~
Yay 8 more days!!!!!!

Ping

Oh I just caught Huiping's joke...Kay Vin, you won't want to miss sixsix09...erm, you don't know them and what they did...

Yours T

Huiping, thanks for the info! I will look out for the moon tonight! Last night, during the celebration of Mid-autumn in school, I peered at the moon and it was really blurry...perhaps it was too cloudy and maybe the haze is the culprit.

And Kay Vin, yes, 6/6 chalked up some pretty good memories last year (But I had some horrible ones too...you should know...)

You people can catch up soon after your EOYE. At least your school term ends earlier than mine! Children's Day presents are with me but on a first-come-first-serve basis and while stocks last!

ALL THE BEST FOR YOUR EOYE!
Bring back good news for me soon!

My BIG day starts 7 Oct.
I have been labouring the whole 9 months for this day's arrival.

Yours T

sixsix09

very funny

But anyway, happy 中秋节 to everyone too!
Tonight's moon will be the brightest in the century at 11.41pm

if you can stay awake till then, then do so :D

Ping

Yello everyone. Happy Zhong qiu jie to everyone. However, other than zhong qiu jie, today also marks our one year anniversary with the psle english paper. Isn't that amazing? That a year passed so quicky. Miss sixsix09 so much....

Hi. A belated Happy Children's Day! Hope you all remain as youthful and as joyous as ever. Wait. This does not seem right... Ah nevermind. P.s Miss Chan, where are our presents? haha.

GUessWho?