Monday, June 16, 2008
I have to start typing my entry now. If not, I probably will not have time to finish my updates for the week. I guess I shall list each event by a paragraph then.
Astronomy Challenge. The annual astronomy challenge was held on the friday the week before last week and last monday. As usual, my school participated in it. I went to ntu together with cherlynn to support the juniors even though the chances were not very high. Surprisingly, gangkai came as well. I had not seen him for a very long time since I graduated from jc. I did not attend their training sessions and I believed that they studied most of the stuff by themselves. My only hope was for them to get into the final round. I reached there just past noon. They had already finished their multiple choice question round and project round in the morning. They were doing their data response questions when I went into the lecture theatre. The first thing I did was to take a look at the multiple choice questions. I was stunned. Haha. I had forgotten almost all the astronomy knowledge. I think the only thing I can do now is to use the telescope. Haha. Anyway while the teams were doing their questions, I went to interact with my seniors who were organising the competition. Actually cherlynn knew the seniors better than me. And she knew the other people from the organising committee as well. After some interaction, I went to grab something for lunch first which turned out to be subway's italian bmt! Haha. I just love subway, one of the healthier choices of food around. Anyway, after lunch, cherlynn wanted to take a look at the halls because she was planning to stay during her studies. So we walked from canteen A to halls 3 and 16 just beside nie. We just stood on the road outside and admired the buildings. Haha. After that, we walked back to LT1A to continue watching the competition. After dinner, it was time for the observation round. Transportation was prepared to ferry the students and equipment to the observation venue. However, the sky was very cloudy and there was few objects to be seen. Fortunately the team managed to find all the objects that the judges could find, so it was an advantage to them. After the observation round, the competition ended for the day. So I took a long journey from jurong all the way back to toa payoh. Then on monday, I was persuaded to get to ntu early by ly. She even intended to give me a wake-up call. Haha. In the end I woke up early and she called late. So once again, I took another long journey back to jurong by bus. I really will not take mrt unless circumstances force me to do so. A bus concession pass really helped in my journeys, especially the unlimited bus rides guaranteed. Haha. I got to ntu and found the teams playing some game which looked like bingo and battleships combined. They spent the whole morning playing that game so I just walked around and looked at how the teams were faring. By the time they finished, it was lunch time so everyone went for lunch. Here is something to take note of. Canteen A became a foodcourt on the second level while the previous canteen downstairs was closed with only the tables and chairs remaining. Fastfood like mcdonalds, subway, canadian pizza and old chang kee were available on the first floor as well. While having lunch at the foodcourt, I met jin! Haha. It was very long since I last saw her as well. I did not know whether the stalls were still the same as the previous canteen. But the japanese food I had was quite nice and there was a wide variety of food available. Right after lunch, it was the announcement of the junior teams for the final round. Our junior team did not manage to get in but I guess it was some experience for them. When the junior finals finished, it was time for the senior category final round! As the organising committee read out the qualified teams, my heart was so tense. One by one, all the usual teams were announced until the last slot. When they announced that our team got in, my heart almost stopped beating. At least my expectation of them was achieved. The finals started with the usual difficulty questions, followed by a special round which cherlynn said that it was modelled after a game called "cloud nine" and finally the buzzer round. The team did not manage to do well for the first two rounds but they managed to get joint first for the last round! However, the score they got was still insufficient for them to clinch a placing in the top three positions. It was quite unfortunate though. No matter what, the astronomy club still has a spot in my heart and I guess I have to try my best to help them for future competitions then. After the competition ended, ly, cherlynn and I decided to have dinner before ly went to attend her concert. We went to jurong point and walked about before deciding on subway! Haha. I was training for my ippt so I was refraining from fastfood as much as possible. This time round, I had the cold cut trio. As time was running short for ly, she went to change out of her uniform into her dress. But she took quite some time that cherlynn and I became worried. So we split to look for her and found her near the toilet. We hurried to the mrt station because it was getting late for her. After she went off, cherlynn and I just went walking around jurong point looking at the shops, toy'r'us and puzzleworld in particular. I was thinking of getting a rubik's cube but decided against it. Cherlynn wanted one too but she did not buy too. Basically we just window-shopped. Haha. Then I took another long journey back home. I am so wanting to stay in the halls next time. It certainly beats travelling for an hour to and from school.
Time is up. I only manage to blog about the astronomy challenge. More updates on my ippt, dinner outing and other stuffs tomorrow then. Sorry to my readers. Please bear with me for one more day. Nudges. Good night everyone. Stay happy. =)
That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...Labels: astro challenge, jurong point, ntu, subway
My mind's unweaving/ 11:53 pm
