AMC, SMC

it's been a very long time since i've updated.its not that i'm very busy or what but i'm just being caught up in "JC Life".just wanna enjoy the bliss while i can.much have happen how the past few weeks.we just got our classes today i'm in 1SC7.seems like an interesting class hopefully they will be a fun lot of people.

academics for JC 1 has yet to reach 2 weeks and i was like involved in 2 academic competitions.crazy man.luckily the results were comendable.whew... if not it would have been a total waste of my time...

firstly was the AMC thing.in ACJC to join this competition like all of us have to go through a selection test before we can take part.welll thats smth new to me.in sec school it was like all in the maths olympiad programme has to take part in AMC, SMO blah blah blah....


so like i didn't even studied maths for like the past 3 mths so i think i wasn't really at my peak performance i think.but by God's grace i managed to make it into the highly acclaimed team.both J1s and J2s had to compete together so it was like some sort of disadvantage to us....so in the end only 30 out of the multitues made the cut and i'm happen to be one of them.hahas.was rather surprised though...so we shall wait for the actually competition

then the other competition was today held by the SMC.this time it was maths and science though there were far more greater emphasis on science and IT which i know nuts abt.maths was just a very small portion but the standard was pitched at much higher level for the maths component i felt that i was taking part in Maths Olympiad again.standards were really high.astronomy was crazy.bio, chem and physics was okay...

we had to form a team of 3.but 1 member could not make it and he was an ASEAN scholar so i was like our team die liao lah...cos the 1st round was based on the 3 individual scores add up.so by the end of the test i was like i don't think we stand a chance.cos when my other team members handed up their ans i glanced through their ans and those that i was rather sure i got correct, they had different ans so i was like gonna man.

then a funny thing was we were all along at the LT and the organisers call me up asking where we were and ask us to come to the LT now when in the 1st place we WERE IN THE LT.totally hilarious...at that point of time it didn't struck me that the only reason why they called me is to make sure we were present so we can proceed to the final round but of course i realised on hindsight that that was the only reason...they can't be calling up
so i(in fact all of us)were shocked that we made it into the finals.like only 3 teams made it out of the countless team that took part since every OG and class had to take part...that was really a surprised i must say.far greater than the AMC.i would like to think that all 3 of us contribute equally to the success i hope...i believe they did.so gonna collect our prize on friday...the inaugural one...

i finally knew the reason y i was placed here and not anywhere else.i knew that he had a purpose and i have a higher calling....every group right??
Jonathan J. Taylor

THE PAST WE INHERIT
THE PRESENT WE CREATE
FOR THOSE WHO HOPE WORK AND PLAY
THE BEST IS YET TO BE

1st week in ACJC

woo....1st week just went by like that.... ACJC is a damn fun jc man.anyone who can go in should go in man.had one week of orientation.

one culture shock:ACJC like to do cheer.like everything also want to cheer.at 1st wad like abit not used to it.but after a few days i found it quite fun.our clan head is super hyper too.he's a damn cool guy.for the 1st 3 days in the morning we had talks after talks.like subject talks,principle talks, vice principle talks, level head talks, THE talk, CCP talk, just talks until afternoon then can go for the solid orientation programme.

the games we play are damn havoc.that is what we are famous for anyway.we played in the mud.played in starch.ewwww....quite sick at first but after that quite fun there's still this soap game the shampoo game where by we see whoch grp can produce the most foam..haha we won ....tks to those girls with ultra long hair..

at first everyone was sian.then like talk among their small grp of like 3 ppl then after that we start to see each others' real character and personality and we start to open and start to like really bond together.our OGLs(nick and yu hui) was very good, hyper and enthu too....other than games they talked to us abt the sch life and subject combi and advise us to choose wisely.....nick can dance damn well too.afterall he is in AC dance...

yeah attended some "lectures" on the last day.nth much actually.just talked abt the syllabus and those uni courses that need their subjects.i missed chem lecture cos i saw the wrong timing but nonetheless i caught up with my friends so should be ok......afterall 1st lecture how much can u miss??ok lah just some introductary...

oh on the 4th day we went out to marina played and eat.and at the food card we started playing cards.quite cool lah.so went home around 9+ or 10+....for the 1st few days i was like damn tired everyday.trying to snatch as much sleep as possible with every possible opportunity.

so on monday i only have to attend 2 lectures.GP and Maths but still got to stay till around 6,7pm for cross country training.anyway our school's policy is the earliest time we can leave is 1.30.the ACJC canteen thing is quite ex compared to my sec school.like on meals everyday i spent abt $5+ for a simple meal.but wateva lah...i got increased salary, allowance and bonuses...haha...i'm going to give my family a treat soon.....of course only the best will do even though "The Best is Yet to Be"haha

quite excited about cross training...wanna see if i can take their rigour and see howmuch distance they cover during training..hopefully i won't find it very tough.then wed i can look forward to track training.and yeah we got buy some very cool GC that cost $175.like its so cool man...but i guess we would only get into our classes by the end of the month.so for the next 2 weeks we would be with our OG.guess its gonna be quite fun afterall its up to us to make the most of the time we together...

oh yah how can i forget abt Firandae.quite fun lah.saw performance by ACSian Theatre and AC dance.both truly awesome and award winning performances.i guess we can expect much more of such quality performances from the performing arts grp in the coming mths and years.saw some games had the mass dance thing.then we started to go wild and start running around in the "train" format.quite fun.

Quote Sameer: "its the best party ever"haha.but it ended quite soon lahs.like very fast...Oh our OG(yu hui) also bought for us lightsticks.so kind...

so in all the orientation is damn fun made quite alot of new friends too..now i'm face with one of the greatest decisions.i really pray everything will fall into place and pls don't give me added problem,stress and pressure...it really sucks to be in my position for this situation...highly complicated...

just gonna leave it to God and cast all my worries to Him and let go so MOVE IT!! STEP ASIDE!!!!!

I believe God have a purpose in making me go to ACJC and i think my walk with him will get closer day by day.draw near to me and i'll draw near to you....just gonna let your plan unfold.

you are the porter I am the clay
make me and mould me

this is all I pray

i'm in the midst of writing another literacy work.hopefully i can publish it soon.but it rather negative in a way but its gonna be so true in depicting what we are gonna see around us in these last days....

i guess by following the following values we won't really go wrong

INTEGRITY

TENACITY

PASSION

IN THE PRUSUIT OF TRUTH

"To God be the Glory

The Best is Yet to Be"

-Jonathan Taylor