Growth Camp 2008

"Let put this on him!" We are having fun putting up make up for out classmate. We had a competition for growth camp which we had to make a boy from our class to a girl and our "victim" is; Goh Kai Hong!
Half of our class were helping up with the make-up for kaihong while the other half was preparing for the campfire item. When the make-up was done, I went to take a look at him with my friend, Both of us rolled on the floor laughing when we saw him, he was hilarious!
The campfire started at 8pm, the whole lower secondary screamed when the fire started burning. Classes started to present their campfire items and our class was the fifth to present. At the beginning, we were quite nervous but we started to have fun after that.

Sport Fiesta

"Hey, where are you?" I called my friend as we are taking taxi to the stadium together. I met with him and went to the taxi stand together.
We waited for ten minutes for the taxi as the queue was very long. When we reached the stadium, we went to meet other classmates of our class. The stadium was crowded when it is about 7.30am where we started to sing our national anthem. While we were singing, Rain started to pour heavily and the games had to be delayed.
One hour later, they decided to start the first game; soccer because the rain had stopped. We cheered for our own houses and it was really excited! After the soccer games were the running and relay competition for lower and upper secondary. After those runs, it was the parents and teacher relay; students would be joining in too.
After all these games, we total up the scores and our house went wild when the results were announced.

How Can I Make A Difference

Name: Lin Jinlong(20) Date: 9^th April 2008

Class: Respect 4

How Can I Make A Difference?

Global Warming is caused by many things. The causes are split up into two groups, man-made or anthropogenic causes, and natural causes. Man-made contributes most to global warming; pollution is the main cause for global warming. Burning fossil fuels is one thing that causes pollution, when fossil fuels are burned they give Global off a green house gas called CO2 which is carbon dioxide.

Natural causes are causes created by nature. One natural cause is a release of methane gas from arctic tundra and wetlands. Methane is a greenhouse gas. A greenhouse gas is a gas that traps heat in the earth's atmosphere. Another natural cause is that the earth goes through a cycle of climate change. This climate change usually lasts about 40,000 years.

Effects that are caused by global warming would be polar icecaps melting, warmer water n more hurricanes and much more. Polar icecaps melting would cause a rise in sea level. According to the National Snow and Ice Data Centre, if all glaciers melted today the seas would rise about 230 feet. This would be how serious the sea level rises if global warming worsens. When sea level rises, it would naturally cause an increase in the number of hurricanes and an increase in number of hurricanes would also cause economic consequences as it will cause up to billion dollars of damage.

Our group is currently doing a mini project of holding a 3R poster competition for all levels. We would also be investigating all classes to find out which class has the least amount of litter in the class and we would have a reward for that too.

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I Can Make A Difference

Global warming is causing a rise in sea level and the world temperature to rise each year. If we do not stop it from becoming severe, it could cause great impact on our mother Earth. The greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide accumulate in the atmosphere and trap heat that normally would exit into outer space. We release carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere. Deforestation is another significant source of greenhouse gases, because fewer trees mean less carbon dioxide conversion to oxygen. This meant that we should save paper as paper come from trees so that we could stop deforestation to continue.

Write about and occasion when you were given some good advice and how you react to it.

"I should have listened to Tom." I muttered to myself quietly.

It is a week before the maths test and everyone is studying hard on it because the marks are counted in the semester assessment. I had always been always been good in math and I have confidence that I would pass with flying colours for this test, It is just a piece of cake for me. Days passed and it was the day for the math test, everyone is discussing the math formulas and other math stuffs before the math test while I was fooling around with people from other classes. Suddenly, I bumped into someone ; it is Tom, our class monitor. He asked me aside and told me to stop fooling around and revise on my work. Of course, I am over confident and told him that I am clever enough to handle this test. He had no choice as he could not force me to study and he walked away. While teacher had passed the test paper to each and everyone of us then she started the time. The test was one hour and the moment I flip over the page, I stared blankly at the first page as I do not even understand a single sentence! After numerous times of reading, I finally understand the first question and started doing it.
When I finished the first question, the bell rang. I was stunned and do not know what had happened.

An instresting incident that happen during the holidays

I was awakened by the ringing tone of my hand phone.

I ran to the toilet the moment I got off my bed because I was late upon meeting my friend. I wash myself up and change up my clothes in a hurry and ran out of the house. While I was on the bus, I messaged my friend that I would be late for the appointment and he said that it is alright and waited for me patiently. When I saw him waiting for me at the arcade entrance, I apologized to him and we went in together. We played a few rounds of car racing and he paid for all the games we played. I felt hungry and told him that we could have our lunch at the food court nearby. He agreed and we slowly walked our way to the food court. On the way there, I searched my pockets for my wallet but cannot seem to find it anywhere.

I asked my friend if he had seen my wallet just now but he said that he had not seen me taking out my wallet for the whole day. I scared that it was stolen but to confirm it, I called my sister and she told me that I had left my wallet at home as I was going out in a hurry and forgotten to take it along with me.

Write about a time when you lost something expensive,but gained a valuable lesson

“I cannot seem to find it!” I shouted across the basketball court.

My phone rang while I was playing computer games. It was my friend Tom, on the phone and he asked me whether I wanted to go out to play basketball with some of his friends. I asked him to wait as I had to ask my mother for permission first. When I asked my mother, she was worried at first but I told her that I would take care of myself as I was already a primary six student. I picked up the phone and told my friend that I would be at the basketball court in thirty minutes

Thirty minutes passed and all of my friends were there and we started our match. Accidentally, while I was shooting the ball, I fell on the ground with a loud thud because it just rained and the floor was slippery. My pants were wet and because I was afraid that I would wet my new hand phone, I placed it on the bench. We continued the match for about fifteen minutes and while I turned to the bench, I could not see my hand phone. I ran towards the bench and took out my friend’s bag and wish it was underneath it but it was not.

I was very nervous as the phone was bought for just a few months and I was afraid to be scolded by my parents. We all ran to second hand shops which sell hand phones nearby but could not find any clues. I walked back home desperately and await to face the music.

An incident when I was caught in a storm

There were big cauliflower clouds boiling up in the sky,the forecast I heard earlier was obviously wrong. Looks like a storm was going to start.
It was Sunday and I went out with my friend to the library to study for out examination that was coming soon. We met at the entrance of the library in the morning while the sun was really bright. I was listening to the radio from my hand phone wile i was waiting for my friend. The broadcaster said that it would be a day without rain and i was relieved to hear that because I would be going out with my family in the afternoon. My friend came just after the weather forecast had ended. We studied till 1pm and i told my friend that i would be going home because i had a outing with my family. The moment i stepped out of the library, I saw dark clouds above me and raindrops dripping onto my hands. Unluckily,i forgotten to bring my umbrella out as i thought i was late from meeting my friend. The storm exploded on me like a chaos of wind and i kept my hand phone because it might attract lightning. There are explosion of light and head numbing noise. I ran to the bus stop which was about 300 metres away from the library. The storm raged on while i saw a lightning strike down somewhere at the left and i was terrified. I finally reached the bus stop and my clothes were icy and dripping. There was no sight of any people in the bus stop because everyone would be at home sheltering from the rain.
I felt hope at the moment while a bus came and everyone on the bus is staring at me.

Confession of a Traumatophobia

"Ouch!” I lost my balance and fell on to the ground with a loud thud.

I was one of those careful people because I had always been scared of being injured. I was walking home from school with my friend or somehow an enemy. We got bored and wanted to find something to do before we reach home. An idea hit me and I told him that we could race back to his house. We bet $2 for the person who reaches first. We counted from 3 and the race started! He was quite ahead of me and suddenly, I tripped over a branch and fell onto the ground. My knee was bleeding profusely because it hit the edge of the path. My friend did not notice me and he just keep running ahead to his house. I did not have any tissue or water with me to stop the bleeding and no one passed by me. My sock had been stained to red and my hands too, the blood felt sticky. I walked my way back home and found it hard. When my mother opened the door, she was shocked by the blood all over my leg. She helps to bandaged me and I had to rest for the next day and could not walk to school.
After this incident, I was scared of having injuries and would be more careful.