Storyline - Energy Conservation
(Teacher is teaching the boy, and the boy gets very bored)
Boy: Yawn  
(Boy falls asleep and dreams)
(Sound of Water Dripping from the roof)
(Boy Looks up and water falls from roof)
(Turns on the his mac-book and there is “Breaking News” of Global Warming)
(He is suddenly washed away from the school and is plunged into a flooded wasteland that is Singapore.)
He gets washed into a whirlpool and wakes up still sitting in his chair in class S102 with his teacher pulling him by the ear.
Teacher: Yes John?
Boy: Sorry Mrs Tan, I won’t do it again
Teacher: Okay, go for recess.
(The Whole Class leaves for recess, the boy runs out of the door)
(The Screen Blacks Out for 3 seconds)
The screen re-whites and the boy comes back to the class room to switch off the fans and air-con machines

Message Appears: Lets Conserve Energy For a Better Future!
We Are Doing It To, So Why Don’t You?
(Everyone says)

My Story Line

Post Orientation Reflection 2011

1. What were 3 of the highlights of the Orientation and the last 2 weeks?
- The 3 highlights were the camp, the camp-fire and the badge ceremony. The camp was great throughout and it was a fun and learning experience.  The camp-fire was a special experience as we got to present our group cheer and perform. Our group performance failed, however, true the failure, we still bonded a bit :). The badge ceremony was also a special experience as we were formally inducted into SST and I felt a sense of achievement.

2. What were 2 of the "low" moments of Orientation and the last 2 weeks
- The only one low moment was during rock-climbing where I epic-failed. However, I tried my best and I did not feel that bad. I also argued with Leighton quite a lot and that was the other low moment, however, now we are friends.

3. What are 3 of my greatest takeways/lessons from the Orientation and the last 2 weeks?
- The 3 greatest takeaways were the confidence, perseverance and the being able to be prepared, were the greatest takeaways I gained from the camp.

4. What did you learn about yourself in the last 2 weeks?
- I learnt that I need to be more confident in what I do and speak-up for myself.

5. What are you looking forward in 2011?
- I am looking forward to a fun, enjoyable learning experience in 2011!

PS: BTW, the weird symbols that are korean means "I don't know how to write korean"

Communication - Homework

1. Why is communication important?

- Communication is important as it helps people to understand each other better and not get into unnecessary arguments.

2. What is/are your favourite forms of communication? Why? 

- My favourite form of communication is talking as it is the simplest form of communication and you can clearly understand what someone is talking about.

3. How do you decide which form of communication to use in a situation?

- It depends whether is informal or formal. If you are talking to the principal, you must use formal as it is polite, however among friends you can use the informal tone to speak. It also depends whether you can talk, if you cannot, you can use non verbal cues.

4. What difficulties do you face in communicating with others?

- The difficulties I face in communicating with others is that the receiving party cannot hear what I say or cannot understand the language I am using. Example:  Using chinese to talk to an Indian person

2 Weeks Orientation Reflections

I have enjoyed the orientation camp, using of the learning device, and most importantly the experience at SST. I discovered that I need to have more confidence and try to speak up for myself as well as to participate more in various activities. I also discovered that I need to put the past behind and accept change, to head to the future and have a successful "transition" to SST. Things I want to improve include my Chinese and confidence as well as my willingness to participate. I have also learnt about the 3 Rs, Responsibilities as in that I must be responsible and do what I am told to do, Rights in which I have my own rights, rules and regulations and must not cross the boundaries and finally Roles, which I need to play a part in so the SST community would be a better one.

Camp Reflections

We went to the camp on January 6th to January 9th. It was overall a very fun experience as we got to do many fun activities, learn new things and made new friends.

Activities which I liked a lot were:

-The Cat and Mouse Game, where the cat had to catch the mouse and the mouse had to run into a "mouse-hole before the cat caught it.One of the people forming the mouse-hole would then become the cat and chase the previous cat.

-Abseiling, which we walked up to a very high platform and had to absail down.

-The Camp Fire, where we had to do our class skit and cheer where the skit was bad because we didn't practice before-hand as we had no time.

Things I learnt:

-To be confident(Speak up for yourself and volunteer.)
-To persevere (Don't give up until you tried your very best.)
-To come prepared (The camp fire skit was bad as we did not really come prepared)

I enjoyed the camp except for it's very long queues for food and bathing (Up to 45min if queue is long for bathing) :( Other than that its great :)

Day 2: End-of-Day Reflection

1. What have you done today? - We built a tower and challenged with the rest of the classes' towers. We also learnt how to use  Keynote.
2. How have your grown from today's activities? - I have learnt that teamwork is essential in finishing the task at hand.
3. How should you behave when doing groupwork? - We should work like a group, like "group work" implies.
4. Why are there differences of opinions? - We have differences as we are human beings and we think differently, so we need to find a common thinking to work out our differences and complete the task.
5. Why are you happy to be a member of your class? - Yes, it is an opportunity of a life-time and I feel happy as not all the people that applied for SST entered, so I feel honored to have such a chance.

Day 1 Mac Attack 2 - Activity 1 Introduction to Keynote

Day 1 Mac Attack 1 - Activity 4: End-of-Day Reflection

1. What have you done today? - Introduced and mingled with my new friends. I also used different internet applications on my macbook :)
2. What have you learnt today? - I learnt about some rules about SST and the 3RS.
3. Why did you choose to come to SST? I chose SST because I like using the computer (12hrs sitting :) and because I found it a interesting school :D
4. What are your aspirations as a member of the SST family? - Become friends with more people and get good grades and help improve the name of SST