Hi again, everyone. Yesterday, NPCC organised a CIP activity for the whole sec. one squad. We assembled at SALT centre at 9.15 a.m. and proceeded to Clementi at 9.30 a.m. for the activity. Our task is to let the residents in Clementi be more aware of saving water. We split into groups of threes and were given brochures and pamphlets. Each group was assigned to one person from the PUB. The PUB officer was to install thimbles (round pieces of silica gel) on to the water taps while we tell the residents tips on how to save water.
We went to the first household and it was a small Malay family. The PUB officer turned on the tap and saw that the water was flowing out at a high rate. Using his spanner, he loosened the head of the tap and removed a small circular piece of rubber, replacing it with a thimble. When he turned on the tap again, this time a light jet of water shot out. Satisfied, he went to the bathroom tap. He did the same and soon every tap in the house had a thimble installed. The owner of the house seemed to a little unhappy with the change and asked the PUB officer a few questions in Malay. The officer answered the questions and seemed to tell him that, with thimbles installed on his taps, he would be able to save lots of water and money. We left and went on to the next household.
We visited a total of about 15 houses and about 11 allowed us in. The remaining 4 either did not answer the door or refused to let the PUB officer install thimbles on their taps.
At about 1.00 p.m., we were dismissed.
I feel that it had been an enriching experience and I have learnt things which I did not know about before. I got to know about tips on how to save water and how to install a thimble on to my tap if the need arises.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
March holidays
Hi, everyone. This is my first post and you shall listen to my side of the story for the March holidays. I will begin my post with the most interesting event, the 90th Anniversary celebration, which took place during the one-week holiday.
On Saturday, there was the 90th Anniversary Gala Dinner. The function began at 7.30 p.m. and extended well into the night. It was a huge celebration - more than 10000 people attended the dinner, and I was one of those who turned up on HCI''s sports field that day.
When I arrived, I saw that the clock tower had lights placed at the foot of it and it turned a different shade of colour every few seconds. It was definitely a feast for the eyes and my impressed mother took many pictures of it.
At around 7.00 p.m., guests were told to take their seats and there was the singing of the school song. Food was then served up immediately after that. I found a pink bun, raw fish, sushi and a red ball of meat which was actually a baby octopus on my plate. All of them tasted fantastic. Then, we had shark fin's soup, roasted duck meat and another soup which contained vegetables, prawns and sea cucumbers. While we were allowing the food to grace our taste buds, the chinese orchestra, string orchestra, school band and choir went on stage to perform. I spotted CJ and Wei Yang during the singing of "满江红". The musical groups certainly have both talented voices and skill with their musical instruments.
Sadly, I had to leave at around 10 because I had something urgent going on at home. I left with regret (at not being able to have the fish and dessert) and on my way out, I saw shuttle buses waiting in the school. A bit puzzled, I read Ziying's blog and found out that they were to transport the people at the dinner to Turf City where all their private cars were parked. As I have left early, I was not caught in the jam along BT road.
The Gala Dinner was excellent and everyone who turned up for it was well-fed afterwards. It was pity that many of my classmates did not attend it.
Other than the celebrations, there was the homework, as usual. All the holiday homework that we had was essentially Chinese and Science. The Science worksheets were quite easy to complete but I took a longer to time to complete the Chinese worksheet.
That was basically what I did during the holidays, and I shall end my post here. Bye, folks!
-Shilin
On Saturday, there was the 90th Anniversary Gala Dinner. The function began at 7.30 p.m. and extended well into the night. It was a huge celebration - more than 10000 people attended the dinner, and I was one of those who turned up on HCI''s sports field that day.
When I arrived, I saw that the clock tower had lights placed at the foot of it and it turned a different shade of colour every few seconds. It was definitely a feast for the eyes and my impressed mother took many pictures of it.
At around 7.00 p.m., guests were told to take their seats and there was the singing of the school song. Food was then served up immediately after that. I found a pink bun, raw fish, sushi and a red ball of meat which was actually a baby octopus on my plate. All of them tasted fantastic. Then, we had shark fin's soup, roasted duck meat and another soup which contained vegetables, prawns and sea cucumbers. While we were allowing the food to grace our taste buds, the chinese orchestra, string orchestra, school band and choir went on stage to perform. I spotted CJ and Wei Yang during the singing of "满江红". The musical groups certainly have both talented voices and skill with their musical instruments.
Sadly, I had to leave at around 10 because I had something urgent going on at home. I left with regret (at not being able to have the fish and dessert) and on my way out, I saw shuttle buses waiting in the school. A bit puzzled, I read Ziying's blog and found out that they were to transport the people at the dinner to Turf City where all their private cars were parked. As I have left early, I was not caught in the jam along BT road.
The Gala Dinner was excellent and everyone who turned up for it was well-fed afterwards. It was pity that many of my classmates did not attend it.
Other than the celebrations, there was the homework, as usual. All the holiday homework that we had was essentially Chinese and Science. The Science worksheets were quite easy to complete but I took a longer to time to complete the Chinese worksheet.
That was basically what I did during the holidays, and I shall end my post here. Bye, folks!
-Shilin
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