Raffles Ahoy!!

Today was another exciting day for the no-life.

CCA Grading
We all went to the AHH to receive our CCA grading. If you notice carefully, it's like a Maths Pop Quiz, because it's actually upon 10. I, being an active Rafflesian, decided to contribute more and do the bonus question. So, having 10+ marks, I naturally got an A1 for CCA. After all, I can say that I was in the waterpolo team for three consecutive years in RI, which only people in the likes of Chen Kai, James and Sherwin can boast about. I admit I free fragged that. But I still got 10+ points so in terms of CCA I get my GPA 4.

YES!!

Batch Gift
L Tan was holding a discussion on what the batch should buy for the school. Now I don't mean to be critical like our fellow Raffles Critics but sometimes I feel that I should at least give my twenty cents' worth. I don't have ten dollars to freaking pay for a batch gift, but I do have twenty cents - so will you all please listen up.

Rostrum is stupid because you could always reuse the old one. It is only extravagant to spend so much money on another. True, it's a new auditorium and everything should be new - but getting everyone to pay $10 is a communist act, which we should not indulge in. Leave that to Hwa Chong, okay? In any case if you wanted a great rostrum we always have Tumnus Huang Lu of 4J to do the carpentery, and if you want I can go help out as well. Anyway the earth is dying and we should save as much wood as possible. It is only ironic that L Tan, being a Biology teacher, does not know about this fact and does not wish to recycle. Sad indeed.

Jamming set is stupid because who the hell is going to use it. Our school has no good jammers that can properly use a guitar. I'm not saying I'm good, I'm only implying. You don't need a guitar or drums to make a jamming set - and thus $4780 would definitely be too much for a freaking jamming set. I could get the school a jamming set for only $10, and I'm not kidding. It's a matter of perspective and it's a matter of how you want things to be done.

Toilet bowl is stupid because we are Batch of 2005, not Lee Yang Kevin Mark. Though I admit that guy has bravery. But we don't want to be brave, we want to leave a legacy. Or at least that's what they intend.

Pool table is stupid because of the number of abusers in RI. We had a table soccer machine donated, and look at the state it is now. Perhaps it would be wiser to donate a POOL, because that would benefit us the most. (RJC doesn't have a bloody pool). Pool table only serves to increase violence in the school (pool table fights, more people cutting CUES and when there's pool tables there's always beer). Although beer can improve your Chemistry - it's an alcohol - but some things are better learnt in theory than in practical. Pool table only invites future generations of Rafflesians to fight and fight. Eh.. actually I don't mind. Not my business anyway.

Piano is stupid because it's pointless having one in the auditorium. Don't know what they talk about Baby Grand, Upright Grand, but I do bloody hell know a piano is gonna cost us More Than Four Grand. And that's a grand expenditure, something which requires so much money that supporting grandparents could be much easier. Anyway if you're really good you don't need a good piano to make good music. So stop wasting so much money. I think it also damages the environment and we should really think more about it.

Underwear is stupid because you can't see it. One of the GEPs actually suggested it -_- and that only reflects badly on their stream. What the hell, Raffles Underwear? Come to think of it, it might not be that bad after all. Since we have Raffles trunks.. err.. -_-

You know what I suggest we buy as a batch gift? NOTHING!

The school has my utmost respect for nurturing me to be a Thinker (think how to get GPA 4), Leader (leading in singing "Semoga Bahagia") and Pioneer (that solid brand of electronics is damn good quality). But that is all they will get. After all, the Chinese say 礼轻情义重，it's the thought that counts. What is tangible isn't as much as what is intangible. My respect for the school would be more than anything I can give - and that's that.

Lion Dance
Damn good la they all. I'm considering joining the troupe when I go RJC.

Matriculation Day
Before I start, let me tell you something: There are many reasons for Q&A and seeking attention is not one of them. Stupid Solomon Sia, as usual, was asking stupid questions. If you could still remember a question he asked PE Dept the other time - "What is the nutritional value of a sperm?" - you would know what sort of a person is he. I mean, how stupid is that. Will those stupid faguts from PE Dept even know what you're talking about? It's a valid question, but it's better to ask Bio teachers.

Right, back to the talk. It was pretty useless, to put it nicely.

Q&A was worse because of the quality of the questions asked. To be fair, some of them were valid but I present to you the very best of RI faguts.

Wei Lip - Firstly, I have two questions to ask. Firstly, I think THE TIME HAS COME for RJC to show us a CONCRETE LIST of universities acknowledging KI. Is there also CONCRETE EVIDENCE that H3 will benefit us, like our seniors did S paper?

Man, I really don't know what the GEPs are thinking. Sure, the question was valid, but he could review his grammar and phrase it in a nicer way. I'm not kidding - this is really what he said, even though not word-for-word. Bloody hell, Hodge was pretty kind to him. I would have replied, "I can't give you concrete evidence because I'm not a cement mixer and my Chemistry GPA is only 2.4 anyway. Plus, I think the only thing that's concrete around is your head."

So much for being transparent about the system. If you give concrete, then it would be opaque. Thus it is really quite pointless for RP to go on if you keep wanting concrete evidence. Anyway at least that was a valid question. The next one isn't, nor the one after.

Adnaan - What is Raffles Rock? Is it some geology thing?

As if a rocker like him doesn't know. Anyway Raffles Rock was more like Raffles Cock, because if you see their band.. it's really like some joke club. We shall not pursue this - let us move on to the last question. Save the best for last, innit?

Solomon Sia aka King of Q&A - In light of the aging population, are we compelled in RJC to have boy-girl relationships?

I couldn't believe what I was hearing and in fact, neither could the batch. When he finished the first part of the sentence people were already making a hell lot of noise. Now as part of the NBA I find that very unacceptable behaviour. He comes to RJC to study or to buaya? The reason why we take such a strong stand against buayas is because we find their behaviour in schools "unnatural", and their thoughts "inexplicable" and "dirty". They pollute the school community and destroys the balance of nature, because as students our first nature is to study, so why the hell do you buaya?

Anyway, I don't see the point here. I think I'm ugly and I think Solomon is worse than me. And I think his question was just for attention, and well he did get it. I hope he's happy now. BGR and aging population indeed.. let me ask you this: If you have a girlfriend, will that prevent you from aging? Will it prevent you from growing older? The answer is, of course, no. Thus I really don't see the importance of this question.

It's really just plain stupidity. Coming from someone of supposedly a higher intellect. Tsk. I think we expressos can whack those GEP cappucinos one day.

Walking Around
Today proved quite a fruitful day - or rather a goodieful day, because I collected only around four goodie bags. It proved tricky to beat the system but nothing is impossible. Now I have food to last me the next week and hurray for that! No need to buy snacks from CZ the snack man. Happy already. Plus I had a few bottles of Newater the Reverse Osmosis water to test out in my lab at home. Hurray for that as well.

We also did try the crossword from Writers Inc. Baskit it wasn't easy, but at any rate easier than bloody Chemistry Aspartamé Quiz. Because I almost scored full marks for it. All you need is an inquiring mind as well as a mathematical mind. Yet again we abused the system and got a lot of chocolate. Now this is what I like. Only thing I could hope for was that it should really be graded, and be part of my CA grade. Then maybe my English CA would be pushed up to GPA 4. Ahh.. how wonderful that would be.

Didn't really get a chance to see the academic booths. I've submitted the forms already, and it's not like I'll get Interest marks for walking around. Do you know that Chinese Dept awards Interest marks if you show an interest in the language? What's more, it's added to your CA so that's certainly a plus point. After walking around a bit in RJC, I realised no teachers were watching and I realised I wasn't going to get any bonus marks for Interest in my CA. Thus I left before eleven.

Back In School
Violent basketball where my team won 15-12.

Interclass Soccer
I think you can tell that the standard of interclass soccer is getting lower every year. YH, what happened to 4F and the china mama team!!!!!!!!!

After It All
Being a no-life, I just went home to sleep. End of another interesting day at school.

And as those RJC people would say, Raffles Ahoy! Proudly brought to you by the 25th Student's Council, and I can tell from the RI people's looks that almost 60% of them want to be part of the 26th. What's more the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of the SC this year were both FEMALES! So actually they aren't really chairmen but chairwomen. Don't know why they cannot even get their names right.. unless they are trans, of course, like a certain teacher in RI. But let's not talk too much about that.

The implications of a female being Chairman of the SC means that Tim Chow might not necessarily be Head next year. Senthil so power yet cannot even be Vice-Chairman. I can sense a revolution next year - but of course it's all up to you, for we as Talk Cock Summit can only continue to talk cock here.

And as our part-time job, try to get GPA 4.