NDP Preview 2013:)

Hi everyone, my school had invited me to watch the National Day Preview and I’m here to blog about this wonderful event. Woke up at 9am to have my morning meal. After my meal my brother & I went to watch the legend of the crazy monk on television. Went to get ready at 11am, as I was getting ready I realized that were no white pants, I freaked out after 30 minutes my sister handed me a pair of white pants. After getting ready I went to the dining table to have my lunch, my sister made sandwiches for the three of us and my brother made me a cup of milo without any sugar!! After finishing that really nice meal I went to put on my shoes. At 12: 36 the bus came to pick me up. When we arrived at school only for 20 minutes than we were off to event venue, during the journey I was talking to my CCA teacher about the latest news and all that stuff.

When we arrived at the floating platform my teacher gave me my dinner, I had a shroom burger from Burger King and a cup of mango juice. At 7pm the show started with the hosts coming onto the platform, shortly after all of the ministers had arrived the Red lions were jumping out of their plane at 50,000 feet and for the first time in history there was a female red lion. After the red loins segment it was time for the armed forces showcase, showcasing the professionalism of the men and women of the Singapore armed forces, after the showcase the actors from Ah Boys to Men came onto the stage to sing the theme song of the movie.

At this time it was getting dark so I took out the lightstick from the fun pack. The performers were singing songs, then I heard a voice saying hi and I wondered where was it coming from, it was the merlion. The merlion wanted to join us on stage but, he was scared to swim over then we had to cheer for him to swim over and when he dived down an animation of the merlion swimming over to the platform started to show on the screen. When the merlion arrived it started to sing, after singing fireworks started to shoot out of the merlion’s mouth. The show ended with some fireworks. I took some random of MBS. I went home at about 10:37Pm see you soon 

Has technology and social media taken over the Singapore community????

Was watching the television show On The Red dot with my family last night, the topic showcased this week was are people in Singapore too used to going online on their phones and devices? The answer is yes; a study shows that 50% of people in Singapore go online everyday. Let me share with you the 3 age groups that use these devices the most.

Kids

Kids love to play with ipads and iphones. Even when I’m out having dinner with my family I’ll always see a random kid playing with the Ipad. Some parents say that it’s good for their kids to be exposed to such electronics because it promotes parent and child bonding. But a child development specialist says that it’s not very good for children to play while lying down because, their bodies are still in a stage of development, therefore their backbone might grow to be out of shape if they lie down or slouch while playing games. The specialist advised that children should engage in more outdoor actives such as playing at the playground.

Teens

It’s common to see teens like myself on our phones checking on our social media accounts. My sister & I like to take photos of food and post them on Instagram  When someone leaves me a message on any of my social media accounts, I’ll try my best to reply them as soon as I can. The first thing I do on a weekend is to wake up and check my Instagram for any likes or new followers. In my mind social media is a new way to connect with family and friends.

 People 40 and above

Don’t be shocked when I tell that my mum & dad know how to use their phones to download apps and watch YouTube videos on their phone, my dad watches videos on his phone for an hour before going to work. My mum can do her housework while listening to really old songs. My mum can sit at the dinner table for hours playing Candy Crush, my mum always asks my younger brother to download new games for her till her phone has no memory. Even my grandmother uses her Ipad to play games, every time I go for dinner at my grandmother’s I’ll always see her playing a game of Angry Birds!! What has this world come to!! See you Soon.

Singapore Wins against Chef Ramsay

Recently the world-class chef Gordon Ramsay was here in Singapore to test his skills against local hawkers to see who could cook to the better version of local dishes. For those of you who don’t know who he is, he’s a 5 star chef that owns his chain of restaurants all 5 stars all across the UK. Besides having 5 star restaurants he has appeared in TV shows like Hell’s Kitchen and Master chef UK.

He went to some of Singapore’s best food stalls to learn about the dish. The finial showdown took place at the Newtown food center last night Mr Ramsay won with his version of the chilli crab but lost with chicken rice and laksa. He did put up a good fight. The reason I think that the hawkers won was because the hawkers are used to cooking the dishes, while Mr Ramsay is used to cooking western dishes. See You Soon.

Last day of summer vacation

Today is the last day of my summer vacation.  Quiet happy to go back to school. but um actually quite pleased as well that I had  relaxing summer vacation. I'm quite free to go back to school because I'm scared I am me do something wrong I mean I  cannot assume or  predict the future, I guess I just have to go with the flow when I go back to school. I'm  looking forward to seeing all  my friends  and teachers after one month of vacation. the bad news is I had to do then do I have to get used to waking up in the morning at 6 a.m. wait for tomorrow

A day in Malaysia

Hello everyone, my family &I went to Malaysia yesterday and I’m here to tell you what we found on our trip. At 10 am my grandaunt’s friend’s car came to pick us up to send us to woodlands checkpoint. After clearing the checkpoint we drove to our first eatery of the day, where I had 2 plates of Village Chicken Rice and 2 glasses of bundong and it was a meal to die for. After we had our meal, I felt so full that I couldn’t even get into the car. We rode in the car till we arrived at the freakishly huge shopping mall. The first thing my siblings and I did was to get a drink fromStarbucks. After we finished our drinks we went to meet up with my grandaunts and mum who were looking at some nuts & candies, in the meantime I was looking at the Imac next door. When my grandaunt & mum came out from the candy store with many packets of nuts and candy. We went to buy to some groceries, while my mum was getting all of the needed stuff I was getting all the sushi and hot dogs I could get my hands on. After getting groceries we went to a clothing store, nothing actually caught my eye until I saw a purple polo T-shirt after looking at it for a while I asked my mum weather or not I could have it and she said yes. After shopping we went to a have seafood dinner, we had egg tofu, fish and noodles. After dinner we rode in the car for 20 minutes because there was a massive traffic jam at the checkpoint. We still managed to pass the checkpoint. Overall it was a fun day See You Soon  l

My Favourite Final 1 contestant

Hello everyone, is anyone watching The Finial 1 on channel 5? Well if you are I'm going to tell about one contestant that has caught my eyes over the past weeks. His name is Shaun Jansen I must say that he’s the best looking among all of the contestants! He is really talented I think he has the talent to be an artist in the Singapore music industry. He’s not only good at singing English songs he’s also good at singing Chinese songs, the other day I was watching the judges’ choice edition of the show and I heard him singing and it was AMAZING So, vote for him via the facebook I’ll include the link below See You Soon

Facebook voting link:https://apps.facebook.com/the_final_one/?fb_source=bookmark_favorites

Haze Hits A new record high

I’m sure everyone knows that the haze has hit a new record high of 115 PSI as of yesterday. According to the National Environment Agency (NEA) it is the worst haze since the first one in 1997. My first encounter with haze was in 2006 and the highest PSI level back then was at a 100 PSI. The cause of the haze was the forest fires in Indonesia. Singapore has advised Indonesia to take preventive measures to prevent the levels from going any higher. Health officials had advised Singaporeans to stay indoors for this period of time. But if you have to go outdoors you're advised to wear a mask. See you soon  

An unforgettable hotel stay @ MBS

Hi everyone, the story I’m about to share happened to me 1 year ago. Ok so, my 2^nd grandaunt’s birthday was coming during that time and her family had booked a room at Marina Bay Sands (MBS) and they had invited my family & I to stay with them for one night. In the weeks leading up to the stay, my teacher had given me a p4 English exam paper to test my English skills and I scored 80 out of 85 marks. I went home to tell my family the good news. My Mum & Dad were really happy for me. A few days later my mum had fallen sick, things didn’t look too good for my mum I was about to give up on the hotel stay. But my mum said “ Wee Kiat you can go with your grandaunts by yourself because of your good marks. ” With that being said I called my grandaunt to ask weather or not that she could take me to the hotel and she said yes.

The next morning my dad helped me to pack my bags for the stay. As I went to the dinner table to have my morning meal, my mum said, “ Show a good example to your younger cousins while you’re there ok?” and I hugged my mum to say goodbye. My younger brother and my dad escorted me down to the car park where my grandaunt was waiting for me my dad and brother waved goodbye to me as I was getting into my grandaunt’s car. Form there me and my grandaunt went to pick my 2^nd grandaunt and my aunt and my younger cousin from their house, together we embarked on our journey to the hotel. During the car ride my cousin was playing around with me.

Once we arrived at the hotel’s lobby my grandaunt unloaded my wheelchair from her car’s boot, when I sat on my wheelchair my cousin just wanted to push me, I was laughing so hard that I lost my breath. Once we got to our room my 2 grandaunts just put their bags down got out their NRICS and dashed down to the casino. Meanwhile, in the hotel room my cousin was pretending to be a pilot and I was his passenger. We played for a few hours. At 3:00Pm my 3^rd grandaunt came with her family. At this time I was feeling a little tried so, I took a nap. I woke up half an hour later. I called my family to let them know what I was doing. After talking to my mum for 10 minutes I went to take my lunch. After lunch there wasn’t much to do so, I took out my Ipod to listen to some music.

At 5:00pm my uncle came with his family. They went swimming. A half an hour later I wanted to take a shower but my uncle’s family just came back from their swim so, I let the kids to shower first. After they showered my cousins and I were listening to music from my Ipod. At 9pm we sang a birthday song to my 2^nd grandaunt. At 11pm all of the guests had left I called my mum & dad to say good night.

The next morning I went to redhill to have a meal it was a awesome stay one that I’ll never forget. See You.