The 4th Publicly Funded University
Getting into a university.
Not just any university.
But preferably the one at Changi!
The new uni!

2011 is the year they take in their first intake, so it should be when i'm 20.
So by the time I get outta NS, the uni should be completed and if I can successfully enrol into the university, I will become one of the pioneer batches! So cool right?



Actually, the main reason is accessibility, like what we have learnt in 'O' Geog.
Referring to the map, simei's like just on top, and guess what's next to simei?
TAMPINES (the blue arrow)!
Woohooo~~! Finally a uni in the east lor.
NUS @ Buona Vista, NTU even further west than boon lay and SMU near CT hall, bounded with loads of ERP.

Being enrolled into the university entails that I can continue to take 31, and squeeze onto the bus with CGH nurses and ITE students. And if I feel like visiting VJC or AHS, I can take 31 too (route in blue dots). Isn't that (cool)X2?

To add on to the long list of incentives, there's CGH nearby (circled).
If got accidents (like sara =X) how? Just walk over to CGH.

And there's a 'NAME THE UNI' exercise going on on MOE's website.
(http://www.moe.gov.sg/schools/name-the-uni/)
So exciting right? You can determine the name of the uni by just filling in the form!
Imagine the future generations of students attending the university named by you.
Soso (cool)X3!

I suggest..
The uni should be named
TAU
Temasek Academic University.
Reason #1: There's temasek pri, sec, jc, poly already mah. Add on a uni la. Somemore the temasek family is located all around the bedok-changi area.
Reason #2: Temasek holdings can be the sponsor of the university, so students don't have to pay a cent at all for their courses. Woots!
Reason #3: 'TAU' is a good word that can be incorporated into other words to form words of (cool)X4 meaning.
Imagine a PE tee that reads: 'Proud to be a TAU-ist' or 'I love StPats TAU-ism'.
Imagine a new student-initiated sports cca: TAU-pok.
Imagine what the canteen will sell: TAUsuan, TAUhuay, etc
Plus, if there's any school events, TAUfik will feel obliged to perform for free as he is 'part of the TAU family'. Isn't that nice?
And in addition, those who are TAUrus should be given special treatment (look at my profile at the side).

In accordance to Reason #1, I suggest that ITE College East to be renamed 'ITE College (Temasek)'. Only then will we feel the true Temasek spirit.

Temasek is now a brand name, not only the name of the company owned by the HoLee (holy) family. The Temasek family will one day surpass the Raffles and Hwa Chong family to be the one at the top of the education scene.
We shall wait for this day.

Alternatively, I won't mind if my TAU is changed to TUA (temasek university of academics). Then the vision of the school shall be:
To nurture TUApais (big shots) who can play TUAdi (Big 2) as well as their studies and have TUATUAluck (great strength) in their chosen fields.

Remember the time when we were request to name terminal 3/budget terminal (cant rmb which) and the fusionopolis (if i rmb correctly, according to the noose)?
Just don't name it 'The forth university' can already!

Oh ya, this brings me to another issue that is related to naming.

Hwa Chong Station?
There was recent news that HCI asked its whole school to go to the LTA website and suggest the renaming of the Duchess MRT station parked just in front of the institution into 'Hwa Chong Station'. http://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20080901-85334.html



Few questions to ask:
Why is there a Duchess MRT Station in the first place?
There's not no HDB flats there and it is not even a town centre (compare this to pasir ris, tampines, simei). There are only private properties, condos and schools around the area.
What makes you think that those rich ppl living there cannot afford to buy a car or take a taxi and have to squeeze with ppl in the MRT train?
It's true that the schools nearby can generate alot of demand for the train services, but the whole day? Hmm.

Even if there is a need for train services, why is the station parked in front of HCI?
I mean, there are many other schools in the vicinity. Why don't they place it slightly more northwest so that it is more accessible for the other schools?
I have nothing to say about its position or the 'Hwa Chong Station' name if the MRT station is specially constructed for HCI.
But, there is ultimately no reason for this. What makes you think that the NJ and Nanyang kids have a lower demand for the MRT trains with respect to the richer HCI kids?
You call it HC Station and ppl frm other schools uses it more frequently instead.

Imagine if Bedok MRT Station is renamed 'Tampines' due to the presence of the relocation of Tampines Secondary School beside Bedok MRT.

With the mobilisation of the whole school, LTA is sure to get lots of suggestions for the Duchess station. Plus, we all know the name-suggestors are of a higher calibre and can debate and explain their points realtively well. Looks like the fate of the station is sealed.

What we can do now is to study hard and earn lots of money in the future. Money really makes the world go round. And round. And even rounder.
(Did you know that ppl in the past believed that the world is flat?)

Oh, and I heard that a Marine Parade station will be incorporated into the Eastern Region Line (ERL).
Let's start a movement to rename it into 'Victoria' when the naming exercise comes out.
We shall await the opening of the Victoria Station 12 years later (2020).

Oh, and this brings me to the next topic which is somewhat related to 'elite' schools.

Connect SG (08 Aug)
Wow…
Connect Singapore..
I don’t want to start a bloody long description about it, so I shall summon the power of the Universal Library to help me source for people’s thoughts about this.
http://yawnsofinterest.blogspot.com/2008/08/connect-singapore.html
Written by a guy from an ‘elite’ school.

Subsequently, kena shot by some guy from a ‘not-as-elite’ institution.
(P.S. The comments on his blog are deleted)

In response,
http://yawnsofinterest.blogspot.com/2008/08/to-sbas-chen-hypocrite.html

On the same day, on the other blog:
http://critically-me.blogspot.com/2008/08/yo-read-up.html
http://critically-me.blogspot.com/2008/08/what-happened.html

Few days later, the other party called for peace:
http://yawnsofinterest.blogspot.com/2008/08/to-my-readers-again.html
Simply cause he wants to.. MIP.

Next, the opposition records down their SMS conversations:
http://critically-me.blogspot.com/2008/08/3-days-to-go.html

The next day, he uses the Universal Library and manages to find information regarding cyber-bullying.
http://critically-me.blogspot.com/2008/08/2-more-days.html

Ever since, no more conflicts and happily ever after.
Isn’t peace what Singaporeans really want?

On the happier side, there’s some +ve comments about CSG!
http://ftpss2t2.blogspot.com/2008/08/connect-singapore.html
A single short and simple, yet sweet sentence.

OK, ya, after the connectsg went to makan ichiban sushi at AMK Hub.
Sashimi for free! =X
Then went wilson’s house.
That’s where we took LOTS OF PHOTOS!
The one with timer and goes “beep beep beep beep,.. ” and then take a few consecutive shoots one!
But everything’s in huimin’s camera.
Grrr…

After that in the evening got venture scouts meeting to discuss NPC.
Yet another counter-productive meeting.
What’s pek-chek is that I missed 沸腾冰点 for the second time due to these meetings!
(Grr)X2...

Oh and I just saw the last episode of 沸腾冰点!
The ending's kinda expected but still is very nice!
I think the next show is like some shit. Yuck.

Anyways, that's all for my National Day celebration.
Now, time for:

Teachers’ Day Celeb (29 Aug)
Nothing much happened, except for some damn funny videos during the celebration (e.g. the HC vid!) and class breakfast in the CO2 filled canteen.

Went back to AHS to meet old friends.
Well, not many of them changed, except for PERRY!
Chnaged specs, changed bag, changed shoe… AND CHANGED WATER BOTTLE.
I didn’t take a look at his pencil case though. =(

Had lunch with randy, yuelong, hweeli and adeline (the 2k one) before going to TM to accompany the girls on a shopping spree. AND THEY SHOP DAMN FAST, unlike my mum!

Wow.. AMAZING.
That's all for term 3.

Now I must really try in MIP already.
But then hor, better not M too much.
Looking at my mid-years, the subjects that don't require M-ing (languages) and the subject that I didn't study due to time contraints (computing - I have to M for the stupid chem test on the same day), I got A, B and C.
On the other hand, the more content-based subjects that I have really tried to put in my best on my remaining June holiday got me an EEE.
But this is kinda expected, given tt my A Maths and Chem grades was A2 in O levels, while Econs is a relatively new and confusing subject.
Oh wells, maybe I should bank on my strengths?

Reality check: 17 days to start of promos.
Man, I've never started M-ing so early for school exams!

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