i'm watching the repeat of the semi-finals of pingpong between singapore and korea. rather exciting la. but i still prefer watching badminton. and i think phelps is great. as in seriously. great. and he eats damn hell a lot a lot a lot. oh the umpire for the pingpong match totally camouflages into the chair. so blue. like the pingpong table -.-
ah it's been a tiring school week. as usual i suppose. most of the school weeks this year were tiring. it's just that school is so tiring that i am super tired. oh wow. great description -.-
ok let's pick out interesting stuff to blog. june went for mass pe on tuesday. wind too small on wedsnesday so the sailing test is postponed, again. i was the only one who did waves tutorial again -.- went to esplanade to watch some singapore films today.
ok thts it. my life is boring -.-
oh today during pw:
Guardians (xSxJ)
Self-Esteem in Dependability
Guardian self-esteem is greatest when they present themselves as dependable, trustworthy, or accountable in shouldering their responsibilities. “No matter what,” says the Guardian, “you can count on me to fulfill my obligations and honour my contracts.” Unfortunately, the Guardian’s tireless sense of dependability can take its toll. The problem is Guardians seem almost incapable of refusing added responsibility and shouldering extra load. Others may even take advantage of a Guardian’s dependability. Guardians suffer when not appreciated for their efforts, or even worse if they fail to appreciate themselves to find satisfaction in their own work. They spend much of their lives doing a thousand thankless jobs, apparently to discharge the feeling that somehow they haven’t done enough.
Self-Respect in Beneficence
While self-esteem does not come easily to Guardians, they can develop a healthy self-respect based on their beneficence, which means doing good deeds. Guardians are natural Good-Samaritans, ever on the lookout for ways to help their fellow mankind. The care of others, particularly the young and old, the impaired and infirm, and those in positions of authority, is another concern of the Guardians. Although service to others come naturally to them, Guardians do not do it freely and joyously; rather, they look upon their service as obligatory – to do otherwise is to be shiftless and selfish. The Guardian self-respect is built on fulfilling their obligation to serve, and in turn the greatest blow to their self-respect is to become dependent on the charity or services of others. Witness the Guardian who goes to a party, but in order to have a good time helps the hosts serve the refreshment and insist on cleaning up afterwards.
Self-Confidence in Respectability
Self-confidence can be a problem for Guardians. More than others, Guardians are innately modest, unassuming, even self-effacing – and putting themselves forward comes perilously close to showing off, a kind of behaviour which they find truly repugnant. But if having confidence in themselves is difficult for Guardians, being respected by others is a great comfort, and public recognition is indeed the foundation of their self-confidence. Guardians take very seriously all of these public and personal honours, since being highly respected in their business, community or family proves they have put in long years conscientiously doing their part.
those in bold are scaringly true (:
oh today mr gilbert lee gave us this small little talk. rather inspiring, i must say. and shunjie was saying i will never understand how it is like to feel the "i feel stupid i will always fail" feeling. maybe it's cos i dun give myself the chance to. having do well since like erm pri 1, success have just been there. good results, good grades. maybe it's the fear of failure. cos trust me, i get really upset everytime i fail something, even if i do expect tht fail grade.
yah so tht probably explains why i do my tutorials, do my assignments and study for my tests. cos i want to do well. actually, to me, it is more of a need to do well. plus, i feel that it is the responsibility of a student to do what we are supposed to do. tht day during sailing, mr koh expressed his displeasure towards students who obviously did not study for the econs essay test. cos he felt that if teachers make the effort to come up with the test and mark the test, it's basic mutual respect that students should make the effort to study. i agree. same with tutorials and assignments i guess. teachers make the effort to go through and to mark, we should just make the effort to do them. it benefits us anyway.
it's more of a responsibility of a student thingy. and i'm one who takes my responsibilities really seriously.
sometimes too seriously.
some things are bugging me really badly these two days. rarh. it's so irritating.
oh and i just came across this really old forum topic about whether girls should be excused from pe during periods (yeah i knw its a really old topic i dun frequent the forum). i think it is so bloody lame. yah and im speaking from the point of view of somebody who had to run 2.4km during her period (heavy flow, mind you) from sec1 to sec4. this year lucky year only mock then tio. please la. a bit of cramps pon pe. my eyelash drop need pon school not?