Oh, and...

The JIS classrooms were so comfy~ It has this homely feeling that can make you feel welcomed. It's spacey, and big enough for the number of students that is using the class. Besides that, the smaller classrooms.. usually it's not too squeezed in together, but it still has space where you can move freely, and stuff are put around convinently!

I also noticed that my teachers are all males. /laughs

Nice teachers though. I haven't met my PE teacher yet, but I think I have an idea of who HE is.

JIS Year 12 Information Programme : DAY TWO

Today is the 25th of June 2009, Thursday. I had my 2nd day at JIS, where we had this 'Career & Higher Education' talk.

They gave us forms to help us and all, and talked to us about that. Right now, they told us that we have start thinking about WHAT we want to do AFTER university and all. They gave us forms to help us out, and even encouraged us. But of course, it wouldn't be JIS if it wasn't so interesting and sort of funny.

I had to say that it really got me thinking about it.

Well, after that, they brought the new students (and the old students had to go to separate different groups). So, I bet you're thinking WHY. Well, apparently, the school computer system is WAY better. We actually have good and fast internet speed (way better than mine), and every student has their own account. Which means, your files are only for your eyes. This also prevents any strangers from going on the computer since you need to be logged in.

The new students of course, had no account of their own. Which means, they gave us the 'temp' user access. Of course, we'll be getting our own username and all once we start school. They gave us time to look in UCAS and all for any course that you're going for, including the name of the university. There were at least 5 spaces, and I put in my options for all. So. I think those who went with me to the UK expo thing, you know where I was heading for. You're right! I put in that I'd want to go for 'Business Studies & Japanese' in Cardiff. So the teacher who was part of the 'Career and Higher Education' staff, and also one of those in charge of this talk saw it and was surprised. Then he asked me, "Do you understand Japanese?" in Japanese itself! And I was surprised at first and went like, "Eh?" and he laughed. Of course, being me, I answered, "ちょっと"... which means "A little bit", then he told me that he had worked in Japan for 10 years before, and then talked to me in Japanese for a bit. It was an interesting conversation! And yeah. He's British, by the way.

So after that, we had a 20 minute break where we walked around, then after that, we had to go back to the same room for another talk about leadership. So I got to learn about this one journey made by a group of men to the South Pole, and all. I was sort of interested in it, even if I was a bit sleepy.

After that, we had to go to class. Mine was Business Studies. And unfortunately, I don't know anyone. I mean, I do, but not someone who I talked to before. There were only two girls, including me and the rest were guys. But we were at least just 10 students. Yeah. It's pretty little, but hey, it's better than that one student class! (There were 3 classes where there was only one or two students)

Since most of us didn't know each other, we were quite quiet. The teacher was nice though! We played a game where we had to guess who that famous entrepreneur was. Actually, he (Mr. A. Khan) asked us who has done business studies in O level, and apparently, I'm the only one who didn't. Haaah. I am sort of at a 'disadvantage' compared to the rest, but anyhow! Business is my forte (sort of), so I'll be able to cope with it!

So he told us that we wouldn't be doing much (or any) coursework, but exams. Though, for most of the lessons we'll be watching a LOT of videos of business owners and all. So yeah. Cool, ain't it? Oh, and we got to watch a sample video of it, and yeah, it was about how the owners planned it and all. Most of the work will be based on case studies (and probably projects), but that's fine with me.

After that, I went on my LOOOOOONG way to the other side of the property just to get to my Physics class. I was a bit late, but they haven't started yet. We did a bit of work. I paired up with Natasha, by the way! It's all fine though. Uhm. I was slightly on the... off side, since it's been a while since I worked on these stuff. Anyhow! I had to say that Mr. K. Hill & Mr. K. Stevenson were a bit on the serious side, but nonetheless, I'll be working forward to be their student! At least, now I know that I can cope with the teachers. /nods

Once that was done, we had lunch break. We were a bit.. off at buying the food at the canteen, since it was sort of our first time.. having a board where you can look at so you know what you can buy. There's also this sort of 'buffet' thing, but I didn't want to eat any complicated food, so I went to buy a sandwich. After I went to the counter and tried to pay, they said that I had to get a food coupon with that money so I had to go away and buy food coupons which came in 50 cents, $1 and $3. I bought a stack for $5, where I used $3.50 in buying an egg salad sandwich and a bottle of water.

I had lunch with Natasha, Lynz, Wali, Nazmi and two other girls who are new students as well. It was fun somehow! I got to joke a bit, and yeah. I'm actually socialising. After that, we went back to the first place for some Leadership/Teamwork activity. It was fun though! A few activities which also included having to find out what kind of person you are. I'm a "dreamer", where I'm a creative person. Yeah, it went on like that.

Once that was over, we went home and all.

It wasn't much compared to yesterday, but then it's still good enough for me! I'll be buying my uniforms and books soon though. By next week. /smile

I hope I can buy new school shoes too. Comfortable ones.

JIS Year 12 Information Programme : DAY ONE (Part 2, Activities in Empire)

So we got to the Marine Centre, where most of us changed. I wore shorts and all. Because we'll be getting into the water. So, here, we'll be doing 8 activities with our team. Mine was the Swans.

In any case, there was 4 physical, and 4 mental activities. But I had to say, ALL OF THEM WERE FUN.

I got to meet with Nurus and Zi, who were Mustaqiimah's friends. I went with them for almost the whole time, and they were in my team. There were 7 other teams, and we all alternate the activity we'll be doing.

For us Swans, we'll be going Tug-of-war at first. Okay, so one side, we had a LOT of girls. Just maybe three guys. And then the other end, there were a LOT of guys, and buff ones at that point. (But hey, almost ALL of the guys have a very good body... not that... I was staring)

For the first round, our side won. That alone made me very tired. Then after that, their side won and Zi actually fell! Then for the last round, we were very determined to win. Especially the girls. And we did! Against the side of guys. Man, it was so damn tiring that my arms still are sore from that!

For every activity, we actually took a short break where I'd go drink a cup of water. Yeah, it was hot like that.

After that, we had this sort of run-grab-run thing. Okay, so there were cones, and everyone has to run to get one. But the thing is, there are less cones, there are people. Which means, they'll be reducing the number of cones until there was one. But here's the HUGE twist. We were doing it on one part of the beach. And the sand was SO DAMN FUCKING HOT. This is what I did. I went.. and I ran to where we have to line up. Once I was there, everyone else was hopping and jumping cause the sand was very hot. How hot was it? Uhm. You know, when you cook something, then you'd need a cloth to cover up your hand before you grab the handle of the pot/pan, right? But if you don't use the cloth, it burns your hand, doesn't it? Yes. It was THAT hot. I was jumping and hopping like crazy before I realise that that alone doesn't help, so I actually ran back all the way to the side where a few of our team mates stood at. Because they didn't want to do it. Only half of the team played. /cough

Once that was done, we went into the water for some water volleyball. This HAS to be one of the most fun activity. We split our selves up and played as a team. I have to say that the guys were waaaaaaaaay better at it than the girls. I didn't do much for half of it, but they actually gave me a few throws. Yeah, my team was very nice. At one point, one of the guys was going to throw, but when he did, it hit his face before it bounced up, where he hit it again. We were all laughing at him. When I threw, I was like a newbie... where I AM one. I even tried to serve like how I would on land, but since the water was up to my waist.. or above that, it was hard. I actually sent the ball flying to the back. Then we all joked about it.

After that, was this sort of long.. float thing. We had to run from one end to the other within a time limit. But the things is, there were things.. you have to overcome on the float. If you fell out and into the water, you need to do it again. I didn't try it though. It was funny to see Zi and Nurus do it though!

Then it was lunch time. Empire food is good though! I ate with Mustaqiimah and the rest, but I didn't see Nurus around. I got to learn some of their names and all.

Once lunch was over, the swans had to do the mental activities.

The first one was 'tiles' where there's a lot of carpets that were laid down on the grass. Not all of the carpets were of the same size. The first one was big, and it decreases on like that. The rule of the game was to have everyone of the team to stand on the carpet, but our feet must NOT touch the grass. We went on to having everyone stand close together and all, where I even suggested that they stack up together. Which is sort of funny when they did. The teacher kept reminding us of the rules, and yeah. We tried like a LOT of times. In 8 minutes. I have to say that this is the first time I held a guy's hand so tightly... let alone stand VERY close in front of one. /cough Like I said, we tried a lot of ways that involved us holding hands with the person opposite of us, and also at some point, where we all hugged together. (Lol, don't ask) Then we were thinking about it, until we ACTUALLY got it. We sat down on the grass and put our feet on the carpet. Yes. That was all. We did NOT even have to stand up. Daaaamnnn, that made us look stupid!

After that, our next activity was the 'helium bar'. There's a sort of long metal 'pole' where we all hand to hold it on our index fingers. Boys took the left side of the pole, and the girls took the other. The goal is to put it down on the grass, but we mustn't drop it, or leave our finger. Unfortunately, you can use only your index, and you can't hook your finger around it. It took us some time at first, but then after that, it was actually easy! I guess that's when we started cooperating.

After that, we had the... blind fold thing. There was a rope on the ground where it was curved and all. There was a lot of water bottles too beside the rope. So this is what we had to do. We had to walk and move, following the rope. But the thing is, we can't knock down ANY bottles, and that we were blind folded. I was paired up with Nurus, and I had to guide her. But we can't touch them. So somehow it was hard. We only got two people to finish it up without knocking down any bottles. Nurus finished too!

Once that was done, we had the spider volleyball where we there was this one 'net' where the strings are little, and there are holes that we had to pass through. But we had to go as a team to the other side without knocking the net down. We were the last team and fastest!

Anyway, we had time after that, but we went a bit earlier than planned. So yeah. It was fun, and the students were nice. I get people asking me for my name and asking me if I was enjoying my time or not, considering that I was a new student. So yeah. This was my first time being in a school where the people are nice and warm. Besides form 4 and form 5. But it took me time to open up, right? I opened up on the first day itself.

Well, tomorrow, I'll be having my second day of the Year 12 Information Programme thing. But we wouldn't be going out like this. We'll be having a Leadership/Teamwork thing, and a Higher Education/Career talk as well as our two other classes. For Business Studies, I don't know anyone, so yeah. I'll also be eating lunch there, so yeah.

JIS Year 12 Information Programme : DAY ONE (Part 1, Classes)

So today, 24th June 2009, Wednesday, I had my Year 12 Information Programme in JIS.

Its purpose was to give us a taste of how form 6 life would be like in JIS, and also today, we had a trip of Empire Hotel, as an activity to get everyone up and together. Especially for the new students! It'll go on for two days, where we'll have 5 classes, one period each, and they'll explain to us what we should expect of the subjects, and its syllabus.

Before I went, I was supposed to go with my neighbour's children: Nurul and Adam. Nurul is going to be in the same batch of Year 12 with me! So we talked for a bit as we were going to JIS.

Once there, she helped me around, and well, it was nice. I got to find out what class I'm in and had today. She was only in one of my classes, though she had friends to help us get around. /smile

When I was looking at my subjects and classes on the board, I met two other friends. Lynz, who had been in the same school with me for half a year before she went back, and also Natasha, who was my childhood's close friend. I've met her before, and I did not recognise her, until I saw her name!

They had two other guy friends who came with them all the way from Belait. I think they were in the same school before? Uhm. Their names were Nazmi and Wali. I'd have to say that Wali is nice, while Nazmi was a bit.. anti-social. But at any case, I went with Natasha and Lynz still.

We had to go somewhere for assembly and we were sort of early. When we were there, they gave us this booklet where it tells us what class I'm supposed to go to and all. Natasha is in all my classes, but one. So today we were practically together the whole time. I only have one class together with Lynz, and one with Nurul.

During assembly, they talked about our classes and all. It wasn't long, but I saw how many people there are. I saw Mustaqiimah as well! Apparently, they told us that they put us in random teams which is decided by the booklet you picked out. I was in the 'Swans' team, where I don't know anyone. /sadfaic

We'll be going in teams once we're in Empire, so yeah.

So after assembly, it was core studies, which is English. The ones who I know are in that class, but not Nurul. Mustaqiimah actually took me with her to English, but I... actually forgot about Lynz and Natasha.

We didn't do much since the projector needed assistance. So we weren't doing much. Natasha and Lynz came in late, but they didn't miss much. So my teachers for English were Mr. S. Denby and Mr. N. Smith. Apparently, for core studies, we only have 3 classes for each week. (One class = One Period = 45 Minutes) We'll be having assignments every two weeks, according to one my teachers. It's a one year course, and we'll only be doing two papers, two hours each. But also almost 2 essays per paper. So yeah. My teachers were rather... funny in a way. Which is great! ...then again, I always have a weird humour.

After that, we had Further Maths, where only me and Natasha was there. Apparently, I get to 'meet' one of the new students, Ian, who I'll be having 3 subject classes with. The teacher (Mr. E. Kyle) was interesting, though, I can't.. say he's funny. He tries to be, though. /chuckle

After that, we have Chemistry with Mr. T. Pluck and Mr. C. Kruger. Mr. Kruger was rather nice to me and Natasha as we were new students. Nurul was also in my class. We watched a few videos about chemistry (which is rather interesting), where after that, we made 'slime'. It was funny. My slime's name is Ambuyat. Because.. it looks like one. I was a bit... off.. since it's been a long time since I've handled chemistry... stuff.

Once that was over, we all gathered together to the buses. I was in Bus 3 with everyone else, but Mustaqiimah. I got to meet two people who asked me if I knew Fizah and Faizshah. /laugh

Then we were off!

When you have PMS... you have...

Cravings foooor...

DIMSUM.

I went over to Giant to buy myself some dimsum after I went to JIS. :x 

For students who are going to Year 12, we have some kinda of Induction Programme in June. It's kinda like... they're giving us a sample of how life and studies would be in JIS, or something~ But it doesn't mean I'm a student yet.

I still have that interview up next. Oh noooo's~

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Time: 19th May 2009, 11.39AM

Problems.

Looks like I wouldn't be doing Mathematics in University AFTER ALL.

Seriously.. I would want to do Mathematics in University. It requires, A in Maths, A in Further Maths and B in a complementary subject like Physics.

I just want to be a Maths teeeacher.

But today, I got a call from JIS. They told me that my Maths and Further Maths classes are going to clash, so I need to choose another subject to replace my 4th subject. So I thought about it. "What the..." I knew that my dreams are well.. crushed by that now.

Remembering Mrs Latha's advice, she told me to take Chemistry, so I said, "Chemistry. I'll take Chemistry." And now... I don't know o_o I'm taking Chemistry... *sighs* Damn it!

I should be expecting a call from JIS so I can go for an interview by this week. Scaaared nooow.

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