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my cool buddy~
I attended an immersion program at Madrasah Wat Tanjong for the past two days. So since i'm required to write a reflection i might as well do it here and print it out heh.
It was a really enriching experience as I've learnt quite a lot from this program. Firstly i was quite amused by the prayers because its so long and theres a tune to it. We got to witness their afternoon prayer and i can see their sincerity and devotion while they prayed. We also learnt that they are no different from us as they study almost the same subjects as us such as GP, Mathematics and various Sciences. However those who do religious studies plan to go the universities in Middle East in the future. I feel that their school environment is not as stressful as ours and their lessons are more discussion-based.
I was attached to Hafidzah, who was really a good host as she taught me some of the islamic traditions and some basic arabic language. Moreover, she made me feel at home in a foreign environment and followed me whereever i go. I really want to thank her for her great hospitality.
The cons of this program are that I had to miss two days of lessons which can really be quite bad because term 2 is really quite a hectic period with teachers rushing to finish the syllabus and all the PDPs competitions are round teh corner. So maybe this program could be held after the exams where things are going at a much slower pace. Secondly i feel that the school should not prepare the lessons intentionally during the program but just let us sit in during the lectures or tutorials so that we get a true gauge of how their lessons are run in actual fact. I was expecting to learn some basic arabic language from the teachers there but the arabic lesson turned up to be not a language lesson but more of teaching us values of Muslims.
Anyway it is still a fruitful experience to be amongst students of different culture and religion. I hope the school will organise more of such activities to increase exposure of students and hopefully overseas exchange programs would be taken into considerations as well.
Yuanjing on 4:36 AM
hihi, went to help out at simei CC for the e-filing just now.. its taking up quite a lot of my time since its 4 hours every session, and because there are always not enough volunteers i'm 'forced' to go more frequently.. ok lol joking i agreed since its voluntary work. I did a few of them today, quite stressed up cause i'm afraid of making mistakes but luckily there are other volunteers there to guide me. The performance last wednesday with MDAS was good.. there's another one on 12th may but not confirmed. Lots of test coming up, having my last bio SPA next week yes! This morning we had choir exchange with HCJC NJC and SAJC, can't deny that ms tham is getting stricter.. and scarier so everytime i have to 'put on' a very serious face during choir to show that i'm serious cause i wouldn't want to offend her. I'm going to start Maths tuition tomorrow..its kind of sudden and last minute cause my maths is not so good and i know its important if i want to go into business. Sandra said he/she i don't know is an ex HOD hopefully i can get an A then Lols. yup stop here for today.
Yuanjing on 5:48 AM
Its been so long since my last entry, lazy to update. I've been in this HanaKimi craze for quite a while since i've started watching the show, crazy over wu zun and the show itself. Never understimate the power of an er idol? I was wondering how fans go gaga over their their idols and now i finally know why. I can't believe i'm doing this! ok.. Its March Holidays, yay! I went to NUS NTU open house yesterday..went to check out the courses so that i have an aim in mind to motivate me ya. More or less decided to go to NBS and study tourism and hospitality but realise that they will accept 5o this year.. even getting into the business course itself is hard cause they only accept 500.. Hmm.. Kind of look forward to uni life..so interesting. Now i must finish my A levels first get good grades and go into the course i want.
I've been going down to MDAS for CIP every thursday, its actually singing with disabled and performing with them next next week, organised by SMU people. Its quite fun though.
As for Choir, we are still preparing for concert and syf. I hope things don't get too hectic cause then i'll wonder how i'll cope.
Oh ya i got Urticaria for the first time in my life on Thursday. I was itching all over and the whole body was filled with red patches. I was totally freaked out so my mum brought me to the doctor that night and took an MC cause i don't want to go to school and scare people. lol. it was really disgusting. Thank goodness it was gone the next morning..hee =D
Yuanjing on 1:12 AM