A Board Game That I Like To Play

Everyone must have their own liking for everything from food to games. Well my favourite board game is the chinese chess. I begin playing this game after the PSLE when studying in the school is no longer required so everyone brings their board or card games to school. That was when i learnt the rules of the games and started to fall in love with it. 

Chinese chess is a game which requires critical thinking while playing under pressure. One wrong move might cause u to lose the entire game therefore it is important to keep calm while playing try not to make any wrong moves which will lead to your own demise. The reason i love this game is because it trains yourself to handle stress and try to turn the tables as well as it will give me a sense of satisfaction when i win the opponent.

I often play this game with my parents, mostly my dad, as he is a better player. I feel that through this game the family ties between my father and i has improved so i definitely would want to introduce to all the people who wants to improve on their strained relationship with any of his or her relatives.

Chinese chess is one of the few board games i like as most of us younger generations come into contact with technology like computer and the internet at a younger age i feel that we should play less of the computer games and appreciate more board games which are away from the computer. 

Instead of facing the computer screen all the time we should play more of such critical thinking games to make our brain think faster which will be helpful in situations like examinations which we are under time constraint. Therefore the chinese chess is a game that can be played by people from all age group. 

Supporting My Friends In Track and Field Competiton

On the 23rd of January, the second part of the SAA Track and Field Competition is back! This time i will heading towards Bukit Gomabak Stadium in a more hearty mood as i am no longer competing the events. After my tuition in the morning, i rushed to the stadium in hope that i will reach there in time for my friend's 200m event which is at 2.30p.m., after an hour of train ride i finally reached Bukit Gombak.

This time the atmosphere was alot less tense than the previous time i had been here. The stadium was packed like sardines when i reached there, i was anxious for my friends, i hope that they will do Victoria School proud. I was happy to see that Khalifah was in great form and some of my other friends too. I reached there around 1230p.m and all my seniors and friends were in high spirits they were cracking jokes and were laughing heartily, i was happy that they were quite relaxed and keeping their mind occupied so that they would not worry about the race later.

Time flies really quickly, soon it was 2.30pm, samuel khalifah and all of the competitors took their place on the track.I held my breath as they got on their blocks. I hope that they can achieve something that would make all of us cheer for. "Bang!" a shot broke the tranquility of the air and samuel's heats started. Although samuel tried his very best he was no match against the other competitors that came from school like Singapore Sports School. Samuel manage to finish the race in second last position. Next up was khalifah's heat, khalifah managed to clinch some glory for Victoria School by coming in second for his heats.All of us were so proud of them.

This time round i was able to experience a different kind of feelings so it was an eye opener for me. I realised that encouragement to your fellow Victorians is also a kind of motivation for them to work harder.

Cooking Dinner For Myself

Have anyone thought that your parents or your maid had it easy to cook dinner for an entire family? I learnt how difficult was it to cook the hard way. A week ago my parents were working over time that night, they had given me money to buy my own dinner however i was just too lazy to go downstairs and buy my own dinner so i decided to prepare my own dinner.

I pondered a long time over what i wanted to eat.After sometime, i decided to cook something simple after all it was the first time cooking without the supervision and aid of my parents. I always wanted to cook my own dinner but i feared messing up the kitchen which was highly difficult to clean up after that. Finally, i decided to cook maggi  noodles with some chopped up vegetables and chicken meat.I prepared all the ingredients like the way i did with in the home economic classes while the water in the pot boiled. After i was done with the vegetables i wanted to put the vegetables into the boiling water however when i opened the lid of the pot a cloud of steam rose up, it was hotter than expected and i dropped the bowl vegetables, "Piang!'. the bowl shattered into a million pieces and only several pieces of vegetables left. However that did not dampened my spirits after the vegetables i wanted to put the maggi noodles but i the noodles slipped out of my hand and into the pot. Hot water splashed out in all directions. I was only slightly scalded which was a relief, by the time i had ended my cooking the kitchen was in a mess.
Now it was time for the 'reveal' or should i say the tasting test. The maggi noodles turned out pretty well, it  tasted all right not too salty or too bland but it didn't reach up to my parents'cooking standard i will try harder the next time. I wondered how my parents does it so well and make it look so easily. I finally learnt to appreciate having an adult around.

Chines New Year Shopping

One of the most important festivals that the Chinese celebrate is just round the corner! It is the Chinese New Year. I am so excited about it even though we celebrate it annually, however it is still a time for me to get excited about.After all it is the only time of the year when all our distant relatives gather together and to celebrate this festival, another reason that got me excited is the read packets (or hong bao as we chinese call it)!

My family and i love this festival, as it was just a few weeks away we decided to do some last minute shopping. We went down to Chinatown to do the shopping as well as to soak in on the New Year's atmosphere. When we reached there, the place was as packed as sardines. There were so many stalls to choose from and we were spoilt for choice. After spending 3 hours there we bought many traditional snacks like pineapple tarts, love letters and many more. We also bought new lanterns and other decorations to decorate our house as it would be very plain to welcome our relatives with the same old decorations that was put up in the previous years. 

 

We also threw away many old and unwanted furnitures so as to chase away the bad luck and to welcome the new ones so as the chinese call it. Chinese New Year is also an excuse for my mother and i to splurge on mew clothings, well the money came from my father of course! We went on a shopping spree which lasted several weekends. I bought many shirts, pants and jeans while my mother bought some dresses and woman's favourite, handbags!!! We certainly burnt a big hole in my father's pocket! 

However, Chinese New Year is also a period when we should spent the money we received wisely, but we shouldn't just bask in our own happiness and neglect about the less fortunate people, we should also donate a portion of the money we received from the red packets to the charity. 

Track And Field Competiton

"Bang!", what is the first thought that comes to your mind? This onomatopoeia can be used in various situations but for me this sound has a whole meaning to me on the 16 January 2011..                                                       

That day was a big day for me, i was going to compete in SAA series 1 competition, this was my first track and field competition. My emotions that day was all mixed up! I was elated as i am able to represent Victoria School but at the same time i was nervous after all it was my first competition since i joined this CCA.

The time of my event,the 400m race was at 1430, however i reached there 3 hours before the competition as instructed by my coach, Mr Tan. After some talk on the technique and things to remember during the race, we went to do some warm-ups, which was vital for us sportsmen to reach our maximum potential.Time flies really quickly, by the time we our warm-up, it was time to report. I had butterflies in my stomach, after reporting , we had to wait around ten minutes before the race starts the ten minutes were really important as we had to compose ourselves for the race during that time.

Finally, the big moment have arrived, all the participants were called up to the track and get ready for the race. I was in my position in my starting blocks,"Bang!" the shot from the umpire's pistol signaled the start of the race. I got off to a slow start, i was not in my best form as i just recovered from an ankle injury.At the 200m mark my ankle was aching and the lactic acid was building up in my thighs, at the 100m mark i was losing 'steam' in my 'tank', i could not fight against the lactic acid which caused my thigh to burnt. Alas the race was over, i knew that i ahd done poorly for this race i cam in last for that heats. I was extremely disappointed with myself, i can't stop blaming myself for not training hard enough .

This was when my coach came over and told me not to give up and to try harder in the competition next month.