I haven't gotten the Green Concert photos with me yet, so I guess I don't really have anything to post up first. The Green Concert was originally scheduled to be held at the open-air Amphitheatre (at the Boarding School), but it was unfortunately raining that day so we had to move into the Function Hall. Overall the event was quite well coordinated, except for some quirks here and there (sorry Heng Yang for the missing mike stand :D ). The PA group did extremely well this time, the volume controls were flawless, except for some timing issue, the rest weren't really a problem.

And so today was Racial Harmony Day celebrations. Too bad many 14SLC Facs didn't actually wear the shirt (I think I only saw Nicholas wearing lol). Hock Xiang did bring his fac shirt but didn't wear. Apparently the message didn't spread well enough, but anyway, yeah, I was in my fac shirt. :D



The Racial Harmony Day planning was quite alright, with the bazaar quite crowded. And the people who sold the stuff were inherently enthusiastic due to the fact that they weren't students. (The people who sold the foddstuff were mostly parents). The High School Council also set up drinks stall (and Yu Hui, Mr Tan Chee Wee and Hansen was selling the stuff). The items were largely overpriced, but yeah, they would go into a fund so I didn't actually care much.

From left to right:
1. Entrace to Kah Kee Hall (Food Bazaar)
2. Coupon Booth (sold in $5 and $10 bundles)
3. Video showing the culture/traditions/etc of difference races.
4. Yu Hui laming around (:


Anyway, despite the stalls being interesting and all, I was compelled to stay in class (well, we really had nothing to do). But somehow Mr Joseph Sim came in during 9:30 AM and asked all of us to go out and participate. So we did and I bought some random foodstuff that included a $3 nasi lemak. The nasi lemak was quite alright, although frankly they could not really be on par with the standard in my homeland (:



After that we went for the Racial Harmony Day sabbaticals. The sabbatical that I chosen was about making the "ketupat" shells and the Bunga Manggar (those kind of decorative items used during Malay wedding ceremonies). It was kinda boring, although there were like 8 4L'ers there. So the end product went to us although Wai Chew was also involved in the making of the bunga manggar.



I didn't go straight back to the boarding school after the whole thing. I still had to present my SMRP (IS) project to Mr Chia (our IS teacher and mentor), who just wants an update on our progress. So the presentation wasn't really formal, it's like just conversing to Mr Chia 2-to-1 (my other group member was Jay) in a normal conversation. And yeah, Jay was a little mad at me for dao-ing him (and well yeah, I wasn't willing to continue our project as of now, but later xD).

I have just bidded for my sabbaticals. It was all out (1000 points), since this is really my last sabbaticals in Hwa Chong. But recently (this year), the sabbaticals that included ACE points have really reduced (mainly to discourage students from being too reliant?) For those who are interested to know what I bidded for:



Anyway, I hope there will be half-day holiday tomorrow (: Since track-and-field had garnered 3 top positions and I think Judo did well too. Recently I'm busy on the Boarders' Council website (my task is to fill it with initial content), and also other related council stuff (like National Day Dinner Celebration).

That's it, I'll post up the Green Concert photos when I have time.