Angela ☆*o(≧▽≦)o*☆

A site I want to preserve

The site that I want to preserve is my primary school, Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School. My school is over 100 years old and has a lot of heritage and culture. It was where I made many memorable memories. Another reason why I want to preserved this school is because almost my whole family came from this school: my Brother, my Sister and my Father as well. I manage to make many friends that will be there for me forever. The Teachers there were also very kind and fun. I managed to learn many things from this school. I learnt not only educational things but others things like shooting and various sports in school. I was also in the schools student council where I managed to widen my experience as a leader. In our different camps I also managed to learn many useful life skills. In conclusion, I want to preserve this school as it is something very important to me.

Should Singapore be complacent in our achievements?

  Singapore has indeed achieved many great things in this past 50 years. Many people doubted us but we persevered and succeeded. Some of these include our strong military, racial harmony and the peace and harmony between one another. These are indeed things for us to be proud of

  If Singapore becomes complacent I'm afraid that we might end up becoming too proud of ourselves and might hinder our success. Hence, we should always do our best and continue to work hard for our achievements and what we want.

  No matter how good we already are as a country, we should never be complacent and forget about our goals because nothing is ever perfect. We can only work towards becoming the best that we can as a country.

What I think...my china buddy

I think that there will be some communication problems between me and my China buddy because of the language barrier. Even though in Singapore we are all bilingual my Chinese still isn't very good due to the fact that my family doesn't speak Chinese. But despite this setback, I will try my very best to talk to my buddy.

 I am excited to learn more things about China from my buddy. For example, things like the one child policy and how their school life is like. I am also excited to share our singapore culture with them. Although it might be awkward at first since we will be complete strangers, I hope to forge a bond with him/her. I also think that my China buddy might be super smart because I have the impression that people from that country are extremely hardworking and they always strive to their best in everything.

 In primary school, I also had a buddy from Indonesia and up to now I still keep in contact with her. So I hope that my experience with my China buddy will be just as memorable.

3-2-1

3 thing I have learnt :

1. I found out that there are a lot of negatives and benefits for these policies

2. I found out that Singapore has also once instilled the 2-child policy. 

3. The remaining child from the one child policy has to work really hard to feed his family as there is no one else to split his burdens with

2 perceptions I have gained:

1. I think the one child policy is not necessary because it causes way too many problems and negative decisions and action.

2. I think that Singapore should have never instilled such a policy we might have a higher birth rate now.

1 question I have

1. Did any other country use this policy?

My chingay 2016 reflections

  Chingay 2016 marks the first year of Singapore's next 50 years towards SG100 and hence, Chingay 2016 theme is "lights of legacy, brighter singapore", celebrating the legacy and wisdom of our founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and other founding fathers based on the core values advocated by them and pledging our support to live by it and move forward together towards a Brighter future Singapore!

  Before going to the parade on 27 january, we were shown videos about chingay and were also given a short introduction about chingay and how it is prepared as well as its background. This made me even more excited to go to chingay as before this I have never been to any chingay. From this short talk, I developed a good impression of chingay as I learnt how hard the volunteers work and sacrifice to put up the great performance. Chingay 2016 was to bring people of different background and races together to celebrate a single vibrant event.

  When we reached the F1 pit building (where it was held) I saw many different representatives from various schools. The exhausted yet enthusiastic volunteers worked hard to warmly welcome us. From the video shown in school I knew how much these volunteers had to sacrifice in order to make chingay 2016 a success. They forged out time after their busy work and school schedules to come and help and I  must say that this isn't something that many people are willing to do. They directed us to our seats as well as passed goodie bags out to us. Seeing them putting in so much effort really brightened my day even further. We were seated way up high in the centre of the entire place as a result we had a great birds eye view of the entire performance.

  The parade was put by different people from different countries and races. These performances all came together to perform, walking as one and persevering as one. I could see many different types of cultural performances. There were performances of different ethnic groups put up for example: indian dance, chinese dance, malay dance, ballet and even poll dancing. These performances introduces the different way different cultures dance. It was an eye opener for me because as a dancer myself, I managed to get a deeper understanding between these various dance types. My personal favourite was the aerial stunt. This is because i found it fascinating how these dancers can still perform so elegantly and bravely when they are dangling high up in the air. I admired their bravery and their stage presence which is important for a dancer.

  Another performance which i really enjoyed and favoured is of course the finale. Audiences waved their glow sticks and clappers as the performances sang this years chingays theme song together. The vibrant colours from the fireworks really beautified the place and really enhanced the festive atmosphere. There were at least 8000 perforers and 25,000 audiences on that day and everyone contributed happily and excitedly the sea of light. This showed how singaporeans can come together as one united nation to show our true singapore spirit. I have really learnt many new and inspiring things from this night. A night to truly treasure and remember.

 After this performance, I really wish that Singapore will not change Chingay. I learnt that chingay holds a lot of meaning and holds a lot of traditional culture. I think it will be very pitiful and sad if Chingay's culture were to change.

Here are some pictures which i took during the celebration:

The view from my seat before chingay started

vibrant colours can be seen through this picture during the performance
taken with jensen and sammy XD

during the performanceeeee HAHAAH

us waiting for chingay to start :))))

The different types of floats at the parade ^^ so pretty

one of my favourite performances showing the start of the next 50 years to sg 100

  I feel that the organisers have made chingay 2016 a success. They managed to bring out the the different aspects from the different racial groups and racial harmony. It really emphasised singapore's need for racial harmony and equality between the different races and nationalities.It was a real night to remember which i am sure i'll never forget. Therefore I am a hundred percent sure that chingay 2016 has been made successful.

  Through this parade I have learnt more about chingay. I can see the tremendous effort put in to design and make the costumes and floats as well as the spirit that every single performer displayed. It definitely took lots of effort, time and sacrifices perfect, just like how i did during my schools rv60 mass display. The actual parade will be held on the 20th of febuary and I really hope that everything will go well and that the celebration will shine with the festive atmosphere and hard work from the performance. CHINGAY 2016 JIAYOU JIAYOU JIAYOU!!!!!!!

happiness 

Singapore is one of the most prosperous countries in the world.  But does that make us happy? Unfortunately, Singaporeans are less happy than many other countries according to a survey.

Can money buy happiness?  Money can and cannot buy happiness. Some happiness such as gadgets can be bought but other things such as friendships and relationship cannot be bought. People have many wants but not everyone are willing to work towards what they want.

Although being rich does not necessarily mean that they feel happy, it doesn't mean that the poor people feel unhappy. For instance, poorer people tend to be satisfied with simple things in life and will feel more grateful.

Money cannot buy happiness but the sense of satisfaction with our lives will bring happiness.

My reflection on rv60

   I think that the purpose of the rv60 celebrations is to help us commemorate river valley and our successes as a school. unfortunately, we face many issues with this celebration. For example, some students are not willing to stay back for such long hours for rv60 practises, personally I dont think that students should be forced into helping out for rv60 if they arent wiling to do so because if they eventally do help out with the celebrtion, it will just dampened the whole mood. It will be more meaningful if the students volunteer to help out instead.

   Even though many people have complained about the practises i still think that the level of school pride the students in this school have is still quite high. Being typical Singaporeans, many students just like to complain for the sake of complaining in front of their peers. Deep down im quite sure that many students were actually looking forward to rv60. Many of my friends have told me about how excited they were for rv60.

   Some consequences when students view negatively towards their own school is that it would spoil the schools ood name. For example, when the public hear students complaining about rv60 their impression of rvhs will change. I think that one way to prevent the spread of negativity is to reduce the amount of practises. As a student who was involved in the dance performance during rv60, I think that the number of days that we have to stay back is ridiculous. First of, by spending so much time on rv60, I find it hard for myself to finish all my homework on time after reaching home very late at night. Secondly, these trainings have caused me to feel extremely exhausted, resulting in myself not being able to pay full attention during lessons. Therefore, i think that reducing the number of rv60 training hours will help prevent student from spreading so much negativity.

   Despite all this, I am proud to be a student of river valley high school. This is because through these past 60 years, rv has built a very strong good image. River valley is a school known for developing leaders of distinction for singapore.

Extra in the ordinary 

   To me this is an extraordinary picture because believe it or not this is the first proper batch photo that we took together after a year. Whenever I see this picture, I would be reminded about how hard we worked together as a batch. This picture was taken on rv60 after all the performance. This picture will probably be one of the most memorable pictures that I take in RV as this is the first performance that we did in RV. Furthermore, it was for rv60 (which made it even more memorable). I will forever remember the late night cca trainings and dinners spent together. Not forgetting, our first experience buying and using makeup. (The lady in the shop judged us soooo badly). 

  Even though many people complain about rv60. I was actually very willing to go for the trainings. I felt more and more excited to be part of this celebrarion as the day drew closer. Finally, all our hard work paid off as we managed to put up a spectacular performance.

  Introduction

  Hiiiii guys :) My name is Angela Chiang (some friends call me angie) from class 2k in river valley high school. I was from Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary school. Im also a ballet dancer and I am in Rvds. My friends often say that i am crazy. Somw of my closer friends in 2k are Sammy, Nicole, Yee kee, Jensen, Jove, Kevin and shun ming etc. (Im socialble hahahahhahha)

    Some things that I like to do when im bored is to watch korean dramas and fangirl over different kpop groups or go out with my friends to shop and eat. Honestly, Im one of those forever happy and hyper students at the back of the class (sometimes slightly noiser though) ^^
    Last year, I went back to America with my family. I had lots of fun in los angeles, las vegas, hollywood and texas, i also went to many themeparks across these different states.@(^^)@
    I am also a facilitator for 1d this year and my aim for this year is to make orientation a success. I would also really like to improve in my studies especially in chinese ;)
    I grow up in a family with very lesser family interactions then others so through this i have really come to learn how to treasure my friends and those close to me <3