Promoting BoBo Cherax Quadricarinatus

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Last Monday, during the CID lesson, Mr Wong, our CID teacher for this year wrote "BoBo Cherax Quadricarinatus" on the white board. When I saw the word, my first thought was, "What is that?!" Mr Wong did not explain to us what the word was, instead he told us to use our imagination and create a poster to promote this "BoBo Cherax Quadricarinatus". Each group promoted the "BoBo Cherax Quadricarinatus" in front of the whole class for about 5 minutes. Some of the groups' presentation are very funny because the presenters are very entertaining.

Our script:

Hi people. Come and buy the "BoBo Cherax Quadricarinatus"!!! It's a pack of fresh seafood containing four different types: Fish, Prawn, Lobster and Clam!!!. You can get it at the nearest outlet, RVUC. Special Chinese New Year offer, it's only $88.88!!! Don't miss it, while stock last!!! The pack comes with a black bowl (limited edition) which you can keep your seafood, and it will remain fresh. FOREVER!!! Wait no more as we have only 500 sets in each 7 of the outlets: RVUC, ERUC, POUC, SEUC, WEUC, QAUC and MAUC!!! Last but not least, it's never a NoNo when you go with the BoBo as it will make you 发发发发!!!

Reflection on past 3 lessons and the upcoming Chinese New Year

For the past 3 weeks, we have been shown pictures of different things for us to relate to our own lives and for us to reflect on how we are living as compared to the others who have worse lives than us. We have thought that our lives are very bad as all the homework that the teachers give are piling up and we think that the teachers does not understand us and give us so much homework and we still have to do homework during the CNY celebrations and holidays, leaving us no time to enjoy ourselves during celebrations and no leisure time to do whatever we want. Our lives revolves around school, homework, and stress that we are feeling due to the amout of school work that we receive and the fact that we need to have time management skills in order to find time in between to rest from all the work. BUT our lives does not always revolve around school. When we go out to have meals, we come across different people, but we do not actually pay attention to them. We think of ourselves and what we need to do next. There are many people out there with lives that are more worse than ours but we do not know that, thus not acknowledging them. All we care about is ourselves and ourselves only. We complain why the teachers give us so much homework and why they cannot understand us. We say that we also have lives and we need leisure time to relax and take time off all the school work that has been giving us stress. But what about the others? In Singapore or other countries? Do we actually know about them and understand their lives? In fact, NO, we do not. After seeing the pictures of different people and their lives, what they do for a living, and why are they doing that, i feel very compassionate and i want to help them. However, it is not possible without others' help. Since i cannot help them in my situation, i try to understand them and cherish my life. I would not want to be in their situation and i now feel that i am very lucky to be able to have a proper place to live in, proper food to eat, and a proper environment to study in. I hope that i would be able to help them in future and i will cherish my life until then.

Upcoming Chinese New Year:

Colour --> RED. I choose red as during chinese new year, it is believed to be auspicious if we use red decorations and wear red outfits. When everyone wears red, it gives me a sense that we, as Singaporeans, are bonded as one and we follow the tradition that has been passed down from generations ago.

Symbol --> 

I choose mandarin orange as the symbol of chinese new year. During chinese new year, we take two oranges in our hands to show respect and wish our families, relatives, and friends all the best for the new year ahead of us. We exchange the oranges for the ones of theirs so that we can share the luck we have and go through difficult times together.

Image --> 

I choose the smiley face as the image i would have in my mind during chinese new year. During chiense new year, smiles are hanging on everyone's faces and we enjoy ourselves hanging out with fellow relatives that we rarely see. For children, we get red packets and we are very happy as we get money that we can save for future use. 

I feel that chinese new year is a very important and happy event for everyone that enjoys themselves during the festive event. I hope that everyone around me will be happy and that we can share our troubles and enjoy good times together! 

Last but not least, 祝大家新年快乐，身体健康，学业进步！

Seow Jia Xuan (15)

2E

Reflection from past three weeks and Chinese New Year

1. Reflection on the past three lessons

From the past three lessons, i have learnt quite a lot of things that cannot be learnt from textbooks. For one, i have learnt how to analyze pictures, also reading past the surface of the pictures and trying to get a deeper understanding of the picture that way. We were showed a picture of a vulture and child, taken by photographer Kevin Carter. At first, i thought that it was a picture to show how many less fortunate people there are out there to show us to be appreciative of what we are blessed with. However, through the lesson, i gradually began to think about how someone was able to actually get that picture, as the picture seemed like the photographer was waiting for the vulture to get close to the child. The vulture was in the background of the picture and the child was in the foreground, implying that the photographer must have waited for the perfect moment to capture that shot. Why did he not help the poor, starving child? I thought of these questions, while i would never have been able to before.

Also, we were shown two pictures- one of a homeless man holding up a board asking for help and another of a woman holding a baby, asking people around for money. If i saw those pictures before the lessons, i would have simply passed them off as two pitiful beggars, but never would i have thought that the woman was from a con organization.

Just from these simple pictures, there are a world of possibilities. It just depends on how you analyze it, how you decided to see it.

2. Colour, symbol and image of Chinese New Year

Colour: Maroon

When it comes to selecting a colour describing Chinese New Year, many people would undoubtedly choose the colour red. However, that is not the case when it comes to me. For me, the colour to describe Chinese New Year would be maroon. Yes, a darker shade of red, that is basically what maroon is. Of course, new year is a time for everyone to get together and have fun celebrating, also, i love the fact that we get red packets. However, since we get red packets, our parents will have to give away red packets too. That basically means that however much we get, however much our parents would have to give away. This is kind of sad as they never get anything in return, since i get to keep my own red packet money.

Symbol: Heart

For the symbol of Chinese New Year, i decided to choose a heart shape to represent love and care for all of the people whom i celebrate Chinese New Year with. During Chinese New Year, people often go around with two mandarin oranges to wish others health, prosperity and other nice things. I think this is a great way to show love and care to our family and friends. 

Image: 福

The symbol of Chinese New Year for me is the Chinese character 福.

It is often hung upside down as a meaning of 福到, meaning blessing in Chinese.

We get to enjoy tons of fun during Chinese New Year, as we get together with friends and family to enjoy thus special occasion. Thus, i feel very blessed to be and spend time together with them.

Zheng Boya (24)

2E 2014

Reflection on past three lesson and feelings, thought or experience about Chinese New Year

1. Reflection on past three lesson

For the past three lessons, I have learnt lots of things. For lesson 1, it is the introduction of the CID lesson as the course will be run differently this year. The course hopes to cultivate critical thinkers who would be able to reflect and draw lessons from different experiences. The main activity will be a class OELP in May where we will get a chance to put learning into practice. When I read this, I was really happy as I never had a chance to go to China/Taiwan before. So I was really excited and looking forward to it.

For the second lesson, it teaches me to understand how to gather meaning and thoughts from what you see adm to understand the importance looking beyond just what is on the surface during reflection. The first activity was to see which beggar sincerely needs help, while the second activity was to reflect on the riot incident at Little India in Singapore. The homework was to elaborate about poverty in Singapore. Maybe it is time we reflect on how we can help the poor in Singapore, our own country. Lastly, the teacher showed us about the vulture and the child, I pitied the child as she was very hungry and she got eaten by the vulture in the end.

For the third lesson, we learn the basics to capture moments and photos and how to make the post on our blog interesting and meaningful. We learnt the Basics of photography, for example: Rule of thirds.

2. Feelings, thoughts or experience of the upcoming Chinese New Year

Colour: Red

I chose colour red because it symbolizes the occasion, Chinese New Year. It is also a tradition to use red for Chinese New Year.

Symbol: Happy Face

I chose happy face because I am very happy when Chinese New Yaer is here as I can get lots of Hongbaos. I also can get to play with my friends and bond with my family.

The Chinese New Year Festival is the most significant holiday for Chinese people around the world, regardless of the origin of their ancestors. It is also known as the Lunar New Year Festival because it is based on the lunar calendar as opposed to the Gregorian calendar. The holiday is a very jubilant occasion mainly because it is the time when people take a break from work to get together with family and friends. 

Image: The legendary Nien

The origin of the Chinese New Year Festival can be traced back thousands of years through a continually evolving series of colorful legends and traditions. One of the most famous legends is that of Nien, an extremely cruel and ferocious beast, which the Chinese believe, eats people on New Year's Eve. To keep Nien away, red-paper couplets are pasted on doors, torches are lit, and firecrackers are set off throughout the night, because Nien is said to fear the color red, the light of fire, and loud noises. Early the next morning, as feelings of triumph and renewal fill the air at successfully keeping Nien away for another year, the most popular greeting heard is kung-hsi, or "congratulations." 

Even though Chinese New Year celebrations generally only last for several days, starting on New Year's Eve, the festival itself is actually about three weeks long. It begins on the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, the day, it is believed, when various gods ascend to heaven to pay their respects and report on household affairs to the Jade Emperor, the supreme Taoist deity. According to tradition, households busily honor these gods by burning ritualistic paper money to provide for their traveling expenses. Another ritual is to smear malt sugar on the lips of the Kitchen God, one of the traveling deities, to ensure that he either submits a favorable report to the Jade Emperor or keeps silent. 

Next, "spring couplets" are hung up around the house. Spring couplets are paper scrolls and squares inscribed with blessings and auspicious words, such as "good fortune," "wealth," "longevity," and "springtime." The paper squares are usually pasted upside down, because the Mandarin Chinese word for "upside down," tao, is a homonym of the word "arrival." Thus, the paper squares represent the "arrival" of spring and the "coming" of prosperous times. 

On lunar New Year's Eve, family members who are no longer living at home make a special effort to return home for reunion and share in a sumptuous meal. At that time, family members hand out "lucky money" in red envelopes to elders and children and stay up all night to welcome the New Year. Chinese people have long believed that staying awake all night on New Year's Eve would help their parents to live a longer life. Thus, lights are kept on the entire night--not just to drive away Nien, as in ancient times, but also as an excuse to make the most of the family get-together. Some families even hold religious ceremonies after midnight to welcome the God of the New Year into their homes, a ritual that is often concluded with a huge barrage of firecrackers. 

Cr: All photos from Google

Malvin (27)

2E

Reflection on past three lessons

1)From the past three lessons, I have learnt to analyse pictures. Through the exercise on deciding to help which beggar, I have learnt that we can not only believe in what we see and observe in the picture. The lady had easily passed off as a beggar when she was, in actual fact, a con artist that specially try and gain sympathy from naive tourists.

The exercise on the vulture and child affected me greatly. At one glance, I would just simply conclude that the picture was about a vulture waiting to eat a poor starving child. However, if you think deeper, you would start to question, why didn't the photographer help the poor child? Why did he spend time taking picture of the scene instead of getting help for the poor child. 

This also got me thinking, what is the purpose of taking this photo? Perhaps to greater emphasize to the world that there are many people starving in some countries while some of us are just wasting food? Focusing on this issue, I thought, did someone actually make a move to help these people?

From just a simple picture, many thoughts can be generated. Through analysis, we can understand the situation of the scene depicted in the picture and perhaps reflect on similar circumstances in Singapore, just like relating to the pictures of the two beggars. We can reflect on how poverty is like in Singapore. Maybe we don't see as much beggars in Singapore as compared to some countries, but there are definitely beggars and poor people in Singapore. Maybe it is time we reflect on how we can help the poor in Singapore, our own country.

2)my feeling/thoughts/experience of the upcoming Chinese New Year:

Colour: red~I have selected red colour as it symbolizes the occasion, Chinese New Year. It is also a tradition to use red for Chinese New Year.

Symbol:

 ~I always feel happy during Chinese New Year as I receive many red packets. I also get to eat traditional food that is only prepared during Chinese New Year. Celebrating Chinese New Year also means getting to wear new clothes. It is also when I get a break from doing homework. During Chinese New Year, I get to go back to Malaysia and visit my relatives that I see once a year. Hence Chinese New Year is a very special and enjoyable occasion to me.

Image:

In this image, the word "福" is shown. "福" also means happiness. I believe this word is often pasted in our homes during Chinese New Year. For my family, we believe that by doing so, we can pray for happiness for the whole family in the new year. It is a tradition for us. Hence, I think that this, in a way, represents the coming of a new year.

By Jia Rong

What is school life like in RVHS?

What is school life like in RV?

[a] What is the environment like? Look out for facial expressions of people, behavior and actions, noise level, way people group together.

During the flag raising time period of the day, people will start to make their way to the field for morning assembly, and some will show happiness as if they were looking forward to a fresh new day, while some look glum as if they were grumbling about a long day at school. While going down to the field, most people would either be in pairs or small group, most probably good friends, of their clique. The noise level is quite high as most of us would be excited and chatter non-stop with people we are close with, especially while doing activities like walking.

[b] Talk to at least one person. Find out from his or her feelings for the day. 

Observe his or her expression and body language.

The person we talked to today seemed to be quite happy, as she enjoyed the lessons and spending time with her friends during recesses and lunches. 

[c] Look at the surrounding. Are there special features such as signboards, layout of furniture,notices, posters. What is so special about them?

Almost everywhere in school, there are noticeboards. Some are informative ones like the one outside the library, updating us on current affairs.  There are also boards that tell us our location in school, in case we are new to the school; boards that updates us on co-curricular activities. 

[d] From the surrounding, what is it that impresses you most. Why?

The noticeboard outside the library impresses me the most as i think that it is very admirable for whoever is taking charge of it to constantly do updates. Also, it exposes me to current matters that i may not know is happening, allowing me to learn more just reading it. 

[e] From what you have found out, what do you think school life in RV is like for rivians.

I think school life in river valley is an enjoyable experience for most of us because we get to enjoy fun and engaging lessons and also spend time with our friends.

Photo challenge:

[a] School Spirit

This two pictures were taken at Jurong point, near pepper lunch. It features a group of RVians celebrating a fellow RVian's birthday. While they were singing the birthday song, all of the rvians nearby sang along. I think this shows the school spirit, as without being told to do so, every one of us present had clapped along.

[b] Happiness

This picture captures a group of RVians walking along the track, chatting happily.

[c] Fear

This picture shows many year one students crowding around, trying to look at the cca trial results. The fear in this picture comes from worries that they are unable to join the cca of they want.

[d] Life 

This picture features the school life of RVians having recess in the canteen. 

Poverty in Singapore?

This post will talk about the views of the government and the research done about poverty in Singapore, pictures of poverty in Singapore, and links of videos to watch to build our knowledge on poverty in Singapore. 

Firstly, being poor in Singapore is often being frowned upon by the government. 

The Economist had summed up the Singapore’s government’s approach, by saying that, “the state's attitude can be simply put as being poor in Singapore is their own fault, and that citizens are obliged to save for the future, rely on their families and not expect any handouts from the government unless they hit rock bottom.”

Our government has tended to believe that if the poor remains poor, it is because they are not “hardworking” enough and that they should buck up. And so, the poor shouldn’t deserve any more financial assistance than the government is willing to give.

However, new research has shown that poverty itself reduces cognitive capacity. And it is suggested that this is because poverty-related concerns consume mental resources, leaving less for other tasks. 

One of the research's authors had said that past research has often blamed poverty on the personal failings of the poor. For example, they do not work hard enough; they are not focused enough. Another of the research's author had said that previous research often has assumed that poor people are poor because they are somehow less capable than others.

However, this research has found that poverty consumes so much mental energy that people struggling to make ends meet often have little brainpower left for anything else, leaving them more susceptible to bad decisions that can perpetuate their situation.

Simply put, the poor are not poor because they choose to. The poor are not less hardworking because they do not want to work hard. The poor are poor because the system and policies entraps them in a state of chronic poverty. When they are labelled as being “less hardworking”, it is actually because they had to spend so much time thinking about how to make ends meet that they simply don’t have enough attention to divert to other things.

It is not a choice for the poor to be poor. They are forced to accept low wages and low social welfare support, if any is even given at all. When that happens, they have to constantly think about how to support themselves and their children, and they have to think about which other low-paying jobs they need to find to sustain themselves. Can we blame them if they are already trying so hard to simply live, that they have no time to think about anything else?

But usually, the poor are elderly being chased out by their children and have to sustain their own lives by picking up cardboard boxes, drink cans, newspapers and many others to sell and earn money.

Pictures of poverty in Singapore:

The old woman (as seen in the above picture) is searching for things in the rubbish dump to sell to earn money. She has a very serious condition of a hunchback and looks very frail. 

This is a picture of an old man lying down near a pile of things he is selling. Many people who are waiting at the pedestrian crossing does not even care about him and continues to do their own things. I think that those people should at least take a glance at him and buy something from him like a packet of tissue to help him to survive.

I think that we, as Singaporeans, should help those in need of our help as much as possible so that Singapore will be a better place to live in and will leave a good impression on tourists who came to Singapore. 

I found some videos that may help you to know more about the topic and help you to be able to help those people in poverty. 

This is a moving story of a Singaporean family:

 http://youtu.be/QkEwN_0--tY

This is a video about a survey done by the National University of Singapore (NUS): 

http://youtu.be/50jBfuABYXg

I hope that after reading more about the poverty in Singapore, you will start to help our fellow citizens to make both their's and our lives better in the near future! 

Vulture and Child Photograph by Kevin Carter

One word to describe this picture: Starvation. As you can see from the picture, this girl is really small in size and you are able to see the shape of her ribs. Hence we can conclude that she is starving and seems like she is going to die from hunger. She also looks like she has no energy to walk due to starvation. Thus, the word 'starvation' is used to describe this picture.

Holiday Trip to Ipoh, Malaysia

During the Holidays, my family went to Ipoh, Malaysia for a trip.

During the trip, we had many interesting experiences. One of it was when we went to visit the limestone caves in Ipoh. Ipoh is surrounded with many limestone caves, some of which are also cave temples. We were able to visit some of the caves, namely "Gua Tempurung" and "Goddess of Mercy Cave". I was fascinated at the interior of the limestone caves, and was also intrigued by nature.

"Gua Tempurung"

"Goddess of Mercy Cave"

Another place we visited was the back alleys of Ipoh. The back alleys of Ipoh has recently became a tourist attraction, as there were many murals. These murals are very interesting, and meaningful. Unlike the murals you see in other countries, the murals in Ipoh portrays the cultures of many different races, and also the activities that people engage in during the olden days.

Murals in Ipoh

One of the most memorable trips I had was when we visited Kuala Gula, and learnt more about the rearing of soft shell crabs. We learnt about the shedding system of soft shell crabs.

Soft shell crabs 

Apart from that, we were able to participate in clam digging in the mud flats. It was a fun experience and the raw clams were indeed really delicious!

Clams

Overall, our trip to Ipoh was a fruitful and meaningful one. I hope to be able to learn more about Ipoh the next time I visit!

Chan Ling Han(2)

2E

Group: 5bonacci

Holiday Trip to Beijing, China

During the holidays, my family and I went on a trip to Beijing, China. As we have a few relatives residing there, we decided to pay them a visit, and also to go to a few tourist attractions for some extra knowledge on the history of China. 

The first tourist attraction that comes to mind in Beijing is undoubtedly The Great Wall Of China. Even though I have went there before, it was a few years ago and my memories of the trip were vague. However, my aunt suggested that since it is winter, there are strong winds at that height and is very cold. Instead, she suggested we go to the Summer Palace, (颐和园). It is also a quite famous tourist attraction due to the long history of this place. Since our relatives were there to guide us along the trip, we did not have to follow a tour guide and we could stop at anywhere to take photos without the need to be rushed.

(Overview of Summer Palace)

There were three highlights of the places in the Summer Palace that we visited, one of which was the long corridor (长廊). It is a covered walkway in the Summer Palace first built in 1750, and is known for its length of 728 meters. The highlight of this long corridor was that on the beams and ceiling of this corridor, there were illustrations which depict scenes from famous Chinese classical literature, folk tales, and both historical and legendary figures. In total, there are about 14000 paintings. I found this very fascinating, and I also saw a painting depicting 孙悟空, also known as the Monkey King. It was quite shocking and also interesting at the same time. Even though the painting was quite small, there was intricate detail in the painting.

(Long Corridor) 

(Monkey King painting)

The next was the Marble Boat, also known as the boat of purity (石舫). The original pavilion was made from a base of large stone blocks which supported a wooden superstructure done in a traditional Chinese design. Unfortunately, it was destroyed during the second opium war and was thus rebuilt after. One surprising fact is that the Marble Boat is actually made of wood but painted to imitate marble.

(Marble Boat)

The last attraction I saw was the Jade Peak Pagoda (玉峰塔). Although it does not have as many interesting points as the other two attractions, I found out that it also dates way back into history, and still looks quite nice even after so many centuries. 

(Jade Peak Pagoda)

I would say that this trip was a meaningful one as i have saw and found out some really interesting things about the Summer Palace. Hopefully, i would be able to go on more trips like this one to further my understanding of these interesting historical landmarks.

Zheng Boya (24) 

2E 2014

Holiday Trip to Hong Kong

During the holidays, I travelled to Hong Kong to partly visit my Aunt, shop, and eat!

My family have went to Hong Kong quite a few times so we were quite familiar about the place and how to navigate around using their public transport. My mum and dad both knew how to speak cantonese so it was easier as we could ask for what we want and the people there understand us.

We went to various locations to eat and shop. As we did not go there for the sake of going to tourists attractions, we did not need a tour guide. We went to this famous seafood place in Hong Kong which sells a variety of seafood and there are various restaurants to go to to enjoy the food you ordered. The place is called 鲤鱼门 and they sell seafood that we do not get to eat in Singapore. If there is a chance, go and try their seafood! The restaurant i went to had a sea view and there were no people in the restaurant other than my family and the waiters and waitresses. The atmosphere was very serene and we enjoyed the food.

I found out an interesting fact about Hong Kong people, which is they have their meals later by about 2 hours. They eat lunch at 2.00pm and dinner at 8.00pm. We went for lunch at 12.00nn and dinner at 6.00pm and we were surprised to find out that there was no one there. We went to the restaurant with my aunt and seeing our surprised faces, she explained to us that in Hong Kong, the people have their meals late. 

Let me introduce to you some places that you can go if you go to Hong Kong free&easy. You can go to these places by the MTR. MTR is Hong Kong's version of our MRT. You can go to the station called "Tsim Sha Tsui". They wrote it in English alphabets so it is easier for us to understand them and alight at the correct station. However, they also do write it in Chinese but it may not be the usual chinese characters that we see. They write it in Chinese alphabets but some are Cantonese-written characters. There is also another interesting place in Hong Kong called "SOGO" at the MTR station "Tung Lor Wan". SOGO is a shopping centre that sells all kinds of things ranging from female accesories, to men clothing, and baby needs. It is a very interesting place to go if you are there for the sake of buying things and shopping. If you are going there for the sake of eating Hong Kong (street) food, you can go to the MTR station "Sha Tin". Att he Sha Tin station, there is also a shopping centre and it links to various shopping centres around the area. If you exit the building to the outside of the shopping centre, there are many food stallls to eat from and the food there is VERY nice! 

Please go visit the above places if you go to Hong Kong and hope you enjoy your trip there! I hope my introduction of Hong Kong enlightened you of how Hong Kong is like and hope you enjoy yourselves!

-Jia Xuan 2E 2014

Holiday Trip to China

        During the December holidays, I went on a tour trip to China. I’ve visited places in Beijing, Tianjin and chengde. While waiting for the plane to touchdown, I could see that lightings in Beijing buildings are mostly red and blue. My first impression when I got off the plane was; wow, they really weren’t kidding when they said the temperature was -5 degrees Celsius. It was really cold.

          One of the must-see locations in Beijing is of course, the Great Wall of China. On the way to the Great Wall of China, the tour guide told us a story. This story is called “烽火戏诸侯”, which we have learnt about in the period, RV Lit. As we make our way up the Great Wall of China, we can see the 烽火台. Of course, we bailed after a small distance. It was quite an ordeal, for we had to go against the strong cold wind in winter.

          I think the most interesting thing for me in the whole trip was snow skiing. It was a three-hour trip from Beijing to chengde, where the man-made snow ski place was. At that time, chengde had an average temperature of -15 degrees Celsius. But the weird thing was it didn’t snow there! It was really fun! You can pick up the skill within half an hour’s time. If you get a chance, do try it out!

          Since the temperature in china is not what we, Singaporeans are used to, we are quite vulnerable. Hence, the tour guide often tells us tips to take better care of ourselves. She introduced to us a type of tea, 普洱茶. This tea can not only help you to lose weight, but it also helps you to relax and gives you a calming effect.

         The nurturing velvety texture of 普洱茶 gives you a warm soothing effect for a peaceful night’s sleep. The tea is well-known for its benefits to the digestive system because it increases the juices released in your body to aid and ease digestion, and also alleviating Constipation.

          I found out from the tour guide that china people has long since started to learn healthy living habits from the longest living emperor in china, 乾隆皇帝. Since the number of people dying from illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease has risen in Singapore. We should all start practicing healthy living to prevent ourselves from being prone to getting ill. 

Here are some pictures I took in China:

1)this is a picture of the place I went, to ski.

2)look at the frozen river in the picture!

3) although when I went it didn't snow, two days before I went to china, it snowed. This is a picture of the melted snow.

4) the Great Wall of china! How far can you go?

                                                                                                   --by Jia Rong

Group photo

Group members in order from left to right

Back row : Zheng Boya(24), Malvin(27), Chan Ling Han(2)

Front row : Moo Jia Rong(13), Seow Jia Xuan(15)

Group 5, also known as 5bonacci (word play on fibonacci). We aim to intake as much knowledge as possible in the span of 2014. Go 5bonacci!

Malvin, 03/12/1999

Hobbies : Playing cards, Watch TV 📺, Eating Food🍜☕️🍗🍟🍤🍦🍝🍲, Listening to songs🎧

CCA : NCC (proud NCC boy! :D) 💪

Notes: K-Pop FTW (woo~) 🎤, I love GIRLS GENERATION💃👯👯👯👯, SUPER JUNIOR 👬👬👬👬👬👬👬🚶 & EXO ❌⭕️❌⭕️ 👬👬👬👬👬👬

Zheng Boya, 09/05/2000

Hobbies : Watching anime, Reading manga :D

CCA : Concert Band  (proud Bandsmen :D) 

Notes : If you don't fight, you can't win. SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN FTW 🙏🙏

Chan Ling Han, 04/07/2000 

Hobbies : Playing Piano 🎹, Reading 📖

CCA: RVSE-Double Bass 🎼 (proud RVSE bassist 🎻 :D)

Notes : K-dramas FTW 😊

Moo JiaRong, 20/08/2000

Hobbies: Reading, listening to songs

CCA: Chinese Orchestra

Notes: Music + books = my world🎶📔

Seow JiaXuan 😁, 02/10/2000

Hobbies: listening to music 🎧 , reading📕📗📘📙

CCA: 🎼Concert Band (RVCB we are the best! ;D)

Notes: KPOP 💞