Friends, i, Michelle Wong Yi Lin the third have a confession to make.

I failed my English comprehension for mid years.

Now, now before you offer me your fruit baskets sending your deepest condolences, let me tell you something of grave importance.

I am not ashamed for failing. I am not. Because you know why? Like a survivor, i identified the problem and accepted it. I accept that i have a problem. I accept it. Then you know what i did? I tried to solve it.

Yes! I tried to solve it!

I went out there, head held high, brimming with confidence and a spirit that could not be deterred!

And asked my dad to "Help me buy a compre book. Anykind also can."

Of course, he ended up buying a model essay book as well. Singaporeans. Anyway, instead of buying me a regular, normal, Longman comprehension excercise book, he had to buy me a book that taught comprehension! Which was quite useful. And funny. Seriously, the British have a funny sense of humour.

He bought this one called, "New Summary Writing with Comprehension". Seemed harmless enough.

The comprehension part did help. Well, i don't know how much.. but for now i'm pretending that it has. So naturally, i moved on to the summary. The funny thing about this book is that its like the guy is talking to you. You actually feel like you're in a conversation. Observe!!


"Now, be honest - have you honestly NEVER given such a foolish answer? No? Then becareful for your turn is still to come!"

"And don't think, if you are good at English, that not answering the question is something you would never do! Far from it!"

"In this chapter you will explore what is expected in an inferential question. It is simple really.
Think. That is all there is to it."


I was like laughing! Hilarious you know this book. So i decided i liked this author guy! BFF! That is, until he offended me.

It was the night before my English prelim examinations. In a dark and dingy corner, i huddled with myself for warmth. Oh, how the wind chilled my toes and bit at my ears! But i had a goal in mind. I was going to reread this book that seemed to know-all. I was going to master answering English comprehension.

I flipped through this book with caution. Carefully absorbing the information on every page. Who knows. This could be of help.

As i wandered towards Chapter 2 of summary writing, my heart stopped short. Printed in bold letters was the word and number, "Excercise 7".

I got excited! Excercise!! It told me to organise myself with paper, pen and a timer before i read any further. I scrambled to find those items (except i used a clock). When i was ready, i took a deep breath, and turned the page.

Ok i didn't take a deep breath but i turned the page.

Actually, why dont you do this with me? Re-enact the scene! Ok go grab a piece of paper, pen and a clock. When you're ready, scroll down s..l.....o......w...........l........................y.




YOU ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS

1. Read through all parts of this excercise before you do anything.

2. Once you start, you will not have much time - remember this.

3. Write the fate in the top left-hand corner of the piece of paper.

4. Underneath the fate, but in the centre of the page, write your name, in capital letters.

5.On the left side of the paper multiply 25 and 12. Write the answer as "25x12= "

6. With a ruler draw a line diagonally from the top left of the page to bottom right.

7. Find out how much time you have left and write it down in the bottom right.

8. Stand up and sit down three times.

9. Draw a face in the centre of the page. Make the mouth look unhappy.

10. In the centre of the page at the bottom write the word FOOL in capital letters.

11. Shout "Finished!"

12. Now that you have finished reading all these instructions, ignore instructions 5 to 11
inclusive. Just do 1, 2 and 3, sit with your arms folded for the rest of the time and, if you are doing this in class, watch the others make foold of themselves! If you ignored instruction 1 and started following the other instructions, i hope you feel foolish. Look at what you have drawn! Maybe you will have learnt one of the most important lessons in life - read the question or instructions first!

The moral is: Do As You Are Told !




I got suspicious at 8 and stopped at 12. But i mean.

What. The hell.

From then on, all ties were severed.

Needless to say, that friendship was shortlived.


Michelle went "Hey macadamia" :)

Eh. Why these TK girls so crazy ah?

It was the day of the TKGS cross country.

I'd like to take a moment to point out how there is absolutely NOTHING in this post about the running at all.

At all.

Why? Because its not worthy!!!!

I mean, come on, if an event is called a cross country, shouldn't you at least cross the country?

As far as i know people ran like 3km along the east coast of Singapore.

My goodness, worse, 1.5km up and 1.5 km back.

I know right. How is this ethical.

But it was fun! I think i got a little too camera happy.

Oh, and forgive me if you're ticked off about the length of this. It only occured to me after i posted everything that i could have just uploaded the pictures into an album. Which is, actually a really smart idea.

But i didn't. Too bad!

Mimes before makeup

What happened to Miss Turkey?

Drama ah.

Michelle went "Hey macadamia" :)

Inspirational story from Patrick the Chemistry tutor


Once upon a time, there was a mother who had two daughters.

One daughter sold umbrella's for a living, while the other sold shoes.

Whenever the sun was shining, the mother would cry because no one would buy umbrellas. That meant that her first daughter would have no business.

Whenever it was raining, the mother would cry because no one would buy shoes since their feet were wet (don't worry i don't get it either). That meant her second daughter would have no business.

So, no matter rain or shine. The mother would cry. And cry. And cry.

One day, an old professor from the south of England-



Actually its just a man. But i'm trying to make it dramatic.



One day, an old professor from the south of England walked past and saw the mother crying.

He asked her what was wrong, and why she was so upset.

The mother let out a wail and told him the story of how her daughters would have no business in their situations.

The professor chuckled, and said,

"Well think about this way. Whenever the sun is shining, your second daughter will have customers. And whenever its raining, your first daughter will have customers."

The lady thought about it and nodded her head.

She was never seen sad again.



Michelle went "Hey macadamia" :)

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