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Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 02:08 SGT
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Pottering Along


(photo credit: law)


Sunday

Photo session with secondary school class, at the unholy hour of 8 a.m. It's amazing how much one can sweat, wearing those heavy graduation gowns. Didn't quite meet MM Lee, like some other group did, but we did get Mr Tan Kah Kee back at Hwa Chong Institution. Tips and tricks learnt: how to possibly get additional bottles of drinks from certain makes of vending machines (wholly academic interest/survival skills only).

Best gown: By consensus, occ's Duke gown. Edchong: "the most outstanding, most stylo, most fashionable, jaw droppingly beautiful graduation gown i evah seen". Three things in its favour: One, it resembles a raincoat so much so that it should be handy in the rain. Two, it probably can pass as a priest's cassock, or even at a pinch a nun's habit, which could come in handy. Three, it's absolutely free of charge!

Went over to TCHS very conveniently, since some of us have both drivers' licences and access to vehicles. Took yet more photos, ate at law's favourite Bukit Timah food centre, then given a ride back by alvin (thanks).

So let's see how the class of 4O, year 2000, The Chinese High School, is doing...


Note: Data on major for one individual unavailable.
Double degree majors (3 known) shown separately.


All 34 students took the easy way out and went on to university, where Chemical Engineering was the most popular major by some distance (it does pay well). As it stands, there are (to-be) twelve engineers, four doctors, a sprinkling of scientists, accountants and businessmen, but no lawyers, which I suspect will prove troublesome in future. *Cough* None in the more arty majors either, which isn't quite unexpected.




Over two-thirds of the class had insufficient inclination/funds to venture overseas for undergraduate studies, congregating instead at the world's top twenty top thirty-ranked National University of Singapore; this is not including those who went for accountancy at NTU, or the lone SMU pioneer. Four went Stateside, all at different institutions, while two (neither Singaporean, interestingly) studied at Cambridge, while one (not Singaporean either) went Down Under.

On graduate studies: Six of the seven who went overseas are/will be pursuing it, along with at least five from NUS. Of course, some may go down this road after gaining work experience.

Not too shabby for now.


Monday

Met a prof, borrowed some books, and caught the newest Harry Potter movie at Iluma, where there was fantastic legroom. I was never a big Potter fanboy, having at most skimmed through the last few books (and probably not the last one), though I did know that Snape was the [spoiler] (come on, doesn't everybody). What can I say - copious amounts of snorgling, and a cringeworthy shoelace-tying scene which, I was assured, was not in the novel. Not too sure what the Vatican saw in it (see last post).


Hammy Putter is confused pre-snorgle
(source: Cuteoverload)


About other movies: Might make an effort to watch 2012 when it comes out. Mr. Ham's pick is, of course, G-Force (alternate poster), even if the heroes are [Mr. Ham: *mumble grumble*] mostly guinea pigs, instead of hamsters (there is actually one hamster) - to which he registered his displeasure with a token escape act. La-di-dah.

The movie, for better or worse, will probably precipitate a mini-boom in guinea-pig/hamster sales, which has finally given Mr. Fish the opportunity to pull out this article:



Mr. Fish: "Puny?! You want to keep all your fingers??"
(source: Today)


Hopefully they won't be pressed into service after the novelty wears off.

Talking about novelty, how about a ping-pong door? And oh, the Chinese have bought The Onion. Good sports coverage though.



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