RUNNING MILEAGE IN 2019:
690.4km
RUNNING MILEAGE IN 2020:
390.0km
RUNNING MILEAGE IN 2021:
291.0km
RUNNING MILEAGE IN 2022:
492.0km
RUNNING MILEAGE IN 2023:
487.7km
RUNNING MILEAGE IN 2024:
671.2km
RUNNING MILEAGE IN 2025:
1281.4km
RUNNING MILEAGE IN 2026:
207.1km
They actually made an MV out of this song, the 'unofficial' Chinese version of "There's no place I'd rather be".
Do watch it!
人生是黑白的. 6:16 PM <3
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We met yesterday to celebrate Chawmun's 20th birthday. And peishan's back from her US stint! And what, caiying just recovered from dengue!
Hoping our Mt Kinabalu climbing trip will materialise!
人生是黑白的. 6:06 PM <3
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Sunday, August 05, 2007
From next year, the Special course and Express course in secondary schools will be merged.
It comes from the fact that over the years, more students from the express course are taking up Higher Mother Tongue, something which was unique to the Special course in the early years of implementation.
And so the distinction between the 2 courses has now been blurred, with an increasing number of students taking HMT. This is certainly great news, as we should all be more proactive in the continuation and development of our cultures.
But as what many are thinking, what happens to the SAP schools then? The ministry had reassured these schools that their status to nurture bicultural elites will stay. But, since HMT can be taken at any other schools, there aren't much reasons for parents to send their children to SAP schools anymore.
Coming from a product of a SAP school, i don't wish to see the strong cultures of SAP schools that have been formed over the decades be eroded. The celebration of many cultural events like the Mid-Autumn Festival, for example, isn't something non-SAP school students experience. The strong culture in the schools do make a difference to the students' character and overall development, besides just making them bilingual.
So, despite the demise of Special course, i really hope the status of SAP schools aren't changed. They are still important and necessary.
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On a sidenote, there had been many changes in the system since i left it.
1. The streaming in Primary 4 had been scrapped. NO more EM1/EM2.
2. The JC Curriculum had been replaced by the H1/H2/H3 subjects, which i know nothing of.
3. The secondary school special and express streams are now soon-to-be defunct.
Look, all those are different stages in my education history. Primary/Secondary/JC.
And so i have absolutely nothing left to identify myself with, speaking in today's changing education system.
What a cruel way to show that we are getting old, right?
We met yesterday to celebrate Chawmun's 20th birthday. And peishan's back from her US stint! And what, caiying just recovered from dengue!