Hi all,
Okay, straight to the point. Well, my partner and I got 1st. 1st runner-up. In other words, second. What a pity. We would have expected our story to have gotten 1st place (it was done very well), but no, only 2nd place was ours. While being a little disappointed, well, like I said before, I feel that the main point in competitions is not the prize (while it is a good target), but the process in doing it. So long as I have learnt something or enjoyed it, it is worthwhile.
Okay, I doubt I have anything else to say today... so yep. The result of the Story Telling Competition. 2nd place.
Friday 23 April 2010
Monday 19 April 2010
Back. Finally.
Wow. It has been a pretty long time since I posted (somewhere in March, I think). Anyways, why??? Why have I been a away so long? Well, my life is the life of a typical Sec 2 student... Competitions... School Work.... Homework... CCA... etc. How busy was I? Pretty. In fact, very. Let's talk about my competitions.
First, there was OM (Odyssey of the Mind). Apparently my group had slacked off for many weeks, and soon, 3 weeks was left before the competition, so... you know the rest of the story. We spent many hours doing up the props, structures, script, play, etc. We even stay back till 11 in school just to finish it. And finally, it was the day of the competition. Cool. We did our best and did pretty well (in our opinion). But we got 6th position (out of 8 i may add). So well, a little disappointed, but the purpose of competitions is not for the prize, it's for the fun in the process (in my opinion). Of course, our group's process lasted only 3 weeks, but still, it was fun while it lasted.
Okay. Done with OM. But 3 days after today, there's another competition. Too much pressure? Not really, but yes, a bit of pressure. So, Thursday's competition is the Malay Conversational Story Telling Competition (or something like that). So, while preparing for OM, I was suddenly called on by my Malay teacher to join this competition, and I said yes unhesitantly (I should start learning to say no). Anyway, while the story seemed pretty long, I could finish telling it in around 3 minutes (which was the time limit). I've done the props already, and so has my partner (it's a story for 2, I'm the narrator with lots of speaking roles, while he's the actor with lots of acting roles). Wish us luck!
Done already? Nope. There's another competition in one month's time. I guess I can slack, but you never know. It's the Science Literature Review Competition. Apparently my group of 4 has to do a literature review of around 1300 - 1500 words and submit it by the 24th of May. Cool. At least it wasn't clumped together with the other 2 previously mentioned competitions. I should start on it now... but never mind.
Okay, I think I'm done with competitions for today (I still have to practice for the Story Telling Competition), so I think that's all for today!
First, there was OM (Odyssey of the Mind). Apparently my group had slacked off for many weeks, and soon, 3 weeks was left before the competition, so... you know the rest of the story. We spent many hours doing up the props, structures, script, play, etc. We even stay back till 11 in school just to finish it. And finally, it was the day of the competition. Cool. We did our best and did pretty well (in our opinion). But we got 6th position (out of 8 i may add). So well, a little disappointed, but the purpose of competitions is not for the prize, it's for the fun in the process (in my opinion). Of course, our group's process lasted only 3 weeks, but still, it was fun while it lasted.
Okay. Done with OM. But 3 days after today, there's another competition. Too much pressure? Not really, but yes, a bit of pressure. So, Thursday's competition is the Malay Conversational Story Telling Competition (or something like that). So, while preparing for OM, I was suddenly called on by my Malay teacher to join this competition, and I said yes unhesitantly (I should start learning to say no). Anyway, while the story seemed pretty long, I could finish telling it in around 3 minutes (which was the time limit). I've done the props already, and so has my partner (it's a story for 2, I'm the narrator with lots of speaking roles, while he's the actor with lots of acting roles). Wish us luck!
Done already? Nope. There's another competition in one month's time. I guess I can slack, but you never know. It's the Science Literature Review Competition. Apparently my group of 4 has to do a literature review of around 1300 - 1500 words and submit it by the 24th of May. Cool. At least it wasn't clumped together with the other 2 previously mentioned competitions. I should start on it now... but never mind.
Okay, I think I'm done with competitions for today (I still have to practice for the Story Telling Competition), so I think that's all for today!
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