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Mug
v. The Singaporean version of cramming for exams, i.e. scanning notes into one's brain. As if it wasn't filled with enough junk already.
Only if Necessary
adv. The night before for classroom assessments; one day for lecture tests; and one day and night (per subject) for major examinations.
This author is currently on hiatus for the ignoble cause of mugging. The public is advised to remain calm, as this routine protocol has been shown to have no effect on one's violent tendencies in 96% of cases.
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 |
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economical policies
Hwachong's getting more economical these days...
Here's the evidence:
Re: Our letter dated 23 Apr 07 addressed to Parents/Guardian
From: Ivan Oh 25-04-07
To: All Sec 3 & 4
We refer to our letter dated 23 April 2007 on Hwa Chong Institution Reading Programme, addressed to your parents/guardian.
Please note a typing error in paragraph 5 : Each student will also get a copy of the 2007 Yearbook at $9.00 (not 2006 Yearbook which you had already paid for on 2 Nov 06.)
We are collecting payment for 2007 Yearbook before the GST increase in July 2007.
You should be receiving your copy of the 2006 Yearbook in mid-May 2007.
Kindly keep your parents/guardian informed of the above.
Thank you.
Wow, the school actually shows concern over saving our parent's money and not letting it go into the gahmen's pockets. Look, you can save a grand total of, um, 18 cents by avoiding the 2% GST hike!
But still, that's quite substantial if you mutliply it by the student population (almost 2k)...giving us a total savings of around $350 for the school. Hey, that might be enough to buy the portable street soccer court for us! =P
Re: FairPrice Used textbooks Project 2006
From: HON CHIEW WENG 25-04-07
To: All Students
Dear Students,
There were 116 students took part in the FairPrice Used Textbooks Project last year, the organisers have expressed their gratitude and appreciation of the services provided by these student volunteers.
Each volunteer has been given an allowance, the amount depends on the length of services. Since this is a community service, I feel that the volunteers should not be paid. Hence I would like to suggest the volunteers donate their allowance to the Needy Students Fund to benefits people who need the money. However I will leave it to each volunteer to decide.
Pls give me your indication as follows:
A) Pls click "A" if you agree to donate your allowance.
B) Pls click "B" if you want to keep your allwance. Kindly give us your NRIC Number if you want to the school to release your allowance to you.
If you have not participated in the project, just disregard this message.
Thank you.
Hon
I wasn't involved in the project, so i don't know how much those students received...though even an average allowance of $10 would mean an extra $1160 in the coffers (Which is more than 3 times of the savings from the yearbooks!)
Though now Mr. Hon is asking the students to give up virtually their only other benefit from the project other than CIP hours - the small sum of money they received.
But heyheyhey, as they say, a little help goes a loooong way, right?
And here's the catch, though it's not explicitly stated in the message: You don't deserve that money. Give it to us or else! (...or else your NRIC number will be entered into our blacklist and you can forget about receiving any future benefits/awards from the school! MUAHAHAHA)
The school must have been receiving too little donations from the prize money of competition winners or smth. You evil guys D:
Though there was one thought which surfaced in my mind: Do they get more CIP hours if they donate their prize money? After all, it's an act of charity which potentially benefits the society at large.
Sadly, that probably won't happen, considering how economical the school is with everything from money to grades to CIP hours. I mean, im sure that warm and fuzzy feeling you get after doing a good deed is reward enough, after all. >:3
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'Twas teh winnar at 10:38 pm.
