Xavier Tong
3905
Group 189


Insights and reflections



Preliminary Ideas:
My ideas were adapted from The Integrated Program where secondary and pre-university education are combined to form a one-way 6 years holistic education. The modification was to implement this program in the Singapore Sports School (SSS). The idea was strong because my alma-mata has implemented this and I have first-hand experience. However, what I could have done was to do more research on SSS to substantiate my idea and make the project seem more feasible right from the start.

Group Project Proposal:
Our Group Project Proposal (GPP) lacked background research and this lead to our encounter with a huge problem while writing our Written Report (WR). The lack of print data for us to collaborate lead to our literature review being very internet-based. This made our GPP very one-sided and the data could therefore be less reliable as anyone can post information on the net and is not liable for the reliability of the data.

Group Written Report:
During the course of writing the report, we found that our modification of the current practice was very weak, hence we had to stop and retrace our footsteps. This lead to our project becoming what it is now, a Spun-bond shopping bag levy. Furthermore, we found that our report was not answering the question in the sense that we haven’t really explained how we have modified the project to suit the needs of the people. Our last obstacle was that after we changed the direction of the project from a plastic bag levy to a shopping bag levy, NTUC FairPrice and Cold Storage started to sell reusable Spun-bond bags for consumers to purchase. However upon discussion, we realize that this “stumbling block” is actually more of a stepping stone. The very fact that the bags are sold in the supermarkets assert our stand that the project will work and our idea is feasible.

Evaluation of Material:
The article I worked on had very interesting ideas explored. The article provided vital information which acted as a stepping stone for us to generate a new idea when we found out that we did not have much of a modification. Within the article, the argument brought forth showed paved the way for our project to become what it is.

Preparation for Oral Presentation:
The preparation phase of the oral presentation (OP) was extremely hard to begin as we did not know how or what to start. This was due to the immense amount of information that we have in the WR. Also, we had to change the mundane academic language used in the report to suit the OP where we have to engage the audience. Given our usual selves, we managed to play to our strengths as a group and made use of our lively nature to come out with an entertaining start and maintain the high energy tone throughout the entire OP.

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haha.. im so random! heehee... am i high? maybe i am.. i dunno.. gosh.. kill me? anytime..

during this span of like God noes howlong i havent updated.. so many things happened.. i swear so many things that only happens in serials happened to me.. first i was threatened via a phone call.. then i nearly got into a car accident.. i live in fear man.. i contemplated bring my 24ounce bat to school everyday juz incase i got confronted by the CHAO AH BENG! -growls- i dun mind killing man.. so u might think im sordid and mordid.. but then again.. im human.. i have my tempers and moods.. im not moodym but i seem to have a shorter fuse towards strangers that dun give a damn bout others. juz the other day as i was playing baskertball, some grp of GROWN men came to play soccer on the basketball court.. and the point was.. WE WERE AT THE COURT FIRST! and there was a street cout neaby! so they kicked the ball to our side and the friggin ball whacked me right out.. i screamed a profanity and one of them, a CHAO AH BENG, tried to act tough and wanted a fight.. his frens stopped him.. mine stopped me.. i sooo wanted to crush his bones and grind them to powder and use it to roughen the basketball court and increase friction...

thats bout it.. so much stuff to do.. gosh;..haha.. i need my specs and shoes.. hus gonna buy them for me? haha...BUY FOR ME!!! heehee.. then got so much towork on.. im lovin it.. muz go do work alr..

i love all of u! so if u miss me.. pls dun juz miss.. do sth to show that u do.. get me my shoes and specs! haha.. no la.. drop me a msg, give me a call.. haha.. like we all used to do..

that'll be nice... -hint hint-

RESOLUTIONS:
organise a delta grp outing.. i SWEAR
Service Learning
IHD
shopping
lose weight!
and loads more.. WUAHAHAHAHAHA

i miss u marian.. i really do.. but time dun permit my meeting with u.. im trying.. to find time.. im sorry!