A visit to MacRitchie Reservoir (Saturday, 19 Jan 2008)

Today, I went to MacRitchie Reservoir with my family to go jogging. It was my first time going there.

When I reached there, I was immediately captured by its beautiful surroundings. It was full of greenery. The trees, bushes, grass, and plants. I took a deep breath, and the fresh air filled me in with energy. Then I started off with a slow jog. The cool morning breeze caressed my face, and urged me to go faster. Animals spluttered with life there. I could see birds fluttering, squirrels scrambling up trees, and even monkeys. Thanks to environmental-friendly people, the monkeys were tamed. I could still recall the time I went to Malaysia, and when I visited monkeys, a monkey came to me and snatched away my packet of biscuits.

After jogging for 20minutes, I was hot and sweaty, but the cool air cooled me down quickly. My first visit here tells me that MacRitchie Reservoir is an excellent place. It is relaxing, the air is cool, and animals are friendly. I hope that I can come here more often in the future.

Do not take things for granted (Friday, 18 Jan 2008)

Tonight, my father and I went out to buy some stuff. Including those items that I needed for my NCC LAND camp.

Walking along the pavement, we noticed a handicapped man sitting on a wheelchair. He was playing a guitar for donations. At a closer glance, I found out that he was also blind! I could not help but to feel sorry for the person. So I donated $2 to him. I made no sound, so obviously, he did not reply.

This experienced lead me to feel how life is precious. We are born without abnormalities, and we live good lives nowadays. Thus, we always take things for granted. Seeing the handicapped man playing the guitar without using his eyes goes to show how talented he is, for he must have worked very hard to achieve this standard. Mentioning this, I feel embarrassed that I have always been taking things for granted, while these people struggle live everyday…

I have to thank the man for letting me learnt a few lifelong values, and also realise how fortunate I am. I hope that this can motivate me to work harder and stop taking things for granted. =)

Personal Recount (Thursday, 17 Jan 2008)

Today is another new day, the start of a normal routine. I woke up at 5.20 am, and got ready for school. The feel of going to school is great. Enjoying lessons, learning new stuff, and getting together with friends.

During the last period of the day, which is literature lesson, the fire alarm went off. It was quite unexpected as people thought that it would come earlier. We packed our bags and went outside to queue up. The sun was shining brightly when we got to the field. I could feel the heat penetrating through my skin. It was quite a long wait when we finally got to go back to class and were dismissed.

I went down to the gym for dragon boat training, which is one of my CCA activities. We went to the lagoon and jogged there two rounds. Then we went to the gym to do some workouts, and after that some physical training. Finally…we were dismissed. Quite early. I was glad as there were a few projects that I needed to do and also homework. On the next Monday and Tuesday, I will have a camp in the NCC headquarters to promote my rank in my CCA, NCC LAND. So I will have to do some preparations. That’s all for today!