Eventful things happened pretty much every day (because what is life if you don't stop to appreciate the little moments?), but Term 3 Week 3 can be summed up by two key things. Firstly, the combined ACE lesson with 506, and secondly, Lee Han Jie's current affairs presentation for English.
Goodness, I swear I hadn't laughed this much in class since, well, as far back as I can remember.
I mean, there were plenty of sleepy moments in class too, like when nobody could stay awake during Physics, or Math, when my class isn't reduced to a dreary, unresponsive zombie-like state, we're pretty awesome.
We've been wanting to have combined sex ed with 506 for two weeks now, because Ms Dass and Mr Wang (06's mentor) have awesome chemistry together, even though they argue over virtually everything. Anyway, since 06 and 05 have good rapport, we managed to get Ms Dass to say she didn't mind a combined session, and Mr Wang to agree to place his mentor class in Ms Dass' hands (because he evidently doesn't prepare for these lessons).
The story played out like this: On that fateful Wednesday, Adithya came down to my class and asked if we were going up to his class or if his class had to come down to ours, since Mr Wang apparently told 06 that they were having a combined session. Ms Dass then told Adithya to ask his class to come to ours (because we didn't want to climb stairs). Adithya promptly returned to his class and told Mr Wang that Ms Dass had invited their class to join sex ed with our class. Genius orchestration.
It wasn't like sex ed at all. It was more like watching a brilliant television talk show with "abstinence" as the word of the day. It was epic, and the session was filled with the laughter of fifty-odd students, Ms Dass's "what-on-earth" face, and Mr Wang's clueless hand waving and general BS.
If every ACE lesson were like this from now onwards, I would look forward to every Wednesday.
Then the next epic thing happened on Friday, when the remaining six were supposed to present their current affairs reviews during English. It went completely ordinarily, with Ms Dass jotting down notes and most of us listening politely and sometimes exclaiming in outrage, until Han Jie took centre stage.
We didn't think much of it when he posted a link to an article reporting the incident where that guy ate this other guy's face in Miami last May, although we were probably a bit curious as to how anyone could talk about and evaluate the issues found in the article.
But then, oh my goodness, he pulled it off so brilliantly, and so nonchalantly, too. "Look, here is a picture of the man attacking the homeless guy," and "And in this slide you can see the cannibal has been shot dead," were delivered so casually I didn't know whether to hide in disgust or laugh.
And it got worse (or better, actually). He concluded his presentation (after an interactive session concerning whether we would kill and eat other people if we were starving to death) with a slide that made us laugh for at least five minutes straight (I do not exaggerate), bent double in mirth and with tears streaming down our faces.
Ms Dass laughed until she cried too, and she said, "Why, Han Jie, why? You're making me cry," and "I need a tissue, please," punctuated with a lot of laughing. It's funny how we found it hard to be serious considering we were talking about gruesome murder and the like.
Here is a photo of that brilliant slide.
Excellent abs workout.
Today, we went to the Hyatt to celebrate our Sultan's 66th birthday. Good food (the bread and butter, I loved it), then we performed, then we ate again and took a tonne of pictures. Last year for the Year 6 seniors. I realise I'm going to miss them terribly.
Also, finished reading 'Unholy Night'. It's scary how Seth Grahame-Smith writes complete rubbish yet somehow is able to make everything seem completely plausible. All we know about the Nativity has been rewritten into something more human, more real (although we know it's a work of fiction), and more relatable. Great characterisation, has touching parts, and gruesomely detailed, too. The author is somehow able to cast just the right amount of doubt onto religion that makes sense, and is also able to inject bits of faith into the story as well, which I totally admired. Great work. I foresee a movie.
Okay, Monday tomorrow. Have two hours of Electrochemistry and a Biochem prac to look forward to.
P.S. I find myself spending too much time doing Chem nowadays.
P.P.S. Stats is sexy.
P.P.P.S. Congratulations to Lim Jeck, for achieving first in the world for IMO. I love how our entire school is so proud of him.
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