Model Pupil Dies in Accident

NINE-YEAR-OLD Mindy Neo was so excited about returning to school after the one-week break that she slept early just so she could wake up feeling fresh the next morning.
But the girl, who would have been 10 next month, never made it to class on Monday after an accident involving a van while she was crossing Buangkok Drive at about 6.45am.
The Primary 4 prefect at Punggol Primary School was flung about 20m on impact and died in hospital two hours later.
The 24-year-old Indonesian maid who was with Mindy at the time was injured and is now warded in Changi Hospital with head and back injuries.
The accident is believed to have occurred when the red van turned right from from Punggol Road into Buangkok Drive. Mindy and her maid were using the pedestrian crossing at the time, although it is not clear if the traffic lights were in their favour at the time.
Mindy's parents were distraught yesterday and her father, Mr Neo Hwee Choon, 43, was in tears when he spoke to reporters before her wake yesterday morning.
Just last month, father and daughter composed a song - 'Teachers' Day Love Song' - on a piano he bought her recently.
Mindy went on to record the tune onto CDs and presented them to her teachers on Teachers' Day. Mindy's death was also a blow to her principal, teachers and classmates, who described her as 'creative, intelligent and humble'.
Police have arrested the 63-year-old van driver on suspicion of causing death through a rash or negligent act, offences which could see him jailed for a maximum sentence of five years and fined.
The police are appealing for eyewitnesses and anyone with information should call the Traffic Police on 1800-547-1818.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
joolin@sph.com.sg

(I found this in the straits time website...)

Videos on dogs

The url directs you to a part of the Discovery channel website with interesting videos on some dog species.

http://animal.discovery.com/videos/dogs-101-labrador-retriever.html
This is the species featured in the book, Marley and Me.

http://animal.discovery.com/videos/breed-all-about-it-whippet.html
My husband loves whippet.

Rammie and Robbie

They are my dear chinchillas, Rammie and Robbie.

My husband and I were very sad when we had to bring them back to school. It was a difficult decision as they are so much a part of our life. We would play with them everyday. We needed to bring them back to school because my husband is on long business trips these few months and my doctor told me not to be exposed to animals for too long. Better be safe than sorry. I cried when they left the house.

I am looking forward to bring them back home when my baby is born next year and we can be reunited again. Meanwhile, will have to rely on Creature Watch to take good care of them.

Posting pictures

When you want to post a picture, make sure you are in the "compose" window and you will see many text formatting buttons above the space where you type.

There is a button for you to click to add pictures that you want.


You will click 'Browse' if you want to add an image or picture which is already saved on your computer.




Hope this helps!

Try out this url for more help.
http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=41641

Website for learning

This website has worksheets for English, Math and Science for different primary school levels. It will be quite good when you are doing your revision.

http://www.tut-world.com/

The Relief Teacher

Hi all,
Well I'm not talking about Mdm Lee. She's nice!
I'm talking about the new relief teacher. She's fierce and even wants to us to do our presentation tomorrow when my group hasn't even finish! She also says she wants us to stay back tomorrow. The whole class! But she also helps when Benjamin doesn't want to do his share. But most of us don't really like her.

Updates

Hi everyone!

Thanks, Shannon, for your concern.

I miss the class very much. How are things in school? I know you have a new relief teacher. Please keep me updated about the relief teacher. Both good and not so good things so i am informed.

I have great and terrific news for those who have yet to find out what happened. I am pregnant! I am very thrilled and excited.

My gynaecologist (a doctor who takes care of women's health and pregnant ladies) advised me to rest at home so that the baby can develop well. I can't quite be as active and i need to rest and lie down more so that i would not get too tired.

Initially, i would get nauseous and uncomfortable. Currently, it has become slightly better. My appetite has improved and i have to eat healthy food and fruits to give my baby the nutrition he or she needs.

The entire pregnancy will take about 9 months and i am now about 13 weeks pregnant. I could see the baby while the gynaecologist does ultrasound scans for me. It is such a wonderful sight for both my husband and I to see the baby move and sometimes waving the arms.

I would share the pictures with the class when i am back in school.

Do continue to work hard and enjoy your time in school.

Love,
Mdm Chan

Cool sites

Hi guys sorry, I didn't know I would find new wenbsites! Sorry. I should haved combined the last post with this one. Sorry. So here are the websites

http://scienceray.com/biology/zoology/the-most-ferocious-predators-on-planet-earth/
http://scienceray.com/biology/zoology/glow-in-the-dark-rabbit-science-fact-or-fiction/
http://scienceray.com/biology/zoology/interesting-facts-you-may-not-know/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/04/090415-russia-firman-video-ap.html
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Videos///kids.nationalgeographic.com/Videos/
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Activities/JustJoking/Justjokingdolphincomedian?vgnextfmt=alternate
Hope you guys like it!
From,
Shannon

Animals

Hi guys,

I came across this website that has quite intresting facts. Here's the website:

http://purpleslinky.com/trivia/science/amazingly-weird-facts-about-animals/ My favourite fact is about an animal that eats its own brains! Hope you guys like it.

From, Shannon

Cool Author!

Hi all,

Yes, it's me again. I know I said I'll show you guys pictures and a video, but I think this is quite awesome. This author's called Faith Ng. Cool name huh? Anyway, she is in Primary 6 and she has managed to write a book. Let me give you more details about the book.
Title: Happily evr after (and no, I did not spell the evr wrongly. :( )
Genre: Teenage Fiction (but I still bought the book. Man! That was a big mistake. It's all teenage stuff!)
Cover: Beaauuuuuuuuuutiful! It was beautiful! :) I loved the cover! The cover had a picture, of a boy and a girl (very young) holding hands, on a meadow i think. The picture was clear and beautiful. Have you heard "a picture means a thousand words"? Well, it's true. By just looking at the picture, you can like guess that it is about what. You might be able to guess the plot too.
About: Childhood sweethearts. Grew up being very close friends. Later, when they grew up more, became boyfriend, girlfriend. Ewww! Teenage stuff. But I still idolise Faith though. And by the way, I didn't read finish the book, it was too, ummm "teenagy". I hope that I can be like Faith one day. I just hope that I will be able to write a book. But I might never get the chance, maybe I will... Oh, and if you want to find uot more, you could go to this website.http://www.faiththeauthor.com I hope you guys understand that it is not easy for Faith, coming up with so many ideas. The book is quite a long one. I can lend it to you, if you want that is. Just tell me when school reopens. :)
From,
Shannon

Whale Sharks

Hi all,

Did you guys hear about Sentosa wanting to import a whale shark! Can you believe them! Just for their selfish purposes(they want money,can this world get any greedier?) Although they might look kinda scary, I mean they are so like, harmless! And I got some websites about the whale shark(a super colossal animal!)http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/whale-shark.html http://www.extremescience.com/BiggestFish.htm and http://www.whale-shark.org/whale_shark_research_facts.php


From,
Shannon

Aliens

Hi guys,

Me and my friends were researching about aliens, and I came across these websites, I would like to share them with you. http://www.altereddimensions.net and http://www.ufocasebook.com


From,
Shannon

An Interesting Website

Hi all,

Recently, I came across this really interesting website. Its really interesting and quite funny too! But to find the funny part, you will have to read finish it. The funny part is at the end actually. Here's the website, http://www.funbrain.com/brainteasers/MagicWebCam.html Hope you will enjoy it.


From,
Shannon

Jokes Wahaha

There was once an old monk telling a young monk a story which goes like this:
There was once an old monk telling a young monk a story which goes like this:
There was once an old monk telling a young monk a story which goes like this:
There was once an old monk telling a young monk a story which goes like this:
There was once an old monk telling a young monk a story which goes like this:
There was once an old monk telling a young monk a story which goes like this:
............
one more:
There was one man who went to another country and he went to the beach.
He saw the wave was very nice so he took out ALL his clothes and jumped into the water. After he was done swimming,he found that his clothes was stolen except his hat.
so he used his hat to cover his private part and he went back to the hotel. One old lady saw him and laughed.
The man was very angry and said: " If u were a lady, u wouldn't be laughing!!"
The old woman said: " If you were a man, you would remove your hat!!"
If u dont understand its because when a man greets people in some countries, they take their hat off their heads so take the hat off!!!

Mount Brinchang

The breathtaking view at the summit of Mount Brinchang



The spectacular view from the foliage nearing the summit



There were many sections of steep climbs. We were lucky we had a pleasant weather. The ground was not too wet nor muddy.

Evidence to support what Shannon said about her muddy pants. My shoe got stuck in mud once! But it was all good fun to be within nature.

I was proud of myself for conquering Mount Brinchang and i am sure Shannon would have felt the same way too.

To those who have not been to Cameron Highlands, you should go there someday. It is a relaxing place with a cool climate and lots to see.

Removing Cbox

Hi all,

This blog is actually open to public so whoever can search for us using Google or any other search engines. It seems like the cbox is getting abused again.

I will remove the cbox in a few days.

Shannon and Nicole who have the access rights to post on the blog can share their thoughts and ideas in their posts. Your posts need not be long. The best thing is that you can post comments on your posts too.

Anyone else who would like to post on this blog, please give me your email address so i can add you in as one of the authors.

Thank you Shannon and Nicole for respecting the use of cbox.

Love,
Mdm Chan

Hi My experience at rosyth

Hi all!
Really during the first 2 weeks i was totally lost in the school i even had 2 ask my classmate for directions!!! lol but i soon settled down obviously. and bad luck got the very fierce chinese teacher siannnnnnnnn
lol there's 6 floors in rosyth(why u think i got lost??) n the canteen is on the 4th floor for convenience on those on the 6th floor(phew im on the 6th floor)When they name the stalls n the bins for throwing ur plates in DOES NOT HAVE THE STALL NAMES!!! even the teacher n my friends need to count the stalls!!! oh n I hate it when we have silent reading at the ibc(indoor basket ball court) cos its at 1st floor n have to climb to 6th floor when my legs are stiff!!! very sian...
oh now i have to go to my class wikispace for science discussion on project... bye!!!

Mistakes , mistakes , and more mistakes

Dear friends and teacher,



I know I have been writing a lot of posts, but this one is important. Do you remember my mount brinchang post? Well in that post , there were too many mistakes , so i will write the link again.
http://winterswallow.blogspot.com/2008/07/gunung-brinchang-mystical-beautiful

Note: I did not write the link for the picture because I cold not find the correct website. You can do some research. There is no comma, replace it with a full stop.

Sincerely,

Shannon

Mount Brinchang

Dear all,

Hi , this is Shannon again! I am so sure that all of you (evan me!) wants to go to Mt Brinchang. So just in case you or me is not able to go here is a picture from a website called http://www.travelingblog,org/Photos/867213.html and a blog i found on the internet that i say when you come back you might find it a bit creepy if you continue to read the blog. If you are tempted, i will not stop you http://winterswallowtail.blogspot.com/2008/07/gunung-brinchang-mystical-beautiful.html. If you get chosen , have fun!


Love,
Shannon

Pets

Dear friends and Teacher,


Anyone wants to have a pet but don't have one? Your parents are like ," NO! You cannot have a dog! It is so expensive! $5472 for a pug! THe dog is sooooooooo small! And you need to pay that much!" Are they like that? Well tell them not to worry! You can go to the SPCA to adopt one! Adoption is free! You just have to pay the madical fee! It is $100 over dollars! I do not know how much it costs for the AVA dogs. Just in cas4e, you can check out the website www.spca.org.sg www.ava.gov.sg at the ava website, you can learn about being a responsible pet owner and food safety, maybe more!

The PAT

You all got the letter for nominating the PAT. But have you decided who to vote for? No? Or yes? Hope you voted for Mdm Chan. If you want , may you vote for Mdm Chan?( I am not forcing you. You can choose) I really wish her to win.(I really am not forcing you) Note: you have to believe me. I REALLY am not forcing you!

Posting your thoughts on this blog

Dear all,

I believe many of you would love to create posts and contribute to this blog. Good things to share are your thoughts, feelings and comments about what is happening in your life.

However, the blog must remain a place where we post our ideas in a respectful manner. That is no demeaning of other people or illegal content.

I will need your email addresses so i can add you as an author of this blog.

Do give me your email address and name by writing it on a piece of paper and giving it to me in school. You could also email me.

Love,
Mdm Chan