ramblings of 03S78

03S78. HCJC.

27 of us make up the lovely class of 03S78 :)

it was a year and 6 mths ago that we graduated from hwachong, nothing much has
changed since then - we still have the good old class outings when we spend most
of the time walking around (+ extended one in europe recently), we still play
mahjong, watch movies, go æçå¦! together (at nwxiang's request of course)..

to many more years of friendship!

teddy! :)

our beloved school :)

our lovely flag.

outside canteen.

chalet in ubin.

'A' lvls results '05

Chao recruits!! '05

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ramblings~

Yijin + girls! '05

Xiz, Ms Wang + guys! '04

* 03S78
* hwachong junior college

* candice
* lifang
* yang
* xiaoxuan
* hilda
* quanyao
* xizhen
* sharon
* huiqi
* meiyin
* yijin
* yifan
* pear
* nwxiang
* weixin
* samuel
* ningqi
* pua
* yilin
* eliza
* wijaya
* ronnie
* weilei
* bong
* ryan shea
* wuwei
* r~linz

* hwachong!
* IVLE :)
* 30th Anniversary!
* HJC Council! :)
* our funky yahoogroups! :)
* winning thinkquest entry - i-Matrix
* blogger
* blogskins

* junior class!
* grandjuniors!
* 06s78
* 07s78
* 08s78

* dearly beloved ms wang!
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* 03S7A
* 03A11
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* 03S62
* 03S69

* 04S68
* 04S62

deutschland!!

to give another side of the story to what ningqi wrote.. here's how the germans have viewed the world cup. basically before the world cup, germany played a few international friendlies, out of which one was particularly disastrous - a 4-1 defeat against italy. the team was pretty shit, the manager was pretty shit (cos he stayed in california, and introduced stupid american training methods, and americans can't even play football supposedly), everything was pretty shit. so the initial german mentality was that of - let's just be good hosts and hope we get into the next round. in fact, the official motto of the world cup is "die Welt zu Gast bei Freunden" which means "a time to make friends" officially, or more literally, the world as guests with friends. :)

there were some firsts in this world cup, most notably the Fan Fests - big screens were set up in the 12 host cities to accomodate fans who couldn't get tickets. not only was every game screened live, singers bands & cultural groups also performed to enthusiastic crowds :) it's really great cos one day you hear say, latin american music, and pple would be dancing to it.. another day it could be a korean cultural programme & as many pple would be watching. so when matches are on, pple usually go there 2h before it starts to be able to even get in. apart fr the Fan Fests hundreds of volunteers are also stationed all over the host cities to help fans. :) get accomodation, find gd food, amuse themselves in btwn games, get transport tips etc. shops open on sunday (a big WOW for germany) and the city is constantly buzzing with excitement. :) :)

so now to the story everyone is familiar with. the german recovery! :) yep as football fans might know, german football was synonymous with boring, solid defence, wait for the one chance to score, and little else. to everyone's surprise, they started playing the most exciting fast-paced football while everyone else started to play like germany of the past :P wahaha. so public confidence began restoring, pple started to believe the team could at least make the semis (which they did!!).. and flags have been waving, pple have been wearing german colours, singing the world cup songs & their national anthem with gusto, and even painting their houses in black-red-gold apparently! and this show of patriotism is in fact pretty special & a first in itself. since WW2, germans have only dared to say they were ashamed for being german, any show of patriotism would be met with a raised eyebrow. who could be proud of the part in the war & widespread murder they committed, right? but i think thru the world cup they realise they also deserve to be proud of their country, for admitting to their mistakes, for recovering so quickly after the war, and for the responsible role they now play in world politics. in fact, football played a role in the recovery of germany, as some pple say. their first world cup victory was in 1954, aka "the miracle of Bern", and it apparently gave the german people much belief in themselves, which helped the economy alot too.

yes, stuff ningqi mentioned are fairly common here too, especially the non-stop honking, and sitting on the car, in the open boot, waving their flags, and shouting "Deutschland!!!" :) also the beer drinking (i havent had beer poured over me yet fortunately) and of course the partying goes on.

and if i may say so, i think germany has done pretty well organising the whole thing! have only read reports and heard about how fans have encountered many friendly germans, enjoyed their food & beer, discovered that germans were indeed diligent, efficient (thanks to the trains woohoo!) and have fantastic organisational abilities, and they even know how to party, wow! :P i guess the world cup is also a big promotional event for germany but i think it's been done in good taste & is pretty successful! :) :)

so.. maybe germany will meet france in the finals! :) just a reminder - germany vs italy is on 5th 3am sgp time, and portugal vs france on 6th 3am. 3rd 4th placing is 9th 3am, and the final is on the 10th 2am. dont miss it! :)

xiz lived on 6:00 AM

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