today is just another peaceful day, the chlorophyll in the leafs of the plants shine with bright green reflections.
well, stop i will stop the crap. early in the morning 7.45, when to buy some sweets in order to continue a long day ahead. every thursday, you will always have sweets during classes as i will offer them to you [ this depends on my mood, and the teacher teaching]
today, nothing special happen, no unlucky things, weird things, strange happenings and stry facts. just going to tell you what i had learnt during biology lessons
LESSON 1, THE HEART
the heart is a pump in our body, it pump bloods into blood vessels. the heart has 2 atriums and ventricles, 2 pair of semilunar valve, bicuspid valve and tricuspid valve.
the left atrium will recieve oxygenated blood from lungs through the pulmonary veins and the blood goes to the left ventricles and to the arteries, bringing the blood to all part of the body.
the right atrium, will recieve blood from the superior and inferior vena cava. the deoxygenated blood will travel into the right ventricle and to the lungs through the pulmonary artery.
LESSON 2, THE BLOOD
the blood is a liquid substance which bring oxygen to all the cells in our body.
the blood contains, red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma and platelets.
the red blood cells has no nucleus and it contains haemoglobins, which gave the blood red colour. the bone marrow produce them, after a certain time they will be brought the the liver for destruction. the main function of red blood cells is to transport oxygen to cells and homones to other parts of body. it has a biconcave shape
the white blood cell is a kind of immune cells, it kills germs,bacteria that gets into our body through cuts and wounds.
plasma is a yellow colour liquid that made blood liquified.
platelets is a cell that tends to form a clot on the cut or wounds to stop the bleeding.
LESSON 3, THE BLOOD VESSELS
HAHA, guess you getting bored here, but i dont CARE. i love bio. *booooo!*
there are 3 types of blood vessels, the veins, the artery and the capillaries.
the artery has a thick wall, small lumen as the pressure of the blood is high, the thick wall prevents the vessels from tearing. the vessels carries blood away from the heart. oftenly, it carries oxygenated blood to other parts of body.
the veins has thinner walls compared to artery, the lumen is big, it contains valve too. the wall is thinner as the blood pressure is not as fast as the artery. oftenly, it contains deoxygenated blood back to the heart. the vessels carries blood towards the heart. the valve will stop the blood from going backwards, so it is against gravitional force.
ok i had finish my lessons. what a great time i had.
haha.
ok, got to stop, no more energy for typing!
TAN SHU MEI - is it BIG enough?
Thursday, July 27, 2006 @ Nth special
Monday, July 24, 2006 @ updating!
ok, i finally going to update today!
*3 cheers*
ok, today is suppose to be a VERY very happy day for me, because it is JASMINE YEO's birthday!! *wooo* but because of my loss of wallet, which contain $12 and ez-link card, and the lecture from the elders today, my mood was totally SPOILED in the morning and nothing could make me even smile.
luckily, my bunch of friends manage to cheer me up. and when i saw jasmine was happy with my present, i was relieved, my hard work paid off. =)
I want to thank Mr Jae and Mrs Sharon Tan.
Mr Jae, Thank you for the loan of $12. i really need that =) but i don't know when i can return the cash to you.
Mrs Sharon Tan, Thank you for passing the money to me. without you, i wont be able to recieve the money from mr jae.
I APPRECIATE THOSE ACTIONS, although it may be small.
well, thats about it, for today.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JASMINE!!
TAN SHU MEI- ok, it is big enough liao
*3 cheers*
ok, today is suppose to be a VERY very happy day for me, because it is JASMINE YEO's birthday!! *wooo* but because of my loss of wallet, which contain $12 and ez-link card, and the lecture from the elders today, my mood was totally SPOILED in the morning and nothing could make me even smile.
luckily, my bunch of friends manage to cheer me up. and when i saw jasmine was happy with my present, i was relieved, my hard work paid off. =)
I want to thank Mr Jae and Mrs Sharon Tan.
Mr Jae, Thank you for the loan of $12. i really need that =) but i don't know when i can return the cash to you.
Mrs Sharon Tan, Thank you for passing the money to me. without you, i wont be able to recieve the money from mr jae.
I APPRECIATE THOSE ACTIONS, although it may be small.
well, thats about it, for today.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JASMINE!!
TAN SHU MEI- ok, it is big enough liao
Friday, July 14, 2006 @ OBS
well, last 5 days we went to obs, it is tough. i will tell you what had happen:
Day 1 10/7
we went to school to take the bus to jetty to take the boat to Pulau Ubin for the OBS. i was kind of homesick. after we reach there, we were separated to different groups. I was in a group named "Battuta" consist the members, Minyi, me, Shi hai, Joseph, Stef, Rauf, Amanda, Amirah, Shu Yan, Jia ling, yong shuang, Dhaifina, Linclon, Huzhairi and Clemence at first i thought the name was stupid, but after 5 days i find it simple and nice. we were introduced to our OBS instructors, HL and Jackie. they have a sense of humor. then, we were introduced to our storeroom to check the stuffs there like tents, cover sheets, helmets, harness, ground sheet and etc etc...
our 1st activity was to be like a lalang to fall backwards and forword without we, ourselves controling the actions. there will be 2 friends in front and behind to push you forward and backwards. then it was the activity, Trust fall , it is something like you fall backwards your team mates will carry you.
next we were taught how to wear the harness and helmets. it was quite easy actually and i was really for the next activity, which is belaying. it was FUN, and i dont know that i'm not scare of heights.
tubular to control the rope
the rope for climbing
we went back to pitch the tents, after that. we were taught how to pitch it. now i miss pitching tents. after pitching tents it is time for dinner, they boys cook for the whole group, while the rest of the Buttuta when to bath. it's teamwork. soon the sun has set, and it is time to sleep, i can't sleep at all, but i manage to rest one hour. after the short rest, i woke up, talk with Min Yi. suddenly, Pearl An came and look for us. she wanted to go Jalan Jalan at the jetty. we accompanied her there and chat alot. an hour later we went back to our tents, it was already 2.30 am in the morning. But we are still not sleepy, and pearl an came looking for us again, this time with De Li and Yong keong, went to the jetty and chat again.
soon it was day break.
Day 2 11/7
we learn how to kayak in the sea today, we need capsize the kayak and get out of it quickly. capsize-ing was fun! and we learn how to rescue other kayak when they capsize in deep sea. then we went to take our harness and helmets to climb the wooden log thingy, don't know what it it called. i want to go up too! but it rain so we ran to shelter and stop the activity.
soon it was night, i eat, bath and blah blah. feel so tired as i didn't sleep last night, as we went back to our tents, we found out that our tents is full of puddles of rainwater, too wet until we cant sleep in that. so we went to the hall, to sleep thanks to the kind uncle working there. but i still not used to it, so i only slept an hour AGAIN.
Day 3 12/7
we have sea expedition. which is to kayak until our next campsite, one round of pulau ubin. we spent 8 hours of kayaking. many people feel like giving up on the way there as it is VERY very tiring, this dishearten me as well. i try not to stop kayaking. soon we were having lunch on our kayak, making me dizzy because of the waves making the kayak to go up and down.
in order to cheer everyone, we sing songs while Kayaking.
it was fun, and i never know i could kayak such a long distance for the 1st time. the phrase is : never give up, have determination.
finally reach the land. pitch the tents, carry the kayaks and go to sleep. in between of those events, something strange actually happen, i dont know how it happen also. i was sleeping in my tent as i was sick, tired, dizzy and everyone thought i was missing, about 10+ people was looking for me and well candy, xuning and minyi cried for me? thats what i heard. i was like huh? what happened? got fire ah? well, now i know they care for me very much, sorry for letting you guys worried for me. i appreciate that, thank you, Samantha, for bringing me to the place where everyone was. i appreciate that too, so i'm not going to let you down by selling ALOT of magnetic toys
THANK YOU EVERYONE!
crap. well, very tired and we all slept. i finally manage to fall asleep, thank god.
Day 4 13/7
woke up at 6 am, went to looking for Jasmine they all which is the watch, Junko. give them some advices and encouragement before they went to kayak in the sea like us yesterday. wish them good luck and off they go.
as for us, we went to play games with other watches, Amundsen, Cheng Ho and Raleigh. then we discuss who to be the land exp. leader and navigators. i am one of the navigator and this is when i used map reading learnt from geog for obs, cool man.
keep telling those people to keep to the left, and sooner or later, they will be at the middle of the road. need to remind them alot of times, and everyone is slow as we are carrying those heavy backpacks.well, this time i really look like a turtle with huge shell. it was really heavy. but as a navigator, i cannot show my tiredness, so i took the lead and walked in front.
then, yong shuang, fall down, has slight muscle sprain. so i hung the tents in the bags on my neck. and soon, yong shuang, dhaifina and stef got abrasion and Rauf got buttache. for me, i got chest pain and my dizzy-ness has not really recover from yesterday. i didn't tell anyone, i dont want them to worry for me, so i bear with the pain in the chest and walked on.
finally we reach the campsite 2, HL and Jackie came looking for me asking am i ok, they said i look worse than yesterday. crap, im ok.
we ate our dinner, bathe as we didnt bathe yesterday and sleep. i was really tired.
Day 5 14/7
the last day, of obs, starting the feeling of not going home, obs is my home already. my family is my watch-mates and instructors are like our parents, whatever.
we wake up at 5.30 am brush teeth, talk, eat. went to the jetty with my watch to talk about what we learnt in this course. i learn alot, teamwork, leadership, determination, patient, commitment and lastly the most important is perseverance. not to give up, never say die, die die must try,try until you cry and die. our Battuta's motto.
another one is, we must have a sense of urgency!! haha
we went to check the stuffs in the store, and we lost some things, need to pay $11.60. we wash the tents, ground sheets and cover sheets. it was FUN as Rauf was playing with water, spraying water at us while washing.
then went buy obs shirt and watch photos. well, memorable... GO GO GO, THE BATTUs!!
Battuta rocks.
some photos to share :
BATTUTA formal photo
BATTUTA informal photo
my certificate for completing the OBS
TAN SHU MEI - see? got your name.
Day 1 10/7
we went to school to take the bus to jetty to take the boat to Pulau Ubin for the OBS. i was kind of homesick. after we reach there, we were separated to different groups. I was in a group named "Battuta" consist the members, Minyi, me, Shi hai, Joseph, Stef, Rauf, Amanda, Amirah, Shu Yan, Jia ling, yong shuang, Dhaifina, Linclon, Huzhairi and Clemence at first i thought the name was stupid, but after 5 days i find it simple and nice. we were introduced to our OBS instructors, HL and Jackie. they have a sense of humor. then, we were introduced to our storeroom to check the stuffs there like tents, cover sheets, helmets, harness, ground sheet and etc etc...
our 1st activity was to be like a lalang to fall backwards and forword without we, ourselves controling the actions. there will be 2 friends in front and behind to push you forward and backwards. then it was the activity, Trust fall , it is something like you fall backwards your team mates will carry you.
next we were taught how to wear the harness and helmets. it was quite easy actually and i was really for the next activity, which is belaying. it was FUN, and i dont know that i'm not scare of heights.
tubular to control the rope
the rope for climbing
we went back to pitch the tents, after that. we were taught how to pitch it. now i miss pitching tents. after pitching tents it is time for dinner, they boys cook for the whole group, while the rest of the Buttuta when to bath. it's teamwork. soon the sun has set, and it is time to sleep, i can't sleep at all, but i manage to rest one hour. after the short rest, i woke up, talk with Min Yi. suddenly, Pearl An came and look for us. she wanted to go Jalan Jalan at the jetty. we accompanied her there and chat alot. an hour later we went back to our tents, it was already 2.30 am in the morning. But we are still not sleepy, and pearl an came looking for us again, this time with De Li and Yong keong, went to the jetty and chat again.
soon it was day break.
Day 2 11/7
we learn how to kayak in the sea today, we need capsize the kayak and get out of it quickly. capsize-ing was fun! and we learn how to rescue other kayak when they capsize in deep sea. then we went to take our harness and helmets to climb the wooden log thingy, don't know what it it called. i want to go up too! but it rain so we ran to shelter and stop the activity.
soon it was night, i eat, bath and blah blah. feel so tired as i didn't sleep last night, as we went back to our tents, we found out that our tents is full of puddles of rainwater, too wet until we cant sleep in that. so we went to the hall, to sleep thanks to the kind uncle working there. but i still not used to it, so i only slept an hour AGAIN.
Day 3 12/7
we have sea expedition. which is to kayak until our next campsite, one round of pulau ubin. we spent 8 hours of kayaking. many people feel like giving up on the way there as it is VERY very tiring, this dishearten me as well. i try not to stop kayaking. soon we were having lunch on our kayak, making me dizzy because of the waves making the kayak to go up and down.
in order to cheer everyone, we sing songs while Kayaking.
it was fun, and i never know i could kayak such a long distance for the 1st time. the phrase is : never give up, have determination.
finally reach the land. pitch the tents, carry the kayaks and go to sleep. in between of those events, something strange actually happen, i dont know how it happen also. i was sleeping in my tent as i was sick, tired, dizzy and everyone thought i was missing, about 10+ people was looking for me and well candy, xuning and minyi cried for me? thats what i heard. i was like huh? what happened? got fire ah? well, now i know they care for me very much, sorry for letting you guys worried for me. i appreciate that, thank you, Samantha, for bringing me to the place where everyone was. i appreciate that too, so i'm not going to let you down by selling ALOT of magnetic toys
THANK YOU EVERYONE!
crap. well, very tired and we all slept. i finally manage to fall asleep, thank god.
Day 4 13/7
woke up at 6 am, went to looking for Jasmine they all which is the watch, Junko. give them some advices and encouragement before they went to kayak in the sea like us yesterday. wish them good luck and off they go.
as for us, we went to play games with other watches, Amundsen, Cheng Ho and Raleigh. then we discuss who to be the land exp. leader and navigators. i am one of the navigator and this is when i used map reading learnt from geog for obs, cool man.
keep telling those people to keep to the left, and sooner or later, they will be at the middle of the road. need to remind them alot of times, and everyone is slow as we are carrying those heavy backpacks.well, this time i really look like a turtle with huge shell. it was really heavy. but as a navigator, i cannot show my tiredness, so i took the lead and walked in front.
then, yong shuang, fall down, has slight muscle sprain. so i hung the tents in the bags on my neck. and soon, yong shuang, dhaifina and stef got abrasion and Rauf got buttache. for me, i got chest pain and my dizzy-ness has not really recover from yesterday. i didn't tell anyone, i dont want them to worry for me, so i bear with the pain in the chest and walked on.
finally we reach the campsite 2, HL and Jackie came looking for me asking am i ok, they said i look worse than yesterday. crap, im ok.
we ate our dinner, bathe as we didnt bathe yesterday and sleep. i was really tired.
Day 5 14/7
the last day, of obs, starting the feeling of not going home, obs is my home already. my family is my watch-mates and instructors are like our parents, whatever.
we wake up at 5.30 am brush teeth, talk, eat. went to the jetty with my watch to talk about what we learnt in this course. i learn alot, teamwork, leadership, determination, patient, commitment and lastly the most important is perseverance. not to give up, never say die, die die must try,try until you cry and die. our Battuta's motto.
another one is, we must have a sense of urgency!! haha
we went to check the stuffs in the store, and we lost some things, need to pay $11.60. we wash the tents, ground sheets and cover sheets. it was FUN as Rauf was playing with water, spraying water at us while washing.
then went buy obs shirt and watch photos. well, memorable... GO GO GO, THE BATTUs!!
Battuta rocks.
some photos to share :
BATTUTA formal photo
BATTUTA informal photo
my certificate for completing the OBS
TAN SHU MEI - see? got your name.
Thursday, July 06, 2006 @ Bored
well, since shu mei's blog got the parody "I want a fat babe" then i shall put another parody of "I want it that way" which is " which Backstreet Boy is Gay?"
mikeboyslim-Which backstreet boy is gay?
hope you all enjoy this..
=D
mikeboyslim-Which backstreet boy is gay?
hope you all enjoy this..
=D
Wednesday, July 05, 2006 @ Fed-up!
Fed up about today...
don't ask me why i rushed home...
i got no mood to say..
waste my time, strength and money
Enough said
...
Tuesday, July 04, 2006 @ Unpredictable
Today, i found out something unpredictable. my friend Cassandra from 3E1 met an accident and injured her leg. well, i dont know what to say. It is so unpredictable as on friday afternoon after school we were still together, and she met the accident at that friday night.
I'm shock, seriously.
well, this told me that life is unpredictable SO CHERISH YOUR LOVE ONES AND CLOSE FRIENDS! you will never know what will happen next..
and so because of this, the whole class of 3E1 came to the 1st floor. Supposingly, the 3n2 are suppose to go back to second floor, BUT it was 3e2 that goes to the second floor. what the hell man. I STRONGLY disagree with that.
ahh, whatever la.
I hope Cassandra will get well soon..
I'm shock, seriously.
well, this told me that life is unpredictable SO CHERISH YOUR LOVE ONES AND CLOSE FRIENDS! you will never know what will happen next..
and so because of this, the whole class of 3E1 came to the 1st floor. Supposingly, the 3n2 are suppose to go back to second floor, BUT it was 3e2 that goes to the second floor. what the hell man. I STRONGLY disagree with that.
ahh, whatever la.
I hope Cassandra will get well soon..
Monday, July 03, 2006 @ Busy
Hello, I am back, blogging.
lets Start from saturday
Sat
met Samantha, and Mei Yi at 8.30 am to sell those magnetic toys, the sec 2s are there to help too. well, they sell from 9 am to 12, during this period, we (sec 3) went to Samanths's house to get the toys for selling later. at about 11.30 am, we went back to interchange to meet the sec 2s, i can see that they are tired, even their monitor who is always noisy was so quiet. so at 12.30 we tallied the money and allow them to go home, and guess what, some of the HELPFUL sec 2 is really helpful. they continue to sell the toys after their lunch. until about 4 pm. they came and find us saying that they going home. i really appreciate their help.
after they left, it was our turn to sell. at about 6.30 pm we went home. BUT the story has not ended. we planned to sell those painting to the rich later at a country club as samantha's dad is a member of the club. we met at 7.30pm and off we go to sell those painting. It was fun getting the donations from people. and we manage to sold all. i reach home at about 9.30+ pm.
Sun
went out early in the morning for some kind of event, i am suppose to sell magnetic toys at 9 am but i cant make it. i brought 48 magnetic toys to sell there and guess what? i manage to sell 38 toys. well i rush to my lesson after that at about 3.30 pm and the lesson ended at 5 pm. as my phone's battery went flat, i went home to get a spare one, and went to Parkway taking bus 31 to meet the COL and jasmine [the only sec 2 selling from morning 9 am to 7 pm]. and i am glad that they are doing well.
well, they are hardworking. they ended the whole thing at about 7 pm. samantha went home, leaving mei yi, jasmine and me there. we went to Mac for dinner and went home on a shuttle bus to bedok interchange. i reach home at about 10+ pm. I am really sorry for not able to spent time with shu mei during her birthday as i am busy, please forgive me.
Today
didn't really do anything important. i went out in the afternoon for lunch with shu mei and went home to change the blogskin. getting bored of the old one. well, this new skin seem appealing to me. i will change it again if i get tired of it.
lets Start from saturday
Sat
met Samantha, and Mei Yi at 8.30 am to sell those magnetic toys, the sec 2s are there to help too. well, they sell from 9 am to 12, during this period, we (sec 3) went to Samanths's house to get the toys for selling later. at about 11.30 am, we went back to interchange to meet the sec 2s, i can see that they are tired, even their monitor who is always noisy was so quiet. so at 12.30 we tallied the money and allow them to go home, and guess what, some of the HELPFUL sec 2 is really helpful. they continue to sell the toys after their lunch. until about 4 pm. they came and find us saying that they going home. i really appreciate their help.
after they left, it was our turn to sell. at about 6.30 pm we went home. BUT the story has not ended. we planned to sell those painting to the rich later at a country club as samantha's dad is a member of the club. we met at 7.30pm and off we go to sell those painting. It was fun getting the donations from people. and we manage to sold all. i reach home at about 9.30+ pm.
Sun
went out early in the morning for some kind of event, i am suppose to sell magnetic toys at 9 am but i cant make it. i brought 48 magnetic toys to sell there and guess what? i manage to sell 38 toys. well i rush to my lesson after that at about 3.30 pm and the lesson ended at 5 pm. as my phone's battery went flat, i went home to get a spare one, and went to Parkway taking bus 31 to meet the COL and jasmine [the only sec 2 selling from morning 9 am to 7 pm]. and i am glad that they are doing well.
well, they are hardworking. they ended the whole thing at about 7 pm. samantha went home, leaving mei yi, jasmine and me there. we went to Mac for dinner and went home on a shuttle bus to bedok interchange. i reach home at about 10+ pm. I am really sorry for not able to spent time with shu mei during her birthday as i am busy, please forgive me.
Today
didn't really do anything important. i went out in the afternoon for lunch with shu mei and went home to change the blogskin. getting bored of the old one. well, this new skin seem appealing to me. i will change it again if i get tired of it.
