T_T haha.. wl i'm sick lah. T_T i think even my body is closing down on me now. i thought it'd get better, but apparently school is not proving health-inducing to my mental and physical state. i've got an additional stomachache..

anyway, there is work to be done, but i'm just in the mood for blogging.

today was.. interesting. i think due to my mind's inability to concentrate on main points and digest lessons properly, i started zoning out. as such, only certain sentences caught my attention.
we got back our english SA, and i think we didn't do very well. the highest was 34 upon 50? =.= gosh.

"uh, No, sit down. i'm going to tell you what is going to happen for the rest of the semester.. and for the rest of your lives."

Jtoh's funny like that. He was rambling on about the special dates in the semester, then he realised we were blur.

"you don't KNOW?! Ah, you silly woman."

he told us that our expo SA was do-or-die, and went on about it. after giving the scare of the day, he was like "ah, that's it. NOW i'm leaving."

we had career guidance after recess: first lesson at that.. that teacher..what's his name?

never mind. everyone was hardly listening. we were told to come up with questions we had for the module, and people were like "how to become a millionaire", "how to take over the world", and "how to drop out of school and still be successful".

i only heard shit like that. most of the time i was sitting there with Rita watching Latha and Leican with amusement.

Leican: -smiles at Latha-
Latha: YOU WANT TO FIGHT ISIT.
Leican: WHAT!
goes something like a typical exchange between them.

Latha was using one of her corny pick-up lines as classroom joke again.

Latha: Are you a parking ticket?
Rita: ASK WHY.
Me: NO DONT. DONT ASK WHY.
Leican: what did you say?
Latha: =.= nvm.. -changes line- Do you have a bandaid?
Leican: whattt?
Latha: Do you have a plaster?
Leican: whattt?
Latha: Plaster.
Leican: Plaster, no. Why?
Latha: I think i scraped my knee falling for you.

[GROANS]

NOW you know how it was like, being around Latha. She said she just had this gift and talent for remembering pickup lines. She tried to pull on me the one about thieves and eyes but i knew it already.

Anyway i asked Latha why pick Leican. She started protesting furiously.

Latha: What! You think i wanna pick her up arh, its for the sake of the JOKE ok
Leican: What! You think i will accept her this kind of person?! I want to VOMIT arh

it wasn't long before they started throwing things at each other.

i don't know how things evolved, but somehow Rita got involved. i turned my head for a while, and when i turned back Rita and Leican were bickering.

Rita: -throw- SEE PPL UNDERWEAR
Leican: -throw- You GOT UNDERWEAR arh!
Latha: eh THATS MY THING.

i got bored, being so innocently uninvolved and all. so while Rita was engrossed in her drawing (of me), i took her pencil box and spilled its contents across the whole table in a nice path.

it took her 5 minutes 45 seconds to realise.

Rita: Lena! -holds the black little thing threateningly- Pick it up or this will be IN YOUR THROAT.

Rita has to work on her threatening skills, really.

Later, Latha was telling us about the benefits of being in RGS.

Latha: You know what RGS has taught me? Tolerance. Everytime i see you (leican) arh i want to slap your face -- now its getting better already.

Latha you go girl!

Finally CG ended, and last lesson Biology was the bomb.

Mr. Aldrin Tee, the new biology teacher that both Me and Leeqi have met even before today. Also, we knew of his very special relationship with Mr. Justin Teo (:, although we don't have details.

He appeared in a shirt buttoned all the way to the top, but tucked out a lot. Like.. nerd and pai?

"309.. This is the class i've been dreading yet anticipating."

We were like WHYY. I understood the dreading, but anticipation? Ok sorry i was slow. When it hit me i went like OOOHHH, and so did many others.Then there were laughs. He himself said he was acquainted with Mr. Teo.

We told him about our class's reputation. Then he talked, and talked, and talked. Ok so maybe he didn't turn out to be like what i thought he was....

"309" he kept repeating. "I didnt expect you to be so quiet, so docile, so...boring.."

We told him it was the first-day-of-school blues.

"Really? You all seem to be a bunch of nerds just sitting there..."

The nerve! Nerdy and boring? OUR class?

He set down the ground rules immediately. He told us that he used to teach technical, and was accustomed to taking disciplinary actions against students. Stuff like that.

Tee: I detest it when ppl are distinterested or uninterested..
Jnanee: Whats the diff?
Tee: ...
Arias: The diff is that one of the words is nonexistent.
Tee: I think disinterested is when one is not interested, and uninterested...
Class: -laugh-

Indeed, like he said so himself, he uses colourful language. Too colourful, such that even the pitch and volume of his speech tend to vary tremendously.

Tee: If i SEE.. HEAR.. SMELL anything wrong.. i will rectify it. I know your form teacher Mr. Teo is a very gentle man..
Class: UHHHHH.

He also told us he was a many-faced monster who didn't yet know how he was going to behave in RGS. He told us he whacks ppl =.= , and that he tend to make ppl break down.

"The thing is that boys always cry when i try to talk to them.."

=____= trying to intimidate us.. tsk tsk. He said that coming to RGS was part of his journey in finding out more about himself, and see also what our school is about. It sounded like he expected a lot from students of an 'elite' school, yet was not hopeful that his expectations would be met.

"Welcome back to school!" he said. "You need to switch your mindset from a holiday one to that of school.. From a carefree lifestyle to the life of a slave."

Thanks arh..

He started telling us what was appropriate behaviour, and what was inappropriate.

Basically we needed to be attentive, not sleep, (if want to sleep must tell him), not try funny things (if want to try funny things must tell him also), not go up to him slap him on the back and say "EH MR. TEE, HOU BOH!", and when the teacher was talking not write furiously on a piece of paper with a blue pen like i was doing.

Haha, WHAT! i was writing down quotes from him ok.. He should be honoured =.= He said he had a good impression from me and Leeqi, but i think after the first lesson the impression went dead.

He emphasized a lot on interaction between students and teacher. And told us that we must be honest. Someone had a question, Wanqi i think?

Tee: Yes, please ASK. .. you MUST ask. if not you WONT KNOW.
Wanqi: Eh, ok. How did you know Mr. Teo?

Laughs. It turned out they met in NS, heh cool. We wanted details but he refused to disclose ): Just like Mr. Teo. The dirty little secret remains uncovered.

Jnanee asked about his background also.. Like school life.

Tee: I came from an all-boys school..
Us: Which school?
Tee: Which school produces ELOQUENT, INTELLIGENT, GENTLEMANLY...
Arias: Chinese High?
Tee: HUH?! NO WAY!
Someone: Acs..
Tee: See! Immediately ppl can see which school....

=___= tian arh.

Since he was in boys school and used to teach only boys, he was slightly deprived.

"to see girls is abit unusual for me.. i'm not used to seeing girls"

and

"Also! If you find me insufficient.. If i cannot FULFILL your needs.."

AND

"I'm abit blind.. Sometimes if i don't remember your name i might have to look at your nametag.. Please understand that i am LOOKING AT your NAMETAG.."

...Sounds a bit dangerous doesn't he? By the way, Zhixin resembles the head prefect of his previous school. LOL. His head prefect must have been really puny (: Haha Zhixin don't kill me, puny is cute! Ask anyone! x)

Soon after the 'chat' he did name-calling to get our names right. Called Melissa Medusa, called Alicia ALI (thanks to us -beams-), and shouted Jnanee's name to get it right.

At Arias's name,
Tee: Lim Jie?
Leeqi: CALL HER R-A-S.
Arias: Oi!
Tee: RAS.. Why?
Arias: Rubbish lar!
Tee: Your name is rubbish?

Damn he's lame..

Lalalalalaa.

Tee: Before i end the lesson -- I can end the lesson early right?
Us: YESSSS.
Tee: BUT i will NOT.
=________=

Then he launched into this talk about how his teaching style might be different and he will try to adhere to our needs, but we must still learn to adapt. He made the most interesting analogy i've heard this year.

The main gist was:
"You are the organism and I am the environment. You must CHANGE to fit the environment. This is the survival of the fittest. If you cannot adapt, you are the weakest of the species and will soon die out."

It went on, then the bell rang thank god.

Then he stood there and stoned for a while

"Jialat.. this is a.. Either I HAVE SCREWED YOU.."

us: WHAT?!

haha so nevermind. he said he wanted to see us more energetic first thing tomorrow, or he "would have some serious ass-kicking to do."

I think he's the most dangerous bio teacher ever. And i've lived the past 14 years of my life believing that Bio teachers came in the form of harmless gentle creatures?

He definitely did not turn out who i thought he was... Anyway, he's gonna be our CLET, so let's have fun waiting to see how he and mr. teo works together to handle our class shall we? : D

Good night ppl.