That Time of The Year

Hello guys (:

it's that time of the year again, where exams arrive, various events take place, and people start mugging like crazy.

Cool.

The first event is the much-awaited Youth Olympic Games!

Here's a little bit of background information for those who don't read newspapers/watch news/have a general idea of what people around them are talking about.

Youth Olympic Games

Facts & Figures Country of host city: Singapore (YAY) Opening date: 14 August 2010 Closing date: 26 August 2010 3,600* young athletes between 14 and 18 years of age 5,000* young athletes and officials 205 National Olympic Committees 1,200* media representatives 20,000* local and international volunteers 370,000* spectators 26 sports and culture & education programmes yup. I think the sport which I paid the most attention to in the Youth Olympic Games was football. It was kinda funny when Zimbawe claimed that they would "sweep-aside Singapore 5-0" before the game. Why? Because Singapore took just 10 seconds to score their first goal, eventually outplaying, outmanoeuvring and outpacing a shocked Zimbawe. Following that was a 3-2 victory over Montenegro, and finally last night a match against Haiti. Haiti, the supposed underdogs in the match, played like champions, constantly pressuring Singapore for the ball. Hence, the match culminated in a 2-0 victory in Haiti's favour, a red card for Singapore and caused Singapore to miss out on a chance to win a gold medal once again. The sole consolation was that Singapore now have a chance to play for bronze in the third place play-off (idk when's that so don't ask me). The games aside, I think this time of the year was also the time where the best movies came out, although the movies due to be released at the end of the year look more than decent too. Inception was great, and so was Despicable Me/Step-Up. I guess Salt was the only disappointment, with too much violence and killings and no plot at all. Credit to the actors though. Heheheh. Though I shouldn't be watching movies now that the EOYs are coming! Ahhhh. Examination fever is currently running high too. With Secondary Two being the all important streaming year, coupled with Dr Hon's new Independent Studies/Oral Communication policy which prevents all failures from getting promoted to Sec3 IP, it would be impossible to say that any Hwa-Chongian didn't feel tense. I shall refrain from criticising the New IS/OC policy, furthermore when we had no knowledge of the consequences of failure in the system. I guess why I really posted this was really to just share my thoughts and feelings ... I think i'd be glad enough if i could get promoted to Sec3 IP next year.