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Term 1 Week 4: (Weekend Assignment)

28/01/2011

This week, you are required to take photos of your favourite part in the school campus or your neighbourhood. Upload your photos in your blog and write a 200 word long explanation on the reasonswhy the place means so much to you and how it links to your identity.

Firstly, this is our school's clock tower. It means a lot in the school because it is the tallest tower there. Also, this clock tower marks our place in the Bukit Timah District. Also, it tells time, which is very convenient if you are training at the field.


Secondly, this is a bird's eye view picture of our whole school. As you can see, the track is located beside the road of Bukit Timah and it is where some sports Co-Curricular Activities (CCAs) are held. The track is also there but unfortunately, because of the incoming Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), it has been reduced in size.

This is our School's gate at Gate 3. Every morning, as we drag our bags from our sweet home to school, this is practically the first thing that we would see. The sky is dark as I would normally reach school at 6.40am, after an hour bus-ride from my house which is near Chua Chu Kang Interchange.

This is the magnificent swimming pool in our school. I think that both of them are Olympic sized swimming pools. The waters are clean and that is where the CCA, Water Polo is being held. Some Secondary 1s also come here for their swimming lessons when it's Physical Education time. The building beside it holds a restaurant selling good food at cheap prices, it holds the PoolSide Cafe. This is where I normally eat for lunch, the food are quite cheap for students, ranging from $3.50 to $5 for restaurant sized food. On the next floor, there is a child-care centre.

This is the Junior College's street soccer court. Street-Soccer is a very famous sport in our school, as many people play it. There are also competitions like the one I recently went to, Festival of School, Arts and Health (FOSHA). There are also Basketball, Table Tennis and Ultimate Frisbee. Those that didn't get into a sport can also learn Tennis with our very own boys from Tennis CCA.


Using what I have learnt from class, this is my first person's point of view. The person in front is Denzel and although in the picture, I cannot see the teacher, I can still see him in reality. That is because while taking this photo, I kind of had to hid the camera, thats why it is lower. This is Language Arts lesson.

Finally, this is my CCA, Softball. This CCA is quite fun as it enriches someone's teamwork abilities. We need to work as a team, we can't do it alone. This is the 2010's C'division, along with the 4 boys below who are Secondary 1s, and the girl is our coach's assistant! I was absent that day and could not attend the photo taking :(

Identity

I choose the last photo where we took our picture of our C' division as it marks the start of my life as a Softballer. This photo only shows 4 out of the 13 of my team mates. I myself is the pitcher of the team while there are many other fielding positions. The first person on the left is the catcher, every training, we would train for hours, pitching and pitching. During the holiday trainings, we had to pitch for 3 hours, with some breaks in between! Those periods of time were very tiring but it was all worth it. I train to become my team's pitcher, and that is my identity. My team are also counting on me to pitch well for the team. Although my pitch is still not fast now, I believe it would be fast someday. I hope that our team can be the C' division champions, getting a shiny trophy for the school. During the 2010 year, our C' Division got a fourth placing, but this year I must overtake them. I believe this is possible and this is my CCA, and I, together with my team would work towards victory. :D