I reckoned some of you would have finished your major exams (GCE O-Levels, IP, IB and IGCSE). Congrats! It’s time for your to enjoy your holiday before you embark on the next stage of your academic and knowledge pursuance.
It has been a while since you last hear from me. We (Winners Education Group) just came back from our educational trip to Northern Vietnam (Hanoi City, Sapa and Halong Bay, etc) and we have learned alot about their:
Educational system for Primary, Secondary, High School and Universities
Educational levels as compared to other developed and developing nations
History and Literature
Language and Economy
And, of course – i saw several interesting Chemistry Phenomenon – Chemistry reactions and actions that are related to our everyday life!
Halong Bay – an UNESCO World Heritage Site has 2000+ limestone structures that are formed due to the wave and wind erosion of one huge island, over thousands and thousands of years.
We also saw villagers selling home-made Corn Wine along the streets! This corn wine has 50% v/v alcohol (ethanol) content!
And apparently some villagers used it to power and run their cars and motorbikes! Chemistry students! Ready for actions?
This is an evergreen Chemistry Song (with 1 million views) that many Chemistry students should have hear by now. In any case that your teacher did not show you this youtube video, here it is!
Most of local students should be done with their Mid-Year Examinations. Phew! It must be really stressful for you students during the last 2-3 weeks. Now it is time to relax a little bit, and celebrate any small success that comes your way.
Smile and laugh more NOW, and get ready to go into total focus revision mood during your June Holidays – which is the only time for you to revise and grasp the essential concepts in order to have a strong foundation (Workshops, Coaching, Training, Tutorial, Private Tutor, Tuition etc) to handle your Prelims and GCE O Levels Chemistry Examinations.
Let’s check out some all-time Chemistry Jokes:
Chemistry Joke 1:
During class, the chemistry professor was demonstrating the properties of various acids. “Now I’m going to drop this silver coin into this glass of acid. Will it dissolve?”
“No sir,” one student called out.
“No?” queried the professor. “Perhaps you can explain why the silver won’t dissolve in this particular acid.”
“Because if it would, you wouldn’t have dropped it in!”
PS: Indirectly linked to Metals & Reactivity Series
Chemistry Joke 2:
A female student wished to make some potassium hydroxide solution (aqueous)and decided to throw a large lump of potassium
Picture 1: Can you see the 10 faces in the tree ???
This period is the time when local students are relinquished from their Co-Curricular Activities (CCA) and Singapore Youth Festivals (SYF) 2009. It is the time where you really see students “mugging” (as what my chemistry students says) for their Mid-Year Examinations.
I was surfing my Facebook account talking to friends where i realised many students are feeling the stress and strain as they go into this mid-year examinations. You will see the subject titles from their account: “Stomache-pain with E-Maths”, “I hate O-Levels Chemistry”, “Chemistry is so boring”, “I don’t understand what my Chemistry teacher in teaching all this while”, “A-Math is killing me, i should have dropped it earlier”. “how i wish mid-year is over now”, etc.
Now, examinations is always stressful, and it is especially so when the students have not been following understanding what the school is teaching for last 14 months (for Sec 4 students). What i would suggest is to DO YOUR BEST for your Mid-Year Examinations, and when June Holidays comes, get help to revise intensively for what you don’t understand.
I am always an advocate for “Study Hard; Play Hard” as well as “Work Hard; Play Hard”. Although there is not much time for you to “play”, i would still suggest that you take little “mental-breaks” in between your revision. This is even more so, when you “Celebrate the Little Success” of finishing up a topic / chapter..go read papers/eat ice-cream, etc for 20mins, and come back to your books/notes again. This gives you more reason for you to study harder.
Below are more funny pictures given by my friend, i would like to share it with you:
Been studying very hard for your upcoming O Level or other qualifying examinations?
Coming here to look for important and useful Chemistry Tips again?
You have been studying hard, and have been spending lots of time surfing for Chemistry Tips in this website…
Today i am going to celebrate your little success (that you have been learning steadily all this while) by sharing with you some cool pictures that was sent to me by a close buddy of mine.
Enjoy….
Nice pictures of sculpturtes yeah?? Ok..time for you to go back to study….
Stay tuned to tomorrow’s blog-post…cos i am going to GIVE YOU A PRESENT!
