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Sincerely,The Newsletter Team.
O’Level Oral Examination
 
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Y our  mon t hly f eed of  Shel t oner  new s!
issue nine August 2009
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Contents
Categorized by the colourof the header bars
 
O’Level Experience:
• Ian’s O’Level Examination• Yan Jun’s O’Level Experience
Ian Arifin
O Level EinsteinShelton College International
Christianity:
• Jesus Saves• Being a Christian
Testimonials & Images:
• Shelton Cafe Experience• Hilary’s Shelton Experience• Chamindika Konara’s Testimonial• Image Galore
August 18, 2009 at 2.30 pm, some of my friends and I werebusy practicing for our English Oral Examination.
It was the second day of the exam and it wouldbe the first time for all of us to experience thechallenging atmosphere of the GCE O levelEnglish language examination. All of us weredetermined to strive for the highest mark and weseemed ready to encounter thousands of obstacles that were waiting.The time showed exactly fifteen minutes to three– our exam was about to start. I was the firststudent to be tested on that day. I thought I waslucky to be the first one as I could go back homeearlier than the others. I calmed my nerves, Itried to prepare myself both physically andmentally. I would never know how good I wasuntil I sat for the exam. “The proof of pudding isin the eating”.Just before the exam began, I prayed so that Iwould not be too nervous to communicate withthe examiners and I would be blessed with goodresults.The time for me to enter the examination halleventually came. I swaggered my way towardsthe room and did not forget to greet theexaminers. Slowly, step by step, I finished myreading, picture discussion and finallyconversation. I never imagined that I would beable to answer all the questions that were askedby the examiners so calmly.After leaving the exam room, I did not careanymore about how many marks the examinershad given me because I believed that I had givenmy best. What a relief it was for me. It felt as if the devil had stopped stabbing my body with hisred-hot trident. However, my worries have notended yet as I still have to prepare for the writtenexams in October and November.
Students’ Thoughts:
• Reflections of my Volunteer Work• Music• Jing Rui’s Experience
 
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O’Level Oral Experience
Sam Gong Yan Jun
O Level EinsteinShelton College International
If you were at my class during the exams,you would have seen a spectacular scene.Every student was preparing for the oralexamination. Some of them were readingloudly, while the other sat in groups anddescribed the pictures. At times, we didnot even listen to the class but wepracticed by ourselves. I have a friend,Ian,who comes from Indonesia and he is goodat English and is extremely helpful. I stillremember the days before theexamination, we spent a lot of timetogether and his guidance has helped meto get good results for the exam.Since we do no live in the hostel, finding aplace to practice was one of our biggestproblems. I have to thank the school forallowing us to come to school during tonight to practice. We used to meet at nightto practice.
As a student who comes from China, I have to pay more attention to myEnglish. Oral exam is the 3rd paper of the English examination and it occupies20% of the final marks. As a result I have done a lot of work to prepare it.
Usually, we spent 10 minutes to prepareourselves and we read silently,described the picture, then one of usewould act as the examiner and test eachother. Since we have a standard markingscheme, we would give marks to eachother. I did this practice for about twoweeks.During the exam day, I was nervous when Iwas in the waiting room. In the room room,I looked around and noticed that everyonearound me was edgy. Especially the firststudent in line. I could see her trembling.There was a tense feeling in the room.When I was sitting outside the examinationroom and preparing for the test, I racedagainst time to prepare myself. 10 minutesfelt like 10 seconds and when the teachertold me to stop practicing, I was shocked,maybe because I was nervous.After practicing, the real challenge wascoming. I stepped into the examinationroom and saw the two examiners waitingfor me. To my surprise, I did not feelnervous anymore and it felt as though I waschatting with my friends. When I finishedthe and went out of the classroom , Isighed a breath of relief. Finally I hadfinished my exam.
Reflections of my Volunteer Work
Jacky
EGLShelton College International
There are times where it gets a little boring, but I think its a pleasure to helppeople who really need it. Every Wednesday evening, volunteers fromSCISO meet up at the RM community center and we get ready to do ourrounds.Our task is very simple, It's to help the officer in charge to take the donatedgood from Singapore's government, which are meant for poor families andwe have to visit several houses to give it to everyone on the list. The job iseasy but it's difficult to hold on to it. The most important thing I've learntfrom this program is that volunteers like us touch society and it builds our
I have been part of the volunteer at RadinMas Community program from about sixmonths now and we really enjoy the workwe do.
capacity to be happy. Mentally we are content. We work hard and we sweat to help the needy and give them conveniences and happiness.At the same time the work is very physical, which is good for us and we also get a wonderful return ,which is happiness. We are the kind of people whose lives have meaning and value and we get a psychological satisfaction which money can't buy. Volunteering is our pleasure.
 
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MUSIC
Gabby Tjahyadikarta
Secondary 3 classShelton College International
The beginning of music is when cave men,Aborigines, and Africans started to playdifferent beats of drums to warn theirpeople of danger and important news.Some tribes blow their flutes, play a beatusing their drums, and sing near the campfire to enjoy the music.Warriors from the Aztec Empire used theirinstruments to tell the story of great men,legends, sacrifices and stories of peoplefrom different parts of the world. Womenstarted plucking their stringed instrumentsand writing songs that were handed downfrom generation to generation.Balladeers traveled around the world toplay great symphonies to make peopleappreciate music and the songs which theycomposed. Instruments like the percussionand the piano began to appear and madepeople enjoy classical music in silence. Dramatic classical operas astoundedpeople with their acting and amazingvoices. Nostalgic music and plays likeRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare,inspired everyone, artists, and writersaround the world . The music and playshave brought pleasure to audiencesworldwide.
No one knows who invented stringed instruments
and every mystery in music has not been solved. People struggled tosolve the riddle and understand the concept of music and we don'tneed scientists to tell us when or where music started.
No one cares about how artists andmusicians looked, such as MichaelJackson and Elvis Presley, because theybroke boundaries to reach success toamazing heights. They were braveenough to show their performance,sexuality and true self on the stage.Michael Jackson broke the boundariesby having plastic surgery, created themoon walk, and was the first black maleartist to have his music video shown onMTV. His most special performance waswhen he sang 'You're not alone','Scream', and when he did the 'moonwalk'. People who meet those greatsinger and musicians were lucky becausethey've met them before they passedaway.There is more than one kind of music inthis world such as gospel, jazz, rock,baggy, reggae, ballet music, baroque,bel canto, chamber music, church music,comic opera, country, western, countryrock, metal, flamenco, folk, fusion, glamrock, motown, flamenco, hip-hop, andthere is more than 20 types of musicgenres in our planet. Music is veryunpredictable and in the future artistslike Lady Gaga will change the music of our future.List of famous plays:Mefistofele, Boris Godunov, LaGioconda, The Snow Maiden, TheGypsy Baron and Louis.
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