The Scandalnavian Times

26th May. The class actually had an outing! Aren't you SHOCKED? Aren't you AMAZED?






Well that's all I took. Want more? Go for more class outings! :)

Posted by TimT at 7:19 PM | Permalink | Comments

Hey, people of Scandalnavia! I know you guys 'love' mugging, but remember to mug for the correct topics! These are the Math MYE topics:

Surds, Indices, Logarithms, Exponential, Binomial Expansions, Simple Functions and Graphs, Transformation of Graphs, Conics, Trigonometry, Techniques of Differentiation, Preliminaries, Partial Fractions, Inequalities, Equations, Arithmetic Progression, Summation and Methods of Differences, Geometric Progression, Recurrence Relations and Induction

Happy Mugging!

Posted by eahy at 11:47 AM | Permalink | Comments

06s62

your Grand Minister for Economics speaking.

which of you Scandalnavians/Oranges haven't collected your model essay questions yet?

fyi these notes are only for h2 Scandalnavians/Oranges.

cos i still have eight, i repeat, EIGHT uncollected sets of notes with me.

please either arrange with me, the Grand Minister for Economics, to get your notes asap or they will be discarded somewhere where they will never be found again.

Posted by singingxinying at 10:01 PM | Permalink | Comments

Anyone interested in a class outing during the second week of the holidays?

Posted by eahy at 10:13 AM | Permalink | Comments

I would like to announce that the Realm of Queen Victoria, of which Scandalnavia is part of, has triumphed over the Meridian Republic in a game of soccer, in which a Holiday in the Realm was at stake.

And apparently the Meridian Republic's Online News Agency is not very well-informed. Just look at the 'General' column at the right side of the screen.

'MJC Soccer Team managed to emerge as the CHAMPION after a tough fight against
VJC.'

Yeah right.

Oh wait, I just checked with my sister, and it's apparently a message that was posted there since last year. Surely it's time to update it now?

Posted by eahy at 11:27 PM | Permalink | Comments

Tonight VJC soccer team have clinched the national champion title. Beating Meridian 4-2, in a heart attacking, exhilarating game.


And yes it seems that our delayed STJ is postponed once again....

Posted by 18dragonpalm at 10:44 PM | Permalink | Comments

A preview of the statement to-be-released by the Royal Family's Press Secretary (i.e. Right Hand Man) later this evening:

The Royal Family and Government of the Queendom of 06S62 recognise that a Splinter Group has been formed by a hermit and two key members of the Royal Family.

In view of such developments in the Queendom, we have decided to take the following actions:

In keeping with the Queendom's ideals of Truth, Beauty, Freedom and Love, we have decided that we will not try to get rid of the Splinter Group by means of force. Instead, we will engage them in dialogue in order to find out their needs and wants. It is of utmost importance that all subjects are able to fully appreciate our Queen's humour, and that is what we want to achieve through the dialogue.

The full press statement will be released later this evening after the Royal Family convenes in the palace.

Posted by eahy at 11:28 AM | Permalink | Comments

hello all ye happy people in the fantabulous Queendom. yes this is me, the left hand man of the leader of the splinter group from the queendom itself, the Duke of Orange, the brother-in-law of the 'good' queen of scandalnavia (a.k.a. TimT).

even though this might be old news, we just wanna officially announce right now that we (i.e. TimYeo, TimT, and myself, Weihan) have decided to split from the Queendom and have moved on as rebels to form our own Kingdom, or at least a democratic nation.

Originally we wanted to call our new kingdom the Kingdom of Chocolates, in a bid to gain support of more people, in short, Yinghan, whom we all know would do everything for chocolates. of course, this is also because we have realised that the price of chocolates sold in the bookshop has increased from a dollar to a dollartwenty. so we'd have wanted to strike for a good cause, to bring down the prices of chocolates !

but then in view of our leader, the Duke of Orange, we'll just respect him and allow our nation to be called by his great love for Orange. yes the wondrous citrus fruit. thats all (what were you thinking..?).

okay sorry i kinda sidetracked. anyway the reason why we've split is because the 3 of us were approached by the Queen herself one day during physics tutorial, and with her background as the court jester, she naturally tried to serve us with her platter of jokes. of course, as then loyal citizens of the Queendom, we complied with her and laughed. certainly in a sarcastic way duhh. however, the Queen, mistook the laughter as a sincere one and continued to bombard us with her lame jokes to the breaking point that we could stand. and now we say we can stand no more!

while i'd fathom the Queen saying "then sit lah!" to that statement, i would like to reiterate my point that we cannot take the Queen's lameness anymore and thus have decided to split from the wonderful Queendom you all have, and for the good cause of Oranges, formed the nation of Oranges!

yes yes, certainly, had the right hand man known this he wouldnt have let the left hand man publish this, but the truth is. HE KNOWS ABOUT IT. perhaps, the dear right hand man of the Queendom himself isnt exactly the most infalliable, reliable and trustworthy person the Queendom has ever gotten... you savvy?

oh. no please, dont get me wrong, im most CERTAINLY not trying to imply that PM eugene is a double agent... most definitely not. (:

in any case however, I, Marquis of Seeds, a state of Orange, representing the Duke of Orange (TimT) as well as the co-founder of the nation, the Baron of Double Orange (TimYeo; who else drinks two cartons of orange juice at a go anyway), hereby extend the invitation to any defectors of the Queendom under the tryannical rule of the lame Queen to laugh at her lame jokes to come over to the nation of Orange where everything is just about as democratic and free as Orange, only when it comes to the unquestioning submission to the Orange (we all know who/what) as the symbol of the state.

that being said though, we recognise the full authority of the Dowager, Dowager Su-Ann herself as the rightful ruler of the Queendom due to the fact that there was peace and freedom to laugh or to give a cold stare, to decide if a joke is lame or funny.

But as long as the Queen stays in power now, we shall never leave our ideals of a free, and orangey country!

Posted by Weihan at 5:13 PM | Permalink | Comments

I hereby announce that the Log Room is the Official Scandalnavian HQ of the AP/GP (Associated Press/Global Partners).

Right, whatever.

I shall not talk about the Yati 7/11.

Posted by eahy at 1:19 PM | Permalink | Comments

Fear not. I am indestructable. Nobody destroys Uncle Tim without asking me first. Yup.

Posted by TimT at 6:35 PM | Permalink | Comments

Greetings, my fellow Scandalnavians. It is the Great Right Hand Man who speaks.

I recently paid a visit to the Nation of Squareland as a dignitary representing our lovely Queendom. The Nationwide Carnival that was held wasn't too bad, though it did not have much of a 'fun atmosphere' that one would definitely feel in a Carnival in our Queendom. In addition, the Carnival caused a 100% inflation on all sorts of goods. Imagine paying $3 for a 'Fortune Sandwich which had a message that said 'Your lucky object of the day is a sandwich'! (By the way, I didn't spend a cent there. The one who was coerced into buying the sandwich was an ambassador from the Holy Kingdom of St. Andrew's.

To my amazement, I met my Uncle Tim and some other Victorians, wearing their Victorian Knights' Attire and circular Victorian Badges no less. Right in the Dining Hall of the Nation of Squareland! I feared for his safety, since this seemed like an insult to the Nation; I recalled seeing a Victorian sticker that said 'No room for Squares' before, and I had an inkling that the reverse was true in the Nation.

Till now, I have not contacted my Uncle Tim, and I pray that he was allowed to leave the Nation in one piece.

Posted by eahy at 11:46 AM | Permalink | Comments

Hmm...I'm fine with all the sacrifice going on, just so that it doesn't involve sacrificing me. And what's this talk about me becoming a rebel?? I'm such a perfect, loyal citizen of Scandalnavia...and e bro-in-law of e tyrannical Queen rite? Surely you can't do this! I don't deserve this! AHH..justice will surely prevail in the high courts! Or maybe just flatulence instead.

In other news, the royal toilet's acting up again. Yati, you know what to do. Yup.

Posted by TimT at 9:23 PM | Permalink | Comments

I'm supposed to be doing my History Essay in the 'log room' (Queenspeak for Computer Lab), but I have decided that it is of utmost importance that I concern myself with the politics of the Queendom. In the words of a great sage,

"politics concerns your life, your families, your homes, your children's education...".

Without a stable government, there won't be any education for me - no history essays! (That's supposed to be a negative effect, but somehow it doesn't seem that bad, haha).

I promised Stella this morning that I would be happy no matter what she wrote, and indeed, I am. Today marks a significant turning point in the history of our Queendom. And the words I am about to say will be remembered forever...

"If my sacrifice can bring glory to the Queendom, let it be so!"

OK, not that quote-worthy, but still...

"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."

Drama!

Posted by eahy at 10:49 AM | Permalink | Comments

Right. I know that everyone in the Queendom is waiting desperately for the Coronation Ceremony cause that would mean missing lessons in the morning. Unfortunately, the discussions to let our class off for two periods (See, I try my best to serve the Queendom well) have not yielded any success, so I guess we have to make do with a ceremony during a break or something.

Not my fault, ok? :)

Posted by eahy at 6:50 PM | Permalink | Comments

i heard that our seniors r treating us at 28 may right? is there anything comfirmed about the STJ, like location(is it still at that chinese resturant), time or whatever.

Posted by 18dragonpalm at 10:44 PM | Permalink | Comments

It seems like that Coronation Cermony is once again delayed. This is a Crisis man... Our Kingdom desperately needs a "formal" Queen. So i am urging the "right hand guy" to get things done.

Posted by 18dragonpalm at 10:35 PM | Permalink | Comments

It is the night before the coronation of the first democratically elected Scandal Queen, which for foreigners, is short for Her Majesty The Sovereign Queen of Scandalnavia. And I CAN'T FIND THE ROYAL TIARA!

Ah, I shouldn't have said that out loud. Else people will get a bad impression of the Royal Court of Scandalnavia. But then again, we never had a crown, and now I, as the Eternal Minister aka. right hand man of the queen, have to prepare a crown for tomorrow!

Ahh!! Crisis!

Posted by eahy at 9:43 PM | Permalink | Comments

I was tasked to tail the Scandal Queen for the day, and give an account of her first day as Queen to all of you citizens of Scandalnavia. I have not much time to give a detailed report, but all I can say is that she has already accumulated 34 scandals (33: I**a*, 34: A**c*a*'s brother)

*Names are not given in full, in order to protect the identities of the victims. :)

Posted by eahy at 1:17 PM | Permalink | Comments

Whoever has heard of a fever lasting for almost 5 days straight? Well, I can tell you I did hear of one person who did suffer such a fate. A particular person called myself.

Well, technically it was just 4 and a half days...but it definitely seemed like an eternity for me. I won't moan about what I actually went through, but all I have to say is this:

Having a fever SUCKS.

And thanks to those many great well-wishers, to Eugene for being my slave in collecting any notes (which I have yet to recieve) and to Stella for her perpetual tormenting even when I'm deathly sick. Actually, no thanks. :D Har Har...

Well, I sure hope I can catch up on whatever I've been missing so far.

Posted by TimT at 11:44 AM | Permalink | Comments

Voting has ended, and the results are in. With a voter turnout of 72%, this has been a fairly successful election.

The results are as follows:

Eugene - 16.7%
Muthu - 27.8%
Akanksha - 55.6%

I hereby declare Akanksha as the new Scandal Queen of 06S62.

All hail Her Majesty!

Posted by eahy at 9:52 PM | Permalink | Comments

The polling station is about to close. Exit polls have shown that the electorate is very much divided over who should be their first democratically elected Scandal Queen. What this means is that the next monarch will not have a strong mandate, and will definitely need to work hard at trying to cultivate good relations with the rest of his/ her kingdom. Queendom rather. The next Scandal Queen will have a lot to live up to, as he/she will be judged according to the high standards set by his/her predecessor, Her Majesty, the Dowager Ruth.

Tune in for the Results after 9:45pm, where we'll try to get comments and analysis of results from voters themselves, and maybe even a word from the Dowager. See you then!

-End of Update-

Posted by eahy at 9:11 PM | Permalink | Comments

I applaud those who have already cast their vote. For those of you who have not, please do so as quickly as possible.

As you should all know by now, the election will be conducted through an SMS voting system. Please send the name of the candidate of your choice, followed by your name to my phone.

Because voter turnout is still quite low (I guess most of you wake up late on Saturdays?), I have decided to extend the closing time for the election by 45 minutes, till 9:45pm, Victorian time (i.e. according to the VJ school bell).

The results can be expected anytime after 9:45pm, and will be broadcast live through the Internet. (See, this elections department so efficient. But then again, counting 25 votes is somewhat less tedious than counting 1.22 million votes.)

Remember, voting is compulsory. Your vote is NOT secret.

By the way, you know why I chose to end at 9:45 and not 10 right? To catch the results of the REAL Election on TV! (Though I doubt the results will be out so early. But you never know, what with the efficiency of our civil servants - They're counting the votes right?) I'm sure all of you will also be tuning in to the results too! :)

Posted by eahy at 4:02 PM | Permalink | Comments

Good morning 06S62, I am proud to declare today as Polling Day. I know it's sudden but who gives a damn about issuing the writ dunno-how-long before Polling Day itself and all that constitutional nonsense. But since the term of the old Scandal Queen has ended, and Nominations for the new queen has ended, it is only logical that we proceed to voting!! There is no need for campaigning since you, dear voters, have been able to judge the candidates with your own eyes.*

Therefore, I will proceed to introduce the candidates:
1. Eugene
2. Akanksha
3. Muthu

Several nominees have been disqualified due to failure to appear on the Official Register of 06S62 and failure to submit their Application for Minority Certificate (just kidding). And those who were not willing to stand for election were also not included.

This is how voting will be carried out. You will cast your vote through the tag-board, where every member of the class will vote ONCE. Pls use a nickname that will enable us to know who you are, and please do not take the liberty of voting on a fellow classmate's behalf. Honesty plays an important part here. Candidates are allowed to vote for themselves or the other candidates.

Since polling was delayed by an hour, it will end either at 9pm tonight, or after at least 1/2 of the class has voted, whichever comes later (Please get everyone to vote. Please.).

Hence, I declare that polling begins now.

*Oh, actually speaking of campaigning, we actually did so yesterday. At Neptune Court, haha, where Muthu tried to win the vote of a cat (I'm being random here.)

'For progress and prosperity, cast a vote for Muthu.'
'For happiness and equality, cast a vote for Akanksha.'
'For confidence in your future, cast a vote for Eugene.'

'qing wei mu du tou yi piao.'
'qing wei a gan sha tou yi piao'
'qing wei hui yong tou yi piao.'

Posted by eahy at 8:53 AM | Permalink | Comments