Prom Nite 2006

Came baq from uk jus in time for e prom, had actually rescheduled my flight to return to singapore earlier, otherwise wouldn't have made it for e prom. But luckily i was there... being able to see my stds for e last time, at least officially for e last time... is alreadi a good enuf reason to be there... almost cant recognise many stds initially... all of a sudden had turned into handsome young men n charming yound ladies... but did all turn baq into toads when e clock struck twelve? haha...

Unfortunately my camera batt was flat, otherwise i would have some photos posted on tis website... so pp whom i had taken photos wif, please email me e photos k!

almost 2.30 am liao... guess many of u r still out there having fun... but i gonna sleep liao... leaving for shanghai tomorrow morning..... update mi wad fun u guys had k!

Ciao from chow!

My blog revived!

I have neglected my chowamushii blog for a long long time alreadi... sorry readers for e long wait :(

Over the past few mths, all my energy had been directed towards preparing my stds for e A-levels... so i m sure my dear readers will forgive me for not updating my blog rite? sound so noble huh? haha... i m sure most trs would oso ve done their best to help their stds... jus feel tat it is partly my responsible to help my stds, esp since i m in-charge of e physics unit... e feeling of taking care of all 600 physics stds is quite a heavy responsibility... but at e same time it has realli been satisfying doing tat.... i tink i've not told anyone tat i wont be in-charge of physics next year anymore... kinda sad :( will be taking charge of IT instead... an area tat i m oso interested in, so i guess i ll be enjoying my work too... so less of physics admin work.. perhaps can then spend more time giving interacting wif my stds next year n conducting more marathon remedials! (S68 u rem e physics camp tat i conducted in j1? S72 & 74 our final and intensive battle jus a month b4 A-levels... S7A no long remedial, as most of u had learnt ur stuff well during tutorials!)

oh yes, most of u told me tat e physics papers were tough rite? indeed. but in general, a challenging paper would actually be to our advantage.... why? cos stds from most other JCs ll most probably found e papers doubly hard! (not trying to put e other JCs down, but tat is generally wad ll happen...) so cheer up n dun be overly depressed k :)

I mus say i had enjoyed teaching everyone of u in my classes, although i felt i cld have done more. no choice lah, i have to oso take care of e rest of e stds in e cohort... doing all e planning etc... but there again, it is never enuf... hope most of u had enjoyed e times tat we had together as much as i had..

Sounds like a farewell speech to all of u... (my eyes getting a little wet, urs too?)... haha will miss everyone :)

New Tagboard!

My old tagboard was death all of a sudden n i dint have time to sort it out... finally i got myself a new cool tagboard! hurray! Start tagging now everybirdie! haha...

Amendment to recommended list

I forgot to include ideal gases and thermodynamics in my list. Also must remember to revise fluids. I have attached June paper Physics questions in EMB so you might also want to take a look.

I love chow!

Hee I added a 'I love chow only option' as many have reflected tat they love chow but dun like physics!

Tips for Physics Paper 3!

I understand that Physics paper 2 was quite challenging! Dun panic, I m sure most stds, not jus Hwa Chong students, would have found the paper very challenging too... in fact, it might be to our favour...
In any case, dun let ur performance of papers tat u ve taken to affect ur performance... in fact paper 3 would be the most impt paper as it constitutes the most number of marks. Many stds have been asking mi abt tips. Frankly, no one knows what will come out for paper 3. But I would strongly recommend that you focus on the following topics (in order of priority):

1. Kinematics, Dynamics (Newton's laws), Forces & Work, Energy and Power.
2. Gravitaion* & Electric Field*
3. Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction*
4. Electronics* & AC
5. Radioactivity* & Quantum Physics - Photoelectric effect and line spectra*
6. General Waves concepts (phase, progressive waves, polarisation etc) and Stationary Waves

Of course, the questions that might be set could be a mixture of different topics. But if you focus on at least 4 of the above sections you should be fine. Personally I like to do questions on those topics with *, 'cause they are generally easier to score well. If possible, focus on the topics that you are more confident in doing. Practise and look through as many questions as possible, especially definitions and derivations.

Ok, that's all folks! I think you should feel better after paper 3. Good luck to all!

PS: The above is just some recommendations and not quite a prediction for what will come out for paper 3, so please do not hold me responsible (or scratch my car) if the info has not been particularly helpful for you.

Crazy Crazy!

prelim papers from other jcs arrived early this week, and as usual, we will leave the other top 4 JCs papers with the photocopy shop for students to print. But thought it's quite thick and probably would cost more than 10 bucks to print, so the chow nice Hwa Chong physics dept.. haha... decided to shrink two pages into one to help students to save some cost... ridiculously when mr samuel tan went to inform the photocopy shop lady to print the reduced sized version for e stds, she refused to do it and said her boss gave her the instructions to use only their copies! How can they earn money from stds so unscrupulously! And so unfair to stds who can't afford to buy the papers.... depriving them of the chance to improve themselves during this most crucial moment! Really crazy man!

So i informed some of my stds to get the reduced size copy from mi... joanNA came to borrow the set to print in coro which costs merely 4.40! and the photocopy shop i heard is selling more than 10 buck per set! No way will I continue to let them bully my stds man!

Dun care liao, i gonna print one set for every class, so whoever interested the class can print for them! And I m gonna put up some softcopies of e prelim papers tat i manage to get from my friends, into IVLE. See who can still bully my students!

Preparing for Physics Exams....

	Prelim Grades	Band	Recommended actions to be taken	Recommended time to be spent on Physics
1	Low E (overall marks less than 50%), O, F	Band 5	Go through lecture notes and pay particular attention to key concepts, definitions and equations. Compile a list of definitions and equations. Do PAP package** / TYS. Start off with your weaker topics first. Do a minimum of 5 years of ‘A’ levels exam papers. Do mock exams	4 hours per day or 28 hours per week
2	High E (overall marks 50 – 55%), C & D	Band 3 & 4	Go through lecture notes and pay particular attention to key concepts, definitions and equations. Compile a list of definitions and equations. Do PAP package** / TYS. Start off with your weaker topics first. Do a minimum of 4 JCs 2006 Prelim exam papers. Attempt 3 other JCs prelim exam papers if possible. Do a minimum of 4 years of ‘A’ levels exam papers. Do mock exam papers.	3.5 hours per day or 24.5 hours per week
3	A & B	Band 1 & 2	Go through lecture notes and pay particular attention to key concepts, definitions and equations. Compile a list of definitions and equations. Do PAP package** for specific topics that you are weak in. Do the other top 4 JCs 2005 & 2006 Prelim exam papers. Do a minimum of 2 years of ‘A’ levels exam papers. Do mock exams papers.	3.0 hours or 21 hours per week

*The general guidelines are for your reference when you plan your revision schedule, and should be adjusted according to your individual needs. You tutor would be able to advise you if you are in doubt. If you need extra help in Physics, do not hesitate to make appointments to see your tutor.

**Do at least the core questions for your weaker topics if you think you might not complete all questions. The core questions in the PAP package contain the most essential past year ‘A’ level questions and should all be attempted if time permits. The third and final set of the package should be ready by 9 Oct when you come for your Physics revision lecture.

All the best for your ‘A’-level exams!

Release of Physics Prelim Results...

Many stds have been msging mi to ask how they fare for e prelim.... to be fair to all, i can't disclose yet... but its only less than 12 hrs before the results would be released!

On the whole, while we dun ve too may Fs, but I would say everyone would still need to put in a lot more effort... markers were quite shocked to know many still ve misconceptions on rather basic concepts... there were in fact only 7.9% or 47 students who got A, and of course most came from a particular class...

Top 100 Most Improved Physics Students!

Congratulations to all for being in the most improved students list!

Rank	CT_GP	NAME	Percentile Improvement
1	05S78	CHIN ZONG YI	63.8%
2	05S67	CHAN YING JIE	60.3%
3	05S75	LIAW WEE LOON	58.2%
4	05S7B	NG SHIHAN KEZIA	53.5%
5	05S7B	TAN XIN HUI	47.8%
6	05S33	XU WANGSHENG	43.3%
7	05S79	LAI YIEN	41.7%
8	05S69	CHUA KHAI LIN	39.5%
9	05S65	LIM JIRONG	38.9%
10	05S60	CHANG LI LIN	38.7%
11	05S7C	TAN HONG PEI	36.9%
12	05S6A	LIM YI CHAO	36.3%
13	05S75	KOH HUI LI	35.7%
14	05S6A	PHUA JI YING RINA	35.5%
15	05S60	LIM WEIHENG	33.8%
16	05S67	SIM WENSHENG FREDERICK	33.6%
17	05S75	YEW KAI LING	33.3%
18	05S62	WENG CHONGSHENG	32.8%
19	05S7A	HONG LIYING	31.6%
20	05S7D	NEO ZHI PENG	31.3%
21	05S76	HAP XING FU DANIEL	31.0%
22	05S75	NEO RONG XI FELICIA	30.6%
23	05S69	NG WEI REN DARYL	30.1%
24	05S68	HO WEI JIE	30.3%
25	05S67	CAI YINGHONG	29.5%
26	05S69	ZHENG HUIWEN	29.1%
27	05S34	LEOW PEI SI RACHEL	29.0%
28	05S77	SEE KWONG EE	29.0%
29	05S79	ZENG WANLING	29.3%
30	05S6A	TAN YUAN CHYI	28.8%
31	05S72	TAN MEIYI	28.7%
32	05S79	HOON WENLI SARAH	28.7%
33	05S67	TAN ZHEWEN DESMOND	28.9%
34	05S77	YEO WEI JIAN	28.0%
35	05S65	WONG CHEN NEE	27.6%
36	05S79	LAM CHENG YEN	27.2%
37	05S6A	LEE JIA HUI CHARLENE	26.5%
38	05S75	WU YING TANG	27.2%
39	05S32	CHUA LI JIA	26.5%
40	05S60	YEO PEI HAN	26.8%
41	05S74	YEO SONGKAI	26.8%
42	05S6A	LIU ZHAO XIANG	26.2%
43	05S79	GOH HAO YING JOHNNY	26.7%
44	05S76	TAN THONG SOON MARTIN	26.0%
45	05S67	KWEK ZHENG YU	25.3%
46	05S78	TAN JIN HONG NICHOLAS	25.6%
47	05S33	ANG YU MING	25.5%
48	05S75	TAY HUI PING JUSTINE	25.2%
49	05S6A	TAN YING XIA	24.8%
50	05S76	JENNIFER LEE JON JAU	24.9%
51	05S68	GARETH LIU JIA RONG	24.7%
52	05S6A	TAN YI MING JEREMIN	24.3%
53	05S75	LEE JIANG HAO KEGAN	23.8%
54	05S79	KOK HONG BIN	23.8%
55	05S7D	KOH CHEE GAKE	23.8%
56	05S78	TAN WEN QI	23.4%
57	05S7C	LIM SHI YUN MICHELLE	23.8%
58	05S78	FOO JING HUI PAMELA	23.3%
59	05S72	TAN AN GIE	23.3%
60	05S61	LI CHENGXI	23.0%
61	05S60	NG JUN ZHE	22.9%
62	05S61	TAN WEN	22.7%
63	05S69	ONG ENG HUI	22.8%
64	05S32	TAN MEI HUI	22.5%
65	05S69	NG SIYUAN ANDY	22.9%
66	05S32	LIM WEI QI	22.1%
67	05S61	LEE CHOON YEE	22.0%
68	05S78	FAQEEHAH BTE MOHAMED HARUN	22.0%
69	05S33	GOH SHU YI	21.4%
70	05S7B	CHEN WEILIANG ABEL	22.0%
71	05S65	TEO XUE HUI	21.4%
72	05S69	PANG SI QI	21.1%
73	05S32	TAN YONG LIANG	20.9%
74	05S78	TAN SHI EN GLORIJOY	20.3%
75	05S79	LOH KAI LI VALERIE	20.5%
76	05S76	KAN TSIA-CHUEN JOHN	20.1%
77	05S60	MAK YIING CHAU	20.2%
78	05S32	OON SIXIANG	20.1%
79	05S69	NG SHIMIN	19.7%
80	05S62	TAN ZHENG YAN NAGA	19.5%
81	05S64	TEO CHUN HOE	22.2%
82	05S76	SIM KIAN JU GEOFFREY	19.2%
83	05S67	ANG MIN SHIN	18.8%
84	05S7B	HAN ZI YANG	18.7%
85	05S7B	PHANG ZI YING	18.2%
86	05S77	SIEW YIN YIN	18.3%
87	05S7E	CHEN LIYING	18.3%
88	05S7E	WEE HUIXIANG	18.1%
89	05S66	SEOW WEILONG	17.9%
90	05S65	CHUA WAN TIAN	17.6%
91	05S78	PHUA CHIN TAT BIONDI	17.1%
92	05S75	NG JIAYING	16.4%
93	05S77	MA LEI LEI WIN @ WONG AI XIN	16.4%
94	05S7B	HUANG HAO	16.9%
95	05S32	TAN BI RONG	16.3%
96	05S79	LEE YI XIN FIONA	17.0%
97	05S7B	TAN WAN YI	16.6%
98	05S72	LIAU CHAOQUN	16.3%
99	05S7E	WONG TSZ YEUNG EMMETT	16.3%
100	05S79	WONG WAN SHUN	16.5%