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2009-05-18T20:35:00.006+08:00

5n1!! its 2009 now, and we are promoted to 5N1!!
=) so i created another blog under the same account
the url is http://class-5n1.blogspot.com/

so remember to take note.
although a new blog is created, this blog is not deleted...
=)

rrennce =D

1 January 2009

2009-01-01T16:54:00.000+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. Though don't know if anyone will be coming here not, haha. Anyway see you all tomorrow and don't be late for school tomorrow hor .. haha.

For Rence : The blog not really dead for very long luh. Just dead for a few days so cannot really say dead luh, haha. Anyway, don't be late tomorrow alright. See you .. palace =]

2008-12-31T15:31:00.002+08:00

dear classmates~
its the last day of 2008...
lets welcome the new year which is 2009 =D
i know its lame, but the blog has been dead for so long...=x

rrennce

25 December 2008

2008-12-25T18:04:00.003+08:00

Attention all people ..

Changes in tomorrow class gathering.

Meeting place : Directly at Marina Square Bowling Centre (fyi .. it's at Golden Village there if you are not very sure)
Time : Same time

Bring present please for the boys. Try to bring anything but don't anyhow buy luh. Thank you. So anything contact me or what. If whoever have read this post please spread around, thank you.

Class Outing

2008-12-25T01:08:00.003+08:00

Attention!
This is the information for Friday, 26 December 2008.

Meeting place: Kovan MRT Station.
Time: 3pm
Activities: Play Pool and Bowling with Mrs Singh.

After that, Dinner at Compass Swensen.
ICE CREAM ON MS LO!

Please bring a present with the budget of $5 to $10.
It's Christmas. Let's pass the happiness around. (:
Also, for the guys, please buy a gift that is suitable for both gender.
And girls, please buy a gift that is for guys.

*Most probably, girls will exchange with guys.. But some guys might have to exchange with each other.
PLEASE GUYS, Don't buy all gifts that is for guys.
Be a Gentlemen, buy some girl's gift. (:

*Under FAS, no need to. (:
Don't try to joke joke ah.. I know who under FAS.
ONLY 3 PERSON.

Chalet

2008-11-12T23:20:00.002+08:00

Announcements:

-Class Chalet on 25 November to 28 November.
-A Song Tribute to Miss Chong on Prom Night‏.

Firstly, I want to put up the address of the chalet for everyone. (:

Keppel Pasir Ris Bungalow
126 Pasir Ris Road

Secondly, the time to check in is Tuesday, 25 November, between 2pm to 4pm.
The time to check out is Friday, 28 November, before 10am.

For the sake of me, Rebecca, PLEASE DONT DESTROY ANYTHING BECAUSE IT IS UNDER MY NAME.
Whoever spoil anything, I'll make sure you pay for it. =X

Thirdly, the pack list.
By Jordan:
- Movies that is suitable for everyone to watch, SHARE. (:
- (JACKETS) T-shirts and Pants for swimming, bathing, sleeping and changing.
- Undergarments.
- Comb, Soap, Shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrush, Facial foam.
- Towel.
- Handphone Charger (If you want)
- Pen.
- Swimming costume, goggles.
- Entertainment items.
- Maybe sleeping bags.*Those who stayed there will understand why. ~.~ *
- Basic needs
- CASH. Please bring for payment of Chalet($15) and also some others for renting of bikes perhaps.

*The above list is just a small reminder, if there is anything that is not listed there but you need them, please bring too. (: Don't blame me for not reminding. (:

Everyone will go to the Supermarket to see what we can get from there. (: Help out, especially guys.
Buy food.. Buy charcoal.. Buy starter. Buy paper cups and plates. buy fork and spoons.
REMIND EACH OTHER.

-RE: Invitation to Join A Song Tribute to Miss Chong on Prom Night

1. In view of Miss Chong's retirement at the end of 2008, the school has requested that we, the Sec 4 students, first pioneering batch of Pei Hwa Sec Sch, present a stage performance to thank her for her contributions to the school this 4 years on prom night this Friday.

2. I know this is a super last minute information, but Huishan and I would really want to open this invitation to all of you to join in this song performance.

3. This will be a mass singing session where all Sec 4s will be involved, but we need a group of students to lead and represent the student body on stage.
The song title is "I Will Remember You" by Ryan Cabrera, found by Huishan. It has been given the green light from our teachers. It is quite easy to sing, and the lyrics' really meaningful. Just a short 3minutes.

View this clip (with song and lyrics): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_TNvNhSyI0

4. We have a few people who have confirmed joining us currently. With more of us, there's nothing to be afraid of/ like stage fright? We can stand together. If you don't like the microphone, then we wont force you to! (:

5. I think it is a perfect opportunity to show our gratitude to Miss Chong and show the Pei Hwa Spirit for the last ever time together! *sniff.

6. Please contact Huishan or me through email or mobile phone as soon as you make up a decision to sing together.

7. I sincerely hope that you will give it a serious thought and JOIN US!

INTERESTED PEIHWA students! Don't hesitate any further.
* Please help forward this to the rest of your classmates whom you think would be keen.

Best Regards
Gena Wong

gena_pal@hotmail.com

Heard that? Please try to learn the song. (:

Lastly, help to think of some games and whatever. (:
Erm.. Previously we say we will have some voting stuffs.
This time, we'll conduct this voting thingy.
(: So bring your pens.
And prizes will be given for the being vote and photos will be taken too. ;)

Rebecca(:

10 November 2008

2008-11-10T17:02:00.001+08:00

Attention all 4N1 people ..

Please reach school by 5.15 pm on 14/11/2008. Please meet at 4T2 classroom.

Thank you.

Pamela

10 October 2008

2008-10-10T17:02:00.003+08:00

Since nobody update so I will update one post for the day then. Will be a short one, haha.

'N' level is over and think everyone is enjoying it. So just enjoy enjoy .. haha

Sorry, it's a lame one. l0l ..

Posted by : Pamela =]

History Notes

2008-10-01T20:28:00.001+08:00

HISTORY SEQ NOTES: DISARMAMENT
E.g. How far had hopes for disarmament succeeded by 1930?
Success:
1) The Treaty of Versailles disarmed Germany to a level that was way below its original strength prior to WWI (army down to 100,000; dismantled airforce; navy included only 6 battleships and smaller ships)
2) Naval disarmament through 3 conferences – Washington Conference in 1921, Geneva Conference in 1927; London Conference in 1930 where countries agreed to keep to the ratio of battleships dictated at the conferences e.g. Britain to have ratio of 7 battleships and Japan to have ratio of 3 battleships.
3) 65 Countries signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact in 1928 agreeing not to wage war over the next five years except in self-defence à relieve tension and made it easier for countries to accept disarmament.
Failures:
1) Germany was able to exploit the loopholes in the TOV. Trained an army of 100,000 “officers”, thereby giving them the opportunity to secretly train more soldiers. In fact, in the 1930s, Hitler had begun his plans to rearm and this led to many countries rushing to rearm as well for fear of Germany starting another war.
2) The naval conferences showed the disunity of the member countries. Many countries were unwilling to accept the terms for naval disarmament and at the Geneva Conference, no agreement was made as Italy and France refused to attend.
3) The Treaty of Mutual Assistance and the General Protocol proposed by the LON to get member countries to disarm and bring their conflicts to the LON failed as countries did not trust each other and had little faith in the LON.
4) The Kellogg-Briand Pact sounded impressive but countries exploited it by maintaining that wars were carried out of self-defence.
5) Disarmament can only succeed if there was trust between the countries. The First World War had robbed the countries of trust and many were reluctant to disarm. For instance, France often quoted the need to protect itself from Germany as the reason for not disarming.
6)
7) Conclusion:
- Seemed hopeful at the beginning but eventually it was not carried out.
- All the various disarmament conferences and agreements only worked at the problem on a superficial level; it failed to address the root problem which was the lack of trust amongst countries.
- So long as there was distrust, disarmament could never be carried out.
- Likewise, all that was needed for disarmament to fail was the presence of leaders with ambitions to conquer others such as Hitler who were able to exploit the weaknesses within the various disarmament treaties for their own benefit.
- By the early 1930s, Europe was on the road to war.

HISTORY SEQ NOTES: LEAGUE OF NATIONS
E.g. How successful was the LON?
Success:
1) Very successful in handling humanitarian issues such as significantly reducing outbreaks of leprosy worldwide. Improved living conditions in poorer countries as well as improved working conditions and wages.
2) Managed to solve disputes among the countries, especially disputes on a smaller basis. Examples included Sweden accepting the verdict from LON to give the Aaland Islands to Finland.

Failures:
1) Unable to handle disputes on a larger scale such as making Italy withdraw from Corfu islands until Greece gave in to Italy’s demands.
2) Unable to carry out disarmament successfully as nations refused to turn up or agree to the terms stated during the various disarmament conferences such as Italy’s and France’s refusal to attend the Geneva Conference in 1927.
3) Failed to inspire trust from its member countries as members had the freedom to leave the League as and when it fit their motives. Difficulty in enforcing verdicts as the League had no army (depend on members to supply), could only enforce sanctions but this would only work if the member countries comply. Worse, countries such as the U.S were not included in the LON though it championed for the creation of such a League. This made it difficult for the League to get the fullest support from the rest.
Conclusion:
- League did provide hope for the nations at the beginning especially when all nations were looking forward to collective security after WWI.
- Unfortunately, LON could only be as successful as the members want it to be as its resources were from its members.
- It had its successes and failures but overall, it would be considered unsuccessful as it had limited success in the most important missions it was set up for which was to bring peace and collective security to all.

HISTORY SEQ NOTES: TREATY OF VERSAILLES
E.g. How far do you agree that the main intention of the TOV was to punish Germany? / To what extent would you agree that the TOV was a harsh peace? / How far would you agree that the reaction of the Germans towards the TOV was unreasonable?
Intentions of the TOV:
1) Punish Germany/ take revenge/ appease the people
- Germany started WWI and this war had a devastating effect on the affected countries, in particular France as much of the fighting took place on French soil.
- In order to appease the people who suffered the loss of their loved ones and the disruption to their lives, the Allied countries had to ensure that Germany would be punished severely. In fact, many of the French people were pressing Clemenceau for revenge.
- Others, like Britain, though sympathetic towards Germany, could not afford to be seen as being too careful with German feelings, were also forced to endorse a harsh TOV.
- Evidence is shown in the terms of the Treaty in particular, forcing Germany to accept all blame for starting a war under the War Guilt Clause. This was the first time a country had been expected to take up all the blame à Hence, Germany had to pay all the war reparations as compensation for all the war damages. This amounted to 6650 million pounds, an astronomical amount for a country that was also not spared from the effects of war. This would cripple Germany’s economy.
6) Prevent another war from happening
- TOV was to ensure that Germany would never start another war like WWI.
- To do that, Germany’s military might must be brought down to a level where it would not be capable of starting another war on such a major level.
- Thus, the terms of the TOV made it impossible for Germany to start another war by limiting its military capacity in the following ways: army to be restricted to 100,000 and no conscription, navy restricted to15, 000 men and 6 battleships, no submarines, tanks and planes.
10) Allow colonies to have self-determination
- Germany’s colonies were to be run by the Allied countries under mandates till they were ready to be independent.
- Examples included New Guinea to be run by Australia, Samoa by New Zealand.
- Removal of colonies from Germany would weaken Germany’s strength and capability to start another war.

*Were the Germans’ reactions to the TOV unreasonable?
What were the reactions?
- Germans called TOV a ‘diktat’ as they were not represented at the discussions and they felt that the TOV was too harsh.
- Felt that the treaty was forced upon them; reacted very negatively towards it; new German foreign minister resigned instead of signing it and many more delegates maintained that they were forced under compulsion to sign the treaty. German public regarded the Weimar government who signed the TOV as ‘November Criminals’ and did not support them.

Reasonable?
- Yes, as the TOV could indeed be regarded as harsh (see terms above). It would cripple Germany’s economy and some of the terms were indeed humiliating. All these would have implications on the quality of living for the Germans.
Unreasonable?
- Yes, as the TOV was meant to ensure that Germany could never start another war, therefore it would need to enforce severe terms otherwise history would repeat itself.
- The Allied countries ensured that some of the terms of the TOV remained within reasonable limits such as providing loans to help Germany to rebuild its economy so as to pay off the reparations (Dawes and Young Plan)
- The land taken away from Germany through the TOV was significantly lesser than what Germany took from Russia during the Brest-Litovsk Treaty. For instance, Germany lost all the lands taken during the Brest-Litovsk Treaty but all these lands did not belong to Germany in the first place!
- Another example was the taking away of Alsace-Lorraine from Germany by France. This originally belonged to France!

HISTORY SEQ NOTES: INTERNATIONAL AID
E.g. How successful was international aid/ efforts to help Germany recover/ Stresemann’s reforms?
Stresemann’s Reforms:
1) Introduced a new currency, the Rentenmark to overcome the problem of excessive printing that was carried out by the Weimar government before he came to power. (*excessive printing had led to the German currency to become worthless and people losing their savings overnight. Furthermore, it became difficult to pay the reparations with a worthless currency) à stabilise the economy at home; restore people and other countries’ confidence in the German currency so as to encourage investment
2) Reduced government spending so as to direct the scarce monetary resources to building the country’s economy and to areas that needed these money more à manage own resources.
3) Improved Germany’s relationship with other countries in particularly, Britain and France (signed the Locarno Pact in 1925 – respect the borders of each other); he also managed to persuade the U.S to lend Germany 4,000 million pounds worth of loans à made it easier to persuade other countries to consider reducing reparations and not to be so harsh on Germany. Loans from U.S went into setting up government building schemes such as theatres, airfields thus providing much needed employment for the Germans.
4) Signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact (agreed not to go to war) – helped reduce spending on defence and improve relations with other countries à same as 3.
5) Responsible for getting the U.S to implement the Dawes Plan in 1924 and the Young Plan in 1929 à reduce reparations significantly as well as loans to rebuild German economy (details below)
International Aid:
1) Dawes Plan – created by Parker Gilbert; Germany to pay less money; U.S to lend money; Ruhr to be returned; Germany to give gold to Parker to invest and all interest would go to repaying the reparations à made reparations more manageable as it would not lose value as easily as paper currency.
2) Young Plan – cut German reparations to a quarter; fifty-nine more years to pay off the reparations à much more achievable than during the Dawes Plan
(Conclusion)
- Germany still could not meet requirements
- By 1932, only paid a small amount but had borrowed over 4,000 million pounds and only managed to repay 370 million pounds worth of loans.
- Significant amount of money saved went into secret rearming! (under Hitler) By the 1930s, Young Plan was abandoned.
- Looked hopeful at the start but it did not bear out eventually. International Aid also tied German economy to the world’s; 1929 Great Depression made Germany’s economic woes worse.

17 September 2008

2008-09-17T19:13:00.003+08:00

Class Photo 1 .. formal

Class Photo 2 .. informal

Class Photo 3 .. informal

The above picture are all the class photo taken this year ^^

Posted by : Pamela =]

Class photo

2008-09-01T16:25:00.002+08:00

LOLS! Class photo.
Someone.. Upload some photos too.

WAOHH~~~

2008-08-29T23:57:00.007+08:00

WOAHH!!! FINALLY!!
Thanks to Joan~~!! She found the password!!! ((:
LOLS!

Oh yah~

The password is : peihwasec
And the username is : phss_4n1@hotmail.com

LOLS~ Anyone can post something NICE..
Meanwhile, I can't do much.. So anyone who want to post something can just do it..
Just a short post or whatever.

That will revive the blog. ((:
Thanks!!