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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Old Ghosts [Jielin] // 8:59 AM.

Old Ghosts is a sad story about a man named Jim Brennan who made a wrong choice when he was young. It starts with Jim reminiscing his life on the day he turns seventy-six. Jim hates the world, choosing to think negatively about everything, for example, saying that "'Grand, thank God. Yourself?' 'Couldn't be better.' Life is strangled with polite lies. " He is probably so bitter because of the regret he feels upon choosing a girl he picked up on his business trip with his father rather than Ellen, his childhood sweetheart. He brings the girl back to Ireland, Dublin, to show her off, even telling Ellen that he did not want her anymore when he came back from his business trip. When he comes back again, a few years later, he finds Ellen dead from an illness and finally matures, realising his grave mistake of choosing someone who can only give the one thing that Ellen cannot give him because she is saving it for her marriage bed.

I think Jim is a person who does not think about the consequences of his actions. He only regrets not choosing Ellen when she is dead. If he had properly considered his choices when he was younger, he would not have ended up living his life so bitterly when he was old, instead, he would have loyal, pure and faithful Ellen by his side as Ellen's condition would have improved without him saying he did not want her anymore. He is also very immature, not choosing Ellen because she refused to give him what the other girl gave him.

The ending of the story is when Jim dies and joins Ellen together in another world. I feel that the ending is bittersweet as it ends happily but has a twist of sadness in it. Sadness from all the years that Jim could have had with Ellen all wasted and all the regret and guilt he feels, happiness as they are finally a couple.

I can relate the story to my life by learning from Jim's mistakes, thinking twice before doing anything recklessly or jumping to any conclusions. Also, I can learn to behave in a more mature manner when faced with difficult circumstances, thinking ahead, and considering the consequences and impact my decision will have on the people around me.


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#1 Amelia
#2 Huishan
#3 Weili
#4 Aiying
#5 Delia
#6 Karin
#7 Eugenia
#8 Germaine
#9 Glenda
#10 JasmineGOH
#11 JasmineTAY
#12 Hanling
#13 Xinyan
#14 Yuqi
#15 Yaxin
#16 Xinhui
#17 Sheena
#18 Huixian
#19 Jielin
#20 Joanne
#21 Yanni
#22 Zhenling
#23 Jiayi
#24 Niwen
#25 Xiaoxin
#26 Xuemin
#27 Trina
#28 Weijie
#29 Xingqin
#30 Longbing
#31 Chongyang
#32 RongJian
#33 Jiayi
#34 Anthony
#35 Jun An
#36 Bingshen
#37 Jonathan
#38 Vincent
#39 Jeryuan
#40 Yuanxuan
#41 Jingpin

the teachers;
FOR SEC 1.[:
Form Teacher - Ms Thor
English Teacher - Ms Thor
CE Teacher - Ms Thor
English Trainee Teacher - Mr Ong
Math Teacher (Semester 1) - Mr Leong
Math Teacher (Semester 2) - Ms Teo
Chinese Teacher (For a few months) - Ms Lea
Chinese Teacher - Ms Zhang
Science Teacher (Physics) - Mr Tang
Science Teacher (Chemistry) - Mdm Tia
Science Teacher (Biology) - Ms Rozianna
History Teacher (For a few months) - Ms Fu
History Trainee Teacher - Ms Lin
Geography Teacher - Mrs Kok/Ms Chong/Ms Heng/Mr Tay
Literature Teacher (Semester 1) - Ms Ilan
Literature Teacher (Semester 2) - Mrs Erb
PE Teacher - Mr Liew
Home Econs - Mdm Liang/Ms Lim
D&T Teacher - Mr Ng/Mr Yusoff
IT Teacher - Mr Haren/Ms Tang
Art Teacher - Ms Tay
Music Teacher - Mrs Wong

FOR SEC 2.[:
Form Teacher - Mdm Jiang
Co-Form Teacher - Mr Ng
English Teacher - Ms Thor
CE Teacher - Ms Thor/Ms Ling
PE Teacher - Ms Tallib/Ms Thor/Mr Liew/Ms Lin
Math Teacher - Miss Lim
Chinese Teacher - Mdm Jiang
Science Teacher (Biology) - Ms Rozianna
Science Teacher (Physics) - Mr Tang
Science Teacher (Chemistry) - Mr Ong
History Teacher - Ms Kaur
Geography Teacher - Mrs Wong
D&T Teacher - Mr Yusoff/Mr Suffian
Literature Teacher - Ms Ling
IPW Teacher - Ms Ling/Mr Choo
Art Teacher - Ms Chia/Ms Tan
Music Teacher - Mrs Wong/Ms Tan

the commitee;
Chairperson: Germaine
Vice-chairperson 1: RongJian
Vice-chairperson 2: LongBing
Vice-chairperson 3: Xinyan
Secretary: Huixian
Treasurer: Xiaoxin
Vice-Treasurer: ZhenLing
CIP Leaders: JasmineGOH&JasmineTAY
AV Reps:Bingshen&JerYuan
Sports Leaders: Sheena&Eugenia
NE Leaders: ChongYang&YuanXuan
Green Activists: XueMin&Amelia
Welfare Officers: Jonathan&Weijie

the class reps;
English/CE Rep: Niwen&Jun An&Yanni&Trina
Math Rep: Vincent&Jiayi(f)
Chinese Rep: Jiayi(m)&Anthony
Science Rep: Joanne&Vincent
History Rep: Yaxin&JingPin
Geography Rep: Karin&Yaxin

the councillors;
#1 Weili
#2 Eugenia
#3 Sheena
#4 Jielin
#5 Xingqin
#6 JiaYi (M)

the spotlight;
#1. Sec 1 Orientation Camp 07 - 1st
#2. Literary Evening Drama Competition 07 - 3rd
#3. SLD 07 - Best Overall SLD Project
#4. Badminton Inter-Class 07 - 2nd for Secondary 1 Girls
#5. Racial Harmony Day Notice Board Design 07 - Winner (Lower Secondary)
#6. Netball Inter-Class 07 - 1st for Secondary 1
#7. Cross Country 07 - Sheena Ting, 1st for Secondary 1 Girls
#8. Teacher's Day Banner Making 07 - 3rd
#9. Mid-Autumn Celebration Treasure Hunt 07 - 1st (Secondary 1)
#10. Basketball Inter-Class 07 - 2nd for Secondary 1 Girls
#11. Student of the Term 07 - Tan JieLin, for Secondary 1 Level
#12. Standard Level - Koh Han Ling, 3rd for Secondary 1 Level
#13. ACES Day 08 - 1st Runner-up, for Secondary 2 Level
#14. Debate Inter-Class - 1st & 2nd, for Secondary 2 Level
#15. Interschool CL Writing Competition - Liu Yu Qi
#16. Student of the Term 08 - Lim Xin Yan, for Secondary 2 Level
#17. Standard Level - Jasmine Goh&Koh Han Ling, 3rd for Secondary 2 Level

the tagboard;

the links;

the past;

credits;