Easter!

Easter is an important annual religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. In Christian belief, Jesus was resurrected from the dead three days after his crucifixion. Many Christian denominations celebrate this resurrection on Easter Day or Easter Sunday (also Resurrection Day or Resurrection Sunday), two days after Good Friday. The chronology of his death and resurrection is variously interperated to be between 26 and 36 AD.

The Easter Bunny is a mythical character depicted as an anthropomorphic rabbit. In legend, the creature brings baskets filled with colored eggs, candy and toys to the homes of children on the night before Easter. The Easter Bunny will either put the baskets in a designated place or hide them somewhere in the house for the children to find when they wake up in the morning.
The Easter Bunny is very similar in trait to its Christmas holiday counterpart, Santa Claus, as they both bring gifts to good children on the night before their respective holiday. Its origin is disputed but the character was mentioned as early as 1600; some trace it to alleged pre-Christian fertility lore, others to the role of the hare in Christian iconography.

Easter Sunday celebrations for the year 2009 fall on 12th April.

Additional Mathematics Test

Are you struggling with the recent additional mathematics test? Do you need help with that? Then you are smart to come to this blog! Below is the link to my answer for the test. Hope this can help with the redoing of the test. Have fun!

http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/3/30/2384860/Amaths%20test-my%20ans.doc

International Friendship Day

Today's school assembly is about 'International Friendship Day'. International Friendship Day is a day to help students learn about and appreciate other cultures and to also nurture in them the spirit of friendship and collaboration among different people. This year's International Friendship Day falls on 17 April, Friday. The theme for International Friendship Day 2009 is 'Getting to know ASEAN' where students will get to learn and appreciate cultures in ASEAN countries and understand the importance of good bilateral relations with our neighbours.

They invited a drama group to illustrate how the foreign students might feel when they are in Singapore. Some of them might miss their home while others felt isolated. They are lonely and does not have much friends. Unfortunately, some are discriminated by others and no one wants to get near them. However, with people of different race and religion come together, a happy ending will arise.

Go For It! Adventure Quest Members!

Its here again! The annual Boys' Brigade Adventure Quest! It is a race that have many challenges awaiting for the boys to complete. As I do not have any experience and knowledge in that, I shall not say too much about it.
For more information :
http://www.bb.org.sg/cos/o.x?c=/wbn/pagetree&func=view&rid=46936

Anyway, I shall keep my fingers crossed and wish you all the best! Hope you can do well in all areas of the race and complete it! Pray that you can complete the race successfully and reached what you aim to get!

Keep up the fighting spirit! You Can Do It!

ご幸運を祈ります! (gokoūn o inorimasu)
祝你好運 (zhù nǐ háoyùn)
Good Luck!

April Fool's Day

April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day, although not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on April 1. The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, enemies, and neighbours, or sending them on fool's errand, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible. Traditionally, in some countries, the jokes only last until noon: like UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, someone who plays a trick after noon is called an "April Fool". Elsewhere, such as in Ireland, France, and the USA, the jokes last all day.

The history of April Fool's Day or All Fool's Day is uncertain, but the current thinking is that it began around 1582 in France with the reform of the calendar under Charles IX. The Gregorian Calendar was introduced, and New Year's Day was moved from March 25 - April 1 (new year's week) to January 1.

Communication traveled slowly in those days and some people were only informed of the change several years later. Still others, who were more rebellious refused to acknowledge the change and continued to celebrate on the last day of the former celebration, April 1. These people were labeled "fools" by the general populace, were subject to ridicule and sent on "fool errands," sent invitations to nonexistent parties and had other practical jokes played upon them. The butts of these pranks became known as a "poisson d'avril" or "April fish" because a young naive fish is easily caught. In addition, one common practice was to hook a paper fish on the back of someone as a joke.

This harassment evolved over time and a custom of prank-playing continue on the first day of April. This tradition eventually spread elsewhere like to Britain and Scotland in the 18th century and was introduced to the American colonies by the English and the French. Because of this spread to other countries, April Fool's Day has taken on an international flavor with each country celebrating the holiday in its own way.

In Scotland, for instance, April Fool's Day is devoted to spoofs involving the buttocks and as such is called Taily Day. The butts of these jokes are known as April 'Gowk', another name for cuckoo bird. The origins of the "Kick Me" sign can be traced back to the Scottish observance.

In England, jokes are played only in the morning. Fools are called 'gobs' or 'gobby' and the victim of a joke is called a 'noodle.' It was considered back luck to play a practical joke on someone after noon.

In Rome, the holiday is known as Festival of Hilaria, celebrating the resurrection of the god Attis, is on March 25 and is also referred to as "Roman Laughing Day."

In Portugal, April Fool's Day falls on the Sunday and Monday before lent. In this celebration, many people throw flour at their friends.

The Huli Festival is celebrated on March 31 in India. People play jokes on one another and smear colors on one another celebrating the arrival of Spring.

So, no matter where you happen to be in the world on April 1, don't be surprised if April fools fall playfully upon you.

Heymath Assignment Download

There is a Heymath assignment entitled "EMaths Revision". It is about indices but it is overdued. However, you can still attempt it I think. Since it is not able to download the worksheet in Heymath as there is no link to it, I had copied the questions and saved into Microsoft Word. Below is the link for you to download the worksheet to do with unlimited duration. The actual time limit is only 90 mins. There is a total number of 45 questions. Have fun!

http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/3/30/2384860/Heymath%20indices.doc