Y.O!

Ah Meng - the well-loved orang utan mascot of Singapore, the zoo, and many a student and tourist on excursions to the zoo. She passed away on 9 February and leaves behind four children and six grandchildren.
Not only was Ah Meng the only non-human “Special Tourism Ambassador” for the Singapore Tourism Board, in her […]

Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth’s land surface, but due to deforestation, they now cover merely 6%. It is estimated that the last remaining rainforests could disappear in 40 years.
As our “lungs”, rainforests play an important role in continuously converting carbon dioxide into oxygen. More than 20% of the world’s oxygen is produced in […]

There are about 41 shades of green to date - Celadon (a color that is a pale tint of spring green), Jade (a saturated, slightly bluish green), Olive (a dulled, darker yellowish-green color) and Chartreuse (a color halfway between green and yellow), just to name a few.
The word green is derived from the Old English […]

‘Cause she was always green with jealousy!!!!!!!’
One of the most fascinating and prized gemstones available on Earth is the emerald, which has a beautiful radiant green that shimmers and is incredibly intense. This gives meaning to the colour ‘emerald green’.
It was even said that high quality, no inclusions, fine emeralds are more valuable than diamonds.
The […]

I first heard of him last year while googling whales on the Internet. ‘Mister Splashy Pants’ is actually the name of a humpback whale in the South Pacific Ocean.  How did he get this adorable name?
Well, it all started with the environmental group, Greenpeace. They were gathering data from humpback whales in the South Pacific, […]

As you all know, Valentine’s Day is coming. Couples are preparing gifts, flowers, candies and whatever “sweet” things they can. But what about the rest of us, who are single or don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day? What are we supposed to do then?
Fear not.
Did you know that schools celebrate International Friendship Day, usually on the third […]

Is that you in this comic strip?

This is Sarah’s first contribution entitled “routine” and can be found at http://www.leemeixia.com/
Ivan (aka my manager) introduced Sarah’s blog to me one day and insisted that I took a look at her blog.
I couldn’t believe my eyes after visiting this young lady’s  blog. It’s really amazing how she expresses herself through the use of […]

We’re two-thirds into the month of January, and I’m guessing by this time, most students are pretty much oriented into their new school, have made at least a few good friends (whom most likely will stay with you till the end of school) and gotten used to the new subjects and syllabus. And, the most […]

Ahh… 2008… Happy (belated) New Year! It also means the start of a new school year. My The December holidays seems so far away.
Some of you have probably started/are starting soon at a brand new school, being in Secondary 1 or JC 1 or 1st year at Poly/Uni. I remember it being a very scary […]

YO.

(used as an exclamation to get someone’s attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
here; present: used esp. in answer to a roll call.

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved December 10, 2007, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/yo