On 21st July, we were very kindly informed that we had exactly one week to upload all our CCA and CIP achievements onto the KM SPS system, which has purportedly been newly refurbished.

Of course, this would be easy as pie - if perhaps the system had been properly working in the first place and previous events would have been uploaded long ago, if perchance it wouldn't take more than 3 days for an approved event to actually be available for selection, and if maybe all the teachers could endeavour to approve the students' submissions or correct them as promptly as possible.

This is not to say, at all, that there aren't teachers who aren't quick about it. I think the teacher in charge for my KSA attachment was extremely efficient - she even told me in class what I did wrong. My civics tutor is also one of the first to approve my records. Unfortunately, obviously not all teachers have the time, and the last-minute nature of this exercise causes the system to be too busy at night.

On 28th July, we began our new restructured timetable. I end on 5.20 on Mondays, 4.30 on Tuesdays, 4.30 on Wednesdays.

Total no. of free periods: 6

Total no. of free periods on Tuesday: 5

Having 10 periods on Monday with the usual break and lunch is a bit more taxing on my brain than I had imagined. The 8 periods on Wednesday is slightly better. The 4 periods + 5 free periods on Tuesday is laughable. I am not complaining though, because I appreciate how difficult it must be to come up with some timetable squashing all lessons into 3 days, working around the timetables of the younger students.

All in the wonderful month of July. Happy Birthdays to several July babies: Gerard, Daryl, Christopher, Michelle Tay, my brother, Yihui, Pei Cheng, Paul, Su Yee, Wu Si, Ling Chung, Liu Xuan (tomorrow) and anyone else I forgot!