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Miss Loi's phone calls to those on her waiting list can be loosely grouped into the straightforward type and those that involve listening to some tragic 凄凉 academic tale. If in an hour, Mi …
The shift in the wind was discernible as many now begin to sense the imminence of their Mathematical Salvation, as we gaze upon the twilight of this long campaign.Already, those who bothered to look up during that dark Day of Mathematical Armageddon claimed to have seen a sliver of light from the sky, from whence ...
The hordes finally clashed under a blood red sky, and the ensuing battle was brutal and frightening, and those present told of some of the most gruesome scenes ever witnessed in O-Level exam halls. When Miss Loi rushed down to survey the aftermath of the battle, a gentle breeze picked up and landed these two pieces of war fragments in her arms.
Last-Minute Buddha Foot Hugging Notes(Color-coded coz … umm … they look prettier?)The wind stopped. The whirring sound of the aircon could be heard as an eerie silence descended on The Temple, as heavy fog engulfed The Temple Gates in a proverbial calm before the storm.Staring into the shapeless void beyond rows of students’ bags placed ...
A long time ago (okay not that long) in an old A-Maths Syllabus far, far away, there was an evil topic called Relative Velocity - where a mere mention of its name would strike fear into the hearts of students, caused teachers to quit, and made babies cry at night.So one can imagine the national ...
While the world deals with the small matter of the possible disintegration of its global financial system, students at Miss Loi's Temple have far more important things to worry about, like that big A-Maths Integration chapter."Eh Miss Loi, how come these two Integration questions I never see before in my TYS one?"
The pride of racers and the probable source ofnoise pollution in Miss Loi’s estate at 2amLike Honda’s Type R variant of cars that appeal to Ah Beng racer boys who like to bully weave in front of Miss Loi’s demure little car on the expressways, Trigonometry has its own “Type R” model in the form ...
The dark wind howled through the heart of a lost land.Temple banners are fluttering again.The leaves of the trees trembled in restless unison, and little swirls of dust performed angry dances of remonstration, as it tore chillingly through the sombre atmosphere on what was supposed to be a day of double celebration.The wind made The ...
It began with a burning sore throat on Sunday, and things began to blur before her eyes. After canceling classes for the day to rest at home, a fever developed. She visited the doctor who told her in an ominous voice ...
As devotees of The Temple enter the dark, dark period of end-of-year exams and the O-Levels, traces of their past worldly, materialistic lives (which they are supposed to have given up by oath a month ago) tend to show up every now and then:Don’t forget that minus (-) sign in the last equation though.
Paiboon Sirimahboonkrongwattanapattayabangkokshinawatrachatuchakwong (let's just call him Boon for short) is a foreign student in Singapore who aspires to become a Singapore Citizen one day. To that end, he's a little embarrassed that he doesn't yet know how to sing the full national anthem of Singapore, for he has always been late for his mari kita due to the erratic bus …
It's Mid-Autumn Festival again, a time when Miss Loi receives some delicious mooncakes from students and friends. Feeling hungry after a long day, she drove to a nearby park to savour the mooncakes in her possession. Unfortunately, no one told her that the mooncakes were laced with liquor, and she soon found herself feeling tipsy coupled with a floating sensation ...
As announced on The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao over the weekend, Jφss Sticks has won the Best Blog Shop category in the 2008 S'pore Blog Awards. The dazzling spotlights on the stage was blindingly forbidding, overwhelming a stage-shy Miss Loi to the point that, for a brief moment, she wished that her name would never be called.
Awww …With Teacher’s Day falling within the busy September term break this year, and with school celebrations held and the chers getting dunked prematurely last Friday, it’s a little ironic that we tutors get the honour of ‘celebrating’ with our charges on the actual day itself this time round.Thank you so very much for all ...
The ema boards adornThe Temple walls once more.The countdown begins.We shall go on to the end.We shall mug at The Temple,We shall mug at the libraries,We shall mug at the CCs,We shall stop those computer games, whatever the cost may be,We shall not gossip the day away,We shall not grow fat at McDonald’s,We shall not ...
EDUCATION EXTREMIST ALERT: Hot off the Straits Times forum page: An education extremist is on the loose! If your form teacher happens to be a certain Mdm Josephine Koh, please stop your private tuition IMMEDIATELY. Under no circumstances should you ever reveal to her that you've been attending those sacrilegious private tuition sessions to help you catch up in your …
On a quiet day, Miss Loi sat in a lotus position in The Temple to mark her students' homework. A buzzing sound broke the Zen-like calm, as a fly settled on an opened page of her textbook. …
It's a cruel, cruel summer. Leaving me here on my own ... so says Bananarama in that eternal Ah Lian retro anthem. That aside, even cruel summers have to come to an end, and it's now time …
With no time to lose, Miss Loi flees down the 38 Steps towards her own salvation. With no time to lose, Miss Loi flees down the 38 Steps towards her own salvation. With no time to lose, Miss Loi flees down the 38 Steps towards her own salvation. With no time to lose, Miss Loi flees down the 38 Steps towards her own salvation. With no time to lose, Miss Loi flees down the 38 …
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