Racial Harmony Day, Zaobao, and EMB

I was wondering yesterday why Wen Cong would read Zaobao and get a snapshot of that small little piece of article I wrote about RHD. I mean, the article was so tiny I could barely see it when I flipped the paper through today.

Then, on the bus, I was wondering how chaoyong knows that I wrote a small little piece of article and got it published on Zaobao. (He was very nice about it though, thank you^^)

And just now (like, 10 seconds earlier), I was diligently reading everyone of those 38 unread msg on EMB and I FINALLY REALISED WHY!!!!!!

cos they put the article on EMB! but that's not the point.

they put my name (in bold) AND CLASS as well.

like, yeah I know they can just directly translate my name into Hanyu Pinyin and it'll sound the name, but how on earth did they 'kope' my class out? this is very very scary. I wrote something and the next thing I know, EVERY OTHER person knows that it was published in zaobao except me. it was kaien who tagged wen cong's photo who saw it on EMB and posted it on facebook.

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ok, im digressing away from my main point, as always. the truth is, i dont really mind my name and class appearing on EMB, but I'm super embarrassed this time because my article is very. very. VERY VERY short. the editors cut the entire chunk out and those printed on EMB is like my first 2 paragraphs. THE SUMMARISED version of my first 2 paragraphs.

and great, now everyone is gonna think that Lingxuan's chinese is so bad; she can only write 2 simple, dry paragraphs.

anyway, in case anyone wants to read, here's the original article :

难忘今天——华侨中学庆祝种族和谐日

咦？踢毽子、印度舞、娘惹糕、沙爹、传统服装秀……华侨中学（高中部）的学生们不在教室里好好上课，奇装异服地来学校干什么？原来是一年一度的种族和谐日到了。
今年，为了配合种族和谐日，华侨中学（高中部）举办了为期一周多姿多彩的活动，让学生在轻松愉快的气氛中了解认识不同种族的风俗和习惯。今年的主题是：“拥抱多元文化，建设共同社会”。
学校请专人准备了华、印、巫各民族的传统美食，供师生们品尝；还举办了各民族传统游戏比赛等；活动的高潮聚焦在评选班级最佳传统服装秀。为了以最亮眼的姿态出现，为班级争光，同学们从几个星期前就开始物色合适的服装。别看华侨中学是以华族学生占绝对优势，可学生们精心挑选的服装却是以其他民族的传统服装为主，有印度族、马来族、越南服装等等。女生们偏爱印族服装，可能和它讲究的用料、飘逸的造型，能够把女孩姣美的身段以婀娜多姿的形式展现出来有关吧。男生则注重团体的气势，整个班级统一着装马来服或印度服，突显其阳刚之气。压轴戏服装秀在星期五举行，星期五（2010年7月23日）当天，整个校园焕然一新，充满了节日的气息，缤纷的色彩洋溢着和谐与融洽。摄影社的学生们更是忙得不亦乐乎，他们设立免费照相处，为同学们捕捉这美丽的时刻。班级服装秀开始，整个礼堂的气氛马上沸腾起来，平日沉默寡言的同学们一到台上，都显现出另类的一面，走猫步的姿势可媲美专业模特儿，引起台下一阵阵喝彩声。
今年的桂冠——最佳传统服装奖，由理科班10S67摘得。女生的靓丽，男生的帅气，班主任的积极参与和支持，都在他们身着的传统服装中展现出来——拥抱多元文化，建设共同社会！10S67的黄诗荣同学说：“全班同学一起穿上传统服装是一个很特别的体验，特别是男生们，整班同学都穿上一样的沙笼，这样的经历恐怕今后都很难再有了，日后相信会成为美好的回忆。”黄巧玲同学也觉得，全班一起穿上传统服装体现了大家团结一致的精神，同学之间的感情也在过程中进一步加深。这正是庆祝种族和谐日的目的——虽然大家的背景和习俗不同，但因为有共同的目标，人们都团结一心，排除困难，一起迎接挑战。
每个新加坡人都应该庆祝种族和谐日，因为它能不断地提醒国人不要忘记历史的教训，让人人都怀有一颗感恩的心，不要把现在难得的和谐视作理所当然。全体国人应团结一心，珍惜现在，共同创造美好的明天！

照片：最佳传统服装奖—10S67班 班级合照 （由华侨中学（高中部）提供）
It's not great, I know.