Tuesday, December 29, 2009
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Please be informed that The Mentor will be closed from 3p.m. on New Year's eve right through New Year's Day. We shall resume classes on the 2
nd of January '10.
Students, do remember to come at the new time slot and please note the adjusted fees for the year 2010.
Lastly, but most importantly, here's everyone at TM wishing one and all, a
Happy and Fulfilling year ahead!
The tutor announced at 12:55 PM.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Movie Review: Avatar
In the epic action adventure fantasy "Avatar", James Cameron, the director of "Titanic", takes us to a spectacular new world beyond our imagination. On the distant moon Pandora, a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption, discovery and unexpected love - as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization.
The story’s protagonist, Jake Sully, is an ex-Marine who was wounded and paralyzed from the waist down in combat on Earth. In order to participate in the Avatar program, which will give him a healthy body, Jake agrees to travel to Pandora, a lush rainforest environment filled with incredible life forms – some beautiful, many terrifying. Pandora is also the home to the Na’vi, a humanoid race that lives at what we consider to be a primate level, but they are actually much more evolved than humans. Ten feet tall and blue skinned, the Na’vi live harmoniously within their unspoiled world. But as humans encroach on Pandora in search of valuable minerals, the Na’vi’s very existence is threatened – and their warrior abilities unleashed.
Jake has unwittingly been recruited to become part of this encroachment. Since humans are unable to breathe the air on Pandora, they have created genetically-bred human-Na’vi hybrids known as Avatars. The Avatars are living, breathing bodies in the real world, controlled by a human driver through a technology that links the driver’s mind to the Avatar body. On Pandora, through his Avatar body, Jake can be whole once again. Moreover, he falls in love with a young Na’vi woman, Neytiri, whose beauty is matched by her ferocity in battle.
As Jake slides deeper into becoming one of her clan, he finds himself caught between the military-industrial forces of Earth, and the Na’vi – forcing him to choose sides in an epic battle that will decide the fate of an entire world.
Conceived 14 years ago and over four years in the making, "Avatar" breaks new ground in delivering a fully immersive, emotional story and reinvents the movie going experience.
The tutor announced at 11:50 AM.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
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We, at The Mentor, wish all parents, students and friends, a Merry and blessed Christmas!!! Happy Holidays!!!
The tutor announced at 11:54 PM.
Monday, December 21, 2009
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Please be informed that The Mentor will be closed on the 24th and 25th for the Christmas holiday.
Inconvenience regretted.
The tutor announced at 2:01 PM.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
ANNOUNCEMENT!!!Nicholas has accepted a challenge from tutor, Hui Xin. In this challenge, Nicholas is to lose 4 kg by the 16th January 2010.
The loser of the challenge will have to buy the winner, a book of his/her choice.
Please wish Nic the best. =)
The tutor announced at 10:50 AM.
Friday, December 11, 2009
The Secondary 3s helped with the wrapping of the Christmas draw presents.
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See that strain on
Cheiry's face...... hm... wrapping presents is no easy task.
Cheiry,
Putri and Sherwin are busy at work.
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Look at the intense concentration on their faces.
Thanks guys, appreciate the invaluable help. =)
Note : 14 days to Christmas.
The tutor announced at 1:04 PM.
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Happy Birthday, Alicia~
The tutor announced at 1:24 PM.
Sunday, December 06, 2009
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It was a Saturday and we are on our way our way to the Singapore Art Museum (Former SJI).
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Mr Red Bean with his infamous pose.
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Another shot on the bus.
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We arrived at the Art Museum.
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Picture taken at the old chapel, under a glass sculpture.
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The place we had lunch. (beside Victoria Hotel)
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Makan time.
Well, unfortunately, we could not take any picture in the art galleries..... so these are all the pictures we had taken.
The tutor announced at 9:33 AM.
Friday, December 04, 2009
Dreams~~~
Dreams are a succession of images, thoughts, sounds, or emotions passing through the
mind during
sleep.
[1] The content and purpose of dreams are not fully understood, though they have been a topic of
speculation and interest throughout recorded history. The scientific study of dreams is known as
oneirology.
Dreams have a long history. They have been a subject of controversy and disagreement. Throughout history, people have sought
meaning in dreams or
divination through dreams. They have been described
physiologically as a response to neural processes during sleep,
psychologically as reflections of the
subconscious, and
spiritually as messages from
gods or predictions of the future. Many cultures had practiced
dream incubation, with the intention of cultivating dreams that were
prophetic or contained messages from the
divine.
Accumulated observation shows that dreams are strongly associated with
rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, during which an
electroencephalogram shows brain activity to be most like wakefulness. Participant-
unremembered dreams during
non-REM sleep are normally more mundane in comparison.
[5] During a typical lifespan, a human spends a total of about six years dreaming
[6] (which is about two hours each night).
[7] Most dreams last only 5 to 20 minutes.
[6] It is unknown where in the brain dreams originate, if there is a single origin for dreams or if multiple portions of the brain are involved, or what the purpose of dreaming is for the body or mind.
Now, here's one for you to decipher :
Putri had a dream the other night. She dreamt that she was holding hands with Sherwin, who is supposed to be her arch-enemy. Now, can anyone decode what this dream mean?
:)
The tutor announced at 12:59 PM.
Thursday, December 03, 2009
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make-up session by the p5s gone awfully wrong!
The tutor announced at 10:40 AM.