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Wednesday, November 09, 2005
The Shanghai Massacre occured in March 1927 after Chiang Kai Shek seized Shanghai at the end of the Northern Expedition. A general strike broke out, and authorities responded by sending out execution squads to kill suspected communists. Confusion was present everywhere and the CCP leaders, who had no real idea of the situation, forbade any resistance to the KMT. Thus thousands were killed and the First United Front collapsed.
that was almost 80 years ago.
time machine *vroom vroom*
(80 years later)
The Malcolm Road Massacre occured on 9 November 2005, just as 60 students were sitting for their history 2158 O Levels exam. Before 2.00pm, excitement and anxiety filled the air, as students made their last minute efforts to remember the contents in their history file. Their history teacher was on hand to provide a morale boost just before the paper commenced, and gave out sweets in a bid to soften the mood and cushion the blow that the students were soon to face.
At 2.00pm, at the sound of the gun, papers flipped and cries of wails filled the air. Students stared at blank amazement at the lack of questions to answer and continued flipping aimlessly, in the hope that a light would appear at the end of the tunnel.
But alas, things were not to be and students had no choice but to contend with reality and continue with the paper. At 4.30pm, as the nightmare was brought to a close, hoardes of screams were heard and it left one to wonder whether they were cheering for joy at the achievement of having accomplished a history paper, or letting out their anger and frustration that had been bottled up within them for two-and-a-half hours.
wonder why i'm all nagging about this. However it was just pure craziness. 100% A1? ha u must be in dreamland.
but i dunno why it pains so much. after putting in so much efforts throughout these two years on this subject, i'm sure the whole class feels the same. all the late nights and trading of notes and class tests and everything else. i dunno. it's been one hell of a subject and only those who have gone through it will know how crazy it feels. those times when we work so so so hard and all we aimed for was a C6 - and somehow we were happy with that.
that time when all of us sat for our first test - versailles and nobody pased. the TA1 results where nobody even got a D7. the screams when everyone passed prelims. wow. it's been hell of a roller coaster ride and one that has been truly memorable.
maybe we will be the batch that becomes infamous for not having that elusive 100% A1. but so wad? the dedication put into this subject will be unrivalled by any other, and for that matter it is truly applaudable and definitely deserved of somethinge even better than an A1.
so u see? the moral of the story is:
NEVER SPOT for an exam. Proven during SS, again during 2158. Spotting does the world no good - coz nothing expected ever comes out. Growth of Nations? nah. World War II? nah. Stalin? nah.
now lets complete the Os in style.
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11/09/2005 10:52:00 PM
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