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Post by Grubhosh on Nov 10, 2002 17:28:53 GMT
LOL I'm not shoe obbsessed one pair of shoes is OK as long as they are decent ones (like my ciante(sp you know the type of wine Hanibal Lector drank with that blokes fried liver) & saffron Vanses)
Our head master had now started excluding people for having thier shirts un tucked. So you get more time off school for looking scruffy than for not turning up for lessons
Jared you have to wear school shoes and socks? god and I thought a blazer and tie were bad ;D
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Post by Jared on Nov 10, 2002 17:58:02 GMT
My school's part of the Raffles clan, made up of a girls' school, a boys' school and a junior college. The guys wear all white, 13 and 14 year olds wear shorts, the older ones wear long pants. Short-sleeved shirts with collars, with the necessary badges. Neat hair, no touching the collar, blahblah. PE shirt is white, with the school name on the back and the school crest on the front where the badges usually are. (Can't wear the badges during PE. You'd stab yourself.) White school socks and white canvas shoes. The girls wear white, collared, short-sleeved blouses and dark blue knee-length pinafores, complete with a belt. The cloth kind that goes with the pinafore. Badges go on their top left-hand portion of the pinafore, like how the guys wear theirs on their shirts. School socks with "RGS" printed in green on them, white canvas shoes. Socks must be visible and at least one inch showing... PE attire consists of PE shirt and black school shorts. On Day Eights (their school runs on an eight-day cycle), the girls wear PE shirts and culottes... uh... I can't spell the word. Well, skirts that aren't exactly skirts. Hair that goes past the collar must be tied up neatly, hair accessories can only be black, black and more black. But they allow fluffballs.  Ties for both the guys and the girls on certain days, like assemblies, formal events and blah. Blazers during important, important events, like a public performance and things like that. As for the JC people... I think the guys more or less wear the same stuff. The girls wear white blouses and green knee-length skirts. Shoes aren't as restricted, running shoes and the like are allowed. Badges a must, ties on certain days, blahblah. Anything else? Oh. I think the girls have this list of Nots for accessories and jewellery. Cellphones are allowed in the schools, but only to be used during certain times in certain places... like the foyer and the cafeteria, during recess and after school hours. Most of us have phones. Er... I can't think of anything else right now. Aren't the schools here strict. ;D You can get Eli to describe her uniform now. I could describe my sister's one as well. Different schools have different uniforms. ;D It's interesting. The Angle-Chinese School lower secondary boys have these longish shorts that reach their knees. Their uniform material is thick. Someone told me it was fashioned after British school uniforms. The upper secondary boys wear long pants. Gee. We just get booked when we break any rules. Get booked too many times by prefects, you get sent to detention. Even more, your offences get recorded. For life. It isn't exactly beneficial to the poor person in his/her later years when he/she is trying to get a job. |
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Post by Rhiannon on Nov 10, 2002 19:29:00 GMT
(like my ciante(sp you know the type of wine Hanibal Lector drank with that blokes fried liver) & saffron Vanses)
Just for the record: it's Chianti ;D
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Post by Grubhosh on Nov 10, 2002 19:49:44 GMT
OMG Jared you're school uniform makes our look casual! My last school we had to wear bottle green blazer your particular house tie (red& green striped with thinner stripes for the different houses) Bottle green skirt or manky black trousers a white shirt and black or brown shoes. My school uniform now is better white shirt any black trousers as long as they aren't jeans or cords and the school sweater and black shoes.
thaks Rhi  " i ate his liver with some lima beans and a nice chianti"
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Post by Rhiannon on Nov 10, 2002 21:01:20 GMT
;D Well, otherwise I can't participate in this thread right now: no school uniforms over here ;D
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Post by Imrel on Nov 10, 2002 23:18:07 GMT
Urgh, that Hannibal.
No uniforms at my school. There's a supposedly strict dress code that no one pays any attention to. Better than Middle School, where the dress code was practically a uniform anyway. (Khaki trousers and navy/green/white tops. Could've been worse.)
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Post by Jared on Nov 11, 2002 4:43:20 GMT
You guys are lucky. You know, our school "policy" (that's what the teachers call it, students call it rules) is such a thick stack of about 15 to 20 pages that no one ever bothers to read it. And every single time they change the rules, we have to go for a talk in which every single rule is repeated to us again. Usually everyone snores away... Another thing: The school uniforms are usually sold. Meaning there's no buy-your-own-cloth-and-make-your-own-uniform. You buy this standard uniform and get new ones whenever you outgrow them or tear them or something. Every student in the same school wears the same thing. ;D Exciting, eh? I never watched Hannibal. ;D Oh yea. I had yet another a some-others-and-I-are-being-chased-by-a-huge-group-of-people dream. This time we ran in groups and the chase would only be over when moonlight shone upon us. Don't ask me how my subconscious came up with that. It was scary, running through almost-deserted carparks (cars occasionally drove by) and malls and taking lifts and hiding in places and racing the chasers to the lifts and pounding on doors and crouching behind cars and dashing across roads and contemplating waiting by the skylight at the top of the carpark and ending up in my room (for some reason :  with the door which wouldn't stay closed and about 8 people huddled inside. I usually get dreams like these, just in different locations. Any more weird dreams out there? |
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Post by ~Dernhelm~ on Nov 11, 2002 12:28:58 GMT
Man! Uniforms truly add that final touch to a torture chamber! I have to admit that yours sound absolutely horrible Jared. I would have begged my parents to do something about it. And the girl's outfit sounds even more revolting than the one for the boys! Luckily girls are allowed to wear pants at my school (you won't catch me dead in a long skirt which looks like a potatoe sack[/u]). I wear by Elven leaf brooch to school a lot or my necklace with a horse (it figures) because the acessorie rules aren't followed by anyone. Then again, some girls wear these freaky rings which must have been forged in Mordor while others wear 20 necklaces... I don't know. I have my ways of being obedient and highly rebellious at the same time.
As for weird dreams, every other dream I have (which is a nightmare in the first place) has been known to mean something about the future. It's just freaky! Sometimes it can go down to the very small error in something or the page number of a book which I've never opened. I wonder why... I'm not an elf to have "the gift of foresight" so it has to be something else. Confusing.[/color]
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Post by Jared on Nov 11, 2002 12:36:54 GMT
Ever seen the Witch-King's ring, Eowyn? It's a work of art.  Actually, I already kind of like my uniform. Some schools have it worse. |
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Post by ~Dernhelm~ on Nov 11, 2002 12:47:20 GMT
So he was the one who organized the art classes in Angmar. Pity they ran out of enrollment papers when I arrived! 
Many hated the uniforms in my school at first, but now they like it because they are too lazy to decide what to wear in the morning. I still think it takes away freedom and hate any type of uniform. I guess I'm strong headed and stubborn, though it can be benefitial!
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Post by Jared on Nov 11, 2002 12:55:55 GMT
Over here, every school, from pre-school till junior college, has its own uniform. It's kind of like identification. We're taught to be proud of our school uniform, especally the "premier" schools, because they show everyone our achievements and blah. So... usually the kids from schools like these tend to like their uniforms more. Because the schools really encourage them to be proud of their school... I guess it builds self-confidence for some.
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Post by ~Dernhelm~ on Nov 12, 2002 12:58:45 GMT
Perhaps it's true. Knowing myself, the more someone forces me to do something, the smaller of the chance that I'll do it! ;D Is that an evil trait? (Keeps fingers crossed for no!)
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Post by Grubhosh on Nov 12, 2002 13:24:54 GMT
Ooo I like the ring Jared V. cool can you buy it online?
uh oh bell must lessons now
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Post by The Witch King on Nov 12, 2002 15:35:04 GMT
Yes you can buy it online. (I have one)
You can buy the whole set of rings - The One Ring, Barahir (Aragorns), The Witch King's, Nenya (Galadriel's) and Vilya (Elronds).
They're reasonably priced and come in individual boxes that light up.
The only problem is that I had to pay an import tax of £15 on them which put the price up considerably.
However I saw them in a shop not long ago so it's worth looking round as they are available over here.
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Post by Jared on Nov 13, 2002 11:40:49 GMT
Gee. They cost about a hundred to two hundred bucks each. Not very reasonable for some kid who doesn't work and lives on a weekly allowance of S$30. I'm already on loan... to get a CD. Anyway.... Chamber of Secrets opens on the 14th here. ;D I'm watching it next Tuesday. Can't wait... |
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" i ate his liver with some lima beans and a nice chianti"
with the door which wouldn't stay closed and about 8 people huddled inside. I usually get dreams like these, just in different locations. 
