the hour of reckoning draws near

actually, the title's misleading, since i've gone for my first Paper. If there was one adjective i could use to describe it, the word "decimated" comes to mind. Anyway, 2 more papers to go, so no point being bothered by it anyway!

More importantly, I'm (sort of) on my own in school now! my mentor's away, i shall have to "fight more fires" on the ground. exciting life ahead!

a follow-up post on my random post

(I really need more creative titles for my posts. anyway.)

So 2.5hrs after my previous post, I've actually managed to attempt a full practice exam paper, and thankfully, I didn't fare too bad, considering that it was supposed to take 3hrs, but then, I did refer to my notes a little. So -

But "too bad" is not enough. Hmmm. gotta try more qns. But tomorrow, being Super Tuesday, means I can't actually sneak in much of my own work during school hours, since I'm having a long day + many occupied periods. sigh. the exam draws nearer!

Btw, I figured out why I hate doing maths over essay-writing (read: lousier). Because Maths means doing lots of practice. and there's only one answer. It's so much more fun doing essays. geez.

a random post

So I'm supposed to have spent my weekend pouring over my financial planning notes. In a way, I did. By I never quite got down to doing-the-'TYS' part (btw, TYS refers to the amazing creation of the Singapore education system which wins accolades for Maths and Sciences every single year, unfailingly). So I'm still trying to get down to business (now, I know its difficult to reconcile that aspiration with my curious presence in cyberspace, like right now.)

In any case, half my Good-Friday was "burnt", because I went down early in the morning (well, not really early, considering I wake up @ 5.30am to go to work everyday) to drop in at my buddy's Church to watch his short "guest appearance" in a short segment of the Church Service that day. No, I'm still atheist, I suppose. Not bad, I suppose he deserves an Oscar's for his performance.

As time and tide waits for no Man, I ended up finding myself in school, on Monday morning, with the Monday Blues, with a hell lot of stuff to settle. And of course, with my revision on the brink of vaporizing right into thin air. But i shall try not to give up. After all, I still do have a couple of days. And of course, when all else fails, I should really believe in the powers of the Gods of Moderation. but frankly, I'm not having much faith in it because: 1. I'm atheist, 2. They never seem to be working in my favour anyway.

To attempt to explain away my presence here right now, I should refer to this Korean show I watched over dinner. No, I only watched all of 15mins of this long-time Korean drama serial screened at 7pm on weekdays. It was quite interesting. As the storyline goes, there is this rich man's son who refuses to spent his folks' money for his wedding. The female lead, apparently appalled by his apparent lack of generosity and sensitivity of the oh-so-special-moment-known-as-the-dream-wedding-syndrome, is clearly upset. But the male protagonist, at the advice/instigation of his sister, takes on the clash head-on, and throws down the cards in her face:

"No fanciful wedding bands, No designer wedding gowns, and No round-trip European honeymoon. But I'll promise to give you all of this, one at a time, during our anniversaries. Of course, this is subjected to your preformance."

I thought that was real funny. It's really cool. I mean, it really cool. It appears quite clearly who I'm rooting for.

p.s. anyway, its back to the books for me :(

"when the going gets tough,
the tough gets going."

but are you tough enough?

turn up the heat.

no, the title isn't suggestive.

anyway, this week im dropping all my school gym sessions.
WHY?

Because I'm frantically trying to finish up much of my revision for my upcoming FP exams. Its terrible. It's been such a long time since I had "homework" dished out to me. For the record, I am evil-y handing out homework and thinking of setting nasty questions for students' tests. Here I am, on the receiving end from elsewhere, desperately trying to finish up all that revision questions before this week's night classes. erps. speak of Karma. and Irony.

School reopens tomorrow. Time to do the jigs and juggling again!

reality hits

So tonight was a very eventful night, as usual, with my bunch of RV classmates. for 8/9 consecutive years, the same old stupid jokes crop up, but it'll always seem like totally new jokes and happenings to us. Its a wonderful feeling. Of course, life moves on, more stuff gets added in, but really, the past seems so well & alive around these people, its fantastic. Its really "living in History".

And everyone's flying off - SEP, IA, whatever. It all sounds very exciting (of coz, my life as it is is quite exciting too - assuming a pseudonym and hoping those concerned nv finds out. It's downright exciting).

In any case, my revision for my FP course is underway, finally. But not fast enough. Gotta pull up my socks man. Clear the exams, do it once, do it well.



p.s. I've heard disturbing things tonight. For better and for the worse.

another random post

before I forget:

"Success is not for a chosen few; rather,
Success is chosen by a few."
-Unknown

Quoted from my lecturer, Mr Daniel Tan.

I thought it made a lot of sense.
However, I have my reservations about the quote, for instance, because it doesn't seem to consider the issue of context.

My two cents.

On Luck and Working hard

"Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it, you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted, had you known."
- Garrison Keillor


"I think it reflects how I feel about my alma mater"

- On a nine-day retreat to get his stuff sorted out -

Hillary returns!

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2 more days to March holidays. woohoo~ (but also means no pay :( )