FREEDOM (100th post!!)
YEAHHH!!! EXAMS OVER!!! No more exams! Yeah!
Haven't blogged for 5 days, I think. Not because I haven't come online... I have been online, albeit for a short while and for a few times before the HCL exam. I just wanted my 100th post to be 'special'. Now it is!!! It's my FIRST post after all my exams! Yeah! 2 months to slack! SONGBO!!!
But actually... I don't really feel that 'free'. I don't feel all that relieved that my exams are all over... Maybe it's 'cos I was already starting to slacken after the school exams, before the HCL O level exam. Or maybe it's 'cos I feel a little regret for not putting more effort into my zao ju and tian ci. I got 1/2 or a ciyu wrong, (缉拿 aargh, wrote ji wrongly), and I'm not really that confident of my zao ju for 一暴十寒 and 趾高气扬. I dread getting a B4 or lower... Well... I guess I can only wait till March next year to find out.
EDIT: Ok, wanted to add some more about the HCL exam. It was quite ok... though I was sort of struggling throughout the whole paper 1. Not that it was tough or anything- (We did the questions before! Quite similar, at least). My nose was giving me a terrible time. I used 4 whole tissue packets during Paper 1, and 2 during paper 2. And that answer booklet for Paper 1... AARGH. 20x15. Why couldn't they just use the standard 20x20?? I was so used to writing my zuowen and yingyongwen on the standard paper. I spent a lot of time worrying about whether I was writing enough for that paragraph, and thinking about how much more I needed to write. Usually, I can get a feel of how much more is left, just by seeing what page I'm on... So I ended up spending ONE WHOLE HOUR on the yingyongwen. Aargh. I was panicking when I started on my zuowen. But luckily I managed to rush through and I finished the zuowen with time to spare. One minute left, haha. Paper was quite ok generally, just the usual- very hard.
I still don't really feel that relaxed yet. I sort of have 'nothing' to do now. Two months suddenly seems like a bit too long for a holiday. Will I get bored? Aaaah! Hope not! Better find something to do... To quote something a fellow schoolmate said during the last assembly, "Get a life"!
Getting report card back on Friday- or is it Monday? Not too sure.. but I think my results should be quite good.... And there's still 4 more days of school! Wth. No more lessons of course... there's this "Festival of Sports" on Wednesday... I'm gonna play Ultimate Frisbee! LOL. And there's this stupid "Humanities in Celebrations" thingy. Aargh. Waste of time. Can't they just let us off earlier? Sigh... At least Tuesday and Thursday this week are public holidays... Deepavali and Hari Raya.
And I have to hand in the Subject Combination options form on Wednesday. They said that's the final submition! Wth. I don't feel comfortable choosing my combination now... but I'm gonna go with PCME H2 and B H1. I'm very reluctant to be choosing the very popular(boring) PCME... but I wanna do PCM, and I actually don't really wanna do any Humans subject, so I'm going with the "more practical" Econs. Even though I haven't done Bio, the topics for JC bio seems quite interesting, but I don't wanna do triple science H2, haha. Anyway, I can always drop Bio at the end of Year 1 if I can't cope...
So I guess it's PCMEb then...
EDIT: After some more thinking... I decided not to choose Econs after all. Sure, econs does give "more options", in terms of the types of courses available in U. But I just don't see myself doing anything that has to do with economics. I don't want to do any business related stuff. The topics for Geog at A levels seems more interesting. So in the end I chose PCMGb. Odd combination. So I had to enter a second choice- PCMEb. Hopefully I'll get my odd combi.
Looking forward to next year! Whee!
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10/31/2005 07:39:00 pm
My nose is KILLING ME
Aargh. Since I played with Lok Fung's cat today, my nose has started running non-stop. Or maybe it was the dusty pool room. Hm...
Aargh. I hate that feeling. It's like I'm gonna sneeze, but I don't. And I have to keep blowing my nose.
Hope I'm not getting sick. It'll be just GREAT to be having a runny nose while writing my zuowen. Might as well fail if that happens. Aargh.
Don't feel good at all. Gonna sleep early.
EDIT: Great... now my stomach hurts too... AAARGHH. Bad day.
hyperxi's life @
10/26/2005 09:21:00 pm
Five days!
Aargh. Went to school today for the first of three Chinese-only school days. Woke up late. 7.30. Reached school at 8.10. 10 minutes late. And I thought I'd be walking into a class filled with people and with the 'lesson' going on already. Turned out Honyp hadn't even arrived. And only half the class turned up. Slackers. Anyway, tomorrow's compulsory- school starts again. Today was still a marking day.
So I've gotta wake up at 6 again tomorrow. Sigh...
Anyway, I went to Lok Fung's house with Alvin after Chinese. Played around with his com. Had some fun masquerading as Lok Fung and Alvin on MSN. haha. And then we played some pool. I'm not very good at pool. Of course, that was only the second time I was playing pool. Couldn't even hit the ball most of the time. lol
Haha, playing the whole afternoon while the HCL Os are just 5 days away. I don't feel like studying... But I have to. And I heard a D7's enough for us to not take Chinese in JC. I know that's true for all JCs, but we were told initially that our school and NJC wanted students to have B3. Hm... so maybe a D7 is all that is needed. Well, better be safe than sorry. I'm still aiming for B3.
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10/26/2005 09:13:00 pm
Summary of Results
So, I went to school to check my English and Physics papers. I was hoping for 74 for English and 78 for Physics. And WTH. I got 72 for English and 76 for Physics. Aargh.
But anyway, for English, I got 20/30 for Compo, as expected. 14/20 for AQ. 18/25 for Compre and 20/25 for Summary. I was suprised I got 5/5 for the vocab question in the Compre. haha, never got full marks for that section before.
For Physics, Mr Tieu gave us the Paper 2 first. I saw my marks: 49/70. I was bracing myself for an overall A2 for Physics. Then I got back my MCQ. 27/30. It took a moment for me to add the the marks together. 76. Then it took another moment for me to realise that I got A1 for the Physics exam. Relief rushed over me. But that relief soon turned to frustration, 'cos according to my earlier calculations, I need 78 in order to get A1 overall for Physics. But I realised I was assuming I got 7/10 for SPA123 and 2/5 for SPA4. I managed to ask Mr Tieu for my SPA marks. But he only told me my SPA123 marks. 9/10. So I'll probably get A1 for Physics, if my SPA4 gets 2/5. Which isn't that hard. I hope.
So anyway, here's a summary of my results. Should be quite accurate. I calculated the marks myself.
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| Chinese | 64.5 | 64.25 |
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| Maths | 79 | 82 |
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| Chemisty | 86.5 | 83 |
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| Physics | 76 | 76? |
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| Best Case MSG: 1.33 |
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| Worst Case MSG: 2.0 |
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I'm hoping my English teacher will 'push' me up a grade to A1, and that they'll round up my Chinese exam marks before calculating overall grade, and that My SPA4 for Physics got at least 2/5. Of course, IH is still unknown. Ms Teo won't tell me my marks for MRP. Or rather, I can't go see her for my marks 'cos the staff room's out of bounds (Exam period). But I think I can't get any worse than B4.
Hm.. I'm not 100% sure I calculated my overall results correctly. Hopefully I'm correct...
So, I guess I can definitely get promoted to year 5. Yeah!
The final hurdle: HCL Os. Bring it on!!!
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10/25/2005 11:21:00 am
I hate my voice
Aargh. After I started listening to music, I gradually opened up. At first I hummed to myself. Then I sang softly. Now I can sing out loud. At home. Not in front of anyone yet. haha. I never heard myself sing though. Maybe 'cos I usually sing to the music I'm hearing. Or maybe I sound different when I hear myself realtime.
But that all doesn't matter. My voice sucks. Aargh. At a friend's suggestion (after I said I could 'sing' as high as Coldplay), I tried recording myself singing today.
I sound like *$%^&. It sounds just like one of those S'pore Idol rejects. Aargh. I always knew I didn't sing very well. I just thought I can sing in tune. Well, I can. But I can't bear to hear myself singing to even check if I'm in tune. I really sound horrible. Aargh. And I have this very "singlish" accent. I never knew my 'singlish accent' was that heavy. Aargh.
Dunno how I got full marks for the Aural component of the Piano exam. LOL. And my piano teacher asked me to join the choir next year (she said something like HCI choir very good, and that I musn't waste my "talent") HA. HA. HA. I wonder now if she was being sarcastic. Wah...
I still like singing when I'm listening to songs though. Gives me that extra rush of adrenaline. Especially with Coldplay songs. But now I keep remembering how I sounded when I recorded my singing. Aargh. It sucks.
Hm... comtemplated putting a recording up here. But it's too troublesome, and I'll only be humiliating myself further. Aargh. I hate my voice.
Anyway, Gotta go sleep soon. Getting Physics and English back tomorrow. Please lemme get 74 for English and 78 for Physics... PLEASE. Or I'll sing you to death. haha
hyperxi's life @
10/24/2005 10:11:00 pm
Exam Results so far
Well, here are my goals first. A bit late, I know, the exams already over. haha
Eng: I need 74 for A1
HCL: 66 for B3 [Got 64.5] Aargh.
Maths: 66 for A1 [Got 79]
Chem: 70 for A1 [Got 86.5]
Physics: ~78 for A1
IH: 75 for A1
Just got back from school today. Checked Maths and Chinese. Both were dissapointing. Chinese especially. I got 79 for Maths. Yeah, yeah.. it's A1. But I could have done better. I still get A1 overall (82) for Maths anyway. That's good I guess...
But Chinese... Sigh... I got 64.5 Aargh. My Chinese overall is 64.25. Aargh. Missed B3 by 3 marks for the exam. Dammit. If only I got all the tianzi right. I knew I'd regret putting more time in going through the tianzi. So that makes it B4 for Chinese. I've gotta take Chinese for the first 3 months next year. Aargh. Missed B3 by 3 marks!!! If I got B3, I don't need to take Chinese anymore. Gotta work harder for the O level HCL. That'll decide if I have to continue taking Chinese for the rest of next year.
Anyway, so far I've got 1+1+4. MSG 2. Aargh. Hopefully I can get A1 for English, Physics and IH. I'll find out tomorrow...
Hey... hm... There might be a chance I'll get B3 overall for Chinese. I got 64.5 for the exam... So if they round it up before using it to compute my overall score, my overall for Chinese would be 64.5! Then if they round it up again... LOL. Barely B3. Hm... I hope they do that. haha. Please...?
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10/24/2005 10:28:00 am
Mysterious visitors...
Well, I had a post back a week or two ago about how I managed to find Alvin's supposedly 'hidden' blog. He clicked on a link on his own blog to go to mine, and Statcounter recorded his visit with the referrer url as his blog add. haha, So I found it. It seems he has changed it again though, and he wants it to remain as 'hidden' as possible. (Hint: blue=bloo)
Anyway, I just took a look at who's been visiting my blog. Not that I can find out the exact person, but I can see which country they come from. Mostly S'pore. But something strange appeared. I've been getting visits from http://templatetricks.blogspot.com/2005/04/blogger-can-save-your-lost-posts.html
Dunno why. I went to that site, and found out they put a link to one of my posts in a column of links called "Blog Buzz: Powered by Newsgator, del.icio.us, Technorati, and the whole Internet". The name Technorati rang a bell. Why? 'Cos a few days back, on the day I went open house, someone came to my blog via a search. The referrer url was "http://www.technorati.com/search/%22xun%20yu%22%20%22hci%22"
LOL. That meant someone was searching for "Xun Yu" and "HCI", and stumbled upon my blog in the process. Xun Yu, btw, was the senior at HCI I was talking about in my previous post, the one who danced a lil'... "gaily".
So... why would people link to one of my posts? What's with this Technorati? Why put my link in a "Blog Buzz column" That post, btw, is the one about my new template. Hm... fishy...
LOL. Statcounter very fun.
EDIT: Hm... it seems that site that linked to my post used some thingy to pull links of blog posts with the word "template" in it into their "blog buzz" column. Ah well...
hyperxi's life @
10/23/2005 03:33:00 pm
8 Days to HCL
Woah. I just realised the O level Higher Chinese exam is just 8 days away. The whole of next week in school can be summed up by one word- Chinese. That's all we'll be doing in school. Besides checking of exam papers, of course.
6 hours facing Honyp. That's if he's even there in the first place, haha. We like to joke that he's a lousy teacher- that he's very slack. I dunno... but well, it brings the class together, when we joke about him. Some people going a bit overboard with it though. I mean, a teacher is still a teacher, man... show him some respect...
Anyway, Getting Maths and Chinese back on Monday! Can't wait. For Maths, I mean. Mr Png said yesterday at Open House that I did "not bad". Maybe "not bad" means 80+? haha, hope so. I'm dreading the return of my Chinese paper. A B4 or below would mean I have to do Chinese next year for the first 3 months. Aargh. But maybe a lousy mark will make me work harder for the O Level HCL... lol.
Sleepy... Been sleeping very late these past few weeks. Mugging before exam, then slacking after exam.
Can't wait for 31st Oct to pass quickly.
hyperxi's life @
10/22/2005 11:14:00 pm
$%^&* IE
Blasted IE. I forgot to check if my blog works with IE. I was testing in firefox. Then people told me it doesn't work. Aargh.
Took almost an hour of looking at my code to figure out what the problem was. I was on the verge of believing that there was some inherent problem in IE. Well, there sort of is. It decodes "name" and "id" as the same thing. Is it supposed to be like that?
Aargh. wasted a lot of time. But I really wanted this template to work. It finally can.
Damn IE. Why can't everyone use FireFox? It's so much better...
GO FIREFOX!
btw, decided to change the song. The previous one, A Message, started with "my song is love". Not that I don't like songs with 'love' with the lyrics - it's just that I heard the handsign in the image for the TAG link (see side of blog) is sign language for "I love you". Eurgh.
haha, as the Queen song goes, "Too much love can kill you". So I changed the song. Balanced now. lol
Ok, fine. It's a lame excuse. I just felt like changing song...
...Though I think this song (The Hardest Part) is sort of a love song too. But no "love" in lyrics. One of my favourites, this song.
Warning: this song starts out a little loud. Oh, the song loads before this. Well, don't say I didn't give a warning -albeit a belated one, that's all.
hyperxi's life @
10/21/2005 09:42:00 pm
NEW TEMPLATE!!!
NEW TEMPLATE!
Well, I've been feeling very bored lately, especially today after Open House.
Spent almost 5 hours making this new template. Then I thought, might as well wait till my hundredth post to debut the new template. (This is the 91st) So I went and changed my template back to the old one. And what did I realise?!? I deleted my old one!!! At least my new one is based on the old one. Spent another hour editing it back to the old one based on memory. Hopefully it still looks like what it did.
So, stay tuned.
Note: NO, new template DOES NOT MEAN I just changed the colour of the blogger bar on top. Read above. lol
EDIT: Couldn't wait for another 9 posts. Here it is. New song too. I really like this one. Took the picture of my hands (yes, my hands) long ago, over a year ago. I was planning to use it for a website or something. Just discovered it on my computer again today, so I thought of making a new template. Nice, eh?
hyperxi's life @
10/21/2005 08:44:00 pm
Open House
No school today, so I went to my school's college section's open house. Met up with Alvin and Lok Fung, then walked around for a while. We got a guide, who was one of my softball seniors last year. Li Qian. Anyway, he took us around. The main part of the Open House was actually just the CCA booths. Softball didn't have one. Sigh... I think there's a chance we might disband. I'm having second thoughts about joining softball next year.
Saw the mass dance. Damn gay. Xun Yu (ex-softballer turned dance club-er) looked very happy dancing. LOL. Hence the word 'gay'. Anyway, I heard everyone has to learn it and dance it during special occassions. Aargh. Over my dead body.
There was this guy from the choir booth. Very irritating. We walked past two times and both times he asked us to join choir. The second time I made it very clear to him we'd heard him and 'rejected' him already. He looked hurt. lol
Well, we stayed around for around 2 hours, walking around the compounds, touring the library, briefly visiting the staff room. The library's smaller than the high school's, but the air con's colder. Overall, the school facilities not bad. Not as good as the high school's but we're supposed to be one whole school anyway.
By the way, Lok Fung actually shouldn't have come. He's already gonna migrate to Australia next year! Dunno why he bothered to come. This guy from rugby approached him, probably 'cos of his size, asking him for his contact details. Haha, too bad he didn't know Lok Fung's not gonna be around next year.
I guess the school's not bad. It's not as if I have a choice, anyway. It's either HCI year 5 or retain. lol
I tried to stay until 3plus. Ended up going back at 12plus. Too bored there. No one wanted to stay on with me, so I left for home.
Saw Liting (NYPS 6M) while on the overhead bridge. I was walking on the bridge, and I looked up and spotted her. She immediately turned away. Dao me, haha. Or maybe I just thought she was looking away. I also looked away, actually. How to talk to an ex-classmate after no contact for 4 years (or 3- there was this gathering 3 years back I think...)? There'll definitely be some uneasiness. Ah well, nevermind. Next gathering I dao her.
Speaking of the 'next gathering'... ... I feel like having another gathering. So I asked Alvin if he wanted another gathering. He said he doesn't wanna organise anymore. Did he organise any? hm... anyway... I guess I'll wait til after the O levels before asking any other 6mers.
ME: hey... I was thinking, you wanna organise 6M gathering during hols?
ALVIN: hahaha who would go
ME: dunno...
ALVIN: i'm becoming pessismistic
Well, I think very few people turned up at the last one. Not sure- I didn't go. But I guess maybe more would be willing to turn up if it's after the O levels? After Os celebration, anyone?
hyperxi's life @
10/21/2005 07:30:00 pm
Got a SHOCK
OMG. OMG. WTH. WTH. Just checked EMB (school online message board), and Honyp just posted a message about checking of Chinese papers. TOMORROW. WHAT THE HECK. SO FAST?!?!?!? The Paper two was just yesterday only!!! And I thought I could slack for the weekend without worrying about results.
So, I was just reeling in the shock, and trying to prepare myself for the worse tomorrow, when I decided to check the EMB again to comfirm the time. And WHAT DO I FIND? Damned honyp deleted the message. I hit refresh again, and a new message appeared, this time in English (the previous one was in half-Chinese half-crappy code). And now the message read 24 Oct. Not 20 Oct.
IF he had put the second message initially, it wouldn't be so bad... BUT HE HAD POST THAT STUPID EMB MESSAGE about checking papers tomorrow! WTH. That really scared the hell out of me.
Ah well. At least it's not tomorrow already. I can still slack during the weekend. Can go HCI Open House tomorrow peace.
haha, speaking of open house... I feel like going there and pretending I'm from another school (maybe RI - lol) ... see how they student organisers there treat me.
EDIT: turns out that honyp realised he had a lunch appointment tomorrow after posting that first message. Some people were speculating that he'd forgotten he hadn't marked the papers yet. LOL. But now it seems he really has finished marking. Woah.
hyperxi's life @
10/20/2005 11:15:00 pm
Whee! No school today
Technically the exams aren't over yet. The Gep-ers still have one more paper, and there's still the Malay exam on friday. But... I'm not taking either, so I can slack at home! Whee!
Been doing nothing today. Read a bit of the SW book I got. I planned to listen to all three Coldplay albums at one go today, but I sort of didn't have time. LOL. Maybe tomorrow.
Played this drawing 'game' with Alvin over MSN. We're supposed to add stuff to a drawing one at a time. Result:
Not bad eh? haha, the two big thingys below the 'people' are supposed to be guns.
Almost forgot to add- I found TWO Coldplay music vids today! It's quite hard to find a download of it, you know. Especially for the older ones. Actually, I didn't just find two. I think I just stumbled on the ultimate jackpot. A forum page with ALL the Coldplay music videos available for download! So I just downloaded The Scientist and In My Place. Downloading the rest currently. Can't wait to watch! Finally...
'Cos I only just became a Coldplay fan last december, long after most of their music videos were released. So I never got to watch the older ones. Now I can. Yeah!
hyperxi's life @
10/20/2005 06:53:00 pm
Chem overall A1!
Woohoo! I got 86.5 for Chemistry! Not bad... I improved by 4.5 from last year's exam. Yeah!
My MCQ was still very lousy though. I only got 26/30. And I got the very tricky question correct. That means I made a lot of careless mistakes for the MCQ.
After seeing the score for my MCQ, I was a little dissapointed. Then I flipped the page over to see my Paper 2 score. I got a shock. I saw 70. I got shocked because I thought my total for the exam was 70. Stunned for a moment. Then I realised there was a number above 70.
60.5 upon 70 for Paper 2. Not too bad. So that makes it 86.5. 4th in class. Lost to Alvin! Aargh. He's crazy man. 93. That's gay. WTF. I don't know how he did it, man. Of course, if I wasn't careless at some parts, I could have beat him. Ah well... there's always Physics, Maths, English and Chinese. Hope I beat him at at least one. haha.
We got our EP3 reports back today before the checking of the chem papers. I didin't know there was a such thing. EP3, if you didn't know, is my school's fancy term for CCA. You don't know what's CCA? Can't help you. Anyway, I got B3. Aargh. I looked around, everybody was getting 10 and above, which meant A1. What the heck. And I got 8. This system of acheivements, bonuses, and extra bonuses really sucks. I'm not saying that just 'cos I only got B3. But... well, hard to explain. Let's just say... it sucks. Lousy counting (of points) system. I suppose that's why from next year onwards, there's a new system.
Well... Time to slack! For a while only though. HCL Os in two week's time.
Oh, forgot to talk about the Chinese paper 2 today. It was ok I guess. I didn't know how to do 2 tian zi, and half a tianci. I knew all the zaoju. I think. I hope. Anyway, Can't do anything about it now. Haha, I thougth the paper was for 1hour 45minutes. I was sort of doing faster than normal, though I wasn't rushing or anything. As usual, I counted my summary wrongly again. I thought I'd gotten 135 words, but after writing it onto the answer paper, I counted 145. Aargh. Dunno why this always happens to me. So I had to quickly find 10 words to cancel. Managed it after panicking a bit. I panicked 'cos I saw there was only 10 minutes left. Then after I finished, I looked left and saw Thomas still on his summary draft. ( I wasn't cheating!) I thought, "oh man, he's dead. 5 minutes left and he's only on the draft..." Then I thought for a moment. And it dawned on me to check the front of the paper.
Duration: 2 hours. LOL. So I actually still had a lot of time left. Whiled it away thinking what the answer for the 3 questions I didn't know was. No luck.
So, I guess I don't have to do what I said I'd do if I got top for Chem and I knew all the 25 questions for Chinese paper 2. Wait... I still haven't thought anything. Well, it doesn't matter already.
I feel like making another 'bet'. If my physics does better than my chem, I'll tok diao. If you don't know what that means- it's better you don't know, haha. I know it's crude, but that's what we usually jokingly say. Even if we lose, we still don't, anyway. haha.
hyperxi's life @
10/19/2005 02:40:00 pm
I want to be REALLY lucky tomorrow.
I don't need to be lucky all the time. I just need it tomorrw. Why? Well, 2 things.
One- CHINESE PAPER 2 TOMORROW!!!! I haven't covered everything single ciyu and zaoju, so I'm hoping I covered the 25 questions which are set. That sure needs a bit of luck.
Two- CHEM PAPER CHECKING TOMORROW!!!! Aah! I'm really hoping I get above 80, like I did last year. Maybe 90? Am I asking too much? Well, I'll be getting the papers back tomorrow. I need all the luck I can get.
So, I need to be lucky tomorrow. REALLY lucky. 'Nuff said.
Hm... maybe I need to wear red underwear. Wait, do I EVEN have red underwear? LOL. Though I sort of remember I had this four-leaved-clover keychain. But it's probably lost somewhere in the house.
Ah well. I swear if I know all the questions for Chinese paper 2, and I get top in class for Chem, I'll... I'll... ...
erm... dunno. Haven't thought of anything yet. It's supposed to be something I don't wanna do right? Well, I don't want it to be too harsh, or I'll end up regretting my knowing how to do all the questions for Chinese and getting top for Chem. That is, of course, if I get what I'm hoping for in the first place.
Anyway, BACK TO CHINESE! 2 more hours left to cram the zaoju in my head! Whee!
hyperxi's life @
10/18/2005 07:55:00 pm
Paper Two easier meh?
Some people say Maths Paper Two was easier. I dunno. I felt it was a little harder. But overall still easy. Like Paper one though, I couldn't do a few questions initially. But through a lot of hard thinking, and a few drinks of water, and an occasional sneeze or two, I managed to figure out how to solve them. Phew.
Haha, I think there's one question where I cheated a bit. I wasn't meaning the conventional kind of cheating. I meant that the question asked me to prove that the area of the shaded region is for example A - B. I could find A, but I couldn't find B. So I worked backwards, then presented my answer forwards again. Hm... wonder if that'll count.
Anyway, last paper tomorrow! For now at least. There's still the HCL Os. Chinese Paper 2 tomorrow. Aargh. What am I doing here?! I should memorising more zao ju! G'bye.
Oh, one more thing. I got back my mark sheet for the Piano exam. Turns out my Aural component got full marks! Yeah! But my sight-reading only got a meagre 17/21, and my scales 18/21. Sigh. And the piece which I'm supposed to be the best at got 23/30 only, while my other two pieces each got 24.
So 24+24+23+17+18+18=124/150. Merit. Ah well. Better than just pass I guess.
hyperxi's life @
10/18/2005 05:59:00 pm
临时抱佛脚
The title says it all ^. Aargh. I wish I had another day or two. I really can't cover everything for chinese. I could, but I was slacking during the weekend. Aargh. And 'cos of Chinese, I neglected Maths. I hope I don't fail the Paper 2 tomorrow. I just hope I can do every question. That's all I ask. Please.
I don't want Wednesday to come, 'cos that's when I have to take Chinese paper 2. If I don't manage a B3 for Chinese, I have to take Chinese next year during JC! Aargh.
On the other hand, I want Wednesday to come and pass by quickly. Then it'll be all over. Though there's still the HCL O levels, but at least I can slack a bit without feeling guilty. Aargh
Conflicting 'wants'...
Gotta go sleep... or else I'll get a mental block tomorrow for Maths. And I don't want that. I don't even wanna do maths, actually.
MOVTIVATION! ONLY 4 MORE PAPERS! (counting the 2 for O levels)
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10/17/2005 09:55:00 pm
During the exam...
I've been thinking a bit about how I 'act' during the exams. I realised that I smiled or laughed at least once during every examination. Is that normal? Hm.... I remember laughing during the Chem exam when I found a very tricky MCQ question, and I knew a lot of people would get it wrong. I was laughing at the teacher who set the question, not at those who would get it wrong, btw.
And I also laughed/smiled during the Maths Paper 1, 'cos I managed to do the questions that I initially couldn't do after all.
I also laughed at the beginning of the English Paper 1, 'cos there was one question that went something like "Are Singaporeans a boring lot?"
And during the Physics exam, I was laughing at myself for being so picky- I couldn't decide which question to do at the "EITHER OR" part.
I guess laughing during the exam's not such a bad thing. Maybe it relieves stress. Good exam strategy, haha. It's almost involuntary for me already. LOL.
C'mon! Let's laugh during the exam! But not too loud, don't wanna get disqualified...
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10/17/2005 11:15:00 am
Do Chinese
3 more days to the Paper 2, and I haven't really touched Chinese yet. Mostly 'cos I've been playing with my new phone, but also 'cos when I finally feel like studying, I begin to feel sleepy. Well, those are all just excuses, I've gotta start. Better late than never. Got a lot to cover...
Didn't blog yesterday, but something really exciting happenedn yesterday. After lunch outside, my brother wanted to go to Borders. I didn't really feel like going anywhere, 'cos I was feeling guilty about slacking and not doing Chinese. But I had no choice. I had to go where the car went. So, I went to Borders.
Anyway, I first went to the Apple Centre, 'cos I redeemed a $50 voucher from Starhub for Apple Centre. There was nothing to get though. The Apple mouse looked very nice, but the price was very nice too. 38 bucks over my budget ($50, duh). So I went into Borders, going to the usual sections. The Star Wars book section. They changed it a bit. Found the second installment of Dark Nest, post New Jedi Order series.
But that wasn't what I was talking about. What's really exciting? Well, I went to the music section for fun, even though I new I won't be getting any album (BitComet is free!). I felt like looking for the Coldplay 'section' for fun. Just to see if there were still copies of X&Y left. And guess what I found- Brothers & Sisters!!!! Coldplay's FIRST EVER EP!!! Before their first album! It was the first CD they ever released! I couldn't believe what I saw. I knew of that EP. I actually already got the songs via Bit Torrent. But this was the actual CD! Never would I have thought that it could be found in Singapore. I remember checking Amazon, and the prices were like, 10 pounds or something. And here it was, for $10. I couldn't believe my eyes. I checked for other copies. No, there was only one. I quickly picked it up, and held it close to me until my brother found what he wanted and we could go and pay.
Of course, $10 may sound cheap, but there are only 3 songs on it. That's how EPs are. For those who don't know, EPs are like mini albums, or singles. We don't usually get singles in Singapore- only full albums. Dunno why.... lousy RIAS maybe.
Well, it turned out that the copy I got was a reprinted one from US. Not the original copy printed in 1999. LOL- if it was really one of the original copies, it wouldn't just be sitting there for $10 in Borders.
Woohoo! I didn't regret going to Borders at all.
Wah... raining, very strong wind now...
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10/16/2005 01:20:00 pm
Bad+Good=Good!
Whee! In a very good mood today!
Why? Of course it's not 'cos of the Chinese Paper 1 exam. Btw, it was quite Ok, I managed to do the yingyongwen very fast. In 40 minutes. Quite fast for me, at least. And I wrote past 2 pages! Wth. Anyway, I barely managed to finish my zuowen, 'cos I was taking it slow, and checking the dictionary everytime I had the slightest doubt about how to write a word.
Anyway, What made today such a good day? I got a new phone! Nokia 3230. Yeah! It's quite big, but actually thinner than my old phone. And it can do lots more stuff than my old phone! My old phone's the 3200, by the way. It was actually worth $100 for trade in! So I got the 3230 for $198. Not bad, considering I got the 3200 two years back for 1 dollar more. LOL. Technology sure does improve very fast.
Of course, besides getting a new phone, today is my birthday...! haha.
Been playing with my phone the whole afternoon. I should better start on my ciyu and zaoju for the Chinese Paper 2 though...
But first... Some Coldplay ringtones... haha
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10/14/2005 07:32:00 pm
Merit - 124/150
My teacher just called with my piano exam results.
So now I got two pieces of good news, and one piece of bad news.
Good news 1: I passed Grade 6 exam! Phew!
Bad news: 124/150 only though. Merit only. Missed distinction by 6 marks (Aargh). I thought I'd do better this year than I did for my Grade 5 exam last year. Turns out I did better last year, with 126. Never got distinction before... And it's supposed to get a lot harder for Grade 7. So I may never get a distinction...sigh...
Good news 2: Hm... I did think of two pieces of good news. Now I can't remember the second. Aargh. Um, maybe it's that I'm now in the higher Grade? Dunno...
Two more grades! Unless I decide to do Diploma. But I heard it's hard. Hm...
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10/13/2005 01:47:00 pm
Maths Paper 1
I think I did ok for Maths. It was quite weird though. I had 30 minutes left to check. I was rushing through the questions. I didn't know how to do two questions- 1 proving trigo identities, another matrices- but after I went through all my answers the second time round, I managed to remember how to do. Phew. Haha, matrices- I didn't even study for that. I forgot about matrices. Luckily I remembered roughly how to find the inverse, and how to multiply. Took a lot of times before I managed to get an answer that worked out when I worked backwards.
I should be able to do quite well for Maths Paper 1. But that's always how I feel after a Maths test. And then the results can range from 60 to 80. lol.
At least I managed to do everything...
Chinese paper 1 tomorrow. Aargh. I hate writing zuowen and yingyongwen. Tomorrow will be the second last time I'm writing zuowen and yingyongwen. O level HCL will be the last. Of course, that's if I can manage to get at least B3 for HCL O levels....
[EDIT: Ok, maybe it's the third-last time. I think we're doing a final practice after the exam, before the O Level.]
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10/13/2005 01:33:00 pm
Chemistry exam
So, the Chemistry exam is over. I guess I did ok, though I've discovered a very careless mistake already. I'm hoping for 90+. Is 90+ possible? Wonder if anyone managed that before...
Anyway, I'm very pleased with myself for one MCQ question. They showed a diagram of an inverted test tube placed halfway into a 'tub' of water. There was some substance- phosphorus- in the test tube. "1.0g of Phosphorus reacts with the oxygen in the testtube." Then they showed a graph of the amount of air against time. It dropped from 100 to 80%. Then the question gave four possible graphs and asked which one was correct when 4.0g of P is put in the testtube. Almost everyone chose the graph showing 100 to 20%. LOL. They forgot something. Air contains 20% by volume of Oxygen. haha. I chose the graph which still showed 100 to 80%. Yeah! It seems that very few people didn't get tricked by that question. I didn't.
But after feeling very good after the MCQ paper, I made a very stupid mistake in paper 2. A very, very stupid mistake. I don't think I'll ever forget this mistake. Aargh. Remember, there is NO SUCH THING as 1,2,2-trimethylethene. Sigh... dunno what I was thinking. I got tricked by that stupid diagram.
I forgot to see that two of the methyl could be part of a chain of 4 carbon. Dammit. And you know what made that mistake worse? I was checking my answers halfway, then the teacher said "time's up". I didn't manage to check all my answers, but that wasn't too bad, 'cos I think I did the questions quite carefully. But before I put my pen down, I spotted a mistake I made. The stupid trimethyl mistake. And you'd think I'd change it, would you. Well, I did. I quickly changed my answer, from "1,2-trimethylethene" to "1,2,2-trimethylethene". $%^&%^ AAARGGH. Even if there is a such thing as trimethylethene, it should be 1,1,2 - not 1,2,2! AAARGGGH. Felt very stupid after finding out that I'd named it wrongly. Dammit.
Oh well, at least that's only worth 1 mark.
Besides that %^&*# trimethylethene thingy, I only have one more regret- I couldn't remember the catalyst used in the catalytic converter in cars. Aargh. I spent so much time remembering the conditions for all the reactions related to Organic Chem, I forgot there were other reactions besides those Organic ones. That's another 1 mark gone. But hey, 98 isn't too bad. LOL. If I do manage to get that...
I'm still hoping for 80+ or 90+ for Chem. I hope I don't get dissapointed.
Maths paper 1 tomorrow. Gotta start practicing calculus now...
[EDIT] Woah. Got a shock just now. When I hit 'publish' for this post in blogger, It kept reloading a page saying 0% done. I was panicking, so I hit the back button, and what did I see in the edit post page? An empty screen! Wth. Luckily my post was there in the edit posts page. What probably happened was that my post was published, but the loading page got problem. Phew. Would I have retyped this long post if I really lost it? Dunno... I might've even boycotted Blogger if that really happened. It better never...
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10/12/2005 12:40:00 pm
The power of Statcounter
I know I shouldn't be blogging now, but I couldn't resist making a post about this.
Alvin recently changed his blog address. http://alvinium.blogspot.com dissapeared recently, then came back on with a blank post. When Alvin told me that he changed address, I realised that someone else had taken it. So, I tried googling to find his new url, 'cos he didn't want to reveal his new address to anyone. Didn't work.
I like to check my statcounter everyday, just to see who visited. There's this feature where I can see where the visitor came from (i.e. the site the visitor was previously at). Because of the "Next Blog" button, whenever I make a new post, I get a lot of visitors who got referred from other blogs. It was pretty interesting to see the blogs my visitors were reading before they stumbled upon mine. For a while. Then the novelty wore off.
But this case was different. A Singaporean (IP address) came to my blog from another blog. That never happened. All my Singaporean visitors were my friends, so the referrer was usually "No Referrer", meaning they just typed the address into the address bar. Though previously I had a few referrers from http://alvinium.blogspot.com, 'cos Alvin said he preferred to visit my blog through a link on his.
So I decided to go to http://blahblahblueboy.blogspot.com . And look what I found. Alvin's new blog address. LOL. The power of statcounter.
Click to see how I found Alvin's new blog add
[EDIT]Aww... Alvin changed his blog address again, after finding out. (See "nabei statcounter" in my tagboard. LOL) Maybe I shouldn't have posted anything on his tagboard, then he'd never have known. Ah well.
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10/11/2005 09:28:00 am
No more Physics. At least until next year.
That's another exam down. Physics was sorta ok... though I already know I made one careless mistake for MCQ, and I think I did a question wrongly for Paper 2. Yeah, there's no point thinking about what happened in the past, but hey, a little prediction of how much I'd get overall for Physics never hurt anyone. Anyway, I never feel bad after counting my mistakes, 'cos I only manage to count very little. I end up feeling good. Then in the end I sometimes find out that I counted wrongly. But that's after all the exams, so it won't affect anything. Except my mood. But that's nothing.
There was a choice of two questions for the Q.10. I chose the first one, even though it had one part which I didn't know how to do. Why? 'Cos that part was only worth 1 mark. Some stupid thing about why when a bird lands two feet on a cable, it won't get electrocuted. Damn, I heard about it before, but I couldn't remember. I wrote something like "The bird is a poor conductor". Aargh. I heard the correct answer should be that it's because the wire provides a shorter path for the current than the path the bird provides, so the current doesn't pass through the bird. Dunno...
Oh, yah. Why did I throw away that mark? Well, you see... The other question, had one veeery long 4 marks part and another veeery long 3 marks part. I saw the number of lines for the 4 mark part and I thought, "Ok, there's no way I'm gonna do this" It's not that I dunno how to do, but I'm bound to miss out a few key words here and there if I did that question instead. So I chose the first question. It had some calculations too. The second question didn't.
So, tomorrow I can sleep in. I don't do bio, and the bio exam's tomorrow. Yeah! One free day. But I can't waste time slacking. Gotta practice Maths. And do the final revision paper for Chem. But I'm gonna concentrate more on Maths. Even though I need only 66 for Maths to get A1, but 71 for Chem, I think I need to spend more time for Maths. I can't over-stress how rusty my Maths is.
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10/10/2005 06:01:00 pm
Precarious Situation
Did I mention I have a graphic calculator? Well, I have one. All of us have. The school made us buy one. Or at least my Maths teacher did. Anyway, I thought they'd allow us to use the graphic calculator for the exam, so I abandoned my old Casio calculator and started using my Texas Instruments T-83 plus for the whole of this year until now, as I wanted to get used to my calculator.
Turns out I was half right. Or a third, actually. I can use the graphic calculator for the Maths exam. But I can't do so for Physics and Chemistry. But that alone isn't so bad. I just found my old calculator, and I have been using it these few days. What bad is I think my casio calc is dying on me. Its battery, I mean. Sometimes the screen slowly fades when I'm using it. I've managed to get it working properly again by whacking it on the table. So far so good. But I dunno when even throwing it hard on the floor won't work. Hopefully the battery'll last until after my Physics and Chemistry exam.
But it's not good to be banking on hope... If my calc dies on me during the exam, I'm dead too. I could borrow my brother's calculator, but he's having Science exam tomorrow. What a coincidence
Aargh. What good timing...
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10/09/2005 06:10:00 pm
Sore Jaw
I think my wisdom teeth are acting up again. All 4 of 'em. My gums and jaws few very sore. Aargh. Why do they have to come out now, when I'm in the middle of my exams?
Hopefully it/they won't come out until after my exams... Otherwise there'll be complications. The wisdom teeth are supposed to be removed before they come out. I can't have the surgery done now. 5 days MC needed for each tooth...
Aargh.
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10/09/2005 11:53:00 am
My nose is not cooperating
Heard of a runny nose? I think that term was coined as a comparison of a nose and a running tap. Well, my nose isn't 'running', it's 'SPOILED'. I can't stop the flow of mucus. No, it's not as disgusting as it seems. It isn't viscous at all. I think my nose is producing water. Aargh. And I've started sneezing like mad too.
HOW DO I STUDY LIKE THIS?
I dunno why, but I've noticed that my nose only becomes like this when I need to study, or when I feel stress of some sort. Maybe I'm imagining things... Or maybe I subconsciously don't wanna study, so my nose gives me a reason not too. LOL
AARGH.
I apologise if I've offended anyone. Seriously, mucus is normal. It's part of life. Just like shit. People are bound to talk about it. Live with it. So there.
hyperxi's life @
10/08/2005 06:17:00 pm
English Exam
English exam today. It was quite ok. I think I didn't really write very coherently for compo. Sort of like the Core test. Only this time, I think I definitely won't be able to get A1 after all like I did for Core. but the AQ was quite ok. I managed to find three points in the article to discuss. And the compre wasn't too hard, though there were some very 'deep' questions.
Anyway, I had a real scare when doing the summary. I was counting my points while writing them down in a draft, and I realised I had only 8 points. So I searched like mad for another 7 points. Then I thought, "shit, sure overshot word limit". But wth, I counted only 120+ words. The word limit was 150. We normally write over the word limit, before trying to cut some irrelevant words/points off. I was trying to find some more point to write in. In the end, I found some sentence to fit in, though I think it wasn't really relevant to the question. But at least I made it to 150 words. Hope I didn't miss out a lot of points...
Will try to scan my summary draft and post it here. Haha, it'll be fun to show my messy draft.
Next exam: Physics. I really got to work for this one.
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10/07/2005 02:15:00 pm
Euro English!
LOL. Got this in an email:
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded t hat English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase in plan that would become known as "Euro-English."
In the first year, "S" will replace the soft "C." Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy.
The hard "C" will be dropped in favour of "K." This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "PH" will be replaced with "F." This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "E" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.
By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "TH" with "Z" and "W" with "V."
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "O" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.
If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl.
hyperxi's life @
10/07/2005 02:13:00 pm
Oral Defence. Crap.
I thought I'd do quite well for Oral Defence. I rehersed like mad. But it just didn't turn out the way I imagined.
Let's talk about what went right first. I wasn't nervous at all. I think I articulated my words quite properly, though I didn't speak much. Kala interrupted me. I managed to maintain eye contact with the judges/teachers. Paul Ho seemed subdued though. I thought he was a fierce teacher. Kala just stared back at me. But I wasn't intimidated
Getting Kala and Paul Ho as my judges wasn't too bad. But it was the questions they asked. And when they chose to ask them.
They started the Q&A even before I finished my presentation! What the heck. That caught me off guard. We're supposed to be given 4 mins for presentation and 6 minutes for oral defence. Dammit. So I didn't really go through with my perfected presentation. I was halfway through my research rationale, when Kala stopped me and said, "Ok, what're your research questions". I was like, err... wait la. But I just told her my research questions anyway. Then she asked me about my paper's aim. What the heck. Doesn't the topic tell you what the paper aims to find out? Then they asked me about the makeup of my survey sample. LOL, I had to lie about that one. I didn't really do the survey. Who does?!
Anyway, the questions kept coming. There was one about why S'poreans' opinions of Lee Hsien Loong changed. I just told them! I said they have seen LHL in action, understand more... etc. But Paul Ho said my paper should have looked what LHL actually did. Hello? My paper looks at the opinions S'poreans have of LHL! Not what LHL did. Who cares what LHL did?! Of course, I didn't say that out loud.
I knew I was really dead when Kala said, "Your research paper isn't really like a research paper." WTF. Give me some respect, man. I just stared back at her. Ok, maybe I didn't really stare, but I refused to comment about that. Ms Teo passed my paper. Ms Teo. Kala must be crazy to say that. She isn't even a history teacher. What does and english teacher know about MRP? Writing style? Language? LOL
Sigh.... the whole Oral Defence didn't go as planned.... It's not fair. Whoever planned the Oral Defence schedule should get another job. Though I was put in the morning session, it was only my turn at 1.30pm. So I waited for 5.5hours. Almost 6 WHOLE hours. WTH. I took the PCME quiz in the morning at 7.30 (LOL), and then when I went to my designated venue, they told us to wait at the library, come back in 2 hours time. So I waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. Until 1.30pm. I planned to do some Chem and a lot of Physics, but I ended up sleeping a bit, then doing the Chem, then walking around. I wasn't in any mood to study in school. The library isn't avery conducive environment to study. For me, at least. The air-con makes me sleepy. The more I waited, the more bored I got. When it was almost my turn, I was in no mood to study already...
Anyway, I think I might be able to pass. If not, there goes my A2 for IH. Damn you Kala.
I heard some students from another school got suspended 'cos they insulted their teacher on their blogs. Don't think any teacher would read my blog.... And anyway, I wasn't really flaming Kala. Was I? I intended to, though. Maybe I'll put a disclaimer at the main page of my blog.
Oops. Blogged too much. Back to physics now
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10/06/2005 06:05:00 pm
4K stress relief
I think the exam stress is showing in our class. Today we played paper airplanes during recess and after school. Haha, very fun. There was this pamphlet on performances by students at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. Most of us didn't want the pamphlet. So we started making paper airplanes out of 'em. Quite good material. Thick but easy to fold. haha. We stood on two sides of the classroom throwing lots of airplanes at each other. Of course, the cleaning up wasn't fun. Crushed paper all over the place. LOL, how's that for a belated childrens' day celebration?
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10/05/2005 10:12:00 pm
Tomorrow, it begins
And so the last day of lessons in school ended today. The last period was IH Core. We got our test papers back. I totally didn't expect 18/25. Guess my points weren't as disorganised as I thought they were. So that brings my IH average, after adding Geog, to 76. A1 for IH. LOL.
I calculated- I need 74 for MRP to get A1. That's still quite a long shot, so I'm aiming for 64 at least, to secure an A2. Shouldn't be too hard. I just need to pass the Oral Defence tomorrow.
Speaking of Oral Defence, I stayed back to see my MRP mentor today. Did a mock Oral Defence a few times. The last time, she said I did very well. How about that! Getting a compliment from Ms Teo is no mean feat! So I guess I should be able to do quite well for Oral Defence, going by the fact that Ms Teo is probably the most strict teacher.
And I think my speaking skills have improved by leaps and bounds. Dunno since when... maybe due to the implementation of OP (talk in class to get points out of 10, worth 10% of overall end of year grade). I don't think I'd have dared to even ask a question in class last year. I definitely have more confidence in myself recently.
So the exams begin tomorrow. Starting with the PCME quiz. LOL. Pastoral Care & Moral Education. LOL. Quiz. LOL. Grade will be shown in report card. LOL. They even uploaded all the powerpoints presented during the level assemblies for us to 'study'. LOL. Who cares about PCME?! I'm not gonna memorise a thing for it. Stupid J-Tiger.
J- oy
T- eamwork
I- ntegrity
G- lobal Perspective
E- xcelllence
R- esilence
With our blend of tradition and innovation, we nurture leaders in research, industry and government, who have the integrity, wisdom, passion and vision, to succeed in the global environment and serve our nation
LOL. Propoganda and crap.
I'm just gonna use common sense and political correct answers to do the quiz. MCQ only, after all.
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10/05/2005 09:28:00 pm
Lack of Sleep
I usually sleep 8 hours on school days. Sometimes more or less on weekends. The past week or so, though, I've been sleeping at 11pm to 12am, sometimes past midnight. So I get only 6-7 hours of sleep. I managed this slight lack of sleep quite well... though I think it's finally starting to take its toll.
Beginning to get eyebags. Not that I mind eyebags, but... it just doesn't look nice. And no, I'm not vain.
Thanks to my varied hours of sleep each day, I think I've come up with a way to tell if I've gotten enough sleep. If I get up and my eyes hurt, I haven't slept enough. If I get up and my eyes don't hurt, then I've probably got enough sleep. If I get up and my eyes don't hurt, BUT I walk into the toilet door, then I probably haven't slept enough too. LOL
Sleepy...
Sleep Deprivation has Serious Consequences
Not getting enough sleep or having sleep difficulties can:
* Limit your ability to learn, listen, concentrate and solve problems. You may even forget important information like names, numbers, your homework or a date with a special person in your life; Hope I don't forget the stuff I studied...
* Make you more prone to pimples. Lack of sleep can contribute to acne and other skin problems; Ooh...
* Lead to aggressive or inappropriate behavior such as yelling at your friends or being impatient with your teachers or family members; Haha
* Cause you to eat too much or eat unhealthy foods like sweets and fried foods that lead to weight gain; Who cares?
* Heighten the effects of alcohol and possibly increase use of caffeine and nicotine; and Sleep less get more high!
* Contribute to illness, not using equipment safely or driving drowsy. Hm...
Haha, got this from sleepfoundation.org. It recommends 9 1/4 hours of sleep for teens. LOL. I don't think I know anyone who sleeps this much,, not even myself. Naps don't count, according to the sleep foundation.
hyperxi's life @
10/04/2005 10:56:00 pm
Chem Marathon Paused for today
I was planning to do all the Chemistry Revision worksheets at one go. But it's 11 already. Left Organic Chem. I think if I do it now, it'll take until 12am. I need to sleep already. So I guess I'll stop the 'marathon' for today. I can always continue tomorrow. Not much time left though...
Anyway, today was crazy. Spent over 5 hours doing Chem. Wth. But it's a new achievement! I think I was able to handle 5 hours 'cos it was worksheets, not reading notes. I can't read notes for that long. I get distracted by... myself. I start to think of other stuff. But worksheets are different. I can focus. Bring on the worksheets!
hyperxi's life @
10/03/2005 10:58:00 pm
3 days. Psyched up.
Phew! I did a Chem 'marathon' this afternoon. Did revision worksheets from 3.30+ to 7.45, then stopped for dinner. Gonna finish up the remaining two revision worksheets now. I'd better be getting A1 for the exam...
Noticed something interesting today in my MSN main window. Two people, with different nicks. One went, "WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF....", while the other went "bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored..." The former is a schoolmate- exams in 3 days, while the latter is from RGS- exams over. LOL
I haven't done much Maths. My only problem is lack of practice.
I also haven't really studied much for Physics. My only problem is the whole friggin subject.
I was planning to rehearse my Oral Defence in front of my mentor today. Waited 1 hour after school, but Ms Teo didn't turn up at her table. Wasted 1 hour. In the end, I went home without doing the mock Oral Defence. Gotta do it tomorrow then.
Got the last Geog test back today. 20/25. It's not bad, but it's not very good either, considering 3/4 of the class scored A1/A2. At least this test will help pull up my IH CA. Unless I failed my most recent Core test, which is a possibility...
Now on to more muggin...
hyperxi's life @
10/03/2005 08:04:00 pm
Counting down to birthday
I just realised something. I never count down to my birthday, unlike most people I know. Why?
BECAUSE MY BIRTHDAY ALWAYS COINCIDES WITH EOY EXAMS!
Sigh... Should I be looking forward to my birthday, or dreading HCL paper 2? They're both on the same friggin' day...
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10/02/2005 10:23:00 pm
4 days. I feel the stress.
4 days to the first exam paper. Techinically it isn't a paper at all. IH Major Research Paper Oral Defence. Throughout the year, we have to each write a Major Research Paper. The grade we get for that is the exam grade for Integrated Humanities. So Thursday, we've got to 'defend' our paper against a few teachers. It makes up 20% of the MRP grade. Aargh. I've never been good at talking. But this component of the MRP is important. My mentor wouldn't tell me my marks, but she said either B3 or B4, with a chance to up a grade if my Oral Defence gets around 15. So I'm hoping I currently got B3, and have a chance to make it A2, 'cos getting A2 for MRP makes it A2 overall for my IH. No chance for A1 for IH- to do that I've gotta get 80+% for MRP. Crazy
The first two exams shouldn't be that hard. MRP Oral Defence, then English. English should be a breeze. It's just a matter of whether I can get 74%. That's what I need to get A1 overall for English.
Speaking of how much I need to get for my exams to get A1, I've done my calculations. I need around 70% for Chemistry, 66% for Maths to get A1. And I need an estimated 78% percent for Physics. I say estimated 'cos I haven't got my SPA (Science Practical Assesment) grades. That makes 15% of the overall grade.
Going by my calculations, I should be able to get all A, and mostly A1. If I work.
What? Chinese? LOL. I calculated- 81% needed for exam to get A1. So I'll aim lower. I'm just hoping for B3. For B3 I need 61%. Phew. That's more realistic. I should be able to do that.
Wow, if I manage to make all of my goals, I can get 1.5. Hm...
Aargh, enough dreaming. I need to study.
Packed week. I've got a lot of studying to do, going by my schedule. I've of fallen behind my schedule, 'cos I didn't realise Mechanics, under Physics, was such a large topic when I was planning. I put it a slot for 2 hours. Wth. It covers Work Energy Power, Pressure, Momentum, Dynamics, Vectors & Scalars, and Kinematics. What was I thinking?!
Anyway, all's not lost. New plan- gonna forgo some Chem studying. I should be quite ok already, going by the 4 revision papers that I've done- I can do everything, just some careless mistakes. It's Physics that I'm worried about. The WHOLE subject. I'm not very good at it. And I think my teacher's not that good... but no point blaming the teacher...
I'm also worried about the Trigo part of Calculus. Aargh. I'm not good with complex angles at all.
Saw the doctor today. Got some medicine. I've actually already got some cough mixture at home... but it's always better to see the doctor... might've been something serious. It's not btw. On a side note, I think I've got some wisdom tooth problems again. Just yesterday, whenever I coughed, the area where my wisdom tooth should be hurts. What bad timing. Just when the exams are starting. If I wanna remove it, I've got to rest(MC) for 5 days. Aargh. If it really starts hurting unbearably, I've got to wait for the exams to end. And that's not the 19th, my last paper, but the 31st- O level HCL. I don't wanna waste 5 days in bed without mugging for Chinese then.
Today was quite a fruitful day for studying. I covered alot of Physics stuff did a past year paper., and completed Sec 3 Chem topics. Wonder if these past year papers are any good... IP's supposed to have had some changes to the syllabus. Dunno... Anyway, I found something I should have used long ago. The textbook. Haha. The World Of Physics by John Avison.
I'm going to study some more now, but there's problem. There's a friggin' Chinese test tomorrow. Dammit. And Mr Hon won't tell us if the test is counted in our CA. 'Cos if it isn't , I'm not gonna study. Have other more important things to do. But he won't tell us. I guess I'll just quickly go through the zaoju.
Aargh. I've still got to do up my speech for Oral Defence. Gotta do a mock presentation to my MRP mentor. Aargh. I'm supposed to memorise/read cards.
So... M O T I V A T I O N! Only a month left! I don't wanna create regrets. I want success!
I'll probably be blogging less. No mood to blog. And nothing much to blog. And I'll feel guilty blogging, 'cos I should be studying.
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10/02/2005 08:02:00 pm
