Friday, October 28, 2005
today's the last day of school and strangely it does not seem like. it must be the huge amount of homework that's spoiling the holiday mood.
got back report book and as expected i got 4th in class. haix. every year the same old thing happens. my position in class and level-wise has ALWAYS been pulled down by my chinese. if not i could have gotten first. urgh! maybe not. it's good to have great aspirations you know. =D my level position was 49. at least got top50 although i was hoping for top 40. the great asipirations thingy is coming back again. LOL.
L1R5 not too bad with 14points. all together i had 1 a1 2a2 4b3 and ONE C5 - CHINESE
urgh that shengwei got 15th in the level. zai la he..whole day sleep in class and go out. but i hafta admit his family all got smart genes. but the funny thing is that he got same L1R5 as me!!! HAHA!!!!
I finally got an excellent grade!LOL! the last time was like errr p3?? i received nice comments too "Jonathan has the positive attitude and the right spirit to apply himself to attain much better results. With his basics well grounded, he will begin to be a source of strength to himself and others" wow.
My mother very funny, she was like why lidat lidat never get top 10% while on the other hand my dad was the other way round. what funny parents. i admit i didnt do as well la. I guess i shall stop here. sorry if i seem proud in anyway about the way i report my report book but i very enthu one la!
oh yeah! i must really really really thank my faithful GOD for all my results whatsoever! :D really could not have gotten wadeva if not for Him. =)
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Thursday, October 27, 2005
the rain is pounding on the windows.
the sound of thunder is hear every few minutes.
lightning strikes its target second after second.
this is certainly not a usual monsoon downpour. i recorded a total of 17 lightning strikes in a mere time span of 55 seconds. two appeared right in front of my eyes at the next block. this is certainly not a good sign. im shocked. it has never happened before.
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im just so glad i channelled my thoughts and my time to something more meaningful.
im just so not affected by it anymore. =)
once bitten, twice shy.
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Monday, October 24, 2005
today was a GREAT day. many EXCITING things happened. i'll just blog down the major events which will not infringe others' privacy etc.
it was certainly a great time of sharing with a certain few people. it's really such a joy and honour. it's a pity there's only one week of school left. few more days!
getting my results back was a pleasure although i was so close. oh well. 3rd for geog is certainly good enough to repay back miss sharma's effort. adding to that she's leaving for vjc's vip. =\ i managed to get 67 while changyang top student got 72. wasted la he nvr get a1.
amazingly my history and ss wasnt too bad. it must be God la. i mean i honoured him by putting him as more important over my history even though it was late and i havent started and he just told me what to study. i mean who can study for less than 1hour the night before and get 17/25 for SEQ?! yeah. but admit it wasnt too good.
chem was not too bad. had B4 and miss lyana said i did well =) finally. 22 pupils in class failed chem. the marking was very stringent and strict not to mention the disastrous english marking scheme. yeah. i mean not everything's fair. so just have to accept certain things.
then came chinese. LOL MAN. JACOB HIEW E JIE YOU ARE THE MOST TYCO PERSON TODAY LA. 50.3 WELL DONE! means no november extra lessons for us! i managed to get a 58! =) YAY NO GOING BACK TO SCHOOL FOR EXTRA CHINESE LESSONS. chinese just had to be the only subject that spoiled my streak of As and Bs.. argh! it has aways been this way. =
oh yes I FINALLY WENT FOR TRAING. my fitness has dropped tremendously. now my ankles are hurting from exhaustion. haha! vj has a nice new tree house. so cool man! =)
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Sunday, October 23, 2005
it's quite late now and i shall keep my post as short and sweet as possible.
today was a GREAT day. i had never learnt so much. worship ministry family meeting today was AWESOME. the presence of God was just so real and thick, although you can say that is only a small part to what God had intended for us. So much has God revealed today.
I managed to get hold of maksim's latest album. what fast and sleek fingers has he got, being able to run so smoothly and swiftly across the magnificent piano.
after that went to clarence's house. the most interesting part was the dinner. it was certainly worthwhile having dinner with aunt lillian and the others. so much has she taught and shared with us giving us such hope and inspiration. im really fortunate to have such a great aunt. those in her lifegroup are really blessed to have such a wise lady of God for a lifegrouop leader.
tomorrow we will be getting back all our results. somehow i am not anxious or anything. the peace and joy of the Lord just lives in me. i am just not bothered whether i will do well or badly for i know whatever result i receive has a reason for it. oh well shall end here! back to the heart of true worship i shall. =)
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Friday, October 21, 2005
Today has certainly been an AWESOME day. Physics, Amaths and Emaths were the subjects i were to get back. Yes I had expected myself to have done badly in all of them but my God proved me wrong. As in really!! Although physics was a major letdown with only a 63. It may be good to many others but i dont think it's good enough. Gave up 2nd spot for physics to JJ argh! Haha! There will be a next time!
What amazes me most is I got an A2 for both my Amaths and my Emaths. I really didnt see it coming. I mean I didnt really put in as much effort as the rest yet i managed to somehow do well. It has to be the power of God!
What surprises me the most was that I got 4th for emaths in class. Wonderful. I thought that would only be a dream that could only take place in the first term. All praise be to God. Im not trying to boast or anything. I just want to thank my God publicly.
One interesting thing we knew today was the Amaths results of 3C. Splendid I would say. 1A1, 1E8, THE REST F9s!!! What a big contrast. Honghan was the only A1 from there. He deserved it. Another funny thing. One guy most probably a china scholar from 3D scored 99 marks for Amaths! That's so high. And oh yes, you must be wondering where he lost that one mark right? He lost it because he forgot to draw the dotted line for the tangent graph. -.-" right. That's all for today. =)
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Wednesday, October 19, 2005
SEVENTEEN days has passed since i last blogged. I told myself i would not blog till exams are over and I did not compromise. The past one month has certainly been the most stressful month I have ever encountered in the recent years of my life. Studying a few hours everyday not mentioning the 3hours intervals is no joke.
I admit I have never studied that much before. However, what a contradictary statement I would make when I say I would not do too well. Such an irony do exists. Sadly. The tables have been turned on me once again. All my best subjects turned out to be the toughest papers once again as history repeated itself from a very devastating mid year examinations. Results havent been going too well either. The class average for EMATHS is 5.5. Wonderful. Not to mention it's EMATHS. A subject that's supposed to pull up your L1R5.
It's only two more days will we then receive the results of our hard and maybe not so hard toiled effort we have placed into our studies. The more time and effort you place into a subject, the more stressed you would be before and during the paper. Stress is NOT a good thing. It drives you crazy. It has driven my sister mad, not to mention her stupid actions due to her upcoming A levels. It has droven me mad. I couldnt take it once and cried it all out.
It certainly awed me at how much God helped me through this gruelling one month of my life. The strange thing is that this one month of my life certainly has been the peak of my spiritual life as well. Everything just falls into place. I spend so much more time with God everyday, at the same time been able to spend long hours studying and i have to admit relaxing. Most of the time people would say "Exams coming, no time to spend with God" and thus they compromise. For my case I would say the most challenging part is HOW am I going to carry on this consistency even AFTER the examinations. Strangely I find it harder after the examinations due to such a large amount of distractions knocking at the door of my life.
It is also really through this gruelling one month that I have strangely spent at least an hour or more everyday on the piano. The bond between me and the piano has deepened so much. However so, my classical piano still isnt up to standard. Oh well. Some people are just less talented then others. That's the part where PRACTICE plays its role.
Another significant thing that has played a significant role in my past month is this common everyday thing known as "coffee". I seriously have no idea how much dosage of coffee i drank to keep me awake for the past month.
Many exam experiences are still running through my mind now. From the helpless state I was when I was dumbfounded at a question in a physics paper. My mind ran wild, my thoughts were racing against time as I calmed myself down only to find there was insufficient time for the remaining questions. Once again, my best subject has let me down. Physics, what a disaster.
Then came the fateful day my hand suffered the most. TWO HUMANITIES in a day. WOW. Geography and History Elective it was. I caculated that I used a total of 12pages, both sides used for the two papers combined. 4 for history and 8 for geography. This was all finished in a mere span of 3hours and 45minutes. You can imagine the agony my fingers were undergoing. But i had to admit, it was FUN! How often do you get to use 24sides of a foolscap at ONE SHOT.
After so much big and small talk, I really have to owe everything that has happened or will happened to God. Without him I think I would most probably give up and fail my examinations or something worse. I really have to thank him for my SS and history. Seriously I didnt study much for SS. All i did was pray and ask Him what to study and the only two chapters i studied came out for SEQ. Amazing. History was even better. It was 1130am the night before. I was panicking as I HAVE NOT touched my history book at all. I prayed once again on what to study and I felt led to study policy of appeasement. One small section it was, and it came out for SEQ. How much God has helped me is really amazing. Praying before studying do helps! That's all I have to say. All glory be unto God!
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Sunday, October 02, 2005
It has finally come to the end the Gundam SEED Destiny series. As usual things were rushed and there's no doubt there's gonna be a third series. How ironic it is that today is the day kids central shows the first episode of the english-dubbed version. -.-"
I guess gundam SEED anime still lives up to its name of a bad reputation of a lousy ending. :D total ownage it was. i just wonder how much have i spent on gundam in just a span of 5months. hah! too bad exams are here or not i would be busy fixing my new kit.
btw. HAPPY BELATED CHILDREN'S DAY. may the kid in us live forever. rightt..
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