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Tuesday, June 28, 2005 @ 2:23 PM
2 days. only 48h. no more than 2880 min. wad a way to start the new term man. by slamming a mid-year exams into our face, catching us by surprise with all the terror qns. and i mean TERROR qns. let's start with chinese. compo was killer. whenever ppl do compo, will think first then write their ideas down ryt? For me,i'll write then think. as a result, there were cancellations here and there and everywhere. swt. stoned for the first 10 min, had a problem finish reading the compo qns la. read halfway then will look around. realised that whenever it comes to chinese, i only use it diligently (and feel smarter) when i'm reading my manga, watching drama serials or movies, esp infernal affairs. aw man, infernal affairs, is so emotional. so much meaning. esp the part where anthony wong fell from the roof just as tony leung reached the entrance of the hotel ( some building la. tall one). he looked upon the one friend/colleague/superintendent who recognised his existence just as he (anthony wong) faded out of his own. and the music...not that the scence itself was devasting enuf, but they had to play the music. that piece of music which only made it more difficult to accept the fact that some noble/respectable fella of the show had died. 'zai jian...jing cha...zai jian'. damn, sure hope the hollywood version will be on par with it, though i doubt it will, cos' there are some aspects of the movie they'll never get. like grasping the essence of the traid man. traids superficially may be intimidating, but deep down, there's alot of bonding amonst the pple. they give the word 'brother' a whole new meaning. okok, as i was saying, after the compo was done, the actual paper was next. started on compre first since i wanted to end the boring part of the paper asap. knew that i could just slack slack and tikam the MCQ cos' even if i did make an effort to figure what they're talking about, i'll pretty much get the same marks. thank god chinese still has mcq, or i will seriously take malay/indian/jap/italian/french/thai/dialect over chinese. after it was over, people were saying how difficult and 'chim' the passage was, and that the summary thing was too simple already. but i just listened and told myself 'it doesnt matter whether the paper was easy or difficult, cos' to me, chinese has always been difficult. the easy qns just look as tough as the diffcult ones la.' spent the 2hr break watching ppl bridging and reading fmaths. fmaths. arz, yes, fmaths. further mathematics. or in more accurate terms, freakin'-difficult-until-u-cannot-understand-and-no-matter-how-u-stone-u'll-never-be-able-to-get-it-or-comprehend-a-shit-of-the-it maths. honestly, it was alright la. i could calmly do the qns until qn5. damn pissed when sucha direct-in-your-face qn oso i cannot do. so i skipped to 6. that's when it all started. qn after qn i couldnt attempt. the qn 5 had left an impact on me, and i had to shake it off. managed to attempt 'em eventually, though some are still a stunner to me. anyhow, i hoping for B la, not too much to ask ryt? arz, chem. chemistry. how fun. i had intended to wake up early for the past few days, but whenever i set my hp's alarm on, my mom ends up being the one waking up and turning it off as i continue to enjoy my deep slumber. maybe that's the purpose of alarm. to wake your sibling up and have him/her wake u up. wateva, i wanted to wake up and read the chem file, but no time. fine, had crossed all my fingers during the journey to sch (just kidding) in hope i'd do reasonably well. MCq was not bad...until i had 10 min left for last ten 10 qns (not including those i left blank) . it's fun la, in a sick-and-sadistic-not-so-fun way. the adrenaline rush, it does have its wonders. i think that's how i got my 50/60 for my phy test. was 10-15 min late, then thought i'd not be able to finish everything (which ya, in the end i didnt finish the last qn). but luck was on my side, all through the 1 hr or so paper. ok, gotta stop digressing. i had started on section C first. omgawd, it was quite a breeze, when i suddenly was thrown into a typhoon or tsunami or flood or wateva disaster. qns were getting more indirect, u needed to think hard for some of them. but what pissed me off was the last qn. when i attempted to draw the graph, drew the first three points and it looked like it was going to be a straight line. so i drew out a straight line through the three points, thinking that the next few points will land on the line. pls, let me emphasise on the word 'thinking'. to my horror (though i was kind expecting it), the nxt three points started deviating from the line. wad da hell, like that oso the teacher like arz? if the first few points show a straight line, let us draw a straight line la. nevermind, so i rubbed away and re-did the line. or should i say curve, which it had turned out to. so had to find half life ryt? wa lao, when i tried to find the 2nd half life, my graph couldnt give me the readings cos' i had used up the entire x-axis to show until 21min. wat i needed was the time for a measurement of 10.25, but my graph could only read until 18. so redid lor. aGaIN! then when i fiNaLLy got the 2nd half life, it wasn't equal to the first one. shit sia, i panicked, thinking how come not the same. check and check. aiya, in the end just put order of reaction 1 and hantam the nxt few qns. yes, heaved a sigh of relief when i finished section C. time for section B. OH my god, only then did i realise that i had an entire frickin' section B to finish. as i directed my view to the clock, time seemed to slow down just enough for me to be stunned for a min or so. 9.40pm. ARZRARZarxraasghiuhasjkdfhguyasgdg.....that's how i felt. chiong lor, the entire section B. dunno how many careless mistakes i know i have defintiely made. so in the end, the stupid isomer qn was blank. as blank as my mind when i was reading the qn. no worries, didnt want to waste the teacher's ink, so wrote a big fat zero at the bottom of the page. considerate and angry and panicky and AJIfhkUSHEFikHAkjf at the same time. nice. it's over. just see how much i get. i will be contented with a C, cos' i had set out to get it from the start. knew chem wasnt my strong sub.spent the nxt 3 hrs with my peeps bridging. took over shuan tze at 12 and played until 1.10. nice la, i had a great time playing, esp with mex. dun think he knows wat's he's saying when he bids. then ka kui was sitting opposite him, and they were trying to outbid each other. ka kui won the bid with 5 spades, i think. they were battling it out lor, my and kian lim just stone. and guess who he picked as partner? yes, not me, not kian lim, not the aunties behind us who were chatting crap, but mex. mexcel. terror la, of all the ppl to pick, had to pick him. and this happened a couple of times. power. the curse of KM (kaMex). then one game they were bidding it out. wa lao, mex was in his nutty mood of cos,bid 6 blardy hearts. haha, i decided to record it lor. so we redid the scence again when i started recording. haha, damn funny, if u want the recorded file, ask me, i send u. i think my laugh real distinctive, couldnt stand it la. ok, C maths and physics left. can la, i not scared now cos' they dun take so long to study. thought i'd list my current favourites down. to rmb that at this point of time, i had this sort of taste. 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Wednesday, June 22, 2005 @ 1:05 AM
how i wish. been starting all my mornings this week with studying for the mid-yrs. terror la, found out that if i study so early and quickly, i'll only feel tired even sooner, bored even earlier. so it's adivsable that u slack slack for a while (couple of hours will do) before u jump straight into revision. anyhow, had lunch at parkway parade's jack's place. never did like that restaurant, cos' the food so not interesting or attractive, and very seldom can find hot waiter/waitress working at jack's place lor. still, had lunch with family being the good boi i am and will be. taking into account the cost of food there, i had the 7.60 fillet with cheese. being the cheese-lover that i was, i was blardy disappointed to see the amount of cheese given. it was like, not even a cup full lor. i cant even scoop up a spoonful of cheese to savour. so conclusion: jack's place sucks. had been saying that all the while as my bro ate. need to educate him la... jalan jalan for a while before heading off to popular. i had wanted to get the C maths tys, but due to past experiences, i had decided not. i'd never done my o'level tys till it was the prelims, and i didnt wana regret buying tys lor. so off we went back to bdk. mom wanted to slack at the library before we realli headed for home, so had to delay my studying by a couple more hours. detoured to comic shop first cos' i wanted to get some new series : school rumble. totally fantastic, humour power la, dunno how the writer can think of one. kudos man, i take my hat off to u. library was the perfect place to officially begin my investment into a new series. so as i was reading, some boi's sis (both around pri sch la) came over and sat nxt to him. found her rather inquisitive, kept asking qns. and the thign was that she wun stop asking till she was answered. some may find it irritating, like the boi nxt to me, but for someone like me who hasnt the luxury to experience having a sis, i find that, amusing. the way the boi replied had disgusted me, so rude and ungrateful. sometimes u wun appreciate things till u lose them. but i cant blame the boi, cos' she realli had lots of qns. my studying progress has been okay so far. maths left with vect, mod, poly, curve sketch, trigo, differentiation. chem got like atomic structure onwards. phy hav circular motion. omgawd, come to think of it, i actually have shitloads left. okay, mustnt scare myself...wish all JCians mugging for lame mid-yrs the bez of luck! *how i wish i had a sister* Tuesday, June 21, 2005 @ 6:46 PM
 my watch. darn, it's so late already, i should be sleeping.  @ 6:46 PM
 just putting this up for fun.haha... @ 6:45 PM
 every muggers' friend: the TYS. @ 6:45 PM
 my only source of light. @ 6:44 PM
 still preparing for GP late at night. @ 6:44 PM
 the other half of my table. @ 6:43 PM
 my table. @ 6:43 PM
 must...get...inspiration... @ 6:42 PM
 my bro. damn, i've no idea why i put this on my blog. @ 6:40 PM
 preparing for GP exam then. @ 6:40 PM
 This view is totally awesome. Thursday, June 16, 2005 @ 10:05 AM
 G and me. Wednesday, June 15, 2005 @ 11:28 PM
Chillin' i've realised that i'm more of a blog reader than a blogger. my fingers just don't like to do the talking. and besides, it cant type as fast as i can think. thus it gets boring after a while. but i make exceptions, and this is one of 'em. met up with graeme to watch mr and mrs smith. before we bought the tickets, the oddly-worried G pointed out something which had not caught my attention. no cameras were allowed in the cinema, and we had brought one to take a pic of the both of us. hence, the usual-smart-arse me suggested that it be put in my pocket. arz, the genius speaks. plan worked, and we were off to the movie theatre. 4, K 18&17. advertisements were rolling for 20 min before movie started, but the G-man was easily amused by 'em. maybe cos' he doesnt take enuf time out to watch tv at home i thought. bz man? anyhow, the movie was rather slow at the beginning, took some time before it built up the suspense and everything. all the while whenever i saw the both of 'em (jolie and pitt), i kept thinking of jennifer aniston. so sad, she didn't deserve this. still, bradd is hot, and i dun blame jolie. still still, a bitch is a bitch. i mean, for one who has played lara craft, her bosoms must really have been one of her attractions. okok, all in all, the movie was dumb, no plot one, so not thought-provoking. after it ended, we made our way to yea, u guessed it, KFC! i was nuts abt it back in sec 4, started when me and deren needed a place to grab lunch, and we headed to bedok centre's Kfc. the moment i stepped into it, i could hear it calling me. it was love at first sight, or in this case, at first bite. we had planned to bring in more ppl with us the next time till the whole class was chillin' out at the same fast food restaurant after sch. ok, so we didnt meet our intended target, but we did managed to show a dozen or so the power of the cheese fries. but ever since i've been in JC, i've hardly had time to get down to kfc. dumb whitesands sucks big time, doesnt have a blardy kfc, wad only. but the kfc in bedok centre shall always bring back the memories. memories i wish to keep. ok, so me and GM chilled out at Kentucky Fried Chicken for wat,an hour? or maybe more than that. but we chatted, big time on wateva we could. but i was getting restless, and i wanted to get over to his house to grab something. we did eventually, though i could see that Grammy was unwilling, reluctant, hesistant. wateva man, as upright citizens, we cant hold onto the seats for too long, we must give way to other patrons. anyway, i wanted to grab a game from him and take a look at the yearbook. OH, we oso wanted to take the pic of us. but ended up chillin once again at his home, just browsing through some pics and songs. i love to pass my time like this, the tranquility plus us just stoning there, it's rare to get sucha opportunity. before i left, we chilled once more at the lounge nearby. we were browsing through each other's hp, looking at the messages. initially that is. then i itch hand, go and call A. but i hanged up when i heard the ringing sound. unsatisfied, i called Z till the ringing thing came on. then i hanged up. haha, so fun lor. wanted to check and see if they'd curiously call back again. but they didn't. so i called back lor. and this time Z picked up after two rings. kena stunned, and graeme heard her voice. ok, i was stunned, but he was in a trance. ya, man in love, typical. but when he got his senses back, i noticed the evil grin on his face. in an instant, he was scrolling through my phonebook. ARZ! called Y, and she oso picked up very fast. but i wasnt so stunned, the calm me simply told her that i called the wrong no. after she hanged up, we simply burst out laughing. oh yea, it was fun, and i knew graeme wanted more. but the man-with-morals me had to put a stop to this. finally, we made our way to the bus stop. along the way, dumb him came up with some stupid idea which i aint gona mention cos' he wasnt even suppose to be able to come up the idea. anyhow, on my way home, i was high, my skin-thickness knew no boundaries. so i called Z and apologised to her. haha, back at ya G. then i called Y oso to apologise. wat a day. it was fun. enjoyed it all. especially the phonecalls. chill man. Tuesday, June 14, 2005 @ 12:04 PM
mid year, wohoo! bring it on bruda! yea, finally, almost everyone JCian have something in common: mugging for the mid-years. i mean, it gives ya the chance to talk about something with ya pals from other JCs, though it might actually be the last thing everyone wants to talk about. been snooping around ppl's blogs lately ( actually all the time la), and pretty much everyone has the word mug used intensely. be it 'mugging for exams' or 'can i get a mug of milo?' (lameness intended), it is uanimous. all of us wana do well. so hey, wish ya all lotsa luck and go mug. till now, i still dun get the meaning of mug. i always think that mug would be burning all ya midnight oil till the wee hours of the morning, refilling with wat, morning oil? and then continue to burn it all away...but u see a couple of peeps doing some hwk at the benches in sch and u hear ppl going 'arz, mugger!'. it sounds like as if mugging is taboo, where u gota do it discreetly. honestly, i myself aint an advocate of mugging. if ya diligently do ya work daily, revise and stuff, den mugging will be the last thing on ya mind. but yea, we all have this habit of procrastinating, so hence, 'mugging'. vicious cycle, vicious cycle... i've got like a dozen of chapters of chem&phy to go, and dozens more of maths. ling ling said re-doing all our maths tutorials will help, so ok, tat aint too bad. but the science TYS are terror man, so boring! it gets rather repetitive after u whack a couple of the qns. that explains why i leave doing TYS to late at night, cos' who needs sleeping pills when you've got TYS? i sound so relaxed for one who hasn't touched on revision, but i guess that's me. aint gona feel the pressure unless it's like a couple of days before the exam week. ppl kee telling me that they aint gona have any time left to finish with revision. but i think as long as u tell yaself there's enough, there'll be enuf. no worries man, think simple, complications only bring further problems. i may appear like i'm mugging, but i can honestly admit that i aint, it cramps my style. u know wat? i'm only blogging cos' i'm all alone at home, and seldom do i get such privacy. so i decided to make full use of it, and blog. but it so happens that i have zilch to talk about, hence, the nonsense in the above paragraphs. i'll end here then. Thursday, June 09, 2005 @ 3:28 PM
June? so soon.. haven blogged for almost 2 weeks already. not that i didn't want to, simply couldn't find the time. arz, time, no longer a luxury i can indulge in. sucha pity. 1 wk of june was supposed to be start of the holidays, but looking at my always-so-packed schedule, i was confused. well, monday was GP exam. compo i started off pretty well, but soon i couldnt find the chim chim words to stump the examiner, so anyhow write lor. die la, u can see the change in writing lor, from an average 17yr old to a primary sch student. compre was simple though, too simple already. rather than using the 'chim words' way and stun us throughout, they gave us deep qns with a very plain passage. wateva la, i jus hantam all the way, write as i please. sure hope the marks come back as i please too. CG day was awesome la. alot of walking though, but well-deserved in the end with screening of star wars as our reward. din feel like a movie though, felt more like a bunch of friends gathering at some guy's place and spending the night watching a film. only difference is that to say 'a bunch' would be an understatement when u have 800ppl in da house. still, the jedi battles were addictive, could see a couple of CGs grabbing any long hard objects and swinging at one another. if not u'll hear a group breathing, darth vader style. since pictures speak a thousand pictures, u can go check out all the pics i took with my CG and let them speak to you la. http://www.imagestation.com/album/index.html?id=2125761326 had a 2day physics enrichment course at NUS on wed and thurs. checked out the physics faculty and stuff, though it's damn like some office la, the mood like so gloomy and muggy. still, i did enjoy myself. food was great. they are aware that a man needs his three meals a day : breakfast, lunch and snack. alot of stuff the lectureres spoke about were oh-so irrevalent, sadly onli the thai guy did make physics look more interesting than i thought. prefer the practical part of it, not the theory. learned to play bridge! on trips to NUS and breaks in between, kinda got the hang of the game, and now i'm kinda hooked to it oredi. err, i'm writing for the sake of writing, dun have the mood la. doubt i'll too much in the future, i prefer reading other ppl's blogs. ya, call me a perv, but hey, they might one day intro a course on blog analysis. delve into the minds of bloggers and see how they see, hear what they hear, breathe wat they breathe...see la, typing nonsens already, afternoons shldnt be spent on blogging for me i guess, sleep should be my priority. lately been spending my time trying to set up some poem blog with my pal, thought it'd be great to publish our works somewhere other than in our hearts. maybe had this inspiration while i was sick or something, but it sure is a damn good idea. been writing alot lately, that's pretty much how i start all my mornings ever since my lecture days were over. but i aint gona let known this poem blog of ours, cos' there are some too personal stuff in it, dun want some eyes dropping by on it. maybe when the time is right. |