Had a bad start on monday as i woke up at 10.30am and my statics lecture started at 10am... I did set my alarm but guessed i off it and went back to sleep. This is the result of mugging til 4am....

Fortunately, my Living with Maths test is at 12.15pm. Should i wake up at 11am, i definitely got to take a cab down to NUS already...

The test was similar to those exercises found in the textbook. I think the lecturer is lazy to think of new questions. Haha.. But still, the test is interesting..

Here's one:

All statements here are false.
The preceding statement is true.
The following statement is false.
Some of the statements are true.
The preceding statement is false.

So think whether each of the statement is true or false.

Maths test in the evening at 7.30pm. Almost late because the frequency of the shuttle bus was 18 to 25minutes!

Well, the maths test wasnt that difficult except for last few questions. But the thing was, we were in LT and we were not seated separately. Cheating Checking answers among each other bound to happen. In the maths forum, tutors were also commmenting on how they saw students looking left and right and talking during the test. Bad.

And when the test ended, it was chaotic. As we personally have to move down to the front of LT to put our answer sheets into the respective envelope, people took the chance to compare answers. Yes, it was definitely chaotic. Yet, the invigilators didnt seem to notice or bother..

Oh well, i guess the results of the people taking in the LT will be relatively much better than those who took in hall. Poor them.

Chemistry test is 2 weeks later. Still have time to catch up.

Thankfully, 4 tests were over finally..

It's only half-way through the 4 mid-term tests i have within 4 days yet, my confidence has fallen ten-folds...

Last time SY told me, "Aiyah, dont need to study for physics MCQ test one lah..... because you wont know how to do one. So don't waste time. Just di-gam can already"

She was right.

Yesterday's physics test, out of the 15 MCQs which we had to complete in 1 hour, i only managed to do probably 1 or 2 questions with confidence. And it was an amazing feat to 'complete' 5 questions within the last 5 minutes. Di gam did the job. How exciting and fun that physics had given me the chance to relish such childhood game.

After checking answers with the astonishing smart JL who probably got like 13 out of 15 correct, while the last 2 he wasnt too sure, i probably would get marks between 2 to 5 out of 15. It all depends on the accuracy of my guessed answers which i had forgotten what i had chosen.

Wasted too much time spent studying physics during the break.

Today was Statics test. Spending lesser time studying it as compared to physics was a mistake....

I should not have spent wasted any time on it. Same as physics, the outcome is comparable.

Judging on the amount of time we spent doing statics tutorial questions, we should be given like 2 - 3 hours for the test, but no, we were given only 1 hour to complete 2 questions. Despite being an open-book test, it seems futile to check any references to do the questions. As it is not MCQs, di-gam wouldnt help..

Oh well, I hope im not alone. Being the mean me, i just pray everyone did just as badly...

But somehow, foreign students seem to be too overpowering. Having them around forces one to get full marks for every tests... or else, just too bad..

Maths test is next. It is 12 MCQS. And if i dont get even like 10 or 11 correct, it is probably the same as FAILED!

THEY are just super-abnormal...

The short (study) break is over and it's gonna be back to reality once more tomorrow...

Physics term test or rather, quiz tomorrow and it seems this break has turned out to be quite unproductive. I have not touched anything on maths and living with maths modules, thinking this weekend is time to mug hard..

No, neither have i touched a lot on statics, mainly because i have given up hope on it. Ha.. Physics is my main priority, yet.........

I just gonna pray hard now....

How i look forward to the next break, but it will only be after the final exams.. Ahh.. that's fast...

It seems.

The mid-term break has finally started and so far, i havent started any studying significantly.

This is bad with my holiday mood too over-powering for me. But still, thinking that i have left 4 days to my physics test, 5 days to statics test, and 7 days to maths and living with maths module tests, I have no choice but to start studying right after this.

The weekend was a transitional breather. Went to one of CAC Group 6 great-grand-senior's house for a mass gathering. Well, the turnout wasnt that massive, but probably around 15 to 20 people. And the thing was, it was a gathering also for the past 10 batches of group 6. So except for my own batch, dont really know the rest and who is from which batch. Surprisingly, Elvin, a model-actor who acted before in a drama serial by NKF was there... ok.. i managed to find his pic...OK, Joanna Peh wasnt at the gathering.. Yah, he was also from past batches of Group 6. Cool.

Another surprise we got was some magic shows performed by the brother of the senior whose house we were at. Her brother was impressive. He managed to make a plastic fork jump out of a cup without touching anything, except using his hands as action around the cup. Cool. Also, he managed to twist and bend a metal fork effortlessly with some shaking and rubbing. Usually, such stunts are only seen on tv. And that left us speechless. Spooky.

Rushed down with the rest to Suntec to watch Suntec Dance Finals. The dances were great and we were there mainly to see how competition turned out.

And on Sunday night, went to watch a concert with the Group 6 people by the graduates of Jitterbugs. Nice dances they had there..

Seems like im getting exposed to the dance scenes in Singapore. Insipred me a bit, but no, i cant dance...

Sighz... I need to must mug now.

My chemistry lab report was finally finished today, using a total of about 16 hours, spanning over 4 days. But, comparing with WS who used 20 hours and KR possibly more than 20hours also, i think im the lucky one.

Looking at the printed finished report which is 19 pages in all, i felt a sense of achievement. Ha. But, it wont last long because tomorrow, i'll embark on another new chem lab experiment, which means another report to type. Dreaded.

Well, no time to relax. I still have an english paragraph to write by tonight and send it over to my group members for editing and later submit the finished product this thursday, and need to rush my chem tutorial for discussion tomorrow. Oh well, dont think i can finish tonight.

I dont have much midnight oil left...

But still, looking forward to the mid-term break, starting from this friday 12pm because it is Engin Day and all lessons cancelled after 12pm. Yeah..

Mugging time!

2 more weeks to mid-term tests.

I need to study real hard. Have been lagging behind still cuz i simply couldnt do much tutorials questions without staring at them for hours.

Lectures didnt seems to help much or provide hints to solving most tutorial questions. In the end, we just have to rely on our ability to think. Dozing off during lectures are unavoidable with the late night's tutorials pia-ing. I need to change.

Still have so many things to do - Chemistry lab report due in 5 days time, neverending weekly physics and statics online tutorials, maths weekly tutorial, english assignments and project and luckily for a little breather, bi-weekly tutorial for physics, statics and chem...


Stress is building up in me and have found some relations:

1. Stress is inversely proportional to my energy level during lectures and hence directly proportional to the chance of dozing off during lecture.

2. Stress is directly proportional to the frequency of hunger. Been getting hungry so easily and torturing myself by not eating enough. I had enough and hence splurged yesterday for more food (After morning lecture, bought a chicken roll pie. Lunch ate bak chor mee. Then had 3 cups of free ice milo at Central forum. 4pm had an egg tart before lecture. Had burger king meal for dinner together with some sushi from NTUC. Also bought my favourite SaraLee Chesscake and some breads for night snacks). But all these come with a hole in my wallet..

3. Stress is inversely proportional to the number of hours of sleep per night.

4. Stress is directly proportional to the outbreaks of pimples. Clearly shown.

I need to start studying, to catch up what im laggin behind. I need to do well for mid-term tests.

Ahh.. more stress...

Despite being buried by tons of endless tutorials, i managed to find leisure and fun for the past week....

Last sunday was Alvin's 21st birthday. We had a KTV session til my voice was hoarse and later had a lavish Japanese dinner, suggested by Simon.. Ah... think Alvin spent way too much already. Thanks for the dinner anyway.. Haha.

Back in NUS on Tuesday and there was a Megasale with brands like G2000, U2 and Fox. The offers were great and Sebas and i couldnt resist the offer. I bought a U2 short sleeves shirt while he bought G2000 stripe long sleeves shirt, each for $19 (usual price $39). Ha.. the next day, the sale was still on and so went there again, accompanying WeeHong and also with Sebas. Again, we bought some more. I bought a U2 polo tee for $16 (UP.$39) and a G2000 long sleeves white shirt for $19 (UP.$43). Sebas bought 2 more shirts and Weehong also. We spotted a G2000 pants selling for $19 and it's original price was a whooping $119. OMG.. too bad, there was only 1 left we could find from the heap and it was not our size.. (Later, got to know that someone *ahem* managed to bought 2 of that $119 pants and he went right 1hr after the sale had started on the first day. Wah lao..)

Our shopping spree din end here. Thursday was Vanity Fair, selling perfumes and cosmetics products. Decided to pop over with Sebas to see any cheap bargains. Then we were shown a set of Clinique products for Men and it's price was way below outside market price. Very worth it. We found out about the Clinique lucky draw and there were 15 mini fridges which were said to worth $250, to be won. However, the catch was we had to purchase a minimun $ amount of its product to take part. We contemplated for quite some time. We had a strong feel that we would win. So finally at the last 30minutes before the draw, i bought the set of facial and grooming products.. and also Happy for Men perfume. Sebas wanted to share with me at first to chalk up the minimun spending, but pulled out last minute. So no choice, i bought all.

Still, i waited for the lucky draw while sebas went for his lecture. Names were called one by one, but not my name. Sianz.. Then got a called from May asking me where was i, yah i could see her. Immediately after we ended the called, my name was drawn. Ah, the call muz have brought me luck. I rushed down and collected my mini fridge. Haha..

The silver-finishing fridge was awfully pretty. But i din keep the fridge. Loan it to Sebas for his hostel for the time-being. Then, feeling bad, sebas bought the perfume set from me.. So share cost a bit. Ha..

I felt so lucky for the first time. Shopping rocks!

Celebrated Kangrui's 21st birthday yesterday. Ha.. had a fun time at Marche and later some chilling time at Preview Lounge. Yes, back there again for it's nice ambience... Played those lame games there. Ha, it was funny.

It's always enjoyable when we got together. And next will be Leonard's birthday liao. Haha