Its friday again what-do-ya-know.
And I have to say, its been one hell of a forgetful Friday. lol.
In the morning James told me message some stuff by recess, and [yeah RATHER SUPRISINGLY], i forgot.
Then, during geography in the humanities room, we were doing mapwork, and i was almost about to take the whole map out when we left till i was reminded that it had to be collected and returned.
After recess was CHEM in the lab. One part of the QA involved getting a few drops of conc. HCl. And, 2 things here. First, i went there with only a test tube, no holder.Another 2 things to elaborate on this. Thankfully, I wasn't caught by patricia for not bringing a holder along, and thankfully i didn't let any of the acid be in contact with my hand when i added it to the test tube. Imagine, one drop trickling down the outside of the test tube and it would have been youch! Second thing, when i went there, i took conc. sulphuric acid, not HCl. Stupid right. And I was heating it gently and with CX were testing with moist litmus paper after moist litmus paper, and no effect. like WTH was going on. Only after awhile [and that was about 5mins!] did i realise i took the wrong acid.
That's not the end. After the whole prac session was done with, i left my pencil box in the lab. yes, i took A calculator, THE paper, and A pen[not -cil box]. Left the rest of it there. And it was so malu infront of patricia and weiting and sherhan and jj they all. man....................

On that forgetfulness theme, let us all not forget that one week has just silently passed us by. I sure didn't think I did much. yet i feel sleepy every night. yet i can't bring myself to study much during the day session. So, I think this transition time is fast running out, its time to get serious again guys.

Back to the chem lab. and the practical was quite interesting. The volumetric thing was very weird. It wasn't just the normal titrate this with that. It invloved adding this and adding that and THEN titrating this with that. And haha, its tricky, the pale yellow thing. its like the yellow keeps getting fainter and fainter, and you just don't know where to stop. Luckily i was SLOW, and this was worsened by the fact that my pipette filler was once again screwd. at LEAST patricia BOTHERED to change one for me. Also, CX was fast. so she overshot hers and i caught up. ha! And then the indicator thing was kinda redundant, but oh well. The QA was fun. The choking gas, and the highlight was the oxygen relighting glowing splints. For once, it was like pretty obvious. Haha.

This week has been kinda slack. In class its joking and all. At home I've tried reading zhitongche for one. Hai, gotta find some way to do better for chinese. Im really scared i ll fail for prelims. So I can take no risks, since from my viewpoint chi is worth 2pts, [passing it rather], and that is an impossible deficit to overcome if they aren't clinched.

On Tues night i woke up to watch champions league. Arsenal are back on form, and Henry suddenly scores 2 headers. [he still sucks at heading im sure]. More importantly, we're back on form. That's the confidence the win over Man U in front of their own fans gives.

And on that note, I believe what we're going through these days, is simply a mentality thing. About the O levels and all. Let's face it, the O levels is easy. Comparatively, there's no two ways about it. It's getting the job done, believing you can do well, that's the difficult part. People from double science classes, or pple struggling in trip. sc classes, often see it as such a challenge [not saying pple like me aren't], when, by virtue of being able to enter ANDERSON, we should all perform very well for the Os. So, its finding belief and confidence, and most importantly, peaking at the right time, I feel. I think any talk of consistency is now nonsense, since the prelims are all over already. There's one and a half months, and certainly, how the time is spent in the last 2 weeks, of that period, will be pivotal.

lastly, remember my entry before last, where the focus was on Mrs Chong and how we should lay off her?
Well, she's given us chocholates, and hey she's filthy rich, but it still takes effort and thought to buy chocholates okay!
And let's be honest, she's been able to relieve our stress with some very entertaining stories hasn't she.
Maybe that's not teaching, but we students from 4/7 are smart enough not to need teaching right..............=p

Oh yeah the prelims are over. It's been a huge relief. Ive been pretty stressed out over the past few weeks. Even that one in the holidays. Most stressful were the days before PHYSICS and BIOLOGY, in which i was struggling to finish revising the entire syllabus. I got so tired at night, and really wished to continue, but, I found its no use, so i just went to bed early. I don't know. Don't really feel that confident of an A1 for those tests. And for a realist like me, i know when I have done a good test, like AM 2, EM 1n2. Obviously im confident for those. But, when Im not, i just hope i can somehow scrap an A1 out of those subjects.

Apart from that, has been to deal with my sweaty palm problems [haha!]. I got really anxious during SS which was the first "intense-writing" paper. I had so much difficulty writing, just so wanted to end the paper ASAP. So, thankfully i brought pens with rubber for subsequent papers. And it helped.

The aircon atmosphere was just wonderful. And I think the tests were conducted very well. Mdm Wong was OK. Her jokes were, err -----
but i think she maintained discipline. That was good. And there were full attendances. Remember that flak i directed at how the preps. were handled? haha.

For the science exams, really had to hold our bladders, lol. I was almost dying after chem, thanks to a sudden [i won't say migraine] headache, just as the lightning struck. Was struggling to finish the paper, but thankfully it wasn't too difficult. lol, for physics and bio, I had to restrict myself to very little fluid during breakfast. 2h45min lei!

There has also been the funny side of the prelims. "who belongs to this?" was kind of cold. And then today, Mrs Chong stamped the ground rather heavily, well that's so typical of her. And i just wonder why she shouts so loud when pple ask her qns. Guess its the aging process. We all know that's the case with mr Chye. Then, people bringing "insurance equipment"! Wah, like Sok Mui brought not 1, not 2, not 5, but 3 protractors! my goodness! and she forgot to bring for geog MCQ. =_=
"Tonight is the night. Put a string in your pencil box", lol arkar told me this, and i mean, like WTH does having a string help in measuing curved distances! Like how to u keep it not straight?! and Jun Jie, he brought an entire ball of sewing string. boy oh boy.

I think the prelims have produced many unexpected incidents. Some exams were easier than expected, certainly. Chemistry for one. Emaths? Paper 1 was easy, but paper 2 def. was of a higher standard, so, guess its balanced. As usual, there are the toughies. None more so than English Comprehension. Man, questions were so challenging. Just hope it doesn't screw the overall that much.

But well, not that the exams are over, finally we can take some time off. For me, that's being the avid football fan again. It's been an agonising first few weeks of the season, with arsenal playing so well but lacking finishing. FINALLY, without star man Thierry Henry, they managed 2 brilliant away wins at Hamburg and, sweet as ever, at Manchester. I stayed up late on Sunday, and boy was it worth it. We played them off the park, dominated them, missed a penalty, and still won. So much for not winning our first 3 games, and so much for Manchester winning 4 on the trot. Ha, take that ManU fans, [Leroy, Kelvin...Elaine?], whoo, victory sure is sweet. Wait till we do that to Liverpool.

Now, the IMF/WB are out of our island too, apparently coinciding with the conclusion of our prelims. Haha. Thank goodness there were no violence from civil society organisations.

Have been reading the news the past few days, and it hasn't been pleasant. From the coup in Thailand to the guilt expressed by the man whose wife bled to death after donating her kidney to him. Guess it just reminds me how lucky we all are. To be able to finish our prelims smoothly. For most of us [no offence], to be in with a real shout to go to the JCs we want to go. To be with the friends we have, and I must say today's outing with 2/4 pple to Sentosa to play with sand and swim about is really a great way to spend the last day of the exams. Most importantly, for me, to know that God is guiding me through this critical period of my life. That's comforting amidst the stress and the frustration I have felt this week. Im pretty sure of it, that Ive thrown away Amaths, because of a sloppy opening day. That was a tough start. Im sure, everyone has faced similar low points during the prelims. To be able to recover from them, and most of us certainly have, I think we should all give ourselves a real pat on the back.

yeh, its 37~38 days to O levels?
I thought it was pracs. but using common sense, hell no! its the real deal in that period of time!
Well, i have this to say.
How relaxed are you?