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?
Friday, September 22, 2006
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
DONE. OVER. oh well.
Man it feels great to finally get the prelim pracs. over and DONE WITH.
AND that this skin is finally up. Not that it's supposed to take that long, just that with PREPS and PRACs. i could hardly find anytime to put it up and do the editing and what have you.
But anyway, quite amazingly, its been MORE THAN A MONTH since Ive last blogged, and it feels so weird right now. Anyway, i ll still get on with this "familiarising" entry. Noticed the fonts a little tighter, but i think its sort of less messy. My thought. And, hard to believe, the many weeks [5, 6?] we had with no pressure whatsoever have just passed us by. I mean our schedule now is quite like a cyclone, with the pressure-free zones and the high pressure zones. whatever;
And I've had to have this near-impossible task of balancing football with studies now. I guess Ive studied lots during the period of time which in football terms I'll like to call, "post-world cup pre-EPL" period. But know its tough, and its tougher when MY arsenal are not getting results. Argh. Yet again its that cliche, trying to "pass the ball into the net". Its frustrating. Even more frustrating when people keep saying they are the best passing team in Europe.
Bah. Schedule is bad, bad. Man U - Arsenal and Chelsea- Liverpool are taking place on Sunday 17th September, which is, midway through prelims. After that theres champions league too. damn it sucks. zz.
But for now i ll try to make the most of the holidays, which im sure we all would. PREPS. has been OK. sadly not much progress, which is the most important thing to get through these tests that count for nothing, nothing at all. For once, i screwd up CHEM. Worse, i screwd up COMBINED HUMANITIES. This is quite a collapse la. My A1s from sec3 till now [which i am VERY proud of], suddenly become a 27+26=53/100. ya at least im still proud of it. zz.
Well, at least AM and BIO were my alternatives. Thats the good thing about R5 when u take trip. science i guess. its pick 5 from 7. these subjects were big boosts la. but the one i needed most still hasnt come to fruition. Hopefully, its hasn't YET. But time is running out fast, and english is a language. Its not easy. I think it certainly is within me but sometimes it just doesn't work out.
For the moment, its teachers day tomorrow. Mdm Chan should be delighted that we got top for chinese, i mean imagine how well we could have done if I wasnt in 4/7. [yala thats too modest of me, so also, conversely, imagine how slightly poorer we could have been if i hadn't contributed my share of A1s to the class, aha]
Today, seeing Mr Tan really made the day, i think. Man he really looks visibly skinnier. Guess stress amounts to less time for exercise and perhaps, less time for the brain to focus on digestion? I mean, thats a relatively old human brain we're talking about. lol.
I wonder, if anyone has dared tell Mr Tan about the state of our maths now, i mean under Mrs Chong's influence. I could only imagine, if TTP was around, the difficult questions we would have to do. Not just difficult, unnecessary, i should add. I mean, its frustrating doing all the freaking difficult PnC qns isnt it. After awhile, no? Doing all the integration of linear function divided by linear function-its not easy! Its difficult, perhaps a waste of time, and again revolving back to that word, STRESS. At a time like this, surely the last thing we graduating students want is to be stressed over maths questions which we cant seem to solve. I mean, even for a person like me who's not that devoted to maths, i still get pissed when i can solve a problem. And that pissed attitute sort of renders one unable to study other topics, more pressing matters. Haha thats my phrase. Regardless, TTP is STILL the best teacher ive had by far, really. If anyone needs proof of that, read the entry not long ago-its really not that long ago and already his absense is felt. Im just trying to say that Mrs Chong aint all that bad. I mean, she has a good track record, last year. Yes, past glory, students individual efforts people may say, but its something she deserves. So, i think all of us who have reservations about her should think twice about it. Quite honestly, i sometimes get sick of her apparent poor teaching methods, which was minimised for a simple topic like vectors, but then amplified for relative velocity. All in all, i think she aint THAT bad a teacher as many people apparently see her to be. Lay it off her yeah?
heh.
AND that this skin is finally up. Not that it's supposed to take that long, just that with PREPS and PRACs. i could hardly find anytime to put it up and do the editing and what have you.
But anyway, quite amazingly, its been MORE THAN A MONTH since Ive last blogged, and it feels so weird right now. Anyway, i ll still get on with this "familiarising" entry. Noticed the fonts a little tighter, but i think its sort of less messy. My thought. And, hard to believe, the many weeks [5, 6?] we had with no pressure whatsoever have just passed us by. I mean our schedule now is quite like a cyclone, with the pressure-free zones and the high pressure zones. whatever;
And I've had to have this near-impossible task of balancing football with studies now. I guess Ive studied lots during the period of time which in football terms I'll like to call, "post-world cup pre-EPL" period. But know its tough, and its tougher when MY arsenal are not getting results. Argh. Yet again its that cliche, trying to "pass the ball into the net". Its frustrating. Even more frustrating when people keep saying they are the best passing team in Europe.
Bah. Schedule is bad, bad. Man U - Arsenal and Chelsea- Liverpool are taking place on Sunday 17th September, which is, midway through prelims. After that theres champions league too. damn it sucks. zz.
But for now i ll try to make the most of the holidays, which im sure we all would. PREPS. has been OK. sadly not much progress, which is the most important thing to get through these tests that count for nothing, nothing at all. For once, i screwd up CHEM. Worse, i screwd up COMBINED HUMANITIES. This is quite a collapse la. My A1s from sec3 till now [which i am VERY proud of], suddenly become a 27+26=53/100. ya at least im still proud of it. zz.
Well, at least AM and BIO were my alternatives. Thats the good thing about R5 when u take trip. science i guess. its pick 5 from 7. these subjects were big boosts la. but the one i needed most still hasnt come to fruition. Hopefully, its hasn't YET. But time is running out fast, and english is a language. Its not easy. I think it certainly is within me but sometimes it just doesn't work out.
For the moment, its teachers day tomorrow. Mdm Chan should be delighted that we got top for chinese, i mean imagine how well we could have done if I wasnt in 4/7. [yala thats too modest of me, so also, conversely, imagine how slightly poorer we could have been if i hadn't contributed my share of A1s to the class, aha]
Today, seeing Mr Tan really made the day, i think. Man he really looks visibly skinnier. Guess stress amounts to less time for exercise and perhaps, less time for the brain to focus on digestion? I mean, thats a relatively old human brain we're talking about. lol.
I wonder, if anyone has dared tell Mr Tan about the state of our maths now, i mean under Mrs Chong's influence. I could only imagine, if TTP was around, the difficult questions we would have to do. Not just difficult, unnecessary, i should add. I mean, its frustrating doing all the freaking difficult PnC qns isnt it. After awhile, no? Doing all the integration of linear function divided by linear function-its not easy! Its difficult, perhaps a waste of time, and again revolving back to that word, STRESS. At a time like this, surely the last thing we graduating students want is to be stressed over maths questions which we cant seem to solve. I mean, even for a person like me who's not that devoted to maths, i still get pissed when i can solve a problem. And that pissed attitute sort of renders one unable to study other topics, more pressing matters. Haha thats my phrase. Regardless, TTP is STILL the best teacher ive had by far, really. If anyone needs proof of that, read the entry not long ago-its really not that long ago and already his absense is felt. Im just trying to say that Mrs Chong aint all that bad. I mean, she has a good track record, last year. Yes, past glory, students individual efforts people may say, but its something she deserves. So, i think all of us who have reservations about her should think twice about it. Quite honestly, i sometimes get sick of her apparent poor teaching methods, which was minimised for a simple topic like vectors, but then amplified for relative velocity. All in all, i think she aint THAT bad a teacher as many people apparently see her to be. Lay it off her yeah?
heh.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Ah, I think today has made me feel very disappointed about the school. SCHOOL.
Yes, I always thought the school was progressing quite well, you know, the renovations and all. I must say the outlook of the school is fantastic, probably better than any school in Penang [they are really quite run down]. OK, but i do feel that this school is very corrupted and lax when it comes to exams. Seriously.
During sec3, even term 1 this year, our school has had this fantastic idea of common tests. Oh yeah, next best thing to true-train right, so we have more curriculum time. Or more time blown dry by some creative-minded teachers. *some. And because of the relatively small scale "common test" outlook, there is no common time for the tests. How ironic. So one class can take it on Monday, the next class takes it on next Friday. And we being split up from our sec2 classes, have real good links between friends of other classes. Yes. Thumbs-up to the school, it has truly succeeded in strengthening trust towards friends from OTHER CLASSES. I am dead sure the teachers all know this full well. During a chem prac. this yr, ms goh even mentioned it. oh great! we still took the same test. guess what>? Who didn't do well for the test man. And if it wasn't enough help, the chem teachers decided to further lower the weightage of the test to allow more people to get A1s. Its jus like cutting off part of a bell curve. I mean come on. In that matter, even though my english has been extremly poor for 2 terms, i am glad that they aint making things easy for us. Like in term 1, even when it concerned colors award, they didnt do "moderation". That's the way things should be. Really.
And come on, last yr's EOY exam was such a success. After every paper we could keep the qn paper. What has happened to that? Now this preps., every paper has to be collected back, people are just not sticking to the schedule. And they are still allowed to take the tests as much as a week after. You gotta be kidding man. The next best thing to LIVE telecasts on TV is same-day telecasts. Who wants to watch a delayed telecast of something man. It totally takes the kick away from it. The school is just so lax at this. Teachers are giving in to students' requests for hints, tips. Come on, u ask them before O lvls and suddenly they wont be so willing, cause they dont want to screw us up. Precisely what's happening now. Some students are just so good at this, getting tips from friends, teachers, etcetera. Goodness, come O lvls, good luck. Thank the school for trying out a true-train like program without the protection of confirmed passage to a good JC. Hats off to ya man.
Honestly, how many people have had an exam "fixed". I certainly have, and i admit it. During sec3, the chengyu tests were all selective studying. Man, and almost everyone did the same thing. Yes, i am guilty. But please, students can't be blamed, its natural, its normal. Blame the cause. Get at the root. No provocation, no headbutt [that's so random]. Similarly, if the school is strict on the tests. and organises it to take place at the same time, deduct marks /day if students don't turn up like Mr Tan did do, then all this surely wouldnt have taken place. When Mr Tan deducted 5marks frm some 4/6 student for a common test, i think it made all of us afraid of getting sick during tests. Just like refereeing a football match. You be strict early on, players will be less aggressive. Then, you wont end up losing control of matches and break a record by producing 16yellows and 4reds in a match. Impose your firmness early on, and it will pay. Same thing for NPCC i think. We as seniors really were too lax by Aug and Sep last yr. The CIs were practically giving up on taking digs at us anymore. Just fed up. And everything from then on really didnt go the way we wanted it too. Well. That's enough for one day.
I have my views on things. expect more to come. lol. you know it makes sense.
k la, anyway i had a great 17th July. the EM was bad, but bio was ok. AHH i cant even spot V(ictory) in black and white. lol. Then had a great day la. Thanks for all the sms-es. Thanks James for the album which i had so wanted, thanks Ariana and Naomi for the pencil box which i had so needed, thanks yanchao "and gang" for that 512mb MMC, thanks Nick and co. as well for the red currant no.10 shirt of Dennis Bergkamp, even though you got it pretty cheap, he IS one player i respect a whole lot .Thanks Sherhan and Weiting for making me feel so embarrassed and everyone else who EITHER said happy birthday to me on monday or with the belated after monday, and those who sms-ed me. haha. ok. That's a load off my chest.
Im still mentally blown off by the NSW test.
Yes, I always thought the school was progressing quite well, you know, the renovations and all. I must say the outlook of the school is fantastic, probably better than any school in Penang [they are really quite run down]. OK, but i do feel that this school is very corrupted and lax when it comes to exams. Seriously.
During sec3, even term 1 this year, our school has had this fantastic idea of common tests. Oh yeah, next best thing to true-train right, so we have more curriculum time. Or more time blown dry by some creative-minded teachers. *some. And because of the relatively small scale "common test" outlook, there is no common time for the tests. How ironic. So one class can take it on Monday, the next class takes it on next Friday. And we being split up from our sec2 classes, have real good links between friends of other classes. Yes. Thumbs-up to the school, it has truly succeeded in strengthening trust towards friends from OTHER CLASSES. I am dead sure the teachers all know this full well. During a chem prac. this yr, ms goh even mentioned it. oh great! we still took the same test. guess what>? Who didn't do well for the test man. And if it wasn't enough help, the chem teachers decided to further lower the weightage of the test to allow more people to get A1s. Its jus like cutting off part of a bell curve. I mean come on. In that matter, even though my english has been extremly poor for 2 terms, i am glad that they aint making things easy for us. Like in term 1, even when it concerned colors award, they didnt do "moderation". That's the way things should be. Really.
And come on, last yr's EOY exam was such a success. After every paper we could keep the qn paper. What has happened to that? Now this preps., every paper has to be collected back, people are just not sticking to the schedule. And they are still allowed to take the tests as much as a week after. You gotta be kidding man. The next best thing to LIVE telecasts on TV is same-day telecasts. Who wants to watch a delayed telecast of something man. It totally takes the kick away from it. The school is just so lax at this. Teachers are giving in to students' requests for hints, tips. Come on, u ask them before O lvls and suddenly they wont be so willing, cause they dont want to screw us up. Precisely what's happening now. Some students are just so good at this, getting tips from friends, teachers, etcetera. Goodness, come O lvls, good luck. Thank the school for trying out a true-train like program without the protection of confirmed passage to a good JC. Hats off to ya man.
Honestly, how many people have had an exam "fixed". I certainly have, and i admit it. During sec3, the chengyu tests were all selective studying. Man, and almost everyone did the same thing. Yes, i am guilty. But please, students can't be blamed, its natural, its normal. Blame the cause. Get at the root. No provocation, no headbutt [that's so random]. Similarly, if the school is strict on the tests. and organises it to take place at the same time, deduct marks /day if students don't turn up like Mr Tan did do, then all this surely wouldnt have taken place. When Mr Tan deducted 5marks frm some 4/6 student for a common test, i think it made all of us afraid of getting sick during tests. Just like refereeing a football match. You be strict early on, players will be less aggressive. Then, you wont end up losing control of matches and break a record by producing 16yellows and 4reds in a match. Impose your firmness early on, and it will pay. Same thing for NPCC i think. We as seniors really were too lax by Aug and Sep last yr. The CIs were practically giving up on taking digs at us anymore. Just fed up. And everything from then on really didnt go the way we wanted it too. Well. That's enough for one day.
I have my views on things. expect more to come. lol. you know it makes sense.
k la, anyway i had a great 17th July. the EM was bad, but bio was ok. AHH i cant even spot V(ictory) in black and white. lol. Then had a great day la. Thanks for all the sms-es. Thanks James for the album which i had so wanted, thanks Ariana and Naomi for the pencil box which i had so needed, thanks yanchao "and gang" for that 512mb MMC, thanks Nick and co. as well for the red currant no.10 shirt of Dennis Bergkamp, even though you got it pretty cheap, he IS one player i respect a whole lot .Thanks Sherhan and Weiting for making me feel so embarrassed and everyone else who EITHER said happy birthday to me on monday or with the belated after monday, and those who sms-ed me. haha. ok. That's a load off my chest.
Im still mentally blown off by the NSW test.
Friday, July 14, 2006
Its been a long week man. Very long.
Boy, after monday i dunno why it felt like Thursday or something.
But God lifted me through la.
Haha, his help was very apparent from day 1 la.
Read James's blog about the 5min thing he had for Amath P2, and i have my own 5-min miracle for EM P2 as well. 5mins left, i was stuck with the 2nd part of qn2 on trigo. and bearings. Trigo. and the circle properties had been my serious weakness for EM la, just the inability to notice stuff. and i was looking at part 3, part 4, freaking hell if i had the ans to part 2 i cld apply them straight away.
AND THEN IT CAME.
wow i suddenly realised the alternate angles and managed to finish the rest of the qn in 5mins. and checked ans with my friends, it TALLIED. omg. huge relief. in fact, after the papers were collected, i was staring right up [in this case its the ceiling but where else man]. just amazed.
That was a huge lift for me la. That night, i was so tired la. History and AM were to follow on tuesday. I have gotten A1s for history in every exam, i didnt want to waste it. But, my record for AM was nothing like it. Its been pretty cursed. 3 times ive gotten 74.k, where k<5, lol. and then there was the horrible C5 for last yr EOY. i was determined to set right AM. so i decided, i would study less for history. i did cold war and fall of communist govt. in the afternn, not throughly at all. and at night was a rush of maths. i got so pissed over PnC, integration, and i focused alot on ABSOLUTE VALUE. ok it didnt come out on P1, bud it did eventually for P2. Going by the trend, absolute value always came with big marks. BIG. and so for tues, hist, every1 was predicting MAO would come out. i was so shit-ed. usually only 1 topic came out for each theme. Theme 3 had Cold War, MAO, and Fall of USSR. if MAO came out i'd be done. DONE.
And surprise surprise, cold war AND mao came out. huge relief. My history record should be intact. and AM, i was careless at times, bud fortunately the mistakes occurred at the "show" qns, so its easy to spot them. and i did EITHER for the last qn. huge relief. 2 tough days settled. Wed was less stressful. the compre passaged quite touched me la. recently i read a sunday times article about a CEO who died of cancer, and he said cancer gave him the best months of his life. it was so touching. back to the paper. it was tough, but still OK on the whole la. Thurs. CHINESE. no nd to say. its a joke really. i didnt know the guy died. i thought he left for somewhere or something. [do i understand chinese???]
Alongside that, physics MCQ was tough la. really tested deep concepts like the shorter e dist, larger the field of view. and magnetic field on moon doesnt change. and the Paper2 was better. MUCH BETTER than the chemistry paper on monday which is [im sorry bud the critism has to flow again] FREAKING LOW STANDARD. like WTH? lifting electrolysis qns frm papers which we hv been told to do? what is this man. give us free marks for what. and ask us 3 times whether is exothermic or endothermic. whats the problem man. no arrogance, but big occasions such as preps. should Really test students la. sigh.
Friday's AM turned out to be quite challenging. first qn last part just needed area - area, i ended up using cosine rule and then 0.5absinx to find the area, bud the exact value at the end was comforting. then i loved the absolute value qn. i was praying it would come out, and it came out big. summore for quadratic eqn. so it was pretty doable. i had practised hard on transformations la. so, in conclusion, im really hoping for A1 for maths this time. That the hard work would pay off. Anyway, if i dont, at least, ive did the best one can do, and that's TRY. [thats quoted from Roger Federer, tennis's no.1 player].
Now i just want to end the preps. on a high note. [PLEASE GOD!]
will update plenty of things, including what i think of THAT headbutt.
FORZA ITALIA anyway!!!! [i am so unfaithful to Les Bleus].
Boy, after monday i dunno why it felt like Thursday or something.
But God lifted me through la.
Haha, his help was very apparent from day 1 la.
Read James's blog about the 5min thing he had for Amath P2, and i have my own 5-min miracle for EM P2 as well. 5mins left, i was stuck with the 2nd part of qn2 on trigo. and bearings. Trigo. and the circle properties had been my serious weakness for EM la, just the inability to notice stuff. and i was looking at part 3, part 4, freaking hell if i had the ans to part 2 i cld apply them straight away.
AND THEN IT CAME.
wow i suddenly realised the alternate angles and managed to finish the rest of the qn in 5mins. and checked ans with my friends, it TALLIED. omg. huge relief. in fact, after the papers were collected, i was staring right up [in this case its the ceiling but where else man]. just amazed.
That was a huge lift for me la. That night, i was so tired la. History and AM were to follow on tuesday. I have gotten A1s for history in every exam, i didnt want to waste it. But, my record for AM was nothing like it. Its been pretty cursed. 3 times ive gotten 74.k, where k<5, lol. and then there was the horrible C5 for last yr EOY. i was determined to set right AM. so i decided, i would study less for history. i did cold war and fall of communist govt. in the afternn, not throughly at all. and at night was a rush of maths. i got so pissed over PnC, integration, and i focused alot on ABSOLUTE VALUE. ok it didnt come out on P1, bud it did eventually for P2. Going by the trend, absolute value always came with big marks. BIG. and so for tues, hist, every1 was predicting MAO would come out. i was so shit-ed. usually only 1 topic came out for each theme. Theme 3 had Cold War, MAO, and Fall of USSR. if MAO came out i'd be done. DONE.
And surprise surprise, cold war AND mao came out. huge relief. My history record should be intact. and AM, i was careless at times, bud fortunately the mistakes occurred at the "show" qns, so its easy to spot them. and i did EITHER for the last qn. huge relief. 2 tough days settled. Wed was less stressful. the compre passaged quite touched me la. recently i read a sunday times article about a CEO who died of cancer, and he said cancer gave him the best months of his life. it was so touching. back to the paper. it was tough, but still OK on the whole la. Thurs. CHINESE. no nd to say. its a joke really. i didnt know the guy died. i thought he left for somewhere or something. [do i understand chinese???]
Alongside that, physics MCQ was tough la. really tested deep concepts like the shorter e dist, larger the field of view. and magnetic field on moon doesnt change. and the Paper2 was better. MUCH BETTER than the chemistry paper on monday which is [im sorry bud the critism has to flow again] FREAKING LOW STANDARD. like WTH? lifting electrolysis qns frm papers which we hv been told to do? what is this man. give us free marks for what. and ask us 3 times whether is exothermic or endothermic. whats the problem man. no arrogance, but big occasions such as preps. should Really test students la. sigh.
Friday's AM turned out to be quite challenging. first qn last part just needed area - area, i ended up using cosine rule and then 0.5absinx to find the area, bud the exact value at the end was comforting. then i loved the absolute value qn. i was praying it would come out, and it came out big. summore for quadratic eqn. so it was pretty doable. i had practised hard on transformations la. so, in conclusion, im really hoping for A1 for maths this time. That the hard work would pay off. Anyway, if i dont, at least, ive did the best one can do, and that's TRY. [thats quoted from Roger Federer, tennis's no.1 player].
Now i just want to end the preps. on a high note. [PLEASE GOD!]
will update plenty of things, including what i think of THAT headbutt.
FORZA ITALIA anyway!!!! [i am so unfaithful to Les Bleus].
Sunday, July 02, 2006
And then its another farewell.
What a year it has been, bade farewell to my friend migrating to Australia at the beginning of the year. Then in May it was Highbury. haha. Now, somewhat abruptly, Mr Tan has come into early retirement. It's such a pity la, always felt like asking him why not at the end of the year, and when i did on Friday, he said he was advised to stop teaching for his health. Well, i think it could only be a family member of smth that he would sort of prioritise above us wonderful students. haha.
Yes, Friday was a fantastic send-off to him. Thankfully he managed to arrive, and well i guess pizza was not really to his liking [health and all, "plenty of sugar"!!], but i guess its okay to eat it once in awhile. After all, how could he reject it. so, after we boys were totally crowded out by the girls while doing the toasting, me JJ and WL finally managed to squeeze in and get a short chat with him. yeah, he mentioned about how so many of us have matured since sec3. Haha, he even joked about his experience as a student in school and in a university in Malaysia. it was funny, it was so similar to what my dad said, about the very apparent favouritism towards malays. oh well. and he said our batch of students are one of the least troublesome, that was so nice to hear. haha, while i was asking the questions, junjie kept complimenting and praising him till it made him like so embarrassed, where he like couldnt open his mouth, holding a smile. lol.
And so after we went to the area outside General Office to take plenty of photos. haha, and naomi went crazy over him, so desperate to stand next to him to take photos. lol. ok maybe im making things sound more awkward.
Pardon me but i think this is an excellent shot of the boys and TTP. It really is.
[you know, without those pesky girls. ok jk la. lol.]
Then just me, JJ, and weelic.
Ok notice the pattern of subsets?
First the whole class then the boys then the 3 of us and now ME, MYSELF, and I, and the one constant k, Mr Tan. LOL.
Man, i have always thought Mr Tan was a great teacher, since the start. yes, during the first test in term 1, i missed an A1 by 0.5marks. I remember it was 26/35 or something. 26.5 would have been >75%. haha. i was angry. felt hard done by la, when about 5marks was duducted for no working shown/never underline/mixed number in an equation. yes, then i did something to the paper in stupidity. somehow, i was more foolish[or perhaps not] when i allowed him to see what i did. he stared at me with his accusatory eyes, then told me to meet him after school.
Then, he probably said the most meaningful words a teacher has said to me in my secondary school life. yeah, i broke down. but i think it changed my impression on studying somewhat since that day. And i think it really inspired me to perform so consistently well throughout 2005. I managed to break my mid-year jinx, and for once, i ended the year feeling satisfied, unlike the previous years' feeling of "what if" and "what could have been". and then i met him the day the EOY papers were given out. he asked how i did. and i said, very good. [ok i didnt expect myself to be so arrogant at that point]. and then he gave me a sarcastic look of disgust. haha. i laughed. he walked away. zzz.
k la. and this year, i think ive mentioned it plenty of time, that he nv scolds me [compared with JJ]. haha. i dunno why.many times, i did not do my homework. he definitely knows la. every time we are copying stuff from his transparency, he will sit at the desk and stare at either mine or JJ's work. so, he definitely sees what i write. Hell, he even managed to spot some small error i made in an integration exercise. lol. yes, he is such an observant guy. i guess at times this year i have been very stressed. the late nights, the oozing rashes. as usual TTP is at his apparent "no sympathy" towards these kind of things la. but im sure he does care a lot la. Its just he doesnt know how to show his emotions. To be honest, i was surprised he never looked surprised in the hall. He did not do anything when Mdm Wong broke down to tears. That, i guess, is what people call the "measure of a man". perhaps thats why they say women are so much more emotional, but what the heck, dont we just love our teachers all the same, if not more?
What a year it has been, bade farewell to my friend migrating to Australia at the beginning of the year. Then in May it was Highbury. haha. Now, somewhat abruptly, Mr Tan has come into early retirement. It's such a pity la, always felt like asking him why not at the end of the year, and when i did on Friday, he said he was advised to stop teaching for his health. Well, i think it could only be a family member of smth that he would sort of prioritise above us wonderful students. haha.
Yes, Friday was a fantastic send-off to him. Thankfully he managed to arrive, and well i guess pizza was not really to his liking [health and all, "plenty of sugar"!!], but i guess its okay to eat it once in awhile. After all, how could he reject it. so, after we boys were totally crowded out by the girls while doing the toasting, me JJ and WL finally managed to squeeze in and get a short chat with him. yeah, he mentioned about how so many of us have matured since sec3. Haha, he even joked about his experience as a student in school and in a university in Malaysia. it was funny, it was so similar to what my dad said, about the very apparent favouritism towards malays. oh well. and he said our batch of students are one of the least troublesome, that was so nice to hear. haha, while i was asking the questions, junjie kept complimenting and praising him till it made him like so embarrassed, where he like couldnt open his mouth, holding a smile. lol.
And so after we went to the area outside General Office to take plenty of photos. haha, and naomi went crazy over him, so desperate to stand next to him to take photos. lol. ok maybe im making things sound more awkward.
Pardon me but i think this is an excellent shot of the boys and TTP. It really is.[you know, without those pesky girls. ok jk la. lol.]
Then just me, JJ, and weelic.
Ok notice the pattern of subsets?
First the whole class then the boys then the 3 of us and now ME, MYSELF, and I, and the one constant k, Mr Tan. LOL.
Man, i have always thought Mr Tan was a great teacher, since the start. yes, during the first test in term 1, i missed an A1 by 0.5marks. I remember it was 26/35 or something. 26.5 would have been >75%. haha. i was angry. felt hard done by la, when about 5marks was duducted for no working shown/never underline/mixed number in an equation. yes, then i did something to the paper in stupidity. somehow, i was more foolish[or perhaps not] when i allowed him to see what i did. he stared at me with his accusatory eyes, then told me to meet him after school.
Then, he probably said the most meaningful words a teacher has said to me in my secondary school life. yeah, i broke down. but i think it changed my impression on studying somewhat since that day. And i think it really inspired me to perform so consistently well throughout 2005. I managed to break my mid-year jinx, and for once, i ended the year feeling satisfied, unlike the previous years' feeling of "what if" and "what could have been". and then i met him the day the EOY papers were given out. he asked how i did. and i said, very good. [ok i didnt expect myself to be so arrogant at that point]. and then he gave me a sarcastic look of disgust. haha. i laughed. he walked away. zzz.
k la. and this year, i think ive mentioned it plenty of time, that he nv scolds me [compared with JJ]. haha. i dunno why.many times, i did not do my homework. he definitely knows la. every time we are copying stuff from his transparency, he will sit at the desk and stare at either mine or JJ's work. so, he definitely sees what i write. Hell, he even managed to spot some small error i made in an integration exercise. lol. yes, he is such an observant guy. i guess at times this year i have been very stressed. the late nights, the oozing rashes. as usual TTP is at his apparent "no sympathy" towards these kind of things la. but im sure he does care a lot la. Its just he doesnt know how to show his emotions. To be honest, i was surprised he never looked surprised in the hall. He did not do anything when Mdm Wong broke down to tears. That, i guess, is what people call the "measure of a man". perhaps thats why they say women are so much more emotional, but what the heck, dont we just love our teachers all the same, if not more?
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Well, its been long since I've been here.
And man its already time for sch reopen, and what i'd like to call the HOME STRETCH.
Nxt month will be a big month in due time.
First and foremost, our Prep. where we all will see indeed if all our efforts made during the June hols hv come to fruition. Then on July 9th, its the final in Berlin. Hope my spain/france will be there. aha. Moving on, im turning 16 on the 17th
[cool man nxt yr i can say im turning 17 on the 17TH. =.=]
And im sure it pretty much gets tougher from this month on, so yeah, thats the start of the home stretch.
Finally came back from m'sia on wed night, where i managed to watch plenty of tv there including world cup, and i also managed to finish my geog. o yeah! They just seemed to be inexhaustible. lol.
There was CHEM on thur, and boy was it boring. whats worst was that i left my pencil box in school. just hope i can FIND it. argh. of all times to be careless.....
oh well. on friday it was a mad rush of homework. think i did 2 Amaths papers from 8am to noon, had lunch, then continued with 1 more. really a marathon . lol then continued with chinese compre, then a history essay, and topped things off with revising physics TYS.
really, this is the stuff that laggers are made of. LOL.
towards the night the flu was getting really really bad, i think i must have been quite a concern to the environmentalists about how many trees i was going to burn at one stage. thankfully managed to sleep sound, although it wasnt so pleasant when i woke up. kept sneezing and sneezing, and i was feeling rather breathless [nonono not breath taken away]. so went to see a doctor and be it placebo effect or whatever, it immediately abated when i stepped into clinic. guess its pretty much the same reason which explains why u always see things when you dont need them and when u need them u cant find them. or why we nv express our feelings until its too late. ok. digressing way too much. lol.
so went home, took an awful long nap also to make up for the stressful friday. and then checked my messages. one of which told that Les Bleus finished 2nd after winning 2-0, which i was delighted at first. only until after awhile i realised they were meeting SPAIN. the hot team. damn. what a sad clash of interests. somehow i feel France can weave some magic.
Anyway. speaking of world cup, the referees have been awful. none worse than Graham Poll, who is the english premier league's best referee, who gave 3 yellow cards before sending a Croatian player off. boy, Australia could have ordered a replay just cos of that!
well so far, i believe the form teams have been spain, germany, and perhaps argentina, which, i think were brought back to earth in the round of 16 clash v Mexico, where they were so, so lucky to progress, thanks to probably the goal of the tournament by Maxi Rodriguez.
So that is it, probably the last entry for a long time. perhaps if SPAIN / FRANCE triumph in Berlin then i ll hv smth to write haha.
you know it makes sense.
And man its already time for sch reopen, and what i'd like to call the HOME STRETCH.
Nxt month will be a big month in due time.
First and foremost, our Prep. where we all will see indeed if all our efforts made during the June hols hv come to fruition. Then on July 9th, its the final in Berlin. Hope my spain/france will be there. aha. Moving on, im turning 16 on the 17th
[cool man nxt yr i can say im turning 17 on the 17TH. =.=]
And im sure it pretty much gets tougher from this month on, so yeah, thats the start of the home stretch.
Finally came back from m'sia on wed night, where i managed to watch plenty of tv there including world cup, and i also managed to finish my geog. o yeah! They just seemed to be inexhaustible. lol.
There was CHEM on thur, and boy was it boring. whats worst was that i left my pencil box in school. just hope i can FIND it. argh. of all times to be careless.....
oh well. on friday it was a mad rush of homework. think i did 2 Amaths papers from 8am to noon, had lunch, then continued with 1 more. really a marathon . lol then continued with chinese compre, then a history essay, and topped things off with revising physics TYS.
really, this is the stuff that laggers are made of. LOL.
towards the night the flu was getting really really bad, i think i must have been quite a concern to the environmentalists about how many trees i was going to burn at one stage. thankfully managed to sleep sound, although it wasnt so pleasant when i woke up. kept sneezing and sneezing, and i was feeling rather breathless [nonono not breath taken away]. so went to see a doctor and be it placebo effect or whatever, it immediately abated when i stepped into clinic. guess its pretty much the same reason which explains why u always see things when you dont need them and when u need them u cant find them. or why we nv express our feelings until its too late. ok. digressing way too much. lol.
so went home, took an awful long nap also to make up for the stressful friday. and then checked my messages. one of which told that Les Bleus finished 2nd after winning 2-0, which i was delighted at first. only until after awhile i realised they were meeting SPAIN. the hot team. damn. what a sad clash of interests. somehow i feel France can weave some magic.
Anyway. speaking of world cup, the referees have been awful. none worse than Graham Poll, who is the english premier league's best referee, who gave 3 yellow cards before sending a Croatian player off. boy, Australia could have ordered a replay just cos of that!
well so far, i believe the form teams have been spain, germany, and perhaps argentina, which, i think were brought back to earth in the round of 16 clash v Mexico, where they were so, so lucky to progress, thanks to probably the goal of the tournament by Maxi Rodriguez.
So that is it, probably the last entry for a long time. perhaps if SPAIN / FRANCE triumph in Berlin then i ll hv smth to write haha.
you know it makes sense.
Monday, June 12, 2006
ENCOUNTER CAMP last friday.
Okay it wasn't really a camp for me la since i only went for ONE day, bud it sure was a great day. Woke up extremely early [compared to previous days] to take 165 to Clementi INT, then switch to 96 to get into NUS campus, then take a shuttle bus to PGP. All that had to be done since my dad was overseas! arrgh.
But anyway it was raining real heavily la, and the lower floors were really badly flooded.
Still, straight away had a praise and worship session followed by sermon, both of which were the longest i've experienced, lol. Esp worship, wow the time just seemed to slip so quickly, but so meaningfully too.
Next was lunch and had some time to interact with the new CG members, and we are one sick bunch la, continually talking about how [fill it urself] the food was. Like what, old lady's fingernails [pieces of fish] with some dirt [black pepper] and maggots [rice...?] so disgusting la lol.
Hmmm then after that played "wargames" when it was nothing like it lol. Had to go around questioning suspects to find out who killed Shirley. And super frustrating la, as if the rain wasn't bad enough, there were still those freakish gamemasters spraying water as you rather enthusiastically. lol.
Anyway was glad to have a long break and wash-up, and after that it was BringItOn! and lol the bloopers were funny bud yeah northeast's AM static won! deservedly la. yeah. Man, it was a long day la, pity i cldnt stay on to spend more time having fun and fellowshipping with the grads. grp pple. yeah, bud i sure experienced God like i hv never before in that short 6~8hrs or so. =)
*and i also learnt that PGP's resorts at NUS look so modern frm the outside with tempered glass panels, bud inside it is total rubbish!
hmmm last few days it feels weird not being able to catch world cup matches live, bud im sure most of them were quite boring as well. such as England scrapping past Paraguay 1-0 frm an OWN GOAL. how silly. if anything i feel, the 2 big factors in successful teams is either a good defence, or a good attack. England had a great midfield but Crouch and Owen were hopeless up front man. Argentina however were so clinical in finishing of the Ivory Coast and their goals were superb finishes man, they are definitely favourites for this. Still, im backing Spain and France this time. hmm, the way things are going for spain in sport, Alonso continuing to win F1 grand prix[s]....Nadal beating Federer in the french open final, and alas Barcelona winning the champions league, nothing seems to be going wrong with them, so, why not the world cup?
Okay it wasn't really a camp for me la since i only went for ONE day, bud it sure was a great day. Woke up extremely early [compared to previous days] to take 165 to Clementi INT, then switch to 96 to get into NUS campus, then take a shuttle bus to PGP. All that had to be done since my dad was overseas! arrgh.
But anyway it was raining real heavily la, and the lower floors were really badly flooded.
Still, straight away had a praise and worship session followed by sermon, both of which were the longest i've experienced, lol. Esp worship, wow the time just seemed to slip so quickly, but so meaningfully too.
Next was lunch and had some time to interact with the new CG members, and we are one sick bunch la, continually talking about how [fill it urself] the food was. Like what, old lady's fingernails [pieces of fish] with some dirt [black pepper] and maggots [rice...?] so disgusting la lol.
Hmmm then after that played "wargames" when it was nothing like it lol. Had to go around questioning suspects to find out who killed Shirley. And super frustrating la, as if the rain wasn't bad enough, there were still those freakish gamemasters spraying water as you rather enthusiastically. lol.
Anyway was glad to have a long break and wash-up, and after that it was BringItOn! and lol the bloopers were funny bud yeah northeast's AM static won! deservedly la. yeah. Man, it was a long day la, pity i cldnt stay on to spend more time having fun and fellowshipping with the grads. grp pple. yeah, bud i sure experienced God like i hv never before in that short 6~8hrs or so. =)
*and i also learnt that PGP's resorts at NUS look so modern frm the outside with tempered glass panels, bud inside it is total rubbish!
hmmm last few days it feels weird not being able to catch world cup matches live, bud im sure most of them were quite boring as well. such as England scrapping past Paraguay 1-0 frm an OWN GOAL. how silly. if anything i feel, the 2 big factors in successful teams is either a good defence, or a good attack. England had a great midfield but Crouch and Owen were hopeless up front man. Argentina however were so clinical in finishing of the Ivory Coast and their goals were superb finishes man, they are definitely favourites for this. Still, im backing Spain and France this time. hmm, the way things are going for spain in sport, Alonso continuing to win F1 grand prix[s]....Nadal beating Federer in the french open final, and alas Barcelona winning the champions league, nothing seems to be going wrong with them, so, why not the world cup?
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Here we are again, already deep into the 2nd week of hols, and it only seems like the first.
But hoorah, World Cup is going to kick-off ever so soon! sigh, i supported France for WC 2002 and the 2004 Euro championships, and boy were they miserable tournaments. This time round I'm going with RED the winning colour of almost all sport, in spain and netherlands i guess. haha. okok, better not digress too much into football.
Hmmm, last few days, havent been doing much PRODUCTIVE stuff, bud anyway, this week in my schedule is science week, and i must say ive read the chem txtbk like a pledge now, cos of the freaking idiotic questions that are set. And i must quote out, some schools are really so weird. They set MCQ qns about mole concept which involves about 2~3 steps and its 1m. And in seectionA they set things name gas X which is, 1m as well. uhhhh =_=.
That's done for homework. havent even set foot on the lang papers. Well anyway, about my fears of cockroaches, i think i have overcome them somehow, using the concept of, erm, vaccination. you see, vaccines provide immunity to diseases by giving you a very weak form of that disease, so ur body can overcome it and be immune to it frm then on. Well, i guess by beating the sick hell out of innocent smaller cockroaches, im now able to whack big ones as well. cool huhh. the amazing applications of science onto psychology[which i suppose IS a form of science as well].
Anyway, havent been doing much but just chatting with friends online and on the phone and catching up on Teri Hatcher and the rest of the desperate housewives cast as more and more surprises spawn in the never-ending maze of lies, sex and deceit. haha.
On friday i ll b able to go for ENCOUNTER! at NUS which should be a world of fun and learning as well, esp after i had to miss service last week due to some unfortunate family reasons, haha. Speaking of that, mom forced me to go to a talk at the temple near my house [biggest in the country i believe] about 'Ups and downs', which was quite good also la. It had nothing to do about religion, for once, haha, and yeah there were impt points about learning how to let go in life and etc. Think it helped alot, although i listened to the whole thing with my specs off, eyes closed, lol. [fact that i didnt fall aslp must mean it was at least of OK standard].
So, till next time, cant wait for Friday at midnight where Germany will kick-off the hunt for the 'holy grail' at the fantastic Allianz ArenA in Munich. =)
But hoorah, World Cup is going to kick-off ever so soon! sigh, i supported France for WC 2002 and the 2004 Euro championships, and boy were they miserable tournaments. This time round I'm going with RED the winning colour of almost all sport, in spain and netherlands i guess. haha. okok, better not digress too much into football.
Hmmm, last few days, havent been doing much PRODUCTIVE stuff, bud anyway, this week in my schedule is science week, and i must say ive read the chem txtbk like a pledge now, cos of the freaking idiotic questions that are set. And i must quote out, some schools are really so weird. They set MCQ qns about mole concept which involves about 2~3 steps and its 1m. And in seectionA they set things name gas X which is, 1m as well. uhhhh =_=.
That's done for homework. havent even set foot on the lang papers. Well anyway, about my fears of cockroaches, i think i have overcome them somehow, using the concept of, erm, vaccination. you see, vaccines provide immunity to diseases by giving you a very weak form of that disease, so ur body can overcome it and be immune to it frm then on. Well, i guess by beating the sick hell out of innocent smaller cockroaches, im now able to whack big ones as well. cool huhh. the amazing applications of science onto psychology[which i suppose IS a form of science as well].
Anyway, havent been doing much but just chatting with friends online and on the phone and catching up on Teri Hatcher and the rest of the desperate housewives cast as more and more surprises spawn in the never-ending maze of lies, sex and deceit. haha.
On friday i ll b able to go for ENCOUNTER! at NUS which should be a world of fun and learning as well, esp after i had to miss service last week due to some unfortunate family reasons, haha. Speaking of that, mom forced me to go to a talk at the temple near my house [biggest in the country i believe] about 'Ups and downs', which was quite good also la. It had nothing to do about religion, for once, haha, and yeah there were impt points about learning how to let go in life and etc. Think it helped alot, although i listened to the whole thing with my specs off, eyes closed, lol. [fact that i didnt fall aslp must mean it was at least of OK standard].
So, till next time, cant wait for Friday at midnight where Germany will kick-off the hunt for the 'holy grail' at the fantastic Allianz ArenA in Munich. =)
Monday, May 29, 2006
Oh yeah, the holidays are finally upon us.
Boy has it been long since I've blogged, haha.
Hmmm, in a week, there has been plenty of CHANGE. yes that vague word.
Haha, firstly, on Wed, finally passed out of NPCC after 3 and a half [ i really dont know why everyone says its 4, 4, 4, its 3 and a half only what!] years of that cca. We'd barel;y rehearsed for the parade thing la, and we didnt have our own fancy drill performance like other batches did in the past, but, what the heck, we've broken plenty of 'records' in the other extreme end for being arugably the worst batch, and yeah its good to keep the streak going. LOL. Hiaz, just a year ago, when we took over, it was like so sian, keep getting scolded by CIs during the first few trainings, but since the turn of the year where i got to take squad and organise camp, man it feels bad to leave, esp when the sec1s are in such a sorry state of affairs [no offence its a formality]. Back to the occasion, whoa, while marching the final 14 steps to ark's timing, started to remember all the miserable moments during sec1, 2 and 3, lol. All the times we got criticised for having small attendance, and the times when our drills were crap. lol. Time has called upon us. yeah, the feeling of throwing our berettes were great sia, and the boot-stomping and chaotic-chasing after that was unforgettable also, haha. Next was the "early-anticipated" buffet [jus a high-class way of saying "catering"]. haha, the apostrophes do their job la, the food was SUCKY. bud wadeheck. after that the performance frm sec3s was quite good, the movie thing. and they gave us a gay band each, how gay! and the small and last-min card the sec1s did was quite touching also la, lol. There was this guy who said he likes my sense of humour! and i mean like, i try my best to act fierce when taking squad, and he thinks its funny. well thats funny.
lol, then on Saturday NEA3 also got restructuring. Ah, its like happening so fast la, these things, and all in this fateful year summore. Hmmm, now in grads. group things im sure great things beckon, though ll still miss the jons and the petes and the zhicais. lol. not yk [okay JK la]. Speaking of it, i think the sermon was the most significant one yet, about addiction and all, which is quite true to me la. I mean i'm so addicted to watching soccer, i've been watching almost every early kick-off, every super sunday match, and every match involving Arsenal, including 2.30am champions league matches. sigh, and also sometimes cant stop playing computer games. so, seriously, ive gotta fight the addiction la. hopefully the sermon served as big motivation. AND, btw on friday night,
[for pple who hv read Digital Fortress]
Subject: Big cockroach
Status: TERMINATED
lol. i managed to swat one of those fearsome creatures! mainly cos it was in my way and i really really needed to get my calculator. haha. staying at that, Shirley must be quite some person to witness 12 cockroaches writhing in pain walking the road to hell. you know, it's one thing having Baygon spray, its another thing daring to spray and watch them die tragically. okok, better not digress too much.
No, i still havent got over the 5mins of madness in Paris on May 17th.
No, my skin still hasn't fully healed.
No, i cant bring myself to change my impression on HER, [lol, never will]
No, i haven't decided which JC i want to go to.
No, i can't stop sleeping late.
No, any slight movement of any cockroach within visible range will STILL cause a proportional [reflex] movement in me.
However,
Yes, Henry's decison to stay at Arsenal has been comforting.
Yes, i've learnt a whole lot about self-control [or rather LACK of self-control] when u develop rashes
Yes, i'm NOT going to HCI.
Yes, I've adapted and aint that sleepy in sch nowadays.
Yes, I've started to kill cockroaches who stubbornly stay stationary and chose not to frighthen me. Mercilessly i should add.
[hmm, think i ll upload pictures when im free some other day, boy its LATE!!]
It makes full sense. =p.
Boy has it been long since I've blogged, haha.
Hmmm, in a week, there has been plenty of CHANGE. yes that vague word.
Haha, firstly, on Wed, finally passed out of NPCC after 3 and a half [ i really dont know why everyone says its 4, 4, 4, its 3 and a half only what!] years of that cca. We'd barel;y rehearsed for the parade thing la, and we didnt have our own fancy drill performance like other batches did in the past, but, what the heck, we've broken plenty of 'records' in the other extreme end for being arugably the worst batch, and yeah its good to keep the streak going. LOL. Hiaz, just a year ago, when we took over, it was like so sian, keep getting scolded by CIs during the first few trainings, but since the turn of the year where i got to take squad and organise camp, man it feels bad to leave, esp when the sec1s are in such a sorry state of affairs [no offence its a formality]. Back to the occasion, whoa, while marching the final 14 steps to ark's timing, started to remember all the miserable moments during sec1, 2 and 3, lol. All the times we got criticised for having small attendance, and the times when our drills were crap. lol. Time has called upon us. yeah, the feeling of throwing our berettes were great sia, and the boot-stomping and chaotic-chasing after that was unforgettable also, haha. Next was the "early-anticipated" buffet [jus a high-class way of saying "catering"]. haha, the apostrophes do their job la, the food was SUCKY. bud wadeheck. after that the performance frm sec3s was quite good, the movie thing. and they gave us a gay band each, how gay! and the small and last-min card the sec1s did was quite touching also la, lol. There was this guy who said he likes my sense of humour! and i mean like, i try my best to act fierce when taking squad, and he thinks its funny. well thats funny.
lol, then on Saturday NEA3 also got restructuring. Ah, its like happening so fast la, these things, and all in this fateful year summore. Hmmm, now in grads. group things im sure great things beckon, though ll still miss the jons and the petes and the zhicais. lol. not yk [okay JK la]. Speaking of it, i think the sermon was the most significant one yet, about addiction and all, which is quite true to me la. I mean i'm so addicted to watching soccer, i've been watching almost every early kick-off, every super sunday match, and every match involving Arsenal, including 2.30am champions league matches. sigh, and also sometimes cant stop playing computer games. so, seriously, ive gotta fight the addiction la. hopefully the sermon served as big motivation. AND, btw on friday night,
[for pple who hv read Digital Fortress]
Subject: Big cockroach
Status: TERMINATED
lol. i managed to swat one of those fearsome creatures! mainly cos it was in my way and i really really needed to get my calculator. haha. staying at that, Shirley must be quite some person to witness 12 cockroaches writhing in pain walking the road to hell. you know, it's one thing having Baygon spray, its another thing daring to spray and watch them die tragically. okok, better not digress too much.
No, i still havent got over the 5mins of madness in Paris on May 17th.
No, my skin still hasn't fully healed.
No, i cant bring myself to change my impression on HER, [lol, never will]
No, i haven't decided which JC i want to go to.
No, i can't stop sleeping late.
No, any slight movement of any cockroach within visible range will STILL cause a proportional [reflex] movement in me.
However,
Yes, Henry's decison to stay at Arsenal has been comforting.
Yes, i've learnt a whole lot about self-control [or rather LACK of self-control] when u develop rashes
Yes, i'm NOT going to HCI.
Yes, I've adapted and aint that sleepy in sch nowadays.
Yes, I've started to kill cockroaches who stubbornly stay stationary and chose not to frighthen me. Mercilessly i should add.
[hmm, think i ll upload pictures when im free some other day, boy its LATE!!]
It makes full sense. =p.
Thursday, May 18, 2006
"When you win it's happy days."
yeah, when you don't. i guess the feeling sucks.
yeah, the losing feeling does suck.
Arsenal finally fell to Barcalona, 2-1, in Paris.
The sad thing was, we were so close, so close...to winning the "holy grail".
Down to 10men after our goalkeeper was sent off for a silly challenge outside the box, i thought it was all over, we would be run down badly, especially with the class that barcalona had, Ronaldinho [THE best player in the world], Eto' and Deco.
Miraculously, we still managed to take the lead before half time, after a strong header above a hapless Barca defence.
In the 2nd half, they came at us badly. On the few times that we managed to hit them on the break, Henry spurned 3 guilt-edged chances. Had we been 2-0 up, it was truly game over. But they say in football, it's all about taking your chances, and we didn't. And Barca came roaring back with 15mins left. 15mins short, of the holy grail. Pre-match, everyone was talking about Henry and Ronaldinho, but they played poorly, sadly. It was a Barca sub that changed the match, and 2 goals in 5mins totally wrecked our hearts. Damn!
At the end of the day, people say that the referee was biased against Barca, but honestly, Barca deserved it la. We would surely have won if Henry worked his way passed the goalkeeper before tapping in, like he usually does. Tension or whatever, he always tried to hit it first time, and it did not work out at all. What a pity.
But it's ok. The 10men fought like heroes against the 11 of Barca. And i can say for sure, we gave them a much tougher challenge than Chelsea did with 10 men. Oh well, now it's time to look at the future. There's a great season ahead in the new stadium, and if Henry stays, I'm sure we can overcome Chelsea.
I think, when the second goal went in, it made me realise how much time i have wasted playing computer games and all. Watching football is so much more meaningful. [contradicting, lol]. Or any kind of sport la. Be it tennis or F1 or whatever. Its def so much more meaningful. Sigh, prob that's why my results have deteriorated so much. Besides, it's still salvageble la. gotta find some way to fix Amaths. and of course, the bewitched language that is English.
It has been an emotional week la. I am really mentally tired.
But it's not too bad, they were only the best I've ever had.
yeah, when you don't. i guess the feeling sucks.
yeah, the losing feeling does suck.
Arsenal finally fell to Barcalona, 2-1, in Paris.
The sad thing was, we were so close, so close...to winning the "holy grail".
Down to 10men after our goalkeeper was sent off for a silly challenge outside the box, i thought it was all over, we would be run down badly, especially with the class that barcalona had, Ronaldinho [THE best player in the world], Eto' and Deco.
Miraculously, we still managed to take the lead before half time, after a strong header above a hapless Barca defence.
In the 2nd half, they came at us badly. On the few times that we managed to hit them on the break, Henry spurned 3 guilt-edged chances. Had we been 2-0 up, it was truly game over. But they say in football, it's all about taking your chances, and we didn't. And Barca came roaring back with 15mins left. 15mins short, of the holy grail. Pre-match, everyone was talking about Henry and Ronaldinho, but they played poorly, sadly. It was a Barca sub that changed the match, and 2 goals in 5mins totally wrecked our hearts. Damn!
At the end of the day, people say that the referee was biased against Barca, but honestly, Barca deserved it la. We would surely have won if Henry worked his way passed the goalkeeper before tapping in, like he usually does. Tension or whatever, he always tried to hit it first time, and it did not work out at all. What a pity.
But it's ok. The 10men fought like heroes against the 11 of Barca. And i can say for sure, we gave them a much tougher challenge than Chelsea did with 10 men. Oh well, now it's time to look at the future. There's a great season ahead in the new stadium, and if Henry stays, I'm sure we can overcome Chelsea.
I think, when the second goal went in, it made me realise how much time i have wasted playing computer games and all. Watching football is so much more meaningful. [contradicting, lol]. Or any kind of sport la. Be it tennis or F1 or whatever. Its def so much more meaningful. Sigh, prob that's why my results have deteriorated so much. Besides, it's still salvageble la. gotta find some way to fix Amaths. and of course, the bewitched language that is English.
It has been an emotional week la. I am really mentally tired.
But it's not too bad, they were only the best I've ever had.
Monday, May 15, 2006
Today, we got back most of our remaining results. Or at least i realised.
Started with english. and the functional writing was a miserable 20. but the vocab test that followed left me stunned. Boy is this another term of English screwed up, and since sec3, i've only gotten A1 for a language ONCE. Seriously sad, and, worrying.
Then, Amaths was pretty horrible really. so careless. and when mr tan saw my paper, he was saying "Not good enough!". and he wasn't wrong. so many freakish mistakes on differentiation, and they cost you big time when u get the first part of the qn wrong. And to the test i have this to say.
- Sum of terms is the EASIEST be it differentiation or integration.
- Always check to make sure the SIGN is correct. I seem to have a real knack at making these sort of silly errors.
-Proving. ALWAYS complete the square.
Sigh. "Nothing to talk about liao la".lol.
Also got back Emaths and physics.
This term is very average for me la. dammit.
Emaths geog and the 3 sciences were all fairly simple tests, who doesn't get A1 for them.
I suspect, prep. will be much tougher la, so hopefully, I can rise to the occasion. Honestly, the only outstanding subject has been my combined humans, or history at least. lol. we've got plenty of time now. chemistry syllabus if finished le, so at least can start revising. bud we are pretty slow at bio and physics man. imagine all the chapters we have to cramp into our minute brain. I cant. boy oh boy.
but we all have to. period.
I think this term, the soccer has totally overwhelmed me, the race for 4th place, and the great run in the champions league. Now, season's over, apart from the small matter of the champions league final, and the even smaller matter of the world cup [ha!]. Really gotta do constant revision. and selective studying for geog, if its going to work out. The late nights studying in the bright lights in my room have been the best nights, where i really felt i was MAKING PROGRESS. Now I've gotta try to lock myself in there man. haha.
I'm an optimist. you know it makes sense. lol.
Started with english. and the functional writing was a miserable 20. but the vocab test that followed left me stunned. Boy is this another term of English screwed up, and since sec3, i've only gotten A1 for a language ONCE. Seriously sad, and, worrying.
Then, Amaths was pretty horrible really. so careless. and when mr tan saw my paper, he was saying "Not good enough!". and he wasn't wrong. so many freakish mistakes on differentiation, and they cost you big time when u get the first part of the qn wrong. And to the test i have this to say.
- Sum of terms is the EASIEST be it differentiation or integration.
- Always check to make sure the SIGN is correct. I seem to have a real knack at making these sort of silly errors.
-Proving. ALWAYS complete the square.
Sigh. "Nothing to talk about liao la".lol.
Also got back Emaths and physics.
This term is very average for me la. dammit.
Emaths geog and the 3 sciences were all fairly simple tests, who doesn't get A1 for them.
I suspect, prep. will be much tougher la, so hopefully, I can rise to the occasion. Honestly, the only outstanding subject has been my combined humans, or history at least. lol. we've got plenty of time now. chemistry syllabus if finished le, so at least can start revising. bud we are pretty slow at bio and physics man. imagine all the chapters we have to cramp into our minute brain. I cant. boy oh boy.
but we all have to. period.
I think this term, the soccer has totally overwhelmed me, the race for 4th place, and the great run in the champions league. Now, season's over, apart from the small matter of the champions league final, and the even smaller matter of the world cup [ha!]. Really gotta do constant revision. and selective studying for geog, if its going to work out. The late nights studying in the bright lights in my room have been the best nights, where i really felt i was MAKING PROGRESS. Now I've gotta try to lock myself in there man. haha.
I'm an optimist. you know it makes sense. lol.
Monday, May 08, 2006
Wow, the fact that im blogging so soon again means it must be something special.
And it was. On sunday night.
It was the final day of the season 05/06.
More importantly it was the last match at Highbury, which i have been counting down on this blog since the turn of the year. lol.
Apart from all the celebrations expected post-match, there were still points for grabs.
We soooooooo needed 4th spot for champions league nxt season [only top 4 teams get it], and rivals Spurs have been there since December, keeping us at 5th. If Spurs won, there was nothing we could do. If they drew or lost, and we won, then we wld pip them to 4th. But, spurs have been on excellent form la, and they were "expected" to win, so no one gave us a chance about getting 4th place.
As fate would have it, on Sunday morning, a bug hit the Spurs players and 10 of their first team players suffered from food poisoning. WHAT A "BLESSING". yeah,. if it being the last match wasnt enough motivation. And we started off brilliantly. Scored a goal in 8mins and the crowd was in raptures. Then, complacency kicked in. Sigh. While everyone was cheering, Wigan stunned us first with a poorly defended freekick, to make it 1-1. And then another freekick, where the goalie was caught offguard, and BANG, it was 1-2. I was so dam shocked la. However, 2mins after that, right away, Henry got us back level with a superb 1v1 finish. 2nd half, a gift from a defender allowed henry to make it 3-2. and then soon after 4-2 from the penalty spot. His hat-trick, and he kissed the ground after that, a scene which will prob be replayed over and over again. Full time followed, and all the fans hailed the wonderful player who turned the match around. Surely, after yesterday, he would stay at Arsenal. Critics say otherwise, but i am damn sure of it. Now we can look forward to May 17th, against Barcelona, where the pressure will be off our shoulders. =)
And it was. On sunday night.
It was the final day of the season 05/06.
More importantly it was the last match at Highbury, which i have been counting down on this blog since the turn of the year. lol.
Apart from all the celebrations expected post-match, there were still points for grabs.
We soooooooo needed 4th spot for champions league nxt season [only top 4 teams get it], and rivals Spurs have been there since December, keeping us at 5th. If Spurs won, there was nothing we could do. If they drew or lost, and we won, then we wld pip them to 4th. But, spurs have been on excellent form la, and they were "expected" to win, so no one gave us a chance about getting 4th place.
As fate would have it, on Sunday morning, a bug hit the Spurs players and 10 of their first team players suffered from food poisoning. WHAT A "BLESSING". yeah,. if it being the last match wasnt enough motivation. And we started off brilliantly. Scored a goal in 8mins and the crowd was in raptures. Then, complacency kicked in. Sigh. While everyone was cheering, Wigan stunned us first with a poorly defended freekick, to make it 1-1. And then another freekick, where the goalie was caught offguard, and BANG, it was 1-2. I was so dam shocked la. However, 2mins after that, right away, Henry got us back level with a superb 1v1 finish. 2nd half, a gift from a defender allowed henry to make it 3-2. and then soon after 4-2 from the penalty spot. His hat-trick, and he kissed the ground after that, a scene which will prob be replayed over and over again. Full time followed, and all the fans hailed the wonderful player who turned the match around. Surely, after yesterday, he would stay at Arsenal. Critics say otherwise, but i am damn sure of it. Now we can look forward to May 17th, against Barcelona, where the pressure will be off our shoulders. =)
Friday, May 05, 2006
DOUBLE STANDARDS.
Boy do i hate that phrase. It applies to all aspects of life, I feel.
Like, for example, in soccer, the Chelsea manager always feels that the press is against Chelsea. When Manchester and Arsenal were winning titles they were well-branded and well-respected. Now that Chelsea have won their 2nd title in as many years, all everyone talks about is when they will collapse, and their boring style of play. Yes, i don't like Chelsea. I don't like the way they play. But I understand how Chelsea are feeling.
Now, for an example today, we got back a test paper, and i did quite okay for it, and i'm assured of an A1 liao. There was this one question worth 2marks where everyone who has seen my answer and compared it with others, would agree that I deserved at least 1, if not both marks. When i asked the teacher, she said "I want you to learn how to phrase your answer in the proper way" Okay. The thing is, instead of using "heat absorbed", I wrote "heat taken in". Apparently someone's English aint so good, but it doesnt take an English pro to understand that they mean pretty much the same thing. Okay. So i'll learn.I'll use absorbed next time. However, I noticed some one my friends using phrases such as "energy used up" and golly me they got 2marks for that question. So i went back to the teacher to demand an explanation. And she said, "It's not that it matters, you've already got your A1. I won't entertain you any further." Why how professional! We are from 4/7. The average person gets an A1, unlike in other classes. And she declares that, "If someone from [another of my classes] wrote that, I can understand that their English is not that good. As long as what they are thinking is right, they deserve the mark." Indeed, I am sure this is doing you no favours into increasing your likeness which has been so evident of your actions. [all the following is referring to A TEACHER and not some close friend of mine however intimate it sounds okay, LOL]
This, my friends, is blatant double standards. Being a teacher, you can be strict or lenient. Easy-going or always serious. Either way, you can be a good teacher in the eyes of students. [Mrs Lim and Mr Tan respectively]. What is important is to be consistent in your actions, so treat everyone equally, with the same, i shall say, RESPECT. Only then will you get it in return. Earlier, I was talking to some of my classmates, and i sort of told them that i felt, teachers who are rigid, and don't give in easily to students' requests for marks, are good. What is important is being consistent in being rigid, or giving in. Being inconsistent and contradictory in your actions, will result in dire consequences in the future. In politics, one contradictory statement will be instantly picked up on by the opposition. It gives a poor impression of yourself, and that's exactly how i feel. It doesn't really matter much to be, as far as I'm concerned. I'm pretty confident of being able to self-study in a subject which is poorly taught. If anything, it's an ADVANTAGE on top of other students who depend on notes. [BOO HOO!].I mean, u print so much notes for free and you sell a small bundle of test papers for how much? And we're forced to pay! Why don't you try selling your notes and see the reaction you'll get? And I can seriously picture her, 10years down the road, being something like a Ms Ow-yeong.[if u can grasp the insulting part of that].Teachers say that the results don't relate to any bonus to them or anything, but the truth is that it will determine whether they get to teach sec4, or, quote "socially cannot mix with" sec2s. Results do matter to teachers. Mr Tan is always stressing how poor our results are, why? The answer's in the question isn't it.
Oh well. I made so much out of something so small. Guess it goes to show, that
"one never knows what ripples one's falling pebble will cause"
Sigh. Ok. Today, also got back Chinese and History. Failed Chi la. lol. 25/55. That's "Chan's minimum standard" ? lol. doesn't matter la. only thing that matters is that I PASS OVERALL can le ba. i mean the tian cong is pretty much guesswork. and compre is jus whether i can UNDERSTAND the qn, which shows how freaking poor my chinese is. too late.
History was ok la. 18/25 is not great, but then again the highest was only 19. Really, by making the combined humanities tougher and tougher, they prob want pple to neglect it more and more, with the essays being of more weird forms, and souce-based having combined skills in one qn.
Well, this term has been tiring, and if anything, term 3 will definitely be rush-hour term, if what Ernest and Mr yong said is anything to come by. Seriously, the end of the football season is quite a huge relief to me. I mean i wun die if i miss a world cup match. Final or not. Blimey, international matches just don't captivate me like club football matches do. Passion. Support for a club.Perhaps if Singapore football gets better. LOL.
Well, there is just a Sunday of premier league action left. And its the farewell match at Highbury before we move into the 60.000 seater emirates. Lets just hope the day will be a great one. Wigan ain't strong. I dunno. 7-0? We've already done that twice in the past year! ha!.
Boy do i hate that phrase. It applies to all aspects of life, I feel.
Like, for example, in soccer, the Chelsea manager always feels that the press is against Chelsea. When Manchester and Arsenal were winning titles they were well-branded and well-respected. Now that Chelsea have won their 2nd title in as many years, all everyone talks about is when they will collapse, and their boring style of play. Yes, i don't like Chelsea. I don't like the way they play. But I understand how Chelsea are feeling.
Now, for an example today, we got back a test paper, and i did quite okay for it, and i'm assured of an A1 liao. There was this one question worth 2marks where everyone who has seen my answer and compared it with others, would agree that I deserved at least 1, if not both marks. When i asked the teacher, she said "I want you to learn how to phrase your answer in the proper way" Okay. The thing is, instead of using "heat absorbed", I wrote "heat taken in". Apparently someone's English aint so good, but it doesnt take an English pro to understand that they mean pretty much the same thing. Okay. So i'll learn.I'll use absorbed next time. However, I noticed some one my friends using phrases such as "energy used up" and golly me they got 2marks for that question. So i went back to the teacher to demand an explanation. And she said, "It's not that it matters, you've already got your A1. I won't entertain you any further." Why how professional! We are from 4/7. The average person gets an A1, unlike in other classes. And she declares that, "If someone from [another of my classes] wrote that, I can understand that their English is not that good. As long as what they are thinking is right, they deserve the mark." Indeed, I am sure this is doing you no favours into increasing your likeness which has been so evident of your actions. [all the following is referring to A TEACHER and not some close friend of mine however intimate it sounds okay, LOL]
This, my friends, is blatant double standards. Being a teacher, you can be strict or lenient. Easy-going or always serious. Either way, you can be a good teacher in the eyes of students. [Mrs Lim and Mr Tan respectively]. What is important is to be consistent in your actions, so treat everyone equally, with the same, i shall say, RESPECT. Only then will you get it in return. Earlier, I was talking to some of my classmates, and i sort of told them that i felt, teachers who are rigid, and don't give in easily to students' requests for marks, are good. What is important is being consistent in being rigid, or giving in. Being inconsistent and contradictory in your actions, will result in dire consequences in the future. In politics, one contradictory statement will be instantly picked up on by the opposition. It gives a poor impression of yourself, and that's exactly how i feel. It doesn't really matter much to be, as far as I'm concerned. I'm pretty confident of being able to self-study in a subject which is poorly taught. If anything, it's an ADVANTAGE on top of other students who depend on notes. [BOO HOO!].I mean, u print so much notes for free and you sell a small bundle of test papers for how much? And we're forced to pay! Why don't you try selling your notes and see the reaction you'll get? And I can seriously picture her, 10years down the road, being something like a Ms Ow-yeong.[if u can grasp the insulting part of that].Teachers say that the results don't relate to any bonus to them or anything, but the truth is that it will determine whether they get to teach sec4, or, quote "socially cannot mix with" sec2s. Results do matter to teachers. Mr Tan is always stressing how poor our results are, why? The answer's in the question isn't it.
Oh well. I made so much out of something so small. Guess it goes to show, that
"one never knows what ripples one's falling pebble will cause"
Sigh. Ok. Today, also got back Chinese and History. Failed Chi la. lol. 25/55. That's "Chan's minimum standard" ? lol. doesn't matter la. only thing that matters is that I PASS OVERALL can le ba. i mean the tian cong is pretty much guesswork. and compre is jus whether i can UNDERSTAND the qn, which shows how freaking poor my chinese is. too late.
History was ok la. 18/25 is not great, but then again the highest was only 19. Really, by making the combined humanities tougher and tougher, they prob want pple to neglect it more and more, with the essays being of more weird forms, and souce-based having combined skills in one qn.
Well, this term has been tiring, and if anything, term 3 will definitely be rush-hour term, if what Ernest and Mr yong said is anything to come by. Seriously, the end of the football season is quite a huge relief to me. I mean i wun die if i miss a world cup match. Final or not. Blimey, international matches just don't captivate me like club football matches do. Passion. Support for a club.Perhaps if Singapore football gets better. LOL.
Well, there is just a Sunday of premier league action left. And its the farewell match at Highbury before we move into the 60.000 seater emirates. Lets just hope the day will be a great one. Wigan ain't strong. I dunno. 7-0? We've already done that twice in the past year! ha!.
Friday, April 28, 2006
COMMON TESTS ARE DEAD AND BURIED,
ok except for the last fingernail jutting out frm the coffin that is EMATHS.
Ha today had NAPFA test, and as usual, i faced huge huge problems at my 2 weak sections, the sit n reach and standing broad jump. guess we were super lucky to get to do sit-ups first la hor. man it was the typical thing to start la. managed to do 52 i tink. then tough one, standing broad. crap man. my first jump only managed to get 211cm and the C for gold is 218. ahhh. i prayed hard, damn hard to get 218 at least, something seemingly impossible. then i rmbed what arkar said to "lift off ur legs like an aeroplane", and so i did. and i managed to get 220+, and i sliped, one leg moved infront abit. and mr nagor said it didnt count. and said 210 straight away. and i mean please, yes it didnt count bud cmon he allowed so many girls to slip and he jus estimated their reading. i felt i was seriously hard done by. i mean i wld hv accepted it if he jus gave me a 220 when i jumped slightly more than that ok.
sian. then the rest was the normal stuff la, sitnreach jus managed 39 [C was 38], then pull-ups and the shuttle run was FUN. haha. poor junjie i tink he was severely nervous and hence cld not perform as well. bud the place total sucked la, bud it was fun hearing all the screeching, none better than Zhishu's i tink. haha. then went home with yanchao.
Wah, came home jus dropped dead on the bed. then had dinner and watched tv awhile, then played dota at frm 2130~2330 hrs. wah fun la. one of the most exciting matches. yep. playing with ark ken n zm is fun la, and that mavis so pro. walao. lol.
ya. so the whole wk of tests have been over, and the hall atmosphere was wonderful la. the aircon and all, only prob was the light getting into ur eyes for the early exams. best thing was still all the FREE PAPER. YEAH. rocks man. sigh tink i screwd up amaths again. the rest are hopefully still OKAY. bud i am really hoping for something good in English la.
yeah and of course chinese will fail for sure, bud nvm, at least can get some happy meals AGAIN. =p.
k la, Wed was wonderful, i woke up and watched the return leg of Villarreal and Arsenal. yeah, it was worth it! the villarreal players were as usual, diving like hell again, crap man. and they had plenty of chances to be honest, and they spurned them all. Then in the last min, a blatant dive earned then an outrageous penalty. After all the hard work of defending for 89mins, the 1-0 lead we had from last wk, they could take the tie into xtra time if they equalised, and who doesnt score from a penalty in professional football. Well, up stepped their captain, and our goalie SAVED IT.OMG. well, that's EXACTLY why he is Germany's number 1. and his heroics led us to the final in Paris on May the 17th. and after the final whistle was blown, i was soooooooo happy. i jumped a couple of times and screamed out loud HDB-style in the break of dawn. man did it feel good. My, Ive been an Arsenal supporter since P6, and it has been a thrilling ride, from the unbeaten season in 2003-04, from the change of style - frm the team which used to eek out 1-0 results, so the wonderful free-flowing game that we play now. from having the wonderful defenders to seeing players like Henry and Pires mature.the euphoria when we beat manchester, And its such a pity, we're leaving the wonderful stadium for a much better one nxt season. bud the final will be great one.
Arsenal v Barcelona.
and im sure James lee was also as elated as me when his Barcelona went to the final. yea it has been 3years of rebuilding at his side also, and equally thrilling i guess. Best of all, it wld be 2 teams of attacking football, after all the long ball defensive teams like chelsea, AC milan and Juve. and nxt, of course is the 2 best players in the world facing each other. Ronaldinho and Henry. REALLY REALLY hope Arsenal can win it. YEAH!
ok except for the last fingernail jutting out frm the coffin that is EMATHS.
Ha today had NAPFA test, and as usual, i faced huge huge problems at my 2 weak sections, the sit n reach and standing broad jump. guess we were super lucky to get to do sit-ups first la hor. man it was the typical thing to start la. managed to do 52 i tink. then tough one, standing broad. crap man. my first jump only managed to get 211cm and the C for gold is 218. ahhh. i prayed hard, damn hard to get 218 at least, something seemingly impossible. then i rmbed what arkar said to "lift off ur legs like an aeroplane", and so i did. and i managed to get 220+, and i sliped, one leg moved infront abit. and mr nagor said it didnt count. and said 210 straight away. and i mean please, yes it didnt count bud cmon he allowed so many girls to slip and he jus estimated their reading. i felt i was seriously hard done by. i mean i wld hv accepted it if he jus gave me a 220 when i jumped slightly more than that ok.
sian. then the rest was the normal stuff la, sitnreach jus managed 39 [C was 38], then pull-ups and the shuttle run was FUN. haha. poor junjie i tink he was severely nervous and hence cld not perform as well. bud the place total sucked la, bud it was fun hearing all the screeching, none better than Zhishu's i tink. haha. then went home with yanchao.
Wah, came home jus dropped dead on the bed. then had dinner and watched tv awhile, then played dota at frm 2130~2330 hrs. wah fun la. one of the most exciting matches. yep. playing with ark ken n zm is fun la, and that mavis so pro. walao. lol.
ya. so the whole wk of tests have been over, and the hall atmosphere was wonderful la. the aircon and all, only prob was the light getting into ur eyes for the early exams. best thing was still all the FREE PAPER. YEAH. rocks man. sigh tink i screwd up amaths again. the rest are hopefully still OKAY. bud i am really hoping for something good in English la.
yeah and of course chinese will fail for sure, bud nvm, at least can get some happy meals AGAIN. =p.
k la, Wed was wonderful, i woke up and watched the return leg of Villarreal and Arsenal. yeah, it was worth it! the villarreal players were as usual, diving like hell again, crap man. and they had plenty of chances to be honest, and they spurned them all. Then in the last min, a blatant dive earned then an outrageous penalty. After all the hard work of defending for 89mins, the 1-0 lead we had from last wk, they could take the tie into xtra time if they equalised, and who doesnt score from a penalty in professional football. Well, up stepped their captain, and our goalie SAVED IT.OMG. well, that's EXACTLY why he is Germany's number 1. and his heroics led us to the final in Paris on May the 17th. and after the final whistle was blown, i was soooooooo happy. i jumped a couple of times and screamed out loud HDB-style in the break of dawn. man did it feel good. My, Ive been an Arsenal supporter since P6, and it has been a thrilling ride, from the unbeaten season in 2003-04, from the change of style - frm the team which used to eek out 1-0 results, so the wonderful free-flowing game that we play now. from having the wonderful defenders to seeing players like Henry and Pires mature.the euphoria when we beat manchester, And its such a pity, we're leaving the wonderful stadium for a much better one nxt season. bud the final will be great one.
Arsenal v Barcelona.
and im sure James lee was also as elated as me when his Barcelona went to the final. yea it has been 3years of rebuilding at his side also, and equally thrilling i guess. Best of all, it wld be 2 teams of attacking football, after all the long ball defensive teams like chelsea, AC milan and Juve. and nxt, of course is the 2 best players in the world facing each other. Ronaldinho and Henry. REALLY REALLY hope Arsenal can win it. YEAH!
Friday, April 21, 2006
AW yea finally rmbed to blog after bout...2wks off?
hmmmm. nxt wk is common tests le la. sigh. SO FAST.
bud nvm la. i am seriously geared up for this term, esp for the maths which hv been all so disappointing. ok Amaths la. Emaths is fine.
ANYWAY. alota things happened since i last blogged.
hmmm. ive been able to attend PE liao, and the 2.4km run didnt go quite bad, considering i havent ran in awhile, so, now just have to pray that i can edge that 5cm of so in order to get a C. and for sit and reach, prob a couple of centimetres as well. besides, with weelic always dropping stuff down his table "to help me", i've been stretching frm my seat QUITE A LOT of times, so, hopefully that wld be helpful, or else i ll not be so willing to pick things up liao. lol.
Onto tiredness. well the past few wks i hv finally managed to control my sleeping time. YEAH. so its not that bad now la n im more awake during class la. bud still, for lessons such as chemistry and ss and esp chi really still cant take it de la. lol. i mean some lessons are INDEED truly boring la. bud for geog, well dese few lessons we hv been rushing madly to the humanities room liao. for the xtra 4pts. lol. silly thing to do, bud its to make up for the marks we lost because we came back late THAT day.
hmmm, also, on Wed, got to do holy com, aik was damn nervous, and summore the majority of the things on my piece of paper were mentioned by yongkang already. lol. bud
ya managed to improvise at least. oh wells.
Wed night, was the semi finals of the champions league, with Arsenal playing villarreal in the last EVER european night at highbury. and the opponents were absolutely pathetic this time round. the first touch henry had on the ball, he was tackled 2-footed. gosh. yellow card. 2nd min only i think. then, whenever arsenal players made a slight tackle, they wld drop on their backs as if they were bamboozled, jus to waste time. total crap. and they were their own downfall la, as when their striker was really brought down by a tackle in the penelty box, instead of giving a penalty, the ref blew play on. LOL>
and then on 40mins the centre back managed to stick his leg out and nick the only goal of the game, and we are THAT close to the final now. yeah!
speaking of that, still gotta ensure 4th place, and we nd to beat spurs this wkend at Highbury. haha, jus something funny that happened during the midwk match....
....there was a squirrel on the pitch!, for at least 5mins or so, until it had to be chased off. lol. what a pity. oh well, there were many comments made in the press about the squirrel, bud the only thing i hv to say, to all spurs fans, is that, "the squirrel gets to play champions league football". AHA!
hmmmm. nxt wk is common tests le la. sigh. SO FAST.
bud nvm la. i am seriously geared up for this term, esp for the maths which hv been all so disappointing. ok Amaths la. Emaths is fine.
ANYWAY. alota things happened since i last blogged.
hmmm. ive been able to attend PE liao, and the 2.4km run didnt go quite bad, considering i havent ran in awhile, so, now just have to pray that i can edge that 5cm of so in order to get a C. and for sit and reach, prob a couple of centimetres as well. besides, with weelic always dropping stuff down his table "to help me", i've been stretching frm my seat QUITE A LOT of times, so, hopefully that wld be helpful, or else i ll not be so willing to pick things up liao. lol.
Onto tiredness. well the past few wks i hv finally managed to control my sleeping time. YEAH. so its not that bad now la n im more awake during class la. bud still, for lessons such as chemistry and ss and esp chi really still cant take it de la. lol. i mean some lessons are INDEED truly boring la. bud for geog, well dese few lessons we hv been rushing madly to the humanities room liao. for the xtra 4pts. lol. silly thing to do, bud its to make up for the marks we lost because we came back late THAT day.
hmmm, also, on Wed, got to do holy com, aik was damn nervous, and summore the majority of the things on my piece of paper were mentioned by yongkang already. lol. bud
ya managed to improvise at least. oh wells.
Wed night, was the semi finals of the champions league, with Arsenal playing villarreal in the last EVER european night at highbury. and the opponents were absolutely pathetic this time round. the first touch henry had on the ball, he was tackled 2-footed. gosh. yellow card. 2nd min only i think. then, whenever arsenal players made a slight tackle, they wld drop on their backs as if they were bamboozled, jus to waste time. total crap. and they were their own downfall la, as when their striker was really brought down by a tackle in the penelty box, instead of giving a penalty, the ref blew play on. LOL>
and then on 40mins the centre back managed to stick his leg out and nick the only goal of the game, and we are THAT close to the final now. yeah!
speaking of that, still gotta ensure 4th place, and we nd to beat spurs this wkend at Highbury. haha, jus something funny that happened during the midwk match....
....there was a squirrel on the pitch!, for at least 5mins or so, until it had to be chased off. lol. what a pity. oh well, there were many comments made in the press about the squirrel, bud the only thing i hv to say, to all spurs fans, is that, "the squirrel gets to play champions league football". AHA!
Thursday, April 06, 2006
wah,it has been quite an eventful day indeed.
p.s. Skip the whole chunk below if you know nuts about soccer.
It started at 3. AM. yes. i managed to wake up again, albeit sleeping at 10 on Wednesday night. Why? obvious la hor, to watch the return leg against juventus, bud this time over in italy. And, to be fair, their stadium might be big, but the atmosphere was pathetic, nothing like that in england. cldnt hear much fan chants at all. and the stadium was pretty empty. like hello? 2 of the best teams in Europe playing for a place in the last 4 of the elite competition and this is the kind of atmosphere. sigh. oh well. the match went on well for Arsenal, deir defence held VERY tight, and we continued to frustrate the Old Lady, and we really shd hv scored one or 2 on the breakaway. oh well. 0-0 on the night, bud the 2 goals scored at highbury were enough to bring us through to the semis, and the finals beckon now, with the huge fortune we hv had in avoiding the other big teams.
So its
Arsenal v Villareal and
Barcelona v Milan.
Well. gotta focus back to the league, and this weekend will be THE biggest test yet la. Manchester away, man wouldnt it be great if we could end the title race by beating them. every chelsea man mus be supporting us this weekend man. lol.
Those who skipped, can START reading here.
k la, so i went to school with only the best part of 4.5hrs of sleep. my am i riding my body's limits. bud thankfully the first few periods were not the "sleepable" kind, physics in the lab and then geog TEST. so of course cant sleep la. lol.
Then, it was PE. finally i ran after [not slacking bud] forced absence for a month of so. running is tough indeed la, and i was really struggling and struggling. bud still managed to at least keep running and not stop la, xcept when i run up the stairs. Then, at the last lap, when i was with junjie going up the stairs, i dunno why one of my lungs or my heart started feeling sooo painful. wah i got so worried, and then i thought, better not ride my luck, and so i slowly strolled back to sch. sigh, hope will be fresh enough for the 2.4km la. yep. along with that, i tink i really cramped up my left knee, and now its jus sooo unbearable whenever i stretch the kneww joint. ya, and now HOW THE HECK am I going to show my juniors how to execute drills tomorrow. sigh, and to make things worse the other NCOs including Jufri are all taking the sec2s and 3s for CPL and SGT tests. well....solo-ing is still fun la. =)
Sigh, then after sch. we went for lunch, and we were late for geog la. dammit, cos the grp marks. felt damn bad la. yea. tink, frm now on, gotta start changing our ways, instead of being late for this and that. I mean friendly tchers like ernest and allison can late abit, bud theresa is sure not one to play with. <--------This is the respect i hv for tchers. =).
Then, stopped by a shop near my hse and bought a bottle of cranberry juice for my dad. Its his birthday! and its such a pity mom aint here, cos she has to leave to see grandma in Penang incase anything serious happens to her, so she d b there to see her. sigh. pray for them all la.yea, time passes and it takes alot with it.
But right now,
There's just too much, that time cannot erase.
p.s. Skip the whole chunk below if you know nuts about soccer.
It started at 3. AM. yes. i managed to wake up again, albeit sleeping at 10 on Wednesday night. Why? obvious la hor, to watch the return leg against juventus, bud this time over in italy. And, to be fair, their stadium might be big, but the atmosphere was pathetic, nothing like that in england. cldnt hear much fan chants at all. and the stadium was pretty empty. like hello? 2 of the best teams in Europe playing for a place in the last 4 of the elite competition and this is the kind of atmosphere. sigh. oh well. the match went on well for Arsenal, deir defence held VERY tight, and we continued to frustrate the Old Lady, and we really shd hv scored one or 2 on the breakaway. oh well. 0-0 on the night, bud the 2 goals scored at highbury were enough to bring us through to the semis, and the finals beckon now, with the huge fortune we hv had in avoiding the other big teams.
So its
Arsenal v Villareal and
Barcelona v Milan.
Well. gotta focus back to the league, and this weekend will be THE biggest test yet la. Manchester away, man wouldnt it be great if we could end the title race by beating them. every chelsea man mus be supporting us this weekend man. lol.
Those who skipped, can START reading here.
k la, so i went to school with only the best part of 4.5hrs of sleep. my am i riding my body's limits. bud thankfully the first few periods were not the "sleepable" kind, physics in the lab and then geog TEST. so of course cant sleep la. lol.
Then, it was PE. finally i ran after [not slacking bud] forced absence for a month of so. running is tough indeed la, and i was really struggling and struggling. bud still managed to at least keep running and not stop la, xcept when i run up the stairs. Then, at the last lap, when i was with junjie going up the stairs, i dunno why one of my lungs or my heart started feeling sooo painful. wah i got so worried, and then i thought, better not ride my luck, and so i slowly strolled back to sch. sigh, hope will be fresh enough for the 2.4km la. yep. along with that, i tink i really cramped up my left knee, and now its jus sooo unbearable whenever i stretch the kneww joint. ya, and now HOW THE HECK am I going to show my juniors how to execute drills tomorrow. sigh, and to make things worse the other NCOs including Jufri are all taking the sec2s and 3s for CPL and SGT tests. well....solo-ing is still fun la. =)
Sigh, then after sch. we went for lunch, and we were late for geog la. dammit, cos the grp marks. felt damn bad la. yea. tink, frm now on, gotta start changing our ways, instead of being late for this and that. I mean friendly tchers like ernest and allison can late abit, bud theresa is sure not one to play with. <--------This is the respect i hv for tchers. =).
Then, stopped by a shop near my hse and bought a bottle of cranberry juice for my dad. Its his birthday! and its such a pity mom aint here, cos she has to leave to see grandma in Penang incase anything serious happens to her, so she d b there to see her. sigh. pray for them all la.yea, time passes and it takes alot with it.
But right now,
There's just too much, that time cannot erase.
Friday, March 31, 2006
yea, surprise surprise, bud i tink this has been a MAGNIFICENT week.
haha. for once, i finally felt there was much FREE TIME. yes, free time, during the wkdays. Monday was wonderful, cld leave straight away. and then tues day only had 1 xtra lesson, maths, and i am starting to like amaths now! lol. I mean sometimes the lessons are indeed, tiring, bud at least i am willing to do the hmk, unlike emaths which is so totally wasting paper, esp now with the transformation qns. ya.
Another thing is, ive managed to slp before 12 every night, and i guess i am very rejuvenated when i wake up, although it seems helpless once lessons start. ANYWAY.tink my skin is slowly slowly getting better, the itch to scratch is getting less apparent, and even when i do [which is QUITE inevitable], it doesnt bleed as much as it used to la. the ones on my arm and back are healing real fast. ah. Thank God for that!
Hmmm, on thursday, VERY LONG day. ended with chinese xtra lessons. and seriously, i was wondering why she was making such a big fuss of it and asking us to buy an entire bk, as if this is some everyday lesson like that. We only hv it fornightly la, damn it, how much crap can possibly be forced into our heads. ?. The way it seems, i tink she is being really moody at times, and on Wednesday, she totally ruined my mood after the ecstacy from the early morning. really. and i thought i was down as ever that day. stupid CME. stupid form tcher la, cant she let mrs goh do the talking. I mean, i admit her current affairs discussions are intriguing indeed. The talks about physical abuse on students and the responsibility of teachers are um, not to say GOOD, bud worth listening la. better than other chinese tchers, who crap about the topic and worst, either chinese history or wonderful sceneries. I mean all dese are things much better said in ENGLISH> yeah.
Speaking of that, i was thinking what subjects i would do in JC [that is IF i can get into one, lol]. yea. as of now. Physics is a must. the 2 maths as well. NOT chinese. yalor. then bio DEF doesnt appeal to me at all. chem seems tough la. Humanities, i was tinking, ive had enough of history la. too much memorising. honestly, i'd very much like to take a literature-related subject. yea that would be good. can help to understand feelings and perhaps help in law.
Ok jus a sideways thought. Anyway, Wednesday morning was a great morning. I slept at 945 on tues night, and im sorry to you, bud soccer rules over everything la. lol. And so it was yet another Champions League night, and very possibly the last at Arsenal's current stadium. Juventus, Italian champions were pretty much favourites to progress. After, it is their extremly tight defence that has been their key. And even in my previous entry, i said that any Italian team would be tough. Yet, they did it. 2 goals on the night, splendid ones i should add, 2 sending-offs of a frustrated LOSING team, a suspension for Vieira for the return in Turin, and best of all, the coming of age of a wonderful 18-year-old in Fabregas. Yes, indeed it was worth waking up for, it was a glorious night for Arsenal, for english football, for attacking football. And, they have now put themselves in a fantastic position to have one final European night, in the semi-finals. Just sit back, relax, and attack on the break, and i'm sure Arsenal will come out on top after 2legs, and we'll see what Vieira has to say. Regret? He's gotta b feeling it now. haha.
Okok, this is getting long, bud i shall end of with today. ya we had the loci test just before recess. I was praying so hard that it would not be "another of those". there hv been so many emaths test which i hv remarkably been able to screw up %$@#*&. yea. and when mr tan said that we needed to "explore all possibilities", i dunno why it kept running through my head during the test. I was pretty shaky during the test la, and when ur hand is shaky its jus so difficult to pin the compass down to the paper. lol. btw i started with the last qn first, since i expected that the easiest was usually left for last. well anyway it was quite ok la. After that, i managed to calm down, thankfully. should be an OK test la.
CCA was great la, taught the juniors [or the KIDS in Arkar's vocabulary, lol] the static drills. although they sucked at it [like DUHH]. nvm. made alota funny comments throughout the training, so it was rather "lax" la. then hen it needed to get serious a couple of $@#%^$ children jus cldnt stop fidgeting which so pissssssed me off. so we set up a "timer zone" whr pple had to suspend their arms if they did not shount properly. so fun la. then in the end got too pissed off until had to resort to pumping. 15. not bad la. doubt leroy can do much more. =p.
Hiaz, its such a pity we hv to pass out by the 21st. Training was finally starting to be fun man.
k la, now that I have more time, shall try to get back to normal as much as possible. Sigh, ive neglected alot of things, erm, playing soccer with my neighbours on Saturday mornings is an example, as well as the few pple i hv started to neglect. aiya. this is such a rush-term, things are being continually dumped at us, yes, even the kitchen sink. lol.
I'll try la k, I promise i will.
haha. for once, i finally felt there was much FREE TIME. yes, free time, during the wkdays. Monday was wonderful, cld leave straight away. and then tues day only had 1 xtra lesson, maths, and i am starting to like amaths now! lol. I mean sometimes the lessons are indeed, tiring, bud at least i am willing to do the hmk, unlike emaths which is so totally wasting paper, esp now with the transformation qns. ya.
Another thing is, ive managed to slp before 12 every night, and i guess i am very rejuvenated when i wake up, although it seems helpless once lessons start. ANYWAY.tink my skin is slowly slowly getting better, the itch to scratch is getting less apparent, and even when i do [which is QUITE inevitable], it doesnt bleed as much as it used to la. the ones on my arm and back are healing real fast. ah. Thank God for that!
Hmmm, on thursday, VERY LONG day. ended with chinese xtra lessons. and seriously, i was wondering why she was making such a big fuss of it and asking us to buy an entire bk, as if this is some everyday lesson like that. We only hv it fornightly la, damn it, how much crap can possibly be forced into our heads. ?. The way it seems, i tink she is being really moody at times, and on Wednesday, she totally ruined my mood after the ecstacy from the early morning. really. and i thought i was down as ever that day. stupid CME. stupid form tcher la, cant she let mrs goh do the talking. I mean, i admit her current affairs discussions are intriguing indeed. The talks about physical abuse on students and the responsibility of teachers are um, not to say GOOD, bud worth listening la. better than other chinese tchers, who crap about the topic and worst, either chinese history or wonderful sceneries. I mean all dese are things much better said in ENGLISH> yeah.
Speaking of that, i was thinking what subjects i would do in JC [that is IF i can get into one, lol]. yea. as of now. Physics is a must. the 2 maths as well. NOT chinese. yalor. then bio DEF doesnt appeal to me at all. chem seems tough la. Humanities, i was tinking, ive had enough of history la. too much memorising. honestly, i'd very much like to take a literature-related subject. yea that would be good. can help to understand feelings and perhaps help in law.
Ok jus a sideways thought. Anyway, Wednesday morning was a great morning. I slept at 945 on tues night, and im sorry to you, bud soccer rules over everything la. lol. And so it was yet another Champions League night, and very possibly the last at Arsenal's current stadium. Juventus, Italian champions were pretty much favourites to progress. After, it is their extremly tight defence that has been their key. And even in my previous entry, i said that any Italian team would be tough. Yet, they did it. 2 goals on the night, splendid ones i should add, 2 sending-offs of a frustrated LOSING team, a suspension for Vieira for the return in Turin, and best of all, the coming of age of a wonderful 18-year-old in Fabregas. Yes, indeed it was worth waking up for, it was a glorious night for Arsenal, for english football, for attacking football. And, they have now put themselves in a fantastic position to have one final European night, in the semi-finals. Just sit back, relax, and attack on the break, and i'm sure Arsenal will come out on top after 2legs, and we'll see what Vieira has to say. Regret? He's gotta b feeling it now. haha.
Okok, this is getting long, bud i shall end of with today. ya we had the loci test just before recess. I was praying so hard that it would not be "another of those". there hv been so many emaths test which i hv remarkably been able to screw up %$@#*&. yea. and when mr tan said that we needed to "explore all possibilities", i dunno why it kept running through my head during the test. I was pretty shaky during the test la, and when ur hand is shaky its jus so difficult to pin the compass down to the paper. lol. btw i started with the last qn first, since i expected that the easiest was usually left for last. well anyway it was quite ok la. After that, i managed to calm down, thankfully. should be an OK test la.
CCA was great la, taught the juniors [or the KIDS in Arkar's vocabulary, lol] the static drills. although they sucked at it [like DUHH]. nvm. made alota funny comments throughout the training, so it was rather "lax" la. then hen it needed to get serious a couple of $@#%^$ children jus cldnt stop fidgeting which so pissssssed me off. so we set up a "timer zone" whr pple had to suspend their arms if they did not shount properly. so fun la. then in the end got too pissed off until had to resort to pumping. 15. not bad la. doubt leroy can do much more. =p.
Hiaz, its such a pity we hv to pass out by the 21st. Training was finally starting to be fun man.
k la, now that I have more time, shall try to get back to normal as much as possible. Sigh, ive neglected alot of things, erm, playing soccer with my neighbours on Saturday mornings is an example, as well as the few pple i hv started to neglect. aiya. this is such a rush-term, things are being continually dumped at us, yes, even the kitchen sink. lol.
I'll try la k, I promise i will.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Ah, before we could think about how to rest for the holidays, its back to school time already. yea, i suppose that is the tough life of a student nowadays. Ive been feeling the stress in term 1 la. think ive buckled. after, the unhappiness of our new form teacher and another science teacher, and of course stupid eczema, which has really pissed me off for the rest of the term. yea. then the results, which aint gd as well. man. there is a lot to make up. and i am feeling stressed once again.
sigh. my skin aint getting better i tink. now that ive stopped taking steroids, it seems to b getting worse again. or at least i tink its my own problem, then again maybe not. Aiya, thing is, it itches terribly, and it just pisses me even more when people keep telling me "not to scratch", and to control myself. yes, thanks for being concerned, really. BUT, if u were in my shoes, i tink u'd find it hard not to scratch the countless number of bites over my body. [ok it is around 70. YES. try counting those u can see on my legs n arms n use proportion, lol] yala, and the scratching really aggravates it, by infecting it further. the pus used to keep oozing out. now there's no more of that la. bud now its bleeding occasionally. there are 2 on my neck now. if it gets to my face, i tink i can take a very long holiday liao la. WIll it ever go away?
And i was thinking, if it keeps on staying, then i ll get to skip the tough NS work. haha. silly thought, bud really i am not in the best of moods right now, these days. yea i pretty much seem normal in school, bud i tink occasionally one can spot the tiredness in me la. thats self-control. now if only i cld apply that to controlling the ITCH.
Im tired, really tired. when i sleep late, i feel a lil tired in school. When i slp early [bout 1030~11?], i wake up so sleepy and always sleep in class. I tink. mr tan has seen me sleep countless times during maths lessons. He has seen me not do homework, or copy examples into my notebk, countless number of times [yes if u noe me thats my "stop-at-2" policy]. yet, he never says a bad thing about me. haha. at least i dun tink he has. and when junjie was so badly scolded for erm something that is not serious at all, something that i didnt even take down, i felt really lucky. irony of life. yes.
And jus to set the record straight, EVERY teacher has enquired about my skin and wished me well except for ONE. yes its THAT one. she hates me. i think. Well. to be honest, im a study-at-home guy, so i really dun mind sleeping through alot of those boring lessons. we ll see la.
This weekend there is camp. at least can finally have some...fun? yea. there is alot of homework due la. sht la and from now on mr tan demands maths homework to be done. i think he let me off today when he heard [he surely must have] my telling JJ something on the line of "why need to do", and i saw him stare at me for awhile. ah. lucky me again.
Haha. everyone is only human la. i tink, i am really in a tough tough situation now, and it is, partly my fault. gotta dig deep, try to dig myself out of a few troubling things, and get the results right, and then move on from there. nvm, thankfully, my social life is still fine, yea, and i have great friends. and i really appreciate them. now, jus gotta pull myself through with faith. =)
I mean, yea, chelsea, the dominating force in england, have, recently looked like a bunch of sore losers, something solidified after their shock defeat on Sunday, with their world-class defender sent off as well. haha, delight for all Arsenal ManU and Liverpool fans la. bud yea. no one is perfect la, so, chelsea will eventually dig their way out and end the season on a high. so will Arsenal. and i ll try too.
MAYBE I SHOULD TRY TAKING COFFEE.
sigh. my skin aint getting better i tink. now that ive stopped taking steroids, it seems to b getting worse again. or at least i tink its my own problem, then again maybe not. Aiya, thing is, it itches terribly, and it just pisses me even more when people keep telling me "not to scratch", and to control myself. yes, thanks for being concerned, really. BUT, if u were in my shoes, i tink u'd find it hard not to scratch the countless number of bites over my body. [ok it is around 70. YES. try counting those u can see on my legs n arms n use proportion, lol] yala, and the scratching really aggravates it, by infecting it further. the pus used to keep oozing out. now there's no more of that la. bud now its bleeding occasionally. there are 2 on my neck now. if it gets to my face, i tink i can take a very long holiday liao la. WIll it ever go away?
And i was thinking, if it keeps on staying, then i ll get to skip the tough NS work. haha. silly thought, bud really i am not in the best of moods right now, these days. yea i pretty much seem normal in school, bud i tink occasionally one can spot the tiredness in me la. thats self-control. now if only i cld apply that to controlling the ITCH.
Im tired, really tired. when i sleep late, i feel a lil tired in school. When i slp early [bout 1030~11?], i wake up so sleepy and always sleep in class. I tink. mr tan has seen me sleep countless times during maths lessons. He has seen me not do homework, or copy examples into my notebk, countless number of times [yes if u noe me thats my "stop-at-2" policy]. yet, he never says a bad thing about me. haha. at least i dun tink he has. and when junjie was so badly scolded for erm something that is not serious at all, something that i didnt even take down, i felt really lucky. irony of life. yes.
And jus to set the record straight, EVERY teacher has enquired about my skin and wished me well except for ONE. yes its THAT one. she hates me. i think. Well. to be honest, im a study-at-home guy, so i really dun mind sleeping through alot of those boring lessons. we ll see la.
This weekend there is camp. at least can finally have some...fun? yea. there is alot of homework due la. sht la and from now on mr tan demands maths homework to be done. i think he let me off today when he heard [he surely must have] my telling JJ something on the line of "why need to do", and i saw him stare at me for awhile. ah. lucky me again.
Haha. everyone is only human la. i tink, i am really in a tough tough situation now, and it is, partly my fault. gotta dig deep, try to dig myself out of a few troubling things, and get the results right, and then move on from there. nvm, thankfully, my social life is still fine, yea, and i have great friends. and i really appreciate them. now, jus gotta pull myself through with faith. =)
I mean, yea, chelsea, the dominating force in england, have, recently looked like a bunch of sore losers, something solidified after their shock defeat on Sunday, with their world-class defender sent off as well. haha, delight for all Arsenal ManU and Liverpool fans la. bud yea. no one is perfect la, so, chelsea will eventually dig their way out and end the season on a high. so will Arsenal. and i ll try too.
MAYBE I SHOULD TRY TAKING COFFEE.
Monday, March 13, 2006
A SMALL STEP FOR BARCELONA, A GIANT LEAP FOR FOOTBALL.
Oh yea after a massive week of football, it is Chelsea's exit at the hands of Barcelona that has emerged as the main story, after all the gamesmanship from their manager, playing on a potato field, sending his team late out for kick-off, and trying to specifically kick Barcelona players to disrupt their flow, it is, class that has triumped over crass. That money cannot buy trophies, that the beautiful game should be played flowingly like a Barcelona, Lyon, or arsenal, and not boringly like Chelsea, or [and i dare say] liverpool.
And what does our dear Special One say?
"The better team lost"
Sour grapes.....my lad.
As so, it was delightful to see my Arsenal back to form, after a 4-0 away win at fulham, followed by holding real madrid to a draw and going through to the quarters, and then sweet delight as we beat liverpool, albeit a blunder of monumental proportions by their captain. Ironic isnt it, the best player on ur team, ends up being the one who lets them down. Well anyway, we are playing beautiful football, and if u saw the first goal, it was pure class.And also, it was such a coincidence, that, on thursday i nd not go for X country cos i cldnt afford to sweat too much, so i cld watch the massive clash at Highbury that morning, where pple say it is the "best 0-0 in recent times"
OK, ENOUGH ABOUT SOCCER.
Its the holidays, and monday is 3/4 gone already, [serious its almost 6pm], lol. today was pretty much wasted at sch for the march games thingy, playing chi chess. haha did manage to win a couple of games. lost 1 big time though. well at least we are guaranteed 2nd place i tink. sian, then tmr also got eng lesson, whr we nd to do a full paper. yes thats 1hr 40min + 1hr 45min. gosh. waste time la.
k, better go for a swim la, haha. its the only exercise i hv after all. =)
you know it makes sense.
Oh yea after a massive week of football, it is Chelsea's exit at the hands of Barcelona that has emerged as the main story, after all the gamesmanship from their manager, playing on a potato field, sending his team late out for kick-off, and trying to specifically kick Barcelona players to disrupt their flow, it is, class that has triumped over crass. That money cannot buy trophies, that the beautiful game should be played flowingly like a Barcelona, Lyon, or arsenal, and not boringly like Chelsea, or [and i dare say] liverpool.
And what does our dear Special One say?
"The better team lost"
Sour grapes.....my lad.
As so, it was delightful to see my Arsenal back to form, after a 4-0 away win at fulham, followed by holding real madrid to a draw and going through to the quarters, and then sweet delight as we beat liverpool, albeit a blunder of monumental proportions by their captain. Ironic isnt it, the best player on ur team, ends up being the one who lets them down. Well anyway, we are playing beautiful football, and if u saw the first goal, it was pure class.And also, it was such a coincidence, that, on thursday i nd not go for X country cos i cldnt afford to sweat too much, so i cld watch the massive clash at Highbury that morning, where pple say it is the "best 0-0 in recent times"
OK, ENOUGH ABOUT SOCCER.
Its the holidays, and monday is 3/4 gone already, [serious its almost 6pm], lol. today was pretty much wasted at sch for the march games thingy, playing chi chess. haha did manage to win a couple of games. lost 1 big time though. well at least we are guaranteed 2nd place i tink. sian, then tmr also got eng lesson, whr we nd to do a full paper. yes thats 1hr 40min + 1hr 45min. gosh. waste time la.
k, better go for a swim la, haha. its the only exercise i hv after all. =)
you know it makes sense.
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Something is very weird with this blog, i notice. Whenever i come n see my own tagboard or whatever, the font colour of my entries seem to alternate between red currant and black. Jus how is it happening man. zzz
OK, its been a terrible week. period.
Results-wise, this has got to be a catastrophic "fall from grace" as they call it.
Well, gotta accept it la. There have been terms where everything has worked out for me, and i admit for those terms [practically the whole of last yr] it wasnt hard work bud average work plus studying-smart plus luck. So i guess, all these is all part of life. In footballing terms, ive really taken my foot off the pedal and slid away, and jus as well, the luck has dried up. <-----I'll come back to this
Anyway. If you don't know, ive amazingly managed to screwed
up bio, emaths, even geography>?! along with the super tough english.
All in the same term. sigh.
this is just so not the consistency that ive took so long to build up. And i was always thinking how i would react should such a thing happen, since like last year. ya. how did Arsenal react when they falled short of the half century? Gotta learn frm that. lol. i tink this term, too many tests i have thought it would be easy and that nothing "too difficult" could be tested. well truth to speak, it was quite ok with Amaths. emaths has been my weakness la, so its still acceptable la, bud geog ! argh.
K. so i can finally "continue" this post since my computer is working [at least for now la]. yea. so all results are back le. suck la. so my only A1s are physics, chem, history and ss and amaths. which means that amounts to an L1R5 of 11 or 12. well. what to do. anyway, this term on, i don't really care about marks already la. its the grade that matters.
[the marks matter when everyone is getting poor grades].
{they don;t when everyone is getting A1s].
haha. k la, bud i have to say, i am pleased with the A1 for chemistry la. i think this term, chemistry was a pretty challenging test la. i mean it had many thinking questions, some needing a lil bit of general intelligence. er. dats the best description of it la. lol.
Well, the lost 5marks on the catalyst part, bud still managed to get an A1 overall. phew.
[yes i noe i dun hv to emphasise that jaslyn, bud i still will]
i guess, in particular, cos of the "bad blood" i have with ms goh as well, i mean u can understand what it is like to be a teacher and the student u hate still does well. er. lol.
hmmmm, bud on friday i was feeling really guilty. I guess i ll try to put the hatred away and focus on doing well for subject itself. same goes to all the tiny grudges i hv here and there. accept and get on with it. yea.
Moving on, i finally got some medication on Wednesday after going to NSC. so now im on steroids and anti-biotics, bud at least the rashes are drying up, and that it the best i could wish for la. cos b4 that, life was so tough, i had to write with extreme discomfort to prevent getting the pus on my paper, and i had to wear old long-sleeve clothes at home to prevent staining my bed and sofa, and even then once in awhile blood would ooze out as well. considering that, the fact that i still managed to do well for history with all these handicaps, lol. shd b testament [or testiment?] to my skill at combined humans. =p
Well, would also like to thank all who wished me to get better, as well as all those who prayed for me during last wk's caregrp. it was really touching. i am emotional as you know. [a typical football fan is la....haha]
Friday, managed to take squad, and it was quite exciting la, i mean nd not b such high standard since its not cadets in uniform, bud it was nice shouting here n dere n asking them to be "on their butts down". haha.
Now to soccer, and next wk i truly hope Arsenal can hold off madrid at London, and that chelsea wld b taught [or "teached" if ure Beckham, i mean can u believe his english was so poor?] a harsh lesson by the brilliant barcalona with their stars of ronaldinho, messi and deco. To the other match, arsenal hv a 1-0 luxury to take home, and with this the last season at Highbury, beating madrid here would really b a landmark achievement. I tink, apart frm the Italian teams like milan or juve, arsenal can b a match for ANYONE, yes that includes barca. k la, finally got it posted. yea! the long-awaited post it here. lol.
OK, its been a terrible week. period.
Results-wise, this has got to be a catastrophic "fall from grace" as they call it.
Well, gotta accept it la. There have been terms where everything has worked out for me, and i admit for those terms [practically the whole of last yr] it wasnt hard work bud average work plus studying-smart plus luck. So i guess, all these is all part of life. In footballing terms, ive really taken my foot off the pedal and slid away, and jus as well, the luck has dried up. <-----I'll come back to this
Anyway. If you don't know, ive amazingly managed to screwed
up bio, emaths, even geography>?! along with the super tough english.
All in the same term. sigh.
this is just so not the consistency that ive took so long to build up. And i was always thinking how i would react should such a thing happen, since like last year. ya. how did Arsenal react when they falled short of the half century? Gotta learn frm that. lol. i tink this term, too many tests i have thought it would be easy and that nothing "too difficult" could be tested. well truth to speak, it was quite ok with Amaths. emaths has been my weakness la, so its still acceptable la, bud geog ! argh.
K. so i can finally "continue" this post since my computer is working [at least for now la]. yea. so all results are back le. suck la. so my only A1s are physics, chem, history and ss and amaths. which means that amounts to an L1R5 of 11 or 12. well. what to do. anyway, this term on, i don't really care about marks already la. its the grade that matters.
[the marks matter when everyone is getting poor grades].
{they don;t when everyone is getting A1s].
haha. k la, bud i have to say, i am pleased with the A1 for chemistry la. i think this term, chemistry was a pretty challenging test la. i mean it had many thinking questions, some needing a lil bit of general intelligence. er. dats the best description of it la. lol.
Well, the lost 5marks on the catalyst part, bud still managed to get an A1 overall. phew.
[yes i noe i dun hv to emphasise that jaslyn, bud i still will]
i guess, in particular, cos of the "bad blood" i have with ms goh as well, i mean u can understand what it is like to be a teacher and the student u hate still does well. er. lol.
hmmmm, bud on friday i was feeling really guilty. I guess i ll try to put the hatred away and focus on doing well for subject itself. same goes to all the tiny grudges i hv here and there. accept and get on with it. yea.
Moving on, i finally got some medication on Wednesday after going to NSC. so now im on steroids and anti-biotics, bud at least the rashes are drying up, and that it the best i could wish for la. cos b4 that, life was so tough, i had to write with extreme discomfort to prevent getting the pus on my paper, and i had to wear old long-sleeve clothes at home to prevent staining my bed and sofa, and even then once in awhile blood would ooze out as well. considering that, the fact that i still managed to do well for history with all these handicaps, lol. shd b testament [or testiment?] to my skill at combined humans. =p
Well, would also like to thank all who wished me to get better, as well as all those who prayed for me during last wk's caregrp. it was really touching. i am emotional as you know. [a typical football fan is la....haha]
Friday, managed to take squad, and it was quite exciting la, i mean nd not b such high standard since its not cadets in uniform, bud it was nice shouting here n dere n asking them to be "on their butts down". haha.
Now to soccer, and next wk i truly hope Arsenal can hold off madrid at London, and that chelsea wld b taught [or "teached" if ure Beckham, i mean can u believe his english was so poor?] a harsh lesson by the brilliant barcalona with their stars of ronaldinho, messi and deco. To the other match, arsenal hv a 1-0 luxury to take home, and with this the last season at Highbury, beating madrid here would really b a landmark achievement. I tink, apart frm the Italian teams like milan or juve, arsenal can b a match for ANYONE, yes that includes barca. k la, finally got it posted. yea! the long-awaited post it here. lol.
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