Keeping hopes alive

It is Children's Day tomorrow! I can still recall the good old days when I celebrated this occasion together with my mates in Primary School.

Today, everything has changed - from the perspective of life, to the people I like. In the past, I used to think that the O levels will be far away and it'll be one million years later before it's my turn to take it. But now, it is only one month away from it. Of course, people who have already taken the O levels will be telling me that the exam is nothing, and that there's still a long way to go. I do agree, but I still take the O levels into high regard and will work hard to ace in it.

My prelims exam has finally ended with all my results back. The prelims marks the beginning, not the ending, to my Sec 4 life. Or maybe, it marks the beginning of what all Sec 4 students in Singapore live for - the O levels.
I'm quite disappointed getting an A2 for my English. The English prelim exam seemed to be on the easy side as many people managed to get A2s and B3s. I think if I were to manage an A2 in the O levels, I should get an A1 for the prelims, but it was not to be.
Also, my Geography kept my Humanities subject grade at A1. I got an A2 for Social Studies and I was so worried that my humanities would be an A2 or B3. Luckily for me, I got an A1 for Geog and it made my overall grade an A1. Phew.
Overall, I got an A1 for all my subjects other than English, Chinese and Chemistry.

Carpe Diem
This phrase is imprinted on a banner and hung proudly above all at the assembly square of our school. It means to: seize the pleasures of the moment without concern for the future. Our principal and teachers specially dedicate this banner to all the graduating classes and I'm sure we as students, appreciate it.

Making the last dash
School ends this coming 15th October and I'll be at home making final revisions of the subjects and making the last dash in my Secondary school life, and hope to close up this chapter meaningfully and wonderfully.
I'll probably go to AJC for my first 3 months and then decide on where to go after I get my results. Many of my friends aim to enter AJC too, but some had results which can't make the cut.

I heard from Mr Ong that there'll be major changes to the school facilities come next year. The library will be converted into an I.T room with public computers for students to use. Also, the 4th level will be converted into an Arts and Music theatre so as to complement the successful Movement & Dance troupe. Too bad it's my last year in Deyi and I won't be able to enjoy the facilities.

Keeping the hopes alive
This blog entry may sound dramatic but I think my inspiration to write came into me just now, haha. I wish all Sec 4 students the best in their future endeavours.

Ever wonder...

Ever wonder why Japan McDonald's sales are better than Singapore McDonald's?


Well, here's why:



haha, :)

Disappointing results...

The teachers gave us back almost all our prelim exam papers today. As usual, there're some results which I am happy with, and some which I am not.

First up, my Chemistry... All along I expected myself to get an A1 for it, I studied so hard before the prelims and did as much of the TYS as I could... but ended up 3 marks short of A1... Sad eh?

Next is my Chinese. Nothing much to say about that. I've been getting a B3 for all my Chinese class tests and exams, this prelim exams is no exception. I guess I've to memorise the Chinese vocabulary again.
Anyway, look into today's Straits Times Forum page and you'll see 3 arguments/opinions sent in by students and adults about Singapore's Chinese education system.

I'll quote two paragraphs from one of the 3 arguments which I find extremely interesting and true:
"A simple count of the number of phrases in Chinese textbooks shows in the express stream, we learn more than 1,500 phrases, only to fill in 15 blanks during our O-level examination, which is ridiculous.

How can 1 per cent of our syllabus determine our marks? Scoring an A1 is like playing roulette: If the phrase you studied comes up, you win."
Here's the article, it'll be removed in 3 days time by ST, so be quick.

I got A1 for both A and E Maths, Biology and Physics.

I think we'll be getting back progaganda-subject << social studies >> and English tomorrow, wish me luck!

Prelims finally over!

Wow, after 2 weeks of hardwork, the prelims is finally over, at last!
There was English, Chinese, EMaths, AMaths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography and the propaganda subject: Social Studies. I've been waiting for this day for so long, and I'm sure my classmates feel the same too. It's like finally being able to let out a relieve.

And now...
Well, I think I should not let my hair down so soon. The major and most important O Levels exams have yet to come. The prelims has definitely prepared us for the O's, but I think it gives students the wrong impression that their fully-prepared for the O levels. For me, I think I'm far from prepared. I think that the prelims has given me the opportunity to realise what I really don't know, and then give me the chance to revise them in detail later on.

Anyway...
Today's Chemistry practical exam will go downhill. I answered the Qualitative Analysis (QA) questions wrongly. Instead of Zinc, I put as Lead. Instead of Copper, I put as Iron. Many people made mistakes too, I think only the students in the upper echelon of the class were able to answer them all correctly.
No point regretting the mistakes though, since the papers are already handed up and done with. What's done is undone... Welcome to the real world.

dead?

Well... I finally know that my science practical skills are no good. I sat for my Physics practical exams on Wednesday and I know that the results will not turn out well. I did not read the instructions properly and placed one of the apparatus wrongly, and as a result, the readings recorded will never be accurate... :( In addition to this, I totally missed out one question at the end... I did not see it at all! sigh...

Today I sat for my Biology practical exams. The practical involved mostly of plants. We were given bean sprouts and germinating seeds and questions were asked about them. Fortunately, it went on quite smoothly for me, no major errors, at least for what I know.

Tomorrow is my Chemistry practical exams. I'm now taking a break from memorising those Qualitative Analysis notes, trying to remember all the colour changes, anions and cations. It's kind of like History where I've to memorise all the facts... Certainly, I hope it'll turn out well for me, else I'll definitely not be able to get into the JC I want if all my sciences are A2 or B3.

It's only now I realise why students taking triple sciences are aiming so hard to get A1s for their sciences. It's because if all their sciences get let say A2 or B3, simple maths will tell you that their L1R5 will definitely be above 10 points. And with a score of >10, it'll not get you into one of the top-flight JCs in Singapore.
One word to describe Singapore's education system - STRESS!

I'll end here... nothing more to let out.

Song of the Day: George Michael - Careless Whisper

Good day everyone! Good luck to all Sec 4 students for their prelims and O levels. :)

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Top 8 Morons of 2003

I found this article on Neowin Forum. The following incidents are true, and it'll make you wonder why people do such things. LOL

I find #6 the funniest. :D
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Here it is:

1. WILL THE REAL DUMMY PLEASE STAND UP? AT&T fired President John Walter after nine months, saying he lacked intellectual leadership. He received a $26 million severance package. Perhaps it's not Walter who's lacking intelligence.

2. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS: Police in Oakland, CA spent two hours attempting to subdue a gunman who had barricaded himself inside his home. After firing ten tear gas canisters, officers discovered that the man was standing beside them in the police line, shouting, "Please come out and give yourself up."

3. WHAT WAS PLAN B??? An Illinois man, pretending to have a gun, kidnapped a motorist and forced him to drive to two different automated teller machines, wherein the kidnapper proceeded to withdraw money from his own bank accounts.

4. THE GETAWAY! A man walked into a Topeka, Kansas Kwik Stop and asked for all the money in the cash drawer. Apparently, the take was too small, so he tied up the store clerk and worked the counter himself for three hours until police showed up and grabbed him.

5. DID I SAY THAT??? Police in Los Angeles had good luck with a robbery suspect who just couldn't control himself during a lineup. When detectives asked each man in the lineup to repeat the words: "Give me all your money or I'll shoot", the man shouted, "that's not what I said!".

6. ARE WE COMMUNICATING??? A man spoke frantically into the phone: "My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart". "Is this her first child?" the doctor asked. "No!" the man shouted, "This is her husband!"

7. NOT THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED! In Modesto, CA, Steven Richard King was arrested for trying to hold up a Bank of America branch without a weapon. King used a thumb and a finger to simulate a gun. Unfortunately, he failed to keep his hand in his pocket. (hellooooooo)!

8. THE GRAND FINALE!!! Last summer, down on Lake Isabella, located in the high desert, an hour east of Bakersfield, CA, some folks, new to boating, were having a problem. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't get their brand new 22 foot boat, going. It was very sluggish in almost every maneuver, no matter how much power they applied. After about an hour of trying to make it go, they putted into a nearby marina, thinking someone there may be able to tell them what was wrong. A thorough topside check revealed everything in perfect working condition. The engine ran fine, the out-drive went up and down, and the propeller was the correct size and pitch. So, one of the marina guys jumped in the water to check underneath. He came up choking on water, he was laughing so hard. NOW REMEMBER...THIS IS TRUE. Under the boat, still strapped securely in place, was the trailer!

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Up in the night

Time now: 11.24pm
Feeling: Bored
Doing: Surfing the web aimlessly

It's a holiday for me tomorrow as there's no paper. So I thought that I'd give myself a break after studying so hard for the past few days. Well, I pretty much got enough rest now...
I'm feeling so bored now, there isn't any good computer game for me to play (I'm waiting for nba live 2005 eagerly), and I've promised myself not to study tonight. So it's still bed that I head for in the end.
If the Manchester United-Liverpool match were to be held earlier, say 12 midnight, I'd definitely stay up for it. But its kick-off time is at 3am... Duh!

Nothing else much for this blog entry... good night...

Re-live the Titanic moment

Channel 5 will show the 1997 blockbuster movie Titanic tomorrow at 6:45pm (Part 1) and 10pm (Part 2).
Although it's the 1000th time that MediaCorp has showed Titanic, I think it's worth to re-live the magical and majestic moment.
Remember the short review I wrote about Titanic? Well, if you want to see it, it's HERE.

Enjoy!

Jokes

Warning: The jokes below are rated 'X'.
First Joke
One day a young man and woman were in their bedroom making love. All of a sudden a bumble bee entered the bedroom window. As the young lady parted her legs the bee entered her vagina. The woman started screaming, "Oh my god, help me, there's a bee in my vagina!".

The husband immediately took her to the local doctor and explained the situation. The doctor thought for a moment and said, "Hmm, tricky situation. But I have a solution to the problem if young sir would permit".

The husband being very concerned agreed that the doctor could use whatever method to get the bee out of his wife's vagina. The doctor said "OK, what I'm gonna do is rub some honey over the top of my penis and insert it into your wife's vagina. When I feel the bee getting closer to the tip of my dick I shall withdraw it and the bee should hopefully follow my penis out of your wife's vagina."

The husband nodded and gave his approval. The young lady said "Yes,yes, whatever, just get on with it."

So the doctor, after covering the tip of his penis with honey,inserted it into the young lady's vagina. After a few gentle strokes,the doctor said, "I don't think the bee has noticed the honey yet. Perhaps I should go a bit deeper".

So the doctor went deeper and deeper. After a while the doctor began shafting the young lady very hard indeed. The young lady began to quiver with excitement, she began to moan and groan aloud, "Oh doctor, doctor!" she shouted. The doctor, concentrating very hard, looked like he was enjoying himself.

He then put his hands on the young lady's breasts and started making loud noises.

The husband, at this point, suddenly became very annoyed and shouted. "Now wait a minute, what the hell do you think you're doing?!" he blasted.

The doctor, still concentrating, replied: "Change of plan, I'm gonna drown the b a s t a r d!!"

Second Joke
This guy has always dreamed of owning a Harley Davidson. One day he has finally saved up enough money so he goes down to the dealer. After he picks out the perfect bike, the dealer tells him about an old biker trick that will keep the chrome on his new bike free from rust. The dealer tells him that all he has to do is to keep a jar of Vaseline handy and put it on the chrome before it rains, and everything will be fine. He happily pays for the bike and leaves.

A few months later, the young man meets a woman and falls in love. She asks him to come home and meet her parents over dinner. He readily accepts and the date is set. At the appointed time, he picks her up on his Harley and they ride to her parents house. Before they go in, she tells him that they have a family tradition that whoever speaks first after dinner must do the dishes. After a delicious dinner everyone sits in silence waiting for the first person to break the silence and get stuck doing the dishes. After a long fifteen minutes, the young man decides to speed things up, so he reaches over and kisses his woman in front of her family. No one says a word. Emboldened, he slips his hand under her blouse and fondles her breasts. Still no one says a word. Finally, he throws her on the table and has sex with her in front of everyone. No one says a word.

Now he is getting desperate, so he grabs her mother and throws HER on the table. They have even wilder sex. Still no one speaks. By now he is thinking what to do next when he hears thunder in the distance. His first thought is to protect the chrome on his Harley, so he gets his jacket, reaches in his pocket and pulls out his jar of Vaseline. And the father says "Okay dammit, I'll do the dishes!"

If you don't get this joke, vaseline is a lubricant, so the girl's father thought that the boy's going to have sex w/ him after having sex with his girlfriend and mother

Third Joke
One morning while making breakfast, a man walked up to his wife and pinched her on the butt and said, "If you firmed this up, we could get rid of your control top pantyhose." While this was on the edge of intolerable, she kept silent.

The next morning, the man woke his wife with a pinch on each of her breasts and said "You know, if you firmed these up, we could get rid of your bra."

This was beyond a silent response, so she rolled over and grabbed him by his penis. With a death grip in place, she said, "You know, if you firmed this up, we could get rid of the gardener, the postman, the poolman and your brother."

Forth Joke
John invited his mother over for dinner. During the meal, his mother couldn't help noticing how beautiful John's roommate was. She had long been suspicious of a relationship between John and his roommate, and this only made her more curious.

Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more between John and the roommate than met the eye. Reading his mom's thoughts, John volunteered, "I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, Julie and I are just roommates."

About a week later, Julie came to John and said, "Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the beautiful silver gravy ladle. You don't suppose she took it, do you?" John said, "Well, I doubt it, but I'll write her a letter just to be sure."

So he sat down and wrote "Dear Mother, I'm not saying you did take a gravy ladle from my house, and I'm not saying you did not take a gravy ladle. But the fact remains that one has been missing ever since you were here for dinner."

Several days later, John received a letter from his mother which read: "Dear Son, I'm not saying that you do sleep with Julie, and I'm not saying that you do not sleep with Julie. But the fact remains that if she was sleeping in her own bed, she would have found the gravy ladle by now. Love, Mom."

Lesson of the day...Don't Lie To Your Mother.

Fifth Joke
One night, a father overheard his son saying his prayers, "God bless Mommy, Daddy, and Grammy. Goodbye Grampa." The father thought this was strange, but soon forgot about it. The next day, the Grandfather died. About a month or so later, the father again overheard his son's prayers, "God bless Mommy and Daddy. Goodbye Grammy." The next day, the Grandmother died. The father began to worry about the situation.

Two weeks later, the father again heard his son praying, "God bless Mommy. Goodbye Daddy." This alone nearly gave the father a heart attack. The next morning, without saying anything, he got up early and went to work. He stayed in his office all day. Finally, after midnight, he went home. He was still alive! He crawled into bed with his wife and apologized. "I'm sorry honey, I had a really bad day." "You had a bad day?" his wife yelled. "The mailman dropped dead on the porch this morning!"


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Something to make your day

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Prelims about to be done and over

In a flash, the prelimary exams is about to be over. I've got AMaths P2 this coming Monday, and practical exams for the 3 Sciences. My maths teacher is so cruel, he said the AMaths Paper 2 will be exceptionally hard, with relative velocity, permutation, radians and kinematics as compulsory questions, it's going to be a killer paper!

As for the practical exams, I think it's all about luck. If you happen to be so alert and wide awake during the practical, you'll get top notch marks. Nothing much to say about that.
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And hey, Rio Ferdinand is back for Man Utd in the match against Liverpool. Kewlll! :D

Ever wonder?

Ever wonder why Chelsea cannot overtake Arsenal in the EPL last season? Here's why.
CFC (Chelsea Football Club) -> Cannot Finish as Champions
AFC (Arsenal Football Club) -> Always Finish as Champions

As for Manchester United (MUFC)? It's Most Undergraded Football Club. MUFC's start of this year's EPL season has proven it all. They'll not be champions this year. Hehe. :)

2-Minute Management Course

Lesson One
An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing. A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him,
"Can I also sit like you and do nothing?"
The eagle answered: "Sure, why not."
So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle, and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Management Lesson One - To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.

Lesson Two
A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love tobe able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the
turkey, "but I haven't got the energy."

"Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied he bull. "They're packed with nutrients."
The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the
lowest branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch.

Finally after a fourth night, he was proudly perched at the top of the tree. Soon he was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot the turkey out of the tree.

Management Lesson Two - Bull shit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.

Lesson Three
A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground
in a large field. While it was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on it. As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, it began to realize how warm it was. The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy. A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him.

Management Lesson Three -
(1) Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy.
(2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend.
(3) And when you're in deep shit, it's best to keep your mouth shut!

Quite intesting eh?
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'Olinda look-alike'

Hey, I just found out that my teacher, Ms Twang has found out about my Olinda Cho post, haha. I'm quite surprised though, I think probably her students told her about it or maybe it was the power of Google that she used. :P (Google is the most powerful search engine yep!)

This is the blog entry she wrote.

Finally found some time

I've finally found some time admidst my prelims to write a blog entry!

I'm now left with Biology, Chinese, AMaths Paper 2 and Phy/Bio/Chem practical exams. These few days have been a great experience for me, it's the first time I'm taking a major exam in the hall.

Many people say that we're lucky to have an air-conditioned hall, and I agree totally. Without the air-con, I think I'd be sweating there and making my exam paper soggy, haha. But as we sat there for about 2 hours straight, everyone felt cold and many brought sweaters and windbreakers to keep warm.

I hope all goes well for me and till I get back my results, I'll be as nervous as in exam conditions. Tomorrow is my Biology paper, good day everyone, :)

Exams R near!

The school holidays is over in a flash. Geography and EMaths will start off my prelims next Monday. I don't have full confidence in both Maths and Geography. I think that I've been spending more time revising my Sciences.

I went to school today for the Physics consultation session with Mr Lau. There were only 5 of us - Vincent, Wei Shun, Serene, Mr Lau and I. The group was small and we could go through many questions, in fact more than 20 of them. I think that small-sized classes are better as students get more attention from the teacher. The trade-off would be there'll be less student participation, making the lesson boring. I got bored and tired after about 1hr of the session, probably we spent the entire hour focusing fully on work and not on chit-chatting etc.

Remember to watch the final episode of FRIENDS next Monday on Chan5. The final season of Friends has been fantastic. Friends is the only comedy that I watch, even The Simpsons doesn't attract me that much. heh.

Mac's food is $$$

I went to MacDonald's today with my friends for lunch. A meal comprising of a Fillet-O-Fish burger, soft drink and french fries cost me $3.95. My friend had the student concession card and so it cost this price. The original price of a normal set is ~$6! I was obliged to eat at McDonalds because all my friends wanted to eat there.
But I think its alright to eat junk food once in a while, but eating it too oftenly will be very unhealthy.

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I think I'll get 2000 blog visits by the of September. Thanks to everyone for visiting my blog. :)

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My friend sent me two versions of Diana's Don't Cry Out Loud midis. Both are the remix versions and do not sound as nice and soothing as the original version. If you guys have the original version, please inform me on the tag-board or email me, thanks!

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Anyway, my friend sent me two Don't Cry Out Loud midis yesterday. Both are the remix versions and don't sound as nice as the original version. If you guys have the original version midi, please inform me on the tag-board or email me, thanks again! :)

Thots for the Day

There was Physics and Biology pratical lessons in school today. Having to do 4 practicals in a day really tires me out.
For Physics, we did a mirror and electrical experiment. For Biology, we did 2 experiments which involved food tests and sketching of the tomato. Although tiring, the practicals were fun, at least better than having to bury myself in books.
After that I went for lunch with my classmates. The food I ate wasn't the best though, the quantity of the food given was so little.
When I came home, I was about to sleep. But I kept telling myself not to sleep if not much of my free time will be wasted. I ended up studying Geography in preparation for the exams next week. I've not started on Physics, Biology, A & E Maths... There's still a lot of work for me to do... sigh.

Anyway, I find Diana DeGarmo's Don't Cry Out Loud soothing to the ears. You all should listen to it, probably I'll put it up as my blog's background music when I've the time. Also, American Idol is coming to Singapore in part of their tour. The tickets are expensive... so I probably will not be able to go. The exams are coming too... :(

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I found this incident posted at HardwareZone quite amusing, so I'll just share it with you all:

Bus service number: 39
BUs Route: Tampanise > pasir Ris > TPE > Yishun

I board the bus at the bus stop at pasir Ris just before the TPE and find myself a seat at the rear of the bus. But the BUs never moves off, the bus driver approached an old uncle who seated just before me.

Bus driver: "Can i take a look at yr bus ticket, how much u pay the fare just now??"

Old Uncle: "I board the bus at tampanise and wanna alighted at Pasir Ris. But now i change my mind , i want to go Yishun."

Bus driver: "Let me see yr ticket, u supposed to alight now!!.."

Old Uncle: "Who are u to talk to me?? U are just a bus driver, u are not an inspector, do yr job well as a bus driver enough, Wait until u promoted to bus inspector then u talk to me!! Dun be a HERO.. "

Bus Driver: "But, But...."

Old Uncle: "But but what, now u are delaying the time of the rest of the cummuters?? huh... You Wan to be HERO HUH, Wait back to YIshun Interchange i let u be a HERO, U ask a INspector talk to me lor??

The Bus driver with the "cock stuck inside his mouth" LAN LAN go back and drive and continue the journey..


Back at Yishun Interchange i am the first few to alighted and i look inside the bus at a distance away.. Can see that the Old UNCle toking, pointing at each others and arguing with the bus driver after everyone was alighted.. HIs hand signal can see that "Now what u wan to do?? u only a bus driver wait until u promote bus inspector first... Dun be a hero next time.. thats what u get for been a hero.." Then the bus driver also LAN LAN the old Uncle just alighted and disappear in the crowd..
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I think that the Uncle is quite rude though. It's his fault that he did not pay the correct fare, and yet he still gave the bus driver a piece of his mind. Well, it's society, what to do? heh.

How could England lose?!

England's goalkeeper David James aka Calamity James has made his team lose once again! This time he made England lose to the lowly Austria team. England was 2-0 up after goals scored by Steven Gerard and Frank Lampard!
Eriksson! Change the damn keeper! David James will bring more calamity to the England team. I'd not be surprised if England don't even qualify for the world cup. =
England's strike force of Wayne Rooney, Owen, Defoe and Smith is already superb! England's defense will still be poor even when Rio Ferdinand returns because David James is the liability to the defense! Change him!

Meerkats?

What are meerkats? That's what today's comprehension was about. I've even learnt to spell the word without looking at the exam paper, wow.

Today's English prelim was tough! The questions were a little on the easy side, but the summary was challenging. The points in the passage were not clear-cut and I had to search thoroughly and think through it carefully. I think I've to work so much harder to acheieve my goal of getting an A1 for English. I did not do well for my Chinese, so I hope to do well for English.

The composition I did was about entrepreneurship being introduced as a subject in schools. Of course, I welcome the addition and mentioned points about subjects in school being overloaded with content and students don't have the chance to apply their brain-full of knowledge after absorbing all the content like a sponge.

After the exam, I still had a Chemistry practical mock exam. It was pretty straight forward... nothing twisty.

Anyway, I R weared out after such a long day... have a good weekend aheard. :)

Tough exam today

I had my Social Studies examination today and boy, it was a really tough paper.
The first part of the paper, which is the Source Based Questions, is really difficult to comprehend. I had to read through the Background Info twice before understanding the situation. In summary, there's a racial conflict in Sudan between the Arabs and Africans. The Africans were being killed by the Arabs and their race faced a genocide (race being wiped out).

Then the structured essay question was worse. There were three choices - first on Switzerland which I did not study; second on diplomacy and deterrence which I had a vague idea about; and the last one on Britain's welfare system which I did not study too! Thus, I was left with zero choices, I had to choose the diplomacy and deterrence question. I tried my best to answer the question and to hit Level 5 by comparing the reasons. I hope I'll do well...

Tomorrow is the English paper. For me, I think my performance for the English language is erratic. It's either I understand the comprehension passage and do well, or I don't understand the passage and flung the paper. So it's all luck after all, I hope the passage is an interesting one, not those about mountain trekking, animals etc. I'd hope for factual passages, maybe about how the world is making its transition into the new era, or maybe about planets and astronomy! :)

Singapore Idol is showing now on Chan5, there're some great singers, and some mediocre ones.
Till then, have a good evening ahead. :)

Startings and Endings

Startings:
1. It'll be the start of my prelims tomorrow, and I'm studying ever so hard for it and hope all the effort pays off!

2. The transfer window of the soccer league has closed and Mr Wayne Rooney is now a Man Utd player! I'm so excited to see how the full Man Utd squad with Rooney, Smith, RVN, Rio Ferdinand, C. Ronaldo and Gabriel Heinz will be! Wow!

3. The 3rd school term or Sept holidays will start next week. But there'll be school everyday, so makes no difference for me...

4. After this year, I'll start a whole new life in a JC or Poly. Partners will change and lifestyle will be different too.

5. The NBA season is starting soon, I'm so excited -can't wait!-

Endings:
1. It'll be a temporary halt to my fun and play today... exams are near and this marks a stop to fun & play...

2. This year will be the end of my Secondary school life and I'll definitely miss the memories, laughter, fun, joy, schoolmates and teachers!

3. It's the end of Sir Bobby Robson's dynasty at Newcastle. Sorry, sports again, but I just love sports :D

4. The departure with Sec Sch will mark an end to comfortable school life. I'm sure JC or Poly will be much tougher.

All good things come to an end... Tian Di Xia Mei You Bu Shan Zhi Yan Xi (In this world, there're no never-ending prom nights) wonder if my direct translation is correct