//Over//
Finally, it's over.
I didn't anticipate that I would be overjoyed, or esctatic after my last paper, which happen to be Biology Paper 1.
Perhaps this long 23 days has been been too taxing on my mind to even feel any joy.
Perhaps I am too numbed by this feeling of "liberation" since this is the 6th time I am having this feeling in the past 2 years.
Perhaps like Ying Cheng said, "played" too much during A levels period liao, which is kind of true for me, since I still surf you tube almost every day, I still log into facebook, basically just what I do everyday (though to a much lesser extent), I mean that's what happen when you have 3 exams in 2 days, then a 7 day break.
Whatever the reason is, I knew I wasn't going to be like too excited when I hand in my last paper. But when the examiner announced "time's up, pen's down", at that very moment, I still feel a sense of liberation. It's not a "Yay it's over!" kind of liberation, more like "*Sigh*, it's finally over...." kind of feeling. Liberation nonetheless.
I daydream a lot during the A level period and slightly prior to it, cause I think I mentioned it before, when I mug, I get bored easily, and that's when I daydream the most. The scene of me handing in my last paper to the invigilator keeps playing in my mind, especially at the beginning of A levels, and that's seriously one of the main motivator that kept me going all the way, cause I always feel sooo happpy just imagining myself handing in that last paper. Maybe that's why the real thing doesn't feel as good, I mean, when something is so hyped up, it's hard to beat the hype I guess?
Nearing the end of A levels, I have even more time to daydream, since my last 3 papers are Chem MCQ, Bio MCQ and Bio paper 3, which aren't really very intensive when it comes to mugging. Instead of thinking about the last paper, I start to think more about the past. I try to remember all the mugging/crapping sessions I had with my friends, some of the more memorable tutorial sessions...just random stuff like these.
The fact that A level, and JC school life in general, is ending seems more and more real. Before that, it was something that I dream about, at that point, it was something was really going to happen soon.
I mean I talk with my friends so much about how school is ending, how this is the last tutorial session, how this is the last this and last that, but 22nd Nov is really going to be the end. I just can't quite reconcile with that fact it is really ending.
As I stepped out of the school gate that day, it was kind of a mixed feeling. Afterall, that has been my school for my past 6 years. I won't be stepping back into the school compound feeling that same way ever again.
I will miss complaining to my friends that 151 takes 30 mins to come and half of them are non air-con. I will miss the ugly brown uniform. I will miss Evelyn Ong's SMB message with 1001 different attachments. I will miss Pauline's sms from mrs ong to remind us to go to IVLE to check her newly uploaded econs articles. I will miss the 1 hour long tutorial discussing just 1 Bio MCQ. I will miss playing bridge at the class bench everyday after school. I will miss stoning at the class bench for hours before deciding what to do after every exam. I will even miss the Malay stall's curry chicken.
Okay, I think I am crazy. I will probably forget about these stuff soon, but still anyone who knows me will know that I hate changes, so it will probably take me a while to adjust myself mentally.
If my 12 years in this education is glycolysis, and NS is Krebs Cycle, then this 23 days before my enlistment is definitely the Link Reaction, which is kind of useless, but still necessary for me to adjust my mindset before I stepped onto Tekong to contribute to the nature by feeding the mosquitos.
Please don't mind my Bio analogy, I would forget most of these stuff soon anyway, so let me use them as much as possible before they get erased permanently from my memory.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Road Congestion
//Road Congestion//
And she strikes again!
Mrs Evelyn Ong uploaded new econs articles onto the emb again! (for those who don't check the emb regularly)
I really really admire her for the passion she has in the subject she teaches.
And ironically, this is the first time I downloaded and read an article she uploaded.
Previously, I would only download essay and case studies ans keys, since it's obviously going to be more helpful for my A lvls, and given the fact that I have so little time left to study for so many subjects, I opted to dao all the articles she uploaded.
So today, for the first time, I downloaded this article on possible ways to solve the problem of road congestion, since I feel more free now that A levels is more or less near the end. (with Bio paper 1 and 3 left for me)
It's actually quite an entertaining read, probably cause there wasn't any arcane economics theory in the article. Some ideas are really funny...like:
1. Going underground
With public-private partnerships, we can build a road network under the city centre. Been there, done that? Well, the network will have direct access to underground carparks of major buildings, so drivers need not surface while in the Central Business District.
Our subterranean network will be green too. It will have a ventilation system that channels exhaust gases into a sump. In this sump, the gases are allowed to settle in a still environment.
Because carbon dioxide is heavier than air, it will collect at the bottom. There, it can be siphoned to be released judiciously in dense vegetation. Rate of release will vary according to intensity of sunlight, so that the plants can benefit from the enriched CO2 environment.
What is in it for us? Higher levels of oxygen from the photosynthesis, of course.
This next one is pretty funny too...
4. Baby boom
The vehicle quota system should be need- driven instead of dollar-driven. One way would be to tie the "entitlement to own cars" to people with children or people who take care of aged parents – on the premise that they need a car most.
First child, you get to buy a small car. Second child, a medium-sized car. And having three or more entitles you to a multi-purpose vehicle. Talk about killing two birds with one stone. We have set criteria and priorities for public housing.
So why not a similar philosophy for road usage demand?'
And this next one is my absolute favourite!
6. Do nothing
Worsening congestion will persuade people to leave cars at home and take public transport. But this will probably be a revenue-negative proposition, and thus, not very attractive.
Hahahahaha, quite an interesting read isn't it?
I am really impressed with how she cut out all these articles and archive them and so on, she must really really love econs to do that.
Anyway, after so many days of intensive mugging...this is the kind of MSN conversation u will get...
(context: i was discussing with meng about mugging tgt on tue...asking him if the Bio TYS he own has ans or not, and he replied yes!)
-:=[想着你]=:- 封闭的心不再防备全然释放，未来的路那么长，你已疲惫不堪，为什么幸福那么难... says:
so i support mugging tgt on tue!
-:=[想着你]=:- 封闭的心不再防备全然释放，未来的路那么长，你已疲惫不堪，为什么幸福那么难... says:
thn can share resources!
/\/\ \/\/ : says:
more like a dative bond
-:=[想着你]=:- 封闭的心不再防备全然释放，未来的路那么长，你已疲惫不堪，为什么幸福那么难... says:
dun chem me
-:=[想着你]=:- 封闭的心不再防备全然释放，未来的路那么长，你已疲惫不堪，为什么幸福那么难... says:
i econs u
-:=[想着你]=:- 封闭的心不再防备全然释放，未来的路那么长，你已疲惫不堪，为什么幸福那么难... says:
it's a free rider!
/\/\ \/\/ : says:
more like obligate parasites
/\/\ \/\/ : says:
muahahaha
-:=[想着你]=:- 封闭的心不再防备全然释放，未来的路那么长，你已疲惫不堪，为什么幸福那么难... says:
tax me tax me!
/\/\ \/\/ : says:
hahahaha
-:=[想着你]=:- 封闭的心不再防备全然释放，未来的路那么长，你已疲惫不堪，为什么幸福那么难... says:
aawww...virus...
/\/\ \/\/ : says:
hmmmm maths can notz huh???
Crazy people!
And she strikes again!
Mrs Evelyn Ong uploaded new econs articles onto the emb again! (for those who don't check the emb regularly)
I really really admire her for the passion she has in the subject she teaches.
And ironically, this is the first time I downloaded and read an article she uploaded.
Previously, I would only download essay and case studies ans keys, since it's obviously going to be more helpful for my A lvls, and given the fact that I have so little time left to study for so many subjects, I opted to dao all the articles she uploaded.
So today, for the first time, I downloaded this article on possible ways to solve the problem of road congestion, since I feel more free now that A levels is more or less near the end. (with Bio paper 1 and 3 left for me)
It's actually quite an entertaining read, probably cause there wasn't any arcane economics theory in the article. Some ideas are really funny...like:
1. Going underground
With public-private partnerships, we can build a road network under the city centre. Been there, done that? Well, the network will have direct access to underground carparks of major buildings, so drivers need not surface while in the Central Business District.
Our subterranean network will be green too. It will have a ventilation system that channels exhaust gases into a sump. In this sump, the gases are allowed to settle in a still environment.
Because carbon dioxide is heavier than air, it will collect at the bottom. There, it can be siphoned to be released judiciously in dense vegetation. Rate of release will vary according to intensity of sunlight, so that the plants can benefit from the enriched CO2 environment.
What is in it for us? Higher levels of oxygen from the photosynthesis, of course.
This next one is pretty funny too...
4. Baby boom
The vehicle quota system should be need- driven instead of dollar-driven. One way would be to tie the "entitlement to own cars" to people with children or people who take care of aged parents – on the premise that they need a car most.
First child, you get to buy a small car. Second child, a medium-sized car. And having three or more entitles you to a multi-purpose vehicle. Talk about killing two birds with one stone. We have set criteria and priorities for public housing.
So why not a similar philosophy for road usage demand?'
And this next one is my absolute favourite!
6. Do nothing
Worsening congestion will persuade people to leave cars at home and take public transport. But this will probably be a revenue-negative proposition, and thus, not very attractive.
Hahahahaha, quite an interesting read isn't it?
I am really impressed with how she cut out all these articles and archive them and so on, she must really really love econs to do that.
Anyway, after so many days of intensive mugging...this is the kind of MSN conversation u will get...
(context: i was discussing with meng about mugging tgt on tue...asking him if the Bio TYS he own has ans or not, and he replied yes!)
-:=[想着你]=:- 封闭的心不再防备全然释放，未来的路那么长，你已疲惫不堪，为什么幸福那么难... says:
so i support mugging tgt on tue!
-:=[想着你]=:- 封闭的心不再防备全然释放，未来的路那么长，你已疲惫不堪，为什么幸福那么难... says:
thn can share resources!
/\/\ \/\/ : says:
more like a dative bond
-:=[想着你]=:- 封闭的心不再防备全然释放，未来的路那么长，你已疲惫不堪，为什么幸福那么难... says:
dun chem me
-:=[想着你]=:- 封闭的心不再防备全然释放，未来的路那么长，你已疲惫不堪，为什么幸福那么难... says:
i econs u
-:=[想着你]=:- 封闭的心不再防备全然释放，未来的路那么长，你已疲惫不堪，为什么幸福那么难... says:
it's a free rider!
/\/\ \/\/ : says:
more like obligate parasites
/\/\ \/\/ : says:
muahahaha
-:=[想着你]=:- 封闭的心不再防备全然释放，未来的路那么长，你已疲惫不堪，为什么幸福那么难... says:
tax me tax me!
/\/\ \/\/ : says:
hahahaha
-:=[想着你]=:- 封闭的心不再防备全然释放，未来的路那么长，你已疲惫不堪，为什么幸福那么难... says:
aawww...virus...
/\/\ \/\/ : says:
hmmmm maths can notz huh???
Crazy people!
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Economics
//Economics//
I conclude that the Hwa Chong Economics Department is officially crazy (in a good way).
WHAT'S UP WITH ALL THE ESSAY ANSWER KEYS & CASE STUDIES?!?
It's like a daily routine during A levels to log into EMB to download new economics articles or answer keys to other JC papers that the Econs department uploaded.
Let's SQUEEEZZEE everything into my brain in this 4 days.
I salute them for their effort, I just hope I can be as hardworking as them.
I conclude that the Hwa Chong Economics Department is officially crazy (in a good way).
WHAT'S UP WITH ALL THE ESSAY ANSWER KEYS & CASE STUDIES?!?
It's like a daily routine during A levels to log into EMB to download new economics articles or answer keys to other JC papers that the Econs department uploaded.
Let's SQUEEEZZEE everything into my brain in this 4 days.
I salute them for their effort, I just hope I can be as hardworking as them.
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Mugging Places
//Mugging Places//
It's kind of ironic how I actually blog more during the exam period (A lvls somemore), but I guess the very fact that it's exam --> i mug a lot --> i get very bored easily --> i want to do something other than mugging --> i go to the kitchen for food --> i get fat --> i feel guilty --> i stop eating --> i try to find something else to do --> I BLOG!
See the logical flow of ideas? That's how I prepare my notes.....
Like...
Increase in nuclear charge --> almost constant shielding effect --> effective nuclear charge increase --> pull the outer electrons closer to the nucleus --> atomic radius decrease across the period
Or...
Decrease in tax --> increase in disposable income --> increase in consumption --> increase in AD
And I digress too much already! Hope my GP essay was not like this. Speaking of GP, I just caught a glimpse of our dear PM Lee on the news, talking about environmental conservation! How being the small little red dot that we are, even if we stop using all the aircon blah blah blah for don't know how long, the energy we can conserve is only equivalent what China used up in 3 days, but he said this doesn't mean we will stop making the effort, cause we are a global city afterall...
I wonder where he got his statistics from. And more importantly, it's related to the GP essay that I (and zillions of other individuals) attempted! The topic seems to be haunting me!
It's just like prelims, I remember the day after Econs paper, I saw on the Channel 8 evening news, a report on increasing the MRT fares...which was exactly what came out in the micro case study!
Creepy...
Back to what I wanted to blog about in the first place...MUGGING PLACES! I figured in about 18 days 9 hours time, I won't be mugging anymore..for about 2+ years...which means I probably won't be visiting my favourite mugging hangouts of my 2 years in JC...so I decided that I want to take some photos of them so that I can look back at these photos and remember what a wonderful mugger I was!
These places include...
1) My dinning room!
2) My living room!
3) My room!
4) My kitchen!
5) My balcony!
6) My sister's room!
7) The masterbed room! (don't you think master-bed room sounds dirty?)
Well..all these ain't that exciting, so I probably won't be posting photos...except maybe 1 or 2 (with my notes sprawling all over the place)
Now for the more exciting ones...(the bold-ed ones are places which I've been to rather regularly to mug)
1) Marina Square Foodcourt!
2) Paradiz Foodcourt!
3) Habourfront Centre Foodcourt!
4) United Square Foodcourt!
5) Century Square Foodcourt!
6) Sumohouse! (which sells jap food by the way)
7) Cosy corner at Hwa Chong SRC! (it's not the same as cosy corner in coro...this one's at science research centre in Hwa Chong..it's basically a corner...with benches..and it gets really warm in the afternoon...haha)
8) KAP
9) Beauty World Macs
10) Changing Appetite (damn I can't spell the word!)
11) Secluded corner in The Cathay
12) Esplanade Library (how can a list of mugging place not include a library!)
13) Bukit Panjang Library
14) Hwa Chong Library
15) Class bench
16) Reading Room
17) Ming Wei's house
18) SIM
19) Concourse in Hwa Chong (the place with the fountain and fishes)
I think that's about all...though I suspect I may have missed out a couple of them...anyway...I doubt I can take photos of all these places...but I wil try...at least for those bold-ed places...
2 photos to end this entry...
My dining table with chem notes all over it...
8 thick ring files of notes & tutorials...2 for each subject...
the green files are J1 topics...the black files are J2 topics...
the 2 small files beside the green files are my GP files...1 for compre and 1 for essay (and the rest of GP stuff...like time tunnel...hidden somewhere in my house)
the red (bio), blue (maths) and yellow (econs) files are for test papers & revision papers since I can't squeeze them into the thick ring files...green (chem) file is probably somewhere else...
It's kind of ironic how I actually blog more during the exam period (A lvls somemore), but I guess the very fact that it's exam --> i mug a lot --> i get very bored easily --> i want to do something other than mugging --> i go to the kitchen for food --> i get fat --> i feel guilty --> i stop eating --> i try to find something else to do --> I BLOG!
See the logical flow of ideas? That's how I prepare my notes.....
Like...
Increase in nuclear charge --> almost constant shielding effect --> effective nuclear charge increase --> pull the outer electrons closer to the nucleus --> atomic radius decrease across the period
Or...
Decrease in tax --> increase in disposable income --> increase in consumption --> increase in AD
And I digress too much already! Hope my GP essay was not like this. Speaking of GP, I just caught a glimpse of our dear PM Lee on the news, talking about environmental conservation! How being the small little red dot that we are, even if we stop using all the aircon blah blah blah for don't know how long, the energy we can conserve is only equivalent what China used up in 3 days, but he said this doesn't mean we will stop making the effort, cause we are a global city afterall...
I wonder where he got his statistics from. And more importantly, it's related to the GP essay that I (and zillions of other individuals) attempted! The topic seems to be haunting me!
It's just like prelims, I remember the day after Econs paper, I saw on the Channel 8 evening news, a report on increasing the MRT fares...which was exactly what came out in the micro case study!
Creepy...
Back to what I wanted to blog about in the first place...MUGGING PLACES! I figured in about 18 days 9 hours time, I won't be mugging anymore..for about 2+ years...which means I probably won't be visiting my favourite mugging hangouts of my 2 years in JC...so I decided that I want to take some photos of them so that I can look back at these photos and remember what a wonderful mugger I was!
These places include...
1) My dinning room!
2) My living room!
3) My room!
4) My kitchen!
5) My balcony!
6) My sister's room!
7) The masterbed room! (don't you think master-bed room sounds dirty?)
Well..all these ain't that exciting, so I probably won't be posting photos...except maybe 1 or 2 (with my notes sprawling all over the place)
Now for the more exciting ones...(the bold-ed ones are places which I've been to rather regularly to mug)
1) Marina Square Foodcourt!
2) Paradiz Foodcourt!
3) Habourfront Centre Foodcourt!
4) United Square Foodcourt!
5) Century Square Foodcourt!
6) Sumohouse! (which sells jap food by the way)
7) Cosy corner at Hwa Chong SRC! (it's not the same as cosy corner in coro...this one's at science research centre in Hwa Chong..it's basically a corner...with benches..and it gets really warm in the afternoon...haha)
8) KAP
9) Beauty World Macs
10) Changing Appetite (damn I can't spell the word!)
11) Secluded corner in The Cathay
12) Esplanade Library (how can a list of mugging place not include a library!)
13) Bukit Panjang Library
14) Hwa Chong Library
15) Class bench
16) Reading Room
17) Ming Wei's house
18) SIM
19) Concourse in Hwa Chong (the place with the fountain and fishes)
I think that's about all...though I suspect I may have missed out a couple of them...anyway...I doubt I can take photos of all these places...but I wil try...at least for those bold-ed places...
2 photos to end this entry...
My dining table with chem notes all over it...
8 thick ring files of notes & tutorials...2 for each subject...
the green files are J1 topics...the black files are J2 topics...
the 2 small files beside the green files are my GP files...1 for compre and 1 for essay (and the rest of GP stuff...like time tunnel...hidden somewhere in my house)
the red (bio), blue (maths) and yellow (econs) files are for test papers & revision papers since I can't squeeze them into the thick ring files...green (chem) file is probably somewhere else...
Friday, November 02, 2007
Writers' Strike
//Writers' Strike//
http://televisionista.blogspot.com/2007/11/hollywood-dogfight-writers-strike.html
PLEASE!
Let this strike ends ASAP!
If not...there goes my source of entertainment post A levels and pre-enlistment....
:(
http://televisionista.blogspot.com/2007/11/hollywood-dogfight-writers-strike.html
PLEASE!
Let this strike ends ASAP!
If not...there goes my source of entertainment post A levels and pre-enlistment....
:(
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