2 days to SMO...

2 days to SMO.

Quite well prepared. Just realised that I can do some of the questions that I didn't know how to do last year. I'm gonna finish as many questions as I can for the past year junior sections questions. And I aim to get at least 30 questions correct.

I think I lost a chinese book (its from the school library). Damn, quite expensive leh that book (at least that's what I think). Just wish that I accidentally left it in the library and the librarian took it away. If not... I'll bankrupt!

Results for semester 1... School Holiday...

Today giving out report book. Improve a big gap, and I was quite surprised. I get 102/239 for the sec2E level, and my class position is 15/39. But still lose many people... Kelvin got 1st (level position 7) in our class, followed by JitHui (level position 12), Terence, Jolyn, PuiYing, Tiffany... Mdm abey was like saying that our class is very strange coz we always "take turns" to be 1st in class. EngLiang was 1st for last year's midyear, and end-of-year is JiaHui.

Today's CCA session is Games Day. Play Captains Ball (seems to be Media Club's Tradition). Very fun, but I somehow too violent...

Finally reached school holidays. Haiz, still got 37.7 hours more English Remedial lessons before going back to M'sia. Smo is 4 days later, thus this weekend I will be doing Maths for at least 16 hours of Maths for both days altogether.

Holiday Homework:
1. English - Comprehension + Read 6 to 8 English Storybooks
2. Chinese ATT final work
3. "Reading" - Short Skit on "To Kill A Mockingbird"
4. Maths - Shinglee w/b
5. Physics w/s on "Electricity"
6. Bio - Theory w/b vol 1 pg 133 to 143
Somemore need to revise on sooooooo many subjects. Oh, what's the purpose of having holidays man!

Know some results of my friends (should be correct):

Sec1E
Level Class
Lee Song En 1/240 1/40 (Walau, so pro, although already expected to be top 10)
Jason 97/240
YangEn 131/240
I don't think others that I know will allow me to reveal their results
Sec2E
Joy 1/239 1/40
Willianto 3/239 1/40
Kelvin 7/239 1/39
JitHui 12/239 2/439
Terence 3/39
Jolyn 4/39
PuiYing 5/39
Tiffany 6/39
YueXin 62/239 9/39
Wallace 95/239 19/39
ZuYao 99/239 20/39
EngLiang 105/239 17/39
Randall 106/239 18/39
ZhuJun 112/239 19/39
YeeTeng 114/239
YongKiat 116/239
JiaQi 126/239 22/39
Others cannot say already...

Sec3E
Parag 1 (Wow!)
Zuo SiQi 2
Niru 3
Arief 4
Collins 6

Sec3S
Nicholas 9/38 1/5

Two days ago went to the esplanade for the band concert, limelight, by our Xinmin Symphonic Band. Quite fantastic and the $16 is worth it. They are really deserving Golds with Honours for their quality sound.

Tommorow we'll be getting back our report book. Can feel my heart starting to speed up. Scared. I'm not gonna take combined science!

SMO is nearby. Really have to start massive preparation this weekend.

Preparing to take combined science... (terrible results)

Today, after knowing my overall results for semester 1, I was shocked - my average is 69.2. I thought I've improved, and actually I have, just that the D&T (50.6%) dragged me really down to the ground. Expected this type of marks coz I simple do those project (nightlight etc). No hope for top 160 (not to mention top 100)... Thus, I'm preparing to take combined science unless this world really has this thing which spelt M-I-R-A-C-L-E.

Later going to the Esplanade Concert Hall for our Xinmin Band's performance (Limelight). Only got the ticket yesterday. 16 Dollars.

Damn, by Friday nidda hand in Art (My Family Identity) and Chinese ATT. Both only just started...

Trying to make a short post today.

We can do the wrong thing at the right time... Do what you think is right withough needing to care about the rule of the game...

First thing in the morning after I walked back to class, I take my History, Chem and Bio papers to look for teacher mentor. I don't think Ms. Oh would arrive so early therefore I decided to find Ms. Sia. Reaching the staffroom, I found YeeTeng and Camille there saying that Ms. Sia was not in. We waited for like 3.14 minutes for another tacher mentor but ended up seeing mdm abey first. YeeTeng didn't check her SMB for very long until yesterday, and she was scolded by her, and I also kena somehow because she said I should remind her (I checked SMB everyday and she checked once a month probably). Then saw Ms. Xiao, who helped us sign our papers.

Today so many poeple kena scolded due to incompleteness of filing the English file or didn't check SMB. Venassa was the most ke lian wan - her uniform was not properly worn and therefore mdm abey asked her out and also during the first 45 minutes of Ms. Tee's lesson, and she cried. Ms. Tee was like saying that she missed so many precious time of her lesson, and she somemore asked us to be in our perfect behaviour so that mdm abey cannot catch any mistake from us. But it was like impossible, if you know what happened to YueXin.

Excused for half of the Maths lesson for the XGT thing, and it was a total wastage because we were finding the Hall Control key for the full half an hour, and it is like walaueh biangeh - the key was not with Dawn or Mr. Tang or his tray, but in Ms. Fizhah's hand. What the hell man, really wanna cursed her seriously liao. Like she taking the key got use like that! We somemore kena scolded by the idiot office staff and other teachers like Mrs. Yap etc. The whole XGT event screwed up. 2 wireless microphone got no battery, the mdm Sai kept on ordering us to blank and unblank the screen during the same performance (where the two girls singing). If they got only 31.4 votes, it is really our fault. And worse thing is, Jntn being someone "experience", is so stupid and "experienced person" that she follow everything mdm Sai told us, and see what happened??! Think yourself is very smart is it? I suggested to just stop it even if it is wrong because it don't really affect the performance, but he is so stubborn that he is gonna kill their entire performance severely!!

CE lesson. Asked us why so late for class. And she expected us to be punctual during her lesson. Such a SELFISH woman sia...

People can do the wrong thing at the right time. We need not follow the rule of the game. We just need to do what we think is right, and not what the law regards it as something "RIGHT"! Of course I'm not saying that poeple can go and rob etc. But, as an example, rob from an embezzled person and use the money to donate to people who needs money is a right thing to do although it is a wrong because we sholdn't steal!

Reaching the last week of term 2. I think there will be a lot more holiday homework than last year.

I'm suppose to pass up Chinese ATT by Week 10, but until this very moment, I 'm still at the first quarter. Haiz... I asked some of my friends and they said they haven't even started to do.

Next Friday we will be getting our Report Book, and I was very worried about the current results of mine: (SA1) 4 A1, 1 A2, 1 B3 and 1 C5. I mean I shouldn't be getting something like C5 although it is English. B3 for literature is also no something to be proud of because most of my classmates got distinctions. I also felt quite disappointed by my Chinese, which I go only A2, because I've been studied mainly Chinese throughout my primary school life and I should be getting as high as 80%+ and not just 72.8%. The comprehension part was the main killer, where I only got 15.5 out of 52 marks.

First tuesday of this coming June Holiday was SMO, and Dr. Toh expects me to get 30 out of 35. It seems to me an unreachable number. I only got 26 last year, and the questions last year was far easier than past year's questions! Really don't know how to achieve it. I can do it actually, but with no careless mistake, which is nearly impossible for a person like me. Worse thing is, we still have English Remedial for the previous day, and it is 7.5 hrs! Imagine how much time of the day have this remedial slashed off my precious time for revising my Maths. Anyway, Dr. Toh asked me to enjoy throughout the competition, and this is the most important thing.

I really look forward to take double Humanities, and I wanted Chinese Literature as my pure Humans. But, many people seem to comment things like:" Siao ah, want to take Chi Lit." and the reason is probably becoz i'm not from China, taking CL Lit will be the most stupid choice. But I don't care. I wanna take!I will do pretty well for my Chinese (in fact, I already have more than 70% for Chinese and more than 65% for history, which are the 2 minimum requirements) and I'll take 1B1 as my subject combination. I will study really hard for my Science and English too during this coming holiday!

10 days to SMO. XGT next Monday

Just now I went to school for Maths Olympiad and English remedial. Maths Olympiad was basically as usual, and I remembered that SMO was only 10 days away. OH MY GOSH, I don't really have much time more, and I still haven't started revising my notes. I doubt I would satisfy target set by Dr. Toh - get at least 30 out of 35 questions correct for the first round!

Then we have English Remedial. Mrs Victoria didn't come, so Mr. Royston took over our class and we learned summary today. Why were we still learning this? I mean we were like learning those sec1 thing where you'll nidda summarise a paragraph into 80 words that kind of stuff...

Then we have a short break. YeeTeng and Camille asked me to buy ChinChao, so I buy three, and I make YeeTeng belanja me. Bad things came: after drinking finish the ChinChao for like 10 minutes, then I got stomachache. And what the hell sia, YeeTeng and Camille say I've got menstruation... It is like what larhz, I am a male la, not even a she-male, although my voice is irregular and therefore sometimes might change to female voice...

Later after English Remedial, I supposedly should be helping the NPCC to setup something at 1pm, so I had lunch with YeeTeng, Camille, SiShiong, EeOne, YewMeng and Rebecca at outside the school, somewhere near the ATM that we usually take our money from. Then I go back to school before I knew that I no need to help the NPCC liao. Walaueh. So I went back to hostel.

Next Monday is XGT finals. Got 6 performance: (if I'm not wrong) 2 magicians, 1 pianist and 3 singers. I just wish that this time don't screw up again because there are more eyes this time (because is during Morning Assembly marh). AVA is a service club which not only provide light and sound, but QUALITY light and sound. I truly hope that AVA (and other departments in Media Club) would try their very best to strive for this common goal. We can do it!YAYS!

Quality service. Smooth event. Audience enjoying the performance. This is our goal, and we must push ourselves towards it.

Today is Friday! Not a very good Friday though...

First thing in the morning after flagraising, mdm abey wanted to see us (scholars) again, and she repeated the same thing as yesterday, again. Just that she seemed to be talking more about the CCA part where she asked us to cut down our time on CCA. I think YeeTeng told her badminton teacher that she wanted to quit the CCA or something like that making her seeing us again. She also commented that me and Jntn spent too much time for CCA and missed A LOT of lessons. Rubbish!!! I usually missed only like 10-15 minutes for CE lesson due to Monday Assembly duty which was before CE, which I think was the reason that make her think we were missing lessons. I mean I rarely missed other lessons except for XGT duty, which is like only 4 times, each about 5 minutes only.

Anyway, later she dismissed me and Jntn and talked to YeeTeng personally. Until about 8.05am only they came back to class. Mdm Abey wanted to check our Englishfile, which nearly half of the class didn't brought it. All kena mdm Abey scolded until nearly towards the end of the lesson. Ke lian sia YeeTeng, kena double kill by mdm Abey, both the results and also forgetting to bring file to school.

After that we was supposed to have Chinese, which dunno why turned out to be CCM. Mr. Ang KY don't allow us to read novels/storybooks in class, which therefore I decided to go to the library, where I saw YeJohn, SiewLi and Henry. Later YeeTeng also came. Unexpectedly, mdm abey brought the 208 to the library to borrow books, firstly boys came in and borrow, later until the girls. It was like very funny sia, because mdm abey wanted them to be quiet in the library and they must show her what book they are borrowing before they proceed to the caunter. It ended up the teacher being speaking a lot louder than all students plus together. One pity boy kena scolded for being browsing to look for a book for too long. Walau, she suddenly saw me reading newspaper and asked me why I was there and I was like:" Now they got CCM and I no nid to attend." and she was like:" oh, no need to attend...". Dunno what she meant by saying this sentence.

So I finished Vampire Blood Triology by Darren Shan today and passed it on to EngLiang. XingJie said he's gonna bring the second book (in fact: book 4-6 three in one book) and lend me. 1am was Maths Olympiad, and after that I went to the Hall for the last part of XGT rehearsal. Then, CCA started.

Terrible for today's CCA. We were to setup in the Hall and Charissa, Chor Seng and Celine will be the "fake" performers. "FAKE" is really TOO fake - they really acted so dumb until no common sense - even a baby knows not to do that! To give some examples: Chor Seng keep on tapping and beating the wired microphone, and complained that it was way too soft when it is already loud enough, and he wanted rainbow colour for the lighting - what the hell did he want, I don't think he himself or even the professionals can make it due to the quality of our lighting console - he was like wanting the real rainbow colour to be appeared together from left to right = IMPOSSIBLE sia... Charissa was another one: She treated the walkie-talkie as a football, walkie-talkie earphone as her necklace, and she continuously and randomly and purposely stepping on the wire and wouldn't stop that when we warned her. She and Celine even nearly dropped the entire Mixing Console to the floor!!!

Haiz... Life. Is getting 10 A1s for O Levels our goal of life? Must be excel in all areas to be a scholar or a genius? These are to be pondered deeply and perspective-ly (meaning from different angles)!

Returning of other papers...

Today I'm getting my last three papers: Physics, Bio and D&T, and I had done quite badly in terms of comparing with others in my class, although my Bio marks was too unexpected (I thought I would have failed it, but it turned out to be 22/30).

Okays, so we have our Physics lesson after PE lesson, and our class were quite 'insane' today. We greeted Ms. Oh in Chinese, so we go:"oh 老师早安.", and she was like introducing her Chinese name:何惠娟, and I was like laughing quietly remembering zuyao calling her name as 伟强. Then, I received my Physics paper, which I got 18/30. Not so bad as compared to my CA1, but it is still not considered a good grade to squeeze myself into triple or even double science class. Anyway, Ms Oh also showed us all our sciences marks, and I got A1 for science (actually only got 75.8, nothing to be proud of). Together with my CA, I got A2.

After recess, we have English. Mdm Abey discussed with us the compre questions. Later, she asked me YeeTeng and Jonthn (all scholars from our class) to see her. She seemed to be very disappointed and angry with our results, which I felt very strange. She was like saying that we did very badly and our results are terrible, and we did not improve, really need to bark up, we need to read more English storybooks, too busy with CCA thing, more privileges than others (Singaporeans), we are scholar and therefore should be getting very good results, some Singaporeans are better than us, we must be good in all subjects and not just Maths and Science, some of our results are lower than the average score, she need to write a report and we may be sent back to Malaysia, the school had sent people back before as late as sec3 or 4, Singaporeans score badly but they will still be in Xinmin and in Singapore whereas if we did not score well our scholarship will be cancelled and we will be sent back home to Malaysia, and etc! What she expect sia? Scholar are not genius for all areas, but maybe only on certain areas! Genius usually were not good in all areas. Just take Albert Einstein as an example. He is good in Maths and Physics but not in the languages like Latin. In fact, For these two millenium, probably only Jesus and Leonardo Da Vinci can be considered as genius of all fields!

Anyways, Ms Wong hates our style of greeting her in Chinese, and she said she has no Chinese name (Huh?) Then we received our Bio paper. Last period was D&T (replacing ATS), and I got 38/50 for this paper. Actually I considered myself quite bad because I expected myself at least 85%.

Life is not for exam. Study is not for exam. An A1 for our learning attitude is much more important than our results. This was adapted by my Chinese teacher, Ms Tee. But don't know why many students are seeking exam as his/her main goal of life, and their teachers and parents are expected and extended the pressure to push them to the summit of the exam. Not everyone can reach the summit of the Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in this planet. BUt we can always try our best. Don't push ownself to the summit if you can't and just because you're kiasu poeple. We may not climbed to the summit of moutain, but we can also try swimming over the Pacific Ocean, and many more things in this whole wide world that we can do. Always remember: 勉强是没有幸福的！Try your very best, but never do things that you really can't do!

Exam Results Released...

Today, we received some of the results for our mid-year exams, which I don't really fill satisfied by them.

First is History. I get 75% (too unexpected, I thought I would have failed it) for it, but I feel very no face when I knew that 17 poeple in my class have their results better than me.

Next is E Maths, the only subject I expect a full mark for the paper. Unfortunately, I only got 97% (still the usual mistake: forgot to simplify the negative signs and stuff like that), which I felt not-so-good having myself aware that Willianto, the "High in Mathematics" awarder for last year and the first position in the whole level, got 99%! Oh no, I don't think I'll ever win him leh...

After that was Chemistry, which I did pretty well for it: I got 28 out of 30, though I'm not the highest in the whole level (someone called jianghui who should be in 205 got full marks. But in any case, it was unexpected that I reached this far).

After recess, Ms. Tee (Chinese teacher) walked in - she was back, from some course kind of thing. And I did my Chinese quite badly - being a student from a Chinese primary school in Malaysia, I should never reached this low, especially when there was essay helping to puul up my marks. I got 72.8%, A2 though, but I was not that satisfied - the target I set in the beginning of the year was 80%. Although Ms. Tee said that this exam was really challenging and that end-of-year exam won't be so difficult, I still don't feel too good. Also, I expected my essay to be at least 60 out of 70, which only turned out to be 55. Anyway, Ms. Tee set us an A1 target, which is: letter writing get 16/20, essay get 49/70 and 85/110 for compre.

Finally, English and Literature, which I also did badly. I got C5 for English and B3 for Lit, which I felt very sad - I should have got more for English, the passage was lot easier than last year. Report failed me terribly! I got 14/30. But my essay have some improvement - 22/30.

Overall, I think I have to a lot more harder, especially for my English.

After school we have MOE meeting with the MOE officer, adn later was CCA. CCA was not that good today. After PT session, there was training on setting up the wireless speaker. Me,Wallace and Chloe, were to teach 10 people including: Jingyi, KeanVoon, SongEn, Alisah, Ngee Kiat, Collins and some sec1s whom I can't really remember. It was terrible. I don't even know how to set everything up at first, which means I can't teach them (I can only train lighting console which I am most familiar with). But anyway, we tried our best to teach them on plucking those RCA into converter into bodypacks and free-end to amplifier and etc. Managed to move on our teaching towards the end, but Chloe kept on saying that she was not sure whether they really understand. You know, we taught until so luan, and some of them are those like unwilling and uninterested to learn things that kind of people... Urghh, no choice, Celine go and picked those people where most of them are like blur blur wan, and she don't allow us trainers to give hint that kind of things. And in the end, the system was "successfully" worked after many funny sounds coming out from the RCF and the help of others (people other than the chosen five).

Haiz, learned some new things through the process of training them anyway. And I was once again realising some things: teaching or training someone was not an easy job, and you really nidda be familiar with what you need to teach!

Last day of post-exam

Today is the last day of our post-exam activities before getting our results from the mid-year exam.

After the morning assembly, we (sec2s) have our interhouse games. Boys played handball in the parade square while girls went up to the Sports Hall to play... (Dunno what they play, probably captain's ball). ANd it was like so fun sia... Although I played until not-so-good.

We were seperated into three teams among our own houses, each teams have around nine to ten players. Then we started taking turns to play handball. My team played against Barracuda team for our first match, and we won 2-1. Second match was with Jaguar, and we were like losing until damn cham larhz... They got Jasper + Joshua + Yi Jie etc, and they almost own us like siao!... The last match was with Falcon, and they have three volleyball players (OH MY GOSH, our team no volleyball player), but they don't seem to trash us that much for dunno what reason. In the end, we have the same points as them. Our team did not get in to the 'final' round, so I didn't play already.

After recess, we were in class watching a video about animals. It was held by the ITO, and later (half way through the video) Mr Lee Foo Yong came int to tell us about this interesting thing called the Moddle, which our school also using it now. Say that it is very useful etc. Later, we continue watching the video till the end of it. Quite interesting.

Finally, two SLs came in and gave a survey about the post-exam activities, and then we do our own things. 1215 school ended.

Tommorow we'll be getting our results. Quite scared, scared of failing my history and did badly for my science - bio most probably fail, physics just pass, chemistry get about 22/30. OH God, I'm definitely not going to take combined science and combined humanity - I'm gonna create history if so - first scholar to take only 7 subjects for O levels, maybe 6, if my Chinese suddenly get B or C for next year's O level Express Chinese examination!

Hope nothing will went wrong - I need at least 9 subjects - my scholarship may be cancelled if I dare to get 7 subjects!

Today's SL EXCO election rally setup was totally a failure, which also contradicts to what I expect and wish.

First thing: I, as the In-Charge, was suppose to get the AVA Store key so that we can get our equipments to the canteen. I spent 15 minutes, from finding Mr Tang's tray to find Mr Tang, and finally I got the key from Dawn! 15 minutes unused is 15 minutes wasted, which already indicating the failing of my job. Then, unexpected, the sec3s were having their recess at about 10.05am.

Second thing: We didn't took some equipments which was needed (e.g. XLR short wire, 60meter roller etc) and we took certain things we don't need. Some seniors (Dawn, Celine etc) arrived shortly to help us (me, Thomas, Yong Kiat and Song En), and they were like laughing at us when they realised the equipments we brought were like some don't need and some didn't bring. I never really set up a canteen system (or whatever system such as outdoor system) without help from people like Chloe, Jonatan etc., somemore I'm the IC. So just now I've looked through almost the whole system and note down certain things that I never knew. (e.g. Mixer and RCF each needed a power cable to connect to the power to power them up etc) And I never wanna be a 滥竽充数 person in AVA again. I must lead someone, not lead by someone.

Anyway, that was the sad part of today. After that, it was still activities organised by the SLs. At first we're supposed to designed two part of the few part of Xinmin logo. Later (dunno why) become only few people doing designing that thing, others (including me) were playing Hangman (at first is Hangman, but later changed to guess-wrong-minus-points system) questioned by the SLs. Quite fun acutally, although I don't really know the answer for most of the questions. The guys keeping on spamming our marks. Its like actress also can guess until winnie the pool, dunno what's the link sia... To summarise this paragraph, it is quite fun and funny and this really diminish a lot of our stress accumilated before the exams.

I must work harder! In studies, CCA, friendship, Maths, etc. A lot more things to work hard and a lot more space to work on, and I'll try my best to achieve the best.

Quality sound

Today is somehow better than other day of the week (most probably because today no exam liao, unlike Mon to Thurs). Our post-exam activity today is our Cultural Camp. First I thought it would definitely be damn boring, and lucky Isaac wanna go Interhouse Game (which all sec3s have today) thus I replaced him for the lighting console until about 9.40. Then I joined my class. After recess, we're at the 202 classroom making something called the Bunga Mangga (impossible, I never heard of it during the pass 13 years of my life). Then at 11am, we're back to the hall which the most interesting part of the programme came. At first is only those taking Conversational Chinese performing, and they're quite "cute" for some part of it. Then came the bridegroom and the bride, which was Justin from our class and a girl from 204. Also, Dikir Barat performance by those taking Conversational Malay also make us laugh until like siao... Hahaz... And it was acutally quite interesting that they think of this "Malay wedding" as one of the main thing that we nidda know because you know, teenagers usually like to think of things beyond... And I think they're very smart in organising this attention-grabbing thing.

Today's CCA session was ... First time train people on the lighting console. I was quite humorous(at least that's what I think I am), trying to let them understand that board faster. Somehow I always forgot to teach them the Disco Lighting first before I taught them about the difference between scene 1-6 and 7-8, and for all the group (I think) I always forgot to teach them everything, and of course Isaac also reminded me (btw I was like the trainer and Isaac was the advisor). I never knew that to teach people something is so difficult.

Anyways, next Monday's SLB EXCO election thing I was In-charge (yays! first time be IC, excluding the Sports Day where I was only Logistic-In-Charge). Hope that the thing don't screw up, and must be as what our (ex-)president Zi Xuan said:" we as those who provide the sound, besides providing the sound, we must move one step furthur -- to provide quality sound!" Yes, I want this small event not only to be a not-screwed event (or unpunctual event), but nearly-perfect event.

And yes, we, as people who stand on this Earth, shouldn't only do something, but do something meaningful; not only somehing for ownself, but something for others who also stand on this planet.

Exam ended, CCA resume, SMO approaching

Hooraysss... Finally finish the last paper, and now mid-year exam is over!

D&T was quite badly done, probably the orthographic draeing will save me a little, but I almost cannot do Part B (although it only worth 10 marks). I only know the symbol representing battery and the switch, other three questions asking me the symbol of LED, resistance, and one more which I cant recall now, I nearly cracked my brain. Resistance maybe correct because I simply draw (of course not meaning draw a mickey mouse or whatsoever, but something that I barely remembered) and tyco get half correct (at least that is whatb I think because I think it is quite alike as compared to the actual ones). Orthographic still dont know whether I drew it correctly because I still cant really draw a nice front, end and plan (cant imagine it as 2d from a 3d shape).

Anyways, it is all over, and I don't know whether I can even squeeze myself into top 160 (not to mention top 100). DOn't think I can even get a double science, but I want it. I cannot take combined science and I don't want to take. It is like what teacher mentor will scold, kena CR and kind of stuff...

Good/bad news just arrived when I'm typing the 2nd paragraph -- CCA starts tommorow, and not next wednesday. Dawn, our AVA HOD, just sms-ed us. It is like tommorow is suppose to be a day for us to destress (no lesson but have post-exam activities) but it seems that... Okay, actually CCA resume earlier is also not that bad, at least have something to do and also more ppl, rather than just stay in the hostel alone, so sien...

Ouch! Just realised something, CCA resumed too fast will reduce my time of revising my Maths Olympiad. Actually there is something worse, holiday English remedial lessons starts from 1st of June, which is just one day before SMO, and the timing was... From 1st to 5th June, everyday 7.5hours, which is like OH MY GOSH damn long sia, and only English only, nothing else! Of course we have a break -- 45minutes break, but the day before SMO already swallow off my time by 8+ hours out of probably 13 hours of the whole day before I sleep? Terrible.

Exam ended, CCA resume, SMO approaching. Haiz, is this life? Something ending indicating the starting of another thing, and this routine never stop until the last beat of your heart... So, do something for this world, make this world more wonderful and colourful, this is life.

Listening Compre...

Today dunno go to school for what sia... It's like 7am reached school then 8.30am dismissed liao. Listening Compre was quite tricky, although sometimes the answer is so obvious that you don't need a second hesitation on which alphabet to shade, or to simply tembak. But still, there were some questions where I need to make a wise choice between two possible answers - which exactly was the radio 'talking' about. You know, it was like sometimes you didn't pay your fullest attention and you just missed it, and you still can't catch up when the radio 'repeat' the passage.

In the hostel, having almost nothing to do, I qiong finish 楚留香 the second book written by this author called 古龙. Actually sometimes feel that his book was terribly written (in fact, yes, hahaz) because some story plot was obviously not well-planned. But this series was fine. Among so many books that he had written (and that I've read), I felt that 李寻欢之风云第一刀 is the best book. Of course，there are some other books that are well written, and sometimes he can describe a character quite vividly. After all, 金庸、古龙 and 梁羽生 are all great 武侠小说家, they written their novels differently. (dunno howcome suddenly came to this topic)

Besides reading, I also do my Maths Olympiad questions, which sometimes cracked my brain... SMO approaching, must work harder, no choice.

Okay, so today I have my E Maths paper, and later on is the New South Wales Science competition. The Maths was like so damn waste time sia... Quite easy for Section A, but not that much for Section B. I was like stuck in question 9, a question of making something the subject, for like 15 minutes, which caused insufficient time for me to check through every single questions (left the last 6 question unchecked, which is a bad thing for such a careless person like me). The thing is, I kept on mixing up the g and the k, and thus I thought the question was somehow wrong.

Anyway, lucky I got that question done on time, which unfortunately bit off some of my time. Hope there is no careless mistake made for those question that I never had time to check.

Today, we are getting our Science CA1 marks, and I was like HOLY. I only got 63 point something, which was the third worse person in our class, which was unacceptable for me. Am I preparing to take combined science, I hope no. But my results were terrible, although my Maths might help a little.

After that, we have our science competition whic we nidda report at 10.45 am at 209 classroom. You know, we are human, a type of living things which need defaecation at some time of the day. It was so coincident that I cannot tahan and go to the toilet. Then, in the midst of releasing it out comfortably, then I suddenly look at my watch: OH MY GOSH, I should be waiting for the competition paper to be given out now, and not sitting here doing nothing except... Then I simply got it done, and rushed back to 209 classroom. Walau, it is like when I walked in the classroom XingJie was like "Eh, Jiak Ba Mui" and i was like: err... I didn't even having something into my stomach, but ironically, having sonething coming out from my stomach, and I was laughing in my brain.

The Science paper, I have no comment about the hardness or the softness regarding the question. Front was easy then suddenly hard, then suddenly can do, then suddenly stuck... , and the story goes on. Imagine it in a graph. Irregular Curve.

Anyway, tommorow is Chinese Listening Compre. Nothing to worry, and basically nothing to study. So, just have to relax. Walau, XingJie no need to go to school AGAIN.

Endless exams, endless competition, endless trail, whether in paper or in real world. These are something which formed a word -- LIFE. With endless challenges and endless surprise.

Exams, competitions... Haiz, life.

At hostel so damn sien sia. What I mean is that everything seems to be repeating over and over again, without something new. Olympiad Maths, reading storybook, practising 'the pass' and other magic tricks. Even wanting to write a Chinese Compo also very hard -- can't really think of a good title or theme to write about.

Next Tuesday is E Maths exam, and after that there is the New South Wales Science Competition, which I also don't know why I take part. Only get a certificate of Credit for last year's competition, which is also the first year that I took the Science paper. Hope this year can at least get a Distinction award, if not what for do I pay S$8.60 man?!

SMO is 23 days later. Really have to qiong figuring everything out. Dr. Toh expect me to get at least 30 out of 35 questions correct, which I asked myself: is it possible? I have not much confidence of it because last year's competition was so easy but I only managed to tackle 26 questions, and something in my brain told me that this year's competition is going to be very very challenging and tricky. In fact, after the last year's competition , I realised that I have careless mistake for 7 questions. I was like WHAT A WASTE sia... If I got those careless mistake oall correct then at least I can get 33 out of 35 leh.

Haiz, exams and competitions are always popping out from nowhere waiting for us. Life, it is full of challenge.

SMO approaching...

Sienzzzz... Nothing to do except for some olympiad Maths question, which I can't do for most of them. My Geometry was terrible, and I only managed to do one sub-question for the worksheet that Dr. Toh gave me like two three months ago. I only can remember the first few like Ptolemy's Theorem, Ceva's Theorem and Menalaus' Theorem, but I kept on mixing up the 2nd and 3rd theorem. Others like Feurbach Theorem, Pascal Theorem and even Stewart's Theorem can't even fit themselves properly into my brain. My Number Theory was somewhat better than my Geometry, but it still took me dozens of hours to complete only about 40+ questions out of the 170 questions, and I was like 'OH MY GOSH it so damn hard'. Really can't imagine when it came to next year where all Trigo and Function and Logarithm kind of questions are coming out in SMO.

SMO is approaching, and i've to work harder in order to be top 30 of the whole of Singapore for this year. Hope I can do it. If not next year it's gonna be even difficult...

Last day of Exam for this week...

Today I have my English Literature paper, and I dunno what to say about it. It was... Terrible.

We have "The Merlion" and qustions about Animal Farm of course. Both questions I only used one paper each, and it seemed to be considered as terribly, crazily and desperately short. No confidence for this paper...

Anyway, next week was soooooo free sia. We only have E Maths, Chinese Listening Compre and D&T. Maths and LC have got almost nothing to study, D&T was just some SCAMPER kind of stuff, basically more on creativity, not much of studying "死书". Some more we no need to go to school on Monday coz Vesak Day tommorow and Monday has got it replaced (or somethig like that, I dunno, and I dun care). Thus next week was quite a not-so-stress week.

Just now got nothing to do, then hand feeling very itchy and play with ChinYue's mouse (The mouse for you to use the computer, not an animal), and I accidentally pull until too hard, then the wire cannot roll back. At that moment, I was like OH MY GOSH, ChinYue is gonna kill me. Then try to fix it, but still make the wire got mixed up, and cannot fix back. Oh no, I'm preparing to die.

Then Henry came, and when he knew it, he asked me to prepare to die, coz he also dunno how to fixed it back. My heart was like those smoke particles, bouncing and colliding with my inner body randomly (but not constantly) and irregularly...

Hallelujah, Nicholas finally balik, and I asked him to help me fixed it before ChinYue knew anything. For 15 minutes he pull and roll, pull and roll, and finally, he risked (or did he not? I dunno and I don't wanna know) and pull the qhole wire straight, and the diaozzz thing happen --- the wire rolled itself back nicely and entirely. At that point of time, Nicholas was like err... spent so much time squizzing his brain to think of how to fix something which can be fixed in like 3.14 seconds. I was even diao-er, spent so much time being in a petrified mood worrying about something which I thought was a big thing (coz the mouse coz quite some ten dollars) which turn out to be nothing big! Urghh. I thought today is one of my Black Friday, which turn out to be not, feel very zha dao to myself.

After Mid-Year, I have to qiong practising my SMO. This year must get into top 30, and not just a gold award only, will feel very shameful wan like that. And probably after SMO, I have to research on topic for next year's Singapore Mathematical Project Festival thing, and its gonna swallow my time again. And the worst thing better don't happen to me again --- 83.14% of the project to be "assigned" to me again. Must be fair what, 3 people then each do 33.33% 4 people then each do 25% larr... Hope nothing like that will happen for this year/ next year.

Haiz, life. It always sprints so fast that years have passed just the moment you blink yur eyes and look back. Live in this world is not about leaving this world just like that, it is about leaving something memorable before you leave this world..... I don't know what am I talking, probably just some crap...

Science Paper today...

Today, I have Science paper.

We have 1 hour and 45 minutes for all three papers, and I decided to do Chemistry first since I felt that it is the easiest one, and yes, it was. It was basically some chemical balancing and changes, and was considered not hard, most probably can get 24 out of 30 (err.. is this even a good mark for me?).

Next paper was where all nightmares appeared. I did Bio since I've been studying a lot of enzymes and food test etc., and I was like OH MY GOSH, it was damn difficult, especially the last part which is the databased-questions. I mean I never learned nor even knew what is the function of lactase. Thus, for Bio, I'm preparing to fail it.

Finally, I did Physics, the MCQs and structured questions were quite okay, but when it came to the free response question, I was stunned. Although I've been told that specific heat capacity would be tested, but still I did not expect such a difficult question(s) to come out. I think I will at most score 3 marks for this section. So, Physics was somehow equally difficult as compared to Bio, but I should be able to pass.

Tommorow I have English Literature Exam. Sienzz... Need to study Animal Farm and two poems -- "Ulysseus by the Merlion" and "The Merlion". Feel very boring, need to memorise sooooooo many things sia. Themes, Allusions, and I dunno why are these things so complicated...

Anyway, next week only got three exams. Hoooray! Maths and Mother Tongue Listening compre no need to worry. For D&T... Just study whatever I can then okay liao...

Exam, Stress Producer.

History: prepare to fail... English: still dunno...

Today is History and English Paper 2. And its terrible...

First is History. Forget how to do assertion for SBQ. But that's not the main problem. The worse thing is that I dunno how to do SEQ, both causal and judgement, and even if know how to do, there is not much time left -- I spent too much time for SBQ. Urghh, I think I'm gonna fail it man...

Next is English Compre, still the same as usual -- compre questions was okay, at least the pasage was not as difficult as last year's end-of-year exam, so hard that I didn't even understand the question. Then the vocab was as hard as ever for me, I usually score 0 or 1 marks out of 5 marks for this section. Summary, err... no comment, not easy but not hard either.

Tommorow is Sience, one paper only. Chem: Should be Okay, Physics: err, prepare to fail, Bio: between okay okay and prepare to fail. So, I'd better study now... Still thinking of villi and bile. Hahaz...

CHinese Papers today... And it was terrible...

Taking Chinese Paper 1 and 2 today.

Paper 1 was still okay, did the formal letter and a personal recount for essay. If I didn't write out of point, I should be able to get at least 60 out of 90.

Paper 2 was terrible. It was like 314 times more difficult than what we usually have for our tests. I thought I could save myself by getting a good grade for my SA1 (coz I CA1 only get A2, which is a disgrace to me), but it seems that I'm gonna get an even more terrible and horrible results... Probaby a B4 or a C5, or will it be worse...

Anyways, I have to really prepare for tommorow's History and English Paper 2. My SBQ was still okay, but my SEQ was like... urghh, I failed casual SEQ (it was supposed to be a fail but Mr. Tan save us). And for English compre, it is worse, and I dunno how to save myself... Just do whatever I can do, and enjoy life.

First Day of Exam - English Language Paper 1

Today is the first day of my exam. English Paper 1. Dunno whether can even pass. I did the Report writing first,which is section 2, and the thing is i dunno what's the meaning of 'assault' before this exam ended. Urghhh... I guessed that the meaning is something to do with fighting, but I still didn't guessed exactly what the meaning shoud be. I asked my friends, and they said i'm correct. But when I asked another friend, he said it should be one group fighting over another group, which I thought was both group fighting with each other. I wonder if i can pass this section.

For section 1, it was probably worse. I chose the 4th question at first, but I was stuck halfway through my essay because I didnt plan properly. Then, I was forced to change to question 3. At that time , I was left with 45 minutes, which is definitely not enough time for me to complete an essay. Thus, I had no choice but to "qiong' my essay and fortuately considered a completed essay for whatever I had written, but it seemed that the conclusion was too simply done (I only left with 3 minutes for my conclusion). By the time our teacher said "time's up", my hands were very 'suan'.

Tommorow is both Paper 1 and 2 of my Higher Chinese. Oh yessss, finally have an oppotunity to write a chinese essay. Just hope that I don't write out of point. And also, I'm not that good at comprehension and letter writing. I hope that I can just do well enough to earned my A1.

mid-year approaching...SMO waiting...

Finally started to revise for my mid-year. Revising all sciences, which I find them somehow cannot fit into my brain. Chemistry was still okay, only need to know those chemical change and chemical balancing, not much of difficulty. But for Physics and Bio, I really got headache while forcing them into my brain! Urghh!

Yesterday night, I spent 135 minutes doing the Zebra Puzzle, a well-known logic puzzle invented by Albert Einstein which only 2% of the world population could solve it. It is really hard solving it, which almost cracked my brain. But I am so exult when I solved the puzzle. I am one of the 2%!

I've plan properly on everything that need to be revised for SMO. I really hope to achieve a top-30 ranking instead of just getting a Gold Award. It 'll be even more difficult when I go to Senior and Open Section!