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Friday, July 31, 2009
chasing after time /5:41 PM
Gosh. I have so many things to do. I can't even spare the time to list all my homework down. seems like it's gonna be a really busy weekend for me. Plus I need to do my revision and prepare for the Economics case study test next week. Agh.
Anyway, coming to class is like reliving Harper's Island. It's like waiting to see who is the next hapless victim to get axed (i.e. to catch the fever / flu / cough bug and not come to school). LOL.
Miss Chuah: "The world is like this. We always have to guess what people want. We guess what the examiners want, what the teachers want, what parents want etc." Sham: "Why don't people guess what I want?!"
QingYu: "Hey Li Wei!" Sham: "WHAT?!" QingYu: "Haha, nothing. I just like your Chinese name." Sham: "Ok, whatever." QingYu: (jokingly) "Shut up la, Li Wei." Sham: (sarcastically) "Wow. I'm so scared. You said my name."
Me: "Lol. I can see both your cousins within 100m of you." Zhi Wei: "Yaaaa... Agh. Why are they so smart? So annoying..." Pei Khee and me: (in unison) "Why are YOU so smart?!" Zhi Wei: (silence)
LOL. Ok, back to work.
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
a hygiene message /2:07 PM
Haha I know this is abit late, but I really loved this video. Hahaha. XD I think it would be cuter if the Wonder Girls actually sang it LOL.
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coughing chorale /1:36 PM
I swear most of the school population has already caught the bug for fever / flu / cough. It almost seems like this is some whole new trend everyone is trying to follow, just like the Dickey school bags. Almost everywhere I go there's someone coughing away in pain or misery or whatever you call it.
Our class is exceptional. We can form a coughing chorale and create a coughing symphony of our own. We were all taking turns to dish out our share of coughs in alternating pattern during lessons today. I bet our GP tutor was so freaked out by it. There wasn't a full minute without a cough. Yes, that's how bad it is in our class. STAY AWAY FROM 09A03B! LOL.
Anyway, there was this random survey-of-the-year thing again that we had to do in the morning. Agh. 4 surveys, out of which 1 was super long and apparently only the former students from the male and female secondary divisions of our institution had to do. 100 pages OMG. And there was an internal server error at the end of it. Luckily it was only temporary, if not I WILL KILL SOMETHING IF I HAD TO RE-DO THE 100 PAGES LONG SURVEY.
Joanne: (to Pei Khee) "Thank god you lost your voice. It's so much quieter now." Pei Khee:--cannot whine simply because she lost her voice-- Me: "Haha. Yes, Pei Khee lost like one octave of her voice already." Felicia: "So we shall now all speak like this, so that we'll all sound like Pei Khee. (switches to low-pitch) Hi Pei Khee."
Felicia: (during Physical Geography class) "So what happens in the underwater world?" Miss Wong: "Huh?" Felicia: "In the ocean. Won't the fish get displaced by the rising and falling of sea levels and the strong counter-current?" Sham: (whispers to me) "Ohh... I thought she meant the one in Sentosa."
HAHAHA. I will look back at all these conversations 10 years from now and have a good laugh. I need more of these.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
knocks you down /3:01 PM
I'm much better already, except for the irritating feeling in my nose still. I still have a little bit of a flu, which I'm hoping will go away soon. Gosh, the bug is really spreading to everyone... Nowadays, there's sniffing in every corner of the class.
Anyway, I really am grateful to my mum, who is ever so attentive to me whenever I'm sick, especially over the past few weeks with the dengue fever and all. I really don't know how I'll be able to manage without her. I should learn to restrict my temper at times too. Oh well...
Everyone's in some sort of trance now mugging their asses off. It's pretty scary, until I realize I'm actually doing the same thing as well. It's do or die man. THIS IS IT.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
you got my temperature rising like el nino /4:30 PM
Our class is falling sick one person at a time. Just yesterday, 5 people (including me) were absent from school due to fever / flu / cough. On sunday night, I knew something was wrong when I was feeling exceptionally tired and a bit heated up inside. True enough, I woke up yesterday to a fever of 37.9. Agh. My second fever after my epic dengue fever incident. Damn. I have a strange affinity with fevers.
Anyway, many others in our class have caught it too. Me, Katrina, Pei Khee, Jing Han and Xin Ran, and now possibly Jun Ming. Joanne and QingYu have already recovered from theirs, while the rest of us, or at least me, are still dying. Gosh. I really hate the muscle aches and all that come with fever. And yes, the medicine too. The drowsiness from some of the medicine is really getting to me and hitting me real hard. I felt so sleepy in my classes today. My eyelids were just so heavy I could fall asleep probably while walking.
There's something wrong with this school. Everyone seems to falling sick and it's not just a few people who are down with illnesses. It's like the entire school or something. Crazy stuff.
Anyway, I can't blog any further. My eyes are shutting on me and my nose is gonna fall off anytime soon with all the itch and fluid. I don't know what I'll do without my windbreaker now.
I hope I'll recover soon, as well as the rest of the class. Being sick sucks.
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Friday, July 24, 2009
trailers for upcoming movies i wanna watch! /4:18 PM
Oh gosh... Freaky little girl goes on a massacre. I think I might watch this haha. If time permits though...
At least this Singaporean film looks promising, with dark humour. I might actually consider watching this. Again, if I have the time...
Many big names in here... Looks kinda dark and creep though... And OMG the lighthouse on Shutter Island looks like the one on Harper's Island. LOL.
This looks like a new slasher flick in Mandarin. LOL. Looks promising, so I hope it won't disappoint me. Haha.
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every end is a new beginning /3:34 PM
Qingyu:--enters the classroom late for civics-- "Ehh so he (our civics tutor) isn't here ahh?" (silence) Qingyu:--lets out a shriek upon realizing that our civics tutor is standing at the back of the classroom and has heard all that she said--
Haha, and that was the anecdote of the day.
Lol, for some reason, I've suddenly become Pei Khee's Japanese teacher since a few days ago. That means I'll be teaching her at least 1 Japanese word everyday. Haha. Not bad la, at least she has the potential for learning languages. Haha. My new obsessions is with Korean. Sounds so cool! Haha. And besides I can pick up some words from all the Korean dramas I've been watching...
And oh gosh, the topic for this term's GP is philosophy and history... *sigh* It's a hard topic, especially since I didn't do really well for philosophy when we were forced to take it as an examination subject for four years in secondary school. All the questions like "How do you know you know when you say you know?" or "How do you justify that the sun will always rise tomorrow?"All the intellectual content that a non-intellectual being like me struggled so much to grasp. Haiz.
And lol, somehow GP lesson turned into a discussion between me, Zhi Wei and Pei Khee about, umm, make-up. HAHA. In fact, it is ironic that Pei Khee was asking me questions like how to put on eyeliner and eye shadow etc when I'm the guy here. Thanks to Street Dance though for the fact that I've had so much experience with make-up. Heh.
End of week 4. Just a few more weeks to Prelims. So much to do and so little time. *sigh*
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
harder, better, faster, stronger /4:59 PM
My body is aching from the 650 dumbbell raises yesterday. Agh. >.< I woke up today and was hit by this immense ache all over. Scary... But this is for betterment, so I shan't complain.
And yes, I'm going to lay out my study plan from now till Prelims, which includes doing essays upon essays and major revising and summarizing and memorizing. Hard work, but I will do it.
Oh gosh, I can't believe Zhi Wei and Sham were trapped in the lift today. LOL. Upon hearing that, Pei Khee let out a huge shriek (as usual LOL) and the whole class was camping outside the lift, despite the relief Maths teacher being in class already. It was kinda funny though, knowing that Sham would most probably rant on about how she was trapped in the lift and all. HAHA. Still, they managed to get out within 20 minutes, but not after being the 'highlight' for those on the ground floor who could see what was going on in the lift under the surveillance cameras.
Me: "So how was the experience like being trapped in the lift?" Sham: "Agh. It was horrible. I was so hungry I could just starve to death inside." Me:--laughs-- "Yes, I can totally picture you in the lift making a huge fuss about it." Sham: "I would have climbed out of the lift by opening that ventilator atop the life and climb down the elevator shaft. Like some action film." Me:--laughs even more--
Oh yes, my first topic for Japanese coursework got rejected. Damn.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
everyone needs a little help now and then /4:49 PM
I've put back seeking help from my civics tutor on many occasions. One, I was a little afraid. Two, I didn't want to trouble my civics tutor, who probably already has a thousand other things on her busy schedule. Three, I thought I could resolve it myself, given time. BIG MISTAKE. I can't believe how foolish I've actually been.
It does help to speak out about my problems to someone. Someone other than friends. It feels different for one, and I know that I'm most probably getting a more objective response. I'm really grateful to my civics tutor for taking time off her busy schedule to just sit down, listen to my problems and give me some advice. Thank you so much... You really do make my day brighten up amidst the ever-present dark clouds. :)
I think I really lack confidence. I've never really been confident of my abilities, as the results do not show most of the time. It's a vicious cycle, and my confidence level goes down each time. And yes, I'm very much a worrier. I worry too much about things at times, so much that it affects almost everything I do.
But what my civics tutor said was true. I should not let anything affect my confidence. When I'm sitting for exams, it is not wise to set an expectation and keep harping on that expectation throughout the paper. It does reflect on the quality of work produced someway or another. Instead, the way to approach an exam would be to look at the question, understand all the requirements of the question and proceed to tackle the questions one at a time. Once the time limit is up for one question, move on. In addition, the trick would be to answer the questions like they were just questions normally asked in class.
And apparently, it would take a really screwed up person to screw up the 'A' Levels, according to what my civics tutor observed over the past years. I'm really glad that my civics tutor does have confidence in me doing reasonably well for Prelims and 'A' Levels.
Yes, I guess the only way now is through sheer hard work and loads of practices. I can't let everyone who has confidence in me down. Most importantly, I can't let myself down. Think positive.
I'm sharing this because I want readers of my blog to take this away with them too.
I WILL WORK HARD. JIAYOU ISAAC!
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the moment of truth /4:49 PM
I've procrastinated it for at least a week. I saw this doomsday coming. It was only a matter of time, and I've tried my best to push it back as far as possible. But in order not to arouse any suspicions, I finally showed my parents my grades for this CTs on tuesday.
No prizes for guessing how they reacted upon seeing the marks. Or rather, the lack of it. My mum was pissed of course. I was expecting my dad to erupt into a fury, but he didn't really get pissed. Instead, he sorta gave up on me. And I agree. There isn't really anything I've achieved from my 6 years in this institution. I've failed countless times. My grades have slipped beyond decency. In fact, I don't even believe these are the grades I'm getting. Then again, maybe it's easier to believe so.
Entering a university seems more ambitious as the days go by. Students with straight As already have difficulty getting into universities, let alone someone like me with atrocious grades. As much as they may say grades don't always matter, grades actually do matter. In fact, it is often the first criteria to getting many other things. There's no denying it. It's hard not to look at grades. Just like how it's hard not to judge many things based on first impressions or physical appeal. Ideals never get materialized. Never. That's the harsh fact of life.
I need to make that miracle happen, but I really don't know how. I do know for one that I will stop all Facebook games and quizzes that always distract me from my studies, and cut down on music intake as that distracts me too. Yes. NO MORE FACEBOOK GAMES AND QUIZZES, ISAAC. These are just silly distractions. You can do without them.
I have no idea how much all these 'measures' will help. I knew it was hard to get good grades; I never knew it would be this hard.
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this girl is stuck on my elevator /4:49 PM
--lift doors open-- --everyone steps in-- --Winnie, Suzanne and Audrey try to fit in-- --lift doors remain open-- --Winnie, Suzanne and Audrey decide to step out-- --lift doors still won't close-- Vincent: (to the girl controlling the lift buttons) "Wrong button!" --everyone foams and dies laughing--
Oh gosh. That girl was pressing the 'Doors Open' button the whole time and didn't even realize it! LOL. That is something memorable indeed. I would be so embarrassed if I were her.
Anyway, for once the entire year (if I remember correctly), our Economics tutor wasn't here, so we got the first period off on monday. I was kinda relieved, not for the fact that there was no Economics tutorial, but I had to save my stomach.
Oh yes, I do have a funny bone for funny accents and mispronounced words. LOL.
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the magical touch /4:14 PM
It isn't as bad as some people depict it to be, but it isn't good like how many die-hard fans paint it to be. It was pretty mediocre in fact, and I know saying this would make several die-hard fans around the world kill me or something. But really, comparatively, this movie does not stand out.
Yes, I watched the sixth instalment -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince -- on sunday with my mum. By the way, did I say that my mum was really excited to watch it when she saw the trailer on TV one day? Haha... Yes. In fact, I've heard many stories about their mums initiating a movie outing to watch Harry Potter as well. LOL. That made me one of the 'early birds' to catch it within the first week of release.
Okay, before I go into how the movie was, I need to say something....
OMGOMGOMG!!! They screened the trailer for The Final Destination (i.e. Final Destination 4) in the cinema! :D Okay, it's not like I haven't watched it some 50+ times already. but it's a total different experience watching it on the big screen! I was so excited that I sat up straight in my seat RIGHT AWAY! Haha. I was really hoping that they'll show it in the cinema but I sorta gave up hope since Harry Potter was a PG show after all and the entire cinema was filled with little kids. Their parents would most probably complain about how cinema operators should not be showing such trailers before a PG show. In addition, they've always been screening trailers of the same genre of the actual movie, so yea...
Of course, there was this parent behind me going 'tsktsk' upon seeing the trailer. I know exactly what he's thinking. He probably thinks it's just another slasher flick in which hapless victims die off in different ways and probably doesn't understand why hot-blooded teens are so keen on watching it. Whatever. He doesn't understand the art of a good franchise. Tsk. Haha. I'm glad I watched it at least once in the cinema.
Enough obsession. Anyway, I loved the special effects in Harry Potter, especially in the opening scene where we are viewing the movie in the eyes of the Death Eaters while flying through the streets of London. And yes, the opening scene alone has set the mood for the rest of the movie. Each instalment gets increasingly darker, and the number of kissing scenes increases too. In fact, it seemed like a total teen drama in certain parts of the movie more than it was about the half-blood prince. For those who don't read the book (e.g. me), it gets kinda confusing since the theme surrounding the half-blood prince wasn't even addressed that evidently. Yes, drifting away from the main plot too much can be bad and this instalment falls into this trap.
By the way, Rupert Grint is totally hilarious. His face alone cracks everyone up, let alone his goofy antics and silly lines. And Tom Felton's acting has improved alot, which probably comes with the taking on of a more significant role as well. Of course, this give girls one more excuse to drool over Tom Felton. Not as if the girls in our class haven't already. -cue for Joanne, Jing Han and Pei Khee to scream-
Yes, I need to do my part too. Emma Watson is HOT HOT HOT! :D Hahahaha. She has blossomed into such a beauty and even secured herself a Burberry deal... Cool.
Did I tell you that City Hall seems to be the place for hanging out for our school people on sunday? I saw at least 10 different groups of people, but I reckon the especially high volume that day was due to the university convention at Suntec City. Still, it almost felt like being back in school with all the familiar faces. Save for the lack of uniforms.
Haiz. I wish magical powers like that of Harry Potter were real. That way I'll probably be able to deal with sticky situations better, Like bad grades... *sigh*
But it's not like I would have the magical touch anyway. I just broke a glass cup today. Damn my butter fingers. I can't believe the number of things that have been destroyed in my hands.
Still, I NEED to flick that magic wand.
Movie posters for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince:
Emma Watsons' Burberry ads (SO HOT!):
Tom Felton (for Pei Khee's, Jing Han's and Joanne's sake):
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Monday, July 20, 2009
pocketful of sunshine /4:39 PM
Hmm... When I watch movies, I really do watch all of them at one go. And then arrives this period of stagnation when I'll be so busy settling and trying to tie up loose ends to my work, hence no movies... Then, it's back to the whole movie marathon again. LOL.
I went out with Zhi Wei on saturday, after such a long while. Thank god for the outing that pretty much turned out to be a good stress reliever. Anyway, we were out at Plaza Singapura, simply for the fact that the movie Sunshine Cleaning wasn't screened anywhere else in town except in Plaza Singapura. The queue didn't turn out to be as long as I had expected it to be, since it's the third day of the release of the sixth instalment of Harry Potter. Okay, partly because I was there early too.
Sunshine Cleaning was really good! Okay, so it wasn't the type that leaves your jaws wide open or the one to win big at movie awards, but it was still good. I have to admit though, that when I first watched the trailer, I thought that this movie might go along the brinks of becoming an artsy-artsy sorta film. But nope, it went a little more commercial and that did make it better and more entertaining. In other words, I love it. I love the way in which the story is thought out and then depicted in a movie.
It's basically a story about two sisters going into this business of cleaning up the remnants of crime scenes so as to earn a stable income to support their family. Of course, misadventures follow and the sisters' relationship strengthens in the end. But it's not just the typical movie you watch anywhere else. There's something in this movie that appeals to you. It brings out that 'sunshine' that is in its title. It is a sad tale, but told with wit and humour (sometimes dark). It breaks out of convention and is indeed strong on characterization, which makes relating to these characters easier. And there is a side plot in the movie too, where one sister tries to locate the daughter of someone who passed away.
Okay, I'm starting to sound like a movie critic, which I happen to want to be anyway since a few years back. Haha... :D Anyway, I didn't really get the NC16 rating though since there weren't exactly an influx of coarse language and drug references.
Talking about film ratings, yes, here's an account of how stupid I can get sometimes... And how irritating people at the counter can be too. Agh.
Me: "Hi can I have 2 tickets to Sunshine Cleaning at 11.50am?"
Cashier: "How old is your friend?"
Me: "16!" (I blurted out 16 for some reason even though I meant to say 18... -.- What was I thinking?)
Cashier: "You sure your friend is 16? Why don't you and your friend come back later (and wait forever to be served again) 'cos I need to check both your ICs?"
Me: "Why don't you just check it where we enter the cinema? And yes, my friend is 16." (DUH do you think I would re-queue again just to get the tickets?!)
Cashier: "You sure your friend is 16? 'Cos there are no refunds for tickets and you cannot exchange the tickets for another movie."
Me: "YES! I said that already."
Sucks. If I get checked for my age for NC16 films, haiz... You get what I mean.
Movie poster and screen shots from Sunshine Cleaning:
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Friday, July 17, 2009
careless tendencies /3:34 PM
Zhi Wei: "Should I buy this bear (for birthday present)?" Me: "Ok, it looks cute." Zhi Wei: "Cute right!" --grabs the bear from the shelf and accidentally knocks another bear off-- "Ahh!" --screams and in the midst of trying to catch the falling bear, whacks the falling bear with her hand some 2.5m across the shop-- Me: --goes into a laughing fit--
Sham: "WHERE"S MY DISINFECTANT?!" Me: "I don't know." Sham: "Damn. Now I won't be germ-free."
Pei Khee: "I look so ugly in the class photo!" --whines-- Me: "No la, where got ugly sia?" Pei Khee: "Aiyah, I order all 3 photos also. Help me tick lei. But then I look so ugly!" Mr Kamal: "Yes. I look so ugly in all the photos this time round." Pei Khee: "Ya lor, so ugly! (referring to herself)" Mr Kamal: (jokingly) "Shut up! (thinking that her comment was referring to him)" Pei Khee: --whines devastatedly--
LOL. It's funny how silly and hilarious some people can be. HAHAHA... :D I got into 3 laughing fits within a span of 2 days! Lol. Okay, maybe more than 3. Lol. Anyway, someone should keep a counter on her blog or something, so as to record the number of times she dropped something in a day, E.g. at the end of the blog entry, write something like "I dropped n number of things today!" HAHAHA. LMAO. Sorry. But it's so funny. And cute. Hurhur.
I think laughter is a really good medicine. I feel better. For now at least, before the doomsday when I show my dad my results. AGH. >.<
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
Sunshine Cleaning trailer /3:17 PM
This looks good! Haha I think I'm gonna watch it! :D
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these tears i shed /2:27 PM
Damn it. I just passed my GP essay. And I only managed to dig out 1 more mark from my comprehension, which doesn't make a difference in my grade. I need 2 and a half marks to jump a grade. This sucks. I hate the grading system. Just a mark or two away and you're in a whole different grade range.
But anyway, I really appreciate my GP tutor trying to help me get a few more marks when he asked for my paper to see if he could add any more additional marks. That is ONE OF THE NICEST THINGS I'VE HAD IN MY LIFE! :) Thank you... :) -touched-
Oh yes, and by the way, I BROKE MY RECORD FOR THE VOCABULARY SECTION IN THE GP COMPREHENSION! 4 upon 5! OMG so cool right? Haha. And anyway, I can't believe I got 13 upon 15 for my language! ARE YOU SERIOUS? Lol. Such a huge contrast to my GP essay anyway. Sucks.
Anyway, why in the world are the GP, Economics and Human Geography Prelims on Week 10 THIS TERM?! Ag. They are out to kill us honestly... I don't want to die anymore. Really. I've died enough to make my life 'fulfilling'.
I came across something really true yesterday in the Korean drama I was watching. Everytime I lose, I start to see the people around me even more clearly. And only then will I realize I'm not the only one fighting the battle. And I cannot handle everything myself, no matter how much I try.
I almost cried at several of the scenes coming from different Korean dramas. *sigh* I'm really sensitive these few days, mainly because of my grades I think. I cried myself to sleep 2 days back. I've done this so often that it has become a routine. I wish I don't have to do this anymore. Sometimes I really feel like giving up, but I know I can't. Sometimes I really don't believe myself, no matter how good friends will comfort you by saying everyone is good in their own aspects. Yeah, that's what I always say to my friends too when they're upset. But I never really took the advice myself. Yes, I live these ironies all the time.
On a side note, I think you should really catch 2 of the Korean dramas that I'm currently watching on KBS World channel on cable TV. They're really great and hilarious at times.
"The Accidental Couple":
"Hello, God!":
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
freeze-thaw action /2:36 PM
Somehow rubbing my hands and jumping around in my chair doesn't help. It's FREEZING COLD in the computer lab. I have no idea why they like to set temperatures so low in a room that's sometimes barely occupied by anyone. Doesn't it cost alot for electricity bills? *brrr* I'm freezing my ass off, so I'll make this fast.
Anyway, I'm really scared. I don't know what my father will do to me this time round. It's like a routine I have to do every 3 months -- confess about my ever so sucky results. And then comes hell. Fuck. I hate this.
Okay, stop, my teeth is chattering non-stop right now, so you can imagine how cold I am right now, so I'll speed up my typing.
Oh yes, today saw a very interesting and hilarious conversation between Sham and Pei Khee. Hahaha. XD Apparently, for some reason, Sham was so interested about what Pei Khee does for all her music tests and was bugging her the whole morning finding out about symphonies, recitals, compositions what not. LOL. And of course, there was the part when Sham uttered something like "random spurts of pee", which almost made me fall off my chair in laughter. Don't ask. I shan't elaborate. Lol.
Okay, I seriously have to go. It's freaking cold in here and my ass would be stuck to the chair in ice soon. Besides, I need to vent. Somehow. And of course, think about what I should do to get myself mentally prepared for some drilling.
Shit. My life sucks.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
already gone /2:14 PM
Really. I should just quit school. With the grades I'm continually getting, I won't even qualify for a university.
I have no idea what that whole thing about the 1 mark for question 1 in the Economics paper is about, but it makes a huge difference because I WILL JUMP A GRADE. I desperately need that 1 mark. Sucks. Economics has never given me a reason to like it. I haven't passed a single test in Economics before. I don't see how I can do that in the Prelims or 'A' Levels. Honestly. Despite all the talk about going on the miracle curve. Yeah, I'm on it, but downwards.
Trust me when I say bad things hit you all at one go. I got back my Maths CT paper too. I passed, but it was just a scrape pass. Not like my father would care that half the population in school probably died pretty badly also. I would just die in his hands. Fuck. Now I really don't want to show him my CT papers. Not like I ever did wanted. He always kills me for my grades, and I know it's weird for me to say this, but yes, I agree that he has sufficient reason to kill me.
I guess the best part about today was GP CT paper, which wasn't too badly done. At least for the comprehension because that is what we got back. It was a B, so I'm in no league to complain or anything. But anyway, it was funny to hear about this 'fight' between Sham and Daniel to get the top for GP in class. Of course, Sham the GP queen managed to retain her position, without much effort too.
I really don't know what to do now. The sight of my father would just make me even more emo than I've already been the whole of today. I wish I could do something to make my life better, or at least my grades. I really CANNOT keep failing Economics. But I don't know what to do to NOT fail.
I need to vent. Seriously. Stabbing the plastic plate with my chopsticks didn't really help. I need to vent out somewhere else. I'm so sick of failing everything. AND THE LAST THING I WANNA HEAR IS ABOUT HOW OTHERS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT MISSING 'A' GRADES. Come on, here I am trying to get a pass and there you are whining about how you missed your perfect grade. SCREW YOU seriously. No, FUCK YOU. Be more socially aware, would you? Just because you got an 'A' doesn't mean that everyone else in the world got an 'A'.
I need to do something about my life.
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Monday, July 13, 2009
life goes on... right? /5:01 PM
The Japanese main paper was crazy too. And I finished it just 5 minutes before the time is up, which doesn't normally happen. And the definition of 'finish' here means filling in the answers. It does not include the definition of it being completed sensibly or logically. Hell. I would have failed the paper I think. I don't even know if I'm writing Japanese for the answers.
I got back my Physical Geography paper today. It was okay, but I guess it really isn't that much an indication of how well I'll do in the Prelims anyway. Firstly, I accidentally found out the questions before I even took the test as everyone was just chattering away. So, naturally I would study more on those few topics. I guess it doesn't help if I say that I've kinda guessed these questions would have come up, but I did. Really. Our teacher gave a pretty obvious hint, and I don't understand why many didn't even catch it. Okay, all except the granite question. I know all of you would probably kill me or something, but I like granite. AND I CAN SCORE OKAY IN IT TOO. So that didn't really kill me. Just that I wasn't expecting it to come out again in a test since it had already did. Which means that the topic of extrusive volcanism hadn't been tested AT ALL. Good thing too, since I never really studied in depth for it.
Okay, so I got a B for it. But that doesn't say much. In a normal test, we would have choices on the essay questions we would want to do and definitely would be better in. There wasn't a choice this time round. And basicaly the scope was wider. Much wider. Coupled with the fact that the questions were VERY specific.
Whatever. That still doesn't ease me one bit. I'm getting back my Maths paper tomorrow morning during civics. Wow. What a way to ruin a tuesday morning. -.- I think I'm gonna fail it, and then I'll get hell from my parents. Okay, more like my dad. But the thought of it... Agh. Hate it. Why the hell do we have to learn so many damn things around curves and their areas and what not?! Honestly, I don't see myself telling my future employer that I have to find some volume of the solid revolved around the y-axis. I don't think he cares too. Sorry Maths geeks. I've never really liked Maths.
And yes, GP paper will be back tomorrow too. I can't say I'm confident, but I don't feel so bad. Yet. I hope I won't. The teachers are really scaring us. And it's a few months to 'A' Levels. I can't believe I'm even saying this. What am I thinking? NO I DON'T THINK. I should start using my brain soon. Or what's left of it. Damn. I really wonder how I'll feel like after the whole 'A' Levels.
That is, later. Right now, it's still studies. Agh. Sucks. >.<
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the mystery is finally revealed /4:12 PM
Okay, after sitting down to think about it, Harper's Island isn't that bad. REALLY. I think the main reason why we all felt that the episode kinda sucked was because there was an attempt by the scriptwriters to make it sorta abstract, and it ended up falling into the whole genre of cliche dramas as well. But anyway, isn't this the kind of script that people like us just foolishly watch and enjoy everytime?
So it was revealed. The killer had been Henry all along. THE GROOM. Turns out he had been killing everyone to get to his loved one -- Abby. Nope, not Trish. Trish, the bride, turned out to be just a bait for Abby to return back to Harper's Island so that they can reunite. Yes cliche and all. I see all your eyes rolling already. The impossible relationships (Henry and Wakefield are part of a family), the childhood innocence that led into this character that Henry turned out to be as a result of what Abby said when they were young, the final killer being killed by his loved one and all. Yes. Cliche. But honestly, it was a good plot I think, just that it has been recycled countless times. Still, I don't think that Harper's Island had to be rendered 'trash' just because of that. IT WAS GOOD AND I STAND UP TO CLAP FOR IT. Just a few loopholes in the plot, but this drama had a lot of potential in it, just that it wasn't fulfilled the way most people might have expected it to.
Anyway, it's sad the way Henry turned out to be. Yes, we all condemn him because of the demise of the other characters who get killed even though they may be totally innocent, but it wasn't something that Henry could help given his past.
That said, I hope Harper's Island season 2 would be a better one (I heard it's coming out). At long last my curiosity is cured... *sigh*
THE KILLER:
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Friday, July 10, 2009
discipline /4:26 PM
Crazy stuff. I finally did my Geography CT paper yesterday. Yes, that meant isolating myself at one corner of the room without the distraction of that huge media box known as the television. I was drenched in sweat at the end of the paper. In both physical and figurative terms. It's got to be one of the hardest geography papers ever. I couldn't have imagined actually doing it during the CTs itself, though I don't know if missing the Geography paper was a good thing.
I realized that I could spot questions pretty well after all, but somehow that never really translated into good results anyway. I spotted 3 and a half questions right for Economics CT -- inflation, interest rate, elasticities of demand and monopolisticcompetition. Still, that didn't prove to be much of a relief for me. In fact, I hadn't exactly studied alot of content IN DETAIL. I don't know if it's something wrong with my studying method, or simply for the fact that I get distracted pretty often AND easily. Still, Economics turned out to be the subject I had the 'most' confidence in, apart from GP.
MATHS WAS HORRIBLE. It wasn't as bad as the promos paper, but still as bad in my terms. I had trouble doing the FIRST PAGE, let alone the rest of the paper. I had a good mind to skip the entire paper altogether, but I couldn't bring myself to just give up on a paper. I reached the end of the paper around halfway through. Not good. That meant I had hell lotta questions I had no idea how to solve at all. And it really didn't help that my fever came back halfway through the paper. I seem to have an unfortunate affinity with sickness during the exam periods. I took my end-of-year exams in secondary 4 in flu and cough, the Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 2 (of which I failed) in secondary 4 in high fever. I can't remember the others, but I'm sure I was sick in some way or another. And now this. I had to even miss the rest of CTs.
If there's one thing I regret in my JC life, it would be to take H2 Japanese. I totally killed myself when I selected that option during the subject matriculation. It's one of the stupidest things I've ever done, if not the stupidest. I CANNOT HANDLE JAPANESE AT ALL. Half the time during Japanese lessons, I've no idea what my teacher is uttering at all. I wonder if I'm even listening to him speak Japanese. Almost 6 years and there is still not much progress. I really don't see myself taking the 'A' Levels paper in just a few months, with my shallow understanding of such a language.
I think I really need some discipline. I've been allowing myself to get distracted by all the things in the world. Facebookapplications, Korean dramas on TV, surfing the net etc. I think I have almost no self-control at times. I don't know. I need to make that change, but somehow it's taking much longer than expected. And it's hard. It's hard to make a change, as easy as it may always sound.
Someone help me a little. I'm about one of the worst students in my school I think. The school might just kick me out sometime. Damn.
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boom de yada, boom de yada /4:23 PM
I got this from my cousin's blog page. Love it loads man. It's so cool. Haha. :D
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that purple dinosaur and those birds and bees /1:46 PM
OMG. It was a totally hilarious conversation with my clique today, especially Sham. Haha... That whole 'ranting' about how Barney (Sham's favourite childhood character!) is no longer the Barney that used to catch so much of her attention. Haha. All that about how Barney and the little kids no longer sang together in harmony, about how Barney's voice became so awful so much that he is now a bad influence on the kids, about how Barney doesn't even sing properly these days... LOL.
I never really watched Barney as a kid, but I do have my share of other cartoons. Scooby Doo, Dexter's Laboratory, Pokemon, Powerpuff Girls etc...Yes. I've had my share of cartoons too. And it's kinda nostalgic. But it's weird to re-watch the episodes of the cartoons that I used to watch. They used to be so funny and engaging; now it's just on the verge of being really, really lame. Sorry. Comes with maturity I guess...
And yes, what about the birds and bees? Why is it even 'birds' and 'bees' to begin with in the first place? I have no idea on the origins of this term. Right, birds and bees pollinate the flower, so probably that's a representation of fertilization and what not about sex. Still, don't birds and bees represent the same thing anyway? Why not 'birds and flowers' or something to that effect? Heh. Terms are weird. Never to be figured out I think.
But anyway, it's kinda interesting to find out how people first found out on this 'taboo' topic, which is constantly infiltrating the minds of many youths anyway so any extent of taboo wouldn't have a real effect. But yeah, it does remind me about how I got through primary school not knowing what in the world a condom was and getting laughed at by all my primary school mates for being that 'innocent'. Of course, the moment of realization came when Durex sent this mailer to every home about how you can save your embarrassment at the counter by purchasing your 'required materials' via mail order. Yes, weird but that was THE moment.
Okay, I'm starting to sound like Animal Planet talking about all these animals. I have a Japanese lesson to attend in a few minutes. Agh. >.<
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
blood bath /3:55 PM
24 down. 8 more main characters. 2 more episodes. Come on... I'm dying to find out who the killer for Harper's Island is. >.<
BODY COUNT FOR THE 17 MAIN CHARACTERS:
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thank god it's finally over /2:33 PM
$170.40 in total. 5 blood tests for 5 consecutive days. Running from my neighbourhood clinic to Changi General Hospital to the polyclinic. DAMN I HATE DENGUE. >.<
I had dengue fever since last Wednesday, which explains the fluctuatingtemperatures I've been having for about 3 days last week. My temperature rose from 36.7 to 38.8 and even 39.0 in a day, then all of a sudden decreased again. And it was so painful. I was aching all over, and feeling so weak for one of not-so-many times in my life. And it was so difficult to get to sleep, for the fact that I was feeling hot and cold at random intervals.
Then, everything got better on saturday, but all of a sudden, rashes started to appear on my hands and legs. AND IT ITCHED! I itched the whole of saturday night. 5 WHOLE HOURS OF FLIPPING ON THE BED IN DISCOMFORT AND LOT OF ITCH, ITCH AND MORE ITCH. It was undoubtedly one of the worst experiences I had.
And yes, then NEA started bugging me with all the details they had to find out so as to prevent the next hapless victim in our neighbourhood from getting the dengue fever. Agh. Why didn't they do it earlier?! I missed my geography CTs (it was a KILLER I heard) and japaneseCTs, of which I'm not that grateful for. And besides, it wasn't really a rest. I was feeling pretty uncomfortable most of the time. I'll rather be in school.
I was waiting so long to finally go back to school, and I'm so relieved to be back. No longer classified a patient. No longer having to go to the polyclinic for a blood test to check on my blood platelet and my white blood cell count. No longer listed as patient number 1234 or whatsoever. No longer having to hear that chime of the bell signalling it's time to enter the doctor's room. I'M SO GLAD.
The next thing I wanna do is EXTERMINATE ALL THE MOSQUITOES IN THE WORLD. Screw them. They totally disrupted my schedule and caused me to fall behind on so many things. And yes, I lost my official last Youth Day. GARHH.
I'm just relieved it's over.
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It's Me!
Isaac Sim
19
1 January 1992
Street Dance -- The Funk Federation
K-Pop for the win!
Likes: Camwhoring! Blogging! Eating! Playing arcade! Surfing the Internet! Dancing! Favourite colour: Orange Favourite number: 22 Favourite K-Pop: f(x), SNSD, T-ara, Kara, U-Kiss, 2PM, 2AM, Infinite, Block B, Boyfriend, miss A, Sistar, Baek Ji Young, Secret, Big Bang, After School, 2NE1 Favourite movies: Final Destination, Saw, Ratatouille, Rule #1, John Tucker Must Die, She's the Man, Kungfu Panda, X-Men, Ju-On, Shutter, Alone, The Maid, Step Up, Taken, Memoirs of a Geisha Favourite TV shows: Harper's Island, CSI, The Amazing Race, Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?, Master Chef
Follow me on Twitter: orangedreamz
I'm also on Formspring and Yahoo! Answers :)
Wish List
1. A much-needed trip!
2. A decent belt
3. Laptop (Sony VAIO! Old but I still want it.)
4. Skinny tie (orange/white/blue)
5. Paramore CD
6. f(x) CD Pinocchio & Hot Summer
7. Another pair of new canvas shoes!
8. iPhone, iPad, iTouch... Anything 'i'!
9. A visit to Universal Studios!
I'll think of more... (so you know what to get me for birthday presents haha *wink*)
What I want to do
1. Learn Korean
2. Overcome my fear of water
3. Learn how to cycle *hides*
4. Learn how to play pool (gosh I feel like a social retard)
5. Learn how to play the piano
6. Choreograph a dance
7. Get fitter
8. Watch Final Destination 5 (OMG!)
9. Be loved by a girl :(