Sunday, December 02, 2007
♥ 12:24 am
It's December already!
the last month, number 12 of 12, the last 31 days of the year MMVII
and what a fast paced year it has been!
but not without regrets and all.
It really should not be like that. One failure doesn't mean permanent disaster. But the way it can take away your confidence, or make you too enthusiastic and willing to put caution to the wind.
(as i'm trying to piece together what i'm going to say, David Bentley has just scored a beauty for Blackburn against Newcastle)
but i don't know how and don't know why.
meeting the band people ytd was weird. never really connected with anyone of them except two, and one was in japan. Trying to talk to one only would give the wrong impression.
on a completely irrelevant sidenote, i should start learning how to drive.
see that's me. i'm random, i don't really concentrate on one thing, i employ a stream-of-consciousness kind of writing. i must be roddy doyle.
Labels: English A1, Relationships
Sunday, September 09, 2007
♥ 5:33 pm
I can't mug anymore...
and i've a bit more confidence than i had during mids. well well.
here's to everyone having prelims/promos/finals/driving tests/whatever else...
good luck! God bless..
just came of reading person R's blog. In which R blogs about a person, I, who she had a feud with. On I's blog, there has been some people than have been flaming him, because person M stopped being friends-of-the-variety-that-this-blog-tries-to-ignore (or simply put, in-a-relationship-kind-of-friends)
hyphens give me tingles...
so anyway. To I, yes i know many people think about you in that way. Seriously.
to R, feuding in a civilized way is basically duelling with words, and we know how ineffective that is.
I don't care, i don't have such problems. There should be more to focus on besides shit like this.
all of you wanna go overseas to study right. than quit bitching and start studying...
I don't know what's wrong. Smart people i know, who aren't all that rich and all, just think of getting into a good course at NUS. while people i know who are way below that academic standard aim for foreign U's. They'll come back with the tag of 'went-overseas-and-study', and become (artifically) higher in status compared to us local uni grads.
See, money still rules. at least more than meritocracy.
content.language.poetic devices.theme.symbolism.rhythm.mood.structure
YES I REMEMBERED ALL THE KEY POINT IN ANALYSING POETRY!
(this makes EL A1 like another mugging subject)
Labels: Education, English A1, Relationships, School
Sunday, July 22, 2007
♥ 8:43 pm
IOC week begins now.
I've printed out my notes. Now time to mug it until i can read it backward-first.
I really hope i get a Lear text, definitely not a Soyinka or Frost. Wouldn't mind Owen.
'Courage was mine, and i had mystery
Wisdom was mine, and i had mastery'
Wilfred Owen, 1893-1918
Yeah can't be better said at all..
'Howl howl howl howl! Oh men, made of stones'
'Oh fool, i will go mad'
'Now gods, stand up for bastards!'
but my favorite of them all...
'Nothing will come of nothing, speak again!'
Something our IOC invigilators should say when somebody freaks out.
Watching the European Grand Prix now, what a race.
Torrential downpours, 5 cars skidding into the gravel, Lewis Hamilton's car screwing up and crashing.. all in 11 laps..
funny if you must say...
my sis hasn't read the last HP book yet, and i'm trying not to spoil her story, yet give her subtle hints, it's been funny too...
IOC, IOC, IOC, IOC!
(in memorandum of Alastor, Remus, Nymphadora, Dobby, Hedwig, Fred, George's ear, Colin)
Labels: English A1, IOCs
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
♥ 8:11 pm
When i was in sec 1-4, everytime i had free time, i would do something fun. I was this hyperactive guy who wanted to do everything and anything before either lights-out in boarding, or at home. I could go ages without sleeping. I never slept in class no matter how boring it was. never.
then came yrs 5-6.
Now i can hardly drag myself to school, to come into range of biomedical physics...
(like Paddy Clarke, i will know have a not-so-random shift in my train of thought)
Why are we doing biomed physics? stuff about how the ear works and biomechanics? Hell even the bio HL pple don't do this. and seriously. Our physics teachers are trying their very best to teach something they haven't taught before. Is this fair on them, and on us? We took physics to escape the horrors of Pre-IB bio, and now it bites us in the ass.
(back to the train)
to look at the broken clock, counting the number of seconds before the bell rings for recess. Everything seems to been so bleddy sian.
IB was put to us very simply
" Only 30% weightage on exams!"
" Less mugging, more interactive learning!"
" Something brand new! Preferential admissions to unis!"
really?
Forgive me the ranting, i didn't have my necessary 30 min of pre-assembly sleep. That's why i felt so sleepy throughout the day. and rather moody too.
There was a time
where assembly started at 7.40 or later
yes there was.
There was a time
where 20 steps separated us from assembly
yes there was
Now leh?
7.20 assemblies, walking with congested people up and down stairs.
haha nothing else to rant. need to finish paddy clarke haha
Labels: English A1, Life
Friday, May 11, 2007
♥ 9:50 pm
Something is wrong with my stupid blogger.
argh wth...
today we had EL A1 P2, questions on setting or characterization. Needless to say that i chose the characterization one. I don't understand why people want to do the setting one. Maybe it's because i hate setting and questions on it. I just don't know why.
Hated those lit qns that had setting in it.
Went out for lunch with minyang, kd, ash and sam. had fun laughing at kd. what's new?
went to the library, and got a few doonesbury books. love doonesbury, despite it's obviously liberal-leaning slant.
Mr Blair is stepping down soon, and i feel that he doesn't deserve all the brickbats about Iraq. Instead, Brits should look at his numerous achievements (i.e successful peace missions in Kosovo, reducing unemployment and generally reviving the prestige of the UK in the world). He was, at least willing to admit that mistakes were made in Iraq, unlike his counterpart across the pond.
Haiz i'm tired.
Labels: English A1, Life, Politics
♥ 12:35 am
fridays are sacred. It's the only day in which we spend more time at home awake than in school
However, following Le Chatelier's Principle, this will lead to an equilibrium shift to the (more hours in school) side. Thus, equilibrium is restored.
ok i'm cranky now, never stayed up this late to revise an exam, not talking about a test....
what the hell who can remember all the quotes in Huck Finn, Siddhartha and Paddy Clarke? this is madness....
on the bright side, life may be turning around somewhat!
Labels: English A1, Equilibrium, Tests
