Friday, August 25, 2006

haha i changed address, i've always thought singwhenitrains sounded damn gay, but i never really got the chance to change it.

so while thinking of a new address, i consulted sean ng and he told me that i was asking for suggestions because i dont know who i am, thats why i cant think of a proper name for my blog. then he proceeded to suggest a gay address "searchingfortheanswer.blogspot" since i was searching for my own identity. yeah, great help he was.

then later that day, i realized that actually there was a unique word that people would associate with my name. STYUIOP. hahaha, my email since primary 2 beat that bitch! so when people see styuiop, they think of ST. therefore ST's blog should be STyuiop. then i called qing, and qing told me he reckoned it was a good idea to change it to styuiop too, which made me have second thoughts about it cause qing's good ideas are always bad.

but anyways, i still changed it. so there you go, something new to type in the address bar when you want to get to my blog. but then again i know that most of u lazy people get linked here from class blog or something.

the break on friday was pretty good, i just dotaed the entire day and got pissed off enough with zhihuan to run to his house to throttle him until i realized that asshole doesnt have one and i'll probably get throttled instead since he knows how to fight karate or some bullshit now. ah well, ill just wait till they legalize firearms cause no matter how many ha dou ken's you can do, you cant stop my bullet. HAHAHA.

yesterday was supposed to be the buffer day, you know, like when i try start mugging again i need time to get used to it, but in the end i just ended up boozing at hog's breath cafe and watching man u get owned by wharton. hog's breath not bad la, except they dont serve heineken like wtf....

theres F1 later, 2 ferrari's followed by 2 renaults in the first starting positions! how fun.
prelims are suddenly not so fun anymore.

i had never thought that i would ever feel stressed out this year. or at least, not so soon. but last night, while mugging for physics, i had my first real taste of stress. that horrible, sick feeling you get when you're under too much pressure, when theres so much to do but so little time left to do it with. and you're so helpless because you cant do anything about it and no one can save you from this unbearable, pressing load. that feeling sucks. i remember towards the end of sec4, i felt like that every single day. shit, i hated it.

at least im glad the written papers are all over, just chem mcq left to mug for :)

tomorrow, im going to take the whole day off just to chill at home, i think i deserve it. i havent had proper, undisturbed sleep for weeks now. i really need this break, no matter how short it is.

now i know what the A levels are really like, and i used to think those suicide/drop out rates were ridiculous because of all the fun i was having in ac. hah

Monday, August 21, 2006

and even when your hope is gone
move along, move along
just to make it through.

Thursday, August 17, 2006

MUSTS

tomorrow, i must have my coffee in the morning,
i must be alert.
i must not be over-confident,
nor too unsure of myself.
pray before the exam,
and again after.

i invested too much to screw up tomorrow, i must not

Monday, August 14, 2006

haha sorry something happened in the previous post about the "grading system", it didnt come out as expected, but i editted it already so its fine now.

so the prelims have started, its horrible. i dont want to talk about it. i really dont understand why they make the prelim papers so bloody hard. i mean, since i did like 20 physics paper 1's, i personally know that you can score higher for the rj, hc, vj and nj papers than for the ac papers. how gay is that huh? and its not even like we do better than them for A levels.

yeah, i really hope i can get CEE un-moderated. i mean like i actually put in effort for these exams, i havent mugged for damn long, like since sec 4. so it would be nice to see some fruits during prelims, even if they arent like uber ripe yet. if you get what i mean. haha

Friday, August 11, 2006

Mugging!


yesterday's mugging/coffee intoxication session was damn hardcore, after chem tuition in the morning we went to holland v starbucks where i drank a large brazillian cherrado or something. then we went for physics for another hour and a half, followed by more coffee at holland v coffee bean. so i drank about one litre of coffee altogether, mmmmmm ownage.

so the prelims are almost here, like the days left to prelims are less than the number of cups of coffee i have a day. everybody is proficient in at least one subject now, but for most of the people i know its like physics (because almost the entire level has physics tuition now). a lot of physics takers i know also screwed their chem revision big time. many conversations with many people tell me our timetable after prelims will consist of about 4hours of chem tutorials a day. haha.

so for the people who were slacking too much dont even know the A level grading system, i will sacrifice some of my important mathematical induction revision time to explain the system to you.

Grade (Mark Range)
A (Atrocious) 70<
B (Bad!) 65-70
C (Cannot make it) 60-65
D (Dazzling) 55-60
E (Excellent) 50-55
AO (Ah! Outstanding!) 45-50
F (Fantastic) 45>

hopefully, all of you will do (F)antastically well for your prelims! haha

Sunday, August 06, 2006

my head is saturated, i cant do anymore work, i cant even think straight now. physics is very taxing on the brain, especially dumb prelim papers with weird, complicated questions.

physics is kinda like love right? when u have have too little, you get owned. when u have too much, you still get owned. ahaha. ok la, this entire post is damn stupid, because i cant think at all, because of phyiscs...

Thursday, August 03, 2006

when i showed su my gp file that day, he made the astute observation that my gp grades are going down. well, i guess we can attribute that to the fact that i started mugging for other subjects so i have less time to think about like, general stuff (like you write about general stuff in general paper right). come to think of it, i do spend a lot of time thinking, i think thats because of my CI personality. haha. but anyways i got my latest assignment back today and its not so bad, i hope my marks are starting to climb again. but i also noticed the trend la, i usually get lower marks for the assignments in which i rant mindlessly.

i photocopied the ******* JC physics prelim paper from the library that day, i guess its a welcome escape from the hell that the RJ and HC papers we usually do are. like as a student sometimes i think its good to do some of these papers, at least its better for our morale than those other papers. but then again, if we're accustomed to difficult papers the A's will be a breeze. wow look, i examined both sides of the issue, its like the subconscious gp talent in me. ok whatever, haha. time to mug for stats test tmr.

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

ahhh school is ending too soon! its ending too fast, gosh, theres still so many things i havent done, so much fun i havent had, so much work i havent done. i cant believe its gonna be over so soon.

today mrs chan was quite sad when she was talking to us about the newspaper article, i've havent really seen her that sad before. but ah well, i guess we just have to cheer her up by getting 3A's and above for 50% of the cohort or something.

then im like doing my dumb personal statement for my graduation cert now. i think its such a dumb idea, like how am expected to praise myself? and what a bad time to make us write this, prelims are in like 12 days and we still have to worry about this. i remember even pw stopped for awhile during promos last year.... ah ok no more ranting, im making seem like i have nothing better to do when actually i do, like tons of work, loads of prelim papers, truckloads of essays, bucketfulls of coffee.

speaking of coffee,
IM SO GLAD COFFEE EXISTS,
like i would just collapse in class without it. surviving on 4hours of sleep a night is no joke.

ok, im just so worried about my chem now. so worried

Sunday, July 30, 2006

damn tired

i dont know why, the weekends seem really short now. i woke up late on saturday so i ended up accidentaly ponning the physics mock exam with lihao to mug. oldham wing is like really quiet on saturday morning, very good to study, except it might get a bit hot if theres no wind.



later that day i had the worst tuition session ever. i wasnt prepared for physics of fluids at all since i didnt attend any lecture on it and was just damn lost throughout the lesson. then there was ds's party after that, socializing with his 50 poly friends was quite a failure, lol. but it was still quite fun la, we went to his clubhouse and played stupid games from 10 to midnight after his friends left.

people are all drinking stuff in the photos since i took them in the clubhouse where we went to buy drinks cause all there was at ds's party was 100plus which ran out pretty quickly.



sorry xing, your picture couldnt be uploaded for some reason, its corrupted cause you're too handsome.


so i when i slept at 2 last night, i set my alarm for 1030 cause i intended to do quite a lot of work today, but i just slept right through. only woke up at 1, 2 hours behind my revision schedule. sigh, at least i got some good rest so i can mug later tonight.






















































um, i like to eat yong tau foo? haha

Friday, July 28, 2006

law school

the university fair on wednesday was pretty enlightening, mainly because at least 1 member of the acjc alumni studying and working in nus as professors in most of the popular courses came down to share their experiences with us. i discovered a few things that day:

1. its not going to be easy to get into law school
2. neither is it going to be hard if i posses the qualities they are looking for
3. i dont really know if i have the qualities they seem to value
4. if you graduate with third class honours from nus law fac you cant practice law in singapore
5. theres always business school

today when i told en hua that i wanted to go to law school the first thing he told me was that i was going to hell, "all lawyers go to hell" he said. at that moment guanyi was passing by and overheard our conversation, so he said something like "you know you need 3A's to get in right?" as if i couldnt get it. sigh, everyone thinks im not serious about my studies cause im goofing around all the time, but i really am, i just dont want to turn it into a dreadful, boring activity.

i dont think its hard to get 3A's, seeing that i have tuition for every subject now. furthermore, all kinds of random people get 3A's, its not really all that as exclusive and glorious as getting 7A's or something. but still, i realize i have to mug, very very hard.

so today i was walking with my classmates from the NL to the EL because our chem tutor told us that our class was at NL5 when it was actually at EL5. well, i havent been to the NL like this entire year, so i was telling dx, the NL is like some rural village, cut off from society, but then again there lies the allure of living in it. At that moment we saw wayzee using the grass patch next to the NL to go to the EL, so in the context of what i just told dx, it was pretty funny. he was like jungle bashing through from one rural village to the next. and i dont even think dx heard me, because all this while he was like lost in his thoughts or something. ah well, i realize that the entire paragraph doesnt even sound as vaguely funny as i make it out to be, you have to be in that situation to appreciate it.

Friday, July 21, 2006

24 more days

Photos:

im so proud of this artistic shot i took today, cool eh? it was taken from the far end of buona vista mrt station facing biopolis, the mix of clouds and urban landscape is so, breathtaking. haha


random photo from chinese paintings in concourse


aerial view of smiley

ground view of smiley


ok you must forgive me, i mean like i know photo blogging is lame, but its so much easier to do especially since im so busy with exam prep..

but i like school more these days, revising isnt as tough as learning new stuff. actually, i cant believe im into my last semester of formal schooling. gosh, im gonna miss ac so much... but i sure of one thing, im gonna enjoy my school life while it lasts :)

Monday, July 10, 2006

hie its been a long time

um after such a long break, it seems so abrupt to start blogging again like this, without so much as an attempt to even explain my absence. but who cares.

so like im testing my new phone camera on my blog. ok la no, actually i just want something to blog about.

last friday after half day school before whole evening dota!

starbucks

vic and lihao

clemens and my shoe

artistic shot of starbucks wall

writing on the wall


lol. ok, study hard peeps!!

Thursday, June 15, 2006

$120 and counting

education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire - william butler yeats.

3 A'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

GO CZECH!

woo hoo! world cup!!!

for those who dont know, my world cup revolves around this:


oh no i didnt really bet $100 on that oh-so-close england match, i put $50 and my mum put $50. we're like betting partners :) so i won $20 on england and 10mins ago i won another $33.50 from the $50 i put on Czech Republic!!great match, it really was. i think i'm a new fan of the czechs, they simple rock.

so like i discovered i only bet on alternate days, maybe cause on alternate days the matches are safer... im not even betting on brazil tmr cause i have a gut feeling of a draw. but thats just me, most people (i.e qing) are blowing their entire life savings on brazil tmr, all the best to them :)

so far i've made $50 in 3days, so doubling that i estimate about $100 per week. hopefully i can make $500 by the end of the world cup!! next match, spain versus ukraine!

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

omg omg omg its the 2nd day of the 2nd week of the holidays and its 6/6/6 only 2 weeks and 5 days left to mug AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Goal today: Finish food chem and quantum tys. and also score against qing's arsenal/england in fifa.

Monday, June 05, 2006

first week

many photos














sean ng (wtf)















cool singers at chinese singer cafe or whatever its called















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testimonial photo















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so i was feeling quite sick and was gonna throw up and all that stuff because of something i drank or something so quincy gave me a lift home even though he would have to face a 2hour drive home from my house. thanks quincy!!












night driving. hoo!

i originally intended to post like, pics of acs idol up here too but i dont know why i cant upload them after i already put all these pics up. maybe theres a quota or something, or its just god's will that i finish the post here and do my quantum physics prelim questions. so look out for acs idol pics next!

CRAP. the formatting for the last picture is screwed. i dont know what i did. but the format always screws up once i put pics in. anyone who knows how to solve this problem? its pissing me off.. everytime i try and post pictures its like that

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

life
so many things have happened.. i really wanted to blog about them but too many things have happened.. they seem to have happened so long ago (sorry for using "happen" so much la i cant blog when im playing dota). but im still quite motivated to blog. its like i havent blogged for so long, but i dont really have time, seeing that i've been out everyday since the start of holidays. gosh i really should get down to work, so far all i've done is 5hours of physics on monday. i think ill start some work tonight...

smo
smo today was ok lor... like everyone only did like 15 questions and i answered 20, although im quite sure most of them are wrong since its like, super hard. i think if i get 5 correct im happy already. in fact, i think if u get 5 correct u'll get bronze medal, hahaha.

omg sean ng is back from the states
so like if you've all been wondering why the weather is so bad lately and everything seems so dark and lethargic, dont worry, its just the usual signs of sean ng's return.. but then again im always happy to see my good old sec4 friends, i think we're the only sec4 class who still regularly keeps in touch lor! massive 4a3 reunion this holidays! all must come!

so left my cam with sean ng when i went out with him that day and forgot to take it back even though i met him yesterday.. sian, must remember to take it back from him tomorrow before i go for the class outing!!

um, maybe ill blog more tmr? lol. enjoy your hols and study hard friends!

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

ahhhh im like not blogging at all anymore! too busy now, i cant wait for this term to end. but then again, i can (i think i just want bowling nationals to be over
, but its not like i hate bowling. i still love the sport, just that it feels really awkward to go to training but not train. when i recover ill train after A levels and at least make an impact in inter-club league since i can no longer do it in A div's)...... time flies too fast, i cant imagine that i only have 6 months left in ac. i wanna stay longer :(

um, i think ill blog on friday, about the class outing. yah

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

theres some dumb b grade horror flick on channel 5 now. but i think its quite funny, like this guy falls into a hole in the ground and when he wakes up he's surrounded my corpses and the show gets even more stupid from there. luckily, i've stopped watching it. (but this would probably be a fun movie to watch a movie marathon cause its one of those dumb movie marathon movies)

so i did quite ok for my math test. but im sad, because i only did quite ok. nevermind, no one's gonna understand.

i really want my scholastic merit award, and im really busy this term, but i guess i've learnt how to handle it. i shouldnt spend my jc life waiting for shit to be over because its shit and i want to go over with it, jc life's too short for that. i want to enjoy every moment of it, so that when i look back ill know that i made the best of it and have nothing to regret.

then, im really looking forward to monday. sa1 and se1 with gary chan outing. hahahahahahahaha.