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Monday, November 22, 2004
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i was returning from tuition today and when i alighted at pasir ris mrt, there were a lot of NSmen around, not surprisingly of cos. they are always around there every sunday to catch a bus at the interchange to tekong. why am i saying this? obviously it's bcos i may be one of them soon. ok, not so soon as if i'm taking my A levels this year. but i'm wondering if i'll have to enter NS early... as in december next year. i really dun think i can get a silver for napfa next year. for the uninformed, guys have a minimum criteria of getting a silver for napfa if u dun want to enter NS early. although not a bad thing either as i may adapt to army life better, it deprives me of my holidays. ooh, i must really cherish my holidays now then.
i was returning from tuition today and when i alighted at pasir ris mrt, there were a lot of NSmen around, not surprisingly of cos. they are always around there every sunday to catch a bus at the interchange to tekong. why am i saying this? obviously it's bcos i may be one of them soon. ok, not so soon as if i'm taking my A levels this year. but i'm wondering if i'll have to enter NS early... as in december next year. i really dun think i can get a silver for napfa next year. for the uninformed, guys have a minimum criteria of getting a silver for napfa if u dun want to enter NS early. although not a bad thing either as i may adapt to army life better, it deprives me of my holidays. ooh, i must really cherish my holidays now then.
***
friendster is a good place to find old friends. i will sometimes look around, click on people's profiles and read their testimonials, though i have always believed that testimonials are not very real and only shows good sides of people. however, who doesn’t like to receive compliments? the testimonials can teach me how appreciate people better too. but i’m too lazy to care about my friendster account.
***
i found my primary school classmate on friendster today. she was from my first primary school. she had remained etched in my memory until today, bcos she was quite close to me. never contacted her after i changed my school though. dun she remembers me now. from her profile, i know that she’s now in siglap sec. quite shocked when i first saw that. my first reaction was “how come she landed there?” cos i’ve always regarded that school as full of a particular race that’s really not too smart. which is why i think i’m downright elitist. am i a product of the elitist education system in S’pore? i really think so. i always think that jc people are more superior than poly people. and top-5-jc people are more superior than some jc opposite my house. that’s very wrong i know. all people are created equal. yet i have such a mindset. dunno whether i can ever change it.
***
i’m a boring person. i dun watch soccer or basketball, and i dun play computer games. i dun even specialise in a sport. u must be thinking, how can i even be a guy? yet i am. plus i’m so introverted and passive. which is why i think people dun enjoy talking to me at all. or they dun talk to me in the first place. it must be bcos i look too nerdy/serious to be true. i hate that. i am someone u can definitely joke around with. just ignite something within me, and as long as i know something about it, i’m sure i will be bursting into flames before u know it. please, i dun want to be talking about academics all the time. though that’s rather important for students like us now.
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it’s late, and i must sleep to prepare for a class chalet tomorrow. tata.
~ the @lie[n] landed on Earth @ 1:33 AM
Friday, November 19, 2004
i decided to revert back to tag-board, even though shoutbox is easier to use and can integrate into my blog better... bcos got more messages and memories.
i went to play pool at parkway yesterday with cY, leonard, zG and rachel. it's supposed to be sort of a "farewell" to leonard bcos he's going to beijing for 2 weeks in a few days time, but not that i care. i care more for my entertainment. ^_^ then again, it's not as if he's leaving forever, even though his LEP scholarship is. oh my, stop suaning him already.
i received a rather shocking sms in the morning too. it's from hL, official spokesperson for mr ho's holiday activities. she told us that we need to buy a ticket to the chalet... let's guess wad the ticket is.
Is the ticket...
(a) titbits?
(b) cooked food?
(c) $1 for entry?
(d) maths holiday homework?
(e) your girl/boyfriend? (ok i noe this is ridiculous)
the answer is (d) maths holiday homework. ohmigoodness, i haven't done any question at all. that's not the point, but now i know mr ho's motive for organising the chalet... to check on our holiday homework progress! and perhaps shun bian give us the schedule for extra lessons for the rest of the holidays? so evil. (x_x)
anyway, today is the library enrichment trip to the navy museum at sembawang and chinatown heritage centre (yuan mao guan). somehow everybody was not interested in asking questions, so the guide concluded very early that we were the non-responsive type and he can show us around in a very short time. maybe it's just tjcians, me included. looks like i'm not interested in the military at all... or maybe i know just too little?
then we went to yuan mao guan to have a malay tour guide speaking to us about chinatown's past, from the early chinese immigrants to the 1950s. how ironic. she was quite entertaining. this place managed to remake successfully the harsh living conditions of the chinese at that time. it's very real and having videos which play the interviews with some of the old people who lived there before are much better than some artificial figures sitting around moving and talking expressionlessly.
this enrichment trip was free, so even though it took up most of today's time, it's quite worth it lah. maybe i should bring my parents to yuan mao guan one of these days too...
i went to play pool at parkway yesterday with cY, leonard, zG and rachel. it's supposed to be sort of a "farewell" to leonard bcos he's going to beijing for 2 weeks in a few days time, but not that i care. i care more for my entertainment. ^_^ then again, it's not as if he's leaving forever, even though his LEP scholarship is. oh my, stop suaning him already.
i received a rather shocking sms in the morning too. it's from hL, official spokesperson for mr ho's holiday activities. she told us that we need to buy a ticket to the chalet... let's guess wad the ticket is.
Is the ticket...
(a) titbits?
(b) cooked food?
(c) $1 for entry?
(d) maths holiday homework?
(e) your girl/boyfriend? (ok i noe this is ridiculous)
the answer is (d) maths holiday homework. ohmigoodness, i haven't done any question at all. that's not the point, but now i know mr ho's motive for organising the chalet... to check on our holiday homework progress! and perhaps shun bian give us the schedule for extra lessons for the rest of the holidays? so evil. (x_x)
anyway, today is the library enrichment trip to the navy museum at sembawang and chinatown heritage centre (yuan mao guan). somehow everybody was not interested in asking questions, so the guide concluded very early that we were the non-responsive type and he can show us around in a very short time. maybe it's just tjcians, me included. looks like i'm not interested in the military at all... or maybe i know just too little?
then we went to yuan mao guan to have a malay tour guide speaking to us about chinatown's past, from the early chinese immigrants to the 1950s. how ironic. she was quite entertaining. this place managed to remake successfully the harsh living conditions of the chinese at that time. it's very real and having videos which play the interviews with some of the old people who lived there before are much better than some artificial figures sitting around moving and talking expressionlessly.
this enrichment trip was free, so even though it took up most of today's time, it's quite worth it lah. maybe i should bring my parents to yuan mao guan one of these days too...
~ the @lie[n] landed on Earth @ 11:53 PM
Thursday, November 18, 2004
firstly, i need to reply to my tag-board here, since it’s out of order now.
to chingz: glad to see u visiting my bloggie… i link u ok? u can find out more about the script to put music in your blog from wY… she knows better.
to some guy: i can’t go for the autograph session… reasons being 1) i got class chalet that day, 2) i have nobody to accompany me & 3) this kind of performance must get very “high” one but i shy type, dunno how to express “high” feelings, ha. i think i will find someone to help me autograph.
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i am a very busy person... well at least for this Friday. i need to attend:
1) the library "enrichment" trip, from 10.30 am to 5.00 pm. i was told by the library man when i went to library yesterday that the enrichment trip was compulsory. but i said in my earlier posts that i was told by my group leader it was not, since hours are not counted. so it turned out to be the useless leader giving me the wrong info. vicious woman. just go and die.
2) physics tuition, slated to start in the afternoon,
3) CO practice, 4.00 to 6.30 pm,
4) cousin’s 21st birthday chalet, evening.
i have no choice but to attend the enrichment trip and the chalet. i can’t stand anymore make-up hours for library… my tuition was supposed to be on Sunday, but the teacher was sick so he postponed to this date and can’t change anymore. so it’s not my fault. i rarely miss CO practices, so i think it’s ok to miss it.
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i was a couch potato today and watched tv the entire afternoon. got very nice shows on ch 52 (cable tv), namely shen ti mi ma and kang xi lai le. shen ti mi ma is a show talking about your health with guests like stars and of cos, doctors. each show will have different topics, for e.g. today is about myopia plus different ways to correct it. looks like laser surgery is rather simple and highly successful, maybe i’ll undergo it next time?
kang xi lai le is hosted by cai kang yong and xu xi di (xiao S), the former a popular compere in Taiwan. it’s a show interviewing different stars each day in an extremely interesting, humorous and light-hearted way. rene liu was on their show today and i was laughing throughout the show…
the amazing race 6 premiered today… watched it just now on ch 5 cos didn’t came back in time after dinner to watch on AXN at 8 pm. it’s an exciting start though it’s hard to keep track of teams… not that familiar yet. i started to hate some characters already… due to the power of editing?
to chingz: glad to see u visiting my bloggie… i link u ok? u can find out more about the script to put music in your blog from wY… she knows better.
to some guy: i can’t go for the autograph session… reasons being 1) i got class chalet that day, 2) i have nobody to accompany me & 3) this kind of performance must get very “high” one but i shy type, dunno how to express “high” feelings, ha. i think i will find someone to help me autograph.
_______________________________________________________
i am a very busy person... well at least for this Friday. i need to attend:
1) the library "enrichment" trip, from 10.30 am to 5.00 pm. i was told by the library man when i went to library yesterday that the enrichment trip was compulsory. but i said in my earlier posts that i was told by my group leader it was not, since hours are not counted. so it turned out to be the useless leader giving me the wrong info. vicious woman. just go and die.
2) physics tuition, slated to start in the afternoon,
3) CO practice, 4.00 to 6.30 pm,
4) cousin’s 21st birthday chalet, evening.
i have no choice but to attend the enrichment trip and the chalet. i can’t stand anymore make-up hours for library… my tuition was supposed to be on Sunday, but the teacher was sick so he postponed to this date and can’t change anymore. so it’s not my fault. i rarely miss CO practices, so i think it’s ok to miss it.
_______________________________________________________
i was a couch potato today and watched tv the entire afternoon. got very nice shows on ch 52 (cable tv), namely shen ti mi ma and kang xi lai le. shen ti mi ma is a show talking about your health with guests like stars and of cos, doctors. each show will have different topics, for e.g. today is about myopia plus different ways to correct it. looks like laser surgery is rather simple and highly successful, maybe i’ll undergo it next time?
kang xi lai le is hosted by cai kang yong and xu xi di (xiao S), the former a popular compere in Taiwan. it’s a show interviewing different stars each day in an extremely interesting, humorous and light-hearted way. rene liu was on their show today and i was laughing throughout the show…
the amazing race 6 premiered today… watched it just now on ch 5 cos didn’t came back in time after dinner to watch on AXN at 8 pm. it’s an exciting start though it’s hard to keep track of teams… not that familiar yet. i started to hate some characters already… due to the power of editing?
~ the @lie[n] landed on Earth @ 12:06 AM
Monday, November 15, 2004
the lye family went to town again!
we had lunch without zG at takashimaya. i had japanese fried noodles with cheese and egg which is not quite worth my $3.50. nonetheless, it's still tasty. we ate our food sitting at the staircase when xL saw me and yilin so she said hello to us. who is xL? she is 1) a friend I met thru CO, 2) not my primary school friend & 3) from swiss cottage sec, obviously. =P but looks like i haven't answered the question. heh.
we wandered around and landed up at the heeren shops when someone (forgot who -_-") suggested we watch a movie. actually, the main purpose of coming to a lye outing is to 1) watch a movie & 2) eat delicious food. haha, but of cos we get to catch up with each other. not in homework though.
so we went to cathay cineleisure to watch The Forgotten. wY saw mr daniel chung our GP tutor while we were at the popcorn bar. AH-HA! WE CAUGHT HIM! with nobody, sadly. awwwww… he asked us what we were watching and he said he will be watching something we can’t watch. it’s M18. since our movie started at around 3.25 and he is last seen buying snacks then, I deduce he must be watching Everybody has Secrets (showtime at 3.30), a korean movie starring Lee Bing Hyun and Choi Ji Woo. wonder who he is watching for though. ^_^"
guess he must be shaking his head in his mind when he knew our choice of movie. cos The Forgotten lives up to its name, by being a movie you can forget. -_-" actually, that is quoted from a movie critic. even newspapers say that it hit No. 1 at the US box office bcos of its exciting trailer which contains abt all the thrilling parts of the movie already. definitely not the biggest jaw-dropper since the sixth sense.
then we wandered around more, with my stomach starting to ache. we landed up at a “hot” outlet of pasta mania at scotts so we decided to walk back to cathay to eat at another outlet. while walking, cY’s stomach began to ache too… looks like he’s in more pain than me. so we rushed to the _ _ _ _ _ _ . wondered what we ate. at least I get to eat my garlic bread and yummy baked rice after the ordeal.
there’s CO practice tomorrow and it’s NOT with lion! yay! but it starts at 4.30…
we had lunch without zG at takashimaya. i had japanese fried noodles with cheese and egg which is not quite worth my $3.50. nonetheless, it's still tasty. we ate our food sitting at the staircase when xL saw me and yilin so she said hello to us. who is xL? she is 1) a friend I met thru CO, 2) not my primary school friend & 3) from swiss cottage sec, obviously. =P but looks like i haven't answered the question. heh.
we wandered around and landed up at the heeren shops when someone (forgot who -_-") suggested we watch a movie. actually, the main purpose of coming to a lye outing is to 1) watch a movie & 2) eat delicious food. haha, but of cos we get to catch up with each other. not in homework though.
so we went to cathay cineleisure to watch The Forgotten. wY saw mr daniel chung our GP tutor while we were at the popcorn bar. AH-HA! WE CAUGHT HIM! with nobody, sadly. awwwww… he asked us what we were watching and he said he will be watching something we can’t watch. it’s M18. since our movie started at around 3.25 and he is last seen buying snacks then, I deduce he must be watching Everybody has Secrets (showtime at 3.30), a korean movie starring Lee Bing Hyun and Choi Ji Woo. wonder who he is watching for though. ^_^"
guess he must be shaking his head in his mind when he knew our choice of movie. cos The Forgotten lives up to its name, by being a movie you can forget. -_-" actually, that is quoted from a movie critic. even newspapers say that it hit No. 1 at the US box office bcos of its exciting trailer which contains abt all the thrilling parts of the movie already. definitely not the biggest jaw-dropper since the sixth sense.
then we wandered around more, with my stomach starting to ache. we landed up at a “hot” outlet of pasta mania at scotts so we decided to walk back to cathay to eat at another outlet. while walking, cY’s stomach began to ache too… looks like he’s in more pain than me. so we rushed to the _ _ _ _ _ _ . wondered what we ate. at least I get to eat my garlic bread and yummy baked rice after the ordeal.
there’s CO practice tomorrow and it’s NOT with lion! yay! but it starts at 4.30…
~ the @lie[n] landed on Earth @ 11:54 PM
Saturday, November 13, 2004
there was nothing significant during thursday and friday and today. i was indeed quite bored at home, always staring at the computer. wadever happened to the 101 things i wanted to do when i was studying for the promos? looks like i should have made a list then so that i will know what to do now.
the library grp leader called on thursday to ask whether i would like to go for an enrichment activity. it will be a trip to chinatown and a museum around there on 19 Nov. of cos, my immediate reaction will be: are hours counted? dun blame me for being so blunt. blame on the library itself. anything that they organise will be counted as service hours, e.g. camp, an unnecessary "extravagant" library investiture and time wasting general meetings, to ensure attendance. i really dun think such things provide service to anyone. sadly, i will just have to conform and get my 4 service points at the end of it. argh.
anyway, the obvious answer was no, i will not go since hours will not be counted. she really doesn't how to promote events. or perhaps, there's nothing to promote in the 1st place. maybe the "enrichment activity" is not even free. haiz, i really dun understand how a trip to chinatown has anything to do with library. even orchard road has a national library. chinatown doesn't.
then the grp leader smsed me on friday, wanting to know my reasons for not going. i wanted to be evil and just reply her that since hours are not counted, you have no right to intrude into my privacy and i have no need to tell you my reasons, if there's any. it's obvious there's nobody going and perhaps the library man wants the comm to account for it. so i conveniently replied i have a chalet and to top it up, remind her to call me if the library man decides to count hours in a desperate attempt to have people going. the truth is that i do have a chalet on that day, which is to celebrate my cousin's 21st birthday. dun think i will have one like this next time though.
2 weeks of holidays passed already. quite scary, to think of it. it's really boring to stay at home, unless i start on my holiday homework. -_- this is one holiday that is quite important... it's a good time to consolidate what i've learnt in year one and prepare for more rigorous work next year. oh my, do i sound like rita wong? =P
the library grp leader called on thursday to ask whether i would like to go for an enrichment activity. it will be a trip to chinatown and a museum around there on 19 Nov. of cos, my immediate reaction will be: are hours counted? dun blame me for being so blunt. blame on the library itself. anything that they organise will be counted as service hours, e.g. camp, an unnecessary "extravagant" library investiture and time wasting general meetings, to ensure attendance. i really dun think such things provide service to anyone. sadly, i will just have to conform and get my 4 service points at the end of it. argh.
anyway, the obvious answer was no, i will not go since hours will not be counted. she really doesn't how to promote events. or perhaps, there's nothing to promote in the 1st place. maybe the "enrichment activity" is not even free. haiz, i really dun understand how a trip to chinatown has anything to do with library. even orchard road has a national library. chinatown doesn't.
then the grp leader smsed me on friday, wanting to know my reasons for not going. i wanted to be evil and just reply her that since hours are not counted, you have no right to intrude into my privacy and i have no need to tell you my reasons, if there's any. it's obvious there's nobody going and perhaps the library man wants the comm to account for it. so i conveniently replied i have a chalet and to top it up, remind her to call me if the library man decides to count hours in a desperate attempt to have people going. the truth is that i do have a chalet on that day, which is to celebrate my cousin's 21st birthday. dun think i will have one like this next time though.
2 weeks of holidays passed already. quite scary, to think of it. it's really boring to stay at home, unless i start on my holiday homework. -_- this is one holiday that is quite important... it's a good time to consolidate what i've learnt in year one and prepare for more rigorous work next year. oh my, do i sound like rita wong? =P
~ the @lie[n] landed on Earth @ 11:18 PM
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
playing: hu yan bin - waiting for you, you hong ming - di yi qian ge zhou ye
please check out the 2 posts before this. i finally blogged today so i conveniently typed 2 posts under 2 previous dates.
i watched cellular on sunday. quite a brilliant movie by the same writer who wrote phone booth. this is a fast paced thriller starring Oscar-winning kim basinger and chris evans, who is said to be an upcoming star. both are actors worth your money. i was quite impressed by kim basinger's role as a bio teacher who actually uses her bio knowledge to outwit the kidnapper.
i also watched princess diaries 2 with cY, and zG in PS on monday after chem SPA. although more of a girly movie, this movie can appeal to all since it's a comedy.
we started practising the SYF set piece yesterday. it's unusually short, just 120+ bars. the inhuman lion (duh) was frustrated at me again cos my reaction speed was slow in contrast to what he considers as easy. the lion act smart and tried to display his drum beating skills, but sadly it was wrong. the percussion instructor corrected it. hah.
i got a haircut today! finally after scratching my hair for the whole morning. wanted to buy a birthday card for my father, but then saw no suitable ones. i haven't showed him my results slip yet, so maybe that will do. =P
thinking of changing my blog music to... mayday?
please check out the 2 posts before this. i finally blogged today so i conveniently typed 2 posts under 2 previous dates.
i watched cellular on sunday. quite a brilliant movie by the same writer who wrote phone booth. this is a fast paced thriller starring Oscar-winning kim basinger and chris evans, who is said to be an upcoming star. both are actors worth your money. i was quite impressed by kim basinger's role as a bio teacher who actually uses her bio knowledge to outwit the kidnapper.
i also watched princess diaries 2 with cY, and zG in PS on monday after chem SPA. although more of a girly movie, this movie can appeal to all since it's a comedy.
we started practising the SYF set piece yesterday. it's unusually short, just 120+ bars. the inhuman lion (duh) was frustrated at me again cos my reaction speed was slow in contrast to what he considers as easy. the lion act smart and tried to display his drum beating skills, but sadly it was wrong. the percussion instructor corrected it. hah.
i got a haircut today! finally after scratching my hair for the whole morning. wanted to buy a birthday card for my father, but then saw no suitable ones. i haven't showed him my results slip yet, so maybe that will do. =P
thinking of changing my blog music to... mayday?
~ the @lie[n] landed on Earth @ 11:03 PM
Friday, November 05, 2004
this week did not go so well for me. first, it was the OP. maybe i shouldn't conclude this so fast since there's still the weekend.
on wednesday, i went to yum cha so dinner after seeing wY's appetising pictures which she took when she went there with cY on monday. i ate just 2 clams and my eyes were swollen plus i had slight breathing difficulties late in the night. argh, it was an allergy. actually, i knew i was allergic to clams way back in primary sch but i decided to try it again. looks like i'll never ever touch clams again. note that the clams i'm allergic to are not the ones u find in cha kway tiao and certainly not abalone. =)
today was my AO Chinese exam paper. honestly, i didn't prepare much for it at all, since i didn't prepare during the promos and still managed an A1. however, i'm not quite sure whether i can get an A1 this time. argh.
the compo questions don't look good at all. i'll list the 4 questions here and comment on them individually.
1. Your best friend betrayed you. Write about the incident and your feelings. i foresee most people to do this question as this looks like the easiest of the 4. however, the trick here is that u must write something that even your best friend can betray you. surely u can't write about your best friend giving your secret away, if not how did he/she become your best friend in the first place? and u must say wad happened after the incident. will you 2 stop being friends altogether? remember he/she is your best friend. best friends don't break off so easily.
2. Knowledge is power. Write about this question and u'll die. unless u love GP so much and score well during GP. then again, those who score well in GP will most likely not do too well for chinese. =P
3. In the present S'pore society, some people think that being good in english is more important than being good in chinese. Do you agree? i did this question and agreed with the statement. oops, i forgot that the teachers marking my essay are chinese teachers. but the statement is true. didn't have much details though to make this an A1 essay. darn. this is not my cup of tea.
4. Your parents have always wanted you to become a doctor. They think that doctors have high social status and enjoy high salaries. That is until one incident which changed their thinking... Continue this essay. this is the most ridiculous compo question i've seen in my whole life. doctors are indeed highly paid and have higher social class, so wad can change this? not just because of a few doctors being negligent in their work can change your parent's mindset. or rather, everybody's mindset.
paper 2 was ok... kind of sad though that i lost 5 marks for not completing on time as i continued my compo during paper 2 as i was struggling to find things to write. nonetheless, i still want my A1! i hate it when the questions are the ones which cause me not to do well. ironically, the summary question was about success and failure which says that one cause of failure is due to external factors. how apt.
on wednesday, i went to yum cha so dinner after seeing wY's appetising pictures which she took when she went there with cY on monday. i ate just 2 clams and my eyes were swollen plus i had slight breathing difficulties late in the night. argh, it was an allergy. actually, i knew i was allergic to clams way back in primary sch but i decided to try it again. looks like i'll never ever touch clams again. note that the clams i'm allergic to are not the ones u find in cha kway tiao and certainly not abalone. =)
today was my AO Chinese exam paper. honestly, i didn't prepare much for it at all, since i didn't prepare during the promos and still managed an A1. however, i'm not quite sure whether i can get an A1 this time. argh.
the compo questions don't look good at all. i'll list the 4 questions here and comment on them individually.
1. Your best friend betrayed you. Write about the incident and your feelings. i foresee most people to do this question as this looks like the easiest of the 4. however, the trick here is that u must write something that even your best friend can betray you. surely u can't write about your best friend giving your secret away, if not how did he/she become your best friend in the first place? and u must say wad happened after the incident. will you 2 stop being friends altogether? remember he/she is your best friend. best friends don't break off so easily.
2. Knowledge is power. Write about this question and u'll die. unless u love GP so much and score well during GP. then again, those who score well in GP will most likely not do too well for chinese. =P
3. In the present S'pore society, some people think that being good in english is more important than being good in chinese. Do you agree? i did this question and agreed with the statement. oops, i forgot that the teachers marking my essay are chinese teachers. but the statement is true. didn't have much details though to make this an A1 essay. darn. this is not my cup of tea.
4. Your parents have always wanted you to become a doctor. They think that doctors have high social status and enjoy high salaries. That is until one incident which changed their thinking... Continue this essay. this is the most ridiculous compo question i've seen in my whole life. doctors are indeed highly paid and have higher social class, so wad can change this? not just because of a few doctors being negligent in their work can change your parent's mindset. or rather, everybody's mindset.
paper 2 was ok... kind of sad though that i lost 5 marks for not completing on time as i continued my compo during paper 2 as i was struggling to find things to write. nonetheless, i still want my A1! i hate it when the questions are the ones which cause me not to do well. ironically, the summary question was about success and failure which says that one cause of failure is due to external factors. how apt.
~ the @lie[n] landed on Earth @ 7:06 PM
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
I will be ranting about PW Oral Presentation so skip this post if u can’t stand my whining.
PW officially ends today. wow, i should be celebrating! (yar, my grp did eat ajisen ramen and watched the movie long feng dou after that, but that's not the point.) the point is, i got assessed by jismyl lam the blue t-shirt aunty. ok, she might not look as aunty as rita wong but i dun care. Mr ho was right… she asks tough questions that seem ridiculous to me. the real stressful thing about OP is not the presenting, but the Q & A after that, which can decide whether u get a band 1 or band 3.
the aunty asked both jodi and i questions. here is the interesting conversation jodi and she had. (assume this is a MSN chat)
JISMYL LAM SUX: how do i distinguish these organic apples from conventional apples in a supermarket?
Jodi: u may not be able to distinguish by taste, but they are placed at a special section marked out in the supermarket, blah blah…
JISMYL LAM SUX: (seems rather dissatisfied with the answer) what if these apples are misplaced? how are you going to identify it?
Jodi: u can maybe ask the people in charge of the supermarket and they should know how to identify.
JISMYL LAM SUX: (in a very displeased tone, almost arguing) who are the people? the uncle or aunty there?
Jodi: erm, the workers.
oh, if you think the organic apples can be misplaced in a supermarket, then 101 things can happen. people can tear off the label from the organic apples and replace it with a cheap conventional apple label. frankly, most Singaporeans won’t give two hoots about organic apples after they see the price tag. perhaps, since u are a smart-assed bio tutor, u can teach us how to identify.
then it’s my turn.
JISMYL LAM SUX: listen carefully. About the evolution of the trend, how does your project follow the question requirement stated in the project task?
She spoke in such a slow manner that anyone could have caught her question. I got her question immediately since jodi raised this point before about our project since our evolution of the trend is increasing and we propose to further increase the trend. but the question says that we must change the direction of this evolution. We asked ms ho our supervising tutor before and she said that will do too.
I tried to explain that there is only a small amount of people eating organic food but there is a slow increasing trend and we propose to make this trend more significant in 10 years time. Perhaps we presented our trend too explicitly unlike other groups. But that was wad ms ho wanted. Argh… I almost wanted to say “go check with your fellow colleague ho sern ling and see whether I’m right”.
She then proceeded to “insult” my intelligence by guiding me through her question.
JISMYL LAM SUX: when u change the direction, u…?
Me: (very reluctantly) reverse the trend?
oh, so she wants me to admit I got my project wrong from the start. SHIT HER LAH.
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I must remember to thank my other members though for slogging with me through this project. They are:
Jodi: our wonderful group leader who gave us a Garfield soft toy each today. She led us well, and is in charge of pushing us when we feel restless.
Wanyi: she types most of our minutes (oops, don’t tell MOE!) and is in charge of the wonderful powerpoint presentation with her photoshop skills.
Chen yu: our entertainer. Yeah, like that only. =P
next up: maths project? Shudder.
PW officially ends today. wow, i should be celebrating! (yar, my grp did eat ajisen ramen and watched the movie long feng dou after that, but that's not the point.) the point is, i got assessed by jismyl lam the blue t-shirt aunty. ok, she might not look as aunty as rita wong but i dun care. Mr ho was right… she asks tough questions that seem ridiculous to me. the real stressful thing about OP is not the presenting, but the Q & A after that, which can decide whether u get a band 1 or band 3.
the aunty asked both jodi and i questions. here is the interesting conversation jodi and she had. (assume this is a MSN chat)
JISMYL LAM SUX: how do i distinguish these organic apples from conventional apples in a supermarket?
Jodi: u may not be able to distinguish by taste, but they are placed at a special section marked out in the supermarket, blah blah…
JISMYL LAM SUX: (seems rather dissatisfied with the answer) what if these apples are misplaced? how are you going to identify it?
Jodi: u can maybe ask the people in charge of the supermarket and they should know how to identify.
JISMYL LAM SUX: (in a very displeased tone, almost arguing) who are the people? the uncle or aunty there?
Jodi: erm, the workers.
oh, if you think the organic apples can be misplaced in a supermarket, then 101 things can happen. people can tear off the label from the organic apples and replace it with a cheap conventional apple label. frankly, most Singaporeans won’t give two hoots about organic apples after they see the price tag. perhaps, since u are a smart-assed bio tutor, u can teach us how to identify.
then it’s my turn.
JISMYL LAM SUX: listen carefully. About the evolution of the trend, how does your project follow the question requirement stated in the project task?
She spoke in such a slow manner that anyone could have caught her question. I got her question immediately since jodi raised this point before about our project since our evolution of the trend is increasing and we propose to further increase the trend. but the question says that we must change the direction of this evolution. We asked ms ho our supervising tutor before and she said that will do too.
I tried to explain that there is only a small amount of people eating organic food but there is a slow increasing trend and we propose to make this trend more significant in 10 years time. Perhaps we presented our trend too explicitly unlike other groups. But that was wad ms ho wanted. Argh… I almost wanted to say “go check with your fellow colleague ho sern ling and see whether I’m right”.
She then proceeded to “insult” my intelligence by guiding me through her question.
JISMYL LAM SUX: when u change the direction, u…?
Me: (very reluctantly) reverse the trend?
oh, so she wants me to admit I got my project wrong from the start. SHIT HER LAH.
____________________________________________________
I must remember to thank my other members though for slogging with me through this project. They are:
Jodi: our wonderful group leader who gave us a Garfield soft toy each today. She led us well, and is in charge of pushing us when we feel restless.
Wanyi: she types most of our minutes (oops, don’t tell MOE!) and is in charge of the wonderful powerpoint presentation with her photoshop skills.
Chen yu: our entertainer. Yeah, like that only. =P
next up: maths project? Shudder.
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