Saturday, August 30, 2003
11:13 PM
my junior just told me that she's tranferring to sas. that's really shocking! i thought she would stay in ny for good.. esp after she didn't do well enought in her ssat to make it to the states. i really don't know what her dad is thinking.. it just seems as though her entire family feels that she would not do well in singapore and would flunk her o levels. her reason is that she won't pass chinese. is chinese really that tough? i don't know if her transferring to sas would be the best option for her, but im sure her dad must have given it a serious thought.
oh well... this is one good example of the failure in singapore's education system. more people are just trying to escape from it. they should just understand the fact that not everyone is an all rounder. the system is too rigid.. and we're talking about creative thinking here. PW... im sure it helps. talking about pw.. the deadline is like after the break... and promos is like the 3rd week of term 4? this is the first time in my entire 11 years of education that i ever had a final exam so early... other than PSLE. it's like... i haven't even started on anything. i mean anything. prac is just next week.. i hope i don't cause an explosion in the lab.
i think i just found out a week ago that promos was brought forward. oh great. i plan to mug during the holidays.. but it seems like the pw is another thing that i got to settle. OH MAN. the education system is indeed trying to nurture supermen. after 12 years... we'll just come out learning how to tackle examinations and handle project work at the same time.
Thursday, August 28, 2003
10:06 PM
today is pretty much a good day for me... excluding the part where i failed to finish my econs essay. oh well.. i must learn to think fast. in fact.. i don't even have time to think.. it must all be at my fingertips by promos. practice makes perfect.
today's private ang's birthday! he recieved lots of presents!! so envious.. this just shows where he stands in our hearts. zixin and gang got him 4 boxes of uncle toby! he must be real delighted. haha. pinky got him this pretty funky (and ex) bottle.. n a BIG card. it's really cute!! those types that glues me to a gift shop.. i can just spend hours standing in front of the card sections looking through all the contents of those pretty little things!
after school we had a bus 74 meeting.. alas we had full attendance! (deborah's not really in it) we went to coro for sushi (as in the cheap edo sushi).. n we just sat outside ntuc for almost 2 hours.. talking.. laughing.. heralding the arrival of the long awaited friday (and weekend!) i saw jingwen n claire. i was complaining to her about newcastle's loss to man utd last sat. by the way.. claire belongs to the toon army. well... i just didn't want man utd to win. i thought robert's curl was a beauty and that shearer's header completed the picture.
hmm.. i just hope that small kor comes home early today.. n that we can watch tv together. i enjoy spending the last few weeks watching dumb tv serials with him. at least it allows us to spend more time together... esp when he is leaving in like 20+ days? *sobz* i will miss watching soccer with him. i will have to support arsenal all by myself.. while big kor cheers for his ruud van nisterool.
ps: i've edited my previous blogs.. n attempted to edit the grammatical errors. =)
Wednesday, August 27, 2003
4:23 PM
i can't wait for this weekend to come! im looking forward to seeing my eldest brother. it's funny coz i never really missed him for the past 3 years.. probably because he is always back before my term closes. he is finally coming back for good.. but i suppose his work would require him to travel pretty much. this is something to be happy about.. but when one's back.. the other would be gone. my second brother is leaving on sept 20. i guess i'll miss him. there's a tinge of sadness in me when i knew that he is leaving so soon. i can't even remember how i felt when my eldest brother left. In fact, i never saw him off everytime he returns to UK. i guess it's because i always have this impression that my eldest brother is able to do well anywhere. he is one of the most determined person i even knew. he sets his target, he aims for it and he never fails to achieve it. he is the sharp hunter. whereas my second brother is more of a smart prey. he avoids dangers.. and he makes sure that he is able to save himself when he falls into the hunter trap. as for me? i lead my own life. i don't worry much about the future (at the moment). i figure out what i want, and i'll do my best to achieve it. and whether if i achieve it.. that's another thing. so what does this makes me?
Monday, August 25, 2003
10:05 PM
A bias person takes side. A stupid person follows blindly. A lost person follows his intuition. An upright person follows his values. A smart person ignores. A wise person listens to both sides and tries to solve the problem.
i don't know what exactly happened that caused this iron curtain to be casted upon my class. it just seemed that everybody chose to ignore it and continue their lives as it is. some of them sees it as the "politics" of the class. most of the problem have been solved... except the root. someone has to bring her out. someone has to open her up. someone has to do something. but it just seemed that we have all accepted the way it is and don't think that there's a problem with the class.. or with her. the thing is... does she even feel that there's one? if she thinks it's alright with her.. then why am i even bothered by it? i haven't been talking to her for quite some time (i mean a REAL conversation). we sort of lost our topics some way some how. i don't know what to do. this is confusing.
5:37 PM
wonderful!! i finally know how to get this thing started. oh well.. think im just pretty bored today. school just make a difference i guess. i miss everyone. can't wait to go back to sch tmr. sad to say.. im down with flu.. it just seems as though my entire nasal passage is blocked. i wonder how i breathe. the thought of completing the antibiotics course just makes me feel even more sick. sigh.. n i can't do pe this week. man.. i think i will just die from flu. i need to sweat... i need to exercise.. it will keep me alive n make me feel healthy. i feel so restless.. n sick.