Thursday, October 30, 2008 '
11:08 PM Y
Took close to 3 hrs to annotate one commentary on Hamlet.
Gosh.
And it was not as if i was distracted or something,
i actually spent 3 SOLID HOURS ON IT!
Sheesh.
Now i have to rush to complete all my other work.
** Im so tired. Can i go to bed and just ignore all my other work?? =S
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11:21 AM YI hate my life.
Everything just has to go wrong.
What exactly have i done that is wrong?
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 '
9:31 PM Y
Its really funny how somethings can turn out the way they do.
Why does something that seemed so great at the beginning turn out the exact opposite at the end??
Its really weird.
Why must it be that way?
Monday, October 27, 2008 '
10:22 PM Y
Correction.
The IB Diploma will be main cause of it all.
** The feeling of stress is OVERWHELMING.
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10:22 PM Y
Friday, October 24, 2008 '
8:47 PM Y
Daddy and mummy's gifts from MeiShi.
Introducing Wormy Daddy and Wormy Mummy =)
Family Portrait
From left to right:
Wormy mummy, Spoty the dog, Whiskers the leopard, Chili the giraffe, Wormy daddy
HAPPY FAMILY =)
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8:36 PM Y
I actually managed to control myself and work hard in school.
Every minute and second was not wasted. =)
Had 4 interviews today with various teachers.
Thanks MS BRINN for spending time to read through every single one of our essays.
Thanks MS SCOTTI for telling me where my WL essay has gone wrong.
Thanks MR JONES for talking to me about my tertiary stuff and assuring me that my predicted grades were not flukes.
Thanks THAT NICE LADY who came into our school today to give us the mock interviews.
This week is CHINA WEEK.
The rest of the senior school actually got to go to different parts of China for fun.
However, the yr 12s and yr 13s had to stay behind.
Im not complaining though.
This week has been rather productive.
We have so much work to complete so i guess its just as well we were given this week to complete our stuff.
MeiShi seems to have enjoyed herself at YANGSHUO.
Her stories are just so entertaining though i have to admit,
i have not been listening to them intently.
Was too busy rushing through my EE.
I shall find time talk to her.
Now that my EE is completed (more-or-less),
i have to turn my attention to WORLD LIT ESSAY.
Then, in no particular order,
ECONOMICS IA
TOK PRESENTATION
MATH TEST
SAT II
Oh well.
Thursday, October 23, 2008 '
8:51 PM Y
Monday, October 20, 2008 '
9:19 PM Y
Im delirious with happiness!!
My extended essay is almost done!!
After all the pruning and editing that ive been doing to my essay for the WHOLE DAY,
it is starting to seem acceptable to me =)
I just hope that ive got everything that i need over there already..
i seriously dont have many words to spare now..
The limit is 4000 words.
Not one word more.
Somehow, this is a VERY IMPORTANT POINT to take note as ms brinn has stressed OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
At the moment, i have 3979 words.
This is a very good number of words to have and i dont exactly want to add on anymore.
Hopefully i dont need to make major changes to it anymore.
Time to do the abstract for the essay.
I cant believe that im actually happy to do this.
Because once im done with the abstract,
it will mean one thing.
I CAN CHUCK MY EXTENDED ESSAY ASIDE AND PAY ATTENTION TO OTHER WORK! (hopefullly..)
Wish me luck people! =)
Friday, October 17, 2008 '
7:25 PM Y
I actually managed to improve my score =)
Not by a lot but at least there was an improvement,
this would mean that i am one step closer to my goal.
To my intense surprise,
i actually didnt fail my economics test.
In fact,
i got 20/25.
I seriously think that mr johnson was really lenient.
Wonder if there are any marking errors..
i shall go and look through my paper later on and check.
Unbelievable.
Maybe miracles do happen.
Thursday, October 16, 2008 '
7:58 PM YEconomics is the most logical yet hard-to-remember subject ever.
No words can describe my irritation now.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 '
9:55 PM Y
As far as i am concerned..
But im really freaking out about the IB.
Now i really understand why only the really smart pupils in singapore take the IB.
Its not the syllabus that is different,
it is all the EXTRA STUFF that we have to do on top of the normal syllabus.
Internal Assessments for every subject
Extended Essay
TOK Essay
TOK presentation
CAS activities
Note to parents: if you want your children to live a happy life, dont let them do the IB
Its a slow and painful death.
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4:35 PM Y
Im having a parent-teacher meeting later on at 6 plus.
Not that i have anything to worry about anyway, right?
My parents want to see the IB coordinator,
who i have to say,
is a SUPER scary lady.
Sure hope that everything goes on well.
Oh Oh
My parents actually dont want to see any other of my subject teachers.
They said that they dont find a need to..
Guess thats a good thing?
Okay.
Shall try to get some work done first before leaving.
Im such a nerd.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 '
9:16 PM Y
There was a new teacher as the other one quit her job.
The guys in class were so excited about seeing this new and supposedly younger-than-the-other-teacher new teacher.
They were off the the classroom even before the bell rang!!
She was nothing like they imagined.
Not going to say much but that they guys were really disappointed.
It seems like she is going to work us harder than jian lao shi did in the past.
She gave us a piece of paper with REALLY SIMPLE WORDS and told us to make a story out of it.
The words were easy but the making a story part is not easy at all!!
Highlight of the lesson...
Mostly everyone gave really nonsensical passages but ben's top the list.
He's was clearly the best!!!
The words we were given were:
爱
八
把
爸
吧
白
百
班
半
办
帮
His story went like this.. (i shall translate directly.. you may not see the link if you dont understand chinese.. if you do, look the the above words then translate the passage below into chinese and you will get the joke)
What ben wrote for his story..
My father wakes up at 8am everyday to catch rabbits. He gives the rabbits to me to kill. One day, i FELL IN LOVE WITH A RABBIT. I decided not to kill it. In the end, the rabbit and I HAD 100 LITTLE RABBITS.
** I better clarify first.
I DID NOT WRITE THE STORY.
HAHAHA!!!
The class was in nearly in tears and we were all red in the face after we heard teacher read this out. But to give prove ben's sanity, let me write what he meant to have written. He just didnt know how to phrase it properly in chinese..
The actual meaning of the story..
My father wakes up at 8am everyday to catch rabbits. He gives the rabbits to be to kill. One day, i found a cute rabbit and did not have the heart to kill it. I decided not to kill it. In the end, due to the fact that i had let the rabbit live, it gave birth to 100 little rabbits.
HAHAHAHAHA.
This is really a classical example of translation gone wrong. He thought of a sensible story in his head and in english but when he wrote it in chinese, it came out totally wrong!!
Oh well.
We really had a good time laughing.
It was hilarious.
I love it when such things happen in class,
makes it more lively =)
Wish this happens more often.
Monday, October 13, 2008 '
10:27 PM Y
as usual..
Found that i really am deteriorating in my studies,
ESPECIALLY MATH!!!
I use to be able to do many many math questions without much problems but that ability seems to have escaped me recently.
Oh well,
have to find time to do catching up.
Next week sounds like a good time,
since the wonderful school has planned such an 'exciting' programme for the year 13s that include 2 full days for us to complete our school work.
Guess it would be beneficial,
since i have like essays to rush and revision to be done.
Okay.
There goes another boring post related to education.
As you can infer from my blog,
my life revolves around studying.
** Wonder what my limit is.
When will i actually break down and give up.
Come to think of it,
I'd rather not find out.
Sunday, October 12, 2008 '
8:45 PM YUrgh.
I dont understand how people can actually do well in economics without even studying.
I study so relatively more than them and i still dont do as well.
Oh Poo.
I hate it when this type of things happen.
Deflates my confidence and motivation to study.
I mean whats the point of studying so hard when people who dont study do even better??
Labels: confusion
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10:35 AM Y
I lied.
Saturday, October 11, 2008 '
4:00 PM YCrap.
I actually managed to have over 4000 words!!
Now i have to do the reverse and reduce the number of words =(
So much for moaning about not being able to hit 4000 words..
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12:59 PM YEXTENDED ESSAY MARATHON
** i truly, seriously hate ee..
im not getting the help that im suppose to be receiving =(
Friday, October 10, 2008 '
9:14 PM YToday was horrible.
Economics Quiz was the worst ever.
It was data analysis and we were suppose to analyze 4 graphs to do with Spain's economy.
I DIDNT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GRAPHS WHERE SHOWING AT ALL.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN GREEK FOR ALL I CARE AND I WONT HAVE UNDERSTOOD IT BETTER!!
So you all can guess,
i panicked.
And panicked.
In the end i gave up all hope of even passing the test.
Come on,
my answers for parts B, C and D
CONTRADICT one another..
As we are talking about the same country's economy,
it is obvious that it cannot possibly be contradicting right??!!
Screw it.
I know i failed.
Its just a matter of how badly.
Mr Johnson seemed amused by my reaction though..
i must have looked like i wanted to cry and scream at the same time.
He assured me (thanks a lot.. like its going to help make me feel better),
that i was not going to get an egg for the paper since i got 'some points' right here and there.
Had a really horrible afternoon after the quiz,
couldnt help but feel pissed off at myself.
Come on,
how come my classmates can decipher the graphs and i cant??
** im still rather pissed off actually
Thursday, October 9, 2008 '
7:28 PM YPlayed scrabble after school today with the year 7s and 8s.
Aww..
They are really cute and quick-witted.
Looking at them reminds me of the care-free time i used to enjoy when i was little.
Humans are always not contented with what they have.
When i was in primary 5-6, i use to complain about having to do more than an hour of work at night.
Then i moved on to lower secondary and i use to wonder why i have to take so many subjects and the total workload increased by quite a fare bit.
Then came upper secondary, the 2years prior to GCE O Levels. Studying has never been that tough and i struggled to stop myself from doing too much frivolous and unnecessary things.
Now its the 2 years prior to IB.
Life has never been that insane.
The work load is so much that i have to work for 4-6 hours every night JUST TO GET HOMEWORK done. (though i must admit it included chatting and listening to music..)
Internal Assessments and essays pile up so high that it threatens to bury me underneath all those words.
Stress level is at an all time high (most of the time) as i try my best to meet datelines, produce quality work and meet the outstanding expectations that my teachers have for me.
However, somewhere within this horrible time of my life, school actually manages to become fun and enjoyable.
Lessons are hardly a bore (most of the time..) and the teachers are animated and jovial.
Crazy friends make me laugh till i get out of breath and the teasing gets really amusing.
I have to say that i am growing up.
Ive learnt to always look for the silver lining in the grey sky.
There are times when it can be REALLY DIFFICULT to find it,
but if you persevere,
the task is not impossible.
Dare to dream the impossible.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 '
7:56 PM YI want to love my life,
and not be stuck right here.
But everything that i see or hear now,
only seems to make things worse than what they were.
I knew that this would happen eventually,
just never thought that it would hurt this much when it does.
I psycho-ed myself to think that it would be alright,
and was so successful that i started to believe it was true.
But lying to yourself never works,
for everything will be revealed at the end of time.
I know i will get over it,
when i finally make up my mind.
Till then,
it still hurts.
Labels: it does hurt. it does.
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4:29 PM YOh great.
I had double super shock this morning.
Thanks a lot but i really dont appreciate such things
Electromagnetic Induction test is not next thurday, IT IS THIS THURSDAY, meaning it is TOMORROW!
Feel so pissed off now.
I dont even understand this topic fully and we are going to have a test tomorrow??
I dont want to fail the test.
According to the rest of the guys, the only comfort they can see in this situation is that all of us are equally unprepared for the test, so we can all die tomorrow together.
Thanks guys,
but i dont really want to die yet you know..
Those guys are really smart though,
the only reason why they are not doing well for now is that they dont bother studying for tests.
Wait till they start studying,
they will all do better than me with ease.
Im not going to like that..
Higher Level Physics is really a killer,
and im the only 'smart' girl who is taking it.
The other girls in the level either take biology or physics at standard level.
Smart people.
No point crying over spilled milk though,
instead of moaning and anticipating my death,
i'd rather try to die in the nicest way possible.
**
take a deep breath,
steady your heartbeat,
hold back your swear words
and
welcome to my life.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 '
7:05 PM YHAPPY BIRTHDAY TEO AK!!!
You are now officially 18 years old too!!
Did you realise how nice i am?? I actually didnt laugh at you for being a baby even though i had 2 FULL DAYS to do so!!
Heres wishing you all the best and all your wishes come true..
I know that we are now legal to do MANY MANY THINGS but knowing you, since you are just like me, we wont be doing any of those things in the near future.. except maybe watching M18 shows if there are nice ones screening.. heeeeeeeeee.
There are just so many things piling up now.
Somehow all the teachers love giving us work at the same time.
- Economic quiz on friday
- EE draft due next monday - which i am no where near completing it for now..
- Physics test on electromagnetic induction next thursday - crap.. i dont even know what the topic is about.. so confusing.
- World Lit Draft - i dont even understand what ms scotti is writing so have to go and see her..
- Economic IA - what is my article even talking about?? i dont really have an idea you know..
- TOK Presentation (early next month) - have not even started it yet.. should talk to zoe about it.
- SAT II
Things that i KNOW are going to come up in the VERY NEAR FUTURE..
- Math IA - mr g even gave us the stack of samples to take a look already..
- TOK Essay - first draft due in december i think
Dont know if i missed anything out but you get the gist of my words right??
I have so much work to do now and im feeling SO TIRED..
Too bad for me and my friends then =(
Okay.
Enough time spent here.
Off to be a nerd =)
** Thanks to JADE and MATT for giving me my birthday bash today.. all i can say is thank goodness im only 18.. can you imagine if im 80 and they have to bash me 80 times??!!
*** Thanks to SUE for the lovely roses and the hug!! I LOVE YOU TOO!!~~
Labels: i feel loved =)
Monday, October 6, 2008 '
10:27 PM Yhappy BIRTHDAY to MEISHI
!!!May all your wishes and dreams come true..
Now that you are 15 already, act more matured okayy?? =P
Joking..
Just want you to know that i love you loads
Dont get jealous unnecessarily..
Take things easy,
its beneficial for a longer life.
Lastly
Dont harp too much on unhappy stuff
learn to let go.
Okay.. im really busy so i better go off to continue my work.
** I hate physics. Oh yes i do.
Sunday, October 5, 2008 '
11:08 PM Y
thankyou
DAJIE for the drawing!!!
(im not a baby now!!!)
Im officially 18 today!!
Actually i dont exactly feel ecstatic about the whole thing.
The presents are cool and everything but..
Okay.
Im going to say it.
Dont laugh after reading it.
i feel old
Yup.
Thats why.. i feel old.. 18 years have past since i was born. Thats a long way.
But i have an even longer journey ahead of me (i hope..) so very soon these 18 years would become part of an even larger number.
(Wonder how i will feel when i turn 21..)
Anyway, it was an enjoyable day. The cool weather contributed to the lovely feeling in me. However, it was not exactly the best day i could have because i have so much work to rush before school reopens on tuesday. Oh well. It could have been worse.
Let the pictures do the talking now. =)
FOOD!!
ITS REALLY GOOD. =)
meishi and her lunch.. think its chicken..
meishin and her brunch!
daddy and his shrimp thingie..
my yummy pork and fries!!
** The photo with mummy in it is really blur so i deleted it..
my daddy and mummy.. =)
their back views..
IN THE RESTAURANT!!
talking session..
my sisters!!
them again.. they really love to take photos.. unlike me.
the bottles of beer in the restaurant..
its blurred.. wonder why..
mirror reflection!
MY PRESSIES!!!
drawing done by MY DADDY!! =D
this is a hello kitty calendar.. even though im not an avid fan of hello kitty, i have to say this is really pretty =)
and i love pretty stuff!
this lamp shade is really REALLY pretty right??
i thought so too.. =)
meishi gave me this 'soft-toy doggie' bag..
cute =)
ROSES!!
i actually mentioned to mummy that i wanted a balloon when we were walking home because i saw some kiddies carrying balloons.. to my surprise, she went and bought me this instead.
"This is more befitting for someone who just turned 18."
heeeeeeee..
totally agree.
MY BIRTHDAY CAKE =)
i actually didnt want a cake this time.. due to the crazy milk scare in china.. in the end i decided that a birthday without a birthday cake cannot be considered a birthday.. so yup. got one despite the scary thoughts that came along with it..
BUT IT TASTES REALLY GOOD!
MANGO-CHOCOLATE CAKE =)
Oh.
Before i forget, i want to express my thanks to all those who wished me a
HAPPY BIRTHDAY today.
Its really sweet of all of you to remember it even though i didnt mention it at all.
Had quite a few surprises and unexpected wishes.
Seems like some of the people whom i expected to remember this day didnt do so and some whom i didnt even think would remember my existence actually did...
This is life i guess.
Always expect the unexpected.Since i am now one year wiser (and older), i shall try to act more matured and 'adult-like'. hehehe..
Okayy.. even though it IS still my birthday now, i need to get on with my ee..
Adios.
(AND IM 18 PEOPLE!! I CAN NOW WATCH M18 SHOWS, PURCHASE CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL!!!)
(not that i actually want to but yea..)
** Im not going to point fingers and blame anyone for forgetting but i just want you all to know, that somehow, it really hurts, as much as i try to convince myself otherwise.
Saturday, October 4, 2008 '
10:19 PM YWent to ba bai ban today with my family.
I finally got to eat the SINGAPOREAN CUISINE that they have been talking about..
the front cover of their menu..
they actually even have a short history on Singapore on the first 2 pages =)
meishin with her lollie!!!
Went back to school this morning.
Only the 10 of us were there for it.
Somehow because of the atmosphere, it doesnt really feel as scary and stressful as it is suppose to be.. which is a good thing!!
I can say that all of us were very relieved and happy when it was over.
Everyone was grinning their heads off when we were let off but then someone had to remind us about the HUMONGOUS PILE OF UNDONE HOLIDAY HOMEWORK waiting for us at our respective homes..
You can imagine the silence after that.
Anyway..
Im not looking forward to tomorrow.
I know that i am suppose to but somehow i dont want tomorrow to come.
Oh well
tomorrow will come as it is suppose to.
Be realistic girl,
you cant stop or turn back the time.
but i can always wish and dream cant i??
Friday, October 3, 2008 '
9:51 PM YScared
Worried
Uneasy
Restless
Irritable
Undecided
Tired
.
Thursday, October 2, 2008 '
10:50 PM YNothing much to blog actually.
Did homework the whole day..
What kind of life am i living?
Gosh.
Its so boring.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 '
11:23 PM YCredits to dajie =)
She sent me this lovely personally drawn (i know you drew it personally dajie.. who else would draw this?? =D ) for children's day..
OH OH OH!!!
Im so sorry dajie and everyone else who has emailed me and i have not replied..
This week is really hectic for me and knowing me, I LOVE TO COME UP WITH LONG EMAILS and i dont have the time to do so for so many people so i came to the painful decision (YES IT IS PAINFUL) to not reply anyone for the time being until i settle my crisis..
Till then..
adios!
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11:02 PM YTENSION.
Its scary how suddenly it can happen.
Sneaks up right behind you and give you a scare.
Had a tiring day today.
Went studying with BONGO YUM YUM at starbucks..
I REALLY DID STUDY OKAY??!!
But we had a wild time chatting as well =)
Somehow even talking to bongo is a real laugh.. makes me cry at times.. heeeeeee
Aww.. bongo.. you know I LOVE YOU =)
And i know you love me too.. you said so SO MANY TIMES, in SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS =D
Extended Essay is a headache indeed.
Really induces me to mumble (see?? im still really refined okay..) some not so nice sounding words.
Have to pray really hard that my EE is going to end up okay..
Crap.
I still have WORLD LIT ESSAY to worry about.
Yup Bongo. You were right.
This week is no holiday.
Its more like study-leave.
No,
its worse than that.
BEFORE I FORGET..
HAPPY CHILDREN'S DAY EVERYONE =)
no matter how old you are,
you will always be a child to your parents sooooooooooooooo
everyone, YES EVERYONE(!), is entitled to celebrate this day =)
May the child in you remain forever.
Labels: children's day =)
them again.. they really love to take photos.. unlike me.
