Post A's

So my last paper was on 28th Nov. Today is the second day of post-A period and I already have no idea what to do... I still feel obligated to study. *sigh*

The night before my last paper, biology MCQ that is an afternoon paper from 2 pm to 3.15 pm, I dreamt that I woke up at 1.15 pm. I thought I was screwed &#@^*!! It takes about 40 mins to travel to school, not to mention changing, brushing my teeth etc.. Scary nightmare.

Anyway, here is my to-do list:

1. Upgrade my guitar skills

2. Learn Korean before I go to Korea in Feb (YAYYY~~)

3. Read Harry Potter, Percy Jackson series etc..

4. Quit being unemployed

5. Buy shoes (Gahhh, shopping)

6. Buy headphones (that are reasonably priced)

7. Do volunteer work

Tentative goals:

8. Learn piano

9. Learn one more language (French/Italian/Spanish.. Depends on which country I might visit)

It seems like everything that I have planned to do only makes me so much poorer. I'm going ice-skating with my class on Monday, maybe watching a movie afterwards, going to the zoo and night safari on Tuesday, ate sashimi buffet and went karaoke-ing yesterday, gonna travel Singapore someday before my student pass expires etc... 

I just spent my entire day lazing in my bed. How productive.

Ender's Game

So I watched Ender's Game just now and I love it! What am I doing watching a movie in the middle of the most important exam of my life (so far) you ask? Well, I kinda lost my sanity a week ago so... Who cares.

The film, the novel.

This is another alien-human future world and focuses on the struggle of a 10-year-old boy, our tactics genius protagonist Ender. The movie does not do a very good job on explicitly explaining the details of background stories, and only a few characters were really developed. One too many characters like Ender's brother Peter ended up as a touch-and-go character. The first 30 mins was confusing and had a lot of holes... It's a movie that grows on you.
The CGI was awesome though! And maybe it's just me, because I don't like to watch action films on the big screen, but dayum was my heart pounding. Like when they pulled the monitor out of his neck, when the mouse jumped into the giant's eye, or when he was commanding the "stimulation" attacks on the aliens.

To be honest though if I was one of the officers that worked my butt off to be able to enter the Battle School or Command Base, I wouldn't be too thrilled to have to take orders from a 10-year-old kid who only enrolled a few months ago and manged to climb up ranks to become "Commander".

Definitely gonna read the book now haha. My ever-growing list of things to do after A's. xD

MUST go and watch Ender's Game! So much better than Thor 2 where Natalie Portman becomes a useless flower vase.. And Loki "dies" again. He 'dies' in every single movie and comes back again with the exact same aim... *sigh*

Ok bye~ My exam ends 28th November AND I CANNOT WAIT.

So.... My Life Is About To Reboot

The A-Levels are coming. The 5 subjects, 11 papers in 1 month that I'm about to sit through determines the success or failure of my 14-year education. Quite the undervaluation, ain't it. 

I know it sounds melodramatic (I'm gonna look back at this post 10 years later and, hopefully, scoff), but it does feel like what my life adds up to is about to end. My results are....very worrying. I'm at the end of my road because unlike other people who has financial capabilities, I don't. I can't apply for scholarships with my results. I can't go overseas for University. My only option is to enter local U. 

There is a very high chance of me not being able to enter local U. Or, even if I could, it would be some crappy course that I have completely no interest in. 

But after A's... Freedom. 

That's all my friends and I ever talk about this month. We would be walking on the streets, saying, hey, let's go shopping after A's or let's go cafe-hopping after A's or even let's go overseas after A's! 

Instead of working towards the examinations, we are all working towards after the examinations. 

Well, in the event that I really can't enroll in local U, I've already told my mum that I'll take a gap year (debit, of course). Maybe go backpacking, maybe do voluntary work... I'll see where it takes me. 

So here I am, doing the 10-9 sit-in in the library, turning my butt to cold stone, in a room full of my enemies (hahaha) busy attacking one script after another and me... Typing away on my phone. 

I should really get back to studying. 

All the best!!