So in the past few weeks there've been a sudden onset of extremely passionate Christian groups in my school (NUS) trying to spread the gospel to unsuspecting passers-by. I got stopped once in UTown when I was having my dinner and once in Kent Ridge MRT when I was trying to meet my friend.
It is, frankly, extremely annoying. Not to mention the lack of common courtesy.
The first incident was when I was sitting alone, in UTown, looking gentle and pliant as my face and small stature tend to wrongly impression, with my meal half eaten and my spoon halfway towards my mouth, and 2 girls from a NUS Christian society came up to me and sat down at my table and started talking about Jesus. Really??? I spent the next 15 minutes trying to push them away (because I was too polite to be rude, dammit), while my food turned cold because it would be so damn awkward to keep eating when I have 4 eyes staring intently at me and giving me that serene we-are-going-to-enlighten-you-you-innocent-child smile. RUDE.
The second time at KR MRT station, I got tricked. I was rushing to meet my friend when I was stopped for a short survey which was no longer than 1 page, so I thought, why not? I assumed it was some kind of data collection, for we were in hospital and school vicinity after all, but noooooo, it was another Christian group trying to spread their gospel. This one believed in "Mother" female god and blah blah. Honestly, at the right time I would have been interested in listening, but I hate the feeling of being cheated and I repeatedly told the person "my friend is waiting for me I have 2 minutes to spare" but she kept talking. So I left without giving any contact information, and extremely put-off.
Really not the way to try and spread the gospel, guys. If anything, you're making more people wary and suspicious of anything remotely Christian-related. Christians do not have a good name because too many are overly enthusiastic and lack common courtesy.
My friend, for example, on the same day I was accosted by the KR Mother-god people, was also harassed by 3 different Christian groups in Faculty of Science. Yes, I used the words "harassed" and "accosted" because that's what they did. My friend was busy studying when they interrupted her study and forced her to listen to them, even though she repeatedly told them to go away. Extremely RUDE.
What is the point of forcing information on someone clearly repulsed? If anything, doing so will only cement their repulsion for the information, in this case "Christianity", which is entirely counterproductive. Wrong place wrong time, and RUDE.
Stop it. Just stop. You guys are giving Christians a bad reputation.
P.S. About the 30 Day Writing Challenge... I failed. Spectacularly.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Monday, May 4, 2015
Study Music
I was looking through Youtube for some study music and I discovered this guy, Yiruma. Oh my gosh he's so good. I've already heard many of his compositions here and there (movie soundtracks, maybe?) but never a name.
This video here:
Also, I like to use rain sounds when I study to drown out the background noises. I use the Sleepmaker Rain Free app here (iOs). My favourite sound is the "Gentle...with distant thunder".
Enjoy and happy studying~
This video here:
Also, I like to use rain sounds when I study to drown out the background noises. I use the Sleepmaker Rain Free app here (iOs). My favourite sound is the "Gentle...with distant thunder".
Enjoy and happy studying~
My finals are almost over! I hope to do module reviews for this and last semester... I got lazy and didn't do reviews last semester (eheheh..).
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Downloading PSPP
Hey guys just wanted to write quick and easy instructions on how to download and work PSPP on Windows.
I have a statistics assignment due this Friday and SPSS is too $$ so the teachers recommended the free software PSPP that is capable of basic statistics functions. I struggled for 2 hours trying to work that thing. I'm using MacBook Air but I use Parallels for Windows 8.
DOWNLOADING
1. Go to https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/get.html and download the latest version of PSPP. (The Mac download is too complicated so I went for Windows).
2. Save and run it.
HOW TO USE
The raw data they gave us was in the format of excel. Microsoft excel is not compatible with PSPP, sadly.
1. Download LibreOffice.
2. Use LibreOffice to open the .xls / .xlsx file.
3. Save file as .ods / .csv format.
4. Open PSPP and choose "Import file..", "all files" and click on your above saved file.
5. VOILA!
Note: Microsoft's version of .csv is not compatible with PSPP and it'll just end up with only one line of data.
I did a test independent sampling test and it worked fine. Okay fellow PL2131 students! Let's work hard for our assignment! (If you have any clue what to do please help I'm so lost...)
I have a statistics assignment due this Friday and SPSS is too $$ so the teachers recommended the free software PSPP that is capable of basic statistics functions. I struggled for 2 hours trying to work that thing. I'm using MacBook Air but I use Parallels for Windows 8.
DOWNLOADING
1. Go to https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/get.html and download the latest version of PSPP. (The Mac download is too complicated so I went for Windows).
2. Save and run it.
HOW TO USE
The raw data they gave us was in the format of excel. Microsoft excel is not compatible with PSPP, sadly.
1. Download LibreOffice.
2. Use LibreOffice to open the .xls / .xlsx file.
3. Save file as .ods / .csv format.
4. Open PSPP and choose "Import file..", "all files" and click on your above saved file.
5. VOILA!
Note: Microsoft's version of .csv is not compatible with PSPP and it'll just end up with only one line of data.
I did a test independent sampling test and it worked fine. Okay fellow PL2131 students! Let's work hard for our assignment! (If you have any clue what to do please help I'm so lost...)
Monday, November 17, 2014
NUS Sem 1 Year 1 + Randomness
So.... I'm still alive. Yay~
Semester 1 of my first year in NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is almost over! Right now I'm on my study break and final examinations are coming soon. How fast. It feels just like yesterday when I was wondering when my classes will first start.
At least one thing has improved so far: my typing. I'm typing a lot faster now and with more accuracy. xD
So FASS is trying to implement a partial liberal arts system where before you major, you have no compulsory or pre-allocated modules. Good news is, you are free to take whatever module you want~ Bad news is, you have to bid for EVERYTHING. The bidding system is so tedious. For FASS students we have 600 faculty points and 400 other points. Good luck bidding for more popular courses that can go up to 300+ points for one module.
In order to graduate with a degree from FASS, we need to take 2 General Education modules, 1 Singapore Studies module, 2 breadth modules, 3 faculty exposure modules, 7 unrestricted modules (which can be used for minors), 15 major modules for bachelor and another 8 more major modules for honours. Each module is about 4 MCs (module credit).
To graduate, we need
BA- 120 MCs and CAP 2.0
BA (Hons) or BSocSci (Hons) - 160 MCs and CAP 3.2- (optional Honours thesis)
This semester I'm taking
1. Introduction to Philosophy (PH1102E)
2. Einstein's Universe and Quantum Weirdness (PC1325)
3. Introduction to Public Speaking (GEM2027)
4. Environmental Biology (GEK1515)
5. South Asia: People, Culture, Development (SN1101E)
1&5 are FASS mods and I'm taking them to fulfil exposure modules requirement. 3&4 are general education modules, one arts and one science and I'm taking 2 as my breadth module (from physics department). I wanted to try more FASS modules but the bid points were too damn high and I couldn't get what I wanted. Philosophy cost 300+ bid points! That's more than half of my 600 faculty point! The rest all cost only 1 bid point each though... I'm saving up for semester 2.
In FASS you have to declare a major latest by year 2 and earliest year 1 semester 2. Most majors don't have any prerequisites but for the one I'm interested in, Psychology, requires at least a B- in two of its introduction modules.
I wanted to bid for Psychology modules but they were too popular and cost too much. T^T
So I'm saving up for next semester!
If you really need more time, you can appeal to the school admin and ask to extend time before you declare your major. Of course, then you'll have to plan your timetable carefully because you would miss one semester of your major modules. And if you don't graduate in time, the government's subsidy will run out... and you'll run out of $$$.
For now the expenses are about S$4k/sem and I'm using my Dad's CPF to pay first. I'll have to return the money to him, with interest, when I start working of course, but honestly I'd much rather pay interest to my Dad than to banks.
To learn more about CPF Education Scheme, click here.
To be honest though, I don't really know what I'm doing in university. I have no motivation to study because I don't know what I'm studying for. I'm just going along with the paper chase because I don't know what I want.
I've tried working in retail, admin, charity organisations etc and I cannot survive for longer than 1 month in any of them.
I constantly put myself in a position where I have many options to choose from... Maybe that's my security. On one hand I have many, many opportunities. On the other I have too many options and I don't know how to choose. I really want to find a job that I love and I would be happy to do for the rest of my life but really, so far there is nothing I can do for the rest of my life.
No joke, I even get tired of eating sometimes (mostly during long holidays) and I just stop eating because I don't like eating anymore. And eating is a necessity essential for my survival.*sighhh~*
What to do.
On a side note, I really think that I was born 30. I'm only 19 and I feel like birthdays have lost their meaning because I have celebrated too many and they just don't feel as special.
I'll tell you a secret. I'm actually 50-year-old fabricating the life of a 19-year-old for my own amusement. And if you see me outside it's because I am really, really, prodigiously good at make-up. Also botox. My friends can testify to this.
-just kidding-
Even my sense of humor is old. Oh well. Off to knit christmas mittens.
Side-side note: I reallllyyy love christmas and I have no idea why. We don't even have snow in Singapore. Or cold weather, or egg nogs or roasted turkeys or nutcrackers or plain old fireplaces... Landed property is scarce. :'(
We do have the heck a lot of chocolates though~ Mmmh~
Semester 1 of my first year in NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is almost over! Right now I'm on my study break and final examinations are coming soon. How fast. It feels just like yesterday when I was wondering when my classes will first start.
At least one thing has improved so far: my typing. I'm typing a lot faster now and with more accuracy. xD
So FASS is trying to implement a partial liberal arts system where before you major, you have no compulsory or pre-allocated modules. Good news is, you are free to take whatever module you want~ Bad news is, you have to bid for EVERYTHING. The bidding system is so tedious. For FASS students we have 600 faculty points and 400 other points. Good luck bidding for more popular courses that can go up to 300+ points for one module.
In order to graduate with a degree from FASS, we need to take 2 General Education modules, 1 Singapore Studies module, 2 breadth modules, 3 faculty exposure modules, 7 unrestricted modules (which can be used for minors), 15 major modules for bachelor and another 8 more major modules for honours. Each module is about 4 MCs (module credit).
To graduate, we need
BA- 120 MCs and CAP 2.0
BA (Hons) or BSocSci (Hons) - 160 MCs and CAP 3.2- (optional Honours thesis)
This semester I'm taking
1. Introduction to Philosophy (PH1102E)
2. Einstein's Universe and Quantum Weirdness (PC1325)
3. Introduction to Public Speaking (GEM2027)
4. Environmental Biology (GEK1515)
5. South Asia: People, Culture, Development (SN1101E)
1&5 are FASS mods and I'm taking them to fulfil exposure modules requirement. 3&4 are general education modules, one arts and one science and I'm taking 2 as my breadth module (from physics department). I wanted to try more FASS modules but the bid points were too damn high and I couldn't get what I wanted. Philosophy cost 300+ bid points! That's more than half of my 600 faculty point! The rest all cost only 1 bid point each though... I'm saving up for semester 2.
In FASS you have to declare a major latest by year 2 and earliest year 1 semester 2. Most majors don't have any prerequisites but for the one I'm interested in, Psychology, requires at least a B- in two of its introduction modules.
I wanted to bid for Psychology modules but they were too popular and cost too much. T^T
So I'm saving up for next semester!
If you really need more time, you can appeal to the school admin and ask to extend time before you declare your major. Of course, then you'll have to plan your timetable carefully because you would miss one semester of your major modules. And if you don't graduate in time, the government's subsidy will run out... and you'll run out of $$$.
For now the expenses are about S$4k/sem and I'm using my Dad's CPF to pay first. I'll have to return the money to him, with interest, when I start working of course, but honestly I'd much rather pay interest to my Dad than to banks.
To learn more about CPF Education Scheme, click here.
To be honest though, I don't really know what I'm doing in university. I have no motivation to study because I don't know what I'm studying for. I'm just going along with the paper chase because I don't know what I want.
I've tried working in retail, admin, charity organisations etc and I cannot survive for longer than 1 month in any of them.
I constantly put myself in a position where I have many options to choose from... Maybe that's my security. On one hand I have many, many opportunities. On the other I have too many options and I don't know how to choose. I really want to find a job that I love and I would be happy to do for the rest of my life but really, so far there is nothing I can do for the rest of my life.
No joke, I even get tired of eating sometimes (mostly during long holidays) and I just stop eating because I don't like eating anymore. And eating is a necessity essential for my survival.*sighhh~*
What to do.
On a side note, I really think that I was born 30. I'm only 19 and I feel like birthdays have lost their meaning because I have celebrated too many and they just don't feel as special.
I'll tell you a secret. I'm actually 50-year-old fabricating the life of a 19-year-old for my own amusement. And if you see me outside it's because I am really, really, prodigiously good at make-up. Also botox. My friends can testify to this.
-just kidding-
Even my sense of humor is old. Oh well. Off to knit christmas mittens.
Side-side note: I reallllyyy love christmas and I have no idea why. We don't even have snow in Singapore. Or cold weather, or egg nogs or roasted turkeys or nutcrackers or plain old fireplaces... Landed property is scarce. :'(
We do have the heck a lot of chocolates though~ Mmmh~
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Education Rant, University Stuff and Other Stuff
The coming Monday will mark my 3rd week since lessons started. I do not look forward to studying at all. D: I know I'm whiny haha.
Education Rant
Studying used to be a privilege that only the best of the best, those with brains, money and time could afford (or you can just use money to override everything else). Studying is a means to know more information and upgrade yourself. Well, theoretically at least. It all sound very romantic, but that is just not true for me. The main reason why I even enrolled in college at all is because I have no idea what I want to do with my life and I'm dragging the deadline for a career. I don't know what I'm good at. I'm not good at anything. It's like, no matter how good you think you are or how much effort you put in to perfect your skill, there will always be a buttload more people way better than you. Good thing is, this thought keeps you humble. Bad thing is, it is also extremely depressing.
To be honest, there is nothing that is 100% this or that. Everything is a grey area. If white is good and black is bad, everything we have is just varying degrees of grey. Moral values, laws, family, technology.... So same goes for knowledge. If you know too little you are ignorant. If you know too much, you become judgemental because it is just easier for your brain to compartmentalise according to what you already know.
I am unable to enjoy studying. I'm trying to change that, but in my 15 years of education and conditioning according to society's demands, I was forced to learn things that only became progressively (how do I put this nicely) useless as I climbed the education sector. Honestly, what can I gain from knowing how to calculate the number of mols of a very specific and rare element, say cobalt, and what happens when you drop it in water or if you drop it in another equally unaccessible chemical. Really, what are the chances of you just happening by a piece of cobalt when walking on the road.
Of course, if I actually liked chemistry I might have found studying these reactions fascinating. I'm not saying I completely learned nothing from my 2 years in JC, but at this point which is about 8 months after my A Levels, I only retained about 10% of the information that my school shoved down my throat.
A few days ago I was just talking to my mom and I realised that hey, what happened to studying to quench your thirst of adventuring the unknown?
While I cannot account for education in other countries, I have been in Singapore education for 15 years of my 19-year life so I think I am pretty qualified to complain about the education system.
The whole point of schooling is no longer to educate us. Rather, we are all stuck in the never-ending paper chase where, somewhere along our evolution, a piece of paper with some writing on it becomes tantamount to decades of hard work and is known to employers as a decent enough judge of character. No, schools do not care how much information we actually retain after we leave them. They care only about the results we give in one round of gruelling examinations.
Ministry of Education may argue and say that they are trying very hard to promote an "all-rounded education" and they are, but that's not the point. Students are unable to receive an "all-rounded" education because we have reached the point where education has become a passive chore. The main purpose of schools has eventually become to train us to answer examination questions.
Take me for example. I did not understand a single crap about say Chemistry even after 6 years of "education". I knew what reactions would give what results, but I never understood why. I memorised it and managed to pass my exams, but really, I still understand Chemistry as much as when I was 14. I don't.
I am going off topic, ranting about the past 19 years of my life. I just... I don't know. It doesn't feel like 19 years well spent. My posts start nowhere and end nowhere. I don't have an introduction nor a conclusion. I just type whatever I'm thinking of right at the instant.... and perhaps, that's the beauty of informal writing.
Notice: Not that I'm hating on Chemistry (I totally am), it's just the hardest subject to study for me. I am a subjecist exercising subjecism on the subject Chemistry. (Yeah I'm lame like that.)
University Stuff
Oh yeah, about my university life, nothing much happened. I found out that Architecture students have absolutely no life and according to what Horsefly (formerly known as Poh or Lizzy) says and my observation of her recently deranged brain, most of the first-year architecture students have gone crazy staying up all night, night after night, to draw hundreds of lines, circles, and triangles.
A typical (wayy dramatised) scene in the archi studio: imagine yourself with baggy eyes, clouded mind and empty stomach, stuck in a enclosed air-conditioned room with many others in the same state as you as you draw, oh you draw, repeatedly, the same lines, lines, lines, hundreds of them, on gigantic pieces of A1-sized papers as you screw up paper after paper and have to repeat the whole process.
3 days of doing the same assignment, deprived of sleep, you finally manage to get your hand into a momentum. You are happy; relieved. You've never known such peace as your brain shuts down and your hand is able to move by itself. You start to get into your assignment. Lines start flowing perfectly from the pen that you paid too much for when suddenly, the guy sitting beside you starts laughing to himself. He stops. You ignore him and continue drawing your lines. One line, two lines, three lines. He laughs again, only this time, you detect a slightly more noticeable hint of insanity in his outburst. He must have triggered something in the room, because suddenly, the girl sitting at the back starts mumbling to herself. Her mumbles grow louder, louder, then they stop abruptly. You think it's over, you release the breath you didn't know you were holding. You start to turn back to your assignment, but he laughs again and she mumbles again. You are trapped. You are desperate. Help me.
Notice: Horsefly told me about the mumbling and the laughing but I made everything else up HAHAHA. If you want, you can make up a story about FASS students too. xD
Other Stuff
So... This happened.
This is proof that insanity is transferable from archi students (namely Horsefly) to us normal humans.
Bye~
Education Rant
Studying used to be a privilege that only the best of the best, those with brains, money and time could afford (or you can just use money to override everything else). Studying is a means to know more information and upgrade yourself. Well, theoretically at least. It all sound very romantic, but that is just not true for me. The main reason why I even enrolled in college at all is because I have no idea what I want to do with my life and I'm dragging the deadline for a career. I don't know what I'm good at. I'm not good at anything. It's like, no matter how good you think you are or how much effort you put in to perfect your skill, there will always be a buttload more people way better than you. Good thing is, this thought keeps you humble. Bad thing is, it is also extremely depressing.
To be honest, there is nothing that is 100% this or that. Everything is a grey area. If white is good and black is bad, everything we have is just varying degrees of grey. Moral values, laws, family, technology.... So same goes for knowledge. If you know too little you are ignorant. If you know too much, you become judgemental because it is just easier for your brain to compartmentalise according to what you already know.
I am unable to enjoy studying. I'm trying to change that, but in my 15 years of education and conditioning according to society's demands, I was forced to learn things that only became progressively (how do I put this nicely) useless as I climbed the education sector. Honestly, what can I gain from knowing how to calculate the number of mols of a very specific and rare element, say cobalt, and what happens when you drop it in water or if you drop it in another equally unaccessible chemical. Really, what are the chances of you just happening by a piece of cobalt when walking on the road.
Of course, if I actually liked chemistry I might have found studying these reactions fascinating. I'm not saying I completely learned nothing from my 2 years in JC, but at this point which is about 8 months after my A Levels, I only retained about 10% of the information that my school shoved down my throat.
A few days ago I was just talking to my mom and I realised that hey, what happened to studying to quench your thirst of adventuring the unknown?
While I cannot account for education in other countries, I have been in Singapore education for 15 years of my 19-year life so I think I am pretty qualified to complain about the education system.
The whole point of schooling is no longer to educate us. Rather, we are all stuck in the never-ending paper chase where, somewhere along our evolution, a piece of paper with some writing on it becomes tantamount to decades of hard work and is known to employers as a decent enough judge of character. No, schools do not care how much information we actually retain after we leave them. They care only about the results we give in one round of gruelling examinations.
Ministry of Education may argue and say that they are trying very hard to promote an "all-rounded education" and they are, but that's not the point. Students are unable to receive an "all-rounded" education because we have reached the point where education has become a passive chore. The main purpose of schools has eventually become to train us to answer examination questions.
Take me for example. I did not understand a single crap about say Chemistry even after 6 years of "education". I knew what reactions would give what results, but I never understood why. I memorised it and managed to pass my exams, but really, I still understand Chemistry as much as when I was 14. I don't.
I am going off topic, ranting about the past 19 years of my life. I just... I don't know. It doesn't feel like 19 years well spent. My posts start nowhere and end nowhere. I don't have an introduction nor a conclusion. I just type whatever I'm thinking of right at the instant.... and perhaps, that's the beauty of informal writing.
Notice: Not that I'm hating on Chemistry (I totally am), it's just the hardest subject to study for me. I am a subjecist exercising subjecism on the subject Chemistry. (Yeah I'm lame like that.)
University Stuff
Oh yeah, about my university life, nothing much happened. I found out that Architecture students have absolutely no life and according to what Horsefly (formerly known as Poh or Lizzy) says and my observation of her recently deranged brain, most of the first-year architecture students have gone crazy staying up all night, night after night, to draw hundreds of lines, circles, and triangles.
A typical (wayy dramatised) scene in the archi studio: imagine yourself with baggy eyes, clouded mind and empty stomach, stuck in a enclosed air-conditioned room with many others in the same state as you as you draw, oh you draw, repeatedly, the same lines, lines, lines, hundreds of them, on gigantic pieces of A1-sized papers as you screw up paper after paper and have to repeat the whole process.
3 days of doing the same assignment, deprived of sleep, you finally manage to get your hand into a momentum. You are happy; relieved. You've never known such peace as your brain shuts down and your hand is able to move by itself. You start to get into your assignment. Lines start flowing perfectly from the pen that you paid too much for when suddenly, the guy sitting beside you starts laughing to himself. He stops. You ignore him and continue drawing your lines. One line, two lines, three lines. He laughs again, only this time, you detect a slightly more noticeable hint of insanity in his outburst. He must have triggered something in the room, because suddenly, the girl sitting at the back starts mumbling to herself. Her mumbles grow louder, louder, then they stop abruptly. You think it's over, you release the breath you didn't know you were holding. You start to turn back to your assignment, but he laughs again and she mumbles again. You are trapped. You are desperate. Help me.
Notice: Horsefly told me about the mumbling and the laughing but I made everything else up HAHAHA. If you want, you can make up a story about FASS students too. xD
Other Stuff
So... This happened.
Please tell me I'm not the only one who sees the rap. xD
This is proof that insanity is transferable from archi students (namely Horsefly) to us normal humans.
Bye~
Saturday, April 19, 2014
SMU Interview (11/04/2014)
(Note: Read the maroon words to skip all my ramblings.)
I am not doing anything with my life right now. I really just stay at home all day and do nothing.
Sooo I officially turned 19 yesterday~ Yay growing old~
After 19 birthdays the specialness of a birthday just wears off... I still enjoy the cakes though~
Alright. So now I am still in the process of choosing a university to go to. Thank God I am eligible for local uni. I really don't have the financial means to go overseas or private universities. Gonna have to take up loans just to go local u. ):
Why's education so expensive. Isn't learning new stuff beneficial to everyone? Like really, the student benefits by learning new stuff and securing a stable income, the family benefits (pride, stable income etc), society benefits (educated individuals do behave more rationally, plus literacy rates increase and who knows, the student might find a cure for cancer), the government benefits (pride, cure for cancer, improvement of standard of living of the country...)...
So why they make education so damn expensive when everyone benefits??
Like I read somewhere, "What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of someone who can't afford an education?"
My mind is a mess. I don't really know what I'm thinking nor how to say it.
*SMU interview starts here* *Road to SMU interview starts here*
So I was scheduled for faculty of social sciences interview on 11th of April. I did a bit of research prior and all I read was individual interviews with a very casual setting where they asked about mundane things like what are your hobbies, what do you do in your free time etc to get to know you better. It was two interviewers to one interviewee.
So I happily went for the interview without preparing anything and it turns out, oh no, I was in a group interview of 5 interviewees to 2 interviewers. It was a very bad day for me. From the start, I was running late because I do not have a punctual bone in my body. Then Google Maps lied to me and said that it was a 7 mins walk to SMU from City Hall MRT. I made an unconscious left turn when I was supposed to turn right because of road obstruction, so I ended up walking in the opposite direction. The SMU people had to call me 3 times to direct me and they didn't know where the hell I was either. Such a bad day. And it was raining. I did not have an umbrella nor was there shelter. These kind of things only happen when it matters you know.
I spent another 10 mins loitering at the entrance of School of Social Sciences because I couldn't find the visitor's gate. *Ensues third phone call* I finally reach SMU School of Social Sciences an hour late.
(Take Circle Line MRT to Bras Basar. SMU is right outside the MRT station. There are two rows of gates beside an ice cream shop near Mr Bean. Walk towards the left row of electronic gates and the very left gate is the visitor gate.)
*SMU interview starts here*
When I finally showed up, they gave me my name tag and put me in a room with 8 other girls sitting around a cramped table, each reading an article and furiously writing (I was kinda intimidated at this point. Articles?? WRITING???) and told me to take a seat. I had to interrupt the girl beside me to ask what the heck was going on and she said that we had 20 mins to read the two article that they gave us which we are going to discuss later in the interview (whhaaaaattt??). They were all furiously writing small, neat, aligned words on the foolscap paper while I just started scribbling because I haven't written in so long and my handwriting... I'm so ashamed of it.
(They gave us two articles on poverty, one for Singapore establishing a poverty line, one against. 20 mins to read the articles, not allowed to bring the articles into the interview room where we then discussed about the articles. 5 interviewees to 2 interviewers, one a professor at SMU, the other a SMU alumni.)
And then they brought us to a waiting area (without refreshments, sadly) and split us up into two groups of 5 and 4 (one girl was absent). We chatted while we waited and that really helped to ease the tension we were all feeling. :)
No surprise, the first topic that came up was "how did you get lost??"
So when it was our turn, they brought us into a conference room where we seated opposite the interviewers, facing huge wall-to-floor windows where we could see people entering and leaving the elevator, which, honestly, was kinda distracting. I really liked the room though, because I like huge windows. It made the room seem bright and much bigger than it actually is.
The professor started talking first. She had a PhD in cultural rituals and was teaching Performance Arts. She talked about herself and the school and made a few jokes to help us feel comfortable because we were really tense. The alumni, male, was now working with the government to extend help to the people (sociology work, I imagine). We put our names tags on the table in front of us.. Which to me made the whole interview seem very formal.
The first question we discussed was "do you think Singapore should establish a poverty line?"
Some people said no, some people said yes. All of them had very logical reasons for their stand so there I was, thinking "how do they decide who to enroll then, if all of us are about the same standard?"
One girl in particular had a very convincing and well-thought answer. She said that she was working in close contact with family with financial needs, and that a poverty line would be unfair because they calculate income per capita of a family, not of the number of people reliant on the working individual. For example, a single mom only has two children, so income per capita is divided between 3 people which is in acceptable range. But in reality, she has to feed her children, her parents, and her in-laws (I think the husband passed or is incapable.. I forgot that part). 7 people were dependent on her one source of income, but she could not apply for financial aid.
I forgot what the other 3 people said (also very logical reasons, just not that impactful)...
I said that yes, a poverty line should be established but it should not be an ultimatum because there is no certain, 100% foolproof way to measure poverty, like the girl above mentioned pointed out. However, a lot of resources, manpower and time is needed to cater to and calculate each household's poverty standard, and even more is required to extend modified help, so a poverty line should be in place as a filter to induce faster action. With a poverty line, the government can first extend help to those below the poverty line and then slowly cater the extended help. (Blah blah... Basically having a poverty line saves time, but said in a more sophisticated way *smirks* haha.)
And then they asked a few more questions and asked if we had any questions to ask them. There were quite a number of awkward silences as we were thinking of what to say but the professor managed to fill them up. The interview was kept very casual, so don't be afraid to laugh and joke to relax. Show them who you are and make them like you.
We said our kinda awkward goodbyes and left. The end of the interview.
Afterwards I talked a bit to the current student in charge of the interviews and I found out that we are graded upon 20 marks for our interview.. Nobody knows what they were looking out for to grade us. If you get above 16, you are guaranteed a spot in SMU. Of course, you won't ever know your score.
They sent me my admission email 4 days later on the 15th. (YAY~) I must've done something right that day. xD
(I still don't know where to go. NUS accepted me into Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences too. I have not heard anything from NTU. I have to accept an offer by 2 June, but that's a long time later... Supposedly. ;D )
I am not doing anything with my life right now. I really just stay at home all day and do nothing.
Sooo I officially turned 19 yesterday~ Yay growing old~
After 19 birthdays the specialness of a birthday just wears off... I still enjoy the cakes though~
Alright. So now I am still in the process of choosing a university to go to. Thank God I am eligible for local uni. I really don't have the financial means to go overseas or private universities. Gonna have to take up loans just to go local u. ):
Why's education so expensive. Isn't learning new stuff beneficial to everyone? Like really, the student benefits by learning new stuff and securing a stable income, the family benefits (pride, stable income etc), society benefits (educated individuals do behave more rationally, plus literacy rates increase and who knows, the student might find a cure for cancer), the government benefits (pride, cure for cancer, improvement of standard of living of the country...)...
So why they make education so damn expensive when everyone benefits??
Like I read somewhere, "What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of someone who can't afford an education?"
My mind is a mess. I don't really know what I'm thinking nor how to say it.
So I was scheduled for faculty of social sciences interview on 11th of April. I did a bit of research prior and all I read was individual interviews with a very casual setting where they asked about mundane things like what are your hobbies, what do you do in your free time etc to get to know you better. It was two interviewers to one interviewee.
So I happily went for the interview without preparing anything and it turns out, oh no, I was in a group interview of 5 interviewees to 2 interviewers. It was a very bad day for me. From the start, I was running late because I do not have a punctual bone in my body. Then Google Maps lied to me and said that it was a 7 mins walk to SMU from City Hall MRT. I made an unconscious left turn when I was supposed to turn right because of road obstruction, so I ended up walking in the opposite direction. The SMU people had to call me 3 times to direct me and they didn't know where the hell I was either. Such a bad day. And it was raining. I did not have an umbrella nor was there shelter. These kind of things only happen when it matters you know.
I spent another 10 mins loitering at the entrance of School of Social Sciences because I couldn't find the visitor's gate. *Ensues third phone call* I finally reach SMU School of Social Sciences an hour late.
(Take Circle Line MRT to Bras Basar. SMU is right outside the MRT station. There are two rows of gates beside an ice cream shop near Mr Bean. Walk towards the left row of electronic gates and the very left gate is the visitor gate.)
*SMU interview starts here*
When I finally showed up, they gave me my name tag and put me in a room with 8 other girls sitting around a cramped table, each reading an article and furiously writing (I was kinda intimidated at this point. Articles?? WRITING???) and told me to take a seat. I had to interrupt the girl beside me to ask what the heck was going on and she said that we had 20 mins to read the two article that they gave us which we are going to discuss later in the interview (whhaaaaattt??). They were all furiously writing small, neat, aligned words on the foolscap paper while I just started scribbling because I haven't written in so long and my handwriting... I'm so ashamed of it.
One of the pages of my scribblings
(They gave us two articles on poverty, one for Singapore establishing a poverty line, one against. 20 mins to read the articles, not allowed to bring the articles into the interview room where we then discussed about the articles. 5 interviewees to 2 interviewers, one a professor at SMU, the other a SMU alumni.)
And then they brought us to a waiting area (without refreshments, sadly) and split us up into two groups of 5 and 4 (one girl was absent). We chatted while we waited and that really helped to ease the tension we were all feeling. :)
No surprise, the first topic that came up was "how did you get lost??"
So when it was our turn, they brought us into a conference room where we seated opposite the interviewers, facing huge wall-to-floor windows where we could see people entering and leaving the elevator, which, honestly, was kinda distracting. I really liked the room though, because I like huge windows. It made the room seem bright and much bigger than it actually is.
The professor started talking first. She had a PhD in cultural rituals and was teaching Performance Arts. She talked about herself and the school and made a few jokes to help us feel comfortable because we were really tense. The alumni, male, was now working with the government to extend help to the people (sociology work, I imagine). We put our names tags on the table in front of us.. Which to me made the whole interview seem very formal.
How it feels like after you put the name tag:
In reality:
The first question we discussed was "do you think Singapore should establish a poverty line?"
Some people said no, some people said yes. All of them had very logical reasons for their stand so there I was, thinking "how do they decide who to enroll then, if all of us are about the same standard?"
One girl in particular had a very convincing and well-thought answer. She said that she was working in close contact with family with financial needs, and that a poverty line would be unfair because they calculate income per capita of a family, not of the number of people reliant on the working individual. For example, a single mom only has two children, so income per capita is divided between 3 people which is in acceptable range. But in reality, she has to feed her children, her parents, and her in-laws (I think the husband passed or is incapable.. I forgot that part). 7 people were dependent on her one source of income, but she could not apply for financial aid.
I forgot what the other 3 people said (also very logical reasons, just not that impactful)...
I said that yes, a poverty line should be established but it should not be an ultimatum because there is no certain, 100% foolproof way to measure poverty, like the girl above mentioned pointed out. However, a lot of resources, manpower and time is needed to cater to and calculate each household's poverty standard, and even more is required to extend modified help, so a poverty line should be in place as a filter to induce faster action. With a poverty line, the government can first extend help to those below the poverty line and then slowly cater the extended help. (Blah blah... Basically having a poverty line saves time, but said in a more sophisticated way *smirks* haha.)
And then they asked a few more questions and asked if we had any questions to ask them. There were quite a number of awkward silences as we were thinking of what to say but the professor managed to fill them up. The interview was kept very casual, so don't be afraid to laugh and joke to relax. Show them who you are and make them like you.
We said our kinda awkward goodbyes and left. The end of the interview.
Afterwards I talked a bit to the current student in charge of the interviews and I found out that we are graded upon 20 marks for our interview.. Nobody knows what they were looking out for to grade us. If you get above 16, you are guaranteed a spot in SMU. Of course, you won't ever know your score.
They sent me my admission email 4 days later on the 15th. (YAY~) I must've done something right that day. xD
(I still don't know where to go. NUS accepted me into Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences too. I have not heard anything from NTU. I have to accept an offer by 2 June, but that's a long time later... Supposedly. ;D )
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Post A's Results
Hello people so sorry I haven't posted in a long while. I've been really busy.
So. I did quite well for my A's considering that I really thought I was going to fail half the papers. Well enough that I definitely can go to a local university~ (But cannot enter law and medicine school, of course.) I got 82._/90 rank points~ Thank God. I don't have the financial means to study overseas if I couldn't enroll in local U.
Honestly, I'm really happy with my results. My Dad brainwashed me into thinking that being a doctor was my goal in life. He had very good arguments.
Being a certified doctor means that
1. You are financially assured.
2. You get worldwide recognition by ANY race, religion, or tribe,
3. meaning that you can travel to even the most closed-off places in the world
4. so that you can spread the gospel anywhere.
Honestly, I really didn't like JC biology even though I liked sec bio a lot. I'm good at understanding things from a macro point of view. I cannot stand micro stuff, like cells. I can't believe it took me 14 years of education to realise that. So I'm glad that I didn't get >85 rank points, or else I might've tried for med school and died there.
I'm still in the midst of sending Uni applications (deadline 1st April) and maybe try to apply for scholarships. I really don't think my results can get me scholarships, but hey, the worst they can do is reject me.
So I've spent the last month or so volunteering at St. Andrew's Autism Centre for two weeks from 24/02 to 07/03. It's part of the SERVE program. It was a very, very enriching and purposeful time. I'm seriously considering going back to volunteer instead of working in April. I'll go into more details about SAAC next time! :)
The rest of the time was spent preparing for my mission trip to Batam that is happening this Wed to next Sun! 5 days mission trip. My first mission trip anywhere, and I am the leader. Hahaha. I haven't been doing a very good job. There are a lot of complications and a huge lack of enthusiasm on my group's part. It is not going to be an easy trip. But, it is a challenge presented to me and I willingly accepted it. It's also a great way to test my leadership skills (if I have any). At the rate my group is going, we are currently very, very vulnerable to spiritual attacks. Please pray for us.
I have one day left to try and correct my group's mindset and attitude towards this mission trip. I want to succeed.
So this is just an update and I'll post more details if I have the time!
P.S. We'll be going to St. Andrew's School area in Batam (I don't know where that is) so maybe I'll see -you- there... If you live in Batam~
So. I did quite well for my A's considering that I really thought I was going to fail half the papers. Well enough that I definitely can go to a local university~ (But cannot enter law and medicine school, of course.) I got 82._/90 rank points~ Thank God. I don't have the financial means to study overseas if I couldn't enroll in local U.
Honestly, I'm really happy with my results. My Dad brainwashed me into thinking that being a doctor was my goal in life. He had very good arguments.
Being a certified doctor means that
1. You are financially assured.
2. You get worldwide recognition by ANY race, religion, or tribe,
3. meaning that you can travel to even the most closed-off places in the world
4. so that you can spread the gospel anywhere.
Honestly, I really didn't like JC biology even though I liked sec bio a lot. I'm good at understanding things from a macro point of view. I cannot stand micro stuff, like cells. I can't believe it took me 14 years of education to realise that. So I'm glad that I didn't get >85 rank points, or else I might've tried for med school and died there.
I'm still in the midst of sending Uni applications (deadline 1st April) and maybe try to apply for scholarships. I really don't think my results can get me scholarships, but hey, the worst they can do is reject me.
So I've spent the last month or so volunteering at St. Andrew's Autism Centre for two weeks from 24/02 to 07/03. It's part of the SERVE program. It was a very, very enriching and purposeful time. I'm seriously considering going back to volunteer instead of working in April. I'll go into more details about SAAC next time! :)
The rest of the time was spent preparing for my mission trip to Batam that is happening this Wed to next Sun! 5 days mission trip. My first mission trip anywhere, and I am the leader. Hahaha. I haven't been doing a very good job. There are a lot of complications and a huge lack of enthusiasm on my group's part. It is not going to be an easy trip. But, it is a challenge presented to me and I willingly accepted it. It's also a great way to test my leadership skills (if I have any). At the rate my group is going, we are currently very, very vulnerable to spiritual attacks. Please pray for us.
I have one day left to try and correct my group's mindset and attitude towards this mission trip. I want to succeed.
So this is just an update and I'll post more details if I have the time!
P.S. We'll be going to St. Andrew's School area in Batam (I don't know where that is) so maybe I'll see -you- there... If you live in Batam~
Saturday, November 30, 2013
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.
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Hit My Head... Again
Hello~ Very busy with my studies now since there are... Around 85 days to A-Levels. So scary. >_<
Anyway, now that NAFTA is over (National Physical Fitness Assessment), we get to play games. We have two PE periods every week and mine is on Monday and Thursday, so we get to choose electives for each of the days. I'm in squash on Mondays and gymnastics on Thursdays.
Well last week during gym, the teacher made us try forming different structures like pyramids... Gymnastic-y stuff. I grouped with Lizzy and Priya. Priya is like 170cm. Lizzy is 165+ cm. I am 155 cm tall (fun size!).
Like usual, the lightest one is the one as the tip of the pyramid, which is me unfortunately. I have to step on their thighs and hoist myself up.
Needless to say, I fell backwards and landed on my head. My whole body fell unto the mats... Except my head. Such is my luck (like seriously??). The universe is set on changing the shape of my head before I graduate JC. I still have the bump from last year's orientation. Still have that bald spot too. Now my hair is super thin. T_T
Lizzy and Priya felt very guilty and they dubbed me the most fragile person in the world hahaha. They really freak out every time I stumble or something and wouldn't approach me during gym. XD
Quite fun hahaha (imma sadist).
Of course it's not their fault. It's gym. Of course people will fall. I was just that unlucky to hit my head on the floor. I mildly sprained my neck and the tendons and muscles in my neck felt really sore for 3 days straight and I couldn't turn my head much. Lucky for me, my Dad is a trained medical personnel (he's that pastor who will pray for all the injured soldiers during war, so he knows more-than-basic medical treatment) and he massaged my neck every night for 3 days until the soreness went away~
Both my parents fussed over me and its was sooooo awesome. xD
I'm not that noble to not take advantage of my injury hahaha.
What I do have complaints about is the way the PE teacher reacted. I hit my head and instead of letting me go get ice for my head, he instead started talking to the class about how important it is to be careful when doing gymnastics using me as an example, and after that he forced me to climb up again. I kept saying that I needed to ice my head, and it was obvious from Lizzy and Priya's face that they were worried but did he take heed? Nooooo. And then because he didn't want me to fall backwards again, he kept pushing me forwards and I couldn't balance myself and this time I jumped off.
Dear people out there, a head injury is no scratch on the knee. It has to be treated immediately or things will get worse exponentially (infections!!!). The first time I hit my head, I had to wait an hour before they let me clean my wound. I had tiny gravel fragments sticking to my open wounds for AN HOUR at least! What if I got serious infections? Huh??
So in the future.... Treat the wound first. Don't take any risks.
Anyway, my song of the (last) week haha:
Goodbye and Happy National Day! (9/8)
.... in case I don't post again in time.
Anyway, now that NAFTA is over (National Physical Fitness Assessment), we get to play games. We have two PE periods every week and mine is on Monday and Thursday, so we get to choose electives for each of the days. I'm in squash on Mondays and gymnastics on Thursdays.
Well last week during gym, the teacher made us try forming different structures like pyramids... Gymnastic-y stuff. I grouped with Lizzy and Priya. Priya is like 170cm. Lizzy is 165+ cm. I am 155 cm tall (fun size!).
Like usual, the lightest one is the one as the tip of the pyramid, which is me unfortunately. I have to step on their thighs and hoist myself up.
Needless to say, I fell backwards and landed on my head. My whole body fell unto the mats... Except my head. Such is my luck (like seriously??). The universe is set on changing the shape of my head before I graduate JC. I still have the bump from last year's orientation. Still have that bald spot too. Now my hair is super thin. T_T
Lizzy and Priya felt very guilty and they dubbed me the most fragile person in the world hahaha. They really freak out every time I stumble or something and wouldn't approach me during gym. XD
Quite fun hahaha (imma sadist).
Of course it's not their fault. It's gym. Of course people will fall. I was just that unlucky to hit my head on the floor. I mildly sprained my neck and the tendons and muscles in my neck felt really sore for 3 days straight and I couldn't turn my head much. Lucky for me, my Dad is a trained medical personnel (he's that pastor who will pray for all the injured soldiers during war, so he knows more-than-basic medical treatment) and he massaged my neck every night for 3 days until the soreness went away~
Both my parents fussed over me and its was sooooo awesome. xD
I'm not that noble to not take advantage of my injury hahaha.
What I do have complaints about is the way the PE teacher reacted. I hit my head and instead of letting me go get ice for my head, he instead started talking to the class about how important it is to be careful when doing gymnastics using me as an example, and after that he forced me to climb up again. I kept saying that I needed to ice my head, and it was obvious from Lizzy and Priya's face that they were worried but did he take heed? Nooooo. And then because he didn't want me to fall backwards again, he kept pushing me forwards and I couldn't balance myself and this time I jumped off.
Dear people out there, a head injury is no scratch on the knee. It has to be treated immediately or things will get worse exponentially (infections!!!). The first time I hit my head, I had to wait an hour before they let me clean my wound. I had tiny gravel fragments sticking to my open wounds for AN HOUR at least! What if I got serious infections? Huh??
So in the future.... Treat the wound first. Don't take any risks.
Anyway, my song of the (last) week haha:
Goodbye and Happy National Day! (9/8)
.... in case I don't post again in time.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Mid Years are OVER
I'm really so tired even though I didn't even put 30% of my energy into studying. It seems that as time goes by, the less I study but the more tired I feel. :/
There's this constant burden above my head screaming "A LEVELS" that is stressing me out and I can't concentrate. I swear I'll sit at my desk for 6 straight hours but I've only read like 2 pages. @_@
So frustrating. I used to be able to sit at my desk for 10 hours straight and remember most of what I've read... That's how I managed to get past O-Levels and pre-JC exams hahaha. -_-
I MISS THOSE DAYS.
All of my friends are experiencing the same thing. We stare at the exam paper and we know that we should know how to do this because we've done it before but we just can't think! The paper should've been manageable but we failed it like nobody's business.
I have never passed a Chemistry exam in JC and it's July in year 2 and I am so screwed.
The answer to all our problems is very simple actually: DE-STRESS
But it's surprisingly hard to achieve because the school, our family, even church members keep drilling into us that, oh, A-levels is this year, and oh, we have work hard to get into a university.
Oh really, I didn't know that.
It's really annoying. We are trying. Stop disallowing us to forget.
This year March, my family went overseas leaving me alone at home for 2 weeks or so. The best time of my life. I felt so relaxed even though I had to do all of my chores. I could stay in the shower for 2 hours without anyone complaining. I could sing at the top of my lungs and not feel judged. I could eat junk food and watch movies in the middle of the night and nobody will make snark remarks.
But above all, I felt the responsibility to take care of myself and the house.
I kept really good care of the house: empty basin, clean floors, no ants, moderately filled fridge and not over-stuffed. I slept at 10 and woke up at 8 every single day. I made sure I ate my meals and veggie and fruits. I invited my friends over and had a blast.
I was damn healthy!
Even though I spent as much time studying for my March Block Tests as I did for J1 Mid-years (which is like 6 hours the night before), there was a HUGE improvement in my results because my mind was clear. Let's compare my MBT with promos (I spent 1 week plus studying but no results)...
Promos
Chemistry -S (below average)
Maths -U (way below average)
GP -D (above average but worse than my J1 MYE)
Biology -C (average)
Econs -U (below average)
Total 3 failed 2 passes
MBT
Chemistry -U (but average)
Maths -D (I couldn't believe it myself. Above average.)
GP -E (no excuses because I stopped reading. Average.)
Biology -D (above average)
Econs -D (OMG A D!!)
Total 1 failed 4 passes
THAT'S A HUGE IMPROVEMENT EVEN THOUGH I STUDIED OVERNIGHT
Soooooo.... KICK YOUR FAMILY OUT OF THE HOUSE.
Hahahaha. Or you could always just ask them to bring you overseas for like 3 days to relax. Somewhere where you will completely forget about the impending A-Levels and won't even think about it. Like Malaysia, a car's drive away.
Keep a lookout for hotel promotions (they have those quite frequently). Don't go on shopping sprees and you should be able to afford short holidays. :)
P.S. I am trying to kick my family to Taiwan this October mwahahahaha....
There's this constant burden above my head screaming "A LEVELS" that is stressing me out and I can't concentrate. I swear I'll sit at my desk for 6 straight hours but I've only read like 2 pages. @_@
So frustrating. I used to be able to sit at my desk for 10 hours straight and remember most of what I've read... That's how I managed to get past O-Levels and pre-JC exams hahaha. -_-
I MISS THOSE DAYS.
All of my friends are experiencing the same thing. We stare at the exam paper and we know that we should know how to do this because we've done it before but we just can't think! The paper should've been manageable but we failed it like nobody's business.
I have never passed a Chemistry exam in JC and it's July in year 2 and I am so screwed.
The answer to all our problems is very simple actually: DE-STRESS
But it's surprisingly hard to achieve because the school, our family, even church members keep drilling into us that, oh, A-levels is this year, and oh, we have work hard to get into a university.
Oh really, I didn't know that.
It's really annoying. We are trying. Stop disallowing us to forget.
This year March, my family went overseas leaving me alone at home for 2 weeks or so. The best time of my life. I felt so relaxed even though I had to do all of my chores. I could stay in the shower for 2 hours without anyone complaining. I could sing at the top of my lungs and not feel judged. I could eat junk food and watch movies in the middle of the night and nobody will make snark remarks.
But above all, I felt the responsibility to take care of myself and the house.
I kept really good care of the house: empty basin, clean floors, no ants, moderately filled fridge and not over-stuffed. I slept at 10 and woke up at 8 every single day. I made sure I ate my meals and veggie and fruits. I invited my friends over and had a blast.
I was damn healthy!
Even though I spent as much time studying for my March Block Tests as I did for J1 Mid-years (which is like 6 hours the night before), there was a HUGE improvement in my results because my mind was clear. Let's compare my MBT with promos (I spent 1 week plus studying but no results)...
Promos
Chemistry -S (below average)
Maths -U (way below average)
GP -D (above average but worse than my J1 MYE)
Biology -C (average)
Econs -U (below average)
Total 3 failed 2 passes
MBT
Chemistry -U (but average)
Maths -D (I couldn't believe it myself. Above average.)
GP -E (no excuses because I stopped reading. Average.)
Biology -D (above average)
Econs -D (OMG A D!!)
Total 1 failed 4 passes
THAT'S A HUGE IMPROVEMENT EVEN THOUGH I STUDIED OVERNIGHT
Soooooo.... KICK YOUR FAMILY OUT OF THE HOUSE.
Hahahaha. Or you could always just ask them to bring you overseas for like 3 days to relax. Somewhere where you will completely forget about the impending A-Levels and won't even think about it. Like Malaysia, a car's drive away.
Keep a lookout for hotel promotions (they have those quite frequently). Don't go on shopping sprees and you should be able to afford short holidays. :)
P.S. I am trying to kick my family to Taiwan this October mwahahahaha....
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