Saturday, November 21, 2009
.:. Class Video .:.
Ya I am thinking of doing a class video...make it feel more as a proper closure to our school life. No our friendship dun end here. Jus feel that a class video would be good. Although I know my skills on the computer are not fantastic, I am still going to volunteer doing one. Attempting to try and complete it within the 9 days break. But 1st and foremost, I need to have music.
Given the fact that I listen mainly to Japanese music, and those non-mainstream ones...I do not have/know of any good songs to use for the video. Therefore I am hoping for u all to come across this post and be able to recommend me some good music to use. I think any language would be ok, as long as its got a good feel (although I am biased towards japanese music muahahaha).
I've go 2 recommendation here, jus that dun know whether they are very acceptable:
1) Friends (Japanese song). Those of you who have read Ryan's blogpost sometime ago would know this song. I feel that the lyrics of this song absolutely fits the theme of a class video. In case you guys need to see it again, here it is.
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Friday, November 20, 2009
.:. Red, Orange, Green .:.
I jus hope what I am going to take is going to be worth what I have given...
Life is like driving on a road.
There are those who live within their tinted glasses,
those who wave from the open roof-top.
Those who roar their presence to you,
while others just silently drive pass.
The flashy surface a meer facade for the desperation behind,
the dull looking just fine.
The car drives smoothly,
when the light is green.
Luck plays a part,
when the accelerator miss the orange by an instant.
Our patience gets tested,
as the red light shines.
Some stand the test of time,
others get the ticket later.
Those who speed down the way,
miss the scenery that's beside them.
Others take their time,
sometimes to miss the show.
We jus drive on this road,
to wherevere we want to go.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
.:. 5 more days... .:.
Econs today was bad...nothing more to be said bout it.
Inspirational post:
Children cry and forget.
Teenagers cry then forget.
Adults cry and forgot that they had cried.
How true is this? I came across this while watching TV today. Every baby's announcement to the world is their cry once they are out of the womb. Children cry at the very little things, falling down, not getting what they want or being just hungry. Teenagers, supposedly to be of higher emotional control, cry only in times of immense stress, sadness or for love. Adults, those perceived to have the most mature of thinking, seldom cry...and when they do, they pretend it never happened.
Crying is a form of expression of our feelings, grief or happiness. Its one of the first form of physical expression we learn from birth. So why is it that as we gradually grow up, we start to lose this form of expression. The only reason why parents know how to fufil the needs of the baby is through his/her cries. Without it, parents would not know what or when to do. So why is it that the more we experience, the less effective is our tears, or quantity in certain cases.
Is it because as our thinking matures, we start to feel that crying is an embarassment,.that its a show of one's weakness to the public. So is that why we no longer dare to cry? Or is just because as we grow up, we experience more of society, we get to know more about its ugly side...so much so that we do not dare to cry out loud. That we must hide in our own rooms, to cry alone in the dark. Or is it because crying has become less of an effective tool to express the inner emotions that we feel, that has led to the more evolved form of the expression, such as self-mutilation? The colourless tears that we have shed since young is not as impactful as the dark reddish droplets that are more painful to come by.
Can't we just cry in times of our sadness, and just let it be known.
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Saturday, November 14, 2009
.:. Half way mark .:.
Yup 1 week has come and gone in a blink of an eye. From waiting for the start our 1st paper, Math paper 1, till our mid-point now. What can I say, A-Levels is...erm...A-Levels. Oh well, lets jus get on with my assessment of my "progress" so far.
Maths paper 1: Overall felt that the paper was ok. Yes I know que 4 was a killer. I din even know how to start for that que, so tats 8 marks flap flap. Then a few careless marks here and there...
GP paper 1: Apparently I found out that I did a funky que onli after I stepped out of the hall. Was looking through the ques, science and tech was integrated with ethics, so no no for me. I cant argue to save my life. So there goes my niche topic. Plan B in action. Starts to cross out those that I have totally no clue on what to do, then list the points that I can write. So in the end, I turned to que 3 (if i remember the que number correctly), the one on types of writing. I tried a...erm new approach for me, point by point comparison. Newspaper VS Blogs. Emails VS Mails. Then elaborate on novels and religious texts. So...oh well.
GP paper 2: Once again poor time management. Could not finish the AQ. Tried my best for the rest of the ques. Who ask me to be chinese-oriented. Why can't we use chinese as a substitute for GP...
Chem paper 3: Went relatively well, other than the fact that I made lots of careless mistakes. Saw the 1st que is 8 mark protein, so i decided almost immediately not to do that que. The rest of the ques were manageable for me, but like I said, I made alot of careless mistakes. Hope it wun rob me off my A, if i can get 1.
Maths paper 2: Stats was quite good if i dare say. Pure maths was...erm...I couldn't do the 5 mark differential equation, but I did write something, so hoping to get at least 1 method mark? Then some parts here there. If my calculations serves me right, worst case scenario is minus 23 marks, but that is if those ques that I am confident I am correct I will get correct. Overall for the maths paper (Yay 1st H2 paper we finished!!!), the ques were rather "funky"(quoted from Ryan). Those that tried the TYS would know. Kinda makes me feel that the time spent doing the TYS was wasted...oh well. I think whether I can get A/B for maths will depend on moderation then.
In conclusion: As p1 it true and Pk is true => P(K+1) is true, haha I jus had to say that. After the 1st week, I think A-Levels was so-so, could have been better, could have been worst. But I am starting to get worried if I can get the "A"s and "B"s...Now every night i would spend a considerable amount of time tossing and turning about in bed. Then sometimes I would start to think, next year when we come back to take our results, how well will I do, or will 0804 do as a class? How many of us will be able to have our names called up and then walk up the stage...
Ok nvm dun wan make those who read this b4 papers next week emo.
We jus have 6 more papers to go!!! Woopie!!!From now, its 1 week and 2 days till our unofficial holidays!!! But till then, lets all continue our chiong for A-Levels!!!
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Saturday, November 7, 2009
.:. A-Levels .:.
There's always a muffled feeling...
Its shocking how time goes by. Our 2 years spent in NYJC seem to fly right past our eyes. From the 1st time we sat in NYJC's hall either in PAE or JAE, till us knowing our PW group, finishing PW OP, Block Test, Mid Years, Prelims and then now. We are up against the woo ha, the allmighty one, the big boss, whatever u wan call it. All our effort for the past year is gonna be judged in a meer 4 weeks...omg. In secondary school, i use to have the habit, say during July, on some random day, I would suddenly think bout what I am gonna do after the exams. Then when the day comes, I would look back, and be awed at how time flies.
After reading blogs and talking to people, I'm guessing everyone is using post A-levels as motivation to study. The light at the end of the tunnel, the gold at the end of the rainbow, the finish line. I guess its the onli happy thing we can think about nowadays. Like Ryan mentioned in his post, the mugging atmosphere in school is intense, every minute spent not studying is every minute lost. Take last fri for an example , suddenly the topic of prom came about, and we spent 1 hr thinking bout what we going to do after prom and sorts. We took bout 1hr to sit down and chat happily, and to finally think of something. Then its like the moment we are done, we jus suddenly seperated and immediately everyone's head is in their books again....spooky feeling. Arrrhhhh cant wait for after 3 weeks!!!
Jus for fun, a standard convo between me and Ryan"
Me: Arrrhhh why i take so long to do this/sianz today din finish much work!!!
Ryan: Dun sianz, u Dalvin leh.
Me: So...???
Ryan: U finished the whole of pure math and pure bio leh!!!
Me: Cos not everyone like u dun need to study but can score ma...
Ryan: Tsk tsk.
Since I am talking on A-levels, might as well say how prepared I am. I think I am most prepared for maths (yes Ryan i can hear u saying I finished pure math syllabus AGAIN). Bio I did rememorise the notes, but while doing the papers I realise I am forgetting bits and pieces here and there, so will re-revise those bits, hoping my prelim bio aura stays with me. Chemistry, doing papers like what i did for prelims, but this time a bit lesser, sianz. Econs, my knowledge is there, but application into essay is a problem, so am trying to rectify it but doing essay outlines. GP ah, doing comprehension and reading essay outlines for content lor, who ask me to be chinese orientated. So ya, hopefully I can get 'A's and 'B's...I can still remember what Mr Foo said during the last parent teacher meeting,"I'm quite sure Dalvin can get A, but is only how many."
AAARRRHHH!!! I think I am thinking so much because of my elder bro...who ask him to score 'A' and 'B' only for his A-levels!!! Aiyo so hard to beat...sianz. Oh and u know what he said...he say me studying econs, market failure. So he came up to me and said,"U know for A-levels, i labelled my MPB and MPC wrongly...*smilez*" I was like "WHAT!!! How the hell did u get the grade u get one!!!" Haiz its stifling to try and compete with others...
Ok a short inspirational paragraph since Ryan did a post on rain too.
Ever tried looking out of the window, very focused at an object. Then it suddenly rains. The rain drops come pouring down, slowly increasing in volume. At first you still can see the object clearly, then slowly gradually, its gets blurer and blurer, until the point when you can barely make out its shape. But still you would continue staring there, because you know the object's there, just that its blocked by the tiny rain droplets.
In life, we all know our targets, for now most probably A-levels, but during the course of pursuit we meet obstacles. These obstacles come aplenty, blocking us from our final goal, but we all know its there, its only a matter of if we can persist till the rain goes over and there the goal is. We will face many obstacles, but these obstacles are very tiny, as compared to the journey we take. We can do it, the goal is there, you know its there, just go for it.
Let's all Jia You for our A-Levels!!!
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