Sunday, May 27, 2007
~pictures below~OH MY GAWD.. haha, gonna fail reeeaaall bad. As in for econs and GP. Personally, i think i studies way harder for this mid-years than i did fro common tests. (like duh.. how could i have studied then right after Chinese new year, bak kwa, and ang paos, and no daddy, it wasn't because of India) Anyway, excuses aside, i definitely could have done with more revision. Oh well.. don't cry over the proverbial spilt milk. High time for me to get my ass back to studying and put my nose to the grindstone (hey has it occurred to anyone that this expression in kinda gross and also gory, but what the hell, could be just me).
Thanks Rachel for going through my notes with me, if not, my systems of linear equations & transformation of graphs notes would still be hiding in the dark crevices of my cupboard/bedroom or generally the whole house. Also, i would probably have mugged periodicity (haha riggght.. lets just assume that happens k) and bonked my head on the day of the exam, when i find out it's not tested. Oh yeah, you know what other mind-numbingly gong thing i did? you know that environment essay i slogged over for 3 weeks.. Yeah, that one. Weeelll, when i finally sat myself down to finish after school, guess what? In all my haste, i stapled one of my draft sheets to my second sheet and handed that up. And how did i find out? Cause when i got it back, there was this whole chunk of like 3 lines blank on the 2nd page, like hanging off mid sentence (i.e. so it is unfair to.....). then on the next sheet of foolscap ( i always thought it was fullscap, but my darling voluntary beta reader of a sister has informed me that it's erm yeah
foolscap. Sounds so.. foolish. hey, my sister just added that a second meaning is:
a cap usually with bells, formally worn by a court fool or jester. Ha! See. Foolish!), it begins in the middle of a sentence (i.e. would be adversely affected as their economy relies heavily on industries blah blah blah) So Derrick Hoi ( i mean Mr Hoi, GP tutor) was like ...Huh? ...??Huh?? What's this Naomi? At first it took a while for me to get it.. i kind of stared at my paper, wondering why in the world i would leave a blank paragraph than start in the middle of the sentence. Then snap! A very dim light bulb in my head turned on (get your head out of the gutter, i meant ding! switch on) and i realized what happened. No wonder he got confused. Damn, and i put all that effort into my final piece too. Mr. Hoi even so politely suggested that i needed some organisation. Hahaha. Gosh. What a dingbat.
Right, now i shall enrich myself with powderful vocab which will make me seem pro-ness.
Diaspora ( This word with compliment from Sarah, who found this in
The Sisterhood of Travelling Pants)1. a) The Dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian exile.b) The Jews thus dispersed
c) The places where they settled2. Any scattering of people with a common origin, background, belief, etc.Next few words from research i did for GP. Madness the words these people use. Can't they just use normal English?!
Axiomatic1. Of or like an axiom (say what?!)
2. Self-evident or aphoristic (Ok, self evident.. gotcha. axiomatic means obvious. but what the hell is aphoristic? Why so chim!)
Axiom1. A statement universally accepted as true(finally! something i understand)
2. An established principle or law of a science, art, etc. 3. A statement or proposition that needs to proof because its truth is so obvious (Wah, so long for what? Can't they just put axiomatic: self-evident or obvious)
Aphoristicsee aphorism (hehe... funny... is this why dictionaries are so thick)
Aphorism1. Short, concise statement of a principal2. a short, pointed sentence expressing a wise or clever observation or general truthPolyglot1. Speaking or writing several languages2. containing, composed of, or written in several languages (noun)3. a person who speacks or writes several languages 4. a book written in several languages5. a mixture or confusion of languagesRiiight, all that and they couldn't just say multi-linguistic. I guess if dictionaries weren't so thick, they wouldn't be so impressive and intimidating. Can you imagine a thin Dictionary? that's like an oxymoron.. skinny dictionary. Thank you Sarah for delving so deep in that dusty tome, when lazy ol' me would have given up.
Wow! i swear i didn't mean to blog so much. i guess i have deep pent up emotions about erm dictionaries.. Ooook. You can all claim to not know me.
Anyway, if you have managed to read till this point,
CONGRATS!! Now, here are the pictures i've promised for 2 weeks.. sorry!
I had like 90+ photos from the sports carnival, so i'm only gonna post photos which i've edited k. After all, all you 2T28 folks all have a copy on disc, except yen kiat who says he lost it.
Oops, Janis was still talking and i didn't know where to look
Haha, i just like this photo.
The 3 of them look so strained, cause i took so long to take the pic
people i met in the toilet
Some really strange names
was trying to get a shot of clara, but hmph, she shows me her butt instead
Oi! Who's that?!
The National Girls Team
Sorry Yenkiat! Hahaha
Who you gonna call.. Cindy!
Kiss Kiss.. Nian-Rong loves me!
Nian-Rong's paparazzi worthy shot of shaun even when he was avoiding the camera
the guys just stoning.. haha shaun looks like he's in labour
Yeah! Our class played well
Tricia: This just shows the height difference
erm...
in times of boredom.. what is kim staring at
see how easily distracted we are. Everything along the way to macs was photo worthy
hehe... surprise!! betcha didn't see that coming
spot the shrek. Kidding Nian Rong! haha..
Shrek band makes nianrong horny.. :D
who took this?!
look at the guys whack the cake.. gluttons!
the rhythemic sleep inducing bus ride, who needs sleeping pills
and finally....
❤slipping on a banana peel at 6:11:00 pm
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
ARGH! somebody please tell me.. WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING ONLINE!!!! %&#% !*#& * *^&$ !!!
Oh my GAWD, i swear i deserve to flunk my mids through and through. Don't believe me? Think I'm kidding? I wish. Here's what i did today. If this doesn't convince you... then you're probably in deeper shit then i am.
Last night: Had a hot date, was too busy ..... to study or sleep.
Haha.. did you believe that? Madness. Nice to see that i still have a sense of humour. Right, here's what i really did.
Last night: Slept at about 6:30pm. earphones plugged in, tuned in to 987.
This morning: Woke up at 6:30am. Whoa! 12 hours of sleep. Not tough to believe, considering my utter lack of sleep for the past few years. I had a REALLY nice dream. Made me start out the day all optimistic and all.. sweet. :)
So i showered- had to traipsed all the way downstairs cause some hellishly heavy elephant stomped a crack in my shower stall (oops, could it have been me?), had to make sure my towel was secure so i wouldn't flash my parents, who were eating breakfast. Now that's just sick. (hey, a thought just struck me.. why is it sick when our parents see us naked now.. didn't they shower us when we were wee babes. oook.. i think i don't want to got there.)
Anyway, tried studying for a bit, carried my books up and down for about and hour or so, when i finally succumbed to temptation! (hey, congratulate me, i lasted 2 hours!) Then i wish i could say that i couldn't remember how, but sadly, i do. i remember every excruciating detail of how i turned on my modem, leaning over the printer on my tippy toes, with the power switch almost a hairbreadth too far away. Finally i rested my weight on the balls of my feet and settled my body on the chair. Then i clicked on the puzzle pirates icon. (isn't that just anti climatic). Oh well, there's only SO much drama 1 blog post can take you know. Well, so i played treasure drop for like about 3 hours!! When finally i relinquished my character Rowena to... nope, not study. Read Fushigi Yugi. Now here I am... succumbing to my unfocused ill-disciplined mind. I swear i must have been a mugger in my past life, that's why I'm making up for my lack of social life now, but still end up in CCAs like chess club and maths society. See.. an excuse for my anti-social behaviour.
Roar.
Ok, I've calmed down somewhat.. frustration turning to panic. (Panic) stations everyone! Red Alert! All hands on deck! Mr. Paris, evasive maneuvers. Tuvok, ready the torpedoes. B'Elanna, how's our engines holding up. I need everything you can give me.
haha, i know i know. you must be like WHAT THE HELL?! those who know me better are probably like, there she goes again. So for those who don't already know, that was a nod to my Trekkie roots. Yes Trekkie, not Trekker. Oh what the hell... what am i even doing?! arguing with myself over this.
If by now you're reading this and don't think i'm off my rocker, then congratulations are in store. Oh yeah, in a saner more normal (as normal as i can get) post, i'll put up selected pictures from the sports carnival. Yes, it's been one week, No, deep in my heart i know somebody actually reads this, Yes, i've already burned a copy for my classmates. But those were unedited, ad there were a whopping 156 of them! I picked out my favourites and will give my not-so-expert-nor-appreciated-commentary on them.
Tata for now!
econs loves me and i love it back.
❤slipping on a banana peel at 6:47:00 pm
