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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

I SO don't have time to post too much trivial stuff, or maybe even one. Sadly, it's a tight year ahead, with all the restructuring and the new people and blah blah blah...
Enough said. I seriously don't have time for this, ever since I started blogging. That is the truth, and will be the truth for as long as I can use the Internet(till the next era, or my feeble hands that might allow me to type when I reach retirement age of whoknowswhat.


Grrrr...8:49 PM
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Friday, August 20, 2010

  Great. Now the title doesn't show up. And to think I was wanting to write a very long title for this post(I MEAN REAL LONG. THE INTERMITTENT MUSINGS OF A SIMPLISTIC, JOVIAL PERSON THAT CANNOT STAND THE CURRENT HIERARCHY OF THE SCHOOL. AT LEAST CHINA STUDIES IS A VERY NICE TOPIC ABOUT EXPLORING THE HORI-CULTURE OF CHINESE. I MEAN HORRIFYING CULTURE). Yes, back to today, when the last 4 hours were spent on tree-rooting to my table, listening to how our fabulous math teacher was able to captivate a class of mockers into listening to Cartesian coordinate system, with the hint of more linear graphs coming up. And to think I spent some of my graph paper on pixel art, drawing 招き猫 and doodling Japanese characters on the paper itself.
  The typical math lesson ended with the usual scoldings for not letting my parents sign my papers(I admit I forgot to let my parents sign. But I seriously have a feeling that math teacher must be suffering PMS), and giving us assignments on drawing seahorses and dolphins(Hippocampus Hudsonius isn't a hippopotamus, mind you. Stop talking on how you took so long drawing till you found out it was a seahorse). When it came to the name of the person who invented the coordinate plane, there was a tight discussion between the teacher and my friend, who seriously cannot tolerate insults towards the wonderful language of French. Like, does it matter a lot if you pronounce René Descartes wrongly?
  Then came double dosage chinese. I mean double dosage. More like a tranquilizer shot that goes through this train of thoughts:
To reciprocate inhumanity. What it means to get a tranquilizer shot.
The only Chinese paper that I actually got lesser than 75% for, other than compos which pull my mark down like crazy(the usual score of 50 out of 70 makes me feel demoralised). Yet, I felt like going for BSP later during DC's long lecture about three things:
  • 1. The secondary 2 assembly, which was a two-way disaster ticket to hell, i have to say.
  • 2. Next week's Student-Led Conferencing and filing my portfolio consisting of tons of self-reflection about how secondary school life changed my view about the world POSITIVELY.
  • 3. SP and CSE issues. Seems to me that I might have no choice but to take BSP CSE. Unless I get 70% for EOY for LSS/IH, which seems pretty moderate. More like LA being 'killer exam'; i need 80% to get a freaking A1 for LA, which is disastrous when I know that trying to answer unseen prose/poems within 50 minutes, with the usual annotating that takes me half an hour.
      That's all for today. Stay tuned for more musing. Like real.


  • Grrrr...9:53 PM
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    Saturday, August 14, 2010

      Want to achieve distinctions (A1 and A2) in any subject? Then you will need to have certain strategies in this subject. In this post, I will show you some five most common strategies of A1 student adopt when comes to that subject.

    1. Consistency in your work
      Have you ever wondered how come your peers could score A1 in the tests, while you consistently getting C5 or C6? The secret lies in the consistency in the school work. Take a look: A student score A1 for a test always seems to be getting A1 for the next test. For an average dude, he always seems to get Cs for the test. The reason? Consistency.

      You need to be consistent in that particular subject. From Day 1 when you are in school, you have to put in the relevant effort in achieving excellent grade. When the teacher teach you a new chapter on that subject, it you need to put in effort to understand the concept. Things does NOT happen for no reason.

      If there are doubts, most student choose to leave it and not to seek help. Look, if you need help, you can look for your teachers or peers who are good in that particular aspect. Alternatively, you can also try to find online for what you do not know. Youtube is an great source of tutorial.

    2. Take Personal Responsibility
      As I have said many times, things do not happened without a reason. The main reason why top student can score As for their test is because they take personal responsibility in their studies. It means not to blame others when they failed in the subjects. They do not blame the hot weather in Singapore for affecting them in school. They do not blame the teacher for teaching badly.

      Instead, these top students take responsibility in their learning. If they encounter a challenging question in that subject, they will take the trouble and put in the effort to check through textbooks for answers. The students also go extra miles to read through the chapter before the lesson.

    3. Practice, practice and practice!
      What is the difference between an ‘A’ student and a normal ‘C’ student when comes to a particular subject? The answer is very simple! The ‘A’ student do their homework, pay attention in class, and do revision. The ‘C’ student just wait for miracle to happen. It is the level of effort, commitment and time ‘A’ student invest in the subject.

      They do assessment books, revision Guide books and Ten Year Series (TYS) provide good source of questions for practice(maybe not for LA or Literature when it comes to essays and compres, but you can still understand how the marks are given). They listen in class when the teacher is teaching. There is only one simple fact, if you pay attention class when the teaching is imparting a concept to you, you already won half of the war. The another half is on your effort in keeping those information in the brain.

    4. Learn from Mistakes
      “DO YOUR CORRECTIONS!”, says a teacher. Yes, many students do not do corrections when they made mistakes in their assignment. If not the case, most student would blindly copied down what was written on the board, without really understanding why the solution is correct.

      ‘A’ students do corrections when they have mistakes in their assignments. Not only they copied down the right answers, they make an effort in finding out what is wrong with their answers. The copied, processed, and finally digest the answer with huge understanding.

      All students make mistakes during the learning process, but what differentiates an ‘A’ student and ‘C’ student is the fact that they are willing to learn from mistakes.

    5. Never make the same mistake twice
      If you make a mistake and do corrections, then you should make an attempt not to make the same mistake twice! Mistakes in assignments or tests usually arises from not able to understand a certain concept well. The purpose of corrections serves as a second chance for you to re-learn the concepts and re-enforce the knowledge in you.

      You can make mistakes during the learning journey, but do not make the same mistake twice.


    I shared this post made by an A1-scorer for Chemistry because I believe these are the main points why people can do well in life.


    Grrrr...12:50 PM
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    Friday, August 13, 2010

      To quote from Wiki my favourite piano piece (actually, I have an overwhelming number of piano compilations that I stuff behind my cupboard of Japanese books. Most are just piano scores for pop songs, which I feel is better to understand than crapped up piano pieces. Brahms lullaby, for example. It is a lullaby. No kidding). Instead of my usual SNSD piano pieces that I play when I am free, this is my favourite piece that I REALLY appreciate. Unless I get Rhapsody in Blue for my external clarinet crash course. Grade 5 piece I cannot even comprehend. Here' the quote from wiki:

      The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C♯ minor "Quasi una fantasia", op. 27, No. 2, by Ludwig van Beethoven, popularly known as the Moonlight Sonata (Mondscheinsonate in German), was completed in 1801. It is rumored to be dedicated to his pupil, 17-year-old[2] Countess Giulietta Guicciardi, with whom Beethoven was, or had been, in love.[4] This was one of Beethoven's most popular sonatas.

      The name "Moonlight" Sonata derives from an 1832 description of the first movement by music critic Ludwig Rellstab, who compared it to moonlight shining upon Lake Lucerne.

      Beethoven included the phrase "Quasi una fantasia" (Italian: Almost a fantasy) in the title partly because the sonata does not follow the traditional movement arrangement of fast-slow-fast. Instead, the Moonlight sonata possesses an end-weighted trajectory; with the rapid music held off until the third movement. To be sure, the deviation from traditional sonata form is intentional. In his analysis of the Moonlight sonata, German critic Paul Bekker states that “The opening sonata-allegro movement gave the work a definite character from the beginning... which succeeding movements could supplement but not change. Beethoven rebelled against this determinative quality in the first movement. He wanted a prelude, an introduction, not a proposition.”


      To think I brought this up just as I was about to sleep. I listen to this often. Fast tempo, vibrant colours show up in my eyes. I mean it. I see the moonlight shining on me.


    Grrrr...11:29 PM
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      Maybe I could explain the nature of Japan. Such a wonderful country that makes you feel you want to elope with your sense of patriotism and escape to that utopia far away from home (approximately 5313 kilometres, which means approximately 7 hours flight time, being enclosed in such a tight space wondering how to spend your next 7 hours or so). Yes, I feel a little bit of that mindset: Japan is so wonderful, why can't we just go over there and live till eternity in bliss? Yet, the ugly truth that lies behind Japan's high ageing proportion is also why you see few non-Japanese like people walking about in the streets of Tokyo, speaking fluent Japanese and acting like one. Maybe some "half-breed" Japanese Americans can blend in with the Japanese community, but the rest? Never mind about them. This Japanese mindset of discouraging foreigners from migrating to their country explains the reason why you see more old men and women than young teenagers.
      Japan. What a wonderful world we have there. The only place I could compare Japan with is the North Pole, with temperatures of around 20+ degree Celsius in summertime and nearly -10 degree Celsius in chilly Hokkaido during wintertime, where cranes as white as snow enjoy their life on frozen lakes and snow-coated pine trees. Yet, the Japanese do not care much about such extreme weather( just imagine a typical Singaporean buying 10 air conditioners to be turned on in a master bedroom. You can imagine that, right? Thinking about how cooling it is, right?). Japan, land of the rising sun. Semi-ironic statement is semi-ironic. When the sun rises, it's almost 30 degree Celsius. That is when sushi would rise in cost; tuna do need a temperate condition to survive.
      Japan. Politically, monarchy. With some form of parliamentary democracy. I can roughly guess how the emperor will go around "knighting" ministers, just like Queen Elizabeth II. Ah, now the western culture has influenced Japan's lifestyle. Akihabara is one, with clumps of electronics stores compressed together selling every single Japanese brand electronic appliances from your Panasonic plasma television to your Sony digital camcorder. Mitsubishi refrigerators and cars, Nissan, Toyota, you should have familiarized yourselves with these brands. The traditional Japanese prefectures are mainly located in the south; the north is influenced by technology, especially Tokyo and its surroundings. Sounds like a two-sided country.
      Now, on to Japanese language. Known as 日本語, or Nihongo, Japanese is widely used in Japan, from small shops to large department stores, with the usual English translations for tourists who do not have a single idea about Japan's confusing language system. The Japanese language is written with a combination of three scripts: Chinese characters called kanji (漢字, quite reminiscent of my daily Chinese notes about discussing Chinese poetry), and two syllabic scripts made up of modified Chinese characters, hiragana (ひらがな or 平仮名) and katakana (カタカナ or 片仮名).I prefer katakana as it is easier to write, but apparently, hiragana is easier to remember. However, for a tourist who visits Japan, I do not even think he or she even needs to know how to write Japanese charcters. Instead, the Latin alphabet, rōmaji (ローマ字), is also often used in modern Japanese, especially for company names and logos, advertising, and when entering Japanese text into a computer(technology again).Arabic numerals are generally used for numbers, but traditional Sino-Japanese numerals are also commonplace in Japan itself.
      These are the few points about why I love Japan. These points are enough to let me appreciate the wonders that Japan can do for us. Utopia seems to be the only word I can think of Japan now. And yes, after this post, will be slumber time. And off to Japan I go.


    Grrrr...10:51 PM
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    Monday, August 9, 2010

    月光薄れさせ...

      And I am here, writing about why NDP was a great day. I had time to read and revise my own stuff for the upcoming exams. And I am here, writing about how I spent the holiday to my good use. And how nice it was.
      First was the fireworks. I have to talk about these. Very spectacular display of fireworks across different places. The fireworks brilliantly lighted up the dim sky, sparks flying around(I'm reminded of "kissin'u" by Miranda Cosgrove). As it went down, I could hear the shouts, the cheers, the laughter. The NDP was a success.
      Next, the atmosphere was nice. I was shocked. To think Singaporeans would feel so, so proud of their own country by voicing out their joyous views of the country, amid the recent downfalls the country has faced. Our society doesn't work for us, we work for our society. We shape our own society, how it is formed, how it works, what it can do for us. If you say that it is useless, shame on you.
      Finally, as I have to sleep sooner, I must say that the patriotism was portrayed very well. I am proud of you Singaporeans. I love the way you love Singapore.
    I must sleep now.


    Grrrr...11:01 PM
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    Saturday, August 7, 2010

      It was a very calm day. There was a cool breeze blowing through my nose like nothing standing in its way. The trees swayed as I walked into the shrine. Having felt much of metropolitan Tokyo, I decided to have an escapade away from my stuck-up teenage life of using technology to have fun. There I was, right in the heart of Kyoto.
      Venturing Kyoto was not what I had expected. Smells of dango( japanese mochi balls with some sweet sauce drizzled on top) or unagi donburi at the nearby food stall brought me to my blissful moment. Yet I did not feel complete. I felt I had missed out something. Taking out my phone(yes, during the whole escapade, this was the only time I had to rely on technology, since I am quite a muddle-headed person who doesn't know what date it is today), I stared at today's date. Yes, it was a very special day. I will tell you why later.
      Kept walking. Uphill and downhill through the tranquility of the streets that were deserted, except for a few passer-bys. I was wondering how such a beautiful and calm place could have so little people. Can't people appreciate the nice things they can get in Kyoto? Even Akihabara couldn't compare with this scene.
      Walking through the village of Kibune kept me cool in the summer heat. Even if it wasn't summer. Squirreled away in the mountains, this small village is home to so much more than your usual gundam sold at japanese shops. Passing through the restaurants and inns, I reached my destination: a small Kyoto shrine half-hidden in the depths of forests north in the city.
      This shrine is home to wish fulfillment for more than a thousand years. Maybe I could wish for a better weather now. Summer stroke right across my face, I wonder if this shrine is actually that powerful. Nevertheless, I was proven wrong. My wish came true. Water flows endlessly from a bamboo pipe set upon a rock wall. Drink - the water is free and has a refreshing taste.
      As I walk across, I notice a bamboo hung up with slips of paper. Ah, now I see why. The summer festival of Tanabata, originally marked the annual meeting of a pair of celestial lovers. Yet, as we desire for love, the people who put their strips of paper seem to ask for more. I glance through a few of these pieces of paper, trying to comprehend what they are trying to say.
    "I wish for the best boyfriend in the world."
    "I wish to get married."
    "I want a stylish girlfriend."
    "I want to get along with my husband."
    "I'm sorry. Forgive me.I love you."
    "May everyone around me be healthier."
    "I want to be richer!"
    "I want to live in Kyoto."
    "I want to get a job this year."
    "I want to become a singer."
    "I want to be a top doctor."
    "I wish to be independent."
    "I wish for peace and prosperity."
    "I wish to pass my exam."
    "I wish to pass my driver's licence."
    "I wish to write more nicely."
    "I wish for the weather to be nice."
      As I look at the weather, it was a brilliant sparkle of sunlight. Ah, a wish has finally come true.


    Grrrr...1:13 PM
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    Wednesday, August 4, 2010

      So I am here again, wanting an idea of how to post a meaningful post that would make sense in the near future. After learning much of The Merchant of Venice, I find out much about how the Jews suffered with much antisemitism going on between the Christians in the play. Even so, I can see how Shylock uses Bassanio's need of money to his own good: which is shown as a murderous intention when he asks for Antonio's pound of the flesh if the bond is forfeit.
      Yes, we all know Shylock is evil. He has a murderous intent to kill Antonio just because Antonio spouted some insults at him, and he can treat his own daughter so badly, she calls her house "hell". Shylock, portrayed as an evil Jew who only knows something called "vengeance", laughs at other peoples' misfortunes. Yet Shylock is the holder of Justice in this entire play. The first time I heard this, I was quite shocked. Shylock, seen as a villain in the play, is actually the holder of Justice? Quite a shocking revelation. Yet I cannot help but agree with Shylock's statement.
      "If you prick us, do we not bleed?" Do you agree with this statement made by Shylock?
      This statement basically means that all of us are equal. I agree with this statement because it is a valid statement that can stand. This statement, used when Shylock is being prejudiced against, is brought out as a form of self-defence and also a point for the Christians to note, that they are not the superior ones as they seem to be.
      This statement is a view of Justice. I do agree much with this point as this statement upholds impartiality, fairness and a just case. This statement stands out above the rest of the lines in the play as it is made by Shylock, who feels that he is being sinned against due to him being a Jew. Shylock may not be that merciless as the play puts it (written by a Christian during a time where Christians were the epitome of the era), and this statement might help him answer the question that he is not merciless: you do something bad to me, i do something bad to you, which is the main stance of a kiasu society desperate for greater gains.
      Yes, this quote has reminded me of the past where I felt the same thing too. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others" ~Animal Farm. Yes, this is what the world is made of. Nevertheless, you cannot be more equal than equal, which is why the system collapsed and got overthrown. Like this post. I have to to sleep already.


    Grrrr...9:32 PM
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