28 September 2007

Gears cranked into place

Some people want change.
Will they sit and wait and beg others to help them,
or make the change themselves?


Another week has gone by before we expected it to. While going through papers, tutorials and stress in general, does anybody notice it is the last few times This J2 batch will spend together? Today was spent in a eye-rolling GP lesson, a fun filled break, a PD tutor birthday celebration, more chemistry tutorial,going through chem paper2, and about 5 HOURS OF MATHS TIMED PRACTICE. JC life has its funny quirks. I'll miss it.

There are somethings to say about how JC education works. One of the things that we need to do is actually pay attention and not hope that everything can be mugged at last minute. Lectures are not for sleeping. 3 people asked me about the same questions for chemistry over 3 days. Its alway fun to watch people draw linear water molecules and make Al2Cl6 have an extra pair of electrons.

21 September 2007

For great justice

All your base are belong to us
never underestimate the healing power of viral threads


So this is the end to another week, another week closer to A levels. My dear PD tutor reminded us of that fact. "Its good to have hobbies [we were on that topic], but remember hor, not for the next 6 weeks." The sad life of JC. I have the A level timetable next to my monitor, and so far the thought of how close the exam is has not crossed my mind as much as run in screaming incoherent terror over it. {phrase from queen of wands. copyright aeire) That phrase i find is an apt description of how most of us are feeling about the Alevel papers. There is a general feel of uncertainty, i guess from the lack of preparedness. Preparedness in the sense of work during J1 and early J2. Slacking during those times comes with a really high price i guess, but for me i feel that the Price is worth it. You can tell i have been mugging alot recently, mis-spelled esther's name as ester. Thanks for pointing that out Joshua.

Speaking of prelim papers, this week marked the beginning of the analysis of our prelim results. The absolute horror. All paper were interesting, in their own way. Biology was especially interesting in the creativity of answer on how bacterium from the human large intestine could be transmitted to another human. Economics was intriguing by the number of people who picked a killer question over a... relatively easier question. Mathematics was just plain annoying at how many obstacles there were between us and the answer and the marks. Chemistry was interestingly holistic. Paper one tested our application of concept in new situations and analysis of data, paper two tested our concepts and technical abilities, and paper three tested time management, decision making and analysis of reactions. GP was about the future. Enough said. I hope my marks reflect the amount of work I've put in. Same hope for anyone who is reading this. Well, i guess its time to finalize my summaries for the subjects maths, chem and econsH1. Hope they help. And hope i have a little time to do some decorating.

17 September 2007

Another end

Prelims are over! rejoice!
for posterity:
chem paper=endergonic
maths paper=fnint(k,x,0,k), k=o.w.n.e.d
econs paper= no potential growth
bio paper= permanent EPSP


Well, prelim paper is over. My life is currently non-existant i.e. i have no life. JC is just that way i guess. But now a new passage is open. What challenges will another week in school bring? Will the basketball court finally turn into a portal of doom? Will the teachers finally discover who is dulling all the student's minds? Will people actually fly?
Will exam stress finally do permanent damage to my head?


Well, here's a quiz my dear friend cheryl dumped on me.
Each player of the game starts off by giving 6 weird things about themselves. People who get tagged need to write in a blog of their own 6 weird things as well as state the rules clearly.
In the end, you'll need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their name.(i refuse to do tag others and i have no idea why i'm doing this anyway)
So here's this list, which Cheryl asked me to do because , quoting her blog, she thinks i'm weird.

1]I sorta like the challenge of A level H2Mathematics. Please don't kill me.
2]Despite my dislike for most forms of popular music, i sorta like Weird Al music. (can't get any weirder than a guy with weird in his pseudo-name)
3]I keep track of 35 web comics, 3 of them ended. Ask me for the list if you want, its too long to post here.
4]I originally started blogging for ranting purposes.
5]I took an interest in Celtic runes last year. The simplicity was probably what i was interested in.
6]I really like to sleep. Slept through most of my afternoons. And slept through a class chalet. Its a wonder I'm still awake