Hello once again I have decided to use the title 'midway' as it is very appropriate.
Exams. Exams Exams. Have just crashed through 4 of them. Have got 3 to go. Well, I should have posted in the middle of Bio just to make it REALLY Midway HAHAHAHAHAA.
Speaking of Bio. It was alright, as in it was not as gay as I had anticipated. Those who saw me this morning would know I was practically shatting myself because of the sheer amount of crap we had to know and recall. I think I spent more time in a frenzied whirlwind saying, "Oh crap, blah blah blah" than actually looking at the stuff. But anyway in the end it was tolerable.
Going back to MAths. It was hard, period. I was flipping through the pages just to see if there were any easy pickup mark questions to do (there were hardly any). But what was fun was how we were playing scissors paper rock while they were collecting the papers. Haha.
And then there was English before that. Paper 1 was alright, I suppose. Then came Paper 2. Questions were reasonable...until I mental blanked throughout the exam. Such was the case that Module A's essay needed a bit of...abridging. But then again that was P and P. I like Citizen Kane more, but thats just me.
And something else that is also as konstant as k (that is the k you meets in maths, chem, etc. that just means any arbitrary constant), is of course people dwelling. As some of you would know I would zoom out of the hall like there's no tomorrow, and for good reason too.
Enough for today! Good luck everyone for (the rest of) your exams.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Friday, August 07, 2009
Pre-trial notions
Okay a pre-trial blog, following tradition,
So... good luck everyone. But remember there's life afterwards. OK I think I am being cheesy now, just like my belonging short story as people in my English class can attest to.
One day I was trawling through the SMH, and man this character in SMH letters signifies the epitome of idiocy. If you would care to read below:
If this fellow is serious, which is probably the case, then he is rather deluded or suffers from extreme ignorance or arrogance. "they are incapable of doing 51 km/h" What?? It takes little skill to step on the accelerator. People who speed and crash generally aren't out of control. Quite the contrary. They think they can manage the freedom of deliberately ignoring the speed limit.
I'd like to see this guy try and pull that crap when he's rounding those bends that have a strict limit otherwise your car will zoom off the road.
Anyway on other things Bohemian Rhapsody was pretty good today. I thought, we should have made the scaramouche bit more dramatic, something like this:
Scara-MOUCHE!!!
I did that during one of our last practices and because I was one of the few who did I looked pretty dumb haha.
Ah, now it occurs to me, English short stories. It seems that there are only four outcomes in a short story:
And another thing, those of you who do chem, are you going to call your chemist guy "Luke (not his real name)"? I am giving serious considerations to doing that in this upcoming exam.
Goodbye for now.
Bee tee double-yew if you read this post before 21/8/2009 then clearly you are procrastinating XD
So... good luck everyone. But remember there's life afterwards. OK I think I am being cheesy now, just like my belonging short story as people in my English class can attest to.
One day I was trawling through the SMH, and man this character in SMH letters signifies the epitome of idiocy. If you would care to read below:
Slow drivers the limit
Correspondents in the eternal debate about speeding (Letters, July 30) have referred in reverential tones to the speed-compliant driver, the little law-abiding ninny who never does a kilometre over the speed limit.
Enough. It is this very person who causes difficulties. Speed limits are set at the lowest common denominator. They are not set to accommodate good, or even average, drivers. They are designed for people who can barely drive in a straight line or notice other cars, let alone anticipate or perform complex traffic movements. Law-abiders do 50 km/h because they are incapable of doing 51.
Anyone lacking the confidence to safely drive at 10km/h over any given speed limit makes a strong case that they should not be on the road. Rather than such incompetents being further encouraged to slow down the majority of road users, they should be asked to keep up with traffic.
If this fellow is serious, which is probably the case, then he is rather deluded or suffers from extreme ignorance or arrogance. "they are incapable of doing 51 km/h" What?? It takes little skill to step on the accelerator. People who speed and crash generally aren't out of control. Quite the contrary. They think they can manage the freedom of deliberately ignoring the speed limit.
I'd like to see this guy try and pull that crap when he's rounding those bends that have a strict limit otherwise your car will zoom off the road.
Anyway on other things Bohemian Rhapsody was pretty good today. I thought, we should have made the scaramouche bit more dramatic, something like this:
Scara-MOUCHE!!!
I did that during one of our last practices and because I was one of the few who did I looked pretty dumb haha.
Ah, now it occurs to me, English short stories. It seems that there are only four outcomes in a short story:
- Subtle - if marker likes story.
- Obscure - if marker hates.
- Overt/clear link - if marker like.
- In your face/ham-fisted/simplistic blah blah blah - if marker hates.
And another thing, those of you who do chem, are you going to call your chemist guy "Luke (not his real name)"? I am giving serious considerations to doing that in this upcoming exam.
Goodbye for now.
Bee tee double-yew if you read this post before 21/8/2009 then clearly you are procrastinating XD
Saturday, August 01, 2009
The (hobbit) Shire
Guten tag my friends,
As our last school term commences, it is timely for...
REMINISCING HAHA yeah going back to the past to make sense of the present or whatever that pile of BS it was when we did Heaney in 3U.
So if you don't have time and/or you don't want to be regaled with tales from the MS's past, then skip the next several paragraphs.
Many years ago I lived in the Shire haha. Not the Lord of the Rings Shire. I am referring to the Sutherland Shire. This is in the far south of Sydney. (Z-hang should know).
If you thought places like Bankstown and Hurstville were far south then you're WRONG (quote Iverach). The Shire by far beats it. (NB unlike LOTR where that Shire is actually towards the north of Middle earth - if I remember correctly)
Anyway, I was looking up where I used to live in (Miranda) on Wiki. Here is what I found:
See the beige-y light coloured apartments on the left hand side of the photo. Believe it or not I used to live there when I came to Australia long long ago haha.
So, the Shire. The things I remember most are few and far between. Amongst them was that they changed the colour scheme of the council logo from Captain Cook on white background to Captain Cook on yellow background.
And, after talking to Z-hang and others, the INFAMOUS FIVE WAYS XD
OK this is famous - for the wrong reasons. Or should I say was famous.
This was a horrendously humungous roundabout (yeah the one that cars go on xD) where all five roads going in had at least 4 lanes (so two either way). Just think five Pennant Hills Roads going into the same roundabout. It was so big that it needed these really special traffic lights that had signs that changed depending on whether it was red or green light. Actually there was no green light, just a space where its meant to be, because I think no light implies green light in that case. And it was big enough for the island in the middle to have a tiny forest's worth of trees.
Anyway eventually they razed the forest to the ground, dug up the island and turned it into a five-ways intersection. Apparently accident levels dropped off to almost nothing.
Onto other things...
UMAT was on Wednesday. Was not too good, was not too bad. With things like this, it seems like you could always have done it better. Maybe thats just me.
But do you know what's ridiculous? The fact that some people CONTINUALLY dwell on the exam. Stuff like "What did you put for this question? Oh no I got it wrong." blah blah blah etcetera etcetera etcetera. It's over. There's nothing you can do to change what has happened. Unless you have a time machine or something which you don't.
Yes it is high-stakes. But once its over its over. You'll probably do yourself more harm by moping over it.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
OK, some people when they see this may think: Why don't you mind your own business? That is, the dweller's dwelling is their own business. BUT the problem is, their "discussions" are actually pretty loud so you can't really hide.
If you notice me in exams, the moment we get dismissed I zoom out of the room like there's no tomorrow. Reason: to escape the dwellers who will make everyone around them feel as crap as they do. Try it some day. Haha now I am just rambling.
Speaking of exams, Good Luck everyone in their trial studying. Don't overstudy! xD Because that blew up in my face so spectacularly for Ag. E.g. of overstudy: Staring at notes the moment before you enter the room of doom (aka the exam room), having already looked at them almost continually for the past week. At the same time don't not study haha yes it is tempting.
That's enough from me for now. And now I leave you with this:
The opening to Casino Royale ( James Bond). Personally one of my more favourite Bond movies. This opening is pretty awesome. Sort of reminds me of "The Shot" the Ted Hughes poem, due to the bullet motif etc.
As our last school term commences, it is timely for...
REMINISCING HAHA yeah going back to the past to make sense of the present or whatever that pile of BS it was when we did Heaney in 3U.
So if you don't have time and/or you don't want to be regaled with tales from the MS's past, then skip the next several paragraphs.
Many years ago I lived in the Shire haha. Not the Lord of the Rings Shire. I am referring to the Sutherland Shire. This is in the far south of Sydney. (Z-hang should know).
If you thought places like Bankstown and Hurstville were far south then you're WRONG (quote Iverach). The Shire by far beats it. (NB unlike LOTR where that Shire is actually towards the north of Middle earth - if I remember correctly)
Anyway, I was looking up where I used to live in (Miranda) on Wiki. Here is what I found:
See the beige-y light coloured apartments on the left hand side of the photo. Believe it or not I used to live there when I came to Australia long long ago haha.
So, the Shire. The things I remember most are few and far between. Amongst them was that they changed the colour scheme of the council logo from Captain Cook on white background to Captain Cook on yellow background.
And, after talking to Z-hang and others, the INFAMOUS FIVE WAYS XD
OK this is famous - for the wrong reasons. Or should I say was famous.
This was a horrendously humungous roundabout (yeah the one that cars go on xD) where all five roads going in had at least 4 lanes (so two either way). Just think five Pennant Hills Roads going into the same roundabout. It was so big that it needed these really special traffic lights that had signs that changed depending on whether it was red or green light. Actually there was no green light, just a space where its meant to be, because I think no light implies green light in that case. And it was big enough for the island in the middle to have a tiny forest's worth of trees.
Anyway eventually they razed the forest to the ground, dug up the island and turned it into a five-ways intersection. Apparently accident levels dropped off to almost nothing.
Onto other things...
UMAT was on Wednesday. Was not too good, was not too bad. With things like this, it seems like you could always have done it better. Maybe thats just me.
But do you know what's ridiculous? The fact that some people CONTINUALLY dwell on the exam. Stuff like "What did you put for this question? Oh no I got it wrong." blah blah blah etcetera etcetera etcetera. It's over. There's nothing you can do to change what has happened. Unless you have a time machine or something which you don't.
Yes it is high-stakes. But once its over its over. You'll probably do yourself more harm by moping over it.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
OK, some people when they see this may think: Why don't you mind your own business? That is, the dweller's dwelling is their own business. BUT the problem is, their "discussions" are actually pretty loud so you can't really hide.
If you notice me in exams, the moment we get dismissed I zoom out of the room like there's no tomorrow. Reason: to escape the dwellers who will make everyone around them feel as crap as they do. Try it some day. Haha now I am just rambling.
Speaking of exams, Good Luck everyone in their trial studying. Don't overstudy! xD Because that blew up in my face so spectacularly for Ag. E.g. of overstudy: Staring at notes the moment before you enter the room of doom (aka the exam room), having already looked at them almost continually for the past week. At the same time don't not study haha yes it is tempting.
That's enough from me for now. And now I leave you with this:
The opening to Casino Royale ( James Bond). Personally one of my more favourite Bond movies. This opening is pretty awesome. Sort of reminds me of "The Shot" the Ted Hughes poem, due to the bullet motif etc.
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