So fear not my dearest friends, 1 year of hard work in exchange for good A lvl results and the course you want in Uni is actually not that bad. Jiayou to all! :)
And yes, watched 2012. It lasted for 2hrs 45mins. Some scenes really did kept me on the edge of my seat, hoping for the worst to not happen to the people. I must say the CGs were awesome. Can't believe everything was done by CG. & After watching it, it makes me wonder if this day will ever come, and what will i do? I just figured it out, but it may not be true la, since the release date of the movie may be different in other countries. Since 2012 is released on November 12 2009, I thought of it in the direction of its relations to the title of the movie. So.. perhaps they chose this date is because, november=11 + 200[9] = 20 and the date is 12. There you have it, 2012. Just thought of it randomly, haha. It's a great movie, must catch it. :)
OOOOOOOP OOOOOOOVERRRRR!!!!Yea finally. After days and the weekend of talking to myself in the shower and along the streets, the speech has been delivered to the assessors. I think everyone made a mistake here and there, I myself was so used to practicing on the old script, that when I changed one part of it last night, it just didn't appear in my mind on the spot, so I had to blurt out my old one when I found myself stuck, trying to recall how my new part would start. But I think overall we did well. :) The question I had was manageable too. Good thing there weren't any qns on Chek Jawa -.- Deb delivered her presentation well too. ^^
The first taste was refreshing, with a tinge of alcohol, okay, maybe a little bit too much for us to stand. To our horror it gets worse with every scoop. We avoided Rum and raisins and attacked at our own flavours ferociously instead. I swear it's a baaaaaad ice cream flavour. We even thought of doing forfeit in an attempt to finish the horrible scoop of monster in our waffle bowl. In the end neither of us wanted to take another scoop of it and decided to leave a note for the counter girls:
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The 6 of us then headed to Raffles hotel to wait for his return after his event at St. James Powerhouse. We thought that he would come back earlier. We passed off time with our kpop craze talk and games, until we were all bored. More and more fangirls gathered around the entrance of Raffles hotel. When the information was that he's coming, the fangirls lined up at the sides of the red carpet, waiting anxiously for his arrival ^.^ That moment was when we almost gave up and prepared to leave, as we've waited from 5 to 9pm. A long wait. It doesn't even take that long to wait for the arrival of Wonder Girls last year. But it was worth it as our fatigue died off immediately upon his arrival.
Reporters were there too and once his van came, we were all screaming madly. He was sooooooooooooooooooooo handsome in real life, even better! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D I guess all the noona's hearts melted right away. He was smiling from the moment he left his van. When Lee Min Ho was approaching the doors, so many hands were on his back, it's as if they're glued. As the doors closed ppl shouted his name. Since then it was all fangirl-in-action of the marvellous guy in that short 10 seconds. AWESOME!
A group picture before his arrival.
That's Xue Er and Sharon on the left.
WOOOOOOOOOOO.
Wassup! It's been a long while since I last posted something.
The MacDonald days paid off and I've no regrets obtaining these results. I've tried my very best for the past few months and if it's still a U, it's a U.
First paper I got back on Tuesday morning was H1 Maths. Among the 4 department tests and the Midyears, I've never passed them before. Quoting all single digits for the tests, hur. Sooo, I was hoping for a pass when I received my paper. When I opened it, it showed 32/60. At that moment I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Yes, this is my first pass for the year, but what was going through my mind was also the possibility of my D degrading to a fail grade after adding my horrible midyear and tests results. So it was a mix of feelings there, my facial expression was between a smile and a frown, it's basically this ._.
Next was Chemistry. After all those hard work that I put in the mindmaps, after falling in love with Organic Chemistry, after doing up notes to refresh my memory, my Chemistry grades just refuses to get any better. 29.5/100. Pathetic. It's a confirmed U for Chem.
History! This was the subject that I thought I would score relatively well as I memorised my notes well, regurgitated out the info + some analysis on the spot, I even wrote a 3 page essay for the first time this year! (yes I know there are others who can write 4 to 5. but forgive me 3-page is an achievement for me) In the end I got a frigging 46/100. It's an E, but it's super ridiculous. No one in my class for history got higher than an E, we then realise the papers were marked by the trainee teacher, as the handwriting was distinctly different. We then started debating on how can the teachers let the trainee take over the marking of our promo papers. It's not that they can't do that, but I'm surprised there isn't any indication of cross-checking from the main teachers. Some of us got grades that they shouldn't even get, so all of us got quite fussed up over it.
GP next! 41/100. S. Nothing much to say for GP really. It's language and the skills afterall.
Econs was a surprise. 41/80, a D. The first time I passed Econs was the monopoly essay test, but this is better, I mean, it's an improvement. Never would I expect myself to get a D for Econs. What's more consoling is that my marks are finally in the range of the top few in class.
There you have it. My promo results.
Econs - D
Chem - U
Maths - D
History-E
GP - S !
Bryan told me that I've met the promotion criteria, it's a relief. Hopefully my midyears won't affect much. :)
I. CAN'T. BREATHE.
No doubt a more loosened up side of GD. Love the splash of colours and the piano setting.
Not forgetting Gaho's cameo appearance!
Yes, I'm definitely looking forward to 소년이여 mv. :B heheheh.
Can't wait for the release!
Baked chocolate chip cookies @ Yuhan's house for 4 AV teachers. After which some of the second batch were for Hillgrove teachers. The last time I prepared or bought teachers' day gifts was Sec 1. A piglet bolster for Ms Lim, I remembered. After waiting for the teachers upon the end of teachers' day concert, it was already 1.30pm. Called up ex-hillgrovians to ask if they've gone back. To my horror, most of the teachers have left since 12pm.
Even Qian Yi, who've been faithfully waiting for me(sorry and thanks) had to leave to somewhere else. I don't know this go-home early thing is due to the new principal's rules, and the appreciation day thing. Poly students can go in the morning, but JC students still have school man. Ughhh. Crashed into Swiss Cottage with my cca mates and there were a whole lot of ACJC and PJ people, still busy visiting the teachers! Feel so foreign and disappointed. The second batch which was handled by Ying Si and I the night before are wasted. Eat ourselves. Haha.
G-DRAGON - HEARTBREAKER MV
GD's solo album, Heartbreaker! Is this what I've been waiting for? HELL YEAH!
I like 소년이여, The Leaders, Hello, Breathe, the whole album la. haaha, buying it! Silver/White hair action in the mv, wasnt very impressive, yet awesome. Songs were commendable, solo!
Wassup, wassup, wassupwassupwassup!
PW DAY. This group from S25 proposed to conserve a korean rice drink by ice blending it. Refreshing taste I must say, although the original taste like barley. I kept going back for more and pulling Debbie to join me lol, until they recognised me la. Initially I just wanted to have a taste of it, until I passed by their stall again and saw hangul. OMG. that's when the uncalled frenzy kicked in. Had national rehearsal that day. Sooooo, they agreed to fill my water bottle. WOO. After going up to the hall to help out, I came down once again to take pictures before I forget and regret. PW Day was to end alr, so after taking photos, they happily gave me the remaining ice blended drink. Awesome.
Check out the pictures. To add, one of their members is Korean.
2PM's own sitcom ''Wild Bunny"! Fitting title much. I was spazzing the whole time. Never one time the boys failed to make me laugh head over heels. WOOOO.
increasingly apprehensive,
just, lost.
Niga Mibda (I Hate You)
Nobody .. but you
Neorago (It's You)
U-Go-Girl
Tell me
Gee
As much as i hate the puns, these grades are dreadfully horrible.
9 weeks to promos.
Here I am, back in Sentosa after 3 weeks. This time, it's with the av people, seniors and juniors! Even though most people couldn't make it, we had fun nevertheless. I remember the last I reached Sentosa before 12 was in nov/dec when I was in Sec 3, to sun-tan with Rachel. After playing few round of frisbee and captains' ball, jiehan, debbie, yuhan, stacy, irene and me went for a dip. Once I submerged myself in the water, i felt a poking feeling on my upper left arm, didn't know why. They said it was because of the salt water, but I didn't experience that when i went for a dip with Rachel. I believe it was 1-2pm when we hit the water. I wasn't expecting myself to tan a lot, cux I didn't see much diff on my legs nor arms when we went to bathe.
It was until I carried my bag when I came out from the toilet. Damn pain. lol. Haven't experienced sun burn for a while now, so imma half lobster for a few days. woo.
'ms purple' Her face turned reddish purple after the outing. haha.
'ms stone'
As quoted from yuhan, "digging your own grave", because jiehan did most the job in digging the hole, in the end he lost in the 'ohm ohm chucky chucky' game and had to be buried.
what size you want? 
final touches to our master art piece.
sand monster..
to a sea monster.
Face red, shoulders red, pain. Pardon me for that tired look, haha.
The beginning reminds me a bit of TaeYang's 'Only Look At Me' mv. LOL at Bom's reaction when the psychic turned around with her crazy hair and thick makeup. With their fire still burning wild, this new hit plus the recent release of their 1st mini album, these ladies are definitely not your typical new kids on the block. Well for what I know, pretty boys out there beware, 'cause they don't care eh eh eh eh eh.
-1 background/thesis/aim paragraph
-6 body paragraphs
-1 conclusion
-must be 4 pages without leaving lines.
4 pages?! Helluva writing machine I must say! I never ever once written a 4 pages long essay for history nor ss, not to mention during this 6 months of jc life, and I don't think I can ever do it! Or is it the handwriting? I got to admit, my handwriting transforms during exams when coming to writing essays. My fingers get all cringed up and I'm seemingly forced to horrendously cursive write(or I should say messy write) my answers down. It's a far cry from my usual handwriting.
Alright, putting the handwriting issue aside, H2 Hist is definitely nothing like secondary school O' level elective History paper. For O's you can memorise the answers to Stalin, Hitler, Japan and hit the bullseye like pressing ctrl + C and ctrl + V when the questions come out and expect to get at least a B3/B4. But for A level History? It's a totally different story. This taking history as an A level subject thing had already hit me right smack in the face during the first two mass lectures in my orientation weeks.
Nationalism, nationalism and more nationalism..
I had the lecture notes with me, those 2 pieces of paper filled with powerpoint slides were enough to make me giddy as if I've been asked to do 10 spins on a swivelling chair. Those two pieces of paper + written notes from the lecture were the reason I became emotionally unstable during that 3-4 days of mass lectures, with a weekend in between. It made no sense to me as I didn't take pure history as an O' level subject. It's unlike chemistry or econs mass lecture, which could be brushed up and clarified with teachers when we start our academic term, as it was just a brief intro of what to expect for the subject.
Although much encouragement was given over that weekend where I felt lost on my ability to take history, I was seriously on the verge of crying throughout the last day of mass lecture, I just could not help it. It was kinda scary, this was something that I have not experienced before, to actually feel hopeless on a subject which could determine my path in future. Basically History was my main worry since then, despite the work scope for project work calmed my emotions down much that day, as it was slightly relevant to D&T.
Now for a little insight on what a H2 History student experiences, this is a response to a student taking the 2008 A levels asking for any references or guides available for H2 History. Quoting from annoy-you-must:
"I would agree that H2 History is bloody damn difficult, simply because youAs of now, although I've roughly understood the contents for nationalism, J.O, cold war and korean war, I'm still trying to figure how to work this history stuff and put it on paper. Gotta get my ass movin' with a prayer. *crosses fingers*
don't know how to study for it at all. It is unlike maths and physics...all
you have to do is just practice and practice.
I spent great time and efforts memorising so many facts for my history, only to realise that it's not enough...I must know how to write and use those memorised facts to my advantage in the essay.
And yes, not to mention that there is
simply not much written essays for me to take reference to."
Say B-I-G to the BANG! Finally! After all that commotion about Gara Gara GO!! Initially I was worried about how the song would sound like after listening to the teaser with "Big Bang rocks tonight" in their lyrics. But this is more than what I expected. Love all that dance and [Big Bang rocks tonight] fits in nicely. I'm so digging Seung Ri's expression at 0:28! Colourful, fun, and there's even a 'freestyle portion' in the song! Gara Gara GO!!
2PM, with G.O.D's 'Friday Night'. Indeed a refreshing performance, fun song too! Definitely a bonus to Boys Generation; a joint performance by 2PM, 2AM, Super Junior and SHINee of 'Gee'. It was nice to see SNSD's comeback performance 'Tell Me Your Wish' and a bit of 'Gee'. In addition, 2NE1's 'Umbrella' was smoking hot like 'Fire'!
KBS Music Bank - What a Friday night! :B
On another note, Rest In Peace "King of Pop" Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett.
There's no doubt that you've not only impacted world of hollywood, but to everyone around the globe too. We will miss you. ♥
