More about Prelims… and some good news!

Received Econs and Physics Papers today. Physics results were again really disappointing but Econs was not too bad, despite it still being a fail. At least got an S grade for Econs now which is an improvement even though still not enough. Managed a good pass in both essays that I had written and case study done was not too bad either. Haha, turns out that Econs was the only subject that had a jump in grade upwards. Most other fell or stayed stagnant. Cheers to all the effort put in by my Econs tutor..haha and to me too!
Some good news! GP tutor announced today a farewell lunch for all his classes which will be held on the 17th Oct, Monday on the week after Farewell Assembly. We were to vote for our preferred menu for lunch that afternoon.Haha! Really cool! It will be from 12pm to about 3pm that day and it is an exclusive gathering only for his invited students and certain colleagues whom he had invited. Lol… and he will be the bouncer for the day and be “taking attendance” for all guests to ensure that no one gate crashes. Haha so many measures in place due to some ppl having gate crashed before. Our Class Tutor was also invited and the principal too haha. Quite a shock to us!
He also announced that he was opening up consultation slots after we are released from school, meaning after 14th Oct which is the Farewell Assembly. However, it is on a rush to get it basis… hahas! Demand for the slots apparently have a very price inelastic demand and runs out real quick.
Went for a short Maths COE today as well just before the Econs Mass Lecture which was for going through our Prelims essays. Didn’t get too much done there but solved two questions.Haha, so time was not wasted going there huh. Hmm… COE started at 2pm and Econs was at 2.30pm so really not much time. As most of the teachers were not there yet, had to wait and finally just approached the only teacher that was available. Hmm… quite a fun teacher haha. He helped me solve two Stats questions at least. Two less problems to worry about over the weekends.
Another week gone and one more week closer to A levels. I have faith that there is still enough time to pull up my grades to score much better grades though. Above a C at least.

38 days left to the A levels… Time is really running out!!!

Worry starting to creep in…

Got back GP papers today. Finally some grades to lift my spirits. Passed with a D for GP, not countingthe mark lost for forgetting the question number of course! Haiz Paper 2 comprehension is the problem again. Sianz…Haha, on the way back from school saw a small kitten along the road playing with a butterfly, literally using its paw to touch the butterfly’s wings which surprisingly did not fly away… lol. Was walking back with John then and as expected he took out his phone to capture that image haha. But the kitten got frightened away lol. What a pity!
Yup, met John again after school by coincidence. Chatted about our Prelim grades and he said that he was starting to get worried not only for his grades but for mine too. Not sure why, although I still felt that there was still enough time to turn things around, that got me kind of worried as well. Well, with less than forty days left and not enough progress, it is high time to get worried and start putting in more effort in studying. However, being worried now is not the right mindset to have. Got to channel that energy to putting in more effort studying.
Most of my friends are already making the effort to stay back in school after lessons to study. Somehow that just doesn’t work for me… got to find some other way I guess.

39 days left to the A levels… Time is really running out!!!

I’m not moving forwards… time is slipping away!

With only 40 days left to A levels time is really running out. But there is still time enough though, to pull up my grades still further. Got back my Chem and Maths papers today. Not good at all. Failed both with a dismal “U”!! Well a really really slight improvement for Chemat least. It really is quite insignificant but I really need all the encouragement I can get man! Then again, Maths grades have dropped! Really disappointing! Thankfully, Maths is a subject that I can get by with chionging papers after papers to get the tricks and concepts to answer the questions. So that’s what I’m going to do yeah! I’m also planning to do a thorough analysis of my Prelims papers in due course and then redo the Prelims papers for all subjects until I can attempt all questions with confidence!Hope that helps. And of course, there are the never ending supply of other school’s Prelims Papers to keep on my toes. Jiayous!!

40 days left to the A levels… Time is running out!!!

Econs Mock Paper 1

Had to go to school today despite it being a marking day, Had an Econs mock Paper today. Lol, right after our Prelims! We haven’t even gotten our Prelims answer scripts back yet. I mean, what’s the point then. At first I thought it was because we did real badly for our Prelims and so the teachers wanted us to have a second round. However, later found out that we were doing the 2010 A level paper 1 Case Study. The teachers just wanted to have us try out the paper lol. With the limited time available for use, guess its kinda understandable.
Did the paper in the hall with the rest and started at 2pm.Whoa!The paper was much more difficult than the Prelims paper that was set man! Didn’t complete the whole paper and left the last 10m question incomplete.
Hmm…also been looking through my A levels timetable recently and realised that there was only one day that I had two papers, not counting GP of course. That would be Chem Paper 2 and Econs Paper 2. Cool eh? All other days I’ve only one paper each day with breaks between most papers. Should be able to make it for the A levels yeah!
Oh yeah, and school starts again tmr. Going to be going through exam papers alr

41 days left to the A levels… Time is running out!!!

Being brought back to the realities of JC life…

With the end of the marking days and the Prelims behind me, school starts again. Wow time will be flying by real quick and before long it will be the A levels!
In summary,,, three more weeks of school including this week, then another two or three weeks of self-studying during which I do not need to attend any more formal lessons after the farewell assembly on 14th Oct. Then, it will be one month of A levels chionging all the way and….
IT WILL ALL BE OVER!!!
But of course, for me to enjoy after A levels, got to study real hard now so ciaos!

A break now to travel further later…

Lolol! I’m still in a slacking mode sia. Hahas…not planning to do any studying yet lols, at least, not until tomorrow.
So I’ve just been slacking, watching TV and using the computer.Haha really bad of me huh.I really should be studying now that prelims is over and I’m so much nearer to A levels lol.
Anyways, just found out that the Mahjong on Facebook that I’ve been playing can still be played even though I’ve no tokens left.Hahas, so been spamming that as well.
Well that I guess should be good news but the only problem is that this discovery was made so near to my A levels.Yup! I definitely have to discipline myself to study and not be distracted yeah? LOL! Helppppp…


42 more days to the A levels… time is running out!!

Losing Hair

Been noticing that I’ve been losing hair recently. I think it’s due to studying for the exams lol. After every paper during the Prelims, I would leave the room with the table I was working on littered with strands of my hair hahas! Guess it is also due to my habit of playing with my hair when I’m deep in thought which resulted in all the hair falling off my head hahas. Even after the Prelims, I’mstill experiencing the same situation. Always after I finish with my studies and pack up the area, I would find lots of strands of my hair all over the table lol. Hope I still have hair after the A levels hahas. Oh ya… not that I will need it though. All gonna be shaved off anyways.

Jacket

Had a poke around the Adidas store at Suntec City Mall last weekend when I was there for dinner and finally found the Adidas jacket that I had been looking for. Well, it wasn’t that it was difficult to find the jacket but I didn’t like to have sales assistants “swarming” around me when I browse through items. Therefore, I only went into stores either with the aim of getting something specific; meaning I go in, get what I want, pay for it and then leave, or if it seems as though the sales assistants there were not going to “bother” me while I shopped.
As it happened, the store at Suntec City Mall was much larger and thus I was sure that I would not be disturbed. Anyways, it was late and there weren’t many sales assistants there anyways. So I went in and browsed through the Adidas jackets there and found what I wanted really quickly. I was really compelled to buy the jacket then. However, a look at the price changed my mind. It was over a hundred dollars! Yes, the jacket certainly looked really good and the material was really fine too. I was also sure that I would look real cool wearing that jacket. However, given the tropical weather here, it was hardly a necessity. Still, I really liked the jacket and had been meaning to get it so I decided to revisit that thought during the Year End Sale. Hopefully, it will be priced lower then. I then took down the model of the jacket – ‘ADI FIREBIRD TT E14647’. Gonna get the blue black one… hahas!
Now all that’s left is to find a strong enough reason to buy it, to convince myself that it is worth the money hahaha! Hope I find it soon! I’ve only two more months left to the Year End Sale!

43 more days to the A levels… time is running out!

Finally… Cycling again!!

Friday today so I was supposed to go for my weekly swim. However, didn’t go swimmingthough.This was despite the weather being really good today with a good strong, hot and bright sun. This is certainly a day not seen for quite some time. Some sun admist all the rain and heavy downpours.
Haha so I had other plans seeing as the weather was so good. Of course, it would have been great weather to be in the pool to cool off but I decided to take my bike out for a ride. Haven’t ridden for like eons! Haven’t had much time to do so lol. And with the monsoon season heading our way, might not even have the chance to do so even if I were to have time later. So went cycling instead as it was the last day of the Prelims.Hehe wanted to take a break for a couple of days. A luxury that JC students shouldn’t be spending time on this time of the year… lol.
Anyways, seeing as the following Monday and Tuesday are marking days, there is a long weekend aheadhaha. So why not take a break so that when the time comes to chiong, I can do so more effectively! Cheers to studying!

The Last of Prelims

Right! So it’s Friday again haha. Gonna blog about all that happened this week.Well, so it’s about Prelimsagain haha, So I had no paper on Tuesday and just stayed at home and studied for Maths Paper 2.
So then had Maths Paper 2 on Wednesday and it went considerably well. Still,need more practice on Maths for better results. Stats portion was also quite okay due to having had enough practice I guess haha.
Had Physics Paper 1 on Thursday and Chem Paper 1 on Friday. Guess that sort of sums up my entire Prelims hahaha.

45 more days to the A levels

AWESOME! Papers!!(XD)

Hey! Hey! Had to blog today man! Had two really awesome papers today.Econs Paper 1. Chem Paper 2.
Yeah, had two papers today and was expecting them to be disastrous actually but they both seemed okay. At least the Chem paper was not really difficult as I had thought it would be, and the Econs case study was relatively easy too. In comparison though, certainly felt that the Econs paper would bring me better grades. The two case studies given were easy to understand and points and examples to support my arguments could easily be picked out to be used in my answers. Used lots of points and examples from the extracts in my answers.Haha… really happy with that. Quite sure my answers should be okay. Chem paper, like I said, was not as tough as I had expected it to be. Nevertheless, it was still not totally an easy paper. Most of the questions were manageable but there were still some which I was not too confident in handling. But I’m definitely more confident in handling the question this time around as compared to the MYEs. Sure expect better grades this time. Haha! Well, hope this boosts my confidence in handling all the other papers this week. Haha, the battle’s not over yet. It’s only the beginning of the week. Still got lots to mug!

49 more days to the A levels!
Ciaos!

PRELIMS!!! Week 2

Prelims this week. Whew! Finally it’s Friday. A short break before Prelims continues again. So had Chem Paper 3 to start off with on Monday. As usual, it was a disaster! Wasn’t expecting much from it actually, although quite guilty of this as it is the Prelims already yet and I’m still not motivated to score well. But guess coz this is the first paper after the Sept Hols so still not really into the study mode yet. Then again, A levels is the real thing and this Prelims exam will not exactly affect my A levels grade much. Gonna be doing many more practices after the the A levels anyways. Therefore, didn’t study too much for the paper and just went for the paper with whatever prior knowledge I had before the holidays.
Tuesday!Didn’t have paper so just stayed at home to revise for H2 Maths Paper 2for the next day. Thought it was Stats paper and studied excessively for Stats. However, turned out that Wednesday’s Maths paper was just Pure Maths. Anyways did study Pure Maths too so the paper didn’t go too badly. Only some parts of questions still unable to solve. Still have paper 1 to chiong.
No paper again on Thursday so stayed at home to study for Econs paper 2 and Physics paper 2 for Friday.
Had Econs Paper 2 and Physics Paper 2 on Friday. Had to write 3 essays for Econs but only managed two of the three though. Was very confident of the first essay which was on market failure due to negative externalities. So took a little more time on it to perfect it. In the end took an hour and 45 mins. OMG! Over- shot by too much.But overall quite satisfied with both essays written.Hoping to get more than 30 for Paper 2 overall. Physics paper was kind of under- prepared again. Not too good. Will have to work much harder for Paper 1 MCQ for a better overall grade.
Went swimming again after the papers on Friday.Went early again but still not much sun. Dark clouds started forming in the sky and I thought it would rain. Didn’t rain though.At least not before I finished with my shower. Dried myself and came out to be met with a heavy downpour. OMG! OMG! OMG! My things were soaking in the rain!! Rushed out and “rescued” my bag and clothes which were all already soaked through anyways. Phew… luckily I had my bag zipped up. Waited for the rain to stop before heading home as my umbrella had just tendered its resignationagain yesterday lol... aka got spoilt! How timely!
Going to spend the weekends studying for the papers next week.Last chance to pull up my Prelim grades.

Chionging studies in school

Sept Hols again! One whole week without any lessons… haha! Then again, not much like hols actually. Iwent back to school every day to study…lol. So much for the holidays.Haiz...what to do...? Prelims coming up after the hols
Good thing for me anyways since Chee Koon wanted to study in school anyways not efficient when studying. Really realised just how inefficient I am studying at home when I started going to school to do my revision. Too many distractions at home I guess. Same problem that most of us students face nowadays I guess. What with having computers at home, the television, radio and various other electronic equipment. It is to the extent that even the fridge has joined the list of distractions. Well I do try to prevent myself from being near these distractions. However, it is not very effective lol. If I do manage to get myself away from my laptop, I will then find myself sitting in front of the television anyways. Anyways, went back to school to study on our own on Monday and Tuesday. Then, we had Econs ERP on Tuesday morning so went to school and studied for a while from 9am to 10 am before heading for Discussion Room 3 for ERP. Then went back to studying again all the way till afternoon about 2pm. Much was the same for Monday except that we didn’t have ERP on Monday. Hahas both days had Mac for lunch. (Lols why is it always a Mac near my school? Sec school Kss also spam mac after school during cca breaks now JC studying for exams… hahas its mac again!) Yah so it’s junk food but ‘WHO CARES!!’ Haha…so long as it keeps me awake and is not too much stress on the finances. Hahas! Not likely for me to get fat anytime soon anyways… lol.
Anyways, studied Econs on both days and some Maths.
Went home after lunch and did Prelim Practice Paper 2. Preparing for Maths COE on Thurs and Fri.
Went for COE on both Thurs and Fri. Well, certainly helped a lot. Did lots of maths and the resources there certainly helped me keep from falling asleep as it was certainly much easier to work with answers available rather than feeling really sianzz when I can’t solve a maths problem lols. The teachers there were also a great help. Haha… when COE comes up again for the final lap to A levels, I am sure to be there!
So it’s Friday again today. So…Yup! It’s swimming again for me. As COE ended at 3pm I was able to leave early and head for the pool. Well COE literally ends at 3pm mind. I had thought that the teachers only stated that as a time to wind down and that they will still be available for further consultations but no. They started chasing us all out of MPR3 at 3pm sharp and all of them had disappeared by 3.05pm. Lolol!
Anyways, back to swimming. Thought that I could get more of the sun and do some tanning as I was earlier this time. However it was cloudy when I got to the pool with not much sun. Haiz… what a waste! Decided to wait though and as usual changed into my pink trunks and laid on one of the benches hoping to get some sun but it was to no avail. After doing Sudoku for more than an hour, I finally decided to get in the water partly due to tiredness beginning to creep in and also due to the fact that there was certainly not going to be much sun left anyways. Managed slightly more laps this time round despite a severe and persistent cramp in my legs. Swam about 16 laps before my leg cramped up. Then decided to stop and laid on the bench again to do Sudoku. After a while went back to swim and completed 22 laps! That’s going to be my standard from now on! Haha!

New posts!

Yes finally finish uploading all the posts for the past two months! Spent over an hour at it. Anyways, really sorry for the late posts yeah. Enjoy reading! Really glad to get it all done. Now can continue with more current posts. Decided to post weekly from now onwards!
ciaos!