Monthly Archive for March, 2007

What a good idea

Kudos to my sister for discovering that the interior or our new sofa is hollow (how unsurprising!).

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All my beloved possessions will be hidden in my sofa when I go NS next week so as to ensure that they are safe from the prying and itchy eyes and hands of my sister. Shss.. don’t tell her that.

Maybe, next time a tremor occurs again in Singapore, instead of the usual “Stay away from ceiling decorations and glass”, the Singapore police will also recommend Singaporeans to hide away in the hollow of their sofas.

Then when this whole thing picks up, I’ll start a company producing sofas with well equipped and customizable interiors. Something like a sofa with built in bed, fridge, radio, and toilet inside its interior should be easy to sell.

No, I’m only joking.

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Blog More

I will be “doing my part for the country” in less than 10 day’s time, and I thought I should seize the opportunity to blog more. While serving my NS term, my girlfriend will be blogging for me on my behalf, and I will only be blogging on those few weekends where I get to book out.

Talking about my gf, she had fever today, and was having very bad headache. It sounded very similar to the symptoms I had last weekend. Nothing surprising. We often fall to the same illness one after another, or at the same time.

I have so many work to finish, and so many games to play before the 10 days are up. I am now learning how to properly manage my time to maximize profit and enjoyment. In fact, when all the stuff are done and allowances received, my personal savings will be well over 5 digit figure. And I haven not gotten any part time job yet. Almost everyday is spent in the comfort of my home since the conclusion of A levels.

I am still pretty pissed over the fact that many Singaporeans see University as a goal, and not a tool to achieve their goal. They work like slaves to “go to University”, but once they get there they have no idea what to do. I’ve made two simple list of reasons why muggers want to go to University, and also how they choose their degree.

Why Muggers want to go to a University
-My friend all going la!
-Go there can hao lian!
-Go university next time find job easier.
-Go university next time job pay more.
-My mother ask me one.
-It is my dream. I’ve always wanted to go university.

The last point is rubbish, as once muggers get into University, they have no idea what degree to take. And if they have no idea what to take, why go University in the first place?

How Muggers choose their University Degree
-Sounds nice leh!
-Sounds interesting leh!
-This degree next time sure earn alot!
-This subject i happen to do well in A Level!
-My mother say one.

Research has shown that most local graduates did not hold jobs related to their degree in the University. High educational wastage. Thanks to aimless muggers.

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the ajc horizon

There is a reason for not using caps in the title. The reason is very simple. A very short phrase that brings across the reason is “not worth the effort”.

You know how I had always been obsessed with the number 42, which is “The Answer to Life, The Universe, and Everything” in Douglas Adam’s Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy. On page 42 of ajc horizon, top left hand corner, sits two photos of me.

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How I love the number 42.

Flipping through the pages, I noticed quite a number of lies in the ajc horizon. Typical ajc crap.

Our renowned dedication to teaching gives our students a distinct edge in their pursuit of academic excellence. Set against a backdrop of warm and caring environment… AJC boasts interactive lectures, interdisplinary collaboration, enrichment workshops and differentiated programmes…

Renowned dedication to teaching? Oh, you meant the rewards, not the public recognition. Warm environment? True. I sweat like a pig everywhere in school. Damn hot. Interactive lectures? Teacher talk and student laugh at lame jokes lor. Interdisplinary collaboration, enrichment workshops and differentiated progrmmes? All JCs have that. And ajc is proud of behaving like a normal jc?

The alpha programme, for instance, puts academically strong students…under the mentorship of teachers.

Sounds nice? I was in alpha programme. There was only one meeting, where lots of promises were made. And then I don’t hear anything about alpha programme any more. The mentorship, more aptly put, is that if your results drop there is a 20% chance that teachers will come and kao bei you. Thats all.

At least 90% of our science students are introduced to the state-of-the-art ELEMENTZ North Zone Science and technology centre located on our campus…

I have to laugh again and again at this rubbish. I did my research, and ask the relevant personnels. The elementz lab is only in AJC because AJC is willing to allocate 3 classrooms to accommodate it. The elementz lab is no part of AJC, it only uses the AJC campus. AJCians are not given access to it. Sure, AJCians were introduced to the elementz lab. Introduced as in told of its existence lor.

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I won Lucky Draw - Happy Feet!

WTH? I got a letter from Seven Eleven today, saying that I’ve won a Happy Feet Goodies Bag for their Big Gulp promotion… I distinctively remember filling in some form after buying a Big Gulp eons ago.

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Ah, my results…

My results. I have no idea what to think of it.

Maths
Ouch. That hurts. Just the mention of the word Maths can draw spasms and agony from me. You can virtually see me foaming at the mouth, shaking my body and trying very hard to take control over it once again. I detest JC maths, and specifically the way Maths lectures were conducted in AJC. Lecturers would take their own sweet time on the easiest concept in each topic and later rattle like a bullet train on more complex and important once because they were out of time. Needless to say, I spend most of the Maths lectures outside where I should be, chatting away in the Homeroom or sleeping somewhere comfortable. Maths tutorials? What about it? I only attend tutorial sessions. I don’t do tutorials. I know nothing about maths. All my test and exams are graded F or O.

3 weeks before Alevel, I bought a TYS with worked solution and almost did it from cover to cover, without any reference to any materials provided by AJC, wanting to prove that I can sit for Alevel without any help from AJC, and I can study the entire JC Maths syllabus in 3 weeks.

And I did.

For A Level Maths, I scored an A.

WOW.

Physics
Wooo… I just love that subject. I bath in it, live in it, eat with it, see the world and experience the world with it. Without trying too hard I got my constant As and Bs for Physics this year.

For A Level Physics, I scored C.

NABEI! FUCK! CHEEBYE! WHY LIDAT! I have absolutely no idea. Maybe I was too complacent when studying for my Physics. I think I screwed up my practical exams, which is such a waste, and was overly nervous when doing Paper 1. I can go on and on talking about how I get C. But I don’t think I will ever understand how I get C for physics. This is something not within the laws of Physics.

Computing
Ah. My strength and pride. The subject that granted me free entry into AJC’s Alpha List, which is sort of like a membership for top 20% students. And I got in without studying! Nothing interesting here. Just slack as usual…

… and I got a B. Fuck it. Why no A. I always thought that my A for computing is taken for granted one. Now get B. Its like a tight slap in my face. Weikiat, renown for The Wicked, and currently a technopreneur, get B for Computing! NABEI!

General Paper
I’ve always regarded this as a random subject, something that I will either flop or excel depending on whether luck is by my side. This is also a subject that I use to filter dumb muggers from the smart muggers. Muggers who memorise text and get their 3As often do badly for GP. Likewise, muggers who work smart get A or B for their GP.

I have proven firmly that I am not a mugger, and that luck is with me this time now.

I got an A2 for A Level.

That is like top 9% in AJC, which shows how mug the rest of the school is.

Conclusion
I have really nothing to say about this result that is good enough given that I have only studied a grand total of 3 weeks for A Levels, and which is enough to get me into the course in the University I want, but lousy enough to virtually shatter my hope of getting any good scholarship.

I know myself for giving my targets a narrow miss. I aimed for 270 in PSLE and got 269. I aimed for 8pts (raw) for O Levels and got 9pts. I aimed for 60 in A Level and got 59.5. Give it a break, god, whoever you are, whether you exist or not.

What do you think of my results? Comment please? I have really no idea what to feel about it. Numbed.

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The Day After Today

I am all sleepy head now, deal to self-inflicted lack of sleep which is a direct consequence of late night gaming yesterday. I shall still blog about tomorrow though, as it is a very important day. So please bear with me and kindly ignore any mistakes in the posts. For regular readers, I’ve already trained your brain and eyes for that, so no biggy.

Release of Alevel Result

Tomorrow at 2.30pm, I’ve got the return to Anderson Junior College, the college that gave me tonnes of memory, where I see how people are happily blinded by simple truth and choose to live in their own paradise, where people listen and internalise instructions and “facts” without even thinking (Most AJCians are perfect victims for even the dumbest of all con-artist), where students mug “concept map” for maths exam, where newspaper are meant to be highlighted and memorised, where a once pest-filled canteen with lousy food is considered “First Class”, where the Vice-Principal specifically instructs class leaders that “This survey will affect the school’s ranking. So you know what you should do? We do not want to tarnish the school’s image.” before taking MOE survey.

I’ve seen the worst of education and the law-abiding, dumb aspect society in AJC, which is an eye opener for me. Needless to say I did not want to AJC to take any credit or blame for my soon to be known Alevel result. While studying frantically for Alevels after slacking for 1.8 years, I only relied on TYS with Worked Solutions and my textbooks, with zero reference to any tutorials, lecture notes, materials given by AJC.

While typical AJCians treat materials handled down by their teachers like bibles, I didn’t even know where mine went. While typical AJCians finish their tutorials BEFORE time, I work at my own pace, trailing behind them by 5 or more tutorials.

While typical AJCians meet up and “study” (more like chatting and giggling) together, overcrowding and disrupting the hell out of Woodlands Library, I stayed on my bed with my Techno and Rock music, silently learning and absorbing.

I told myself that if I get at least 60 points tomorrow, which translates to ABB+B4 or AAB+C6 or BBB+A1 or AAA+C6, I’m going to continue laughing at AJCians for the rest of my life, especially that exhibits 100% mugger attitude, with high “aims” and “goals” while knowing nothing about why they want them or what the “goals” or “aims” are for. Many AJCians complain that JC life is tough. I only studied for 3 weeks in my entire stay in AJC, and the rest of the time I played games, watched animes, and appeared on Newspaper. Lets see if my theory that only those unfitting to be in a JC will find JC life tough is true.

If i get less than 60 points, well, I may cry. But I did my best, didn’t I? Without any external help. With my own effort. Even more hero than a private candidate eh?

Anniversary
Also tomorrow, shall be my second Anniversary with Chan Si Hui, my very cute and cuddly dear, whom I first proposed to (just for the fun of it at that time) at Changi Airport while choking over a bottle of mineral water, and whom I first held the hand of on the MRT train back from Changi Airport.

Such unromantic and inspiring start. But without actually keeping track of time, it is 2 years already.

For as long as I remember of my teenage life, she had always been by my side, loving me, scolding me, crying because of me, and smiling for me.

Being with her is fun. She is just of the right height, and of just the right intelligent. I love her expression when her witty jokes didn’t fool me. I love her laughter when she laughs at my jokes. I love her sweet voice when I talk to her over the telephone. I love her innocence. I love her truthfulness. I love her smell. I think no point continuing this paragraph. I love her everything. (With the exception of something :) )

Since I am such a fantastic boyfriend, I am going to wake up early tomorrow, travel the sickening one hour journey to her house, have breakfast with her, lunch together, go AJC to collect the results together, and then go for dinner @ Sakura together.

I can’t wait for tomorrow to begin. Other than March 16, which is my enlistment day, the most exciting day which may change my life is tomorrow.

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Google X

I am hosting a slightly modified version of Google X on Weikiat.NET.

Visit it here.

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