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The writer is currently an Undergraduate at the University of Birmingham, UK. He wishes to espouse an amalgamation of entries and thoughts in this site with the aim not just to entertain but to provoke discussion, especially on his write ups on social issues and current affairs. Apart from heavily engaging in this activity, he enjoys a wide range dramas and musicals, especially those that carry insightful messages. He is also a self proclaimed music critic, a history buff and most recently a novelist and a scriptwriter. He holds a strong interest in the workings of macro-economics, particularly international trade policies and international development, Post-Modernism/Post-Structuralism as well as International Political Economy. Any discussion with regards his write ups or interests is most appreciated. Do kindly use the Guestbook function located below, leaving some means of contact. Alternatively, click on the “contact me” function above.
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What a week
2003-10-10 7:55 p.m.
Indeed, what a week. Just two weeks after the prelims and suddenly my world is in a mess, prelim papers piling up, teachers with last minute notes, a restructured timetable that still makes us end around 1700 everyday, and a muddled up brain. Let’s see the highlights of the week…
Monday: Oh lovely, no need to wake up at 0700 hours to drag myself to school. Did some sort of Economics revision the whole day but got stuck on MCQs, so shifted to Paper 2 stuff, mainly the Data Response section since there are so few examples for the new Case Study component. Surprisingly, the RJC Prelim paper from last year was relatively simple. It has long occurred to me that RJC or RI or RGS prelim questions always tend to be the easiest of all school’s prelim papers. Heard it was so that their students can score well and be assured of a place in a good JC or university. Hmm, well the actual results are what matters.
Tuesday: Headed down to the nice little College along Hillcrest Road for extra Maths lesson. When in super early to finish up the questions, only to realise that I left the bulk of my queries at home. Went in earlier for Mr. Chin’s lesson, not because I finished my sums, but because firstly, I couldn’t concentrate in the library which was packed with students in every corner, and secondly, so that I could have a more personal session with Mr. Chin. Turned out really productive, although he left the room for about 30 minutes. Had to sort out which questions to ask him when Miss Lau asked me whether I had any questions. I actually did, but I was just not ready to ask yet. My mind was still in a mess for around 45 minutes but finally understood the sums in the end. Went out with Mr. Chan after that, to KAP McDonalds to be specific. He needed to get some sauce for his already planned trip to the UK. Since when does pub food taste better with some chili or Tomato sauce? Ah well, that his opinion. Met my old classmate Youheng on the bus who’s now in HCJC. Talked about the good old times and convinced him to join the SCRUM net work. (More about that later…)
Wednesday: School day, with no free periods in between. Hectic day with the most notable lesson being the Source based time test by Miss Ng, something on whether the removal of Lim Chin Siong and the communists was necessary for the formation of Malaysia. Didn’t have time to write a proper conclusion. What’s interesting is that how the vast majority of Singaporeans still believe in the traditional view that the communist were just agitators and agents of violence. It’s so wonderful to stud history to see other views of the past. Then again, our history syllabus is monitored by the government. History 3 was fun; slamming Stalin for causing the Cold War although I do agree with someone that he was a great leader, given his peasant background.
Thursday: The worst day for me. Spent one whole hour with Ms Champagne and found out that my study notes assignments were way out of point. I’m usually not that rusty, just that I tend to deviate from the topic often. Then the last period, Literature Paper 8, I faltered for the first time in PC. Mr. Whitby slammed me twice over the poem, T.S. Eliot’s “Last lesson of the Afternoon”, which was entirely appropriate for our situation. A rare collusion for our class also occurred then, but I shall not go into specifics.
Today (Friday): Much better than the other days. Mr. Dio gave out prizes to quite a number of individuals in the Paper 3 lecture. Let’s see, Debbie got a Caretaker copy for getting top for the paper, some science guy got a prize for slacking, Yoke Pui (or was it Marianne?) got something for handwriting. Another A01 girl got some leaf for being the best in expression of ideas, A02 got a box of biscuits for having the least varying scores for their Literature results, A01 got another gift for being the class with the largest margin of results. Others who got prizes were Grace (can’t remember for what), Yong Jian (for using the least amount of paper), Lucas( can’t remember for what), Luke (for not taking the paper). It’s so wonderful to have an afternoon lesson spiced up with the laughter and clapping.
That’s it for this week.
