9 October 2012:
Today and yesterday wasn't bad.
Yesterday marked the first day of graduation from secondary school. I marked it by returning to school for consultation.G, T and I were supposed to have history consultation at 9. At 0856 I realised that, having spent the time reading newspapers lazily at home. Somehow I thought I had to go out at 9, and was still happy that everything was as planned.
I was about to inform G that I would be really late, and that both of them should just go ahead with it. Then she texted me to say whether the consultation could be postponed, cos both of them wanted to attend physics briefing which ended at 10.
Thankfully Mr T agreed to it, though he said that he had to leave before 11. So, I wasn't late after all and G and T were able to attend physics fully. (I wish I went for physics too ...)
The session went well. We did get 'kicked out' of the discussion room, though. Mrs P had booked the room, so we had to siam. She offered to share the room but I think she would regret it cos Mr T's voice is very booming. How to do AMaths when you have someone talking about Hitler and Stalin?
We moved to the area at the fourth floor lift. The view from there was nice, except there were panels to block rain and shine. History consultation proceeded. I learnt that why I was getting low marks was because my explanation was not full. Mr T told me where I should elaborate on.
Throughout the consultation I could tell that G was affected by the weather. The sun was being an arse by shining so hard when it was only 10 in the morning. She didn't tie her hair up so she lifted the whole bunch and fanned herself. She was quite flustered.
After the consultation I lingered around the concourse. PSG was having their hand-over ceremony and P and VPs were invited there. I was talking to T and pointing to the art installation outside LT1 when the VP turned around. It was such a coincidence that I pointed in her direction. She walked over and told me stuff, but I was shell-shocked cos I thought what happened. She was wearing a cheongsam. I think the VP has a nice figure (seriously not in a perverted sense) so she looks good when she wears nicely. (As compared to the other VP ... Let's just say the other just dresses comfortably.)
When T left I saw YJ and LJ studying. I went over and read 聯合早報. Yesterday's edition of Zaobao had this interesting infographic of the selection process for the 十八大. I really regret not buying Zaobao yesterday. I wanted to keep and read it properly; I was just scanning the articles there.
I finished reading them papers around 1.5 hours later and went to buy lunch. Both of them had finished eating at 11, so I dabao-ed and brought the food to the concourse. I felt guilty cos I ended up throwing half the packet. The kind auntie was so generous and gave me large servings. I was also greedy and ordered more than usual. (Okay lah actually the auntie is giving me more cos if not also throw away ... lesser of two evils.)
LJ was complaining about how hot it was, how 酸 his back was and etc. so we moved to the library. There sure was colder with air con and more comfortable since there were chairs.
Two hours later we went home. Halfway while walking out I discovered that they were supposed to go the opposite direction but were walking with me ... guilty much. Luckily they could take the bus to reach there too.
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Today I got paranoid about the timing of consultation, so I reached at 0830 when it was also at 9. Actually, I reached even earlier, about 0820. With 40 minutes to spare, I finished Nov 2004 compre summary that we were supposed to complete for consultation. I didn't know till I asked A last night. I chiong-ed the C&V last night.
I went to the fish tank. Barely five minutes later, Ms L came in and hollered that we were to get out cos it was an exam venue for Sec 3s. So I packed my stuff and moved. Cos almost everywhere was occupied, I went to yesterday's spot.
I managed to finish summary although I was rather restless. A and T were listening to some video and it was loud despite the fact that I had put on music myself. Can't blame them though, they were bored too.
I went to the book shop to buy pens but the auntie wasn't around. So I went back, wasted trip #1. It was 0859 so we headed down and waited outside discussion room. We waited for about 15 minutes and Ms C was not here. GY called her.
Turns out that JL sent her a message that she would be late, so Ms C stayed in the office. She thought it was one of us. The blur JL somehow joined our slot. She says she told Ms C that she was coming, but the funny thing was our names were already there since long ago ...
The facepalm-worth JL tried to force open the door of the discussion room. She somehow didn't know that it was controlled by the magnetic lock. She kept on twisting the knob and banged it so hard Ms C thought what happened. She joined us about 15 minutes later and she was shocked herself why we were there. (Cute though.)
We were going through the compre and she just sat there lost and flustered. (I think she ran over in a hurry.) She didn't have her TYS cos she wanted to do compo stuff, so I lent her mine and Ms C told her to do the same compre without listening to us going through it. Quite a mission impossible ah, cos how can anyone concentrate like that. I think she only did three questions after an hour.
I got 16 / 25 for the compre and 19 / 25 for the summary. 16 was the highest I ever received for a compre. But according to Ms C it isn't good lah cos it's O Level compre and we're supposed to get at least 19. In my defence, I was careless on one question and for two other, it was stupid wrong subject reference.
As for summary ... Ms C gave me 4 / 10 for language cos I didn't use any connectors. She told me I needed 15 / 15 for points. And I slowly circled 15 points out, happy like a happy person. (Good description, right?) Okay lah but Ms C didn't check it so it may not be 15 due to subject reference. (Just make me happy lah please, let me get 35 / 50 or 70%.)
A and GY got into an argument halfway through. GY was so serious about some education policy thing and A was being GL as usual. (Truth be told A can be irritating at times when he just doesn't know when to stop.) So the both of them went into debate mode while T and I looked on. Ms C used the time to help JL instead.
Halfway through Mrs I just opened the door and told JL she gave the wrong answer yesterday. So everyone listened to how frequency should be equal like wavelength. We were all puzzled except JL (of course). JL then asked after she left: "Eh then how she open the door?" Haiz why is she so
I went to concourse and saw YJ. JQ was waving eagerly at me. I purposely waved back at her but ignored her boyfriend hahah. When I looked back YJ was styling his hair, hahah, his signature move after getting dao-ed heh. But okay lah he knows I'm just playing lah ... horh.
I tried doing some work in the other end of the concourse and there was this group of 6 Sec 2 guys. Two of them were PRCs, and they kept saying 哇草 about how they couldn't remember the food tests for biology. C'mon lah your brain lousy or stressed or what don't need let the whole world know right. It was so noisy!
Luckily these people left after half an hour. I actually knew someone from the group but I didn't want him to be awkward if I asked him to remind his friends. I wonder how was their bio paper.
It was around 1130 and I tried going to the bookshop again. Wasted trip #2. It was another half an hour before I could finally buy my pens. I wonder what the auntie was doing when she MIA-ed.
During lunch YJ came over to eat. He wanted to accompany JQ, but decided to 輕色重友 for once. After lunch I went to the library to study.
I met T there (different T) and persuaded her not to go for bio mock. I wasn't successful hahah. Actually, I last-minute decided to go cos I realised Ms T would mark the paper! So I could check my phrasing. But I think I did a lousy job cos I didn't study at all. I wasn't prepared to do it then.
I reached the hall 10 minutes late and 慢條斯理 went to take the paper. Thankfully I spent 15 minutes glancing through my own copy before that. I anyhow-ly answered the questions ... I certainly don't think I can score well.
Throughout the paper I kept thinking whether or not it was worth it, what was T thinking, etc. Actually not only T, but others whom I said I'm not going. Maybe I'm more sensitive, but I think there'll be some who would find my behaviour 出爾反爾, and maybe think I'm hypocritical?
娘要嫁人，天要下雨，由他去吧。 said Chairman Mao.
你要亂想，說我虛偽，去你媽的！ says singzeon.
(I think I have a flair for poetry. Just kidding.)
After the bio paper I lingered around. I actually left early cos I anyhow-ly did the paper and just submitted. I even learnt that I was supposed to do both EITHER/OR questions but I chose one. Oops.
It was around 1545 that I left. Along the way I met LK. I was supposed to help SJ in physics, but ended up talking with a British accent. That encounter got me interested in researching about British accents. I think it's not well-known that actually there are many accents within UK, cos of area differences.
I did a countryside accent just now and LK said it was horrible. Well for one maybe I didn't do it well for two it really is meant to sound 'ugly'. I think a lot of people's 'British accent' is actually cockney, which is the most 'famous' accent around. LK says WH does a good accent, I'd like to see which kind it is. If it's not cockney then that's swell.
If you are still reading on, this means you're a fab person. And fab people get to follow me on Instagram! (Okay that flopped eh.) Anyway my Instagram is @singzeon so do follow if you may. Be warned though I recently am obsessed with emo cheena stuff so you'll see more of it. For a short while I was even charmed by Stalin's moustache.
TTFN.
Just something to add about the Amy Cheong incident. As usual, Singaporeans (especially those online) are feisty about such things. Previous incidents included the one where we were compared to dogs. (Guess what, we lost to dogs!) Anyway, my point is that we should be glad we have this national spirit within us.
While some of us have gone overboard in slamming her, this still shows how fiercely protective we are of multi-racialism. Even Chinese were slamming her. Try seeing that in other countries. This is definitely one thing that makes Singapore stand out from being a little red dot. PM Lee is in Australia and New Zealand these few days; I wonder think his counterparts there would have been impressed of such racial harmony amongst Singaporeans.
Indeed, even if you disagree with all other policies of the government, this is one that if you do not believe in, get out of Singapore. Everyone must accept that he / she is in a multi-racial environment and everywhere you would meet people of other races. So face it or get lost yeah. Majulah Singapura.