recap on the first week of As.

Guess I should do a recap on the past week.. heh.
It’s been really traumatizing in more ways than one?

Especially math. =/. I guess it was just really wretched to sit through a three hour paper fighting mounting panic which doubled each time I realized I couldn’t do a question. which, trust me, was pretty often. ): I mean, how stupid can one feel? [Oh look. It’s a geometric progression, with a ratio of 2. hah. I feel like puking when I write this.] Two years of work done gone, poof, blown away in one sitting. woah right? yeah I know. sigh. what to do.

Anyhow, today was gp.. which was funny in a way. I read all the questions and was preparing to do “Discuss how TV programmes and magazines aimed at young people have a positive effect” [or something like that] when I realized that I don’t watch tv. How about that? haha. I wouldn’t have been able to crap through. I mean, one needs to know not just local and international programmes, but the programs in suria, arts central and so on. Then I settled for the question which went “Life should be slowed down, not sped up”. I had gorgeous quotes from travel writer Pico Iyer and local poet Boey Kim Cheng and I was planning and planning but the brain refused to work! And it just kept thinking about the math paper. I was starting to panic again…
And thought. sigh. If you can’t beat them, join them.

My gp essay topic:
“Consider the view that the study of mathematics is intellectually satisfying, but of little practical use.”

Oh, the IRONY.

I had fun writing it though. In a way. It was like confronting yesterday’s demons and exorcising them. Thank God that Mr Koh [bless his heart] is such an amazing teacher.

sigh. bah. okay. arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh. =/ [hannah knows what I mean.]

Well his thorough drilling was spot on. Not only on the mathematics question, but the one on the speed of life. How about that? Two out of twelve questions hit the target. I mean. What are the odds? [can't be calculated with the poisson distribution.]
I'M DONE WITH AQ! Even if I did mess it up.
On a side note, Kenneth did the question on farming. Which I found hilarious. You have secret ambitions huh? I’d always thought you wanted to be a porn star. evil evil grin. But seriously. I didn’t know anyone’d feel confident enough to attempt that question.

Speaking of demons and exorcisms, I almost watched ‘The exorcism of Emily’ or something like that. I mean. It’d be pretty intellectually stimulating now wouldn’t it? But jotee [or jo] insisted on ‘just like heaven’ and he paid so I had no say. He promised I would enjoy what he called a “brainless happy show” and guess what. I did. =Pp Thanks for cheering me up man. (:
And hey you the one I’ve known since THIS small. I actually stayed back during the credits. It was an unconscious thing actually. I didn’t even realize I was doing it until jotee asked me why I wasn’t leaving. Do you remember what we always do? I briefly contemplated teaching him the finer points about movie watching but then decided that some things are meant for you and I. Come back soon k?

ahwell. This is pretty rambly. But hey. It does get my message across.
Round Two of The A Levels coming right up. Book your tickets early, the first quarter starts next Tuesday.