rants&musings
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
okie. finally get to use my comp again. extremely tired now due to conditioning. sienzxx.. went for learning journey yesterday. so damn boring. not only bcos i've been to that bloody aero-green technology about 3 times before and i'm sick of it, its because the tour guide was damn boring too. they gave us some lettucino drink which tasted like shit too. ewwww...
tired today. did conditioning first thing in the AM. now my legs and hands are bloody sore. ouch. juzx found out i can't skip. lolx. aiya i juzx dun like PE la. a big waste of time every week. had a practical lesson tdy. tgts again began screaming. dunno wy la. its juzx like the only thing he's pro at is screaming.
/tired.
darryl was chasing the sun at 17:17.
Monday, March 29, 2004
ok. back after a good break. desperately needed it. went to ZHSS carnival on sat. quite fun and interesting tho i spent all my coupons on food. (ya i knoe i'm a pig =D ). as expected, i failed history again. 9/25. why i can't seem to pass? grr. am i condemned to fail hist tests all my life? if tt's the case then life sucks big time lohx.
alice didn't come today and gave us emaths test. hope she goes for bowling tmr too. juzx hope. lolx.
darryl was chasing the sun at 16:48.
Thursday, March 25, 2004
ok. i'm back. quite tired as usual. hahax. forgot to add i had a hist test on tues, extremely worried tt i screw it up again (comeon la.. i not as zai as esther hu can get 18/25 for SEQ!).. yeah.. had some dental checkup on wed durin TGTS lesson, which meant we missed another of his lesson. dunno lahx. as we were goin off for recess he walked up and den, seeing us walk to canteen, walked back to staff rm..
today also quite slack. thian didn't teach. gay taught but when she teaches, its equivalent to not teachin at all. interestingly she watches AMI3 (eee... the show is condemned now!).. alice went 4 bowlin again so slack.. but she smart, gave us a test. couldn't do a single Q on sets. die liao. gotta work on my sets. mushroom swiss wasted time again by talking about O level format.. wad u expect? slacker leh. compo class aft sch was hell. another big waste of time. doin nothing but listenin to some china bitch whine and yell at us. damn her lah.
interesting fact of the day : jeffrey goh joo leng is 27!
darryl was chasing the sun at 17:20.
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
ok good. the new layout works. hope u like it. the old one was getting too stale and boring. it's pink so it may look gerlish.. but i like it so who cares. lolx.
darryl was chasing the sun at 17:07.
ok, i'm back.. looks like i shud be charged for blog neglect. lolx. too lazy to update during hols. dunno wy. probably juzx too tired to do so.. ha. hols were quite ok. nt tt bad.. but had lots of hw. almost couldn't finish. thankfully i did so and managed to hand them up on time.. or u'd not have seen me here. yeahh...
had BBQ on wed.. salty chicken wings. reminded me of sec 2 where i had salty fishballs.. dunno wad my affinity wif salt is. hahax. thur and fri were slack and do hw day.. no lessons at all. a much deserved break. but its only two days. better than nth la.. but i wish it were 2 wks sometimes. still extremely tired.
TGTS didn't come today. apparently he fell sick. but some pple saw him inside sch library in home clothes. ugh. macham see apparition sia.. its the first time that he fell sick in like 2 yrs. was quite suprised. lolx. alice didn't come too. she went for bowling. apparently they lost quite badly. not sure la..
darryl was chasing the sun at 15:27.
Monday, March 15, 2004
ok. holidays have started.. some of u may be asking.. "wad hols?".. ya true.. WAD hols are there. my first 3 days and possibly a fourth gone le. today had 4 hrs of MARATHON physics. falling asleep sia. finished magnetism and was about to start electricity. haix. aiya.. 4 hr physics lecture cannot be done de.. you go try it out la.. damn tired now.
after that had 2 hrs of chem with wang j. not tt bad la. at least i dun fall asleep so much le. hahax. cld keep awake this time round.. and wang cleared a new chapter in 1 lesson. nt bad sia.. like alice long.. finished binomial in wad.. 4 lessons? which reminds me.. tmr got alice long. then GAY mee choo (eew) then tg.. thankfully its 2 hrs dis time round.. phew.
darryl was chasing the sun at 16:46.
Friday, March 12, 2004
sch hols are here. so tired and burnt out aft 10 wks. sometimes i wish hols were AT LEAST 2 wks long. 1 week is simply not enough to recharge, considering how our hols have been taken up.. haix. next wk hols all burnt by lessons. coming back every day except fri. sometimes we really need a good break but 1 day is simply nt enuff! haix. and the lessons are like damn long, it's almost like a full sch day. what to do, we're taking O's dis yr aft all..
ytd had that darned compo class. waste time. i so have better things to do wif my time lohx. and my idea of better things is not staring at some china bitch screaming at us. damn it. why on earth do they want to teach us descriptive when we can do 报章报道 or narratives. for god's sake. its so damn hard to get marks for descriptive. and they fucking hell want us to write descriptives.. who gives a shit about them? definitely nt me! X:
/rant
failed 3 dis term. both my humans and chi. SS is not unexpected. that damn bitch mdm gay can't mark for nuts. danny tan is a MUCH MUCH MUCH better SS teacher. hell, if i had the chance to choose tchrs i'd choose:
eng - remain as mrs bala
chi - DM toh / bobby yong (instead of mushroom swiss)
amaths - remain as alice long
emaths - as above
phy - chung lee siang (instead of terence goh)
chem - remain as wang jiunn
bio - ms saras (instead of jeffrey goh)
history - mrs bala (instead of thian)
SS - danny tan (instead of mdm gay)
lit - remain as pereira
yeah.. that's my list 4 u.. my ideal class with ideal tchrs. haix. too bad it wun happen in real life..
darryl was chasing the sun at 16:35.
Thursday, March 11, 2004
Silence
we have spent the evening
saying nothing
our words like empty boats
trip. but cling
to shore. a smile - a tow rope
dangles in the water
and ripples, half forming, breaking
tremulous, unsure
beyond our arms at each side
just out of reach -
though telescopes toy the light
and only show
the flickers on the bay to be
your own reflection -
can you see the masts at the harbour?
they are for you
all laid, sails hoisted,
but they do not go -
the maps come off on fingers
spreading coastlines
and the wind quivers, clouds
obscure the stars -
and the tow rope dangles
in the water
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a gripping poem, isn't it? =)
written by:
Thow Xin Wei (National Junior College).
Second runner-up for Poetry Section (Open Category) at The Singapore Student Literary Award II.
darryl was chasing the sun at 20:07.
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
hello all. back again. last week of school. having withdrawal symptoms. haix. phy extra lesson ytd afternoon was canx. thanks to 30 pages of bio, lots of amaths and chem hw. juzx love it when teachers dump lots and lots of hw on u and expect u to finish it within 2 days. haix.
today had PT session with eric wong. my legs are so tired its as if they are jelly now.. sheesh. 6 rounds and not a single pull-up to my name. its so obvious i'm not a sports kinda person lahx. lolx. then today had phy prac. got held back for recess and as a result went on a diet. this sux. why do teachers ALWAYS hafta take away our breaks! it's like the only 30 min break we have in SEVEN hours of school lohz. 30 out of 420 mins. only 7% of a school day. and they so horridly take it away like that. haix.
holidays coming soon. uhh well.. not exactly holidays. everyday is taken up by loads and loads of extra lessons. just when a break comes its taken up by hol lessons. what to do. O level year. and i have to work damn hard if i wanna go VJ or NJ. haix. so tired. i'm like burning out alr.. sometimes i wish i'd just get 8 A1s for the O levels and get over it there and then..
darryl was chasing the sun at 16:43.
Monday, March 08, 2004
ok thanks miaoz for helping update my blog.. finally its the last week of school. uhh.. well, not really, considering my march hols are all already taken up. as the days go by i realise the Os are coming nearer. haix. sometimes i feel i'm not cut out to do these major exams for fear of screwing up.. as the Os come nearer and nearer i dread having to undergo them, knowing that i can't get a job unless i go through this agony. haix. life royally sucks right now. so dead tired from so much homework issued by all my teachers...
darryl was chasing the sun at 16:12.
hi =)
darryl has no time to update his blog, so i'm here to do so for him.. i don't think any of you is interested in my mundane daily lifestyle, and since my pastime is reading (i know what all of you are thinking of right now: "what a nerd!"), i shall share with all of you a short prose (by Mary Rita Schilke Korzan in 1980) which i had read in sec1. hopefully all of you won't be asleep by the end of this lah ^^
When You Thought I Wasn't Looking
When you thought I wasn't looking, you hung my first painting on the refrigerator, and I wanted to paint another.
When you thought I wasn't looking, you fed a stray cat, and I thought it was good to be kind to animals.
When you thought I wasn't looking, you baked a birthday cake just for me and I knew that little things were special things.
When you thought I wasn't looking, you said a prayer, and I believed there was a God I could always talk to.
When you thought I wasn't looking, you kissed me good-night and I felt loved.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw tears come from your eyes and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but that it's all right to cry.
When you thought I wasn't looking, you smiled and it made me want to look that pretty, too.
When you thought I wasn't looking, you cared and I wanted to be everything I could be.
When you thought I wasn't looking - I looked... and wanted to say thanks for all
the things you did when you thought I wasn't looking.
darryl was chasing the sun at 14:00.
Wednesday, March 03, 2004
another nice song for u, here goes
Blink 182 - I Miss You
Hello there, the angel from my nightmare
The shadow in the background of the morgue
The unsuspecting victim of darkness in the valley
We can live like Jack and Sally if we want
Where you can always find me
We'll have Halloween on Christmas
And in the night we'll wish this never ends
We'll wish this never ends
(miss you miss you)
(miss you miss you)
Where are you
And I'm so sorry
I cannot sleep I cannot dream tonight
I need somebody and always
This sick strange darkness
Comes creeping on so haunting everytime
And as I started I counted
Webs from all the spiders
Catching things and eating their insides
Like indecision to call you and hear your voice of treason
Will you come home and stop this pain tonight (stop this pain tonight)
Don't waste your time on me
You're already the voice inside my head
(miss you miss you)
Don't waste your time on me
You're already the voice inside my head
(miss you miss you)
Don't waste your time on me
You're already the voice inside my head
(miss you miss you)
Don't waste your time on me
You're already the voice inside my head
(miss you miss you)
Don't waste your time on me
You're already the voice inside my head
(miss you miss you)
Don't waste your time on me
You're already the voice inside my head
(miss you miss you)
(miss you miss you)
(miss you miss you)
(miss you miss you)
(miss you miss you)
darryl was chasing the sun at 17:45.
hey.. back unnaturally quickly.. today had a makeup history test. damn. screwed it up again. as usual i can't explain.. so in the end i got 13/25. first time i ever passed a history test. pity it won't be counted. but its an achievement in itself. alvin li got 17/25.. grr. next test must beat him le. i lost 3 marks due to conclusions for pt b and 4 marks for explainations in part a. grr...
tgts not here this whole week. went back for ICT. yay! finally get a break from him. and i passed physics. got a 60/100. should congratulate me. did well for the MCQ test with a score of 32/45, not bad.. as for chem i got about 60-odd too. bio 56.. not that bad. first time i passed all my three sciences. also passed both maths, and did quite well for eng too with a 60/100 score. honestly i wasn't expecting it since i screwed my CA, thanks to my compo which pulled me up.. looks like having Mrs Terminator Bala as eng teacher isn't too bad at all! she helps you pass when u deserve it (:
didn't eat my medicine today and as a result sound EXTREMELY nasal. hahah. looks like medicine is good for you huh. i love doctors. they are so intelligent. they prescribe u medicine so u can recover a little, and u have to go bak to them to get the full cost. so effectively they earn double. haha. looks like i should go to medical school now. :P
darryl was chasing the sun at 16:53.
Monday, March 01, 2004
ok.. i'm back. and sick with sore throat (which is clearing up), flu and fever. damn it. online early 2day bcos its a half day and we were dismissed at 10.30am, thx to the 2003 batch's good O level results.. apparently 80% of special stream peepz got distinction for pure history.. what does tt spell for us? we are going to get screwed left right center juzx to achieve these results. haix. such is the sorry state of s'pore education system these days. we have to get 100% distinction for eng too. looks like we have to put in a lot of hard work..
t goh decided to be nasty and spring a phy test on us today when there's no period. turns out he took wang j's period and used it for the test. we all thot we're gonna screw it up as we believed it was a structured.. but actually its a MCQ test.. not too bad. but its 40% of CA1. crazy. but overall i think i passed phy lah.. by a narrow narrow margin. muz get that A1.. but how?
yesterday went to AA2004, instead of sat, as i had to go back to sch on sat. grr. collected 4.5kg worth of souvenirs and brochures. they are still lying in a humongous paper bag.. too lazy to sort out. thorougly enjoyed myself.. pity there were few civilian planes, only the ERJ170 and the Dash 8-Q400.. hope the 2006 one has more stuff!
darryl was chasing the sun at 13:18.