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Sunday, October 26, 2008
education.
/4:11 PM

I find it harder and harder to talk about my life, to talk about more 'casual' stuff. Lols. I guess I'm starting to think alot more critically.

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Studies. It isn't everything.

Some people appear to be rather consumed with getting good results. Not me, of course. XD

But I realised that most of the time, those people seem to be 'hated', not only for being so imba, bt also ,weirdly, most of the time they have toally no character, no concern, no care.

After typing all that, I'm starting to wonder: Am I one of those people?

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Education.

1 a: the action or process of educating or of being educated ; also : a stage of
such a process b: the knowledge and development resulting from an educational
process.


Source: Merrian Webster Online Dictionary

Did they say that education is "The process in which you try to ace exams"? or "The process in which people have bragging rights over others for ace-ing exams"?

To those people out there who are overly-concerned about exams, remember the definition of education. It'll shed some light on why you're in school in the first place.

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Monday, August 25, 2008
reflections of CA2...
/10:16 PM

yo~!

I'm back... again!

anyways, I've just went through my chinese oral... taking a break by blogging...

2dae received back my lit. paper, and was quite shcoked to find out that I failed it!

ARGH.

But don't worry, as i said b4, studies isn't everything to me; so I'm not going emo and totally ballistic because of that.

CA2 has been a very good reflection of my SA grades. If I sat for SA at this time, i guess I would flunk the exam. badly.

I also realised where my weaknesses were at. In both science AND maths, i got 'pulled up' by TfU project. But in SA, its goodbye to TfU and hello an intimidating 1hr + EOY exams.

I realised that what Mrs Lim said in last last CE lesson was true. Its time we started revising for EOY. I think I btr start solidly revising from now... btr get 2gether with e ppl in my tudy group, btr 'do the right things right' ;p

Ok, end of my break. see eu nex time!

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education
/4:14 PM


Perfect by simple plan

Hey dad look at me
Think back and talk to me
Did I grow up according to the plan?
And do you think I'm wasting my time doing things I
wanna do?
But it hurts when you disapprove all along
And now I try hard to make it
I just wanna make you proud
I'm never gonna be good enough for you
I can't pretend that
I'm alright
And you can't change me

'Cause we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late
And we can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect

I try not to think
About the pain I feel inside
Did you know you used to be my hero?
All the days you spent with me
Now seem so far away
And it feels like you don't care anymore

And now I try hard to make it
I just wanna make you proud
I'm never gonna be good enough for you
I can't stand another fight
And nothing is alright

'Cause we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late
And we can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect

Nothing's gonna change the things that you said
Nothing's gonna make this right again
Please don't turn your back
I can't believe it's hard
Just to talk to you
But you don't understand

'Cause we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late
And we can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect

'Cause we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late
And we can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect


This song seems to be dedicated to those 'kiasu' parents, those that pressurize their children to do well in studies, get that O level cert, enter a good sec. sch... the list goes on and on...

What they don't realise is this: Studies isn't everything. Unfortunately, Singapore's education system is so 失败that everyone thinks that aceing the next test, getting a perfect L1R5 is e most important.

I would certainly prefer to see someone with a not-so-perfect L1R5 but with a good character, a good heart and a good set of values, as compared to someone with the perfect grades but with a totally corrupted mind and heart. And here I'm not talking about 'hornyness'. I'm talking about something even worse than that.

Come to think of it, 10 years down the road, who cares about how much you score for your PSLE, who cares about how much you got for your lit. CA, and who cares what your O level results were? Those are all history; what is more important is the PRESENT.

Phews! That was quite a long post!~ =)

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Thursday, August 21, 2008
for deon....
/3:56 PM

This is for deon, who requested help.

I'm not THAT good in maths (mr liu shuai chen is), but anyways, i hope to be able to help you...

First of all, maths is not a study subject (e.g. history, geography, or even science) where reading up your textbook, referring to notes can help you that much. You must PRACTICE!

For a start, try the textbook or wb questions, or even assessment books. Make sure that their questions gt some 'standard' however. =)

Be on par with Mrs Wong. What I mean is that if she is teaching construction now, make sure you are revising the same topic as she is teaching. If you don't understand anything, go to her, your tutors, parents etc. (anyone who can help you)

When I do a final revision for exams, let's say a few nights before, I will usually go through the questions in my wb, assesment books. Make sure you go through every question, and if you are wrong, know why you made that mistake. Go back to your wrong questions and 'redo' them from time to time; see whether you can get them correct. This will test whether you really understand how to solve e question.

In whatever you do, you must work hard to achieve success. That's why we have nil sine labore. Same for maths. It's the practice that makes the difference.

Oh yeah, remember to revise for your maths early, so you don't burn midnight oil. ;p

I don't know if all this is useful to you... but I hope it is... you can ask ppl like shuai chen or jeremy for more help... Finally, join a study group if you think you cna study in groups....

PS i'm proudly anti-tuition. =)

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Monday, August 18, 2008
beautiful illusions?
/10:58 PM

the title of this wonderful skin I'm using is "beautiful illusions" But what does that actually mean?
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According to the dictionary, an illusion is: a misleading image presented to vision.
We see illusion everyday. They are lurking in the shadows of our lives; we never notice them, but they are still there.
Let's have an example, shall we? Our own lives are a good example.
On the surface, many of us (including me) seems to have a good and caring family, we are a 'good' student in school, we listen to our teachers, we study hard, bla bla bla...
But if you look beyond the surface, what do you find?
You find insecurities. Defiance. Family disputes. Bitterness. Negative emotions. Emoness. Pride.
SO, is the 'good' student, good anymore?
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It appears that we are all wearing masks. the masks cover up who we really are. It covers up the negative side of us, showcasing the positive side to the world.
I'm not trying to make a point here; this is just an observation. =)
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In regards to what I said about the 'good' student, I'm not trying to condemn. Don't get me wrong.
That was to those people who always come up to me and say things like "aiya, renjie comfirm get 100/100!" STOP THAT NONSENSE! EVEN THOUGH I GET RELATIVELY GOOD GRADES, I'M NOT PERFECT AND WILL NEVER BE. (btw, I'm not as good as you think) SO, CAN YOU PLS STOP BOTHERING ME AND GET ON WITH LIFE!?
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I just find it very irritating when ppl keep doing that. sigh.
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This post in a nutshell: We are NEVER perfect. That's why we need GOD.

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