NVM / Tuesday, December 1, 2009
No more Bangkok trip.
Can't get enough tickets at last moment.
Nevermind... ...
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Bangkok /
Yeah it's decided!
After missing out on taking a plane for quite some time , I'm finally going oversea again!
This time to somewhere where I have not been before , Bangkok~~
And it's one of the only place where you can stay in a 5-star hotel for a relatively low price , which is what I'm going to do.
However , not so soon though , it's about in two weeks time , so I will look out for more information on where to go~~
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Freakonomics / Sunday, November 29, 2009
That's it. Prom clothings are settled.
Although what I have chosen might not really seem to match(LOL) , but I think I would wear just that.
Anyway , it's just a short night so I will wear what I like best. Overall cost is still acceptable and within my budget so I think it's fine.
And this blog post is to recommend an interesting book which I think everyone with basic Economics grounding(Or even nothing at all , like me) would like to read. It involves no Economics at all in fact , and is a great , casual read.
I think I might be too slow , going by the fact that this book is already 4 yrs old and the 2nd book SuperFreaknomics is out. However I should start with this one.
Generally , I tend to dig fiction books like Fantasy or those meaningful novels. And this is quite a signature departure from my usual read in that it's a non-fiction one. However , it manages to be an entertaining read so far , as I finished the first 2 parts of the book.
An unusual economist asking weird questions about some stuffs that we normally would not think about , and approaching it in an easy to understand and very humorous way that makes it hard for you to drop the book a moment. That's what this book is about and my next few days would be on finishing this book!
After that , I think I would be starting on several PC games like FF12. Yeah , gonna chiong the game to pass my time!
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Power of the currency / Thursday, November 26, 2009
One have to wonder just what a set amount of money can buy for you.
Went to Orchard with the guys to buy Prom Clothes yesterday and at first I thought the price there was okay. Went around various shops at Orchard ions and Far east and I settled for a shirt and a tie. Then I thought that I think I should not get a blazer since the price there start minimum at $99.90 for one. Price conscious you see.
Then onwards , in the night , I happened to pass by This Fashion at Dhoby Ghaut and I went in to take a look. I saw a blazer at $36! Of course not the best kind and after trying , I decide to pass it on and proceed on to Bugis Street. That was when I found that there is a huge price disparity between Orchard and Bugis Street!
Naturally , being raised in Bugis , I knew how much the clothes cost in Bugis Street and it can be a good place to buy clothes. However , never have I ever tried to buy a blazer there. So it happened that a blazer start at $40+ there! And the thing is , the blazer are just as the same as those costing $99.90 at Far East plaza! Not to mention $200+ at branded shops like topman.
I personally know that I look weird in formal , but the below blazer cost $269 bucks and the shirt $71....
Again , till Saturday when we try to get the rest of our Prom Stuffs.
And I'm going for a wedding tonight at Sentosa.
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Two years on. / Monday, November 23, 2009
It has been quite a two year.
It just went by like this.
From worrying about A level at the start of this year , to finishing all my papers today.
It has been a long way. Truthfully. However I'm glad that it's all over.
And it will be fun , work , Television , books , sports , food all the way from now on!
Till something notable happens.
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1 left! / Saturday, November 21, 2009
Wow. Economics Paper was not too bad at all.
I realized that for the first year of JC, I kind of seperated myself from Economics and think that it's a very "Cheem" stuff which I would never know. And , like Vectors , I kept pushing it all the way till late this year , till the learning curve become super steep due to fears and uncertainty. Thankfully , when I really put down my prejudice against it and go and study it , that I realized that it's actually kind of Interesting. At least for the H1 level , it's just the concept and application , they really won't go and mess with the H1.
Luckily it seem to come out questions that I know how to answer , so I indeed had a good time doing the paper. Kind of enjoy it though I dreaded doing it before it. Hope can really do well for this paper , though maybe I overestimated my ability since over the two years I only touched the Economics book thoroughly twice. Sometime you think that your answer is fantastic, but it's different from the standard answer. However I don't know what's the standard answer since i never really do anything for Economics.
And I always tend to overestimate my ability.
Nvm , I should shrug all these and forget it about it till March next year when everything would be revealed.
And I just realized that Singapore's marking system is inflated. Did you know that for A level in Hong Kong. Those who got C and above is equivalent to an A in Singapore and England? For most subject , the aceing rate is 3%.And for some subject , less than 1% could obtain A and it's reserved for the top students. So there , B is really a very very good grade.
After A level , I would be going here!
Suvarnabhumi Airport , heard so much about it so far. There in December!
Taipei 101. Probably in January. Though not all confirmed =/
Heard so much , so much about Taiwan in the past so would like to see for myself how it's like! Got so much places to go~~ And so much food to eat~~ All the Ye Shi , Shopping Mall , Ming Shu and special locations that can't be found in Singapore.
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Economics! / Friday, November 20, 2009
Geography Paper 2 was quite fantastic in my sense. And I truthfully felt that I did decently for it. This time round , my time-control was great . 15 minutes for part a , 30 minutes for part b. Although I did exceeded the time limit for the Transport question by 10 minutes to give a longer essay. However , the DRQ were considerably easier than P1 and although I kinda screw up a bit on one part , the rest was quite do-able. Probably the last Geography paper that I would do in my life , and I hope that it would turn out well.
Was worryinga out the paper the entire of last night when I kept flipping through all the case studies and going through Transmigration in case Globalization and Urban geography come out some "Weird weird" questions. In my case , I felt that I answered the essays quite effectively and my last minute revision of TNCs did help luckily for my Globalization essay. NIDL + Spatial organization. Not quite the question that I would do normally , but I believed I answered it quite to the point. A very technical essay I would say and not the examination type that I would do.
Now , I'm left with Economics H1 and Chemistry P1 and hope it turns out well. Revised my Economics notes and going through some case studies. Hopefully they do not come out "Weird weird" questions , as had been for other papers so far.
Not least , since Economics is the subject that I'm least prepared for.
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3 papers left / Tuesday, November 17, 2009
So far , the exams have been rather favourable to me.
Definitely they are not very hard . However, I always seem to worry about careless mistakes after every single papers. Must seriously take it easy , or I would worry a lot for the next 3-4 months.
That granted , I have three papers left , which I do not have to worry so much about in term of careless mistakes. Because these papers are .You know means you know. You don't know means you don't know. Of course I would have to be careful with Chemistry Paper 1.
Next up , 2 days on , would be Geography Paper 2. The paper that would make me , or do me in.
I still remember , there is always no guarantee as to how you perform in something. One always fall at particular point. I still remember entering the examination hall , after studying for just one day , and exiting it disappointed back then. That's the result of being overly confident . I went to Mrs Ng and I told her. "I think I won't get an A1. " And she just said , don't worry about it. There's always moderation. Yet end in end , I got just an A2 for it.
In A level , the gulf between A and B is huge and unlike in O level , where I managed to savage my result from elsewhere.
Just , I don't mind how scrappy my paper would turn out to be. Just let me scrap an A and I would be happy. And let me exit the MPR happily , feeling confident about the paper.
And Economics , just come out whatever I studied.
Meanwhile , let me enjoy myself first.
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Mid Term Review / Friday, November 13, 2009
Aha , finally I ended the most intensive part of my examination!
5 days straight of exams are done and I'm left with 4 more non-consecutive papers , and Maths off my mind.
Let talks more in depth about the individual subjects.
Geography was quite unexpected as it's not a straight forward paper. And it's plagued by poorly phrased questions. The Essays were fine as what I studied did came out , but my Catchment essays did not have emphasized too much on the how the problems were solved. The DRQ was fine too , but lost a couple of marks here and there.
So far , very hard to put an Alphabet on this subject. Have to look at Paper 2.
Math. I did my fair share of answers checking so far. I do not want to say die die I will get what Alphabet but , so far , because I might have made careless mistake , it look likely that I lost quite respectable marks on both papers. Won't go beyond that. Hope it suffice.
General Paper was fine I guess , although I can grade how I did for it.
Chemistry was okay also I think. Not too bad.
And yes , 4 more more papers to go.
Geography P2 better don't pull my results down.
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Last blog post before the As / Friday, November 6, 2009
Finally. After a good 23 months in JC , it have come to this time to prove what I have learned.
With the A level coming up next week , a FULL week next week of examination , I should say that I have done all I could and hope that it would be enough.
I do have an individual wish for all my subjects!
Math:I hope that all the papers (Total 14 paper 1 and 13 paper 2 after prelims) would be enough to help me prevent being careless and do all the questions effortlessly!
Chemistry: I hope the 10 set of papers which I have done , would help me(Well the same) , but considering my I.E. is Cui , hope it do not come out so much!(3 m out of the whole paper is fine).
Geography: Please do come out essays questions which are do-able and yes , please do not let history repeat itself. I can never forget what happened back then. (Please!! T_T)
Economics: Yes , hope that the 2 hours of revision I have done is sufficient and the one day should be enough for me to chiong it.
General Paper:Give me a good essay question which I have a lot of knowledge in. And of course I prefer interesting questions so that my creative juice would flow. Yes , keep that coming in.
Sometimes , we must be realistic that we cannot always expect that all the efforts that we have put in would amount to something. However, we should still at least hope. With this hope , then we can aspire. And when we aspire , we achieve.
Anyway , all the best. And hope it would be okay for us. Right.
I choose to believe in myself.
Haha , tomorrow , there is this graduation ceremony for my Alma Mater at my Community club. Rochor PAP kindergarten. Well , when I saw the graduation cerenomy just now , I realize just how good fortune these kids are. When I graduated in the past , did we even have a hall for our graduation? LOL.
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