Today there was GP and Econs which meant 4 and half hours of non stop writing. Nothing very interesting 'bout the 2 papers though if I fail both I'll get retained.
Anyway, I must talk about this weird exam rule. It's the one on not going to the toilet during the first 30 minutes and the last 15 minutes. And my Econs paper was split into 2 parts. DRQ and essay and each one was 45 minutes. So half way through the paper, when I realized I had forgotten everything about demand and the shit, the teacher said there was 15 minutes left and we couldn't leave the hall. So I realized that there was no way to leave the hall since we can't leave in the first 30 minutes and the last 15 minutes. And 30 + 15 = 45 for all you Maths failures out there. Therefore, it is theoretically impossible to go the toilet during the Econs paper. This is a very serious error and misjudgment on the Intrnal Examinations Committee (IEC). What happens if a student really needs to go the toilet? Is he gonna have to pee in his pants or skirt (not possible since skirt got no eh? cloth underneath?) or whatever and become a negative externality? All the same, no one went to the toilet during the Econs paper, obviously and well maybe I'll make it a point to try and go to the toilet during a 45 minute paper in future. Also I guess we must go feedback to the IEC not to have 45 minute papers else we can't have our toilet breaks.
Friday, September 29, 2006
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Promos
I've no idea what I'm doing here right now given that my promos officially begin tomorrow and I'm in no way prepared for my GP or Econs. Then again how do you study for GP or Econs for that matter? But much as these 2 subjects seem insignificant, I can't afford to fail either because if I do, I'll get RETAINED and that kind of sucks.
I guess getting retained isn't so much the hassle of going through yet another year of shit but it's more of the stigma attached to it. Like what one of my friends said. It's during the festive seasons like CNY when those alien relatives descend on your doorstep and start asking the most irrelevant of questions. Like, "boy ah you this year still studying ah?" C'mon, the fact that I'm standing in front of you means I'm not yet in NS and neither am I in jail so it stands to reason that I must be in school since I can't think of any other reason as to why my parents would keep me in the house if I'm no longer schooling. Anyway, I can't really be bothered by that right now. Right now, I'm still trying to figure out which subjects I might pass so that I can get promoted.
You know in secondary school when we had 8 subjects it made things a hell lot easier. Reason being it's more difficult to get retained though some individuals have proven otherwise. But for the majority passing 3 out of 8 subjects isn't exactly the hardest thing to do. Besides, even subjects like English and Chinese count which makes it really easy. Compared to now, we've 5 subjects and we need to pass 3. Damn.
But I'm not too concerned 'bout which subjects to pass since they all seem equally bad. So I'll take my chances and not study too much for any one subject. That way I get to cover more ground and in economics terms it's something called allocative efficiency right? Wrong I guess but what the hell.
Now, this entry is getting harder and harder to write since I've sworn never again to mention my school (see I don't even dare say which school) on this space or anywhere else. And that leaves me with very much nothing at all to write about. And since that's the case then I might as well end off here and really go and try figure out what allocative efficiency really is.
I guess getting retained isn't so much the hassle of going through yet another year of shit but it's more of the stigma attached to it. Like what one of my friends said. It's during the festive seasons like CNY when those alien relatives descend on your doorstep and start asking the most irrelevant of questions. Like, "boy ah you this year still studying ah?" C'mon, the fact that I'm standing in front of you means I'm not yet in NS and neither am I in jail so it stands to reason that I must be in school since I can't think of any other reason as to why my parents would keep me in the house if I'm no longer schooling. Anyway, I can't really be bothered by that right now. Right now, I'm still trying to figure out which subjects I might pass so that I can get promoted.
You know in secondary school when we had 8 subjects it made things a hell lot easier. Reason being it's more difficult to get retained though some individuals have proven otherwise. But for the majority passing 3 out of 8 subjects isn't exactly the hardest thing to do. Besides, even subjects like English and Chinese count which makes it really easy. Compared to now, we've 5 subjects and we need to pass 3. Damn.
But I'm not too concerned 'bout which subjects to pass since they all seem equally bad. So I'll take my chances and not study too much for any one subject. That way I get to cover more ground and in economics terms it's something called allocative efficiency right? Wrong I guess but what the hell.
Now, this entry is getting harder and harder to write since I've sworn never again to mention my school (see I don't even dare say which school) on this space or anywhere else. And that leaves me with very much nothing at all to write about. And since that's the case then I might as well end off here and really go and try figure out what allocative efficiency really is.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Change
I've decided to wipe everything clean once again after a series of events. Anyway, it's not the end but a new beginning. There'll be more stuff here. Just don't expect anything school related. Yea, once bitten, twice shy.
Oh and the quote of the day: I choose not to be a "tool of torture, but a source of inspiration." Guess where that came from?
Think about it.
Oh and the quote of the day: I choose not to be a "tool of torture, but a source of inspiration." Guess where that came from?
Think about it.
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