back to school
trevor... oh trevor...
Mr Sze is back! But i didn't go for the first rehearsal as i was sick yesterday. And i'm blogging at 11am on a Tuesday morning... I have mc for 2 days.
was supposed to go to trevor's house last night for lesson. he wants me to take grade 7 viola in september. and the deadline for registration is in 3 day's time. o.0 i duno if i have the capabilities to actually >< i think he's gotten a somewhat wrong gauge of my capabilities from RISE auditions. according to cbw, i played *exception*ally well on that day. yea, simply an exception. and he mentioned he wanted me to take Grade 8 violin next year. i was simply so damn surprised. with pieces the standard of Vivaldi Spring, i seriously doubt i'll be able to... argh! he'll be pushing me like mad lar, of cos. and hopefully, this weird idea will turn out as well as the rest of his weird ideas do. haha
going to his house tonite for lessons. he says he has to let me grasp the basics of all three pieces first. well, good luck? xD
ok. i'm gonna finish all my homework now. since i've got so much time on my hands. hee...
Grade 8... here i come
1 more day
pheeew... have not blogged for a long time. due to yet another one of my mum's innovative ways of punishment. how about confiscating the monitor? o.0 since confiscating the mouse din work... =) i can function solely with the keyboard. -.-
life's been pretty monotonous. 15/25 for English Compre. YUCKS! room for bargaining... but i doubt there'll be much change to the marks ultimately lar... 28/30 for science. not bad. though the average was 27. it's an easy paper. like wat mr fong said, too easy. it's not a good gauge of our capabilities. the geog test was quite okay. although i've a bad feeling my answers were not detailed enough, and i won't be achieving for this one... argh.
RISE on Friday was slack. no conductor. for the last time. so we played soccer in the hall. and the ball got confiscated by an RJ PE teacher. i seriously duno why he did that. we din even know we weren't ALLOWED to play in the hall. he could have warned us first or smth rite? but luckily we apologised and he reluctantly gave it back to Jinghy. it's his CLASS ball...
and *drumroll* mr sze will be back in a days' time. who knows, he might be at the airport already, freezing half to death. that means, i can officially start my lessons! wo0t! and we'll start getting tortured in RISE!!! =))) and i've started sight-reading the Grade 7 piece. i have 1 day to polish it up to examination standard. wow...
well, gotta go mug for history. need ta pay more attention to my school work. my grades are really dropping. i need to buck up! yes, i've been saying this for a long time. but i really need to constantly remind myself. my results this term hasn't been spectacular (complacency, i suppose), or for some subjects, not even satisfactory. 1 term has gone by. and in a flash, i'll be in long pants. i really gotta buck up. before it's really too late.
so wish me good luck. as well as for my Grade 7 viola exam in September or so. i really wish to achieve for this one. i've been putting in a lot of time this year to both instruments. even more than my studies xp i think.
i want my distinction
bye mr chan
i'm damn disappointed with my chinese compo results. 30/50 >< i'd have been satisfied if Mdm Cai's our teacher. but sadly, for Mdm Heng's class, 30's considered slightly below average... grrrawrr!!! gotta put in more effort... =/
CLE was a big disappointment. we were scheduled to watch "Children of Heaven" which was part of our CLE module to teach responsibility... and a few classes were already being really irresponsible by turning up late. but that can still be forgiven... until all the lights were turned off. and some idiot went "meow!" of course, giggles burst out all over the place. Mr Teo was furious and demanded that that guy owned up; expectedly, no one did... =( we watched with the lights on, and it wasn't really comfortable.
during the movie, more giggles could be heard, cos it's an Iranian movie, and the language's not exactly similar to English. when the movie ended. Mrs Lim was sooo.... pissed. she exited the room, slamming the door, injuring her toe in the attempt. insensitive brats all over the place started laughing. and i felt so sorry for Mrs Lim. =( our batch harldy seems mature enough for sec 2s. we dun deserve treats like movies if we dun understand the meaning of respect.
went for RISE late after school. i had to buy my French Curve 1st... or not i'll simply screw up tmr. i hate drawing quadratic graphs... argh ><
and i think it'll be the last RISE rehearsal with Mr Chan. and i think it was my best rehearsal ever actually. my reading is improving! =D wo0t! and tt means Mr Sze will be back soon... according to the rest, they prefer Mr Chan to Mr Sze. but again, if Mr Sze does not return, or freezes in the Antartica (according to Xiang Yu xD) jkjk... i'll have no proper violin teacher :O and by popular demand, Mr Chan played a couple of pieces for us! wow... virtuosic... 1 Grade 8 piece. and the Paganini Capricorn No. 24... xp jkjk Caprices lar... damn damn damn damn damn damn damn proooooooooooo!!!!!!!!
mugging for math test now
sautille
violin lesson today yielded good results. i believe i can do sautille pretty well now. sautille's actually the correct term for what i thought was spiccato. according to cbw, they make use of similar technique. but sautille's more of a bouncing tremolo. and i finally got the bow to bounce!!! wo0t! but still, i can't wait for Mr Sze to return.
4 more tests to go. maths, geog, hist and chinese. argh.
worrying a lot abt hist and geog. they are subjects which u must mug. although it's more about concepts. but still, history requires a lot of mugging. and i've not exactly been paying attention in geog. i like mrs lim yoke tong so much better...
chinese. just the ke4 wen2 and words. the rest is all about how good ur foundation of the language is. so no point worrying. and maths, u've gotta understand the concepts. and although i'm not really strong in maths, i can't mug for it >.<
and i feel so scandalised. guo dong said i can do well even without mugging. i'm sure lar. he doesn't know how hard i mug =( heh, jkjk.
doing geog performance task, which takes up a whole CHUNK of our CA. and i think i better start on some practice for maths and revising of geog tmr. CCA on Monday, 3rd lang + PI rehearsal on Tuesday. Wednesday, *cough* Thursday, 3rd lang... Friday, phew... my week's gonna be really busy.
i'm gonna breathe another sigh of relief when the week's over >< hope i can survive it. really hope so...
improving on technique
couldn't play soccer during recess today. nearly forgot i've got duty at the SFCH. but c'mon, being deprived of Friday 40-min recess soccer?! no way...
and maybe i would be the one instead of Guo Dong who dislocated a finger ><
>.< get well soon, Guo Dong. no fun playing soccer without you, man. you're the best goalie! ;) i dun think we'll be playing in the coming weeks then... no fun playing without Guodong. simple remarks from him simply brightens up the entire game!
oh and the chem test was relatively easy. considering that we're provided the Periodic Table. and Mr Fong din tell us! wasted my time memorising some important stuff. which was pretty time-consuming... dammit...
and did the Zero Carbon Cities presentation after school. cbw had to go home due to a high fever of 40+ degrees. that sure is hot... and hence he didn't turn up for RISE
RISE today happened to be super slack. we spent the 1st 1 and a half hour or so playing soccer. some ppl were quite pissed off because Jerome came along to stop them from playing in half-u or sch-u. we were in RJ, btw. and many tried to argue that it's RJ premises... i'll clarify the rules...and so, they played in the hall o.0 wow! it was pretty much kampung soccer, with the ball being flying randomly all over the place. not a bad game actually. then we did sectionals. JonLim tried to help me with my spiccato and some basic stuff. my technique's bad. i'm really working very hard. and i know it'll all pay off! =D
oh, and forgot to mention i scored 11.5/15 for my maths TA. tt's bad. or at least, below my expectations. my graph was extremely poorly drawn. judging by the fact that i had less than 1 MINUTE to plot all the points and draw the graph and write in the answers and label everything neatly?! i found out my previous graph was wrong when there was 1.5 minutes left to go, and apparently, i screwed up.
then went for the Prefects' Tea Session with my parents after RISE. bascially talked about what we're going to face in RIPB. and they showed some videos of our campaign. quite hilarious and lame when we look back. and they shot the video of cbw and bryan putting up posters for me! ^^ thanks so much, both of you. after i lay hands on my Creative Zen, remind me i owe you both soya bean... haha
oh, and thanks, Auyong and Aaron, for talking to my parents, who insisted on talking to one of the seniors. -.- but Auyong and Aaron are diatomic.
my Creative Zen...
disgrace
Chem CCT tmr. not been doing well for my assignments, so i really need to fare well for this test to make up for it. not only Chem, i've hardly been doing well in any other subjects... poor, poor, poor concentration... shall keep this post short. need ta mug...
2 boys were caught doing something really bad in school. i do not want to reveal their identities. but it's a really big disgrace to RI. a big fat disgrace. really stupid thing to do. if the matter had been pursued, it'd leave an indelile mark on their record. siggghhhh... shan't elaborate on it.
do not do unto others what you do not want others to do unto you? yea, think about it before you do something foolish.
off to mug for science... whee...
*edited post*
irritated
i'm attention seeking. yes. but i hate being in the spotlight for the wrong things. more often than not, i'm trapped in such unfortunate situations... sigh... but it's not that bad if i get MYSELF into trouble. but it really sucks when someone jacks me.
whoa.. the newsweek stall super interesting! it's like crowded all the time. recess, lunch, free periods... heh... has Newsweek ever been so interesting? ;)
Creative Zen Vision:M
i feel so stressed out
cos' there are so many tests and quizzes popping out... argh. English CCT and Maths TA tmr. Science CCT on Friday... not so worried about English, as it's simply a comprehension and it's definitely un-muggable... but i'm really worried for science... i've not rlly been paying close attention in Science classes and i can hardly understand... or rather, hardly make the effort to >.<
this term seemed to have passed in a flash. it's already Week 7 and it seemed only a week ago when the new sec 1 faces appeared in school. life in RI seemed to go by just in the blink of an eye. i can hardly imagine how quickly the rest of my life as a Rafflesian would jus disappear... yea... disappear. i really want to try my best in all my endeavours, and not leave a single regret after my 4 years. easier said than done. i doubt my 1st year had been completely smooth-sailing. no doubt, there were moments i'm proud of. but there were times when i was so disappointed with myself... sigh... i owe my friends so many thank-yous, and even, sorries.
and i take a look at my archives. wow, i've already been blogging for 5 months. time flies... ):
but well, it's vDay... so erm... happy vDay? din have a date... how sad eh? heh...
bye... Creative Zen
once again, i've changed my mind... i've decided not to buy the Creative Zen Vision:M... and instead, use the money to purchase a new laptop! wo0t!!! thought about it... and feel that a laptop would definitely come in more handy than the Creative Zen. and there's a higher chance of Creative Zen's price dropping... or even better, they launch a more improved version of the Creative Zen by the time i have enough money to buy it, which would be around term 3... yay!
the week has been really hectic... especially science... since mr fong'll be away on course on Tuesday and Wednesday... and Friday would be our test... >.< not started preparing... not like some people can use about 3 days to study for ting xie... xp. and well, this means that i'd be spending less time online and blogging. which i've been trying to accomplish for ages. but sadly, not very successful eh?!
the homework load's not particularly overwhelming this weekend... but i have a premonition next week's gonna be bad... with the geog project, wen fang si bao's deadlines drawing closer. and i start to get angsty... sigh sigh sigh...
so looking forward to my laptop... which with some luck, will be mine before Term ends...
for now, on to my English Comprehension
Creative Zen Vision:M
a piece of good news! i'll be purchasing my Creative Zen Vision:M before i've previously expected!!! wo0t! thanks to daddy who's decided to help me pay... (first xDDD) it's really pretty cool... the images, sound quality etc simply rocks! cbw's will substantiate my claim. and i've decided to invest in this over a iPod Video! and i doubt i'll regret my choice... lalala! with some luck, i'll have it safely in my drawer by next Monday! keeping my fingers crossed! hahaa...
doing my maths homework now... it's already 1 day behind time as i had to go for Trainfire... not as bad as i expected... but it was still boring... and i was trying to catch some sleep whenever possible... sianzzz... trying to be rid of NCC lar... grrr. and Sgt. Benedict jus ahd to embarrass me by announcing loudly in front of the sec 1s... "Shang Xuan, u fail ur stripping and assembling of the rifle arh?!" -.- and this morning, during morning assembly, one of the sec 1s questioned, "how come u fail ur rifle stripping?!" grrr....
and there was board meeting earlier on... discussed a couple of important issues... especially about the part about the situation of people cutting queues at he SFCH or Food vans. hope to improve on this situation...
think i'd better concentrate on maths... i'm lost... as usual...
random
heh.. found this on some website... http://www.ohsorandom.com/.. lmao...
wooden ipod? not bad eh?!