Protected: I Never Knew… December 7, 2009
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Calm Before The Storm… November 16, 2009
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It’s kinda weird that I’m still feeling quite relax even though my Calculus II paper is on the day after tomorrow. :/ Spend a few hours just now going through the tutorial questions and tomorrow will be attempting some past-years papers. Hopefully, i’ll be well-prepared by then. :)
Yesterday went to watch Paranormal Activity with Xiao Ting, Ammily, Jufri and Jasmine. Although I must admit that initially I’m not really keen on watching that movie (I never even heard of it… Sorry, I’m a frog in a well can?) and I thought it was part of Denise’s birthday celebration but it turns out to be – they are only meeting to buy Denise’s birthday gift. *haha* By the way, it’s really a nice feeling to step out from home, when I’ve been cooped up (except to run errand or giving tuition) for the past few days. The movie is real deal and I jolted out of from my seat several times. :/ Speaking of which, I kinda enjoy watching horror movie because it makes your heart racing – the feeling of adrenaline rush. *haha* Anyway, in case some people might think is real, the movie is actually… just a movie – means it’s not real lah (you can read it over here).
On a random note, Russell is gotta’ be one of the most interesting Survivor contestant out of all the seasons I’ve watched! Although I think his chance of winning is low (I hope to see him win!), he’s already in a league of his own – he outwitted the game. The first 2 tribal councils after the merge proves that survivor is a game of unexpectedness. *argggghhhhh* I really wanna join survivor! :( When will it be possible?!
It’s Kinda Funny… November 14, 2009
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The first thing that I noticed when I logged on to my Facebook account today, is that on my ’suggestions’ bar, I saw a picture of my friend with the annotation – ‘You haven’t talked on Facebook lately.’ *haha*
I chuckled and told myself, “It happens in reality too.”
It’s Pointless… November 13, 2009
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Exams are just around the corner. In fact, it’s only less than a week more. *haha* Am I worried? *ermmmmm* Sort of.The modules this semester, I shan’t deny, require much more effort man. We are already in our year 2, can’t possibly still give us simple stuffs right?
I’ve been working REAL (for real) hard from Saturday to Tuesday on Calculus II and I realised that I can actually do calculus. :) All I hope is that Prof. Lee don’t set killer questions and throw me off course… Although I got a gut feeling that he might actually do that. :/ Oh well…
I tried to study plants and animals diversity on Wednesday and Thursday. All I can said is – FAIL ATTEMPT. *haha* I end up watching 7 episodes of The Amazing Race 15 on Youtube. :D Anyway, is not that I don’t like Biology, in fact, I really really really love Biology! But just that, I really hate having Biology examinations because all it seems is like… they are testing your memorising skills.
I know some people may think I’m bullshitting – Biology is all about understanding. Well, I shan’t deny. Knowing how blood circulation works, that’s understanding. Knowing how breathing mechanism works, that’s understanding. But how on earth, is knowing all the different classes and order of animals and plants a matter of understanding?! For example, fishes are categorise into 5 main classes – Myxini (Hagfishes), Petromyzontida (Lampreys), Chrondrichthyes (Cartilaginous fishes – sharks, stingrays, etc. ), Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes) and Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned fishes). All these words aren’t even derived from English words! How can you say it doesn’t involved memory skills?! Well, these are only the classes for fishes. We still to remember numerous classes of invertebrates and vertebrates as well!
I think that biodiversity paper should be an open book examinations. It’s really… insane to ask a person to memorise everything just to do well in examinations. It’s unlike other subjects like mathematics, chemistry or physics whereby it’s about applying the theories. Biodiversity has no theory – there’s only facts and facts are accessible everywhere! Let say you are a zoologist and one day you came upon an organism on your exploration. What usefulness does it have when you can classified the organism straightaway?! “Oh, that’s organism most probably belong to the class Holothuroidea (Sea cucumbers) because blah blah blah…” Well, the only thing you can achieved is most probably that your colleagues might be impress with you, or rather, think you are pretty much a geek (or someone with no life). Does it hurts if you return back to your laboratory and google it? What do you lose? Nothing. Well, you might lose precious time but hey, at least you save the number of years trying to memorise all these names right? So yup, it’s really pointless memorising all these names.
Regardless of what I’ve said, I still have to suck it up and take the examinations in a week time. *haha* That’s how reality works man. :/
Initially, my intention was just to blog about my revision updates but guess like, I end up ranting. *haha* Maybe that’s why I choose Biology as my AS2 because I only have the passion in understanding the knowledge and not memorising facts. To understand the knowledge, I can do it on my free-time – read textbooks, go online and search. I don’t need to sit for examinations to understand Biology.
Full throttle tomorrow! :)
What Hurts The Most November 1, 2009
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What Hurts The Most – Rascal Flatts
I can take the rain on the roof of this empty house
That don’t bother me
I can take a few tears now and then and just let ‘em out
I’m not afraid to cry every once in a while even though
Goin’ on with you gone still upsets me
There are days every now and again I pretend I’m okay
But that’s not what gets me
What hurts the most
Was being so close
And havin’ so much to say
And watchin’ you walk away
And never knowin’
What could’ve been
And not seein’ that lovin’ you
Is what I was tryin’ to do
It’s hard to deal with the pain of losin’ you everywhere I go
But I’m doin’ it
It’s hard to force that smile when I see our old friends and I’m alone
Still harder gettin’ up, gettin’ dressed, livin’ with this regret
But I know if I could do it over
I would trade, give away all the words that I saved in my heart
That I left unspoken
What hurts the most
Is being so close
And havin’ so much to say
(Much to say)
And watchin’ you walk away
And never knowin’
What could’ve been
And not seein’ that lovin’ you
Is what I was tryin’ to do, oh
Oh yeah
What hurts the most
Was being so close
And havin’ so much to say
(To say)
And watchin’ you walk away
And never knowin’
What could’ve been
And not seein’ that lovin’ you
Is what I was tryin’ to do
Not seein’ that lovin’ you
That’s what I was trying to do, ooo
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I used to thought that things were bad. But now, it has gotten worst.
I used to thought that I’ve reached rock bottom. But now, I realised that below that rock, there’s still 50 feet of dirt, and that’s where I am right now.
And yup, life still pretty much has to go on.
