Exam results are out.
Considering that I just jumped from normal chinese to higher this year, I couldn't have expected too good results. 116.5/200.
Math was quite expected, 44/60, not too good, but acceptable by my standards.
Biology was good thanks to a good teacher.
And I did not study for chemistry.
Physics scored 96.5/100.
That's all I feel like saying. I will work harder next semester.
Now that the old modules have ended, the new ones should come in.
There are a whole bunch of electives that I feel like taking! They all sound so exciting.
-Sports Nutrition
-Polymer Chemistry
-Some chinese culture thing (I got to take that to improve my chinese knowledge)
-And maybe I would be considering a programming course
One thing I am not taking is the Physics Solar Energy thing. Not interested at all.
Workload is bound to increase next semester; I hope that I can keep an even better balance between work and non-work. I also have to take things more seriously in hand and work harder.
Thats the end of a short academic review this semester. Bye!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Exam revision
Other than practicing chinese and studying for biology, I did not prepare for exams in any other way.
Heres a chinese expository essay about teachers I studied on the day before the chinese exam.
嗟乎！师道之不传也久矣！欲人之无惑也难矣！古之圣人，其出人也远矣，犹且从师而问焉；今之众 人，其下圣人也亦远矣，而耻学于师。是故圣益圣，愚益愚。圣人之所以为圣，愚人之所以为愚，其皆出于此乎？爱其子，择师而教之；于其身也，则耻师焉，惑 矣。彼童子之师，授之书而习其句读者，非吾所谓传其道解其惑者也。句读之不知，惑之不解，或师焉，或不焉，小学而大遗，吾未见其明也。巫医乐师百工之人， 不耻相师。士大夫之族，曰师曰弟子云者，则群聚而笑之。问之，则曰：“彼与彼年相若也，道相似也。位卑则足羞，官盛则近谀。”呜呼！师道之不复，可知矣。*1* 巫医乐师百工之人，君子不齿，今其智乃反不能及，其可怪也欤！*1*
圣人无常师。孔子师郯子、苌弘、师襄、老聃。郯子之徒，其贤不及孔子。孔子曰：三人行，则必有我师。是故弟子不必不如师，师不必贤于弟子，闻道有先后，术业有专攻，如是而已。
*1* : I love the sarcasm
And thats all the preperation.
Now that the exams are over and the stress is relieved, I feel more happy and lively! Went cycling with half of 205 on Tuesday(again) which was not too bad and later went to watch a movie with 5 other people.
Results would be out next week. Hopefully I won't do too badly (I know I won't).
Heres a chinese expository essay about teachers I studied on the day before the chinese exam.
师说
古之学者必有师。师者，所以传道受业解惑也。人非生而知之者，孰能无惑？惑而不从师，其为惑也，终不解矣。生乎吾前，其闻道也固先乎吾，吾从而师之；生 乎吾后，其闻道也亦先乎吾，吾从而师之。吾师道也，夫庸知其年之先后生于吾乎？是故无贵无贱，无长无少，道之所存，师之所存也。嗟乎！师道之不传也久矣！欲人之无惑也难矣！古之圣人，其出人也远矣，犹且从师而问焉；今之众 人，其下圣人也亦远矣，而耻学于师。是故圣益圣，愚益愚。圣人之所以为圣，愚人之所以为愚，其皆出于此乎？爱其子，择师而教之；于其身也，则耻师焉，惑 矣。彼童子之师，授之书而习其句读者，非吾所谓传其道解其惑者也。句读之不知，惑之不解，或师焉，或不焉，小学而大遗，吾未见其明也。巫医乐师百工之人， 不耻相师。士大夫之族，曰师曰弟子云者，则群聚而笑之。问之，则曰：“彼与彼年相若也，道相似也。位卑则足羞，官盛则近谀。”呜呼！师道之不复，可知矣。*1* 巫医乐师百工之人，君子不齿，今其智乃反不能及，其可怪也欤！*1*
圣人无常师。孔子师郯子、苌弘、师襄、老聃。郯子之徒，其贤不及孔子。孔子曰：三人行，则必有我师。是故弟子不必不如师，师不必贤于弟子，闻道有先后，术业有专攻，如是而已。
*1* : I love the sarcasm
And thats all the preperation.
Now that the exams are over and the stress is relieved, I feel more happy and lively! Went cycling with half of 205 on Tuesday(again) which was not too bad and later went to watch a movie with 5 other people.
Results would be out next week. Hopefully I won't do too badly (I know I won't).
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Musical!
The Year 4 music students held their musical in the auditorium yesterday. Apparently Berton was not feeling too well but he still attended it.
Their plot was based on the movie 'mindhunters', where people on an island get killed one by one by a murderer amongst them.
Their speeches and singing were a bit soft compared to my class' musical, but that was probably due to the distance between stage and audience. The singing was quite good; although technically, some of their singing were bad, I could tell that they sang with feeling which makes it - unboring.
To me, their mistakes made were quite minor. For example:
A: Oh you see there are 8 soldiers left! Ahh!! *points at 10 soldiers*
B: You are right!
*Lights dim, people clear the stage*
A whispers: There are still 10 soldiers!
B: Oh yea.
The ending where all the spirits of the victims gathered was quite comical. They kept on making eerie noises like some kasper the friendly ghost. lol.
Compared to my class' musical production, theirs' was really good. At least the music could make me forget about what happens outside that auditorium.
As for our musical...It is plotless, yet there is no synopsis. There is no discipline among team members, people just remove scenes when they forget to come out, or dialogs. And what about the flexibility? When I forgot one of my lines (and my only line) in a song, we did not have to skip the final verse, and instead just treat the piano part as a solo and wait until it ends, then we come in. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, the piano ALMOST stopped until it realised we were not going to omit the last verse.
Over here, I think flexibility is not the direct opposite of discipline. Discipline is following and sticking to what we want of the scenes, while flexibility is following the flow to redirect the diverting situation back to how we want it to be. And I then wouldn't have to walk around the stage in a car with no one coming out to start the conversation like a person who do not know what he is supposed to do!
Our team is stuck in the middle of two extremes. So many wants to lead, yet so many wants to follow. Many people shout for attention, and directing different movements which result in slight conflicts; on the other hand others do not even trust their own judgement and have to ask even the slightest thing like "Where do I stand?"
All in all, the year 4's musical might not have had the professionalism or skill, but it could create an atmosphere, one that made me forget about some unpleasant things.
Now that the exams are around the corner, I have less things to look forward to in school everyday, and with friendship problems, depression starts to creep in, slowly yet surely...
Their plot was based on the movie 'mindhunters', where people on an island get killed one by one by a murderer amongst them.
Their speeches and singing were a bit soft compared to my class' musical, but that was probably due to the distance between stage and audience. The singing was quite good; although technically, some of their singing were bad, I could tell that they sang with feeling which makes it - unboring.
To me, their mistakes made were quite minor. For example:
A: Oh you see there are 8 soldiers left! Ahh!! *points at 10 soldiers*
B: You are right!
*Lights dim, people clear the stage*
A whispers: There are still 10 soldiers!
B: Oh yea.
The ending where all the spirits of the victims gathered was quite comical. They kept on making eerie noises like some kasper the friendly ghost. lol.
Compared to my class' musical production, theirs' was really good. At least the music could make me forget about what happens outside that auditorium.
As for our musical...It is plotless, yet there is no synopsis. There is no discipline among team members, people just remove scenes when they forget to come out, or dialogs. And what about the flexibility? When I forgot one of my lines (and my only line) in a song, we did not have to skip the final verse, and instead just treat the piano part as a solo and wait until it ends, then we come in. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, the piano ALMOST stopped until it realised we were not going to omit the last verse.
Over here, I think flexibility is not the direct opposite of discipline. Discipline is following and sticking to what we want of the scenes, while flexibility is following the flow to redirect the diverting situation back to how we want it to be. And I then wouldn't have to walk around the stage in a car with no one coming out to start the conversation like a person who do not know what he is supposed to do!
Our team is stuck in the middle of two extremes. So many wants to lead, yet so many wants to follow. Many people shout for attention, and directing different movements which result in slight conflicts; on the other hand others do not even trust their own judgement and have to ask even the slightest thing like "Where do I stand?"
All in all, the year 4's musical might not have had the professionalism or skill, but it could create an atmosphere, one that made me forget about some unpleasant things.
Now that the exams are around the corner, I have less things to look forward to in school everyday, and with friendship problems, depression starts to creep in, slowly yet surely...
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