May the Booga™ be with you always!!! Believe it or not, it's actually a good thing......

A Maths miracle

2006-05-15T16:22:00.000+08:00

I GOT 76%!!!!! i beat one of the guys i never thought i would beat. this makes my studying oh so worthwile. only the science papers left. and my malay. i'm effectively ignoring being worried about my malay mark so science are the only three that matter.

Father in heaven, i thank you for your mercy

2006-05-10T16:26:00.000+08:00

my maths tutor, marking with a speed i would have never thought possible, just gave back my e maths paper which i did YESTERDAY and gave me a 70%, just at the borderline of A2. hopefully my a maths does just as well. tomorrow is the last of the tests: chemistry. what was once my favourite subject is now my second favourite. however, i'll still get high marks. hopefully.

the test ensues

2006-05-09T16:07:00.000+08:00

i made it through hell day with heaven's guidance, literally. i could literally feel the angels guiding by pen through physics and e maths. how else could i have glided through the papers?
more miracles occured today in the form of my english mark, of which i was one of the three to achieve above 60 under my super-ultima-strict-marker english teacher who admits to looking for reasons to give people zero.

i'm back

2006-05-08T17:04:00.000+08:00

after a long interval, i'm finally back, on the first day of the common test.
today was bio.
it was crappy.
but i think i passed.
reasonably well.
based on what the bio teachers say, i got 13/15 for MCQ and 3/10 for essay. everything hinges on the structured. tomorrow is the hell day. E maths and physics.

a day that fulfills the laws of probability......i think

2006-04-26T16:57:00.000+08:00

well, as it seems, every good thing that happened today was countered by a not so good thing. prime examples would be the rather good E.Humanitites test immediately followed by the very stupid and screwed-up Full Humanitites test. then, there's the 67% i got for a malay test which makes up most of T.A. which was negated by my door being locked by an infuriated director 'cos of my roommate's untidy side. there are more, which are kinda personal......
anyway, i'm taking the hint, and am TRYING to master my latest maths topic so i'll be ready for the test when it comes...

the common test comes again

2006-04-25T16:21:00.000+08:00

tomorrow marks the start of this term's common test with the two humanitites papers. naturally, i find myself unconfident, thus i will study. bo er, if you're reading this, pls do not try to stop me from working.
lit and history tests in one day. ACH!

the end of a rather crazy week

2006-04-21T17:10:00.000+08:00

well, it was a crazy week. since we've missed so many fridays of school, the admin decided to switch wednesday's timetable with friday's, which meant an earlier NAPFA for me. i managed to pass though, barely.
we had our sports day today. my house won, again, as per usual (or at least for as long as i've been here). i feel rather sleepy now but my chem project is due monday so i need to fight it off. Dang, where's that root beer....

days which are inverse of one another

2006-04-12T16:09:00.000+08:00

yesterday was kinda one of the worst days of my life.
Why? well, there were stupid idiots during english class who made my teacher so frustrated that she just stopped teaching and asked us to prepare on our own for the task today. naturally, following my new resolution and my drive to uphold my reputation of good english student, i continued working even when the idiots were talking.
next, i didn't understand any single thing in maths. then, in the hostel, i was bombarded with dumb questions from the vietnamese like "is that detergent?" and "why do you put it in a container?" usually i wouldn't get so ticked off, but i was already irritated to start with. then, during study time, my hostel director came into the room to check on my sick roommate and kicked over my kettle, spraying water everywhere and ruining my maths notes and notebook.
today made up for everything, though. i received a commendation from my english and form tutor for 'resisting all temptation' and 'attempting my best to excel in english' despite 'disruptive influences from 99% of the class'. today, i finally understood what my maths tutor was trying to teach and managed to do a question on the board correctly. the sec3's celebrated the passover meal today, which kinda brought me closer to God. i understand fully now, the meaning of this sacred ceremony.
Yesterday sucked.
Today rocked.
I hope tomorrow rocks too.
Friday will most definitely rock.
May the Booga™ be with me.
God too.

a rather exhausting weekend

2006-04-09T13:14:00.000+08:00

so much for long weekend
today was the only day i got to slack. yesterday we won the malay debate, bringing us to the finals, with yet another josephian winning the best speaker award for yesterday's bout. the hostel performance stretched for longer than expected, so we only slept at about one.
back to the rigours and trials of school tomorrow...

the first of three consecutive long weekends

2006-04-06T16:10:00.000+08:00

tomorrow is founder's day, meaning early dismissal and technically a long weekend. which is the first in a series of long weekends continuing until the end of april. oh joy.
for the scholars, however, it will fly by as the hostel performance will consume all our time on saturday. what's more, some of us have tons of homework. i'm so lucky i'm not one of them.

the day of miracles

2006-04-03T16:07:00.000+08:00

i suppose it truly is the day of miracles, being that i managed to score 62% for a certain malay composition i wasn't even sure i would do well. and my english oral today was okay, considering the fact that my oral has always sucked. i actually pulled off a 30/50 in english today. miracles happen everyday.

In view of ASEAN nite...

2006-04-02T16:49:00.000+08:00

yesterday was crazy.
the theme was 'misfit' and so lex ordered us to "come in our most f****d up outfit."
i received a stroke of inspiration and wore the dumbest thing i ever did in my life: i wore a sleeveless over a formal shirt, and shorts over long pants, with a watch on my leg and a belt holding the respective pant leg so everybody could see the watch. also, there was a curved ruler coiled round my wrist like some snake. i made it so far and reached the semi-finals of the best-dressed competition before i got kicked out. *sniff*
ok, back to homework...

yet another troublesome weekend

2006-03-31T16:07:00.000+08:00

a very long weekend awaits.
tomorrow marks the 2nd round of the malay debate, meanin that i will have to wake up early again so that i won't get screwed. furthermore, tomorrow night just happens to be ASEAN nite, meaning i don't have a single hour free tomorrow, unless i skip ASEAN nite like CERTAIN people do sometimes...(you know who you are)
at least i have no homework again today. as per last week, i didn't get beack my GameBoy for the weekend, proving that it doesn't have a hold on me and i can boycott it anytime i want and that i only play it for fun, not because it is a tool of the devil to wreck innocent minds, SO THERE, MUM!!!! wahahaha

mid week horrors

2006-03-29T16:11:00.000+08:00

i dunno whether 'horrors' is the right choice of word.
well, basically, due to my new sense of 'awake'-ness, i managed to acheive a higher level of performance, like getting 17/25 for a compre under my 'evil' english teacher that most others FAILED in. besides that, i could actually understand everything being taught in A.Maths class. i guess i've been under this delusion that i couldn't do this stuff. now i see the light...
it ain't because it's hard, it's because i never bothered to make it easy for myself. gee, i wonder if this would ever become a famous quote one day. oh, well...back to my original plan...
Work resumed on Monday.
Work done on Tuesday.
Work to be done on Wednesday.
Work i will do (count on it!) on Thursday.
MORE work incoming on Friday.
Work, work, work.
May the Booga™ be with me.
God too.

so...

2006-03-26T16:52:00.000+08:00

strange things happened today, one of which was SJI losing the malay debate. kinda unexpected, since i'm used to seeing them winning. my resolution for working during the term is going on and i didn't take my GameBoy back this friday to play. i'm going off the deep end...

it's saturday tomorrow

2006-03-24T16:10:00.000+08:00

and i didn't ask for my GameBoy back. i wanna try to do constructive stuff this weekend and besides, i don't think i have time to play my GameBoy anyway. i'm down with a lit project, for one thing. for another, i'm booged with physics homework, maths stuff, cosackievirus awareness project AND i have to go watch SJI thrash everybody at the malay debate on sunday. soooooo, that being, there isn't really much to type.

incidentally, for all those reading, did you happen to know that (in view of the cosackievirus) 24% of girls don't wash their hands after going to the toilet whereas a whopping 50% of boys don't?

sec 3 causes stress

2006-03-22T16:35:00.000+08:00

and don't ask me why. i, for one, never experienced it. my classmate (no names), on the other hand, has. he broke down today and cried because a certain dumb and sadistic teacher rubbed him the wrong way. i really hope he doesn't read this. it could be the end of me.
so, moving on to happier and/or weirder things: ASEAN nite is coming up this april fool's day and the committee's exact words were: "come in your most f****d up outfit." i plan to do exactly that.
on another note, my new study plan is going fine. i'm actually going to be able to come to lessons PREPARED now. i'm degrading my Slackmaster 3000 status on purpose. while it's really sad, i suppose it's a good thing.

as life goes on,

2006-03-21T16:21:00.000+08:00

i feel better and better. i forced myself to enjoy EVERY single period today (that would include malay and physics) and coupled with my new sleeping time, i felt good and was able to really take in everything the teachers were saying. i'm sticking to this. my GameBoy is but a fleeting memory...........yeah, right. i miss it still, but it's not as important as fulfilling my ultimate goal of a consistent six points. it'll be a lot of work (d'UH) but i can do it (yet another d'UH). i mean, if i couldn't, then what was i created for?
Work started yesterday.
Work continues today.
Work to be done tomorrow.
May the Booga™ be with me.
God too.

school begins

2006-03-20T16:08:00.000+08:00

my seat in school has just been changed. i'm now sitting in front so the teachers can Keep An Eye On Me. *sigh*
with my GameBoy gone, now i actually have time to do things that were previously unavailable to me like more reading, more reading, more reading and perhaps a spot of studying here and there. *gasp* i know many people who just won't believe this but i'm having too much trouble getting them to believe this so you'll just have to take my word for it.

school starts tomorrow

2006-03-19T14:16:00.000+08:00

and i'm rarin to go. the confiscation of my GameBoy takes effect tomorrow and i'm itching to begin my new non-GameBoy-ified life plan.
all homework completed, and today's my slacking day, the last before my new life plan begins.
nothing much to type, so i'll stop here and give all you devoted readers a chance to visit www.miniclip.com or www3.kingdomofloathing.com or something.

a feeling of dread arises

2006-03-17T17:17:00.000+08:00

i go back to school on monday.
the confiscation of my GameBoy begins then.
i find myself wondering, now my GameBoy is gone, now my roommate's GameBoy and laptop is gone, so will i be able to fulfill expectations this time. obviously, my answer was yes, but i'd obviously have to work hard, and anyone who knows me can tell you i'm the slackmaster 3000. so i wonder....

hols are ending

2006-03-16T17:35:00.000+08:00

hols are ending (no surprise) and i'm rather down. i can't sleep late anymore. i suppose all good things come to an end.
yesterday was interesting. being the generous person that he is, the hostel director took us out for a movie and dinner, free of charge. of course, this good thing was cancelled out by a bad thing: i lost my E-Z link card. i've another copy of it, so no big deal, but what astounds me is that my sitting posture during the movie was so horrible that the card could just slip out of my pocket.
this morning, i had to attend some "maths project festival", being from the maths gifted class, and i don't mind saying i wish i didn't have to go. i could have used the time to do something more constructive like my hols homework or, let's face it, sleep.

Back again

2006-03-15T15:30:00.000+08:00

after a looooooooong break, i'm finally back and posting!!!
hold your applause, please...
now, it's been half a holiday's worth of sleeping and slacking, although certain holiday homework have been completed. nobody would have expected someone like me to even finish SOME homework before the hols ended. just goes to show, doesn't it? it's really boring, with my witty and nonsensical roommate gone for the hols. i'm making do with other pals, but they just aren't as entertaining as my roommate.

The holidays have started

2006-03-09T16:58:00.000+08:00

As you can most probably gather, my school holidays have started, and with it bring new challenges and trials to overcome.
okay, enough with the crap.
seriously, i'm turning over a leaf(not new) next term. my form tutor has already made plans to confiscate my GameBoy on weekdays after the hols finish, and i can't say i'm complaining. i mean, sure, i love it, but some things are worth more, y'know.
don't want to type much, must savour the last few days of my GameBoy

life officially sucks

2006-03-08T17:08:00.000+08:00

this stinks. i was just scolded in school today for bad results caused by 'obvious' lack of good attitude. kinda fuels my resolution to work harder. the teachers have insisted on the locking up of my GameBoy and i'm way ahead of them. Raynaldo has been asked to supervise me and Terence has been asked by me to lock up my GameBoy except for two hours of play. this is more like it. i only work well under pressure anyway, considering my slack attitude...
apparently, my parents misinterpreted something i told them in January, causing my form tutor to scold me again because my parents sent her an e-mail regarding this and so she scolded me for lying. Oh, the injustice of it all......
Nevermind, with this new anger management thing, i should be able to stand it. besides, i'm the one who invented GameBoy 'Bash 'Em Up!' therapy. haha.

English results come out...

2006-03-07T18:29:00.000+08:00

I can't believe it...
i'm the second highest in my class for english, and my mark was 58%. the highest mark was 62%. very typical of tracy goh, the most evil teacher ever. i don't wanna type anymore, this spacebar is screwed up.

My TA1 sucks like %$*&

2006-03-06T16:56:00.000+08:00

finally got back the chem paper today. although it WAS an A1, it wasn't as good as i'd hoped it would be. 76%. just scraped an A1. which makes my total average about 60.4444444, which is really bad, considering people like surya can manage to get 72.something. then again, his maths got 100% and 99% so.....
like i said some one week ago, no use crying over spilt milk, i'll just do even better next term. meanwhile, i'll finish my hols homework while i'm waiting for the next term. i'll blow them away.
to the guy out there in the world somewhere who suggested a tag board for this blog, i'm sorry, but i don't know how to make one. if anyone can help, though...
But seriously, if i'm really goin' to do this next term onwards,
May the Booga™ be with me. God too.

life sucks

2006-03-04T12:57:00.000+08:00

i'm now in the reccesses of balmoral plaza (again) typing this.
life really sucks. before the holidays even started, the teachers gave me four projects to do over the hols. naturally, i COULD do it now and get an early start, but.....

TA1 results almost finish coming...

2006-03-02T18:34:00.000+08:00

only one subject left: Chemistry, which just so happens to be my best subject.
the other results have all come in, and i have been illuminated as to how slack i really have been:
E.Maths- 67%
Physics- 46.5%
Bio- 55%
E.humanities(have i said this already?)- 60%

today, during P.E, Irwan made us do the 400 metre all-out sprint. some of us, being unfit buggers, had to take a sick leave form from the office after recess. take khanh, for example. he almost fainted after P.E. Me? i vomited at english period because my head was swimming in the clouds. at recess, i thought i should eat to fill my stomach, and i vomited again, so....

stupid tests...

2006-02-28T18:20:00.000+08:00

these tests are really starting to get me down.
as per usual, my results are rather extreme, either extremely bad, or extremely good(for me)
now, i, again, only got ONE stupid paper back today. it happened to be lit. thank God, 20/25.
i've confirmed that i'll be getting my physics and chem papers on thursday, so i'm not letting myself get overly nervous beforehand. needless to say, i failed my malay rather badly. *sigh*

i think i'm getting my combined humans paper tomorrow. for all those who bother to, wish me luck. now, where's that GameBoy.......

forget the FF7 template!!!

2006-02-27T19:06:00.000+08:00

due to my inexperince in template programming, i was unable to program a navigator for the FF template. thus, i will revert to a preset template.

the wekk dawns...

2006-02-27T18:56:00.000+08:00

i did not misspell 'week'.
wekk is a word which i created that means week.
now, while you're all gaping at my intelligence, i'll go over the day.
not the productive day i thought it would be. i only got back one paper today: A.maths
i got a 68% for this, quite shameful if you consider i'm supposed to be in the class for gifted maths students. this is what comes when you slack too much. having been shaken back to reality, i'm not really expecting spectacular results from the rest of the papers. in fact, my expectations have been lowered. Mum, i know you're reading this. don't freak out.
ah well, no use crying over spilt milk. my kiasu spirit kicks in right about now, along with incredulousness at my present condition. I'M SUPPOSED TO BE A SCHOLAR, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE!!!!!! the new term starts in a few weeks time, and the teachers will see a new Supreme Booga™. count on it.

Monday blues

2006-02-26T18:54:00.000+08:00

i'm rarin' to go. even the monday blues can't get me. i'm getting my papers back tomorrow. and after all the excitement, the "WOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!!"s and the "OH, CRAP!!!!!!!!"s, i'll sink back into the traditional 'bored' mood that always accompanies any mention of school.

it's the weekend

2006-02-25T13:42:00.000+08:00

i'm now seated in balmoral plaza LAN centre, a popular scholar hangout where we thrash each other in DotA, and other things besides.
a fun way to relax after the common test. the results supposedly come out on monday, and i can't wait, to tell you the truth. i suppose that i'm waiting more for bad than good results. so call me a pessimist.
i'm feeling rather strange lately. i don't really have that urge to slack off anymore. i have the urge to study more and prove CERTAIN people wrong about my lifestyle. lit is one of the subjects i want to improve, among many things.
i'm making a resolution to actually listen in ohysics and bio now. the scholars all listened to this with incredulous looks and disbelieveing faces. you see how great an impression i've already made? makes you wonder how i became a scholar, doesn't it?

T.G.I.F.

2006-02-24T16:50:00.000+08:00

Thank God It's Friday....
the TA1 week is officially over and the scholars are all celebrating by doing weird stuff. majority of the boys are playing games and those girls who already finished their tests are screaming happily to each other. can you just feel the positive vibes?
papers coming back on monday. we're all nervous, except maybe me. i couldn't care less about worrying, to tell you the truth. what's done is done. the scholars say that's the only mature thing i say, and for all i know, they could be right. surya's the worst. being stressed up and all because he's so worried about his paper, he's de-stressing by thinking about janice in ways i don't think anybody wants to know.
janice, if you're reading this, please don't take it personally........surya's just crazy

whew

2006-02-23T16:28:00.000+08:00

well, the common test is finally over, and i've got to say it was both good and bad.
SCREW YOU PHYSICS AND BIO!!!!!!!!
oh, well, no use crying over spilt milk. i'm now stopping all studying except during study hours to play and read. results come out earliest next week. i'm crossing my fingers here, but not really expecting much.....

TA1 starts....

2006-02-20T16:16:00.000+08:00

ok....
so TA1 started off today, with the E.maths and E.humanities first. naturally, the E.humans was easy (comparatively). but the MATHS!!!!! we had one hour. 97%of the class failed to finish the paper in one hour. the head prefect himself told us later on: "never expect to finish your maths papers..."
OMG.....
tomorrow i don't have Lit period. it's been cancelled by the common test which just so happens to be................................Lit. cool, eh? in the same way chem period is cancelled by chem test tomorrow and Mr.Tang and Ms.Goh are like, wrenching their hair out. perfect timing, i call it. i'm going to be playing my GameBoy until i actually start my studying at, like, 6.
that, in itself, is a miracle.
May the Booga™ be with be.
oh, ya.....God too.

the new week dawns....

2006-02-19T16:55:00.000+08:00

argh, this stupid keyboard's spacebar is screwed up....
give me a moment to rant....
!@*&%#@%&*
!*^&^!%&^!
@&@*&$
ok, i'm done.
the week starts tomorrow, along with the common test, which i'm getting rather nervous about. my revision's going fine, so i really shouldn't be so worked up, so......LET'S PLAY GAMEBOY!!!!
heheh. see how easy life becomes under the Booga™? you should try it too.

common test soon. mugging like crap...

2006-02-18T17:14:00.000+08:00

as you can tell from the above headline, i am mugging like crap. my maths could use some work, so i'll mug the whole day long on maths. i have the maths genius with me to help. i really hate inequalities...
i am sooooooo sleepy today. who knows why? i slept relatively early. i hardly played GameBoy today. interesting, ain't it? i'm totally out of intelligent and/or witty things to say. i'm going brain-dead. *snore*

it's friday!!! WOOHOO!!!!

2006-02-17T16:22:00.000+08:00

IT'S FRIDAY!!!! WOOHOO!!!! oh, wait. there's common test on monday. damn. i probably have to...erm...study, right? damn. E.maths and social studies test on monday, and i'm well-prepared for both. i'm putting all slacking on hold until the common test is over. needless to say, i'm still gonna play gameboy till i drop, but i'll make time for studying.

i can just hear all you guys saying "YEAH, RIGHT!!!!!"
*sigh* you're probably righ.......HEY, WAITAMINNIT!!!!!!! YOU WON'T GET ME THIS TIME, BUGGERS!!!!YOU HEAR ME!?!?!?!?! I'M STUDYING RIGHT NOW, SO THERE!!!! HMPH!

damn...

2006-02-16T16:07:00.000+08:00

damn...
i recovered before morning, so i still had to go to school and endure the pain...

i experienced a lot of unfairness today, and so i have created a list of people i want to work entirely against so when i suceed in life, i can laugh sadistically at them and scream 'YOU WERE WRONG! HA!!!'
1)A.K. (my hostel director)
2)Minh (some vietnamese scholar)
3)Ms.Tracy Goh (my english teacher)

that's kind of it. common test on monday. i just realised exactly how sucky my studies are at the moment. better brush up...
my injuries are healing! yay!

the present...

2006-02-15T17:02:00.000+08:00

my life sucks and rocks again.

i'm sick with a fever, which is kinda good and bad. i don't need to go to school (YAY!!!) but have to feel uncomfortable for at least the next three days. oh, well. i'll just run along and play my GameBoy, write my novel, and so on...

the day

2006-02-14T16:26:00.000+08:00

damn this. at least 10 people accidentally slapped my injuries today. i seriously gotta get painkillers, or maybe stick up a sign that says 'No touching!'. to all u vulgar idiots out there, i do not mean what you're thinking right now.

school kind of rocked today. at least i passed all of my malay stuff. test tomorrow, though. i didn't even bring my file back to study. i'm screwed....

today i must be the only person in the hostel wearing black. i'm mourning the death of St.Valentine today and i encourage all readers to do the same, after you chase someone to pass your flowers to. i'm not really in the mood for typing today. doesn't show, right? oh well...

the weekend has gone

2006-02-13T16:39:00.000+08:00

well, the hostel games rocked and sucked.

my group got fourth, which is much better than the 'last' that i'm used to. however, during one of the games, i tripped over someone, fell on the ball, whose momentum carried me sliding (SLIDING!!!!!) across the basketball court, rendering me unable to walk properly. otherwise, it was okay.

tomorrow is valentine's day, an evil day by my standards. why? because while all those lovesick b**t***s are busy flirting and buying chocolate, they fail to realize the real meaning of the day: to commemorate the death and noble sacrifice a certain St.Valentine. i'm mourning tomorrow.

the common test is in a week's time, and i'm slacking as much as i can to make up for all the slacking i'm goona miss during the test period. May the Booga™ be with me...

Burning with enthu!!!!

2006-02-11T14:54:00.000+08:00

Hostel games start at nine today. i would join in the pre-game festivities, but instead took 20 mins to get away to type this. see, i care about the readers!!! as with the past two years, i feel that i'm gonna have a lot of fun today. and tomorrow.

for those who aren't as privileged as me to have a hostel games, and if you have nothing to do, like me, i recommend this website: http://www4.kingdomofloathing.com/login.php. the homepage might look like the lamest thing you have ever seen, but join. u won't be disappointed, i promise...

weirdness

2006-02-10T16:17:00.000+08:00

my life has oficially become weirder. two of my hostelmates have created the weirdest songs ever. of course, for your laughing pleasure, i will now type them.

sung by Surya Effendy (sing to the tune of 'Toxic' by britney spears)
With a taste of a Janice paradise....
you're toxic, i'm slipping under
with a taste of your lips i wanna die......
i'm addicted to you, don't you know that you're Janice? x3000

sung by Tew Bo Er (sing to the tune of 'God is a girl' by someone i forgot)
Five days from now
we're going to hell!
do you believe it?
can you receive it? x3000

see how weird my life is? so weird........ok, i'll stop saying weird. anyways, i just found out today that next year me and the boys in my lit class will be attending a symposium with 4 other schools to present a lecture paper on 'the joy luck club'. if Yong Jun and me do a lousy job, we'll face public embarrassment for the rest of our lives....

well....

2006-02-09T16:56:00.000+08:00

it's amazing, really. i don't know how i do it, myself.
it's one and a half weeks until my common test, i have 18 pieces of homework, hostel games are coming up this weekend, and i STILL don't feel the slightest hint of stress. No, i go create a blog because i have time to burn! what kind of non-crapmaster does that? yeesh...
must be some latent ability, or something. can't say i don't like it. keeps my mind off stressing things. oh well...back to doing other stuff...

First post ever!!!

2006-02-09T16:51:00.000+08:00

hmmm, let me see now.
basic lowdown about this. simply, i have absolutely nothing to do, thus this blog. for all who don't know what a 'Booga™' is, it's simply the logo, crest, if you will, of crapmasters everywhere.
read at your own peril; you may never ever know when the Booga™ slowly sneaks its tendrils into your mind and infects you with its crap, like what happened to me....
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.........*cough*
*sheepish look*