..Rêve Sans Frayeur..
Saturday, November 06, 2004
curious...why do people call it a 'monthly friend'? stress on the word...friend... hahaa...nvm, some things are not meant to be understood...guess it just evolved as part of a figure of speech in the same mould as why hamburgers don't have ham...oh well..its a day before chem paper 3...afterwhich, a mad rush in 1 day for bio paper 2 and maths paper 1...guess its really a hectic 3 days...in fact, i can hardly think of a more few days other than the 22nd of November, which has 3 papers in a single day, that is busier...but that is still rather distant for some reason, whilest there is a more pressing concern for the next 2 days...
jia you!
defining himself: Shawn
Thursday, November 04, 2004
GP is over..and I'm left pondering once again, like i always do... indulging myself in reflecting after every paper...maybe its just that nigging sense of being out-of-control that makes me go nuts....maybe i've a slight compulsive disorder...i feel terrible when my 6's don't have a big enough loop, i get irritated when i see lines that are no joined together...and my mind seem to find weird acrobatics to do...hahaa...but maybe that's good in a sense...the essay was not too bad, i must admit, think that i gave sufficient examples,...though the content is predicatable, as is always for this genre of essays, i think i shouldn't have done too badly...the compre was not that great though...for one, i wrote slightly off for the AQ, and maybe a couple of marks for summary..i think....the questions were difficult, esp at the beginning and i might have spent too much time deliberating over the answers...then again, most pple felt compre was hard so...overall, the whole GP exam was okie...
defining himself: Shawn
Monday, November 01, 2004
The written papers start in 2 days ....and a billion thoughts are running through my head...each exam is different...u'll think that if u've taken them once, you've taken them a million times...but woe betide he who would belittle his worthy adversary.....PSLE and 'O' levels are worlds apart, and i expect nothing less from the 'A's...perhaps you might have done all the preparation u could have for the exam (assuming that is possible), but equally important is to go into an exam with the right mindset...What is the right mindset? Perhaps if we start by asking ourselves what is wrong mindset, things will immediately become apparent. We do not want the smug know-it-all, neither the meek i-am-so-unsure-of-everything types of attitude...instead we must seek a balance, to be cautious and wary of any sudden surprises, to expect the unexpected, to be prepared for the "unpreparable"...take comfort in the knowledge that everything on the paper is definitely solvable based on what u've learnt, and relate to the point of view from which the question is set...should it be easy-going, never let up, keep an eye for tricky questions and distractors...should it be tough, always maintain a cool mind, and plan your time well...(u're not the only one taking this paper you know).....getting a little tense before the exam is a good thing, the alertness will keep u moving fast early on, giving u a "headstart"
come on...let's do it...!
defining himself: Shawn
Sunday, October 31, 2004
oh goodie...i might not have made the careless mistakes for chem prac calculation after all (or maybe less)...sorry for obsessing with it..but u have to understand that being cooped up at home all day does weird things to your brain...=grin=defining himself: Shawn

