my pm

Something interesting to talk about.
Most of you should know,
PM means Prime Minister.
Well,
I COULD talk bad things about Najib,
but why don't I just talk good things about Julia ?

Australia's first female PM,
Julia Gillard.
I think she's nice.
To me,
seeing her as PM was a huge culture shock.
I know we shouldn't believe in stereotypes.
There are female surgeons and male hairdressers (her husband)
nowadays.
But somehow,
the thought of a PM being female
is still so alien to me.
I mean,
imagine if Malaysia actually had a female PM.
Weird, right ?
+1 if you were imagining Najib in a dress.

Back to Julia.
I don't really know much about her.
But I like her looks.
(oh wow i'm soooo judging her right now)
She was Australia's first Deputy PM.
The then-PM was Kevin Rudd of the Labors.
However, Julia challenged him bla bla.
Labor voted Rudd out of PM,
and Julia became Australia's PM as a result.

Fun fact !
She studied law in uni and
got into Australia's #1 law firm
before entering politics.

Here are some things about our PM
(which I conveniently stole from Wiki and other sources):

• Involved in gender wars with Coalition leader, Tony.
• Supports abortion.
• Wishes for Australia to become a republic.
• Hates WikiLeaks.
• Does not support gay marriage.
• Married to a hairdresser.
• Has a show about her (played by another actor).
• Likes knitting as a hobby.
• Had a sandwich thrown at her by students TWICE this year.
• Cried in Parliament when giving her launch speech for a disability scheme
• Her name was part of the Coalition dinner's menu.
• Natural-born speaker.
• "Best friend" is treasurer-turn-deputy minister, Wayne Swan.
• Was dubbed as the 'minister of everything' holding up to 3 posts

and many more...

Her husband, 

being a hairdresser,

raised suspicion on his sexual orientation.

She knitted a doll/whatever for the Royal Baby.

The first sandwich she took was a vegemite one.

The second was a salami sandwich.

Julia Gillard Kentucky Fried Quail, anyone ?

Small breast, big thighs and a BIG RED BOX.

What does big red box mean ?

It underwent censorship in the papers,

but I still don't get it.

So as you can see.

Being PM in Australia isn't so glamorous after all.

A student threw his lunch at her and 

all she said was 

"He must've thought I was hungry."

If memory serves,

there was another student who tackled her during a school visit.

The bodyguard suddenly lifted her up and dragged her away.

When I say drag,

i MEAN drag.

One of her shoe fell off.

Cinderella, anyone ?

I wonder what would happen if a Malaysian student threw a sandwich at Najib ?

Is this what my English teacher call 'cultural conflict' ?

However, 

the public don't seem to like her a lot.

In fact,

some of them have been screaming Rudd since she became PM.

And under her leadership,

polls have dropped tremendously for the Labors.

Their loss was pretty much in the bag.

Despite Rudd promising not to challenge Julia for leadership,

he eventually did.

And the stakes was that,

whoever loses will quit politics 

at the end of this term.

And the results weren't pretty.

Julia lost.

And Kevin was reappointed PM.

And with that, 

faith in the Labor party's victory in the upcoming election

has been restored.

It just goes to show you,

how politicians are a bunch of selfish hypocrites.

Three years ago,

Julia challenged Rudd.

The party felt that he was a chaotic leader.

Today,

they backstabbed Julia,

just for a chance to remain as government.

Three years ago,

Rudd was sitting at the courtyard,

crying his gut out with his family next to him.

Today,

Julia accepted defeat and held back her tears.

She delivered a sincere speech,

and told us that she had no regrets.

She was proud of herself.

And her father (who passed away last year)

would be too.

Dear Julia,

I salute you.

And retiring from politics at the age of 51

means she could be looking at a completely new career.

Since the retirement age in Australia is 65.

While still being supported by her pension,

I think she won't have to worry about getting a job for quite some time.

You might have put up a brave face.

You might have cried yourself to sleep in your room.

You might've smiled in front of the camera.

You might've seen all this coming.

But in the end,

we know you've done your best.

And I will remember those strong words of yours.

The words of a winner.

Good night, Australia.

Listening to Haunted - Taylor Swift

Getting dumb, someone help,

TK

Bring on all the pretenders ; i'mnotafraid

Warning !
A rant post !
You have been warned !

Ughhhh....
I'm sick of this.
Like. REALLY sick of this.
Ok fine.
I can only blame myself.
I'm the one who "abandoned" my cultural heritage.
I'm the one who chose this over that.
I'm the one who's lost his identity.
I'm the one in the plastic mask.

So yeah.
Like I said.
I'm sick of it.
I'm almost at breaking point.
There will be NO limit break.
I just wanna get rid of them.
They're nothing but ignorant.
What am I doing with them ?
Standing there like a cardboard cutout.
Apparently, I'm part of the background.
In the end,
I calm myself down.
And I tell myself
"Be nice. Don't be so sensitive."
But really ?
Am I being too sensitive ?
Or are they just being too insensitive.

I have YOU to blame.
And YOU.
And yOU.
And You.
And YoU.
And Y0u.
All of you !
I'm done with you.
I'm through.
I'd rather be the so-called idiot,
sitting at an empty lunch table alone.
Than be a backdrop for your happy-go-lucky ignorance.

This is the thanks I get for being considerate.
Well, STUFF IT !
I'm done being Mr Marvelous.
Not that I was ever.
But at least I tried.
And it was all for naught.
Oh and one more thing.
You SUCK !
You ALL SUCK !
(pardon the vulgar)

Ahhhh...
much better.
Perhaps I was exaggerating.
But then again,
its my blog.
If any of you ever see this,
well,
don't expect an apology.
In fact,
I'd feel less guilt giving you a wound and
sprinkling concentrated sodium chloride on it.
On the bright side.
I got my official results back.
3 As and 2 Bs.
I managed to pull my IT up to an A,
but my Physics and Chemistry dropped down to a B.
Notable mentions for Chemistry,
I was just one mark away from an A.
But no matter.
My "report" sheet didn't come with a predicted ATAR.
So I went online and used a calculator.
After ESTIMATED scaling
(which is never accurate, after all,
ATAR IS a rank.),
I got an ATAR of 98.00.
Hooray ?
That's like a borderline for entry into Honours program.
But don't worry.
That figure will soon drop.
I mean,
its not like I can maintain that high of an ATAR
for another 6 months.
But now that I got rid of some annoying nuisance,
maybe I can...

#liberated ?


Listening to Backseat Serenade - All Time Low

Sick of them,

TK.

.dreams.don't.turnto.dust

73.
That's how much I got.
For my IT paper.
Applied.INFORMATION.TECHNOLOGY !
And its like what ?
2 marks away from an A.
I hate you, Ray.
So so much....

My straight A streak.
RUINED.
I never got straight As in my life.
But I can't believe I was so close.
I mean,
I wasn't expecting straight As,
at least not until I got an A for my Physics.
Then everything started looking better.
Or so I thought.

I was practically holding my breathe,
when he placed all our papers at the front of the class.
I saw a 7.
I got excited.
And then I saw a 3.
My heart sank.

Well, the good slightly better news is that
this won't be our final score for the midsems.
The teachers will still take into account all our tests and experiments.
Assignments, assessments and what not.
So, I'm not so worried about IT anymore.
Now I'm worrying about Physics.
ARGH.
I still think I won't be able to do THAT well in Physics.
#pessimistic (because Facebook has hashtag too !)

Oh well, my grades were better than I expected.
So I'm happy....
No.
I'm content.
Much better.

Anything else fun happening ?
Not really.
Well except for that Chemistry Pop Experiment.
Yes.
Pop Experiment.
Where you go into class and your teacher suddenly throws an experiment at you.
And the scariest part ?
SOLO EXPERIMENT !
(which in my case, might've been a good thing.)

pH indicators.
Many weird colours.
#LifeInColor
And then I thought to myself,
'If you're getting two of the exact same colour in a row,
you know you're doing something wrong.'
Which is what happened to me.
I just hope its good enough in the teacher's eyes.

Oh my Chemistry teacher !
My awesome Chemistry teacher.
Chris is his name.
50 (or 60)+ is his age.
He's awesome =3
And he's a really no-BS teacher,
which is kinda scary at times.
But I guess that's what it means to be independent.
He's almost the exact opposite to Eric,
who's a sweetie.
Until I found his Facebook profile.
And I went 'Okkkk.....'
So when my Physics teacher isn't busy teaching,
he's usually piloting a plane and shooting down terrorists.

Nothing much to talk about, huh ?
Well, homework is coming back to haunt me.
My next term holiday is the only thing keeping me going for now.
#stupidPhysics
#bookstoread
Oh yes, I reading the next book to the Shopaholic series.
The second book is called Shopaholic Abroad.
Its been 5 months since I finished the first book.
And I didn't really have much time to do any leisure reading.
But now I'm back on track,
at least until my teachers decide to go berserk again.
Also I'm obsessed with hashtags.
Noticed ?


Listening to Unconditional - Harrison Craig

Taking a breather,

TK

turbulence after the storm

Its in !
My results are back !
Well,
it was a little unexpected.
My grades I mean.
Some were higher,
some were lower.
But I THINK I SHOULD just shut up
and be grateful about it.

Normally,
I'd just be pulling your leg about it.
Wait,
did I use the correct expression ?
But I just thought of a wonderful idea.
Why don't I just post it out here.
For all to see.
ITS MY BLOG.
You can't stop me.
Heck,
I should be charging you for entering my territory.

Sooooo yeah.
I'll just announce my results
and tell you how I FEEL about it.
Because its vital for humans to let out their inner ego once in a while...
Or all the time,
depends on who I'm exposing it to.
But if its to you stalkerz,
I don't mind. =)
(while you're reading,
please take the time
to enjoy some random inspirational pictures
that I found on Tumblr.)

First Class : Maths !
A Whopping 80.
Raised to 81%, after some corrections.
Possibly an 82.
This was kinda disappointing.
Kinda put me in a not-so-good mood for the rest of the day.
I made a few careless mistakes.
Well, I know its a good score.
And a lot of people are dying for it,
but as a Malaysian,
I keep thinking that I'm doing an SPM-level course.
And that really bugs me when .....
Actually you know what ?
81 IS pretty high.
Hey, talking about it really helps !


Second Class : Chemistry !
Ok.
I remember going into the test all confident.

And the truth is,
I made a bunch of silly mistakes,
'cuz I was too high.
And true enough,
those looming thoughts really turned into mistakes.
I got a 76% for Chemistry.
That's like 2 marks away from a B.
So, that was close...

The good news is,
I got full marks for my essay.
Which I felt I strongly deserved.
2.5 page essay for 10 marks FTW.


Third Class : Physics !
Hardest subject in the world....
Ok well,
SECOND hardest subject in the world.
And what did I get ?
75%.
So that's like a super borderline A,
I guess.
Quite honestly,
I don't know how I would've went with this.
It felt easy,
but yet so hard.
I mean,
do you have ANY idea how easy it is to type the wrong numbers into your calculator and mess up your entire equation ?
My hands were shaking.
But I guess I should also be happy about.
VERY HAPPY.
I GOT A FRIGGIN 75 !
FOR PHYSICS.
This is like...impossible ?
For me, anyways...


Fourth Class : English (as an Additional Language/Dialect)
I got held up talking to one of my Physics classmates.
She was having trouble with her upcoming test
because she was ward-bound for the past few weeks.

I decided to help her a bit.
By explaining stuff about DC motors.
By the time I got to class,
I was around 15 minutes late.
And just like every Monday English class,
my homework/assessment is already waiting for me.
Sitting innocently on my table,
next to Minh.
Lying face-down.
My grades were concealed well.
I sat down and turned it around
and I see a plain 89%.
Well, I was happy like ****.
That paper was hard.
Then I got the general ranking for the subject,
and mind you,
I'm top of the class...es....
Woohoooo.
And I got a sitting ovation,
by like 2-3 people.
Haha, thanks guys.

I went to the library to see my teacher later on.
We went through my paper to take a look at my mistakes.
And my 89 to boosted up to 91%.
Now I'm high.
THANK YOU JACKIE (love sign) !
(I can't actually make the love emoticon
because the system would interpret the symbol
as part of its HTML coding.)


Fifth Class : Applied Information Technology
Ray wasn't done marking it.
I KNEW IT.
Great job, Ray....
You had 6 days to mark 6 papers.
And you're not done...
Oh well, 
because of my outstanding English score,
I forgive you....


Overall,
I'm quite happy with my results.
All As.
If my IT ruins this straight A streak.
I think I'm going to kill something,
or even someone.
I'm serious.
When was the last time I got straight As ?
Primary 2 ?
Or maybe even Primary 1 ?
Oh wait,
IT WAS IN KINDERGARDEN.
Please Ray,
be nice...

Although with all the hours I put in,
I would've expected a little more.
An 80-85 for Chemistry and Physics
would've meant a lot to me.
Especially Chemistry.
But what can I say ?
Its an exam situation.
Gotta train yourself for these kind of things,
don't you ?

Report card is coming out next week.
According to my English teacher.
Hopefully, it comes with an ATAR prediction.


Listening to Starstruck - Christopher Wilde

Academically HIGH,

TK

Previously. (recapped)

My first blog post after 2 weeks.
I'm blogging in the City of Perth library which I haven't been in a LONG time.
its quite nostalgic.
I use to come here in the morning with my lappy and hog the Internet spot
for the WHOLE day.
Y'know, when I DON'T have Internet yet.
Ahhh yes ~
Happy Times.

(Just when you thought you could finish reading all your piled up novels due to the lack of Internet access, your brain starts thinking of NEW ways to procrastinate. Maybe reading just isn't in my element.)

But enough loitering around in the past.
Lets talk about the present.
I'll start Season 14's first post by doing a
MID-YEAR RESOLUTION CHECK !~

What's that ?
Well, I'll just go through my new years resolution
to see if I'm still keeping any of them.
I just thought of it on the bus while coming here.
Soooo....random.
Just the way I like it.

Now let's take a look : (taken from previous blog post)

• Achieve an ATAR of 80 or above (so I can actually get into Uni XD)
• Don't drink/smoke/do drugs (because it's against my moral code)
• ...Coke is fine, though (because I need to keep myself sane)
• Get a job (i am very willing to learn, so please. *laughs at self*)
• Retain frienships (especially with the ones back home *PERSONA ROX*)
• be happy =3 (because life would be meaningless if you're not)

#1 ATAR 80 or above.
I'm still not sure about this.
Well, hopefully I'm doing good enough
to beat 80% of the WA student population.
haha, fat chance.
and that's saying something, considering what a twig I am.
But I heard quite a few people on forums talking about
getting an ATAR forecast using their midterms result.
(I'll talk about my 5 horendous days of exam later)
Anyways,
I hope I can ask my teachers for mine too.
Subject scaling is really scaring me.
Ok, now I'm just making excuses for myself.
Hopefully I can get a forecast and it'll look decent.

#2 Don't drink/smoke/do drugs.
Still going strong.
Heck, I even gave up soda !
For Lent I mean.
But I'm still going strong without it.
Even without any purpose to stopping.
I'm awesome =3

#3 ....Coke is fine, though.
CONQUERED.
NEW RESOLUTION !
Go the whole year without soda.

#4 Get a job.
Errmmm....
For the sake of resolution #1.
I have decided to NOT get a job.
Maybe after my WACE exams.
But definitely not now.
I'm stumped.

#5 Retain friendships.
Your mileage may vary.
I pretty much shut everyone out of my life...
virtually I mean.
So what'll happen is anyone's guess.
WHO WANTS TO SKYPE ?
My mouth is itching to just speak some Chinese.
Well, Malaysian English is good too.

#6 be happy.
I'm not so sure about this.
I do feel satisfied that I'm doing quite well now.
But maybe I'm just drowning myself in loads of work
to hide all that sadness.
Looks like this psot is gonna drift into emo territoy.
But if I actually achieve resolution #1,
I'll be pretty happy.
Oh well,
now that I think about it.
There were some happy moments in these 6 months.
Msotly about getting good grades.
25/25 for an essay, anyone ?
Oh no, I'm humbragging again, aren't I ?
Ok I'll stop.
But yeah, that's pretty sad.
The only (most of them) happy moments are based of academics.

Well, that's a full midyear review of my new years resolution.
I'm quite satisfied with it.
And hopefully,
I can keep it up.
Its my first year doing new year resolutions.
So please make a good first impression.
Unlike most people who break their new years resolution
as soon as the new year begins at a party,
I'm quite serious in keeping mine safe and sound.

Oh and before I forget.
There's something I'd like to share.
No, its not a photo of me.

Open 2 Study.
For those who don't know what it is,
which is like....everyone...
Its a free e-learning program.
When I said program,
I don't mean software.
I mean an "event" of sort.
It's like an online university,
online not so advanced.
And the best part ?
It's FREEEE ~
I'm not sure if its accessible from Malaysia.
But I registered for a class already.
There are a few courses to choose from.
Its still new so don't expect too much.
I signed up for Astrology.
There are more I want to sign up for.
But I'm afraid it'll be too much for me.
Not that it'll matter or anything.
But if I pass a course,
as in I got 60% or above.
I get a free certificate....
Which I assume, I must print for myself.
But nevermind that.
The most important thing is learning right ?

How does it work ?
Well, you register for as many subjects as you want.
Attendence does not matter.
Everything will be online.
Each course takes 4 weeks.
One course will only take up around 1-2 hours (acording to the website)
per week.
All courses start on the 1st of July.
So if you're interested, register now.
And maybe we'll even be classmates.
For me,
its not so much about the knowledge or anything.
But I kinda wanna get a feel for open (online) learning.
How does it feel to go to an online college ?
Have you ever asked yourself that ?
Have you ever tried ?
Well, now's your chance.
Are you gonna grab it ?
I know I am.

Now let's talk about my exams.
As I said earlier,
it was a disaster.
Well, maybe not as bad as you might think it is.
But still,
I was really hindered by all this bad luck.
Let's talk a closer look, shall we ?


Thursday (English as an Additional Language/Dialect)

What a perfect way to start off the exams.
NOT !
English used to be a fun subject.
Well, at least an easy one.
The good ol' days when you could choose to write a story
instead of a boring essay.
Ahhh...good times.
(woah woah oh its always a good time)

Fun Fact : I did a Lightning fanfic for my SPM essay and actually passed ! RAITONINGU FTW

I was squeezing my tiny brain
to "critically analyse" my comprehension texts.
And my synthesis essay went totally out of balance.
And I went on an emotional roller coaster during my main essay.
Like how Madam Lucy calls it :
"I'm all over the place."
ARGHHHH !
I feel like that main female character from 那些年.
She suddenly got a tummy ache on her exam.
And I was feeling totally uncomfortable at the time.
My socks are all wet.
Because apparently my sexy blue (pirated) Converse shoes
weren't waterproof.
And I was SUPER HOT that I stripped (my jacket) in the middle of the exam.


Friday (Mathematics/ SPM Level Modern Maths + A bit of Add Maths)

I'm sure most of you have already heard about this on Facebook.
My calculator ran out of ****ing battery.
Well, it sounds pretty bad but actually it isn't.
I meant to clarify but
I'm too afraid of getting flamed on Facebook
and losing all my likes....so....

Back to my dilemma.
My graphic calculator is the one that ran out of battery.
The calculator that helps you draw graphs and solve simultaneous equations etc.
I was actually charging it via USB the WHOLE night.
But I didn't know that graphic calculators actually run on batteries...
Changeable batteries.
My mind was blown.

The good news is....
well, its pretty bad.
With a graphic calculator, I could double check my graphs to make sure its correct.
Oh well....
The GOOD news is....
I still have my scientific calculator.
#ProudToBeMalaysian
I think I was the only nerd to bring 2 calculators into the exam.
I like my scientific calculator better.
Its smaller.
The batteries DON'T run out.
And I'm sooo used to using it.
The buttons on my graphic calculator are SOOOOO hard.
And insensitive.
Its hard to input numbers rapidly.
So I guess I did OK OK.
But I'm sure my teacher would be disappointed in me.
Kinda got his hopes up high with my previous test score.
But that's OK.
I'll just keep trying, right ?
After all,
Maths was NEVER my specialty.


Monday (Chemistry)

Ok Chemistry should be fine.
I actually did a LOT of Chemistry on the weekends.
I was supposed to balance it out with some Physics.
But I found out how dumb I actually became
after taking a look at some of the past years.
So I spent my weekend working
entirely on Chemistry.
IT SHOULD BE ALRIGHT NOW.
Or was it ?

Nope. It was alright.
*Phew
Finally an exam I'm (partially) satisfied with.
But the more I thought about it,
the more I realise my mistakes.
I blame myself.
And also the adrenaline that was flowing through my veins
when I was doing the paper.
The truth is,
I've never felt this exhilarated before.
For the first time in my life.
I KNEW WHAT MY FISHING CHEMISTRY PAPER WAS TALKING ABOUT.
That moment when all the information just flows into your head.
.....and you decide to write the wrong info.
But that's OK.
Its over.
There's nothing I can change.
I know I know the answer.
And thats what matters, right ?
A decent exam !

On my way home,
I lost my Smartrider card.
FML.

In case you don't know.
Smartrider cards are cards.
Lol.
You put credit in and you can just scan it when you board a public transport.
You don't have to waste time purchasing a ticket
and build a long long line behind you.
Its fast and convenient.
For students,
we get a discount.
All rides will cost only $0.50
no matter the distance.
The usual price would be around a dollar plus.

So I lost my card.
And I freaked out.
I was listening to some epic music on my iPod.
Bus reached bus station.
I got off.
"Tagged" off.
Put card in pocket.
Walk.
Walk faster.
Stop.
Took out my phone.
Walk while talking on phone.
Ended call.
Checked pocket.
CARD IS GONE.
Ran back.
No card.
Ran around the station.
Nothing.
POOF*
Monday just got super eff-ed up.


Tuesday (Applied Information Technology)

I'm gonna fail the course that I like.
Someone shoot me.
My IT teacher isn't very helpful.
We have never done a "proper" class.
All we do are assignments and stuff.
There are NO textbooks.
No exercises.
Google is your textbook.
Bet'cha that sounds fun right ?
Its not.
I don't even know WHAT to Google.
And all my class had to work with was a copy a ONE past paper.
He didn't even tell us
we needed to bring colour pencils into the exam.
I found out by reading the WACE exam guide.

So this is what happened last week.
He gave us a digital copy of the 2011 IT paper.
And he explained that some of the content inside
has been omitted from our exam because we are having
our exams sooner this year
and thus,
we didn't have enough time to cover those other topics.
So he gave us a list of topics that will NOT come out,
and a list of topics that WILL come out.
I guess he wants us to Google and read up on those.
So we did.
Well, I did anyways.

Back to the exam.
We sat down.
Opened our papers.
And "Oh sh***"
It was an 75% exact replica of the past paper he gave us.
Naturally, we were all happy.
Until we saw the "Data Validation" question.
HE TOLD US IT WON'T BE IN THE TEST.
But I guess he's too lazy to remove it.
Thanks teach'.
So I did a paper in which they asked me questions that my teacher reassured me will not be asked.
great.
IT is great, isn't it ?

I'm kinda regretting taking IT now.
Not because its hard of anything.
But in all honesty,
I hate my IT teacher.
He works slow.
He never gives us work.
And he ALWAYS postpone every single assignment due date we have.
Just so that the other not so mature students can submit theirs.
What's the point of finishing your assignments in time
when you know your teacher is gonna postpone the date ?

I kinda lost it when he postponed our assessment date 2 weeks ago.
He said/promised it would be on a Wednesday.
And then we'd spend Friday going over the past paper.
But when Wednesday arrived,
all he did was walk around asking if anyone had any questions.
Well, it doesn't really matter because his explanations are a bit ridiculous
and not straightforward.

There was less than one hour left on the clock before class ended
so I decided to ask him whether we're still having the test.
And this was how the conversation went:

TK: Sir ?
Ray: Yes ?
TK: Are we still having our assessment today ?
Ray: Today ? No its on Friday.
TK: *twitched slightly. What ?
Ray: Its on Friday, isn't it ?
         Hold on, let me just check the online portal.
*2 minutes later
Ray: Oh right ! It is supposed to be today.
TK: *feeling accomplished
Ray: Class ! Who wants the assessment on Friday ?
Class: MEMEMEMMEMEMEMEMEMEMEEEE.....
Ray: OK ! Friday then.
TK: *irritated to the max

And that's how I ended up with THREE tests on Friday.
Thanks a lot, Ray.
I wasted Tuesday cramming for the IT test,
that I chose to neglect my Physics test.
In which my Physics teacher told me:

"Your score isn't really as high as I'd expected."

And a part of me died inside.
My teacher (PHYSICS NO LESS) believed in me and I failed himmm....
*stabs self
Now I'm really irritated.

I'm not really the kind to complain about my teachers.
You should see everyone else.
Jumping classes all the time.
Just because the system lets them.
Its kinda sad when I'm in class pulling off a poker face
when my teacher takes attendance
and he goes all:
"Oh haven't seen ***** in quite a while now."

And then a random student will say:
"Oh he switched classes.....
(because apparently you **** at teaching)"
But like I said.
I don't really hate them.
No offence to any previous teachers,
but they're MASSIVE improvements.
My IT teacher is the only one I hate am not happy with.

The worse part is
IT is considered an "easy" subject.
So I'll get scaled down compared to
other subjects like Physics
which gets scaled up.
So if I do mediocre in IT,
I'll most probably fail.
Maybe I should've taken something like Computer Science.
Oh wait,
that subject didn't run too.
Ughhhh....why is everyone only obsessed with
Physics, Chemistry and Biology ?
Wow, all the subjects I wanted to take at first
never made it to the final list...
No wonder public high schools are better.
Just sayin', not complainin'.


Wednesday (Physics)

Somehow,
they always save the hardest subject for last.
I wasn't really confident with this paper
because I used up my entire weekend studying Chemistry.
When everyone started writing,
I started wondering whether I'm supposed to use
a pencil or pen ?
I used pen for theory and
pencil for calculations for my Chemistry paper.
But almost everything in my Physics paper was calculations.
I looked around.
Can't distinguish whether they're using pens or pencils.
Curse Australia and their weird looking pencils.
ughhh.
After doing the first question in pencil,
I decided to switch to pen for the rest of the paper.
Needless to say,
to whole paper looked like a baby threw up on it.
I just hope my teacher can understand it.

Well, that was the worse part.
After that, I felt like a million dollars.
I guess I felt quite happy with myself.
For the first time in a long time,
I studied for an exam,
and I knew what the questions were asking for.
Now all that's left to do is wait for my papers to come back.
And hopefully,
get an ATAR prediction going.

Good news about Physics too.
I stopped falling asleep in class
ever since I blogged about my 'sleeping in class' problem.
I guess the first step to solving a problem
really is admitting it.
I bet Eric is really happy too.
Secretly...

Wow this is kinda a long post.
Well, just some photos for you guys before I end it.
You know.
A little reward,
for those who actually read through it all.
Or for those who were hardworking enough to keep scrolling down.

Book with a nice cover.

I was inspired to take a photo of it after my friend took a photo of another book.

I THINK its nice. Don't you ?

Of course, I'm not gonna read it.

My locker. 

At the end of the exam.

Its almost at max capacity.

Just goes to show how serious I am at studying now.

Haha. 

And I celebrated the end of my midsems by having some yummy desserts.

Strawberry dipped in melted chocolate.

Its actually my first time having this.

The "dark" chocolate doesn't taste dark enough.

And it solidified in like...15 minutes.

Well, it was good while it lasted.

Now HERE'S a sight to behold :

Ahhh yes. 

Chatime.

FINALLY !

A new branch actually opened in a suburb near mine.

So I decided to try it,

since I was around that area.

Its quite empty,

only 2 girls running the place.

One Asian and one Caucasian.

CAUCASIAN.

This is the first time I saw a Caucasian working in a bubble tea store.

I decided to try some Passionfruit Green Tea + Pearl.

It became a favourite of mine

ever since I watched that woman from Unfold.

It was OK.

She was a little stingy on the pearls.

But I enjoyed it.

Won't be having it so often,

because its EXPENSIVE.

RM15 for a single cup.

Lemon Meringue Tart.

I tried it yesterday.

Wow.

I'm really letting myself go aren't I ?

Oh well, I DESERVE IT.

And now I'm sick.

Toodles.

Listening to Kissin' You - Miranda Cosgrove

FREE AT LONG LAST,

TK

31. memories of school.

A vivid memory ?
I've got those.
I've got plenty of those.
Too many, in fact.
And today I have a new one.
But after some thought,
perhaps I shouldn't share that.
Something else came up !
An even better memory.
Something blog-worthy !
(hopefully)

The first day of school in Australia.
I was expecting it to be great and all.
I'm always a sucker for the first day of school.
Of course,
nothing ever plays according to how I imagined it to be.

On the first day,
a Monday,
I took bus 404 to school.
My first class starts at 9.30am.
But I arrived at 8.
That's how excited I was.
I was bored.
There wasn't anything for me to do.
So I went to check out the computer room
which is where I should be picking up my free Macbook.
My orientation teacher said it wasn't this week,
but next week
But my insecurities grew when there were also other students waiting.
I was unsure whether to wait or go.
So I headed down to the main office real quick.
Dropped all the bookmarks in my file while walking there.
Picked everything up hastily.
And asked the front counter about my Macbook session.
She confirmed that I should be there at about now.
So I rushed back to the classroom and
waited outside with the other students.
A teacher suddenly came out,
and she told us it was next week.
False alert.

I had almost an hour before my first class,
Maths.
So I decided to go to the only place on campus that was 'entertaining'.
The Library.
Luckily, my new library had a tertiary education corner.
I browsed around.
Did a little reading on a guide for International Students.

When it was 9.20a.m,
I placed the book back on its rack and
made my way to my Maths class.
I waited outside along with other strangers.
Initially, there was one.
And I was unsure if he was in my class.
Are we suppose to wait outside the classroom ?
Or are we suppose to go in and wait for the teacher ?
I was unsure.
So I took a little tour around my new classroom.
Before making my way out and waiting.
To my delight,
my Maths teacher is a woman.
To my not-so delight,
she was merely a substitute teacher.
Filling in, while my REAL Maths teacher was gone.
She gave us a little practice sheet.
It was basic algebra.
Piece of cake.
I managed to hog a table at the left most front.
The table connected to mine was empty.
When I took a look back,
my heart sank.
I was the only person in the room,
without someone sitting beside him/her.

Depressed, I made my way to the cafeteria.
I sat down alone.
Took out my Uncle Toby's bar.
Finished it.
And went out.
This was embarrassing.
It was humiliating.
I hurried to the library.
It was only the first day of school,
so the library was fairly empty.
And they had a special corner full of study carrels.
I took a seat.
Opened up my unfinished algebra sheet.
And erased all of my troubled thoughts.

Around noon,
I walked to the far east of the campus.
To the physical science block,
where my Chemistry class was taking place.
Again,
we waited outside.
Me and strangers.
Earphones plugged in.
Then the doors opened.

My chemistry teacher was a tall man.
Male pattern baldness was not nice to him.
I failed to secure a seat on the front row.
So, I settled for the second place place,
second row !
Each row was like a long counter.
With a basin in the middle and
gas pipes on each side.
The chairs provided were small and tall.
Kinda like those you would expect at bars.
Only less fancy.
Well, at least they had back support.
Unlike the lab chairs at my old school.

The teacher introduced himself,
and believe me,
he was scary.
He's like an Aussie version of Mr Goh.
Well, maybe not that scary.
But still pretty scary by Aussie standards.
He is loud.
That one thing I can be sure of.
After class ended,
I went to him and asked about my calculator.
Whether it was qualified to be brought into exams.
He reassured me in a very....loud and...benighted manner.
I left.
And I made my way to the cafeteria for lunch.
But you know what ?
Screw it.
I turned and headed for the library.
I had no homework.
I just wanted to escape.

I did some reading from my previous Chemistry class.
My phone was my only companion.
"Thank God I downloaded new songs yesterday"
was what I thought to myself.
One song in particular made me tear up.
It was lunch time.
No one was at the library.
The study carrel was blocking me from sight.
So I just let it all out.
It wasn't much.
But the feeling was liberating.

With a gloomy expression, I made my way to Physics.
Once again, located at the physical science block.
My Physics teacher was also an old man.
He was shorter and, to an extent, "cuter"
than my Chemistry teacher.
He spent most of the lesson introducing new things to us.
Both about the college and Physics.
I once again managed to grab a seat on the front row.
His friendly attitude lifted my mood a little.
I left Physics with a more positive mindset.
Next was English.

Lessons were consecutive,
and by the time I had reached my English class,
the lesson has already began.
Or not.
But everyone was already there.
Oddly enough, it was very dark.
I couldn't see all my fellow classmates properly.
I got a second row seat.
Once again, sitting alone.
I missed the teacher's introduction unfortunately.
She discussed about our course outline a little.
Time passed and it was time for IT.

This was the first time that I took IT.
So my mood slowly getting lifted up.
Our IT class took place in a computer lab,
so everyone had a computer.
But it was quite crammed,
so I had to sit next to someone.
Surprisingly, the Asian girl from my English class,
which I only managed to get a glimpse of due to the poorly-lit room,
was also in IT.
And I was sitting next to her.
My teacher, like any other teacher, introduced himself.
We didn't do much.
But I managed to observe this Asian girl's behaviour.
At least she laughed at some of jokes our teacher made.
'Ok. She's approachable.' I told myself.
But not yet.
I had to wait for the right moment.
I tried to keep a stoic expression for the entire duration of the class.
And finally, at 4.30pm,
my first day of school has ended.
I hung around the library.
Doing monkey business.
I reflected on the day.
I was so optimistic the night before.
But now,
I feel defeated.
I sit in my carrel.
Which has become my only 'home'.
That was my spot.
I sat there everytime I went to the library.
No one seemed to like that spot.
Probably because of all the eraser shavings that I always leave on the carrel.

I idled until around 5.
Then I slowly made my way to the bus stop.
I got on the bus.
I got back to the bus station.
I went home.
My iPod had arrived.
The iPod which I raved about for weeks.
The hype just disappeared.
The iPod proceeded to lay around my table for months without any songs in it.
The wheel of life has stopped spinning.


And with this, the OVA has ended.
I really hope there is at least one entry in this OVA
that you enjoyed reading.
Stay tuned for Season 14,
which will see it's debut in around a fortnight.
I have an exam to focus on in the meantime.



Listening to People Help The People - Cherry Ghost

Trying hard.

TK