Reflections of the first week of the holiday

okay..first week of the holidays was the start of a busy holiday...

1. CO

• what more to expect other than holiday practice schedules

• honestly i must say it is not really the many holiday practices that kills

• but rather it is the rapid changes that have to be made to sectional practices
• Combined practice schedules are only confirm after one combine practice
• So as usual sectional practices will have to give way to the combined one
• Now the problem is...CLASH!!!
• Combine practice clashes with the sectional practice
• our fixed practice schedule for the sectional practice will have to be change..
• what a waste of effort for our trainer..

• So learning point to my ex-cos is
• plan ahead of every practice so to make sure none clashes with the timing of sectional practices

• one good point i must say is..
• that luckily Jason informed me in advance so that I can make the changes in schedule...
• and discuss the changes with my trainer..
• so currently the schedule is:

弹拨组假期练习时间表

Date	Time	Instrument
28/10/08	1.30pm - 5.30pm	中/大阮 ，柳琴
29/10/08	9.00am – 1.00pm	琵琶 ，古筝
Postponed & Not Confirmed	10.00am - 12.00pm 12.00pm – 2.00pm	琵琶 ，古筝 中/大阮 ，柳琴
3/11/08	3.30pm – 6.30pm	全体（弹拨）
10/11/08	3.30pm – 6.30pm	全体（弹拨）
14/11/08	9.30am – 1.30pm	琵琶 ，古筝
28/11/08	9.30am – 1.30pm	全体（弹拨）
1/12/08	1.30pm - 5.30pm	中/大阮 ，柳琴
3/12/08	9.30am – 1.30pm	琵琶 ，古筝
5/12/08	9.00am – 1.00pm	全体（弹拨）
9/12/08	9.30am – 1.30pm	中/大阮 ，柳琴
11/12/08	9.30am – 1.30pm	琵琶 ，古筝

2. Upcoming Music School Performance

• For this there's not much of a problem since I more or less got the hang of it..
• yea..for those who dun know, i'm performing on the 23/11
• it will be held at verve music school AMK branch
• so those who wants to come can see me for more details
• admission is free!!

• anyway I'm just worried about whether I can find time to rehearse with my singers
• I'll be playing the song 'Beauty And The Beast'
• So, I 'll have to find time for rehearsal through this hectic schedule
• and find time to perfect it..
• wish me luck for the performance as I face the music

3. Qualifying for Physics

• well, most of my Sec3 friends would know i flunked physics
• so i hope that i will be able to take physics next year
• in order to do so...i will need to pass the qualifying test as mentioned in my last post
• so i will have to study HARD for physics and cope with my other subjects in Sec4..
• So, i'll have to start now b4 it's too late

4. Holiday Homework

• okay, this is actually nothing to worry much about
• I have like 2 months to complete them
• i'm just worried that I might take advantage of the 2 months and neglect my task
• So, I will make it a point to do homework everyday when i'm free

so, for now..i guess that ends my posts for today..hopefully i will be able to fulfill my holiday task and be ready for Sec4 for next year...

THE Os ARE COMING....

School Ends, Holiday Starts

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So, I'm sure everyone is looking forward to the holidays...

Well, my class still have a Chemistry Remedial on Friday at 9.30, so after that we can all relax for a while b4 starting to prepare for the Sec4 year.

Well, I'm receiving my report book tmr..so..yea..do pray hard that i can be promoted to sec4 especially physics, I was 'coordinately invited' to a physics remedial on the note stated:

• Bring your 5-year Series
• 3-6: Thursday, 30 October, 10am to 12pm
• Consultation Hours: Monday, 3 November, 2pm to 4pm
• Mock Qualifying Test Tuesday, 11 November, 10am to 12pm
• Physics Qualifying Test : 1st week of term 1 in 2009
• Those who fail will have to drop Physics or Convert to Combined Science

So..

Possibilities Next Year	Probability
Expelled	1%
Going Combined Science	19%
Drop Physics	20%
Stay on as Double Science	60%

So yea..I hope to continue as a double science student so that it won't be too troublesome to adapt to a new class totally..or adapt to a new system..

after all it's the same wether you drop Physics or get in to combined...you study one Science

well, heard that we'll be going to Science Center I think tmr...yea...after we get our report books.

It is also the last day of school so must clear lockers & desk, clean classroom as usual and of course arrange the tables and chairs which we would have already done so..

Someday during the holiday I will blog again, may not be in this style of writing, and may not be the same blogskin as you see: Bass Addiction. Planning to source for a new one..or otherwise improve on the same blogskin

Till then, I wish all my readers a fruitful and enjoyable holiday

All Tan Bo members please take note...

Note: this schedule will not be updated from the 4-13 Dec

Sectional

弹拨组假期练习时间表

Date	Time	Instrument
28/10/08	1.30pm - 5.30pm	中/大阮 ，柳琴
29/10/08	9.00am – 1.00pm	琵琶 ，古筝
3/11/08	3.30pm – 6.30pm	全体（弹拨）
10/11/08	3.30pm – 6.30pm	全体（弹拨）
14/11/08	10.00am - 12.00pm 12.00pm – 2.00pm	中/大阮 ，柳琴 琵琶 ，古筝
24/11/08	4.30pm – 6.30pm	全体（弹拨）
1/12/08	1.30pm - 5.30pm	中/大阮 ，柳琴
3/12/08	9.30am – 1.30pm	琵琶 ，古筝
5/12/08	9.00am – 1.00pm	全体（弹拨）
9/12/08	9.30am – 1.30pm	中/大阮 ，柳琴
11/12/08	9.30am – 1.30pm	琵琶 ，古筝

大组时间表

Combined

Date	Time
12/11/2008	1:00pm - 4:00pm
19/11/2008	3:00pm - 6:00pm
21/11/2008	3:00pm - 6:00pm
28/11/2008	10.00am - 2.00pm
27/11/2008	3.00pm - 6.00pm
4/12/2008	10.00am - 1.00pm
5/12/2008	10.00am - 1.00pm
19/12/2008	10.00am - 1.00pm
2/01/2009	3:00pm - 7:00pm

Updated as of 27/11/08

Script Check

Looking at the way many ppl has shared their disappointment on the result they get, it really was quite worrying for me..people who are academically better than me in every way all seems to be breaking down from their EOY results..

So if they say that messed up the examinations, I would have wrecked the papers BIG TIME..

Well, things are not as bad as I expect to be, I thought I would fail all or rather most of the papers that were mainly more difficult as mentioned in my previous post. Quite surprised I manage to barely passed it.

Still, it STILL DID NOT reach MY EXPECTATIONS of 15 points!!!

there goes the agreement on a new bike...yea..I made a deal with my mom that if I scored 15> points for my FYE aggregate score this year..but I guess all is lost for the wish of a new bike or even to get the bike repaired...but that's not the main thing. To me, it was more of a bonus and a motivation to score 15 points and below...

Now from what I have heard and seen from my papers and my friends about the script check I missed yesterday..one thing's for sure...I have managed to pass at least 3 subjects..leaving the my geography elective and music pure(Mr. Heng told me that he might not conduct a script check if he can't find time)...

So moving on...things will have to change..somehow change. it won't be easy to make that change. Turning officially into a full-time mugger does not feels right for me as I feel that I should be mentally prepared anytime even when the exams comes...sigh..

Alright, to all my schoolmates out there.."Accept the Things that can't be changed, and Change the Things that we can change" we might not be able to change the final grades of the EOYs, but we can definitely change our studying methods and attitudes towards studying...

Little Achievements

Ah...finally no more chinese intensive programme though a test will be conducted...no more examinations till nxt year...well, today was supposely script check but I'm on MC today...can't wait to get my first 3 papers and the another 3 back tmr.

I feel like bringing just my pencil box and file to school for the next few days since all I need is a pencil and something to keep my papers...but then again I guess a bag is still ideal.

This two days I finally get to do something ON MY OWN, which yea...was pretty much disatisfied becuz I made lots of small mistakes which were aviodable. Such as saying too many details about the problems in my phone and expecting one day for my sickness to be gone...

Well, some of you might have noticed I am now using a crappy looking Nokia 6020 (i dunno if anyone can recognise). My phone was sent for repair as it kept turning randomly wether it is playing music or juz simply doing nothing, NOTHING at all. So, things were going quite my way since me and my bro didn't have to wait 2 hours & 45 minuets like the last time in Nokia's customer service for phone to be registered. After all its Sony Erricson now, gone were the days our family used Nokia handphones with the exception of me currently since I need a phone.

Well, within 15 minuets I found myself sitting in front of a saleswomen asking, "How may I help you?" And so, i began telling her about the problem i faced using my phone like the USB and headphones output was loose and the phone kept shutting down on its own.. and here's how i made the mistake:

Normally, you would say "my phone kept turning off by its own."

well, due to my 'extra' nature I would say, "My phone keeps turning off like when I play music, Is there a auto shutdown fuction installed in my phone? "

and because of my question in yellow font, I got myself embarassed. and becuz of the extra part in green and for my impulsiveness when I did not read through the invoice b4 signing it...the staff typed the first problem in the invoice as, "Phones turns of when listening to music"...which was definately wrong since it this happens all the time.

This time round I was lucky that we managed to edit the invoice shortly after I left..which was really a "Thank you Lord" for me.. Also, after this event...I think its time I start thinking for an offical signature for future use in case I have to sign another invoice.

well, another achievement today, visting the doctor alone...yea i'm received an MC today from the doctor due to very bad flu...the nuisance virus that mutates annunally. Well the first thing we all do..visit the doctor. As usual I headed to the clinic, only this time, i do it alone...honestly today is the first time I ever visited a doctor alone..it's a embarassing thing I guess since I bet many other would have visited the doctors at an earlier age.

Well, everything was pretty much the same except that now I had to register my name on my own, and of course the clinic changed its air-conditioner from a National to a Panasonic...but that's not the point. Well, waited for quite a while for the doctor...luckily i brought my handphone to entertain myelf for the time being.

I was so engrossed in my game that I did not realise it was my turns untill the second call of my name..so, I reluctantly walked to the door, knocked and open. There was the same doctor as usual writing notes and using his computer before he greeted me..

As usual, becuz i was 'extra' i asked the doctor for guidelines on how to start since it was my first time. never did i expect the doctor mistaken me for my elder brother.

He replied," I thought you came alone the last time. You even talked about the air-con..."

At first I tried recalling when I went alone and talked about the air-con becuase though I have some knowledge on air-cons, but I wouldn't dare to talk about air-conditioners and their problems like my brother does.

Later he flip to the cover page of my medical log and realised that I was the younger one..he told me that we both looked too alike nowadays and that I seem to be taller than my bro..well, I was a little fluttered and a little surprise. Many of my friends said that we din't look alike due to our large age gap of 11 years. Well, I guess times have changed as people mature and adapt to changes.

And so after the checking of the thorat and heart-beat I collected my medicine. Well, indeed this two different crisis or rather situation were sure little achivements and stepping stones in life that sometimes needs some reflections to realise them..Well, I'm glad I managed to..it's all written in this post.

Now that its nearing the holidays, perhaps we could all share our plans for the holidays and our expectations of next year in advance.

Exams....

Exams...exams..exams, when will the reason for not blogging be something else rather than the exams..well, as usual...i won't hav to elaborate on that topic...

basically this year's exam was both equally easy and yet hard. Indeed, it was like 1&1/2 week long for me and just one day shorter for those not taking lits, music , art and PE as a subject. but one thing is for sure...

EXAMS ARE OVER!!!!!!!!

well, yea..no more countdown for once...lol

so basically this was how I felt when i took this FYE papers...

Day	Subject(s)	Level of DIFFICULTY
Monday (29/9)	English Language 1	Moderate
	Geography(Elective)	Moderate
Tuesday (30/9)	English Language 2	Moderate
	Physics	Moderate
Thursday (2/10)	Chinese 1	Hard
	Social Studies	Hard
Friday (3/10)	Chinese 2	Easy
	Additional Mathematics	Easy
Monday (6/10)	Chemistry	Easy
Tuesday (7/10)	Elementary Mathematics	Hard
Wednesday (8/10)	Music	Moderate

the result above may not be accurate as it is a bias source...

so I was practically busy the whole of those days, having examinations everyday except for Wednesday which was...THANK GOD...a chance to catch up with my mugging schedule

However, I still have lots more to go...a smaller component of my music which is the "music practical"...on SATURDAY...first time i have exams on weekends, plus it could clash with my piano lesson..so I end up being the first candidate to perform..sigh...no time to rest yet, must clear this practical then I can relax...sigh I starting to miss my lower secondary dayzzz...

but no worries, I guess there's always a time to rest..at least the burden of FYE is gone and I still have a marking day for me to hibernate...yea your eyes aren't lying HIBERNATE for good..so till then, we I come across important events...will do my best to keep this blog updated as much as my ability can do...