so des neh
Well i was just thinking of a title, and kinda decided that this would be a nice title. I don't even know if i'm spelling it right, but I think u guys know what i mean by the title.
On a side note, i realised that blogger doesn't host bitmaps, which is why i couldn't load a smaller corvette, causing my tagboard to be relegated to the bottom of my blog. Anyway i realised it and thus converted it to a JPG file, so now we have a small corvette and my tagboard's back to the top yay!
Also wanted to talk abit about my change of song. Well the last one used to be the Portuguese love theme from Love Actually, this one is Turn Me On by Norah Jones, also from the movie soundtrack. Its pretty good really, was debating between using more instrumental themes, Songbird by Eva Cassidy, Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears For Fears, and this. Well i guess Norah Jones is... kinda talking to me right now so i'll just leave it there for a week more.
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Now to the meat of the post. I've been battling with my books since secondary school, cos primary school was relatively easy, and since then i've always had some problem excelling in the examination system. Maybe its my approach, maybe its my habits, but i've really never been able to do the SIngaporean BrEtHren CHAO MUGger (SiBeh ChaoMug) Last Minute Chiong that you see most ppl in the JC system practicing religiously upon the arrival of the examinations. As such, i should probably excel better in the US system where its consistency in work that counts. However, it cannot be denied that the large percentage given to the final examination still manages to pull my result down. So how should i tackle this problem?
So it seems maybe I'm of the impression that as long as u hand in all work you're good to go. Well in RJ they gave so many tutorials that if you did finish all of them before class, you were probably good to go cos you'd require more than one day if you had problems with the tutorial. However here things kinda work a little different. Seems that the Professor's whim and fancy could play a big part of your score too. So to counter that, i'd have to mug the damn textbook for whatever subject concerned, so that i know everything he could possibly test on. Except that for my ConWest class, i've got 11 books.
I've got 2 weeks of midterms:
this week, one on thursday and one on friday,
next week, one on wednesday and one on thursday.
Initially i thought: I must put on my mugging shoes and lucky cap.
But then that didn't make a difference to my pre-exam lethargy that just crept up over me in the past week. I knew i had to change gear, step on the accelerator and burn more oil. But when i tried to burn more oil, i realised that i hadn't changed gear at all. So i ended up over-revving on first gear.
And then, i thought: Wa lao, damn sian la i floor the accelerator already the Proton Saga also faster than me... Wassup man...
So i looked around me to reorientate myself. Saw that my stick shift had 5 numbers plus N and R.
And then, i thought: Eh. i thought i was driving an automatic car. end up it was actually a manual.
So i tried to look for my clutch to change gear. but everytime i try to speedup, i panic with the gear changing process cos i scared i cannot make the transition. then end up kena engine stall. Worse.
And then, i thought: Eh. What sial.. The car got 4 corners, and you're in one of them. Driving not meant to be gan cheong one... Must learn to relak one corner abit, then ur driving sure more smooth. Later u worry this worry that, you lose sight of the big picture, you forget how to drive. Too excited, confirm speed too fast then kena by Mata halfway. then also worse. Must consistent... Steady steady pom pi pi sure can one.
So i tried to start driving again. But damn slow la, cos i 2 1/2 years never drive liao. Spent that time walking from place to place, running from place to place, smelling random trees and chinup bars, and basically exercising everything except your own free will. But it did make sense wat... If you were driving, and u received orders to "knock it down", u sure become driving hazard wat. End up i was looking here looking there, cannot speed up cos not used to driving conditions. Now in US left hand drive somemore.
And then, i thought: Eh brudder, you just need some practice la, got time must drive around at night so that you get enuf practice. And when u drive, think as if you've done this before, and its second nature to you. Imagine that you're just a fraction of Schumacher.
So i resolved not to play mahjong and related activities too much at night cos i had to learn how to drive.
And then, it dawned on me: Zhainess is not something u wish for, but something you believe in, and then something u make happen.
And so i'm gonna make it happen.
On a side note, i realised that blogger doesn't host bitmaps, which is why i couldn't load a smaller corvette, causing my tagboard to be relegated to the bottom of my blog. Anyway i realised it and thus converted it to a JPG file, so now we have a small corvette and my tagboard's back to the top yay!
Also wanted to talk abit about my change of song. Well the last one used to be the Portuguese love theme from Love Actually, this one is Turn Me On by Norah Jones, also from the movie soundtrack. Its pretty good really, was debating between using more instrumental themes, Songbird by Eva Cassidy, Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears For Fears, and this. Well i guess Norah Jones is... kinda talking to me right now so i'll just leave it there for a week more.
------------------------------------------------
Now to the meat of the post. I've been battling with my books since secondary school, cos primary school was relatively easy, and since then i've always had some problem excelling in the examination system. Maybe its my approach, maybe its my habits, but i've really never been able to do the SIngaporean BrEtHren CHAO MUGger (SiBeh ChaoMug) Last Minute Chiong that you see most ppl in the JC system practicing religiously upon the arrival of the examinations. As such, i should probably excel better in the US system where its consistency in work that counts. However, it cannot be denied that the large percentage given to the final examination still manages to pull my result down. So how should i tackle this problem?
So it seems maybe I'm of the impression that as long as u hand in all work you're good to go. Well in RJ they gave so many tutorials that if you did finish all of them before class, you were probably good to go cos you'd require more than one day if you had problems with the tutorial. However here things kinda work a little different. Seems that the Professor's whim and fancy could play a big part of your score too. So to counter that, i'd have to mug the damn textbook for whatever subject concerned, so that i know everything he could possibly test on. Except that for my ConWest class, i've got 11 books.
I've got 2 weeks of midterms:
this week, one on thursday and one on friday,
next week, one on wednesday and one on thursday.
Initially i thought: I must put on my mugging shoes and lucky cap.
But then that didn't make a difference to my pre-exam lethargy that just crept up over me in the past week. I knew i had to change gear, step on the accelerator and burn more oil. But when i tried to burn more oil, i realised that i hadn't changed gear at all. So i ended up over-revving on first gear.
And then, i thought: Wa lao, damn sian la i floor the accelerator already the Proton Saga also faster than me... Wassup man...
So i looked around me to reorientate myself. Saw that my stick shift had 5 numbers plus N and R.
And then, i thought: Eh. i thought i was driving an automatic car. end up it was actually a manual.
So i tried to look for my clutch to change gear. but everytime i try to speedup, i panic with the gear changing process cos i scared i cannot make the transition. then end up kena engine stall. Worse.
And then, i thought: Eh. What sial.. The car got 4 corners, and you're in one of them. Driving not meant to be gan cheong one... Must learn to relak one corner abit, then ur driving sure more smooth. Later u worry this worry that, you lose sight of the big picture, you forget how to drive. Too excited, confirm speed too fast then kena by Mata halfway. then also worse. Must consistent... Steady steady pom pi pi sure can one.
So i tried to start driving again. But damn slow la, cos i 2 1/2 years never drive liao. Spent that time walking from place to place, running from place to place, smelling random trees and chinup bars, and basically exercising everything except your own free will. But it did make sense wat... If you were driving, and u received orders to "knock it down", u sure become driving hazard wat. End up i was looking here looking there, cannot speed up cos not used to driving conditions. Now in US left hand drive somemore.
And then, i thought: Eh brudder, you just need some practice la, got time must drive around at night so that you get enuf practice. And when u drive, think as if you've done this before, and its second nature to you. Imagine that you're just a fraction of Schumacher.
So i resolved not to play mahjong and related activities too much at night cos i had to learn how to drive.
And then, it dawned on me: Zhainess is not something u wish for, but something you believe in, and then something u make happen.
And so i'm gonna make it happen.
posted by Kinfoong at 2:20 PM
2 Comments:
I've said this before and I'll say it again. In order to score and still have a social life, you have to find out from your professor and TAs what to focus on. Some profs can make you buy lots of books and not test a single thing from there. Ask if the proportion of lecture material and textbook/other book material is 50-50 of 100-0 of 70-30. Ask for help on what to emphasize. Most of the the time, the most important thing is what the prof and TAs talk about in class. They will set questions mostly on what they taught, which is what they think is important. Ask them again and again for every test.
i know.
im just saying only.
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