Losing Momentum (-mv)

I'm definitely getting slacker by the days. A typical day when i'm at home will be spent watching tv, surfing internet, reading newspapers and finally studying (excluding eating and sleeping). Last 3 papers to go, hopefully i can force my increasingly lazy brain to store all the information.

My insatiable greed for gadgets has got to me again. Been checking the internet for reviews of some digital cameras i'm interested in since i had already unofficially given my Minolta Xt to my sis. Really like the Casio Exilim series especially S500. However, the colours for the digicam are only orange, white and gray. Would choose black, silver or blue over any of the 3 colours anytime. The price is also unattractively high. I just hope i don't get too extravagant after the exam period, although i predict i would.

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A movie right smack in the exam period

Went out with Derrick and Edwin today to watch The Exorcism of Emily Rose. I have to say that it's one of the better hollywood 'horror' movies, although the show is actually a combination of horror, religion and courtroom thriller and it is not only about demons and spirits. The courtroom drama is as intense as the exorcism itself with the fiery prosecutor and the determined defence lawyer. The story of Emily Rose is immersely engaging as well as we see the deteoriation of her mental and physical health after her unfortunate encounter with demons. Emily transforms from a pious and well-behaved girl to a bug-eating, body contorting, tongues-speaking, violent, possessed "thing". And it is based on a true story!

Laura Linney does a great job as the defence lawyer confronted with her morality although she had been harassed by forces of the unknown. It is a disturbing film that will make you rethink the existence of dark forces, unless you are already a believer.

Read this article for the real story of "Emily Rose" whose real name is Anneliese Michel. Click here for the real story! The movie doesn't deviate much from the true story other than the verdict.

After the movie, we had dinner at a food court before walking around window shopping. Hadn't been to orchard for some time and there are really lots of christmas decorations outside shopping centres and orchard road. Took a few pictures with the giant christmas tree outside Paragon before heading back home.

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Hectic Day (but worth it)

Went to NUS in the morning to study with Daryl and Ks. It was a bit hard to get into the study momentum as 3 people studying is quite a crowd. Couldn't stop chatting with Daryl as i haven't seen him for quite a long time. Nevertheless, we forced ourselves to study for about 2/3 of the time in the library. After the study session, i went for my grandfather's birthday celebration at a West Coast restaurant with my sis on her bf's van. I was sitting at the back and it was incredibly rocky. Was quite nauseous by the time i reached the restaurant.

After waiting for about 1 hour for all the latecomers including my parents, we finally started our seafood dinner. The food was quite good but it came at a high price as well. We then celebrated my grandfather's birthday after the dinner.

Next up was supper at Bukit Timah with Edwin and Gs. Coincidentally, i saw Sgt Tiko and Zong Wei having supper there as well. I was already very full and i just ordered a drink. We had a long chat until about 1 am as we were deprived of our regular jc outings since october when the exam fever kicked in.

I'll be taking a break tomorrow for a movie outing. Been a looong time since i've watched one (according to my standards). :)

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I didn't do well for my physics exam at all. Every friend that i discussed the paper with, i discovered new mistakes each question. The questions that they set were not "exam-friendly" at all. Firstly, they told us to draw graphs that were not drawn during the tutorials. After that was an abstract question which relied more on maths technique than physics. Not only that, my carelessness cost me half of one whole question and a part of another. Some of the questions i anyhow "tikam" to fill in the blanks. It's really demoralising that after 5 days of studying, the numerous questions i had prepared did not come out and those that came out tested strong concepts and brains. I'll be darn glad if i just got a B for physics. I guess the effort that i put in for the preparation will not be rewarded with a good grade.

The perils of an open-book exam. Why can't they make it a closed book exam and set those normal questions? It's just not very fair to make us do a question that wasn't taught previously. A warning for people with open-book exams, BEWARE OF THE UNKNOWN. What to do? Anyway the exam is over and i'll just pray........

and pray....

but i still cannot get over it leh, maybe tomorrow i'll stop thinking about this heartache paper. Sigh.............

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NUS once again

Went back to NUS today to study with Ks and coincidentally met David who was also revising his stuff at Science Faculty Library. Been a long time since i saw him and we had a chat for some time before hitting the books. I can't wait for the exams to end so that i can meet up with some of my friends that i haven't seen for some time. We studied until 9.45 pm as the librarian had "chased" us out by broadcasting some loud oldie folkie kind of music after the announcement that the library will be closing in 15 minutes time. It's really effective as many people left either bothered by the loud music or unable to concentrate on revising anymore. Clever.

Ok, no more blogging the next 2 days. I'll have to concentrate on revising physics.

Countdown til end of exams: 18 days

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KAP is a study hotspot

Been studying outside the past 2 days, yesterday i was at NUS while today i was at King Albert Park MacDonalds. The study area in NUS is bigger compared to NTU which has only 1 big library and some smaller ones. Also, NUS libaries are not as packed as NTU, which has a big crowd at the entrance of Lee Wee Nam Library every morning when it opens. NUS libraries are thus more quiet in comparison. Combined with the fact that i woke up early, i dozed off more than 15 times throughout my whole studying period with Ks in science faculty library. Felt more awake from 3 pm onwards though. Both of us then met up with Jianyu later at night as he had stayed in hall to prepare for the exams.

My study destination today was closer to home with only around 5 bus stops away. Met up with Gs to study physics together. It was rather crowded inside as it's a weekend and we headed outside for alfresco studying. There were a few periods we had to endure some smoke from a few smokers beside our table. After studying until near evening time, the umbrella shades was proven ineffective due to the angle of the sunshine and we were back inside the fast food restaurant where almost every table had either textbooks, notes or other forms of paper. Didn't know so many people frequented KAP to study. The advertisements from the speakers plus some children having some kiddie activities at the children's corner were quite distracting though. Kept on hearing "Pa la pap pa la, i'm loving it" while i'm sick of hearing it. The Chicken Little tune also couldn't get out of my head as the infectious tune combines non-english words "noma noma nomayay, my la hee..." with a techno beat to it.

We then walked over to the stretch of restaurants/kopitiam opposite Beauty World to have our dinner before going back home. 3 more days left to study for my physics exam. I'll have to put more effort in it as it's my weaker subject. I'm ok with maths, econs and everything else except physics.

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Slacker me

Feeling much better after taking a breather during my 22 day exam period. I'm back to lazing around watching tv, surfing net, playing pool and games on my handphone. Going NUS tml to study with Ks. Going to start studying real soon, but at least i got real people to complain to when i'm studying rite? Ha... My 1 week of sickness is coming to an end as well. :)

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Studying is seriously bad for health!

I haven't blogged in weeks! Not much time for blogging recently with the workload and the revision. 2 of my exams are over as of today! 4 more to go... Felt that i did ok but could have been better.

I've changed. I'm no longer the slacker but more like a bookworm. Sucks! Everything i do now is against my will. I think the only subject which i liked in the past was geography and nothing else. Still got 4 exams which i haven't really touched on yet. The next exam i'm having is on 10 Nov and i'm planning to relax these few days. My exam schedule is quite spread out and there are at least 3 days to study for each exam.

I guess too much studying has made me more grouchy. Studied together with Anthony last thursday from late afternoon til 6 am in the morning. Got a sore throat after 1 day which developed into flu and cough. Felt really bad yesterday from all the symptoms but the clinics were mostly not open as it was Deepavali. So i had to endure my illness til today as i was coughing and sneezing through half of the exams.

The last time i had an exam was during the A-Levels which was around 3 years ago. I'll be having at least 10 exams for the whole of next year. Excuse my pessimism but university has sucked my life away. Unlike JC and secondary school where everything is not counted until the final hurdle which is the Os and As, university makes sure we have continuous learning throughout the semester by the numerous tests and assessments. Well, i have my time management to blame for as well.

Went to NTU medical centre after my dual exams and the fee is really cheap at only $8.50. I need a break to recuperate indeed.

PS: Don't worry about me, i'll be back to normal after the exams (i hope?)

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