Blah. I have to take GAT. Waaah.

Hi friends,

Well yeah this is the day I have been waiting for since 2 months ago. It's the last day of school. But I guess I am not too enthusiastic, and I have no idea why. Never mind, at least I got to slack today. :)

Firstly I have gotten back my results, and I don't really want to let you all know my overall score upon 500, but anyway its 390.3/500 (what I remember, too lazy to check the book). GAH. And my percentage is 78.5, which means that I have to take the GAT when I apply for DSA. AND THAT SUCKS. I will be applying to 3 schools and well, that's the test 3 times. A lot of stuff pulled me back from reaching that beloved 80. Oh well, I absolutely abhor Term 1 (all subj) and Term 2(chinese + HCL). They seem to enjoy dunking my head into the toilet bowl...maybe it's their hobby. I want to make sure that kicking the poop out of their butts will be my next hobby. RoAr. :D

Okay so now I have set out the people that I REALLY, REALLY want to win for the following subjects next term. No offence if your name's there, it's just my personal target. It's an acknowledgment that you're REALLY, REALLY good, enough to earn a distinction's worth of sunglasses on my rock-o-meter. So I want to win you. :P

English - Jonathan, Daniel, Stephanie, Minyi - you guys are REALLY, REALLY pro.
Maths - No target person so far...maybe Jiale or Evelyn or Xin Ying. I don't normally set target people for Maths because I have no idea who to set as my target. But I do hope to get an 82 or 83, I've got enough of the 60s and 70s. :)
Science - No target person too. I don't know...I would like something above 85. A lofty ambition but I...well, I don't know.
Chinese/HCL - Hmm. I have dropped a lot but I certainly believe I can do better so I hope that I can reach somewhere near Mingrou. Which is very high. Shermaine and Zhe Xuan are too pro for me to reach...

So well, that's the results. But I don't want the blog post to be so short so I want to post something that is sort of lame and dumb but relevant to secondary schools.

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That was utterly lame, I know. But I guess a bit of lameness here and there is fun. :)

Happy Hols, don't forget to apply to Spammers Sec Sch!

Cheers
Grapesgirl

OOH. Open house. Results. LALALA.

Hi friends,

Well the nail biting stuff is all over and I have gotten back my results. Wow. Ah. It's...good and bad all at the same time. Do you know that weird feeling when you are standing in between rafflesias and violets and it all smells lovely and crappy at the same time? Just like that, but a lot worse. I shall reveal the Rafflesias first followed by the violets (only paper 2)so that I can end this section of the post on a sweet note.

HCL - Okay to be honest I forgot my score. Um, really. I was probably trying too hard to get my mind off it. I think the conversion is around 72/100 so go convert back to the original if you want...And I know it sucks, considering that I used to hit 80s.
CL - *Begs inner blogger personality - "Must I do this?!"* Sighs. 67.5/90. Below average. ARGH. Don't come and ask me why I suddenly dropped by so much unless you want me to send my ninja scissors after you.
Maths - It's - 76/100. Yup and I know it stinks. But I didn't fail. Yes, I PASSED!!! :D I failed last term, that's why I didn't reveal my marks, and now that I passed, my hallucinating of seeing a fail didn't come true. :) *Suddenly thinks of remedial student Jiale getting 92/100* *Suddenly sees Minyi/ZheXuan/BingJian with 99/100* Smile vanishes...
English - Hmm...at least I improved from last term, but I didn't hit what I wanted. 81.5/95. T_T I have let Miss Gillian down, I used to get 89...However I am extremely relieved that I didn't do as badly as last term. :) I hope to do even better.
Science - At last, a subject that I am pleased with. 86/100!! I got a shock when I received the paper...I DON"T BELIEVE IT!! WOOTS!! *Starts dancing chicken dance*

So well that's it for the results...now on to the open house I attended today! I attended RGS and NYGH, so I'm going to talk about my opinions about both...

GENERAL ENVIROMENT
NYGH - More on the friendly, quiet side, most students should be well behaved.
RGS - More extroverted, lively, should be well behaved too.
ONE THING THAT I LIKE
NYGH - The string ensemble!! Man I heard them play and I loved it! The songs were played with passion (could tell, they were swaying with the music as they played), the songs were impressive (especially a number of bars that I remember were full of fast, running notes...Beautiful!), and it's like, the real deal.
RGS - The home economics programme, because it's actually quite fun, they displayed some stuffs that would be made (so pretty and cute, can't wait to make my own!)and there would be other fun stuff like cooking, blah. And also I like their Odessey of the Mind programme, it looks fun! It's sort of like a, skit activity.
ONE FREEBIE THAT I LIKE (yes i'm being lame)
NYGH - A furry wire twisted into a treble clef
RGS - A little shiny pin
A STUDENT THERE THAT IMPRESSED ME
NYGH - There was this really friendly girl who saw me looking sort of shy and came to strike up a conversation with me. She was so sociable and cheerful!
RGS - When my parents were walking around trying to find the school tour she approached us and asked us what we wanted. When we told her, she started the school tour herself. I think she has a lot of initiative and she was quite friendly too!

Yep and that's about it, good night for now and all the best for DSA/PSLE/Whatever crap there is.

Cheers
Grapesgirl

GAHHH. Why am I posting at this time.

Hi friends,

This is going to be a short post because I am just feeling pretty fed up. Maybe it's because my poor Chinese results whacked away at my head and refused to stop. Maybe it's because my nervousness about my Maths results (which are not back yet, I'm just too panicky)and Mdm Sha's disappointed face keeps trying to cloud my mind despite me trying to shake it off. Maybe it's because today's NAPFA test was a total wreck with 0 pullups. Whatever. Nothing's that sweet even though the exams are over. GAH.

Hope tomorrow will be a better day. WHY AM I POSTING NOW, I still don't know. ByeBye. Have a nice day tomorrow everyone...

Cheers
Grapesgirl

Bye bye exams, hello blogging!!! IT'S OVER! :D

Hi friends,

This is perfectly awesome. Today's my LAST EXAM!! I know I've been dead for weeks and well I shall revive myself. End of exams are as effective as CPR on this blog! WOOT! I don't know how I survived without blogging but that doesn't matter now. I'm Loving It.

Okay firstly relating to the last post. Yes my prediction was correct my death sentence came smack in my face. (last exam not the one I took recently. I took SA recently) Looks like I've got enough practice dunking my head in the toilet bowl. I failed my maths. Again. I fell short of the average for Chinese. First time. Thank goodness that was not SA. I'm just fed up I'm surprised that I've managed to swallow vulgarities that threatened to tumble out. GRRR I'm so mad that I'm going to shoot the next thing/person/animal/alien that moves. Which means you. Check this out.



XD Kidding! But seriously if I fail SA, which is the one I just took, THERE GOES MY DSA. I have already confirmed some mistakes in the SA papers I just took and I am hoping, hoping, hoping...that I don't have to dunk my head in the toilet bowl again.

Now that brings me to DSA. My parents are considering to let me apply for DSA to RGS, NYS (Siewrong!!) and maybe NJC. Whatever it is. I'm so nervous. To get in through DSA and skip the GAT test I must get average 80 for every subject. Which is out of the question. That means I have to take GAT and the interview! ARGH I'm freaking out. My Maths results may freak them interviewers out too. Maybe I should go on my knees or something. T_T

Now to happier stuff. We went to the eco garden at the Science Centre recently for enrichment. TAG 3 and 4 were combined and we were there to CATCH AQUATIC INSECTS!!! WHOOO!! We first had a video to watch. And uh, Qianwei was cringing her way through. But I don't really blame her...the pictures were magnified until it looked as if a mutant killer bug was going to leap out of the screen...at Qianwei. An Yee and I kept looking at her at specific parts of the video. I longed to take a picture of her. *evil smile* but I didn't. :(

We went on to the pond to catch insects. The braver ones went to catch dragonflies. It was so cool! My rock-o-meter would explode! We were supposed to use a net to pull out plants and search for insects in the plants. At first Way and I were a bit freaked and we did not really touch the plants. Then Mdm Teo came along. She found this really crazy insect and Way and I were like "AAAAAHHH!!!" Then Mdm Teo was like "Stop screaming and GET THE JAR!!" Then we grabbed a container, filled it with water and Mdm Teo squished the roots of the plant (which I think is a CarBombBAH!!)and the insect fell into the jar! But the insect was super swift and tried to escape so I slammed the cover on. CAPTURED! The most awesome thing about that insect is that the scientist guy told us that the insect was rare and 90% ARE FOUND IN THE MARINE!! WOOHOO we caught it! Actually its more of Mdm Teo catching it...

At that point I felt sorry for the insect. i mean, imagine if you are chilling out on the sofa watching TV. Suddenly this huge net swoops down and the next thing you know you are flying through the air. You try desperately to get of the darn net and all of a sudden you find yourself falling downwards into this gigantic jar. You strangle a scream and try fruitlessly to climb up the slippery walls. Your hopes are killed when the cover is slammed above you. It's plain terrifying.

Anyway we went on to catch more insects. We were less scared after a while and soon we were yanking the roots of the CarBombBAHH!! to find insects! And who can forget the ones who sacrificed themselves for the activity by falling into the pond. Luckily it wasn't deep. But it was muddy-VERY BROWN. Like unappealing Milo. I think around 4 people sacrificed their shoes. The hilarious part was when some tried to wash their shoes at the lab sink! *LMAO* And then we have the brave ones like An Yee and Stephanie who caught pond skaters with their bare hands!! And the invincible ones like Delvin who caught 3 dragonflies!

The insects my group found at the end of the day were cool-the rare insect, little shrimps, dragonfly nymphs, water snails!! I didn't want it to end! SO if the idea of searching through the roots of plants for insects appeals to you, go to the Science Centre! the hands-on experience is unforgettable. But be careful when handling the insects....I tried to pick up this insect that looked liked nothing when compared to an ant with tweezers and I uh, squashed it. I didn't mean to!! I merely picked it up without even really squeezing the tweezers and it died?!

I'm suddenly at a loss about how to continue this blog post-so I shall post something extremely lame.

HOW TO GET RID OF STRESS THAT IS CAUSED BY TANGIBLE REASONS
Pre-preparation:
Go to the gym and lift dumbbells.
Step 1: Take the cause of your stress-homework/exam papers/results slips.
Step 2: Hold it tightly and RIP IT. With your bare hands. It's shiok.
Why not use shredders?
1. There are so many things I want to shred that the shredder will jam.
Won't you use up your arm energy too?
1. That's why I told you to go to the gym.
Don't follow any of the above steps unless you would like to throw yourself into really deep poop.

I know that's lame but I really feel like blogging and blogging even if there's nothing to blog. But I'm afraid I've run out of ideas...no wait I haven't.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO INA AND RUIJUN!!

LOL. Anyways I wish all of you the best in all your exams and PSLE!! As for those who really detest studying and my encouragement seems dumb, check out this quote.

"Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in."
Leonardo Da Vinci
I'm not kidding you! Check out this website if you want proof http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/35699.html

Signing off now, study hard even if your brain retains nothing and persuade your teachers to get you a BBQ as a reward! ;)

Cheers
Grapesgirl