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Hmm…it’s already the end of January. It’s hard to believe that I can still manage to post everyday. Lol, I must be very free and have nothing else better to do.

Nothing much to say this month. There’s been ups and downs but overall still a great good okay so-so month.

Looking back down the road:
- Re-opening of school
- Nothing much happened in school, everything’s still pretty much the same as before
- Took a couple of tests at Tickle
- More info and pictures of Code Geass Season 2
- Went to NUH, my condition worsened
- Release of Yuna Ito’s new single
- Release of UVERworld’s 3rd album
- Visited Ngee Ann Poly, still not sure of where to go next year
- Finished watching Shakugan no Shana
- Went to NUH again, condition improved greatly
- Resolved to work hard this year
- Physics SPA
- Chemistry SPA
- Release of Stephanie’s single ‘Friends’ (Gundam 00 Ending 2)
- Re-started playing Naruto-Arena

So since tomorrow is a start of a new month, I guess I’m gonna have to change the theme.

Naruto-Arena is a strategic Naruto Online Multiplayer game. Here’s a very brief summary; It involves a 3 versus 3 match between two players and the objective of the game is to get all your opponents health to zero using character skills and of course strategy.

I first started playing this game some year back but I have completely forgotten about it for some reason. And for some other reason, the game came back to my mind. It’s been a while since I last played this game so I have to re-read the basics.

When I first came to know about the game, I vaguely remember having trouble grasping the concept and basics of the game but as I battled more opponents, I managed to get the hang of it. So yesterday, when I wanted to try playing for the first time in years, I was a little scared that I might have forgotten how to play it. But thankfully, I still had it in me to play the game without troubles. I’m rather pleased with my myself to have 5 Wins and only 1 Lose. Hopefully, my winning streak will continue.

So for those of you who enjoy strategy and tactic games, why not give Naruto-Arena a try? And for those who don’t enjoy tactical games, why not try it as well? It’s a good way to improve your thinking skills, I think.

Hopefully, I won’t get too addicted to this or else I won’t be able to concentrate on my studies, especially when I’ve already resolved to do so.

Rejoice, it’s finally out. A good thing it came out today, something to get my mind off SPA (refer to post below for details, if interested). Download links are found below.
Credits for original upload goes to NIPPONSEI.

[Single] Stephanie - Friends
(Gundam 00 Ending 2 Single)

Well, here I go again…

The Practical this time was actually very easy but I can always count on myself to make mistakes, big, stupid mistakes. Yes, I am, once again, going to do badly for SPA. At the most, I can only get 6-7 marks for this Practical but I think I’m most likely gonna get a 5, 6 at best.

Reasons for this belief:
1. Wrote the wrong observation (Should be colourless, pungent gas but I wrote colourless, odourless gas evolved)
2. Calculated wrongly (I made the same mistake I did in a previous Practical)
3. Not too sure of the experimental error

I’m more furious at myself for this SPA than the Physics SPA. This is mainly because in the Physics SPA, my problem was due to insufficient time but the mistakes I made in Chemistry SPA could have been avoided, I had more than enough time. The fact that I repeated the same mistake twice (or did I get it right the first time?; if that’s true, I should be more enraged) maddened me to no end. Oh, and the fact that I realise the mistakes straight after, and I literally mean straight after (”Stop writing.”), the exam infuriated me even more.

Sigh, I really hate myself sometimes. Anyway, this means that I have to work extra hard for my other Practicals and of course the theory part as well. Oh, and I sometimes feel that something about me is hindering me from achieving better results. I don’t know if it’s my thinking or the way I do things, but something feels obstructive and I don’t think it’s just my laziness.

(PS: I didn’t think my vocabulary skills on the word “angry” was quite good.)

Lol, check these videos out. They’re really cool. The Japanese never cease to amaze me.

The voice actor for Gabriella is the seiyuu for Rukia in Bleach and the voice actor for Troy is the seiyuu for Ichigo from Bleach. Lol, the coincidence. The dubbed really sounds nice.

I think Nami Tamaki did a good job on this song because I think that this song is not her kind of genre. Or it could be because I’m used to hearing her sing Pop songs. Either way, it’s still pretty good, better than the original even.

It is subbed in Spanish, but no matter. Hitomi Shimatani did a really great job on this. I think it’s definitely way better than when Vanessa sings it.

Ah, another good song. They did a good job on this too. The dubbing is flawless.

Well, that’s it for now. If I come across anymore videos, I’ll post it here.

I found this when I was browsing a forum today. Looks good, I’ll say. Can’t wait for the second season to air in April. Hopefully, it won’t cause me to lose focus in my studies. =P

The audio quality is a bit low, but I guess that’s not really important.

Well, as the saying goes, “The first step is always the hardest”.

I’ve just finished sorting out the notes that were given to me by my cousin last year. Well, I didn’t exactly finished it because I only sorted out the topics that I’ve learnt, the remaining chapters will have to wait. I haven’t actually started my revision yet but I suppose I’ll be starting either tomorrow or the following week. Hopefully, I can study more frequently and consistently all the way until the ‘O’ Levels.

The ‘old’ me would have said that the ‘O’ Levels are still a long way away but after much thought, I realised that it’s actually not that far away. If I want to get good grades, I need to start revision now or it’ll be too late.

The Sciences and Maths are no problem if I revise regularly, it’s languages that I’m worried about the most because its not a matter of understanding the concepts anymore. It’s entirely different and I have no clue as to what is the best way to improve them other than reading. Well, I guess I just have to research more on that.

ARGH!! Dammit, I f*cked messed up big time! I am so gonna fail this Practical. I wasn’t able to finish the Practical, I only managed to draw the axis for the graph. And since I did not complete the graph, I wasn’t able to do any calculations. As a result, I will get a zero mark for Skill 2.1.

Reasons why I believe that I will fail this Practical:
1. Incompletion of Graph (-1 or 2 mark)
2. Didn’t do any calculations (-2 marks)
3. Table: No units for one of the headings (-1 mark)
4. Very likely to make an error when conducting the experiment (-1 mark)

The total marks for the Assessment is 10, hence it is very likely that I will fail this Practical.

I feel really stupid. I think I could have secured a ‘pass’ if I had not insisted on finishing all the readings for the table. If I had proceeded on drawing the graph, regardless of the number of readings I got, I think I would be able to get 1 mark instead of 0. Also, even if I had done calculations based on the graph that is wrong, I would still be able to get another 1 mark because relevant working is shown.

I hate the way SPA is being graded. Just one minor mistake and we would be dropped from 2 to 1 mark. And if we make a single minor mistake for each strand (5 strands total), we would only get 5 out of 10 marks. I find this very unfair. Being perfect isn’t easy.

:Sigh: Well, what’s done is done. No use crying over spilled milk. Also, this failure isn’t so bad because I’ve learnt quite a few things from this experience. One of which is to always trust my instincts. Like I always used to say, “Do first, think later”. A pity I have changed my ways. I wonder if things would turn out differently if I had not resolved to put in effort into studying?

A quote that I think will motivate me to do well in other SPAs to come. (I don’t quite remember it so the words may not be exact but it brings the same meaning.)

~ “Don’t think about it, Don’t ask for it; Just do it and you’ll succeed.“~ From the anime Eureka Seven

The GCE ‘O’ Levels result were released today. Though I am not the one taking the result, the graduating classes were required to sit through the presentation of the results. As I was straining my eyes to get a clearer view of the tables and numbers, trying to make sense of what information it brought, something ‘clicked’ in me.

I first ignored that sensation, dismissing it as anticipation and impatience of waiting for the announcement of the top scorers, not that I know any of them, just curious about how well they did. When it was finally announced, my feelings were a mixture of surprise, relief and maybe disappointment.

I was surprise because I didn’t think that the top scorer would get the same L1R5 as the top scorer of previous year. At the same time, I felt disappointment because I thought that maybe they would do better. I was rather taken aback by the part of me that felt ‘relief’. Why the hell do I feel relief?

Then I realised something. Somehow, someway, there was a part of me that really wanted to be Number 1. I have not thought of it seriously before. All this time, I treated me being the top student of my batch as just mere luck / coincidence and I didn’t really aimed for it. As long as I did well enough, I will be content. But now, I think I’m going to change my mind (or at least try to).

I’m guessing I felt relief because it means that I have a chance to do better than them for my ‘O’ Levels (If I can get a 6 for L1R5, it’ll mean that I’ve surpassed them). However, I have known for quite some time that my weakness is my languages, both of them, English and Malay. If I don’t improve, I can say ‘bye-bye’ to my ‘6′, I won’t even be able to get a ‘7′.

I thought of it and decided that it was about time I be resolute. I don’t know if by becoming resolute I will be able to achive better results but, hey, it’s better than not trying at all. So I decided to put in effort into studying earlier. There will be no point in studying last-minute for languages because it takes time to improve on them, I think. I will try my best to try to read more Malay text, but no guarantess there. As for English, I’ll see what I can do. But I also have to keep in mind to not forget about the other subjects. So that means I’ll have to start sorting out the notes that were given to me by my cousin, and the files were thick.

My resolve also has its downsides. If I have to revise frequently, it’ll mean that my time on Anime, Manga, Photoshop, Internet surfing and practically all my hobbies will have to be severely cut down. I have no idea how I’m gonna cope with that especially now that Code Geass Season 2 is coming out. But nonetheless, I still have to do what I set out to do. Besides, I’ll only be sacrificing my ‘pleasures’ for one year.

Hopefully, I will be able to follow through with my resolve.

~ “Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou. ” ~ Akhenaton

Three tests to study for tomorrow!! Well, actually, one of them is not really that important a test. I think it’s mainly just for practice and revision. The two tests that I have to really study for is Malay and Additional Mathematics. It’s a good thing I don’t really need to study for Malay, I’ll just go with luck. As for A Maths, I have to study for. I think I’ll go over the formulas and theorems again before briefly scanning through worked examples and I’m good to go. =)

If only things were that simple (not so stressful). I have SPA (Science Practical Assessment) this Friday, which is included in the GCE ‘O’ Levels. :Sigh: I haven’t even started on my revision yet. I had wanted to revise last weekend but things didn’t turn out as planned. Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to make do with what little time I have left. Oh, and I also have to rush home after the assessment because I have an appointment after that.