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Just did my Biology SPA (Science Prcatical Assessment) for Skill 3 today.

Like the previous two Bio SPA for Skill 1 and 2, Skill 3 was pretty mangaeable too. The aim of the experiment was really very different from what I had expected and it caught me off guard, but even so, it was still pretty easy.

I spent about ten minutes planning the approach, procedures and stuff before writing the real draft. I finished it with plenty of time left to check for mistakes and things that I might have missed out. I think I did okay. I guess getting full marks is possible, but even if I don’t, I hope I can at least get 3.

I hope my Chemistry and Physics SPA would also be as easy as this or maybe even easier. I also hope that I can do just as well, or preferably better, for the other two Sciences.

Yeah well, I just took the Listening Comprehension for Malay GCE ‘O’ Level.

Now Malay ‘O’ Levels are truly over.

Actually…..it might not be…..because I might choose to re-take my Paper 1 and 2. If I don’t get an A, which is highly probable, I think I’m most likely gonna re-take. Even if it might not make a difference, I don’t think it’ll hurt to try.

Anyway, there’s nothing much to say about the LC. It was manageable. A few tough questions here and there, but I think it was okay. I shouldn’t do too bad.

There really isn’t much else to say…..
….Other than the long wait before the start of the examination. I almost slept.

Well, it’s over.

I don’t think I can do very well for this. I think my points were all over the place and I had to pause every once in a while to recollect my thoughts and translate them to Malay, which I must say, was not very successful. I seriously wonder how I could do fairly well for the Mid-Year examination Oral.

I thought the topic was simple enough. But the problem lies in the relaying of opinions and thoughts to the examiners. I thought I had prepared myself well by thinking of all possible questions and answers, but I guess nothing ever goes according to plan. And I suck at being spontaneous, so yeah.

I wanted to ramble more, but can’t seem to think of anything else to rant about. And I’ve pretty much forgotten about the whole oral exam…

Ah well.

The transition from holiday to school has always been a pain for me. Usually, my mind will still be in the ‘holiday mood’ for the first week of school of a new term. I can never really get my brain and neurons to work properly. My laziness and sleepiness will be at its extreme during this period of time (Not talking about during holidays, that’s worse).

So, I was so damn glad to hear that my GCE ‘O’ Level Malay Oral Examination will not be held this week! I would’ve done badly otherwise. Thank goodness I still got about one more week to prepare and get my brain stimulated again. 8th July. Hmm….that’s when Ikimonogakari’s new single, the 3rd opening song of Naruto Shippuuden, ‘Blue Bird’, will be released….

Anyway, I wonder how I’m going to fare for my Biology test that I took this week….

Moving on, I’ve finally decided to read Psyren, a somewhat new series (Currently 27 chapters) in Weekly Shonen Jump. I’ve been thinking to read it for a while now and finally started this week. I also picked up Code: Breaker. This was done on a whim but it looks promising. I’m also debating on whether I should read Soul Eater or just stick with watching the anime only.

I don’t think reading manga is going to get in the way of my studies because reading one chapter per series every week doesn’t take much time. It’s different with anime though. One episode takes about 24 minutes. A good thing Kure-nai is finished though. Now it’s one anime less. And the first season of Vampire Knight is ending next week too. That will be two anime less. And I think Persona is going to end soon as well.

Oh well, tomorrow’s Awards Day. Yay, I’m going to get vouchers. Boo, I have to go to school.

Just took it today. And not feeling too happy about it.

Paper 1 was okay. I had something to write about and wrote quite a lot for Section 2. I just hope it’s full of content and not crap. I’ve always sucked at elaborating, so yeah.

Paper 2 was the same as every other Paper 2 I’ve done as practices (excluding Past Year Papers between 2000 and 2004 - those were rather easy). I think with luck, I can get a B and if by some chance a miracle does befall upon me, then an A. I doubt I can get and A though.

I won’t go into details because it’s troublesome and I don’t want to know how much marks I lost because it may erase what small flicker of hope I have of getting an A.

Anyway, I’ll save the worry of whether to retake this paper for a later time.

As the title says; My MYE Results. I couldn’t think of anything else to name this post, so yeah. And I didn’t posts this yesterday because I was too tired and lazy.

Generally, I’m not too satisfied with my results. Sure, I got As and a few Bs, and to some, they may think that that is a good achievement. I think that it’s a good achievement too, but not great. Satisfactory but not something that I can be proud of.

English was okay, an improvement from previous tests. I managed to get an A for Paper 2 but Paper 1 pulled me down to a B grade. I only need 1 more mark to attain an A2 but that was not meant to be. Sad, but true. I’m happy, yet not too satisfied with the overall grade.

As for Physics, I did better than what I thought I would get. But even so, it doesn’t make me happy. Afterall, a ‘B’ isn’t something to be happy about. Enough said.

Biology came as a surprise. Honestly, I thought that I would get a B4 or C5, but as it turns out, I got an A2! Seriously, it was very unexpected. But hey, who’s complaining? However, my target for the ‘O’ Levels remains unchanged; an A1.

Malay wasn’t a surprise. Excluding Oral, if it’s purely Paper 1 and 2, I got a C5. But if it’s including Oral and Listening Comprehension, then I got a B4. Malay ‘O’ Levels is about 10 ten days away and I’m trying my best to motivate myself to study for it so that I may get an A1, but we’ll see. I hope I do get an A1 though.

Maths was the only subject that I’m happy about, both Elementary and Additional Mathematics. Even though careless mistakes were present in both, more in A Maths than E Maths (I forgot to do an entire part of a question for A Maths!! and made a really stupid and careless mistake….[2x4=6 What the hell!?!?] ), I still managed to do well. Considering the time I spent on revising for the two (30 minutes for E Maths and maybe an hour for A Maths), I think I did pretty good.

Moving on, Chemistry was okay. I did relatively well for Paper 2 but my Paper 1 was a disappointment. I got much lower than I what I thought I would get. I still got an A1 in the end, but only narrowly. I think I can do much better though.

Geography was pretty good. I managed to, once again, surprise myself for Geography. I thought I wrote rubbish, but turns out it wasn’t. Lol, interesting.

I haven’t gotten my Social Studies Paper yet, but I hope I do well for it.

Well, that’s all of it, I think.

I think that, if I’m more serious about studying, I can do much better. Hopefully, that won’t remain as wishful thinking. Having said that, I hope I can somehow be motivated to work harder because the way I am now, honestly, I don’t really care about doing something to improve myself. Haha, there’s going to be a “Motivation Workshop” at school during the June Holidays. Interesting, let’s see if it helps. I doubt it though.

Hmm…nothing much to say about these two papers. They were quite easy and manageable.

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Physics Paper 1:
Much much easier than Paper 2. Hopefully I’ll only lose one or two marks, or even better, none.

Chemistry Paper 1:
Quite easy but sort of troublesome too. The questions are not so straightforward and requires more thinking as compared to Physics. But still, it wasn’t too bad. I hope I won’t lose too much marks.

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Well, that was fast. Anyway, that concludes the Mid-Year-Examinations. All that’s left for now are the results. But I’m gonna put aside the worries for another time. I should relax and enjoy myself now, while I still can.

So there’s no school tomorrow because of Marking Day and I have actually kind of planned what I want to do tomorrow. Basically, finish up my colouring of Reborn Chapter 191 Page 1 and when that’s done, create a couple of avatars. I haven’t made an avatar since who knows when and I have a sudden inspiration to do some now so I mustn’t waste this rare inspiration.

That aside, I just finished watching episode 6 of Code Geass R2. Guren can fly now! Haha, take that Britannia!

Since I’ve already just recently revised for these two subjects, I didn’t take long to read through my notes a second time because the content is still somewhat fresh in my head. To summarise both papers; they were both okay.

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Biology Paper 1:
Even though it was MCQ, I still revised for it because I know I need to score for this section to make up for the losses in Paper 2. I didn’t have the time to check every single question because I only had about 10 minutes to spare after finishing the paper. I think I’ll do okay for it. There were some questions that I don’t really get but overall, it was manageable. Don’t know if it’s enough to pull my grade to an ‘A’ but maybe a ‘B’?

Additional Mathematics Paper 1:
I have never encountered an easier A Maths Paper before. I only had trouble with one question and that was a trigonometry proving question. I skipped that particular question first and completed the rest of the paper by 1 and a half hours. I spent the rest half an hour to prove that particular trigonometry expression. Luckily for me, I managed to do it. So I think I’ll be able to do well for A Maths, even after taking careless mistakes into consideration.

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Well, only two more papers to go and the Mid-Year-Examinations will finally come to an end after about 1 and a half weeks. In the meantime, I’ll need to revise for Chemistry and Physics Paper 1. But I think I’ll do that over the weekend.

Well, it’s a little late today because I couldn’t connect to my ISP in the afternoon. But it’s fine now, so that’s what matters. Anyway, to generalise the two papers today; they were both okay - not too easy yet not too difficult.

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Elementary Mathematics Paper 1:
I was so bored when I was doing this paper. It was really very simple. If not for the last few questions, I think I would have fallen asleep. Nevertheless, I managed to complete everything. I think I can do well for E Maths, even with the careless mistakes and all, but hopefully no careless mistakes….?

Chemistry Paper 2:
Compared to the other two Sciences, Physics and Biology, Chemistry was relatively easy. The questions were a bit on the weird side but they were still manageable. I don’t know if I can do very well for it, but I think well enough for an ‘A’, though I don’t mind getting a higher mark.

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Okay then, time to resume my revision for tomorrow’s papers; Biology Paper 1 and Additional Mathematics Paper 1.

Umm…nothing much to say about the revision for these two subjects because there weren’t really much to study. With regards to the paper itself, to generalise both papers; they were okay - not too difficult but not too easy either.

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Malay Paper 2:
I can’t really say much about this because I don’t know if I really know the answers. It’s hard for me to say which questions I’m unable to do because I did all of them except that I don’t know whether they’re right or wrong. Although there were some questions that I know I definitely don’t know. (Confused?)

Additional Mathematics Paper 2:
It was easier than I thought it would be. I honestly expected it to be more difficult but hey, I’m not complaining. I mostly did all of the questions except that I wasn’t able to finish two or three and these questions were worth quite a lot of marks. And knowing myself, I think it’s safe to assume that careless mistakes were present, especially since I didn’t have the time to check my answers. Hopefully, none were present though because I need those marks badly to make up for the loss of marks in other subjects. So all in all, I think I should be able to get an ‘A’, if there weren’t too much careless mistakes.

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Well, glad Malay’s over and done with. I still have A Maths Paper 1 on Friday but before then, I need to revise for tomorrow’s papers, which are Elementary Mathematics (Again - I hope it’ll be quite easy too) and Chemistry Paper 2 (Hope I can do well for this).