war has started....

and so it does... by now, I guess most of the students would have taken at least one paper already. This year, due to the increase in the amount of students, there is an additional exam timing which is at 5pm. This is an expected outcome of a small head trying to wear a big hat. More students in the school would mean more people at canteen, more people taking bus, more people going to the library. And although there are so many "more", other factors of production stays the same. Yes I am refering to the same number of stalls in the canteen, same number of busses going around the school, and that library sitting sluggishly on top of the canteen. Even the uncle selling chicken at the market know that if there is an increase in the people, he would have to get more chicken and more importantly, expand his little puny stall and hire more people so as to cater to the influx of customer. But apparently not all people know this simple theory... sadly.

Taking exams is like going to war. Why is that so? Going to war there will be many soldier, there are weapons and usually the weapons do not give the owner enough confidence at all. However, a handful of the soldier will be flying planes and driving tanks. They are like the scholars in the school, who deal maximum damage but using minimum effort. Although we studied the enemies' pass year method of attacking, they never fail to amaze us with new tactic every year. That is the reason why soldiers hate about going to war. Either alot of people died and win the war and the result is enjoyed by the elite people. Or alot of people died and lost the war. Either way, the fact is that alot of people died..... every single day, blood are spilled and cries can be heard. In the morning 9 to 12, afternoon 2 to 5 and the last attack before sunset which is at 5. Some unlucky people will have cock up schedules which they have to fight 3 times a day. or 1 time everyday for 3 days. Tiring sia...

Taking about preparation, some people choose to go the library and polish their weapon and load the magazine together with other soldiers. Some prefer to go home and spend time with their loved ones, while some other prefer to stay in the bunk in the camp and go practise with their friends. One good practise spot I would recommend is mac at king elbert park. Sitting at a secluded place along bukit timah road, there are usually not many people in the evening. However, in the afternoon, waves of students will be poured into the restaurant after school. This is due to the concentration of schools along the road. So the best time for us soldiers to go polish our gun is around 8+ pm, just after dinner. The people there don usually care if you go cold storage and get urself one big drumbstick or 1 big box of sushi and eat it in the restaurant.

Usually at the times of war, people will yearn for preceful life, and the little joys that comes with it. Well this is life I must say, when in a situation that one cannot change, one tend to think of the good things and hope that it will make the process more endurable. However, there are some exceptions where one actually liked the war. But those are rare. Anyway, I have a simple advice for all the soldiers taking the war. "Do keep that bandage which you like best in the left pocket of your uniform. For in times of need, they are the ones that will save ur life."

Why is everyone mugging their asses off?

Why sia? Come to think of it, if the whole ntu just don study and anyhow do the exam papers, what will happen? The lecturer cannot possibly fail everyone. If not next year ntu rating sure go down. Moreover if really fail all, next sem will have double size lecture, double size tutorial and its gonna be chaos... its a win-win situation right? everyone no need study, lecturer no need mark, and everyone is happy.

But why until now there isn't such case yet? This is due to a group of people whom they think they are smarter than others, they put in effort, and therefore they should get higher marks. They are those people who say that they never study, "this time sure die already". But away from the eyes of yours, they are mugging their asses off... They are those whom you ask them a question they smile at you with a dumb look and said," oh man... I really don't know the answer. I haven study the subject yet." But actually up there inside their brain is already working out the answers. They are the people that tell you," relax don't worry... everything is gonna be alright. There's still time." when you are starting to panic. Yes life's a bitch sometime when there are such people walking on the face of the earth.

However, on the brighter side of things, I am glad to have friends that would lend me a shoulder when I am in need.... in need of answer for my astro quiz. Due to the overwhelming number of students taking the subject, the teacher has taken the pain to produce 4 sets of papers with different questions. Even some questions are similiar but the sly teacher has jumbled up the answer order... (wat an ass) As a result, sitting together with friends also cannot copy. Looking down at the paper, I realized that most of the questions I do not know... what to do? the answer is - ask friend by telling them the key words of the questions and options. But what if the whole paper I only know how to do 1/10 of it? the answer is - pass the paper to my friend and ask them do for you. After that, pass to another friend for double checking and do the questions that the first guy did not fill up. After we passed up our papers, my friend told me, "eh you know just now we help you do your paper, the stupid teacher was looking leh. and I pass you the paper you still talking to other people. You want to die ah?" +.=" Lucky I din know the teacher was watching. If not I would not have acted so 'natural'. Anyway, thanks to my friend, 'liverpool ming' (cos he wore the stupid liverpool jersey today) for helping me in the test.

For those people who thinks that they do not have the luxury of such friends, all is not lost! Cos by reading this, u know you have one ^^ And being a nice friend, I shall share with you some of life's little perks which I think will make your mood significantly better in shitty times, just like how they made mine better. When you are trying to understand a super dry topic and every cell in your body is trying their best to put up the strong resistant, do give in to them by taking a tea break. Its like 'bribing' them. After the break, they will give in more easily. Meal is very important too. Careful selection of food will give you satisfaction and inturn up the morale. For me personally, chicken brayni with curry vege or chicken foldoverer with green tea would make my day. Lastly, I shall share with you some sites which are in the "tiny's top 5 list" (don worry, no porn or scary shit) 5. The gadget shop 4. The receipe book 3. The gallery 2. Bleach episode 101 and finally, 1. The game - stickman Sam To all my friends out there who are together in this big shit hole @ boonlay, "hang in there man, before you know it, you will get used to the smell. Before you know it, you will be out of the shithole, and you will miss the smell." ( that one not sure. my senior say de )

Wow its the weekend again...

The use of an alarm clock is to wake a person up. However, what happens if the person does not want to wake up? Ultimately, the alarm clock only reminds the person to wake up, and the decision whether to wake up is up to the person. For me, after the alarm clock sound, a battle in my mind kicks off right away. "If u don't wake up, you will end up eating alone!" "don worry, there is always the break then you can eat with your friends, after all you go lesson you also doze off, why not doze off here..." "you are a student! you don't go lesson you waste your money!" "there's always video lecture dude" "but then if you go back to sleep, you will not have quality sleep! thats wasting time." "who cares, you are enjoying it right?" finally... "you don't go lesson you will fail!" Usually, at this time I will wake up... however, if it started to rain.... "remember that time you went for lesson and you were drenched. How did it feel in the aircon room?" case closed. I will snooze for 1 more hour, and if 1 more hour still raining, another hour. However, this stupid week alone, everyday there is rain. And so lucky it always rain around 10am, just when my 'war' starts...

Waking up in the afternoon would mean half of the day is already gone. Add in the slacking and the eating, before you know it, its already evening time. Do a bit of work and its time for dinner. After dinner its slacking plus playing. Yes this is the life I have been leading... a life with no life. Moreover, now that the lectures have ended, it gave me more reasons to wake up late. It was yet another of those days which me and my friends chanced upon this place. It has everything one can expect from a study place and much more. A huge table with 8 arm chairs surrounding it, a white board that is not white but light green (sorry I know I maybe a bit outdated but this is the first time I saw a white board with a glass surface), aircon with remote control for you to adjust the temp, all these enclosed in a carpeted room with glass walls all around it. On the door, its call "The Cove". There are other rooms with strange names too, like "The Deep Blue", "The Hive" and many more. I tell myself, if this is not a good enough reason for me to pull my ass off to school, nothing else is. With that, my life seems to take a turn for the better.

Weekend is here and activities started to line up. Dunno is my lousy luck or what, activites always seems to have timing that clashes with each other, if not there will be no activities at all. wtf... for a simple sat, I am supposed to study at marina with my friends and watch soccer after that. I am supposed to study with my room mate and go with him to a birthday party in the evening. Last but not least, I am supposed to join my friend for dinner and drinking at pub. In the end, I chose number 2. I went for the party. It was a buffet dinner and the food was not bad given the fact that I do not have to pay a single shit. wahaha. So without much hesitation, I stuffed quite alot into that round stomach of mine. The place was rather nice too. I enjoyed the company of some of my crasy friends and the long wait for the birthday cake to come. In the end all ends well as well as a day without studying. Which means my ass will feel the heat tomorrow.

Come to think about it, the technology is so advanced now, everywhere you see people earning big bucks, building ultra luxurious apartments, new car plates attached to nice looking cars running on the roads. Everyday you see news the broadcaster forever smiling. The million question is, "what is the catch man?" There is a saying, "there no free lunch" The only thing that is free is the toilets in the shopping malls. So where is the place that list down the requirements to fit in the society of the future? Where to get the big bucks? I guess that question will be amplify several times in my mind in around 2 years time. Prying open the crab with hands at the hawker center with good friends or that special someone beats sitting in the super posh restaurant where there are more than 10 utensils lying infront of you, and we are paying to torture ourself by acting high class. Though life will be so much easier if there is money, but I think life's greatest enjoyment should not be so expensive and exclusive for its the content, not the process, that counts.