dailies
Monday, July 31, 2006
-6:53 AM
yesterday was a day full of "snow" - joss paper was burning everywhere.
the prayer concert at night is so - empty!
kinda expected more people to come, but alas, it is the NDP preview, so well...the worship, it felt like the hall was so empty! its lesser than what we have at usual ym service. but still, GOD's presence was there as we prayed and worshipped HIM.
worship was in-depth. was expecting some m-a-j-o-r jumping >.<had prayer walk. yuehao and i prayed in the pastor's office, as well as the other people from the "yellow-star-group".
nice aircon. nice mini-library. somehow, when yuehao and i went out for 1/2-time, we locked ourselves outside and could not get in, so those who saw 2 poor boys outside in the waiting area - yup, that's us!
went back for mass prayer. well, they literally used a compass to point out the direction and we gathered in groups to pray for the area which we spend MOST of our time in. went along with yuehao. [central part - bishan, where our schools are located] . haha. prayer was kinda
long. we [me and yuehao] somehow seemed to finish before the rest, and just ended up talking. haha.
i am surprised that yuehao thinks that J8 is a good place to shop! my preference would be : plaza singapura, if not orchard road.then there was sharing by hong yee. nice one on sharing the word of God with people. went with the theme of "mission-months". indeeed, sharing of GOD's word with people is just as important as us getting to know HIM better.
quoted from city harvest church - making a difference : "to build this church without walls"
worship ended with "touching heaven, changing earth". nice song, if you ask me.
song of the week : "i want to know you" by planetshakers
Saturday, July 29, 2006
-7:56 AM
received prelim3 timetable today. stress.
george and nicholas leong, under the influence of andre kua, skipped the first period.
well, quoted someone from our class [name censored to protect identity] " george and nick are just going to flunk their subjects just following andre. andre is very slack now, and they two just follow him around..."stupidity. foolishness.
weijie may be taking his o level chinese for a fourth time.
becoming a war veteran soon. wee choon is laughed at in chinese lesson by big-nose-freak on his 42 points
the momentum is setting in, with miss tan spamming the first wave fo homework. i estimate myself to finish the work by today, tomorrow latest. looks like i have to sleep late already... [as usual]. looks like my books will keep me company as i slug through the night.
watch those dark rings or white hair!i am so tired. just so tired. dozing off on the bus everyday looks so
un-glam!somehow, practicing is one of the ways to success, to scoring the score that i want...until then people...note: failed english . L1R5 dropped to 17. bah
Friday, July 28, 2006
-2:20 PM
-7:30 AM
PLANET SHAKERS COMING SINGAPORE ON THE 11 AND 12TH AUGUST 1930. ANYONE GAME FOR IT? IT IS AT EXPO, TIX AT $4 [SOURCE : JUN JIE]i am indeed blessed with such results, after seeing people getting 30+, even 41 for their L1R5...
haha. lack of sleep. i feel zombie-like. dexter tan also. michael, as usual , sleeping away. i did not doze off, but stared into blank space. dexter tan , well, he just got more blur. i am so tired. inside me, all my other organs screaming lethargy, but still, mind over body.
lolness -situation in the physics lab :
mr quay : "class do you know why is
cooling curve a curve? "
lol.
i was no better.me : zhou wei, today what day?
zhou : wednesday.
me : tomorrow?
zhou : thursday?
lol [again].
calvin too.calvin : clayton, if you get A1 for combined humans, what will be your L1R5?
me : 15.
calvin : then A2 le?
me : 16
lol [again]. everyone's so blur these days =p
Thursday, July 27, 2006
-2:33 PM
"Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things." col 3:2
people go head over heels about their results, lamenting so much that they could do up "another book of lamentations" [ 23pts -> 15pts? this is my drive, my motivation that i will be able to rise again. however, i lagged big time, only watching people get closer to their dream score and my drifting further away. now, i want to set my sight higher, to get closer to my dream score.
to strive, to dream, to acheive
"I can do everything through him who gives me strength" phil 4:13
"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." proverbs 3 : 5,6
the drive is there, the pace is set. 1 question : am i able to keep up?
"but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary,they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31
thats all for now!
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FOP is on 4,5,6 august, 7.30pm @ singapore indoor stadium
quoted chen yang "i waited there last year for 5 hours, luckily they got some protection against the sun! if you want to go this year, 4th go after school best!"
lol.
haha. maybe i would go after church on the 6th. marcus making arrangements with pastor, see how things turn out. until then~ we wait!
-12:07 AM
1/6 sin x = six? [source : uzzy]
-12:07 AM
pythagoras' theorem [source : uzzy]
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
-6:39 AM
good game. failed english. with 25 others from my class. and it had to be 2 marks [1 mark on script]
cruel twist of fate huh?well, my L1R5 looks bad enough. the science department planning to un-do the change in weightage for the 3 components in chemistry. i hope not.
15 -> 16? bleagh [if chemistry un-do, still counting hcl]
looks like i have to start revision if i want to catch up for prelim3.
insider info : probably, prelim3 will be the score itself for the prelimsi lack 17hrs of CIP. zzz"What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self?" luke 9:25
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
-9:40 AM
chemistry. well, weightage for sections differ. i got 63 [actual 57]
current L1R5 [using hcl] : 4 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 4 = 15
happy?today is a very tiring day. got 13/25 for english comprehension. i am SO THANKFUL TO GOD! passed one section. small step, one at a time.
so tired, i fell asleep on the bus.
keep praying. keep that fire for the Lord burning. do not let it diminish.
Monday, July 24, 2006
-2:46 PM
woship today. i went off-course [as usual, this times to pluto] . well, i need more practice. i was distracted, very distracted. worship has the God aspect[aka spiritual aspect] and the technical aspect.
i think that i am concentrating too much on the technical aspect [trying to get my tone and pitching right] to be concentrating on the God aspect, which is where i should REALLY be putting my efforts into. after all, worship is all about God, not about men. by concentrating too much on the technical aspect, i feel that i have strayed very far from what i had initially set out to do [worship God] .
even so, i believe that if i had put my faith in Christ without doubting His power, i would have sang much, much better right?
Lord, please guide me. lead me in Your way, for You are the Way, the Truth and the Life, and i live by faith and not by sight.[to read the wordings, go to : view>encoding>more>unicode(utf-8) ]God is Great万物都来呼求你，用心灵和诚实敬拜你，
荣耀归于信实主，耶稣神儿子；
万物都献上赞美，唯有你荣耀尊贵；
唯有你大能掌权，一直到永远；
God is great，赞美他，从天上直到地上，
你的名在全的配得赞美；
God is great,赞美他，在地上如同天上，
我活着只为要荣耀你圣名，荣耀你圣名。
我愿献上我所有，主教导我为你活，
你的火燃烧我心，让世界，都看见。
圣洁归于我主，全地歌唱，全地歌唱。
Saturday, July 22, 2006
-8:32 AM
10cents, 20cents, credit card [almost cheque]
did not bring PE clothes. borrowed from shawn. well. it was kinda small, and not to mention, short. dexter's pants came in handy. so, i got a full set le -_-"
i realised that it was wrong when my back felt
airy , almost super-ventilated. well. when i jumped, it was worse
bleagh. shan't talk about itandre was browsing through the photos in my ipod. well.. haha.. lots of talk about how the people look.
who's chio and who's not. haha. good laugh.
L1R5 - 16 [boo-hoo]
L1R4 - 16 -5 = 11 [aw?]
serangoon, yishun, innova?brandon planning to go to VJ. umm.. me.. uh-haha..
not surei am improving. a new force has been revived in me. quoted wai chuan: "rui jie is not a threat. his results are going down."
now its the time to takeover.song of the day : can't fight the moonlight [coyote ugly OST]
Friday, July 21, 2006
-1:56 PM
where do i want to go after coming out of o levels?
what is my plans for my future?what is my career path?whatever it is, let Him be in control.
"11I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances." phil 4:11
today's a tiring day for me, being so worn out after receiving my chemistry test results, i had to go for a emath test [which i did not study for?]. sighs. i am wishing that i could just not be complacent with my results [even though i have nothing to be complacent about]. some subjects may come naturally, but i still need the necessary practice.
umm.
worship practice this saturday 10am. that means i wake up at 7.30? no dota on friday night then, if i want to make it for practice. just hope i will not look so zombie-fied like i am now, sleepy, dreary and haggard.
i want to be on-key this time round. -cross fingers and pray-
and my tagboard is very quiet.
song of the day : song of freedomlet us build the church without walls. let Your glory be shone, as we bring Your name, the song of salvation to the lost.
-8:03 AM
ups and downs again?
ups : got A1 for combined humanities overall
downs : got C5 for chemistry [bah]
overall breakdown
english : -
higher chinese : B4
emath : A2
amath : A2
chemistry : C5
physics : A2
combi humans : A1
geography : C6
sad? this is making my L1R5 look b-a-d.haha. thats all for now!
Thursday, July 20, 2006
-3:06 PM
blogger is lagging.
today is a mixture of ups and downs.
ups : passed geography overall
downs : barely passed
rofl.back to today. i was struck with madness again. don't know how it happened. non-stop-maniacal-laughter? haha. relax la roy, it is not due to exam stress, but just another phrase. haha.realised that my chemistry [48/70] is a decent score as some others managed a fail or a bare pass out of 100 [in other classes]. should i be happy or sad?tired. got to do my history essay conclusion now. mugging amath tys then moving onwards to chemistry. WHAT IS LACKINGlanguages - practice, practice and more practice
maths - preicsion in calculations
sciences - certain definition
humanities - specific details
this terms looks better than the last. first blood [first C] so far. waiting for english, social studies, and chemistry section C. all the best to one and all!
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
-9:31 AM
ups and downs,
history elective - 20/25 [uhh?]
waiting to see my social studies script [hope to get 18/25, then A1 le ah]chemistry [section A and B] - 48/70 [sad?]
hope my section C gets 17 out of 30 at least [hope can get 22 =p ]HCL - 63.5 [approx by adding everything up together]
umm? should i be happy or sad?thats's it for now. got really hyper this morning. haha.
laughed at wee choon. seriously, he is the joke of the class.
event 1 - theaterette [mrs chung lee siang]
chung : "you all are really atrotious! fancy throwing all your marks away in this section [section c of physics]! still talking like nobody's business! you should be ashamed of yourselves! getting such horrible results! you ought to think through in silence! THE LOWEST I MARKED IS 5! 5! IMAGINE THIS! HOPELESS!"
then she walks down the rows, stops at wee choonchung : "THIS IS WORSE! 4MARKS ONLY?!"
major lols to ppl from my class =Pevent 2 - theaterette [again, lol!] checking history elect scripts
"wee choon got 12 marks out of 12 for question 1 le!"
"really ah? how much his overall for this paper?"
"12"
we tried to stifle our laughter"how come? question part 2 leh?"
"HE DO PART 1 UNTIL SO NICE, THEN NO TIME DO PART2 LE!"
MAJOR LOL! THE JOKE-OF-THE-DAY
haiz!
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
-7:45 AM
God is Great万物都来呼求你，用心灵和诚实敬拜你，
荣耀归于信实主，耶稣神儿子；
万物都献上赞美，唯有你荣耀尊贵；
唯有你大能掌权，一直到永远；
God is great，赞美他，从天上直到地上，
你的名在全的配得赞美；
God is great,赞美他，在地上如同天上，
我活着只为要荣耀你圣名，荣耀你圣名。
我愿献上我所有，主教导我为你活，
你的火燃烧我心，让世界，都看见。
圣洁归于我主，全地歌唱，全地歌唱。
Monday, July 17, 2006
-4:46 PM
posing in front of KFC [bishan]
-4:43 PM
shel and his new bike
-4:43 PM
hit somewhere you shouldn't hit?
-4:43 PM
fish kek
-6:43 AM
tired. slept at 4.30am [reached home from malaysia at 2am. did work till 3am. then had diarrhoea till 4. so drained, can't seem to sleep] woke up at 8am. well... i think i took too long in the shower. reached church late. umm, it did not help that i and ian waited at the bus stop for gzerrel to come. haha.
small group is fun. today's longer session allowed us to discuss the book of james [chapter 1] in greater detail. it helps! it is quite nice, especially the discussion.
another note: umm, sry kangwei. we went off first because we did not see you all, and it did not help that we were all starving! saw matthew and daniel tan tho.
chinese worship songs? i got some-of-em. interesting though =)should i get an earpiece. there's one by sony for 80?
Saturday, July 15, 2006
-3:20 AM
16!
did not blog yesterday. too shagged and busy. well, i DID improve for physics.
57 -> 67 -> 71.
so far so good. can i maintain this score?
or should i say , "will i be able to maintain?"so much for that. next week, either monday or tuesday will receive chemistry marks.
crosses fingers and hope... humanities also?
have not found a breakthrough yet. studying, revising. prelims 3 is <100 days away!
also, o level timetable is out. 3 days with 2 subjs?! nice one...
-cutting songs as ringtones?-
ps: my birthday has nothing to do with the chinese hungry ghost festival!!
Friday, July 14, 2006
-2:13 PM
as those people entered the hall for their o'lvl oral , i remembered my experience last year.
the atmosphere was stiff. [there were reports of guys crying]. indeed, the stress was bad. real bad. i got mental block. managed to crap out something. [nonsensical stuff
for nonsensical qn]
ask last year's batch what the question was for the last day. I THINK THEY FREAKING RAN OUT OF QUESTIONS!after hearing the question.. all from my class went -_-"walked away with a merit for oral.
happy? nope. b3. did not drop hcl [consulted many people]
well.. that's one experience i do not want to rememberand listening last year was on my birthday!!!oh wells,today. morning was dreary. with the me and john tung's group talking about SGidol. then came john's crap about paul 2hill's sis being chio.
[i dun watch SGidol] . hahs. and well.. took a
sneak preview of andre kua's bag.
interesting. really interesting. seen a karung guni's stack of newspapers? umm.. that should be it.slacky. felt so stressed. for many, their worse was over. for me, my main cards have been played. i am left with nothing. my best was not good. [math and physic]. well. cheery?
nope. well. for physics, i cancelled out that statement because i incorporated it into the diagram. then well. diagram they say not clear enough. so lost 1 mark for no reason? look at my section A. mostly careless sia~white hair? haven't got time to check myself!
-6:49 AM
physics.
think i flunked section B, thats why end up having 71 [confirmed with rui jie and roy]
section A : 22/30
section B : 26/40 [absent from school, never check]
section C : 23/30
well. its certain that i flunk my section B. oh wells, definitions again it should be. section C rawks. chung lee siang's qn rawks. the best thing you can get is calculations and more calculations. free marks?
Thursday, July 13, 2006
-8:13 AM
tired. long day, lots of homework. my tagboard is dying. so is my vitality. i must keep going on if i want to acheive the l1r5 score which i want. and this term, looks bad.
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
-7:51 AM
tired. no1 else could confirm the result, except for calvin and roy [who saw it, DUH!]
tired. hopeful for more good news
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
-9:35 AM
will confirm if the news [or rumours?] that i got 70 for physics is real [3rd A2?]
until then, shan't get too happy...
Monday, July 10, 2006
-11:39 AM
youth sunday. fun fun fun.
sermon. interesting interesting interesting.
new phone. good good good.
new outlook on life. cool cool cool.
Saturday, July 08, 2006
-1:06 PM
time to buck up. time to revive. time to stand up to my potentials. my true potentials.
have i been doubting myself? have i been doubting God's providence?
why am i such a perfectionist?
is this my destiny?
what is God's plans for me?
will i be able to serve better at 1-voice?
prelims 3am i able to overcome carelessness?
am i able to overcome the mental stress?
am i able to put my best foot forward?
am i able to manage my time well and accomplish task?
am i able to remove all forms of distractions?
am i able to not have any disappointment?
am i able to make it, see it to the end?
am i able to leave it all to God?
am i able to do all above mentioned?
Friday, July 07, 2006
-1:13 PM
hmm. felt like jumping car today.
for amath, i missed A1 by 1 mark. i was so pissed. i lost 2 marks, because i wrote 'M' as 'B' in set notation?
wasted. there goes my main hope.
saw people tearing, getting all emotional during the relase of the math results. personally, i feel wasted.
that feeling of
getting laid?well. my emath has never dropped below 80. not until now.
well, speed + 0 accuracy = A2.
9/30 = 0.1?
1.6/0.5 = 2?
and many more...
i must start working my guts out now. 7~8 more weeks to prelim 3 [final stage]. no more carelessness, no more opps, no more turning back. no regrets, all systems go.
things i have to take note of:
- complancency
- mental preparation
- carelessness
- all definitions [if you hadn't know me well enough... you won't know why]
- enough rest
monday marks the release of the physics section B results. well, i am so stressed. i want to get at least a B3. once again, carelessness will be the death of me.
i feel a sense of joy even in my times of sorrow. i feel that revival in me. i want to praise Him through all my circumstances. i know that He will never forsake me. He is good, all the time.
"God is good" by Don Moen
Chorus:
God is good all the time
He put a song of praise in this heart of mine
God is good all the time
Through the darkest night,
His light will shine
God is good, God is good all the time
If you're walking through the valley
And there are shadows all around
Do not fear, He will guide you
He will keep you safe and sound
'Cause He's promised to never leave you
Nor forsake you and His Word is true
Chorus
We were sinners - so unworthy
Still for us He chose to die
Filled us with His Holy Spirit
Now we can stand and testify
That His love is everlasting
And His mercies - they will never end
Chorus
Thursday, July 06, 2006
-11:11 AM
Marcus found the solution to the question. pro sia. new method. must try out and practice. then can be adept at using it.
no more of my wrong-concept-correct-answer workings anymore[even though it holds true in many cases].i feel the need to pesevere, to learn more. suddenly, the surge of desire to learn and practice more has just revived in me. ms tan is so right. i have to be serious if i want to hit the upper grade. this is my future. only i myself can deceive myself of a better tomorrow.the final prelims is in 8weeks time. no more unknown concepts. no more grey areas for me. no more doubting in the exams. this is a battlefield, and to be unsure of your moves, will only cost you your life.carelessness robbed me of my A1's this term.
my amath i got 84 [1 mark from A1] - after moderation would be 74 -_-
emath i got 31 out of 40 for paper 1 [paper 2 still pending]
i can afford 19 marks loss if i expecting A2, 4 marks if i expecting A1 [virtually impossible]
good-game.
somehow, i have not been able to open my
eyes big big in the examination
to see the mistakes. why?this term looks bad, real badnow, it is just me, or the screw is getting deeper?
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
-11:44 AM
as weird as the method [wrong concept] that i used, the formula holds true for the values and the following values in the series -_-"
my answer clearly is crap, because C is stated to be a constant, but in this case it is not. how on earth can i even overlook that simple fact? even though, [ 4n - 1 ] is the formula for rate of change, but the final piece [ 2(n)^2 - 3n + 4 ] when differentiated does not match.
integration of the rate of change [dy/dx] gives one the formula of the value itself right?
speaking of math-mis-match? however, i am still looking into it. trying out other methods. none seemed to give me a plausible answer or even reduces into a solution.
singing : sickly off-tune
currently: trying to improve [all in vain]
perfection vs excellence?guess ms tan is right. i should not be skipping steps in my workings.believe me, even though i am getting crappier, though i am closer to getting my solution. [i hope]roy asked me to learn the git with him. i may join him if -the place is convienient -not too ex -no clashes with my agenda. electric/ classical? hmm....
-8:45 AM
umm. my working was wrong, even though the answer fits??
i gotta see marcus's working. haha. man.. he did it well within 10mins! looks like i have to practice more if i want to be as pro as him.
anyway ppl, sorry for my wrong-concept-working. yes, indeed i have left out the fact that C should be independent of "n". currently relooking through.
tomorrow is the release of the emath paper results. tense? i have to get 85 for an A1. no more close shaves like last term [83 for amath?]
relooking through working. be right back =p
Monday, July 03, 2006
-3:10 PM
have not been blogging these few days. busy. prelims just over.
friday we went to the singapore discovery center. had fun there. especially when the speaker fumbled and
misprounced "sectional assault rifle" as "sexual assault rifle". that received lots of
"give it to me" from the front row. guess we were being lame -_-
saturday was bible study. wanted to join the bb [boys brigade] for basketball from 4~6pm. unfortunately, left home late and reached church at 5. might as well slack around and wait for bible study to begin. so well.it was fun. yuehao sure is so
dead. he was supposed to meet his gf online at 7.30pm. bible study ended at 7.45pm. and well, he played chess with me till 10pm. -_-" so much for that. ended with marcus racking his brain trying to solve jocelyn's math question... and of course SUPPER!
woke up at 6. went back to bed. woke up at 7.30am. stretched around until 8am. rushed to bathe, and leave the house. waited for bus 81 like mad. no sign of any bus. sad. sad sad. reached church at 9.15am. felt so guilty. met gabriel [he's back,
duh].
worship was really spiritual. really good. well. haha. small group discussion was laughing time. well, there was a sound when marcus was pulling the trolleybag of ym-t-shirts.
we thought graham did itme : graham. stop itall laughed and graham looks puzzledgraham : i think its the windhe went to close the door. the sound did not stopsheldon : the wind... named ROZARIO? [his surname]bryan : he is getting more pro, don't need to open mouth can make soundall laughstayed around after church for lunch. well, went for lunch with kang wei, daniel chia, shaun sng and alicia [think how it's spelt]. well.
some people could not control, and conversation went really sick. really sick. talk about making mayo or "milking the cow". i am from a boy's school alright, but i am not that
twisted la.
daniel is very knowledgeable. well,
i did not know that he learnt so much in the bb. umm. i may be in a boy's school, but i am not THAT knowledgable
anyway, solved jocelyn's math question. umm.. easy?
ok. 15mins. [just hope that this is the right qn!]
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question : nth term for the pattern : 3,6,13,24,39- list out the terms [duh]
- list out the change in the terms [eg : from 3 to 6, its +3 . from 13 to 24, its +11]
- list out the formula for the change of terms [you will get : +( 4n-1 ) from one term to the next. eg : from 6 to 13 or from 13 to 24]
- integrate the term [you will get : 2(n)^2 - n + C, where C is a constant]
- substitute every term into the formula above [you will find that C takes on a different value for each value of T substituted in, namely : 2 when T=1, 0 when T=2 , -2 when T=3, -4 when t=4, and so on]
- find the formula for C [you will get : 2 + (-2)(n - 1). expand and it will leave you with : (-2n + 4 ) ]
- substitute in ( -2n + 4) [value of C] into the formula in STEP 4. [2(n)^2 - n + ( -2n + 4)]
- expand out the whole equation. [you will get : 2(n)^2 - 3(n) + 4]
hence, it is solved.
