Friday, April 30, 2010

Memory

I don't have the best memory around, I don't remember what I've read after the test, don't remember what I ate last week, don't remember what i've jotted down on my homework list last Friday.

Sadly it doesn't help when it comes to tests, Other people can remember what does the ribosome do in chapter 2, I need to check again. Then that's normally the time when they say "what?!?! You don't remember?! You haven't read that?!"

I wanted to say "Of course I've read it, it just slips off my mind sometimes." But then they'll never believe it, brushing me aside while they study chapter 6.

Then I'll be left checking chapter 2, while everyone else is zooming in on chapter 86. But I think I can catch up to them, studying while they go to tuition, but then they also learn things and new chapters in tuition, so....yea......it sucks.

I need extra time to study subjects, which isnt helping now that exams are only two weeks away(insert suspense sound effect here), and I only started on bio chapter 4.

So I was abit flustered and frustrated while going to school, and then I saw Lemon reading what appears to be a thick book(gasp!!). Upon closer inspection, it's the physics book(more gasp!!). We exchange our usual hi's and byes, then he starts speaking to me in Greek. Resultant forces and equilibrim calculations, me and Thw stare in awe at his multilingual flair.

I dread exams now, upper form stinks sometimes, no more guessing or eenie meenie minie moeing, you either write or you blank it and no marks, though it increase the chances of plausibility and some lessons can be spent arguing with the teacher, always ending with the poor woman holding a white flag. Hey you can't blame us for being opportunistic. 50 to one, what a noisy crowd we were.

But it doesn't help when you didn't even study for it and you're kissing the teachers slippers for one more mark to pass, oh wait, nobody does that now, phew...

Argh, too bad we have so many tests. Why not just two tests? One in may and one at the end of the year, that way we can actually enjoy life, or get more prizes and awards and certificates to uphold the school's already upholding fragrant name. My my, how exciting.

Ok....i think I veered off course again...

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Paying attention

I dunno how you people do it, try as hard as I might, I can't pay attention 100%. Maybe it might work if I taped my eyes or used toothpicks to lock them open and let the wind and heat hit my corneas till they look like dried preserved fruits.

I always get bored or feel like doing something else when the teacher's in front talking. It's worse when the mic system doesn't really work and the echo makes the teacher sound like someone talking in your sleep. Sometimes the teachers are tired and their voices sound like monotonous droning(no offense) and I feel my head involuntarily dropping. Then I wake up from my subconcious and try to listen again, but then I will be far off and teacher has already moved on to the next page.

The worse part comes when the teacher calls you for your opinion or to answer a question, worst still the answer's not in the text and it's those "is it true? Explain why." questions. It's embarrasing to not know the answer, and having friends whispering the answer doesn't help, it's perfectly soft enough for you not to hear it but just loud enough for everyone to follow and whisper answers to you. That's the time where the teacher just stares at you in a menacing way.

Teacher: "Well? (still having that look)"
Me: "(I get nervous)"
Friends: "(whispers) monosacharides!! (but in my ear
it sounds like momosegalais)"
Me: "Huh? I can't hear you!"
Friends: "momo-sack-a-rice!!"
Me: "????!!!(looks nervously at teacher then says I dunno)
Teacher: "Hmph....you weren't listening, see that's why I don't like teaching the 4 kenanga class blah blah blah"

Then after that I sit down and asked everyone what was going on, maybe it's me but whenever I ask them my mind says "ugh, what are you doing, that was so embarrasing!!"

Argh, off topic now. Sometimes when I try to listen, THW sometimes talks to me or I talk to him and Lemon then we talk a little too long then we end up asking everyone what's going on. I can't help it, I was too bored.

Sometimes it history class, sometimes it's chinese, sometimes malay, or moral. Ugh, it's not that I don't like the subject(ok sometimes I do), it's just that my attention span is very very low, and the textbooks and tired teachers are not helping. But oh well, classes are like that, in the end we always catch up.

I think. XD

Sunday, April 4, 2010

The 10 species of dining

Just like the animal kingdom, there are established variants and kinds in the ecosystem called the restaurant. In a restaurant, the animals socialize and meet in different regions called tables, often with number tags on them so that the animals won't get lost after they go elsewhere to feed, or socialize at other tables. Here are the 10 species of dining.

If you're wondering why I'm doing this...it's cuz I'm bored.

The Lion

Often the bossy and dominating one at the table, you can easily spot it if you observe carefully while it eyes it's favourite slice of salad chicken. Then it'll grab it with a stealthy motion of chopsticks or fork and spoon. It will also grab the best pieces for it's young, while it is normal for all animals to act this way, the lion grabs all he can, leaving the others grabbing the lesser bits.

The peacock

The talkative one at the table, the peacock is the star of the table, trying to make known to all animals about stories of it's kind. Often left with the lesser bits or food gone cold by helpful peacocks in its flock, the peacock eats up it's share happily partly because its too busy talking and it only cares about talking. The peacock's special ability is that it can talk about anything, often outtalking others and leaving all the animals breathless. Whether it knows the subject or not, it keeps churning out words from it's bird brain, leaving alot of animals laughing after dining.

The chicken

The silent one in the table, it's scared of talking like the peacock and often is left out of the conversation, quietly eating food and analyzing sentences said by the peacock. It's the total opposite and the wiser version of the peacock, often thinking before what it wants to say, thinking what it wants to say will insult other animals, though sadly when it is ready to say it, the other animals have changed the topic long ago. The chicken is talkative when it meets other chickens and chatters happily within themselves.

The critic

A specialized variant of the peacock, the critic is only happy when eating food made by trusted restaurants or only when it prepares the food itself. It is never satisfied with food prepared by restaurants and it says so unaware of other animals that are enjoying it. Often the one that is most likely to ruin appetite in the table.

The honeybee

The most organized and hardworking one, the honeybee is most probably the one that has invited others to the restaurant and is the one ordering or doing the tea pouring. Often called by others to do their bidding such as ordering their food, it is left busy searching for the waiter and is rarely focused on the food.

The hyena

The one making jokes all the time. It is the one sometimes shutting the peacock up, much to everyone's relief. Also has the tendency to play with utensils alot.

The migratory bird

Often an artic bird, the migratory bird is the one telling the most stories, provided it isn't out spoken by the peacock, it is the one many animals listen to when it tells stories about it's travels. Common topics are the food in far away lands, the best way to get there and the best places to stay and go.

The panda

The one loathed by other animals, especially the honeybee because of it's special organic vegetarian diet, the panda never eats anything it finds weird or inedible, mostly everything. The honeybee has to order special food that is more expensive because it is custom ordered, not like the affordable food made in bulk shared by all the other animals. Thankfully, the panda is more than happy to share the cost, and will not complain after getting it.

The pig

The total opposite of the panda, the pig is the more open minded one of the group, curiously trying the weird meat first and the "special" order. It is the first one to say it's good, and never says anything if it's bad, because it doesn't want to spoil the other's appetite. Often the most liked by the honeybee. It is probably a seasoned eater, and it knows the best food in the land, sometimes providing tips on how to improve the food after the critic finished criticizing it.

The bloodhound

The sad and bullied diner. The last one to leave because it's a slow eater, it has to pay for all the food if the honeybee didn't or the animals aren't kind enough. Other than that, it is the friendliest of the the group, asking how is everybody and how are they doing. Also the one with great memory, with the ability to remember everyone's names and how they looked like 20 years ago, or before plastic surgery.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

A boring week

Well u might say that I'm outdated or something, but i'm bored, what to do. I wrote this, a parody of What a wonderful world... Yup, I'm outdated.

I see answer sheets, bad test marks too
I see them scrawled, in bright red too
And I think to myself, please give me a good mark

I see friends all scared, when teachers come
The paper's here, the marking's done
And I think to myself, I hope I don't get C

The teacher calls out our names,
marks slowly getting high,
When someone's mark gets 80,
We will all let a sigh,
Faces smile instantly,
Saying we will get A,
They're really saying,
It's not me

And the B's and the C's,
I watch them frown,
They sigh all day,
Feeling so down,
And i think to myself,
It's just the march exam

And I think, to myself, what a shocker it was.