Sunday, March 23, 2008
Mr Tutor Loh was... ok, i guess.
couldn't tell much from the first lesson but he was quite detailed.
AND, he has the extremest ways of getting A1:
compile your own notes into a small booklet and bring it EVERYWHERE.
take it out when u have time(i.e. even if its 1 sec)- while walking to school/ during school assembly when nobody bothers to listen to the announcements/ while waiting for bus/ while travelling/ while eating and even when you are in the toilet?!
like that is almost the extremest point!
i was like opening my jaw really wide..
and how was i to tell him that his methods are really extreme without being rude?
but.. i still said it anyway. =X
if somebody acutally does the abovementioned and still doesn't get A1, then the person would really feel pek chek.
i think the best way is just to stay at home and study study study, then you won't waste time doing other mundane stuff and you needn't feel that you are wasting time.
he asked when my mid yr was and i told him its 2nd May.
then he nods his head and says: "ok, 5 more weeks" in a extremely calm disposure.
i then: "huh?!" really loudly and counted the number of weeks left on my organizer.
like shit... really 5 more weeks. (2nd May is on a friday so if u want to think you have 6 weeks instead of 5, then go ahead. lol.)
5 more freaking weeks to mid year exams - testing ALL that was taught from sec 3 till then!
how how how to pass physics in 5 freaking short weeks?!?!?!
like how lah?!
ya, so instead of whining here and hoping that i'd pass, i'd better start on my revision now(haha..).
i'm only halfway through the 1st chapter that i am compiling the notes for and i feel like dying already..
like so sian and there is no gurantee that i will pass lor.
can't i just be blindly copying and nothing goes inside?
(yes, stop whining)
AND, i have english orals tml which my picture discussion sucks big time.
i hate to say things that are: I suppose/guess/think/assume, maybe/perhaps/probably etc etc.
there's no way u can tell if what you are saying makes sense!
AND, i have physics remedial tml till 7.30 pm. and the worst thing is, i have no idea how to do the questions Mr School Loh gave.
not even one.
couldn't tell much from the first lesson but he was quite detailed.
AND, he has the extremest ways of getting A1:
compile your own notes into a small booklet and bring it EVERYWHERE.
take it out when u have time(i.e. even if its 1 sec)- while walking to school/ during school assembly when nobody bothers to listen to the announcements/ while waiting for bus/ while travelling/ while eating and even when you are in the toilet?!
like that is almost the extremest point!
i was like opening my jaw really wide..
and how was i to tell him that his methods are really extreme without being rude?
but.. i still said it anyway. =X
if somebody acutally does the abovementioned and still doesn't get A1, then the person would really feel pek chek.
i think the best way is just to stay at home and study study study, then you won't waste time doing other mundane stuff and you needn't feel that you are wasting time.
he asked when my mid yr was and i told him its 2nd May.
then he nods his head and says: "ok, 5 more weeks" in a extremely calm disposure.
i then: "huh?!" really loudly and counted the number of weeks left on my organizer.
like shit... really 5 more weeks. (2nd May is on a friday so if u want to think you have 6 weeks instead of 5, then go ahead. lol.)
5 more freaking weeks to mid year exams - testing ALL that was taught from sec 3 till then!
how how how to pass physics in 5 freaking short weeks?!?!?!
like how lah?!
ya, so instead of whining here and hoping that i'd pass, i'd better start on my revision now(haha..).
i'm only halfway through the 1st chapter that i am compiling the notes for and i feel like dying already..
like so sian and there is no gurantee that i will pass lor.
can't i just be blindly copying and nothing goes inside?
(yes, stop whining)
AND, i have english orals tml which my picture discussion sucks big time.
i hate to say things that are: I suppose/guess/think/assume, maybe/perhaps/probably etc etc.
there's no way u can tell if what you are saying makes sense!
AND, i have physics remedial tml till 7.30 pm. and the worst thing is, i have no idea how to do the questions Mr School Loh gave.
not even one.
what we could have been, 7:00 PM.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
hi to all(who still reads this blog).
as usual, had been busy with school and thus, didn't blog for close to a month.
first was CT1, which was quite satisfactory, i must say.
chemistry, english and physics was totally unexpected however, chinese was disappointing.
biology, as always, borderline passes.
and, for the first time in my entire report book history, I PASSED PHYSICS!
like finally a C6! although it really isn't anything to be proud of, at least i passed!
will be starting physics tuition, as of tml with a male tutor with the same surname as my school physics teacher; Mr Loh.
hope that i actually understand his explanation.
actually put in a lot of effort trying to find a tutor. like how easy can u get a Graduate with O level physics A1 and good results for A level physics? also, not afraid of dogs (i can't lock my niunai just for this and besides, he'd continue to bark until we let him out which would also disrupt my lesson), reasonable price, speaks good english. definitely not many i suppose.
ok, i admit, the dog part and the english part really isn't fair but who cares?
niunai's barking would make me unable to concentrate!
out of the many so called suitable tutors, 3 of them were deemed unsuitable cos their english wasn't very good. not that i'm saying that my english is fantastically good, but it is a little frustrating to listen to a teacher who "lahs" and "lehs" after every sentence.
the 1st one i decided on happened to be too expensive.
the 2nd one initially seemed interested then she started going MIA, giving "sorry, i have no time" and even hanging up on the agency(as what i heard from). and the worst part was, we even talked on the phone and she seems totally interested! was pissed at the beginning when i noticed her attitude change but then coming to think of it, aren't adults supposed to be more responsible? didn't know they could go MIA as and when they liked. like hello?! isn't it basic courtesy to like inform me that u no longer want to give tuition? not as if i'd whine(maybe i would, she wouldn't know) or take a knife and kill you right?
so ya, i had to trouble the agency to continue to look for a female tutor. cos i believe that females are better in explaining.
however, if Mr Tutor Loh does a good job, i might consider him to be my tutor until i finish o's. (and, he gave me special price for the 1st mth!)
2nd busy event was the SPA.
we were given special permission to come school later cos our SPA started later than the morning assembly.
but it really is scary to walk when thousands are sitting down reading their books.
those on duty for late coming always mistook us for being late and we had to tell them we had SPA.
there was this guy prefect whom when i told him i had SPA, he looked at me blankly and asked me what SPA was. and so i told him it is practical, and walked right in. then i overheard the girl prefect telling him that its science practical and we had permission, he, to insult his intelligence level, even said: "wa, i ytd still go spa sia."
like =.=?
overall was still ok but i did the stupidest thing ever. for light rays experiment, we were suppposed to use the WHITE side of the screen and cock-eyed me actually went to use the wood side aka brown. when i finally realised that i had used to wrong side, i was only left with 10 mins. so, i tried a PROPER experiment with the white side and found out that the values were similar, i just left it at there. was told that the focal length was 14< f <16 and luckily, i had 15.4 cm. =D
the week after SPA was the March Holidays!
but my holiday wasn't much of a holiday anyway.
i had to go back for remedial on monday, tuesday and thursday. the rest of the days were spent doing homework and i only went out on pathetic fri to orchard.
(as u can see, i didn't even have time to blog)
now is Term 2 Week 1.
and really really soon we'll have o levels. and with the increased criteria for maths, i can't even guarantee an A1 for it now. the worst thing is, i have no other subjects which are my forte.
coming to think of it, i am beginning to slacken when i shouldn't be at this point in time. i no longer have that "chiong" attitude as compared to sec3. complacency, is it?
now, my day ends at 7.30 PM on mondays.
to deal with my class' extremely lousy physics result, Mr School Loh decided to have remedial(which is very unexpected cos we hardly have homework, much less extra lessons. even he himself admits that he nv attends remedial during his schooling days cos he thinks it defeats the purpose of having a holiday. which brings us to a fact that it actually is the school's action) every monday. although i'm not part of the 15 required people, i feel really disgusted at my failing results so, i decided to attend.
many teachers were already leaving by the time we started and since the lesson was conducted at the back of the staff room, many teachers were shocked to see students still having remedials. however, Mr School Loh was really into teaching. he explained every single question and even repeated a few times to those who didn't understand. at the rate he is going, i believe that our physics would take a turn for the better.
as usual, had been busy with school and thus, didn't blog for close to a month.
first was CT1, which was quite satisfactory, i must say.
chemistry, english and physics was totally unexpected however, chinese was disappointing.
biology, as always, borderline passes.
and, for the first time in my entire report book history, I PASSED PHYSICS!
like finally a C6! although it really isn't anything to be proud of, at least i passed!
will be starting physics tuition, as of tml with a male tutor with the same surname as my school physics teacher; Mr Loh.
hope that i actually understand his explanation.
actually put in a lot of effort trying to find a tutor. like how easy can u get a Graduate with O level physics A1 and good results for A level physics? also, not afraid of dogs (i can't lock my niunai just for this and besides, he'd continue to bark until we let him out which would also disrupt my lesson), reasonable price, speaks good english. definitely not many i suppose.
ok, i admit, the dog part and the english part really isn't fair but who cares?
niunai's barking would make me unable to concentrate!
out of the many so called suitable tutors, 3 of them were deemed unsuitable cos their english wasn't very good. not that i'm saying that my english is fantastically good, but it is a little frustrating to listen to a teacher who "lahs" and "lehs" after every sentence.
the 1st one i decided on happened to be too expensive.
the 2nd one initially seemed interested then she started going MIA, giving "sorry, i have no time" and even hanging up on the agency(as what i heard from). and the worst part was, we even talked on the phone and she seems totally interested! was pissed at the beginning when i noticed her attitude change but then coming to think of it, aren't adults supposed to be more responsible? didn't know they could go MIA as and when they liked. like hello?! isn't it basic courtesy to like inform me that u no longer want to give tuition? not as if i'd whine(maybe i would, she wouldn't know) or take a knife and kill you right?
so ya, i had to trouble the agency to continue to look for a female tutor. cos i believe that females are better in explaining.
however, if Mr Tutor Loh does a good job, i might consider him to be my tutor until i finish o's. (and, he gave me special price for the 1st mth!)
2nd busy event was the SPA.
we were given special permission to come school later cos our SPA started later than the morning assembly.
but it really is scary to walk when thousands are sitting down reading their books.
those on duty for late coming always mistook us for being late and we had to tell them we had SPA.
there was this guy prefect whom when i told him i had SPA, he looked at me blankly and asked me what SPA was. and so i told him it is practical, and walked right in. then i overheard the girl prefect telling him that its science practical and we had permission, he, to insult his intelligence level, even said: "wa, i ytd still go spa sia."
like =.=?
overall was still ok but i did the stupidest thing ever. for light rays experiment, we were suppposed to use the WHITE side of the screen and cock-eyed me actually went to use the wood side aka brown. when i finally realised that i had used to wrong side, i was only left with 10 mins. so, i tried a PROPER experiment with the white side and found out that the values were similar, i just left it at there. was told that the focal length was 14< f <16 and luckily, i had 15.4 cm. =D
the week after SPA was the March Holidays!
but my holiday wasn't much of a holiday anyway.
i had to go back for remedial on monday, tuesday and thursday. the rest of the days were spent doing homework and i only went out on pathetic fri to orchard.
(as u can see, i didn't even have time to blog)
now is Term 2 Week 1.
and really really soon we'll have o levels. and with the increased criteria for maths, i can't even guarantee an A1 for it now. the worst thing is, i have no other subjects which are my forte.
coming to think of it, i am beginning to slacken when i shouldn't be at this point in time. i no longer have that "chiong" attitude as compared to sec3. complacency, is it?
now, my day ends at 7.30 PM on mondays.
to deal with my class' extremely lousy physics result, Mr School Loh decided to have remedial(which is very unexpected cos we hardly have homework, much less extra lessons. even he himself admits that he nv attends remedial during his schooling days cos he thinks it defeats the purpose of having a holiday. which brings us to a fact that it actually is the school's action) every monday. although i'm not part of the 15 required people, i feel really disgusted at my failing results so, i decided to attend.
many teachers were already leaving by the time we started and since the lesson was conducted at the back of the staff room, many teachers were shocked to see students still having remedials. however, Mr School Loh was really into teaching. he explained every single question and even repeated a few times to those who didn't understand. at the rate he is going, i believe that our physics would take a turn for the better.
what we could have been, 9:27 PM.
