Monday, August 06, 2007



Today's Social Studies and English Summary totally slew the cohort man. I mean, I was absolutely agitated at the fact that I spent time memorizing the format, not to mention going for pseudo-remedial in the morning, only to be tricked by a 'How reliable' instead of a 'Is it reliable'. When I heard from Li Zhi that there was indeed a difference, I was bloody freaking pissed.

Mr BeePee Brian Pang's voice cracked during class. I wasn't really paying attention, and my first thought was 'wah, offkey.' Then it hit me what really happened. The class of course burst into laughter.

Physics was hell. Heat Capacity is such a bitch to learn. The formulas are not that difficult, and neither are the concepts. But it is so bitchingly tedious to do. Although, disagreeing with Danial, I do find Mr Imran a fairly ok teacher. Not exceedingly competent, but adequate, as long as you pay attention in class.

Planned EMD with Ms Koh and Li Zhi after school. Glen pangsehed us as usual. The Sec 3 Band guys ( Jason, Samuel, Joshua and Lee Guan ) are shameless mannn. Come inside the HOD room...

Jason - 'M'am got sweets?"
Ms Koh - "Yeah, take, one at a time.'
Jason - [Takes one, then another, then another]
Joshua - [Takes the entire plate]
Li Zhi, Me - 'Wah seh...'
[A minute later]
Jason - [Tears open a bag of breadstix] 'M'am, can open and eat?'
Ms Koh - [Rolls eyes] "Take lah take lah take the milo and go lah.'
Joshua - 'Ok.' [Takes entire bag of milo 3-in-1 and leaves]
Ms Koh - 'ONE PACKET!'

SHAMELESSS

Actually, the main point of this entire post is found in the following paragraphs. I just wanted a blog a bit about the day itself.

I 'fink' that it's of paramount importance that each individual has his or her own set of personal priorities. Like for example, I value timing, punctuality and efficiency above almost everything else, sometimes even friendships, depending on the circumstances. This set of priorities help mould a person into what he or she eventually becomes.

Yet what happens when a group of people around you do not seem to value these things as much as you?

Personally, I am a bit, ok quite a perfectionist. A selective perfectionist, since there are matters which I can be a bit slack in, and others that I am absolutely anal-retentive in getting right. Please, make no mistake in thinking that I feel other people are incompetent and lazy. This is quite far from the truth. Yes, there are people who fall into that category, but I'm referring to closer friends, who of course are decent dilligent people.

Anyway, it goes without saying that I'm quite irritated when someone turns up for an arranged meeting like 20 minutes late, especially when he arranged that meeting. To me, it's like a message saying that 'this isn't really important, and not only do I not arrive early nor punctual, but late.' It might be paranoia, but Literature'ing has definitely taught me how to read ( sometimes too deep ) into every action, every word of others. And perhaps, it has this reverse effect of making me do the same, attaching too much importance to each word and expecting people to understand. Obviously, this is unfair, because not only is the comprehension level of every individual different, but inference and interpretation is innately subjective.

[Linus] [MusiCOnnects] All friends please read my blog and tag cuz I need it says:
but it's like a maths problem
[Linus] [MusiCOnnects] All friends please read my blog and tag cuz I need it says:
you don't really want to do it because it's hard ( for most of us normal people ) but when you finish it, you feel great
[Linus] [MusiCOnnects] All friends please read my blog and tag cuz I need it says:
thinking's a bit harder, since you have to determine when you
[Linus] [MusiCOnnects] All friends please read my blog and tag cuz I need it says:
are right
[Linus] [MusiCOnnects] All friends please read my blog and tag cuz I need it says:
but in the end, it's still great to see that one more thread of thought unravelled, with annotations and marks explaining every process that determined the outcome, where you can see all the logical decisions and illogical ones

Maybe I think too much. But I always have believed in the power of the mind over the body. If you ask me, I would truthfully and honestly tell you that I believe in telekinesis and telepathy. Simply because the human brain can do so much already. If someone with a more 'physical-affecting' brain were to exist, surely to manipulate their environment with mere thoughts would not be too far out of the question. Yes, maybe it sounds very far-fetched, very magical and mystical and most certainly like bullshit. But that's perhaps because we fail to comprehend and accept that such a thing can happen, hindered by our own beliefs.

Isn't it both great and fun to think? It's tiring yes, and about 3 hours of thinking, deep thinking, can tire me far more than any physical-activity day could ever do. But it's so fun to finally finish, because you know that when it's time to deal with a situation like that, you have your entire train of thought laid out for you. Never, of course ( see the irony? ) are two situations ever exact and identical, but neither should it be too different. If it were very different, then it'd probably be another train of thought that should be used.

Blah, it's close to 12 a.m le, and it's been a long NSP day. I shall retire to bed. Well, I am in bed actually. I shall go sleep.

Nighties.