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Tuesday, June 28, 2005


Whoa, finally have time to take a breather... *huxi* Not that it's very stifling or anything, as compared to mid years in secondary school, but maybe it's just the environment. I actually find myself quite enjoying block tests, and I'm not some sadistic idiot who likes mugging my brains dead and sitting for hours at a time in some stuffy classroom maniacally scribbling on various pieces of paper in a furious bid to not lose as many marks as possible. (-looks back- That was one long sentence...) Anyway, probably the only reason why I like it is 'cos it's short! I mean compared to lengthy lectures and tutorials that slowly but surely zap your energy away, tests are over and done with within that few hours, if your paper is in the morning, you go home early, if it isn't, you get to wake up late. But if you have two papers in one day... Well that's just too bad.

And block tests are more fun than mid years, because there are only 4 subjects, so you don't spend 2+ weeks in a state of routine mid years, wishing very hard that some alien invades the school building and kidnaps all the exam papers for experimentation. This time round, block tests are finished in less than two weeks! =) Like hs said, a quick death (though not necessarily painless) is always much better than a long drawn out (slow and not painless either) death. =D Maybe I'm the only weird psychotic person around here who actually enjoys tests, not mugging for them or getting them back, but just doing it is quite fun actually.

Anyway, to report on my current situation, I've finished GP and Chemistry, one yesterday and one today. I wrote loads of rubbish for GP, using up about 4 sides+ for my compo, and the extra piece to stick under my table leg because it was shaky! Comprehension was difficult in trying to find a speed at which I could finish the paper and yet have legible handwriting. I think I did sort of finish the paper, but sacrificed the legibility of my handwriting, which makes everything quite not-worth it in the end. =(

Today was chemistry day! Woke up relatively early, considering the paper was at 1 in the afternoon. Went with cg to KAP to mug chem, and eat breakfast. We saw lots and lots of nj people there, which is kind of weird, but oh well, all Bukit Timah area people yeah? Quite fun mugging with cg at KAP lahz, especially chem. Unfortunately I was terribly braindead this morning, which resulted in a lot of yawning and teary eyes, until the caffeine from the tea finally kicked in. Anyway I must learn to hold my tongue and not call people stupid anymore, at least until block tests are over anyway. I can't remember why we were so entertained every now and then, but it was amusing anyway, and I even managed to get some chem stuck in my head! But when the paper came, it was again a matter of having NO time! MCQ was haphazardly done, the phrase eeny meeny miney moe becoming one of my favourites close to the end due to sheer lack of time. Paper two wasn't any better, since I was left with about 15 minutes and I still hadn't sort of reached section B yet.

And the invigilator! Ugh, the invigilator was late, didn't wait for the entire class to be present before she handed out the papers, and didn't even state clearly that we could in fact start on the paper already! Later, because of the times being pushed back, we were deprived of a break, a short one, but a break nonetheless, that could have been spent furiously flipping through chem notes to consolidate and check up things we were unsure of... But no... The "VERY considerate" invigilator just handed out the papers and (once again not clearly) told us to begin. nf had I think run off to the toilet during the break, and she just started without him! And I don't think he got any extra time towards the end either... I hope we don't meet such an invigilator again, I'm quite sure I need all the time I can get doing papers.

In any case, good luck to everyone who's still doing tests and stuff like that (including myself), but seek comfort in that it will all be over soon...


Wednesday, June 22, 2005


Bleh! I don't like mugging for lep, it's such a brain drain. And not only do you read, absorb and understand. You have to remember! (Quite obviously...) Word for word for some. =(

But anyway, because I had to go borrow a tie for my brother, I plodded (took the mrt) all the way to yishun to find zhu zhang to mug! With georgia and beng, we spent an entire afternoon mugging. Of course we talked in between too, gossiped and yakked about a lot of things, people and events. =) Mugging is still braindraining, so I started yawning and stoning... Essentially I felt a lot like sleeping, but the thing is, I only woke up at 11 plus! And it wasn't as if I slept really late last night either... =( Which is why I'm setting an alarm for tomorrow, to sort of get me reorientated with school time.

Anyway, back to mugging, dunno lahz, it's nicer to mug with people, 'cos you know everyone is suffering at the same time. And it's even nicer to mug, when everyone really mugs quietly, and does NOT ask weird, inane questions that are totally unrelated and irrelevant to the syllabus. After georgia left, eugene came! With tie in tow. <- tongue twister-y With tongue in tow... Now say that really quickly 15 times! Okay nvm, so beng and I slacked, since we were both tired. Went onto random blogs to tag and say hi.

Then after eugene left, we looked through xinyu's photo albums!!! Haha, quite a lot of familiar people and stuff. And we concluded that people look so much better in long pants than shorts! Which is probably why most guys look better in jc uniform than sec school. =)

Er, we had ice cream along the way too, and dinner and played with her dogs!!! Which incidentally, are very cute! And noisy... But cute! (So you see, sometimes being AA or not has nothing to do with how well liked you are, it all depends on how cute you look...) Dinner was quite feng fu, and zhu zhang cooked a lot of stuff? Haha, can be a successful wei lai jia ting zhu fu le...

After dinner was the fun part, when we all went online! Or rather we went online using xinyu's account... So if you found her behaving weirdly etc, it was probably us. Unless after that she became high...

Oh dear, this is becoming rather like a factual recount, of things/events that happened, in relative chronological order. I don't think my brain is functioning too well now. I should get to sleep soon. Mm. Talking to myself doesn't sound very sane either. Oops.


Tuesday, June 21, 2005


Muahaha, I'm back after about another 2 hours of sleep from 9+ to 11+. =) Anyway because I'm currently bored of staring at chem since the wee hours of the morning, I've decided to do a quiz! Or rather kope another one, hehe.

Message: First, name 20 people you know.

1. cheegake
2. ger
3. eugene lim
4. jiankai
5. hansheng
6. xinhui
7. tianjiao
8. caina
9. junhua
10. jaime
11. peishan
12. tong chong
13. xiao hong
14. ning fei
15. zhenming
16. xinyu
17. wk
18. ame
19. jiching
20. huaming

Then, fill this out according to the people you chose!!

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Is 9 a boy or a girl?
` girl

Would 11 and 2 make a cute couple?
` no...

How about 18 and 4?:
` -cough- poor ame...

When was the last time you talked to 12?
` dunno, one co prac a long time ago

What is 6's favorite band?
` dunno... I know she likes anime though =)

Does 1 have any siblings?
` yup, elder brother [edit]an elder sister too, whom I unfortunately only remember as the one who pays her phone bills for her...[/edit]

Would you ever date 3?
` er probably not...

Would you ever date 7?
` haha, no... anyway she has her laogong le...

Is 16 single?
` yup

What's 15's last name?:
` ho or maybe it's bong, 'cos you know... ho zhenming bong? last wad...

What's 5's middle name?
` han

What's 10's hobby?:
` anime? if I'm not wrong it's fruitbasket or dizi, probably

Would 14 and 19 make a good couple?:
` :| probably... not

Tell me a random fact about 11
` she's my mei! =)

And 1
` she has naughty, bu zheng qi platelets

Have you ever had a crush on 8?
` no...

Where does 9 live?:
` jurong!! Jurong rocks!

What's 4's favorite color?:
` PINK!!! XD

Are 5 & 6 best friends?:
` no? they don't even know each other

Does 7 like 20?
` no lahz, she got laogong le...

Does 8 like 19?:
` nope, don't even know each other

How did you meet 15?:
` er maf I guess, because of his very unique name...

Does 10 have any pets?:
` -thinks hard- not too sure...

Is 12 older than you?:
` no!!!

Is 1 the sexiest person
` =X

Have you ever given 13 a hug?
` probably after concert or something... =)

Lala, another koped quiz. =) I'm a parasitic quiz kope-er... -evil cackle-

1.what made you happy this week ?
going out to mug actually... or rather the company I had while mugging, I miss people!

2.what made you sad this week?
not being able to sleep last night and having a horrible headache and just feeling bad...

3.has someone/somebody make u happy lately?
yea, just the people around at kap yesterday. it's always nice to know you're not alone

4.how are you feeling at the moment?
accomplished, I finished another chapter of chem! Which is why I'm slacking online for the moment... =X

(eh where's no 5?)

6.are you the type of person who easily gets hurt?
depending on who does the hurting... but I guess not? or at least I would like to think not

7. do you cry?
yeap... On one of my very emo days, I cried after watching the tong hua mtv!!! Still can't believe I did that.

8.have you ever been to a point in your life that you've thought about giving up?
yeap, was quite depressed at one point of time

9. the last movie you watched?
h2g2 I think...

10. with who?
eugene

11. the last song you heard?
liu se cai hong...

12. the last thing you bought?
sushi for dinner

13. the last place you went?
er kap

14. the last food you ate ?
er fishcake from lunch

15. the last thing you heard from your parents?
help move the chairs when they come later, and help ah ma with the housework arhz

16. the last thing you said to your parents?
orh

17. the last thing you said to one of your friends?
how to do qn 8 of chem tys...

18. the last thing you read?
chemistry tys

19. the last person you called?
eugene

20. the last person who called you?
my mummy

21. the last person who msg you?
cheegake

22. the last person who said you're pretty / handsome?
er probably my mum, (go one big round to compliment herself too...)

23. the last person who gave you a friendster testimonial?
cheegake

24. the last person who messaged you in ym?
no yahoo messenger

25. the last person/s you're with?
my grandma now

26. the last person you kissed goodnight?
probably my mum

27. the last person you kicked?
i don't usually kick people... whacking is more of my style ;)

28. the last person you think of before going to sleep?
-thinks- no one I guess

29. the last thing you're going to do before going to sleep?
shut down the computer, turn off the lights and move my worksheets/files/bags off my bed so I can sleep

30. the last time you went clubbing?
eep, never had and don't plan to

31. What song are you listening to now?
something on 933

32. handphone brand?
nokia!

33.wat wuld u do if sumone tells u he/she likes u?
now that would depend on if I like the person too... but since I don't like anyone now, I'd probably ignore it/pretend I never heard it and hope things stay normal

34. where do u live?
Jurong!!! heh, told you jurong rocks =)

35. what can't you live w/out?
my computer with internet connection and msn, my hp, family, friends

36. Who are you thinking of right at this moment?
cheegake!! cos she nv reply to my sms =(

37. what do you want most?
to be able to live my life without regrets =)

38. what would best describe you?
eh.. refer to other personality tests taken before... somewhere down the page.. -points-

39. who do you hate?
ooh... -thinks- a certain someone currently in rjc, who has a thing for hamsters and being AA

40. what are you most looking forward to?
end of block tests! next time I go out or something

Eh, dang... No more le =( Means it's back to mugging! Toodles~



I never knew waking up early in the morning, without being coerced, could be such a fun thing to do. Of course, I didn't exactly plan to wake up at 3am in the morning, I was suffering from insomnia! For some weird reason or another, after I had one cup of coffee at KAP yesterday, I became rather high-strung. And it wasn't good at all, since I was trying to mug, and absorbing information suddenly became very hard. First I would read a sentence, then realise that I either a) didn't read the sentence in it's entirety (resulting in my lack of understanding) b) read the sentence too quickly (and couldn't absorb) or c) missed some words and assumed things (which ended up in me having wrong concepts, which were discovered when I attempted the tys). Meaning that for perhaps one point/sentence, I had to read it at least a few times before I finally got what it was trying to say.

Not only that, to get rid of whatever nervous energy it was from the coffee, I kept shaking my foot, which usually, is extremely annoying for me if done by anyone else. And I became cranky too, liberally using curse/swear words referring to the netherworld, condemning and otherwise. After which, I got a horrible headache which made me feel like puking. =(

When I finally reached home though, my computer refused to work! The system couldn't detect the primary master rubbish or something, so here I am, 7 something in the morning, using my parents' computer to type this entry.

Actually I officially woke up at 3am. After numerous attempts at reviving my computer (which sadly failed) I decided to sleep at 12. Unfortunately for me, it was not a restful sleep and I woke up shortly after at about 2.30am. Then I tossed and turned about until 3am, decided to try and make myself sleep by doing what bores me the most, mugging chem. Well actually before that I was playing puzzle bubble on my handphone for about half an hour, then my eyes became extremely tired and a bit painful, so I tried to switch to mugging instead. Another reason for my lack of proper sleep was my overactive imagination. Because of something(s) some one(people) mentioned at KAP, I went home feeling rather spooked, or rather overly sensitive/suspicious. And at 2/3am in the morning, when no one else in the house is awake but you, and it's still dark outside, being alone with your imagination running wild isn't the most comforting feeling in the world.

But in any case, I mugged chem, and still didn't fall asleep, so I smsed some people whom I thought would be awake. Actually I only smsed hs, since NS people should have to wake up quite early right? But there was no reply! <- As you can tell, I was insanely bored and lacking in company. Thankfully my parents woke up soon after at about 5 plus, and I trotted to the kitchen and sat there talking to my mum who was cutting fruits. Needless to say she was very surprised by me being concious at a time earlier than 10, since my usual waking up time would be about 10+.

After they went to work, it was more chem mugging, then I bathed, and now here I am in front of the computer.

It's been less than 7 hours into today, about 4 hours plus since I woke up, and I wrote an entire post recounting part of my day today and part of it from yesterday. Hehe, waffle power!


Saturday, June 18, 2005


Bah what kind of bloody, annoying weather is this? (Besides bloody and annoying of course.) It's so hot, stuffy, warm, stifling, humid and ovenlike! To think I already had ice cream in the afternoon, and I still feel like I'm being baked. Worst of all, in the midst of all this heat, I'm actually sneezing! Kind of contradicting, but mostly aggravating.

Anyway, went out to treat the juniors to ice cream today, and we took more neoprints. Further proof that I should NOT take neoprints, because I look odd in them. Most/All of them anyway. XP



I'm finally home from the trip I took today to Orchard. Woke up extremely late at about 1130 or something, due to the nice, cool, perfect for sleeping in weather. Anyway, I followed my parents out shopping, with my two younger cousins. Or rather my mum and I went shopping, and my dad was looking after them in the toy department of whichever shopping mall we were at. =X Basically when I shopped, my mum stoned. And when she shopped, I located the nearest chair and studied chem. Hehe, at marks&spencer, the auntie next to me was giving me weird looks. Or rather she was giving my notes weird looks. So I basically wasted away the afternoon, but I managed to finish chemical bonding during the shopping trip.

Met ger and hs at taka at 6 plus, before the other two suona guys appeared. The prearranged time was 630pm at orchard mrt station, but somehow the three of us met up at taka, and since eugene asked for our location, I happily told him we were at taka and he apparently set off from the station to look for us. That is until jk reached the station too, and called hs, then we decided we might as well go back to the station since we had to pass by it to get to fei cui. Hs, being the erm amiable (to a certain extent), nice (for lack of any other less specific terms), innocent (to fill up space) senior, decided to call him and was admonished in a less than civilised (read: vulgar (?)) way. Oh well, but we all finally met up and made our way to fei cui!

Apparently we all came relatively hungry and prepared to get treated, although there was already a predetermined cap on the bill. However, upon reaching the relatively empty restaurant, the guys took an excruciatingly long time to decide what to eat. Or maybe it was how much to eat, whilst ger and I happily made up our minds rather quickly. And listening to what they wanted right, I think hs should be very grateful that he has juniors like ger and I. Hehe, considering that the guys were picking out what was most expensive. But anyway, due to everyone's apparent curiousity about NS, hs completed his dinner much later than the rest of us did, and there was quite some photo taking/sharing/laughing at/deleting at the table. Not to mention all the long legged people were invading our space! Tsk. Really, how ungentlemenly can you get?

But after the the nice dinner, which I helped finance for the moment, because fei cui does not accept nets, we planned, or rather stoned outside the underpass for a while before deciding to go and take neoprints! But before that, jk managed to visit toys r us before it closed, and eugene got his relatively expensive cd at HMV, despite there being a parallel import of the exact same cd from china selling at less than 10 dollars. =)

Anyway this was my erm third(?) time taking neoprints and it's still a hectic experience. Someone should translate neoprint machines, I'm sure billions of people especially students who don't read japanese would be immensely grateful. In any case, we took a lot of photos and some look quite cute, like the quan jia fu one, and I finally took one with my dear senior. =) Which reminds me, we ended up wearing same coloured clothes today, despite NOT coordinating them before hand! That is what I call mo qi, haha. =D

And when I reached home, I got an email from lois! Haha, miss her lots! And I think I shall be seeing her next week. =) So essentially I'm quite a happy person today, although mugging wise there doesn't seem to be much improvement. Oh well. Must be content with the little things in life. =)


Thursday, June 16, 2005


Your Type is
ESFJ
Extroverted Sensing Feeling Judging
Strength of the preferences %
22 62 62 56


The Portrait of the Provider Guardian (eSfJ)

Provider Guardians take it upon themselves to arrange for the health and welfare of those in their care, but they are also the most sociable of all the Guardians, and thus are the great nurturers of established institutions such as schools, businesses, churches, social clubs, and civic groups. Wherever they go, Providers take up the role of social contributor, happily giving their time and energy to make sure that the needs of others are met, that traditions are supported and developed, and that social functions are a success.

Providers are very likely more than ten percent of the population, and this is very fortunate for the rest of us, because friendly social service is a key to their nature. Highly cooperative themselves, Providers are skilled in maintaining teamwork among their helpers, and are also tireless in their attention to the details of furnishing goods and services. They make excellent chairpersons in charge of social events. They are without peer as masters of ceremonies, able to approach others with ease and confidence, and seemingly aware of what everyone’s been doing. And they are outstanding hosts or hostesses, able to remember people’s names, usually after one introduction, and always concerned about the needs of their guests, wanting to insure that all are involved and provided for.

Providers are extremely sensitive to the feelings of others, which makes them perhaps the most sympathetic of all the types, but which also leaves them rather self-conscious, that is, highly sensitive to what others think of them. Because of this Providers can be crushed by personal criticism, and will work most effectively when given ample appreciation both for themselves personally and for the service they give to others. This is not to say that Providers are afraid to express their own emotional reactions. They are quick to like and dislike—and don’t mind saying so—tending to put on a pedestal whatever or whoever they admire, and to come down hard on those people and issues they don’t care for.

In their choice of careers, Providers may lean toward sales and service occupations. They have such pleasant, outgoing personalities that they are far and away the best sales reps, not only regularly winning sales contests, but earning seniority in any sales group within an organization. Observing Providers at work in a sales transaction reveals clearly how this type personalizes the sale. They are visibly—and honestly—concerned with their customer’s welfare, and thus the customer is not simply buying the product, but is buying personally from the Provider. This same characteristic causes them to be good in many people-to-people jobs, as teachers, clergy, coaches, social workers, office receptionists, and so on. Providers seldom become a source of irritation in the workplace; on the contrary, they are unflagging in their devotion to their company, and show such personal loyalty to their immediate superiors that they make invaluable personal secretaries.


Extraverted Sensing Feeling Judging
by Joe Butt
Profile: ESFJ
Revision: 3.0
Date of Revision: 23 Feb 2005


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Guardians of birthdays, holidays and celebrations, ESFJs are generous entertainers. They enjoy and joyfully observe traditions and are liberal in giving, especially where custom prescribes.

All else being equal, ESFJs enjoy being in charge. They see problems clearly and delegate easily, work hard and play with zest. ESFJs, as do most SJs, bear strong allegiance to rights of seniority. They willingly provide service (which embodies life's meaning) and expect the same from others.

ESFJs are easily wounded. And when wounded, their emotions will not be contained. They by nature "wear their hearts on their sleeves," often exuding warmth and bonhomie, but not infrequently boiling over with the vexation of their souls. Some ESFJs channel these vibrant emotions into moving dramatic performances on stage and screen.

Strong, contradictory forces consume the ESFJ. Their sense of right and wrong wrestles with an overwhelming rescuing, 'mothering' drive. This sometimes results in swift, immediate action taken upon a transgressor, followed by stern reprimand; ultimately, however, the prodigal is wrested from the gallows of their folly, just as the noose tightens and all hope is lost, by the very executioner!

An ESFJ at odds with self is a remarkable sight. When a decision must be made, especially one involving the risk of conflict (abhorrent to ESFJs), there ensues an in-house wrestling match between the aforementioned black-and-white Values and the Nemesis of Discord. The contender pits self against self, once firmly deciding with the Right, then switching to Prudence to forestall hostilities, countered by unswerving Values, ad exhaustium, winner take all.

As caretakers, ESFJs sense danger all around--germs within, the elements without, unscrupulous malefactors, insidious character flaws. The world is a dangerous place, not to be trusted. Not that the ESFJ is paranoid; 'hyper-vigilant' would be more precise. And thus they serve excellently as protectors, outstanding in fields such as medical care and elementary education.

taken from: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp



Second time watching H2G2 yesterday, and I still find it amusing. =D I especially liked the ending, or rather how the Vogons met their (miserable) fate. And marvin is still cute as ever! Haha, I'm not very obsessed over him, just a little. The wool part of the improbability drive is also very entertaining! Reminds me of finger/hand puppets and stuff. And multi coloured green and purple puke... XD Now all I need to do is find time after bts to get the third book onwards, although I think I've quite forgotten the second book as well. So I might as well just start reading from the second book again. And if hs is koping ger's book, I shall just go borrow from the library, XP at least I know how to use the online catalogue properly. =)

In any case, just to fill up space here, I shall do a survey too! Yeah, the same one that had already appeared on so many other people's blogs. I wonder who actually bothers reading through the entire survey and the answers of other people...

1. Your name : zhixuan
2. Where were your parents born : singapore
3. What is the last thing you downloaded: dong feng po by jay chou (trying to stuff as many songs as possible into my hp)
4. What is your favourite restaurant? : -thinks- nydc has nice desserts i think...
5. Last time you swam in a pool? : er, cannot swim. splashed around in one about end last year though
6. Have you ever been in a school play : yeap! backstage for hcyy. and of course we have speech training stuff in sec 1 and 2
7. How many kids do you want: 2, i guess
8. Type of music you DISLIKE most : techno! I get a headache listening to them, repetitive, loud, heavy rhythms and too many effects get to me.
9. Are you registered to vote? : too young to.
10. Do you have a car : nope
11. Do you like rollercoasters : yes!
12. Ever prank call any1 b4? : once in primary school
13. Chattin with : nobody
14. Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving : bungee jumping! at least there's a string at the end of my feet or something, and I'm not totally left on my own.
15. Are you shy : depends who/what sort of crowd I'm with
16. Do you think you're popular : i'm surviving. =)
17. What's the size of your bed? : single
8. Do you really know all the words to your national anthem : i think so, they should more or less be correct anyway
19. Bath or Shower : shower is faster, but baths are nice after camps...
20. Best movie you've seen in the past 4 month: H2G2! Or mr and mrs smith...
21. What's the next movie you want to see: charlie and the chocolate factory!!! XD (and the chronicles of narnia, harry potter and the goblet of fire, five children and it, da vinci code etc.)
22. Chips or popcorn : chips
23. Have you ever broken any1s heart : er... nope
24. Status : single
25. Are you a good cook : baking counts right? at least the microwave oven/oven/baking thing won't burn your food as long as you follow instructions
26. Orange or apple juice : apple! ping guo pai wan sui! XD
27. Who you last went out to dinner with and where did you go to..? cg, bong, nf and xq at cosy corner at coro...
28. Fave drink: apple aloe vera, or milk
29. Best thing in the world : being content
30. Have you ever broken a bone : not yet
31. Have you ever won a trophy? don't think so?
32. What is your favorite board game : monopoly
33. Someone in mind : nope
34. Do you have a bf/gf : nope
35. Do you still love your ex? : no ex
36. Have you ever had to wear a uniform to work? still wearing it to school
37. Last thing you bought at a pharmacy: ricola elderflowers sweet thingy
38. Who are you going to marry : my husband
39. Who would you like to meet : an angel
40. Do you believe in love at first sight? haha, why not?
41. Whats your favourite song right now? not favourite, but it's stuck in my head... So long and thanks for all the fish!
42. Where would you go for a romantic evening? beach! nice scenary
43. How many pairs of shoes do you own : 3
44. Last song stuck in your head : So long and thanks for all the fish!
46. Best Teevee show rite now : jiu wu zhi zun! or lost. CSI is nice too... bleh I'm fickle
47. What is one thing you would like to learn to do? cook? haha, my mum has been nagging at me to learn that since I was in primary school
48. What do you do when you are bored : blogsurf, listen to music, talk to people
49. How would you want someone to appreciate you? by er being appreciative...?

and since I koped this from ger... here's another one.

1) pierce your nose or tongue?
my ears aren't even pierced lahz...

2) be serious or be funny?
funny!

3) drink whole or skim milk?
skim, doesn't really make a difference

4) be simple or complicated?
complicated

*...DO YOU PREFER...*

5) flowers or angel figurines?
flower figurines? ee... fresh flowers nicer, figurines in my house generally sit around and collect dust

6) grey or pink?
grey

7) coloured or black-and-white ?
coloured

8) lust or love?
love

9) sunrise or sunset?
sunset

10) M&Ms or Skittles?
m&ms!

11) rap or rock?
both are nice, in they're own way

12) staying up late or waking up early?
staying up late

13) TV or radio?
radio

14) computer or handphone?
computer

15) eating apples or oranges?
apples!

16) being at the front or back?
depends on for what... mostly at the back

17) spring or fall?
fall

18) feeling hot or cold?
cold, although my nose will protest and attempt to run away

19) tall members of the opposite sex?
taller than me

20) sun or moon?
moon

21) emeralds or rubies..
emeralds <- my birthstone i think

22) left or right?
right

23) having 10 acquaintances or 1 best friend?
1 best friend

24) sun or rain?
rain

25) vanilla ice cream or chocolate ice cream ?
vanilla

27) green beans or carrots?
carrots! or brocolli

26) boys or girls?
eh.. girls?

*...MISCELLANEOUS...*

29) What is your biggest fear in the world?
dying without doing what I feel I should have done

30) Kids or no kids?
kids

31) Cat or dog?
rabbit

32) Half empty or half full?
half empty mostly

33)Mustard or ketchup?
ketchup

34) Hard cover books or soft cover books?
hard cover

35) Newspaper or magazine?
magazines

37) Wonder or amazement?
wonder

38) Red car or white car?
blue car

39) Happy and poor or sad and rich?
happy =)

40) Singing or dancing?
singing i guess, less embarrassing

41) Hugging or kissing?
hugging

42) Corduroy or plain?
plain

43) Happy or sad?
happy!

45) Blondes, brunettes?
brunettes

*...ABOUT YOU...*

46. What time is it? 1457

47. Name? zhixuan

48. Nickname? x^3, coconuttrey, etc.

50. Where are you now? at home!

51. What are you doing? filling out this survey on my blog

52. Number of candles that appear on the cake? 17!

53. Date that you regularly blow them out? 21st May

54. Pets? nope

55. Eye color? brown/black?

56. Hair color? dark brown/black

57. Piercings? none

58. Clean guy/gal/ or pierced guy/gal? clean

59. Who's the person on your mind right now? no one.

60. What are u goin to do after doing this survey? write zuo wen


Thursday, June 09, 2005


Went to watch H2G2 yesterday, with two previous generations of (second/assistant/IT/whatevernot) secretaries, after leaving the rest of the exco to do stock taking. I think I was more convinced by the weather than anything else, since it was hot, humid and oppressant. And also because we didn't have a room (besides the co room) to do stock taking in. But anyway, H2G2 is so cute! Or rather marvin is so cute... =)
Although it didn't really follow the book, but I'm still looking forward to the next film adaptation... Haiz I'm feeling very inefficient and unproductive, and I'm going out more than I'm supposed to!!! Horrible people, release so many movies that I want to watch during the June holidays... How utterly tempting... And my piggy bank is depleting itself of money!

I think my bts are going to be in a very sad state, especially since they said that chemistry is going to be a killer paper. =(


Monday, June 06, 2005


Ra!-ness =( I wasted close to 3 hours sleeping! Precious studying time and what not gone off to visiting 周府... -sulks- Now I'm irritated at myself for wasting time, and I'm wasting more of it online. -gasp!- !!!


Sunday, June 05, 2005


For all the conveniences and benefits technology brings, (for now, to me) it seems nothing more than a simple way of avoiding conversation in real life. Some people whom I can chat with throughout the day (and night) in real life, I find myself speechless when faced with them on the internet. The very same person you rely on, perhaps in school or at other functions, you find extremely annoying when chatting with over the instant messenger. Or perhaps someone you could never ever possibly hold a conversation with in real life, you find yourself talking to that same person throughout the entire night over the internet.

If anything about the opposite party annoys you, you can't do anything in real life except ignore and avoid the person, hoping he/she gets the signal and stops coming to look for you. But online, things are so much easier, with a touch of the Block button, regardless of whether the person gets it or not, to you, your cyber world is a much happier place once again.

What about apologies, confessions and accusations? Everything sounds the same over the internet. When you apologise, it doesn't sound sincere, and it probably isn't either. When you confess to something, who knows if you had already cleverly brainstormed a way out of the consequence if it should turn undesirable. And about pushing away appointments, fibbing is so much easier over the internet or sms! In fact I just fibbed about something to avoid going to an event which I would have to see a lot of unwelcome people. Something I feel weighing on my conscience now, but which was strongly helped by the fact that I didn't have to listen to that person's tone or see her facial expressions. I was actually wavering on the decision, not knowing if I should have gone or not, but with the help of swift and efficient technology, the entire issue was settled within minutes. (I'm still not going of course) But what difference does it make?

The only point I'm making here is that anything, regardless of whether it's the internet or handphone, that allows people to communicate without getting face to face, isn't exactly very good... =( Oh well. Random thought anyway.


Friday, June 03, 2005


Okok, after a close to 12 hour sleep session last night, I think I'm relatively more able to blog about xie zuo ying without falling asleep in front of the computer.

Anyway, besides the comic book lecture, the other lectures related to our main topic somehow didn't appeal to me at all. Somehow or another, I just couldn't pay attention, and after trying a while I gave up... Especially on the last day, they placed a lecture somewhere right before we were released from camp, and I don't think anyone was paying full attention at all. Everyone just couldn't wait to go home, and as much as I felt bad for the lecturer, I was trying my best not to fall asleep. With only about 20 minutes sleep in the morning, I had decided that I would make use of my time in the lecture to catch up on rest, but the chairs were so oddly shaped that there was no position you could sit in and be comfortable at. And after a while I gave up trying to sleep and started talking to the person next to me.

But then again, besides the lectures, the other programmes organised were quite fun I guess, and there was quite a bit of interaction between the schools. The best part of course was after everything was over, and we had our own within school interaction at the dorms, over games of bridge and mahjong. Not forgetting of course with many many packets of snacks, jellies, a radio that someone brought and the keyboard. That could have been called quality class bonding time, except not all of the class was around.

And within the group, I met lots of new people, and got to know someone else from school and others out of school. =) Hopefully they send the pictures around...

Oh yes, who can forget about the food! On the first day, everyone was apparently starved, and the ministry(?)/schools(?) decided to start feeding us more and more from the second day onwards. The meals were really good, compared to what I was expecting, although the utensils and plates reminded me of what you would get in a prison, with all the compartments sectioned out for you. Then we had weird syrupy drinks for all 4 days, which I have nothing much to say about, since they were all cold and stuff, so never mind.

A rather useful lifeskill we learnt there though, was how to pack as many people as possible into lifts which could hold a maximum of thirteen or so. It is especially important, as some poor people, nameless us, lived on the 7th floor of the hostel and walking up the staircase was not a pleasant solution to going up.

The living quarters weren't as bad as we expected, as we did have doors, just no walls separating the rooms next to each other. But that wasn't too bad, since we all knew each other and could conveniently run across to each other's rooms for entertainment. =)

Overall the camp did sort of make me wonder what I could do to make me improve my writing, (ie READ!) and how to try and use original viewpoints to look at events in my life so that they appear more interesting as essay content. But that wasn't the main thing I guess, it was more of interacting with people and learning how to adapt quickly to new surroundings that struck me most. The group interactions were strongly aided by having an enthu group leader and relatively chatty group mates.

But now it's back to school work and studying... Haiz..



Block test topics by notes:

Biology

Biochemistry:
- Water
- Carbohydrates
- Lipids
- Proteins

Enzymes

Cell Structure and Function
- Microscopy and other techniques
- Cell fractionation
- Cell structure and function: The Second
- Cell membrane systems
- Cell structure and function (III) [cell membrane and transport across membrane]

Nucleic Acids
- Genetic control and inheritance
- Gene expression: From gene to protein
- Mutagens
- How genes control metabolism
- Principles of gene manipulation
- Cell and nuclear division (mitosis)

Chemistry

- Atoms, Molecules and Stoichiometry (mass spec, mole, redox)
- Atomic and electronic structure
- Periodicity 1 (Physical properties trend)
- States of Matter (Gaseous State)
- The Periodic Element (II) [chemical periodicity]
- Chemical bonding part 1
- Chemical bonding part 2
- Chemical energetics

Mathematics

- Inequalities
- Sequences and Series
- Mathematical Induction
- Partial Fractions
- Binomial Expansion
- Graphs
- Trigonometry

LEP

古文
- 狼
- 大铁椎
- 詹天佑
- 病梅馆
- 菊海
- 狱中上母书
- 先妣事略
- 卖柑者言

唐诗
- 关山月
- 战城南
- 把酒问月
- 买花
- 慈乌夜啼
- 燕诗
- 使至塞上
- 山居秋暝
- 桃源行
- 旅夜书怀
- 春望
- 茅屋为秋风所破歌

小说
- 恢复自由以后
- 药


Thursday, June 02, 2005


24 hours without sleep... What was I thinking?