Trial, Day 3

The first paper was Chemistry, a tough paper for me since I've never shown a slightest interest in the subject, exacerbated by the fact that the concepts are preposterously abstract and requires great imagination to visualise what is concealed behind seemingly discombobulating diagrams that are visualised by scientists but not drawn scientifically. Unveiling it is a tedious job, and I raised my flags lots of time. Exam was definitely a merciless killer. If you don't get what you study, you don't get the marks. That simple. The relation is direct and proportional. Luckily, some of the questions in the exam were rather simple, but by "simple", complicating calculations and drawings are still needed although more disconcerting ones are not tested. Overall, the paper was quite badly done.

Second paper would be Maths.T, the awful subject that even a person who shows profound interest to the subject will loathe it to the core. My teacher showed some mercy this time by being lenient. The questions that came out were quite tough, but very much easier if compared to STPM questions. The marks that we get might need to be lowered to estimate the possible grade obtained. Anyway, careless mistakes were done by obvious stupidity, laziness dominated my brain when I slacked and refused to rack my brain when I encountered a question I believed I could solve. Overall, this day sucks.

Trial STPM, Day 2

Let's cut to the chase. The first paper was Physics. You thought with only a few theories and equations to remember, it would definitely a cinch? This paper will prove you wrong. It's hard like shit. And the questions are just weird/hard to the core. The objective questions themselves are already a killer. There were a few questions that were almost indecipherable for me. With only 1 and a half hour, I didn't manage to finish it. I don't even have the confidence to get a 50 for the paper. Second paper for the day: MUET paper 3. Only objective questions, was pretty good. The more I read the passages, the more sleepy I felt. Oddly, the paper had an incredible soporific effect, and the more you read it, the more you had to fight off the sleepiness in you. Overall, an okay paper.

Trial STPM, Day 1

This year I'll sit for my exam in the hall, again. Let's go straight to the point.

The first paper is the relatively unimportant paper - Pengajian Am, a paper I don't really care much about the marks but do care about the content. What you study is actually very interesting but unfortunately too hard to remember. Given with only a mere 2 hours to complete 15 objectives, 4 structures, and 2 long essays, most of us couldn't complete it in time. Objectives were fine, so were subjective, but essay was a problem. I haven't written an essay for more than 9 months!!!!! I managed to finish writing 2 just in time, but ended up writing one wrong because I was too agitated. ==

Second paper of the day was Muet Paper 4: writing. It's fine, although I haven't done an exercise on either parts. I'm not quite sure whether I did the first part correctly, but I guess it doesn't matter now. Second part was ok. Still the old thing - I hate factual essays.

Just A Thought

I'll post about my exams later.

I had badminton yesterday, together with some friends. And that game made me thought something that I've reluctantly come to a conclusion, a very sad one.

I'm just not built for sports, because of the asthma in me.

My asthma never attacks, but it sure makes me gasps for air like hell every time I do something aggressive.

Perhaps, I should opt for a less heavy sports like mountain climbing that I've enjoyed and have no problems so far.

When I gasped for air yesterday, hard, and feeling lethargic, I thought for a while, and accepted it sombrely, making me emo for quite a while.

I like badminton, even if I'm suck at it. But I guess I just have to play another sport, as my body cannot support the heavy runnings.

It's Here, Again!

The title refers to two things.

First, the annoying haze. I don't know why, but it just materialised out of nowhere and abruptly. It spread throughout the whole place, choking the air with heavy particles and literally killing my nose. I've been suffering from nasal allergy for a long time, and contaminants in the air could cause severe blockage in my nose, and I detest it.

The heat was unbearable as well. The weather is so hot, you could sweat like a pig even if you sit on the chair not moving a muscle.

Second thing that it refers to : exam! It has been months (specifically, 9 months) since I sat for my last exam (SPM). This time it's a whole new thing - STPM, an exam known (or notorious) for its difficulty (hence, the international recognition).

You thought studying only 4 subjects is easy? Nope, you're wrong. These 4 subjects are tough, abstract, and you've got lots to learn. Much more than SPM.

Since it's just a trial, I didn't really bother much about it. Just hope I won't flunk any. I care more about the actual exam more than the trial.

Anyway, good luck to everyone sitting for the exam this week. Hopefully, we can all get our targeted result (at least scraped through it, if you're really not confident), and be ebullient after that.

After this trial- PLAY!

Olympic Silver

He won the first set, lost the second, and lost the third with a marginal 2 points. It's sad, yes, and it's painful to lose the third set with 19-21. But he'd done his best, and he had tried to realise everybody's dream. He lost - but we should be proud of him. It is, after all, the spirit that matters most, not the medal. And Lee Chong Wei has shown it when he fought hard. Congratulations for getting a Silver! You deserve it!

Olympic Medal

Lee Chong Wei has finally beaten his opponent in the semi-final for the London Olympic and he'll be facing Lin Dan again in the final. Two almost retirees are gonna compete again tomorrow night for their last olympic game.

Who will win? And who do you support? I guess it doesn't matter. The match between two top players should pump your adrenaline and the anticipation brewing in us can never be stronger now.