.:. Prelude .:.
Sweat trickles down the face,
picking up dirt as it goes along,
becoming darker and darker.
Falling upon the fatigued knees,
the rocks piercing through the jeans,
dyeing the edges red.
The last 4 miles was tough,
peering down the stretch,
with end equating to infinity.
He dug his hands deep into the sand,
the scars screaming in pain,
veins popping as he lifted himself.
Standing up with 1 hand on his knee,
gravel lined road lay await,
the shoes wrinkling in fear.
Moving on was the onli choice,
it was a matter of time,
and it was not on his side.
Mid years is coming, drawing nearer and nearer as I am typing tis post. Been studying, waking up, revising, use laptop then sleep. I regretted not starting revision earlier. Now I know I am not going to finish the syllabus in time. This is going to be my worst prepared for exam. Haiz, I need to do well!!! I will press on, hope for the best!!!
Here's a quote from a very wise lady, and it awoke the senses of a boy:
"Neither strength alone, nor mind alone."
Ponder about it...its very meaningful when u can understand what it means :)
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.:. To each his/her own .:.
The TV and Laptop in my house are very disruptive to my studies, so I've been going to school to study whenever I am able to the past week. Reach about 9.30am, lunch at 1.00pm++ then back to studying till 5.00pm++. Its a free-for-all, free-sitting study group, so people come and go. So far those that are there, Ryan, Zhi Yong, Terence, Michelle, Sushan and me.
And 1 thing i realized is that people's studying habits vary to a huge extent. So here are some examples:
1) Pure memorizing page by page.
2) Lying down on the table and hoping the info will fall into the brain through gravitational force.
3) Memorizing with MP3 in ear(most common)
4) Scribbling non-related pictures on notes(need I say who?)
5) Reading through once before attempting to memorize
6) Chionging through the 10-year-series
Gives you a view of how different style suits different people, and rather bizarre at times, but hey, to each his/her own, whatever suits u best is fine by u :). Jia You 0804!!!!
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.:. Reason .:.
This post is spawned from a msn chat with wenzhen recently.
I'm sure all my readers are well-versed in the knowledge, if not tired of it, that I lik gundam :). I was talking to Wenzhen jus the other nite, bout anime and stuff, then she was like asking why I lik gundam so much, and that set me thinking through the nite.
A brief history. U could say it was love at first sight :). I can remember watching Gundam Wing on the then channel 8 in the morning. That was when I started taking interest in gundam, or rather machines. From then on, i steadily began watching shows with machine in it. Somehow, gundam disappeared from the tv screen for a while, until it made a comeback as gundam seed in sec 1/2 i think. Dalvin's legacy(cough cough) of gundam officially starts. My first gundam was 1/144 Aile Strike Gundam :). All the way till now, i officially have 24 gundams(of which 1 was sadly decapitated...T.T), so 23 and counting...
So after much thinking, I managed to come up with some reasons:
Firstly, its cos of the action. Hey I'm a boy, so ya the action scenes is probably a reason. Seeing the gundams flying around, the beam sabers blazing alive, the gundanium alloy shattering as the beam cuts through it...etc etc. Cant imagine why it would not be attractive to any guy.
Secondly, i put it under the category of creativity. Since young, all i need was a lego standard kit and i could sit 1 whole day infront of the tv building whatever nonsense i can think of, or imitating interesting machines i can find on tv. I dare say I know my lego set inside out. It might sound weird, but somehow or rather, spending hours diving my hand into the box and digging out the lego piece i want, and sitting there stoning while trying to think to a certain method to build something is fun to me. U see it in your mind, then slowly building it from 1 lego brick all the way to the final creation. Satisfaction to max :). So how does tat link to gundam, well its relatively impossible to build a flexible gundam using lego, so i immediately jumped on the band wagon when i saw gundam models. Best of all it has to be fixed :). U see the gundam being 'manufactured' right infront of your very eyes, by your very own hands...how estatic can u get!!!Ok I know I am the onli 1 that feels that way. Suddenly, Zhiyong's quote about pepper lunch comes across my mind:"U pay money then u have to cook the meat yourself". What can I say, I enjoy the process of building my gundam :)
Thirdly, (which is kinda of emo) is because of the image that gundams portray. GUNDAMs (General Unilateral Neuro-link Dispersive Automative Maneuveur) are easily the size of a bulding, with a cockpit snugly in the torso jus nice enough for a pilot to sit in it. The pilot sits in the cockpit, and move the huge machine simply with either a joystick, or two throttles by the side (minus the intricate programming that has to go into the Operating System). The sense of having such a giant at yr disposable is ermm, exhilarating. Which made me think, is it because of a feeling of smallness in this vast society, or simply explained, inferiority complex. To have a gigantic machine, to either destroy, or to protect your loved ones, as an embodiment of myself would certainly provide a means of escape from this inferiority complex. The gundam is me, I am gundam, is tat what is making me so crazy about it???
In conclusion, I cannot pin-point the exact reason why I like gundam. But my love for gundam is undeniable(I form strong hydrogen, covalent, hydrophobic, disulphide, ionice etc etc bonds with it...sry i study too much liao). So whether it is because or reason 1,2 or 3, or a combination of the 3 I dun noe, afterall there's the chinese saying:"The audience sees better." So ya...wat else can I say,
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.:. Unsatisfying answers .:.
Dalvin is very displeased with UNsatisfying answers.
It happened lik this:
I came home last saturday, onli to find out that my bro got 2 new gundams to his collection. Upon enquiry, it was for his 'good' chinese results. But then why is there 2? Actually 1 is from my mum, another from my dad. I received mine from my mum few weeks ago, but my dad...so i went to pester him.
Dalvin: How come u buy gundam for Dariel?
Dad: Cos he did good for his chinese ma.
Dalvin: I also did good for my chinese, A for A-levels leh.
Dad: I know, but mum reward u liao ma.
Dalvin: But u nvr.
Dad: Errr...
Dalvin: I got A for chinese leh.
Dad: Ya but you've been getting A for all yr chinese...
!!!My eyes open big BIG!!!The marble tiles broke into teeny weeny little pieces upon contact with my JAWS!!! Wa Piang eh!!!UNFAIR!!!
ARHHHHHHHHH...unsatisfying to max!!!
sianz...
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.:. Mid Years .:.
Its most sian when u finish studying, onli to discover a few days later its no longer there...
The 1st week of hols is almost gone, so here I am concluding what i have done. Managed to finish studying the chem notes(only), and found that i already forgot some of it...T.T. Jus started on econs today. Need to chiong more to be able to finish studying...arhhhhh.
To show the immense chunk of work left undone:
1) Do the yellow chem 10 years series
2) Finish up on Econs.
3) Bio
4) Maths
(Optional yet not so optional):
5) Panel Lining
6) Catch up on shows...
Sianz. So much to do so little time. Pls let the chem knowledge remain in my head!!! If not i will have to spend more of my limited time on it. OMG, i know some of u are OMFGing that i hv already finished chem. But let me restate, bits n pieces of it are leaking out of my brain. Pls stay in there!!! PLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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.:. Strategic planning .:.
Mud splattered as the bomb made contact with the ground.
The blackened boots clank against the metal railings as the messenger runs across it. Corner after he turned, only to reveal doors that look exactly alike. Dust from the ceiling rained upon him, a sign that the he must hurry. He gripped the envelope in his hands even more tightly, with his pespiration spreading across it. He was lifted off his feet when the ceiling behind him caved in. Mud, gravel and sand poured in. He tried to pick himself up, only to feel a short piercing sensation on his right foot. He could not afford to lose anymore time, there wasn't any to waste. He removed the slab that was half way into his calf, and tossed it against the wall. Blood red colourised the once black boots, while the man continued running. Finally, he saw the sign hanging on the fateful door. He pushed the door open, before collapsing onto the ground. The envelope came lose, and a file slide out.
Preparation for incoming threat:
7.30 - 8.00am: Wake up
8.00 - 12.00am: Breakfast and study
12.00 - 1.00pm: Lunch and slack a bit
1.00 - 4.00pm: Study
4.00 - 6.30pm: Computer
6.30 - 8.00pm: Bath and dinner
8.00 - 10.00/11.00pm: Study
11.00pm onwards: Computer / panel lining
That basically sums up my battle strategy for mid years. Must do well for mid-years!!!
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