Thursday, March 30, 2006

Allow me to apologize, because i'm at a total loss as to how to start this post. i've thought of a quote, song lyrics, even a quote from a song, but nothing seems to flow today. anyway, now that some headway has been made, let's get down to what i have to say.

yesterday was one of my better days. i spent 2.5 hours in the library, doing my complex numbers tutorial and some other stuff. for once, i felt productive. i really think i should do this more often.

sadly, today was sucky in comparison. it was a long day, and we got screwed big time in econs, which was the last period. what a way to end the day, no? you know, there are times you want to blame the teacher, your classmates, anyone but yourself. this is one of those times, except that you know that you're in the wrong; you just don't want to believe it. sometimes, i just want to take the easy way out and drop econs, but somehow, it doesn't feel right. oh well.

also, turns out i've officially been denied the chance to take the physics s-paper. my emotions are pretty mixed about this. on one hand, i'm happy because i can finally go for training on thursday without having a major scheduling conflict. and god knows i need all the training i can get up till july. yet, i still feel sad, because telling people that you're a 1 s-paper student doesn't have the same ring as saying that you take 2 s-papers. this is, of course, assuming i get to keep my chem s-paper, which is in jeopardy as well. all in all, i guess i'm neutral towards physics. but if they take my chem s-paper away, i'll have to fight for it.

"We all make mistakes, yeah,
But it's never too late to start again,
Take another breath and say another prayer...
And fly away from here,
Anywhere, yeah, I don't care
We'll just fly away from here
Our hopes and dreams are out there somewhere"
Extract from Aerosmith - Fly Away From Here


wouldn't it be nice to fly away sometimes? i don't mean flying off a building, heading towards the ground at 9.81 metres per second squared, but rather, flying to somewhere like maybe a small pacific island, just for a break. i guess this particular train of thought was inspired by a Green Lantern book i just bought. i'm not sure about the exact way the ideas are linked, but i'm thinking it's because the Green Lantern can fly. anyways, i'm thinking a break would be really welcome now.

last thing on my mind...the week has really flown by.

-thingy of the day: Unbreakable water bottles are good.-

Sunday, March 26, 2006

Chinese doctors are really good at treating injuries. After my shoulder/arm remained screwed for a week, i decided to go and see someone to get it fixed. the process was...not something i'd do if there was no urgent need for it. it involved needles, suction pumps, some cracking, some pressing, a tiny bit of screaming, and a not-so-little amount of soreness and pain. but in spite of that, i feel much better! just have to take the medication and stretch the remaining tightness out. according to the doctor, it should take about 3 days to a week for full functionality to be restored. yays. and i have 3 nice, big, red, circular bruises between my neck and shoulder to show people. heh. all for the price of $40.

i just remembered something i wanted to blog about. that thing is friday. even thought it wasn't friday the 13th, some freaky stuff happened. for instance, i was happily walking home after a fun s-paper session, when i happened to look down into a drain grating. for the first time in my 17+ years of living in bishan, i saw a real live rat. ok, maybe it wasn't alive. let's rephrase that: i saw a real dead rat. i knew for sure it was dead because it didn't even move when i poured some water on it. kind of weird. i thought rats only lived in rural places. apparently not.

second freaky thing was that for no reason whatsoever, someone added me to msn! freakier thing, it was a primary 5 girl!! turns out she mistook me for one of her classmates. my name is not as rare as i thought it was...oh well. after i established it was a mistake, i wasted no time in blocking/deleting her. she's going to be quite pissed off with that classmate of hers on monday, at least until they clear up the error.

speaking of s-paper, lessons are really great (for chem at least). i just wish they were a little earlier though. imagine leaving school at 6 almost every friday. i don't even have time for my weekly retail therapy session any more. but it's like trading something i like for something else i like (possibly even more), so i'm not the loser in this deal. and i get 2 full hours to do my work, so i suppose it's better than going home earlier and slacking all the way.

tomorrow is a BAD DAY. long day, PE, plus monday blues. arrgh. well, i may get to skip PE (yet again) because of the nice doctor. better not do it too often though. after all, PE's (supposedly) good for health.

-thingy of the day: Chinese doctors are good at treating injuries. Western doctors are better in treating illnesses.-

Thursday, March 23, 2006

To be the worst amongst the best or the best amongst the worst - which is better? i know there's a model answer to this question, but i've forgotten what it is at the moment. i'm thinking that being the worst amongst the best is better, but i can't remember why.

anyway, i got to leave school early again! twice in 2 days. i must be extra lucky or something. it was for a legitimate reason though, namely the NS checkup. it was pretty routine stuff, eye checkup, general well-being, and some other stuff. i got to avoid a blood test because i knew my blood group was A+ and could prove it thanks to my blood donation card. *finally*, good karma is coming my way. by donating blood, i get to miss having more needles stuck into me. and personally, i find that to be a good thing.

the other parts of the checkup were ok, although i think i screwed up on the vocational diagnostic test thing. i took too long doing the maths part, because i only saw the pencil and paper a third of the way into the test. so i was doing mental sums for maybe 30-40 minutes? i bet that would affect the accuracy of my score. but oh well. as long as they don't mistake me for a moron, i'm ok with it. and i get to skip school once again! this time, it's a bit later, 20th april. all because something's wrong with my eyes.

army registration...holy shit. just think - next year (or maybe sooner), i'll be going to camp all the time, finding out first-hand if all the stories my older male relatives tell are true or not. scary. but as weird as this may sound, it's also quite exciting. maybe i just don't see my imminent death yet, but oh well. maybe i'll end up doing judo for the SAF.

it's almost friday! yay. i end at 2...no wait, i don't. i end at 6. ahh sian. but it's for chem s-paper, so i guess it's ok. in fact, i'm quite looking forward to it. only problem is, there's a nice long 2-hour gap between my official last class and when the s-paper is supposed to start. well, i suppose i could spend that time in the library, music in my ears, hard at work. or slacking. slacking's good too. nah. let's try work first. 2 days' worth of school aren't going to catch up by themselves.

-thingy of the day: Is honesty always the best policy?-

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Nationals this year was...unfruitful. no medals for me, but i've gained new experience. the competition has showed me that i'm not really prepared, not in the slightest. it's exposed some of my weaknesses, like my susceptibility to minor throws, lack of evasive ability, amongst other glaring faults. i really have to train harder/more for the team event in july. i can't be repeating this sucky performance.

i think the main reason for the lack of success is a lack of focus. i totally didn't know what i was doing out on the mats. totally spaced out. another reason would be, as a few people have pointed out to me, my mindset. i don't know how they can see this (since i can't see this myself), but i appear to have a little inferiority thing going on when it comes to judo. irritating. must conquer this little stumbling block soon, and i figure that the best way to do it would be to participate more actively in training, and by going out to challenge the bosses more often.

the last (relatively minor) reason, i think, is because of my screwed up arm. i can't even do a proper forward roll. lucky there's no more training until next tuesday. i should go to the chinese doctor to get my arm checked on saturday. it'll probably involve needles, vacuum pumps, blood, joints cracking, and possibly a bit of screaming. but it'll be worth it in the end. who knows? maybe i'll get to skip PE again.

so, all in all, today was pretty much spent doing nothing constructive. the only pro was getting to leave school early. on second thought, that may not be a pro as i'm missing out on lessons which i can't really afford to miss.

all of a sudden, i'm thinking of dropping a subject. since i can't drop maths, and i'm not crazy enough to drop my best subject, the only 2 choices are econs and physics. to tell the truth, i'm more sciency than artsy, so econs would be the logical choice. then again, i still feel like keeping all 4 subjects. dilemma...well, it's ok. i have until registration day to decide whether to drop anything or not. till then, i'm not going to fret over it too much.

-thingy of the day: I must get the NYAA forms tomorrow!-

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Guess who's screwed tomorrow? apparently, i'm up against Xing Wei in my very first bout of the competition. for the majority who may not know, Xing Wei was the SJI captain last year, and he's currently in RJC. assessing this scenario, 2 words come to mind - early elimination. nevertheless, i'll try my best to stay in the competition for the full 3 minutes.

looking an the bright side, i get to leave school early tomorrow! at 10am, to be exact. that means i only have to attend 2 lessons for the entire day, and both of them are lectures. sometimes, life can be good to you, like whe it wants to make up for screwing you over somewhere else.

my arm feels worse after training. i guess we all know what this means. counterpain tomorrow, and lots of it. i just hope that it doesn't screw up even more.

-thingy of the day: Sometimes, the funniest things can make your day.-

Sunday, March 19, 2006

It's one of those rare times i blog more than once in a day. i haven't had the urge to do this in a really long time. and speaking of urges, i was just fighting the temptation to tag myself. it's kind of...i don't know... odd to see your own name on your own tagboard. so, i shall overcome this by randomly tagging other peoples' blogs!! yay.

ok, the main reason i'm blogging again is just to complain to the world. school's starting in 7+ hours, and my homework is largely undone. not a very promising start to a new term, is it? to think i was just doing my econs reflection on lack of motivation. maybe it's not so much of the nonexistent driving force, but more of a reluctance to do things you don't enjoy, such as maths, econs or physics. but life encompasses everything, both positive and negative, so either i learn to like them, or find something worse to hate.

my shoulder still hurts!! ok, maybe it's not the shoulder, but it's somewhere between it and my neck. i have quite a limited range of motion, and with the nationals on wednesday, things aren't looking up at all. maybe the problem can be solved (or at least staved off until after wednesday) with copious amounts of counterpain, both original and blue. oh well. no use fretting over it now. but it *is* kind of hard to ignore when almost every movement causes pain. well, at least nothing's broken (i hope). let's just look on the bright side...i may get to skip PE!

you know, humans are really screwing the world up. there's increased pollution, global warming, and a host of other problems, all created because humans seek technological advancement. now, it would be hypocritical to disapprove completely about this, because this post could only be written thanks to fossil fuel being burned to generate electricity. chances are, if you're reading this, you're using up fossil fuels too. i don't know...while i do acknowledge the need for some advancements to be made, i wonder, are we getting ahead of ourselves? because studies have predicted that the earth will become warmer, have less resources, have lower oxygen concentration levels, amongst other environmental problems. and this may happen while we're still alive! in fact, the earth has become warmer already. maybe i should consider going deeper into environmental chemistry. just think - if i found a cheap way to safely dispose of nuclear waste with no risk to the surrounding whatsoever, how much money would i make? i think "millions" might just begin to cover it.

oh well. it's getting late, and i have to go sleep. must look presentable at the welcome-J1s ceremony tomorrow. wouldn't want to give them a lousy impression, right?
Something amusing i read in yesterday's today says that any website (including blogs) that discusses politics has to be registered with some funny government-run association. well, it seems kind of ironic to me. what happened to freedom of expression? then again, singapore is socialist-democratic, so it actually should not be that surprising. well, i'll refrain from political discussions (not like i haven't done so in the past anyway). hmmm....i wonder if that law applies to occasional offhand comments about the government?

yesterday's training felt really off. for some reason, there was no spirit in the air. everything felt...heavy. and i got injured too. my right shoulder area still kind of hurts. oh well. i'll see how it feels during tuesday's training, then decide whether it's wise to compete on wednesday. hopefully it's a yes, because it's most probably one of the few times i can represent CJC.

it's a sunday, and i'm at home. kind of rare, because sunday is my designated "going-out" day. but well, there's nothing worth going out for this week, so it would be kind of pointless floating about outside. not to mention school's starting again tomorrow. bleh. i want to skip school!! but i can't. it's going to be term 2, and life's going to get worse.

-thingy of the day: I hate people answering my phone for me.-

Friday, March 17, 2006

(Morgan) Freeman has come out publicly against the celebration of Black History Month, saying that "I don't want a black history month. Black history is American history." He says the only way to end racism is to stop talking about it, and he notes that there is no "white history month". Freeman says "I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man." -Source from Wikipedia

isn't that the truth? and this doesn't just apply to racism. it spans across all forms of discrimination, such as discrimination about sexual orientation, religion, between humans and mutants (fictional of course), and other such stuff. if only people were more open-minded, there wouldn't be that much conflict in the world. that's also part of the reason for my choice of name for this blog. the original goal was to have the title displayed more prominently in the design, but due to several constraints, you only see it in the title bar. maybe i'll take this into consideration in the next template change, which should take place in june, provided everything goes according to plan.

my march holidays are over!! school is just a weekend away. mmm...there are pros and cons, but mostly cons, in the form of unfinished homework. i really should get down to it, but the thought of FOUR FULL ECONS ESSAYS just serves to put me off. oh well. something tells me that i'm going to get screwed upside-down when school starts.

what possessed me to write about the origin of my blog's name? honestly, i don't know. i just thought that there's too much judging going on in the world these days, and i don't think i've mentioned the reason for my blog's name so far. so, here it is.

anyway, there's training tomorrow. it's most likely the last one before the competition, so i have 2 goals: learn as much as possible, and not get injured. i'm looking (very optimistically) to get a medal, but it'll be just as good if i can last throughout all 3 minutes of all the bouts.

-thingy of the day: My NS checkup may clash with the competition.-

Thursday, March 16, 2006

After searching through my archives, i was appalled by the fact that i hadn't put up the following set of lyrics so far. without further ado, here they are:

Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
Once upon a time
Not so long ago...

Tommy used to work on the docks
Union's been on strike
He's down on his luck; it's tough, so tough
Gina works a diner all day
Working for her man, she brings home her pay
For love - for love

She says, "We've got to hold on to what we've got
It doesn't make a difference
If we make it or not
We've got each other, and that's a lot
For love - we'll give it a shot

Whoa...we're half way there
Oh...livin' on a prayer
Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear
Oh...livin' on a prayer"

Tommy's got his six string in hock
Now he's holding in what he used
To make it talk - so tough, it's tough
Gina dreams of running away
When she cries in the night
Tommy whispers, "Baby it's okay, someday...

We've got to hold on to what we've got
It doesn't make a difference
If we make it or not
We've got each other and that's a lot
For love - we'll give it a shot

Whoa...we're half way there
Oh...livin' on a prayer
Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear
Oh...livin' on a prayer"

Livin' on a prayer
*instrumental*

We've got to hold on ready or not
You live for the fight when it's all that you've got

*Whoa...we're half way there
Oh...livin' on a prayer
Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear
Oh...livin' on a prayer* Repeat to fade


this song kind of sums up my situation as well. the A-levels are barely half a year away, so in fact, i'm more than just halfway there. as of this moment, there are approximately 7.5 months to the A-levels. that's umm...230 days (assuming the first paper is on november 1st). in terms of hours, minutes and seconds, that's 5250, 331 200, and 19 872 000 respectively. looks are so deceiving. 19 million seconds. wow. what a long time. NOT.

march holidays are almost ending. it's probably the last one i'll ever have, because it's my last year in school (aside from university, which works on a different format). oh man. soon, it'll be my last june break, then september, then december. *shudders* crap. it's a really scary thought, now that i'm seriously thinking about it. oh well. either way, it's bound to happen sooner or later. might as well deal with it as it approaches, not prematurely.

so...friday tomorrow. bleh. there's nothing really interesting on my schedule, except an outing to bugis. some way to spend the holidays. nothing that interesting is happening. maybe i should actively search for interesting stuff. or not, seeing as i still have 4 full econs essays to do. being me is not much fun at the moment.

-thingy of the day: Tommy and Gina were featured in another Bon Jovi song. Which one?-

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Looks like those shorts are fated to be mine. they, along with my PE shirt, were one of the first things i saw when i went into the SJI gym. me = happy boy.

we had orientation day today. originally, 10:00 to 4:30 looked like a lot of time, but after factoring in time for lunch, travelling, and organization for various stuff, we were left with about 3+ hours for the games themselves, and thus, we only manages to play about 4 of the 7 to 8 suggested games. nevertheless, i think we had fun, and the seniors (wow, i'm a senior now!!) got to know the sec 1s and J1s better. there were also some valuable learning points here, such as captain's fruit is a very messy game and should only be played outdoors. surprisingly, bananas can tolerate more abuse than apples and oranges. who knew? bananas look the most unable to withstand projectile motion, but they turned out to be the best stuff for throwing. maybe it's because they're shaped like missiles. all in all, it was pretty fun, and thankfully nobody got heatstroke or sunburnt even though it was super hot.

then there was training. if anything, this training session helped show me how unprepared i am for nationals. incidentally, said nationals are NEXT BLEEDING WEEK!! HOLY SHIT!! just imagine this - the national schools' competition is my second ever competition, and i'll be up against all sorts of people from various JCs, some of which (whom?) have been training for the past 5 years or more. oh well. no use worrying. it's the team event that's really important. a little individual glory would be nice, but glory for the school would be even better, no?

last thought on my mind. human emotion can be a scary thing at times. especially this particularly nasty one called desperation. no, not as in "desperate for a companion"-desperate, but "willing to do anything to save your own life"-desperate. people are capable of sacrificing others for their own sake. to me, that seems a little extreme, maybe because i have never (nor do i want to) end/ed up in that situation. in singapore, i guess there won't be that many psychos lurking around waiting to abduct you and force you to make life-and-death decisions, but well, let's just leave it like that.

now for the really last thing, here's a little quiz i did:

Your Inner Blood Type is Type A
You seem cool and collected, though a bit shy. You are highly driven and a perfectionist, but that's a side you keep to yourself. Creative and artistic, you are a very unique person who doesn't quite fit in. People accept you more than you realize, seeing you as trustworthy and loyal.
You are most compatible with: A and AB
Famous Type A's: Britney Spears and Hitler

My real blood type happens to be A+. coincidnece? who knows?

-thingy of the day: I know more J1s' names!!-

Monday, March 13, 2006

Do As Infinity - Signal
Kakushite iru omoi ni wa fureraretaku mo nakute
Egaite iru yume sae mo shinjikirenaku natteta

Ano koro wa itsumo kowaresou na genjitsu ni
Tomadotte namida shita boku ga ita

Ima bokura no hajimari ga koko made kiteru
Saa tobira wo tatakou
Kono hikari no yukue ni wa mada minu asu ga
Zutto ryoute wo hiroge
Matte iru

Utsushite iru sugata ni mo kyoumi sura wakanakute
Dareka to hanashite itemo muchuu ni narenakatta

Ano koro ni wa mou kowaresou na kono mune ni
Shinjitsu to jounetsu wo motte ita

Ima bokura no zenbou ga aka sarete yuku
Mou minogasanaide
Kono basho kara okutteru kono SHIGUNARU ga
Kitto ima nara kimi ni
Todoku hazu

Soshite ima seijaku wo kirinukete

Ima bokura no hajimari ga koko made kiteru
Saa tobira wo tatakou
Kono basho kara okutteru kono SHIGUNARU ga
Kitto ima nara kimi ni
Todoku kara

Translation:
Not wanting to be able to touch the hidden feelings
I was losing faith in even the blooming dream

In that period I was always perplexed and
crying because of the fragile reality

Now our beginning has come this far
well, let's knock on the door
In this place of light I'll be waiting
with my arms outstretched, for
the still unseen tomorrow

Not even understanding interest in the reflected form
No matter who I talked to, I couldn't become entranced

In that period I already had truth
and passion in my fragile heart

Now our whole story goes on being divulged
please don't overlook it anymore
The signal that is sent out
from this place should surely
reach you now.

And pierce the silence now

Now our beginning has come this far
well, let's knock on the door
Because the signal that is sent out
from this place will surely
reach you now.

Newest song to be on permanent replay on my playlist. i still find it quite a pity that Do As Infinity broke up. it was really sudden too, and at a time when they were at the peak of their careers. shows how unpredictable life can be. while i don't necessarily support their decision, i respect it. i've sort of learnt that what isn't meant to be yours will eventually work itself out of your possession, no matter how hard you try to keep it. besides, if they were forced to stay together, their music quality would most probably not be as good as they would not enjoy writing/playing the songs. so i suppose it was for the best that they split, because they left a great legacy behind, instead of a bad reputation for poor music.

speaking of losing things that are not meant to be yours, i happened to leave a CJC PE shirt and a pair of my favourite cat high PE shorts at the SJI gym. i hope they're still there when i go back for training tomorrow, because they're really comfortable. well, i don't really mind about the shirt, since i can still buy a new one, but the PE shorts are of the old design, and you can't get them any more. and think of the sentimental value attached! i've been using them for 4 years while in cat high, and it would suck to lose them. i hate myself for being careless. but oh well. i really hope i can find them, though i think probabilities are low.

seems like it's difficult to define what's "enough" slack time in a day. too little, and you feel tired and miserable. too much, and you get contemplative. like today, after doing some banking, i was walking back home via the park. and, well, i didn't feel like going home that quickly, so i sat down and began thinking. sometimes it's no good thinking too much. you inevitably end up questioning funny things, like the reason for existence, your goals, the past, the future, the present, why certain words are spelt in a certain way, why water is wet...and you tend to think in what-ifs, such as "what if i was born in america/china/japan?" or "what if i joined another school/class/CCA?" there's really no use dwelling on such things since little can be done to change them. but it's fun to speculate.

well, Judo orientation tomorrow, and training after that. looks like another tiring day. the fact that i'm still aching all over doesn't make me more optimistic either.

-thingy of the day: "It's better to lose a lover than love a loser."-

Sunday, March 12, 2006

One by one, things have been coming up, giving me less time to blog. even when i do manage to slip away to the computer, the blogging mood just disappears. so, i figured i'd do a longer post to make up for the one week and few days of absence.

let's see, the last udate was on the first, so i have to cover about 11 days' worth of happenings in one post. while it won't be easy due to limited memory space, let's give it a shot anyway. umm, well, i missed econs and physics due to food poisoning, so that's 2 dashes on my report file thing. well, lucky it's only the common tests. i would freak out if it happened during the A-levels. then, to end the common tests, we had maths, which i thought was still resonably do-able. I'm looking at a D or so i guess.

then, on the last week of term, we got back some results and checked answers. you know, the usual stuff. i got the A for chem, which i'm ok-ish with. i actually felt it was a little low, but oh well. an A's an A, and i don't have much reason to complain about it. as for the rest of the subjects, that's a totally different story altogether. i'd be happy to see all passes.

and now for the main highlights: S-paper lessons and training camp. let's talk about the lessons first, as the training camp will require a few more paragraphs.

based on first impression, i think taking the chem S-paper will be really fun. the class size is still a little too big (we have a potential 22 candidates), but i'm guessing some will drop out. either way, i don't mind because i'm not really affected by it all. ok, maybe i am affected in a way, because i got sabo-ed to be the leader of the class; sort of a HTC, if you will. so i'll have to contact everyone should there be a change of schedule or anything. what a nice way to begin lessons. the lessons themselves are pretty enlightening, and i think they'll do wonders for my A-level chem too.

time to move on to the training camp. i'm going to have to get a shirt made which says, "i went for CJC/SJI Judo training camp for two years consecutively and survived!!" ok, so it's not really that much of a big deal. but still, i'm proud of the fact that i lasted until the end (even though i sat out here and there). nevertheless, it was really a good experience, and call me crazy, but i think i'm coming back for next year's camp, provided i'm not in the army already.

aside from the tough training, the camp is also beneficial as it helps to bond people together. i think that the team has grown closer over the course of the camp. even though we got punished quite a few times, we still managed to pull through ultimately. there's nothing like suffering to bring people closer. well, it's lucky that i'm writing this after the camp, because my story written during the camp would be WAY different, and would probably depict vivid pictures of bloody, gory torture or something extreme like that.

i think the only downside of the camp is the numerous aches and pains that i've acquired. it'll definitely take more than a day for complete recovery. hopefully they heal sooner rather than later, since there's the orientation camp day on tuesday.

finally, the holidays are here!! and the previous 3 days' worth of suffering will make the rest of the break that much more enjoyable. i'm looking forward to a week of slacking, fun, and last-minute homework.

-thingy of the day: Training bad. Bed good.-

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

My day has been made multiple times today.

first off, there was chinese. now, even though my expectations weren't that high, i must say that i'm reasonably pleased with my performance. B3, with merit in oral (just like o-levels). B3 is the second-highest grade in class (highest being one A1), and one of the most frequently scored grades (with almost a quarter or more scoring it). this leads to one thing, namely NO MORE CHINESE FOR EVER AND EVER!!!! my affinity with the chinese language has ended. liberation!!!

the next day-making thing was the chem paper. while i won't be shameless and say that it was of no kick, i'll say that i'm expecting my A. although there were a few tricky questions i'll probably get screwed on, as well as a couple (or more) of missed errors. oh well.

tomorrow is the kind of day where it's safer to stay in bed. there's the killer combi of econs and physics. john maynard keynes should be fried in hot oil together with gustav kirchhoff, isaac newton, that couloumb guy, nikola tesla, adam smith, and many other prominent physicists and economists. arrgh. somehow i predict i'm going to bomb econs (and physics too, but to a lesser extent).

also, the ex-J2s got their a-level results back. while i'm not in the position to mention either names or grades, i'll just say that i'm happy for those who did well, and i sympathize with those who could have done better.

so, that settles it. i'm currently feeling a bit too wiped out to blog about the revelation i experienced today, so i'll do that tomorrow.

-thingy of the day: Just 2 more days until CTs are over!!-