[ 213. shocked ]

i failed my bio paper 2 and practical... i failed my maths even badly. gosh.

bio: misintepreted so many questions...
maths: didnt practice enough.

time to buck up.

[ 212. sick ]

i am officially sick. damn.

[ 211. relief ]

today went to sch for nothing. my tutor not here. nvr give back GP papers nor maths papers. the topic tt i wrote for GP had 82% passes. hopefully i am one of them... maths on the other hand had more than half the cohort failed... tt means i sure F... today had a motivation talk for all the j2s by my maths tutor. always so inspiring and i feel guilty not working hard enuff for maths...

[ 210. should i be happy? ]

before i start today's topic, muz talk abt yesterday. went to sentosa. its quite hot but i still dun find the sun hot enough... oh ya, saw the school beau of NYP at sentosa. every1 was like talking and kept looking. i saw my pw teacher. phew. thot she going to play vball and haf to challenge her but dunno where she went.

then went to play indoor vball, this time better than wed. but got injuries. the ball went straight into my face. wah. hit my left eye. but lucky i expected the ball so i close my eyes. managed to block a few shots. and i getting used to the confusing positioning. asked my friend help to get a vball from overseas, cheaper there. cant wait to lay my hands on it. muz train my wrist power. for writing and vball. lol.

oh well back to today. thot can get back my bio paper but then teacher not here = no paper. can only get it back on wed with maths. i think i can get heart attack. only got back chem today. mmm... wat can i say? i got a C. a few more marks to B :[ very mixed feelings. i'll tell u why.

firstly, my chem had always been around O and F. my mid yr i used one day to revise chem and i got an 'O'. then for this prelim, i used 3 days of my sept holidays to mug for chem. the rest of the days to prepare notes before the holiday tt is. so its a big jump for my grades, i am happy i improved given the time i put in.

BUT... i went into the hall with still some doubts cos i dont haf even time to really understood and memorise what is required. notes i done up were quite detailed but juz short of time to really memorise cos i lost quite some marks at the equations that nids memorising.

then wat upset me was i failed my paper 3... i was so stunned. then i realised not memorising certain things can really kill me. and lost abt 10+ marks for simple mistakes at the start of the questions. u noe these questions if u got it wrong in the beginning, the rest all wrong. my food chem only got 8/20 which i was quite disappointed, well this time i memorise those that in the end didnt come up.
my MCQ was another disappointing paper. got so average results when i expected 30+. haven got time to look at my mistakes. my paper 2 structured was rather ok. it was lots of drawing and i realised i 'brought' the wrong concepts from paper 1 to paper 2. thats why lost marks on both sides. :[

but still got hope. my tutor was pretty happy with my results. so glad i got such a supportive teacher. she knew i didnt work hard enough. she was the one who told me when she marked the papers she knew i know my stuff 'half-half' and didnt memorise enuff. all my weak topics were covered well except simple topics i missed out crucial points. she was confident i can get an A. i think frm now at least i know where i shld head. :]

oh well, tml GP... dun get very gd vibes... :[
today bio prac was a bore. hate microscope... and i sucked at drawings...
gosh now having bad cold...

wah i admire my friend's chem results. She topped in every single paper for chem prelim.

my pathetic results in brackets:
paper 1: 36/40 [28/40]
paper 2: 49/60 [35/60]
paper 3: 73/100 [43/100]
paper 4: 69.5/75 [54/75]
overall: 81/100 [58/100]

well she's a 4-A student, i can only do catching up...
shall do my performance analysis tml :]

oh ya happy news, SK NA stream got into a band 5 category... at least it got banded... there are schools who didnt get banded... SKSS got academic award for academic value addedness... we were in top 10 value added schools (Special/Express). hope the sch can break into a banded sch for special/express...

oh well, AJC only got best practice award... i almost thot no awards... well got 10K but supporting my CCA with 500 bucks juz seemed too much. oh well, pretty pissed tt they didnt even want to read our proposal. yawnz. So happy for HC on the other hand for school excellence award.

[ 209. back 2 sch ]

oh went back to sk for some exhibition. so glad the cadets still recognise me... they love to gather and shout 'sir' which attracted lots of unnecessary attention. paiseh. but it feels gd back in sch, saw the teachers and chatted. time flies, seems like taking o lvl was juz yesterday. now A lvls. i am still glad that the cadets are courteous, especially the sec 1s, still so bubbly and i feel so glad to have their respect. but i noe the unit is in gd hands and i cant wait to go back to red cross activities...

then there were a few booths doing orientation for the sch. glad to know that the NA students did pretty well. last 2 yrs, quite a number got 4-5 distinctions in their O lvls. gosh, they sure raised the bar.

[ 208. white chicks ]

yup caught the white chicks preview today alone :(
cos i flipped the newspaper and saw the showtime at 430pm. so i juz saw any1 online wanna go but none seemed to be interested in the comedy.

well must say 8.50 for a gd luck was worth it. it was better than scary movie series. full house also.

shall not include spoilers here. but i had a great laugh though... those acronyms... BF: bitch fit.
triple T K A: time to totally kick ass.
and its better than mean girls. all the catfights.

plus points:
they featured songs like vanessa carlton's a thousand mile, maroon 5's this love and my favourite britney's i've got that boom boom, beyonce's crazy in love.

their dance steps so funny... :]

watch it if u havent had a gd laugh. probably on a weekday.

[ 207. drama ]

watched mtv and learnt a new word today 'cameosis' actually no such word in the dictionary. it juz meant using well known people (models, actors or singers) for your videos. and guess who's the best in using cameosis? of course its britney spears. first was madonna, then her toxic video starred 3 guys...

anyway, 2 days of break i am beginning to become like auntie catching up on drama serials. lol. at first juz wanted to accompany my mum but i also got hooked. its not like the local drama serials so draggy and content almost the same, family values and affairs , the list goes on. the drama serial is on cable TV so if u guys got chance can catch it. ch 55.

the show title is 'The Pawnshop No 8'. lol. ok crap. the title at first turned me off. but hey u noe these taiwanese/hongkie series haf bad translation. its not your typical pawnshop.

as usual the story plot can be a bit absurd. but the interesting part is how they portray different human nature(s). For example there was this woman who is super greedy, she wanted to be the wife of a rich man. so when you are in nid or desperate for something, this guy (baddie) will appear and gif u a namecard which only states 'pawnshop no 8' (direct chn translation: di4 ba1 hao4 dang4 bu4) and nothing else. then when u are really desperate there will be people bringing u there.

for that woman, if she wanted to become the wife of a rich guy, she has to pawn something. but not juz your typical jewellery and stuff... she wanted to pawn her 'honesty' but the guy told her it only worth having a chance to meet and know a rich guy. in the end she pawned her 'compassion' also and this guy would help her using some 'magical' ways and creating opportunties for her. but when she lost her 'honesty' and 'compassion' u can really see how a person is like w/o them.

that is actually wat is interesting about the show. and there are also other things to pawn like 'life span', 'beauty', 'green fingers'. the list goes on. but seeing all these human characters u dun even realise the show has gone into 70+ episodes. not like local drama, kinda obvious they drag and sometimes they lose their appeal. but this serial, one person's action can affect another person or people's lives. then the bad guy will create opportunties but at the same time actually creating chances for more people to land into trouble and become desperate and then he can approach them.

nothing is free in this world, you haf to work for it. the serial also showed the lack of determination to solve problems or rely on shortcuts do not pay off. but then there are also gd people helping to stop the 'trade' but then temptation comes in and sometimes we dont heed gd advice. mmm... the serial always left me to ponder wat if the person never took the 'offer' and how his/her life may turn out.

[ 206. funny ]

ok for those who still can read chinese characters...

[ 205. this reminds me of a story ]

well maybe you have heard of this story but no harm getting a refresh.

When people get you down with their gloom and doom pessimism, think of this story. And pass this on to others who you think are in danger of being infected with pessimism.

There once was a bunch of tiny frogs, who arranged a running competition.

The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower.

A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants...

The race began... Honestly: No one in crowd really believed that the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower.

You heard statements such as:

"Oh, WAY too difficult!!"

"They will NEVER make it to the top." or:

"Not a chance that they will succeed. The tower is too high!"

The tiny frogs began collapsing. One by one... Except for those, who in a fresh tempo, were climbing higher and higher...

The crowd continued to yell, "It is too difficult!!! No one will make it!"

More tiny frogs got tired and gave up... But ONE continued higher and higher and higher... This one wouldn't give up!

At the end everyone else had given up climbing the tower. Except for the one tiny frog who, after a big effort, was the only one who reached the
top!

THEN all of the other tiny frogs naturally wanted to know how this one frog managed to do it.

A contestant asked the tiny frog how he had found the strength to succeed and reach the goal.

It turned out... That the winner was DEAF!!!!

The wisdom of this story is:

Never listen to other people's tendencies to be negative or pessimistic... because they take your most wonderful dreams and wishes away from you -- the ones you have in your heart!

Always think of the power words have. Because everything you hear and read will affect your actions! Therefore: ALWAYS be... POSITIVE!

And above all:

Be DEAF when people tell YOU that you cannot fulfil your dreams!

Always think:

I can do this!

[ 204. high tea ]

today went HQ to collect my tee and realised that the donation draw tickets were due. lol tml haf to make a trip down again. then after that met shannen for high tea. lol. not exactly high tea cos we went to C.A.N cafe.

muz say hanging out with people older than you can really widen your perspectives. cos their life experiences definitely more than you. unless you haf so much problems la. but then again, i wont even go to such places with my friends... lol

the prices no longer frightened me cos kinda expected. ordered a drink that was 5+ bucks. lol. reached there abt 4pm... then at about 7pm, ee ling came to join us. before that i was sharing my life stories. frm my sec sch life till now.

then when ee ling came, the next thing was obviously to order food! lol. then we chatted lots of weird stuff... they talked abt clubbing lives which got me interested. but i was already interested long ago when my friends and i were talking abt it. i mean i dun see clubbing as a bad thing. excessive ya but once in a while i dun see any harm except the liquor la. even more so when i can drink and dance, how can i not club? before you say 'hey your A lvl coming', i juz talking about how i feel, i not at the stage of wanting to go or dying to go. this can wait. cos we all had a date on november 26, after my last paper to go ChinaBlack. hee...

then heard some funny experiences abt their clubbing days. and told me of a few gd and bad pick-up lines. they were not trying to promote or support me in any way. juz casually talk but constantly not letting me know... i had to cover my ears. lol

then they made fun of me using the 'can i buy u a drink' pick-up line and said i would probably go home and practice with my sis. i think we laughed so loud, the people at the cafe were looking at us. I think girls going clubbing would face more fun stuff when they get 'picked up'. They were devising a plan on how to filter the girls when i start dancing at the platform. i was thinking wat made u so sure girls will go crazy. unless they are drunk la. lol.

well, had an amazing feat of talking for 6 hrs. sitting in the cafe from 4-10pm. was pretty relaxing after 3 weeks of intense mugging. well for now, i can only wait for 26 nov.

oh ya a few days back i was at compass point, then there was this guy who approached me suddenly and said 'do you want to work part time?' i was stunned but i juz shook my head. then he said 'oh u frm jc har?' i nodded and walked away. should have asked him wat part time job he was talking abt... lol.. mmm... scary.

[ 203. shopping psychology ]

wanted to blog this for a long time but prelims so didnt haf time. It was about a show i watched in discovery channel. it explored into shopping psychology . first part of the show was about supermarkets. hey before u say i dun buy groceries and get turned off, hear me out.

U know campbell soup right? In the US, one supermarket decided to do a survey on whether what you add inside an 'offer' notice has any effect on the customers' decisions. They had the first notice which stated '71 cents per can' and hardly any 1 paid attention to it. After an hour, only two people picked up about four cans.

However when they added 'limit 12 cans per person' with '71 cents per can'. The videocam showed more people stopping to read the notice and people getting 12 cans. After an hour, the shelves were almost empty.

Then the surveyer went ard asking why they took so much, a few of them said they saw the 'limit 12 cans per person' and they wanted to stock up. mmm... the show didnt offer much explanation but they let us think about it. but quite obvious wats the effect. That kept me to watch more...

Second part they explored the human state of mind when they go shopping. surprisingly, when we are shopping, our minds turn to beta-mode. The state that we are engrossed in searching for wat we want. We can capture about 7-8 objects within our range of vision. What attract us are most probably the colour and shape of the product. when we spot wat we want, our minds turn to alpha-mode, the alert mode. when we will either look at the price or make a quick scan around to see other items.

To prove that our minds in beta-mode are ignorant of our surroundings, they carried out an experiment. They placed quite a number of drink cans at the shelf with cereal boxes. The drink cans were stacked exactly like wat they were at the drink shelf.

Next they also placed quite a number of chocolates at the cat food section.

After an hour, no one realised or even stopped by to look at the drinks or even the chocolates when they were scanning for cereals and cat food. Not even the stock keeper (one of the staff) even though he wasnt shopping but he was looking for a product in the cat food section to get the barcode, but he passed the chocolates without realising.

When they interviwed those who bought cat food whether they saw the chocolates on display, none of them said yes. same for the drinks in the cereal section. I was pretty amazed :]

Then they moved on to talking about shopping list. They also did a survey on those with shopping list and those without. amazingly, those with shopping list ended up spending more time buying and buying more things. Quite obvious can see that, when they had a list of items in mind, and when they saw stuff on sale. they tend to compare and when they cant miss a certain offer that is not in their list, they will still buy. 'stock up' was the most common answer why they bought things that they do not need. They interviewed a few families and see what foodstuff they have stored. one bottle of marshmallow syrup was found and it was bought a few years ago. it never got used as the lady said she wanted to make sweets but haven had time. lol. another family kept a frozen beef portion for a year cos they overestimated the number of guests for their party. 0_0 why they never used it, i was also bewildered.

Then one psychologist stayed with a family to find out more about the shopping habits of a housewife. The housewife when in the supermarket, knew 'her' territory well. moved swiftly to where and what she wanted. this was because she knew what brand she wanted. however when she encountered that the particular brand she wanted was out of stock, she had problems. The reason why she chose particular brand(s) was that since young she was accustomed to wat brand her family used and she felt 'safe' to continue using the brand(s). When faced with a situation when her usual brand was out of stock, a lot of time was spent choosing the next alternative. She wanted to settle for a cheap brand but in the end took one brand which was more popular and well known. When asked why, she felt comfortable using a brand she knew. mmm... muz agree brands do give us a sense of assurance and reliability. lol.

then when that mum went home, she took off all the packaging, removing all the brands and stuff. so when her children wanted certain food, they do not know the brand, but they will be used to calling that 'mummy's food'. aint that mother smart? lol.

Next, they explored how men shop. they had this man to shop for a white collar tee and a toy for his son. They put on various equipment on him, testing his vision and blood pressure and a stress detector.

The conclusion they had was pretty amusing, i laughed too... Men shop as though they are in a SWAT team rescuing a victim. Boom, they go in, take wat they need and go. Blood pressure certainly went up together with the stress level. the results show that shopping can actually be more stressful than taking an exam. So who says shopping is not harmful? It can give you a heart attack. lol.

Then they moved on to talk about brands. they define brands as 'a quick label for yourself'. i talking about what you wear and carry. not food. lol. Brands can sometimes tell people who you are. But that is if you use branded stuff la.

Those who go clubbing, they interviewed and found that clothes are also a tool to know people. People who think like you would wear the same brand. (i dunno about that but some people may juz go for 'hot' brand but they may not personally like it?) Some willing to buy a LV wallet for US325 bucks. and its so small like a purse :(

Fashion is also like a religion. People believe in it and its a way to express themselves. Some follow up with their favourite designers... true to a certain extent. maybe if you are into brands, then u may understand better.

didnt continue to watch as they showed compulsive buying and other stuff... cos in front of me was my bio notes but i was glued to the tv for like an hour, so i switched off the tv instinctively. HAHA.

dedicated to shanZ. good luck for your promos!
theme song for princess diaries 2. love it :]

KELLY CLARKSON - BREAKAWAY

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[ 202. THE AMAZING RACE FINALE ]

My least favourite team won... chip and kim. haiz. they lied and yielded other teams... but well tts juz part of the game.

and that brandon and nicole kept asking lord for help. its your amazing race, muz believe in yoursleves. chip also asking for jesus for help. perhaps asking to be given some strength? and nicole kept whinning abt she cant finish that detour.

but colin and christie even though they always lose their temper but they are seriously the best competitive team out of these 5 seasons. For they chalked up a total of 6 wins out of 11 races (EP 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) and even has 3 consective wins, with the longest lead of 13 hours. they did most of their tasks better and strategise better than other teams, no doubt. even the last leg during at Dallas, they went thru the maze like a breeze while the supposedly winners chip and kim spent so much time there.

haiz. C&C lost because of a flight delayed and that cost them their 1 million. they were trying to catch up and even called for a cab to bring them all ard dallas cos they noe its hard to get taxi. and they got a very gd driver who took shortcuts but the time gap was juz too much. :(

For your bedtime stories or when u are bored. u can read the following.
why i pasted? cos some of the games they had were quite interesting. :]

These are the places THE AMAZING RACE 5 have set foot on. detourS and roadblockS.

EP 1: Punta Ballena, Urugary

In this Detour, Teams had to choose either "Zips" or "Chips." Teams choosing Zips must make their way to the top of the hotel and pull themselves across a horizontal zip line 210 feet above the ground. Once on the other side, they must take a second zip line 18 stories down to the pool below. While this option was frightening, Teams with guts could finish quickly. Teams opting for Chips must make their way into the hotel casino to play roulette with 20 chips. They would receive their next clue only if they hit their number. While the task wasn't scary, the gamble was. If they didn't get the clue, they still had to complete the Zips option and would have only succeeded in wasting time.


EP 2: Buenos Aires, Argentina

This Detour required Teams to choose between "Perro" or "Tango." Teams choosing Perro, the Spanish word for dog, must take on the extremely popular job of dog walking. One Team member must take charge of eight dogs while the other uses a map to navigate them past a series of checkpoints to their final destination, one mile away at a statue called La Flor. Teams were able to begin the task immediately because the dogs were right outside the cemetery. Teams opting for Tango must travel through crowded streets 1.5 miles across town to a theater and search among similar-looking tango dancers for the man pictured in the program, who would give them their next clue. If Teams found the wrong man, he would take their program, forcing them to get a new program and try again


A Roadblock is a task that only one person may perform. In this Roadblock, that person must play a game called ribbon roping traditionally played by children on a ranch. Participants must enter a corral and attempt to remove a bandana from the neck of one of the calves. Since they were not allowed to tackle the animals, the task could prove frustrating. Once they got the bandana, a gaucho would hand them their next clue.


EP 3: San Carlos De Bariloche, Argentina

In this Roadblock, one Team member had to bite into as many chocolates as necessary to find one with a white center. Of the almost 11,000 chocolates on the table, only 20 had the coveted white center.


In this Detour, Teams had to select between "Smooth Sailing" and "Rough Riding." Each member of Teams choosing Smooth Sailing had to paraglide in tandem with an instructor off the 5,000-foot mountain. While the task would be scary, Teams could finish quickly. Each member of Teams opting for Rough Riding had to ride a bike through a rugged six-mile course down the same mountain. While not a frightening task, biking down the rough terrain could take a long time.


EP 4: Saint Petersberg, Russia

In this Detour, Teams had to choose between "Block 5 Shots" or "Drink 1 Shot." Teams opting for Block 5 Shots must travel to an ice hockey rink, put on protective gear and step into the goalie's position. Working together, they needed to block 5 slap shots from a team of professional hockey players. Teams choosing Drink 1 Shot had to travel to Anichkov Palace, grab a saber and perform a Cossack ritual: balance a shot glass of vodka on the blade and tilt the sword to drink the shot without dropping the glass.


In this Roadblock one Team member had to eat 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of caviar to receive their next clue.


EP 5: Cairo, Egypt

In this Fast Forward, Teams had to make their way to the Pharaonic Village. Once there, they needed to find a sarcophagus and transport it by ferry to a temple and deliver it to the priest inside to receive the Fast Forward reward.


In this Roadblock, one Team member had to climb down a series of ladders to the base of Osiris Shaft, 140 feet below the surface. Next, they needed to search a watery tomb for a satchel, bring it back to the surface and present it to an Egyptologist, who would give them their next clue


In this Detour, Teams had to choose either "Rock & Roll" or "Hump & Ride." Teams opting for Rock & Roll had to use ancient tools to transport 600 pounds of rock across an area of sand the size of a football field. While physically demanding, the task could be finished quickly if Teams could master the ancient system used to build the Pyramids. Teams choosing Hump & Ride must pick a pair of horses to lead camels laden with carpets along a one-mile path through the desert. Once they delivered the camels and cargo to a carpet merchant, Teams would receive their next clue. While not physically demanding, the speed of the task was determined by the camels, so it could take a long time


EP 6: Luxor, Egypt

In this Detour, Teams had to choose between "Herd It" and "Haul It." Herd It required Teams to travel five miles by kalesh, a carriage, to Banana Island. They they had to load 10 sheep and goats onto a traditional boat known as a felucca, then sail across to the west bank of the Nile and give the animals to a waiting shepherd in exchange for a clue. Dealing with livestock could be frustrating, but once they were in the boat, Teams should have smooth sailing to complete the task. Teams choosing to Haul It must travel three miles by kalesh to Pigeon House Farm and use a traditional device to haul water from the river into an urn. Once the urn was filled, they must transport it by donkey to a farmhouse and fill a large jug to the marked line. Getting the water from the Nile would be easy, but transporting by donkey could prove difficult, and Teams may also have to make several trips before they complete the task.


This Roadblock required one Team member to choose a large marked dig site in a field of sand and use tools provided for them to unearth a scarab, a stone carving of a beetle, an important symbol in Egyptian mythology. Once they found the scarab, they would receive their next clue


EP 7: Lake Manyara, Tanzania

In this Detour, Teams had to choose between "Buzzing" and "Busy." Teams choosing Buzzing had to ride a bicycle to a honey farm, put on beekeeper suits and work together to harvest 2 kilograms of honey from traditional African hives. Teams would be covered with hundreds of African bees, but if they overcame their fear, they could finish quickly. Teams opting for Busy must find a furniture store, load two chairs onto a traditional cart and deliver them to a specific address in town. While there was nothing scary about the task, finding the correct address in the rural town could take a long time.


In this Roadblock, one Team member had to open an ostrich egg, cook a portion of it equal to two dozen chicken eggs and eat it all to receive their next clue.


EP 8: Dubai, UAE

In this Detour, Teams had to choose between "Off Plane" and "Off Road." Teams choosing Off Plane, must travel to the Umm Al Quwain Aeroclub and skydive in tandem with an instructor 10,000 feet above the Margham Red Dunes. Once they land, they receive their next clue. While this option was potentially terrifying, Teams could finish it quickly. However, each plane could hold only one Team, and planes were scheduled to leave 45 minutes apart. Teams opting for Off Road had to travel directly to the Margham Red Dunes, where they must drive a marked 4x4 vehicle over a six-mile course through the desert, ending at the skydive landing zone. While a far less harrowing task, Teams could get stuck in the sand, forcing them to radio for help, which would take a long time.


EP 9: Kolkata, India

In this Fast Forward, Teams had to travel seven miles to a temple and perform a traditional Hindu ritual. What Teams didn't know was that the ritual would require them to shave their heads, an act performed by Hindu men and women at least once in their lives. Once both teammates were completely bald, they could claim the Fast Forward.


In this Roadblock, one Team member must enter the brick factory and use a traditional Indian mold to make 20 mud bricks. The task appeared simple, but if the molds weren't filled in the correct way, the bricks would fall apart. Once the factory owner determined that all 20 bricks were properly formed, he would hand the Team their next clue.


In this Detour, Teams had to choose between "Heavy but Short" and "Light but Long." Teams choosing Heavy but Short must travel more than 10 miles to Lansdowne, a region of Kolkata, and choose a taxi with no engine to transport half a mile to a garage, where the owner would hand them their next clue. While the task would be physically demanding, Teams were required to push the taxi only a short distance and could finish quickly. Teams opting for Light but Long, must travel to the largest flower market in Kolkata and find a specific stall. The stall's owner would hand them a garland that they must release into the Ganges River for good luck to receive their next clue. While not a physically demanding task, it could take a long time to find the stall in a very crowded marketplace.


EP 10: Rotorua, New Zealand


This Detour offered Teams a choice between "Clean" and "Dirty." Clean required Teams to drive 13 miles to Okere Falls and perform a New Zealand adventure sport called sledging. With the help of two river guides, they must ride down a one-mile whitewater river course with only a small board, called a sledge, for protection. Sledging down the river would be scary, but Teams that braved the rapids could finish quickly. Teams choosing Dirty must drive 10 miles to Hell's Gate and search for clues buried in a large mud pool. There was nothing scary about the task, but searching through the hot mud could take a long time.


In this Roadblock, one Team member had to inflate a zorb, which is a giant plastic ball, get in it, and roll down the hill while bouncing around inside. The zorb had water inside to protect against scraping from the plastic. At the bottom of the hill, like a hamster in a wheel, the participant needed to walk the zorb across the finish line, join their partner, and run to the Pit Stop at the top of the hill.


EP 11: Manila, Phillipines

In this Roadblock, one Team member had to travel by boat to the Auckland Harbor Bridge and climb a 75-foot ladder to the girders beneath the roadway. Once there, balancing over the harbor, they must walk the narrow metal planks to the clue on the other side. After receiving the clue, they would be lowered down to their waiting partner in the boat below.


In this Detour, Teams had to choose between "Plow" and "Fowl." Teams choosing Plow had to choose a marked farm field and use an ox-drawn plow to till the soil and unearth a buried clue. While labor-intensive, the task involved an animal familiar with hard labor, so Teams could finish quickly. Teams opting for Fowl had to work together to herd 1,000 ducks from one pen to another, 50 yards away. The task was less strenuous, but controlling 1,000 animals that instinctively run away from people could be time-consuming.


In this Roadblock, one Team member had to use a device called an ascender to pull themselves 150 feet up the side of a limestone cliff, Lagen Wall. Upon completing the ascent, they would receive their next clue and rappel 150 feet back down to their partner.

EP 12: Dallas, USA

In this Detour, Teams had to choose between "Slide" and "Ride." Teams choosing Slide must perform a terrifying two-man luge down the Olympic Track at speeds up to 40 miles per hour, needing to complete the course in 34 seconds, the accepted competitive time for amateurs. If they failed, they had to keep trying until they hit the target time. Teams choosing Ride took mountain bikes on a slalom course down the Olympic ski slope in under three minutes. If they failed to finish in the required time, they must keep trying. While not as scary as luge, this task required bike riding skills and speed to finish in three minutes.

[ 201. new looK ]

How u guys find it? i think i love it! lol. i think i fated to get britney back cos the template i got, the picture expired le... so no choice i added britney back. but it still looked cool rite? hee...

[ 200. wat a day ]

yes. u heard it. was supposed to wake up at 5 to do last min reading for maths.
then when i woke up, it was kinda bright... then i looked at the clock, 7am.
i freaked out, jumped out of my bed. took a cab to school. but still late. i reached
on the spot at 730 but assembly started.

well.. i can safely say i failed my maths. again. today's paper was easier than paper 1.
but stats something tt if u cant get the first step correct, the rest will require tt
answer so the whole sum cant do. cant meet my 70 mark... so it juz a F or O grade :[

anyway, my tutor said a lvl more impt. try harder and really use the time to practice.
i can regret now but 48 days later i cant.

for now, i shall take a breather and work on my blog. :)

[ 199. excited ]

there are 3 things to be excited...
1: tml my last paper!
2: tml amazing race finale
3: tml volleyball training!

today chem paper 1 and 2 were ok. sure can pass but whether gd grades haf to see...
mcqs make some silly mistakes... discovered a way to time myself... and it was quite
useful today as i managed to finish the whole paper. even when they asked pens down,
mine was already down unlike other papers... lol. :X

method is like dat:
today chem paper 2 was 90 mins. so first i deduct 10 mins for checking and stuff
so i left with 80 mins. total marks for the paper 60. so i divide 80 by 60. then for
each section before i start the qn, i wrote down the time i started.

then i see the question total mark, multiply by the division i did. which is abt 1.3
min per mark. then i noe when i shld end and move on.

:]

[ 198. muz hear! ]

lol this song is a must-hear... very nice... by Cosima de Vito
was a Australian idol finalist.. but she got some throat infection tt if she
continues singing she will lose her voice... so she had to drop out of the competition.
if she continued, i think can beat Guy Sebestian. lol.
if u cant find the song, i can send u... lol :]

When The War Is Over

Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away (x2)

When the war is over
Got to get away
Pack my bags to
No place in no time no day
You and I, we used
Each other's shoulder
Still so young
But somehow so much older
How can I go home
And not get blown away

Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away (x2)

When the war is over
Got to start again
Try to hold a trace of
What it was back then
All around is chaos and madness
Can't help feeling
Nothing more than sadness
Only choice to face it
The best I can

Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away(x2)

You and I, we shared
Each other's stories
Just a page that's
Lost in all its glory
How can I go home
And not get blown away

Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away(x3)

[ 197. enD oF biO preliM ]

damn. when i published my blog, error came out. now haf to re tell my story.
as i was saying... caught emmy this morning... emmy awards la. lol. friends didnt
get nominated for best comedy :( its 2 nominated for best actor and actress in comedy
also didnt win :[

today bio paper shld be a breeze... 3 structured questions (3 x 15m) and an essay (20m)
in 1.5 hrs. especially 2 questions were Nov 97 and Nov 98 questions which i have practiced.
then one part of the 10m essay question on role of hypothalamus and pituitary
gland on the human growth and development which i was very prepared for.

these questions caught my attention. i think i was too caught up with writing the
essay tt it took up much of the time. in the end i didnt haf enuff time to finish
the papers. AGAIN... :( then i was alternating between the sections cos i scared
i forgot the answers to the structured questions. scribbed some stuff for parts
of question 2 (6m leh) and last part of essay (5m sia). there goes my B for prelim.
never smell B for a long time... lol.

anyway now practising maths for wed. tml chem quite prepared cos i covered it on sat.
love chem as a test subject. no nid to memorise... mostly apply and no essays! hump.

i miss volleyball... 2 weeks of no exercise.

[ 196. wat a library ]

oh forgot to bitch abt this. before my chem prac today, i went to the library yesterday
to try flipping thru other sch papers and see wat type of practical questions they
can ask. then in the end, the librarian told me the school dun haf other school papers!!!
omg... so equipped for a school library. only got anderson paper...

haiz i missed hwa chong library. so much references and exams papers from college-based
to other schools to A level papers to international papers... all the way dated till
even before i was born!

but cannot complain also la. hc got so much money... but collecting papers frm other
school nid $ meh? :(

so disappointed...

oh ya. hc having their annual MAF : mid autumn festival. cool. shld be going to
relive the memories :]

heard frm my friend hc bio and chem papers killer... like i told them when are they
not... and everytime sure have moderation... cant wait to see their papers

[ 195. close shave ]

today chem prac started disastrously. firstly nid to burette out certain volume of
chemical and dilute to 250ml. then when i started diluting, i overshot the marking.
arghz. had to redo. wasted quite sometime.

then second part where we have to do expt on thermochemistry. i didnt read the
instructions closely. supposed to put the acid into the plastic cup then pour in the
powder... i went to put the powder in first. cannot re-do cos all the weighing
measurement regarding the powder had already been taken. so instead of adding powder
to acid in the plastic cup, i had to add acid to powder. wah, the reaction so
exothermic, then it let off steam and almost overflow... then i was too shocked
to look out for the highest temp. it fell very fast. so i no choice had to estimate
the highest temperature reached.

but luckily the titration and QA results were same as my friends...
then got this crazy teacher... we were discussing and comparing our results.
then quite a few of us got the same answers... then we were quite relieved and
excited. then he suddenly walked past us and say 'how u noe u are correct?' we were
like 'not your business anyway' we are happy we get the same answers.firstly unlikely
so many get the same answers and get it wrong... secondly, even if we are wrong,
at least we know we will all get wrong.

well end of practicals for me... phew. now left the 3 scary papers...
bio paper 3: not very familiar compared to the core topics.
maths paper 2: what to say?
chem paper 1 and 2: haf most confidence over the other 2. hope can do really well and
get an A if not at least a B.