Of final year Tests
The thing to do when ur supposed to study for lit but just can't get into the mood for it, i suppose, is to hone your writing skills elsewhere. like here.
I've always felt a sense of emptiness after exams, and even more so this year. Reason being, u stuff urself will SOOOOO much info building up to the exam, and in a matter hours later you could very well throw them away with no real consequences. This being especially true this year since i will only be taking like 4 subjects next yr compared to 9 now, which mean 5 can be flung outta the window.
I'm pretty sure the knowledge i mugged for, will largely be forgotten in a couple of days time. It'll be like the recent rank graph of kgs high dan players, take Cornel Burzo, a top european player for example, dropped right from 8d to 7d in the kgs rating shift that , at the other end of the spectrum, saw Ben rise to 6k, pat to 3k and me to dan :)
Not sure if u feel it, but there's some 'deadness' in my words. Post exam emptiness, i say.And i'm scared i'll let it overun me, cuz i really want to make good use of the next 2months of my life. So this empty feeling better not drag over. Time to highlight things i wanna do in the coming 2 months, in no particular order(yeah yeah i'll prioritise, later) :
1) Work out the league for raffles weiqi's holi training: This is one headache, cuz i'm not sure how many registration mails i received in all. Ok here's my rough idea for the league (actually, this format was planned for a combined training camp with rjc before qiuping, but the rj ppl couldn't make it so it was scrapped) -
We'll have 4 groups: Group A , Group B, Group C, Group D where players are grouped according to strength. Each group will consist of 3 players, with the exception of group A, which will have 4 players.
Based on the original requirement that each participant is to commit himself to 2 games a week (frankly, this should be increased if we want to go intensive), a round robin of each group will be completed weekly. Group A, requiring 3games instead of 2, will just have to fork out the extra time.
At the end of each week, the top player of each group will be promoted and the bottom player demoted. I anticipate the problem that scores will be tied (everyone wins1 lose 1) so we'll need to work this out but the purpose behind this system is to facilitate reviewing, as follows:
GroupA's top player shall review 2 selected games from his Group's matches.
Group A's 2nd shall review for Group B
Group A's 3rd shall review for Group C
Group A's 4th shall review for Group D
In other words, Group A will be a 'teaching' group.
Advantages: Weaker players will obtain instruction from our top players.
Disadvantages: Stronger players will be saddled with teaching responsibilities.
I considered an alternative model where the top player of each group, before promotion, shall take on the responsibility of reviewing.
As stated, this is just a very rough model of which details awaits thrashing out, probably this coming friday. Comments please.
2)Pack my room: Its in a mess. huge mess. not sure how i'm gonna clear this up.
3)Study chinese Os: Alright alright i'm cursed with a b4 for prelims. And as zijian correctly pointed out, my chinese still has that yang qiang yang diao feel to it. 2 weeks to perform a miracle. I still want my A1. Question is, how badly?
4)Plan a new workout: Which has kinda been stalled, and will rest on how my back copes. Its feeling better lately, and i'm excited abt switching workouts. gotta balance it with plenty else thoguh.
5) Get ready for floorball: Yes, i want to succeed in sports. Which'll go in line with 4), since i must put in more cardio for fitness. No fitness, no play, simple as that.
6)Update wardrobe: Yeah i realised, i only have 1 pair of long pants that i'd wear out. i got jeans, but i dun like wearing jeans, so i should start going for what i like. My clear out clothes that i'm not gonna wear, cuz plenty of them were bought under influence of 'mommy dearest', who, a-hem, is no fashionista and doesn't know my tastes as much as she think she does.
7)Select subjects for next yr: This will be a big-time decision, since i'll want to plan my uni education, even if only vaguely so, along with jc subj combi as well. time to talk, ask, consult. Big-time, thats the word for it. Slowly, slowly, no room for regrets.
8)Update the skin of raffles-weiqi blog: gotta rope minghui in for this though, shit, shoulda asked him just now.
9) Plan my own weiqi training programme: Yes i gotta do this yet again. Filled with enthusiasm once again after my hiatus, back to my love of replaying pro games, but i know this holi is my last chance for another huge leap in skills. First was towards the end of sec 2, when even on holiday i brought sihuo bk along to do. paid off when i returned. 2nd leap was after studying under phillip. Now 's time for the 3rd leap, and my 3dan swa next yr. Must do even more sihuo, play more, study pro games and more importantly, play the new stuff. Experiment!
10)Read more: yes, that includes the classics as well as economist kinda stuff.general knowledge.
11)Follow up on DMP modules:Strictly speaking, this should be 2 diff points, but u see how many i already have... diao. Ok this refers to improving my pronounciation of words (phonemic course) and learning Predicate logic (sentence logic course)
12)Learn more about my own religion: As i found out during a convo with a friend this week, my knowledge of buddhism is really poor. Saw a video of a speech by a monk and i didn't quite buy into what he said, explaining some sutra thats supposed to ward off diseases like SARS. oh well.
As you can see, there're HEAPS of things to do. Can i do it? oh the monk told a story that made sense too. As follows:
A basketball player, after a vigorous game of bball, discovers his contact lenses, which were the permanent type rather than disposal types, missing. He searches the bball court high and low and still can't find it. So he return home sadly and tells his mom, "mom, i've lost my contact lenses...". Upon hearing his words, his mom dashed to his school, and return hours later with the lenses.
son: Mom! how did u find it? U didn't even know whr i dropped it!
mom: Of course i can find.
Son:Even i couldn't, how did u?
mom: You were looking for so plastic, i was searching for $3000 bucks!!! (taiwanese currency, but still pretty much)
As u can see, Its All a Matter of Motivation.
Digressing, i was chatting with hy today, who said that upon gg to openhouse last fri, she was surprised by the change in personality of her snr, presumely cuz of the presence of guys. Then i saw my documentary today of teenage mental illness, in particular personality disorder. the doctor commented that such a condition was rare amongst teenagers, as disorder to a person's personality requires the establishment of one in the first place, something which teenagers are still in the procress of developing. So perhaps we should not call it change. its development. euphemism, yes, but they're there for a reason. Additionally, i think, single sex schs are pretty unnatural; a person's true(if there's such a thing) personality cannot be attained till he/she comes into constant contact with members of the opposite gender.
In the spirit of digressing, i rmbr that cabinet minister george yeo started blogging and in an interview he was saying smth to the effect of, if you've nothing interesting u should not be blogging. But then interest is smth thats just so subjective. My life is of interest to me, even if its not to u. This awfully long post is of interest to me, even if it isnt to u. How do u judge the value of a blog? By the number of visitors? That'd be akin to judging girls by their number of suitors, which, in the modern era, 'd be frowned upon by feminist (i haven't come to a stand on the issue meself). Thus, the effectiveness of a blog in attracting readers is not the same as the value of a blog.
Just like how we learn of the effectiveness vs value of comedy. Eg the 'mai hum' song mr brown make. effective as in funny, yes. Value? I would say not as much as the other clip the teacher showed us, as the speaker spoke on the issue of Native Speakers (native to where?)
So u see, there's a purpose in studying after all. U can forgot all the information, but retain the skills of evaluation.
As i demonstrated here, to mine satisfaction if not yours.
I've always felt a sense of emptiness after exams, and even more so this year. Reason being, u stuff urself will SOOOOO much info building up to the exam, and in a matter hours later you could very well throw them away with no real consequences. This being especially true this year since i will only be taking like 4 subjects next yr compared to 9 now, which mean 5 can be flung outta the window.
I'm pretty sure the knowledge i mugged for, will largely be forgotten in a couple of days time. It'll be like the recent rank graph of kgs high dan players, take Cornel Burzo, a top european player for example, dropped right from 8d to 7d in the kgs rating shift that , at the other end of the spectrum, saw Ben rise to 6k, pat to 3k and me to dan :)
Not sure if u feel it, but there's some 'deadness' in my words. Post exam emptiness, i say.And i'm scared i'll let it overun me, cuz i really want to make good use of the next 2months of my life. So this empty feeling better not drag over. Time to highlight things i wanna do in the coming 2 months, in no particular order(yeah yeah i'll prioritise, later) :
1) Work out the league for raffles weiqi's holi training: This is one headache, cuz i'm not sure how many registration mails i received in all. Ok here's my rough idea for the league (actually, this format was planned for a combined training camp with rjc before qiuping, but the rj ppl couldn't make it so it was scrapped) -
We'll have 4 groups: Group A , Group B, Group C, Group D where players are grouped according to strength. Each group will consist of 3 players, with the exception of group A, which will have 4 players.
Based on the original requirement that each participant is to commit himself to 2 games a week (frankly, this should be increased if we want to go intensive), a round robin of each group will be completed weekly. Group A, requiring 3games instead of 2, will just have to fork out the extra time.
At the end of each week, the top player of each group will be promoted and the bottom player demoted. I anticipate the problem that scores will be tied (everyone wins1 lose 1) so we'll need to work this out but the purpose behind this system is to facilitate reviewing, as follows:
GroupA's top player shall review 2 selected games from his Group's matches.
Group A's 2nd shall review for Group B
Group A's 3rd shall review for Group C
Group A's 4th shall review for Group D
In other words, Group A will be a 'teaching' group.
Advantages: Weaker players will obtain instruction from our top players.
Disadvantages: Stronger players will be saddled with teaching responsibilities.
I considered an alternative model where the top player of each group, before promotion, shall take on the responsibility of reviewing.
As stated, this is just a very rough model of which details awaits thrashing out, probably this coming friday. Comments please.
2)Pack my room: Its in a mess. huge mess. not sure how i'm gonna clear this up.
3)Study chinese Os: Alright alright i'm cursed with a b4 for prelims. And as zijian correctly pointed out, my chinese still has that yang qiang yang diao feel to it. 2 weeks to perform a miracle. I still want my A1. Question is, how badly?
4)Plan a new workout: Which has kinda been stalled, and will rest on how my back copes. Its feeling better lately, and i'm excited abt switching workouts. gotta balance it with plenty else thoguh.
5) Get ready for floorball: Yes, i want to succeed in sports. Which'll go in line with 4), since i must put in more cardio for fitness. No fitness, no play, simple as that.
6)Update wardrobe: Yeah i realised, i only have 1 pair of long pants that i'd wear out. i got jeans, but i dun like wearing jeans, so i should start going for what i like. My clear out clothes that i'm not gonna wear, cuz plenty of them were bought under influence of 'mommy dearest', who, a-hem, is no fashionista and doesn't know my tastes as much as she think she does.
7)Select subjects for next yr: This will be a big-time decision, since i'll want to plan my uni education, even if only vaguely so, along with jc subj combi as well. time to talk, ask, consult. Big-time, thats the word for it. Slowly, slowly, no room for regrets.
8)Update the skin of raffles-weiqi blog: gotta rope minghui in for this though, shit, shoulda asked him just now.
9) Plan my own weiqi training programme: Yes i gotta do this yet again. Filled with enthusiasm once again after my hiatus, back to my love of replaying pro games, but i know this holi is my last chance for another huge leap in skills. First was towards the end of sec 2, when even on holiday i brought sihuo bk along to do. paid off when i returned. 2nd leap was after studying under phillip. Now 's time for the 3rd leap, and my 3dan swa next yr. Must do even more sihuo, play more, study pro games and more importantly, play the new stuff. Experiment!
10)Read more: yes, that includes the classics as well as economist kinda stuff.general knowledge.
11)Follow up on DMP modules:Strictly speaking, this should be 2 diff points, but u see how many i already have... diao. Ok this refers to improving my pronounciation of words (phonemic course) and learning Predicate logic (sentence logic course)
12)Learn more about my own religion: As i found out during a convo with a friend this week, my knowledge of buddhism is really poor. Saw a video of a speech by a monk and i didn't quite buy into what he said, explaining some sutra thats supposed to ward off diseases like SARS. oh well.
As you can see, there're HEAPS of things to do. Can i do it? oh the monk told a story that made sense too. As follows:
A basketball player, after a vigorous game of bball, discovers his contact lenses, which were the permanent type rather than disposal types, missing. He searches the bball court high and low and still can't find it. So he return home sadly and tells his mom, "mom, i've lost my contact lenses...". Upon hearing his words, his mom dashed to his school, and return hours later with the lenses.
son: Mom! how did u find it? U didn't even know whr i dropped it!
mom: Of course i can find.
Son:Even i couldn't, how did u?
mom: You were looking for so plastic, i was searching for $3000 bucks!!! (taiwanese currency, but still pretty much)
As u can see, Its All a Matter of Motivation.
Digressing, i was chatting with hy today, who said that upon gg to openhouse last fri, she was surprised by the change in personality of her snr, presumely cuz of the presence of guys. Then i saw my documentary today of teenage mental illness, in particular personality disorder. the doctor commented that such a condition was rare amongst teenagers, as disorder to a person's personality requires the establishment of one in the first place, something which teenagers are still in the procress of developing. So perhaps we should not call it change. its development. euphemism, yes, but they're there for a reason. Additionally, i think, single sex schs are pretty unnatural; a person's true(if there's such a thing) personality cannot be attained till he/she comes into constant contact with members of the opposite gender.
In the spirit of digressing, i rmbr that cabinet minister george yeo started blogging and in an interview he was saying smth to the effect of, if you've nothing interesting u should not be blogging. But then interest is smth thats just so subjective. My life is of interest to me, even if its not to u. This awfully long post is of interest to me, even if it isnt to u. How do u judge the value of a blog? By the number of visitors? That'd be akin to judging girls by their number of suitors, which, in the modern era, 'd be frowned upon by feminist (i haven't come to a stand on the issue meself). Thus, the effectiveness of a blog in attracting readers is not the same as the value of a blog.
Just like how we learn of the effectiveness vs value of comedy. Eg the 'mai hum' song mr brown make. effective as in funny, yes. Value? I would say not as much as the other clip the teacher showed us, as the speaker spoke on the issue of Native Speakers (native to where?)
So u see, there's a purpose in studying after all. U can forgot all the information, but retain the skills of evaluation.
As i demonstrated here, to mine satisfaction if not yours.
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