That's right, the exams are now OVER!
*victory dance*
Well, not really. Today was Chemistry, which is technically the last paper of the exam. But tomorrow we have two more subjects: Physical Education, and Civics and Citizenship. Yeah... try treating it like it matters. As my teachers say, you may as well hand in an empty paper and no one will think the worst of you.
So, the important part of the exam is, once again, OVER!
*victory dance*
Its kind of strange, but I've just left a week of Deepavali holiday, and now that my exams are over the students at school practically have free reign in class. Its going to be like an early year-end holiday. But I might have to do some work for the school's editorial board during school hours, so it probably won't be that bad.
And as a treat for finishing my exams, I'm going to celebrate by ending the day with a really short blog update. But don't worry, plenty of things have been happening recently, but I didn't want to write about them under the title "Exams", so I'll reaccount them tomorrow.
As a teaser for tomorrow's update, here's a shocking picture:
Dear readers, I have to apologise for my unfaithfulness to the blog. During this Deepavali 1-week holiday, I have only updated my blog twice. On my quest to fill my time with anything other than video games, I have done all sorts of things: Practicing table-tennis, playing Pokemon cards, running on the treadmill a bit, but it never occures to me to sit down and write my blog.
A lot has happened this week, and at the same time, nothing much happened at all. On Wednesday I had Chemistry tuition, wich serves as a sort of preparation for the exam on Monday. My dad was supposed to come pick me up, but he got a flat tire some distance from the tuition, so I had a short lesson on how to change a tire.
I played a lot of table-tennis on Tuesday, and started playing Pokemon Cards on Monday. Considering the usual nature of my holidays, I did a lot more activity this week than any other holiday before. Video games and TV don't count. Not really.
And yet at the same time, I feel that nothing very much as happened this week. Holidays are boring. I actually enjoyed going to tuition on Wednesday, and if there isn't going to be anymore tuition until next year, then this end-year school break is going to be dull.
All this gray nothingness seems to have blunted my wits. I don't feel much creativity to write my blog with, and if its a little dull, well, I can't help it. Depending on how things go, I might fill up my blog with nothing but pictures during the holidays, at least until my mind is resharpened by school and tuition.
Chemistry is on Monday, but that's still years away. Deepavali isn't over yet, so happy holidays to one and all.
Here's a picture of my baby sister doing goodness-knows-what:
So exams are practically over now. Every subject has already been taken care of, except for Chemistry, which is at the end of a week of holiday. All that studying is over, and I've plowed through my exams and I'm still standing. I have a week of holiday ahead of me with no assignments and minimal studying. I practically have full freedom.
So why aren't I excited about it?
Becaus I'm afraid of what's ahead of me. After the History exam on Wednesday, the only two subjects between me and the weekend were Moral and Mathematics, both of which are such easy subjects that I started my holiday 2 days early. And ever since all my tuition stopped for the exams, I've had nothing to do in the evenings. All there is, is video games and television. I used to be incredibly anti-social, but things changed mid-way this year, and now, I notice that after videogaming too long my anti-sosial personality returns. I cannot allow this to happen.
What is to become of my one week of Deepavali holiday? With no tuition to attend, no homework to complete and no studying to do, I'll be reduced to leaning on my electronic companions, especially since my sister has SPM coming up and my mom sleeps in the afternoon, leaving me with no real people to play games with or anything. Unless I come up with something ingenious, I'm going to become a nerdy video-game introvert all over.
But then, I'm being silly. Why wouldn't I have anything to do? There's a ping-pong table in the porch to spar against, a school magazine design that needs...designing, and a couple dozen of blank sheets of paper on my table waiting to be filled with essays. The only trouble, of course, is that I'm a lazy pig. I would not, in any ordinary circumstances, be at all inclined to do any of those things. But it looks like I'll have to.
I used to spend all my holidays, as I have said, video-gaming. But now, for the first time in my life, I am trying to find other things to do to detract myself from all that. This is turning out to be the weirdest holiday I've ever had.
Since I still have a Chemistry exam next Monday, my exam is, techinically, not yet over. This week would presumably be spent studying for the last exam, but heck, my Chemistry rocks already, and I won't be studying for it until next Friday. But that doesn't change the fact that its still exam season, even though its a holiday week. Still, to those of them facing a similar situation, don't let that distract you from enjoying your holiday.
Happy Deepavali and Happy Holidays to everyone!
"When you see people furiously reading their text-books minutes before the exam, those aren't the hard workers; those are the procrastinators." ~Me.
Here's a picture of my baby sister Singing (not really) in the Rain:
It is now the Thursday after the History exam. I would have updated yesterday, but with the terrors of History out of sight, yesterday became an early holiday, and I was too caught up playing video games to actually do anything productive.
Anyway, History went okay, I guess. I don't have much I want to say about it. I'm aiming for a B- anyway. Today's exam was Moral. The thing about Moral is, in order to do well, you have to memorise all the definitions of the 36 moral values. I went okay with that too. Now tomorrow is Modern Mathematics. Mathematics is easy, and I don't even plan study for it. Hee hee hee.
The thing about Mathematics is, you need to be able to feel and understand the numbers. How they interact with each other, how each one slots into place in an equation. That makes Mathematics easy.
After that, we get a week of holiday! I go back to school next Friday though, so I'll be getting back my results. History is on Friday too. uh-oh.
But the exams aren't over yet! The Monday after, we have Chemistry, but that's easy. So, technically the exams aren't over yet, but I'm totally going to treat this holiday as if it was. I might update blog a few times then too, so see ya~
No pictures or quotes today. But don't be sad, I'll get one next time.
It is late Tuesday night, and tomorrow is the day of the fated History exam. But first, more blogging!
Monday was Bahasa Melayu and today was English. Bahasa Melayu was, well, meh-worthy. It was average, and I think I performed average. Nothing to holler about. English went well though. Our directed essay was okay. I mean, we just had to write an essay by elaborating on the points given. The Continuous Writing, however, was the real challenge. Being given 5 questions, we must choose to write about one of them. I chose question (e), which was "Pets." Just "Pets."
The last of the five questions is basically free-style. They give you one word, and you have to write an essay on it. It doesn't matter what kind of essay. It can be a Factual essay, a Non-fiction, or a Fictional Narration. Of course I wrote a story. I wrote about a boy whose pet parrot finally rescued him from being attacked by a bulldog. When I get the essay back, I might find some way to post it here. I'm quite proud of it. Smiley!
So, tomorrow is the History Exam, my greatest enemy. I've been studying little else since Friday, so I think I'm okay. I can aim for a C at least. Good luck to everyone, although since its already so late, most of my classmates won't read this until the exam's over. Good luck anyway!
I hope no one is bored of reading about my exams.
I have decided to delete my other blog, thenovelquest.blogspot.com. It was meant to improve my writing skills, but on hindsight, one blog is enough for that. Its okay, it just means that this blog now serves both purposes. Anyway, see you after History tomorrow!~
Here's a picture of my baby sister attempting to play Table Tennis:
