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The name's Sharon. Often called a variety of names which i have no idea how they originate from.
Yeaps, I'm your typical teenage girl. Well, not really teenage now since I'm hitting twenty this year. Used to dread and hate my course, and could not wait to graduate. But after everything that I have went through during my poly years, I now dread graduating. The coming few years will be the hardest in my life as i slowly craft out my future. It is time.
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Monday, March 05, 2012,
@ 3/05/2012 02:39:00 AM
@ 3/05/2012 02:39:00 AM
687. Random blog hopping o_o
was random blog hopping on the navigation toolbar.
and i came across one really touching blogger.
This has got to be one of the biggest sacrifices I've seen coming from a Caucasian family.
I really think they're amazing, already a large family of 5, with grown up kids
and yet they still adopt one more child of a different race and nationality because of pure compassion.
(i somehow feel a sense of dejavu since their family has 2 older brothers and a younger sister...)
what's more, judging from all the blog posts (yes, i was so interested i read quite abit)
the adopted girl is really enjoying herself.
I really think they're amazing, already a large family of 5, with grown up kids
and yet they still adopt one more child of a different race and nationality because of pure compassion.
(i somehow feel a sense of dejavu since their family has 2 older brothers and a younger sister...)
what's more, judging from all the blog posts (yes, i was so interested i read quite abit)
the adopted girl is really enjoying herself.
...
and just seeing their scenery pictures makes me wanna all the more travel.
had enough of sitting and being pc-ridden.
D:
♥ &With that, I'll Never Forget;
@ 3/05/2012 02:39:00 AM
@ 3/05/2012 02:39:00 AM
Sunday, March 04, 2012,
@ 3/04/2012 01:29:00 AM
@ 3/04/2012 01:29:00 AM
686. The more I research, the more...
...I'm flabbergasted at Singapore's education system. I almost cant help but laugh at something which actually seems trivial since i have been so accustomed to it since young.
Rote learning was actually something new to me until it was introduced to me recently by a friend.
I couldn't help but laugh hard at some parts where wiki phrased it (because it was so true):
"Rote methods are routinely used when quick memorization is required, such as learning one's lines in a play or memorizing a telephone number."
(We've been using this method to remember things since young, and we're still using it today. Much or less it says we barely evolved from our infant way of thinking.)
"Rote learning can be observed in preparing quickly for exams, a technique which may be colloquially referred to as "cramming"."
(Suddenly, 'cramming' comes to mind even before it was mentioned.)
"In Singapore, with the introduction of the Integrated Programme, the government is making attempts to move away from rote learning, at least for the more able students."
(IP program? seriously? the one that screwed the lives of many students? "For the more able students?" that kinda makes the rest of us sound like intellectual idiots.)
and since i knew about some controversies surrounding the IP program, i didn't hesitate to click that link to IP.
"This programme is allegedly for clearly university-bound students. Thus it can be inferred that if an IP student does not perform to expectations in his/her A Levels, which is rare because the number of IP retainees is small, he/she will face drastic consequences. For non-IP students that do perform poorly in their A Levels, they will still have an O Level certificate to fall back on, which can at least get them a job of some sort. However, without this safety net, once IP students have failed their A Levels, they will be left with no qualifications except their PSLE certificate, which in Singapore is not useful at all."
University bound students. Children have to decide where they want to go at Primary 6?
that's thinking 3 steps ahead.
Secondary school, Junior College, University.
or rather pressured into it by over-demanding parents. Possible.
this shit regarding a chance of failure at through-train is actually well known but nothing is done about it.
Screw all of this.
Once i'm capable enough, I'm migrating to Finland.
Rote learning was actually something new to me until it was introduced to me recently by a friend.
I couldn't help but laugh hard at some parts where wiki phrased it (because it was so true):
"Rote methods are routinely used when quick memorization is required, such as learning one's lines in a play or memorizing a telephone number."
(We've been using this method to remember things since young, and we're still using it today. Much or less it says we barely evolved from our infant way of thinking.)
"Rote learning can be observed in preparing quickly for exams, a technique which may be colloquially referred to as "cramming"."
(Suddenly, 'cramming' comes to mind even before it was mentioned.)
"In Singapore, with the introduction of the Integrated Programme, the government is making attempts to move away from rote learning, at least for the more able students."
(IP program? seriously? the one that screwed the lives of many students? "For the more able students?" that kinda makes the rest of us sound like intellectual idiots.)
and since i knew about some controversies surrounding the IP program, i didn't hesitate to click that link to IP.
"This programme is allegedly for clearly university-bound students. Thus it can be inferred that if an IP student does not perform to expectations in his/her A Levels, which is rare because the number of IP retainees is small, he/she will face drastic consequences. For non-IP students that do perform poorly in their A Levels, they will still have an O Level certificate to fall back on, which can at least get them a job of some sort. However, without this safety net, once IP students have failed their A Levels, they will be left with no qualifications except their PSLE certificate, which in Singapore is not useful at all."
University bound students. Children have to decide where they want to go at Primary 6?
that's thinking 3 steps ahead.
Secondary school, Junior College, University.
or rather pressured into it by over-demanding parents. Possible.
this shit regarding a chance of failure at through-train is actually well known but nothing is done about it.
Screw all of this.
Once i'm capable enough, I'm migrating to Finland.
Labels: penny for your thoughts
♥ &With that, I'll Never Forget;
@ 3/04/2012 01:29:00 AM
@ 3/04/2012 01:29:00 AM
Friday, March 02, 2012,
@ 3/02/2012 12:18:00 AM
@ 3/02/2012 12:18:00 AM
685. :D :D :D
ITS REALLY OVER.
FINALLLLY!
I hope everything went smoothly for everyone. it was seriously a frightening experience =_=
ugh.
that was the last of it.
unless nominated for Best Project.
whereby one has to present AGAIN.
i almost wish i did not fit that criteria.
SERIOUSLY.
to have to present an extra time was already hell.
if i had to present again for the 3rd time....
ugh.
NO.
but for now, i'll ENJOY whatever is left of this hectic holiday.
fill in the tedious uni applications
and LIVE MY LIFE PEACEFULLY WITH NO WORRIES !@#$%^&
okay, the uni applications are SERIOUSLY bugging me. LOL
shall work on it tomorrow. I SHALL!
no more sudden smses telling me to go back to school.
FREETIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE#$%^&*
♥ &With that, I'll Never Forget;
@ 3/02/2012 12:18:00 AM
@ 3/02/2012 12:18:00 AM
Wednesday, February 29, 2012,
@ 2/29/2012 12:37:00 AM
@ 2/29/2012 12:37:00 AM
too tired to think.
too tired to bother.
too tired to give a damn.
too tired to even care.
too tired to do anything productive.
and if it ever boils down to being "too tired to manga"
i'll shut myself away from the online world.
For now, I will put in my utmost effort in whatever I do.
and give a damn to people giving damns.
♥ &With that, I'll Never Forget;
@ 2/29/2012 12:37:00 AM
@ 2/29/2012 12:37:00 AM
Tuesday, February 28, 2012,
@ 2/28/2012 09:29:00 PM
@ 2/28/2012 09:29:00 PM
Seriously James?
All i wanted to do to play my old time VCDs in your damned room
and you make such a big fuss about it.
like what?
how many plugs u have in your damned room?
3? so what, reattach the damned fan to the plugs behind, settled.
1 for your laptop, 1 for TV, one for the VCD player.
and the fan goes to the back of the room with surplus amount of plugs.
This kinda stuff also want to make such a big fuss??
you didn't even pay for the damned TV.
much or less pay rental for your bloody room.
Must you act so one-kind?
hah. whatever.
perhaps one of the facts you spoke out made sense.
I'm only watching in your room cause i don't want to watch it alone.
You know what?
I miss those fucking times we had watching animes on Arts Central.
and I miss the times i had enjoying watching VCDs bought for $29.90
(which was shitass expensive for me at secondary school)
for the sake of a little 'family gathering.'
Well. That's all in the past now, it's not gonna come back.
Ever.
♥ &With that, I'll Never Forget;
@ 2/28/2012 09:29:00 PM
@ 2/28/2012 09:29:00 PM
Saturday, February 25, 2012,
@ 2/25/2012 12:57:00 AM
@ 2/25/2012 12:57:00 AM
684. Pretty awesome facts.
Especially when your teenage years are almost over.
Labels: penny for your thoughts
♥ &With that, I'll Never Forget;
@ 2/25/2012 12:57:00 AM
@ 2/25/2012 12:57:00 AM
Wednesday, February 22, 2012,
@ 2/22/2012 01:22:00 AM
@ 2/22/2012 01:22:00 AM
683.
Sooo... the last step of NYP is finally over.
ironically. i do not wish to graduate now.
even though the greatest relief was graduating when i thought about it years ago.
because i hated my course.
i hated my subjects.
i hated my careers that my studies could possibly hold.
yet the best days in NYP were spent around having happy-go-lucky days with classmates.
compare that to the kinda life i had at secondary school, it was heaven.
back then, it was all shit.
literally.
so everyday is a saturday now.
i'm almost at a loss of what to do or what to spend my time on.
no joke.
I don't feel like mapling.
it pisses me off the moment i log on.
so...
i'll return to my favorite hobby.
this time round its...
Fairy Tail.
heh.
i got shocked by something else too.
my rant i made on maplesea's website...
had 16 likes.
LOL.
Justea being one of them.
guess all maplers share the same sentiments.
♥ &With that, I'll Never Forget;
@ 2/22/2012 01:22:00 AM
@ 2/22/2012 01:22:00 AM
Monday, February 20, 2012,
@ 2/20/2012 09:35:00 AM
@ 2/20/2012 09:35:00 AM
brother is getting the same rap from mom.
he doesn't like his current job even though it pays well.
having understood the points from both sides,
i have nothing to say that will please both parties.
♥ &With that, I'll Never Forget;
@ 2/20/2012 09:35:00 AM
@ 2/20/2012 09:35:00 AM
Monday, February 13, 2012,
@ 2/13/2012 11:37:00 PM
@ 2/13/2012 11:37:00 PM
Soooo. maple has screwed up in more ways than one.
Concidentally mother's nagging about
"if you get into NTU, you better stop playing maple"
and i wasn't even mapling.
i was surfing the net.
listening to music.
...
that's if i even enter NTU.
courses COP all so high,
its really not me to be such an unrealistic overachiever.
bio courses.
chem courses.
engineering courses.
is this really what i wanted?
i got nagged into putting Chem Engineering as my SIT final choice.
the only subject i scored a D in, in my entire polytechnic life.
this is all going back to square one, isn't it?
4 years ago, sitting in front of the desktop pc, deciding what poly courses to choose.
childishly wanting Industrial design just cause of the name of the course.
never bothered to research.
now even when i do research
i still don't get what i really want.
heck, what do i really want? I don't even know.
No, i have no more interests in aiming to do art. even though i love it.
mainly because its true that art has no future.
and also... i have no portfolio worth speaking of.
"Pursue something in medicine, sure got future"
yea, sure got future, got life bo?
tio siong man.
I know they mean well. I'm just having a really hard time accepting everything.
Perhaps the stress of handling uni applications, report, and presentation slides all at once is taking a heavy toll on me.
it's really times like this i wanna return to my old mindset of what parents drilled into me.
"Do courses and work something you can succeed in, then use the money and do things according to your interest."
"Dreams? what the heck are they teaching kids at school these days?"
surely back then parents had no such thing as a 'dream.'
they work their guts out, just to survive.
as their kids, we're all expected to do the same.
Such is the laws of an Asian parent.
...
Open my eyes and stop thinking of everything that's making me feel like crap.
it's just not worth it. nothings worth it. not a million bucks is worth making yourself unhappy.
it's time to wake up from this living nightmare.
...
Hello Reality. It's been a long while since I last faced you. (:
Labels: penny for your thoughts
♥ &With that, I'll Never Forget;
@ 2/13/2012 11:37:00 PM
@ 2/13/2012 11:37:00 PM
Tuesday, February 07, 2012,
@ 2/07/2012 11:36:00 PM
@ 2/07/2012 11:36:00 PM
682. Uni applications...
finally done applying for NTU.
their 300 word essay stumped me, but i got over with it.
so now im left with SIT.
*happily does my application filling out necessary but easy to find information*
then...
 |
| BOOOOOOOMZ. |
ahhhh. shit this.
looks like this application will take me the rest of the week at least.
good thing i started 'early.' ..............
ugh. is it me, or do i always get a gastric while filling up these forms!?
♥ &With that, I'll Never Forget;
@ 2/07/2012 11:36:00 PM
@ 2/07/2012 11:36:00 PM