Progress Report

ok. lol. Progress report b4 new month comes along...

Math [80%] Bio [65%] Chem [65%] Phy [80%] Hist [40%] SS [5%] Eng [0%] Chi [0%]

Shall make SS 30 today

Tomorrow shall make Eng 20 and Chi 30 at least.

RARH.

30 posts this month. im happy. (:

Patrick

eoy

i hate eoys.

they completely make u mad.

im happy with what i have done today.

let's recap:
Physics: Left doing structured questions day b4 test
Chem: Left doing revision questions and remugging of stuff again on sun
Bio: Left remugging of stuff on sat and day b4 test
Chi: Untouched
Eng: Untouched
SS: Untouched
Math: Finished everything except graphical solutions to equations. short revision should do.
Hist: Starting like now. lol

that makes me... oh my gosh. still such a far way from studying everything.

RARH. ok, mug.

bye,

PAtrick

RARH

Hm. ok. soooo...

I WAS SICK YESTERDAY. stupid flu. hate it.

was supposed to do chem yesterday. so happened that i slept so much that i onli managed to study at night.

and the dentist tightened my braces so much this time!!! AHH... crap. hope i can eat better stuff than porridge tml. haha.

SO it's math b4 eng b4 chi b4 ss. RARH.

hate it. but just TEN days more! TEN!!! YAY!

i must persevere.

(:

Patrick

AHH!

ok lol. photocopying fees are REALLY dead. RARH. i hate $$$...

but anyway, i was quite glad with my performance yesterday where i managed to mug:
1. DNA + nucleus
2. Biological MOlecules (w/o enzymes)
3. DNA fingerprinting
4. Plant Physiology
5. 1st part of human transport

so today i shall set aside:
1.5 hr for remugging of these topics 600-730
and...
6. Respiration 900-1100
7. Enzymes 1100-1130

guess that's all for now bah.

RARH.

oh ya. today's DMP assessment was quite ok... just that i forgot to divide by 2 for the last question... so dumb... ahhhhhhh...

ok den. this ends the DMP which i can conclude as slack, nice but a bit boring at the same time...

1. Linear algebra was nice! (: omg. the stuff we learnt there were just soooooo enlightening and i learnt loads from it. haha. i love working math like a machine... like that of quadratic functions... i hate angle properties of circle... must think one... RARH.

2. Permutations & Combinations. not bad bah. could be better with more notes but i still learnt a thing or two.

3. Physics Modern Optics. haha. not bad also. lesson was boring but content was nice! (: haha. i really love what i learnt there...

4. Medical Physics. Relaxing lessons where i learnt a bit of stuff... not much though. but relaxing. (:

5. SS social deviants. haha. all i can say is that lessons were REALLLYYY RELAXING. haha. got to know a few friends!

Hmm.. ok guess that's all...

tml WRAP UP BIO! YAY!

and den sat is for CHEM! YAY! Hmm...

1. Mug acids&bases
2. Mug redox reactions
3. Do mole concept ten years-series paper (to revise concepts)
4. MUG CHEM BONDING. sigh....
5. and experimental chem and kinetic theory and atomic structure which shld be quite simple... just go do more questions... (hmm.. dunno where to find them...)

and sun for MATH! RARH. let's see math...

Hm. topics:
1. Surds
2. Graphical solutions to equations
*3. Coordinate Geom
4. Quadratic Functions
5. Statistics
*6. Trigonometry
7. Curve Sketching
8. Exponential and Logarithms
*9. Angle Properties of Circle
10. Linear Law
11. Remainder and Factor Theorem

Done: 1,4,5,6,8,9
Half-done: 3
To redo: 3,6,9
Left: 2,7,10,11

2. just do a few questions enough liao bah. shld be quite easy
7. Must remember laws
10. Remember what questions they can test
11. Should be quite easy. i love mechanical stuff...

HMM... ok. shld be like that bah.

we shall see how it goes. den mon-wed: CHINESE MUGGING rarh.

thurs: start on ss and english. lol. ok sunday i have to start on SS liao. if not later thursday die. i wanna sleep early on thur...

BEFORE EOYs COMMENCE! RARH.

jiayou everyone! 13 days left b4 freedom. RARH.

okok. BYE!

Patrick

speaking about that... i remember i need to scan math topics for nigel... self-note.

omg. funny video.

Colleagues, we can be successful! All we've got to do is to remember the TRIANGGGLLLEEE of successsssss. If we can build TRUSTT, if we can build COMMUNICATION, and if we can build DELEGATIONNNN, we can build the TRIANGLLLLEEEE of SUCCESSSSSS... and we can go from nothingggg tooo successsssss!

HAHA.

thanks to mike for showing me this...

hi

ok lol. got back math permutations and combinations paper today...

17/20 - which means a distinction for an advanced module!!! (: yay...

onli 2 errors made - one where i misunderstood the question and another where i just forgot to times 2! lol... but still ok la. i expected to do much worse...

tml got 2 tests - linear algebra and modern optics.

SIGH.

i plan to finish:
1. nucleus + inheritance 845-930
2. transport in humans 1030-1100
3. Plant Physiology 1100-1200
4. DNA fingerprinting 1200-1230

BY TODAY! lol. hard task but... i guess i have to do it... RARH.

sigh. workload piling up. must jiayou!

k bye.

Patrick

note to self: tml must wake up at 900 to study modern optics and linear algebra. RARH.

3rd post of the day ><

after so long, i still can't forget taiwan.

n that memory striked back on me when i received the photos jun sheng sent to me today... it was a firm reminder of the many things i did and learnt from the short but meaningful 7 days i had spent over there. from the introduction to new friends to facing the challenges of organizing the event all the way to the execution of the event and even the parting with friends.... it's just been too great to be true.

anyway guys...

中秋节快乐！

oh my god. i just love mooncakes. they are YUMM!!! (:

cant mug bio. RARH.

Patrick

reflecting...

another RE reflection, this time the official one:

The year has indeed been a fruitful one. However much the pain, the sweat, the blood we lost, it was more than worth it. Our efforts paid off as we eventually came up with substantial results, learning much through the process.

The year started with a low point, with our proposals to the Singapore Mentorship Programme rejected twice. As one of the powerhouses in Science-based projects in secondary 2 last year, we never expected such things to happen to us. We faced adversity at the start of the year, as we struggled to find a project for ourselves. We definitely did not want a school-based one as we had done that last year. We wanted a bigger challenge, something that would bring us far, something that would let us learn much more. We were hungry for more. After much finding and persuasion, we finally got ourselves into the prestigious Youth Research Programme (YRP) at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN). It was like a dream come true. It seemed as though it was God’s will that we had our proposals to SMP rejected so that we could join the YRP instead. No matter the case, we were happy with what we got.

Our first few visits there were astonishing. We visited the laboratories, went around seeing the facilities, peeked here and there, wishing to find out more about the place. We were curious and definitely shocked by the high technology present at IBN. For the first time, distilled water ran like tap water, pipette tips were used as frequently as one would for toothpicks. That was not the main point though. For our first few visits, we did our literature review, in which we learnt much about the kidney which provided much background knowledge for our project. Reflecting back, I finally understand the importance of doing such a thing. It indeed helped us a lot in our future experiments. It not only helped us in designing out experiment, coming up with suitable variables and comparison lines, but also saved us lots of precious time.

The main part of our project finally came – the June attachment. For the first time, we went for work like adults. For the first time, we worked like professional scientists. For the first time, I really experienced what research was really like. The first few days of the June attachment was devoted to learning the instruments and machines in the laboratory and of course lab safety. Lab safety was indeed important as later on during the attachment, there was a toxic gas leak. This showed me that however much Science can help mankind, it could also harm mankind as much and if we do not take safety precautions and procedures, the harm that Science may cause mankind may easily overtake the benefits. Later on, we started to design the experiment. It took us some time to understand the whole procedure of the experiment as it was a very complex experiment. One experiment could easily take up one day. However, we eventually learnt the techniques, and even improved on them over our attachment as we found many flaws within it. It may seem boring on pen and paper – doing experiments continuously. However, it proved interesting to me as I found myself actually enjoying what I was researching on. Although the steps I take everyday were similar, the results that were garnered varied and it always felt like a great achievement when we got fantastic results. I understood that research takes much patience and interest is a key to success. Of course, we gained much scientific knowledge as well. Meddling with high technology machines was but one of the ways for us to see how much Science has developed and how much of Science we did not know of. The methods used in research, like that of getting much relavant knowledge from research papers or even that of finding the many different ways of fabrication of fibers was indeed fascinating. On our part, we contributed much as we put our creativeness to good use as we invented many methods of bundling fibers, gluing fibers and much more. I have to say that one of the most important things in research has got to be creativity too. It is with creativity that research can be done. If not, what is the point of researching on stuff that people have already done? The bravery (which is another quality of a researcher) of trying new things, and the bravery to fail is important for the success of a researcher.

As the project comes to a closure, I must once again emphasize on the large amounts that I have learnt throughout this project. The science of a kidney, the methods of practicing science, the qualities of a researcher, the need to persevere at the face of adversity and much more have been learnt throughout the project. Therefore, even though I have spent much time and effort on this project, especially during the June attachment, I must say that the effort was well spent.

HOORAY!

oh yeah man...

GOLD FOR RE CONGRESS! haha... aaron just told me today... i hope he got it right... haha... if not later i self-jack. ask him to send me the email... (:

but still it was a nice job. haha. we totally own man.

Maybe some reflections on this year's RE?

IBN June 07 attachment afterthoughts

I shall start this “afterthought” by describing this attachment with one word, just like how the ever popular Shi Hao does it. Hmm. Let me see. A few words do pop up in my head. Actually, a lot do. Worthwhile. Exciting. Fascinating. Eye-opener. I even want to use Earnest’s style of naming a person. Rensheng. He really is an inspirational person. I guess he is the kindest person I have ever seen and I think he will be the kindest person I will ever see. I’m just so glad that God gave me this opportunity to work with him for a month and maybe even more. I really hope that our friendship will last forever. He is the kind of person who will really do anything to help his friend.

I have been eagerly awaiting this attachment since the RE project firstly started. When I was still studying in Learning Lab, my teacher taught me much. But I guess nothing as important as this. She asked us to get some work experience during the holidays, especially the longer holidays. Those words have lasted in my head till now. Well, at least I’m glad that I have achieved that this holiday.

So I started out this attachment. On the first day, we got a shock when we almost got kicked out of the attachment because of certain reasons: 1. Ying Jie must miss the first week. 2. We did not check our mails and so did not send in the email for our attachment dates. 3. We did not go for the weekly safety training, without which we are not allowed to work in the lab. 4. We couldn’t extend our attachment and the minimum attachment period is 4 weeks. That was really a shock. For a moment, I really thought that the attachment was going to fall apart. Luckily for us, Ms. Tan and Ms. Noreena were kind enough to allow us to continue our attachment. So that ended a very hectic first day.

From then on, it was all lab stuff. There was a very steep learning curve in the first week where we learnt all the processes that were required to do an experiment. From collecting the fibers, gluing the fibers, gluing them in the cartridge, gluing the caps on, all the way to checking for leaks, measuring filtration rate, measuring albumin concentration, calibrating the new pumps with the new tubes – these took us lots of time. However, we still learnt it and indeed we learnt it well. Following Cao Qi through all the processes was fun. Also, we learnt all about the IBN life, the researcher’s life. Lunch time was a great time for relaxation as we went to Ghim Moh or Holland Village to eat.

Oh. I forgot to elaborate on the other YRP students. In fact, all of them are in NUS, so technically, we were the youngest there. Cao Qi whom we were closest to cause we did the same stuff in the 1^st week, Ji Qing who also has the same mentor as us. These two were the main people. There were many others, like Jacky who were also very friendly. I guess there were still many more but we only said hi and bye so I don’t really know their names. Haha. Still friends though.

That said, I shall move on to some rather interesting days. Shall not go by chronological order. Instead, I shall go by interest.

The day that will always remain in my mind will be week 3 Friday. Haha. That was so humorous. Why? TOXIC GAS LEAK. I can still remember vividly that day. I was just about to start on gluing the cartridges when this announcement came over the PA system.

“There is a toxic gas leak. Please evacuate immediately”. That was the message and it kept repeating. The people in the lab were like staring at each other. I couldn’t believe that in the short period of time I was in IBN, there was going to be an evacuation. A toxic gas leak even. Wow. So we went off. I almost forgot we couldn’t use the lift until I saw Rensheng on my way out and he led me to the stairs. Went down six storeys to the ground level. We were supposed to cross the road to Matrix building for assembly but it was raining then, so no one bothered to cross the road. Haha. Well, so we were there slacking away. Haha. There was this guy who was the fire warden from our level (there are fire wardens for every level). I remember him cause he did my IT installments. Haha. Oh my. A IT personnel is a fire warden? Haha. Wow... So Ji Qing, Cao Qi and me were slacking there. And guess what, Rensheng was helping people take photos. Haha. I was taken aback. LOL. People taking photo during a evacuation? I soon realised the reason. The person who asked Rensheng take her photo was Rosa, and she was about to leave IBN on Tuesday for her PhD studies in MIT. Haha. So I guess I shall just elaborate a bit on the day she left. I just entered the lab to do some stuff and I saw her carrying her bag. She was saying “bye” to everyone. At that point in time, I still did not hear the news that she was going. Then she was going out of the door and she saw me. Till then, we haven’t really talked except like opened the door for each other when we go in or out of the lab. And so, the first and probably the last word she says to me is “bye”. Wow. Haha. Taken aback, I just replied a “oh. Ok bye.” And she went out. What a weird way to start a friendship. Haix. Anyway, back to the evacuation. We just waited till 12pm and we went for lunch. Haha. Ji Qing and me didn’t bring money so Cao Qi lent us some. Haha. Thanks!

Hm. So that was the most special day. Some other special days? Oh. IBN symposium on the last two days. Haha. BORING! Lol. Aaron and me just had to congratulate each other for lasting the first 4 hours of the talk. HAHA. Lunch was great. Reason: it was free. Haha. After that, we went in for talks again cause Rensheng was presenting. Overall, I thought he did rather well. After that, we slipped out. Haha. The next talk was starting and the guy was like saying “don’t lose steam” and we just zao4. haha. A bit weird. Well, it was really boring. Maybe cause we didn’t understand much of the stuff that people were talking about. Even Rensheng said that he didn’t understand the biology stuff. Haha.

And then there was Rensheng’s birthday on the first week. Ji Qing, Cao Qi, Aaron and me bought him a cake and we celebrated his birthday in the pantry. I really pity him. Such a nice person, yet still so lonely. No relatives, no family in Singapore. Haix. This is such an unfair world.

Actually, the other days were all rather normal. Doing experiments, having fun, talking cock. Haha. Playing pinball when the filtrate just wouldn’t come out. I hope we didn’t lian2 lei4 Rensheng. I’m really not sure whether we have slowed down his progress. If that is so, I apologise to him.

So, guess that is the end of the attachment. Can’t elaborate too much. Later IBN people say I release confidential stuff. Haha.

That was written a long time ago... in july.

all in all i think it was the team that made us great.

To TOH YING JIE:
your creativity and innovation has stunned me and helped the group in many ways. it was your ideas which saved us so much time and energy. your leadership has also been second to none and though u had much activities going on, like gym and ripb, your contributions were still really significant.

To AARON TANG KAI WEN:
your hard work and brilliant scientific mind has worked magic as you processed countless websites, wiki or other, within seconds and summarized it so brilliantly. you were the one who spearheaded us in everything we did, regardless the report, presentation or even the experiments.

and lastly i think i have also done a great job. AND TOGETHER, WE MAKE....

TAP : Toh Aaron Patrick... (too bad edward not here... TAPE... haha... ><)

Hmm... great job to us!

ok lol. long post. BYE.

Patrick

video!

ok i couldnt resist myself putting this... haha.

RARH

ok lol. 16 more days to go... YAY!!! ><

16 = 4^2 = 2^4 = a lot.

ahh...

ok but im glad. i received more birthday presents!
Firstly, my dad n mom bought me a really really nice com screen which i really like. haha. YAY! although my keyboard and cpu has become the old one, they are still ok. haha. and my laptop is given to my mom. (:

den... got 2 cups from ting fong. haha. YIP!

den... a photo stand from piano teacher...

n lastly, i got this really nice S.H.E. album + poster from my bro who's ever so nice. haha. YAY! might post pictures later on today, if i manage to mug what i wanna mugg...

RARH. i hate mugging when there are tests... ESPECIALLY EOYS!!! Ahhhh...

ok. what a lousy blog post once again.

i think im bad at blogging. thanks to u guys who continue to read my posts. haha. i'll try to improve... =)

KC: RARH!~

lol. cool.

bye.

Patrick

sat.

lol. i actually wanted to blog yesterday but since i was making my new really nice com screen, i didnt... haha. yesterday was... Hmm... quite fun.

First went to school for RE CONGRESS FINALS! YAY!!! haha. omg. i can't believe it. if there was 1 part of RE that we did sloppily it had to be our presentation. Recap:

ONE DAY BEFORE RE PRESENTATION 1ST ROUND:
7pm:
aaron calls.
Aaron: Hello patrick?
Me: errrr... ya... (yawn) (just woke up)
Aaron: So have u done the script yet?
Me: huh? er. oh. erm... not yet...
Aaron: den faster do!

9pm:
aaron calls.
Aaron: Hello patrick?
Me: ya. y?
Aaron: so is the script done?
Me: oh. not really. i was eating...
Aaron: quick do! tomorrow presentation leh...
Me: orh ok. i go chiong now.

12am (that means it's the day for presentation liao...)
aaron calls.
Aaron: hey patrick?
Me: ya?
Aaron: so script?
Me: erm still doing.
Aaron: QUICK! STILL GOT PRESENTATION SLIDES HAVEN'T DO!
Me: orh ok.

1am:
i call.
Me: hello aaron?
Aaron: ya?
Me: finished script.
Aaron: ok great. now let's do the presentation slides. i send u wat i've done till now
Me: oh ok.

2am:
Aaron calls.
Aaron: hello patrick?
Patrick: ya?
Aaron: finished presentation for my part and tyj's part
Patrick: oh allright. im finishing too.

230am:
i call.
Patrick: hello aaron?
Aaron: ya?
Patrick: finished. i sent to ur email
Aaron: ok i compile. i've made the scripts into cards
Patrick: ok thanks. den, prac how?
Aaron: erm... we'll see...

RECESS:
10 min b4 recess ends
Patrick enters 3C classroom
Aaron: ok let's prac through once

~PRAC~

n the rest was history. we somehow, with such late work (done one day b4... or even less), managed to get into RE semis where we used the same presentation and got through again. Yesterday's RE finals, we also used that historic slides which managed to get us so far... haha. hopefully, it will keep its good luck! really wanna get some prize for RE!

ok. so after RE finals, which i think went relatively well, I went for MEDICAL PHYSICS!~ lol. ok. that was that...

den CO. omg. haha. i was so glad i went for CO. if not, i wouldnt have known the truth behind all these stuff...

den piano. which went all right... haha. i love B1!~

haha. weiqi. omg. got xuan ba sai why i dunno... i also wanna go see mah. HAIX. nvm anyway, faced an jie and i couldnt believe i was losing. haha. beat him in the end though but it was quite close until the end game when he made a big mistake. (:

OH! and den dinner. haha damn funny. i was at jollibean buying myself a cup of soya bean when this guy came along... HMM... damn funny wait. conversation went...

Man:auntie给我一杯soyabean,烧的
Auntie:哦，要烧的还是温的
Man:我要烧的，烧烧的
Auntie:你要烧的还是烧烧的？
Man:烧的不就是烧烧的吗？
Auntie:没有啊，烧烧的就是烧的，烧的就是温的
Man:哇，有这样分的啊。。。你好像我的妈妈哦，本来想叫你大姐的，现在叫你妈妈好了。。。
Auntie:那你要烧的还是烧烧的？
Man:啊，算了。就烧烧的吧
Auntie:真的啊！我给你烧烧的，不要等一下说你要烧的。。。
Man:是啦是啦，烧烧的。。。

LOL! haha. i was laughing all the way man... that man and that auntie were playing a fool la. haha. omg. two brilliant stranger jokers meet and the consequences are... haha...

LOL... ok that was a good laugh. jiang was all right...

oh n i met mr. joseph chong on the train. haha. he was so tall so i could see him through the crowd. Hmm... does this mean im tall too? ok maybe not. angle of elavation ya noe... haha... but couldnt walk to him cuz of the really crowded train.

had a nice chat with eric as always. lol.

OK! that's all for now... Bye...

Patrick (:

HMM!

haha. since hansheng did something about stats on his blog, i shall do it too! Hmm...

Day	Date	Page Loads	Unique Visitors	First Time Visitors	Returning Visitors
Friday	21st September 2007	14	11	6	5
Thursday	20th September 2007	30	23	10	13
Wednesday	19th September 2007	35	30	12	18
Tuesday	18th September 2007	39	30	10	20
Monday	17th September 2007	38	29	15	14
Sunday	16th September 2007	32	24	10	14
Saturday	15th September 2007	17	17	10	7
Friday	14th September 2007	25	22	13	9
Thursday	13th September 2007	32	26	17	9
Wednesday	12th September 2007	19	17	10	7
Tuesday	11th September 2007	24	22	13	9
Monday	10th September 2007	27	25	13	12
Sunday	9th September 2007	40	28	15	13
Saturday	8th September 2007	27	24	10	14
Friday	7th September 2007	30	28	11	17

hey actly, not bad leh. haha. main thing is the first time visitors cuz it records how many different people come to visit ur blog. haha. ok. shit. why did i blog again? AHH!

k bye.

Patrick (:

HA!

ok... sry for posting such lousy, boring, dumb, noob posts recently. im stressed ya? =(

BUT, i shall try to post something more positive today! (:

haha. met rich and edward today in the library mugging. ahhh... lol. I shall talk about Rich today... haha.

Rich is:
- A very very very very very nice person
- A very very very very very clever person
- A very very very very very long hair person
- A very very very very very poser person
- But at the same time a very very very very very mugger person
- A very very very very very happy person
- A very very very very very rich person (obviously... haha...)

haha. overall he's very nice la. just a bit too erm.. low self-esteem at times? usual convo goes...

Rich: aiyah. this ___(insert subject)___test/cct i confirm fail liao la.
Me: err really ah... i thought quite ok...

Results come back:

Me: hey rich how much u get, i got ___(insert moderate mark)___.
Rich: oh i got quite low la, only _____(insert chao high mark)_____.

LOL.

ok nvm. rarh. people, tag! haha. i want my tagboard to be more lively... :)

Hmm just thot of something random...
Lumpy had a little lamb sounds much nicer than mary had a little lamb because of its alliteration and errrr... chemical properties? haha. according to some really reliable sources, lumpy's a group 2 metal with various oxidation states, a few of which includes pi and errrr... natural number? haha... let's log lumpy... HMM... what do we get?

haha... ok nvm.

and according to some really RELIABLE sources, Jeremy's hydrogen. cuz it doesnt really belong to any group. HMM... haha...

ok. i bet i'll be one of the really nobel gases like ivan. NOBEL... haha.

okok den. gotta go. stupid re tml (again). RARH...

3rd post of today. sigh...

bye.

Patrick

EOYs note ONE

Point to note:
Since most papers are upon 80 now, to get 80% for the paper, I need to achieve...

64/80

Hmm... Quite achieveable... i think... n i hope... (:

progress report

Since Kenneth did his progress report, I shall do one too! (:

ok. sooo. let's see:
1. Physics: sortta finished. left mugging on the day b4 eoy liao.
2. Biology: not started
3. Chem: half-way. need more prac though.
4. Math: half-way. plan to do some today
5. Chi: not started
6. Eng: finished. lol. just need to mug the day b4.
7. SS: not started.
8. History: not started.

omg. im slow. ok i shall strive to do as much of math as chem as possible today and sunday. next week shall be bio mugging... RARH! SS and history mugging on weekends i hope and chinese mugging on mon-wed b4 thur is back to SS and eng. HAIX...

19 days more guys. U CAN MAKE IT! YEAH...

lol. hope u r encouraged... ><

k. i shall strive to do as much revision papers for math as possible today. (:

RAWR...

anyway, breakdown of score b4 eoys to see how much i need for eoys to secure my much-needed 4.0s...

Subject - CA mark - Mark needed for EOY
1. Math - 75.01 - 70/80... woah. this is scary. cant be careless there...
2. Physics - ~87 (i hope... cct and performance task not returned) - 56/80 (Hmm. quite achieveable)
3. Chem - ~86 - 57/80... yay.
4. Bio - ~81 - 63/80... Hmm...
5. History - ~70 - no hope of getting 4.0! haha.
6. SS - ~87 - 21/30.. must get!!!
7. Eng - wth. no hope.
8. Chi - no hope either. just get my 3.6...

i hope i can get 6 4.0s (math double weightage) and 3 3.6s to get an average GPA of.. 3.87... i would be very very very very happy if i can do it... (:

but first... mugging. results come later ya?

PATRICK!

screwed up eoys

I hate the end sept days... they are just for people to stress up...

HAIX. let's recap.

Chem:
1. Study redox
2. Study acid-bases
3. Do chem assignment
4. Get the concepts

Phy:
1. Write out all equations, units
2. Tension equation
3. Dumb examples
4. Free body diagramsss... zzz...
5. Do cct paper.

RARH...

ok at least i completed Units 1-5 of MCQ physics today... SIGH. but my mind wasnt thinking at all. i was doing aimlessly. no thanks to the harry potter at my bedside... ):

haix...

Patrick

BIRTHDAY! YAY!

OMG. IM HAPPY TODAY! LOL... YAY YAY YAY!!! xD

today was totally great. haha. so many people came to wish me happy birthday! yay yay yay!

lol... assembly was ok. wasn't late today (was late on monday... lol... dmp also late)...

den it was modern optics... lol... quite slack. but i think im not going to get high marks for this dmp cuz there are many things that i dont understand and i get owned by lots of people like ben yong and edmund and shu jian... siggggghhhhh... RARH.

den medical physics. lol. i realise enriched modules are really slack. now cancel last period replace with talk... haha. and i think i cant go for that talk... LOL. HMMM... but ya lesson was slack. den there were these people sitting behind me who were DAMN FUNNY! LOL. keep making jokes.. haha. laugh until stomach ache liao loh...

ok. but the main point is... TODAY'S MY B'DAE! YAY... haha. thanks to all those who wished me happy b'dae... Hmm... try to list them bah...
1. LjS
2. KC
3. Jerald
4. Kenneth
5. Xinyi
6. Shu Jian
7. Mark
8. Ben Yong
9. Lumpy
10. Gia
11. Edmund Yuen
12. Shu Kiat
13. Brian Ho
14. Dennis
15. ME! ok lol.
16. Eugene
17. Ben Low
18. Issac
19. Huiyao
20. Barry
21. Long
22. ok actually all 3B people lol... save my energy writing sia...
23. Issac
24. Edward
25. Samson
26. Cytam
27. Wanen
ok still got lots more... cant remember liao!!!!

n special thanks to these people:
1. LjS, Kenneth, Jerald, Edward n KC for buying me the reallllllyyyyy CUTE softoy and the card!
2. Dennis for buying me bubble tea. ok. i forced him to do it lol.

n im so lucky that there was assem

ok pics...


EUGENE~ with my bdae present... yay! ok for simplicity reasons. I shall call it Cutie2 from now on! haha.


TONY!~ with Cutie2!


OMG. ME AND KENNETH! HAHA. YAY YAY! lol...


OK. JERALD LOOKS FIERCE (for the first time... HAHA). still cant stop laughing at him though... hahahass...but ya that's me, LjS and Jerald... heeheexxx... xD


ok jie liang and me... HAHA. COME ON MAN PAP PAP PAP!!! lol. ok.


ok lol. mark and me... RARH. JIANG ROCKERS!~ yeahh!! haha.


ok that was totally sick shu kiat. OMG... HAHA... dont worry. he's just kissing Cutie2... not that it's cuter than me... HAHA!!! RARH. and mark in front. random. haha.


HEY YA'LL! haha... JERALD LOOKS CUTE FOR ONCE... haha. LjS so daoooo one... hahas... yay yay yay... we totally rock man... HAHA.


yay... jun sheng looks much nicer now... haha... ok wateva... why u poke Cutie2's head... haiyo... lol...


yay. me and shu jian. perc rockers ya? haha.


k me and dennis. (: yay. we totally rock. THANKS FOR THE BUBBLE TEA! HAHA. peppermint is nice ok... lol...


yay man. the total muggers group! RAWR. 3b mugger party totally rocks rite? i hope i can be inside too. haha. ok. from left, Vincent, Huiyao (blocked by Cutie2), me, Ivan, Barry, Lumpy, Jie Liang. haha. we totally OWN!


ok. huiyao's face not blocked this time... HAHA! YAY! the 3b mugger party.


yay. Keng Chee! My IDOL! haha. lol. must cheer up k? haha. ya like u said. BE HAPPY ALWAYS! YAY!


jinghui and me! YAY!!! lol...


ok lol. common scene in class. Me and Jinghui arm wrestling... HAHA. HEY! WE ARE PRO K? dont laugh. lol... this time with Cutie2 cheering us on... YAY!!! haha...


yay. Cutie2 on my bed... haha!


yay. card! i love the friends thing!!! WE TOTALLY ROCK LOH. ok though dennis' name isnt there but still... haaaa... friends FOREVER! ya? LjS, KennethYong, EdwardLim, Chew KC, Jerald HAN, ME, DENNIS - FRIENDS FOREVER! haha ok. lol.


and this is Cutie2 seeing the inside of my card... haha. very nice of LjS for making it for me... everytime i make cards, finally this time can receive one. hahaha. (:


Hmm... ahhh... another angle. lol. take photo must explore perspectives you know... hahas... think i sit too much beside LjS liao la... CRAP. lol. xD

too bad i didnt take pic of the bubble tea... AHHH!!! WHY??? lol. later dennis angry with me sia... hahahaha...

oh and of course... there was monday's Mr. Vetuz's FAREWELL Party. haha. ok. that sounds so formal. i guess it was a bit small-scale and everything and the mood may not have been there but it's still the heart that counts i guess... the point is that many people actually bothered to come down! haha. and the pizzas were nice. kudos to KC for buying them and paying for them... i think im screwed now. KS BULL $$$, PHOTOCOPYING FEES $$$, PIZZA $$$. ok nvm. photos again! haha...


haha. farewell Mr. Vetuz... u've been a great teacher... hope u will succeed in ur future endeavours ya? sorry didnt say all these during the party. im a soft-spoken person ya? haha. hope u read this... (: and my hair somehow looks detached lol...


2nd picture! (:

and fond memories... was looking thru pics while blogger was uploading pics...


heys! haha. spidey!


oh my. this was like how many ages ago... ok actually sec 1... haha... but it seemed so long ago...


STEFAN'S FAREWELL PARTY!

haha ok ok. think that's all for now. I DON'T CARE. I MUST MUG!

ok. 15 liao! yay. think 15 is such a nice number. Interesting facts about 15:
1. Wiki definition: 15 (fifteen) is the natural number following 14 and preceding 16. In English, it is the smallest integer with seven letters in its spelled out name. wow i didnt know that. haha.
2. it's not a prime number.
3. it's an odd number!
4. it's 3x5
5. it's a triangular number
6. it's a hexagonal number
7. it's a pentatope number
8. it's the number of supersingular primes, even though 15 itself is a composite number
9. ok wateva. go find out in wiki urself... haha too lazy liao.

BYE! and thanks once again!

PATRICK

chem

READ THIS!

A molecule can be most properly defined as a group of atoms joined in a specific structure. A compound, on the other hand, is a substance made up of more than one type of atom—in other words, more than one type of element. Not all compounds are composed of discrete molecules, however. For instance, table salt (NaCl) is an ionic compound formed by endlessly repeating clusters of sodium and chlorine that are not, in the strictest sense of the word, molecules.

Salt is an example of a crystalline solid, or a solid in which the constituent parts are arranged in a simple, definite geometric pattern repeated in all directions. There are three kinds of crystalline solids, only one of which has a truly molecular structure. In an ionic solid such as table salt, ions (atoms, or groups of atoms, with an electric charge) bond a metal to a nonmetal—in this case, the metal sodium and the nonmetal chlorine. Another type of crystalline solid, an atomic solid, is formed by atoms of one element bonding to one another. A diamond, made of pure carbon, is an example. Only the third type of crystalline solid is truly molecular in structure: a molecular solid—sugar, for example—is one in which the molecules have a neutral electric charge.

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS!!! RARH...

ah sian. i've got so many questions.
1. What's the definition of a molecule?
2. Why are ionic compounds not molecules?
3. Are metallic bondings counted as compounds? Are they ionic compounds? or what?
4. How about giantmacromolecules? Are they covalent compounds?

SIAN. someone help me can?? ):

Patrick

lol.

ok i soooooooooo did not keep track of time today.

but nvm, at least bio project is ALMOST finished. haha ALMOST.

reminder: my b'dae is on tuesday and im expecting presents!~ YES, JUN SHENG AND KENNETH! lol... ok whatever... i dont mind if u dont give though. a happy b'dae wish would make me really happy! (:

Hmm.. chem now and hp later. great. at least i have something to look forward to.

I really am starting to LOVE to write in CAPS and SmiLeyS! xD yay... lol...

ok. nvm that was pure randomness... when exams comes, i realise ur post count increases, but your post quality decreases like to 0 or less. Hmm... maybe cuz u cant think of what u r writing. yup. im not thinking while im writing this. merely typing ya noe...! (:

YAY. ok. BYE!

PATRICK shall say "ROCK ON!" again. (:

*discovery channel and national geographic purely rocks* like purely.

sian...

sometimes, you just have to give up something when u want another thing... n it's frustrating...

yes... sigh...

but anyway, the more important thing now is to STOP READING MY HARRY POTTER... zzz... junsheng is so gonna make me fail my eoys cuz he lent me the book at this time... haha. xD jkjk.

there are times when u think he crossed the limits...

but when u think of it again, maybe he hasn't...

Hmmmm... haha. anyway, ok. i admit my hair sucks. fine? lol...

but that's not the point. the point is to start mugging for eoys! rarh. i can't start...

And some people very pro. get so high for both comprehensions... lol. damn jealous. haha. haix. must sstart to improve my chinese liao!~ (:

k bye.

cant wait for lunch... **yummy!**

Patrick

quiizz

quizzy! (:

1. (the person who tagged you is) Lim Jun Sheng (a.k.a LjS)

2. (your relationship with him/her is) Best Friends 4eva! (:

3. (5 impressions you have of him/her) #1: Cool (except for the hairstyle... haha), #2: Nice, #3: Organized, #4: Slacker xD, #5: Kind (:

4. (the most memorable thing he/she has done for you) lend me his math notes! yay. (:

5. (the most memorable words he/she has said to you) What True Friends are!

6. (if he/she becomes your lover, you will) erm. i would never go to Long John Silvers again!

7. (if he/she becomes your lover, things he/she has to improve on will be) Hairstyle, definitely. (:

8. (if he/she becomes your enemy, you will) i would have no more friends? haha.

9. (if he/she becomes your enemy, the reason will be) cuz the definition of the word enemy gets changed to "friends"

10. (the most desirable thing you want to do for him/her now is) GD LUCK 4 YSC!

11. (your overall impression of him/her is) kind, organized and nice person

12. (how do you think people around you will feel about you) erm. also the same bah.

13. (the characteristic you love about yourself is) erm is this relevant?

14. (on the contrary, the characteristic you hate about yourself is) not relevant.

15. (the most ideal person you want to be is) irrelevant.

16. (for people that care and like you, say something to them) lol. thanks! (=

17. (pass this quiz to 10 people that you wish to know how they feel about you)
ok, i wun tagg others, juz wan to do this..

im not evil. (: n i gotta go anyway. haha.

Patrick

wateva...

k piano's over.

im so going to hack about it.. fail liao so nvm

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rarh. i really wanna... have a cup of green tea, some chocolate and maybe... Hmm.. dunno. but i think im becoming fat. vegetarian!!!~ haha.

anyway, im going to finish mugging chem today. I DON'T CARE! I MUST!

and den tml i shall mug bio chapter 1,5,6 and SS.

I'm going to turn into a mugger (or stay as a mugger?)

until it's after EOY. RARH.

k. so it's MUGGING TIME!

onli thing i can look forward to now is when eoy is over... Harry Potty!~

haha... k my posts' quality is deteriorating... please make do with it... (:

Patrick

these music exams.

piano tml.

thanks to:
1. KC
2. Jayyh
3. Kenneth
4. LjS
5. Emma
6. Wanen
7. and any other people who have wished me luck.

cuz i'll really really really need it...

Hope u can concentrate tml! (: ^^

SCALES - just need to concentrate, think carefully which one he's referring to and play it nicely... lol.
A6 - Start with a moderate pace, erm... careful of the front few bars and the stupid bars (i'll know...) DYNAMICS!
B1 - Start with a faster pace and erm... well just be careful... watch out for dynamics!
Cwateva - Start with slower pace and feel the moooodddd... =)
Sight-reading - concentrate! remember what is the key and keep asking what is that note. lol. don't sleep.
Aural - MUG! haven't mug yet. mugging tml. erm. just answer what u want to answer.

So tml, i have to...
1. Go thru the B1 stuff.
2. Play thru A6 Sloooooooooooooooooooooooowly
3. Go thru whole of Aural test, what to do, what to look out for. Use the "what will happen next" process.
4. Go thru scales once more.

And relax when u get there.

When u get into the room, erm...
1. greet. lol.
2. sit down, adjust chair, bring tissue bla.
3. tell yourself to relax. deep breathing. haha. and erm... close ur eyes n think of trees. LOL.

Hmm... just pretend u're practicing. playing for yourself to hear... Hmm. ya...

LoL. sry for such a dumb post.

this thing called exams.

Hmm... LjS's forcing me to blog... so ya... here goes.

Hmm... DMP week has been... boring? so far? SIGH. I CAN'T GET MYSELF TO MUGGG!!!

Reasons for this:
1. Piano. getting me real stressed up. I think I'll just go into the examination room thinking "since you're gonna fail, why not try to fail as high as possible"? hahas. isn't that nice? Hmm...
2. BIO IS BORING. I've concluded that long time ago and am concluding it once again. Bio IS boring. yes. nothing more to be said.
3. I won't remember the stuff that i mug now. haix... later must mug again... den wasted? Actually no la. mug once thru now, later on mugging will be made easier. (: YES! THAT IS THE ATTITUDE I NEED!

haixxxx... X(

I WANNA MUG SO MUCH STUFF NOW that... i dont know what to mug... rarh.

AURAL! siannnn...
Chemical Bonding...

haix. n i ended my day doing absolutely nothing...

ok this is a random post... =(

nvm. bye. got to sleep.

Patrick

QUIZ!

now with other friends, pick a random 10, this time i shall mix guys and girls!
1- LjS
2- Eugene
3- keng chee
4- bojian
5- jerald
6- ben low
7- dennis
8- kenneth
9- jie liang
10- mark tayy

Who is no6 having a relationship with? [ben low]
eugene (no.2 a.k.a. angelina jolie)

is no9 a male or female?- [jie liang]
nah. his gender is PAP.

if no7 and no10 are together, will it be a good thing? [dennis mark]
lol. it would be.... weird... haha.

how about 8 and 5? [jerald kenneth]
HA! YUP! THEY LOVE ARGUING AGAINST EACH OTHER. waiitttt... pictoral evidence...


SEE! HA!

what is no2 studying about? [Eugene]
probably chinese.

when was the last you talked to no3? [Keng Chee]
Hmmmmm... now! haha. inspired me to write this.

what kind of music does no.8 like? [Kenneth]
ge tai. or anything that can be found on bai du cuz he kopes his songs from there...

does no1 have any siblings? [LjS]
yup.

will you woo no3? [keng chee]
LOL... omg. haha. keng chee was just asking me who would want him (cuz jerald said on his blog that he's single...) and i said me.... HAHA. my idol!!! LOL... jkjkjkjk...

how about no7? [Dennis]
lol. no thanks. just friends! =)

is no 4 single? [bojian]
yes, and thank goodness too!

whats the surname of number 5! [Jerald]
Han or affectionately known as black. xD

surname of no 10? [mark]
tay.

hobby of no.4? [bojian]
slapping jerald! XD

do no5 and no9 get along? [jerald jie liang]
yup... PAP supports racial harmony ya know...

where does no2 study at?[Eugene]
The "how to act properly" school

talk something casually about no1? [LjS]
one of my best friends currently! can do something about his hairstyle though... =P

have you tried developing feelings about no8? [kenneth]
errrrr... no thanks. haha. friends will do! FRIENDS 4EvER!

where does no9 live? [jie liang]
parliament house

are no5 and 1 best friends? [LjS jerald]
ya sort of...

does no7 like no2? [dennis eugene]
haha... werid combi againnn...

how you get to know no2? [eugene]
through movies...

is no7 the sexiest person in the world? [dennis]
LOL. all the questions regarding dennis so weird onneeee... haha. erm i guess not and definitely hope not... haha. =)

ok. 3B class DONE! yay...

lazy

woohhooo...

tuesday was ok. RE congress went out fine and although there were some things that could have been improved, it was a job-well-done for us again... Hmm... yay. GO TAP!

lol. tuition was kinda... boring? haha. cuz we had to do a 1 hr 15 min practice paper... omg. haha. nevertheless, i finished it. hmm. yay.

wednesdat was also ok... movie was nice. Pixar movies are ALWAYS nice... (:

den yesterday was totally great. did 62 pages of full scap of math. haha. yay... first time so efficient. hope i can achieve that today as well.

unfortunately, cannot go kbox today... sian... like that must wait till eoy over. walao. 5 weeks! rarh.

piano coming up soon. :( im scared.

and b'dae coming up soon too! :) Buy me anything ranging from PSPs to plasma tvs... haha. i wont mind them...

okok. gtg. im really doing math mindlessly now... haha.

k. BYE!!!

Patrick

thanks!

i love Go6P (Gang of 6 Pros).

Thanks so much for all your help! haha. i simply love ourselves! =)

We totally rock.

yeah..

omg. i cant stop this.

STOP.

ok.

Hmm... RE script! rarh. think sleep is still more impt. <3



As promised, teacher's day video! haha. created by Teacher's day Org Comm.

k that's all for now. sleep is impt!

Patrick

i wonder...

I wonder whether I should always be helpful
I wonder whether I should always be generous
I wonder whether I should always be good

I wonder whether I'll become like my late conductor
I wonder whether I'll become like my external mentor...

I always thought that they were my role models
And so was Keng Chee...

But is it good after all?
When people start taking advantage of you...

Is there a limit to how much you should help?
Is there a limit to how generous you should be?
Is there a limit to how good you should be?

I'm confused...
And envious
But at the same time helpless...

Is friendship really worth that much of a sacrifice?

I wonder...

Patrick Cho

sleepy... yawn...

these 2 days were cool but really tiring too.

Friday:

Teacher's day. haha. it was quite funny... especially the emcess and their advertisements... haha. they are really a pair man... and the video!!! wah. i want... haha. it's soooooo funny!!! and anyway, decor was ok except that one of the posters (or was it two?) dropped on the teachers... haha. gave out 3B cards to the teachers and stuff...

and den after that went back primary school. Hmm... this time Ms. Ang remembered me for doing well in Math not Science. haha. and zhou lao shi once again remembered my "ting2" and not my "song4"... so sad that dewei had to come late... onli talked to him for a while b4 i had to go...

After that, went out with LjS and Kenneth to Orchard. haha. had a really nice time there... whole new experience. lots of fun. haha.

den after that, went with LjS back to school to watch RIGE concert. Ben Yong, Jerald, Vincent, Renyan, Jie Liang, Shu Jian were all there to support Keng Chee, Huiyao, Eugene and Barry. haha. it was damn funny... especially the Phantom one. they totally rock. the rock band was a bit over the top though. haha. anyway, RIGE is sooooo creative and innovative. haix. really had lots of fun. "Huiyao! Don't trip!" haha.


haha. during t-day, the coloured paper got stuck on the air-con... lol. had fun pouring them on LjS too! haha. xD

Saturday:

Morning and afternoon was nothing much. Dental, Piano went fine...

Den jiang people met up for dinner together. Present were Mark, Han Sheng, Wen Rui, Wanen, Natalie, Yunhui and me... Hmm... not the whole class but it was still rather nice. haha. den we gave han lao shi a surprise when she walked it to see the winnie the pooh bear on the ohp... haha.... so fun! anyway, dont wanna talk so much.. photos!


woohoo. haha. ahh.. cannot see pooh bear! oops hansheng's face blocked... haha. everyone looks so cool! especially rueyjer and violet... haha.


ahh... pooh bear. lol. this time wenrui presses forward and everyone falls forward... haha. see han sheng squashed? haha. luckily i dodged in time... =)


lol. han lao shi took photo in class. so hardworking rite?? haha. and what's han sheng trying to do?? haha...


haha... everyone so hardworking...


the other side of the class with the not-so-hardworking anissa. xD


last picture of the poooooooooooh bear we bought. haha. so cute rite... kudos to LjS for helping me find it too!

haha. jiang totally rocks. hope we can continue like this.

=)))

Patrick