It's kind of amusing that I was randomly chosen for PISA, (an international test which assesses the country's students' academic performance, Singapore is taking part for the first time) which I found out they probably just chose index numbers 1, 11 and 21. It was random yeah.

Anyway, I say it's amusing because they actually have 13 different sets of test booklets so cheating is almost impossible o__o haha will I get a cert for taking part? ><

I realised I haven't posted about my first ever Korean lesson! It's totally different from Jap lessons. Shall do it tmr or fri :D

Went to see the dentist at the National Dental Centre last Friday. Rmb last year abt July too, I had a bad toothache and after that the nerves of that tooth supposedly died and I had to be on waiting list for root canal treatment? Yea now it's my turn... So that day they were supposed to check my teeth. I went for an x-ray on that tooth again and they found a tooth growing (but still in the bone) in between that tooth and the bug tooth behind... So right, the dentist said it is highly possible for me to have more of such tooth growing and I went for another x-ray on my whole set of teeth! >< This one is located on the floor above and I thought it was kind of scary! You have to bite on this stick thingy and go "eee" and the machine will go around you. Imagine the x-rays shot at you... Haha from the x-ray luckily I didn't have any other such tooth other than my 4 wisdom teeth still hiding inside. It felt special looking at your own set of teeth heh. And then they had to call a specialist in too see what they can do with my extra tooth... Oh and the specialist was an ex-nanyang girl too! :D They say I can either: 1. do root canal treament and then do a small surgery to remove the tooth but the surgery may affect my big tooth cos it is very near and I might need to do root canal for the big tooth again. 2. do root canal and not remove the tooth. But that means I need to go back once in every 3 years or so to check the tooth. Cos the tooth is a 水瘤 (?) and may become a 良性瘤. eh doesn it mean it can become an 恶性 one? then would it be cancerous? o.o Oh man this is the worse part... I don't know if I'm thinking too much >< But right now I'm more inclined towards doing the small surgery. I mean it's better to play safe right? I rather have another root canal treatment than to risk it becoming something possibly dangerous?

Oh the root canal treatment (for my poor dead-nerve tooth) is 19 Aug and that's the day when Lady Castle (aka Take care of my lady - zzz why do they want to change name anyway) is broadcasting! Ahh can't wait to see yoon eun hye back on tv :D But then now it's mixed feelings >< I'll take it as 先苦后甜! The second session is to put some filling onto my tooth, which is during the tues of Sept holidays... And all these are $$$!

On a lighter note... I finished all my overdue work! Wooh :D 3 cheers for wan ting!

Hehe and can't wait for this sat! First Korean lesson ever! It'd better be good!

Yes I shall remain happy and not think about unhappy things. Realised (long time ago ><) that I'm so stingy with $$$. Hah okay that's one of my worries but it less worrying than the extra tooth itself. Okay shall not think about it anymore!

Hehe! My first Korean lesson starts next Sat! You can say I'm lucky cos FOA is postponed so I won't miss my lesson, but but... to my horror they say got make up lessons if you miss the first one! Oh no, which means I can't make up for the rest! The lesson is at city hall and on the 26th floor O.o To me it costs a bomb, $288.90 per person if at least 2 sign up together. Ususal price is even worse $300+... The sample notes they let us see for Basic course wasn't that impressive... Maybe because I'm comparing to Jap haha.. It's just a booklet and they teach you hangul, some sentences with little romanization and translation, just hangul.. And no grammar explanation... I just hope this is REALLY the basic notes and other stuff will be explained in detail in class. The person there was quite kind and friendly. We asked him why there's no grammar and he said korean has little grammar but a lot of expressions. I wonder if it's really true...? Anyway, he said by the end of basic + intermediate + advanced we should be able to understand the kdramas (:D!) cos it's mostly expressions. Haha maybe I shouldn't worry too much! Anyway the advanced level he mentioned seems to be the beginner's advanced level haha.. But he told us there are people who learn up to advance 7 O.o After advance we can go on to reading and writing lessons. And take KLPT! I feel as if I am in Sec 1, when I was starting to learn jap heh. It's been a while... As for jap... well I'll self-study cos it's quite hard to find a course which starts off from where I left off at MOELC, besides the syllabus is probably different...

Hehe saw it on phyllis' blog, and omg the results seem so true... o.o

http://www.goldinuniverse.com

Name: Wan Ting
Date: 6/22/2009
Colorgenics Number: 21654037

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You are a very sensitive person and you try hard (perhaps a little too hard) to make favourable impressions and to be recognised by your peers. But you have that inherent need to feel appreciated and admired and you are easily hurt if all of your endeavours go by unappreciated or not acknowledged. Stop trying so hard.

You are an emotional and sensitive person. You are inclined to delight and wallow in all things that give pleasure to your senses but nevertheless your tastes are refined and you reject anything that is indecent or vulgar.

You need a friend - a close friend - and you are willing to become emotionally involved with the right person, but you are very demanding and particular in your choice of partners. You are constantly looking for reassurance and it is perhaps because of this that you tend to be somewhat argumentative, but you try to hold back - careful to avoid open conflict - since this might reduce your prospects of realising your hopes of establishing a warm caring relationship.

You are feeling trapped by the situation as it stands at this time and what is more, you feel powerless to remedy it. You are stressful, angry and disgruntled. You feel that everything that you try to do to change the situation is thwarted and your hopes and aspirations all seem to be receding into the ever distant future. You have reached the state where you now doubt whether your dreams will ever be achieved and this is not only causing mental stress but heartache. You need to get away from it all - you need to have time to think, to recuperate, to be able to make your own decisions.

You are trying to build up your own position and you resist all external influences. You insist that you are your own person and you will not tolerate any outside interference. Decisive and proud, you are true managerial material.

Hehe I'm making cherry rossette tmr, wish me luck! ^_^

Just went to ecareers.sg, according to it, jobs most suitable for me are:

"Occupations Matching All Choices
There were no occupations matching all choices.

2 Occupations Match All But One Choice

Full Time School Counsellors
Operations Managers

23 Occupations Match All But Two Choices

Automation Engineers
Caterers
Child Care Assistants
Fund Managers
Game and Level Designers
Game Programmers
Lighting Artists
Maintenance Engineers
Mechanical Design Engineers
Mechanical Engineering Officers (MEWR)
Mechanical Engineers
Multimedia Producers
Multimedia Programmers/Engineers
Multimedia Technology Technicians
Personal Financial Consultants/Financial Planners
Product Structurers
Programmers
Relationship Managers
Student Care Centre Programme Staff
Texture Artists
Tool & Die Designers
Trust Professionals
Visual Effects (VFX) Artists"

School Counsellor/Operation manager? Wow all school-based O.o

I feel so accomplished. First time in n years that I started and finished revising for a test early. Haha. But actually it's because I thought math BT is tmr xD Spent 4.5 days doing exercises on each topic (for the very first time too!) and somehow surprisingly I enjoyed it. My brain's overloaded with math already.. But then... behind me is a pile of homework! So much to catch up cos I was absent for two days..
( my list of to-dos, see how screwed i am xD )

Went to look at the global classroom stuff on lms for fun. Only looked at Japan.. Staying at traditional inn is so cool! Makes me want to go even more! I just love Jap stuff, dont know why though. And my big plan to self-study Jap starts during June hols, where all the term chaos is (or is it are?) gone! Seriously, if i can't get to go japan for global classroom i'll be really sad.

Off to work D:

So boring after SYF D: I admit, SYF period was tough, but now I miss it! It feels as if something is missing, I need some spice quick!

Symptoms include:
1. Crashing m4-01 every lunch
2. Replaying the "SYF announcing of results" recording multple times a day
3. Finding no-CCA days boring
4. Finding I have TOO MUCH TIME in the morning, recess and lunch!
5. Reminiscing about the SYF days and 21st April
6. Checking out CO@SG website whenever I'm free (plus looking at the best conductor polls)
7. Visiting NYCO and dizi blog at least 3 times a day
8. Visiting MEFC at facebook to see how many more members we have

Conclusion is, I am suffering from the SYF withdrawl syndrome.

Went as supporter for the B division tennis nationals today (: It's only my second time going for such events. The last time was 2 years ago, for softball. Actually I went there for an experience, more exposure (: But part of the reason was also to support (:

But I was guilty of not cheering much hahaha. Now I feel bad... Anyway, I learnt something new!

Honestly, I always thought you can do considerably well in sports if you train enough. Ok maybe plus some 临场表现. Who would have thought of the tiny little details that affect one's performance? I also thought anxiousness won't be play a big role cos to me if you have the reflexes, it comes quite naturally.

I was wrong though. In the end, everything goes down to the same basic principles. Whether learning sports or music, it is still similar. It's not just "oh you walk into the court and start playing" and "oh you just pick up the instrument and start playing". Different factors can change the outcome too!

For the matches, I think everyone did really well. It's not easy to play tennis. Until now I still can't serve well :/ haha and it's hard to get the nice pop sound when you hit the ball, let alone say all the time.

The more time I have, the less efficient I am. :/

Tmr I shall be more efficient, shouldn't let the extra time I have now go to waste.

( my own notes )

If I quit...	If I don't quit...
Extra 5.5 hours of free time per week	Rush work everyday.
More time to sleep	No time to lian
More time during weekends	Bad quality work
Can use extra time relax/rush work	Affect test results
Lesser stress	Less time to sleep
Get to learn jap	Don't get to learn jap (under a teacher)

Conclusion:
Quantity over quality
Quality over quantity


I'm indecisive...

I will hand up the form asap...

I dont believe i cannot self-study well.

CASE CLOSED

Very tired today. Don't know why... Okay actually i know why. My main battery is flat and my spare battery is not fully charged. Blah enough of talking about lack of sleep. I'll bore myself to death if i continue each post like that.

Anyway,what i wanted to post today...

this sat is yet another annual flag day. Honestly i'm not that keen on doing it. Under the hot sun and everything at Orchard Road. But then, it's a good chance for me to talk MORE. hahaha. I already thought of how I'm going to ask people to donate. It's not a super duper plan, it's just:

I will be more daring and go up to almost anyone. If they search their bags I will tell them about the organization. And say thank you very much louder(than past years).

Hehe. 说的容易，做的难。don't know if i will be able to do it. But if we don't push ourselves hard enough, nothing will come out of it right?

My first time using a laptop at home :D And using vista for the first time. And using a super fast (to me) laptop. It's my uncle's one cos mine has been showing weird symptoms as well. Restarting on me, hanging on me and weird sounds. In terms of RAM this laptop RAM is like 18 times faster than my comp >< Wooh. I find it fuuunnnnn.

Sigh. I'm still sad over jap. I think it's just the withdrawl symptoms? Hopefully, I will find that this is worth it soon like what my mum said. Must believe in myself (:

BELIEVE IN MYSELF!

I have made up my mind. I'm quitting Jap. It was very hard to decide... The dilema took me a few hours. I think I felt what it is like to give up on something you like. It made me cry uncontrollably. It's been about 1 year since I cried like that. Or maybe this is a good experience?

I didn't want to give it up. Probably like what many said, 4 years already, it's a waste. Yes, it is a waste. I can't get my O level cert and I paid the transport fee for nothing. But maybe it would change my sec 4 life for the better like what my mum said. Actually, I did think of giving up last year, but I didn't cos I can't bear to. Maybe I'm not up for the increased stress this year. Returning home at 7pm everyday, practices and SYF. And the assignments, quizzes and tests. Plus 3rd lang homework. Everything has increased in quantity. Maybe this is how far my rubber band can stretch. Or maybe it isn't. I'm not quite sure. I know part of it is due to my perspective and perfectionism, but i probably need time to change. Right now it may be better to stop before anything worse happens (ie health).

I still find myself shaken when i think of it as a waste. It's another test of determination i guess.

But on a lighter note, the end is another beginning. 4 years is good already, I've persevered till now. Now that I'm going to quit Jap doesn't mean I can't learn it anymore. (Anyway, the whole sec 4's note are uploaded onto the moelc portal already, I can learn them by myself.) So this is not the end. Part 2 just haven't started.