- i'm lookin' for -

currently listening to - A Perfect Sky (BONNIE PINK)
mood - a little traumatised

the ideal plan for september examinations: begin がり勉 ("gariben". pronunciation: "gah-ree-ben". meaning: cram/study. singaporean english "mugging") a month before examinations start, i.e. spend most of the summer holidays on revision and drills. time allocation for examination subjects according to level of difficulty (for me): maths >>>>> physics > chemistry > japanese culture > reading comprehension (friday) > reading comprehension (thursday) > reading comprehension (monday) > japanese grammar > kobun (japanese classsics) > composition > conversation > kanbun (classical chinese) > listening comprehension > kanji.

the reality: spent a week on chemistry. 2 days on summer holidays homework (a day on all 4 essays, another day for the rest of the work). a few hours on kobun. and did nothing else but playing, eating, watching tv and sleeping, as mentioned in the previous post. i remember, everyday i slept from 3 am - 3 pm, went to the computer lab after waking up, cooked and had my dinner, watched anime / useless variety shows, AND THEN i started "working".

i think i've succeeded in creating the nocturnal me towards the end of the holidays. but that kinda deviated from the previous plan. so basically, i'm screwed for the exams. as usual. especially for maths. as usual.

ah well (eh??).

by observation, some tend to get "off track" when examination period approaches. in other words, the more they feel the urge to study, the more distracted they are. and they'll start doing things that are not so important at that time, so as to "escape" from studying.

here i am, blogging. even though tomorrow is the first day of exams. when i was in singapore, i used to download manga and read fanfics online before, each and everytime an important examination came, without fail. at first it was bleach, then chrno crusade, peacemaker, fullmetal alchemist etc....... but i can see that even without internet connection in the room, i'm still not doing what i'm supposed to do properly.

mom's typical reaction here: why can't you be more concentrated??

mom, sorry i'm such a diluted person. but at least i did my chemistry, right?

a week ago, we could still fry chickens on the tarred road. yesterday when i looked out of my window, i saw pouring rain. and i, who could bathe in ice water during winter (not coz i'm a saddist. the heater froze dammit.), had to put on my jacket these days. though summer hasn't ended, we can definitely tell that autumn is coming soon. which means that the cicadas will stop chanting soon. YESHHHHHHHHHH!!