| This is the life |
[Nov. 21st, 2009|02:52 pm] |
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I seriously can't wait for next week. So many plans in store. So many meet-ups, holiday projects...So exciting!! As of now, I'm just enjoying the fact that I don't have to wake up early to study and I no longer have to feel guilty indulging in a little entertainment. Spent my remaining Friday night yesterday watching DVDs till late. Was indeed a TGIF. I'm currently itching for a good read and new threads. Prolly head down to the library later this evening. Can't wait for Sharon to arrive in Singapore in December so that we can catch up over good food and laughs with Aishah and the rest of the pack. Can't wait to get out of Singapore for a while.Can't wait for December, period. Time to let loose ya'll!
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[Nov. 18th, 2009|06:04 pm] |
| [ | Feeling Kinda |
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That's how much mine is worth right now
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[Nov. 13th, 2009|02:22 pm] |
Despite looking like the above, I'm relieved to have been free of the disaster that is this week.I swear, it's like a huge burden has been lifted off my chest. Still not fully recovered yet though. Anywayyyy, I can finally dedicate my unlimited attention to Econs which I had reluctantly pushed away for the sake of my other heavyweight subjects. Nonetheless, I feel like I'm on a fence right now. So close to the end, but still far away. Ugh. And I'm in need of a full body massage. (I swear, doing Math just now with a lethargic body for 3 straight hours straight can really take a toll on you). I'm gonna make the most out of my Friday...catching up on my sleep. Adios! Can't wait to officially reunite with the Internet on the 20th! (when i don't have to adhere to any time constraints) Till then, catch me if you can! :) |
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[Nov. 10th, 2009|06:15 pm] |
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Just our luck :(
I just think this year's not our year.
on the brightside, 1 h2 down! on a roll or what.
but shagged like nobody's business
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[Nov. 9th, 2009|01:57 pm] |
All The Best For Your H1 / H2 Maths Papers This Week!(0)
Hello everyone, it’s me again.
How time flies and the ‘A’ Level H1 Maths / H2 Maths papers are now upon us.
Though I’m very busy with my classes with just days to go, I would like to take the time to say something (after I’ve been ‘poked’ (Facebook-style) by my sister) to those of you taking your H1/H2 Maths papers this week.
Get Your Basic Concepts/Techniques Right!
Before you enter your exam hall, you should be familiar and confident with the following pure maths basic concepts and techniques (without relying on any formula sheet):
Completing the square/factorisation of cubic functions
Basic trigonometric ratio values & *trigonometric identities (these are assumed knowledge/topics for self-study)
Concepts of sine rule, cosine rule, similar triangles, Pythagoras’ Theorem
*Inequalities (yes, I know some of you hate this)
*Partial fractions
*Geometry & locus concepts
*Formulae of area & volume of various basic geometrical shapes
*Doing substitutions correctly
Topical Groupings
For Paper 1, some topics are usually lumped together in questions in the following groupings:
Graphs/Transformation/Inequalities/Functions
Differentiation & their applications (N.B. make sure your get your differentiation right as subsequent part(s) i.e. rate of change, maxima/minima etc. depend on it)
Integration (*by substitution, by parts, area or volume)
*AP/GP/Summation/Mathematical Induction/Recurrence
*Vectors (vector equations of straight lines vs the (chim) planes)
*Complex numbers (roots & Argand diagrams)
*Differential Equations (Separation of Variables, Applications)
Final Round of Practice
I’m not an advocate of spotting questions but if you’re taking H2 Maths and are already sufficiently well-prepared, here are some stuff to practice for a final round:
*Parametric equations (tangent/normal or area of integration)/ Maclaurin’s expansion
*Solving system of linear equations (using the RREF function in your GC)
*Inequalities (incl. modulus functions)
*Vectors (vector equations of straight lines is easier to score compared to planes!)
*Complex numbers (practice TYS questions - don’t be stressed by your prelim questions)
*Curve sketching (basic curves, circles, parabolas, hyperbolas, oblique asymptotes etc.)
*Using your GC to perform sketching, locate roots, compute areas etc. (a quick run-through to boost your confidence of its keystrokes/usage)
*Recurrence (familiarise your GC’s SEQUENTIAL MODE to input recurrence equations)
*H2 topics
At this point, I would like to say that no matter how tough your prelim papers were, please be confident that most ‘A’ Level questions are ‘do-able’ PROVIDED you are firm and confident in your concepts.
Even if you’ve always found certain topics to be tough, remember that there are still a lot of easy marks to collect everywhere in the paper - so don’t give up just because you can’t do part (a) i.e. even if you can’t prove (a), you can still quote the prove directly for part (b).
Therefore, even if you can’t do the plane portion of the vector question, you should still be able to do the straight line portion. And even if you can’t prove the differential equation, you should instinctively use the proof to complete the integration (via Separation of Variables) in the subsequent part
Last but not least, like what my sister has been telling her O Level students, please follow the 5 Cs and read the questions Calmly, Carefully and Correctly before answering them, lookout for Clues contained within them, and do those which you are more Confident in solving first.
Source: http://www.exampaper.com.sg/
I know I know, I'm a freak. But I didn't deliberately go round looking up for Math advice ok. Just so happen to chance upon it, while I was looking for 2008 answer key online. NOT A FREAK OK! Just thought some of us (i.e me) might need a little confidence booster!
With that, all the best! :) |
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| History Crash Course |
[Nov. 6th, 2009|09:31 am] |
THE END OF THE COLD WAR, 1963-1989
Chairman: So, why did the Cold War come to an end?
Russian historian: One man – Mikhail Gorbachev. It was Gorbachev who initiated Strategic Arms Reduction Talks – the ‘START’ talks, who secured the Intermediate-Range nuclear weapons Treaty in 1987. It was Gorbachev who introduced glasnost and perestroika, which …
Chairman: … glasnost and perestroika? …
Russian historian: Glasnost is Russian for ‘openness’ – for Communists it meant getting civil rights, e.g. freedom of speech. Perestroika means ‘restructuring’, and in Russia it
involved modernising business. These ideas completely reformed eastern Europe
– everywhere Communism ended, and democracy swept in. Also it was Gorbachev who pulled Russian troops from Afghanistan and ended the Brezhnev Doctrine – you know, the Soviet foreign policy rule that they would not allow Communist countries to change …
British Historian: I think you’re fooling yourself. Gorbachev HAD to pull out of Afghanistan and he HAD to stop the arms race because he had run out of money. He HAD to reform
the USSR because it was so inefficient and corrupt it was going to collapse anyway. And when countries like Poland wanted out, Gorbachev HAD to let them go because he was too weak to stop them. Brezhnev must have turned in his grave!
American historian: Agreed! Gorbachev was NOT in control of the situation – there was even a
counter-revolution in his own country, and he lost power to Yeltsin. No – if you want to thank someone for ending the Cold War, thank Ronald Reagan. Reagan realised that the west could NEVER have a détente with the Soviet Union – instead, he called it ‘the evil empire’ and set about destroying it. It was his ‘Star Wars’ arms programme of 1983 – two years BEFORE Gorbachev became president – which knocked the stuffing out of the Russians. The Soviets didn’t end the Cold War – they lost it because Reagan … WE… beat them.
British historian: What about Pope John Paul’s visit to Poland in 1979. It was the first challenge to Communism in Poland, and a year later, the Polish Trade Union Solidarity was formed. It was Solidarity which displaced the Communist government in Poland in 1989, and that led to the collapse of Communism throughout eastern Europe.
Chairman: Why did Communism collapse so quickly?
American historian: Because it was a controlled economy and the whole system was rotten to the core. Workers were assured of a job, so they were lazy and sloppy – remember the jokes about Lada cars … look at what happened at Chernobyl! The shops were empty, and yet soviet political leaders were corrupt and allowing themselves every luxury. The key was the arms race. It cost America 5% of her national income every year on weapons, but it was costing Russia FIFTY PER CENT of her GDP – it ruined the Soviet economy. It stopped them investing in anything else, and that’s why everything got so out-of-date and run down. By 1989 Russia still LOOKED powerful, but under its propaganda-surface it was frail, and when it started to collapse it went very quickly…
British historian: I just don’t agree with you both that the Cold War ended all-of-a-sudden in 1989. I’ve already mentioned Pope John Paul, but surely we can trace roots going further back even than that? What about the moves towards ‘détente’ in the 1980s? Table-tennis trips to China, and space rockets docking in space. The Soviet Union promised to grant western-style human rights behind the Iron Curtain at Helsinki in 1975, and America and Russia signed the SALT1 arms limitation treaty in 1972 …
Russian historian: Precisely! And there was a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 1968, and a Test- Ban Treaty 1963, the year after Cuba … yes you CAN imagine traces of the Soviet collapse even to the start of the Cold War… But that was all they were … traces. Nobody got human rights in Russia after Helsinki. All those treaties turned out to be lost opportunities, and the Cold War went on anyway. Niet. Something – someONE – was different after 1985, who had the vision to make sure that the opportunity was not lost yet again … and that someone was Mikhail Gorbachev. Do not only believe me – believe President Bush, who said Gorbachev brought ‘historically significant changes’– believe Time Magazine, who made him ‘man of the 1980s’ – believe the people who gave him the Nobel Peace prize in 1990.
American historian: Hmmm. I prefer the British Guardian newspaper, which described the Nobel peace award as a ‘consolation prize’ for losing the Cold War.
Chairman: So! Was it Gorbachev … or Reagan … or the result of the long term development of history? |
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| Once Upon These Days |
[Oct. 25th, 2009|06:04 pm] |
I've decided. I'm migrating to Greece!
Lovely ain't it? This is not good. I'm plunging into daydream mood again
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[Oct. 25th, 2009|05:34 pm] |
9 Month Old Ali Yakubov With Koran On Body
A 9-month old baby boy has left doctors baffled in Russia after phrases from the holy Koran began appearing on his skin. These sayings from the Islamic holy book are said to appear on nine-month-old Ali Yakubov's back, arms, legs and stomach, before fading away and being replaced with new sayings.
Ali's parents were left stunned when the word Allah appeared on Ali Yakubov's chin soon after his birth. Since then scores of writings in the Arabic script have appeared almost all over his body. Medics have denied that the marks are from someone writing on the child's skin.
The kid's mother, Madina Yakubov, said that she and her husband were not religious until the words started appearing on his skin.
Ever since the phenomenon started, the boy has become a focus of Muslim homage in his home province of Dagestan, close to war-ravaged Chechnya in the south of Russia.
Local MP Akhmedpasha Amiralaev said: "This boy is a pure sign of God. Allah sent him to Dagestan in order to stop revolts and tension in our republic."
The baby boy's mother said: "Normally those signs appear twice a week - on Mondays and on the nights between Thursdays and Fridays.
"Ali always feels bad when it is happening. He cries and his temperature goes up."
"It's impossible to hold him when it's happening, his body is actively moving, so we put him into his cradle. It's so hard to watch him suffering."
Source: http://www.squidoo.com/Ali-Yakubov
CUTE EH!! I like!
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[Oct. 14th, 2009|06:54 pm] |
Miss that babe! And she made me feel better all of a sudden.
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[Oct. 12th, 2009|12:15 am] |
"Studying Law; making a responsible choice for the future;being a lawyer better be awesome"
Maybe singing makes the studying less painful
Gonna try that
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[Oct. 11th, 2009|05:12 pm] |
McKenzie: [drunk] So do you have a boyfriend?
Summer: No.
McKenzie: Why not?
Summer: Because I don’t want one.
McKenzie: Come on; I don’t believe that.
Summer: You don’t believe that a woman could enjoy being free and independent?
McKenzie: Are you a lesbian?
Summer: [laughing] No I’m not a lesbian. I just, don’t feel comfortable being anyone’s girlfriend. I don’t actually feel comfortable being anyone’s anything.
McKenzie: I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Summer: Really?
McKenzie: Nope.
Summer: Ok, let me break it down for you–
McKenzie: Break it down!
Summer: Ok. I, like being on my own. I think relationships are messy and people’s feelings get hurt. Who needs it? We’re young, we live in one of the most beautiful cities in the world; might as well have fun while we can and, save the serious stuff for later.
McKenzie: You’re a dude. [to Tom] She’s a dude!
Tom: Ok but wait–wait. What happens, if you fall in love?
[she scoffs]
Tom: What?
Summer: You don’t believe that, do you?
Tom: It’s love, it’s not Santa Claus. |
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[Oct. 8th, 2009|06:50 pm] |
I'm effing tired. Torn between sleeping/feeling guilty for sleeping.
This sucks. I want my body back.
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[Oct. 8th, 2009|06:48 pm] |
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"The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself" |
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