Wednesday 30 April 2008

Exam

I hate exams ... I have finished most of my exams except Biology, Music and Physics. The easiest so far is Geometry, and the hardest is English. Both are harder than ABC :-)


Just for fun
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Thursday 24 April 2008

Mid Year Exam Coming

Today and tomorrow are Reading Days - it means I don't have to go school. They are for us to study for the mid year exam next week. Just to list the days and exams:

28/4 (Mon) - English Paper 1 & 2, Chinese Paper 1 & 2 (long day from 8 am to 4 pm .. sian)
29/4 (Tue) - Maths & Geography (8 - 12.30 pm, I only need to study for Geography)
30/4 (Wed) - Chemistry (8 - 9 am, yay only 1 paper)
1/5 (Thu) - No exam as it is a hoilday
2/5 (Fri) - Biology, Physics and Music (8 am to 3.30 pm, I only have to study for Bio)

As I will be busy from now till next week, I think I will not update my blog till after my exam.

Sunday 20 April 2008

Funny videos

Here are some really funny videos. It may not be funny at first, but just watch till the end.

How to be ninja


How to be gangster


How to be emo


You can also watch 'How to be nerd' and 'Human iPod'.

Wednesday 16 April 2008

The Pi Challenge


Try this π (Pi) Challenge. What is the missing digit? Hint: pay attention to the singing in the video.



I can only memorise 40 digits of π.

3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197

My friend Kendrick said that he could memorise 222 digits!!! It is up to you to believe it or not. How about you - how many can you memorise??

Saturday 12 April 2008

Late for School Again!

Last Tuesday, I went to school like normal, by bus 33. I waited for like an eternity (usually I wait for 2 to 15 minutes), but the bus had not arrived. Five bus 195 went past, but not a single 33 came! It finally came after a long half an hour wait. However, it was so packed like sardines that I could not board it. My heart sank. I had no choice but to wait for the next one.

Luckily, the next bus was just behind it (obviously, bus bunching). The good news was that the bus came a minute after the previous one. The bad news was that I was going to be late. To make things worse, the bus was crawling like a tortoise and there was a traffic jam. My mind was in a whirl and my stomach was churning. Later, the bus unfortunately broke down, and the only bus I could take from that bus stop was still 33 since there's no 196. Several minutes later, the bus 33 came and I quickly hopped into the bus. I reached school at 8.07 am.

I had already made an effort to wake up early ever since Ms Lau (my mentor) warned me not to be late again, but I felt that it was not my fault that I was late this time.

Saturday 5 April 2008

AIME 2

A few days ago I took the AIME II (American Invitational Maths Exam) paper at the Maths Oasis' office. I had taken the AIME I two weeks earlier at NUS High. As expected, Jonathan was there too. Since NUS High only allows us to take AMC10A/12A but not AMC10B/12B, we participated under Maths Oasis. Of those who took part in AMC10B/12B under Maths Oasis Open Category, only 3 of us were invited to take the AIME 2. The other one was a girl from RJC, which means she took AMC12B just like me, whereas Jonathan took AMC10B. The questions were harder than those in AIME I, which were hard enough. I could only answer 7 or 8 questions (out of 15). I heaved a sign of relief when it was over, 3 hrs later.

After AMC and AIME, there are still the Australian Maths Contest and the SMO (Singapore Mathematical Olympiad). The toughest one that I have taken so far is still the AIME, but I think it might be the second hardest, after the SMO(Open). I have signed up for both SMO (Junior) and SMO(Open), which will be held in end May.