The impending call up

I quietly celebrated a milestone today at work. I finally finished the work that came with the huge pile of papers. 3 years worth of information entered into the computer. The day couldn't have got by smoother until 5.10 pm. The good ol boss had to pop by my table at the most inopportune moment. Seeing that I was doing nothing, we had a short and slightly awkward conversation. Come see me first thing tomorrow morning was the sentence ligering in my mind till school started. I wonder what surprises lie in wait for me tomorrow.

School was slightly more interesting today. Econs class actually took place towards the end. A class where discussions and views were exchanged compared to the usual boring 1 way conversations between the teacher and the wall. I was surprised that cheap foriegn labour wasn't exactly the apple of many eyes. Ciggets (pronounced see-gerts) are a new product that we learned about today. Nobel is nobel and noble is noble. Get it right people! I like widgets but are they in anyway connected to ciggets?

Quote of the day : Why can't the guys next door who don't wear shirts be chicks

Semi painful evening

Running, running
As fast as we can
Do you think we'll make it?
- No Doubt

Ran approximately 3.4km give or take 500 meters. It was dark, I was tired, I couldn't see where I was going and I wished it end sooner. I hope it does not affect my bowling tomorrow. I'd hate to lose again after being beaten by a woman last week. I'm making decent improvement here, winning 1 match out of 6. I don't really care if it was against a woman too. She's the top female bowler. She could have been a man for all I care.

Today was no different from any other. I went to work, had a boring day and beat The Pan at Winning Eleven again. Northern Ireland is unbeatable unless you use the Doug's colour blind cheat code. So there, try harder next time.

Quote of the day : My Ass!

We love to do what we're good at

Thats a fact boys. If you're good at playing soccer, there's less reason to hate doing it. If you're suck at computer games, chances are you won't like that game very much. There are some exceptions. Ten goals without reply including a record 6-0 scoreline was how it went down today. Some discussion about Earth, Wind and Fire was cut short because it was heading in the wrong direction. 3 very popular tunes while playing Winning Eleven have emerged.

1. I don't believe it! (when someone scores against you)
2. There can be miracles (when you score back)
3. A moment like this (North Ireland's theme song when they win)

Oh yea. Happy Birthday Tiny! Thanks for making the rest of us feel young.

Quote of the day : I think smokers invented lighters because smoking makes a person ugly, and they were tired of hearing the same joke all the time: smoker - "Hey, got a match?" non-smoker - "Yeah, your face and my butt."

I've got game.......

Been a week since I last posted. Hellish week it was and it's gonna be another one of those weeks. Today for the first time in many.......many days, I didn't doze off at work. I'm back on the gaming track. Sad to say I have to totally restart from scratch. It's tough. Everyone is quite happy with their fantasy football teams I see. Some buzz going on about it today. Projects and presentations aside, I got the damm midterm exam coming. Lovely lovely econs. I hate econs. It seems the hungry ghost festival is in full swing. They got parties going on in AMK today. Crazy people swarming to join these parties. They risk life and limb by walking in the middle of the roads. The buring has started up again. Burn baby burn. All em josssticks and paper. Create more haze as if we haven't learnt any lessons from our dumb neighbours.

Quote of the day : Its good thing kids don't get all their sex ed from porn flicks, cause its more difficult to conceive when you always blow your load on her face.

1 day left to enjoy

I've been pretty busy enjoying my life these past few days. With National Day marking the end of my long weekend, I'm glad to say I did as much as I could in the last few days. I would somewhat recommend candy fans to go catch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It would be a dream come true if such a place existed. I'd kidnap Charlie Bucket, fake his death and assume his role. I reckon I'll be something between a Charlie Bucket and Alexander Gloop kinda guy. Oompa Loompas may have been misrepresented but it gives me a whole new view on the darkside.

Had NYDC cheesecake after dinner, they have mudpies and mudslides on their menu. I'd love to show them a thing or two about mudslides. While driving home tonight, Mix FM was announcing that thay have a new DJ. Speaking of which I'm still undecided about being a DHL traffic ranger. "There is a traffic jam along the East Coast Parkway." *LOL*

The car feels slighty more powerful these days. Maybe it's the crazy priced petrol or the fact that the car had just been serviced about 2 weeks back. Or it could be the radio turned on too loudly and I don't hear the car begging me to stop flooring the accelerator.

Thanks Kai for posting more details on Jessica Alba. We know some people will appreciate this more than they say. Her middle name is Marie eh?

Quote of the day : I'll give you $50 if you'll stop trying to tell me how to save money.

Especially for The Pan

Hot hot hot!

I did tell The Pan when he came round earlier I had something nice to blog for him. I told him he had to wait because I didn't want him to soil my chair. He's left now with Kai so here is the good stuff. I chanced upon this at work as usual. Work stinks but this kinda makes up for it. After dramatically waking up in the middle of the night to puke, work has resumed for 2 days and tommorow is FRIDAY! Yippee! The week has blown by pretty quickly. No comments on my other trashy post on the lovely system here. Sad to say I can only be bitter about the system. I don't have any solutions so I suppose I can't do much about it. I also realised that Annabelle happens to be in the system now. Hope all is well with Tiny. Thats what The Pan calls her.

Funny thing happened on Wednesday. I was due to bowl and after 2 frames, some Sonias realised that my team had no Sonias. It was a requirement that each team had at least 1 Sonai bowling. They created a small scene and I was substituted after having bowled 2 frames. Also recieved my jersey with my name embroidered on my sleeve. Could have looked much worse so I'm quite content with it. I'll now stop blabbing so I can get this post up. Eug, Kai and especially for The Pan, Doug has delivered again.

Quote of the day : My manager dropped by and told me to stop using things like "my president is an assclown" in string testing for some of our code.

Hi there Mister Pan 

Helloooooo Nurse! 

Sadly, I don't get comments

As you can see, I pretty much hate the system and I'm glad to be out of it. I am somewhat a product of the system since I've spent at least a decade of my life in it.
Given the tremendous impact exams have on a student's future, it is no surprise that exams are regarded as the most important event in a student's school life. However, one cannot avoid pondering whether examination is really that essential to learning. The worst fault of examinations is their lack of reliability. A good student may be sick or mentally upset while a dull student may do well by correctly 'spotting' a question.
Those few hours are not a reflection of my intelligence or understanding of the subject. It just shows how well I have put in that answer sheet what the examiner wants as answers to those questions in the limited time. The exam system was created to measure abilities and understanding of the subject, now it just the other way round, understanding and ability of the subject is modified to maximise performance in exams.
In this rat race for grades and certificates, exams can no longer be considered as a reflection of my abilities. In fact, they just show that in that limited time, under those given conditions I was able to produce what the examiner wanted.

So to all those that have embraced this exam system, you have no right to blame its products. Don't blame the player, blame the game.

Quote of the day : I wish more people would conform to stereotypes so I could be more racist.