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Here i am once again blogging at MacDonalds, taking a break away from the overwhelming ageing population policies.

This would probably be the last time i would be here overnight as my papers resume on Tuesday. As what i can feel on myself, persistent mugging and having the owl lifestyle is nowhere beneficial for health. Funny health symptoms starts appearing and thats when you know that your body is telling you 

 ”hey.. time to give me a break ! “

I’m starting to love geography more and more. Its getting more and more comprehensive as i start to delve more into it.

Geography, as scary it may seems on the part of memorizing, is one of the subjects that i feel that can change the way one think and be of great use if life even if your future career doesn’t depend on it.

The content of geography is so down to earth that its all around us, just that we do not really  bother about the causes and effects unless we really go into the studies of it. It’s everywhere.

Looking back at the time i had spent in JC, it suddenly struck me that i actually learnt so much things in the course of 2 years.

Ranging from volcanoes to river floods, atmospheric conditions and hazards like global warming, cyclones and drought.  As for the human aspect, the economical globalization of the world, the changing demographic patterns of societies and the development of cities in urbanization. And all these is just for geography only, not forgetting other subjects like Math, Economics, Physics, GP….

As hateful i might depict JC life to be in my heart, but truly i feel that there aren’t much educational levels that allows student to absorb so much things in a mere 2 year course.

Though it has its own set of complains that people raves about that the stress and workload level is unbearable as such. Its probably some of the sacrifices that we have to put in for  education.

So, for those who are contemplating whether to embrace JC life or some other institutes, ask yourself if you are ready for college, and whether is college ready for you. Are you prepared to put in the extra effort and sacrifices to go thru the arduous 2 year course.

It’s almost inevitable to suffer setbacks and emotional states during the course of 2 years, its part of the growing process that makes you a stronger person, being able to deal with more challenges in the later part in  life.

I have reached the end of college life in a blink, its fast, especially this year when events like SYF and other stuffs just take up all your time that one wouldn’t have much time to think about other things other than school most of the time.

For those who are still hanging on to college, continue and bear with it! Its halfway thru the journey and not worthwhile to give up just like that.

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Its the society that we are living in, the level of competitiveness we have for one another. Its the harsh fact that however friend we might be with one another (your counterparts), we are still competiting!

Was having a short conversation with Deborah in the afternoon, who she is now mugging for University exams. I cannot imagine myself, having to go through all these all over again in like another 365 days if i make it to Uni. Very glad, very, that there is NS to tide me over and give a break to studying. Hopefully that the brain wouldn’t turn rusty.

This is reality, the reality that in order to step into society with more glam, we need qualification, a mere piece of paper. What do we want to achieve in the over decades of educational life we go through? Paper?

Is it really that we want to achieve, if that is, i think it’s kind of sad. What is the main motive in life that is actually keeping us going..

We shall look for the answers ourselves, if we ever find it.

The reality is this, paper it is.

Shall sum up things with pictures.

I was packing some of my cupboards when i found this. Nostalgic ain’t it. This name tag is currently extinct, as the school has switched to sewn on name tags.

 I found this too, anybody tried dismantling hard disks? It looks like this in the inside. Just one piece of metal disc, where all your information and data are stored.

 How does it feels to own McDonalds? Yes, indeed, how about being the ONLY customer left in there.

Mugging hasn’t been more tiring than this before. 

Its really a terror to study full swing for arts subjects. All one just have to do is to memorize and analyze, lacking the calculation and thinking part which is needed for science subjects which probably give more tinge of satisfaction when the correct answer is worked out.

I’m realizing, more of realized that i don’t actually have much time left .  Geography and Economics, its burning me out.

Somehow, i feel that at such critical period, the differential line that filters off the good students and the mediocre  is the mere word..

Concentration

Its quite hard i have to agree, but i just have to force it upon myself this word. There are thousand and one things in the world happening around us that can grab our attention away, and it is to our own determination whether we can shun them away or accept it in fate.

In order to maximize the efforts on learning, i can’t stress more on the importance of the above.

We have come this far, it is utterly stupid to get distracted by little things now that will affect the brightness of our future.

Hang on people, and myself, its going to be over soon before we know it.

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Some sidetracks, i was kind of appalled at some of the things grownups do nowadays.

Daryl’s definition of grownups refers to someone that is older than him, cause he consider himself getting older everyday with books and memorizing work turning lots of his hair white.

I was at MacDonalds yesterday, and it was almost midnight timing that 3 aged 20 plus walked in with their laptops. They were carrying their laptop, and at that very instance my instinct tells me that they are University Students and are most probably doing their FYP or something like that.

Here’s Reality

Out of curiosity, i walked closer to have a look..

They were actually tapping on the wireless@SG, playing maplestory!!!

Yes, its maplestory and i am not blind. The 2D online game that was designed for children, and its not them only, i’ve seen many people doing this same thing at public locations.

Well, i can’t say much, wireless@SG is a public good, and there is non-excludability in consumption, provided you have a notebook.

Look at the cute cartoons, imagine adults playing them. Some of my friends out there play that too, i don’t know why..

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There’s going to be serious flooding in UK, due to the storm surges.

Are our exam scripts going to reach there safely?

Will our scripts be wet?

Bullshit!

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Windows Live Writer is a desktop blog publishing application. It features What You See is What You Get (WYSIWYG) Authoring, Photo Publishing and Map Publishing.

Its somewhat similar to Microsoft Word, just that you can set up your blog with this software and not login to any websites to post your blog entries. With this software, you can do writing of blog entries in advance offline and save them as drafts before publishing them when you have the internet connection.

It has a friendly interface, the design and colour of the interface looks cool too.

Some of its features,

Today marks the end of my maths life. Its the end of A Levels Mathematics Paper, and the rest are mostly writing and memorising.

Say goodbye to my lovely Graphic Calculator, displace numerical values and symbols out of my mind for the moment. There’s a huge pile of notes beside my table top now, they consists of notes and works of the completed subjects and paper. Its growing, and i can’t help but feel happy about it.

I smell freedom, its near.

I have 6 days to prepare for the upcoming papers, the more challenging and tough ones. Economics and Geography Paper 2, considering that i haven’t touched them since aeons ago, kind of rusty already. I wished i had a delete button integrated in my brain, so that i can easily clear those stuffs i have memorized for Physical Geog, GP, Math, etc, and store in new stuffs. Sad to say i don’t have a lot of storage space allocated for studies, its kind of little i must confess, and i tend to remember things that is unnecessary. Absurd.

As said on my title, correction, its more than half way already. 6 out of 10 papers down, four more left, 14 days. Mug on!

Should i study in Starbucks, or library…? Hmm.. Choice, decision, sacrifices, delusions, fantasies.. REALITY!

Its the productiveness that counts though, without the extra perks while studying.. Haha, i don’t really get what i am saying here.

I guess its probably the end of O’levels exams already, DON’T GLOAT!, its not the end of your educational path, its just a transition point. Similar for A Level students though, but somehow i think NS is quite a good place for guys, to get away from studies for a while and grow some muscles, to be a man. Sad for the females, where they will once again embark on their arduous journey to study and mug, though its a whole new environment but somehow the life would be the same revolving around notes and more notes.

Seems like i’m starting to embrace NS with a smile. 1 month and 4 days to my enlistment, anyone want to send me off at Chua Choa Kang MRT? Sad to say i only have 2 invitations to the Police Academy and they are taken up by my family members. A send-off at CCK MRT would be good enough, take some photos with old friends before we meet again and till i have hair all over again.

Till then..

Happy mugging!

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I guessed its about time that i make use of my blog and make some extra cash for myself.

Having researched about the current advertising scene in Singapore, i noticed that Ad Sense Google is one of the most used advertising company by many blogs. However, in my opinion, i feel that the advertisements they provide are not exactly appealing the the eyes on the cosmetic aspect. Most of them are merely words and I find it more irritating, i would not want to press on those links lest they bring me to some other non-related pages.

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Time for more news updates and commentary of some issues that are of concerned to geography.

BLITAR, Indonesia – Continuous tremors rocked a threatening volcano on Indonesia’s main Java island on Friday, a scientist said, warning it could erupt at any time.

Authorities placed historically deadly Mount Kelut on red alert more than two weeks ago, but until Thursday when hundreds of tremors shook the peak its activity had remained largely calm.…….

Many returned home despite evacuation efforts when the alert was initially raised, or refused to leave altogether.

Officials said they were planning to set up cinema screens and invite pop singers to perform at evacuation shelters in an effort to lure people to safety.

“We will set up an outdoor cinema at several shelters in Blitar district in order to attract people to evacuate,” said Kamtono, a local official from one of the two districts that would be affected by an eruption.

“We are having big difficulties asking people to evacuate. They don’t want to leave their livestock untended in the village and they also still believe the elderly people who are saying that Kelut won’t erupt soon,” he told AFP………

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Right here we are looking at Indonesia, situated at the belt of Pacific Ring of Fire,who is home to 129 active volcanoes. Looking at the article, i can’t help it but feel sad for them.

The people that live there feel more for their possessions, like their livestocks, than their life actually. The local government even had to use the carrot stick method, to attract and lure them out from their den.

Somehow its not very right to put the blame on them, considering the level of standard of living they are experiencing and the level of education they received.

Right here in Singapore, we might think that they are not making a wise choice to not abandon their homes and seek for safety and shelter. But if we step into their shoes and think, what they have in their cupboards are probably all that they have, their fields and livestocks are their main source of income and livelihood. Losing them would equate to losing their monetary support which would make life even more unbearable for them; without food and money.

It seems that the evacuation� job of the local authorities would not be a easy job, especially when most of the families are in the kind of situation as mentioned above. Furthermore, there are many elderlies that have the religious/superstitious mindset that the volcano would not erupt as soon, or that it is the act of God and they should just accept it.

This is part of the Hazards and Management of Lithospheric Management, where the tectonic activities which results in volcanic activity have to be managed.

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