Lightning and the 'O' Levels.
2008/11/09
2 papers left, both MCQ :) I can't believe the O Levels are going to be officially over soon. I've wait so long. I still hate the fact that the 'O' in 'O' Levels stand for ordinary. Ugh. Sounds so undistinguished and of no standard. And we study like mad for it. Can you image the Advanced Level. Anyway, I feel that our papers were a little weird, in general. As in it wasn't really expected.
Biology
Practical: A fish. Great huh. And we had to cut out the gills using a scalpel and those pliers-like things. The white tile was so bloody and everything reeked of fish. Now, that was a weird paper.
Paper2: It was TWENTY pages long. But I think it was mainly due to large diagrams and they gave us a lot of writing space. A little unnerving cause you feel as though your answers aren't long enough. Oh and there were questions that asked specifically about parts in the kidney tubule which we were apparently supposed to read through only. So annoying. I'd rather be penalised for getting it wrong due to my stupidity but I'd hate to faulted because I didn't know anything about the topic.
Chemistry
Practical: Same ol', same ol'. Titration and QA. But the planning question was like 6marks?! So dead for that one.
Paper2: A lot of people thought it was super easy. I was careless on a few parts. Argh. That's gonna cost me :/ Stupid electrolysis and the damn brush.
History
SEQ: They swapped the (a) and (b) questions! I kinda got a shock and was pretty stumped. Yeah I know, I'm the typical rigid Singaporean student. I did the one on War in Europe though I kinda regret it now. Should've done the one on the Treaty of Versailles but I blanked out on that topic so I kinda had no choice. And I wonder if I answered the question. I had a tough time answering about whether the appeasement policy was 'justified'. The word is so annoying. I feel that my cycle of explanation was relatively weak. Groan. AND THEY MIXED CHAPTER 8 AND 9 TOGETHER. THAT SUCKS.
SBQ: We had to compare messages of 2 different sources. Strange. Never done it before but I thought it was quite okay.
Okay not gonna talk about the rest, just cause. Nah, I'm too lazy. It rained SUPER heavily last night. Thunderstorm with ridiculous lightning. The lightning flashed so periodically. It was like every 5 seconds. And it wasn't the usually one lightning bolt shape in the sky (yeah I see that a lot in the west), it was like a massive floodlight that keeps switching on and off abruptly. It lasted for more than 2 hours :/ I practically did not sleep. Eye bags... Groan.