I'm not here to blog about the number of presents I received for Christmas.

I'm not here to blog about Christmas in the first place.

I'm here to blog about subject combination for my next 2 years.

I am taking General Paper (GP) instead of Knowledge & Inquiry (KI) because I feel that KI is too difficult for me. My "england" isn't good to begin with and I don't "read widely" so I guess KI is not for me. I definitely have to take Mother Tongue (MT) and Project Work (PW).

Because I was posted to the Science stream, I have to take mathematics, 2 sciences and 1 arts/humanities subject, or take mathematics, 1 science, economics, and 1 more arts/humanities subject. I prefer to take physics and chemistry rather than one of them plus economics because those sciences are stronger. I am not taking Biology because it's my weakest science among the 3. So I am taking mathematics, physics and chemistry.

Now deciding the arts/humanities subject is a bit of a headache. I am these choices: Mother Tongue Language and Literature, Third Language, Art, Economics, Geography, History, English Literature, Theatre Studies and Drama, Music and China Studies in English.

After striking out most of the subjects I am not interested in (in fact I am not interested in all, but I still have to take 1), I am left with Economics and Geography. I thought I could leave it until after school reopens to choose, but alas, just checked the VJC website yesterday and they told us to choose by 2nd January. So no choice.

I consulted my father 2 days ago and he told me that I should choose a subject which should score me the most points, and not one which will be useful the next time I go to work. Logically it should also be a subject which I am most interested in. Even though Economics may be a very popular subject, and it is necessary next time I go to work, but I am not interested in it. Furthermore, what is being taught is only the very basic which can be understood by observing. I am fairly interested in Geography, plus they don't teach boring stuffs like agriculture and manufacturing so most probably I will take it.

So my final subject combination: GP + PW + MT + H2 maths + H2 physics + H2 chemistry + H1 geography (10 academic units). This further gives me space to take up to 2 H3 subjects (probably maths and physics). Anyone taking PCMG in VJC as well??

Oh yeah, choosing CCA is another headache. But fortunately I think I don't have to choose it before school reopens.

This is perfect for contract bridge. I will bid 6NT right away, even though my partner may not have the King of Clubs or the Ace of Hearts to support me. But with 11 trick comes the 12th trick!

Unfortunately, I was playing the game called HEARTS. At the first look, you will exclaim, "What a good hand to Shoot the Moon!" But after a while, you realise: the key card is missing, the Ace of Hearts.

So what? Is it impossible to Shoot the Moon (win the Queen of Spades and all 13 Hearts)? Well, yes, actually. You have to lead the Two of Clubs first (mandatory opening lead), after which you are stuck with all the high cards (except hearts) with no way to duck any tricks. So maybe you're hoping that the person holding the Ace hearts will probably discard it on any of my Diamonds or Spades lead? Well, no way, with the best play.

I got myself 22 points for that round (the person holding Ace Hearts taking 4 points). But surprisingly I won that game and broke my losing streak of 7 games!

Anyway, I had this hand after the transfer of the 3 cards, because I was hoping the Ace of Hearts will be dealt to me. Ah well... better luck next time.

I am having a stomachache and a headache.

Imagine if you don't really take care of your body, you may end up with problems with your stomach. This gives you both constipation and diarrhoea... on alternate days! This is what I have been experiencing these few days. It sucks, really.

And what about the headache? Nothing... having a complicated stomach problem gives you a nasty headache that's all.


PAE results were out on Thursday. I was posted to Victoria Junior College. I am now feeling quite worried because I know that I didn't do well for 'O' levels as compared to Prelims, so I may just get kicked out of VJC after February next year. But for now, I still have to decide which CCA I wanna join in VJC. Strategic Games? Choir? Some sports for more exposure? Slack club? I have yet to consider.

Anyway, congratulations to all those who got into VJC, including those who have appealed successfully. You have definitely chosen the right path to take because we will all be in the same school, so I will have more friends there.

I have yet to explore VJC. It is so big and foreign to me. To be frank, I don't even know where some places are.


This is one of the more interesting holidays I have had so far. I did a lot of meaningful stuffs, but time passes so quickly! It is mid-December already, which means half a month more to the start of school. So fast! I thought I just had 'O' levels recently...

Went for 4A class gathering yesterday and today. Reached the resort at around 5.30pm because I did some cleaning of my house before that. There were some 10+ people there already, but unfortunately, that number did not increase. Only 17 people went for the gathering. I suppose that is because it was hardly a month since we last met, so we did not really miss each other.

Settled down a bit before helping myself with the barbeque food. Haha I ate first before I went to help with the cooking. I think those who ate the chicken wings Teck Boon cooked may suffer from a heart attack thanks to the amount of margarine he added onto the wings, on purpose. We later went to play with the fire starters and the tomato sauce. Tomato sauce is a good way of extinguishing the fire =X.

Played a bit of PS2 (hah! the JACKASS game!) before many people had to leave. So it was down to less than 10 of us so we played a bit of card games and whatnot. Gabriel came later and we played Murderer and POLAR BEAR! Haha the Polar Bear games really wasted a lot of time because the next thing we know, it was past 2am already.

Watched Scary Movie 4 and stopped halfway because it was boring. Watched another movie instead but I shall not name what it was. It is a very sick movie but Shi Wei claimed that it was 'nothing'. Went to sleep after the movie.

Got woken up twice by this girl who was shouting outside our room at some octave higher than my voice and five times louder than me. Apparently she stayed just above us and was just outside our room trying to give instructions to somebody above us to lower some badminton equipment.

Alvin, it's your turn to organise a picnic for 4A.

"Hello, I am a Mac..."
"... and I am a PC."

Out of the box:


It is really cool how Mac 'suan' PC through these advertisements.


Flashback:


The little boys really resemble their 'adult' version!


Security:


"You're coming to a sad realization. Cancel or Allow?"
"... allow."


Computer cart:


This is my favourite advertisement.
[PC] wmp.dll
[Mac] What?
[PC] I don't even know what that means. It just happens. Do you know it?
[Mac] No, no, Macs don't get those critical error messages. Are they sick too?
[PC] Oh yeah oh yeah, he's err... error 692, and syntax error down the end. Down here... (whispers) fatal error!
[PC] Yeah. Don't worry pal, you'll be up and running spreadsheets in no time. (shakes head and whispers) He's a goner...


Trust Mac:


I shall not post too many videos. But there are over 20 of these on Mac's website


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I think I should not be so biased as to mention only the good sides of Mac. How about a 3-minute long video on why you should not choose Macintosh as your computer. Warning: Viewer discretion is advised. Contains offensive language.
Crash Different:


"The unnatural and ultimately useless interrupt keys..."