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Dear Diary...
Déjà vu
lundi 17 août 2009

Have you felt that everything goes wrong, on the day something big is happening? Well, I have.

Today seriously sucked. I forgot to bring my IC for the English O level orals! As soon as our class was dismissed, I rushed home to get my IC, and then rushed back.

Then, I was sweating profusely. And I was soooo scared I was gonna stink, so I tried to dry myself as much as possible by standing under the fan, and using pieces of tissue paper to clean myself up. Urgh.

And then, Wei Kun felt that my hair was messy from all the running! Argh. Rushed to the toilet. Washed my face with facial scrub borrowed from Kenneth, and then made sure my hair was in place.

When I returned to class, everyone was gone! Quickly packed up my bag and went down to the hall. Quickly checked if I had everything.

Entry proof? Check.
Handphone? Wait a minute..where is it...
I/C? Shit, it's not with me either.

OH NO! IT'S IN CLASS! Rushed upstairs again. Tried to avoid puddles here and there, found my wallet and phone, rushed back down again. PHEW.

THAT IS NOT THE END!

Fast forward. Done our prayers, briefing, waiting.

Then, I was at the preparation table, where we looked at the picture for picture discussion and the oral passage.

When it was my turn to be examined, I left my entry proof on the table! Luckily Mr Fernandez was there and I managed to attract his attention and get him to get it for me. Phew.

Sucked...

Final Straw.

After all that intense preparation, 4 to 5 sessions worth of oral practice with Mr Tan, it all came to naught.

The déjà vu moment. If you view my archives, you will remember I had said that I blanked out at last year's Chinese Oral, even though I was confident of my conversation.

The same thing happened today. I forgot where I wanted to put extra emphasis on, in the oral passage. Forgot key points, in the picture. Forgot to describe some details. :/ And then, the final straw. The Conversation. "Tell me about a faraway place you have been, or you would wish to go to."

That question was SOOOOO similar to the one Mr Tan asked me on Friday! "Tell me about a place you wish to go to."

I thought the A1 was in the bag. But then, I blanked out, AGAIN!

ARGHHH.

Erm. I think I want to go to Venice. Well, we have read about it as it is in the Social Studies Syllabus, where to learn about the governance and cultures. And I think it really appeals to me...blah blah blah.

Things that I had mentioned on Friday but did not mention today:
Venetian Carnevale
Intricately Designed Masks
Venice is part of Italy, the Home of Ferrari, and I am an ardent fan of Scuderia Ferrari Formula One.

SHUCKS!

Then, They went on to ask me about shopping. I was really shocked. "Where would you shop? Like, a shopping centre or on the streets?"

Was that a prompt, or the second question? :/

Erm I'd rather shop on the streets. I think there's more of a heartland feel there, unlike shopping malls where it feels really commercialised. And also, I feel that I would be able to learn more about their culture, Venetian culture if I were to shop on the streets. I can interact with the shopkeeper and learn more about their culture at the same time."

"Oh, so you mean there's more of a personal feel when you shop on the streets then in a shopping centre. Like they don't know their products..."

Right, what was that? :/

Well, if there's a déjà vu moment for today's oral. I hope the collection of results will be also be a déjà vu moment like this year's CL O level's collection of results.

Chinese A ONE
Oral Dist

I want to see this.

English A ONE
Oral Dist
Higher Chinese A ONE
Elementary Mathematics A ONE
Additional Mathematics A ONE
Physics A ONE
Chemistry A ONE
Biology A ONE
Geography(Pure) A ONE
Combined Humanities A ONE

L1R5: 6 L1B5: 6

Sweet dreams.

Au Revoir

yongliang

he closed his diary at {15:55}