the S.G.: Do you care whether your phone looks trendy?

0.714285714286 marks per minute. or 1.4 minutes per mark. those, according the icon marked Calc on my Palm Vx, is the mark/time ratio for my 25-mark, 35-minute core geography paper today.

i finished enough to, if i got all that i wrote down right, just pass with 13 marks. two and a half parts out of seven. it's not bloody enough. ELECTIVE geography students get 45 minutes to work on their paper.

i was enraged. when mdm kwok [the geog teacher] came into class and made a fuss about not being able to enter through the front door, it was pushing the limit. but when Doraemon was called in to 'ambush' the late comers [from PE] and those in PE uniform, i blew my fuse. my pencil, which was already broken into two, was now in at least six pieces.

it took all of my trouble-avoidance-system to stop myself from pointing out, bluntly or otherwise, that more time would be saved letting them stay in their PE uniform [especially those who had AOP later] than to come in, swagger around, congratulate those who were in normal uniform already, and ensure that the rest all change before 10:15 am. the geography class starts at 10:10 am. PE ends at 10:00 am. we can start on time, without sacrificing the 5 minutes if those who do not want to or need more time to change can stay in their PE uniform until recess. however, this simple theory does not seem to fit in with the 24th Century robotic cat's logic.

then there was the door. what's so disdainful about entering through the back door? it's in no way a longer or shorter route to the staff room. does she want a red carpet next time? perhaps madamé would like a cooling iced tea while she waits for the monitor, sent up four floors, to get the key? or how about a warm hot chocolate while she's inside?

i will not mention the outcome of my Cheena paper, as i deliberately did not study for it. i will not submit myself to the ancient-Confucian-rote-'learning'-system for a CA, especially if i'm gonna risk failing other subjects for 'vocabulary' i won't remember five minutes after the test. i'll save it for the Prelims and the Os.

however, all this only served to depress me a lot after i got over the initial rage. plus, i saw alvin lim get picked up by his wife after school. thought about how lucky he is to have someone care enough to drive all the way out to pick him up.

this + academic pointlessness + dismal Cheena score + definite failure in geography = listening to Across The Universe, Drops of Jupiter & Demons on loop, and tearing up on the bus. what a loser. i mean, on an SBS bus of all things. it'll be the bus-stop next.

oh, one last thing. did the Matchmaker thing on the Nokia website, to see which one of their exquisite models they'd recommend the likes of me. here's the third question: