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Originally posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 in my old blog
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Did this few blogthings...

You Are 18 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

Haha. I already did this once, when I was in form 4 (I was 16 years old) & I got the same number 16! And now, for this year, I got the same too, 18 years old! I act like my real age!

What Your Soul Really Looks Like

You are very passionate and quite temperamental. While you can be moody, you always crave comfort. You are a grounded person, but you also leave room for imagination and dreams. You feet may be on the ground, but you're head is in the clouds. You believe that people see you as larger than life and important. While this is true, they also think you're a bit full of yourself. Your near future is a lot like the present, and as far as you're concerned, that's a very good thing. For you, love is all about caring and comfort. You couldn't fall in love with someone you didn't trust.

You Have Your Sarcastic Moments

While you're not sarcastic at all times, you definitely have a cynical edge. In your opinion, not all people are annoying. Some are dead! And although you do have your genuine moments, you can't help getting your zingers in. Some people might be a little hurt by your sarcasm, but it's more likely they think you're hilarious.

Don't you ever feel it's amazing how such fun quizzes could tell something about yourself when you answered it honestly? (I like Blogthings & Tickle!)

Who Should Paint You: Salvador Dali

You're a complex, intense creature who displays many layers. There's no way a traditional portrait could ever capture you!

Oh, I love this one! Salvador Dali! I knew about him after watching "Love of the Aegean Sea". Well, En Qi likes his masterpiece, "[The] Persistence of the memory" (《記憶的持續性》Ji Yi De Chi Xu OR 《記憶的永恒》Ji Yi De Yong Heng) which somewhat signifies his lonely, boring life. It's a sweet coincidence that I got Salvador Dali for this blogthing quiz. ^__^

Your World View

You are a cautious type, neutral, and rather insecure. You would agree with the idea that everybody has his price... And in your own case it would not be high. You are ruled by an inferiority complex and not easy to assess. How do you present yourself to the world? An idealist, a moralist, a conformist keeping up with the Joneses?

Oh! So true! So true!

Your Famous Last Words Will Be:

"Goodbye. I am leaving because I am bored."

Don't remember when I did this (saved it in my opera notes) but wow. How 'boring'.

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free. In love, you feel the most alive when things are straight-forward, and you're told that you're loved. You'd like to your lover to think you are optimistic and happy. You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please. Your ideal relationship is open. Both of you can talk about everything... no secrets. Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment. You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred. In this moment, you think of love as something you can get or discard anytime. You're feeling self centered.

I'm SO going to remember this.

Your Personality Is

Idealist (NF) You are a passionate, caring, and unique person. You are good at expressing yourself and sharing your ideals. You are the most compassionate of all types and connect with others easily. Your heart tends to rule you. You can't make decisions without considering feelings. You seek out other empathetic people to befriend. Truth and authenticity matters in your friendships. In love, you give everything you have to relationships. You fall in love easily. At work, you crave personal expression and meaning in your career. With others, you communicate well. You can spend all night talking with someone. As far as your looks go, you've likely taken the time to develop your own personal style. On weekends, you like to be with others. Charity work is also a favorite pastime of yours.

Funny. Someone also think that I'm an idealist.

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Originally posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 in my old blog
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Insects Collection
It seems that we could finish collecting insects before school holidays! I hope so, because it's very bothersome to do the project during holidays where I can use the time catching insects to study (finish reading all the syllabus & do exercises!).

We still have to preserve 25 plants-lah. But that's MORE easily done than insects.

& I admit that PRESERVING INSECT is fun. yeah, I know it seems cruel... but the good thing is, I started to pay close attention to nature. I realise that there's so many unique insects around us. The bad thing is, I'm good at spotting/finding them but don't have enough guts to catch them.


WHY NOT?
Because I focused more on studying BIO lately (& also most of my classmates), we were very anxious about our final exam marks.

What I can say about mine: .............Yokatta desu... I'm REALLY GLAD that I passed. (I failed last BIO monthly test. & I never passed BIO papers in f4/f5.)

Marks for Paper 1 & Paper 2 are calculated separately. Passing mark is 40(/60) for paper 2. I can't remember Paper 1's..20 or 30?... Anyway, I got 37/50 for Paper 1 & 47/60 100 for Paper 2.. so for Paper 1 - it's 74%, & Paper 2 - 78% *oops. Stupid MIScalculation. But I still passed anyway.*.

It was an ugly situation when the BIO teacher returned our papers. He, again, stressed out about re-thinking.

"Think carefully whether you still want to do this (BIO, form 6). If you think it's difficult right now, don't think it's going to be easier in the future. It will be MORE difficult later. So if your Maths & other science subjects are... then you should think again."

That was yesterday. Today, he had a little talk with a friend of mine, Ren-chan. He was her teacher back then in f4/f5 - & he told her that her results were never good that she should "re-think".

How tragic.

I guess I rarely see a decent teacher in Malaysia (well, at least in Sabah.). Or is it there's none of such teachers ever exist in M'sia. Or it's just sth every Form 6 teachers have (funnily, form 4/5 teachers also have this). Pathetic.

I thought teachers should expose their students to the world of possibilities. Keep telling their students that it's not impossible to do this or that. Although there might be setbacks & unfortunate events, teachers should still "let" their students know that there's "light" in everything. That when you fail, doesn't mean you fail throughout your life. *sigh* maybe teachers nowadays have lost hopes in their students. Unless they prove to that teacher that they are a "genius" then only the teachers want to help them. Why should it be like that?

Teachers do not think of their students as their own children. Why should they? They are not related to each other. But having teachers thinking that way means having teachers who do not care about their students welfare. & again, why should they? They are not related.

What an ugly reality.

I feel hurt with [teachers of] such manners. My other friends too. Some of them even seem to start re-thinking whether to drop Form 6 or not. I told her no. "If you want to re-think, re-think a way to improve your results & NOT about dropping f6."

I think a teacher could never be liked as a person. I personally like teachers who CAN teach & have a positive attitude/manner.