just another post

Today is generally an okay day despite the fact that I totally sucked in the maths exam today. I have decided today that I hate MATHS the most! It’s like hello? Why am I learning such hard stuff? It’s not like when I’m gambling I’m going to whip out a piece of paper and start counting the probability of winning. Hmmm, maybe this explains why I can never answer any of the probability questions correctly! Second of all, there was no bloody time! Yeah I know… blame it all on the system when in fact I had not been revising. Sue me! I am so hoping I can study something I like, for once! I don’t know about you guys but I think that if you’re studying something you’re interested in, things seem to be much easier… at least you know you’ve got the knack for such subjects.

There was an article written about exams in Malaysia and how it is actually a test of your memory skills and not the learning process. I agree. Malaysia has to consider changing its education system. I’m not all about westernisation and all but I feel that Malaysia can learn a thing or two from the western countries where kids are taught to express their opinion and do some real learning instead of reading the bloody text book for 3 years and vomiting out all the facts during the exam which lasts about 2 weeks. Imagine having to force yourself to memorise the facts for 3 years just to get it all on paper in 2 weeks.

Examination grades (I’m talking about primary and secondary school here because college doesn’t apply since you choose what you want to study) cannot be a measure of a kid’s intelligence. The kid can have talents in let’s say in arts. Arts here include music, painting, etc. usually people who are talented in those areas do lack a little in maths and other stuff. I’m no scientist but this is what I’ve noticed so far. So, if the studies in school are to comprise of maths, languages, and sciences and have no room for creative studies, then the grades are not to be a judged quickly. Some people just do not have that ability to cram in facts on sciences, maths, etc. but you’ll be amazed at what they can do in the creative department.

This comes to the part where parents in Malaysia love to compare their children’s results with that of their friends’ children. After the result of a major exam is announced, they will start asking their friend how many As did their son/daughter obtain. I mean, is it really that important? Do they do this because they’re genuinely concerned about their children’s results or merely because of pride?

Well, other than that I’m just happy that my fanfic has received quite positive response. The latest chapter seemed to have people on their feet and make them happy. I’m happy if my fanfic attracts positive response and when it could make the readers happy. Sometimes, reading crappy fanfics are a way of relieving stress and if my fanfic can do it, I’m real happy. If anyone should want to drop by at my fanfic, you’re welcomed to. Hey, it’s my blog so I can advertise all I want so shut up! The link is www.winglin.net/fanfic/tof

Anyway, hope all of you guys are happy and well. Take good care of yourselves! Thanks Kah Wai for calling me and wishing me the best of luck. Thanks Jiro for wishing me best of luck too though the phone went dead after a while. Thanks Lina for supporting my story and hope to see ya soon. Hmmm, who else do I have to thank? Well, you know who you are… you know very well I’ve got a limited memory span.