The results

The result of my exposition wasn't satisfying. Without looking at the marking system and using the top scorers' results as a comparison, I would say that I had been mistreated. Supposing that 30 means perfect, which means that one has stated his points clearly and supported his argument well, those who scored 23 would thus be considered far from that. Looking the few grammar errors on my 570 word essay, which is not enough to show why I actually scored so low as compared to the rest of the class. Regarding what is missing in the text, which includes one "little vague" and two "exp."s, I might feel that the score was reasonable. However, there is no reason for the full mark to be there just to make sure that no one scores a 100% and usage of bombastic language is not required, thus giving more room for the mistakes I made. One of the "exp."s is written at the end of a paragraph, basically marking that I did not explain my explanation that explained an example. Regardless of whatever explanation is missing, sometimes common sense tells you that if I had to explain my explanation again, I would have to explain that explanation again and so on and so for, which means that there is no end to the essay, which is thus impossible to be achieved and is implying that no matter how much you write, you would end up with an "exp." there. Furthermore, there is no right or wrong in language, and the few ticks without comments simply mean meeting expectations, and thus do not contribute anything to the deduction of marks. So why did I get such a low score? I believe that there is no reason behind it, and people simply use the benefit of the doubt, causing others having no way of rebutting.

Memorable things

In chronological order, the first thing that I would like to announce is that I got 27th for SMO, which was considered totally shit (by me of course). One thing is because I got pwned by the Sec1s. Most of the pro people from 1M got 30 for the first round, and I was lagging behind by 10 marks. It was simply thanks to my luck in the second round that I was able to get into the top 30. However, there was still a little strategy involved because I was revising on Geometry, where I can score in the second round. Good thing is a similar question got tested, but basically I was lucky.

Then it's the Geog test. This is the first time in almost a year that I felt that I would not be simply passing a Geog test. Hopefully this term my MSG can get to 2. :)

Last thing was the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics. Personally I felt that the ideas were simply coped from the 5000 years of Chinese history, but how you apply them is one great feat that not many people can do and no matter how unoriginal the idea is, you cannot say that it is plagiarised. I was watching, or rather staring, at the television screen until my eyes went into this weird state that you cannot resist avoiding it nor staring at it. The entrance of the teams took quite a long time, and was rather boring, but I couldn't be bothered to finish my English Assignment. On the overall, the ceremony was great, but somehow I just can't seem to feel proud at such times, it is just that simple satisfaction, and I always felt that there was room for the better. It may be due to the natural humility that is present inside me, but my hate for losing forces me to use these solid evidence sometimes. Anyway, the good memories are always forgotten, but so are the bad ones as "yesterday is history".