My record of today's laughter

Today, we were going through the 2008 EOY paper in bio class, and one question was about protection of the foetus in the mother's uterus. We has to name a part and describe its function.

Teacher: Can anyone name 1 part?
Someone (I can't rmb): Mucus Plug
Teacher: What's its function? (and 曾死鸡 had to answer)
曾死鸡: To protect the foetus from bacteria.
Teacher: From?
曾死鸡: External environment
Teacher: You don't know the female anatomy?!!

We were also learning new vocabulary and aquiring new information during IHC, which was typical, but I decided to write it here today. Of course, by request of the teacher, I don't think I can write explicitly here, but to give a rough idea, we were talking about ________.

(To fill in the blank, you've got to think of one word that fits this scenario. You are watching anime at home. There's a girl in the anime. A strong gust of wind blows past, but the girl remains stationary.)

OK, but that word isn't the new vocabulary. It's more about some special occasions during such occasions, when there is an extra line in the scene. The line is somewhere such that it's easily noticed, and a two-word noun describes the blend of this extra line with its surroundings. Half the class actually didn't know, while I learnt it from Scary Movie (can't rmb which series) when I watched it in 北京.

Stupid Mistake

This is seriously a stupid mistake, and I can't believe that the EOY paper of this school actually got printed out like this. But to thank them for giving us the paper, this should just be some insider joke that's not disclosed to the public.

Study Source A

Source A: A screenshot of a school EOY paper

Qns 1a: Why is there a white patch?

Study Source B

Source B: Another screenshot of the same page

Study Source C

Source C: Now a ruler is added as a reference to the same screenshot

Qns 1b: Compare sources B and C. What are the sources trying to say?

Highest level answer:
1a) Source A has a white patch because it censors the school name. This can be seen in source B, where the school name is at the location of the white patch, which shows that the school name is censored in Source A. The purpose of the source is to show everyone what the EOY paper looked like, but at the same time, do not spoil the school's reputation. This is known because the setter of this question received the EOY paper from another school and feels very grateful to the school. Hence, he censors the bit.

1b) Sources B and C differ as Source B has no ruler whereas Source C has a ruler placed on it. This is clearly true as we do not find any trace of a ruler on Source B. This proves that it is impossible to have a ruler in source B, be it transparent, invisible or whatever forms of a ruler that does not block your vision. However, there is a distinct ruler on Source C. This proves the existence of the ruler in source C, and not because the setter of this question used illusionary effects or any form of magic trick. Source B and C differ in purpose. Source B shows the stupid mistake which is mentioned in the background information. However, some people may claim that this was due to scanning errors. Source C supports source B by having a ruler, this ruler traces the straightline down to the words below, some of which are covered by the ruler, showing that there are no scanning errors. Hence, sources B and C differ in purpose because source B shows the mistake and source C supports source B.

I hope everyone had fun reading this.

"Not entitled to foreigners"

I just saw how much I have to pay for my Japan trip today. It was $600 more than what locals had to pay. Well, that's not a lot more, althought relatively it is. However, I do wonder why there isn't any internal subsidy. Some malaysian scholar had to pay $5000 for his math camp at cambridge, and according to insider's information there was internal subsidy for locals, if any of them went. But I doubt so. I mean, they are the people that actually win stuff for the school, compared to msot of the school population, but just not entitled to the same stuff. Weird eh? Well, I think the school probably thinks that the boarding school fees are already a great investment on them. $600+ of school fees + $800 boarding school fees per month isn't a small sum. Then, it comes to people like PRs, the only thing I get is the $400 govt subsidy for school fees. I had to pay full sum for my OBS trip aka half Singapore propaganda. Well, personally I don't think that it's a great deal because I'm not the one paying, and this kinda subsidies only exist in Singapore. My cousin also paid full sum of 38000RMB for her trip to UK, (Nice scamming of foreigners' money) which was only 11 days long. Which was more ex. I think, compared to the one-month US math camp which my classmate went. So paying full sum is like no gain rather than a loss. Well, my mom's more worried about my safety, 'cos the recent Sino-Jap relationship is a bit screwed, but I think the situation would die down in 2 month's time. Even the USA's govt's efforts to raise the RMB isn't receiving a lot of attention now despite the authorities being very noisy.

Back to the point, I seriously don't get why the JC practises this kinda discrimination aganist foreigners. Maybe there is a lack of foreign teachers or sth. But I still thank the school for giving me this kinda opportunity, not everyone gets to pay this $1200 for a trip you know.

Joke

The joke of last tuesday was the epic inflation of Jap Prelim. I got +6 for my compo compared to my average score.

The joke of yesterday was Chan Wei drawing a curve for a linear law question.

The jokes of today was Dr. Tan insisting that the resistance of a variable resistor varies in a way in which he isn't certain of himself, and also Dr. Wang giving free marks for CSC to inflate our scores.

Personally I think that school shouldn't be such a joke. Things should be done properly. I do not see how my additional knowledge was on the same level as all those others who copied from the passage. I also do not see why physics teachers insist that they are correct although they are sometimes wrong, especially in the context of setting a question that has a solution that contradicts the value given in the question. In other words, this shows a lack of ENGINEERING. Jun Wei uses this term, and so shall I. Well, I know that Dr. Wang is a very kind-hearted soul, otherwise he wouldn't be teacher of the year. As for others, they use the term "don't think so much" to cover up for their mistakes in the questions. Just like a question which I found in Prof. Xu's booklet for Year 4, which implied something contradictory.

School is fun because of some of these jokes though (I am sure we had a good laugh at CW after he drew the curve), but others are plain stupid and some are meant for you to screw the teacher and get yourself counter-screwed. And too much screwing screws up the content of my posts as well. I think it has been some time since the pitiful reader actually got to read some optimistic/interesting stuff.

Maybe I record down the jokes here more often to create more laughter. Let me think of another one, hmm... go see the last four words on 现代汉语词典 in the explanation of 手淫。

Wonder when I'll actually persuade myself to start mugging

Exams are nearing, and I shouldn't be thinking too much about it because I get more nervous if I do. For some reason I am actually somewhat worried about physics, that I can't hit 80%. Well I think there is always some random reason why I could not get so high for physics. There has to be this mugging component that gives the teacher a chance to penalise me. The worst is definitely biology. So pressurizing zzz. and so stressful. I took it because I wanted to waste less time slacking in school and maximise time usage. But it simply ended up giving me more stress because there are so many topics to study. It's probably time to let go of what I have, which is always a painful experience. However, it's sth that is inevitable because I have too many opportunities now = more responsibilities and more stress. I actually wonder how meaningful is getting a good MSG requirement, but probably it reflects greatly on one's personality, which deteremines one's fate. I've realised that adaptablility is not enough for a very long time now, and I need sth more, that can bring about change so that people don't have to suffer like me in the future, by that's another 10 more years!!!

Bad toilet experience

This morning I had a very bad stomachache. Very bad indeed. I was squeezing my anus shut on the bus all the way to JP just so that I didn't shit in my pants. Well, the point is, I realised that SG people required some toilet training. Yes, it was really that bad. I think none of the cubicals had a flushed toilet bowl, and you can see the solid brown remains of the person who went before you. But I had to clear my load no matter what, so I had to tolerate the shit and the used toilet paper, until I cleared off most of my load and discovered how to flush it away. Now, I feel much more grateful for the boarding school toilet to be so clean. Although there's someone that doesn't aim properly every morning, it is still tolerable to a great extent. It is also a lot better after the school decided to put soda lime into the urinals recently. Even the toilets in Beijing isn't so bad, with 17 million people sharing the limited toilets in the city area, I really can't seem to understand why the condition in SG toilets could actually be so bad. OK, back to the point, SG people needs toilet training, maybe they should put some sign that says “方便后冲水，文明一大步” or something of the sort to actually help train people for going to the toilet. I wonder why parents stop toilet-training their children after knowing that their children is 50% trained or something. Like when their children knows how to go to the toilet but can't aim properly yet, they don't really seem to care anymore. Random thought: If toilet training skills ever come out for 公函, I know I have a lot of content to write. LawL!

PS: I decided not to put a pic for this post because they are worse than Fanny's unglam photos