Wednesday, September 30, 2009
lesson learnt today.
when the data booklet says R-group, they mean anything
like carbonyl or ether or whatever.
so -CO2CH2CH3 gives a delta reading of about 4. which is correct.
because the functional group directly adjacent to the alkyl chain is an ether.
not an ester.
and RCOOH gives an extremely high value
only with a labile proton.
lesson learnt: -CH2CH3 is not a labile proton.
ah well.
better now than later.
posted @1:01 AM
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
the take's over,
the break begins.
keep your mind on a leash,
keep your heart a flutter.
for today we play,
today we'll bring the town down.
posted @1:05 AM
Monday, September 28, 2009
i'm outta time
and all I got is 4 hours (scratching sound)
4 hours aye.
believe.
if it were so easy.
posted @9:23 AM
Friday, September 25, 2009
one more paper.
one more paper.
then everything will happen all over again.
such is the plight of a j2.
BURGER.
posted @11:57 PM
Thursday, September 24, 2009
2 more.
and how apt that the most fun paper is last.
onward to unbridled fun studying chemistry.
then again,
chem was, is, and will be awesumm.
when the future's architectured
by a carnival of idiots on show
you'd better lie low.
posted @9:47 PM
Monday, September 21, 2009
because things happen for a reason.
beyond our control
beyond our understanding.
so hold on to what you believe in
chase your rainbow over the horizon
and the stars will come out to play.
posted @11:57 PM
chocolate pudding pie 8D
okay back to work.
posted @5:18 PM
Sunday, September 20, 2009
things places people faces.
what you wish for,
what you get,
not in your own hands?
uncertainty debauches faith,
yet faith does not exempt uncertainty.
oh how complex,
a need to vex.
and the simplest answer there can be.
posted @2:14 AM
Saturday, September 19, 2009
I just got lost
Every river that I tried to cross
Every door that I ever tried was locked
oh and I'm just waiting till the shine wears off.
amuse the mind with hypothetical situations
amuse the heart with the whimsical
limits are illusions,
all you ever need to know.
posted @1:09 AM
Thursday, September 17, 2009
why can't I stop swearing.
it's a chronic problem
just like the US budget deficit.
gah.
tease a crowd,
please a crowd.
posted @11:48 PM
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
chemistry.
wasn't hard.
just tricky.
very tricky.
especially elucidation.
balance.
posted @10:35 PM
Monday, September 14, 2009
People say slimeing others is a bastardly thing to do. Bet they never tried it, though.
Honestly, is it not human nature to seek to place oneself on a pedestal above others? And what better way to do that than by trodding on others. I think it would be impossible not to feel a sense of vindicative pleasure at seeing a competitor falter in the rat race that is life.
Then we come to the occasional person that defies this trend. Instinct would tell us to take advantage of him. Yet this seldom happens; the person is usually elevated on another pedestal instead. People remember those who claw their way to the top, but people also remember those that gladly step aside to offer others a leg up.
Perhaps some things in life are unexplainable with logic.
And perhaps bio sounds the call.
posted @11:36 PM
Sunday, September 13, 2009
hours are an illusion
time is a construct
time is what you make of it.
notime.
was with 7 other classmates studying in school today.
was interesting.
was fun.
was rowdy.
was noisy.
was productive.
realized our class is awesome in our own ways. sure, we aren't the crazy TAUPOK PENG kind of class, but we have fun doing other things. like, perhaps, studying. half the time anyway. different dynamics, different people; fun. this is such a built to last thing haha.
iskin.
posted @1:19 AM
Friday, September 11, 2009
why fi.
why must you die on me.
and why must comex be held just before prelims.
why is there so much to study.
why do I not know what is going on.
too many whys and no answers.
and how you like to aggravate the ice-cream man on rainy afternoons.
posted @7:32 PM
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
weird
run your heart out.
who who who?
not me i hope.
posted @10:29 PM
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
I have been inspired, for reasons completely unknown, to ramble wearily so that I can take my mind off the scars inflicted on me today by my bacteria and pro euk tutorial.
life is fast entering limbo.
life is a virtually never ending cycle of study, eating (not consumption), running, and sleep.
even so there are good things to remember for in life.
today the newspapers read that victoria's alumni wrote a letter to the ministry of education in protest against vjc's plan to have a 6 year integrated programme. Among things, they claim that it breeds a culture of elitism which Victorian schools do not stand for. Come on.
Already, it is implicit that the school prides itself as one that is not elitist. Given their current standing among singapore schools, how can this be so? Every year, roughly 55 thousand students graduate from primary school, give or take several thousand. Of these, about half are boys. Probably the top 4% of them are shuttled to the top 2 schools, where they engage in a programme ostensibly called the integrated programme. the next few hundred or so join other schools that have also implemented similiar programmes, such as dunman high. Many top students also enter Victoria school, one of the best schools in singapore. Is it not true already that the school can loosely be defined as a conglomeration of supposedly "elite" students?
Therein lies the next part of the arguement against the integrated programme that really, really pisses me off: the arguement that the integrated programme breeds elitism. How does one jump to the conclusion that putting a group of intellectually bright students together makes them elitist?
I suppose the idea of elitism arises from the belief that the intellectually "endowed" tends to treat other people that are not as gifted as themselves condescendingly and with contempt. Indeed, examples in the newspapers bear testament to this. One only has to remember the incident of the rjc student and the elitist comments posted on her blog to assume that all students of this cadre; all students that study under an integrated programme will be elitist because they have no contact with the rest of society.
In my opinion, this claim a huge generalization. How is it that the actions of several elitist students serve as a credible representation of our student body as a whole? Many of these actions are but exceptions to the norm, and it would definitely be unfair to brand all students under this category elitist.
Though it may be conceded that attracting top students to participate in an integrated programme MAY serve as a breeding ground for elitism, should the other benefits offered by the said programme be considered as well? It is argued that the programme provides opportunities for holistic learning; perhaps these benefits could play a bigger part in determining the overall merit of the integrated programme, instead of selecting it based on the grounds of potential elitism.
okay enough ranting for the day. I can't believe I typed this entire passage out on my keypad. I must be asking for carpel tunnel hmm.
posted @10:02 PM
Monday, September 07, 2009
another end,
another parade.
bb we are no more
yet we fight in blue
(and not some other colour like red or white or green)
the seatbelt button dims.
posted @11:44 AM
Friday, September 04, 2009
economic crisis + insane fiscal stimuli --> government debt crisis.
the lesser of two evils in the short run?
posted @11:20 PM
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
5 - 1 = 4
if only there was a positive correlation between chem and econs scores, with chem the independent variable.
posted @9:09 PM
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
here we go.
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