firstly, i'm back in singapore. ok. that's stupid. i came back more than a week ago and i'm only blogging about it now. i did wanna say sumthing when i first came back cuz i was seriously depressed and shit. but it's also probably because of that very reason that i did NOT finish typing that blog post out. so, why was i depressed huh? easy. one: i'm back in singapore. that's a damn good reason to be depressed already. but get this. two: JCT's are in less than a week and i hardly studied. HK before JCTs is helluva fun. but not very wise. i've got a tonne of stuff to study. and NO time to study it.

and as always, i will have to bitch about the singapore changi airport. the "best" airport in the world. what do i have to say? well, i'm sure we all know that they now have something called the automated passageway. the 2 parapet like things with an ANCIENT computer monitor. this time, i'm smart. i decided. no effing way i'm going to go use that horrible INEFFICIENT passageway. STILL, i dont think that the people in charge realize.. that the PURPOSE of automated pathways is to REDUCE manpower. but instead, they STILL have a person there telling people to use that USELESS immigration thing and of course, there needs to be custom officers at the OTHER side, to clear your customs because ultimately, the machine will not work. i've tried it THRICE. and THRICE it failed. what a waste of time. so i knew i would be better off queuing up for the MANUAL customs line. i mean. if you have any common sense at all. since you are going to HAVE to see the custom officer if you use the AUTOMATED passage ANYWAY, you might as well SKIP the part where you waste time on a USELESS PATHETIC machine with OUTDATED INEFFICIENT software and just go directly to the officer. and DAMN. i was RIGHT!!!!!!!! i was QUEUING UP with around 5 people in front of me (after i blatantly REFUSED the security when he told me to go to the automated passageway). well.. the guy walked all the way to the queue next to me and managed to trick a singaporean family to use the lousy machine instead of queuing up (there was NO ONE at the machine. hmm.. i wonder WHY) and the stupid thing is. the family believed him.. when they are actually going to be faster than me since there are only 3 people in front of them in their queue. but GUESS WHAT. this family (of four. there are 2 machines. if you do the math, you'll realize that it should not take more than the time needed for the customs officer to clear TWO individuals to clear the entire family by machine.) still has the parents stuck on the other side with only their children cleared by machine (followed by officer), when... wait for it............ when... I HAVE BEEN CLEARED at customs!!!!!!! BASICALLY, that means that the TWO machines took MORE than the time needed for a normal SINGLE customs officer to clear SIX PEOPLE who had the brains to QUEUE up, to clear a family of four. to put it in another way, it means that... the time taken for ONE machine to clear TWO people is EQUAL to the time needed for ONE custom officer to clear SIX people. which OFFICIALLY means that the automated pathway is THREE TIMES LESS EFFICIENT THAN THE CUSTOM OFFICER. if i use this as an example in a GP essay, i would conclude this paragraph by saying, that TECHNOLOGY IN THIS CASE, HAS NOT IMPROVED THE QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY WHEN USED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR LABOUR. THUS, TECHNOLOGY HAS MOST PROBABLY NOT CAUSED LABOUR TO BECOME OBSOLETE.

ok. after that little incident at the customs, there is ANOTHER thing that happened in the airport even BEFORE i left the restricted area. wow. loads of stupid things happen in the BEST AIRPORT in the world. ok. so after i reached the baggage claim belt thingy.... (BEFORE THE FAMILY)... i waited for.... erm. about more than 20 minutes for my baggage to come out? sooo.. firstly, it took a hell of a time to spit out my luggage. SECONDLY... and this is hilarious. after standing idly for 10 minutes (i have resorted to studying while waiting), there is this sound of a machine stopping.. and when i look up, THE CONVEYOR BELT STOPPED!!!!!!!!!! it was SO hilarious i LAUGHED out loud right there and then! thennn.... after about.... 5 minutes... it started to work again. by this time i have moved to the OTHER side of the belt to see if that will affect the fengshui so i can get my luggage back FASTER. (i was THAT bored.) and surprisingly. it DID change my fengshui for the better. and i got my luggage after 5 minutes. so then i stormed out to meet my mom and sis. and the first thing i told my sis was... "did you think there is a perfectly good reason as to WHY the conveyor belt just STOPPED!"

ooook. so that is part ONE of my post. about when i came back to singapore. NOW i shall talk about JCTs. soooo.... obviously the rest of my time in the "holidays" were spent TRYING TO STUDY. but to be honest, the only time i really started studying... is on saturday. 2 days before the exam. and i WASTED 3 hours of my LIFE.. when i was sleepy as hell.. to go for some NS further check up. wasted time there WAITING.. i was supposed to go at 9.30 but there was NO ONE IN THE ENTIRE FLOOR until 10. and i didnt even manage to go through the test cuz they couldnt get my mom. thanks. but i'm not gonna bitch about NS now. sooo.. JCTs, i was panicking cuz i was still left with 2 chapters of macro and ALL of micro on SUNDAY when econs is first thing monday. soooo... i called amanda. who was so zen. thank god. so i sorta calmed down. and studied... well... LONG STORY SHORT, every day of the jct's i had NO MORE than 2 hours of sleep at night. couldnt get to sleep even after i studied cuz my brain is literally throbbing with information. when i close my eyes words and equations flash across my brain. and so.. i basically had less sleep than 8 hours for the entire week. cept today. cuz its AFTER exams, i slept from 3 all the way till dinner at 7. and from 7.30 to 12.40am. i feel so freaking good. SLLEEEEEPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!! i love sleep. its a blessing. a luxury. and EFF SCHOOL. from now onwards, the EARLIEST DAY i have to go home.. is at FIVE EFFING PM. what the SHIT is up with THAT MAN! urgh. i hate school. i hate school. i hate school. and i cant even imagine WHAT my scores will be for jct. i KNOW i lost 40 marks in chem and 15 marks in bio ALREADY. screwed up SHIT. ok. i'm done bitching. bye.