Report Card, Semester 1 2012

I just took a look at my results for last semester.

4 Bs, otherwise all As.

The following are the categories that I got a B in:-
Strings, Achievement
English, Achievement
Science, Achievement
Science, Effort

I don't feel anything... Nah.
I really don't care any more, it seems...
I bet you I wouldn't even feel anything even if I'd gotten A in every single thing. I might feel something if I'd gotten Bs or less in everything, though... fear, because I was afraid that my mum or dad or someone would say something...

Although I am glad to be able to get away from my Science teacher. Now it's less murder intent coming from me daily, during school days. ^^
I'm not looking forward to the classes (simply because I don't really want to do anything, let alone go to school and study...), but fortunately it looks like all my teachers next semester are likeable people. :)
Hmm, well, except for one mysterious teacher which I know of not, but meh.

The subjects I'll be taking next semester goes as follow:-
English (compulsory)
Maths Extension/Maths B (compulsory)
Maths C (sounds fun~)
Information Technology, IPT and/or ITN (I really want to learn programming. Just saying.)
Music (apparently, there's a lot of work in this subject. I'm now simply going to see how badly I will fail! the "performance" assessment is not something I look forward to...)
Physics (...I should pick a Science to do.)
Work Education (compulsory, only two lessons per week... now, if only that could diminish to zero)
Japanese (extra, two online Distance Education lessons per week during lunch hour ^^)
Instrumental Music, Strings (also extra, one lesson per week plus Orchestra rehearsal once a week)

I'd picked Chemistry, Economics and Italian, but I was kicked out of Chemistry during the picking-process and they decided to throw me into Physics instead ><, Economics was dropped since not enough people chose it (damn the idiots who doesn't see the invaluable knowledge they could gain!), Italian clashed with IT, and I certainly didn't want to sacrifice IT for Italian.
Fortunately I got the Maths C, but I have a feeling that that's because the amount of people who'd picked this subject was just enough for a class... so to say, they will put everyone who'd picked this subject, in that subject.

Apparently, according to many of my acquaintances, many people hate maths (although I have met people who like Maths as well...). I still wonder exactly why to this day.
The Maths at our school is so easy it hurts me every lesson - always makes me want to scream in agony.
Think about having to learn SURFACE AREA in Grade 10 (with a Scientific Calculator), goddammiitttt!!
Yet... people still seems to struggle with it.
Ahh, thinking about this is putting me in bad mood. =*=

So, then, adios.

From,
Mage-chan.

Falllll

Hey, guys!

I just got to watch a video of one of our performances in the recent competition - it's a formal competition in where bands and orchestras of state schools competes against each other. :)

One of my fellow musicians had uploaded a recording of it onto facebook, but if I sent you the link or upload the video, then you'd know what school I go to, would you not??

The song we performed is called Shannon Falls, by some random. It's somehow related to something called "Sea to The Sky" or something like that, I believe.... :/ (I vaguely remember it being written underneath the title. :P)

Now, when you listen to it (if you ever will), please be aware that this is a live performance, as well as that it's a recording of a recording. ^^

Also, a warning. Because it's a recording of a recording, when you listen to it... turn it down to what, half-volume, and stay away from the speakers, AND DON'T USE HEADPHONES!! It will kill your ears... especially the first note.... =="
(And there's also a part where it goes "forte", so do brace yourself for a sudden increase in volume! ^^)

Oh, and the background? I recorded it with Photostory, so I just picked any random photo... I'm sure you guys can't understand it, anyways! (another reason why I'd picked it, actually) :P

Just so you know, the real thing sounds wayy better than that! XP

Rushin' Around - Japanese Exams~

Today was a pretty busy day for me! And I was also annoyed because everything just had to land on almost the same time!

Today, my violin lesson time and the time I'd scheduled my Japanese Speaking Exam collided! (I'm doing Japanese through Distance Education, for those who doesn't know.)
And because I didn't have a Year 9 Japanese lesson... wait, this is a bit complicated.

Let me start from the start.

Year 8 Japanese is the very beginner Japanese. I was put into this class at the start of this year since I've never done any official Japanese with a proper teacher before.
But I was too good, so they moved me up to Year 9 Japanese. :P
But then I was too good again! ...okay, they wanted to move me up so that I can do Year 11 Japanese when I'm in Year 11 - this way I can get the extra points when I graduate. At least that's what I think. So one day I received an email from my Year 9 Japanese teacher saying that my work has been very good, and that I can move up to Year 10 Japanese if I wanted to.
I took the opportunity. And so, this week is exam week, and I have to do the End-of-year Year 9 tests.

I don't have a Year 9 lesson today because of NAPLAN (those of you who ain't Australian - NAPLAN is practically a compulsory nationwide numeracy and literacy exam for Year 3,5,7,9 students [National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy, I think, from the top of my head])
So I am free to choose whether I want to use that as a spare lesson or to go to my normal class, which is Science.

Our school's schedule goes like this: Period 1, Morning Tea/Recess, Period 2, Period 3, Lunch Break, Period 4.
I usually have my Year 9 Japanese lesson in period 2, where my normal class is Science, which means I miss Science once every week. Period 3 I usually have a Work Education class, but this week my violin lesson landed on this spot - as did my Speaking Exam. The "make-up" time slot for violin lessons is in period 2, and it's split into the first half and the second half - my teacher told me to go to the second half.
So I decided to go to my Science class, then to the make-up lesson, because the Science exam is also looming near.

In the end, I ended up doing this:
Science for 20 minutes, then rushed to a make-up violin lesson that went for 20 minutes.
Then I went to my Speaking Exam that went for around 23 minutes.
I dashed back to the music block to continue my violin lesson - which was supposed to be at this time, anyway, which went for approx. 30 minutes (- usually the lessons takes around 50 minutes).
Then I went to my normal class at that time to catch up - in 20 minutes, before that period ended!
And while I was relaxing since it was lunch time, I remembered that I'd intended to do the last of my Japanese exams, the Writing Exam, at that time!
So then I rushed to the "International Education and Languages Department" to grab my exam, which I rushed in doing... a little. I finished the exam which was meant to go for 40 minutes in 25 minutes just in time for last period. As the bell signalling students to head for their period 4 class rang, I threw my pencil down, rushed out of the library (in which I was doing the exam at), and dashed back to the "International Education and Languages Department", put my finished exam in the right folder then hurried to my period 4 class, trying to not be late.

All in all, it was a very successful day! :D

...So, talking about exams. The Japanese exams were ridiculously easy!! Way too easy!
I easily did them, and definitely passed them, without even studying! No, really. I didn't study. Not really, anyway.
Because I didn't feel the need to - I remembered what I'd learnt when I'd studied them, and so looking at everything that we've already learnt just makes me feel like I'm wasting my time, since I already knew everything! I just flipped through the textbook and revision sheets to make sure that I haven't missed out anything, but that's all.

The Listening Exam freaked me out, but not because I thought I would fail - seriously, who made those recordings!? It was so weird, and they were talking unnaturally slow...
The Reading Exam was also insanely, ridiculously easy...
Truth be told, I guess the only ones I'm really worried about are the Writing and Speaking Exams (if this is the Japanese ones we're talking about, that is)... the hard ones. ><
About the writing... well, I'm never sure of myself anyway! Even if I couldn't have made it any better, didn't rush, studied all day and all night, I'd still be worried over it! It's in my nature!
After I'd finished the Speaking Exam, my illogical mind was telling me that I must've failed. But at the same time my logical mind told me that I would've at least gotten a pass. Even if sensei had said those words to me after the exam, "Your pronunciation is outstanding! Your ability to change verb forms on the spot is amazing!" ...and other such praises. But even with that I cannot hold on to the certainty that I will retain an A! Because even with those words, I could still get a B, even a C! Oh, the devastation! ><

I want an A, no, I want all As on my Japanese exams! Because I've always been adept at learning the language, but I've never been officially assessed before, and these were my first Japanese exams in my entire life!
I feel a strange sense of dread, accomplishment, development and progress!

Day-Offs Actually Just Make me Procrastinate More... Not Surprisingly.

Today is my first day-off from work in 3 (and a bit) weeks~ ^^

Must be why I posted 5 (including this one) posts today, was "higher" than normal, and was strangely talkative~! (Then again, one time I actually made 7 posts in one day! xD)
And I played on Pottermore all day, and read manga, and just chilled~

Yaaaah.... Yada yada yada~ :3

And yerppp, I skipped out on violin practice (can't anyway, accidentally left it at school), Sharemarket Game (includes research and watching the damn share prices), schoolwork (can't be stuffed~) and yeah...

I didn't do much, but I'm in a happy mood (although possibly consequent into a bad one later) at the moment, so I dunt care~~ ^^

To ma' friends, Good Sleep to you all~
To Deevi, Good Day to you~
To my other blog followers, Good What-ever-time-it-is-at-your-place to you all~

そして、

さようなら、も　またね、(< I'm quite convinced that that is either wrong grammar or doesn't make sense at all...)
めいじちゃんより。

When You're Busy, You Feel Like You Lose a Lot of Precious Time Oh-so-Quickly

Ha-lo~!

I just got back from my school-issued Music Camp, where only students who are in choir, does vocal, or does instrumental music can attend, in short, only Music Students can come.
It was rather short for a camp, two-days and one night long. However it was a good length of time for a camp that has you do nothing but practice and play music. (Oh, there was the time we went down to the nearby beach for some random games/activities, but that doesn't really count...)

I also took this opportunity to tell my violin teachers (who happened to be one of my favourite teachers, 'cause he's just awesome), that I will be moving to Thailand. He was not jumping for joy at my news...

Anyhow, I didn't get time to blog about this beforehand on Sunday to tell you all that I won't be able to blog on Monday and maybe Tuesday... :/ Sorry.
But I'm back now, and so is school. :/
Nah, that's not really that cool. School, I mean. Too much stuff to do, and I don't really have to study that hard anymore, because my grades won't mean anything.

We only stayed from Monday morning to Tuesday afternoon, but it felt a lot longer than that. Probably because  the schedule was sort of tight, it being a camp and all.
I managed to get past the halfway-mark in To Kill A Mockingbird, but I'm still quite behind in my researching of the Sharemarket. I have to finish reading all those PDFs I downloaded from the ASX website, then start researching those companies to consider what other shares to buy (then sell), because you must buy or sell shares at least 4 times to win the friggin' competition.
After camp finished and we all left for home, I went to work straight afterwards. I arrived home at approx. 4.45pm and proceeded to eat some food and drink some coffee in 15 minutes. ==
Then I went to work.

For some reason it felt like I'd been away for like, a week.
I was only away from work for one day and it felt like I'd missed out on a lot.
I was only away from home for one night yet it felt like it'd been so long since I last slept in those beds of mine.

Aah... I guess it was because we did quite a lot, and I was walking around most of the time, something which I do not usually do. My daily routine consists of school, computer, food + coffee, work, computer, sleep, then same thing over and over again, most likely. I tend to not do anything else different, and I rarely exercise except for all that walking around campus. :/ But that's already become routine.

I woke up on Monday morning aching all over, and I'm blaming all that useless running around (I was ordered to do it, but I did it without too much whining... it will be my last camp here after all) on the cursed beach. :)

BTW, I went to school and to work the next day (that's today, actually) as well... Now I'm back to my daily routine. :3

Actually, you'd always feel like you lost a lot of time, even if you were a great time manager, you might stil feel that going to the toilet wastes so much time that you can't afford to do it anymore. :3
I'm starting to feel like that...

Since I won't be able to work once I move to Thailand, I've decided to work a lot and save up (now I regret about deciding to go on the Sydney trip... oh well), so am now planning on working 6 days a week.
The only problem now is finding time to study, do homework... and most of all, time to blog, since blogging takes up more time than homework (generally).
And not to forget MANGA READING TIME!! Although that's not really important. And my story-writing time, too...

Hah. Busy, busy, busy, I wish I have a time machine.