Have fun?

Baskit, today's O levels were super fun. I don't care if I fail because even if I do, I had fun today. AND if I fail it would probably be a D7 - which means no more Chinese in JC. Yay no more mugging of 手册。

In any case, that is not the point. I think I'm going to score full marks after all. And now since it's all over, I get to 如释重负，can 弛懈 like mad!!

It's hard talking about Paper 2, so I'll talk about Paper 1. Especially the 作文。Today my 灵感 was at its maximum point, dy/dx = 0 so I wrote a very powerful essay. In case you don't know what I'm talking about, I'm talking about Question 5 - views on past convicts. Now if you'll listen up in TPH's lessons you'll find this a very easy topic. I found it so easy I almost laughed at the paper.

First part must explain why government want people to accept ex-convicts.

政府为什么要社会人士接受坐过牢的罪犯？
不接受，难道要把他们抛开一旁吗? 如果不接受他们，他们只会重犯，重蹈覆辙 （删减字 - 但是我热爱华文），而这对社会有不良的影响。有了更多的罪犯，那就得花更多的钱来建造监狱。把钱耗资在监狱上，那我们就怎样建造赌场？政府因此就得把搭巴士的价格提高，而从这儿使人民发怒。大家的发怒，就造成了战争。结果，只是天下大乱，那大家也就是罪犯了。我们的前途，也就因为这样而岂不堪虞！

Second part must explain consequences.

如果政府没有这样做，那会对社会有什么影响？
天下大乱之外，我还有一点必须提。没错，天下大乱是个极端的思想，可是那也不是完全不可能的现象。就算不建造新的监狱，罪犯也会同样的被人家藐视。被藐视的感觉，不是每个人能接受的。因此，罪犯可能会精神崩溃，自暴自弃，甚至导致他们去跳楼轻生。他们的死也没关系，因为反正犯了罪，就是对社会没用。俗语说：“不怕一万，只怕万一。”万一他不死，就是有自杀的念头。在新加坡，这可是犯法的！那他们又要返回监狱，面对四堵墙。生活对他们也就会更没有意义，而他们被放出去时又会再尽想办法自杀。这样，我看是没完没了的。

Finally, possible solutions.

提供一些建议犯法。
解决这个方法很简单！干脆不要把他们放进牢里啦！这样，就没有罪犯，就没有自杀。现在社会竞争很强，那我们不如也就把它使得更强？英文说，survival of the fittest. 谁谋杀罪多，谁就是 top frag. 这样不好吗？那杀了最多的人，就会得到花红。头到了最多的钱，也可以得到花红。除了谋杀案之外，这会使大家都会高高兴兴地活在一起。至少它不会有反面的经济现象！因此，这是最好的解决方法。

Shit, if I don't score 70/70 for this, I'm going to take Chinese as H4 subject next year.

Anyway, I had nothing much to do after Chinese Os (duh). No one wanted to shoot birds with me (because they were scared of catching avian flu - but wtf we're killing them). Or play soccer with me and James (they were afraid of getting their arses whooped). Or fly kite with me at Bishan Park - originally MK's idea but he went home to WoW, baskit.

So what I do? GO ORCHARD! (破天荒）

Before you say I've given up my non-buaya ways, let me clarify it was to fill up my stomach. I'm sick of eating J8 and S11 food that I need something new to suit my taste buds. Orchard certainly suited my taste buds, though not my wallet. Luckily tomorrow no school, and soon I think I'll have to fast - though there's only two days left =X Well anyway let's get back to the point.

I guess you could say I went to Orchard for official business, for I also had to get gifts for our dearest FTs - so my intentions for going town were purely for official business. However, upon going about my official business, I discovered that James had some unofficial business to settle. It was also purely coincidental that I noticed there was a cool music shop called HMV just in the building. Naturally, as I intend to be a musician, I had to check out the market.. and it turns out music is turning from bad to worse. I was pondering performing inside the shop but I decided not to in case the people thought I was 招摇过市 or 趾高气扬。In the end, after a detailed analysis of the CD shop and its prices (pretty standard), I rejoined James and all in search for nice gifts for our FTs.

I would say that in the end we settled for half (View from the Bridge again.. -____-) - because we only bought one gift for one FT out of two, which is half; and we bought the gift at half price. So far so good. Then we realised it was too late to shop for another gift - so we decided to go sit down at Macs for some relaxation. We got up, shopped a little more, then went to sit down at BK.

And a little thought occurred to me.
How the hell does one shop so long at Orchard?

Sure, I can run 20 rounds around a track but if you ask me to go 20 rounds around Centrepoint I'll just drop dead in the centre of Centrepoint wondering what's the point. Shopping is rather meaningless, but like I said earlier I was there for official business and what's done just had to be done. This is my 责无旁贷 responsibility. I guess it's 咎由自取.. as bloody monitor of the class. Or maybe I'm just extra, 自找麻烦。

In any case, because I went Orchard today, I think I have a life. Even though it was for official business, a visit to Orchard is still a visit to Orchard. Similarly, full marks in Chinese is also full marks in Chinese - tyco or not. Therefore, I think I spent my day very well. Very fun.

(Stay tuned for an exclusive interview on TCS tomorrow!)