Examinations, Stage II

If you're not the one then why does my soul feel glad today?
If you're not the one then why does my hand fit yours this way?
If you are not mine then why does your heart return my call?
If you are not mine would I have the strength to stand at all?

I never know what the future brings
But I know you are here with me now
We'll make it through
And I hope you are the one I share my life with

I don't wanna run away but I can't take it, I don't understand
If I'm not made for you then why does my heart tell me that I am?
Is there any way that I can stay in your arms?

If I don't need you then why am I crying on my bed?
If I don't need you then why does your name resound in my head?
If you're not for me then why does this distance maim my life?
If you're not for me then why do I dream of you as my wife?

I don't know why you're so far away
But I know that this much is true
We'll make it through
And I hope you are the one I share my life with
And I wish that you could be the one I die with
And I'm praying you're the one I build my home with
I hope I love you all my life

I don't wanna run away but I can't take it, I don't understand
If I'm not made for you then why does my heart tell me that I am
Is there any way that I can stay in your arms?

'Cause I miss you, body and soul so strong that it takes my breath away
And I breathe you into my heart and pray for the strength to stand today
'Cause I love you, whether it's wrong or right
And though I can't be with you tonight
You know my heart is by your side

I don’t wanna run away but I can’t take it, I don’t understand
If I’m not made for you then why does my heart tell me that I am
Is there any way that I can stay in your arms?
Daniel Bedingfield - If You're Not The One

It's been quite a long while since a song I happen to hear on the radio when going to school struck me as much as this one. At times, I have felt this way in a less romantic and less one-dimensional sense... actually I'm not really even sure what I'm talking about here, but definitely not in the same context as the singer's assumed position. It just struck me for seemingly no reason.

The usual recap:
Language Arts II - Well... I chose the highly unpopular question 2, and wrote on Ihimaera's A Game of Cards and Narayan's A Horse and Two Goats. I couldn't do question 3 very well, the way I saw things, and question 1 - well I knew I sucked at Gordimer's The Bridegroom so I stayed away from it. Granted, I could have chosen question 1, examining Ihimaera's A Game of Cards and Achebe's The Sacrificial Egg; and that might have been the better decision. I wrote 3 3/4 sides, by far the most I've written in any Lang Arts or even Literature exam for a single 25 mark question. I think I should be able to do well enough to secure my five points for Lang Arts, but definitely NOT a six, after I got killed on Pantaeva's Siberian Dream in Paper 1.

Advanced Mathematics - Jarrel, Shaun and I all already lost one mark apiece =(
Jarrel and Shaun made a *stupid mistake* of not giving the last answer in terms of PI
And I realised I made a horrible blunder when I, in a stupid brain fart, wrote:

d^2y/dx^2 = 3.60 (3sf) > 0. Hence the point is a maximum point.

And THAT was AFTER I already wrote 'maximum point' for the other one. 1 mark gone =(
At least I found a very careless mistake in an earlier part of the question, with like 1 minute and 30 seconds on the clock. This was on question 9.

2 sin x + 3 cos x = 0
hence 2 sin x = 3 cos x

Other than that, it was OK except for question 10, which I know Daniel lost 10-11 marks on. I wonder who set that question; my solution was unelegant and involved similar triangles =(.

With regard to the other papers, there hasn't been much feedback, though Bryan did tell me that according to Mr Jason Chan, we "sucked" at the Physics paper (presumably paper2, since paper1 is computer-marked). Well, it's not like we didn't do badly last year (my 73 was second in level last year, but this time 80 should be possible); and also our memories of concepts like Specific Heat Capacity and Refraction would probably be blurred, UNLESS you're a mugger.

They're mostly over. 2 last ones to go through, Chinese II and Comp Studies. I'll be going for rather high scores in both; Chinese is Normal Chinese, and Comp Studies is well... a type of Maths/Humanities subject, amazingly. You can't really study for Chinese (whether I or II), and Comp Studies shouldn't be too difficult since some of the topics don't need to be studied (Base Arithmetic, 2-Complement Testing, Logic Gates, basic Java Programming) - it's more like merely mugging the Systems Development Life Cycle.

Bye
JK