train of thoughts
Ahhh... Finally, a new semester has started. A brand new "year" in NTU and the real challenges are just about to unfold. Its year two for me and many people said that, from their experiences, year 2 would be the most taxing and tedious year for engineers. How true is this, it can only be validated by us ourselves.
I still remembered everyone telling me how difficult studies would be in university and there would be not enough time. "Computering engineering ah? Die liao lar you. Good luck hor." This never fails to be the unanimous reply given by everyone that i had told about my choice of course. Maybe i inherited this trait from my mum, i was never too ready to believe in what the majority said. I was in fact very trusting in friends that i felt close to, but if i was very confident about the credibility of a certain issue, i would still do my best to prove them wrong. In the end, i was able to defy all odds and got a result of my own expectation and also had a lot of fun during my first year in university.
I must say that i did not get my grades the HARD way, as i was never a supporter of pure MUGGING. Yup, it might sound ridiculous and unbelievable from someone who got his grades, as most of the people who claimed to be like me always hid the truth that they MUG till the cows come home. Even for me, i was very skeptical when people boast about how they get their grades WITHOUT putting in much effort. It must be either i am crazy or i need a new pair of spectacles. Somehow, i could always see those people studying away as if trying to achieve enlightenment and had no time for anything else. Luckily for most of us (you know who you are~! my ex-soccer kakhis, lan-gamers, etc etc etc~~), university is a brand new start and a very different one. For all my good friends out there, fret not, there is always hope somewhere out there.
Many of my friends kept asking me, "WAH, how you get the grades one? Teach leh." Honestly, i have told quite a few of them what and how i did it. Maybe it isn't convincing enough, but it was really the truth that i was telling. At that point of time, if you had look into my eyes, you could see the sincerity and you must know that i was speaking the undeniable truth. I do tell lies at times, but those are mostly for entertainment values. One thing i hate about telling lies is that, i have to use a few more lies to cover up for the first one and soon i will be caught in a vicious cycle. Until i could master how to keep my life full of lies without being discovered, i would not attempt to tell too many lies in the meantime. Ok, so howwwww the hell did Zhongming got his grades in university?
Lets recall the history of Zhongming. If you had known Zhongming long enough, Zhongming got top in class for 5 STRAIGHT YEARS in primary school. From P1-P5, there was nothing but top in his life. That was thanks to the intense caning from his mum. Finally when he reached P6, he decided that its time he should be responsible for his own studies instead of being "pampered" by the cane... i mean his mum. *Crapz, he just wanted to be exempted from the caning so he gave such a lame excuse to his mum*. His mum decided that he was big enough to make his own decision and accepted his proposal. Guess what, Zhongming got a 2nd in P6. His FIRST 2nd in his whole life. Wow, he still got a FIRST anyway, despite being 2nd in class. Somehow, his mother was not really bothered by the 2nd and so Zhongming got his "freedom" after that.
He then went on to ZhongHua Secondary School. He was a very well-known character in ZhongHua. If you had been with him in the same school for 2 years and did not know him, something must be wrong with you. Why was he WELL-KNOWN? He participated in quite a few maths competition and had good results for each of them. He was often seen on stage to collect prizes. If you think that could make him well-known, you're wrong. Actually, the larger factor was because, he spent not less than half of his secondary school life enjoying detention in school. Oh great. He was always late for school and had to serve detention after school. He had to bring his own table and chair, lift them ALL THE WAY from the classroom to the corridor along the general office. Everyone would see him on the way back home. It was the best way to get famous at that time. He would play soccer almost everyday, even after his detention. He knew all the hiding places for soccer balls in school and he never really had to buy a soccer ball in the first place. His studies was not considered very good, and he even got a 19 (L1R5) for his prelim. He ended up in YJC for the first 3 months, but lucky enough, he achieved a 10 points (RAW. NO cut-off OK! Cos the stupid badminton teacher decided not to give him any CCA points because he forgot to let him sign the paper) to land himself a place in NYJC.
NYJC, a very nice place with many nicely colored containers. Yup, metal containers acting as classrooms. It was given the best design award at that time Zhongming was enrolled. Zhongming was in the same class as his 2 close friends in NYJC. They were so good friends to the point that they were always getting the bottom 3 results for most of the test (other than GP). Try recalling your JC times, how your teachers loved to announce the results of the test. They would rearrange the test scripts with the highest score on top and the LOWEST at the bottom. Zhongming and his 2 close friends alway had to wait damn long before they could even smell their scripts. But that did not stop them from having fun. They would still play soccer, go for lan-gaming sessions almost everyday.
Zhongming is now finally in university. After some tough trainings in army, Zhongming has grown up quite a lot and is becoming more sensible. Responsibility is a must in his life now. Zhongming knew that he had to get good grades in order to achieve his dream. He had an extra-ordinary dream unlike others. He wanted to be famous in whatever he was doing. He wanted to earn the most money on Earth. Most importantly, he just wanted a good life for his family. He came from a poor family and a broken one. He fought on strongly and never had doubts in himself. He believes that he was on the way to achieving his dream... If you are interested to know the secret, you can do so by buying "101 ways to A+" at a special price of $19.95!
Ok, cut the crap. Everything said was true and i am now truly sharing what i think would work in order to achieve a good grade. Friends who had kept in contact with me during my university life should know that i spent very little time studying, especially during the exam periods. If you do not believe, you can ask around. I spent most of my time watching animes, variety shows, comedies, playing games. What i want to prove is that, you do not have to spend a certain amount of time to get a certain grade. People who tell you that you have to work damn hard to get good grades in uni is definitely doing it the wrong way. I might be wrong for all i know, as i have only pulled it off for 2 semesters, but i am willing to share it here as a reference to whoever might be interested.
In my opinion, consistent revision is much more efficient in this case. Diminishing return, these are the 2 keywords i would like you all to go find out if you had not known the meaning in the first place before you read on. If you have realised, the first few hours you spent doing anything is always more efficient than every additional hours. For studying, the same theory applies, and in fact, much more strongly. I am not saying that you have to allocate time everyday for revision, and my definition of revision might be different from what you are thinking. To me, revision means to recall things in the lectures on that day and try to understand it. In university, do more understandings and it will really help you a whole damn lot. It would be much easier for your exams. Imagine having 24 hours interval for each paper and if you did not try to understand what was taught to you and instead chose to memerise everything in the span of 24 hours, i would say, good luck. If you could pull it off, fine. But i would rather spend that 24 hours playing games and having a good night sleep. My friend and I could even go for a supper on the night before a paper and we could do as well. To us, studies and entertainment must be balanced. Or rather, in our cases, entertainment MUST be satisfied for studies to be good. Yuenloong, right or not? lOl!! We had little stress during the exam periods and i thought that also played a major role in getting your grades. Having too much stress is a NO-NO and do not think that you are inferior to others. Having the right mindset is important. Be willing to listen to your friends during discussions, be more receptive and less dogmatic. Always listen to others with a thinking that they are there to help you and you would be able to learn much in the process.
Thats about it and there is no HARDCORE MUGGING involved in my strategy or whatever you called it. Please take this only as a reference as this might not necessary applies to everybody and the owner of this strategy is still in the midst of experimenting.
Its really late now and i have to hit the bed before the sun rises. Goodnight~
*Damn it... i was supposed to be writing a post full of thoughts, but after my friend came into my room talk cock a while, and having a wonderful chat with another friend, i lost my thoughts and was compelled to come up with this. So... just bear with it ok? Heh. Will do better next time, HAHA*
I still remembered everyone telling me how difficult studies would be in university and there would be not enough time. "Computering engineering ah? Die liao lar you. Good luck hor." This never fails to be the unanimous reply given by everyone that i had told about my choice of course. Maybe i inherited this trait from my mum, i was never too ready to believe in what the majority said. I was in fact very trusting in friends that i felt close to, but if i was very confident about the credibility of a certain issue, i would still do my best to prove them wrong. In the end, i was able to defy all odds and got a result of my own expectation and also had a lot of fun during my first year in university.
I must say that i did not get my grades the HARD way, as i was never a supporter of pure MUGGING. Yup, it might sound ridiculous and unbelievable from someone who got his grades, as most of the people who claimed to be like me always hid the truth that they MUG till the cows come home. Even for me, i was very skeptical when people boast about how they get their grades WITHOUT putting in much effort. It must be either i am crazy or i need a new pair of spectacles. Somehow, i could always see those people studying away as if trying to achieve enlightenment and had no time for anything else. Luckily for most of us (you know who you are~! my ex-soccer kakhis, lan-gamers, etc etc etc~~), university is a brand new start and a very different one. For all my good friends out there, fret not, there is always hope somewhere out there.
Many of my friends kept asking me, "WAH, how you get the grades one? Teach leh." Honestly, i have told quite a few of them what and how i did it. Maybe it isn't convincing enough, but it was really the truth that i was telling. At that point of time, if you had look into my eyes, you could see the sincerity and you must know that i was speaking the undeniable truth. I do tell lies at times, but those are mostly for entertainment values. One thing i hate about telling lies is that, i have to use a few more lies to cover up for the first one and soon i will be caught in a vicious cycle. Until i could master how to keep my life full of lies without being discovered, i would not attempt to tell too many lies in the meantime. Ok, so howwwww the hell did Zhongming got his grades in university?
Lets recall the history of Zhongming. If you had known Zhongming long enough, Zhongming got top in class for 5 STRAIGHT YEARS in primary school. From P1-P5, there was nothing but top in his life. That was thanks to the intense caning from his mum. Finally when he reached P6, he decided that its time he should be responsible for his own studies instead of being "pampered" by the cane... i mean his mum. *Crapz, he just wanted to be exempted from the caning so he gave such a lame excuse to his mum*. His mum decided that he was big enough to make his own decision and accepted his proposal. Guess what, Zhongming got a 2nd in P6. His FIRST 2nd in his whole life. Wow, he still got a FIRST anyway, despite being 2nd in class. Somehow, his mother was not really bothered by the 2nd and so Zhongming got his "freedom" after that.
He then went on to ZhongHua Secondary School. He was a very well-known character in ZhongHua. If you had been with him in the same school for 2 years and did not know him, something must be wrong with you. Why was he WELL-KNOWN? He participated in quite a few maths competition and had good results for each of them. He was often seen on stage to collect prizes. If you think that could make him well-known, you're wrong. Actually, the larger factor was because, he spent not less than half of his secondary school life enjoying detention in school. Oh great. He was always late for school and had to serve detention after school. He had to bring his own table and chair, lift them ALL THE WAY from the classroom to the corridor along the general office. Everyone would see him on the way back home. It was the best way to get famous at that time. He would play soccer almost everyday, even after his detention. He knew all the hiding places for soccer balls in school and he never really had to buy a soccer ball in the first place. His studies was not considered very good, and he even got a 19 (L1R5) for his prelim. He ended up in YJC for the first 3 months, but lucky enough, he achieved a 10 points (RAW. NO cut-off OK! Cos the stupid badminton teacher decided not to give him any CCA points because he forgot to let him sign the paper) to land himself a place in NYJC.
NYJC, a very nice place with many nicely colored containers. Yup, metal containers acting as classrooms. It was given the best design award at that time Zhongming was enrolled. Zhongming was in the same class as his 2 close friends in NYJC. They were so good friends to the point that they were always getting the bottom 3 results for most of the test (other than GP). Try recalling your JC times, how your teachers loved to announce the results of the test. They would rearrange the test scripts with the highest score on top and the LOWEST at the bottom. Zhongming and his 2 close friends alway had to wait damn long before they could even smell their scripts. But that did not stop them from having fun. They would still play soccer, go for lan-gaming sessions almost everyday.
Zhongming is now finally in university. After some tough trainings in army, Zhongming has grown up quite a lot and is becoming more sensible. Responsibility is a must in his life now. Zhongming knew that he had to get good grades in order to achieve his dream. He had an extra-ordinary dream unlike others. He wanted to be famous in whatever he was doing. He wanted to earn the most money on Earth. Most importantly, he just wanted a good life for his family. He came from a poor family and a broken one. He fought on strongly and never had doubts in himself. He believes that he was on the way to achieving his dream... If you are interested to know the secret, you can do so by buying "101 ways to A+" at a special price of $19.95!
Ok, cut the crap. Everything said was true and i am now truly sharing what i think would work in order to achieve a good grade. Friends who had kept in contact with me during my university life should know that i spent very little time studying, especially during the exam periods. If you do not believe, you can ask around. I spent most of my time watching animes, variety shows, comedies, playing games. What i want to prove is that, you do not have to spend a certain amount of time to get a certain grade. People who tell you that you have to work damn hard to get good grades in uni is definitely doing it the wrong way. I might be wrong for all i know, as i have only pulled it off for 2 semesters, but i am willing to share it here as a reference to whoever might be interested.
In my opinion, consistent revision is much more efficient in this case. Diminishing return, these are the 2 keywords i would like you all to go find out if you had not known the meaning in the first place before you read on. If you have realised, the first few hours you spent doing anything is always more efficient than every additional hours. For studying, the same theory applies, and in fact, much more strongly. I am not saying that you have to allocate time everyday for revision, and my definition of revision might be different from what you are thinking. To me, revision means to recall things in the lectures on that day and try to understand it. In university, do more understandings and it will really help you a whole damn lot. It would be much easier for your exams. Imagine having 24 hours interval for each paper and if you did not try to understand what was taught to you and instead chose to memerise everything in the span of 24 hours, i would say, good luck. If you could pull it off, fine. But i would rather spend that 24 hours playing games and having a good night sleep. My friend and I could even go for a supper on the night before a paper and we could do as well. To us, studies and entertainment must be balanced. Or rather, in our cases, entertainment MUST be satisfied for studies to be good. Yuenloong, right or not? lOl!! We had little stress during the exam periods and i thought that also played a major role in getting your grades. Having too much stress is a NO-NO and do not think that you are inferior to others. Having the right mindset is important. Be willing to listen to your friends during discussions, be more receptive and less dogmatic. Always listen to others with a thinking that they are there to help you and you would be able to learn much in the process.
Thats about it and there is no HARDCORE MUGGING involved in my strategy or whatever you called it. Please take this only as a reference as this might not necessary applies to everybody and the owner of this strategy is still in the midst of experimenting.
Its really late now and i have to hit the bed before the sun rises. Goodnight~
*Damn it... i was supposed to be writing a post full of thoughts, but after my friend came into my room talk cock a while, and having a wonderful chat with another friend, i lost my thoughts and was compelled to come up with this. So... just bear with it ok? Heh. Will do better next time, HAHA*
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