Here I am, with a laptop, big desk, surrounded by textbooks and readings, stressed out because I have exams in less than 2 weeks ( Read more... )

every exam season, i start reconsidering my legal career and contemplate instead the wonders of the path that sir charted out for us girls ( Read more... )

nowadays, the only thing that cheers me up is the west wing. and because i don't even have time to watch episodes, i have resorted to playing music from the west wing when i'm feeling chained down, in violation of my usual "no music" studying rule. rrar!

i'm utterly stunned ( Read more... )

there is PILE DRIVING or some such Ridiculously Noisy Construction Work taking place at what i suspect is the house diagonally opposite me from my window. my window in my room. my room which is my haven, my sanctuary!

oof. i've spent the past 48 hours doing my singapore legal system take home exam. three 2000 word essays in 48 hours. my back is aching. my knees hurt because they've spent too long being bent. but at the same time, there's just this huge, huge, huge sense of utter, sweet relief. aaaah ( Read more... )

the contract law exam is closed book. so at first we were quite freaked out, because there are so many cases and how are we supposed to memorise them all? but then the convenor of the contract module tells us that they will release a list of cases, and we'll only need to know those cases. so everyone breathes easy, and lives to mug another day ( Read more... )

life has been busy, but oddly enough, not much to blog about. it's been a pulsating mass of schooldebateschooldebateschooldebateWEEKEND and then the cycle repeats. joel points out that it's quite a routine life. he's attempting to help me diversify by trying to get me to join him rock climbing/some other value-adding activity, but the 'rents have ( Read more... )

1. unlike many other people, i did not tear up/burn/destroy my a levels notes/tutorials/essays. they've been taking up space in my room, and as soon as i get my hands on raffia, i shall bind them up and take them either down to the store room or up to the study, in case my sister needs them in future. as it is, my old sec 3 stuff saved her around $ ( Read more... )

I am making this statement as an act of willful protest against all local examination syndicates, and those who would have us believe they plan our education, because I believe the 'A'Levels were being deliberately warped by those who have the power to do so ( Read more... )