Wednesday, November 17, 2004
8:15 PM
chem 2 was.. refreshingly easy? i mean. ure talking to someone who got 18/60 for chem paper 2 for prelims. that's how pathetic i was. but this paper proved to be pleasantly do-able. the only problem now, as nav pointed out, is the problem of moderation. that the A grade may be pushed up to the low or even high 80s. bah. if i screw up, then so be it. i was at my productive peak for this paper. anything further and improvements will only be nominal.
econs 3 on the other hand was a harrowing experience indeed. so i went into the examination hall, banking on wage determination and differentials like never before. alas, there were NO essay questions on wages. nugget. you can't even begin to imagine what my morale was like. i stoned for 5minutes after discovering wages were nowhere to be seen. when i finally recovered, i started looking at the questions. first one was on externalities. didn't prepare, it was out of the question. second one was on demand/supply analysis i think? and on elasticities. these cambridge examiners are weirdos man. its almost a conspiracy on their part, testing elasticities year after year. but the thing is, my mind was so filled with wages that i simply couldn't extract out any other micro knowledge i had. then i looked at the third question, which was on production and costs (which i studied) and market structures (which i did NOT study). at that point of time, my fate was sealed la. i had to do questions 4, 5 and 6 by hook or by crook lol. 4 was relatively easy, since it was on income&employment, and 5 was on inflation, which was the macro topic i was banking on. so, it wasn't too bad la, questions 4 and 5. BUT the thing is, i spent 2 FREAKING hours on 4 and 5. leaving 15minutes to attempt question 6, which happened to be a full 25mark essay. on what? the extent to which Singapore's macroeconomic problems are caused by a weakening of the exchange rate? but i thought the MAS ensured that the SGX is maintained at consistently high levels -_-'. so i kinda panicked, and then blabbered about cyclical unemployment and global recession and SARS and September 11 and some totally irrelevant shit for that 15mins la. i'm so gonna fail that essay miserably. my econs is NOT screwed.
that said, i'm going to slack for the rest of the day. feeling too miserable to do anything. anyways, next paper's on friday (chem MCQ -_-'). wish me luck, i'm off. nite.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
8:15 PM
chem 2 was.. refreshingly easy? i mean. ure talking to someone who got 18/60 for chem paper 2 for prelims. that's how pathetic i was. but this paper proved to be pleasantly do-able. the only problem now, as nav pointed out, is the problem of moderation. that the A grade may be pushed up to the low or even high 80s. bah. if i screw up, then so be it. i was at my productive peak for this paper. anything further and improvements will only be nominal.
econs 3 on the other hand was a harrowing experience indeed. so i went into the examination hall, banking on wage determination and differentials like never before. alas, there were NO essay questions on wages. nugget. you can't even begin to imagine what my morale was like. i stoned for 5minutes after discovering wages were nowhere to be seen. when i finally recovered, i started looking at the questions. first one was on externalities. didn't prepare, it was out of the question. second one was on demand/supply analysis i think? and on elasticities. these cambridge examiners are weirdos man. its almost a conspiracy on their part, testing elasticities year after year. but the thing is, my mind was so filled with wages that i simply couldn't extract out any other micro knowledge i had. then i looked at the third question, which was on production and costs (which i studied) and market structures (which i did NOT study). at that point of time, my fate was sealed la. i had to do questions 4, 5 and 6 by hook or by crook lol. 4 was relatively easy, since it was on income&employment, and 5 was on inflation, which was the macro topic i was banking on. so, it wasn't too bad la, questions 4 and 5. BUT the thing is, i spent 2 FREAKING hours on 4 and 5. leaving 15minutes to attempt question 6, which happened to be a full 25mark essay. on what? the extent to which Singapore's macroeconomic problems are caused by a weakening of the exchange rate? but i thought the MAS ensured that the SGX is maintained at consistently high levels -_-'. so i kinda panicked, and then blabbered about cyclical unemployment and global recession and SARS and September 11 and some totally irrelevant shit for that 15mins la. i'm so gonna fail that essay miserably. my econs is NOT screwed.
that said, i'm going to slack for the rest of the day. feeling too miserable to do anything. anyways, next paper's on friday (chem MCQ -_-'). wish me luck, i'm off. nite.
