Name:Rivali Dass
Age:16 :)
Birthday: 5th Oct '92
Class:1D '05, 2e '06 <33,3e '07, 4e '08
School: MGS
I <3: Family, My dogs, 2e, 4e, MORONS, painting, designing, writing weird stories, being generally weird, unsettling people...
Okay, I feel the need to COMPLAIN about what we're learning in school right now. I've been mugging and mugging for the exams and you know, the subjects are really interesting and all that but- WHAT USE IS IT TO US IN REAL LIFE?? HUH?
Forget your future dreams of becoming a world-famous scientist or a lawyer,etc. Think about everyday life. You wake up, brush your teeth, have a bath, go to school, etc. English. Maths. Science. They're useful.. but..
English Pros: We need to be able to communicate with the world,etc.
Cons: The cavemen did fine without it. Why can't we learn Japanese instead? [i luv the language :) mum promised to sign me up for Jap classes after the Exams.. And guitar lessons too!! Whoopee! Seriously sick of piano...I've been playing it for - what? NINE years now? Okay- back on track-]
Maths Pros: We need to be able to count.
Cons: Imagine this- One day, you are late for work. You want to know which speed you have to drive at to get there on time. You slow down your car drastically and calculate - Distance/Time = x km/h. Or whatever. Solution: INSTEAD OF WASTING YOUR TIME DOING ALGEBRA OR WHATEVER, PRESS YOUR FOOT ON THE BLOODY ACCELERATOR AND SPEED. [Screw the speed limit.]
Now, most of you will say: I/my parents don't calculate that sort of rubbish. We just speed up too. Well, you don't need maths to do that, which basically proves my point - Math is redundant. Btw: I luv maths.
Science Physics, Chem and Bio are quite okay. They help. But Life Sciences..... AAAArgh... Who cares about adenine, cytosine, etc? And it doesn't help that Melissa Sim hates my guts...
Geog Am I a crop? No. Am I soil? No. Am I an earthworm? NO!! Geography is useful sometimes, but NOT when we have to memorise 10 different types of land. What? Arable, derelict, arid- shit i forgot the others. Geography is really helpful, of course, if you're a Martian taking over earth. [Meera Rajah, pay attention.]
History In my opinion, its the most interesting subject. I don't mind mugging pages of it. Until chapter 8 ends, and instead of strikes and riots and HITLER, we have to study the Rendel Constitution or whatnot. Wheres Yamashita? Dead. Hitler? Dead.(boohoo) Percival? Dead. Point is, learning about socialism and communism does help. Really.
But the rest of this country's history? We're learning about the merger now. Its REALLY hard to believe that everything was wrong with Malaysia and that Singapore was this little angel. I mean, sure, Malaysia could have been wrong. But Singapore must have had some faults.. And- wait- I may get into trouble for this. Better stop now. So much for freedom of speech.
And, *fondly*, Literature... I seriously think its the most useful subject. You get to learn how to analyse people,recognise various characters, read books, etc. [I luv reading books.] And ofcourse, maybe I like Lit cuz Mrs. Ng is the teacher. Admit it, dear pple of 2e, she IS nice. And interesting. And she doesn't pile bullshit on us thinking we're 'too young to understand.'
I mean, Romeo and Juliet must have wanted to have sex to some extent right? Pure love my foot. You can't fall in love so easily and kill yourself just because lover-boy/girl died. Get on with life, man! Didn't Romeo have some hopes/dreams in life? I guess he didn't. Which is why it was better for Juliet to die, than live with that backboneless monkey who couldn't even tell his parents about his love for her.
The book was beautiful, but Mrs. Ng made the story plausible. Now, I don't think "Romeo and Juliet- stupid people deserved to die.Can never happen in real life lor." [Ok, this totally contradicts what I just said in the last paragraph.]
And, speaking of history, a couple of days ago, Mr. Seow was telling us about Devan Nair, and how he left Singapore because of a scandal..
Mr. Seow: And, Singapore's former President, C V Devan Nair resigned from Presidency and left Singapore because of a scandal. One day, he was overseas, and he was staying at the palace in Sarawak.(I think) He apparently got drunk, and openly molested a maid, by grabbing her breats. 2e: WHAAAATT??? Really? Blur person: Huh? WHat do you mean? Mr. Seow: You know.. [uses his hands to circle his chest, then makes a grabbing motion.] 2e: AAAAAAH!!! STOP!! You didn't have to do that!! Esther: (dreamily) Boooooobsss... ----
Sarah: [to Mr. Seow] And Hui Ling is in love with Hui Mun, Hui Erh's brother.[Hui Erh is an upper sec prefect.] Mr. Seow: Who is Hui Erh? Hui Ling: That one... Mr. Seow: Huh? What one, lah? Hui Ling: Aiyah, the one that you raped lah. Mr. Seow: Huh? The one I made laugh? Rivali, Daphne, what did she say? Me: You don't wanna know, seriously.
And I know its a really long post, but I found out this really funny stuff when I was surfing the internet..
Cows SOCIALISM:You have 2 cows, and you give one to your neighbor. COMMUNISM:You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk. FASCISM:You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk. FASCISM: You have two cows. The government takes one away and presses it into military service.
ANARCHISM: You have two cows. The cows decide you have no right to do anything with their milk and leave to form their own society. ANARCHISM: You have two cows. Your neighbor hits you over the head with a brick, steals your cows, then shoots them for fun. You later discover that he is a Nazi.
BUREAUCRACY -- EUROPEAN UNION: You have two cows. The EU loses one cow, milks the other and then spills the milk. BUREAUCRACY -- UNITED STATES: You have two cows. The government takes both, loses one while moving it to a farm in Puerto Rico and forgets to milk the other. CANADIANISM: You have two cows. The bank takes both of them, shoots one, throws away the milk and you shoot yourself.
TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM:You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.You sell them and retire on the income. CAPITALISM -- AMERICAN: You have two cows. You sell one of them, and buy a bull. The cow and bull have a great love life; you sell the movie rights to Hollywood. Then you go into real estate. CONSERVATIVISM: You have two cows. You freeze the milk and embalm the cows.
COMMUNISM -- CAMBODIAN: You have two cows. The government sends a teenager in a red bandana to shoot them, then he shoots you. COMMUNISM -- CHINESE: You don't have any cows. The government sets up a joint venture with McDonald's.
COMMUNISM -- CUBAN: You have two cows. Fidel (Castro) tells you some undercover CIA agents have infected all of the cows in your region with a foreign disease that kills the cows. You and your family become malnourished. It begins to occur to you that Fidel doesn't know what he is talking about. COMMUNISM -- CUBAN: You no longer have any cows. They sailed to Miami. You still have no milk - but you do have Fidel. COMMUNISM -- "PURE": You have two cows. Your neighbors help you take care of them, and you all share the milk. COMMUNISM -- "PURE": You have two cows. Your neighbors help you take care of them, and you all share the milk. Well, maybe the local bully gets more, or a few neighbors band together to kill you so that there is more milk for everyone else.
COMMUNISM -- SOVIET: You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the government takes all the milk. Then the government sends you to prison. COMMUNISM -- SOVIET: You have two cows. You count them and realize you have four cows. You drink more Vodka. You count the cows again and realize you have eleventy six cows. You drink even more Vodka. After a while, you realize that eleventy isn't a real number. You count the cows again and have two cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of Vodka and try to drown the loss of eleventy four cows.
DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. A vote is held, and the cows win. FEUDALISM: You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk. IRAQISM: The British Government sends in a herd of 20 cows in a trial run to help a village outside Basra. The villagers are extremely grateful for the extra milk and the health of the children improves daily. A terrorist group then kidnaps the cows and accuses them of being traitors to "the cause." The terrorists then produce signed confessions from the cows and systematically assassinates each one in front of Al Jazeera television cameras.
LIBERTARIANISM: Go away. What I do with my cows is none of your business. PACIFISM: You have two cows. They stampede you. TALIBANISM: You have two cows. At first, the government makes them wear burkas, but later shoots them because "they are Hindu religious symbols."
QATARISM: You have two cows. They've been sitting there for decades and no one realizes that cows can produce milk. You see what Dubai is doing, you go crazy and start milking the heck out of the cows in the shortest time possible. Then you realize no one wanted the milk in the first place. YEMENISM: You once had a cow. But then it got kidnapped. SOCRATIC METHODISM: How many cows do I have? Why? SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government paints them green and requires you to take harmonica lessons.
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.Later, you hire a consultant to analyze why the cow has dropped dead. A FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike, organise a riot, and blockthe roads, because you want three cows. A JAPANESE CORPORATION:You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth thesize of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.You then create a clever cow cartoon image called Cowkimon and market it worldwide.
A GERMAN CORPORATION:You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves. AN ITALIAN CORPORATION:You have two cows, but you don’t know where they are.You decide to have lunch. A SWISS CORPORATION:You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you. You charge theowners for storing them. A CHINESE CORPORATION:You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them.You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity, and arrestthe newsman who reported the real situation. AN INDIAN CORPORATION:You have two cows. You worship them. A BRITISH CORPORATION:You have two cows. Both are mad. IRAQI CORPORATION:Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that youhave none.No-one believes you, so they bomb the shit out of you and invade your country.You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy…. NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION:You have two cows. The one on the left looks *very* attractive.
SINGAPOREAN CIVIL SERVICE: You have two cows. You scold each one everyday before and after milking.You teach one of them to scold the other.You instruct them to moo only on command. AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION:You have two cows.Business seems pretty good.You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.
Oookies.. Long Long Looong post... Bye! Rivali
YShe laughed. And laughed. And laughed yet again.;;
