Thursday, July 27, 2006: Hier et Aujourd'hui
Please pardon me. The title's in French, and means "Yesterday and Today".
Whenever I have a phrase in Chinese or French, I'll provide a translation, unless that phrase has the translation beside it already.
I shall discuss today first. Today was one of the WORST Thursdays I've ever had!!
1. Regarding teachers and tests.
Here's a little poem to parallel the situation...
~Cat Conundrum (but not so, really)~
Three cats were neighbours:
Chibichibi-neko, Xiaomao and Mr. Chat.*
The name of that last, though unbelievable,
is pronounced Mister SHAH.
Each was fed just once a day
with a silver pomfret fine
but Chibi called on Xiaomao one day
and asked in her manner refined:
"My dear Xiaomao, I'll need another fish
to tide me o'er tomorrow;
my owner's out, and the day'll be longish,
so, please, can I borrow?"
"Not a problem in the least," said our dear Xiaomao.
"Wait here whilst I get it now."
"Arigato!" smiled Chibi in glee
and waited ever so happily
which wasn't long, to say the least.
"Arigato! *purr, purr* " and with that and the fish, she did flee.
But soon Xiaomao's stomach began to growl
and on her neighbour Mr Chat she soon called.
"I'll return it to you tomorrow, that I promise," said she.
"What about your meal tomorrow?" demanded he.
"Well, how'll you cope?"
"Oh, I hope
that there'll be something edible in the bins..."
"Yes, right within."
"So we're agreed?"
They were indeed.
***
The next night, Xiaomao starved -
nothing was there to dredge.
It had all been taken by some other creature
living on the edge.
And Chibi?
In her home, she reposed smugly
polishing up the fish bones cleanly,
purring to herself, "What a genius is me!!"
* (Japanese for little little cat, Chinese pinyin for little cat and French for Mr. Cat respectively)
I like all the three 'cats' in my poem, but the system of exchange was completely wrong - in fact, it completely robs the teacher represented by "Xiaomao" of one period. Yes, the so-called "fish" are lesson periods. And "Xiaomao" happens to be a teacher whom I really like - she's my favourite teacher this year. All my other favourites rank at a close second.
One more thing... dear Chibichibi-neko, RETURN XIAOMAO HER FISH!!!
Tests... There was a slew of four today. I know, I know! School regulations dictate that there can't be more than three in a week, but I've had four school tests this week (one was postponed due to Choral Excellence. Miss you, Choir 1!!). First, in the third period: Maths. Mensuration, quadratic graphs and Pythagoras' Theorem. Yeah... I finished, unlike some people who asked me about it later. Don't get me wrong, I'm not calling them stupid.
Next... English comprehension!! Gaah!! What's with Tibet?? Why's the theme for this one Treks in Tibet?? I was very disturbed by the passages! Oh my goodness... the part about that devotional phrase turing into "oh, mommy, take me home" was so funny that I would've been rolling on the floor laughing had there been enough room. By the way, I can't remember where this came from, the compre passage. It did cite its sources, but I can't remember this one. Sorry!! :(
Then... Chinese MCQ fill-in-the-blanks cum summary!! The fill-in-the-blanks part wasn't really that difficult, but the summary is my main concern!! I hope I got all the points... and since I'm going to go crazy if I harp on this, I'm going to move on.
Final test... French!! OK as usual. Predicted score: 13+ over 15. [Go class champ!! Haha, that was me, the last semester.]
2. The rest of the day.
Not much to say here...
And now, the neglected Yesterday... but there's not all that much but one incident to write about. It happened during choir practice.
I was pretending to have a tuning fork (doing a V sign turned my index and middle fingers into its prongs) with me - somehow I felt that we were out of pitch. Rachel and Suba tried to imitate. And guess what? Rachel's fingers really work like a tuning fork! The pitch was also really similar to 440-Hertz A (a.k.a. the A note above Middle C)!! I was stunned, shocked and who knows what else - petrified? Hahaha... But seriously, who types April Fool jokes at this time of year? It's July already, hello, Leo's in the sky astrologically, and Cancer, astronomically.
My fingers didn't work, and neither did Suba's.
Ok, that's all I have to blog about. See you all around soon.
~Seraphine Chorister~ sang in The Butterfly Garden
[5:35 PM]
