写在一周年之际

为什么相信我？
因为觉得你还是蛮可靠的？
可靠？
从你的表现看来啊，比如说在PA的时候就是蛮负责任的
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一个月纪念日
二个月纪念日
三个月纪念日

戛然而止。

“男人是用来靠的，所以你要可靠”
可惜，我不可靠。

Be a man, do the right thing

貌似这个任务完成不了了
没关系，还有时间
时间到了，任务就算完成了
就是没有完成也是

Be a man, do the right thing

打羽毛球

锻炼身体是件好事，能坚持下来就更好了，虽然一周一次也不能完全算是坚持...

本来是xx和wxy两个人经常在周五晚上去打羽毛球的。选择周五并不是因为一周辛苦劳累伤神郁闷的学习结束了--其实这种说法也不对，周末也有多得令人发指的tutorial等着--而是因为他们没有羽毛球馆，也就是kah kee hall的钥匙。刚好他们的舍监一家人喜欢在周五晚上打羽毛球。于是就揩油进去了。

大概六月假期开始，我和wyf同学也加入了这个队伍中，外加上wst同学，人数还是可以使用手指辨明的。去年在我们班没人参加的情况下，不得已去支持了一下xx和wxy同学组织的羽毛球比赛，结果如我所料的娱乐了大众一把。今年一开始也是这样，由于水平实在太差，根本不能和那两个强者打，于是只能找可爱的laggy同学，感谢他，感谢他在我心情无比压抑，对我的未来没有任何信心的时候以自己的失败给予我那一丝的希望，让我坚持了下来。不过诚实一点说，到现在我收获的也就那么点信心了，技术上还是没有进步。尤其是高球，看着那个羽毛球落下来，而且经常是以不规则的轨迹落下来，摆好pose，深呼吸，握紧拍子（因为手出汗，担心把拍送人了），然后默数一，二，三... Yes！又一次抡空了！

不过令人高兴的是，貌似现在队伍越来越壮大了，前几周WQ和DYF同学都来了。昨天更是史无前例的加入了两队couple和四个J1的，而且同样是新加入的WL同学以毁灭一个拍子纪念了他的debut。可是kah kee hall太小了，导致一开始一共有10个人轮流打一个场地，那个郁闷啊~~ 怪不得打到十点还不是很累...

如果有谁也想来参加的话，就在每周五晚上7点50分左右到kah kee hall吧，不过要自己带拍子，因为身为racket supplier的xx和wxy同学貌似只能提供5个additional的样子~~

Appeal

又到了post-exam period，又到了我最忙的时候了。

其实我一直很忙的，主要是忙着颓。半年来颓了不少东西了，游戏啊，电视剧啊，小说啊。当然有时候会有点考试的小插曲，于是我就忙着复习一下。我觉得“一下”这个词用得很好，因为我的确只是复习一下而已，如果你要用一晚来形容也可以。复习一下以后，第二天会郁闷一下，然后继续忙我的颓废事业。

不过就像生活在旧社会的穷苦人民一样，虽然生前很可怜，后事还是要尽量办得风风光光的。换成生活在新社会的我，就是要在试卷发下来以后尽量多去要一点分数，用一个比较professional的此来说，就是appeal。我appeal的经验是非常丰富的，自从中三第一学段就开始了，那时候SS的成绩是24/50+25/50，刚刚差一分及格，于是就去老师那里要分，成功。后来貌似有点上瘾了，第二学段和第三学段接连去要了三分和两分，以至于把自己的成绩揠苗助长到了A。不过到了中四，换了个老师，貌似不太好说话的样子，憋了一年都没敢要分，本来决心在prelim怎么着也要把分数要到A1的，结果发下来发现自己已经拿A了，一年的等待最终不了了之。

到了JC，貌似凡是大考都有我要分的身影。J1的block test，化学从74变成了75（当时A还是75分）。promo忘记了，不过根据induction，应该少不了我。J2 block test 1，物理要了两分，从B要到了A。刚刚结束的block test 2，到达了我要分的极点！化学还是从69要到了70，物理要了整整11分，还好总分是222分，要不然简直就是两个grade了~ maths section A要了一分，section B也要了一分，GP因为成绩达到我的expectation，所以没去要，要不然说不定来个要分大满贯。

当然，这种只看重成绩不注重实际所学内容的做法是不可取的，不过ironically我似乎从中感受到一点乐趣，也算是我这几年学习生涯的一段回忆吧。不过最好回忆到此为止吧，prelim就不要去要分了...

To be or not to be

Whenever one asked me what major I would take in the university, I would probably reply 'accountancy'. Why did I insist I would take that as my major? Because I forgot when I did ever thought about other major after I eliminate 'engineering' from my option lists. First of all, I may list all the reasons for my preference to accountancy.

1. My mum and two aunties are working in this area. my grandma used to play an role inbetween a cashier and an accountant in her company. I feel that being an accountant is sort of family career except I am a boy while the rest are all females.
2. I found it interesting to intepret from data. The analysis of data in SBQ was one of my favourite question type. In my opinion, an accountant is to analyse the financial figures and give his intepretation to the boss. It suits me.
3. Accountant is an occupation that is never outdated. Since it would not be difficult for me to be enrolled in NTU business school, I think the chances of my getting a job with good pay in 5 years should not be low.
4. This was the major reason why I persuade myself to take accountancy recently, until the talk that I shall mention later. At present, I find none of maths, physics, chemistry lessons enjoyable. I wonder if I still suit the science stream even though my art subjects used to lag behind. I did find it intriguing when I am reading the articles regarding economics, politics and so on. Was it because I think I should take science for granted, or was it because my poor english refrain me from choosing any art subjects from the very beginning of JC life? I somehow thought maybe I should try arts instead.

When I was so determined that accountancy in NTU would be my safest and most likely choice, I had a talk with the professor that mentoring us in a maths project.

It was last Sunday afternoon. After we four finished out discussion with the professor on the final report, he started asking our plans. When I told him I would probably choose accountancy as my career, he muted for several seconds. Then he said accountancy is boring, really boring. I was puzzled and asked him for the reason. He told me being an accountant is to intepret data given and write financial report. I did not make any comment but asked him how he felt about my second option, which is actuarial science. He seemed to be excited with this subject. He told me it was an interesting job and even extended this conversation into other areas like financial mathematics.

Honestly, I found it bizarre when he said accountancy is boring while actuarial science is interesting. To me, the two do not make much difference. They both require me to analyse data, maybe except that I have to write financial report as an accountant. However, I then found me resemble the professor to a certain extent. I think science is boring, and arts may be interesting. But have I ever attempted arts before? What if arts turn out to be more boring than science, would the latter appear to be relatively interesting? Why did I so hastily make the conclusion that I should abandon science, which I have been very familiar with for decades.

Besides, I think that professor should be a whole scientific person. His S paper was even F maths when he was in HCJC. I myself am not far away from him. Shall I listen to his viewpoints? or shall I believe in my guess?

Anyway, the high employability and relatively high pay are still the two factors that make me more inclined to take accountancy in my tertiary education. However, I become obviously less certain than before. The question is now looming, the question that I should have considered, and would make decisions immediately three years ago if I had been in China----
文还是理，这是一个问题

a busy week... until a 12-hour sleep

This week is really busy and exhausting. Though i played dota and surfed net to neutralise all the pressures, i still feel the invisible burden seems like invincible.

Monday night, i finished the incomplete Kinetics Chap 10 tutorial with "reference" to the top maths student... in my room.
Tuesday evening, i went to NUH to earn my 25 dollars though i haven't really get them yet. When i finished my dinner at KAP, returned, had a shower and had a web call with my family as scheduled, it almost 10 o'clock. Then, i started writing my PA investiture speech, which cost me about 1 hour, during which wyf tempted me to eat insalubrious instant noodle. Finally, i began to write an essay, Mrs Khoo's assignment due the following day, at 1140, and complete it at 1210. Half an hour only, omg...
Wednsday night, i did Stats Chap 5/6 tutorial, followed by the preparation of the speech in the next day.
Thursday is planned to for relaxing. However, it did not turn out to be like that. I slept until 8 then did Maths S paper assignment subsequently.

If I was only doing the work I mentioned above, it should be considered as busy, or exhausting. The more formidable work is university research, for me, to be specific, liberal arts college research. From Tuesday to Wednesday, I spent one and a half hours on it on average. And the most dismal thing was that it appeared I made little advancement in my research. So sad…

Friday evening is scheduled as our class’ sports evening. It starts with only few people. Nevertheless, the number of people is accruing, which made the badminton rackets insufficient. Anyway, that evening was fruitful, even though I do not think I manage to lose much weight/P

On Saturday, we hwachong scholars had a presentation and interview skill workshop organized by a company named 'Perform@International'. The morning session was quite boring, as it mostly consists of theories, except for two entertaining video clips. In the afternoon, we were required to dress as if we were going for an interview. I felt really uncomfortable with that, especially the leather shoes, because they were laggy's, whose feet are definitely smaller than mine. Now I realised how painful when Chinese girls had to wrap their feet in the teenage. Nevertheless, the afternoon session appealed to me. We firstly had an etiquette and grooming training course, followed by a mock interview. I was lucky that I became the second interviewee as most people behind me had to be interviewed in group due to time constraint. I spent almost four fifth of time arguing with the interviewers whether using 'passion' to describe my intended job was correct. And after the interview, I was convinced that it was better if I could use 'interest' instead.
At night, I planned to watch a movie, whatever movie in my computer or portable hard disk. I know before that I had better have a nap first, otherwise I would feel lethargic while watching movies. I usually had my nap on laggy's bed. However, at 1920, he was sleeping also. As a result, I had no choice but sleep on my own bed. This taught me a lesson?do not nap on my own bed, until I really want to sleep for the whole night. The next moment I was awake, I grabbed my hand phone beside my pillow, it showed 0334. I knew I missed my movie, so I slept again until 0720, a exactly 12-hour sleep.

我猜中了这结局，却没猜中这过程

没有给过对手点球的马特拉齐，在马卢达面前现身了
没有被对手进过球的布冯，在开场不到10分钟就失球了

意大利很可怜。在防守--进攻，中场--中场，进攻--防守三方面对比中，他们唯一占优势的第一项就在第七分钟宣告失守。
法国队不可怜，但他们的维埃拉很可怜。被马特拉齐在头上将功补过，又拉上大腿被换下场。这个踢得哈维，小罗，卡卡，费戈，德科毫无脾气的男人，终于没能站好最后一班岗。

接下来进入了拉锯战，确切地说是意大利压出来进攻被法国打反击然后意大利防守成功继续压出来进攻然后又被法国打反击的拉锯战。不过很显然，齐达内是个强者，他的人品值在90分钟内简直就像用作弊器改过的一样。可能表面上两边的马卢达和里贝里也很有威胁，但110分钟以后他们的突然哑火充分证明了齐达内在场上的重要性。

里皮是个聪明人。在扳平以后，他曾经想趁势追击，不过法国队守得很好，反击又有威胁，于是他也不介意防守。当意大利人真正全心全意防守的时候，除了裁判的误判，失球的可能性为零。意大利人龟缩半场的必要性还体现在他们的体力不支上，虽然比法国人多休息一天，但是对德国的体力消耗实在太大，今天左右的格罗索和赞布罗塔无论从防守和进攻上来说都不及前几场令人满意。到后来，很明显的可以看出意大利人跑不动了。

换人方面，无论是里皮还是多梅内克都没有改变战术，可能是因为他们对场上的均势都比较满意吧，因为换人也只是用来补充体力而已。

最后关头，没人会想到齐达内会以这样的方式告别世界足坛，本来他完全可以以王者的姿态登基，以更完美的方式离开，但是他却选择了一种近乎毁灭性的方式离开，不能不让所有喜欢和爱戴他的球迷感到无比的痛心。只能说那一刻马特拉齐灵魂附体，诱出了齐达内内心的魔鬼，犯下了让他后悔终生的错误。

1998年齐达内生于头，2006年齐达内卒于头



最后，感谢布冯，感谢卡纳瓦罗，感谢赞布罗塔，感谢格罗索，感谢决赛的主角马特拉齐，还有感谢米兰的皮尔洛和加图索，意大利夺冠快乐！

还有三场比赛

刚看完意大利对德国的比赛，现在世界杯还有三场，我感兴趣的只有葡萄牙和法国，以及决赛两场。先来简单预测一下，全部结束了再来作总结。

意大利对德国这场比赛，和我预料的有所差距。我赛前就认为意大利会进攻，德国会防守。可以说两个球队在90分钟之内的确有这样的趋势，而且意大利的进攻也不错，只是我低估了德国中后卫的能力，梅策尔德和默特萨克简直是不可战胜的，而且由于德国队阵型后撤，那两个中后卫的表现甚至比卡纳瓦罗和马特拉齐还强。
中场皮尔洛对巴拉克完全占了上风，可能和后者左腿有伤也有关系吧。赛后的技术统计显示，同样是16次传球失误，但皮尔洛穿了105次，巴拉克只有67次，差距显而易见。另外一个要提的是加图索，这个当年只会破坏的中场防守球员，在AC米兰的标准技术流中场熏陶了四年之后，已非昔日吴下阿蒙。今天他表面上只是有很多抢断和一次精彩的挑球摆脱两人，但看了赛后的技术统计，发现他全场铲球6次，抢断3次，而不可思议的是传球高达100次，而传球失误是更加不可思议的3次。这个统计数据，我估计只有葡萄牙的德科可以达到吧。总而言之，意大利对阵德国，中场表面的优势不甚明显，但事实上两个AC米兰人让德国中路彻底瘫痪，德国人只能抱边。
克洛斯的防守能力我今天算是看到了，3次抢断，即使放在以防守著称的意大利也是很显眼的。可是意大利人防守实在太强了！我赛前就看好不失球的布冯（丢了一个乌龙）继续不失球，事实证明意大利人的确做到了。现在能破门的只有法国人了，不过他们能不能进决赛还是一个疑问。

接下来讲法国对葡萄牙。我觉得从绝对实力上讲前者占优，前者在胜西班牙和巴西之前严重被低估是因为他们世界杯前的状态不好，连90分钟和中国踢成一比一的事情都能发生，简直不可思议。但现在他们这两场的状态出来了，齐达内很明显，其实更重要的是法国的两个后腰维埃拉和马克莱莱。我没看对西班牙的那场，但是对巴西那场，这两个人的发挥才是抑制巴西的关键。
葡萄牙的人员配备远没有法国好，而且最关键的是他们的前锋不见了。但他们拥有我最喜欢的国家队主教练--斯科拉里（btw，我最喜欢的俱乐部教练是埃因霍温的希丁克）。对荷兰和英格兰那两场，他的换人功力充分得到体现。
所以说，法国对葡萄牙，要看法国能不能在前70分钟领先，过了70分钟就是强弩之末，而那个时候斯科拉里的换人将会很有针对性，法国老将的体力吃不消。

决赛
意大利对葡萄牙，没什么好说的，意大利进攻防守两方面都占优，而且葡萄牙现在最自豪的门将显然还没布冯强，意大利冠军，葡萄牙亚军。

意大利对法国。多梅内克应该让亨利回撤左中场带球突破，人家的阿森纳前年就是这样灭了国际米兰一个三比零的。然后让特雷泽盖顶到前面，毕竟在尤文踢了这么多年了，对意大利的后卫们都熟悉得不能再熟悉了。而且，在平时的训练中，特雷泽盖肯定攻破过不少次布冯的球门吧。另外，可以把最近几场状态很好的新人里贝里换下。他的状态出早了，到了决赛就出完了，决赛肯定没戏。如果法国不这么打，意大利人肯定不败。我之所以说不败是怕他们被拖到点球，然后我觉得他们很危险了。毕竟这届世界杯还是很重宿命的。


先分析到这里吧，祝大家看球快乐。