benz in chrome. simply breathtaking eh?

now that your eyes are enticed by e beauty, here's some random ramblings to change things around.

i just came back from school. sat for a 4hr math exam. its one of e toughest paper that ive sat for. could have saved the time last nite by not studying for it, since it didnt help much. and the 4 hrs were damn long. requires a good bladder control and efficient pacing. haiz.. shall just hope for e best. thankfully, most of e ppl found it hard too.

3rd wk of sch just ended. and its sooo tiring. lessons end at 530pm on most days. and after that, i have 'colles', which are oral tests conducted in groups of 3 with one professor, and a board. such a mode of assessment is said to be common thru'out europe. they shld adopt this method in singapore. so the teachers can watch the students falter and fumble awkwardly in front of the board.

basically, we 3 are each given different sheets of paper with different questions on it. and then we solve it real time on the board with the prof eyeing us like a hawk. and e moment a person writes a single mistake, he wld swoop down upon e poor soul and start grilling him with additional questions.

its capable of making u sweat like a pig despite e ambient temperature of 15 degrees. if ure using e blackboard, the chalk powder becomes sludgy in your hands as u shuffle ur feet and try your best to answer the questions posed; or if youre using a marker on a whiteboard, ure suddenly aware of it becoming very slippery in your hands. also, u silently thank god when the prof moves on to the other 2 ppl and leaves u in peace. and this lasts for an hour. ive twice of that weekly. so i have to be on my toes and revise my work every nite. boohoo.. i miss gg to paris to club and play on wkdays.

other than that, classmates are alright, though theres far too few girls. well i guess i cant complain much. shld be thankful that the atmosphere has warmed up considerably since the first week, where everyone was particularly autarkic and cold. and as with last yr, you know things are improving when the girls come up to u and do the cheek-kissing thing (la bise), and the guys wld come for handshakes.

i cant stand the handshakes at times. when u arrive in sch and chance upon a whole gang of them, u begin the ritual, and, starting from one end, you shake hands all the way till the other end. at times im too shy to do that so i wld go to some other place hah. same thing with girls, and for e latter its more tiring. u still have to pucker up ur lips and do the 'muakz' sound. but its nice all the same, esp in contrast to spore or any other asian society where theres minimal physical contact. then again, i wldnt fancy doing the cheek-kissing thing with sticky sweaty cheeks, esp in hot sunny spore.

and ive started talking to more of them, especially during lab periods. speaking of which, i must master lab talk. more technical jargon to learn. and i must improve on my comprehension. whispering comprehension that is. its really amazing, the french that e youths speak isnt tt heard on radio or tv, theirs is a completely new breed of french tt requires u to throw in as many words as possible in a minute. and when they speak in hushed tones to avoid e prof from hearing, i really find it inaudible and incomprehensible.

ok i have to go buy groceries now, cook and then clean up my place. i feel like part-time maid. till e next post.