Oh man oh man! You know what just happened in my house...

A crab bit the finger of my part time maid( Yen) ! I really dont know how it happened cause i was taking a nap and out of the blue i heard a shrill in the toilet. Yen's from indonesia and i reckon indonesians dont eat crabs often so she was rather clumsy in handling such unearthly creatures. She didnt know crabs have PINCERS! And as she was trying to pack the crabs into a plastic bag, her finger got caught in the pincer. In a frenzy, she yanked the crab up and swinged it about to get her finger out but i think it actually made the crab bite her even harder.

Finally when she got her finger out, half her nail came out and was bleeding quite badly. Arh, poor thing. I found it quite funny actually but i am controlling my laughter. Once bitten twice shy, i think she has learnt a lesson now and all of you arh, remember, crabs have pincers ok. Dont pray pray!

I just realised someone actually flagged my blog for dont know what reason. Flagging is a new function in blogger for readers to report explicit materials in blogs to blogger. I dont remember writing anything violent or racist or even erotic. Haha, i think the person is prolly trying out the new function on my blog.

Who got roller coaster tycoon! Lend me! I like to play that game cause i get to drown people, make people lost, make them vomit and dump them in some ulu corners of the theme park. haha! Really very very fun. but i lost my disc.

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Promos are over and we're getting back results. Actually we already got back our results so the following might not be very useful.

You know, everytime when we get back our results, the worst nightmare is to see that you miss a mark to another grade. It feels really horrid inside cause it seems sooo soo near yet soo soo far. But actually my grades are very clear cut so i dont experience such trauma. For the benefit of those who feels super duper ultra suay and always miss a mark or two, i came up with this manual to help you ask for marks. (and also for those super kiasu, got A still not happy want high high A one. You think primary sch is it?! )

Generally, there are 2 approaches to ask for marks.

Oh yah, of course before that, you need to search for a few questions which you think the teacher had missed out on some points.

Then this is where the acting all begins.

This is approach 1, that is to act pitiful and sympathetic. This is the most effective method because most teachers are very kind and their hearts melt when you give them a very pitiful look and plead them.I mean even insistent teachers will be kind enough to give you a helping hand. It would help greatly if you can tell them why you need the mark. Most common excuse: I really need to take S papers.

Pros: High success rate.
Cons: Requires high level of acting skills. If not properly done or not tou2 ru4 enough, the method will fail. On the other hand, if overdone, you might sound like whining and irritate the teacher and he/she might just deduct some marks off. If so, you have no one to blame but yourself.

Cant act? Try approach 2!

This is approach 2. You need to look super sincere and eager for this method. But might not be as effective as approach 1 cause sometimes teachers can be very insistent you know.

Pros: Good for people with poor acting skills.
Cons: Low success rate.

Final word, for both approaches, please remember to sound very sincere and truthful.

Actually personally, i dont really like to ask for marks. I mean, even if i managed to jump a grade after much haggling, i dont think i will really be proud of my mark afterall, will i? Furthermore it doesnt really reflect my true ability.

But then again, who will reject a chance to jump a grade right?

3 Comments:

Anonymous said...: aaah...good for the really despo. but you can forget about the 2 mtds if the teacher is llm, she'd probably KNOCK YOUR HEAD.
-xinying-; 10/19/2005 2:37 AM
Anonymous said...: Haha. Your act pitiful face actually very qian bian leh. o.O; 10/20/2005 9:43 PM
crossbearer said...: Jumping a grade is a biiiiiiig thing lor! I missed half a mark to a B, which really really sucks. Lol. =)) But I try to find those marks which really can add lah. No use acting like crazy and pleading until your knees go red then realise your teacher really si si also don't wanna give you that mark. Lol!; 10/21/2005 10:52 PM

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10/18/2005

The Manual: How to ask for marks

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