2nd Day of World Cup, Day of 3rd Exam
Today was Exam no. 3. Chinese-English Translation Fundamentals & Techniques.
Whene everyone finished their work and hand it up at the end of the 3 hours, I could sense that it seems like we have just been through a huge battle. Stressed, relieved, tired. Heck, I didn't even have enough time to do a last check before submission.
Argh. A more challenging exam lies a head. Advanced Chinese-English Translation. It could be a literature piece, a financial report, a news report, a science report, a humanities article, a historical recollection... In A4!
Scary berry....
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World Cup has finally started. This year, we get to watch all 64 matches (if we want to) because of the service we subscribed from StarHub.
Just finished watching the England-Paraguay match about an hour ago. Hmm... it's kinda boring leh. Here are some of my observations:
- Dribble, dribble, dribble... and the ball still ends up in the hands of the man in blue.
- The referee, a Mexican, is obviously siding the South American team.
- England players look restless.
- South American players are still as rough (and barbaric) as they have been 16 years ago...
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Yes. 16 years ago. That was during my Secondary 4 "O" Levels year, where we would follow the matches religiously so that we can talk about it during school time. I remember the late night 3-in-1 coffees I made every night to stay awake to catch the major matches.
My brother owes a sticker book that has the pictures of all the soccer player then, and that was part of the reason why I was drawn to the World Cup. You know lah, a 15 year old girl like me would go goo goo gaa gaa over the players. Especially those from Italy, Engliand and Germany. Yes, the German players that year were of ah-chek age already. But one of them particularly caught my attention. Juegern Klinsmann.
Wah, 16 years on, he has become the coach of the German national team. Missed the match yesterday, but when I watch the re-run on CH5 tonight, I am convinced that he has set a very good example to his players. Unlike the other coaches, he has a flat stomach!!! I mean, this man is like what.. 40 over years old?!? And still has flat abs? Amazing.
As I watch the England-Paraguay match commences, some excitement welled up in me. It's this entire passion about the game that really makes is so special eh? DIfficult to explain, but this feeling gets renewed in me whenever I watch the game. It's history in the making. It's a good ground to watch man against man, and how they control their temper when being tackled underhanded-ly. It's just like any reality show, don't you think?
And now with the advent of cable tv and cable internet access, you need not owe a ticket that cost you thousands of dollars to watch ONE match. We paid $26 for the service (cos we do not ahve the sports channel). And we can watch it at home. All 64 matches. And get latest info anytime with the internet.(Gee I sound like a cheesy StarHub TVC).
To think that the only channel that shows the matches 16 years ago was CH5. To think that we can only know about the latest results from papers or radio 16 years ago.
So much of our lives has changed.
Anyway, I am tired already. Shall take my well-deserved sleep after a nervous exam day.
Whene everyone finished their work and hand it up at the end of the 3 hours, I could sense that it seems like we have just been through a huge battle. Stressed, relieved, tired. Heck, I didn't even have enough time to do a last check before submission.
Argh. A more challenging exam lies a head. Advanced Chinese-English Translation. It could be a literature piece, a financial report, a news report, a science report, a humanities article, a historical recollection... In A4!
Scary berry....
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
World Cup has finally started. This year, we get to watch all 64 matches (if we want to) because of the service we subscribed from StarHub.
Just finished watching the England-Paraguay match about an hour ago. Hmm... it's kinda boring leh. Here are some of my observations:
- Dribble, dribble, dribble... and the ball still ends up in the hands of the man in blue.
- The referee, a Mexican, is obviously siding the South American team.
- England players look restless.
- South American players are still as rough (and barbaric) as they have been 16 years ago...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Yes. 16 years ago. That was during my Secondary 4 "O" Levels year, where we would follow the matches religiously so that we can talk about it during school time. I remember the late night 3-in-1 coffees I made every night to stay awake to catch the major matches.
My brother owes a sticker book that has the pictures of all the soccer player then, and that was part of the reason why I was drawn to the World Cup. You know lah, a 15 year old girl like me would go goo goo gaa gaa over the players. Especially those from Italy, Engliand and Germany. Yes, the German players that year were of ah-chek age already. But one of them particularly caught my attention. Juegern Klinsmann.
Wah, 16 years on, he has become the coach of the German national team. Missed the match yesterday, but when I watch the re-run on CH5 tonight, I am convinced that he has set a very good example to his players. Unlike the other coaches, he has a flat stomach!!! I mean, this man is like what.. 40 over years old?!? And still has flat abs? Amazing.
As I watch the England-Paraguay match commences, some excitement welled up in me. It's this entire passion about the game that really makes is so special eh? DIfficult to explain, but this feeling gets renewed in me whenever I watch the game. It's history in the making. It's a good ground to watch man against man, and how they control their temper when being tackled underhanded-ly. It's just like any reality show, don't you think?
And now with the advent of cable tv and cable internet access, you need not owe a ticket that cost you thousands of dollars to watch ONE match. We paid $26 for the service (cos we do not ahve the sports channel). And we can watch it at home. All 64 matches. And get latest info anytime with the internet.(Gee I sound like a cheesy StarHub TVC).
To think that the only channel that shows the matches 16 years ago was CH5. To think that we can only know about the latest results from papers or radio 16 years ago.
So much of our lives has changed.
Anyway, I am tired already. Shall take my well-deserved sleep after a nervous exam day.
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