CL: my shoulders n neck really ache weyh.
dpeacemaker: my eyes danced with stars after 2 hours in front of the monitor. aiyo.
see how painful concentration can be?? i know, it's the harsh reality of studying anyway. but then, these two painful symptoms clearly signified that we both did our very best to finish mr yu jin's assessment tests on the screen. no pain, no gain right??
warning: it might be a little too boring but trust me, do read. i would love to know that i have helped my friends out there.
VOCABS; HOW TO STORE THEM IN OUR MINDS? WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE SOO INSIPID TO MEMORISE THEM?
A very common question. i just got two friends who asked me the similar question just now. personally, i think that when it comes to this part, IT REALLY NEEDS OUR OWN HARD WORK. memorising can be very ARDUOUS, but it is one of the best ways to help us add on to our scarce amount of vocabs in ourselves. there is no easy way unless you are a walking dictionary or thesaurus. how to memorise? well, my style is to question among my friends which mostly i do with jason. since, he got this little blue book full of wonderful words, we share and learn new words together. you can certainly help each other replenish our vocabs by listing them down and create sentences with them, not only it helps for the sentence completion, it helps me to write in madam ong's essays. if any of you who wants to try this out, i can guarantee it'll be fun. not only we benefit ourselves but we help others in a way too. after all, sharing is caring. so, why not?
another good idea is to have flash cards. zera, my friend, she has this really colourful flash cards which she made herself (and i sometimes borrow). since i really love colourful stuff, (especially when i write my notes), i find it easy to remember the words because i tend to remember the color of the cards. this way is highly recommended to those who despise the monotony of black and white prints. i can also suggest that we photocopy the 250 most difficult SAT words which i copied from irwan, who also downloaded them from the internet. these words are commonly found in most SAT practice books and i can assure you that the more we see these words routinely, we can eventually grasp them and fill them in our memory box.
finally, use intuition. a very risky way but CL loves to remember his words by separating the words into positive or negative ones other than guessing the meanings of the words from other words that he knows. like when there's a word containing ambi, it might mean two things or dual i.e, ambiguous, ambivalent. also, mal means something bad, i.e. malfunction. sometimes when i find myself staring at the question, i would just trust my heart and circle the word that i think might fit. there are a few tips on how to utilise this style, so, do your homework and search for it ok if u find that it need herculian efforts to memorise the bombastic words. mr. google is ready to assist you anytime.
so, for the part where i did my sentence completion section, i managed to get 'good' and 'marginal' for the questions. i know that if we read in the SAT books, there is always this kind of reminder to SEARCH FOR THE KEY WORDS OR KEY PHRASE to indicate clearly the suitable word for the whole sentence. personally, i love this part. why? i love to know that there is a section in the SAT that i understand what it asks about. when i read the sentence, i first try fit my own words to the blanks and then, find the similar word with the same meaning. if it has two blanks, there should be at least a blank that we can guess smartly. if this style appeals to you, try it out. it helps me, so, maybe any of you out there might find it helpful too.
some of us would think when the heck do people use all these kind of huge grand words in life? my answer, mostly in novels. not many people share my love for reading english novels but seriously, in a very nerdy way, i suggest all of us increase our reading materials. Reader's digest's vocab section also helps if you cannot fit reading noels in your hectic life schedule. do whichever way you like. i do not guarantee if my style would be applicable to yours. but, there's no harm in trying. after all, it's for our own good.
will update more about other parts later, but for now, bear with my endless rambling on vocabs.
words for the day: FIND THE MEANING, WILL YOU?
1. draconian
2. obviate
3. postulate
4. omnipotence
5. hubris
(if jason is reading this, i can guarantee you can easily answer all these words, buddy)
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