Nik's Big Book of Quotes and cliches

Friendships are like peeing on yourself, others can see the stain but only you can feel the heat

Some women have Pre-Menstrual Syndrome,

Some women have Post-Menstrual Syndrome,

But some women have Permanent Menstrual Syndrome.

Objective is a very subjective word.

If the whole world is wrong,

and you are the only one that is right,

Think again.

Today is tomorrow's yesterday,

If you let yesterday disturb today,

Today will disturb tomorrow.

Good movies never stays at the chart,

They stay in your heart.

I hate hopes because it keeps me hoping.

Secretly I was hoping,

That I'll never have to hope again.

If you can't get to the answers.

Let the answers get to you.

Live life before life outlive you.

If you think your life sucks, it does.

Titles are very subjective.

The purpose of life is a life or purpose.

If a guy is treating you like he doesnt' give a shit,

He genuinely doesn't give a shit-No exceptions.

Big Book of Cliche Break-ups Consolation.

If a guy acts like a total jerk, that means he like you.

Here is the problem:

He like you too much.

I am sure he's just lost your number.

He's not asking you out because he's intimidated by you professional success.

He's not asking you out because he's scared of your emotional maturity.

Trust me it's just because he's just getting out of a serius ralationship.

Trust me its because he's never had a serious relationship.

Cliche Break Up Lines.

I don't wanna stand in your way.

You're perfect, its just I have to work on myself.

I'm just thinking of your happiness.

I don't deserve you.

I am so jealous of the guys who gets to marry you.

And the second you hear that(the above), run to the store, get yourself some ribs and ice cream because you have been dumped.

Next Chapter.

If a guy doesn't call me, I would like to reserve the right to call him at every 15 minute intevals until he picks up.

The rule is this:

If a guy doesn't call you, he doesn't wanna call you.

You get back to the office after Happy Hour? What's happy about that?

We're in love assholes; That's what people do when they are in love;

They get married.

Let me guess: He said the only thing happy about this happy hour is you.

If a guy gives your his contact number instead of taking yours,

He's not interested.

If a guy wants to see you, believe me, he will see you.

I once called 55 Lauren Bells until I get the right one.

Don't call him, he doesn't like you.

Oh, the spark thing is a bullshit;

Guys invented the spark,

so they could not call and treat you kind of badly and keep you guessing,

then convince you that the anxiety and fear that just developed naturally was actually just a spark-

And you guys all buy it. You eat it up and you love it.

One, two, three,

That's it, 3 seconds,

Or more its on.

Why do women do this?

Build this stuff in their minds,

take each little thing that a guy does

and then twist it into something else.

If a guy wants to date you, he will make it happen.

There are no rules anymore,

I mean why should you wait till he gets off his ass?

But the real master I have to say its me;

3 husbands, countless boyfriends, and I havent't been caught yet.

I am sorry I don't trust myself.

Compiled from "He's Just Not That Into You, Plato's Reincarnation a.k.a PlatoNik, and others.

Green day- reading way

A green couple in front of me the whole time I was doing the test. Green must be my lucky color cause I did consistently well for all 3 Critical Reading exercises. I won't say its stellar but at least it is better than that of my real SAT.

On the petite issues first. First, I found out that computers actually lie. Yeah, they do. JL found out that they actually changed his answer choice; NNH said that hers was changed too last week. Weird huh. Secondly, my neck is still aching like ever when I was doing the test. Eyes strained too. Yu Jin commented on my questionnaire. I thought I did it right, but I guess I was wrong. Not really harsh though, with humors and all.
Jason when he found out that the com changed his answer.

Anyway I got 21/24, 21/24, 17/19 for the three tests but as Yu Jin says, the numbers don't matter. I feel that I am getting a better grasp of the text. Instead, my problem has shifted to the technical questions like vocabs(as usual) and sentence completion/correction.

Another thing that I found out during the exercises was that I feel much more comfortable reading and understanding texts which I already have prior knowledge of any kind. For example, when I was doing the art-related passage, I find it harder to digest than when I am reading the human mind passage. I also found out that if I were to read a passage with a preconception of the issue, it would make it easier to follow. Of course I must be careful not to mix my thoughts and the author's thoughts when answering questions. This is so because when I already have a stand on that issue, I read and skim for the author's point of view 1. Whether he agrees with what I say. 2. If he agree/disagree what are the points used to justify his opinion. 3. In what way are our thoughts similar and in what way does it differ.

This technique is very not applicable to 1. Issues where you have no prior knowledge/know nothing about. 2. The section where they give you 2 passage which describes the same issue from different perspective be it contrasting or from a different approach.
It doesn't apply to the formal-obviously- because you can't expect anything when you know nothing to begin with. It doesn't apply to the latter because you will end up having 1 issue, 2 approaches and 4 ideas with 2 totally clashing points. Because the 2 passage might not contrast one another, it is very likely that you will get your opinions all jumble up thus making it hard to differentiate between the two passages let alone analyze them.

Dejected again

My shoulder and neck really ache. But the most hurting part in the computer lab today is not that. It is the same feeling I had in my SAT CR exams. Never in my whole life through the Malaysian Education system had I felt so darn dumb in an English Test. SAT slams it in my face the hard cold fact that my English proficiency is hopeless. SAT doesn't castigate me directly but reprimand me indirectly through the results that I am getting. It's almost traumatizing to be experiencing it all over again today.

My weakness is still the same;obviously I did not improve. I can't seem to grasp the vocabularies. I hate memorizing but the truth is that memorizing seems like the only way. I told myself that I had to succumb to reality but I just can't force myself to go against the policies I hold on to. I am not an iconoclast but I hate to conform to what I believe is wrong. Intransigence gets me no where, this I am aware of. So do I just give up and study the conventional way?

Today 's practice test portends a far worse ramification if I do not crawl back up from that valley of laziness and procrastination. Dilatory is not going to get me anywhere either. It is true when they say that no one can possibly teach you English. It is a language and language needs to be acquired not studied. But i know in some ways, all these English preparatory programs that I am going through right now is not going to help me had I not change the way I think-I used to think and seriously believed that all I need to do to get through SAT is by merely going to class and do my homework, a palpable farce. Teachers are helpful, as a guide, not an answer to all your English issues. The worst mistake I did was depending solely on teachers-which now I tearfully regret. You need hard work. You need to work assiduously, ten folds more diligently.

I think Mr. Yu Jin wanted a more technical aspect and review of what I have done today but I decided to go on with this less technical and more personal post because I feel that the only thing left for critisizing is myself. CL needs to perservere and perspire through this times. CL needs more than a couple of exercises and lectures. CL needs more than the CL he used to be.

Today's test has shown me yet again my lack of acumen in this particular subject I once thought I was good at, obviously not. Today's test has reminded me of that young man feeling belittled and inferiored by a language he grew up with. Come this November, it is going to change. And that "change that we believe in"(quoted from Obama) will start now. "The man in the mirror"(by the late M.J) will not be the same good-looking, hot guy, but will be a freaking scary little English nerd freak! Maybe not to that extent but you get my point.

p/s: I was horrendous in the sentence completion and as I've stated in this whole post, the reason is because I am unaware and not familiar with the words. I've identified that the best way to overcome it is through more practice. Sounds easy, hope it is too...