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"Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." Through the Looking-Glass; Lewis Carroll
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Saturday, April 25, 2009, 11:01 PM
So what's in the bag? (: Bag of a full-time O Level student; Commonwealth Secondary School Class of 2008  1. Jacket. For rainy days and monsoon season, or cinemas with freezing air-conditioners. With a hood is good, cos I keep forgetting to bring out umbrellas. 2. Chemistry TYS Full Papers , with answer key (CSS 08 TEACHER'S EDITION). NEVER TRUST A TYS ANSWER KEY FROM THE PUBLISHERS. 3. Wallet. I love long purses; look damn classy holding that wearing an ordinary school uniform. Plus me love black. Goes with anything. This one was from my mother, so yeah (: 4. Writing Pad (preferably colourless) Buy the 5-pack variety with the side tear-out from Popular. 5. 2 scientific calculators. Always buy in pairs. There was once during a Chem prac when mine broke down and the examiner was staring at me whacking the blessed machine against my palm for 5 minutes before the font appeared again. Agh. 6. Thick paperbacks. Jane Eyre- 16th birthday present from Monkey; Rhinoceros - I owe Monkey, kaka - always have one with you to stave off boredom or just in case you forget to pack a book for assembly. 7. Notebook. Get one at Popular for around $4 - always have one for homework or all sorts of random stuff and drawings detailing your slide into insanity:) Carbide and Chloride loved reading it randomly. 8. Chem Packs A-G. Why sleep when you can have lots more fun slaving over them at night? 9. Muji marker case (comes with 5 detachable baby colour markers; but used to keep my handphone. I love Muji stuff - expensive but durable plus cool) 10. Coloured baby paperclips. I don't really like staples; cos they make flipping through assignments a PITA - note - upon recieving stapled exam papers, take them apart as it's way easier than flipping, and always keep a stapler to tack them back afterward. Plus coloured paper clips don't rust-stain your work. And they look pretty too, kekeke. My filed notes are all creased towards the top left-hand corner cos of the paper clips piling up, haha. 11. Bag. The bigger, the spacier, the better. I really lost count of how many bags I totally destroyed over the year, but this one was from my mother. 12. Post-its. Always have a steady supply and of different varieties - slim page markers and heavy-duty page sized ones. And don't forget all the plastic page flags (: 13. Filing rings, to prevent my notes from tearing out of the binders. 14. Pencil case. With lots of coloured markers and pens and the like. During O Levels and Prelims buy one of those gigantic heavy-duty plastic carriers from Popular (the type with the zips) and chuck everything - your writing stuff, mints, math set, flexicurve, CIRCLE TEMPLATE (READ: IMPORTANT) watch and yada in and it saves a lot of time and effort. Just grab that, your 2 long rulers, identity stuff and water bottle and get the hell in the hall already. Plus the invigilators can't suspect you for smuggling stuff in (of course, unless you're daft enough to even try:) 15. Combs. 2 to be secure. To comb your hair in the bathroom and get scolded by the Principal when she comes and checks the place, keke. Hopefully the new one isn't as ridiculous. 16. Elmo. Lucky Mascot. Always have a variety. 17. Vaseline Advanced Formula Lipbalm. I have a horrible habit of chewing my lips to shreds, so this helps once the skin dries out and hurts like hell, especially after a hell lot of stressful studying in the library. But Blistex (the red packaging) is better for soothing painful scabs, though its a bit more ex, but it works like a dream. 18. (Not included above, but just as important) Flexicurve, protractors, 2 long plastic rulers, (DO NOT USE THE METAL VARIETY; I HAD HOLES TORN IN MY BAGS FOR THAT) and CIRCLE TEMPLATE. Note: The last one is extremely important for drawing shell-structures and Venn diagrams and magnetic fields. So whatever you do DO NOT leave it out! And to save money (and possibly space) money-pool and buy one and break it in two and share with someone (I remember breaking mine and sharing it with Chlorine; she was so touched, keke) If not fold both halves into your pencil case and move it. I read Zinc's note and tribute to Commonwealth, and it made me more homesick. I guess this is a complement - compiling a batch of stuff to make a tribute. Thought it would be fun to have the "WHAT'S IN HER BAG??" section. But it's gonna take quite some time, especially with Mid-Terms coming up and all. TBH I'm not really upset by the comments. Rather I'm kinda perplexed. Oh well. Can't stop people from feeling jealous right? Still. AND FOR THANKING YOU PEOPLE, kakaka. HERE WE GO AGAIN!! What's in her bag? (High-schooler edition)  1. Tote. Black BUM Equipment on indefinite loan from Nugget 2. 2. Diary. Always keep it with you, it has everything you need to know to survive, from campus operation hours to lasagna reciepes. And especially if you're too poor to afford a fancy notebook (one more thing I miss about SG) 3. Graphic Calculator (Ti 84+) for Methods. When the teacher told me I had to get one I seriously considered dropping into Further, but then I found out there they also needed one, dammit. Costs about $165 +/-. Blessed machine is a bit more complicated than the normal one. But need it to get exponential graphs right (yea my IQ is declining, thanks) 4. Normal scientific calculator for Chemistry and Economics, cos we're not allowed to bring the big guy in for such stuff (stuff can be programmed into the memory) 5. Water bottle. Yeah I know I ain't saving the Earth, but the big ones are a PITA to lug around, and bad for me shoulders. 6. Fly Away Peter, for English class. (Spell B-O-R-I-N-G A-S H-E-L-L) Blessed book cost me $25. Ouch. 7. Muji cell phone case. (Previously used for markers) 8. Pencil case. Much slimmer here cos I kept most of the coloured stuff at home. And people still claim they hear noises coming outta the thing :O 9. Eclipse mints. To stay awake in class. And for morning much-needed sugar-highs. 10. Purse. Much smaller here too, I miss my black one! 11. Comb. When you have no uniforms bad hair days don't go unpassed so easily. 12. ID and lanyard. No this, no school. 13. Random exercise book. 14. Nivea clear gloss and lip balm. Saviour in winter. 15. Extra comb. Yeah you know how I am (: 16. Pencil case mascots. Great convo starters ("Hey you watch Naruto?"; "Uh, no, close friend gave it to me - um, who is she?"; "Oh, Sakura."; "She's really strong right?" and you know the works.) Dedicated to Zinc, the brave fellow who made that honorable tribute. You rock on, Brother (: And shut up, you self-pitying whiners. |