The Exams

A short narrative...

The Exams
By Eugene Koh

The chill... Sweat... Fear...

Not a very promising start. Especially if you don't have a dictionary. Added with the fact that everyone else has one.

The chinese words, so familiar yet so alien, rushed through my head. However, none of those words could make any sense. They were purely random words. I glanced at the clock, and glanced towards my comrades.

4 minutes. We have 4 minutes to die or to save our worlds.

My comrades switched well-wishes through the form of mere glances. Time seemed to stand still at that moment, however, it had seemed to go execptionally fast.

It seemed like just yesterday when I cared less about chinese.

And today, I proved Einstein's Theory of General Relativity.

My pen already lay chilled in the chill air. Girls were trying to get more warmth in the nearly sub-zero conditions, while the boys were frantically flipping their pens, hoping for an sudden Archimedes' Inspiration during the exams.

Even if I had the inspiration, it would be on a different place.

1 more minute... Damn the second hand, I thought. If the second hand is fast... the minute hand is fast... the hours... days... months... years... I suddenly went out of topic.

The exam has started.

And ended.

A little poem...

I know, I got carried away, and now I'm emoing again...

"Intergalatic Flight" by Eugene Koh

Sages always say,
Women from Venus,
And Men are from Mars,
But why do they leave out Earth?

Do I have to travel,
Search, and seek,
While guaranteed not an answer,
In an Intergalactic Flight?

Do I have to weep and sigh,
Like countless sages before?
But would my groans be as significant,
Even if I search for the answer?

Do I really have to travel to Venus?
To find out what barrs me?
Do I really have to travel to Mars?
Just to get some emotional advice?

Do I really have to travel,
A million miles for you?
Do I really have to cry,
A ton of tears for you?

I weep, I sigh,
As countless sages before.
I cry, I take flight,
In an Intergalactic Flight.

A BIG update...

Okay, I confess, I broke my promise about blogging after the EOYs. Usually there would be a little update, now, I have to do a BIG update. Well, nevermind about it.



Number 1, I gave up on her. Or so I think. Well, thinking about it, she is going to transfer at the end of this year, I want to see her but she looks like she is trying to avoid me et cetera. But, what can I do? I still like her, I can do nothing about it. But I have to be patient...



Number 2, I signed a treaty with Yiliang. Printed out. About the End-of-Year's. If I win in Mathematics, Yiliang has to help me chase her. If I lose, I have to treat him 3 meals. The opposite for Science. For chinese if I win him (Which is utterly impossible to a China-bastard), he will be under my control of my DRAMATIC SPIRIT. MUAHAHAHAHAH. But if I lose I in History, I have to relinquish any chance of being the chairman of EDS.

Number 3, ARIA BECAME VICE-CHAIRMAN!!! Dammit...

Number 4, my russian is still halted...

Well, not much to say right? Well then, A little poem then...

"3008" by Eugene Koh

The year is twenty-oh-eight,
Do you know that I want you?
The year is twenty-oh-eight,
Do you know that I'm dying for you?

The year is twenty-oh-eight,
Do you love me, want me so?
The year is twenty-oh-eight,
Do you hear my heart crying out now?

I can't wait my love,
I have only eighty more to live.
I could have waited 1 millenium before,
But do you still remember it?

I want you more and more,
Like an addiction growing inside me.
I want you to hold me now,
Or would you remember me,
In thirty-oh-eight?

Time to cool and rest...

Okay, I have done my meditation today. And I'm gonna post all of it here.

1) The best part of love is the loving, not the steading. I swear, when I swoon over the neoprints that I took with her, I just feel very happy. Then I thought: if she accepted, I may not treasure the time with her. That wags only one out of the many reasons why I choose this path.

2) I am going to focus on my studies. 3 weeks and it is going to be game over. This will be my last post. I will do my last turn on CivIV and mod the last leaderhead.

3) I am going to swoon over her pics before I sleep every night.

4) I'll stop russian, for now.

Okay, that's it.

A little poem...

Okay, I know this can get boring sometimes. But the expressionist in me has to do its job.

Here goes.

"Hidden Mermaid"

By Eugene Koh

The Illusion of love, when the clock strikes three,
I stay awake, not knowing why or what happened to me,
On the beach, where I made alone,
Memories of a true form beauty, struck in my head.

How is it, that one can be far,
When one is just as near?
Distance isn't the problem now,
But our hearts tends to be farther.

When I looked into her eyes,
The great sea she reminded me of,
Calm, smooth, gentle,
But yet fraught with the secrets and memories of most.

When I look at her movements,
She reminds me of the swan over the lake,
Calm, smooth, gentle,
But not knowing what true freedom is.

When I look at her expressions,
A true mermaid I see,
Calm, smooth, gentle,
But lies farther away from me.

*The End*

Badminton...

Okay, clear up first: I'm so not a sports person.

I got thrashed by Her today when me, Jun Xiang, Vicky, 3 other friends and her were at the clementi sports hall. Man, Jun Xiang was frickin' good with his smashes, while me, Yiliang and Vicky struggled to at least find a score or two when we played with the others.

Okay, and I gave her something today. A necklace. She said she liked it! Man, I feel so accomplished. But wait, this is only the beginning; I have a long way to go to get her! But well, Yiliang (who wasn't very welcome) came and made me trifle nervous when I gave the present to her.

After all sports, then it was to the arcade for (neoprints, was it?). And me, Yiliang, Vicky and her took photos. I love the ones where we were both quite close.

I decided, after Russian it is Japanese for me. Well, I'll start jap at around sec 4 then. Till then, I'll be working hard on Russkiy Yazyk!