Yesterday we received our interim reports (term reports) stating student performance and approaches to learning (attitude). Well it was pretty general; just from 'very good' to 'cause for concern'. Pretty happy I got all 'very good' except PE 'good' (of course, at least not 'satisfactory'). But well, this time my sis didn't get as many 'very good's so my whole family was kind of down in the dumps. Ya that affects me too. So I wasn't sure if I should be glad or sad/disappointed.
I guess I should just keep up my good work. ;) Don't see how I can improve for PE though, since now it's the killer gymnastics. :P Nvm...
Anyway I've been thinking so much about my IB subject options. I totally dislike choosing subjects because I love everything and thus I want to take everything. -.- So, French or Spanish? If French, French B or French A2? Then, I guess I'd take Biology and Chemistry, but I've no pre-requisite knowledge of Biology at all! :/ I wanted to take Theatre Arts, but I guess it's out of question since I should focus on the "hard-core" subjects in school and my parents said I could do it as a hobby. But well, hobbies and school work are different.
Volleyball tournament in Leysin this weekend!! WHOOHOO! But lots of Physics and Maths homework. Tsk. Sigh. And my weekend's gone and I can't speak to anyone I miss.
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Labels: Interim report, Subjects
Okay... my exercise isn't really called exercise. -.- Bleh... I walk round and round the huge balcony outside my house.
Anyway this post isn't about exercising. It's about whether I made the right decision about my subject combination or not. I chose Physics and Chemistry for Grades 9 and 10 in the end, which means dropping Biology. Right or wrong? That's because I really don't know what I want to do in the future, so this combi is making my paths as wide as possible. The school said, take P and C in Grades 9 and 10, if you think you really want to do Medicine in uni, then take B in Grade 11 for IB. That's the only option since British universities accept students who have done all 3 sciences at any point from Grade 9 to 12. HOW FRUSTRATING.
First, I don't think I'll do Medicine. 2nd, I don't need to go to a uni in UK. 3rd, I love Biology. :'( But I dropped it. Okay. Nvm. I guess I'll never do Biology then. It'll be too big a jump in Grade 11. It's also super risky, because if not I'll be taking B (a subject I left for quite long) as an IB subject. Sigh.
I really hope I don't regret not taking Biology. I'm just doing this to keep my options as open as possible.
Anyway, that was Friday. The weekend was really quite interesting for me! :D
Saturday: Hopped over the border across to France. Went to Illzach, Mulhouse in the Alsace region to shop around in Carrefour and buy groceries too. It was a half hour drive to Mulhouse with the handy navigator. :) We reached at about 2pm, had a sandwich lunch (which I disliked) and walked around the shopping mall for about 2hrs. 4pm: a light snack because my mum kept insisting I was hungry even though I wasn't at all! (How can she know whether I'm hungry or not?? -.-) Then began our 4hr-grocery shopping in Carrefour. I think the French would've noticed that we're one of the craziest Asian families ever. We emerged from Carrefour at 8pm with a whole load of food and crockery. OMG. NEarly 170 euros! *faints* My mum said that was the most expensive grocery bill ever!! Indeed we are insane. Well I did get a bit of French practice there. Like ordering food. Oh and I was reading the blurbs of French romance novels. HAHA! I COULD UNDERSTAND! OMG! I was so glad! :D But I didn't buy any French book; I figured I'll just leave it aside in the end. It'd be much too difficult. Then we returned and had dinner at 10pm. How late.
Sunday: Drove to Zurich with the helpful navigator again. :) Acted like tourists with a Basel car. Hahaha. Went up the Grossmunsterplatz tower to enjoy the beautiful view of Lake Zurich and the packed city view. CHF 1 for going up the tower. -.- The white swans and brown ducks looked just so adorable paddling in the canal! And the water was crystal clear; I could see the rocks on the passage bed! :P We walked down Bahnhofstrasse (the Zurich Orchard Road) and looked through all the glass windows of the shops. Well, they were all closed since it was Sunday. So many watch shops! :O And all the big brands like Prada, LV, EZ etc. OH I didn't see Gucci. Haha. Zurich is so different from Basel. It's such a bustling city with people walking up and down the streets (fast-paced) even on Sunday. In Basel people seem more relaxed. And the tram/train lines in Zurich criss-cross in all directions; it seems a bit scary... :)
Well it was a good experience overall. Maybe I should hop over to Germany in time to come. And visiting Bern, the capital of Switzerland, would be fun too. :D
The Enchanting Twilight
Labels: Mulhouse, Subjects, Zurich
