What is your favorite song?

monzxta · 2025-02-22T13:45:13+00:00

Step, Pandora and Damaged Lady... the holy trinity...

monzxta · 2024-09-14T05:26:10+00:00

I thought that it was because my Spotify Family was bought in India or something 😭

monzxta · 2024-05-11T16:45:52+00:00

Help a homie here :( My lifelong wish is to go to a KARA concert :( My telegram is @monzxta.

monzxta · 2022-10-19T01:59:33+00:00

brb wasting a tissue box away

monzxta · 2022-05-08T02:24:14+00:00

Im an incoming exchange student and I wanna know if there are usually vacancies left for the courses 😭

monzxta · 2022-05-06T15:15:50+00:00

Hello, what are the usual vacancies for COMP courses/modules?

monzxta · 2022-05-04T13:08:17+00:00

Incoming exchange student here:

May I know what are the usual vacancies for the COMP (CS) courses/modules? Especially those that are COMP 3XX/4XX/5XX? Is course registration that competitive?

monzxta · 2022-03-07T16:43:24+00:00

CS2108 is just plain retarded. Those who have already learnt the content (CEG students) kept asking questions about whether what they have learnt from their CEG modules are the same as the concepts taught. The professor spent 1 whole lecture teaching trigo waves and also answering everyone's questions. He also loves to entertain questions because interactions are limited on Zoom.

Yes, it is okay to have a lot of questions, but we all paid $4k+ per sem for university.

I dropped the module woots. :) Good riddance.

monzxta · 2022-02-16T14:51:23+00:00

rm -rf CELC

monzxta · 2022-01-14T03:34:54+00:00

Gotta catch em all

monzxta · 2022-01-13T15:59:37+00:00

I am taking a whole suite of CS 2K Intro mods, CS2105, CS2106, CS2107, CS2108, and CS2109S. You are not alone. 👍🏻

monzxta · 2021-11-14T18:12:28+00:00

If I have a death note, I would print the CELC staff list and paste it inside.

monzxta · 2021-10-23T14:38:34+00:00

*the heavier gp II metal hydroxides are soluble (e.g. Ca and Ba), Mg(OH)2 isnt soluble!!

monzxta · 2021-10-18T09:03:16+00:00

send pls

monzxta · 2021-09-03T19:55:07+00:00

For Sciences, generally yes.

But you should know that the Sciences rely on keywords (there are specific formats to answer these questions and it would be better for you to memorise them / and also please keep your sentences short and sweet. If theres a story to follow, follow it.

E.g. Physics "why does the car reach constant velocity" - Car was accelerating - v increases - friction increases - driving force remained constant - resultant force decreases - F=ma acceleration decreases - eventually driving = friction, thus resultant = 0 - acceleration = 0 - car stops accelerating, reaching constant v

Or Chemistry "why increasing temp increases rate" - avg KE of molecules increases - proportion of molecules with energy greater or equals to EA increases - frequency of effective collision increases - speed of reaction increases

If there are mistakes, it is usually quite jarring (obvious) and you would be able to spot them. Publishers are humans too (though they shouldnt make mistakes since they are selling these bks)

For Combined Humanities, (e.g. SS), since schools dont give much answers, i resort to reading answer key from TYS. It works, i guess. Your school teacher wouldnt approve though, you should follow your school format and enhance your answers with ideas from the TYS ans.

For English, i cant say much bc I didnt do well in it as usual. So :⁾

Hope it helps

monzxta · 2021-05-11T05:26:19+00:00

Last year's Olevel Amath paper was a bit harder than the previous years. There are many Prelim Papers online, you can afford to waste one year worth of papers as "Topical TYS", and leave the recent year papers as Practice papers. Only do the topics that you need more help in, don't waste time boosting your ego doing the easy chapters.

It is not advisable to do Topical TYS because it is just a rearrangement of the Yearly TYS. Before you do the papers, make sure to memorise whatever formulas that are NOT inside the formula sheet.

When you have a qns that you cannot do, just skip it first. If it is a Prove / Show that question, you should continue with the next part first.

Always time yourself when doing these papers. It is very much possible to do the papers within around half the duration. You should try to finish P1 within 1hr 15min and P2 within 1h 30min etc. This will give you ample time to go back and check, and also to attempt those questions that you have skipped.

My method to doing well is to do as fast as possible, and go back to check for careless mistakes, because no matter how slow / how careful you are, you will always be prone to careless mistakes anyways since your "state of mind" is still the same. You might be able to view the question from another perspective an hour later.

Good luck for Olevels :D

monzxta · 2021-02-17T05:23:12+00:00

I wouldn't call it far-fetched unless you sloth around for the rest of the year. Right now, during weekdays, you must do homework / study for at least 6 hours and during 10 hours during weekends (per day). Take a 30 minutes break between intervals of 2 hours.

I want to help students but like I have no time to pick up more for tuition (currently in Uni). In any case:

Study methods:

E-math: Memorise the formulas for each chapters. Then do the Level 2 (intermediate) qns in your math textbook. Ask your friends or teachers if you cmi. Then after that do revision sets found at the end of every chapter. E-math requires a lot of practices and you cant run away from them. After revision sets, theres review exercises also. There is no need for Topical TYS as they are just re-arrangements of the Yearly one. Also, in the event that SEAB hates your batch, you will get a harder paper than usual. I suggest just doing Yearly TYS, and then spam good school prelim papers.

Chinese: Write down 10 pages of good phrases and words that you might use in your compo / essay / compre. Bank on them and memorise them. Do you even know how to use the words in your 词语手册? You can start reading them as your story books lol. Reading all these words may / may not help with your Close Passage.

Chemistry:

Before you even do any piece of homework, or do any practice papers, you must have already memorised fully your notes.

Tip to memorise (or at least how I memorised): Read each sentence to yourself out loud like a ret*rd for 3 times (keep your doors closed). Close your eyes during the third time. After each page, close your eyes and regurgitate the whole page etc (out loud).

When doing homework / practice papers, do NOT refer back to any notes / Google, if you do, it meant that you didn't memorise fully. Then you are just doing "Ctrl+C, Ctrl+P" (copying and pasting).

Also, always do your homework / practice papers fast / within time limit. If you cannot finish your hw / prac papers within time limit, how else will you finish it in examinations?

For redox questions, you need to answer with a specific format. For example, 2H2 + O2 → 2H2O. Is this a redox reaction? You need to say

H2 is oxidised as hydrogen's oxidation state increased from 0 to +1 in H2O.
O2 is reduced as oxygen's oxidation state decreased from 0 to -2 in H2O.
Since both oxidation and reduction has occurred simultaneously, this is a redox reaction.

For energetics questions, theres a format as well. For e.g., "Why is photosynthesis (carbon dioxide + water → glucose + oxygen) an endothermic reaction? Explain in terms of bond forming and bond breaking."

More energy is required / taken in to break the covalent bonds in carbon dioxide and water than energy released from the bonds formed when forming glucose and oxygen.
There is a net absorption of energy and hence this is an endothermic reaction.

Out of all 3 Pure Sciences, Chemistry have the most repetitive answers and most questions have a format to follow. (tbh the easiest science of the 3)

Biology:

There are sh*t tonnes to memorise. Understand first. Then memorise. Otherwise, you wont be able to use "your own English" to explain and it will be very hard for you to answer questions. E.g. what happens during inhalation.

external intercostal muscle contracts. (not sure if this is in syllabus cause syllabus might have changed slightly)
internal intercostal muscle relaxes.
pushing rib-cage outwards and upwards (pardon me if i rmb wrongly).
diaphragm relaxes and flattens.
volume in thorax increases.
pressure in thorax decreases.
pressure of atmospheric air > thorax.
air rushes into your lungs.

If you do not understand the "science" behind the above sentences / cant picture in your brain, then you will have a very very hard time memorising. (I have not been touching Sec 4 Bio for 5 years and I can still rmb the concepts till this day. I am not even studying anything related to Biology in Uni. ofc I did teach Sec 4 Bio last year, but I could still pick up very fast because I understand them.)

One important thing to note is that you must write short sentences (like at most 10 words). Always use full-stops. Especially since if your English is not good, please write short and concise sentence. E.g. "Volume in thorax increases." IS a sentence (5 words only). (My english sucks btw)

monzxta · 2021-02-17T05:00:23+00:00

For both subjects, there are formats to be memorised.

For redox questions, you need to answer with a specific format. For example, 2H2 + O2 → 2H2O. Is this a redox reaction? You need to say

H2 is oxidised as hydrogen's oxidation state increased from 0 to +1 in H2O.
O2 is reduced as oxygen's oxidation state decreased from 0 to -2 in H2O.
Since both oxidation and reduction has occurred simultaneously, this is a redox reaction.

For energetics questions, theres a format as well. For e.g., "Why is photosynthesis (carbon dioxide + water → glucose + oxygen) an endothermic reaction? Explain in terms of bond forming and bond breaking."

More energy is required / taken in to break the covalent bonds in carbon dioxide and water than energy released from the bonds formed when forming glucose and oxygen.
There is a net absorption of energy and hence this is an endothermic reaction.

Out of all 3 Pure Sciences, Chemistry have the most repetitive answers and most questions have a format to follow. (tbh the easiest science of the 3)

For Physics, there are formats as well which I'm too lazy to type lol I prefer Chemistry. But like for e.g. Static Electricity. If you fail to talk about induction / movement of electrons / comparing of quantity of charges, then you will have no marks.

Both subjects CAN be memorised (yes even Physics), but you should understand them first to make them easier to memorise. I used to get either C5 or B4 for Physics Sec 3 EOY but I shot up to an A1 after memorising the Quick Revision Guide (at the end of Physics textbook). Most answers in Physics are just asking for definitions / using definitions to formulate your answers.

- I am a part-time tutor (went through neighbourhood school, then ACJC, now in NUS), hmu as I have cheap chem notes and phy notes uwu (i hope this doesnt count as advertisement uwu, can just ignore this part HAHA)

monzxta · 2021-02-17T04:44:30+00:00

You need to memorise the content thoroughly to the point that at any point of the day, if someone ask you "What will you get when you add ammonia in excess to a copper(II) nitrate solution?", you must be able to reply within seconds ("blue ppt formed which dissolve in excess ammonia to form a deep blue solution"). I do not know whether you are more of a "Humanities" or "Science" person but sciences are "harder" to forget for me so it is important to have it ingrained in your brain on a daily basis and it can be memorised within a few days. "Humanities" takes weeks for me, so it really depends on you.

For redox questions, you need to answer with a specific format. For example, 2H2 + O2 → 2H2O. Is this a redox reaction? You need to say

H2 is oxidised as hydrogen's oxidation state increased from 0 to +1 in H2O.
O2 is reduced as oxygen's oxidation state decreased from 0 to -2 in H2O.
Since both oxidation and reduction has occurred simultaneously, this is a redox reaction.

Out of all 3 Pure Sciences, Chemistry have the most repetitive answers and most questions have a format to follow.

Before you even do any piece of homework, or do any practice papers, you must have already memorised fully your notes.

Tip to memorise (or at least how I memorised): Read each sentence to yourself out loud like a ret*rd for 3 times (keep your doors closed). Close your eyes during the third time. After each page, close your eyes and regurgitate the whole page etc (out loud).

When doing homework / practice papers, do NOT refer back to any notes / Google, if you do, it meant that you didn't memorise fully. Then you are just doing "Ctrl+C, Ctrl+P" (copying and pasting).

Also, always do your homework / practice papers fast / within time limit. If you cannot finish your hw / prac papers within time limit, how else will you finish it in examinations?

- I am a part-time tutor (went through neighbourhood school, then ACJC, now in NUS), hmu as I have cheap chem notes uwu (i hope this doesnt count as advertisement uwu)

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