Got back my chem results today... got a B, which is really beyond my expectations; i was expecting a bare pass after how the mcq went, but somehow or other i must have scraped through :D still don't know where my mistakes are though, since papers have yet to be returned. mr low only read out the names of the people who got Bs (since nobody in class got an A O_O ) so i've yet to see my script. of course it's comforting to know that i managed to get a B for chem, but now i'm also afraid of this glass ceiling. many teachers have already said before that what you get for prelims will most likely be what you'll be getting for A levels, so am i destined to get a B? is that really my peak? what's more, there's still that interview next saturday; will they be satisfied?
ok right now i'm completely hyped up over pokemon black and white, the two new versions of the game, so if you're the kind who thinks pokemon is "childish" and "brainless" i suggest you look away now:
in any case, i think the metagame shakeup will be huge, possibly even larger than the physical/special split which rocked everyone's world back in DP days. so so many new gameplay elements here:
i see a huge number of game-changing pokemon, the kind that could very feasibly turn the entire game around should they be introduced properly, which could possibly result in pushing many old-timers out of OU. i see crazy abilities and moves that completely change the face of the game. even with the old pokemon, i see huge changes: rain and sun outside of Ubers; magic coat given to a pokemon with good defenses, a huge support movepool and freakin' 145 special attack; zoruak's illusion ability which will bring a whole new meaning to the word "mindgames", and all that is just the tip of the iceberg. from my very inexperienced position in competitive pokemon, i think nintendo just wants to turn the entire metagame on its head and see how the dust settles. the black/white metagame threatens to be even more volatile and unpredictable than the already chaotic 4th generation, and even back then it was hard enough keeping up with the times :( but i guess this is just how generation V is going to be like.
ok anyway here's something random: an interview with Elmo from Sesame Street :D apart from the obvious "lol it's elmo!" reaction though, it kind of struck me that the people behind sesame street must really care about the children who watch their show to a certain extent. you can tell from the way the moderator is constantly in stitches that elmo's responses are all impromptu, and the way he answers them really gives children someone to identify with and look up to. you really can sense the puppeteer's sincerity and honesty in answering the people's questions. the most impactful part of the video for me was when elmo answered how he coped with his father being sent off into the war. firstly, that a child would pose such a personal and emotional question to elmo really shows how he's grown up looking up to him and relating to him, and secondly, the puppeteer replies with such a frank and earnest reply that it's almost as if he was answering to the child himself, except using the form of elmo for the boy to identify with. in any case, here it is:
