Today's Note

Hmph should have studied more for Lit. Clearly today's essays were easier than the passage-based, but as things stood only had enough material to do the essay for A&C. Ironically, if I had stuck with my study pattern for the last test, then all those quotes would have come in useful for Hardy. But, as it were, was stuck with the PC, and had to do a passage-based on a Mrs. Yeobright passage that I had decided not to look at this morning before the exam precisely because I didn't think it was interesting enough or had enough in it for a PBQ. Heh, so much for my intuition.

I have a notion that I should start preparing for the remaining Lit essays too, but at this point, two days before they happen, I don't think I'd be able to memorise enough material to make the attempt worthwhile. Ah well. There's a grand plan for the actual As then...to memorise enough of each book to be able to do an essay for each. Right now I'm only equipped to do a Frost essay, though I'm itching to sink into the convoluted reality-manipulations of WAVW.

Anyway...the funniest Frost poem that I've come across, and the latest one memorised:

Fire and Ice
Robert Frost
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

I wonder what's the point of this poem. The destructiveness of love and hate, the apocalyptic scales that these intense emotions can get to, à la Eustacia Vye? A doomsday warning, of Frost's attempt at writing a commentary on science's sensationalism? Is it just a joke? I tend to favour the latter, which means that this quaint little thing will be useful only in an essay about Frost's sense of humour. But it was fun to memorise at any rate.

Been a tad sleepy as of late. I wonder why. Exams are a very unhealthy time, at any rate. The dengue epidemic notwithstanding, sitting around all day reading is not good for the body's equilibrium. And also have seen my fibre intake falling. Though I have been drinking more water than usual. Oh well...shall be off to bed now, I think. Maths 2 tomorrow. P and C. Bleah. I hope I see the correct patterns tomorrow.

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Oh, one more thing. The form's beyond recall now, and hopefully, it's on its way to England safe in the belly of a plane. I wonder how much safety a $4 stamp can buy for a piece of mail. Heh, anyway, it is a relief, after all. It's rather amazing how much tension that few blue sheets of paper can cause. Now's the time to shift the focus to more urgent needs (prelims), and not bother about universities until the beginning of October, when hopefully I'll be in a better position to say where I'll probably end up.

pondered by phoenican @ 14.9.05