ok i'm seriously pi**ed. very pi**ed. thanks a lot econs IA.

seriously wth. i can't stand it any longer. i'm going to let rip. ok today i wanted to do so many things. i wanted to do econs IA, IOP, get ready for my debut=) tomorrow. etc etc etc etc. but after blowing so much time on the stupid econs IA, there was just no time left. ok so basically after getting 6 of my previous 8 articles rejected, and the other 2 were outdated, i tried very hard. to keep the fire in the belly down. i mean, i spent so much time and effort on those 8 wretched articles you know. and that's it. gone. wasted. down the drain/toilet.

ok so today, part 2 of The Great Search for the Elusive Econs IA Article. i mean wth it's just ONE puny miserable article, and i have to spend like, 4-5 hours (and counting) on it??!! whatever. so after seeing those EIGHT articles crumble to dust, i revived the Great Search and continued my miserable hunt. went through all that **** again. google market failure/negative externalities of smoking/climate change/air pollution/global warming/social costs of smoking/................and how effing long i spent at each search. and how tedious and draining looking through all those stupid links that threw up article after unsuitable article. then the rare moments i find one i think is suitable, the date is like a gazillion years before i was born. wth. and the process starts all over again. and after burning dunno how long, i get 5 articles. and mind you, it's just looking for the damned article. it's not like i spent all this time evaluating, giving sound economic analysis, painstakingly drawing and perfecting the diagrams. seriously damn waste time.

and now as i again wait for the verdict on my choice of articles, i really can't help but fume and rant about the stupid econs IA system. ok i think it's really dumb. firstly, why do we have to choose our own articles? i think it'll be much better if they give us the article, and then we write our commentary. ok i know it may sound stupid, like doesn't that confine you to a certain limited area, gives you no freedom in the topic etc etc. but honestly i think it might be better that way. it saves us from floundering around looking for a stupid article that's 'suitable for economic analysis'. must source for article, consult if it's ok and all. just give the article, and then we can start concentrating on producing a good commentary lahh. i mean, after all what's the point seriously. they just want to see how we 'evaluate economic concepts and theories in the context of real-world examples' right. so why waste our time and effort scouring for one?? just provide one, it's easier for all parties that way right.

and then even worse, they come up with all those stupid rules that really don't make sense and serve no purpose, except to make life more difficult for the student. seriously, think about it. like, the article must be dated like 6 months before the start of the course. and i read the IA guide, there's this word that really makes my blood boil. contemporaneous. this word is just somehow very irritating. i think it's the way it's repeatedly repeated in the guidebook, like they're so proud about being able to use a word that has 15 letters and 5 syllables, up from the usual what, 2 or 3? and they're so happy and they want to show off the word. but anyway, the point is, what's the purpose of this dumb rule seriously?????

and then there's this thing about having to use 'four different sources', one for each commentary. this one really takes the cake i tell you. stupidest of all stupid rules. think about it. first of all, it can be a bit bewildering to learn what they mean by different sources. for example, straits times online is considered the same source as straits times print. but different newspapers=different sources. and and best of all, straits times and sunday times are considered different sources. zzzzz pfffft bleh -.- ...... what kind of logic is this??!! first of all, the classification of sources is dumb. and then, whose dumb idea is it to come up with this kind of stupid rule anyway. like seriously, again what's the point of this rule?? how does it benefit us or whatever???!!!

doesn't make sense. just making life difficult. just trying to live up to the reputation of IB being challenging and rigorous. come on lah econs IA, get a life. don't be lame. even someone as lifeless as me finds doing the IA such a waste of life.

that aside, here's a shoutout to all the guitar people!!! you were great! i loved it mann..=)