Oh no, Christmas is over. This marks the start of my re-transformation into a real student again. Basically, I have 2 weeks to the start of school, and 4 weeks to my SATs. The best part is, I have yet to see a sample SATs question, or find out if they test any more than Math and English. I have this feeling that they might just ask questions on the sciences too, but have not really bothered to find out. Oh well, I guess I do have more pressing issues at hand.
I really dislike the SingPass system. Somehow, I seem to have forgotten my SingPass. Apparently, I did not bother to change it into my common password when I activated my account. Now I have MinDef asking me to confirm some weird administrative thing and I cannot even log on. This warrants a trip down to the CPF headquarters so I can ask them to change my password in person, since I cannot even answer my own security questions. No seriously, who actually remembers the answer to the security questions. Half the time, they offer you questions like "What is you mother's middle name?", and I am like, "What IS my mother's middle name?" Anyway, in order to prove to the computer that I am indeed Xuewen, I have to tell them my NIRC, my full name, and the date of issue of my IC. Then comes the security question. Are they not convinced by the fact that I know the date of issue? I mean I actually needed to take out my IC to check that one.
"What is your favorite song?"
Holy crap, I cannot possibly know the answer to this question before knowing when I set the answer. And I have no idea when I set the answer. I have changed my favorite song about once a month on average, so it is quite a stupid question that I chose to ask. Seriously, at that time I must have been like, "Surely I will know that my favorite song is blah blah blah!" So much for not thinking things through.
And just for fun, I read the second question even though I knew it was pointless. Come on, if I can answer this, at least I scrape a pass for my own identity test.
"What is your childhood nickname?"
Great. What is my childhood nickname. Sometimes I wished I had a nice nickname. That way, I can actually introduce myself by saying "Hey, my name is Xuewen, but you can call me Mario." Which is a relay to "Mario? What a great name! I love all the Mario games except for Mario Sunshine!" And at that point I know that me and whoever I am talking to would have at least something in common. Too bad the only thing my friends ever called me is either my name or my initials. Or some vulgarity once in awhile.
xw 8:32 PM
