It is 3:31 in the morning. I just finished a Math paper. Guilt is arguably the best motivator there is around. I spend the day getting owned by Hwa Chong's Math prelim paper, almost getting killed by flying cars and indulging in a bit of (Shudder) dota. Stupid game. Anyway, this ended up with me not actually having done anything today (Or yesterday. Some people are really particular about how mid night marks a new day. Of course, in my book, a new day starts only when I sleep). As a result, I went ahead and did a paper really late in the night. Finally, I managed to finish it, though my efficiency was clearly declining. The stupid numbers kept dancing in front of me, making it hard for me to actually think.

Here I am, checking my answers. The thing about Math that makes in different from other subjects is how it emphasizes on accuracy. In Physics, a lovely mechanism called Error Carried Forward prevents you from losing too much marks from punching in wrong numbers. Chemistry has this mechanism too, and they hardly require calculations in the first place. And if you lose marks from calculating the change in GDP wrongly in a case study for economics, you only lose one mark (Rest assured, you are still a complete idiot for throwing away such precious Economics marks).

Huh? Where the hell did this "1/3" come from for question 12? I am getting really depressed about how poor my calculus is. Whatever happened to being good at Math? It has been forever since I last topped the class for anything at all. I guess I am just not hardworking enough, but sacrifices has to be made to make sure my other subjects get their As too. I can only hope that I do not overshoot and allow my Math to slip to much. The expectation of my abilities in Math from myself is also too much. Perhaps it is time to just face the fact that I am no longer as good or fast in working out these things as I used to be.

"55.9" says the answer key. "56.5" says my answer sheet. What the heck, its close enough. No one will notice if the volume of this odd shape is 0.6 units cube off.