not sure if frustrated or typo.

faarrrrkkkk meee ahhhh.

But I guess next year should be one exciting year. idk why, but am feeling it.

If you take Bio,will be lagi worse..
The true colours of Bio will come out in Form 5 syllabus.
Chem and Phy for Form 5 is bearable..Maybe Electromagnetism(Chap 3)(Physics) requires more understanding and imagination skills.
Add Maths Chap 5 Trigonometry is tough..But in SPM exam,only 2 sections of it come out..
Just be Consistent and study at least 1 hour a day...
Dont be like me,Study gao gao and undergo crapload of stress before the month of SPM...Really no peace of mind when you sleep at night.
Every year seniors will say study consistently.But there is bound to be juniors who always slog during the eleventh hour..
It's a phase you go through la.
Well,Good Luck!!

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This post has been edited by xcess96: Dec 31 2012, 06:07 PM

YES STRUGGLING. hhmmmmmm SADDD! help me.........

Huaaa bio will be tough ? I constant studied it during Form 4. I love Chem and Bio.........

ugh tips on how to study ? I want to try and get all A+. Gonna do my very best. But struggling with physics here OTL.

This post has been edited by assymessy: Dec 30 2012, 10:01 PM

After hours of revision , I've finally finished my form four Chemistry . Phew . Salts wasn't that bad after all . (=

Now , for Physics ...

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Added on December 30, 2012, 10:26 pmIf you can handle Biology , Physics shouldn't be a problem , right ? The hardest science paper ( difficulty in scoring an A+ ) is Biology . The experiments are way more simple than Chem and Bio too . A question : Done memorising the experiments in Bio ? And done with the Nutrition chapter ?

This post has been edited by maximR: Dec 30 2012, 10:26 PM

I've covered Biology. But right now, I'm covering it again........... finished chapter 5. Chapter 6 next. Wah.... you've covered a lot................. KYAAAAAA jealous. Chemistry, I've covered everything but I'm still lacking at 7,8,9. Acid, Salts and Manufacturing. Still got A for my finals tho for chem huhu. Pain in the ass. I'm so lazy today so no studying. I've been focusing on Physics and Add Maths more. My weakest subjects..... trust me I can't really handle physics. I UNDERSTAND IT BUT WHEN I APPLY IT ON PAPER. BAAAAMMMMM GOT C. foooook. But at the same time, it might be my fault since during 2012, I've only been focusing on every subject except Physics, Add Maths and BM..

This post has been edited by assymessy: Dec 30 2012, 11:23 PM

my weakest subject has always been chemistry.

must be constant and even in studying,if you ignore subjects like bm,physics and add maths,your brain will "karat" and rot somewhere when answering questions during exam.

This post has been edited by green_algae: Dec 31 2012, 12:04 AM

@maxim:

Can share some strategy to study salts? I still cannot understand it.

Only Chem left for me rest I'm done.

Salt requires mostly memorizing and if you dont understand, you can view some video on youtube about salt. That's what I did for my last semester exam.

Ok thanks for the heads up

I don't see why people are saying that Salts requires a lot of memorising . In fact , if your basic is good , only a little memorising is necessary .

Study in chunks : That's what I did .

Start with solubility of salts . Then methods of preparing soluble salts ( very important to know the procedures well -- you will be asked in the essay section ) . If you're done , you can start studying method of preparing insoluble salts ( this is fairly easy , choose 2 soluble salts where the product will be insoluble , hint : choose a nitrate salt and add a potassium or sodium salt ) .

Then , jump to the qualitative analysis of salts ( stoichiometry , this is easy if you still remember how to balance equations and do some calculations involving chemical reactions , you should be able to cover this in no time ) .

With that aside , start with the gas tests ( oxygen , hydrogen , nitrogen dioxide , etc ) which will help you in determining the presence of anions in a salt compound .

Go on with anion tests ( again , pretty easy -- only four of them . )

Cation tests have may be a bit tricky -- you should know the colours of ions , copper ( II ) blue , iron ( II ) green , iron ( III ) brown , zinc -- yellow when hot , white when cold , lead -- brown when hot , yellow when cold , lead ( II ) oxide -- black , copper ( II ) carbonate - green , potassium manganate ( VI ) purple , etc ) .

Then all you have left are the solubility tests using NaOH and ammonium solutions , these are the important ones . Also remember specific tests like Nessler's reagent , potassium hexacyanoferrate ( II ) , potassium iodide ( to test for the presence of lead ( II ) ions which forms a yellow insoluble salt ) .

That's about it . You got to refresh every day after reading this chapter by reading short notes , even after multiple readings I still am not 100 % sure of certain things , and I'd have to refresh later ( I've left my Chemistry aside for four days now -- concentrating on Physics ) .

All the best !

Can you help me with Physics ?

so uGHHHHHhhhh

If you specify your question , just a bit , I think I can . Which chapter are you having trouble with ?

Hmm most likely the ones involving modification and justification. I'm having some trouble with resolution of forces, archimedes. And overall idk so scared man trying to get A+ for SPM but kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Huaaaaaa.

That's right...

The parts I'm stuck with is Cation test and solubility test.

Just can't remember the colour codes for the ions

Maybe I just need more time...but it's the end of 2012 already

BUCK UP YOUR STUDIES.

No more JPS Setara paper? Referring to 1st post

Modification and justification involves more answering technique / common sense than Physics concepts , to be honest .

My advice would be to use tables to answer these questions . Modification on one side , and the reason on the other . The reasons needn't be complex , just think simple . For example :

Modification : The car should be made of low density carbon fibre
Reason : Light and strong , enable car to move faster

It is that simple . Look at trial answer schemes and SPM answer schemes . Looks like your problem is more on answering techniques rather than your understanding on Physics . Don't worry , most of us are still not sure of the answering techniques for all the subjects , I'm sure we'll get there before SPM .

Resolution of forces involves the breaking up of forces into their components -- sorry man , I can't help you here because it gets technical when there are more than two forces involved . Maybe posting a question here would help . You just need to practice more on this , plus make sure your basic trigonometry knowledge is there ; without it you can't do much . Is your Maths good ? If you are , you should be able to grasp this quite easily .

Again , you're being too general . What Archimedes ? The person ? His principle on buoyancy ? Calculations involving buoyant force ? Apparent weight and actual weight ?

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Added on December 31, 2012, 8:44 pmIf you can remember the names of game characters , you should be able to know all the colours of important ions pretty easily .

Don't rush , you have ample time before SPM . Take your time and take it one step at a time .

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Added on December 31, 2012, 8:45 pmYup . It was in the news some time ago .

This post has been edited by maximR: Dec 31 2012, 08:45 PM