220 or 398?

D: Is your enthalpy change 220 or 398?
Me: 220 la.. WHY?
Y: It's 398! Confirm, isn't it just product minus reactant?
D: Yeah lor... yours wrong la.
J: NO, i'm very sure it's 220.
Y: OK let's vote, ok, 4 people here say 398, only you two say it's 220.
J: No, i ask Hu already, his answer is 220 too.
Y: OK lor, so you guys 3 votes.
Me: No! that's different, Hu's answer stands for 5 votes! [Hu is the smartest guy I know]

...

D: Your answer for the type of reaction, nucleophilic substitution then what? I put elimination.
Me: Mine's decomposition.
D: What, decomposition?
F: i put hydrolysis!

... The next one generated the most debate!

D: So was your tyre deflated?
Me: Yeah, i put deflate because pressure difference higher what.
Fe: No, it's not deflated! I calculate already, the pressure difference is lower.
Y: Pressure difference must be at least 7 bars leh.
D: What 7 bars la? Internal pressure of tyre must not exceed 8 bar, is totally not talking about pressure difference!
Y: Then why would they [Cambridge] state that internal pressure of tyre must not exceed 8 bars? They put for fun meh?
D: No! it's talking about 2 different things. One is about tyre and the other is about pressure difference. IF u think about it, which aeroplane will carry inflated tyres???

OK, enough already. So now you know how geeks talk. The above 'conversation', to put it mildly, took place right after our Chemistry Paper 2. 10 points to you if you know what's enthalpy change!

For econs, there was this essay qn: Discuss whether Singapore is among the countries with the most to gain from globalisation. [25 marks]

I'm pretty sure no one in singapore did that question unless you didn't study at all or are a gungho genius. Why gungho genius? Because even geniuses wouldn't do that qn! Interestingly, out of the 6 questions given, of which 3 must be done, 3 was relatively easier than the 3 other more difficult ones. Hmm, maybe Cambridge is testing our ability to choose questions.