2007
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7
Jul
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Kinematics – This Is A-Maths Not Physics!

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Posted at 7:26 pm by Miss Loi in A-Maths Questions

No Physics Please! Admittedly, Miss Loi has been really busy this June holidays – from setting up The Temple to car accidents. So busy that she was unceremoniously deprived of her annual shopping pilgrimage during this period :( .

Likewise, her army of devotees have also been unceremoniously starved of cerebral stimulation during this period. For this Miss Loi felt really bad, as she understands that no number of lame/bimbotic/scandalous posts on her personal life can ever substitute the mighty high you get when you’re attempting one of Miss Loi’s maths questions!

So to kickstart a new round of Maths problems, here’s one on kinematics that will help those of you who have just started to get acquainted with the topic these few weeks:

A particle moves in a straight line so that, at time t seconds after leaving a fixed point O, it’s velocity v m/s is given by

v = 6 – 5e-(t/3)

  1. Find the acceleration of the particle when t = 3.
  2. Sketch the velocity-time graph for 0 ≤ t ≤ 4.
  3. Find the displacement of the particle from O when t = 3.
  4. Show that the particle will not pass through O again.

Detailed scientific analysis (by Miss Loi) has revealed a trend of such questions recurring in recent years i.e. it’s not just about kinematics anymore – differentiation, integration and curve sketching are usually thrown in for good measure.

CAUTION: If you’re a budding Einstein taking physics at the same time, there will be a dangerous tendancy for you to attempt these kind of questions using whatever super duper rocket science out-of-syllabus motion equations you’ve learnt in your physics class. Sadly, you WILL get confused – this is A-Maths NOT Physics! Don’t get embroiled needlessly in the eternal war between physics and pure mathematics – read 100 times the bold words in the last para and you’ll understand why! Think about how those who don’t take physics are going to answer the question.

That’s all Miss Loi has to say for now. Anyway, school’s in, fun’s out! Oh, get high now!

P.S. For some reason, Miss Loi finds the last part of the question a little sad … like this particle and O were never meant to be together *sob* (better cut down on those serial dramas!)

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2007
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1
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Burning Joss Sticks In Semester II

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Posted at 7:28 pm by Miss Loi in Miss Loi's Temple

As students march into the final leg of their epic journey to the O-Level exams this year, it is clear that the war is being waged on two fronts. Besides the eternal struggle with the LMBFH Syndrome within themselves, the invasion of the foreign cyborgs in recent years has created a new threat to their quest for that coveted Distinction.

A Foreign Cyborg
He scores > 90 marks every test.
Can you?

With reports springing up everywhere on cyborgs averaging 90+ marks per maths test, Miss Loi has told her students countless times that 75 marks is unlikely to get you that Distinction.

Hence Miss Loi’s Temple is now opening its Gates again for joss sticks sessions during this critical period. Available to all students taking their E-Maths and/or A-Maths O-Level exams this October, these weekly tuition sessions will ensure you go into your final battle LMBFH Syndrome-free and transform you into one mean scoring machine who is more than capable of fending off the attacks from the cyborg army!

Details/schedule as follows:

Lesson Times: Every Friday:
3.30-5.30pm (Slot I)
5.30-7.30pm (Slot II)

Every Saturday:
3.00-5.00pm (Slot III)
5.00-7.00pm (Slot IV)

Venue: Miss Loi’s Temple
Class Size: Limited to 4 students

As far as possible, students of similar results shall be grouped together to ensure a comfortable learning pace for all within the same slot. Contact Miss Loi now to confirm the most suitable slot for you!

More details are found in the Class Schedule Page. Do check back often for the latest updates.

Students, TRANSFORM and roll out!!!


IMPORTANT From past experience these sessions tend to fill up pretty fast so please, please contact Miss Loi now to confirm your early salvation!

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2007
Fri
29
Jun
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Butt-Banged!

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Posted at 5:55 pm by Miss Loi in Miss Loi's Car

Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Loi presents to you her newly-styled bumper courtesy of the rampaging car that smashed into her rear while she was on her way to tuition yesterday.

New Styled Bumper

As investigations are still ongoing, there’s nothing much for her to say here except that she’s feeling a little sore and some pain in her neck, back and … umm … butt.

And not forgetting that she’s going to be re-acquainted with some of the 20,000 taxis plying the streets of Singapore soon! :(

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2007
Mon
25
Jun
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Miss Loi Featured On Wan Bao!

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Posted at 9:31 pm by Miss Loi in Miss Loi the Tutor

Miss Loi on Wanbao!

Miss Loi just achieved eternal tabloid status appearing on Lianhe Wanbao! And Miss Loi is now 罗姑娘! *lol!

Squeezed inbetween worldly headlines such as “Christopher Lee Released From Prison“, “Husband Suffers Stroke After Wife Beats Up Mistress“, “Woman In Undies Falls 17 Storeys In Kuala Lumpur“, is another earth-shattering article loosely translated as

“Tuition Center With Weird Name Called Miss Loi’s Temple”

So if you’re feeling bored tonight drinking your kopi si siew dai at your downstairs coffeeshop, with no one around to listen to your inspirational tirade against the local government, why not get a copy of tonight’s issue and check out Miss Loi’s little story?

Furthermore, Christopher Lee has just been released from prison you know?!

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2007
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24
Jun
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‘Celebrate’ The Summer!

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Posted at 9:21 pm by Miss Loi in Miss Loi the Tutor

Celebrate the summer
Driving to the sea
Celebrate the feeling
You and me

- DJ Cammy

Singapore students this summer
Singaporean students this summer
Spanish students this summer
Spanish students this summer

Ironic isn’t it?

As students around the world welcome the summer with beach romps and wild parties, their counterparts here in Singapore ‘celebrate’ with the kickoff of another supremely exciting school semester ahead.

For Miss Loi that’s probably all well and good. After being brutally robbed of her annual pilgrimage to a shopping haven like Causeway Bay, 西門町, Dongdaemun *wake up wake up!* … by a particularly intense June holiday period that oversaw momentous events like The Opening of the Temple Gates and The Charge of the LMBFHS Brigade, perhaps she can now console herself with the latter half of the Great Singapore Sale.

With the successful conclusion of this first wave of intensive holiday tuition classes, here are some messages to the diverse group of devotees of her inaugural assembly (you know who you are!):

To the one who always turn up with a furry friend,

You are lucky I did not charge extra for your friend! Remember to finish up the test papers you owe me, and always keep in mind that the foreign cyborg in your class just scored 98 marks!

P.S. Do drop by just before your prelims/O-Levels for some extra tips.

To the one who always turn up with the mandatory drink in your hand,

Remember to keep practising and burn your joss sticks. In this age of the cyborg invasion, 75 marks is not likely to be enough for A1.

And stop molesting my furniture!

To the one who will suddenly have tons of ‘other’ test papers springing up from nowhere whenever I mention ‘homework’,

Hope you’ve enjoyed sitting on that sofa :) I’m still waiting for you to finish and show me your ‘tons of other test papers’!

To the one whose occupation is a full-time tuition student,

You’ve missed too many lessons! Quickly make-up for those topics you’ve missed!

To the zen-like one who’s always in deep thought,

Snap out of your self-induced trance and start practising now – you’ll need to burn lots of joss sticks till you choke from the smoke! *that’s a nice rhyme!*

Please remember to do the extra exercises I’ve given you and show them to me soon!

To the one who emailed me,

Hope my reply was helpful to you.

To the one who was always in a constant state of banter with the one below,

Stop your teasing and instead focus more coz you can score! *another nice rhyme!*

To the one who was always on the receiving end of heavy bantering from the one above,

Would you like to work as Miss Loi’s assistant? :)

To all,
I cannot stress this enough but please, please continue to burn your joss sticks regularly. Joss sticks joss sticks burn so high! *ewww! that sounded so ‘lian’!!*

By the way, what took you so long to start eating my snacks?! Why so shy? Miss Loi so fierce meh??

On a final note, now that the school holidays are behind us and school’s the in-thing again (at least for Singapore), guess Miss Loi shall resume her regular postings of A-Maths and E-Maths questions soon.

C’mon, all you maths nerds geeks admit that you’ve missed them sorely! Stay tuned!

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