Present, Match That Handwriting

Did some spring cleaning today, namely sorting out that mountain of papers that had accumulated for 2 years. I think I may just break my all-time karung guni sales record if I sold all of them, I swear that it is more than 4 years of secondary school stuff put together.

That's when I unearthed something I've not seen after at least 18 months. There, stacked beneath piles of paper, were comments from my classmates for my speech. It was the sort of GP speech contest where everyone had to participate in. In a way, you get experience for PW, as well as acquire information about various topics which ultimately would be useful for GP.

I found 15 anonymous comments. I vaguely remembered there were like 5-6 GP groups and 1 person from each group would prepare a speech for the lesson. There should be 24 people in the class that day and everyone else had to make a comment. That should give me about 18 comments (24-6=18). Oh man, that means I'd lost some.

Since they were anonymous, I thought it would be fun to try matching the handwriting to my classmates. As I did this exercise, I started to recall some of the moments on that very day. I recalled Ying Hui was sitting in line at the front, telling Jeremy about how nervous she was, while Jeremy was striking his confident pose as usual. Was Michelle in line as well? I can't remember, after all, I was nervous myself.

And so I crossed out Jeremy and Ying Hui in my little matching exercise. In addition, to fuel my mathematical ambition, I did a little bit of statistics. I started out with the guys first, since they were more characteristic.
1. Charlie. 6.5
2. Nicholas. Do I deserve an 8? No need to give me face. 8
3. Arif. Lol, I was some political leader. Well, it was a speech about terrorism after all. Needed to have that feel. 7
Current Mean: 7.17
Current Median: 7
More guys to come.
1. Kai Wei. 7
2. Zen Hong. ~
Kai Wei gave the marks, Zen Hong gave the comments. Why don't you 2 give the comments together on one piece of paper?
Current Mean: 7.13
Median: 7
Mode: 7
Argh, my mean dropped by 0.04 points (0.56% drop).


At this point, I realised Tian Sheng's one was missing. Never mind, let's move on. I'm ashamed to admit that I could recognise 3 of the girls' handwriting. So sorry.
1. Gina. Packed full of comments, but no score, why you copy Zen Hong? At least he has a partner to help him rate me, where's yours? ~
2. Hwee Lin. Very detailed, like a mini checklist. 7
3. Gladys. Recognised hers from miles away 6.5
Current Mean: 7
Median: 7
Mode: 7
Triple 7! I hit the jackpot!

By the time I reached here, my matching became worse. So I whipped out my fan with all my classmates' handwriting on it. Sadly, it did not work that well, I was at a loss. In the end, I gave the handwriting several possible owners.
1. & 2. They belong to Syafeeqah and Qian Hua, but I can't tell which is which. They have been such good friends, even their handwriting are so similar. 7 & 6
3. Jasmine. Unique. 7
Current Mean: 6.89
Median: 7
Mode: 7
In terms of 'A' grading system, I've dropped a grade from A to B.

I hate myself for not finding out who wrote what that day. For the next two, I can only make a smart guess, with reference to the fan of mine.
1. Shu Fen? Some resembence but I'm not quite sure. 7.5
2. Mun Chee? Ah ha, only Arif's had the same title as hers. Could it be that they were of the same GP group? But I don't remember Arif's group mates, only recalled his group was closest to the back door. 6
Current Mean: 6.86
Median: 7
Mode 7
Still dropping, it's worse than the US stock market.

Argh, I give up. Even comparing doesn't help. So I let my instinct do the job. They resemble Gladys' slightly, so I say it's:
1. Hui Min. Remembered her words were smaller than average. 7
2. Michelle. 7.5

Okay 13 sets of score, and for the final resuts:
Mean: 6.92
Median: 7
Mode: 7
Okay back to spring cleaning. Who knows what I might find next...