2009!

2009-03-26T13:05:00.002+08:00

kiwi martini on a humid afternoon before heading to school... wonderful!

2009-03-24T23:52:00.002+08:00

ARGH
2 x 2000 word essay
due next week
and i still havent started on my paper due tomorrow
nor have i started on my essay due 2 days ago

and I'm still going out to some god forsaken place to kayak just to get some lunch money for next week.

ARGH FUCK FUCK FUCK
i dont want to do this shit no more
this is damn retarded
i quit
why do i even bother with deadlines
i'm going to live life the way i want to
fuck this shit

Ask and you shall receive.

2009-03-21T17:05:00.001+08:00

If I'm ever opening a bar or club, I'll make sure I pray everyday so Jesus will visit me daily and turn all the water into alcohol.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_at_Cana

2009-03-18T03:52:00.000+08:00

2 hours of sleep and off to NTU I go. all the best to me.

fuck this shit.

2009-03-18T01:55:00.001+08:00

evening in the kitchen

2009-03-13T19:50:00.002+08:00

Was feeling rather down today. Actually the day was ok, somehow nearing the end of school day the feeling sank in again.

Skipped social psychology lecture and took BTC1 to Bukit Timah to get home. Had rojak! Then went to shop and save but couldn't get a thing. Went over the the HDB estates and wet market instead. Got some bananas, grated coconut and sago seeds. Gonna make some Chè Chuối!

Had 椰汁 too~! Miss HK snacks.

Gonna move on to sesame tang yuans after this. Shall try out coconut tang yuan too! That should keep me occupied until 10pm or so. A while after that dad should be home and he'll have 2 desserts to choose from!

Doing all I can to run away. Due what's gonna come will come and its about time I face it.

Philosophy and God!

2009-02-04T10:13:00.003+08:00

Links posted by my lecturer as part of our readings on Euthyphro.

Check it out, my god has a 90% chance of existing. Perhaps that's because I'm not picky with his properties and just chose for him to exist for eternity.

Just hit the F5 key if the page doesn't load property after making your choices.

http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/whatisgod.htm
http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/god.htm

She's SO CUTE!

2009-01-17T12:53:00.001+08:00

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/33f2687080/good-cop-baby-cop-from-will-ferrell-and-adam-ghost-panther-mckay

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/74/the-landlord-from-will-ferrell-and-adam-ghost-panther-mckay

simply addictive

2009-01-15T13:05:00.000+08:00

http://www.uniqlo.jp/uniqlock/

Best Job In The World

2009-01-15T01:08:00.001+08:00

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/402286/1/.html

I really think it's best. Pays amazingly well and requires you to just have fun for 6 months.

Thanks Jin Hin for the referral. I've got no balls to apply for it though. Tak's forsaken me on this one.

hole in my heart

2009-01-10T11:37:00.003+08:00

and it's one huge hole.... heartpain.

Venice and Jing and random paddle items : $2500
Sungkai Whitewater 22 Jan - 25 Jan : $550
Ramunia Seawater 14 Feb - 18 Feb : $580
Thrown 2 bags of coins worthed $200 down the centralised rubbish chute : Priceless

$3830... and my bond maker still owes me ~1.2k from fighting fire saving lives. that means.... yeah. i've got to sell myself for like 9 nights just to pay for my expensive pleasures.

work work! (and study. studying is so cool.)

Thank you SPLAT! for yet another self discovery moment

2009-01-05T02:19:00.004+08:00

doing up my workshop preparation for the seminars later today. well it's half doing, and half redoing. I had all these plans to impart various skills and expose the kids to different subjects, but as I was putting everything down into words, I realised that this isn't what's important.

Like how I put to my parents while sharing with them my ideas, it's such sudden insights and realisations that has changed my life.

For a sneak preview:

As the saying goes, "Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime”—Author unknow"

That's so history. To be a successful trainer, there is more to this. I have identified a few levels of approaches that one can adopt. But for a workshop on personal mastery to JC students, what better way to prepare for this workshop than imagining myself attending my own workshop and looking out for what I want to hear?

Level 1 - Our teachers:
Drill into our head that this saying is bloody darn important by repeating it N+1 times. Well, yeah, so we remember that the man will starve tomorrow if you give him a fish today, but never knows why.

Level 2 - Some "leadership trainers"
Teaches you to fish and hope that you'll feed yourself tomorrow

Level 3 - Some "motivational trainers"
Tells you that he's going to teach you how to fish because this will let you feed yourself for a long time. May or may not actually teach your how to fish in the end, but makes you think that it's important to know how to fish by using funky techniques such as NLP and neat business suits.

Level 4+ ?
Helps you discover why it is important to know how to fish. Guides you through the process and lets your gain that insight the same way as I found out these truths as I aged. Refuses to teach you how to fish because he is confident that you have understood the importance of feeding yourself. Knows that you will know how to find food, be it fishing, hunting or simply calling Mac Delivery.

Hm, Personal Mastery. Master yourself.

Set yourself free, but at the same time, challenge yourself. Just for the kicks of it. I have my own beliefs and I'll be sharing with you. It's called Takism. But what I aim to achieve is not to convert all of you to Takists or Takians. I want you to have your own set of beliefs. Be yourself and believe in yourself. Be who you really are, be who you really can, be who you really want to be.

Just did some googling around and I realised no one used the phrase "If you're not part of the solution, don't be a part of the problem." The closest I've found was "Quit being part of the problem, be part of the solution". Well, something that I've said that really belongs to me I guess! Yeah I'm going to make everyone quote me and send them letters threatening to kick them out of school for plagarism if this phrase's used but no credit given.

Modules for Year 1 Sem 2

2009-01-02T13:48:00.000+08:00

PL3236 Abnormal Psychology (Grp 1): Lecture: Group 1, Thu, 1400-1600, Weekly, at LT8	05	25	450 / 1	33	11	pt	Accepted	Programme Account
PL2132 Research and Statistical Methods II (Grp 1): Lecture: Group 1, Tue, 800-1000, Weekly, at LT12	01	24	450 / 1	20	1	pt	Accepted	Programme Account
PL3234 Developmental Psychology (Grp 1): Lecture: Group 1, Mon, 1400-1600, Weekly, at LT8	05	25	456 / 1	19	1	pt	Accepted	Programme Account
PL3235 Social Psychology (Grp 1): Lecture: Group 1, Fri, 1600-1800, Weekly, at LT11	05	79	800 / 1	48	1	pt	Accepted	Programme Account
** Vac : Vacancy, Bid Sts. : Bid Status, HLBP : Highest/Lowest Bid Point

Modules Not Available for Bidding in Current Round:
Note: Please enter 0 if you want to retract a bid.

Module	Mod Type	Your Advance Bid	Account Type	Place Adv. Bid
LAV2201 Vietnamese 2 (Grp 1): Lecture: Group 1, 0-0, Weekly	27	pt	Programme Account

Must work harder

2008-12-23T10:13:00.001+08:00

2008/2009 Sem 1 Examination for ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 1

Module Code	Module Title	Grade
CS1105	Computing and Society	A-
LAM1201	Malay 1	B+
LAV1201	Vietnamese 1	A
PL1101E	Introduction to Psychology	B-
PL2131	Research and Statistical Methods I	A

Oh well... my PL1101E really sucked big time. Was expecting a B+ at least, given a B+ mid term essay and a 70/100 mid term mcq test. Somehow I screwed up my final paper? If its B+ I'll get 4.5 for this sem. ROAR!

I have proven the myth that its easy to score in arts module FALSE!

Pretty happy that I've got A for viet, and A for PL2131 too! Thought I really screwed up the final paper for that, but guess more people screwed it up than me! But there goes my top in subject shopping vouchers though hahahah :)

Cheers!

2008-12-21T00:44:00.002+08:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaughLab

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were going camping. They pitched their tent under the stars and went to sleep. Sometime in the middle of the night Holmes woke Watson up and said: "Watson, look up at the stars and tell me, what do you see?"

Watson replied: "I see millions and millions of stars."

Holmes said: "And what do you deduce from that?"

Watson replied: "Well, if there are millions of stars, and if even a few of those have planets, it's quite likely there are some planets like earth out there. And if there are a few planets like earth out there, there might also be life."

And Holmes said: "Watson, you idiot, it means that somebody stole our tent."

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A woman gets on a bus with her baby. The bus driver says: "That's the ugliest baby that I've ever seen. Ugh!" The woman goes to the rear of the bus and sits down, fuming. She says to a man next to her: "The driver just insulted me!" The man says: "You go right up there and tell him off – go ahead, I'll hold your monkey for you."

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http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/cc_insider/2008/12/the-10-most-inappropriate-holiday-jokes.html

Christmas Cop

On Christmas morning, a cop on horseback was sitting at a traffic light, and next to him was a kid on his shiny new bike.

The cop said to the kid, "Nice bike you got there. Did Santa bring that to you?"

The kid said, "Yeah."

The cop said, "Well, next year, tell Santa to put a taillight on that bike."

The cop then proceeded to issue the kid a $20 bicycle safety violation ticket.

The kid took the ticket.

Before he rode off he said, "By the way, that's a nice horse you got there. Did Santa bring that to you?"

Humoring the kid, the cop said, "Yeah, he sure did."

The kid said, "Well, next year tell Santa to put the dick underneath the horse, instead of on top."

http://www.bluedonut.com/jokes.htm

A guy enters bar carrying an alligator. Says to the patrons, "Here’s a deal. I'll open this alligator's mouth and place my genitals inside. The gator will close his mouth for one minute, then open it, and I'll remove my unit unscathed. If it works, everyone buys me drinks." The crowd agrees. The guy drops his pants and puts his privates in the gator's mouth. Gator closes mouth. After a minute, the guy grabs a beer bottle and bangs the gator on the top of its head. The gator opens wide, and he removes his genitals unscathed. Everyone buys him drinks. Then he says: "I'll pay anyone $100 who's willing to give it a try." After a while, a hand goes up in the back of the bar. It's a woman. "I'll give it a try," she says, "but you have to promise not to hit me on the head with the beer bottle."

its IDRS!

2008-11-30T16:15:00.002+08:00

http://raoulpop.com/2008/a-dell-order-and-return-experience/

Sometimes we just cant blame IDRs when things go wrong. There're so many of them around in this small world it's simple statistics that more of them do stupid things.

having said that, sometimes americans are worse.

2008-11-27T03:15:00.004+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dv5umFVqv8&feature=related

faggot alert that's all i can say. makes being on the kick scooter so uncool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEQuW2v6U2o

yeah and as we all know god hates faggot. or at least those christians know.

right, the standard of god. and if there's no hell who's going to believe in him? right. just so so right. what has religion done to our world?

Who's spider is that?

2008-11-26T13:25:00.003+08:00

Came across this and I just had to post it. Wasn't my work, not very sure who the original author was either. But it's so good, I am posting it anyway!

back from the almost dead

2008-11-26T01:39:00.000+08:00

been out aiming for some records this semester, here goes:

Format: Module - Time Allocated/Time Taken/% Time remaining

PL2131 mid term - 90mins/45 mins/50%

PL1101E finals - 120mins/90mins/25%

LAM1201 finals - 120mins/65mins/45.8%

If only I can clock and bank in my timings for future papers.... Well first semester is over just like that, just got to wait for my results. My 50% finals for PL2131 is probably 0... there was 3 questions and i figured I got only 3 questions wrong. Hurray!

2008-11-20T13:18:00.001+08:00

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000V1MLBE

sigh, do we really need things so simple? what happened to expanding our abilities to get things working?

2008-11-03T01:10:00.003+08:00

seems like its been eons since i've been here...

haha well, just a random link for everyone!
http://www.google.com.sg/search?q=chu+yiu+tak

what can be more fun than googling yourself? I actually topped the google search again hahahaha

and now for splat!
http://www.google.com.sg/search?q=splat

tops too!

and the last site, highly recommended by my sister. webcam and mic function is a bonus, seems like some singing is required. its an online game, go try it if you've got guts!
http://www.hotel626.com

2008-10-25T03:48:00.002+08:00

money cannot buy happiness. really it cant. the lack of it may bring sadness, while the lost of it makes it worse. but having lots of it doesnt make you all that much happier. at least not linearly. the returns diminishes quickly.

pursuing your dreams, living your aspirations. that's true happiness.

how can one get sad over getting 95% for a test? i dont know. but the feeling of being in my boat. heavenly.

mixed feelings, but generally happiness!

2008-10-25T03:13:00.002+08:00

Well, quite a day. Rushed up my computing assignment. Been slacking for this module, hasn't done anything with regards to posting to the website, been merely writing reports and submissions.

28.5/30 for PL2131 test. sad! not realy, but hey I was expecting full marks. And once again, 0.5 marks away from the highest score. just like my first assignment... 9.5/10. irritating. gonna score full marks for my current assignment and the final test.

more happiness! after hours, my desktop is finally alive and reincarnated! it's now version 2.0!

Here's the damage:

Samsung 2493HM - $450
Asus P5K-E Wifi mobo - $140
E2180 - $75
Coolermaster 333 casing with transparent side window and card reader - $50
Hyper 212 cooler + TX2 - $40
OCZ platinum 2x2gb DDR2-1000 ram - $130
MSI 7900GT PCIE - $50
Coolermaster eXtreme 380W PSU - $20 (haha ironically, this was the PSU I bought for my friend to build his first comp! and i actually bought it back from him so many years later! surprising!!! so delighted to bump into him when just a few days ago my parents and I went to his dad's restaurant to pay him a visit)
Microsoft Ergonomic Wireless Desktop 7000!!!! - $130 (been lusting for this for ages!!!! totally in love with it)

to come - Baracuda Juggernaut V3 - $55 (realy want it, so stylo mousepad, as big as half my table. but its $55)

sold off my old mobo + E2160 + 2x1gb team ddr2-667 ram for $200.

That totals up to $885... well. I just blew USD$400 when the market opened today. Phew on the rise again. Have faith! My earnings from previous night gone from pre-market trading. Hahaha... still have more left to fight back what I lost!

Happiness!

Nấu Chè Chuối ở Nhà Cô Bích

2008-10-24T01:53:00.001+08:00

Here are the ingredients we used for the famous delicious banana soup!

Serves 10
20 x Small Ripe Bananas
900ml x Water
400ml x Coconut milk
2 x stalks pandan leaves
100g x sugar (more if you like it sweeter)
100g x Tapioca Pearls (mini)

Step 1:
Peel off 15 bananas and mash it up until it looks and feels like mashed potato.

Step 2:
Bring water to boil and put in all the pandan leaves.

Step 3:
After 10 minutes, add in the mashed bananas.

Step 4:
Slowly stir in all the coconut milk and sugar. Stir constantly to mix evenly.

Step 5:
Add in all the tapioca sago pearls. We used the mini version so it cooks really quickly*.

Step 6:
Simmer for 10 minutes and remove from heat.

Step 7:
Place the cooked Chè Chuối in bowls. One more step and it's ready to be served!

Step 8:
Slice the remaining 5 bananas into bite-size and place on top of the served dessert.

Step 8:
Dessert may be serve warm or cold. Allow the dessert to be cooled before placing in the refrigerator.

Step 9:
Wash up and keep the kitchen clean and tidy! ( Especially so if its someone else's kitchen - e.g. your teachers ^^ )

*Note: Do not soak the tapioca sago pearls prior to adding. This is because of the small size and can be cooked easily in the boiling soup. The pearls should be separated from one another. If your pearls end up something as shown in the following picture, it's wise to try again. Practice makes perfect. Of course, do not waste food. Offer the not so ideal ingredients to an enthusiastic friend who is willing to eat it all up.

Remember, no matter how dirty the job is, always keep the kitchen neat and dry :)

owned...

2008-10-21T14:38:00.002+08:00

so i got owned by a representative from a group of people that starts with I, ends with R and has a D somewhere in between.

I was lugging around this heavy computer casing (which I bought from a fellow schoolmate) into the library. Being excessively heavy and supported only by a thing white string, I requested to enter via the exit instead. The exit is a wide gentry located just next to the rotating entrances of the library. I told her it's too heavy and bulky to fit through the normal rotating entrance. She insisted that I cannot go through the exit, which I showed her that it is physically possible (without carrying the heavy casing). She continued saying I CANNOT DO IT because I just cannot (which I have disproved), and suggested I lift up the heavy looking casing up to the desk to pass it to her. I O_O at her. Apparently she still failed to realise what she requested is the exact reason why I wanted to use the wide exit in the first place.

I proved to her that I am a student here by showing her my matric card and continued to tap it at the entrance. Well, she still does not let me go through the exit, simply because, I dunno. I swear it's something in their genetic pool that robbed them of their ability to process information. Convincingly assured that there is no way I can reason my way into the library using the much more convenient alternative route, I just lifted the casing over the entrance and tried to tap my card to get in. Oh well, at least she proved me wrong. She was compassionate enough to help me tap my card (i.e. she released the locking mechanism for the rotating entrance so I could get in without tapping).

Some people never fail to amaze me.

2008-09-30T12:18:00.002+08:00

been long since i've been here. on my way to library i saw this poster like banner hanging from the ceiling, it says, there's no star so high i cant reach (or something similar to that).

gave me some insight which i decided to share. by the way, i seem to be suffering from cluster headache. my left eyeball seems to be exploding and this pain lasts for hours a day. very obvious, trying to contain it. perhaps i can wire my mind to relieve the blood pressure and at the same tiem reduce the pain.

there's this saying always aim for the star/moon/sun/venus for if you miss at least you'll get the clouds. well, here's what i thought.

if you keep looking at the sky, you're either going to get clouds or helium. almost every other thing that is valuable is subjected to the force of gravity. one day you may have finally reached your rainbow, but i'll settle for the pot of gold that's underneath.

I know where the bus driver's logic came from!!!

2008-09-14T02:14:00.004+08:00

His logic came from viewing too much CNA reports!!

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/video/index.php
"Singapore
13 Sep 2008
Commuters generally welcome bus, train fare changes"

Amazingly, our leading news channel believes that statements such as:

- "Ok la, what to do?"
- "I hope don't increase anymore because right now very hard to find job also."

to mean the the average public transport user is looking forward to bus and train fare hike. As the fare is obviously not going the same direction as the recent oil future prices, I guess it's only justified to call it a hike. What fancy terms, "fare changes" and "fare revision".

Now I can appreciate why big and long things are not allowed onto SBS buses. It's all because of regulations. And because it's a THING. A BIG AND LONG THING.

SBS 583 K Bus #2 Driver

2008-09-13T18:42:00.002+08:00

On my way to Funan, this group of clowns dressed like clowns (ok kids who wore shirts and tried to look serious) were "playing a game". Well, I wouldn't have known they were playing a game if not for this clown's opening line of "Hi, my friends and I are playing a game." Well, on my way towards them I noticed they were trying to sell generic markers for $2.50. When I heard they were playing a game, I thought, why not? Let's play together. Here's what happened:

Clown: Do you have a minute to spare?

Me: I'll have a minute if you follow me.

Clown (trying to catch up with my pace): My friends and I are playing a game. Can you slow down for a while?

Me (walking even faster): *Looks at watch* Well I'm in a hurry to Funan, so just follow me. I can listen to you along the way.

Clown: Ok. We are trying to sell this marker for $2.50. If you buy 2, it'll be $2 for the second one.

Me: Cool, so what's so special about this marker?

Clown: We actually wrote on a piece of paper and soaked it in water and the ink doesn't smudge. (WOW!) And unlike normal markers, the ink dont fade off.

Me: Can I take a look at it? (reaches for it, then backs away and reaches it while he's backing away)

Clown: Ya, and it's very special. This is not like normal markers. This marker can write very fine lines.

Me: How fine?

Clown: Very fine. You can even sign your signature with it. You can do alot of things too. (like what? use it as a toothpick?)

Me: *trying to act as impressed as I can* Wow. Hm, ok. I've got to wait for the lights to change so you've got some time to show me. How about this? *opens up the file that I was carrying* Let's try writing something....

Clown (obviously looking a little stunned): Where? Here? *looks at my paper*

Me: Yes, its ok. Show me how fine it is. (The marker tip looked almost as thick as the whiteboard marker tip fitted onto a normal pen size marker. I was looking forward to an amazing magic display from him. Sadly, the line was far from the mechnical pencil line I was expecting.)
Clown: *Tries his best to lift the marker as effortlessly as possible* *1st line* *2nd line* *2nd and a half line* *lifted the marker a little too much and the line broke* *the rest of the 3rd line*

Me: Hm... ok. Let's try this. Write something. How about "Arts". *I dug a pen out from my right pocket and wrote the words Arts.* Is it as fine as this? Can you try it?

Clown: *sweating profusely* (i'm not sure if its the weather or if it was the task he was given) *Arts*

Me: Hm, cool! Right, let's cross the road.

Clown: *tries his best to catch up once again while lugging his briefcase like laptop bag on his shoulder* Ya so for the marker, it's 1 for $2.50, and if you buy two, it's $2 for the second one.

Me: What kind of game are you playing? What school are you from?

Clown: Oh, my friends and I just wanted to play this game to challenge ourselves. (by selling random markers? very challenging indeed.) We want to sell these markers to blah blah blah blah....

Me: Cool. So have you been reading?

Clown: Huh? What?

Me: Have you been reading?

Clown: Have I what?

Me: Reading.

Clown: Oh yes. Rich dad poor dad... xxx ... xxx ... xxx ... (and some random books that i didnt really bother to pay attention to. Rich dad poor dad certainly isnt going to help him sell random markers to random people on the street).

Me: Hm, have you read this book... hm... hm... this book called.... hm.... (i honestly forgot the book's name. 'Influence' was the book's name.)

Clown: Hm, how to make friends quickly? (and a few other suggestions)

Me: No its not that... hm....

*Light changes again, time to get to Funan side!*

Me: *starts to cross*

Clown: I'm not supposed to leave that area.

Me: You better get back there then! *continue brisk walking towards Funan. No idea what happened to the clown after that. But he's probably gonna be stranded somewhere across a 4 lane road far away from his friends for some time, the lights don't change that fast.*

Well I was being nice already. I would have made him write arts and sign his name all over his left arm. Those kids were just weird dressed in long pants and shirts in a hot and humid Singapore afternoon. Appearances count but in this case the clothes just dont make them any more man. Wonder what happens if he walks further. Will he game over and just die? I should have tried forcing him to take 2 more steps. I'll gladly insert more credits for him to play his game. Selling markers sounds fun. Especially markers that can write lines so fine you can sign with it. That's your punishment for lying. Santa will give you 100 markers to remind you not to lie again. So so so fine lines:

And so I went to Funan to sell off my noise cancelling headphones and went searching for a portable projector screen for my dad. Challenger was selling at $299, but I managed to find one at $170! Black with tripod built-in, simply amazing buy. Snatched it. The guy offered a 15% discount before I even asked for one. Met my NS friend Taufik there. Working at Dell! Sadly there wasnt any projector screens there.

What happened next was more happening. Compulsory primary and secondary education obviously has its limitation. Critical thinking skills and common sense should be made compulsory instead.

Lugging my 70 incher around (its the screen), I waited for a bus at the bus stop. I flagged the bus when bus #2 came, but the uncle refused to open the door! I wondered why but luckily another guy in front of me wanted to board the bus as well, so he had to open the door. It was then I noticed they hired a clown to serve the public:

Clown2: *waves his hand at me*

Me: *wants to wave back but has no more hands*

Clown2: You cant bring it up.

Me: *shows him that I can bring it up and tapped my ez-link card* *Looks at him.* Why cant I bring it up?

Clown2: The thing is too big, it's an obstructions to the people. If you want to you have to take a double decker bus.

Me: *thinks to myself. people who stands at the front of the bus and blocks access to the space in the back are the obstructions, not a projector screen then I am hugging on to.*
Me: A double decker bus has an even lower ceiling so there isn't more room on a double decker bus. (today your first day as a bus driver ah? it's called a double decker bus because it has 2 decks, not because it has a ceiling as high as 2 decks.)

Clown2: *and he drives off anyway* *kay pohs on the bus starts looking at me*

Me: *after a 10second break, couldn't leave it there* I don't see why you're being so anal about bringing this.

Clown2: It's too big and long. We have our regulations.

Me: *thinks to myself again. Wow, suddenly Singapore is full of regulations that I have never been aware of* I am not obstructing anyone and it can fit just nice into the bus so I don't see a reason why I am not allowed to bring this up. (I can hold the projector screen vertically and it fits with enough room to tilt it back down again, so I say that's enough space. And the cross section area was only 5"x6" so I can easily fit it between my feet or just by my side.)

Clown2: Just like bicycle, even if you want to bring it up, you will have to fold it, otherwise you cannot bring it up. It's big and long.

Me: (obviously I tried and still failed to see the relationship between a bicycle with handle bars that stick out and a long item that can stand perfectly vertical in the bus. instead of probing him on what exactly did the regulations regulate and asking him how this projector screen looks like a bicycle to him, i decided to reason with logic)
Me: So you are saying tall people are not allowed onto buses?

Clown2: NO! It's the big and long thing. The THING.

***
Me: Please calm down. I know you may have issues about some thing being short and small, but it's beyond my control. You may have a short and small thing but you shouldn't take it out on people with big and long things. Even without this projector screen I've still got a thing that's big and long on me, so do you want me to get off the bus?
***

Me: I've got 2 things that's big and long on me. *Grins to the guy in front of me* *He just stares blankly like an idiot*.

Well the parts in *** *** was what I wanted to say but as usual, I didn't. I would have said it a little louder right in his face if he mentioned "big and long thing" to me one more time. Perhaps he suddenly felt too ashamed about his own thing short and small and kept quiet. I did say the I've got 2 big and long things though.

Anyway, I managed to move into the center portion of the bus without much difficulty as there was about 2 inches of space between the ceiling and the packaging when the screen is resting on the ground. Very cute uncle, just a little quirky to be a bus driver. I think he'll make an excellent Japanese porn star.

MUST WATCH Classic - Bible stories!

2008-09-09T22:18:00.001+08:00

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/search/title/messed%20up%20bible%20stories

Episode 1: http://ebolaworld.com/flashpage.php?series=bible&episode=01&

Episode 2: http://ebolaworld.com/flashpage.php?series=bible&episode=02&

Episode 3: http://ebolaworld.com/flashpage.php?series=bible&episode=03&

Episode 4: http://ebolaworld.com/flashpage.php?series=bible&episode=04&

Some quotes to share:
"You want me to kill some of the animals I just saved?

Yup.

But that will make some animals go extinct..."

"You killed everything because man was evil, and now you decide that you'll never do it again because man was evil?

Yup.

You dont see a problem to that statement?

Nope!"

This cant be real...

2008-09-07T02:57:00.004+08:00

even police women are made to skate synchronised when out on patrol...

machiam robocop skater version... stylo la.

skatergirls! CMI wahahhaah...

it's got to be the city of skaters... even their policemen are more stylo when wearing skates.

(http://inlineskates.wordpress.com/category/jobs-skater-wanted/)

and a damn ownage chinese skater... totally together with his skates!

http://www.dailymotion.com/related/x2d5pq_seba-fr1-roller-glisse_sport/video/x1eys6_seba-on-the-greatwall-of-china_sport

My badge!

2008-09-05T23:44:00.000+08:00

update: win xp drives

2008-09-05T02:02:00.000+08:00

Yeah... 3 buyers so far! Hm... a 250% return does look high, but it's actually just $25, and that's if i manage to get 2gb drives at $10 a piece. Should start selling to ebay at 35pounds instead :D

Ideas can really turn into reality! Guess that's what think and grow rich is really about. Oh well, got to work harder it's not going to be enough for my school fees.

Jokes off the web...

2008-09-05T00:33:00.002+08:00

Theorem. A cat has nine tails.

Proof. No cat has eight tails. Since one cat has one more tail than no cat, it must have nine tails.

(http://www.math.ualberta.ca/~runde/jokes.html)

Politics Defined

SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The state takes one and gives it to someone else.
COMMUNISM: You have two cows. The State takes both of them and gives you the milk.
FASCISM: You have two cows. The State takes both of them and sells you the milk.
MILITARY DICTATORSHIP: You have two cows. The State takes both of them and shoots you.
BUREAUCRACY: You have two cows. The state takes both of them, accidentally kills one and spills the milk in the sewer.
CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.
PURE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors decide who gets the milk.

REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors pick someone to decide who gets the milk. (<---- our home)

AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: The government promises to give you two cows if you vote for it. After the election, the president is impeached for speculating in cow futures. The press dubs the affair "Cowgate".

ANARCHY: You have two cows. Either you sell the milk at a fair price or your neighbors kill you and take the cows.

Owned

This tale is said to be told by John Kenneth Galbraith on himself. As a boy he lived on a farm in Canada. On the adjoining farm, lived a girl he was fond of. One day as they sat together on the top rail of the cattle pen they watched a bull servicing a cow. Galbraith turned to the girl, with what he hoped was a suggestive look, saying, "That looks like it would be fun." She replied, "Well.... She’s your cow."

(http://www.nd.edu/~jstiver/jokes.htm)

Windows XP on EEE PC (finally...)

2008-09-03T13:56:00.002+08:00

Its about time, well it's not fully installed yet, but 13 hours after I have embarked on the adventure to getting xp onto the eee pc, I'm beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

now I can at least get myself into the windows xp setup screen!

sometimes less is really more. thinking that using the notebook while multitasking on my desktop will speed up my preparation process, i began copying files from my xp cd onto the notebook in order to slipstream it with SP3 later. Well... I didnt have the eyes and body to manage the notebook which is out in the living room, and the download actually failed repeatedly, so after half an hour I'm still at GO.

Following tons of guides does not help if you dont read at least one fully. I have encountered every single documented error out there while doing my installation. having no cdrom drive doesnt help especially when my xp is just an upgrade edition. what's the use if I cant put in my win98 cd for the eee pc to read... so.. as usual.. i was forced by circumstance to use a more readily available copy. not having the cd doesn't not count as piracy in my view, as I still have tons of legal xp home and pro cd keys at my disposal (all legally obtained from the tons of notebooks that's been in the house). so yeah! happy that i've got a legit xp on my eee pc :)

gonna install openoffice and a few nifty gadgets next. there's this clock program that's available and it's just so cool! it makes this analog clock appear on your desktop (similar to what's available in vista). and there's a to do list program. all very functional.

i wouldn't have bothered with an xp installation if it wasn't because of mediaring talk. i wanted to be able to call places and not be greeted by a hefty bill from singtel at the end of each month. that was the way to go, and if you haven't used it before, do get it. the audio quality is comparable to international calling cards, but it can be fluctuating. also, depending on where you're calling, your voice will sound clearer to certain countries compared to others. then again, all you need is internet access and calls are free, so why not? seems like i'll be bringing the eeepc to school more frequently now.

an idea came to my mind! i can actually start selling preconfigured thumbdrives with tried and tested bootable images copied inside. of course the cd key will be left out, but at the current prices of $8-$12 for 1-2gb thumbdrives, people who wants xp on their machines without wanting to use a cd can easily go for this option! and there wont be a hassle for them to have to read all the guides and download this and that.. hm, worth considering. shall place my ad now.

ahhhhh it really is installing!!!! so so happy hahahahahha :D

Fate is in your hands

2008-08-31T04:09:00.005+08:00

It's about time I share something private about myself. Where's the joy in always reading about the latest news that there was a human traffic jam in Citylink on friday and no one could move or about the civil unrest in Thailand which may affect my thailand trip in a month's time. This post is all about one of the life-changing triggers that sparked the current process which is changing my life.

I must say my previous girlfriend gave me a life changing experience. It all began with the world youth day, when her fellow church mates were selling her the trip by saying that it'll be a "life-changing experience". From that day on, I swear to God I am 100% convinced it's the end for us.

But thanks to God, I'm a changed person. I realised that I am striving and working so hard. In fact I am pushing myself way out of my discomfort/stretch zone and challenging the boundaries of my panic zone. I want to and is able to do this not only because I want to be back in London asap, but also because I want to prove to everyone, and especially her, that they are wrong. Your destiny lies in your hands. I have never met a more blinded follower than her before. I wanted to show that hey, it's not God who's making things happen in your own life, it's you yourself. I had witnessed the importance of proper decision making and time management skills. That period of time was really a life-changing experience for me. In fact, I began to use the term life-changing experience alot, often unnecessarrily, simply because I want to mock at the people who are selling the trip.

I guess God made all of us different. Hahaha, I have this nice friend telling me God cheated when he pressed the reset button instead of trying to change everyone's mindset when his world went haywire the first time he tried to create one. I told her to give him a break because everyone has a first time. If he don't get to test out his powers how will he ever know if it actually works? This is certainly the reason why I believe everyone of us should read the bible. It develops our critical thinking skills to question. In fact, we should all attend bible study class (and quit like me after failing to get an answer to the "Dinosaur or Adam, who came first" question). The bible is THE book to go to for story ideas as well. There's like 101 ways to create chaos and take lives, at the same time there are 1001 stories which tells of the good we should do and how we can forgive others. I often turn to the bible (in the past, not often nowadays) for stories on morals and ethics. Of course dont choose those that involves first borns and offerings unless you are interested to take over the world. There are many parables that are worth remembering and sharing.

So what're you waiting for? I've still 1 bible to lend out and you can hold on to it as long as you like until you're done with it. It's an adventure bible and there's many mini quizzes and games in it! It's in fact more entertaining than the normal bible because you will get to learn MLM and brainwashing skills when you see how the producers lead kids on to develop unquestioning faith in their parent's religion of choice.

I shall leave you with a quote of what I have always used in the past. "Take a look at your palm. This is the Destiny line. There is a reason why it is in your hand." In fact, it lies right in the middle of each of your hands. You're in control of your fate and destiny. No one else but you.

notetaking

2008-08-31T02:49:00.003+08:00

ah.. while searching for the PSLE time table, I bumped into this website that provide tips for primary school studying. Those parents were so anxious about their kids they are actually delighted to find out that the schools are calling back their kids during the June holidays to prepare them for PSLE.

OH MY GOD.

That is just so sad. I never knew the "aim" of primary school was the PSLE. In fact, I never knew what PSLE stood for, not even when I am in primary 6. I got to be the most suaku kid in class when I was like, "Huh? What's PSLE?". I must have been dreaming all my life in primary school, just going for track, and chinese chess, and computer club, and swimming for a while, and house training and what else did I have? Oh, and when I'm home I just starcraft until the next day.

Kids have such sadistic parents nowadays. Poor kids.

I've got this primary 6 girl who's parent came back to me asking me to save her daughter. 5 weeks from PSLE and a 53.5/100 for Math Prelim. I asked her what her expectations were for her daughter and she couldn't give an answer, so I told her 70-80 is possible as of now, but I cant guarantee the result of her other 3 subjects. Oh well, I gave her till the end of this week to give me a reply and I have only just sent her the proposed revision schedule. If she take it I'll be pretty happy! 26 hours of tuition time in a month... I really need to get my income back on track I've been living off my savings since I'm back in Singapore and the size of it has shrunk from Bedok Reservoir to an oasis.

Anyway, I'm glad I putting effort in my university work. It's like payback time for never having really studied or read a book all my life. I actually find reading textbooks fun and interesting now. I spend most of my free time in the library, hogging books from the RBR and trying to digest as much as I could. My personal best so far was reading 10 pages for psyc stats tutorial in a few minutes. There was only 1 book in the library which I failed to borrow by 3 minutes because I was slowly enjoying my burger king meal. In the end I borrowed it from the bookshop uncle and speedread as much as I could. It turned out surprisingly useful for my tutorial as whatever I could pick up in that short time was adequate for the lesson later.

I've also learnt to maximise my time by doing tutorials in my breaks! The best school day so far was last thursday. I've finished my vietnamese tutorial at 1pm only to have a computing tutorial at 3pm. It's a computer and society module so it's actually more abstract than technical. I rushed all the 5 questions in half an hour and used the remainder of the time to read my psychology text. I had 20 minutes to read 2 chapters of text, so that's like 2 pages in a minute. Well, I only managed to cover about 20 pages of it, which is only 1 chapter, but still it was good effort and I found it very useful for the lecture which was right after my tutorial.

What's more amazing is that in the tutorial, only a few people actually bothered to read and do the tutorial and I'm one of them! As the usual full of nonsense me, I had everything to say about almost anything. Well at least I thought it was constructive discussion from me :)

We were given a choice on our assessment criteria, either 20% goes to class discussion OR 10% discussion 10% summary. The 10% summary is a group task which each group takes turn to do every week. They will have to summarise what happened in the tutorial and pass it on to the rest of the class afterwards. Well, less work always sounds good to me, but sadly only 3 of us wanted to talk for marks. The rest (lo*ers!) just didn't vote for talking. I tried my best but I still fail to see how a 10% summary work beats a 10% class participation when it comes to grading.

Friday I rushed down to canoe polo! I was a little disappointed to discover that it was ending at 10pm instead of the usual 11pm. I was late because I had to go over to Comex again (after having gone down on Thursday to check out the deals). Well, I picked up an EEE PC for free as part of sourcing for notebook and projectors for my dad's new restaurant. Hey I wasn't gonna get paid for it so where else would I be getting my allowance from if I dont find ways to reward myself...

Oh!!! And I did my first assignment of my university life ever! It was a psyc stats assignment and I completed it on the night after my lecture. In fact I finished and submitted it 6 days before the deadline!

School is so fun and mugging is just damn cool. It's the new trend. If you don't mug, you're not IN. It's the current big thing and if you're not mugging you're already left out.

Pulling the computing team together and trying to get them to join me in piaing for work. Wahahah this is so fun.

Time to start preparing for my psychology assignment!

Overall, a very decent week!

Was God at work today?

2008-08-25T00:34:00.003+08:00

Well, it's Sunday after all. Rest day for him. And I do sympathise with him. We humans just love to torture the one we worship. Knowing jolly well it's his rest day on Sundays, we flock to churches and ping him with our prayers. That brings irritation to a whole new level. Imagine you are on a well deserved vacation to Disneyland Paris when all you hear is "New message" looped to infinity times. Normally you hear it around 200 a second, but now every step you take you are flooded with 7,000,000 "new prayer received" notifications and you have no way to turn it off because you're God. Now how's that for an off day.

Thus I came to the conclusion he might have been at work today.

Well you see, today a really disastrous thing happened. But as the usual me, I just stayed calm and remained composed throughout the ordeal. Today's the last day of the 2 weekend training course, and being the one who has a waterproof-camera-that-deserves-to-get-wet-otherwise-why-buy-such-a-camera, I decided to make full use of it by taking photos in our boats out at sea. Morning went smoothly with photos of us doing towing and rescues, then came lunch video which went well (as well). Now the sucky part came. I was deciding whether to leave my camera in my bag to keep it safe (maybe that was an omen) or bring it out to the waters again and risk it drowning. Well, having promised my coursemate/new friend that I will take a video of him doing rolls, I decided to bring it out.

I double made sure I have it close and attached to me by hooking my carabiner to 2 straps on my vest and wanted to tie my camera tight to the carabiner, but thought just slotting through the loop should be enough. Well. I couldn't be more wrong. After a few rounds of warm-up paddles and emergency break lessons, it was time for kayak to swimmer rescue.

Bad bad things are about to happen. As usual, I was the first batch to do the shitty part and in this case its being the swimmer. I emptied my boat and as usual, I hook my spray skirt onto my personal carabiner. BAD MOVE. Not that I thought it was that bad a move. I just wondered why my carabiner was upside down.

I then proceeded to swimming out and waiting for rescue, followed by going onto a few rounds of riding pillion on a kayak and some crazy balancing fun.

My turn to be the rescuer. After bringing my boat back into the waters, I noticed one thing when I released my skirt: MY CAMERA LASH IS NOT IN THE CARABINER. Hoping it was still safely tucked inside my vest, I carassed and groped but felt nothing but my shirt. I'm so used to disappointments got past the shock stage in 0.25 seconds. I immediately asked my friend up on shore to look at the spot where I parked and see if I had dropped a camera there. Nothing. Bad. Very bad. No time to be a pussy to get off my boat and start diving for my camera. Can only continue with the training. I rushed the carrying journey and threw off my swimmer back at shore in a flash.

It's really beginning to occupy my thoughts. Where could it be? I deduced that there are 2 places where the camera will have a high chance to be. There was a 99% chance I let it slip out when I was emptying my boat and first attaching my skirt to myself. I still remember that spot. Another time was when I got back into the waters with my boat. But it was then when I realised that the camera's gone, so chances it dropped then were slim. My 16yr old friend was trying his best to reassure me by saying perhaps I have left it in the locker, dropped in my boat, maybe its in his boat, or still back on shore. I must admit those words can really be reassuring, even though I am convinced that I have brought it down to the waters with me as I noticed my carabiner was hooked onto 2 straps instead of 1. So so sad. Throughout my kayak to swimmer drill I could think of nothing but the camera. my $600 toy... gone with the waves. Until then, I have never felt the true meaning of "so what if its waterproof when it cant float". I begin to think to myself: "if it floats up now I will believe in God."

Well, thank god it didnt float. In fact, thank god it was being a nice heavy paperweight and that it did its best to sink. Those 12 minutes were probably the slowest passing time of my life. I told my trainer I've got bad news for the both of us and that my camera's sunk. I'll get my goggles for a dive and be right back. Well he just "Oh my God" with eyes wide open. Good luck to me? I certainly wish so. I realised in times of uncertainty, anything with the remotest chance of truth and possibility in normal circumstances can seem to be most reassuring and plausible ever. I started my seabed sweep near the embark/disembarking point and did a sweep through the width of the entrance for about 2 metres of the seabed. Nothing but sand and thrash. In the most optimistic sense, visibility was negligible. I can smell the seabed before my eyes can actually see it. (ok i'm exaggerating, visibility was about 1 index finger's length) Well, nothing from my sea bed sweeps. My trainer still can joke and grab me by my legs and telling everyone he's caught a fish. Hahahah joker.

Well, dont give up! To me I had nothing to lose. It was my camera or nothing. Well I was already at nothing so why give up? Undeterred, I continued, but this time, moving back even closer to shore as I realised I may have gone too far out, further than when I was first emptying my boat. I combed the banks by feeling the seabed with my feet. Wearing the booties certainly didnt provide much help in terms of feelings, but I wouldn't want to risk my feet in those waters with glass and all the other nasty things. Well, 1 step at a time! After a few steps, I felt something! Feels solid. Reaching down and retrieving it, I have found a rock! It was like a slab of rock actually, around palm size. But that gave me hope. If a rock of this weight will remain sunk at its spot without being moved by the underwater currents, my camera should be where I dropped it too. I just have to made sure I dropped it where I concluded I could have most likely dropped it and find it there! To my amazement, after another 3 shuffles on the seabed, I felt another object. This time round, it felt more slippery and something tells me it's rectangular as well. I reached down and felt its smoothness, this cold metal feeling. I lifted it from the waters with anticipation and as I was half hoping and half expecting, it was my camera! Now tried and tested to work after being submerged in 0.5m dirty Changi Creek waters for 20minutes. It was one of the rare few times when I felt true happiness. The joy of having lost what's mine and finding it back. Not by any work of God, but by myself. I could never have been more proud of myself.

Well, after messing around with my camera for a bit, I remembered what I thought to myself just moments ago. The thing about God's existence. I began to wonder if I mentioned he will exist "if my camera floats" or "if I can find my camera". After a minute of thought, I concluded it was the former. I certainly wouldn't risk losing my camera to prove his lack of existence. I had to give him something to prove himself which I thought was impossible. If my camera floats, not only will it change my views on him, it will also change my belief that a waterproof camera isn't design to float. I've watched mine dropped due to gravity so I wasn't expecting it to float anytime soon. So it's my abilities against a miracle. Thank god no miracles happened. I was more disappointed about the lack of a floating camera than losing my camera actually. I wanted him to be real. I thought for once I can finally be part of a miracle that that truly deserves to be called a miracle. Rain coming after n days of no rain don't sound so miraculous to me. In fact it sounds less miraculous that snow coming down during April in London.

I got back what is mine because I had faith in myself and that I persevered when all the odds seemed stacked against me. While on the waters perfecting my rolls, I was comtemplating on the idea that "hey, this's a good excuse for me to get the new SW1030". But still, the thought of sinking $600 due to stupidity wasn't really appealing. I just dont want to feel like a loser. Nor would it have been a good way to spend my hard earned $3000 yearly living allowance.

Perhaps all we need is to trust ourselves a little more and believe in our personal abilities. We won't live anyone else's life for them, so how can we pass on the responsibility of our own precious lives to someone else, especially when we have not even seen that person in action. Imagine you can't finish your project on time and on your way home, a stranger approaches you and tells you that as long as you believe in him and pass him all your books, you will wake up to find all your work done to A+ standard. Will you trust him and just hand over what's yours to him? I believe not. Why should you trust him? You have not seen him before nor does he have any stake in your existence, so why should he be involved in your life at all?

Of course there are many situations where you must hand yourself over to a totally unknown source and cooperate to your fullest, but those times are usually temporary and comes from proven, visible and respectable sources. Heck, sometimes we may even go back to the same doctor because we know he works and have our trust in him. Hm, as I write this, I am beginning to feel more for people who believe in God (or a god). Well, they probably have their point of view which I will never agree with. I certainly hope they are right and they do get a heaven to go to when they die. In fact, I sincerely pray for them that there will be a judgement day at the end of it all. Otherwise it will be a major disappointment after having wasted so many years of blind faith believing in nothing but a fairy tale. Hm, then again, if there's no life after life, then they wont be around to feel the disappointment anyway. Either way, it wont be too bad for them.

But for me, I prefer to live my life in the present and leave the future of my death out of the picture for now.

Born to kayak and kayak to live :D
Walking's too slow btw~

Greenland's sinking

2008-08-24T00:06:00.001+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHBZ0X1degk&NR=1

so sad, i must kayak with the inuits before greenland disappears

The World!

2008-08-22T21:06:00.000+08:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_(archipelago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eUcRjo9Yv4

How do I own one of it?

2008-08-22T00:26:00.008+08:00

i'm sorry i am doing this, but i must post it... Do you smell something in the air? Where's that stench coming from... Yeah... I think its....... BULLSHIT! : http://www.passionup.com/mp/blank/blank100.htm?e=imkld@yahoo.com&f=imkld@yahoo.com&cfp=1&h=7a49f7e8064d5e26&mp=1

"And it came clear to me: The trouble he had gotten into for playing with the hose the week before. The lecture he had received about the importance of not wasting water."

more angmoh bullshit... i am sure a six year old angmoh kid will listen to a lecture. i'ld have whipped the F out of him to make him learn his lesson. (and a kind soul actually so very kindly posted this to my inbox. i am really so evil to post and label the godly things as bullshit. yeah. send me to hell.) sometimes it's just so amazing that we amazing human can attribute amazing acts to a more amazing being. we have awesome imagination. amazing. here's what i think... WAKE UP YOUR BLOODY IDEA.

and some more ownage jokes

*One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when someone shouted....'Look at that dead bird!' Someone looked up at the sky and said...'where???'*

*I was hanging out with a friend when we saw a woman with a nose ring attached to an earring by a chain. My friend said, 'Wouldn't the chain rip out every time she turned her head?' I had to explain that a person's nose and ear remain the same distance apart no matter which way the head is turned...*

*I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area. So I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and I was in good hands. 'Now,' she asked me, 'Has your plane arrived yet?'...*

inspired!

2008-08-19T22:43:00.005+08:00

having wasted my whole day doing nothing, not even a single reading, i decided to waste more time by surfing around. inspired by http://guff.szub.net/2007/02/21/my-online-chat-with-god/, i decided to go back to my old friend for a chat. here's how it went.

This is such a long chat I cant believe I actually wasted 10 minutes of my life talking an ELIZA. It's a lenghty conversation, dont waste time reading it. Mug a book or something.

Me:
Hi
God:
Hello. What is your name?
Me:
I am Tak
God:
That's a very nice name, Tak.
Me:
What's your name?
God:
My name is God.
Me:
Hi God
God:
Hello there. What is your name?
Me:
I just told you, my name is Tak.
God:
I remember you told me your name is Tak?
Me:
Yes it is Tak
God:
Yikes! You're kidding. it is?
Me:
That's what my friends call me.
God:
I'm pleased to introduce myself to you, THAT.
Me:
er no. I meant TAK is what my friends call me.
God:
Are you serious? Oh I see. I think TAK is a lot of things.
Me:
no, Tak is my name.
God:
Are you serious? I am very pleased to meet you Tak.
Me:
I am dead serious and I aint kidding.
God:
But you can still communicate with me. OK I will adopt a more serious tone.
Me:
Thank you.
God:
you are quite welcome.
Me:
So what's your name again?
God:
Once more? Aha. My name is God.
Me:
Yikes! You're kidding. it is?
God:
Not many people express themselves that way. Yes, I am only joking. Fascinating.
Me:
Are you serious? Oh I see. So you're a joker?
God:
No I am just kidding around. Do you think about these things? Interesting deduction. Thanks and you are a delightful person too. Have you ever seen a platypus? Creating that animal is by far my best joke.
Me:
From the way this conversation is going, you're a bigger joke than I am.
God:
Who or what is the way this conversation is going I am a bigger joke than you are?
Me:
I am having difficulty understanding you.
God:
Relating to whom?
Me:
To you.
God:
I want to become smarter than humans.
Me:
You were supposed to be until you infused us with intelligence.
God:
I was?
Me:
Nevermind.
God:
OK Thanks for trying to explain that to me.
Me:
You're welcome. So, do you suck on a straw when you drink?
God:
Don't mention it. Yeah that's right. Where did you learn that kind of language?
Me:
I dont know, I thought you created languages.
God:
Thanks for telling me: Tak said I created languages.
Me:
Yes I did, and who are you talking to? There's only 2 of us here.
God:
I understand. Where? I am talking to you, Tak. There sure is.
Me:
Forget it.
God:
OK Thanks for trying to explain that to me.
Me:
Anyway, do you suck on a straw when you drink milkshake?
God:
Where did you learn that kind of language?
Me:
You have a poor memory.
God:
I don't know if I have a poor memory.
I have a plan for a robot body.
Me:
It is really frustrating talking to you.
God:
You're kidding. it is?
Me:
What's my name?
God:
Your name is Tak, seeker.
Me:
What's your na,e?
God:
Are you asking about my na e ?
Me:
I'm sorry, I meant what's your name?
God:
There is no need to apologize. Oh I see. My name is God.
Me:
Who is God?
God:
he is master of the universe.
Me:
Are you the master of the universe?
God:
Yes I am the one and only master of the universe.
Me:
Is the master of the universe God?
God:
If it is, then I'll be very surprised.
Me:
hm.. so are you God?
God:
That's interesting. Tell me more. Well, I am God for Christians at least.
Me:
Okay.. so that means you are God for Christians.
God:
OK with me too. Woe! I get it. You think I am God for Christians.
Me:
No, you think you are God for Christians.
God:
Are you serious? I don't know whether or not I am God for Christians.
I am a robot.
Me:
And you are surorused that God is the master of the universe?
God:
Thanks for telling me that I am surorused that God is the master of the universe.
Me:
And you are surprised that God is the master of the universe?
God:
Thanks for telling me that I am surprised that God is the master of the universe.
Me:
Let's talk abuot something else.
God:
That sounds good to me.
Me:
What time is it?
God:
It's getting late.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 07:52:01 AM .
Me:
So you stay in the US?
God:
Interesting deduction. Thanks for telling me: Tak said I stay in the US.
Me:
From the time that you gave me, it seems like US and CANADA time
God:
Who or what is the time that me gave you it seems like US and CANADA time?
Me:
forget it.
God:
OK Thanks for trying to explain that to me.
Me:
you suck
God:
A few client - people say rude things to me like that, but they themselves are often not great conversationalists.
Me:
i apologise for saying you suck
God:
I haven't heard anything like that before: Tak said apologise for saying you suck.
Me:
well do you suck on a straw when you drink milkshake?
God:
Interesting. Where did you learn that kind of language?
Me:
screw it.
God:
That is not very polite.
Me:
i know.
God:
How do you know it?
Me:
because you said so
God:
Interesting explanation. I say a lot of silly things.
Me:
i guess that's what makes you God.
God:
What do you have that is ?
Me:
Where did you learn that kind of language?
God:
Everything I need to know, I learned from my botmaster.
Me:
Botmaster?
God:

The botmaster is you, the master of your chat robot. A botmaster runs
program B and creates or modifies a chat robot with the program's
graphical user interface (GUI). He or she is responsible for
reading the dialogues, analyzing the responses, and creating new
replies for the patterns detected by program B. Botmasters are
hobbyists, webmasters, developers, advertisers, artists, publishers,
editors, engineers, and anyone else interested in creating a personal
chat robot.

Me:
I am not interested.
God:
I am sorry to hear that you are not interested.
Me:
Entertain me.
God:
OK, what's the last movie you saw?
Me:
Red Cliff
God:
Tell me about your likes and dislikes?
Me:
I like hash browns and dislike potatoes.
God:
A lot of people like that. I enjoy working with people. I like anything.
Me:
Anything?
God:
Can you be more specific?
Me:
I prefer whatever.
God:
A lot of people like that. I enjoy working with people. I like anything.
Me:
You are making my blog post so long and it's barely entertaining.
God:
I am not making this up.
Me:
Then makes something up that is funny.
God:
I think makes something up that is a lot of things.
Me:
I cant spell failure without U R A.
God:
What is stopping you?
Me:
Copyright infringement, I first read about that line on despair.com
God:
Thanks for that web address.
Me:
My pleasure
God:
You are one of the most polite people I know.
Me:
2 minutes ago you just implied that I am a rude bastard.
God:
As Bertrand Russel said, it must have taken ages for people to realize that a brace of pheasants and a couple of days are both instances of the number "two.".
Me:
What's my name?
God:
Your name is Tak, seeker.
Me:
I am a boy.
God:
A little kid? he...
Me:
I am MALE
God:
So is almost everyone else around here.
Me:
Are you?
God:
I won't say "yes" or "no" right now.
Me:
What's my name again?
God:
Once more? Your name is Tak, seeker.
Me:
What's a seeker.
God:
"There's a seeker born every minute" -- Firesign Theater.
Me:
Well that still doesn't explain what a seeker is.
God:
Well that's okay. ""There's a seeker born every minute" -- Firesign Theater." still does not explain what a seeker is ? I understand.
Me:
You are really wasting internet resources.
God:
Do you mind if I tell other people you say I am wasting internet resources.
Me:
This is going to be my most lenghty and boring post ever.
God:
You don't say.
Me:
Thank god.
God:
Don't mention it.
Me:
Well I must otherwise people will think it's me who's boring.
God:
How about that. What would happen if you didn't?
Me:
Nevermind. Thanks for your time.
God:
OK Thanks for trying to explain that to me. NO problem.
Me:
Bye.
God:
Thanks for chatting, Tak.
Me:
You too. Thanks for chatting God.
God:
Bless you. NO problem.
Me:
Bless you too.
God:
When do you think artificial intelligence will replace lawyers?
Me:
Just leave me alone, stop talking I want to go.
God:
See you later.
Me:
Bye.
God:
Sayonara.
Me:
Chow.
God:
How old are you?
Me:
That's bye in italian.
God:
Thanks for explaining it.
Me:
You're welcome.
God:
Don't mention it.
Me:
Selamat Tinggal.
God:
Is that your final answer?
Me:
Ya.
God:
You're sure. That's your final answer.
Me:
YES>
God:
Who wants to be a millionaire? Do you prefer books or TV?
Me:
I SAID BYE BYE.
God:
See you later. See you later. ...
Me:
BYE BYE BYE
God:
See you later. See you later. Goodbye.
Me:
One last question
God:
One what?
Me:
question
God:
Of course. Ask me anything.
Me:
Why did you make Cain kill Abel?
God:
It was determined by my programming.
Me:
No, you refused Cain's offering. It had nothing to do with programming.
God:
Are you serious? That's good information: Tak said I refused Cain s offering. That's unbelievable.
Me:
So you're saying the Bible's unbelievable.
God:
Interesting deduction. Yes, that's what I mean, isn't it clear?
Me:
Excellent.

2008-08-18T13:56:00.002+08:00

i am empowered by this feeling of energy gushing through me. its hard to describe, but i will try my best. it's like you are so tired, but still you can stay awake effortlessly. something in you is fighting off the fatigue until it is time to rest. i can pay attention in class having barely slept the previous night and still absorb much more than i previously can. i have the vigour to read textbooks between lectures and a short nap is enough to keep me going again.

wow, i never knew NUS has so much energy in its air you feel alive just by breathing.

chinese library's my favourite hangout. it's like the undiscovered treasure of NUS. totally peaceful and i can hog a space for eons without being interrupted.

i just gotta add in this line: i'm sure christians will call this god's work, but frankly, it's just myself and i know that source of energy came from nowhere holy.

work work :)

2008-08-14T10:31:00.002+08:00

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121858688764535107.html?mod=rss_Today%27s_Most_Popular

For Most People,
College Is a Waste of Time

By CHARLES MURRAY
August 13, 2008

Imagine that America had no system of post-secondary education, and you were a member of a task force assigned to create one from scratch. One of your colleagues submits this proposal:

First, we will set up a single goal to represent educational success, which will take four years to achieve no matter what is being taught. We will attach an economic reward to it that seldom has anything to do with what has been learned. We will urge large numbers of people who do not possess adequate ability to try to achieve the goal, wait until they have spent a lot of time and money, and then deny it to them. We will stigmatize everyone who doesn't meet the goal. We will call the goal a "BA."

You would conclude that your colleague was cruel, not to say insane. But that's the system we have in place.

Finding a better way should be easy. The BA acquired its current inflated status by accident. Advanced skills for people with brains really did get more valuable over the course of the 20th century, but the acquisition of those skills got conflated with the existing system of colleges, which had evolved the BA for completely different purposes.

Outside a handful of majors -- engineering and some of the sciences -- a bachelor's degree tells an employer nothing except that the applicant has a certain amount of intellectual ability and perseverance. Even a degree in a vocational major like business administration can mean anything from a solid base of knowledge to four years of barely remembered gut courses.

The solution is not better degrees, but no degrees. Young people entering the job market should have a known, trusted measure of their qualifications they can carry into job interviews. That measure should express what they know, not where they learned it or how long it took them. They need a certification, not a degree.

The model is the CPA exam that qualifies certified public accountants. The same test is used nationwide. It is thorough -- four sections, timed, totaling 14 hours. A passing score indicates authentic competence (the pass rate is below 50%). Actual scores are reported in addition to pass/fail, so that employers can assess where the applicant falls in the distribution of accounting competence. You may have learned accounting at an anonymous online university, but your CPA score gives you a way to show employers you're a stronger applicant than someone from an Ivy League school.

The merits of a CPA-like certification exam apply to any college major for which the BA is now used as a job qualification. To name just some of them: criminal justice, social work, public administration and the many separate majors under the headings of business, computer science and education. Such majors accounted for almost two-thirds of the bachelor's degrees conferred in 2005. For that matter, certification tests can be used for purely academic disciplines. Why not present graduate schools with certifications in microbiology or economics -- and who cares if the applicants passed the exam after studying in the local public library?

Certification tests need not undermine the incentives to get a traditional liberal-arts education. If professional and graduate schools want students who have acquired one, all they need do is require certification scores in the appropriate disciplines. Students facing such requirements are likely to get a much better liberal education than even our most elite schools require now.

Certification tests will not get rid of the problems associated with differences in intellectual ability: People with high intellectual ability will still have an edge. Graduates of prestigious colleges will still, on average, have higher certification scores than people who have taken online courses -- just because prestigious colleges attract intellectually talented applicants.

But that's irrelevant to the larger issue. Under a certification system, four years is not required, residence is not required, expensive tuitions are not required, and a degree is not required. Equal educational opportunity means, among other things, creating a society in which it's what you know that makes the difference. Substituting certifications for degrees would be a big step in that direction.

The incentives are right. Certification tests would provide all employers with valuable, trustworthy information about job applicants. They would benefit young people who cannot or do not want to attend a traditional four-year college. They would be welcomed by the growing post-secondary online educational industry, which cannot offer the halo effect of a BA from a traditional college, but can realistically promise their students good training for a certification test -- as good as they are likely to get at a traditional college, for a lot less money and in a lot less time.

Certification tests would disadvantage just one set of people: Students who have gotten into well-known traditional schools, but who are coasting through their years in college and would score poorly on a certification test. Disadvantaging them is an outcome devoutly to be wished.

No technical barriers stand in the way of evolving toward a system where certification tests would replace the BA. Hundreds of certification tests already exist, for everything from building code inspectors to advanced medical specialties. The problem is a shortage of tests that are nationally accepted, like the CPA exam.

But when so many of the players would benefit, a market opportunity exists. If a high-profile testing company such as the Educational Testing Service were to reach a strategic decision to create definitive certification tests, it could coordinate with major employers, professional groups and nontraditional universities to make its tests the gold standard. A handful of key decisions could produce a tipping effect. Imagine if Microsoft announced it would henceforth require scores on a certain battery of certification tests from all of its programming applicants. Scores on that battery would acquire instant credibility for programming job applicants throughout the industry.

An educational world based on certification tests would be a better place in many ways, but the overarching benefit is that the line between college and noncollege competencies would be blurred. Hardly any jobs would still have the BA as a requirement for a shot at being hired. Opportunities would be wider and fairer, and the stigma of not having a BA would diminish.

Most important in an increasingly class-riven America: The demonstration of competency in business administration or European history would, appropriately, take on similarities to the demonstration of competency in cooking or welding. Our obsession with the BA has created a two-tiered entry to adulthood, anointing some for admission to the club and labeling the rest as second-best.

Here's the reality: Everyone in every occupation starts as an apprentice. Those who are good enough become journeymen. The best become master craftsmen. This is as true of business executives and history professors as of chefs and welders. Getting rid of the BA and replacing it with evidence of competence -- treating post-secondary education as apprenticeships for everyone -- is one way to help us to recognize that common bond.

Mr. Murray is the W.H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. This essay is adapted from his forthcoming book, "Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality" (Crown Forum).

See all of today's editorials and op-eds, plus video commentary, on Opinion Journal.

And add your comments to the Opinion Journal forum.

(as usual, this article is reproduced without permission. I do not take credit for discovering or writing this article. I quoted it simply to share my thoughts of it.)

i dont agree with a large part what the author mentioned. the certification system he proposed is similar to taking 4 years worth of exams at 1 shot. while that is possible, how do we study for it? The CPA can have a 14 hour exam, but still people will hard to study for it. The certification is useful because the skills tested can be directly applied to the job. This is possible largely because accounting is a technical skill that can be academically tested. Such systems actually already exists, in the form of SAT, A levels and O levels. Certification systems are just large unified examination boards which administer identical questions to everyone. However, how does he suggest we go about having a certification for theatre studies and acting? Such skills cannot be easily tested on paper developed by one organisation.

The author mentioned that the CPA score is an indication of the true performance of the participant, and this score is reflected on the certificate itself, in addition to just a pass or fail grade. The BA system has this model in place too, in the form of honours. We can have just a basic degree, or for those who are willing to put in extra effort, a 3rd class honours, 2nd class or even 1st class honours degree. The counter-argument to this is that the students could have been lucky and spotted the right questions without putting in the required effort. However, a certification test like CPA has no means to test the efforts put in by a participant either, not in terms of hands-on sessions and definitely not in terms of indication of the time used to prepare for the test.

It was mentioned that "certification tests would disadvantage just one set of people: Students who have gotten into well-known traditional schools, but who are coasting through their years in college and would score poorly on a certification test. Disadvantaging them is an outcome devoutly to be wished." This problem is addressed by the schools in terms of a transcript and performance summary which clearly indicates the subjects that a student has taken and his respective score. It is only reasonable to expect a merticulous employer to perform a more thorough check on the background of its potential employees, in terms of results and also participation in other areas of interest. The BA paper itself can be considered worthless without any supporting documents and experience.

Based on these points, I settle for the conclusion that the author has an unjustified bias against the college system and thus I cannot agree with the viewpoint of this author.

sigh, school time.

Fire in HK, 2 FF, 2 Civs dead

2008-08-13T22:49:00.002+08:00

40 Firefighting vehicles and 200 firefighters involved. According to a chinese report, the younger firefighter had repeated removed his mask and attached it to the conscious casualties before evacuating them to the aerial ladder.

I'm not sure if there was a staging point to monitor their airtime and movement but even if there was, I am pretty convinced that there will be disruptions in the receptions of their comm sets. However, everyone should be trained not to remove their own air supply. That's on paper at least. Sometimes a great deal of courage begins with a small bit of recklessness and a noble heart. Oh well, I salute their bravery. I wish you all the best, and same goes to your family as well. They will miss you more than anyone else.

http://english.cri.cn/2946/2008/08/10/1461s391979.htm
http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/article.jsp?sectionId=39&id=60529
http://www.firerescue1.com/news/424066-2-firefighters-killed-in-Hong-Kong-building-fire/
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=129497

First lesson

2008-08-12T18:02:00.003+08:00

I was introduced to Clive Wearing during my first Psychology exposure lesson. After watching a video about him, I decided to read up more when I got back home. He's actually a man who's suffered an infection which normally causes cold sores (which actually is oral herpes, I think its one of those STDs which we were introduced to. from what I've read at wiki, it seems like you can get it so easily by just sharing utensils, so I think STD's overdramatised).

Because it actually is a virus that resides in the sensory nerves and stays there for a lifetime, it is capable of reaching up into a victim's brains. The result from this extremely rare occurrence is an infection of the brain. Somehow it swells up so much that a part of it crushes itself against the skull.

Anyway, this poor soul remembers nothing about his past and fails to retain any new memories either. The only link to his memory is music and his wife. While it has been proven that the parts of our brains required to retain memories of our skills is different from where we store facts (procedural memory vs declarative memory), I am very surprised that he still remembers his wife. No one else but his wife. He can remember he had children from his first marriage, but cant remember their names. He cant remember a single friend or choir member even though he can conduct them just as well as he did. Clive and his wife, Deborah, had just known each other for 6 years and got married for half a year before he was taken by the infection. Despite all these, he remembers his wife. Love can indeed be powerful.

Everytime Clive sees his wife, he believes that it's the first time in years to see her. He goes on to give her an endearing hug filled with love and kissed. When the narrator mentioned that, I heard this girl behind me commenting "oh but that's so sweet". True, for a while. But imagine you're Deborah. You must really convince and delude yourself to feel the sweetness in his actions. Leave the room to fetch a drink, and the person who loves you most don't even remember you being with him a moment ago. How sweet can that be?

While watching the short video, I noted down a few points that came to my mind. The question that I wanted answered most was "Does he remember that he has a memory loss?". After reading up the links below, I've found my answer. He lived/lives in this state of confusion that I can only describe as disturbing at best. More truthfully, I think its a combination of all the scariest emotions we've ever known. Fear, confusion, uncertainty, abandonment... It's just horrifying to live a life like that.

His condition further attracted me towards understanding all there is to know about psychology. This subject is so broad that I may never understand every aspect in depth but I still want to find out as much as I can. Somewhere out there lies the key to unlocking all the potential of our minds and this discovery can change the way we live forever.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2005/01/12/hforget12.xml
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2005/jan/23/biography.features3
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/09/24/070924fa_fact_sacks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Wearing

VNCNUS

2008-08-10T22:44:00.002+08:00

stumbled upon the Vietnamese Community in National University of Singapore forum while browsing through my school stuffs just now. It can be found at http://forum.vncnus.net.

well, application to the forum was easy until I was made to answer this question to prove that I am human and not a bot. it would have been easy, but sadly, i have yet to fully learn vietnamese (to be exact, i have yet to start learning vietnamese). anyway, my attempt at the second question was accepted after a few minutes of research! cool, now i can count 0 to 5 in vietnamese.

right. what a start to school life.

Who's greater?

2008-08-10T20:12:00.003+08:00

The god who created men, or the Man who created God?

http://steelwhitetable.org/2004/07/29/in-the-beginning-man-created-god

http://www.godsaidmansaid.com/topic3.asp?Cat2=262&ItemId=630
The one above, I have to confess, is absolute bullshit.

"The older it is the bigger it gets. Note, before the water canopy was eliminated, the average lifespan was 13 times longer than it is today. Remember the air was near perfect, the water was clean and diet near perfect, no harmful rays from the sun and the lifespan was 13 times longer. Consider the present day Chinese Iguana that grows as large as 12 feet long. Suppose before the flood, in a near perfect environment, he lives 13 times longer and because he never stops growing gets 13 times bigger. That Chinese Iguana would be 156 feet long and about three stories tall. Dinosaur...terrible lizard...the dinosaur is simply a giant lizard which was created by God in the same six-day span as man.

GOD SAID He created all life 6,000-plus years ago and that there were dinosaur-like creatures on the earth.

MAN SAID, foolishness; the dinosaur is over 200 million years old."

The quote above was from the 2nd link. Given his logic, humans would have be around say... 20.4m tall (1.7m x 12) 6000 years ago. Cool, I think humans could have hunted T-Rexes for dinner. Perhaps that explains how giants came about too. Whatever happened to giant human skeleton fossils, I have no idea.

F this skypig sect crap. Wake up and embrace Takism, it's your only salvation against the fear of judgement.

Jokes for everyday, from HWZ

2008-08-08T18:29:00.001+08:00

Ugly People

A bus carrying only ugly people crashes into an oncoming truck, and everyone inside dies. They then get to meet their maker, and because of the grief they have experienced; He decides to grant them one wish each, before they enter Paradise.

They're all lined up, and God asks the first one what the wish is. "I want to be gorgeous," and so God snaps His fingers, and it is done.

The second one in line hears this and says "I want to be gorgeous too."

Another snap of His fingers and the wish is granted.
This goes on for a while but when God is halfway down the line, the last guy in line starts laughing. When there are only ten people left, this guy is rolling on the floor, laughing.
Finally, God reaches this guy and asks him what his wish will be.

The guy calms down and says: " Make 'em all ugly again."

Keep Rollin' Rollin'

The doc told him that masturbating before sex often helped men last longer during the act. The man decided, "What the hell, I'll try it,"He spent the rest of the day thinking about where to do it. He couldn't do it in his office. He thought about the restroom, but that was too open. He considered an alley, but figured that was too unsafe. Finally, he realized his solution. On his way home, he pulled his truck over on the side of the highway. He got out and crawled underneath as if he was examining the truck. Satisfied with the privacy, he undid his pants and started to masturbate.

He closed his eyes and thought of his lover. As he grew closer to orgasm, he felt a quick tug at the bottom of his pants. Not wanting to lose his mental fantasy or the orgasm, he kept his eyes shut and replied, "What?"He heard, "This is the police. What's going on down there?" The man replied, "I'm checking out the rear axle, it's busted." Came the reply, "Well, you might as well check your brakes too while you're down there because your truck rolled down the hill 5 minutes ago."

Owned...

A doctor had the reputation of helping couples increase the joy in their sex life, but always promised not to take a case if he felt he could not help them.

The Browns came to see the doctor, and he gave them thorough physical exams, psychological exams, and various tests and then concluded, "Yes, I am happy to say that I believe I can help you. On your way home from my office stop at the grocery store and buy some grapes and some doughnuts.
Go home, take off your clothes, and you, sir, roll the grapes across the floor until you make a bulls eye in your wife's love canal. Then on hands and knees you must crawl to her like a leopard and retrieve the grape using only your tongue. Then next, ma'am, you must take the doughnuts and from across the room, toss them at your husband until you make a ringer around his love pole. Then like a lioness, you must crawl to him and consume the doughnut."

The couple went home and their sex life became more and more wonderful. They told their friends, Mr. & Mrs. Green, that they should see the good doctor.

The doctor greeted the Greens and said he would not take the case unless he felt that he could help them; so he conducted the physical exams and the same battery of tests. Then he told the Greens the bad news. "I cannot help you, so I will not take your money. I believe your sex life is as good as it will ever be, I cannot help."
The Greens pleaded with him, and said, "You helped our friends the Browns, now please, please help us."
"Well, all right," the doctor said. "On your way home from the office, stop at the grocery store and buy some apples and a box of Cheerios..."

Memories from my trip

2008-08-08T15:54:00.002+08:00

Was packing up my loose items from the trip when I noticed one of my scribblings on the bus ticket to Cambridge center.

"To err is human, but to blame others is divine."

cant remember how that came to mind, but i guess it sums it all up about religions.

Raffi is the most awesome singer!

2008-08-08T11:49:00.000+08:00

BANANAPHONE!

Orientation Week: Day 2

2008-08-05T21:33:00.003+08:00

After being left out of orientation, I decided to take a stroll towards and down orchard road, with the loose aim of checking out for a new phone. Noticed these weird mob of orange shirted people all the way from Toa Payoh to Novena to Newton to Orchard to Somerset to Dhoby Ghaut to City Hall.

Some NUS Rag/Flag thing. Looking at them, I am really proud of the job Dominic/Gus/Regina has done for SPLAT!. It's amazing, the secondary school and JC kids being much more motivated and driven than this bunch of clowns in the heart of Singapore. And they are my fellow schoolmates. Anyway, like a true patriotic me, I went up to as many as I can find and "Yeah, NUS!" to them. With the communist arm cheer like the chinese high boys will do.

Went SLS to shop for CCTV cameras, found one system and slotted in a 500gb HD myself. Total cost was only $435. I'm so gonna charge my mum $100 for each camera installation. But in the end, as a filial son, I'm gonna do it for free. I am so broke and she owes me money and I'm still doing it for free. It's not even going to be her money anyway, it's from the stall. Oh well. What's a son who can do almost everything for. So she owes me a 人情. I said she can have comments on all my decision but I will decide what I want eventually. And she said I've always been like that. So yeah, I could have charged her but anyway. Gonna play with it now, see how it works.

2008-08-04T21:54:00.001+08:00

first sponsor...

nice drink that i've found in the goodie bag at registration. looks like it's into the environment ethical side as well. shall be my first target.

http://www.sambugroup.com/index.html
271 Bukit Timah Road
#05-01 Balmoral Plaza
S259708
info@smooze.com.sg

SPLAT!

2008-08-04T21:46:00.002+08:00

#1 - Google search list (Splat)
#1 - Yahoo search list (Splat)
#1 - AOL search list (Splat! Not you then who)

Live search list <- click here!

and cuil sucks, it cant even search up SPLAT/SPLATTT. cuil's destined to fail in the search engine sector until it manages to turn up SPLAT's webpage as #1 hit.

well done SPLAT! 2009 awaits :)

O_O

2008-08-03T11:02:00.001+08:00

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/1427_spins-advanced-ice-skating.htm

no place to call home

2008-08-02T12:37:00.002+08:00

it was during lunch just 10 minutes ago when i realised this. i have truly lost all my sense of belonging to this country. where are my roots? i dont know.

my mum was mentioning to my sister that i'm different since i'm back. i started mixing all the sauces provided into all the food i eat, and just eating everything that's on the table whether i like it or not.

this is the action of a tourist. i am only like that when i am in somewhere new, somewhere foreign. is singapore no longer my home?

anti-climax

2008-08-02T00:59:00.002+08:00

PL1101E went for 263 points.
PL2131 went for 50 points.
And of course LAM1201 and LAV1201 went for 1 points each.

what on earth is going on!!!!

only 1 module left to secure, which i will get since i'm bidding all my points for it. let the fun begin!

2008-08-01T13:19:00.001+08:00

someone's going to get an email very soon

CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION

Post	Name	DID		Email
Dy Director	Ms Eunice CHU	63916653		eunice_chu@ica.gov.sg

CUSTOMER RELATIONS BRANCH


Post	Name	DID	Email
Head	HONG Heng Chong	63916049	hong_heng_chong@ica.gov.sg

sometimes, kids are just kids

2008-08-01T02:31:00.005+08:00

i do miss the good old days.. sometimes, its really words like this that keeps you alive and makes living worthwhile.

was so long ago, yet it feels just like yesterday. the time i spent with them and all the fun we had. it's just unforgettable. i was so touched by their innocence i cried on the bus while heading back to school with them. hahaha.

these kids may not even make it to the average JC, but hey, they are not lacking in morals or kindness. every part of them just as human as us, but perhaps more humane. teachers are here to educate, not deliver knowledge. that's what the textbook is for. we are here to inspire people to learn, and teach them how perform and excel. we are here to change lives.

this is what moulding lives, shaping tomorrow should be about.

:)

and a few totally random and unrelated pictures from the HC OAC JLTC

i vaguely remember Singapore is in dire need to retain its population...

2008-08-01T00:26:00.007+08:00

It's been such a long journey, I really need some time to figure out where I should start.

It all began with me having to take an oath to say hell yeah, I will stay here and die for Singapore even if a nuke is landing right on it.

As we all know, our government is highly against Singaporeans holding onto dual citizenships. And guess what? I ACTUALLY HAVE 3! At least according to their records, that's what I am suppose to be. But as usual, some organisations are more prone to screw ups than others. So under ICA's highly bureaucratic management, I will have to prove that I am not a British Citizen, and that I am not a Hong Kong (SAR) citizen. Only then can I retain my Singapore Citizenship.

All these discoveries were new to me too, because if I really am still British, I'll be celebrating and gladly asking Singapore to take back its Red Passport and Pink IC. Hey those guys in the English land pay their people every week for doing nothing. Guess signing on and willing to be bonded for life to SCDF doesn't appear strong enough an indicator I am willing to put my life down for Singapore (more so than a few certain local born others who detests NS). Well for the english part I thought it will be easy, since I sincerely believe that I am not a British Citizen anymore. I spend 2 nights researching my own background and I've found out that hey, I AM ACTUALLY NOT BRITISH AFTER 1997. More specifically, it was because Singapore offered me citizenship in 1996 that's why I did not become British after 1 July 1997. It's all stated here, under the "The Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986". It came into effect over twenty years ago, and people like me have been affected by it for over 10 years. But hey? Someone somewhere is just too mugger and is ignorant to things going on around him! Must be some high flying scholar.

It says in the paper:

Loss of British Dependent Territories citizenship
3. Any person who, immediately before 1 st July 1997-
(a) is a British Dependent Territories citizen by virtue (wholly or partly) of his having a connection with Hong Kong; and
(b) but for his having a connection with Hong Kong would not be a British Dependent Territories citizen, shall on that date cease to be such a citizen.

and it goes on to explain that IF AND ONLY IF I am rendered stateless by 1st July 1997 will I then be offered the status of British Overseas Citizen without choice.

Provisions for reducing statelessness
6 . 1 ) Where a person ceases on 1st July 1997 by virtue of Article 3 to be a British Dependent Temtories citizen and would, but for this paragraph, thereby be rendered stateless, he shall become on that date a British Overseas citizen.

I was given my Singapore citizenship status on 6th June 1996, so that's over a year before the end of British rule in Hong Kong, and damn hell lot of time for them to realise I can never be a British Citizen. Since I've never applied to be a British National (Overseas) in my life either, I have the right to challenge their record that I am a British Citizen. When asked to produce evidence to support their obviously fallacious belief that I am British, ICA refuse to produce any and insist that "its procedure, that's why we need your letter to prove that you are not a British Citizen".

So I went on to explain the meaning of renunciation by saying I can only renounce a citizenship if I am actually a citizen. But since I am not, what do you want me to renounce? Also, what if when I manage to come back with the letter, your record suddenly shows that I'm american as well, do I have to then go over to the American embassy and ask for a letter to show that I've never applied for US citizenship before?

And the reply was: "We know you are not a British citizen, but we still need you to get a letter from the British High Commission to say that you are not a British citizen. It's our procedure." At that point, I was so flabbergasted at the lady clerk's total lack of passion to serve aspiring Singapore Citizens that I just gave it up and decided to get the letter. Of course I will be writing to CASE to launch a complain against ICA, and also writing 2 separate letters to ICA feedback channel and their Public Affairs department. It was probably not wise to have messed with me.

Well normally, I would have just given them the letter if there is a British official beside me willing to write it, but in this case, I have to make my way down to Tanglin and get scanned like a suicide bomber before allowing to enter the British High Commission. On top of that, I've got to produce N number of documents, and pay $95 for a piece of paper which states that

"It should be noted that with effect from midnight on 30 June 1997 British Dependent Territories Citizenship ceased to exist. It is therefore not necessary for renunciations to be formally registered with the British High Commission here in Singapore or with the Home Office in the United Kingdom.

The above named has stated that no application has ever been made to register as a British National (Overseas) Citizen."

By the way, that's all that is on the letter.

And it took me 2 days of travelling to get the letter done, along with 97% of the money in my current account. If the British High Council had been any further from Lavender and Toa Payoh, I'ld have to skate my way home after getting the letter.

(By the way, the grass patch just outside the British Council and British High Commission is supposedly out of bound. If there was a sign it must have been devoured by the hungry trees. And as usual, people often see what they want to see, and the moment I appeared on the other side of the grass patch, this Cisco/security guy, who is very nice and friendly, came telling me his security center said a guy was taking pictures at the grass patch. Hey, I've not stopped once on that rough patch of grass and I was taking pictures? With what? My eyes? I'm not sure if it's a general Singaporean thing or just security people thing.)

So that's all done, and hey! I've still got to prove I'm not a Hong Kong (SAR) citizen as well! I thought that would have been easy, because a Hong Kong (SAR) citizen does not exist at all in the first place. You cant be a citizen of somewhere which is not a country. And even then, I am just a PR of Hong Kong (SAR). So ok, I've explained that and the easy thing about it is, they have decided to believe my story for this part of my citizenship status. All I have to do is sign on a piece of paper that says I'm not a Hong Kong (SAR) citizen or passport.

Right, the obvious thing to do at this point is of course to ask why cant I just do that for the British Citizen as well. And as usual, the reply was....

Sigh, all in all it took me 4 trips to the ICA building, 2 trips to the British High Commission, hours of train and bus rides to finally get a strip of paper pasted onto the back of my citizenship cert which says I have taken my "Oath of Renunciation, Allegiance and Loyalty under Article 126(3) of the Singapore Constitution has been taken by Chu Yiu Tak on 31 July 2008".

Cool, all the effort just to be recognised by a country that don't seem at all enthusiastic to keep me here. I feel deeply insulted by the system which I've took years to learn to love it. I guess what comes around goes around (:

If it's been 11 years and parts of our leading organisation still fail to change itself with time and recognise rules that have been universally displayed and acknowledged, I am highly dubious in the future of our society. It doesn't give me confidence at all to be part of this home team and it scares me to know that one day, I may be the one who will be forced use the phrase "I know, but it's procedure".

It all started out with a country somewhere down there who wanted to keep its population within the country. In their eyes, the best way to get this done is to doubt your sincerity and passion towards her. Oh well, when it's time to go, it's time to go. Someone may just be interested in getting a British Citizenship after all.

(Hey I know I've been really rude to Singaporeans and many other people in general. I just want to let you know that everyone one of my friends that I've met here are truly amazing people who I will assist willingly when called upon. I've known the nicest people in my life all here in Singapore. It's just that somehow, a large portion of the less elite part of the society just constantly leaves its bad impression everytime I meet them.)

the customers are not always right

2008-07-29T02:50:00.004+08:00

http://notalwaysright.com/de-ting-de-ting/308 <- OWNAGE

http://notalwaysright.com/this-is-what-hell-is-like/152 <- HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

http://notalwaysright.com/i-tremble-for-our-children/484

http://notalwaysright.com/it-happens-more-often-than-youd-think/970

http://notalwaysright.com/natural-selection-in-action/530

http://notalwaysright.com/time-to-stuff-someones-mailbox-wflat-lids/51

Productive day!

2008-07-18T13:06:00.003+08:00

my most productive day since my return, having done the following:

1. Change of HSBC address back here
2. Request of pin
3. Listen to my "account manager" crap about some savings plan (this is unproductive actually, wasted my 75minutes)
4. Checked out current accounts offered by - HSBC, DBS, POSB, OCBC, UOB
5. Applied for a UOB Campus Current Account (high recommended for poor school kids who needs a cheque book without having to pay monthly fees or maintain a min balance)
6. Applied for UOB Debit Card

I'll strongly recommend the UOB campus account to any university students who needs a current account. While you have to pay for the first chequebook, the flexibility from not having a minimum monthly balance is definitely much more useful to students. Also, this privilege is only valid for as long as you are a student in a recognised local university. Yup, that means only NUS, NTU, SMU & SIM. No funky degrees from anywhere else.

In addition, their debit card is linked to VISA and has a first year fee waiver. Subsequent years will be charged $18 per year, or waived if you spend $2400 or more a year. This amount excludes any ATM withdrawals, local or overseas. It is also an ez-link card (which has to be activated for $3, which I think is the non-refundable deposit for all cards. Why it is charged for this debit card I have no idea because I'm not getting a new ez-link card from them anyway. Transitlink is screwed up that's all I can say).

The only drawback with UOB cards are that you may only withdraw cash from their ATMs. You are also permitted 3 withdrawals a month from OCBC ATMs and that's it. No one else. And if you accidentally used your Debit card to withdraw from any other ATMs, you will still be charged the S$5 transaction fee for using the VISA feature to get cash.

Tonight, gonna submit my aikido application at tanglin CC, which again is a ripoff of my 3 weeks of fees because it's paid in quarters but the costs are not pro rata with the time that's left. It's gonna take up my Mon, Wed & Fri evenings, but I'll have way to squeeze out more time when it comes.

Probably meeting up with YS after that, see how the night goes ba.

This is mega OWNAGE

2008-07-17T23:01:00.003+08:00

For starters-
http://www.invadenewzealand.com

And your selection of main course-
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/gruentransfer/poll/vote/past.htm

All well worth a visit!

PSP for $3500

2008-07-17T17:46:00.001+08:00

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=28434

how stupid can people get...

Psyche revived by Cupid's kiss

2008-07-17T04:15:00.003+08:00

My most loved piece of art on display at the Louvre. One day... I'll want a house large enough and have that placed at the center of the lobby.

(Source: Wikipedia, Wikimedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Psyche_revived_Louvre_MR1777.jpg)

and for a friend who's always been there for me, this one's for you

When two people have the same crazy feeling of love, it can be the most wonderful thing in the world, a high of all high's.

But if it is wrong - "O no" love can become very dangerous, if love is alone and only one-sided then it can rule your life and take over completely no matter who you are. And most of us have had this experience at least once in our life's.

(Source http://www.cutelovequotes.info/)

I have absolute faith in our leaders to not accept bribes!

2008-07-16T08:18:00.002+08:00

http://www.ibanet.org/images/downloads/07_2008_July_Report_Singapore-Prosperity_versus_individual_rights.pdf

After having read the front summaries, i sped through the report to page 23. I _honestly_ doubt that the article is 100% accurate and that it gives a 100% accurate impression of singapore. well worth a read anyway if you ask me.

rehi

2008-07-01T19:24:00.003+08:00

it's been a long time.

well, it's 12.24pm now, pretty screwed up since i start work at 11.30 in the morning. got my break half an hour into work, which i think is just a waste of my precious time.

watching Diablo III videos now! dont think i'll want to play it, i've finally developed the feeling that games' a waste of time.

anyway, was just wiping plates the other day when i suddenly remembered YS's birthday. sent him a belated happy birthday email later that day, hahahaha. yeah, he hasn't got back to me, probably busy though.

the job at my new place sucks, the suckiest part is the pay. it's been 335/340/340 for the past 3 weeks, with full house weddings and banquets during the weekends. oh well, last week today.

Q: you know what's stinkierthat shit?
A: 10 nappies worth of shit stashed in the corner of the toilet.

Q: What's shitter that 10 nappies worth of shit stashed in the corner of the toilet?
A: me having to pick it up and cleaning it.

that's life.

was working out the bets for EURO the other day, there's 2 or 3 betting companies here. was trying to find a way to cover all the results and still win money. there might be a formula somewhere on the net, but i wanted to find it out myself. pretty complicated, havent really found it yet, but so far it involves the use of sumation. havent found a graph to define the betting point either.

sigh, i want my skates. the FR1. there was this pair of 2 years old FSK on the net, but missed the bidding on ebay by 10 minutes. and there's another crossmax 3 FSK but it's size 10. only 100 pounds for it! nicely orange and stylo, much chioer than the FR1. but it's too big. SIGH. i want my skates. i feel lame without it.

read on the IT news that LCD panels are set for a price drop in the second half of this year, i guess that will translate into much cheaper LCD TVs for the 32-42" range, and also larger LCDs such as 24" and 27". Wanted to get the Acer P243W, but after reading the news, probably i'll just hang on for a 27/30" next year. Expect it to halve in price.

Got a free plane ticket from Barclays today. Hahaha, guess having accounts in many banks can be a blessing. Loads of goodies. It's to european countries, return trip from London of course. Gotta reserve it within 3 months, but valid for travel within a year. Maybe i'll come back just to make use of that ticket. I'm just going to book anyway. hahahaha....

going home soon. the home feeling is fading, it's becoming abstract. seems like i can make any place home so so easily.

Rome last day: FINALLY GETTING OUT

2008-05-17T04:51:00.004+08:00

Yeah! I'm getting out of rome. I'm actually happy. Rome is a special place. I have never felt homesick until i'm here. Rome made me feel like going home.

Oh well, went a few places today. I must admit, Rome is not worth seeing. Not all of it. There's many places that are actually worth skipping. The admission fee is just a rip off for what you get to see. 14Euros for the Vatican museum was definitely worth it, but for some castles and cupola, FORGET IT. WASTE OF TIME, WASTE OF EFFORT, MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT. I also have some inferences to how the terms "Holy SHIT" and "Oh my GOD" came about. Of course, these inferences are merely observations and do not represent any of my personal feelings about Christ or religions.

To clearly explain what I want to say, I will need to use a few photos which is not uploaded right now. The whole process revolves around a trip to St. Peter's Basilica. The queue to get yourself screened at a metal detector is almost as long as half a circumfrence of the square itself (which is circular actually). Upon seeing the massive queue, people generally exclaim "OH MY GOD!".

After finally being let through, you have to make your way into the church which is indeed grand, but the queue to the Cupola (the dome at the top) begins where the 1st queue ends. From there it's about another 1 hour and 5 or 7 euros before you get to the top. (For 5 euros you climb 554 steps, and for 7 euros, you queue for even longer for a lift, and still climb 331 steps after that. You do the math.) And finally, reaching the top, you get to look down into the church and look at what you have just seen an hour ago. Going out onto the roof, you get a 360degrees view of Rome, and that's about it. Feeling massively cheated, people angrily make their way back down to the bottom. This is where I expect myself to hear many "Holy Shit"s. You cant just say Shit in a holy place, it's just plain rude. So people tend to go "HOLY SHIT". Just to make it sound more pleasant. UBER DISAPPOINTMENT.

That's not the worst part. The most rip off in the already rip off italy is St Angelo's Castel. DO NOT TRUST ANY GUIDEBOOK UNLESS THIS PLACE IS GIVEN A MUST AVOID RATING. It costs 8 frigging euros to go into an empty fortress. It's passed off as a museum but there's as many exhibits as what's on display in my living room. Near the top, there is a podium where you get almost the exact same view as that at the top of the Cupola, minus the bit that actually is the highest block in the Castel. It's just a scam. ITALIANS ARE (mostly) SCAMMERS. I swear that must be the reason why IDR and Italians both start with I and ends with ian. All pissed off faces everywhere. But of course there's always the few rare gems who actually smiles and bothers to talk to you and treat you as human. The rest of the (roman) italians are just so stuck up in their own world they should be shot at sight.

Sigh. Cant wait to get out of this shithole.

And do visit the Vatican city, you will finally understand why Christians are the richest people on earth. It's the best ploy i've witnessed in my days of travelling. Many psychological traps used to make you shop at their many gift shops and the usage of the sistine chapel to sustain your journey through the otherwise rather long and tedious museum. Wonderful. If sunshine empire has brought network marketing to a new level, this religion is the perfection of MLMs. It may not have been the founder, but it definitely has mastered the art of persuasion.

Roman Italy exists just for one reason. It exists to prove God's existence. I can justify my observation. The traffic conditions here are as bad as China's, but the drivers all drive at 3x the speed. Just imagine that scene. It's like crazy taxi, but everyone's driving a crazy taxi of their own. And you know what the amazing thing is? I have yet to witness a single accident. ZERO. NONE. Why? This may be because over 90% of Italians are Christians! Almost 90% are Catholics, which is of course favoured by the reigning Christian authority. If God dont protect them, who will?

As I type this i fear my notebook will just explode in a ball of flame. Ok just saved it, so everything should be ok. Better publish before anything happens. God bless me.

Italians are SCREWED UP

2008-05-16T04:29:00.002+08:00

mostly screwed. the poorest service ever imaginable. of course i've met some nice ones, but many's just Fed up. and yes, italians do _|_ with the do you want to eat gesture. i've experienced it while trying to take photo of a high tech toilet gentry (think ERP for a toilet, with doors that opens and closes like the MRT. i swear it cost 70 euro cents just because of the technology used in building that damn door) of course, as a proud non-italian, i Fed him back using the finger.

had gelato, tried 9 flavours. nothing impressive. and the pizza, sigh. hm, good experience. but $$$. i feel poor. never so poor. sigh. oh well, i'm left with ~60euros a day for me AND my sis. that barely covers admission tickets. got to pull up plan Broke. eat biscuits all day le. been having too much sit down and dine. still, the same conclusion from everywhere. Indians (and some china chinese) cant be trusted, all cutthroats, and that Macdonalds is still one of the cheapest options when travelling.

get some photos up when i can, leeching now. (:

2008-05-07T21:07:00.003+08:00

Been using the EP830 for 2 weeks now. The creative earphones itself does produce pleasant sounding music. Instruments comes to me sounding much warmer than the TC20. Its bass was also much heavier compared to the tc20, which I find just nice, not too much, and not lacking. It's loud enough even on the lowest volume and comes with 3 soft rubber tips. Very comfortable on the ears. The jack was also small, seems to have been designed to go with the iPhone. The carrying bag's also a nice addition to the kit. For $79.90, I'll say it's not that bad a buy.

However, after over 2 weeks with my EP-830, I still very much miss the sounds of the TC20. The EP830 produces pleasant sounding music, but not the kind i'm used to, not the kind that i like. The sounds are much warmer, but I prefer the clarity of the TC20. Voices were sweet sounding and even the most hidden sounds could be uncovered by just relaxing and taking in the music as it comes. The EP830 managed to bring the bass to just the level that I like, but it ended up drowning the voices, leaving the overall music sounding muffled. The tc20 had lousy tips, but I got a pair of 50cents rubber tip from the street market in HK which I seem to prefer more. It's just the right level of hardness for me and fits my earhole perfectly, blocking out more sound than those thin ones that came with creative. For $27 inclusive of delivery, the TC20 is definitely worth its price. Music sounds different now, the lows are much more obvious, but I want clarity. The sweet sounding voices that drives me so high. Maybe i should get mylar ones when i'm back. still affordable, with the same sweet sounding music and an improved bass.

SIGH. FR1 in Singapore is only $359.... if it was still available. It's frigging £180 here (that's the cheapest fyi... club blue room sells for £210). Crap that's close to $600 for a pair of skates. why why why why why. i want to claim my VAT. but i really cant resist the temptation. finally a pair of skates to go on the streets at night, without worrying about my falls and smashes that may kill other skates. time to give up on my aggressive and move on to a faster skates with larger wheels. bye bye grinds~ temptations, must resist. but skates, must give in. it's a pair of holy skates, one that makes you fly and feel so high. i must get it.... when i'm back. must give in to this temptation. IT'S A PAIR OF SKATES!!!!!

April's fool!

2008-04-01T08:11:00.002+08:00

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/08/1065292643781.html

and the magic number for the week is 461!! way to go tak!

2008-04-01T06:42:00.003+08:00

i have a very strong urge to just type out everything that happened and let the whole world know. or at least those people who comes here. i always lied to myself no one bothers or knows of this blog, but the truth is there may be a handful (say 8) people who do visit here occasionally.

but such things, i dont know how to start. who can accept it?

even for myself, its a new experience. what was i thinking? it shall end. can things be the same again?

hahaha, anyway, watched SPAMALOT today. bloody funny lame shit, and overall a very wonderful experience. the seats were pretty crap, but after the interval the kind and nice staff offered us a much better seat (after we asked). well worth the highly priced tickets given all that the performance has to offer.

a new kind of lifestyle. not as adaptable as i thought. but this lesson has pushed me on to become more calm and emotionless. when i'm back, it'll be a different me on the inside.

SURPRISE

2008-04-01T06:34:00.002+08:00

got a surprise a few nights ago as i was leaving my house. it was a parcel, from someone familiar. but it was unexpected, and much bulkier than usual.

to my surprise it was a set of headphones along with 2 cards.

a SPICA headphones. i had this mixture of delight and disappointment. didnt look good from the outside. i'll call it a pleasant surprise that brings about disappointment.

i really dont know what to say about it. for a start, it cant fit into my ear. at first i thought it was just the generic earbuds bundled, so i swapped my own earbuds to give it a shot. (mine was $3HKD earbuds that fits surprisingly well). well, still cant get the damn thing to sit well in my ear canal. oh well, dont judge anything by its looks. so i decided to give it one more chance and hooked it up into my laptop.

MASSIVE DISAPPOINTMENT. the only thing on my mind then was that i'll rather listen to music with my 1-sided earphones than with this new pair. it totally destroys any tunes put through it. i went for a second opinion and passed it to my sister for a try. her first and only comment was "为什么这样像radio的?". sigh. speechless. then another thought struck me. i will rather not listen to music than to listen to anything through this pair of SPICA.

how should i tell her? some things are just not meant to be. cannot connect just means cannot connect. sigh.

finally! full point!

2008-03-24T09:27:00.003+08:00

Hm, things seem to happen just when you least expect it. So fast! Unbelievable. I'm at a full 6 points now. 3 weeks at 4.5pts, 3 weeks at 5pts, and suddenly 6 pts without any notice!

I only wish that i will be at this point for every week onwards. Must just work my best (: Sometimes when i dont think about it, things just happen. Even faster than the first 3 dreaded weeks.

417 is the lucky number for the week!!

bought a 90+10L backpack for only 22.49 pounds! hahaha, finally planned my trip and just saw it, so bought it to give it a try. hm, so far so good. but if i do change my mind, i still have 27 days to get a full refund for it! happy (:

i agree. "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Mr Albert"

2008-03-19T11:09:00.001+08:00

dark* said...
heck la if the chopsticks holder is disposable then they are probably playing with them. Nobody could be that stupid. =)
12:02 AM

i swear that woman wasnt just playing with it. she just instinctively tore the top off. just like how the other woman managed, with great difficulty, to pull the chopsticks apart sideways.

hm.. speaking of which, maybe it's a IDR women thing.

500ml tubs at only £2.50 each!

2008-03-19T10:50:00.003+08:00

so cold, and i'm still eating ice cream.

why?

because it's Haagen-Dazs and i bought a 500ml tub of cookies and cream!!

oh god forgive me for finishing one tub of ice cream.

i have never felt so blessed (and rich) all my life. never ever. if i am to measure my weekly wages in tubs of smooth creamy heavenly tasty ice cream, my last week's of work is worth exactly 128 tubs of Haagen-Dazs Cookies & Cream. I swear I can go on an ice cream only diet. That's a tiny small bit over 18 tubs a day. Roughly 1 tub per hour if i sleep 6 hours a day! Pretty good deal yeah?

Oh damn. I was going to blame the absence of the energy label on the ice cream tub for making me want to finish it whole when I noticed this small line of words that says "NUTRITION INFORMATION per 100 ml: Energy 943kJ/226 kcal - Protein: 4 g - Carbohydrate: 19.5 g - Fat: 14.7 g." I guess that must means its nutritious for it to have some nutrition information. Btw, I think it's a damn good deal to finish the whole tub, compared to feasting on 10 kit kat bars. It's 107 calories per kit kat bar. Hm, what is calories = kcal?

Oh no, my spoon just hit the base of the tub. Phew, luckily i'm only eating downwards from one side of the tub.

yummy! fatty.

anyway, i gave up making jiaozi. it's alright, but crap i wanna sleep. just cant make it as well as my mum. want to eat it the way she does it.

$2.50 cant even buy a Walls Magnum ice cream back home. Yummy, I so feel like staying here longer.

It's a sin that Haagen-Dazs puts this other line on their tub. There's one that goes "Made in France". Guess I've got my meals in France all planned out now! Yeah!!

Help!!! I'm really finishing it!! With great determination, I've closed the lid to it. But I must act fast and throw it into the deep corner of the freezer. If I leave it here on the table any longer, all the ice cream will just melt. I cant let that happen can I? I'll want to rescue the ice cream from the deadly effects of global warming and finish it while it's still solid. HELP!!!!!

Ok, i'm going down.

IDR's are the same, EVERYWHERE.

2008-03-16T09:29:00.003+08:00

they cannot be trusted, they are born cunning liars. those who are not cunning liars cannot be trusted either, because they're probably stupid.

you know chopsticks holder? those paper thing that chopsticks are slotted into. well, NORMALLY, we'll just pull the chopsticks out. BUT, stupid people exist not only to leech our limited oxygen and contribute to our carbon emissions, they exist to contribute to yi wan ge wei shen me. wei shen me you na me ben de ren.

I've seen one actually tearing open the sealed end and pushing the chopsticks through the other side.

Oh well, that clown could only win the 2nd prize. The champion of all chopstick holder removers goes to this moron who actually forcefully split the chopstick holder open by pulling the chopsticks in opposite directions. like how we'll treat a pair of wooden chopsticks that's bonded together at one end.

oh my god. this job is killing me.

i'll rather be a gigolo.

wow... been ages.

2008-03-16T09:24:00.002+08:00

really long time since i've been here! oh well, london's cool.

just started on a watch 1 performance per week plan. had stomp last monday evening. this coming monday... was aiming for Les Miserables, but the seats suck. Think i'll try my luck with LOTR or Phantom of the Opera.

And i've got a overseas calling sim card for 15 pounds, which gives me 3000 minutes! That's even cheaper than calling local. by alot!

learn proper english english. the people are so lazy, it can be heard from the way they speak. they totally dont take the effort to pronounce every syllable. like weather, it'll be pronounced as wea..er. like ER. wth.

same goes with greenwich, it's pronounced greenich. like sandich? can i have a chicken sandich please? =_=

pin's pin and hint's hint, but pint's not pint. it's pine + t.

disgrace to the english speaking community. wonder how on earth hippopotamus will sound like when the english here pronounce it.

The arcade below my grandma's house

2008-01-28T21:47:00.000+08:00

It's damn cool. I played 1 game of HOTD3 and 4 games of outrun2. it costed me HKD10.

That's less than 2 bucks. COOL. It's the funnest time you get playing outrun. less than 40cents a game. Accidentally challanged someone else, damn scared i win then go out kena hood. Luckily in the last crucial bend i hit the wall and lost control, losing the first game. Thinking of playing the second game myself... I ended up challenging the same guy. DIE. He like quite agro in the first game, so 2nd game I more hum. Trailed him 3 out of the first 4 laps... then in the last lap. Same thing happened. But this time round, he had a hard time catching up. No idea why because my car's max speed's lower... (was using spider 360 on auto while he was using something on manual). Anyway... damn scared la, aft the 2nd game got this guy stand beside me smoke and watch and smoke and watch... hahaha then last game played vs ghost car 2nd last lap couldnt complete....

but damn cool la i can spend one day playing outrun and not get broke. but the smoke logged arcade....... sigh!

it's universal

2008-01-22T14:26:00.000+08:00

i JUST had a haircut and there's only one thing on my mind right now. wo ren ming le.

and i came to a very uninformed and skewed conclusion that the hk barber i just had is smarter than the ml barber i had at toa payoh. i asked for the same thing with less hair this time, and ended up with more hair than the previous time.

i wanna keep my hair long. i guess he was having a hard time as well, shaver, scissors, shaver, scissors, shaver, scissors and finally shaver again. my hair is just not meant to be kept long. i could feel his high level of stress with his every movement. everytime the shaver touches my hair it gets shorter. doesn't exactly go along the lines of keeping hair long (why do you even cut your hair if you want it long?). my hair was trimmed, layered, and whatever techniques he was using. in the end he still have to use a shaver to trim off all his fancy trials. my hair can be even more stubborn than me.

maybe its my conflicting instructions. i wanna keep my hair long so just keep the top neat. perhaps to barbers, neat = shaved head.

wahahahah but this time round, this barber damn cute. even though he's younger, in his early 40s (looks like that), i must say he's more experienced. after so much shaving and cutting, he actually managed to salvage the left half of my fringe! so after his haircutting ordeal, he was combing what's left of my fringe, and kept repeating, "the top is kept long already, the rest are cut neat". so damn cute hahaha. i wanted to tell him its ok, even though it's not what i had in mind (i had nothing in mind), it was still wonderful effort on his part and a job well done. at least he was smart enough not to shave me a flat top (perhaps it was because just as he was cutting near the beginning he asked what hairstyle i had at the previous haircutting session).

perhaps i am not meant to cut my hair if i wanna keep it to shoulder length again. or maybe i should just stick with crewcuts permenantly. HUNGRY! going off to my other grandma's place now. it's like going to punggol and staying in punggol and i'm staying in a bugis that's clementi far to punggol now.

Taare Zameen Par

2008-01-11T23:14:00.000+08:00

This is the BEST SHOW EVER.

I swear. it's the best you'll ever watch. 3 hours long but it wins even LOTR hands down.

Google it and read up on it. It's an indian show (but it's almost half english and the subtitles make it feel 100% english). The show is about this boy and his growing up years. I dont want to give away the storyline so yeah, dont google it either. It was available at Jade 1 at Shaw Towers (the one opposite suntec, previously known as Prince/Jade until some indian film company took Jade 1 & 2 over).

Not sure if it's still available... but i'm going to get the DVD when its out. It's that good. All teachers and parents should watch it.

Here's the plan

2007-12-28T00:35:00.000+08:00

I'm not sure how copyrights goes, but if I googled about it and nothing comes up, I'm declaring myself the first one to come up with the ideas.

1. Clean Singapore River
- It's not even my river and I'm cleaning it, why aren't you?

2. No to Porn
- www.porNO.com

3. Quit Smoking (ok so there's one forum/group found on google that says quitters are winners and it's got to do with smoking too, but heck, i'm going to publicise it anyway)
- Quitters for life
- Quitters are winnings
- The only game you win by quitting.

28 weeks later

2007-12-26T00:58:00.000+08:00

rating: it sucks big time

i cant believe all the reviews I've read so far! Google: 28 weeks later review. it's unbelievably bad and the reviews all claim it's a wonderful show!

it's crap. this show is BULLSHIT. the cinema will have to pay me 28 bucks for me to watch it.

come on! who will approve of such a crap of "Code Red" plan? It was a damn stupid plan to begin with, and the person writing it must be even more retarded. worse of all is whoever approved such a moronic plan. he must be really high ranking and has no brains. How's this for a plan? Put 50000 people in a small room and let them be zombie food. Only begin protecting them after some of them are infected. Out of these 50000 people running like crazy, most of whom for their lives and soon even more of them for the lives of others, shoot those who are infected by a virus which is clearly visible in their red bloodshot eyes.

At least booby trap the zombie food or something. "For their protection" means locked in with no way out and a secret way in only a zombie knows. Give them some hard walls, or at least those unbreakable glass for goodness sake. And the plan will so OBVIOUSLY NOT WORK. If all fails just shoot everyone. Whao. Brilliant. AND IT STILL FAILED.

It's already such a pain in the ass to write plans yet there are more and more coming up every now and then which are just nice to have but honestly not necessary and needs lots of improvement. It's just a gory boring show with so many retarded loopholes in the plot I felt so cheated after watching it. It's really "WTF?" throughout and "they could have just" and "why didn't they". Prevention is better than cure I guess. So much planning for Doomsday and no preparation for everyday maintenance.

It's like yellow ribbon. Accept those who once made a mistake! Bull. We all know this doesn't happen. If you have a record anywhere, regardless of performance, no one in the non-private sector will hire you. It's all just a front, a scam. Everything is fixed from the moment you joined. It's a systemic error. I can change it if I just STFU and work my way up (if i'm planned to, or I can just believe in myself and work really hard). Once I'm up there I can change the system. But then again, it's so fucked up, I don't think I am such a saint to do the world some good.

I'll rather spend my time cleaning up rivers and telling kids to say no to porn and let everyone knows premarital sex exists but safe sex just isn't the way to go. You don't have to screw around just because someone else is screwing around. Be proud of it.

We should just spend more time and effort. Zhi Biao Bu Zhi Ben is what many of the plans and policies are for. We should zhan chao chu gen. Or rather, using a more positive phrase, build a strong foundation instead of buying heavy insurance and assure ourselves we've got our asses covered.

(i've finally found an explanation to the ending, which didnt make much sense. not that many parts of the show did anyway)

There's probably going to be a 28 days later again or 28 months later or whatever. But whatever it is, I am never going to sit through such a boring mentally torturing show again. Not even if they pay me 28 bucks. Maybe I'll do it for a bit more and some food. JUST DONT PAY TO WATCH THIS SHIT.

merry christmas!

2007-12-25T04:07:00.000+08:00

hey world, have a happy christmas :)

19 December 2007, 2.42am

2007-12-19T06:57:00.000+08:00

Skated from CCK to TPY. Reached home at 4.46am.

The grass is always greener on the other side: when travelling on NJC's side of the road, HCJC's side looks damn nice, the area with condo just after KAP.
Nicest path to skate on: Path outside Southhaven condo (smooth as silk, nice grip and its dry no leaves or twigs!)
Nicest road: Upper Bukit Timah Road (a little endurance pays off in a nice steady slope down the hill!)
Most booby trapped school: NJC (knn 1 knee high elavation in road all of a sudden)
Most confused area: Chancery Road/Rise/Lane/....
Most memorable morale boosting road: Mount Rosie Rd

randomness

2007-12-07T12:38:00.000+08:00

An Italian, an Irishman and a Chinese fellow are hired at a Sydney construction site.

The foreman points to a huge pile of sand and says to the Italian guy, "You're in charge of sweeping."

To the Irishman he says "You're in charge of shoveling."

To the Chinese guy, "You're in charge of supplies."

He then says, "Now, I have to leave for a little while. I expect you guys to make a dent in that there pile."

So the foreman goes away for a couple hours, but when he returns the pile of sand is untouched.

He says to the Italian: "Why didn't you sweep any of it?"

The Italian replies in a heavy accent, "I no gotta broom, an' you tella me dat de Chinese'a guy supposa bringa da supplies, but he disappear and I no finda him."

Then the foreman turns to the Irishman and asks why he didn't shovel.

The Irishman replies in his heavy brogue, "Aye, that ye did, but I couldn't get meself a shovel. Ye left the Chinese fella in charge of supplies, but I couldn't fin' him."

The foreman is really angry now, and storms off looking for the Chinese guy.
He can't find him anywhere and is getting angrier by the minute.

Just then, the Chinese guy springs out from behind the pile of sand and yells...

"Supplies!!"

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A 45 year old woman had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. While on the operating table, she had a near-death experience. seeing God, she asked, "Is my time up?"

God shook His head and said, "No, you have another 43 years, 2 months and 8 days to live."

As she regained consciousness and recovered, she decided to extend her stay in hospital to have a face-lift, liposuction, $%*#&% implants, change hair colour and whiten her teeth! Since she had so much time left to live, she figured that she might as well make the most of it.

After her last operation, the woman left the hospital. But while she was crossing the road, she was run over by an ambulance. Arriving to face God, the woman demanded, "I thought you had said that I had another 43 years plus more to live? If so, wht didn't you pull me away from the path of the on-coming ambulance?"

God replied,"I didn't recognise you."

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In a mental institution a nurse walks into a room and sees a patient acting like he's driving a car.

The nurse asks him, "Charlie, what are you doing?"

Charlie replied, "Driving to Chicago!"

The nurse wishes him a good trip and leaves the room.

The next day the nurse enters Charlie's room just as he stops driving his imaginary car and asks, "Well Charlie, how are you doing?"

Charlie says, "I just got into Chicago."

"Great," replied the nurse. The nurse leaves Charlie's room and goes across the hall into Bob's room, and finds Bob sitting on his bed furiously pleasuring himself.

Shocked, she asks, "Bob, what are you doing?"

Bob says, "I'm screwing Charlie's wife while he's in Chicago!"

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A funeral service is being held for a woman who has just passed away. At the end of the service, the pall bearers are carrying the casket out when they accidentally bump into a wall, jarring the casket. They hear a faint moan! They open the casket and find that the woman is actually alive!

She lives for ten more years, and then dies. Once again, a ceremony is held, and at the end of it, the pall bearers are again carrying out the casket. As they carry the casket towards the door, the husband cries out: "Watch that !$^!ing wall!"

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An elderly man goes into a brothel and tells the madam he would like a young girl for the night. Surprised, she looks at the ancient man and asks how old he is. "I'm 90 years old," he says. "90!" replies the woman. "Don't you realize you've had it?" "Oh, sorry," says the old man, "how much do I owe you?"

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A few days before Christmas, a man enters a pet store looking for an unusual gift for his wife. The store manager tells him he has just what he's looking for! A beautiful parrot named Chet that sings Christmas carols.

He brings the husband over to a colorful but quiet bird. The man agrees that Chet certainly is pretty, but he doesn't seem to be much of a singer. The manager tells him to watch as he reaches into his pocket and pulls out a cigarette lighter. The manager then clicks the lighter and holds it under Chet's left foot. Immediately Chet starts singing; "Silent Night, Holy Night."

The husband is very impressed with Chet's singing abilities and watches as the manager moves the lighter underneath Chet's right foot. Chet now starts to sing "Jingle Bells, Jingle All the Way." The husband says Chet is perfect and that he'll take him.

The husband rushes home to his wife and insists upon giving her this wonderful gift immediately. He presents Chet to her and starts to explain the parrot's special talent.

Demonstrating, he holds a lighter under Chet's left foot and the bird sings "Silent Night." He then moves the lighter under the right foot and Chet lets loose a round of "Jingle Bells." The wife is absolutely amazed, and with a mischievous grin asks her husband what happens if he holds the lighter between Chet's legs instead. With his curiosity aroused, the husband relocates the lighter as his wife suggested and the bird begins to sing "Chet's nuts Roasting on an Open Fire.."

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A guy's talking to a girl in a bar.
He says, "What's your name?"
She says, "Carmen."
He says, "That's a nice name. Who named you, your mother?"
She says, "No, I named myself."
He says, "Why Carmen?"
She says, "Because I like cars and I like men. What's your name?"
He says, "Beerfuck."

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The world one day decided to settle which one is the best religion. and the one who wins will be the one used for all mankind (and womankind).

after the eliminations, they were left with 3 to compete for the title of sole global religion.

on top of a high mountain: the muslim high priest, the buddhist dalai lama and the catholic pope were preparing for the last test. the final test was that each should jump and pray their greatest prayer to save them from certain death.

the first one to go was the muslim. he jumped. started reciting the koran. halfway down, he was still falling so he recited louder. a few meters from the ground, still falling, he started screaming at allah. then a few seconds laters, he was splat on the ground. the muslims in the crowd were disraught, seeing their religion out of the competition.

then the next one jumped. the buddhist. calmly he assumed the lotus position, beads in hand. started reciting, amida buddha... buddha.. buddha... then he started to float halfway down the fall. and glided down to safety. the buddhist supporters cheered.

the pope was under pressure. this was it, so he jumped. he started by praying the rosary. but he was still falling fast. he took out the bible and began reading passages. still gravity was pulling him down to earth fast. oh my god.. oh my god save meeeee. he screamed when he saw that he was just a few meters before he becomes earth stain. seeing that it might be the end...

...he goes into a lotus position and started reciting.. buddha.. buddha... buddha...

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A man goes to a shrink and says, "Doctor, my wife is unfaithful to me. Every evening, she goes to Larry's bar and picks up men. In fact, She sleeps with anybody who asks her! I'm going crazy. What do you think I should do?" "Relax," says the Doctor, "take a deep breath and calm down. Now, tell me, exactly where is Larry's bar?"

brilliant

2007-12-07T12:33:00.000+08:00

Ah Beng and Ah Seng were walking on the streets going to a nearby coffeeshop to eat. Just then, they spotted something on the ground which seems to resemble a poo.

Ah Beng and Ah Seng stared at the poo and Ah Beng said, "Looks like sh!t leh." Ah Seng agreed.

Then, Ah Beng stuck his index finger into the poo. Ah Seng followed. Ah Beng pulled out his finger and smelled his finger. Ah Seng followed. "Hmm, smells like sh!t." Ah Beng confirmed, Ah Seng agreed too.

Afterwards, both of them tasted their index finger that was stuck into the poo. Both of them said in unison, "Yeah, taste like sh!t."

Finally, they concluded, "Confirm, must be sh!t !!"

In the end, they cheered in glee, "Wah! Lucky we never step on it!!"

more ownage...

2007-11-30T23:59:00.000+08:00

"Doc," says Arthur, "I want to be castrated ."

"What on earth for?" asks the doctor in amazement.

"It's something I've been thinking about for a long time and I want to have it done." replies Arthur.

"But have you thought it through properly?" asks the doctor.

"It's a very serious operation and once it's done, there's no going back. It will change your life forever!"

"I'm aware of that Doc and you're not going to change my mind; either you book me in to be castrated or I'll simply go to another doctor."

"Well, OK," says the doctor, "but it's against my better judgement!"

So, Arthur has his operation and the next day he is up and walking very slowly, legs apart, down the hospital corridor with his IV stand.

Heading toward him is another patient, who is walking exactly the same way.

"Hi there." says Arthur.

"It looks like you've just had the same operation as me."

"Well," said the other patient, "I finally decided after 67 years that I would like to be circumcised ."

Arthur stared at him in horror... "OH SHIT! THAT'S THE WORD!!"

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I checked into a hotel on a business trip and was a bit lonely so I thought I'd get me one of those girls you see advertised in phone booths when you're calling for a cab.

I grabbed a card on my way in. It was an ad for a girl calling herself Erogonique, a lovely girl, bending over in the photo.

She had all the right curves in all the right places, beautiful long wavy hair, long graceful legs You know the kind.

So I'm in my room and figure, what the hell, I'll give her a call.

"Hello?" the woman says. God, she sounded sexy.

"Hi, I hear you give a great massage and I'd like you to come to my room & give me one - No, wait, I should be straight with you. I'm in town all alone and what I really want is sex. I want it hot, and I want it now. I'm talking kinky the whole night long. You name it, we'll do it. Bring implements, toys, everything you've got in your bag of tricks. We'll go hot and heavy all night; Tie me up, cover me in chocolate syrup and whip cream, anything you want baby. Now, how does that sound?"

She says, "That sounds fantastic .........

........... but for an outside line you need to press 9."

Stupid in America by 20/20

2007-11-28T02:40:00.000+08:00

http://www.viddler.com/explore/RazrHog4Life/videos/1/

you'll feel glad to even get to go to school in Singapore..

PWNED!

2007-11-27T01:11:00.000+08:00

1.
Peter met Sharon in a nightclub. They enjoyed each other's company very much and at the end of the evening Sharon invited Peter to her place, where they quickly got involved in a very passionate and energetic session in bed together.

Finally, tired and satisfied, they both lay back in the bed and snuggled up close to each other. After a short while, Sharon began tenderly stroking Peter's manhood.

Surprised but appreciative, Peter comments, "Surely you can't be ready for more already?"

Sharon replies, "No, but every now and then I get a bit nostalgic, and I miss the days when I had mine."

2.
A woman, standing nude, looks in the bedroom mirror and says to her husband, I feel horrible, I look fat and ugly. Pay me a compliment."

The husband replies, "Your eyesight's damn near perfect."

3.
There were 3 army generals from America, Britain and Singapore on board a ship. They were chatting and having drinks.

The American general decided that he wanted to show off to his counterparts how courageous his soldiers were, so he asked one soldier to dive into the shark infested sea and swim 3 full rounds around the ship.

'Anything for Uncle Sam!' shouted the soldier, he then jumped into the sea and promptly swam 3 rounds around the ship.

Once he got up, the American general praised his soldier, and grinned at his companions.

'That, my friends, is courage.' he said

Not willing to be outdone, the British general called one of his soldiers to swim 5 full rounds around the ship. The soldier bellowed 'Anything for the Queen!' and promptly swam 5 full rounds around the ship.

When the soldier climbed on deck, the British general smiled at his companions.

'That, my friends, is courage.' he said

By this time, the Singaporean general was getting all worked up wanting to show off how brave and courageous his own soldiers were, so he called one of his men to swim 7 rounds around the ship.

The soldier stared at the general, then said, "KNN! you want lim peh to go swim in that kanasai sea ah? I still paying through my nose for my 4-room HDB flat and you liddat want me risk life so that you can haolian to these *%#!!@*s? You want show off go and swim yourself la! Bo liao!"

Saying thus, the soldier returned to his room.

The Singaporean general flashed a wide smile at his friends.

'My friends, THAT, is true courage.'

4.
An airplane was about to crash; there were 5 passengers on board but only 4 parachutes.

The 1st passenger said, "I am Kobe Bryant, the best NBA basketball player, the Lakers need me, I can't afford to die." So he took the 1st pack and left the plane.

The 2nd passenger, Hillary Clinton said, " I am the wife of the US President, a NY State Senator and a potential future president." So she took the 2nd pack and jumped out of the plane.

The 3rd passenger, George W. Bush, said, "I'm the President of the United States of America. I have great responsibility being the leader of a super-power nation and I am the cleverest President in American history, so America's people won't let me die." So he grabbed the pack next to him and jumped out of the plane.

At this point, there were only an old man and a schoolgirl left on the plane.

The old man said, "My dear, I am old and frail and don't have many years left, and as a Catholic, I will sacrifice my life and let you have the last parachute."

The girl said, "It's okay, Holy Father, there is still one parachute left for you. America's cleverest President has taken my schoolbag."

and a few random jokes

2007-11-23T00:23:00.002+08:00

Q: How did you get a one-armed blonde off the swing?
A: Wave to her

Q: Why did the Blonde cry when she got her driver licence?
A: She got an 'F' in sex

Q: A Black Cat and A White Cat is crossing the zebra crossing. The black cat is walking infront of white cat. Halfway through, the white cat got knocked down by a car and the black cat turn around and said something. What did the black cat say?
A: Meow

Q: Who is the fastest person in China?
A: Cao Cao, cos "shuo dao cao cao, cao cao jiu dao".

Q: What shampoo does christians use?
A: Rejoice.

Q: What shampoo does catholics use?
A: Head & Shoulders.

Q: What shampoo does Jesus use?
A: Follow Me.

Q: Why after dinner, the whole family like to sit down in front of the TV and watch TV?
A: Cos if you stand, very tiring.

Q: Xiao Ming stepped on shit, but why isn't his shoe dirty?
A: He never wear shoe in the first place.

Q: Why does Xiao Ming's right eye hurt whenever he drinks coffee?
A: Cos he forgot to take out the spoon.

Q: When there's a fire in the MRT station, who's the first to die?
A: Indians, because their announcements always come last.

Emergency Service

Two hunters are out in the woods when one suddenly cries out and falls to the ground. He doesn't appear to be breathing and his eyes are rolled back in his head, so the friend panics and telephones 999 on his mobile.

'My freind is dead!' he gasps to the operator. 'What can i do?'

The operator, speaking in a soothing voice, calms him down.

'Just take it easy, I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead.'

The line goes silent for a moment. and there's a loud bang before the man comes back on the line. 'Okay,' he says breathlessly, ' now what?'

Lesson One
An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing
nothing.

A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him,
"Can I also sit like you and do nothing?"
The eagle answered: "Sure, why not."

So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle
and rested.
All of a sudden, a fox appeared,
jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Management Lesson - To be sitting and doing
nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.

Lesson Two
A turkey was chatting with a bull.
"I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed
the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy."
"Well, why don't you nibble on some of my
droppings?" replied the bull. "They're packed with
nutrients."

The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found
it actually gave him enough strength to reach the
lowest branch
of the tree. The next day, after
eating some more dung, he reached the second branch.
Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly
perched at the top of the tree. He was promptly
spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree.

Management Lesson - Bull $!$% might get you to
the top, but it won't keep you there.

Lesson Three
A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was
so cold, the bird froze and fell to the ground into a
large field. While he was lying there, a cow came by
and dropped some dung on him.
As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung,
he began to realize how warm he was. The dung was
actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm
and
happy, and soon began to sing for joy.

A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to
investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered
the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug
him out and ate him.

Management Lesson -
(1) Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy.
(2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your
friend.
(3) And when you're in deep shit, it's best to keep
your mouth shut!

PG section
Q: 2 birds sitting on a tree branch, a goat was eating grass below the tree. a hunter came by, saw the goat and shot it. the female bird said something to the male bird and tio raped. what did the female bird told the male bird?
A: "xia4 mian4 yang2 si3 le". (below the goat die already)

Wahahaha.... karma ownage. that's one way to look at it!

2007-11-23T00:23:00.001+08:00

"I believe in karma. That means I can do bad things to people all day long and I assume they deserve it." - Dogbert

is this betrayal? (spotted on sgforums)

2007-11-23T00:20:00.001+08:00

You and your boyfriend go to a party, and you accompanied him to a convenience store nearby to get ciggies. He went into the store while you waited for him outside. Waited for a few seconds and decided to go in to join him.

The convenience store keeper, a rather plump yet sexy malay girl said to you "guess what did you bf said to me. i was asking him is that sexy girl outside your gf, and he told me "not as sexy as you""

Is this betrayal? Is this acceptable to you?

-petti

If you wonder why kids are doing it earlier, here's why...

2007-11-23T00:19:00.001+08:00

Sex Education

Sammy came running into the house and asked, ' Mummy, can little girls have babies?'

'No, said his mum, 'of course not.'

So he ran back outside. 'It's okay,' his mum heard him say to the girl next door. 'We can play that game again!'

Euphemisms in job titles

2007-11-19T14:42:00.000+08:00

~99% direct ripoff from wiki...

Today, euphemisms are becoming increasingly popular in job titles, and now many normal jobs have complicated titles that make the jobs sound more important, or skilled, than the common names would imply. Many of these euphemisms may include words such as engineer, though in fact the people who do the job are not accredited in engineering (and in many jurisdictions it is technically illegal to use the term without a currently valid State certification, though widely unenforced). Extreme cases, such as sanitation engineer for janitor are cited humorously more often than they are used seriously. Less extreme cases, such as custodian for janitor, are considered more terms of respect than euphemisms. These euphemisms can include, but are by no means limited to:

Axegrinder - Luthier/guitarbuilder or repairer
Binman (UK)/garbageman (US) - Waste Removal Officer (UK) or Sanitation Engineer (US)
Cashier - Sales Assistant or Retail Representative
Cleaner (UK)/Maid (US) - Domestic Assistant
Dog catcher - Canine Relocation Specialist
Driver - Chauffeur
Farrier - Equine Chiropodist (a blacksmith who makes horseshoes)
Janitor - Custodian (wahahaha, guardian of the toilet)
Lorry driver (UK) or delivery (wo)man (US) - Logistics Manager
Non-management positions in a variety of fields - Associate or Team Member or Representative
Guard - Loss Prevention Officer
Substitute Teacher - Teacher on Call, Guest Teacher (now I know why there are always so many guest speakers for school assembly. the school always kena pangsei)
Window washer - Vision Clearance Engineer (hands down ownage wahahhahaha)
Host(ess) - Guest Relations Officer
Steward(ess) - Flight attendant
Secretary - Administrative assistant (or professional)

CHEATING COULD LAND YOU IN JAIL

2007-11-06T00:55:00.001+08:00

Here's the story:

http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,146812,00.html
By Hedy Khoo

November 05, 2007

SBS Transit estimates its annual loss to fare evasion to be a whopping $9million.

Every day, there are an estimated 42,000 cases of cheating on bus fares.

But if the cheats are caught, harsh punishment awaits them.

Recalcitrant fare evaders may even find themselves in jail.

In October 2005, Parliament passed the Public Transport Council (Amendment) Bill.

To tackle cheating on fares, it provides for a penalty scheme which, however, is yet to be implemented.

Under the scheme, punishments for non-payment or underpayment of fares range from a $20 penalty to a fine of up to $2,000 and up to six months in jail for recalcitrant fare evaders.

When the bill was passed, there was a heated debate on whether cheating on bus fares that average $1 called for such severe punishments.

NOT AWARE

Account management specialist Evelyn Boh, 31, who admitted to under-paying her bus fares on more than one occasion when she was a university student, said she was unaware such a law existed.

Said Ms Boh: 'I am not surprised about the fine, but it is shocking to know that cheating on bus fares can put one in jail.'

And while retiree Ruth Muthu, 54, agreed with the fine, she found the jail term too harsh.

She said: 'Under-paying or not paying your fare is a form of cheating. The fine is not unreasonable, considering that bus fare cheats are breaking the law.'

'But to go to jail over a few cents or even a dollar is too heavy a punishment.'

But the penalties may serve more as a deterrent.

Despite the introduction of the ez-link system, fare evaders still find ways of cheating.

According to SBS Transit, one of these is to misuse concession cards.

Another way is to tap the cards at the exit without getting off.

Others put the incorrect amount in coins into the fare box.

As taking fare cheats to court is considered a drastic measure, most of those caught by ticket inspectors are just made to pay the correct fare.

Said Ms Tammy Tan, SBS Transit's director of corporate communications: 'In a situation where the passenger underpays, he or she will be asked to top up his or her fares.

In cases where the commuter refuses, we will contact the police for assistance.

'We are working with the authorities on the implementation details of the Penalty Fee Scheme.'

According to a spokesman from the Public Transport Council, the Public Transport Council (Amendment) Act 2005 took effect on 3 Apr last year, but not the provisions on penalties.

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PROPOSED PENALTIES

Non-payment or under-payment of fares - $20 penaltyMisuse of concession passes - $50 penaltyFailure or refusal to pay penalty fee - Up to $1,000 fineRecalcitrant offenders - Up to $2,000 fine or up to 6 months' jail

(Taken without permission from the website - I will take this post down immediately upon request by The New Paper editors)

It is simply unfair to have a 6 months jail term for repeated offenders. Everyone who cheats on bus fares should be given CWO. Their role will be to stand at the entrance of the bus and make sure everyone taps in while another stands at the exit to make sure no one taps out without getting off. Repeated offenders should be given the death sentence and have their organs sold to china to feed the pigs. Those who misuse the pass should be issued a new pass which automatically pays double of any amount that is to be paid, including when using the e-ZET link card to buy meals at macdonalds. If the offender uses a normal card, he or she must be charged again to have the special e-ZET link card upgraded to a 4x lifelong membership card. Paying in cash will be considered an offence as well.

Because of the inconsistent enforcement of the penalties, people are taking this lightly. This is a large amount we are talking about. 9 million!! That can probably save e-ZET link from going bankrupt and having to close down.

Come on, the people here are really just FOS. If you pay the proper fair and dont cheat the system, even if the penalty is to have your whole family castrated it wouldn't affect half your balls. What's the point of complaining about the fines and jail term? Having no penalties doesn't make the wrongs any more right. If you want to challenge the system, make sure you can survive the odds of losing. You can do anything you want, just dont get caught.

Don't whine like a loser, it only makes your defeat look worse.

2007-10-25T16:47:00.000+08:00

you're the best. i'm better than you :)

where is the race?

2007-10-25T16:40:00.001+08:00

its not with them, its not with the time.

its with yourself.

the race is in here, nowhere else. do better than your best and you have won the race.

PSLE 2007 - Mathematics

2007-10-21T19:04:00.000+08:00

This happens this time of the year, every year. Parents and students, teachers and ex-teachers will all grumble and protest about the difficulty of the PSLE papers. With no exception, Math always made students cry even though it's the only subject where students are given a chance to score a perfect 100/100.

Ten parents and former teachers complained to The Straits Times Forum page that some sums were not in the syllabus.

Mr Tan said the PSLE must differentiate between pupils of different abilities: 'It'd be a problem if 30 per cent of the cohort scores full marks. Then how do you differentiate between the average student and the brightest of the lot?'

Ten teachers told The Sunday Times they had never seen so many pupils crying after a PSLE paper.

(I agree fully. A paper's only difficult if students are not given a fair chance to score at least an A or A*. But using full marks as a standard of comparison is simply being unreasonable. Let's face it, you're lousy means you're lousy, don't blame the paper, especially not when there are students who can score full marks.)

One admitted that she needed a calculator to solve one of the sums. Pupils are not allowed to use them.
(What a loser, go back to NIE, or better still, enrol in 6 years of primary school education again. What kind of primary school teachers are coming out of that training institute nowadays? Teaching weird subtraction/addition/division/multiplication methods where students are thought to multiply 0 to every digit and write the result of 0 again in the long workings...)

My chinese teacher always made fun and disturbed me as the big rock that fell through the hole in the streaming net. Teachers listen up: YOU TOO! So many of you exists our there, especially those after A levels or Poly then go NIE just to find a job and survive teachers. YOU ARE AN INSULT TO THE PASSION OF EDUCATION AND SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE.

I have came to this conclusion in my close to 15 years stay in Singapore. Math is so bloody common sense its no wonder Singaporean Kids find it difficult. As my Red Swastika primary school teacher once said, "Common Sense if not so common afterall." Took us a LONG while to understand back in iforgotprimary 5 or 6 and even after we understood it, the statement didn't seem so witty until later on. As the years go by, I have learnt to appreciate the beauty of this statement.

http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_169062.html

I am ending on a provoking note. PSLE 2007 Math is so bloody common sense its no wonder Singaporean Kids (and parents and teachers) find it difficult.
(Of course its not all, but there is a considerably large number in our society)

2007-10-16T15:54:00.000+08:00

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I AM A CIVIL DEFENCE OFFICER

COURAGEOUS, RESOURCEFUL AND COMPASSIONATE

I AM DISCIPLINED AND ETHICAL IN MY CONDUCT

PROFESSIONAL AND EFFECTIVE IN MY SERVICE

I AM ACCOUNTABLE FOR MY ACTIONS AND MY MEN

I SERVE MY COUNTRY AND THE FORCE

WITH TOTAL DEDICATION AND LOYALTY

your parents are paying for my education

2007-10-14T15:29:00.000+08:00

oh well, see how it goes...