Monday, February 27, 2006

A cok nightmare

The background was the busiest city of China, Shanghai. Everywhere was full of people. It was a free and easy tour and I entered Shanghai's equivalent of MRT. The first strange thing I saw my dad and his colleague was squating on the train, concentrating on repairing something. (My dad was not a train technician, and definitely not in Shanghai.) I was surprised and walked happily to him. Then an announcement was made through the intercom:

 

"We'll be conducting a simulation of a terrorist bomb attack now. We want to know what is the reaction of people when the train is overturned. Participation is compulsory. Please do not worry, it's only a simulation."

 

The doors went shut. 

 

'Wah lan eh, na beh so suay!!! '  is my first reaction. I quickly braced myself against the overturn of train by leaning with my back against side of the train. Luckily there's no one else on the opposite side so no one will fall on top of me when the train overturns.

 

Suddenly there are 2 cars driving into the train and stop right in front of me! Then the train starts to overturn...

 

ARGHHHHHHHHH.....

 

I woke up.

 

 

 

Anyone can decipher the dream??

 

(Hmmm... cock is forbidden to use as a title??)

 

 

 

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

The Wiki History of the Universe in 200 Words or Less

Quantum fluctuation. Inflation. Expansion. Strong nuclear interaction. Particle-antiparticle annihilation. Deuterium and helium production. Density perturbations. Recombination. Blackbody radiation. Local contraction. Cluster formation. Reionization? Violent relaxation. Virialization. Biased galaxy formation? Turbulent fragmentation. Contraction. Ionization. Compression. Opaque hydrogen. Massive star formation. Deuterium ignition. Hydrogen fusion. Hydrogen depletion. Core contraction. Envelope expansion. Helium fusion. Carbon, oxygen, and silicon fusion. Iron production. Implosion. Supernova explosion. Metals injection. Star formation. Supernova explosions. Star formation. Condensation. Planetesimal accretion. Planetary differentiation. Crust solidification. Volatile gas expulsion. Water condensation. Water dissociation. Ozone production. Ultraviolet absorption. Photosynthetic unicellular organisms. Oxidation. Mutation. Natural selection and evolution. Respiration. Cell differentiation. Sexual reproduction. Fossilization. Land exploration. Dinosaur extinction. Mammal expansion. Glaciation. Homo sapiens manifestation. Animal domestication. Food surplus production. Civilization! Innovation. Exploration. Religion. Warring nations. Empire creation and destruction. Exploration. Colonization. Taxation without representation. Revolution. Constitution. Election. Expansion. Industrialization. Rebellion. Emancipation Proclamation. Invention. Mass production. Urbanization. Immigration. World conflagration. League of Nations. Suffrage extension. Depression. World conflagration. Fission explosions. United Nations. Space exploration. Assassinations. Lunar excursions. Resignation. Computerization. World Trade Organization. Terrorism. Internet expansion. Reunification. Dissolution. World-Wide Web creation. Composition. Extrapolation?

Copyright 1996-1997 by Eric Schulman.

This piece was the inspiration for the book A Briefer History of Time and led to the Annals of Improbable Research Universal History Translation Project. Reprinted from the AIR, Volume III, Number 1, January/February 1997, page 27.

 

A quote from Kong Zi

A JC classmate told me this while we are chatting about how to improve one's charisma on the MSN:

 

“诚其心,正其意,修其身,齐其家,治其国,平其天下。”

 


Think about it...


 


 

A black device

Has been thinking/dreaming of inventing a small handheld device that can provide infinite knowledge/ideas/stimulations for the mind. I imagined it to be a 5cm black cubic lump of metal mass with a few buttons, and it is strange, magical and exotic. What can be the basis for such a device? 

 

Food for thought... Hmmm...

 

 

Monday, February 20, 2006

My Johari Window









Arena


(known to self and others)

friendly, happy, intelligent, introverted, quiet


Blind Spot


(known only to others)

able, accepting, adaptable, calm, caring, cheerful, clever, complex, confident, dependable, extroverted, giving, helpful, independent, ingenious, knowledgeable, logical, modest, organised, patient, reflective, relaxed, searching, self-assertive, sensible, sentimental, shy, silly, trustworthy, warm, wise, witty


Façade


(known only to self)


Unknown


(known to nobody)

bold, brave, dignified, energetic, idealistic, kind, loving, mature, nervous, observant, powerful, proud, religious, responsive, self-conscious, spontaneous, sympathetic, tense


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Dominant Traits


52% of people agree that Jiefeng is friendly


All Percentages


able (4%) accepting (9%) adaptable (4%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (28%) caring (4%) cheerful (14%) clever (28%) complex (4%) confident (4%) dependable (14%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (9%) friendly (52%) giving (4%) happy (14%) helpful (28%) idealistic (0%) independent (9%) ingenious (4%) intelligent (19%) introverted (9%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (23%) logical (23%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (4%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (19%) patient (38%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (19%) reflective (9%) relaxed (33%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (4%) self-assertive (4%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (14%) sentimental (9%) shy (14%) silly (4%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (23%) warm (9%) wise (4%) witty (9%)


 


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Description Breakdown (21 people)


Michelle Liang thinks: helpful, patient, shy, trustworthy, knowledgeable.
shuhui thinks: calm, clever, logical, sensible, introverted, helpful.
Song'en thinks: friendly, relaxed, logical, happy, accepting.
yv thinks: calm, friendly, shy, patient, relaxed.
Justin thinks: helpful, friendly, relaxed, independent, searching.
manda thinks: clever, friendly, dependable, helpful, relaxed.
denice thinks: calm, organised, dependable, sensible, knowledgeable, accepting.
Jienan thinks: helpful, clever, knowledgeable, able, relaxed, quiet.
jiamin thinks: patient, knowledgeable, calm, intelligent, logical, friendly.
Yi Hui thinks: witty, cheerful, caring, logical, clever.
jiahong thinks: ingenious, witty, trustworthy, friendly, knowledgeable, silly.
xiangbin thinks: relaxed, intelligent, cheerful, organised, shy.
weiling thinks: clever, calm, patient, modest, trustworthy.
xiao mei thinks: relaxed, helpful, organised, dependable, clever, friendly.
peifang thinks: cheerful, giving, trustworthy, intelligent, reflective.
Kim Sim thinks: extroverted, friendly, patient, sentimental, confident.
zhijian thinks: introverted, quiet, calm, independent, patient, complex.
CHRISTINA thinks: friendly, warm, trustworthy, organised, patient.
sheena thinks: intelligent, self-assertive, reflective, quiet, logical.
ny thinks: happy, quiet, patient, warm, wise, friendly.
HealthyG thinks: extroverted, sentimental, adaptable, friendly, sensible, happy.


 


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Conclusion


My most dominant characteristcs (other than friendly) are patient (38%) and relaxed (33%), followed by calm, clever, helpful (28%) and logical, knowledgeable, trustworthy (23%).


 


Not bad i guess, and quite true also. I must be really relaxed and calm in order to stack my undone tutorials until so high. =P 


 


 

Monday, February 13, 2006

Mage

This guy has occupied most of my time for the past 2-3 month. But it's time to say goodbye. Farewell my little level 45 mage in the World of Warcraft, for now.