Holidays

Quoridor, Dungeons and Dragons board game, DOTA, Ghost in the Shell, Swimming, Mystery Walk writing, Retail Therapy, Movies (MI3, 小孩不笨), Coffee Bean, Stephen King, DIP project, etc etc...    

 

 

No time to feng yan feng yu at all...

 

 

JJ outing

Had an outing with my 姐妹 (minus 姐) 们 yesterday - dim sum buffet plus Settlers. Hmm everytime go out with them very stress one, they will judge whether you are gentleman or not. Liddat I want to jiak jua oso cannot... sianz... Luckily from their blogs can see that I passed with flying colors, hehe =P (Thanks for the good comments!)

 

Then there's this topic that will be brought up without fail every single time by my 'caring' sisters - "when will we get a dao sao?" Imagine I heard the same question for 6 years since we (have the misfortune to)  know each other liao. Argh! Cannot take it le! Next time I will 乾坤大挪移 the topic to... 小妹 ! (Now your 大姐 and 三姐 pang4 seh1 you, you cannot use the 'da ge must get attached 1st then sisters then can get attached ' defense le =P)  *evil laugh* Watch out man!

 

But all in all we had lots of fun and laughter during our short gathering, except maybe when the conversation goes something like this:

 

Sis: When your exams end?

Me: Friday.

Sis: Mine Saturday, 迟你一天 =)

Me: (Hehe NUS still got pple later then me? Sure anot?) Mine this coming friday leh.

Sis: Oh! Mine is last Saturday. =)

Me: ......  

 

 

And this happened not once but twice lor... Haiz... I think I betta go study le...

 

PS. Come to think of it, lucky they din let us play Snakes and Ladders =P 

 

 

Interesting sites

1. Hapland! Crack your head over it ba! (But it's definitely solvable, unlike Hapland 2...)

 

2. Mansion Impossible - a game for future real estate investor. High score: 15 years 5 months

 

3. Da Chang Jin flash movie. Cock dao siao!

 

4. Click here - Haha! Make one for your friends too! Jus change the name at the URL.

 

 

For the extremely bored.

 

 

Tommyknockers

Have been reading novels by the horror master Stephen King to get ideas for my hall FOC ghost walk. Just finished reading Tommyknockers. An extremely good read, and getting very exciting 1/3 into the book. Exam period didn't stop me from finishing the 5.5 cm thick book within one week. Basically it's about the discovery of an ancient alien artifact that changes the entire fabric of the town. There's one sentence from the book that is quite interesting, and it goes something like this:

 

"We always assume that the alien is alive in an alien invasion. It never occur to us that alien invasion can also happen when the alien is dead."

 

Tommyknockers and It  are two very good stories by Stephen King. Highly recommended.

 

 

The Simpsons Personality Test

 

 

You Are Barney

You could have been an intellectual leader... Instead, your whole life is an homage to beer You will be remembered for: your beautiful singing voice and your burps Your life philosophy: "There's nothing like beer to give you that inflated sense of self-esteem."

The Simpsons Personality Test

 

Haha! I'll be an alcoholic next time!

 

 

Prediction

EE2003 - B

EE2004 - B+

EE3002 - B

EE2005 - C+

EE2002 - D

EE2007 - C

 

This is bad...

 

 

*** Months Later ***

 

In the end I got ABBCCC. Slightly better than the worst case scenario I anticipated, but after this single exam my total number of Cs increased by a whooping 4 times! This is very bad. I guess neglecting 4 weeks of tutorials to play World of Warcraft was a very bad move. Better buck up, if not I can't get even a second upper...

 

 

EE3002

God damned me for not going lectures!

 

Just 5 minutes before entering the examination hall, I overheard the guy sitting beside me saying "this one surrre come out one..." Out of curiousity, i turned around and peep at his lecture notes. At that time I thought to myself:

 

'Wah liew, the diagram like never seen before one leh, he must be taking different paper from me lah. Won't so heng one ...' 

 

(*My examination hall is the venue of more than 2 different exam papers.) 

 

So I went into the examination hall thinking nothing about it... until I saw the first part of the last question.

 

Now it seems very familiar...

 

 

That freaking question costed ELEVEN marks! 

 

 

Arghhh!!!

 

 

Morale of the story:

 

REMEMBER to ask your friends (who go lectures) for tips before exams!

 

 

Together In Electric Dreams

Giorgio moroder / phil oakey

I only knew you for a while
I never saw your smile
’til it was time to go
Time to go away (time to go away)
Sometimes it’s hard to recognise
Love comes as a surprise
And it’s too late
It’s just too late to stay
Too late to stay

We`ll always be together
However far it seems
(love never ends)
We`ll always be together
Together in electric dreams

Because the friendship that you gave
Has taught me to be brave
No matter where I go i`ll never find a better prize
(find a better prize)
Though you’re miles and miles away
I see you every day I don’t have to try
I just close my eyes, I close my eyes

We’ll always be together
However far it seems
(love never ends)
We’ll always be together
Together in electric dreams

Sunday

This morning when I opened newspaper, I saw the first FIVE stars movie review I ever saw on Zao Bao - The Producers . Wondering what the story is about, planning to watch it 2 weekends later, and hoping it's not another Brokeback Mountain. Inside Man also not bad - 4 stars... The week after?

 

My dad's Honda Civic was 'langa'ed at the back by another car, so he brought back a temporary Toyota equivalent, and I got a chance to test drive it. Here's the comparision:

 

1. Corolla's pick up is faster and more powerful (Honda's VTEC engine is better at high speed, say >100kph, though).


2. Its suspensions are softer*.


3. Its tyres are quieter (fiction lesser also).


4. Its turning radius is smaller. 


5. Its steering is harder.

All in all I like my dad's Civic better - it looks sleeker. 

 

(*Suspension softer means it's more comfortable crossing humps but you can't go too fast during cornering - unless you want the person in the back seat to slide from one side to another.)       

 

Afternoon studied in Shaw Tower's Starbucks. Normally it's a nice and quiet place to study, sipping Mocha Frappuccino at the same time. But today got a boy and a girl talking at the table behind me and their conversation is projected to me very clearly due to the structure of the shop... and I can't help but listened. 

 

The way they talked chinese seems very familiar (almost perfect Singaporean chinese), and I continued to 'eavedrop'... They were discussing about benzene (hmm... chem students?), then about teacher teaching 红楼梦 until they fall asleep (红楼梦?  X老师?) and blah blah blah until they finally revealed they were from TJ studying LEP. Makes me think of the good old JC days with my LEP classmates. My classmates also talked like them in JC...

 

In the evening, while I was shopping in NTUC, the radio station broadcasted the song Together in Electric Dreams...

 

I almost forgot the dance steps.

 

Foward together, back together, left together, right together...

 

 

Year 4 Specialization

The descriptions 粗心大意,  不拘小节, 讨厌琐碎事 somehow doesn't equate to (or is it 'relate' or 'associate'?) to a Nano-Engineer leh.

 

Heck lah. Who cares??

 

明知山有虎，偏向虎山行。

 

Anwz now worry about exams first. Better go study now.

 

继续往牛角尖的那个 atom 钻去 ...

 

 

Birthday Horoscope

Very inaccurate.

 

It's hard to find such an inaccurate horoscope you know. Feel free to take a look. =)

 

http://astro.lady.tom.com/birthday/index.html

 

1月21日 先锋者

在1月21日出生的人，总是以迈向巅峰为目标，一旦达到目标后，也都会知道该如何保持在巅峰状态。然而，在他们真正了解自己的野心之前，可能已经承受了许多无可名状的挫折。这些人可以说是具有巨大驱策力的坚毅个体，不过在他们失去方向的时候，本性中喜欢玩乐的一面就会浮现，转而滨管他们的时间与精力。在这天出生的人，如果可以整合内在的双重个性，就会成为其中的佼佼者。然而，许多在这天出生的人，就像钟摆一样周而复始地，在轻松与紧张的状态之间摆荡，似乎很难在两者之间取得平衡。 今天出生的人无论男妇，早晚都会涌丙领导的欲望。一旦他们在自己所选择的领域中成功地到达颠峰，再要他们放弃，可就非常困难了。即使是陷于与自己的兴趣相违背、健康状态每况愈下、年华老去、甚至工作本身没什么乐趣的情况下，都还是无法让他们放弃自己既有的地位。如果他们真的从赖以本身的高枝上走下来，通常都是由于内心喜爱玩乐的本性，缓和了咄咄逼人的竞争本质所致。 大部分在这天出生的人，并不适合作长期的领导人，因为他们缺乏领导人所必备的冷酷与内在权威。这样的人也不适合从事高度政治化或独裁化的职业，真正适合他们的，是那些可以在才能和技术上不断精进而达到最佳状态的事业生涯。 在1月21日出生的人拥有浓厚的明星气质，总是不断吸引别人接近。他们不仅在工作领域中领导潮流，在社交生活中，也同样独领风骚。同时，因为他们在待人接物上的手腕特别高明，只要一提出看法或建议，通常都具有高度的说服力。 在这天出生、且在社会上居处高位的人，通常都具有平易近人的共同特质，因此得以融入各行各业的每个阶层之中。他们令人激奋、多彩多姿又热情奔放的天性，形成了令人难以抗拒的性感魅力。但是这样的物质，往往也令他们背负着“负心”的罪名。在一些最好只是挥挥衣袖告别的情况下，却因为他们表现得过于关心，而伤害了有心人。不过，即使相遇的时间很短暂，大部分的朋友与爱人还是会对这样的邂逅无怨无悔，因为他们的魅力丰富了那段彼此共度的时光。 对于他们的公众生活，在这天出生的人是有些隐密，他们很少会让自己的公众生活与私生活混在一块。不论是温馨的家园或是安静的避风港，通常只为少数经过特许的人敞开大门。他们最大的总是可能是考虑自己真正想要从生命中获得什么。在人生目标确定之前，他们就像萤火虫一般，此出彼没，四处飘荡。 塔罗牌 大秘仪塔罗牌的第21张是“世界”，牌面上有一位女神手持权杖在奔跑，她拥有无尽的力量，穿越全世界以展示真理。这张牌表示，在这个星球上没有什么是得不到的。这张牌正立时的解释是报酬优厚、人格正直；牌面倒立时则指出巨大的障碍、精神涣散以及自怜的性格。 静思语 在当下将力量集中于内在，经由不断的练习，准备在必要时往前迈时的能力。 优点 具吸引力、多彩多姿、开朗。 缺点 犹疑不决、耽于逸乐、容易伤害人。

I am studying...

Just discovered that studying in a empty Lecture Theatre while talking cock with 3 friends and listening to baroque music (not mine though) through the LT's surround sound system in the middle of the night can be so enjoying. Peace.

 

 

Which Care Bear am I?

 

 

http://www.care-bears.com/CareBears/html/fungames/whichbear.html

 

 Heehee...

 

 

What Do People Envy About You?

 

 

People Envy Your Ingenuity

You're a person with unique ideas, big plans, and a zany outlook on life. Many people look to you for inspiration. People envy your creativity and "who cares?" attitude. They feel very ordinary next to you - and they usually are!

 

What Do People Envy About You?

 

Sure or not??

 

 

Oh no!

According to our research, you'll be dead by

December 2060 at age 78

- probable cause -

cancer

YOU DIE:  78.0 years
AVERAGE MALE LIFE SPAN:	72.5 years

As you can plainly see, you have more health & vitality than the average man.

WHY YOU DIE? 56% cancer 24% car accident 13% loneliness 5% drowning of the lungs 2% wounds You have 19985.3 days left on this earth. You've already lived 30% of your life.   http://www.okcupid.com/death

Sianz... I've already live 30% of my life. Better don't believe. What if it's a self-fulfilling prophesy??

 

 

Today's song

If you listen to 933, you will know that there's a new song by some unknown singer with the same title - 好了歌. Maybe you would like to listen to this song which was composed by my favourite lyricist 梁文福 years and years ago and compare which one is better?

 

Anwz the original 好了歌 is a zen-philosopy 词 by 跛足道人 in 《红楼梦》. Brings back memories of the JC days where we study《红楼梦》until we almost commit suicide. Dedicate the song to my JC classmates and those who read the Red Chamber before.   

 

 

Campus Super Star

If you ask me where my loyalty lies, this:

 

            Or this:               

 

Given that both contestants are equally good, I'll hesitate a while before saying that...

I'll OF COURSE support one from my school rather than a sweet looking girl lah!

 

(despite the fact that I hesitated for a while. =P)  

Good job Zhiyang! You've done us proud!

 

(Hmmm... I won't put your picture here. I don't want to see you everytime I come to my blog =)

 

For Zhiyang's fans: http://justme-willy.blogspot.com/

 

PS. Teressa, though you lost, you did a good job too! All the best!

PPS. I can't find the old HwaChong logo anywhere on the net already... Haiz...

 

(I used the one in friendster)

 

 

Optimist or Pessimist

A short test to see if you are a optimist or a pessimist:

 

Imagine you took a quiz that weighs 15% of the total marks of that module and you got half of the answers correct. Would you think:

 

A. Yeah! I already have 7.5 marks out of a total of 100!

 

B. Argh! I've already lost 7.5 marks out of a total of 100... =(

 

 

If you chose B, you are a pessimist. If you chose A, go on to the next part.

 

 

Now to test if you are a very optimistc optismist:

 

Imagine you took a quiz that weighs 15% of the total marks of that module and you got one-quarter of the answers correct. Would you think:

 

A. Yeah! I already have about 4 marks out of a total of 100!

 

B. Argh! I've already lost about 11 marks out of a total of 100... =(

 

 

If you chose B, you are normal. If you chose A, you are a very optimistc optismist.

 

 

PS. I think I'm a very optimistic optismist...

 

 

 

'Nice' song

WAIT!!!

Don't exit this page before you listen to this interesting song! Press the play  button!

 

I've bought the album by Butak Pantai (at esplanade)!  It has been a long time since I bought a CD.  It has been a longer time since I bought a $20 CD. But well, I think it's worth it (anw so what if it's not? As I said, it has been such a LONG time since I bought a CD =P), despite a little controversy it brought when I was playing it in my hostel room. (My roomie almost go crazy!) 

 

I strongly recommend that you listen to this song (to see if you go crazy too! =P). I personally feel that it's funny (listen what they say!), creative and nice. However, if you are weak-hearted, feel free to press the stop button. (But I'm sure you won't right? =)

 

Don't worry if it's making you crazy. I'll only put it up for 3 days before I change to another 'nice' song. Hee...

 

 

NERD, a cok story

在很久很久以前，有一个 49% nerd 住在断前湖湖边。有一天，在那个nerd 钓鱼的时候，他遇见一个姓Boo 的Chiobu。她说：“Hi, I'm Boo... ChioBoo。” Chioboo 接着说：“你这个nerd 没师父指点也能到49% 的境界，真是百年难得一见的人才。好，我决定收你为徒。”就这样，Nerd 拜了 ChioBoo 为师。于是，ChioBoo 把她的绝世武功传授给他: 降书十八读第一式 -- 见书在床 ...

 

转眼，18年过了。Nerd 已经把降书十八读里的十八式给学完，变成200% nerd, aka Nerd 中之Nerd。他决定去浪迹天涯。可是Nerd 万万没想到，他一离开断前湖，就碰到他的arch enemy - 令人闻风丧胆，人见人恨的。。。搞事 (aka Xam)。搞事是个武功高强的恶霸，喜欢惹事生非。这天他看到 Nerd 经过便说：“Siao eh, 你要去那里? Nerd 抬起头看见搞事回答说：“I beg your pardon? Nim bei 在读书，没听到你在讲什么。”搞事chua4 dio3, 从来没人敢这样跟他讲话。 于是他说了“Soli soli” 就逃走了。从此，Nerd live happily ever after.

 

 

THE END

 

  

 

 

 

 Acknowledgement: This story is inspired by ChioBoo's msn nick.

 

PS. This is just an experiment on one of the usages of msn nick I thought up with - writing a story with msn nick. Expanding on this idea, how about a lot of people, each contribute a sentence, writing on the same story?? May be a mystery or a puzzle ha? Food for thought... 

 

 

I'm a visionary

 

 

You Are a Visionary Soul

You are a curious person, always in a state of awareness. Connected to all things spiritual, you are very connected to your soul. You are wise and bright: able to reason and be reasonable. Occasionally, you get quite depressed and have dark feelings. You have great vision and can be very insightful. In fact, you are often profound in a way that surprises yourself. Visionary souls like you can be the best type of friend. You are intuitive, understanding, sympathetic, and a good healer. Souls you are most compatible with: Old Soul and Peacemaker Soul

 

http://blogthings.com/whatkindofsoulareyouquiz/

 

 

Draw a house

Come come, take the personality test. Unleash the artist in you!
http://www.drawahouse.com/takethetest/index.asp?street=cc57afae2deb529eae32af21550c1fb0

 

My houses:

 

  

 

 

 
To view my street just visit: http://www.drawahouse.com/streets/Creative-Street/

 

 

A tiny drop of music...

...has been dissolved into this blog.

 

This has been something I wanted to do for a long time. Please feel free to enjoy the relaxing melody of *Bassa Nova music by pressing the little Play button on the left side of the page. The song is called Girl from Ipanema , by Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto.

 

*Bassa Nova definition -

 

A style of music developed in the south east of Brazil that merges samba rhythms with jazz-influenced harmonies and melodies.

 

 

Anwz recently a programme in Yes 933 introduced the songs of a local a cappella group call Budak Pantai, which I found is quite interesting and creative. What these musicians do is that they "give songs an extreme makeover... often with hilarious results." This is their website, you can check up the soundclips there. Songs I found quite nice there are Ai Hen Jian Dan , All Rice , The Log Cake Song  and Sar Tan.

 

There are two songs I like a lot: Yi Bei Cha  and Tribute to Titanic . But too bad it's either too short or not included in the soundchips. But nevermind, I'll put them here once I bought the album. =)

 

 

   

Magicians

(For my own record purpose)

 

Jean Eugene Robert Houdin (1805-1871) - Father of Modern Magic

 

Alexander Herrmann (1843-1896)

Joseph Buatier De Kolta (1848-1903) - magician + tricks seller

 

John Nevil Maskelyne (1939-1917) - Keller's rival

Harry Kellar (1849-1922) - Maskelyne's rival

 

David Devant (1868-1941) - Maskelyne's partner

Howard Thurston (1869-1936) - Kellar's successor

 

Charles Morrit (1860-1936) - Houdini's friend

Harry Houdini (1874-1926)

 

PT Selbit (1881-1938) - invented Sawing the Lady

Guy Jarrett (1881-1972)

 

Source: Hidding the Elephant - How Magician Invented the Impossible  by Jim Steinmeyer

 

 

 

My element is Gust (wind)

Gust ~ 44% Water ~ 70% Wind ~ 44% Earth ~ 55% Fire ~

I want to live where the sky is big Simple and free...   Let's see... your personality reminds me of the... ...cool Sapphire, the non-red corundum, or its little brother, the Blue Topaz. Your colours are azure, indigo, and a bright yellow or gold. Interpretation: Out of the seven chakras, the Throat Chakra, which is associated with the element of wind and represents our desire to learn and communicate, seems to be predominant in you. Though this means you are probably the smartest one among your friends, it may result in feeling stressed or nervous or becoming too much of a perfectionist. You can balance it by wearing a Rose Quartz; its soothing attributes help unwind, enable you to "love thyself", and accept limitations. A Tarot references concerning your predominant element: If you are a young lass or lad and still unmarried your card is the Page of Swords. Young women, especially married ones, identify with the Queen of Swords, also known as the Queen of Spades. If you are a young, unmarried man, you are the Knight of Swords, and married or mature males are identified with the King of Sword, commonly known as the King of Spades. Ladies and gentlemen, here is your intelligent man you've been looking for. These are the results you will get if you score highly on... None of the four elements: Balance Wind: Gust Fire: Blaze Water: River Earth: Valley Wind & Fire: Thunder Wind & Water: Clouds Wind & Earth: Canyon Fire & Earth: Lava Fire & Water: Tornado Water & Earth: Trees Wind, Fire & Earth: Storm Wind, Fire & Water: Stars Wind, Water & Earth: Forest Fire, Water & Earth: Avalanche All four elements: Harmony

Just as expected. Intercept too much wind le.   http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=5009339405940095754

3000 page views

The most useless visitor tracker in the world - of the 3000 page views, I think 2900 is mine.

忙与盲

歌曲: 忙与盲      歌手: 黄立行

 

曾有一次晚餐和一张床
在什么时间地点和哪个对象
我已经遗忘我已经遗忘
生活是肥皂香水眼影唇膏
许多的电话在响
许多的事要备忘
许多的门与抽屉
开了要关关了又开如此的慌张
我来来往往我匆匆忙忙
从一个方向到另一个方向

忙忙忙忙忙忙
忙是为了自己的理想
还是为了不让别人失望

盲盲盲盲盲盲
盲得已经没有主张
盲得已经失去方向

忙忙忙盲盲盲
忙得分不清欢喜和忧伤
忙得没有时间痛苦一场

 

****************

 

I just read a friend's blog. I just realised

 

I am so busy that I forgot to watch HuangCheng.

My friends are so busy that they forgot to ask me to watch HuangCheng.

 

Well well...

 

 

MSN nick

“以古为镜，可以知兴荣。”

 

This is my friend's msn nick. My first reaction:

 

"Wah Kao!"

 

I think she never read my blog, so it doesn't matter. Anyway she's my JC CCA mate. She is a very good friend of mine, once. But we almost never contact each other any more. She has her own life, I have mine. I guess it's inevitable in all friendships. I am glad to know such a nice girl like her though. =)

 

However everytime I think of her I just can't help comparing between she and I. Heaven is so unfair.

 

She's very pretty. She's cultured. She knows dance, practices chinese calligraphy etc etc. (Note: even our president also practice calligraphy.) She has a boyfriend. She's about to graduate if not graduated already. She joined PAP. She can think of such a chim nick. She is not from LEP, that means chinese is not her strongest forte. (In fact I won't be surprised if any of my LEP friends have this nick.) She has a bright future.

 

 

(And she's typical of most of my female JC friends from my batch.)

 

I'm not pretty. (I didn't say I'm not handsome though.) I'm not very cultured. I know how to scold bad words, and stop practicing calligrapgy years ago. A girlfriend don't have me. I have still a long way to graduation. I joined SLP. I can never think of a chim nick. I only know 天将降大任于斯人也， 必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨，饿其体肤，空乏其身。And it is too long to be a nick. I studied A level higher chinese, yet my chinese also buay zai, england no nit to say le. Lastly, if I "以古为镜", I can foresee I will do tutorials until I die.

 

Haiz... Life... Sianz....

 

 

See stars

Look at this formula that appears in my lecture notes:

 

i_D = I_D - i_d

Somehow I just can't help but feel du lan.  I find it hard even to compare whether it is the same formula as this:

 

i_d = i_D - I_D

 

Is it the same??

 

 

A new look

Just discovered this fiery theme and I think it looks very nice. Therefore I'll keep it around for a while. In case you noticed, I've changed the title of my blog also. In case you never noticed, the old name was called 'Random Ramblings', which is quite cliche I think. So I've decided to change the title to an example of a random rambling - hence 'What are the Orcs?'. You guys don't know what it means right? It's ok, you are not alone. Me also dunno. As I've said, it's random and it's a rambling, so it doesn't necessarily need to mean anything. This also applies to the philosophy of my blog also -all the entries here are just ramblings (synonym: crap) and I guess this particular entry demostrate this very well.

 

But well, who care anwz?

 

Btw this fiery background can be associated with the very popular comic that  I'm reading now - Fire Phantom Patient Guy (loosely translated from 火影忍者), also known as Naruto. Heheh. Those who are interested can read it from this website:

 

http://manhua.fzdm.com/1/

 

Highly recommended... It's a 5 star comic man!

 

Here's another link to another: http://manhua.fzdm.com/7/

 

Nice comic also. Bleach.

 

That's all folks.