::: zysterl :::

What's a Bra to you?

2007-09-10T02:06:00.001+08:00

To a normal human being:

To physicists*:

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How can anyone let such a boring notation share the name of something so sexy?

*its a notation in quantum mechanics
P.S. took me quite a while to find a picture of a bra which will not cause my blog to look like some p o r n site.

First Experiment in 2007

2007-08-22T13:29:00.000+08:00

Lab just cannot get more boring than this.
Last week, i spent 3 hours to learn that the Geiger-Muller tube is problematic.
The operating voltage is higher than the voltage we are permitted to used according to the protocol.

A typical lab table*

There this is a damn retro machine used to record the number of counts.

Picture of the label on the box containing the radioactive source.

Experiments this year requires a lot of patience. And last week Shawn and I were jus MSN-ing away. Hiryu (a friend from physics) told me tt i should probably write tt in the lab report as one of the Precautions.

So my lab report will probably look like tt:

Precautions:
1) Point the radioactive source away from another person.
2) Ensure that lab partner is not signed in to MSN.
3) ... (yet to think of more)

Conclusion
If lab partner refuses to sign out of MSN, threaten him/her with the radioactive source.

MSN is like friction - its gd to have a little, but too much of it reduces work efficiency.

* of cos not so neat and tidy, Shawn and I made an attempt to wayang.

Meal at Waruku

2007-08-19T13:29:00.000+08:00

Oh to add on to the previous post,

Dickson ordered a Mini Curry Katsu-Don ($9.80) in Waraku,

And Eddy ordered of a Regular Curry Katsu-Don ($11.80).

As you can see the Regular is approx. twice that of the Mini.

From what i still remember in Economics, there is this formula:

( marginal increase in output ) /( marginal increase in input),

Paying $2 ( input) more gives a 100% increase in the quantity of food (output)...
Hmm...that works out to be 50% for every dollar paid after $9.80.

* not sure if i got the price right...but i am quite sure those reading my blog will get my point.
** in short, don't get the mini, its for kids; and u will probably get laughed at for saving tt $2 - i cant help it, in such cases i rather waste food.

Meeting up with my army colleagues

2007-08-16T08:38:00.001+08:00

From left to right,

Eddy - my fellow crabbing buddy in Tekong. Taught me everything thing i need to know abt catching crabs.

Ji Wei - Logistics Specialist (sounds way too cool, it just means quartermaster/storeman)

Michael - A*Star scholar in Carnegie Mellon University, WITS leader of SYNERGY....haha

Shawn - aka Kwek Liang Wei; Docu Spec; slave of the Chief Clerk; fellow buddy in NUS physics.

Chih Peng - My officer who went through shit with me; always use jockey cap to hit my head until the cap came apart; damn pro in Halo 2; taught me damn a lot of stuff...but i only remember the part abt fishing =)

Jia Yong - 2nd officer who does work beyond his pay-grade. During tough times we worked through the night to get some stuff done. btw, we dun get paid for OT in the army.

Yong Zhi - i was the one to rope him into HQ, knew him since JC. Always have big dreams but no practical way to achieve them. (i bet he hasnt been updating his blog too...)

Dickson - the one who tags me occasionally. would have been his roommate if i got A*Star.

Bon voyage Dickson! Thanks for the solutions to Griffins! i believe it will be a great help for this sem.

Matric Fair 2007

2007-08-01T16:15:00.000+08:00

At this very moment, i am in Matriculation Fair 2007. Liying is right beside me, struggling to find modules to take.

Edwin: Jiwei did u get all your modules?
JW: i only bid for core, of cos can get lah...if not heart attack leh
Edwin: haha, try telling tt to Liying...

Poor Liying...she failed to get 5 of her core modules. Hmm...

Picked up juggling in matric fair. Here are the balls...

Thanks to my telemarketing training, i was able to come up with a gd pitch.

Here's my pitch:

Hi, do you have any climbing experience?

If yes (5%)....

Ahhh...that's good, we are looking for experienced climbers to join the climbing team.

If no (95%)...

Oh, then i would recommend that you take up the Level one Climbing Course. It will be a full day course from 10am to 5pm and you will learn the basics to climbing.

At the same time, we are looking for committee members to help organize climbing competitions, events and overseas trips.

Close the sale with the following statement...

You can leave us yr email and contact number with us and we will update you regarding the courses and trials.

One pitfall in asking questions....
NEVER ask "Hi, are you interested in ........?"

It gives them an option to say no which puts an end to the conversation immediately.

Fishing !!!

2007-07-31T19:11:00.000+08:00

Went fishing on Sunday.

8 of us went, and everyone caught fishes...but me

i caught a blue-spotted ray, and i received the following comments:

Dex (to ZhiHao who was seasick throughout the trip):

人家连stingray都钓到了，你可不可以争气一点，不要再吐了。

While we were splitting the catch....

Dave: Dun worry no one will snatch the Stingray from you.

At the Ferry terminal passing through the X-ray machine,

Policeman: So who is the champion of the day?
Solomon: Oh the guy behind me, he caught a Stingray...
Policeman: WAH...can i see?

With the help of Google, i manage to identify the exact species.

http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/tlymma.htm

its quite disgusting to look at the stingray up close...so i shall not post a bigger pic of the stingray

Brought the stingray to a street hawker, got it cooked for $8 and shared with ppl in Xen.

The chef went: “我不知道这个 hank her* 可不可以吃，可是我可以帮你煮。如果有事，不要来找我。”

But i was quite confident as my friend's father (ex-boatman-cum-fisherman) who was with us on the fishing trip told me that it is edible.

Well, its been 2 days and i am still fine. haha, no diarrhea, no fever, no flu, no cough...

*stingray in hokkien

Scare Tactics!

2007-07-24T19:34:00.001+08:00

I recalled watching this in camp more than a year ago...damn funny.
Thanks to Youtube...we can watch it here.

Enjoy...thanks to gilbert for the link!

Adam's Wedding with Shu Hui (Not EVE)

2007-07-23T14:21:00.001+08:00

Attended the second wedding in Modesto this month.

Adam, a fellow Hakka buddy in Modesto. As much as possible i try to speak Hakka to whoever understands the dialect (except my brother, for some reason he never reply to me in Hakka before).

Left Xen at 2245 for Modesto, I was so worried that Adam would be drunk by the time i reach his wedding dinner. 2 weeks ago, Wilson aka Ah Beng [who held his wedding in Modesto] collapsed at 11pm, by 12am he was sleeping in his barf (mostly red wine).

Met up with all the chefs and waiters. Henry started drinking since 7pm and by 12am he finished over 15 cans of Guinness stout. Needless to say, he couldnt walk straight and a while later he went "Urg...Urghhh...URGHHHHHHH!!!!!". Out came the Guinness stout, in a less foamy form with a mixture of other solids and remnants of the food from the buffet counter. Seriously disgusting...i lost appetite immediately.

Ah Yeu, a fellow chef who looked scrawnier than me (yes, tt is possible), carried him out of the restaurant to take a cab. He came back 10 mins later, as no one know where exactly Henry stays...lolx.

My brother was tasked to carry the couch where Henry vomited on. Poor thing!

Adam and his wife (Shu Hui) with my brother and me...

The only reason why Adam's arm is around his wife is so that he can sit upright. He collapsed onto the couch right after the shot.

When i told my brother that Adam's wife is called Shu Hui, he went, "Huh, 不是叫Eve 吗？”

He will never figure that someone fooled him. ~haha~

Fever, Diarrhoea, Vomiting, Bloated-ness

2007-07-21T15:23:00.001+08:00

The past week was terrible.

Saturday - after the birthday celebration, felt as if my head is tearing apart.

Sunday - did not wake up until afternoon, terrible headache + hangover + fever + diarrhea (at least 7 times)

Monday - decided tt it could be dengue, better to see a doctor.

Doc: What's wrong with you ?
Me: Fever, high
Doc: Hmm, recently dengue fever is on the rise...
Me: Oh, i have diarrhea too
Doc: That is a symptom of dengue.
Me: i feel weak at the joints
Doc: That is another symptom of dengue. Open your mouth.

*** shines a torch and observes ***

Doc: You have throat infection...another symptom of dengue.

Did a few other standard checks like asking me to inhale deeply as he touch my back and chest with the stethoscope.

Doc: Ok, its not dengue.
Me: Phew...

Prescribed some fever pills, anti-diarrhea pills, and antibiotics.

Tuesday - Anti-Diarrhea pills worked too well....and i felt SUPER bloated after eating a bit. As a result, i threw up. Damn...i hate tt feeling...Eeek.

Wednesday - Nothing and nobody will make me take the diarrhea pills. concluded that i was Unfit to go Xen. i cant leave the toilet.

Thursday and Friday - Still feeling bloated plus diarrhea.

Saturday - Hopefully can leave home to attend wedding dinner....

Lessons learnt
- I never know its possible to feel hungry and bloated at the same time.
- Take anti-diarrhea pills sparingly; rather diarrhea than vomit.

Brother's Birthday

2007-07-15T11:04:00.000+08:00

For the first time in my life, i joined my brother for his birthday celebration with his friends.

Rather disappointing.

Why?

1) No food. (there is only a miserable piece of cake)
2) Only alcohol (4 bottles of Chivas and one bottle of Martell)
3) Learning that my brother is someone who is kinda addicted to alcohol.
4) Having to carry him back home.

To make matters WORSE, i was having fever even before i started drinking.

The only gd thing i learnt abt my brother is that he can sing very well - much better than all my guy friends.

En Motion

2007-07-14T15:24:00.001+08:00

Recently, i realized that a dance studio has decided to diversify its business (probably due to the intense competition within such a niche market).

Activated for High Key...

2007-06-19T21:57:00.000+08:00

the past week was really hectic - all the salsa rehearsals, performance and regular classes.
plus my waitering job and tution, almost drove me nuts.

this time i am involved in On1, On2, Rueda, Tango, Men Shine.

5 dances.

"when u get more responsibilities, its a gd thing..."

On1
YC announced that guys doing On1 will have to get a custom made top which is super duper Bling! Mine was a little short cos i wasn't around when they visited the tailor.
My arms are lllllooonnnnnggggg....
Poor WH! his skin is sensitive to the material and he was scratching all over after the performance.

On2
Last year got excuse for being unable to do On2 properly. ***hmm
On2 is damn fun, i get to sew the glittering cloth onto my fisherman pants...
A big thank you to Geraldine, Wendy and Robert who helped me with it.

Rueda
the moves are not very complicated, but i have some problem with stepping on time and maintaining the circle. I love the costume minus the eye patch. peripheral vision is required in dancing Rueda. We did Rueda in pirates costumes with a cardboard sword wrapped in aluminum foil. It was really hilarious when we tried to decide who (guy or gal) should carry the sword and where should we hang the sword. Conclusion is tt the gal cannot hold the sword as the guys thigh would be shredded for Vacilla Setenta and the guy will be beheaded for Machucho. And the guy cannot carry the sword on the right (i forget why -_-||| )

Tango
Its very hard to get the feel as the leg movements are supposed to be very sharp. Also there should be absolutely no emphasis on the hips (for salsa, everything seems to be abt the hips). Fortunately, its sufficiently slow for me to catch up if i were to forget any steps unlike On1.

Men Shine
Its called men shine because of the fact that this shine has no bodywaves, no hip circles, no head toss and no comb over and only 2 eights of shoulder rolls. Because of that it is much easier to pick up as compared to the 2 other shines. lolx.

***will be leeching pictures from the rest of ACTFA, stay tuned

Lvl Up Finals

2007-06-10T13:19:00.000+08:00

This is a video clip of Rozana (bighairozana) doing what she does best...hip hop

Follow this link if the above video cannot be loaded

By the time i reached the competition venue, i only get to watch the last 2 teams compete. The winning team was ridiculously good, very synchronized.

Re-defining what's HOT

2007-05-30T00:52:00.000+08:00

Recently the weather is extraordinary hot.
10 mins into (body) isolation class, i was perspiring like mad.
For a moment, i thought i was in a sauna.

whatheheck...jus take off my top ba

" Wow, jiwei! " [grace]

" i didnt know you had the body of a Spartan. " [defelyn]

" All guys should follow..." [grace]

" jiwei, nice back muscles. " [bianca, cheekily]

" Do you work-out everyday? " (i wish i did, =p) [rebecca]

" Nice body. " [Ah Fu]

i appreciate the compliments but i felt uneasy.
Intensify this feeling several times...and
tt's probably what male porn stars feel when they hang out with female friends.

Re-defining what's HOT.....

Sunday Nite At Xen

2007-05-27T14:46:00.000+08:00

Xenbar is getting more populated... recently. I believe all the negative publicity is doing Justin some good... finally.

JW: Why do you think they come Xen to do Rueda?
WH: Cos they cannot find another place with so much space...on a Sunday night.
JW (laughs): For $7* ya... haha

a small and closely knitted group of people have been coming to Xenbar every sunday night jus to practice Rueda. Even though they do not have complicated / fanciful moves that will rock the dance floor, i do admire their courage.

Here's some words of encouragement...
Practice makes perfect.
Everyone was once a beginner.

Wonder if they will be here tonight?

* Sunday night -pay $7 for a drink and attend the salsa lesson for free.

Holiday plans

2007-05-21T13:49:00.000+08:00

3 month holiday is a bit too long.

Breaks (brakes) erode momentum; By the time school starts in August, a lot more effort will be required to overcome the inertia.

Every holiday, i look forward to learn something new.

i took up a job as a waiter which pays a meager wage of $6 per hr.
I took up the job abt 2 weeks ago.

Why?

To take a peek at the F&B industry
(since i have nothing else better to do, and i cant salsa and climb all day)

Why this restaurant?

My brother has been working there (part-time) since 2 years ago, so hopefully they wont tekan me too much.

How is it so far?

Except for a few nasty colleagues, the rest are actually quite friendly.
i have problem remembering to punch out my card & there is a $2 fine for each time that i forget.
Its extremely boring to do the same task over and over again on a daily basis.
(a) Fold Napkins
- Ranges from 70 - 100+, each napkins takes me 45 seconds
(b) Wiping Breakfast Mat
- Wipe off the milk, jam, crumbs, etc left on the breakfast mat
(c) Saying "You are welcomed" every time a guest says "Thank you".
(d) Washing teaspoons (at least 200 a day)

Most of the people there are school leavers and they are quite surprised that an undergrad will actually want to work as a waiter. Low pay, brainless monotonous tasks, pure labour...everything that will piss off a nerd. lolx.

NEL Breakdown

2007-05-06T14:42:00.000+08:00

friday night - left Xen at around 11pm.
Entered the train station （Chinatown) and noticed that it looks extraordinary deserted.
One SMRT personnel was patiently trying to explain the situation to the people who were at the station.

i wonder who jumped into the track this time...

"Hi, is there train service...?"

My thoughts were interrupted by the voice of a pretty office lady (carrying an Adidas Shoe bag).

"Erm...i guess so...at least tt's what i understand from the SMRT lady who was explaining the situation to me."

She asked me a few more questions, and i answered her in Good English (the Joe in me took over for a moment...kinda scary). However, its kinda like the "blind leading the blind" cos i am not very sure if i understood the lady's (SMRT personnel) instructions clearly.

"i tot i better ask in case i sit and wait here 'gong gong dai dai' " ***smiles***

She sat down 1 metre away from me on the long stone bench (in good agreement with the Electron repulsion theory - electrons tend to occupy the ground state before sharing an orbital with another electron).

5 mins passed and there was an announcement which explained the situation to the passengers.

Apparently, there is no train service between Clarke Quay and Doby Ghaut, so anyone who wants to go to Punggol has to take train to Clarke Quay, board the free shuttle service to Doby Ghaut and continue to take NEL to Punggol. Those traveling towards Boon Lay has to take the free shuttle service to Doby Ghaut, transfer to the North-South line to City Hall, then transfer to the East-West Line* (yes, it is very 'lay chey' i.e 'a bitch' to make so many transfers)

it took me a while before i realised what i told the lady was wrong. Sianz, damn malu, need to tell her i am wrong before she go Holland and curse and swear at me.

5 mins passed, train arrived, boarded train, alighted at Clarke Quay and waited for the free shuttle service at Exit E. Lost sight of the lady in the crowd, but saw her on the free shuttle service with damn a lot of kid lin kia. Without hesitation, i sat beside her. It will be a nightmare to be sandwiched between 2 or more kid lin kia.

"Hi, i am JW, you are?" i extended my arm in a gesture for a handshake.
Guess she was kinda shocked that a stranger will actually introduce himself, so i repeated myself and she replied (after concluding that i am too young to be her stalker).

"Su-wei"

"Dance class?" i asked as i pointed to the shoe bag.

"No, gym class."

gym class ending at 11pm sounds wrong =P

Chatted a bit more about experiences with NEL and general reliability of public transport.

Well, at least i have something to blog abt when i get home =)

Bus reached doby ghaut, alighted bus and never saw her again.
By that time, there were no train service passing Jurong so i had to walk pass LKY's hse to River Valley Road to take NR8.

*tt is what i know to the best of my understanding, might be wrong though...

蚯蚓的故事

2007-05-03T12:20:00.000+08:00

吃饭时听到电台的一个耐人寻味的故事，

有一天小蚯蚓觉得很闷，便把自己切成两段，自己和自己打羽毛球。
妈妈看了觉得很有趣，便把自己切成四段，开始打麻将。
爸爸看了把自己剁成肉粹，因为它想踢足球。

你能悟出其中的含义吗？

Random Trigger #1: Teeth

2007-05-02T00:20:00.001+08:00

Guess anyone who went through secondary school education will have an inkling of what Random Trigger is abt.

Ok, here goes:

Random Trigger #1: Teeth (suggested by JianYang)

Root Words
- Extraction
- Wisdom Tooth
- Dentist
- ~~Zoo~~
- ~~Gums~~
- ~~Candy floss~~
- ~~Bad Breath~~
- Rabbits

Extraction - really wonder how many people have all their loose teeth extracted by dentists. Mine were tied to the door, and the door was slammed.

Wisdom tooth - Vounteered to be a student case in SGH, recommended by Sharon. $5 dollars per tooth for the ones in the upper jaw. i blogged abt it here.

Dentist (sam) - when i first asked him for his occupation, he told me, "fortune teller". lolx, if u know him, u really wont expect this kinda s@#* from him :D

Rabbits - they have sharp teeth and they are not exactly vegetarian. i just got bitten today.

Random Pic to go with the Trigger word:

How to Measure the volume of a Cow?

2007-04-18T03:07:00.001+08:00

In the last physics lecture for the Sem 2, an Indian prof asked:

"How to measure the volume of a cow?"

Mathematician:
We can express the surface of the cow as a function..!@#$%^ then perform integration along the surface.

Engineer:
Dunk the cow in a displacement can and measure the volume of the water displaced. Repeat the experiment 3 times and take the average volume.

(poor cow, hopefully its not dead by the second dunk)

Physicist:
Assume the cow is a sphere & volume of a sphere = ....

"Maybe its time to switch course? lolx "

Apologies...

2007-04-13T18:07:00.000+08:00

...to my great fans out there, i wont be blogging in a while due to the exams. Hell week ends on 27th April after which will go salsa and climb...and fish?

Globalisation Spoof

2007-04-04T18:23:00.001+08:00

Here's a video that Arif did as part of his Political Science module. Do comment after watching...he will be graded according to the comments he receive.

Physicist's Joke (Oxymoron)

2007-04-03T19:14:00.000+08:00

Its always believed that physicists are nerdy, studious and serious, today i prove you right.

In the last physics lecture of the Sem, the lecturer decided crack some jokes....

Richard Feymann, one of the eminent particle physicist was asked the following questions:

"Do you remember all the names of the particles that have been discovered?"
"Of course not, or i would have been a botanist..."

Sorry to all the Life Science and Bio majors out there :D

Reflecting on Boulder

2007-03-31T19:23:00.000+08:00

Now that BoulderActive is over, most of the people in the comm are asking one another the same question:

Are you staying in the Comm?

So far probably only Vincent.
i like the comm - cos we have a good mix of people with complementary traits.

But there is a big problem: Most of the comm are not climbers and dun really know the people in the team.

When i enter the gym and the team happens to be training there, i cant help but have a feeling that they might ask: "Who is this chap? And what is he doing in the gym if he cant climb?"

I believe i am not the only one within the comm who thinks that way.

To some extent, there is a feeling of inferiority within the comm.

It wouldnt be that bad if there are more people who are in both the team and comm (there's only Clara this year) - they would bridge the team and comm and the latter wouldnt feel that weird.

"The best way to improve sales is to be a frequent user and a fervent believer of the product."
How can one run the comm with commitment and enthusiasm when one is not a climber? I am not good in words, but i hope whoever reading this understand the point that i am driving at.

As a Logistician, one must be able to answer the following question:
What is the most important thing that the club/organisation lacks right now?

Sad to say...i dunno.

Now that BoulderActive is over,here are some questions i asked myself:
1) Why did i join the comm?

i was QM in BPGHS Eagle Scouts Troop, QM in NJ OAC, Logistics Specialist in HQ BMTC, i didn't want to break this streak.

2) Does the team need our help?

the team jus needs KeSheng* and a few more ppl, the comm serves to liaise with sponsors, print T-shirt, borrow stuff from various organisations (SRC, NUSSU, Sports Club, Singapore Poly) And during the event, guard the isolation area and registration - jobs that will miss most of the climbing action during the Event)

3) Does the team appreciate our help?

not for me to answer: i have yet to hear a word of thanks...so maybe no. If anyone from the team happens to read this by chance, type "yes, i appreciate yr help" in the tagboard, Thanks!

4) What's in it for me?

2 months ago, my answer to this question would be: "Nothing, 我上了贼船。"
JJ told me its for experience...
I believe that there will come a point in life, where you will end up in a working environment where you will have the above-mentioned feelings of awkwardness mixed with a tinge of inferiority. My experience in this comm prepared me well for this.

5) Looking at my performance in BoulderActive, will i hire myself?

Maybe, for a very low pay. I dun think i contributed much =(

THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION:
if BoulderActive is one episode in the reality TV show called "The Apprentice", and the comm and team are all seated in the Board Room. Who are the 5 people that Donald Trump will fire?

Again its not for me to answer. But i do hope i am not the one being fired.

*KeSheng (he won himself several nickname after BoulderActive, bao shua bao hai, full-time Bungalah, part-time student, King of Slopers and crimps, work-horse)

Crap Lecture!

2007-03-27T17:25:00.000+08:00

jus attended a lecture...

Crap! at the end of the lecture...the lecturer said, "Due to the complexity of the topic 'Reaction Kinetics', it will not be tested"

*** a lot of mumbling from the students, and voices of protest ***

"why didn't he tell us earlier?'"
"what the hell am i doing in this lecture?"
"waste our time..."

The lecturer then said, "it seems that some of you are not happy, so let me have a show of hands who wants this topic to be included in the final term exams?"

Obviously no one will raise his hand, at least not inChemistry. In Physics, hard to say...some freaks love harder topics?

Well, i spent the past hour blogging and surfing...so i am not complaining =D

Log of Events (Wed-Thurs)

2007-03-22T03:44:00.000+08:00

1730pm
Reached Plaza Singapura together with Yixiang, Edwin and Vincent. It rained the night before and the mattresses are wet. SquishSquishSquish. Yixiang left to do some work at MacDonalds.

Ivan, Charlene and many other people (i dunno their names)were on site setting the routes for the competition.

Helped Vincent to set/test the route for "Novice Women-Qualifiers". Route setting is fun!

A lot of route setting took place, some route-setter thought i was some pro and asked me to test one of the routes for "Women Open-Qualifiers"...lolx, despite my extremely long span, i could barely reach the crux.

1900hrs
Ate Dinner at Long John Silvers. Vincent seems pissed, he complained abt every possible aspect of the meal: So much ice in the drink, no mayonnaises, Serving size so small...no knife for the food.

More of the team people came at around 7pm. Kesheng, Ning Feng, Caleb...

2200hrs
Tried the Novice Man-Finals route (set by ningfeng), it requires a Dino, Toe hook, plus a long span.

0000hrs
Yixiang has 1.5 hrs before he gets marks deducted for his Mastering Physics online assignment. I couldn't help at all, cos my lecturer is slower than his.

0312hrs
i see a gang of delinquents with their skateboards. "they are the people who remind us why we should be awake." Its great to have KJ around, fellow hakka buddy...he taught me a lot of hakka...including those that my parents will never teach. Thanks to the skateboarders, we have some form of entertainment....Kesheng is packing the area: consolidating the bolts and nuts which dropped between the mattresses, sorting out the tiles, and sweeping the area.

0334hrs
skateboarders leave, no more entertainment, feel like blogging in hakka. lolx! i seriously wonder who will understand. Yixiang slept after "Mastering [his] Physics". Apparently, he knows abt my lack of affinity with A*Star (from ZJ?)

Summay for the night:
Throughout the night, Kesheng is packing, sweeping and cleaning up the area...(hmm...sound like everything that i am supposed to do). There is a Ba-pok at 7-11, damn scary! Everything appears to be intact, no potential thieves seen so far. MacDonalds is not 24hrs....its only 24hrs on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Route Setting is fun, next year, if i am in the team i shall set one route.

Sleepover at Plaza Singapura

2007-03-22T01:52:00.000+08:00

Yesterday
Xenbar decided come to NUS. received a sms from ivy that said that the performance is at science forum...but there is no such place - there is "science" and there is "central forums" and they are very far from each other. Joanne Peh is finally ditched...yea

Today
Right now, with Kong Jien, Yixiang, Kesheng our laptops, 4 climbing walls, and a lot of mattresses. Just finished my Curry Chicken instant noodles. Found out from Yong Chin that there will be dancing scenes tml in 奇迹.

Tml
i shall get a haircut and then go school to help out at the ACTFA booth. heard that Bianca will be there and Yen Ching wants ppl to do social.

When will the next batch (of guard duty personnels) take over me?
I am tired. Yawnz!

A mail from a friend...

2007-03-20T01:18:00.000+08:00

Received this screenshot from Weihan:
2 equations which looks similar...but gives different answers when values are substituted.
Took me a while to figure out.

BoulderActive Week

2007-03-19T14:51:00.000+08:00

Last year, the theme was "Defy Gravity",

Well, it sounds harmless...but some girls (who were not blessed with 'great' assets) took its too personally and refused to wear the shirt.

This year, the theme is "Get a Grip"....i really dunno how they will interpret this.

Dumb Incidents

2007-03-17T20:25:00.000+08:00

Had an extremely busy week, so busy that i did not blog for one whole week

Here are some funny incidents involving dumb people,

Vivien (Xenbar), too tired on one of the days last week (or was it last last week)

Viven（looking at her feet): 我好像穿错边。

she wore the left of her dance shoe on her right....my god!
The last time i did such a thing was like Primary 2.

Sze Xiu (physics major), during lab...

SX: 为什么我的oscilloscope没有灯?
ZJ: 因为你没有开电！

Jasmine, one dumb girl from Climbing sub-club,

JW (pointing to a box of tape) : hey, group the tapes into sticky and non-sticky...
Jas : Orh, group the sticky and non-sticky as one, right?

-_-|||

Liying, (also from sub-club)
She is in charge of labeling the boxes as we pack some of the stuff for BoulderActive.

"eh, how do you spell 'knives' ?"

How can anyone in University not know how to spell 'knives' ?
This happened a lot of times for other words like "stapler", "staples" aka "bullet", "sloper", "crimps", "groundsheet" and etc.

Sometimes, i wonder if girls deliberately act stupid so that guys will label them as bimbos.

Ok i must admit sometimes i am stupid too (last Chem lab, partly due to lack of sleep):

Weight of empty Dumas Bulb:22.3734 grams
Weight of Dumas Bulb with unknown: 21.4058 grams

Lab partner pointed out: eh, how come 2nd weight lighter than 1st?
Oh no...how can the bulb be lighter after containing some stuff?

After some "Magic pen and paper" (army taught me well), the results were "corrected".

Let's hope Wee Boon never read this... =D

300

2007-03-10T03:09:00.000+08:00

Finally term tests are over, but i am in for a new round of exams, projects, lab reports, blah blah blah. And on the very day that i decided to go Xenbar, they had a movie outing and A LOT of people turned up. Xenbar floor is getting slippery and i am beginning to forget my variations.

Wai Huang was considerate enough to buy tickets such that the couples get to sit together but away from the main crowd. As for the rest of the singles, we were seated in 2 rows of 4.

The movie is great but it might be a bit gory for some.

Weapons cut through flesh as if it was butter.

Scenes of heads being loped off the torsos.

3 metre high wall made of....corpses.

Oh btw its R21, with a bit of nudity. This is the second R21 movie i watched without knowing its R21, the first was Borat.

When the movie ended, the gals were all talking abt the abs and pecs of the Spartans. I must say that the actors have extremely chiseled bodies. Its hard to have 6 defined abs and much harder to get the 7th and 8th. All the warriors have 8 defined abs.

I want those abs...haha!

Earthquake@SG

2007-03-06T23:05:00.000+08:00

Today, some felt earthquake in Singapore. How Cool!
After all, we are not free from natural disasters.

Quote from lecturer:
" You think we all really live in paradise ah? "

I have never experience Earthquake before.
And when one finally happened, i slept through it... =(

Watched the 10pm news and saw that SAJC gets a half day off for this.
My tutee cannot give me excuse for not finishing her homework liao. Hah!

Warning: Blog-Stalker!

2007-03-05T07:09:00.000+08:00

on saturday, i went back to Xen and i saw this blog-stalker.

Justin: Hey Jiwei, i read yr post that...

He mentioned something abt a very recent post of mine.
how did he find my blog?...i wonder

me : oh you read my blog? how did you find me?

Obviously the easiest way to find another person's blog is through the people who are linked to them. So, its either JianYang or the 2 other people from Xen who are linked to me.

Justin: well, i search on the net, so that i know who is talking behind my back.

*** Liar, i cant find myself on the Google lah.
i am only ranked 1st on Google like today?

Doesn't really matter how he found me, its a good thing that there is one more person reading my post.

He's really cool now with a new haircut...(to be precise, all his hair is cut)
And Yen Ching has a new shine, that involves stroking his [Justin's] shiny scalp.

This one's tough...

2007-02-27T17:45:00.000+08:00

(a) "We have to pay more to get less problems."

Sounds fair? Think of one example when it is not.

(b) "Unity is Strength"

Come up with a counter-example.

Post your answers as comments. Answers will be released in 2 days time, enjoy!

Barf on Bus

2007-02-26T09:25:00.000+08:00

Today bus was crowded as usual. When i squeezed my way into the second half of the bus, i saw a seat.

Oasis in the desert - i tot to myself.

Then i noticed a bonus gift: A pretty lady on the inner seat. Lucky me!

Sat on it without hesitation, then i noticed something pink on the floor.

"!@#$%^&*....damnit!"

i saw barf on the floor - no wonder no one dare to sit.

My thoughts in chronological order:
1st - Stay very calm (image is damn important)
2nd - Look carefully at where the barf is & ensure that i dun step on more
3rd - i did not feel any "squeesh", so i can assume my sole is clean?
4th - Ok, jus tuck my legs underneath the chair & continue to curse the lady.
5th - Am i sitting on barf? (tt's disgusting!)

Alighted the bus, in a cool and calm manner.
Did a one last check on my sole - its clean! Yippee!

Lesson learnt:
Next time u see an empty seat on a damn crowded bus, look before you sit.
The last time something lidat happened to me was on my bus ride to BPGHS; the aircon was leaking and there was water on the seat. Thankfully, its jus water!

What i Achieved / Failed / Want

2007-02-26T00:52:00.000+08:00

Its been one year++ since i ORD-ed,

I achieved (in no particular order):

1) Learnt to twper fairly well withour looking at the jetboard.
(Learnt to type fairly well without looking at the keyboard)
2) Leant Salsa (shall not elaborate cos the rest of my blog seems to be abt it)
3) Did telemarketing and managed to earn $600 a week (in my best week)
4) Learnt some Dark Arts (Thanks to WJ, Alex, OYK for bringing me to the light)
5) Recovered part of my mugging skills
6) 20 pull ups (Thanks to Bouldering)
7) My Abs (its there always, i jus need to maintain them)
8) Meet Joanne Peh (Shawn and Glady's)
9) An active blog
10) A NATIONALITY....(finally!)

I failed to get...

1) A*Star scholarship
2) My tutee to promote =(
3) Heavier (i am sorry but this has always been a problem for me; for others its probably a blessing)

*i think this list can go on forever and it will sound really whinny, ya so tt's it.

I want...

1) My tutee to promote and push her to take H3 in physics.
2) my CAP to be 4.4 by end of year 1
3) to learn something new in the Summer Break (Hair dressing? Diving?)
4) to get GOLD for IPPT.

tt's all i can think of for the time being...shall add on in future.

Spooky Video (Recommended by a Friend)

2007-02-24T00:59:00.000+08:00

Ye Keng recommended me this video...

Oh btw, its not real. There is evidence from:

http://claireb.wordpress.com/2007/01/11/95/

Agnes(S)

2007-02-22T17:40:00.000+08:00

The Second Agnes that i know has a blog too.

JW: Hey can i add you to my blog?
then Agnes will get to meet Agnes

Agnes: hahaha

JW: wWHhEeEe!!!

Message to the 2 agnes:
If u ever tag on my blog, make sure you try to identify yrself..for e.g. Agnes(Chem/lab partner/NUS) and Agnes(Xen/Salsa/Cam)

hehe

Riddle Time !

2007-02-22T01:43:00.000+08:00

Pick the odd one out

(a)Energy, Tension, Speed.
(b)Energy, Tension, Speed, Velocity.

Someday if i become a physics teacher, i shall set these 2 questions in the Exam.

Answers are posted as comments. Give me feedback! =D

Gambling Ethics

2007-02-20T00:36:00.000+08:00

ZY: never leave the table if u are winning too much, try to lose a bit, its gambling ethics.

Quote of the day, from Zhongyi.

Gambling - something unavoidable in festive occasions. I hate to gamble cos i hate to take winnings from a fellow friend. I think the last time i took winnings was year 2003 Chinese New Year. That memorable game of in-between, with OAC clique. U can never create a win-win in gambling. If u win, then u are jus gaining at the expense of someone else(and i dun feel gd abt tt at all); if u lose...nobody enjoys losing.

Since that Chinese New Year, i told myself that i will never take winnings in gambling, but i will still pay up if i lose. But as much as possible i try to avoid gambling. But if i must gamble and i do win, i will give away all my winnings to the biggest loser. If i lose, i will still pay up.

It feels extremely good to give away your winnings, no matter how little it is. I can still remember the number of times i did such a thing.

First time was a mahjong session at someone's house. won $2.40 after like 2 hours. i gave away my winnings to the host, who lost close to 10 bucks.

The second time, was last christmas, when i took Viven's place for Mahjong at Joyce house. I manage to recoup a bit of her losses. It felt good!

The third time happened today at Zhongyi's house. won 5 bucks and gave it all away. Its a marvelous feeling. Somehow or rather, i have this feeling that Yongchin deliberately lost 20 bucks. Hmm, he taught me almost all the possible kinds of gambling. so he cant possibly lose so much in one night, unless he chose to do so.

i shall continue this practice. Next year, the year after next and...blah blah blah

My Yarn - here i Spin it

2007-02-15T01:16:00.000+08:00

pirouettepirouettepirouettepirouettepirouettepirouettepirouettepirouettepirouettepirouette

my tutee's msn nick...finally i understand what it means through Dionne blog.

A ballet spin.

Spins are fun.

i probably miss spinning more than i miss salsa.

When i first started salsa-ing in Xen, i did not dare to invite gals for social dance.
All i did was spin and practise spotting. Cos i was afraid to cock up, lead wrong, step on the gal, blah blah blah....(u can understand how quickly one's brain can come up with excuses to stop one from doing something)

Yup tt's the story of how i started spinning. For salsa u need a partner to dance, or a mirror if u are practising shine. U can spin anywhere, wearing any gear or attire. And its always impressive to execute multiple spins in Union Square. No one spins in there, and even if they do, they cant do more than 2, apart from Xenbar people. On a good day, i can do abt 3 nicely, the 4th one need a bit of luck, 5% chance to execute 5 spins.

I can still recall Dennis, Nigel, Sam and i spinning simultaneously for the camera man before the performance in Kallang Theatre.
Another occasion, at Shawn & Glady's, Agnes, Bianca and I stood in front of the full length mirror we all started spinning. (the most random thing, 3 ppl can do at the same time)

Date-Less on V-day

2007-02-14T00:34:00.000+08:00

Junjie and I decided to come up with a Chart to decorate the noticeboard.

Name: Joe D. RockeFeller

Contact No.: *** deleted ***

Age: Barely Legal

Height / cm : 171
Weight / kg : 54
****/ inch : 8

Sex : Havent

Excuse For Being Date-Less : Gay
Real Reason for Being Date-Less : Waiting for a Sugar Mummy
What I like… : Jugs, Contours and Inserts*
Hobbies : Salsa
Ambition : Disposable Lighter Repairman

If YOU ask me out on V-Day, what will you stand to get…

...a pearl necklace or cream pie, your pick.

------------------end of excel file-----------------------

Jus to quote from my buddy:
如果我驾ferrari 我是dun mind别人讲我吃软饭的！

oh jus to explain a little:
Jugs contours and inserts are jargons in rock-climbing.

2 buffets in a week

2007-02-10T23:37:00.000+08:00

Kushinbo (thursday)

Jian yang came up with the idea to eat at Kushinbo, one of the most expensive buffets in Singapore. Met up with Tien Yew, Eliz and Nigel. Nigel is super proficient at eating crabs, he worked at the claws and legs with great dexterity. Thankfully, he offered jian yang and I a crash course on "How to eat crabs".

At the very end of the buffet, we found a pair of scissors which is supposed to be used for eating the crab. All the while, we were using our teeth. lolx!

Chong Qing (saturday)

Weilong's birthday! 2nd buffet at bugis, ate like nobody's business! =D With my metabolic rate, no food will make me fat. Okay, maybe except snicker bars. Oh how can i forget, i suspect that Zhongyi tured vegetarian. He ate like a cow, only greens.

The Zhongyi i used to know eat cows.

lolx.

felt a bit guilty after eating so much, so i decided to pay Xenbar to "dance it off"..quote from Eliz.

New Pick-up Line !

2007-02-06T15:23:00.000+08:00

To a hot chemistry Lab partner (if u have one):
"...don't u think there is a lot of Chemistry between us?"

brush her arm deliberately (but make it look accidental)
"ouch... did u feel tt spark between us?"

Not So Boring Day...

2007-02-02T23:49:00.000+08:00

0945 Met Wai ling, someone whom i last saw 2 years ago. She could not recognize me at all. Stared at me for 10 seconds straight on the bus.

1300 Chemistry Lab, i did not get to do lab with my gay-buddy ZJ, i tot it would be a bad thing....but when i saw the name of my partner on the list..."Agnes Lim". Jus how many more Agnes Lim are there in Singapore! Lolx, i prayed for a HOT lab partner. i must say she put a lot of effort in making up. She wore makeup (quite thick) and glued on fake eyelashes. I havent seen any gal with fake eyelashes in NUS before (exclude Yen Ching). Quite sure she is some chiong-ster. Lab wasnt too bad at least titration is more interesting compared to counting oscillations, doing error analysis, striking tuning forks, staring at oscilloscope, etc.

1600 Chem Lecture (nothing exciting other than the fact that i realised...LP looks better with hair tied up)

1800 Clara broke her slipper at Engine...***loser*** had to steal a pair from YiXiang's hall.

1900 Ate at Engine Cafeteria, the very place i was offered a Gastric pill by the vendor. She remembered me and treated me to a free curry puff. =) That made Clara soooo jealous.

2030 reached SMU, saw the 40 second competition...almost puked the pasta. They dance like how i used to dance. hehe..wait and see how's the social.

2100 social started, with not many couples on the dance floor. Asked for one dance from House rep Sherry, but turned me down (its ok, she is not a good dancer also...)Met Mark who was struggling to lead a gal, so i danced with tt gal to see if her follow was really tt terrible. i regretted so i did the most basic moves possible. Next few dances were mush better cos i keep asking the gals to recommend gals who could salsa. Sherry is quite gd..but it takes a TREMENDOUS amount of effort to lead her. (on the bright side, its good for the biceps)

2145 End of social, deejay packed up. people started leaving. i danced with only 4 ppl.(how pathetic!) Dini, Sherry, Esther...and some other gal who i forgot her name.

God-Mum

2007-01-24T01:19:00.000+08:00

this very day i went back to my old work place at Cantonment Road - a telemarketing firm. I miss those days, pitching, slacking, eating fried rice / hor fun and the amazing people. Dev, Reagan, Christine, Ronnie, Alex, Jeanette, Luna, Victor, Rani, Julie and Linda, Bee Bee, Bianca (this Bianca weighs abt 100kg, not the one who can salsa). Most importantly, Tony - he is a very inspiring man, who is very alert and sharp despite his age. Definitely an asset to any company. =P

Most of them left Expo, except Linda, Christine, Victor and Luna.

I can still remember my Booker Code Joe/G022. I decided to name myself after Joe Girard, the greatest Car Salesman in the world.

When i went back, i saw that a lot of things have changed. Christine has a fish tank, a mini-fountain, 2 mahjong tiles which says "strike" in chinese and a mini "God-of-Fortune" statue. The plants that used to be at knee-level grew to a rather impressive height - thanks to Alex who took great care of the plants. We used to crack jokes at him: Full-time Gardener, Part-time Telemarketer.
Apparently, he is now the confirmer / manager of the Team.

i saw my god-mum - a lady in her late thirties who works from 11am to 9:30pm, 6-7 days a week. She is a workaholic and the only reason why she is doing that is because she is surrounded by people who depend on her for money (2 brothers, mother and a useless boyfriend (who deserves a knee to his groin). Had a good long chat with her, on the way to Buena Vista. Every time i hear her stories, i feel sorry for her. Most of the time, she will talk abt how useless (useless is a understatement) her boyfriend is
1) how he refuse to get a job but volunteered to SPEND MONEY to do social work in Thailand,
2) how he ended up owing loan sharks money and threatened to sell his marriage to the China ladies if he cannot pay up.
3) how he had the cheek to state the condition in order for him to marry her: "i will have to photostat the Marriage Certificate and give it to the Boss of the Loan Shark so that they will know who to look for for the money."

After hearing all these, i felt like punching the man!
She works so hard, jus for tt little dream: Get married and live with the man that she [thinks that she] loves. But this jerk, takes her for granted and squanders her hard-earn money. if her other god-son (Reagan - a much more violent person) was around, he would have poured a bucket of cold water over her head that very instance and wake her up from her nightmare.

i pity her, cos she deserves more than what she is having now.
i respect her, cos in these dire circumstances are her sources of motivation.
i hope she can make decisions logically, and end this one-sided relationship.

An Experiment for the Next Barbecue...

2007-01-23T15:57:00.001+08:00

1) Find 2 volunteers with handphones.
2) Wrap one of the handphone in a aluminum foil.
3) Get the person to call the handphone in (2).

It should not ring, according to Gauss' Law - No Electric field in an enclosed region thus the phone is being shielded from EM wave.

This is the same reason why cell phones do not work in elevators.

Caution:
Do not mix it with potatoes to be barbecued. lolx

Reunited with Bufo

2007-01-20T20:54:00.000+08:00

Met Yekeng and Zhongyi and had a good long chat at Moss Burger (Raffles City).

Talked a lot abt Trading, CFA, EMBA, Options, Futures, Stocks, Shares, Mutual Funds and stuff. According to YK, being educated in Singapore gives us a gigantic advantage when studying in any other Asian country. YK cited his army experiences in interviews and apparently the interviewers looked impressed by them. Come to think abt it, HK was under Colonial rule and now China, so Hong Kong citizens never have to serve the army? Lucky ppl!

The greatest thing tt happened today:

I am reunited with my Bufo. i shall take good care of it.

Junjie spotted my Bufo, and Arif brought it to NJC for me!

Had a OAC Reunion in NJC. Met many super_seniors from a lot of batches before. Going back to NJC makes us feel old. Hearing the OAC cheer makes my hair stand.

Bufo, dun leave me...

2007-01-18T23:58:00.000+08:00

Dear Bufo,

I want to tell you how much i miss having you by my side. Your absence today made me lose motivation. I spent the entire evening wondering where you would have gone. Liying and Arif saw me looking high and low for you. I really miss those tuesdays where we would spend the afternoon together in the rock gym. Trust that i will stay faithful to you, unless u decide to leave me. I am sorry tt i have to ditch you for Salsa in the holidays but i promise to make it up for you this Saturday.

I have a break from tml from 12 to 4pm. Shall we meet up at "Lao Di Fang" ?

Lots of Love,
Zysterl

Here is a picture of Bufo (one side),

So, what were u ppl thinking?

笑一笑

2007-01-17T13:00:00.000+08:00

尚未写过一个中文的博克。就让我写一些笑话让大家开心一下吧。

困扰熊猫的三大问题
（一）自己究竟是熊还是猫？
（二）到底是被谁揍了一拳？
（三）为什么从来不能上彩色电视？

问：世界上最失败的男人是谁？
答：蜘蛛人 (失败的Man - Spiderman)

问: 世界上那一盏灯最恐怖?
答: 欧萨马宾拉"登"

问: 郑秀文最舍不得的人是谁?
答: 爷爷 (我舍不得你,"爷爷"...)

问: 谁买"忘情水?"
答: 阿哈 (ah ha...给我已被忘情水, 还我一生不后悔)

好吧今天最到此为至.非常对不起那些对华文一窍不通和没听华文歌的朋友.

Received a Complain

2007-01-13T03:08:00.000+08:00

"jiwei, your posts are so routine."
Oh well, i blog for a purpose yeah?
jus so happened that its not to entertain ppl?

For the sake of this friend, here are 4 lame riddles:

1) Why is it that Superman's shirt always seems so small?

2) Where can u find mickey mouse on your body?

3) What do you call a fish with a big head and a small body?

4) There are 3 robbers who robbed a bank and ran away. The police found a stolen bike outside the bank and suspects that it belongs to 1 of the robbers. To whom does the bike belong to, Robber A, B or C?

Answers will be posted as comments, so that you wont accidentally read them.
Good luck, Have Fun.

Blur Me!

2007-01-11T23:55:00.000+08:00

i went to school, felt damn proud of the fact tt i am early for lecture (for once). Saw this gal who suan me for coming early. lolx...later i realised there is no lecture for the day!

Zzzz....

i braved the storm.

i could have slept.

i could have accomplished damn a lot.

Bon Voyage Charlene!

2007-01-09T10:58:00.000+08:00

Leaving for China for a whole 6 months. Thinking back, this is a very interesting clique. Started of from a CCA and then several couples emerged which strengthened the bonds among us. After graduationg, Guys went army and the gals went uni, and ALL broke up. clique was almost dispersed lest one gal who was not attached to a guy within our slique (Charlene)

For the rest of our army days, we were a clique full of guys and one gal. In a way, its damn fortunate for her as the guys all have high income but no time to spent the money. Most of the time we end up treating her and she gets pampered with gifts from us.

Last year, she got attached to Wenhui and the clique was shocked. Hmm...seriously shocked. And not so much of jealous. i was indifferent, but kinda saw it coming along.

Well she will be coming back in June and most of them went to see her off. I tot sleep was more important but, my gums started to ache and i did not get much sleep either. Woke up in the middle of the night to watch Coyote Ugly and attempted to sleep.

First Day Of School

2007-01-08T14:17:00.000+08:00

I missed the round 2A for the bidding of modules and now the module which costs 61 points now costs 1362 points. I believe some year 4 student is desparate to graduate in time so he or she jus conveniently "SHOW-HAND".

Now i am kinda stuck with a GEM 2901, which requires me to do 2 projects, but i am taking this module all alone.

Plans for later:

1) Buy a laser printer
2) Leture ends at 7.
3) Go Xenbar
4) Go look for another module to take
5) Prepare to make friends tml

Right now i am in Zhan's hall, he is sleep-talking:

“还有 Maths 啊!”

isnt it scary? As physics majors, we talk abt maths even in sleep!

Will certainly look forward to this semster, for a start, i shall need some pick up lines...

When you see a meteor, make a wish...

2007-01-07T20:39:00.000+08:00

i was walking behind a malay couple in their thirties. They stopped and pointed in the direction of the sky. I saw a meteor! it has a bright centre and it leaves a trail of green light.

i made a wish immediately and grinned from ear to ear.

walked past that couple who were still talking to abt the meteor...i told them to make a wish.

hmm...i jus wiki-ed the term meteors and learnt that green meteors could be space junk, Russian spy devices. *** sigh ***

Borat the Movie

2007-01-07T02:23:00.000+08:00

First time leaving home with a swollen cheek. Watched Borat the Movie, its R21 btw. Nothing visually captivating for the guys but certainly an eye-opener for girls.

For ppl who have never heard of ALi G or Borat, this movie is extremely racist and sexist.

As a fan of Ali G, i must say this movie is marvellous.

Humour aside, i really appreciate his courage to make a movie which involves all these sensitive issues which might raise a lot of social unrest. Topics on feminism, religion, politics, cultures, animal rights and etc are usually avoided in movies, but this is one movie which touches on all these issues.

One of my friends did not believe that there is a country called Kazakhstan. Truth is the country exists, but its certainly not the way as is depicted by Borat. No one kills Gypsies, fear Jews, or keep slaves. Maybe in some countries, women have lesser rights, but its never as drastic as described in the movie.

Looking forward to "Ali G the movie". I am sure it will make a hit in the Box Office.

Visiting a Dentist

2007-01-06T11:17:00.000+08:00

Thanks to Sharon, i volunteered to be a demo for a wisdom tooth extraction. Its quite scary, cos you hear the dentist explaining every procedure in great detail to the Dentistry Students.

" ok Mr Liew, now i can gg to drill your tooth and take it out in 2 parts. You will hear drilling noise and feel some water (which i suspect to be blood) spraying around your jaws."

" i am done drilling and i am gg to use *** some dental equipment *** to crack your tooth"

Here comes the scariest part:

"We are done removing the bottom one. Can you allow one of our dentistry students to removed the upper one?"

Why did they bother to even ask such a question when i am blindfolded?
Simply put, i am in no position to say no.

The dentist loosened the tooth (by cutting around the gums) and the student "delivered" the tooth, similar to how one would use a wrench to remove a nail from from a block of wood.

After the extraction, i felt like a stroke patient, i had no control over one side of my jaws.

Cancelled all my appointments, tution, salsa lessons and etc. told my mum to cook porridge for me for the rest of the week.

Catastrophic Sunday

2007-01-01T14:04:00.000+08:00

Standard Morning Routine for Jiwei
1) Find my glasses ( EXTREMELY HIGH PRIORITY - before anything else can happen)
2) Find my phone
3) Life starts from this point...

This very monring i saw my phone...with some condensation on it.

ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

my mum told me tt i left it in my jeans and i dumped it in the washing machine. seriously i cannot imagine how anyone can live for 24 hours without a handphone. no sms? no phone calls?

i looked at my schedule and saw the number of places i had to go.
1) Joyce's house
2) Union Square
3) Xenbar
4) Shao's house

This is like one of the busiest new year eve and this kind of catastrophe had to happen.

Fortunately, i had all the necessary contacts in my PDA. Thanks to Alex who kindly loaned his old LG phone to me. i am kind of getting the hang of it, i owe you a treat.

Ate free dinner at Joyce place, started playing mahjong and helped Viven to recover from -$25 to -$10. Melvin is damn good at mahjong, i shall never play with him next time. I gave up on gambling. if i ever gamble with friends, i will pay if i lose, but i will never take any winnings from a friend.

Melvin gave us a lift to Xen for free supper, i charged my "new phone" there and saw quite a number of missed calls and sms.

Watched some Jackie Chan movie involving a baby with kyo, wai huang, yen ching and ariel. LeArNt tHaT wItH yEn cHiNg sItTiNg nExT tO yOu, yOu wIlL gEt eXtRa sOuNd eFfEcTs.

"Ooo...baby so Ccccuuuutttteeee!!!"
"Ahhh..they are drawing his blood!"
"Wahaha..he's so funny!"

Watching Bianca play mahjong is one of the most hilarious moments in life.
she dun even know tt she won! Noob!

Left Xen with Ariel (who gave me tips on buying a phone) at 630am and collapsed on the bed upon reaching home.

Mad Rush (30/12/2006)

2006-12-31T14:13:00.000+08:00

Went to SMU to meet some really old friends. Never thought i would be talking to them again this life time but oh well. I must say, "Well done, Meiqi!"

Went for Charlene's birthday at Shao's house. The food was damn bloody good. Ate quite a bit to gain back wat i lost at the Salsa Congress. i waited for them to cut the cake and left without eating the cake! I think she is super fortunate to be the only gal in our clique, she got a Crumpler bag for bday last year.

went to upper club and danced with 3 new gals. elbowed one of them. i still cannot get the lead correct - haiz - got a lift from Harry to Chinatown for supper. Met Xen ppl there and Josie ( some Caucasian lady who teaches English to Japanese ) who explained to us why she refuses to dance Bachata with other Ang-mohs cos she understands that when an Ang-moh ask another Ang-moh for Bachata, they want something more than just a dance.

Well that's like the statement of the day. Haha, i wasn't paying attention to anything else she was saying.

Supposed to go Shao's house to stay over....but something cropped up so i went home.

Christmas

2006-12-26T02:33:00.001+08:00

At shao's place now, having kinda a lan party. Thanks to siow ween, we are chewing on a snack tt not only looks like candles but TASTE like candles. The potato chips are tasty, certainly appreciated them.

Had a great steamboat last night, ate a lot. I need to gain the weight tt i lost during salsa congress. 2 days ago i weighed myself and i am back to 53kg. Its been quite a long time since i last met up with the OAC clique.

If my memory serves me correct, the last time i met up with them was at shao's place for his birthday.

played a card game called CITADEL, we used to spend like over $50 at Minds Cafe and Settlers. Concluded that it is best that we just buy the game, cos all we need is a place to play the game.

Received a phone call last night from YC to go to WL's house. hmm..kinda late if u ask me.

third day without salsa, withdrawal symptoms.......AHHHHHHH

ok! this is not my laptop and louis has quite a number of dates trying to contact him on MSN!

Thanks Louis!

Christmas Eve

2006-12-24T18:43:00.000+08:00

Exchanged my one and only christmas card with a friend. Of all the places to celebrate christmas, my clique chose a quiet place to spend this holiday.

Right now i am in NUS Sports Club, i must say they have a humongous room. Siow Ween is playing maple story. According to sam's brother, its is one of the success stories of mmorpg. Games like WOW, Silkroad failed to attract gals. Maple story has a built in function which allows players to get married for abt S$20.

Shao is probably preparing the food and sam i maple-ing with SW.

Chun wee is doing nothing constructive and junhao is having a hard time trying to get things done...lolx.

Looks like tt's all for now!

Shall blog more tonight!

Salsa Congress

2006-12-18T19:42:00.000+08:00

The past week was the most hectic week. when its finally over, it felt like ORD.

Tuesday
Reached Xenbar after tution and was informed that there was a performance in Zouk.

Recalled a joke tt someone said yesterday:
Grace sprained her ankle and
"Mary, Get Grace a new ankle!"

Found out later that Justin sponsored $1000 for a Sheares event and Justin took tt opportunity to get us to perform. Free tickets to the congress were given to whoever could answer questions correctly.

We rushed there and then completed the routine. I felt tt i was a little off time, wai huang cant shine and nigel forgot his tango routine.

Wednesday
Thumpers is amazing, all we did was a Rueda routine and it was the competitions. I cant dance for nuts, i was off time and couldnt do great variations. Ended the competition with a titantic. Nigel and Grace was first, Melanie and Terence was second and Arvind and Lucy was third. I felt tt i am such a disgrace. cannot even dance on time and lost to so many non-performance class ppl. It felt terrible, brood over it for one whole night.

Thursday
Went to xenbar after tution and learnt tt Sam is a smoker. At MOS, yen ching told us tt there will be a group competition. made me wonder who would come to MOS to compete as a group. Later we found out the groups:

1)Nigel,Grace,Terence & Melanie (On2)
2)Dennis,Joyce,Ivy & Me. (On1)
3)Rueda: 4couples
4)Ladies Shine: Rozana,Bianca & Yanlin

Hmm, this shit is really last min. I would have really hated it, had i not won.
yanlin is the most innocent one. She reached MOS early and...

"eh Yanlin ah, u still rem the ladies' shine?"
"ok u will be competing tonight."
saw the look on her face and was really amused by tt.

Quote from somebody: Why did you agree [to compete]?

When they annouced the 2nd and 3rd placing, joyce elbowed dennis, suggesting tt he go collect the consolation prize. But when they announced that we were the first, we "lit up". We had tt gigantic question mark on our heads: Like tt also can?

Met Ho Teck Seng, and Frank at MOS, they recognised me in the dance and tot i was rather impressive. lolx. obviously they did not see tt i missed out 3 whole eighths...my lead wasnt clear and we were all nervous.

Had a good long chat and told them to contact me if they wanted free classes.

Friday
Union Square...probably the best place to salsa but not the best place to conduct a salsa competition. There were quite a number of couples who were not from Xenbar [finally] The indonesian couples were great. I really love the champion couple who did the moves really smoothly. his hair is really nice and he has tt nose tt andy lau has. They deserve to win. Kyo did his magician cheoro. Nigel glance upwards before executing the cartwheel which was really sweet of him.

Saturday
Kallang theatre, saw Yen ching in the belling dance top which YL and i bought for her birthday. We did one incomplete run through and it was the real thing. I believed the skit was crap (more like i am the crap) but its the dances tt are important so...wattheheck

I still cannot get the On2 cheoro right but at least i attempted to fake it through. i was merely going through the motion. i think i know why...(i shall not explain here)

Bianca sprained her ankle, left the stage crying. Yanlin's knee was bleeding after the slide. Both completed their routine. RESPECT!

i missed ivy's hand when doing death drop...but caught it in time.

after the competition, there was free food in Xen and we ate like there is no tml. Cindy and Viven assisted Emma to serve the ppl. I did not dare to social as the ppl are really professional and their social is much better than my performance. Danced with this gal who followed amazingly. I hope she did not find it too boring dancing with me.

A lady by the name of Louisa asked Jospeh some lame questions. Spear, shakespeare wave and microwave. i must say she looks hot kinda reminds me of shirley. No wonder, jackson talked to me when he met me. Day ended with a chat with Justin, talked abt the congress and how much it inspired me. Slept at 530 in a warm and comfy sleeping bag.

Sunday
Fought to wake up, ate raisin bread and went for Afro-rumba class by Cynthia. She taught us the right way to do it. Lead with shoulders and not the entire body. I guess a whole new lvl of body isolation is required.

Damn tired, slept and slept, went to eat lunch with viven, ivy, james and ariel. James bought lotsa dim sum (~drool~)

Final performance at Q bar, it really felt like ORD. Dennis forgot some steps, wai huang spun too early and i still cannot perfect the timing and neck drop.

Salsa at Q-Bar

2006-12-12T00:37:00.000+08:00

Today i was appointed as a Dee Jay to stand in for Kyo* He taught basic class, while i played the music for him.

There was this group of 4 girls at who did not want to dance with other guys. It appeared to me that they were struggling with the steps. If i wasnt the dee jay i would have went in to guide them to do it correctly. Justin should have planted ppl like Wee Beng and Big Sam to join the class and help such ppl.

First 2 social dances were great. There was this lady who used to come to Xenbar with her bf. She follows very well, considering the fact that she is not a student from the performance class. natalie / nancy was next. she is amazing, dancing with kyo made her improve her ability to follow. i could execute the really complex multiple turns, which i learnt from some video.

Jaz invited me to dance bachata. Come to think abt it i really cannot rem when was the last time i did bachata. J & J or maybe Union..definitely not Xenbar. Today i seriously considered taking bachata lessons from Gary. But if i do i shall tell Justin first, he might give me a better offer.

The performance werent fantastic, but i think it was the best one tt i did. considering the fact that we did not rehearse much and i only started doing the cheoro 1 week ago. i think i deserve a pat.

Yen ching is incredible, 15 dances. and she remembers every single one of them, both the guy steps and the gal steps.

Manfred gave me a ride home and i really appreciated it.

Flooring in Q-Bar sucks, it feels sticky. i need to go back to Xen to season my shoes.

* many ppl do not know that his name is actually Ong Yong Kee. If you reverse the initial of his name u will get K-Y-O.

Rabbits

2006-12-08T08:15:00.000+08:00

heard a shriek, which woke me from my deep slumber.

"aAaAaWwWwWwW!!!!!!!! Ooooooeeeeeeeeeiiiiiii! Eeeeeeeee!"

my rabbit is chasing after my ELDER brother. despite the fact tt he is 1.83m and 3 years older than me, he is scared of a RABBIT. i can understand if it is a tiger, rhinoceros or a crocodile.

How can anyone be afraid of a rabbit?

i really dun understand, maybe someone can enlighten me.

Couldnt sleep anymore...so i tot it might be better to jus wake up watch some anime and blog abt it. Climbing later...YEAH!

Free Salsa Class

2006-12-08T00:43:00.000+08:00

happened to be talking to my clique of friends who are really interested in FREE salsa classes.... In general we are not interested in anything that requires us to pay. Rather typical of my clique.

So we began to discuss abt how many Cai there are in the salsa club and discuss how we are going to jio cai to come salsa with us. Told them everyone is hot and the not hot ones wont be here to dance. Went on to dare one another to jio females to come salsa. We even changed our nicks to " [name] Free salsa class, ask me for more details "

Lolx. I must say its a great conversation, good way to relieve the tensions built up throughout the entire day.

I am grateful to salsa. it changed me, physically and mentally.

Quote from Matthew Sng,
"Did you see his before and after?"

Soccer at Lam Soon

2006-12-05T14:26:00.000+08:00

The last time i played soccer was probably in camp, tt makes is at least 9 months ago. Woah...time flies, feels great to play soccer in Lam Soon. Remembered the good old days where we ALWAYS get caught playing soccer at the void decks and get warning by the police and dicipline master.

i recalled staying for Detention at the "Responsible Thinking Centre" (...its jus a wooden bench under a staircase). Reminscing abt the old times, so little stress and things were much slower.

Played soccer with come young punks who probably have not even gone through NS, one of them gave me a hard stare after i made a unintentional rough tackle. (Oooo....i am so scared! Bite me, i have a phobia of dogs). He maybe taller but i seriously doubt if he was anywhere near my strength, perhaps all i have to do is to pinch him the way i pinch a bouldering tile (ouch!)

Violence was part of the good old times, i guess.

Anyway soccer was great, its been some time since i last perspired so much and felt so enervated. its rocks!

Back at Salsa

2006-12-04T23:59:00.000+08:00

Now tt exams are over and i am dancing, i realised how much have changed in Xen. the ppl the culture even Emma and Mary's hair (they got it rebonded).

But some things will never change. Dennis is still fishing and caught a 5kg fish at Sentosa recently. Yen ching still does moves which no one else can master and Justin still rush us through with the performances. It is scary, i seriously think tt this method tend to drive ppl nuts. I can still remember the times when i used to train everyday from 1830 to 2330hrs. (jinn, dennis, sam, kyo, nancy, angie, myra, shirley, and bianca) i believe this is the reason why so many ppl from my batch of performance class left the studio. Last night as Wai huang drove me home (thanks), he complimented that we [ppl from my batch] were a group of ppl who are not talented but commited. He lamented that Xenbar is lacking in such ppl at this juncture, which i have to agree. At least, Sam and Dennis are still dancing and i am back (after a long long period of being MIA)

Met jian yang who is back in the army. Talked to me abt how HQ has changed and that the couch which he used to sleep on is removed. Must be hard on him...to be living in Chua Chu Kang and he have to book in early in the morning. Booking in from home used to be my greatest nightmare: have to wake up early, rush to get seats and board the TIBS bus then transfer to the Fastcraft and watch the video demonstration of how to put on the lifejacket in case of emergency.

oh and Yen ching...i have a feeling tt she can read minds... When i told her that i cannot come on Saturday for training, she guessed the reason correctly. Damn! She is good.

In all honesty, i dun want to perform.(i think yen ching knows this as well.) I dun think i will be able to reach a standard which i will be pleased with myself. There is too little time and too much to learn (not forgetting the need to synchronise and make the moves look smooth). its possible only if my partner can train from now till the actual day from 8 to 5pm. At the current training rate, abt 3 hours a day for 3 different cheorographs, its way too little.

i'm back!

2006-12-03T16:24:00.000+08:00

Exams are finally over. It sucks as i am only able to solve the questions 5 mins after the papers are being collected. i have yet to get back to my peak state, which is bad.

this semster has been chaotic, too much things in my mind to keep me focused.

Next sem i shall be a good boy. Uncle philip has given me an answer, so i shouldnt be expecting more.

Some day i shall be successful and if i ever meet Uncle Philip i shall say this to him,

" Ten years ago, you denied me of a star for christmas. "

Anyway to all those reading this blog, i am fine and not to worry abt me. Like wat the indian Teaching Assistant said: "What's the worst that can happen to you?"

"The worst thing tt can happen is that you study in NUS - which is not bad. "

And i get to salsa in Xen, climb with Arif and talk cock with Weihan and Zhan.

Physics Consultation - 2 in 24 hours

2006-11-24T03:56:00.000+08:00

Really long time since i last blogged...i tot i would stop.

My brother's zip tore today, so he had to walk around in his office with his flies open until one user kindly offered him a Safety pin. Some other lady offered a needle and thread.... (to sew up the pants so tt he cannot pee for the rest of the day?)

Lesson learnt, always carry a safety pin with you.

Went to school for Physics consultation, great tutor solved many questions which has been bothering me for ages. Had a second round of consultation with Zhan Jiang via MSN. Lolx, could hear a lot of people in his hall...

Some unknown gal in her hall started to scream my name into the mic and it sounded really eerie through my earphone...and she claimed to know who i am...

Hmm..many ppl know me as the Prof..as the Vice Dean of the Physics Department is called JI Wei too... (notice "J" and "I" are in caps).

After that, we started drawing with MSN and we started to write one another's name...
i painstakingly took a lot of screenshots and joined them in paint. Here's everything.

Er Bian Feng chinese band started by one of my friend in Physics. They have their own website...

http://www.erbianfeng.com.sg/

Its 4:44pm now lolx...damn hungry. time for breakfast.

Eat-Mug-Sleep

2006-11-20T12:59:00.000+08:00

This will be a very trying week for me. Must mug to prove my worth. Did rather badly for Mid-Term cos studied wrong topic and played too much. Recovering from flu and did not blog for past couple of days.

So life can be expressed as the following:

Life = Summation [i:(1 to infinity)](Eat x Mug x Sleep)_i

Microsoft equation does not work on Blogger. =(

Where can i submit a suggestion?

Last Day Before Reading Week

2006-11-17T16:51:00.000+08:00

Down with flu yesterday, still having sore throat today.
Sudden urge to blog...really couldnt take it.

Right now i am in lecture...with the most amazing ppl. There is someone in front watching some documentary (WTF!) must be PRCs...sorry nothing against them really maybe it jus me. Jus 3 indians were trying to take picture of themselves (not once but twice). Nothing racist, jus a passing remark. Oh i almost forgot, i saw this guy who brought a gigantic water bottle at least 2 litres. I wont be surprised if he brings home 2 full bottles of water...

Mum: Son, bring more water home next time, your brother needs to shower.
Son: Yes mum. Will 6 litres do? i shall go ask Uncle Muthu for more empty bottles.

Joke of the day:

Me:(with a solemn face) Do you know that our GEK lecturer (Dr Adrian Lee) is chinese?
Some dumb gal: (with an even more serious look) Ya... i think so.

*** Decided not to make fun of her anymore and gave myself away by giggling ***
Dr Adrian Lee is an Ang-Moh.

There is a birthday gal sitting beside me right now. She complained that i did not wish her Happy Birthday or get her a present. HAPPY BIRTHDAY YALING!

"Hey why are you looking at my screen! Pay attention to the lecture!"

This is just a comment that i type for ppl who are staring at my screen...Reminded me of the Stephen Chow show in which he plays the role of a Mahjong expert (which i shall not elaborate)

Innovative Juggler (perhaps physicist)

2006-11-16T02:00:00.000+08:00

Went to Youtube to take a breather from physics and saw this really impressive juggler. my intentions to relax failed as i began relating juggling to physics.

There are several differences as compared to normal juggling:

1) Balls (in a cone) roll down the curvature of the cone implies that they fall with a smaller downward acceleration . This would give the juggler more time to react.

2) Since every ball stays longer in air, the juggler will be able to juggle more balls than if he were to juggle the balls in air. To the audience more balls = more impressive.

3) In normal juggling, there balls are only moving in 2 dimensions (x-y plane) with respect to the audience. Juggling in a cone is allows audience to see the ball moving behind the juggler (x-y-z plane) hence (maybe) provide greater viewing pleasure.

Enjoy the video!...and the physics of juggling.

Hmm...so will it be easier to juggle in a sphere or a cone?

Cool Videos!

2006-11-12T21:07:00.000+08:00

Here is an amazing video of a friend (Zhongyi),

i found out from him that he had to do it as part of his Leadership and Team-Building (LTB) module. Its such a fun module lah, not like Physics. And that gal that they mentioned as their dream gal is nothing but his TA.

I really look forward to watching the next episode on Youtube.

Zhongyi, you rock!

Oh and there is video from NUS too, something rather romantic.

The lecturer is Mr Victor Tan who does webcasts for Maths lectures. From the comments on Youtube, it happened 3 semsters ago and in the following semster, he said, "No more match-making in the lecture."

Why Dogs love Halloween...

2006-11-12T01:36:00.000+08:00

Sleepover

2006-11-12T01:25:00.000+08:00

On this very day, Peng Yang decided to walk into Clara's room. Previously Clara and I were talking abt our dialect and I learnt that she is a Hakka who cannot speak the language. Then when Peng Yang walked in, we spoke very fluently in that dialect and had a good time suaning Clara.

Here's a phrase in hakka: "hao gill mao gong aunt duo hak va!"

A mystery gift to anyone who can tell me the meaning of this phrase in mandarin.

Thanks to Peng Yang, i manage to get my Video Downloader and FLV player. Next up, i shall get a video converter and it will make my laptop quite complete.

We had prata for supper and the Teh-si sux...not sweet and not thick and the colour looks wrong. Luckily the prata was good, or i would have flipped the table.

PY and I spoke in our dialect whenever we felt a need to not let Clara understand or had a sudden urge to irritate her. Then again, within my clique, we have so many jargons that a third party will not understand and will probably be very disturbed by our babaric mannerisms. But we are friends for life.

I went back and did a lot of maths.

Slept at 0530 hours and woke up at 0830hrs, damn shag. almost fell asleep during the Level 2 rock climbing lesson. I think it would have been better for Clara had she not agreed to let Arif and me to sleep over.

Nice Room - Thanks Clara!

2006-11-10T22:53:00.000+08:00

Tml will be the last day that i will be climbing before i go into hibernation mode again. Sorry JJ, sheryl and all those within the climbing sub club. As much as i hate to be irresponsible, i want to score well.

As the saying goes, "If you cant beat them, join them!"

I cant beat those PRC, so i have to join them and become muggers.

Anyway, i am currently in Clara's room, this pleasant gal whom we (arif and me) bought some presents 1 week after her birthday. She kindly offered to let us stay over at her hall, so that i can be early for the stock take tml. Yeapo!

OH! she offered me a cookie / biscuit (i dunno wat is the difference?). anyway it tastes good, thanks.

Yesterday's lab was funny, the TA asked the same question:

"....last day of your 1141 lab, i hope you ppl will not miss me,"
"Any complains? TA not handsome enough? or TA not pretty enough?"

Hmm, to think i used to have the impression that he is quite nasty....haha. i shall think again.

And Wee Lee wore make up again. Haha...some day i shall wink at her, if i do see her again.

I miss salsa, really feel like dancing again.

Last Day In Lab

2006-11-09T13:15:00.000+08:00

This is my first time blogging during a break between lessons. currently in lab and really doing nothing constructive....Let's see:

A typical thursday afternoon in lab:

weihan: the guy with the coffeeshop-uncle-handphone-ringtone. the super old and classic non-polyphonic ringtone. He did not manage to get connected to in the wireless internet service and is making a big fuss out of it. And once again he made the remark of the day: "Hey can you bring your laptop nearer to mine, (hopefully) it might have some induction effect."

If i were him, i rather keep quiet. lolx. the things he say...reflects how little he knows.

Zhan Jiang (beside me): lab partner, who finally got better after getting a new gf. Louis was the one who told me tt. Cool~ and we are both not reading the lab manual...this is bad, haha.

Junjie: walked past me to ask me abt the other experiment we did last week while i am typing this. I am sorry its not tt i dun wanna help, i am blogging...psps. Thanks to ZJ who kindly explained to him.

Jeffrey: some cool guy from HCJC. really loud and has a distinct voice which is audible 20 metres away...Intensity inversely proportionate to distance square, i am 20 metres away so the intensity near him is abt 400 times tt at my position...(in short, he is loud)

Teaching Assistants, Weili and Kwan Loon: They jus walked in, weili put on make up 2 weeks ago...hmm...wonder wat she is up to. (its not common for science students to put on make up). Kwan Loon: 4 weeks ago, he jus decided to ask a random question:

"So do you people have any complains, 'lab report too long?' , 'lab sessions too boring?' or 'TA not handsome enough?' "

As usual no one answered, so he answered himself: "ok, so tt means i am handsome enough."

-.-|||

I like the other 2 TAs, one Indian and one Chinese (china-man). Damn cool, both speak with a non-Singaporean accent. and when they argue, it really reminds me of Goodness Gracious Me. The indian TA is very professional at negging, he always does that to out-alpha the guys and irritate the gals. So much that it irritated Yishan that she complained to our nice and friendly Zhihan.

The china man is damn friendly, he read chinese novels and stays in raffles hall. he could even remain cool and claim when the Indian TA made fun of his chinese name.

Really wonder what more nonsense/comic relief/disaster/catastrophe will happen today...

Later Yaling and more ppl will be here.
Really admire her courage: Poly girl who majored in food science and she is doing physics...she dun even have Amaths or A level background....CRAZY!

Fortunately, she is quite good looking, so she always manage to get help from the pros in physics.

Oh and i jus remember:
For the ***god knows how many times*** in my life, i forgot to zip my pants today...

Quote of the Day:
"Flies spread diseases, so keep yours closed." --- Band of Brothers, Colonel Sink

Free Day ?

2006-11-09T01:56:00.000+08:00

Declared a free day for myself but ended up more busy than ever. Learnt one painful lesson:

MY BROTHER CANNOT FREAKING GIVE DIRECTIONS !

he will never read this so wattheheck!

did him a favour by sending his toshiba laptop to the Toshiba Data Dynamics...called him abt 5times before i manage to get to the right place.

i will never understand why didn't they name it toshiba service centre.its so common;every major brand name calls the place where they does servicing "service centre"....not "DATA DYNAMICS".

Bus rides were at least 3 hours long;slept and woke so many times in one day. Reached home at 1730..slept again..then woke up to do Mastering Physics. damn a lot of questions.

Recovered from sleep debt from the past few days. Great!

Received a call from some scholarship officer who told me there is no news yet. Arghh....how long are they gg to keep me in suspense?

"Uncle Philip, do a good deed before you retire can? Give me the scholarship!"

hmm...what if by some chance a-star reads this? haha...

I do not always tell the truth

2006-11-04T22:17:00.000+08:00

had a very intelligent conversation with a friend. i asked him a random question,

Answer yes or not to the following questions:
"I do not always tell the truth."

The politically correct answer may not be the right answer. Most people do not feel comfortable answering "yes" to this question as it would mean that they are not honest. However, in tis particular case, this is an example of an inarguable statement. Psychologists inserts such questions in lie tests and if test-takers repeatedly denies them, it is taken that they are generally not truthful.

"the grestest lie is to claim that one has never lied"

Blogged today to stay active, jus traded my blog address with another person, i believe she will read my blog today so here's something:
Clara your blog not friendly to my eyes...haha so purple and cyan...

I want that STAR...

2006-11-04T00:50:00.000+08:00

Thank you,
To all those who wished me good luck in my SAT, but i guess luck wasnt on my side.

After finishing the entire Baron, I scored 40 points more in critical reading but scored 10 points lesser in writing. Cannot believe it. Even if i take the best components from all my previous SATs, i would get 1980, and if i assume i get full score for Maths, that will make 2010. That would mean i am still 90 points short to be a scholar. I simply couldnt think straight for 24 hours after i got my results: alighted at the wrong stop, did maths instead of studying for GEK test, woke up late for school, felt terrible all the way until lunch time today.

"Uncle Philip, i will treasure the scholarship, just give it to me please. I will devote all my time to studies, if i get the scholarship and do A*Star proud...."

I was this close to getting a scholarship, something that will be a big break for my family, me and probably generations to come. To quote Bill Ranci (winner of the first season of apprentice), "it will impact generations". But as the common saying goes "So near yet so far".

To have come this far, i am not giving up....i need to persuade them no matter what, i just need a chance.

"Uncle Philip, you do not need one who can do well in SAT, you need ppl who can excel in University..."

Felt rather terrible since the night before, so i decided to SALSA...and it was fantastic.

Good to dance again. Xenbar is still the best, it has all my happy memories. Its not possible for me to feel sad there. I miss salsa.

I can still spin, though i think my right spins are jus as bad as before. i can still lead, but maybe forgot some of the moves i used to be able to execute quite easily. I really appreciate dancing with a fixed partner, cos she will be able to read my moves more accurately and execute them on time.

UNION was fun, thanks Kyo for asking me along.

Global Lies

2006-11-02T01:46:00.000+08:00

2 little-known geography facts

1) Greenhouse effect is not caused by the atmosphere absorbing and reflecting incoming radiation.

Electromagnetic radiation absorbed (visible light is not absorbed, or we wont be able to see anything), electrons gain potential and kinetic energy, then lose some it by releasing photons. Radiation is a form of energy, it cannot be simply "reflected".(detailed explanation will take a page at least, so this is a short n sweet answer)

2) Melting of ice caps does not cause sea levels to rise.

Archimedes' principle, a floating object displaces it own weight of liquid. Thus, the sea level should be be same even after all the ice has melted. Sea level rises due to expansion of water, due to global warming.

Rather disturbing to know that I have been deceived for at least 5 years.
I really wonder if secondary school geo teachers know what they are teaching.

Thanks GEK !

Wise "Crack"

2006-11-01T00:17:00.000+08:00

In the Bouldering Gym,

Guy A (to an experienced female climber): Hey, let me show you a route...
(lady proceeds to climb while wearing jeans)
Me : Are you sure u are gg to climb in jeans?
Guy A : She is trying to show off the power of Levi's.
Me : For all you know, we might see Triumph.

*** Laughs ***

*** Climber falls off the wall ***

I love tuesdays. Every tuesday something funny will happen. i bet my climbing friends will agree with me, (well, at least Jay Jay does..)

I did not feel tired today, even though i slept only 4 hours yesterday. And Vanessa's mp3 was playing some Salsa song in the bouldering gym, [how random!] i couldnt help it so i did a shoulder roll and Junjie began mimicking me.

Maybe we can have a day when all rock climbers go learn dance, and all dancers come boulder. haha. Can make a reality TV programme out of it too! Maybe i should like talk to my boss, and see wat he says abt it......brb

5 mins later...
Talked to the club president abt it and he is supportive of the idea, next course of action is to talk to the president of the latin and ballroom society.

Yeah.

Friday is the big day....

It will be a rather deciding time of my life:
1) > 2100, A*Star, Illnois, Urbana Champaign, ***Researcher***
2) <2100, NUS, Physics, Get thrashed by PRCs, ***Lab Tech***

Zhan Jiang will help me check my results....haha..i cant bear to see it.

Taking Tension out of the Classroom

2006-10-29T03:04:00.000+08:00

Erm this is not a post abt conflict management, so if u came here by chance, i am sorry....pls click back.

This post is abt the actual meanings of tension as applied to salsa, bouldering and cheerleading.

I always loved one of my MSN nick:

"There is a lot of tension between us, well as least its a good thing in Salsa."

I came up with this when i was paired up with this particular gal for a cheoreography. It was meant to express my reluctance to dance with her but i had to smooth it off with something mild. Considering my intellect, and poor command of language, it quite an achievement for me to come up with something like tt.

In salsa, tension refers to the force that the dancers exert on each other. The forces are always in equilibrium unless the guy decides to lead the gal into another move. The forces exerted serves as a guide for females to react(follow) accordingly. So in salsa, gals literally get pushed around.

"Its good to have tension in climbers, not between climbers."

Body tension is applied to climbing too. Tension refers to the force that the muscles exert in order to lock the body in a fixed position.

If he did not exert this force, his CG would pull him (down) away from the wall and reduce his reach (upwards). By exerting a force to lock his entire upper body, he can then maximise his reach upwards.

In Cheerleading, there is a term called the "butt-lock" (erm this is not a submission move in wrestling) which requires one to tighten their butt muscles which will help to stiffen their legs so that they do not quiver when they are lifted high in the air and supported at the feet.

here is a pic to illustrate my point.

To understand this better, get off your chair now and do the following:
1)Contract yr butt muscles, as if you were trying to muffle yr fart.
Feel your quadriceps, calves, hamstrings. They should all be in a contracted position as well.

The tension in the muscles reduces the shivering due to fear of heights.

That's all.

A call from a Mum....

2006-10-28T00:01:00.000+08:00

Received a call from the mum of my tutee yesterday. Really reminnded me of my mum, made me reflect on how much my mum use to worry abt me. Maybe all parents do, jus tt some do not show it.

She asked me for advice on what to tell the principal if to persuade the principal to allow her daughter to promote. I gave her a piece of my mind and it made me think abt the current college system in Singapore....

Daughter appealed to get into a decent JC through dance, so she is obliged to dance for the school. In doing so, she has to sacrifice quite a bit of her study time to perfect a cheorography. A relatively weaker student, now given more commitments...wont it make her have less time and end up performing poorer academically?

From an Economist point of view (all rationale firms aim to maximise profits),

Schools enrol students on the basis that the student can either pull up the average grade of the school or perform well in a non-academic field. So, it would be benefiting the school in 2 ways whenever they retain a DSA* student who did not do well enough to promote. One, the school will not have to go through the trouble of finding another student who can represent the school tt sports, dance or track event, when the current one graduates. Two, the school will not have to bear the risk having one student pulling down the average grades of the students.

Either way, the school benefits.

So i wonder....
Is the education system flawed?
Is it really worthwhile to get into a Junior college through appeal?
Who is the one losing out?
To what extent should one commit to Core Cirricular Activites?

*DSA- Direct School Admissions, students enrolled into the school based on non-academic performance like sports, dance or music.

Bernard's Birthday

2006-10-25T00:10:00.000+08:00

Finally there is a public holiday to break up the hectic school schedule. Really look forward to the next public holiday...Christmas

Celebrated bernard's bday today. This is my most amazing clique.

Sang at k-box, then ate a lot of junk food, and soft drinks lolx.

Learnt some new terms in hokkien and singlish from our Hokkien professor, Yongchin.

"tong tong bin", "nap"...(erm the rest are inappropriate to appear on this blog, shall keep them to myself)

He told me one nonsensical challenge issued to him:

A: Hey, heard you are quite gd in hokkien.
yongchin : ok la, why?
A: If u can come up with the hokkien translation for the following word i shall eat the table.
yongchin : Wah...ok...wat word?
A: Dinosaur
yongchin : (some hand actions) #$%^&@ KNNBCCB

[if anyone issued the same challenge to me in hakka, i think he would have to eat the table. there is a hakka term for almost anything, even something as new as "internet"]

Really exciting group of friends, but our clique can never have gals. Reason being our dialogue is all filled with singlish, hokkien, vulgarities, ribaldry. i really wonder wat gals will think of our clique, but obviously we will not behave lidat with gals around...

and bernard is stalking us now and trying to get us to pay for the food and drinks....he even changed his nick to say:

"eh one by one dun di siao hor...$10 each"

haha..this reminds me...pengyang (guy with a tatoo of a fish on the arm) still owes me $10.

ok..here's a pic at K-box.

left to right: yongchin, bernard, me and weilong

* Lies Exposed *

2006-10-21T22:23:00.000+08:00

Right now there is a huge commotion about the family, whose sole breadwinner suicided by jumping into the MRT track. the media is stressing on how the family is living from hand to mouth. BUT, i noticed a chair in the picture on newspapers; there is a computer chair. hmm, tt made me doubt the fact if they are really poor cos one such computer chair costs abt $50...which will be 10% of the total salary of the wife!

One of my officers in the army tried to emphasize on how poor he used to be as a kid. (in an attempt to convey the message to us that we should appreciate army food). This is wat he said:

"When i was young, you know wat i have for lunch? My mum will jus take some one tomato, cabbage and one egg from the fridge. Dump everything in boiling water and tt is soup for a meal."

Did you spot the contradiction?

"...one egg from the FRIDGE..."

hmm...let's analyse this:
he is at least 40 years old, and for his family to be owning a fridge when he is young...His family must be relatively rich!

Then again, these are only deductions and there is no way anyone can know the truth.

How is your SAT?

2006-10-21T20:38:00.000+08:00

Had a fantastic climb today. And i learnt wat is body tension, which is alot different from tension in salsa. Never knew physics terms could apply to dance and rock climbing. ?And there were 2 kind souls who set routes for me to boulder. Cool!

Oh i think my tutee never read my blog, so Zzzz...., i guess its jus for me to vent my frustration (hmm...wat i am frustrated abt?).

But 1 thing that i have to decide in this point of my life:

Salsa / Climb / Salsa and Climb (then flop school)

Cos i am not bright enough to do both and yet score well in school and not die due to lack of sleep.
Then again i cannot really decide, i need to wait for my SAT score, secure the scholarship and then decide.

Recently this is the questions that ppl ask me,

(Before i took SAT)
When are you gg overseas?
When are you taking SAT?

(After i took SAT)
How's your SAT?
When are you gg overseas?

I was a bit indifferent initially until it got rather bad...so tt's the reason for my new MSN nick -
i have a name, dun jus ask "how's my SAT?"

watched a really hilarious video yesterday. Thanks Yong Chin, it made my day!
(and he did not ask me how's my SAT?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOqXlbWf9Io

its fantastic, but when will NUS hire a hot female lecturer who will make us do survey forms =D

The Whole Truth

2006-10-19T21:15:00.000+08:00

hmm, first time in my university life that i did well for lab reports. And our fellow Indian Teaching Assistant is taking his GMAT tml. oh he taught me a word today, "ossify- turn into stone". Never thought its possible for me to be learning English while majoring in Physics. All physics teachers cannot pronounce "longitudinal"(sec school teacher), they spell "Adiabatic" as "adiabetic" (my current physics tutor).

One sad thing of the day, my one and only tutee had to retain. Hmm, what should i say...

I believe that every other person whom she talked to had probably told her to take life in her stride and not to be too worried abt this incident, blah blah blah...*** typical conciliatory remarks ***

I am not the typical GUY! I hate being TYPICAL!

So i shall be the jerk/asshole/bastard and give you the cold hard advice/enlightenment/scolding that you probably hate to hear but u MUST hear.*

1 very nasty question: Aren't you sick of scraping pass all the time?

Yes, maybe you deserve to retain. Its a wake up call! You failed because of a lack of consistent work. There is no way to catch up months and months of school work without completing the tutorials. You are old enough to decide how well you are doing in school relative to yr peers. If you are not doing well, then spend more time on studies.

Yes, there are people who are smarter, play harder, study lesser but still score higher. in all honesty, i hate such ppl (refering to their ability to score) . Period. There is nothing you can do about them, all you can do is work harder and work smarter. I gave up whining, long long time ago.

Last and most importantly, MOVE ON! And dun repeat mistakes in the following year.

*while typing this, i havent decided to tell her my blog yet. Sorry, this is zysterl, someone famous for giving comments which are nasty but true. (inspired by the book The Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind)

Food for Thought

2006-10-18T19:24:00.000+08:00

Learnt 2 very counter-intuitive things today:

1) Which is hotter and has more energy? Blue or Red?
Layman thinking: Red
Correct Answer: Blue, simply because the frequency is higher and E=hf. Hmm, it really makes me wonder how did the term "red-hot" come about

2) A book that i just finshed reading....

The anti-smoking movement has been ever louder or more prominent. Yet all signs suggests that among the young the anti-smoking message is backfiring. Between 1993 and 1997, the number of college students who smoked jumped from 22.3 to 28.5 percent. Between 1991 to 1997, the nuber of high school students who smoked jumped 32 percent... The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell.

In short, teenagers like to try out things which are considered incorrect by adults - for the fun of it. Therefore, the more the media attempts to curd teenager smoking and emphasize on the ill-effects, it actually motivates teenagers to try it.

Sidenote
Think about those commercials which advises people against drugs, casual sex, etc. Imagine everything having a opposite effect.

Oh today is a day worth celebrating, i have only one mistake in my GEK test...Wahaha 23 upon 24. Thanks to Teong Leong!

Climbing Rocks!

2006-10-17T21:37:00.000+08:00

i am damn pleased with the title of this blog i came up with. =)

Yay! A pun on the word rocks!

Really shiok, Clara is damn jealous is of my smooth palm (hers are really very blistered) :D cos i have not been climbing. Oh and congrats for getting 2nd in the novice category!

Its been one month, and i am severely losing touch in rock climbing.

My arms are weaker, techniques are gone, endurance has dropped; in short i have lost a lot of my skills. And my body no longer looks as chiseled before. My determination dropped also. Oh only one thing that has not changed....my balance. Its jus as bad as before. So bad that there is not much room for me to be worse. lolx.

Met a really stupid lady today, who has the same name as my psychologist.

Oops, she was really puzzled at why i have a psychologist. I told her i used to have psychological problems. Along the way i added the fact that i am a very profound person, showed her my BLUE I/C with the UNKNOWN nationality. Next, i told her that i am not an undergraduate and my picture is in the list of professors in the Science Block. Finally, i finished off telling her that i published some papers on the Quantum Cryptology.

Here is the hyperlink (it used to be there but its been removed...sobz)

www.physics.nus.edu.sg/staff/jiwei.html

here's the proof (MSN still list the page)

1) Go to www.msn.com
2) Paste this into the search bar
Site:http://www.physics.nus.edu.sg/
3) Click on page 3.
4) Scroll down and you will find the link. (they removed the link recently that's why Msn still lists the page)

She actually believed all this nonsense - it made me reflect if i should quit school and be a professional conman. Sheesh... can there be anyone who is more guilible?

Oh, i did 3 spins outisde the rock gym jus now (in sandals). And i still can do body waves, chest pops but cannot really do the nice hip hop glide anymore.

Someday next week should start to SALSA.

I want to be a scholar! 2100 here i come!

Simple Complexity

2006-10-16T19:45:00.000+08:00

Climbing tml...hooray!

Today was great, chatted with dickson and jingyang over the internet. jingyang was really nice to call dickson and ask him to come online. Thanks!

Dickson have to remind me of the days where jingyang walked to my desk to sniff and hope to absorb some "xian qi" from me before physics tests. haha...i think i should have done the same to her for GP tests...then maybe i wont fail so much.

Glad to be reminded of such a incident but sad to know that i am no longer as sharp => need to mug more

Oh no sad news...my tutee told me she got 18 points for all her subjects...she got 48 for physics and need 7 more marks to pass maths.

To some extent i feel bad for her and feel tt i did not teach enough. I wont want to say tt i wasn't given enough time to teach her.

I hate excuses, i hate to give them as much as i hate to receive them. The only difference, you can whether to give them or not but you cannot choose if you want to receive.

Talked to a very friend who have a very complex life.

Rather scary...do all teenagers present a serene and simple front to their parents?

And in their social life, they undergo a lot of stress, relationship problems, depressions and complications?

They experience love, hate, jealousy, betrayal, back-stabbings and a whole spectrum of emotions. Maybe they tell someone abt the emotions, to relief them of some and contribute some to others. (tt's why this process never end...it a diverging series). And if they do not, they will type it to a cold-hard metal case, and let the rest of the world read abt it.

In a way, its freedom from the shackles of emotions. Its harmless as long as there are no personal attacks; even if there is, it will be harmless until the party being mentioned reads abt it.

Anyway i hope tt friend will be able cope with his/her emotions.

Here's a Zysterl tip to overcoming stress :

Dissociation
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1) Picture the stressful or agonizing situation ahead of you.
2) Imagine yourself taking a step out of your body and looking at the situation.
3) Make the image smaller, and reduce the intensity of the colours.
4) Picture the people in the situation and elongate them in ridiculous proportions.
5) View the situation as you would view a movie and fast forward it.

This is a Neuro-Linguistic Programming Technique tt is taught in courses by Anthony Robbins.
i give it to you for free.

Here's a Zysterl quote of the day:

Every obnoxious act is a cry for help - Top Peformance by Zig Ziglar.

Just as i was feeling great....

2006-10-15T16:53:00.000+08:00

All the nicks of my physics friends are about mugging...there is a thermodynamics test on friday morning.

Arghh...its jus 2 months into university and everyone stressing one another out. How ridiculous!

Ok, as it told my buddy yesterday i have decided to be happy watever is the result of my scholarship.

No matter what happens i shall be happy.
If i get the scholarship, i will be able to go overseas so i will be happy,
If i dont then i get to stay in Singapore and i will get to avoid all those uncertainties overseas - which is a good thing.

In every adversity, there is a seed of a greater benefit or equivalent - Napolean Hill.

No one can take your day from you unless you allow him or her to take it from you - Zig Ziglar (my favourite author).

i probably wont look at the results of my SAT myself, i probably will log in and ask some courageous friend to look at the result of my SAT then i will know the results from his or her expression. When i told ZJ this, he suggested connecting the laptop to the projector and let the entire LT see. -.-||| lolx

Completed my Lab report and a whole lot of tutorials, since when anyone said that University is easier than JC! For the past few weekends, i have been spending my time chiong-ing tutorials at home.

Goodbye Baron !

2006-10-14T19:39:00.000+08:00

Today is one of the rare days that i am not worried that i run out of interesting topics to write for my blog.

i took SAT and its finally over. and i am not supposed to share the questions with anyone in anyway until the test results are out.

And today i met Zhi Yuan at the Southwest CDC Citizenship Certificate Presentation Ceremmony. We finally got our Singapore Pink IC today. As for me, after holding a blue IC which says " Nationality: Unknown ", it finally says "Singaporean".

After the cermony, we proceeded to consume the refreshment that was provided. With the corner of my eye i saw someone packing some food into a plastic bag. I pointed this interesting sight to Zhi Yuan and he made the remark of the day!

"Wow, she's learning to become a Singaporean really quickly!"

WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

i nearly died of laughter.

Truthfully, its been a long time since i last saw anyone packing food from and buffet. I think its not worth getting embarrassed for something so cheap.

Yes and tt's Zhi Yuan for you, a super funny guy, great basketball player and always enjoy making cynical remarks about people.

And i am climbing on Tuesday....yeah...i better start to train up, before i lose out to Arif. I am way too competitive, cant afford to lose.

Nor forgetting that I received 3 missed calls from a private number, wonder who called me so urgently :D

One more day....

2006-10-13T20:40:00.000+08:00

Sat beside 2 very sleepy people in lecture today, ZJ and WL. They slept at 4:45am and 1am respectively. I thought i was the only one who slept late. (ZJ has been talking abt chiobu's and hot gals recently, lolx. But one good thing, we never share the same taste...tt's why his my buddy.) WL slept the most among the 3 of us but collapsed during lecture. ZJ was the most conscious one. i was fighting the Zee-monster-doing everything and anything to stay awake.

Sleep debt is no joke. I have watched documentaries which investigated that the effects of lack of sleep on people. For most people, the threshold is about 1.5 days. It means that they can still continue life sanely, like solve integration problems and do long division (for physicists). After 72 hours, some people may start hallucinating, like seeing worms crawling out of his own pockets. Anything more that tt one will need to speed up blood circulation (soldiers) and or subject oneself to pain or danger (David Blaine standing on that vertically mounted rod) in order to stay awake. After 100hours, the person must subject himself to immense pain....(i think there is some biological effect relating to the hormones and some stuff....but forgot liao)

5 Golden Tips to stay awake during lecture
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1) Coffee (if possible, eat the coffee bean like a sweet)
2) Keep writing, don't stop.
3) Pinch yourself in the thigh or forearm.
4) Stretch your muscles,
5) Ask your friend to give you a massage (ask him/her to make it a bit more painful)

GEK test was a joke. Its held in a lecture theatre which can barely fit all the students. We were told to collect the test papers from the from of the lecture, and everyone blatantly looked at the question paper on the way back to their seats.

The poor lecturer was desperately shouting "Stop looking at the question paper!" If i were him i would rather not say that in the lecture. Those who have yet to open the paper will then being to realise that there are other people who did and to avoid losing out, they will start to read the questions.

I believe everyone in the test would be cheating - it would be really silly not to.

Ang-moh lecturer teaching in a chinese dominated lecture, reminds me of a hakka idiom: "Ducks listening to thunder" (direct translation: no one understands the other)

Hope i will do well for GEK, luckily i did not SU the subject. Poor weihan!

Very pleased with my day, now back to mug for SAT...
Next week, i shall resume my normal life. The past month was indescribable.

GEK: General Elective.
SU: categorise the subject such that the subject will not count towards Grade Point Average.

Lab day tml

2006-10-11T19:43:00.000+08:00

Recovered from the lack of sleep from the last 2 days. went lecture per normal and did not really understand anything.

For the past week i have not been on Msn and i really admire myself for such discipline. i have been ignoring ppl's sms and email and stuff...

rather excited abt getting my physics mid term results tml.

Oh and i saw 2 couples dancing latin outside LT26, reminded me of a lot of stuff....

and buddy weihan sms-ed me something: "hey you saw the dancers outside [LT 26] ? do you think you can qie1 them?"

"dude, its 2 different dancers but from what they are doing they dun look very pro...so at my peak triple spins in sandals will make them drop their jaw...." lolx...tt was my thought which was never sent.

Ok, off to study for GEK test.

1 qie - verb colloquial term for challenge

1 down 2 to go....

2006-10-10T01:39:00.001+08:00

Econs is finally over, hope will get a decent grade. And to all those who saw me leaving the lecture hall 15 mins earlier. i would like to explain that i am not trying to be arrogant, i was worried for my laptop(IBM X60s 1.3kg...its jus too light...)

Yup 1 down 2 to go for this week, left with one GEK test and the SAT...

Optics and more Optics... slept 4 hours last night, and i am gg to sleep another 4 hours tonight, severely not enough.

saw myself in the mirror and was shocked to see my bloodshot eyes...must be the new laptop, and the glare from the screen. hmm, must consult melvin, maybe he will have some remedy for this.

super duper tired, finally finshed "mastering physics" ( online assignment) cannot do one full question i think i shall leave that for another time...tt's all for tonight. On the verge of collapsing...

omg i am not typing coherently, Arghhh!!!!!! i shall edit this some other day...simply too tired.

6 more days...

2006-10-08T22:54:00.000+08:00

Rather exciting day, finished my lab report last night.

Never be a physics researcher - you probably spend more time calculating the error of the experiment than conducting the experiment.

And tt is what precisely happened to me, i got a negative value for error (WTH!).

Relatively busy weekend, 2 mastering physics assignment, physics tutorial on monday, maths tutorial, and econs tutorial. Woah and not forgeting SAT on next saturday and econs test tml!!!

Hmmm...come to think abt it i have been a rather defiant kid, not attending econs lecture and skipping tutorial. Wat am i thinking?

3 test this week, and havent really started anything at all. I need luck, lots of it.

And the fact tt everyone comes up to me and address me as a scholar really stresses me. The common questions are:

1) When are you taking your SAT?
2) When are you gg overseas?

and when i reply them they All give the same response:

" I am sure you can do it."

The way they said it makes me suspect if they rehearsed it.

Anyway off to mug...

Technology Takes its Tolls

2006-10-07T00:47:00.000+08:00

Laptop crashed at weihan's hall. couldnt complete mastering physics on time, did not download any maths practice papers, dunno exam venue, studied for complex numbers (wrong topic), and cannot access NUS email...wat worse can happen? i jus cant imagine.

Nonetheless, got help from various ppl.

Thank them here one by one:
Buddy weihan: help me in mastering physics (must treat him someday)
Campmate Kwek: lent me maths practice paper...
Zhan: told me venue and lent me laptop to do mastering physics.
Jay: kept reminding me of how many hours to maths test.

Yeah!

maybe left out some ppl...but u know who u are.

All this time ppl have been speculating abt how much technology will help us save time and energy. Nah...it does have its cons too..

Lessons learnt
1) Always have a backup. (all my valuable data is gone)
2) Be kind to ppl, you wont know when you will need help. (How to win Friends and Influence people by Dale Carnegie)

...need to backdate my blogs again...

School reopens

2006-10-02T22:22:00.000+08:00

"No more school, no more teachers dirty looks"

Tiger Tan, discipline master of BPGHS used to say this everytime holiday starts...but the reverse happens when school reopens.

In university, everytime school reopens, it means tests or exams. ok! this reminds me tt i dun even know where and when is my maths test and wat topic will be tested...but integration should not be a problem. i revised quite a bit while teaching Cindy maths.

Should be sleeping soon, get to uni early tml...to mug maths.

A few more sessions before my tutee's promo, rather worried for her. She is quite smart, jus careless. i am jus starting to get more proficient in teaching, but she is ending her promo in 5 days time...i hope this last minute teaching helped.

Run, run, run

2006-09-23T11:58:00.000+08:00

no computer, left with pda and a body tt is fighting to stay strong.

hmm, after doing 1 full SAT paper, i decided to go for a evening run.

a lot of things went through my mind while running. Every now and then, i will hear justin's voice "chest up, back straight" and arif telling me abt another bouldering route tt he has completed. It has only been 2 weeks and i realised tt i am letting down a lot of ppl. But i really need to stay focus. so i shall.

There are lots of things i need to rem, especially the academic stuff.

And even more that i need to forget: dance, climb, and fun which i am deliberately depriving myself...

i recalled a book tt i read tt influenced me, "Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind". it showed how the main lead was able to partition his mind to help him survive through the ordeals. Partition it! Like the way its done on computers... i am sure it can be done..

Endorphins - keep me high, i need it!