New Computer on the block

Oh yea. I have worked for it! (Maybe lucky? XD) I have worked for it, and it came to me!!

Went to Funan, and bought a new laptop with my father. A new laptop for myself.. and I find it awesome. Glossy finish with a nice design!! Woohoo

According to my father, what attracted him was the relatively cheap warranty upgrade. ($200 for extra 2 years, full coverage !!) In addition.. look at all the freebies. Printer, 512MB thumbdrive, mouse... (carrying bag is normal)
But What i like about it.. is its glossy design.

If you are wondering:

Compaq Presario V3137AU
$1399

AMD Turion 64 Mobile Tech [First time I am using AMD]
512KB L2 Cache (2.0 Ghz)
14.1" WXGA display
80GB (5400RPM) HD
512MB DDR2 SDRAM
nVidia GeForce Go 6150 (256MB Shared)

One problem is.. it is very hot.. literally. Use for 1 hr, and the bottom feels darn darn hot. Hopefully it doesnt kill my laptop =)

Anyways.. got to wait for a week. If any problem occurs, send back. Right now no games on my laptop, cuz it can be a trump card for the other retailer XD

Smoky Problem

No. I am not complaining about the haze problem affecting everyone. I am not commenting about the fuzzy thing that is hampering your visibility for the past weeks.

However, imagine that Singapore has a place with a PSI of more than 100? Right in our doorstep? Made by fellow Singaporeans... (for fellow Singaporeans?) The irony is.. it is not made in any CBD areas... but at a temple!
OMGosh. A temple, a Bhuddist temple in fact! Furthurmore.. it is the place where the urns of my great-grandma and my late brother lies!!!

Haiz. You see, the place where all the tablets are is underground. They (the management) do not bother to switch on any appliances to help "suck" incense smoke out, let alone circulate the air.
So the result?
A place.. (roughly the land area of my house) which is cloudy (almost cloudy.. to my expense) inside. Spend 10 seconds inside and your eyes will start stinging, for me at least. But even then, I think those wearing contacts (contact lenses) will die(not literally), imagine all the smoke particles stuck in between the lenses and the eye??!

anyways... if you are wondering why I am there. Well, there for my great-grandma's death anniversary (not sure if 1 or 2 yrs), and also to visit my brother, over whom i almost shd tears.

Finish

At last.
At last!

AT LAST... All's well, ends well.
The school year has come to a close.

And I think I will have 90% chance of getting a new laptop =) .. yea. !!! OH YEAH!!!
Omg. just cant imagine.. finally..

anyways, veli tired from the 12km trek from Bukit Timah hill to Macritche reservoir. Dunno what to type.. so shall not..

yea sleepy =(

The world is in fear

Read the book "State of Fear", by Michael Crichton.

GodDam*** .. its darn nice. Just finished it in 2 days. 500+ pages only..
It shows certain things which are very interesting to note.. hmm

And the title has almost no relation to the story.. but it holds a very very powerful meaning.

Spoiler:
This book is about environmental effects. Some action. But the main part.. if you want
1) pages 451-460
2) pages 477-490

there..

Law & Order in the world is run by introducing fear.
What humans do, are instead affecting the earth due to his selfish desires.

think about it.

Examination blues

Received my examination results

Verdict: Not as good as I expected.

Maybe for my English, I have improved .. and I love it.
But my chinese.. no difference, still the same old failing (yea i failed) crappy results..
What can I do anyways? Nothing can be done to reverse this. ALl the marks are confirmed, and.. and..

haiz.. well no use complaining.. let's just move forward

Food for Thought

Oh yea. Cooking aint that bad as you might think!
Somehow, I got inspiration to cook, haha. Been watching some cooking shows during the holidays, saw how juicy and tasty the masterpieces were...
So I decided to cook some stuff.. haha .
First step was an egg. Normal chicky egg, fry with oil and all those.

Then, I decided to make my debut food , haha.

Presenting...

Presenting.....

Cabbage-wrapped chicken in oyster sauce!

Yea. the picture looks tantalising.. doesnt it ? haha..

Well, I got the "inspiration" when I was given some meat, and remembered buying some cabbage for soup. Then, seeing how big the leaves were... I decided. to wrap it up! .. So that's the main part.

AFter that, I remembered that cabbage is plain, so a sauce was created.
Oyster sauce, soya sauce, brown sugar, corn flour.. all champo together to form a nice sauce.

I poured the sauce over the dish after it was cooked, and let it stand for a while. THen, the sauce was HEAVEN! Put it on plain rice.. you can taste the essence of cabbage, the sweet taste of the oyster sauce! OMG.. its just soo nice..

However, the cabbage keep coming out .. haha. I guess I didnt cook well enough..
SO yea.. these are some pictures =) ..
may be a bit blur though.. taken in haste!

Free

Yea. Free.. exams over...

wonder why we still have school haha. well, go back and SLACK.
According to a teacher, the school has things "in store" for us, I beg to differ ..hehe .

but anyways, with our new found freedom, what should we do? I cant literally play all day..
Hey

*checks my organiser*

I have lotsa things to do LOL ..
Lotsa events planned.. so maybe I wont be so free after all.. =(

After a long hurdle...

Oh yea. 2 more days. Chinese Composition. My last, most difficult, most imba challenge I have to take. Chinese, my weakest subject and language, and now I have to do composition! (Irony right? I am a Chinese)

But its ok. Tommorrow, I shall mug. Seriously read read read. At least for 3,4 hours. I must make this a success. I started the examinations poorly, with a supposedly bad performance in the Chinese Paper 2. Hopefully I can end this examinations with a confident heart. I Know I will be a no-lifer, but who cares. Just for that 3 hours, then its finished. Finished !! OH YEA !!

Ok. So. Good luck to everyone. Just 2 more days.

A wider circle of friends... hopefully

Cool, I just opened up my "territory" by 50% .. haha.
I just learnt of a Sec 3 Hwachong fella somewhere near my neighbourhood. We walk home everyday, although we spilt after a while, and we chat alot. Haha. Well, gd friends!

Today, just went to play with him, and his friends. You see, he live near a park, which is flanked and surrounded by rows of houses. Most of the youngsters, children and teenagers of these houses, (according to him) pour out during the late afternoon to have fun. For my case, I was greeted with a silence park, prolly due to the examinations? Haha. How I was rejoicing! But after a while, I found myself playing with 5,6 more people. Hopefully I can form friendship bonds with them, and therefore increase my circle of friends.

Somehow I felt that I have missed out on alot during my 5-year stay here in Faber Crest.

I can see the sky..

Yea. The PSI index dropped dramatically into the safety zone! Ole.... ole..
Hopefully this temporary relief from all that "fog" will last throughout the whole day. Darn. yesterday was one of the worst days ever.
But I took the chance.. and switched on the air-con.. during the DAY!. For the first time in my whole life, I get to enjoy air-conditioner at HOME during the DAY ! Woohooo.. lolz.. but nothing new. So cold, got to wear jacket and long pants T_T , like I am going to sleep yea yea.

Anyways, exams again. 2 more days. Counting down. My parents are pushing me harder and harder. Tey want me to read, I dun want to read... although I know they meant well. But please.. its boring !! aargh.. Maybe this is why my Chinese is so bad.. A double-edged sword huh? I suck at Chinese, so I dun want to read, which makes me suck even more? . ok.. I get it.. I shall try and read some after this post.
O_O I am actually motivated by my own post? haha.. well nvm I shant crap anymore. just realised this post is all crap. But I will still go and read.. RIGHT after this.

yea, thank you guys for reading my blog .. yea i know it aint nice/flashy/beautiful and what not.. but I think I shall keep posting =) .. haha. after exams should be able.. Just cannot wait WAIT WAIT !!

P.S. I have a habit of putting "...". Its my way of "," or just some pause.

cyaz

Yea.. Just 2 more papers (or rather 1/2)

OK. English Comprehension and Chinese Composition.

Just 2 more. yea 2 more.. to ultimate haven for 3 months.
2 more papers, before I can dump my bag at a corner, and erase my memory of all those problematic equations and mind-boggling facts haha... maybe not erase.. just put them at one side..
I shall just try and mug (in front of my parents) .. but what's there to mug? Seriously.. how do one study for Comprehension? erm..

Maybe Composition needs some studying haha.. learning all the formats is essential.. the format alone gives 10 free marks.. about 30% !! THIRTY PERCENT!! Its too good to miss..

oh yea.. so just 2 more papers.. Thursday I can slack. yea Three cheers..

Smoke gets in your eyes...

Wow.. Singapore is undergoing a mass fogging exercise?
Oh my gosh.. so many smokers here all of a sudden? What happened to the smoking ban?
Cool.. it just rained? How come the ground here is so dry?

"Visibility dropped to 2km" stressed NEA officers. "The smog is so bad people wore face masks", a Hougang citizen worries.

What is wrong with them? Who should I point finger to? The farmers, or the "corrupt" officials of Indonesia? It states that "the illegal burning" of the forest (to clear land for agriculture) causes the haze. It is illegal already.. then how come this thing of such major scale can occur? Forest fires. Over 500 hotspots yesterday! Oh My Gosh! This is the genocide of trees, the farmers to the trees are like Hitler to the Jews.
However, can we push all blame to the farmers? In the first place, why the income disparity? How come the Gini coefficient is so high? (If you dun know what issit, find out yourself XD) How come there are Indonesians who sit at luxurious homes, wear flashy clothes, have incredible waistlines etc? yet there are the poor, stuck in the wilderness, and resorting to such cheap (literally cheap) tactics in order to get as much as possible. Its because they(the farmers) have to find the cheapest way to grow their crops, and sell for high price for that income, that's why they decide to burn.
SO hmmm.. who shall we blame? But it is getting worse and worse each day. Whenever I walk around, I feel that "dust" in the air, as if my house has been abandoned for such long time.

!! ARGH !!... cannot take it anymore !! Why that stupid smoke....
zzzz

Keep your cool, thank you.

A female teacher in short hair, aged around 40 (I guess), stormed into the classroom amid the incessant chattering of teenage boys. A sudden order silenced the boys in an instant, and all eyes fell on her. Then with a commanding voice, she asked all of us to pick up rubbish etc.
Well, at least do not shout at us. It seem as if she had gone mad and very angry, and decided to throw her anger at us. Please, it is an exam mind you. We have already enough stress, do not add more ok?

I am not trying to point fingers or do the blame game..

Anyways... for my Chemistry examination.
Surprise surprise! It wasnt as diffucult as I thought. Fancy mugging over topics that covered, maybe only 5% of the whole exam ! LOL .. haha
Was panicking over environmental chemistry, yet only a couple of questions came out. Majority of the examination was on QA, qualitative analysis. But I still had some difficulty, forgot some parts of "Solubility of Salts".
Anyways.. isn't it better to be prepared than not to be?

English Compo

OK.. English compo is here. scared as usual.

Found a website: http://essayinfo.com/ Quite gd.

Examinations Anyone?

Ok. They are officially here. In exactly 11 hours time (from my clock), I will find myself wearing a white shirt with khaki shorts, sitting at the 2nd last row of the classroom, holding a G2 pen, and facing the words : Hwachong Institution English Paper 2.

Hahas...
Kind of afraid though. Judging by my crappy performance in english throughout the year, I doubt I would do any better here. Surprisingly, I find myself able to converse in English easily, yet when it comes to writing.. somehow my "style" of saying cannot be translated into words.. Possibly its due to me being too informal, then the teacher (Ms Lim) is unable to comprehend, and then mark me down. haha

Actually.. if you think about it. What has comprehension got to do with your work? Yea..