weisin showed me this whilst mugging bio.. and i found it nice
100 years ago, people say that if a Black was elected as President in the United States, Pig Will Fly, after 100 days since a Black President was elected this year, Swine Flew.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
School's starting.. so what?
Oh yea, school reopens tomorrow.
And I have an examination tomorrow. But why am I acting/feeling as though it will be just another day of boring school? mmm.. anything wrong with me? :(
And I have an examination tomorrow. But why am I acting/feeling as though it will be just another day of boring school? mmm.. anything wrong with me? :(
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Chek Jawa
So I went to chek jawa today
Had to wake up 5.30am
Which is some unearthly hour that students used to wake up at during school time
So yea, but I was kind of excited, I mean I have heard so much about chek jawa, but didn't have the time (or rather the drive) to visit it mmmm
Changi Point Jetty has been upgraded!
Much to my dismay though :(
I missed the old rickety way of hopping onboard those bum boats, but now we have this super sturdy construction, which totally spoils the fun of threading on water XD
Ok, that aside, Chek Jawa is relatively accessible as I found out.
1 way Boat trip = $2.50
1 Bicycle rent for whole day = $2+
Guided tour for group of 9~12= $50+
So yea, there might be a possibility I will be back there.. this time with a group of friends? :D
Was lucky because it was low tide
Ok la, not say lucky, because according to the teachers, NParks only release a limited number of guided tours per month, to coincide with low tide periods.
And yes, I went with a group of teachers from Xingnan Primary, my mum's school! It was actually a science department outing that resembles some of my own outings - only <1/2 the department turned up. But well, since it is only once in a blue moon where I go to Chek Jawa, so why not. Besides I am adult already right? XD
Ok back to the place itself. Ironically, it ISNT an island, what I previously thought it was. ._. Yea it is just a far end of eastern Pulau Ubin, the opposite of my Sec 3 Pulau Ubin OBS area (which is in the west).
I touched sea anemone (the non-poisonous one DUH). And they DON'T look as cute as the one you see in Finding Nemo (DUH again). They are squishy. Fun to poke XD Ok I wasn't that abusive ok!! Just testing if the anemone is alive or not :) And they "suck" you slightly. Anyway the guide says that the anemone will attempt to fire poison into you, but humans all too thick-skinned, so the poison wont affect us a tad bit :) Haha, and yea it was quite gross, and also cute at the same time, see all the small tentacles pushing "food" into their mouth in the centre, which looks like 1 BIG MOUTH. (ok lame ._.)
Then I also saw the hermit crab personally... mm doesnt look like a hermit to me. But it is really damn shy la, hide in a shell all its life. Imagine living in empty houses - just that all the empty houses just differ in size lol.
Then got seastar , starfish, starrie, star whatever you call it. Ok la, I knew what to expect, but didnt get to really touch it first hand! Mmm
I realised that I know quite a number of animals already :) Just that I never saw them WITH MY OWN EYES, or rather them alive. Only see them on TV or books.
So I saw an eagle, hornbills, sea dollar, seaweed (LOL), sea fan, mudskipper (ok saw alot of this b4), Fiddler Crab, sea cucumber (I saw before too, but not in the mud), hermit crab... I think these are the main ones. Saw just too many barnacles and mussels, but can eat none oh well :(
Haha, the guide said sea dollar is used as mermaid currency ._.
So ... it was eye opener, for someone cooped up at home.
AND I am not sure if I kena bitten by sand flies. The guide says sand flies bite only itch the NEXT DAY, and its DAMN ITCHY!
Damn, I am scared. Oh noes :( HELPP
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Anyway, was browsing through youtube today, and saw this girl putting makeup to cosplay Lady GaGa. Haha I think she's quite good!
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And this is for fire enthusiasts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niahDgsaaeA (Embing disabled :( )
Had to wake up 5.30am
Which is some unearthly hour that students used to wake up at during school time
So yea, but I was kind of excited, I mean I have heard so much about chek jawa, but didn't have the time (or rather the drive) to visit it mmmm
Changi Point Jetty has been upgraded!
Much to my dismay though :(
I missed the old rickety way of hopping onboard those bum boats, but now we have this super sturdy construction, which totally spoils the fun of threading on water XD
Ok, that aside, Chek Jawa is relatively accessible as I found out.
1 way Boat trip = $2.50
1 Bicycle rent for whole day = $2+
Guided tour for group of 9~12= $50+
So yea, there might be a possibility I will be back there.. this time with a group of friends? :D
Was lucky because it was low tide
Ok la, not say lucky, because according to the teachers, NParks only release a limited number of guided tours per month, to coincide with low tide periods.
And yes, I went with a group of teachers from Xingnan Primary, my mum's school! It was actually a science department outing that resembles some of my own outings - only <1/2 the department turned up. But well, since it is only once in a blue moon where I go to Chek Jawa, so why not. Besides I am adult already right? XD
Ok back to the place itself. Ironically, it ISNT an island, what I previously thought it was. ._. Yea it is just a far end of eastern Pulau Ubin, the opposite of my Sec 3 Pulau Ubin OBS area (which is in the west).
I touched sea anemone (the non-poisonous one DUH). And they DON'T look as cute as the one you see in Finding Nemo (DUH again). They are squishy. Fun to poke XD Ok I wasn't that abusive ok!! Just testing if the anemone is alive or not :) And they "suck" you slightly. Anyway the guide says that the anemone will attempt to fire poison into you, but humans all too thick-skinned, so the poison wont affect us a tad bit :) Haha, and yea it was quite gross, and also cute at the same time, see all the small tentacles pushing "food" into their mouth in the centre, which looks like 1 BIG MOUTH. (ok lame ._.)
Then I also saw the hermit crab personally... mm doesnt look like a hermit to me. But it is really damn shy la, hide in a shell all its life. Imagine living in empty houses - just that all the empty houses just differ in size lol.
Then got seastar , starfish, starrie, star whatever you call it. Ok la, I knew what to expect, but didnt get to really touch it first hand! Mmm
I realised that I know quite a number of animals already :) Just that I never saw them WITH MY OWN EYES, or rather them alive. Only see them on TV or books.
So I saw an eagle, hornbills, sea dollar, seaweed (LOL), sea fan, mudskipper (ok saw alot of this b4), Fiddler Crab, sea cucumber (I saw before too, but not in the mud), hermit crab... I think these are the main ones. Saw just too many barnacles and mussels, but can eat none oh well :(
Haha, the guide said sea dollar is used as mermaid currency ._.
So ... it was eye opener, for someone cooped up at home.
AND I am not sure if I kena bitten by sand flies. The guide says sand flies bite only itch the NEXT DAY, and its DAMN ITCHY!
Damn, I am scared. Oh noes :( HELPP
-------------------------------------------------
Anyway, was browsing through youtube today, and saw this girl putting makeup to cosplay Lady GaGa. Haha I think she's quite good!
----------------------------------
And this is for fire enthusiasts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niahDgsaaeA (Embing disabled :( )
Thursday, June 11, 2009
PES B
Yours truly went for the NS Medical Checkup, and PES B is what I got. If you just want to know the gist, then you may stop here, but if you want to read a (semi) detailed chronological account, then continue!
Basically, the Medical checkup tested me on
1) Urine - lol, (gross stuff ahead) I was thinking of urinating just to get the liquid out of my body =X
2) Blood - :O started chatting with the medical officer to calm my nerves. then he asked, "are you trying to calm me down or calm yourself down" LOL ... oh my. then he told me that he never wished being in NS haha.. I think the chat kind of distracted me - cuz I saw the needle and *gulp*
3) Hearing - One of the most retarded test. Basically they play some UFO music, like those beep and spooky tooo tooo toooo sounds, and you raise your hand the instant you hear them, so basically I looked like mad retard training his arms for 1 minute. And the cabin inside was really soundproof, for a moment I thought I fainted ._. (PES A here)
4) Dental - This station was fastest, because I have braces my teeth configuration is PERFECT! :D .. but she was scanning through my jaw and went " ok, gone, ok, gone" 2 times, and I went o.O (Had to pluck out 4 teeth for my braces treatment lolx) (PES A here
5) Eyesight - My eyesight was, I felt, bad. I thought I could read well with either eye, then when the tested ended, I walked in front towards the chart and went "GG"... but surprisingly, I still got PES A? Maybe commandos are blind after all XD.
6) ECG - Had this metal probes stuck on me... and they were like tiny suckers. But cooling cuz.. they are metal? :D ... but FUNNILY, I was like looking for eugene and gang, and kept twitching, until the fed up personnel told me "Stop moving will you". And I think I got my just desserts - the ECG report came out with me having abnormal ECG. ._. ok to the uninformed, ECG basically measures your heartbeat. So .. mmm ? XD
BUT I STILL GOT PES B ANYWAY!!!
I could have been the elite soldier - but now I am the (normal) soldier of the "downranked" PES B. Ok, you should be infering that PES A is better than PES B, and you are right! But oh well.
Thanks to my dad. He didn't want me to do much training, so he asked me to stress about my flat-footedness, which should qualify me for PES C = slack.
So I told the medical personnel checking me, who diagnosed it as "minor", so not only I didn't get my PES C, I didn't get my PES A! RAWR :(
Oh well. GRAH!
Government, got this willing soul to be PES A amongst the sea of PES A people wanting to be PES C... can change? :P
Basically, the Medical checkup tested me on
1) Urine - lol, (gross stuff ahead) I was thinking of urinating just to get the liquid out of my body =X
2) Blood - :O started chatting with the medical officer to calm my nerves. then he asked, "are you trying to calm me down or calm yourself down" LOL ... oh my. then he told me that he never wished being in NS haha.. I think the chat kind of distracted me - cuz I saw the needle and *gulp*
3) Hearing - One of the most retarded test. Basically they play some UFO music, like those beep and spooky tooo tooo toooo sounds, and you raise your hand the instant you hear them, so basically I looked like mad retard training his arms for 1 minute. And the cabin inside was really soundproof, for a moment I thought I fainted ._. (PES A here)
4) Dental - This station was fastest, because I have braces my teeth configuration is PERFECT! :D .. but she was scanning through my jaw and went " ok, gone, ok, gone" 2 times, and I went o.O (Had to pluck out 4 teeth for my braces treatment lolx) (PES A here
5) Eyesight - My eyesight was, I felt, bad. I thought I could read well with either eye, then when the tested ended, I walked in front towards the chart and went "GG"... but surprisingly, I still got PES A? Maybe commandos are blind after all XD.
6) ECG - Had this metal probes stuck on me... and they were like tiny suckers. But cooling cuz.. they are metal? :D ... but FUNNILY, I was like looking for eugene and gang, and kept twitching, until the fed up personnel told me "Stop moving will you". And I think I got my just desserts - the ECG report came out with me having abnormal ECG. ._. ok to the uninformed, ECG basically measures your heartbeat. So .. mmm ? XD
BUT I STILL GOT PES B ANYWAY!!!
I could have been the elite soldier - but now I am the (normal) soldier of the "downranked" PES B. Ok, you should be infering that PES A is better than PES B, and you are right! But oh well.
Thanks to my dad. He didn't want me to do much training, so he asked me to stress about my flat-footedness, which should qualify me for PES C = slack.
So I told the medical personnel checking me, who diagnosed it as "minor", so not only I didn't get my PES C, I didn't get my PES A! RAWR :(
Oh well. GRAH!
Government, got this willing soul to be PES A amongst the sea of PES A people wanting to be PES C... can change? :P
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Sunburnt impression
my sunburn is still there.... but thankfully it is already subsiding
thanks to my wonderful skin of course! (:
but the more significant fact that it has left a burning impression on me.. literally and figuratively
the sunburn kept reminding me of the happy times I spent the last 2 days (thursday and friday), having great absolute fun with ... my juniors - yes I was from Clementi Primary School.
Had loads, cartons, boxes of fun, dealing with kids at least 6 years younger than me.
You can only marvel at the amount of creativity and spontaneity that these kids have in their blood. The sense of innocence - apart from the vulgarities that possibly taint them - is really a breather from everyday hectic life of being the "mature" being we are supposed to be.
Of course, my group is relatively more tame, and hence less spontaneous than other groups. But none the less, I love the kids very much.
It is really satisfying when the kids keep calling out for you, doing stuff with you. It just shows that they KNOW you, and they include you, and of course they give smiles and waves just so cutely (just like someone).
Even though tiring, it was as though I had gone for a 2 day vacation, time well spent to recharge my energies :)
thanks to my wonderful skin of course! (:
but the more significant fact that it has left a burning impression on me.. literally and figuratively
the sunburn kept reminding me of the happy times I spent the last 2 days (thursday and friday), having great absolute fun with ... my juniors - yes I was from Clementi Primary School.
Had loads, cartons, boxes of fun, dealing with kids at least 6 years younger than me.
You can only marvel at the amount of creativity and spontaneity that these kids have in their blood. The sense of innocence - apart from the vulgarities that possibly taint them - is really a breather from everyday hectic life of being the "mature" being we are supposed to be.
Of course, my group is relatively more tame, and hence less spontaneous than other groups. But none the less, I love the kids very much.
It is really satisfying when the kids keep calling out for you, doing stuff with you. It just shows that they KNOW you, and they include you, and of course they give smiles and waves just so cutely (just like someone).
Even though tiring, it was as though I had gone for a 2 day vacation, time well spent to recharge my energies :)
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Don't wash your dirty linen in public
That cliche phrase that we learnt in primary school can jolly well be a fine example of what Singaporeans love to do - the contrary in fact
With the high-rising flats that we have, the one that helped eliminate the need for squatters and slums, comes the ....
I tell you, to those Singapore-haters and Singapore-disbelievers, that Singapore is seriously one unique society that no other society has ever seen before.
Lo and behold, the city with people who flash their dirty linen (ok more or less washed and clean) in public
We take pride in such things, so much that linen can include literally anything that has linen in it
be it shoes to clothes to lingerie to .... bags and pillow cases
And one walking along the "alleyway" can look up to find a whole lot of creative juices spent
But hey, before you cringe in despair over our lack of ... graciousness and class, we get to save a hell lot of electricity (and money) by using renewable sources of energy.
I think we are just the most classic, efficient and sustainable solution of capturing solar energy - better than those solar farms that span deserts in Texas in the US. mmmm....
So, who says we should not wash dirty linen in public?
We very well do the literal right here in this sunny island.
(In case you are wondering, the above post was inspired as I was going home today. Was thinking of my conversation with weisin about Singapore's unique culture)
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The battle's over.
Maybe it was a battle that was already lost from the start?
I tried I attempted I forgot I died?
Yea. Screwed up, studied the whole lot of notes, and only a few came out. What shit. And those that I specialised on did not appear.
So yea.
Screwed up paper
Screwed up As.
With the high-rising flats that we have, the one that helped eliminate the need for squatters and slums, comes the ....
I tell you, to those Singapore-haters and Singapore-disbelievers, that Singapore is seriously one unique society that no other society has ever seen before.
Lo and behold, the city with people who flash their dirty linen (ok more or less washed and clean) in public
We take pride in such things, so much that linen can include literally anything that has linen in it
be it shoes to clothes to lingerie to .... bags and pillow cases
And one walking along the "alleyway" can look up to find a whole lot of creative juices spent
But hey, before you cringe in despair over our lack of ... graciousness and class, we get to save a hell lot of electricity (and money) by using renewable sources of energy.
I think we are just the most classic, efficient and sustainable solution of capturing solar energy - better than those solar farms that span deserts in Texas in the US. mmmm....
So, who says we should not wash dirty linen in public?
We very well do the literal right here in this sunny island.
(In case you are wondering, the above post was inspired as I was going home today. Was thinking of my conversation with weisin about Singapore's unique culture)
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The battle's over.
Maybe it was a battle that was already lost from the start?
I tried I attempted I forgot I died?
Yea. Screwed up, studied the whole lot of notes, and only a few came out. What shit. And those that I specialised on did not appear.
So yea.
Screwed up paper
Screwed up As.
Tis' de day has come
The time has come...
It is quite early considering taking an A level examination 6 months ahead?
I hope I can pull through this one.
1 week of intense mugging, like never before... I hope ... I really really hope.
I should have listened more during lectures, or participated in tutorials... maybe we were just too complacent and short-termed?
Or maybe I shouldn't have even taken the subject...
*switches on calming music, not songs*
It is quite early considering taking an A level examination 6 months ahead?
I hope I can pull through this one.
1 week of intense mugging, like never before... I hope ... I really really hope.
I should have listened more during lectures, or participated in tutorials... maybe we were just too complacent and short-termed?
Or maybe I shouldn't have even taken the subject...
*switches on calming music, not songs*
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