Ice Cool

Hey everyone! Realised I haven't been contributing actively to the class blog, so let me dedicate my 2nd/3rd post ever on this blog to telling you guys about the Taiwanese guy whos on the immersion programme with me.

He has a really cool name: Ice. One of the first things I said to him was that "oh,你的名子超酷。我朋友也都这样认为。”Hahaha... actually the thing is that "Ice" was his own name. Apparently they had to come up with their own English names for this programme and he decided to call himself "Ice". Other exotic-sounding names in this programme include: Kendall (think Candle) and Only (你就是我的“唯一”).

Today was a really exciting day for me... remember I came to school for LEAPS... but I couldn't concentrate throughout as my mind kept drifting to what would happen in the afternoon when I see him... what would he be like? would our personalities clash? would he be too extroverted for me? or too introverted for me? what should i say to him? where should i bring him? what food does he like?

Oh and the ceremony where we met each other and exchanged gifts was damn nerve-wrecking... its like they call "no. 20 永春高中的甘家豪" and "华侨初级学院的罗凯恒".. and we went on stage to shake hands, hug and exchange presents (in that order), before going down to talk and have tea reception. Oh and the thing was, before the ceremony, the taiwanese were seated at one end of the audi and the Singaporeans were seated at the other end. then someone found out that it was arranged accordingly. ie. if i sit on the 1st row 3rd seat, my buddy would sit on the 1st row 3rd seat on his side as well. So we were all eagerly scanning the audi trying to see who our buddies would be. Then some people waved and etc. Although I knew who he was already I was still damn excited... the same thing happened to a lot of people as well, so there were lots of screw-ups when we went on stage (eg. some forgot to exchange presents, some forgot to bow, some went down the wrong way and so on).

okay i think i'll stop here. going to lau pa sat at 830 tonight to have supper with the rest of the people in this programme. Oh and after that I'm going to bring him to my st john friend's house to stay (my other friend is bringing his buddy too so it shouldnt be too 尴尬吧。。。"

cyA! he'll probably be attending his first lesson on tuesday with us.

And I'll be missing lessons all the way till noon on Monday...

-your assistant assistant CT Rep

revival of class blog

hey nik and kh, thanks for the laughs!

i have seen the powerbook one before i think. very funny indeed. n00b scammer indeed. more details can be seen here: http://www.p-p-p-powerbook.com/

what to talk about? scandals? random stuff? i dunno.

let's have a five word story. ok fine i think this is more suited for the class tagboard. so look there pls (:

rules: pls state your name when continuing the story. pls add '...' to the front and back for easy reading. apologies for the missing '...' for my first 5 words!

Thingy

http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/index.html

Funny prank thingy..

What was Zidane doing?

Just for laughs, taken from a friend's blog.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/13/zidane_headbutt_outrage/

I like the Jap version.

CLASS T DESIGNS!

The class t-shirt designs are ready!

Possible colours:
- Black
by jin_rong

- Navy Blue
by jin_rong

- Red
by jin_rong

- Orange
by jin_rong

- Yellow
by jin_rong

- Pink =P
by jin_rong

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Possible front designs (no versions for the back cos i am lazy):
- small logo
by jin_rong

- lines
by jin_rong

- stripes
by jin_rong

CHOOSE by commenting to this post, or drop me a private message!

If you don't choose, don't blame me if a colour that's totally not your choice is printed!

=D

~~CLASS OUTING~~

WHAT: CLASS OUTING NEXT TUESDAY (4 JULY)

WHERE: EAST COAST PARK

WHEN: 2.30pm onwards

DO WHAT: Bowl/snooker/pool, cycle, eat (in that order)

Meet at Macs (at Marine Cove) at 2.30pm. For those who dunno how to go there, or want to meet up first...i will be at Payar Lebar MRT control station at 2pm (we'll take 76, 135, 853, or 197).

If you cannot come, pls contact me.

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Supermann Lehmann damn pro sia. Heartbreak Argentina. Haiz. Now only got germany and brazil to look forward to.

????why we need superman????

heeey.. main purpose of my post is to refute everyth tat cm says. wahahah..

firstly! YAY!! blocks are OVER!! jane survived! *3 cheers* everyone survived! *3X21 cheers*

obviously blocks hav screwed my mind up irreversibly. so abit mad n hyper now. *delayed reaction*

mrs foo din catch me with my earring! whee.. nevertheless, i shall be guai n remove it by.. nxt nxt wk. cuz nxt wk im not coming to sch!! yay. everyone shud miss me! ^^

shall defend the poor soul. "ppl" din buy their food late. sniff. it was slow in coming. and everyone was evilly tryin to make "ppl" swallow hot n spicy food fast. which is extremely.. cruel! made "ppl" shed tears *sniff* poor thing. hmph. *predicts a sore throat* u all shud go reflect and repent..

after movie we walked ard in circles (big ones) ard orchard. quite stupid. we had no plans so walked extra extra distances. kept bumping into random ppl. unexpected! at the end of the day, everyone went broke. o.O y we exchanged money for paper we duno. x.X n i happen to lose ALL the receipts im supposed to claim money fr class fund. argh.. btw, "they" who erased stuff and wrote again did the perfect thing! or else.. ahem. it'd be.. quite disastrous. hurray for the "they"! ^^ and highly efficient someone managed to scan + send neops to everyone as soon as she got hm. so hurray for her too! ^^

and latest announcement : may be an outing on monday! location, time, activity unconfirmed. ^^ cya'll!

p.s. time to revamp my blog. do not visit site under construction. ^^

WHY WE NEED SUPERMAN

Hello everyone:) It's been soo long since i last posted haha..so i shall now do my part to revive the class blog (unlike jane..who is being very very lazy). Firstly today is a gd day cos blocks are over (for our class at least). haha yep its quite an important event so i must say again. TODAY IS A GD DAY COS BLOCKS ARE OVER (FOR OUR CLASS AT LEAST). hurray!:D

Anyway in the morning it was so fun studying bio..haha cos half the time i was playing..oops. And i think kat was going a bit mad too;) haha ok i resolve to study quietly and not disturb others so much next time. Oh then halfway through doing bio paper, mrs foo tapped me on my shoulder and kindly reminded me that next week onwards she'd better see NO MORE THAN ONE EARSTUD PER EAR. whoa so scary, she made me lose my train of thought for a few secs haha. Anyway that was quite random.

Oh AFTER bio half the class went for lunch and movie. Tsk ppl who cannot eat fast shouldnt buy their food so late=D Oh and I successfully safeguarded the 11 tickets..unlike soon huat who was quite incompetent=p haha ok i think this is a gd achievement. Yup so then we went to watch SUPERMAN RETURNS! Superman is so shuai la haha.. so now I finally think Wailumn has good taste. The movie's nice la, even with Nik the skeptic giving a running commentary throughout the whole show hahaha. Hmm did I mention that Superman is shuai. haha. Oh and the little boy's so cute, but of course the person beside me was being skeptical as usual and trying to ruin my impression of him. but happily i was not swayed=D

Later the guys went home and the girls went SHOPPING=D omgosh so fun even though we didn't get much. But we got someone's nice present!:) Oh and wailumn wanted to take neoprints so we went to go and take neoprints. and during the deco part not only did everyone keep putting funny things like popcorn and little animals around my face, they erased all the stuff i wrote on the neos. which personally i think was quite nice haha. then they went to rewrite the exact same thing NICELY, according to them. like there's a difference..haha..

Yup so today was a FUN DAY and everyone should go watch SUPERMAN!!=D

Superman Returns

Therefore our blog is now alive again! (er...haha) Anyway, hooray tt block tests are OVER! Woohoo! ^^

Watched Superman Returns with 10 other ppl. Then went shopping with wai lumn, jane, cm and jaime. First, we, urm, shopped for some clothes while searching for a present. Next, we spent a very long time taking and designing neoprints, 2/3 of which are dedicated to Superman for his contributions to mankind!!! :) Finally, we thought of exactly what present to buy and proceeded to get it. I think it is a very good present and she will like it alot! :p

k, gtg do nothing (o yay!)
bb!

misc II

Yong Zi the expert coroner!

Anyway as for the Class T... The basic design of the back is more or less settled already lah. Just need some design on the front + colour scheme.

And England won't get to the World Cup Final. Brazil and Argentina ftw!

Diana Returns!

I suggest we watch Superman Returns on Friday 1st July.
Then we crash some people's house.

Brazil will win the World Cup!

Blog pronounced dead 3.46pm 19th June 2006. There are maggot larvae on the corpse already, indicating the death was more than a week ago.

Yong Zi

misc

Imagine you are in a jungle.

As you look above, you see a canopy of green, with the occasional sunbeam from the afternoon sun.

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Look.
All you see is trees and fallen leaves.
Look closer.
And moss.
Listen.
A solitary cricket is hidden somewhere, making a din.
Listen again.
A mosquito hovers around you, waiting to feast.

Really irritated now, you swat it.
And you killed it. Or rather, you pulverized it.
Now, you can breathe.
Don't breathe - you see a corpse straight ahead!
Omg, you curse under your breath.
Meanwhile, as you approach it, you realise that it is...
!!!

Holy shit, you proclaim:
A BARELY-BREATHING BLOG, STRUGGLING TO STAY ALIVE.
Helplessly, you attempted to console it.
And it simply let off a massive fartulation and died.

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Now spend a minute thinking over the previous few paragraphs.

Spend another minute feeling frustrated.

Read the 1st letter of each line in the paragraph.

And waste 1 minute pummeling JR for wasting 4 minutes of your time.

Now you've wasted 5! Haha.

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Ok that was totally stupid. But this blog is kinda dead.

BTW, Diana is coming back to Sg from 24 Jun to 1 Jul (or somewhere around there). Mebbe we have a class outing immediately after blocks with her?

And I shall design the class T after Blocks.

Study hard for BTs! Must pwn.

But before tt, there's England vs Trinidad & Tobago at 12mn. Must watch.

Camp

Foreword: It has been a bit more then two weeks and I have some free time.. and there hasn't been anything on the camp yet. So uhm. Yeah.

Disclaimer: The following is an entirely fictitious story, based on untrue events, which definitely did not happen from the 27th to 29th of May, 2006. Characters are wholly imaginary, and their exploits are exaggerated. This is in no way an attempt at satire, and neither are any comments made thus far sarcastic. Any correlation with persons living or dead are entirely coincidental. If striking resemblances are found, feel free to voice your opinion by emailing this address: The author Rest assured your grievances will be attended to with utmost haste and resolving the problem will be the top priority over anything else. In fact, the author has already expressed a method he assures will work extremely effectively. It involves a mallet.

The Happy Camp
It was bright and sunny morning as Salkin rose from his bed at a godly time, 7am. Indeed, the sun was shining merrily and the birds were chirping already, for it was quite late in the day already, and everyone was already up. And the reason for Salkin's late rising was due to the fact that he was going on a camp today, and was expected in school no earlier then 8:40! Perhaps if he had been expected at 6:40 he wouldn't have wasted so much time in bed, like the other lucky souls who probably woke at 5. Salkin envied them. But his moment of jealousy was soon gone, because he knew that he was soon to go on a camp, and be separated from home with it's nice bed and fluffy cushions and warm blankets, (which are oh so horrible), and be rid of his computer with the boring lousy games for an entire 3 days! Ahh, the joy of camping. To sleep on hard ground in cold tents with monster insects, what more could one man ask for? Bounding about in excitement he wolfed down breakfast and got ready to leave. With no tinge of regret or sadness did he depart his home, and headed for school.

Upon reaching there, he was just on time, yet he found no one. Of course, that wasn't the fault of the organisers, it must have been the bad impression students had left on them, and they expected the students to be late. Such efficiency wondered Salkin in wonderment, to plan for this in advance. Soon he came across a teacher, who looked as though she knew exactly where she was and what she was to be doing. And with all confidence she passed Salkin the name sheet to mark attendance. What a great honor to be bestowed upon humble Salkin, who felt the enormity of responsibility that he was entrusted with. And with all due haste he marked the attendance of those present. It was a 100% attendance, and all those without excuses were present. Undoubtedly they were just as excited as him. As he glanced at those unable to come, he felt a pinch of pity, poor people, they would be missing this wonderful camp.

Soon after, taking a mere half hour, they departed and left for Pulau Ubin, the campsite, switching from bus to ferry along the way. When they first arrived, they saw a resort, and for a moment Salkin thought they might be sleeping there instead of camps. Imagine the horror and shock that shattered his poor mind, and his expectations were destroyed as they might be given BEDS instead of tents. Luckily, this was not to be, and they were led away from the resorts. Everyone gaped in awe at the humongous campsite that they were presented with, complete with a fake ocean. After a short safety briefing that was really important, telling everyone important information, such as no smoking (wow, it was something that never occurred to Salkin, and there was a very good chance that he might have gone smoking!) People were given tents to set up. They were in excellent condition, just a little worn from usage, such as bags being ripped, parts like the tent sheet missing, holders missing, bent rods, old rubber, but otherwise in perfect pristine condition! Salkin and his group were lucky, because the tent they were given didn't have the sheet which would be covering the tent and block the rain etc. Instead, they were given another entirely new tent to set up instead of taking the sheet from another tent set. Wow, what nice instructors, to give them this additional practice. These tents were capable of holding 6 people (provided they slept rolled into balls of course), but the kind instructors let us stay in groups of 4, with our bags. How nice.

After setting up our tents, Salkin had lunch. Boxed lunch, probably imported from some god-blessed place, consisting of white rice, vegetables and unidentifiable meat. It tasted absolutely heavenly, and had great nutritional value, such as all the starch from the white rice, msg, coloring, and flavoring from the meat, and the fibre from the boiled vegetables. Not to mention they were given an option to have seconds, no doubt a result of brilliant foresight and planning on their part, having enough for everyone to have two servings and then some.

After which, Salkin and his friends were given the task to climb some strange pyramidal structure. In fact, it was the only kind in the world, something they must have been very proud of since they told everyone 7 times. He would never get a chance to climb something so utterly unique anywhere else. After they collected a safety harness and a helmet, being broken into little groups to go pick them off the ground because otherwise it might have gotten messy. Such foresight and efficiency. They were then asked to leave the water bottles in the shade (no doubt to ensure it didn't heat up a lot, or the plastic might have melted), then had a safety briefing in the sun.
It took the instructors a mere 15 minutes to teach everyone how to put on their helmets, and another 15 to put on their safety harnesses. Then they waited around in the sun as they prepared various things, stuff which couldn't possibly have been done earlier. After everything was ready, the first group went up, and took only about half an hour for them to climb up a ladder and clip themselves to the safety ropes and things. It was really fast. After all, safety was paramount, and that's why they were attached to a safety line to climb up a ladder, then put on an intermediate safety line, removed the first safety line, put on the other safety line, and removed the intermediate safety line. Each time the instructor was expected to check that the clip was screwed tightly, letting the student first check the clip himself, then let the instructor double check. Finally when he was attached safely, the next student could go. By the time it came to Salkin's group, only about an hour had passed. When they all were safely attached, they were all hyper and excited to attempt the first obstacle. They displayed excellent teamwork, (after all, that was the objective of the game,) and cleared the obstacle in about 45 seconds. Then they went and started attaching themselves to the various safety lines and removing the previous ones, so that they might be able to do the second obstacle. However, as they were doing so, it started raining, and they did everything in reverse and went back down. What a bummer.

But no fear, after everyone was soaked thoroughly by the rain, they were moved into the air-conditioned room, which all nice and cooling after the strenuous work. And all the instructors had a great wet-weather plan all ready, with their brilliant foresight. It involved shouting random words such as 'oi', 'oiii', 'oiiioi', and 'oioioi'. Salkin and his friends were then expected to shout back the same thing. It was extremely difficult and taxing, probably one of the reasons why Salkin was unable to do so and spent quite a bit of time being quiet and looking highly perplexed. (Yes, perplexed. He wasn't glaring or muttering darkly to himself.) More fun followed including things such as learning how to clap. And how to count the number of claps one gave. It was all really difficult, and poor Salkin couldn't keep up, and went to sleep after a while.

After the rain stopped, they went back to the pyramid structure and started the process of going back up. This time it didn't rain, and they completed the various obstacles uneventfully.
Overall the whole thing was extremely difficult and taxing, and after the various ordeals Salkin now knew much more about working together as a team, and all the various team skills that they were supposed to learn, after all, with an utterly unique design like that, and being made to move together in a group, it was the epitome of team building, was it not?

After the pyramid thingy, everyone went for dinner. It was out doors cooking, and they were provided with carrots, onions, potatos, and sausages. Aluminium foil, salt and pepper were also provided. They were told to dump everything in aluminium foil and throw it onto the fire for 15 minutes. Then turn it over for another 15 minutes. They were given 30 minutes to prepare food, cook, and eat. More then sufficient time.

Salkin was sad that he had carried along his own food, extra weight which he wouldn't be bothering to eat because the food would undoubtedly be enough to fill his hunger.

After dinner they went and played more complex brain taxing games, which mostly involved random noise and shouting. It encouraged alot of team skills and leadership abilities, and the competition to be the noisiest was really intense as everyone fought with their utmost ability to shout the loudest in the small confined room.

Finishing up, and exhausted from all the teambuilding, they went to sleep in their tents. It was really cool in the tent, with the confined air and lack of wind. They didn't bother to play any card games, and went to bed and slept well on the comfortable concrete ground on the little pebbles that littered the campsite. Neither were they annoyed by the insects and mosquitoes when they opened the tent flap for air.



Meh, this is taking quite some time. I'll leave it at there for now
~nik

Shanghai OCIP

well, well, it's quite true actually, we had the weekend off for shopping, plus daily free-time to do even more shopping. plus the teachers didn't really enforce the lights-out rule and most of us gathered in room 704 (the coolest room in terms of air-con) to play bridge, eat snacks, and simply have a friendly chat. there were scandals, yes, and in due time i will post some photos which will speak for themselves ^_'

some of us got really close (in terms of friendship) and we're gonna hang out this coming tuesday...too bad shirli couldn't come else i think she would be glad to meet this group of really nice people...plus i realised that chia ming and jaime knew one of them (jia lin anyone?) on a previous trip to shanghai in sec 3...hmm

oh well i guess that's all...i haven't even blogged on my own blog abt the trip...so there...read up for more updates =P

finally, thank you mr lee for treating us (the 13 of us who tagged along with the teachers) to dim sum on the last day =D

quote of the day:
US: "Who do you think is the cutest chem tutor in sch?"
Mr Lee: "Irrelevant...Change topic"

PS chou dou fu is rather horrible

Randomness

:) hello sorry i havent been blogging so long!~
it completely slipped my mind to do GP essay until kh reminded today (thanks v much) but i am under imminent threat of getting 0/50 (please no) so am praying real hard.

anyway: JR and Jaime happy bday! happy happy 17th! sorry i couldnt go for the movie i sprained my ankle again on the second night of drama performance :P shit right. now i really cannot do NAPFA le. basket. but hey u guys should really have come for drama! it rocked! ask Magee (Andrew) and Aaron and Alvin and Kai Herng :) it was magical lol.

yay my sabbats--salsa fever dance camp. it was real real real fun! hahahha at first we just learnt the basic steps which was shuffling back and forth in 3 counts each (kinda hard to explain here) then we learnt a lot of other cute basic movements to go along with the basic steps. my sabbat group was full of girls with only 3 guys but it was still great fun cos we ended up pretending to be guys for partnerwork anyway. the instructor was a nice fellow, really, v patient and humorous. plus the great thing is that even when we're taking breaks, we're not exactly slacking cos he plays relevant videos and we watch them diligently. the studio is in this chinatown shophouse and they're very nicely decorated and stuff lol. they all had poles in the studio itself (i guess cos they sort of specialise in pole dancing lol) and it was seriously a fab experience. no irritating pple around and everybody was dead nice and we had air-con all day, which is always a plus.

i heard the shanghai pple did more shopping than CIP lol jking jking. but i bet it was fun though? how was it ben? i heard it was fab. thailand ocip pple were v happy too.

happy seventeenth

yeah! i am back after a 1 month hiatus!

thanks to those who wished me a happy bdae...belated or otherwise.

thanks for the shoe bag

thanks kat for treating me to x-men =)

thanks for making my bday perfect!

^^

helo peeps! urgent update.. actually nt very urgent. anw, shirli n i went to buy a card n a present for mrs foo today after sabbaticals (which was quite fun/disastrous. wahaha.. sucked crabs out from container (by accident) which er.. almost died if the person din save it. and the person was quite nice abt it.. "must put back ok?" lol! and we escaped being mascots!! (when we were supposed to be. haha.. smart wailumn.) so it wasn't too bad ^^ shirli promises to update more in detail. heh.)

oh. so much for sidetracking. anw, i went to measure the card (28cm X 19cm) and did some "manipulation of data" (area:546cm2) and more (area per person: 24.8181818..cm2) thus, go prepare some er.. note of thanks, etc. to write tmr. cuz it'll be quite rushed. -.- 24.8cm2.. quite alot of space, depending on ur writing. ok. that's about it.

as for the present, eh.. it's some black, non-glossy hp chain with 4leafclover thingee and has 4 letters on it (wahaha.. cost-saving. oopz. x.x) "7D <3 U". yupz.

ok. that's all. good luck to all for bio spa tmr!! and to the 3 ppl who will know guitar exco results tmr as well. ^^

7D all da way!~

Filler #2

2 weeks have passed and there are about 2 more posts made. I wonder what happened to all those people who agreed to post weekly/whatever on the egroups? Anyway, I'll be sticking to my word and making these random fillers every fortnight.

I should make a standard disclaimer if this style of fillers becomes a habit. Disclaimer: The following insights are entirely fictional and have no relationship with any persona's living or otherwise, be it undead, dead, or dead-undead. If the following account seems to be similar to anyone you know, please tell them to go for a makeover so as to ensure prevention of a lawsuit.
By reading on, you agree to agree to this disclaimer even if it is entirely irrelevant. You also agree to give the author 50 million dollars, as well as pledge your first born to him.

So after the nice disclaimer, I lost my steam and realised that there was in fact, nothing interesting to write about. So I asked others brilliant philosophical questions so as to be able to discern the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. By analyzing their answers, I was able to attain enlightenment. Do note, this is not anything a mere amateur is capable of. It takes years of practice and confinement to desolate mountain caves with caveman drawings and convenient lost ancient scrolls. A transcript of the amazing debate is as follows:

«nik» Must mug! says:
say something random
cm says:
something random..

Truly amazing. From this I managed to infer that the purpose of the human race is in fact, to serve and obey a single uber-mensch. The response time took about 1.37 seconds, an interesting number, because it's actually the floor of the square root of 2 minus sin 2.5. This amazing number too reflects another aspect of human life, which is inaccuracy. Regardless, I pondered this strange revelation that was given to me by divine insight, when I realised, that there had been no divine insight! The lack of divine insight however contradicted the initial thesis that humans were meant to serve. It was a complex and extremely deep thought, which I pondered for another 6 seconds. Perhaps, there was another meaning to it after all. Knowing that the subconscious mind actually contained the answer hidden within the matrix of the mind, I ingeniously used a method that would show me the answer once and for all. I flipped a coin. But not just any mere coin, this coin was superior to all other coins, because this coin was made of special material, a material which was not found on earth, nor was it found on jupiter. A smart human would immediately guess it was from neptune, but this is where the catch lies. It didn't come from neptune! Instead, it was an imaginary coin. I picked it up with my imaginary psychic powers in my imaginary hand, and flipped it into the imaginary air with my imaginary thumb, and watched it fly using imaginary photons caught by imaginary eyes and transmitted to the imaginary brain via imaginary optical nerves. Truly, by over utilizing my imagination, I would unleash the unerring accuracy of the subconscious and force it to answer my every question with answers that only my subconscious knew. Watching the coin flip as imaginary time passed, it finally landed. And in it's landing, i knew the answer was true. For it was suddenly so obvious, that I laughed at myself for not seeing it earlier. The coin had flipped through the air whirring and glinting under imaginary lights, before finally coming down. It's landing cannot be easily guessed by any mere amateur. I know what you're thinking, "Hah, I bet it lands edge!" But no, it didn't land edge. It didn't land heads. So what did it land on? Tails!
..
..
No, just kidding. An imaginary eagle flew from the sky and grabbed it. I chased the imaginary eagles for two imaginary seconds before the eagle dropped it. Into a bottomless pit. I pondered this for a while. Perhaps, just perhaps, there was no purpose in human life. Like the endlessly flipping coin in the bottomless pit, we would never know heads nor tails, or even edge. It would be one side for a mere instant, and in that instant our answer is certain, but in the next instant the answer may change again, and our fate and purpose may change freely along the flow of time. It was an interesting concept, and I spent time meditating. After the seeming aeons of meditation, I came upon the truth, which I knew would be true. It made absolute sense, and had such earth-shattering philosophical implications I knew would change the fate of the earth forever. It was: .. wait for it.. Humans were meant to serve me! It was consistent with all other observations, and it made a good conclusion. The sheer brilliance of my mind amazed myself, but I knew that people would not be so easily convinced, and therefore, replicates were necessary. Hence, checking the time I knew I had enough time for a repeat experiment, and promptly carried it out:

«nik» Must mug! says:
say something random
jaime/life on replay says:
er chocolates

Other variables which might have interfered in the experiment such as nickname, personal message, message, font size, font color, font type, temperature, pressure, country, were kept constant to ensure accuracy.

The trend seemed to hold. My will was carried out and my request was carried out. I hastily logged it in my chat log, and formed a table to present my answer in the best possible manner. Then it struck me, I still needed another replicate for the triplicate rule! But it was nearing 12am, and time was running out. Although my ingenious calculations indicated it would take a possible 30 seconds for another result to be recorded, I dared not to risk it, considering there were only 10 minutes left and I might mess up and drag for 11 minutes. However, the reader need not know this, despite the fact that I am telling him/her that right now...

*cough* Anyway, I carried out another replicate:

«nik» Must mug! says:
say something random
Totally real and non-imaginary person says:
Of course allmighty one, your wish is your command!
Totally real and non-imaginary person says:
I will say something random, if it may please thee. Behold
Totally real and non-imaginary person says:
AoPkL3»n╪

And there we have it. My thesis held true, and the purpose of human existence was proven with tried and tested scientific methodology. I hastily wrote out my statements of trend and conclusion:

Statement of trend: Purplish with neon green stripes

3 replicates were carried out, and because they were consistent to +- 3 philosphical monkeys, they became accurate and reflected the population's subconscious and group identity. No further replicates were carried out.

Conclusion:
As the length of the sentence does not change, the type of answer will not change. Therefore, we can infer that humans use proteins as the hereditary material and that they will learn to think and make conclusive conclusions within the next 1000 years. QED, WWWWW, kthnxbai

And with that, I promptly published my findings in the well-known philosophical journal "Of Smart, intellectual, xenophobic savants seemingly evil/viceless, save electric ninja Dogs", and began preparing my speech for the nobel prize i knew i would be nominated for soon.

Your purpose in life
~nik

Class Tee!

Latest update from teh designer.

I think the general concensus is we will continue with the periodic table idea, which will appear on the back of the tee, with the title "The Chemistry of 06S7D" above it and then every person's element above the title.

But now we need ideas for the following:
1. Numbers to put in (of each element)
2. Design on front of tee - preferably a simple "cool pic"?

Please contribute your ideas! =D Hopefully we'll get it done during this hols.

EDIT: Need ideas for colour of tee, too :)

sabbaticals blog submission

hey 7d, remember the competition for the sabbats wk in which we can submit entries (blog, etc.) on our experiences, etc during the various courses? y not let's submit an entry as a class? sb can coordinate this..and i will have internet access in shanghai (i think)
so basically it will be something like one person from each course can post an entry regarding the events of the day for that course...not sure about the details -.-

message from jin rui

hey my Apollo juniors! my time as your fac head is ending soon le. im v happy that u guys have been really enthusiastic and passionate for apollo. i thank u guys for your support for me since the beginning of the yr and also for the wonderful experience that u've given me. i will be stepping down in like 2 weeks time, and you'll have your new fac heads! i hope u guys will support them the way u've supported me and work with them to make apollo the champion for this yr k! me have one last lap to go with u guys: the inter-fac cheering on thurs! i hope that all of you will come down to support Apollo and to cheer for our faculty and our runners. not only cheer, but cheer out your lungs! together with every one of you, your new fac heads and me (=p), we will show the other facs the power of Apollo and make Apollo beyond godlike!

Filler

Since I have nothing else to do, and since the class blog is desperately crying out for new posts and stuff, I will therefore spend some time typing a meaningless filler. Woohoo. So, if you have any pressing issues, and you don't have all that much free time, or you simply can't stand mindless blabber, don't bother reading on.

Disclaimer: Any loss of IQ or EQ or AnyQ from reading the following text is in no way the fault of the author, and is entirely your fault. You have the right to close this window. You have the right to keep quiet. Any complaints can and will not be acknowledged. Flying ninjas will not ambush you for reading this. Death to frostbite is however, possible, if however improbable.

Assuming you have read the above disclaimer, I will now proceed to continue on to the filler, of which I will attempt to talk about as little as possible and fill up with as much smoke as possible. It is a good practice which should be encouraged as much as possible, because chain-smoking will allow one to fill up pesky GP essays, and generate mindless blabber at will. It is one of the greatest arts that academics have spent eons to refine and master, and is the mark of a refined society and a cultured scholar. It forms the fundamentals of literature, art appreciation, civilized conversation and almost anything you can think of. Indeed, for are not literary works based upon fictatious events created by the mind which seem to talk about alot (whole books even!) when actually they mean very little? Is art not a bunch of doodles which is given meaning by the artist through smoking? Smoking refers to the a skill where a person is capable of generating large amounts of text, speech or other mediums in which homo sapiens are capable of transmitting ideas to each other. Ideal smoke should appear to contain alot of information, packaged excessively with terms that will befuddle other homo sapiens to some extent, causing them to think that the said smoke is in fact highly informational and extremely intelligent. If packaged enough, said recipients of smoke will be unable to discern smoke from intelligent communication even with analysis. High-quality smoke should be powerful enough to even convince the said individual that the smoke is highly philosophical, and even be convinced enough to adopt the said viewpoint of the smoke as his own. It is this epitome of smoking that all individuals aspire to, because once one is capable of producing such brilliant smoke, it is no longer considered smoke, and transcends the mortal realms into the realm of philosophy.

Good smoke must have a type of flow, and with experience, it allows one for continuous writing once the generation of smoke has started. Like real smoke, it's indiscernable individually, but as a whole, it looks impressive. It should waft and waver as text, apparently holding a multitude of ideas but impossible to grasp. It should dissipate across a multitude of subjects and touch on as many subjects as possible. If the spread of information is great enough, it will seem like a great deal, because it works like volume. Breadth multiplied by depth. If you are broad enough, you don't need any depth. The trick to having good smoke is always having a backup plan. If you run out of things to say on a certain subject matter, just switch topics as smoothly as possible, and no one might even notice that you did. That is the essence of smoke, large quantities as fast as possible and with no pauses. Conversations are quickly started and dragged, and effective smokers can confuse and confuddle their listeners with smoke, even wrapping them around their fingers as they hang onto every word the smoker is giving, while still attempting to comprehend the previous. It is a continuous cycle, that once entered, the listener is completely ensnared within the smoky grip of the smoker, because no time is given for him to attempt to process the smoke intelligently, while being bombarded with complex terminology and excessively bombastic words. Adjectives and other redundant words should and will be used freely in great abundance, as they buy time allowing the intelligent smoker to drag and stall time, covering his tracks and giving ample time for him to plan and execute his next stage. Brilliant smokers should never be in the here and now, they should be ahead, in the future, already contemplating their next point and terminology they might consider using. Bombastic words are buffers, insurance if the flow ever lapses and give him something to fall back on. Even when he has nothing to say, flowery language can be used generously to fill the blanks, because flowery language is exactly that, a filler, designed to impress, while not meaning anything much.

That however, does not mean that the smoker should base his entire argument on nothing whatsoever. Once again, like smoke, a form of fuel is needed. It can however, be expanded to much more then it's original size, like a piece of wet wood, it will smoke and billow for aeons while the original piece is much smaller then what it generates. The ideal smoker should have small points peppered throughout the smoke, to keep the reader interested and ensure that the smoke is not easily seen through. While it is obviously more effective if the whole thing comprised of no smoke, smoke serves as the medium to buff up points, and to fill space when all else fails. In the process of smoking, it is even possible to chance upon other random points, such as a smoking piece of wood might catch something else on fire. In theory, this smoke-fuel should also be not commonly known. It should be abstract, allowing for the said smoker to be capable of defending his view point regardless of how it is assaulted, because a fort of smoke is invulnerable, impossible to pin down, and impervious to any attacks. It can be manipulated later on as the author's viewpoint changes, it can cover loopholes in arguments, and it can be argued in many ways. Ultimately, it can even destroy an opponents argument by switching one's own point of view, and arguing that the attacker is in fact arguing against a point of view highly similar to his own. Such defences are effective, as they work like the emperor's new clothes effect, where the attacker will eventually be unwilling to surrender to an opponents absurd and confusing arguments, afraid that it might mean that he is unable to comprehend his opponent's language and argument, and afraid to give any new points for fear of them being warped against oneself. Hence it is imperative to ensure that smoke is bulked up as much as possible, for the longer the text the harder it is to find specific points to rebut and to attack, and the easier it is to counter another's comments. Convincing smoke will even confuse the opponent to the point where he or she believes that the smoker is in fact smarter then oneself, and afraid that a continuation in the argument will eventually lead to their own downfall. They will therefore seek to reach a mutual agreement; a compromise where they can back off. When the smoker senses the opponent is reaching this stage, it presents two options. The first, is to accept the compromise, and shift it in one's own favor, which should be done if you sense that the opponent is nearly onto your smoke's loopholes and inherent flaws that are unavoidable with the generation of smoke, or secondly, to continue the argument, refusing to give in until the opponent is totally annihilated and destroyed in a bombardment of logical fallacies and relentless theories and opinions. This can be done, because an opponent at this stage is generally already in a state of semi-awe and fear, and will no longer question your assumptions with as much vigor as the initial stages, and logical fallacies and conclusion jumping is in fact tolerated and encouraged, and if ever questioned, easily claimed to have been argued earlier and insult the opposition's memory and comprehension abilities.

These are just some of the basic fundamentals and tricks to smoking, and they are, as mentioned earlier, a deadly effective tool of humanity in arguing, for it is not everyone who is blessed with smoke detectors, nor are many people confident enough to stand firm in the barrage of irrelevant arguments and random digressions alongside thinly veiled implied questions, which, if one has the intellectual fortitude, is easily able to brush aside to assault the seed of smoke, whereas weaker ones, those who are afraid or not confident, will spend their time fighting the uncountable demons and monstrous legions of invulnerable logic that are contraptions of one's own imagination and comprehension. The author never actually reveals his own opinions explicitly, he merely hides it in the clouds of smoke and fog of logic, leaving others to interpret it as they wish, and to argue concepts which they have dreamed up themself. And it is precisely because these logical arguments are figments of their own imagination, they will find them ever more convincing then an opinion that you actually made yourself.

And now it is 11:15 pm, and a lengthy filler has been completed. I hope your brains are not leaking out of your nostrils yet, nor nails hammered into into thy ears in frustration. Good bye, adieu, auf wieder sehen and good night.

~nik

Just for Laughs

IN PRISON...you spend the majority of your time in an 8X10 cell.
AT WORK... you spend the majority of your time in a 6X8 cubicle.

IN PRISON...you get three meals a day.
AT WORK...you only get a break for one meal and you pay for it.

IN PRISON...you get time off for good behavior.
AT WORK...you get more work for good behavior.

IN PRISON...the guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you.
AT WORK...you must carry around a security card and open all the doors for yourself.

IN PRISON...you can watch TV and play games.
AT WORK...you get fired for watching TV and playing games.

IN PRISON...you get your own toilet.
AT WORK...you have to share with some idiot who pees on the seat.

IN PRISON...they allow your family and friends to visit.
AT WORK...you can't even speak to your family.

IN PRISON...all expenses are paid by the taxpayers with no work required.
AT WORK...you get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners.

IN PRISON...you spend most of your life inside bars wanting to get out.
AT WORK...you spend most of your time wanting to get out and go inside bars.

IN PRISON...you must deal with sadistic wardens.
AT WORK...they are called managers.

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BTW, is anyone willing to design a class T-shirt? 1/6th of our time in JC is gone...and we don't have a class shirt!! Let's aim to get it done by end of Week 10. I remember Aaron saying that he can help :P

Eight Qualities Thing

For 4 months I was happily thinking that I was added to this blog, just to find out that I attempted to add myself twice, but was never sucessful. >.< Nevermind! Yay! I'm here now, to do the 8 qualities thing.

1. Someone who will always be there for me ^^
*cough* I suppose i'm not exactly the most secure/optimistic person on earth so I'll need someone to be my pillar of support? And my source of comfort? ^^" So that I know that no matter how bad things get, I'll always have someone to turn to, someone to lean on.

2. Commited
Well, if we decide to be in a relationship, then a certain amount of commitment and sincerity should be present right? Not asking for 24 hours of attention but if he spends all day/week/month long watching soccer/playing games or chasing after other girls then there isn't any point being together is there? ^^"

3. Driven
Someone who is motivated to achieve his goals in life, and passionate about something (more substantial and realistic). Even though a slacker may seem very laidback and fun at first, i think it gets very frustrating after a while if a guy lives a day at a time without goals.

4. Has a sense of humour
Someone who can make me laugh/laugh with me. If not life would be so mundane.

5. Optimist
To balance out the pessimistic side of me? So in seemingly bad situations we'll pull through by infecting me with his cheerfulness ^^"

6. Straightforward
To the point, but tactful. Imagine a guy who beats around the bush all the time, and you have no idea what he's trying to say and you ahve to read between the lines all the time. It's tiring and irritating. Sure, it may be cute at first (blushing cute nerdy guys!) *cough* but not for extended periods of time thank you.

7. Sweet
Just doing small little things to show that he cares. (sorry, i'm a die-hard romantic at heart)

8. Someone I feel at ease with
We'll just be comfortable and ourselves with each other ^^.

Yay. Of course if that guy is rich, tall, handsome, young that'll be a plus XD.
I agree, this isn't a checklist. I'll probably know love when i see/feel it? Love is blind, maybe in the end i'll end up with someone totally opposite of all of these. ^^"
And this ends my first post on class blog! Yay, now people can't accuse me of being inactive and contributing to the death of the class blog. ^^

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Chemistry ilp!

1. People used to believe that dressing their male children as chemistry ilp would protect them from evil spirits.
2. Finding chemistry ilp on Christmas morning is believed to bring good luck!
3. Grapes explode if you put them inside chemistry ilp.
4. Devoid of its cells and proteins, chemistry ilp has the same chemical makeup as sea water.
5. Chemistry ilp never said 'Play it again, Sam'!
6. Chemistry ilpicide is the killing of chemistry ilp!
7. Without chemistry ilp, we would have to pollinate apple trees by hand.
8. The water in oceans is four times less salty than the water in chemistry ilp!
9. Chemistry ilp can sleep for three and a half years.
10. Never store chemistry ilp at room temperature.

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anyway anyone's read colinandkero.blogspot.com?

hey pple

hello hello hello

first and foremost, cheers are in order

a) because rudy lee has postponed the ILP due dates so hip hip hooray for that :)

b) for Chern Wei. hahaha yay 7D owns we have a vice pres :) dont be disappointed i think now every cloud has a silver lining. i guess some things were not meant to be and maybe things will turn out for the better yarh...

i think the 8 qualities thing is dead funny and cute lol its v. fun reading what our classmates want in their future partners...haha i guess in a way it sort of reflects their personality as well right? What we want very much hints at our own character and some times when we think we're examining others, we're sorta thrusting ourselves out to be examined too. ok nvm im starting to make us sound like onion cells under a light microscope. something to think abt though...i mean all these lists...haha someday when we find someone i think it's v doubtful that they'll fulfill all the criteria listed. and i dont think we're exactly going to be ticking a checklist and sorting out people into 'accepted' and 'rejected' piles (the prospect is rather fetching lol) for all we know the person could turn out to be completely and utterly different from whatever we wanted/expected, like a complete antithesis of sorts, but yet when you click you just click i guess.

for other things you can aim for what you want, and if you think it's not enough, you can go hey, dont settle for it. (ya wen has brainwashed me lol) but i guess with people it's different. Even with friends or family, we dont consciously think, hey this guy isn't stimulating my mind with intellectual conversation that intensifies my neuron connections so therefore he's immediately off my list as an acceptable friend/family member. same with partners i suppose. haha of course there are some things everybody knows they will never be able to accept in some pple (i quote: "*mad laughter* level 2 in skill B! you suck! *mad laughter*" or something of a similar nature lol) you get what you get and i guess if that person happens to click and you can accept that he/she is lacking in some ways and more than makes up for it in others, and you adore the person for it anyway without complaint, i guess thats the beauty of human relationships:) any thoughts on the subject?

anyway, going out on saturday night? celebrate ben's birthday and chern wei's appointment :) will confirm again.

8 qualities

Hmm got tagged by kai herng. and since I promised to do after Niklas.. or at least he remembers so

1. Independent
Someone who's opinionated and has his own way of doing things. not stubborn, but also isn't easily influenced by what others think cos he knows what he really wants and is willing to go all out to get it=D

2. Committed
I guess this is a lot abt sincerity. and definitely someone who cares abt me.. whom i trust and can count on to pull thru together when things may not be working out

3. Easygoing
Don't sweat the small stuff. Someone who won't get stressed out all the time, cos its terribly irritating and i'm not that patient=/ (imagines boyfriend whining into ear. omg scary)

4. Resilient
Someone who rises to the challenge and doesnt shirk from problems. Who isn’t easily set back and who isn't afraid to try just cos he may not make it thru. gung ho=D

5. Confident
He shdnt be egoistic but neither does he need constant assurance. This is v impt cos in the first place I won't be attracted to someone with an inferiority complex. Can u imagine spending all day saying, "no of course you're not lousy i think you're great i like you a lot". i'll just run away pls

6. Fun
Someone who is spontaneous and adventurous. Exciting!=D Plus, I'm definitely attracted to a guy who can make me laugh! It's not that hard:P

7. Sporty
Cos I like athletic guys!=D And when we are bored we can go play sports together, then he won't say "eh I dunno how to play badminton, tennis, soccer, squash, swim, run, jump or do pull-ups. sorry" erm thats a bit sad and boring

8. Someone I'm comfortable with:)
A guy who accepts me for who I am. Similarly he should be natural... Hopefully someone I can have lots of fun with but also be v serious with with necessary, and whom I can enjoy companionable silence with! (shir li and jane will know, haha)

Ok I'm finally done.. btw I think Kat's post is quite mature haha. Mine is kiddy:P Haha I think I'm just not ready to invest in a serious relationship. maybe in the future!=D

8 qualities thingy

Darn, you should've backed out, then I wouldn't have to do it.. =/

Anyway, for the continued survival of our sad class blog, I will proceed to list a bunch of qualities.. joy. Disclaimer: By reading the following, you hereby agree not to manipulate or warp my statements in any way and use them against me in any way.

1) Smart/intelligent: Since I tend towards being slightly elitist, I wouldn't be able to respect a partner who is approximately or smarter then me. And my ego tends to inflate that amount slightly =/

2) Pretty/cute: Superficial, yeah I know. But looks do matter despite all those 'don't judge a book by it's covers etc', and there probably wouldn't be any initial interest for anything to follow.

3) Nice personality: Unique, nice, blahblah.. fairly standard.

4) Extroverted to some extent: Since I tend to be introverted, I probably wouldn't take the first step. I would also lead a very sad social life if both of us were to be introverted.

5) Able to 'click': Since I suck at starting topics etc, need to have alot of common interests.. (omg, rip-off from kat)

6) Likes me for who I am: Doesn't attempt to change me, etc, since I find it rather annoying. Maybe prolonged exposure will change me naturally, but I'd rather not others force their views on me.

7) Understanding: Though I don't intend to get into anything soon, I forsee alot of commitments etc, and hence she should be able to understand if I don't have time etc.

8) (for the lack of things) Not-poser: Since I despise people who tend to jump on bandwagons, posers who like to follow the masses in doing un-unique things. I find it reflects poorly on their individuality, and a lack of self-esteem.

There, that's it. Now those people that agreed to do after I did can do or something..

The 8 Quality Thing

Okay…didn’t expect such a response on the tagboard…had intended to do it here just for fun, but now I kinda feel like backing out… I’m like, gonna publicise my innermost thoughts and feelings on the class blog?!

Oh well…in the name of fun. And for the sake of keeping the class blog alive. I’ll just hide my face on Monday.

You pple who have been tagged had better type yours here asap!!!! Or beware my wrath. Muahaha…

Would have liked to put down some shallow superficial stuff for my 8 qualities just for laughs, but I’ve put some thought into this, so it might not be as interesting as expected. Nevertheless:

1. It would be preferable for my partner to have the same religion as me, i.e. Christianity. I believe that being a Christian is a lifelong journey, and what’s better than to have a partner who has the same belief as I do. We would be able to grow and learn from each other, and help each other along.

2. I admire people with strong willpower and determination to work towards their end goals. This is a trait that I admire a lot from my dad. However, my partner would also have to be able to deal with failure, as it is through failure that one’s grit is tested and one’s character refined.

3. I would like my partner to be in touch with his emotions, and not be afraid to express his true feelings. Guys tend to be less sentimental and emotive, like my dad, who tends to hide his feelings, and has difficulties expressing his love for his kids sometimes.

4. I would like my partner to be capable of putting those around him first before himself. Humble, patient, unselfish, not egoistic... I think I’m being too demanding haha.

5. I would like my partner not to be too materialistic or too pragmatic, but rather, be easily contented with the simplest things. There would not be a need to get bungalows, cars, multiple degrees and a huge fortune just to find joy and meaning in life.

6. This is very subjective, but my partner is obviously someone whom I can be myself with. There will not be any need for me to put up an act, and force myself to be what I’m not. Words will come easily when we converse. No awkward periods of silence. Can talk about anything and everything. And stuff like that. Don’t know how this is to occur. Perhaps we’ll just… click? =)

7. I would like my partner to be fun loving, have an adventurous spirit, and always be willing to try something new. (I think I’m sounding repetitive. Whoops.)

8. Lastly, I would like my partner to have moral integrity, as it is under adversity that his morals will determine how he reacts and set him apart from the rest.

Guess that wasn’t too bad. Waha. As an afterthought, there can never be a perfect lover who has all these 8 qualities. Even if there was, I think I would still prefer someone who is lacking in one of these. It would give us both room for mutual encouragement and growth. Somehow there is beauty in imperfection.

Yay. Glad to have done my part to spice up the class blog a bit. Let’s continue keep it alive. Whee.

Class outing!!!

Let's have a class outing!

Date:Next Friday
Time: 7.30 p.m.
Venue: Auditorium
Cost: $6
What's up: Guitar concert!!!!

Every one, go go go go go go go go go go go go go go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You can get the tickets from any guitar member in the class ;)

Soccer

I was too tired to post this yesterday.
Soccer was fun(ny). Initially, I much expected myself to just stone there as the guys kicked the ball around. But because the netball court was so small, (but much bigger than the miserable, and er, quite redundant goal post), the ball was always within sight and I witnessed many funny stuff as people tried to interact with the ball. So most of the time, I was squatting down laughing. Funny stuff included:
1. Frequent out-of-court throw-ins :p
2. Chapteh-inspired kicks
3. Alvin's attempted formation of a one-man team :p
4. Ridiculous goal posts
5. Irvin's movie-like defence which prevented a potential goal
6. People laughing together
hahaha.

Just some post to salvage the blog.

Six ways to recognise a dying class blog:

1. People say so on the blog itself.
2. Announcements (of some sort) are made on the blog.
3. Nobody posts anything for several days.
4. Some of our classmates have never posted anything on it.
5. Nothing new on the tagboard for several days.
6. "Huh? What blog?"

The above list is not exhaustive, and not all dying class blogs will have all the above symptoms.

How to "revive" a dying class blog:

1. Call an ambulance and ask for things like oxygen masks, defibrillator and the like.
2. Fine, that was cold. Post something else please.
3. Need I say more? Some people blog more often than me.

Enough said (I think). Just do something.

wahaha..

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Rudy lee!

1. There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat rudy lee, though it may feel uncomfortable.
2. Marie Antoinette never said 'let them eat cake' - this is a mistranslation of 'let them eat rudy lee'.
3. Humans have 46 chromosomes, peas have 14, and rudy lee has 7.
4. Snow White's coffin was made of rudy lee.
5. It's bad luck for a flag to touch rudy lee!
6. Grapes explode if you put them inside rudy lee.
7. If you chew gum while peeling rudy lee then it will stop you from crying.
8. Rudy lee can give birth ten days after being born, and is born pregnant.
9. Ancient Greeks believed earthquakes were caused by rudy lee fighting underground!
10. Every day in the UK, four people die putting rudy lee on.

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Just for laughs III

Ten Top Trivia Tips about S7D!

1. The difference between S7D and a village is that S7D do not have a church.
2. S7D can smell some things up to six miles away.
3. Czar Paul I banished S7D to Siberia for marching out of step.
4. Birds do not sleep in S7D, though they may rest in them from time to time.
5. S7D can pollinate up to six times more efficiently than the honeybee.
6. In the Great Seal of the United States the eagle grasps 13 arrows and S7D.
7. About one tenth of S7D are permanently covered in ice!
8. Twenty-eight percent of Microsoft's employees are S7D!
9. There are six towns named S7D in the United States.
10. S7D will become gaseous if their temperature rises above -42°C.

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Ten Top Trivia Tips about Jin Rong!

1. Ancient Chinese artists would never paint pictures of Jin Rong.
2. Grapes explode if you put them inside Jin Rong.
3. A sixteenth century mathematician lost his nose in a duel over his love for Jin Rong, and wore a silver replacement for the rest of his life!
4. Jin Rong is the only king without a moustache on the standard pack of cards.
5. Originally, Jin Rong could not fly.
6. Jin Rong is the traditional gift for a couple on their third wedding anniversary!
7. In the Great Seal of the United States the eagle grasps 13 arrows and Jin Rong.
8. A cluster of bananas is called a hand and consists of 10 to 20 bananas, which are individually known as Jin Rong.
9. If you lick Jin Rong ten times, you will consume one calorie.
10. Jin Rong has a memory span of three seconds!

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Mmm. I see that I'm going grapes and bananas. Just don't lick me if you want to lose weight! XP

More Concerts

On behalf of Peishan (who is pretty desperate to sell her tickets)... Does anyone want to go for RJ rock concert this Friday 6pm? Featuring local rock bands (unlike student bands like Pulse). Interested parties should... contact peishan =p

Just for more laughs

Since everyone is stressed out, here's a joke:

A guy is in a bar with a bunch of his friends. After a while of shooting pool and drinking, he whispers something to his friends. A few minutes later he walks over to the bartender and asks for a shot of tequila. After he takes the shot he says to the bartender,'' I'd like to make a bet with you.'' The bartender replies, ''Sure I'm in a betting mood.'' So the man bets the bartender $1,000 that he can piss in the shot glass placed all the way across the room and fill it up and not spill a drop. The bartender says, ''I'll take that bet.''
So the man walks to the other side of the room and places the shot glass down. He goes back to the bartender and starts pissing. He doesn't even get a drop in. He pisses all over the place. In the bartender's face, all over the barstools and everything. After he was done pissing, the bartender laughed and said, ''You owe me $1,000.'' The man paid the money with a big smile on his face. The bartender asked, ''How come you're so happy?'' The man replied, ''You see those five guys over there by the pool table? I bet them $300 each that I could piss all over your bar and you'd laugh about it.''

Just for laughs...

Hey guys...
here's continuing from nik's post...i took some amusing pics on my hp when we went to eat at this hawker centre near nik's home.

anyway, the class blog is BARELY BREATHING! don't let it die like this! It seriously needs a dose of impulse. Or wackiness. Even low-order humour would do. ANYTHING!! Those who have been tagged to do ur 8 qualities thingy...u KNOW who u are...just type it here...for the sake of keeping the class blog alive.

and what do you know...Monday is over. Whee! Have a great week, guys! =)

Class outing

Meh, shall make my required fortnightly post.. or something like that.

Soo, there was a class outing, and for the first time in 4 years did I invite other people over. Mainly because my parents weren't around, which probably won't happen very often. I spent a decent portion of time walking in and out of the house in the pouring rain to guide people in.. Living in an wu lu place has it's cons. The funniest thing was Katrina and me having a communication breakdown, resulting in me thinking she got off at the wrong stop, so she walked back 2 stops in the rain with a file. I walked in the other direction. Adrian came along while we were walking in the wrong way and was being lost at the bus stop. People should follow Jane and take taxi; save me the trouble and the wetness.

We tried to watch Lost in Translation, but since everyone was engaging in random conversations, it resulted in none of us following the plot and becoming very confused. Then we decided to switch to a low-IQ movie, Airplane.

KH seemed to notice the low-IQ jokes faster then the others for some reason. Won't say why. Thanks go to people who brought food, since that means I didn't need to go look for any of my own =p (I still have a packet of popcorn, no idea what to do with it =/)

After that people went to play cards while I went to ferry CM. On the way in, she laughed at Jaime's father for some reason. I think she'll leave a bad impression.

We watched airplane 2 halfway, but the jokes weren't as good this time round, so we decided to go for dinner halfway through. We spent approximately 20 mins making our way to serangoon garden, after I had caught my dog (someone didn't close the gate and I didn't know >.<), and went to eat at a food court. I guess everyone was too hungry and didn't want to walk around first. We saw these interesting stalls next to each other: Soon Huat's pigs organ soup or somethng, and Ah Seng confectionary. Wonder what the connection is ^^

After that, we all went our ways and I went back home. Whoo. And had to clean up the mess the next day =( (Okay, there wasn't really much anyway).

Next time, we can crash someone else's house. *coughcough*

~the pleasant experience~

because i'm so obedient, i followed the advice i got (mostly niklas's - thanks), i had no trouble signin up ^.^ in fact, i was like fastest to sign up for the sabbaticals i chose. wahaha.. n i managed it with only 2 windows, n din contribute to clogging of system. yepz. ~i rock.

n so it was a smooth experience.

only bad part of it? i couldn't log out.. -.-

How to get your dream sabbatical

M1: Kiasu Way

1) On your computer at least an hour before the sign up.
2) Log into IVLE using IE and enter the eApplication. Firefox might not be as compatible.
3) Open 4 windows for your first course and 4 windows for your second course. Open 4 more as backup.
4) Restore your window and arrange them so they stack up according.
5) Select the options for your course and scroll every window down to the submit button.
6) Synchronise your Windows time as well as use one of the backup window's clock, which might become out of sync after a while.
7) Wait.
8) At 10s before the sign up time, hit enter on the first set of windows.
9) At the sign up time, hit enter on the 2nd set of windows.
10) At 5s after the sign up time, hit enter on the 3rd set of windows.
11) Hit enter on the last set at your own discretion.
12) Wait 1 to 1.5 hours for the confirmation.
13) You are now done. Wasn't that easy?

M2: For those who dislike school "camps" with "let's jam" theme

1) Sign in to IVLE around 2 hours after the start time and select your course. Most should not be full.

And don't forget to do repeats for the experiment. There will be one more series of sabbaticals at the end of the year after promotional examination.

And below is the list of class sabbaticals. For those who have yet to sign up for the 2 runs, please hurry.

06S7D ALVIN VOON SHENG RONG	Y02HCI0431	HCS-T02-2B34	B34 - INTRODUCTION TO WORLD PERCUSSION: MIDDLE EASTERN & BRAZILIAN RUN 1
		HCS-T01-2A13	A13 - ICE SKATING RUN 2
06S7D CHERYL LYNN CHAN JIA LE	Y06HCI1757	HCS-T02-0B01	B01 - AVIATOR NAVIGATOR
		HCS-T01-2A07	A07 - BASIC DINGHY SAILING COURSE RUN 2
06S7D ADRIAN	Y02HCI0432	HCS-T02-0B38	B38 - RESEARCH STATISTICS
		HCS-T01-2A13	A13 - ICE SKATING RUN 2
06S7D FAN SHIR LI	Y06HCI1158	HCS-T02-1B29	B29 - OCEAN AMBASSADOR PROGRAMME RUN 1
		HCS-T01-2A13	A13 - ICE SKATING RUN 2
06S7D FOONG WAI LUMN	Y06HCI1856	HCS-T01-0A03	A03 - SALSA FEVER DANCE CAMP EXPRESS
06S7D KOO YONG DE ANDREW	Y02HCI0433	HCS-T02-0B04	B04 - PEER COUNSELLING WORKSHOP
06S7D LEE CHIA MING	Y06HCI1159	HCS-T02-2B17	B17 - A CAPPELLA BOOTCAMP RUN 2
		HCS-T01-1A22	A22 - WINDSURFING PROFICIENCY LEVEL 1 COURSE & CLINIC RUN 1
06S7D LEE YONG YANG IRVIN	Y02HCI0434	HCS-T02-1B16	B16 - BATIK PAINTING WORKSHOP RUN 1
		HCS-T01-2A10	A10 - FENCING RUN 2
06S7D LIM CHERN WEI	Y02HCI0435	HCS-T01-1A20	A20 - 1 STAR KAYAKING RUN 1
		HCS-T02-0B10	B10 - B3ATBOX ! (VOCAL PERCUSSION)
06S7D LOH KAI HERNG	Y02HCI0436	HCS-T02-1B19	B19 - GRAFFITI MURAL PAINTING RUN 1
		HCS-T01-2A13	A13 - ICE SKATING RUN 2
06S7D LOW SOON HUAT	Y02HCI0437	HCS-T01-2A14	A14 - INLINE SKATING RUN 2
06S7D NIKLAS WONG SEE KEAT	Y02HCI0438	HCS-T02-2B34	B34 - INTRODUCTION TO WORLD PERCUSSION: MIDDLE EASTERN & BRAZILIAN RUN 1
		HCS-T01-2A13	A13 - ICE SKATING RUN 2
06S7D PANG PING PING KATRINA	Y06HCI1160	HCS-T02-2B17	B17 - A CAPPELLA BOOTCAMP RUN 2
		HCS-T01-1A22	A22 - WINDSURFING PROFICIENCY LEVEL 1 COURSE & CLINIC RUN 1
06S7D QIN MIAOJING	Y06HCI1679	HCS-T02-0B08	B08 - SCRIPT AND VIDEO PRODUCTION WORKSHOP
		HCS-T01-1A09	A09 - BOWLING RUN 1
06S7D SING WEI HENG BENJAMIN	Y02HCI0439	HCS-T03-C002	C002 - OCIP 2
06S7D TAN JIN RONG	Y02HCI0440	HCS-T02-0B10	B10 - B3ATBOX ! (VOCAL PERCUSSION)
		HCS-T01-1A15	A15 - INTRODUCTION TO WAKEBOARDING RUN 1
06S7D TAN YONG ZI	Y02HCI0441	HCS-T02-0B07	B07 - BIOPHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY AND DISPLAY SCIENCE
		HCS-T01-1A13	A13 - ICE SKATING RUN 1
06S7D TAY KIAT AUN AARON	Y02HCI0442	HCS-T02-2B34	B34 - INTRODUCTION TO WORLD PERCUSSION: MIDDLE EASTERN & BRAZILIAN RUN 1
		HCS-T01-2A13	A13 - ICE SKATING RUN 2
06S7D WEE LIANG EN IAN	Y02HCI0443
06S7D WONG JAIME	Y06HCI1161	HCS-T02-2B34	B34 - INTRODUCTION TO WORLD PERCUSSION: MIDDLE EASTERN & BRAZILIAN RUN 1
		HCS-T01-2A13	A13 - ICE SKATING RUN 2
06S7D WU YING YING JANE	Y06HCI1791	HCS-T02-1B29	B29 - OCEAN AMBASSADOR PROGRAMME RUN 1
		HCS-T01-2A13	A13 - ICE SKATING RUN 2
06S7D YU JIM PANG	Y02HCI0444	HCS-T02-0B05	B05 - EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: THE GREEN POWER OF FUEL CELLS

- Yong Zi

Sabbats

AHHHHHHHH!
you know i wasted two bloody hours in front of the com yesterday while refreshing the sabats page? i logged on at abt 3.50pm, it was lagging so hard it took me at least five minutes to sign in to IVLE. after which, to go to the eapplications page, it took about 10 aeons, after which there was this thing on top that happily stated
SERVER TIMED OUT or something of the like. ARGH. im assuming everybody went through the same thing as me, so everyone just kept happily refreshing the page, so we happily clogged up the ivle together, and we happily lagged together. yay ok so i sat there for two hours refreshing and refreshing while others also refreshed and refreshed. didnt work for me, if not i wouldnt be so frustrated. anyway, i just gave up then because i felt it only served to make happy pple grumpy. @%^#! when i came home at eleven plus, the ivle server thing was still happily timing out.
then jane saves my life by giving me this link which is absolutely a god-sent (or at least a smart-IT-savvy-student-sent) which helped me sign up for sabbats in like two seconds or so. whoever you are, a million thanks from me:)
niklas i think i should have just listened to u though, and start camping at three. it would save me so much frustration.

Sabbaticals...

Registering Sabbaticals was living hell... The server was sooooo lag that I had only just signed up.

Wasted sooooo much money, wasted sooooo much time. Thank goodness I was doing math tutorial at the same time.

So here's approximately what happened:

8/4/06
Approx. 3.55 pm:
Logged in to IVLE, server was extremely slow but i logged in anyway

Approx. 4.05 pm:
Finally opened the window for e-sabbaticals. Showed server timeout. Dots. Refreshed the window

Approx. 4.10 pm:
Com went to standby. WT... Com got super lag. Pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del multiple times before the computer responded

Approx. 4.20 pm:
Logged in again, clicked "e-Application". Wait, wait, wait.

Approx. 4.30 pm:
"The page cannot be found" (or something like that). WT... Oh, got disconnected (what do u expect from dial-up?). Scolded 4-letter words multiple times (or was it just once?). Actually 4-letter words won't do, but my vocabulary is so limited that i can't think of anything else to say.

Approx. 5 pm:
Got connected and disconnected multiple times. Got pissed off. Shut down the com and completed my math tutorial.

Approx. 7.30 pm:
Tried again. Server timed out again.
Tried again. Server timed out again.
Within this period of time, i completed a minesweeper game in approx 300 seconds (actually it's slightly less).
Got pissed off. Logged out, played com games and went to sleep.

9/4/06
Approx 12.45 pm:
Finally signed up for two dumb courses. Server apparently recovered.

Morals of the story:

1. Somebody go upgrade the server.
2. Should have read the class blog earlier (but i doubt it helps).
3. Should have signed up for broadband (doubt it helps either).
4. NOT sign up at 4pm.
5. Save money. End of blog. Thank you. Publsh post. Bye bye.

Ice Skating Run 2

For those who want to go for this course...

Log in then paste this link:
http://www.online.chs.edu.sg/eapp/student/stu_student_v.asp?action=reg&courseid={2C6FB7B3-D48B-4A8F-BA9B-DEBC1E3B072D}

More about Sabbaticals

Registration for sabbaticals is sucha stressful process. I managed to register for iceskating and am now waiting to register for my second one. Congrats to yongzi who managed to register for both already.

Regarding adrian's point of not being able to sign up for two at a time... I have a friend who actually managed to do it. So here's a tip in case we encounter this again:

About an hour (or a time early enough so it doesn't lag) before the registration starts, open TWO windows that show the list of courses. Then select one course in one window and the other course in the other window. Then wait, or camp till the time comes, and click submit on both windows at the same time. Then wait for the successfully registered message to appear and you're done. Yongzi also spammed a lot of windows at the same time but all are signing out for the same course so he had to spend another 1.5 hours getting the second one.

Ok it's been two hours. I can't believe i'm still at the com. The server needs to be revamped to handle heavy traffic. Sian. Bye!

Sabbaticals Registration

Was registering for sabbats, realised that it took so long, ok, so shall post something here...

First, muz condemn the server. So laggy, kept popping error messages...grrr...ok so kept refreshing...then lag, then error again...and the vicious cycle continues... (till dunno wad time...10 pm perhaps?)

And why can't we register both courses at the same time??!! Can only click one button at one time and then muz wait for hell long time to get back to the ERROR page... Imba system...

Worse still when i dun hav a reliable connection in the hostel...my connection screwed YESTERDAY (wad a good time :( ), most prob got struck by lightning...yar....so had to squeeze in hostel com room, where there are only 20 coms for 1200 occupants in the hostel....

So as every minute passed, everyone juz got more pissed and frustrated... Can't believe it, i hav already spent more than 3 hrs for this registration when i completed this post....

Shall continue waiting...

lol...tyz, liangen and me were feeling bored in the library waiting for chem olympiad selection test...so we switched the computer on...and went to http://www.bensing.com

Ok, so it's not exactly a good idea to go to a random webpage with no idea what it contains...but fortunately there was nothing...erm...incriminating...

Ben-Sing Chins


Weird huh? @*&#$*(& is a bensing chin? So we clicked on About the breeders and noticed: Jim & Nancy Bensing...

Nothing to say...but apparently bensing is a surname...and chin-chin is a kind of dog...