Mural Painting CIP

boo! im er.. back to bloggin by popular demand! yahahah. ok. no lah. im not. just that shirli demanded (ahem) that i blog abt mural painting today (maybe as a form of advert for fund-raising next week! 19th nov!) muahaha.

ok. so i slept from 5am to 1030am (dunno why i woke since the alarm is set at 12pm) and ate large breakfast n went to jamiyah's. could not find the 6 ppl (ben, alvin, kaiherng (ahah tempted to type sth else), kat, yongzi, and miaojing) who blended into wall or sth. white walls white aprons. took me awhile to find out what was going on (now im wondering why im bloggin about this since there's nth much that went on?) basically painted the whole day with limbs that were already aching alot. was in a huge mess before long and wondering if the apron really helps or what. >.< maybe the main purpose is to let the whole world know our (or at least mine) name which is written big and bold. oh well. at least i wrote. the rest didn't. guai1 me. the person ask me write then i went to write. bahh..

so painted till 8pm. by that time it was so dark (by my standards.. the rest could still see perfectly well) that i couldn't tell brown from black and argued about it till i gave in cuz i think my eyes got problem anyway. we finished the whole wall (YAY! IT'S A GREAT SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT! WHEEE! high5!) and left for dinner. oopz. wait backtrack. when we were (finally) done, we painted '06s7d' and '11.11.06' on the wall in white. took pic but it din really show up. but the yellow (YELLOW!) sunflower was really nice! ^^ woot! so nice! haha. -jumps around- so if anyone visits jamiyah (from anytime soon to 10 years later (by which they'd have repainted it? noooo.. *heartache*)) you all go look for the corner with YELLOW sunflower and admire the pretty writing (each of the 5 of us left at the end of the day took turns to write 06s7d!. kh wrote 0, kat wrote 6, ben wrote s, i wrote 7 (whee!), and mj wrote d!) and take pic with it and hopefully it shows up (instead of sth else.. hmm).

dinner was.. haha. ate things that tasted like toothpaste, nicely whipped potato prepared by some pro person (^^), and multiple other 'sick'/'exotic' things. has zhongjimima but it's like we're all wanting to eat the weird thing whipped up cuz it's really nice and not horrible tasting. even though it tasted bleah-ish. basically normal things mixed with other normal things to yield weird things (e.g. coleslaw + chilli). actually there's some amusing quotes from kh, but decided not to say it here. wahaha. *imagines kat laughin her head off* lol.

recipe for 'toothpaste'
1. root beer
2. pepsi
3. chilli
4. whipped potato
5. fatter (lol! ask ben)
6. chicken crispy crumbs
7. cheese
8. coleslaw juice (eew)
9. er.. mayb no more liao. anything else?

yep. hope we all won't get stomachache tmr! haha. i doubt it since we ate all of those individually and mixing them is also part of stomach's routine anw.

that's all for now! someone go blog about chalet!

~06s7d!!! <3

p.s. so who going next week? ^^

Class chalet

omg butt pain butt pain butt pain.

someone blog abt class chalet :) i'm very lazy lol, except to whine about butt pain.

love 7D! <33

next class outing to k box, anyone?

Today

hahah today's OP went well for everyone i hope :) at least for the morning batch, we were all fine and dandy and giggling and sniggering at each other. yay 7D

after which, we went to watch the prestige @ cathay orchard. well, I, CM, andrew, adrian and nik did anyway. soon huat, shir li, kai herng and alvin watched the covenant (which is now damned as fireball/boyband movie). the prestige was really really fab :) then we slacked around in yoshinoya for a really long time discussing the minute details of the movie. then, we started walking around aimlessly for a damn long time and looking for the "open-air temple" as advertised by a singapore biennale sign outside the cathay cineleisure junction. we didnt find it, but it did set us walking all the way past somerset, past dhoby ghaut and seemingly heading towards SMU (where shir li was enthusiastically shooing us towards in her eager endeavours to get her hands on...CAKE)

BUT

however, we daoed SMU, and got distracted by the Singapore History Museum, which, surprise surprise, was one of the sites for the biennale. Being the curious souls we were, we ventured forth, and lo and behold...we found...incomprehensible art. Not to say we didn't have fun though, because we had truckloads of it, coupled with intrigue and the sort of morbid curiosity that comes with being in a giggly group. the exhibits in SHM mostly revolved around the theme of death, its fantastical nature, the disillusions and the perversity of the human spirit in orchestrating the end.

There was a really morbid but nonetheless compelling video entitled "The last supper". No it was not religious, but more of the last meal death row prisoners are treated to. It may seem inane here, but it was a fascinating tool for illustrating revelations regarding human cruelty, crime & punishment and even normalcy in the face of impending doom. Then there were these particularly sick and suggestive scenes where some king in Burma survived an assassination attempt, put the guilty fellow and the rest of his family to death, but spared one daughter. Spared one daughter, chucked her in a tower and everyday, an executioner would peel off her flesh slowly and force her to eat it. eeeeeeeeee.

Fuelled by our artistic fumblings at SMH, we felt encouraged to head on to the next site of interest, city hall :) so we happily walked there, and here are a couple of pics. (taken with a k700i so thus the inferior quality)

in front of city hall steps...v nice right? :)



at an exhibit mocking the g8 summit...look at alll the smiling faces...


shir li was a bit too scared to be in this photo lol...she was afraid of the pple behind.



well, if you have a chance, do go for the biennale before it ends :) arty farty singapore forever! viva la biennale!

Class Chalet

YAY let's go out at 2 or 3 am to see trannies lol nvm
Another way there is to take bus 2 all the way to Changi Village. You can take it from Tanah Merah Interchange. When you get off, please do not stupidly walk towards the beach and assume the chalet is there as I have once done before. It is not. Walk towards the Le Meridien (it's a hotel) and generally walk uphill. After a nice long walk, the chalet should be around there ba. Hee. Hey girls, maybe after handing in I and R on Thurs at abt 9pm, let's go buy stuff? Then can go my house and marinate or something then go Changi after that.

Someone PLEASE bring mahjong :)

Chalet

Yawn.

Anyway.. details which you should all know..


9th Nov.
check in time: 3pm
checkout: 8:30am to 10:30am (10th Nov)

The girls will be organising all matters related to the BBQ. I hope. Or if they aren't this is the time when they will suddenly realise that they are organising all matters related to the BBQ, which will occur approximately 4 days from the time of posting.

JR will be generously donating his balls for fun and games.

There isn't much of an itinerary, so it's a good time to suggest stuff to do, else it'll end up free for all where everyone brings random games..

I'd suggest we get the following:
Cards
Mahjong
Risk/Monopoly
Try and think of group games
Various chemicals from chem lab for pyrotechnics
Raid Jaime's house and steal her Xbox

P.S. If you arn't going, please leave a comment, or tell me or something.. Else assume you're going. And dunno if MJ reads the blog, so Adrian, you go ask her out to a chalet ^^

P.P.S http://online.aloha.gov.sg/Facilities/villas_detail.asp?Resrgp_Index=64

P.P.P.S. Uhm, according to what I can figure out.. the easiest way there is to take mrt to Tampines, then take 29 for 22 stops. Yea. If anyone knows otherwise please inform us, k thnx

Just for laughs

SMART INDIAN

Father: I want you to marry a girl of my choice
Son : "I will choose my own bride"
Father: "But the girl is Bill Gates's daughter.."
Son : "Well, in that case...ok"
Next Father approaches Bill Gates.
Father: "I have a husband for your daughter...."
Bill Gates: "But my daughter is too young to marry!!!!!"
Father: "But this young man is a vice-president of the World Bank"
Bill Gates: "Ah, in that case...ok"
Finally Father goes to see the president of the World Bank.
Father: "I have a young man to be recommended as a vice-president."
President: "But I already have more vice- presidents than I need!"
Father: "But this young man is Bill Gates's son-in-law."
President: "Ah, in that case...ok" ?
That is how they do business.

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One Chinese person walks into a bar in America late one night and he saw Steven Spielberg. As he was a great fan of his movies, he rushes over to him, and asks for his autograph. Instead, Spielberg gives him a slap and says "You Chinese people bombed our Pearl Harbor, get out of here." The astonished Chinese man replied "It was not the Chinese who bombed your Pearl Harbor, it was the Japanese". "Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, you're all the same," replied Spielberg. In return, the Chinese gives Spielberg a slap and says "You sank the Titanic, my forefathers were on that ship." Shocked, Spielberg replies "It was the iceberg that sank the ship, not me." The Chinese replies, "Iceberg, Spielberg, Carlsberg, you're all the same."

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Lesson 1

A junior manager, a senior manager and their boss are on their way to a meeting. On their way through a park, they come across a wonder lamp.They rub the lamp and a ghost appears. The ghost says, "Normally, one is granted three wishes but as you are three, I will allow one wish each." So the eager senior manager shouted, "I want the first wish. I want to be in the Bahamas, on a fast boat and have no worries." Pfufffff, and he was gone. Now the junior manager could not keep quiet and shouted "I want to be in Florida with beautiful girls, plenty of food and cocktails." Pfufffff, and he was also gone. The boss calmly said, "I want these two idiots back in the office after lunch at 12.35pm."

*MORAL OF THE STORY: ALWAYS ALLOW THE BOSSES TO SPEAK FIRST*

Lesson 2

Standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand. "Listen," said the CEO, "This is a very sensitive and important document, and my secretary has left. Can you make this thing work?" "Certainly," said the young executive. He turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and pressed the start button. "Excellent, excellent!" said the CEO as his paper disappeared inside the shredder machine. "I just need one copy."

*MORAL OF THE STORY: NEVER, NEVER ASSUME THAT YOUR BOSS KNOWS EVERYTHING*

Lesson 3

An American and a Japanese were sitting on the plane on the way to LA. The American turned to the Japanese and asked, "What kind of -ese are you?" The Japanese confused, replied, "Sorry but I don't understand what you mean."The American repeated, "What kind of -ese are you?"Again, the Japanese was confused over the question. The American, now irritated, then yelled, "What kind of -ese are you !?!" Are you a Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese!, etc......???" The Japanese then replied, "Oh, I am a Japanese." A while later the Japanese turned to the American and asked what kind Of 'key' was he. The American, frustrated, yelled, "What do you mean what kind of -kee' am I ?!" The Japanese said, "Are you a Yankee, donkee, or monkee?"

*MORAL OF THE STORY: NEVER INSULT ANYONE*

Lesson 4

There were these 4 guys, a Russian, a German, an American and a French, who found this small genie bottle. When they rubbed the bottle, a genie appeared. Thankful that the 4 guys had released him out of the bottle, he said, "Next to you all are 4 swimming pools, I will give each of you a wish. When you run towards the pool and jump, you shout what you want the pool of Water to become, then your wish will come true." The French wanted to start. He ran towards the pool, jumped and shouted"WINE". The pool immediately changed into a pool of wine. The Frenchman was so happy swimming and drinking from the pool. Next is the Russian's turn, he did the same and shouted, "VODKA" and immersed himself into a pool of vodka. The German was next and he jumped and shouted, "BEER". He was so contented with his beer pool. The last is the American. He was running towards the pool when suddenly he slipped on a banana peel. He slipped towards the pool and shouted, "SHIT!!!!!!!........."

*MORAL OF THE STORY: THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU SAY SOMETHING, BECAUSE SOMETIMES ACCIDENTS DO HAPPEN

SCREAM!

:D hello 7D! Good job jaime you kept our class blog alive hahaha.

Yesterday was SCREAM:D actually it was more funny than scary,esp when councillors start laughing to themselves in the middle of trying to scare u.HAHA i really cracked up in the maze. but good job anyway councillors:) we didn't get to go on the trail in the end cos ran out of time,which was quite disappointing,so our class just trooped down to E block and stupidly tried to crash.and er got caught by wailumn:P

Anyway while waiting for the sad trail that we never went on,we all went to watch horror movies.i discovered that i'm a wimp ahahha omg sorry to kat and nik who went deaf and ben sing who got traumatized (and prob deaf too):P seriously up till last night i never knew that people actually could jump out of their seats at scary parts. oh and good advice to everyone: do not watch horror movies with nik he says weird stuff and covers his ears at scary parts.lousy!! ok im too lazy to continue thats it BYE:D

photos on the second apollo outing has been posted on egroups. You can go searching for yourself there! Other people please upload them somewhere too! XD

eye II

This is a no-brainer ^^.

The answer: Chia Ming

People who got it correct: kat, nik, shirli, aaron, jane (basically everyone who guessed but alvin)


I think the reason why kat keeps getting them correct is cause she has pictures of almost everyone's eye in her phone so she can compare and guess! XD
And i conclude alvin has lousy observation skills ^^".

No eye picture today, i'm watching princess hours on youtube with my mum!

And out of curiousity what happened to our class tee? It seems to have vanished.

THE ANSWER and a new riddle!

okay, so i thought that that picture was quite easy. hmm so far looking at the tagboard, only 1 person got it right! XD

the answer:




ALVIN! *wheeee congratualtions to kat!* alvin! you very lousy, you can't even tell it's your own eye. XP remember when i was taking the picture you purposely opened your eyes wider than usual?


Next riddle: (This is super super easy, you all can shoot yourselves if you don't know)











Since it's so easy i'll just post the answer on sat! XD

Have fun guessing ^^

pictures!

hello people! I am halfway through uploading the pictire of pw (on yahoo groups) and other random things but my internet connection's dying so please wait a while more! I shall be nice and not post the scandalous pictures that I took on thurs. If you want them ask me online! ^^

For now:



whose eye is this? ^^ i'm bored! XD









[edit] okay, i have one third of the photos on e groups, one third of it on yahoo thingy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/61494599@N00/) and another one third still in my com! T_T I blame my internet and the my oversized photos and the uploading limit. Ah well, enjoy those few first then!

Interdisciplines

Disclaimer: Poster of this message is in no way responsible because it is highly likely he was hacked like all the other hacked accounts! Therefore he cannot and will not be held responsible for any comments within this post as he has not made them. Reading any further then this disclaimer means that you have agreed with the logic and agree not to hold the apparent poster liable for any comments. Failure to do so will "not" result in a killer penguin death squad backstabbing you in the middle of the night.

Anyway, since it's like after promos and I'm bored out of my wits, I developed the brilliant plan to bore others out of their wits! This way I might effectively transfer bored quota to others, and since the 42nd law of waffleton states that "Boredom cannot be created or destroyed", this boredom might effectively come from me! Therefore, I would be effectively less bored at the expense of you. Muhahaha! And since you already started reading this it's too late for you to repent and change your mind, because all your excitement are belong to us. (Who understands that joke?)

Soooo, phase B of the uber boredom induction plan: Pointing out random trivia.
Ever noticed that studies seem to have one problem? That they seem to require you to be able to do something that you are not actually competent in? I mean, take for example the sciences. Like chem. Why in the world do they test our art skills? I mean, what's with all the evil graphs. And minusing marks for ugly graphs! We should be allowed to describe the graphs directly in scientific terms! Not draw! (Maybe because I tend to be missing a pencil alot but that's not the point), we need to be able to draw graphs pixel by pixel! Alternatively, they should be fair to the weaker students. Color blind students are allowed to ask for help for identifying colors. Art-impaired students should be allowed to ask for help for drawing graphs. It's only fair. So next time we have spa, people like me should be allowed to ask teachers whether my graph looks correct, until i get it right!

Then we have the biology part of chem! I mean, look at the new notes (which weren't tested). It's a direct rip off from biology notes! They just look all too familiar. And that seems rather hypocritical no? All the anti-plagiarism for PW and stuff like that, and when we arn't looking, they go around and rip off bio notes! EVIL!! We must boycott these notes and burn them along with chem effigies, while dancing around big bonfires and chanting obscure stuff.

And Bio. Ewww. More evil art stereotypes. What's it with them and demanding perfect penmanship? We should be getting bonus marks for bad hand writing because that's just the makings of a future doctor! Not get penalised and stuff like that. It's elitism at it's worst, having such stringent and harsh demands that things actually be /legible/. Arn't they the bio department? Shouldn't they have special psychic-mind-reading devices that can just extract the knowledge from our minds and grade us on that? Speaking of which, why do they test physical fitness? Horrible time limits strain your arm muscles to the maximum, you need to train for ages just to be able to complete the bio marathon. It's so unconducive to nerdy muggers who have weak and frail arms with big bulbous brains, and cannot complete the paper on time because the lactic acid eats through their hand!

Speaking of which, there's econs. Apart from all the physical fitness testing, they test your art skills in drawing graphs, like other subjects, AND they test your GP! Must have weird arguments and explanations in gp terms, with pros and cons and what not. Then somemore can go offtopic and fail one. Terrible, terrible. Coupled with statistical analysis and math with all those case studies requiring you to do weird funky calculations and addition and what not, imagine the poor students who don't take math! They'd be so screwed, they'd just blank out and wonder what percentages are and stuff. Tsk, once again, a sure sign of elitism.

And GP! Urgh, they test you on geog and history. Not to mention penmanship once more. MOE is just plain evil, first they let you 'specialise' in subjects in JC, then they force everyone to take GP which essentially means you need to be able to write geog essays, or science essays, or random cynical essays which are essentially KI! What sort of choice are we given here? It's just a secret farce to give one the illusion of choice, when in fact there is none! EVIL!!

Last but not least there is.. MATH! It's like completely a humans subject! You even need to learn a new language with funky new grammar, known as mathematical notation! Then there's the secret abstract art you need to be able to know when drawing graphs such as the open and closed circle thingy which i can never get. I mean, it's supposed to be a 1d line! why is there a fat 2d circle? Somemore the circle so big so sure go past that mark.. Oh, and they test your english language skills by asking you to write weird explanations.. "Assume that blabla bla, is blabla, for all blabla..." Then when you don't write it believing that cos it's a math exam you DAI. Like a certain person from a certain country who lost a certain mark in this certain exam, preventing him from getting this certain high score.. It's prejudice I tell you!

... Okay I can't think of more lame stuff to put. Please be bored. I need to pass away boredom, and I'll be grateful. kthnxbai

~nik

中秋

中秋节是华人的传统节日
当然就要打中文啦
















哈哈

10月7日星期六
那天烟雾很浓
但我们班的感情更浓厚
















中秋是团圆的时候
但chia ming的嘴巴似乎更圆
















Niklas 的手也很大
幸好还能看到永德的脸
















Adrian跟我的笑容也蛮大的
















向上看。。。
















女生
















男生
















chia ming太喜欢拍照了。。
















大家

















看到校友 二十 三十 多岁了
在这个团圆的节日
回到母校
跳着几十年没变的舞蹈

我不禁想着
两年后的今天

我们还会不会回去？
会不会依旧一起靠在一起，围在一起
跳同样的舞？唱同样的歌？
一样的high?
我们这一班的友情真的会持续吗？

希望如此。。 到时，场面一定会特别感人。

the value of stuff

whee.

To realise the value of 1 second of sleep, ask the guy attempting to break the record for the longest period of going without sleep abt how each torturous second is contributing to his eventual yet transient victory. or just ask Kat, who's alw stoning in class.

To realise the value of your msn identity, ask Jane or Nik. OMG NIKLAS.

-end of post-
-disclaimer: jane did not post this ^^-

congrats!

hey everyone! congrats for surviving the PROMOS!! hehehe. now me no need to say jiayou to u all liao.. hahaha must go and start mugging for my spas. die liao!

okieokie, happy playing ppl!!!! can jio me to go for outing if u all want =P

To realize
The value of a sister:
Ask someone who doesn't have one.

To realize
The value of ten years:
Ask a newly divorced couple.

To realize
The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.

To realize
The value of one year:
Ask a student who has failed a final exam.

To realize
The value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a still born.

To realize
The value of one month:
Ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.

To realize
The value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realize
The value of one hour:
Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.

To realize
The value of one minute:
Ask a person who has missed the train, bus or plane.

To realize
The value of one-second:
Ask a person who has survived a near-fatal accident.

To realize
The value of one millisecond:
Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.

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Time waits for no man. So spend more time with your friends and loved ones! Such as your Bio, Maths, Chem and Econs notes =)

=)

Dear 7D,
Hope you all enjoyed the cupcakes and cookies =) decided that since I have lotsa time on my hands nowadays I should do something to show u all some support in your quest to pia for promos =) I'm sure u'll all do finee =) that's why we're 7D!!

Thanks so much for being such a great class =) I'm really glad to be with u all... am kinda sad that i've to be away from school for so long, but i sure am looking forward to coming back! =) though i have a lot of work to catch up on before that... thank you all for always being so welcoming on the days when i do come to school.. those days really keep me going =)

Thanks to all the individuals who have shown your concern =) much appreciated!!

Hmm, u're all really busy now, but maybe when u're more free i can invite u all over for a post-promos party!! oh, and while studying for promos if u wanna eat anything can order frm me, i'm very free now!

Jiayou jiayou!!

Love u all lots,
Cheryl

heya you guys i just posted some pics again on the yahoo grps of the apollo outing the last time...i think i have pics of nearly everyone who went, so log in and spot urself :D see if u've changed or something.

for those who din get to view this artwork of cm, kat n i!! =) no prizes for guessing whose messy neat file is at the top left corner. heh. or for whose hamper that yamyam came from..

have a happy holiday!

Names!

Whee, lets have some random trivia. Was bored, and started looking up the meanings of names.. and here are some from our class..

Aaron
Origin Meaning
Hebrew enlightened/teacher
Traits: Aaron is described as a small, nice-looking man who is honest, hardworking, and responsible--an effective leader with a quiet manner.
<-- Look for aaron for tution ^^

Andrew
Origin Meaning
Greek strong, manly
Traits: The name Andrew has two different images: a big, strong, jolly guy you can count on when the chips are down, or a smart but wimpy preppy.
<-- Fear the strong manly andrew!

Adrian
Origin Meaning
Latin dark
Traits: People picture Adrian as an attractive, perhaps effeminate, man who is sensitive, loving, thoughtful, and rich.
Female version of name: Adrià From Adria, the Adriatic sea region. Also means dark. <-- Maybe that's why no one sees you.. then always kena injury

Alvin
Origin Meaning
Old German beloved by all/noble friend
Traits: Alvin's image comes straight from David Seville's singing chipmunks. People describe Alvin as a cute, mischievous comic with a very squeaky voice.
<-- Omg, friendly alvin! Originates from german ^^ and squeaks!!!

Benjamin
Origin Meaning
Hebrew son of the right hand
Traits: People think of Benjamin as a smart and inventive man who is tall, strong, and cute. <-- Son of right hand? bbq.. That's really a weird name.

Cheryl/Cherry
Origin Meaning
Latin Beloved
Traits: Most people think of Cheryl as cute, petite, sweet, and friendly, though some picture her as fat. <-- Whee, cherry!! Oh, and you need to eat more.

Diana
Origin Meaning
Latin divine
Traits: Most people see Diana as a pretty, upper-class blonde who is old-fashioned, quiet, and intelligent. Some, though, see Diana as opportunistic.
<-- Do you still visit here?

Hmm.. no irvin o.O
Irving
Origin Meaning
Old English sea friend
Irish Gaelic beautiful
Traits: Irving calls to mind two different images: a stuffy, stodgy, and nerdy Ivy Leaguer, or a witty, talented, musical Jewish man reminiscent of Irving Berlin.
Irwin Traits: Irwin is pictured as a lonely, shy, and quiet only child who collects stamps and earns grades that make his mother happy. People say Irwin will grow up to be a highly successful, hardworking businessman.
<-- Woo, most unique name so far.. Irish gaelic? zomg

Jaime
Origin Meaning
French I love
Traits: Jaime is a popular unisex name. A girl with this name is pictured as cute, sensual, and mischievous.
Form of James. (means One who supplants.)
<-- o.O First one in which the male/female versions have different meanings..

Jane
Origin Meaning
Hebrew God's gracious gift
Traits: No surprise! People think of Jane as plain. The name calls to mind the common, dependable, garden-variety girl next door; "Jane Doe."
<-- sad plain jane..
Janelle Traits: Janelle comes across as a thin, well-groomed, pretty blonde. She's a sweet, smart, and happy person who is either still in college or a professional woman.

Katrina
Origin Meaning
Greek Form of Katherine. Pure, virginal.
Traits: People describe Katrina as a natural-born ballerina: slender, dainty, and graceful. She comes across as a sensitive, ladylike blonde with a rather aloof personality.
Trina
Origin Meaning
Hindi points of sacred kusa grass
Greek pure
Traits: People seem to think of Trina as a skinny ballerina with a ponytail who may be nice and easygoing or outspoken. Most think Trina is Spanish, though the name also suggest a Polish background. <-- Sacred kusa grass? omg, so cool.. haha.

Nicholas
Origin Meaning
Greek victory of the people
Niklas -> Swedish or german.. hmm
Traits: Thanks to St. Nicholas, most people think of Nicholas as cute, fat, jolly, and generous. Some, though, think of Nicholas as a spoiled, temperamental devil.
Nick
Traits: Most people picture Nick as a strong, swarthy gangster. Some, though, see Nick as a clever, suave good guy, like Nick Charles.
<-- woo, i mean victory.

Sean
Origin Meaning
Irish God's gracious gift
Traits: People think of Sean as either a small, moody loner, like Sean Penn, or a good-looking, adventurous, upper-class British sophisticate, like Sean Connery.
<-- Male form of jane. wahaha =p

Ian
Meaning: God's gracious gift
Traits: People think of Ian as a sophisticated, intellectual prankster--a Monty Python character, perhaps. Ian is pictured as a tall, thin Englishman who is likable but often labeled as a snob.
<-- Oops, forgot about you initially >.<. AND you have the same meaning as JANE AND SEAN OMG.
Female form of name: Ianna


Evil chinese names don't have meanings.. or at least, i can't be bothered to look.

Only other person possibly considered..
Shirley
Origin Meaning
Old English from the bright meadow
Traits: People picture Shirley as a gray-haired version of Shirley Temple--cute, sweet, curly-haired, baby-faced, and overweight.
<-- You're from the bright meadow? Wooooo

Yay for random trivia post. Good to have general knowledge on random stuff

some entertainment

heh heh. found this on some long ago entry. kept me laughin for a long time. haha.

happy birthday to nik!

The Story (Part II)

Remember Part I? [His heart thumped in darkness but stopped in the morning ...]

...starting late noon, but flew free, enjoying the sunlight, but feeling the icy wrath of hell's fury, a cold unmatched by the cold jokes of ionic bears, notorious for smelling of chloroform and liking it. Sleepwalking sleighs plow the prairie slaughtering slow, sticky slugs seperately synthesising sweet savory sanguine snacks and smelling unknown substances like stuff smelled during chem lect and stuff smelled during celebrations which smelled similar to perfume, the kind especially well-liked by people who often like to eat, sleep, defecate and fartulate 24 hours a day, 7 times a second, never stopping except to do backflips and frontcrawl, sometimes making full use...

Of paradoxes, playing cards, and pink kangaroos.

Been a long while since I've posted any filler, and since I'm bored out of my mind, don't want to touch maths or chem, and basically have nothing better to do, say hello to filler #3

Writing fillers based on nothing does have its limits as I expect it would eventually become repititive and boring, and therefore this filler will have some form of nonsensical content, in which I will be contrasting and drawing a link between paradoxes, playing cards, and pink kangaroos, random words which I just thought of. If you were putting off anything important, now is a good time to do it, before you start reading this and waste 5 minutes of your life on my random ramblings <-- *gasp* alliteration! Which just gave me a thought, attempting to write long sentences of alliterations. If I can think of anything. So anyway, on to my main substantive - What exactly do paradoxes, playing cards, and pink kangaroos have in common? Firstly, they all start with the letter 'p', which is extremely coincidental and amazing. FYI, there are 26 letters in the alphabet, so therefore the chances of all three words starting with the same letters is equivalent to 1/26^3, or 1/17576, which has a smaller chance of happening then drowing in your bathtub (1/11289 IIRC). A quick google also shows its got rather similar chances to 'death by Exposure to animate mechanical forces', (1/17549). So be careful when you shower today, and don't drown while attempting to wash your hair, or getting strangled by the showerhead somehow.

So anyway, this shows that starting with the same letter isn't all that trivial a similarity, and is occurs rather rarely. Really. Regarding realistic remaining resemblences, <-- (woo, long alliteration), they all are linked to 42. First, playing cards. If you play bridge, the average number of points in a game is approximately 42, because 40 from point cards, and 2 from long suits. Therefore we can see that playing cards are so clearly linked to the answer. In fact, since the answer is 'the Answer', we should all spend more time playing cards instead of studying, I mean, what's the point of learning stuff which is ultimately irrelevant when you could be playing a game to learn more about THE ANSWER! Is not the ultimate aim of education and humanity to find the answer about the universe, life, and everything? And the answer's sitting right in front of it, it's just that the teachers are just too shortsighted to realise that playing bridge should be encouraged. The bridge game was invented by humans, an idea which was realised by our subconscious innate desire which manifested itself into the answer in the form of points! Therefore, bridge is the ultimate game which can solve all our problems. But I digress. So now we see clearly and undeniably that bridge is definitely linked to 42. So what about paradoxes? Well, it's fairly obvious. When you have a paradox, you must look for the right answer. The answer is often complex and difficult to grasp, which therefore means that it is elusive. Which therefore means it must be 42, because 42 is the answer to everything, so when you have a question it must be 42. So paradoxes are basically attempts to find the question to the answer, like those weird thingies you do in primary school where you're given an answer and you must come up with a question. So paradoxes are intrinsically linked to 42 as well, which proves undeniably that paradoxes are extremely similar to playing cards. So finally we have to look at pink kangaroos. Well, the answer is rather obvious. How many pink kangaroos do you know that exist? 42. You know, that one, that one, and those other 40. Or if you count in another way, it's that, that, that, and the other 39. No matter how hard you try to look at it, it always comes back to 42 (Disclaimer, if you do not have enough general knowledge to know of 42 pink kangaroos, you need to read more.) Finally, the final similarity which is glaringly obvious between all of them. Well, it's so obvious you probably don't really need me to tell you what it is. I mean, the moment you see these 3 words (okay, so it's not 3 words.. 3 phrases. Sue me.), you'll think of this similarity. Well, maybe you can't count it as a similarity since it's so obvious, but still, I'll just list it here for the heck of it. Just for the few of you which might not have figured it out. Ninjas. Yeah, I know what you're thinking. 'Obviously they're all related to ninjas =.=;;', but this wouldn't be complete without listing ninjas, so yeah. Won't bother trying to explain how they're linked to ninjas, since it's so obvious it's impossible to explain. It's like explaining why 1+1=2. It just is.

~nik, your resident spammer

Compo

"Describe sights, sounds and activities outside my window."


"What I would like to see in my aged parents and grandparents."

The Story (Part I)

And the tale thus far.

It was a late night. Day was coming, but not the martians, because they were waiting for the sun to sleep before they dare appear. The old brown fox jumped for joy when he heard two germans talking about how goalkeepers and salads differ. French toast and syrup taste like rock and mud. Cool people roast salkins tenderly for breakfast! Firetoads prance around kaihui; icicles fell from the big blue duck with juicy tender drumsticks that taste like radioactive pink (like) the bee who ate them. Thus the bee chased Jane and settled on her hairband and wai lumn can't count, so she closed her eyes and started counting to five, slowly and deliberately, waiting for enlightenment by the great FSM but tomato sacrifices lacked. Thus pirates reigned supreme, along with the magical compass belonging to my dog your god, ruler protractor, sets square and GC. His heart thumped in darkness but stopped in the morning ...

Class chalet?

Class chalet anyone? i'm thinking of getting one after school closes for this year, and its good to book early yarh? in anycase, please pick one of the below
a)aloha loyang
b)downtown east
c)costa sands
d)east coast
e)sentosa (errrr)
f)any other suggestions?

haha btw if we're intending to go govt chalet we'd get discounts if the person is a civil servant or an ntuc someting. dunno what. can someone clarify and volunteer their parents :D ?

ok i'm sure some of u have seen these pics b4 le, but i still think they're a bundle of laughs. they actually have them pinned up on the staff room board lol.

Anvil and Stirrup

Does anyone happen to have a HAMMER (toy one) to bring on monday? For the court case thing. =p

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!
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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. ^^