Sakura

Name: Sakura Clementi (Buffet Restaurant)
Location: Clementi Road
Cost: $28

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1930 - Went Sakura with Kim and Wing Ken. Plan to treat ourselves with buffet dinner as end of year 2006 "celebration".

Sakura night view
Our table number - 102. It's at the second floor
Kim and Wing Ken
Desert corner of second floor, just beside us.

男人，女人

憲憲小语

男人是畜生，女人偏爱小动物。

吳宗憲

Passion Reborn

Passion Reborn is the theme of Kent Rigde Hall (KR) for IHG this year.

HDCA is working hard to bring up the atmosphere of Kent Ridgens by decorating hall. SMU (I believe) printed out 2 really huge banners.

Guess everyone really hyped up for the IGH which going to start off next Tuesday with Hockey Carnival!


Some of the decors in hall
Some of the decors in hall

Moving on to second floor!

Left: Kim is drilling and securing the second floor platform of the room.

"Officially" we started the work on the second floor. Drilling and securing the platforms.

Hmm, the steel cutter's blade was worn out today. The diameter of the blade was grinded to very small such that it is not enough to cut thru the mild steels. Tomorrow and Monday is holiday, so I guess we can’t do any mild steel cutting until new blade arrives.

Anyway, our mild steels also almost finished, only left two. We need more mild steels for the supporting beams of the center structure. Guess it’s quite hard to do things when u have limited budget.

Hmm, I can tell that our progress there few days were faster. But manpower is still a problem. Luckily today, KR “National Welder”, Hoong Soon*, came down to help us. Ha, huge difference between me and We Liam’s speed of welding with him.

*Hoong Soon: Stage Crew (2006), Rag (2006), Chingay (2007). Got this “National Welder” nickname because his skill in welding. ;)

Saddam Hussien excecuted

Saddam Hussein's statue being pulled off
Saddam Hussein (1937)

Three years after US invaded Iraq in 2003, Bush finally succeeded in what he has been trying to achieve. Saddam Hussein was hanged to death at Baghdad, Iraq on 30 December, 2006, 6.05 a.m. local time.

US always get what they wanted. They interfere with other Iraq's politic and some how, some Iraqis just take this opportunities to 借刀杀人. Quite similar to the British Colonial time, don't you think.

Anyway, just my opinion, rubbish oppinion. Not interested in poilitics, or rather, no idea of what is politics.

more at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16389128/

20061229 Today

1000 Went down for Stage Crew. Today we just continue reinforce (welding) the room and hall way structure. Finished the stairs already. Hmm, things to do next: center part and second floor.

Staircase (Part I & Part II)
Staircase (Part III)
Platforms, painted white

1700 Went down to track for Road Race Training. After warm up, we do 15x200m intervals. Wah, quite shag. For the last round, I couldn't catch up with See Yong, Zhan Rui they all. Wanted to run but my leg just won't go any faster. Luckily I didn't cramp today. Cramped during last training... Wah, the VJ girls, Jocelyn and (dono-her-name), really can run. Their timing is about 40+ every round. Our timing is about 30+ every round...

1930 Went back Stage Crew after training. Just help the girls put on the nuts for the "A-supporting-frame". Couldn't continue to do welding because the other two guys, We Liam and Jonathan wasn't there.

2115 Had my dinner - chicken rice. I find that I only "enjoy" eating chicken rice for some reason. The porridge, western food, etc just don't suit my taste.

2200 Back to Stage Crew. Kim joined us this time. We assembled the staircase and found out some problems with the stair. Hmm, nothing much can do. Just need to complete other things first and see how, what to do with those out-of-scale staircase.

A Block Christmas Dinner

Event: A Block Christmas Dinner
Venue: A Block Kitchen

Time: 1930

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I'm sure you can tell that this is a A-Blockers dinner to "celebrate" Christmas, right? ;)

Quite a number of people turn up for this special dinner. At first we estimated about 15 people, but in the end, there are about 30 people came. That's good, the more the merrier. Ha.

I'm a Block Commer and I wasn't there, in the kitchen to help prepare the food. Feel bad seriously. But, Hall Production is more important. We need to rush out the stage despite of lacking manpower. Anyway, I helped during cleanup to compensate for not helping in the whole afternoon.

The foods were nice! Maybe one of the reason is that I’m very hungry because just came back from Stage Crew. Haha. But seriously, everything was tasty.

The dishes:
Cherry by Zhihao
Roasted Chicken by Rayner
Mashed potatoes and sauce by Joseph and Hwee Hoong
Campbell soup by Joseph and Hwee Hoong
Bread
Ribena drinks

The dinner ended around 2100.

After dinner, cleaning up actually, I went down to Rag Area to continue “duty” again.

Christmas

Christmas!!!

Christams is about His glory
Christmas is about His grace
Christmas is a gift the Father give us
More than just another story
about a special time and place
Christmas is a time to lift up all our praises

Chorus:
For God is with us,
and we celebrate the glory of His presence.
Christ has come,
to fill our hearts with love.

He came to save us
King of Kings and Lord of Lords,
His name is Jesus
God with us
Emmanuel has come

Angels fill the night with singing
God is reaching to man
Bringing the hope in Christ, our Saviour
More than just a time of giving
This is God's eternal plan
Christmas is the reason we can sing again.

The Heart of Christmas

Went JB to Celebrate Christmas with Aunt Nancy's family on 23rd. Just like last year, I followed her to the church near her house to watch the Christmas performance on 23rd and 24th night. Stephanie (aunt's daughter) also performed this year.

The theme for this year is "The Heart of Christmas". All the performance is about giving/present on Christmas. The drama titled "The Best Present for Christmas" told viewers that best Christmas present is not fancy or expensive presents, but knowing Jesus!

Ohya, as this is the second time I go to the curch, they gave me a pen with a ribbon-made love shape at the end. The love shape obviously is because of the "Heart of Christmas theme". Before going back home after the performance on 23rd, I bought the "Heart of Christmas" t-shirt which cost RM14. Quite nice, it's white tee with red cuffs and neck.

Guess what, Aunt Nancy gave me a bilingual bible as my Christmas present!

裸奔

听说女人如衣服，兄弟如手足，回想起来，我竟然七手八脚地裸奔了21年!



- Chan Ka Ho (hoy24@hotmail.com)

Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds.


Albert Einstein

Grabbed from http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=142595&page=2

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a
task will do him little good.


- Samuel Johnson

Grabbed from http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=142595

Fish - Water

A fish cannot comprehend the existence of water. He is too deeply immersed
in it.


- Sir Oliver Lodge

Grabbed from http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=142595

My candle burns at both ends;

It will not last the night;

But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--

It gives a lovely
light!



by Edna St.-Vincent-Millay

Grabbed from http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=142595

Johor Bahru (JB) Trip

Event: A-Block JB Trip 2006
Date: 15 December 2006

Just like the years before, every year end, A Block has this trip to JB. It's just a day trip where fellow A Blockers gathered and go JB for shopping and eating seafood at the hawker stall.

Heard seniors said last year more girls went so the major event was shopping for cloths, accessories, etc. This year, more guys, so the main event is shopping for DVDs. Haha. The (pirated) DVDs shops is very "cool" lar, the shop seems normal selling CD casings, Original VCDs/DVDs, but if you want pirated ones, they owner will take you to the back of the shop. But you can't just go in anyhow as the back door is locked and you need to give the "correct password" then only the people inside will open for you to go in. You can find ANY DVD inside, just name it, the owner will show you the place of the DVDs on the shelves. I wonder how they memorize them. Another thing, they provide shipping to any country in this region. DVDs is RM5 and another RM4 if you want them to send to Singapore. (Note, Singapore is very strict in monitoring pirated CDs and DVDs). So for those people in Singapore who wish to buy CDs or DVDs, they can order online (through the shop's website). Guess the saying "Malaysia is the main export of pirated VCDs and DVDs in this region" is true.

At night, we all went to the hawker stall down the road for seafood. My table ((6 people) ordered a total of RM170 worth of food. The other table, they ordered RM300.

RM 13 ba kut tay
This reminds me of our lunch just after we reach JB. Maybe because most of them looks very Singaporean, rich Singaporean, so this shop owner charged us RM13 each for the ba kut tay (肉骨茶). Wah, I never eat such expensive ba kut tay until today. Actually, the ba kut tay is RM10, but the SMALL bowl of 油条 cost RM2 and the rice cost RM0.60, tissue cost RM0.30... really, no business ethical at all.


Ayway, the trip overall is very fun. Hmm, before came to Singapore, I thought I'll go JB to buy things, but in the end, I never go down JB until this trip... guess I'm too lazy to go down after all...

Hall Production Started

Hall Production - Stage Crew duty started today. Our first task of the day - clean up the RAG area!

We moved all the tin cans in the RAG Store to the room behind reading room, sort out all the remaining aluminium and steel from RAG last holiday, and Kim and Eric gave us a brief introduction - RAG1101 Introduction to RAG. He explained to us what are the purpose of the tools and demonstrated the correct way to use all the power tools to cut metal bars, angle irons, aluminium, woods, etc.

After that, around 1300, all of us (actually only 6 of us: Eric, Kim, Julian, Weliam, Yiling and me) went Biz Canteen for lunch. That's all for today. All the building works haven't started because the whole design of the stage is not confirm yet. Kim and the Stage Designers still discussing and modify the stage to ensure the stability of the stage. Tough huh? They discussed for quite a number of days already. One of the main problem is that the stage is double storey. It's not easy to build a double storey hollow structure.

Well, tomorrow no work for Stage Crew, so I can go Touch Rug training. But I wonder what can I do when the muscles of my leg still quite pain, after the training yesterday (Monday).

Let see later... 0900 Touch Rug Training...

Production Supper

First Day of Holiday

So this is it, officially, holiday after Semester 1 started. All the holiday committees, sports trainings officially start today.

0800 - Woke up after Ronny bang on my door. Oh my gosh, I overslept! I didn't hear my alarm ring at all. Nevermind, I rush down to MPSH with Ronny. After Sunny (Captain) reach, we clear the chairs and tables in MPSH and put up the badminton nets.

BADMINTON TRAINING STARTS!

First Round - 4 minutes shadow - Wah, leg start to feel the strain after 2 minutes!
Second Round - 3 minutes shadow - Still can hold on!
Third Round - 2 minutes shadow - Feel uncomfortable...
Fourth Round - 1 minute shadow - Wah! vomited after the break. The water I drank before this all vomited out. But, like Sunny said, really felt good after vomit.

Nothing much after that, just normal lobbing, drop, net, etc. First time vomit because of sports. Maybe because rested for so long before and after reading weeks.

1200 - Went Queensway to have lunch with other badminton team members. Window shoppinged around Queensway Sports Center.

1600 - Went SRC with Softball Team, just to play and get a bit of feel on Softball.

1700 - ROAD RACE TRAINING! Meet other team members at SRC track. After warming up, run around track for 2 rounds. Weiyang (Captain) lead us to run around NUS. From SRC, PGP, the-route-to-K.E. VII, Central Library, behind-Design Faculty, behind-Engineering Faculty, back to SRC. Tired, really tired!

But thats not all, after that, we sprint 100m for 4 times. Really pushed to the limit!
After that, we walked around the track to cool down. This is where the 'great part' comes. MY LEG CRAMP! So uncool, I'm the only guy who cramp after running. There is another girl (Esther) whos leg was cramp also that time, almost the same time when I cramp. Ha, so funny.

2100 - Production Supper. First meeting of Hall Production Committess. The design of the stage is announced, but it's not final yet, few modifications still need to be made. All Production Committees sit down and listen to brief introduction from sections leaders.



Thats all I guess. Tired now. Truly, a very 'fulfilled' day. I wonder if the whole holiday is going to be this SHAG...

Forget Again?

Sigh, I'll going to kill myself someday for being so forgetful...

I didn't bring the notes I've prepared for the past 2 days to exam. I reach the exam venue half an hour earlier. Unfortunately, I only realize I didn't bring the notes (summary) after 15 minutes. NOT ENOUGH TIME TO GO BACK AND GET IT ALREADY!

CS1231X Discrete Structure is open book. So, not bad, I still can refer to text book and lecture notes. Still, it's like an bad omen...

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Anyway, what happened cannot be undone. Tomorrow is my last paper, SSS1207 Natural Heritage of Singapore. Going to push all the way till tomorrow. Hopefully I wouldn't feel dizzy tomorrow. Slept for 9 hours in total for these 2 days.

MUST SCORE since I didn't S/U this module and my marks are terrible for the past CAs, what a shame.

I Miss

I miss:

1. Bed at home
2. Mommy & Daddy
3. Brothers
4. Sister
5. ZeGanG
6. Computer at home
7. RM2 chicken rice shop at inner Poh Kwong Park
8. slacking life after STPM
9. day dreaming
10. HOME!

Sigh, only can go back during Chinese New Year. Don't know why suddenly I miss everything at home... I thought I'll never miss 'em...

Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, NUS

(Text from http://courseware.nus.edu.sg/NaturalHeritage/ )

RAFFLES MUSEUM OF BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH (INTRODUCTION TO THE NATURAL HISTORY AND HABITATS OF SINGAPORE)

About this Habitat

In this module, the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research (RMBR) is treated as a “habitat” because it is a part of the natural heritage of Singapore, though it is not a “natural habitat” as such. The museum is a research centre for biodiversity of Singapore and Southeast Asia. It houses reference specimens collected in Singapore (and elsewhere in the region), throughout the >150 years of the museum’s history.

RMBR has its origins in the Raffles Museum which was founded in 1849 and renamed the National Museum in 1961. That museum comprised of several components, including the natural history collection (zoological collection) which, in 1972, was moved to the National University of Singapore (then the University of Singapore). It was at that time known as the Zoological Reference Collection (ZRC). In 1987, ZRC was enlarged with other zoological collections from the former University of Singapore and Nanyang University. The collection in ZRC was also enriched by the donations and contributions of research staff, plus many students and foreign scientists, etc.

On 1 October 1988, the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research was officially established to house the Zoological Reference Collection, the University Herbarium, the Culture Collection, as well as an Exhibition Gallery. RMBR operates not only as the home of extensive animal and plant collections but also as the base for academic activities (biodiversity research by staff, lecturers, postgraduate researchers of the Department of Biological Sciences, and many visiting/foreign scientists), and for public education in environmental and natural conservation.

The Exhibition Gallery, officially launched in June 2001, is designed for exhibition and education purposes - this is the part of the RMBR that is accessible to the general public. The Exhibition Gallery features the biodiversity of the Southeast Asian region, especially Singapore. Specimens of several animal species which were already extinct in Singapore are on display here. Some other display items are of very rare species which you only have a very small chance to see in Singapore nowadays. Some exhibits present more common species, although a number of them are difficult to observe in nature due to their secret habitat or behaviour. The Exhibition Gallery is therfeore a good chance for you to see how rich the biodiversity of Singapore used to be, and still is.

Takes One Day

"It only takes one species one day to cause a serious problem - even if the
decades before were peaceful"

Daniel Simberloff
American academic and expert on invasive species

Random

Science

The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday
thinking.

Albert Einsein

Purpose of Life

Unless you assume there a God, the question of life's purpose is
meaningless

Bertrand Russel
Atheist Philosopher

Type of Blogger?

You scored as The Journalist.

You love recording. You record the events that happened to you during the day, and you usually note them down in a fluent and formal language. You normally receive a lot of props and comments since you are sociable and it is comparatively easy to give you a comment. Seldom will a journalist write about his/her VERY personal feelings on a blog, secrets are secrets to them!

The Journalist 83%
The Philosopher 67%
The Copy-Cat 58%
The Shouter 50%
The Writer 50%
The Lover 42%
The Photographer 42%
The Paparazzi 33%
The Addict 25%

Which type of Xangan/Blogger are you?

Friends, exam

Glad to have friends that always contact you and update you with the activities back at hometown. They will message you, once a while, to tell you about their life or even just to forward funny sms.

Sometimes, I feel guilty for not have the initiative to message them in the first place. Hmm, I just do not have the habit to message and initiate conversation with people. I want people to keep me updated but I do not take the first step to contact them in the first place... this is really bad.

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Had ET1000 English for Academic Writing paper this morning. Think I wrote the wrong idea for the first and second paragraph. Only when I reach the third paragraph, I suddenly realize that I was kind of off topic. I wonder what grade will I get.

My exams officially start tomorrow. Tomorrow is EG1108 Electrical paper. Studied the whole day, do past years with friends from the same floor (lucky to have 2 friends taking the same module on my floor), but somehow the feeling of "still-cannot-make-it" is lingering in mind. Have no confident at all.

Anyway, I am very tired and sleepy now. I better get enough rest to put myself in best condition for the test tomorrow.

What the...

Read this...

http://malaysia-today.net/blog2006/holds.php?itemid=843#nucleus_cf

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One word, sad. The comments posted by people there are so racist. What "Hidup Melayu", "Hidup India", "Hidup China/Cina". We all should live under one same identity - Malaysian!

These comments are so misleading and definitely not a positive impression to represent Malaysians.


(By the way, why the post makes chinese sound so stupid?)

CS1101Y Discussion Group 8

CS1101Y Discussion Group 8.

This is the photo of my discussion group for CS1101Y. My discussion leader, Tok Wee Hyong, is the one squatting down at the left most. We took this photo during the last tutorial.

Before class ends, Wee Hyong gave us an advice:

If you face difficulties when doing programming, do not stop! Keep on
practicing! Because you will eventually reach a threshold where you start seeing lights!

Yeap, this is very true! Because I experienced once when I am doing my lab. I started to "see light" after doing the lab for 2 whole days. Maybe that is why I find this advice very meaningful.

Guide to Better Sleep

Got this from http://health.msn.com/centers/sleep/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100118531

1. Get more exercise—physical and mental. It primes the sleep homeostat. It's a myth that exercise at bedtime is bad. Sex is, among other things, a great exercise.
   
2. Set a regular bedtime—and keep it. Your body needs reliability.
   
3. Set up conditions so that you catch the wave of sleep. Sleep has to be permitted. Take obstacles out of the way, and give up the notion that you can control sleep.
   
4. Learn simple meditation and practice it before bedtime; it cuts down nervous system arousal.
   
5. Put sleep in the background of your life. Don't monitor it, don't evaluate it.
   
6. Jack up your body temperature with a warm bath before bed. Exaggerating the normal drop in body temperature that accompanies lying down abets sleep.
   
7. Keep your bedroom dark, especially as you get older. Even small amounts of light and noise can disturb sleep as you age.
   
8. Don't overheat your environment. Sleep loves cold. Keep your bedroom cold but load up on blankets.
   
9. Less is more. The less you do in response to a bout of sleeplessness, the faster your sleep patterns will return to normal.
   
10. Keeping your wake-up time constant but going to bed one hour later will help 25 percent of insomniacs in one to two weeks. Prepare to feel sleepy at times and avoid driving then. After two weeks, add back the time in half-hour increments.
    
11. Look on two or three nights of insomnia as a gift—the gift of time you wanted to get done all that you have to get done. Insomnia may be functional, a signal that you need to attend to what got you up.
    
12. Don't fight the insomnia. The homeostat makes sleep a self-reparative system—if you stay out of its way.
    
13. Don't worry about the consequences of not sleeping. Worrying about insomnia can create insomnia.
    
14. Don't sleep with your pets! Animal dander can create allergies that manifest only at night, and the movement of any pet on your bed can wake you up.
    
15. Do not sleep later to make up for lost sleep. It de-primes the sleep homeostat and reduces pressure for sleep the next night, turning a night of sleeplessness into insomnia.
    
16. Don't make up for a night of sleeplessness by napping. That undermines the sleep homeostat and makes it less likely you will sleep through the next night.
    
17. Don't make up for an acute bout of insomnia by going to bed early.
    
18. Do not try to induce sleepiness by drinking alcohol. Yes, it's a great relaxant—but it is metabolized so quickly it creates rebound insomnia within the night; it's so fast-acting you'll be up in four short hours.
    
19. Limit caffeine to one cup of coffee in the morning. At age 18, caffeine has a half-life of 4.5 hours, which increases with age. Gradually eliminate caffeine altogether if you have trouble sleeping.

Perfect Practice Makes Perfect

Practice does not make perfect but a perfect practice makes perfect.

-teik zhen

Programming Practical

Yeah, got 80.8 marks for my CS1101Y (Programming Methology; Java) Practical Exam (PE). Guess this is the highest mark I've got so far among all test I've sat for so far. There are 20 people got more than 80 marks (gosh, I'm the 20th?) out of 99 in CS1101Y. Guess, I'm just average, which is true all the time. So, should I be happy about it? Hmm, good question.

In CS1101Y:
# students who took the PE: 99

Average score: 62.3 / 100

# students scored 100: 4
# students scored >= 90: 12
# students scored >= 80: 20
# students scored >= 70: 31
# students scored >= 60: 55
# students scored >= 50: 77

Need to catch up in other subjects already. Can't really survive if I keep on like this - screwed up in other modules and fairly good in ONE module only. In the end, I will surely kill myself with low CAP.

Widget

My Yahoo! Widget

Cool, just realize how usefull tools like Yahoo! Widget are. With it, I can manage my daily activities easier. Furthermore, all the notes and events are stored in Yahoo! server. Which means I still can view the notes and events even I did not bring my laptop with me. Before this, I manage my daily activities using Microsoft Outlook. But now, hey, with Yahoo! Widget, I can paste notes, things-to-do and syncronize them with my Yahoo account. Hmm, I wonder why now only I realize how to use this kind of tools. I mean before this, I saw my friends using the calendar, clock, etc and I thought they just use it as "desktop decorations". But now, I can understand why it is not "things that waste cpu memories".

Why do not you try it too?

All Test Paper Has Been Destoryed

Received this email from EG1108 Electrical Engineering lecturer.

1. A number of you have emailed me directly, soon after the release of the grades, with requests for release of the raw marks, review of the answer scripts, release of questions and solutions, among others. Some of these requests are also posted on the IVLE.
2. I hope you understand that I am not able to respond to you individually.
3. Setting a normal exam paper (6 questions) and grading some 700 scripts is a big exercise, involving many lecturer-hours: marking, checking the marks, processing the marks etc, taking easily 10 days.
4. The MCQ paper shortcuts this process and saves time as computers can be used to grade the answers.
5. Unlike the "normal" paper, MCQ papers provide valuable feedback for the instructors on what students do not know through the award of negative marks, over which some of you have displayed much passion, not unreasonably.
6. As I mentioned in my note that accompanied the release of the test results, I am satisfied that the raw marks fall on a very well-behaved bell-shape curve, as can be expected from a student population of 700. The shape tells us that we have some very good students in the P band, some very weak students in the T band and the bulk of the population lying between these two bands. It's a bit like wealth distribution in a population: a small percentage that are filthy rich, a small percentage dirt poor, and the bulk managing 3 meals a day.
7. Raw marks are not very meaningful. They must be viewed in relation to the rest of the student population. We use a band of marks for the simple reason that a student with a score of 75 need not necessarily be better than a student who scores 73. Further there is always some uncertainly in the grading (not for MCQ papers), between
markers, over time for the same marker (before or after lunch, depending whether it's a good or a bad lunch), etc. Markers are subject to the same human weaknesses as everyone else including students.
8. Marking on the curve is a standard NUS procedure. And this is also practised in many enlightened universities in the world. One Canadian professor remarked: "We don't give the students the raw marks, because if we do, they all fail." A bit of an exaggeration, of course.
9. All the Midterm test papers have been destroyed.

C H Ling

Hmm, interesting eh? Nobody will know if they (markers) make mistakes during marking. Anyway, my mark falls in R Band. There is no way to check my own mistakes at all.

"We are not retreating - we are advancing in another
direction."


--Douglas MacArthur

Improbable Collapse of World Trade Center

Just a 1 hour 30 minutes video clip which I got it from video.goole.com. The clip is about why The Twin Towers and Building 7 of World Trade Center (WTC) should not have collapsed during 9/11.

Below are some of the facts that might get you hooked on the 1 hour 30 minute long video clip.

• No steel frame high-rise building has ever collapsed due to fire in mankind history. The impact of the Boeing-767 airplane and the explosion from the fuel of the airplane can never melt down the metal core of the buildings. It takes about 2500F to melt down metals and the maximum temperature an uncontrolled open fire is less than 1100F. Therefore, we can conclude that the reason WTC collapsed is not because of metal meltdown, probably because of explosives, such as Termites!
  


• The Twin Towers and Building 7 collapsed almost at free-fall speed. It takes about 8 seconds for an object to fall from the top of The Twin Towers to ground while these buildings "pan-cake" collapsed in less than 10 seconds. (South Tower - 11 seconds, North Tower - 9 seconds, Building 7 – 6.6 seconds. It is like the metal at the lower level did not even give any resistant to the falling of the upper level. This lead us to one hypothesis – The buildings were planted with explosives to carry out controlled demolition!
  

Irish Potato Omelet

Irish Potato Omelet

(This recipe yields 6 servings)

6 Med to Large Eggs
1 Tablespoon Chopped Chives
1 Large or 2 Med Potatoes
1 Tablespoon Scallions
Lemon juice
Salt
1 Tablespoon Butter
Pepper



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Boil potato (s) and mash.

Separate eggs yolks and egg whites.

Set egg whites aside.

Beat together the mashed potato and egg yolks.

Add a splash of lemon, chives, scallions and salt & pepper to taste. Mix all together.

Whisk egg whites until stiff and gently fold them into to mixture. Leaving as much air as possible.

Melt butter in omelet pan or frying pan. Cook the mixutre until golden then run it under the broiler to finish and puff it up. Serve at once.

A hearty and meatless mighty meal.

October Birthday Angels!

Event: Birthday Party for October Angels
Time: 1130
Venue: Rooftop

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This is just a small scale celebration for all the A Blockers who’s birthday in October, i.e.: Natalia, Zhijian, Euwin, Charlotte, Ronny, Serene, and the others who did not turn up, namely, Thye Heng, Jun Cheng, Farah, Roy, Chenxi, Ka Wai.

They (those who are very "on" one) prepared two cakes for everyone. Blackforest and chocolate cake. Hmm, the chocolate cake is very nice! I like chocolate! Hehe




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Disappointed

I’m so disappointed with you 고빙한!
You never do your job properly. You never plan your things properly. You never put in enough effort in all the things you do. You never consider things comprehensively. YOU ALWAYS SLACK!!!

You are sickening! I hate you!

Naked Revealation

Event: Naked Revelation
Venue: Science Forum
Date: 25-27 October 2006

Its NUS Stomp AIDS Day. Booth are set up at Science Forum to spread message and to raise awareness about the danger of AIDS. Visitors were given free condom(s) (I got one too...) and free air brush tattoo.



"Free gifts"... cool eh?

Falling for her

Quote from Teik Zhen (25 OCT '06)

When you feel like spending more time with her without knowing why, thats when you are falling for her...

Still remember last time when she asked me, "Why do you like me? What qualities in me that make you fall for me?" I was stunned by the question, and I could not think of a “best” answer for her. After a while, I answered back with the first impression she gave me (when I start falling for her) and other common-good-qualities-that-a-girl-should-have. Obviously, the way I answer is in a very unorganized way and maybe stupid? She did not reply much after that and went offline a while after.

Of course, I could not blame anyone except my own self for being less verbal, unknowledgeable or immature enough…

Sometimes I wonder; do we actually need a reason to love someone?

NTU Survey

Just to share with you a clip on YouTube. It is about the result of a survey carried out in NTU. Enjoy^^

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

Room Layout Changed Again

Went IKEA, Queensway, with Kim, Joseph, Weiliang and Kenny this morning. Around 1030. Bought a S$2.90 glass vase and a S$1.80 Potpourri (air fresheners; Dofta and Potpourri. That is what written in the receipt).

I only poured half of the Potpourri out in the jug. The rest I kept in my cupboard. Woohoo, my cupboard, with all my cloths inside, are filled with the aroma! Haha.

We had our lunch at Burger King, after we met Zhihao, Roy and Al. Then we went AnchorPoint. After finish shopping for groceries, Roy took his car and drop us back at hall.


New arrangement of bed and decor.

The jug with Potpourri.

Nice?


(Gosh! My blog has become a photo blog…)

Haze

Indonesia's Vice President asked Malaysia to be "fair" in responding to the smoke haze that has been enveloping neighboring countries.

"The oxygen produced by the forests of Kalimantan and Sumatra has benefited Malaysia... If they want the benefit, sometimes, when something bad happens, they shouldn't feel bothered..."

Does it make sense? I mean to relate the oxygen that produced to the haze problem. It is not very wise to critic about other people (or even boast about your contribution to other people to pull yourself up a bit) when you yourself are making mistakes. Furthermore, Indonesia has yet to ratify the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution that was signed by all 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in year 2002 (Yahoo!, 2006)

Read this http://asia.news.yahoo.com/061015/kyodo/d8kourlg0.html

There are more than 570 hot spots detected in Sumatra, Indonesia. From June to August this year only, the country recorded 8,476.5 forest fired in seven provinces (ANTARA, 2006).

(Maybe the haze contributed by the forest of Indonesia is outweighing the benefits, oxygen produced in particular?)

Anyway, Indonesian government really should do something about the haze problem that will come back and strikes the region every year.

Defending your own mistakes will never bring you any good. That is what I believe.




References:

Yahoo!. (2006 OCT 15). “Indonesia’s Kalla asks Malaysia to be ‘fair’ about haze issue” in Yahoo! Asia News. Retrieved on 18 October 2006 from http://asia.news.yahoo.com/061015/kyodo/d8kourlg0.html

ANTARA. (2006, OCT 4). “Some 570 hot spots detected in Sumatra” in AntaraNews. Retrieved on 18 October 2006 from http://cc.msnscache.com/cache.aspx?q=4156953854382&lang=en-SG&mkt=en-SG&FORM=CVRE2

*note: The website is cached because the original article could not be found anymore.

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Some of the before-and-after photos at NUS.

Before: Photo of the port from Engineering Faculty.

After: Photo of the port from Engineering Faculty.

Before: Photo of the football field at the Sports and Recreational Center (SRC) from School of Computing (SoC)

After: Photo of the football field at the Sports and Recreational Center (SRC) from School of Computing (SoC)

FoM Header (v2)

* adjustment made to the header background image to suit the new template.

SUSPECT DETAINED AT KENT RIDGE HALL

Received this email from office this afternoon…

Hmm, this is sure a shocking news to all Kent Ridgens, especially the girls.

Dear Residents,
On 14 October 2006, at about 12.40pm, a male employee from our cleaning vendor, M/s Sun City Maintenance Pte Ltd, was caught taking ladies' undergarment from the laundrette at D Block. D Block resident, Shawn Low Wei Hiong, caught the culprit red-handed and with the assistance of Yeong Hoong Soon restrained the culprit before handing him over to the police. Our Hall commend Shawn Low and Hoong Soon for their exemplary conduct and quick response in stopping a crime.. Residents are hereby reminded that to be vigilant at all times. Let us continue to help look after each other's properties/interest and ensure that all exits including fire exits are properly closed and secured at all times, to prevent trespassing.

Regards
Lewis Heng

Windows Live Mail new layout

Windows Live Mail

Looks like Microsoft changed the layout for Windows Live Mail again!

A Block Mooncake Festival

Event: A Block Mooncake Festival
Date: 20061008
Time: 2200
Venue: A Block Rooftop



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Went rooftop to celebrate Mooncake Festival just now. Some people brought mooncake and drinks to share with everyone, while others bring firework, lanterns to play together.

Haha, it is fun~ I bet you can tell from the photos.




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Everyone gathered around the wooden table at rooftop as usual.

Haha, lantern! So long did not play these (because before this I think it is childish... ha)

Suenchi and Junmin - The hobbits - But cute!

Alphonsus

Cool! Photo of Charlotte kisses Lichin... priceless!

From left: Zhihao, Junmin, Alphonsus

Cool eh? I mean the firework pattern effect made by Charlotte!