Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Rubik's cube frenzy.
I think I've become quite a lot more analytical the past few days.
I've learnt a method to solve the Rubik's cube off the net, invented another method whilst in the bath, and created another out of a friend's method.
Some people would call me crazy.
hahaha.
Anyway, life's been pretty nonsense the past few days. FDM Club's taking up a lot on my mind. Maybe I should follow a friend's style in handling his club, like a dictator, he said on his blog. But I can't. I don't give orders, I suggest them. Ah well, apart from that, quizzes and presentations and projects and Term Tests next week. And I got back Space Planning assignment 2. Got lower than Assignment 1 but still quite happy.
Went for ACJC strings concert last week with Val. Very good. Very nice. I liked the Piano Concerto. Too bad about the missing harp concerto though. And I've got VJC strings concert this Friday and my own and SYCO's on Saturday, afternoon and at night. Quite busy, as Tallie would say. Quite.
Caught Pirates last week too, VERY NICE. I LIKE.
This season there are so many good movies and so many good concerts to go to, I'm lost. I could go for all, but my friends can't all make it, so bo pian lah, I don't want to go alone.... I think. Let's list them out.
Movies
1. Shrek 3
2. Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix
3. Ocean's Thirteen
4. Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
5. Spiderman 3 (I haven't watched it yet man.)
6. Blades of Glory (my bro said this was damn good)
Concerts
1. Play! A Video Game Symphony - Singapore Festival Orchestra
2. VJC string ensemble concert
3. PLUCK
... and others I saw in the SSO brochure.
Darn. I don't have any time for it. Even during the short 2 weeks poly break I have to meet up with my IRDD group practically EVERYDAY to do the HUGE project which has the EARLIEST deadline.
I'm tired.
Goodnight.
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I've learnt a method to solve the Rubik's cube off the net, invented another method whilst in the bath, and created another out of a friend's method.
Some people would call me crazy.
hahaha.
Anyway, life's been pretty nonsense the past few days. FDM Club's taking up a lot on my mind. Maybe I should follow a friend's style in handling his club, like a dictator, he said on his blog. But I can't. I don't give orders, I suggest them. Ah well, apart from that, quizzes and presentations and projects and Term Tests next week. And I got back Space Planning assignment 2. Got lower than Assignment 1 but still quite happy.
Went for ACJC strings concert last week with Val. Very good. Very nice. I liked the Piano Concerto. Too bad about the missing harp concerto though. And I've got VJC strings concert this Friday and my own and SYCO's on Saturday, afternoon and at night. Quite busy, as Tallie would say. Quite.
Caught Pirates last week too, VERY NICE. I LIKE.
This season there are so many good movies and so many good concerts to go to, I'm lost. I could go for all, but my friends can't all make it, so bo pian lah, I don't want to go alone.... I think. Let's list them out.
Movies
1. Shrek 3
2. Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix
3. Ocean's Thirteen
4. Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
5. Spiderman 3 (I haven't watched it yet man.)
6. Blades of Glory (my bro said this was damn good)
Concerts
1. Play! A Video Game Symphony - Singapore Festival Orchestra
2. VJC string ensemble concert
3. PLUCK
... and others I saw in the SSO brochure.
Darn. I don't have any time for it. Even during the short 2 weeks poly break I have to meet up with my IRDD group practically EVERYDAY to do the HUGE project which has the EARLIEST deadline.
I'm tired.
Goodnight.
Rubik's cube frenzy.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Hooray. I'm Eighteen!
That would be dix-huit(dee-weet) in french.
Anyway, on Thursday, which was the 17th of may, I went to school as per normal. Had Space Planning test and got back results for Lab Assignment one.
Got 96 upon 100. Which is good since the test carries a 10 percent weightage.
Had lunch at the Ban Mian there. Now, I dont' know who termed that place "the Ban Mian there". It just became that way. Ate my regular chicken rice there. Went back to school for another round of space planning lessons and after that had FMF tutorial. I don't like the subject.
Anyway, after FMF I rushed off for violin lesson. And on the bus suddenly Yi Ting called me and asked me why I ran away from class. hahaha. Then the class, or what remained of the class back in school, sang me the birthday song through her phone. Sounded a bit warped though, cos of the many different people shouting at the same time. But thanks all the same!
Left for Violin Lesson. Kreutzer was like crap again... And the new concerto is nice. After violin I went to parkway with my family and we ate at Swenson's.
Walked around Parkway and even went to the arcade with my bro. Then we all went home.
Friday
Today. Went to school just for Aircon lesson. Spent almost the entire time teaching Clar and Rais the basic steps to the Rubik's Cube instead. I'm sorry Yi Ting! Sorry for not listening! But I was bored. And I almost knew all of chapter one already...
Yes I'm lazy at times too. I know. And all greenview students who are reading this, don't follow this example! hahaha.
Yeah, then had FDM Meeting and went to Ajisen Ramen with Michelle, Ericia, WeiTing, Lynette, QL, Jerry and Jason. Then was eating halfway suddenly Michelle and Ericia came back from their "toilet" and presented me with a cake! But I couldn't finish it lah. Wasted...
Anyway, after that we went to TM's arcade and played abit. Then we all went seperate ways and I came back home, only to rush out again for training.
Training was alright, with Valerie's(the tkd one, not the CO one) siblings joining us for training. And the brother is a clarinetist from Manjusri! Spent some time talking to him about band stuff. hahaha. Mel didn't come today as well. Went back home after training and now I'm done blogging.
I've decided. From now one, when I type TKD Val, it means the val from training. If I just type Val, it's the one whose Juniors love to call xiao val... Which is, literally, small val. Which is true. Special references go to the hugest letter in this post.
Okay, I'm done.
Goodnight everyone.
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That would be dix-huit(dee-weet) in french.
Anyway, on Thursday, which was the 17th of may, I went to school as per normal. Had Space Planning test and got back results for Lab Assignment one.
Got 96 upon 100. Which is good since the test carries a 10 percent weightage.
Had lunch at the Ban Mian there. Now, I dont' know who termed that place "the Ban Mian there". It just became that way. Ate my regular chicken rice there. Went back to school for another round of space planning lessons and after that had FMF tutorial. I don't like the subject.
Anyway, after FMF I rushed off for violin lesson. And on the bus suddenly Yi Ting called me and asked me why I ran away from class. hahaha. Then the class, or what remained of the class back in school, sang me the birthday song through her phone. Sounded a bit warped though, cos of the many different people shouting at the same time. But thanks all the same!
Left for Violin Lesson. Kreutzer was like crap again... And the new concerto is nice. After violin I went to parkway with my family and we ate at Swenson's.
Walked around Parkway and even went to the arcade with my bro. Then we all went home.
Friday
Today. Went to school just for Aircon lesson. Spent almost the entire time teaching Clar and Rais the basic steps to the Rubik's Cube instead. I'm sorry Yi Ting! Sorry for not listening! But I was bored. And I almost knew all of chapter one already...
Yes I'm lazy at times too. I know. And all greenview students who are reading this, don't follow this example! hahaha.
Yeah, then had FDM Meeting and went to Ajisen Ramen with Michelle, Ericia, WeiTing, Lynette, QL, Jerry and Jason. Then was eating halfway suddenly Michelle and Ericia came back from their "toilet" and presented me with a cake! But I couldn't finish it lah. Wasted...
Anyway, after that we went to TM's arcade and played abit. Then we all went seperate ways and I came back home, only to rush out again for training.
Training was alright, with Valerie's(the tkd one, not the CO one) siblings joining us for training. And the brother is a clarinetist from Manjusri! Spent some time talking to him about band stuff. hahaha. Mel didn't come today as well. Went back home after training and now I'm done blogging.
I've decided. From now one, when I type TKD Val, it means the val from training. If I just type Val, it's the one whose Juniors love to call xiao val... Which is, literally, small val. Which is true. Special references go to the hugest letter in this post.
Okay, I'm done.
Goodnight everyone.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Hahah.
I was just going through my archives. And saw this post full of math jokes I put up last time. Have a look.
Theorem. A cat has nine tails. Proof. No cat has eight tails. Since one cat has one more tail than no cat, it must have nine tails.
Math problems? Call 1-800-[(10x)(13i)2]-[sin(xy)/2.362x].
A group of mathematicians and a group of engineers are traveling together by train to attend a conference on mathematical methods in engineering. Each engineer has a ticket whereas only one of the mathematicians has one. Of course, the engineers laugh at the unworldly mathematicians and look forward to the moment the conductor shows up.
Suddenly one of the mathematicians shouts: "Conductor coming!" All the mathematicians disappear into one washroom. The conductor checks the ticket of each engineer and then knocks at the washroom door: "Your ticket, please." The mathematicians stick the one ticket they have under the door, the conductor checks it and leaves. A few minutes later, when it is safe, the mathematicians come out of the washroom. The engineers are impressed.
When the conference has come to an end, the engineers decide that they are at least as smart as the mathematicians and also buy just one ticket for the whole group. This time the mathematicians have no ticket at all... Again one of the mathematicians shouts: "Conductor coming!". All the engineers rush off to one washroom.
One of the mathematicians goes to that washroom, knocks at the door, and says: "Your ticket, please..."
A mathematician, a physicist, and an engineer are asked to test the following hypothesis: All odd numbers greater than one are prime.
The mathematician: "Three is a prime, five is a prime, seven is a prime, but nine is not a prime. Therefore, the hypothesis is false."
The physicist: "Three is a prime, five is a prime, seven is a prime, nine is not a prime, eleven is a prime, and thirteen is a prime. Hence, five out of six experiments support the hypothesis. It must be true."
The engineer: "Three is a prime, five's a prime, seven's a prime, nine's a prime..."
And I labelled this as The Stupidest Math Joke of the Year, which was last year.
There were three medieval kingdoms on the shores of a lake. There was an island in the middle of the lake, over which the kingdoms had been fighting for years. Finally, the three kings decided that they would send their knights out to do battle, and the winner would take the island.
The night before the battle, the knights and their squires pitched camp and readied themselves for the fight. The first kingdom had 12 knights, and each knight had five squires, all of whom were busily polishing armor, brushing horses, and cooking food. The second kingdom had twenty knights, and each knight had 10 squires. Everyone at that camp was also busy preparing for battle. At the camp of the third kingdom, there was only one knight, with his squire. This squire took a large pot and hung it from a looped rope in a tall tree. He busied himself preparing the meal, while the knight polished his own armor.
When the hour of the battle came, the three kingdoms sent their squires out to fight (this was too trivial a matter for the knights to join in).
The battle raged, and when the dust had cleared, the only person left was the lone squire from the third kingdom, having defeated the squires from the other two kingdoms, thus proving that the squire of the high pot and noose is equal to the sum of the squires of the other two sides.
Hahah. Do leave your comments. I got these in an email my bro sent me.
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I was just going through my archives. And saw this post full of math jokes I put up last time. Have a look.
Theorem. A cat has nine tails. Proof. No cat has eight tails. Since one cat has one more tail than no cat, it must have nine tails.
Math problems? Call 1-800-[(10x)(13i)2]-[sin(xy)/2.362x].
A group of mathematicians and a group of engineers are traveling together by train to attend a conference on mathematical methods in engineering. Each engineer has a ticket whereas only one of the mathematicians has one. Of course, the engineers laugh at the unworldly mathematicians and look forward to the moment the conductor shows up.
Suddenly one of the mathematicians shouts: "Conductor coming!" All the mathematicians disappear into one washroom. The conductor checks the ticket of each engineer and then knocks at the washroom door: "Your ticket, please." The mathematicians stick the one ticket they have under the door, the conductor checks it and leaves. A few minutes later, when it is safe, the mathematicians come out of the washroom. The engineers are impressed.
When the conference has come to an end, the engineers decide that they are at least as smart as the mathematicians and also buy just one ticket for the whole group. This time the mathematicians have no ticket at all... Again one of the mathematicians shouts: "Conductor coming!". All the engineers rush off to one washroom.
One of the mathematicians goes to that washroom, knocks at the door, and says: "Your ticket, please..."
A mathematician, a physicist, and an engineer are asked to test the following hypothesis: All odd numbers greater than one are prime.
The mathematician: "Three is a prime, five is a prime, seven is a prime, but nine is not a prime. Therefore, the hypothesis is false."
The physicist: "Three is a prime, five is a prime, seven is a prime, nine is not a prime, eleven is a prime, and thirteen is a prime. Hence, five out of six experiments support the hypothesis. It must be true."
The engineer: "Three is a prime, five's a prime, seven's a prime, nine's a prime..."
And I labelled this as The Stupidest Math Joke of the Year, which was last year.
There were three medieval kingdoms on the shores of a lake. There was an island in the middle of the lake, over which the kingdoms had been fighting for years. Finally, the three kings decided that they would send their knights out to do battle, and the winner would take the island.
The night before the battle, the knights and their squires pitched camp and readied themselves for the fight. The first kingdom had 12 knights, and each knight had five squires, all of whom were busily polishing armor, brushing horses, and cooking food. The second kingdom had twenty knights, and each knight had 10 squires. Everyone at that camp was also busy preparing for battle. At the camp of the third kingdom, there was only one knight, with his squire. This squire took a large pot and hung it from a looped rope in a tall tree. He busied himself preparing the meal, while the knight polished his own armor.
When the hour of the battle came, the three kingdoms sent their squires out to fight (this was too trivial a matter for the knights to join in).
The battle raged, and when the dust had cleared, the only person left was the lone squire from the third kingdom, having defeated the squires from the other two kingdoms, thus proving that the squire of the high pot and noose is equal to the sum of the squires of the other two sides.
Hahah. Do leave your comments. I got these in an email my bro sent me.
Alright! Finally I can blog again. Even with the blogger page on error. All the icons are vertical so the typing area is right at the bottom. Anyway, life's been pretty alright nowadays.
Weird things are happening to my friends. One friend in particular. Can't say more here or that friend will kill me.
But anyway. Since the last post....
I've started Suzuki's book 4 and Kreutzer's 42 excercises. It's hard. Kreutzer, that is. But I'm confident I can play the whole book one day without looking at it. That'll be a long time from now though.
Poly's fine, with the Macau or LA trip coming up. It's either of the trips, but the Macau one is $800-$900 while the LA one is $2300-$2400. And since we've been informed secretly that selection for the LA one is by GPA, and my clique's GPAs aren't that good, we might as well just all go for the Macau one.
Oh yes, I've been hit by a craze. You know Rubik's Cube? The 3 x 3 x 3 cube with different colours on each side and u scramble it up and try to twist it back again? Yeah, I currently can finish it on an average of 2-and-a-half to 3 minutes. Hahaha. But staring at it can sometimes give me a brief headache.
Ah well, I'm done blogging. Just something to share with all you Males and Females out there. It's about words women use. My thoughts are in brackets.
FINE
This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.
(yes, absolutely)
FIVE MINUTES
If she is getting dressed, this is half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given 5 more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.
(now that's wrong, it means one hour, not half.)
NOTHING
This is the calm before the storm. This means "something," and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with'Nothing' usually end with "Fine"
(HAHAHA)
GO AHEAD
This is a dare, not permission. Don't do it.
(This isn't very true in Singapore, she'll just wait for you to do whatever it is, then yell at you.)
LOUD SIGH
This is not actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A "Loud Sigh" means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you over "Nothing".
(Imagine if she suddenly burped while making a huge long sigh...)
THAT'S OKAY
This is one of the most dangerous statements that a woman can make to a man. "That's Okay" means that she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.
(Yeah. That's scary, not okay.)
THANKS
A woman is thanking you. Do not question it or faint. Just say you're welcome.
(Ah now, how often does that happen to a married couple?)
WHATEVER
It's a woman's way of saying *!#@ YOU!
(hmm... Well... That should be good for the guy, right?)
The end.
Goodnight.
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Weird things are happening to my friends. One friend in particular. Can't say more here or that friend will kill me.
But anyway. Since the last post....
I've started Suzuki's book 4 and Kreutzer's 42 excercises. It's hard. Kreutzer, that is. But I'm confident I can play the whole book one day without looking at it. That'll be a long time from now though.
Poly's fine, with the Macau or LA trip coming up. It's either of the trips, but the Macau one is $800-$900 while the LA one is $2300-$2400. And since we've been informed secretly that selection for the LA one is by GPA, and my clique's GPAs aren't that good, we might as well just all go for the Macau one.
Oh yes, I've been hit by a craze. You know Rubik's Cube? The 3 x 3 x 3 cube with different colours on each side and u scramble it up and try to twist it back again? Yeah, I currently can finish it on an average of 2-and-a-half to 3 minutes. Hahaha. But staring at it can sometimes give me a brief headache.
Ah well, I'm done blogging. Just something to share with all you Males and Females out there. It's about words women use. My thoughts are in brackets.
FINE
This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.
(yes, absolutely)
FIVE MINUTES
If she is getting dressed, this is half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given 5 more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.
(now that's wrong, it means one hour, not half.)
NOTHING
This is the calm before the storm. This means "something," and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with'Nothing' usually end with "Fine"
(HAHAHA)
GO AHEAD
This is a dare, not permission. Don't do it.
(This isn't very true in Singapore, she'll just wait for you to do whatever it is, then yell at you.)
LOUD SIGH
This is not actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A "Loud Sigh" means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you over "Nothing".
(Imagine if she suddenly burped while making a huge long sigh...)
THAT'S OKAY
This is one of the most dangerous statements that a woman can make to a man. "That's Okay" means that she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.
(Yeah. That's scary, not okay.)
THANKS
A woman is thanking you. Do not question it or faint. Just say you're welcome.
(Ah now, how often does that happen to a married couple?)
WHATEVER
It's a woman's way of saying *!#@ YOU!
(hmm... Well... That should be good for the guy, right?)
The end.
Goodnight.
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Time to update.
Went surfing youtube last night. Saw a few funny things.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tvUbrbFdJ8g
Best Piano Improvisation I've ever seen. He added some themes from "tetris" at the end too. haha.
And this is the most silly and funny music performance ever!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aWPvi4E0feY
HAHAHA.
Okay, enough for an update?
Yes. Goodnight.
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Went surfing youtube last night. Saw a few funny things.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tvUbrbFdJ8g
Best Piano Improvisation I've ever seen. He added some themes from "tetris" at the end too. haha.
And this is the most silly and funny music performance ever!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aWPvi4E0feY
HAHAHA.
Okay, enough for an update?
Yes. Goodnight.
