WARNING: A geeky post!

Its not easy to learn how to use a new operating system from scratch, with no one to teach.

I felt like I was back in primary school days, when I got my first PC, a 80486 IPC running on Win 3.1. I still remembered I just came home from school that day when I saw the PC in the living room. It was switched on and showing the desktop, which was left there for testing to ensure it did not crash. I was curious and clicked on an icon. A window popped up and my heart skipped a beat because I did not know how to close the window. Haha I thought I did some irreversible changes to the computer so i quickly ran off.

Its the same nervous feeling now that I'm playing (or rather, trying to play) around with Fedora Core. I'm afraid a wrong move i make will harm the system. Haha.

Firstly, the documentation is full of words and that puts me off.

Secondly. the help system embedded in the terminal is greek to me, so I could not understand half of what its saying.

Thirdly, Linux is different from Windows in terms of concept; Linux is a multi-user environment and it runs on a tree-like system where everything else, from normal text files to entire hard drives, are nodes linked to the root. So I dunno where all the important system files are located for me to explore.

Fourthly, there's a whole new lot of extensions, so instead of .exe or .bmp or whatever, they are now .out or .rpm.

Fifthly(is there such a word?), the strength of Linux seems to lie in the terminal (aka the DOS-like screen) rather than the GUI. I have no complaints about it, just that its difficult to learn when I can see nothing but text.

I'm not touching Linux for now, primarily because I need to do my homework. Haha. But then again, there are some problems with the updating of my Fedora Core. Two of the components cannot be updated because of "package dependency" problems, then it hung at the updating screen a few times, and now it hangs at the installation screen. I give up.

I don't blame it actually. Its not easy to handle 243 updates.

Good news is that the latest stable version of Fedora Core, the fifth version, will be out next monday. I shall then take out some time to play with it. This shall be my first step to coming up with my own OS. Muahaha.

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http://kevan.org/johari?name=thewestdoor

Err yes I have one too! Haha just do for fun la hor. Thanks ah!

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Hello everyone!

Well today is my birthday. Haha.

[It feels kinda weird cos i usually don't announce my birthday to others. Haha.]

Had icomp today...well I was afraid my icomp friends would know about my birthday and do unexpected things to me, so i came up with some stupid excuse to remove the tagboard. I also changed my friendster profile and refrained from taking out my pencil case today, all in the hope that I can keep as low a profile as possible. =P

Luckily cca went on smoothly.

But I think someone told my class about today, resulting in me suddenly being flooded with a stream of smses while I was lunching. Very sorry I could not reply to all, cos i smsed too much liaox.

All in all, i have received (so far):
21 smses (which includes one on united sharks -.-''),
2 dedicated blog entries (haha),
2 tags from tagboard,
1 msn conversation,
1 angbao,
1 email.

Thanks to all! Really appreciate all the effort in pressing out all the sms texts and uploading of photos and tags and so on. =D

Birthday aside, cca is quite busy these days.

Besides preparing for micromouse competition, icomp will be hosting its annual vicomp quiz, and helping out in the various maths/science/humanities/chinese current affairs quizzes. Since I have done the chinese quiz last year, this year I have to help guide the juniors along.
For vicomp quiz I am helping out in the programming round, and they are thinking of using Linux...so I have to help ensure everything runs smoothly. Argh.

Oops. Was trying to do something drastic when things went horribly wrong. Will try to fix it another day.

I'm getting more and more uncomfortable by the minute.

I deeply admire my friend for his sheer determination and patience to fix his micromouse. The only antique top-sensing micromouse left in the arsenal, it has already being sent for repairs many times, but it still doesn't work properly, especially the motors. The place to repair the mouse is very far and ulu, so my friend had to DIY.

Since a month ago (he started doing his mouse way earlier than me) he has been permuting the 10 plus motors, chips, circuit boards, sensor boards, frames etc which he dug out from the cupboard, removing the circuit boards, turning the screws, removing the tires, the frames, changing the motors, then putting everything back together again, only to see the mouse crashing again.

On top of that, he has to endure the other 2 teams using the new-er (and the new-est) side-sensing mice running through the diagonals and overcoming long straights without any problem, plus the occasional tease. Thankfully he's a cheerful guy.

He is always the first to reach the lab and the last (at least later than me) to leave the lab.

He was (finally?) on the verge of giving up today, until i sympathise with him and decided to give him a helping hand.

[ I had thought of letting him take my mouse and I take over his mouse, since I have used a side-sensing mouse before and they hadn't, but my selfishness to hold on to my working mouse and unwillingness to use a half-spoilt mouse overcame my generosity. Argh. =( ]

Still, the problem is not quite fixed, for I'm no hardware expert, so he and his teammate are going down to AI tomorrow. Seriously I hope that will be the last time we have anything to do with them (at least for my batch).

I am totally impressed by his endurance to continue and not giving up, despite all these challenges. I don't think I would have survived for so long if I were him. I felt rather sorry for him and i myself feel quite bad, because I thought I could have done much more to help him.

Haix.

One bloody bronze was all I got.

I have not blogged for one whole week.

Short as it seems, the past week has been a *very* eventful week.

Besides all the unexpected stuff that (unfortunately) happened, there was also the release of my common test results, the promise letter i wrote, the NUS open house and the NOI results.

I didn't do exactly very well for my common test..got E for my physics, a C for maths, and 20/33 for section A of my computing.

I must work harder.

Went to NUS early in the morning with a friend to attend the open house. We were late for the computing talk, so all I heard was the salaries one can earn in the infocomm industry.

The hall was only a quarter filled during the computing talk, but the numbers swelled to a full house when the talk on the NUS Business School started after that.

After listening half the talk on Law I made my way down to SoC for the NOI prize presentation ceremony.

I was still feeling sore after sitting through the 2 hours listening and watching the Raffles and Hwa Chong clans wiping off all the top prizes (for the record, i meant all 7 golds, top 4 contestants, top sec sch contestants, top sec schs and top JCs). And as if I wasn't feeling bad enough, the top four each received a Mac Mini.

I have made my trainer disappointed; I have made my senior disappointed; I have made my teacher disappointed; I have made myself disappointed. I felt that I could have done better if I have trained harder for it, because this year's questions were not exactly too difficult. I could have solved more questions.

And so, I shall declare that I am NOT giving up in competitive programming. I must take part in NSC, I must win something, no less than the top 3. No one can stop me. This is no longer an issue about what bullshit accepting challenges or what crap about the experience is all that matters. This is about personal honour; this is about glory for the college.

As i have written in my promise letter, I have promised not to participate in any more competitions (the Singapore Robotics Games being the last) until I have proven that I can handle my studies well. Therefore, in order to earn a place in NSC, I must first get good results for JCT.

Last but not least, to the distant yet near friends, rest in peace.

I went in so relaxed, no stress, no worries.

As I read the questions, they seem ever so familiar, ever so do-able.

One question down, in less than 15 mins. So relieved I was. So delighted I was.

Yet as i continued, i got more and more stuck.

Irritating bugs are in the way.

Stopping me from submitting any more questions.

And no, they refuse to go away.

Demoralisation. Disappointment. Devastation. All settling in. Slowly and steadily.

As if to play a joke on me, I realised my mistake when there was only five minutes left.

Five minutes. What can I do?

The torture wasn't enough. A guy had to be sent to come and bug me.

Oh how many questions did you solved?

Oh I solved this question!

Oh have you participated in this before?

Oh.

Poof! And all was gone.

All gone. All gone.

Its not over. Yet. More are coming, or rather, going, real soon......

WARNING: LONG POST!

Breaking out of the hiberation earlier than usual...cos tomorrow is a holiday!

Yesterday I had the chance to watch the seniors getting back their results. Same as last year, nothing special. First the powerpoint slides, then the top students went up on stage to shake hands, take a photo, then the rest get back from their CTs.
Those who went up on stage were those with 8 or 9 distinctions..I want to go up the stage and see and hear people applauding me leh, but I have no S paper or A1 for chinese.

So the only way is that I do something drastic.

Like topping Singapore for physics.

Somehow people's dress sense have improved alot since graduation from jc, or maybe just that I have only seen them in uniform. Most were very well-dressed, though there were some slippers around too.

Next year I will be doing the same thing too.

I mean getting back the results, not wearing slippers.

VJC did okay for the A levels....though preformance was a slight dip from last year. According to the principal last year's batch complained that the questions were "unusual". As in unusually difficult. That panicked her and she called the RJC principal, who reported the same thing happening too.

So she told us that since our batch is the last batch doing the old syllabus, we can expect "unusual" questions too.

Shit man.

After announcing the A levels' results to us the principal declared today a holiday.....for the year1s. Tomorrow will be holiday for them too..cos "vjc don't have so many computers for them to check their posting results".

For us the year2s, it was as usual, chem in the morning and fmaths and literature in the afternoon. For more than 7/8 of the year2 population today will be the last day of their common test. So the teachers say today take common test, so tomorrow holiday.

Therefore, tomorrow's tests (whom the remaining 1/8 will be taking) will be pushed to monday.

And those 7/8 of them do no need to come on monday (unless they are helping out with the cca walkabout for the year1s).

I belong to the remaining 1/8.

Not too bad also la, because this way I have time to prepare for NOI before chionging computing on sunday.

The only problem is that thanks to a friend who told me today may be a full day off, my mind totally slackened out and my soul was gone when i was studying chem. I know i shouldn't believe in rumours (i'm not blaming my friend either, before that i was already having this illusion), but then given my optimistic nature, i couldnt help but..haha.

And so, chemistry was a complete disaster. Probability of passing it is 0.

Not that i did fantastically well for my maths and physics.

I still remembered my CT saying that there will be no second chance. If i fail any subject again, I will have to drop one subject. So i know i will be facing him next week, with the merciless question of which one to drop (or which poly to go to).

However listen (or rather, read) carefully everyone: I am not giving up!

Hey I know myself best. I know I can handle four subjects, even the S papers if I was given the chance to. Its just that i slacked a little too much last year. This year on I have worked rather hard (my friends can vouch for that! Last week I was already chanting the reagents and conditions necessary to prepare the various organic compounds le leh!)

And according (ya again) to my dear principal the previous students council president got BOOO for his june common test (june leh!) , but managed to get AAAA for his A levels.

I believe I should be given the chance to fight back too right? I just need...more time.

And so I shall try to keep my 4 dear subjects, in a bid to stick to my 2006 new year resolution. I'm secretly (cant do that now) hoping I can bypass my CT and go straight to the HOD Econs, the teacher in charge of dropping subjects. She's better.

What right does the JC has to get students to drop subjects huh!?!?!?! HUH!??! (haha just kidding)

On the other hand if I can secure something good this saturday, maybe *maybe* I can use that as an excuse for my poor grades. *Maybe*

People in my class are dropping subjects...i'm the only one going against the stream.

Please support me when the time comes ok? Help me write a petition or something haha.

I always wonder why my mother doesn't like computers. When she saw me holding two algorithm books I've gotten from the library she got agitated and said I should be studying for my last paper. Instead of wasting my breath explaining it was for NOI (and furthur agitating her), i just told her it was for my computing paper.

Today i went to the barber to have my haircut.

While waiting for my turn an old man carrying a black handheld bag came in. He settled down in a corner, quite near to me. After sitting down for a while, the old man left the barber, leaving the black bag on the floor.

The black bag immediately caught my attention. You know, since 9/11, and subsequently the bombings in trains and buses and pubs and god-knows-what-other-places, people around the world have been very sensitive over black-coloured bags.

No i'm not over sensitive, but i just couldnt help but stare at the bag, with images of ka-boom replaying in my mind, at the same time wondering if something explosive is going to happen soon.

Cannot blame me mah, but then i was sitting only about half-a-metre away from the bag. If it really explodes, I am sure to be the first to die.

Imagine, my body being ripped off into bits and pieces, scattered all over the place, some of them still burning, others charred to beyond recognition.

A seventeen-soon-to-be-eighteen-year-old-boy died, so many things still undone. Haven't got his 4 As, havent got his NOI medal (maybe gold leh! maybe top 4 then can rep singapore leh! maybe can get scholarship maybe can go overseas study maybe can work in some research institution maybe can invent some mind blowing thing maybe can become world famous leh!!!), haven't earn my first million (maybe i start a company then become famous and earn alot of money leh!), haven't dated a girl, haven't buy a car, haven't buy a new computer etc etc etc etc etc.

To say the truth, I did thought of running out of the barber shop. Haha.

Luckily, I was able to balance reality and imagination. Eventually I got my hair cut.

And for the security people who may have been alarmed by my imagination, halfway through the haircut the old man came back.

(As i'm typing this, suddenly i thought: what if the bomb goes off while my hair is being cut? I will die with a horrible hair-style!)

Before I end this entry I shall declare the start of the hibernation of my blog, which shall last for a week. Good luck to all in anything and everything they will be facing this coming week.

http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~noi/result2006_prelim.html

VJ's team is complete! All 5 of us are in to the final stage!

And interestingly there's a familar name in the list, other than the 2 I know.

The battle is becoming more exciting...~

I shall KILL!!!!

I wonder why people back then have so much passion and patriotism for their country. They can actually spend their entire lifetime throwing their mind and soul into building up the country.

[And they were not even born there!]

I admire the determination and energy they have to keep the country going despite tough times. You know, building up a country from nothing is definitely not an easy task. Managing finances, building up defences, building up housing and parks and shopping centres and public transport and airport and seaport and schools and librarys and cinemas etc etc etc etc, creating jobs for the unemployed, setting up unions and boards and agencies, establishing friendly ties with countries all over the world etc etc etc.

That is hell of a work to do!

Comparing their generation with our new generation kids, we seem to be doing real bad in terms of sense of belonging for our country huh? Every other person you rubbed shoulders with everyday has at least said once that he wants to get out of his country and migrate to some other better(or so they claimed) country.

I'm not saying that I'm patriotic. (Sadly) I'm one of the many (i'm quite sure) young kids out there who don't really know who the guy who died today is and what contributions he has done for Singapore until I watched the news.

But then again, at least I don't work hard to try to get good SAT scores and S papers grades for the sole reason of leaving Singapore to live in some "First-World" country for good.

I guess the reason is that people back then do not have to get stressed up in school or workplace, and standards of livings are low such that they can meet their daily needs easily and so, have time for their dreams.

Maybe in today's world, stress levels and cost of living are replacing sense of belonging as the factors that one considers which country he wants to live in.

On the other hand, should I say that technological advances and economical well-growth is driving us greedy and asking for better and better and even better things? People back then are satisfied with a little 2-room flat and a bicycle. People nowadays? 5-room flats are too small, the brand Toyota is not 'high-class' enough, and they want plasma TVs in their bathrooms, dozen-core-CPU-powered computers (hmm i wished for one of that too) etc.

Maybe because the past generation have been through tough times, so the tortures they endured made them more determined to run the country themselves, and run well, so that the country does not have to go through tough times again.

So our generation have never been through tough times, which make us not as bonded to the country as compared to the older generation. So everyone is thinking of leaving.

Perhaps we should start hoping that xI and xJC (where x=R) will churn out passionate leaders who are willing to lay down their lives for Singapore.

Meanwhile, i salute Mr S. Rajaratnam for his determination in running the country.

And maybe, we should start paying a little more attention to the country that gave us food and warmth and family and education.

A little update here...since i'm *slightly* free now.

I was registered for the olympiad! Its just that, according to one source, my email was truncated, and according to another source, my email was wrongly typed in.

Regardless of the mistake, I'm happy to be back in the race. Muahaha.

Actually I think the best i can go is only a bronze. Maybe *maybe* I can get a sliver. Gold....if heaven is on my side...top 4...if the Sun rises from the west.

I just do my best la.

One competition aside I have another competition coming up in not so distant time. The teacher is breathing down my neck wanting me to find out if there are enough people to justify the purchase of a third micromouse.

The year2s badly want a new one to replace an old spoilt one, but our dear money-saving teacher thinks that if there are not enough people to form a third team, then don't buy.

He has cause for worry though. The number of new year1s this year is terribly low. Not enough people to "carry down the family line". Besides, each mouse does not cost just $2.

And I'm supposed to call the year1s to find out who is interested in taking up micromouse. But given my shy nature towards strangers I don't know how to do it.

"This is your job. Otherwise why do I put u as the head?"

CCAs aside, SPAs and common test are coming soon. The next 3 days are SPAs days, but mine is on Thursday and Friday, so tomorrow is free for me. I will still be going school, because if i stay at home I will be spending more time on my bed and with the computer rather than my books.

Next week is common test, and with the release of A level results predicted to happen that week (and therefore, a declared holiday if my seniors did well), exams on Friday may be pushed to Monday, which is computing.

Which makes me wonder where I'm going to find time to practise that last bit for olympiad and watch my friend's drama, which will happen on the same day.

Life. Or the lack of it.

It gets increasingly discouraging when competition's coming in two weeks' time and I am still getting many Wrong Answer and Time Limit Exceeded.

It doesn't help when everyone else have received an email from the organisers asking to verify their information and I haven't received mine.

The fact that common test is coming is adding on to the pressure. Haix.

Hello everyone!

It has been a little stressful this week. Ever since the "battle" has begun almost everyday has been busy and tiring..running between college and Macdonalds' and home.

Firstly was Valentine's Day (or rather, Friendship Day) on Tuesday. "Friendship" Day is a rather hyped-up event in vjc...with the house comm blasting love songs in the canteen throughout the day and balloons and presents and cards appearing everywhere in the school. It was one of the rare times of the year where the canteen is so noisy because everyone was hanging around giving out presents.

My haul:
4 chocolates
1 sweet
1 cookie
1 rubber
1 candle
2 letters
2 snacks
1 sunflower
(did i miss out anything?)

Muahaha. Thanks to all for the presents...though i never prepare anything for others lol.

Anyway walking through a park with a sunflower sticking out from your bag is not an easy task to do.

The next day was Total Defence Day...nothing special happened la...just a talk in the morning on Total Defence.
Highlight of the day was the retrieval of the college yearbook. Finally after so many months and so much money the yearbook is in my hands.

Lately there's this news about police asking kids under 17 to stay at home after 11pm. They will record down names of those under 17 spotted loitering around and send them home...maybe even writing letter to their parents.

Wah gg liaox...now those kids cannot go out late at night liaox. Luckily i'm already 17 hahaha.

Sians i tired liaox. Blog another day.

Yo!

Just reached home from JTS!

(Technically speaking should be JSS...junior subsidized senior...cos we helped pay abit.)

Ate at this place called Sakura at Parkway...a place i never heard and stepped into until a few hours ago. Haha.

Went for the buffet..and like last time at Seoul Garden, i ate until damn full so as to maximise the value. Except this time got people paying for my meal. Haha.

The dinner was nice...because many people were there, there was nice food, the environment was nice, the atmosphere was nice.

Not forgetting the lemon-juice-laced-cream puff then i fell victim to.

There aren't many chances where one can just put down everything and enjoy a nice meal in a relaxed mood, esp ever since we entered JC. So i enjoyed it very much.

Yay i have recouped all my losses from my JTS last year..muahaha.

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day...nice lovely day for the many couples out there who will be giving and receiving presents. Good day for a liitle date after school.

That is, if there's someone who will give him or her presents and someone whom he or she can give presents to.

And someone to hold hands with after school.

Well, at least three men in this world will be going through a lonely Valentine's Day. Haha. Not too bad also la, they have each other and their computers for company.

I have invited them to put messages up on my blog. So here it goes:

TEMPLE SAYS

THIS YEAR

DRAGONS BETTER TO NOT START DATING

WHY?

CAUSE DRAGONS HAVING A LEVELS

DRAGONS ARE THEREFORE ADVISED TO FOCUS ON STUDIES

AS THEY HAVE A LEVELS

Pls +- 1 horoscope year in the case of uncertaintities

Wiseman available for bidding to be v-day partner!!! Starting bid price: SGD$100

愿天下有情人终成眷属

Love is like brushing teeth. If unmanaged well, you bleed.

If you experience too little, you bleed also.

If you use too much forece, you bleed even more.

Conclusion?

Use a softer toothbrush.

wish everyone can be with their lovers

wish all the girls cherish their loved ones more and all the guys love their girls more

Happy Valentine's Day to all!

YeS! The feeling is back...the feelING is baCK...THE FEELING IS BACK!

Muahahaha...Qing Wei shall rule the world......Qing Wei shall conquer all! Kill all! Fight all!

I shall win the battle! I shall survive the fight! I shall be the last one standing! I shall receive the greatest honour!

Qing Wei shall ROCK this world!!!

Darn i was late for school today.

I was caught in heavy traffic at the Bedok North PIE bridge there..by the time i reached the school the student councillors have locked the latecomers out.

After that i had to write my name down at the general office.

"Today is the Hongbao Toto ah...thats y the queue so long ah~"

Reason for being late: Traffic jam

"Good morng mr sum r u in sch today?"

"Yes i'm late. In GO now."

Immediately after that was my mock napha...muahaha i passed all 3 stations! But then i nearly failed my 2.4k and my CT knew about it...so i may ba down for "healthy lifestyle". Haix.

Today was the release of the O' Levels results....the little kids were worried over the results. The seniors were pretty excited as well. During my one hour in the canteen i have heard countless times of "AHH!!!!!! (i-dunno-who) got 6!" "AHH!!!! (i-dunno-who) got 8!"

There was this girl who ran all the way down the canteen, came in the row of bench i was sitting in (If i didnt react fast enough and give way to her my legs would have been gone) and to a friend to proudly announce her junior got many A1s.

There were loads more who were yakking on their handphones asking their little brothers/sisters/juniors/cousins how they have fared.

I wonder if our seniors did anything similar when we took our results last year.><

Well, getting results back is indeed nerve wrecking. The process of waiting shouldnt be experienced too many times. Haha.

Congrats to those who have achieved good results...for those who did not do well, it does not mean the end of the world, so stay optimistic =)

Internet Explorer users who suddenly find my sidebar missing, its at the bottom of my blog. I'm lazy to fix it.

Today went for my one-hour yoga course....

This yoga course was part of Feeling Fab 2006..so this morning the year2s went for courses that they have chosen earlier...besides yoga there's self-massage (they con people one..need two pple to massage), self defense, kick-boxing (aka muay thai), and non physical activities like personal grooming, business and enterprise, communication strategies (slack lor...just sit in LT listen) etc etc

Wah lau the yoga course was tiring la...stretching and twisting here and there, no difference from mass PE...there were weird postures that were impossible for me to do, what one hand go under a leg the other hand from behind the back then both hands have to touch each other.

LAst 5 minutes they have a "relax" posture...basically just lie down on the floor and keep eyes closed while they played some music. THe guy was there "Relax....relax your muscles....relax your back...relax your arms....relax..........................................................................................." They even switched off the lights so we could rest properly.

It was really relaxing..but because i watched too much tv, the whole time i was a little worried that we get too relaxed, they will inject something into us then make us their slaves. So i didnt really rest well, occassionally opening my eyes to make sure no one was near me. Haha.

Anyway the course isnt too bad...I think maybe they should make this a weeky event or something.

Tired.

I learnt something new yesterday.

Next time u all punch me hor, i won't get angry one. In fact i will treat you to a meal to thank you for only punching me once instead of punching me twice and kicking me.

Crap aside, i'm attending a yoga course tomorrow! Haha. Wish me good luck..i hope i will still be in one piece after the thingy tml.

Haha Valentine's Day is coming...interestingly our horticultural society is organising a flower delivery service not just within vj, but also to tj, for a mere delivery charge of 20cents.

Fearless!

Movie isn't too bad, though it fell slightly short of my expectations. I was expecting alot of fight scenes, but there were alot of talking.

Maybe the fighting weren't too "action" enough. Haha.

Anyway I thought it is too harsh to be tio a NC-16. Only a couple of fight scenes got bones breaking leh...parents can cover their children's eyes when watching that de ma. Otherwise there are alot of things little children can learn. Haha.

But overall its a good movie la. Worth watching.

Sianx holidays over liaox. No more holidays until march leh. Haiz.

*tHe BaTtLe HaS bEgUn...In ThE mOnTh Of FeBrUaRy...*

Good morning!

Before anything else, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL!

Its 初七人日 today..that makes it everyone's birthday!

My trainer took MC today..so I have the rare chance to stay at home instead of slogging my mind out in school.

Its nice weather today, not hot not cold. Sadly Year 2s don't have the fortune to enjoy it.

( In case anyone is still immersed in the CNY atmosphere, January has already passed. Its Feburary now. )

( Err yes, that brings us one month closer to A levels and one month lesser to preparing for A levels. )

( But then! We must be optimistic! That brings us one month closer to the end of A levels! )

In case you are thinking why I'm blogging rubbish again, this time I'm really blogging rubbish. Haha.
Because I want to delay doing my homework for as long as possible.

So the fact is that I'm wasting your time as your read this. Haha.

Sorry about that...have a nice day ahead.

( Actually you didnt waste all the time...because by reading this you have gotten a morning greeting, a birthday greeting and a "have a nice day" wish from me to you. )

( And I have just jolted you awake from your honeymoon. [Its Feburary!!!!!] )

( To a certain extent, I have just made you [slightly] more optimistic about life. Haha.)

Just one last statement..if this blog is giving you an impression that I am crazy, please allow me to loudly declare again: I AM NOT CRAZY!

-.-''

I'm damn tired today, so i shall just make a short post.

Today is the launch of Igloo, which is basically our students' lounge. They called it Igloo because it is a place for us to "chill out". Haha.

A huge launch party was organised...with some ice-breaking games (literally ice breaking), free food and drinks.

Basically the Igloo is a scaled down version of AHS's students' lounge (which they call Eagles' Nest haha). In Igloo there's a pool table, table soccer, a dartboard, a plasma tv hooked to a dvd player (i think), a PS2 hooked to a small lcd screen (there are two games currently), and a magazine rack with seats.

The ps2 and lcd screen are in a small little room. The principal told us that there's a sound proof room in the lounge where we can use to sing, and since it is the only room i saw, i guess that is the one ba. But there are no singing equipment leh. Correct me if i'm wrong.

I agree with one comment in cosiety that RPG games aren't very suitable to be put into students' lounge, since not many people can play at once.

In conclusion the Igloo is similar to the Eagles' Nest...but its abit too small to....attract many people?

I'm starting to not know what I'm typing. Haha. I shall stop here.

When the government announced the policy to ban smoking in public places I was rejoicing, because i thought i can finally breathe fresh air when i go out.

But so many months after the ban has been implemented, there isn't really much impact on the people huh? People still smoke freely on the streets, at the bus stops (despite the huge anti-smoking signs on the pillars), at the parks etc etc.

I hate most when i'm trying to enjoy a slow leisure walk along somewhere and then this guy must appear in front of me smoking (walking at the same pace and route as me somemore!). Then the puffs will fly backwards then i smell them -.-''

So i have to walk fast to get past the guy before i can enjoy my slow walk. But the fast walk past the guy and the puff that got into my nose already got me irritated.

They should ban cigarettes!

EDIT
I forgot to mention that the guest-of-honour today was the owner of Sakae Sushi (am i right?). He was a fellow Victorian.

Maybe 10 years later I become some famous guy then i also be the guest-of-honour of cross country, at the same time opening the new Sum Qing Wei Lecture Theatre. Haha.

Then i will create many false starts then make the good runners tired, so the normal people can win.

"Shock at VJC Cross Country - Top runners lose to gu niangs!"

Depending on what company i open i can donate some prizes also huh? If i open a computer company then i donate computers. If i open taxi company i offer discount coupons for taxi rides. Aren't these more practical? Lol.

END OF EDIT

So today was our annual cross country.

Nothing special about cross country this year, basically about the same every year:

-- The girls and teachers start running first, 3.2km
-- The guys run next, 4.8km

My CT came in first again, not just among the staff, but also among the girls. He has been doing so for the past 9 years -.-''

There were initially some talks about a threat from a girl. My CT expressed concern about this cross country girl who may be able to beat him, but alas, the threat didn't succeed. She came in after him...

While the girls started at the linkbridge, the guys started from the starting line of the stadium. As the race started, one can see crazy sportsmen running for their dear lives at the opposite side (its the truth man..they ran the 4.8km like they were running 100m)

Some ideas I came up with:
1) The first to reach the finishing line will be recarnated into the President of some country, second will be recarnated into Prime Minister etc etc
2) VJC kidnapped their girlfriends! They have to complete their race in a specific amount of time in order to save their girlfriends!

I'm talking cock.

Anyway i got a real nice position: 400. Muahaha.

At the last "fastest 100m stretch we ever ran in our lives" (i didnt run fast becos of the cheering girls -.-'', but the fact it is the finishing line) i was challenged by this guy. I tried to outrun him but he didnt want to lose out, so the two of us raced all the way down the stretch (at that point of time it appears i am the one who wants to get recarnated into the President or save my girlfriend haha)

In the end i outran him (yay!), but was overtaken by two other guys from my other side ><)

Cross country is one of the rare event where the prize presentation ceremony took a longer time than the actual competition. Got IP guys top 5, IP girls top 5, Staff top 10, guys top 20, girls top 20, the top 3 ccas, the top CTs, and the overall champion house.

Besides those there's also a whole range of lucky draw prizes..which includes (according to the emcee) *attractive* New Balance ........ socks!

-.-''

I didn't win anything (which is good also. I dunwan to stand up in the midst of the entire school and walk up the stage to receive $30 jean yip vouchers)

Finally the prize presentation was over after one freaking hour. I was totally drained of energy to do any mass dances.

Afternoon went to watch I Not Stupid Too with some friends.
I thought it was an excellent movie, because it accurately portrayed problems that families face today, though not so extreme but to a certain extent. [partially because i'm a teen myself so can relate to it]

Actually I don't expect my own parents to speak my lingo (serious, i cant imagine them yelling "So cool! So lame..") or to read my blog (No they mustn't see this!). But i will appreciate if they nag less often and praise me more =D (like passing my chem r)

Sometimes i wonder what will happen to me if my parents spent all their time working and neglect me. Will I still be studying in ahs and vjc or will I be helping my gang create webpage?

I realise that lately i'm writing alot of rubbish. Lol.

So today i went to my cousin's house, a three-storey house in changi, to watch a lion dance.

(Yes they are rich, rich enough to have two cars and three kids)

It was a huge affair, with (estimating) at least 5 different families turning up, that's about.....20 over people?

Its not a good thing for me because i was there alone. My mother and brother had to work so couldnt go, so my only "shield" was my aunt [cousins were too busy entertaining the crowd].

So i quietly sat at a side observing my cousin's three young kids. They are rather smart; oldest one smart enough to steal a whole container of some cny goodies and run upstairs for some teenagers gathered there [i'm left out =( ], the middle one able to yell 'lemme see!' when someone took a photo of her, and the youngest can recognise one particular relative and execute a rare *open arms, spread towards the auntie, eyes eagerly looking at her, making ahh!ahh! sounds* to be carried by her.

I am also particularly amused by the adults making funny actions and sounds to get the babies to smile or laugh. Secretly i'm wondering if they are trying to make the babies happy or make themselves happy =X

Occassionally there's the "WEi ah~ got get some food to eat! Go help yourself with the food! Got drink or not? Go get some drinks!" from the hosts.

The lion dance was not bad, though they fell down once.

Yes they fell. There's a little story to it, but in short, they made a mistake becos they are too rushed.

And then for the first time i saw my cousin's wife leading the lion run around the house like a little girl. Also the first time i saw my cousin flaring up, abit though.

After the dance everyone stayed around for a while. Started gambling haha.

Then someone had to see that i was very bored and asked my cousin who i am. Then my cousin had to announce to the whole world that i am my mother's son and studying in vjc. And so the whole world looked at me for a good few seconds, making me totally embarrassed.

Anyway tml have to return to sch liaox. There's another hurdle to cross tml...the cross(pun!) country. Argh...

But the immediate hurdle i have to cross is to, be shocked, write and submit a draft of my school graduation certificate before 2355 tonight.

Some random images.......

Well people these days are hao-lianing their desktop wallpapers on their blogs. Sadly, not many knows what a wallpaper means. Allow me to enlighten:


I wonder am i so detestable that everyone wants to block me?


A photo we took when we went back to ahs on friday:

Can you all see that I was being sexually assaulted?

Finally, a corny picture i saw on vj blog:


Have a nice day ahead!

While waiting for a slow(thanks to my soviet era hard disk) file transfer to G** to complete, i shall blog some cock again.

Actually i quite agree with G (another G) that as a person grows older, CNY seems less and less exciting.

I remember when i was younger i will be looking forward to CNY alot, especially the countdown show on channel 8, and eating butter cake for breakfast(that's what my mother buys every year for CNY). Then there's also all the CNY goodies, porridge with bwa gua, tv shows, time to play comp, visit other relatives' house, relatives coming to my house, and of because, all the hongbaos =D

I enjoyed the fact that it is CNY than anything else. I'm look forward to CNY just because of the fact that it is CNY. Lol.

But then, as one grows older, CNY doesnt feel as exciting as before. It now feels like just another weekend or another holiday where we can take a break. Maybe due to the fact that Singapore is too fast paced for us to really enjoy the festivals ba.

Maybe CNY is just to make little kids happy.

Of course CNY is also a time to catch up with all the relatives and friends whom you probably won't see at any other time. The same questions appear every year: "Where are you studying now? Which level? How are you coping? .......... Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? When are you getting married? How are your kids doing?"

When your guests leave you sometimes will say: "Remember to drop by when you have the time!"

And the next time they drop by, its CNY again.

For introverts like me, CNY is the time to refresh your aged distant relative's memory that you exist in this world as her brother's wife's sister's son (and vice versa)

Coming back nearer to talk about our own immediate families, CNY eve is the time for the prestigous reunion dinner. However i think reunion dinners are only for families that are so busy that they can't eat at the same dinner table as the same time. Generally, reunion dinners are useless if

1) the entire family are already sitting together every evening to eat (like some of my lucky friends)
2) there is no family to speak of (like me)

For the curious, I have not eaten reunion dinner for the past 3-4 years. My 'family' did sit together for dinner on the 15th jan 2006 at a kopitiam opposite my house, the first time in the 3-4 years. That's thanks to an aunt who came visiting from Malaysia. This is a secret I hardly told anyone about.

Nah i'm not encouraging people to not celebrate CNY. In fact i'm saying these so that people who read this will make an effort to celebrate CNY properly.

Please DO NOT make me famous by talking about me in the papers all because i made some O_O comments. I just wanted to kill time.

I think to be able to click with my relatives, i must first be able to speak hokkien like i talk cock with you all.

Oops. Sorry for the empty promise made yesterday. I really wanted to blog....but my headache was still there =(

Anyway yesterday i visited 3 houses with the ache...and i had to pretend i'm alright. Haha.

First stop was my aunt's house a pebble's throw from my house. Because she is my closest(in terms of location and relationship) relative it becomes a must to visit her every year.

After that, my cousin drove(sat in a skoda for the first time! abit noisy, but i like the vroom!) my aunt, me and my bro down to a distant relative's house (my mother's sister's husband's sister, aka cousin's gu gu). Were plenty of people there, including my another cousin's family. Just physically present there got me quite a good 'harvest'.=X

Lastly it was my uncle's house before returning home.

First day not bad, total hit 3 digits liaox. =p Very rare de leh...

Today another cousin is supposed to drive me and my bro to another aunt's house in sengkang...though i not sure what time.

But seriously my hope now is not to have more money, but for my headache to go away asap......it somehow is killing my appetite.

An interesting conversation between my mother and cousin got me understanding why my father never talks about his family in Malaysia anymore.

Some birds are making a nest somewhere above my brother's room, maybe my neighbour's ledge or something. For the past 3 days they fly up from somewhere below, then land on my air-con before going up. My mother says its too noisy, but personally i quite like it. They insert some life into the otherwise boring concrete. Haha.

One sign you can tell that Chinese New Year is here is that you see cars you have never seen before parked at the carpark. I actually saw a Evo 9 yesterday at my flat!

Backtracking a little i spent the Eve spring cleaning the house...hanged up new curtains, wiped the tv cabinet, cleared up the mess in the living room tables and of course most importantly, my own table. (which sadly leaves me with no time to create a CNY version of 'noob')

My own table is still abit messy, because my files are overloaded and i need new ones, which i have to wait till the bookshop opens. Otherwise, my house is rather neat and so, welcome to my house! =)

Sorry to be slightly late....my headaches keep coming back these days and i couldn't blog last night.

So,

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!

To everyone who comes across this blog!

I got yet another email from my CT, and as usual it came with a powerful message. Shall share it with everyone here, and at the same time, that's my greetings to everyone too =p

money can always be earned back, but time squandered will be part of your life which is lost forever that no amount of money can ever earn back.

have a meaningful n angpowful holiday.

I shall blog again later in the day. Hopefully can get some photos up. CHeers!

Today was cny celebrations!

Early in the morning went to school relaxed, then was suddenly thrown with alot of work, then in the end all the stuff we rushed became useless as we could not use them. In conclusion, busy for nothing.

Finally got out of the backstage, squeezed into the back of the hall and sat there rotting till the end.

This year CO came up with a percussion performance which i thought was quite refreshing, though the percussion competition at the end was, erm, boring. In the end its still the CO people who performed well.

After that went back to ahs. Just in time their celebrations were over and the teachers were having a little party at the hostel canteen. Alumnis all over the world flooded the semi circle infront to greet the teachers, though as i said in my previous post, the friends are the main draw, not the tchers. Haha.

They have air-conditioned the new school hall...a task which was impossible a few years back. I didnt see the air-con myself though, heard it from friends. I wonder did they really build a new sub-station just for the air cons.

Met a teacher who told us that the AHS alumni dinner promises to be worth more than the $10 we are paying.

After that went off to tampines for lunch and movie with friends.

Memoirs of the geisha....quite a good movie, because it was about a Japanese tradition which I have never heard of before. I interpret this movie as one that tries to tell how the geisha occupation was of high standards in the past, before being downgraded to the same level as postitutes.

There were some hints of Japan being glorified in World War 2 though.

Finally, the backdrops that was never meant to be seen:

Yes it looks strikingly similar to the Cultural Fiesta backdrop i did last year, because it is the same design. I'm lazy to come up with something new.

I shall end this post with an email from my CT to my class. After some modifications, it shall be my new year greetings to everyone who reads this blog:

May I take the opportunity to wish one & all a joyous and meaningful lunar new year

It shall be a great year for every one of you:

-- you will get distinctions in all your subjects at A-level (and also do well in your common tests & internal assessments)

-- you will participate actively and excel in your ccas, and engage in meaningful acitivities in serving the community of which you are a part of, and benefit greatly from the learning experiences

-- you will lead a healthy and balanced lifestyle, both physically and mentally

-- you will continue to bond well as a class, and to enjoy your remaining time in your JCs together (and I hope also thereafter), through good and at times not-so-good times, but you will support and encourage one another on nonetheless

-- you and your family will be blessed with good health and fortune

-- may all your unfulfilled dreams come true, though you may have to work hard for them

Chinese New Year is coming.

Usually its a busy time of the year...have to spring clean the house, prepare the altars, buy new stuff, throw old stuff etc etc etc

And msning.

Chinese New Year is also the time where one goes back to their sec sch or pri sch to greet their teachers.

Of course, the main objective of going back is not the teachers, but the friends. Haha.

So, just one day before, everyone will be asking everyone whether they are "going back" tml.

Now on my Start bar i have 6 msn windows and one IE window, which is this blogger.

I haven't clear up my table yet.....and i don't know where to find the energy to do so.

From AHS website:

The school will celebrate Chinese New Year on 27 January 06 (Friday) morning and it will close at 12.00 noon after the celebration.

From my friend:

Dear Fellow Alumni,
The AHS Alumni is organizing a CNY Dinner Get-Together on Feb 11th(Saturday) at 6.30pm. All AHS alumnus are strongly encouraged to join>us! In addition, we are also having some school facilities open from 2pm onwards, so please feel free to bring your fellow AHS friends down early and enjoy a game or 2 before the dinner.

Here are more details:
Date: 11th Feb (Saturday)
Venue: AHS campus
Fee: S$10 per pax

Schedule for the day:
2pm - Free-n-Easy Games & Activities (we are looking for teams to play>basketball, street soccer and badminton!)
6pm - AHS Alumni AGM
6.30pm -CNY Dinner!

This is the perfect opportunity to call up AHS friends whom you have not met in years and get together for old time's sake!

Kindly RSVP by 6th Feb (Monday) so that we can make the necessary logistic arrangements.

See you all soon!

Regards,
Alva Chew
on behalf of
AHS Alumni Exce Comm

Stupid G** killed all the surprise.

But anyway,

I CAN KEEP MY FOUR SUBJECTS!!!!!!!

Yay.

Actually its kind of conditional...cos have to see my march common test results..

My CT doesn't seem happy though...i have to hand in a letter to him tml stating I will drop a subject, without bargaining, if i didn't pass all my 4 subjects in the march common test.

But i couldn't celebrate cos i have caught a flu =( throughout the day i was a walking zombie, only getting better when i went for robotics later.

Hope i won't fall sick..i want to eat all the chinese new year goodies!

Year 2006 shall be Qing Wei's year. Muahaha.

*If i were you if i were you...if u like to be me so much u go teach la...ask me teach then stand there do nothing...*

Everyday, some people come into this world, some people leave this world.

Many of the great and famous are honoured and remembered for their contributions they have done to the world. Their dates of birth are etched into the hearts of the common folks, and they count their blessings that these great men had lived and brought good things for the benefit of mankind.

Today, the 22th, and tomorrow, the 23th, are the birthdays of two ordinary men.

At this point of time.

They will grow up to be two great men too. They, too, will bring great inventions and ideas to mankind. They shall be known by everyone living on this planet. Their birthdays will be celebrated by all.

They shall never have to celebrate their birthdays alone...anymore....

And most importantly, they are my friends. Muahaha.

I HAVE TWO FUTURE GREAT MEN AS MY FRIENDS!

Happy birthday to them. May all their most sincere wishes come true.

I'm down....but i'm definitely not out.

I shall be back...one day.

"Good morng mr sum u hv been scheduled to c *, hod econs on mon 23 jan 1210pm to decide ur dropg subject. Pls think thru carefully ovr wkend thks."

GG.

Suddenly I'm faced with the biggest dilemma ever since my birth.

"In life everything has an opportunity cost, in economics terms. What you forgo in one aspect will probably be made up for in terms of your gains in other experiences. It could be getting good in some past-time hobby while forgoing your studies or fitness, if you deem it important enough and better worthwhile your time. It all depends on the choices you make, and the priorities you have in life. You live with the consequences of your actions."

I'm thinking..I'm thinking...

The sms i dreaded most finally came today.

"Pls c me asap"

I have the following options:

1) Drop Maths.
2) Drop Physics.
3) Drop Chemistry.
4) Drop Computing.
5) Drop NOI.

I have the slightest chance to keep all my 4 subjects..that is i drop my NOI, my computing olympiad.

With these kind of options, what else can I choose?

Anyway still have to see...while my CT will try to convince the HODs, if it doesn't get through I still have to drop one subject.

Which will most probably be Chemistry.

Or even Computing.

Feels kind of sad...because I have survived for one year, learnt so much stuff, spent so many mondays, thursdays and saturdays in school, solved so many problems, beared with so much scoldings, overcame so many disappointments, used so much of my father's taxi's diesel etc etc etc etc etc, and I just got the school laptop lying on my desk with gVim and DJGPP installed.

Brute force. Dynamic programming. Longest Increasing/Decreasing/Common Subsequence. Divide and Conquer. Graphs. Adjacency matrix. Adjacency list. Adjacency list in matrix. Edge list. Depth-first search. Breadth-first search. Single-source shortest path. Bellman-Ford. All-pair shortest path. Floyd-Warshall. MinMax. MaxMin. Dijkstra. Binary tree. Pre-order. In-order. Post-order. Forest. Minimum spanning tree. Kruskal. Prim. Floodfill. Network Flow. Bipartite Matching. Greedy. Backtracking. Permutation. Geometry. Circles. Triangles. Vectors. Computational Geometry. Convex polygon. Convex hull. Graham Scan. Jarvis March. Bignum. Prime numbers. Fibonacci numbers. Chinese Remainder Theorem. Accepted. Wrong Answer. Time Limit Exceeded. Presentation Error.

Nah..i haven't learnt everything yet.

And soon, all these may be gone. Forever.

[yes yes yes i know, its the process that's more important, i have learnt alot throughout the year, I have done something many people in vj don't know how to do or are not interested in doing, I have gained experience and blah blah blah yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea __ ]

Why can't I be a smart guy who can understand everything without studying then ace every single shit i get?

Sianx...for the past week it rained everyday...then suay suay today my class PE then the sun come out...

OH ya...its Friday the 13th mah......

Nah my day isn't as bad as it seems.

I still haven't got back my physics R....because my physics teacher gave my friends their papers back during their econs...so i was isolated from them thus until now, I still dunno my marks.

My friends keep telling me to go and find him..but i'm rather reluctant...for I know i didnt do well and i simply didnt want to face up to the truth =X

Perhaps a consolation is that when i was walking out of school for home today, i ran into my CT, who was about to go out for his daily evening run. He saw me, greeted me and my friend "Good morning!" but didnt say anything else(eg. Are you dropping computing?).

Maybe I passed?

But then again, it may just be because he also dunno my marks yet.

Or maybe he knows, but he ran out of subject dropping forms.

Or simply he knows, but he was more interested in his running than me at that point of time.

Or maybe he knows, but the school is allowing me to keep 4 subjects?

Or maybe i was conned and actually i failed chem, and now that i failed physics too, so the sch is still discussing which 06Sxy or 06Akj class to send me to.

Or they are contacting the polys to find a place for me (That's thoughtful of them.)

Secretly i'm hoping that everyone is dragging this issue..then slowly everyone forgets everything and i can keep my 4 subjects. Hehheh.

Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.Be optimistic.

(I've got a weekend to pass...)

I got one more very interesting issue to talk about..but this entry's getting too long and I am getting damn tired..so i shall continue tomorrow.

I PASSED MY CHEM R!!! YAY!!!

Wah more big fat clouds flying everywhere in Singapore.

After 10 days with my new handphone I just realised today it has a counter stating how many messages I have sent out.

No I'm not stupid..I know most phones have this function and I did try to find it the last time but I couldnt, until today.

You can't really blame me if the phone programmers decide to put the "Messages counter" in "Time & Cost" under the "Calls" tab in "Settings".

Anyway I've got a shock when i realised I have sent out 117 messages! In 10 days!

(Why was I chosen to sms the juniors informing them of the first robotics session......T.T)

Haha maybe that is the norm..since i never keep track in the past.

I only have 300 free smses and I still got 20 days to go! How am I going to spam people with "Happy New Year!" ?!??!

Sianx school tml.

Today one not-so-fat-but-still-quite-fat piece of cloud flew over Singapore.

Rained the whole afternoon..

A supposedly, relatively busy day today turned out to be a free day.

By right I have physics and chemistry tutorials today, and i have not finished my physics and chem tutorials so was thinking of doing them during the free time today and worrying about how the teachers will skin me when i show them my incomplete work.

Then during assembly, the principal announced that she heard of year2s who want to join the year1s at East Coast Beach for Sea Regatta, so instead of the year2s having to sneak there, she decided to let us off at 10.30am so we could all go there!

Suddenly i have no more chem and physics!

So after going through a torturing 2 periods of computing, i was free.

Went to McDonalds to eat with a couple of friends, then stayed at the beach looking at the year1s play, kicking a ball around with friends, and keeping myself dry while waiting for mass dance to come.

It never came...cos the big fat cloud came earlier.

At first i envied my friend who was down for icomp filming today, because he could sit on the safety boat out at sea and film.
Until he (and the camera) was caught in the rain. And now the camera.....

Yay tomorrow holiday.

Today one big fat piece of cloud flew over Singapore.

Its still raining now...

Then there was the Exercise Northstar V..an exercise to simulate terrorist attacks on our public transport system to test the reactions of 22 government agencies.

Actually i question the usefulness of this exercise.
They seem to be afraid of troubling the commuters and thus try their best to minimise the inconvenience.

For the preparations they tested out the flashbang to make sure the sound is not too loud as to affect the commuters' eardrums.

They told the whole world the exercise would be happening within this week, then gave the game away with the intensive news reports throughout the week (If the ka-boom is going to happen next week they will not do the news reporting this week).
They also prepared "goodwill ambassadors" on the trains to guide the commuters, prepared shuttle buses to ferry the commuters to their destinations etc etc.

Even worse, hospital staff already started preparing themselves at 5.30am, way before the ka-boom...

So what's there to test if everyone knew something is going to happen? And at a time when 90% of the population is still playing chess with Zhou Gong?

Commuters are cursing why it happened on the trains they were in, and were more worried about getting to the shuttle buses and out of the place rather than learning something useful out of this exercise.

I'm also amused by two civilians nailing down a "terrorist" who is about to set off the bomb he's carrying. Isn't that too dangerous? Are they sure we can do that?

You see ah, if really ka-boom and there are no goodwill ambassadors on board the train and the police all over the stations, will we really know what to do?

Aiya to say the truth, when ka-boom happens, it will be so loud that those near the bomb will be temporarily (if not permanently) deaf. We will all be in a state of panic; it is inevitable.

Maybe this time round the exercise is more for the government agencies to test their operating procedures and not so much of civilian reaction. I expect more to come though. I want to be part of the action too. Haha.

Hello everyone.

Backtracking to yesterday, I had my Chem R paper in the morning. They have upgraded the air-conditioner in LT1, and now its worse than LT5. It was the first time i actually shivered in a LT. Haha.

Because of the bloody R paper i could not meet my junior class. But from the photo my CT rep took i saw at least 4 AHS people in my junior class! Yay...better than my class where i'm the only Anglican haha.

After that, set off for AHS. It was their CCA exhibition for the sec1s so went back to take a look.

A huge surprise for me..because I realised that the computer club teacher-in-charge has changed. Not just to any other teacher, but a long-time-no-see physics teacher who taught me for a while two years ago before going to Australia for studies. This friendly guy who always uses his Apple laptop for physics lessons is finally back...anyway i'm quite happy he's taking over the computer club.

The NPCC girls' unit clearly showed everyone its still a new CCA, responding to wrong commands and their less-than-perfect marching. The other uniformed groups had roughly the same performances as previously years.

Wah I didnt know the block of flats and carparks behind the AHS 长城 had been torn down, in fact since a long time ago. Now its a piece of empty land!

After that went off to Suntec to meet my friends for dinner, before going for the event for the night - mass dance at the Fountain of Wealth. It was part of orientation for the year1s, but i just went and joined in. Had to help film too.

The mass dance was fun..everyone was high..but perhaps abit too high that there was chaos. When they switched off the fountain so that people can go into the fountain to touch the water, Victorians actually ran into there in swarms and splashed water at each other. We had video for evidence haha. In fact we are saying we will receive a complaint from Suntec on Monday. Haha.

I think I am going to get a 'shorter' timetable soon. I have never had miracles in exams. Blog about this another day.

Quite a happening day today...have quite alot of stuff to say, but i am so damn freaking tired now.

I went back to AHS today..it was their CCA exhibition and i had no lessons after my Chem R, so went back lor.

Anyway I met my Chinese teacher and have asked her about the AHS history book; she said she herself have not received one.

I also asked the bookshop auntie; she said the bookshop is not (and will not be) selling it, so she don't know.

I will blog the rest tomorrow. Can't continue anymore.

Went to the Anglican High website and was super surprised when I saw the new homepage.

The first thing that caught my eye is the 4 words REN JING QI CAI or Where Talents Soar.

Anyone who have never studied in AHS before will immediately assume that Where Talents Soar is our school motto. In fact I myself thought they hsve changed the school motto to this and only found out in the school motto page that it remained the same.

"Where Talents Soar" is the school vision. -.-''

Second thing was the computer club page. My junior won something at the National Software Competition and got his trophy at a Micromouse competition prize giving ceremony. Wow.

AHS has a second vice-principal now!

The new principal actually has a welcome-back-message, and the school is going to re-develop our indoor stadium.

In conclusion, the new website looks nice. That's all.

Read the Chinese newspapers yesterday? There's an article about AHS. Now the sec1s that come in to AHS must learn about the school history as part of their history lessons (I think). They even produced a book on it. I wonder if I can get my hands on one.

When i said "she had nth to do" in my tagboard, i really meant that my friend (in fact, the whole class) have nothing to do.

This week there are no lectures, only tutorials, with practicals being converted to tutorials. Plus the fact that my new maths tutor is busy with VIP orientation, we have no maths tutorials till next wednesday.

The first period today was CT session, which means no chem prac. After my Physics R paper, i only spent 10 mins in the physics lab and we were dismissed.

Then we had nothing to do all the way until 2.30pm for a chem tutorial!

(The prank came about because laptops were set up in the canteen for the year1s to do their subject combi registration.)

I spent most of the time before chem tutorial filming the year 1's orientation. Sad to say, but its so similar to our batch's orientation.

It will be a similar day tomorrow. Besides the CT session during the first period, I will be free for the rest of the day. I will be involved in the CCA walkabout, so haha it goes right till the end of my lessons.

Thursday I will be down for filming the whole day (actually I am down for duty only on Thurs. Today I helped out a friend.)

Friday haha basically i will only be here for my Chem R paper. Because my class shifted the physics tutorial to Thursday, and there is no Maths. Haha.

I know I can't do so many things..i need some time to study my Chem......

Anyway I have a new handphone le! Actually got it yesterday le...some friends already knew about it. It was during the M1's three day New Year sale that i bought a cheap phone. Not bad so far.

Can finally replace my dying phone, in which a fifth button is starting to be unresponsive le. Haha.

Most exciting is that my new phone got a camera..so means can take pictures! Sad my computer don't have infrared or bluetooth cannot upload my photos to my computer. Hopefully the laptop i am getting from the school has infrared. Haha.

I'm blogging here in the morning because you cannot expect me to hit the books after waking up just an hour ago. Haha.

So its the new year! Not a good year for me, because will be taking my A levels this year. Of course before A levels can come i have to pass the so many other tests and obstacles, with the 2 R papers coming up real soon.

I realised I got worried over my CT's comments for nothing, because I am already promoted. So if I fail my R papers, chances are I only drop one subject.

Err..right?

To welcome the new year I went to cut my hair, firstly to avoid trouble with the school when the new year just started, and secondly, cut away all the bad things I had in 2005, so i start the new year with a fresh me!

Last night as usual, everyone disappeared from the net, leaving me alone and cold.... So welcomed my new year together with yes933, the TV which telecast the Mount Faber celebrations live for 20 minutes, and my organic chem notes.

And of course, I carried out the most important tradition of all: change the calender!
Removed my Tampines Town Council 2005 calender from my desk, and replaced it with the Tampines Town Council 2006 calender. Haha.

Reflecting on 2005, it has been a hectic year for me..the culture difference between AHS and VJC has greatly impacted me. I didnt write a resolution for last year...but some of the things I have done would be.....

1) Broadband!!!!! (Finally got it after 2186986320462034671 years..can surf net 24/7 now without worrying about bills)
2) O Level results! (my best results throughout my 4 years in AHS haha)
3) Getting into VJC (got into a really good and fun JC, but at the expense of my friends...is this a good thing?)
4) Competitive programming (it started as another co-curricular activity, but since I cant get S papers now, this has become ever important to me)
5) 4th in micromouse! (I was much happier this time...because it was my own effort, though i was damn sad of the drop from 2nd to 4th T.T )
6) My midyr and promos results (nothing to say...i'm now "enjoying the fruit of my labour")
7) Linux!

As my CT said in his email to us last night: let's not brood over what could have been done and look forward to what we would be doing. 2006 promises to be hectic but nonetheless exciting.

So..my new year resolution! Well my resolution is simple, i don't wish for much things =p :

1) Get 4 As! (This actually also means keeping my 4 subjects =X)
2) NOI gold! (Abit far-fetched..but..)
3) Complete my senior's micromouse diagonal movement C program! (This will end in May haha)
4) Keep myself fit! (So I won't have to suffer in NS T.T)
5) Be more optimistic! (As i have sweared in my holistic report)
6) A new computer! (Wtf i have been wanting one since 2186986320462034671 years ago!)
7) To go out with my gay friends more often! (missed so many outings with them......)
8) To celebrate Chirstmas 2006 and New Year 2007 countdown somewhere outside! (I don't want to be left out anymore!)
9) World a better place! (Copied from G**'s blog haha)
10) Contribute something to society! (Not sure how yet..maybe CIP ba)

New Year Day is just another day. Its all the hope, wishes, anticipation and resolutions that we place into the next 365 days that makes New Year Day a different one. It serves as a form of moltivation to get us going; to start fresh and anew; to be optimistic.

As i end my entry here, I hope that everyone who comes across this blog will have a fruitful and smooth year ahead, enjoy yourselves and look forward to a better tomorrow.
Once again, happy 2006.

Initally i wanted to blog at around midnight, when yr2006 comes, and i also said perhaps i wanted to type out a new year resolution...

..until i am totally freaked out by a statement from an email which my CT sent to the whole class:

'those who do not manage to clear the re-assessment, let me wish you in advance all the best in your future endeavours. it is nice getting to know you as a student of 05S44. i hope you will still keep in contact with the class.'

No i'm not angry...he didnt say anything wrong..i'm just worried.
Don't get the wrong idea about my CT. He's a good CT..its just that i did not publish the full email here.

So my new year resolution will come some time later...and i end this post with a

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

Had a rude shock when i woke up this morning and came online.



WTF?! Now on wednesdays i have consecutive 4 period-2 lectures in the bloody cold and echo-y and no handphone reception and underground LT 5!

I have triple GP lessons on thursday! NOoOOoOOOOoooooo.......................

And why am i going to school on friday?!?

Today is the first anniversary of the Asian Tsunami. Though one year has passed, images of how the violent tidal waves took the tens of thousands of innocent lives are still fresh in my mind, and the news reports of the memorials in the various countries just refreshed all of them.

It is a very sad thing to happen...humans seem so vulnerable and helpless when faced with natural giants. We should really count our blessings that a big piece of land protected us from the disaster and the people living there sacrificed their lives instead of us. Otherwise I think I may not be studying in the college I am in today.

It is even worse to realise that we need natural disasters to remind us people, across different countries and boundaries, of the need to unite and extend our help towards one another whenever possible. Somehow we seem to take peace for granted, and get ourselves obsessed with power and money.

Shall end this with a quote my friend wrote in her blog last year (I forgot who she is; quoted her in my blog last year): Mother nature has shown us humans tt we are not the ultimate rulers of this planet. The lady's still in charge.

Hello world.

Well spent a relatively lonely christmas. Chirstmas eve night was spent watching tv after all my friends were out partying and i had no one to chat with online. Luckily 3 DJs from yes933 kept me company from late night till 2am with their cheers and laughters.

Last night i decided that i cannot stand being kept out of the festival anymore, so went for a walk to Orchard with a friend.

Well...i should say it was the right event, but with the wrong person =P
Ok la..better than no one haha.

In all and all i received 3 cards...2 by snail mail and 1 by email, and a couple of wishes from the tagboard, email and handphone. No "many many presents from relatives" , no "human guests arriving" , and no "barren xmas tree" . Haha.

Anyway thanks to all!

So fast year2005 ending liaox and year2006 coming liaox. Maybe i should also write a resolution of some sorts to kick off the new year.

Actually i'm quite excited about year2006, or rather, the end of it. No i'm not crazy; i'm not looking forward to NS. Swearing in my 2005 holistic report that I will be more optimistic, i see the end of year2006 instead as the end of my 14 years of education.

I think after my A levels I will write a thesis of my schooling years, down from kindergarten to junior college, noting down memorable events, complete with photos and secrets heh heh.

Like me getting slapped by a teacher.
Or angering a teacher so much that i almost got thrown out of the class, together with my bags.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

圣诞结

我住的城巿从不下雪
记忆却堆满冷的感觉
思念的旺季 霓虹扫过喧哗的街
把快乐赶得好远

*落单的恋人最怕过节
只能独自庆祝尽量喝醉
我爱过的人　没有一个留在身边
寂寞它陪我过夜

#Merry Merry Christmas
Lonely Lonely Christmas
想祝福不知该给谁
爱被我们打了死结

Lonely Lonely Christmas
Merry Merry Christmas
写了卡片能寄给谁
心碎的像街上的纸屑

Repeat * #

电话不接　不要被人　发现我整夜都关在房间
狂欢的笑声　听来像哀悼的音乐
眼眶的泪　温热冻结　望着电视里的无聊节目
瘫在沙发上　变成没知觉的植物

Repeat　# #

谁来陪我过这圣诞节

Hello world.

Read today's Lian He Zao Bao?

There was this report about this pair of brothers in China that both came down with life threatening diseases and despite efforts by their parents to raise money, they only had enough money to save one of them.
In the end they had to resort to picking lots to decide who gets to be treated.

The younger brother cheated by writing "zhi liao" on both pieces of paper and asking his elder brother to pick first.

Haix damn sad lor.

Okok..so if i really stop thinking so much......

"Qing Wei, you have passed both your R papers and you can continue your 4 subjects. But make sure you don't fail anymore!"

Wah i really hope this will happen.

Anyway the Campus Superstar top 20 are out.

The total ITE population in Singapore thrashes any school..so when sms voting comes and if every single ITE students votes for the 2 ITE participants, they pwn everyone else liaox. Haha.

A little story to end this post...

從前有兩隻小豬，整天過著無憂無慮的生活，他們互相相愛著。每天主人送來吃的時候，公豬總是先讓母豬吃,等她吃飽了再上去吃母豬吃剩下的東西，每天晚上公豬總是給母豬放哨，他生怕主人乘他們熟睡時把母豬拉出去宰了。

日子一天天的過去，母豬日漸長胖，而公豬則一天天瘦下去。有一天，公豬突然聽見主人在跟屠夫商量，要把長勢見長的母豬殺了給賣掉，公豬傷心至極。於是從那天開始公豬性情大變，每當主人送吃來時公豬總搶上去把東西吃的一乾二淨，每天吃後便躺下大睡，並且告訴母豬現在換做她來放哨，如果他發現她沒放哨的話就再也不理她。

漸漸的日子一天天過去，母豬覺得公豬越來越不在乎她，母豬失望了，而公豬還是若無其事的過著安樂日子．很快一個月過去了，主人帶著屠夫來到豬圈，他發現一個月前肥肥壯壯的母豬瘦的沒剩下多少肉，而公豬則長的油光發亮．這時的公豬拼命的奔跑，想引起主人的注意，表明他是頭健康的豬。

終於，屠夫把公豬拖出豬圈的那一刻，公豬朝著母豬笑著說：『以後別吃這麼多！』母豬傷心欲絕，拼命的沖出去，但圈門被主人關上了，擱著柵欄，母豬看著閃著淚光的公豬。那晚，母豬望著主人一家開心的吃著豬肉，母豬傷心的躺倒在以前公豬每天睡的地方，突然她發現牆上有行字：

『如果愛無法用言語來表達，我願意用生命來證明』！

母豬看到這行字肝腸寸斷，人類聽到這個淒美的愛情故事也無不為之動容，...



女孩們為了紀念這段愛情，同時也表示沒忘記公豬臨前的遺囑『以後別吃這麼多』，開始流行減肥……
(from cruzteng's blog)

Haha check this out. Can laugh until want to die.

Then this.

And then this.

Hello World.

Haix i should listen to my friends and stop thinking too much.

My good luck ended the day i blogged...waking up the next day(yesterday) with a fever and flu..haix.

My fever is gone..but my throat is still a little sore.

So..if I stop "thinking too much" and face reality, that will mean....

"Let's all get Sum Qing Wei up on stage! Lets all look and laugh at this stupid boy who cannot even pass his R papers!!! LOSER!! Drop those subjects la!! Even better, drop out of school la! You are just wasting school resources!! Go to hell! BOOO!!"

Wah the audit report for NKF came out liaox. Never come out still never mind, come out liaox really can make people flare. The charity shows say NKF like until very charitable, need alot of money to help the patients, and we trusted them. In the end? The guy is just a big conman!

Last time i was wondering why the N-Kidney-F set up funds for cancer patients and child patients. So they were to help him get more money huh.

He basically said everything that i want to say. Haha.
I wonder will he come up with a new entry regarding this audit result. I'm looking forward though.

Notice after the NKF thingy, we never saw Cao Qi Tai around liaox?
I still think he's a good host compared to the other hosts; without him live shows seem abit duller.

Anyway anyone watched Sunday's charity show for the heart patients?
I find the segment where Wei Lian and Sky Wu sang together was an excellent one.

The Grasshoppers' performance were good too...haha nowadays where got people dance like them liao?

So the finale was stepping on fluoroscent light tubes.

Haha since the start of charity shows they have stepped on alot of things liaox hor?
From tightropes to eggs to light bulbs to broken glass to knife blades(the Sharon Au picture in the Straits TImes reminded me) to now light tubes.

Wonder what else are they going to step on next time haha.

It seems like Heaven's on my side recently.

Last monday i had a very lonely lunch because my friend wanted to go home. Bought lunch home and ate facing the kitchen wall.

Then i guess Heaven pitied me..so on Thursday i had lunch at parkway hawker centre with 9 other Icomp friends. Our lunches were even sponsored by the comp lab techs!

Then yesterday I was complaining that the weather was too hot, and it rained today!
Even throughout the rest of the day it was cloudy and not too sunny.

Hmm..i wonder whether my good luck can continue all the way till start of next yr..

"A round of applause for Sum Qing Wei of 05S44, who is the top in level for Physics and Chemistry....re-examinations papers!"

Since young i have always liked my house.

My house is one of the few with :

1) Unblocked view of the surroundings from the living room window
2) Whole range of shops opposite my house..from Big Bookshop to McDonalds
3) A big park behind
4) One bus trip (or actually, if the weather is good, it becomes walking distance) from the Central.

The only thing bad is that the living room faces the South-West. So whenever there is a cloudless day like today, sunlight will shine directly into my house from afternoon to evening, melting all the furniture and making it impossible for a warm-blooded animal to stay in the living room for more than half-an-hour.

A thermometer in my living room recorded a room temperature of 31 degrees Celsius today. -.-''''' (i was really sweating)

And the room that holds this computer also faces the sun...so I can't use the comp in the afternoon..haix.

My handphone's red button (the one that ends a call and switches off my phone) is becoming half-spoilt..have to press damn hard for it to respond. It is the 4th button to be declared half-spoilt by me.........

Haix.

One badminton girl from Korea who came to Singapore to compete died after being knocked down by a car.

Sad sia...so young and gone liaox...worse is she left with her dreams still unfulfilled, things still undone..she even didnt have time to say her last words.

If anyone noticed, whenever some school-going, young child dies, someone with authority, usually the principal, will step out and say good things about him/her, like getting consistently good results, well-liked by friends, good in sports, helpful etc etc etc, for eg for this girl, a very good player who aspires to go to Olympics.

I was wondering how a principal will know if a particular student "is helpful, and well-liked by friends".

That lead me to thinking what if I were to die one day. Wonder how the principal will say of me...

"Qing Wei has been trying to work hard during the holidays preparing for his re-examination papers."

Anyone read the latest copy of Time magazine?

There is this "best photos of Year 2005", and i liked the photos a lot. Those photos, though simple, tell alot about the events that have happened in this year.

"What no one has entirely explained is how these weightless images-the things we see-can affect us so deeply. All we know for sure is that they defy the laws of physics. No matter how big you are, they can move you."

" "Narrative can make us understand,"she wrote."Photographs do something else: they haunt us." "

"The paper they are printed on will deteriorate someday, but we're betting the images won't. Because it's a funny thing about photographs and the way they get inscribed in our memory. It's with invisible ink, but it's indelible all the same."

Cool right?

Anyway I thought the christmas tree looks dull and lifeless. Wanted to add more stuff like snowmen or presents or even Santa himself, but aiya too much to draw, too little time.

Or maybe, its destined to be a loner. Just like its owner.

I promise I will do a better one for Chinese New Year. Haha.

I commited a sin.

I should be studying...but instead yesterday I went to rent a movie to watch. Haha.

Anyway watched Hero...was about a man called Nameless who first spent 40 mins telling Qin Shi Huang how he killed 3 of Qin's most wanted assassins. Then he got a reward to sit within 10 paces of Qin Shi Huang to drink wine with him.

Then Qin Shi Huang went on to break Nameless' story, said his story was a total lie, but rather he himself was the assassin, and spent another 20 mins predicting what the actual story was, and also predicted that he needed to be within 10 paces of the king so he can kill him fast.

That was the first disc.

The second disc of 30 mins was about Nameless giving a third story, telling the correct version of the story, and why he was reluctant to kill Qin.

This movie actually gave a different opinion towards Qin's actions...was along the lines of if he was killed, then he won't unify China and saying that in the end, it was his enemy who truly understood him.

I like the screenplay though...the fighting scenes were clean and neat, and the music accompanying the fighting scenes was good.

Anyway to watch a movie without your mother knowing the timing must be correct. She went out yesterday afternoon and today morning. Perfect.

Yesterday:
..Renting the vcd on my way home from school and stuffing it in my bag...ok!
..Going to sleep while my mother was still at home..ok!
..Waking up to watch while my mother is out..ok!
..Lying to my mother I just woke up when she returned home..ok!
..Hiding the vcd in my bag throughout the entire night..ok!

Today (have to return vcd ma):
..Tell my brother to lie to my mother that i went bookshop if she comes home earlier than me..ok!
..Walked through an entire pasar malam to the shop without getting seen by her (this one abit scary though, but..)..ok!
..Walked through an entire pasar malam to home without getting seen by her(this one abit scary oso, but..)..ok!

Hmm..did i sound like bad boy here? Hey i am a good boy ok!

Hey I didnt know the Cable Car Station has its name changed to Jewel Box, until i watched kp club just now. The place is nicely done..not bad.

LINUX PROPAGANDA PART 2

Anyway i spent some time today updating my fedora. It was done after downloading and installing 247 updates in an hour. Haha.

The good thing is that there is an update alert icon in the system tray that turns red with an exclamation mark when updates are available.

While Windows XP just tell you that they are going to install updates (you can't say no!), this upate alert tells you exactly what updates are available for which programs (they even handle updates of OpenOffice and Gaim messenger!) and you can decide which to update and which not to.

And if you update the Kernel (the core of the system), they actually leave the old version intact so if the new kernel cocks up, can still go back to the old one. So thoughtful...

And now my Gaim messenger is much more stable liaox, no error messages liaox haha.

Haix mother scold liaox, gtg le.

Hello world.

So I went for the grid course 2 days ago...people who watched news would have heard about it, and I was lucky enough not to be in the news. Haha.

Overall, the course was okay...though i had expected the grid to be much more flexible. It seems like its usefulness can only be tapped by reseachers doing some out-of-the-world calculations for now.

However, the best part of the course was not the course itself, not the food =p, but the chance to be with my good friends.

It has been a real long time since we were in the same room listening to someonre talk...ever since I was isolated from them a year ago. Yes we had frequent msn chats, but it can't be compared to talking cock with them in the face.

I thought i was abit too obvious though...sort of distanced away from my vj friends and sticking with my 3 friends throughout the course..haha sorry about that.

I envy them alot...because they are in the same class and thus, can talk cock to each other everyday. I won't mind someone talking cock to me everyday...haha..time passes fast when one laughs alot..but haix.

I was feeling bo liao just now..so went digging through Friendster for my seniors. Found some of them, Haha see most of them still in good shape...studying medicine la, in relationship la, in handsome army uniforms la, in New York la...

http://www.zazzle.com/products/product/product.asp?product%5Fid=228809930854201063

Wanted to put this image up here..but apparently they prohibited it. Wanted to print screen it, but haha respect them ba.

Anyway it looks damn real if not for that pack of flakes.

(Oh u mean that's fake!?!)

Anyway there was this CNA report..

The Jzan guy is my CT rep(Its not Jzan though, they spelled it wrongly) If my class people happens to come across this, yes i have posted it on the class blog, but was deleted (kind of obvious who did it if it really happened). Haha.

I'm going for a grid computing course for the next 2 days..hopefully this course will be a useful one, and make me less guilty from seeing so many of my peers going for holidays, ocip trips, holidays jobs, job attachments, research attachments etc etc etc.

30 hours without broadband

Hmm blogging on a Linux now..haha..come to that later.

Well yup i went 30 hours without broadband. It started yesterday morning when the modem could not connect up to the Internet. It did not work despite efforts by me and my brother.

So..decided to wait for my father to come home first before deciding what to do. Meanwhile, i put my time to err..better use by installing Fedora Core 3 on my comp.

Called Starhub at midnight...but their technicians were busy...finally called back today afternoon and fixed the thing quickly.

Apparently we were new subscribers and they had missed out some settings I supposed...

Now I'm typing out this blog entry on a Linux. Linux is actually rather sluggish on my comp...I guess is because I installed quite alot of stuff. Haha.
Using Linux now is like learning how to use a computer all over again.
While Linux and Windows are similar on the whole, there are still striking differences, eg. a whole new lot of extensions!

So far so good....although Firefox is still not very good at displaying websites, and its Gaim instant messenger gave me alot of error messages the moment I signed in. And I can't find the option for group chat.

But i like this Gaim messenger for 2 reasons:

1) It keeps all the conversations in one window, so I won't have 10 windows on my menu while talking to 10 friends.

2) It actually tells me that my friend closed the conversation window! So means I will know if you dao me. Heh heh.

But then again, my fedora core is one version behind...maybe I will look out for newer versions of these programs.

That's all for now..i go play around somemore.

Its amzing how those Taiwanese political candidates have the energy to go different cities every day trying to get support from the citizens. Last night on news they were showing the Taiwanese president yelling together with his party's candidates at different locations.

Actually i admire their patriotism towards the country, which transforms into this moltivation and energy enabling them to go all out.

Taiwan's political scene is so exciting. If only Singapore's can be half as exciting...haha.

Chinese language radio channels started off playing pure chinese songs. Later, english songs began to creep in and we can hear them occassionally. In recent years, japanese and korean songs can be heard on chinese radio channels too.

Last night, i heard a german song being played! (Or at least, that's what the DJ claims)

Just came back from school.

Its extremely rare to get a perfect bus trip, which to me means:

1) very little people on the bus,
2) one can sit at a corner at the last row with no one else around,
3) air-conditioner just right, not cold not hot,
4) weather just right, not sunny not rainy,
5) driving style of the driver just right, no sudden braking nor sudden acceleration,
6) no TV Mobile,
7) no noisy engines,
8) no bumpy roads,
9) no noisy children and hokkien-spewing uncles on the handphones.

(It takes 2 hands to clap, so on your side...)

10) a MP3 player with suitable songs inside,
11) not in a rush to go somewhere else,
12) not happy, not sad, not angry,
13) able to put down all your thoughts.

Simply heaven. And i happen to experience one today. Haha.

Its so comfortable that i don't wish to get off the bus...wishing that the bus trip can be longer, or simply, its goes on forever.

Anyway last night i was flipping through my 2003 sec sch yearbook and i realised that so many of my seniors around me were from ahs.

I do know my previous house captain was from ahs, but i didnt know the previous vice house captain was from ahs too. And in robotics, one senior told me he was from ahs, but i didnt know the other senior (which i was close to) was also from ahs.

And all except one were from the same class!

Then i recognised two seniors from my senior class in the handbook.

AHS rox =D

Oh..today is World AIDS Day..