Very exciting! Made my day yea!
Its a good thing Singapore has brought in Formula One, because now that more people watches it, I am no longer the occasional odd guy who yells F1 and everyone thinks I am asking for help. On the other hand I have been out of touch with Formula One for a rather long time, ever since the free-to-air TV channels stopped broadcasting races live and also the fact that on race days, I have to leave the house for camp halfway through.
And then there is Massa's incident that shows how technology can and will never replace humans. All hail the Lollipop Man!
Hehe maybe next Singapore should bring in the World Rally Championship! Although I think the only place they can race on is the live firing area haha.
Vroom!
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008
pointless ranting
Today I was suddenly hit by a wave of reality from a gathering with some friends and a MSN nick by another friend:
"drawing the 2nd last NSF pay soon"
Come November and December most of the friends around me will become the happiest people in the world for at least a while, as they finally retrieve their respective little pink identification cards that were forcefully taken from them and confiscated on their first days to the little beautiful island to the north east of our motherland.
All these happening while I'm still packing my bags, leaving my lovely little home 9pm on Sunday nights and only returning on Fridays, and having all the weekdays of the week in the new pixellated uniform facing the same old people doing the same old things.
Its not as bad as it sounds actually, for my saviour comes in the form of Wallaby 2008, which allows me to be away from my unit for almost two entire months, although two months seem a little too long haha. But I just feel kind of sad I will still be stuck in my bloody unit when others get their liberation and freedom.
I'm kind of regretting not watching the Formula One at the scene; although I still prefer watching on TV so I can see the entire race. Then again it is quite an experience to be at the scene getting a high from the roar of the racing cars speeding past. May Vodafone McLaren Mercedes win!
Finally got my hands on a camera! Not mine; it belongs to my friend. Hopefully I can bring some decent photos home from there. I want to learn photography leh.
"drawing the 2nd last NSF pay soon"
Come November and December most of the friends around me will become the happiest people in the world for at least a while, as they finally retrieve their respective little pink identification cards that were forcefully taken from them and confiscated on their first days to the little beautiful island to the north east of our motherland.
All these happening while I'm still packing my bags, leaving my lovely little home 9pm on Sunday nights and only returning on Fridays, and having all the weekdays of the week in the new pixellated uniform facing the same old people doing the same old things.
Its not as bad as it sounds actually, for my saviour comes in the form of Wallaby 2008, which allows me to be away from my unit for almost two entire months, although two months seem a little too long haha. But I just feel kind of sad I will still be stuck in my bloody unit when others get their liberation and freedom.
I'm kind of regretting not watching the Formula One at the scene; although I still prefer watching on TV so I can see the entire race. Then again it is quite an experience to be at the scene getting a high from the roar of the racing cars speeding past. May Vodafone McLaren Mercedes win!
Finally got my hands on a camera! Not mine; it belongs to my friend. Hopefully I can bring some decent photos home from there. I want to learn photography leh.
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As mentioned before, the last lap of a six-lap 2.4km run has always to me been the longest and the most difficult lap of all; the end seems just so far away.
This week was one of those 'last laps' again, as preparations for the upcoming event continued. Lack of experience and proper equipment meant we had to redo our preparations many times. Again like mentioned before, computers are so dumb; when errors occur they can continue to run like the Sun rise and set each day; so as this week came to a close we were only about half done, and from next week onwards I can't be around to help anymore.
I salute the new birds for their perseverance and determination to get their jobs done. Facing those dumb unfeeling dead objects I don't think I can hold out as long as they could. On the other hand though they are already showing signs of raising the white flags in the faces of these stubborn machines, and I wonder if they can survive this very major event.
Thursday's COS duty, only my third [and I wondered is it my last?], can be considered one of the worst duties ever. Raising the flag during S3's parade was easy, recalling people back from their offs to participate in a dumb half-an-hour parade was also easy; getting people into trouble and punishments when partially I was at fault wasn't.
Formula One Singapore Grand Prix! I am too poor to purchase tickets to watch the race up close, but then I prefer watching on TV where I can see the whole race than sitting in a fixed position and watching the cars vroom past every minute. Hurray to Channel 5 for telecasting the show live. It has been many, many, many, many, many years since Formula One races were last telecast on free-to-air TV.
Besides the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix another event was also jostling for newspapers headlines the past few days: the China milk scandal. Some of us went crazy [half jokingly] after we realised that we had consumed some of the products tested positive for melamine. One of them was
in which I had also eaten one packet from. One packet consisted of ~5 pieces of potato crackers, and our dearest Government agency has stated that I have to eat at least 520 pieces of it in order to kill myself. Others were crying over the tubs of contaminated ice-cream and bottles of contaminated milk they had consumed in the past, and of course, who can forget the famous, now infamous, 大白兔奶糖?
To stop here, because I have run out of things to say.
This week was one of those 'last laps' again, as preparations for the upcoming event continued. Lack of experience and proper equipment meant we had to redo our preparations many times. Again like mentioned before, computers are so dumb; when errors occur they can continue to run like the Sun rise and set each day; so as this week came to a close we were only about half done, and from next week onwards I can't be around to help anymore.
I salute the new birds for their perseverance and determination to get their jobs done. Facing those dumb unfeeling dead objects I don't think I can hold out as long as they could. On the other hand though they are already showing signs of raising the white flags in the faces of these stubborn machines, and I wonder if they can survive this very major event.
Thursday's COS duty, only my third [and I wondered is it my last?], can be considered one of the worst duties ever. Raising the flag during S3's parade was easy, recalling people back from their offs to participate in a dumb half-an-hour parade was also easy; getting people into trouble and punishments when partially I was at fault wasn't.
Formula One Singapore Grand Prix! I am too poor to purchase tickets to watch the race up close, but then I prefer watching on TV where I can see the whole race than sitting in a fixed position and watching the cars vroom past every minute. Hurray to Channel 5 for telecasting the show live. It has been many, many, many, many, many years since Formula One races were last telecast on free-to-air TV.
Besides the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix another event was also jostling for newspapers headlines the past few days: the China milk scandal. Some of us went crazy [half jokingly] after we realised that we had consumed some of the products tested positive for melamine. One of them was
in which I had also eaten one packet from. One packet consisted of ~5 pieces of potato crackers, and our dearest Government agency has stated that I have to eat at least 520 pieces of it in order to kill myself. Others were crying over the tubs of contaminated ice-cream and bottles of contaminated milk they had consumed in the past, and of course, who can forget the famous, now infamous, 大白兔奶糖?
To stop here, because I have run out of things to say.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
because i love you
对这个世界如果你有太多的抱怨
跌倒了就不敢继续往前走
为什麼人要这麼的脆弱 堕落
请你打开电视看看
多少人为生命在努力勇敢的走下去
我们是不是该知足
珍惜一切 就算没有拥有
还记得你说家是唯一的城堡 随著稻香河流继续奔跑
微微笑 小时候的梦我知道
不要哭让萤火虫带著你逃跑 乡间的歌谣永远的依靠
回家吧 回到最初的美好
不要这麼容易就想放弃 就像我说的
追不到的梦想 换个梦不就得了
为自己的人生鲜艳上色 先把爱涂上喜欢的颜色
笑一个吧 功成名就不是目的
让自己快乐快乐这才叫做意义
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青春是手牵手坐上了
永不回头的火车
总有一天我们都老了
不会遗憾就OK了
伤心的都忘记了
只记得这首笑忘歌
那一片天空很高风很清澈
从头到脚趾都快乐
我和你都约好了
要再唱这首笑忘歌
这一生只愿只要平凡快乐
谁说这样不伟大呢
有多少错误重蹈覆辙
有多少苦痛还不是都过来了
想起来甚至还会笑呢
青春是人生的实验课
错也错得很值得
就算某天唱起这首歌
眼眶会有一点湿了
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May I survive the coming week!
跌倒了就不敢继续往前走
为什麼人要这麼的脆弱 堕落
请你打开电视看看
多少人为生命在努力勇敢的走下去
我们是不是该知足
珍惜一切 就算没有拥有
还记得你说家是唯一的城堡 随著稻香河流继续奔跑
微微笑 小时候的梦我知道
不要哭让萤火虫带著你逃跑 乡间的歌谣永远的依靠
回家吧 回到最初的美好
不要这麼容易就想放弃 就像我说的
追不到的梦想 换个梦不就得了
为自己的人生鲜艳上色 先把爱涂上喜欢的颜色
笑一个吧 功成名就不是目的
让自己快乐快乐这才叫做意义
******************************
青春是手牵手坐上了
永不回头的火车
总有一天我们都老了
不会遗憾就OK了
伤心的都忘记了
只记得这首笑忘歌
那一片天空很高风很清澈
从头到脚趾都快乐
我和你都约好了
要再唱这首笑忘歌
这一生只愿只要平凡快乐
谁说这样不伟大呢
有多少错误重蹈覆辙
有多少苦痛还不是都过来了
想起来甚至还会笑呢
青春是人生的实验课
错也错得很值得
就算某天唱起这首歌
眼眶会有一点湿了
******************************
May I survive the coming week!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
to hell with the smokers
When the smoking point is not clean, whose fault is it?
The smokers who threw the cigarette butts there after their frequent smoking sessions or the people who had to add that to the list of places they had to clean up regularly simply because they had to clean all other areas on the same level as well?
Nothing much for the past week, although bad news seemed to come pouring in like never-ending water. From "teaching the new birds and letting them prepare for the upcoming exercise themselves", it has now become "preparing for the upcoming exercise together with the new birds".
And then there's the less-than-satisfactory combat fitness the new biggest boss whom rule us all has come to notice.
Ah its ok. Just two more weeks!
Late by a day, but better late than never, five more months to ORD loh! For now I still can't get into the mood yet. End of September yea!
Currently there's a tiny sense of guilt in me, because I got my friends addicted onto LAN gaming. Haha. Since I introduced Company of Heroes to them we already had a total of five LAN sessions in the past three weeks, each stretching three to five hours. In each of the first three sessions there would be at least one new bird to the game whom I had to teach. Haha.
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I read The Sunday Times today and there was this article on a day in a hospital's emergency department. Below is an excerpt.
Then there were those who arguably could have sought help elsewhere. At 4.20pm, for instance, Dr Foo saw a 20-year-old national service man with "back pain".
Wearing a look of pain, he said he needed painkillers and a medical certificate(MC) to excuse himself from camp duty.
Earlier in the waiting area, we had seen him laughing and joking with a female friend. He later left, visibly dejected after being given some pills but not an MC.
....NS boys often show up on Sundays. "Some come in laughing and holding their girlfriend's hands,"..."For every 10 boys faking it, there could be one real serious case so we have to be careful. But we know when not to give MCs,"....
ROFLMAO!
The smokers who threw the cigarette butts there after their frequent smoking sessions or the people who had to add that to the list of places they had to clean up regularly simply because they had to clean all other areas on the same level as well?
Nothing much for the past week, although bad news seemed to come pouring in like never-ending water. From "teaching the new birds and letting them prepare for the upcoming exercise themselves", it has now become "preparing for the upcoming exercise together with the new birds".
And then there's the less-than-satisfactory combat fitness the new biggest boss whom rule us all has come to notice.
Ah its ok. Just two more weeks!
Late by a day, but better late than never, five more months to ORD loh! For now I still can't get into the mood yet. End of September yea!
Currently there's a tiny sense of guilt in me, because I got my friends addicted onto LAN gaming. Haha. Since I introduced Company of Heroes to them we already had a total of five LAN sessions in the past three weeks, each stretching three to five hours. In each of the first three sessions there would be at least one new bird to the game whom I had to teach. Haha.
************
I read The Sunday Times today and there was this article on a day in a hospital's emergency department. Below is an excerpt.
Then there were those who arguably could have sought help elsewhere. At 4.20pm, for instance, Dr Foo saw a 20-year-old national service man with "back pain".
Wearing a look of pain, he said he needed painkillers and a medical certificate(MC) to excuse himself from camp duty.
Earlier in the waiting area, we had seen him laughing and joking with a female friend. He later left, visibly dejected after being given some pills but not an MC.
....NS boys often show up on Sundays. "Some come in laughing and holding their girlfriend's hands,"..."For every 10 boys faking it, there could be one real serious case so we have to be careful. But we know when not to give MCs,"....
ROFLMAO!
Sunday, September 07, 2008
why chrome riot google oh hatred please why one week off
....have I never heard of the Imagine Cup before? Now that I have come to know of this, I am stuck in @#$%! NS and I cannot participate!
Under the Rules and Regulations one part says:
"You are actively enrolled as a student at an accredited educational institution that grants high-school or college/university (or equivalent) degrees at any time between January 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009."
@#$%!
I shall participate one day!
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I watched with utmost amusement the news on the coverage of our beloved Speakers' Corner. Today marks the day the rules are relaxed; demonstrations are now allowed at the Park and speakers can simply register online at NParks' website instead of stepping into the horrifying police station.
I find it amusing that in our lovely motherland where the laws are well known by many around the world to be ultra strict, the government has carved out a small piece of land and let us demonstrate.
There on the news the reporter at the scene tells the viewers that a small crowd is forming up to "观看示威", where in other countries 示威 means have to run liao. And a person labelled a 示威者 below his name is being interviewed by reporters. I can't help but laugh at the report.
Its a good thing after all; the government has now opened up more when it comes to free speeches. Of course hopefully the Speakers' Corner will remain as it is: a peaceful park.
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Super fast, super clean user interface, super easy to use, super cool! I love it!
Where's the title bar, the status bar and the menu?
Built-in task manager[not the one in Windows] which shows the memory and CPU usage by the various tabs and plugins.
"Stats for nerds", which opens a new window giving more detailed memory reports. Haha they sure know where to add in the humour!
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To achieve before the new year comes: cancel my Internet subscription.
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This month each platoon takes turn clearing a week of off and leave, and my platoon is allocated the past week.
Highlight for the week before the last was again acting as enemy for a second battalion full troop exercise; two days outfield where the first day was spent doing nothing besides sleeping in the training shed and getting bitten by unknown creatures.
For the past week Tuesday was Sentosa followed by a LAN session and Cyborg She, while Friday was company cohesion - paintball! Not too bad, but we had too little paintballs, and the field was too muddy to really enjoy the session. After that was yet another LAN session till night =S
The rest of the time was spent at home.
It has been a good rest; not seeing and wearing anything green for a week has freshen me up slightly. Unfortunately good times passed fast; tonight I will be booking in, and worse tomorrow is my COS duty, which I am still not very used to doing. Upcoming for the rest of the month, getting the new birds ready before I'm gone in October.
To those who are having 'tough luck' recently, hopefully they do not dwell on them too hard, for different people have different luck at different times. Some other good things may just come out from those missed opportunities.
In the past I used to have the same 'train of thoughts', but later I prefer not asking questions but simply do what I am supposed to do, firstly because if questions arise, I know that I have done my part and so, 对得起自己, 对得起大家. Secondly, I think getting the job done and making everyone happy is better than not getting the job done and everyone is unhappy with each other. Who gets the job done is rather secondary.
And to those who are still struggling in their work, the ends will justify the means! Especially in computing haha. Its very much like mathematics; the process of solving and working kills, but once everything starts appearing correctly, the sense of achievement and happiness is so great it cannot be described in mere words. Haha.
Hopefully I don't screw up my COS duty tomorrow.
Under the Rules and Regulations one part says:
"You are actively enrolled as a student at an accredited educational institution that grants high-school or college/university (or equivalent) degrees at any time between January 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009."
@#$%!
I shall participate one day!
**********************************************************************************
I watched with utmost amusement the news on the coverage of our beloved Speakers' Corner. Today marks the day the rules are relaxed; demonstrations are now allowed at the Park and speakers can simply register online at NParks' website instead of stepping into the horrifying police station.
I find it amusing that in our lovely motherland where the laws are well known by many around the world to be ultra strict, the government has carved out a small piece of land and let us demonstrate.
There on the news the reporter at the scene tells the viewers that a small crowd is forming up to "观看示威", where in other countries 示威 means have to run liao. And a person labelled a 示威者 below his name is being interviewed by reporters. I can't help but laugh at the report.
Its a good thing after all; the government has now opened up more when it comes to free speeches. Of course hopefully the Speakers' Corner will remain as it is: a peaceful park.
**********************************************************************************
Super fast, super clean user interface, super easy to use, super cool! I love it!
Where's the title bar, the status bar and the menu?
Built-in task manager[not the one in Windows] which shows the memory and CPU usage by the various tabs and plugins.
"Stats for nerds", which opens a new window giving more detailed memory reports. Haha they sure know where to add in the humour!
**********************************************************************************
To achieve before the new year comes: cancel my Internet subscription.
**********************************************************************************
This month each platoon takes turn clearing a week of off and leave, and my platoon is allocated the past week.
Highlight for the week before the last was again acting as enemy for a second battalion full troop exercise; two days outfield where the first day was spent doing nothing besides sleeping in the training shed and getting bitten by unknown creatures.
For the past week Tuesday was Sentosa followed by a LAN session and Cyborg She, while Friday was company cohesion - paintball! Not too bad, but we had too little paintballs, and the field was too muddy to really enjoy the session. After that was yet another LAN session till night =S
The rest of the time was spent at home.
It has been a good rest; not seeing and wearing anything green for a week has freshen me up slightly. Unfortunately good times passed fast; tonight I will be booking in, and worse tomorrow is my COS duty, which I am still not very used to doing. Upcoming for the rest of the month, getting the new birds ready before I'm gone in October.
To those who are having 'tough luck' recently, hopefully they do not dwell on them too hard, for different people have different luck at different times. Some other good things may just come out from those missed opportunities.
In the past I used to have the same 'train of thoughts', but later I prefer not asking questions but simply do what I am supposed to do, firstly because if questions arise, I know that I have done my part and so, 对得起自己, 对得起大家. Secondly, I think getting the job done and making everyone happy is better than not getting the job done and everyone is unhappy with each other. Who gets the job done is rather secondary.
And to those who are still struggling in their work, the ends will justify the means! Especially in computing haha. Its very much like mathematics; the process of solving and working kills, but once everything starts appearing correctly, the sense of achievement and happiness is so great it cannot be described in mere words. Haha.
Hopefully I don't screw up my COS duty tomorrow.
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