Today was generally ok except for two things.
One was the evening peak hour everyone knocked off from work. They come in batch after batch after batch. Then one guy purposely chose that time to buy a singtel card, so he took up one counter while my friend handled the transactions. A long queue started forming at my counter, making me rushed like a mad man.
Second was the newbie who started work today. She used my counter, so at the end of the day when we tallied all the money in the cash register, there was a shortage of 7 bucks. And the recording of the takings were all under my name.
I thought gone case liaox, 7 bucks will be deduced from my pay, until my friend, who continued working through the "sunrise" shift, called me not long after I reached home and told me that the other counter had an excess of 6 plus bucks, which can cover the shortage.
Otherwise, I am now more or less familiar with the various cashless payment systems and the top-up systems. I still can't differentiate the different pies and puffs.
I am starting to get sian liaox. Haha. I seriously cannot imagine myself going to work everyday. It seems so dull...
The weekend is coming soon, and I heard from my friend that weekends are the days with the most crowds (duh!), and since I am working swing on those days, I now wonder if I can work up to the speed required.
I sent HP an email today, half politely, half rudely, asking why they have not called me. The email was sent before I went for work, and now when I checked, they have not replied me! @#$!
I'm tired.
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Today was not bad! For quite a few reasons.
First reason, I am getting used to the cashier-ing machine le. I find that PLUs are not really required, because almost everything is inside the machine, with the exception of some puffs and pies (and the Red Bull, and the single tissue box) that die die require those numbers. And I still need to consult the others to differentiate the pies from the puffs. The baos not much problem liaox.
Second reason, payment by NETS and ez-link cards and topping up of CashCards arent too difficult I realise today. But I am still very slow because I scared press wrongly, so need more time to get used to it. I still cannot remember the exact procedures.
Third reason, the friend I mentioned yesterday was with me today! Not exactly the same shift, but at least for most of the time. Then I got to know another friend slightly better. So both helped me out throughout the day.
Fourth reason, my father was going home just as my work was over. So instead on waiting for the bus at the lonely stop, I was home in less than half an hour.
Fifth and main reason, the boss goes off at 5pm! Any work without the boss around is good. Haha. There was a peak period in the evening when many people got off from work, but around 8pm the crowd disappeared, so no customers + no boss = relax! Heh.
Today I had my first experience with stocking up goods. Stocks come in on three of the days in a week, so where the stocks come we have to squeeze them in the storeroom at the back. And the storeroom is really small and the stocks are really plenty in numbers. Its a difficult task itself trying to find space to squeeze everything in.
For the next consecutive four days I will be working the "swing" shift (wtf. Yesterday roster wrote my Saturday was a day off. Today I went to check it became swing liaox. Because I only started working yesterday [a Tuesday], the day before it, the Monday, became my day off. They sure know how to take advantage >.<). The "swing" shift will stretch all the way to late night, so hopefully there will be no one around. My job will be very simple then!
Tomorrow will be a good day. Because my friend will be on the same shift as me tomorrow. So with a friend around, work will be easier. Haha.
But hor, stretch into late night will mean I have to miss many television programmes leh. News, Feng Yun, and Project Superstar all cannot watch! And I prefer to be online at night rather than in the day...
One bad thing is that I almost have to stand the whole day. At the end of the day my legs feel like giving way. =(
Well hopefully soon I will get used to things. One thing I need to work on is the lunchtime peak hour. That's when there are many people queuing in front of me and my boss sitting behind me.
Still, handling money that does not belong to me is dangerous, and gives me the shutters.
Keep your encouragements coming in ok! Haha.
First reason, I am getting used to the cashier-ing machine le. I find that PLUs are not really required, because almost everything is inside the machine, with the exception of some puffs and pies (and the Red Bull, and the single tissue box) that die die require those numbers. And I still need to consult the others to differentiate the pies from the puffs. The baos not much problem liaox.
Second reason, payment by NETS and ez-link cards and topping up of CashCards arent too difficult I realise today. But I am still very slow because I scared press wrongly, so need more time to get used to it. I still cannot remember the exact procedures.
Third reason, the friend I mentioned yesterday was with me today! Not exactly the same shift, but at least for most of the time. Then I got to know another friend slightly better. So both helped me out throughout the day.
Fourth reason, my father was going home just as my work was over. So instead on waiting for the bus at the lonely stop, I was home in less than half an hour.
Fifth and main reason, the boss goes off at 5pm! Any work without the boss around is good. Haha. There was a peak period in the evening when many people got off from work, but around 8pm the crowd disappeared, so no customers + no boss = relax! Heh.
Today I had my first experience with stocking up goods. Stocks come in on three of the days in a week, so where the stocks come we have to squeeze them in the storeroom at the back. And the storeroom is really small and the stocks are really plenty in numbers. Its a difficult task itself trying to find space to squeeze everything in.
For the next consecutive four days I will be working the "swing" shift (wtf. Yesterday roster wrote my Saturday was a day off. Today I went to check it became swing liaox. Because I only started working yesterday [a Tuesday], the day before it, the Monday, became my day off. They sure know how to take advantage >.<). The "swing" shift will stretch all the way to late night, so hopefully there will be no one around. My job will be very simple then!
Tomorrow will be a good day. Because my friend will be on the same shift as me tomorrow. So with a friend around, work will be easier. Haha.
But hor, stretch into late night will mean I have to miss many television programmes leh. News, Feng Yun, and Project Superstar all cannot watch! And I prefer to be online at night rather than in the day...
One bad thing is that I almost have to stand the whole day. At the end of the day my legs feel like giving way. =(
Well hopefully soon I will get used to things. One thing I need to work on is the lunchtime peak hour. That's when there are many people queuing in front of me and my boss sitting behind me.
Still, handling money that does not belong to me is dangerous, and gives me the shutters.
Keep your encouragements coming in ok! Haha.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Edit: I made a mistake and I lost my original template. Its late now, so I stick with this first.
I am back.
Never blogged anything lately because nothing exciting has happened in the past few weeks. Except that I am seriously getting mad at HP because they still have not called me, even though Laghub's (haha) contract said that someone from HP will call within two weeks.
Its a long process you know? After that someone has called to confirm my upgrade options (which is not fantastic in the first place), I need to pay via SAM or SingPost (for my poor family do not have credit card), which will take three working days (Monday to Friday only!) to process. After HP has ensured that the money is safely in her pockets, they will then give the green light to build the computer (which I read is in China). So it will take 14-18 days to build and ship the computer to our glorious multi-racial multi-religious motherland. Of course they don't ship computers one by one, they do it in batches.
I have started working.
I don't really like my new job actually. Because I have to interact with people. Because I have to memorise the PLUs (I don't know what the hell it stands for) of stuff that cannot be scanned, like all those pies and puffs and whatever. Because of the whole chunk of procedures. But the main reason is because I have to handle money, which is very dangerous, especially when the money is not mine.
My first day was alright, because I got to know a fellow guy, working during his break after his O Lvls. He made my day better for showing me around and assisting me. But tomorrow we are having different shifts. So Buddha knows who I will be meeting tomorrow.
I still have more procedures to learn, the whatever nets and cashcard payment and top-up systems, the whatever stock taking etc etc etc etc.
I'm suffering!
If not for the money (which is not attractive by the way, but I need money for more RAM and a LCD monitor, and possibly a better graphics card and more fans, which may require a power supply box of a higher wattage!) I would have quitted!
Nah just joking. Maybe I'm just not used to the environment yet, as I have always felt during all the orientations I have attended in my life. Hopefully things will change for the better soon. Please encourage me ok! Both smses and tags are welcome. Give me the strength to go on!
One of my friends who is already in NS smsed me today. Apparently he is enjoying life inside ( at least he is giving me that impression haha). The first two weeks are, according to what he was told, good. So the torture only comes from the third week onwards. They did not do much today because it rained the whole day.
This holidays is very unlike the other holidays, because this holidays marked the end of our journey to gain knowledge. Some have went for long holidays, some have started working, some have went on to NS, some are waiting to enter NS. Soon, all the friends who have previously fought alongside with me will all go their separate ways.
Just like the toast given to the knights and soldiers after they came back from battle, I have so far went for two gatherings, one with my computing friends, one with my secondary school friends. I have another one tomorrow with another bunch of secondary school friends, but I am unable to meet them.
Thats all for now. Be back another day.
I am back.
Never blogged anything lately because nothing exciting has happened in the past few weeks. Except that I am seriously getting mad at HP because they still have not called me, even though Laghub's (haha) contract said that someone from HP will call within two weeks.
Its a long process you know? After that someone has called to confirm my upgrade options (which is not fantastic in the first place), I need to pay via SAM or SingPost (for my poor family do not have credit card), which will take three working days (Monday to Friday only!) to process. After HP has ensured that the money is safely in her pockets, they will then give the green light to build the computer (which I read is in China). So it will take 14-18 days to build and ship the computer to our glorious multi-racial multi-religious motherland. Of course they don't ship computers one by one, they do it in batches.
I have started working.
I don't really like my new job actually. Because I have to interact with people. Because I have to memorise the PLUs (I don't know what the hell it stands for) of stuff that cannot be scanned, like all those pies and puffs and whatever. Because of the whole chunk of procedures. But the main reason is because I have to handle money, which is very dangerous, especially when the money is not mine.
My first day was alright, because I got to know a fellow guy, working during his break after his O Lvls. He made my day better for showing me around and assisting me. But tomorrow we are having different shifts. So Buddha knows who I will be meeting tomorrow.
I still have more procedures to learn, the whatever nets and cashcard payment and top-up systems, the whatever stock taking etc etc etc etc.
I'm suffering!
If not for the money (which is not attractive by the way, but I need money for more RAM and a LCD monitor, and possibly a better graphics card and more fans, which may require a power supply box of a higher wattage!) I would have quitted!
Nah just joking. Maybe I'm just not used to the environment yet, as I have always felt during all the orientations I have attended in my life. Hopefully things will change for the better soon. Please encourage me ok! Both smses and tags are welcome. Give me the strength to go on!
One of my friends who is already in NS smsed me today. Apparently he is enjoying life inside ( at least he is giving me that impression haha). The first two weeks are, according to what he was told, good. So the torture only comes from the third week onwards. They did not do much today because it rained the whole day.
This holidays is very unlike the other holidays, because this holidays marked the end of our journey to gain knowledge. Some have went for long holidays, some have started working, some have went on to NS, some are waiting to enter NS. Soon, all the friends who have previously fought alongside with me will all go their separate ways.
Just like the toast given to the knights and soldiers after they came back from battle, I have so far went for two gatherings, one with my computing friends, one with my secondary school friends. I have another one tomorrow with another bunch of secondary school friends, but I am unable to meet them.
Thats all for now. Be back another day.
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Today I got the opportunity to personally experience the well-known kiasu-ism that exist in all Singaporeans.
My father and I set off at 9.45am in his taxi towards Expo, knowing very well that the carpark lots there would be filled up very quickly. True enough when we reached there, the digital signboard at the entrance showed that besides carparks F and G, all the rest from A to H were full, although Sitex only opened at 11am. Many more people streamed in from the MRT station, bus stop and taxi stand.
Security guards were at the doors to allow the staff in while keeping the rest out. Over at Hall 3, a small but slowly increasing crowd was present, which I later found out, had the same destination in mind as us.
At first my father and I were standing by the side, but as the crowd started gathering at the door, all looking as if they were cannibals eager to eat up the two old men, we had no choice but joined in the crowd as well. A couple beside me were in whispers and pointing to the booth everyone was aiming for, which I guessed was one telling the other where to go, without letting others hear it. Typical Singaporean behaviour. Haha.
They decided to let us in earlier, at 1045am, because they knew very well we were going in to the same booth to queue.
Once the two old men gave the signal, it was war!
Those right at the front of the crowd immediately started running! Those at the back, unwilling to lose out, started pushing those in front. All 形象 were gone! Fight! The important thing then was to get to as front the queue as possible. There were two queues, one for signing new contracts, the other for re-contracting.
I maintained my image haha. We only walked briskly towards the booth. I saw the queue that said "New contract", but the next moment I saw the one we need, the one that said "Recontract".
There was not all! Some bastards cut queue! The queue lines they set up were those poles with tight straps connecting them, so some people simply crawled through them. #$@! But I took comfort that the one who ended up behind me through queue cutting was not a Singaporean. And he came to the wrong queue, joining the queue for recontracting when he wanted to sign a new one. While he did not receive his punishment because they still handled his new contract, it did gave him quite a scare initially, because by the queue was very long. Haha.
We were among the first thirty people in the queue. Still we waited almost an hour to get the contract signed.
And all we got in the "sure-win" lucky draw is a dumb set of four dumb magnets, in the shape of the green fat pipe that they claim they have. Real dumb. I can't think of any use for those. Seriously they should have put up more practical things like pen or something. Even underwear would have been more useful than those magnets.
Actually the sole purpose of going there even before it opened and willingly queuing up for so long was neither because of the lucky draw, nor because of the $40 Sakae Sushi voucher, but because of the $150 HP discount voucher which I can use it on the computer upgrades.
It will not come so soon, so I have to wait.
My father and I set off at 9.45am in his taxi towards Expo, knowing very well that the carpark lots there would be filled up very quickly. True enough when we reached there, the digital signboard at the entrance showed that besides carparks F and G, all the rest from A to H were full, although Sitex only opened at 11am. Many more people streamed in from the MRT station, bus stop and taxi stand.
Security guards were at the doors to allow the staff in while keeping the rest out. Over at Hall 3, a small but slowly increasing crowd was present, which I later found out, had the same destination in mind as us.
At first my father and I were standing by the side, but as the crowd started gathering at the door, all looking as if they were cannibals eager to eat up the two old men, we had no choice but joined in the crowd as well. A couple beside me were in whispers and pointing to the booth everyone was aiming for, which I guessed was one telling the other where to go, without letting others hear it. Typical Singaporean behaviour. Haha.
They decided to let us in earlier, at 1045am, because they knew very well we were going in to the same booth to queue.
Once the two old men gave the signal, it was war!
Those right at the front of the crowd immediately started running! Those at the back, unwilling to lose out, started pushing those in front. All 形象 were gone! Fight! The important thing then was to get to as front the queue as possible. There were two queues, one for signing new contracts, the other for re-contracting.
I maintained my image haha. We only walked briskly towards the booth. I saw the queue that said "New contract", but the next moment I saw the one we need, the one that said "Recontract".
There was not all! Some bastards cut queue! The queue lines they set up were those poles with tight straps connecting them, so some people simply crawled through them. #$@! But I took comfort that the one who ended up behind me through queue cutting was not a Singaporean. And he came to the wrong queue, joining the queue for recontracting when he wanted to sign a new one. While he did not receive his punishment because they still handled his new contract, it did gave him quite a scare initially, because by the queue was very long. Haha.
We were among the first thirty people in the queue. Still we waited almost an hour to get the contract signed.
And all we got in the "sure-win" lucky draw is a dumb set of four dumb magnets, in the shape of the green fat pipe that they claim they have. Real dumb. I can't think of any use for those. Seriously they should have put up more practical things like pen or something. Even underwear would have been more useful than those magnets.
Actually the sole purpose of going there even before it opened and willingly queuing up for so long was neither because of the lucky draw, nor because of the $40 Sakae Sushi voucher, but because of the $150 HP discount voucher which I can use it on the computer upgrades.
It will not come so soon, so I have to wait.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
The broadband war is getting more and more exciting it seems.
The freebies are getting bigger and bigger, from the initial discounts in subscriptions, to iPods and free speed upgrades, and now, desktops, laptops and xbox 360s!
I won't be surprised if they start giving out mansions and cars next time.
More companies are also joining in for a share of the pie, with one company offering wireless broadband and another company on the verge of doing so.
The fight continues on behind the scenes under the table. Both Starhub and Singnet are having their individual separate promotions with the taxi drivers. Haha.
Then today there is the surprising news that the free wireless nationwide Internet service will be launched one month ahead of schedule. Excited, I went to comb for information, and was disappointed when I see that the coverage in Tampines is only restricted to the central area. I have one lucky friend who lives right inside the area, and at least three living on the borders of it.
Of course, free 512Kbps doesn't sound great, but 10bucks a month for 1Mbps is.
The freebies are getting bigger and bigger, from the initial discounts in subscriptions, to iPods and free speed upgrades, and now, desktops, laptops and xbox 360s!
I won't be surprised if they start giving out mansions and cars next time.
More companies are also joining in for a share of the pie, with one company offering wireless broadband and another company on the verge of doing so.
The fight continues on behind the scenes under the table. Both Starhub and Singnet are having their individual separate promotions with the taxi drivers. Haha.
Then today there is the surprising news that the free wireless nationwide Internet service will be launched one month ahead of schedule. Excited, I went to comb for information, and was disappointed when I see that the coverage in Tampines is only restricted to the central area. I have one lucky friend who lives right inside the area, and at least three living on the borders of it.
Of course, free 512Kbps doesn't sound great, but 10bucks a month for 1Mbps is.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
知足
怎么去拥有一道彩虹
怎么去拥抱一夏天的风
天上的星星笑地上的人
总是不能懂不能知道足够
如果我爱上你的笑容
要怎么收藏要怎么拥有
如果你快乐不是为我
会不会放手其实才是拥有
当一阵风吹来风筝飞上天空
为了你而祈祷而祝福而感动
终于你身影消失在人海尽头
才发现笑着哭最痛
那天你和我那个山丘
那样的唱着那一年的歌
那样的回忆那么足够
足够我天天都品尝着寂寞
才发现笑着哭最痛wo…
如果你快乐再不是为我
知足的快乐叫我忍受心痛
咸鱼
我是一只咸鱼不想承认也不能否认
不要同情我笨又夸我天真还梦想著翻身
咸鱼就算翻身还是只咸鱼输得也诚恳
至少到最后我还有咸鱼不腐烂的自尊
我没有任何天分
我却有梦的天真
我是傻不是蠢
我将会证明用我的一生
我如果有梦有没有错
错过才会更加明白明白坚持是什么
我如果有梦梦要够疯
够疯才能变成英雄
总会有一篇我的传说
我不好也不坏不特别出众我只是敢不同
我的人生就是一错再错错完了再从头
也许放弃掉一些活得更轻松我却不再是我
我不愿一生晒太阳吹风咸鱼也要有梦
有一天有我的天空
作我的英雄在我的天空
我知道你懂知道你会懂
Well I know both songs are kinda old, appearing in 五月天's 神的孩子都在跳舞 album. Perhaps I am thinking too much and the album was simply for commercial purposes, but sometimes I so wonder why Mayday puts these two songs into the same album when they totally contradict each other.
One song tells me to be content with whatever I have, the other tells me to pursue my dreams no matter how ridiculous or impossible they are. So when should I be content, and when should I not be?
I take note that they only ask the 咸鱼s to try their best. So does that mean that only the 咸鱼s should try their best, and the others should just be content with whatever they have?
The main problem I have with myself is that I do not know where to draw the line.
***
When one's life sucks, all the bad things that can never happen will happen to him.
The computer is beside the sofa, and I use my earphones to listen. I have the habit of hanging my earphones on the side of the sofa after I finished using them, with the head still in the audio jack.
So when I was doing spring cleaning I wanted to retrieve stuff from the cupboard behind the sofa. I did not see my earphones, and I pulled my sofa out, *piak* a sound went, the earphones dropped onto the floor, nicely split into two.
One side still functions, the other is gone.
怎么去拥有一道彩虹
怎么去拥抱一夏天的风
天上的星星笑地上的人
总是不能懂不能知道足够
如果我爱上你的笑容
要怎么收藏要怎么拥有
如果你快乐不是为我
会不会放手其实才是拥有
当一阵风吹来风筝飞上天空
为了你而祈祷而祝福而感动
终于你身影消失在人海尽头
才发现笑着哭最痛
那天你和我那个山丘
那样的唱着那一年的歌
那样的回忆那么足够
足够我天天都品尝着寂寞
才发现笑着哭最痛wo…
如果你快乐再不是为我
知足的快乐叫我忍受心痛
咸鱼
我是一只咸鱼不想承认也不能否认
不要同情我笨又夸我天真还梦想著翻身
咸鱼就算翻身还是只咸鱼输得也诚恳
至少到最后我还有咸鱼不腐烂的自尊
我没有任何天分
我却有梦的天真
我是傻不是蠢
我将会证明用我的一生
我如果有梦有没有错
错过才会更加明白明白坚持是什么
我如果有梦梦要够疯
够疯才能变成英雄
总会有一篇我的传说
我不好也不坏不特别出众我只是敢不同
我的人生就是一错再错错完了再从头
也许放弃掉一些活得更轻松我却不再是我
我不愿一生晒太阳吹风咸鱼也要有梦
有一天有我的天空
作我的英雄在我的天空
我知道你懂知道你会懂
Well I know both songs are kinda old, appearing in 五月天's 神的孩子都在跳舞 album. Perhaps I am thinking too much and the album was simply for commercial purposes, but sometimes I so wonder why Mayday puts these two songs into the same album when they totally contradict each other.
One song tells me to be content with whatever I have, the other tells me to pursue my dreams no matter how ridiculous or impossible they are. So when should I be content, and when should I not be?
I take note that they only ask the 咸鱼s to try their best. So does that mean that only the 咸鱼s should try their best, and the others should just be content with whatever they have?
The main problem I have with myself is that I do not know where to draw the line.
***
When one's life sucks, all the bad things that can never happen will happen to him.
The computer is beside the sofa, and I use my earphones to listen. I have the habit of hanging my earphones on the side of the sofa after I finished using them, with the head still in the audio jack.
So when I was doing spring cleaning I wanted to retrieve stuff from the cupboard behind the sofa. I did not see my earphones, and I pulled my sofa out, *piak* a sound went, the earphones dropped onto the floor, nicely split into two.
One side still functions, the other is gone.
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Torrent downloading using rtorrent in FC is so slow, I can only clock at 1+ kbps, and it slows down my already slow computer. I swtiched over to utorrent (where u is the miu thingy) upon seeing my friend downloading faster than me. But utorrent only exists in Windows versions so I have to switch over to Windows.
Downloading using utorrent is indeed faster, able to clock at average 10 kbps. But because my Windows is seriously corrupted after mounting it in FC, it is impossible for me to open IE or MSN there. So its either I blog and surf net and chat in MSN, or I download and cut myself out from the rest of the world.
I think I will choose the latter.
This pressure to find a job is getting heavy. A heated argument between my parents earlier in the morning hints that I will have to help contribute soon. And there's also all the talk among friends. Cannot earn money = useless in society. Yes true, although I don't like the way it works. Then I realise my brother can easily help me find one, through his connections. Maybe I shall ask him when I decide to get one. I think I still have things to do.
With 6GB worth of things to download, I have to stick to that corrupted Windows for quite some time. So...
Then again there's nothing much for me to say.
Downloading using utorrent is indeed faster, able to clock at average 10 kbps. But because my Windows is seriously corrupted after mounting it in FC, it is impossible for me to open IE or MSN there. So its either I blog and surf net and chat in MSN, or I download and cut myself out from the rest of the world.
I think I will choose the latter.
This pressure to find a job is getting heavy. A heated argument between my parents earlier in the morning hints that I will have to help contribute soon. And there's also all the talk among friends. Cannot earn money = useless in society. Yes true, although I don't like the way it works. Then I realise my brother can easily help me find one, through his connections. Maybe I shall ask him when I decide to get one. I think I still have things to do.
With 6GB worth of things to download, I have to stick to that corrupted Windows for quite some time. So...
Then again there's nothing much for me to say.
Friday, November 24, 2006
And yes, today is the last day of my papers. Quite an okay paper, but my two years of studying end in quite a whimper, with only 14 students in a classroom tucked in one corner of an otherwise almost empty building. Another small group of students was still engaged in their paper, so when ours ended, we were the only ones cheering for ourselves.
Sad. Haha.
The end of my 12 years of education seems to mark my entry into adulthood. Friends around me are already hunting for jobs, and my conscience tells me I should very well get one too. But. Maybe not so early.
My primary school did not do well for this year's PSLE it appears.
I don't know what else to say. I don't know why I come here in the first place. Maybe simply to mark the End. Or the Start.
Sad. Haha.
The end of my 12 years of education seems to mark my entry into adulthood. Friends around me are already hunting for jobs, and my conscience tells me I should very well get one too. But. Maybe not so early.
My primary school did not do well for this year's PSLE it appears.
I don't know what else to say. I don't know why I come here in the first place. Maybe simply to mark the End. Or the Start.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Warning: Geek post!
Computers are becoming more and more powerful today huh?
That, Fedora Core 5, is the exact same OS I'm using now, and is exactly what I see on my computer. Sadly the guy only showed nothing more than the basic features. I do wonder how he controls the pointer? With the analog pad?
Notice the penguins at the top of the screen during the boot up? It is a mascot for Linux, has a name Tux, and the number of Tux appearing denotes the number of processors (or cores, in this case) the OS detected.
And yes, 8 little penguins sitting there welcoming you.
And wth, it boots up so darn fast! At least 100 times faster than my miserable Pentium 3. I want my new computer!
Computers are becoming more and more powerful today huh?
That, Fedora Core 5, is the exact same OS I'm using now, and is exactly what I see on my computer. Sadly the guy only showed nothing more than the basic features. I do wonder how he controls the pointer? With the analog pad?
Notice the penguins at the top of the screen during the boot up? It is a mascot for Linux, has a name Tux, and the number of Tux appearing denotes the number of processors (or cores, in this case) the OS detected.
And yes, 8 little penguins sitting there welcoming you.
And wth, it boots up so darn fast! At least 100 times faster than my miserable Pentium 3. I want my new computer!
Monday, November 20, 2006
Happy birthday to you,
happy birthday to you,
happy birthday to my blog,
happy birthday to you!
Its my blog's three-year-old birthday!
Three years ago today [albeit another 13 hours later], I started this blog after seeing some of my friends having theirs. Setting up this blog was initially for the fun for it, just to get an idea of how it works, what's the big deal about it, and to a smaller extent, just to find something to do over that particular holiday season. I seriously had no idea I had so many things to say, so much so that it is still publishing my crap three years later.
I started off simply by typing out whatever that comes into my mind, no proper sentence structure, no standard English, no nothing. Also, my blog entries are [almost] such that they are meant for my eyes only (i.e, I assume no one is reading).
Over the years, however, I begin to acknowledge that there are readers out there, so now I try to roughly plan what and how to type. More importantly, I try to ensure that my readers have a easier time reading my crap, so I paragraphed my entries as well. And of course, ditch that colourful AHS background which makes words difficult to read, for a simple white background with huge fonts. Haha.
Unfortunately, my English has not improved much, but I digress.
There are times when I question myself the purpose of maintaining this, because simply I see no need to do so. I ask a friend, only to get a scolding in return that I am a "selfish boy". I thought to myself, yes I want to see my friends blog, so I know that they are still alive and well, so maybe others may think the same way too.
Anyway now I blog for the kick of typing. Haha. And maybe to a smaller extent, entertain.
The people who come to my blog surprises me sometimes. People I never think will ever come here actually do. Even mothers read my blog!
I have shared many of my 酸 甜 苦 辣 here. Happy things like me getting broadband, getting new handphone, receiving well wishes for my birthday, [and soon, getting new computer =D] etc, sad things about me getting disappointing grades, not achieving anything, my frustrations, my anger, my thoughts, my wishes, my hopes, all [almost] neatly and thoroughly (sort of) recorded here.
Then again, the very fact that I have readers make it difficult for me to voice some of my thoughts, although through this I learn to be more careful with what I say, here and in real-life. I try to.
I have to agree with the editor in Digital Life, that no matter how private one wants his blog to be, the root purpose of blogging is actually to get oneself noticed. I do not deny that. Haha. Given that I am an introvert by nature, blogging seems the perfect way for me to interact with others.
The editor mentioned that teens think blogs reflect their personalities, so they spend alot of time dressing up their blogs. Then I see my blog so plain, oh no what am I?! Haha.
I gave a blog new clothing last year. This year I have no idea what to do.
Lastly I want to thank all my readers for their support! Even though no one seems to respond haha. But they are a major source of motivation for me to keep on blogging. May this blog live on!
[I welcome readers, but I don't welcome attention.]
Now that I have finished this entry, I realise that I may the only person who bothers to celebrate blog birthdays. I seem to like to exaggerate things.
happy birthday to you,
happy birthday to my blog,
happy birthday to you!
Its my blog's three-year-old birthday!
Three years ago today [albeit another 13 hours later], I started this blog after seeing some of my friends having theirs. Setting up this blog was initially for the fun for it, just to get an idea of how it works, what's the big deal about it, and to a smaller extent, just to find something to do over that particular holiday season. I seriously had no idea I had so many things to say, so much so that it is still publishing my crap three years later.
I started off simply by typing out whatever that comes into my mind, no proper sentence structure, no standard English, no nothing. Also, my blog entries are [almost] such that they are meant for my eyes only (i.e, I assume no one is reading).
Over the years, however, I begin to acknowledge that there are readers out there, so now I try to roughly plan what and how to type. More importantly, I try to ensure that my readers have a easier time reading my crap, so I paragraphed my entries as well. And of course, ditch that colourful AHS background which makes words difficult to read, for a simple white background with huge fonts. Haha.
Unfortunately, my English has not improved much, but I digress.
There are times when I question myself the purpose of maintaining this, because simply I see no need to do so. I ask a friend, only to get a scolding in return that I am a "selfish boy". I thought to myself, yes I want to see my friends blog, so I know that they are still alive and well, so maybe others may think the same way too.
Anyway now I blog for the kick of typing. Haha. And maybe to a smaller extent, entertain.
The people who come to my blog surprises me sometimes. People I never think will ever come here actually do. Even mothers read my blog!
I have shared many of my 酸 甜 苦 辣 here. Happy things like me getting broadband, getting new handphone, receiving well wishes for my birthday, [and soon, getting new computer =D] etc, sad things about me getting disappointing grades, not achieving anything, my frustrations, my anger, my thoughts, my wishes, my hopes, all [almost] neatly and thoroughly (sort of) recorded here.
Then again, the very fact that I have readers make it difficult for me to voice some of my thoughts, although through this I learn to be more careful with what I say, here and in real-life. I try to.
I have to agree with the editor in Digital Life, that no matter how private one wants his blog to be, the root purpose of blogging is actually to get oneself noticed. I do not deny that. Haha. Given that I am an introvert by nature, blogging seems the perfect way for me to interact with others.
The editor mentioned that teens think blogs reflect their personalities, so they spend alot of time dressing up their blogs. Then I see my blog so plain, oh no what am I?! Haha.
I gave a blog new clothing last year. This year I have no idea what to do.
Lastly I want to thank all my readers for their support! Even though no one seems to respond haha. But they are a major source of motivation for me to keep on blogging. May this blog live on!
[I welcome readers, but I don't welcome attention.]
Now that I have finished this entry, I realise that I may the only person who bothers to celebrate blog birthdays. I seem to like to exaggerate things.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
When Singtel first came out with the 5Mbps plan at $49.95 a month, I was guessing Starhub will counter back with an offer, because Maxonline 4000 cost $58.80 a month [although I pay slightly less thanks to a promotion with ComfortDelgro haha].
And so today when I flipped open the newspapers, the Starhub advertisement screamed free speed upgrades from Maxonline 4000 to 6000!!!
Yay!
But the best deal was Maxonline 6500. They [almost] doubled it to 12000!
The speed upgrades will come into effect on 28 Dec, which makes it pretty nice Christmas present to me! Haha.
That is, if my father decides to continue the plan. My plan is expiring....and i want to continue!
And so today when I flipped open the newspapers, the Starhub advertisement screamed free speed upgrades from Maxonline 4000 to 6000!!!
Yay!
But the best deal was Maxonline 6500. They [almost] doubled it to 12000!
The speed upgrades will come into effect on 28 Dec, which makes it pretty nice Christmas present to me! Haha.
That is, if my father decides to continue the plan. My plan is expiring....and i want to continue!
Friday, November 17, 2006
I am back!
Exams are almost over. I still have a Computing paper 7 days from now. But because of long gap, I consider my exams over. Haha.
I have started "celebrating" since Wednesday after Physics, where I took out my Dreamcast and played until it (apparently) overheated and shut itself down. I have started researching on specifications for my new computer (I. Seriously. Cannot. Wait. Anymore.).
As for my own candidate's report, I don't have much to say. Computing is okay, and I think my coursework can pull me up quite a bit. Maths and General Paper are wildcards, Physics is a little bit of a goner. Chemistry....I should be able to pass I guess.
I refrained from checking my answers with my friends, instead coming up with my own conclusions as stated above. I prefer to leave things as "wildcards" instead of knowing that I will die a horrific death. Yes I like to escape from reality. Reality has never been kind to me anyway.
Although I know fully well that I deserved this given that I did not prepare well beforehand, I wonder why I still had this feeling of sadness at the end of those papers which I did not do well.
Still, at the back of my mind, there exists a glimpse of hope that those answers I had dumped in will gain enough marks to give me decent grades. I do not wish to predict what grades I will get, because my previous blog entries had me promising heaven and earth that I will top Singapore and I am now hahahaha (And I laugh at my naivity and stupidity. I sound ridiculously dumb.). However, I think most probably I will not be contributing to the "number of students with 3As/4As". It doesn't matter actually. (Even if it matters, I can't do anything now anyway right?)
So, I have ended my 12 years of education on a low note. I do wonder why. My friend says that's because I am at the end of my mugging cycle. (Well I hope that's true, not the part about I'm at the end, but rather the fact that it is a cycle and not point-to-point.) Or maybe, I have over-estimated myself. Others come late for lectures, join sports ccas where they train almost everyday during night-time, skip tutorials, find girlfriends, play games watch anime all day long, and still do better than me.
That is still ok if I have some other talent somewhere. But nope I don't.
Badmintion play until school don't want me. NOI, I learn one year, pple learn one month, and we end up getting medals of the same colour.
I have missed out so many opportunities throughout my twelve years. All I did in my twelve years were to watch my friends represent school or Singapore in competitions ranging from sports to olympiads, go up on stage to receive trophys for winning anything and everything, win MP3 players and go San Francisco for creating hundred-page-websites, having names appear in newspapers for winning National Colours, win earphones and thumbdrives for coding some grid computing applications etc etc etc etc.
At the very least where one has neither grades nor achievements, one still have some skills. Like able to play drums or fly aeroplanes.
I got nothing!
Haha am I finding excuses to cover up for my dismal performances? Lol I seem to contradict myself everywhere.
As mentioned earlier, whatever results I get doesn't matter anymore, simply because I can't turn back time (although I think even if I can, I will end up in the same square). It is all over, and people look forward (apparently that's why humans' eyes are at the front huh. haha).
Haha then again, looking forward, I don't know what my future will be like, since I have screwed up the very path that leads me into the future. I thought this was perfect for me, but now, hahahahahahahaha.
My conscience tells me I do not deserve all these "slack-and-play-after-exams", which are reserved for people who have worked hard enough. What should I do then?
On a sidenote, I saw this really good and true statement, and I shall borrow his flowers to give to Buddha (in this case, you people) :
To those who still have the S papers, all the best:) These few days will be traded off for many more dollars per month later on in life:)
Exams are almost over. I still have a Computing paper 7 days from now. But because of long gap, I consider my exams over. Haha.
I have started "celebrating" since Wednesday after Physics, where I took out my Dreamcast and played until it (apparently) overheated and shut itself down. I have started researching on specifications for my new computer (I. Seriously. Cannot. Wait. Anymore.).
As for my own candidate's report, I don't have much to say. Computing is okay, and I think my coursework can pull me up quite a bit. Maths and General Paper are wildcards, Physics is a little bit of a goner. Chemistry....I should be able to pass I guess.
I refrained from checking my answers with my friends, instead coming up with my own conclusions as stated above. I prefer to leave things as "wildcards" instead of knowing that I will die a horrific death. Yes I like to escape from reality. Reality has never been kind to me anyway.
Although I know fully well that I deserved this given that I did not prepare well beforehand, I wonder why I still had this feeling of sadness at the end of those papers which I did not do well.
Still, at the back of my mind, there exists a glimpse of hope that those answers I had dumped in will gain enough marks to give me decent grades. I do not wish to predict what grades I will get, because my previous blog entries had me promising heaven and earth that I will top Singapore and I am now hahahaha (And I laugh at my naivity and stupidity. I sound ridiculously dumb.). However, I think most probably I will not be contributing to the "number of students with 3As/4As". It doesn't matter actually. (Even if it matters, I can't do anything now anyway right?)
So, I have ended my 12 years of education on a low note. I do wonder why. My friend says that's because I am at the end of my mugging cycle. (Well I hope that's true, not the part about I'm at the end, but rather the fact that it is a cycle and not point-to-point.) Or maybe, I have over-estimated myself. Others come late for lectures, join sports ccas where they train almost everyday during night-time, skip tutorials, find girlfriends, play games watch anime all day long, and still do better than me.
That is still ok if I have some other talent somewhere. But nope I don't.
Badmintion play until school don't want me. NOI, I learn one year, pple learn one month, and we end up getting medals of the same colour.
I have missed out so many opportunities throughout my twelve years. All I did in my twelve years were to watch my friends represent school or Singapore in competitions ranging from sports to olympiads, go up on stage to receive trophys for winning anything and everything, win MP3 players and go San Francisco for creating hundred-page-websites, having names appear in newspapers for winning National Colours, win earphones and thumbdrives for coding some grid computing applications etc etc etc etc.
At the very least where one has neither grades nor achievements, one still have some skills. Like able to play drums or fly aeroplanes.
I got nothing!
Haha am I finding excuses to cover up for my dismal performances? Lol I seem to contradict myself everywhere.
As mentioned earlier, whatever results I get doesn't matter anymore, simply because I can't turn back time (although I think even if I can, I will end up in the same square). It is all over, and people look forward (apparently that's why humans' eyes are at the front huh. haha).
Haha then again, looking forward, I don't know what my future will be like, since I have screwed up the very path that leads me into the future. I thought this was perfect for me, but now, hahahahahahahaha.
My conscience tells me I do not deserve all these "slack-and-play-after-exams", which are reserved for people who have worked hard enough. What should I do then?
On a sidenote, I saw this really good and true statement, and I shall borrow his flowers to give to Buddha (in this case, you people) :
To those who still have the S papers, all the best:) These few days will be traded off for many more dollars per month later on in life:)
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Sometimes I wonder if there is really a need to maintain relationships.
Relationships have always been protrayed in tear-jerking love dramas and movies as noble love that brings people together to overcome all kinds of difficulties from crises to life-threatening diseases to human-eating monsters. The scenes are always the same: A group of people consisting of two or more people, exchanging touching words in the face of danger, like "We are always behind you!" or "Let's face this together!", whatever.
Sadly, relationships in real-life does not even anywhere near that.
In real-life, relationships are about expectations. You are expected to behave in a manner that is pleasing to their eyes. You are expected to do things that they want you to do. You are expected not to do things they do not want you to do. You are expected to submit to them. You are expected to listen to them. You are expected not to argue. You are expected to be a puppet. You are expected to show them result slips that has the alphabet 'A' at every other line.
In real-life, relationships are about gains and losses. They exist because the parties involved can gain something from each other. They may gain money, power, status, business deals, secret information, that nice jewellery in the shop, or simply, the ability to be able to show off to others that that particular relationship exists.
Will it be better if there are no relationships in this world? Maybe if there are no relationships in this world, you do not need to answer to "related" people for your actions, your words. You do not need to provide explanations on why your handphone bill is a record high this month. You do not need to run home from your friend's party before 2359, because no one will be setting this time in the first place. You do not need to get permission to go out of the house, nor need to provide all the details on your friends who are going to the pub with you, right down to their parents' names or the size of their moles. You do not need to spend three days three nights and your entire month's salary getting what you think is the perfect gift for the loved one, only to result in a disappointed or angry look and verbal abuse that you do not understand him or her at all. You do not need to be afraid of showing your pathetic results in exchange for a curfew or ban. You can be youself. You do not need to hide your true self and act as the person that they want to see and want you to be.
Perhaps many out there are already jumping up from their seats holding protest signs, eager to shower me with all kinds of theories and examples to prove me wrong. What's good about relationships? Provide emotional support? Provide a warm and cosy homes? Provide listening ears? Provide words of encouragement and advice?
Sadly, none of those theories and examples has happened to me so far. Most, if not all, relationships I have seen so far, are of what I have described. Ugly.
Or perhaps, I still do not see the underlying principles and reasons that make up those expectations and demands and requests. All the complications that have arised have covered up the intentions of their actions. Maybe its still noble love.
I'm tired.
EDIT
This makes me stop to think.
END OF EDIT
Relationships have always been protrayed in tear-jerking love dramas and movies as noble love that brings people together to overcome all kinds of difficulties from crises to life-threatening diseases to human-eating monsters. The scenes are always the same: A group of people consisting of two or more people, exchanging touching words in the face of danger, like "We are always behind you!" or "Let's face this together!", whatever.
Sadly, relationships in real-life does not even anywhere near that.
In real-life, relationships are about expectations. You are expected to behave in a manner that is pleasing to their eyes. You are expected to do things that they want you to do. You are expected not to do things they do not want you to do. You are expected to submit to them. You are expected to listen to them. You are expected not to argue. You are expected to be a puppet. You are expected to show them result slips that has the alphabet 'A' at every other line.
In real-life, relationships are about gains and losses. They exist because the parties involved can gain something from each other. They may gain money, power, status, business deals, secret information, that nice jewellery in the shop, or simply, the ability to be able to show off to others that that particular relationship exists.
Will it be better if there are no relationships in this world? Maybe if there are no relationships in this world, you do not need to answer to "related" people for your actions, your words. You do not need to provide explanations on why your handphone bill is a record high this month. You do not need to run home from your friend's party before 2359, because no one will be setting this time in the first place. You do not need to get permission to go out of the house, nor need to provide all the details on your friends who are going to the pub with you, right down to their parents' names or the size of their moles. You do not need to spend three days three nights and your entire month's salary getting what you think is the perfect gift for the loved one, only to result in a disappointed or angry look and verbal abuse that you do not understand him or her at all. You do not need to be afraid of showing your pathetic results in exchange for a curfew or ban. You can be youself. You do not need to hide your true self and act as the person that they want to see and want you to be.
Perhaps many out there are already jumping up from their seats holding protest signs, eager to shower me with all kinds of theories and examples to prove me wrong. What's good about relationships? Provide emotional support? Provide a warm and cosy homes? Provide listening ears? Provide words of encouragement and advice?
Sadly, none of those theories and examples has happened to me so far. Most, if not all, relationships I have seen so far, are of what I have described. Ugly.
Or perhaps, I still do not see the underlying principles and reasons that make up those expectations and demands and requests. All the complications that have arised have covered up the intentions of their actions. Maybe its still noble love.
I'm tired.
EDIT
This makes me stop to think.
"Good morning boys & girls,
Just in case you have 'forgotten' your entry proof, you can pick up a copy from the phole. When you are done, just put it back. Always have a backup ready for the rainy day.
The FORCE is already with you."
Then I look back at myself. I'm still tired.
Just in case you have 'forgotten' your entry proof, you can pick up a copy from the phole. When you are done, just put it back. Always have a backup ready for the rainy day.
The FORCE is already with you."
Then I look back at myself. I'm still tired.
END OF EDIT
Saturday, October 28, 2006
I was *trying* to study when I was interrupted by the blaring sirens from the Home Team (I did not know which vehicle it belonged to then). Because my neighbourhood has always been peaceful and the past few times the Home Team came they were all prank calls, I did not bother to look out of the window.
Later as I was brewing a nice hot cup of thick coffee (fine. It was a3-1 coffee bag.) I glanced out of the window to see an ambulance and a fire truck coming in. Very closely behind were two police cars. Taking note of the sirens earlier on, I have never seen so many Home Team vehicles turning into the carpark before.
Then two more civil defence vehicles came in. And people were starting to gather. W
My mum decided that something must be happening, and because the action happened out of view from our kitchen window, my mum went down to take a look. I did not want to appear as kaypoh, so I declined to follow her down.
Curiosity kills the cat, in the end I decided to be a good citizen of Singapore and show my concern for my neighbours, so I went down too. Heh.
Down at the scene an area has been cordoned off by the police, and I counted a grand total of 11 Home Team vehicles parked everywhere. A..don't know what's that called, the big thing which they inflate to break falls that thing (a very big inflatable squarish tilam?), was present.
So I found my mother and was told that some middle-aged Malay man wanted to jump down from his 4th storey bedroom. The guy was already gone when I reached there, guess he was already saved.
Note I did not say he wanted to commit suicide, because I don't know the reason behind his attempt to jump down. He may have wanted to commit suicide, but he may also had been locked inside the bedroom by a malfunctioned door and there's a screaming kettle outside, so he wanted to get over to the other room through the window. That I will never know.
Once the 'drama' was over some people, my mum included, went home, while I stayed to see if I can see who the guy was (I'm concerned!). But I went home when the ambulance went off empty.
That quite gave me an idea what my friends posted to the Home Team for National Service will be learning to do. People say NS with the Home Team is slack, but they are the key people in saving these people in distress, aren't they?
Later as I was brewing a nice hot cup of thick coffee (fine. It was a3-1 coffee bag.) I glanced out of the window to see an ambulance and a fire truck coming in. Very closely behind were two police cars. Taking note of the sirens earlier on, I have never seen so many Home Team vehicles turning into the carpark before.
Then two more civil defence vehicles came in. And people were starting to gather. W
My mum decided that something must be happening, and because the action happened out of view from our kitchen window, my mum went down to take a look. I did not want to appear as kaypoh, so I declined to follow her down.
Curiosity kills the cat, in the end I decided to be a good citizen of Singapore and show my concern for my neighbours, so I went down too. Heh.
Down at the scene an area has been cordoned off by the police, and I counted a grand total of 11 Home Team vehicles parked everywhere. A..don't know what's that called, the big thing which they inflate to break falls that thing (a very big inflatable squarish tilam?), was present.
So I found my mother and was told that some middle-aged Malay man wanted to jump down from his 4th storey bedroom. The guy was already gone when I reached there, guess he was already saved.
Note I did not say he wanted to commit suicide, because I don't know the reason behind his attempt to jump down. He may have wanted to commit suicide, but he may also had been locked inside the bedroom by a malfunctioned door and there's a screaming kettle outside, so he wanted to get over to the other room through the window. That I will never know.
Once the 'drama' was over some people, my mum included, went home, while I stayed to see if I can see who the guy was (I'm concerned!). But I went home when the ambulance went off empty.
That quite gave me an idea what my friends posted to the Home Team for National Service will be learning to do. People say NS with the Home Team is slack, but they are the key people in saving these people in distress, aren't they?
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Good evening Mr [my name]
Your enlistment date is on 13-Apr-2007. Your reporting unit is TRAINING LIST BASIC MILITARY TRAINING CENTRE SCHOOL 1.
NOOOooOOoooOOoOooOooo!!!~
Ok la, I should be more optimistic about life. Going in April means all the more I can get a new computer and get myself ready for this:
and this:
and also this:
same one!
Going in April will also mean that I have more time to get myself ready, more time to reinstall and learn Linux, more time to learn new stuff and play around ba.
Ok my letter just came. 8am! Wtf!
I'm still kinda upset that I'm like separated from the rest. Haix.
Your enlistment date is on 13-Apr-2007. Your reporting unit is TRAINING LIST BASIC MILITARY TRAINING CENTRE SCHOOL 1.
NOOOooOOoooOOoOooOooo!!!~
Ok la, I should be more optimistic about life. Going in April means all the more I can get a new computer and get myself ready for this:
and this:
and also this:
same one!
Going in April will also mean that I have more time to get myself ready, more time to reinstall and learn Linux, more time to learn new stuff and play around ba.
Ok my letter just came. 8am! Wtf!
I'm still kinda upset that I'm like separated from the rest. Haix.
Friday, October 20, 2006
Today I came to school in time to see the teachers strolling out of the Performance Theatre towards the concourse for refreshments. I went to the computer lab, ah, all locked. So went to the canteen to wait.
Soon after the canteen became flooded with students. It was then I realised that the students were given a full day off, and many of them were already leaving the school. Those who hanged around were deciding where to go.
But the one thing that caught my sight instead were the canteen vendors. Apparently they were unprepared for this full day off, so clearly shown on their faces were looks of loss (of what to do), worry, sadness, maybe abit of anger, and most clearly of all, 一脸的无奈.
Maybe the IP students who have a mock HMT paper later, the year 2s who have remedials throughout the day, some year 1s who stayed back for their project work, the sports students who have training, and the teachers who are still around can help soften the impact of this full day off, but seeing the (literally) mountains of dishes that the chinese food stall has prepared, it is rather obvious they will be making a big loss today.
Soon after the canteen became flooded with students. It was then I realised that the students were given a full day off, and many of them were already leaving the school. Those who hanged around were deciding where to go.
But the one thing that caught my sight instead were the canteen vendors. Apparently they were unprepared for this full day off, so clearly shown on their faces were looks of loss (of what to do), worry, sadness, maybe abit of anger, and most clearly of all, 一脸的无奈.
Maybe the IP students who have a mock HMT paper later, the year 2s who have remedials throughout the day, some year 1s who stayed back for their project work, the sports students who have training, and the teachers who are still around can help soften the impact of this full day off, but seeing the (literally) mountains of dishes that the chinese food stall has prepared, it is rather obvious they will be making a big loss today.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Watching the juniors rushing out the farewell video for the principal with the teacher behind hurrying them brings back memories of me rushing the Director program for the inter-sec sch chinese current affairs quiz last year. But I enjoyed my work. I wonder do they?
The farewell video looked good, by the way. They put in alot of effort for it. Or should I say, the teacher was picky. Heh. I personally do not find a little loss in picture quality a big deal given that it will be shown on the projector before the entire school.
And where the bloody hell in this wide wide world is my letter!?!! I seriously do NOT want to go in April!
Amidst the msn nicks in my contact list that scream "Magic Day: 11 Jan 2007", "Oh boy... Magic Day: 08 Dec", "conscripted", "WHO ELSE IS POSTED TO BMTC SCHOOL 2?" there lies one which says:
"ORD LOR!"
I really should spend less time on the computer.
The farewell video looked good, by the way. They put in alot of effort for it. Or should I say, the teacher was picky. Heh. I personally do not find a little loss in picture quality a big deal given that it will be shown on the projector before the entire school.
And where the bloody hell in this wide wide world is my letter!?!! I seriously do NOT want to go in April!
Amidst the msn nicks in my contact list that scream "Magic Day: 11 Jan 2007", "Oh boy... Magic Day: 08 Dec", "conscripted", "WHO ELSE IS POSTED TO BMTC SCHOOL 2?" there lies one which says:
"ORD LOR!"
I really should spend less time on the computer.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
I'm now in iCOMP room, taking a break from my work (actually never do much also haha). The only other three persons in the lab are two juniors and one teacher, making some farewell video for the principal I think.
I have fallen victim to the haze! I am now down with a flu =( Have not had one for years. I downed tablets which made me drowsy, which explains for the lack for productivity today.
Last friday was Farewell Assembly for the Year2s. Time really flies, last year I was in the audience bading my seniors goodbye, this year I am being bade goodbye.
Farewell assembly was ok. There was a speech done by the principal, accompanied by a Powerpoint presentaton (which was nicely done as usual), a couple of videos done by Infocomm, a percussion performance (I personally find it slightly out of place, but the music was good), a skit from the house committee (heavily laced with how we won the Soccer finals), a surprise performance from the teachers, although it was mostly dancing by them, and a dedication thingy by the teachers for the students, then college anthem and mass dance to end the ceremony.
Each of us received a ring with "VJC" engraved on the outside and the motto on the inside, as a farewell gift. A series of photo-taking marked the end of all.
I hate VJC. I hate it for its obsession with Soccer. I hate it for its obsession with achievements. I hate it for its obsession with flower clocks and treehouses and greenerys. I hate it for its obsession with ripped off LT chairs and stinking toliets. I hate it for the stress.
I love VJC. I love it for the freedom and respect given to the students. I love it for its half days (and full days). I love it for the support given. I love it for all the opportunities given. I love it for the wonderful teachers. I love it for the fun and cosiness. I love it for the iCOMP room.
Haha are the 'hates' outweighing the 'loves'?
Sometimes I wonder what will have become of me if I have not chosen VJC.
If I had not chosen VJC, I would not have learnt competitive programming properly, and subsequently joining NSC and NOI. If I had not chosen VJC, I would not have done my own micromouse program (AHS days micromouse was done under the shadows of my friend). If I had not chosen VJC, I would not have met very inspiring seniors. If I had not chosen VJC, I.....how much more should I add?
(Haha, if I had not been to VJC, perhaps I would have personally known p-@-s-0-n1@.)
Two years have been way too short and hectic. There was no time to go around understanding my friends, no time to make myself understood by my friends, no time to find out what VJC really is beneath the nice impression it has created for itself.
Of course, there are things worth remembering. For example, the cakes baked by the computing teacher.
And the cries that had rung in my ears for the past two years:
Good morng mr sum!
Well done!
May the FORCE be with you.
So how?
Ask me ask me!
Where's your summary? Take out your summary! (Can interchange with "TYS")
....canidentify identical who you are...
My very own civics tutor. Someone of a character I have never, ever, encountered before. The purpose behind his each and every doing is for our own good, that I can see, yet he does it in such a way we cannot comprehend. And so, I do not know how I should feel towards him.
Ya, my thoughts are in one big mess. They are. I'm unsure of myself.
I am resistent to changes. I prefer to stick to the old and known. Yes I was one of the guilty ones who stuck with my AHS friends when I first entered VJC. When the results came out, my good friends inside VJC left. Then some good friends in different JCs became classmates in the same JC. Then I became all alone.
Now, I am more or less integrated into the class. Not a bad class, I think. But... ...
During the farewell assembly an announcement was also made that our principal will be leaving; replacing her is some guy previously from HCI.
After experiencing very disappointing principals back in AHS, the VJC principal is one of the better ones I have met so far. She is one who can perfectly strike a balance between discipline and freedom. Hopefully the new principal will continue to run it her style. Or, as she calls it, continuity. I wish her well.
What a messy post. I can never get my thoughts sorted out.
I have fallen victim to the haze! I am now down with a flu =( Have not had one for years. I downed tablets which made me drowsy, which explains for the lack for productivity today.
Last friday was Farewell Assembly for the Year2s. Time really flies, last year I was in the audience bading my seniors goodbye, this year I am being bade goodbye.
Farewell assembly was ok. There was a speech done by the principal, accompanied by a Powerpoint presentaton (which was nicely done as usual), a couple of videos done by Infocomm, a percussion performance (I personally find it slightly out of place, but the music was good), a skit from the house committee (heavily laced with how we won the Soccer finals), a surprise performance from the teachers, although it was mostly dancing by them, and a dedication thingy by the teachers for the students, then college anthem and mass dance to end the ceremony.
Each of us received a ring with "VJC" engraved on the outside and the motto on the inside, as a farewell gift. A series of photo-taking marked the end of all.
I hate VJC. I hate it for its obsession with Soccer. I hate it for its obsession with achievements. I hate it for its obsession with flower clocks and treehouses and greenerys. I hate it for its obsession with ripped off LT chairs and stinking toliets. I hate it for the stress.
I love VJC. I love it for the freedom and respect given to the students. I love it for its half days (and full days). I love it for the support given. I love it for all the opportunities given. I love it for the wonderful teachers. I love it for the fun and cosiness. I love it for the iCOMP room.
Haha are the 'hates' outweighing the 'loves'?
Sometimes I wonder what will have become of me if I have not chosen VJC.
If I had not chosen VJC, I would not have learnt competitive programming properly, and subsequently joining NSC and NOI. If I had not chosen VJC, I would not have done my own micromouse program (AHS days micromouse was done under the shadows of my friend). If I had not chosen VJC, I would not have met very inspiring seniors. If I had not chosen VJC, I.....how much more should I add?
(Haha, if I had not been to VJC, perhaps I would have personally known p-@-s-0-n1@.)
Two years have been way too short and hectic. There was no time to go around understanding my friends, no time to make myself understood by my friends, no time to find out what VJC really is beneath the nice impression it has created for itself.
Of course, there are things worth remembering. For example, the cakes baked by the computing teacher.
And the cries that had rung in my ears for the past two years:
Good morng mr sum!
Well done!
May the FORCE be with you.
So how?
Ask me ask me!
Where's your summary? Take out your summary! (Can interchange with "TYS")
....can
My very own civics tutor. Someone of a character I have never, ever, encountered before. The purpose behind his each and every doing is for our own good, that I can see, yet he does it in such a way we cannot comprehend. And so, I do not know how I should feel towards him.
Ya, my thoughts are in one big mess. They are. I'm unsure of myself.
I am resistent to changes. I prefer to stick to the old and known. Yes I was one of the guilty ones who stuck with my AHS friends when I first entered VJC. When the results came out, my good friends inside VJC left. Then some good friends in different JCs became classmates in the same JC. Then I became all alone.
Now, I am more or less integrated into the class. Not a bad class, I think. But... ...
During the farewell assembly an announcement was also made that our principal will be leaving; replacing her is some guy previously from HCI.
After experiencing very disappointing principals back in AHS, the VJC principal is one of the better ones I have met so far. She is one who can perfectly strike a balance between discipline and freedom. Hopefully the new principal will continue to run it her style. Or, as she calls it, continuity. I wish her well.
What a messy post. I can never get my thoughts sorted out.
Monday, October 16, 2006
I was blog-hopping around when I saw this on a senior's blog.
"I have a laptop to fix this weekend and it's the least of my problems. Why can't the rest of them be as easy to fix as the laptop? Then my life would be so much easier. It's easier to read a computer's mind than that of a human's."
That sounds quite true.
Then I saw his friend's comment.
"But unlike laptops, there are times when hope can cure humans."
That's quite true too.
I have quite alot to say. Soon.
"I have a laptop to fix this weekend and it's the least of my problems. Why can't the rest of them be as easy to fix as the laptop? Then my life would be so much easier. It's easier to read a computer's mind than that of a human's."
That sounds quite true.
Then I saw his friend's comment.
"But unlike laptops, there are times when hope can cure humans."
That's quite true too.
I have quite alot to say. Soon.
Sunday, October 01, 2006
I was surfing around when I stumbled upon the following.
http://info.channelnewsasia.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=32558&start=0
http://info.channelnewsasia.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=36371&start=0
(sorry ah i lazy to set up the link. But its just drag, Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V, Enter.)
Its very lengthy; merely reading a few pages is enough to make me giddy, so I havent read everything yet. Because this forum is unmoderated, seemingly harmless questions have erupted into fierce arguments over whether NUS is a prestigious university or a third-rate one.
I do not have an answer to that, but I find it very amusing to read comments like "In fact in top 5 JCs, the mentality is such that we should go abroad and go to NUS only if there is really no other choice."
I'm not sure about the other "top" jcs, but from my own experiences my friends and I definitely do not see NUS as a "refuge" or "dumping ground" for Ivy-League and Oxbridge rejects. For me, no doubt an education in an overseas university sounds attractive, but that is only because studying overseas comes with the additional benefit of expanding my view of the world (till this day the only foreign country I have ever went to is Malaysia *sob*), and not because I think NUS is third-rate.
Not sure how those xJC (where x=R) and yCI (where y=H) people think though.
One point that I do take note of is the fact that NUS has not produced any Nobel Prize winners up till today, despite having a high rank amongst the world's best universities, and having state-of-the-art equipment and top professors. While I do know that I should not use this point to argue that NUS is a third-rate university, I do have to question if there is any problem with NUS' method of teaching. I have not been there yet, I cannot say anything.
But one thing for sure I do not want to go to a place where its all exams and tests and books and notes again.
Just a little opinion.
http://info.channelnewsasia.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=32558&start=0
http://info.channelnewsasia.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=36371&start=0
(sorry ah i lazy to set up the link. But its just drag, Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V, Enter.)
Its very lengthy; merely reading a few pages is enough to make me giddy, so I havent read everything yet. Because this forum is unmoderated, seemingly harmless questions have erupted into fierce arguments over whether NUS is a prestigious university or a third-rate one.
I do not have an answer to that, but I find it very amusing to read comments like "In fact in top 5 JCs, the mentality is such that we should go abroad and go to NUS only if there is really no other choice."
I'm not sure about the other "top" jcs, but from my own experiences my friends and I definitely do not see NUS as a "refuge" or "dumping ground" for Ivy-League and Oxbridge rejects. For me, no doubt an education in an overseas university sounds attractive, but that is only because studying overseas comes with the additional benefit of expanding my view of the world (till this day the only foreign country I have ever went to is Malaysia *sob*), and not because I think NUS is third-rate.
Not sure how those xJC (where x=R) and yCI (where y=H) people think though.
One point that I do take note of is the fact that NUS has not produced any Nobel Prize winners up till today, despite having a high rank amongst the world's best universities, and having state-of-the-art equipment and top professors. While I do know that I should not use this point to argue that NUS is a third-rate university, I do have to question if there is any problem with NUS' method of teaching. I have not been there yet, I cannot say anything.
But one thing for sure I do not want to go to a place where its all exams and tests and books and notes again.
Just a little opinion.
Friday, September 29, 2006
"Nowadays people look at the kind of car we drive, the type of house we live in, the uni we get our degree from ah! If you want to make it, you must act as if you have already made it!"
--Singapore Dreaming
Technique-wise, it lacked the woos and ahhs of movies that were running simultaneously in other cinemas. Story-wise, it was flat. The entire movie was rather draggy, as though the movie makers were desperately trying to stretch it long enough to term it a 'movie'. I can't blame it actually, given the basic fact that most local productions suffer from the lack of funds. The songs are nice.
However, it does provide plenty of food for thought.
"We are different. You gave up your dream to do something you do not like for money. I am doing something I do not like to earn money for my dream."
--A conversation between an insurance salesman who wanted to be a musician where he was young, and a girl selling beer who wants to be a fashion designer
Then again, Singapore is a realistic place. If your boss asks you to go back and work, you have to, even if you are in the middle of your father's funeral, even if all you have to do is photocopy papers and brew coffee, even if you are pregnant with a child. No work, no money. Can't help.
After the son graduated from university, his parents pinned their hopes on him, hoping he would get a good job that paid him big bucks, hoping he would buy a nice condominum for the family to live in, hoping he would bring home money and provide for the family.
I foresee that will happen to me in the future. That will mean work.
If work, then, my dream how? But if dream, then, my family how?
******
I had a big surprise when i opened up my mailbox just moments ago.
"By now you would have received an email providing details to your new
vjc.sg account. It is essentially an integrated gmail + calendaring +
instant messaging application which allows the college to maintain
links with you after your 2 years in VJC. ie the account remains with
you for life."
Then as I read more, even a bigger surprise.
"Please note that the email alias 05s44@vjc.sg contains all 05s44
vjc.sg addresses and is now available for use. 05S44 is the only JC2
class allocated with this service (for now). We hope you can make use
of this meaningfully and keep in contact with one another and the
college as you advance in your education and career in life."
No wonder my friend was asking me about this. I now, too, wonder how the hell they managed to ink such a deal with Gmail. Is that a vjc thingy or a moe thingy?
EDIT
This is seriously getting very interesting. This has been long since I got this excited over something.
END OF EDIT
--Singapore Dreaming
Technique-wise, it lacked the woos and ahhs of movies that were running simultaneously in other cinemas. Story-wise, it was flat. The entire movie was rather draggy, as though the movie makers were desperately trying to stretch it long enough to term it a 'movie'. I can't blame it actually, given the basic fact that most local productions suffer from the lack of funds. The songs are nice.
However, it does provide plenty of food for thought.
"We are different. You gave up your dream to do something you do not like for money. I am doing something I do not like to earn money for my dream."
--A conversation between an insurance salesman who wanted to be a musician where he was young, and a girl selling beer who wants to be a fashion designer
Then again, Singapore is a realistic place. If your boss asks you to go back and work, you have to, even if you are in the middle of your father's funeral, even if all you have to do is photocopy papers and brew coffee, even if you are pregnant with a child. No work, no money. Can't help.
After the son graduated from university, his parents pinned their hopes on him, hoping he would get a good job that paid him big bucks, hoping he would buy a nice condominum for the family to live in, hoping he would bring home money and provide for the family.
I foresee that will happen to me in the future. That will mean work.
If work, then, my dream how? But if dream, then, my family how?
******
I had a big surprise when i opened up my mailbox just moments ago.
"By now you would have received an email providing details to your new
vjc.sg account. It is essentially an integrated gmail + calendaring +
instant messaging application which allows the college to maintain
links with you after your 2 years in VJC. ie the account remains with
you for life."
Then as I read more, even a bigger surprise.
"Please note that the email alias 05s44@vjc.sg contains all 05s44
vjc.sg addresses and is now available for use. 05S44 is the only JC2
class allocated with this service (for now). We hope you can make use
of this meaningfully and keep in contact with one another and the
college as you advance in your education and career in life."
No wonder my friend was asking me about this. I now, too, wonder how the hell they managed to ink such a deal with Gmail. Is that a vjc thingy or a moe thingy?
EDIT
This is seriously getting very interesting. This has been long since I got this excited over something.
END OF EDIT
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
D E E O B4. fuck.
I thought I better do this, or someone will turn up in the dead of the night, rip my door apart, storm into my bedroom, and with his deadly hands, send me to hell, making me his 1 millionth victim or something.
Well, I downloaded the windows media player skins placed on the tagboard, and here they are:
I wonder what he calls it the "thewestdoor" skin. Because I have used a duck for my MSN display picture before? Better don't question him. I want to live to 100years old with a wife and kids.
This is even more puzzling. Why is it called the gnome skin when it has nothing in common with GNOME? Hmm..
Tomorrow I will be returning to school to get back my results. I can't help but feel nervous.
I thought I better do this, or someone will turn up in the dead of the night, rip my door apart, storm into my bedroom, and with his deadly hands, send me to hell, making me his 1 millionth victim or something.
Well, I downloaded the windows media player skins placed on the tagboard, and here they are:
I wonder what he calls it the "thewestdoor" skin. Because I have used a duck for my MSN display picture before? Better don't question him. I want to live to 100years old with a wife and kids.
This is even more puzzling. Why is it called the gnome skin when it has nothing in common with GNOME? Hmm..
Tomorrow I will be returning to school to get back my results. I can't help but feel nervous.
Monday, September 25, 2006
EDIT
Someone wrote into the papers today regarding him incurring high IDD charges because he called back the +86 number. So I guess its true after all.
I wonder what those people can benefit from this.
END OF EDIT
Have anyone of you received a phone call, which hung up before you could react to it, leaving you staring at a missed call with a unusually long chain of numbers starting with +86?
I have received one before, near midnight. Because I am a shy person by nature, I did not call back. That also reminded me of my friend who received it when I was studying with him in the library weeks earlier.
Today, a good friend of mine sent me this:
If u receive miss call starting with +861, DO NOT CALL BACK! Its a latest spam going on which u'll incur high IDD charges unknowingly.
Curious to know if its true or not, I googled around the net, and the general idea is that it may be a scam, perhaps not so much about the high IDD charges part, more about fake lottery. But there are people (businessmen who are worried that the miss call belonged to their clients from China) who called back to find themselves talking to a answering machine.
I decided to do a casual search on the number that phoned me. A check with my favourite website revealed that +86 refers to a call coming from China, and the next 3 digits, 1xx, refers to the service company. The following three digits refers to the area code. Unfortunately my search ends there because I could not find the area code that correspond to the one in my phone.
Googling the number directly also returned nothing. And so my search ended there. It doesn't really matter actually.
Not exactly a big issue, but just be a little careful.
Anyway because of the addictive nature of the site I went on to read up on telephone lines, then on ISDN, then DSL, then ADSL, then coaxial cables, twisted pair cables, Wi-Fi and Wi-MAX. Haha you try to link them together.
And yes! MY ZEN MICRO IS REPAIRED!
Repairing of the earphone jack took a painfully long time because I don't have a soldering iron small enough to solder one of the joints in between the jack itself and the usb port just millimetres away. Today my father came home with one that has a tip small enough.
It cost 5bucks, but I guess this is more worth it compared to the 139bucks it cost to send it for repairs. They do not solder it back you see, they change the entire board. -.-''
I was bored, so I read my blog entries I typed two years back, when I took my Sec4 prelims. I did not do well then, scoring 9points, with B3s for all my sciences.
Now a similar situation is happening, except this time round it is much, much, much worse. I can't even get a D for either of my sciences. -.-''
I do note that my A'Levels is quite good so far, with a Band 1 for Project Work, and a hint from my computing teacher that I did well for coursework 3. The only $%^& thing is my B3 for Higher Chinese. I hope I can repeat my "feat" two years back.
"So a l1r5 of 9 should be able to get me into tj...though i havent decide yet...i haf frens who are persuading me to go vj...But wif my sci liddat, if i go vj i will be slaughtered..."
I should have known better.
Someone wrote into the papers today regarding him incurring high IDD charges because he called back the +86 number. So I guess its true after all.
I wonder what those people can benefit from this.
END OF EDIT
Have anyone of you received a phone call, which hung up before you could react to it, leaving you staring at a missed call with a unusually long chain of numbers starting with +86?
I have received one before, near midnight. Because I am a shy person by nature, I did not call back. That also reminded me of my friend who received it when I was studying with him in the library weeks earlier.
Today, a good friend of mine sent me this:
If u receive miss call starting with +861, DO NOT CALL BACK! Its a latest spam going on which u'll incur high IDD charges unknowingly.
Curious to know if its true or not, I googled around the net, and the general idea is that it may be a scam, perhaps not so much about the high IDD charges part, more about fake lottery. But there are people (businessmen who are worried that the miss call belonged to their clients from China) who called back to find themselves talking to a answering machine.
I decided to do a casual search on the number that phoned me. A check with my favourite website revealed that +86 refers to a call coming from China, and the next 3 digits, 1xx, refers to the service company. The following three digits refers to the area code. Unfortunately my search ends there because I could not find the area code that correspond to the one in my phone.
Googling the number directly also returned nothing. And so my search ended there. It doesn't really matter actually.
Not exactly a big issue, but just be a little careful.
Anyway because of the addictive nature of the site I went on to read up on telephone lines, then on ISDN, then DSL, then ADSL, then coaxial cables, twisted pair cables, Wi-Fi and Wi-MAX. Haha you try to link them together.
And yes! MY ZEN MICRO IS REPAIRED!
Repairing of the earphone jack took a painfully long time because I don't have a soldering iron small enough to solder one of the joints in between the jack itself and the usb port just millimetres away. Today my father came home with one that has a tip small enough.
It cost 5bucks, but I guess this is more worth it compared to the 139bucks it cost to send it for repairs. They do not solder it back you see, they change the entire board. -.-''
I was bored, so I read my blog entries I typed two years back, when I took my Sec4 prelims. I did not do well then, scoring 9points, with B3s for all my sciences.
Now a similar situation is happening, except this time round it is much, much, much worse. I can't even get a D for either of my sciences. -.-''
I do note that my A'Levels is quite good so far, with a Band 1 for Project Work, and a hint from my computing teacher that I did well for coursework 3. The only $%^& thing is my B3 for Higher Chinese. I hope I can repeat my "feat" two years back.
"So a l1r5 of 9 should be able to get me into tj...though i havent decide yet...i haf frens who are persuading me to go vj...But wif my sci liddat, if i go vj i will be slaughtered..."
I should have known better.
Sunday, September 24, 2006
I'm reading alot more after prelims than I do before prelims. Haha.
For the past 4 days, I have been reading up on the Linux filesystem, the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, from Wikipedia and a 52-page PDF document taken from a website. I was really opening up a can on worms, for the more I read, the more I encounter terms that I do not understand.
And while I am making some headway understanding how Linux works, I am beginning to get confused over how Windows work. -.-'' Or maybe I'm just comparing an apple to an orange.
I also read up Wikipedia on how the Graphics User Interface works, having confused over the terms like "X Window System" and "GNOME". Now that I read it, I realise that GUI is not a simple case of just "graphifying" all the commands sent to the computer. A windowing system makes everything appear as windows on screens, while a separate windowing manager decides all the colouring, the font, the size, and even the iconifying of windows when one presses ALT-F4.
And so, a windowing system like X + a windowing manager like Metacity + text editor, calculator, calendar, games etc = a desktop environment like GNOME.
Also, there seems to be remote access in windowing systems, which I cannot fully comprehend yet.
Finally after months of procrastination, I bought a Bluetooth adaptor! For connecting my X680 to my computer. It worked well with my Windows XP, but not with Linux. The gnome opex server refuses to start. =(
On a sidenote, I met my sec 3/4 geography teacher while going home yesterday! Quite a surprise that she still remembered me and my name. She called out to me before I realise she was there. Apparently she had just went for some exhibition on Saudi Arabia culture. Showed me some phtotos she took there, mostly artifacts done by artists there, and stuffed a bunch of souvenirs in my hands, even though those were for her students. "Ex-student also can la!" so says her.
I have been thinking of having a blog where editing and publishing can be done on the same page, or at least no needing to go through so many pages. I seemed to have found a solution in Mediawiki, the engine that powers all the wiki sites. Its kind of tedious, however, given that I have forgotten all the PHP and mysql that had once propelled me to an A for computing (Heh.).
Sometimes I wonder why I give myself so much trouble, when I can be content living with Windows and Blogger and MSN.
For the past 4 days, I have been reading up on the Linux filesystem, the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, from Wikipedia and a 52-page PDF document taken from a website. I was really opening up a can on worms, for the more I read, the more I encounter terms that I do not understand.
And while I am making some headway understanding how Linux works, I am beginning to get confused over how Windows work. -.-'' Or maybe I'm just comparing an apple to an orange.
I also read up Wikipedia on how the Graphics User Interface works, having confused over the terms like "X Window System" and "GNOME". Now that I read it, I realise that GUI is not a simple case of just "graphifying" all the commands sent to the computer. A windowing system makes everything appear as windows on screens, while a separate windowing manager decides all the colouring, the font, the size, and even the iconifying of windows when one presses ALT-F4.
And so, a windowing system like X + a windowing manager like Metacity + text editor, calculator, calendar, games etc = a desktop environment like GNOME.
Also, there seems to be remote access in windowing systems, which I cannot fully comprehend yet.
Finally after months of procrastination, I bought a Bluetooth adaptor! For connecting my X680 to my computer. It worked well with my Windows XP, but not with Linux. The gnome opex server refuses to start. =(
On a sidenote, I met my sec 3/4 geography teacher while going home yesterday! Quite a surprise that she still remembered me and my name. She called out to me before I realise she was there. Apparently she had just went for some exhibition on Saudi Arabia culture. Showed me some phtotos she took there, mostly artifacts done by artists there, and stuffed a bunch of souvenirs in my hands, even though those were for her students. "Ex-student also can la!" so says her.
I have been thinking of having a blog where editing and publishing can be done on the same page, or at least no needing to go through so many pages. I seemed to have found a solution in Mediawiki, the engine that powers all the wiki sites. Its kind of tedious, however, given that I have forgotten all the PHP and mysql that had once propelled me to an A for computing (Heh.).
Sometimes I wonder why I give myself so much trouble, when I can be content living with Windows and Blogger and MSN.
Thursday, September 07, 2006
To the tune of "All Rise", there is "All Rice"!
U always say that u don’t like what I cook
U never touch my curry or my soup
I must confess that I just about had enuf
From this day on, got to put this to a stop
Baby I swear I know what u do
U feed the dog with the food I give u
And if u thot u had me fooled
I’m telling u now, this is what I’m gonna do (so listen)
CHORUS
One, no vegetable, no meat
Two, from now, u only eat
All Rice
Plain Rice
Three for the dog u’ve been feeding
U eat his dinner, no kidding
That’s right That’s right
One, no vegetable, no meat
Two, from now, u only eat
All Rice White Rice
Three for the dog u’ve been feeding
U eat his dinner, no kidding
That’s right (let me tell u now)
That’s right (I rest my case)!
Also, to popular demand (haha actually only one person), new song from Jay's album 依然范特西:
小朋友你是否有很多顽抗
为什么别人在那看漫画
我却在学画画
对这钢琴说话别人在玩游戏
我却在躲在家背abc
我说我要一架大大的飞机
我却得到一只旧旧螺旋机
为什么要听妈妈的话
长大后你就会开始懂得这段话
长大后我开始明白
为什么我跑得比别人快
飞得比别人高
将来大家看的都是我画的漫画
大家唱的都是我写的歌
妈妈的心她不让你看见
温暖的事都在她心里面
有空就得多摸摸她的手
把手牵着一起梦游
听妈妈的话别让她受伤
想快快长大才能保护她
美丽的白发幸福中发芽
天使的魔法温暖中慈祥
在你的未来音乐是你的王牌
那王牌谈的恋爱
而我不想把你教坏
还是听妈妈的话吧
晚年再恋爱吧
我知道你未来的路
干嘛比我更清楚
你因为太多学习的同学在这块写东写西
但我建议最好听妈妈我会用功读书
用功读书怎么会从我嘴巴说出
不想你输所以要叫你用功读书
妈妈挑给你的毛病你要好好的收着
因为不知道是我要告诉她我还留着
对了我会遇到我(周润发?)
所以你对跟同学炫耀赌神未来是你爸爸
我找不到你写的情书
你喜欢的要承认因为我会了解你会在操场上牵她
你会开始喜欢唱流行歌
因为张学友开始准备唱吻别
听妈妈的话别让她受伤
想快快长大才能保护她
美丽的白发幸福总发芽
天使的魔法温暖中慈祥
听妈妈的话别让她受伤
想快快长大才能保护她
长大后我开始明白为什么我
跑得比别人快飞得比别人高
将来大家看的都是我画的漫画
大家唱的都是我写的歌
妈妈的心她不让你看见
温暖的事都在她心里面
有空就得多摸摸她的手
把手牵着一起梦游
听妈妈的话别让她受伤
想快快长大才能保护她
美丽的白发幸福中发芽
天使的魔法温暖中慈祥
Its really a nice song actually, same style as 爷爷泡的茶. And yup, there is a important message behind the song.
U always say that u don’t like what I cook
U never touch my curry or my soup
I must confess that I just about had enuf
From this day on, got to put this to a stop
Baby I swear I know what u do
U feed the dog with the food I give u
And if u thot u had me fooled
I’m telling u now, this is what I’m gonna do (so listen)
CHORUS
One, no vegetable, no meat
Two, from now, u only eat
All Rice
Plain Rice
Three for the dog u’ve been feeding
U eat his dinner, no kidding
That’s right That’s right
One, no vegetable, no meat
Two, from now, u only eat
All Rice White Rice
Three for the dog u’ve been feeding
U eat his dinner, no kidding
That’s right (let me tell u now)
That’s right (I rest my case)!
Also, to popular demand (haha actually only one person), new song from Jay's album 依然范特西:
小朋友你是否有很多顽抗
为什么别人在那看漫画
我却在学画画
对这钢琴说话别人在玩游戏
我却在躲在家背abc
我说我要一架大大的飞机
我却得到一只旧旧螺旋机
为什么要听妈妈的话
长大后你就会开始懂得这段话
长大后我开始明白
为什么我跑得比别人快
飞得比别人高
将来大家看的都是我画的漫画
大家唱的都是我写的歌
妈妈的心她不让你看见
温暖的事都在她心里面
有空就得多摸摸她的手
把手牵着一起梦游
听妈妈的话别让她受伤
想快快长大才能保护她
美丽的白发幸福中发芽
天使的魔法温暖中慈祥
在你的未来音乐是你的王牌
那王牌谈的恋爱
而我不想把你教坏
还是听妈妈的话吧
晚年再恋爱吧
我知道你未来的路
干嘛比我更清楚
你因为太多学习的同学在这块写东写西
但我建议最好听妈妈我会用功读书
用功读书怎么会从我嘴巴说出
不想你输所以要叫你用功读书
妈妈挑给你的毛病你要好好的收着
因为不知道是我要告诉她我还留着
对了我会遇到我(周润发?)
所以你对跟同学炫耀赌神未来是你爸爸
我找不到你写的情书
你喜欢的要承认因为我会了解你会在操场上牵她
你会开始喜欢唱流行歌
因为张学友开始准备唱吻别
听妈妈的话别让她受伤
想快快长大才能保护她
美丽的白发幸福总发芽
天使的魔法温暖中慈祥
听妈妈的话别让她受伤
想快快长大才能保护她
长大后我开始明白为什么我
跑得比别人快飞得比别人高
将来大家看的都是我画的漫画
大家唱的都是我写的歌
妈妈的心她不让你看见
温暖的事都在她心里面
有空就得多摸摸她的手
把手牵着一起梦游
听妈妈的话别让她受伤
想快快长大才能保护她
美丽的白发幸福中发芽
天使的魔法温暖中慈祥
Its really a nice song actually, same style as 爷爷泡的茶. And yup, there is a important message behind the song.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
When the bus came to take me to Tampines Interchange I was surprised to see it totally filled with AHS people that I could not enter at all. A second one came behind soon, but it was more of them, all clad in the 50th Anniversary shirts. I could not find anyone I know to ask, so i waited till nightime before I asked my junior.
Apparently, totally unexpected on my part, they had this Human Wheelbarrow Race (which I have no freaking idea how it looks like or how the students were supposed to do). In fact, they broke the Guinness World Record for the Largest Human Wheelbarrow Race!
WTF!
After that, they went back to school for Teachers' Day celebrations (because they have exam tomorrow -.-''). And apparently, they got our Singapore President's wife to be the guest-of-honour.
WTF!
I wonder what in the world is the school coming to.
*****
I jinxed electronic devices. So far, three of those, my Dreamcast, my Zen Micro, and my z520i, that came into my possession all suffered a certain degree of damage. One of my Dreamcast controllers is spoilt, and games can only work if the cd flap thingy is not totally closed. The headphone jack of my Zen is also damaged, and after a free consultation which states that repairs will cost $139, I decided that we will repair it ourselves. I do not need to elaborate anymore on my z520i.
Just last week the new Yellow Pages phone book came, together with a coupon of a free phone, with an upgrade of my brother's phone plan. My mother declares that he has to use the phone anyway, and so I got my new phone last Saturday. A Samsung SGH-X680.
I have total faith in Samsung. Not just for the fact that the first syllable of its name sounds like my surname, which others take the opportunity to make fun of, but also because my previous two phones before the z520i were both Samsung (haha, also from Yellow Pages coupons) and both worked very well. The phone is perfect so far.
And so, I end my 8-month relationship with Sony Ericsson. Not that its phones are bad, but maybe it is inferior to Samsung when it comes to clamshells.
Anyway, I hope I can stop jinxing anymore devices I get my hands on.
*****
Official lessons ended last week. Somehow the last day of school felt like any other day. Either the past two experiences in primary and secondary school are enough, or we are simply too busy with exams to care about it. Or maybe, two years are too short to develop any hard feelings.
For now, its studying, studying, and more studying.
I have never been more stressful.
Apparently, totally unexpected on my part, they had this Human Wheelbarrow Race (which I have no freaking idea how it looks like or how the students were supposed to do). In fact, they broke the Guinness World Record for the Largest Human Wheelbarrow Race!
WTF!
After that, they went back to school for Teachers' Day celebrations (because they have exam tomorrow -.-''). And apparently, they got our Singapore President's wife to be the guest-of-honour.
WTF!
I wonder what in the world is the school coming to.
*****
I jinxed electronic devices. So far, three of those, my Dreamcast, my Zen Micro, and my z520i, that came into my possession all suffered a certain degree of damage. One of my Dreamcast controllers is spoilt, and games can only work if the cd flap thingy is not totally closed. The headphone jack of my Zen is also damaged, and after a free consultation which states that repairs will cost $139, I decided that we will repair it ourselves. I do not need to elaborate anymore on my z520i.
Just last week the new Yellow Pages phone book came, together with a coupon of a free phone, with an upgrade of my brother's phone plan. My mother declares that he has to use the phone anyway, and so I got my new phone last Saturday. A Samsung SGH-X680.
I have total faith in Samsung. Not just for the fact that the first syllable of its name sounds like my surname, which others take the opportunity to make fun of, but also because my previous two phones before the z520i were both Samsung (haha, also from Yellow Pages coupons) and both worked very well. The phone is perfect so far.
And so, I end my 8-month relationship with Sony Ericsson. Not that its phones are bad, but maybe it is inferior to Samsung when it comes to clamshells.
Anyway, I hope I can stop jinxing anymore devices I get my hands on.
*****
Official lessons ended last week. Somehow the last day of school felt like any other day. Either the past two experiences in primary and secondary school are enough, or we are simply too busy with exams to care about it. Or maybe, two years are too short to develop any hard feelings.
For now, its studying, studying, and more studying.
I have never been more stressful.
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Prelims venues are out.
Notes are neatly categorised and filed.
Tutorials are almost done.
No more new topics.
Half empty lecture theatres. (Because of the point above)
Students hugging very, very thick files. (Because of the second point)
Revision notes and past year examinations papers filled up the space in my file left behind by the old tutorials.
"Excuse me, I have to lock the classrooms now."
"Students who wish to order dinner, please come over to the General Office now."
The signs have surfaced. The warcry has sounded. The second most important examinations is arriving. Very soon. After almost 18 years, I am finally on the last lap of my race. I will be going through one of the most stressful, worrying, and to some extent, frightening, times, because my disappointing performance over the past 1 year 8 months means that I have alot more to catch up than my fellow friends.
It seems like I have always aimed at the bull's eye, but missed because I did not put in any effort. Maybe I lack the motivation to put in any. Now I'm back again aiming at the centre, I'm putting in more effort, though I'm not sure if it is motivation, or simply because everyone else can hit the centre, and I don't want to lose my face.
Fighting for Face. How pathetic.
Maybe I should find a better reason todeceive convince myself. Like, bringing glory to my family.
Yucks.
Whatever the reason is, I have to study now. Study like there's no tomorrow. Study like I need it more than my rice and water. Study like there's no day and night. Study like I will be dragged to some deserted place and get shot if someone catches me without any notes. Everything else have to wait. Whether is it National Service, scholarships, healthy lifestyle, love, overfishing, terrorism, or number of planets we have in our solar system.
I'm scared. Scared of losing the momentum. Scared of missing the bull's eye again (while everyone else hits it). Scared of seeing the disappointed look on my mother's face. Scared of being mocked at by others. But I have to go on.
Let's hope the good ones will remain in top form, and the not-so-good ones will catch up to be in the league as well.
Good luck to everyone.
Notes are neatly categorised and filed.
Tutorials are almost done.
No more new topics.
Half empty lecture theatres. (Because of the point above)
Students hugging very, very thick files. (Because of the second point)
Revision notes and past year examinations papers filled up the space in my file left behind by the old tutorials.
"Excuse me, I have to lock the classrooms now."
"Students who wish to order dinner, please come over to the General Office now."
The signs have surfaced. The warcry has sounded. The second most important examinations is arriving. Very soon. After almost 18 years, I am finally on the last lap of my race. I will be going through one of the most stressful, worrying, and to some extent, frightening, times, because my disappointing performance over the past 1 year 8 months means that I have alot more to catch up than my fellow friends.
It seems like I have always aimed at the bull's eye, but missed because I did not put in any effort. Maybe I lack the motivation to put in any. Now I'm back again aiming at the centre, I'm putting in more effort, though I'm not sure if it is motivation, or simply because everyone else can hit the centre, and I don't want to lose my face.
Fighting for Face. How pathetic.
Maybe I should find a better reason to
Yucks.
Whatever the reason is, I have to study now. Study like there's no tomorrow. Study like I need it more than my rice and water. Study like there's no day and night. Study like I will be dragged to some deserted place and get shot if someone catches me without any notes. Everything else have to wait. Whether is it National Service, scholarships, healthy lifestyle, love, overfishing, terrorism, or number of planets we have in our solar system.
I'm scared. Scared of losing the momentum. Scared of missing the bull's eye again (while everyone else hits it). Scared of seeing the disappointed look on my mother's face. Scared of being mocked at by others. But I have to go on.
Let's hope the good ones will remain in top form, and the not-so-good ones will catch up to be in the league as well.
Good luck to everyone.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Well, my friend sent me this which I thought was quite interesting. Instead of spamming everyone I might as well put it here. Its accuracy remains a question mark though. Read for the fun of it!
星座統計出爐～真的很準唷！
星座統計出爐～真的很準唷！
> >Q 1：什麼星座的人最情緒化？
> >
> >第 1名 處女座 1,573 票 17% 第 7名 牡羊座 613 票 6%
> >第 2名 巨蟹座 1,021 票 11% 第 8名 金牛座 605 票 6%
> >第 3名 雙魚座 958 票 10% 第 9名 射手座 598 票 6%
> >第 4名 雙子座 810 票 8% 第10名 天秤座 559 票 6%
> >第 5名 天蠍座 792 票 8% 第11名 獅子座 501 票 5%
> >第 6名 水瓶座 661 票 7% 第12名 魔羯座 364 票 4%
> >
> >Q 2：什麼星座的人最有異性緣？
> >
> >第 1名 獅子座 2,001 票 28% 第 7名 牡羊座 529 票 7%
> >第 2名 天秤座 746 票 10% 第 8名 水瓶座 342 票 4%
> >第 3名 雙魚座 652 票 9% 第 9名 金牛座 293 票 4%
> >第 4名 雙子座 595 票 8% 第10名 巨蟹座 278 票 3%
> >第 5名 天蠍座 568 票 8% 第11名 魔羯座 249 票 3%
> >第 6名 射手座 564 票 8% 第12名 處女座 198 票 2%
> >
> >Q 3：哪個星座的女生最難追？
> >
> >第 1名 處女座 2,329 票 23% 第 7名 金牛座 720 票 7%
> >第 2名 天蠍座 1,426 票 14% 第 8名 射手座 566 票 5%
> >第 3名 魔羯座 862 票 8% 第 9名 天秤座 509 票 5%
> >第 4名 雙子座 807 票 8% 第10名 巨蟹座 452 票 4%
> >第 5名 水瓶座 780 票 7% 第11名 牡羊座 399 票 3%
> >第 6名 獅子座 768 票 7% 第12名 雙魚座 398 票 3%
> >
> >Q 4：哪個星座的人神經最大條？
> >
> >第 1名 射手座 1,109 票 22% 第 7名 水瓶座 332 票 6%
> >第 2名 牡羊座 680 票 13% 第 8名 魔羯座 305 票 6%
> >第 3名 獅子座 464 票 9% 第 9名 天秤座 278 票 5%
> >第 4名 雙魚座 436 票 8% 第10名 處女座 257 票 5%
> >第 5名 金牛座 402 票 8% 第11名 巨蟹座 219 票 4%
> >第 6名 雙子座 338 票 6% 第12名 天蠍座 191 票 3%
> >
> >Q 5：哪個星座的人說話最毒？
> >
> >第 1名 天蠍座 2,693 票 27% 第 7名 水瓶座 650 票 6%
> >第 2名 雙子座 1,121 票 11% 第 8名 牡羊座 637 票 6%
> >第 3名 處女座 1,031 票 10% 第 9名 天秤座 457 票 4%
> >第 4名 射手座 848 票 8% 第10名 金牛座 408 票 4%
> >第 5名 獅子座 704 票 7% 第11名 雙魚座 357 票 3%
> >第 6名 魔羯座 674 票 6% 第12名 巨蟹座 354 票 3%
> >
> >Q 6：什麼星座的人最不喜歡受拘束？
> >
> >第 1名 射手座 1,864 票 24% 第 7名 天蠍座 371 票 4%
> >第 2名 水瓶座 1,720 票 22% 第 8名 巨蟹座 358 票 4%
> >第 3名 雙子座 811 票 10% 第 9名 雙魚座 301 票 4%
> >第 4名 獅子座 516 票 6% 第10名 處女座 214 票 2%
> >第 5名 天秤座 495 票 6% 第11名 魔羯座 211 票 2%
> >第 6名 牡羊座 475 票 6% 第12名 金牛座 163 票 2%
> >
> >Q 7：什麼星座的人最專情？
> >
> >第 1名 魔羯座 2,366 票 27% 第 7名 水瓶座 407 票 4%
> >第 2名 處女座 1,059 票 12% 第 8名 雙魚座 393 票 4%
> >第 3名 天蠍座 932 票 10% 第 9名 牡羊座 376 票 4%
> >第 4名 金牛座 929 票 10% 第10名 射手座 374 票 4%
> >第 5名 巨蟹座 772 票 8% 第11名 天秤座 359 票 4%
> >第 6名 獅子座 436 票 4% 第12名 雙子座 329 票 3%
> >
> >Q 8：哪個星座的人最懶惰？
> >
> >第 1名 射手座 682 票 16% 第 7名 雙子座 296 票 7%
> >第 2名 金牛座 620 票 15% 第 8名 牡羊座 261 票 6%
> >第 3名 雙魚座 428 票 10% 第 9名 天蠍座 222 票 5%
> >第 4名 天秤座 343 票 8% 第10名 巨蟹座 221 票 5%
> >第 5名 獅子座 316 票 7% 第11名 魔羯座 201 票 4%
> >第 6名 水瓶座 314 票 7% 第12名 處女座 191 票 4%
> >
> >Q 9：哪個星座的人最癡情？
> >
> >第 1名 獅子座 1,771 票 17% 第 7名 牡羊座 669 票 6%
> >第 2名 雙魚座 1,481 票 15% 第 8名 處女座 604 票 6%
> >第 3名 巨蟹座 1,091 票 11% 第 9名 水瓶座 437 票 4%
> >第 4名 魔羯座 1,023 票 10% 第10名 射手座 427 票 4%
> >第 5名 天蠍座 1,017 票 10% 第11名 天秤座 284 票 2%
> >第 6名 金牛座 791 票 8% 第12名 雙子座 259 票 2%
> >
> >Q10：哪個星座的人最愛吃醋？
> >
> >第 1名 獅子座 1,704 票 29% 第 7名 魔羯座 246 票 4%
> >第 2名 天蠍座 1,373 票 23% 第 8名 牡羊座 220 票 3%
> >第 3名 處女座 439 票 7% 第 9名 雙子座 189 票 3%
> >第 4名 巨蟹座 438 票 7% 第10名 水瓶座 182 票 3%
> >第 5名 金牛座 371 票 6% 第11名 天秤座 181 票 3%
> >第 6名 雙魚座 302 票 5% 第12名 射手座 171 票 2%
> >
> >Q11：哪個星座的人最獨立？
> >
> >第 1名 天蠍座 607 票 14% 第 7名 處女座 269 票 6%
> >第 2名 魔羯座 605 票 14% 第 8名 雙子座 261 票 6%
> >第 3名 水瓶座 534 票 12% 第 9名 金牛座 236 票 5%
> >第 4名 獅子座 528 票 12% 第10名 天秤座 186 票 4%
> >第 5名 射手座 495 票 11% 第11名 巨蟹座 133 票 3%
> >第 6名 牡羊座 308 票 7% 第12名 雙魚座 115 票 2%
> >
> >Q12：哪個星座的人最愛睡？
> >
> >第 1名 天秤座 884 票 12% 第 7名 射手座 528 票 7%
> >第 2名 雙魚座 799 票 11% 第 8名 水瓶座 479 票 6%
> >第 3名 雙子座 759 票 10% 第 9名 處女座 452 票 6%
> >第 4名 金牛座 747 票 10% 第10名 天蠍座 422 票 5%
> >第 5名 巨蟹座 600 票 8% 第11名 魔羯座 415 票 5%
> >第 6名 獅子座 550 票 7% 第12名 牡羊座 399 票 5%
> >
> >Q13：哪個星座的人最易犯桃花？
> >
> >第 1名 射手座 2,069 票 18% 第 7名 獅子座 588 票 5%
> >第 2名 水瓶座 1,696 票 14% 第 8名 牡羊座 491 票 4%
> >第 3名 天秤座 1,445 票 12% 第 9名 魔羯座 404 票 3%
> >第 4名 雙子座 1,437 票 12% 第10名 金牛座 366 票 3%
> >第 5名 雙魚座 1,365 票 11% 第11名 處女座 366 票 3%
> >第 6名 天蠍座 925 票 8% 第12名 巨蟹座 342 票 2%
> >
> >Q14：哪個星座的人最沒有安全感？
> >
> >第 1名 雙魚座 1,080 票 15% 第 7名 天秤座 519 票 7%
> >第 2名 雙子座 932 票 13% 第 8名 水瓶座 429 票 6%
> >第 3名 巨蟹座 793 票 11% 第 9名 金牛座 376 票 5%
> >第 4名 射手座 722 票 10% 第10名 魔羯座 339 票 4%
> >第 5名 處女座 598 票 8% 第11名 獅子座 318 票 4%
> >第 6名 天蠍座 542 票 7% 第12名 牡羊座 281 票 4%
> >
> >Q15：哪個星座的人得失心最重？
> >
> >第 1名 天蠍座 827 票 16% 第 7名 雙魚座 300 票 6%
> >第 2名 獅子座 760 票 15% 第 8名 水瓶座 298 票 6%
> >第 3名 處女座 665 票 13% 第 9名 牡羊座 282 票 5%
> >第 4名 魔羯座 440 票 8% 第10名 天秤座 275 票 5%
> >第 5名 巨蟹座 329 票 6% 第11名 射手座 241 票 4%
> >第 6名 金牛座 319 票 6% 第12名 雙子座 219 票 4%
> >
> >Q16：哪個星座的人最幽默？
> >
> >第 1名 雙子座 1,122 票 18% 第 7名 獅子座 372 票 6%
> >第 2名 射手座 1,072 票 17% 第 8名 天蠍座 336 票 5%
> >第 3名 水瓶座 624 票 10% 第 9名 雙魚座 305 票 4%
> >第 4名 巨蟹座 596 票 9% 第10名 魔羯座 217 票 3%
> >第 5名 牡羊座 585 票 9% 第11名 處女座 204 票 3%
> >第 6名 天秤座 562 票 9% 第12名 金牛座 189 票 3%
> >
> >Q17：哪個星座的人最不容易說出內心的話？
> >
> >第 1名 天蠍座 1,037 票 19% 第 7名 金牛座 353 票 6%
> >第 2名 水瓶座 757 票 14% 第 8名 雙魚座 264 票 5%
> >第 3名 魔羯座 594 票 11% 第 9名 天秤座 259 票 4%
> >第 4名 處女座 434 票 8% 第10名 射手座 258 票 4%
> >第 5名 巨蟹座 426 票 8% 第11名 獅子座 247 票 4%
> >第 6名 雙子座 404 票 7% 第12名 牡羊座 171 票 3%
> >
> >Q18：哪個星座的人最愛腳踏兩條船？
> >
> >第 1名 雙子座 1,204 票 21% 第 7名 獅子座 302 票 5%
> >第 2名 水瓶座 1,000 票 17% 第 8名 天蠍座 290 票 5%
> >第 3名 射手座 828 票 14% 第 9名 牡羊座 188 票 3%
> >第 4名 天秤座 499 票 8% 第10名 巨蟹座 143 票 2%
> >第 5名 雙魚座 499 票 8% 第11名 魔羯座 143 票 2%
> >第 6名 處女座 491 票 8% 第12名 金牛座 134 票 2%
> >
> >Q19：哪個星座的人最夠朋友？
> >
> >第 1名 天蠍座 1,908 票 22% 第 7名 天秤座 486 票 5%
> >第 2名 巨蟹座 1,058 票 12% 第 8名 雙子座 410 票 4%
> >第 3名 獅子座 852 票 10% 第 9名 金牛座 374 票 4%
> >第 4名 射手座 803 票 9% 第10名 魔羯座 370 票 4%
> >第 5名 水瓶座 790 票 9% 第11名 雙魚座 349 票 4%
> >第 6名 牡羊座 585 票 7% 第12名 處女座 327 票 3%
> >
> >Q20：哪個星座的男生最被動？
> >
> >第 1名 金牛座 918 票 15% 第 7名 水瓶座 412 票 6%
> >第 2名 魔羯座 770 票 13% 第 8名 天蠍座 406 票 6%
> >第 3名 處女座 766 票 12% 第 9名 射手座 330 票 5%
> >第 4名 巨蟹座 663 票 11% 第10名 獅子座 246 票 4%
> >第 5名 天秤座 481 票 8% 第11名 牡羊座 233 票 3%
> >第 6名 雙魚座 481 票 8% 第12名 雙子座 209 票 3%
> >
> >Q21：哪個星座的人最喜歡流浪？
> >
> >第 1名 射手座 1,043 票 30% 第 7名 牡羊座 176 票 5%
> >第 2名 水瓶座 607 票 17% 第 8名 魔羯座 151 票 4%
> >第 3名 雙子座 368 票 10% 第 9名 獅子座 139 票 4%
> >第 4名 雙魚座 240 票 7% 第10名 金牛座 113 票 3%
> >第 5名 天蠍座 196 票 5% 第11名 巨蟹座 92 票 2%
> >第 6名 天秤座 195 票 5% 第12名 處女座 90 票 2%
> >
> >Q22：哪個星座的人最重視朋友？
> >
> >第 1名 水瓶座 1,279 票 15% 第 7名 天秤座 530 票 6%
> >第 2名 處女座 1,246 票 15% 第 8名 獅子座 504 票 6%
> >第 3名 魔羯座 1,081 票 13% 第 9名 雙子座 423 票 5%
> >第 4名 巨蟹座 846 票 10% 第10名 金牛座 383 票 4%
> >第 5名 射手座 665 票 8% 第11名 雙魚座 374 票 4%
> >第 6名 天蠍座 534 票 6% 第12名 牡羊座 370 票 4%
> >
> >Q23：哪個星座的人最不喜歡上課？
> >
> >第 1名 射手座 968 票 19% 第 7名 獅子座 314 票 6%
> >第 2名 巨蟹座 851 票 16% 第 8名 天秤座 299 票 5%
> >第 3名 雙子座 504 票 10% 第 9名 天蠍座 286 票 5%
> >第 4名 水瓶座 491 票 9% 第10名 金牛座 214 票 4%
> >第 5名 雙魚座 380 票 7% 第11名 處女座 212 票 4%
> >第 6名 牡羊座 318 票 6% 第12名 魔羯座 199 票 3%
> >
> >Q24：哪個星座男生最容易落淚？
> >
> >第 1名 雙魚座 1,164 票 26% 第 7名 雙子座 208 票 4%
> >第 2名 巨蟹座 689 票 15% 第 8名 金牛座 196 票 4%
> >第 3名 處女座 674 票 15% 第 9名 射手座 190 票 4%
> >第 4名 天蠍座 269 票 6% 第10名 魔羯座 187 票 4%
> >第 5名 天秤座 261 票 5% 第11名 牡羊座 173 票 3%
> >第 6名 水瓶座 236 票 5% 第12名 獅子座 132 票 3%
> >
> >Q25：哪個星座的人最悲觀？
> >
> >第 1名 處女座 750 票 17% 第 7名 天秤座 263 票 6%
> >第 2名 雙魚座 718 票 16% 第 8名 水瓶座 185 票 4%
> >第 3名 巨蟹座 599 票 14% 第 9名 雙子座 122 票 2%
> >第 4名 魔羯座 568 票 13% 第10名 牡羊座 121 票 2%
> >第 5名 天蠍座 390 票 9% 第11名 獅子座 109 票 2%
> >第 6名 金牛座 316 票 7% 第12名 射手座 98 票 2%
> >
> >Q26：哪個星座的人最八卦？
> >
> >第 1名 雙子座 783 票 20% 第 7名 處女座 251 票 6%
> >第 2名 天秤座 500 票 12% 第 8名 雙魚座 229 票 5%
> >第 3名 射手座 360 票 9% 第 9名 金牛座 228 票 5%
> >第 4名 魔羯座 356 票 9% 第10名 獅子座 221 票 5%
> >第 5名 水瓶座 276 票 7% 第11名 牡羊座 199 票 5%
> >第 6名 天蠍座 271 票 7% 第12名 巨蟹座 184 票 4%
> >
> >Q27：哪個星座最會表現"曖昧不明"的關係？
> >
> >第 1名 雙魚座 885 票 16% 第 7名 金牛座 391 票 7%
> >第 2名 天秤座 697 票 12% 第 8名 處女座 348 票 6%
> >第 3名 水瓶座 608 票 11% 第 9名 巨蟹座 317 票 5%
> >第 4名 雙子座 544 票 10% 第10名 魔羯座 270 票 4%
> >第 5名 天蠍座 506 票 9% 第11名 牡羊座 224 票 4%
> >第 6名 射手座 420 票 7% 第12名 獅子座 213 票 3%
> >
> >Q28：哪個星座的人長的最好看？
> >
> >第 1名 天秤座 1,417 票 22% 第 7名 獅子座 381 票 6%
> >第 2名 天蠍座 791 票 12% 第 8名 雙子座 379 票 6%
> >第 3名 雙魚座 554 票 8% 第 9名 金牛座 376 票 5%
> >第 4名 水瓶座 519 票 8% 第10名 處女座 360 票 5%
> >第 5名 射手座 469 票 7% 第11名 牡羊座 322 票 5%
> >第 6名 巨蟹座 440 票 6% 第12名 魔羯座 308 票 4%
> >
> >Q29：哪個星座的人最有魅力？
> >
> >第 1名 天蠍座 1,331 票 17% 第 7名 魔羯座 558 票 7%
> >第 2名 射手座 1,274 票 16% 第 8名 雙子座 472 票 6%
> >第 3名 天秤座 903 票 11% 第 9名 獅子座 403 票 5%
> >第 4名 牡羊座 667 票 8% 第10名 處女座 306 票 3%
> >第 5名 雙魚座 659 票 8% 第11名 金牛座 285 票 3%
> >第 6名 水瓶座 577 票 7% 第12名 巨蟹座 285 票 3%
> >
> >Q30：哪個星座的人最臭屁？
> >
> >第 1名 獅子座 2,205 票 34% 第 7名 天秤座 385 票 6%
> >第 2名 射手座 579 票 9% 第 8名 水瓶座 307 票 4%
> >第 3名 天蠍座 553 票 8% 第 9名 魔羯座 245 票 3%
> >第 4名 雙魚座 543 票 8% 第10名 金牛座 244 票 3%
> >第 5名 雙子座 496 票 7% 第11名 處女座 244 票 3%
Haha.
> >
> >第 1名 處女座 1,573 票 17% 第 7名 牡羊座 613 票 6%
> >第 2名 巨蟹座 1,021 票 11% 第 8名 金牛座 605 票 6%
> >第 3名 雙魚座 958 票 10% 第 9名 射手座 598 票 6%
> >第 4名 雙子座 810 票 8% 第10名 天秤座 559 票 6%
> >第 5名 天蠍座 792 票 8% 第11名 獅子座 501 票 5%
> >第 6名 水瓶座 661 票 7% 第12名 魔羯座 364 票 4%
> >
> >Q 2：什麼星座的人最有異性緣？
> >
> >第 1名 獅子座 2,001 票 28% 第 7名 牡羊座 529 票 7%
> >第 2名 天秤座 746 票 10% 第 8名 水瓶座 342 票 4%
> >第 3名 雙魚座 652 票 9% 第 9名 金牛座 293 票 4%
> >第 4名 雙子座 595 票 8% 第10名 巨蟹座 278 票 3%
> >第 5名 天蠍座 568 票 8% 第11名 魔羯座 249 票 3%
> >第 6名 射手座 564 票 8% 第12名 處女座 198 票 2%
> >
> >Q 3：哪個星座的女生最難追？
> >
> >第 1名 處女座 2,329 票 23% 第 7名 金牛座 720 票 7%
> >第 2名 天蠍座 1,426 票 14% 第 8名 射手座 566 票 5%
> >第 3名 魔羯座 862 票 8% 第 9名 天秤座 509 票 5%
> >第 4名 雙子座 807 票 8% 第10名 巨蟹座 452 票 4%
> >第 5名 水瓶座 780 票 7% 第11名 牡羊座 399 票 3%
> >第 6名 獅子座 768 票 7% 第12名 雙魚座 398 票 3%
> >
> >Q 4：哪個星座的人神經最大條？
> >
> >第 1名 射手座 1,109 票 22% 第 7名 水瓶座 332 票 6%
> >第 2名 牡羊座 680 票 13% 第 8名 魔羯座 305 票 6%
> >第 3名 獅子座 464 票 9% 第 9名 天秤座 278 票 5%
> >第 4名 雙魚座 436 票 8% 第10名 處女座 257 票 5%
> >第 5名 金牛座 402 票 8% 第11名 巨蟹座 219 票 4%
> >第 6名 雙子座 338 票 6% 第12名 天蠍座 191 票 3%
> >
> >Q 5：哪個星座的人說話最毒？
> >
> >第 1名 天蠍座 2,693 票 27% 第 7名 水瓶座 650 票 6%
> >第 2名 雙子座 1,121 票 11% 第 8名 牡羊座 637 票 6%
> >第 3名 處女座 1,031 票 10% 第 9名 天秤座 457 票 4%
> >第 4名 射手座 848 票 8% 第10名 金牛座 408 票 4%
> >第 5名 獅子座 704 票 7% 第11名 雙魚座 357 票 3%
> >第 6名 魔羯座 674 票 6% 第12名 巨蟹座 354 票 3%
> >
> >Q 6：什麼星座的人最不喜歡受拘束？
> >
> >第 1名 射手座 1,864 票 24% 第 7名 天蠍座 371 票 4%
> >第 2名 水瓶座 1,720 票 22% 第 8名 巨蟹座 358 票 4%
> >第 3名 雙子座 811 票 10% 第 9名 雙魚座 301 票 4%
> >第 4名 獅子座 516 票 6% 第10名 處女座 214 票 2%
> >第 5名 天秤座 495 票 6% 第11名 魔羯座 211 票 2%
> >第 6名 牡羊座 475 票 6% 第12名 金牛座 163 票 2%
> >
> >Q 7：什麼星座的人最專情？
> >
> >第 1名 魔羯座 2,366 票 27% 第 7名 水瓶座 407 票 4%
> >第 2名 處女座 1,059 票 12% 第 8名 雙魚座 393 票 4%
> >第 3名 天蠍座 932 票 10% 第 9名 牡羊座 376 票 4%
> >第 4名 金牛座 929 票 10% 第10名 射手座 374 票 4%
> >第 5名 巨蟹座 772 票 8% 第11名 天秤座 359 票 4%
> >第 6名 獅子座 436 票 4% 第12名 雙子座 329 票 3%
> >
> >Q 8：哪個星座的人最懶惰？
> >
> >第 1名 射手座 682 票 16% 第 7名 雙子座 296 票 7%
> >第 2名 金牛座 620 票 15% 第 8名 牡羊座 261 票 6%
> >第 3名 雙魚座 428 票 10% 第 9名 天蠍座 222 票 5%
> >第 4名 天秤座 343 票 8% 第10名 巨蟹座 221 票 5%
> >第 5名 獅子座 316 票 7% 第11名 魔羯座 201 票 4%
> >第 6名 水瓶座 314 票 7% 第12名 處女座 191 票 4%
> >
> >Q 9：哪個星座的人最癡情？
> >
> >第 1名 獅子座 1,771 票 17% 第 7名 牡羊座 669 票 6%
> >第 2名 雙魚座 1,481 票 15% 第 8名 處女座 604 票 6%
> >第 3名 巨蟹座 1,091 票 11% 第 9名 水瓶座 437 票 4%
> >第 4名 魔羯座 1,023 票 10% 第10名 射手座 427 票 4%
> >第 5名 天蠍座 1,017 票 10% 第11名 天秤座 284 票 2%
> >第 6名 金牛座 791 票 8% 第12名 雙子座 259 票 2%
> >
> >Q10：哪個星座的人最愛吃醋？
> >
> >第 1名 獅子座 1,704 票 29% 第 7名 魔羯座 246 票 4%
> >第 2名 天蠍座 1,373 票 23% 第 8名 牡羊座 220 票 3%
> >第 3名 處女座 439 票 7% 第 9名 雙子座 189 票 3%
> >第 4名 巨蟹座 438 票 7% 第10名 水瓶座 182 票 3%
> >第 5名 金牛座 371 票 6% 第11名 天秤座 181 票 3%
> >第 6名 雙魚座 302 票 5% 第12名 射手座 171 票 2%
> >
> >Q11：哪個星座的人最獨立？
> >
> >第 1名 天蠍座 607 票 14% 第 7名 處女座 269 票 6%
> >第 2名 魔羯座 605 票 14% 第 8名 雙子座 261 票 6%
> >第 3名 水瓶座 534 票 12% 第 9名 金牛座 236 票 5%
> >第 4名 獅子座 528 票 12% 第10名 天秤座 186 票 4%
> >第 5名 射手座 495 票 11% 第11名 巨蟹座 133 票 3%
> >第 6名 牡羊座 308 票 7% 第12名 雙魚座 115 票 2%
> >
> >Q12：哪個星座的人最愛睡？
> >
> >第 1名 天秤座 884 票 12% 第 7名 射手座 528 票 7%
> >第 2名 雙魚座 799 票 11% 第 8名 水瓶座 479 票 6%
> >第 3名 雙子座 759 票 10% 第 9名 處女座 452 票 6%
> >第 4名 金牛座 747 票 10% 第10名 天蠍座 422 票 5%
> >第 5名 巨蟹座 600 票 8% 第11名 魔羯座 415 票 5%
> >第 6名 獅子座 550 票 7% 第12名 牡羊座 399 票 5%
> >
> >Q13：哪個星座的人最易犯桃花？
> >
> >第 1名 射手座 2,069 票 18% 第 7名 獅子座 588 票 5%
> >第 2名 水瓶座 1,696 票 14% 第 8名 牡羊座 491 票 4%
> >第 3名 天秤座 1,445 票 12% 第 9名 魔羯座 404 票 3%
> >第 4名 雙子座 1,437 票 12% 第10名 金牛座 366 票 3%
> >第 5名 雙魚座 1,365 票 11% 第11名 處女座 366 票 3%
> >第 6名 天蠍座 925 票 8% 第12名 巨蟹座 342 票 2%
> >
> >Q14：哪個星座的人最沒有安全感？
> >
> >第 1名 雙魚座 1,080 票 15% 第 7名 天秤座 519 票 7%
> >第 2名 雙子座 932 票 13% 第 8名 水瓶座 429 票 6%
> >第 3名 巨蟹座 793 票 11% 第 9名 金牛座 376 票 5%
> >第 4名 射手座 722 票 10% 第10名 魔羯座 339 票 4%
> >第 5名 處女座 598 票 8% 第11名 獅子座 318 票 4%
> >第 6名 天蠍座 542 票 7% 第12名 牡羊座 281 票 4%
> >
> >Q15：哪個星座的人得失心最重？
> >
> >第 1名 天蠍座 827 票 16% 第 7名 雙魚座 300 票 6%
> >第 2名 獅子座 760 票 15% 第 8名 水瓶座 298 票 6%
> >第 3名 處女座 665 票 13% 第 9名 牡羊座 282 票 5%
> >第 4名 魔羯座 440 票 8% 第10名 天秤座 275 票 5%
> >第 5名 巨蟹座 329 票 6% 第11名 射手座 241 票 4%
> >第 6名 金牛座 319 票 6% 第12名 雙子座 219 票 4%
> >
> >Q16：哪個星座的人最幽默？
> >
> >第 1名 雙子座 1,122 票 18% 第 7名 獅子座 372 票 6%
> >第 2名 射手座 1,072 票 17% 第 8名 天蠍座 336 票 5%
> >第 3名 水瓶座 624 票 10% 第 9名 雙魚座 305 票 4%
> >第 4名 巨蟹座 596 票 9% 第10名 魔羯座 217 票 3%
> >第 5名 牡羊座 585 票 9% 第11名 處女座 204 票 3%
> >第 6名 天秤座 562 票 9% 第12名 金牛座 189 票 3%
> >
> >Q17：哪個星座的人最不容易說出內心的話？
> >
> >第 1名 天蠍座 1,037 票 19% 第 7名 金牛座 353 票 6%
> >第 2名 水瓶座 757 票 14% 第 8名 雙魚座 264 票 5%
> >第 3名 魔羯座 594 票 11% 第 9名 天秤座 259 票 4%
> >第 4名 處女座 434 票 8% 第10名 射手座 258 票 4%
> >第 5名 巨蟹座 426 票 8% 第11名 獅子座 247 票 4%
> >第 6名 雙子座 404 票 7% 第12名 牡羊座 171 票 3%
> >
> >Q18：哪個星座的人最愛腳踏兩條船？
> >
> >第 1名 雙子座 1,204 票 21% 第 7名 獅子座 302 票 5%
> >第 2名 水瓶座 1,000 票 17% 第 8名 天蠍座 290 票 5%
> >第 3名 射手座 828 票 14% 第 9名 牡羊座 188 票 3%
> >第 4名 天秤座 499 票 8% 第10名 巨蟹座 143 票 2%
> >第 5名 雙魚座 499 票 8% 第11名 魔羯座 143 票 2%
> >第 6名 處女座 491 票 8% 第12名 金牛座 134 票 2%
> >
> >Q19：哪個星座的人最夠朋友？
> >
> >第 1名 天蠍座 1,908 票 22% 第 7名 天秤座 486 票 5%
> >第 2名 巨蟹座 1,058 票 12% 第 8名 雙子座 410 票 4%
> >第 3名 獅子座 852 票 10% 第 9名 金牛座 374 票 4%
> >第 4名 射手座 803 票 9% 第10名 魔羯座 370 票 4%
> >第 5名 水瓶座 790 票 9% 第11名 雙魚座 349 票 4%
> >第 6名 牡羊座 585 票 7% 第12名 處女座 327 票 3%
> >
> >Q20：哪個星座的男生最被動？
> >
> >第 1名 金牛座 918 票 15% 第 7名 水瓶座 412 票 6%
> >第 2名 魔羯座 770 票 13% 第 8名 天蠍座 406 票 6%
> >第 3名 處女座 766 票 12% 第 9名 射手座 330 票 5%
> >第 4名 巨蟹座 663 票 11% 第10名 獅子座 246 票 4%
> >第 5名 天秤座 481 票 8% 第11名 牡羊座 233 票 3%
> >第 6名 雙魚座 481 票 8% 第12名 雙子座 209 票 3%
> >
> >Q21：哪個星座的人最喜歡流浪？
> >
> >第 1名 射手座 1,043 票 30% 第 7名 牡羊座 176 票 5%
> >第 2名 水瓶座 607 票 17% 第 8名 魔羯座 151 票 4%
> >第 3名 雙子座 368 票 10% 第 9名 獅子座 139 票 4%
> >第 4名 雙魚座 240 票 7% 第10名 金牛座 113 票 3%
> >第 5名 天蠍座 196 票 5% 第11名 巨蟹座 92 票 2%
> >第 6名 天秤座 195 票 5% 第12名 處女座 90 票 2%
> >
> >Q22：哪個星座的人最重視朋友？
> >
> >第 1名 水瓶座 1,279 票 15% 第 7名 天秤座 530 票 6%
> >第 2名 處女座 1,246 票 15% 第 8名 獅子座 504 票 6%
> >第 3名 魔羯座 1,081 票 13% 第 9名 雙子座 423 票 5%
> >第 4名 巨蟹座 846 票 10% 第10名 金牛座 383 票 4%
> >第 5名 射手座 665 票 8% 第11名 雙魚座 374 票 4%
> >第 6名 天蠍座 534 票 6% 第12名 牡羊座 370 票 4%
> >
> >Q23：哪個星座的人最不喜歡上課？
> >
> >第 1名 射手座 968 票 19% 第 7名 獅子座 314 票 6%
> >第 2名 巨蟹座 851 票 16% 第 8名 天秤座 299 票 5%
> >第 3名 雙子座 504 票 10% 第 9名 天蠍座 286 票 5%
> >第 4名 水瓶座 491 票 9% 第10名 金牛座 214 票 4%
> >第 5名 雙魚座 380 票 7% 第11名 處女座 212 票 4%
> >第 6名 牡羊座 318 票 6% 第12名 魔羯座 199 票 3%
> >
> >Q24：哪個星座男生最容易落淚？
> >
> >第 1名 雙魚座 1,164 票 26% 第 7名 雙子座 208 票 4%
> >第 2名 巨蟹座 689 票 15% 第 8名 金牛座 196 票 4%
> >第 3名 處女座 674 票 15% 第 9名 射手座 190 票 4%
> >第 4名 天蠍座 269 票 6% 第10名 魔羯座 187 票 4%
> >第 5名 天秤座 261 票 5% 第11名 牡羊座 173 票 3%
> >第 6名 水瓶座 236 票 5% 第12名 獅子座 132 票 3%
> >
> >Q25：哪個星座的人最悲觀？
> >
> >第 1名 處女座 750 票 17% 第 7名 天秤座 263 票 6%
> >第 2名 雙魚座 718 票 16% 第 8名 水瓶座 185 票 4%
> >第 3名 巨蟹座 599 票 14% 第 9名 雙子座 122 票 2%
> >第 4名 魔羯座 568 票 13% 第10名 牡羊座 121 票 2%
> >第 5名 天蠍座 390 票 9% 第11名 獅子座 109 票 2%
> >第 6名 金牛座 316 票 7% 第12名 射手座 98 票 2%
> >
> >Q26：哪個星座的人最八卦？
> >
> >第 1名 雙子座 783 票 20% 第 7名 處女座 251 票 6%
> >第 2名 天秤座 500 票 12% 第 8名 雙魚座 229 票 5%
> >第 3名 射手座 360 票 9% 第 9名 金牛座 228 票 5%
> >第 4名 魔羯座 356 票 9% 第10名 獅子座 221 票 5%
> >第 5名 水瓶座 276 票 7% 第11名 牡羊座 199 票 5%
> >第 6名 天蠍座 271 票 7% 第12名 巨蟹座 184 票 4%
> >
> >Q27：哪個星座最會表現"曖昧不明"的關係？
> >
> >第 1名 雙魚座 885 票 16% 第 7名 金牛座 391 票 7%
> >第 2名 天秤座 697 票 12% 第 8名 處女座 348 票 6%
> >第 3名 水瓶座 608 票 11% 第 9名 巨蟹座 317 票 5%
> >第 4名 雙子座 544 票 10% 第10名 魔羯座 270 票 4%
> >第 5名 天蠍座 506 票 9% 第11名 牡羊座 224 票 4%
> >第 6名 射手座 420 票 7% 第12名 獅子座 213 票 3%
> >
> >Q28：哪個星座的人長的最好看？
> >
> >第 1名 天秤座 1,417 票 22% 第 7名 獅子座 381 票 6%
> >第 2名 天蠍座 791 票 12% 第 8名 雙子座 379 票 6%
> >第 3名 雙魚座 554 票 8% 第 9名 金牛座 376 票 5%
> >第 4名 水瓶座 519 票 8% 第10名 處女座 360 票 5%
> >第 5名 射手座 469 票 7% 第11名 牡羊座 322 票 5%
> >第 6名 巨蟹座 440 票 6% 第12名 魔羯座 308 票 4%
> >
> >Q29：哪個星座的人最有魅力？
> >
> >第 1名 天蠍座 1,331 票 17% 第 7名 魔羯座 558 票 7%
> >第 2名 射手座 1,274 票 16% 第 8名 雙子座 472 票 6%
> >第 3名 天秤座 903 票 11% 第 9名 獅子座 403 票 5%
> >第 4名 牡羊座 667 票 8% 第10名 處女座 306 票 3%
> >第 5名 雙魚座 659 票 8% 第11名 金牛座 285 票 3%
> >第 6名 水瓶座 577 票 7% 第12名 巨蟹座 285 票 3%
> >
> >Q30：哪個星座的人最臭屁？
> >
> >第 1名 獅子座 2,205 票 34% 第 7名 天秤座 385 票 6%
> >第 2名 射手座 579 票 9% 第 8名 水瓶座 307 票 4%
> >第 3名 天蠍座 553 票 8% 第 9名 魔羯座 245 票 3%
> >第 4名 雙魚座 543 票 8% 第10名 金牛座 244 票 3%
> >第 5名 雙子座 496 票 7% 第11名 處女座 244 票 3%
Haha.
Friday, August 11, 2006
On this nice Friday morning where many people are stuck in school with books and teachers, I'm on the computer typing this out, enjoying the very slight breeze coming through my brother's window. It would not have been possible without the Polling Day holiday which the school decided to put it today, although I should say it makes no difference because now that there's no more PE for the year2s, my typical Friday ends at 9.15am.
The past 2 days were windy days. People who have been to my house before will know that my living room window is unobstructed, to the point that you can spot me poking my head out from the polytechnic, and my mother, for some reason, loves strong winds. So with the window opened so wide (even the grills were pushed to the sides) that a human can easily jump out of it (don't worry I'm not doing that), the living room was really typhoon yesterday.
I did not really slack through the past few days, but I am still trying to get myself into mugging mode. I slept through Wednesday afternoon, waking up in time to catch the news and the NDP.
And so, my father fixed the spoilt computer, which turned out to be a damaged power supply box. Although no one is using (and wants to use) that computer anymore, he is still fiddling around with it, even as my brother and I are finalising the specs for the new one we are buying. Heh.
Not too long ago, he put into use his awesome skills of taking things-that-others-have-thrown-away again, returning home one night with two graphics cards. The Geforce2 card is apparently spoilt, but the Geforce4 (!) one is still working. He plugged it into that P3 450 comp, which is like a champion horse pulling a cart.
To the person who wants that Geforce4 card, its only a MX, not a Ti. And its only 64mb.
Since I'm here, I might as well do some shameless advertising. Although I think no one will buy, I do hope miracles will happen. Haha. Please support me!
VJC is organising a carnival called Family 3, which is basically a day of fun "to create awareness for elderly needs and the importance of family life and intergenerational dialogue". Proceeds from this carnival will go to the Singapore Action Group Of Elders (SAGE). (Don't worry its not N*F)
This carnival will be held on 2th Sep (one day after Teachers' day, which is the saturday of the one week break.), time from 9am to 4pm, at VJC.
There will be stuff like:
1. a london train ride
2. a mini viking
3. a super dog twister ( for older kids and adults)
4. A dunking machine
5.bouncy castles and a titanic slide
6 A kiddie corner
7.sports games with an intergenerational element designed by our very own Sports groups
8. massage services by a massage academy
9. Art jamming- you can paint as a family on a decent sized canvas and get to take your artwork home for a fee. All materials are included.
10.Talks. We have a chiropractor Dr. Terence Yap who will give a talk on managing and preventing joint/spinal pain, a nutritionist speaking on how to eat right and stay healthy, a senior resident physician from SGH speaking on staying healthy and active through the years and a psychologist speaking on parent child communication.
11. performances by our cca groups
12. flea market stalls
13. external vendors for food on top of our canteen food
14. Story-telling sessions by veteran story-tellers.
Guest-of-honour is Mr Matthias Yao, Mayor of South East CDC.
Why am I saying all these? Because I am supposed to sell a booklet of coupons. It cost 5 bucks each, which is used for buying food, drinks and games (I think). There is also a lucky draw coupon.
So hor, if possible please support me k? Haha. Ya I know have to study for prelims but its important to spend time with your families also right? Somemore can help elderly leh!
Its typhoon in my living room again.
I will have to cut down on my frequency of blogging, maybe even using the computer, because I get tired easily from staring at monitor screens (I'm still using CRT =( ), and if I get tired I can't study liaox. Many others have already begun their preparations, so I have to catch up before its too late.
The windows are closed now, after the winds blew my mother's spectacles from the table to the floor.
The past 2 days were windy days. People who have been to my house before will know that my living room window is unobstructed, to the point that you can spot me poking my head out from the polytechnic, and my mother, for some reason, loves strong winds. So with the window opened so wide (even the grills were pushed to the sides) that a human can easily jump out of it (don't worry I'm not doing that), the living room was really typhoon yesterday.
I did not really slack through the past few days, but I am still trying to get myself into mugging mode. I slept through Wednesday afternoon, waking up in time to catch the news and the NDP.
And so, my father fixed the spoilt computer, which turned out to be a damaged power supply box. Although no one is using (and wants to use) that computer anymore, he is still fiddling around with it, even as my brother and I are finalising the specs for the new one we are buying. Heh.
Not too long ago, he put into use his awesome skills of taking things-that-others-have-thrown-away again, returning home one night with two graphics cards. The Geforce2 card is apparently spoilt, but the Geforce4 (!) one is still working. He plugged it into that P3 450 comp, which is like a champion horse pulling a cart.
To the person who wants that Geforce4 card, its only a MX, not a Ti. And its only 64mb.
Since I'm here, I might as well do some shameless advertising. Although I think no one will buy, I do hope miracles will happen. Haha. Please support me!
VJC is organising a carnival called Family 3, which is basically a day of fun "to create awareness for elderly needs and the importance of family life and intergenerational dialogue". Proceeds from this carnival will go to the Singapore Action Group Of Elders (SAGE). (Don't worry its not N*F)
This carnival will be held on 2th Sep (one day after Teachers' day, which is the saturday of the one week break.), time from 9am to 4pm, at VJC.
There will be stuff like:
1. a london train ride
2. a mini viking
3. a super dog twister ( for older kids and adults)
4. A dunking machine
5.bouncy castles and a titanic slide
6 A kiddie corner
7.sports games with an intergenerational element designed by our very own Sports groups
8. massage services by a massage academy
9. Art jamming- you can paint as a family on a decent sized canvas and get to take your artwork home for a fee. All materials are included.
10.Talks. We have a chiropractor Dr. Terence Yap who will give a talk on managing and preventing joint/spinal pain, a nutritionist speaking on how to eat right and stay healthy, a senior resident physician from SGH speaking on staying healthy and active through the years and a psychologist speaking on parent child communication.
11. performances by our cca groups
12. flea market stalls
13. external vendors for food on top of our canteen food
14. Story-telling sessions by veteran story-tellers.
Guest-of-honour is Mr Matthias Yao, Mayor of South East CDC.
Why am I saying all these? Because I am supposed to sell a booklet of coupons. It cost 5 bucks each, which is used for buying food, drinks and games (I think). There is also a lucky draw coupon.
So hor, if possible please support me k? Haha. Ya I know have to study for prelims but its important to spend time with your families also right? Somemore can help elderly leh!
Its typhoon in my living room again.
I will have to cut down on my frequency of blogging, maybe even using the computer, because I get tired easily from staring at monitor screens (I'm still using CRT =( ), and if I get tired I can't study liaox. Many others have already begun their preparations, so I have to catch up before its too late.
The windows are closed now, after the winds blew my mother's spectacles from the table to the floor.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
[ADDON]
I thought this year's NDP paled compared to the previous years. Last year there were celebrations at the heartlands, complete with fighter jets making their way down to the heartlands just to make the residents happy (With such tight airspace, that was a challenge, esp the fact that Tampines is so near the airport), there was some online thingy which let people at the stadium moblog entries in, and the fireworks then were much more magificant. Even my mother asked how come this year's performance so little.
[/ADDON]
And so, I just watched the National Day Parade on TV. Its all the usual stuff..guard-of-honour, bomb burst, performances, national anthem, fireworks, etc. Yet I still kept myself glued to the television, making sure I do not miss out any moment of the Parade.
I have never watched a Parade live at the stadium or Padang before, save for the National Education Show in Primary 5. That one, I missed the pre-parade segment and had just stepped in when the jets flew past, because of huge jams at the gates. However, watching on TV is not too bad either.
It has always been a huge contradiction for me when it comes to Singapore. I have always hated the exam-oriented environment and mindset that Singapore has shaped in us, the way the opposition is suppressed, the way media is controlled, the high cost and standards of living, and how old buildings are
torn down or restored to beyond recognition, just to keep tourists coming in.
But when I looked back, I have to agree that education forms the best years of my life, its in these schools that I made all the good friends, met all the influential teachers, picked up all the knowledge, and ultimately shaped me into what I am today. I never liked the stress that came with the examinations and competition, but it is this stress that allowed me to stand strong despite all the pressure.
Opposition is suppressed, media is controlled, but I guess that is what allowed Singapore to stay clear of the political crisises that plagued other countries. Cost and standards of livings are indeed high, but I think if one can be easily content that should not be a problem.
Singapore has been an open economy, and we depend highly on foreign markets for our survival. We do not have a culture to start with, so we took all the cultures others brought in, mix them together, and call it our own. Its quite unique in some sense.
Singapore, no matter how bad it is, is the place I grew up in, has provided me a safe environment such that I do not have to worry about basic needs, allowing me to concentrate on what my counterparts in poorer countries consider as luxuries. I have to return this favour in some way or other. I need to start
dreaming.
As Singapore begins its 42nd year of nation building, I do hope that Singapore will continue to thrive. Like what I read somewhere in the papers today, Singapore has not yet found a balance between conservation and development. I hope more can be done in keeping our dying cultures alive (I have not seen a makeshift stage showing Teochew opera for ages), and find something that no other country has. Or we will just be another America. I'm actually quite sick of watching local celebrities introducing Singapore to the world with the same old "Zoo, Birdpark, Sentosa, Hainanese Chicken Rice, Rojak, Chilli Crab".
And oh, more freedom please.
Last but not least, I agree with one Indian said in one of the clips shown during tonight's Parade. Singaporeans need to relax. Ha.
You can say I am a victim fallen to government propaganda (maybe I really am), but I hope I'm not too late to say
Happy Birthday Singapore.
I thought this year's NDP paled compared to the previous years. Last year there were celebrations at the heartlands, complete with fighter jets making their way down to the heartlands just to make the residents happy (With such tight airspace, that was a challenge, esp the fact that Tampines is so near the airport), there was some online thingy which let people at the stadium moblog entries in, and the fireworks then were much more magificant. Even my mother asked how come this year's performance so little.
[/ADDON]
And so, I just watched the National Day Parade on TV. Its all the usual stuff..guard-of-honour, bomb burst, performances, national anthem, fireworks, etc. Yet I still kept myself glued to the television, making sure I do not miss out any moment of the Parade.
I have never watched a Parade live at the stadium or Padang before, save for the National Education Show in Primary 5. That one, I missed the pre-parade segment and had just stepped in when the jets flew past, because of huge jams at the gates. However, watching on TV is not too bad either.
It has always been a huge contradiction for me when it comes to Singapore. I have always hated the exam-oriented environment and mindset that Singapore has shaped in us, the way the opposition is suppressed, the way media is controlled, the high cost and standards of living, and how old buildings are
torn down or restored to beyond recognition, just to keep tourists coming in.
But when I looked back, I have to agree that education forms the best years of my life, its in these schools that I made all the good friends, met all the influential teachers, picked up all the knowledge, and ultimately shaped me into what I am today. I never liked the stress that came with the examinations and competition, but it is this stress that allowed me to stand strong despite all the pressure.
Opposition is suppressed, media is controlled, but I guess that is what allowed Singapore to stay clear of the political crisises that plagued other countries. Cost and standards of livings are indeed high, but I think if one can be easily content that should not be a problem.
Singapore has been an open economy, and we depend highly on foreign markets for our survival. We do not have a culture to start with, so we took all the cultures others brought in, mix them together, and call it our own. Its quite unique in some sense.
Singapore, no matter how bad it is, is the place I grew up in, has provided me a safe environment such that I do not have to worry about basic needs, allowing me to concentrate on what my counterparts in poorer countries consider as luxuries. I have to return this favour in some way or other. I need to start
dreaming.
As Singapore begins its 42nd year of nation building, I do hope that Singapore will continue to thrive. Like what I read somewhere in the papers today, Singapore has not yet found a balance between conservation and development. I hope more can be done in keeping our dying cultures alive (I have not seen a makeshift stage showing Teochew opera for ages), and find something that no other country has. Or we will just be another America. I'm actually quite sick of watching local celebrities introducing Singapore to the world with the same old "Zoo, Birdpark, Sentosa, Hainanese Chicken Rice, Rojak, Chilli Crab".
And oh, more freedom please.
Last but not least, I agree with one Indian said in one of the clips shown during tonight's Parade. Singaporeans need to relax. Ha.
You can say I am a victim fallen to government propaganda (maybe I really am), but I hope I'm not too late to say
Happy Birthday Singapore.
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Last Saturday morning I went to school to help with the filming of Alfas Challenge. It was a workshop to help students do better during interviews when applying for scholarships, and the teacher-in-charge asked Year2 iCOMP Infocomm Club students to film instead of the Year1s so that more Year2s can benefit from the workshop, especially that the rest have to pay 30 bucks for the whole day event.
Someone else doing better in academics should have went instead of me.
Anyway our task was to flim the mock interviews so that participants could review their performance later in the afternoon. It got boring soon afterwards, because it was very repetitive.
I think interviews are not at all a breeze to go through. There's actually a very thin line between being confident and being boastful. Its not easy to even be confident in an interview, firstly because its really very frightening to talk in front of a panel, especially when that simple talk is going to decide your future, and secondly because saying too much makes people think that you are haolian-ing.
So far the most confident person that I have ever come across is still the senior who trained me in competitive programming, and throughout the entire interview only one person came close to him - my batch's student council president.
I guess the only thing I benefitted from the entire workshop was the free food during the tea break and lunch.
Saturday night was spent at Nanyang Junior College, where I attended the Nanyang Film Festival to support a friend, whose boyfriend happened to be the director of all three short films O.O, two in Chinese, one in English. I guess the event was not too bad, considering that this is the first time, though there is alot of room for improvement.
Video is becoming a competitive area for junior colleges. Haha.iCOMP Infocomm Club should organise one too.
Today was National Day celebrations. We were allowed to come in red or white tops, but in the end I wore my uniform instead because I could not find a decent red or white shirt.
Celebrations started at the parade square where several uniformed group students, under the command of a parade commander who seemed to be weaker compared to the Katong Convent counterpart across the canal, marched in holding the National Day and College flags, accomapnied by house committee and their banners.
I was surprised to see my former Maths teacher donning the SCDF uniform, standing on the podium saying National Day related stuff which I think I have heard a thousand times before. I didn't know he was from the SCDF.
Celebrations was quite a letdown. There was obviously a lack in coordination, and the sound system once again disappointed us, because no one bothered to fix it. Victorians managed to reduce some of the awkwardness by trying to sing loudly during the songs and laugh and clap as much as possible during the two videos. I should say that the items put up were still not bad if one had paid close attention to it. I liked the harmonica band. The students council has to improve.
Went home facing the four walls after we were dismissed, because no one wanted to. I wonder why people like to go home so much. Maybe its just me.
On my way home I spotted AHS people all over the Marine Parade area. According to my friend they had their 2.4km run today.
Wow. So what happened to their National Day celebrations? Is that another ingenious idea that the new principal came up with to reduce the number of holidays they have so they can mug more?
Someone else doing better in academics should have went instead of me.
Anyway our task was to flim the mock interviews so that participants could review their performance later in the afternoon. It got boring soon afterwards, because it was very repetitive.
I think interviews are not at all a breeze to go through. There's actually a very thin line between being confident and being boastful. Its not easy to even be confident in an interview, firstly because its really very frightening to talk in front of a panel, especially when that simple talk is going to decide your future, and secondly because saying too much makes people think that you are haolian-ing.
So far the most confident person that I have ever come across is still the senior who trained me in competitive programming, and throughout the entire interview only one person came close to him - my batch's student council president.
I guess the only thing I benefitted from the entire workshop was the free food during the tea break and lunch.
Saturday night was spent at Nanyang Junior College, where I attended the Nanyang Film Festival to support a friend, whose boyfriend happened to be the director of all three short films O.O, two in Chinese, one in English. I guess the event was not too bad, considering that this is the first time, though there is alot of room for improvement.
Video is becoming a competitive area for junior colleges. Haha.
Today was National Day celebrations. We were allowed to come in red or white tops, but in the end I wore my uniform instead because I could not find a decent red or white shirt.
Celebrations started at the parade square where several uniformed group students, under the command of a parade commander who seemed to be weaker compared to the Katong Convent counterpart across the canal, marched in holding the National Day and College flags, accomapnied by house committee and their banners.
I was surprised to see my former Maths teacher donning the SCDF uniform, standing on the podium saying National Day related stuff which I think I have heard a thousand times before. I didn't know he was from the SCDF.
Celebrations was quite a letdown. There was obviously a lack in coordination, and the sound system once again disappointed us, because no one bothered to fix it. Victorians managed to reduce some of the awkwardness by trying to sing loudly during the songs and laugh and clap as much as possible during the two videos. I should say that the items put up were still not bad if one had paid close attention to it. I liked the harmonica band. The students council has to improve.
Went home facing the four walls after we were dismissed, because no one wanted to. I wonder why people like to go home so much. Maybe its just me.
On my way home I spotted AHS people all over the Marine Parade area. According to my friend they had their 2.4km run today.
Wow. So what happened to their National Day celebrations? Is that another ingenious idea that the new principal came up with to reduce the number of holidays they have so they can mug more?
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