Seeing my friend's photos of his mountaineering trip to India, coupled with reading about this backpacking thread in a forum, make me immensely envious of them. And then after a short moment of imagining myself in their shoes reality brought me back to earth.
"You see, everyone's got some baggage; it's part of life. But like anything else, it's easier when someone gives you a hand with it." -HIMYM S05E23
I have some baggage too, but not really the kind that people can give a hand with. Unless they have too much money and don't mind giving me some in which I wouldn't mind then haha. With that being next to impossible I hope I will be able to get rid of these baggage one day, and then I will be able to do what I hope to do.
Some people might think I'm giving myself excuses for procrastinating. Maybe I really am *shrugs*
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
fun with drupal
So far so good! I was so happy when the queries returned the correct results woohoo!
I suspect my mySQL queries aren't pretty, but who cares for now. Haha.
Thursday, June 03, 2010
if only things are so simple
Click here, drop there, click there, drop here, and everything's done!
In other news,
I backed-up all my SMSes to my Gmail account! Through a neat little Android application.
I want a data plan! :(
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Saturday, May 08, 2010
marina bay sands + helix bridge + a dumb decision
I like the way the couple is being captured inside my photo, but the presence of their photographer, the crowd standing on the bridge, and the ledge itself, sort of spoiled the photo a little. And the couple is a little too small. Any expert can explain the scattering of the light at the top of the hotels? I have a sneaky feeling its my camera :(
This photo should look much better once the Art-Science Museum is complete.
Tried a long exposure shot to capture the light trails of vehicles travelling across the Bayfront Bridge behind this Helix Bridge, but obviously it wasn't successful :(
Taken outside the casino. The bright light at the bottom left was due to some ongoing construction, which was why I had to angle the camera so high up. End result wasn't too bad though.
Taken from Marina Barrage. Took a dumb decision to walk there from Marina Bay Sands. Lol.
Thursday, May 06, 2010
boomz
One type of photo that I have always dreamed of taking is that of lightning. Couple of evenings back I had a chance to do so, but unfortunately I was rather limited by my camera and knowledge on how to take good photos of lightning.
Zeus played a joke on me that evening as well. There were shots where I set the exposure to 25 seconds and not a single lightning bolt appeared during the 25 seconds the shutter was open. Immediately after the shutter closed beautiful lightning bolts shrieked across the sky. I ended up with a darn load of beautiful photos of the night scenery outside my house, and the only three with visible lightning bolts were among the worst photos I had taken.
From the colour change of the sky in the three photos one should be able to deduce how long I spent standing in front of my living room window. Oh well better chance next time.
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One thing that I try to be good in, is to be a friend.
Yes I know some people have principles to uphold, and I respect that. But I always thought that when a friend asks for help people can be a little more flexible towards standing by their principles and, well, help their friend. While of course there is no obligation to help, it can still be rather disappointing when I ask and people say 'no' right in my face.
I think persuasion is a skill that I suck at and need to learn. Luckily I was never in a performing arts CCA, or I will never be able to sell any tickets.
Zeus played a joke on me that evening as well. There were shots where I set the exposure to 25 seconds and not a single lightning bolt appeared during the 25 seconds the shutter was open. Immediately after the shutter closed beautiful lightning bolts shrieked across the sky. I ended up with a darn load of beautiful photos of the night scenery outside my house, and the only three with visible lightning bolts were among the worst photos I had taken.
From the colour change of the sky in the three photos one should be able to deduce how long I spent standing in front of my living room window. Oh well better chance next time.
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One thing that I try to be good in, is to be a friend.
Yes I know some people have principles to uphold, and I respect that. But I always thought that when a friend asks for help people can be a little more flexible towards standing by their principles and, well, help their friend. While of course there is no obligation to help, it can still be rather disappointing when I ask and people say 'no' right in my face.
I think persuasion is a skill that I suck at and need to learn. Luckily I was never in a performing arts CCA, or I will never be able to sell any tickets.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
times have changed
Some top student: "Lowering the weighting of mother tongue will benefit those who are good in other subjects, but are only weaker in MTL (mother tongue languages)."
Her mother: "I have seen how hard she worked for Chinese. Chinese is important but the way it is assessed now means those who really can't handle the subject are penalised."
When I never do well for my examinations or any subjects, I (and my mother haha) blame myself for not putting in more effort, not blame the system for whatever grading weightage that puts me at whatever disadvantage.
Can students who are weak in English, Mathematics or Science, but good at Mother Tongue, request for lesser weightage in the PSLE too?
I think everyone just wants their worst subject to be mimimised, or even better, excluded, when calculating whatever grading. Its unfortunate that Chinese is being made a victim here, and they make a feeble attempt to cover it up by using the term 'Mother Tongue' instead.
"Lowering the weighting of standing broad jump in IPPT will benefit those who are good in other stations, but are only weaker in standing broad jump."
"I have seen how hard she worked for standing broad jump. Standing broad jump is important but the way it is assessed now means those who really can't handle the jump are penalised."
Indeed times have changed. Last time if I had said that the PSLE Mathematics paper was difficult, my mother would have said that it was me who never worked hard. Now they write into the newspapers complaining that the paper is hard. When my Chinese teacher hit my hand with a ruler in Primary 2, my mother told me, "活该!" Now teachers can't even lay a finger on students.
Her mother: "I have seen how hard she worked for Chinese. Chinese is important but the way it is assessed now means those who really can't handle the subject are penalised."
When I never do well for my examinations or any subjects, I (and my mother haha) blame myself for not putting in more effort, not blame the system for whatever grading weightage that puts me at whatever disadvantage.
Can students who are weak in English, Mathematics or Science, but good at Mother Tongue, request for lesser weightage in the PSLE too?
I think everyone just wants their worst subject to be mimimised, or even better, excluded, when calculating whatever grading. Its unfortunate that Chinese is being made a victim here, and they make a feeble attempt to cover it up by using the term 'Mother Tongue' instead.
"Lowering the weighting of standing broad jump in IPPT will benefit those who are good in other stations, but are only weaker in standing broad jump."
"I have seen how hard she worked for standing broad jump. Standing broad jump is important but the way it is assessed now means those who really can't handle the jump are penalised."
Indeed times have changed. Last time if I had said that the PSLE Mathematics paper was difficult, my mother would have said that it was me who never worked hard. Now they write into the newspapers complaining that the paper is hard. When my Chinese teacher hit my hand with a ruler in Primary 2, my mother told me, "活该!" Now teachers can't even lay a finger on students.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
CS2100
Start counting from zero. Start counting from zero. Start counting from zero. Start counting from zero. Start counting from zero. Start counting from zero. Start counting from zero. Start counting from zero. Start counting from zero. Start counting from zero. Start counting from zero. Start counting from the damn zero. Start counting from zero. Start counting from zero. Start counting from zero. Start counting from zero. Start counting from zero. Start counting from zero. Start counting from zero. Start counting from zero. Start counting from zero. Start counting from zero. Start counting from zero.
Friday, April 09, 2010
the hidden prophecy
UPDATE: Sorry for the poor choice of words. The lecturer gave us the breakdown, at the
same time writing it out for all of us to see, using the PDF Annotator, which is like the computerised version of the transparency.
The 'hidden prophecy' came about after he finished writing it [he didn't upload what he wrote so I simulated it on Paint] :
Can see now? Haha.
END OF UPDATE
During MA1521 today the lecturer gave a breakdown of the type and percentage of problems which are to appear in the final exam. On the computer screen he wrote, unknowingly:
same time writing it out for all of us to see, using the PDF Annotator, which is like the computerised version of the transparency.
The 'hidden prophecy' came about after he finished writing it [he didn't upload what he wrote so I simulated it on Paint] :
Can see now? Haha.
END OF UPDATE
During MA1521 today the lecturer gave a breakdown of the type and percentage of problems which are to appear in the final exam. On the computer screen he wrote, unknowingly:
| Difficult | 30% |
| Intermediate | 20% |
| Easy | 50% |
Monday, April 05, 2010
natural beauty
Hurray to the wonderful weather and the beautiful sunset!
[The sunset was much more beautiful in real life though. My camera couldn't capture the awesomeness in its entirety. :( ]
Monday, March 22, 2010
opera 10.51
After seeing its claim I thought I try it out haha.
After being so used to Google Chrome and its really neat and really simple interface, I was slightly overwhelmed when I first opened up Opera, even though it was also more or less neat and simple. I guess I'm just used to Chrome already.
Why still use IE?
Speed-wise, while Opera claims to be faster than Chrome, I thought the time difference was too little to be noticeable. I love the mouse gestures though! Right click + move pointer left to go back one page, right click + move pointer right to go forward one page.
Overall, not bad a browser, but I stick to my Chrome :D
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I like how people bypass me when they ask questions. While sitting to the left (or right) of me, they direct queries to people sitting to the right (or left) of me, instead of me; makes me feel like I'm non-existent!
Saturday, March 20, 2010
travel happy
Mountain tortoise me have always thought that the Visa Travel Happy advertisement about a man holding the VISA credit card and travelling around the world dancing, is, well, nothing more than an advertisement.
Then I realise that its not that simple. Apparently before he was hired by Visa to do the ad, the man was an Internet celebrity who quited his job and began travelling around the world, because he "didn't want to spend two years of my life writing a game about killing everyone".
[This is his third video. He has two more with links from the website.]
I admire his courage to simply drop everything and do something he wants to do. I hope I can be like him too.
Then I realise that its not that simple. Apparently before he was hired by Visa to do the ad, the man was an Internet celebrity who quited his job and began travelling around the world, because he "didn't want to spend two years of my life writing a game about killing everyone".
[This is his third video. He has two more with links from the website.]
I admire his courage to simply drop everything and do something he wants to do. I hope I can be like him too.
Monday, March 15, 2010
another year nearer to the graves
What a pleasant surprise from Microsoft! Haha.
At my insistence I kept my birthday on a low profile; I appreciate all the offers and thoughts [thank you all very very very very much] but I really dislike the idea of people having to spend money because of me or putting me at the centre of attention, whether cake cutting or birthday song singing. Also I haven't been reciprocating after all the previous years' celebrations and presents and whatnot so I don't really deserve another one. Haha.
Birthday greetings are fine; they are free and won't make me feel awkward :)
Oh no I am autistic!
Monday, March 01, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Chingay Fiesta @ Tampines
No I didn't go to the actual festival at Central; the floats went past my house and there was a carnival opposite!
[ Apologies for poorly taken photos. Please don't click on the photos :( ]
Way before the floats came a small crowd was already forming at the junction.
Mata came to direct traffic!
Floats lai liao!
The floats stopped! The MPs dropped by the carnival, thus the entire possession stopped for a good 10 minutes.
Problem was that I didn't know that until they have stopped for quite a good while, thus I quickly chiong-ed downstairs to get a good look and hopefully some good photos [which didn't materialise unfortunately].
Many residents, like me, chiong-ed downstairs armed with cameras too.
My first of photoshopped photos. I'm beginning to like high contrast photos.
NUS float!
The Singapore Pools float which was so long, it had difficulty turning.
Celebrating 50 years of public housing by suggesting 14-storey flats to be built right in front of 13-storey flats!
The unsung heroes following behind the floats, which included an ambulance, a lorry full of spare tyres, and a recovery vehicle.
The crowd after the possession.
Since I was already downstairs I decided to stop by the carnival for a bit.
Magic!
While I was there...
[ Apologies for poorly taken photos. Please don't click on the photos :( ]
Way before the floats came a small crowd was already forming at the junction.
Mata came to direct traffic!
Floats lai liao!
The floats stopped! The MPs dropped by the carnival, thus the entire possession stopped for a good 10 minutes.
Problem was that I didn't know that until they have stopped for quite a good while, thus I quickly chiong-ed downstairs to get a good look and hopefully some good photos [which didn't materialise unfortunately].
Many residents, like me, chiong-ed downstairs armed with cameras too.
My first of photoshopped photos. I'm beginning to like high contrast photos.
NUS float!
The Singapore Pools float which was so long, it had difficulty turning.
Celebrating 50 years of public housing by suggesting 14-storey flats to be built right in front of 13-storey flats!
The unsung heroes following behind the floats, which included an ambulance, a lorry full of spare tyres, and a recovery vehicle.
The crowd after the possession.
Since I was already downstairs I decided to stop by the carnival for a bit.
Magic!
While I was there...
Monday, February 22, 2010
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