How do you communicate with the hearing impaired and those without the ability to speak?
A few months back, while we were flying kite at ZX's house void deck, a guy came to us and watch us fly. Later, he attempted to communicate with us, and that's when we realise that he is one such fellow.
At first, he makes lots hand movement, which we could not understand at all. Its like a duck talking to a cow, which the duck goes "quack," and the cows replied "Mooooo???"
So, we tried to understand him. Its like a game... He is doing the actions, and we need to guess the sentence, without the time limit.
Finally, we understood. He is trying to tell us that he plays RC toys also. And our kite is beautiful, with all the LED lights on it.
It mark the start of a friendship. Every time we are at ZX's void deck, be it playing cards (UNO cards), be it talking cock, be it flying kite he would always stop to have a "chat" with us when he returns home before going back.
But one thing still remains. Barrier in communication. So much so that, yesterday night, he use his mobile to type out the message that he wants to convey to us.
But its better than the first time. This time, the duck and the cow goes something like "muack, and qoo" respectively, but sometimes, there's still difficulty in understand what he is trying to say.
Just imagine us yesterday, arms frailing away, the 4 of us... And if you are passing by, you will think there's 4 nutcases sitting at the void deck, not chatting, but arms waving away violently, and laughing suddenly at the same time.
Perhaps, its time for us to learn sign language. So far, i only know the sign language for number 1 - 10. Not to mention the internationally, universal sign lauguage, the one which everyone understood instantly, internationally, and comes together with a sound that sounds like "Nah!"
If you do not know what is the international sign laguage, don't ask. If you have to ask, then you are too young to know.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Sunday, April 29, 2007
What does duty siaos reply in E mail
Previously, i did mentioned in one of my old post, about the ST John Duty Siaos family, and how fun could it be when we are our chionging duty together.
Well, give you some ideas about how crazy we can be, from the E mails that we sent to EVERYONE!!!
Duty siaos, please do not mind this hor... Its just that we are all crazy!!!
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Story started when JH E mail to everyone if they can commit to NDP duties this year.
DT replied that he might be moving house during that time, and well, just put his name in first.
SQ chipped in "If you need help to move house, just blow your whistle."
I added in the next e mail " Hahaha.. Make it a SJRU outing?? Help DT move house!"
SQ replied "Good idea, that's what i call teamwork!"
JH in the next E mail " Okie, that will be good. All expense on DT. Thanks in advance, DT"
I replied " Okie. We dun ask for much... 10 course dinner at fullerton can liao".
Another E mail, now from R " Come on you guys... You should help him lighten his load, not burden him!! The most decent thing to do is to take what he does not want in his new house... like TV, mini stereo system, fridge, sofa set, kitchen cabinet, bedroom set furniture... get the idea, i am sure DT only wants new items for his house.
I replied. " I do not need his furniture or electrical devices, i only want all his books!"
R commented " That's a start!"
Then EC (he cannot stand it liao, must join in the fun liao, i guess) shoot back to R " thought you only work for goodie bag?"
R replied " I still do. Only this time round it has to be a really big goodie bag, more like Ali baba (duffel bad). Good enough?"
And i just replied to R " R, knowing you, duffel bag is not enough. My van can be hired at a cheap rate. Do consider."
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Ain't we a brunch of crazy fellows? Imagine doing it over E MAIL!!! We are after all, duty siaos!!!
Well, give you some ideas about how crazy we can be, from the E mails that we sent to EVERYONE!!!
Duty siaos, please do not mind this hor... Its just that we are all crazy!!!
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Story started when JH E mail to everyone if they can commit to NDP duties this year.
DT replied that he might be moving house during that time, and well, just put his name in first.
SQ chipped in "If you need help to move house, just blow your whistle."
I added in the next e mail " Hahaha.. Make it a SJRU outing?? Help DT move house!"
SQ replied "Good idea, that's what i call teamwork!"
JH in the next E mail " Okie, that will be good. All expense on DT. Thanks in advance, DT"
I replied " Okie. We dun ask for much... 10 course dinner at fullerton can liao".
Another E mail, now from R " Come on you guys... You should help him lighten his load, not burden him!! The most decent thing to do is to take what he does not want in his new house... like TV, mini stereo system, fridge, sofa set, kitchen cabinet, bedroom set furniture... get the idea, i am sure DT only wants new items for his house.
I replied. " I do not need his furniture or electrical devices, i only want all his books!"
R commented " That's a start!"
Then EC (he cannot stand it liao, must join in the fun liao, i guess) shoot back to R " thought you only work for goodie bag?"
R replied " I still do. Only this time round it has to be a really big goodie bag, more like Ali baba (duffel bad). Good enough?"
And i just replied to R " R, knowing you, duffel bag is not enough. My van can be hired at a cheap rate. Do consider."
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Ain't we a brunch of crazy fellows? Imagine doing it over E MAIL!!! We are after all, duty siaos!!!
Music, Songs
What will you do when you are feeling down, got lots of things on your mind, want to forget the stuffs that's bothering you, and you badly need a distraction? Or when you need to think things out?
Do you just cry it out? Munch away? Workout till totally exhausted? Go for a vacation? Or will you drink till drunk, party? Gets violent and start looking for trouble?
For me, the best way is to listen to some music, songs, relax in a lone, relaxing environment.
I have been feeling quite down these few days. Could not sleep the whole night, (that's why i am still blogging at 4.30am in the morning, at my second home, NHQ.)
Got some stuffs to think about, to sort them out, needs a distraction.
I switched on the TV. Nothing interesting. Not to say the TV programs sucks, (there's a nice movie showing), but i just does not have the mood to watch it, laugh when its funny... In fact, there's a character in the show that pisses me off.
I turn on the radio. Tuned to FM 97.2...
They are playing retro songs. Songs which i had listen in the 80s and 90s. And it was during that that period (80s and 90s) which i was like the teenagers nowadays, listening to the hip hop songs. Songs that i can recognize the singer and the title. (I admit that i am getting old liao. My radio is always tuned to Love 972, Class 95.)
It reminds me of the old days, when the music accompany my studies, my traveling time on buses, my sleeping time and even my part time jobs that i took up. Basically, i am listening to the radio the whole day, frequently to the extend that i can memorize the lyrics by just listening to it long enough. Believe me, i did not attempt to memorize at all!
Listening to the music, i felt a total sense of relaxation coming over me. I just relax. Singing along to the music also helps. I started to think back to the past. I recalled how my parents smashed my radio when i was studying for my Os, just because they cannot believe the fact that i can study better with songs.
My eyes fell on my police peak cap and some old photos displaying on my desk. I started to recall my NPCC days. Days as a cadet in secondary school. The good times and the bad times. How we trained for the campcraft competition, and got into the finals, a record in the history of that school unit. How we trained for the footdrill competition, and beat the rest of the UGs and emerge champions.
I think back on my CI (Cadet Inspector) course, (i was from the Dec 94 batch), my days at CCKSS, and Fajar sec as an instructor. The other instructors (BW, JL, ZX, Nazir, JW, CM, CX, GW, and Ms Phang, Mr Lim, Mr Solehan, and Ms Esther (Teachers in charge of FSS NPCC unit.)
I think back a lot of things. I could not sleep at all.
The troubled stuffs disappeared.
So, next time, when you are down, you think no one cares about you, you got lots of things on your mind, want to forget the stuffs that's bothering you, and you badly need a distraction? Or when you need to think things out? And you don't have a effective way to relax and chill down?
Try listening to some songs that you like. If it does not works for you, then you have to find a better way to forget your troubles.
Let me continue the story. I realize that the trill of music and rain and doing some ridiculous actions really soothes me.
I was thinking about NPCC days, when the thunder struck. "Kaboom!!!"
Bathed and scuttled out of the house before it pours. Drove in the heavy rain. Wanting to go for a rounding, i passed by HQ and turned into nicole highway. At the bridge, there's a build up of water puddles (continuous puddles) on the extreme left side of the road. I drove over those puddles, causing the water to be sprayed onto the pavement.
At a traffic light leading to geylang, there's a puddle of water there also, and i sped over it, causing water to be sprayed over the unfortunate car next to mine. Basically, we are spraying water on each other. That was fun.
And i go back to nicole highway again, and dove over those puddles again, at a higher speed, till my left rear tyre started to skid, twice, and my brakes got wet. Drove slowly after that to dry my brakes.
I admit, that's a bit dangerous. But then, as i was driving back to HQ (Enough liao), i was telling myself aloud...
"Man, that was fun!!!"
Do you just cry it out? Munch away? Workout till totally exhausted? Go for a vacation? Or will you drink till drunk, party? Gets violent and start looking for trouble?
For me, the best way is to listen to some music, songs, relax in a lone, relaxing environment.
I have been feeling quite down these few days. Could not sleep the whole night, (that's why i am still blogging at 4.30am in the morning, at my second home, NHQ.)
Got some stuffs to think about, to sort them out, needs a distraction.
I switched on the TV. Nothing interesting. Not to say the TV programs sucks, (there's a nice movie showing), but i just does not have the mood to watch it, laugh when its funny... In fact, there's a character in the show that pisses me off.
I turn on the radio. Tuned to FM 97.2...
They are playing retro songs. Songs which i had listen in the 80s and 90s. And it was during that that period (80s and 90s) which i was like the teenagers nowadays, listening to the hip hop songs. Songs that i can recognize the singer and the title. (I admit that i am getting old liao. My radio is always tuned to Love 972, Class 95.)
It reminds me of the old days, when the music accompany my studies, my traveling time on buses, my sleeping time and even my part time jobs that i took up. Basically, i am listening to the radio the whole day, frequently to the extend that i can memorize the lyrics by just listening to it long enough. Believe me, i did not attempt to memorize at all!
Listening to the music, i felt a total sense of relaxation coming over me. I just relax. Singing along to the music also helps. I started to think back to the past. I recalled how my parents smashed my radio when i was studying for my Os, just because they cannot believe the fact that i can study better with songs.
My eyes fell on my police peak cap and some old photos displaying on my desk. I started to recall my NPCC days. Days as a cadet in secondary school. The good times and the bad times. How we trained for the campcraft competition, and got into the finals, a record in the history of that school unit. How we trained for the footdrill competition, and beat the rest of the UGs and emerge champions.
I think back on my CI (Cadet Inspector) course, (i was from the Dec 94 batch), my days at CCKSS, and Fajar sec as an instructor. The other instructors (BW, JL, ZX, Nazir, JW, CM, CX, GW, and Ms Phang, Mr Lim, Mr Solehan, and Ms Esther (Teachers in charge of FSS NPCC unit.)
I think back a lot of things. I could not sleep at all.
The troubled stuffs disappeared.
So, next time, when you are down, you think no one cares about you, you got lots of things on your mind, want to forget the stuffs that's bothering you, and you badly need a distraction? Or when you need to think things out? And you don't have a effective way to relax and chill down?
Try listening to some songs that you like. If it does not works for you, then you have to find a better way to forget your troubles.
Let me continue the story. I realize that the trill of music and rain and doing some ridiculous actions really soothes me.
I was thinking about NPCC days, when the thunder struck. "Kaboom!!!"
Bathed and scuttled out of the house before it pours. Drove in the heavy rain. Wanting to go for a rounding, i passed by HQ and turned into nicole highway. At the bridge, there's a build up of water puddles (continuous puddles) on the extreme left side of the road. I drove over those puddles, causing the water to be sprayed onto the pavement.
At a traffic light leading to geylang, there's a puddle of water there also, and i sped over it, causing water to be sprayed over the unfortunate car next to mine. Basically, we are spraying water on each other. That was fun.
And i go back to nicole highway again, and dove over those puddles again, at a higher speed, till my left rear tyre started to skid, twice, and my brakes got wet. Drove slowly after that to dry my brakes.
I admit, that's a bit dangerous. But then, as i was driving back to HQ (Enough liao), i was telling myself aloud...
"Man, that was fun!!!"
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Lessons learned the hard way
The disappointment feeling did continue yesterday. And i thought it was over... Wrong.
I always knew i am not cut out to teach. I cannot be a teacher. Somehow one way or another, i always learn from my mistakes. Some stupid, careless mistake which i always overlook, some finer point of details which i always missed out.
Take First Aid for example. Ask me to do, and i can do it. Ask me to teach some members (who has the basic foundation of First Aid) and i still can do it, but there's always some points which i will miss out, and ask me to teach a group of people who has not absolute idea of what the hell first aid is, and i will "strumble".
I always believe teaching is to allow the students to have a complete understanding of the principles of "why do we need to do that", "why do we have to be careful of that" stuff. Telling them the procedures of doing for example, CPR, and they will just do CPR. But tell them why do they need to follow the procedures, i believe they will be able to remember the procedure better.
Yesterday night is Vincent's first flight of flying RC kite. AF and Viper was not around. Only me and ZX was around.
I took the task of teaching Vincent how to fly and the tricks of flying. ZX came and join us later.
Vincent was into RC stuffs since young. He played RC heli before, and now, he is playing RC cars (those type that runs on liquid fuel, not batteries, mind you), and he is now going into RC kites. In a way, he will learn faster and better, coz of his RC foundation.
I was so engrossed into telling him the tricks of controlling the kite, to allow it to stay in the air, till i miss out something very important. Trimming his kite on the transmitter. You can actually trim a kite till it is very "floatable" in the air. ZX later trimmed the kite and Vincent actually finds it easiler to fly.
Lesson learned. Next time when there's a need "which i don't think so" for me to teach new flyers on the tricks of kite flying, i must trim the kite first.
Why must i always learn the lesson the hard way??
I always knew i am not cut out to teach. I cannot be a teacher. Somehow one way or another, i always learn from my mistakes. Some stupid, careless mistake which i always overlook, some finer point of details which i always missed out.
Take First Aid for example. Ask me to do, and i can do it. Ask me to teach some members (who has the basic foundation of First Aid) and i still can do it, but there's always some points which i will miss out, and ask me to teach a group of people who has not absolute idea of what the hell first aid is, and i will "strumble".
I always believe teaching is to allow the students to have a complete understanding of the principles of "why do we need to do that", "why do we have to be careful of that" stuff. Telling them the procedures of doing for example, CPR, and they will just do CPR. But tell them why do they need to follow the procedures, i believe they will be able to remember the procedure better.
Yesterday night is Vincent's first flight of flying RC kite. AF and Viper was not around. Only me and ZX was around.
I took the task of teaching Vincent how to fly and the tricks of flying. ZX came and join us later.
Vincent was into RC stuffs since young. He played RC heli before, and now, he is playing RC cars (those type that runs on liquid fuel, not batteries, mind you), and he is now going into RC kites. In a way, he will learn faster and better, coz of his RC foundation.
I was so engrossed into telling him the tricks of controlling the kite, to allow it to stay in the air, till i miss out something very important. Trimming his kite on the transmitter. You can actually trim a kite till it is very "floatable" in the air. ZX later trimmed the kite and Vincent actually finds it easiler to fly.
Lesson learned. Next time when there's a need "which i don't think so" for me to teach new flyers on the tricks of kite flying, i must trim the kite first.
Why must i always learn the lesson the hard way??
Friday, April 27, 2007
Post from talkingcock website
Hahaha... This is funny!!! From the talkingcock website!!!
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SDP Nearly Bags EU Membership for Singapore
Posted on Thursday, April 26, 2007
Topic: International News
by Cockmaster
In a very bold and audacious move, the SDP secretly filed for Singapore to become a member of the European Union and almost succeeded.
The unauthorized application was only discovered when Dr. James Gonzo, a Spanish lawyer in charge of filing the application documents failed to include a required form on the rights of minority groups in Singapore.
Dr. Gonzo had been requested to help file the application by a Spanish-Singaporean medical practitioner – one “Dr. Chee San Juan” – who told him that no senior SDP members are currently allowed to leave Singapore and the documents had to be filed in Brussels by a representative of the state.
While admitting that the application was a fraud, Dr. Gonzo did not accept that he forgot to file the document on minorities, but video surveillance cameras revealed that instead of handing over the partially completed form, he had put it in his briefcase and left.
When asked why no-one in the EU headquarters reacted when a Spanish citizen filed the documents on behalf of the Singaporean Government, Mr. Jürgen Müller, a spokesman of the EU, explained, “they forgot to check his ID. Hhe claimed to be speaking something he called Singlish but no one really understood what he was saying, so they assumed he said ‘Spanish’.”
Mr. Müller continued, “In hindsight, it is remarkable that the approval process was almost completed before the fraud was discovered, I mean, Singapore isn’t exactly a part of Europe. Apparently no-one in the office ever heard about Singapore, we got so many applications lately, the secretary thought it was one of the small city states in Italy or the Alps, like Monaco or San Marino.”
Prof. Ralph Johnson, an expert on European Union Law, calls the incident unprecedented and highlights an intriguing fact about EU membership, “the thing about EU is that you cannot cancel your membership, no state has ever left the Union and there simply are no laws regarding this matter, it is not an option. In other words, had Dr. Gonzo succeeded there is no way that the Singaporean Government could have cancelled the membership, not even by force.”
Prof. Johnson continued, “The Singaporean Government would have been forced to break down all the state monopolies, abolish the death penalty, cut back on censorship, allow street protests, independent trade unions, anonymous elections and strikes. They would have to give up many of the highly regarded “Asian values” but in return they would have gotten unlimited access to the world’s biggest market and the protection of European armies, which admittedly didn’t work out very well last time for Singapore.”
Finally, he added, “According to the logic of Minister Mentor Lee, joining the EU would also make it okay not to have astronomical Ministerial salaries, so lucky for them the application was caught in time.”
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There's why i like that website. www.talkingcock.com
Never fails to bring a smile or some laugher to me...
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SDP Nearly Bags EU Membership for Singapore
Posted on Thursday, April 26, 2007
Topic: International News
by Cockmaster
In a very bold and audacious move, the SDP secretly filed for Singapore to become a member of the European Union and almost succeeded.
The unauthorized application was only discovered when Dr. James Gonzo, a Spanish lawyer in charge of filing the application documents failed to include a required form on the rights of minority groups in Singapore.
Dr. Gonzo had been requested to help file the application by a Spanish-Singaporean medical practitioner – one “Dr. Chee San Juan” – who told him that no senior SDP members are currently allowed to leave Singapore and the documents had to be filed in Brussels by a representative of the state.
While admitting that the application was a fraud, Dr. Gonzo did not accept that he forgot to file the document on minorities, but video surveillance cameras revealed that instead of handing over the partially completed form, he had put it in his briefcase and left.
When asked why no-one in the EU headquarters reacted when a Spanish citizen filed the documents on behalf of the Singaporean Government, Mr. Jürgen Müller, a spokesman of the EU, explained, “they forgot to check his ID. Hhe claimed to be speaking something he called Singlish but no one really understood what he was saying, so they assumed he said ‘Spanish’.”
Mr. Müller continued, “In hindsight, it is remarkable that the approval process was almost completed before the fraud was discovered, I mean, Singapore isn’t exactly a part of Europe. Apparently no-one in the office ever heard about Singapore, we got so many applications lately, the secretary thought it was one of the small city states in Italy or the Alps, like Monaco or San Marino.”
Prof. Ralph Johnson, an expert on European Union Law, calls the incident unprecedented and highlights an intriguing fact about EU membership, “the thing about EU is that you cannot cancel your membership, no state has ever left the Union and there simply are no laws regarding this matter, it is not an option. In other words, had Dr. Gonzo succeeded there is no way that the Singaporean Government could have cancelled the membership, not even by force.”
Prof. Johnson continued, “The Singaporean Government would have been forced to break down all the state monopolies, abolish the death penalty, cut back on censorship, allow street protests, independent trade unions, anonymous elections and strikes. They would have to give up many of the highly regarded “Asian values” but in return they would have gotten unlimited access to the world’s biggest market and the protection of European armies, which admittedly didn’t work out very well last time for Singapore.”
Finally, he added, “According to the logic of Minister Mentor Lee, joining the EU would also make it okay not to have astronomical Ministerial salaries, so lucky for them the application was caught in time.”
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There's why i like that website. www.talkingcock.com
Never fails to bring a smile or some laugher to me...
Activity postponed
Kinda disappointing today...
Took leave from work, had a good night's sleep, woke up, spend the morning watching cartoons on Kid's central. Misses the cartoons... Well, there's a kid in everyone of us right?
Went to HQ early. Had a long long chat with ST, to trash out all the things between me and him. Kinda work out a system between him and zone 3. Got some e mails to sent to the teachers to finalise the duty hours.
Went to TP for a duty with Rafi, Venod. AP was due to join us later. It started to rain on our way there.
Alas! Due to the heavy downpour, the event was postponed to next friday. Need to take leave again. Heng (luckily), i stop production for next week, due to the coming Labour day (1st May). Its also a good chance for us (me and my colleagues) to take a breather from the hectic work schedules.
So, feeling kinda disappointed and sian. Its still raining, and i am still in my second home, (SJ HQ), and i have no plans to go back yet. Going back got also nothing to do, except jioing Vincent out to fly kite. AF went overseas, and Viper is still sick. Have not called ZX yet, but chances are, he might not be free to fly. My batteries are still with ZX, charging.
Worried about my battery. Yesterday night, went to riverside point to fly. Overdischarged one of my new battery. Hope nothing goes wrong. Batteries are not cheap. I already had one new battery damaged after some crashes.
Only thing that can make my mood worse if the electricity trips while i am in HQ while i am taking a nap (in HQ) later.
Took leave from work, had a good night's sleep, woke up, spend the morning watching cartoons on Kid's central. Misses the cartoons... Well, there's a kid in everyone of us right?
Went to HQ early. Had a long long chat with ST, to trash out all the things between me and him. Kinda work out a system between him and zone 3. Got some e mails to sent to the teachers to finalise the duty hours.
Went to TP for a duty with Rafi, Venod. AP was due to join us later. It started to rain on our way there.
Alas! Due to the heavy downpour, the event was postponed to next friday. Need to take leave again. Heng (luckily), i stop production for next week, due to the coming Labour day (1st May). Its also a good chance for us (me and my colleagues) to take a breather from the hectic work schedules.
So, feeling kinda disappointed and sian. Its still raining, and i am still in my second home, (SJ HQ), and i have no plans to go back yet. Going back got also nothing to do, except jioing Vincent out to fly kite. AF went overseas, and Viper is still sick. Have not called ZX yet, but chances are, he might not be free to fly. My batteries are still with ZX, charging.
Worried about my battery. Yesterday night, went to riverside point to fly. Overdischarged one of my new battery. Hope nothing goes wrong. Batteries are not cheap. I already had one new battery damaged after some crashes.
Only thing that can make my mood worse if the electricity trips while i am in HQ while i am taking a nap (in HQ) later.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Another lame chinese poem
Hmmm.. just realised that my office computer (new one) does not have any input for chinese characters...
I was driving WC and Lam back yesterday, when i came to a t junction. The light just flash green in my direction, and so, i signal left and turn left.
At the same time, a taxi U-turn and cut into my lane. That taxi had beat the red light. (Too bad, there's no red light cameras). I high beamed him.
And at the same time, i was cursing at that taxi driver for beating the red light and cut into my lane... Then it click!
So, i began chanting.
Zai ban ye san geng
Taxi chuan hong deng
Lai zhuo ge U turn
Bi wo kai da deng
Translation:
In the middle of the night
Taxi beat red light
to make a U turn
Force me to flash high beam
I was driving WC and Lam back yesterday, when i came to a t junction. The light just flash green in my direction, and so, i signal left and turn left.
At the same time, a taxi U-turn and cut into my lane. That taxi had beat the red light. (Too bad, there's no red light cameras). I high beamed him.
And at the same time, i was cursing at that taxi driver for beating the red light and cut into my lane... Then it click!
So, i began chanting.
Zai ban ye san geng
Taxi chuan hong deng
Lai zhuo ge U turn
Bi wo kai da deng
Translation:
In the middle of the night
Taxi beat red light
to make a U turn
Force me to flash high beam
Weather
It's the end of April. It should be spring, going to summer soon by now, ain't it?
But the weather is miserable. It has been raining practically everyday, with thunderstorms, bright dazzles of lighting that most motorist thought they were being photographed for speeding, and beating the red light.
For the past few days, its scorching hot in the morning and afternoon till you can get a tan by just driving, and in the late afternoon / evening, it start to pour. Timing is always very "zhun" (accurate). It will rain during the evening peak hour.
Yesterday was no different. It rained at about 1530 hours, and there, the difference comes in.
The rain was what the chinese called "chang ming yu" (Long life rain). It rained and stopped from yesterday evening till this morning. And because of the weather, i was struck in a miserable jam, and was awfully late for work.
Everyone is miserable at the hot scorching sun, and the wet weather that follows, and the side-effects of raining. Long traffic jams, packed bus, and there are friends around me who are falling sick mainly coz of the weather.
And in Thailand, the weather is different. They have hot scorching weather, to a point the ammunition in a army depot exploded. (Wow!!! interesting!!)
Somehow, one can see that the climate is changing, to more extreme. When its bright and sunny, you can feel your skin being baked if you stand under the sun for a moment too long, and when it rains continuously, it can be so cold that one will not be surprise if it actually starts snowing!!
We like to go to the extreme, do extreme sports, extreme fashion, and now, it seems the weather is also going into the extreme. Beware!!!
But the weather is miserable. It has been raining practically everyday, with thunderstorms, bright dazzles of lighting that most motorist thought they were being photographed for speeding, and beating the red light.
For the past few days, its scorching hot in the morning and afternoon till you can get a tan by just driving, and in the late afternoon / evening, it start to pour. Timing is always very "zhun" (accurate). It will rain during the evening peak hour.
Yesterday was no different. It rained at about 1530 hours, and there, the difference comes in.
The rain was what the chinese called "chang ming yu" (Long life rain). It rained and stopped from yesterday evening till this morning. And because of the weather, i was struck in a miserable jam, and was awfully late for work.
Everyone is miserable at the hot scorching sun, and the wet weather that follows, and the side-effects of raining. Long traffic jams, packed bus, and there are friends around me who are falling sick mainly coz of the weather.
And in Thailand, the weather is different. They have hot scorching weather, to a point the ammunition in a army depot exploded. (Wow!!! interesting!!)
Somehow, one can see that the climate is changing, to more extreme. When its bright and sunny, you can feel your skin being baked if you stand under the sun for a moment too long, and when it rains continuously, it can be so cold that one will not be surprise if it actually starts snowing!!
We like to go to the extreme, do extreme sports, extreme fashion, and now, it seems the weather is also going into the extreme. Beware!!!
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Potentially habitable planet found
Potentially habitable planet found By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer.
The planet is named 581 c, which circles a red dwarf star Gliese 581. Man, this sounds like some triller friction movie script.
As quoted, "The planet is just the right size, might have water in liquid form, and in galactic terms is relatively nearby at 120 trillion miles away".
Lets do our maths. 120 trillion miles = 120,000 billion miles = 120,000,000 million miles = 120,000,000,000,000 miles, and 1 mile = 1.609 344 kilometer, calculate yourself. My calculator showed me the "E" sign.
If you are seeing too many zeros, i can simply put it this way... 20.5 light years away from earth, meaning to say, if you are travelling at the speed of light, it would take you 20.5 years to reach 581 c. You would prob said "Are we there yet" trillions of times.
Me? i would not want to go there. Couple of reasons.
1) I will die before i reach there. (There's no such thing as a transport system that allows you to travel at the speed of light, and even there is, i would not want to spend 20.5 years on travelling)
2) I am already very heavy. I don't want to be heavier, as the gravity is 1.6 times the earth.
3) I don't want to buy birthday presents once every 13 days to my friends, since it orbits its star every 13 days. I will be dead broke.
But still, its interesting. Who knows? ET is from that planet!!!
The planet is named 581 c, which circles a red dwarf star Gliese 581. Man, this sounds like some triller friction movie script.
As quoted, "The planet is just the right size, might have water in liquid form, and in galactic terms is relatively nearby at 120 trillion miles away".
Lets do our maths. 120 trillion miles = 120,000 billion miles = 120,000,000 million miles = 120,000,000,000,000 miles, and 1 mile = 1.609 344 kilometer, calculate yourself. My calculator showed me the "E" sign.
If you are seeing too many zeros, i can simply put it this way... 20.5 light years away from earth, meaning to say, if you are travelling at the speed of light, it would take you 20.5 years to reach 581 c. You would prob said "Are we there yet" trillions of times.
Me? i would not want to go there. Couple of reasons.
1) I will die before i reach there. (There's no such thing as a transport system that allows you to travel at the speed of light, and even there is, i would not want to spend 20.5 years on travelling)
2) I am already very heavy. I don't want to be heavier, as the gravity is 1.6 times the earth.
3) I don't want to buy birthday presents once every 13 days to my friends, since it orbits its star every 13 days. I will be dead broke.
But still, its interesting. Who knows? ET is from that planet!!!
"Sick of it all" Live in concert!!!
A friend enlist my help in helping to advertise a upcoming concert, by the band, "SICK OF IT ALL"
Alright.... Don't get excited and start jumping in warming up to the music.
Alright.... Don't get excited and start jumping in warming up to the music.
Band shot. Too bad, i cannot download better quality pictures of them.
If you have never heard of this band, its a nice chance to go to their website to take a look.
http://www.sickofitall.com/
Details as below:
Type of Music: Hardcore Rock. (What do you expect from a Hardcore Rock Band?)
Date / Time: 25th May 2007 / 1700hours
Venue: Far East Square Pavilion, 28 China Street
Ticket prices: S$60 (at the door), S$50 (presale)
However if you are a bit tight in your wallet, i have just the lobang for you. S$40. Just contact this person, Alvin Ang. E mail: alphaowen@msn.com Mobile: 81339481
Enjoy the hardcore rock concert!!! The one that gets you jumping!!
Movie, Fracture
How would you convict a person, who shot his wife, but the weapon (a gun recovered from the scene) was proven never been fired before and 4 rounds was missing, the key witness was sleeping with that person's wife?
Ah... a real triller, with a twist at the end. No frills court room case. If this happens in Singapore, that case would have driven the media frenzy, just like sharks who have scented blood.
Too bad. This happens in the movies.
Went for a show with WC, Viper, AF and CS. Title of the show is "Fracture". This fracture does not involve immobilizing the affected parts of a broken bone.
Not bad... I like the plot and the smartness of the guy (Anthony Hopkins) who shot his wife.
This movie is not action-based. To those who wanna see lots shots being fired, and only the bad guy dies, forget it. But to those who are into plots with a twist, investigation work, ahhh... this is the one.
Ah... a real triller, with a twist at the end. No frills court room case. If this happens in Singapore, that case would have driven the media frenzy, just like sharks who have scented blood.
Too bad. This happens in the movies.
Went for a show with WC, Viper, AF and CS. Title of the show is "Fracture". This fracture does not involve immobilizing the affected parts of a broken bone.
Not bad... I like the plot and the smartness of the guy (Anthony Hopkins) who shot his wife.
This movie is not action-based. To those who wanna see lots shots being fired, and only the bad guy dies, forget it. But to those who are into plots with a twist, investigation work, ahhh... this is the one.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Man who crashed car in test drive charged
Man who crashed car in test drive charged,
Tuesday April 24, 12:17 PM, Channel Newsasia
I recalled a storm raising about that guy, who crashes a Mazda MX-5 convertible, during a test drive, killing a 22 year-old lady.
Tuesday April 24, 12:17 PM, Channel Newsasia
I recalled a storm raising about that guy, who crashes a Mazda MX-5 convertible, during a test drive, killing a 22 year-old lady.
Status of the car after the accident. It's smashed beyond repair, and has to be scrapped before its even sold!!!!
If i am not wrong, (please correct me if i am wrong), from the papers (Straits Times, forum section, if i am not wrong), that same guy wrote in his blog about thinking to purchase another sports car, after that incident, and he's still under investigation about the accident which involves a life.
Other bloggers shoot back, saying he shouldn't be looking at other sports car. Instead he should live in regret, being responsible of a young lady's life lost.
And yesterday, he's being charged, and if found guilty, he will faces a maximum 5 year jail term. He's out on $10,000 bail. And he's also facing civil suits beside the criminal suit, from the other parties that is involved in the accident.
If he's remorseful about the accident, (living in guilt is never easy, you have to live with it your whole life), i got nothing to say. The living with guilt is enough sentence to him. But, less then 2 years after the accident, he's thinking about buying another sports car, and wrote in his blog, he does not deserve to be forgiven.
Has he not learn his lesson? Such a big "fall" and he still does not feel remorseful and repent... And in this way, he deserves the maximum punishment.
I shall follow this case closely.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Jokes
Some Jokes in here to keep your Monday Blues away!!!
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College Degrees
The graduate with a Science degree asks, "Why does it work?"
The graduate with an Engineering degree asks, "How does it work?"
The graduate with an Accounting degree Asks, "How much will it cost?"
The graduate with a Liberal Arts degree asks, "Do you want fries with that?"
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The psychology instructor had just finished a lecture on mental health and was giving an oral test.
Speaking specifically about manic depression, she asked, "How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs one minute, then sits in a chair weeping uncontrollably the next?"
A young man raised his hand and answered, "A basketball coach?"
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Love Potion
An old man goes to the Wizard to ask him if he can remove a curse he has been living with for the last 40 years.
The Wizard says, "Maybe, but you will have to tell me the exact words that were used to put the curse on you."
The old man says without hesitation, "I now pronounce you man and wife."
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The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), The FBI, and the CIA are all trying to prove that they are the best at apprehending criminals. The President decides to give them a test. He releases a rabbit into a forest and each of them has to catch it.
The CIA goes in. They place animal informants throughout the forest. They question all plant and mineral witnesses. After three months of extensive investigations they conclude that rabbits do not exist.
The FBI goes in. After two weeks with no leads they burn the forest, killing everything in it, including the rabbit, and they make no apologies. The rabbit had it coming.
The LAPD goes in. They come out two hours later with a badly beaten bear. The bear is yelling: "Okay! Okay! I'm a rabbit! I'm a rabbit!"
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A tourist asks a man in uniform, "Are you a policeman?"
"No, I am an undercover detective."
"So why are you in uniform?"
"Today is my day off."
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An old man was on his death bed. He wanted badly to take some of his money with him. He called his priest, his doctor and his lawyer to his bedside. "Here's $30,000 cash to be held by each of you. I trust you to put this in my coffin when I die so I can take all my money with me."
At the funeral, each man put an envelope in the coffin. Riding away in a limousine, the priest suddenly broke into tears and confessed, "I had only put $20,000 into the envelope because I needed $10,000 for a new baptistery."
"Well, since we're confiding in each other," said the doctor, "I only put $10,000 in the envelope because we needed a new machine at the hospital which cost $20,000."
The lawyer was aghast. "I'm ashamed of both of you," he exclaimed. "I want it known that when I put my envelope in that coffin, it held my personal check for the full $30,000."
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The parents were very disappointed in the grades that their son brought home. "The only consolation I can find in these awful grades," lamented the father, "is that I know he never cheated during his exams."
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What's the difference between mechanical engineers and civil engineers?
Mechanical engineers build weapons.
Civil engineers build targets.
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College Degrees
The graduate with a Science degree asks, "Why does it work?"
The graduate with an Engineering degree asks, "How does it work?"
The graduate with an Accounting degree Asks, "How much will it cost?"
The graduate with a Liberal Arts degree asks, "Do you want fries with that?"
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The psychology instructor had just finished a lecture on mental health and was giving an oral test.
Speaking specifically about manic depression, she asked, "How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs one minute, then sits in a chair weeping uncontrollably the next?"
A young man raised his hand and answered, "A basketball coach?"
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Love Potion
An old man goes to the Wizard to ask him if he can remove a curse he has been living with for the last 40 years.
The Wizard says, "Maybe, but you will have to tell me the exact words that were used to put the curse on you."
The old man says without hesitation, "I now pronounce you man and wife."
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The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), The FBI, and the CIA are all trying to prove that they are the best at apprehending criminals. The President decides to give them a test. He releases a rabbit into a forest and each of them has to catch it.
The CIA goes in. They place animal informants throughout the forest. They question all plant and mineral witnesses. After three months of extensive investigations they conclude that rabbits do not exist.
The FBI goes in. After two weeks with no leads they burn the forest, killing everything in it, including the rabbit, and they make no apologies. The rabbit had it coming.
The LAPD goes in. They come out two hours later with a badly beaten bear. The bear is yelling: "Okay! Okay! I'm a rabbit! I'm a rabbit!"
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A tourist asks a man in uniform, "Are you a policeman?"
"No, I am an undercover detective."
"So why are you in uniform?"
"Today is my day off."
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An old man was on his death bed. He wanted badly to take some of his money with him. He called his priest, his doctor and his lawyer to his bedside. "Here's $30,000 cash to be held by each of you. I trust you to put this in my coffin when I die so I can take all my money with me."
At the funeral, each man put an envelope in the coffin. Riding away in a limousine, the priest suddenly broke into tears and confessed, "I had only put $20,000 into the envelope because I needed $10,000 for a new baptistery."
"Well, since we're confiding in each other," said the doctor, "I only put $10,000 in the envelope because we needed a new machine at the hospital which cost $20,000."
The lawyer was aghast. "I'm ashamed of both of you," he exclaimed. "I want it known that when I put my envelope in that coffin, it held my personal check for the full $30,000."
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The parents were very disappointed in the grades that their son brought home. "The only consolation I can find in these awful grades," lamented the father, "is that I know he never cheated during his exams."
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What's the difference between mechanical engineers and civil engineers?
Mechanical engineers build weapons.
Civil engineers build targets.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
History of Singapore
Ask any Singaporean about the history of Singapore.
Chances are that they don't know about the history of Singapore, or know partially about it.
I was doing a duty on Sat morning. Its a heritage trail organised to mostly senior citizens. Venue is at Istana Kampong Glam. Went in into the museum for a free and easy tour of the Malay heritage.
Met an New Zealander (staying in Singapore) there. SQ and me had a nice friendly chat with him. Started when he recognise our 8 pointed stars, and mentioned that SJAB is a good organisation.
The topic went to the history of Singapore.
Amazingly, he knew the orgins of Singapore... Even before Sir Stamford Raffles founded Singapore!!! How the British went for a alternate way to get "control" of Singapore, by recognizing the Sultan's brother as the rightful Sultan of Singapura (Singapore), signing a treaty with him and change the name of the island to Singapore.
Istana Kampung Glam is the residence of the Sultan of Singapore, located along Sultan Gate.
After signing the treaty, Sir Raffles left Singapore and let Mr William Farquhar to do the administration of the island. (Sad to say, Sir Stamford Raffles is so well-known in Singapore, but not William Farquhar and Dr John Crawford, who replaced Mr William Farquhar.)
Imagine a New Zealander knows about the history of Singapore, and we, Singaporeans does not know!!! (Luckily, i still can recall my secondary school history lessons, or i would have embarrass myself and the all the Singaporeans.)
Interestingly, there's a controversy over who is the founder of Singapore. You can read about the debate over here.
Frankly speaking, I am not very familiar about Singapore history before the British came. I am more well-versed (not an expert) on the happenings after the British came. How they develop the island, how they surrender Singapore to the Japanese after only 10 days of fighting on Singapore soil on Feb 1942, how the Japanese surrender to the Allied forces on Sept 1945, how the MPAJA (Malayan People Anti-Japanese Army) changed to MPABA (Malayan People Anti-British Army).
Not forgetting about the riots, the Mac donald house bombing, how Singapore gain internal independance, how Singapore become part of Malaysia, and how Singapore gain independence on the 9th Augest 1965.
It's all about history of the soil you call your home.
Chances are that they don't know about the history of Singapore, or know partially about it.
I was doing a duty on Sat morning. Its a heritage trail organised to mostly senior citizens. Venue is at Istana Kampong Glam. Went in into the museum for a free and easy tour of the Malay heritage.
Met an New Zealander (staying in Singapore) there. SQ and me had a nice friendly chat with him. Started when he recognise our 8 pointed stars, and mentioned that SJAB is a good organisation.
The topic went to the history of Singapore.
Amazingly, he knew the orgins of Singapore... Even before Sir Stamford Raffles founded Singapore!!! How the British went for a alternate way to get "control" of Singapore, by recognizing the Sultan's brother as the rightful Sultan of Singapura (Singapore), signing a treaty with him and change the name of the island to Singapore.
Istana Kampung Glam is the residence of the Sultan of Singapore, located along Sultan Gate.
After signing the treaty, Sir Raffles left Singapore and let Mr William Farquhar to do the administration of the island. (Sad to say, Sir Stamford Raffles is so well-known in Singapore, but not William Farquhar and Dr John Crawford, who replaced Mr William Farquhar.)
Imagine a New Zealander knows about the history of Singapore, and we, Singaporeans does not know!!! (Luckily, i still can recall my secondary school history lessons, or i would have embarrass myself and the all the Singaporeans.)
Interestingly, there's a controversy over who is the founder of Singapore. You can read about the debate over here.
Frankly speaking, I am not very familiar about Singapore history before the British came. I am more well-versed (not an expert) on the happenings after the British came. How they develop the island, how they surrender Singapore to the Japanese after only 10 days of fighting on Singapore soil on Feb 1942, how the Japanese surrender to the Allied forces on Sept 1945, how the MPAJA (Malayan People Anti-Japanese Army) changed to MPABA (Malayan People Anti-British Army).
Not forgetting about the riots, the Mac donald house bombing, how Singapore gain internal independance, how Singapore become part of Malaysia, and how Singapore gain independence on the 9th Augest 1965.
It's all about history of the soil you call your home.
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Story on Monkeys and Management
Let me tell you a story on Monkeys and Management. The story was told to me by our forever funny guy... He's none other than (Drum rolls...) MR RAFI!!!
Imagine you take 10 monkeys, put inside a cage. Then you hang a banana on the top, with a ladder leading to it.
Its a matter of time when a monkey spots the banana, and climb up a ladder to it. Halfway up, you spray some water on all the monkeys. (Imagine all the monkeys does not like being sprayed on). Continue doing it until none of the monkeys will climb up the ladder to the banana.
Now, you take out one monkey, and replace it with a new monkey (one that have not been sprayed before).
Now, the new monkey notices the banana on the top, and started climbing up the ladder to the banana. The other 9 monkeys will pull that new monkey down (no more spraying of water liao), and hamtam (wack) that new monkey up.
Take another "old" monkey out, and replaced with another new monkey. (8 "sprayed" monkeys and 2 "unsprayed before" monkeys).
The new monkey will see the banana and start climbing up the ladder. The other 9 monkeys (including the previous new monkey) will pounce on the new monkey and hamtam him up.
Replace another old monkey with a new monkey, and continue to do so until the 10 monkeys in the cage had not been sprayed before.
The same thing will happen. At the end, even all the 9 monkeys who had not been sprayed before will hamtam the latest addition monkey when he tries to climb up the ladder. They does not understand how come the ladder cannot be climbed (all has never been sprayed before) to the banana. All knows that its their "duty" to hamtam any monkeys that tries to climb up the ladder.
Link that to the management in any organisation.
Moral of the story?
Sometimes, you need to think what the hell are you doing, and why are you doing it. Ideas that does not work in the past does not mean it will not work now. Move out from your "comfort zone" and attempt some risks. Be creative and think out of the box.
If it does not work the first time, try again. It is not necessary that it will not work the second time, third, fourth, or even fifth time. Of course, be reasonable in your quest, and always look at what went wrong, and try to correct it. Do not be afraid to make mistakes, coz the road to glory is littered with f*** ups. Learn from your mistakes and try not to repeat the mistakes.
As what the world's greatest inventor, Edison commented when asked about if he is tired of using so many materials for the filament of the light bulb..... (He tried using, let's say 1000 materials to be the filament of the light bulb before succeeding) "I had learnt 999 ways of unsuitable materials of making the light bulb work".
"He who only gets thing right the first time, only learns one thing. He who fails 100 times before succeeding will learn 101 things."
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Back in my second home. Another duty later, and i am dead tired now. Going to "faint" on the bed now.
-The End-
Imagine you take 10 monkeys, put inside a cage. Then you hang a banana on the top, with a ladder leading to it.
Its a matter of time when a monkey spots the banana, and climb up a ladder to it. Halfway up, you spray some water on all the monkeys. (Imagine all the monkeys does not like being sprayed on). Continue doing it until none of the monkeys will climb up the ladder to the banana.
Now, you take out one monkey, and replace it with a new monkey (one that have not been sprayed before).
Now, the new monkey notices the banana on the top, and started climbing up the ladder to the banana. The other 9 monkeys will pull that new monkey down (no more spraying of water liao), and hamtam (wack) that new monkey up.
Take another "old" monkey out, and replaced with another new monkey. (8 "sprayed" monkeys and 2 "unsprayed before" monkeys).
The new monkey will see the banana and start climbing up the ladder. The other 9 monkeys (including the previous new monkey) will pounce on the new monkey and hamtam him up.
Replace another old monkey with a new monkey, and continue to do so until the 10 monkeys in the cage had not been sprayed before.
The same thing will happen. At the end, even all the 9 monkeys who had not been sprayed before will hamtam the latest addition monkey when he tries to climb up the ladder. They does not understand how come the ladder cannot be climbed (all has never been sprayed before) to the banana. All knows that its their "duty" to hamtam any monkeys that tries to climb up the ladder.
Link that to the management in any organisation.
Moral of the story?
Sometimes, you need to think what the hell are you doing, and why are you doing it. Ideas that does not work in the past does not mean it will not work now. Move out from your "comfort zone" and attempt some risks. Be creative and think out of the box.
If it does not work the first time, try again. It is not necessary that it will not work the second time, third, fourth, or even fifth time. Of course, be reasonable in your quest, and always look at what went wrong, and try to correct it. Do not be afraid to make mistakes, coz the road to glory is littered with f*** ups. Learn from your mistakes and try not to repeat the mistakes.
As what the world's greatest inventor, Edison commented when asked about if he is tired of using so many materials for the filament of the light bulb..... (He tried using, let's say 1000 materials to be the filament of the light bulb before succeeding) "I had learnt 999 ways of unsuitable materials of making the light bulb work".
"He who only gets thing right the first time, only learns one thing. He who fails 100 times before succeeding will learn 101 things."
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Back in my second home. Another duty later, and i am dead tired now. Going to "faint" on the bed now.
-The End-
Friday, April 20, 2007
News on dieting
Hmmm... some interesting news for all. Especially for the females.
Its something to do with dieting. But to those who are really really slim, do not further go on a diet. Its ain't healthy.
"Glycemic load" of diet has no effect on weight loss
Its the calories, not the type pf carbohydrate that is necessary in weight loss. So, those on a diet, watch the calorie, not carbohydrates! Read the article! I am too tired now to write about any summary of the article. (More like lazy).
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And once again, i am spending the night at my second home. Got a duty later.
Its something to do with dieting. But to those who are really really slim, do not further go on a diet. Its ain't healthy.
"Glycemic load" of diet has no effect on weight loss
Its the calories, not the type pf carbohydrate that is necessary in weight loss. So, those on a diet, watch the calorie, not carbohydrates! Read the article! I am too tired now to write about any summary of the article. (More like lazy).
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And once again, i am spending the night at my second home. Got a duty later.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
BYOBD (II)
Every month's first Wednesday
is bring your own bag day,
don't throw those plastic bags away,
just recycle it, okie?
Aim of bring your own bag day
to keep the pollutants at bay,
save the enviroment in a way,
as claimed by the NEA.
Population have lots to say
about bring your own bag day
Need new plastic bag you must pay
10 cents is a lot leh
Others say dun pray pray
They wanna see sunlight ray
If's too much pollution, they say
into coffins we all lay
So, every month's first Wednesday
is bring your own bag day,
Need new plastic bags, you must pay
then its really a bad day!
is bring your own bag day,
don't throw those plastic bags away,
just recycle it, okie?
Aim of bring your own bag day
to keep the pollutants at bay,
save the enviroment in a way,
as claimed by the NEA.
Population have lots to say
about bring your own bag day
Need new plastic bag you must pay
10 cents is a lot leh
Others say dun pray pray
They wanna see sunlight ray
If's too much pollution, they say
into coffins we all lay
So, every month's first Wednesday
is bring your own bag day,
Need new plastic bags, you must pay
then its really a bad day!
BYOBD
BYOBD.... Does it sound like just another some boy-band name, raising from the dust to some new-found fame?
Or does it sound like some cheap hollywood trill of a movie or drama names, where the names is sometimes so "cheem" that you can never guess the story line, like "Ugly Betty"? (I never realised that someone would put "ugly" as her first name.)
Wrong. Wrong. ALL WRONG!
BYOBD = Bring Your Own Bag Day.
In Singapore, just like where everything is fineable, everything got a campaign. And with the campaign, comes a price. BYOBD is set at every first Wednesday of the month, whereby shoppers are encouraged to bring along their own shopping bags, when they go shopping, to cut down on plastic bags usage. The campaign is organised by the NEA, National Enviroment Agency.
If you forget to bring your plastic bags, be prepared to fork out extra money for the plastic bags!
And the best part is... I wasn't even aware of it! Yesterday is the starting of BYOBD!
Channel newsasia reports that yesterday's BYOBD got mixed reactions from the public. Some are happy, some are sad, some are angry, some are surprised. Some feel its unfair to fork out 10 cents for a plastic bag, even when the money is going to be donated to "help in the enviromental cause". No further details.
What is the "enviromental cause"? Can it be made to be more transparent? What does my 10 cents do? Where does it goes? Can someone answer me that please? I certainly does not want to see another NKF, or even the mention of "peanuts" over a sum of money, no matter how small is the amount.
Another view. The average Singaporean household does recycle plastic bags! The plastic bags that we took from our shopping at NTUC, Giant, Shop and Save etc, we keep it. And we use it to contain our rubbish, before throwing down the rubbish chute!
And now, the NEA is restricting us (in a way, unless you want to fork out 10 cents for each plastic bag), and imagine if we start using recycled bags (which cost less than a dollar), there would be no plastic bags to contain our rubbish. Unless we fork out extra money to buy the bags.
Isn't it back to square one?
Or we can be forced to throw our rubbish without the benefit of plastic bags to make it cleaner. Rats, cockroaches, and even birds will fourish. (More exposed food for them). And won't it go back to a huge problem for town councils and NEA?
And what will they do then? Ask us to pack up rubbish in plastic bags and throw? Or increase the conservatory charges, citing an increase in charges in pest control of the housing estate?
Does they ever put their feets into our shoes? Haiz~~~
BYOBD to me is more like "Bring Your Own BAD Day".
Or does it sound like some cheap hollywood trill of a movie or drama names, where the names is sometimes so "cheem" that you can never guess the story line, like "Ugly Betty"? (I never realised that someone would put "ugly" as her first name.)
Wrong. Wrong. ALL WRONG!
BYOBD = Bring Your Own Bag Day.
In Singapore, just like where everything is fineable, everything got a campaign. And with the campaign, comes a price. BYOBD is set at every first Wednesday of the month, whereby shoppers are encouraged to bring along their own shopping bags, when they go shopping, to cut down on plastic bags usage. The campaign is organised by the NEA, National Enviroment Agency.
If you forget to bring your plastic bags, be prepared to fork out extra money for the plastic bags!
And the best part is... I wasn't even aware of it! Yesterday is the starting of BYOBD!
Channel newsasia reports that yesterday's BYOBD got mixed reactions from the public. Some are happy, some are sad, some are angry, some are surprised. Some feel its unfair to fork out 10 cents for a plastic bag, even when the money is going to be donated to "help in the enviromental cause". No further details.
What is the "enviromental cause"? Can it be made to be more transparent? What does my 10 cents do? Where does it goes? Can someone answer me that please? I certainly does not want to see another NKF, or even the mention of "peanuts" over a sum of money, no matter how small is the amount.
Another view. The average Singaporean household does recycle plastic bags! The plastic bags that we took from our shopping at NTUC, Giant, Shop and Save etc, we keep it. And we use it to contain our rubbish, before throwing down the rubbish chute!
And now, the NEA is restricting us (in a way, unless you want to fork out 10 cents for each plastic bag), and imagine if we start using recycled bags (which cost less than a dollar), there would be no plastic bags to contain our rubbish. Unless we fork out extra money to buy the bags.
Isn't it back to square one?
Or we can be forced to throw our rubbish without the benefit of plastic bags to make it cleaner. Rats, cockroaches, and even birds will fourish. (More exposed food for them). And won't it go back to a huge problem for town councils and NEA?
And what will they do then? Ask us to pack up rubbish in plastic bags and throw? Or increase the conservatory charges, citing an increase in charges in pest control of the housing estate?
Does they ever put their feets into our shoes? Haiz~~~
BYOBD to me is more like "Bring Your Own BAD Day".
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
2 movies.
Watched 2 crap movies. One on last friday (reaping), and one yesterday (breach).
Reaping is more religious. Basically, to us (AF, Viper, CS and me), its kinda crap. Maybe to a christian, it means something. Everything written in the bible is happening in a town.
Reaping is more religious. Basically, to us (AF, Viper, CS and me), its kinda crap. Maybe to a christian, it means something. Everything written in the bible is happening in a town.
What i cannot figure it out is that the town is looking for a professor to kill a little girl in a town that has many "christian" happenings, and that professor does no longer believe in that religion.
Funny.
Not worth spending 9 bucks to watch.
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Actually, we (WC, Viper, AF, Jolin and me) were supposed to watch "Sunshine" yesterday. But i received comments that that movie is not worth it.
And yesterday, Viper met up with some friends over at cineleisure. They too, commented that "sunshine" is crap. And Viper was like "oh shit... what have we bought."
And i was like telling him... I rather watch breach than sunshine. So, we changed the tickets to breach, and AF was surprised.
Its based on a true incident, with regarding to the most serious breach in FBI. The whole movie is about how the FBI gather evidence and pin the spy down.
The plot is simple, the storyline is flat. The whole thing is before your eyes. What a bad suggestion on my side... Damm.
But the psychology of the story is good. It got me and Viper into a long discussion while enroute to pick CS up after the movie. If you are into the packed action type of movies, this is not the one to you.
In conclusion, to me, both of these movies are not even worth buying the DVD to keep.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Ice-cream
Happy Birthday to DC and QZ!!!
Hope that this year will be a fullfillful one for you all... Hmmm... both are still single and avaliable wor... hmmm... (evil grin...)
Today is the Ben and Jerry's free cone day... Anyone got extra free cone? Can deliver it to my office?
Okie, that's a wasteful wish of mine... I am struck in office, with no Ben and Jerry's outlet near me, and i think i have to forgo the free ice-cream this time... (sob, sob...), and i never taste Ben and Jerry's ice cream before!!! (sobs louder)...
Talking about ice-cream... How it had grown... When i was a kid, an normal ice-cream cost 20 cents. Those are normal fruit favour, no chocolate, stick type... No brand somemore... it's wrapped in transparent plastic bag. The "branded" ice cream cost 50 cents. I remember going downstairs to the mama shop, (clementi), graze at the ice-cream, drooling.
Those were the time, ice-cream has been classified as "restricted" food by my parents. You only gets to eat it if you been good and your spelling is 100 out of 100.
And i was a kid, i read up that ice-cream is made mainly from milk. So, i took some fresh milk and placed it into the freezer, to solidify it. Failure big time... It became ice-milk, instead of ice-cream.
School canteen sells it too. But i have been warned by my mother not to buy it, otherwise, if i fall sick, she will not take me to the doctor.
As time passes, with these kind of restrictions, i become someone who does not "gian" ice-cream types. See ice-cream must eat types, though i may be tempted to ingest one every now and then...
One exception. You know the ice-cream that was sold by the van, that goes around the neighbourhood, a dollar cube ice-cream types. When i pass by one, i will buy one, chocolate please... That, when i come across one, i will buy one.
I remember a time, when i was with CY. I saw that ice-cream van, driving around my neighbourhood, i gave chase. Followed that ice-cream van all the way till it stopped, and i purchased my ice-cream.
So much so that i knew most of the ice-cream sellers in my neighbourhood. Everytime they see me, they know what i want. I will buy them, upon seeing them, be it day or night, sun or rain, warm or cold.
So, when you are selling ice-cream in a van, and wants to boost your business, can always let me know.
Hope that this year will be a fullfillful one for you all... Hmmm... both are still single and avaliable wor... hmmm... (evil grin...)
Today is the Ben and Jerry's free cone day... Anyone got extra free cone? Can deliver it to my office?
Okie, that's a wasteful wish of mine... I am struck in office, with no Ben and Jerry's outlet near me, and i think i have to forgo the free ice-cream this time... (sob, sob...), and i never taste Ben and Jerry's ice cream before!!! (sobs louder)...
Talking about ice-cream... How it had grown... When i was a kid, an normal ice-cream cost 20 cents. Those are normal fruit favour, no chocolate, stick type... No brand somemore... it's wrapped in transparent plastic bag. The "branded" ice cream cost 50 cents. I remember going downstairs to the mama shop, (clementi), graze at the ice-cream, drooling.
Those were the time, ice-cream has been classified as "restricted" food by my parents. You only gets to eat it if you been good and your spelling is 100 out of 100.
And i was a kid, i read up that ice-cream is made mainly from milk. So, i took some fresh milk and placed it into the freezer, to solidify it. Failure big time... It became ice-milk, instead of ice-cream.
School canteen sells it too. But i have been warned by my mother not to buy it, otherwise, if i fall sick, she will not take me to the doctor.
As time passes, with these kind of restrictions, i become someone who does not "gian" ice-cream types. See ice-cream must eat types, though i may be tempted to ingest one every now and then...
One exception. You know the ice-cream that was sold by the van, that goes around the neighbourhood, a dollar cube ice-cream types. When i pass by one, i will buy one, chocolate please... That, when i come across one, i will buy one.
I remember a time, when i was with CY. I saw that ice-cream van, driving around my neighbourhood, i gave chase. Followed that ice-cream van all the way till it stopped, and i purchased my ice-cream.
So much so that i knew most of the ice-cream sellers in my neighbourhood. Everytime they see me, they know what i want. I will buy them, upon seeing them, be it day or night, sun or rain, warm or cold.
So, when you are selling ice-cream in a van, and wants to boost your business, can always let me know.
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