Sunday, December 27, 2009
Twilight: summarised
Friday, December 18, 2009
In Conversation
Labels: conversations, friends, humour, pictures
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Sample Argumentative Essay(s)
Mr P.N. Lam once wrote that "students should not be allowed to dress in any way they like", calling it "unneccessary freedom". In the concluding sentence of his essay, he states, "If we grant them the unneccessary freedom to students, it may cause future requests and demands for even needless freedom".
I can't wait till Mr Lam starts school and experiences this "needless freedom" for himself! =P
On the other side of the coin (or paper, as it is), Miss J. Teo concluded that "the teenage years are certainly the best years of one's life". Having defined it as "the period from age 13 to 19", it is most unfortunate that according to that brilliant exposition, the best years of her own life are now over.
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Disclaimer: This post is merely meant to poke some harmless fun at Mr. Lam and Miss Teo. It is by no means a criticism or personal attack of any sort. Mr. Lam does make other valid points in his essay, and of course, Miss Teo's past words are not set in stone. =)
This post is also meant to be a parody of this one, written some 2 years ago.
For those who are clueless, I'm clearing out my upper sec English file now.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Dengue Limerick
A random limerick I wrote, which I found in a random notebook:
In the sunny lil' city of Singapore
There were Aedes and Anopheles galore
The mosquiotes were ravenous
They bit people, even animals
and dengue infected them all.
Maybe I shld submit to NEA to use as a dengue alert/awareness thing.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
back from Gold Coast, Qld!
I'm back from 5 days of holiday. Lots of mixed thoughts and stuff to share.
Gold Coast is a nice place, and Australia has nice weather in summer. However, the sun rises at 4.XX AM!! And by 5am, it's already very bright - the equivalent of about 9 or 10am in SG. Sun was said to be Very Hot and Scorching... not so leh. It's tahan-able, although of course sunglasses + sunblock is a must.
Went with mum and sis, though sis was officially there for work so she only joined us on one day.
GC is famous for its major theme parks - dreamworld, seaworld, movie world, etc etc. BUT.. I didn't go to any! Heh. Cos..
1. I get motion sick easily - don't wanna pay a bomb of an entrance fee only to realise half the rides I can't go on..
2. My mum isn't very adventurous either.
3. Exorbitant ticket prices (although we found bargain tickets on our last day... too late!!)
Everytime I come back frm holiday I always feel a bit mao dun (mixed feelings). Cos I generally don't like planes (no idea how I managed to tahan those 24hr+ flights to US last time..) and we experienced some turbulence on today's ride back... Somemore the flight was over lunch AND dinner, and I can barely stomach any food if I get motion sick.
Seriously, it feels like being pregnant. =XX
I tried to eat a tomato from my mum's sandwich, but the taste/smell of butter on the tomato totally made my stomach roll. ARghh. I found the smell of bread aversive (unfortunate cos we packed sandwiches) and I didn't dare to eat anything after that tomato disaster.
A couple of times I very nearly threw up, it was that bad.
Totally reminds me of that diving trip to tioman. At least this time I kept it in... It also reminds me of the trip to Italy. That was a pretty long plane flight - I survived mainly by sleeping 90% of the time. The smell of the food totally disgusted me then too. Sigh. Oh yar. I couldn't sleep much for the return flight, cos we slept really early the night before, plus the trip to airport took quite some time and I couldn't help but dose off.. Maybe the motion sickness won't have been that bad if I could've slept more on the flight.
Okay, as mentioned, most of the touring was mainly just mum and I. It's a good and a bad thing. I dunno. Spending 4 or 5 intensive days with the same person.... Even though I really love my mum and spending time with her, I have to admit that it was trying at times. Next time such a holiday situation occurs, I might really have to reconsider... =XX
Sigh. I need a break.
Btw, sale of property at smiley place confirmed. Parents found 1 new place at the north, that's also confirmed. Please read between the lines (+ do some inference or ask me personally) and refrain from disclosing any personal details of property!! I will stay with sis, and col gets to stay with the folks.
Time to prepare for another move.
Saturday, December 05, 2009
Sy's cambra.
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
212
Electronic config of some transition metals (not ions yet)
Cr: d5 s1
Mn: d5 s2
Fe: d6 s2
Co: d7 s2
Ni: d8 s2
Cu: d10 s1
Pt: d9 s1
Ru: d7 s1
Spin multiplicity: 2S+1
Total spin angular quantum no.: S
Total orbital angular momentum: L
Gah.. Panickz for 212 tomorrow morning! All the best to me! May God's unmerited, superabounding favour just HUNT ME DOWN and drop on me! AMEN!