Brice's Life

7km

2010-07-08T07:07:00.000+08:00

Ran 7km for 42:34.6min..

new run

2010-07-05T21:14:00.000+08:00

Ran 15min around k.camp with new shoe.

Last week runs

2010-06-27T19:51:00.001+08:00

15th June - Ran half round khatib camp ~ 3km

16th June - Ran 3 small rounds at west coast park ~5:21.4,4:58.1,5:32.8 = 15:52.3min ~3km

3 small rounds

2010-06-02T22:57:00.001+08:00

Ran 3 small rounds at west coast park with k&k. Should be around 3-4km.

i-run

2010-06-01T22:33:00.001+08:00

Ran with SJ and WQ today together with the i-run at CBD area. Started out at UOB building. 5km run. But got a parking fine of $30 for putting the wrong timing...

Swim

2010-05-29T14:04:00.000+08:00

Swim 20 laps at yishun pool with Sj. Nice weather.

Vesak day run

2010-05-28T15:41:00.001+08:00

Ran abt 4k to and fro gambas ave with Sj.

Nausea feeling. Shall have more runs next week.

New runs this week

2010-05-26T22:31:00.001+08:00

Ran about 3km at West Coast with Kenneth and Karen on Monday.

Ran about 3km at West Coast with K & K & Shan today.

New run

2010-05-13T18:56:00.002+08:00

After one month, I had my run again.. Half round of khatib camp or abt 16min..

1st time above 11min for 2.4km

2010-04-10T09:06:00.003+08:00

Dunno why my sit up cannot make it. Do until 20+ my stomache already aching. The last one was actually a foul. If not, I will be getting a pass only.

And for the first time after 10 years of taking 2.4km run, my 2.4km timing goes above 11min. Somemore I was panting and feeling nausea and legs abit sore after that. And by right the timing should be 11.17min but they minus 15mins as we need to run at lane 3 and 4 for the first 50m for all the 6 rounds.

This is a sign of deteriorating fitness. Need to take note of it.

But at least can earn 200bucks in 1hr time... Maybe will try it again before May to see if can get the other 200bucks again.

New run

2010-03-30T05:57:00.003+08:00

Finally started running again.

Ran about 17:20min 1 round around YJC + Swimming pool to chong pang.

This week

2010-03-07T20:34:00.003+08:00

Only ran 2 times this week.

Wednesday ran with Shannon at Mount Faber. Around 2-3km jog.

Sunday ran with JX in Yishun around 2-3km jog. Abit breathless. Need more training.

Macritchie run

2010-02-28T23:06:00.002+08:00

Ran with Jx n Sj at mac today ard 2pm.
Mr25 5km route. Ran abt 36min.. Haha.. 1st time in my life running at this timing. Bought a new pair of kayano after Tat. Shall train more.

Warm up run

2010-02-15T15:10:00.002+08:00

After 2 weeks plus of absence from my running schedule, finally I started running again today.

Ran about 20mins in Yishun with JX. Will find more time for exercises..

West Coast Run

2010-01-27T21:11:00.001+08:00

Ran with Ivy at west coast after work today.

1 round of west coast - 28:49.9 min.

This week

2010-01-24T20:21:00.002+08:00

Did not sleep well and was having a stiff neck. Hence, not much training this week.

Swam 10 laps with JX on Sat.

Ran at Macritechie with SJ. Route - MR25 time trial route.

To: 17:01.1min
Fro: 16:17.6min

Total: 33:18.7min

Shall continue next week.

Macritechie Run

2010-01-17T21:28:00.002+08:00

Started around 2pm today.

7 km route starting from the toilet.

To: 20:11.5min
Fro: 19:15.6min
Total: 39:27.1min

Abit breathless. My usual comfortable pace is around 35min few years ago. Will build back the stamina and endurance this year. Shall run at Mac every weekend.

Normal run

2010-01-16T22:14:00.001+08:00

Jog for around 35mins in Yishun with JX.

Fast run

2010-01-14T22:39:00.001+08:00

Ran a fast 21min around office with some slopes at Telok Blangah Park.

Speed workout

2010-01-12T22:35:00.005+08:00

Ran at Queenstown Stadium after work.

5 min warm up run and 5 min cool down run.

Lap 1: 1:26.3min
rest 2:01.6min
Lap 2: 1:23.5min
rest 2:01.6min
Lap 3: 1:31.1min
rest 2:01.2min
Lap 4: 1:32.1min
rest 1:58.9min
Lap 5: 1:31.4min
rest 1:59.8min
Lap 6: 1:35.9min
rest 2:08.2min

Total time for 6 laps = 9:01.3min

Thurs and Sunday run

2010-01-10T21:33:00.002+08:00

Thurs - 7/1/10
Ran 30:43min with Ivy Seah and Shannon at West Coast park. Abt 4km.

Sun - 10/1/10
Ran 7km return route at Macritechie.
To: 19:43.3min
Fro: 18:33.9min
Total: 38:17.2min

Ran at abt 640pm, still not that dark. Good run, though timing is quite off normal pace.

2010 First Run

2010-01-04T19:58:00.002+08:00

Ran 1 round khatib camp:- 24:28 min (Slowest time ever clocked.)
Stridings (3 Lamp Posts)with ~40s rest in between:-
21.8s
23.3s
22.7s
23.2s
24.9s
22.2s

Seems like the Earth has become bigger. Used to run 3 rounds Khatib Camp at average 20min/round, and stride an average of 18s easily. I shall take 3 months to build it back, unless the Earth grows bigger again...

2009

2009-01-01T01:41:00.002+08:00

Finally it has all ended.. A tough and rough 2008 for me. Surprisingly, I survived it with all the great people around me and of course, myself.

It is so true that what goes around comes around, or so call Karma. And also what you think, feel and do is what you will get in life. It is just so miracle that, even from the tone of your voice, it could make a big difference whether the person would be sold to you.

2008 had changed my perspective in life and the people around me. It was a year for me to know who has faith in me. A year full of 'fighting' and 'pushing'. And I realized it is not about what has happened in your life, but rather how you react to different situations. Life is great only when you live well.

To me, 2009 can only get better as it couldn't get any worse. It's time for me to build back all the aspect of my life.

To all my friends who were always there to pull me out of the shit, I am very fortunate and grateful to have your. May your be blessed with many good returns this year.

To all my new friends who came into my life in 08, your have came into my life during my darkest moment in life. I must say that your have made me feel 'rich' with the invaluable friendship given to me. Friends in UNI, Prj Media, BCS, AEC, Audiotec, and others.

To all my other friends whom I seldom contact or lost contact, your are still remembered. And it was great to hear from some after so many years.

All the events and thoughts would be recorded separately. Let's enjoy the new ride in 2009.

Don't know why the original MTV is disabled.. Anyway, this song shall be my new ring tone..

I hate this part (right here)

2008-12-13T15:10:00.000+08:00

Time

2008-11-28T22:38:00.002+08:00

Explain

2008-11-22T20:57:00.001+08:00

At 10-year low..

2008-08-01T21:16:00.003+08:00

Similar to the below articles, my weight has just hit an all time low of just below 50kg.. I have just broken the key 'resistant' of 50kg. I was shocked by it.. If you gals wanna know how I did that, I can only tell you that I did nothing.. haha.. I didn't run, didn't exercise, didn't watch my diet.. It just happened. And what I want is the reverse. This is weird.

That's all at the moment.. haha.. *Back to my shell*..

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Unemployment at 4-year high
Employers trim payrolls for seventh straight month in July, as jobless rate rises to 5.7%, a full percentage point higher than year ago.

By Chris Isidore, CNNMoney.com senior writer
Last Updated: August 1, 2008: 8:56 AM EDT

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Employers trimmed jobs once again in July and the unemployment rate hit a four-year high, according to a government report Friday that showed the seventh straight month of job losses .

The Labor Department reported a net loss of 51,000 jobs in the month, compared to a revised loss of 51,000 jobs in June. Economists surveyed by Briefing.com had been forecasting a loss of 75,000 jobs in the latest report.

The latest report brought job losses this year to 463,000.

The unemployment rate edged up to 5.7% from a 5.5% reading in June. It was the worst reading since March 2004, and slightly worse than economists' forecast of a 5.6% rate.

Construction lost 22,000 jobs as housing continued to suffer, while manufacturing employment plunged 35,000 jobs, as automakers cut production in the face of weak sales.

But the job losses were spread far beyond the battered construction and auto industries. Retailers cut 17,000 jobs, while business and professional services lost 24,000 postions.

In another sign of weakness, the average hourly work week fell 0.1 hour to 33.6 hours. The average hourly wage edged up 6 cents to $18.06, bringing salaries up 3.4% over the year-ago levels.

The rate has now jumped a full percentage point from a year ago.

First Published: August 1, 2008: 8:36 AM EDT

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Singapore's unemployment rate rises to 2.3% in Q2
Posted: 31 July 2008 1154 hrs

SINGAPORE: Singapore's unemployment rate rose to 2.3 per cent in the second quarter after seasonal adjustments amid economic uncertainties, according to estimates from the Ministry of Manpower.

For the second consecutive quarter, the overall jobless rate climbed from a seasonally adjusted 1.7 per cent in December to 2.0 per cent in March and further to 2.3 per cent in June.

There were also fewer jobs in the period from April to June.

Employment grew by 70,600 in the second quarter, slightly lower than the increase of 73,200 in the preceding quarter but higher than the 64,400 from the same period a year ago.

The rise on-year was driven by robust expansion in building activities, and employment in the construction sector grew by a record 22,100 in the April to June period.

Services were hard hit; the number of new jobs created went down from 46,500 to 37,600 workers in the second quarter.

The manufacturing sector posted gains of 10,200, down from the increase of 11,800 in the first quarter.

Retrenchments have eased to the same level as a year ago, after rising for two consecutive quarters. 1,900 workers were retrenched in Q2, 374 fewer compared with the first quarter.

"From the ground, we sense that there still may be more restructuring. So the overall retrenchment figure for this year may still be slightly higher than last year. Nonetheless, we are happy to note (the) good employment rate,... so there's lesser worry for workers," said Chiam Hui Fong, Industrial Relations Department, NTUC.

Some 77,800 Singapore residents were unemployed as of as of June. The seasonally adjusted figure was 60,900.

The government has warned that Singapore is facing a triple whammy of economic threats, in the form of surging inflation, slower-than-expected growth and weaker exports.

To protect against retrenchments, the labour movement has reiterated the need for training and skills upgrading, so that workers can easily find themselves another job if they are laid off.

More information is available at http://www.mom.gov.sg/mrsd/publication

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Raef Bjayou - Fired by Sir Alan in Week 9

2008-07-14T23:03:00.002+08:00

Of all the 16 contestants, I think this is the most respectable guy in the show. There's no mask, no fear and no ugly side shown from him. Quite a funny yet posh guy. But too bad, his artistic value got him out of the contest. Even though he got fired, he still looks like a winner in an entertaining way.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice/candidate/id/3/type/contestant.html

The Apprentice UK

2008-07-12T22:42:00.000+08:00

The Apprentice UK

Rat Race

2008-07-11T02:06:00.006+08:00

I will be graduating on the 25th July. Actually I have already graduated, but convocating on the 25th July. Hence, my unemployment days will only start on the 25th July. ^_^ self comforting. So what's next in my life? To join the rat race or to become a white rat? As I can't get much sense of satisfaction in becoming a white rat by scoring As while doing research for organisations, I applied for the rat race.

Some races accepted my application but I did not manage to get through the qualifying time trial to join the races. But some suggested me to join the longer distance event since my speed is not there. So I'm still waiting to join the longer event for some of the races.

Other smaller races have accepted me to join their races temporary. With the income generated from the smaller races, I can only eat and live like Ratatouille's fren.

Only until I have gotten into the 'real' races, then I'll be eating like Ratatouille.

My goal is to become 'Ratatouille'. To do what I am good at and what I love to do. Even though I'm talking about rat here, I'm actually talking 'crab'. Pardon me. Most of the serious stuff has been transferred to my recording book.

About AMP

2008-07-06T23:59:00.002+08:00

"Apache: A highly trained master of culinary arts (the chef). Whatever people ask for, she prepares it without complaint. She is quick, flexible, and able to prepare a multitude of different types of foods. Apache acts in much the same way as your HTTP server, parsing files and passing on the results.

PHP: The waiter. He gets requests from the patron and carries them back to the kitchen with specific instructions about how the meal should be prepared.

MySQL: This is the stockroom of ingredients.

When a patron (or Web site visitor) comes to your resturant, he/she sits down and orders a meal with specific requirements, such as a steak, well donw. The waiter (PHP) takes those specific requirements back to the kitchen and passes them off to the chef (Apache). The chef then goes to the stockroom (MySQL) to retrieve the ingredients (or data) to prepare the meal and presents the final dish to the patron, exactly the way he/she ordered the meal."

Extracted from "Beginning PHP, Apache, MySQL Web Development - Glass, Scouarnec, Naramore, Mailer, Stolz, Gerner (Pg 12)"

Lot 95

2008-07-04T00:27:00.002+08:00

"You have high hopes and find pleasure in worldly ways. You are destined to meet a Golden-Rooster to point for you the way where gold, etc. are found."

Interpretation: Good
"You having meditated deeply in time all will be well. The Golden Rooster will help you."

Got this on Monday.. Waiting for my Golden Rooster to come.. *Waiting*

Gary Zukav

2008-07-02T19:33:00.002+08:00

"Reality is what we take to be true.
What we take to be true is what we believe.
What we believe is based upon our perceptions.
What we perceive depends upon what we look for.
What we look for depends upon what we think.
What we think depends upon what we perceive.
What we perceive determines what we believe.
What we believe determines what we take to be true.
What we take to be true is our reality until it starts hurting."

Gary Zukav, The Dacing Wu Li Masters (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1979) p. 328.

My life..

2008-06-30T22:02:00.004+08:00

I must say that I love my life, despite that:

I'm rejected by a few coys after the final rounds of interviews,

I lost my lover,

I lost my money,

I lost my stamina and strength,

I'm just an average student,

I can't really do alot of things that I wanted to,

and so on..

I guess it's normal to complain and complain in a blog. It's just a place for us to 'write out' our sadness, anger and frustration. And once in a while, writting down our happy moment.

I had told some of my frenz that I'm dejected, demoralized and disappointed. But it is just temporary. And I must thank you guys for cheering me on. To the rest who are still finding jobs, keep moving on. I'm happy for those who had landed themselves a job and hope that they'll be happy with the job they have gotten.

I'll never give up. I came out with a formula: (X)Hardwork + (Y)Luck + (Z)Capability = Success. Luck is somehow fixed and unadjustable. So if you have little luck, you would have to increase the X and Z value. And I think that the Z value is quite fixed with a small range of allowance. So, if Y and Z is too low for you, you would have to increase in the X value. Hence, sometime we'll see people working so hard, yet cant really get the result they want. But some just need to work alittle bit to get a great result. Maybe they have higher value of Y, or maybe their Z value is at a higher range.

Anyway, I'm still very satisfaid with my life. And by becoming more aware of the good things in life, I experienced more good things in life. And I guess it's quite true when you were told to count the number of black cars on the road, you will then realised there are actually quite a lot of black cars on the road, but in fact they are always there. Just that you were not aware of them. We choose what we focus on. And we get what we focus on.

Finally, I have sold my 10kg worth of clothes to an ah peh in the flea market near sim lim tower for $10 only.

Although I did not earn much from it, I'm satisfied with the outcome. As the sellers there were mostly elderly trying to earn money from the rejected goods, it would be better if i could just give all my stuff to them to sell for an income. Some told me they got their stuff from salvation army, some got it from garang kuni or other people selling to them too. And just realised it's free to find a place there to lie your stuff. I wonder who owns the land for these people to sell their stuff.

Did some waitering, some relief tutoring in amk pri and took over my current head tutor once in a while. Also taught the P6 girls in Haig's girls school for a 2 days enrichment program. After that, did customer service admin job at BCS during weekends. Thanks for all these jobs to provide me with sustainable income.

May I get a job offer before convocation.. Tmr will be a better day for me to start all over again. Aja Aja Fighting~!

A walk to remember

2008-06-29T21:07:00.002+08:00

"Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful."

Closer

2008-06-17T16:26:00.002+08:00

The trailer

One of the scene

I remembered this song played by my roomie when I was in Beijing. And remembered the things happened back then. Anyway, I admired Larry's 'move'. Given the same situation, with a different action plan done, you will definitely get a different outcome. Hence, I still believe we are in control of any situation depending on how we see, think, feel and react.

Museum

2008-06-17T10:50:00.003+08:00

My graduation trip to... National Museum and Asian civilisations museum~ Since my fren TJ is quite into museum and I am quite done with my job hunt, we met up yesterday to these 2 museum.

We were given a free complimentary pass for the National museum as it was down when we reached there. Then we were directed to a free exhibition gallery by Matthew Ngui - Points of view. By right we are not supposed to take any photo, but this is the first and last picture I took for this exhibition.

http://www.universes-in-universe.de/doc/ngui/e_ngui3.htm

This exhibition is quite small, but I quite like the way this artist distorted things and view it in a different angle to get different perspective. The chair is not a chair unless it's viewed in a certain angle. Sound familiar to me. I think you will get what you want when you view it in a certain angle too.

Anyway, after this exhibition we tried again to the history museum again and it was opened when we went up. So everything is free in this National museum. After this, we went to the Asian Civilisation museum. So total cost for my grad trip is only $4. ^_^

Maybe will be exploring out of Sg to Chek Jawa (which was talked abt 3 years ago). And thinking of going Kusu island.. haha.. Anyone?

Jobs hunting process..

2008-06-16T23:35:00.003+08:00

Started sending out resumes during career fair on 30th Jan, but realised that some of my frenz had already started their job hunt in 2007. Sent out around 50 resumes.

Interviews:

1st interview was with JAC (on 15th April) referred by Roy. The recruiter has yet to get back to me till now. It's good that there's no news from this agency.

2nd interview was a walk in interview in NTU with Tech for the Process and Equipment engineer position on the 2nd May.

3rd interview was with K.fels for a Foreman position on 13th May. 1st shortlisted interview for me. There are 3 rounds of interviews. I was called up for the 2nd interview on 23rd May but was postponed until this wed, 18th June.

On 2nd May, I was lost when there's no call up from any companies after sending out resumes even during my exam period, hence I sign up for the Physical Proficiency Test at NIE. And I went for the test on 16th May.

I was called up by A. Oil for an interview on 23rd May for the Operations Executive position. The only company I sent my hardcopies of resume and transcript to. I was excited to recieve the call. And on 4th June, I went for the 2nd interview with the Managing Director. Still waiting for the outcome.

On 26th May, I went for another interview with Tech for the position of Manufacturing Engineer. Interviewed by the section manager, then the Director of the manufacturing section. 3 weeks have passed, no news from them yet.

And on the same day, I recieved a call from NOV for the Next Generation Trainee program interview session. It was held at Orchard Parade Hotel on 2nd June. Have yet to recieve their call, but knew that one of the guys I met during the interview session got into the top 5. So, this is done for the time being. Only can hope for the direct hire position.

On 27th May, I finally registered my domain. Going to be one month already. Will get things done soon.. I'll think I'll just figure it out myself. But if you are able to help me, you are most welcome to do so. I'm learning Joomla currently. Still gotta learn mySQL and php and maybe some flashMX. Let's see if I could finish learning Joomla by end of this month and start a basic one. Remember to feel free to contact me if you know all these programs. If you don't have my number, just leave me a msg here.

Went for walk in interview with MOE on 3rd June and TCZ on 4th June. Both no news yet. TCZ told me if I was shortlisted, the next interview should be around late June. But my fren has already gotten his 2nd interview with TCZ last week. So...

13rd June, I went for the interview with CGG Veritas for the position of Geophysicist. There's only one interview for this and the interviewer told me he would inform me the outcome by this Fri. So...

After this week, if I still can't get any offer or news from anyone of them, it would be searching for jobs opening online again and sending out resumes. Hope this don't happen. But if it happens, I'm sure there's reason for it and I'm ready to accept it.

So far haven't gotten any rejections or offers. It's like hanging on the edge of a mountain waiting to be rescued or fall.

Brice!

2008-06-12T00:39:00.001+08:00

This is my company in France! haha.. Just recieved this from my kah kia.. But please forgive her photographing skill.. I'll give her a proper course when i'm free.. Pardon her..

Some articles

2008-06-10T02:34:00.002+08:00

Dallas FED predicts oil prices will moderate in a few years

3 June 2008—The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in its May 2008 Economic Letter predicted that crude oil prices eventually will subside to levels under US$100 per barrel in a few years, an event which will be helped by the development and production of nonconventional fossil-fuel-based energy sources such as tar sands, oil shale, and coal-to-liquids. The article follows.

Crude awakening: Behind the surge in oil prices

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NAS President Delivers Speech on Energy

April 28 -- In his annual address to members of the Academy this morning, NAS President Ralph Cicerone said "we must change the trajectories of our energy usage and energy sources." Calling energy a pervasive issue, Cicerone added, "a great deal of innovative and determined work is needed by scientists and engineers in the years ahead" to meet energy challenges.

Speech Text and Slides
Listen to the Speech
Podcast

Steve Jobs 2005 Commencement Address

2008-05-29T03:45:00.000+08:00

Steve Jobs’ commencement speech to the graduates of Stanford University in 2005. Steve explains how dropping out of college, getting fired (from the company he founded!), and being diagnosed with cancer were—incredibly—the best things that ever happened to him.

Halloween Scary Job Interview

2008-05-29T03:13:00.002+08:00

Haven't gotten my $200 today.. Short of 7sec this time.. haha.. Everything KIV now, so nothing much to write for the time being.

4sec = $200?

2008-05-21T14:25:00.002+08:00

Retaking next wed with JX and Elvin. Anyone wanna take can join us..

Advertisement..

2008-05-18T11:17:00.004+08:00

Advertising for my fren... Click on the pic to her website..

Just realised..

2008-05-13T23:43:00.002+08:00

That I have a constant increment of 30sec/year for my 2.4km run... And... I'm in cat 'Y' now...

What do u see?

2008-05-10T19:28:00.002+08:00

Taken from:

Here

Movies watched..

2008-05-08T00:06:00.002+08:00

Ratatouille

Will you eat the food cooked by a rat? 'Anyone can cook'..

Sky of Love

Forrest Gump

It was released in 1994, and I have just watched it today.. A pure and innocent man..

An Empress And The Warriors Trailer

Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who

An elephant who does what he should do even when everyone else turns against him.

The Pursuit of Happyness

2008-05-06T15:38:00.002+08:00

Just watched this movie introduced by Bro Tea. An inspriring real life story of Chris Gardner except that the kid should be only 2 years old instead of 5.

The Pursuit of Happyness - Trailer

The Pursuit of Happyness

The Pursuit of Happyness - The interview

Movies recently watched..

2008-05-02T23:57:00.003+08:00

Band of Brothers

This clip featured on one of the officier called Ronald Speirs. Winter is a good leader as well.. Just that one mistake of killing the wrong soldiers removed him from the battle field..

300

Abit different from the actual history, but quite inspiring though..

Three Kingdoms: Resurrection Of The Dragon Trailer

Partially correct story wrt the history and novel. But Andy lau was really cool to save the baby from so many soldiers of Caocao..

投名狀 The Warlords

Curse of the Golden Flower

Is the King or Queen right?

Letters From Iwo Jima, new theater trailer

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American Pie The Naked Mile

Interesting.. True love protrayed over here.. Love over sex.. Maybe it's just a movie..

Deja Vu

An unusual love story..

Jumper Trailer

If only i'm a jumper...

Any Given Sunday

I only like this part.. Inspiring..

Music and Lyrics

Nice musics..

Alvin and the Chipmunks

I thought it's just a cartoon.. but quite touching.. haha

Happy Feet

Always focus on your strength no matter how different it is from others..

Unexpected gift

2008-04-19T00:59:00.004+08:00

1 and a half month in AMK Primary as a head tutor has been fufilling for me. I have never expected my supervisor, Adawiyah to give me this Rocher on my last day of work today. I felt appreciated, but I have to hand over my duties to another guy so as to concentrate on my last 3 papers and job hunt after the exams.

The kids, the tutors, the supervisors, the security guards, the floor cleaners, and the teachers are all the new people included in this chapter of my life. It seems like I had known them for a long time. I wonder if I were to have such a feeling if I were to use a different attitude and approach for this job.

I still strongly believe that we are the ones to make our choices in life - to be happy or sad or whatever. I choose to leave with a hope of getting a permenant job that will led to me to where I want to be in the later part of my life.

Last 3 papers to go. After all the job hunt, I realised that if I can't even clear these simple modules with all the solutions and tips given, how can I survive in the real world to learn, manage and execute tasks (I mean technical stuff here) on the spot with other highly calibre people under a 'time-bomb'? Feel free to disagree.

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Eco condo - Treetops at Punggol

2008-04-15T01:00:00.007+08:00

Got to know about this Eco condo after attending my friend's father's wake last year. My ex camp mate bought this condo which will be completed in 2011. I recalled this again when I was doing my Engineering and Society presentation. My group mate was doing on the future part. So I told her about this condo and she has found these datas which I forgot to ask where she got it from. I guess we'll be moving into a new phase soon..

As a member of "Environmental Club" in YTSS, I would be promoting:
Singapore Green Plan (SGP) 2012
http://www.mewr.gov.sg/sgp2012/

Still remember the time when I asked Ms Ng about being an enviromentalist. And she actually researched for me and gave me a broucher of NTU Civil and Environmetal Engineering. Why am I in Materials Science and Engineering instead? haha.. I had forgotten about my childhood passion. I only applied computer, and bio courses in the 2 Uni.. But luckily I end up in MSE instead.. It's and interesting course which I didn't realised until now.. *_*

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My ideal house:

My future car (included chauffeur as shown)

oops.. sorry.. I should be studying for my exams.. Haha.. can't stop searching and applying for jobs. So many jobs available for me to apply, but no one wanna interview me.. sad.. haha.. except the financial and recruitment industry. Brice is not just about running.. he needs to go clubbing, drinking and ktving.. ^_^ STUDY LAH! blog so much..

Why Beautiful Women Marry Less Attractive Men?

2008-04-13T23:29:00.002+08:00

Jeanna Bryner
LiveScience Staff Writer
LiveScience.com
Thu Apr 10, 11:25 AM ET

Women seeking a lifelong mate might do well to choose the guy a notch below them in the looks category. New research reveals couples in which the wife is better looking than her husband are more positive and supportive than other match-ups.

The reason, researchers suspect, is that men place great value on beauty, whereas women are more interested in having a supportive husband.

Researchers admit that looks are subjective, but studies show there are some universal standards, including large eyes, "baby face" features, symmetric faces, so-called average faces, and specific waist-hip ratios in men versus women.

Past research has shown that individuals with comparable stunning looks are attracted to each other and once they hook up they report greater relationship satisfaction. These studies, however, are mainly based on new couples, showing that absolute beauty is important in the earliest stages of couple-hood, said lead researcher James McNulty of the University of Tennessee. But the role of physical attractiveness in well-established partnerships, such as marriage, is somewhat of a mystery.

The new study, published in the February issue of the Journal of Family Psychology, reveals looks continue to matter beyond that initial attraction, though in a different way.

Supportive spouses

McNulty's team assessed 82 couples who had married within the previous six months and had been together for nearly three years prior to tying the knot. Participants were on average in their early to mid-20s.

Researchers videotaped as each spouse discussed with their partner a personal problem for 10 minutes. The tapes were analyzed for whether partners were supportive of spouses' issues, which included goals to eat healthier, to land a new job and to exercise more often.

"A negative husband would've said, 'This is your problem, you deal with it,'" McNulty said, "versus 'Hey, I'm here for you; what do you want me to do?; how can I help you?'"

A group of trained "coders" rated the facial attractiveness of each spouse on a scale from 1 to 10, with the perfect 10 representing the ultimate babe. About a third of the couples had a more attractive wife, a third a more attractive husband and the remaining partners showed matching looks.

Trophy wives

Overall, wives and husbands behaved more positively when the woman was better looking.

The finding "seems very reasonable," said Dan Ariely, a professor of behavioral economics at MIT's Program in Media Arts and Sciences and Sloan School of Management. "Men are very sensitive to women's attractiveness. Women seem to be sensitive to men's height and salary," said Ariely, who was not involved in the recent study.

In couples with more attractive husbands, both partners were less supportive of one another. McNulty suggests wives mirror, in some ways, the level of support they get from husbands.

"The husband who's less physically attractive than his wife is getting something more than maybe he can expect to get," McNulty told LiveScience. "He's getting something better than he's providing at that level. So he's going to work hard to maintain that relationship."

Men who are more attractive than their partners would theoretically have access to partners who are more attractive than their current spouses, McNulty said. The "grass could be greener" mentality could make these men less satisfied and less committed to maintain the marriage.

Physical attractiveness of husbands is not as important to women, the researchers suggest. Rather, wives are looking for supportive husbands, they say.

So it seems the mismatch in looks is actually a perfect match. "Equitable is unlikely to mean the same on every dimension," Ariely said during a telephone interview. "It just means that overall two people make sense together."

Extracted from here

'Dog'??

2008-04-08T10:18:00.004+08:00

I still think this is a dog.. ZK, dun bluff me lah.. It's not a panda.. It's a dog.. Anyone agrees with me?

- Sorry, it should be POLAR BEAR according to zk..

http://www.nuernberg.de/internet/polarbear/

but den it still looks like a dog to me..

13 hrs..

2008-04-06T07:12:00.005+08:00

Wanted to sleep a while after coming back from AEC, eating the Char Kuey Tiao + a packet of sugar cane juice. I felt so rewarding to have this $3.20 lunch as compared to the $80++ dinner at the 'Sun with moon'. Of course the foods at 'Sun with moon' are nice, but.. Anyway, luckily I took my dinner before climbing up to my bed at 6pm.. Then I heard the birds singing, and I woke up seeing the clear blue sky. And Luckily Eng soon msg me that he can't join me for the run today. Have to thank him for spending a weekend to help me.

Feeling refreshed now.. haha.. Should go for my long run now.. And I can't imagine that I 'dated' JX for a gym session later..

Just called SJ on fri and he's planning to organised a chalet at sentosa tentatively after our exams as our grad trip. I guess should be after 8 May. But I'm thinking of going Kusu Island. haha..

Getting There
Take a ferry from Marina South Pier*.
Return ticket SGD 15.00 adults, SGD 12.00 children 3 to 12 years.

“Education is important, but every now and then, we know that many things that have to be learned can never be taught.” Sergio Mora, The Contender Champion

3 Years..

2008-04-05T01:18:00.002+08:00

Seems like a long long time for me. 3 years ago, we got together 'unofficially'. Just realised that I blog abt her on the 2nd April 2005 when I search for her name in my blog using the google search. And 3 months ago, I wrote that I will not blog abt her anymore. But then again, today is a special day for us 3 years ago. Typing the word 'Bangkok' in my search engine will find some of the pics we took during our trip there 2 years ago. And I just realised after the trip, we both left Singapore.

After we left Singapore, everything changed at least for me. Since then, my stamina dropped like shit and after I came back, I cant run fast and long, and my weight keep dropping even though I never run often.

3 years ago, we got together from a common fren of ours. And the first race we took part gave us excuses to chat the whole night on the msn, then phone. Seriously, I detest talking on the phone at that time. But somehow, I dunno y I still can chat with her the whole night. After the first race, we took part in more events. She was like full of energy. My boring life was brightened up by her 'on-ness'. She's someone who has a big impact in my life.

And I rem that 2 weeks after we got together was YL's bday. And I'd bought something for her that year. And I know that she's not really happy with it, so I just wrap it with a wrapper and sent to yl without any card attached. *ponder*

Suddenly feels tired to write on. haha.. abit brain consuming to think of all these.. Well, throughout 2007, she has her own story to tell and I have my less exciting story. Actually, the full marks for grading her room was 5. And it's hard to be frenz until she got an official bf. Cos I'm not gonna get one any time soon.

In the year of 2007, I have known a few frenz:

Li - A year 2 biz gal in NTU. Know her when we took a private bus that took us out of NTU. It was in early september after I had done my fyp and feeling down after some issue with 'her'. And L was just curious abt the bus, so she asked me abt it. I guess L had made me feel better unknowingly. So, it's good to talk to stranger. You'll never know how u have made a difference in their life. (Today, after seeing the cleaner in amk pri keep shouting at the students not to enter the canteen that she has mopped, I helped to placed the sign board "cautious-wet floor" for her around the boundary. Though the kids still run in, at least i can see that she and her husband feel happier. Talked to the old man more as he sat down with me on the table.)

Ed - I think I knew her from a forum. haha.. The forum for 'big brother'. Knew her around July last year when we 'worked' together and drink together (only once though). Still owe her a drink. haha. Anyway, those were the days. Although it's just a few months back. It was totally different from now. Maybe we have the common interest and lived near each others to make us clickable ba. May things go well for her..

Char - A gal whom I knew 3 years + ago through MSN. I din know we can intro frenz to each other through group chat in MSN till then. We chatted abit 3 years back and thought of going Chek Jawa back then. And we have never met before in real life or exchange any pic until last year. After we tok abt Chek Jawa, I had gotten into a r/s and so, it was forgotten till recently.. Last year Aug, we chatted on MSN again. She was always online, but we never really chat. Then after last year Aug, we chatted more and finally met up when I tasked her to type my report for me. Shhh... Anyway, I'm still touched that she actually msg me when I was feeling like shit and very on to accompany me for a drink in the middle of the night.. but now she had disappeared from msn.. cant named her as MSN gal which I thought initially..

WL - A little gal I knew while working as a waiter in '10cents' (which doesn't exist anymore).. Knew her around June last year.. Still rem her making cocktail for me and sj that time. And was surprised to recieve sms from her after that.. And dunno y, she became my 'Jie'. And later became 'Bian Jie', cos she keep shitting? She's quite a bubbly n frenly gal who seem to be able to build good rapport with the secruity guards, canteens aunties and uncles.. And she gotten a bf who happened to live in yishun, with the name of ck and studied in Jiemin pri and Yishun Town sec. And he's a dragonboater (I'm not.. haha..).

Ele - Knew her from a forum too. A final year student in bio eng.. I think I met her once onli.. Found that she's quite a steady to take on so many tuitee and take up private degree at the same time.. something more about her.. for me to know only. haha..

Peps - A PE teacher whom I had never met.. Knew her this year Jan.. Someone whom I'll rem..

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Abit tired already. Going to 3am le.. Haven writ about my job hunt.. haha..

Will I be working here:

or..

or..

or..

I'm going all out to go to the first one.. haha.. Sending alot of resumes to that industry.. Registered online to Jobsdb, Jobstreets, Monster, Jobsfactory,... but only AIA, Prudential, Search Asia, and another financial planning company called for interviews.. Am I an Engineer? haha.. I guess they just call anyone who are searching for jobs ba..

Anyway, there are still alot pple wanna get into banking sector..

An article from money.cnn.com

"10 resumes a day, no takers

Mortgage underwriter Joshua Hager saw the writing on the wall and started looking for a new job in November. Now out of work, he's trying to get his foot back in the door of a financial firm.

By Tami Luhby, CNNMoney.com senior writer
Last Updated: April 1, 2008: 12:50 PM EDT

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- A week ago, Joshua Hager was despondent. Laid off by a mortgage company, he has looked for jobs ranging from bank teller to risk analyst. He was sending out as many as 10 resumes a day but was getting barely a nibble from employers or recruiters.

This week, things are are looking up. Hager, a Jersey City, N.J., resident, went on one interview for a fraud investigator job at a mortgage insurance company and another for a position underwriting employee dishonesty insurance. Executives at the latter told him they'd make a decision within 10 days.

He doesn't know what next week will bring.

"It's always flowed for me," said Hager, 29, who discovered his love of math and finance in high school in Proctorville, Ohio, about three hours southeast of Columbus. "I've always had a job and every time I changed jobs, it was for advancement. Now, it's like 'What do I do with myself because I can't wait for that next step.' "

Hager has joined nearly 125,000 others on Wall Street and at mortgage firms and other financial companies who received pink slips since the start of 2007. It seems that nearly every week another financial firm lets go of thousands of workers at all levels. With the market flooded, it's hard for the unemployed to land a job, experts said.

Every time he turns on the television, Hager worries that he'll hear of more layoffs. He shuddered when he learned that JPMorgan Chase would acquire Bear Stearns, which employs 14,000 staffers.

"How many people will be swamping the job market?" he said. "Everybody in finance will be looking for a job."

It used to be easy

Not too long ago, it was easy to land work in real estate or finance. After spending three years in the Navy, Hager joined the booming mortgage industry in 2003, signing on with Countrywide Financial Corp. (CFC, Fortune 500) in Tampa, Fla., as a junior loan processor. Within a year, he was promoted to underwriter, a job he loved because it allowed him to analyze borrowers' applications and determine how risky it would be to lend to them.

For instance, during the mortgage frenzy's height, when stated-income loans became all the rage, one applicant he reviewed said that he was a school engineer making $5,000 a month. A quick call revealed he was actually the janitor making about $1,600. Hager said he did not approve the application, the same decision he made on about half those that crossed his desk.

Talkback: Are you having trouble landing a job?
Last February, Hager transferred to a Countrywide office in New Jersey to be closer to New York City and to relatives. He moved in with a friend, who owned an apartment in downtown Jersey City, a suburb of the Big Apple.

Two months later, he switched to Aurora Loan Services, a subsidiary of Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers (LEH, Fortune 500). In addition to a salary boost, he took on increased responsibility, getting more involved with investigating fraud and doing second reviews on loans.

By the fall, it was clear to Hager that his job was in trouble. Lehman had shuttered its subprime mortgage unit and he figured that his division, which handled so-called Alt-A loans that required little or no income documentation, was next.

As someone who always plans his next step, Hager didn't want to wait until he was laid off to start looking for another job. So he began sending out resumes in November, staying clear of the mortgage and real estate industries. Instead, he focused on insurance underwriting positions.

After applying for more than 100 jobs and getting only two interviews, he realized he had to broaden his search. By that time, he was out of a job, one of 1,300 people at Aurora that were let go in late February. Starting to get more desperate, he branched out to consumer credit analysis at companies such as American Express or Mastercard.

Just trying to find a way in

With the job fairs, networking events and resume blasts yielding little, Hager found he had to set his sights lower and lower. In mid-March, he began exploring bank teller postings.

"The strategy is continually changing," Hager said. "You are trying to think of a way to get your foot in the door."

For now, Hager has enough money to get by, though he's starting to worry. The $1,900 he collects every month in unemployment is a far cry from the $4,600 he took home while he was working, but his expenses are relatively low. He pays $600 a month for his share of the apartment, though the maintenance is going up. He's signing up for veterans benefits so he can get health insurance since he can't afford COBRA. Also, his parents have said they would help him out.

If the economy weren't on the rocks, Hager feels he'd be able to land a job more easily. Companies are posting jobs, but they don't seem to be hiring, he said. He still sees notices from September that have gone unfilled. And it takes weeks for executives to respond, if they do at all.

"The consumer dictates what employers do and no one is spending money," Hager said. "Employers don't want anybody right now because no one wants products or services."

http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/27/news/economy/hager/index.htm?postversion=2008040112

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Just last year, every thing was good. Jobs everywhere. Salary increases. But now, just as I'm going to graduate, things turn bad. I thought 2008 will be the peak of the cycle, but I guess it was 2007. We are just starting to move down the cycle.

Every crisis, there'll be opportunity. Gotta find out what and where is it.

Anyway, working in AMK pri gave me an opportunity to know a biz consultant. Haven't really discuss with him. But he seems to be keen. I din know he was a biz consultant till we chatted last week. He looks like another ordinary teacher to me. And another fren of mine who was facing some financial difficulties is turning towards Vietnam too. Just hope that he will succeed.

And this part time job of mine was like a 'career' for me. Time to time, I'll recieve sms from tutors, and the tuition center. Now the center want to have a 'meeting' with the head tutors regarding some issues. And we have to go down to bukit merah just to submit some time sheet and lesson plans once a month (not too bad).. And when students wanna buy assessment, i'll be the one to go down to popular to get for them using my own money first. And the students sometime just dun come for lessons. And the tutors sometimes just absent himself/herself or came late. And the pay sometimes take 2 months to process. Really dunno what the center is doing. Maybe really gotta go down for that 'meeting'. Now I know why teachers like to complain and dun encourage pple to enter the teaching workforce. I guess the expectation doesn't match the work ba.. other than that work wise should be ok compared to other jobs. Cos as far as we know, teacher just teach. Now they need to do more than tat.. tat's y they discourage us to join them.. somemore with a bond of 3 years and have to pay 60k if u wanna break the bond.

Well, as long as u have passion in the job, you should be able to survive it ba.. Please call me for interview soon (from the industry I want)..

Oops.. i forgot I have exams in less than 2 weeks time.. shit..

Jobs hunting...

2008-04-03T01:41:00.000+08:00

Searching in progress...

I realised..

2008-04-02T02:16:00.003+08:00

...that I was fast, when I could only run 1/4 of the distance with the same speed I used to run.

...that I was rich, when I have to save to pay for my 'Europe tour' and earning 1c/day in helium brings me joy.

...that I was clever, when I have to copy to pass my quiz instead of being a 'threat' for others.

...that I was loved, when I see what had been done in the past being placed out even though it was just another collection.

...that I have plenty of time, when I sleep lesser than I used to.

...that money is essential, when unhappy things happen with the depletion of vitamin M and everything was smooth when plenty of vitamin M was present.

...that friends & family are more important, when they are still there for me during bad times.

...that misfortune is a blessing in disguise, and

...that I need to secure a good job soon.

Smoking Tortoise

2008-03-31T21:02:00.002+08:00

AFP - Friday, March 28

BEIJING (AFP) - - A tortoise that smokes and appears to be addicted to nicotine has been discovered in China's northeastern province of Jilin, state media reported on Thursday.

The animal is the pet of a man, identified by his surname Yun, who is himself a smoker, Xinhua news agency said, quoting a local newspaper.

One day, Yun teased the tortoise by putting a cigarette butt into its mouth, and to his surprise it started to smoke it, according to the news agency.

From then on, he shared his cigarettes with his pet, Xinhua said.

"It seems to have become addicted," Yun was quoted as saying.

"Whenever I smoke in front of it, it will stick its head out of the water and fidget about until I give it the stub."

Yun proved his claim by putting a cigarette in the tortoise's mouth in front the paper's reporter and his neighbours, Xinhua quoted the newspaper as saying.

To everyone's surprise, the tortoise finished it in less than four minutes, the news agency said.

Monkeys have been know to smoke in imitation of human beings, the deputy secretary-general of Jilin's Wildlife Conservation Society told Xinhua.

But he said he had never heard of a tortoise lighting up.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080327/tts-china-wildlife-offbeat-a73cdd6.html

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Football inspiration speech

2008-03-23T15:26:00.001+08:00

Taken from the movie "Any Given Sunday"

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Al Pacino's Inch By Inch speech from Any Given Sunday

I don't know what to say really.
Three minutes
to the biggest battle of our professional lives
all comes down to today.
Either
we heal
as a team
or we are going to crumble.
Inch by inch
play by play
till we're finished.
We are in hell right now, gentlemen
believe me
and
we can stay here
and get the shit kicked out of us
or
we can fight our way
back into the light.
We can climb out of hell.
One inch, at a time.

Now I can't do it for you.
I'm too old.
I look around and I see these young faces
and I think
I mean
I made every wrong choice a middle age man could make.
I uh....
I pissed away all my money
believe it or not.
I chased off
anyone who has ever loved me.
And lately,
I can't even stand the face I see in the mirror.

You know when you get old in life
things get taken from you.
That's, that's part of life.
But,
you only learn that when you start losing stuff.
You find out that life is just a game of inches.
So is football.
Because in either game
life or football
the margin for error is so small.
I mean
one half step too late or to early
you don't quite make it.
One half second too slow or too fast
and you don't quite catch it.
The inches we need are everywhere around us.
They are in ever break of the game
every minute, every second.

On this team, we fight for that inch
On this team, we tear ourselves, and everyone around us
to pieces for that inch.
We CLAW with our finger nails for that inch.
Cause we know
when we add up all those inches
that's going to make the fucking difference
between WINNING and LOSING
between LIVING and DYING.

I'll tell you this
in any fight
it is the guy who is willing to die
who is going to win that inch.
And I know
if I am going to have any life anymore
it is because, I am still willing to fight, and die for that inch
because that is what LIVING is.
The six inches in front of your face.

Now I can't make you do it.
You gotta look at the guy next to you.
Look into his eyes.
Now I think you are going to see a guy who will go that inch with you.
You are going to see a guy
who will sacrifice himself for this team
because he knows when it comes down to it,
you are gonna do the same thing for him.

That's a team, gentlemen
and either we heal now, as a team,
or we will die as individuals.
That's football guys.
That's all it is.
Now, whattaya gonna do?

Obesity in Singapore

2008-03-23T15:22:00.002+08:00

Taken from Straits Times last monday.. Din know that Singaporeans are getting 'bigger'..

Solar Taxi!

2008-03-20T11:51:00.002+08:00

It's coming! 25th March to NTU! Looks interesting..

Official website: http://www.solartaxi.com/

But I got a quiz for materials and energy on the same day at 130pm.. hmm...

Chu Zhen's wedding

2008-03-14T00:29:00.004+08:00

The last date I chatted with her was on the 25th Dec last year during her wedding.. Finally got the chance to catch up abit with her on MSN today and asked for some of the photos taken tat day.

A cute gal though 2 years older than me.. haha.. Still rem the time we went rollarblading, running, swimming.. Anyway, very happy to see her happily married.. She's a happy, simple gal.. Hope to see her little baby/babies soon.. haha..

she asked 'how is ur love life? heheh...any updates for me?'

me: 'love life.. nothing yet.. haha.. still managing other aspect of life..but soon will look into that.. '

Now, I have 5 aspect of life to focus on - Financially, Relationally, Intellectually, Spritually, and Physically.

But I'm putting my relationship last priority now, cos i think I have to take care of my own well-being first before I could take care of others..

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Anyway, I still rem one of my 'god sis' who's going to give birth soon, told me that sometimes in life only we ourselves can help ourselves.. Qutie true ba.. 天助自助者.. As an outsider, we can only help tat much.. The rest would be up to oneself.. Cos we dun go thru the same thing as them.. It's always easy to say.. Only the ones with the same difficulties can console. We need to have the same frequencies to click first ba..

Anyway, it's really not tat easy to be positive all the time.. But if we look at those who was down with some physical, finacial or relationship problems, how they climb up and turn their situation into an inspiring ones, we wonder how they did it..

It's not easy, but it's really how we see ourselves, our life, and all the people around us are like. If I were to be more positive, I would have a happier life for the past few years.. I feel like I have wasted 10 years of my life.. Seriously, all my problems in the past were created by me myself..

I want some life now~~~
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I was told that 'Maobaby' was dead and 'Patrick' was born. But I guess the memories will always be there.. Everyday, everywhere, eveything changes. But memories are always the same. They are something that we can keep for life.. That's partially y I blog.. Anyway, I still cant figure out was it a dream or she did come to my hall last wed? haha..

shit.. I'm writing too much these days.. Hope everyone is doing well..

Humanity’s Top Ten Problems for next 50 years.

2008-03-13T01:47:00.002+08:00

http://www.nanoroadmap.it/events/first_conference/presentations/graetzel.pdf

Got this while doing my tutorial for Materials and Energy. Life in the next few decades would be interesting.. We can already feel it coming now.. With problems, solutions have to emerge.

Yingli

2008-03-13T01:40:00.002+08:00

Yingli is one of the leading vertically integrated photovoltaic (PV) product manufacturers in China. Yingli completed an Initial Public Offering on the New York Stock Exchange on June 8, 2007. It is currently undergoing Phase III in its plan to increase capacity to 400MW by 2008 and 600MW by 2009.

More about Yingli:

http://www.yinglisolar.com/enmain/user/about.asp
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I was doing my research on photovoltaic cell when I came across this.. Din know that Yingli is currently one of the largest manufacturers of PV products in China..

I still cant get over..

2008-03-12T15:11:00.002+08:00

The disappearance of my 2 running shorts.. One blue M size asics and one orange M size nike shorts.. Why would anyone wanna take my running shorts for.. I'm already poor enough.. Why did you wanna make me poorer..

But still, I'm lucky enough to have a buddy to save me from my financial problem.. Without him, my life would have been worse.. Thanks buddy.. I owe you a great deal. Not forgetting other minor shareholders.. For you guys and myself, I shall excel.. I can only think of succeeding. Great, I have found some motivations..

Week 10

2008-03-12T14:02:00.002+08:00

This week is already week 10.. And I din really notice that.. 3 more weeks of school, den one week break before the exam starts on the 18th until 29th.. and presentation around 5th - 7th may. Then will have our grad nite at 'Quality Hotel' on the 7th.. The cheapest 'prom nite'.. Wonder how it would be like..

2 more quizes in week 12, and the submission of the final report on week 12.. hmm.. I guess it's time to study again.. Finally slept 12 hrs today, and ran for the past 2 days.. Feel that my stamina and strength is getting weaker.. Haven catch up with frenz for some times also.. Everyone has 'deadlines' to meet.. it's like a path getting closer to our coffin with each 'deadlines' met.. I wonder why are we so tight to the 'deadlines'..

Anyway, submitted quite a few resumes but haven gotten any invitation to be interviewed.. Abit lazy to send in more resumes or go for any recruitment talks already.. Feel like we are some products in the market for the buyers to choose from.. the only difference is that we can reject the buyers. I was actually quite slack about finding a job so soon, but now I feel pressurized to secure one to make my budgeting plans..

Since I have submitted the resumes, now all i can do is just concentrate on my last lap.. But I'm writing so much now, cos I have lose focus.. Feel abit empty somehow.. That's life. ^_^

Bevan's teeth

2008-03-12T13:55:00.003+08:00

Bevan.. My nephew.. Can you see the teeth over there? He's 8 months old already.. But already wearing 1 year old clothes.. Getting bigger and bigger, and laugh more and more.. But still quite hard to take pic when he laugh.. cos of the red lights on my hp, which makes him stop and stare.. Anyway, he's getting naughtier.. but fun..

Batam

2008-03-12T13:34:00.003+08:00

Finally we went Batam.. It's really a place for uncles.. Nothing much unless you wanna shop or find gals over there.. Actually, you can pay to get gals anywhere around the world, but for some cities or island, they are famous for that.

Anyway, once we reached there, we went to the supermarket and buy some stuff. One thing I like was the Gatsby hair wax selling at $1++ compared to singapore's $7++.. Another thing is the Donuts which is quite cheap and nice.. As you can see from the pic, that's about all we did.. The basketball in the arcade was quite fun though.. haha.. but the balls are damn dusty..

Din take much pics on the food cos we din order much.. Budget constraint.. Anyway, the atmosphere at the Golden prawn is not bad.. Can bring your partner there to walk ard the place after dinner.

Overall, it's a place to relax and enjoy the slower pace of life.. And also to feel richer. So, if you are stress up and feeling poor, maybe can go there.. But do find your own entertainments.. I'm not sure about the other side of Batam (the beach).. May go next time..

"The Uncles" drawn by Zw.. haha.. I din know we really have become uncles..

Attraction..

2008-03-11T04:23:00.003+08:00

1 a: the act, process, or power of attracting b: personal charm
2: the action or power of drawing forth a response : an attractive quality
3: a force acting mutually between particles of matter, tending to draw them together, and resisting their separation
4: something that attracts or is intended to attract people by appealing to their desires and tastes

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attraction

I think everyone has some kinda standard for the things they get attrated to, be it a person or thing.

As for a person, there are somethings that will 'turn us on' or give us some kinda feelings due to some characteristics that we notice in them. Lust, like, comfortable, curiousity, and mystery could be some of the reasons for the attraction you have for another person with respect to your standards.

There are something called 'love at first sight', and some said it to be 'lust at first sight' as they don't think anyone will have the feeling of love when he/she has just met another person. Anyway, I think some people would just give you that kinda wierd feelings when u see them. Some unexplainable feelings. If it's lust, I think u should know the reasons for being attracted by them.

I still remembered when I was in sec 2, one of my 'god sis' (who is going to get married on my birthday this year) asked me why I like one of the gal in my class. I told her I dunno y. Seriously, i dun really know y. I never talk to her and I dun feel 'high' by seeing her, but to me, she was just very different from other gals. That's the first gal I confessed to, in a bad way without any follow ups. Throughout the whole sec sch life, I tried to 'forget' abt her after one rejection. Haha.. thinking about it, I think i was actually quite cute and stupid. Torturing myself as I don't know what to do at that time. Around 6 years after the 'rejection' den I had my first lunch with her at Mos burger. It was 11 years since I sent her a vcard. This year vday, I happened to be able to watch a movie with her. I din get any gifts, cards or flowers for her due to some reasons. Anyway, I realised quite alot of things..

Anyway, there are also people who u will get attracted after interacting with them. Sometime it may take a longer time, sometimes it may need some kinda fate. One of my buddy got together with his present gf after 6 years of graduating from sec sch. They were siting next to each other in the sci lab during sec sch. But they never have any affinity towards each other that time. Actually, both of them and another gal were sitted together sharing the table for 2. And my buddy actually liked the other gal. Never did we know tat 7 years down the road, my buddy got together with the other gal instead of the one he liked. Maybe after getting close to each other day by day make them attract to each other? thru 'Mouse&Moo' story, maybe there will be someone u knew for a long time who will be ur future partner? haha.. actually I have this experience with one of my sec sch fren few years ago too. we contact too much until i found myself liking her. But she was attached, and i dun like to be 3rd party. However, i still confused to her that time but at the same time told her that i will not court her. Wierd.

There are also pple who you can be yourself when you are with them. tat's y you are attracted to them. You feel at ease. You are you yourself when you are with them. I cant really explain why i'm able to say anything or do anything when i was with someone but refrain myself from saying anything or doing anything which i wanted to, with another one. I think this kinda feeling is essential for you to get together with another person. Even though when you are comfortable with another person, you may not want to be with him/her.

To each individual and situation, nothing is absolute.. You will know the answer when you get there..

haha.. i'm done with talking crap. Oops.. it's 5am le.. Nitez..

Reflection..

2008-03-11T03:20:00.002+08:00

Finally.. After 10 months working on the 'Fate of heavy metals in pyrolysis of sewage sludge', I have typed out the report with much help from my mentor through the internet technology.. She has asked me to write the literature review for this report since May 2007.. And I had been dragging on and on.. Deadline for submission of this 1st draft of report was last monday. But I have written nothing then.. So I have to ask for an extension..
Last week was quite hectic as I realised I need to do some experiments with I haven't done.. But luckily Bob had told me that we could actually use the SEM machine in the middle of the night when on one is using.. So, I went with him on wed to do my sample. Luckily it's quite a quick one. But the analyze part take some time. So, I only really started writing everything on Thurs. Write and read at the same time. But somehow I don't feel tired or stress. I don't know why. Just keep working thru the night.. But my first 'rough report' gave my mentor a shock. It was really very informal report. I think I have exchanged at least 5 reports with her. So she has amended quite alot for my report.
Really fortunate that she helped.. I finally feel a sense of satisfaction after the whole report was printed out. Even though there's 50pages, I feel quite hollow inside as I din type much comments and realised some mistakes inside. But anyway, it's finally handed in. Now will be waiting for the prof to send back the report for editing. I rem last year when he showed me a report that was amended 5 times and still need to be amended. I wonder how many drafts I'll go thru this time. Feel that I'm destroying the envirnoment despite the nature of my project is related to environment.. Tat's so much for my FYP.. Time to catch out on my last week lectures..

Anyway, I started out working as a 'head tutor' at amk pri every fri and sat since march. My job was to coordinate between the tutors and AEC center. And this is set up by the mendaki. I think there's still quite some admin problems with the center as most tutors haven't gotten their jan pay. Anyway, it's quite a slack job i think.. As there are some problems with the tutors on fri, 2 classes have no tutor on tat day.. so, it's also my task to take over as a tutor if no one take over. Luckily, the students in tat class were quite obedient..

I think I'm in an unhealthy stage now.. cos now I have no one to share with what I have been going thru.. and now, my phone will not always ring when bed time is here.

Anyway, time is passing faster and faster.. Is it me or the time is getting shorter? Just one more month to exams and after tat, presentation, den graduate. Regardless of wat we are doing or experiencing now, life still goes on. It's forever moving non stop. There are so much for us to learn and experience in life. And i think I have spent half my life sleeping instead of doing what i want. So many things are happening all ard the world. Is it better to live a life with the changing world or to hide in a laboratory and concentrate on your own experiments?

Life is really interesting. I still have a strong belief in 'causes and effects'. Whatever you do now would have an effect in future. Sometime we may think that we did something good, but y are there bad things happening to us.. I think it's just the way we look at things. The causes and effects are there and always will be there whether we notice it or not. But you have the right to choose the way you want to look at it. Just like a half filled glass and half empty glass which many people might have heard about. They are actually the same.

I feel that I could write on and on forever, but it would go no where. So I shall stop it somewhere now.

Anyway, I really feel grateful with my life now but seek for more improvements. I feel that I'm really like a turtle. Slow and hide into shell when being touched. Can someone break my shell? It's good to come out of the comfort zone, but do bring me some clothes to wear.

Singapore telcos join hunt for wanted JI leader

2008-03-01T22:53:00.001+08:00

Dear all, do have a look at this and keep a look out..

http://165.21.74.48/notice.html

CNA news link: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/332190/1/.html

Tips for living with very little money

2008-02-29T22:02:00.002+08:00

My first and favourite written article in Helium.. Now I have written 9 articles since 22nd Feb.. haha.. I guess I'm abit addicted. I wonder why I never write more during JC for my General Paper which I got D7 for it.

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Having too little money? What you earn is not enough for you to spend? Every month you work and wait for payday to come. By midweek, almost all your income is used up. Soon, you begin to ask yourself, "Why am I spending 8 hours a day to work for the money I need to stay alive?"

Each of us has a lifespan. We should be enjoying our life and living it to the fullest. How can we color our life with the limited amount of money we have? Do we have to live a miserable life with little money?

Calculate the amount of money you have to spend in a month - hand phone bills, utility bills, fees, loans, food, transportation, and other miscellaneous monthly expenses. Write down what you want in your life. Rank according to your needs. Starting from the bottom of the list, think of ways you can reduce the monthly expenses. After cutting down on the monthly expenses of the things you don't really need, calculate the total amount you have to spend. Now, set aside this amount plus 10% more every month you get your pay.

After settling the necessary expenses you have to attend to every month, you can now put all your attention on the money you have left after deducting the monthly expenses. This would be how rich you are every month. By focusing on the abundant rather than scarcity, you would be better off. Then, you can live a more exciting life with the little money you have.

If you want to go for a holiday at the end of the year, save 60% of what you have left and use the rest for your weekly entertainment or social life with friends and family. The amount of enjoyment you have would have no limits when you keep your monthly expenses at a constant. When your pay increases, you would become richer.

With very little money, one could still dream for a nice holiday and good lifestyle he wanted without having to munch on bread or do the things he dislike due to the lack of money. Use the very little money and match it with what you want in life to make your life a better one. You don't have to live a miserable life when you are poor. Think rich with the very little money. Little can become big when they are combined.
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The above is not proven yet. Haha.. But I'll test it out for you all to know.. I think if you can manage your money, your time and your life, you would be able to get the life you want. This is what we often heard as 'Live your life to the fullest'.

Gratitude is the attitude I'm living with.

2008-02-29T21:33:00.002+08:00

I realized alot of stuff recently. Looking back, I see the mistakes I'd made which causes unhappiness in most of the day I lived. That'll be the past forever as I remind myself to be grateful of what I have today and everyday. And I feel good about it irregardless of anything that might bring me down. I'm in a transformation stage now. And on the next February 29th, I have the life I want - Financially, Relationally, Intellectually, Spritually and Physically. And I wish that all my friends and family around me would live the life they always dream about. I am focusing on what I want now, and right now, I cannot really recall what I don't want. Anyway, below is one of the 'related' article I wrote maybe 2 days ago? Just to share what I have written..

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How to be happy in everyday life

{Suggestion}
Gratitude is the most powerful positive attitude and emotion that would bring about happiness in everyday life. It is often easier to stray away from gratitude and complain about the life in every little aspect. That is why we find it so hard to stay happy as we started to feel bad about our life. So, why gratitude equals to happiness?

{Reason}
Happiness is a positive emotion which brings joy and energy into our life. Gratitude is when you are show your appreciation in your life with whatever you have and is given to you. It is also a positive emotion which matches nicely with happiness. When we feel thankful of our life, we feel GOOD about it.

{Examples supporting the suggestion}
Simple examples can be found in the Success stories' of Helium' forum. Writers show their gratitude of getting their first penny, or even breaking the $0 barrier which bring them to cloud number nine. You will never be happy if you never appreciate what you already have.

Another example can be seen in your relationship. What happen if your feel thankful for every little things done by your partner? When you tell your partner you love the dinner she cooks or you love the massage he has given to you? Your partner would only do more of the stuff you wanted and both would feel loved and happy. In contrary, try to complain about all the things done by your partner. Does he/she feel appreciated? Will he/she feel happy? And most importantly, do you feel happy to spot every little mistake' done by your partner?

{Practical advices}
Try this out: Everyday, you wake up in the morning, say Thank you for the opportunity to start afresh in life; Thank you for the shelter to keep you safe and warm; Thank you for all the necessities available to you in your house; Thank you for ' Fill in the blank with a list of your own gratitude. Do it ever morning you wake up. This will brings out the powerful positive energy which is already inside you.

Next, I want you to write down a list of benefits you already have in your life. Write as much as you could. Every little thing like, I can see the whole world and beautiful things with my pair of eyes'. Write at least 50 benefits you have in your life. If you feel unhappy with your current life and want to change it, write 2 benefits each to all the benefits you already have when your life has transformed to the one you wanted. Hence, as you tried to improve yourself further, you could still feel happy because of the current benefits you have.

Forgiveness is a step to take if you have problems feeling gratitude. Free yourself from the emotional pain of hating a person or job or situation. You can never get anything good out of it by hating them. Hate is a very negative emotion which would contradict with happiness. Forgive your enemies', LOVE them all. You have to believe me that everyone has at least a good point for us to love them. Look for it and free yourself from hate and open your heart and soul to love.

{Conclusion}
Happiness is just waiting for you at the other side of the line when you feel gratitude about your life. It is the Law of attraction'. The likes attract likes. Knowing all these does not make you a happier person unless you take the first step to act and react!

One last thing: Look at the mirror every morning and smile. See how wonderful a smile can bring happiness to the mankind. It is free to smile anyway.

Stay happy and smile always.
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The "one last thing" was actually taught by a gal 4 years ago. She has changed 'a bit' of my life back then. I still remembered it in my heart and spread it to anyone who's feeling down.

IPPT

2008-02-28T18:10:00.003+08:00

Went to test out my IPPT this wednesday and to my surprise, I cleared my standing broad jump easily. But struggled to just hit 37 for my sit-ups. And the area I usually don't worry, burst my $400. I had ran 10:33min for my 2.4km. Somemore, I was panting after crossing the finish line. I supposed to be able to run with this timing for 10km. Am I getting old? haha.. I'll try it again next month. Give me 2-3 weeks to go below 9:45..

Not much time to blog as I was busy writing for Helium.

Although it's one week break this week, it's just a week for us to complete our FYP report. Quiz on Monday and maybe a presentation on Tuesday. Still writing the report and haven't started studying for my quiz. Friday and Saturday will be going to AMK primary to work as a 'head tutor'. Thought of doing something special tmr for this leap year. haha.. But due to time constrain, I guess I'll just treat it as another day. Maybe just write another entry tmr 29th Feb 2008.

Some updates

2008-02-19T19:04:00.005+08:00

Youth Olympic

http://www.sgyoutholympics.com/

Yap~~ The results will be out on the 21st Feb. Now is between Moscow and Singapore.

4E4 yearly CNY Outing

This year has lesser pple as we changed our venue from CH's house to amk for steamboat. Nonetheless, everyone still looks the same as we were in YTSS. The only difference is, we are 10 years older..

Youth Olympic 2010~~

2008-02-12T00:18:00.000+08:00

Singapore is going to hold Youth Olympic in 2010?!?

Official site:

http://singapore2010.sg/

I'm excited that Singapore is bidding for the Youth Olympic in 2010 although I won't be qualified to take part in it.

September 2008, Singapore will host its F1 night race for the first time. And in 2010, IR would be built. Together with the hosting of Youth Olympic hopefully. I think the result of the bidding would be out on the 25th Feb?

Let's be proud of our homeland, our 'little chilli padi'. And hopefully the fourth generation leader would be cultivated and out soon.

Ok, with this, I shall continue my sporting life. Hopefully my future career would allow some spare time for me to do my sports.

This year, I shall retest my 4hr marathon. And do a sub 3hr in 2010. That's my goal for the marathon. Beside this, I have yet to do an Ironman. Shall do it after I got a good bicycle maybe 2 years later in 2010. Short term goal is to regain my gold timing for my last 'cat X' IPPT before May this year. 3 months later I would be in 'cat Y' already. That's fast.

At least I can see that there'll be more places to hang out in Singapore. Looking forward to a new outlook of Singapore.

FYP..

2008-02-08T20:24:00.000+08:00

The previous entry was actually meant to 'explain' my absence for some gathering or 'presents sharing' and also to show my gratitude to my savior. But come to think about it again, it's unnecessary to 'explain' what/why I'm doing to others. I'm going to do what I have to do.. So, the previous entry should be more of showing my gratitude.. At least I'm given a chance.

Anyway, my FYP mentor has left on the 1st of Feb.. She went back to China for CNY and for her graduation.. Below is my first and last photo with my dearest mentor.. After she left, then I started doing my report.. Now still in the midst of completing it.. Goodbye Jingai.

Just before she left, I got to know that she likes flowers alot.. ^_^

This photo below is my mentor and another Thai who does her research work in IESE. She looks abit like 'Lin Mei jiao'..

Actually I'm very fortunate to recieve all the helps I needed in all the areas in life.. Now, I just need one person to help me in every aspect of my life. And that person would be none other than me.

Rat Year~

2008-02-07T00:46:00.000+08:00

Every Lunar New Year eve, I would be spending my evening till midnight in a restuarant as a waiter. This year is no exception even though I thought that I wouldn't going for this money anymore. This year is lesser by $30 as the previous restuarant is no longer exist. But to be exact, it is only $20 lesser this year as I got an 'Ang Pao' from the customer. Anyway, at least every year after work, I would have smses of CNY greetings in my phone which make my day.

Seriously I hate to work as a waiter especially during CNY eve. I guess every restuarant would have a 2-shift dinner which is from 530pm to 8pm and 8pm to around 1030pm. Hence, at 8pm, it would always be in a mess as you all know, the first batch would be hogging onto the tables to chat until the next batch arrived. Quite alot of problems faced especially when most of the waiters/waitresses are either newbie or work once in a blue moon. Also, the customers have to wait for a long time before the next dish is out in the beginning of the course. After that, all the dishes would be out together in one shot as though we the waiters are feeding the hungry piglets. Hence, it's quite easy to get complains from the customers.

Anyway, I was comfortable and enjoying my life for a few months last year and would not think of working during the CNY eve even though the pay is like double than the usual one. I was able to get what I want. Looking back, I have wrote down what I wanna buy for myself in a book and I do have them now. But things have changed. A $50 notes putting infront of me now and a $50 notes putting infront of me in 2007 have the different effect. Now, I'm back to before 2007, maybe even worse. Seriously, it's quite an ugly situation for me now. But, I'm glad to have buddies and family giving me an helping hand. Some even without any hesitation and questions asked.

How do I see myself now? With so much supports, I know that they trust me and have faith in me. I would not let them down and will be positive in my future. I feel that it's a 'minor' setback to make me stronger and a different person as I have to be more enthu in my life so that I could be more successful. If nothing happen, I would be in my comfort zone, and continue to be lazy and indifferent. Even my 'supporters' have faith in me, so how can I have no faith and confident in myself?

I have seen and went thru how powerful our mind can be. If you were a person with negative thoughts, look at what you have now.. Is this what you keep telling in your mind that you don't want these? And vice versa.

I'm feeling scared and fear to be a successful person as I'm afraid of committement. And I keep thinking of this. So do you think I can be successful in life?

Now, I will keep trying to focus on the good that I have and work towards what I want in life. One thing that keep bothering me is my supporters. I want to return their favor as soon as possible. But I think, I shouldn't be focusing on that. Other than this, I feel contented with my life. I'm happy with what I have now. And I'm sure there'll be more lying ahead of me.

This year, I'll be going to the starting point in May/June to join the 'rat race'. I'll be a rat which loves to race and with a mindset of 'xiao qiang'. It looks like I'm decieving myself, but seriously I'm excited to join the race. I will run the race route until I'm ready to build my own 'holes' to keep my 'cheese'.

No matter what, I wish that all my frenz and families members would get what they want in their life and be contented and grateful with what they have presently. At least I'm glad to have you all. Happy Lunar New Year.

PS: Feel free to correct me if there's any language errors. I need to improve in my language skills. Thanks. ^_^

Too Busy for a Friend...

2008-01-24T01:19:00.000+08:00

Below is an email sent to me by a fren..

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Too Busy for a Friend...

One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name.

Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down.

It took the remainder of the class period to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one handed in the papers.

That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had said about that individual.

On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the entire class was smiling. 'Really?' she heard whispered. 'I never knew that I meant anything to anyone!' and, 'I didn't know others liked me so much,' were most of the comments.

No one ever mentioned those papers in class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn't matter. The exercise had accomplished its purpose. The students were happy with themselves and one another. That group of students moved on.

Several years later, one of the students was killed in VietNam and his teacher attended the funeral of that special student. She had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. He looked so handsome, so mature.

The church was packed with his friends. One by one those who loved him took a last walk by the coffin. The teacher was the last one to bless the coffin.
As she stood there, one of the soldiers who acted as pallbearer came up to her. 'Were you Mark's math teacher?' he asked. She nodded: 'yes.' Then he said: 'Mark talked about you a lot.'
After the funeral, most of Mark's former classmates went together to a luncheon. Mark's mother and father were there, obviously waiting to speak with his teacher.

'We want to show you something,' his father said, taking a wallet out of his pocket 'They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might recognize it.'

Opening the billfold, he carefully removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times. The teacher knew without looking that the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark's classmates had said about him.
'Thank you so much for doing that,' Mark's mother said. 'As you can see, Mark treasured it.'
All of Mark's former classmates started to gather around. Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, 'I still have my list. It's in the top drawer of my desk at home.'

Chuck's wife said, 'Chuck asked me to put his in our wedding album.'

'I have mine too,' Marilyn said. 'It's in my diary'

Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her pocketbook, took out her wallet and showed her worn and frazzled list to the group. 'I carry this with me at all times,' Vicki said and without batting an eyelash, she continued: 'I think we all saved our lists'

That's when the teacher finally sat down and cried. She cried for Mark and for all his friends who would never see him again.

The density of people in society is so thick that we forget that life will end one day. And we don't know when that one day will be.

So please, tell the people you love and care for, that they are special and important. Tell them, before it is too late.

If you've received this, it is because someone cares for you and it means there is probably at least someone for whom you care.

If you're 'too busy' to take those few minutes right now to forward this message on, would this be the VERY first time you didn't do that little thing that would make a difference in your relationships?

The more people that you send this to, the better you'll be at reaching out to those you care about.

Remember, you reap what you sow. What you put into the lives of others comes back into your own.
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I remembered my sec 1/2 teacher, Mr 'Ngaa'(Frenz of 2E6, did I spell it right?) had done roughly the same thing for us.. And I still have the pieces of papers with me..

One man tied

2008-01-20T01:05:00.000+08:00

'One man tied' tidy up the messy wires.

His job is to be tied. The more he struggles to break free, the more wires will be tied to him. Until there are no more space to tie onto him, the extra wires will have to be tied to other men around him.

He'll only be able to untie himself after his job has changed.

"Que sera sera"

4D

2008-01-02T20:16:00.000+08:00

"The Joseph Cycle"

2007-12-29T13:53:00.000+08:00

"The Joseph Cycle is a time cycle. Whoever masters time is a master of events. Whoever masters himself is a master of men. Whoever masters himself and time, is a master of wealth."

"Live today. Live each day to the fullest. The past is already gone and cannot be rewritten; the future, which is not here yet, is not yet yours. We will never know what can happen. But with Cycles, we can anticipate the safe times and the dangerous times, the moment to take risk and the moment to conserve. Time is our best friend. Therefore, know time!" - S Westgate

Message of The Joseph Cycle:

1. There is a cycle in nature that causes booms and busts - a period of good times lasting seven years followed by a period of bad times lasting seven years.

2. Seven is a spiritual number. Seven is divine. Seven is a mystery. Develop faith, trust and confidence in the divine mystery.

3. You must not be greedy. Know what is enough.

4. Good times will not last forever. Every bubble is bound to burst. Be skeptical after a prolonged period of prosperity. Greed will betray you. Be happy and contented with what you have.

5. It is important to save during good times. Save to be safe. Invest to be rich. Saving is a form of insurance and an umbrella to protect against the coming bad times.

6. Bad times will also not last forever. Opportunities may abound in the worst of times. Be positive during and after a long period of gloom. Trust and faith will give you the strength, confidence and courage to seize opportunities presented at the tail end of bad times.

7. You must know time - when to get in and when to get out.

Taken from 'The Joseph Cycle - Simon Sim Chin Cheong' available at Kinokuniya for $33. If you wanna buy any books from Kino can find me. Discount 10% valid till August 2008 only.

What's next?

2007-12-23T02:29:00.000+08:00

R/s is put aside. These few days, my handphone can last for a few days without charging. Anyway, now I'm like dropped into a well of shit. But as I looked up, I can see lotsa familiar hands trying to pull me up. Though it's quite sad when I look back at the time where I was able to do what I want. It was comfortable. And this kinda life will end without a strong fundation. Nonetheless, it was a good experience. Now I just gotta press the restart buttom and start all over again in a different way. Successful people have shared with me their same kinda plight with me. If they can do it, I can do it too.

V asked me how do I define successful and happy. To me, successful is to be able to accomplish your goals in life and happy is when you are contented with what you have. Some people can have a lot lesser assets in life but still feel happier than those who have more. So what's contentment and what makes me contented? V asked me.

www.dictionary.com says tat contentment is:
1. the state of being contented; satisfaction; ease of mind.
2. Archaic. the act of making contentedly satisfied.

And what makes me contented? Hmmm.. I should be contented with my life now, but I'm not. I think if ones get contented, it'll be quite hard to move any further. Could be good or bad. Just do what you are comfortable. If you wanna lead a normal standard life, it should be quite easy to get contented.

Anyway, had been playing 'risk/attack' in facebook. Was 'dragged' in by JY. And now I'm quite addicted to it. Though it's just some game to conquer the world, I've learnt something from it and get to know new friends around the world. One of the wierdest move I have seen is a guy who stored all his armies in just one piece of land throughout the game.. No one was interested in him. Others were busy destroying or weakening one another. Soon, as time goes by, he got the largest amount of armies. And when the time is ripe, he goes all out to eliminate the one with the most cards (cards can be traded for more armies) on hand. Hence, once he press this buttom, and could eliminate his target, he would grow stronger than anyone else.

I tried to use it but failed. Either being destroyed or can't finished off my target. This move has taught me to be patient in life. And we could be seen as a poor students eating 'grass' everyday, when the time is here, we can make it big. If we just go all out at the beginning and attracting too much attention, our assets and stamina would be gone. I think I should stick to my turtle way in life. It could be applied in almost every aspect in life I guess. When I trying to resume my trainings or studies, I started out with alot of passion and got burnt out or injured fast. I'll move slowly this time.

Anyway, got to know this guy from Australia who seem to be in a similiar plight as me. He just broke up with his gf and lost 7 grands. So he asked to be friend to check out how I will be doing in future. Another Indonesian guy added me as I was the first Asian he played with. And a Turkish girl whose lips attracted the guys in the room.

Well, I have spent abit too much time on this. My buddies went Batam yesterday, but I cant join them. So just stucked at home the whole day again.

2007.. Quite abit of ups and downs for me. up up up, den down down down. I need a break. I guess I would really gotta go to the Yishun hills to relax. Time to tighten my belt once again after all the spendings. Can't afford to suka suka take cab anymore. Somemore the cab fare is really quite heartbeating now. every 50sec, my heart will beat 20cents faster. Although I may think that I should have saved up few months ago, I think there's no point thinking about it but to work towards it.

2008 may be a good year for the economy. But I think it's time to save up for the rainy days. As for my grad trip, gotta depend on how much I save. I will go thru this. Everything will start from scretch. And from the time I wake up later.

Next, will be climbing up the ladder and sleep on my bed.

Complicated no more..

2007-12-19T22:35:00.000+08:00

Yeah! We have finally come to a real end. This shall be the last entry I will write about me and wt.

It has been a year of ‘grey’ r/s after 3 months of our breakup. I had not been performing in any field in this one whole year. I was passing my days aimlessly. I had forgotten about my passion in running. I dare not get back together with her as I had told myself not to patch since the breakup. But we stayed too close and still cared too much for each others. I had told her that I’ll be there for her whenever she needs me. But I guess it was a wrong statement to make. And I shouldn’t be doing this if I do not want to revive the r/s. Now, I had stopped myself from saying this.

I will spend another 1hr of my life writing and thinking on this. It’s time for Brice to come back to live.

A few incidents had made me want to stay away from the r/s and disappointed in it. But my heart is too soft or maybe she’s too good in reviving my love for her. A few days ago, an incident made her decided to stay away from me. I tried to get her back but failed, maybe because I just wanted her to still care for me. But now I am thinking, what’s the point of this? It would be neverending. I was sad these few days as I feel that I was not really in control of my life and in the r/s and in myself. I was like always there for her as I don’t have many plans in my life and was willing to change my schedule just for her, though sometimes I tried hard not to be there for her. I realized I am just wasting my time proving this and that.

Last night, while I was trying to sleep on the sofa, I suddenly woke up at 4+ feeling happy and relieved. I looked at the messages my friend sent me and I realized something that is supposed to be a common sense. No point wasting time brooding over things that has no definite answer and lives every moment as though it’s my last. And this is my life. I should take control of it.

This one incident had finally made her decide to stay away from me. She had been tolerant and had done a good job in maintaining our closeness. Whatever reasons, whatever things will happen in future and whatever she will be doing now, it should not be important anymore. What’s important now is what I will be doing. I should just stop thinking about it and go on with my life and enjoy the company with my friends. And this time it shall not be never contact anymore nor I'll still be there for you when you need me.

Thanks C for drinking with me on a cold Friday night and Y for comforting and enlightening me even though she had been hearing the same thing for a year plus. And thanks my cute buddy who doesn’t know what to do. Everything is over now. It has been a 'dream' for me.

Brice will find his way out of his mini crisis soon.. It needs some time..

2008 is coming. I will make sure I do things that I really want. I’m burnt in everyway now, but I will stand tall again, though I can’t really change my height…

No more complicated r/s.

2007 Standard Chartered Marathon

2007-12-04T18:44:00.000+08:00

My timing this year is 6h:32m:56s, which is 2hr and 30mins slower than the one I did 2 years back. But I'm glad I'd completed it.

I only did 3 runs in Nov - 1km, 1km and 3km(before the race) as I had this vein problem at my right knee since mid october. Without training + knee problem, I know the run would be tough. It's really quite a demoralising run for me. This is worse than the 1st one I did back in 2004. For my 1st run, I had cramp all over my body which stop me from running, but it's just cramp. This time is the sharp pain on my right knee that forbid me from running. I had to straighten my right leg if I wanna run. Before the run, I knew that I will be going to tortue myself on that day. But why did I still run? Maybe I like to torture myself? I think the main purpose for me to run this race is just to complete it in one piece.

I think I'm very unfit in 2007. Had been falling sick more frequently and getting thinner and weaker. What is happening to Brice? I need plans, I need goals, I need drive and I need discipline and determination. All these seem to be missing in my life.

My love life..

2007-11-25T22:37:00.000+08:00

For the first time I can dun study or panic or sleep early before my paper. I can dazed and do nothing for the whole day and still cant sleep at 2am for my morning paper. People may thought I was studying, but I was just stoning. But thanks to fren who chased me to zzz. But, I was still awake. I think I need to manage my emotion better.

Anyway, till now, my frenz still dunno wat's the r/s b/w me and her. I think it's still a little complicated that different pple percive differently abt us. It's not that we have broken up and are trying to get back together again. We are not officially together. We are fren but kinda close fren, actually we are just like couple. That's why some of my frenz are confused. Cos we are together everyday. We are still like a couple but yet we are both afraid to be together.

Maybe because I always wrote about her whenever we had a conflict, which makes her sound bad. Of course I would write all the bad things abt her when there's an arguement. And of course there would be good things abt her too.

I shouldn't blame her for having some complicated r/s with another guy cos we are not really together. And I dun even dare to make her mine. I know she can be a faithful gal, and I shouldn't doubt her. But since the break up, I have lost that faith and trust and confidence.

Actually, I shouldn't care so much what she does as we are not 'together'. But why am I so affected? I guess we are just too close that we are just like a couple and thus, would react wat a normal partner would.

A gal would wan a guy who could give her assurance, future and confidence. I dunno y till now I still dare not tell her I wan her to be my wife. And I am afraid of the future ahead of us. I cant give her 100%, so I guess it's fair for her to be afraid to commit in us again. I would only give 100% if I am really sure of it. I dun wanna be like some guys who could simply tell a gal he wan her forever but couldn't keep the promises. But den again, gals just like to hear that even though it may not be the outcome. What's holding me back? Is it me who afraid of committment or she's not the one I wanna be with?

She... is considered an all rounder. One who can have fun, excel in studies and sports, have a good social life and have a sentimental side. She has her sweetness, her caring part for me. She does try to regain my trust by telling me everything and tried not to upset me or let me worry.

Why do we keep having arguements but I still keep a close contact with her? I think there are still beautiful side of her which I can see in her. And she wouldn't stop contacting me too. So we just hang on to each other. And maybe we are always there for each other..

When everything is ok, we are like a loving couple, but when things turn sour, it's bad for the heart, eyes and head. So when are we going to settle this? to remain in the grey area or choose to be together or simply separated? Again, we have talked yest and thought of not getting too close and compete each other to find his own happiness. It's kinda sad but there're barriers b/w us that forbid us to be together and some kinda force tat bring us together. I dunno whether when I find a new love would solve this.

So now you guys understand our r/s? ^_^

and she's not as bad as wat i wrote.. she's just a gal who does thing logically. she knows wat she wans and she will move on fast. she'll continue with her plans and her life unlike me. she knows her priority. tat's wat i need to learn from her.

And i thank Maobaby for editing this piece of article. Though he hasnt pass his psle, but his english is much better than mine. I wish him all the best in his Psle next year. :)
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Helping my fren to promote her online shop..
"www.ladiescouture.blogspot.com"

Different Life..

2007-11-18T22:17:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, her parents delievered food over to our school.. We had 'fan choy', 'har gao', 15 satays and 'kueh tu bat' for our supper.. Whenever I went to her house for dinner, there'll be fruits and desserts after a meal. And the meal would have quite a few dishes.. Tibits can be found in the living room.. The whole family would sit together to have dinner while watching TV. The family is just too perfect and comfortable..

Although my family is not as 'perfect' as theirs, I'm still satisfied with it.. The grass is always greener on the other side.. But i see a different 'perfection' in my family.. Though there's nothing to eat after dinner, and each of us would eat only when our stomache wanna eat and at different part of the house.. And money seems to be an issue most of the time.. I can see how my parents saved to maintain the house.. and at least we are all sheltered under one roof..

Anyway, I'm finally back with my 55kg weight. haha.. sorry, still abit light for a guy, but i'm glad i've built it back again.. just need to eat and eat and dun care abt the money spent on food.. I think I have spent quite alot on food recently.. Chocolates, chips, biscuits, bars... I'm going to build more mass~~ since I cant really run for the time being le.. haha.. see how i'm going to finish the marathon w/o any training.. maybe cannot run also..

seeya all soon..

Updates..

2007-11-11T19:50:00.000+08:00

This sem, I'll be sitting for 3 papers starting from this Thurs till the 28th.. Actually should be quite relax, but I'm quite stress cause I have skipped too much lessons. =) Anyway, exams.. nothing to talk about.. just study lor..

But after exams.. going to camp in school again for the whole holiday for my FYP.. Mentor will be leaving before Feb.. So, it should be time for me to work full time with her after the exams..

Standard chartered marathon will be on the 1st Dec.. This should be my 3rd time running if I am going for it.. Had been targetting to go below 4hours, but I don't think it can be done this year. =( Don't know wat happen to my knee. I had this pain 1 month ago and seriously, I din run much after that. Went to a chinese physician to 'poke' (quite a nice sensation.. haha) my leg last week, and was told to rest for a week. so.. yesterday went to try out my leg.. Ran much slower than my usual pace.. After a while, I can hear my knee saying there's some problems. So I stopped after running for a km. I think I haven't recover. haha.. Jia lat.. this month mileage is just 2km. haha.. how to run a marathon lidat.. i can feel my body failing and getting weaker. Need to send it for some maintenance le..

Anyway, haven't really update much abt the pple ard me for the past few months.. Am glad to know them.. thanks.. especially the one who accompany me for a drink few weeks ago.. update again next time.. it's 230 le.. time to zzz.. ^_^

人在做，天在看

2007-11-06T00:24:00.000+08:00

Actually, I don't really understand the above meaning. 2 friends of mine have this on their MSN nick. It sounds familiar when I saw it. Looks like some lyrics from a song. But haven't figure it out what it is. If you know, feel free to tell me. After discussing with some frenz, I think it could be 'the heaven knows wat u are doing'.

That brings me to lies.. Can anyone tell me that they have never lie before? So I guess it's ok for pple to lie even though it used to be the number 1 thing I hate most. Be it in a coorporate world or in everyday life. Lie if u want to. But please dun lie to the same person after u had been exposed before. If u wanna continue to lie, please lie without any flaw. Clean up every shit that is left behind. Don't leave any trace. It's not easy to make a lie. So if u wanna make one, do put in more effort and it would be too late to cover it when it has been exposed. The more you cover, the worse it would get.

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Everyday, every new happenings in our life. Changes are inevitable. It brings about improvements. But if changes become a loop, is there any changes to the issue? It just goes round a round the same circle. How can we break out of the loop? Maybe 1 person is fixed with his ideas?

I have wasted more times on these emotional stuff that could be avoided. How can I be successful in life if I cant even take charge of my life and emotion.

Stop everything please.. Let me concentrate for the next 3 weeks will do.. Just 3 weeks.. I'm sorry.. I don't wanna be at the bottom pushing pple up when I know I could do better if i put in more effort.

*Emotionally, physcially drained*

For those having exams, Jia you. And for the one who is sick, do get well soon..

-

2007-10-21T01:42:00.000+08:00

Had been stoning for sometime before typing out this sentence.. Alot of feelings and thoughts inside, but can't seem write it down in words.. sweet, sad, depressing, delightful, loving, disappointments, weird, funny, sick, anger, frustration, touched, lethagic, hopes, fear, thankful.. I think I should end it here.. leave this entry as it is..

25 Year Old Beauty Seeks Rich Banker

2007-10-14T20:10:00.000+08:00

05/10/2007

The following exchange took place on Craigslist - the investment banker's response is a classic!

Original Post

'What am I doing wrong?’
Okay, I’m tired of beating around the bush. I’m a beautiful (spectacularly beautiful) 25 year old girl. I’m articulate and classy. I’m not from . I’m looking to get married to a guy who makes at least half a million a year. I know how that sounds, but keep in mind that a million a year is middle class in New York City, so I don’t think I’m overreaching at all.

Are there any guys who make 500K or more on this board ? Any wives ? Could you send me some tips ? I dated a business man who made an average of around 200 - 250K. But that’s where I seem to hit a roadblock. $250,000 won’t get me to Central Park West. I know a woman in my yoga class who was married to an investment banker, and lives in Tribeca. She’s not as pretty as I am, nor is she a great genius. So what is she doing right ? How do I get to her level ?

Here are my questions specifically:
- Where do you single rich men hang out ? Give me specifics - bars, restaurants, gyms
- What are you looking for in a mate? Be honest guys, you won’t hurt my feelings
- Is there an age range I should be targeting ?
- Why are some of the women living lavish lifestyles on the so plain? I’ve seen really ‘Plain Jane’ boring types, who have nothing to offer incredibly wealthy guys. Then I’ve seen drop dead gorgeous girls in singles bars in the . What’s the story there ?

- Lawyers, investment bankers, doctors. How much do those guys really make ? And where do the hedge fund guys hang out ?

- How do you rich guys decide on marriage vs. just a girlfriend ? I am looking for MARRIAGE ONLY.
Please hold your insults - I’m putting myself out there in an honest way. Most beautiful women are superficial - at least I’m being up front about it. I wouldn’t be searching for these kind of guys if I wasn’t able to match them - in looks, culture, sophistication, and keeping a nice hearth and home'.

An Investment Banker's Response:

Dear Pers-431649184:

'I read your posting with great interest and have thought meaningfully about your dilemma. I offer the following analysis of your predicament.

Firstly, I’m not wasting your time. I qualify as a guy who fits your bill - that is, I make more than $500K per year. That said, here’s how I see it:

Your offer, from the prospective of a guy like me, is a plain and simple crappy business deal. Here’s why. Cutting through all the B.S., what you suggest is a simple trade: you bring your looks to the party and I bring my money. Fine, simple. But here’s the rub, your looks will fade and my money will likely continue into perpetuity - in fact, it is very likely that my income will increase, but it is an absolute certainty that you won’t be getting any more beautiful!

So, in economic terms, you are a depreciating asset. Not only are you a depreciating asset, however, your depreciation accelerates! Let me explain - you’re 25 now and will likely remain pretty hot for the next 5 years, but less so each year. Then the fade begins in earnest. By 35 - stick a fork in you!

So, in Wall Street terms, we'd call you a trading position - not a buy and hold…hence the rub…marriage. It doesn’t make good business sense to 'buy you' (which is what you’re asking) - so I’d rather lease. In case you think I’m being cruel, I would say the following: if my money were to go away, so would you - so when your beauty fades I need an out too. It’s as simple as that. So the deal that makes sense for me is dating, not marriage.

Separately, I was taught early in my career about efficient markets. So, I wonder why a girl as 'articulate, classy and spectacularly beautiful' as you has been unable to find your sugar daddy. I find it hard to believe that, if you are as gorgeous as you say you are, your $500K man hasn’t found you - if only for a tryout.

By the way, you could always find a way to make your own money - and then we wouldn’t need to have this difficult conversation.

With all that said, I must say you’re going about it the right way. Classic 'pump and dump'. I hope this is helpful, and if you want to enter into some sort of lease, please let me know'.

http://news.hereisthecity.com/news/business_news/7129.cntns

Her pics? http://news.hereisthecity.com/news/business_news/7133.cntns

Update..

2007-10-14T13:15:00.000+08:00

I've just moved into hall 2.. It's a good location and nice environment.. Toilet is just a few steps away, and canteen and supermarket that open on weekends is just a hundred meters away. SRC is just nearby and my sch is just a few steps up the stairs.. Still have 20+ hrs of lec to complete.. going to catch up everything by next week..

FYP mentor is happy that I'm staying in hall.. and waiting for me to send in my schedule to work on the FYP soon.. There are still alot to be done.. @_@. Will have to complete it before she left in Jan next year.. 3 more mths only.. and exams is coming in a mth time.. haha.. i still have a mth of stuff to catch up.. I guess only some of my frenz know what I had been doing.. It's a down period again.. looking back at the past, I cant help but feel frustrated and disappointed.. But I dun believe failure is a sign for u to stop everything, but it's for u to evaluate and change the way u do things..

As for r/s wise.. I guess I can handle it better le.. lesser expectations, lesser hopes and lesser commitment with an open heart.. Life is short, I dun have that amt of time for all the emotional stuff.. and i cannot avoid or run away..

Anyway, I have chatted with 'Chew' last night on a bus.. for those who knew him.. he is actually a harmless normal guy who needs frenz and company.. treat him normally, and he'll be a normal guy.. he just feel rejected by the rest.. and all we can do is just tok to him and he'll be a happier guy.. and making someone happier, u'll feel happier too.. talking abt frenz, there are alot of frenz 'due' for a meet up le..

anyway, 1 word for this entry is 'busy'.. and i miss all my frenz.. ^_^

Tortoise

2007-10-07T01:02:00.000+08:00

For those who know me.. Tortoise had been related to me since 3 years ago.. Ever since I put the (tu) sign infront of my name on MSN..

Soon after that, 'wu gui', 'tortle', 'lao gui' and 'fei mao tui' were born.. and there was a story of tortoise which i had posted long time ago..

These greeny creatures were then linked to me and a gal who just came into my life when I adopted these creatures.. but I had removed it from my msn since last year.. and all the greeny creatures were sent back home le..

Our arguements written by me may make her seem bad.. maybe is the way i wrote it.. it's just a one-sided perspective. i guess it's just becos of our characters tat caused all these arguements and conflicts.. one thing i know is we both care for each others.. but too much things had happened.. and i'm confused.. one point i feel good to be with her, one point i feel like getting out of it.. maybe when one of us really get settled down with one partner, den everything will end.. and if we can tear down the barrier to be together again.. wat i know now is, if it cont the cycle of ups and down, I would really end up going crazy one day.. *speechless*..

anyway, this tortoise is actually started bcos of a gal who is going to get married this year end.. saw this cute little logo on her msn.. so I adopted it and used it from then onwards.. and coincidently it suite my slowness..

Time flies.. how can this tortoise catch up with time.. this tortoise has a hard shell, but a soft body..

Passion run..

2007-09-19T20:43:00.000+08:00

I just recieved my Passion run certification today.. I was shocked to see how much I have changed.. I could not recognise myself..

hmmm.. Have stopped running since AHM except for the recent Terryfox run.. if i dun get myself out on the road again, i would need someone to fetch me home on the 2nd of December le..

Currently on a downturn with a big mountain on top of me and keep falling sick.. Let me clear the mountain bit by bit and climb on top of it.. ^_^ I'm feeling +ve..

SAFRA marathon participant dies at end of 21km run

2007-08-26T17:38:00.000+08:00

SAFRA marathon participant dies at end of 21km run
By Susheel Kaur and Foo Siew Shyan, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 26 August 2007 1622 hrs

SINGAPORE: A participant of the SAFRA Sheares Bridge Run & Army Half Marathon collapsed and died on Sunday morning.

25-year-old Captain Ho Si Qiu collapsed at 7am at the end of his 21-kilometre run.

Medics attended to him within 30 seconds.

At the medical post, an intubation was performed and when no heart rhythm was shown, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was immediately carried out.

He failed to respond and was sent to the hospital some 20 minutes later.

The cause of his death is being investigated.

Organisers of the run have extended their deepest condolences to the family of Captain Ho.

Organisers said proper safety measures were in place, with 13 medic points set up and over 100 medical personnel deployed.

Sixteen ambulances, each equipped with defibrillators, were also present.

Some 70,000 people took part in the run this year, 5,000 more than last year.

- CNA/so

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Hmm.. I wonder why more and more reports on runners died after/during a race.. Maybe more pple are joining these running events.. So the probability gets higher..

Anyway, today is my slowest 1/2 marathon, though I never stop running.. According to my watch is around 1:52hr.. But I'm happy with the timing.. Have to start trainning for the Dec marathon le.. If not, confirm cramp.. Today, my legs start to ache abit starting from 6k already.. and feel the tightness at 18k point.. and that's where when alot of gals, and guys overtook me.. Last 3k was the slowest.. Couldn't catch up with the gal whom I paced with during the 1st 18k.. This is the result of not training up..

I think it's same for my studies and FYP.. Seriously lagging behind time..

It's raining..

2007-08-19T16:10:00.000+08:00

I wanted to run a long one today.. but it's raining (excuses)..

Ran the NUS run yesterday.. A nice run.. A race will be more fun when you are going for it for fun.. The initial part of the run made me and other runners pissed off.. At the cross junction, we all know that we should turn left as briefed.. so.. we turned left.. 2 boys were leading for my wave.. and i followed them.. then a marshaller called us back after running for around 30m from the turning point.. so we thought he was right.. and turned back and run straight to catch up with those who were supposed to be behind us.. the 2 boys were like sprinting to catch up the rest and finally were leading again.. but.. the marshallers shouted that it was a wrong way.. and it was like.. wtf.. we have to U-turn back and and try to catch up with the rest from the last.. the 2 boys sprint again and trying to catch up with the rest.. i ran behind them trying to catch up with the rest also.. there was another guy in ahm T-shirt and bermudas trying to catch up with the rest too.. soon, we managed to led the rest again but the boys were tired.. the guy with the berms was still full of energy.. he just open up and run away from all of us.. another guy was running together with us too..

soon the gap opened up.. and the berms guy is no where to be seen.. i think with my condition, i couldn't catch up with him.. so i ran with the other boy infront.. i think it's better to run with someone than running alone.. at least there's motivation to keep going.. so.. we ran from the 3k point all the way to the finishing line.. with the other 2 guys infront of us..

anyway, there are only 15 runners in each wave.. after the race, i got to know that 2 boys are really young boys.. the one who ran with me is 15yo and the other one is 13yo.. the 15yo boy is from NUS high sch.. after he told me he's 15 and from NUS, i was abit confused.. den i rem there's such thing called NUS high..

this week only ran 4k + the race.. which supposed to be 10k but my watch registered as 9k only.. which concurred with my timing.. so, today mileage is only 13k this week.. =( Will i be able to run below 1:50hr this coming sunday?

now still struggling to do my literature review.. and the online quizes.. I need to have time management..

I feel...

2007-08-12T20:55:00.000+08:00

In Singapore, everything seem so peaceful.. Everyone has thier own definition of problems. For the more fortunate ones, losing some stuff or not getting what they want would be considered as a big problem.. Maybe losing the love ones in any ways.. I feel that losing something is not as bad as living with something that you dun wanna have.. No matter how bad our life is, the people in the 3rd world countries would always view us as fortunate beings.. but then.. how good our life is, should be relative to the living condition in our own country.. Each of us need to be happy and sad throughout our life, so if life is good, a little bad thing could make us down. tat's life.. we need to have ups and down.. tell me.. who feel happy all the times in their life??

Anyway, just read my buddy's blog.. I do not know what to say, but i feel really ... We have seen many misfortunate news around us, but i guess u can onli feel it when it's closed to u.. I guess it's the mixed characters in my buddy's father that make him in this kinda state.. If I were him, I wun be dealing it sensibly.. I would either run away or head on to it.. Anyway, the 7th month is here.. I wonder if he would be scared of it or still dare to do anything funnier..

Fighting fever n diarrhea

2007-08-11T14:43:00.000+08:00

I think must be the drinks yesterday.. I drank coke at KFC, followed by hot cappuccino and hot green tea at Music Dreamer, den a bottle of Carlesberg and longan soda drink at K box last night.. Woke up at 10 and was feeling feverish and stomachache.. 1st thought came to my mind is 'oh shit.. I dun wanna get sick..' Took panadol extra and bao jian yuan, Off the fan, wrapped myself up with blanket and sleep.. Still feeling abit unwell now but should recover soon.. No appetite for brunch also.. Btw, I have removed all the bedsheets and blanket for washing le..

Last night went for my brotherZ gathering to celebrate zk's bday.. Meet them after a run at k.camp.. I have measured the distance with my watch and found out it's really not 5km.. it's 4.55km instead. Anyway, hope to recover soon to complete my run later..

We were at the Music Dreamer for 2 groups of singers. I dedicated '小情歌' and '我怀念的' for the 2 groups respectively.. I dunno y, these 2 songs just came to my mind.. Anyway, it was my 2nd times to MD.. The feeling was quite different.. 1st time was thinking of the expensive drinks over there.. Now is really enjoying the environment and music.. Heard alot of nice songs..

范逸臣
歌曲: 放生

地点是城巷某个角落.
时间在午夜时刻.
无聊的人常在这里出没.
交换一种寂寞.

我静静坐在你的身后.
你似乎只想沉默.
我猜我们的爱情已到尽头.
无话可说.比争吵更沉默.
不如就分手.

放我一个人生活.
请你双手不要再牵我.
一个人我至少干净利落.
沦落就沦落.
爱闯祸就闯祸.

我也放你一个人生活.
你知道就算继续结果还是没结果.(HO...)

如何我还要继续迁就.(就彼此放生留下活口).
爱过时候说过的承诺.
爱过以后就不要抢救.
从此分手不必再回头.
各自生活.

曾经孤单加上孤单是快活.
燃烧过你和我.
如今沉默加上沉默更沉默.
再也没什么舍不得.

HO...放我一个人生活.
请你双手不要再牵我.
一个人我至少干净利落.
沦落就沦落.
爱闯祸就闯祸.

我也放你一个人生活.
你知道就算继续结果还是没结果.
就彼此放生留下活口.
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淘汰
曲：周杰伦词：周杰伦
唱：陈奕迅
我说了所有的谎
你全都相信
　　简单的我爱你
　　你却老不信
　　你书里的剧情我不想上演
　　因为我喜欢喜剧收尾
　　我试过完美放弃
　　的确很踏实
　　醒来了梦散了
　　你我都走散了
　　情歌的词何必押韵
　　就算我是K歌之王
　　也不见得把爱情唱得完美
　　只能说我输了
　　也许是你怕了
　　我们的回忆没有皱折
　　你却用离开烫下句点
　　只能说我认了
　　你的不安赢得你信任
　　我却得到你安慰的淘汰
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爱太远
利琦
AngelFish
ray10
offset5
爱太远-利琦
"AngelFish"
作词庄静文作曲李思菘

不懂你的心究竟躲着什么
不懂为什么要我放开手
不懂爱情为何不长久
好想对你说
说不愿就此分手
你只是默默对我摇摇头
微笑说我们永远做朋友
永远有多远我看不见
爱在一瞬间说变就变
你曾是我的地平线
想围绕你沉浮起落日夜直到永远
永远有多远
我泪眼看不见
爱在一瞬间
变成冷漠的拒绝
泪水苦又咸
流成汪洋一片
情人和朋友之间
爱太远
一天天天转地旋
喧闹的世界不停歇
一夜夜夜长梦多
躲进了回忆的枷锁
风花雪月的承诺
烟消云散不再有
你还在说在说
在说分手以后
可以永远做朋友

No particular meaning.. haha.. just like the songs.. It seems easy to sing when listening to the group singing in MD.. but when we go to Kbox, I find it veri hard to sing smoothly.. haha.. I'm a listener..

Next Thurs finally going to start learning Yoga at lavender~~ After so many years of wanting to learn..