Have you ever think its funny how we were taught to cross the road when we were young? The weird notion of looking right, then left, then right again is so... hmm... Why in the world do we need to do that for?
Why do we have to look right again when we have already done it in the first place? If its just to make sure we didn't missed any vehicles earlier, then why DON'T we need to look to the left again? It doesn't make any sense!
And why don't we look to the left, then right, then left? Why does it have to be right->left->right?
I know nobody really does it nowadays so its not a big deal but I'm curious about the logic behind the theory. Are we compromising our safety if we looked to the left first instead of the right?
This is not a joke, I swear. If you know any logical reason to these otherwise ridiculous actions, kindly let me know.
~ END~
Lastest news! Mingying has just solved the mystery! According to her, we look to the right first because Singapore is a right-hand drive country. So the cars come from the right. And then you look to the left for the next lane of cars which comes from your left. Haha but I bet you guys already knew this and I am just another retarded person who amazingly escaped natural selection. No offence to, well, people who might feel offended. I was just referring to me.
Aside to Mingying, thanks again and that was really fast!
Sunday, October 5, 2008
8 or 9?
I woke with a confused state of mind today. Partly due to a weird dream but mostly because I have no idea what time it was. The clock on my phone read 0830. Wow! Looks like I'm all ready for school on Tuesday. Hey but hang on, it's not 0830. It's 0930! Daylight saving starts today remember?
Our rights have been rightfully violated by the daylight robbery of daylight saving. (excuse the pun and irony)
And to the others who are very curious how this is like, this is like when you have only slept for 8 hours but the clock says 9. This is like a lost lunch break, passed you by without your knowledge. This is like turning one hour older prematurely. This is like being robbed of an hour of life.
I am exaggerating, as usual. But the part about me being confuse, that's true.
Our rights have been rightfully violated by the daylight robbery of daylight saving. (excuse the pun and irony)
And to the others who are very curious how this is like, this is like when you have only slept for 8 hours but the clock says 9. This is like a lost lunch break, passed you by without your knowledge. This is like turning one hour older prematurely. This is like being robbed of an hour of life.
I am exaggerating, as usual. But the part about me being confuse, that's true.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
They are back! (just read those in red)
It's official.
It is my great pleaSure to inform you that my presence is most crucially required at Wayville, my exam hall.
On the 8th of Nov, the newly recruited guy named Stats will need me to read boxplots and graphs and comment on the linearity and homoscadacity.
Then, I will need to help Maths to use limits and the Gram Schmidt method to obtain orthonormal bases on the 11th.
And then on the 13th, Biology will need me to help him with some respiratory and bacterial infection problems.
Lastly, on the 15th, Chemistry will want me to help him with spontaneous reactions and Gibbs free energy.
Alright fun's over. Its back to studying.
...nothing at all
It is my great pleaSure to inform you that my presence is most crucially required at Wayville, my exam hall.
On the 8th of Nov, the newly recruited guy named Stats will need me to read boxplots and graphs and comment on the linearity and homoscadacity.
Then, I will need to help Maths to use limits and the Gram Schmidt method to obtain orthonormal bases on the 11th.
And then on the 13th, Biology will need me to help him with some respiratory and bacterial infection problems.
Lastly, on the 15th, Chemistry will want me to help him with spontaneous reactions and Gibbs free energy.
Alright fun's over. Its back to studying.
...nothing at all
Conversation (plus a little note)
" That's why I prefer to write. You had no idea how many takes it took for me to get just one sentence right, " I said.
" But it was fun, wasn't it? And people enjoy seeing you on tape, " L explained, " it'll give a more personal touch than writing. "
" Well, I can write on personal stuff. "
L gave me a look.
" It's just.. well.. I don't really write those cause people already know so much about me, " I said and turned my back towards her. " What else is there left to say? "
Opps wrong question.
" Well, you still gotta admit you had fun, " L said. I was glad she didn't pursue the question.
" Yeah I did, " I said, this time facing her. " Maybe I'll do it again another time. "
(By the way, I just wanted to ask if the video yesterday was clear. Cos if it was, then I'm pretty sure it would've surprised some people that we cross the road this way but no one seems to be commenting on it. Hmm or maybe its just me who's overly excited about it.)
" But it was fun, wasn't it? And people enjoy seeing you on tape, " L explained, " it'll give a more personal touch than writing. "
" Well, I can write on personal stuff. "
L gave me a look.
" It's just.. well.. I don't really write those cause people already know so much about me, " I said and turned my back towards her. " What else is there left to say? "
Opps wrong question.
" Well, you still gotta admit you had fun, " L said. I was glad she didn't pursue the question.
" Yeah I did, " I said, this time facing her. " Maybe I'll do it again another time. "
(By the way, I just wanted to ask if the video yesterday was clear. Cos if it was, then I'm pretty sure it would've surprised some people that we cross the road this way but no one seems to be commenting on it. Hmm or maybe its just me who's overly excited about it.)
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Nature at its best
It's spring! 
Flowers are blooming and animals come out to play!
Look at this pink tree.
Hey sleepyhead! Wake up!
The bees are hard at work. What about you?
The rest of the photos are not what you might term 'pretty' but they all do inhibit this world with us. So, let's learn to accept them more.
We don't see ants unless you're at the beach.
But we do have spiders.
And slugs
And flies.
And worms.
Haha sorry if I've spoilt your appetite for lunch but truly, these are the things you'd see about this time of the season here. Hope you've enjoyed it.
Imbalance is The Balance
Yesterday, I actually wanted to talk about another type of imbalance in the world but I digressed and it became something else. So allow me to jump straight into the topic today. I want to talk about the sad situation about how some countries are suffering from obesity and some from starvation. These two seemingly extreme problems actually result in the same thing – death.
When I was younger, I naively thought that if the richer nations just give their food to the poorer ones, we will actually solve both the problems. But can you see the problem with that?
Allow me to help you. Recall Darwin's theory on survival of the fittest. This is the basis of our existence. Balancing this imbalance will put us humans at a selective disadvantage. Think about it.
When I was younger, I naively thought that if the richer nations just give their food to the poorer ones, we will actually solve both the problems. But can you see the problem with that?
Allow me to help you. Recall Darwin's theory on survival of the fittest. This is the basis of our existence. Balancing this imbalance will put us humans at a selective disadvantage. Think about it.
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