Just came back from CO farewell... It amazes me how CO can give me hope and put everything into perspective. Farewell was rather bland and low-key, but the atmosphere was warm, fuzzy and extremely comfortable...
I need to learn to forgive myself and put a full stop to a sentence whnever appropiate, and stop using endless dots...
Michael Kamen's Robin Hood, Prince of Theives in the background. You might be able to draw some links with Bryan Adams "Everything I do(I do it for you)". Meanwhile, check out RJC moblog for dragonknight's post on "The stupidity of PW" How apt. Well-written and argued. In any case, the moderators' response would be what I'm most interested in now. Would they do a NKF?(in the same tone as would any soccer player do a beckham at the penalty spot) lol, stay tuned to find out.
Sunday, July 17, 2005
Friday, July 15, 2005
Saturday, July 09, 2005
风到这里就是黏 黏住过客的思念
雨到了这里缠成线 缠著我们流连人世间
你在身边就是缘 缘分写在三生石上面
爱有万分之一甜 宁愿我就葬在这一点
圈圈圆圆圈圈 天天年年天天 的我
深深看你的脸 生气的温柔 埋怨的温柔 的脸
不懂爱恨情愁煎熬的我们
都以为相爱就像风云的善变
相信爱一天 抵过永远 在这一刹那冻结了时间
不懂怎么表现温柔的我们
还以为殉情只是古老的传言
离愁能有多痛 痛有多浓
当梦被埋在江南烟雨中
心碎了才懂
jiang1 nan3 by lin jun jie above. Felt that the lyrics were quite well-written, unlike some mouse and rice sh**. hmm...feel like blogging bout the movie A.I. in this entry, though yes i watched it last sunday. My entries are starting to lag behind....
Just would like to bring out a few scenes those who haven't watched or forgot, here's a quick summary, a robot boy was adopted by a couple to replace their missing child. This robot boy was created with the ability to love. When the missing child was found, the robot boy was unceremoniously kicked out of the house. Becoz of a fairytale "his mother" once told him, he believed that the blue fairy from pinnochio would be able to turn him into a real boy annd so he embarked on a journey to find the blue fairy.
The scene I wan to bring up is the one regarded by most film critics as the more appropiate ending to movie. The robot boy dived underwater in a submarine towards the remnants of a theme park. He found the blue fairy, a stationary figurine that survivied the destruction of the park and started praying to it. "pls blue fairy, turn me into a real boy." and he goes on and on.....
Stupidity? Rather i think that i lack such courage to believe.
Later in the movie, they showed the robot boy being rescued 1000 years later when humans are extinct, obviously by Aritificial Intelligence. And when the robot boy touched the blue fairy, the blue fairy shattered into pieces.....
Thats what I'm afraid of- the truth.
At the end of the movie, the robot boy chose to "die" beside his re-cloned mother who could only live for a day and the narrator goes, "and for once, he enters the place where dreams come true."
The robot boy lived a life not meant to be, am I following his path?
As i pondered, i found inspiration in xunqi's recent blog entry.
"There is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggle for your dreams than to be defeated without ever even knowing what you're fighting for."
Exactly?
雨到了这里缠成线 缠著我们流连人世间
你在身边就是缘 缘分写在三生石上面
爱有万分之一甜 宁愿我就葬在这一点
圈圈圆圆圈圈 天天年年天天 的我
深深看你的脸 生气的温柔 埋怨的温柔 的脸
不懂爱恨情愁煎熬的我们
都以为相爱就像风云的善变
相信爱一天 抵过永远 在这一刹那冻结了时间
不懂怎么表现温柔的我们
还以为殉情只是古老的传言
离愁能有多痛 痛有多浓
当梦被埋在江南烟雨中
心碎了才懂
jiang1 nan3 by lin jun jie above. Felt that the lyrics were quite well-written, unlike some mouse and rice sh**. hmm...feel like blogging bout the movie A.I. in this entry, though yes i watched it last sunday. My entries are starting to lag behind....
Just would like to bring out a few scenes those who haven't watched or forgot, here's a quick summary, a robot boy was adopted by a couple to replace their missing child. This robot boy was created with the ability to love. When the missing child was found, the robot boy was unceremoniously kicked out of the house. Becoz of a fairytale "his mother" once told him, he believed that the blue fairy from pinnochio would be able to turn him into a real boy annd so he embarked on a journey to find the blue fairy.
The scene I wan to bring up is the one regarded by most film critics as the more appropiate ending to movie. The robot boy dived underwater in a submarine towards the remnants of a theme park. He found the blue fairy, a stationary figurine that survivied the destruction of the park and started praying to it. "pls blue fairy, turn me into a real boy." and he goes on and on.....
Stupidity? Rather i think that i lack such courage to believe.
Later in the movie, they showed the robot boy being rescued 1000 years later when humans are extinct, obviously by Aritificial Intelligence. And when the robot boy touched the blue fairy, the blue fairy shattered into pieces.....
Thats what I'm afraid of- the truth.
At the end of the movie, the robot boy chose to "die" beside his re-cloned mother who could only live for a day and the narrator goes, "and for once, he enters the place where dreams come true."
The robot boy lived a life not meant to be, am I following his path?
As i pondered, i found inspiration in xunqi's recent blog entry.
"There is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggle for your dreams than to be defeated without ever even knowing what you're fighting for."
Exactly?
Monday, July 04, 2005
NUSS Bridge
" Our greatest glory is not never falling, but in rising everytime we fall " Confucius
Ah... I had to use that quote to put xl out of the misery... He kept the quote there for more than 2 weeks already..:) So here I am blogging on an event that happened 3 weeks ago:X lol, here goes, the day b4 NUSS, the friday 3 weeks ago was my recovery day from class chalet. So, met xl at Buona Vista MRT to find our way to NUSS. Got jacked by the bus directory, got off the stop that says Kent Ridge Hall but was in the end miles away from our destination. After some navigating, finally found the Kent Ridge Guild Hall.
Hmm...RJC sent the most teams there, a total of 6, while most schools sent only 1 or 2, cept for HC who sent 4 i think. So the tournament started and by the first match against HC team D, had to call director 2wice due to a lack of cards. lol, did quite well for that match, 25-3 was it, couldn't remember. Well...as the tournament proceeds, it became quite apparent that the teams playing in the 2 groups are of differnt calibre. lolz...and we are stuck in the group with all the strong teams and only 2 from each group can proceed to the finals. gosh... in the end, we were ousted by our very own clubmates, RJC team B, i think. Yeah....so I left the place at 11.30pm trying to find my way back to the east. Found out that I missed the last bus and thus took taxi home. A whooping 20 bucks flew out of the window. lol.
The next day, we had to go back to the same place to play in the consolation cup. We were doing quite well at first, overrunning most of the teams in the way and staying at the top of the table throughout the tournament till we played HC team A again in the 2nd last match. Me and xl were sitting out already by then coz we played the first 2 matches. We lost quite badly to HC and that caused us the top-table position. THe J2s our teammates, put up a good show against HC team C in the last match to make up for the error, scoring the 1 and only 25-0 victory in the whole tournament. However, it was still not enough as HC team A went to score another victory in their last match to take the consolation cup. Nevertheless, *looks above at the quote.
On the other hand, 2 RJ teams and 2 CJ teams made it into the finals. The RJ teams ended up 3rd and 4th, but the fight for 2nd was close, RJ team B could have almost snatched 2nd position from one of the CJ teams. But well, it was an overall good showing for RJ at the NUSS, coz we were regarded as "runners-up" from behind b4 this year tournament. lol, we will be back next year, our aim thenn would be the champion.
As a final note, have to say a big thank you to my partner xl who came up with out partnership agreement. It wasn't easy, i tell u, "rojak singapore-style precision" ain't exactly water-tight, but yes, it improved our bidding a lot. Also, would like to highlight the amazing journey we took from contract bridge noobs, to a established pair in the club(and perhaps SCBA) in 6 months. Still remember smoking through the selection test with bong providing answers, mastering SAYC from the book photcopied from bong, being trashed at the first outing to SCBA, switching to precision 1 1/2 months b4 NUSS and the self-sustained outings to SCBA... Amazing expereince... Wonderful as well... So thank you partner(typ) :)
A few memorable contracts
3NT + 3 :) (yes, i'm still harping on it)
with 29 pts...lol
Bidding sequence
p-p-p-2d-p-2H-p-2NT-p-4c-p-4d-p-6NT
6NT = :)
" Our greatest glory is not never falling, but in rising everytime we fall " Confucius
Ah... I had to use that quote to put xl out of the misery... He kept the quote there for more than 2 weeks already..:) So here I am blogging on an event that happened 3 weeks ago:X lol, here goes, the day b4 NUSS, the friday 3 weeks ago was my recovery day from class chalet. So, met xl at Buona Vista MRT to find our way to NUSS. Got jacked by the bus directory, got off the stop that says Kent Ridge Hall but was in the end miles away from our destination. After some navigating, finally found the Kent Ridge Guild Hall.
Hmm...RJC sent the most teams there, a total of 6, while most schools sent only 1 or 2, cept for HC who sent 4 i think. So the tournament started and by the first match against HC team D, had to call director 2wice due to a lack of cards. lol, did quite well for that match, 25-3 was it, couldn't remember. Well...as the tournament proceeds, it became quite apparent that the teams playing in the 2 groups are of differnt calibre. lolz...and we are stuck in the group with all the strong teams and only 2 from each group can proceed to the finals. gosh... in the end, we were ousted by our very own clubmates, RJC team B, i think. Yeah....so I left the place at 11.30pm trying to find my way back to the east. Found out that I missed the last bus and thus took taxi home. A whooping 20 bucks flew out of the window. lol.
The next day, we had to go back to the same place to play in the consolation cup. We were doing quite well at first, overrunning most of the teams in the way and staying at the top of the table throughout the tournament till we played HC team A again in the 2nd last match. Me and xl were sitting out already by then coz we played the first 2 matches. We lost quite badly to HC and that caused us the top-table position. THe J2s our teammates, put up a good show against HC team C in the last match to make up for the error, scoring the 1 and only 25-0 victory in the whole tournament. However, it was still not enough as HC team A went to score another victory in their last match to take the consolation cup. Nevertheless, *looks above at the quote.
On the other hand, 2 RJ teams and 2 CJ teams made it into the finals. The RJ teams ended up 3rd and 4th, but the fight for 2nd was close, RJ team B could have almost snatched 2nd position from one of the CJ teams. But well, it was an overall good showing for RJ at the NUSS, coz we were regarded as "runners-up" from behind b4 this year tournament. lol, we will be back next year, our aim thenn would be the champion.
As a final note, have to say a big thank you to my partner xl who came up with out partnership agreement. It wasn't easy, i tell u, "rojak singapore-style precision" ain't exactly water-tight, but yes, it improved our bidding a lot. Also, would like to highlight the amazing journey we took from contract bridge noobs, to a established pair in the club(and perhaps SCBA) in 6 months. Still remember smoking through the selection test with bong providing answers, mastering SAYC from the book photcopied from bong, being trashed at the first outing to SCBA, switching to precision 1 1/2 months b4 NUSS and the self-sustained outings to SCBA... Amazing expereince... Wonderful as well... So thank you partner(typ) :)
A few memorable contracts
3NT + 3 :) (yes, i'm still harping on it)
with 29 pts...lol
Bidding sequence
p-p-p-2d-p-2H-p-2NT-p-4c-p-4d-p-6NT
6NT = :)
Friday, July 01, 2005
Damn...i damn irritated...for 2 reasons
1. I sent a email to MOM 1 week ago regarding PW matters. When they did not reply, i called them up, they told me to send another email to prompt them. I got a reply this time, telling me that they are looking into the matter of my email not being answered, not that they are attempting to answer my mail. So, I take it as my email could have been not opened at all or even just deleted after being read....
2. I'm even more irritated by the fact that I'm actaully bothering the ministry for such a matter. Look, by the end of the year, I know where the reply of theirs(if they ever give me one) would go, down the dustbin or up in ashes. I'm actually bothering people for stuff that I know would never become reality, just becoz of a !@#$!@#$@ grade. damn.... PW has a serious problem, how many of the projects initiated would actually be followed up by the students after the end of the year? I dare say close to zero. Then why did MOE implement it? To grade us on wat group collaboration, innovation and watever u can think of and yes waste how much resources on such stuff, resources here include time of people we endlessly pester and survey, salary of teachers who teach PW and our PRECIOUS TIME AND ENERGY...
Also, given the scope of topic they give us, it looks that the worst thing they could have done. Identify a current trend or way of doing things by a group in the society and modify it to suit the needs of a different group of people in the society. "Rome was not built in a day", changes dun happen overnight. The problem here falls under the armchair critic syndrome. We are suggesting a change without actual capital to make a change, in other words, talking to make the world a better place. If i was to go by the famous saying of "start with the end in mind", the project should not started at all, coz all it sets out to do, is to build sandcastles in the air and squeeze marks out of it.
They argued that the topic allows a lot of room for creativity, but it seems that the more creative/innovative your idea, the more unpractical it becomes? To quote bong, he talked about this project on radar being used more and more commonly out of its usual military uses. Hence they want to implement it for blind people, replacing their walking stick. Creative? indeed. The PW teacher was impressed by the idea, but at the very first interview with a relevant person in the industry, the reply was blunt and almost humourous. Put in bong's words- Why the need for radar when ur walking stick can detect everything left, right and in front of u? The only place it can't detect is above you and how does radar help? Bong imitating radar "Obstacle detected. 3 metres....2 metres....1 metres...bang!" Wow, talk about innovation indeed..
In short, we should do a project on PW as a current trend and modify it and implement it on those who implemented PW in the first place, to make them realise how irrelevant PW has strayed and how hypocritical it is to ask qns like "How do think of my plan to do XXX....? when u dun intend to do the XXX... mentioned in the first place. In even shorter terms, it's screwed and i just wan my pass. So, MOM, please reply soon *prays. Damn!
1. I sent a email to MOM 1 week ago regarding PW matters. When they did not reply, i called them up, they told me to send another email to prompt them. I got a reply this time, telling me that they are looking into the matter of my email not being answered, not that they are attempting to answer my mail. So, I take it as my email could have been not opened at all or even just deleted after being read....
2. I'm even more irritated by the fact that I'm actaully bothering the ministry for such a matter. Look, by the end of the year, I know where the reply of theirs(if they ever give me one) would go, down the dustbin or up in ashes. I'm actually bothering people for stuff that I know would never become reality, just becoz of a !@#$!@#$@ grade. damn.... PW has a serious problem, how many of the projects initiated would actually be followed up by the students after the end of the year? I dare say close to zero. Then why did MOE implement it? To grade us on wat group collaboration, innovation and watever u can think of and yes waste how much resources on such stuff, resources here include time of people we endlessly pester and survey, salary of teachers who teach PW and our PRECIOUS TIME AND ENERGY...
Also, given the scope of topic they give us, it looks that the worst thing they could have done. Identify a current trend or way of doing things by a group in the society and modify it to suit the needs of a different group of people in the society. "Rome was not built in a day", changes dun happen overnight. The problem here falls under the armchair critic syndrome. We are suggesting a change without actual capital to make a change, in other words, talking to make the world a better place. If i was to go by the famous saying of "start with the end in mind", the project should not started at all, coz all it sets out to do, is to build sandcastles in the air and squeeze marks out of it.
They argued that the topic allows a lot of room for creativity, but it seems that the more creative/innovative your idea, the more unpractical it becomes? To quote bong, he talked about this project on radar being used more and more commonly out of its usual military uses. Hence they want to implement it for blind people, replacing their walking stick. Creative? indeed. The PW teacher was impressed by the idea, but at the very first interview with a relevant person in the industry, the reply was blunt and almost humourous. Put in bong's words- Why the need for radar when ur walking stick can detect everything left, right and in front of u? The only place it can't detect is above you and how does radar help? Bong imitating radar "Obstacle detected. 3 metres....2 metres....1 metres...bang!" Wow, talk about innovation indeed..
In short, we should do a project on PW as a current trend and modify it and implement it on those who implemented PW in the first place, to make them realise how irrelevant PW has strayed and how hypocritical it is to ask qns like "How do think of my plan to do XXX....? when u dun intend to do the XXX... mentioned in the first place. In even shorter terms, it's screwed and i just wan my pass. So, MOM, please reply soon *prays. Damn!
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