Jolly33

Life is short

2009-11-20T14:27:00.001-05:00

I find it very disturbing that 2 days ago you posted your favorite music on your blog and 2 days after you hung yourself. And you were only 20. And beautiful. People, don't suffer in silence. Get help, talk to others. Share your anguish. Swallow that stupid thing called pride. It's OK to be vulnerable once in a while. Your life is too important compared to how others may view you. Screw ego.

Random rant

2009-10-20T16:58:00.000-04:00

I hate it when servers are down. I'm stuck doing nothing while the deadline approaches. Can't proceed further, can't go back to where I was. Damn.

Drink, Play, F@#k

2009-09-15T23:12:00.001-04:00

I was spending my short lunch break book browsing at the BU Barnes and Noble and a book cover caught my eye: "Drink, play, f@#k", complete with condom wrappers. I couldn't contain my laughter. As inappropriate as it looks (to the millions of "Eat, pray, grow" fans made up of 200% women), I think it's a freaking brilliant book cover and idea, completely leveraging Gilbert's NYT bestseller fame

Bella Luna

2009-09-04T01:31:00.000-04:00

Today marks the first day of the Boston University class and it's already killing me, not so much because the contents, but the hours. 6 hours of solid lectures and lab work per day, every single weekday from 3rd to 29th September ON TOP of my own research at MIT. It's like taking two full time jobs. FML. As I was dragging my weary self home, I looked upon the cloudless sky and saw a perfect

New Year, New Hope

2009-08-31T16:13:00.000-04:00

Being in Boston, a city swamped with colleges and universities, every September feels like a new year. You don't need to be in school to know that this is Orientation week. You see moving trucks everywhere, college kids carrying their mattresses and luggage into their new apartments. Excitement, hope and anticipation for the new school year filled the air. And that can only mean one thing. That,

Andy Lau

2009-08-27T01:10:00.007-04:00

http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20090827-163699.htmlAirport sighting of Andy and Carol all the rageALL Chinese newspapers front-paged the story of Andy Lau and his Malaysian girlfriend Carol Chu appearing at the KL International Airport together on Tuesday.Sin Chew Daily even dubbed the photo of Lau holding Chu's hand at the airport as the "photo of the century" as

I'm back!

2009-08-20T16:28:00.004-04:00

Almost two years later, I'm back. To Blogspot (or Blogger) that is. It's like coming back to my long-lost (significantly upgraded) digital home - and I'm liking what I see. The familiarity of the layout, the autosave function which negates the need to swear when a certain long post got lost in the midst of dysfunctional transfer of data packets, the convenient "blogs I follow" function that

New blog!

2007-10-08T13:59:00.001-04:00

Hey random readers, so finally I've gotten my act together and created a new blog at www.xanga.com/jolly33.More updates there!

All my bags are packed...not

2007-09-01T19:51:00.000-04:00

Hello world. Yes, I'm still alive. No, I'm still not in the United States yet. Reason being I got really sick from a viral fever - most probably dengue - and had to delay my flight. But I'm good to go now, so I should be there in a few days. School has started and I have missed most of the orientation a.k.a. free food and drinks. Boo hoo. But I'll make up for it as I go along.Alright, time

48 hours of broadband

2007-08-01T11:11:00.000-04:00

Hello people. Please pardon my long silence, but 56kbps just doesn't make blogging a very inviting experience. No, it doesn't even make going on the internet all that pleasing to begin with. Ok, maybe it's not that bad for blogging, for I blog mostly in text anyways. So there, I'm lazy, and more importantly I have fallen into a routine of domestic duties, reading books, eating, sleeping,

It's so hard to say good bye

2007-07-07T11:33:00.000-04:00

It's been a fun ride, these two years. My lab members, up from my bossman to postdocs to my fellow grad students, are some of the nicest and coolest people I've met. This place has become my second home, these people my family. I have been told that I bring life and laughter to this place, with my endless pranks (e.g. rolling my chair towards the middle of the road to block people's way, or

Am I surprised at all?

2007-07-01T14:58:00.000-04:00

One view from Taiwan: They're good collectively, but individually they're lost. By Seah Chiang Nee.Apr 23, 2006SINGAPOREANS are affluent, educated, but are they really survival smart? In a world of harsher living, this question that never dies has again grabbed the public focus here with a general election less than two weeks away. At the core of the debate: Without natural resources, the

iPhone

2007-06-30T11:04:00.000-04:00

The long-awaited iPhone started selling yesterday in the US. As expected, lines have been forming outside Apple stores five days before the actual day. I can't deny it's a cool product, just as many other Apple predecesors, but I doubt I'll ever spend US$500 for a phone, especially one from first launch. I will also never line up and camp outside stores overnight to spend money, getting free

CS

2007-06-25T08:49:00.001-04:00

I have talked about Project Superstar before. Campus Superstar, however, is an entirely different ball game. These kids are just 13-18 years old, and the standard is decidedly lower than PSS given the young age (and therefore lack of experience) of the contestants. Most are just karaoke standard, but it's surprisingly fun to watch. The gals all look and sound the same (sweet, kawaii, boring)

To all (potential) sports car drivers:

2007-06-24T11:47:00.001-04:00

Sports cars, no matter how fast they can go, belong to the track. Maybe expressways, but definitely not normal roads, especially when there are only two lanes, and when there are other cars and pedestrians 100m in front of you. That means it's time to reduce speed, you moron. I hope you don't kill someone someday.And the freaking noise! It makes me so wanna launch an RPG to your car. No I'm

Lousy TV

2007-06-21T08:33:00.000-04:00

Watching Singaporean-made music variety show is sometimes an excrutiating experience. I was watching 音乐格斗场. The program features singing games between alumni of Project Superstar - a local singing competition which has already showing a lack of talents in its second year - and guest performance some professional artistes. The artistes are the only saving grace of the program, for the PSS

Snail

2007-06-20T08:58:00.000-04:00

One day while I was walking home from the bus stop, a middle aged man walking in front of me suddenly bend down to his knees. I walked pass him, and noticed that he was putting a snail back to the grass patch. The little snail must have gotten lost and ended up right in the middle of the pavement, which is a really dangerous place for it to be coz I've seen many snails being crushed by

NDP2007

2007-06-19T09:19:00.000-04:00

The latest Singapore National Day theme song is hideous. To give Jimmy Ye and Kit Chan credit, the melody was decent. It sounded like something that came right out of a Broadway musical, and she sang it well.The lyrics? They started off sounding like a geography textbook. It's not without its benefits though, now Singaporean kids will know where Cairo, Bombay, Broadway, Eiffel Tower, Great Wall,

Maxim Singapore sucks

2007-06-14T22:42:00.000-04:00

I don't think Maxim Singapore is doing the magazine justice, especially in the photography department. It may not be fair to base the whole magazine just on one bad issue, but that's the point of publications: One good issue would hook readers to continue buying the next month, but a bad one is enough for readers to swear off Maxim, at least for the next year.The issue in question is February

Sick rant

2007-06-12T13:03:00.000-04:00

Last week was one of the most dreaded as I was down with the flu. Before that, I was already going in and out of clinic due to the various medical examination needed and my general inefficiency. I will never ever walk into a school medical facility again when I'm in Sg becuase guess how much I was being charged for paracetamols and three other types of general throat, running nose medicine? $30

Petronas advertisements

2007-06-07T13:48:00.000-04:00

If there is a series of advertisement that I look forward to every year, it has to be that of Petronas (Malaysia's national petroleum company aka the main reason Malaysia is not bankrupt despite the rife of wastage and bribery). Year after year they churn out heartwarming - and occasionally tear-jerking - videos which emphasize on the importance of family, especially during the festive seasons.

Scientist-songwriter, how about that?

2007-05-29T09:12:00.000-04:00

"I'm really impressed with your song-writing. You have your own style and you can go the direction you want and not just follow trends." -EMI Singapore personnel"I'm really happy with your composition, it's quite unique and interesting. Your performance has improved a lot, and you look like you're having fun." - 李偲菘, Singaporean songwriter/producerI was like omg, LSS said that to me, and

I see a parallel

2007-05-26T13:47:00.000-04:00

Oh, you mean they do that in the media industry too? It being wooing in big foreign companies and trying to use their expertise to improve the locals while creating lots of positive headlines and sweeping any negative aspects under the carpet. My Thai ex-room mate hit it on the nail when she commented: (In terms of the government) reading the Straits Time is like reading a fairy tale - progress

Game over for UNSW

2007-05-24T14:02:00.000-04:00

Another univeristy pulls out from Singapore. This time it's the University of New South Wales, Australia. Let's not forget that we just said goodbye to Johns Hopkins not too long ago. UNSW cited financial problems arising from low enrolment, while the JHU booboo was apparently the fault of JHU not delivering the results it was supposed to.Let me just say that we will see no end of these

Am I the only one...

2007-05-18T10:21:00.000-04:00

...who hates Deal or No Deal? At least for the Singaporean version. Watching some of the contestants is like watching William Hung over and over, minus the funny bits. It's just...awkward. I can never stand the corny antics, especially by middle-aged men, that is thrown towards us viewers. And I thought they screened their contestants.Surely, it is pretty fun to laugh at people who sing or

AI

2007-05-17T10:31:00.001-04:00

I learnt a new word from Simon Cowell today: "My commiseration to you, Melinda, because you are one heck of a singer." after Melinda Doolittle got booted off at the American Idol semi finals.com·mis·er·a·tion. n. The feeling or expression of pity or sorrow. I kinda expected Melinda Doolittle to go home this time round, because as good as a singer she is, the other two seem to have much more

Karaoke!

2007-05-13T02:39:00.000-04:00

This was one of the most fulfilling karaoke session in a while. And the cheapest! I went R and his 2 friends, K and N, and S. We were there for 4 hours straight and I was only charged $10 including drinks, all coz it's an establishment in an R&R facility for national servicemen (and their friends, you can get in as long as there's a member in the group). It also had pool, darts and a singing

2007-05-10T08:48:00.000-04:00

It felt like ages since I have last posted coz I have been so busy - doing experiments, writing up papers, packing, learning new stuff like Photoshop, practising my songs and reading - enough to keep me occupied.Monday morning in the lab.Me: You know what? Since GL doesn't like men or women, he can only be asexual.LJ: Erm...*confused*... Ooohhhhh...Me: He only loves his games. So he can't be

1st of May

2007-04-30T11:17:00.000-04:00

To all you diligent, economically productive employees out there [that excludes me and my fellow students]:Happy Labour Day! You've earned this special day through your hardwork and dedication, so party hard! [and go back to your same boring workplace on Wednesday, with a hangover, muahahaha. -__-"]Nah, I'm just messing around. It's already 1st of May. When I was smallll, and Christmas trees

Ubin trip

2007-04-29T08:49:00.000-04:00

My boss is a really cool guy and he juz up-ed his popularity again yesterday for bringing all of us out to Wild Singapore - Pulau Ubin. Well that's about as wild as you can get in Singapore, complete with wild boar (yummy!) and equally wild mosquitoes, which showered us with itchy lovebites.I had the most fun cycling around the tropical jungle with my lab peeps, some of which are like family by

Alai sinso jalaisai...

2007-04-23T10:34:00.000-04:00

I have posted this song earlier on, and I have claimed that I don't understand a word of it, thinking it was some Korean song with some English words sprinkled here and there(since it didn't sound Japanese). But I was wrong! It was entirely in English. Every. Single. Word. I couldn't f'ing believe it! -_-"Alright, presenting again, in Japlish: Harvard - Clean and Dirty. I like things of just

Greed knows no end

2007-04-23T08:49:00.000-04:00

http://news.asiaone.com.sg/st/st_20070423_113313.htmlExtraordinary govt, talent keep S'pore ahead, says MM Island will sink into nothingness if it lacks govt with capability, integrity By Peh Shing Huei Apr 23, 2007 The Straits Times IF SINGAPORE gets a 'dumb government', the country is done for, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said at a dialogue.Bright people will leave, and with no natural

Virginia Tech & Depression

2007-04-22T05:03:00.000-04:00

The news are finally dying down. For five days we've been shocked, angered and saddened by the Virginia Tech massacre. The TV channels kept showing the visuals, the internet was crawling with latest news and speculations, and there was no running away from it. It was a sad tragedy for everyone involved, and it will take a while before things will go back to normal for those 33 families, or

Collection of random lab stories

2007-04-16T11:48:00.000-04:00

My boss,T and us share a cordial working relationship.At the meeting room, right after group meeting. We were all still seated and waiting to get up and go.T: What are you guys doing? Go, go forth and multiply!Me: Errr... what?T: Yeah, God said that!Me: Yeah, but you're not God!T: *Fake surprised look* (pause) I know, I know...you don't have to remind me that. Roars of laughter filled the room.==

Engrish

2007-04-11T10:25:00.000-04:00

As Beijing is gearing up for the 2008 Olympics, the city is on an all out mission to correct the ubiquitous Engrish signs - which showcase the eccentric English translations of Chinese signs - before it becomes the laughing stock of millions of international visitors. One particular sign that says "静" (Silence) got translated to "KEEP STATIC". I guess it's time to stop fidgeting around in the

Mmmkay...

2007-04-05T13:54:00.000-04:00

I was on the verge of bashing the "co-host" of the show "稀游记" because throughout the night she was blabbering a smatter of Mandarin with English. Apart from the infamous Malaysian-accented Mandarin, mixing English with every two words of Mandarin is the single most irritating, and distracting sound on TV. "这里有很多pyramids，因为这里是Egypt。很多visitor都会来这里holiday..." WTF is that?! You are on national TV,

Your time is limited...

2007-04-05T04:33:00.000-04:00

...so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.-Steve Jobs, Co-Founder of

我会做好呢份工

2007-04-04T13:18:00.000-04:00

You can always count on Hong Kong people to come up with the darndest slogans. I got this from a friend's friend's website. The following are reactions from various professions to Donald Tsang's pre-election vow of "我会做好呢份工" (read: I will get this job done). They all rhyme! For the record, he won. > 地盘佬：「我会钻好呢个窿！」> 气功师：「我会发好呢次功！」> 八达通公司：「我会整好八达通！」> 天文台：「我会测好呢个风！」> 整容医生：「我会隆好呢个胸！」> 钟表师：「

Clean & Dirty

2007-04-04T01:46:00.000-04:00

There's a reason why some people can earn a good living with their faces. Just look at that smile. One good expression is all that is needed, i.e. if in doubt, act cute.Anyway, I wasn't planning to post this up. I was meaning to look for the song in the video (Harvard - Clean & Dirty). I dun understand a single word they are singing, but that song never fails to brighten up my day. Anyday.

A matter of taste

2007-04-03T13:50:00.000-04:00

I was lining up for noodles in the "Frontier". What a funky place you might say, but it's nothing but the crappy science canteen. In 2003, NUS decided to come up with fancy (but sometimes confusing) names for each of the faculty canteens, e.g. Frontier = Science, Techno Edge = Engineering, Central Square = YIH, The Deck (?!) = Arts, and Terrace = Business, and FOOD ENCLAVE = NUHospital. Whoa, I

PB0222

2007-04-03T09:11:00.000-04:00

Prison Break finale is finally here again. Even though the story has, in my opinion, spun out of control in the second season, I still looked forward to watching it every week. I wonder what will happen to Michael Scoffield and co. in the next season. LJ has been providing me with episodes after episodes since the day she got me hooked on watching. I am not a fan of violent shows, and I've

Late night karaoke

2007-04-01T12:58:00.000-04:00

After lesson, Kelly and I were itching for some late night fun, so we went down to Orchard Party World. The earliest available slot was 12:30am. I didn't know the rooms would be full on a Saturday night. My bad. We then hopped over to Cineleisure. KBox was so awesome. There were 70+ rooms of various sizes, and we took the smallest ones. The price was five times of what we would pay if we

Closing time

2007-03-30T14:22:00.000-04:00

It's official. I'm leaving Singapore this fall for a few years. It's the end of a huge era of my life. But then as they've said, every new beginning comes from some other beginnings' end. I'm doing what I have to do right now, rushing out the experiments and hopefully some papers. I remember clearly that I got the offer around this time two years ago. Time just passed by so fast, it's crazy.

I do it for the science...

2007-03-26T09:29:00.000-04:00

According to Rob, musicians are the only people who can be broke but still be kinda cool. I think it's the same for graduate students: We are easily the worst paid lot, but people tend to assume that we're smart, and we're going to miraculously make shitload of money after we graduate. What they don't know is that a lot of us are just trying to avoid having any adult responsibility - or even

MTG day!

2007-03-23T14:46:00.000-04:00

Happy MTG day! Hyah, time fries, one year has passed since fairure to raunch. MTGs are the coolest, cutest, funnest and how wan pi like jrs. Yay!Alriiiiiiiiiight, gniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiite bbjiz. Ilomybbuknow. ;)

My first summer job(s)

2007-03-23T13:40:00.000-04:00

I reread my journal written during my first visit to US in Summer 2004. Man it was back breaking work and I am amazed by my physical abilities then. 14 hours of manual labor per day! Basically it was sleep, housekeeping, pizza place, shower, sleep, repeat. I slowed down towards the end though coz I couldn't keep up with the hours.But the novelty of the surroundings [low rise buildings, huge

Great photo blog

2007-03-23T13:32:00.000-04:00

I'm not a big fan of photo blogs, but this is so awesome. Totally inspiring pictures. I wish I'm half as skilled. Lemme post one here just for the heck of it, looks like Letters from Iwo Jima.(c)www.xanga.com/alen

Ipoh mali & languages

2007-03-23T12:33:00.000-04:00

One of the [few] good rappers in Malaysia, from Ipoh no less - "where the hottest women come from".[Edit: In case you're wondering, that's where I'm from]Meet Point Blanc here.On a side note, Jin's Cantonese songs are getting better by the day. Check out "Speak Can't Read", which I think speaks for many of my friends who can speak but can't read Chinese, which incidentally includes my

A special Xmas Box II

2007-03-22T07:19:00.000-04:00

It has become a T-shirt!!! ^_^More Box stories here.

Nice graphics

2007-03-19T12:38:00.001-04:00

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Guppies

2007-03-15T14:01:00.000-04:00

http://news.asiaone.com/a1news/20070206_story10_1.htmlSingapore says no rethink of biomed policy after criticism A*Star, responding to Dr Lee Wei Ling's comments, says the biomedical sciences initiative has been succsssful Feb 06, 2007 Reuters SINGAPORE, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Singapore government shot back on Tuesday at recent criticism of its biomedical policy by the World Bank and a member of

超低能, 勁搞笑!

2007-03-15T13:11:00.000-04:00

Thanks Alamak. How I miss Hong Kong humor. The short stand-up reflects the rich cultural aspects of HK/Cantonese entertainment - the slangs, the songs, and the realistic optimism of the HK people. It struck me that this probably will not happen in Singapore. Many HK people are known to be sacarstic and loud-mouthed. They are not afraid to voice their views when things don't make sense,

A Special Xmas Box

2007-03-14T12:09:00.001-04:00

I know it's a little early for xmas, but this is funny funny funny. This so reminds me of Gunther haha. Forwarded by the wonderfully inappropriate studdelicious, to the equally inappropriate me.

300

2007-03-14T12:00:00.000-04:00

To those who are going to watch 300, enjoy...hehehe. Courtesy of LJ.<<300完全剧透>>刚看完300，总结一下，全情节泄露，怕spoil的就别看了，呵呵（这个片子有情节吗？疑惑ing）话说希腊的斯巴达城，有一群精壮男人，他们每天裸体走来走去，一天，波斯的信使来送信，要他们的土地和水，精壮男人们当然不干了，利马把信使杀死。战争，看来是不可避免了。精壮男人们信仰的是魔鬼，壮男王去听魔鬼的神谕，魔鬼说，希腊要倒，斯巴达要倒，斯巴达的军队要倒下。壮男王不顾议会的阻挠，决定带领三百名最精壮的男人北上阻拦波斯的入侵。只见这三百壮男，一色ps出来的肌肉，壮男王大吼：斯巴达人！壮男们就会怒吼，啊呜。看过wwf比赛吗，对了，就是那个劲头。三百壮男就这样出发了，每人一个盾牌，一根长矛，当然了，任何军需粮草都不需要的。事实上，

The Queen

2007-03-09T11:12:00.000-05:00

I don't work for a female boss for a reason. Too much estrogen kills. Many female bosses are petty, insecure micromanagers who are emotionally-challenged. Their ego is extremely fragile, they are highly sensitive and bear grudges far too often. They believe in saying ridiculously illogical [and laughable] things they perceive to be true. I'm surprised that this transients education level,

February

2007-02-28T13:07:00.000-05:00

February came and went. So did Valentine's day and Chinese New Year, and Kaori's birthday. Time flies, one year has passed since the celebration at Ashdown 607. Gosh I miss those people...V-day was gfab. I'm not a big fan of flowers and chocolates, so we celebrated with something else - something black and shiny - and had a lot of fun ;) The whole NUS was covered with an orgy of

Malaysia

2007-02-07T12:37:00.000-05:00

I have discussed about the stupidity of the Malaysian government or of the backwardness of Malaysia in general in the past, either on some other people's blog or forums. But since my friend wongfuonn wanted an official answer from me, I'll do this again.My background as a Malaysian kidWFO asked me whether I'll go back to Malaysia in future, and without even thinking about it, the answer can only

ABC

2007-01-30T21:43:00.000-05:00

Other than when travelling to HK and when ordering dimsum and getting a haircut in US Chinatowns (they tend to serve you better and faster if you speak their dialect), this is when I feel most fortunate that I speak Cantonese. Even though the intonation is slightly off (it's got a hanging accent to it), and the lyrics not as sophisticated as his English songs, it's pretty well done for a

Jay Chou

2007-01-30T09:14:00.000-05:00

I swear the guy in the bottom pic (one of the guys in my class) looks a lot like (or even better than) the one above when he's not in this gay pose. Sorry dude, didn't mean to tease. In case you're wondering, I found this totally by accident...

Good luck, friend

2007-01-24T10:53:00.000-05:00

My housemate finally left for HK this morning with his wife for good, or at least for a few years. He is a cool guy, other than being slightly untidy and noisy at times. The best thing about him is that he is super easy-going and only talks when he's supposed to. He also minds his own business but lends his help when it's needed. He offers the occasional food when I was unhappy, much like an

Beware of Crocs

2007-01-22T11:00:00.000-05:00

Crocs are like the emperor's new clothes. No amount of self-delusion (on how fashionable they are) and marketing strategies (including the ridiculous price for a pair of "shoes" moulded out of synthetic rubber, and the fact that it's "branded") will make them look good on a pair of adult size feet. Stop fooling yourselves! In simple English, branded doesn't equal good. Got it? No, not even when

Questionable Skypecasts

2007-01-21T09:19:00.000-05:00

You can't help but feel concerned over hate-mongering groups like this, blatantly advertising their propaganda over Skypecasts. Bastards. These people seem to be anti-Muslims.Not all Muslims are terrorists but all terrorists are [radical] Muslims. Real Muslims have been trying to distinct themselves from these radical groups, but to outsiders who do not understand the religion, they are as

So as to

2007-01-17T07:27:00.000-05:00

I saw another overused saying in Singapore: "so as to". It's not gramatically wrong, it's juz weird. "Customers are reminded not to remove claypots from the tray so as to prevent damage of table tops.""Please queue up so as to prevent congestion." ?????I don't hear this phrase on a daily basis anywhere else in the world. Guess the national pledge does have a lot of influence on people who

Peculiar/overused expressions in Singapore

2007-01-14T08:49:00.000-05:00

Alright, after hearing two segments of news, I get irritated enough to write a blog entry about the funny way Singaporeans speak. I'm not even talking about Singlish. These people were trying to speak standard English with proper grammar. Don't believe me? The oddity starts here:1. Actually. "We actually(!) started the experiment one year ago. The old ingredients were actually(!!) replaced

This is why I didn't want to be an air-stewardess

2007-01-14T04:47:00.000-05:00

This, and the sight of middle-aged, rich, balding, male passenger oogling lustfully on sweet young things. It makes me sick. Likewise is sweet young things oogling lustfully on middle-aged, rich, balding, male passenger. It makes me even sicker. The truth is that sex sells and SIA (and its publicity company) was ingenious enough to capitalize on the submissive Asian Girl image, 35 years

Paravonian rant

2007-01-12T08:26:00.000-05:00

I used to like Canon in D when I first played it when I was 14, until it starts to appear in too many Korean dramas (My Sassy Girl, anyone?), weddings, song requests, everywhere! Eww...Thanks Paravonian, you've made our voices heard!

Watch out, UFO!

2007-01-08T07:54:00.000-05:00

We saw the green meteorite!! We were waiting at the bus stop between 1938 to 1948 on 7th Jan and suddenly Wes exclaimed and pointed to the sky. A huge green fireball was flying across the evening sky. The head was white-green-yellow and the tail was greenish-yellow. I was too stunned to take out my camera, our eyes were just glued to the unusual sight!I first thought it was a firework coz of

Polar mtg in the tropics

2007-01-07T21:42:00.000-05:00

Time flies when you're having fun. I just sent my stuf off early in the morning. We woke up at 450am!! Was so lethargic on the train ride back but once I went online I can't stop updating my pictures. It's been a fun 9 days, save my polar stud melting in the scorching tropical sun. I believe it's been a pretty comprehensive trip for the boyfriend as he got to experience first hand what it is

Back to 56k

2006-12-28T08:39:00.000-05:00

The earthquake in Taiwan has damaged some undersea telecommunication cables and internet speed in Singapore has been so slow for the past few days. I couldn't even check my Friendster properly, and even google took minutes to load. Man, this reminds me so much of the dial up internet back in the days (circa '96), or when I use the Internet back home. My parents refuse to upgrade to broadband

Deja vu

2006-12-22T12:32:00.002-05:00

What's worse than posting dumbass quiz results on a blog? Posting dumbass quiz results on a blog...twice. The same quiz, no less. I took the quiz again...after 1.75 years. Apprently I have become less religious and more sensual (prolly coz I picked "homosexuals should be given equal rights), less ambitious and more stylish.(?!) And I've replaced practicality with style in a date. Man, I'm

Suffocated

2006-12-20T00:32:00.000-05:00

I know people are born with their voices, and I shouldn't blame them for that. But I really can't stand Corrinne May's voice. There, I said it. Sorry to all the Corrinne May fans out there. Everytime I hear "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" on the radio, I feel suffocated. The thick (or to some, full) timbre and a certain muffled quality in her voice makes it seems like the voice is stuck in her

The House of Infernal Affairs

2006-12-17T08:56:00.000-05:00

The more I watch The House of Flying Daggers, the more I feel I'm watching Infernal Affairs or The Departed. Andy Lau plays a similar role, Leo, a mole from a Tang Dynasty triad infiltrating the government. Takeshi Kaneshiro plays Jin (an equivalent of Tony Leung's "Chang Wing Yan"), an undercover cop pretending to rescue the triad's daughter, Mei from prison. The plot thickens as Jin falls for

R-E-F-O-R-M-A-T-T-E-D

2006-12-15T12:52:00.000-05:00

There are few things I really dread doing, one being moving to a new place. The hassle of packing and transporting and unpacking is just too...much, especially for people like me who tend to accumulate considerable amount of useless things. The main problem is my not being able to part with the useless things in question (old textbooks, yearbooks, stationery etc.) But I've been lucky and blessed

Project Superstar Top 4 Guys

2006-12-07T08:04:00.000-05:00

It's 80s and 90s nights so some of these kids weren�t even born when these songs were popular. Or they were. The night started with the Chinese native singer sashaying in with his rendition of Jacky Cheung's "Heart Broken Without a Trace". Aww...how sad. Yeah, all my hair stood up. Man it's a good sign. I was switching between Channel U and Discovery Channel last night at the gals' competition.

What's in a name?

2006-11-27T08:57:00.000-05:00

....That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet...not. A name is a very important part of a person's identity. While it doesn't guarantee a bright future, it sure makes you the butt of jokes.I was looking through the list of receipients of one of my emails, and came across a "Long Dong" in it. I suddenly started laughing very loudly, and just couldn't stop to explain to my

Ma boss da man

2006-11-24T11:38:00.000-05:00

Out of the many advisors I have, T should be one of the coolest, in the boss sense. (Other than that, he's a real geek: physics major, biophysics professor, hello?) Anyway, one day he sent me and GL an email asking us to read some papers. I was in a really playful mood, and casually replied the mail with "Yes boss". Guess what? I got an instant reply, "That's the answer I like" Man, I can't

Starblogs????

2006-11-11T07:12:00.000-05:00

I have nothing against blogs that are shallow, have no substantial contents, coz a blog should not be taken too seriously, especially personal ones. You can portray anything you want about yourself, be a photowhore and post nothing but digitally enhanced pictures of yourself, and let other have a few laughs saying something funny, all in the name of entertainment. Or you can comment/complain on

Food poisoning

2006-11-07T06:48:00.000-05:00

I just recovered from a bad bout of food poisoning. The first day was dreadful, I woke up in the middle of the night with a bad stomach and soon the vomitting followed, while the virus saps out any ounce of energy left in my body. I called boyfriend who is 9000 miles away (and probably the only one who's up at that hour) and he was there trying to calm me down. I can almost feel those bugs

My fav rapper

2006-11-05T06:22:00.000-05:00

I haven't paid for an audio CD (DVDs are in a different league) in ages but I just couldn't resist this guy. To the uninitiated he was the champion of freestyle rap on VH1. You can find his battles on Youtube. Or you can just Wiki him for more info.I stumbled onto Jin when he was featured in Wang Lee Hom's (another artist whom I admire much) Heroes of Earth song. His rhymes, never vulgar (unlike

Shaddap

2006-10-28T00:13:00.000-04:00

So I was in the library one day doing my own stuff and suddenly came this chattersome female. I believe she's an undergrad and she juz can't stop talking loudly. In the library. 5 mins on and Chatterbox was still yakking away while I was trying to concentrate on my work."Shut the hell up, biatch." Hmm. Too harsh, maybe I'll scare the hell out of her."Shut up now or I'll throw you out of the

You're supposed to rap it...

2006-10-20T06:23:00.000-04:00

v for Vendetta d for dykeit'd blow my mind to see her wearing tightsooops.. i heard she got a problem with wrong sized thighsphew it's good that she sticks to jeans alrightyou don't get me started on her attitudelike she belongs to some high and mighty altitudeturning her face away upon meeting my gazei know my presence sends her shock waves of a thousand phaseshe nags like my mother but her

Man-made disaster(s)

2006-10-17T08:58:00.001-04:00

Saying that the Indonesian and Malaysian governments are useless is an understatement. They are corrupt, stupid, incapable, and shameless. The annual haze season is back and the morons are still trying to sign some lameass anti-haze treaty. I dunno what to call this other than "acting". No one is willing to bear the cost of cleaning the mess up. Do I think that the treaty will help one bit to

Which languages do you speak?

2006-10-14T07:35:00.000-04:00

The Five Love LanguagesMy primary love language is probablyQuality Timewith a secondary love language beingPhysical Touch.Complete set of resultsQuality Time: 9Physical Touch: 6Acts of Service: 5Receiving Gifts: 5Words of Affirmation: 5 Information Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don't

The Departed

2006-10-13T09:14:00.000-04:00

I finally watched the Infernal Affairs, the Hollywood version that is. I would say they did a really good job with the remake, with Leonardo diCaprio and Matt Damon playing the two main characters. The acting was superb, and Leonardo was perfect for the role, with his newfound ruggedness. I like him so much more in this movie than in Titanic. He was not bad in Catch Me If You Can, but he really

The Finer $ide

2006-10-05T07:29:00.000-04:00

The crave for expensive, exclusive things is so prevalent today, especially on this island where many (or rather, most) yuppies work their asses off to achieve that "better future" - including but not limited to the now infamous 5 Cs - only to realise one day that it's all so meaningless. As ridiculous as it sounds, from now till that realization, these things would act as benchmarks for judging

Foxtrot Uniform...

2006-10-01T11:55:00.000-04:00

...Charlie Kilo. That's what they do all day. Or twice a day. Whatever. My housemate's wife juz got here from China on Friday night and I have heard them going at it for at least 5 times. Love (or lust, for that matter) knows no time. It has occured at 1am, 6am, 3pm, and 7pm. Seems like all they doing during their waking hours is sex. Dang, these people are crazy! The noise is killing me.

Hyper mood

2006-09-28T09:05:00.000-04:00

Yay tts! The ticket has been bought. My hot stud Wesley Weng is coming to town :D:D:D It's gonna be so fun! But from now till then there's so much to do~ Add gas mtgs ;)

Saturday night ramblings

2006-09-23T09:23:00.000-04:00

Here I am, being my anti-social self and sitting in front of the TV on a weekend. Throw in some booze and I'd be really contented. But alas, alcohol is so expensive here. 6 cans of beer come up to SGD15. White zin is sGD13. Gone were the days of quarter/free beers. But of coz (Stewie voice), I could smuggle out some 70% ethanol from my lab and mix it in my mango juice. Ahhh...Just kidding. Don't

Typical Sg gov boo-boo. But they are not getting away with it this time.

2006-09-15T23:44:00.000-04:00

Sep 15, 4:30 AM EDTActivists at World Bank-IMF meetings protest barring of other activists By GILLIAN WONG Associated Press Writer SINGAPORE (AP) -- Activists unhappy with Singapore's move to block 27 fellow campaigners from the IMF-World Bank annual meetings walked out of a round-table discussion with the two institutions Friday even as the bank's president called Singapore's actions "

Tribute to Steve Irwin

2006-09-07T12:13:00.004-04:00

As everyone knows by now, the Crocodile Hunter, Mr. Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray on Monday. I was first told by Liang's MSN message after coming back from meeting with some old frens. Shocked by the news, I was too numb and tired to think of anything.The next day I started to follow the news. I found myself wanting to cry looking at his pictures holding a koala bears like a baby, showing

Lazy Saturday morning

2006-09-01T22:59:00.000-04:00

Saturday morning TV comprise of 1) Soap for kiddies (Channel 8), 2) News rerun from last night (ChannelNewsAsia), 3) Classic (old ass) American Series (Channel 5), 4) Gaudy Taiwanese Variety show (Channel U), 5) Random Hindi stuff (Arts Central). Bah...I'm so bored. I wanted to go to some places but couldn't find company immediately. I don't have the heart to wake people up from their hard-earned

Scary night

2006-09-01T04:05:00.000-04:00

I'm so, so bored. The laser is broken and the guys in Sweden are taking a really long time to get us a replacement. I've got Zero work done this week, except for some reading and fundamental calculations I did to gain more understanding in some previous work, including my own. I haven't really catch some of the things till now.Yesterday was SNDCC and I went back to the celebration. E and A were

Collection of short stories

2006-08-23T10:32:00.000-04:00

There are so many thoughts going through my head everyday, and I can't remember all of them when I finally have time to update my blog. So this entry will be a random mixture of whatever that comes to my mind right now.I've been such a good student (slack less than last year at least) since I came back, so good that T asked me "what's wrong with you?!!" seeing me in the lab before 9am. I know

New home

2006-08-14T09:14:00.000-04:00

Just a short entry before I collapse into my nice bed.I have returned from Boston and found a really nice place near my school and my frens. Even though the rent is a bit on the expensive side I feel it's worth the price coz the place is really clean and well maintained and there are not many people in the house. I feel really relaxed when I come back from work. Ahhhhh...Special thanks to Wei the

Rag Race 06/07 (aka the one I didn't do)

2006-07-28T14:15:00.000-04:00

I was looking at the website of some hall activities and for the first time, I don't feel that I'm missing out something just because I'm not doing anything this year. The desire to immerse in the toil and fun is replaced by a voice that says "have fun you guys, good luck on the big day and bring us back some shields!" Well, maybe I'm relatively old for this madness, but largely it's because I've

New York New York

2006-07-25T14:14:00.000-04:00

New York City was really fun and exciting, but the problem is that it's also one of the dirtiest American city I've been to. Well if you ignore the trash on the sidewalks and the hot and stuffy subway stations, the place is actually quite livable. Time Square is cool as you are surrounded by many huge colorful electronic billboard, all battling for your attention at the same time. It's crazy coz

New ideas???

2006-07-13T17:40:00.000-04:00

A certain article reminded me of a George Carlin joke I once heard. He was making fun of airline announcements, which often contain extra words to make something sounds more important that it really is. "Rain events", "shower activities", "boarding process", extra words, unnecessary.(The audio version is much funnier than the writing.) So, I came across this read that introduces more unheard-of

I'm back...(warning: long)

2006-07-05T13:30:00.000-04:00

...to blogging that is. I've not been updating this blog for a while now and so much have happened. (as usual) There were a few occasions that I wanted to update this blog but sometimes the wireless connection sucked so much I gave up the idea, sometimes Wes came back and kept disturbing me (just kidding), or sometimes I was just too busy. Anyway, let me recount the stuff that have happened from

Happy birthday planarian ;)

2006-05-14T23:54:00.000-04:00

The past week has been rainy and misty in Boston with temperatures hovering around 7-11 degrees. It sucks big time having to go to school in the tiny droplets of rain and mist. To make it worse, the winds are too strong for my umbrella. :/I finally told Wei bout my recent change of status. To be fair to everyone, I had to do it, eventhough it felt really weird and was kinda saddening. I guess

Life's a bitch aka creepy female friend

2006-04-29T08:09:00.000-04:00

Time flies. I haven't updared this blog for such a long time. Guess I was too busy/lazy to write anything. Well, many things happened in such a short span of time, and life has changed significantly after Florida.Life was a bitch for the past 3 weeks as some crap happened and I spent the next two worrying over it. Glad that things are resolved and I'm free from feeling bad. It's a long story but