Tuesday, August 28, 2007
All the way for Prelims!
Just thought i'll add to the photo collection since i haven been posting for quite some time..
Glorious Precipitation (GP)
Have I ever mentioned just how beautiful rain is? Not just any rain, but the truly magnificent ones that occasionally sweep the landscape of Singapore. There’s a difference. Truly intense rainstorms are rare, and they generally last for a few precious moments before subsiding in intensity again. But those few moments, those exquisite moments of beauty, are enough.
The next time it starts raining, look for those fleeting moments when the rain increases in intensity, such that all you hear, is just the pattering of raindrops echoing within your ears, a rhythm that permeates into your very being. It is then that you open the tightly shut windows, and behold one of the most beautiful sights to be seen in Singapore.
Imagine the cool, refreshing breeze gently sweeping across your face. Imagine – looking over the vast expanse, surrounded by the curtain of raindrops, soothing with its continuous, rhythmic motion.
Open your heart. Take off your spectacles, if you have them, to better see its beauty. Storms are not meant to be viewed with clarity. See the buildings, the trees in the distance, shrouded in fine mist – and that, is when you capture the true beauty of the storm. The tall, grey buildings, the concrete jungle – they fade, blurred into the canvas of the landscape. Look carefully, and true beauty emerges. The beauty of a breathtaking, pristine valley, covered with fresh greenery. The beauty of tall mountains, gently sweeping in all their glory. (1) Breathe in the scent of freshly cut grass, feel the refreshing breeze upon your face, and know that you’re no longer in Singapore, but in this vast expanse of pure, untouched masterpiece of Mother Nature.
These words do no justice. (2)
Call it fantasy. Call it escapism.(3) It’s the breath of fresh air that we all need, the refreshing wonder that we sometimes all need to rediscover in our lives, and know, deep within our hearts, how beautiful life can truly be.(4) This refreshing breath of fresh air – catch it before it’s over. (5)
(1)This depends on whether you’re viewing everything from the top of a HDB building, or on the pavement while being surrounded by tall HDB buildings. You can imagine wide, open fields too. It’s up to your imagination.
(2)And I have H3 Physics Prelims to mug for, so I’ve no time to polish or expand upon this.
(3)Refer to my GP essay on fantasy reading and escapism.
(4)In other words, it’s therapeutic.
(5)Because true beauty is rare.
The next time it starts raining, look for those fleeting moments when the rain increases in intensity, such that all you hear, is just the pattering of raindrops echoing within your ears, a rhythm that permeates into your very being. It is then that you open the tightly shut windows, and behold one of the most beautiful sights to be seen in Singapore.
Imagine the cool, refreshing breeze gently sweeping across your face. Imagine – looking over the vast expanse, surrounded by the curtain of raindrops, soothing with its continuous, rhythmic motion.
Open your heart. Take off your spectacles, if you have them, to better see its beauty. Storms are not meant to be viewed with clarity. See the buildings, the trees in the distance, shrouded in fine mist – and that, is when you capture the true beauty of the storm. The tall, grey buildings, the concrete jungle – they fade, blurred into the canvas of the landscape. Look carefully, and true beauty emerges. The beauty of a breathtaking, pristine valley, covered with fresh greenery. The beauty of tall mountains, gently sweeping in all their glory. (1) Breathe in the scent of freshly cut grass, feel the refreshing breeze upon your face, and know that you’re no longer in Singapore, but in this vast expanse of pure, untouched masterpiece of Mother Nature.
These words do no justice. (2)
Call it fantasy. Call it escapism.(3) It’s the breath of fresh air that we all need, the refreshing wonder that we sometimes all need to rediscover in our lives, and know, deep within our hearts, how beautiful life can truly be.(4) This refreshing breath of fresh air – catch it before it’s over. (5)
(1)This depends on whether you’re viewing everything from the top of a HDB building, or on the pavement while being surrounded by tall HDB buildings. You can imagine wide, open fields too. It’s up to your imagination.
(2)And I have H3 Physics Prelims to mug for, so I’ve no time to polish or expand upon this.
(3)Refer to my GP essay on fantasy reading and escapism.
(4)In other words, it’s therapeutic.
(5)Because true beauty is rare.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
More random stuff
shit i dunno y i can't study. keep getting distracted. so i shall blog.
for the whole of today, i was supposed to be studying smthing. so i took out my photonics notes(they were the top of the pile) and started reading them but i kept getting distracted. now is night alrdy, the end of the day. and guess where i've reached? the second page. i rock. shit.
erm can those ppl wif photos of mr cheong's hse frm that day his bday party pls upload some form of photos and do a writeup(train for your gp u know)? or at least somehow let us see the photos. thx. and i realised those who left early hav a personal photo wif mr cheong. the rest of us don't have =(
And there's going to be a lunar eclipse again soon. forgot when le. but sometime soon. Singapore can't see the total eclipse cuz wrong side of the earth, but can catch the partial eclipse. but partial eclipse not nice to see lah.
Oh and i saw a damn carnivorous or violent crow on friday. in rj. really an eye opening experience. qte a few other ppl saw it too. It was before chem focus test. i had arrived at lt6 early and left it to fill water. so came down to first floor, and lo and behold, i saw this crow flying at this grey bird. The crow is well, normal crow size, while the grey bird was about just slightly bigger than the size of a mynah, which is the black bird we often see in singapore. The grey bird didn't fly away in time, and the crow just stepped on it, like a tiger or jaguar claiming a kill or smthing like that. it stepped on the bird with its feet, and started pecking at the bird's head with its beak. just kept biting and pecking until the grey bird did not move anymore. It then got off the bird, and at that instance, the grey bird tried to make its escape. It had apparently been feinting death, but it was too seriously injured to fly away fast enough. It flapped its wings, but stayed there, and the crow jumped on it again, pecking at its head and neck repeatedly. it then got off when the grey bird stopped moving again. and the whole thing repeated itself again. for qte a few times. finally, the crow seemed to realise that there were qte a bit of ppl watching it, and grabbed the grey bird's head in its beak, and flew away with it in its beak, leaving behind qte a bit of grey feathers. I felt so sad for the grey bird. It probably died soon after =(, or mayb finally managed its escape =)
Anyway, throughout the whole thing, somehow smthing inside me just kept telling me not to interfere and chase the crow away. dunno y. and all the girls watching the whole thing were either screaming or gasping in horror, but no one did anything. oh well.
Ok moving on to a less gross and sad topic.
I feel abit accomplished for not much reason, simply because i managed to figure out a future pathway, when i previously hav given no thought at all to my future. it's not mapped out yet, but at least there's some form of path forming, joining on to the clearly paved route made by the raffles programme. anyway, yup, thought abt vocations in army and what scholarships i might try for(inspired by SAFOS tea session) and what uni i want to go to if i ever tried going overseas, though i'm very much inclined to stay in singapore.
Anyway, army vocations. i hav two choices. wanna be an armour officer. can humji like hell. hide in the tank. only scared of air attacks. but i think chin ee smarter. he want be signals and communications officer. hum even more than me. last to die one. haha. but then alternatively i can go join the joint intelligence unit. the guardian angel in times of peace, the silent warrior in times of war. wooh.
As for uni, i wanna go imperial college, if i get the chance to. else i go NUS. also not bad. haha. ok i think enuff rambling le. if u're not aslp by the time u reach here, u rock. yay.
lalala
for the whole of today, i was supposed to be studying smthing. so i took out my photonics notes(they were the top of the pile) and started reading them but i kept getting distracted. now is night alrdy, the end of the day. and guess where i've reached? the second page. i rock. shit.
erm can those ppl wif photos of mr cheong's hse frm that day his bday party pls upload some form of photos and do a writeup(train for your gp u know)? or at least somehow let us see the photos. thx. and i realised those who left early hav a personal photo wif mr cheong. the rest of us don't have =(
And there's going to be a lunar eclipse again soon. forgot when le. but sometime soon. Singapore can't see the total eclipse cuz wrong side of the earth, but can catch the partial eclipse. but partial eclipse not nice to see lah.
Oh and i saw a damn carnivorous or violent crow on friday. in rj. really an eye opening experience. qte a few other ppl saw it too. It was before chem focus test. i had arrived at lt6 early and left it to fill water. so came down to first floor, and lo and behold, i saw this crow flying at this grey bird. The crow is well, normal crow size, while the grey bird was about just slightly bigger than the size of a mynah, which is the black bird we often see in singapore. The grey bird didn't fly away in time, and the crow just stepped on it, like a tiger or jaguar claiming a kill or smthing like that. it stepped on the bird with its feet, and started pecking at the bird's head with its beak. just kept biting and pecking until the grey bird did not move anymore. It then got off the bird, and at that instance, the grey bird tried to make its escape. It had apparently been feinting death, but it was too seriously injured to fly away fast enough. It flapped its wings, but stayed there, and the crow jumped on it again, pecking at its head and neck repeatedly. it then got off when the grey bird stopped moving again. and the whole thing repeated itself again. for qte a few times. finally, the crow seemed to realise that there were qte a bit of ppl watching it, and grabbed the grey bird's head in its beak, and flew away with it in its beak, leaving behind qte a bit of grey feathers. I felt so sad for the grey bird. It probably died soon after =(, or mayb finally managed its escape =)
Anyway, throughout the whole thing, somehow smthing inside me just kept telling me not to interfere and chase the crow away. dunno y. and all the girls watching the whole thing were either screaming or gasping in horror, but no one did anything. oh well.
Ok moving on to a less gross and sad topic.
I feel abit accomplished for not much reason, simply because i managed to figure out a future pathway, when i previously hav given no thought at all to my future. it's not mapped out yet, but at least there's some form of path forming, joining on to the clearly paved route made by the raffles programme. anyway, yup, thought abt vocations in army and what scholarships i might try for(inspired by SAFOS tea session) and what uni i want to go to if i ever tried going overseas, though i'm very much inclined to stay in singapore.
Anyway, army vocations. i hav two choices. wanna be an armour officer. can humji like hell. hide in the tank. only scared of air attacks. but i think chin ee smarter. he want be signals and communications officer. hum even more than me. last to die one. haha. but then alternatively i can go join the joint intelligence unit. the guardian angel in times of peace, the silent warrior in times of war. wooh.
As for uni, i wanna go imperial college, if i get the chance to. else i go NUS. also not bad. haha. ok i think enuff rambling le. if u're not aslp by the time u reach here, u rock. yay.
lalala
Friday, August 17, 2007
Sneak preview!
Sneak preview of Mr Cheong hse! Courtesy of shawn tan. Big, but nowhere near 'the palace'.
haha. somehow blogger keeps blocking me from uploading images, so these 3 shall do for now. enjoy!
lalala
haha. somehow blogger keeps blocking me from uploading images, so these 3 shall do for now. enjoy!
ok i met mr cheong today while collecting these photos from shawn tan.
so here are directions from the man himself, Mr Cheong, to reach this magnificent place.
Address: 6 Victoria Park Close
Directions: From hwa chung main gate, walk straight in all the way. heck the turning points, heck the change in road name, just walk straight all the way. after u pass the first hill, and reach the second hill u shld be abt there. head for the house.
lalala
noobify†™
yong sheng
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Night sky phenomena
Okay since this blog is like so dead cuz everyone is mugging their brains off for prelims, i shall post.
First thing, fireworks!
erm abit late to mention it i know, but i shall do so nevertheless.
There will be an international fireworks exhibition being held this friday at marina bay
17 & 18 Aug 2007
Marina Bay Floating Platform (Admission by tickets only)
Around Marina Bay (Public viewing)
This year's fireworks celebrations promises to WOW audiences with spectacular pyromusicals from Spain and China. There will also be a Festive Carnival featuring F&B, arts & craft and exciting street performances.
The fireworks are set to fly at 9pm and will last till about 920pm.
If anyone wants to go, erm well it's a friday, so just go and take a break from hectic mugging.
If u really want to go and really dun hav anyone to go with, i MAY go wif u, but it's just a may. i might hav other stuff to do.
ok now,
second thing, meteor showers!
ok mentioning this to those couples who are planning to do smthing romantic after a levels other than lanning or stuffing yourselves full with food.
The 3 best meteor shower displays in a year are, the january quadrantids, peak time and rate: 3-4 january, 120 meteors per hour, the august perseids, peak time and rate: 12 august, 80 meteors per hour, and the december geminids, peak time and rate: 13-14 december, 80 meteors per hour.
August perseids just passed. no time to watch. will be watching geminids but will plan on that only after a levels. will inform those who want to watch bout direction of sky to watch. go mug now first. (hint to chin ee and tricia =) lol crappy rard will be overseas. wth. sorry yt)
ok that's about all. mug hard.
shit i can't find my org chem notes. wtf. ggxx.
and my econs notes are all dunno where.
and how the shit am i supposed to write gc syntax if i'm using a casio cal?
heng i know how to do my physics =)
that's what i call a silver lining. lol
First thing, fireworks!
erm abit late to mention it i know, but i shall do so nevertheless.
There will be an international fireworks exhibition being held this friday at marina bay
17 & 18 Aug 2007
Marina Bay Floating Platform (Admission by tickets only)
Around Marina Bay (Public viewing)
This year's fireworks celebrations promises to WOW audiences with spectacular pyromusicals from Spain and China. There will also be a Festive Carnival featuring F&B, arts & craft and exciting street performances.
The fireworks are set to fly at 9pm and will last till about 920pm.
If anyone wants to go, erm well it's a friday, so just go and take a break from hectic mugging.
If u really want to go and really dun hav anyone to go with, i MAY go wif u, but it's just a may. i might hav other stuff to do.
ok now,
second thing, meteor showers!
ok mentioning this to those couples who are planning to do smthing romantic after a levels other than lanning or stuffing yourselves full with food.
The 3 best meteor shower displays in a year are, the january quadrantids, peak time and rate: 3-4 january, 120 meteors per hour, the august perseids, peak time and rate: 12 august, 80 meteors per hour, and the december geminids, peak time and rate: 13-14 december, 80 meteors per hour.
August perseids just passed. no time to watch. will be watching geminids but will plan on that only after a levels. will inform those who want to watch bout direction of sky to watch. go mug now first. (hint to chin ee and tricia =) lol crappy rard will be overseas. wth. sorry yt)
ok that's about all. mug hard.
shit i can't find my org chem notes. wtf. ggxx.
and my econs notes are all dunno where.
and how the shit am i supposed to write gc syntax if i'm using a casio cal?
heng i know how to do my physics =)
that's what i call a silver lining. lol
Thursday, August 09, 2007
cool stuffs
From 13 August- End Sept, students just need to flash their student/ bus pass to enjoy the discounted rates of $6 per movie ticket at GV Bishan, GV Tiong Bahru, GV Jurong Point, GV Yishun and GV Plaza *
Terms & Conditions
- This promotion is valid for primary, secondary and tertiary students in Singapore.
- Valid from Mondays-Thurdays before 5pm.
- Not valid on eve of public holidays, public holidays and the September school holidays (1 - 9 Sep 2007).
- Each student /concession pass is valid for up to a maximum of 2 discounted tickets purchase only.
- This promotion is not valid for online, Gold Class, premium priced films, other discounts and promotional offers.
- GV reserves the right to alter the terms of this promotion without prior notice.
* Apply to only SMU student at GV plaza.
Source: koped from songhua's blog
On wed we had chorale J2 farewell at my junior's house. it's a freaking big house at coronation road. not as big as marie's house definitely, but i figured i should take some photos and put up here for us to go wow at. haha we werent allowed upstairs and downstairs so i couldnt explore much. but we generally hung around the living room and swimming pool area. tada.
these hanging things are supposed to like give a casino-feel cos that's the theme of the farewell haha
zomg coolios staircase. but cannot go up. sad.
obligatory shot =)
behold the first small pool.
Terms & Conditions
- This promotion is valid for primary, secondary and tertiary students in Singapore.
- Valid from Mondays-Thurdays before 5pm.
- Not valid on eve of public holidays, public holidays and the September school holidays (1 - 9 Sep 2007).
- Each student /concession pass is valid for up to a maximum of 2 discounted tickets purchase only.
- This promotion is not valid for online, Gold Class, premium priced films, other discounts and promotional offers.
- GV reserves the right to alter the terms of this promotion without prior notice.
* Apply to only SMU student at GV plaza.
Source: koped from songhua's blog
On wed we had chorale J2 farewell at my junior's house. it's a freaking big house at coronation road. not as big as marie's house definitely, but i figured i should take some photos and put up here for us to go wow at. haha we werent allowed upstairs and downstairs so i couldnt explore much. but we generally hung around the living room and swimming pool area. tada.
these hanging things are supposed to like give a casino-feel cos that's the theme of the farewell haha
zomg coolios staircase. but cannot go up. sad.
obligatory shot =)
behold the first small pool.
the bigger pool where everyone got dunked in later. except me =) cos i hung on to my hp. sorry trish btw! =p chinny was alr in the pool anyway ^_^
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