Anniversary

*This post contains shoutouts to many people(many of whom won't be reading it), and will serve as a reminder to myself of what i have to do. If you feel this post is boring(cause it really is), feel free not to read it.


Tuesday, 11th september, was the anniversary of my friend.


His death anniversary.


I don't have the time to visit him, or even to prepare to visit him, but i remember him. A few of you may remember me playing under the name "Midknigh†" for a few games some time ago at the lan shop. It was a remembrance of him, a memento to him. Which is pretty much the reason why i chose to play the phantom assassin, one of his two favourite heroes. His other one is the nerubian assassin. Which was why i told chee chin i wanted the hero when he randomed it in a recent game. of which i was very very proud of it, for i played very well with it that game. 21 kills, a fitting tribute to a friend who would have been proud of it too.

And so, to Yf, i promised you i'll do well in dota, as a reminder of how good you were at it. I've done it. What i havn't achieved though, is the academic results. Of which i am sure you would have achieved good grades, but i havn't been able to do so for you. For that, i apologise, and i'll try my best in the A levels. I promise.

To my mother, I screwed up my prelims, and i'm sorry. I'm havn't been able to get the good grades you wanted. To be exact, i havn't even been able to get average grades. I suck, i know, and i'm sorry. I'll make the same promise to you as i made my friend a year ago. I'll work hard for my A levels.

To Ms June Tan, I know i told you in J1 about my stock market results. It made you very confident of what i can achieve in J2. but the stock market seems to have crashed, and i'm doing like shit now. really. I'm sorry i let u down. I completely did not fulfil your expectations. I didn't even come close. I'll practise very hard for my maths A levels. The stock market will perform again, i promise you.

To Ms Adeline Tan, I know you tried very hard to help me with my econs last year. I still did like shit. I let you down, and i'm sorry. I'll work hard for my A level, just like i promised the rest.

To
Stay strong and don't crumble k. This is not a good time to crumble. Prelims is over, heck the grades. If the teachers want to guai lan, let them be. I have a 48.95 and a 58.86, which could have easily warranted me a D and a B respectively, but i didn't get them either. If it helps, know that there's always someone worse off than you. And that someone worse off is going to sit for the same paper and try for 4 'A's too. That someone is me, as well as others out there who've done like shit too. I did like shit, i cried too, but i'll still be sitting for the same paper with all those promises up there to keep. Take care. Hope ratatouille cheers you up. Cause it's cute and funny.

To all those out there who've helped me these two years wif my studies, be it teach me how to do a question, lend me notes, lend me calculator during exams, a BIG THANK YOU.

And to you, Mr Ng Yong Sheng, You s***. So get your b***** hands moving and useless brain working and see to it that you keep those promises made above. Better stop screwing up, noob.


P.S To shun cheng, before i forget again, where's our money for the competition we won?

Mugging and Alcohol

It has been proven. Mugging is a close substitute for alcohol, both have generally similar effects on the human mind (thus, you can save all that money on drinking alcohol even though you're 18. use the money for computer entertainment instead). And mugging, addictive though it is, should be similarly banned for under-18s.

In mild amounts (BAC 0.03-0.12%), alchohol results in euphoria.
In mild amounts (8-12 hours a day), mugging results in euphoria, self-confidence, and a shorter attention span stemming from the mindset of "I'm too pro to mug this useless stuff"

In larger amounts (BAC 0.09-0.25%), alcohol results in excitement, sleepy, blurred vision, trouble with understanding and remembering things. Ditto for mugging (12-16 hours / day)

In large amounts (BAC 0.18-0.30%), alcohol results in confusion, dizziness, and makes people highly emotional and less sensitive to pain.
In large amounts (16-20 hours / day), mugging results in similar effects, with clear symptoms such as highly emotional nicknames (Argh! WTO! I HAVEN'T FINISHED MUGGING CHEM AND IT'S TOMORROW MORNING!). Being less sensitive to pain goes without speaking. After 16-20 hours of trying to tahan mugging, the body loses its pain sensitivity. Natural survival mechanism.

In extreme amounts (BAC 0.25-0.40%), alcohol results in unresponsiveness, stupor, and possible vomiting.
In extreme amounts (>20 hours a day), mugging results in similar symptoms, including a rather high tendency to regurgitate during examinations.

If there’s no alcohol in MUG Root Beer, why else do they call it beer?

If you don't believe me, read your Chem notes Lecture Notes 11 Appendix page 15.

Shrivel the tinkers!

Hmm wanted to tag but apparently I got on the tagboard banlist.
Haha didn't know about the ITLPD ys, tt sounds cool. Yup 2 more papers to go, i suppose if you've survived till now, or feeling happy about maths, you don't need to jia anymore you, save it for A levels and make sure u dun burn out from prelims.

Yeah and gerard & luzhou & anyone who's sick get well soon. I know the feeling of taking tests while sick (been through 2 CTs and 1 promos sick). So dun mug too hard and go sleep earlier especially you gerard lol. cut down on wow and facebook =P Plenty of time after prelims.

Shiver me timbers!

Haha i just realised something.

Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Really. Haha so people actually celebrate by dressing up and talking like a pirate for the whole of today. Muahaha sounds fun.

Yeah and i'm happy today. maths didn't go as badly as i thought it would. I now actually have a good chance of passing, despite doing just 6 out of 14 qns for paper 1. yay.

On a side note, get well soon gerard! drink more water, eat more fruits and vegetables and GET MORE REST! meaning sleep earlier! like at 10 or smthing. yup 2 more papers!

And get me that bottle of rum, won't ye, matey!

Damn

The paper landed in front of him, and the clock struck 8...

The small orchish force landed silently on the deserted shore. Moving like seasoned war veterans, they lined up their formation, grunts leading the pack, troll headhunters covering the back, with demolishers at the very back. Wolf raiders flanked the troop on either side. With a signal from their shadow hunter, they moved forth, headed for the first night elf expansion on this island.

A tall looming cliff appeared in front of the marauding party. Magical shining runes were encrypted on the cliff faces. “Measurement…” read an orc grunt, “What does that mean, Warchief?”

Before the tauren chieftain could respond, a small shower of arrows rained upon them. “The night elves! This is their first expansion base! Charge! For the horde!” The orcs moved swiftly, the grunts and raiders trying to find a way to get up the cliff, while the troll headhunters attempted to fire their spears back at the archers enjoying the terrain advantage. However, the cliff was too high, and the trolls couldn’t get good throws up the cliff. While the expansion’s defense force was small, comprising of only about 4 archers, they were a troublesome lot on this terrain.

Charging round the back, the orcs finally found a way up the cliff. Once up the cliff, the archers did not pose much of a threat, pummeled to the ground by the grunts’ axes. Taking out the expansion did not prove to be much harder either. However, the night elves seemed to have sounded an alarm.

“Bad start, mon, bad start. 17 minutes we used. Not good” the shadow hunter commented. The tauren chieftain was well aware of that. “Hurry, we don’t have much time, the night elves know we’re here now, it won’t be long before they call in their reinforcements. We probably only have 1 hr 15 mins. If their chimaeras or mountain giants arrive, we won’t stand much of a chance. Move!”

The orcs set off again. They came upon the second expansion base, and set about destroying it, the demolishers raiders taking out the enchanted buildings, while the grunts and trolls cutting down the defenders. Nevertheless, the warchief was not satisfied. “32 mins, we’re running out of time!” “43 mins left!” the shadow hunter added.

The orcs moved with much more urgency now, boosted by the warchief endurance aura, they ran riot swiftly taking out the 3rd expansion, ten the 4th, then the 5th. They moved with speed, vigour and urgency never seen before. It was scary, the marauding orcs. But their bad start seemed to have costed them dearly. They were sorely out of time. The night elves main base were preparing a defense, one that was nearly completed.

“Hurry, we’ll skip this,” commanded the warchief, as they arrived at the 6th expansion “head for the main base. For the horde!”. With a final burst of vigour, the orcs burst forth, gaining moral as they moved, empowered by their swift demolishing of the last 3 expansions, as the chieftain activated a scroll of speed. Moving at speeds once thought unattainable, they marched for the night elves’ main base.

At last, the main base appeared in front of their eyes. “This is it. Attack!” With the command, the orcs hurled forth, set on demolishing the base to rubble. Grunts exchanged blows with huntresses, while the trolls and raiders went for the dryads. The demolishers went about their usual job of razzing the buildings to bits.

But they were too late. To the north, the sky darkened, as a purplish cloud appeared over the battlefield. “The chimaeras! The chimaeras are here!” shouted the warchief. The raiders and trolls turned to face the new threat, even as the grunts fell to zaps of electrical energy. Nets flew from the raiders, dragging the chimaeras down to the grounds, while spears from the trolls attempted to pierce the chimaeras’ armour. The shadow hunter released a healing wave to aid the trolls, in the hope of making them last longer on the battlefield. But they were no match for the chimaeras. Even as the orcs fell by the numbers, the warchief signaled a retreat. Activating a scroll of town portal, they were out of the battlefield.

Let down, yet again, by time management. Yet again. While they had conquered about 47 out of 60 parts of the land, it was no where near good. They could have claimed everything, ravaged every single bit of land, tearing everything down. Instead, they were forced to retreat...

And the paper flew off the table, into a stack of papers in the teacher's hands.

ONE MORE WEEK TO GO!

lalala

worship me

Everyone should worship me if i pass my econs paper today.
Why?
Because i did only 2 essay qns.
Go calculate what it takes to pass.
And worship me thereafter,
should i pass.

Quotes. In General

I don't know the meaning of surrender. No matter how hopeless it seems, I shall not surrender.

(On the other hand, if I am accorded lenient terms in the case of a surrender, I don't mind. A free cookie will also be rather persuasive. It's all about opportunity cost - the time and energy to check the dictionary for its meaning, or lenient terms: you choose.)

omg lz you so merciless o.O the value of mercy cannot be overemphasised.
"Those who do not know the meaning of mercy shall have none shown to them, for they will not recognise it when it comes and kicks them in the mouth"
haha jking =P

Adapted Quotes(AQ)

"May god have mercy on this examination, because I won't."

Adapted,
Gen. George Patton

And so it begins

"The moments have passed. It's time to even the scales."


The main part of the prelims officially start tmr. and i kinda just realised that, after wasting yet another holiday, which i've only completed my organic chem. nevertheless, i hope i can come out of this prelims all right. Cuz for some reason, i'm starting to feel that chem and econs ain't that hard after all. Maths still looks scary to me, but if i do ok in econs, chem and phy this prelims, i suppose i hav time to smoothen out the maths problem.

Now, coming to lz's post, where he commented "Glorious precipitations are not the only sights worth seeing Fly more to enjoy the lightning, sunrise/set, aurora and starry night 40,000ft closer than everyone else. Gotta Catch'em All!"
Lz, lightning 40,000ft closer than everyone else looks exactly the same. and the same goes for sunrise/sunset, which appears on the horizon so it appears the same to you as well, just that the time you observe it is different from others cause your horizon is different from others. As for an aurora, i'm no expert so i can't offer an insight into it, but for star light that has travelled a few light years, an extra 40,000ft makes no different already. so yah, in essence, it ain't that much different lz. nevertheless, go Catch'em All! and then maybe you can tell me about the aurora.

And so, the prelims come. We certainly do hope to smash it without any problems, like wing chung, lz, haohui and probably the almost the whole of 6N will, except me of course. so to 'even the scales', to come up with a good result to compensate for bad results in the past, seems unlikely to me.

But i can still hope. And i hope that all you people reading this boring post can hang on to the same hope as well, and do well for your prelims.

Gd luck ppl! and shun cheng, E=hf!

Re: Glorious Precipitation

I concur with Shun Cheng on the beauties of rain but there are more charming forms of precipitation.

Take for example, contrails:

engine fog:
The massive suction of the engine causes atmospheric pressure to greatly exceed the vapor pressure of water.

wing condensation:
There's more than one way to enjoy the rain. Shun Cheng prefers feeling of rain on his face and the scent of fresh grass(and Fe2O3) while Gerard prefers the silence of howling rain from the comfort of his room.

But how about from behind a half inch glass trying to turn onto the taxiway instead of face-planting into the grass?

or from the departure hall hoping that the goliath doesn't skid off the runway and crash个狗吃屎

Of course storms are never meant to be viewed with clarity, they can reduce visibility down to 100ft. Amidst a heavy storm, see not the buildings, nor the trees in the distance, shrouded in fine mist – and that, is when you comprehend the true danger of the storm. Trust your instruments, appreciate the accuracy of your maps and put faith in the airtraffic controller. What a shame if you were to splat and smear the beautiful hillside.

Glorious precipitations are not the only sights worth seeing Fly more to enjoy the lightning, sunrise/set, aurora and starry night 40,000ft closer than everyone else. Gotta Catch'em All!