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 ^_^
Monday, July 30, 2007
National Day Parade
This year's national day parade is cool. really. i watched it, the preview. rocks, the army's display and theirspecial stuff damn cool. they had this golden like thingy pouring down from Sheares bridge. and it looked really like gold or golden water. spectacular. amazed me as much as marie's hse did. it's fireworks, but it completely didn't look like it. damn damn damn nice.
And their chinook helicopter on water. majestic man. the fan blades was blowing up all the water frm the river into a fine mist that covered them, so it's looked like some camouflaging cover or smthing. not meant to be camouflaging lah, but it just looked damn cool when it hovered near water. like some smokescreen or smthing.
but the performance of song and dance a bit boring though. didn't really pay much attention to it. the bag goodies are cool and nice too! yay. and i have all the national day songs in my ipod. lol
haha. wanna play them during civics or pe tmr? anyway, their remix of "Home " sucks. at least frm my point of view lah. the original still much nicer.
And there was this damn chio girl seated close to me, when the whole thing ended and they still had the songs playing she just got up after some of the ppl hav left and just started dancing on her seat. chio lor. shit why didn't i hav a video cam then can video it down. shitttt
anyway, yup that's all. met my j3 seniors after the thing on my way out. talked to them abit then went home. wooh.
triple post yet again. getting used to this. haha
And their chinook helicopter on water. majestic man. the fan blades was blowing up all the water frm the river into a fine mist that covered them, so it's looked like some camouflaging cover or smthing. not meant to be camouflaging lah, but it just looked damn cool when it hovered near water. like some smokescreen or smthing.
but the performance of song and dance a bit boring though. didn't really pay much attention to it. the bag goodies are cool and nice too! yay. and i have all the national day songs in my ipod. lol
haha. wanna play them during civics or pe tmr? anyway, their remix of "Home " sucks. at least frm my point of view lah. the original still much nicer.
And there was this damn chio girl seated close to me, when the whole thing ended and they still had the songs playing she just got up after some of the ppl hav left and just started dancing on her seat. chio lor. shit why didn't i hav a video cam then can video it down. shitttt
anyway, yup that's all. met my j3 seniors after the thing on my way out. talked to them abit then went home. wooh.
triple post yet again. getting used to this. haha
random stuff
Looks like gerard posted my photos of marie's hse when i passed him his thumbdrive. so yah nothing much to say le. the chandeliers and size of rooms speak for itself. there's still the outside that isn't shown in those pics. and millions of rooms and sculptures n stuff not shown. overpowering.
My ipod jammed today. crap
Anyway, when ur ipod jams(meaning u can't do anything to it at all), this is how u repair it. u leave it in its jammed mode(the light was still on, and it can't turn off, just jammed, can't do anything) until it runs out of batt. then u recharge it and it'll reset. lol apple sucks lah. big time. ipods picking up electric charges frm nearby lightning and shocking ppl, to jamming ipods that can't do shit, apple really is shit.
With that, i leave u with a quote frm the master, yong sheng(lolz).
"The day Apple Inc. makes something that doesn't suck is the day it makes a vacuum cleaner."
My ipod jammed today. crap
Anyway, when ur ipod jams(meaning u can't do anything to it at all), this is how u repair it. u leave it in its jammed mode(the light was still on, and it can't turn off, just jammed, can't do anything) until it runs out of batt. then u recharge it and it'll reset. lol apple sucks lah. big time. ipods picking up electric charges frm nearby lightning and shocking ppl, to jamming ipods that can't do shit, apple really is shit.
With that, i leave u with a quote frm the master, yong sheng(lolz).
"The day Apple Inc. makes something that doesn't suck is the day it makes a vacuum cleaner."
Friday, July 27, 2007
NS medical
Shit...
some interesting things during today's medical, in addition to yongsheng's post.
i got pwn't by the blood test.
Shit...
[you never exercise is it? cannot find the vein one]
curiously, this is the second time i heard this during a blood test.
recall 3 months ago...at the airforce medical center...[boy why you no muscle one? cannot see the vein lei]
the airforce with their precision laser-guided smart intelligent instruments struck blood on the second try.
the army with their rudimentary tools took 2 soldiers and 3 tries. the first needle goes in but no blood comes out. readjusting his aim, the sharpshooter fires again. still no blood. he begins to panic, the needle wiggles back and forth, left and right(literally), desperately in search of the elusive blood vessel, but to no avail. he calls in the master marksman for a surgical strike, there seems to be an aura around the other guy saying [i'm pro]. with my right arm slapped redder than the rising sun, he turns to my left arm. a few gentle touches later, he pin pointed the flow of life. in a swift move he inserted the third needle. FIRST BLOOD!
Shit...
i was hoping the first 2 tries would suck out some fats so that i get a free liposuction for all the trouble. nope.
Shit...
at the ECG section, a dozen half-naked men could be seen walking around. odd. but of course its needed for the ECG test.
Shit...
during the test i lied beside jameson, half-naked. definitely one of my more bizarre experiences.
Shit...
the final review was made by a doctor. we had to flash our groins to him. he said pants down and pants up so fast that all he could have checked is the existence of our genitals.
Shit...
all in all, i got PES A, which probably means commando/diver medical & interview.
Shit...
some interesting things during today's medical, in addition to yongsheng's post.
i got pwn't by the blood test.
Shit...
[you never exercise is it? cannot find the vein one]
curiously, this is the second time i heard this during a blood test.
recall 3 months ago...at the airforce medical center...[boy why you no muscle one? cannot see the vein lei]
the airforce with their precision laser-guided smart intelligent instruments struck blood on the second try.
the army with their rudimentary tools took 2 soldiers and 3 tries. the first needle goes in but no blood comes out. readjusting his aim, the sharpshooter fires again. still no blood. he begins to panic, the needle wiggles back and forth, left and right(literally), desperately in search of the elusive blood vessel, but to no avail. he calls in the master marksman for a surgical strike, there seems to be an aura around the other guy saying [i'm pro]. with my right arm slapped redder than the rising sun, he turns to my left arm. a few gentle touches later, he pin pointed the flow of life. in a swift move he inserted the third needle. FIRST BLOOD!
Shit...
i was hoping the first 2 tries would suck out some fats so that i get a free liposuction for all the trouble. nope.
Shit...
at the ECG section, a dozen half-naked men could be seen walking around. odd. but of course its needed for the ECG test.
Shit...
during the test i lied beside jameson, half-naked. definitely one of my more bizarre experiences.
Shit...
the final review was made by a doctor. we had to flash our groins to him. he said pants down and pants up so fast that all he could have checked is the existence of our genitals.
Shit...
all in all, i got PES A, which probably means commando/diver medical & interview.
Shit...
Thursday, July 26, 2007
NS medical ---- (march 28 2007)
ok this post came frm the archives our lovely blog has and it's for those who dunno how to go ns medical or dunno wat to expect. well read it, then get some sort of idea. i checked the street directory for u guys too le. basically, take 195 after coming out frm tiong bahru mrt station. shld be opposite the side with some shopping centre. ask the bus driver if u scared u overtake, or take wrong side. ok help u all enuff le, u all get lost not my fault liao. lol
ok for those who've asked me how it's liked and i didn't really give u a proper response due to the impossibility to give a short and complete answer to it, here it is. my thoughts about it and how it went. so sorry for those who felt daoed in any way! didn't mean to.
Ok so the thingy was supposed to be held at CMPB(central manpower base) which is located at depot road. for those who dunno where that is, it's somewhere arnd tiong bahru. yup. so my time allocated was 9.30. and i arrived at 9.15 cuz i didn't want to be late and get owned or smthing.
So yah. CMPB doesn't allow u to bring any form of image capturing devices in, and that includes camera phones. so at the entrance, some officer will giv u a sticker to stick on ur shirt so ppl will know u're there for ns medical. and that same guy will also giv u a key to a locker to put ur handphone in. The locker damn cute lah. It's this damn small(in dimension) locker that's damn deep. so u get put smthing that's damn long but has a small width. lol. That whole grp of lockers looked like it's been built for cam phones or smthing. or damn small. dunno y so deep though. Anyway, so i went in and realised that ur timing is not impt at all one. u cld be 1 hr late and they wldn't hav known. it's not the kind where they alrdy hav ur name ther and expecting u one, like doctor appointment. It's more like the kind where u just walk in and ask for a medical, like visiting a clinic.
The first stop they'll ask u to go is the photo taking studio. to take ur photo(duh). You are required to put on one of the uniforms there and hav ur photo taken. Anyway, the person there is either a real asshole, or someone just rubbed him the wrong way that morning. he was in this damn pissing off mood lah. like as though all the ppl who just came in to hav their photo taken have pissed him off or smthing. He was damn rude and demanded for everyone's ic and pink slip(some pink form they'll giv u when u register) in a damn rude manner. and then the guy behind me got gged by him. He was like
"Eh, give me your pink form and ic. put on the uniform over there size 4 and comb your hair up." to me. then he looked at the guy behind me and said, just as the guy was abt to pass him his pink form and ic too,
"You, I don't want your pink form and ic. u put your things down. Come over here. I give u this(takes out shaver). go use it. come back when u're done."
lol so for those of u who need to go for ur medical plz make sure u shave before u go. dun get owned also. Anyway, he took a damn long time to take my photo, like ask me to tilt my head a bit to the left, a bit up, a bit down a bit back to the right. and stuff. lol.
anyway, so after i was done, he asked me to go for my actual medical. so i registered, then the first test was urine test. nothing much abt this. the second test was blood test. They take this damn huge needle, squeeze ur arm so that ur vein become damn big and damn obvious, then shove the huge needle in. haha. he completely destroyed my vein. now there're 2 puncture marks there. one going in, and the other probably cuz he over shot my vein. one entry one exit. lol. anyway, the putting in part isn't pain. it's the part after he takes it out. then it's damn pain. wah lao. 2 days alrd and it's still aching lah. the person withdrew one huge vial of blood. dunno what he gonna use that for, but i'm not bothered.
then the next test they asked me to go was X-ray. basically take off ur shirt, then lean on some machine for a short while, then done le. damn fast. like less than 1 min lor. then the next stop was for eye check up. also the standard stuff lah, test colour blindness with those coloured number cards thingy, and ur vision. next test was audio test, ENT. can't rmb what it stood for, but not impt lah. anyway, it's some test that makes u look like a complete idiot. cuz u go into this rm so ur hearing wun get affected by external noise, then u put on this headphoes which the controller outside will emit soft beeps to, and u raise ur hand immediately when u hear the tones. so the person outside was like playing the tones qte fast, so u end up, raising and putting ur hand up and down qte rapidly. which shld look stupid to the person outside. lol.
Next test was dental. the person look at ur teeth, mumble some jargonto another person who will take it down, which i dun understand. and it's done. lol. then u proceed to this room, where they take ur heart rate through ECG(electrocardiogram). Then they gav u this random cough test, which i shall not describe in detail. boys probably can ask me for the details, and mayb girls also, but not that much. so yah then the person will take u what PES(Physical Employment Standard) u get. basically i was PES A for everything, except my eyesight which was PES B. so my overall was PES B( they take ur lowest grade).
So after all this, u go to this final rm where u do some computer test. Basically some damn easy maths and physics qns. and an IQ test. which i screwed up cuz i didn't realise there was a time limit, so i was happily doing damn slowly, thinking it was damn easy then i ended up completing only 20 out of 30 qns. shit lah, my IQ abt 2/3 of average ppl le. some low IQ guy i am.
so yah, that was the end of the whole medical-cum-image-capturing-cum-aptitude test. went for lunch at their canteen(it's damn cheap), then came out at abt 2. reached back in sch abt 3, becuz rard asked me to go back. wah lao waste my time. shld hav gone home to slp like i inititally wanted to.
on a side note, think this is a damn nice clip. i cried watching it. lolhttp://www.makeadifferencemovie.com/
ok for those who've asked me how it's liked and i didn't really give u a proper response due to the impossibility to give a short and complete answer to it, here it is. my thoughts about it and how it went. so sorry for those who felt daoed in any way! didn't mean to.
Ok so the thingy was supposed to be held at CMPB(central manpower base) which is located at depot road. for those who dunno where that is, it's somewhere arnd tiong bahru. yup. so my time allocated was 9.30. and i arrived at 9.15 cuz i didn't want to be late and get owned or smthing.
So yah. CMPB doesn't allow u to bring any form of image capturing devices in, and that includes camera phones. so at the entrance, some officer will giv u a sticker to stick on ur shirt so ppl will know u're there for ns medical. and that same guy will also giv u a key to a locker to put ur handphone in. The locker damn cute lah. It's this damn small(in dimension) locker that's damn deep. so u get put smthing that's damn long but has a small width. lol. That whole grp of lockers looked like it's been built for cam phones or smthing. or damn small. dunno y so deep though. Anyway, so i went in and realised that ur timing is not impt at all one. u cld be 1 hr late and they wldn't hav known. it's not the kind where they alrdy hav ur name ther and expecting u one, like doctor appointment. It's more like the kind where u just walk in and ask for a medical, like visiting a clinic.
The first stop they'll ask u to go is the photo taking studio. to take ur photo(duh). You are required to put on one of the uniforms there and hav ur photo taken. Anyway, the person there is either a real asshole, or someone just rubbed him the wrong way that morning. he was in this damn pissing off mood lah. like as though all the ppl who just came in to hav their photo taken have pissed him off or smthing. He was damn rude and demanded for everyone's ic and pink slip(some pink form they'll giv u when u register) in a damn rude manner. and then the guy behind me got gged by him. He was like
"Eh, give me your pink form and ic. put on the uniform over there size 4 and comb your hair up." to me. then he looked at the guy behind me and said, just as the guy was abt to pass him his pink form and ic too,
"You, I don't want your pink form and ic. u put your things down. Come over here. I give u this(takes out shaver). go use it. come back when u're done."
lol so for those of u who need to go for ur medical plz make sure u shave before u go. dun get owned also. Anyway, he took a damn long time to take my photo, like ask me to tilt my head a bit to the left, a bit up, a bit down a bit back to the right. and stuff. lol.
anyway, so after i was done, he asked me to go for my actual medical. so i registered, then the first test was urine test. nothing much abt this. the second test was blood test. They take this damn huge needle, squeeze ur arm so that ur vein become damn big and damn obvious, then shove the huge needle in. haha. he completely destroyed my vein. now there're 2 puncture marks there. one going in, and the other probably cuz he over shot my vein. one entry one exit. lol. anyway, the putting in part isn't pain. it's the part after he takes it out. then it's damn pain. wah lao. 2 days alrd and it's still aching lah. the person withdrew one huge vial of blood. dunno what he gonna use that for, but i'm not bothered.
then the next test they asked me to go was X-ray. basically take off ur shirt, then lean on some machine for a short while, then done le. damn fast. like less than 1 min lor. then the next stop was for eye check up. also the standard stuff lah, test colour blindness with those coloured number cards thingy, and ur vision. next test was audio test, ENT. can't rmb what it stood for, but not impt lah. anyway, it's some test that makes u look like a complete idiot. cuz u go into this rm so ur hearing wun get affected by external noise, then u put on this headphoes which the controller outside will emit soft beeps to, and u raise ur hand immediately when u hear the tones. so the person outside was like playing the tones qte fast, so u end up, raising and putting ur hand up and down qte rapidly. which shld look stupid to the person outside. lol.
Next test was dental. the person look at ur teeth, mumble some jargonto another person who will take it down, which i dun understand. and it's done. lol. then u proceed to this room, where they take ur heart rate through ECG(electrocardiogram). Then they gav u this random cough test, which i shall not describe in detail. boys probably can ask me for the details, and mayb girls also, but not that much. so yah then the person will take u what PES(Physical Employment Standard) u get. basically i was PES A for everything, except my eyesight which was PES B. so my overall was PES B( they take ur lowest grade).
So after all this, u go to this final rm where u do some computer test. Basically some damn easy maths and physics qns. and an IQ test. which i screwed up cuz i didn't realise there was a time limit, so i was happily doing damn slowly, thinking it was damn easy then i ended up completing only 20 out of 30 qns. shit lah, my IQ abt 2/3 of average ppl le. some low IQ guy i am.
so yah, that was the end of the whole medical-cum-image-capturing-cum-aptitude test. went for lunch at their canteen(it's damn cheap), then came out at abt 2. reached back in sch abt 3, becuz rard asked me to go back. wah lao waste my time. shld hav gone home to slp like i inititally wanted to.
on a side note, think this is a damn nice clip. i cried watching it. lolhttp://www.makeadifferencemovie.com/
deathly hallows!!!!
hmm this video taken by pin at 6am :) and there's one part of the video where the video turned dark at some point along the queue and you can hear voices of ppl saying hi, that'll be the rest of us, pity that the lighting wasn't enough to show our pretty faces lolol. but oh well :)
:)
whee! haha this was at 7am, right after the countdown. u can see that we got pretty near the front considering that we managed to get inside the dome building to witness the countdown lol. so there was pin, me, gerard, weirong, nurul, ash, and ash's brother whom i dunno what's his name heh. we queued for close to 3 hours in total? quite an experience la haha.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
pictures time!
and so, people. we havent had pictures in quite a while eh. here's some photos that have been lying about in my phone lol.
peace!
PK in the lab (:
oO what's lz doing?
zomg kel too?!
sinful eating
And here are some photos that really show how BIG marie's house is oO. For those of u who have forgotten who marie is, just go to the archives and find ys' triple kill post spree. Alternatively, u could ask him. Hm. Or u could ask wulei and see wad happens lol!
peace!
PK in the lab (:
oO what's lz doing?
zomg kel too?!
sinful eating
And here are some photos that really show how BIG marie's house is oO. For those of u who have forgotten who marie is, just go to the archives and find ys' triple kill post spree. Alternatively, u could ask him. Hm. Or u could ask wulei and see wad happens lol!
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