Busy with work lately.
And will most probably remain as such for de rest of the year.
This weekend alone has tons of stuffs to do:
- History SBQ
- Hydroxyl compounds tutorial
- Chem MCQ quiz on IVLE
- GP article research + rewriting topic sentences
- E field tutorial
- PNC tutorial
- Study for chem test
- Prepare for HK trip
And for this weekend,
Saturday will be burned - Dental + Bryan's b'day + Guitar lesson.
Sunday may be partially filled - possibly going out with family.
I can foresee that the 2nd weekend from now will be a hell lot more.
Missing school for 5 days + my precious weekend will cause me to lag behind significantly.
So much for going HK and have fun.
I really fear of what lies ahead.
If I fall prey to any mental illnesses, it will all be SG educational system's fault.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Friday, January 01, 2010
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
This is gonna be a long post.
Day 4 (Saturday, 26/12)
Went to the Eurasian Community House in the morning.
Been there once before... Sec 2 I think...
After which we proceed to lunch and tok along the way...
Sherry was attempting to learn some Canto phrases.
Felt quite left out of the conversations...
Perhaps it was due to home stay on the previous day...
Try to fit in somehow...
Proceed to Esplanade after lunch.
Never know that the backstage of the theatre is so freaking HUGE!
Also, there are lots of sophisticated equipments to make sound quality better.
Heritage tour was boring...
Our HK guests were even better at shopping than us.
Vivian was able to buy a few T-shirt from Chinatown in 15 min O.o
Someone was lost after Chinatown stop but luckily, everything turn out fine in the end.
Arriving at Night Safari, we had murtabak (Worst I had ever eaten)
There were hell lots of ppl there at Night Safari.
Shouldn't everyone be resting after Christmas Day?
Prices there was a rip off:
Chicken Rice - $17
Ice Mountain mineral water - $2.50
On our way home, I got myself a scandal.
Thank a lot Amos, I will remember this.
Dr was leaving the next day and we bid farewall to her.
Day 5 (Sunday, 27/12)
St Mary of the Angels church was not like church I had seen before.
It seems veri modern like.
No wonder there are more and more Christians nowadays.
To keep up with time, thats the key.
After which, there was a sharing session by EiF Facilitators.
Many of our HK guests K.O at this stage.
I nearly fell into dreamland like them, but managed to hang in there.
It will be a more challenging day tmr, with more toks.
At Marina Barrage, we flew kites.
Wind was awesome there, as it was about to rain.
After the tour, I gave out my durian cakes (Credit to dad and mom =D)
We thought that since our HK guests like to take photo veri much,
We should shout "Photo!" instead to lead them to move from point A to point B.
Day 6 (Monday, 28/12)
SMU was not as small as I thought.
Our tour guide in SMU was actually my sister primary school friend, Chay Ling.
A small world after all...
It looks like our guests were fascinated by SMU facilities.
They should tour NTU instead haha.
SMU was not in my choice of University and it will nv be.
As expected, our HK guests was defeated during NYC tok.
Unglam photos of those who slept were taken and posted in facebook haha.
Of all include Winnie, who was suppose to present a token of appreciation to the NYC ppl.
And she was still in denial, claiming that she was thinking veri deeply lol.
Depart for Malay Youth Literary Association (4PM)
I slept on the bus, as I was too, tired in NYC tok.
Unglam photos were taken once more on the bus, but somehow I escaped =D
After 4PM sharing session, I sat on the bus with this new friend I made: Fanny
In the short span of less than a week, there are still ppl who I did not hang out with.
Also, she helped me to take a photo.
"Is it nice?"
"Of course! The photo will not be too bad because of my handsome face."
"I also took a photo with my host family. Can you spot me?"
"This one?"
"Yes la. You can find me so fast because I am veri pretty ar."
Haha.
"Why you dun have English name ar?"
"I dunno, Maybe I am not a Christian? You should ask my parents."
"Many of our English names are made by ourselves. You dun need to be a Christian to have English name ar"
Can't imagine someone calling me by my English name haha.
After which we played polar bear at the back of the bus.
YOG learning centre was like another NE session all over haha.
Phototaking as usual.
Back to the hotel, we kill sometime before dinner by playing cards.
Riduan the fireman, Sherry and Tommy were all dressed up so formally.
Especially Tommy, who wore a suit with a blazer and tie.
He took a scandal picture with four gals around him.
We all speculate that his Vietnam girlfriend will kill him if she saw that photo.
Before entering the Grand Hall, I shook hand with a guy name Stanley.
After which I asked Jin Feng about his identity.
"Who is he?"
"What is his name? Did not really catch it."
"Stanley."
"OMG he is one of the big shot"
"Really ar?"
"Ya, he is the general manager of South East CDC!"
Dinner was ok... And we played the number game.
"If 1 is 4, 2 is 5... What is 15?"
Really got the guests at my table puzzled haha...
"We will tell you the answer when we visit HK."
Our guests put up a video and a performance for us that night.
After which, we spammed countless number of photos.
Where are all my photos ppl?
Most were taken with our HK guests cameras.
Tag in fb pls.
Not to say exchanging emails.
We were having too much fun that we refuse to leave the room.
Wonderful night we had. But all good things come to an end.
Day 7 (Tuesday, 29/12)
I joined everyone at the airport, in MJ uniform and my guitar.
Last moment we spent together...
Before sending them off to the departure gate.
Prisca cried before going in, till her nose and eyes turned red ='(
Yea, we were sad too.
Luckily the situation was under control before the whole bunch of us broke into tears.
Don't worry, we will see you guys in HK soon!
Went out for dinner at Just Acia Marina branch with a few of my sec sch mates.
Tok a lot and spammed a lot of ice cream.
One of Kent's school mate was there.
And we were trying to expose him haha.
We played 敲敲杯after everyone was so full up with ice cream and drinks.
Took a walk to esplanade and guess who I saw.
Sherry! He was bringing another HK girl around the city area.
After which we went to Uni Quo and I got myself a cheap jacket at $9.90
Today (Wednesday, 30/12)
Went NTU with my sis.
Ate cheap food and tour around the school.
Got foolscap pads with NTU logo!
I had forgotten when did I came up with this idea of collecting foolscap pads =D
Below are all my personal opinion not directed to anything:
NTU is so much better than NUS campus.
The whole place look a whole lot newer.
Especially the chemical and biological science building.
The whole NUS campus is like so rundown and haunted.
NTU is comparable to SMU campus, but jus a little older.
Big library, enough books to fill my house.
I am so going NTU.
Unless, honourable scholarship to oversea university.
Spend hell lots of time typing this post.
Time which I can use to finish up my math package.
Hence I should come back to reality - miserable life of a JC system.
11 more days to school reopen!
1 more year in this prison before going into another!
And I am looking foward to university life 4 years from now!
Day 4 (Saturday, 26/12)
Went to the Eurasian Community House in the morning.
Been there once before... Sec 2 I think...
After which we proceed to lunch and tok along the way...
Sherry was attempting to learn some Canto phrases.
Felt quite left out of the conversations...
Perhaps it was due to home stay on the previous day...
Try to fit in somehow...
Proceed to Esplanade after lunch.
Never know that the backstage of the theatre is so freaking HUGE!
Also, there are lots of sophisticated equipments to make sound quality better.
Heritage tour was boring...
Our HK guests were even better at shopping than us.
Vivian was able to buy a few T-shirt from Chinatown in 15 min O.o
Someone was lost after Chinatown stop but luckily, everything turn out fine in the end.
Arriving at Night Safari, we had murtabak (Worst I had ever eaten)
There were hell lots of ppl there at Night Safari.
Shouldn't everyone be resting after Christmas Day?
Prices there was a rip off:
Chicken Rice - $17
Ice Mountain mineral water - $2.50
On our way home, I got myself a scandal.
Thank a lot Amos, I will remember this.
Dr was leaving the next day and we bid farewall to her.
Day 5 (Sunday, 27/12)
St Mary of the Angels church was not like church I had seen before.
It seems veri modern like.
No wonder there are more and more Christians nowadays.
To keep up with time, thats the key.
After which, there was a sharing session by EiF Facilitators.
Many of our HK guests K.O at this stage.
I nearly fell into dreamland like them, but managed to hang in there.
It will be a more challenging day tmr, with more toks.
At Marina Barrage, we flew kites.
Wind was awesome there, as it was about to rain.
After the tour, I gave out my durian cakes (Credit to dad and mom =D)
We thought that since our HK guests like to take photo veri much,
We should shout "Photo!" instead to lead them to move from point A to point B.
Day 6 (Monday, 28/12)
SMU was not as small as I thought.
Our tour guide in SMU was actually my sister primary school friend, Chay Ling.
A small world after all...
It looks like our guests were fascinated by SMU facilities.
They should tour NTU instead haha.
SMU was not in my choice of University and it will nv be.
As expected, our HK guests was defeated during NYC tok.
Unglam photos of those who slept were taken and posted in facebook haha.
Of all include Winnie, who was suppose to present a token of appreciation to the NYC ppl.
And she was still in denial, claiming that she was thinking veri deeply lol.
Depart for Malay Youth Literary Association (4PM)
I slept on the bus, as I was too, tired in NYC tok.
Unglam photos were taken once more on the bus, but somehow I escaped =D
After 4PM sharing session, I sat on the bus with this new friend I made: Fanny
In the short span of less than a week, there are still ppl who I did not hang out with.
Also, she helped me to take a photo.
"Is it nice?"
"Of course! The photo will not be too bad because of my handsome face."
"I also took a photo with my host family. Can you spot me?"
"This one?"
"Yes la. You can find me so fast because I am veri pretty ar."
Haha.
"Why you dun have English name ar?"
"I dunno, Maybe I am not a Christian? You should ask my parents."
"Many of our English names are made by ourselves. You dun need to be a Christian to have English name ar"
Can't imagine someone calling me by my English name haha.
After which we played polar bear at the back of the bus.
YOG learning centre was like another NE session all over haha.
Phototaking as usual.
Back to the hotel, we kill sometime before dinner by playing cards.
Riduan the fireman, Sherry and Tommy were all dressed up so formally.
Especially Tommy, who wore a suit with a blazer and tie.
He took a scandal picture with four gals around him.
We all speculate that his Vietnam girlfriend will kill him if she saw that photo.
Before entering the Grand Hall, I shook hand with a guy name Stanley.
After which I asked Jin Feng about his identity.
"Who is he?"
"What is his name? Did not really catch it."
"Stanley."
"OMG he is one of the big shot"
"Really ar?"
"Ya, he is the general manager of South East CDC!"
Dinner was ok... And we played the number game.
"If 1 is 4, 2 is 5... What is 15?"
Really got the guests at my table puzzled haha...
"We will tell you the answer when we visit HK."
Our guests put up a video and a performance for us that night.
After which, we spammed countless number of photos.
Where are all my photos ppl?
Most were taken with our HK guests cameras.
Tag in fb pls.
Not to say exchanging emails.
We were having too much fun that we refuse to leave the room.
Wonderful night we had. But all good things come to an end.
Day 7 (Tuesday, 29/12)
I joined everyone at the airport, in MJ uniform and my guitar.
Last moment we spent together...
Before sending them off to the departure gate.
Prisca cried before going in, till her nose and eyes turned red ='(
Yea, we were sad too.
Luckily the situation was under control before the whole bunch of us broke into tears.
Don't worry, we will see you guys in HK soon!
Went out for dinner at Just Acia Marina branch with a few of my sec sch mates.
Tok a lot and spammed a lot of ice cream.
One of Kent's school mate was there.
And we were trying to expose him haha.
We played 敲敲杯after everyone was so full up with ice cream and drinks.
Took a walk to esplanade and guess who I saw.
Sherry! He was bringing another HK girl around the city area.
After which we went to Uni Quo and I got myself a cheap jacket at $9.90
Today (Wednesday, 30/12)
Went NTU with my sis.
Ate cheap food and tour around the school.
Got foolscap pads with NTU logo!
I had forgotten when did I came up with this idea of collecting foolscap pads =D
Below are all my personal opinion not directed to anything:
NTU is so much better than NUS campus.
The whole place look a whole lot newer.
Especially the chemical and biological science building.
The whole NUS campus is like so rundown and haunted.
NTU is comparable to SMU campus, but jus a little older.
Big library, enough books to fill my house.
I am so going NTU.
Unless, honourable scholarship to oversea university.
Spend hell lots of time typing this post.
Time which I can use to finish up my math package.
Hence I should come back to reality - miserable life of a JC system.
11 more days to school reopen!
1 more year in this prison before going into another!
And I am looking foward to university life 4 years from now!
Friday, December 25, 2009
After returning from Vietnam,
I am currently engaged in my "class CIP"
Which is essentially to host Hong Kong ppl for exchange program.
Vietnam was not tat spectacular.
Communist, weird ppl (I mean those in the tour group, not locals there) and shopping.
That will veri much sum up the trip.
There are two reasons why I place inverted commas for "class CIP"
1) No even half the class turn up on any single day so far.
2) A one of a kind experience that is nothing like any of the CIP I had done so far.
I will elaborate on point 2 further.
Day 1 (Wednesday, 23/12)
Arrived in the airport at approximately 12.25pm
Waited till abt 2pm (A long wait...) for them to collect their luggage from belt 19.
Depart for hotel. Check-in.
Then we wait for them to gather at some "Grand Hall" in the hotel.
While the hall was filling up,
Firdaus tried to start a conversation with one of the few early birds.
"Are you one of the exchange student?"
I looked down onto her name tag, which wrote "Dr Carol Ma..."
" Err, she's a doctor..."
Yea, we had a good laugh.
I think tat tat really made her day, making her feel much younger.
Next we have some introduction.
Onli then did I realised almost all of them are taking art subjects in the university.
Not long before we leave for Pasir Ris.
On the bus trip, I tried to tok to those behind my seat.
It did not went veri well until...
"Can you speak chinese?"
"会啊"
"原来你会说普通话，不早讲！"
Right, newer generation of HK ppl speak chinese.
Dad's advice was not right everytime.
Apparently, they have better chinese than some Singaporeans.
I should thank her (Sorry, not good wif names!) for enlightening me.
Prawn fishing, which I caught nothing.
Dinner and some "entertainment", ruined by the soft volume of the mics.
And Dr got my socks for gift exchange, my new Esprit socks.
Guess all of them are tired on the first day.
Day 2 (Thursday, 24/12)
Reached Payar Lebar SouthEast CDC at 9.45am
Did not know that we need not meet so early.
Mayor tok... Blah Blah...
Quote from Jin Feng: At least I can use it for GP.
Talk to Vivian over lunch...
She 's quite a nice lady who is slight better at communicating in English.
Learn quite a bit on the educational system there.
After lunch, we went for an "amazing race"
$50 for transport wow =D
And I showed them what we can do with Mr Yusof Ishak on the $50 bill.
Group 1,2 and 4 decided to join up and screw the original race plan.
Instead, we brought them for Roti Prata, Mutton soup, Malay Kue and Teh Tarik.
Cabs to Chinatown where they tasted the square egg tarts.
Gosh I did not even know that such thing exists in Chinatown.
MRT to Orchard.
Running late and we did not do our amazing race ws =P
Char Kway Teow for dinner.
Obviously our groups did not eat much...
Our CDC youths tried to say the cantonese phase of "你吃饱吗？" in threatening manner.
Wanton leftover was the bomb.
It can at least feed someone for 3 meals.
View Christmas lighting after dinner.
Walked along Orchard road all the way back to hotel.
Which makes me wonder how long since I last hang out there...
Today was suppose to be home stay program for them.
Sadly my parents were in Malaysia for de weekend and hence I hosted nobody.
As I was saying, this CIP was nothing like wat I had done before.
And definitely, the best CIP ever =D
Can't wait for tmr: Day 4
I am currently engaged in my "class CIP"
Which is essentially to host Hong Kong ppl for exchange program.
Vietnam was not tat spectacular.
Communist, weird ppl (I mean those in the tour group, not locals there) and shopping.
That will veri much sum up the trip.
There are two reasons why I place inverted commas for "class CIP"
1) No even half the class turn up on any single day so far.
2) A one of a kind experience that is nothing like any of the CIP I had done so far.
I will elaborate on point 2 further.
Day 1 (Wednesday, 23/12)
Arrived in the airport at approximately 12.25pm
Waited till abt 2pm (A long wait...) for them to collect their luggage from belt 19.
Depart for hotel. Check-in.
Then we wait for them to gather at some "Grand Hall" in the hotel.
While the hall was filling up,
Firdaus tried to start a conversation with one of the few early birds.
"Are you one of the exchange student?"
I looked down onto her name tag, which wrote "Dr Carol Ma..."
" Err, she's a doctor..."
Yea, we had a good laugh.
I think tat tat really made her day, making her feel much younger.
Next we have some introduction.
Onli then did I realised almost all of them are taking art subjects in the university.
Not long before we leave for Pasir Ris.
On the bus trip, I tried to tok to those behind my seat.
It did not went veri well until...
"Can you speak chinese?"
"会啊"
"原来你会说普通话，不早讲！"
Right, newer generation of HK ppl speak chinese.
Dad's advice was not right everytime.
Apparently, they have better chinese than some Singaporeans.
I should thank her (Sorry, not good wif names!) for enlightening me.
Prawn fishing, which I caught nothing.
Dinner and some "entertainment", ruined by the soft volume of the mics.
And Dr got my socks for gift exchange, my new Esprit socks.
Guess all of them are tired on the first day.
Day 2 (Thursday, 24/12)
Reached Payar Lebar SouthEast CDC at 9.45am
Did not know that we need not meet so early.
Mayor tok... Blah Blah...
Quote from Jin Feng: At least I can use it for GP.
Talk to Vivian over lunch...
She 's quite a nice lady who is slight better at communicating in English.
Learn quite a bit on the educational system there.
After lunch, we went for an "amazing race"
$50 for transport wow =D
And I showed them what we can do with Mr Yusof Ishak on the $50 bill.
Group 1,2 and 4 decided to join up and screw the original race plan.
Instead, we brought them for Roti Prata, Mutton soup, Malay Kue and Teh Tarik.
Cabs to Chinatown where they tasted the square egg tarts.
Gosh I did not even know that such thing exists in Chinatown.
MRT to Orchard.
Running late and we did not do our amazing race ws =P
Char Kway Teow for dinner.
Obviously our groups did not eat much...
Our CDC youths tried to say the cantonese phase of "你吃饱吗？" in threatening manner.
Wanton leftover was the bomb.
It can at least feed someone for 3 meals.
View Christmas lighting after dinner.
Walked along Orchard road all the way back to hotel.
Which makes me wonder how long since I last hang out there...
Today was suppose to be home stay program for them.
Sadly my parents were in Malaysia for de weekend and hence I hosted nobody.
As I was saying, this CIP was nothing like wat I had done before.
And definitely, the best CIP ever =D
Can't wait for tmr: Day 4
Friday, December 11, 2009
NUS - Bristol Chemistry workshop day 2
Today is slightly better than yesterday.
First experiment was making an azo dye called Orange II.
Yea, jus mixing up chemicals because I was told to do so.
There is a part when the solution look like orange ice tea in a conical flask.
Little did I know that the dye stained my right thumb orange.
And it is still a little orangy right now.
Second experiment was making the 'oil of winter green'
Basically it is esterification of salicyclic acid wif methanol.
Finally something I am familiar with.
After heating under reflux for 40 min, our solution looks different from the rest.
We got a clear solution while others get some cloudy mixture.
I thought that since ester is insoluble, this experiment will be yet another failure =(
But surprisingly, we obtained a molten substance after cooling it down.
And we managed to obtain the oil, which smells like root beer.
I swear that the smell is addictive.
This session seems to be the best practical session.
In conclusion, practical session should not be held in isolation without theory.
Lecture in the afternoon was even better.
We had got live demonstrations in the LT.
Fun wif N2(l), H2O2, CO2(s), combustion of H2 balloons and CH3OH
Why can't lectures in MJ be like this?
Right, lack of budget from MOE.
However, this is still not worth S$267.50
And this was reflected in my feedback form =D
Today is slightly better than yesterday.
First experiment was making an azo dye called Orange II.
Yea, jus mixing up chemicals because I was told to do so.
There is a part when the solution look like orange ice tea in a conical flask.
Little did I know that the dye stained my right thumb orange.
And it is still a little orangy right now.
Second experiment was making the 'oil of winter green'
Basically it is esterification of salicyclic acid wif methanol.
Finally something I am familiar with.
After heating under reflux for 40 min, our solution looks different from the rest.
We got a clear solution while others get some cloudy mixture.
I thought that since ester is insoluble, this experiment will be yet another failure =(
But surprisingly, we obtained a molten substance after cooling it down.
And we managed to obtain the oil, which smells like root beer.
I swear that the smell is addictive.
This session seems to be the best practical session.
In conclusion, practical session should not be held in isolation without theory.
Lecture in the afternoon was even better.
We had got live demonstrations in the LT.
Fun wif N2(l), H2O2, CO2(s), combustion of H2 balloons and CH3OH
Why can't lectures in MJ be like this?
Right, lack of budget from MOE.
However, this is still not worth S$267.50
And this was reflected in my feedback form =D
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Actually I am quite reluctant to blog due to my laziness.
But here it goes.
Guitar camp was fun but I will skip the nitty little details of it.
The onli thing worth highlighting is that there is an AWESOME staff lounge in MJC.
Massage chairs in it are great and Mr Chia is veri kind to us ^^
NUS - Bristol Chemistry workshop day 1
Half the time while I am doing practical, I have no idea what a hell an I doing.
The theory behind the lab session was not strong enough.
We threw away what we made during the practical sessions =.=
And I will say that I benefited little from this, at least for today.
Definitely, S$ 267.50 is not worth at all.
In order to feel better, Cheng Boon and I decided to spam things there.
For example, we use filter paper jus to dry our apparatus ^^
And I threw one magnetic follower into the "non-chlorinated waste" box.
I shall think of more ideas to spam tmr...
However, there are still takeaways from today session.
- Magnetic follower is dam fun =D
- TLC is more of an improved version of paper chromatography.
- University food is CHEAP! (Actually I found this out long ago)
- Chanel #5 perfume contain some chemical that smells horrible.
I will grow up to be like the prof. from Bristol.
So that I can rip others off during Summer and Winter vacations.
But to reach that Ph.d seems far......
I will be back with mroe updates tmr.
P.S Mr Chong hasn't eat the chocolate we gave him hmm...
But here it goes.
Guitar camp was fun but I will skip the nitty little details of it.
The onli thing worth highlighting is that there is an AWESOME staff lounge in MJC.
Massage chairs in it are great and Mr Chia is veri kind to us ^^
NUS - Bristol Chemistry workshop day 1
Half the time while I am doing practical, I have no idea what a hell an I doing.
The theory behind the lab session was not strong enough.
We threw away what we made during the practical sessions =.=
And I will say that I benefited little from this, at least for today.
Definitely, S$ 267.50 is not worth at all.
In order to feel better, Cheng Boon and I decided to spam things there.
For example, we use filter paper jus to dry our apparatus ^^
And I threw one magnetic follower into the "non-chlorinated waste" box.
I shall think of more ideas to spam tmr...
However, there are still takeaways from today session.
- Magnetic follower is dam fun =D
- TLC is more of an improved version of paper chromatography.
- University food is CHEAP! (Actually I found this out long ago)
- Chanel #5 perfume contain some chemical that smells horrible.
I will grow up to be like the prof. from Bristol.
So that I can rip others off during Summer and Winter vacations.
But to reach that Ph.d seems far......
I will be back with mroe updates tmr.
P.S Mr Chong hasn't eat the chocolate we gave him hmm...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
After much thoughts today...
I have came to a conclusion:
To choose Chemistry instead of Chemical Engineering in University.
Preferably, NTU.
With this in mind, I drafted out two possible plan:
A) Best scenario ever
- Gp tuition works well
- AAA/A
Get myself a scholarship to some pro college oversea (MIT =D)
B) Not so good a plan
- Gp screwed up
- Grades filled wif Bs or not able to get a scholarship
School of Chemistry and Biological Science, NTU.
This is jus a draft, I will improve on it.
PS: I shouldn't even make plan B; always landed up in the backup plan B =(
I have came to a conclusion:
To choose Chemistry instead of Chemical Engineering in University.
Preferably, NTU.
With this in mind, I drafted out two possible plan:
A) Best scenario ever
- Gp tuition works well
- AAA/A
Get myself a scholarship to some pro college oversea (MIT =D)
B) Not so good a plan
- Gp screwed up
- Grades filled wif Bs or not able to get a scholarship
School of Chemistry and Biological Science, NTU.
This is jus a draft, I will improve on it.
PS: I shouldn't even make plan B; always landed up in the backup plan B =(
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