Welcome to the family
Our instrument list in school just got longer and the shelf just got more crowded too. Two new flutes, Altus 807. Though no better than the Yamaha 481's they look pretty ooo lala heh...
Went down on Tuesday to check them with Keith and Wei Ren was also down to check the new saxes.
So now I'm waiting for Sis to get that job for me and for Joven to submit his resume so I can submit it to Sis so she can get him a job too. I look forward to going back to aviva. I miss the working life....haiz....
I have so many things to say and put here but I barely find the time to........dang....
2/28/2008 12:49:00 am
Thursday, February 21, 2008One day more
By tomorrow, I'm home free. Free to play all i want, Free to practice all i want, free to dream all i want. For the next 2 months anyway...or rather 1.5 months. I need to find a job and fast. Hopefully Miss Sham can find me the job i'm looking for. Biotech industry, not easy to find a job there for a part timer who's only a year 1 student in a poly. Better not have organic chemistry in it or I'm dead.Alk
Which brings me to point two of this entry. OC.....I think I'm beginning to feel a little smarter....
Alkane or Alkene + Halogen under light conditions will give Akyl Halide (note Alkene follows role of addition not light condition)
1st degree alcohol will under weak conditions give an aldehyde or strong conditions a CA.
2nd degree alcohol will give ketone.
Hydrogenation requires a catalyst of Pd or similar
CA + Alcohol = Ester
Ester + Amine = Amide
Amide + LiAl4 = Amine
Acid Chlorides are produced by adding SOCl2 to CA
BP order: Alkane,Alkene,Alkyne,ether,Aldehyde or Ketone, Alcohol, CA
Though even though knowing all this, I have a bad feeling tomorrow i'm going to screw up anyway...bleagh...this sucks huh?
Ok time to sleep....
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2/21/2008 11:57:00 pm
Monday, February 18, 2008Good times and bad times
Ok so D-Day went alright. I don't reckon great marks for Stats. Just a pass perhaps?
Hopefully thats what i can at least get. Many people were complaining, no time no time. Quite true anyway..
Tommorow i'll be studying with Josh at the library yet again.
And Mission "Gogetter" was a success. Now let's see if we can get the secondary objective and see if we can score some bonus points. I felt my happiness rise for just a few hours.
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AND to other pressing matters...it seems political fires have dimmed but apparently hostilities still rage and friends are still in vices.
No point mentioning names nor point any fingers but this is getting old and kind of childish if you ask me....
Although some people are unhappy with each other, calling each other back stabber, asswipe, bitch or what not it's not helping anyone and it won't certainly help any individual either. You want to fight, go fight the wall. At least you don't hurt anyone else. When everyone is tired and just wants some peace just go with the flow. Don't hold the grudge. Sure people out there, ANYONE, would say i still hold a grudge. Well say if perhaps I do, at least I'm not calling people names or accusing them of wanting someone else's misdemeanour. Wake up your idea. Don't call someone a person he isn't.
If the intended parties read this, don't flame me nor get angry with me cause I ain't pissed or angry with you. Sort out your own feelings and when everyone is nice and happy, talk to us. Wounds don't heal overnight and broken friendships don't recover in an instant. So let's just all get on with our lives and if our paths cross again then so be it. If not just let it be.
Peace.
2/18/2008 10:46:00 pm
Sunday, February 17, 2008The day before
Ok, tomorrow is D-Day. First up, Biostatistics.
The day wasn't exactly packed with activity. Mass in the morn. Troubleshooting Joven's PDA and laptop for him. Wanted to catch a nap but instead watched "Die hard 4" with Sis, Kor Bobby and mum. Then watched Monty python's Holy Grail.
After all that i feel spent but i still studied just now. Ran through the various questions that could come out tomorrow. Later i'm writing a miniature formula list on a cue card to study on the way to the exam hall.
My left arm is aching to hell, yesterday dad bought new desks for bro and I. I spent the whole day putting the desks together. Man they required serious work. I think I pulled a muscle somewhere.
Then theres that god awful singing downstairs. Its so horrible...i can hear it through my room door with music playing...
Anyway tomorrow it's do or die. Stats and cough...clarity potion time :X...
Ok time to get down to the last stretch. Rah!
2/17/2008 10:26:00 pm
Thursday, February 14, 2008Just another day
So today is the 14th of February…also called "Valentine's day" or the feast of St Valentine.
So officially now a year has passed. ….
One year ago I sat at a desk in SGX tower 2 worrying about the whole day thanks to someone…*rolls eyes*
Today I will spent my 14th sitting at yet ANOTHER desk. In a place called Ngee Ann Poly library. Yes…its going to be doing something everyone hates doing…yes…its studying..sounds fun isn't it?
What can you say since exams are next week?
The daily routine has become nothing more than wake up at 9.30 or 10.30, slug around, eat breakfast, play with the cats, bathe, get stuff together and go to school to study. Finally coming back after having dinner out, play one round of COH then go to sleep and guess what the cycle repeats. Wash, Rinse and repeat.
Now that I come to think about it, everyone is wishing each other a happy valentine's day. For me, I'd say…happy 14th of February. What's so happy about it anyway?
This day is rather known as the day for lovers to wish each other but apparently because society doesn't want unfortunate pricks who can't find one to lose out they cash in on the idea and turn it into something that celebrates love in general. Now that just makes me feel a whole lot better -_- ….
Now wait a second there, I'm not lamenting that there's no love for me rather the absence of people who enjoy my company.
Ah starks there's always Max and my computer. At least those are two things in this world which can't hate me…well maybe Max can but he's just a cat.
and of course you have your brother cajones. Here's a joke I took from "The Black Adder Christmas Special"
Prince Regent: What can't I do with men that a woman can?
Mr Black Adder the 3rd: I can't conceive sir.
The joke has been highlighted in red.
I'm sure people who read that will get the picture anyway.
It'll all feel better next week….
Need a Clarity potion with ice.
2/14/2008 11:42:00 am
Monday, February 11, 2008If world war 2 was an MMPORG
I found this while crawling the web…quite funny stuff
*Hitler[AoE] has joined the game.*
*Eisenhower has joined the game.*
*paTTon has joined the game.*
*Churchill has joined the game.*
*benny-tow has joined the game.*
*T0J0 has joined the game.*
*Roosevelt has joined the game.*
*Stalin has joined the game.*
*deGaulle has joined the game.*
Roosevelt: hey sup
T0J0: y0
Stalin: hi
Churchill: hi
Hitler[AoE]: cool, i start with panzer tanks!
paTTon: lol more like panzy tanks
T0J0: lol
Roosevelt: o this fockin sucks i got a depression!
benny-tow: haha america sux
Stalin: hey hitler you dont fight me i dont fight u, cool?
Hitler[AoE]: sure whatever
Stalin: cool
deGaulle: **** Hitler rushed some1 help
Hitler[AoE]: lol byebye frenchy
Roosevelt: i dont got crap to help, sry
Churchill: wtf the luftwaffle is attacking me
Roosevelt: get antiair guns
Churchill: i cant afford them
benny-tow: u n00bs know what team talk is?
paTTon: stfu
Roosevelt: o yah hit the navajo button guys
deGaulle: Eisenhower ur worthless come help me quick
Eisenhower: i cant do **** til rosevelt gives me an army
paTTon: yah hurry the fock up
Churchill: d00d im gettin pounded
deGaulle: this is fockin weak u guys suck
*deGaulle has left the game.*
Roosevelt: im gonna attack the axis k?
benny-tow: with what? ur wheelchair?
benny-tow: lol did u mess up ur legs AND ur head?
Hitler[AoE]: ROFLMAO
T0J0: lol o no america im comin 4 u
Roosevelt: wtf! thats bullsh1t u fags im gunna kick ur asses
T0J0: not without ur harbors u wont! lol
Roosevelt: u little biotch ill get u
Hitler[AoE]: wtf
Hitler[AoE]: america hax, u had depression and now u got a huge fockin army
Hitler[AoE]: thats bullsh1t u hacker
Churchill: lol no more france for u hitler
Hitler[AoE]: tojo help me!
T0J0: wtf u want me to do, im on the other side of the world retard
Hitler[AoE]: fine ill clear you a path
Stalin: WTF u arsshoel! WE HAD A FoCKIN TRUCE
Hitler[AoE]: i changed my mind lol
benny-tow: haha
benny-tow: hey ur losing ur guys in africa im gonna need help in italy soon sum1
T0J0: o **** i cant help u i got my hands full
Hitler[AoE]: im 2 busy 2 help
Roosevelt: yah thats right biznitch im comin for ya
Stalin: church help me
Churchill: like u helped me before? sure ill just sit here
Stalin: dont be an arss
Churchill: dont be a commie. oops too late
Eisenhower: LOL
benny-tow: hahahh oh sh1t help
Hitler[AoE]: o man ur focked
paTTon: oh what now biotch
Roosevelt: whos the cripple now lol
*benny-tow has been eliminated.*
benny-tow: lame
Roosevelt: gj paTTon
paTTon: thnx
Hitler[AoE]: WTF Eisenhower hax hes killing all my sh1t
Hitler[AoE]: quit u hacker so u dont ruin my record
Eisenhower: Nuts!
benny-tow: wtf that mean?
Eisenhower: meant to say nutsack lol finger slipped
paTTon: coming to get u hitler u paper hanging hun cocksocker
Stalin: rofl
T0J0: HAHAHHAA
Hitler[AoE]: u guys are fockin gay
Hitler[AoE]: ur never getting in my city
*Hitler[AoE] has been eliminated.*
benny-tow: OMG u noob you killed yourself
Eisenhower: ROFLOLOLOL
Stalin: OMG LMAO!
Hitler[AoE]: WTF i didnt click there omg this game blows
*Hitler[AoE] has left the game*
paTTon: hahahhah
T0J0: WTF my teammates are n00bs
benny-tow: shut up noob
Roosevelt: haha wut a moron
paTTon: wtf am i gunna do now?
Eisenhower: yah me too
T0J0: why dont u attack me o thats right u dont got no ships lololol
Eisenhower: fock u
paTTon: lemme go thru ur base commie
Stalin: go to hell lol
paTTon: fock this sh1t im goin afk
Eisenhower: yah this is gay
*Roosevelt has left the game.*
Hitler[AoE]: wtf?
Eisenhower: sh1t now we need some1 to join
*tru_m4n has joined the game.*
tru_m4n: hi all
T0J0: hey
Stalin: sup
Churchill: hi
tru_m4n: OMG OMG OMG i got all his stuff!
tru_m4n: NUKES! HOLY **** I GOT NUKES
Stalin: d00d gimmie some plz
tru_m4n: no way i only got like a couple
Stalin: omg dont be gay gimmie nuculer secrets
T0J0: wtf is nukes?
T0J0: holy sh*tholysh*thoylshti!!!111
*T0J0 has been eliminated.*
*The Allied team has won the game!*
Eisenhower: awesome!
Churchill: gg noobs no re
T0J0: thats bullsh*t u fockin suck
*T0J0 has left the game.*
*Eisenhower has left the game.*
Stalin: next game im not going to be on ur team, u guys didnt help me for ****
Churchill: wutever, we didnt need ur help neway dumbarss
tru_m4n: l8r all
benny-tow: bye
Churchill: l8r
Stalin: fock u all
tru_m4n: shut up commie lol
*tru_m4n has left the game.*
benny-tow: lololol u commie
Churchill: ROFL
Churchill: bye commie
*Churchill has left the game.*
*benny-tow has left the game.*
Stalin: i hate u all fags
*Stalin has left the game.*
paTTon: lol no1 is left
paTTon: weeeee i got a jeep
*paTTon has been eliminated.*
paTTon: o sh1t!
*paTTon has left the game.*
Cool shit huh?
2/11/2008 10:22:00 am
Sunday, February 10, 2008Clafada ridita cedipre
Random title just thought it looked nice rahaha. (Subtle)
Anyways today mass as usual, prac ended early at about 11.30. Joven then spent the whole day at my place. We watched epic movie then we started talking about some tech stuff. Pda's and tech stuff. We narrowed the two best now. The Tyntl from HTC and the Asus P750.
We played some Castle fight and played some RE for a while. Mum treated Joven to Swensens with Bro and myself. We had a nice time and we saw Iddi at TP. We checked out some of the games at the game store while waiting for mum to get stuff from NTUC and went to Yamaha as well to look at instruments and books. We eventually headed back to my place again. We talked about more stuff. Weapons, history, games...eh hem...some matters close to heart, food and all sorts of shit.
Eventually it was time to go and I took a walk with Jo out to the bus stop earlier, talking about some music stuff. The bus came quickly and I started listening to music as i walked back home from the bus stop. The song "The other side of me" by Neil Sedaka came up. These lyrics seem interesting...
"Sweet thoughts and dreams like drops of rains on rippling streams that wind and bend, rivers with no end"
A very nice line. Just taking a stab at reading in between the lines on that sentence.
Sweet thoughts and dreams are but mere additions on the turbulent waters of life, which flow on without end.
Wonders...nice none the less.
I've also suddenly taken a huge liking to Michael Buble's songs. Especially "Everything"
Just fabulous.
Everything – Michael Buble
You're a falling star, You're the get away car.
You're the line in the sand when I go too far.
You're the swimming pool, on an August day.
And you're the perfect thing to say.
And you play it coy, but it's kinda cute.
Ah, When you smile at me you know exactly what you do.
Baby don't pretend, that you don't know it's true.
Cause you can see it when I look at you.
[Chorus:]
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, You make me sing.
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.
You're a carousel, you're a wishing well,
And you light me up, when you ring my bell.
You're a mystery, you're from outer space,
You're every minute of my everyday.
And I can't believe, uh that I'm your man,
And I get to kiss you baby just because I can.
Whatever comes our way, ah we'll see it through,
And you know that's what our love can do.
[Chorus:]
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, You make me sing
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.
So, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
So, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
[Chorus:]
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, You make me sing.
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.
You're every song, and I sing along.
'Cause you're my everything.
Yeah, yeah
So, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
So, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
Really gotta like this song. The song I like the most at this point in time I guess.
I've really got to be happy for one thing. To have such good friends like Bren and Joven by my side all the time. Though we may see each other sometimes only once a week. I dare say we aren't just friends but brothers.
Here's to a brotherhood to stand the test of time!
Rah!
2/10/2008 10:35:00 pm
Saturday, February 09, 2008Something to be proud of...somehow
Well today...I made something which I've been wanting to make for most of last year and this year..my very own baked rice. Yes, I succeeded that's for sure...
The process was undoubtedly tough because it was my first time making the dish. First I had the rice cooked, then I got the dish and buttered the base. I then scooped the rice into the dish and added pepper and cheese. After mixing it some, I proceeded to cut up ¾ of a can of spam. I added some butter into the mix and then proceeded to add a few dollops of carbonara sauce. I evened out the surface and added some extra cheese on top with a little mixed herbs. I then put the whole dish into the oven and let the thing cook for about half an hour at 125 degrees Celsius and later bumping the heat up to 175 degrees Celsius. When it was ready, I let it cool and when it was cooled I took a scoop of it and put it in a bowl. I tasted it and it was........great. Just awesome.
The herbs, cheese, spam and sauce made plain ordinary rice taste heavenly. Bro took a small portion first and he tasted it and he thought it was great too. His only comment, If I could make the cheese spread through the whole dish. Too bad I can't do that without taking alot of time...would be easier in a smaller bowl though. Mum also tasted a bit and said it tasted good. Bro and I ate the dish till it was about ¼ of the original amount and I gave ½ of the remainder to kor bobby as sis is sick and can't cook for him today.
Ah......the dish was fab...can't get that taste outta my head....wowza....
My second most intricate dish ever. First was mashed potatoes, further improved with instant gravy during the bbq last year. That recipe took a lot of fine tuning I must say. I have succeeded with this one. The makings of a great cook? Or the desperate attempts to make good tasting food for a hungry stomach?
Mmmm great stuff....
Mass in the morn, sigh people ask me why I wake up at 5.30 every sun morn for mass at 7am. I can only say, I want to. Haha
4 days plus 1.5 hours till a year has passed. 4 days plus 1.5 hours till another day is spent sitting at home or rather out studying...crap two weeks from now on the 18th, 20th and 22nd are my year 1 finals. Although I've gained some confidence again, I still am pretty worried. Gosh, hope i can pass those papers, don't wanna be stuck in year one. Prayers for all those who need it...
2/09/2008 10:39:00 pm
Thursday, February 07, 2008Plans
Sigh, call me just plain unfortunate, unlucky or what...just when I finally plucked up enough courage to do it, it has to be postponed for one reason or another....
Monday, late thus off schedule.
Tuesday, left by different route /w friends.
Wednesday, didn't see at all...
Call me unlucky....or maybe it's that old familiar feeling all over again...