111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 123,456,789,876,543,21 (:
Cool right, the beauty of mathematics.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
bored of econs
36 random facts.
1. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
2. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
5. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
6. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
7. The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
8. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.
9. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
10. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
11. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
12. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
13. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
14. Pearls melt in vinegar.
15. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. (why Ethel?)
16. A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.
17. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
18. Turtles can breathe through their butts.
19. Butterflies taste with their feet.
20. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.
21. On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.
22. On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
23. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
24. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
25. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
26. It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.
27. A snail can sleep for three years.
28. No word in the English language rhymes with 'MONTH.'
29. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
31. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
32. All polar bears are left handed.
33. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
34. If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
35. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
36. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
1. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
2. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
5. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
6. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
7. The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
8. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.
9. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
10. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
11. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
12. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
13. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
14. Pearls melt in vinegar.
15. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. (why Ethel?)
16. A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.
17. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
18. Turtles can breathe through their butts.
19. Butterflies taste with their feet.
20. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.
21. On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.
22. On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
23. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
24. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
25. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
26. It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.
27. A snail can sleep for three years.
28. No word in the English language rhymes with 'MONTH.'
29. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
31. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
32. All polar bears are left handed.
33. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
34. If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
35. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
36. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Friday, August 8, 2008
when the cliche is turning against conformity.
As we grow older, we get lonelier. We lose the innocence and trust which we once had in everyone else around us. The world teaches us to be wary, and as each day passes, you become a more experienced student and disciple, and realise the teachings you learnt, were eventually right.
When we were a child, you looked to your parents for guidance. If you fell down but see your mum laughing at you, you would grin and lift your butt right up off the floor. If your mum came rushing over with a scared look upon her face, your instincts would tell you something bad has happened, and you would break out in tears and bawl. Our instincts sharpen each day, till the extent some call paranoia. But the paranoia isn't to blame, the life in the world is. Some people only learn lessons through the hard way, while others choose to dodge the hard way and learn the lessons out of textbook knowledge and then get on with their lives. Either way, you don't escape from it, so eventually, what's the point?
Oh sure, some people wanna break out of this vicious cycle. I applaud you, and even envy your sentiment. But I don't endorse what you do. Because ultimately, you know the vicious cycle is never-ending, and escaping one is merely getting yourself trapped in another one. And if you look at the big picture, you would find out that all the cycles and cogwheels are what form the thing you call life. The thing that disappoints you, but force you to keep going. I don't blame those who wants to finish life up as soon as possible (not referring to anyone..) because I share the same sentiment. Sometimes, it's too disappointing for you to want to go on.
While some choose to brag about how they have overcome their inner struggles, and find the meaning to life, I laugh to myself at the sheer thought. Because in life, you don't find meaning. You find false hope, ephemeral optimism and perhaps laughably, happiness. There's no such thing as real happiness if you do care about others, because misery is all around. You're happy, but walk around the corner, and you see someone breaking down and succumbing to the pains in life. It's likely that you can still find happiness, by blocking out the pain of others, but putting yourself as the centre of focus of yourself. Yes, you're happy? Stop deceiving yourself.
Ironically, maybe the best way for you to find any tinge of meaning in life is to detach yourself from it - once and for all.
When we were a child, you looked to your parents for guidance. If you fell down but see your mum laughing at you, you would grin and lift your butt right up off the floor. If your mum came rushing over with a scared look upon her face, your instincts would tell you something bad has happened, and you would break out in tears and bawl. Our instincts sharpen each day, till the extent some call paranoia. But the paranoia isn't to blame, the life in the world is. Some people only learn lessons through the hard way, while others choose to dodge the hard way and learn the lessons out of textbook knowledge and then get on with their lives. Either way, you don't escape from it, so eventually, what's the point?
Oh sure, some people wanna break out of this vicious cycle. I applaud you, and even envy your sentiment. But I don't endorse what you do. Because ultimately, you know the vicious cycle is never-ending, and escaping one is merely getting yourself trapped in another one. And if you look at the big picture, you would find out that all the cycles and cogwheels are what form the thing you call life. The thing that disappoints you, but force you to keep going. I don't blame those who wants to finish life up as soon as possible (not referring to anyone..) because I share the same sentiment. Sometimes, it's too disappointing for you to want to go on.
While some choose to brag about how they have overcome their inner struggles, and find the meaning to life, I laugh to myself at the sheer thought. Because in life, you don't find meaning. You find false hope, ephemeral optimism and perhaps laughably, happiness. There's no such thing as real happiness if you do care about others, because misery is all around. You're happy, but walk around the corner, and you see someone breaking down and succumbing to the pains in life. It's likely that you can still find happiness, by blocking out the pain of others, but putting yourself as the centre of focus of yourself. Yes, you're happy? Stop deceiving yourself.
Ironically, maybe the best way for you to find any tinge of meaning in life is to detach yourself from it - once and for all.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
this heavy act with heavy heart relate
Ms Zal showed Othello during the lecture today, and I thought it was pretty good. I thought the show really brought out the infinite and yet limited boundaries of human nature and life. Never mind if you don't know what I am saying, I think I don't as well.
Struggling to spend my time constructively on weekends particularly. I need to force myself to study more.
Struggling to spend my time constructively on weekends particularly. I need to force myself to study more.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
a hungry sq...
is a scary one. I only just got home and what can I say? I am freaking tired. Pretty amusing/fulfilling day though. Econs financial quiz.. Lol..
1st disaster. Supposed to meet up with Ethel and Jas for breakfast at Macs at Clementi, and the first disaster of the day happened cause I couldn't find where Macs is, so I walked around Clementi and still couldn't find. So they had to buy takeaway for me. How noob.
2nd disaster. Then, we took a bus down to NUS. Got down at the bus stop, then we laughed at some noobs from RJC i think who got down at the wrong stop. Then Ethel was like saying "They so stupid, I think we win them already." Looked around, walked to the LT and guess what? You got it, we alighted at the wrong stop too, 2 stops earlier than our destination and we had to go ask some of the students there for directions. -.-
3rd disaster. The Econs financial quiz itself. Ok, so there were 40 MCQs and 5 problem sums. Not easy. 1 hour. So we decided to go through every question 1 by 1 together to make sure we all get the correct answer. In the end? We finished only 17 MCQs in half an hour, and we decided to split up the questions then, when everyone else had splitted up the questions from the start. So we couldn't finish our quiz. Was pretty darn hard anyway, testing on TPP (Total Physical Product) and some other wtf-i-dunno-what's-it stuff.
4th disaster. Ok, lunch time. They catered buffet and the food looked pretty good. But all the RJ noobs and stuff had rushed straight for the food right after we were dismissed. So us being gracious, decided to wait around first. And when we got there, yes the food were gone. Totally gone. Talk about gross under-production. They are studying econs in university and they can't even cater to social optimal. Tsk tsk. And they ordered takeaway nasi lemak for us from somewhere, and quoting Jasmine, it's "dam disgusting".
But after that it went alright. VJC, Dunman, RJC, NJC were the finalists, no surprises except Dunman. Was expecting HC or AC there instead. RJ was the obvious best team up there but some smart play from NJC won them the championship at the last question, winning by 2 points. Haha Raffles you loser.
Went to JE library to study after that. Pretty productive but I almost fell asleep a few times. Tsk. Geograpy has that amazing effect on me. Anyway, I wanted to have dinner at 7 pm, but I was doing Geography and didn't look at the time, and when I next looked up, it was already 8! (Ok, Ms Lee I am not slacking, you see??) So I packed up and came home without any dinner.
But it's okay, Macs is on the way to my house, I can already smell it from here. (:
1st disaster. Supposed to meet up with Ethel and Jas for breakfast at Macs at Clementi, and the first disaster of the day happened cause I couldn't find where Macs is, so I walked around Clementi and still couldn't find. So they had to buy takeaway for me. How noob.
2nd disaster. Then, we took a bus down to NUS. Got down at the bus stop, then we laughed at some noobs from RJC i think who got down at the wrong stop. Then Ethel was like saying "They so stupid, I think we win them already." Looked around, walked to the LT and guess what? You got it, we alighted at the wrong stop too, 2 stops earlier than our destination and we had to go ask some of the students there for directions. -.-
3rd disaster. The Econs financial quiz itself. Ok, so there were 40 MCQs and 5 problem sums. Not easy. 1 hour. So we decided to go through every question 1 by 1 together to make sure we all get the correct answer. In the end? We finished only 17 MCQs in half an hour, and we decided to split up the questions then, when everyone else had splitted up the questions from the start. So we couldn't finish our quiz. Was pretty darn hard anyway, testing on TPP (Total Physical Product) and some other wtf-i-dunno-what's-it stuff.
4th disaster. Ok, lunch time. They catered buffet and the food looked pretty good. But all the RJ noobs and stuff had rushed straight for the food right after we were dismissed. So us being gracious, decided to wait around first. And when we got there, yes the food were gone. Totally gone. Talk about gross under-production. They are studying econs in university and they can't even cater to social optimal. Tsk tsk. And they ordered takeaway nasi lemak for us from somewhere, and quoting Jasmine, it's "dam disgusting".
But after that it went alright. VJC, Dunman, RJC, NJC were the finalists, no surprises except Dunman. Was expecting HC or AC there instead. RJ was the obvious best team up there but some smart play from NJC won them the championship at the last question, winning by 2 points. Haha Raffles you loser.
Went to JE library to study after that. Pretty productive but I almost fell asleep a few times. Tsk. Geograpy has that amazing effect on me. Anyway, I wanted to have dinner at 7 pm, but I was doing Geography and didn't look at the time, and when I next looked up, it was already 8! (Ok, Ms Lee I am not slacking, you see??) So I packed up and came home without any dinner.
But it's okay, Macs is on the way to my house, I can already smell it from here. (:
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
hard on you
I know it must have been a difficult decision to make, but I am behind you all the way! (:
Good luck for your A's next year then Ang Huimin!
Good luck for your A's next year then Ang Huimin!
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
now that it's done
Long day basically. Studied at the canteen alone from like 3 to 8 by myself is no mean feat, you can try! Did my geog stuff and some econs, stoned from time to time but basically still quite alright, quite productive.
Oh, and I am pissed about my CIP hours. I didn't really look in detail but it seems like my peer coaching CIP hours are gone because I quitted this year in J2, and my CCA teacher-in-charge apparently forgot to key in all our CIP hours. Tsk tsk.. But oh well, the CIP hours don't really matter much anyway I suppose..
Was helping lingxin with maths just now in school. Wah... Haha, never mind. Haha isn't it a pity if you get your 4 As and don't do well in Maths? Good luck hur. Erm. 5 As ttm okay?
I never saw it coming, I should have started running a long long time ago.
And I never thought I would doubt you, I am better off without you, more than you, more than you know.
Cause the day I thought I'd never get through,
I got over you.
Oh, and I am pissed about my CIP hours. I didn't really look in detail but it seems like my peer coaching CIP hours are gone because I quitted this year in J2, and my CCA teacher-in-charge apparently forgot to key in all our CIP hours. Tsk tsk.. But oh well, the CIP hours don't really matter much anyway I suppose..
Was helping lingxin with maths just now in school. Wah... Haha, never mind. Haha isn't it a pity if you get your 4 As and don't do well in Maths? Good luck hur. Erm. 5 As ttm okay?
I never saw it coming, I should have started running a long long time ago.
And I never thought I would doubt you, I am better off without you, more than you, more than you know.
Cause the day I thought I'd never get through,
I got over you.
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