客家童谣 - 月光光
月光光，秀才郎；
骑白马，过莲塘；
莲塘背，割韭菜；
韭菜花，结亲家；
亲家面前一口塘，
打条鲩鱼八尺长；
大头拿来熬汤食，
尾巴拿来入学堂；
入个学堂四方方，
搬条凳子读文章；
文章读哩几多本？
三十零二本；
一本丢落塘，
一本丢落井；
井里起银杆，
银杆好架桥；
桥上好食饭，
桥下好洗碗；
一洗洗到“乌舌嬷”，
拿给阿婆养鸡嬷。
Friday, December 25, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
saw this following post by meiju on fb (pardon the blatant copying of text.. haha..):
What is the smallest positive prime factor of the integer: 2005^2007 + 2007^2005? - Singapore Maths Olympiad question for high school students. (the answer is 2, btw)
i couldn't help but try to prove that e answer was 2.. guess i'm still quite attracted to SMO questions.. anyway tt aside, e question does look quite intimidating.. but SMO questions, given their nature, are most of e time relatively simple, tt is if u noe wat concepts to apply.. in proving/solving this question, u need to make use of 3 simple concepts..
1. odd number * odd number = odd number
when u realise tt this is e case, u would see tt 2005^2007 is just multiplying a chain of odd numbers.. at e add of all e calculation, u would end up with an odd number.. same goes for 2007^2005..
2. odd number + odd number = even number
so e result of 2005^2007 (which is an odd number) + e result of 2007^2005 (also an odd number) gives u an even number..
3. even numbers are divisible by 2.
so ultimately, 2005^2007 + 2007^2005 would give u an even number and 2 would be one of it's factors.. coincidentally, 2 is e smallest positive prime factor possible for any given number..
without doing any real calculations, e question has been solved..
What is the smallest positive prime factor of the integer: 2005^2007 + 2007^2005? - Singapore Maths Olympiad question for high school students. (the answer is 2, btw)
i couldn't help but try to prove that e answer was 2.. guess i'm still quite attracted to SMO questions.. anyway tt aside, e question does look quite intimidating.. but SMO questions, given their nature, are most of e time relatively simple, tt is if u noe wat concepts to apply.. in proving/solving this question, u need to make use of 3 simple concepts..
1. odd number * odd number = odd number
when u realise tt this is e case, u would see tt 2005^2007 is just multiplying a chain of odd numbers.. at e add of all e calculation, u would end up with an odd number.. same goes for 2007^2005..
2. odd number + odd number = even number
so e result of 2005^2007 (which is an odd number) + e result of 2007^2005 (also an odd number) gives u an even number..
3. even numbers are divisible by 2.
so ultimately, 2005^2007 + 2007^2005 would give u an even number and 2 would be one of it's factors.. coincidentally, 2 is e smallest positive prime factor possible for any given number..
without doing any real calculations, e question has been solved..
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
i wonder if an absence of posting on my blog is a good thing.. not tt i'm really busy with anything else though.. certainly, i'm working now.. but it could just be tt i'm just lazy nowadays.. quite a few of my friends' blogs are literally dead as i see it.. but maybe tt's cos they're busy.. anyway, pls pardon me if u find this post incoherent.. cos i'm really just typing out watever's going through my brain without much thought..
was put out of action for e majority of last month due to a major feeling of unwellness.. definitely not something tt i want to go through anytime soon.. anyway, e main cause of my sickness seemed to be due to stomach bloatedness.. as simple as it may have seemed, it caused quite a hell of a time for me then.. lethargic, lack of appetite, headache.. not very clear symptoms of the underlying problem, as i had thought.. and apparently wat e western docs had wanted me to think too.. was perhaps e first time where i was quite disappointed in e approach tt western medicine take in tacking a sickness.. or maybe my disappointment is directed at e healthcare system as a whole..
lots of patients, short consultation time.. basically getting a sense tt e doc is trying to clear e patients as fast as possible.. probably more so in e setting of a polyclinic.. come on.. i'm feeling sick.. v sick to be exact (although i may not look like it).. e last thing i wanna feel is tt u dun really give a damn abt my sickness..
sincerity sincerity.. smth tt was ingrained in me by emu.. i think sincerity is something which quite a few of us lack..
maybe i'll just talk a bit abt my temp job here.. i quite like it to say e least.. and tt's not because i'm e only guy in my team.. i think being part of a team tt's strongly bonded and fun to be with really makes a difference in whether e job is enjoyable.. and i would say tt i dun really see wat i am doing now as a job, because i quite enjoy wat i am doing.. hearing stories from those who have started work in e big 4 then made me wonder if i would find e same sense of enjoyment.. e enjoyment in doing something cos u sincerely wanted to do it.. cos u liked doing it.. and not because it was yr job.. not just because u were paid to do it..
haiz.. suddenly felt a flash of emo-ness flowing through me.. blogging at night time and in a state of mind tt's half shut down can make one emo.. and a little grumpy..
was put out of action for e majority of last month due to a major feeling of unwellness.. definitely not something tt i want to go through anytime soon.. anyway, e main cause of my sickness seemed to be due to stomach bloatedness.. as simple as it may have seemed, it caused quite a hell of a time for me then.. lethargic, lack of appetite, headache.. not very clear symptoms of the underlying problem, as i had thought.. and apparently wat e western docs had wanted me to think too.. was perhaps e first time where i was quite disappointed in e approach tt western medicine take in tacking a sickness.. or maybe my disappointment is directed at e healthcare system as a whole..
lots of patients, short consultation time.. basically getting a sense tt e doc is trying to clear e patients as fast as possible.. probably more so in e setting of a polyclinic.. come on.. i'm feeling sick.. v sick to be exact (although i may not look like it).. e last thing i wanna feel is tt u dun really give a damn abt my sickness..
sincerity sincerity.. smth tt was ingrained in me by emu.. i think sincerity is something which quite a few of us lack..
maybe i'll just talk a bit abt my temp job here.. i quite like it to say e least.. and tt's not because i'm e only guy in my team.. i think being part of a team tt's strongly bonded and fun to be with really makes a difference in whether e job is enjoyable.. and i would say tt i dun really see wat i am doing now as a job, because i quite enjoy wat i am doing.. hearing stories from those who have started work in e big 4 then made me wonder if i would find e same sense of enjoyment.. e enjoyment in doing something cos u sincerely wanted to do it.. cos u liked doing it.. and not because it was yr job.. not just because u were paid to do it..
haiz.. suddenly felt a flash of emo-ness flowing through me.. blogging at night time and in a state of mind tt's half shut down can make one emo.. and a little grumpy..
Sunday, October 11, 2009
A recent P6 PSLE maths question:
Jim bought some chocolates and gave half of it to Ken. Ken bought some sweets and gave half of it to Jim. Jim ate 12 sweets and Ken ate 18 chocolates. The ratio of Jim's sweets to chocolates became 1:7 and the ratio of Ken's sweets to chocolates became 1:4. How many sweets did Ken buy?
Try solving the question without using algebra before you take a look at this article: Parents up in arms again over PSLE Mathematics paper
Jim bought some chocolates and gave half of it to Ken. Ken bought some sweets and gave half of it to Jim. Jim ate 12 sweets and Ken ate 18 chocolates. The ratio of Jim's sweets to chocolates became 1:7 and the ratio of Ken's sweets to chocolates became 1:4. How many sweets did Ken buy?
Try solving the question without using algebra before you take a look at this article: Parents up in arms again over PSLE Mathematics paper
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
it has been a while.. tty came back to sg and went back.. den there was convocation on 27 June, i found a temp job at e2i, and brandon left for beijing this morning at 1am.. quite a lot of things that i want to blog about.. but it'll be a long post.. and tt will take time..
had a very good dream yesterday.. was just flying around in a very carefree manner.. there was a light-hearted atmospehere.. the dream was particularly long, which is rare for a lucid dream.. there was a point when i thought to myself that i really should try something new, given that such a chance and such high lucidity was hard to come by.. so i thought that i should try summoning something, naruto style.. but somehow i must have thought that slamming onto e ground doesn't seem quite right and i went off to search for an egg and something else (forgot wat).. yeah.. totally random stuff.. forgot y i went to find tt egg for, even though i eventually found 1.. -.-
anyway, my flying skills seemed to have gotten better.. previously, taking off was a conscious effort, but in recent dreams it has become an unconscious effort.. now tt may sound kinda weird.. an unconscious effort in a fully conscious dream..
had a very good dream yesterday.. was just flying around in a very carefree manner.. there was a light-hearted atmospehere.. the dream was particularly long, which is rare for a lucid dream.. there was a point when i thought to myself that i really should try something new, given that such a chance and such high lucidity was hard to come by.. so i thought that i should try summoning something, naruto style.. but somehow i must have thought that slamming onto e ground doesn't seem quite right and i went off to search for an egg and something else (forgot wat).. yeah.. totally random stuff.. forgot y i went to find tt egg for, even though i eventually found 1.. -.-
anyway, my flying skills seemed to have gotten better.. previously, taking off was a conscious effort, but in recent dreams it has become an unconscious effort.. now tt may sound kinda weird.. an unconscious effort in a fully conscious dream..
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
was just surfing around youtube when i stumbled upon quite a couple of nice songs by 范曉萱..
especially liked e way the 2 mv above was shot, with quite a substantial amount of time showing her singing the songs.. i thought that the camera angles really managed to show her beauty and expression of the songs nicely..
tty was commenting on my lyrics 7 demo that the chorus seemed to end before it even started.. looking back, i feel that perhaps with a longer set of lyrics, it would aid in the build up of emotions that will climax in the chorus.. but then again, in the first youtube video above, 范曉萱's 自言自語, the lyrics are about the same length as mine but the feeling is very different.. i think e problem lies in that the melody for my first 2 verses is not too distinctly different from the chorus.. or wat they say in singing competitions.. 没有层次感..
other nice songs by mavis:
范曉萱 - 氧氣
范曉萱 - 雪人
范曉萱 - 哭了
范曉萱 - 你的甜蜜
especially liked e way the 2 mv above was shot, with quite a substantial amount of time showing her singing the songs.. i thought that the camera angles really managed to show her beauty and expression of the songs nicely..
tty was commenting on my lyrics 7 demo that the chorus seemed to end before it even started.. looking back, i feel that perhaps with a longer set of lyrics, it would aid in the build up of emotions that will climax in the chorus.. but then again, in the first youtube video above, 范曉萱's 自言自語, the lyrics are about the same length as mine but the feeling is very different.. i think e problem lies in that the melody for my first 2 verses is not too distinctly different from the chorus.. or wat they say in singing competitions.. 没有层次感..
other nice songs by mavis:
范曉萱 - 氧氣
范曉萱 - 雪人
范曉萱 - 哭了
范曉萱 - 你的甜蜜
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Lyrics no. 7
苦冷咸咖啡
喝杯苦的咖啡
苦痛刺着我心田
没有你的甜美
只有苦痛的思念
喝杯冷的咖啡
冷风吹着我的脸
没有你在这陪
只有冷风的残念
喝着苦冷咸涩泪水加咖啡
尝着没你的滋味
心里无限的回味
原来这是分手的滋味
原来这是分手的滋味
喝杯咸的咖啡
咸涩洗着我的脸
没有你在这陪
只有咸涩的怀念
作词:小飞机
二零零九年七月十六日完成
In a nutshell: this song talks about the different feelings experienced after break up..
Comments: this song is THE 1st song tt i've actually composed.. one tt actually has a melody.. and e inspiration came from nowhere while i was humming away in my shower.. all was completed in 2 hours.. well, e lyrics weren't long anyway.. but i'm not recording e song tonite yet.. so pray hard tt i don't forget the tune tml.. lol.. one point to note is tt e melody for e chorus seemed somewhat familiar.. and i'm not sure if it's from another song..
coincidentally, i was looking at lyrics 6 for formatting purposes and i realised tt lyrics 6 also touched on break up.. and it was perhaps a little strange tt my last comment for lyrics 6 turned out to be somewhat true..
on a sidenote, i was working on another set of lyrics.. one which i feel is quite important and something which i wanted to get out soon.. but tt has been left on e shelf for a while now and maybe when inspiration strikes again, i'll finish tt piece and post it up..
苦冷咸咖啡
喝杯苦的咖啡
苦痛刺着我心田
没有你的甜美
只有苦痛的思念
喝杯冷的咖啡
冷风吹着我的脸
没有你在这陪
只有冷风的残念
喝着苦冷咸涩泪水加咖啡
尝着没你的滋味
心里无限的回味
原来这是分手的滋味
原来这是分手的滋味
喝杯咸的咖啡
咸涩洗着我的脸
没有你在这陪
只有咸涩的怀念
作词:小飞机
二零零九年七月十六日完成
In a nutshell: this song talks about the different feelings experienced after break up..
Comments: this song is THE 1st song tt i've actually composed.. one tt actually has a melody.. and e inspiration came from nowhere while i was humming away in my shower.. all was completed in 2 hours.. well, e lyrics weren't long anyway.. but i'm not recording e song tonite yet.. so pray hard tt i don't forget the tune tml.. lol.. one point to note is tt e melody for e chorus seemed somewhat familiar.. and i'm not sure if it's from another song..
coincidentally, i was looking at lyrics 6 for formatting purposes and i realised tt lyrics 6 also touched on break up.. and it was perhaps a little strange tt my last comment for lyrics 6 turned out to be somewhat true..
on a sidenote, i was working on another set of lyrics.. one which i feel is quite important and something which i wanted to get out soon.. but tt has been left on e shelf for a while now and maybe when inspiration strikes again, i'll finish tt piece and post it up..
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
found this link in fb.. very gruesome, uncensored stuff.. probably e most gruesome i have seen yet.. definitely not for e faint-hearted.. Basij shoots to death a young woman in Tehran's Saturday June 20th
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Hello Song Yu sorry to hijack the blog.. haha But I need somewhere to put this reminder.
When when I come back in july we need to eat the following:
IKEA Swedish MEATBALLS!!!!! <--- must must must eat
Chicken Curry
Char kuay tiao
kuay chap
katong laksa
chicken rice <--- eat famous one
nasi lemak
kaly pok
BUFFET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
brandon and song yu please contribute to the list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this time must eat. everytime come back say want to eat end up never.
When when I come back in july we need to eat the following:
IKEA Swedish MEATBALLS!!!!! <--- must must must eat
Chicken Curry
Char kuay tiao
kuay chap
katong laksa
chicken rice <--- eat famous one
nasi lemak
kaly pok
BUFFET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
brandon and song yu please contribute to the list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this time must eat. everytime come back say want to eat end up never.
Friday, June 05, 2009
before i go on any further abt my grad trip, just like to add tt i won't be uploading e pics here on e blog.. discussions on e grad trip would be in reference to e photos tt i've uploaded on facebook..
Day 1
Time: 1413h
Place: On board flight EK433 to Dubai International Airport
Weather: Fine
currently slacking in my seat 41G, some 20 seats from cw and gang.. just finished watching slumdog millionaire.. anyway the flight info just popped up and we crossed the west coast of india and are now flying over open seas again.. back to the movie, it was ok.. what i'll like to call a honest and decent film.. on another note, my first Emirates flight thus far have been good.. from service standards to in-flight entertainment.. the latter is probably one of the best of its kind i've encountered thus far, and i would even say it's better than KrisWorld (think SIA).. some down sides however included the apparent lack of Straits Times newspaper and a similar lack in the number of chinese songs available.. anyway i think i'll stop here for now..
a very simple paragraph indeed.. and tt's e only post tt i wrote during my trip.. the following are the after thoughts for day 1..
perhaps before i forget, i'll just like to post e amount tt i've spent in all for this grad trip.. this costs include every cost imaginable (paid or payable, from pre-trip to post-trip).. SGD 4,209.05.. quite a reasonable sum.. and very within the pre-trip budget tt we came up with.. major expenses tt make it up include the following (all in SGD):
1.Tour package (and insurance) --> 2,487
2.Optional tour packages (a.Mount Titlis + Kleine Scheidegg round trip with lunch inclusive, b.Palace of Versailles) --> 360.50
3.Swatch watch and Swarovski necklace --> 383.08
4.Budget air ticket from Paris CDG to UK Luton --> 108.93
5.London Generator Hostel (2 nights) --> 107.54
a more detailed breakdown of e expenses is available upon request.. lol..
back to e topic for day 1, i had earlier left my house at 0720h for Changi Airport.. and not to forget, we had 4 crappy guys gathering around the free computer terminals at e airport to catch some mice on fb and look at someone's fb profile.. haha.. geez.. flight was at Gate C20, on a Boeing 777-300ER..
some 6,000km and 6h 44min later, we were at Dubai International Airport (DXB) Terminal 3, which seemed to us to be located in the middle of a desert tt is only sparsely dotted with low lying shrubs.. the weather was a freaking 35 degrees, but thank goodness we were in e air conditioned building.. as u can see from e photos, DXB T3 is generally made up of a clean and long hallway.. a Mac meal costs 22 AED (currency of dubai), which is ~40% more ex than e prices in SG.. e transit was a 3h process and luckily enough, nothing of e mess tt i read abt in my pre-trip research..
e 2nd leg of the flight to Zurich was on a Airbus A340-500, seat 24B, taken from gate 218.. flight number was EK0085..
Day 1
Time: 1413h
Place: On board flight EK433 to Dubai International Airport
Weather: Fine
currently slacking in my seat 41G, some 20 seats from cw and gang.. just finished watching slumdog millionaire.. anyway the flight info just popped up and we crossed the west coast of india and are now flying over open seas again.. back to the movie, it was ok.. what i'll like to call a honest and decent film.. on another note, my first Emirates flight thus far have been good.. from service standards to in-flight entertainment.. the latter is probably one of the best of its kind i've encountered thus far, and i would even say it's better than KrisWorld (think SIA).. some down sides however included the apparent lack of Straits Times newspaper and a similar lack in the number of chinese songs available.. anyway i think i'll stop here for now..
a very simple paragraph indeed.. and tt's e only post tt i wrote during my trip.. the following are the after thoughts for day 1..
perhaps before i forget, i'll just like to post e amount tt i've spent in all for this grad trip.. this costs include every cost imaginable (paid or payable, from pre-trip to post-trip).. SGD 4,209.05.. quite a reasonable sum.. and very within the pre-trip budget tt we came up with.. major expenses tt make it up include the following (all in SGD):
1.Tour package (and insurance) --> 2,487
2.Optional tour packages (a.Mount Titlis + Kleine Scheidegg round trip with lunch inclusive, b.Palace of Versailles) --> 360.50
3.Swatch watch and Swarovski necklace --> 383.08
4.Budget air ticket from Paris CDG to UK Luton --> 108.93
5.London Generator Hostel (2 nights) --> 107.54
a more detailed breakdown of e expenses is available upon request.. lol..
back to e topic for day 1, i had earlier left my house at 0720h for Changi Airport.. and not to forget, we had 4 crappy guys gathering around the free computer terminals at e airport to catch some mice on fb and look at someone's fb profile.. haha.. geez.. flight was at Gate C20, on a Boeing 777-300ER..
some 6,000km and 6h 44min later, we were at Dubai International Airport (DXB) Terminal 3, which seemed to us to be located in the middle of a desert tt is only sparsely dotted with low lying shrubs.. the weather was a freaking 35 degrees, but thank goodness we were in e air conditioned building.. as u can see from e photos, DXB T3 is generally made up of a clean and long hallway.. a Mac meal costs 22 AED (currency of dubai), which is ~40% more ex than e prices in SG.. e transit was a 3h process and luckily enough, nothing of e mess tt i read abt in my pre-trip research..
e 2nd leg of the flight to Zurich was on a Airbus A340-500, seat 24B, taken from gate 218.. flight number was EK0085..
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
so it has been like slightly more den a month since exams ended.. went to play sports with e kakis a couple of times.. watched angels and demons and also terminator salvation.. angels and demons was an ok movie.. pretty much action packed throughout, but otherwise perhaps sort of predictable and routine.. watched the da vinci code before, but i forgot wat it was like.. so i shall not comment on tt..
terminator salvation was quite disappointing i guess.. or maybe it could have been due to e cinema facilities (though i dun think so).. didn't like e fact tt light was shining in my eyes every so often.. and equally irritating was e overly loud booming stereo sound of e helicopters.. it felt as if my heart could also boom out any time.. plot wise, it was just ok..
i personally haven't been a fan of hollywood films of late.. and maybe it's time.. e usual mix of big explosion scenes, most-of-e-time meaningless sexual scenes and lame one-liners are just not getting to me.. instead, i've come to like watching those arty farty shows (read: oscar winning foreign laguage film, or e likes of it).. of course having said tt, i still quite like watching film series such as Harry Potter.. esp since i feel mythical stuff r always interesting.. not to mention, useful for experimental purposes in my dreams.. haha..
some other stuff tt i was occupied with during this time after e exams included finishing my reading of Ichigo 100%, planning for grad trip, editing my blog layout and completing e uploading of pics for e hokkaido trip last year..
1st up is ichigo 100%.. it's a manga tt i last read during my days in e army.. easily one which is labeled as an ecchi filled manga to e onlooker.. however, as i came close to finishing e manga, i thought tt e handling of e characters and storyline in e last 40+ chapters was quite good.. and i thought tt e illustrations were not bad too.. and just in case u were wondering, it's a teenage romance kind of manga.. i had actually thought tt, as with e other mangas i have read before, tt e manga would start degenerating into some ridiculous storyline tt shows a lack of idea on e mangaka's part as e manga series progresses.. but as it turned out, i liked e ending for ichigo 100%..
next up is grad trip.. going off this fri to germany, switzerland, paris and london.. 12 days in all.. 10 days of following e tour package and 2 days of self extension in london.. planning for e trip took place rather late and in e end, also because of differing views and money issues, sw and qq went on their own tent pitching marathon in europe.. haha.. most prob will be able to meet up with them over in london.. anyway, marc somehow managed to squeeze out time-off to join us on e trip..
although it's like only 2 days of free and easy in london, there was quite some bit of planning to do.. from e budget air tix from paris to london, to e hostel accomodation, to e london attractions and transport issues..
blog wise, i've modified e right column to make it more neat.. hopefully tt is.. although it's still a little headache cos e column is simply too long.. so i've been playing around with this text cloud thing and trying to get it to work.. just came up with an idea.. i think i would change e archives into a drop down box instead.. on another note, i've changed e label for lyrics to lyrics_main.. it's a new post tt i've created tt encompasses all e lyrics i've written so far..
talking abt lyrics, i'm afraid i have to disappoint some ppl in tt, once again, i won't be able to complete e filling in of lyrics for e music express competition in time.. figuring out e theme tt was most suitable for e melody has not been easy.. and given my lack of musical talent, it just makes things a little more complicated.. progress on e lyrics filling however, was better den e attempt for last year's competition, albeit still quite a miserable attempt.. and despite e fact tt i won't be able to finish e piece in time for e competition, i think i will do it as part of my own training.. i think after all, tt's wat e lyricist's job is all abt..
if u have noticed, there's this new category of links in e right column called google maps.. stumbled upon it one day and found it to be very useful.. clicking on e grad trip link would show u e places tt i'll be visiting for my grad trip.. spent a considerable amt of time trying to mark e locations for both e grad trip and japan maps.. esp so for e jap one.. quite frequently, e user created markings were not accurate and i had to scour e surrounding area for e correct landmark.. e jap map was particular challenging, since e user created markings were in jap.. markings for e hokkaido trip last year are completed, but markings for previous trips to japan have not been finished..
talking abt e hokkaido trip, i had only managed to find time to complete e uploading of pics.. and before i go on, u can find out more by clicking e may 2008 archive link.. once again, i had to spend some effort in trying to get e correct jap names of e attractions tt i went to and this took up some time..
exam results were out not too long ago.. and thankfully, i managed to pass my modules without much hiccups.. convocation is set on 27 july at 6pm.. kind of a werid timing if u think abt e usual photo taking tt follows along with convo.. e sky will be dark by 6pm and i wonder wat kind of pics we can take.. of course there is always this option of taking e pics b4 convo iteself.. but to get sweaty and all tt b4 e ceremony even starts? hmmm..
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terminator salvation was quite disappointing i guess.. or maybe it could have been due to e cinema facilities (though i dun think so).. didn't like e fact tt light was shining in my eyes every so often.. and equally irritating was e overly loud booming stereo sound of e helicopters.. it felt as if my heart could also boom out any time.. plot wise, it was just ok..
i personally haven't been a fan of hollywood films of late.. and maybe it's time.. e usual mix of big explosion scenes, most-of-e-time meaningless sexual scenes and lame one-liners are just not getting to me.. instead, i've come to like watching those arty farty shows (read: oscar winning foreign laguage film, or e likes of it).. of course having said tt, i still quite like watching film series such as Harry Potter.. esp since i feel mythical stuff r always interesting.. not to mention, useful for experimental purposes in my dreams.. haha..
some other stuff tt i was occupied with during this time after e exams included finishing my reading of Ichigo 100%, planning for grad trip, editing my blog layout and completing e uploading of pics for e hokkaido trip last year..
1st up is ichigo 100%.. it's a manga tt i last read during my days in e army.. easily one which is labeled as an ecchi filled manga to e onlooker.. however, as i came close to finishing e manga, i thought tt e handling of e characters and storyline in e last 40+ chapters was quite good.. and i thought tt e illustrations were not bad too.. and just in case u were wondering, it's a teenage romance kind of manga.. i had actually thought tt, as with e other mangas i have read before, tt e manga would start degenerating into some ridiculous storyline tt shows a lack of idea on e mangaka's part as e manga series progresses.. but as it turned out, i liked e ending for ichigo 100%..
next up is grad trip.. going off this fri to germany, switzerland, paris and london.. 12 days in all.. 10 days of following e tour package and 2 days of self extension in london.. planning for e trip took place rather late and in e end, also because of differing views and money issues, sw and qq went on their own tent pitching marathon in europe.. haha.. most prob will be able to meet up with them over in london.. anyway, marc somehow managed to squeeze out time-off to join us on e trip..
although it's like only 2 days of free and easy in london, there was quite some bit of planning to do.. from e budget air tix from paris to london, to e hostel accomodation, to e london attractions and transport issues..
blog wise, i've modified e right column to make it more neat.. hopefully tt is.. although it's still a little headache cos e column is simply too long.. so i've been playing around with this text cloud thing and trying to get it to work.. just came up with an idea.. i think i would change e archives into a drop down box instead.. on another note, i've changed e label for lyrics to lyrics_main.. it's a new post tt i've created tt encompasses all e lyrics i've written so far..
talking abt lyrics, i'm afraid i have to disappoint some ppl in tt, once again, i won't be able to complete e filling in of lyrics for e music express competition in time.. figuring out e theme tt was most suitable for e melody has not been easy.. and given my lack of musical talent, it just makes things a little more complicated.. progress on e lyrics filling however, was better den e attempt for last year's competition, albeit still quite a miserable attempt.. and despite e fact tt i won't be able to finish e piece in time for e competition, i think i will do it as part of my own training.. i think after all, tt's wat e lyricist's job is all abt..
if u have noticed, there's this new category of links in e right column called google maps.. stumbled upon it one day and found it to be very useful.. clicking on e grad trip link would show u e places tt i'll be visiting for my grad trip.. spent a considerable amt of time trying to mark e locations for both e grad trip and japan maps.. esp so for e jap one.. quite frequently, e user created markings were not accurate and i had to scour e surrounding area for e correct landmark.. e jap map was particular challenging, since e user created markings were in jap.. markings for e hokkaido trip last year are completed, but markings for previous trips to japan have not been finished..
talking abt e hokkaido trip, i had only managed to find time to complete e uploading of pics.. and before i go on, u can find out more by clicking e may 2008 archive link.. once again, i had to spend some effort in trying to get e correct jap names of e attractions tt i went to and this took up some time..
exam results were out not too long ago.. and thankfully, i managed to pass my modules without much hiccups.. convocation is set on 27 july at 6pm.. kind of a werid timing if u think abt e usual photo taking tt follows along with convo.. e sky will be dark by 6pm and i wonder wat kind of pics we can take.. of course there is always this option of taking e pics b4 convo iteself.. but to get sweaty and all tt b4 e ceremony even starts? hmmm..
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
Friday, May 08, 2009
Exchange rate on 4 June 09 (taken from http://www.xe.com/ucc/):
1 EUR = 2.04702 SGD
1 CHF = 1.35100 SGD
1 GBP = 2.35810 SGD
1 EUR = 2.04702 SGD
1 CHF = 1.35100 SGD
1 GBP = 2.35810 SGD
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Uni Stuff - Accountancy
Minor in Psychology
AHSS - HC805
STS - MAS801
Important short term notices
1.Minor programmes
2.Minor programmes FAQ
3.Minor in Psychology
4.NBS online portal resume
5.AB311 CESIM game
Important Dates:
1.1 Jul - 30 Sep: ICPAS application
Minor in Psychology
AHSS - HC805
STS - MAS801
Important short term notices
1.Minor programmes
2.Minor programmes FAQ
3.Minor in Psychology
4.NBS online portal resume
5.AB311 CESIM game
Important Dates:
1.1 Jul - 30 Sep: ICPAS application
Saturday, April 18, 2009
have been quite a while since i had a decent post.. anyway, i realised that dreams have not been appearing in my posts of late.. to be more precise, the last such post was half a year ago.. indeed.. it was only the appearance of a lucid dream some many days ago that reminded me of such a situation.. i think the lack of lucid dreams might have been due to the fact that i'm overly occupied with schoolwork (and other irrelevant stuff).. and maybe because i had been unduly stressed.. on this note, i personally did not really think that it was the case, but perhaps it could be a sign from my subconsciousness that i do have some sort of inner fear that is generating some kind of stress..
fear of what then? grades? maybe.. but i've put an end to any hope of getting an honors with the S/U-ing of one of my electives.. health? maybe.. haven't been feeling that great in the last couple of weeks..
anyway, what i did was some flying in the latest lucid dream.. i was trying to fly to the top of this tall building and halfway through, the 'gravity issue' reared its head.. kinda paradoxical.. i know that i'm in a lucid dream and yet i'm constrained by this thing called gravity.. so i started to latch on to the nearest parapet and in a half fly/half jump manner, reached the top most 50th floor.. quite a scary/exhilarating experience when i was up there, high up above the ground and facing the strong winds..
on another issue, i was rather surprised by the things that a half-told story could do.. i do think that telling other people about a story without knowing the entire truth can be quite misleading, especially if the other half of the story has some unexpected twists to it..
seemed like people are catching on to the Susan Boyle craze.. quite a cheekily done, but impressive cover of the song I Dreamed a Dream.. also went to watch this movie yesterday.. it's called 送り日と or 入殓师 or Departures.. haha ok.. i'm bored.. anyway, the movie won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in this year's Oscars.. i liked the way the director made use of the concept of symbols and how he expressed them..
have one more paper to go on friday.. and soon it'll be a long break before i start work in november.. suddenly having a writer's block again.. haiz..
went to download the song for Music Express 15 Category B.. seems like a rather cheery song.. wonder if i would be able to fill in the lyrics this time round.. considering that i would have plenty of time available..
oh ya.. my work got plagiarised not long ago.. kind of pissed off cos it was rather blantantly done so.. not to mention that the new context wasn't exactly appropriate..
fear of what then? grades? maybe.. but i've put an end to any hope of getting an honors with the S/U-ing of one of my electives.. health? maybe.. haven't been feeling that great in the last couple of weeks..
anyway, what i did was some flying in the latest lucid dream.. i was trying to fly to the top of this tall building and halfway through, the 'gravity issue' reared its head.. kinda paradoxical.. i know that i'm in a lucid dream and yet i'm constrained by this thing called gravity.. so i started to latch on to the nearest parapet and in a half fly/half jump manner, reached the top most 50th floor.. quite a scary/exhilarating experience when i was up there, high up above the ground and facing the strong winds..
on another issue, i was rather surprised by the things that a half-told story could do.. i do think that telling other people about a story without knowing the entire truth can be quite misleading, especially if the other half of the story has some unexpected twists to it..
seemed like people are catching on to the Susan Boyle craze.. quite a cheekily done, but impressive cover of the song I Dreamed a Dream.. also went to watch this movie yesterday.. it's called 送り日と or 入殓师 or Departures.. haha ok.. i'm bored.. anyway, the movie won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in this year's Oscars.. i liked the way the director made use of the concept of symbols and how he expressed them..
have one more paper to go on friday.. and soon it'll be a long break before i start work in november.. suddenly having a writer's block again.. haiz..
went to download the song for Music Express 15 Category B.. seems like a rather cheery song.. wonder if i would be able to fill in the lyrics this time round.. considering that i would have plenty of time available..
oh ya.. my work got plagiarised not long ago.. kind of pissed off cos it was rather blantantly done so.. not to mention that the new context wasn't exactly appropriate..
Friday, April 17, 2009
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Monday, March 02, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
真是的。。 刚才冲凉时竟然错误地把肥皂液与洗头液给混淆了。。 结果整身凉凉的。。 那洗头液的薄荷叶冰凉效果还不赖。。 嗨。。 有可能是因为今天一整天在外，弄到身体与精神都累了。。 今早难得有个武林大会，众多高手云集。。 结果打了个三小时的篮球战。。 真是太久没运动了。。 打了一会儿便不行了，自行告退，到旁歇会儿。。 过后吃了饱饭便到QQ家讨论我们的专题作业。。
之前所提到的苹果论得到了些许的回响。。 有一两人对文中所提到的苹果采集者有着一定的兴趣。。 对于是否应该公开苹果采集者的身份，我认为就让它顺其自然吧。。 有时无知也不一定是件不好的事。。 二月二十五日隔日之言： 无意中与一些朋友讨论了与苹果论相关的话题。。 结果间接透露了一位苹果采集者的身份。。 不出意料，他们对采集者的身份感到意外。。 可是当时并没有讲到前文说讨论的苹果故事。。 最后他们不多问，我也不多讲，就这样含含糊糊的带了过去。。
近日来正忙着做专题作业与准备毕业旅行的事项。。 就这样匆匆忙忙的度过了大半的半学期假期。。 说到毕业旅行，旅行的行程大部分已敲定了。。 我们会将去德国，瑞士与法国。。 六月五日出发，为期十天，并有望延长在法国逗留的时期，独自遨游巴黎与周边城市的景点。。 价钱两千三百十八，加上选择性的附加配套、小费与个人消费，总计应该有三千五。。
写着写着突然觉得字体在部落格上显得有些渺小。。 密密麻麻似的。。 今天下午在网上游览时发现有一名年轻的女歌手唱得不错，名叫卓依婷。。 听着她唱男生的歌，并且是张宇与伍佰类型的歌曲，别有一般风味。。 她翻唱邓丽君的歌也不错，能带出歌词与旋律中的柔情。。 有时间的话我推荐你去看她的音乐录像。。
之前所提到的苹果论得到了些许的回响。。 有一两人对文中所提到的苹果采集者有着一定的兴趣。。 对于是否应该公开苹果采集者的身份，我认为就让它顺其自然吧。。 有时无知也不一定是件不好的事。。 二月二十五日隔日之言： 无意中与一些朋友讨论了与苹果论相关的话题。。 结果间接透露了一位苹果采集者的身份。。 不出意料，他们对采集者的身份感到意外。。 可是当时并没有讲到前文说讨论的苹果故事。。 最后他们不多问，我也不多讲，就这样含含糊糊的带了过去。。
近日来正忙着做专题作业与准备毕业旅行的事项。。 就这样匆匆忙忙的度过了大半的半学期假期。。 说到毕业旅行，旅行的行程大部分已敲定了。。 我们会将去德国，瑞士与法国。。 六月五日出发，为期十天，并有望延长在法国逗留的时期，独自遨游巴黎与周边城市的景点。。 价钱两千三百十八，加上选择性的附加配套、小费与个人消费，总计应该有三千五。。
写着写着突然觉得字体在部落格上显得有些渺小。。 密密麻麻似的。。 今天下午在网上游览时发现有一名年轻的女歌手唱得不错，名叫卓依婷。。 听着她唱男生的歌，并且是张宇与伍佰类型的歌曲，别有一般风味。。 她翻唱邓丽君的歌也不错，能带出歌词与旋律中的柔情。。 有时间的话我推荐你去看她的音乐录像。。
Sunday, January 25, 2009
hmmm.. was inspired by ju-zi's and emu's posts on apples and apple pickers.. so i thought i would just talk a little bit about my personal take on e apple theory.. not really going to talk abt apples per se or wat desirable qualities they should have.. but rather i'm gonna talk abt e apple pickers and e process of apple picking..
anyway, my personal take on e apple theory starts off with e apples and apple pickers growing up alongside each other in this enormously vast apple tree farm.. it is often not understood by e young apple picker tt apples r meant to be picked and consumed.. and majority of e time e young apple pickers would develop close relations with e apples tt they grew up alongside with.. so when it came to e time tt e young apple picker finally understood e apple theory, he would look beyond his part of e apple farm for tt 1 elusive apple with all e desirable attributes, as he would have known tt it isn't really rite to pick those apples which grew up together with him..
i know of this apple picker A who came across this apple picker B who was interested in this apple found in e area where apple picker A grew up in.. nothing wrong there.. just tt e apple wasn't exactly wat 1 would say is ripe for e picking.. which was y apple picker A wasn't really happy that apple picker B was picking on this immature apple growing in his area.. it also turned out tt apple picker B was one who liked playing around with his food (in this case e apple) before picking it.. tt made apple picker A quite pissed, because prior to this incident, he, just like e other apple pickers, thought tt apple picker B was a gentleman..
there is also this apple picker C and apple picker D tt i want to talk about.. both apple pickers were acquaintances.. one day, during a walk in the apple farm, apple picker C chanced upon this apple which he was really interested in.. he was about to set off to gather his equipment for e apple picking when apple picker D came along.. he casually asked apple picker C which apple he was interested in, to which apple picker C pointed towards e abovementioned apple.. e conversation goes on with apple picker D telling apple picker C tt he was interested in this apple on another tree somewhere else in e farm..
so off went apple picker C to get his equipment.. but alas! when he returned to pick his apple, he discovered tt apple picker D had already picked e apple for which apple picker C had set his eyes on.. apple picker C was very angry at apple picker D for such ungentlemanly and rather lowly behavior.. in a similar fashion to apple picker B, apple picker D was seen as a good guy in e eyes of other apple pickers..
having said so much about e stories on 4 different apple pickers, u might have noticed tt there is some kind of a information asymmetry in both scenarios.. apple pickers B and D were seen in a favorable light in e eyes of other apple pickers, but this certainly didn't apply to apple pickers A and C.. so should apple pickers A and C disclose e information they have about apple pickers B and D? would e other apple pickers believe e story?
anyway, my personal take on e apple theory starts off with e apples and apple pickers growing up alongside each other in this enormously vast apple tree farm.. it is often not understood by e young apple picker tt apples r meant to be picked and consumed.. and majority of e time e young apple pickers would develop close relations with e apples tt they grew up alongside with.. so when it came to e time tt e young apple picker finally understood e apple theory, he would look beyond his part of e apple farm for tt 1 elusive apple with all e desirable attributes, as he would have known tt it isn't really rite to pick those apples which grew up together with him..
i know of this apple picker A who came across this apple picker B who was interested in this apple found in e area where apple picker A grew up in.. nothing wrong there.. just tt e apple wasn't exactly wat 1 would say is ripe for e picking.. which was y apple picker A wasn't really happy that apple picker B was picking on this immature apple growing in his area.. it also turned out tt apple picker B was one who liked playing around with his food (in this case e apple) before picking it.. tt made apple picker A quite pissed, because prior to this incident, he, just like e other apple pickers, thought tt apple picker B was a gentleman..
there is also this apple picker C and apple picker D tt i want to talk about.. both apple pickers were acquaintances.. one day, during a walk in the apple farm, apple picker C chanced upon this apple which he was really interested in.. he was about to set off to gather his equipment for e apple picking when apple picker D came along.. he casually asked apple picker C which apple he was interested in, to which apple picker C pointed towards e abovementioned apple.. e conversation goes on with apple picker D telling apple picker C tt he was interested in this apple on another tree somewhere else in e farm..
so off went apple picker C to get his equipment.. but alas! when he returned to pick his apple, he discovered tt apple picker D had already picked e apple for which apple picker C had set his eyes on.. apple picker C was very angry at apple picker D for such ungentlemanly and rather lowly behavior.. in a similar fashion to apple picker B, apple picker D was seen as a good guy in e eyes of other apple pickers..
having said so much about e stories on 4 different apple pickers, u might have noticed tt there is some kind of a information asymmetry in both scenarios.. apple pickers B and D were seen in a favorable light in e eyes of other apple pickers, but this certainly didn't apply to apple pickers A and C.. so should apple pickers A and C disclose e information they have about apple pickers B and D? would e other apple pickers believe e story?
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
HP202 lect 1 stuff
Genie the feral child
Anna O, patient with the transference phenomenon
"S" the guy who cannot forget
David Reimer, the guy who got sexually reassigned to be a female; David's psychologist John Money
Genie the feral child
Anna O, patient with the transference phenomenon
"S" the guy who cannot forget
David Reimer, the guy who got sexually reassigned to be a female; David's psychologist John Money
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Lyrics chosen for HC805 chinese lyrics appreciation module:
1.
在水一方 - 词：琼瑶 曲：林家庆 唱：鄧麗君
蒹葭 - 诗经·秦风
邓丽君《在水一方》歌词赏析及《蒹葭》赏析
江湖上 - 词：余光中 曲/唱：杨弦
2.
外婆的澎湖灣 - 词/曲: 叶佳修 唱：刘文正
我們這一班 - 词：吴庆康/黄元成 曲：许环良 唱：顏黎明
3.
我家在那里 - 词/曲/唱：刘家昌
橄榄树 - 词：三毛 曲：李泰祥 唱：齊豫
4.
龙的传人 - 词/曲：侯德建 唱：李建復
麻雀衔竹枝 - 词/曲/唱：梁文福
5.
現象七十二变 - 词/曲/唱：羅大佑
梯田 - 词/曲/唱：周杰伦
6.
两岸 - 词/曲/唱：黄舒骏
北京一夜 - 词/曲/唱：陳昇/刘佳慧
7.
驿动的心 - 词/曲：梁弘志 唱：姜育恆
我是一只小小鸟 - 词/曲：李宗盛 唱：李宗盛/任贤齐
8.
箱子 - 词/曲：郑华娟 唱：张艾嘉
叶子 - 词/曲：胡海泉 唱：羽泉
9.
一半 - 词：姚谦 曲/唱：伍思凯
听海 - 词：林秋离 曲：涂惠元 唱：张惠妹
10.
牵手 - 词/曲：李子恒 唱：苏芮
分手快乐 - 词：姚若龙 曲：郭文贤 唱：梁静茹
11.
他不爱我 - 词：杨立德 曲：陈小霞 唱：莫文蔚
雪人 - 词：许常德 曲：李忠平 唱：范曉萱
12.
月亮代表我的心 - 词：孙仪 曲：汤尼 唱：鄧麗君
当时的月亮 - 词：林夕 曲：李冰 唱：王菲
月亮代表谁的心 - 词：陶喆/娃娃 曲/唱：陶喆
1.
在水一方 - 词：琼瑶 曲：林家庆 唱：鄧麗君
蒹葭 - 诗经·秦风
邓丽君《在水一方》歌词赏析及《蒹葭》赏析
江湖上 - 词：余光中 曲/唱：杨弦
2.
外婆的澎湖灣 - 词/曲: 叶佳修 唱：刘文正
我們這一班 - 词：吴庆康/黄元成 曲：许环良 唱：顏黎明
3.
我家在那里 - 词/曲/唱：刘家昌
橄榄树 - 词：三毛 曲：李泰祥 唱：齊豫
4.
龙的传人 - 词/曲：侯德建 唱：李建復
麻雀衔竹枝 - 词/曲/唱：梁文福
5.
現象七十二变 - 词/曲/唱：羅大佑
梯田 - 词/曲/唱：周杰伦
6.
两岸 - 词/曲/唱：黄舒骏
北京一夜 - 词/曲/唱：陳昇/刘佳慧
7.
驿动的心 - 词/曲：梁弘志 唱：姜育恆
我是一只小小鸟 - 词/曲：李宗盛 唱：李宗盛/任贤齐
8.
箱子 - 词/曲：郑华娟 唱：张艾嘉
叶子 - 词/曲：胡海泉 唱：羽泉
9.
一半 - 词：姚谦 曲/唱：伍思凯
听海 - 词：林秋离 曲：涂惠元 唱：张惠妹
10.
牵手 - 词/曲：李子恒 唱：苏芮
分手快乐 - 词：姚若龙 曲：郭文贤 唱：梁静茹
11.
他不爱我 - 词：杨立德 曲：陈小霞 唱：莫文蔚
雪人 - 词：许常德 曲：李忠平 唱：范曉萱
12.
月亮代表我的心 - 词：孙仪 曲：汤尼 唱：鄧麗君
当时的月亮 - 词：林夕 曲：李冰 唱：王菲
月亮代表谁的心 - 词：陶喆/娃娃 曲/唱：陶喆
Monday, January 05, 2009
Friday, January 02, 2009
this holidays went by rather swiftly.. i guess tt's because i managed to meet up with my friends for various outings, from sports to class reunion to chalet overnight stay.. not to mention e genting-KL trip in between.. gonna be a busy jan too.. school's starting.. and my b'dae's on wed.. and my sis is getting married e day after my mum's b'dae.. yup.. there's no typo there.. and btw it isn't a shotgun marriage, just in case u were wondering..
just a little sidetrack here.. had a nice dream yesterday.. always has been when i see familiar faces in my dreams.. e atmosphere is just so relaxed and fun..
anyway b to e hols.. there was also e big 4 interviews which i went for.. or rather e big 3, since i didn't manage to get shortlisted for PWC.. preparing for e interviews was a crazed affair, trying to update and fine tune my resume and cover letter.. not forgetting e preparation of e supporting documents.. actually e preparation was b4 e hols.. its only e interviews which were during e hols.. so in e midst of this craze, some of us found out tt we haven't really accomplished much in our 20+ years.. well, i guess wake up calls are never too late..
had a couple of hiccups in e interview process, some of which were rather serious i think.. anyway, it seemed tt e bleak job market outlook also clouded over this recruitment drive.. some take away from this interview experience was perhaps tt big companies does not necessarily equate to good HR practices.. i'll just give some brief background regarding this recruitment drive.. there r basically 2 rounds of selection/shortlisting.. wat e big 4 does during round 1 primarily involves classifying e interviewees into 3 groups: those who r shortlisted for a job offer, those who r on e reserve list and those who r rejected..
so for KPMG, i was 1 of e unfortunate (or otherwise) ones who was rejected (i later found out tt their focus was on e accounting grades and not GPA.. and it was on such basis tt they based e starting salary tt they offered to successful applicants).. anyway, i got to noe of e rejection through an email sent by e HR manager.. strange thing was, not too many days after, another rejection email was sent.. this time on a mass send basis, with e recipients clearly stated in e TO: fill.. well.. somebody clearly didn't remember this thing called e BCC: fill.. (sidetrack: e recipients were clearly identifiable through their email address, as it is e norm in such professional correspondence, to provide professional looking email addresses.. this means email addresses which spell out yr full name) and it was weird to find tt such an email of, presumably significant importance, was (re)sent by an intern no less (considering e fact tt e HR manager had previously sent an email of e exact same content).. butched HR job.. period.
and no.. didn't post tt cos i was having a case of sour grapes.. anyway, tt wasn't e worst to come.. was over e moon when i received DT's call of offer on e day of e EY interview.. so i thought oh well.. i could still go for EY's interview (although i was sort of settled on going to DT) to gain some interviewing experience.. turned out tt all tt i heard from my friends didn't happen on tt day.. there was no seniors in e waiting room to talk with e interviewees (which was not e case for KPMG and DT) and there was no office tour.. and during e interview itself, e words from e interviewing manager made me think tt i was at e wrong place.. stressing on (school) grades and performance every now and then, i had e urge to blurt out halfway through e interview: "hey.. i think i noe where u r getting at.. u want grades.. and my grades r not good.. so wat am i doing in this interview room?" TOTALLY NO SINCERITY. if it was grades tt they wanted so badly, den dun waste everybody's time by shortlisting me for e interview.. and just to add, e EY interview schedule was arranged in a declining GPA manner ie. those with poorer GPA were interviewed last..
not tt it was e end of e whole thing though.. it happened tt in round 2, where e big 4 call up those on e reserve list, EY gave me a call (of offer).. rather surprised cos 1) of e above mentioned event 2) it wasn't supposed to happen, as i had notified my school of my preference, which was den supposed to have been communicated to e companies.. just so happened tt it was a missed call btw.. and so i waited for them to call me back again.. which, as it turned out, nv happened.. and which, i attributed to e reason given above: NO SINCERITY.. anyway it was perhaps only good tt they nv called again.. cos i might have given them a crappy reply for e treatment given to me on tt interview day..
e primary school outing was beer at club iguana at clarke quay and desserts at e nearby TCC.. quite an impressive turnout with 10 ppl present.. nice to meet up with them after like 11 years.. although i still sorta keep in contact with some of them once in a while.. talked abt a lot of stuff.. some of which i dun quite remember being a part of.. like going to tommy's place for computer and board games.. although i do remember him bringing those stuff to school after exams.. anyway, some updates.. turned out tt ruth was e new face for new paper in '07.. and chee hui had scored some 9 distinctions for his As.. haha.. still as brainy as ever.. and laisan was actually alex's ex.. and joshua sounds so ang mo now, after having spent (still spending) a decent amount of time pursuing 3 majors (in a span of 5 years) in UWA..
thought this post was a bit long.. and yup.. it's over a thousand words le..
deleted maplestory from my laptop e other day.. well, haven played it for like months already anyway.. come to think of it, maple really turned out to be too much of a money churning machine for asiasoft and a ground for those ginnas to show off their uber godlike wow prowess.. puts me off really.. can't stand e monotony of staring at e same monster for hours, only to see e exp bar raise by some miserly %.. which den leads me to think abt slpinstory, a private maple server.. haven played tt for months too.. haiz.. to think of all e time spent on e game.. seems like a insatiable quest with no end in sight.. e time spent might have been put to better use and i prob might not be facing e grades tt i'm having now..
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just a little sidetrack here.. had a nice dream yesterday.. always has been when i see familiar faces in my dreams.. e atmosphere is just so relaxed and fun..
anyway b to e hols.. there was also e big 4 interviews which i went for.. or rather e big 3, since i didn't manage to get shortlisted for PWC.. preparing for e interviews was a crazed affair, trying to update and fine tune my resume and cover letter.. not forgetting e preparation of e supporting documents.. actually e preparation was b4 e hols.. its only e interviews which were during e hols.. so in e midst of this craze, some of us found out tt we haven't really accomplished much in our 20+ years.. well, i guess wake up calls are never too late..
had a couple of hiccups in e interview process, some of which were rather serious i think.. anyway, it seemed tt e bleak job market outlook also clouded over this recruitment drive.. some take away from this interview experience was perhaps tt big companies does not necessarily equate to good HR practices.. i'll just give some brief background regarding this recruitment drive.. there r basically 2 rounds of selection/shortlisting.. wat e big 4 does during round 1 primarily involves classifying e interviewees into 3 groups: those who r shortlisted for a job offer, those who r on e reserve list and those who r rejected..
so for KPMG, i was 1 of e unfortunate (or otherwise) ones who was rejected (i later found out tt their focus was on e accounting grades and not GPA.. and it was on such basis tt they based e starting salary tt they offered to successful applicants).. anyway, i got to noe of e rejection through an email sent by e HR manager.. strange thing was, not too many days after, another rejection email was sent.. this time on a mass send basis, with e recipients clearly stated in e TO: fill.. well.. somebody clearly didn't remember this thing called e BCC: fill.. (sidetrack: e recipients were clearly identifiable through their email address, as it is e norm in such professional correspondence, to provide professional looking email addresses.. this means email addresses which spell out yr full name) and it was weird to find tt such an email of, presumably significant importance, was (re)sent by an intern no less (considering e fact tt e HR manager had previously sent an email of e exact same content).. butched HR job.. period.
and no.. didn't post tt cos i was having a case of sour grapes.. anyway, tt wasn't e worst to come.. was over e moon when i received DT's call of offer on e day of e EY interview.. so i thought oh well.. i could still go for EY's interview (although i was sort of settled on going to DT) to gain some interviewing experience.. turned out tt all tt i heard from my friends didn't happen on tt day.. there was no seniors in e waiting room to talk with e interviewees (which was not e case for KPMG and DT) and there was no office tour.. and during e interview itself, e words from e interviewing manager made me think tt i was at e wrong place.. stressing on (school) grades and performance every now and then, i had e urge to blurt out halfway through e interview: "hey.. i think i noe where u r getting at.. u want grades.. and my grades r not good.. so wat am i doing in this interview room?" TOTALLY NO SINCERITY. if it was grades tt they wanted so badly, den dun waste everybody's time by shortlisting me for e interview.. and just to add, e EY interview schedule was arranged in a declining GPA manner ie. those with poorer GPA were interviewed last..
not tt it was e end of e whole thing though.. it happened tt in round 2, where e big 4 call up those on e reserve list, EY gave me a call (of offer).. rather surprised cos 1) of e above mentioned event 2) it wasn't supposed to happen, as i had notified my school of my preference, which was den supposed to have been communicated to e companies.. just so happened tt it was a missed call btw.. and so i waited for them to call me back again.. which, as it turned out, nv happened.. and which, i attributed to e reason given above: NO SINCERITY.. anyway it was perhaps only good tt they nv called again.. cos i might have given them a crappy reply for e treatment given to me on tt interview day..
e primary school outing was beer at club iguana at clarke quay and desserts at e nearby TCC.. quite an impressive turnout with 10 ppl present.. nice to meet up with them after like 11 years.. although i still sorta keep in contact with some of them once in a while.. talked abt a lot of stuff.. some of which i dun quite remember being a part of.. like going to tommy's place for computer and board games.. although i do remember him bringing those stuff to school after exams.. anyway, some updates.. turned out tt ruth was e new face for new paper in '07.. and chee hui had scored some 9 distinctions for his As.. haha.. still as brainy as ever.. and laisan was actually alex's ex.. and joshua sounds so ang mo now, after having spent (still spending) a decent amount of time pursuing 3 majors (in a span of 5 years) in UWA..
thought this post was a bit long.. and yup.. it's over a thousand words le..
deleted maplestory from my laptop e other day.. well, haven played it for like months already anyway.. come to think of it, maple really turned out to be too much of a money churning machine for asiasoft and a ground for those ginnas to show off their uber godlike wow prowess.. puts me off really.. can't stand e monotony of staring at e same monster for hours, only to see e exp bar raise by some miserly %.. which den leads me to think abt slpinstory, a private maple server.. haven played tt for months too.. haiz.. to think of all e time spent on e game.. seems like a insatiable quest with no end in sight.. e time spent might have been put to better use and i prob might not be facing e grades tt i'm having now..
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