I had nightmares for the past two days where I always could not finish the papers in my dream and I panicked, only to find that the rest have already finished their papers.

The physics paper yesterday was generally ok, except that I was shocked by the very first question. Oh yea, there was a single two part questions that allocated four marks to each part that required an explanation. I am pretty unsure about my answer to that question.

General Paper was alright, I guess. I got the meaning of titillating wrong and I am rather unsure of how I did. I hope I can manage a B or C?

Anyway, for all the stressed souls out there, 10 Ways to Sleep Smarter and Better. Of particular interest is lucid dream where you actually know that you are dreaming when you are inside a dream. Sounds oxymoron but it sounds pretty cool.

Tags: a-levels

GlobalIssues.org is a pretty good site with very well sourced articles managed by a single soul alone. Do check it out.

Useful for GP, KI and for general knowledge. We are too well fed to know of much of the suffering the world is submerged in.

There is something interesting with one of the headline articles in today’s papers. You can look it up under the title “$6.3b solar plant to be set up in S’pore by 2010″.

Anyway. the first thing of note is this paragraph which made me laugh when I read it. A quirky sense of humour, no doubt.

That means that the future is looking bright for Singapore’s ambition to become a shining light in the global marker for solar and other clean energy.

When I looked at this paragraph and the article title, I can’t help laughing.

And the second pick comes from someone who has studied too much. The journalist quoted the units “gigawatt” and “megawatt” wrongly as “Gw” and “Mw” respectively. According to some organization that governs the SI units:

This SI unit is named after James Watt. As for all SI units whose names are derived from the proper name of a person, the first letter of its symbol is uppercase (W). But when an SI unit is spelled out, it should always be written in lowercase (watt), unless it begins a sentence or is the name “degree Celsius”.

Basically, it should be “GW” and “MW” instead!

Alright, I was just bored.

How does a rap song coupled with an opera/female soprano sound?

I’m pretty sick of studying now and the title is a definite reflection of how I feel. (I think it means “liberate me from hell”. Probably latin.)

Lyrics and more information

Tags: tengen toppa gurren lagann

What an unlucky day it had been. I broke 4 trains and missed my slippers! Woops, I think it’s the other way round.

Anyway, while I was going out, I had to arrive at the train platform just right after my train left. When I alighted at the transfer station, guess what, I missed the train again!

Mid-way throughout the day, my slippers broke. The part where you clamp your toes together (what a crude description =X ) broke and I had to buy a new one or risk walking home barefooted.

On the way home, I had to miss TWO additional trains because the trains at the opposite platform (at City Hall) simply had to synchronise itself to arrive right when my train arrives, resulting in such a huge crowd that I couldn’t get onto two trains. When I missed the trains twice, I decided I had to be kiasu and prop right in front to get into the train when it arrived.

Thankfully, I did not miss another train again.

Thursdays the 25th shall be treaded lightly with care from now on.

The Singapore government likes to do the weirdest of things, like erecting an ERP gantry outside someone’s condominium!

Anyway, I think I made a comment recently that might have hurt someone else’s feelings. It was made out of an attempt to make a joke, but it went awry and it was misinterpreted. I am ashamed of it and I apologise. For those of you who do not know what is going on, don’t bother.

This leads me to my other point: what of those jokes directed at yours truly? It seems like there is a trend for me to be the joking subject of many situations. I just take them on and don’t really bother thinking about them. I used to be very affected and was too sensitive in the past but due to the efforts (I don’t even know if these efforts are for the good or for the bad) of certain individuals, I’ve grown to just shake them off after a laugh. But it is precisely this attitude that the jokes are sometimes overboard and I do get affected by them, just that I do not show them.

I’m not pointing fingers at anyone. I’m just trying to say that please be considerate to me as well when you make some passing remarks. I’m fine with them most of the time but you could say I am somewhat a rather sensitive person. I think that my personality type shows that as well, somewhat.

An ESFJ who has developed in a less than ideal way may be prone to being quite insecure, and focus all of their attention on pleasing others. He or she might also be very controling, or overly sensitive, imagining bad intentions when there weren’t any.

So here ends one of the rare personal posts I’ve made in a while.

Tags: singapore

This shall be another series of entries regarding the A-Levels leading up to the release of the results next year.

With slightly more than a week to go, how fare my fellow A-Levels candidates?

Have you stared mindlessly everyday at these thick stacks of notes/tutorials/papers so much so that you feel like you are accelerating the rate of global warming with so many pieces of papers?

How is the situation of your study materials? Have you found that they are in a mess with lots of papers and books stacked on top of each other?

Or perhaps you have run out of paper and ink, wondering if you can be relieved from the pain of writing over and over again?

(On a rather un-poetic note, I bought two G2 refills prior to prelims and both of them had run out.)

Lo and behold! Work hard! And good luck!

P.S.: Remember to rest once in a while too.

Tags: a-levels

The Straits Times “Letters to the Editor” template. Use the template below to compose your letter. The publication of your letter is guaranteed! All you need to do is to fill in the blanks. What could be simpler.

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Dear Editor of the Straits Times,

I fully agree with the govt’s stand on ______________.

The Singapore govt has led Singapore to become one of the most successful nations in the world. This would not have been possible without the leadership provided by the govt since independence.

Mr. __________, in a letter to your forum dated ________, said that we should allow more freedom and more political space in the area of_____________________. He also suggested that__________.

I do not agree with him at all. Singapore’s political situation is unique and to take a more liberal stand regarding____________ would be playing right into the hands of Singapore’s enemies.

We are very fortunate to have the PAP govt to lead the country through_____________. Without the PAP, Singapore would still be a fishing village.

To Quote the Hon BG___________, Minister of ____________, Who stated….”_________________________”. I agree with the Hon BG___________ 100%.

We are lucky that we have people like him who are loyal and committed to Singapore.

Had he decided to go into the private sector, he would be earning a lot more. However, he was willing to make considerable sacrifices in order to be given the opportunity to lead Singapore.

Let us not be mislead by people like __________ who claim that Singaporeans have no political freedom. The fact that free and fair elections are held every few years shows that the country is democratic.

Ideas such as those proposed by ______________ should be nipped at the bud. To allow such ideas to take hold would cause the country to fall apart.

Singapore is my home and I have 100% faith in the govt to lead us through________________.

Let us all rally behind the govt. They have the interests of all Singaporeans at heart.

TAN TU LAN.

– Source: http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=286045
Note: The original source include some… eyesore content. Don’t say you haven’t been warned!

1. The PAP and the people – A Great Affective Divide – Catherine Lim
2. LRWC’s report on Singapore’s judiciary and legal profession
3. Keep377a.com vs Repeal377a.com

I will put off commenting on these stuff for now. Too lazy to type and express myself.

Tags: singapore

They are finally here! This is probably the second time I’ve ordered something via online and I think I seriously need to get a debit card or something. I can’t always ask others for favours. I’m lazy to get one because that entails conversion of my bank account to become signature based, something which I am not comfortable with, yet.

Anyway, I pre-ordered this at the end of September and it finally arrived on Monday. The item is in pretty good condition though it took a little long for them to “source from their suppliers”. The shipping took one week which I guess was alright, since I didn’t need to pay any shipping fee.

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Tags: tengen toppa gurren lagann

I received two identical mails addressed to the same person – me.