The Fun of English

You guys do know that English could be a hard language to master due to some of it's contradiction. For example the past tense usually ends with -ed and past participle words usually ends with -en, like eat - ate - eaten or step - stepped - stepped. However, when it comes to cut, it's just cut - cut - cut. There are always some exception.

It's a difficult language to master, still we'll need to learn them by heart, else you will be criticised or laughed at.

If you think past tense and present tense is easy, good for you. For people who neglect the importance and tend not to be particular with it... I'll show you how big the impact can be... ...



*disclaimer: no children were harmed in this post. Photo from failblog.org*

HAHA! A good laugh? I had! =P Next is alphabetising. You know, sometimes you just need to be flexible and not just obliging blindly as it may spell out even worse trouble for you...



Yea, not sure if the person who printed this sign to be blamed, the person who hanged it up or the person who invented alphabets/those words.

Haha!! Congrats for the end of O'levels! =)

Change We Need

(photo taken from reuters.com)

After months of campaigns and talks... finally, the answer is out today! Obama, with 349 electoral votes against senator McCain's 173, succeeding the 44th President of America. It's not a close fight, at least to me, so I am convinced that Obama's victory is significantly well-supported and he have gained trust from the Americans.

"If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream on our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer." -Barack Obama.

Congratulations to him! John McCain was a worthy opponent as well.

Now, for our side...we'll just wait and pray for a hopeful and positive transition...

watch out! Pole!!

Haha!! This is so hilarious!! "BonG!"

And this!!!



"don't worry little children...I will hel...OP~ *Blob*"

If you think you're very smart and cool playing golf there? ...think again...



"this sucks!"

Last but not least...

If you think "they" are smart and always clever...think again... ...



*speechless* Did you notice the VERY awkward silence right after the 'K'?

LOL!!!

haha!! Enjoy yourselves! =)

Selamat Hari Raya

"Assamalekum" - Not sure if the spelling is correct, but it's pronounced something like that. Hehe!

Really thankful to Irdayu and the rest for inviting us for their Raya visit!! Enjoyed myself on that Sunday! =) Also thankful to Farhan and Syafi for being the chauffeur that day, driving us all around the houses. You guys were GREAT!!

1st checkpoint, meeting at Farhan's house. Had our lunch there....ANAK SIAL!! BAGUS!! TERIMA KESIH! I loved the "Keropok!" hehe!!

So, one group photo at the 1st checkpoint.


This was at Noraini's (Rhino) house where we watched the F1 race. LoL! Rhino really know about Formula 1 man, Baiklah!

And to AliMoon's house! We watched CARS while it rained heavily outside. The 2 kids were so adorable! =P


Then to Faisal's (Tiger) house where we got to meet the Rubik's cube reset machine at the age of 10 or 12. And also a "shocking" chewing gum - Darn, I was the 1st stupid victim.

Ali acting shy in Syafi's house, snapped by our young potential photographer!

See! Photo evidence of them peeping my mobile. Not safe man! Even Ali is peeping... for Brian, I've totally no idea why that face and "grin."

One group photo in Syafi's house..

And to Haslindah's house for the final visit, entertained by the hot actions from Mr and Mrs Smith.. Nice!! =P

We have also visited Taufiq's, Irdayu and Fatin's houses, but Irdayu didn't upload, so i can't show. Still...I enjoyed myself! =) Thanks kawan!

Last but not least, our photographer-of-the-day award goes to...

Dilianah! (correct tak?) -Haslindah's sister!

haha...cute!

America Hot Soup

*Photo courtesy from-> http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/10/us-debt-too-big.html *

Wow.

It's neither millions - Rolls Royce's Price...

nor billions - How much Warren Buffett or Bill Gate is worth...

It's above 10 trillion dollars - 14 digits we're talking here, not counting the decimal and cents.

As on Wednesday 7/10/08', US national debt hit record high of $10.1 trillion. If you wanna know the exact amount which was shown on the paper, it's indeed a generous amount.

US$10,149,644,933,872.

"YOUR Family share : $86,017.

According to the news, the 10 trillion mark was unprepared for that when the debt reached the 10 trillion mark, the 'clock' had to convert the dollar sign ($) for the 14th digit.

In the year of my birth, when the clock started measuring the debt, it was already at 2.7 trillion. Obviously the amount have not been shrinking, but inflated. Over the last 2 decades, the "rich" citizen have borrowed over US$7 trillion to reach the honourable US$10 trillion mark. Congrats!

Now the economy is shit. Thanks Red, White and Blue.

Returning to Asia, and further on to the red dot.

Recession is near, guys. I'm dumbfounded, having unpleasant (very) premonition for the coming lunar new year. Would i still be happy lion dancing, wearing new clothings and collecting red packets, or damned at home, half-naked and condemning our own red packets. Zzzz...

Not good, not good at all.

Anyway, class chalet was not great as usual due to the poor attendance (now even poorer), but
I'm still glad and appreciative for those attended. Many thanks for Annie, Dawn and Pei Yi for all the efforts poured in. Enjoyed the company from the eleven 02'ians. Thanks Mr Caleb for his presence and "fuzzy-ducking" night. Also to Ms Ooi and Mrs Ruth (Kumar) for the BBQ company. Despite the disappointing attendance yet again, i'm still able to consider this chalet a rather pleasant one. =)

On the other hand, my fellow lion dance mate chalet was much better! I'm shocked by those attended and Ivan really did a wonderful job making the stay at Downtown East such an unforgettable one. (Yea, I won $17.50 on black jack and threw $11.60 and $7.80 on Mahjong and Dai Dee respectively, of course i'll never forget it) Haha. Great idea for the head making session. Will want to see more of this coming. Appreciate the Alumni's attendance too! Now i know who's Ah Ken. loL!

Have a great "school re-opening" week, Sp'ians. And Tp'ians! Enjoy your last week.. hehe!
*and...I miss frankie...=(*

World's First Night F1 Race

26-28th Sep 2008.

What a historical weekend to mark the first-ever formula 1 night race. Quite many first times, in fact. Singapore's first contact with the remarkable formula 1 races. Asia's first street/city race. World's first F1 race under lights. Also Nico Rosberg's first attempt to the pole position.

Indeed I'm honoured to have joined the team in making this grand prix a successful one! Congrats to the planning committee, congrats to Alonso and congrats Singapore!!

Actually, I'm quite thankful to Pawan for correcting my pronounciation for "Grand Prix". Fortunately, I don't use this words oftenly and I managed to use it in front of Pawan and let him spot it. Thanks! =)

By the way, it's pronounce as "Gron - Pree"

Enjoyed my working period with the team. Here are some pictures snapped!


S'pore flyer above the track

Earlier laps

Kimi, showing his agility.

Piquet's accident follow-up

Ferrari On-Tow

The quiet pit

Aura of disappointment and sadness.

Thread marks


Tire remains

The finishing line and legs.

Jay look-alike.



Miss Singapore Universe 2006 1st runner-up

Flying Dutchman with a very EXTRA finger!!!

Zoe! and Vionna (also a CLS, CPT student)

Sea! Our Gate in-charge

And my counter-part! Lin Keong! Lol...

Despite Ferrari disappointing loss, I'm certained they'll do better in the upcoming matches!

School starting soon. Enjoy chalet in the last 2 weeks! cya!

Veteran Bball Tournament

Hehe... One of my favourite Mediacorp Artist (in a not very clear photo, darn!)

Anyway, been to Geylang Serai Community Centre to witness some Veteran basketball tournament. It's a tournament meant for uncles after the age of 40s. The celebrity team were invited by the host as an attraction i think. Took some photos of them in action, but...you can't expect much from a Sony Ericsson z610 2mp(with no zoom) camera alright? loL.


Christopher Lee(Li Ming Sun) was no. 19, on the extreme left. Allan Wu, next to Lee with his hands at the nose. The "William" from the 9pm show is the one jumping the ball - He's one of the better player.


interestingly, they've printed the back of all the jerseys with the no. 12. Not certain of their reason, but it sure gave the referees lots of mistakes with the reporting. *suddenly the no. 12 player gets a foul when he's not even on the court. loL!*

Next. While having the training for the F1 thingy at Suntec Convention, i've noticed there's a church event. It's meant for young kids.

And...surprisingly, they can park their vehicle...real well! See!

Back view,


Side view.

Isn't it cute? Adorable man!!

Next next.

Have you ever chanced upon a switch that's fool-proof. It's a switch which functions exactly like any other switch, except that it's purpose is a little different from the rest.

Other switches helps you to turn off the electric flow when not in use so as to be safe and also to conserve precious (pricey) power consumption.

However, this switch of today, is there just for show.

get it? there's no other option. Either On, or...On.

Zoom!!!

oh.my.god.

Lol!! I just love the above content. LOL!! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!! HAHAHAZ!!!

THIS TOO!!!! LOL!!! I can imagine Darren or Pawan explaining this picture to me!!! LOL!!

Anyway, went to STOMP and saw this picture. To my disgust, horror...it coincidentally happened in Pasir Ris. OooO... I'm sure you were looking for more details of their uniforms right. Haiz... What a disappointment.



hahaz...so, is there still need for me to tell you what school is it?

Hitler and ERP

Recently, other than the American's financial deteriorating issues, there were also a big hoo-haa with regards to the emerge of new ERP gantries.

Anyway, let's talk a bit about America's economy at the moment. I'm quite concerned about it actually, for a no. 4 bank in America to fall in a flick of a finger. I remembered it was still standing proud in the top 10 list of the wealthiest bank, asset-wise, in America when we were doing our Corporate Finance Project (we were researching on the merger for JPMorgan(2nd) and Chase bank(6th)). F.Y.I, the share price of Lehman Brothers slumped from a honourable US$67.73 to a junk figure of US$0.10 within 52 weeks (or less).

Now, it has declared bankrupt over the previous weekend (yes, if you haven't been reading the news, this is the fact). Huge funds are also pumped in to several other Companies(banks) from the federal reserve to help salvage the already devastated situation. Poor thing. I hope AIG can leap across this very difficult obstacle with the US$85 billion bridge! *cause my family have policies with the AIA too! =(*

Bear Stearns and Merril Lynch was fortunate to be saved by other unaffected firms. Poor Lehman Brothers who helped to shield off most of the debt must have brought disappointment to the pioneer brothers. =( x2

Let's pray for a better economy ahead (although there's only negative premonition in my head for the near future).

Anyway...show you something really hilarious, with link to my title!!

before that... ...

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS PURELY FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND THERE'S NO OTHER INTENTION. I REPEAT, PURELY FOR ENTERTAINMENT!!!

Thanks!


Haha! Funny!

I'm prepared for a chalet (sleepless nights) marathon! =P

Ngee Ann City 08'

Lol~ indeed, i'm envious because our team only get $300 with one trophy where one other troupe had 8 times our prize money, trophy and additional medals as well. Zzz~

However, i'm very contented that i'm given the opportunity to compete in the final stage of lion dance competition at Ngee Ann City in the name of my own troupe, S.P.L.D, before i graduate. =P (not like some idiot who find it proud to perform for some other troupe and still be so arrogant~ boo!! )

Anyway, I'm really thankful for Singapore Polytechnic, which made me fulfilled quite a lot of wishes. One of which is the competition mentioned as above. (which i never dreamt i could) Here's one good memory...

Really thankful for the friends and teammates for this opportunity! =)

Anyway, team, if you're looking at this blog, wanna show you something for getting the 7th position in this competition:


Hehe!! Understand? =P

Anyway, was waiting for a bus yesterday night at around 12am in Orchard area. And was wondering...

haha! Enjoy holidays, SP'ians! TP'ians, survive your attachment or work or studies or holiday smoothly! =) Other P'ians...do whatever la.. Lol!

Take care!

Tak Dong Cheng

"Tak Dong Cheng"

From the title, you will know that these are words that symbolises 'Lion Dance'.

For eg: when a child sees a lion dance during Chinese New Year: "Mummy, you see!! Got tak dong cheng!!

Suffian, the director of this short film, has this same thoughts which inspired his film title!

This film was taken 4 months ago and is now completed. Last Saturday, Suffian had just invited us for the screening of this short film. He can have my praises man! He managed to mixed the different culture into this film perfectly with a pinch humour. Although it's a malay-based film, it doesn't leave out other languages. He included other languages like Tamil, Mandarin, Dialects and English. Moreover, he had the Subtitle.

During the screening, he presented the cast each a poster and a DVD of his completed film. So proud of his master-piece as we see ourselves on TV! =P

If you're still curious on what I'm talking about, how about I show you a preview he made before he complete his film. I hope the preview will give you a clearer picture!



3 more papers to go, DAC 02! Let's clear it and wait for our final sem! =) All the best, guys!

Is it a reptile, a bird...or a mammal?

One interesting fact which I read from a magazine, an animal with genes from birds, reptiles as well as mammals!

It is the ornithorhynchus anatinus, found in Australia. It has a beak, swims underwater and lays egg...yet it has fur and suckles its young! In addition, they have 10! sex genes instead of just 2 like us - Male and Female. Something much fascinating about this amazing animal is that all of these species are born without an immune system, but it uses specific genes to produce molecules that act as antibodies.

Does this animal sounds familiar to you?

Are you shocked by how wonderful, amazing and 历害 this creature is?

Then, read more about it...

The "Platypus."



Trial balance, balanced! IAP term 2 completed!! Phew!! Jia yoU!

=) All the best for exams, guys!