So the Pope was attacked and fell recently?
If the Pope is really the kind of person he is made out to be...
Shouldn't he pardon his attacker?
Visit her in prison/hospital to counsel her and pray for her?
Sunday, December 27, 2009
The cheapest science
You know how many people always say pure Math is the cheapest science as all you need is a clear brain and open mind.
You don't even need pen and paper if you are good enough.
Well I say the cheapest science are those lab-based sciences instead.
Do you agree with me that pure human thought is the most expensive and precious thing in the world?
And in the current research fraternity the more heavy machinery you use the less pure thought you expend.
Well least I'm not alone in this thinking
My supervisor
And I also read about this in the book "Letters to a young mathematician"
"Mathematics is unlike other sciences where you can just waste a lot of money on experiments, got no results to prove or disprove your original hypothesis and yet still be able to publish and thus secure your tenure. In mathematics you can't possibly publish a paper with the following abstract: I have tried and failed to prove the xxx theorem and here are the methods that I tried."
I always wonder myself, I truly appreciate the Renaissance and Ancient periods because I like mathematics or do I like Mathematics because I'm a fan of the people belonging to the Renaissance and Ancient periods
You don't even need pen and paper if you are good enough.
Well I say the cheapest science are those lab-based sciences instead.
Do you agree with me that pure human thought is the most expensive and precious thing in the world?
And in the current research fraternity the more heavy machinery you use the less pure thought you expend.
Well least I'm not alone in this thinking
My supervisor
And I also read about this in the book "Letters to a young mathematician"
"Mathematics is unlike other sciences where you can just waste a lot of money on experiments, got no results to prove or disprove your original hypothesis and yet still be able to publish and thus secure your tenure. In mathematics you can't possibly publish a paper with the following abstract: I have tried and failed to prove the xxx theorem and here are the methods that I tried."
I always wonder myself, I truly appreciate the Renaissance and Ancient periods because I like mathematics or do I like Mathematics because I'm a fan of the people belonging to the Renaissance and Ancient periods
Stalin
You know how there exist many people who condemns Stalin for his blah blah blah
And since I just watch a movie on him maybe I shall talk about him
You know at a poll not so long ago a number of (and its a number big enough to shock most people) Russians actually voted that they think Stalin did a great job.
Of course all those Historians slam these poll results and those surveyed.
Now lets look at this from another perspective:
Stalin was (self-elected) to run Russia, to serve Russia and her people.
These historians condemn him for his acts of mass-murder (Mostly non-Russians)
So if we were to base his performance on his original job-scope, what grade does he deserve?
These historians fail to see that if not for the Russian army the Germans might have won WW2 and so what happens then?
These idiots won't get to enjoy hiding in their offices and waste tax-payer's money anymore.
You know you might say "Well Stalin was the leader of one of the two strongest nation on Earth, he had the responsibility to act for the welfare of Earth's citizens!"
Yar right
So can you explain what the fuck happened at Copenhagen?
So we should slam all the people at the summit?
Those people who would rather save a bank than Earth?
And since I just watch a movie on him maybe I shall talk about him
You know at a poll not so long ago a number of (and its a number big enough to shock most people) Russians actually voted that they think Stalin did a great job.
Of course all those Historians slam these poll results and those surveyed.
Now lets look at this from another perspective:
Stalin was (self-elected) to run Russia, to serve Russia and her people.
These historians condemn him for his acts of mass-murder (Mostly non-Russians)
So if we were to base his performance on his original job-scope, what grade does he deserve?
These historians fail to see that if not for the Russian army the Germans might have won WW2 and so what happens then?
These idiots won't get to enjoy hiding in their offices and waste tax-payer's money anymore.
You know you might say "Well Stalin was the leader of one of the two strongest nation on Earth, he had the responsibility to act for the welfare of Earth's citizens!"
Yar right
So can you explain what the fuck happened at Copenhagen?
So we should slam all the people at the summit?
Those people who would rather save a bank than Earth?
Raining
You know how people always say they like rainy days.
I always think that these people don't think deep and declare their preferences at a very superficial level.
What's so likable about rainy days?
The cool and windy weather that comes with it? Well then they should say they like cool and windy days isn't it. Since there are days when it rains and it isn't cool and windy.
What's so unlikable about rainy days
The floor gets wet, which increases your probability of slipping.
Everyone drives slowly, including the SBS drivers.
It becomes freaking warm after the rain as there's no more clouds.
Who likes to dress up, go out and get wet?
So what's so likable about rainy days?
I always think that these people don't think deep and declare their preferences at a very superficial level.
What's so likable about rainy days?
The cool and windy weather that comes with it? Well then they should say they like cool and windy days isn't it. Since there are days when it rains and it isn't cool and windy.
What's so unlikable about rainy days
The floor gets wet, which increases your probability of slipping.
Everyone drives slowly, including the SBS drivers.
It becomes freaking warm after the rain as there's no more clouds.
Who likes to dress up, go out and get wet?
So what's so likable about rainy days?
1 + 1 = 2
You know people always say "wah the proof of 1 + 1 = 2 is enough to fill a whole blackboard"
I never really knew the proof actually, throughout my four years in NUS.
But recently I started to pick up Set theory on my own since it's known to be the logical foundation of Mathematics and even though I didn't come across the proof in the lectures notes this proof came up suddenly in my head one day when I was walking to the gym.
First we need define cardinality, which basically means size, in the "counting" sense
Next we need define what is 1 and what is 2 and the empty, null set.
1 is the set containing the null set
2 is the set containing the null set and the set containing the null set.
Assume % is the null set
1 = {%}
2 = {%,{%}}
Next we need define the operation "+", which is a binary, commutative, associative and distributive operation
Next we need define "="
so see that 1 + 1 has the same cardinality as 2.
I never really knew the proof actually, throughout my four years in NUS.
But recently I started to pick up Set theory on my own since it's known to be the logical foundation of Mathematics and even though I didn't come across the proof in the lectures notes this proof came up suddenly in my head one day when I was walking to the gym.
First we need define cardinality, which basically means size, in the "counting" sense
Next we need define what is 1 and what is 2 and the empty, null set.
1 is the set containing the null set
2 is the set containing the null set and the set containing the null set.
Assume % is the null set
1 = {%}
2 = {%,{%}}
Next we need define the operation "+", which is a binary, commutative, associative and distributive operation
Next we need define "="
so see that 1 + 1 has the same cardinality as 2.
"gifted"
I never understand how can parents be cruel enough to send their children for tuition even before they(the children) start attending primary school.
And there are actually tuition centers claiming to be able to "fix" their children into the GEP.
Don't these idiots understand the meaning of Gifted?
With such parents, even a child like Mozart will be forced to study English Maths Science and drop Music.
And there are actually tuition centers claiming to be able to "fix" their children into the GEP.
Don't these idiots understand the meaning of Gifted?
With such parents, even a child like Mozart will be forced to study English Maths Science and drop Music.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
On being clean
Someone was telling we have the most corruption free government in the world.
Does he realize that we have one of the best paid government in the world?
And our MM says that if we want the best leaders, we should expect to give the best wage.
So loyalty to country should be scrap off the SAF's core values isn't it?
BTW did not get caught doesn't mean it doesn't exists
in a proof by contradiction no contradiction doesn't mean the statement is correct
in hypothesis testing do no reject does not mean accept.Hypothesis testing is just a screwed up form of proof by contradiction anyway since statisticians can't do much math anyway.
Which reminds me of a story...
Once upon a time a thief escaped from a city where he was wanted into a country town. And he got elected as the town's leader. True to his thief nature he made a law stating that stealing is not against the law and everyone in the town started stealing from each other. When the city's police arrived at the town wanting to arrest their man everyone was like
"what's wrong with stealing?"
Here's another...
Our big boss man gives you a drumstick...
Meaning you better be prepared to pay him a whole chicken.
But that's not the end of the story
Why?
Dude you still own him a drumstick.
The person I was referring to in the first sentence is my father btw. Now you sort of know why I always say my life is an obstacle to my dreams.
Does he realize that we have one of the best paid government in the world?
And our MM says that if we want the best leaders, we should expect to give the best wage.
So loyalty to country should be scrap off the SAF's core values isn't it?
BTW did not get caught doesn't mean it doesn't exists
in a proof by contradiction no contradiction doesn't mean the statement is correct
in hypothesis testing do no reject does not mean accept.Hypothesis testing is just a screwed up form of proof by contradiction anyway since statisticians can't do much math anyway.
Which reminds me of a story...
Once upon a time a thief escaped from a city where he was wanted into a country town. And he got elected as the town's leader. True to his thief nature he made a law stating that stealing is not against the law and everyone in the town started stealing from each other. When the city's police arrived at the town wanting to arrest their man everyone was like
"what's wrong with stealing?"
Here's another...
Our big boss man gives you a drumstick...
Meaning you better be prepared to pay him a whole chicken.
But that's not the end of the story
Why?
Dude you still own him a drumstick.
The person I was referring to in the first sentence is my father btw. Now you sort of know why I always say my life is an obstacle to my dreams.
Taiwan
Recently Taiwan had that bad bad natural disaster right?
Then everyone was so sad on TV, crying over the loss of their loved ones and property.
And then people started to point finger at the president, at the minister. Which is a total waste of time and effort as the president won't resign and those bozos aren't smart enough to recall such things during the next election
Then people started donation drives which I don't really dare to give because I'm sure there's more than one Durai in this world.
Then suddenly!
The sentence of the previous president Chen was passed down and suddenly everyone's attention was diverted to whether the sentence was too light, too heavy and how they are going to get the money back.
And nobody bothered to point finger at Ma again.
Perfect timing in terms of Chen's sentence it seems. A perfect decoy event. Yet the Taiwanese don't realize anything.
Chen must be thinking "chao chee bye so many presidents in the world with everyone in the business and I'm the only one caught"
Then everyone was so sad on TV, crying over the loss of their loved ones and property.
And then people started to point finger at the president, at the minister. Which is a total waste of time and effort as the president won't resign and those bozos aren't smart enough to recall such things during the next election
Then people started donation drives which I don't really dare to give because I'm sure there's more than one Durai in this world.
Then suddenly!
The sentence of the previous president Chen was passed down and suddenly everyone's attention was diverted to whether the sentence was too light, too heavy and how they are going to get the money back.
And nobody bothered to point finger at Ma again.
Perfect timing in terms of Chen's sentence it seems. A perfect decoy event. Yet the Taiwanese don't realize anything.
Chen must be thinking "chao chee bye so many presidents in the world with everyone in the business and I'm the only one caught"
Eugenics
hm...from my point of view
The only thing worth studying in life science and psychology is Eugenics.
Those who disagree with me are advised to go watch the anime MONSTER.
Surely my big boss man agrees with me.
If not why would there exist stuff like GEP, SAP schools, Top 5 JCs, IPs
Don't you ever wonder why usually pretty girls, cool guys come from so and so sec school, JC?
Simple, genes at work. All course this accounts for just a majority, its for a mathematical for all argument.
Conversely all peasants in Jurong should all have some similar look too. So recently I make an effort to observe all the fellow commuters faces when I take bus 172.
And true enough
I think my theory is correct
I think to myself
"Look at all these god-damm faces"
"I cannot be like that...."
You might argue..."hey there are condos and terrace housing in Jurong also wad"
yar and do you expect those people to take buses?
Putting JP1, JP2, JP3 is like telling us
Ok guys we have put all things that you guys can afford into one shopping center so just hang around that area and please don't go town and pollute other parts of Singapore. If things get worse we will build a super cage and cage up the whole of Jurong.
I admit I do admire A.H for his balls, firmness, his bravery to express his views and his daring to put his thoughts, plans into actions.
Time to build gas-tanks...in my head.
The only thing worth studying in life science and psychology is Eugenics.
Those who disagree with me are advised to go watch the anime MONSTER.
Surely my big boss man agrees with me.
If not why would there exist stuff like GEP, SAP schools, Top 5 JCs, IPs
Don't you ever wonder why usually pretty girls, cool guys come from so and so sec school, JC?
Simple, genes at work. All course this accounts for just a majority, its for a mathematical for all argument.
Conversely all peasants in Jurong should all have some similar look too. So recently I make an effort to observe all the fellow commuters faces when I take bus 172.
And true enough
I think my theory is correct
I think to myself
"Look at all these god-damm faces"
"I cannot be like that...."
You might argue..."hey there are condos and terrace housing in Jurong also wad"
yar and do you expect those people to take buses?
Putting JP1, JP2, JP3 is like telling us
Ok guys we have put all things that you guys can afford into one shopping center so just hang around that area and please don't go town and pollute other parts of Singapore. If things get worse we will build a super cage and cage up the whole of Jurong.
I admit I do admire A.H for his balls, firmness, his bravery to express his views and his daring to put his thoughts, plans into actions.
Time to build gas-tanks...in my head.
Copenhagen
Today LIFE interviewed a Singaporean lecturer who is working in Copenhagen
1) It has recently closed a major capillary road in the name of carbon reduction, which speaks volumes about the city's environmental stance.
2) the generally relaxed atmosphere
3) an atmosphere that does not make people feel like they need to constantly get ahead. It is an environment which treasures living for the moment and savouring the small but fine things in life, especially the space to pursue things outside the economic realm.
Anyone dares to bet with me if given a choice whether he wants to "return to his roots"?
Same as some posting I had before..."he has some human hostages" herehahahahehehehohoho
1) It has recently closed a major capillary road in the name of carbon reduction, which speaks volumes about the city's environmental stance.
2) the generally relaxed atmosphere
3) an atmosphere that does not make people feel like they need to constantly get ahead. It is an environment which treasures living for the moment and savouring the small but fine things in life, especially the space to pursue things outside the economic realm.
Anyone dares to bet with me if given a choice whether he wants to "return to his roots"?
Same as some posting I had before..."he has some human hostages" herehahahahehehehohoho
MOH
Recently some man in white says his job is really tough
He has to make so many decision on this, on that every day
Sorry sir so do you actually wish to be...
sweeping PIE,ECP?
Collecting dirty dishes at the coffeeshop under my house?
Be a taxi-driver?
Teaching a class of twenty normal technical kids maths and writing a ten-page lesson plan followed by a five page reflection for every lesson?
He has to make so many decision on this, on that every day
Sorry sir so do you actually wish to be...
sweeping PIE,ECP?
Collecting dirty dishes at the coffeeshop under my house?
Be a taxi-driver?
Teaching a class of twenty normal technical kids maths and writing a ten-page lesson plan followed by a five page reflection for every lesson?
NDP
It is morally right to spend millions on a NDP
When there are thousands of jobless people?
When there are so many elderly who help to build our nation from a third world country to first world country collecting empty cans, cardboards just to put food in their mouths?
Think hard
It is real
Think deeper
It does not make sense at all
When there are thousands of jobless people?
When there are so many elderly who help to build our nation from a third world country to first world country collecting empty cans, cardboards just to put food in their mouths?
Think hard
It is real
Think deeper
It does not make sense at all
Singaporeans
Either Singaporeans do not know how to think properly, or that our media reports are so good that its brainwashingish
Each time when the unhappiness of Singaporeans rises due to increased tax or prices or lesser space due to foreigners.
The media publishes things like
"WE ARE NUMBER 1 IN THIS"
"OUR ECONOMY GROWTH IS SO SO SO MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT EXPERTS HAD EXPECTED"
And then most Singaporeans go
"Hurray!
WE ARE.........NUMMMMMBBBBBERRRRR 1"
And then they forget everything else
Things like a
NDP
F1 race ( which is not even intended for us but to attract all the rich tourists into town to shop at Orchard)
and we all get so high.
DO those people realize that their troubles are still there and the people causing their troubles are still alive?
Simply irrational
Each time when the unhappiness of Singaporeans rises due to increased tax or prices or lesser space due to foreigners.
The media publishes things like
"WE ARE NUMBER 1 IN THIS"
"OUR ECONOMY GROWTH IS SO SO SO MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT EXPERTS HAD EXPECTED"
And then most Singaporeans go
"Hurray!
WE ARE.........NUMMMMMBBBBBERRRRR 1"
And then they forget everything else
Things like a
NDP
F1 race ( which is not even intended for us but to attract all the rich tourists into town to shop at Orchard)
and we all get so high.
DO those people realize that their troubles are still there and the people causing their troubles are still alive?
Simply irrational
LTA
Recently
I always gena track faults when I'm on a MRT train...on the way to take Pong's car, on the way to a SAVA gathering, on the way to meet Peiying, on the way home after tuition.
And then you always hear some announcements saying they are terribly sorry over the inconvenience caused.
Fuck lah
Why don't they just make an effort to compensate us monetarily to make us and supposedly them too feel better?
I'm correct right? If they are indeed really feeling guilty by compensating us they won't feel so sorry anymore isn't it?
I always gena track faults when I'm on a MRT train...on the way to take Pong's car, on the way to a SAVA gathering, on the way to meet Peiying, on the way home after tuition.
And then you always hear some announcements saying they are terribly sorry over the inconvenience caused.
Fuck lah
Why don't they just make an effort to compensate us monetarily to make us and supposedly them too feel better?
I'm correct right? If they are indeed really feeling guilty by compensating us they won't feel so sorry anymore isn't it?
SBS
You know recently there's some complains in the forum stating how SBS buses are infrequent and slow...rightly so
Then some bozo replied on the forum saying that...
Be grateful that we do not have to wait for more than fifteen minutes for any bus unlike in Europe where buses can come every thirty minutes.
That fucking son of a bitch with no nuts and brains.
Does he realize that all European countries are at least thirty times larger than Singapore?
Does he knows that in Europe the exact time of arrival of the trams, buses are stated at every stop and it is exactly right to the minute?
And in Singapore where buses are supposedly efficient we can't even put those timings at a bus-stop.
you know why we can't? Let me tell you why
Because we have so many fucking red-lights such that even Euler won't be able to produce any mathematical model to describe our traffic structure.
I dare put my job on the line that the bozo speaking up for SBS drives a car to his work/school everyday.
Then some bozo replied on the forum saying that...
Be grateful that we do not have to wait for more than fifteen minutes for any bus unlike in Europe where buses can come every thirty minutes.
That fucking son of a bitch with no nuts and brains.
Does he realize that all European countries are at least thirty times larger than Singapore?
Does he knows that in Europe the exact time of arrival of the trams, buses are stated at every stop and it is exactly right to the minute?
And in Singapore where buses are supposedly efficient we can't even put those timings at a bus-stop.
you know why we can't? Let me tell you why
Because we have so many fucking red-lights such that even Euler won't be able to produce any mathematical model to describe our traffic structure.
I dare put my job on the line that the bozo speaking up for SBS drives a car to his work/school everyday.
more thoughts
Finally got some time to vent off the thoughts in brain
You know how whenever people complain Singapore lacks this, Singapore lacks that. Or that we are overworked.
Our boss always says..."Don't compare...be appreciative of what you have..."
Yet somehow the papers always publish results of some bloody surveys results that state we are top 5% in this lah, top 10% in that lah.
When white shirt white pants stands on some platform and gives a speech we have get some statistics of where we stand on Earth.
So who is the government comparing to sia?
You know how whenever people complain Singapore lacks this, Singapore lacks that. Or that we are overworked.
Our boss always says..."Don't compare...be appreciative of what you have..."
Yet somehow the papers always publish results of some bloody surveys results that state we are top 5% in this lah, top 10% in that lah.
When white shirt white pants stands on some platform and gives a speech we have get some statistics of where we stand on Earth.
So who is the government comparing to sia?
Thursday, September 3, 2009
shopping list update 2
checkered shirt...from Levi's signature or Uni Qlo...$50...checked, shirt from Levis' signature...$30
Jeans...Levi's signature or Zara or Topshop or Timberland...$50--$100...checked, jeans from uni qlo
shoes...Some shop from Ion or Timberland...$150...checked, shoes from Everbest
Some polo tees...probably from Nike warehouse...$70...checked, from Nike factory outlet
PS3 SLIM or PSP
A new computer...$1500
A new handphone...LG joy or cookie or i-phone
A scarf (don't really know why but just want to buy)...from Zara or Burberry...$30--???
Total...($1950--$2300) + ???
Jeans...Levi's signature or Zara or Topshop or Timberland...$50--$100...checked, jeans from uni qlo
shoes...Some shop from Ion or Timberland...$150...checked, shoes from Everbest
Some polo tees...probably from Nike warehouse...$70...checked, from Nike factory outlet
PS3 SLIM or PSP
A new computer...$1500
A new handphone...LG joy or cookie or i-phone
A scarf (don't really know why but just want to buy)...from Zara or Burberry...$30--???
Total...($1950--$2300) + ???
proof that sum of interior angles in a plane triangle equals 180 degrees
Proof 1 (Euclid)
Let ABC be a triangle, and let one side of it BC be produced to D. Draw CE parallel to AB (Proposition I.31). Since AB||CE and AC has fallen upon them, the alternate angles BAC and ACE are equal (Proposition I.29). Also by Proposition I.29, since AB||CE and BD has fallen upon them, the exterior angle ECD is equal to the interior and opposite angle ABC. It follows that the exterior angle ACD is equal to the sum of two interior and opposite angles (in triangle ABC) BAC and ABC:
ACD = CAB + ABC.
Add on both sides ACB. On the left we get two right angles; on the right the sum of the angles in DABC. Q.E.D.
Proof 2 (The Pythagoreans)
The Pythagorean proof is even simpler. A line parallel to the base BC is drawn through the vertex A, which gets us two pairs of alternate angles: CBA, DAB and BCA, EAC. Now, angle BAC complements, on the one hand, CBA + BCA to the sum of the angles of DABC, and, on the other, DAB + EAC to two right angles.
Let ABC be a triangle, and let one side of it BC be produced to D. Draw CE parallel to AB (Proposition I.31). Since AB||CE and AC has fallen upon them, the alternate angles BAC and ACE are equal (Proposition I.29). Also by Proposition I.29, since AB||CE and BD has fallen upon them, the exterior angle ECD is equal to the interior and opposite angle ABC. It follows that the exterior angle ACD is equal to the sum of two interior and opposite angles (in triangle ABC) BAC and ABC:
ACD = CAB + ABC.
Add on both sides ACB. On the left we get two right angles; on the right the sum of the angles in DABC. Q.E.D.
Proof 2 (The Pythagoreans)
The Pythagorean proof is even simpler. A line parallel to the base BC is drawn through the vertex A, which gets us two pairs of alternate angles: CBA, DAB and BCA, EAC. Now, angle BAC complements, on the one hand, CBA + BCA to the sum of the angles of DABC, and, on the other, DAB + EAC to two right angles.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Shopping list updates
checkered shirt...from Levi's signature or Uni Qlo...$50
Jeans...Levi's signature or Zara or Topshop or Timberland...$50--$100...checked, jeans from uni qlo
shoes...Some shop from Ion or Timberland...$150...checked, shoes from Everbest
Some polo tees...probably from Nike warehouse...$70...checked, from Nike factory outlet
PS3 SLIM or PSP
A new computer...$1500
A new handphone...LG joy or cookie or i-phone
A scarf (don't really know why but just want to buy)...from Zara or Burberry...$30--???
Total...($1980--$2330) + ???
Jeans...Levi's signature or Zara or Topshop or Timberland...$50--$100...checked, jeans from uni qlo
shoes...Some shop from Ion or Timberland...$150...checked, shoes from Everbest
Some polo tees...probably from Nike warehouse...$70...checked, from Nike factory outlet
PS3 SLIM or PSP
A new computer...$1500
A new handphone...LG joy or cookie or i-phone
A scarf (don't really know why but just want to buy)...from Zara or Burberry...$30--???
Total...($1980--$2330) + ???
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Prague 2009
It is finally time to carry on with my travel reflections.
After a beautiful experience at Vienna I was on the move again, this time to Prague. The city of a thousand spirals, the mother of European cities. I must say Prague has always been the country I want visit most and obviously it topped my priority list during my planning.
Unfortunately I had a bad start; it started pouring the moment I got off the train. I opened my umbrella and WOSH! A gush of wind blew and my umbrella was “inverted” straight away. I even had trouble finding my way to the hostel and the ATMs there are so unfriendly in the sense that if you want to withdraw say 2000 CZK (the rate is 1 SGD = 13 CZK), the machine will just dispense you a 2000 note. And shops, restaurants there really expect you to give them exact or near exact change for all purchases.
After settling down I began my exploration
Interesting thing to note: You basically need not pay to get onto their public transport over there. I got a ticket for their trams, boarded with about 20 people and realized ten seconds later that I was the only Douchebag who got a ticket.
It was raining the whole day, which was really abnormal as rain in Europe usually doesn’t last longer than 20 minutes. I was wearing a singlet, a sweater and a wind-breaker and my hands were shivering and smoke coming out of my mouth with every breath. Out of desperation I decided to buy a Starbucks coffee on the go to hold in my hands for obvious reason.
The rain really spoilt my sight-seeing mood and it made it hard to take pictures.
The astronomical was disappointing; lots of people gathered around for the clockwork hourly show of figures of the Apostles and other moving sculptures. Everyone had to look up and strain their necks in the process only to see some lousy mechanism which won’t even earn the smile of a current five year old. After the show its really interesting to see everyone’s facial expression…the “what the F%#K” face.
Charles Bridge was a bit disappointing too as it was under construction and its forever packed with people, tourists, street artists and beggars. But I learnt two things from the museum. First is that the bridge is actually not straight, to prevent enemies from pushing their ammo carts and driving their horse carriages across that easily. Second is that there is a modern legend saying that the foundation stone was laid in 1357 on the 9th day of the 7th month at 5:31 AM and that Charles IV chose this time so that when one writes out the opening time, they write the sequence of odd numbers, 1-3-5-7-9-7-5-3-1. But of course is the year 1357, how would they have the technology to declare the time to be 5.31 AM?
I joined this free walking tour too.
Great guide, who is an American
An American, bringing an Asian dude around on European soil. I love it
Learnt quite a bit of history from him
“What’s the difference between a republic and a people’s republic?”
“It’s like comparing a jacket and a straitjacket.”
“Australians what’s the capital of Canada?”
“Canadians what’s the capital of Austria?”
“What’s the origin of Jaywalking?”
“Years ago in New York Jay was the slang word for idiot, and thus stupid pedestrians were termed as idiots walking by drivers”
Plus I learned that the Czechs sort of came up with the first air-con. They placed a fan behind a man-made waterfall for cold wind.
I also caught a string puppet show, Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Mozart. Didn’t really understand as everything was in Italian hah, but just watching the puppet show is worth the money.
The classical music concert was my first in a church, felt kind of cool listening to those absolute classics with the chandelier hanging above me.
After a beautiful experience at Vienna I was on the move again, this time to Prague. The city of a thousand spirals, the mother of European cities. I must say Prague has always been the country I want visit most and obviously it topped my priority list during my planning.
Unfortunately I had a bad start; it started pouring the moment I got off the train. I opened my umbrella and WOSH! A gush of wind blew and my umbrella was “inverted” straight away. I even had trouble finding my way to the hostel and the ATMs there are so unfriendly in the sense that if you want to withdraw say 2000 CZK (the rate is 1 SGD = 13 CZK), the machine will just dispense you a 2000 note. And shops, restaurants there really expect you to give them exact or near exact change for all purchases.
After settling down I began my exploration
Interesting thing to note: You basically need not pay to get onto their public transport over there. I got a ticket for their trams, boarded with about 20 people and realized ten seconds later that I was the only Douchebag who got a ticket.
It was raining the whole day, which was really abnormal as rain in Europe usually doesn’t last longer than 20 minutes. I was wearing a singlet, a sweater and a wind-breaker and my hands were shivering and smoke coming out of my mouth with every breath. Out of desperation I decided to buy a Starbucks coffee on the go to hold in my hands for obvious reason.
The rain really spoilt my sight-seeing mood and it made it hard to take pictures.
The astronomical was disappointing; lots of people gathered around for the clockwork hourly show of figures of the Apostles and other moving sculptures. Everyone had to look up and strain their necks in the process only to see some lousy mechanism which won’t even earn the smile of a current five year old. After the show its really interesting to see everyone’s facial expression…the “what the F%#K” face.
Charles Bridge was a bit disappointing too as it was under construction and its forever packed with people, tourists, street artists and beggars. But I learnt two things from the museum. First is that the bridge is actually not straight, to prevent enemies from pushing their ammo carts and driving their horse carriages across that easily. Second is that there is a modern legend saying that the foundation stone was laid in 1357 on the 9th day of the 7th month at 5:31 AM and that Charles IV chose this time so that when one writes out the opening time, they write the sequence of odd numbers, 1-3-5-7-9-7-5-3-1. But of course is the year 1357, how would they have the technology to declare the time to be 5.31 AM?
I joined this free walking tour too.
Great guide, who is an American
An American, bringing an Asian dude around on European soil. I love it
Learnt quite a bit of history from him
“What’s the difference between a republic and a people’s republic?”
“It’s like comparing a jacket and a straitjacket.”
“Australians what’s the capital of Canada?”
“Canadians what’s the capital of Austria?”
“What’s the origin of Jaywalking?”
“Years ago in New York Jay was the slang word for idiot, and thus stupid pedestrians were termed as idiots walking by drivers”
Plus I learned that the Czechs sort of came up with the first air-con. They placed a fan behind a man-made waterfall for cold wind.
I also caught a string puppet show, Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Mozart. Didn’t really understand as everything was in Italian hah, but just watching the puppet show is worth the money.
The classical music concert was my first in a church, felt kind of cool listening to those absolute classics with the chandelier hanging above me.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Shopping list
checkered shirt...from Levi's signature or Uni Qlo...$50
Jeans...Levi's signature or Zara or Topshop or Timberland...$50--$100
shoes...Some shop from Ion or Timberland...$150
Some polo tees...probably from Nike warehouse...$70
PS3 or PSP...$300--$600
A new computer...$1500
A new handphone...???
A scarf (don't really know why but just want to buy)...from Zara or Burberry...$30--???
Total...($2150--$2500) + ???
Jeans...Levi's signature or Zara or Topshop or Timberland...$50--$100
shoes...Some shop from Ion or Timberland...$150
Some polo tees...probably from Nike warehouse...$70
PS3 or PSP...$300--$600
A new computer...$1500
A new handphone...???
A scarf (don't really know why but just want to buy)...from Zara or Burberry...$30--???
Total...($2150--$2500) + ???
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
JB police cheif
Recently the new JB police chief made a few statements that caught my attention.
1) Singaporeans owe the Malaysian government millions of unpaid traffic fines.
Fine isn't it better to carry out some actions rather than ranting to the press?
2) In response to the worrying high crime rate in which he is tasked to clamp down on.
He claims that the statistic might be false as he still see Singaporeans streaming in.
Dear Sir...
let me share with you some insights
The recent inflation wind in Singapore was blowing so strongly that people just have to find cheaper alternatives to chill-lax, and the risk of running into robbers is something these people are willing to take.
While noticing that there are many others going with them, they know that the risk decreases significantly and there is incentive to not cancel their trip.
After the inflation wind we have the recession tsunami. Every country is supposedly hit. We all know that with recession comes unemployment. With a rise in unemployment comes a rise in crime rates.
One last thing, the Singapore-Malaysia currency exchange is at a all time high. Need I say more?
1) Singaporeans owe the Malaysian government millions of unpaid traffic fines.
Fine isn't it better to carry out some actions rather than ranting to the press?
2) In response to the worrying high crime rate in which he is tasked to clamp down on.
He claims that the statistic might be false as he still see Singaporeans streaming in.
Dear Sir...
let me share with you some insights
The recent inflation wind in Singapore was blowing so strongly that people just have to find cheaper alternatives to chill-lax, and the risk of running into robbers is something these people are willing to take.
While noticing that there are many others going with them, they know that the risk decreases significantly and there is incentive to not cancel their trip.
After the inflation wind we have the recession tsunami. Every country is supposedly hit. We all know that with recession comes unemployment. With a rise in unemployment comes a rise in crime rates.
One last thing, the Singapore-Malaysia currency exchange is at a all time high. Need I say more?
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
HC
I'm getting sick from seeing her face pop up in channelnewsasia and all other papers we have in Singapore.
How can someone who can't even answer a straight yes or no take such an appointment sia?
P.S: That is a YES btw.
How can someone who can't even answer a straight yes or no take such an appointment sia?
P.S: That is a YES btw.
overseas scholars not returning
Recently there's some hoo-ha on overseas scholars preferring to stay overseas rather than coming back and serve their mother nation. And people are saying that its a potentially dangerous brain drain for us.
Right.
So does that means that local graduates are all rubbish?
Singapore cannot depend on NUS, NTU graduates for prosperity?
Local companies do not trust local graduates at all?
The supposedly world class universities have been churning out rubbish?
If "you" rebuke saying "Oh the ang-moh curriculum is much more flexible, holistic and builds the character of a student"
Then shouldn't we do something about our SG curriculum then?
Our grading and education system.
If not, stop sending our straight As students overseas. Start sending the straight Cs students there then.
Apart from the fact that the overseas scholars families are here in Singapore and they misses them. Are there any reason why they should come back at all?
If the overseas scholars are more than willing to come back, then in the first place they shouldn't be given the scholarship since they have failed the rationality assumption.
But it also means that the person who approved of the scholarship fails the rationality test since it should have been predicted easily that they won't come back isn't it?
Anyway the people who are complaining about this and are worried for Singapore's future.
Surely you guys are old enough to know that in life we usually do not get what we want? Learn to deal with getting the second best dude.
P.S: Forgot to congrats my boss on his wife getting a job.Its a good job. Imagine sitting in a casino. Lose, never mind. Place the losses on others. Win, yeah the winnings are yours to keep.
Right.
So does that means that local graduates are all rubbish?
Singapore cannot depend on NUS, NTU graduates for prosperity?
Local companies do not trust local graduates at all?
The supposedly world class universities have been churning out rubbish?
If "you" rebuke saying "Oh the ang-moh curriculum is much more flexible, holistic and builds the character of a student"
Then shouldn't we do something about our SG curriculum then?
Our grading and education system.
If not, stop sending our straight As students overseas. Start sending the straight Cs students there then.
Apart from the fact that the overseas scholars families are here in Singapore and they misses them. Are there any reason why they should come back at all?
If the overseas scholars are more than willing to come back, then in the first place they shouldn't be given the scholarship since they have failed the rationality assumption.
But it also means that the person who approved of the scholarship fails the rationality test since it should have been predicted easily that they won't come back isn't it?
Anyway the people who are complaining about this and are worried for Singapore's future.
Surely you guys are old enough to know that in life we usually do not get what we want? Learn to deal with getting the second best dude.
P.S: Forgot to congrats my boss on his wife getting a job.Its a good job. Imagine sitting in a casino. Lose, never mind. Place the losses on others. Win, yeah the winnings are yours to keep.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Rantings
Why can't they just sentence that monk right now?
Why waste so much money on all those hearings?
The news keep reminding that the Ren Ci organization is going to have lots of funding problem. For what?
SAF day parade. Just to have some NS man in the contingent and all those rehearsals. We spend so much money remunerating them and why can't they eat cook-house take away?
Why must everyone eat KFC for lunch for all rehearsal days?
Why can't we just have all NSFs performing in the parade?
Why not just cut down a bit of the budget spending for NDP and SAF day parade then?
Is there really a credit crunch?
I remembered there's this GP question
" The graciousness of a society is judged on how well the people helps the needy. Discuss."
I am disgusted.
Why waste so much money on all those hearings?
The news keep reminding that the Ren Ci organization is going to have lots of funding problem. For what?
SAF day parade. Just to have some NS man in the contingent and all those rehearsals. We spend so much money remunerating them and why can't they eat cook-house take away?
Why must everyone eat KFC for lunch for all rehearsal days?
Why can't we just have all NSFs performing in the parade?
Why not just cut down a bit of the budget spending for NDP and SAF day parade then?
Is there really a credit crunch?
I remembered there's this GP question
" The graciousness of a society is judged on how well the people helps the needy. Discuss."
I am disgusted.
Vienna 2009
Next was Vienna, capital of Austria.
Think classical music, think Vienna.
Mozart and Beethoven spent a good part of their lives there.
Everything was good. The people, food, and weather.
Even caught the champion’s league final with my Scottish roommate at 9pm local time, meaning that there was still time for drinks after the match, which is good.
Wonder why they place a statue of Athena in front of the parliament though.
Though the tourist area is centered at one corner, it’s a very big corner.
Managed to catch an opera in their national theater for just three Euros, worth it.
Everything was….beautiful.
Think classical music, think Vienna.
Mozart and Beethoven spent a good part of their lives there.
Everything was good. The people, food, and weather.
Even caught the champion’s league final with my Scottish roommate at 9pm local time, meaning that there was still time for drinks after the match, which is good.
Wonder why they place a statue of Athena in front of the parliament though.
Though the tourist area is centered at one corner, it’s a very big corner.
Managed to catch an opera in their national theater for just three Euros, worth it.
Everything was….beautiful.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Harry potter
Just caught the movie
Spotted a mistake; in the chamber of secrets the tom riddle that appeared was a tall lengthy handsome young man who looks extremely charismatic that can attract people to him, rightly so since he is the darkest wizard ever born. Why the fuck does the young tom riddle in this case appears to be plumb, ugly and stupid? Looks like the kind that you won't hesitate to bully.
While watching the movie spotted three "mistakes" in the novel:
The poison from the basin had to be remove before obtaining the Locket, why not just pour in into the river?
The Horcruxes were made to contain a portion of Voldermort's soul so that he can recover if his body is destroyed. But he hid them at such secretive places (All were almost impossible to find except the diary which was placed with Lucius Mafloy)
So how can those Horcruxes be made to attract other bodies and create a new body for him and thus another Voldermort if they are hid at places where birds don't lay eggs.
Severnus Snape is head of the Slytherin House. Snape is a half-blood, Slytherin was a "racist" who only allowed pure-blood into his house and he had wanted only pure-bloods into Hogwarts. How can Snape be the house-master sia?
Of course the first two points can be refuted by saying "Dark magic mar"
The third one..."Because Dumbledore wanted it to be like that"
Spotted a mistake; in the chamber of secrets the tom riddle that appeared was a tall lengthy handsome young man who looks extremely charismatic that can attract people to him, rightly so since he is the darkest wizard ever born. Why the fuck does the young tom riddle in this case appears to be plumb, ugly and stupid? Looks like the kind that you won't hesitate to bully.
While watching the movie spotted three "mistakes" in the novel:
The poison from the basin had to be remove before obtaining the Locket, why not just pour in into the river?
The Horcruxes were made to contain a portion of Voldermort's soul so that he can recover if his body is destroyed. But he hid them at such secretive places (All were almost impossible to find except the diary which was placed with Lucius Mafloy)
So how can those Horcruxes be made to attract other bodies and create a new body for him and thus another Voldermort if they are hid at places where birds don't lay eggs.
Severnus Snape is head of the Slytherin House. Snape is a half-blood, Slytherin was a "racist" who only allowed pure-blood into his house and he had wanted only pure-bloods into Hogwarts. How can Snape be the house-master sia?
Of course the first two points can be refuted by saying "Dark magic mar"
The third one..."Because Dumbledore wanted it to be like that"
Salzburg 2009
Next up was off to Salzburg.
Didn’t plan to travel there initially but Jake was telling me to go and visit the ice-caves over there.
The train there was my first boarding the Eurail.
Salzburg is famous for being the birthplace of Wolfgang Mozart, Hitler’s eagle’s nest and being the place where Sound of Music was filmed. I must admit I have never watch the film before in my life.
The hostel I stayed in was fun. I shared a room with an Australian couple, hardcore backpackers who were 3 months into their holiday which began at Thailand. An American girl who was travelling alone and a Finnish woman working as an environmentalist. I shall talk about the environmentalist later on.
The town is great; air is fresh and scenery so beautiful that I can imagine the whole town bursting into singing and dancing anytime of the day. There is no “American invasion” there, no Starbucks, no McDonalds, absolutely no American shops there at all.
The old folks sitting on benches in the park or along the river will smile and say hi upon making eye contact with you and everyone just seem so friendly that I was really impressed? Not just being polite like the typical Japanese but friendly.
I didn’t manage to find any travel guide on Salzburg and thus had to explore randomly, well within the town all there is to see are the town market and the Salzburg castle. All the other places of interest require a trip out of town. Up at the castle the majestic Alps came into view and I was really blown away, that was when I realized that it’s really hard to behave in a nasty manner given those weather conditions and scenery everyday.
One amazing thing to say is that most cafes, hot-dog joints and shops closes at 7pm. Their public toilets close at 5pm and that really created a lot of trouble for me.
So the next day I was to go on the ice-caves tour, supposedly the largest ice-caves in the world. Realized that the American girl Melisa was doing the tour too so we had breakfast and hung out together while waiting for the tour to start.
Well it is technically my first experience at a natural place with sub-zero temperature. What’s marvelous is that they try their best to install minimum stuff there to keep it natural. If the Americans own the place then it will have been turned into a “Fuji ice-palace” long ago. Anyway the best part of the tour was actually the guide himself. Mitch is the most animated guide I ever had. Taught me some stuff which I can really relate to my teaching career. This is one reason why I really enjoy talking to intelligent people.
“People who sit facing the rear live in the past; people who face the front live in the future”
“6 months here, 6 month there, channel and focus your energy properly”
Too bad I did not get a chance to tip him as he got off the return bus early.
That evening was memorable.
First there was a storm alert for the whole of Austria, all were advised to keep their room windows closed and stay indoors after 7pm. I was having my dinner at a café which hires the most well-groomed waiters I have ever seen in my life. Well plucked eyebrows, great hair-cut, fitting shirts and pants. Without a doubt they would be taken as gay in Singapore. What’s even more amazing is there one guy told me the average wage for working as a waiter in Austria is seventeen Euros per hour!
I was sitting inside when I suddenly heard strong winds blowing and heavy downpours. Everyone who was sitting outside came charging in and those poor waiters had to go out to retrieve the signs and flower pots.
Back at the hostel, I managed to watch the film Sound of Music. Yes the hostel plays the movie 24/7. Great show, though a bit too long but I guess all musical films are like that. But that was when I realized the songs “Edelweiss” and “Do-re-mi” are all original songs of the film. I’m very sure if my music teacher had played the movie for us and then taught us those songs I would have love music lesson and took them more seriously. I have always wondered how is it that my music talent seems so non-existent when musical inclination is the same gene as pure math inclination. (Both are abstract, symmetric and harmonious) Guess when natural is not so strong and obvious nurture does play a big part.
That was is about Salzburg.
Now is the bitch about that environmentalist.
Well I think she’s just being pretentious and living in self-denial. Can see that she’s not happy seeing me as I took a plane from Singapore to Europe which is such a long trip and will have released much carbon dioxide. Well she herself took a flight from Finland to Salzburg with the excuse/reason that taking train would take her toooooooo much time. She even added that due to that flight she has to “punish” herself by taking public transport instead of driving to work for the next six months. I wondered why she owns a car when she is an environmentalist. Next she says in order to discourage import/export business (as all those delivery planes and trains release CO2) she takes only local products. Yar right I saw her drinking a 1.5 liter Coke bottle. I seriously don’t think Salzburg has a Coke factory. Plus I do not think Finland has enough local products to feed that Sumo size of hers. And these bloody environmentalists really know how to choose venues for their conferences (Salzburg is a paradise). I challenge them to spend a month in India and see if they would still be in the mood to save the Earth. Try eating the local products there for a month bloody fat pretentious woman.
P.S: The beer there is cheap and good. One pint was enough to let me feel light, two was enough to make me feel high.
Didn’t plan to travel there initially but Jake was telling me to go and visit the ice-caves over there.
The train there was my first boarding the Eurail.
Salzburg is famous for being the birthplace of Wolfgang Mozart, Hitler’s eagle’s nest and being the place where Sound of Music was filmed. I must admit I have never watch the film before in my life.
The hostel I stayed in was fun. I shared a room with an Australian couple, hardcore backpackers who were 3 months into their holiday which began at Thailand. An American girl who was travelling alone and a Finnish woman working as an environmentalist. I shall talk about the environmentalist later on.
The town is great; air is fresh and scenery so beautiful that I can imagine the whole town bursting into singing and dancing anytime of the day. There is no “American invasion” there, no Starbucks, no McDonalds, absolutely no American shops there at all.
The old folks sitting on benches in the park or along the river will smile and say hi upon making eye contact with you and everyone just seem so friendly that I was really impressed? Not just being polite like the typical Japanese but friendly.
I didn’t manage to find any travel guide on Salzburg and thus had to explore randomly, well within the town all there is to see are the town market and the Salzburg castle. All the other places of interest require a trip out of town. Up at the castle the majestic Alps came into view and I was really blown away, that was when I realized that it’s really hard to behave in a nasty manner given those weather conditions and scenery everyday.
One amazing thing to say is that most cafes, hot-dog joints and shops closes at 7pm. Their public toilets close at 5pm and that really created a lot of trouble for me.
So the next day I was to go on the ice-caves tour, supposedly the largest ice-caves in the world. Realized that the American girl Melisa was doing the tour too so we had breakfast and hung out together while waiting for the tour to start.
Well it is technically my first experience at a natural place with sub-zero temperature. What’s marvelous is that they try their best to install minimum stuff there to keep it natural. If the Americans own the place then it will have been turned into a “Fuji ice-palace” long ago. Anyway the best part of the tour was actually the guide himself. Mitch is the most animated guide I ever had. Taught me some stuff which I can really relate to my teaching career. This is one reason why I really enjoy talking to intelligent people.
“People who sit facing the rear live in the past; people who face the front live in the future”
“6 months here, 6 month there, channel and focus your energy properly”
Too bad I did not get a chance to tip him as he got off the return bus early.
That evening was memorable.
First there was a storm alert for the whole of Austria, all were advised to keep their room windows closed and stay indoors after 7pm. I was having my dinner at a café which hires the most well-groomed waiters I have ever seen in my life. Well plucked eyebrows, great hair-cut, fitting shirts and pants. Without a doubt they would be taken as gay in Singapore. What’s even more amazing is there one guy told me the average wage for working as a waiter in Austria is seventeen Euros per hour!
I was sitting inside when I suddenly heard strong winds blowing and heavy downpours. Everyone who was sitting outside came charging in and those poor waiters had to go out to retrieve the signs and flower pots.
Back at the hostel, I managed to watch the film Sound of Music. Yes the hostel plays the movie 24/7. Great show, though a bit too long but I guess all musical films are like that. But that was when I realized the songs “Edelweiss” and “Do-re-mi” are all original songs of the film. I’m very sure if my music teacher had played the movie for us and then taught us those songs I would have love music lesson and took them more seriously. I have always wondered how is it that my music talent seems so non-existent when musical inclination is the same gene as pure math inclination. (Both are abstract, symmetric and harmonious) Guess when natural is not so strong and obvious nurture does play a big part.
That was is about Salzburg.
Now is the bitch about that environmentalist.
Well I think she’s just being pretentious and living in self-denial. Can see that she’s not happy seeing me as I took a plane from Singapore to Europe which is such a long trip and will have released much carbon dioxide. Well she herself took a flight from Finland to Salzburg with the excuse/reason that taking train would take her toooooooo much time. She even added that due to that flight she has to “punish” herself by taking public transport instead of driving to work for the next six months. I wondered why she owns a car when she is an environmentalist. Next she says in order to discourage import/export business (as all those delivery planes and trains release CO2) she takes only local products. Yar right I saw her drinking a 1.5 liter Coke bottle. I seriously don’t think Salzburg has a Coke factory. Plus I do not think Finland has enough local products to feed that Sumo size of hers. And these bloody environmentalists really know how to choose venues for their conferences (Salzburg is a paradise). I challenge them to spend a month in India and see if they would still be in the mood to save the Earth. Try eating the local products there for a month bloody fat pretentious woman.
P.S: The beer there is cheap and good. One pint was enough to let me feel light, two was enough to make me feel high.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Budapest 2009
First up is my trip to Budapest. It is the second priority city on my list during the planning.
Hungary is not a country to be under-estimated. Sports wise they have a great pool of paddlers for such a small country. Their water-polo team has been unbeatable since god knows when. Basically their water polo team at the Olympics is like our Singapore water-polo team at SEA games.
Science stuff is even more amazing, they are the proud inventors of
· Rubik cube
· Mechanical pencil
· Recorder (the musical instrument)
Their mathematics had a golden age during the 1920s to 1960s. Most notable are John Von Neumann and Uncle Paul. Just imagine: during the world war two the “Americans” assembled a bunch of top Mathematicians and Physicists to build the atomic bomb and at least a quarter of the gang were Hungarians, with some staying on as political advisors during the cold war.
Once on the plane I wondered how the typical Hungarian looks like. I mean most Hungarians I know are canoeists or water-polo players, which generally have only one, type of built. The other Hungarians I know are mathematicians, which also only have one kind of look.
Once off the plane and past the customs I proceeded to the tourist information center to ask for directions into the city. The bloke at the counter, who looks like he can bench 100 Kg easily, speaks wonderful English and has a great smile. I wondered to myself
“Whoa! Is this the typical Hungarian, or is he planted here to create a good first impression for tourists?”
During the walk to the train station I passed a few Hungarian ladies who I assume work at the airport. All smiled (the kind in which their teeth is shown) and said Hi in such a friendly and polite manner that I was in love with the place right away. I mean considering the fact that I’m a Chinese and fellow Chinese working in Singapore won’t even greet me in such a manner.
So I boarded the train and the first shitty thing happened.
The ticket inspector claimed that the ticket I bought from the tourist information counter is not enough and I have to top up another 350 HGF. Obviously I didn’t complain since that guy looks like he can do a 50 Kg per side clean and jerk and some other Americans were made to pay that extra fee too.
And finally I reached the interchange.
Most Hungarian men are taller than me by at least fifteen centimeters and unfortunately most do not speak English. There began a string of English, sign language and native Hungarian language. I guess they were speaking some dialect or a more old-school language actually as I kind of feel the tone sounded like “Hokkien swearing”
And finally I found my hostel.
The host Josef is a great bloke.
He speaks six different languages, including Mandarin. He has travelled widely during his younger days, including to Singapore twenty-five years ago. Though all he remembers of it are LKY and Sentosa.
In addition, he has also been through World War two and the Hungarian rise against communist rule.
Has the largest beer bottle collection I have seen in my life, I approximate about a hundred different brands in his cupboard.
Sight seeing wise
The first time I saw pictures of the Hungarian parliament and Hero’s Square I included them in the list “places to visit before I die” and I must admit it felt really good to be walking along the Danube River and taking in those sights.
Hungarian beer is not fantastic but the price is a shocker; a pint of beer at a boat pub along the river cost less than three SGD. When I first saw the price list I though I was missing some zeros or like “the price indicated is in multiples of hundred” or some tricky hidden costs like what Singtel does to me every month. Fortunately the price is an honest and “naked” one.
Try drinking something like that along Clarke Quay.
Still a good place to visit, I want to meet Josef again so he can teach me more Hungarian words and tell me stories during the communist rule and revolution.
P.S: A “strange” thing I noticed is that shops there close at 7pm on weekdays, 5pm on Saturdays and not open during Sundays. Of course I do not mean “tourist shops”.
Their sports shop sell amazing stuff, I even saw a rowing boat rudder on sale in their “Sports link”. Can you imagine me buying a dragonboat rudder from Nike at Wisma and going home with it?
Whereas In Singapore shops aim to stay open as long as possible during weekends to earn more money.
Food for thought.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
wonderful
As most of you people know
Most Singaporeans can only handle one thing at a time
So when almost the whole of Singapore is occupied with that son of a gun's gay monk's court trial
News of the Temasek CEO came in a semi-stealth manner.
Wonderful
P.S: Forgot to congratulate my boss on his son's graduation. He is the only man who can decide which session.
Most Singaporeans can only handle one thing at a time
So when almost the whole of Singapore is occupied with that son of a gun's gay monk's court trial
News of the Temasek CEO came in a semi-stealth manner.
Wonderful
P.S: Forgot to congratulate my boss on his son's graduation. He is the only man who can decide which session.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Brain exercise
So the bank obviously charges interest for the study loans.
An annual interest rate of 4.75% but the catch is that the interest is accruing on a DAILY basis.
So out of curiosity I decided to calculate the daily interest rate.
Let the daily rate be x
so [4.75 / 100 ] [9040] = ( [x]^{365} ) [9040]
solve for x, we get x = 0.000127 %
An annual interest rate of 4.75% but the catch is that the interest is accruing on a DAILY basis.
So out of curiosity I decided to calculate the daily interest rate.
Let the daily rate be x
so [4.75 / 100 ] [9040] = ( [x]^{365} ) [9040]
solve for x, we get x = 0.000127 %
Don't know whether I'm correct or not.
Readers please contribute.
Readers please contribute.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
clearing of thoughts
Yingyang was telling me one way to cure insomnia is to write or blog everything in your head down before you go to bed.
So I really need to try
Just finish watching the "The last lecture" lecture on achieving your childhood dreams, so let me try the same thing
Childhood dreams.
Can't think of more for now actually.
P.S: Ladies and gentlemen you can choose not to admit it but please do not live in denial that there is indeed a correlation between the ill-discipline level of a school and the population of the minority races there.
P.S.S: I still enjoy teaching actually, just do not enjoy teaching "mud-bloods"
So I really need to try
Just finish watching the "The last lecture" lecture on achieving your childhood dreams, so let me try the same thing
Childhood dreams.
- Mastering the force...............oh yeah fantastic
- Becoming Darth Vader..........oh just great
- Becoming an astronaut. More specifically, going to outer space. At this time its only achievable if I have USD 20 million. Hope is not lost yet.
- Becoming a teacher.................semi-checked
- Owing a real transformer...............right...right
Can't think of more for now actually.
P.S: Ladies and gentlemen you can choose not to admit it but please do not live in denial that there is indeed a correlation between the ill-discipline level of a school and the population of the minority races there.
P.S.S: I still enjoy teaching actually, just do not enjoy teaching "mud-bloods"
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
learn something new everyday
circle
Center (X0, Y0). Horizontal radius a and vertical radius b
- Center (a,b) with radius r
Center (X0, Y0). Horizontal radius a and vertical radius b
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Things to do
Apart from lesson plans and other preparations.
Train for IPPT
Finish reading the game theory books
Read the combinatorial papers by Dr Karen, and also those by Dr Ku
Go learn the programming language Alice
Don't ask me whether I'm busy or not.
I have been busy since 1984
Train for IPPT
Finish reading the game theory books
Read the combinatorial papers by Dr Karen, and also those by Dr Ku
Go learn the programming language Alice
Don't ask me whether I'm busy or not.
I have been busy since 1984
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Edelweiss
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss,Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever.
Small and white clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss,Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever
Every morning you greet me
Small and white clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss,Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever.
Small and white clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss,Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever
Friday, June 26, 2009
A walk in paris
I remembered I was walking along a path in the area in front of Eiffel Tower with Man Chun where there were two street musicians playing on a bench.
Pigeons were gathering around those people throwing grains at them and
a nice cool breeze blew in our direction.
A thought came to me immediately,
I must try my best to let my offspring grow up in such a place, environment.
I do not want him to grow up in a country when before he/she can start speaking properly gets sent to
Pre-nursery + nursery + kindergarten + primary school + secondary school + JC/POLY + university.
That is a freaking 20 years of studying and at the end may not know what he/she wants to do.
I want him/her to studying at a place where the things to do to chill, calm the mind and relax the body is taking a walk in the park, sitting on a bench in the garden.
Not playing computer games and watching TV.
I want him/her to study at a place where if he/she fails a test, the reaction is "great now you have so much room for improvement we have a goal to work towards to now"
Not "You fucking loser you are such a disgrace you should just go jump down now!"
Pigeons were gathering around those people throwing grains at them and
a nice cool breeze blew in our direction.
A thought came to me immediately,
I must try my best to let my offspring grow up in such a place, environment.
I do not want him to grow up in a country when before he/she can start speaking properly gets sent to
Pre-nursery + nursery + kindergarten + primary school + secondary school + JC/POLY + university.
That is a freaking 20 years of studying and at the end may not know what he/she wants to do.
I want him/her to studying at a place where the things to do to chill, calm the mind and relax the body is taking a walk in the park, sitting on a bench in the garden.
Not playing computer games and watching TV.
I want him/her to study at a place where if he/she fails a test, the reaction is "great now you have so much room for improvement we have a goal to work towards to now"
Not "You fucking loser you are such a disgrace you should just go jump down now!"
My life
I hate my life
I don't why I spent four years in a world-class university that supposedly claims that it is putting in huge efforts in saving the Earth and yet keeps asking us to print this, print that.
Collection of convo gowns, can't they just key every fucking thing into their electronic database?
and in good sense? Does anyone even remember the "set all rooms at 25 degree Celsius"?
Anyone dares bet with me the temperature of the NUS president's office?
If anyone were to ask me whether I'm going to heaven or hell when I die.
I will say I don't know
But I do know that if i am indeed going to hell
I will already have 24+ years of experience there already.
I don't why I spent four years in a world-class university that supposedly claims that it is putting in huge efforts in saving the Earth and yet keeps asking us to print this, print that.
Collection of convo gowns, can't they just key every fucking thing into their electronic database?
and in good sense? Does anyone even remember the "set all rooms at 25 degree Celsius"?
Anyone dares bet with me the temperature of the NUS president's office?
If anyone were to ask me whether I'm going to heaven or hell when I die.
I will say I don't know
But I do know that if i am indeed going to hell
I will already have 24+ years of experience there already.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
The troubled god
Let me tell you people a story....
The god of peace is always busy...
He is too busy to look into a mirror....
...and blows his horns everyday...
The god of peace's horns make everyone happy.
The god of peace is always busy.
He is too busy to look into a mirror....
...and scatters magical water everyday...
the magical water creates green mountains...
...ripens crops, and make flower gardens grow.
The god of peace is always busy.
He is too busy to look into a mirror....
and gives everyone a name...
"your name is Otto"
"your name is Hans"
"your name is Thomas"
"your name is....Johan"
Johan gave his hat to the god as a gift in return
the god was very happy...
Because he wanted to see himself in the hat...
he stood in front of the mirror for the first time.
However....
what he saw in front of the mirror was a devil
The devil spoke to him
"...I am you...
And you are me..."
"oh no! No one can live in peace with a devil like this!"
"What should I do?"
So the troubled god......
Do you know what he did?
I figured it out.
The god of peace is always busy...
He is too busy to look into a mirror....
...and blows his horns everyday...
The god of peace's horns make everyone happy.
The god of peace is always busy.
He is too busy to look into a mirror....
...and scatters magical water everyday...
the magical water creates green mountains...
...ripens crops, and make flower gardens grow.
The god of peace is always busy.
He is too busy to look into a mirror....
and gives everyone a name...
"your name is Otto"
"your name is Hans"
"your name is Thomas"
"your name is....Johan"
Johan gave his hat to the god as a gift in return
the god was very happy...
Because he wanted to see himself in the hat...
he stood in front of the mirror for the first time.
However....
what he saw in front of the mirror was a devil
The devil spoke to him
"...I am you...
And you are me..."
"oh no! No one can live in peace with a devil like this!"
"What should I do?"
So the troubled god......
Do you know what he did?
I figured it out.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
loan sharks
So once again I was watching this replay of this channel 8 show
Two loanshark leaders were confronting/having a discussion
One of them said "Hey friend, this is Singapore, It is already so hard for everyone to make money and survive already...."
Can you imagine?
Someone who do not obey the laws finds it hard to survive in Singapore
What about those law-abiding citizens then?
Of course of these are just shows.
Just for show
Two loanshark leaders were confronting/having a discussion
One of them said "Hey friend, this is Singapore, It is already so hard for everyone to make money and survive already...."
Can you imagine?
Someone who do not obey the laws finds it hard to survive in Singapore
What about those law-abiding citizens then?
Of course of these are just shows.
Just for show
life vs dreams
I remembered when I was very young the then TCS tried to produce those "tele-movies"
One struck deep inside me and I caught its replay just a week ago.
It was about an insurance agent who has a successful career and a family. But suddenly everything went downhill; he go demoted, his wife was going to jail for child abuse and the child was to be placed in the care of some "ministry"
So the stress from his life got a boiling point, I remember his tripping point was a traffic jam, the scorching heat and noise pollution from the construction that are everywhere in Singapore.
A motorist, who was actually a robber then cut his way and he went all out to chase after him, and in the end manage to grab his gun.
....
So in the final scene when he was surrounded by the police his last sentence was
"how nice it will be if Singapore has four seasons"
One struck deep inside me and I caught its replay just a week ago.
It was about an insurance agent who has a successful career and a family. But suddenly everything went downhill; he go demoted, his wife was going to jail for child abuse and the child was to be placed in the care of some "ministry"
So the stress from his life got a boiling point, I remember his tripping point was a traffic jam, the scorching heat and noise pollution from the construction that are everywhere in Singapore.
A motorist, who was actually a robber then cut his way and he went all out to chase after him, and in the end manage to grab his gun.
....
So in the final scene when he was surrounded by the police his last sentence was
"how nice it will be if Singapore has four seasons"
life is a box of chocolate(s)
So...sometimes life is so good to you that you can't believe it, but before you know it it has to screw you up again.
So...somehow the math department in NIE requests for our transcript much earlier compared to the other subjects. So I have to pay $5+ for its processing. Only to realize that the last semester's result would not be reflected. Everything was last minute and when I went to OSA to sort it out, the lady at the counter simply directed me to registra office. Which made me question the meaning of their existence? They are simply a "traffic police".
Coupled with lots of administrative matters here and there, inefficient officers and lack of money left me totally tired.
Then two good things happened:
Just when I gave up hope on going into PGDE(jc), my name popped up in the list, which was a pleasant surprise.
The result from the last semester popped up on my transcript after an e-mail and phone call from me.
However I began my "downslide" before I could do anything
I could not log into NIE portal, all the system says is its an invalide userID or password.
I'm having my enchance school experience at a school with tradition, not academic tradition. I need to grow 20cm taller and start having biceps like Wolverine to survive.
So...somehow the math department in NIE requests for our transcript much earlier compared to the other subjects. So I have to pay $5+ for its processing. Only to realize that the last semester's result would not be reflected. Everything was last minute and when I went to OSA to sort it out, the lady at the counter simply directed me to registra office. Which made me question the meaning of their existence? They are simply a "traffic police".
Coupled with lots of administrative matters here and there, inefficient officers and lack of money left me totally tired.
Then two good things happened:
Just when I gave up hope on going into PGDE(jc), my name popped up in the list, which was a pleasant surprise.
The result from the last semester popped up on my transcript after an e-mail and phone call from me.
However I began my "downslide" before I could do anything
I could not log into NIE portal, all the system says is its an invalide userID or password.
I'm having my enchance school experience at a school with tradition, not academic tradition. I need to grow 20cm taller and start having biceps like Wolverine to survive.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
learn something new everyday
1) Is 0.1212121212...where the 12s are assumed to continue forever a rational number?
solution: let x = 0.1212121212...
so
100x = 12.12121212...
so
100x-x = 12
99x = 12
x = 12\99 QED
2) If day T is the day of the week today and day N is the day of the week in N days, then
day N = (day T + N)mod7
where Sunday = 0, Monday = 1...
3) If a and b are any integers with b non-zero, q,r are non-negative integers such that
a = bq + r
then
gcd(a,b) = gcd(b,r)
And more importantly, this is the basis for the Euclidean algorithm, a method for finding the GCD of two integers.
Its proof is first showing gcd(a,b) <= gcd(b,r) and then show the other way later. Thus the equality.
solution: let x = 0.1212121212...
so
100x = 12.12121212...
so
100x-x = 12
99x = 12
x = 12\99 QED
2) If day T is the day of the week today and day N is the day of the week in N days, then
day N = (day T + N)mod7
where Sunday = 0, Monday = 1...
3) If a and b are any integers with b non-zero, q,r are non-negative integers such that
a = bq + r
then
gcd(a,b) = gcd(b,r)
And more importantly, this is the basis for the Euclidean algorithm, a method for finding the GCD of two integers.
Its proof is first showing gcd(a,b) <= gcd(b,r) and then show the other way later. Thus the equality.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
learn something new everyday
1 yard = 0.9144 meters = 3 feet
so
1 feet =0.30480m
so I'm 5 foot 7.
1 degree Celsius = 274.15 kelvin = 33.8 degree Fahrenheit
the absolute zero temperature is
0 kelvin = -273.15 degree Celsius = -459.67 degree Fahrenheit
so
1 feet =0.30480m
so I'm 5 foot 7.
1 degree Celsius = 274.15 kelvin = 33.8 degree Fahrenheit
the absolute zero temperature is
0 kelvin = -273.15 degree Celsius = -459.67 degree Fahrenheit
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Back
Back
Ready to face a new chapter of my life
Not that looking forward to since I do not know what to expect
Already
I miss attending math lectures, not studying for the tests and exams though
Three weeks in Europe
Depleted my bank
But opened up my eyes
Singaporeans:
Is it really that hard to keep right on an escalator unless you are walking up or down?
Is it really that hard to let alighting passengers get off first before boarding?
Is it really that hard to cover your mouth before sneezing or coughing?
Is it really that hard to make an effort to close up the income gap?
Don't tell me its for economic reasons
"If a country's culture survives, then so does the country"
Quote from someone in Vienna
" Do not worry about thieves and pickpockets here. We have elected all of them into the government, they only steal from taxpayers now"
Ready to face a new chapter of my life
Not that looking forward to since I do not know what to expect
Already
I miss attending math lectures, not studying for the tests and exams though
Three weeks in Europe
Depleted my bank
But opened up my eyes
Singaporeans:
Is it really that hard to keep right on an escalator unless you are walking up or down?
Is it really that hard to let alighting passengers get off first before boarding?
Is it really that hard to cover your mouth before sneezing or coughing?
Is it really that hard to make an effort to close up the income gap?
Don't tell me its for economic reasons
"If a country's culture survives, then so does the country"
Quote from someone in Vienna
" Do not worry about thieves and pickpockets here. We have elected all of them into the government, they only steal from taxpayers now"
Friday, June 12, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
AWARE Finale?
So very much "long ago" the AWARE SAGA was settled.
in a very much "democratic" manner.
Few things to note...
First...actually i have a better idea on how to settle the issue, we do it the WWE style
steel cage match
ladder match
hell in a cell
royal rumble
queen of the ring, pick your choice ladies.
Second...democracy? Fair voting?
The system and ideal of democracy and fair voting are totally fine. Its the people that screw it up
In statistics we always need to identify the population, same goes for voting.
This incident has taught me...if you can't make the population to support you, you make your supporters BECOME THE POPULATION. Its just a simple paradigm shift
Third...the incident seem so long ago...because our media has not report it for a few days. They have been busy with Salamat, whose news of capture has provided the best distraction for swine flu and the AWARE saga. Technically shouldn't news of a supposedly deadly flu virus that threatens to kill billions be more important than a terrorist who again supposedly has plans to conduct attacks on Singapore? If Its news of escape I do agree its news-worthy, but his arrest? Just one artucle will do man. Is there even a need to go to his hide-out, go to his kampung, go see the prawn crackers he was frying?
The media. its fucking with our heads
in a very much "democratic" manner.
Few things to note...
First...actually i have a better idea on how to settle the issue, we do it the WWE style
steel cage match
ladder match
hell in a cell
royal rumble
queen of the ring, pick your choice ladies.
Second...democracy? Fair voting?
The system and ideal of democracy and fair voting are totally fine. Its the people that screw it up
In statistics we always need to identify the population, same goes for voting.
This incident has taught me...if you can't make the population to support you, you make your supporters BECOME THE POPULATION. Its just a simple paradigm shift
Third...the incident seem so long ago...because our media has not report it for a few days. They have been busy with Salamat, whose news of capture has provided the best distraction for swine flu and the AWARE saga. Technically shouldn't news of a supposedly deadly flu virus that threatens to kill billions be more important than a terrorist who again supposedly has plans to conduct attacks on Singapore? If Its news of escape I do agree its news-worthy, but his arrest? Just one artucle will do man. Is there even a need to go to his hide-out, go to his kampung, go see the prawn crackers he was frying?
The media. its fucking with our heads
admin stuff
so before becoming a civil servant
I must
go for medical check-up
And photo taking for smart card
Mission 1:
The service supposedly started at 830, I reached at 845, there were already 15 people ahead of me. So wait and wait, check my eyes, check my height, check my weight, take my x-ray, take my urine, take my heart-rate, take my blood pressure, touch my abs.
Thats all
the whole mission took 3 hours
Mission 2:
Have to purposely go to Cisco HQ for phototaking, thought its some high security mission since its a photo for public service smart card, such that owing one will make me Ethan Hunt or something. The transport there is long, tedious and costs money man. And the whole shoot?
Sit down on a lousy field-stool , in front of a old-fashion mounted digital camera for 5 seconds and I'm done.
The whole mission costs me $3 and 2 hours. When I guess I can just send them my soft-copy passport photo?
Think there's a conspiracy somewhere...If one whole fucking batch of civil servants all spend the money travelling there, the earning for ministry of transport will be enough to cover the bonus for their "outstanding performance".
P.S: You know recently this swine flu shit and our SMRT or LTA whatever shit was so proud to announce their precautionary measures on TV?
One things was to open all windows when the bus has a rest of at least 2 hours at the interchange for airing purposes.
Fuck shouldn't it have been done all along? Instead of just leaving the air-con on and leaving comsumers to bear the utility costs.
Cheebye I think can be CEO of LTA, half the pay, double the efficiency.
Eh no wait I'm not qualified.....because.....
I will be looking after commoner and peasants too much and won't make effort to carry balls of those "shan dian xia"
I must
go for medical check-up
And photo taking for smart card
Mission 1:
The service supposedly started at 830, I reached at 845, there were already 15 people ahead of me. So wait and wait, check my eyes, check my height, check my weight, take my x-ray, take my urine, take my heart-rate, take my blood pressure, touch my abs.
Thats all
the whole mission took 3 hours
Mission 2:
Have to purposely go to Cisco HQ for phototaking, thought its some high security mission since its a photo for public service smart card, such that owing one will make me Ethan Hunt or something. The transport there is long, tedious and costs money man. And the whole shoot?
Sit down on a lousy field-stool , in front of a old-fashion mounted digital camera for 5 seconds and I'm done.
The whole mission costs me $3 and 2 hours. When I guess I can just send them my soft-copy passport photo?
Think there's a conspiracy somewhere...If one whole fucking batch of civil servants all spend the money travelling there, the earning for ministry of transport will be enough to cover the bonus for their "outstanding performance".
P.S: You know recently this swine flu shit and our SMRT or LTA whatever shit was so proud to announce their precautionary measures on TV?
One things was to open all windows when the bus has a rest of at least 2 hours at the interchange for airing purposes.
Fuck shouldn't it have been done all along? Instead of just leaving the air-con on and leaving comsumers to bear the utility costs.
Cheebye I think can be CEO of LTA, half the pay, double the efficiency.
Eh no wait I'm not qualified.....because.....
I will be looking after commoner and peasants too much and won't make effort to carry balls of those "shan dian xia"
Monday, May 11, 2009
stuff to bring
Camera and charger...check
Handphone and charger...check
Travel adapter...check
Train tickets...check
Air tickets...check
Hostel bookings...check
toiletries...half way there
medication/first aid...check
Vaccination...not yet
umbrella...check
passport...valid date is...valid
photocopies of passport...not yet
travel insurance...check
exit permit...check
notifying MFA...check
Locks...half way there
Handphone and charger...check
Travel adapter...check
Train tickets...check
Air tickets...check
Hostel bookings...check
toiletries...half way there
medication/first aid...check
Vaccination...not yet
umbrella...check
passport...valid date is...valid
photocopies of passport...not yet
travel insurance...check
exit permit...check
notifying MFA...check
Locks...half way there
Monday, May 4, 2009
swine flu, media , distractions
The media is all about swine flu here, swine flu there. How many people have died? 20+ ? On the other hand, take a look down channelnewsasia.com and we have...
They are constantly talking about how the virus killed many many people about 80 years ago and how it might have a repeat?
SO you telling me all the health scientists have not had any breakthroughs for the past 80 years?
DO they know that a missile from US or Middle East can just easily kill twice as many people?
Those bloody world health scientist, I guess they are paid millions...so from the SARS saga what the fuck have they been doing? And so now this virus has been out for 1 week and they still can't create a vaccine? Can we hold their pay till they create a cure then?
I have a theory: that its "them" who release the virus, so they can have more research funds. Or the vaccine is already created, but withhold to boost the sale of Dettol, thermometers and masks, which might happen to be their sponsors.
Simple: Just like Bill Gates and the Microsoft windows theory mar.
Its the media: they fucking around with our heads, distracting us away from the real problem. We should be worrying about global warming, depleting natural resources rather than an economic recession, or if our senior minister has chicken pox.
Gail was asking me if this flu virus is really that serious since she doesn't read/watch the news. I really don't know if I should envy her as she's free from all these mental abuse.
- Taliban, Pakistan at loggerheads over peace deal
- Nepal in turmoil, Maoists threaten street protests
- 29 killed in wave of attacks in south Afghanistan
- Typhoon death toll in Philippines climbs to 25
- 44 killed in attack on wedding party in Turkey
They are constantly talking about how the virus killed many many people about 80 years ago and how it might have a repeat?
SO you telling me all the health scientists have not had any breakthroughs for the past 80 years?
DO they know that a missile from US or Middle East can just easily kill twice as many people?
Those bloody world health scientist, I guess they are paid millions...so from the SARS saga what the fuck have they been doing? And so now this virus has been out for 1 week and they still can't create a vaccine? Can we hold their pay till they create a cure then?
I have a theory: that its "them" who release the virus, so they can have more research funds. Or the vaccine is already created, but withhold to boost the sale of Dettol, thermometers and masks, which might happen to be their sponsors.
Simple: Just like Bill Gates and the Microsoft windows theory mar.
Its the media: they fucking around with our heads, distracting us away from the real problem. We should be worrying about global warming, depleting natural resources rather than an economic recession, or if our senior minister has chicken pox.
Gail was asking me if this flu virus is really that serious since she doesn't read/watch the news. I really don't know if I should envy her as she's free from all these mental abuse.
X and X+1
Was lying on my bed and thinking if there exist numbers such that X and X+1 are both prime.
Came to the realization that such numbers do not exist for all n.
Proof:
WLOG suppose X is odd and prime, then X+1 must be even and thus cannot be prime.
If X is even, trivial.
QED
Came to the realization that such numbers do not exist for all n.
Proof:
WLOG suppose X is odd and prime, then X+1 must be even and thus cannot be prime.
If X is even, trivial.
QED
Saturday, May 2, 2009
arbitrary constant
Taken from a blog of a "random" Math PhD student
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Mathematicians with Asperger's
Over the course of the weekend, I found myself reading an interesting interview with Mark Haddon, writer of multi-award winning The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. A book that I read during my summer holiday last year (I'm so ahead of the fashion, me), it was enjoyable and told the story of a young boy suffering from Asperger's disease (the details of which can be found at aspergers.com). Despite the obvious mathematical thread within the book, I didn't consider the correlation between it and the condition of the narrator much more until I came to this bit of the interview:
"The ratio of men-to-women Asperger's sufferers is nine to one. And we all know some middle-aged men with undiagnosed Asperger's. Go to a maths department in a university town and the ratio goes up sharply. A friend said: 'This not a book about Asperger's; it's about a young mathematician with behavioural issues. If Christopher was real, he'd go on to have a perfectly adequate place in any maths department, and be surrounded by people not very different from himself."
I was slightly taken aback by this, my instinct being one of wanting to defend those within the maths department in which I reside. However, having read a little more about the condition of Asperger's, and having considered that with respect to the stereotypical image associated with a (male) mathematician, I can see why people draw the parallels between the two states.
"
Should I be proud? Or should I be scared?
Friday, May 1, 2009
running
Decided to clear all the running routes in NUS before I leave this place.
Good to know that I can still clear them under our fitness test passing timing.
Just now when I took bus 95 from Buona Vista back to OKR i saw how steep the NUH slope and I was like...
"If I ever come back and run this. I will be walking, crawling, panting and swearing"
Good to know that I can still clear them under our fitness test passing timing.
Just now when I took bus 95 from Buona Vista back to OKR i saw how steep the NUH slope and I was like...
"If I ever come back and run this. I will be walking, crawling, panting and swearing"
Math education
Receiving an education in Math, there are some words, phrases that will stay with you forever....
Cannot think of more for now
- sets
- groups
- rings
- fields
- trivial
- it can be easily seen that...
- mathematicians are lazy people
- functions
- complex
Cannot think of more for now
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
1984
Hands up if you are a male born in 1984 and feels that you have been a suay kia all your life
As far as my memory brings me....we have
Project work...experimental year
A levels...mother tongue need not be counted into your CAP score
SAT...take and then canceled in the same year
Half fuck army discount
So many university courses opened up ONLY straight after we enrolled
University...SU option half fuck discount
Third year in uni, economic boom...those people who cannot endure graduated and found high paying jobs, those supposedly smarter ones endured on only to find themselves in the worst recession since the great depression
Those planning for grad trip...swine flu now
Win liao lor
As far as my memory brings me....we have
Project work...experimental year
A levels...mother tongue need not be counted into your CAP score
SAT...take and then canceled in the same year
Half fuck army discount
So many university courses opened up ONLY straight after we enrolled
University...SU option half fuck discount
Third year in uni, economic boom...those people who cannot endure graduated and found high paying jobs, those supposedly smarter ones endured on only to find themselves in the worst recession since the great depression
Those planning for grad trip...swine flu now
Win liao lor
Monday, April 27, 2009
My dream squad
Peter Schmeichel
Paolo Maldini
Alessandro Nesta
Gary Pallister
Gianluca Zambrotta
Ryan Giggs
Roy Keane
Paul Scholes
Christiano Ronaldo
Roberto Baggio
Eric Cantona
Reserves
Gianluigi Buffon
Dennis Bergkamp
Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Fabio Cannavaro
Dennis Irwin
Paolo Maldini
Alessandro Nesta
Gary Pallister
Gianluca Zambrotta
Ryan Giggs
Roy Keane
Paul Scholes
Christiano Ronaldo
Roberto Baggio
Eric Cantona
Reserves
Gianluigi Buffon
Dennis Bergkamp
Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Fabio Cannavaro
Dennis Irwin
Sunday, April 26, 2009
last week
This is the last week of this semester
Not just any other semester, but the last week of my last semester.
Moi wants to end it on a good, silent note, not to be bothered with anything.
Iran can go bomb USA
USA can go rape IRAQ
China can go poison everyone
Canada can just go lie down
Mexico can give free pork
Ozone may be expanding
Amazon may be shrinking
Min yi may be jailed, fined and caned
Economy may get worse
For all i care
Not just any other semester, but the last week of my last semester.
Moi wants to end it on a good, silent note, not to be bothered with anything.
Iran can go bomb USA
USA can go rape IRAQ
China can go poison everyone
Canada can just go lie down
Mexico can give free pork
Ozone may be expanding
Amazon may be shrinking
Min yi may be jailed, fined and caned
Economy may get worse
For all i care
AWARE
Can the Newpaper/Straits times please stop reporting on this so called "saga"
I have no interest in a women's power fight, AKA catfight.
I rather be reading who is the latest girl that Michael Phelps, Ronaldo are banging.
I have no interest in a women's power fight, AKA catfight.
I rather be reading who is the latest girl that Michael Phelps, Ronaldo are banging.
xxx
I always wanted to say this but keep forgetting:
They are really idiots, illogical and irrational. If we can do w/o them and ensure our continuation. Mankind will have already progress to space-age.
Never will we be traveling to Thailand, Europe for holiday. We will be going to Moon for weekend getaway and another galaxy for a backpack trip.
All our current Mathematical and Computing conjectures will have been solved. Replaced by a set that is of much higher level.
That's because we spend a lot of time doing damage control, damages that they create.
In our current world and especially in Singapore, it is very important to adopt the value
"Get the job done at all costs"
We are champions at that
They will never achieve that status, simply because they are irrational.
They are really idiots, illogical and irrational. If we can do w/o them and ensure our continuation. Mankind will have already progress to space-age.
Never will we be traveling to Thailand, Europe for holiday. We will be going to Moon for weekend getaway and another galaxy for a backpack trip.
All our current Mathematical and Computing conjectures will have been solved. Replaced by a set that is of much higher level.
That's because we spend a lot of time doing damage control, damages that they create.
In our current world and especially in Singapore, it is very important to adopt the value
"Get the job done at all costs"
We are champions at that
They will never achieve that status, simply because they are irrational.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
physics project
Walking past the Physics department I saw the project I did in the module understanding the universe being displayed outside Dr Phil Chan's office.
That was seriously one fun module i took, and also getting to know a "shen"
blah I'm bored, sick, tired, pennyless
That was seriously one fun module i took, and also getting to know a "shen"
blah I'm bored, sick, tired, pennyless
Monday, March 30, 2009
yawns
No more mid-terms in NUS
I have always try to be irreligious, but spiritual
Is the rain an indication of early retirement, or that the retirement shouldn't come at all.....
fuck man missed the chance to try out my final trick.....it would have been so fun
P.S:
Picture this:
Man U decides to combine team with Liverpool, Chelsea...
simply because....
they do not have enough players?
Ferguson tells Benitez:
Hey fuck man, let us just play in England so we can win, win and win medals, i love them as i spend most of my early years getting thrashed by Wenger's kids and returning empty-handed all the time....so upset, so sians....
And if we don't play in England and decide to play out of Europe we will turned into clowns by all the clubs out there man.
I have always try to be irreligious, but spiritual
Is the rain an indication of early retirement, or that the retirement shouldn't come at all.....
fuck man missed the chance to try out my final trick.....it would have been so fun
P.S:
Picture this:
Man U decides to combine team with Liverpool, Chelsea...
simply because....
they do not have enough players?
Ferguson tells Benitez:
Hey fuck man, let us just play in England so we can win, win and win medals, i love them as i spend most of my early years getting thrashed by Wenger's kids and returning empty-handed all the time....so upset, so sians....
And if we don't play in England and decide to play out of Europe we will turned into clowns by all the clubs out there man.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
nus lameness
NUS is so freaking lame
my password must include so many fiucking shit?
Let me try to beat them in their lameness
in order to remind myself of their idiotic password protocol
i should type mine here
Its
igivemy100%
my password must include so many fiucking shit?
Let me try to beat them in their lameness
in order to remind myself of their idiotic password protocol
i should type mine here
Its
igivemy100%
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Euler's identity
The three basic arithmetic operations addition, exponential, multiplication occurs once and only once.
The five fundamental mathematical constants: 1, 0, Pi, e, i.
All in 1 equation.
most beautiful theorem in mathematics
the gold standard for mathematical beauty
Gauss: "If this formula was not immediately apparent to a student on being told it, the student would never be a first-class mathematician."
Keith Devlin: "Like a Shakespearean sonnet that captures the very essence of love, or a painting that brings out the beauty of the human form that is far more than just skin deep, Euler's equation reaches down into the very depths of existence."
Friday, March 6, 2009
project
In my project i have spotted a mistake in a post-grad math textbook and two mistakes in two PhD Thesis
Yet i can't solve the final conjecture
The only consolation is the fact that Prof Godsil and Dr Karen have failed too, which means it is still an open problem.
The only fuck thing is that Newman, Godsil, Karen all have links to University of Waterloo, Faculty of Mathematics, department of Combinatorics and optimization.
Which kinda, sorta reminds me of Goh Yunn Ting again
Fuck you bitch
Yet i can't solve the final conjecture
The only consolation is the fact that Prof Godsil and Dr Karen have failed too, which means it is still an open problem.
The only fuck thing is that Newman, Godsil, Karen all have links to University of Waterloo, Faculty of Mathematics, department of Combinatorics and optimization.
Which kinda, sorta reminds me of Goh Yunn Ting again
Fuck you bitch
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