I bet that:
Car ownership rate will increase tremendously over these few years(if this RM650 rebate thing continues)...
Then when this car rebate things is over, then there will be a sudden tremendous drop in car ownership in Malaysia...
But the traffic will obviously still remain the same even after this miraculous drop in car ownership lar, because the actual number cars used in the country is still the same...
We will see for ourselves first hand how ppl respond to economic incentive..and how the policies distort/influence markets..
Let the wheels roll.......
=p
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Modern Minds and Pastimes
Gay 
More Gay
Mostest Gayerest
Free some more.... hehe
Wei Ken's turn to act gay
Buffet lunch at Resort Cafe
A happy Wei Ken
An equally happy Xing Ji
Good photography gives you wings
Bad photography makes you look retarded (sorry Wei Ken)
Fan girls wating to be the first (some were they since we reached Genting at 12...wtf)
The crowd gets bigger...oh well...tis' dinnertime for us =)
Typical Malaysians...fill 5 saucers full of ketchup and then don't finish...
Pre-Concert Arena of Stars
Introducing - Joe Guese
Ethan Mentzer
Ben Romans
Joey Zehr
Kyle Patrick
And together they form MEGAZORD! I mean The Click Five...I always get those mixed up
How not to pose at a concert
Peace Brother Ken!
The morning after
Looking out the window
Hey kids...it's the cookie monster!
A puffed bag of chips
Another scenic Genting pic...the bottom left pile of rubble looks like a bomb site
Wei Ken's face as we go down Genting in a car with no brakes
My expression...remember hor...buckle up behind...or get fined!
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Of prices and hydrocarbons
As they say at Mastercard
Old Petrol Price : RM 1.92
New Petrol Price : RM 2.70 (effective midnight today)
Reaction by Malaysian public :
Pics were taken at the two petrol kiosks outside my house....the queue was so badass...ppl living in my area couldn't leave their houses...lol...the quality of the pics are so crummy because i didn't dare to use flash and didn't dare to go near...the drivers looked angry enough already...on the plus side...Ramly burger did a roaring trade....mmmmm...Ramly....
Copy Sketching!
This is what I've been up to...when i'm not dotaing =)
I call it copy sketching...obviously it involves ripping off other people's creative designs as fast as possible...naturally I chose only the sexiest concept art to copy from...hehe
All above designs by James Hawkins...check out his wicked site http://www.hawkprey.com/mainpage.htm
Anyway...I tried my hand at some original drawing...and came up with this two pieces of uh...less than stellar crap..or just plain crap...whatever...nuff' said.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Girls have absolute advantage over boys!!
read this article..
btw..as expected from anything controversial, there are many criticism towards this particular research published in Science..but well, this makes into a good piece of dinner table discussion eh??
Girls are becoming as good as boys at mathematics, and are still better at reading
TRADITION has it that boys are good at counting and girls are good at reading. So much so that Mattel once produced a talking Barbie doll whose stock of phrases included “Math class is tough!”
Although much is made of differences between the brains of adult males and females, the sources of these differences are a matter of controversy. Some people put forward cultural explanations and note, for example, that when girls are taught separately from boys they often do better in subjects such as maths than if classes are mixed. Others claim that the differences are rooted in biology, are there from birth, and exist because girls' and boys' brains have evolved to handle information in different ways
Luigi Guiso of the European University Institute in Florence and his colleagues have just published the results of a study which suggests that culture explains most of the difference in maths, at least. In this week's Science, they show that the gap in mathematics scores between boys and girls virtually disappears in countries with high levels of sexual equality, though the reading gap remains.
Dr Guiso took data from the 2003 OECD Programme for International Student Assessment. Some 276,000 15-year-olds from 40 countries sat the same maths and reading tests. The researchers compared the results, by country, with each other and with a number of different measures of social sexual equality. One measure was the World Economic Forum's gender-gap index, which reflects economic and political opportunities, education and well-being for women. Another was based on an index of cultural attitudes towards women. A third was the rate of female economic activity in a country, and the fourth measure looked at women's political participation.
On average, girls' maths scores were, as expected, lower than those of boys. However, the gap was largest in countries with the least equality between the sexes (by any score), such as Turkey. It vanished in countries such as Norway and Sweden, where the sexes are more or less on a par with one another. The researchers also did some additional statistical checks to ensure the correlation was material, and not generated by another, third variable that is correlated with sexual equality, such as GDP per person. They say their data therefore show that improvements in maths scores are related not to economic development, but directly to improvements in the social position of women.
The one mathematical gap that did not disappear was the differences between girls and boys in geometry. This seems to have no relation to sexual equality, and may allow men to cling on to their famed claim to be better at navigating than women are. However, the gap in reading scores not only remained, but got bigger as the sexes became more equal. Average reading scores were higher for girls than for boys in all countries. But in more equal societies, not only were the girls as good at maths as the boys, their advantage in reading had increased.
This suggests an interesting paradox. At first sight, girls' rise to mathematical equality suggests they should be invading maths-heavy professions such as engineering—and that if they are not, the implication might be that prejudice is keeping them out. However, as David Ricardo observed almost 200 years ago, economic optimisation is about comparative advantage. The rise in female reading scores alongside their maths scores suggests that female comparative advantage in this area has not changed. According to Paola Sapienza, a professor of finance at Northwestern University in Illinois who is one of the paper's authors, that is just what has happened. Other studies of gifted girls, she says, show that even though the girls had the ability, fewer than expected ended up reading maths and sciences at university. Instead, they went on to be become successful in areas such as law.
In other words, girls may acquire an absolute advantage over boys as a result of equal treatment. This is something that society, more broadly, has not yet taken on board. Mattel may wish to take note that among Teen Talk Barbie's 270 phrases concerning shopping, parties and clothes, at least one might usefully have been, “Dostoevsky rocks!”
from : http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11449804btw..as expected from anything controversial, there are many criticism towards this particular research published in Science..but well, this makes into a good piece of dinner table discussion eh??
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Supply and demand
Recently, the National Islamic Students Association of Malaysia condemned the Malaysian female school uniform (more specifically the white blouse) as being too darn sexy. Among other comments, the vice president of the association claimed that the blouses became a distraction to men whether they liked it or not and that it led to babies born out of wedlock and prostitution. Malaysian schoolgirls were also critized for using their darn sexy white blouses to "attract men to them" thus seeing them "getting molested, having premarital sex and all sorts of things".
On the other hand, we have the MP from Pasir Mas, Mr. Ibrahim Ali suggesting that a large campaign encouraging women to accept polygamy be held to end the increasing problem of divorce in Malaysia, or in his very own words , "Such problems (divorces) happen because women cannot accept polygamy. From a preventive point of view, what about doing a big campaign so that women can accept polygamy?" He further added that ," Women did not understand that when they were pregnant for nine months, or had "problems" when they hit their 50's, their men still wanted to "have fun". So the man wants to marry again, and the wife gets jealous and asks for divorce."
Two seperate problems you say? Not really, my economics training instantly detected the two cases above as a classic case of mismatch of information with regards to supply and demand. Lets see, in case two, men are demanding more sex, and in case one, those young nubile high school girls in their darn sexy white blouses who are out there attracting men are in effect, supplying sex. So somewhat akin to frictional unemployment, the right sex is not being supplied to the people who are demanding it, thus leading to molest, premarital sex and divorce!! The way I see it, students who are attracting men by employing their wily charms as well as their darn sexy white uniforms should be made to marry men who "wanna have fun". This effectively kills two birds with one stone (the above idiom was not chosen for the sake of sexual innuendo....yeah rite). You see, such horny young females would most likely be more receptive towards polygamy because (and I'm taking an extreme leap of faith here by stereotyping them as such, but politicians do it all the time anyway) this might even give them the chance to engage in legal orgies! Plus, if they get married to said men wanting more sex, then the problem of premarital sex would also be solved because by then, all sex would be strictly marital and legally wholesome. Furthermore, the relatively young age of these schoolgirls would guarantee a safe period of around 30+ years before they start having "problems" in their 50's ( product has good shelf life)
So you see, there's no need to change the uniforms or hold campaigns to encourage polygamy, just set up a matchmaking service between schoolgirls in sexy white uniforms and older married men who wanna "have fun" and Malaysia will be a much happier place to live in. Make love not war as they say. Peace out!
On the other hand, we have the MP from Pasir Mas, Mr. Ibrahim Ali suggesting that a large campaign encouraging women to accept polygamy be held to end the increasing problem of divorce in Malaysia, or in his very own words , "Such problems (divorces) happen because women cannot accept polygamy. From a preventive point of view, what about doing a big campaign so that women can accept polygamy?" He further added that ," Women did not understand that when they were pregnant for nine months, or had "problems" when they hit their 50's, their men still wanted to "have fun". So the man wants to marry again, and the wife gets jealous and asks for divorce."
Two seperate problems you say? Not really, my economics training instantly detected the two cases above as a classic case of mismatch of information with regards to supply and demand. Lets see, in case two, men are demanding more sex, and in case one, those young nubile high school girls in their darn sexy white blouses who are out there attracting men are in effect, supplying sex. So somewhat akin to frictional unemployment, the right sex is not being supplied to the people who are demanding it, thus leading to molest, premarital sex and divorce!! The way I see it, students who are attracting men by employing their wily charms as well as their darn sexy white uniforms should be made to marry men who "wanna have fun". This effectively kills two birds with one stone (the above idiom was not chosen for the sake of sexual innuendo....yeah rite). You see, such horny young females would most likely be more receptive towards polygamy because (and I'm taking an extreme leap of faith here by stereotyping them as such, but politicians do it all the time anyway) this might even give them the chance to engage in legal orgies! Plus, if they get married to said men wanting more sex, then the problem of premarital sex would also be solved because by then, all sex would be strictly marital and legally wholesome. Furthermore, the relatively young age of these schoolgirls would guarantee a safe period of around 30+ years before they start having "problems" in their 50's ( product has good shelf life)
So you see, there's no need to change the uniforms or hold campaigns to encourage polygamy, just set up a matchmaking service between schoolgirls in sexy white uniforms and older married men who wanna "have fun" and Malaysia will be a much happier place to live in. Make love not war as they say. Peace out!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Always
V1:
No more in uniform
No more in pretty ponytails
No more the squeaky chairs
No more school blues and all that jazz
PC:
Where are we now?
We're chasing after stars within our reach
So we'll be
Somewhere out there living out our dreams
V2:
No more the innocent
No more the boy and girl naive
No more the wanderer
We all have found someone to be
C:
Years go by and yet
I still remember
How we held onto memories
Yet they will fade
Yet I remember
And I will always
V3:
So we're all grown up now
Make up and dress up and all that
Neckties and flowers
And all that jazz
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Written for all you guys out there. :-)
Monday, April 07, 2008
I don't think this will start the ball rolling, but...
Hello, everyone!
This is Florence here. I can see that we are all busy with our own lives, and that this blog is undoubtedly *ahem... koff... koff* resting in peace.
Nothing much to say, really. Just that I miss all of you people, and finally moving on with life is weird. Before yesterday, I had this weakness of holding on to good old memories, but I suppose all happy endings must come to an end, whatever that means.
Anyways. :-) To all those who are taking exams soon, study hard! You can do it, like, duh! cos you're Science One material. Just keep at the books, people! (I sound like a horse-driver but nevermind...)
And to those people who are having spring breaks or Easter breaks or honeymoon breaks or whatever breaks,
LUCKY YOU!!!
You better enjoy them to the max on my behalf, because I only got 2 measly... I mean, marvelous days off. Oh, well. One mustn't complain. :-P
Take care, everyone.
Don't grow up too fast. I might not recognize you when we meet again!
XOXOXOXO
Flo.
This is Florence here. I can see that we are all busy with our own lives, and that this blog is undoubtedly *ahem... koff... koff* resting in peace.
Nothing much to say, really. Just that I miss all of you people, and finally moving on with life is weird. Before yesterday, I had this weakness of holding on to good old memories, but I suppose all happy endings must come to an end, whatever that means.
Anyways. :-) To all those who are taking exams soon, study hard! You can do it, like, duh! cos you're Science One material. Just keep at the books, people! (I sound like a horse-driver but nevermind...)
And to those people who are having spring breaks or Easter breaks or honeymoon breaks or whatever breaks,
LUCKY YOU!!!
You better enjoy them to the max on my behalf, because I only got 2 measly... I mean, marvelous days off. Oh, well. One mustn't complain. :-P
Take care, everyone.
Don't grow up too fast. I might not recognize you when we meet again!
XOXOXOXO
Flo.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Food for Thought
Food for thought 1:
Rachel once asked me:" what if tomorrow u're going to die....."
What if tomorrow you ARE going to die??
What will you do??
Will you meet up with friends, play and spend all your money??
Or will you finish up all the work that you have yet to do..like go CHS take your 1119 cert..like return all the books u borrowed from ppl..
or will you go like "what the hell man, whatever i do, it doesn't make any difference..so y do anything? just sleep slack until u die.."
actually, you can do something that will make a lot of difference..spend your last day buying LOTS of insurance =p
FOOD FOR THOUGHT 2:
Y on earth are the people producing the things most essential for our survival-- food --most often the ppl that are the poorest??
I know you will say: yeah..its demand and supply, almost everyone can be farmers...not everyone can be doctors bla bla bla..
but still..
y do financial traders, who we can totally live without, and who doesn't do much good(at least none that i know of) earn so DAMN MUCH!! while farmers(at least in the third world where there are less subsidies unlike the west) are struggling to survive!!
i mean..those ppl that worked be4...do u think those working as waiters, working in offices... deserve to earn more than construction workers??? or your maids???
Capitalism, i tell u..benefits ppl like us..
Rachel once asked me:" what if tomorrow u're going to die....."
What if tomorrow you ARE going to die??
What will you do??
Will you meet up with friends, play and spend all your money??
Or will you finish up all the work that you have yet to do..like go CHS take your 1119 cert..like return all the books u borrowed from ppl..
or will you go like "what the hell man, whatever i do, it doesn't make any difference..so y do anything? just sleep slack until u die.."
actually, you can do something that will make a lot of difference..spend your last day buying LOTS of insurance =p
FOOD FOR THOUGHT 2:
Y on earth are the people producing the things most essential for our survival-- food --most often the ppl that are the poorest??
I know you will say: yeah..its demand and supply, almost everyone can be farmers...not everyone can be doctors bla bla bla..
but still..
y do financial traders, who we can totally live without, and who doesn't do much good(at least none that i know of) earn so DAMN MUCH!! while farmers(at least in the third world where there are less subsidies unlike the west) are struggling to survive!!
i mean..those ppl that worked be4...do u think those working as waiters, working in offices... deserve to earn more than construction workers??? or your maids???
Capitalism, i tell u..benefits ppl like us..
Review-New book on shelves {The boy, the STPM, and the adventure}
Preface
Once upon a time, there was a little boy. His name is insignificant. His personality is irrelevant. His growing-up stories is not important.
So, why worth mention it? This is because somewhere in the middle of his insignificant life, he has done something significant - Face the war of STPM
This book is a narrative story about the adventure of this little boy in the war of STPM....
(Warning: The book is not suitable for those with yawning and drowse problem)
"A super dull novel."
-The Dumpist Book Review
"[A] drab and dreary adventure"
-Bad Book Collection Journal
" Useless and Meaningless "
Publisher
" Its is amazing! The writer is manage to write something so drab into a book. Good job! "
A reader
Proven antidote for sleeping problem
Winner of the dummy Award
Winner of National Dull Book
An UWS best book for young adults
An UWS notable book
An UWS quick pick
PS UWS-(You will sleep)
Review
Ever since the release of this book , it has become a instant hit. Researches shown that the book has help to reduce the sleeping disorder among people by 55%.
The story is simple. And you can summarize it into a few words
The boy faced STPM exam.
The writer has use his unimaginable skills to lengthen it to such an extend that you will fall asleep halfway.
So, what are you waiting for? Grab 1 and have a nice sleep today.
By WL aka little boy
Once upon a time, there was a little boy. His name is insignificant. His personality is irrelevant. His growing-up stories is not important.
So, why worth mention it? This is because somewhere in the middle of his insignificant life, he has done something significant - Face the war of STPM
This book is a narrative story about the adventure of this little boy in the war of STPM....
(Warning: The book is not suitable for those with yawning and drowse problem)
"A super dull novel."
-The Dumpist Book Review
"[A] drab and dreary adventure"
-Bad Book Collection Journal
" Useless and Meaningless "
Publisher
" Its is amazing! The writer is manage to write something so drab into a book. Good job! "
A reader
Proven antidote for sleeping problem
Winner of the dummy Award
Winner of National Dull Book
An UWS best book for young adults
An UWS notable book
An UWS quick pick
PS UWS-(You will sleep)
Review
Ever since the release of this book , it has become a instant hit. Researches shown that the book has help to reduce the sleeping disorder among people by 55%.
The story is simple. And you can summarize it into a few words
The boy faced STPM exam.
The writer has use his unimaginable skills to lengthen it to such an extend that you will fall asleep halfway.
So, what are you waiting for? Grab 1 and have a nice sleep today.
By WL aka little boy
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Malaysia truly Asia
Wow... this just keeps getting better and better...
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/SundayInterview/20071028074831/Article/index_html
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/SundayInterview/20071028074831/Article/index_html
The life cycle of an ex-con...i mean ex-student
Fun things you learn on the internet... I'm the owner of a mysterious Energy Enterprise that set up a blog but didn't bother putting up any posts (www.xingji.blogspot.com), plus my name is Sammy.
Anyway, I think I'll just give you a brief outline on how i'm killing time these days waiting for my A-level results to come out...
10.00 am : Wake up
10.30 am : Get out of bed (Ask no questions, tell no lies)
10.45 am : Brush teeth
10.50 am : Eat breakfast (Warning. May contain traces of egg and dairy products)
11.00 am : Activity*
13.00 pm : Lunch (Warning. May contain traces of animal fat)
13.30 pm : Activity**
17.00 pm : Accompany mum to pick up sister from work (Weekends not included)
18.00 pm : Dinner
19.00 pm : Activity***
20.00 pm : Evening news
20.30 pm : Yoo Hee the Witch/MTV
21.30 pm : Activity****
00.00 am : Go upstairs
00.05 am : Brush teeth
00.10 am : Turn off lights
00.11 am : Lie on bed
00.12 am : Think
01.30 am : Sleep
04.30 am : Wake up from nightmare*****
* Shopping/CNY prep/House maintenance/Sudden urgent chore (these pop up fairly often)
** Resumption of previous activity. Sometimes, if mum is not home, I dota till I throw up.
*** On weekdays, mum and sis watch Singaporean dramas. I sneak an hour online.
**** More house maintenance/CNY prep/something will crop up
***** Generally consists of exam nightmares regarding econs, physics, and oddly enough, pendidikan moral. Sometimes, disturbing childhood incidents resurface to haunt me...
In between my packed daily schedule (yeah rite), I have managed to run a grand total of three (3) times (adios muscleman), learn cooking from my mum, went for an undang seminar (lihong says only 6 hours wasted wor), fantasized about starting my own comic strip, bitch slapped myself out of it, and started fantasizing about other stuff instead. Sometimes I remember to bathe. I plan to watch Sweeney Todd and Meet the Spartans next. Any takers (I promise to bathe first)?
P.S. Wall's mini popper chocolate flavour tastes really good.
P.S.S. I need a haircut.
P.S.S.S. I tag Shu Haur, Nicholas and Chun Wei. Plus I retag all those who've already been tagged but not posted...you lazy ****** you
****** : people - Mammals of the species Homo Sapiens, sometimes bipedal. Part-time bloggers (they just need encouragement, like an AK-47 to the neck)
Anyway, I think I'll just give you a brief outline on how i'm killing time these days waiting for my A-level results to come out...
10.00 am : Wake up
10.30 am : Get out of bed (Ask no questions, tell no lies)
10.45 am : Brush teeth
10.50 am : Eat breakfast (Warning. May contain traces of egg and dairy products)
11.00 am : Activity*
13.00 pm : Lunch (Warning. May contain traces of animal fat)
13.30 pm : Activity**
17.00 pm : Accompany mum to pick up sister from work (Weekends not included)
18.00 pm : Dinner
19.00 pm : Activity***
20.00 pm : Evening news
20.30 pm : Yoo Hee the Witch/MTV
21.30 pm : Activity****
00.00 am : Go upstairs
00.05 am : Brush teeth
00.10 am : Turn off lights
00.11 am : Lie on bed
00.12 am : Think
01.30 am : Sleep
04.30 am : Wake up from nightmare*****
* Shopping/CNY prep/House maintenance/Sudden urgent chore (these pop up fairly often)
** Resumption of previous activity. Sometimes, if mum is not home, I dota till I throw up.
*** On weekdays, mum and sis watch Singaporean dramas. I sneak an hour online.
**** More house maintenance/CNY prep/something will crop up
***** Generally consists of exam nightmares regarding econs, physics, and oddly enough, pendidikan moral. Sometimes, disturbing childhood incidents resurface to haunt me...
In between my packed daily schedule (yeah rite), I have managed to run a grand total of three (3) times (adios muscleman), learn cooking from my mum, went for an undang seminar (lihong says only 6 hours wasted wor), fantasized about starting my own comic strip, bitch slapped myself out of it, and started fantasizing about other stuff instead. Sometimes I remember to bathe. I plan to watch Sweeney Todd and Meet the Spartans next. Any takers (I promise to bathe first)?
P.S. Wall's mini popper chocolate flavour tastes really good.
P.S.S. I need a haircut.
P.S.S.S. I tag Shu Haur, Nicholas and Chun Wei. Plus I retag all those who've already been tagged but not posted...you lazy ****** you
****** : people - Mammals of the species Homo Sapiens, sometimes bipedal. Part-time bloggers (they just need encouragement, like an AK-47 to the neck)
Rachel Ooi: My turn! =)
WOW. Suddenly there's a whole flurry of activity here!! No one can say we 5s1-ers aren't efficient people man!!
And hmmm.... I'm supposed to update about myself. Well, basically, *grins sheepishly*, I've been... around... for the last 6 months or so. Most of you whom I've kept in touch with already know most of it, but let's just refresh for those who don't alright?
June- Rachel finishes A-level at Taylor's.
July- Rachel goes on mission trip to Cambodia. Rachel volunteers at Kiwanis Down Syndrome Home.
August- Rachel goes to work as a temporary full-time telemarketer selling personal accident insurance(Those who don't know what's that, ask me. Heck, ask me about insurance! If my company did do their job properly, and I my homework, I have quite a bit of insurance knowledge in my head =D )
late September- Rachel stops work to study for SAT and to apply UCAS. (For those who're going to ask why didn't I apply the year before- long, complicated story.)
October- Rachel sits for SAT1. And she can't remember what she did for the rest of that month=)
November- Rachel can't remember anything productive she did for the month, except study for SAT2 (Do remember that it's almost 5 months since she did any real studying and that she has a very very short term memory). She recalls a myriad of movies, yumcha sessions, singing k sessions and blogging =)
December- Rachel slaves through US applications and essays, attends church camp and visits the whole of North-East China.
January- Rachel goes back to volunteering at Kiwanis as a quarter-time volunteer (that's what u call someone who volunteers less than what a part-timer would right?).
The future- foggy and uncertain. But Rachel will definitely be a medical student at the Monash Malaysia campus for the February semester. After that? My guess is as good as yours. =)
I don't think anyone posted up the December reunion photo here, so I shall do the honours =D
If you can't recognise some of the people, you know you're in DEEP trouble and should seek emergency treatment at this blog immediately. What treatment? Ask Flo =P
I'm done! OH yES, one last thing- see my name on your right? All it takes is one click. And you'll be on your way to my blog! One of the few wonders of technology I actually love... besides my handphone, msn, freely accessible Happy Tree Friends and other stuff I'm too lazy to mention. Maybe I don't love them enough...
Ah yes the only reason I did this tag in the first place- I TAG:
1) crap can't think of anyone- Timothy (if the busy man finds time to visit this site)
2) Li Hong (at least I'm certain he visits)
3) Sue Lynn ( no idea whether she visits or not)
4) Yin Shean ( She might visit )
5) Wai Lam ( I think he visits)
6) Sue Bee ( I have no idea)
7) Xin Ni (Likewise)
8) I know I'm cheating =)
YES I'm really done. Happy posting!!
MISS YOU ALL!!!!
GOD BLESS YOU!!
With love,
Rachel Ooi
P.S. There yi ning... a long, long post, just the way you like it.
And hmmm.... I'm supposed to update about myself. Well, basically, *grins sheepishly*, I've been... around... for the last 6 months or so. Most of you whom I've kept in touch with already know most of it, but let's just refresh for those who don't alright?
June- Rachel finishes A-level at Taylor's.
July- Rachel goes on mission trip to Cambodia. Rachel volunteers at Kiwanis Down Syndrome Home.
August- Rachel goes to work as a temporary full-time telemarketer selling personal accident insurance(Those who don't know what's that, ask me. Heck, ask me about insurance! If my company did do their job properly, and I my homework, I have quite a bit of insurance knowledge in my head =D )
late September- Rachel stops work to study for SAT and to apply UCAS. (For those who're going to ask why didn't I apply the year before- long, complicated story.)
October- Rachel sits for SAT1. And she can't remember what she did for the rest of that month=)
November- Rachel can't remember anything productive she did for the month, except study for SAT2 (Do remember that it's almost 5 months since she did any real studying and that she has a very very short term memory). She recalls a myriad of movies, yumcha sessions, singing k sessions and blogging =)
December- Rachel slaves through US applications and essays, attends church camp and visits the whole of North-East China.
January- Rachel goes back to volunteering at Kiwanis as a quarter-time volunteer (that's what u call someone who volunteers less than what a part-timer would right?).
The future- foggy and uncertain. But Rachel will definitely be a medical student at the Monash Malaysia campus for the February semester. After that? My guess is as good as yours. =)
I don't think anyone posted up the December reunion photo here, so I shall do the honours =D
If you can't recognise some of the people, you know you're in DEEP trouble and should seek emergency treatment at this blog immediately. What treatment? Ask Flo =P
I'm done! OH yES, one last thing- see my name on your right? All it takes is one click. And you'll be on your way to my blog! One of the few wonders of technology I actually love... besides my handphone, msn, freely accessible Happy Tree Friends and other stuff I'm too lazy to mention. Maybe I don't love them enough...
Ah yes the only reason I did this tag in the first place- I TAG:
1) crap can't think of anyone- Timothy (if the busy man finds time to visit this site)
2) Li Hong (at least I'm certain he visits)
3) Sue Lynn ( no idea whether she visits or not)
4) Yin Shean ( She might visit )
5) Wai Lam ( I think he visits)
6) Sue Bee ( I have no idea)
7) Xin Ni (Likewise)
8) I know I'm cheating =)
YES I'm really done. Happy posting!!
MISS YOU ALL!!!!
GOD BLESS YOU!!
With love,
Rachel Ooi
P.S. There yi ning... a long, long post, just the way you like it.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
The 5S1 '05 Revival Tag - Caleb Passing The Baton
Me ar? Well, to find out more about me visit my blog . Why would you want to do so you ask? Well, because it's Visit cnxc323 '08. So pop along my blog to read about what I usually eat in the jolly ol' boring city of Southampton.
Well, if you don't want to read my blog even after that Visit adverts we are so exposed to, I can give you a summary: Basically what you can find in my blog is a gazillion photos of pasta as I eat that like, well, alot. Yea, sick of eating my own pasta already as nice as they taste. Muahaha.
So anyway, yesterday was my last paper for my semester one exam. Was horrid. But oh well, Hope I did good enough. For those of you not in the know, I'm doing Electronics Engineering in the University of Southampton. Why am I here? Well, coz it's THE best school for electronics, outside the US and I am just lazy to apply to the US. So there. I'm here. It takes about 1.5 hours to get to Southampton by train here and trains here costs two bombs or £22 to be exact, AFTER discount. Yea... I shan't be taking the train no more, I'll take the bus more often.
Haven't seen no snow yet since I got here. GLOBAL WARMING. Bah. Thanks to everyone and their wasteful habits I don't get no snow HERE in the YOO KAY. So yea. Stop being wasteful everyone. Global warming WILL destroy us all! Recycle, turn off lights if you don't need them, turn your aircond down to 23 degrees celcius and walk instead of drive.
Ok, now that I've got my ESC rant out of the way, I tag Xing Ji, Xing Ji, Xing Ji, Shaun, Sui Yuan, Si YI and heck, whoever name isn't here, you'll have to do it anyway. So please do. I tag 5S1.
P.S. I tag Yingxu also. And Elaine and Darell. But their presence on this blog is just.. non-existant.
Well, if you don't want to read my blog even after that Visit
So anyway, yesterday was my last paper for my semester one exam. Was horrid. But oh well, Hope I did good enough. For those of you not in the know, I'm doing Electronics Engineering in the University of Southampton. Why am I here? Well, coz it's THE best school for electronics, outside the US and I am just lazy to apply to the US. So there. I'm here. It takes about 1.5 hours to get to Southampton by train here and trains here costs two bombs or £22 to be exact, AFTER discount. Yea... I shan't be taking the train no more, I'll take the bus more often.
Haven't seen no snow yet since I got here. GLOBAL WARMING. Bah. Thanks to everyone and their wasteful habits I don't get no snow HERE in the YOO KAY. So yea. Stop being wasteful everyone. Global warming WILL destroy us all! Recycle, turn off lights if you don't need them, turn your aircond down to 23 degrees celcius and walk instead of drive.
Ok, now that I've got my ESC rant out of the way, I tag Xing Ji, Xing Ji, Xing Ji, Shaun, Sui Yuan, Si YI and heck, whoever name isn't here, you'll have to do it anyway. So please do. I tag 5S1.
P.S. I tag Yingxu also. And Elaine and Darell. But their presence on this blog is just.. non-existant.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Spreading the word
To all those who have ever wanted to do something against the speeding buses of malaysia...
http://jayelleenelial.com/?p=551
http://jayelleenelial.com/?p=551
I've been tagged.
Well.
Where do I start?
You guys know I'm in Prague, yeah?
Yeah I'm probably the only CHS-ian studying in Prague, come to think of it.
I should feel so privileged. Hehe...
Yeah, so far, it's been a blessing... I'm learning a lot - about growing, about taking charge of your life, and currently I'm learning discipline and how not to depend so much on other people, though I like to sometimes.
Maybe this abroad thingymajigo experience is helping me with growing up and shaping me into someone... Growing up definitely. I bought my first lipstick today if you want a good example. :-P (I usually borrow my mom's.) And in other aspects too... there is this sense of freedom that if not properly controlled can rule your life. For example, I think I might have been going out too often and not sticking to my books when I should. Which has to change from today onwards... if I want to get home by this summer.
And the people I meet... It's amazing... well, besides a huge Malaysian group, I have met people from all over... from NZ right to Tanzania right to Slovakia right to China right to America right to Ukraine, etc. etc. Prague is like a melting pot of races. Especially in the city where the foreigners are many.. In the smaller towns, we rarely find foreigners, though. It's just amazing... and most of them I met at church.. I'm attending an International church which pretty much feels like home. And I've found a good group of friends whom I am able to blend with. :-) Thank God.
School is okay, too. I've got some pretty cool lecturers, and their English put some of ours to shame, I'd say. I wish I could speak Chinese as well as they can speak English. But oh well... that reminds me, I've really got to have some sort of coaching when I get back. I seriously HAVE TO LEARN MANDARIN. I know, I know... what with you guys speaking English half the time, I didn't learn much. XD
But I love you guys all the same. :-)
Otherwise... yeah. That's pretty much it for now, at least. I miss high school. I just came back from a choir by a congregation of more than 10 high schools from all over the world which blew me off my feet... I'll post the link on my blog sometime soon and you guys can go check youtube. And they did it all in 3 days, can you believe it. It really made me miss school and the chances that I had to be involved in the singing community.
Righto. Have fun y'all. And take care. I'll see you around. :-)
Lotsaluv,
Flo.
P.S. To those dears who have been keeping this blog alive... what would I do without you guys. *hugs*
Where do I start?
You guys know I'm in Prague, yeah?
Yeah I'm probably the only CHS-ian studying in Prague, come to think of it.
I should feel so privileged. Hehe...
Yeah, so far, it's been a blessing... I'm learning a lot - about growing, about taking charge of your life, and currently I'm learning discipline and how not to depend so much on other people, though I like to sometimes.
Maybe this abroad thingymajigo experience is helping me with growing up and shaping me into someone... Growing up definitely. I bought my first lipstick today if you want a good example. :-P (I usually borrow my mom's.) And in other aspects too... there is this sense of freedom that if not properly controlled can rule your life. For example, I think I might have been going out too often and not sticking to my books when I should. Which has to change from today onwards... if I want to get home by this summer.
And the people I meet... It's amazing... well, besides a huge Malaysian group, I have met people from all over... from NZ right to Tanzania right to Slovakia right to China right to America right to Ukraine, etc. etc. Prague is like a melting pot of races. Especially in the city where the foreigners are many.. In the smaller towns, we rarely find foreigners, though. It's just amazing... and most of them I met at church.. I'm attending an International church which pretty much feels like home. And I've found a good group of friends whom I am able to blend with. :-) Thank God.
School is okay, too. I've got some pretty cool lecturers, and their English put some of ours to shame, I'd say. I wish I could speak Chinese as well as they can speak English. But oh well... that reminds me, I've really got to have some sort of coaching when I get back. I seriously HAVE TO LEARN MANDARIN. I know, I know... what with you guys speaking English half the time, I didn't learn much. XD
But I love you guys all the same. :-)
Otherwise... yeah. That's pretty much it for now, at least. I miss high school. I just came back from a choir by a congregation of more than 10 high schools from all over the world which blew me off my feet... I'll post the link on my blog sometime soon and you guys can go check youtube. And they did it all in 3 days, can you believe it. It really made me miss school and the chances that I had to be involved in the singing community.
Righto. Have fun y'all. And take care. I'll see you around. :-)
Lotsaluv,
Flo.
P.S. To those dears who have been keeping this blog alive... what would I do without you guys. *hugs*
Sunday, January 27, 2008
1119 collection...2nd round
Right...i'll get straight to the point...who wants to go collect 1119 cert like some time soon? we can get our certs, harass the teachers and then climb the school gates all over again...actually, i've never climbed the...oh wait...i did...anyway...the point is if there's anyone who wants to collect the cert and at the same time meet up, drop a line here saying when u wanna collect, what u wanna do after collecting (movie, shopping, lunch, duck hunting etc.)
Cheers...and yes caleb...i've gone over to the dark side...
Cheers...and yes caleb...i've gone over to the dark side...
TA-DA
wooo lala.
finally i can post for the very first time for 5s1 =)
eh you guys should be proud of me okie? 1st up, i'm typing in perfect spelling.2nd, i'm doing this voluntarily. how RARE is that lah =) from the greatest TINk =)
ANYWAY. i have a great idea too. we should post CAMWHORE PICTURES of ourselves. to update each other on how we look =)
anyway. i should not start posting my camwhore pics just yet. let florence do the honours =)
by the way,
i MOVED. =) to ara damansara.
my cellnumber is still the same.
if you want to reach me. mail me. call me. zonifiedyen@gmail.com =)
and i'm heading to University of Sydney on valentine's to study economics =)
there.i updated myself =)
now its everyone elses turn.
and yi ning. you did not update youraelf lar. pffft. so i tag you LOLZ and flo and caleb and rachel. =D
by the way. was looking at our class picture.was wondering about this.over this 2 years, did xing ji grow any taller? XD i'm really curious =)
finally i can post for the very first time for 5s1 =)
eh you guys should be proud of me okie? 1st up, i'm typing in perfect spelling.2nd, i'm doing this voluntarily. how RARE is that lah =) from the greatest TINk =)
ANYWAY. i have a great idea too. we should post CAMWHORE PICTURES of ourselves. to update each other on how we look =)
anyway. i should not start posting my camwhore pics just yet. let florence do the honours =)
by the way,
i MOVED. =) to ara damansara.
my cellnumber is still the same.
if you want to reach me. mail me. call me. zonifiedyen@gmail.com =)
and i'm heading to University of Sydney on valentine's to study economics =)
there.i updated myself =)
now its everyone elses turn.
and yi ning. you did not update youraelf lar. pffft. so i tag you LOLZ and flo and caleb and rachel. =D
by the way. was looking at our class picture.was wondering about this.over this 2 years, did xing ji grow any taller? XD i'm really curious =)
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