Holidays?

It's December again!

While we're SUPPOSED to be having our holidays, most of us are struggling with FYP!

To date, here are some updates.

Yix has flown to Hong Kong for an interview. Good luck Yix!
Fen will be having her driving test tomorrow. Jiayou gal!
Khim Sing will be turning 27 in a few days time. Happy birthday!!!

Let's all not worry about results yet. Enjoy while we can!

Xmas gathering on 22nd Dec!
More details will be out soon!

They're back!!

Yeah they are finally back!!! I had such a weird weekend w/o them around!

We now have certified divers (basic), certified open water divers (advanced) and wat else? ahha.. I 4gt the term for Phee's certification. MSD?

FYP

Just to keep this place alive hahaha
let's do an update on who's doing wat on fyp

I shall start the ball rolling

Yun
Proj name: Brain-Inspired weaning for mechanical ventilator
Supervisor: A/P Abdul Wahab Bin Abdul Rahman
Lab: Centre for Computational Intelligence

SMRT Challenge

Got this from Campus Buzz

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Singapore’s Ultimate Travel Race Join SMRT Challenge 2006 for a day of fun, strategy and adventure! Crack clues and plan the fastest routes to checkpoints across or near SMRT's train stations, taxi stops and bus interchanges. Conquer physically-demanding “Missions”. Execute courtesy and safety tasks. Power to the finish line together!

Date 23 July 2006
Time 8am—6pm
Venue Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza

Cash Prizes
Category First Prize Second Prize Third Prize
Student S$2,000/team S$1,500/team S$1,000/team
Family S$2,000/team S$1,500/team S$1,000/team
Open S$2,000/team S$1,500/team S$1,000/team

Registration
Registration is free.

Form a team¹ to register for the Student, Family or Open Category².

Application forms are available at all Passenger Service Centres of SMRT Train Stations (North-South and East-West Lines), SMRT Bus Interchanges at Bukit Batok, Bukit Panjang, Choa Chu Kang, Sembawang, Woodlands and Yishun and at www.smrt.com.sg

Closing date for registration: Friday, 23 June 2006.

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Anyone wanna join me?

KL Trip - Day 2

Sorry for this long awaited post! Been busy.. yeap busy "working" offline lah! Since I couldn't do any updates during office hours, I did bit by bit offline. So here's part 1 of Day 2!

Yeah Day 2!

(What a way to start the entry. Nice photo ya? Credits to UG! *wink*)

"WAKE UP WAKE UP!!!" *yawnz* The morning "bell" rang at 7+am. Hahha! And that's KS. Followed by Yix. Followed by UG. UG sounded like a rooster though. *ROFLOL*

When everyone's awake at long last, we proceeded downstairs for breakfast. Prior to that, Yix & UG had woken up earlier to try the hotel breakfast - which was later proven to be a better choice having our breakfast elsewhere.

Breakfast was at a coffeeshop-like place that's 5 mins away from our hotel. Each of us had a bowl of salty-egg/century-egg porridge, 2 half-boiled eggs & a cuppa coffee. Maybe except Yix. lol

Took a lot of public transport today. A RM2 bus ticket allows us unlimited rides on Rapid KL buses for the day. Our first destination of the day is Suria KLCC.

If you intend to visit Petronas Twin Towers, go up to the top, here's some guidelines..


The long-missed A&W Root Beer & Waffle!! You definitely can't get this in SG anymore!

I thot this photo looks cute. Kudos to UG!

Here's our one & only group photo! I can't seem to write much this time round. 'Coz it's mainly walking around to shop. As the saying goes, A picture speaks a thousand words. So.. PictureS speak thousands of words right? wahahha! Here goes!

(*to be continued* I've yet finish editing the photos as yet..)

KL Trip - Day 1 (completed)

Ok I shall start on our journey up north!

Let me see..

Prelude
Original plan was: Fen, Yun & Yix to meet @ Ten Mile Junction bus stop @ 6.30am. Meet KS, Randy, Van & UG @ Departure Hall 7am.

Due to some hiccups, Yix joined Fen & Yun only @ the bus stop @ Custom. 7.15am. UG & KS reached.

Yix called Van to see if she've reached. Confirmed that she's on the way. Where's Randy?

Since there was no mention of Randy during the phonecall between Yix & Van, Yun tried to contact Randy, praying that he has not forgotten about the trip and is still sleeping on his bed. Praying that Yun does not need to call Randy's sis to wake him up.

Called once. No one picked up the phone.

Twice.

Thrice.

Yun lost track of the number of times she called. Until she see Van & Randy coming up the escalator together. -_-"


Off we go
Wasn't quite a long wait @ Singapore custom, but no idea why the queue that I'm at is always the slowest. Van & Randy proceeded on first as they need to check with the bus company the bus that we have to take from Larkin to KL.

When the 5 of us reached M'sia custom, Van & Randy were just about 15 people in front of us, despite leaving Singapore custom about 15mins earlier than us. Heard that they queued at the wrong queue and had to re-queue? o.O

We were still in the queue at 8.30am.

8.45am. Cleared M'sia custom FINALLY. SBS 170 was soo packed that all of us took the Singapore-Johore Express though we didn't buy tickets ( except for Van & Randy ).

9.05am. Reached Larkin bus terminal. Searched frantically for our bus platform, hoping to see the bus waiting. (Our bus was scheduled to be at 9am)

Oh yes we missed the bus! Saw a bus leaving the terminal, chased it, the bus driver told us to check with the counter. Oh wellz..

After checking with the counter, we were told the bus is scheduled to be at 9.30am, not 9am, and we have to wait.

9.30am. No sight of the bus.

10am. Checked with counter again. Told to wait.

10.30am. Checked with counter again. "Bus jalan already" OOFG! ( Improved version of OMFG *lol* ) Since we couldn't get a refund, we got ourselves tickets for the next bus of another company @ 12noon.

On the bus to KL



4pm. Alighted early @ Hang Tuah Monorail station as there was a traffic jam ahead. As the rain gets heavier, we took the LRT ( a different railway from Monorail ) to PuduRaya station. That's where we were supposed to alight if we didn't alight early.

After some hassle of asking most of the bus companies ( they had their counters @ PuduRaya ), Van, Randy & KS finally got us bus tickets from KL back to Larkin.

We started to proceed to our hotel Bukit Bintang Warisan. 'Coz of the rain, we took cab. UG, Fen & KS got on the 1st cab (RM15 for the journey), while the remaining 4 searched for the next one. Yeap searched because we had to find one that doesn't overcharge. Finally found one that quoted us the same fee (RM5 per person). Had to walk a bit to the cab , only to realise that it's a personal car! Not taxi. Hahah!

Finally checked-in
5.05pm. Our driver couldn't find the hotel. Went a few rounds around the area before we spotted the hotel.

Bad news! The hotel reception couldn't find our reservation details. Not even when the reservation number was quoted. They couldn't find it in their database!

*gan jiong*

While we waited, I think they decided to give us 2 connecting rooms. Must uphold their reputation. haha! And that we finally checked in!

After depositing our bags and had a short rest, off we went for dinner!


Night Activities


After the so-called "dinner" is SHOPPING time!!

Went BB Plaza to shop. The gals and the guys split up. Supposed to meet 1.5 hours later at the entrance.

1.5 hours later..
The gals are still on the same level! Hahahhaha! You're talking about GALS. 1.5 hours is definitely NOT ENOUGH! *Rolls On Floor Laughing Out Loud* Met KS & UG. They brought us to the upper floors to continue shopping. LOL! Outcome of shopping @ BB Plaza: Yun bought 3 pairs of shoes + 5 pairs of watches. Fen bought 2 pairs of shoes + 1 watch. UG bought a pair of shoes. ( No idea what the rest bought =P )

Not yet satisfied with the shopping, we went back to hotel to deposit our shopping bags. ( BB Plaza is just 5min walk away ) Short rest, off we proceed for DESSERTS!

Had a durian feast and some nice desserts! *dingdong dingdong*



After dessert.. hmm.. where did we go? Shopping again! There's this pasar malam near our hotel. Went there to walk. UG & Yun bought a name chop each.

Proceeded to walk down the street.

11pm. Yun's too tired, her contact lens giving her problem again! She went back to hotel & rest, while the rest proceeded on for SUPPER!

*As the author was not present for the supper session, she couldn't do a writeup on this part*
*content below was extracted from Van's blog*
What's for supper? The 6 of them walked around, searching for Beef Noodles that Randy had the last time he was @ KL. Along the way, KS saw a stall with a lot of people. "Let's check it out". Turned out to be wan ton soup & shui jiao soup! *dingdong dingdong* The wantan & shui jiao are nice! The char siew was nice as well! In short, everything's nice except the noodles -_-"

After more walking, they finally found the beef noodles!! On the contrary, the beef balls were ok, but the noodles were great! *dingdong dingdong*

And that concludes Day 1 @ KL.

FYP Allocation

FYP Allocation is out!

Everyone got your choices? Except for poor Fen who's one of the 10% who didn't get any of her choices.

Group Photo

@ Petronas Tower

We are BACK!!!

Yeap yeap we finally stepped onto Singapore soil @ 8.30pm. Updates will be done soon! Photos will be up once I do the editing! =P

Singapore to Larkin

BUS NO. 170

The cheapest way to J.B. would be to take Bus No. 170 from either Queen Street Bus Station or the bus-stop along Rochor Canal Road (just after Sim Lim Square). Both bus-stops are just a short walk from The InnCrowd. The bus fare is S$1.60. The service runs from 5.20 a.m. to 12.10 a.m. everyday.

The bus will stop at the Singapore checkpoint. The bus will not wait for you whilst you clear immigration, so take all your belongings with you. Keep your bus ticket and hop on the next Bus No. 170 which comes along. You don't have to pay again.

The bus will stop again at the Malaysian checkpoint, which is at the other end of the Causeway linking Singapore and Malaysia. You will have to get off to clear immigration. Once more, the bus will not stop for you to clear immigration, so keep your bus ticket if you intend to catch the next bus.

After clearing immigration, you have the option of either walking straight into J.B. or to hop on the next Bus No. 170. The bus will take you to the bus-stop outside Komtar Shopping Centre (along Jalan Tun Abdul Razak) first, before stopping at Larkin Bus Terminal (at Jalan Datin Halimah in the outskirts of J.B.).

SINGAPORE-JOHOR EXPRESS COACH

Another method would be to take the Singapore-Johor Express Coach from Queen Street Bus Station to Larkin Bus Terminal in J.B. The ticket costs S$2.40.The Singapore-Johor Express Coach runs from 6.30 a.m. to 11.00 p.m. at 15-minute intervals.

The Singapore-Johor Express Coach travels more quickly than Bus No. 170, which makes many stops along the way to J.B. However, there is no luggage space on the coach, so you'll be asked to buy a second ticket (S$2.40) for your pack!

Just like Bus No. 170, the express coach will not wait for you at the checkpoints. You'll have to take all your belongings with you, keep your coach ticket and hop on the next one which comes along. You don't have to pay again.

i'd suggest taking the 2nd option taking the sgp-johor express coach..cos it will enable us to reach the custom faster and at the same time *touchwood* if jam at the custom we will have enuff time and get to larkin on time for our bus at 9am

if for 170 we meet at kranji mrt..by the time bus reach there alot ppl? cos travelled very long way already..so can get on the bus?

btw the map can click to enlarge to see where the queen st. bus terminal is at..

people..CHOOSE!!!which one ur want..post on tag board or in the comments..

KL Trip - Accomodation & Transport

Accomodation

http://www.numbereight.com.my/eight.html
I've booked a dorm from 12th to 14th May. Check in 1pm, check out 11am. The surcharge for the 7th person staying in the same dorm is RM15. We'll split the total cost :)

yix booking this i suppose : http://www.bintangwarisan.com/roomsrates.htm
it amt to almost the same.. as numbereight

Transport
I've booked bus tickets for the 12th morning. SGD$25 per person.
The bus is at 8.30am.
Eltabina Jaya Express Pte Ltd
200 Jln Sultan #01-25 Textile Centre Singapore 199018
Tel 62926402 Fax 62986059

For transport back to SG, we'll be taking the 10.30am bus on 14th morning. Currently I'm still waiting for Randy's confirmation so that I can book the tix.

got tix from JB at 25RM
bus leaving at 9am FROM JB lar kin (dunno how to spell)
can take the express bus in from bugis area according to my colleague to lar kin or cw2 in

as for the coming back tix..i dunno man..
colleague says KL cfm alot tix back to sgp..
so no need worry.. but i dunno how cfm is his cfm..

:: paisay yun edit ur whole entry ::
:: edited by van ::

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I guess that's about it. With accomodation & transport settled, we should be able to enjoy our short stint in KL. Hopefully. :D

Have a break...

A woman wanted to reach her husband on his mobile phone but discovered that she was out of credit, She instructed her son to use his own phone to pass across an urgent message to his daddy who was on site. After junior had called, he got back to mummy to inform her that there was a lady that picked up daddy's phone the three times he tried reaching dad on the mobile.>

Women!! She waited impatiently for her husband to return from work and upon seeing him in the driveway, she rushed out and gave him a tight slap, and she slapped him again, for good measure. People from the neighborhood rushed around to find out what the cause of the commotion was. The woman asked junior to tell everybody what the lady said to him when he called.

Junior said "The subscriber you have dialed is not available at present. Please Try Again Later"...

KL Trip - Accomodation

EIGHT has replied.

Since it's the cheaper accomodation, we'll be staying there! :D

Will let you guys know when it's confirmed.

KL Trip - Brief Itenary

Since nothing's confirmed.. I shall er.. decide? hahahaha

(to prevent wrong voting, I swopped the plan numbers.. hahaha)

Plan 2 1
12th May
7am : Meet @ Ten-Mile Junction
8am : take bus to KL
2pm : check in hotel & off we go!

14th May
10am : Check out hotel
12noon : take bus to JB
6pm : back to SG

Plan 1 2
11th May
- After work, go home freshen up, pack ur barang barang
- 8pm : Meet for dinner
- 9.30pm : Proceed across the causeway
- wee hours : take bus to KL ( overnight travelling on the North-South highway )
Note: Travelling on the highway is dangerous @ night
- 6-7am : Reach KL, deposit bags @ hotel reception while we go for breakfast
- 2pm (approx) : check in, rest a while & off we go!

13th May
- 12noon : Check out of hotel, go shop around
- wee hours : take bus back to JB
- 6-7am : back to SG

Plan 3
Provided we can book in time - Package

Just checked. It takes about 5 hours to travel along the North-South Highway to reach KL. Taking into account that there will be jam along the causeway, 12th May seems like a better choice.

KL Trip Attendance List

Gals: Van, Fen, Yun
Guys: KS, Yix, Randy, UG

Votes:
option 1 (12th - 14th) : 4
option 2 (11th - 13th) : 2

Hotels
Swiss Inn Family:
Swiss Inn 3D2N:
Nova:
Concorde:
Eight:
City Villa:

KL Trip

Hey guys!

As Randy & Yix have to be back in SG by 14th (Sunday) morning, we have 2 plans:

1) We leave on 12th morning & come back on 14th as scheduled. Let the two of them Randy come back themselves himself :P
2) We leave on 11th night and come back on 13th night.

If we were to leave on 11th night, there'll be an expected jam on the causeway as many Singaporeans will be going across the causeway.


We need to vote. Else it'll be too late to book the hotels le!

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Hotels wise, Yix had searched some info:
1. Swiss inn
- 3d2n RM 220
- no breakfast
- cannot add extra bed cos cannot fit into the room
2. nova
- Per Night RM159
- breakfast included
- extra bed allowed but didn't state how much should be lessthan RM 50
3. Concorde
- Per night RM 158
- should have breakfast?? I not sure
- extra bed allowed but didn't state how much should be lessthan RM 50
- from website picture look like this is the most grand

In addition to the above, here's some additional info I got from the web:
As at 11am, here are the availability of these hotels ( the package I recommend )
1) Swiss Inn
- Swiss Inn Mega Saver - Family Room
- RM135 per night
- Available frm 11th - 14th May
( since this is Family Room, I believe 1 room is big enough to accomodate all of us? lol)
2) City Villa
- Superior Room RM100 per night
- Available from 11th - 14th May

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post-edit:
Randy suggest this: http://www.numbereight.com.my/eight.html
We can get the 6-bed a room @ RM30 per person per night

Quick Updates

Some updates on KL Trip:
[those who voiced their interest to go]

• GIRLS: Van, Yun, Fen
• GUYS: KS, Jerry, Randy, UG

Need to book hotel and bus tixs le...
P.S. UG, get yr passport FAST!
P.S.S SORRY GUYS....YIX not goin with u all liaoz...

Environmental Dilemma (knowledge)

I was watching Channel News Asia on saturday while they were showing a show on some environment problems and found it very interesting.

The term 'global warming' as we know means that the world is getting hotter. However, the 'pan evaporation' (rate of evaporation in the world) is on a decrease. This somewhat forms a paradox because we expect it to increase as it gets hotter, however, it is entirely the opposite. What causes this paradox is known as 'global dimming', which is now considered the cause of famines in parts of the world. 'Global dimming' means that the world is getting 'dimmer' as the amount of light energy reaching us is getting lesser, but it is still getting hotter due to the 'global warming'.

So what causes 'global dimming'? The cause as we all expected - pollution. The pollutants rises up in the air and allows water to condense on these pollutants, to form clouds. Unlike natural clouds, more individual water moledules are allowed to form in these 'polluted' clouds. The increased in these water droplets forms a natural mirror that reflects back the light from the sun, thus, 'dimming' the earth below. Since less photons reaches the earth below, less photons hits the surface of the water and thus cause the 'pan evaporation' to decrease.

However, it is known now that 'global dimming' counters the real threat of 'global warming'. They either have to co-exist or not exist at all. Remove any one, and Earth will face a deadly threat.

KL Trip - 12th to 14th May 2006

info post..

who's goin? 報上名來！！

when goin? - 12th, 13th, 14th..fri,sat,sun..vesek day weekend!in MAY!! *points up too*

where to? *points up to title*

where to stay?

wat/where to eat? *i got a list of makan places in KL!!* send the email to ur soon ba..

roughly how much excluding own expenses? i.e accomodation and 路費 tpt how much?

wat else to add? *thinks*

Birthday Months & you...

---------------JANUARY BABY--------------------
Pretty/handsome. Loves to dress up. Easily bored.
Fussy. Seldom shows emotions. Takes time to recover when hurt.
Sensitive. Down-to-Earth. Stubborn.

----------FEBRUARY BABY --------------------
Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and clever. Changing personality.
Attractive. sexiest out of everyone. Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble.
Honest and loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves freedom. Rebellious when restricted.
Loves aggressiveness. Too sensitive and easily hurt. Gets angry really easily but does not show it. Dislikes unnecessary things. Loves making friends but rarely shows it. Horny. Daring and stubborn. Ambitious. Realizing dreams and hopes. Sharp. Loves entertainment and leisure. Romantic on the inside not outside. Superstitious and ludicrous. Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions.

-----------------MARCH BABY --------------------
Attractive personality. Sexy. Affectionate Shy and reserved. Secretive. Naturally honest, generous and sympathetic. Loves peace and serenity. Sensitive to others. Great kisser. Easily angered. Trustworthy. Appreciative and returns kindness. Hardly shows emotions. Tends to bottle up feelings. Observant and assesses others.

------------------APRIL BABY -------------------
Suave and compromising. Funny and humorous. Stubborn. Very talkative. Calm and cool. Kind and sympathetic. Concerned and detailed. Loyal. Does work well with others. Very confident. Sensitive. Positive Attitude. Thinking generous. Good memory. Clever and knowledgeable. Loves to look for information. Able to cheer evryone up and/or make them laugh. Able to motivate oneself and others. Understanding. Fun to be around. Outgoing. Hyper. Bubbly personality. Secretive. Boy/girl crazy. Loves sports, music, leisure and traveling. Systematic. Hot but has brains.

-----------------MAY BABY -----------------
Stubborn and hard-hearted. Strong-willed and highly motivated. Sharp thoughts. Easily angered. Attracts others and loves attention. Deep feelings. Beautiful physically and mentally. Firm Standpoint. Needs no motivation. Shy towards oppisite sex. Easily consoled. Systematic (left brain). Loves to dream. Strong clairvoyance. Understanding. Sickness usually in the ear and neck. Good imagination. Good physical. Weak breathing. Loves literature and the arts. Loves traveling. Dislike being at home. Restless. Not having many children. Hardworking. High spirited.

------------JUNE BABY-------------
You've got the best personality and are an absolute pleasure to be around. You love to make new friends and be outgoing. You are a great flirt and more than likely have an a very attractive partner. A wicked hottie. It is also more than likely that you have a massive record collection. You have a great choice in films, and may one day become a famous actor/actress yourself - heck, you've got the looks for it!!! IN the next 6 days you will meet someone that may possibly become one of your closest friends.

----------------JULY BABY --------------
Fun to be with. Secretive. Difficult to fathom and to be understood. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Takes pride in oneself. Has reputation. Easily consoled. Honest. Concerned about people's feelings. Tactful. Friendly. Approachable. Emotional temperamental and unpredictable. Moody and easily hurt. Witty and sparkly. spazzy at times. Not revengeful. Forgiving but never forgets. dislikes nonsensical and unnecessary things. Guides others physically and mentally. Sensitive and forms impressions carefully. Caring and loving. Treats others equally. Strong sense of sympathy. Wary and sharp. Judges people through observations. Hardworking. No difficulties in studying. Loves to be alone. Always broods about the past and the old friends. Waits for friends. Never looks for friends. Not aggressive unless provoked. Loves to be loved. Easily hurt but takes long to recover.

------------AUGUST BABY ---------------
Outgoing personality. takes risks. feeds on attention. no self control. kind hearted. self confident. loud and boisterous. VERY revengeful. easy to get along with and talk to. has an "every thing's peachy" attitude. likes talking and singing. loves music. daydreamer. easily distracted. Hates not being trusted. BIG imagination. loves to be loved. hates studying. in need of "that someone". longs for freedom. rebellious when withheld or restricted. lives by "no pain no gain" caring. always a suspect. playful. mysterious. "charming" or "beautiful" to everyone. stubborn. curious. independent. strong willed. a fighter.

------------SEPTEMBER BABY---------------
Active and dynamic. Decisive and haste but tends to regret. Attractive and affectionate to oneself. Strong mentality. Loves attention. Diplomatic. Consoling, friendly and solves people's problems. Brave and fearless. Adventurous. Loving and caring. Suave and generous. Usually you have many friends. Enjoys to make love. Emotional. Stubborn. Hasty. Good memory. Moving, motivates oneself and others. Loves to travel and explore. Sometimes sexy in a way that only their lover can understand.

---------------OCTOBER BABY -------------------
Loves to chat. Loves those who love them. Loves to takes things at the center. Inner and physical beauty. Lies but doesn't pretend. Gets angry often. Treats friends importantly. Brave and fearless. Always making friends. Easily hurt but recovers easily. Daydreamer. Opinionated. Does not care to control emotions. Unpredictable. Extremely smart, but definitely the hottest AND sexiest of them all.

---------------NOVEMBER BABY --------------------
Trustworthy and loyal. Very passionate and dangerous. Wild at times. Knows how to have fun. Sexy and mysterious. Everyone is drawn towards your inner and outer beauty and independent personality. Playful, but secretive. Very emotional and temperamental sometimes. Meets new people easily and very social in a group. Fearless and independent. Can hold their own. Stands out in a crowd. Essentially very smart. Usually, the greatest men are born in this month. If you ever begin a relationship with someone from this month, hold on to them because their one of a kind.

---------------DECEMBER BABY ---------------
Loyal and generous. Patriotic. Competitive in everything. Active in games and interactions. Impatient and hasty. Ambitious. Influential in organizations. Fun to be with. Easy to talk to, though hard to understand. Thinks far with vision, yet complicated to know. Easily influenced by kindness. Polite and soft-spoken. Having lots of ideas. Sensitive. Active mind. Hesitating, tends to delay. Choosy and always wants the best. Temperamental. Funny and humorous. Loves to joke. Good debating skills. Has that someone always on his/her mind. Talkative. Daydreamer. Friendly. Knows how to make friends. Abiding. Able to show character. one guy/girl kind of person. Loveable. Easily hurt. Prone to getting colds. loves music. pretty/handsome. Loves to dress up. Easily bored. Fussy. Seldom shows emotions. Takes time to recover when hurt. Sensitive.

dinner on 6th April 2006

since im so free and bored..and nothing to do anymore..no one to chat with etc etc acting busy...and the list goes on..
i shall post the dinner outing for u guys...

dinner
date: 6th April 2006 (it's in the title..LOOK)
venue: bugis sketches
time: dinner time..like duh..dinner leh..not lunch gathering (ok i dunno the time)
ppl goin:

fen
ks
yun
yix
reenz
qh
randy
gus
ming
ds
jigg
eu

that's all folks..any queries pls contact organiser which is..i dunno who..

ciaoz
van

p.s. sorry gus..>_<

恶作剧 - 《恶作剧之吻》插曲

歌曲： 恶作剧
歌手：王蓝茵 专辑：恶作剧之吻原声

我找不到很好的原因 去阻挡这一切的亲密
这感觉太奇异 我抱歉不能说明

我相信这爱情的定义 奇迹会发生也不一定
风温柔得清晰 也许飘来好消息

一切新鲜有点冒险 请告诉我怎么走到终点
没有人了解 没有人像我和陌生人的爱恋

我想我会开始想念你 可是我刚刚才遇见了你
我怀疑这奇遇只是个恶作剧

我想我已慢慢喜欢你 因为我拥有爱情的勇气
我任性投入你给的恶作剧 你给的恶作剧

我找不到很好的原因 去阻挡这一切的亲密
这感觉太奇异 我抱歉不能说明

我相信这爱情的定义 奇迹会发生也不一定
风温柔得清晰 也许飘来好消息

我才发现 你很耀眼 请让我再瞧瞧你的双眼
没有人了解 没有人像我和陌生人的爱恋

我想我会开始想念你 可是我刚刚才遇见了你
我怀疑这奇遇只是个恶作剧

我想我已慢慢喜欢你 因为我拥有爱情的勇气
我任性投入你给的恶作剧 你给的恶作剧

The thing about google

Didn't know why, don't know how, but i was bored after reading too much documentation and codes...so I did a search on google.

So what did search for?I searched for an image, and the search field? 'Ding Yixiang' !!!! Bo Liaoz rite?well its true...the things people can do when they are bored!!

"There are only 2 things that r infinite, 1) the universe 2) human's stupidity" --Albert Einstein

So following that 'law', i did a search, and you know what came out?

http://www.thieme-connect.com/bilder/synlett/200504/u335_ga

Apparently, I invented this formula!haha...Honestly, someone in china with the same name as me did... Stupid?

yah..haha...but I found a lot of old history i left on the internet since 12 yrs ago...so anyone interested, type in 'ding yixiang' in google, and know more about me! =]

kudos...

happy.birth.day

歌手：阿信 专辑： happy birth day

为什么奶昔不甜
为什么风景不美
因为你在身边
世界只剩下一个焦点

一开始你就特别
从眼神就很体贴
我们都不穿鞋
光著脚穿越耳语流言

在这之前我到底是谁
你出现我眼前
一瞬间一切都改变

happy birth day
你就在我身边
和你吃苦一生胜
过天堂一天

happy birth day
告别忧伤昨天
自从遇见了你
才是我 happy birth day

风筝和风在缠绵
诗人和诗在兜圈
你坐在我旁边
这一种快乐无法描写

世界我环游一圈
看很多空中小姐
都没有比你美
第一名模也只能闪边

在这之前我到底是谁
你出现我眼前
一瞬间一切都改变

happy birth day
你就在我身边
和你吃苦一生
胜过天堂一天

happy birth day
告别忧伤昨天
自从遇见了你
才是我 happy birth day

为什么快乐也会流下眼泪
灌溉了我的荒野
开满了玫瑰
我不累我不睡
我不休息我不阖眼
我不想浪费每一秒
在这有你的世界

2004 pics [Part2]

[June 2004] Reenz & Fen
With Gus, Didi & Lunnie
Close Up

[July 2004] Group Photo!
Fen & Reenz

[Nov 2004] DS, KS & Jerry
with Yix! that's Yix with Gold hair
DS with Van & Fen... Gosh!

We were like this in Year 2005

CNY dinner in school [Feb 2005]

KS, Reenz and Fen in school [April 2005]
JY's bday [March 2005]
Fen, Reenz and Yun! My God, our hair is short! Black somemore!
Fen & Reenz [May 2005]
Reenz & Fen with Yix!

pc show

meeting details:

Friday 10 Mar
6.20pm
Suntec

ppl gg : yun, fen, yix

NTU graduate lands $11,000-a-month job

Most shocking news of the morning!!
(Taken from TODAY)

"Beat this:An entry-level salary of $11,000 a month?That's what a Nanyang Technological University compter engineering graduate is earning as a software engineer at a multi-national coporation."

the thing about ad-hoc jobs

just met me IA supp last nite, not good from what he told me....

sup:"so how was IA?"
me:"gd so far,but having only ad-hoc jobs"
sup:"tats not gd,without any main project,the most is a C....*blah blah blah*"

didnt really hear wat came after that, the 'C' was too much of an impact...

and with tat my heart went sub-terrian..sunk deep into the oceans and mind kinda went blank.

then went home to think...bloody hell, how am i going to get a project if the whole bloody department have nothing for me to do!

guys, ya have problems like these??

The thing about been late

Have you guys been late and have the feeling that you're the only one???

I had this feeling this morning, way back in my room. Woke up like 45mins late...rushed down to city hall...then thatz where the 'thing' happened....

I saw tons of people,'speed walking'!!!they are perpectually running!n seeing them do that, it gave me a very calming feeling...the fact that i'm not the only one late...made me feel better,and slowed down my pace!!in the end it took me longer to get to office than usual..haha...

so people, next time when you're late...look around, those people are like u...LAZY BASTARDS..... LOL

trip to Sim Lim Sqr

Anyone interested in going Sim Lim?

Meet Monday 6 Mar , 7pm Bugis mrt ctrl stn.

Ppl gg : yun, fen, cybaster

Down Memory Lane

Here I am looking at our photos from Year 1 (That's like donkey years ago!)
OMG... how much we've all changed!!! Girls of cos become prettier, Guys more yandao!
From the blur blur, "ah Tut" look to more mature looking dudes...

Anyway, if it's ok.. I'll be posting pics here.
[Backing up all my files.. Got a feelin my laptop's gonna crash on me soon!] =(

NTU Khakis

i also raise all my hands and legs up..wah..ppl here really thought we are old staff..

1st day work
Supervisor: ok Eugene right..ah..you do the BOM generator ok..
Eugene thinking: I am not osama leh..tell mi to generate BOMB..
Eugene talking: eh..wat is bomb?
Supervisor: aiyah i forget you dunno..it is the Bills of Material.BOM...
Eugene talking: ooo..

Acronyms!!!

Yeah man... i agreed with Yix! *hands and legs up!*
My work place here??
ACE, TPM, QCPC, RCCA, KPI, 5S + 1 (means cleanliness! what a nice name!)
and the pple here talk as if i'm an old staff! >< WTH, i dun even understand wat u are talkin abt!

Sometimes, or Most of the times, acronyms lead to confusion especially when pple are at different frequencies....Here's what happened:

3 gals having dinner and talkin abt our work place...
A: "My office hasnt got a lot of pple. Basically, me, Boss, 1 admin lady, 1 finance lady and 2 Indian guys. They are PR."
Fen: [thinkin... WA. seldom hear guys doin PR, Public Relations!] "So what do they do?"
A & B: [shocked!] "They learn how to be good citizens!"
The PR == Permenant Resident. ROFL...

The thing about acronyms

You see acronyms everywhere!PIE,ECP,KJE....

A: "So how do you go to NTU?"
B: "Take the P.I.E.."
A: "HUH?pie??Take the pie n do wat??"

see?Acronyms gives us more trouble than its initial function:to help use to remember. Remember those days before IA, when we have to study all those computer terms?PLA,RAM,ROM..What help does it do when you can't even remember whats the full name for PLA??(in case u forgot, PLA= Programmable Logic Array)

This is also the case for ONS...a relatively simple terms, well known to all guys n gers in Singapore. ONS=One.Night.Stand. Simple eh?Yet so many people are ignorant of that?
"Oracle National Security","Oxygen Notification System" those can also be used for ONS rite?
imagine this scenario,

Wife:"How come you came home so late last night?"
Husband: "Oh, I had to work on my ONS"
*Wife gives the Husband a sucker punch to the chin*
At the hospital,
Wife:"You ok?"
Husband:"I didn't know you have such a big reaction to my new project?"
*Wife gives another tight slap*
(In any case, the husband was talking about his new project...yes you all got it, the Oxygen.Notifciation.System)

3 Simple letter, so much trouble in the end. Had the husband, just told the wife, the new project name, everything would have been solved right?So I say, take away all those short forms...the worst thing we have is either very thick textbooks or very long conversations...

you know why i'm blogging this??
Well thanks to Microsoft and oracle, I have to remember so much technical terms..SQL,BPEL,RAC,ASP,JSP???!?!
Why do i need to know so much for a bloody DBA exam?!!!!

The thing about women

"Its not easy to understand women" said a friend of mine. Its true women are so difficult to understand nowadays. Especially with the 'ger power' and the equality of sex nowadays. Women tend to be more happy since they are doing what men are doing, it gives them a sense of power, the fact that a women can do what a men can do empowers them, especially the financial benefit. Now women can go buy pretty things without keep asking from the men.

However, according to a recent report by a reporter in The New York Times, (I'm not making this up, check technorati to validate =P) Women tend to be more happy when they are doing what they have been doing for eons...HOUSE-WIFE. Its true his report might have a lot of loop-holes, but it brings forward a very important point, that no 2 women are the same. So throw away those books about men are from mars and women are from Venus (women can be from the sun for all I care..), they can't tell men what women really is thinking, the books just tell us(men) how to handle women in different situations, not how you(women) think in those times.

On the other hand, like the coin with 2 sides..The theory on women been complicated have 2 grounds too. I personally think that women are not complicated, they just work on a different frequency than men. We fight, you all bitch. Its all the same, just that the presentation is different. Think about it, how many times do you(women) actually agree with us(men) on a certain thing? Frankly speaking, quite a lot. Just that sometimes agreeing with men just makes it wrong, thus you(women) find reasons to dis-agree. Right? Well, to tell you the truth, its the same for men too. This proves a very strong point right? That we are all the same.

Well, readers the stuff I've mentioned above might not be substantial. However thats the best I can do on an office computer with all my colleagues walking around.

Please comment, because I think I'm starting to like this blogging business. LOL

what man should wear (UPDATED!)

well there are alot of types of men around... but mostly in singapore we are all boiled down to 3 types...

1) the looker
2) the sportsman
3) simply bo chup!
4) the plain joe

for the first case... he wants to be looked upon,attract gers to look and him, and hey even a few gays glaring at him won't hurt either! this kind of guys usually wear jeans and a nice top, long sleeve shirt(stripped type) or a funky t-shirt. the jeans would be faded, most prob branded too...

for the second case, ah..berms,board-shorts would be almost a norm. sleeve-less shirts, billabong,quiksilver shirt(actually anything branded with a sport would be good). footwear would most prob be flip-flops, though sandals would be a good option,but they are just too damn tuff to take out..haha...

for the 3rd case...haiz...those are the type that actually will be stared upon in the city area...picture this, an old uncle, wearing those long sleeve shirt that is semi-transparent, n wearing a singlet inside, khaki type of shorts, and a black leather shoe with white socks!!!

need i say more? =]

as i forgot to include the last n most important case...friends!I present to you, the PLAIN JOE! his the type who don't reallly bother bout how they dress...yet, to some extend they can't bo chup about it. Its a contradiction, but I guess we men are just complicated! =]
their attire consist of a normal t-shirt and normal jeans...thatz well erm..plain normal. most guys belong to this group, yet deep down, many wanna belong to the 1st or 2nd.
well if i've money that is...

Use Case Diagrams

Starting to get sick of coding.. hahaha! Decided to do use case diagrams / scenario diagrams for a change. Was reading thru our SC207 textbook when I saw this line in it:

The common case (i.e., cases that are expected by the user) and the exceptional cases (i.e., cases that are unexpected by the user, such as errors and unusual conditions) are described separately in different use cases for clarity.

Does that mean if an error such as the user leaving blank fields will have to be considered as a separate use case? *deep in thoughts*

The story game...

wow..thanks for the fast reply in the chat box...now i noe how frequent u all visit this blog!haha...
well since i'm so bored..i shall start a game here....a story continuation game.

aim : to see how good the story telling skills of the bloggers here.
how to play : just continue the story from the last guy/ger, but pls stick to the limit
limit : approx 5 lines (aga-ration ok???)

ok, so without further adeu..lets start....
--------------------------------------------

The time is 11am, sitting in-front of the computer. I look out of the window and thought to myself, "Its such a nice day, what am I doing in the office?"

Frankly, the idea of quiting this job has always been on my mind, but the option of giving up this expensive lifestyle i'm living is impossible.

With rubbish thoughts going through my mind, I took a glance at the buzy street below. "WHATS THAT?!" ......

boring time at work..

how many times do you need to bug for team leader to get work to do?well thatz a first for me, esp in a big company!! Oracle is so screwed!! people here dun have to concept of working hard n playing hard...play all the time n just work to scrap thru..haiz....

the reasons why i hate what i'm doin now...(mm...or the lack of things to do)

things that screwed in the group
--------------------------------
1) not following any software lifecycle (thus no idea where the project status is now)
2) no database schema n not following rules(ie no normaliazation n no FK!) (thus code very long)
3) no documentation (thus can't understand a single class)
4) no sequence diagram (thus how the heck do i need to know what to do?!)
5) no comments in code!! (explains everything eh?)
6) NO TASK PLAN! (means no work for me lor....)
7) NOFUNCTIONAL SPECS!! (who noes...2 months down the road, the customer might say "hey i wanted a program that can fly me to the moon, y am i getting a program that teaches me how to make sushi?!?!"

how the hell does one work in a group so screwed up from the start?! haiz..so in spite of a good company, even if the peopl are screwed here, its still screwed frm the start...

oh well...530pm pls come quick...wanna just get out of here....

vibrator...*vibrate vibrate vibrate*

http://forums.hardwarezone.com/showthread.php?t=1233216

check this sit out man!
for those tt cant read chinese..
a vibrator got stuck..when hubby and wife used it to enhance sex life..
was vibrating in the woman's body for 5 hours before it was removed..
upon removal, it was still vibrating!

if my chinese still can make it..it shld mean this la>_<

Joke of the Day

Click on the title to view. =D

no access card!

ar! Left house without my access card!! Was wondering how I'm going to enter the office when I saw my colleague *phew*

but still.. have to inform HR that I didn't bring my access card! so mafan!! coz they have to log my entry / exit time. :S what's the difference with working in a factory, except that the clocking of the time is easier?

New Job Assignment!

Ohhh... This is just great!! I'm an official office girl...

New job title: Key Keeper
This morning everyone dump their keys to me and i'm to try which key is for which cupboard! Then Label them and Keep the keys... ><

Ok... time to play game! Which key fits~

sianz.. I forgot to bring my HDD & my fren's crypto notes! N I was nearly late!!

'Coz in our building, some companies spread over several floors, and our time-in is checked based on the time you scan you card at any of the floors, there tend to be people who will exit the lift at the very first floor their company is at, scan the card, and get back to the lift - to ensure that they scan their card before the bell rings at 8.30 sharp. I hate these kind of people. Too kiasu! Or should I say kiasi? By doing this, you're causing the people in the lift to be late! Especially when it's just 1 minute to bell ring. That was wat happened this morning. So pissed off!

It's Friday!

I can smell the weekends comin!

With regards to the bi-weekly meeting... it's suppose to be today (according to yun) but she goin out lah.. and I guessed all are busy as well... lol.. How abt next week? Mentioned dinner to Ming Ming liao.

Sobsob... QH bully me. Suppose to go out with Reenz tonight but he took her away. Bo bian... Her scheduling system not FCFS, but priority-based one... =(
Ke lian.. broken leg liao still kenna bullied! LOL...

hahaha... nvm. I can rest at home. See ya on Sunday! =P

in reply of bi weekly gathering..

yun yun u very cute hor..cannot go den suggest go..alamak..
where ur wanna go? when will ur be free?
how i very sian...*yawns*
i dun wanna work!lol

next gathering

Our bi-weekly gathering is nearing! wahhaha! Anyone onz for it? btw I can't go.. :D

gggrrrrr I'm having problems with stored procedures! The SP works fine when it's used on it's own, ie no other SPs are used within the same page. But when other SPs are involved, I can't navigate the RecordSet that's returned by the SP!! :S

Happy V Day!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!!
Enjoy!

photos taken during CNY outing

Phee aka Dave has uploaded the photos to ftp://ftp.cloudie.net/
get the login ID from me ^_^

Our Group Photo [@ Suntec City] 

pay cut!

i got a pay cut!how cool is tt!
instead of getting my pathetic 600 im getting a pathetic 500plus!
wth!i wanna cry already..let pple bully, pay cut wat's more's coming man?!

Bukoh Mary!

This is long due.. but thought I'll just post it up keke



Am I a shortie or is she just TALL? Looks like Giant & Dwarf >_<

Yinmuhuadao's

last night went out with my CE Khakis..we went to crystal jade and eat..imagine 12 PEOPLE SQUEEZING ON A SMALL TABLE..eat until very cramp haha...but it was fun talking to friends and talking about wat happen around us...haha...very happy to see them..

CNY Dinner

Great dinner on Friday. Thank you all...

Crabs next week?? hahaha...

pple out there..our scekhakis..
moohahah!
guess wat?
there's a forum for us!

www.scekhakis.kazorum.com

must go there support support ok..haha..
my 1st time makin the forum!hehe!!
go go reg and talk there as well!! ehhehe

NTU Khakis

NTU Khakis
Testing testing. This is my first time I blog. Oh ya. I will not be going to the gathering on Friday. Too shack and sick of BBQ during this this CNY HOLIDAY.

Argh...

argh.. suay this morning. Missed my company bus and I had to take train all the way to Pasir Ris! reach office at 8.30am!!! ><

Tml... just a get-together dinner. Meet at Cityhall MRT at 7pm then decide bah...
Pls reply email.. I dunno who is goin and who is not...
Sat?? Decide tml lah... cheers guys!

NTU Khakis

Hihi to all my friends...haha...you all still can suft the net in your company..my company dun even have internet access loh..only my supervisor have..haizz...si bei sian at offices at time...haha...

wat's on fri?
how's sat?
im starting work tmr.. ): back to let ppl torture..
sigh sigh sigh

omg...

omg.. I forgot to invite some people again!! Hahha! Where's UG & Ming Ming?!?! *ROFL*

I'm back from Genting! How's every1's CNY? Sian leh.. back at work so fast!! I haven rest enough! Reached SG oni at 10.30 on Tues night!

Who's gg on Fri? LOL!

Goodbye, my holidays

argh... 4 days break ended so fast!! Back in office again...
*yawnz* nvm... 3 more days to weekends!

Enjoy the rest of the day at work!

eh eh..see model see model..wan wan?! lol

i now present model of the day...


lol..cool? my 1st day of CNY..okok...im uploadin pics..so ya post one here to show ur..
cool cool? act cool sial~ lol
my new boy boy!(: he cute? we compatible? if ur thinkin tt he is young..yes he is indeed younger den me..
anyways njoy the new year eat more goodies, drink more water..dun fall sick!(:

新年快乐！！

旺年到来了! 祝大家

新想事成
万事如意

旺年好运！

Happy New Year

To Gus: cobwebs.. cos the pple there too busy for me. I'm a poor girl sitting there.. ok lah. got things to do... but will get bored one mah.

To everyone: Happy New Year!! All the best in the Year of the Dog! =)

But not out yet.. dunno how much lolz.. and I want people give me, then I can save $$$ ma whahahahhaa....

How come no IM ----> cobwebs? lolz.. u mean no IM u will stone infront of the comp? >.<

Growing cobwebs

Yes Van, my company blocks Google Talk, Skype, even 3rd party - iloveim.com also! ARGH! So basically I'm "dying" down there...
Think the next time u see me, I'm havin cobwebs all over me!

gus ar gus..i oso wan loh..bleh..save up durin IA den buy la..haha..
i so totally hate my company...
eh eh..use google talk? me n yunyun chattin thru tt..
tt one ur company got blog or not fen? if got den try skype..alot places havent block it yet..try try..hehe! den we can talk..basically my company communicates thru msn..how cool*sacarsm* lol
keep writing..hahha!!

yeah baby yeah~

I'm 5th!!!

Hello guys.... cool! I'm 5th!

Since my company PWC blocks EVERYTHING, this could be my new IM! lol..
Keep writing guys!

Woot~ I'm 4th ^_^

Hee.. who want gimme this lolz.. chio chio~

im third! lol...good good can communicate here and i can bitch abt my job..omg

meanwhile happy chinese new year!hehe!collect more ang pows n in more durin betting sessions!

YAH !!!i'm number 2...well lets see wat this blog can do....

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR GUYS!!!MAY U ALL HAVE LUCK!!N MANY ANGBAOS!!!

-yix-

woohoo!!

Yay!! Created this blog for our entertainment while having IA. This may be the only tool of communication for those who's chat facilities are blocked in office. LOL!

I've a feeling this will end up as a chat forum, but it's a good way of keeping in contact!

Meanwhile, 新年快乐!!!