M.I.A

Missing In Action.

Yup, I will be away from school, home, and my favourite iMac with Internet connection that allows me to update my blog, as I will be participating in the Youth Science Conference 2005 held at my school. Well, to be exact, the Boarding School, which translates into the fact that I have to stay in the Boarding School for the whole of next week.

No school this week = No homework for this week = Accumulated homework after this "break".

Well, it's mixed feelings for me lah. Before you guys start luaghing at the amount of homework that is piling up on my desk, allow me to make you feel jealous instead with my itinerary. (Or in any case if you are already jealous, let me blow up that feeling.)

1. Workshops on : Forensic Science, Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Immunology!

2. Mindmapping Activity (?)

3. Singapore Science Centre / Omni Theatre visit

4. Night Safari visit

5. Interaction with Scientists/ Visit to A*STAR Research Institute (gasp!)

6. Sungei Buloh Ecological Trip

7. Orchard Road!!!!!

8. Interaction with students from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mainland China, Australia...

and most importantly, girls from Nanyang Girls' High, Methodist Girls' and Singapore Chinese Girls'!!!

Disclaimer: I am not desperate or horny.

Okay, byeee!!!

好星期五

今天是Good Friday

中文译名是什么？

不。别被我的标题给误导。

不是“好星期五”，而是“耶稣受难日”！

（一定有很多人只认识“Good Friday"，而不认识“耶稣受难日”。）

奇怪，耶稣在２０００年前“受难“，被钉在十字架上，而我们却将这一天称做“Good"。

还庆祝什么？高兴什么？

真的是将自己的快乐建筑在别人的痛苦上。（虽然耶稣不是人，是神。）

洋人们真是sadistic，将一个人的痛苦称做“Good"。还是华人最有同情心，将这天叫做”耶稣受难日”。

记清楚了没？是“耶稣受难日”。别继续sadistic了！

奖

３月２１日，是我校的校庆。与此同时，也是一场颁奖典礼。

奖落谁家？就是在去年学术成绩优异的学生们。

因此当天，大家就在台下坐了个２小时，为获奖者鼓掌。坐下坐到屁股痛，拍掌拍到手腕酸。

常常怀疑，每每学校有人获奖时，我们是真心诚意地为他鼓掌，为他喝彩，还是clap because you are expected to do so?

本人属于后者。

为别人的成功而自己却一无所成而欢呼？除非你是圣人，或是父母，或是领奖者本身，否则你是不会用心的鼓掌。

我们这样敷衍了事已经算是给足了面子，有的人啊，理都不理你！

坦白地承认，在羡慕的同时，我的内心也掺杂着些许的汗颜，甚至还有可能掺杂了妒嫉。

说真的，It's hard to draw the line between jealousy and envy. 我内心的那种怪心情，也分不清楚到底只是单纯的羡慕，或是酸溜溜的妒嫉。

每回学校有什么颁奖典礼，我总是仿佛患上了斗鸡眼似的，老是看不开，老是会嫉妒／羡慕他人的成就，嫉妒／羡慕人家有的我没有。

都说了，妒嫉与羡慕，是很难去将它们给区别开来。

或许是我渴望那种能在同学面前风光的感觉。

唉，人，就是如此的幼稚，总是太过于追求一些肤浅的玩意儿，来填补生活中的空缺。

潮州人有句话：“有嘴骂别人，没嘴骂自己”。可明了？这话的意思和“五十步笑百步”一样。

本身也就生气，也很惭愧，自己３年的中学生涯，没有上台领奖过，而最后的１年，想必也是凶多吉少。都已有着这样的心态，还骂人肤浅，真是该掌嘴。

奖，其实有个屁用？我不是在说风凉话，也不是吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸，毕竟我本身的奖状奖杯也有好几个。只不过在看破红尘后，你会发现那奖只不过是一件让你开心高兴的东西而已。

而且过两天，你的臭脾气还不是原形毕露？

不骂肤浅，还能骂什么？

Riddle You This (VI) -- Answer

1. Surname/ Last name

2. Computer Keyboard

3. Lounger

4. Wholesome

5. The word is Spared. The ten words are: Spa, Spar, Spare, Pa, Par, Pare, Pared, Are, Re, and Red.

Riddle You This (VI)

1. Arnold Schwarzenegger has a long one. Jamie Fox has a short one. Madonna doesn't have one. Bill Clinton has one and uses it all the time, and the pope has one and never uses it what is it?

2. What object has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go in?

3. What 7-letter word becomes longer when the third letter is removed?

4. What is it that when you take away the whole, you still have some left over?

5. What six-letter word in the English language contains ten other words without rearranging any of its letters?

New Design

Test... test....

Woohoo!

Finally found a design which I personally like a lot.

What about you guys? Do you all like it??

Wrong Email Address

A couple from Minneapolis decided to go to Florida to thaw out during
one particularly icy winter.  They planned to stay at the very same
hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years earlier.  Because of
hectic schedules, it was difficult to coordinate their travel
schedules.  So, the husband left Minnesota and flew to Florida on
Thursday, with his wife flying down the following day.  The husband
checked into the hotel.  There was a computer in his room, so he
decided to send an e-mail to his wife.  However, he accidentally left
out one letter in her e-mail address, and without realizing his error,
he sent the e-mail.

Meanwhile...somewhere in Houston, a widow had just returned home from
her husband's funeral.  He was a minister of many years who was called
home to glory following a sudden heart attack.  The widow decided to
check her e-mail, expecting messages from relatives and friends.
After reading the first message, she fainted.  The widow's son rushed
into the room, found his mother on the floor, and saw the computer
screen which read:

To: My Loving Wife
Subject: I've Arrived
Date: 16 May 2004
I know you're surprised to hear from me.  They have computers here now
and you are allowed to send e-mails to your loved ones. I've just
arrived and have been checked in.  I see that everything has been
prepared for your arrival tomorrow.  Looking forward to seeing you
then!  Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine was.
P.S. Sure is hot down here!

白色情人节

３月１４日”白色情人节”，从东瀛流行到台湾浓情蜜意浪漫延烧，又是个充满罗曼蒂克色彩两情缱绻（qian3 quan3)的日子，在这一天不管是男生或女生回赠彼此礼物，情牵一世缘，男女浓情蜜意为真爱永远谱下美丽诗篇，期待天天都是浪漫情人节。

白色情人节，起源自日本的民间传说，有情男女在２月１４日当天收到恋人礼物表达爱意，而若对方也有同样的好感或情意时，就会选在３月１４日回送一份情人礼物，表示从现在起两人心心相印。

白色情人节，按照日本习俗，女生会在西洋情人节当天送巧克力向意中人表达爱意，而男生则可在１个月后回赠诉情衷，但发展至今，已经不分彼此了。

白色情人节是对甜蜜爱恋宣誓，象征幸福分享，明明白白你的心真爱永远的意涵。情人节为浪漫爱增添美丽色彩，事实上现在是由谁主动送礼已经不重要了，如果有情男女已经收到令人期待的情人礼物，那何妨趁着白色情人节这天让对方也感受到你的爱意呢？

爱情是人类亘(gen4)古不褪流行的话题。伴随着哈日风潮，白色情人节早已开始在台湾街头巷尾红了起来。

送一个不一样的礼物给心爱的，白色情人节典藏世间红尘男女温柔情愫（su4）相许浪漫一生让爱停留直到永远。

文取自：这里

后记：很奇怪，今天向女性朋友说声“Happy White Valentine's"，她们也会回赠一句“Happy White Valentine's”。然而，祝贺男生时，我得到的反应如下：

１。“Huh?"
２。“？？？”
３。“What is this abt?”

夕阳无限好

前几天，父亲将车子给卖掉了。

我们目前家道小康，比上不足，比下有余，并非缺钱用。只不过过几天，父亲将出国公干，而且是长期性的，但母亲却不会开车，因此才决定将那车子给买了。

虽然要到国外去了，但这两天对父亲而言，相信得面对着许多生活习惯上的差异吧！

霎时间从“有车一族”，到目前的“公车一族”，父亲一下子也忘了要从A到B得乘搭什么巴士或哪条地铁线。本以为当初买了车子，便可永远成为“有车一族”的会员之一，怎么没料到如今却得放弃当这会员的资格，相信父亲一时之间也难以适应这新的status。

其实，生活中便是如此的意想不到。生活里难免有起有落，你不可能永远的拥有一样东西，你必定得在你生命里的某个阶段失去它。这道理就犹如我父亲与他的车子一样。

儿时，我的成绩优异，常名列前茅。本以为我的这份天资可永远的维持下去，无须考获全校榜首或全国状元，只要成绩册里的A等星罗棋布，我就满意了。但是好景不长在，夕阳无限好，只是近黄昏。原本我那象黄昏天色般绚烂多彩的成绩，如今随着时间的流失，也慢慢的陷入了黑暗，黑沉沉的，黑洞洞的。

有人说过：“不在乎天长地久，只在乎曾经拥有”。但是，现实生活中的我们却“不在乎曾经拥有，只渴望天长地久”。就拿学生而言，谁不希望自己的成绩能天长地久的A下去？而又会有谁会只在乎曾经的A而对于目前的D置之不理？

顶多现在只能安慰自己说：早点接受失败的考验，早点接受人生的磨练，总好过到时一遇到挫折便不堪一击，被挫折失败给KO。

顶多现在只能以妒嫉的心态说：高处不胜寒，爬的越高，摔的越痛！毕竟生命若能象过山车般有起有落才刺激精彩；若你的一生都是一帆风顺，象坐地铁般安安稳稳，舒舒适适，那你活着好没意思哦！多么平淡，多么无味！

I GOT A NEW HANDPHONE!!

My phone number remains the same. 9***3*17

P.S. Guess what? This phone only costs me $48!!!

SSEF-Results

Woo~hoo!

My group has obtained a Silver award in this SSEF 2005!!!

Phew! *Heaves a sigh of relief*

Expected to get Silver lah. But i was hoping for a miracle to happen so that we can get a Gold. But it didnt happen.

Oh well.

I am still contented anyways. ;)

SSEF

Wow.

Today was the judging day for my project.

Let's keep this entry short and sweet.

I didn't screw up, my team didn't screw up either, our presentation was up-ti-standard, Q and A was quite okay.. no majr flaws or problems in our content or presentation.

I certainly hope that we can clinch a Gold award.

Results shall be in tomorrow. I will update you then.

Ice-skating

Well, it was Aphelion night on Friday. For those who don't know what's Aphelion, check up the dictionary. But anyways, the explanation provided in the dictionary will not fit in this context.

So it was a night of, well, pure fun, laughter and excitement. To be more detailed, everyone was just high, wild and in ecstasy. Anyways, my topic today is not on how badly the songs were sung that night. Rather, I am just so eager to share with you guys my first time experience on the ice skating rink.

All right, we arrived at Fuji Ice Palace. (In case you have no idea where that is, the rink is located at Jurong East. And no, the rink is nowhere near Snow City) And immediately I rented my skates and put them on, I hit the rink.

It is definitely not easy to even maintain your balance on the ice, much less to skate on it. I spent approximately 10 minutes near the railing for support , and safety, before I decided that staying in the "comfort zone/ safety zone" will not get me anywhere. With absolutely no knowledge on how to skate and barely enough on balancing myself on the rink, I ventured out of the "safety zone" and learnt skating the hard way -- through falling.

Well, falling is nothing to be ashamed of. I fell a dozen of time: on my knees, on my bottom, on my palms, before I could now at least "walk" on the ice without much trouble. I still couldnt "glide" on the ice as what many of my classmates had told me to do, but as long as I can "survive" on the rink and have fun meanwhile, who cares?

Learning how to skate on the rink is like a baby learning how to walk. I felt so helpless and clumsy on that rink and it suddenly dawned upon me that there are just so many things out there beyond the textbooks and classrooms that are yet to be discovered or learnt. I know this sounds cliche, but hey! We may know how to our kidney works, or how acid rain is formed, but we dont know how to even "walk" on ice! This trip just makes me feel so small in this universe..... Hmm, okay, getting a little cheesy here...

Anyway, I would also like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to all those who lend me their helping hand when I fell down in the middle of rink. I can't exactly remember who had "saved" me. I can only remember Gui Rong, Wei Xin and Ming Wei who had given me advice and tips (which I didnt really comprehend and heed) on ice-skating and Cheng Xian (sp?), and some more 4B guys who helped me when I fell down (Sorry if I did not identify you!)

P.S. I wanted to come back again to ice-skate some other time, but being so damn timid, I was easily frightened away.... by the exorbitant rates the rink charges. I mean, paying $8.40 for 2 hours in the rink, plus an addition of $2.10 for the rental of skates? I would rather watch a movie or go K BOX instead.

慢慢来－考试版

诡异的神采，挑衅的喝彩，
浓烈的醋味，慢慢划行而来。

成绩上门来，我冷眼看待，
过多的失败，伤心已经超载。

我猜这班上的气氛
让我
感觉到窒息难挨。
要怪隔壁桌的同学
每次　测验
轻而易举的拿满分。

或多或少期待，还有一线希望，
这一天我突然成绩从F9变A1。
没有必要嫉妒，倒也不必羡慕，
及格的人站着一排
有谁A1有谁C6
又有谁看得出来。

诡异的神采，挑衅的喝彩，
浓烈的药味，慢慢划行而来。

成绩上门来，我冷眼看待，
过多的A1，骄傲已经超载。

我猜这班上的气氛
让我
感觉到疲倦难挨。
要怪隔壁桌的同学
每次　测验
轻而易举的拿满分。

或多或少期待，他有可能失败，
这一天突然那同学不及格拿F9。
没有必要比较，倒也不必Kia Su，
A1的人站着一排
有谁满分有谁八十
又有谁看得出来。

与其比较气坏了体态，不如清醒找一个明白。
你有没有温习好功课，再来拼命狂做那TYS？

慢慢来。。。
慢慢来你成绩必定失败
成绩失败，没有A1，拿到F9！（成绩失败，没有满分，拿到八十！）

多少期待，那个奇迹（他会F9）
这一天会突然爆冷！
没有必要嫉妒，倒也不必羡慕，（没有必要比较，倒也不必Kia Su）
及格的人站着一排（A1的人站成一排）

或多或少期待，不再觉得悲哀。
想证明自己没A1（满分）也能活得精彩
没有必要比较，宁可就被淘汰，
世界还是那么精彩！

等下一阵风吹过来
失败　散开
用功　努力
A1（满分）　自然
手到　擒来