Buy-2-Free-1

Pros and Cons

2011-08-22T03:52:00.004+08:00

A lot of people do not know what do 'pros' and 'cons' stand for or originate from. Would anyone like to take a guess? Don't google for it. That's just cheap and further reinforce your dependency on search engines. Better yet, if you can live without knowing, it helps prove you are not addicted to knowledge. Kevin and Kevan will know this. Addiction to knowledge is actually a condition. Being curious and 'like-to-find-out' are healthy, but when you actively search for new information, or have developed a habit of must-get-to-know whenever you encounter something you don't understand, it becomes a destructive condition (that means it has negative impact on you overall).

I am sure many people had this experience before: when we finally know what the others are whispering about, it felt like a great relief. This feeling also occurs during moments such as when we get the pieces of a situation together or get the hang of the rhythm when playing Guitar Hero. A more subconscious version of this feeling comes when we come across something we do not know, such as what is the Hammurabi's Code, or Double-stranded RNA Activated Caspace Oligomerizer (DRACO), only to google it later and discover that Hammurabi's Code is one of the oldest well preserved code of laws, and DRACO is a developing drug that has the possibility to treat all viral infection. Did you notice a feeling of excitement, lightness, relief, or any kind of difference moments ago? Most people with knowledge addiction would!

Note that the only final product is wisdom. Also, intelligence is no factor. This is because intelligence has no relationship with knowledge, no matter what people might think otherwise.

There is actually a very simple explanation for this: The 'thirst for knowledge' is actually craving for opium. I am serious. According to neuroscientists led by Irving Biederman from the University of Southern California, the pleasure derived from the 'ohhhh~~'-ness of understanding and knowing is due a trigger in your brain similar to a shot of natural opiates. No kidding! I wonder if we suffer from withdrawal symptoms if we are deprived of the options to know things we don't understand.

Knowledge addiction has similar reasons with opium addiction ranging from those that love the relief of stress to those that just enjoy the high. There are, however, reasons that we are less aware of. For example, many people want to know a lot simply because it makes them feel great, confident and well-equipped. After all, knowledge is power! It is generally acceptable that we would rather know than not know, but there are now increasing reported cases from psychologist offices in which patients declared that they feel frustrated when others know something they don't know. We can predict that this will get worse, given the progression of our knowledge-based society. Few people are geniuses, but everyone have the same chance to know a lot. This is called equality.

If you happen to self-diagnose yourself and think you are addicted to knowledge, and you are not exactly happy about it, don't fret! It isn't exactly a bad thing. We've even got big names people who are addicted to knowledge, or at least they think they are. These people have even made it big, probably bigger than you! Here's some examples:

Natalie Portman: graduated from Harvard University with a B.A degree in psychology. Reportedly, she once said 'I would rather be smart than be a movie star.' She had authored scientific publications, lectured at Columbia University and studied French, Japanese, German and Arabic. For those who aren't sure, she's an actress and was casted as the Padme in Star Wars, Evey in V for Vendetta, Emma in No String Attached and Nina in Black Swan.

James Franco: graduated from University of California, Los Angeles. He was allowed to take 62 course credits per quarter instead of the usual 19. Then he moved to New York and simultaneously attended graduate school at FOUR DIFFERENT universities and colleges! All these were done while being an actor, director, author, screenwriter, producer, professor, painter, pilot, model and musician. For those aren't sure, he is Harry in Spiderman, David in Eat Pray Love, that self-amputating guy in 127 Hours, and the scientist in the recent Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

Emma Watson: she's just enrolled in university. But reportedly she said, 'I love learning. I'm addicted to knowledge. It just like, makes me happy.' The actress is the girl responsible for Hermoine in the Harry Potter series.

As you can see, addiction to knowledge really isn't a bad thing at all. These people had taken their addiction with them and moved on to be big shots in the big world. If you are in love with knowledge, you are suffering from no handicap.

P.S. If you had not googled for it, you are still eligible to answer the question of the post: what do 'pros' and 'cons' stand for/originate. Say your answer in the comments!

ZhuZhu8th

↑ Going Up ↑

2011-07-22T15:13:00.000+08:00

I press the button, it lit up, I thought to myself, this will get me to the top floor. A few moments later, the door opens and I stood there, everyone was giving me a 'more passengers' look. As confident as I am, I walked in with my head held high, giving them a nodding grin while entering and then turn to face the door of the lift. It closes. Surrounded by 6 strangers, each of them taking their rightfully-own place in the corners of the box-like structure.

"Hmmm... let's be social," I guess, I started to make up sentences to one of the people closest to me. And surprisingly, all I got back was a nod or a smile, some even go to an extend on putting up a serious defensive posture, as if preparing to strike on a helpless prey.

"You guys are really dull," I silently murmured to myself. With the tense atmosphere, it's really started to seem like a prison for trapped mice. With my last-ditch attempt to save myself, I strife up a new topic again, now closely observing the people with the built-in mirrors in the elevator, trying to get at least some to budge. No luck. One of them even look me in the eye with a brick-wall face, an expression which really destroy all my hope and salvation.

"Now I just made my death sentence closer," I rolled my eyes. Silence was all there is, uneasiness, awkwardness, unpleasantness, just name it... It feels like an eternity before I finally got out alive.

Here's what i learned, let's start with the idea of silence in the elevator. How often do you find chatting up a conversation with the mob of strangers in such a confined space? Conversations in the elevator are generally not recommended. If you are the type of person who likes to meet new people and and desperate to find a new friend in the awkward elevator, then keep the topic simple and light, i.e. I love your coat, your earrings are beautiful, or how about those Yankees? But you might really want to reconsider your venues if you want to have a decent night off =D

The reason silence existed comes down to one of the concepts, known as Proxemics. It's basically defined as the use of space by man in relation to respective cultures and social ethics. Any unnecessary bridge into someone's personal space and you might get mild observations from surrounding strangers or just tension building up to critical level while you're on your slow agonizing wait to the 50th floor.

Since making connections are out, you have no choice and left with a decision to 'face the world alone', nothing to do but staring at the plain metal walls of the elevator thinking about the safety of the lift in the suspended air and preoccupied with the thoughts of ending up lying on a white bed with a familiar antiseptic smell you want to avoid. Now, elevators became the sanctuary where you self-reflect or at least a place where your eyes are glued to the elevator floor indicator.

The stories does not end here, We as the main intelligent lifeform on this planet starts by complaining about how slow the elevator was since you have nothing to do and boredom takes over. With that, elevator companies starts to brainstormed in a way how to keep people distracted since a faster, efficient way of vertical transport was not available by then. Hence the idea of the use of mirrors in elevators were born, not the 'mirrors' which traps you in another dimension, not to ever return again to reality but mirrors which are lady's best friends. With the installation of these reflecting glasses, people would think about something else besides danger. Is my hairdo okay? Was her hair combed properly? Now that you don't have to look directly into her eyes, at the same time you can still self-reflect and thought silently to yourself, wow that girl is hot!! And now you know why mirrors were built and do use it to your advantage =D

Innocent

DotA the Movie: TerrorBlade's Revenge

2011-07-11T00:53:00.000+08:00

This is amazing! DotA has a MOVIE! An one-hour REAL movie! And it's Chinese! It's no use just saying it. You have to watch it for yourself. And even if you are a girl, you should watch it too. It's a love story! And watch it to know what's your boyfriend looking at everyday xP

Exam of Life

2011-06-15T02:45:00.000+08:00

Nowadays, exams are like boss fights of the game of life. There are bosses that crush you and bosses that got crushed by you. Many of us don't really remember the hardest exam we had while the rest are going to sit of their hardest yet. The Chinese pioneered exam, their Imperial Exam famous across the ancient world. Back then, the question involved writing a piece of literature and the reward for passing is a government post and a life of luxury. Fast forward a few thousand years, it's the 21st century, exams now have a few papers spreading across a several subjects and are graded quantitatively. It's just sad somehow passing a huge exam like those in college produce a deeply-in-college-debt graduate who's gonna work the rest of his life off, remain in debt, and retire poor. Sad huh? Perhaps it's because that huge exam is too common. One that's passed by hundreds of students each year. Why maybe a solution is to create an exam that only a wonder person stands a chance! I therefore propose to the education board of the world to offer a new kind of exam for students, and I shall name it the Exam of Life. Take a look at the draft questionnaires:

Instructions
1) Write your name clearly on every pages.
2) Read each question carefully before attempting to answer.
3) Answer all questions in order of the question numbers.

Time allowed: 5 hour

Question 1: History
Write an essay on the history of the Persian empire from its rise to present-day Iran, concentrating especially but not exclusively on its social, economic, political, religious and philosophical impacts on Asia, Europe, Africa and America. Be brief, concise and specific.

Question 2: Communication
Signal to an examiner. 5000 headhunters will storm the exam hall. You must calm them using any languages except ancient Greek.

Question 3: Management Science
Create a generalized algorithm to optimize all managerial decisions. Assuming 1030 with 45 terminals, each terminal to activate your algorithm, design the communication interface along with the necessary control programs.

Question 4: Economics
Develop a feasible plan to refinance the national debt of United States of America. Explain the possible effects of your plan in the following areas: Large Hadron Collider, Justin Bieber, string theory. Suggest a method to counter these effects. Criticize this method from all possible point of view. Point out the deficiencies in those point of views.

Question 5: Sociology
Describe the possible sociological problems that might arise from the end of the world. Construct an experiment to verify your hypothesis.

Question 6: Philosophy
Outline the development of human thought. Compare it with the development of any one other kind of thought. Take a position for or against truth. Prove the validity of your position.

Question 7: Psychology
Evaluate the emotional stability, degree of adjustment and suppressed disappointments during the life of each of the following: Hammurabi, Napoleon Bonaparte, Leonardo da Vinci, Wu Zetian. Support your evaluation with quotations along with appropriate references. It is not necessary to translate.

Question 8: Biology
Create life. Predict the difference in subsequent human culture if this form of life had developed on Earth immediately after the formation of the planet, paying attention to its probable effect on the Roman Catholic Church.

Question 9: Medicine
You will be provided with a scalpel, a piece of cotton and a bottle of Vodka. Remove your appendix. Do not suture until your work has been inspected by an examiner. Do not take more than fifteen (15) minutes.

Question 10: Chemistry
Using the material from the exam table, along with the chemicals in the first aid kit, build an atomic bomb.

Question 11: Physics
Describe the nature of matter. Disprove the General Law of Relativity, at the same time providing a more complete law.

Question 12: Mathematics
Reconstruct the lost Fermat's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. Using the A4 papers and the cello tape provided, build a working model of a sphere which can be turned inside out.

Question 13: Engineering
Signal an examiner to ask for the disassembled parts of a Dragunov SVD sniper rifle and an instruction manual printed in Turkish. In five (5) minutes, a man-eating extraterrestrial prisoner will be released into the exam hall. Take whatever action you feel appropriate. Be prepared to justify your actions.

Question 14: Literature
Write an epic poem of not less than 10000 rhymed couplets on the topic Evil in Man. Do not use more than 9 languages. Then write a critical essay explaining the intentional flaws of your poem.

Question 15: Music
Write a violin concerto. Orchestrate and perform it with banjo, gulingtangan and drum. You will find a violin under your seat.

Question 16: Political Science
Using the atomic bomb built, or otherwise, start World War III. Report on its socio-economic effects, if any.

Question 17: General Knowledge
Describe in detail. Be objective and specific.

Bonus Question
Define the universe, giving two (2) examples.

If you finish before the time is up, check your work to ensure no mistake was made, correcting any if present.

The End

Good Luck

So how well do you think you will score?

Desperate to look smart

2011-06-06T04:29:00.004+08:00

Human evolution has brought us to the point where the whole species put emphasis on intellect. After all, it is allegedly our intelligence that led us to dominate this planet. Truth is, we are so clever that one of the most clever group of us (i.e scientists) even cooked up this just-one-factor-considered measuring tool to tell the world that we are the smartest and not to mess with us. And what's important and relevant here is that, scientists predict our intellect/brain has a lot more room to be improved upon! So being extra smart is like, d00d I am higher evolved than you!

X-ray of future you as envisioned by Wikipedia

The idea of your great-great-grandson

that Tom Morris is trying to 'myth-ify'

Then comes the biggest problem as explained by the credited author in Kevan's article in March is that people have polarized thinking. This means people tends to give extreme judgments. For example, you are either pretty or ugly, happy or sad, smart or stupid. Test it yourself: for the three previous opposites, think for an English word that describe the quality that lies in between. If your answers are average, moderate, not bad, etc, then congratulation! You are a human! Anyway, what happens here is, people know that if they aren't smart then automatically they are stupid! And being stupid is TERRIFYING! So what people do next is take the shortcut to smartness: look smart! And I am not talking about faking smart here. I am talking about genuine smartness! But as you will see, some actions can be backfiring as users unwittingly turn their smartness against themselves, actions such as...

1) Bragging About Your Test Results

Let's face it, you don't masturbate and immediately know how good you will be in bed. So what should you do? You get a partner (or more) to observe his/her/their response. And for smartness, there are the popular IQ tests, personality tests, SAT, school tests and even fortune cookies saying 'you will make a good decision today' a.k.a you make bad decisions the rest of the time. Yet although you would be shy to announce how badly you failed a physics test, you never suspect the same on other people. So when someone promptly inform you that he got an A for algebra, your mind instantly implies that he's a freaking genius. After all, it's impossible to get an A for algebra and D for the other subjects, right? RIGHT?

Even more suspicious is how horoscopes or personality tests never have results such as these:

You are going to fail in life.
You will be a virgin till you die.
Your ideal career is begging for money.
You are dumb and ignorant.

No, somehow these never appear although we have seen or heard of someone exactly like that. Positive thinking is so important that it is better to hide the truth that your 'Perfectionist' result is actually OCD.

Yes? Then you are a perfectionist!
No anxiety disorder here =D

(oh I am sorry that smiley is tilted 90 degree left)

Facebook personality quizzes are visited by millions of people a day because they allow posting of your results. But the fact remains that you aren't gonna look smart if you can't be smart! This is crucially important because many people focuses too much on the exterior and forgot that they still need to learn and think. Problems aren't restricted to the not-smart category (not saying you're dumb!) as smart people can fall victims to their own traps, as in...

2) Throwing Around Credentials And Achievements

Yes you are the winner of American Idol season X. Yes you won a gold medal in the last Olympic. Yes you have a Ph.D in awarding Ph.Ds. But there's a proper time or place to tell that, like in a job interview or to get laid. Then there are improper time and place that might end you up on FAILBlog, like when getting laid or to prove you are smartest in an argument.

OH YES! This feels good!
I got an A-Star for my A Level Chemistry!

I haven't been catching up with the real world since World of Warcraft, but last time I was around, you win an argument by being correct, not by being smart. I am pretty sure it's still the same way to settle things now. So what makes some people think even if the topic is controversial, smartness trumps facts, is beyond me. Now if you say Hindus should not eat chocolate because chocolate is made by choking a cow, you are d@mn well wrong because we all know that chocolate is made by delivering the cocoa late! When you are proven to be literally and factually wrong, you should just shut up and be embarrassed like anyone else would, but some people got the idea they can make their own 'Return of' by shooting their credentials and achievements by saying 'So you made a chocolate in front of me by liquefying ground fermented cocoa beans, but I've got a Master in the Chemistry of Chocolate Flavouring!' This idea formed because the system of credentials and achievements is misunderstood. When you are acknowledged for being capable of doing a good job, you still have to do the job right, not sit there and everything become done right by you.

It's E=mcD! I know because I finished up to the Big Bang Theory Season 4.

What happens is, it doesn't matter if you showed you are the reincarnation of Archimedes plus Michael Faraday plus Albert Einstein and you have the memory and IQ of all of them combined, if you think that's gonna make 27 alphabets exist then you are idiot at the moment. Being an idiot for even a moment is a death-sentence for many people. That's why the following effort is popular.

3) Be Really Really Smart (When You Don't Have To)

Humans naturally feel insecure. That's why we banded together and owned the Earth since many years ago. Now that we are on the throne, we feel insecure about ourselves. In particular, our smartness. For many of us, there's nothing more horrible than being asked a question and not knowing the answer. Stuttering 'The charge of an electron is... Errrr... Ermm... In Coulomb, the value is errr...' is the equivalent of screaming 'F**k you!' in the face of Hitler or sneezing snots all over the face of the person of your dream. To prevent it, what they do is always prepare the right answer to give, at the wrong time, which can be really annoying.

"Mommy, before I die I must tell you.
Did you know pig orgasm lasts for more than 30 minutes?'

"Good morning! I know the opposite
of a dice cube always add up to a seven."

They go to didyouknow.org, memorize the side notes on an obscure novel then tune in to Discovery Channel to remember every details from Future Weapon so the next time he's playing CoD he can attempt better to talk like a weapon freak. So if the next time you get bombarded by someone with a random trivia or statistics, this is probably the reason. These people have favorite subjects of conversation which aren't like the norm. While other people are talking about common stuffs like boobies or Bieber, they tend to make sudden topic change to conspiracy theories or pseudoscience matters or suspiciously even numbered statistics which most people normally won't know. Probably because they are made up. Because for them nothing beats the demoralizing power of a 'DID YOU KNOOOOWWWWWW...' followed by a 'yeah'.

Better than porn.

Apparently it's a really hard art to master. One has to be skillful to dodge questions or parry them with answers that are gonna beat the wrong bush. Like, the 'How many Irish does it take to change a light bulb?' assault promptly repelled with a 'DID YOU KNOW that Thomas Edison supported direct current for electricity distribution?' It's really pathetic. If Leonardo of Vinci that genius can invent an helicopter and keep it away for four centuries, why do you have to be so excited just because you know the rotor of the largest helicopter spins at 110rpm. If this is not enough, look forward to the long-term planners who...

4) Become Nerds

Now, we know a lot of smart people love science and math and philosophy and literature. But that doesn't mean that's the only thing they do! A brilliant people can also be into other things, like photography or paint balling or skydiving.

Or grinding an ass. Who doesn't?

However, it becomes wrong to associate all intellectuals are full-time intelligent. Just because event A causes event B to happen does not mean event B also causes event A to happen. Then it gets worse when it's assumed smart people are nerdy and nerdy people are into stuffs like Star Wars or Green Lantern.

He's green and ugly but I'm gonna love him so I can be smart.

Now we have someone who always try to start up conversation about the dark matter or demographic stochasticity and the sort and scorn at any discussions of new DVDs out in a nearby shop, unless of course if it's about Star Wars in which they start shrieking "REALLY?! Oh I love Star Wars ever since 63 years before George Lucas was born! OH MY GOD I LOVE STAR WARS I AM SUCH A HUGE NERDDDDDDDDDD~" now don't tell me you wouldn't think that's slightly desperate. But nothing is going top it all, for looking smart, than...

5) Not Be Stupid

Most of us have been there. The blasting in our face "WHAT?! YOU DON'T KNOW?!" coming from a really 'smart' person. Somehow many times in an average person's life, not knowing everything in the world means you're stupid. And not just plain stupid. It's the kind of stupid that says you don't deserve to live. Like if you have the Down Syndrome, only you're worse than that.

YOU IDIOT! HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW THE SQUARE ROOT OF THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINE?

And this is the cause of when some 'smart' people believe everyone either has an IQ of 200 or 50. You become stupid for stopping for breath mid-sentence or not having a perfect memory to remember the orgy your friend had forgotten to inform you about. Or you are a ridiculously, hell-homing stupid abomination for enjoying Justin Bieber or Twilight. Meanwhile of course, they are one of the world's rare high-class elites who are the only ones in the world that fully understand how China economy is booming, which in fact are information gotten from the columns at The Economist. But it doesn't bother them that they aren't having the normal fun. Because they are too occupied with the fun of believing they are smart and...

6) Being Sophisticated

These are the people who are superior to anything. Because they are sophisticated, everything else become inferior. They will go to a karaoke but won't sing because it's not the American Idol, attend a party but not dance because well, possibly because they can dance so good your eyes will fall out, although I doubt that.

Or he rules a nuclear nation, so don't mess with him.

Don't get me wrong! They are not arrogant. They are just simply too good to do what average people do. After all, they don't have an average intelligence. That said, they regularly socialize with average people. It's just that they have an allergy to participation in average activities because, well, for these low self-esteem individuals, up-keeping a smart image is important right?

Now I am not saying these people are stupid. I am sure most of them, if not all, are pretty smart people. There are just many types of smartness and many kinds of stupidity, and trying too hard to show you are smart can be one such dumbness. It's a murky border between genius and idiot so no one really cares (except those people). Dumb people who are friendly and honest are much more preferable than smart ones who keep annoying everyone by showing how smart they are. The world's not gonna think less of you for not being smart in every way, so rather than trying to memorize the crap out of everything on the Internet, why don't you learn something from your fellow human beings instead?

ZhuZhu8th

Red alert!! Communication Glitch in our programmings!!!

2011-03-23T20:54:00.002+08:00

Have you ever been embarassed after a statement? Forced into damaged control?? Feel stupid after the fact?? You might be aware of them or you might not, but there's an error in our *programming*.(Yes I treat brains as computers and mindsets as softwares =p). Here's probably one of the reason why.

Error: Treating Inferences as facts.

Fact: A statement or claim that can be objectively verfied or proven. For example: The date today is March 23 . Wood comes mainly from trees. The tallest man-made structure to date is the Burj Dubai skyscraper.

Inference: process of reasoning from premises to a deduction or conclusion. Inferences are inevitable. Our problem arises when we treat inferences as automatic fact. It happens that our brain auto-process infos based on association, relevance and logical reasoning. This is to quickly filter out and deal with the loads of info it receives, both trivial and crucial so it does not overload and short-circuit itself.So be careful. Your inference can be your error.

Examples:

You see a poorly dressed customer walk into your store and conclude they don't have money to spend.
You see a woman with a fuller figure wearing a billowing blouse. You congratulate her on her upcoming pregnancy.
You see a college student normally attired in jeans enter the room sporting a business suit. You assume they had a job interview.
You hear a voice over the fast-food intercom. You say "Thank you, Sir" at order completion. You drive up and painfully learn that voice belonged to a woman.
You hear the word "nurse" or "dancer" and immediately decode this as "female". Conversely, you hear "construction worker" or "engineer" and decode "male".
You see two people standing together at a social situation. You believe they are a couple.
You see a person driving an expensive car. You assume that he is well off.
You pick up on a charred smell. You assume whatever your friend is cooking, you'll be looking at a black plate on the table.
You hear a police siren go off your neighbourhood. You assume there's something big going on around the corner.
You see a pair of bride and bridesgroom. You went up to congratulate them only to know that the man wearing the tuxedo is the best man.

Solution: It's only human for you to make inferences. Just don't automatically give them "fact" status.

"The brain processes 400 Billion bits of information a second. BUT, we are ONLY aware of 2,000 of those." -Dr. Joseph Dispenza, D.C.

Don't blame your biological processor. It's only doing what's right to keep itself from blowing up its circuitry into bits.

Content credits to LisaMarie Luccioni

TacTics19

Malicious Maths and Problematic Probability

2011-03-18T20:00:00.009+08:00

Statistics is employed in a wide range of fields. Banks, investors and gamblers exploit it to earn millions and billions of dollars every year. Everyone agrees that the right use of statistics is advantageous. However, Mr. Statistics can be tricky. I want to demonstrate this using probabilities and to warn people not to take statistics, especially probabilities, at its face value.

Let's say I have this game of dice. There's a host and a player. The game is played with the player choosing a number from 1 to 6, then tossing an unbiased 6-sided die. If the die shows a face value matching the number chosen by the player, the host pays the player $9. If it doesn't match, then the player pays the host $1. The question is, in the long run and if you are the player, is it profitable to play this game? Now many people would think, 'Hey! Why not?? An unbiased 6-sided die means each face shows 1/6 of the time! That means I will lose 5 times and win once on average, earning me $5 approximately every 6 rounds ($10 - 5x$1).' Many people would be wrong. They have forgotten that a number has to be chosen to match. Now, the probability of choosing 1 of the 6 numbers will already be 1/6. The probability of the die face showing the chosen number will be another 1/6. Combined together, the probability of getting a die face value matching your chosen number will be 1/36!!!!! (1/6 x 1/6) That means you lose $35 for every $10 win!!!

Another example: faced with an unbiased 3 choices dilemma with each choice carrying 1/3 chance to the correct answer, choosing any option gives you 1/3 of being correct while the rest of 2/3 are held by the other 2 choices. These 2 choices carry 1/3 each to the correct answer. Therefore the chance of getting the correct answer from choosing any of the other 2 is 2/3 x 1/3 = 2/9, versus 1/3 from your initial first choice. It is now statistically proven that unless there is a change, it is always the best to stay with your first choice. Similarly, imagine a scenario where the chance of getting what you want is 50%, and you only have one try. Now, you might think that getting what you want is 50% for that try. That might sounds true, but it doesn't matter. You see, let's take a large number. Say, infinite! Now, if you have infinite try, you will get what you want 50% of the time. But what matters is the one try you have now. You should then be aware that the probability of that one try carrying what you want is actually 1/4, i.e, 1/2 the probability of that try carrying what you want multiplied by 1/2 the probability of that try being one of the 50% of infinite tries that carry what you want.

So you can see, a lot of times, it's not the fault of the world that statistics lie to you. It's your fault for being ignorant of more variables. After all, stochasticity in nature is part of the wonder of this world!!! Before I end this, I would like to remind readers (or maybe reader or even no one) that I am not an expert on statistics nor do I agree on everything I have written. Also, I would like to wish a happy belated birthday to some of the special people in my life, Adeline Sung and Hui Yi, because I missed out on greeting them on time:

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!!!!

ZhuZhu8th

Valentine

2011-02-16T18:28:00.002+08:00

This post is written as a response to Sharon's post.

Well Sharon, Valentine's Day is the day of Saint Valentine (which kinda means Muslims aren't really supposed to celebrate it? =S). It's a tradition started by a pope during the 5th century I think. But it was not associated with romantic love until the Middle Ages. On that day, lovers give each other love notes called valentines, which of course have been replaced by cards nowadays.

As a student of economics, you would understand that Valentine's Day is crucial to the market worldwide. Every year, more than a thousand places around the world manufacture chocolates for Valentine's Day and in fact, billions of dollars are spent just to ship these chocolates (true story)! Not to mention many more billions of dollars are circulated in the economy of the world with the trading of gifts! This is all healthy by mean of money flow and might even revive a stale economy!

On the other hand, in Korea, hallmark holidays set on 14th such as Candle Day, White Day, Rose Day, Music Day, Wine Day, Movie Day and omg Silver Day (you gotta love this day if you play in the metal market) are seriously created by the commercial community to spike revenue. But then, like Valentine's Day, it's all for the sake of economy! ^^ Well as consumers maybe you wouldn't like it that much but if you view from a different perspective, these 'Day's are really great ideas!

ZhuZhu8th

新兔年快乐

2011-02-03T01:01:00.002+08:00

恭喜发财, 万事顺利, 心想事成

To those concerned, wish we all get good results and scholarships and good uni to go to =) And of course, may all MY dreams come true =P, one of which is that everyone's dreams come true ^^

ZhuZhu8th

Think Again

2011-01-21T20:58:00.004+08:00

Hi, people

Just have a comeback, thought i might as well have a share with all of you an article i have come across a few days ago. This is to provide a guideline to all of you for all the grandma's and grandpa's out there that may seem different but actually are a lot in common with all of us, except the part of getting skin wrinkles and the aging of the hair ( it's worse in men)

Legends of the old people : -

MYTH #1: All old people are the same.

REALITY: There is more variety among older people than among any other age group.

MYTH #2: The basic human needs of older people are different from those of younger people.

REALITY: Human needs do not change as we grow old.

MYTH #3: More than 50 percent of the elderly are senile (that is, they suffer memory, disorientation, bizarre behavior)

REALITY: About 80 percent of older adults are healthy enough to carry out their normal activities.

MYTH # 4: All old people are incompetent.

REALITY: Many elderly people, even in the early stages of dementia, can retain their abilities to understand and appreciate information they are given and reason to make important life choices. Physical disabilities are often mistakenly linked to intellectual deficits.

MYTH #5: There is a lack of productivity with older people.

REALITY: While most older people are not in paid employment, they may have important roles as grandparents, caregivers, volunteers, or in civic and social activities.

MYTH #6: All old people suffer from rigid thinking.

REALITY: There is the belief elders shy away from new technologies such as use of computers and the Internet. Over 41 percent of those >65 use the Internet.

MYTH #7: As people age, their ability to learn often stops.

REALITY: Learning patterns may change and speed of learning may diminisg but the basic capacity to learn is retained.

MYTH #8: It is easier to learn new things than it is to recall things from the past.

REALITY: The exact opposite is true: It is easier to remember things from the past than it is to learn new things.

MYTH #9: Forgetfulness is likely to indicate the onset of dementia.

REALITY: Memory loss can be caused by medications, medical conditions, or by depression related to life events. Forgetfulness may be an early sign of dementia but it does not necessarily mean a person will be diagnosed with dementia.

MYTH#10: Everyone who gets old will develop dementia.

REALITY: Only 6%-8% of people over age 65 have dementia and 1/3 of those over age 85 have some dementia symptoms.

MYTH#11: All old people get depressed.

REALITY: Most older adults, most of the time, are not depressed. Depression is NOT a normal part of growing old but rather an illness that needs to be treated. Age alone is not a risk factor for depression.

MYTH#12: Depression in late life is more enduring and difficult to treat than depression at younger ages.

REALITY: The course of depression in the elderly is identical to that of younger persons. The response of depression to treatment appears as positive as at other life stages.

MYTH#13: Depression in late life is typically due to psychological factors.

REALITY: Depression in late life is frequently co-morbid with physical illness such as stroke, heart disease, diabetes, and hip fracture. If caregivers misinterpret the nature and different forms of depression, they may not seek diagnosis and treatment.

MYTH#14: If an older person does not look depressed, he/she does not feel depressed.

REALITY: Depression often causes physical problems such as loss of energy, low appetite and weight, trouble sleeping, social withdrawal, and complaints of pain. Depression can also make someone agitated and delusional.

MYTH#15: If an older person looks depressed, he or she must feel depressed.

REALITY: Depression is often mistaken for apathy which has been shown to be a different syndrome from depression.

So I end my post here and hopefully people would show this post to their children before they get old to avoid your grandkids asking "Grandpa, when are you not able to control your bladders like what happen in the drama series?" =)

Innocent

住在心里面

2011-01-19T11:32:00.005+08:00

ZhuZhu8th

Which Is Worse for Your Health: Marijuana or Alcohol?

2011-01-17T21:58:00.003+08:00

A few days ago, I stumbled upon an article which is quite fascinating in my opinion. It is about the widespread and legal use of alcohol and how it when compared to Marijuana( illegal ), is commonly assumed to be very detrimental to your health. So here I would state out the points and let you decide which is worse for your health, marijuana or alcohol?

Prolonged and consistent use of alcohol affects nearly every organ of the body

the gastrointestinal track
cardiovascular system
central nervous system

Alcohol is a contributing factor in

Gastritis
ulcers
liver cirrhosis
pancreatitis
hypertension
muscle weakness
memory impairment.

Other symptoms include:

1. Tremor

2. unsteady gait

3. insonmia

4. erectile dysfunction.

In pregnant women

Abortion or fetal alcohol syndrome and birth defects.

Drinkers fall more and cause accidents. Alcohol is related to 55% of fatal auto accidents. Half of all murderers and their victims are believed to involve alcohol. Furthermore, alcohol leads to disinhibition of feelings of sadness and aggression which can lead to suicide.

On the other hand, Cannabis

Increases appetite,
Dry mouth,
Tachycardia,
Euphoria,
Sedation
Slowed sense of time.
Chronic cough or throat problems due to smoking

These are the symptoms and consequences of cannabis and alcohol according to the DSM-IV, the bible of the psychiatric community. Now, that you have read them yourself, what do you think?

TacTics18

25 Quotes on Humor

2011-01-17T21:43:00.006+08:00

"Laugh as much as possible, always laugh. It's the sweetest thing one can do for oneself & one's fellow human beings." - Maya Angelou

"A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better." - Barbara Walters

"He who laughs, lasts." - Mary Pettibone Poole

"A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing." - Laura Ingalls Wilder

"There is nothing like a gleam of humor to reassure you that a fellow human being is ticking inside a strange face." - Eva Hoffman

"Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it." - Bill Cosby

"A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road." - Henry Ward Beecher

"It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously." - Oscar Wilde

"When humor goes, there goes civilization." - Erma Bombeck

"A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life." - Hugh Sidey

"A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done" - Dwight D. Eisenhower

"I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it." - Frank A. Clark

"No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor." - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"Comedy is acting out optimism." - Robin Williams

"A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life." - William Arthur Ward

"Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing." - Allen Klein

"Humor is just another defense against the universe." - Mel Brooks

"Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it." - Langston Hughes

"Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs." - Christopher Morley

"If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor." - Jennifer Jones

"Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth." - Victor Borge

"Humor is the affectionate communication of insight." - Leo Rosten

"Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you." - Langston Hughes

"Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor." - Eric Sevareid

"The more I live, the more I think that humor is the saving sense." - Jacob August Riis

Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out of it alive anyway. =)

TacTics18

Lawrance the Wannabe-Wise

2010-07-19T23:51:00.000+08:00

I couldn't sleep and my thought was on Facebook wondering how do some people come up with some nice quotes for their statuses, so I decided to give it a try:

If you truly love her then let her lives happily, and live happily yourself because if she loves you, that's the way she would want it to be.

That's it! Not bad for a first-timer huh ;-D That's why I put it both on Facebook and here.

ZhuZhu8th

Spaniards Spanish Sepanyol!!!!!

2010-07-12T04:58:00.003+08:00

Woooooo Iniesta's moment at the last minutes!!! Thanks to him there's no need to drag into penalties =D so the winner of FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 is SPAIN!!!! =DDDDDDDD

Loser Singaporean parrot got it wrong xD Now we can have BBQ parrot wings :-) Goodbye Holland!!!! Now I can get some sleep~~~~ so CONGRATS TO SPAINNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;-)

ZhuZhu8th

Crazy Answers to Crazy Thoughts #1

2010-06-13T12:32:00.007+08:00

Here are some weird answers to to answer the previous post -

(Be warned! This post was typed at the peak of today's most boring moment. Super duper hyper mega long essay alert! And, for the curious and knowledge-starved, watch the time. Don't spend too long here!!!)

First of all, let me introduce the process of commercial flavour creation. Most food and beverage companies do not manufacture their own flavourings. Instead, they employ the services of professional flavourist from flavour companies. It is a flavourist's job to combine extensive knowledge of the chemical palette with artistic creativity to develop distinctive flavours.

The client company will attempt to communicate exactly what type of flavor they seek, in what application it will be used, and any special requirements (e.g., must not be of animal origins, maybe because the target consumer group consists of my mum and Zhi). The communication barrier can be quite difficult to overcome since most people aren't experienced at describing flavors (even as an A level student, the only technical smell term I can easily employ is... pungent). The flavorist will use his or her knowledge of the available chemical ingredients to create a formula and compound it on an electronic balance. The flavor will then be submitted to the client for testing.

The flavor company may conduct sensory taste tests to test consumer acceptance of a flavor before it is sent to the client or to further investigate the "sensory space." This means that the favourist will make a variety of 'grape flavours' and do a survey on 'which one do you think taste and smell most like grapes?' In fact, in the 20th Century, Cadbury sent out boxes of experimental chocolates to schools throughout the Great Britain weekly to conduct such surveys. That said, it's not the flavour-maker's fault that the grape flavour doesn't have the smell you believe it should have. Rather, it's you, as a consumer, whose mistake is just accepting it as grape flavour just because they said so.

Now for the next question, one should be reminded that the word 'virgin' is derived from the Latin 'virgo', meaning 'woman inexperienced in sex'. Coincidentally, it is also my Zodiac sign, but that's not important. More important is this question: If a lesbian is 40 years old and had had sex another woman for like, 50 times in her life, are you going to say "she's a virgin', or translated "she's a woman inexperienced in sex"? Also, virginity is usually evidenced by an intact hymen. This membrane is stretched and sometimes torn when a woman had her first vaginal penetration, whether by a man or by a... dildo? I feel weird saying all these. Anyway, varying due to personal opinions too, the answer is biased toward negative based on the information I provided. However, it is not limited to those as for example, religious views heavily influence such decision making, not to mention certain religions classify homosexuality as an uncondonable act of evil!

This is all for now. I think I will 2 questions at a time. Meanwhile, I believe I have the need to do a little bit of research on the New York Texas driving license thing. I am not familiar with how things work over there.

Pardon me for the long essay. Ray George would be proud of me. While he's sun-bathing and enjoying his suite in Australia, I am practicing for GP here!!! Goodbye for now!

ZhuZhu8th

Crazy Thoughts

2010-06-11T16:38:00.004+08:00

Here are some weird question you might want to answer -

Why does grape flavor smell the way it is when actual grapes don't taste or smell anything like it.

If a lesbian has sex with other women but never with another man is she still considered a virgin?

If its 11:30 PM Dec 31 in Texas and 12:30 AM Jan 1st in New York and you have a New York driver's license that expires Jan 2007, does that mean your license has expired?

Can you daydream at night?

Why is it that on a phone or calculator the number five has a little dot on it?

Can animals commit suicide?

How can something be "new" and "improved"? if it's new, what was it improving on?

Do siamese twins pay for one ticket or two tickets when they go to movies and concerts?

Do prison buses have emergency exits?

If a guy that was about to die in the electric chair had a heart attack should they save him?

Do you wake up or open your eyes first?

If you put a chameleon in a room full of mirrors, what color would it turn?

How do you tell when you run out of invisible ink?

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?

What do you do when you see an endangered animal that is eating an endangered plant?

Have a nice day =D

Anyway, the answer to the last part of the question - You will have to wish that the endangered plant isnt poisonous =D

Innocent

Not LAME JOKES

2010-05-20T23:12:00.002+08:00

Just another joke to start your day with a laugh, and no more lame jokes please...like what Lawrence have said and said again...lame is so last year...hope you guys enjoy what's below this...though I'm not much into cars...this will do for now( it has to do for now...what else can I do...hehe..)

Why Microsoft shouldn't make cars

At a recent computer expo, Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated: "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving twenty-five dollar cars that got 1000 miles to the gallon."

In response to Bill's comments/General Motors issued a press release stating the following: "If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would be driving cars with the following characteristics:

1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.

2. Every time they repainted the lines on the road, you would have to buy a new car.

3. Occasionally, your car would die on the freeway for no reason, and you would accept this, restart, and drive on.

4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart;
in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.

5. Only one person at a time could use the car, unless you bought 'Car95' or 'CarNT.' Then you would have to buy
more seats.

6. Macintosh would make a car that's powered by the sun, more reliable, five times as fast, and twice as easy to drive, but would only run on five percent of the roads.

7. The oil, water, temperature and alternator warning lights would be replaced by a single 'general car fault' warning light.

8. New seats would force everyone to have the same butt size.

9. The airbag system would say 'Are you sure?' before going off.

10. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.

11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand McNally road maps, even though they neither need them nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause the car's performance to diminish by 50 per cent or more.

12. Every time GM introduced a new model, car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.

13. You'd press the 'Start' button to shut off the engine.

Like the last line, I would like to shut down my engine now...it's the bed for me...the soft santuary is inviting me to lay on it already...bye bye people...catch you guys next time.

Tactics

What happens when one get jobless

2010-05-20T19:06:00.003+08:00

Hey there! So being jobless which I coincidentally always am, I decided to post some update about life, and what could be more interesting than our favorite twin: Co-owners of this blog: KK Twin! Similarly coincidentally, my phone is always in my hand so I managed to take a picture that strongly illustrate the sweetness of their loving brotherhood. =D

Another agenda on this post is to show off my mania. And to Meng Wee, apparently the condition maniacs are suffering from is 'mania', not 'maniacness'. Pardon my poor vocabulary and hantamful language. When one as lifeless, jobless and geeky as me, one computer just cannot satisfy his insatiable hunger for technology. Who in this world would need 2 computers, 4 cursor-controllers and 3 keyboards to game? Well Mr. Who doesn't need it. Lawrance do.

I am never good at ending a post properly. In fact, most of the time I got some idea for the next post, I started typing, and halfway through I lost interest and can't wait to click the 'PUBLISH POST' button. In fact, the fact I stated in the last sentence was wrong. The factual fact is, it happens every time. Including this time. Tata!

ZhuZhu8th

U.S Navy visits MSPSBS

2010-05-16T20:31:00.002+08:00

2 weeks ago crews of a US Navy ship visit MSPSBS to give a concert. I can't help but notice the typical Bruneian food for their 'refreshment'. This is probably a conversation that took place during the refreshment.

Navy: I know what this is! I saw this on TV before! It's called Fried Springroll!

Malay teacher: No no no! Wrong! That is POPIA!

Have a nice day! =D

ZhuZhu8th

Meng Wee's credit

2010-05-10T19:10:00.003+08:00

Here's a short riddle for everyone:

Yesterday, Wen Zhi said he has phone credits worth $5.00. Meng Wee then said he has 10 times more than Wen Zhi. How much phone credits does Meng Wee have? Let me answer this for you: $55.00.

Today, Wen Zhi said he has phone credits worth -$5.00 (negative five dollars). Meng Wee then said he has 10 times more than Wen Zhi. How much phone credits does Meng Wee have? Answer this yourself.

(The answer is not -$55.00. As Meng Wee has 'more credits' than Wen Zhi, Meng Wee's credits should at least be -$4.99.)

ZhuZhu8th

Conscious with Unconscious

2010-05-02T20:19:00.010+08:00

What comes into mind when you were given the word conscious and unconscious? I guess it's an easy question and answer.

What comes into mind when I ask what is the correlation between conscious and unconscious? It's an everyday life query that people are usually oblivious of.

Sometimes you would encounter a state of mind where this two matter conflicts each other or go along with each other. Based on my understanding, this is how it goes...

Example 1: Someone who had an education being offered a cigarette would definitely say no... but what would his other part of mind have to say: hey cant you at least give this DEADLY drug a chance? Next second you know it, smoky grey clouds filled the air and your life belongs to the tobacco industry from then onwards.

Example 2: This is the part I told you about your favourite food; sushi!! (Wait... that's my favourite food). The 1st time when your tongue comes in contact with this delightful sensation, you'll experienced 'heaven' and this memory would be placed with the door next to love. The next time when you step outside a Japanese restaurant, your saliva would flood the whole stretch of roads. Though you may not recall any past images, subconsciously you will relate this with the 'heaven' you come across in your earlier age.

In contraire, there would be the bad experience known as trauma. If you swallow some pills and some get caught in your respiratory pipeline, choking would be inevitable. Even if you survive, you most probably ended up having nightmares. This kind of phobia can only be overcome by yourself but friends would always be helpful and some may be drive by their personal partners to rid this evil that haunts you timelessly.

Example 3: This is the 'objects relations' theory i'm going to talk about. This is much less concerned about struggles between parts of mind, and much more concerned about how people understand and represent their relationship with other people. The "objects" in this case are representation of people. This is how you experienced and remember when a particular action is done by others.

A clear example of this would be the 2nd love relationship you're having. Experts say that couples would usually recreate the normal feeling they experience in their 1st. This is the reason why some are unable to start a new relationship when they had the worst outcome of their 1st unless those relationships can be created in some fashion that neglect this dynamics.

So this sums it up the topic I shared today.

Innocent

Lawrance - Hurt

2010-04-27T18:36:00.002+08:00

ZhuZhu8th

Back in the game

2010-04-05T20:27:00.010+08:00

Hi there! Yea long hiatus huh.. Well the last thing I remember was Kevin and Kevan telling me one of them is next in turn to update, and I guess this is his update: emptiness. Anyway, nothing much, just a tool to swear if you need to but the circumstance forbids so. Here goes the best method: by singing.

ZhuZhu8th

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

2010-02-14T00:57:00.002+08:00

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!!!!! :D

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!!!!! xD

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHA

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!!!!! HUAT AH!!!

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!

You got one of em? Well to those on msn who have received my wishes, you are spammed!!! Actually I copied pasted one of the messages randomly for each person onlining on my msn list =P No harm done! The sincerity is still there. Just less effort xP

ANYWAY, this is it! It's 初一 and it's

So here I wish you all:

Reporting from Subok, I am proud and pleased to say that the First Hour was marked by 四面楚敋 of fireworks in the sky. The bombardment results in the smell of the powder in the air!!! Well I guess with incoming of a Tiger year, this is the kinda of fun we ought to enjoy!

I wish everyone a great Tiger year! Depending on your agenda, choose from the following:

1) Gong xi fa cai

2) Bu bu gao sheng

3) Shen ti an kang

4) Ma dao cheng gong

5) Ji xiang ru yi

6) Sheng yi xing long

7) Cai yuan guang jin

8) Er sun man tang

8 main ones and there are all wishes from me. Just pick those you want =D Kinda like a wishes buffet.

ZhuZhu8th

N00b Award: Most Imba Technical Hero

2010-02-10T00:35:00.007+08:00

I am proud to present this N00b Award for Most Imba Technical Hero. In nomination is Pudge, Mirana and Goblin Techies. The winner is decided by a 1-man poll. Voted as the winner, let us first look at the hero's profile:

Hero Introduction

The Priestess of the Moon is known for her deadly Arrow, which while difficult to land, will stun a target longer when fired from further away. She can send Stars down upon enemies around her to deal damage, and land an additional Starfall to one target at her feet. Mirana can also Leap small distances to escape or chase, and when she touches down, allies in the area are enchanted with movement speed. Her ultimate Moonlight Shadow enables her to briefly render her entire team invisible, for a group surprise attack or retreat. While always hard to catch, Mirana is most deadly and feared when keeping her own prey from fleeing.

Background Story

A matriarch and high priestess of Elune's blessed order, Mirana Nightshade serves as a light in darkness for the front line of the Sentinel ranks, raining arrows and falling stars alike upon the shambling undead masses of the Undead Scourge, while her very presence is said to be so holy that it melts away the fatigue of nearby allies, giving them greater haste on the battlefield. In times of need however, she can fade herself and others around her into the safety of invisibility, making her a potent supporter matched by few.

Statistics

Affiliation:Sentinel
Attack Animation:0.3 / 0.7
Damage:38 - 49
Casting Animation:0.5 / 0.83
Armor:1.9
Base Attack Time:1.7
Movespeed:300
Missile Speed:900
Attack Range:600
Sight Range:1800 / 1200

As you all already know by now, the winner of the Most Imba Technical Hero N00b Award goes to our one and only:

Priestess of the Moon - Mirana Nightshade

ZhuZhu8th

The ULTIMATE Songs Quiz

2010-01-26T23:13:00.003+08:00

With each question is a series of drawings which represent part of a song's lyric, and the artist of the song. Do not guess the name of the song. Rather, guess the lyric verse itself.

Innovation of Kevin, creation of Lawrance, additions from Rachel and Zhi.

Answers will be posted here periodically ONE BY ONE.

ZhuZhu8th

Warning: If you have a car license and a girlfriend

2010-01-17T22:13:00.013+08:00

A fellow bought a new Mercedes and was out on an interstate road for a nice evening drive. The top was down, the breeze was blowing through his hair and he decided to open her up. As the needle jumped up to 80mph he suddenly saw a flashing red and blue light behind him. ''They'll never catch me,'' he thought to himself and opened her up further.

The needle hit 90, 100 110 and finally 120 with the lights still behind him. ''What in hell am I doing?'' he thought and pulled over.

The cop came up to him, took his license without a word and examined it and the car. ''I've had a tough shift and this is my last pull over. I don't feel like more paperwork so if you can give me an excuse for your driving that I haven't heard before you can go!'' he said.

''Last week my wife ran off with a cop,'' the man said, ''and I was afraid you were trying to give her back!''

''Have a nice night,'' said the officer.

For those speeding, I bet they would know to do after this post...

Women's English (translated)

"Maybe" = No

"I'm sorry" = You'll be sorry

"We need" = I want

"It's your decision" = The correct decision should be obvious by now

"Sure... go ahead" = I don't want you to

"I'm not upset" = Of course I'm upset, you moron!

"We need to talk" = I need to complain

"You're certainly attentive tonight" = Is sex all you ever think about?

"Be romantic, turn out the lights" = I have flabby thighs

"This kitchen is so inconvenient" = I want a new house

"I want new curtains" = and carpeting, and furniture, and wallpaper...

"I heard a noise" = I noticed you were almost asleep

"Do you love me?" = I'm going to ask for something expensive

"How much do you love me?" = I did something today you're really not going to like

"I'll be ready in a minute" = Kick off your shoes and find a good game on T.V.

"Is my butt fat?" = Lie to me

"You have to learn to communicate" = Just agree with me

"Are you listening to me!?" = [Too late, you're dead]

"Do what you want." = You'll pay for this later

Men out there...Watch out for these cues...

Thank you very much, these are all for today.=)

TacTics

Randomizer - The Boredom Killer

2010-01-07T23:21:00.007+08:00

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Things actually said by real life person

"When I Die, I Want To Die Like My Grandfather Who Died Peacefully In His Sleep. Not Screaming Like All The Passengers In His Car."

(On September 17, 1994, Alabama's Heather Whitestone was selected as Miss America 1995.)

Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?

Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever," --Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest.

"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body," --Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward.

"Half this game is ninety percent mental." --Philadelphia Phillies manager, Danny Ozark

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it." --Al Gore, Vice President

"We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people." -- Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instrutor.

"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances." --Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina

"Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from overseas." --Keppel Enderbery

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Upstairs with Uncle Paul

"Hello?"

"Hi honey this is Daddy. Is Mommy near the phone?"

"No Daddy.

She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Paul."

After a brief pause, Daddy says, "But honey, you haven't got an Uncle Paul."

"Oh yes I do, and he's upstairs in the room with Mommy, right now."

Brief Pause.

"Uh, okay then, this is what I want you to do. Put the phone down on the table, run upstairs and knock on the bedroom door and shout to Mommy that Daddy's car just pulled into the driveway."

"Okay Daddy, just a minute."

A few minutes later the little girl comes back to the phone. "I did it Daddy."

"And what happened honey?" he asked.

"Well, Mommy got all scared,jumped out of bed with no clothes on and ran around screaming.Then she tripped over the rug, hit her head on the dresser and now she isn't moving at all!"

"Oh my God!!! What about your Uncle Paul?"

"He jumped out of the bed with no clothes on, too. He was all scared and he jumped out of the back window and into the swimming pool. But I guess he didn't know that you took out the water last week to clean it. He hit the bottom of the pool and I think he's dead."

***Long Pause***

***Longer Pause***

***Even Longer Pause***

Then Daddy says, "Swimming pool? Is this 2-791469?"

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Golf

Bob and Joe were out golfing one day. At the hole in front of them there were two women who were moving slowly and taking a very long time. Bob told Joe to go tell the ladies to hurry up.

Joe started to walk over to the women, but then quickly turned around and walked back.

"I can't go over there," said Joe.

"Well, why not?" asked Bob

"Well, one of those women is my wife and the other is my mistress," replied Joe.

"Fine, I'll go" and Bob walked towards the women.

Bob returned with a very weird look on his face, "small world."

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Children are the future of the World

A first grade teacher had twenty-five students in her class and she presented each child in her class the first half of a well known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their insight may surprise you.

While reading these keep in mind that these are first graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is a classic!

1. Don't change horses .......until they stop running.

2. Strike while the .............................bug is close.

3. It's always darkest before ......Daylight Saving Time.

4. Never underestimate the power of ............termites.

5. You can lead a horse to water but ........how?

6. Don't bite the hand that .................looks dirty.

7. No news is ..........................................impossible.

8. A miss is as good as a ............Mr.

9. You can't teach an old dog new ............... math.

10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll ..............stink in the morning.

11. Love all, trust .............. me.

12. The pen is mightier than the ................... pigs.

13. An idle mind is .............the best way to relax.

14. Where there's smoke there's ................. pollution.

15. Happy the bride who ............gets all the presents.

16. A penny saved is ......................not much.

17. Two's company, three's .............. the Musketeers.

18. Don't put off till tomorrow what .......... you put on to go to bed.

19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and ...........you have to blow your nose.

20. There are none so blind as ............Stevie Wonder.

21. Children should be seen and not ...............spanked or grounded.

22. If at first you don't succeed .........get new batteries.

23. You get out of something only what you .......see in the picture on the box.

24. When the blind lead the blind .... get out of the way.

And the WINNER and the last one...

25. Better late than .............pregnant!

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Bra Education for the Guys #1 =)

A man walked into the ladies department of Hua Ho and shyly walked up to the woman behind the counter and said,

"I'd like to buy a bra for my wife."

"What type of bra?" asked the clerk.

"Type?" inquires the man, "There's more than one type?"

"Look around," said the saleslady, as she showed a sea of bras in every shape, size, colour and material imaginable." Actually, even with all of this variety, there are really only four types of bras to choose from."

Relieved, the man asked about the types. The saleslady replied:

"There are the Catholic, the Salvation Army, the Presbyterian, and the Baptist types. Which one would you prefer?"

Now totally befuddled, the man asked about the differences between them. The Saleslady responded,

"It is all really quite simple. The Catholic type supports the masses; The Salvation Army type lifts the fallen;

The Presbyterian type keeps them staunch and upright; The Baptist type makes mountains out of molehills."

Bra Education for the Guys #2 xD

Have you ever wondered why A, B, C, D, DD, E, F, G, and H are the letters used to define bra sizes?

If you have wondered why, but couldn't figure out what the letters stood for, it is about time you became informed!

(A} Almost Boobs... {B} Barely there... {C} Can't Complain!... {D} Dang!... {DD} Double dang!... {E} Enormous!... {F} Fake... {G} Get a Reduction... {H} Help me, I've fallen and I can't get up!...

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That's about everything for now. Goodnight!

ZhuZhu8th

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

2010-01-02T22:51:00.004+08:00

(Yea I know this post is 2 days late. xP Well it's supposed to be Kevin's job and he never bother, so it's me again!!! ^^)

There was some pictures taken at 00:00hr 01-01-2010 in Teacher Adeline's camera, but she never upload.

On the other hand:

♫ WE WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR ♪

♫ AND A PROSPEROUS YEARRR~~!!! ♪

祝大家

新年快乐

恭喜发财

步步高升

身体安康

生意兴隆

马到成功

My new year resolutions:

1) Do homework

2) FINISH classwork

3) Cut down on gaming

4) Take proper care of my voice

5) Sing better

6) Go to bed earlier

7) Spend less $$$

8) Eat more balanced diet

9) Cycle whenever possible

10) Make sure Kevin isn't irresponsible in blog-updating

11) Finish the on-going map-making project

12) Stop taking pride in sleeping late and gaming everyday

13) Reduce daily screen-staring duration SIGNIFICANTLY

14) Maintain short-sightedness degree

15) Put this year's resolutions into action

16) Ensure the success of this year's resolutions.

Oh also, GOODBYE ANNA AND OLIPOP!!! TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURSELVES IN U.K!!!

Then another matter is...

SCHOOL'S OPENING IN 24 HOURS!!! T.T

My New Year wish is to stay young forever. PETER PAN!!! xD

It's Mr. RAY GEORGE for GP this year. Oh that's not the bad news. The TRUE bad news is, he's class registration teacher! So yea, have fun, 2Z! xP

As for now, I am waiting for my brother to bring back his brand new laptop. Nyehhehhehheh~~~

ZhuZhu8th

Jerudong Park!!!

2009-12-26T00:24:00.003+08:00

Flashing news: I don't know the codes to make text flash.

Flashing news 2: Teacher Adeline's cousin from... Labuan is it? Mei Fang, is in the country!!!

We brought the VIP to Jerudong Park! xD As most of you might know/not-know, our once-famous-now-dubious national treasure Jerudong Park Playground is now back in business for just a modest fee of 5 rides for $8 or 8 rides for $10! For those not the sharpest knife in the drawer, the $10 one has more value =) Most of the photos are in teacher's camera, which ran out of battery halfway, so here's what I managed to take with my phone:

Under teacher's friend, Wan Ching (meaning 'like piano'. Being a pianist, I envy the name! xP) 's encouragement, the new operating hours are 'recorded'.

Kevin 'Peter Pan' P'ng

Told ya!!!

3rd evidence. The girl is our tetamu kehormat =)

Upon teacher's insistence.

=) No more needs to be said.

Gah!!! I am tired now! More to come tomorrow or on Sunday! Goodnight!!!

ZhuZhu8th

Special Edition #1

2009-12-20T22:49:00.008+08:00

Ok a few agendas. First of all, Three Musketeers Go Tasek! xP Twin couldn't come for some reasons, Zhi we never expected him to come anyway, and the others just narrowly missed it. So it's 3 on the go! It was basically straight and flat route, but surprisingly having done Shahbandar for the whole past week (the hard way), I had to turn back to look for Teacher about half a dozen times so that she won't be left too far behind. Her reason: fatigue. Luckily our kind Meng Wee accompanied her the whole way. To encourage discipline, a punishment was promptly bestowed on her: no hydration (as in no water to drink). Harsh I know, but that's the most effective way to enforce discipline in oneself (at least in this scenario).

We stopped 2 times for me to take evidences of our conquest of Tasek hills.

This is the 2nd time (if I am not mistaken).

The cell tower at the top of Sheration hill (also the thing to blame in the case of low phone connectivity in the town area)

Before rolling downhill to Sheraton.

Second on the list: DEV Meet 5 at De' Anggerek Hotel. I never enjoyed photography as much as this day. All sort of people and... things to take pictures of!!! Here's the poster:

Actually this was the first photo of the day (and also the only one I took of myself).

That's the lift door btw.

Eco-friendly robot? =S

Errr... security? (Thanks for the self-defense tip if you ever read this) He told us to add him on Facebook: Combatkun (or something liddat xP)

No offense but these 2 really did creep me out!!!

Oh this is the drawing competition. It lasted all day long and these people actually drew throughout the day!!! =S

Modern artist =S Yes this guy was drawing, on a... I have no idea of this technology's identity.
Random picture =P

Remember Mr. Waiter?

That's... erm... L being challenged to game.

Exhibition of toysssss

Don't ask. Maybe computer graphics are included too.

Just some guys playing Yu-Gi-Oh.

Now for a touch of wisdom, here's the World Explanation:

On the first day God created the cow. God said, "You must go to field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer. I will give you a life span of sixty years."

The cow said, "That's a kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. Let me have twenty years and I'll give back the other forty.

And God agreed.

On the second day, God created the dog. God said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I will give you a life span of twenty years."

The dog said, "That's too long to be barking. Give me ten years and I'll give back the other ten."

So God agreed (sigh).

On the third day God created the monkey. God said, "Entertain people, do monkey tricks, make them laugh. I'll give you a twenty year life span."

Monkey said, "How boring, monkey tricks for twenty years? I don't think so. Dog gave you back ten, so that's what I'll do too, okay?"

And God agreed again.

On the fourth day God created man. God said, "Eat, sleep, play, have sex, enjoy. Do nothing, just enjoy, enjoy. I'll give you twenty years."

Man said, "What? Only twenty years? No way man. Tell you what, I'll take my twenty, and the forty cow gave back, and the ten dog gave back and the ten monkey gave back. That makes eighty, okay?"

"Okay," said God. "You've got a deal."

So that is why for the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play, have sex, enjoy, and do nothing; for the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family; for the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain our grandchildren; and for the last ten years we sit in front of the house and bark at everybody. =)

And finally, a little news on the other side of the world:

From England: A motorist was unknowingly caught in an automated speed trap that measured his speed using radar and photographed his car. He later received in the mail a ticket for 40 Pounds and a photo of his car. Instead of payment, he sent the police department a photograph of 40 Pounds. Several days later, he received a letter from the police that contained another picture...of handcuffs. The motorist promptly sent the money for the fine.

From Oklahoma City: Dennis Newton was on trial for the armed robbery of a convenience store in district court when he fired his lawyer. Assistant district attorney Larry Jones said Newton, 47, was doing a fair job of defending himself until the store manager testified that Newton was the robber. Newton jumped up, accused the woman of lying and then shouted, "I should have blown your f**king head off!" The defendant paused, then quickly added, "If I'd been the one that was there." The jury took 20 minutes to convict Newton and recommended a 30-year sentence.

From Detroit: A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers. The first one shouted, "Nobody move!" When his partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him.

From Texas: A drunk girl drove into Galveston Bay. Her friend got out alive but the drunk driver was too drunk to unfasten her seat belt and she died. Her parents sued Honda for manufacturing a seat belt that cannot be easily unbuckled by a drunk driver who is underwater.

And finally, 2 more things:

Fact: The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672. For Brunei, it's 673.

And last but not least comes literature!!!

The following is a new form called the tandem story. The process is simple. Two persons pair off and one of them will write the first paragraph of a short story. The partner will read the first paragraph and then add another paragraph to the story. The first person will then add a third paragraph, and so on back and forth. The story is over when both agree a conclusion has been reached. Here's the real submission of an pair of anonymous guy and girl:

At first, Laurie couldn't decide which kind of tea she wanted. The chamomile, which used to be her favorite for lazy evenings at home, now reminded her too much of Carl, who once said in happier times, that he liked chamomile. But she felt she must now, at all costs, keep her mind off Carl. His possessiveness was suffocating, and if she thought about him too much her asthma started acting up again. So chamomile was out of the question.

Meanwhile, Advance Sergeant Carl Harris, leader of the attack squadron now in orbit over Skylon 4, had more important things to think about than the neuroses of an air-headed asthmatic bimbo named Laurie with whom he had spent one sweaty night over a year ago. "A.S. Harris to Geostation 17," he said into his transgalactic communicator. "Polar orbit established. No sign of resistance so far...". But before he could sign off a bluish particle beam flashed out of nowhere and blasted a hole through his ship's cargo bay. The jolt from the direct hit sent him flying out of his seat and across the cockpit.

He bumped his head and died almost immediately, but not before he felt one last pang of regret for physically brutalizing the one woman who had ever had feelings for him. Soon afterwards, Earth stopped its pointless hostilities towards the peaceful farmers of Skylon 4. "Congress Passes Law Permanently Abolishing War and Space Travel", Laurie read in her newspaper one morning. The news simultaneously excited her and bored her. She stared out the window, dreaming of her youth when the days had passed unhurriedly and carefree, with no newspapers to read, no television to distract her from her sense of innocent wonder at all the beautiful things around her. "Why must one lose one's innocence to become a woman?", she pondered wistfully.

Little did she know, but she has less than 10 seconds to live. Thousands of miles above the city, the Anu-udrian mothership launched the first of its lithium fusion missiles. The dim-witted wimpy peaceniks who pushed the Unilateral Aerospace Disarmament Treaty through Congress had left Earth a defenseless target for the hostile alien empires who were determined to destroy the human race. Within two hours after the passage of the treaty the Anu-udrian ships were on course for Earth, carrying enough firepower to pulverize the entire planet. With no one to stop them, they swiftly initiated their diabolical plan. The lithium fusion missile entered the atmosphere unimpeded. The President, in his top-secret mobile submarine headquarters on the ocean floor off the coast of Guam, felt the inconceivably massive explosion which vaporized Laurie and 85 million other Americans. The President slammed his fist on the conference table. "We can't allow this! I'm going to veto that treaty! Let's blow 'em out of the sky!"

This is absurd. I refuse to continue this mockery of literature. My writing partner is a violent, chauvinistic, semi-literate adolescent.

Yeah? Well, you're a self-centered tedious neurotic whose attempts at writing are the literary equivalent of Valium.

Asshole.

Bitch.

And that concludes this special edition post. May you enjoy this limited life and before signing off, let us all wish Annabelle her happy belated birthday on 17th and Ciciarni's on 20th. Please be patient for her anticipated birthday on 20-12-2012!

ZhuZhu8th

Life Is What People Take For Granted

2009-12-18T02:13:00.002+08:00

I came across an interesting article on the web and hope you will enjoy it =D

God's Coffee

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some
expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said:

"If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.

Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.

What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing each other's cups.

Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live.

Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us."

God brews the coffee, not the cups.......... Enjoy your coffee!

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

Innocent

2009-12-18T01:21:00.002+08:00

The one thing I cannot have I want the most. The one person I will never have I love the most.

ZhuZhu8th

Logical but wrong

2009-12-13T01:29:00.003+08:00

The other night I got this from a friend "Doctors say diabetes is inherited,"

"and therefore the patient's descendants are diagnosed with this disease, it will be described as inherited."

So what's actually wrong with these two statements? To be honest with you, nothing is wrong with them. It's how people misinterpreted them, that is the mistake. The fact that somebody made a statement doesn't make it true or false. It only serves as a strong support or indication.

To be clear, if a mother has diabetes and his son has diabetes as well, it's not correct to conclude that his diabetes is inherited.

It could probably be other factors contributing to it. See what I mean?

Conclusion:

There's a high correlation between the statements but there's no definite relationship between the speaker and the things being spoken.

Another thought...

Let's compare for example,

"Frost Mint thinks the universe is endless."

"Loland Radzinski ( a theoritical physicist and cosmologist) thinks the universe is endless."

Interpretation:

Since they think(suggesting an opinion), the opinion is entirely independent of whether the universe is endless or not.

They could be right that the universe has no boundary but that wouldn’t have anything to do with their belief.

There are two conclusions:

1.The validity of the statement doesn't depend on who gave it, however it serves as a strong indication of that matter.

2.Never just believe anything what people said and what you see.( At the very least, try to analyse and think if it's logical, sensible or possible ).

Try to spot what I'm saying here =P

Never believe what you don't want to believe, because in that way you have one less thing to think about, considering how much brain juice you have to use.

TacTics

More Bugs & Many More

2009-12-09T20:45:00.003+08:00

Another deadly night,

On my bed, wondering about what to do in the coming day - Today. Then I heard noises, apart from the ticking of my bedroom clock, there's something else, the presence of another living creature, all over the place, the ceiling, the corner where my desktop stood, on the wall where our bed lies... everywhere at once, how is it possible? It must be the annoying bug again.

A thought came to me, how could an insect escape to our santuary, images flashed through my mind, the windows tightly sealed, the doors shutting all the prisoners in, the whole day, the room not being exposed to the outside world. Struck clueless, it must have waited for ages, waiting for the chance to polish off the cookie you drop on the floor.

Then i recalled of a game my dad used to play months ago, "Tumblebugs" which resembles... I forgot...the one shooting at those different types of multicolored insects, matching them before all of your bugged-out buddies get exterminated. This updated version even have words of wisdom between levels which are hilarious. One of the quotes being - "You should never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. "My brother being the pioneer player of our family beat this game into a pulp in 2 days. It must have been a great achivement for him =P. My dad craved for the game about 2 months before he gave up and had better things to do, i admire his determination though. The cock from one of my neighbours soon arise and did its partime job.

Daylight sets in and soon the atmosphere went into silence, the bug hibernated once more. WHAT??? DAYLIGHT??? SLEEP NOW, I will deal with you soon, very soon...

Innocent

How to hyperlink to Plants vs. Zombies torrent download

2009-12-02T14:39:00.006+08:00

Plants vs. Zombies

Get ready to soil your plants in an all-new action-strategy game from PopCap! A mob of fun-loving zombies is about to invade your home, and your only defense is an arsenal of 49 zombie-zapping plants. Use peashooters, wall-nuts, cherry bombs and more to mulchify 26 types of zombies before they can reach your front door.

Each zombie has its own special skills, so you’ll need to think fast and plant faster to combat them all. But be careful how you use your limited supply of greens and seeds… as you battle the fun-dead, obstacles like a setting sun, creeping fog and a swimming pool add to the challenge. And with five game modes to dig into, the fun never dies!

Play five game modes: Adventure, Mini-Games, Puzzle, Survival, plus the stress-free Zen Garden
Conquer all 50 levels of Adventure mode -- through day, night and fog, in a swimming pool and on the rooftop
Battle 26 types of zombies including pole-vaulters, snorkelers and “Zomboni” drivers
Earn 49 powerful perennials and collect coins to buy a pet snail, power-ups and more!

First of all, Pirate Bay torrent download link here.

Secondly, the following is a tutorial to instruct Twin how to hyperlink to Plants vs. Zombies download site.

1) Type a word or phrase that you intend to transport user to the download site when clicked. (eg. 'Click here')

2) Highlight the exact word or phrase that you intend it to be the hyperlink

3) Click the (Link) icon on the toolbar.

4) Type in the desired link into the textbox in the new pop-up window.

5) Click OK and you are good to go. (eg. 'Click here')

Lastly, you are welcome Rach.

Live long and prosper.

ZhuZhu8th

Owningggggggzzzzz~~~

2009-12-01T19:15:00.004+08:00

3 owned 5 Insane. I am Traxex, Kevin is Big Bad Wolf and Kevan is the suicidal Techies. No word needs to be said. The pictures, you judge.

ZhuZhu8th

Gabby Goh gay sniper xP

2009-12-01T05:30:00.005+08:00

Breakthrough discovery: DotA against AI is playable between Bruneiers and UK scholars. Of course, the delays and occasional continuous lags should not be taken into account. We (I, Gab, Syahmi) proved it possible by owning 3 Insanes.

This is the end game screen, with statistics:

And without statistics:

If you see properly, you will notice a chicken amongst the creeps. That's Syahmi's Naga Siren hexed by Tormented's Eul xP

Gab is the gay sniper who deals first-hand damage and prevents escapee, I am the close-up damage dealer and Syahmi is the netter who traps enemy heroes for us to do our savage jobs :D

One thing sucks last night. I wore the wrong pants (Dad's isntead) to go out, ended up having the pants almost dropping all the time. In the end I had to go to First Emporium to buy a cheap pair of pants and change into it in the car before heading to the next destination. Moral: CHECK THE PANTS YOU ARE WEARING BEFORE YOU HIT THE STREET!!!

Ok it's 6am here and Mother just woke up. That means bedtime to avoid early-in-the-morning lecture.

Live long and prosper.

ZhuZhu8th

Blog Notice 2

2009-11-27T23:45:00.001+08:00

The former manager of this blog, Lawrance, would like to inform readers that his recent family crisis is over and a solution is close at hand. In coalition with this favorable news, the management of this blog will be returned to him.

Lawrance would like to express his gratitude for the tremendous and tiring effort of the Acting Manager Kevin and Kevan for managing the blog during Lawrance's absence. He would also like to sincerely thank readers for their unwavering support and care during his time of direness.

Most importantly, Lawrance would like to express his upmost gratitude and appreciation for the P'ng family of the Twin (happens to be co-owner of this blog), the Lim family of Doreen Lim Jing Wen and the Siah family of Siah Tze Tyng for their immeasurable and invaluable assistance to Lawrance's family.

Lastly, there is a petty credit worth mentioning awarded to Gabriel Goh for keeping the tagboard interesting.

Once again, Lawrance also usher readers to urge Kevin or Kevan to post on the blog instead of indulging in the activity of playing Plant Versus Zombie around the clock or on the computer.

ZhuZhu8th

Blog Notice

2009-11-22T14:30:00.001+08:00

From the prime manager of the blog,

Due to an unexpected series of unfortunate events, a crisis has taken its toll on the my family. It turns out my parents are seperating and divorce is a path of possibility.

Under this circumstance, I regretfully announce that I am not in a capable condition to provide updates in this blog. Therefore, the management of this blog is hereby transferred to the Innocent and TacTics.

Readers are informed not to worry for the FORMER manager of this blog.

The prime manager of this blog, ZhuZhu8th (yes that's me xP)

Flatworm

2009-11-16T21:17:00.003+08:00

I almost forgot it's my turn to update and not Kevin's. Hehehe. Anyway, Physics paper 22 was this morning; 7 questions to be conquered in 1 hour time. That means maximum 8 minutes per question on average if one even hope to have a chance of checking. After paper 1, we weren't surprised that the aftermath of this paper was a gloomy one. Yet as the saying goes, "there are always people worse than us," of which the PU-2s proved it right by marching into their paper 5 while the rest of us tend the wounds and prepare for the onslaught of Bio tomorrow.

Teacher Juraidah told me, "when students are left alone for 1 month before exam, their grades usually drop by 1 level." It is my most desperate wish right now that she is wrong. Now my first instinct is to type 'I wonder if the others revised,' but I quickly realized that's unnecessary. For those who did the past year, AREN'T THE FLATWORM FROM LAST YEAR REALLY CUTE xP

Of course I had my share of revision too. I gamed throughout the afternoon, read up on Baroque musical era in the evening, then played Secret for Gabriel after dinner. Then I did 2 past years =) and yea that's how I found the flatworm and 3-toes sloth (NO IT'S NOT A MONSTER. It's vegetarian!).

I hope tomorrow pass in the fastest, smoothest and easiest way possible. After that it's 50% freedom. Lucky Shien doesn't take Chem, so his freedom is secured by next noon.

Ok I am off to finish the last past year for tonight. And Kevin, it's your turn now xP

ZhuZhu8th

Stress and Force/Area

2009-11-13T19:33:00.002+08:00

Thanks to Lawrence, I'm here writing with no inspiration whatsoever, knock knock... empty in here... okay...okay... Can't sleep yesterday [must be the jasmine tea shouldn't have drunk it- Kevin and his bright ideas =)].If I'm not mistaken , I slept close to 6a.m. If you ask Kevin that would be a different story...

Before we slept, my sister came to us asking what's the hardest thing in the human body? My first reaction was of course the enamel, but come to think of it, I thought otherwise. You never heard people say stoned-enameled or iron enamel, right? :D

This afternoon, we had our Physics Multiple Choice Question exam. It was soon over and everybody came out smiling and laughing... at their demise. I guessed when you're not the only ones coming out with holes on your body, it's a good thing(Misery does love company).For my thought, it was by far the most challenging MCQ paper so far.[Let me tell you, 'cannot do one','不能做的' **shake head**.Or is it just me?(please stop nodding Kevin, my heart won't be able to take it anymore)

Sometimes when I try to probe into what's actually happening in my brain, I always get that 2 cherries and a stick idea.(Wonder where it came from). I supposed that's what you're thinking when you're hungry...

TacTics

Unstress

2009-11-13T17:35:00.004+08:00

After every flight, pilots fill out a form, called a 'gripe sheet' which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight. Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor. Here are some maintenance complaints submitted by pilots and the solutions recorded by maintenance engineers. By the way, the airline these came from is the only major airline that has never, ever, had an accident.

Pilot: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement. Engineers: Almost replaced left inside main tire.

Pilot: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough. Engineers: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.

Pilot: Something loose in cockpit. Engineers: Something tightened in cockpit.

Pilot: Dead bugs on windshield. Engineers: Live bugs on back-order.

Pilot: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent. Engineers: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.

Pilot: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear. Engineers: Evidence removed.

Pilot: DME volume unbelievably loud. Engineers: DME volume set to more believable level.

Pilot: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick. Engineers: That's what friction locks are for.

Pilot: IFF inoperative in OFF mode. Engineers: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.

Pilot: Suspected crack in windshield. Engineers: Suspect you're right.

Pilot: Number 3 engine missing. Engineers: Engine found on right wing after brief search.

Pilot: Aircraft handles funny. Engineers: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.

Pilot: Target radar hums. Engineers: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.

Pilot: Mouse in cockpit. Engineers: Cat installed.

ZhuZhu8th

Irony

2009-11-12T20:58:00.005+08:00

I bet I could quit gambling.

What if there were no hypothetical situations?

It's not my fault I don't take responsibility for my actions.

As I said before, I'll only say this once.

This statement is false.

Don't you hate rhetorical questions?

God, I want patience, and I WANT IT NOW!

Sorry, I totally forgot about the Amnesia Conference!

The random numbers selection is too important to be left to chance.

I can resist everything except temptation.

I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.

Never believe generalisations.

Avoid alliterations always.

Thank God I'm an atheist.

Just say NO to negativity

ZhuZhu8th

Solution S3 contains low concentration of reducing sugar.

2009-11-07T21:52:00.004+08:00

Readers are to be informed that unlike TacTics and Innocent, most people are untrained in the art of additive tolerance. It is therefore unpractical to compare this amateur ability of ours with their polished godlike power to take massive punishment from 'approved food chemicals'. Nevertheless, the colours of our hair do not matter. Why? Because every Z-class student possess enough intelligence to be capable of concealing their hair by immersing it in Solution S1 then stain it blue-black with iodine solution =)

On the other hand, Innocent and TacTics, in case you did not notice, our copyright protection statement has been included in the column to the left, so rementioning it in posts is unnecessary. Oh and, please do upkeep the professional image of Buy-2-Free-1 by adopting a habit of using correct, sophisticated, insensible and nonsensical vocabularies and languages when posting. Readers and non-readers alike are hugely encouraged to type a commentary of each post in the tagboard.

Another blogging tip: Shall the need (or otherwise) to input Chinese characters arises, do utilize the tool provided by following this link. It is a web-based tool outputs Chinese character using the Pin Yin system.

ZhuZhu8th

Better Late Then Never 1

2009-11-06T01:04:00.006+08:00

What's with the oath again? We dont seem to remember in making an oath... must have forgotten to take our medicine..."two doses of 2 cubic cm morphine" + " Atenolol v3.0"... now seriously Kevin... did we go to court just now? I didnt admit guilty, did I??

Bio prac, let us come out with an explanation, shall we? They were rushing home from their 4- hours of inevitable boredom, insignificant time wasting with stone-age technology/ cards* and mad teachers staring straight at you with no reasons whatsoever * their minds thinking that you're going to pull off a feat to cheat with your eyes close*. Teachers...waiting...waiting for that day to come...the day when the smart students make a dramatic change in their life while the weaker students play safe for once. See, Perfect question ask for perfect answers and eureka... You Have It - Provided by twins

Wow, Pop mie is really a brain food... and i plucked off almost all my hairs doing it, it's countable...thought mine was worse... you should see what happen to lawrence!!... I was just happy the bio bench is black. hahaha. For those with brown hair, i reall...really feel deeply sorry for him...

Stories Have been reedited to make them much more entertaining - @copyright reserved, violaters might be prosecuted under the 'Twin's Law of No Re-editing', Section 2a Page 45691, to be continued...

Welcome to the twin's world of unimaginable neverland and everland :-

Independence day in 17 days

Bio pracs

2009-11-05T19:58:00.003+08:00

It's bio pracs today and we had fun (really fun). Quarantine starts at 9.30am and last till almost 1pm, so it's kinda 3.5 hours imprisonment. So for lunch, we had pop mees, courtesy of Teacher Adeline Sung... forgot le... Sung something lah hehehe

That's us with our pop mees. Don't be fooled by Twin and Meng Wee. They had their shares long before us.

That's us with our pop mees... plus Afiq. His lunch = pop mee fork.

Miss Adeline Sung is fair and unprejudiced. She's obviously not race discriminating

We had korean pop mees (promoted to us by Rachel) and then.. mini butter cheese buns from Mum's. The quarantine teachers won't let me touch my phone, which was a good thing, 'cause I then promptly made one of them the camerawoman xP

Time flies fast and soon bio pracs was over, but I do noticed we all did not immediately discussed about it after we left the lab. And I know why. Unlike other subjects, A-Level Subsidiary Biology is a subject where you could come out feeling it's the easiest paper you have ever sat for, but still ended up with a B or C when the result is out. So no one came out shouting "The answer to question X is Y right?" knowing that his/her answer is correct and are just trying to make people confirm with the answer while feeling how smart he/she is.

On the other hand, twin vowed to make their first post today afternoon but apparently, like usual, the oath was broken, again. =)

First Post

2009-10-30T14:22:00.003+08:00

Ok first post of the blog:

Welcome!!!!

It's our A-Level Subsidiary exam now, so everyone... I mean, most people are killing themselves studying and revising. Exception: me, gaming and now, blogging; Wen Zhi, gaming fever all of a sudden.

We are past the 3rd paper now. Math was easy (even SIN CUBE X =P), English was tight, and Chemistry Practical was a false-sense-of-time-insufficiency-by-mock-exam resulting in the real day itself being a rush leaving most of us with at least half an hour spare time.

Don't know if there will be more post soon, since the real waves of attacks from the exam are only about to begin, but I will try my best. Twin took their driving exam, so go ask them about it.

ZhuZhu8th

Buy 2 Free 1

2009-10-16T01:01:00.003+08:00

When you buy 2, you get 1 free!

Note: This is a trial post.

ZhuZhu8th