i'm hungry.
i really, really want some hokkien mee right now.
Saturday, July 23, 2005
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
hello again
apologies for my long hiatus, what a whirlwind of events the past six months has been!
so much has changed, everyone has split up into different polytechnics, JCs, (and in edwin's case, a different country), staying in contact is getting so much harder. especially now as the Poly students commence studies, and the JCs start piling the pressure on their students. and i fear the time will come, when saying hello gets that that little bit harder, when people change, when time forgets.
on another note, i'm now in Ngee Ann Poly's Film, Sound and Video. shitload of assignments already piling in, of filming and recording projects. but its really quite interesting, with modules like Location Production and Audio Technology. quite often we have to come early or stay back late to complete filming projects, and this is bound to get worse when recording/editing is introduced.
anyway.
my digital camera got stolen while i was working for Apple during the PCfair @ Expo over the weekend. so will the person who accidentally opened the staff cupboard at the PCfair 2005 at about 4pm on Sunday, mistakenly opened my bag and unintentionally removed a Canon Powershot A80 digital camera, please contact me at 90045642 for a coffee appointment, over which we could exchange some pleasantries.
apologies for my long hiatus, what a whirlwind of events the past six months has been!
so much has changed, everyone has split up into different polytechnics, JCs, (and in edwin's case, a different country), staying in contact is getting so much harder. especially now as the Poly students commence studies, and the JCs start piling the pressure on their students. and i fear the time will come, when saying hello gets that that little bit harder, when people change, when time forgets.
on another note, i'm now in Ngee Ann Poly's Film, Sound and Video. shitload of assignments already piling in, of filming and recording projects. but its really quite interesting, with modules like Location Production and Audio Technology. quite often we have to come early or stay back late to complete filming projects, and this is bound to get worse when recording/editing is introduced.
anyway.
my digital camera got stolen while i was working for Apple during the PCfair @ Expo over the weekend. so will the person who accidentally opened the staff cupboard at the PCfair 2005 at about 4pm on Sunday, mistakenly opened my bag and unintentionally removed a Canon Powershot A80 digital camera, please contact me at 90045642 for a coffee appointment, over which we could exchange some pleasantries.
Thursday, February 24, 2005
24 Feb 2005
Notification of Release of 2004 GCE O-Level Examination Results/ 2005 Joint Admissions Exercise
1 The results of the 2004 Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level Examination will be released on Monday, 28 February 2005.
2 School candidates may collect their results from their schools at 2.00pm on 28 February 2005. Private candidates will be informed of their results by post. Private candidates may access their results through the Internet after 2.00pm on 28 February 2005, at the following website:
http://www.seab.gov.sg/e-Services/e-Services.htm
dohhhh/.
Notification of Release of 2004 GCE O-Level Examination Results/ 2005 Joint Admissions Exercise
1 The results of the 2004 Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level Examination will be released on Monday, 28 February 2005.
2 School candidates may collect their results from their schools at 2.00pm on 28 February 2005. Private candidates will be informed of their results by post. Private candidates may access their results through the Internet after 2.00pm on 28 February 2005, at the following website:
http://www.seab.gov.sg/e-Services/e-Services.htm
dohhhh/.
Saturday, February 05, 2005
taopok to you too
I AM a parent of a boy studying in a premier junior college in the Bishan-Ang Mo Kio area. Recently, it has come to my attention that rowdy behaviour is threatening to compromise the safety of the students.
According to my son, the violent act is dubbed 'taupok', a reference to a highly compressible piece of brown beancurd. A student would shout 'taupok' and other students would pounce on the targeted person, drag him down forcefully and climb on top of him. Due to peer pressure, more and more students would join in until the stack of bodies is about a metre high.
This violent act is supposedly done in the name of fun but, as a parent, I feel that it is potentially dangerous and even life-threatening.
Furthermore, the 'taupoking' is not a rare occurrence. It can happen up to five times a day, anywhere and to any person.
During the orientation programme for Year One students, even a person standing on the stage during a performance could get 'taupoked'.
Supposing that an average person weighs 60kg, a typical group of 15 would weigh almost a tonne. Just as a person cannot survive without air for three minutes, I am very sure that the human backbone cannot bear the sheer weight of a thousand kilograms.
What happens if the victim's spine breaks? Or if he sustains any other injuries? Who will bear the consequences?
Fortunately, my son has not been a victim of 'taupoking' yet, but he still feels rather uncomfortable about this dangerous act. Also, he feels obliged to join in due to peer pressure, as everyone else is doing it.
Some would say that 'taupoking' is perfectly safe if one assumes the correct position, with one's elbows and forearms touching the floor so as to support the weight, like in rugby. However, not everyone knows the correct position to take, and when surprised one might also forget to assume that position.
I write this letter in the sincere hope of preventing a tragedy. Hopefully, we can keep 'taupok' where it belongs - in that delicious bowl of noodles.
Justin Situ Ren Jun
first, does anyone else find the (quite definitely) unintended pun "peer pressure" inordinately hilarious?
secondly, does anyone else's intelligence feel insulted by his overwrought description of a taupok as "a highly compressible piece of brown beancurd"? GIVE ME A BREAK.
lastly, but most importantly, guess whose son's gonna get taupoked mercilessly for his father's bungling indiscretion?
I AM a parent of a boy studying in a premier junior college in the Bishan-Ang Mo Kio area. Recently, it has come to my attention that rowdy behaviour is threatening to compromise the safety of the students.
According to my son, the violent act is dubbed 'taupok', a reference to a highly compressible piece of brown beancurd. A student would shout 'taupok' and other students would pounce on the targeted person, drag him down forcefully and climb on top of him. Due to peer pressure, more and more students would join in until the stack of bodies is about a metre high.
This violent act is supposedly done in the name of fun but, as a parent, I feel that it is potentially dangerous and even life-threatening.
Furthermore, the 'taupoking' is not a rare occurrence. It can happen up to five times a day, anywhere and to any person.
During the orientation programme for Year One students, even a person standing on the stage during a performance could get 'taupoked'.
Supposing that an average person weighs 60kg, a typical group of 15 would weigh almost a tonne. Just as a person cannot survive without air for three minutes, I am very sure that the human backbone cannot bear the sheer weight of a thousand kilograms.
What happens if the victim's spine breaks? Or if he sustains any other injuries? Who will bear the consequences?
Fortunately, my son has not been a victim of 'taupoking' yet, but he still feels rather uncomfortable about this dangerous act. Also, he feels obliged to join in due to peer pressure, as everyone else is doing it.
Some would say that 'taupoking' is perfectly safe if one assumes the correct position, with one's elbows and forearms touching the floor so as to support the weight, like in rugby. However, not everyone knows the correct position to take, and when surprised one might also forget to assume that position.
I write this letter in the sincere hope of preventing a tragedy. Hopefully, we can keep 'taupok' where it belongs - in that delicious bowl of noodles.
Justin Situ Ren Jun
first, does anyone else find the (quite definitely) unintended pun "peer pressure" inordinately hilarious?
secondly, does anyone else's intelligence feel insulted by his overwrought description of a taupok as "a highly compressible piece of brown beancurd"? GIVE ME A BREAK.
lastly, but most importantly, guess whose son's gonna get taupoked mercilessly for his father's bungling indiscretion?