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Yeah why not? Your cca derserves credit for achieving so much! Its time we all eradicate the branding that chess clubs are slackers cca with no future! Go for it man!
Btw...internet very lag yesterday...anyone can explain the prob? haha.
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Random post
THE ETHICS OF WHINING
"I'M SCREWED", "I'M DEAD", the human moan and suchlike must be one of the top few noises issuing from people's mouths in the world. We hear it everyday, HecK, we use it all the time. When we fall into bad luck we f- this and f- that, we blame God, the weather, and sometimes even our dogs. And we do it because it's comfortable, easy and cheap. We all love to wallow in self-pity: we carave the attention and care of our friends, family etc. In short, we are sympathy druggies.
I'm notsaying that whining is completely useless. Whining has its place in the range of emotional expression. It is the ultimate expression of the human desire to bitch about stuff without irreparable consequences. It is that tempting prospect of having people fawn over you. But most of all it is one's cry about what one considers to be unfair (and uncontrollable) cirumstances that has landed you in a mud pit. Whining apportions blame to the unknown "Other", so you get off scot-free. See?
Whining once in a while about how life sucks is acceptable. It helps us to feel good for awhile, comforts our bruised egos, hearts etc. and sometimes it helps us to get back on our feet. But when whining becomes excessive it's just downright irritating. I know you've seen the sort, and unfortunately L have to say that bloggers are prime offenders. The invention of the humble blog has virually spawned millions of narratives across the Internet: someone complaining about work, the Significant Other. bad luck and so on day after day. Or you've had That Friend (or you could be That Friend...without even realizing it!) That everyone wants to avoid, because they're like mosquitoes. They never say die, these emotional hypochondriacs.
Hasn't anyone thought about the ethics of whining? Do people know what it means to be clinically depressed? The word "depressed" has become so fashionable now among whiners, it loses its original meaning...please remember that it was created for those poor sods who really ARE having problems. At some point self-pity has to stop. Continuous self-pity is self-destructive: one fixates oneself on the problem, and ignores possible solutions. I say that excessive whining should be banned. Whiners are a pain on the eyes and the ears.
And life sucks. It's a fact of life. Get used to it. Remember what your mother told you?? Empty vessels make the most noise. Now you SEE she was talking something.
"I'M SCREWED", "I'M DEAD", the human moan and suchlike must be one of the top few noises issuing from people's mouths in the world. We hear it everyday, HecK, we use it all the time. When we fall into bad luck we f- this and f- that, we blame God, the weather, and sometimes even our dogs. And we do it because it's comfortable, easy and cheap. We all love to wallow in self-pity: we carave the attention and care of our friends, family etc. In short, we are sympathy druggies.
I'm notsaying that whining is completely useless. Whining has its place in the range of emotional expression. It is the ultimate expression of the human desire to bitch about stuff without irreparable consequences. It is that tempting prospect of having people fawn over you. But most of all it is one's cry about what one considers to be unfair (and uncontrollable) cirumstances that has landed you in a mud pit. Whining apportions blame to the unknown "Other", so you get off scot-free. See?
Whining once in a while about how life sucks is acceptable. It helps us to feel good for awhile, comforts our bruised egos, hearts etc. and sometimes it helps us to get back on our feet. But when whining becomes excessive it's just downright irritating. I know you've seen the sort, and unfortunately L have to say that bloggers are prime offenders. The invention of the humble blog has virually spawned millions of narratives across the Internet: someone complaining about work, the Significant Other. bad luck and so on day after day. Or you've had That Friend (or you could be That Friend...without even realizing it!) That everyone wants to avoid, because they're like mosquitoes. They never say die, these emotional hypochondriacs.
Hasn't anyone thought about the ethics of whining? Do people know what it means to be clinically depressed? The word "depressed" has become so fashionable now among whiners, it loses its original meaning...please remember that it was created for those poor sods who really ARE having problems. At some point self-pity has to stop. Continuous self-pity is self-destructive: one fixates oneself on the problem, and ignores possible solutions. I say that excessive whining should be banned. Whiners are a pain on the eyes and the ears.
And life sucks. It's a fact of life. Get used to it. Remember what your mother told you?? Empty vessels make the most noise. Now you SEE she was talking something.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Penny for your thoughts
Lol jiang hai shi lao de la!
Btw, I don't know if you people are aware of Colours award, but if you are, do you feel that we should be recognised for this award cuz we're a competitive cca as well?
p.s. i was kidding about the penny
Btw, I don't know if you people are aware of Colours award, but if you are, do you feel that we should be recognised for this award cuz we're a competitive cca as well?
p.s. i was kidding about the penny
The ANS
Haha wah....I didn expect so many ppl to post an ans...haha good good...blog not dead yet...
Ok...I am also very interested, and I want to "suan" my physics teacher (just kidding) , so I went to do a research on this topic.....and....Dian Yang and I got it right!
As I explained earlier, there must be a balance between the pressure in the plane, and the pressure outside the plane. Or else, the plane will just blow up due to pressure differences (high pressure inside, low pressure outside). Thus, the air cabin pressure is lowered to that of the pressure at 10 000 feet, which is the best balance. The plane can be made with fairly light material (duralunium) and not explode in mid air. So that saves costs.
Now comes the interesting part....
Jets fly high in the atmosphere... typically between 26,000 and 41,000 feet... where the air is very thin. In order for passengers to breathe, extra oxygen has to be pumped into the cabin. If that extra oxygen wasn't added, we'd pass out in seconds. When the extra oxygen is pumped in, it's joined by other atmospheric gases. That gives in interior of the plane the "pressure"... or air density... you'd normally experience at 10,000 feet. Thus, the pressure is much higher inside the plane than it is outside.
In other words, the percentage of oxygen in the air cabin is increased by pumping in extra oxygen. This is necessary so as to allow normal breathing. The excess oxygen is of course, mixed with normal air from outside, thus we are able to breathe normally.
When does the oxygen mask come in then?
It is only deployed when the cabin faces a leak in air: ie; there is a drop in oxygen. As such, the captain deploys the last tank of oxygen, the oxygen mask, which contains normal air to passengers to breathe normally. He has to find a landing place fast as the oxygen will not last forever.
As to CTX's view...oxygen tanks DO NOT HAVE 100% OXYGEN!
We will die if we breathe in 100% oxygen. They just contain the right mixture for us to breathe normally. Even when you are on life support, or tht they are curing you from Carbon Monoxide posioning, they only feed u with 40% pure oxygen so as to use the vast amt to force ligand exchange between CO and O2 ligand in the haemoglobin. You will learn this under transition metals. Haha, so CTX, no 100% pure oxygen....
Interesting right?
For more info, visit this website:
http://www.beloblog.com/KGW_Blogs/travel/archives/2006/02/alaska_airlines.html
Have a nice week!
Ok...I am also very interested, and I want to "suan" my physics teacher (just kidding) , so I went to do a research on this topic.....and....Dian Yang and I got it right!
As I explained earlier, there must be a balance between the pressure in the plane, and the pressure outside the plane. Or else, the plane will just blow up due to pressure differences (high pressure inside, low pressure outside). Thus, the air cabin pressure is lowered to that of the pressure at 10 000 feet, which is the best balance. The plane can be made with fairly light material (duralunium) and not explode in mid air. So that saves costs.
Now comes the interesting part....
Jets fly high in the atmosphere... typically between 26,000 and 41,000 feet... where the air is very thin. In order for passengers to breathe, extra oxygen has to be pumped into the cabin. If that extra oxygen wasn't added, we'd pass out in seconds. When the extra oxygen is pumped in, it's joined by other atmospheric gases. That gives in interior of the plane the "pressure"... or air density... you'd normally experience at 10,000 feet. Thus, the pressure is much higher inside the plane than it is outside.
In other words, the percentage of oxygen in the air cabin is increased by pumping in extra oxygen. This is necessary so as to allow normal breathing. The excess oxygen is of course, mixed with normal air from outside, thus we are able to breathe normally.
When does the oxygen mask come in then?
It is only deployed when the cabin faces a leak in air: ie; there is a drop in oxygen. As such, the captain deploys the last tank of oxygen, the oxygen mask, which contains normal air to passengers to breathe normally. He has to find a landing place fast as the oxygen will not last forever.
As to CTX's view...oxygen tanks DO NOT HAVE 100% OXYGEN!
We will die if we breathe in 100% oxygen. They just contain the right mixture for us to breathe normally. Even when you are on life support, or tht they are curing you from Carbon Monoxide posioning, they only feed u with 40% pure oxygen so as to use the vast amt to force ligand exchange between CO and O2 ligand in the haemoglobin. You will learn this under transition metals. Haha, so CTX, no 100% pure oxygen....
Interesting right?
For more info, visit this website:
http://www.beloblog.com/KGW_Blogs/travel/archives/2006/02/alaska_airlines.html
Have a nice week!
Monday, August 21, 2006
Wah lao
I confused le la.. Haha. Yong Hua's description damn difficult to uds. Haha. But I dun think got more oxygen ba, oxygen tanks contain near 100% oxygen, you can't possibly fill the entire cabin with oxygen right, that'll be damn ex... And the CO2 the ppl produce will lower the percentage of oxygen too fast anw...
I got no theory as to how it works, haha. Cannot think. LoL.
~Blitzed off by Wakka02~
I got no theory as to how it works, haha. Cannot think. LoL.
~Blitzed off by Wakka02~
wat they use to maintain the high pressure?
do dey use air particles to maintain the high pressure?
use air particles of normal air? or inert gases? maybe dey use normal air with higher oxygen, cos pressure is lower than atmospheric rite, at such a high level.. so more oxygen den higher entrophy or wat? den ppl can take in? aiya confusing.
use air particles of normal air? or inert gases? maybe dey use normal air with higher oxygen, cos pressure is lower than atmospheric rite, at such a high level.. so more oxygen den higher entrophy or wat? den ppl can take in? aiya confusing.
Maybe...
the air they use to pressurise the plane has a higher percentage of oxygen? Haha just a thought.
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Saturday, August 19, 2006
"Food for thought"
I guess all, if not most of us has taken an air flight before...but have you ever wondered how we actually survive that flight?
We all know that the air cabin is pressurised, about the pressure which is 2000m above sea level. This is so as prevent the plane from being crushed by pressure. But...at 2000m above sea level, most mountainers already need oxygen tanks while they are hiking. However, why do we not need oxygen tanks even though we are in the same scenerio as them?
Anybody knows the ans? I would like to hear it too...see if anyone thinks the same view as me...and my friend...
Btw...this question was posed by my physics teacher...he doesn know the ans too :P
Happy weekend!
We all know that the air cabin is pressurised, about the pressure which is 2000m above sea level. This is so as prevent the plane from being crushed by pressure. But...at 2000m above sea level, most mountainers already need oxygen tanks while they are hiking. However, why do we not need oxygen tanks even though we are in the same scenerio as them?
Anybody knows the ans? I would like to hear it too...see if anyone thinks the same view as me...and my friend...
Btw...this question was posed by my physics teacher...he doesn know the ans too :P
Happy weekend!
Friday, August 18, 2006
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Random post
Guess you all are really really stressed up eh?? well, you noe a blog a day will keep me away lol. so blog!! It wont take you much time anyway...
Hmmm, really troubled and stressed up and sad? Well if you are finding someone to talk to can always look for me!!
Nice pic. eh?
Hmmm, really troubled and stressed up and sad? Well if you are finding someone to talk to can always look for me!!
Nice pic. eh?
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
:)
Roger that SYD!
Haha, yah nowadays no choice....must really mug...prelims less than 1month away...26 days to be exact...haha.
Good luck for your upcoming promos everyone! And of course the prelims and A's for DY. Haha.
Haha, yah nowadays no choice....must really mug...prelims less than 1month away...26 days to be exact...haha.
Good luck for your upcoming promos everyone! And of course the prelims and A's for DY. Haha.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Hi.
Gosh this blog is like rapidly catching up with my own blog in posts.. Like 40 behind only.. >_<
Anywae PROMOS COMING LA YI DA. EVERYDAY BLOG BLOG BLOG. LoL...
I promise I'll be more active after promos kk. After I get my com back. Yup. Cya all people...
~Blitzed off by Wakka02~
Anywae PROMOS COMING LA YI DA. EVERYDAY BLOG BLOG BLOG. LoL...
I promise I'll be more active after promos kk. After I get my com back. Yup. Cya all people...
~Blitzed off by Wakka02~
Monday, August 14, 2006
HEEELLLLOOOOOOO!!
Hmmm, seems like all of you all are busy mugging!! Well, best wishes for all those J2 for their A's... erm muz blog okie?? don let this blog die again...
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Yupps
yea you got it man.. from mails that i find interesting... don think i will get caught for copyrights rite? anyway... see ya on sats!
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Orh...
Now I know where Yi Da gets his jokes from.. E-mail right.. All the jokes I see from e-mail one.. LoL..
~Just a random Blitz from Wakka02~
~Just a random Blitz from Wakka02~
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Random post
9 Things I Hate About Everyone
1. People who point at their wrist while asking for the time....
I know where my watch is pal, where the hell is yours? Do I point at my crotch when I ask where the toilet is?
2 People who are willing to get off their ass to search the entire room for the T.V. remote because they refuse to walk to the T.V. and change the channel manually.
3 When people say "Oh you just want to have your cake and eat it too".
Damn right! What good is cake if you can't eat it?
4 When people say "it's always the last place you look".
Of course it is. Why the hell would you keep looking after you've found it? Do people do this? Who and where are they? Gonna Kick their asses!
5 When people say while watching a film "did you see that?".
No Loser, I paid $12 to come to the cinema and stare at the damn floor.
6 People who ask "Can I ask you a question?"
.... Didn't really give me a choice there, did ya sunshine?
7. When something is 'new and improved!'
Which is it? If it's new, then there has never been anything before it. If it's an improvement, then there must have been something before it, couldn't be new.
8 When people say "life is short".
What the hell?? Life is the longest damn thing anyone ever does!! What can you do that's longer?
9 When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks "Has the bus come yet?".
If the bus came would I be standing here, dumbass?
Friday, August 04, 2006
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Random post
The Stock Market simply illustrated ... there is a lesson here
Once upon a time, in a village a man appeared who announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10. The villagers seeing that there were many monkeys went out in the forest and started catching them. The man bought thousands at $10 and as supply started to diminish and villagers started to stop their effort he announced that now he would buy at $20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again. Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer rate increased to $25 and the supply of monkeys became so scarce that it was an effort to even see a monkey let alone catch it.
The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50! However, since he had to go to the city on some business his assistant would now buy on behalf of the man. In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers. "Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell them to you at $35 and when the man comes back, you can sell it to him for $50."The villager squeezed up with all their savings to buy the monkeys.
Then they never saw the man nor his assistant, only monkeys everywhere!!!!
Once upon a time, in a village a man appeared who announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10. The villagers seeing that there were many monkeys went out in the forest and started catching them. The man bought thousands at $10 and as supply started to diminish and villagers started to stop their effort he announced that now he would buy at $20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again. Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer rate increased to $25 and the supply of monkeys became so scarce that it was an effort to even see a monkey let alone catch it.
The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50! However, since he had to go to the city on some business his assistant would now buy on behalf of the man. In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers. "Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell them to you at $35 and when the man comes back, you can sell it to him for $50."The villager squeezed up with all their savings to buy the monkeys.
Then they never saw the man nor his assistant, only monkeys everywhere!!!!
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Elemental Names
Speaking of which...I am studying sooo much chem these days that I can almost recall all the elements in the periodic table...haha just joking.
I realised tht most of our names can be "formed" with the initials of elements....so let me start with myself...
TYL --> Ta (Tantalum) Y (Yttrium) L (nothing) haha....so i am lan...no future. But the rest of you...all have futures!
KMK --> Potassium^2 Manganese
SYD --> Seaborgium (Sg) Yttrium (Y) D(deuterium)
YYH --> Yttrium^2 Hydrogen
CTX --> Carbon Titanium Xenon
Haha but the most interesting part of all is....Dian Yang has a an element that matches his initials exactly! It is in the lathanides series.... Dysprosium (DY).
And tin guo ran is tin... Sn....haha.....just joking la...
There are many slots left in the periodic table yet to be filled up.... ppl are still searching for them. If you have not realised, many elements are named after great inventors. I believe that in the future, one of our names may be on that periodic table too... or at least, our group name....
hqc---> more radioactive than any other material found on earth. Most chatty one of all. Most productive (efficient). Unique blend of items in it. INFINITE HALF LIFE. Yes...that shall be the description of hqc, if it ever exists....haha.
I realised tht most of our names can be "formed" with the initials of elements....so let me start with myself...
TYL --> Ta (Tantalum) Y (Yttrium) L (nothing) haha....so i am lan...no future. But the rest of you...all have futures!
KMK --> Potassium^2 Manganese
SYD --> Seaborgium (Sg) Yttrium (Y) D(deuterium)
YYH --> Yttrium^2 Hydrogen
CTX --> Carbon Titanium Xenon
Haha but the most interesting part of all is....Dian Yang has a an element that matches his initials exactly! It is in the lathanides series.... Dysprosium (DY).
And tin guo ran is tin... Sn....haha.....just joking la...
There are many slots left in the periodic table yet to be filled up.... ppl are still searching for them. If you have not realised, many elements are named after great inventors. I believe that in the future, one of our names may be on that periodic table too... or at least, our group name....
hqc---> more radioactive than any other material found on earth. Most chatty one of all. Most productive (efficient). Unique blend of items in it. INFINITE HALF LIFE. Yes...that shall be the description of hqc, if it ever exists....haha.
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