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Entries from August 2008

A quickie…

August 22, 2008 · 20 Comments

So well,August is coming to an end,September is nearing..I know this may sound cliche but time does fly, doesn’t it? Remember what was going on this time last year? We were having our SPM trials… Fast eh? That was a year ago…I still remember sleeping at three in the morning regularly before trials,going out for supper with ah Gong,Jun Biao, JacoD and not forgetting our long lost friend in Australia, ‘Big Head’ Chiah.. I’ve been back since last Friday for my one week term break.. See? Times flies, seven days ‘flew away’ just like that…. Going back to my Fortress of not-so-Solitude tomorrow with some of my untouched homework……… I finished maths and physics…at least anyways..

Second semester in college is rather stressful… I’m taking five units this sem compared to only three last sem… My class ends at 2.45 pm everyday during my first sem but now, my class ends at 4.00 pm everyday..So,kinda hectic la… And no thanks to Moral Studies, kinda tough if compared to Malaysian Studies (basically, it’s history in English.. Didn’t touch too much on islam though.. and btw, I got a distinction in Malaysian Studies *feeling proud,not really* I was surprise when I saw my result actually…) We have to carry out a group project, prepare a log book for group meetings and a ‘personal’ journal for out homework… Two stupid subjects that the government has implemented in hopes of either troubling non-bumis or to foster patriotism.. I guess the former sounds more logical…

Maths and Physics A are okay for now… Didn’t really learn anything new yet… Chemistry lessons are now really interesting as we have a new hawt hot lecturer are learning about chemical bonding… Physics B lecturer,Mr Chan Chee Keen/Kean? , is really funny guy…A serious looking but funny guy and yes, he looks a bit weird like other physics teachers..I don’t need to mention names right? haha.. He’s like the hybrid of Tan Hack Sek , Pang Yat Huah and Botak Leong… We nicknamed him Uncle Chan btw… Pretty cool guy in fact… Eng B sucks big time… There aren’t many assessments like the first sem ( I would really like to redo all my assessments than doing Eng B) but we have a research paper which is due like 5 weeks from now.. It’s a real pain in the butt…I chose a somewhat uncommon topic so it’s hard for me to gather info….Hmmmm…. The usual, frequent tests and quiz.. Homework..

I realised something gained enlightenment recently… A simple problem with a rather simple solution…

Problem : You want something/one really badly or you are looking for something/one desperately… More often that not, you will not get or find what you want…( no,this does not apply to knowledge/studies, Jun Biao …This scenario can only be applied to certain things…not all )

True story, at the beginning of my second sem, I realised that my calculator was missing.. I was looking for it everywhere…high and low… up and down…. Turned my room topsy-turvy , but I couldn’t find it… Looked for it in my laptop bag and other bags countless times… I tried and tried then I gave up…Bought a new calculator… After a month or so, just last last week,while I was packing to come back to Sitiawan, guess what? I found it in my laptop bag…I swear I couldn’t find the calculator in that bag before that…It like appeared out of thin air… Damn it..Now, I have two EX570 ES calculators…zzz

Another true story,I was fetching this person,let’s name him Mr. A X.. I teased him about this girl,let’s call her W Z…( pretty obvious huh?) So, what happened was, Mr. A X said it’s been so long now but he and W Z didn’t have, what you call ‘jodoh’ / chemistry…So,I told him that if you want something/one really badly,you won’t get it…In other words, let things fall into place by themselves… There is no need to rush things.. Just see what happens..I’m not saying that you literally see and do nothing like hoping money will drop from the sky… However, you still need to do something in order to accomplish something..So, don’t hope and dream too much, give it a shot, your best shot, and if it still doesn’t work out, that’s all that you can do…

haha…blah blah blah..crapping…. my first full text post…urgh… back to hw hw hw…

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The Square Root of Three

August 20, 2008 · 3 Comments

I’m sure that I will always be
A lonely number like root three

The three is all that’s good and right,
Why must my three keep out of sight
Beneath the vicious square root sign,
I wish instead I were a nine

For nine could thwart this evil trick,
with just some quick arithmetic

I know I’ll never see the sun, as 1.7321
Such is my reality, a sad irrationality

When hark! What is this I see,
Another square root of a three

As quietly co-waltzing by,
Together now we multiply
To form a number we prefer,
Rejoicing as an integer

We break free from our mortal bonds
With the wave of magic wands

Our square root signs become unglued
Your love for me has been renewed

-David Feinberg

Receited by Kumar in the movie,Harold and Kumar 2..

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