Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Chemistry jinx
The time is 7.40 AM. Ivan, Giju and I went into room 211 for our biology class. There was Steven sitting down talking with Sheow Pin and Boey. They were discussing about the trip in the month June. It seems that Taman Negara was out of the topic as it would cost a whopping more than RM 500 per person. Pulau Pangkor was up next. It's affordable but it is a long distance from here and it is understood that the last ferry leaves at 5 PM. Since the trip emphasizes on semester four students which will have their last A2 paper on the day of departure, it is not likely that the bus will be able to arrive at the jetty before 5 PM since the exam ends at 3 PM. Well, biology class had two absentees today. There were only ten people in the class. Wee!
Giju says Hi
Biology class started with an excercise today. It means we can flip open our books to find the answers. Phew! It took less than an hour to complete 4 pages of biology questions which was quick to me! After that, we had a break. Steven and I went to Mac centre first to get some papers photostated. Then it was 7-11 for both of us. I resisted buying a slurpee and got a strepsils for Ivan as he had a sore throat. Miss Irene decided to continue her lectures for the day. However, luck was on our side. She only managed to lecture us with two slides. Wee~
A different point of view
Today is the fourth consecutive week of titration. After many weeks doing the same experiment, I realized that I do not have a flair for it. It seems that my end point for today's titration was fluctuating from 16 ml to 36 ml. I wondered what was the problem. I renewed my supply of sulphuric acid and potassium manganate. However, that did not seem to be the problem. Steven offered me his iron (iii) solution. With his iron (iii) solution, I managed to get a constant end point which is 23.5 ml for the first two readings and 23.4 ml for the third reading. It seems that my iron (iii) was not a homogeneous solution. Therefore, different end point readings were acquired. Sigh.
Chemistry hates me
Then came physics. We learnt about moment and also about torque today. At last I knew what was all the torque about. Physics is interesting. It is not only meant for guys you know? I want to see more girls! Mr. Yeoh's lecture was light and easy today. He ended class early today and we had plenty of time to do whatever we want. I went to the A-levels office to get some forms verified by Mr. Sam. On the other hand, I took some sweets from his office too. Then, it was off to room 308 for the Valentine's Day celebration meeting.
Yu han and Pang Keat
The Valentine's Day celebration meeting started off with some pizzas and soft drinks. Meeting started a little after that with the Circle K president charing the meeting. It seems that this is the first time they are organizing this event in INTI college. Previously it was not approved by the management it seems. Opinions and suggestions were asked during the meeting. Well, college things are pretty expensive you know? The Valentine's Day gifts were at throat slitting prices which were not meant for a middle class citizen like me. On the other hand, it just shows how much a guy would spend for his girlfriend just to express his love. Bah, I'm single by the way. So who cares?
The big shots
Giju says Hi
Biology class started with an excercise today. It means we can flip open our books to find the answers. Phew! It took less than an hour to complete 4 pages of biology questions which was quick to me! After that, we had a break. Steven and I went to Mac centre first to get some papers photostated. Then it was 7-11 for both of us. I resisted buying a slurpee and got a strepsils for Ivan as he had a sore throat. Miss Irene decided to continue her lectures for the day. However, luck was on our side. She only managed to lecture us with two slides. Wee~
A different point of view
Today is the fourth consecutive week of titration. After many weeks doing the same experiment, I realized that I do not have a flair for it. It seems that my end point for today's titration was fluctuating from 16 ml to 36 ml. I wondered what was the problem. I renewed my supply of sulphuric acid and potassium manganate. However, that did not seem to be the problem. Steven offered me his iron (iii) solution. With his iron (iii) solution, I managed to get a constant end point which is 23.5 ml for the first two readings and 23.4 ml for the third reading. It seems that my iron (iii) was not a homogeneous solution. Therefore, different end point readings were acquired. Sigh.
Chemistry hates me
Then came physics. We learnt about moment and also about torque today. At last I knew what was all the torque about. Physics is interesting. It is not only meant for guys you know? I want to see more girls! Mr. Yeoh's lecture was light and easy today. He ended class early today and we had plenty of time to do whatever we want. I went to the A-levels office to get some forms verified by Mr. Sam. On the other hand, I took some sweets from his office too. Then, it was off to room 308 for the Valentine's Day celebration meeting.
Yu han and Pang Keat
The Valentine's Day celebration meeting started off with some pizzas and soft drinks. Meeting started a little after that with the Circle K president charing the meeting. It seems that this is the first time they are organizing this event in INTI college. Previously it was not approved by the management it seems. Opinions and suggestions were asked during the meeting. Well, college things are pretty expensive you know? The Valentine's Day gifts were at throat slitting prices which were not meant for a middle class citizen like me. On the other hand, it just shows how much a guy would spend for his girlfriend just to express his love. Bah, I'm single by the way. So who cares?
The big shots
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
SOSAM
What is SOSAM you ask? It's "School of Science and Mathematics". Of course those taking science subjects will be under its umbrella. Silly you. Today's class was a little different. Instead of having classes inside the campus, we had our classes in block C of INTI college. Block C housed the SOSAM office too. Class kicked off with statistics today. We studied about ogive and polygonial ogive today. One of my classmates was using the handphone in class today while Mr. Chiam was walking around looking at the students work. I tried to take my classmate's picture but I could not find a good angle. Then I noticed that Mr. Chiam was curious on what I was doing. I smiled at him and he forced a smile back at me. I'm innocent. Oh noes!
Open up your eyes to a new day
If you pay attention closely to the picture above, you will be able to see a reflection of me attempting the shot and Ivan too. Amazingly, time passed without anyone noticing it. Perhaps class was more fun today or maybe because it is a new classroom environment altogether. Anyway, the guy's washroom was just infront of my classroom and we frequented it. However, one of my classmate claims that toilet is haunted. While he was answering nature's call, he heard sounds of occupancy at the next stall. He checked the next stall and found no one there. Hard to believe him huh? Well, it was so real to him in the extend he could swore to us. He even added, "Usually in the movies, the jokers will die first". Oh God, Ivan, Giju and I are so dead.
Red is in
The mechanics class finished earlier than us today. Zhi Sheng went to his apartment along with Justin to grab his laptop. Mr. Yeoh came into the class before those two did. Mr. Yeoh guided us through the tutorial and later moved on to chapter five. Soon after those two entered class. They tried to play a movie but there seemed to be some error. They resorted to playing games instead. Long live counter-strike!
Boom! Headshot!
Mr. Yeoh previously agreed to end the class earlier at 11.45 AM. However he overshot and left us only with five minutes for our lunch. We scoured the shoplots for a decent place to have our lunch. We stumbled upon another chinese shop and I had pan mee again. I so addicted to it =P. Today's lunch buddies were Zhi Sheng, Justin, Giju, Ivan, Vijay, Steven, Yu Han and Pang Keat. By the end of our lunch, we were already 15 minutes later for chemistry! However, the lecturer did not slam the hammer of justice onto us today. Heh! The time lost for lunch was worth it! It lasted in my stomach till dinner. Time passed really fast when we were having classes in the SOSAM building. Wish to have classes there more often.
Class of Chemistry
Open up your eyes to a new day
If you pay attention closely to the picture above, you will be able to see a reflection of me attempting the shot and Ivan too. Amazingly, time passed without anyone noticing it. Perhaps class was more fun today or maybe because it is a new classroom environment altogether. Anyway, the guy's washroom was just infront of my classroom and we frequented it. However, one of my classmate claims that toilet is haunted. While he was answering nature's call, he heard sounds of occupancy at the next stall. He checked the next stall and found no one there. Hard to believe him huh? Well, it was so real to him in the extend he could swore to us. He even added, "Usually in the movies, the jokers will die first". Oh God, Ivan, Giju and I are so dead.
Red is in
The mechanics class finished earlier than us today. Zhi Sheng went to his apartment along with Justin to grab his laptop. Mr. Yeoh came into the class before those two did. Mr. Yeoh guided us through the tutorial and later moved on to chapter five. Soon after those two entered class. They tried to play a movie but there seemed to be some error. They resorted to playing games instead. Long live counter-strike!
Boom! Headshot!
Mr. Yeoh previously agreed to end the class earlier at 11.45 AM. However he overshot and left us only with five minutes for our lunch. We scoured the shoplots for a decent place to have our lunch. We stumbled upon another chinese shop and I had pan mee again. I so addicted to it =P. Today's lunch buddies were Zhi Sheng, Justin, Giju, Ivan, Vijay, Steven, Yu Han and Pang Keat. By the end of our lunch, we were already 15 minutes later for chemistry! However, the lecturer did not slam the hammer of justice onto us today. Heh! The time lost for lunch was worth it! It lasted in my stomach till dinner. Time passed really fast when we were having classes in the SOSAM building. Wish to have classes there more often.
Class of Chemistry
Monday, January 29, 2007
Natural philosophy
Wondered what is natural philosophy? It's the former term of physics. Today's experiment was investigating the oscillation of a compound pendulum. Argh, it's been four weeks since we have been carrying out this pendulum experiment. I will not complain more as even though the experiment is repetitive, it takes only one hour to complete! Which means one hour free time! We can have a proper lunch. Wohoo!!
Mr. Yeoh focused
Since my camera does not produce pictures with focusing effect as of a DSLR would, I've resorted to using photoshop for this time. Hopefully I would not need to use photoshop anymore in the near future. *Hints* Today's pendulum was contrusted using two wooden blocks, a pin, 13g of plasticine and a metal wire. Use your imagination and figure out how the pendulum will look like =). Instead of having 20 oscillations, I measured the time for only 10 oscillations this time to save time and hasten the experiment. Soon after, I acquired all data needed to draw the graph.
Giju focused
In the end, we spent only one hour as mentioned earlier. With me completing the experiment first, followed by Ivan and then Giju. We did not leave the laboratory immediately. We fooled around for a short time before leaving in search for a place to have lunch.
Forestboy is going down
In search for lunch, we took a stroll towards INTI's library. We stopped by a chinese cafe and it seemed packed. However, there was a second floor. Who in the right mind would have known that there was a second floor? Yea, practically no one. We went up there and it was empty. The only customers were us. We had the whole floor to ourselves. Cheers. =)
There goes RM 3.30
Mr. Yeoh focused
Since my camera does not produce pictures with focusing effect as of a DSLR would, I've resorted to using photoshop for this time. Hopefully I would not need to use photoshop anymore in the near future. *Hints* Today's pendulum was contrusted using two wooden blocks, a pin, 13g of plasticine and a metal wire. Use your imagination and figure out how the pendulum will look like =). Instead of having 20 oscillations, I measured the time for only 10 oscillations this time to save time and hasten the experiment. Soon after, I acquired all data needed to draw the graph.
Giju focused
In the end, we spent only one hour as mentioned earlier. With me completing the experiment first, followed by Ivan and then Giju. We did not leave the laboratory immediately. We fooled around for a short time before leaving in search for a place to have lunch.
Forestboy is going down
In search for lunch, we took a stroll towards INTI's library. We stopped by a chinese cafe and it seemed packed. However, there was a second floor. Who in the right mind would have known that there was a second floor? Yea, practically no one. We went up there and it was empty. The only customers were us. We had the whole floor to ourselves. Cheers. =)
There goes RM 3.30
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Day off
Supposedly today's my day off from blogging. However I'll leave you readers with more photos of the Larian Twelveans. Enjoy.
The mad rush at the starting line
A few more metres to go
The sprint
Malaysia, truly a multiracial society
The mad rush at the starting line
A few more metres to go
The sprint
Malaysia, truly a multiracial society
Larian Twelveans
Woke up at 6.00 AM today just to catch the cross-country event held annually by SMK USJ 12, my high school called Larian Twelveans. The event was called Larian Bersama Twelveans during my five years in this school. However, they changed it this year as it seems that the word "bersama" had another meaning to it. =) Well, walked to school with Rui Siong at 7.00 AM today and waited at the bus stop for the others. Saw many ex-form 5s today. It's like a mini reunion.
Mini reunion
We entered the school compound around 8.00 AM accompanied by Pn. Shirley. Was afraid to enter the school compound wearing plain clothes. Sheesh. Anyway, as soon as we entered the school's office vicinity, we were asked to help carry some mineral water boxes. The others were asked to assist in recording the times of the runners. Well, I only helped carry a few boxes of mineral water and by then, the first batch of runners crowded the front gate of the school. I was there to take a few shots.
The elder leading the way
After the form 5 girls were sent on their way, the form 4 girls were up next. Later it was the form 3, 2 and 1 girls consecutively. The boys were also sent on their way in the same manner with the older boys leading the pack. Then, I moved towards the field to take more shots of different perspective. Yea, it was a windy day today and all the small leaves from the trees began to fall, right onto my head. LoL. Well, since that area was full with trees, roots were also aplenty. Many runners tripped on the roots. Poor them. We had to stand near the trees to warn them about the roots. Sigh.
Watch out for roots
Soon after, it was the prize giving ceremony. However, I hid myself in the newsroom. Looking at the photographs taken by the other photographers of other events. Sigh. Some photographers need training xP. I spent about 2 hours in the newsroom bored and restless. Besides the prize giving ceremony, there were also lucky draws. There were 3 bicycles up for grabs. I heard that one bike went to a form two and the other two went to two form 1s. I walked myself home later under the searing sun.
Pn. Maizan and Pn. Teo in action
Mini reunion
We entered the school compound around 8.00 AM accompanied by Pn. Shirley. Was afraid to enter the school compound wearing plain clothes. Sheesh. Anyway, as soon as we entered the school's office vicinity, we were asked to help carry some mineral water boxes. The others were asked to assist in recording the times of the runners. Well, I only helped carry a few boxes of mineral water and by then, the first batch of runners crowded the front gate of the school. I was there to take a few shots.
The elder leading the way
After the form 5 girls were sent on their way, the form 4 girls were up next. Later it was the form 3, 2 and 1 girls consecutively. The boys were also sent on their way in the same manner with the older boys leading the pack. Then, I moved towards the field to take more shots of different perspective. Yea, it was a windy day today and all the small leaves from the trees began to fall, right onto my head. LoL. Well, since that area was full with trees, roots were also aplenty. Many runners tripped on the roots. Poor them. We had to stand near the trees to warn them about the roots. Sigh.
Watch out for roots
Soon after, it was the prize giving ceremony. However, I hid myself in the newsroom. Looking at the photographs taken by the other photographers of other events. Sigh. Some photographers need training xP. I spent about 2 hours in the newsroom bored and restless. Besides the prize giving ceremony, there were also lucky draws. There were 3 bicycles up for grabs. I heard that one bike went to a form two and the other two went to two form 1s. I walked myself home later under the searing sun.
Pn. Maizan and Pn. Teo in action
Friday, January 26, 2007
Undang tomorrow
Tomorrow's another phase to obtain my driving license. It's the much dreaded undang test which some people seem to be able to pass it without studying. Yeah, photobucket seems to be down for today ( I can't get connected ). Therefore I can't post any pictures for now. Real sorry for that yeah.
Well, today's a Friday. Had club meeting after college from 1 - 3 PM. Decided to join A-Levels club meeting for this week. Well, the committee members explained about the upcoming activities . Well to sum it all up, there's a A-Levels Club gathering on the 2nd of February, a Valentine's Day party on the 10th, either a rock climbing or the eye of Malaysia trip sometime in March and also a vacation in June. Anyway, the club president asked for volunteers to help out for the Valentine's Day party for security and logistics. Ivan, Giju , me and friends signed up for security. Hmm, INTI's so secured now. ( fingers crossed ).
Apart from that, the organizing committee for the vacation was set up. Most of the committee members were of semester one students from class S2. Steven was the only peron from class S1 and he held the treasurer's position. He claims he wants to run away with the money collected. xP. Well, our captain, Mr. Lee Yi Jun was the organizing chairperson. Hurray! All the best people. Looking forward to college activities. =)
Well, today's a Friday. Had club meeting after college from 1 - 3 PM. Decided to join A-Levels club meeting for this week. Well, the committee members explained about the upcoming activities . Well to sum it all up, there's a A-Levels Club gathering on the 2nd of February, a Valentine's Day party on the 10th, either a rock climbing or the eye of Malaysia trip sometime in March and also a vacation in June. Anyway, the club president asked for volunteers to help out for the Valentine's Day party for security and logistics. Ivan, Giju , me and friends signed up for security. Hmm, INTI's so secured now. ( fingers crossed ).
Apart from that, the organizing committee for the vacation was set up. Most of the committee members were of semester one students from class S2. Steven was the only peron from class S1 and he held the treasurer's position. He claims he wants to run away with the money collected. xP. Well, our captain, Mr. Lee Yi Jun was the organizing chairperson. Hurray! All the best people. Looking forward to college activities. =)
Thursday, January 25, 2007
What the visking tube?
First of all, I have to cut down on pictures of Giju as he's nagging about him appearing too much on this page. Too bad you people will miss another Japanese pose by him which was taken today. Aw. Right, college life has been a repetitive cycle so far. I'm sure anyone will be able to guess what I will be posting about tomorrow and the day after. Sigh. Anyhow, my college will be having a Chinese New Year celebration on 14th of February. Hoping to get some good photos. Oh and Steven will have his Canon S3 Camera by then. It's like a mini DSLR. Wohoo!
Studied medicine in Moscow before
Some of us might not have seen a visking tube in their life before, as our high school laboratories are not well equipped. It's true, don't deny it. Don't worry, I've seen and felt a visking tube in form 4. Heh. Today's experiment was similar to what we did back in form 4. It was about osmosis. Three visking tubes will be filled with a solution of 0.5 M sucrose and dipped into solutions with different concentration. To begin with, the visking tubes had to be "opened" first before filling it with the 0.5 M sucrose. It was a pain in the neck. Seriously. It was harder than finding a needle in a haystack. Grr.
The newest addition to our Biology family
The trick to the visking tubes was to loosen it in water. It was easier then. Oh yeah, we had to ensure the visking tubes were not leaking too by tying one end of it securely. Ivan had to redo his visking tubes three times as he frequently punctured holes in them with the dropper. Lol. After filling the visking tubes and dipping them, we had to wait for 20 minutes. The lecturer gave the green light to have a break. That spells lunch time for me! My lunch cost me RM 2.00 + RM 1.50 today. A can of drink is definitely not economical. I have to cut down on those starting from tomorrow.
One drop of methylene blue keeps the doctor away
After lunch, went back to the laboratory and continued with the experiment. The visking tubes were emptied into three different test tubes. Later, a few drops of methylene blue was added. All three test tubes were then shaken gently. Next, three other test tubes were filled with the 0.5 M sucrose solution 2 cm below the brim. The dropper was then used to extract some volume of the solution which originated from the visking tubes and dropped into the 0.5 M sucrose test tubes. We were suppose to observe how the substance behaved in the solution. College ended early again today. Thank you, Malaysian studies!
I'm blue da be de da be da
Studied medicine in Moscow before
Some of us might not have seen a visking tube in their life before, as our high school laboratories are not well equipped. It's true, don't deny it. Don't worry, I've seen and felt a visking tube in form 4. Heh. Today's experiment was similar to what we did back in form 4. It was about osmosis. Three visking tubes will be filled with a solution of 0.5 M sucrose and dipped into solutions with different concentration. To begin with, the visking tubes had to be "opened" first before filling it with the 0.5 M sucrose. It was a pain in the neck. Seriously. It was harder than finding a needle in a haystack. Grr.
The newest addition to our Biology family
The trick to the visking tubes was to loosen it in water. It was easier then. Oh yeah, we had to ensure the visking tubes were not leaking too by tying one end of it securely. Ivan had to redo his visking tubes three times as he frequently punctured holes in them with the dropper. Lol. After filling the visking tubes and dipping them, we had to wait for 20 minutes. The lecturer gave the green light to have a break. That spells lunch time for me! My lunch cost me RM 2.00 + RM 1.50 today. A can of drink is definitely not economical. I have to cut down on those starting from tomorrow.
One drop of methylene blue keeps the doctor away
After lunch, went back to the laboratory and continued with the experiment. The visking tubes were emptied into three different test tubes. Later, a few drops of methylene blue was added. All three test tubes were then shaken gently. Next, three other test tubes were filled with the 0.5 M sucrose solution 2 cm below the brim. The dropper was then used to extract some volume of the solution which originated from the visking tubes and dropped into the 0.5 M sucrose test tubes. We were suppose to observe how the substance behaved in the solution. College ended early again today. Thank you, Malaysian studies!
I'm blue da be de da be da
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
7-11 in class
The time was 7.30 AM as I reached college today. Giju, Ivan and I did not walk over to Taylor's to meet our friends. Instead, we waited outside room 211 in INTI college while chatting with our classmates. As usual, biology was the first subject in line. After awhile, we entered the class followed by our biology lecturer. Well it seemed like the normal routine today. Lectures and taking down notes.
Steven on the phone
Anyhow, Ivan had a combination of illness as well as back pains today. Even the lecturer had some cough. We moved into chapter 3 which mentions about enzymes. In A-Levels, the lock and key hypothesis is no longer acceptable and replaced with the induced fit hypothesis. Thumbs down to our high school education! About one hour into the lecture, we go our well deserved 15 minutes break. Ivan, Giju, Steven and me decided to dash to 7-11 to buy some junk food as well as pain relievers. I got myself a passion fruit slurpee as well as two packets of zip chocolates. Giju bought himself chips, Steven bought a blackcurrant slurpee while Ivan purchased numerous items. After that we headed back. I was rushing as I thought we will be late. However, our classmates will hanging around outside of the class when we returned. In short, the break's not over. I gave each of my classmate a zip chocolate bar. How kind of me! =) Also, Steven paid for my slurpee. Wohoo~
It's still break time
Well, we entered class and the lecturer was asking when we could replace a 2 hour class as she will be taking leave on Wednesday three weeks later. The whole class was gunning for Friday to replace the class but the lecturer gave no clear answer as it was not INTI's policy to have classes after 1 PM on fridays. Well, we'll see how things work out. Hmm, ever wondered why the lecturer wanted to take leave on Wednesday 3 weeks from now? I won't blame you as I also wondered why. It all came clear what the lecturer was up to when somehow she mentioned the date of her leave which is 14th of February. It's Valentine's Day, stupid! The class broke into laughter and we started poking jokes at her. I asked her which hotel she was going to but she did not hear it. Thank God! Steven on the other hand was asking why she had to take leave when she could celebrate it after class. She replied, "Not only at night can do activities okay?". The whole class laughed out loud again.
My eyes!
Today's chemistry practical was on titration again. Argh. I'm getting bored of it. During the practical, there was a power failure and everyone started cheering! Our lecturer allowed us to leave but many of us including me remained in the laboratory to complete the report. However, the lights came on again in a few minutes. Aww. College ended 1/2 hour earlier today. Thank you Mr. Yeoh!
Steven on the phone
Anyhow, Ivan had a combination of illness as well as back pains today. Even the lecturer had some cough. We moved into chapter 3 which mentions about enzymes. In A-Levels, the lock and key hypothesis is no longer acceptable and replaced with the induced fit hypothesis. Thumbs down to our high school education! About one hour into the lecture, we go our well deserved 15 minutes break. Ivan, Giju, Steven and me decided to dash to 7-11 to buy some junk food as well as pain relievers. I got myself a passion fruit slurpee as well as two packets of zip chocolates. Giju bought himself chips, Steven bought a blackcurrant slurpee while Ivan purchased numerous items. After that we headed back. I was rushing as I thought we will be late. However, our classmates will hanging around outside of the class when we returned. In short, the break's not over. I gave each of my classmate a zip chocolate bar. How kind of me! =) Also, Steven paid for my slurpee. Wohoo~
It's still break time
Well, we entered class and the lecturer was asking when we could replace a 2 hour class as she will be taking leave on Wednesday three weeks later. The whole class was gunning for Friday to replace the class but the lecturer gave no clear answer as it was not INTI's policy to have classes after 1 PM on fridays. Well, we'll see how things work out. Hmm, ever wondered why the lecturer wanted to take leave on Wednesday 3 weeks from now? I won't blame you as I also wondered why. It all came clear what the lecturer was up to when somehow she mentioned the date of her leave which is 14th of February. It's Valentine's Day, stupid! The class broke into laughter and we started poking jokes at her. I asked her which hotel she was going to but she did not hear it. Thank God! Steven on the other hand was asking why she had to take leave when she could celebrate it after class. She replied, "Not only at night can do activities okay?". The whole class laughed out loud again.
My eyes!
Today's chemistry practical was on titration again. Argh. I'm getting bored of it. During the practical, there was a power failure and everyone started cheering! Our lecturer allowed us to leave but many of us including me remained in the laboratory to complete the report. However, the lights came on again in a few minutes. Aww. College ended 1/2 hour earlier today. Thank you Mr. Yeoh!
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Just another day
Whenever Ivan, Giju and I reach college early, we would wait in front of Taylor's to have a short chat with our former schoolmates ( Not looking at girls okay? ). We would usually meet with Xue Jieh, Phoebe Tay, Kai Xin, Chee Cheng, Andrew, Yao siang and a friend of Kai Xin's ( If I overlooked your name, I'm sorry ). With little time, there is no allowance to catch up on each other. However, this "reunion" is an assurance of friendship and also provides us the chance to see each other in person. Even with the short time available, we got to know that somebody was eyeing somebody! Ha ha. So much for wanting to lead a bachelor life in college. Since Chee Cheng commented about me not asking her to pose for a photograph the day earlier, I got her to pose for a picture today. If you liked the picture, praise the photographer and not the model xP.
Miss Taylor's wannabe
After that, we parted ways and started our class for the day. The first subject on the timetable was statistics. We continued our journey on histograms and for the first time, Mr. TJ Chiam gave us homework which he refers to as assignments. Moreover, the assignments only consist of two questions. He ended class early today as no break was given. I went out of the classroom to take some fresh air while mocking Steven who was studying mechanics in the next class. Ha Ha. I peered into the classrom and it caused the lecturer in the classroom to think that his time was up. He quickly packed up and left the classroom.
Pumped up for studying
Physics came after that. I requested that class ended early in exchange for break time so that we can have a proper lunch. Nowadays I realised that I was falling asleep in class whenever lunch time approaches. LoL. I'm thinking that my body is trying to conserve energy as I don't have a heavy breakfast before I leave the house. Anyways, Mr. Yeoh lectured about dynamics today. You'll definitely learn this in form five but A-levels is definitely still harder. I was hoping that time sped up for class to be dismissed. Finally class was dismissed at 11.45 AM. Wohoo! I went to the cafeteria and ordered maggi goreng. Hmm, I still prefer mix rice. More variety and there is the value for money competition! =P
The physics environment
Chemistry was up next. Learned about ionization energy today. Chemistry seems to make sense in A-levels. Honestly, I didn't learn much in high school. Today, the four people at the back which is Ivan, Giju, Justin and I got sounded numerous time as the class was filled with Ivan's laughter and perhaps Giju's jokes. I have no idea what Justin and I were doing at that point in time. Heh. Our lecturer even suggested the four of us to sit a different corners of the class but it never happen. We had our tutorial during the next hour. It was about the atomic structure of atoms and we needed the periodic table! Luckily Sheow Pin had a pocket-sized periodic table and I took picture of it to create a digital periodic table.
I saw a ghost
College ended today with Malaysian studies. At the end of the class, everyone started packing their stuff and Giju, was purposely packing his stuff in a rush. Then, the lecturer said "Wait, I want to tell you all something. Don't pack first." and Giju went bonkers and smacked the table with his file repeatedly so that it would sound as though he was rushing to get packed. The lecturer look back and said, "All four of you are going back late today". That didn't happen anyway =). Remember, Giju is the root of all troubles!
Miss Taylor's wannabe
After that, we parted ways and started our class for the day. The first subject on the timetable was statistics. We continued our journey on histograms and for the first time, Mr. TJ Chiam gave us homework which he refers to as assignments. Moreover, the assignments only consist of two questions. He ended class early today as no break was given. I went out of the classroom to take some fresh air while mocking Steven who was studying mechanics in the next class. Ha Ha. I peered into the classrom and it caused the lecturer in the classroom to think that his time was up. He quickly packed up and left the classroom.
Pumped up for studying
Physics came after that. I requested that class ended early in exchange for break time so that we can have a proper lunch. Nowadays I realised that I was falling asleep in class whenever lunch time approaches. LoL. I'm thinking that my body is trying to conserve energy as I don't have a heavy breakfast before I leave the house. Anyways, Mr. Yeoh lectured about dynamics today. You'll definitely learn this in form five but A-levels is definitely still harder. I was hoping that time sped up for class to be dismissed. Finally class was dismissed at 11.45 AM. Wohoo! I went to the cafeteria and ordered maggi goreng. Hmm, I still prefer mix rice. More variety and there is the value for money competition! =P
The physics environment
Chemistry was up next. Learned about ionization energy today. Chemistry seems to make sense in A-levels. Honestly, I didn't learn much in high school. Today, the four people at the back which is Ivan, Giju, Justin and I got sounded numerous time as the class was filled with Ivan's laughter and perhaps Giju's jokes. I have no idea what Justin and I were doing at that point in time. Heh. Our lecturer even suggested the four of us to sit a different corners of the class but it never happen. We had our tutorial during the next hour. It was about the atomic structure of atoms and we needed the periodic table! Luckily Sheow Pin had a pocket-sized periodic table and I took picture of it to create a digital periodic table.
I saw a ghost
College ended today with Malaysian studies. At the end of the class, everyone started packing their stuff and Giju, was purposely packing his stuff in a rush. Then, the lecturer said "Wait, I want to tell you all something. Don't pack first." and Giju went bonkers and smacked the table with his file repeatedly so that it would sound as though he was rushing to get packed. The lecturer look back and said, "All four of you are going back late today". That didn't happen anyway =). Remember, Giju is the root of all troubles!
Monday, January 22, 2007
Calling it a day
I've been to Sunway Pyramid twice in two days.
Before I elaborate on that, let me tell you how college was today. The first class for today was biology. Not a good start for a new week. Biology class was moved to block C, room 403 which was a long walk from INTI college to make way for some LAN presentation. Entered the biology class a little late. There was no lecture but we were given extremely tough quizzes ( perhaps I'm not familiar with the way they throw questions at you ) and that's not all, we were given 2 more pages of homework. Darn it. It just keeps piling up. To make matters worse, the book I am referring to for answers doesn't provide any. At some point I just feel like throwing the book away. Anyhow, we didn't manage to complete the quiz and it became additional homework. Sigh. Despite the bad events, the lecturer was kind enough to postpone the deadline for homework as well as the upcoming big quiz. However, the deadline for the assignment on the five kingdoms still remain static. Class was dismissed at 10.00 AM and we walked back to INTI college to room 307 for our mathematics class.
Mr. Yeoh, Physics 101
During math's class, Mr. Ong gave another batch of homework! Anyway, after that was physics practical! Long live the pendulum! Yes, we did another round of acquiring the time for 20 oscillations while changing some variables. Of course we had to tabulate the data and draw a graph. I feel that the physics practical is the easiest so far. Wonder how many more experiments are of pendulums. As usual, completed the task under 1 1/2 hours and fooled around in the laboratory after that. On the contrary, the physics laboratory had nothing except some old computers. Therefore, we spent time chatting and I was taking some pictures. Heh.
Giju having problems with the calculations
Meanwhile, my mom called me on my hand phone to notify me that she is at the A-Levels office. Ivan, Giju and I left the physics laboratory and headed for home. I took a short rest and light food when I reached home and left for Sunway Pyramid. Just a little flashback, I went to Sunway Pyramid yesterday to attempt to get my old computer to function after it failed to start up yesterday. However, when the man switched on the computer, it worked perfectly and bought a 80GB HDD. Although everything seems to be back to normal, as soon as I switched on the computer at home, it could not start up just like before. Therefore, that is why I have to make another trip to Sunway Pyramid today. Today, my mom was obliged to spend a jaw-dropping RM 1000 to replace the motherboard, a new RAM piece and an AMD sempron 3200+ as the aging motherboard seemed to be the cause of the failure. My mother and I went home hoping to test out the new and improved six year old computer.
The new and spanky chips
Guess what? The problem didn't seem to go away even after fitting my newer power supply unit ( Antec 480W ). What in the world is wrong with that computer? My mom brought it back another time but I didn't follow this time. Yup, you've guessed it. The same thing happened again. Gah. I noticed that when it just returned from the shop, it can start up and function normally for a short while. Then, the power just simply fails. I'm thinking that my computer has the ability to store electricity from the shop. LoL.
Before I elaborate on that, let me tell you how college was today. The first class for today was biology. Not a good start for a new week. Biology class was moved to block C, room 403 which was a long walk from INTI college to make way for some LAN presentation. Entered the biology class a little late. There was no lecture but we were given extremely tough quizzes ( perhaps I'm not familiar with the way they throw questions at you ) and that's not all, we were given 2 more pages of homework. Darn it. It just keeps piling up. To make matters worse, the book I am referring to for answers doesn't provide any. At some point I just feel like throwing the book away. Anyhow, we didn't manage to complete the quiz and it became additional homework. Sigh. Despite the bad events, the lecturer was kind enough to postpone the deadline for homework as well as the upcoming big quiz. However, the deadline for the assignment on the five kingdoms still remain static. Class was dismissed at 10.00 AM and we walked back to INTI college to room 307 for our mathematics class.
Mr. Yeoh, Physics 101
During math's class, Mr. Ong gave another batch of homework! Anyway, after that was physics practical! Long live the pendulum! Yes, we did another round of acquiring the time for 20 oscillations while changing some variables. Of course we had to tabulate the data and draw a graph. I feel that the physics practical is the easiest so far. Wonder how many more experiments are of pendulums. As usual, completed the task under 1 1/2 hours and fooled around in the laboratory after that. On the contrary, the physics laboratory had nothing except some old computers. Therefore, we spent time chatting and I was taking some pictures. Heh.
Giju having problems with the calculations
Meanwhile, my mom called me on my hand phone to notify me that she is at the A-Levels office. Ivan, Giju and I left the physics laboratory and headed for home. I took a short rest and light food when I reached home and left for Sunway Pyramid. Just a little flashback, I went to Sunway Pyramid yesterday to attempt to get my old computer to function after it failed to start up yesterday. However, when the man switched on the computer, it worked perfectly and bought a 80GB HDD. Although everything seems to be back to normal, as soon as I switched on the computer at home, it could not start up just like before. Therefore, that is why I have to make another trip to Sunway Pyramid today. Today, my mom was obliged to spend a jaw-dropping RM 1000 to replace the motherboard, a new RAM piece and an AMD sempron 3200+ as the aging motherboard seemed to be the cause of the failure. My mother and I went home hoping to test out the new and improved six year old computer.
The new and spanky chips
Guess what? The problem didn't seem to go away even after fitting my newer power supply unit ( Antec 480W ). What in the world is wrong with that computer? My mom brought it back another time but I didn't follow this time. Yup, you've guessed it. The same thing happened again. Gah. I noticed that when it just returned from the shop, it can start up and function normally for a short while. Then, the power just simply fails. I'm thinking that my computer has the ability to store electricity from the shop. LoL.
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Driver wannabes
I started my quest to obtain the license to drive as of yesterday. I signed up for the driving course together with my friends, Giju and Chen Chen at a driving school in SS19 last Thursday after college. We chose yesterday as the day we would attend a 5 hour long and hypnotizing talk about driving. My mom fetched all of us to the centre at 7 AM but it was still closed. We then walked down the row of shops and sat at a Chinese coffee shop. It was too early to order breakfast as none of the hawkers were open. So, I ordered a cup of Milo while Chen Chen ordered chrysanthemum tea ( I think ). Around 7.30 AM the owner of the driving school arrived and we followed her up to the centre soon after. Guess what? We met another of our schoolmate, Billy Lim Hock Tia. We waited for few more minutes before the owner decided not to wait for the rest and to send us on our way. We were headed to the suburban part of Damansara which took about 15 minutes by van.
Driver wannabes
Upon arrival, we registered ourselves via our mykads and thumbprints. Our lecture was to be held in a room that seems like a former container which used to be transported by lorries. I thought the lectures were to be done in a grand hall like the one in Sunway College. Hah. The floor of the room was made with little support and tremors could be felt with every footstep made. I must agree that Malaysians are never on time. The lecture is said to start at 9 AM but it only started at 10 AM. We wasted hours waiting to get this over with. The first lecturer was a Chinese man who spoke in Malay with Malay accents. That shows how many years he has already been lecturing driver wannabes. The first question he asked was, "Why do you want to learn driving?". He asked a few people randomly from the name list. I was one of them and I answered, "Because my mom will scold", which was not what I had in mind. I meant that my mom will scold me if I keep bugging her to drive me around town. That's why I have to learn how to drive. After that, he explained about the appropriate distance between cars, the meaning of the three traffic light colours and many more. I was dozing off during the lecture. Hey, I was sleepy!
The most boring five hours of your life
When the clock touched 12.25 PM, we were allowed to go out for a half hour break. Guess what? The area had only one eatery which was operated by an Indian. Food was terrible I tell you. Not because of the taste but of the value for money. A plate of maggi goreng costs RM 3.00 and the portion given was just enough to satisfy a child's stomach. Therefore I ordered a plate of chicken fried rice too, which cost RM 5.00 and an ice lemon tea at RM 1.50. The price of the chicken fried rice was acceptable but for the ice lemon tea, I paid RM 0.50 just for half a lime ( Tea was at RM 1.00 and they just dropped half of a lime inside to make ice lemon tea ) . What a rip-off. This is what happens when someone monopolize. At 12.55 PM everyone went back into the room for another round of lecture.
Can't take it anymore
The next lecturer was a Malay guy by the name of Nor Azlan. He claims to have served in the army which I find it most likely. There was no chance to not listen to his lecture. He constantly asked questions and luckily he targets those who sit behind. I was sitting in the middle of the room. His lecture was quite interesting and filled with a bit of jokes. Yeah, time definitely passed faster compared to the Chinese man who gave his lecture earlier. The 5 hour lecture ended at 2.30 PM and we were called out one by one to sign a form as proof of attendance and checked out with our mykads and thumbprints. The guy who drove us here was kind enough to send us back to our respective homes. Thank you!
Driver wannabes
Upon arrival, we registered ourselves via our mykads and thumbprints. Our lecture was to be held in a room that seems like a former container which used to be transported by lorries. I thought the lectures were to be done in a grand hall like the one in Sunway College. Hah. The floor of the room was made with little support and tremors could be felt with every footstep made. I must agree that Malaysians are never on time. The lecture is said to start at 9 AM but it only started at 10 AM. We wasted hours waiting to get this over with. The first lecturer was a Chinese man who spoke in Malay with Malay accents. That shows how many years he has already been lecturing driver wannabes. The first question he asked was, "Why do you want to learn driving?". He asked a few people randomly from the name list. I was one of them and I answered, "Because my mom will scold", which was not what I had in mind. I meant that my mom will scold me if I keep bugging her to drive me around town. That's why I have to learn how to drive. After that, he explained about the appropriate distance between cars, the meaning of the three traffic light colours and many more. I was dozing off during the lecture. Hey, I was sleepy!
The most boring five hours of your life
When the clock touched 12.25 PM, we were allowed to go out for a half hour break. Guess what? The area had only one eatery which was operated by an Indian. Food was terrible I tell you. Not because of the taste but of the value for money. A plate of maggi goreng costs RM 3.00 and the portion given was just enough to satisfy a child's stomach. Therefore I ordered a plate of chicken fried rice too, which cost RM 5.00 and an ice lemon tea at RM 1.50. The price of the chicken fried rice was acceptable but for the ice lemon tea, I paid RM 0.50 just for half a lime ( Tea was at RM 1.00 and they just dropped half of a lime inside to make ice lemon tea ) . What a rip-off. This is what happens when someone monopolize. At 12.55 PM everyone went back into the room for another round of lecture.
Can't take it anymore
The next lecturer was a Malay guy by the name of Nor Azlan. He claims to have served in the army which I find it most likely. There was no chance to not listen to his lecture. He constantly asked questions and luckily he targets those who sit behind. I was sitting in the middle of the room. His lecture was quite interesting and filled with a bit of jokes. Yeah, time definitely passed faster compared to the Chinese man who gave his lecture earlier. The 5 hour lecture ended at 2.30 PM and we were called out one by one to sign a form as proof of attendance and checked out with our mykads and thumbprints. The guy who drove us here was kind enough to send us back to our respective homes. Thank you!
Friday, January 19, 2007
Welcome to YF!
The working committee of the FGA USJ Youth Fellowship decided to have something special today apart from the normal cell group meetings. Today is the day where the form 1s were welcomed and appreciated by crowning them king and queen for one day. Got a lift to church around 7 PM and did last minute touch ups then. Around 8 PM the first batch of youths arrived and the form 1s were asked to sit on the chairs arranged for them on the ground floor. Today wasn't really a surprise as an announcement was made last week regarding today. However, many of them forgot what was today's occasion and I took advantage by fooling them that they are going to be tortured. I do not know whether they fell for it or were they just playing to my music.
Many hours of work had to be done
At 8.30 PM, the form 1s were allowed in the sanctuary one by one. The rest waited at the stairway anxious and perhaps scared. The thought of being tortured was constantly being hammered into them by me. Heh. When it was my turn to accompany the second last king in line, I bludgeoned the king on his head with the balloon I was holding. Apparently, the king had super sharp and spiky hair. The balloon burst and laughter too. After that, all the kings and queens sat down on their thrones and were prayed for. Then, it was time for ice-breakers.
A happy king with a big crown
First up was something like simon says. The king or queen will choose anyone to perform actions stated in a list and it shall be done. However, it's sad to say that much of the youth did not cooperate and many of the king's/queen's commands were not obeyed. Sigh. In contrary, there were some bold and sporting youths too. For instance Audrey and Joshua Tan who were summoned by the Queen to perform a catwalk. Thumbs Up! Not forgetting Samuel Lee and Samuel Chew who were commanded to jump like monkeys. =) Then it was the arcade. They played a game where heads will pop out from a platform and they have to hit it ( Hope you get the idea ). Yup, you've guessed it right. Real humans were the victims. Iain, Kevin, my sis and Tze Mien were chosen to be the victims by the kings/queens. All four of them received many hits on their heads. Cool x).
Work hard, play hard
Later, another game was played. This time, the kings/queens were the participants. The game was simple. Have a panty hose with a ball inside it worn on your head. Then, swing the ball with your head till it gets tangled with another person's. Have a little game of tug of war and watch whose head loses the panty hose. The person who loses it loses. In the end, King Elson won. Of course, his hair was super spiky and sharp. No wonder the panty hose stuck onto his head like glue. After that it was praise and worship followed by some light refreshments. Loved the chocolate cake. Yummy! Thanks to Caxton for giving me a chance to use a DSLR by helping you take some shots. =P
Welome to YF!
Many hours of work had to be done
At 8.30 PM, the form 1s were allowed in the sanctuary one by one. The rest waited at the stairway anxious and perhaps scared. The thought of being tortured was constantly being hammered into them by me. Heh. When it was my turn to accompany the second last king in line, I bludgeoned the king on his head with the balloon I was holding. Apparently, the king had super sharp and spiky hair. The balloon burst and laughter too. After that, all the kings and queens sat down on their thrones and were prayed for. Then, it was time for ice-breakers.
A happy king with a big crown
First up was something like simon says. The king or queen will choose anyone to perform actions stated in a list and it shall be done. However, it's sad to say that much of the youth did not cooperate and many of the king's/queen's commands were not obeyed. Sigh. In contrary, there were some bold and sporting youths too. For instance Audrey and Joshua Tan who were summoned by the Queen to perform a catwalk. Thumbs Up! Not forgetting Samuel Lee and Samuel Chew who were commanded to jump like monkeys. =) Then it was the arcade. They played a game where heads will pop out from a platform and they have to hit it ( Hope you get the idea ). Yup, you've guessed it right. Real humans were the victims. Iain, Kevin, my sis and Tze Mien were chosen to be the victims by the kings/queens. All four of them received many hits on their heads. Cool x).
Work hard, play hard
Later, another game was played. This time, the kings/queens were the participants. The game was simple. Have a panty hose with a ball inside it worn on your head. Then, swing the ball with your head till it gets tangled with another person's. Have a little game of tug of war and watch whose head loses the panty hose. The person who loses it loses. In the end, King Elson won. Of course, his hair was super spiky and sharp. No wonder the panty hose stuck onto his head like glue. After that it was praise and worship followed by some light refreshments. Loved the chocolate cake. Yummy! Thanks to Caxton for giving me a chance to use a DSLR by helping you take some shots. =P
Welome to YF!
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Into the microscope
Once, again it's time to enter the biology laboratory. Today, we used the microscope to view eukaryotic cells which are from the onion, potato, moss, cheek, fir and the liver. Ivan went with Giju to buy some panadol as Ivan was having a headache. They came in a few minutes after the lecturer started giving instructions. Well, as usual, biology class was happening. Wohoo!
The moss
After the lecturer's long instructions, we were given the go. First up was to peel off the onion epidermis layer. It was relatively easy. Then, I placed the epidermis on a glass slide and dropped a few drops of iodine onto the epidermis. After that, the slide was placed in the microscope and viewed. Preparing the potato slide was quite a challenge as we had to cut very thin strips from it. However, my first attempt was successful and I did not need to redo the slide.
The onion and potato
The moss
After the lecturer's long instructions, we were given the go. First up was to peel off the onion epidermis layer. It was relatively easy. Then, I placed the epidermis on a glass slide and dropped a few drops of iodine onto the epidermis. After that, the slide was placed in the microscope and viewed. Preparing the potato slide was quite a challenge as we had to cut very thin strips from it. However, my first attempt was successful and I did not need to redo the slide.
The onion and potato
After the onion and the potato, everyone took some moss and fir sample to be viewed under the microscope. No iodine was needed this time. Only deionized water. The lecturer claims that we could actually see the chloroplast but I did not manage to spot them. Sad. Moving on, everyone viewed the liver slide after that. We could only see the nucleus and the plasma membrane. Gah. The highlight of today's experiment was obtaining the cheek cell. We had to donate some of our own cells to view them. Gosh, Ivan swabbed his cheek with the earbud but nothing could be seen under the microscope. I tried swabbing my cheek with the earbud too and could see nothing. I asked toothpicks from the lab assitant and tried to obtain some cheek cells. That failed too. Therefore, the lecturer omitted that cheek cell. Alright, I'll intro my biology classmates and also the lecturer to you readers =). Enjoy the eye candies.
Miss Irene
Well, this is Ms. Irene. She's a good lecturer even though she loves to torture us with many assignments and quizzes. Well, she easy to talk to and we can joke with her as well as "teasing" her. We just found out more about her today. It's confidential! Hopefully whatever she does to us during all four semesters have good intentions. *fingers crossed*
Me
That's me.
What would you want me to say about myself?
Ivan
Ivan, the all in one package.
A perfect guy for the ladies.
Giju
Funny and sacarstic with a 80's hairstyle.
He's been punking people since the start of college.
Yu Han
Quiet and fast in completing tasks.
He's good looking too!
*all the girls go ahhh!*
Steven
The taiko of the class.
Don't mess with him.
Kamal Raj
Soft spoken.
Mary
Mary had a little lamb!
She's a nice person to talk to!
Jeevitha
Jeev's the name.
She's also a nice person to talk to!
Sheow Pin
She's from a chinese school and a nice girl xP.
Just got some chinese lessons from her today.
Don't even think about it guys!
Pang Keat
Someone who's the same age as me!
Boey Yee
Close friend of Sheow Pin.
She even takes physics!
She's camera shy too!
If you're wondering why there are only eleven people when I metioned that there were twelve in the previous post, it's because Mr. Kah Yew dropped biology. Rest in peace. We will always remember you.
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