Patchwork death of happiness

We did Photoshop for Aesthetics today. It was so fun (why do I keep repeating this line everytime I find something interesting?!).

Mr. Wong split the class into 2 halves, so my half went to the Shaw Lab first. Many of the computers were screwed. We weren't allowed to use the Macs so we got stuck with the PCs, though PCs are not bad, but they still lagged a lot.

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Anyway, he made us look for Q:/ where he stored all our 'artworks'. Only about 3-7 computers have that drive, and I so happened to be one of the many unlucky ones that ended up with a computer lacking that essential component.

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I attempted to copy the whole file off Mel's computer but it failed terribly. Even copying 7 images took over 5 minutes. Mel gave up on me because the computer started taking lightyears to load one image so we took my thumbdrive out of the computer.

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Since my computer didn't have a Q:/ and the pictures that were copied so far into my thumbdrive sucked big time (sorry for those who did them...) I tuned out of Mr. Wong's lesson and played around with the many brush styles I found in the system.

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The first piece I did with the brushes was called 'FLYaway Dreams'. Black toned coloured butterflies and roses found on cliched advertisements for women's perfume. The following two were also in grey-scale but they had different designs -- their focus and background composition were different and I liked them a lot.

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I only had time to do three because it was my first time on Photoshop and it was a little hard trying to get the hang of it. When we returned to the Art Room to 'complete' our posters, I did more. Six more, in fact.

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The settings for colour when I first used the computer I snagged was pink, pale pink, pastel pink, whatever pink, so I was pretty surprised (serious understatement) when it turned out quite nice (another grave understatement) with a mix of rounded and maple leaves. I called it 'SIMPLICITY'.

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'REACH out for the STARS' came after that, then 'CHANGE', next was 'ELEGANCE' which was basically the same as 'CHANGE' except for the wording. The last two were 'the WIND' and 'TRAUMA' (which is featured above). I had white backgrounds for all of them so I thought 'TRAUMA' was pretty unique and special. It was the only one with text for a background.

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Sorry the layout is pretty screwed. Everytime I add an image it always takes away all the carriage return (what the hell is that? I found it on answers.com) I put in place so I gotta add the '.' or it will be so taxing on your eyes to read.

Sizzling Snowdrops in a Bubbling Concoction

60 Earth hour was so fun!

I 'celebrated' it with my whole family, and if I remember correctly, this is probably the first time in so long that we've gotten together to spend some quality time with each other that didn't include the unsociable watching TV or eating dinner.

We played Cluedo.

Well, the small set, the one about the size of an average A4 size paper with its length shortened to 2/3 of its usual. Anyway, my mother keeps breathing onto the candles we use to light the night (ooh! Rhymes!) and the candles kept going out. Lol. =D

It was so fun trying to teach them to play. I remember my brother was a pro at Cluedo when he was about 8 to 11, but somehow, he forgot how to play, so today, he revealed the cards that weren't supposed to be revealed and it was so funny!

Anyway, yeah, we all enjoyed playing it (with the boring exception of my sister who kept complaining about the dark). My father tried to use the program on his phone to roll the dice, but we found it a little irritating so we gave up and used the manual ones.

My sister was so annoying. She kept running away to the kitchen to get food and water and while we were all trying to concentrate on the game started whining and proclaiming loudly that there wasn't any Ribena and some what-not nonsense that I couldn't comprehend. Something about the syrup. That was so...frustrating. I felt like pulling on her hair at that moment... It disrupted the whole game!

Well, not exactly disrupt. It just shook my thoughts and concentration. Ugh. She pisses me off.

That aside, it was fun. It was the best family time I've ever had. My parents looked happy, so I was too. It's not wrong to put up an original fake facade to put them at peace then pull the mask off when I really start to get happy when they're all smiling because of the quality time we had, right?

Yeah, so I enjoyed Earth hour even though I got shunned by my siblings (no details included. All you have to know is that they both shut doors in my face...well, my sister had the right to do it then, but my brother didn't have to add 'I don't want to see you'!) at first. That sucked. I started to watch the clouds from my bedroom then began to have a slight desire to rollerblade in the streets but my parents said no because I had just bathed and that's how we ended up playing games which my mother brought out. =D

CHAOS is a product of too much PEACE

Hi. Here's three questions for you to solve. The first would be a Mathematical problem where the answer will be provided at the end, the second and third would be common sense questions where if you wrack (sp?) your brains a little you will most definitely get the answer. I am sorely tempted to insert a random Go question in too...lol.

But seriously. You want a Go question? I could go find a super easy 30-kyu one for you guys to solve. Like trying to atari stones. Or capture them. Something like that. Do you even understand what I'm saying?

Here goes.

Q1. Mathematical Problem.
There are two glasses of identical volume. Glass A is half-filled with liquid A and Glass B is half-filled with liquid B. A tenth of liquid B from Glass B is poured into Glass A and mixed thoroughly into liquid A so it is evenly distributed. A tenth of the solution in Glass A is then poured back into Glass B. Is the amount of liquid A in Glass B the same as the amount of liquid B in Glass A?

Q2. Common Sense Question (taken from the Brands Essence advertisement)
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?

Q3. Common Sense Question (taken from the Brands Essence advertisement)
Most months have 31 days. How many have 28?

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Answers are further down. I suggest you think through the questions thoroughly first before proceding. Before they come, I'm gonna insert my day's account/recount here.

You know, the mathematical problem has been stuck in my head for years, I'm sure. It's nothing great and I don't even remember where I saw it from but it was from a long long time ago. It's an amazing feat that I have to be congratulated for that I even remember it. I don't have a great mind for these kind of stuff.

Perhaps I found the answer interesting and wanted to remember the question to double check the answer, perhaps it was simply...for odd reasons...engraved in my memory. I don't know. There isn't really much of a logical reasoning to answer this question I am posing to myself right now on why I remember this problem. Anyway, let me take some time to double check my anser...

*turns away to shut herself in and calculate mentally*

Yup. It should be the correct answer. I mean, I know the answer already but I just have to figure how to derive it myself.

I saw question 2 in the Squash toilets before so I know the answer. I've seen question 3 somewhere else too, but not the Squash toilet.

Anyway, answers. Yup yup. Coming soon.

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Answers:

Q1. The same.

If you want explanantions, fine, but I'm going to change the fractions so they're easier to work with, so instead of taking a tenth (1/10) of liquid B, I'm going to take a quarter (1/4 a.k.a. 25%). Please do remember that each glass is only half full. Pretend there is an object used in transferring the liquids and that it has the exact same volume of the transferred liquids.

After trasferring liquid B:
Glass A: 5/8 or 25/40 filled - 5/40 of liquid B & 20/40 of liquid A (ratio of B:A = 1:4)
Glass B: 3/8 or 15/40 filled - 3/8 of liquid B

During transfer:
Object Used to Transfer: 1/8 or 5/40 of Glass - 1/40 of liquid B & 4/40 of liquid A
Glass A: 4/8 or 20/40 filled - 4/40 of liquid B & 16/40 of liquid A
Glass B: 3/8 or 15/40 filled - 15/40 of liquid B

After transfer:
Glass A: 4/8 or 20/40 filled - 4/40 of liquid B & 16/40 of liquid A
Glass B: 4/8 or 20/40 filled - 16/40 of liquid B & 4/40 of liquid A

See?

Q2. Everest.

No matter whether it has been recognized by man as the highest mountain or not, it is still there, it still exists, and even if man hadn't discovered it yet, it is still the highest in existance on Earth.

Q3. 12 months.

All of the have at least 28 days.

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Fooled ya, didn't I? All those tricky common sense questions... I'm terrible with eplanations so if the walk-through Mathematical solution didn't make sense I'm to blame, okay? If your minds can't comprehend it, it's probably because I've twisted it into some strange incomprehensible hunk of words. It's not your fault. XP

Now you must be wondering why the hell I'm giving you these questions to do. I honestly don't know the answer either. XP Anyway, I hope you had fun getting your brains in a twist!

Here's a bonus for those who know Go (and find 30-kyu questions challenging...). I'm supposed to be 17-kyu to 18-kyu but I seem to find 18-kyu problems challenging...(by the way, 30-kyu is lowest rank. 1-kyu is the highest kyu, the followed by the higher amateur 1-dan until 6-dan. After that would be the professional 1-dan to 9-dan):

Freakishly easy 30-kyu problems-

1. Black to move and live. Average time taken for 30-kyu: 6 sec. 2. Black to move and live. Average time taken for 30-kyu: 8 sec.

3. White to move and kill black. Average time taken for 30-kyu: 11 sec.

4. Black to move and kill marked white stone. Average time taken for 30-kyu: 13 sec. (I honestly don't understand this. This problem is freaking easy even when I started out and that was while I still had problems with the first question I posted!)

Now some 25-kyu questions to keep your brain going (that is if you know the basics and can do all the 30-kyu posted XD):

1. Black to play and kill white. Average time taken for 25-kyu: 11 sec.

2. White to prevent black from connecting and saving all stones. Average time taken for 25-kyu: 25 sec.

That's all for today. I wanna put more, but...

Anyway, if you don't know how to play, go to these websites. They'll teach you. Go is fun! It's also kown as WeiQi, by the way. Go is fun, but playing it seriously is gonna make me die. I like solving the problems because there's no way you can lose, you just don't get it, that's all. I hate losing...:

http://gobase.org/studying/rules/?id=0&ln=uk

If you feel lost, don't worry. The next page is only a click away at the low hanging horizontal bar that says 'next'. There are problems to test yourself too. Just click home (it should be somewhere on the page) and search the right bar (or something). You should be able to find something like 'problems' or the likes.

http://www.goproblems.com/

This is where I found the problems I've posted. Kinda fun. XD

http://www.gokgs.com/tutorial/

I reinforced my knowledge here. Found out I actually knew everything they were talking about. Probably because I've read (and re-read) Hikaru no Go so many times and watched the anime of it where moves and the likes were explained at the end of the episodes. I recommend this site. It's interactive and fun. XD It's my personal favourite.

Each Generation Has to Ask the Same Number of Questions as the Next if Not They'll Never be Able to Answer Them and the World Will Get More Stupid

THE TAGGED AND THE STOLEN:

Write the names of 21 friends you can think off the top of your head, and then answer the questions. Say you’re guessing if you don’t know, but at least guess on all of them. After doing this, tag your 21 friends to do the same.

1. AY (...she tagged me first...)
2. Kimberly (Art Club, and a new brace face)
3. Rachel
4. Aisyah (fangirl...)
5. Jesus! (He's a friend, right? Also a consultant, father, savior etc.)
6. Moira
7. Anabelle
8. Zann
9. Miss Siow (okay, that's random...oh, it says friends) *changes name* Miranda (church)
10. Sophia
11. Melissa
12. Chun Hui
13. Grace (ballet)
14. Xin Hui (also ballet)
15. (CAN"T THINK OF ANYBODY! I don't hang out with very many people...)...Isaac? (we're friends when it comes to blogging...tag a lot, sometimes)
16. Hui Xian
17. Jasmine
18. Rachel2
19. Cassandra (can't believe I forgot about her...argh)
20. Samuel (friend? We were more of acquaintances, but for the sake of question 3... *cackles madly*)
21. Gina (long time no see...how long has it been? Four years?)

-How did you meet 7? (Anabelle)
Through the sickeningly sadistic school called RGSS...

-What would you do if you and 15 had never met? (Isaac)
Uh...my Net life would be boring by a small fraction of 0.001%?

-What would you do if 20 and 1 dated? (AY and Samuel)
...Howl with laughter and scream,"AND I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU DIDN"T LIKE HIM!". XD

-Have you ever seen 17 cry? (Jasmine)
No. I only see her 4 hours out of the 168 a week...what are the chances I get to see her bawl like a baby? Well, unless the holy spirit came and touch her, I don't see how I'll get to see her cry...

-Would 4 and 16 make a good couple? (Aisyah and Hui Xian)
Er...do they know each other?

-Do you want to be 13's friend forever? (Grace)
I guess. I probably won't see much of her after I finish Intermediate or something. I'm not considering ballet as a profession so I need not do Advance 1 and 2.

-Do you think 11 is attractive? (Melissa)
In her own way. I'm a girl so I have absolutely no right to judge her (who is a girl too...).

-What’s 5’s favorite color? (Jesus)
Does He even have a preference?

-When was the last time you talked to 9? (Miranda)
Last Sunday.

-What language does 8 speak? (Zann)
English, Chinese, Malay, and a bit of slip shot Japanese from anime.

-Who is 13 going out with? (Grace)
...I'm not in a position to demand an answer for this one. Heck I'm not even interested...

-What grade is 16 in? (Hui Xian)
Sec 2.

-Would you ever date 17? (Jasmine)
*spews out what little of lunch she has in her stomach* WHAT THE HECK? NO WAY! She's Christian, I'm Christian, and lesbianism is against Christianity, so there.

-Where does 18 live? (Rachel2)
Er...let's narrow down our options...Universe>Milky Way>Solar System>Earth>Singapore?

-What is the best thing about 4? (Aisyah)
The fact that she doesn't mind me going on and on about Manga and Anime...

-What would you like to tell 10 right now? (Sophia)I
19 is good, yes? Don't suicide just because we wasted S$91 on that 19th position...

-What is the best thing about 20? (Samuel)
Um...he's funny? I don't know much about him except that he's the class clown 2 years ago...

-Have you ever kissed 2? (Kimberly)
*GAG*. Hello, Christians.

-What’s the best memory you have of 5? (Jesus)
Church camp when I got baptized by the holy spirit...

-When's the next time you're going to see 4? (Aisyah)
Who knows...

-How is 7 different from 6? (Anabelle and Moira)
Anabelle has booking power, Moira doesn't. Anabelle has straight hair, Moira's looks like a nest. Anabelle is a hard working nerd, Moira most certainly isn't. Anabelle sits in front of me, Moira goes right next to me. Anabelle is a perfectionist, Moira just wants to get her work done and over with. Anabelle is shorter than me, Moira is taller than me. Anabelle is the polar opposite of me, Moira and I are...quite similar, I should say.

-Is 2 pretty? (Kimberly)
Everyone is beautiful in the eyes of the Lord. Pretty sounds fairly superficial...so Kimberly is definitely NOT pretty. She's better, a diamond because she trusts in God. *smiles*

-What was your first impression of 15! (Isaac)
Who are you? Are you seriously 10 years old?

-How did you meet 3? (Rachel)
Rosyth GEP.

-Is 15 your best friend? (Isaac)
Er...no? For goodness sake, he's a GUY! Yes, Isaac is a HE, though I AM sorely tempted to circle 'F' under gender...

-Do you hate 12? (Chun Hui)
Why would I do that after the whole SAFMC thing?

-Have you seen 18 in the last month? (Rachel2)
Classmates.

-When was the last time you saw 16? (Hui Xian)
Yesterday. SAFMC.

-Have you been to 5’s house? (Jesus)
I would after I die. *grins, singing: In my father's house are, many mansions, many mansions in my father's house. In my father's house are, many mansions, many mansions in my father's house*

-When’s the next time you’ll see 10? (Sophia)
Probably Saturday.

-Are you close to 11? (Melissa)
Yup, sorta.

-Have you been to the movies with 4? (Aisyah)
No. If we did, we'd probably end up watching some movie adaptation of a favourite Manga or something. There'd be a great dispute as she'd most probably flock to the 'Shoujo' screenings while I, the 'Shounen'...

-Have you gotten in trouble with 8? (Zann)
*raises eyebrow* Everyday, and more than you'll eve know...

-Would you hug 19? (Cassandra)
No, but close. I don't hug, remember? And I'll miss her a lot but our friendship kind of wavered and is pretty much on the brink of breaking off...

-When have you lied to 3? (Rachel)
Friendly lies. XD

-Is 11 good at socializing? (Melissa)
When it comes to fan fiction and Manga and Anime? Yes.

-Do you know a secret about 8? (Zann)
Nope.

-Describe the relationship between 12 and 18. (Chun Hui and Rachel2)
Classmates.

-What’s the best thing about your friendship with 9? (Miranda)
She helped assimilate me into my new church!

-What’s the worst thing about 6? (Moira)
She's a baby. Either that or an old granny.

-Have you ever had a crush on 12? (Chun Hui)
*narrows eyes* HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU I"M A CHRISTIAN AND I DO NOT PARTAKE IN LESBIANISM?!?!

-How long have you known 2? (Kimberly)
Since we started at Art Club, but we never would have delved into the unknown depths of friendship had it not been for the 'I am Cow' song.

-Have you ever been in a fight with 13? (Grace)
Fight? I don't know her well enough to fight with her...

-Does 11 have a bf/gf? (Melissa)
How should I know?

-Have you ever wanted to punch 1 in the face? (AY)
No. Even though I do not exercise much thus am not provided with much endorphin leading to the fact that I am happy and will not shoot, I am fairly pleased with our friendship so I do not want to punch.

-Has 21 met your mother? (Gina)
I honestly have no idea, but they should have met a few times...

-How did you meet 11? (Melissa)
Classmates. This year and the previous.

-Did you ever accidentally physically hurt 3? (Rachel)
I don't know. Minor accident? Like maybe squish a toe or two? Seriously, I don't have a great memory chip in my head for anything.

-Do you live close to 7? (Anabelle)
Doubt that. Where does she live in the first place?

-What is 8’s favorite food? (Zann)
Dunno, but I don't think she lives on drawings like I do (as in I can't go a day without drawing), so it's safe to say no, she does not live, eat and breath drawing. As for others...I dunno.

-What kind of car does 1 have? (AY)
Is she even allowed to own one? Wait, she is, but not a driving license.

-Have you traveled anywhere with 9? (Miranda)
Cell group outing?

-If you gave 14 $100, what would she spend it on? (Xin Hui)
...who knows?

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MY BOY SIDE

[x] you love hoodies
[ ] you love jeans
[ ] dogs are better than cats (no, they both suck)
[ ] it's hilarious when people get hurt (sadistic!)
[x] you've played with boys on a team
[x] shopping is torture (with the exception of Manga XD)
[x] sad movies suck
[ ] you own a XBOX (I don't care much for one as long as I have a computer...)
[ ] you played with Hot Wheels as a little kid
[ ] at some point in your life you wanted to be a firefighter
[ ] you own a DS PS2 or SEGA
[ ] you used to be obsessed with Power Rangers (like real!)
[x] you watch sports on TV (GO SOCCER! I have no favourite team though.)
[x] gory movies are cool (I watche Saw II and I kinda like the plot, though it was a little borin...)
[ ] sometimes you go to your dad for advice (I don't ask my parents for advice...)
[ ] you own like a trillion baseball hats
[x] you used to/do collect pokemon (I liked them as a kid and was obsessed with them at the age of 6, but upon learning that pokemon is not Godly, I stopped and now I can't see why I ever liked it...)
[x] baggy sweat pants are nice to wear (YEAH!)
[ ] its kind of weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people
[x] green, black, red, blue or silver are one of your favourite colours (black...I used to like red from P1-P6, though. I think I may like green now...)
[x] sports are fun (badminton, tennis may be fun, and I like basketball)
[x] you sometimes talk with food in your mouth (does anyone NOT do that?)
[ ] you sleep at night with your socks on (I might in the cold...)
[x] you have fished at least once (at the local mini fishing pond where you scramble for guppies?)
TOTAL= 12

MY GIRL SIDE (someone kill me...)
[ ] you like to shop (someone kill me again...)
[ ] you wear eyeliner
[ ] you wear the color pink (...*barfs*)
[ ] sometimes you go to your mum for advice (I don't ask my parents for advice, remember?)
[ ] you consider cheerleading a sport (no, it's a recreation and more of a performance, like ballet!)
[ ] you hate wearing all black (I LIKE wearing all black. Feels good. Figuring out which colours go together is...not my forte)
[ ] you like going to the mall
[ ] you like getting manicures and/or pedicures (NO MY CUTICLES!)
[ ] you like wearing jewelery (if a black watch and black rubberbands on my wrists count, then it should be a yes...)
[ ] you cried watching The Notebook (what's that?)
[ ] skirts are a big part of your wardrobe (I don't have a single skirt in my cupboard [no, I'm NOT going to call it wardrobe])
[ ] shopping is one of your favourite hobbies
[ ] you've seen Star Wars and don''t like some of it (I have not seen Star Wars...)
[ ] you do/did gymnastics
[ ] it takes you around one hour to shower and get dressed (nah. I spend twenty minutes in the bath just soaking up the hot water cuz it feels nice.)
[x] you smile a lot more than you should (do I?)
[ ] you have more than 10 pairs of shoes (those who tick this must have at least five pairs of feet...I don't see why people need so many...)
[ ] you care about what you look like majority of the time
[ ] you like wearing dresses whenever you can (I don't have a dress.)
[x] you like dancing/do dancing (BALLET! Dancing is all about body control, nothing too bimbotic about it. I'm not afraid to say I do like dancing.)
[ ] you like high heel shoes (...I don't even have a pair...)
[x] you used to play with dolls as a kid (I ruined Barbie's hair *grins*)
[ ] you like putting makeup on others
[ ] you like being the star of almost everything (attention stinks, especially the kind where people stare at you because you grew a metephorical second head...)
[ ] pink is one of your favourite colours (YUCK.)

TOTAL= 3 (NO KIDDING?!)

now multiply by 4 to get your percentage
48% boy, 12% girl

Erm...was I born the wrong gender?

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90. First off, what is your name?
RL, or you could just call me Ferrero.

89. What did you do last night?
Read Manga online, typed a few words on the computer...I can't remember. Those stated are the routine stuff so it's not hard to forget...

88. Do you have a best friend that you can talk to 24/7?
I hate using the phone. It's horrifyingly boring and ridiculously inconvenient.

87. Do you have any siblings?
2, apparently. One elder brother who owns 2 computers and keep them running at the same time and a younger sister who owns one computer and forgets to switch off the lights. Both require my assistance to fill their stomachs for lunch.

86. How many years apart is your mom and dad?
Almost half a year.

85. Do you like someone?
No. I love my friends and family and God, but I do not like them.

84. What does the 7th message in your text inbox say?
[Kimberly Ho: No, duh. But the torture of adjusting it...] I'll leave the subject of our conversation to your wandering mind.

83. Who sits beside you in maths?
People. Living, breathing people.

82. Where is your dad right now?
Uh...in Australia.

81. Do you burn incense?
Incense stinks. Why would I burn it? Christianity does not require it, neither does liking Manga.

80. Do you have a problem?
*growls*Are you trying to pick a fight?

79. Who is the 5th person you got a missed call from?
...Dunno the name. Only the person's number was recorded.

78. Closest purple object?
Lol. Rachel's BF. Just kidding. It's a square piece of felt from the birthday present Zann gave me.

79. Closest silver object?
The inner mechanisms of the cube shaped musical box my mother got when she went to a wedding dinner. Wait, it could just be that nail clipper over there, or the 'DELL' words on my keyboard, or perhaps the things INSIDE the keyboard itself...argh. Confused.

Wait, it should be the metal plating or screws attaching it on my watch. Or perhaps the metal wires on my ear plugs that are stuck into my ears right now...

GAH! I give up.

76. Closest yellow object?
My skin.

75. Do you sing in the shower?
I used to fairly often, but now it's quite rare, though I still do about Christian songs.

74. What is bugging you right now?
The ache in my back.

73. How does your hair look right now?
Er...black? There's not much light shining on it.

72. Do you know all the words to the Star Spangled Banner?
What the heck is that?

71. When is the last time you said the pledge of allegiance?
...I'm no American.

70. If you could kill someone, who would it be?
I currently do not hold the same urge to execute cold blood murder as I had yesterday...(read yesterday's post for reference)

69. Do you have any fears?
The dark, though ironically, my favourite colour now is black. Yes, if it's the dark, I do fear going blind and that's why I'm still wondering why I spend so much time on the computer when it would alleviate my chances of going blind faster.

68. What do you hear right now?
Some neighbour yelling something incoherent...

67. Do you like kangaroos?
Dunno.

66. Can you roll your tongue?
Yes, but not till a few years back when I finally figured the basics of tongue manipulation that does not include the basic function of consumption.

65. What are you wearing?
A shirt many sizes too huge, watch, 2 rubberbands on my wrists, FBT shorts (that are so short I think people would scream if they knew I even OWNED a pair, let alone 6...), undergarments. All's black except for the last 2.

64. Who was the last person to message you?
Miss Siow. Telling the SAFMC teams that one of us won (should be Ash's team for presentation, though I really wouldn't mind the teamspirit one XD)

63. Do you like emo kids?
I like emo kids when they're in Mangas. They look really fun to draw. XP

62. Screamo or Country?
Er...whatta?

61. Rock or Rap?
Rock. I'm not a great fan of raps.

60. Polka or Disco?
Is this a question of preference of patterns or night clubs? Wait, or dance styles?

59. Flying or Driving?
Flying, duh. You don't need a license for that and there aren't any traffic lights up there either.

58. Who last called you?
Call as in phone call or just yelling?

57. Was your Valentine’s day nice?
...when was Valentine's?

56. What are you doing now?
Filling in this quiz...AND I"M NOT EVEN HALF WAY THROUGH YET!

55. Who was the last person you said I love you to?
Dunno. God, highly likely. I will never admit love into any mortal's face.

54. Would you die for someone?
Not someone, but someGod. Okay, I know that's lame. But actually, I don't know if I have the courage to actually die for God even...*wails*

53. Would you date anyone from your work?
...Work? I thought I was still underage...

52. Do long distance relationships work?
No idea. Not intending to find out. But if it's parent child relationship, then yes.

51. Do you have any pet peeves?
A peeve is something that annoys you, right? If yes, then there are a few things:
1. My sister
2. When the Internet crashes
3. Waking up
4. Losing (I'm a terrible loser though I cover it up quite well)
5. A certain someone from the previous post

50. Do you have to pee right now?
Nah.

49. When did you last talk to one of your siblings?
About 4 and a half hours ago to yell at my brother to come down for lunch.

48. What are you doing tomorrow?
Computer?

47. Do you worry about getting older?
Yes. I think it would affect both my eyesight and drawing skills...

46. Have you ever had an ingrown toenail?
No, and I hope I never. I've seen one, looked a bit scary.

45. Do you pick your scabs?
All the time. I just can't help it.

44. Ever drink your blood?
Yes. After a dental appointment.

43. Do your bandaids have cartoons on them?
I do hope not.

42. Do you bite your nails?
Used to until I decided to shake the habit in P4 to keep my nails long. Now I don't see why I couldn't go a day without doing that in the past.

41. Do you wax your eyebrows?
What's that?

39. Do you check CelebPox.com for celebrity gossip?
What's that? Sounds like a chicken pox specially engineered to affect celebrities...

38. Do you have a jar where you keep your loose change?
No. My wallet can suffer alone in silence.

37. Do you own a pogo stick?
Is that a stick you bounce on?

36. Ever gone a whole day without eating?
No. I can't stand to miss even lunch. I felt like dying just yesterday at just 11:00...

35. Do you own ripped jeans?
No, but I'd like them. I think they're pretty aesthetically pleasing.

34. What makes you mad?
A certain someone from the previous post. Nothing could rate the 'pissed level' then. Unconstructive criticisms about my drawings offerred by people who can't even hold a pencil right (I do meet a lot of those who aspire to draw awesome Mangas which turn out like crap but still insist that mine doesn't look good...like theirs is anywhere as close to 'good' as mine...).

33. What would you do if you found out that you were adopted?
Dress more conservatively at home.

32. Are you jealous a lot of the time?
No. I just get depressed by how far more I have to go to reach the other party's standard of drawing.

31. Do you use a calendar or day planner to schedule everything on?
I tried, but I never remember to check them.

30. Are you OCD?
What's that?

29. Do you have ADD?
Once again, I demand what ADD means.

28. Do you have low self esteem?
Sometimes, but at others (usually when drawing comes into context) my ego blows up like a giant hot air balloon.

27. Who can make you laugh during the hardest time?
Dunno, my own idiocy, I guess, but the laughter will be a bit bitter...

26. What was the last thing you watched on TV?
Yesterday's Channel 8 7 o' clock show. I think it's called Fire Butterfly or something. Huo3 Hu2 Die2.

25. When was the last time you had professional pictures taken?
No idea.

24. Have you done a whitening treatment on your teeth?
What's that?

23. What is your favorite movie?
Wall.E. Realistic, funny, touching, and great graphics.

22. Who do you love?
Many.

21. What is playing on your MP3 player right now?
I can't even remember the last time I had an MP3...

20. What holiday is your birthday closest to?
Valentines, though it's not really a holiday, just an event to remember.

19. What’s your favorite drink?
Iced Green Tea. Root Beer (shaken till all the gas disappears). Yakult Apple Flavour (though I wouldn't miss grape for it would be a treat. The grape is usually gone by the time I search the fridge...).

18. Do you own any big sunglasses?
Yuck. They're horrendous. Only people like...she who shall not be named...wears them.

17. Bed sheet color?
Red and white.

16. Ever encountered a shark?
Young one. About 50-70cm long. We went on a trip to Kukup last week and I saw it.

15. Has anyone ever sang or played for you personally?
Yes. Kimberly. She played her compositions over and over again at my request just cuz' they were so nice.

14. Have you ever bungee jumped?
No. I'll get a heart attack if I even try.

13. Where was the last place you went besides your house?
Science Center. Yesterday.

12. What’s the first thing you notice about the same sex?
'Oh. It's a girl.' If I can't figure out the gender by the face, then I'll go to the chest, though I'd rather not...

11. Is it hard to express your feelings to someone?
Always. Lack of words. Lack of willingness. Lack of feeling.

10. Why are people such self-centered beings?
Because they're all like my brother.

9. Are you sad?
Not right now.

8Are you happy?
Not right now.

7. Favorite day of the year?
My birthday. Or the day I get to buy a single Tankouban of Hikaru no Go. I couldn't find it in the bookshop at Jurong East MRT Station! NOO! It's the place with the biggest collection of Manga I ever know...

6. Have you ever licked someones cheek?
No.

5. Watched all Spiderman movies?
I watched one or two but I don't remember which.

4. What are you looking forward to?
More Manga. Heaven.

3. Favorite Lucky Charms Marshmallow?
Er...what?

2. Have you ever ridden in a limo?
Dunno.

1. Do you want to get married?
Sa...

Top 50 percentile = Bottom 51 percentile

2 posts ago was Post no. 210.

1 day ago I played music for the ballet exam. I forgot to mention, but there was an exercise (something and pivots) that the examiner offerred the candidates of Grade 4 to give a miss (which means they'll get the full 5 marks for the exercise) because she thinks the exercise is too hard for their standard.

All of them backed out in the end except for number 3. I felt number 3 was doing the right thing and I can't help but wonder what the examiner's motive behind it was. Maybe to test their honesty? I was wondering that all the way till the end until the examiner actually spoke to my teacher about the exercise and said number 3 was really foolish for passing up the chance.

I told her I felt what number 3 did was right because of the honesty factor. I mean, the people of the Organization chucked the exercise in so that they can do it. So why not? It's not very correct to get grades that do not reflect your true prowess (even though the exercise might be hard).

Today was the SAFMC practical round...er...actual flying date. Our first try landed us in the 16th spot with a distance covered of 9.72 meters. We then cheered for the rest of the teams and the judge (whom we originally thought was a cold-hearted b****** [starts with 'b' ends with 'd', you guess) let us into the arena to cheer for them instead of just standing outside. So we did. We did 'Say Ra', then the North South East West one, followed by 'Bring 'em Down'. We had 3 other teams from RGS other than us participating so we had to have so many...

Anyway, theirs wasn't too great, but still, much better than some of the NUS High ones which kinda either stalled superbly or nosedived notoriously. I think there was a bit too much air resistance against their wings on the wrong surface...

There was a primary school participating too. The school was great, I tell you (they had a plane that flew over 15m [I think] and many others over 10m during the second launching), but they probably had lots of teachers to help them and guide them along the way while we simply did ours on our own with...misleading guidance, sometimes. There were other times when the improvements suggested were so obvious we didn't need anyone to tell us but someone did...

Oh, during lunch break when we were given time to modify our glider, someone snatched the glider out of my hands (or was it Rachel's? Or Sophia's? Or Chun Hui's? Or Mel's?) and decided to throw it to test it out. The someone flicked his/her wrists in an attempt to launch the plane and expectedly (I mean, who flicks wrist trying to launch straight?) crash landed not a meter away at Mel's feet.

The wing broke. Earlier on, we were testing a little and we moved the adapter back. We launched it with our hands and it flew quite awesomely, if I should add a touch of ego to my speech. The flight path was almost straight and it wasn't jerky. It sort of rode on the air, so to speak (well, it IS meant to do that...).

Then Rachel decided to try throwing the plane. She somehow lost her touch today (she did throw the planes quite well last time...) so the plane nosedived about three meters into the flight. The wings got a little screwed and cracked. We fixed it but it was never as good as it was. But still far better than...(shall not say...read below)

Back to where we were. The front of the wing almost chipped off completely (well, a part did, but fairly small) and we had to tape it back but even then, it wasn't too good. The wings were thrown forward a bit too much and that caused the tape to be brutally peel off into a mass of yellow paper and sticky bits. Then someone stated the 'obvious', "Your plane doesn't have enough lift."

BE WARNED OF PETTY CURSES AND SPATS FROM THIS POINT ON.

I was so freaking pissed! Not enough lift my foot! Who was it that broke our plane, huh? Who was it that FLICKED his/her wrist and ended up killing what work we had done to patch up Rachel's mistake? How could anyone not know that would totally destroy the plane's nose? Who was to blame for having it nosedive so unglamorously? Who was it that made it have not enough lift? I mean, what the heck!

My mood remained black until I decided to go along with it. I just couldn't blow up at the person who caused the mishap. I didn't have enough authority. I'll get killed if I tried that. And that was the first time I ever felt such a burning hatred and urge to break a neck. It's the closest I've ever been to getting into deep shit... (BEWARE OF NACISSISM) My self control rocks. (END OF NARCISSISM, CONTINUATION OF RANTING)

It's making me wonder and reconsider my statement that I didn't exactly like the SAFMC... Seeing the way I almost lost my temper probably meant that I DID care about the SAFMC, I did think that it was important, well, at least valuable to me. I mean, I spent so long on the plane! Technically, I didn't, but I did a lot of the modifications and patching up! And it was all ruined in a single split second of dread! ARGH!

I know now I seriously treasure this plane (if not the competition). The only time I ever got near to being as pissed was when my parents refused to let me go to the Linkin Park concert 2 years ago... and perhaps when my sister didn't bathe and simply fell on the bed, crossing the invisible line separating my side and hers without a single care in the world...

END OF PISSED OFF RANT

Anyway, I had to seriously work on suppressing my fury (for there would be dire consequences if I yelled at the someone) and listened to Miss Siow's advice (-_-") on how to better patch up the plane. She suggested using duct tape which had terrible sticking ability but was 'smooth and had less air resistance'. So we decided to use it to cover up the uneven ends of the duct tape instead of using it to secure the positions. Worked MARVELOUSLY...

The second time we launched it recorded a distance of 10.68m which placed us 19th out of 59, which is very good, the top 33.33 percentile...damn, the other schools also improved, but by such a huge margin...aw shucks...

We stayed back to cheer for the teams, but in between, some RI guys decided to punch through our launching slots so we decided to cheer for them anyway (not like we had much of a choice, the MC was asking the 'girls' to cheer for the 'boys'...seriously). But it was still great. Rachel reported that one RI group landed 7th place...ARGH! So irritating...why are guys always better?

I think we did great for teamspirit. We cheered on our school mates. Our seniors looked so lonely so we stayed behind for them too. After cheering and all, we went to take a group photo at the back. Some man helped us the 3rd time round, I think.

It wasn't bad overall, seeing that even though it was only 19th, our team still did get into the top 20, so Miss Siow decided to tell us her husbands surname. I was like: 'DOES SHE EVEN HAVE A HUSBAND?!?!?' When did she even make the deal in the first place? There came some joke with her surnames but I'll decide to leave it aside. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to disclose it...

Anyway, lunch was MacDonalds. I ordered 2 cheese burgers instead of the Fillet-O-Fish almost everyone else ordered. Kinda figured out that 1 burger would fill my stomach... We originally thought we were supposed to pay for it, but then Miss Siow told us that it was free, so we were all very happy (especially me. I mean, FREE lunch, FREE).

After the competition, we all decided to doodle on our plane as autographing memories down and leaving them behind (AS A LEGACY! [RGS130, remember?]). We started signing and randomly drawing stuff on the plane's wings. A little while later, Sophia added our 'motivating statement' (It's not flying...YET) at the back of the plane as it represented it pushing us on from behind. Others came along to autograph too. We kinda forced our seniors to put down their signatures too. XD

We had Miss Siow and Mrs Teo sign also, wouldn't want to miss out on the teachers, would we? (side note: -_-")

I went back by MRT with Rachel on the red line. One the way (I think it was somwhere before Kranji), I noticed a river (canal?) that looked really nice in the sun so I told Rachel to look, before commenting as the thought came to mind that the river was SPARKLING. I then made the connection to Edward Cullen. There was a lot of 'sparkling in the sun' jokes around our class after all...

Then Rachel mused on what it would be like if Cullen (Edward, I mean) sang the song Sophia and I caught over a television that was on display when we walked back from the Science Center on the 13th. It went:

Woke up in Singapore City
In a funky cheap hotel
She took my heart
She took my money
...

We didn't catch the rest so it stopped at there. Both Sophia and I found it pretty hilarious, especially when the subtitles flashed line after line at the 'heart' and 'money' part...lolz.

Anyway, I pointed out that Cullen wouldn't come to Singapore because he'd be SPARKLING all the time (every fangirl goes 'ooh!'). It was followed by a question if I knew anyone who fell in love with a fictional character. I said I didn't, Rachel said she did. Anabelle, apparently. She likes Cullen.

Er...

The conversation somehow led to cheesy pick-up lines where we tried to remember all the pick up lines we've ever heard. Here goes some I remember even now:

1.
Guy: Are you tired?
Girl: No, why?
Guy: You've been running through my mind all day long.

2.
Guy: I wouldn't want a raisin but I would like a date.

3.
Guy: I have two words to say to you.
Girl: What?
Guy: I love you.
Girl: That's three words.
Guy: I know, but then again, I and you are one.

4.
Guy: If I could rearrange the letters of the alphabet, I would put 'I' and 'U' together.

Er...how cheesy can that get? Rachel's mother said she would be fetching her dad so she could give me a lift therefore I went with Rachel and exited at Sembawang station. We sat at the bus stop and waited and that was where most of the cheesy pick up lines sprang up.

This has no relation to whatever I was talking about but I'm putting it down anyway. I arrived at the Science Center super early and there were only NUS High guys so I decided to plonk my stuff on that sturdy hand rail at the extreme ends of the walkway and sat on it. I think Sophia came next, followed by Rachel. Then Chun Hui and Mel came along. We sat around for a while until someone from another team (I think) suggested we waited at the Anex for Miss Siow.

So we did.

We entered the Anex not knowing we had to register first to gain legal entrance so we were ushered out to get our team registered and attain a small slip each. Wrist bands (more like patients' identification tags) came after we explored the tables/cubicles (IT"S MY FIRST TIME NEAR ONE! [other than the ones in my mother's office] I"VE NEVER BEEN ALLOWED TO ACTUALLY USE IT BEFORE!) and were told to move tables because the seatings were wrong.

Anyway, the flying arena had nets hanging all the way from the ceiling downward and the nets were so fine Sophia said she couldn't see them when she was sitting in the middle during debriefing. Lol.

GO SHUFTI!

The Perfect Contradiction

I got my first paycheck today!

Well, it was only a meager amount of $8.75, but it's still money. How much can one expect others to pay a teen who just turned 14? I was only the music player too... I'm paid $3 for every hour, you do the math.

Let's see, I got my first paycheck at the age of 14 years, 1 month, 3 days, 3 hours and 58 minutes. So exact. XD

Life Does Not Have a U-Turn Sign or Restart Button. Once You've Screwed Up, You've Screwed Up.

We had 2 SAFMC meetings in a row! That was terrible. The one yesterday found the launcher broken. The one today found the launcher in patches. Our plane flew perfectly well when thrown manually but totally nose dived when the launcher was utilized. Damn.

Anyway, I stayed at school from 09:12-17:49 around there. Wasn't very eventful, if you ask me, but the best part was around 09:20. Awesome, I tell you.

Rachel and I crossed paths at the stairwell outside the hall and decided to return to class since Rachel had checked the hall and all but couldn't find Sophia or anybody from SAFMC. The freezing air that hit our faces when we walked through the doors of our classroom told us the air-con was turned on. We left it on anyway. Who wouldn't when they felt warm?

At about 09:20 (oh yes, this is where I'm gonna hurl with laughter), Rachel and I decided to check out Anderson Staff Room to see if the results of the RS teacher initiated proposals had been officially posted. Rachel swung the back door open, still chatting away, and when her mind registered that Chun Hui was behind the door, she screamed. Followed by Chun Hui. Then Sophia who was behind Chun Hui. And there I was clutching my stomach and howling with laughter, right fist curled tightly and hitting the nearest desk as fast as I could.

*grins* It's never interesting retold, but still, at least I made an effort.

We hopped down to Far East for lunch at the usual KFC (I'm so sick and tired of fast food, don't show me another for two weeks minimum). I was pondering on whether to buy the Extra Value Meal or the Cheesy BBQ Melts or the Zinger Burger. Couldn't decide, but Sophia made the decision for me when she ordered the Extra Value Meal and reminded me that it wasn't worth the S$5.50 I would be paying for it, so I ordered the Cheesy BBQ Melts.

Oh, when I last ordered the Extra Value Meal (with the drink changed to Ice Lemon Tea and therefore cost S$5.95), I was shortchanged S$3. I noticed it at first but was afraid of them hounding me for wasting their time for a mere S$3. Kimberly finally urged me enough to get me straight before the counter to 'demand' my money back.

It was successful, but extremely time consuming. They had to look through all their receipts and see if the money tallies, then check with me to see if they had indeed shortchanged me (which they did but simply refused to admit due to their idiotic pride).

Back, the melts turned out awesome. I kept complimenting it, Rachel kept begging for bits, and Mel kept telling me not to continue for fear of Sophia's jealousy...lol. I didn't even notice she was jealous...

We were mighty late for the trials, but no one cares, right?

You know the rest. Stupid plane only flies when handled by Homo sapiens.

Oh! Before the launcher trials, we were trying to design our planes, which I don't really care much about. They tried to get me to design, but I gave up. When I saw the image of a plane on the blackboard (yes, BLACK) with triangular designs on it, I pointed it out and said it would have been a great design.

Rachel acted all high and mighty and claimed that she was a genius, to which her unclear words were twisted into 'genus' by Sophia, and I did the finest tuning and churned out the word 'Homo'. It's a genus, correct? I made no error. Rachel's a Homo. Watch out, girls. Rachel preys on people of the same gender. Eww...

Devastated Lullaby

Oh sweet lullaby of mine,
Arced with twisted gold,
Kissed by blades of old,
Carved from diamond mold.

Oh sweet lullaby of mine,
Seen through bloody battles,
Heard with desperate rattles,
Wrung above ashen metals.

Oh sweet lullaby of mine,
Walked along the injured lanes,
Sung till the twilight wanes,
Mixed among the scarring pains.

Single melody, calls forth calamity.
Lonely melody, bring dead back to me.
Discrete melody, draw me back to thee.
Sweet melody, lost forever in the bright, red sea.

Sweet, devastated, lullaby.

War cry.

Die.

I'm feeling strangely poetic today, though poems were never my strong points...

Anyway, gotta talk about yesterday, forgot to blog. I did indeed have an interesting day yesterday, but I...um...kind of forgot a lot of things. Do be kind if I've missed out on any juicy details.

-3 March 2009-

Let it be forbidden that Aesthetics are allowed to drag on till lunch! I missed almost the whole lunch period so I could finish attaching the walls of the (immensely heavy) box together. I wouldn't be surprised if no one would buy it. Reason 1: Terrible designs/terrible technical details. Reason 2: It's freaking HEAVY.

There is no way anyone would spend S$10 for the cookies. I mean, they want the cookies, not the freaking box. The box can sit and collect dust and bird poop for all I care...

During Aesthetics, Min Chih and Ning Xin were chatting, and from the chatter was born the most memorable phrase ever: See your face everyday, don't emo cai2 guai4.

You wouldn't believe how we howled with laughter...

After a hasty lunch of fried rice (which I lapped up half of seeing I dropped my spoon even before I started but kind Regina brought me a spoon half-way through), I rushed back up to class for CLE, which was a totally slack subject, reason 1 why I love it so.

Miss Tay decided to chit chat with the second half of the class (which was register no. 17 and up) so we sat around, but most of the time was dedicated to deciding whether Sofia and Moira could consume their food because they had missed lunch due to Aesthetics and Hong Lao Shi wouldn't let them. They looked pretty suggestive when they stood in the corner hunched over their lunches trying to finish them before their allocated 5 minutes was up, something that tickled most of those in the room if not all.

RS was pretty awesome due to the fact that we were allowed to stay in class and not do anything for there was no other teacher who would be 'selling' their RS topic anymore. They said we could work on our proposals, but the problem is, we were supposed to submit them by last Friday... -.-"

Art club as usual disregarding the fact that all the Sec 2s were compressed into 3 tables meant to sit at most 3 people each. Problem was, there was about 12 of us. So to solve the problem, Mr. Wong so intelligently got out a single solitary desk for me to do my claywork at while the model I was supposed to recreate was sitting before Kimberly. How smart can he get?

Ooh, very. He pronounces 'yellow' as 'yallow'. No offense, but it was pretty hilarious. >.<

I made my very first completely-encased form that took shape of a wedge (you know, potato wedge, but it wasn't that long). It was a sphere double-cut. You wouldn't believe how long it took me to figure out the shapes required, but of course, I could waste 10 minutes for that, couldn't I? Especially when the end result was so awesome (it was hollow, H-O-L-L-O-W. No, it's not a monster out of Bleach).

I went on to make a circular platform with a slanting surface, which turned out worse than the wedgie did. I made a few more slabs but decided not to finish the form (as there was about 15 minutes left to the session) and went over to Kimberly's table. I think the reason as to why the convex suface of her wedgie was concave was due to the ultra fat slabs she made (all thanks to Mr. Wong who said it was the right thickness...).

I made a wedgie for her! It was nicer than my first wedgie, but I wouldn't exchange it for nuts. Nuh uh. It was my first, so there was sort of a sentimental value since I actually spent time to FIGURE out how to make it. Put great time and effort into it.

I had to beg Kimberly to use it. She said she didn't want to include something that wasn't what she made in her artwork, which I plainly rebutted with a point that she most definitely did not make the clay and that earned me a 'good one' from Grace, I think.

I'm awesome, yeah...

-4 March 2009-

Drawn from darkness into light,
The soul searches for relief,
It grazes the rays and flinches,
It has never seen such things.

A chance of salvation being bestowed,
By the blood shed by the savior,
Noble lives of endless riches meant nothing,
For the poor were priceless.

Poking guilt and shameless nights,
Wandering aimless and foreign sights,
Sinking depth and endless dispair,
Blindness surrounds and senses bare.

The dawn break sudden,
The reaching rays hasty,
The fire spark abrupt,
The new day arising.

A cloak of pride discarded,
Exchanged for shield and sword,
Conferred upon the truth,
Price was sin of course.

T'was the spell was broken,
By will and sacrifice and crown of thorns,
Forever lives the name of He,
Who dwelt in the highest of courts.

Of course, those Christians would have already guessed what this was about since, like, the second stanza...this one doesn't rhyme at all. It wasn't meant to anyway. I was originally thinking of having this creature of the dark that was suddenly brought into light, but it kind of went askew though that doesn't mean I don't like how it turned out.

Of all subjects to write about, God! I didn't know how it got there, but it's still awesome.

Anyway, just to say, Kimberly and I met up after school today to do some quiet time together. We flipped to Pslams first, read chapter 5 and prayed a little reflection that was followed by some more scripture reading of 1 Timothy, Acts, Exodus, Deuteronomy, Luke, and maybe some random others that I decided to flip to. The concluding prayer ended with me feeling like I was going to fall asleep anytime...probably cause God sedated me too much?

Kimberly and I then plunked ourselves before some computers (we were in the Shaw Lab) and did the Kukup thing. Not sure what we were supposed to do, but we did it anyway. It was only after we had completed it that Kimberly found out we were supposed to read a huge chunk of text and watch a lengthy (and awfully slow-loading) video before we answered. Aw man. But we got full marks anyway. It was only 3 questions and the answers were freaking obvious...

We then had some irresponsible fun on the Mac when we played a few random games like Flugo (or something, it was a type of reversi), some game that looke a lot like that Bubble Breaker (or something) from my father's phone, and had tons of fun typing things into the post-its.

Ominous voice sings:
Ring a ring of posies,
A pocket full of posies,
Achoo, achoo,
We all fall down...

(It's not just a superficial nursery rhyme, you know...)