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Its been a long time since anyone has posted and i dont think many ppl actually read this anymore but im really quite happy now so i just shall post.

My electives are settled! FINALLY!....well sort of... everything is planned out, ive pulled out from an elective that was causing me quite a lot of headache and now everything is sort of done! that means, New York here i come! haha! Well, its been like that for abt 3 months already but now that everything else is settled, it feels much better! Heh... now all i need to do is pass one exam at the beginning of next yr....apparently quite a few ppl fail that....i hope i dont become a statistic....

On another note, funorama is coming up! so do buy ur tickets! i still need to go to acjc to get mine from ms tang/mrs ung so if anyone is going, please do tell me! maybe u can help me collect them...heh...

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Since we're in the newsy mood, here's a recent piece of news that might interest you ACS(I) boys...


http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/caught_in_the_act/258302/njc_students_call_acs_annoying_and_childish.html

Posted by D at 12:27 PM | Permalink | Comments

Its been really long since anyone last posted...i guess life has just been really boring... which tends to be the case when u're studying......and in singapore.....

Anyway, recently theres been something which really irked me... the "news" articles posted on the yahoo singapore page...theres news, REAL news, about typhoons and earthquakes devastating neighbouring countries, things which actually have an impact on ppls' lives (which is really quite sad), and what kind of life-changing news do we generate in singapore?

........."David Gan cries at Fann, Chris wedding"...........

.............................................................................................(if there were crickets, queue the chirping)

Seriously?? How frivolous can one get? Im sure there are more pressing issues at hand than somebody crying at some event at some point in time....what next, updates abt some "celebrity" sneezing? And to have the gall to make it a headliner alongside stories of death, suffering and natural disasters.... really... its just sad... and disrespectful in my opinion...even if there was no other news, i dont think such articles are worth publishing...

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Nicholas Tan AI PEE, AI CHEE, AI TUA LIAP NEE (Contributed by K. Ang)
Teochew saying which literally translates as ' Want cheap, want pretty, want big breasts!' It is used to describe someone who wants the earth, ie. someone with unrealistic or unreasonable desires or expectations.
“Singaporeans all very hard to please, one. They all ai pee, ai chee, ai tua liap nee.”

Posted by Nick at 11:38 PM | Permalink | Comments

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: FOUO

Subject: New Army Plan


REFERENCES: NEW FY09 ARMY POLICIES

1. Please disseminate to Soldiers at all levels. As result of
Senate proposed force reductions and budget cuts, the Department of the
Army has developed a program to reduce its number of personnel. This
program is under test phase and will take affect 1 October 2009 (FY10).
Under this new program, older Soldiers will be asked to go on early
retirement, thus permitting the retention of the younger Soldiers who
will represent the future. Therefore, program will phase out older
Soldiers by the end of the current fiscal year. This initial phase of
the program will be known as S.L.A.P. (Soldier Late-Aged Program).

2. Soldiers who are S.L.A.P.’d will be given the opportunity to
look for jobs outside the Army. S.L.A.P.’d Soldiers can request a
review of their personnel records before actual retirement takes place.
This phase of the program is called S.C.R.E.W. (Survey of Capabilities
of Retired Early Workers). All Soldiers who have been S.L.A.P.’d or
S.C.R.E.W.’d may file an appeal with their chain of command with final
authority at the MACOM level. This is called S.H.A.F.T. (Study by Higher
Authority Following Termination).

3. Under the terms of the new policy, a Soldier may be
S.L.A.P.’d once, S.C.R.E.W.’d twice, but may be S.H.A.F.T.’d as many
times as the Army deems appropriate.

4. If a Soldier follows the above procedures, he/she will be
entitled to get H.E.R.P.E.S. (Half Earnings for Retired Personnel’s
Early Severance) or C.L.A.P. (Combined Lump-sum Assistance Payment),
unless he/she already has A.I.D.S. (Additional Income from Dependents or
Spouse).

5. As H.E.R.P.E.S. and C.L.A.P. are considered benefit plans,
any Soldier who has received H.E.R.P.E.S. or C.L.A.P. will no longer be
S.L.A.P.’d or S.C.R.E.W.’d by the Army.

6. The Army wishes to assure the younger Soldiers who remain on
board that the Army will continue its policy of training through our
Special High Intensity Training (S.H.I.T.). This Army takes pride in
the amount of S.H.I.T. our Soldiers receive. We have given our Soldiers
more S.H.I.T. than any other service. If any Soldier feels they do not
receive enough S.H.I.T. at their current post, see your immediate
supervisor.

Hope this helps to shed some light on upcoming issues.

Posted by Ronwashere at 8:05 AM | Permalink | Comments

Woohoo! YYK has finally managed to play his first proper song on guitar!


Okay, I think I'll go learn the harp now or something, hahaha.

[Edit: Basket, they say must use earphones. :(]

Labels: Favourite Songs

Posted by yyknosekai at 11:10 PM | Permalink | Comments

Its been so long since i last blogged! But here i am again! Whoo hoo! And the hols are coming to an end for some of us... and strangely enough.... im not THAT sad.... i think i might actually be getting used to having no/very short holidays...heh.... getting geared up for working life... hahaha!

Anyway first the Bad News: Obesity increases risk of cardiovascular disease.... yes not really new news but still bad news...

But heres the Good news: Obesity improves prognosis of cardiovascular disease!!! WHOA! You read right! Comparing ppl with cardiovascular disease, those who were obese fared better than those who were not obese! AMAZING! But those who were obese and lost weight had the BEST prognosis! Yeah...super confusing....

So the moral of the story is, if u have heart disease, u better hope u r obese...if not...try not to get heart disease by not being obese... heh....

(for those interested, heres a link...theres only one reference though but i trust medscape...heh...http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/703966?src=cmemp)

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News from the juniors:

1Scone ragging 2009

27 Highgate Cresent
Saturday, May 2 from 7:00 pm to 12:00 am

Posted by D at 8:37 PM | Permalink | Comments

I always thought I loved Physics.

Until I met this monster:



What the heck lah. Serious?!?!? How come we have to derive this kind of thing?!?!?!

Hope everyone's doing fine, God bless. :)

Labels: Physics

Posted by yyknosekai at 10:34 PM | Permalink | Comments

Q: Watson and Crick walked into a pet store. There were three dogs in three cages: one on the right, one on the left and one in the centre. They bought the one in the centre. Why?

A: It was the central dog, mah.

Q: Why do med students produce so much NO during exam time?

A: Because of the shear stress.

Q: Which of the salivary glands is the most boring, and why?

A: The parotid glands. Because they are totally serous.

Q: Why are zymogens so typically male enzymes?

A: Because they are turned on by cleavage.

Q: Why do you need the help of DNA Polymerase I to understand my jokes?

A: It's capable of nick translation.

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Just got back from the barber...again...seems to be one of the few times i actually blog nowadays...but anyway this time ive got something else to talk abt! instead of complaining abt getting a bad haircut, ive decided to say something nice about barbers for a change.

I realised they actually have to put up with quite a lot of crap and still not gain much from it.... like in my case...i only cut my hair once every 2 months or so....and that leaves me with a LOT of hair to cut each time... and no matter how much time they have to spend cutting my hair, they only get paid the same amount of money....which is quite sad.... then again sometimes they do get ppl with very little hair who come for minor trims but still.... and today, there was this SUPER demanding customer who kept getting the barber to restyle his hair to his liking...its a barber shop....not a hair salon....but anyway after the barber finished one part he would say "okay just one more thing..."...so yeah the barber spent so much time and in the end still only got paid $10....so yeah....i shall stop being so mean to barbers from now on....

and i dont know why i listen to the crappy propaganda on 98.0 fm...

Posted by Anonymous at 5:18 PM | Permalink | Comments

dearest scones,
happy founder's day! :)))
haha i'm going to shower soon and sing the ac anthem in the shower haha. i'm going to london for founder's day!! :))
hope you med ppl enjoy your hols! going to hk ah? jealous:( haha.

TO GOD BE THE GLORY,
THE BEST IS YET TO BE

hehe

Posted by Nick at 10:10 AM | Permalink | Comments

thanks to xiwern

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