31.12.2010

Last day of 2010.

Last post in 2010.

Hope 2010 has been a great year for everyone, and hopefully, 2011 will be even better!

I think the past year has been exciting for all of us.... A level results release, start of NS and the transformation into a man of steel, successful scholarship, uni apps and beginning of uni life etc. A lot of events happening throughout the year. Some good, some bad. Some expected, some unforeseen. Nonetheless, as I look back at 2010, I'm glad that I've enjoyed most of the year and that certain events had strengthened my character and helped me mature!

Rather happy that we've had quite a number of class outings this year even though we've graduated and dont see one another often. I still rmb playing at Decoders Cafe in the beginning of the year and the guys were botak. And then we met again in HC during results release. Lots of other occasions when we met up: random outing at vivocity, HC awards presentation day, OCS social night, Jian Hua's farewell, Langston's birthday, and many other random badminton, movie outings :D

I certainly hope we can continue to meet up regularly in 2011! It'll be more difficult in 2012 when more ppl study overseas... :p and hopefully, the world doesn't end then.

May the coming new year be full of fun and joy for you all! Have a fruitful and healthy 2011!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

300th Post

MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

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Harry Potter and Hari Raya Haji

Don't ask me why I'm blogging so actively here all of a sudden.

Anyway, today is Hari Raya Haji, and Zhi Hui wants to watch HP VII. So he asked Yuqun along, and in the end, DK, Lang, Joel and me went to watch too :)) And of course BRIDGE after the movie. Nice way to slack on a public hol!!

Been reading the old blog posts, starting from those in 2008. Really amused by the stuff that we wrote back then... and of course, I can't imagine myself writing so much crap 2 years ago. I'm more mature now hahahaha.

Read the crapbooks today too!! Equally amused, even Joel couldn't rmb writing some of the stuff back in JC. Hahaha. Why are there so many chicken drawings in the books anyway?

Yay!! It's so fun to go out with the class, even though I just listen to you guys talk most of the time! :))

Have fun and take care ppl!!

<3

:)

Two years ago, on 5th November 2008, we sat for our first A level paper PW.

A year ago, for the entire month of November 2009, we worked very hard to complete the rest of our A levels... Not forgetting the very memorable Bukit Timah flood that occurred on the day of our Physics Paper 2 in the afternoon.

And now, November 2010, some of us have begun our tertiary education and the rest are still serving the nation in the army (ok, one in navy and another in air force :))

2010 is coming to an end, and we've known one another for at least 3 years.

This blog has been dead for quite some time... It's heartening to know that some of you do pop by occasionally to see if there're new posts or updates on the tagboard. But I guess like what Fight mentioned in his post, it requires one to overcome the inertia of creating a new post (OMG, how long have I not touched physics?!) So after hearing some of you guys mention this blog two days ago during Langston's birthday celebration, I've decided to give this blog a new lease of life!! :D Ok, a bit exaggerated.

Perhaps some updates on what we did during Langston's birthday celebration 2 days ago so that 10 years down the road, we'll rmb that 10 years ago, we celebrated Langston's 19th! Attendance on that day: Langston, DK, Fight, Yongquan, Zhihui, Huimin, Joel, me. And we were all waiting for OCT HO JIA JUN who left the house only when everyone's already waiting for him at Vivo, and he arrived 1.5 hr later at 5.30pm when we were supposed to meet at 4pm... Anyway, the choc and nuts cake was really yummy!! Hope Langston, and everyone in 6K, had fun!!

I think it's wonderful that we're still going out together as a class even a year after we've graduated! Even though the outings are not frequent, I'm glad that the turnout is always very decent! And we can still talk on and on and on for a long time despite not seeing one another often (although 80% of the time, we're talking abt NS! I'm still trying to rmb the correct names for 2 and 3 crabs, as well as understand mee pok and mee kia...) One of my M4 seniors was telling me that it's very difficult to meet up with JC friends after the guys complete NS cos most of them will be studying overseas, and usually med students will be very busy with their postings etc. Which I think will happen to our class since most of you will prolly study overseas. Of course, those studying overseas can meet up in London, or some US state, and then we can have a class gathering via Skype. Haha. But moral of the story, it'll be harder to meet up in future, so let's have more gatherings while we can this year and next year!! Perhaps when the President returns to Sg during his Easter and Summer breaks?? :))

So I guess enough said. To my friends studying in the UK and US (and Sg for Huimin), all the best in your studies and keep in touch! To those still completing NS, thanks for keeping Sg safe and secure so that I can sleep well at night and mug safely in sch! Bear with it for a few more months, gonna ORD soon! Continue mugging PCME at home if you can in order to keep your brains functional! :))

Btw, I seriously wonder how many will read this blog post. Anyway, if you do, maybe leave a note on the tagboard or my FB wall. Haha. :D

<3

Mui

Nostalgia

It has been quite a while since any one posted on this blog. As a matter of fact, I do pass by every now and then, though merely stealing a glance for new posts and then scooting off.

Right, now on to why I overcame the inertia of creating a new post on this hopefully still semi-active blog. Perhaps it was an after-effect of Awards Presentation Day, that incited sudden pangs of nostalgia within me. I found myself sorely missing the good old' days we had in school...the various projects, lectures, exams...the silly and fun things that we did...and most importantly, 08S6K. It may seem odd that such feelings start to surface after quite a significant time lag of 7 months, close to 8, after we left school, but oh well, I guess that's the way things tend to work. Possibly it could be catalysed by my experiences in recent months of seeing seemingly innocent youths being corrupted and succumbing to negative influences.

Indeed, many things have changed in the past few months - Wei Zhong appears to be much more cheerful and outgoing now, Langston has shed quite a fair bit of weight, and much more could be expected to follow in the next few months as Mui Suan and Hui Min embark on their tertiary education. The good old times we had though will hopefully stay preserved in the collective 08S6K memory.

I may not have cherished moments in the past enough - for that I do feel a slight tinge of regret, but I will definitely cherish the memories of them dearly.

08S6K.

Fight

Colour Illusion

Spot the 3 colours in the picture: Pink, Orange, and green.

Blue? What blue?




















The same picture, with all pink areas photoshopped to orange.

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hui min:)

Rawr

Found this somewhere (http://www.jumbojoke.com/product_warnings_for_physicists.html):

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sunrise, sunset

On the rooftop at VivoCity:

Yuqun: Hey, guys, do you hear that? It's the countdown!

(crowd: FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!)

the fireworks go off.

Me: It is the sound of our concession passes expiring.