Hmm... Finally got a chance to update my To-do-list. It's been Stagnant for so long ... maybe some mould has already grown all over it.
Anyway.. here's an interesting video clip.
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – A massive ball of fire that lit up the skies over two Western Canadian provinces on Thursday evening was likely among the biggest meteor events to be witnessed in Canada this year, one expert said.
The fireball, which streaked through the darkening skies over Alberta and Saskatchewan at about 5:30 p.m. Calgary time, likely weighed between one and 10 tons and shone brightly enough to be seen over an area 700 km (435 miles) wide.
"It was somewhere between the size of a chair to the size of a desk," said Alan Hildebrand, a planetary scientist at the University of Calgary and a coordinator of a fireball reporting service.
"This one was pretty spectacular. For this year it will be one of the biggest that happens over Canada.... Something like this radiates like a billion-watt bulb. It's pretty bright light in the sky."
Hildebrand said the meteor may have broken into hundreds of smaller meteorites that likely landed in central Saskatchewan near that province's border with Alberta.
The fireball lit up the skies for about five seconds, he said.
Anyway... I will be looking forward to...
Well... the new job. =) Can't wait to experience it. No more idling at home. =)
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Gundam Seed Destiny
Recently, I have been watching the anime Gundam Seed Destiny ... a few episodes per day the last two weeks and finally managed to complete the series. While watching the series , I thought about a lot of things which were related to the complicated plot of Gundam Seed Destiny.
First... I will give a brief introduction to the characters and storyline of Gundam Seed Destiny:
Shinn Asuka
An emotionally troubled member of the ZAFT who moved to the Plants from the neutral nation of Orb after he lost his family in an Earth Alliance attack.
Cagalli Yula Athha
The daughter of a Uzumi Nara Athha, deceased leader of the neutral nation Orb. She is trying to follows the ideals of her father
Lacus Clyne
A popular singer with a sunny disposition who has a lot of political influence among the PLANTs, possibly more than Chairman Durandal himself
Meyrin Hawke
The youngest member of the bridge crew of the the Minerva, where she serves as a communications controller for its mobile suits.
Kira Yamato
A first generation Coordinator who works with Lacus Clyne to promote peace. He excels at mobile suit combat and uses his skills try to bring an end to the war
Athrun Zala
Son of deceased PLANT chairman Patrick Zala and a mobile suit pilot. A skilled and experienced veteran of the Bloody Valentine War, he is conflicted about his motives for fighting.
Storyline:
A peace treaty has been signed between the EARTH Alliance Forces and the ZAFT forces after the previous war which resulted in mass casualties from both sides. Cagalli, the representative of Orb, a neutral nation, was meeting Chairman Gilbert Durandal regarding the excess creation and storage of weapons and mobile suit. It was then when members of the Earth Alliance special task force known as "Phantom Pain" hijack three new mobile suits from the ZAFT armory base where the meeting was held. The Minerva , a new Battleship which has never fought any battles , along with its crew, Shinn Asuka, Athrun Zala, Rey Za Burrel and Lunamaria Hawke pursues after the stolen mobile suits and the Phantom pain. Several Coordinators which wanted revenge for the previous war, activated Junius Seven, a war memorial planet, and made it fall towards the Earth atmosphere. Although efforts were made by the Chairman and Minerva to break Junius Seven into smaller pieces and reduce the impact, the damage caused were still significant and this escalated into another massive war between the Earth Alliance and the Zaft forces yet again.
The characters' dilemma was covered in the series as they were confused over different things, such as the true intention of the war, who was the real enemy, who were they fighting against, and why were they fighting yet again.
And when i watched the series, I kept thinking.
Everyone has different points of view and opinions. Hence , who shall defines which one is right and which one is wrong? More often than not, we often try to persuade others to share our same thinking or ideals. Why? This could be that we wish to bring the situation more to our advantage or we do not wish to be 'alone'.
Different groups of people may wish for the same thing and they may share the same dreams but they may not neccesary share the same view. Their desired path to achieving the goal may be different hence the conflict between them. But I believe we should always try to consider where the other party is coming from before we actually deem them as 'negative' .
Conflicts existed before as seen from history, and I believed they are here to stay. After all, we are living in a largely democractic society where peoples' opinion are consulted.
Let's just hope that there will be peace in this world. =)
First... I will give a brief introduction to the characters and storyline of Gundam Seed Destiny:
Shinn Asuka
An emotionally troubled member of the ZAFT who moved to the Plants from the neutral nation of Orb after he lost his family in an Earth Alliance attack.
Cagalli Yula Athha
The daughter of a Uzumi Nara Athha, deceased leader of the neutral nation Orb. She is trying to follows the ideals of her father
Lacus Clyne
A popular singer with a sunny disposition who has a lot of political influence among the PLANTs, possibly more than Chairman Durandal himself
Meyrin Hawke
The youngest member of the bridge crew of the the Minerva, where she serves as a communications controller for its mobile suits.
Kira Yamato
A first generation Coordinator who works with Lacus Clyne to promote peace. He excels at mobile suit combat and uses his skills try to bring an end to the war
Athrun Zala
Son of deceased PLANT chairman Patrick Zala and a mobile suit pilot. A skilled and experienced veteran of the Bloody Valentine War, he is conflicted about his motives for fighting.
Storyline:
A peace treaty has been signed between the EARTH Alliance Forces and the ZAFT forces after the previous war which resulted in mass casualties from both sides. Cagalli, the representative of Orb, a neutral nation, was meeting Chairman Gilbert Durandal regarding the excess creation and storage of weapons and mobile suit. It was then when members of the Earth Alliance special task force known as "Phantom Pain" hijack three new mobile suits from the ZAFT armory base where the meeting was held. The Minerva , a new Battleship which has never fought any battles , along with its crew, Shinn Asuka, Athrun Zala, Rey Za Burrel and Lunamaria Hawke pursues after the stolen mobile suits and the Phantom pain. Several Coordinators which wanted revenge for the previous war, activated Junius Seven, a war memorial planet, and made it fall towards the Earth atmosphere. Although efforts were made by the Chairman and Minerva to break Junius Seven into smaller pieces and reduce the impact, the damage caused were still significant and this escalated into another massive war between the Earth Alliance and the Zaft forces yet again.
The characters' dilemma was covered in the series as they were confused over different things, such as the true intention of the war, who was the real enemy, who were they fighting against, and why were they fighting yet again.
And when i watched the series, I kept thinking.
Everyone has different points of view and opinions. Hence , who shall defines which one is right and which one is wrong? More often than not, we often try to persuade others to share our same thinking or ideals. Why? This could be that we wish to bring the situation more to our advantage or we do not wish to be 'alone'.
Different groups of people may wish for the same thing and they may share the same dreams but they may not neccesary share the same view. Their desired path to achieving the goal may be different hence the conflict between them. But I believe we should always try to consider where the other party is coming from before we actually deem them as 'negative' .
Conflicts existed before as seen from history, and I believed they are here to stay. After all, we are living in a largely democractic society where peoples' opinion are consulted.
Let's just hope that there will be peace in this world. =)
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Thinking back...
Recently when i went to orchard road and vivocity, I keep seeing lots of teenagers. Then it dawned on me that O lvs are over and A lvs should be over soon, hence the pack of teenagers roaming about.. freely. I can share their happiness, their joy, their feeling of awesomeness. After all, I myself had just being freed from something long and draggy, but which is necessary.
Thinking back... about my schooling days.. I had lots of fun then. The memories of those days are definitely worth keeping and not forgetting the numberous friends I've made. I'm happy I didn't chose the wrong secondary school when I had to make a choice then.
I still remember the times during Sec 3 and 4 .. when I used to do TYS till 1 2 am... haha .. it was tough but it gave me a sense of satisfaction when I was one of the few who managed to complete them while most of my classmates cant finish them. It sorta make my class more united someway or another.
My geography teacher once said that secondary friends are the ones who will be v close friends with u which is true in the case for me. She also said JC is the most stressful part of your study 'career' and university is the most fun part. JC years is indeed stressful, though i slack a lot. I do hope she's right about the part where she said Uni is the most fun part.
As for my JC years , hmm.. what should i say? Its a good experience ... I still remember my class always play the card game 'bridge' in between lesson breaks at the cafe. We even played during in classroom during long lesson breaks and after school too. Those 'bridge' sessions were really fun and I'm actually the one who brought 'bridge' to them and taught them how to play. Slowly, somehow we sorta became addicted to it... but of course.. not at the expense of our schoolwork. Schoolwork still comes first ya.
And of course there's the CCA which i joined in JC, ODAC (Outdoor Activities Club) . We trained quite a bit every week and especially more so prior to competitions. Although I trained quite a lot for the Vertical Marathon competition... I missed that event as I went for Overseas CIP trip to Manado. Made lots of friends in ODAC too. =)
Alright ... back to the present. Nth much to say for now.. just hope that the present will be much better than the past. =)
Thinking back... about my schooling days.. I had lots of fun then. The memories of those days are definitely worth keeping and not forgetting the numberous friends I've made. I'm happy I didn't chose the wrong secondary school when I had to make a choice then.
I still remember the times during Sec 3 and 4 .. when I used to do TYS till 1 2 am... haha .. it was tough but it gave me a sense of satisfaction when I was one of the few who managed to complete them while most of my classmates cant finish them. It sorta make my class more united someway or another.
My geography teacher once said that secondary friends are the ones who will be v close friends with u which is true in the case for me. She also said JC is the most stressful part of your study 'career' and university is the most fun part. JC years is indeed stressful, though i slack a lot. I do hope she's right about the part where she said Uni is the most fun part.
As for my JC years , hmm.. what should i say? Its a good experience ... I still remember my class always play the card game 'bridge' in between lesson breaks at the cafe. We even played during in classroom during long lesson breaks and after school too. Those 'bridge' sessions were really fun and I'm actually the one who brought 'bridge' to them and taught them how to play. Slowly, somehow we sorta became addicted to it... but of course.. not at the expense of our schoolwork. Schoolwork still comes first ya.
And of course there's the CCA which i joined in JC, ODAC (Outdoor Activities Club) . We trained quite a bit every week and especially more so prior to competitions. Although I trained quite a lot for the Vertical Marathon competition... I missed that event as I went for Overseas CIP trip to Manado. Made lots of friends in ODAC too. =)
Alright ... back to the present. Nth much to say for now.. just hope that the present will be much better than the past. =)
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Games I play...
Okay.. I shall introduce a new board game that I had the chance to play recently... The name of the boardgame is Puerto Rico. Yup, so here's the description.
The players are plantation owners in Puerto Rico in the days when ships had sails. Growing up to five different kind of crops: Corn, Indigo, Coffee, Sugar and Tobacco, they must try to run their business more efficiently than their close competitors; growing crops and storing them efficiently, developing San Juan with useful buildings, deploying their colonists to best effect, selling crops at the right time, and most importantly, shipping their goods back to Europe for maximum benefit.
A novel game system lets players choose the order of the phases in each turn by allowing each player to choose a role from those remaining when it is their turn. No role can be selected twice in the same round. The player who selects the best roles to advance their position during the game will win.
The players are plantation owners in Puerto Rico in the days when ships had sails. Growing up to five different kind of crops: Corn, Indigo, Coffee, Sugar and Tobacco, they must try to run their business more efficiently than their close competitors; growing crops and storing them efficiently, developing San Juan with useful buildings, deploying their colonists to best effect, selling crops at the right time, and most importantly, shipping their goods back to Europe for maximum benefit.
A novel game system lets players choose the order of the phases in each turn by allowing each player to choose a role from those remaining when it is their turn. No role can be selected twice in the same round. The player who selects the best roles to advance their position during the game will win.
It's a boardgame that requires u to think a lot. Coz the tide of the game are constantly changing. Are u gonna go for a corn-heavy strategy or are you gonna go for the most expensive crop , Tobacco. Corn is the easiest to harvest with no need for processing whie tobacco and other crops require a factory to process them before you can ship them out for victory points. Every actions by another player will affect you and you have to think about your next few moves in advance.
I had lots of fun playing it with my friends and I would definitely recommend it to all of u! The gameplay is a bit complex but after playing a few times , u will get a hang of it. Anyway, it's ranked 2 at a boardgame forum and has lots of nice user reviews too. The game is for 2 to 5 players and has a average user rating of 8.37
So....If any of you go to mind's cafe or any local boardgames cafe.. be sure to check out this one!
Monday, November 17, 2008
New Beginning
Hmm.. today i woke up at 11 plus... at first saw the alarm clock show 8 plus so went to slp a bit more .. but then after 5 mins i woke up , I went to the living room and saw the main clock showing 11 o'clock. Then I realise that I've been looking at the wrong timing for the last few days.. No wonder I always feel weird every morning.
Then after breakfast.. went to surf facebook and play a bit of wc3 then while i was playing wc3.. someone from Recruit express called me.. and called me down for an interview. At first I was a bit stunned... coz I was too engrossed in the game. Imagine having to tune yr mindset from killing monsters and playing strategy to getting a job in the real world... and all that in a instant. But nevertheless, I decided to abandon the game and focus on what she has to say... After all that I told her I will be going down at around 3 to 4 pm.So I went down all the way to Raffles Place, 6 battery road , standard chartered bank building.
At first I was still looking for it after exiting raffles place MRT... then after a while then I realise I was at the bottom of the building straight after exiting the MRT.. -.- .. then I wander about for a bit before I finally went into the building. I went to look at the directory and was taking quite a while to locate Recruit Express Pte Ltd.. when suddenly the receptionist ask me whether I was looking for recruit express... I was like .. wow .. she can read my mind.. or maybe I got the 'nice-person' face ba.. haha just joking =p ... should be most visitors going there also looking for recruit express ba .. so she knows.
So I went up... then I went into recruit express... I look around and I was the only one ... ... then went down to sit by myself and fill up the form... Dunno why suddenly got a lot of people keep coming in ... maybe coz i attract them? haha .. but suddenly the place just become full. Even they have to open up the meeting room for people to write their forms inside. I waited for quite a bit before she came to interview me. Was a short one.. not as scary as I thought .. but the feeling a bit like when you are about to take SOC that type of nervous feeling.. but different in a sense.
Yup.. so i survived the interview .. and i was a bit shocked that even army also can write down as work experience .. coz in army got do scanning, printing , typing and photocopying and handle calls... talk about doing COS being a waste of time .. lol.. yup.. so to those people still in army.. volunteer for more COS duties.. can be considered as work experiences worx... haha.
Hope a job will find its way to me soon! =)
Then after breakfast.. went to surf facebook and play a bit of wc3 then while i was playing wc3.. someone from Recruit express called me.. and called me down for an interview. At first I was a bit stunned... coz I was too engrossed in the game. Imagine having to tune yr mindset from killing monsters and playing strategy to getting a job in the real world... and all that in a instant. But nevertheless, I decided to abandon the game and focus on what she has to say... After all that I told her I will be going down at around 3 to 4 pm.So I went down all the way to Raffles Place, 6 battery road , standard chartered bank building.
At first I was still looking for it after exiting raffles place MRT... then after a while then I realise I was at the bottom of the building straight after exiting the MRT.. -.- .. then I wander about for a bit before I finally went into the building. I went to look at the directory and was taking quite a while to locate Recruit Express Pte Ltd.. when suddenly the receptionist ask me whether I was looking for recruit express... I was like .. wow .. she can read my mind.. or maybe I got the 'nice-person' face ba.. haha just joking =p ... should be most visitors going there also looking for recruit express ba .. so she knows.
So I went up... then I went into recruit express... I look around and I was the only one ... ... then went down to sit by myself and fill up the form... Dunno why suddenly got a lot of people keep coming in ... maybe coz i attract them? haha .. but suddenly the place just become full. Even they have to open up the meeting room for people to write their forms inside. I waited for quite a bit before she came to interview me. Was a short one.. not as scary as I thought .. but the feeling a bit like when you are about to take SOC that type of nervous feeling.. but different in a sense.
Yup.. so i survived the interview .. and i was a bit shocked that even army also can write down as work experience .. coz in army got do scanning, printing , typing and photocopying and handle calls... talk about doing COS being a waste of time .. lol.. yup.. so to those people still in army.. volunteer for more COS duties.. can be considered as work experiences worx... haha.
Hope a job will find its way to me soon! =)
Friday, November 14, 2008
Thinking..
Yup, I've slacking these few days.. thinking about what I'm gonna do the next few months. I've submitted a few job applications, now waiting for reply ba. No rush ba .. just take one step at a time. I also waiting for tution assignments.. yup .. I was thinking of having a weekday job then maybe weekend can teach some tution.
I've been watching anime and dramas too. And I've realise just how long I have not been looking after myself. Everytime in army need to worry about this about that , do things for the platoon who won't even bother about you and always give you problems... when in actual fact you are just trying to help them. They will just give the heck care attitude and wait for you to spoon feed them. I've had enough. I'm glad all those are over, and now I can finally move on and do what I need to do, for myself.
I've been watching anime and dramas too. And I've realise just how long I have not been looking after myself. Everytime in army need to worry about this about that , do things for the platoon who won't even bother about you and always give you problems... when in actual fact you are just trying to help them. They will just give the heck care attitude and wait for you to spoon feed them. I've had enough. I'm glad all those are over, and now I can finally move on and do what I need to do, for myself.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
New Feeling
Finally, Its been a long wait. Finally get to see the pink one instead of the green one. =) So.. yup, I guess another new chapter in my life shall begin.
Still quite a long way before school starts. Next year july i think. Yup, so gonna find a job and work and experience abit. Gonna look for the ones that are not too far though. Definitely not in the extreme ends of Singapore. I've been travelling to Jurong for 2 years in my JC life and another one year plus travelling to Changi side. So much so that I can even memorise all the MRT train stations on the east-west line.
Anyway, yesterday morning, when I went back to camp for the last time, I met Wen Long at Tanah Merah MRT , near the bus-stop. At first I was just waiting for my bus no 2 to come, then i saw someone spiky spiky hair which look abit like him. So I walk a bit closer but I was still unsure...until Wen Long chu some stunt which allowed me to confirm that it is him. He put both hands inside his pocket then twisted his body left and right then left and right (while staying stationary) such that his big bag swayed along. Then I took a detour and went from the back to ambush him. When he saw me , he tio stun a few secs ba. Maybe coz he was too engrossed in swaying and playing with his bag. We chatted for a while and then his bus came.
I waited quite long for bus no 2. The first one was dam crowded and I didn't even get to board. Second one came after 10 mins. Second one also dam full, but luckily I managed to board it if not must wait very long again. Reminds me of schooling days , where I used to squeeze with a lot of ppl in the morning. Maybe its time for SBS to introduce triple decker or double deck long bus since they refuse to increase the frequencies of buses in the morning.
Well, who says that the civilian world has no problems at all? There is but... I still prefer to be a civilian! ORD lo!
=)
Still quite a long way before school starts. Next year july i think. Yup, so gonna find a job and work and experience abit. Gonna look for the ones that are not too far though. Definitely not in the extreme ends of Singapore. I've been travelling to Jurong for 2 years in my JC life and another one year plus travelling to Changi side. So much so that I can even memorise all the MRT train stations on the east-west line.
Anyway, yesterday morning, when I went back to camp for the last time, I met Wen Long at Tanah Merah MRT , near the bus-stop. At first I was just waiting for my bus no 2 to come, then i saw someone spiky spiky hair which look abit like him. So I walk a bit closer but I was still unsure...until Wen Long chu some stunt which allowed me to confirm that it is him. He put both hands inside his pocket then twisted his body left and right then left and right (while staying stationary) such that his big bag swayed along. Then I took a detour and went from the back to ambush him. When he saw me , he tio stun a few secs ba. Maybe coz he was too engrossed in swaying and playing with his bag. We chatted for a while and then his bus came.
I waited quite long for bus no 2. The first one was dam crowded and I didn't even get to board. Second one came after 10 mins. Second one also dam full, but luckily I managed to board it if not must wait very long again. Reminds me of schooling days , where I used to squeeze with a lot of ppl in the morning. Maybe its time for SBS to introduce triple decker or double deck long bus since they refuse to increase the frequencies of buses in the morning.
Well, who says that the civilian world has no problems at all? There is but... I still prefer to be a civilian! ORD lo!
=)
Sunday, November 9, 2008
True Friends?
I've been thinking about this for a long time and I think I have to get it off my chest.
Are friends that you made in army really true friends?
Well, I guess most of them are apparently not and dont deserve to be. When people are forced to meet and see each other almost every day or so, naturally theres bound to be interaction. Impressions are generally good at first, but as they say, time will show your true colours.
Or rather, it turns out that most people are actually wearing a mask all these time.
Well, lets start with the definition of true friends,
True friends Do Not
Are friends that you made in army really true friends?
Well, I guess most of them are apparently not and dont deserve to be. When people are forced to meet and see each other almost every day or so, naturally theres bound to be interaction. Impressions are generally good at first, but as they say, time will show your true colours.
Or rather, it turns out that most people are actually wearing a mask all these time.
Well, lets start with the definition of true friends,
True friends Do Not
- Irritate others for their own pleasure, fun or enjoyment
- Treat others like a playing toy
- Make comments behind people's back
- Abuse authority just because you feel like doing it and has the ability to do so
- Always Ask for your help and refuse you a favour in return when you ask for one
- Spread rumours of others
- Occupy your space and throw your stuff about
- Dirty your stuff and leave the rest to you.
- Force you to go somewhere you don't feel like going
And so much more...
Those are just the basics, I guess if they don't even know the line between playing and going overboard then I guess they don't even deserve to be your friends. If they don't even care a bit about your feelings at all, I rather I didn't meet them in the first place. At least my impression of them will still be neutral.
But I guess, many things in life are meant to be, and people are different.
Hence, the following phrase is not created without reason.
"It sucks to be you."
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Jus started
Yup.. I have just created a blog.. and started playing around with it. I guess I'm still new at this thing ba.. still got lots of areas to explore de. Been wanting to blog since my JC years.. but nv got around to doing it coz partly I dunno anything about blogging and partly coz I'm super duper lazy.
Well, now that my army life is coming to an end, I guess I have more free time on hand to blog occasionally ba. Lots of things to look forward to and lots of things I wanna try out. Lots of urgent things to settle also. Seems like there just isnt enough time , isnt it?
Well, I guess that's where efficient time-planning comes into play. Talking about time-planning, I suddenly had memories of my JC life flowing through my mind. I didn't really do much time-planning then, if at all. I think I spent most of my time during JC slacking ba. But those 2 years were fun, lots of great friends and memories which I would nv forget. Time flies and I'm looking forward to uni life.
Well, I guess I'll blog till here for my first post. Will try to enhance the features of my blog a little more and link more peoples' blog to mine first b4 I actually start to tell them about my blog. No one else knows about my blog yet thus I guess this will be our lil' secret for now, just a tiny lil' secret between me and my blog. =)
will update more subsequently!
¬ Beng
Well, now that my army life is coming to an end, I guess I have more free time on hand to blog occasionally ba. Lots of things to look forward to and lots of things I wanna try out. Lots of urgent things to settle also. Seems like there just isnt enough time , isnt it?
Well, I guess that's where efficient time-planning comes into play. Talking about time-planning, I suddenly had memories of my JC life flowing through my mind. I didn't really do much time-planning then, if at all. I think I spent most of my time during JC slacking ba. But those 2 years were fun, lots of great friends and memories which I would nv forget. Time flies and I'm looking forward to uni life.
Well, I guess I'll blog till here for my first post. Will try to enhance the features of my blog a little more and link more peoples' blog to mine first b4 I actually start to tell them about my blog. No one else knows about my blog yet thus I guess this will be our lil' secret for now, just a tiny lil' secret between me and my blog. =)
will update more subsequently!
¬ Beng
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