If u haven't noticed... I'm a rabid Wongfu Fan.
And if you haven't heard about them. Its high time you did!
Just search for 'WongFu' on youtube, or you can go straight to their website here.

Their above upcoming feature video looks reallie promising, touching on everyday conversations; from the quirky and unusual, to the funnny and confusing.

People.Places.Things.
What do you usually talk about?

Yo Dawg~
Watch our very own ,Singapore MDA, rappin in da hood~


Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.
But sometimes... its just better off NOT to try. lol.

*edit*

Since, we're talking about the MDA.
I stumbled onto 'Cut!' by Royston Tan, a tongue-in-cheek response to the MDA's aggressive censorship of his feature film '15'.
This is seriously damn good shit.
Enough idle chatter...Lets 'CUT!' to the chase!

Part1:


Part2:


Part3:

my NEW 'pick me up' song~

Just spoke to my parents over MSN and its Official,
*cue drumroll*
My Dad is currently the TOP student of his MBA class!

dun pray pray leh~

Hopefully, I've got wat it takes too! ^^;

my current 'pick me up' song~!

I was browsing through ya ol' Hard Disk and stumbled upon these gems, taken back during our North Rim Hike at Grand Canyon.

Damn... my feet are itching again...
must be the travel bug

dudes and duddettes,
If you're in skool this tue mugging.
Lets compare our answer scripts for genetics ya~?

Why do examiner's haf to phrase their MCQs like this;
which of the following is not true or not false?

CAN'T WE ALL SAVE EACH OTHER THE TROUBLE?

I bet this is your FAVOURITE drink at the moment~

Cheers~!
And Happy 'mug'ing for the coming exams~

The much hyped about and fantasized remake of FF7 in all its PS3 CGI glory~



I sure as hell would wanna replay FF7, if an updated version were to be released on the PS3. Rumours are still adrift, whether a full remake is in the works at Squaresoft, or this is merely a secret ending hidden at the end of 'Crisis Core'; the prequel to FF7 which is on the PSP.

p.s.

here's the full Crisis Core Ending wif the remade 'FF7 intro' tucked after the credits.

Have any of you SBS peeps done the plant past year papers yet?
I would reallie like to compare answers wif you guys if possible ...

Déjà vu

During Breakfast, Nat, Elt and I were JUST talking about Catherine Lim, as an example of our Gahmen's sometimes High-Handed approach at regulating political discourse; and mere muinutes later, I run across this open letter which Catherine Lim wrote to the PM, about political openness in Singapore.

You can read her entire letter at her website. And her reasons for going online can be found at Cherian George's journalism.sg site.


She says of her reasons:

The Straits Times rejected the article, saying that there was really nothing new in it. I subsequently submitted it to TODAY, which also rejected it.

As a result I am turning to alternative sources of dissemination, and am going online. For I think I have some important ideas to share about certain major issues in our society which could have serious implications for the future. It does not matter to me if these ideas don't meet with agreement or even approval, but it does matter that they are shared with as many fellow Singaporeans as possible.


Excerpt of her letter:

...It is illuminating, Mr Prime Minister, that in your current dialogues with college and university students, they are less interested in what you tell them about the challenges of economic and social development, than in your thoughts and intentions with regard to the issue of human rights, public debate, public consultation, alternative voices, etc. Among them must be individuals who will be the future’s tiny minority of rebels, such as the wildly creative artist ready to defy conventions, and the ferocious non-conformist with political leanings, ready to challenge the establishment. It is a pity that your model has a place for the first but not the second, for surely true progress in society depends on the nurturing of both. And it would be the greatest pity of all if the young political rebel soon lost heart, got absorbed into the majority, and concluded, like them, that compliance with the powers that be, made for a more comfortable life. Fear, whether it results in people yielding in submission or lashing out in resentment must be the most damaging force in society.

I had begun this letter with a plea. It is an earnest plea to consider what can be done to remove this fear, for only then can the process of political reform begin, to lead eventually to what every society needs for resilience and the capacity for renewal– a continuing core, even if only a tiny minority, of alert, savvy, skeptical, dedicated and above all, unafraid citizens who can be relied on to be the movers and shakers. Indeed, no nation can be called great unless it can claim such a citizenry which transcends all governments. The greatest legacy of the PAP may, ironically, be in the creation of a society that no longer needs it....

Tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quem mihi, quem tibi
finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec Babylonios
temptaris numeros. ut melius, quidquid erit, pati.
seu pluris hiemes seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam,
quae nunc oppositis debilitat pumicibus mare
Tyrrhenum: sapias, vina liques et spatio brevi
spem longam reseces. dum loquimur, fugerit invida
aetas: carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.

'Classic'- Thats wat the Cheers Commercials are.
Breaks a smile on my face everytime i watch it.

hit the link to take a a look at the some of the geekiest halloween costumes ever



this one's my favourite... a human iPhone with an ACTUAL working screen!
now dat's 'A' for effort. lol

I just randomly downloaded this crazy farnie series...
AND I JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT!

Therefore without further adieu, I hereby present you with:
*cue drumroll*
'How I met your mother'!



So far I've only watched the current season's 1st 5 episode, but it SOOooo reminds me of 'Friends'... There are a couple of analoguos character, which I'm sure if you were a fan of 'Friends', you could easily pick out.

Highly Recommended...plus there's guest stars Mandy Moore, Brad Pitt and Enrique Iglesias too!

p.s.
If anyone has the 1st 2 seasons, SEND ME!

I would like to jubilantly apportion to my fellow man, of the whimsical use of prolonged contractions and superfluous adjectives.

This faculty is especially efficacious, when slandering in the presence of one's antagonist, or said person's associates. Hence, avoiding being masticated in the gluteus, which would be the stock culmination of such an endeavour.

24 Karat Gold with Diamonds MacBook Pro: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 15.4" TFT display

hit the link to order yours today~!

only $8999!

for the UPTEEMPTH time~

its ISAAC.... NOT ISSAC!

a teaspoon of sadness, mixed with a sprinkle of anger.
Simmer for 10min, making sure not to let it boil over.

treasure your friends and hope that they treasure your friendship too...
keeping in mind that although sometimes people might seem to take you for granted,
there are always a precious few who keep u in mind

Had a reallie great time at the hall6 MAF... just wanted to congratulate you guys on a job very well done. Looking forward to Cultural Nite!

p.s.
Black forest our guest band was top notch as usual, the addition of female vocals from the keyboardist was a refreshing change ^^

check them out at www.blackforestband.com

btw they'll be performing this friday, 12 oct, Memoirs Cafe @ Bugis ard 8.30pm.
address is 52 Queen Street along Bugis Village next to Cheers Store

So if you're nearby... drop by and take look. I guaranteee you'll have a good time!

Check out this 2006 Adidas billboard featuring two real humans hanging from rope and playing soccer above everyone's heads.

If you tot ikea was the king of flatpacking, think again.
Check out the Piegato from Matthias Ries


Out of the box, the Piegato looks like an oddly designed magnetic board. With a few folds of this metal sheet, you can customize it to become a shelf for all your books and junk. And because you decide which parts to fold out, you can have just one to three shelves depending on how much wall storage you need.

They even haf a little video of unpacking it out of the box

Now isn't this just MADE for ppl like us who might need additional shelf space in our dorms?

Waste my $100 to repair it 3 weeks ago...
ONLY to have it break down on me AGAIN!

mood: pissed

just won a pair of free tix to Resident Evil: Extinction on 3rd Oct, 7.30pm at Lido!
Courtesy of Game- Axis
Anyone free and interested to catch the show together?
drop me a call

edit:
Watched the show wif paul, it was pretty so so
not fantastic but...decent~

i give it 7/10!

And while you're at it... do the environment some good too~!



These vibrant bags are made of lightweight polyester, portable, waterproof and weigh in at just 40 gram!
One bag is selling for SGD 9.90 or SGD 35 for a pack of five.

p.s. Model sold seperately

link

Do you really need more proof that Japanese people love toilet jokes? This photograph, taken by nanotechnologist Kaito Takahashi, won the Most Bizzare Award at a conference on electrons, ions, and photo beam technology a couple years ago. He took it using an electron microscope at 15,000x magnification while working at a lab in Shizuoka. And even though it's actually a photo of an integrated circuit, he decided to call it "Small Toilet."

Link

"It's Been A While"- Staind



And it's been awhile
Since I could hold my head up high
And it's been awhile
Since I first saw you
And it's been awhile
Since I could stand on my own two feet again
And it's been awhile
Since I could call you

And everything I can't remember
As fucked up as it all may seem
The consequences that I've rendered
I've stretched myself beyond my means

And it's been awhile
Since I can say that I wasn't addicted
And it's been awhile
Since I can say I love myself as well
And it's been awhile
Since I've gone and fucked things up just like I always do
And it's been awhile
But all that shit seems to disappear when I'm with you

And everything I can't remember
As fucked up as it all may seem
The consequences that I've rendered
I've gone and fucked things up again

Why must I feel this way?
Just make this go away
Just one more peaceful day!

And it's been awhile
Since I could look at myself straight
And it's been awhile
Since I said I'm sorry
And it's been awhile
Since I've seen the way the candles light your face
And it's been awhile
But I can still remember just the way you taste

And everything I can't remember
As fucked up as it all may seem to be I know it's me
I cannot blame this on my father
He did the best he could for me

And it's been awhile
Since I could hold my head up high
And it's been awhile
Since I said I'm sorry

It was much better than expected...
just be sure to watch it with an open mind, not for the faint of heart or homophobic~



Watch out for stellar performances by some outstanding supporting actors,

- Ving Rhames (past performances include ,Luther Stickell, Ethan Hunt's Resident computer hacker from MI-2 and 3): as Duncan , a manly fellow firefighter, who happens to be a closet gay.
Da man deserves an oscar for the 'Soap Scene' lol

- Rob Schneider ( needs no introduciton =p): as a hilarious Japanese Priest

Found this nifty site where A/P Chen Ken-Shiung might have based his practical on.
I've yet to read thru it in detail, but it seems to cover:

- technical aspects of Real Time PCR
- Quantification of mRNA levels using Real Time PCR Standard Curve Mehtod
- Interpretation of the Tm Curves
- Further Deriavations of the Tm Curves (i.e. log scale etc)

Alot of the graphs he showed us during the pract seemed to pulled right out of here...

shermain rox my world! :D she's like the coolest friend i've ever had man...

edit: This post was posted by a very BORED shermain but i DO dink dat she RAWKS!



p.s.
here's an old pic from last sem of her and her larling charles

check out more comic adaptions of movies and games at VG Cats

Its yet another youtube post!

Stayin in sync wif China's Olympic Ambassadors Jacky Chan and Yaoming
A couple of video game stars have decided to join the bandwagon~ lol



From the swelling orchestra to the choreographed scenes...
You would think that this was another bid to advertise the upcoming Beijing Olympics
instead of an upcoming Wii tittle =p

20 min prep talk by Tony Robbins might just be the pick me u you need! ^^

i wan a nice guy t-shirT!

this one customer was like .... blind
he mistook me for a gurl from behind and went like,

"Excuse' me miss...i dink your soda machine is out of...oh! sry sir..."

diao

hi all!!

pls send me your home addresses ppl, so dat i can send you postcards from Grand canyon!

I've been asking myself wat i reallie want in life these couple of days... sulking and brooding in a corner of my room here in the Grand canyon.
p.s. dats wat flunking a module did to me.

And I realised dat i reallie hafn't the faintest clue.

well u see... looking around me. All the singaporeans (cum malaysians and PRCs, since we all study in singapore) are working like dogs, taking 2nd jobs and working overtime to earn extra cash.

Its all so different from before we set off, wif promises of hafing fun and hiking and taking trips to other towns.

Its not dat i dun empathise that we could all do wif a lil extra cash ( imagins paying US$8 for a meal here). But everyone seems caught up wif earning more and more money.

Its kinda like a rat race. I dink singaporeans suffer from a need to compete and a serious bout of workaholism.

I feel it kinda started wif the the obscene amt of tips that bussers( ppl hu clear tables in the restuarants) here earn. sometimes $30 - $50 a day!
Ok... maybe i exagerate. but the tips easily come up to a sizable chunk of our avg pay.

so ppl as ppl always do.... tend to compare and contrast. And since it was our own suei luck dat we didn't fight for the busser job before we came. We work 2nd jobs instead.

Maybe I'm a tad jealous and i hope dat i dun sound harsh but i do wonder if life after graduation mimics this morbid rat race.

Which brings me back to my question:
wat exactly do i want in life?

bringing it parallel to my current circumstances... i wonder if i reallie wanna work from 5 till 10, jugglin 2 jobs just to earn some extra cash. Is dat wat i want?

Hafing flunked a module, i question my aptitude and attitude to my studies. Is filling ependorf tubes in a lab the career i truly desire.

HOw the hell does one actually noe wat he wants in life anyhow... there's a million and one things i could do or be....but as time slips away, i feel i'm losing each oppourtunity, and being left with one less choice or chance to try something dat i might reallie enjoy.

I do noe dat i quite enjoy languages.... the onli As i've scored in NTU so far, are all from prescribed electives hafing to do with communication and writing.

I've been sorely tempted to change course at times, but wat if u find out its not my cup of tea?
argh... i'm making excuses again... another one of my many short comings.

my minds been wondering from being an interpreter to cooking these past few days....
seeing as ppl could always use language interpeters, as i look at the myriad of tourist dat come to the park everyday, and the troubles we sometimes face.
and the cooking we've done here among singaporeans due to us missing our home cooked meals, has been suprisingly enjoyable and succcessful. We can make a mean hainanese chicken rice! ^^

I feel this post is getting me nowhere, but i feel so much better after all this ranting.

p.s. I've sent and apeal to review my flunked module, wish me luck that theres an improvement in the grade to a D. I reallie reallie dun wanna retake a module... i'm stugglin as it is already~

ok....time to dink positive and live for the present.
no point it lamenting the past and worrying about the future.
cuz if dink abt it, both don't reallie exist at all.

The past is part memories dat buildup to the present.
And the future but hope and worries dat fleet just beyond one's grasp.

wat's tangible and exists is: Now.

only decent pic of the canyon dat i could find

ola~!

posting up some pics from the sunset tour the other day~

still hafn't had the oppourtunity to kope the hiking pics fom daniel yet~

hope that other den the lousy news of unsuccessful hall applications, everyone back home is hearty and happy

to my horror i'm no longer a sixian le~
typing an appeal letter to esther atm... hope it works out

sianz...

edit:
just read the full letter, I'm completly halless ~ ^^;

just went for a hike will post post some pics soon!

in the meanwhile:
















Grand Canyon from the BrightAngel lookout at the southrim.


















cheeky pic dat i just wanted to post~

cheers
Isaac

damn sianz...
just finnished our formal training at our actual workplace~
and damn!
I've now officially doing kitchen utility instead of being a cafeteria attendent

fark!

as if being an attendent with no possibilty of tips was bad enuff.
but now i've got to slog in the kitchen to boot

sigh~
they said it'd only be temporary untill they get more people coming in the next batch
hope its true... ^^:

woah~....
its been a reallie long long trip to get here.
- almost 20 hours in the air
- overnight at pheonix airport
- missing our coach to grand canyon and having to spend an extra night at the nearest town, Flagstaff, hence extra cost b4 i even earn any money
- finally checking in yesterday and sieving through tons of paperwork
- and we're finally settled in!

here's some pics:















stopover at taiwan

















rushing for our domestic flight to from LAX to phonix


















Youth hostel with frens who all missed the earlier coach
















having a drink at flagstaff

gttg liao~.. the rec centre which is the only place with wireless is closing

tata