第十天 － 大雨天

Jim bought some chocolates and gave half of it to Ken. Ken bought some sweets and gave half of it to Jim. Jim ate 12 sweets and Ken ate 18 chocolates. The ratio of Jim’s sweets to chocolates became 1:7 and the ratio of Ken’s sweets to chocolates became 1:4. How many sweets did Ken buy?

Can you solve this PSLE question using only model approach, just like how the kids are taught?

第六天 － 雨天

Me, Neo and Jason met something weird yesterday (or rather, this morning at 4.30am)

We were just walking back to our vehicles when we were stopped by this taxi uncle, who asked us for help. Apparently there was this foreigner who did not want to pay her cab fare, and insisted that she speaks to the taxi driver's boss due to poor service.

We could see how flabbergasted the taxi driver was, and how he wanted to settle this entire saga in a cool manner. But after speaking to the lady (Jason did), it was apparent that she would not budge. The only solution that we 3 could think of was to drive her to the nearest police station, because the taxi driver did not do anything wrong at all. We were quite sure that the lady was actually just trying to do something funny, or that she was drunk. Even after the taxi driver told her to get off the cab and that he would not want her to pay the fare anymore, she still refused.

There was nothing we could do but walk away. The taxi driver apparently didn't want to drive to the police station, because it would mean more trouble and more time wasted. We then stood at our vehicles and watched from afar for about 5 minutes. Finally, the lady came out of the taxi, but somewhat unwillingly. What happened next, we do not understand. The lady seemed to be using her phone to dial someone, and the taxi driver was trying to stop her from doing so, and at the same time not being able to touch her at all for fear that she would use that against him.

But who could she be calling? The police? If she's a foreigner or a tourist, how would she know what number to dial? And moreover, was she really that confident that she would win the case? Everyone's definition of poor service is different, and I do not know what is the definition in the government's view, but I guess it's just totally ridiculous.

Why must she do such a thing to the poor old driver, who is just out to make ends meet? We could really see the face of the taxi driver and pity him that such a thing is happening. Hope that everything is fine for him now.

我觉得我还是用英文比较好 :)

第五天 － 晴天

昨天大伙们给了Ah Ben一个surprise生日派对，大家都玩得不亦乐乎。认识了一些新朋友，更深一呈地认识一些不是很熟的朋友，以及见到了一些老朋友。玩到早上六点才舍得回家。

其实我觉得一个生日派对不需要搞太多花招，只要简简单单地约全部朋友出来聊聊天，吃吃饭，对我来说已经是非常棒的一件事了。可能我很简单，但我宁可人到但没礼物，也不要礼物到但人没到。

今天去了我的姨丈的葬礼，突然觉得生命真的很脆弱。明明非常健康的他，为了赶去医院探望他的岳母，就突然倒下，离开人世间了。我现在开始珍惜每一天，希望到我走的那一天时，我不会带着任何的遗憾。

明天要去social house咯！

第一天 － 阴天

很久没回到我的部落格了。

我的生活里最近发生了很多事，很难一一的把每件事给说出来。但是如果要summarise的话，只有一句话能够形容：似有似无。

有时候觉得自己的生活很充实，很美满。有几个非常要好的朋友，有一份工钱不是很高但是非常喜欢的工作，有一个我非常爱的女生。

但有时候又觉得生活很乏闷。最近和朋友之间有了些误会和纠纷，我爱的女生对我越来越冷淡，钱也越来越少。

人家说不管怎样，做人最重要是要活得开心。但是，我开心吗？我不知道。

昨天晚上梦到了一些不开心的事，所以今天上课时心情有些不好。我可怜那位被我骂了10分钟的小五学生。

希望明天会更好吧。

我祝她生日快乐，希望从今天起她的每一天是开心的。如果是的话，我就开心了。

Dazed

Almost died while driving earlier.

On The Road To Recovery

Today's supposedly my first day of work, and yet I'm on MC for the entire week due to my chicken pox! Haha what a start isn't it? Well, I can only hope that my employers are not angry with me, or that they have a bad impression of me right at the start, otherwise it's gonna be hell for me for the next 2 1/2 years.

I think I can count myself lucky. Why? Because my pox never itched before. I don't know if it's the calamine lotion that I apply, or the medicine that I eat, or that the chicken pox is not fully developed, or I'm just plain lucky. I've come across a few of my friends who complain about the itch and the pain every single day when they have it, and as such I was very worried in the beginning. But even till today, when I can visibly see the pox drying up and slowly disappearing, I've never once felt that they itched. They looked more like huge pimples that suddenly appear all over my face and body.

The only thing that worries me right now is the scars on my face. I've got 4 of them, and I don't know if they'll slowly disappear, or I'll have to buy some scar removal cream. Whatever it is, I MUST NOT BE DISFIGURED! Hahaha!

It's the 8th day now, and I'm very amazed that I'm still surviving this ordeal of being stuck at home, and not being able to step out of the house in case I spread the virus to someone else. Seeing how the German who got the H1N1 virus and yet still went out to Clarke Quay for "recreational" purposes and to a concert the next day before seeking treatment, and how he got flamed after that for being so irresponsible, I've decided against going out while I'm still "infectious" and "spreading the virus". Gotta be a responsible citizen :D

Another 6 more days!!!

Chicken Pox

As some of you might have already found out, I'm down with chicken pox. At the age of 25 :(

It's so ironic because I told my new employer that I would need one week to settle my things and be ready for work, and yet I'm down with chicken pox at the very start of the week, thus ending any of my plans.

A bad start to my working career. 5 days of medical leave gone. Unclaimable during probation period.

But well, at least I finally got hold of my new laptop. A 15" MacBook Pro. So happy! I still need a portable HDD to transfer all my files from my previous laptop though. But I can't step out of my house yet!

Talking about the chicken pox, many people have told me not to scratch, otherwise I wouldn't look good anymore. But sadly, all the four scars that I have currently, all happen to be on my face. One right at my right eye brow, one at my chin, one on the right cheek, and the last one just below the third one on the cheek. The first two are scarily huge, they look more like infections to me. They look like 2 huge holes, bled so much that the blood all dried up, and now I don't even dare to look at the mirror. I guess that's it, no more pretty boy. Face's gonna be disfigured forever. The funny thing is I didn't scratch them at all. These 2 holes appeared even before the rest of the chicken pox broke out. So how did these 2 holes appear, I do not know.

Besides those scars, I can consider myself lucky because there isn't really a lot of it all over my body, and they don't itch. Not at the moment at least. Only occasional two or three of them itch, but only for awhile. But my friends told me that it itches really bad when it starts to recover, so I'm mentally prepared for that. Good thing I've got a high threshold for itch.

Today is Day 4 of my chicken pox, and I'm already dying of boredom at home. I really need to find something to do. I've cleaned my room, swept my room, packed my table. I guess the next thing that I can do is to pack my wardrobe, which I'll take my own sweet time to do it tomorrow, otherwise I'll end up doing nothing but staring at my computer screen blankly again.

Many of my friends have fallen ill these few days, whether is it a small illness or a major one. So please my friends, please take care of yourselves. Make sure you drink a lot of water. Do not underestimate the power of having lots of water. It performs magic :)

Alright, another 5 minutes of my time wasted. Time to go plan for what to do for the next 23 hours and 55 minutes.

Back

Been too lazy to update my own blog recently :p

Many things have happened since my last update, the best one being me finishing my exams! And hopefully I'll be able to pass all my modules and get my degree.

All this while I've been wanting to go overseas for a short trip with my friends or classmates after my exams, but unfortunately due to the economic crisis, I was unable to find people to go with me. I've not given up yet though. So please, people who read this article and are able to fork out 7 days of your time to go to Taiwan/Hong Kong with me, please leave a message in my tagboard.

Right now I'm just lazing at home everyday, and looking for a job. So anyone with any job lobangs?! Please tell me!

And if anyone wishes to go out for a simple dinner or movie or something, feel free to call or sms me. I'm free at the moment :) Big group outings are recommended.


A side-note: It's time I learn to start driving slowly. After seeing a friend of mine getting into a serious car accident, it makes me wonder what if I was the one driving and got into such an accident? Will I be as lucky as him, suffering not-so-serious injuries? Or will I not? Luckily he's fine right now and I'm happy for him. Let's just hope that he doesn't get a serious punishment.


Another side-note: Congratulations to Marcus and Wanhua! Really happy to see you two getting happily married, and hope that your love and marriage will last forever! Must keep me informed when you guys start to have kids! Hahahaha

Day 4

Manchester United. King of England again. Let's hope that they'll be crowned King of Europe again too on the 27th May. Go United!!!

Been reading my old friend's blog and looking at her pictures in her facebook, and am really happy for her that she has found someone that she's very happy with.

Counting to my official graduation from SIM-UOL, provided that everything goes smoothly and I pass every project and paper: 10 more days

Day 3

Millions was really quiet today, and all I did was sit in there, drink my jug of beer and played my PSP. It was only when my battery went flat that I started to think about all the events that occured recently. Many people saw that I am a very different person from the Sky they know, and asked if I was OK. Thanks for your concern.

Managed to sleep at only 9am, but woke up at 10am. Haven't been sleeping at all ever since Monday night. If this goes on, I'm gonna die man. I'm gonna suffer from my usual lack-of-sleep pimple outbreak :(

All things in life happen for a reason, and in one way or the other, it's going to make me a better person. I'm learning from all these things, and I know what wrongs have I done. It's time I start to learn to look at things from a different perspective whenever I do something.

Song of the day:

Day 2

Today's paper was fine. Once again, the exam format is totally different from past years. I really wonder if UOL really hates us, or that they think so highly of us that they can come up with something different and expect us to score.

After that, had dinner with a few of my classmates at V8 Cafe at Bugis. Food was not bad, and company was good. Had an hour chat during our dessert session at 记得吃. Lotsa random stuff like what's going to happen to us after we graduate, what are our plans in the future, school teachers in the past, prom nights etc. Was lots of fun.

After a long gaming session at the arcade with Edward, I then went for a drink all alone as the rest of the gang couldn't make it. Was sweet for some people to applaud me when I sang 很想你 and 搞笑. One waitress came over and asked me if I was feeling emo, because she could feel it when she heard the way I sang the songs. This is what I meant by singing with your heart, and people will be able to feel it.

Sadly, developed a fever when I was there, and when I came back home, it blew to 39.4 highest. Currently at 39.0, hope that it will go down soon. Gonna be a long and really boring week. Anyone wishes to go watch Angels & Demons with me?

Song of the day:

Day 1

Was out for steamboat with No.3 last night at Bugis, and I must say that the service and food was not bad. They even have free flow of BBQ food. After that was a drinking session with the gang.

Yes, I broke down and cry last night. In front of everyone. Twice in fact, and it's all because I heard the song 搞笑 by 罗志祥. Don't ask me why. I'm one who doesn't show such emotions in front of people, whether friends or family. To those who showed concern and asked me if I was fine, thank you for those words of concern.

I always keep my emotions to myself, and yesterday was just the point where it became uncontrollable. Moreover, many unhappy things have happened recently, and to add on to it, my pressure of aiming to get As for my examinations in order to get a first class honours.

Everything just flowed. It's good to let it all out I guess. I'm perfectly fine, and right now I'm trying to concentrate on my examination for tomorrow.

To all holy beings, my dead dad and grandmother, please protect my friends and I from all bad things, and please help us through everything and make sure that everything will turn out fine.

Song of the day:

Explanation And Redemption

Whatever happened last night, is regrettable. I am wrong to have done such things, and I'm not afraid to admit it and say sorry.

What's going to happen to us from now onwards?

I care a lot about you, and I like you. The whole world knows it. You care too, and I'm glad you do. You had high expectations of me, and yet I did all these, and as such your disappointment's even greater.

Right now I accidentally drew a line between me and you. What I will do, is that I will do what I can to earn back the opportunity to erase this line, and to make sure that this kind of stuff do not happen again. Otherwise, it's going to be un-reversable.

I am still the same Calvin Choy, minus last night. I am still the same guy who cares for your safety, your health, your life, your happiness, your everything. My brother always tell me suffering from setbacks is the way a person improves to become a better person. I will learn from this mistake, and make sure that I do not repeat it again, to become a better person.

Please wait, and don't leave. That's all I ask for.

Jackie Chan Slams Singaporeans

However great an actor he is, do you guys think that it's right for him to say such things? I think many people will not respect him anymore.

Taken from Straits Times:

SINGAPOREANS have no self respect, action movie star Jackie Chan told an audience of businessmen.

He said this in the same speech at the annual Boao Forum in Hainan last Saturday, at which he said Chinese people need to be 'controlled'.

In that address, he reportedly said of Singapore: 'A lot of people are not like those in USA and Japan who voluntarily have self-respect. When you don't have self-respect, the government will have to control you.

'In Singapore, you have to abide by Singapore's regulations. In China,you can litter, In Singapore, try littering and you will be jailed immediately.' Shin Min Daily news had earlier this week published a transcript of his 'freedom speech' which touched on the issued of liberty in China.

The 55-year-old sparked an uproar after he told a business forum last Saturday that 'we Chinese need to be controlled', lamenting that freedom had made Hong Kong and Taiwan societies chaotic. 'I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not,' said Chan, who added: 'If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want.'

The backlash against Chan has escalated even after his spokesman claimed that he was referring to freedom in the entertainment industry and not Chinese society as a whole.

In China, a prominent Beijing academic is leading a group of locals calling for a boycott of Chan's 'Believe in China' charity concert on May 1, which will be the first music event held at the iconic Bird's Nest stadium.

In that speech, he also lashed out at Singaporeans' lack of social graces, The New Paper reported on Saturday. 'Sometimes, I wonder why I can't eat chewing gum in Singapore. Then, I think it's actually right not to eat chewing gum," he was reported as having said.

''If I let you eat chewing gum, those people will leave them on tables and chairs. They have no self-respect at all.' His comments have drawn a backlash from much of the Internet community here.

'What's up with him lately? Before he criticised our local female artistes for not working hard enough. Now this? I have suddenly lost respect for him,' said Gabriel_23 on the HardwareZone forum.

心声 .. 可惜不可能的

第一次看着你就为你心动
聪明的我 怎能让你走
第二次看见你我竟然失控
是我的错 请你原谅我
第三次看见你想要告诉你
我真的爱你 是真的爱你
第四次看见你我有些要求
希望你能够 安安静静的聆听

一.让我保护你
二.让我照顾你
三.所有的要求不能当作游戏
四.接受这命运
五.永远不分离
那最后一个一定要说你愿意
Wanna be your lover
I wanna be your man
我只要你开心多一点
Can you be my lover
Don't wanna be your friend
给你幸福的永远

第一次看着你就为你心动
聪明的我 怎能让你走
第二次看见你我竟然失控
是我的错 请你原谅我
第三次看见你想要告诉你
我真的爱你 是真的爱你
第四次看见你我有些要求
希望你能够 安安静静的聆听

One.让我保护你
Two.让我照顾你
Three.所有的要求不能当作游戏
Four.接受这命运
Five.永远不分离
说你愿意
Wanna be your lover
I wanna be your man
我只希望陪你多一点
Can you be my lover
Don't wanna be your friend
给你幸福每一天
因为我
Wanna be your lover
I wanna be your man
我只要你开心多一点
Can you be my lover
Don't wanna be your friend
给你幸福到永远

说你害怕 因为受过伤
不需要害怕 因为我不是他

怪怪的

今天一整天觉得怪怪的，但是不知道为了什么。

从10点起身到现在，完全没有心情做任何的东西。

可能因为我心里一直想着她，担心她。她有严重的失眠的问题，就连吃了安眠药也不能入睡。最后一次听到她说她有睡是上个星期五晚上。可能是我多心吧，但是我真的好希望我能够抱紧她，轻轻的抚摸她的头，让她舒舒服服的入睡。不要误会，我没有任何歪念头。

可惜我不可以。

还好她看不懂华语。

希望明天会更好，要不然我的FYP就不用指望做得完。

What A Week!!!

Had a crazy 7 days, where I suddenly have a "little family", consisting of Neo The Dreamer, Faith The Facebook-er, and Silver The Sleeper.

Neo, 1.78m, 65kg. 32A-3230-32. 26, the eldest in the family. Always dreaming, not listening to what people say, and end up pissing people off, or replying random answers.

Faith, 1.64m, ??kg, 32F-26-32. 21, the youngest in the family. Always facebook-ing, as she has nothing else to do. Will be starting school next Monday @ NP.

Silver, 1.68m, ??kg, 34C-26-34. 24, the 2nd youngest in the family. Always sleeping, as she has some sleeping disorder. Is the most matured in the family despite her age. Very bad with her road directions.


Sunday 12th April 2009
I forgot how we met up, but I can only remember that we ended up at Boat Quay, QB. Drank Silver's balance, before we had the crazy idea of going to my house to study. At 4am nonetheless! This started the "little family" study group, except for Faith of course.

Monday 13th April 2009
Was supposed to go to SMU from 2-6pm for studying, but we ended up at Lot 1 watching Fast & Furious 4. This just speaks volume of our determination to study LOL. Everyone then went their separate ways, and I actually received Silver's message at 4am. Hahaha she actually believed that we were gonna meet up at 2am, and thus the SMS, which woke me up from my sleep!!!!!

Tuesday 14th April 2009
Again, I don't remember how we met up, but I only know that we ended up at my house studying again. Everyone just went about doing their things, but somehow I do remember how someone broke an egg in my kitchen, and how they ended up finishing so many packets of Tom Yam maggie that they almost left none for me and my uncle. Oh, and why is Chelsea the one who got into the semi-finals of the Champions League!!! 4-4!! Poor Liverpool. I hope Chelsea do get thrashed by Barcelona though =)

Wednesday 15th April 2009
Had dinner at Thomson, where Faith and Silver got lost (as usual). Watched Ronaldo score 1 of the goals of the season as they won 1-0 at Porto to move into the semi-finals of the Champions League. Woohoo!!! I forgot what other funny things happened, except that Silver and I had a 45 minute chat starting from the start of the 2nd half of the match. Oh, wait! I don't understand why Silver is so afraid of my uncle though, who is so friendly as to help me get a mattress and a huge blanket for my friends :)

Thursday 16th April 2009
Tonight was a night of rest. Had dinner at TPY with Jake and friends, before we went out to Boat Quay again for a short drinking session. Silver was sick, and ended up playing 5-10 with Ah Don, with the forfeit as plain water! Went to Neo's house just to rest.

Friday 17th April 2009
I was supposed to wake up at 7am, and go to school from 8.30am to 3.30pm. Somehow, chatted with Silver, and ended up oversleeping. Great! Finally, had steamboat dinner! Woohoo! My favourite food =D Then had to travel back to TPY to take Silver's HP, and then back to SMU to study till 2am, before heading back to my house (YES. AGAIN).

Saturday 18th April 2009
The last paper for Neo, which marks the end of his first year in SMU. Sent Faith home in the afternoon for some kind of ceremony which she had no idea what it was, and then went for lunch with Silver. Got spotted by someone who doesn't know whether am I a girl or a guy :\ Came back with Silver to play with my cousin for awhile, before sending her home, and going for concert with No.3! Woohoo! 萧敬腾 really is the man! His live is just so damn good. Will post videos and pictures in the future.


Kinda sad that the "little family" study sessions are ending, as Neo has finished his exams, and Silver is going to finish hers tomorrow. Mine hasn't even started though. Sigh.

Feels really great to be studying with friends. At least they give you some sort of motivation and push to make you study, rather than staying at home alone and getting distracted by TV and stuff like that.

It's only one day, but I miss my "little family" =(

第二顺位

Another 罗志祥 song I'm learning to sing recently.

The lyrics are just .. fantastic



一直是我 陪你去躲 回憶裡的雨
妳無心 的嘆息
有心碎的 聲音
他的好 他的壞 他的不安定
他的故事 是我和你
愛情裡的 烏雲

從我愛上 愛他的你 那個瞬間起
一直是雨天
你只愛雨天 我用傘 保護你
親吻著 你苦澀 味道的微笑
閉著眼睛 我明白你
想念他 的秘密

我一直 在第二順位 愛著你
一直從雨天
一直到陰天
一直到晴天 你逃離過去

我一直 在第二順位 等著你
一直從昨天
一直到今天
一直到永遠 我相信 是我最愛你

聆聽你說 抱歉多過 你說我愛你
你困在雨裡
我困在雨裡 我的傘 濕淋淋
『沒關係』 是我最 常說的一句
就讓我等 就算我冷
至少我 陪著你

再见小雪

Ｉ know, it's a show that was shown 2 years ago. I still remember watching the trailer with my ex-gf, and I told her that we mustn't watch it, or else she'd be crying and crying throughout the movie.

I watched it 2 hours ago on SCV, and I myself cried like crap too. If you're a dog lover, you watch this movie and you don't shed a tear, then it's either your heart's made of the toughest stone in the world, or you're not a dog lover at all.

Sometimes, it's good to cry all out once in a while. Some sort of a release of all the bottled up emotions that you keep all these while.

Now, I don't mind watching this show again. But of course, I'd prefer to watch it alone. I don't like to shed tears in front of people, unless it's those who are really really close to me.

If you guys wanna cry all out, watch this movie.

Banana Test

There is a very, very tall coconut tree and 4 animals, Lion, Giraffe, Squirrel and Chimpanzee passed by the tree.

They then decided to compete against each other and see who will be the fastest in getting a banana off the tree.

Who do you think will win?

Your answer will reflect your personality.


Think about it, and then write your answer in my tagboard. I'll give the answer in the next post.