30/3/15

Growing up in Singapore one will probably drink 3 kinds of coffee in his or her life. One happens to be the coffee served in open air coffee shops or hawker centres. Another is instant coffee. The one you make by pouring hot water into a cup containing the powder. The last is the kind the barista at Starbucks hands to you.

The one served to you at coffee shops comes in a small cup, usually on top of a saucer and accompanied by a small spoon for you to stir it with. It tastes rather sweet, due to the condensed milk in it. It's almost cloying. However if you don't like it you can have it without sugar or milk. Such black coffee tastes a lot different from an espresso shot, mostly because this coffee is made by pouring water through a filter (usually a long cloth cone) containing coffee grounds, while an espresso shot is made by blasting water at high pressure through a filter containing coffee grounds. In my opinion black coffee has always tasted like hot water mixed with something. It's almost medicinal. Espresso shots taste like they're an individual fluid, not one fluid mixed with another poorly. But that doesn't mean I prefer espresso shots over black coffee. Truth to be told, I prefer neither.

Instant coffee is the one I usually drink, because it's easily available and easy to make. There are many options on the market, ranging from low sugar to low creamer ones. I usually go for the regular. Instant coffee tastes a lot like coffee shop coffee, except perhaps a little less sweeter. There's not much special about it. It just tastes like coffee mixed with milk and sugar. Manufacturers have to make sure their product can be enjoyed by the largest amount of people, after all.

Finally we come to Starbucks coffee. I usually order cappuccinos. I add some sugar syrup into the cup before I take one of those long thin sticks at the table and stir it into the coffee. I like cappuccinos because they have a lovely layer of foam. I never stir the foam into the coffee. I have no idea if that's appropriate, but whatever. After the coffee is finished there is usually quite a bit of foam left in the cup, so I scoop it out using the stick, if I haven't thrown it away. Starbucks coffee is the most expensive, thus I tend to only have it once or twice a month. Do I feel it's worth the money? Maybe. I can't tell good coffee from bad coffee. As long as it stops me from falling asleep, I'm happy.

Why Apple's plans to make a car are going to fail

Let's face it, you probably didn't know Apple was planning to make a car. The news only popped up for a bit and then the whole dress thing flared up. But in case you were wondering if Apple could actually build a car, they could but you wouldn't buy it. Why? Considering that their phones sell a lot every year and they always come up with newer versions that are either glossy or matte. And bigger. Here are some of my reasons. Which might make sense. Or maybe not.

1. It's easier to just team up with a car company and add some touchscreens to it. But would you buy an Audi with touchscreens? Granted the TouchID would be kind of cool when it comes to unlocking the doors but that's about it. It's essentially a big iPhone with wheels. And you still need an iPhone because you can't bring it to meetings. Don't ask me why Apple would team up with Audi to make a car, I just thought they'd be the only company that would do that. Can you imagine the iFerrari? I can't.

2. It's a big iPhone with wheels. Which means it'll have to look like an iPhone or noone's going to buy it. In short it'll have lots of angles and no curved surfaces at all. And everything will be covered in a thin layer of glass to make it super shiny and cool to look at. Unfortunately it's covered in a thin layer of glass. Meaning knocking into anything will ruin your car. And because it's from Apple replacement parts are unavailable and you will need to have it shipped back to HQ to fix it. Which is expensive.

3. It will be battery powered. Because Apple can't make it a petrol engine. Don't even think about the diesel version. And we all know battery powered vehicles are kind of boring. And tiny.

4. It will only be available in white and gold. Which means everyone's going to point at it and say that it's blue and black. And your life will suck from there onwards.

5. Apple will deny this, but the car will detect that you are using an Android device and lock you out. Until you leave it behind and get into the car. At which point you will request to be driven to your destination, Siri will say "I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that." and blow up the car.

This could have been a lot funnier, but I haven't written something like this for quite a while. Sorry.

5/1/15

Hello here. Sorry about not posting for such a long time. Quite a bit has happened since the last post. Exams came and went. I did alright for them, my grades stayed the same so I guess I'm good. During the December holidays I went to Japan on a tour. It was rather nice. There was real snow there. We stayed in different hotels every night, which I found was kind of cool. We visited a volcano. There was an awful lot of sulphur. I forgot to mention, during November we had OSAP and went to Australia. The skies there were very good. We had astrophotography lessons there and we took quite a few good pictures. We also went sightseeing and the places we went to were quite lovely.There was a honey farm and a chocolate factory. I bought some souvenirs.

Anyway, now I live in hostel. I've turned year 5. So far it's been extremely boring. I hope that when lessons start I won't be so bored because I will have homework to do. I can't find anything to interest me. I lose interest very quickly.

I have a new class now. i don't really recognise the people in it. So it'll be a bit difficult for in the beginning, but I hope to at least make some friends. All my other friends have gone to other classes.

I didn't make any New Year's Resolutions. Sorry about that.

16/9/14

Nothing much happened today, besides the haze coming back. A bit.

I did alright for my physics test, although I thought I was going to do worse because I didn't quite study much for it. Also, friend of mine gave me a Starbucks card for my birthday, which is rather nice.
It also had $80 on it. Which was even nicer.
Borrowed some books from the library today. More crime novels.

I have quite a lot of projects due this week.

6/9/14

Had an overnight session on Thursday. It was quite nice, the sky was clear for quite a while so we could see a lot of stuff. The mosquitoes were bloody annoying though. I didn't know they could fly so high. Took some good photos with the CCD.

I like how no one has nominated me for any bucket challenge yet.

3/9/14

Teacher's Day is tomorrow. So we're having a shorter school day tomorrow as well. We had sports day today, but it consisted of mostly running, which got boring rather quickly.

Finally managed to find Police. You have no idea how long I've been waiting for it to be available in the library. Also borrowed the mammoth book of crime fiction, which seems interesting. I don't quite know why I like reading this genre but it's pretty cool especially when they get to the part where they kill people. Hiding the bodies is also interesting.

I think we're having some kind of breakfast tomorrow, but since we have a $40 budget we can't really buy anything nice.

Sharks can't laugh because they lack funny bones. Or any bones, for that matter.

I AM NOT LAUGHING, I AM SIMPLY VOICING MY DISPLEASURE WITH YOUR COMMENT.

Also went for a haircut today. My hair was getting too long.
SHIROKUMA CAFE IS THE BEST ANIME EVER!

The Ultimate Pet Catting Guide

So, you have a pet eh? Neat. But pets are rather boring, aren't they? Take fish for example. They swim around. They swim up to the surface of the water whenever you feed them, then they swim back down, chase their tails, and when they feel like it they find some corner in your tank and die.

THAT'S OFFENSIVE. TAKE BACK YOUR STATEMENT OR I'LL EAT YOU.

Since when did you learn proper English? Anyway, hamsters are quite adorable, although according to a friend of mine the mothers do tend to eat their children when stressed.

And humans, on very rare occasions.

Then you have birds, which tweet, hop around, fly a bit and eat seeds from your hand and sit in your hand and are generally very cuddly if a bit hard to hold. Owls are the best. Although owl babies look quite frankly like sacks of s***. Not that I have a thing against owl babies, they do look quite funny, especially when there's people holding them and they go into the "IF I STAY VERY STILL AND ACT DEAD HE'LL PUT ME DOWN" state.

The way he's squeezing me, I'll be dead anyway.

But I've never really heard of anyone keeping owls in Singapore, and there don't seem to be any owls in Singapore for that matter.

Onto dogs. They're not my favorite animal. I'm sorry to say that, but I don't find dogs very appealing. I think it's got something to do with their faces. Or maybe I'm weird and a massive douchebag (THAT'S TOTALLY YOUR OPINION AND NOT MINE).

Anyway onto the main point of this post, which is called pet catting. Essentially this post will show you how to turn your pet into a cat-like creature. Hopefully. I don't have a pet, so I'm asking you people to test the methods shown below. Constructive comments would be greatly appreciated. Any damage to animals is totally not my fault. (insert more disclaimers here, blah blah blah, each sold separately, batteries not included, do not feed to children over 18, machine wash only)

Method 1: Make it look like a cat. This will involve the use of string to make artificial whiskers, as well as cat ears and a marker. Simply hot glue the strings to the face of your pet. If the cat ears don't stay on then use glue as well. The marker is for adding additional whiskers and the obligatory cat face, :3

Method 2: Make it act like a cat. This one's simple. Simply allow your pet to be the biggest arse ever. Then let it control your life. Done.

Method 3: Make it smell like a cat? I don't know what cats smell like. I'd assume kittens smell like sunshine and rainbows but as they get older hints of death and destruction start to appear, with an aftertaste of Hell.

Method 4: Convert it into a cat. Unlike the above 3 methods this one is a bit more complicated. First, sacrifice something. (The time you've spent reading this is not an appropriate sacrifice). Then offer it to the Devil. Hang on maybe you should offer it to the Devil first before sacrificing it? Eh, just try both ways. If the Devil appears, ask him to turn your pet into a cat. If he looks extremely confused by the request then just point at your pet and meow.