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.

29/8/14

We're nearing the end of August already. My birthday's next month, can you believe that? Had PE yesterday. It was pretty nice. Played Frisbee and I didn't suck. Whoopee.

I have a biology test today that I haven't quite studied for. I wouldn't be worrying about it so much, but I slept through quite a few lessons so I might be a bit screwed. No CCA tomorrow so I should be getting home early.

Singapore junior physics olympiad is this Saturday. I should probably start studying for it,  the past year papers looked quite hard.

Anyway, good night. Don't stay up too late.

27/8/14

School has been alright. Had a math quiz today, I think it was easy. Integration by parts. Not too difficult if you know how to do it.

Borrowed some books today, just finished one.

It'd be kind of cool being a cat wouldn't it? You'd just sit there all day being the hugest arse in the world and no one would blame you for that because you're bloody adorable and you get away with everything that you do. And then you get old and die and then you respawn because you're a cat and you have 9 lives and since you're a cat you're not limited to respawning as house cats you could become a tiger or a lion and that would be pretty cool, wouldn't it? You could finally eat people. Or just be lazy all the time.

20/8/14

Had a holiday today, because the principal declared one since we won a lot of trophies :D Anyway we had E-learning yesterday so that's 2 days without school.

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge isn't a bad thing, since it's raised a substantial amount of money for ALS research and all that, but I couldn't help but feel the Ice Bucket part is a bit silly. For starters, how does pouring a bucket of ice water over your head in any way make you or the people watching more aware of ALS? Seriously, I went and looked up ALS and none of the symptoms vaguely resemble having a bucket of cold water being poured over you. If you want to experience the symptoms of ALS try strapping yourself to a wheelchair, or not moving your limbs or being unable to speak properly. Then try to survive a day and have people video it. Then have pillows tied around all your limbs with tight rubber bands so you can hardly move around properly. Then have someone try to strangle you so you have difficulty breathing. That's ALS. The ice bucket thing is just a way of getting people to watch and to participate because it would appear people really like pouring cold water over themselves.

And anyway, you've already donated the required $100, why drench yourself? What happens if the wind starts blowing? Do you have any idea what real cold is?
I don't either, but still.
Also, why hasn't Stephen Hawking said anything about this? I'm actually a bit worried he might have done the ice bucket challenge himself, which is terrifying.

Peer pressure is a terrifying thing. Don't go nominating people to do the ice bucket challenge as well, sometimes they really don't want to. But they can donate the $100, which is nice, I guess. Do it if you want to, but don't drag other people into this unless they agree.

A Guide to Identifying Owls

As the title says, this essentially tells you how to tell apart your owls. Even though there really aren't any in Singapore. At least I haven't seen any.

1. Is it looking at you angrily? Probably a short eared owl. Those things always look angry.

YOU LOOKING AT ME? WANT A FIGHT?

2. Does it look a bit like Totoro? Probably a long eared owl. Another way of telling it apart is if it looks like it has ears, although that's not as effective due to the large amount of owls that look like they have ears.

Why are you asking me if I have an umbrella? Just go inside when it rains, dummy.

3. Does it look like a grey mop head? It's a great grey owl then. It's great, it's grey, there's nothing much else to add. Other than it makes the traditional owl noise, which is "Hoo hoo."

How long do I have to stay here? Damn photographer's taking his time, isn't he?

4. Does it have disproportionately long legs? It's a burrowing owl. You can tell, since they often hang out on the ground instead of up in trees. And live in burrows.

Why does this picture remind me so much of Napoleon? I don't know.

5. Does it look like a burrowing owl, but is hanging out in a tree? It's a little owl. Also distinguishable from other owls by being little. Or maybe it's a burrowing owl that likes hanging out in trees, go figure.

I can't come up with a caption for this. Sorry.

6. Does it look like a miniaturized short eared owl? It's a saw whet owl. Also easily distinguished by looking extremely adorable. And having really huge pupils.

TAKE A PHOTO? OF ME? AW MAN I NEARLY FELL OFF THIS BRANCH!

7. Is it white? Or is it white with a couple of black feathers in between? It's a snowy owl. It looks snowy.

Check out my feet mittens. Cool, eh? Darn fluffy as well.

8. Does it look like a barn owl? I can't quite describe how a barn owl looks like, so if it fits your idea of a barn owl it probably is a barn owl.

I couldn't think of a caption for this either.

There are obviously way more owl species than mentioned in this post, however I do not have the required words for describing their looks, and you're probably far better off consulting a trained ornithologist than using this post. Seriously.

On a side note, owl babies are the ugliest things ever. But they're ugly to the point where it's funny. It's a bit hard to believe they'll grow up into the magnificent creatures up above, but hey, there's hope for everybody!

STOP SQUEEZING ME DAMMIT.

Oh, hey. I just woke up. And I'm hungry.

Links to pictures below:

http://theanimals.pics/short-eared-owl/6/wednesday-wings-short-eared-owls/

http://dansphotos.servehttp.com/birds/v/Owls/Long-eared+Owl/Long-eared+Owl+eyes.jpg.html

http://ibc.lynxeds.com/photo/great-grey-owl-strix-nebulosa/young-adult-probably-second-year-bird

http://www.markhancoxbirdphotography.co.uk/pages/galleries/owls.php?gall_id=29

http://www.stephenoachs.com/gallery-saw-whet-owl.php

http://duhallow.blogspot.sg/2012/05/long-eared-owl-chicks.html

All other images from wikipedia or arkive.

Hope you enjoyed!

10/8/14

Had some friends over at my house today to do homework. It was alright I guess. Didn't really talk much until a few hours in, but we talked quite a bit about our schools and how they're all weird. I find that our school seems to be quite lenient when it comes to late homework, compared to the other schools. Oh well. I actually did quite a bit of homework, so I guess I should do this more often? I don't know, I really want to though, it's pretty fun and enjoyable even if it was rather awkward at first.

28/7/14

Feeling a bit sleepy right now.
Bloody hell, tumblr can be a bit depressing at times. I have friends all over it complimenting each other, and I always feel so left out. Although I suppose it's mostly my fault, since I rarely ever talk to them. Or maybe because I'm a bit too weird for their liking. I have no idea. It seems they're a lot more expressive than I am. Or maybe it's because I keep everything inside? I have the most overactive imaginations at times. And I really don't like it because I've never put it to good use. Book writing attempts fizzle out after the first few chapters. And I'm not in a relationship, which does occasionally make me a bit jealous of other people.
Just did half of my chinese composition. I'll probably do the other half tomorrow, I really can't be bothered right now.
Do you have any idea how bloody infuriating it is to be shipped with the guy sitting next to you? I know you're all just teasing, but bloody fucking hell it gets so annoying at times I actually get angry. And then I keep it all in. Which in most cases is probably very unhealthy. I'll manage. My time with Nicholas taught me a few things about anger management. It's not nice. I'm not homophobic, but Chong Wen doesn't like it either. Neither do I. I could probably do something very nasty the next time that happens, but I usually just scream loudly. And look pissed. The fact that you're all girls doesn't make it any simpler either, because bloody fucking hell there are a lot of rules around when it comes to dealing with you people. Not that I hate you or anything, but I really wish you'd stop that.
I really hope I finished whatever's due tomorrow.
I don't really have a good friend to talk to. I know most other people in my class do, they're the ones with better social circles and all that. I actually do have someone I communicate with a lot, and I rather like it. Gives me something to look forward to. Even if the messages are a bit sporadic and we talk about the oddest things at times.

28/7/14

Relatives are visiting. They're staying in my house at the moment, so I'm sleeping in the master bedroom with my parents. It's a bit cramped. Anyway today was Glen's birthday party. We had chocolate cake, chocolate ice cream and some coffee. It was quite nice. Quite a few people came.If you're reading this Glen I'll give you your present later this week.

Ugh my eyes are hurting again. Good night.

26/7/14

It was yesterday a few seconds ago. Welp.

Anyway, the astronomy dinner was awesome! Met quite a lot of nice people, we talked a lot about the astronomy stuff in Singapore, and how we could improve it and things like that. And the food there was rather nice as well. They had fried rice, mango juice and some other tasty things. And we played some games as well and we started laughing a whole lot, and I realised I haven't laughed like that for quite a while. I laughed a lot. There was this game where you had to whisper in someone's ear a message and everyone kept laughing at the funny bits and we couldn't remember anything XD

Also took a group photo which I don't look really retarded in :P

Anyway that's about it. I need to go to sleep now. Good night.

23/7/14

We have PE tomorrow. Our PE teacher is quite nice. We're playing floorball tomorrow probably. It's like Canadian soccer.

There are Japanese people visiting our school. Some of them came over for chemistry lesson. I don't know what they thought about it.

There really aren't any blogs around, are there? Seriously noone from this school has a blog that regularly updates. Except mine. And probably some others, but I'm not in the mood to search for them, because I feel like a stalker occasionally.
Not to mention they almost always make their blogs private soon after I've found them. It's not my fault.

22/7/14

Had economics remedial today. I'm not very good at economics.
My friend has 2 tumblr blogs. That's bloody amazing.
Anyway I don't think anything interesting happened today.

You should probably take a look at this website if you rather like cooking. Or watching other people cook. It's people like these that make me wish Google Nose was a real thing. http://www.byrontalbott.com/

21/7/14

Had a public speaking thing for assembly today. It was rather interesting how all the speakers didn't quite answer the question, which was "Who are you and what are you going to be?". Most of them ended up telling us how we should go about finding out what we should become.
Frankly speaking if this was an English comprehension test they'd all have failed.
Aside from that nothing much happened today. Aside from Wayne bringing the most adorable stuffed toy ever to astronomy training. Also having prize presentation this Friday, we won a lot of stuff in June and before that.
Congratulations Mrs. Fernandez on becoming pregnant. Wish your baby grows up to be a nice child!
I have no idea what else I'm supposed to put here.

Oh yes, we have an English oral presentation and we're supposed to present on the topic of poverty in Singapore. When I Googled "poor in Singapore" most of the results were quite depressing. Not to mention there were too many Anton Casey articles.

I should probably go to sleep now. Good night.

20/7/14

Eh, well sorry about not posting for over a month. Quite a bit happened then. We won Astrochallenge (both junior and senior (TAKE THAT RI!)) and then there were the holidays where I also went on an astronomy trip to Port Dickson, which was quite nice. The food was great. Especially the omelettes. We stayed at a resort building thing.
Malaysia: Pretty beaches. Too bad the same can't be said about the infrastructure.
They even had an observatory at the resort, which was kind of cool, except at that time the sky wasn't that bad and they only ever pointed it at the Moon.

But still, kind of cool.

DID I MENTION THEY HAD KITTIES THERE?

SO F***ING ADORABLE :D

Anyway aside from that we also brought along a couple of telescopes and every night we set them up in the carpark and looked at stuff. The skies there were much better than in Singapore. You could see a lot more. I brought my binoculars along and managed to see some globular clusters with them.

We also walked around on the beach a bit. There was a lot of interesting stuff.

Some kind of clay deposit.

And that's a fiddler crab.

7/6/14

We won Astrochallenge. Not too shabby. About time too, I was getting tired of always coming behind RI.

23/5/14

So we just got back our progress reports. My results were quite good, I'd say. The problem is that now all the computers in my house are broken, so there really isn't anything to keep me occupied other than books. But that's alright.
Everyone's relaxing and going ice skating and watching movies, and I can't help but feel a bit jealous. Probably because I never asked if I could join in. I can't always blame them for not inviting me.

16/5/14

Script checking is over. Did alright for my exams, except for economics. I probably shouldn't pursue a career in the financial sector.

SJChO tomorrow. I wonder if I've prepared enough.

12/5/14

Sorry about the long delay. The exams arrived so I spent quite a lot of time revising or reading books. Anyway now that they're over I can relax.

I borrowed quite a few library books. They're all crime fiction.

We went for the Asian Physics Olympiad opening ceremony today. It was rather boring and I fell asleep. I liked the water drum performance though. It had pyrotechnics.

My computer screen broke. I'll probably have to get a new computer.

21/4/14

Exams are coming. Just finished a math revision paper. It's a start. Although I need to do the ones for the other subjects as well. It's only a week until the exams, and I also haven't finished the evolutionary biology practical that's due on Wednesday. However since all elective modules have ended I leave school at 2 tomorrow so hopefully that's enough time to do everything.
Disco Zoo is such a fun game. The animals are adorable.
I think I might be starting to worry a little, so I should probably do some more revision just to reassure myself that I will be prepared for the exams.

13/4/14

Exams are in 2 week's time. I should probably start revising soon. Anyway nothing much happened the whole week. Started going for PE after 2 months of MC. Somehow managed to do 2 pull ups. Hooray. Doing biology practical now.

5/4/14

Had Open House today. People visited the astronomy booth. Someone asked if we could turn on the telescopes. I don't blame him. Although that was a rather silly question.

After Open House we had a trip to a dinosaur exhibition. It was rather cool. We also managed to discover a security flaw in the museum while we were there. Took quite a few photos. Didn't buy anything from the gift shop because I found nothing really appealing and everything was expensive.

29/3/14

Not much happened today. It was supposed to be Earth hour but I completely forgot about it. Oh well. So much for the environment.

27/3/14

Had PE today. I'm still exempted from it, which means I skip NAPFA as well.

Not much happened today. CCA tomorrow, we're probably going to discuss the Astrigue project. We got astrobiology as our topic and we're planning to troll everyone else. Hopefully.

26/3/14

It's interesting how you can hear just about everything going on inside the classroom when it's really small. The sound system is acting up again and annoying me to a large extent. Having physics now.

It rained yesterday for 2 minutes. I fear the rain we had during the March holidays might be gone soon. But at least the field is green now. I didn't really like looking at it when it was brown.

Mother washed my jacket and it smells fabulous. Yay.

25/3/14

Sunny day. Had health screening today, the room was bloody cold even though I was wearing a jacket.

Don't have an elective module today so I can go home at 4 :D More time to do the homework that's due tomorrow.

Everyone is playing 2048. The concept is cool. I just can't get past 512. It's worse than Flappy Bird.

24/3/14

So I think I've finished with my physics project, which is about the ultrasonic destruction of kidney stones. Pretty cool eh? Part of it involves cavitation, which has been popularised by the peacock mantis shrimp.

HEY THERE!

It has the ability to see 9 more wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum than we can, and it also has sexnocular vision due to the fact it has 6 pupils. Aside from that it also possesses a pair of clubs that ti uses to wreck just about everything and doing a much better job of Miley Cyrus while they're at it.

I WILL HIT YOU SO HARD, YOU'LL BE LETTING ME THROUGH THAT HOLE I MADE!

Also, if you look at it hard enough, it is sort of cute.

CALL 990-ADOPT-A-PEACOCK-MANTIS-SHRIMP TODAY!

So anyway we had an evolutionary biology test today, which was alright I guess. Also had astronomy training as usual. Probably didn't do so well for SAO. I'll try harder next year.

If at first you don't succeed, SMASH IT TO DEATH!

They still haven't found MH370, which is odd to say the least. You'd think they'd have found some debris by now. They also have no idea why the plane ended up near Australia instead of China, other than a hostile takeover of the plane and yet the people on board did not seem suspicious.

19/3/14

SAO is this Saturday. I should be doing my revision. Holidays have been rainy. To make up for all the rain we didn't get. They still can't find that jet, which is annoying.

Should be doing holiday homework a lot quicker. Then I won't be so busy. Warehouse 13 is a cool show.

9/3/14

So I went for the NYP astronomy competition on Friday. Did alright I suppose, we managed to get silver. RI got gold though. The next astronomy competition is the Singapore Astronomy Olympiad. If I get a medal for that I'll consider it a job well done.

Chemistry test tomorrow. I hope I've studied enough.

3/3/14

Math test was rather easy. Didn't have too much trouble with the questions. Also, Leonardo still hasn't won an Oscar. Too bad for him. Nice job by Gravity though.

Physics project is going well. I think. Quite a few things I have to finish by the end of this term though. I should start doing them soon.

27/2/14

My new phone is amazing and cool. I rather like it. It doesn't lag badly and the screen is bigger as well. Also, we're having a biology quiz soon. Math quiz was somewhat easy. I suddenly thought of sticking a sudoku puzzle to a 9*9 cube. That would be interesting.

 Class has been organizing unofficial charades for sometime now. I don't usually pay attention though. However the themes mentioned simply cant be put here mostly due to age restrictions.

Had E-learning yesterday. It was rather silly. Mostly because we didn't learn anything and also because there was a lot of work and most of it was done very badly. I did ok for the chemistry quiz. The last question of physics E-learning is apparently undoable. Just started working on my physics project. It's about the ultrasonic destruction of kidney stones. Which sounds cool.

Friday tomorrow, which means there will be astronomy. The skies have been quite good for the past few weeks, at the cost of absolutely no rain anywhere in Singapore. Oh well. More opportunities to promote NEWater.

But seriously. 1 month without rain is quite long. And the grass has turned brown in most areas of Singapore. Indonesia is on fire again, and the volcanoes just erupted. The weather's weird. I also forgot to mention Jovan wore short pants to school one day because he obtained a bronze medal for the biomedical Olympiad. Congratulations.

Also, I need to start on the other current affairs portfolio thing. I've already done a draft of the first.

24/2/14

Got silver for the biomedical Olympiad :D

School didn't do too well though. RI won just about every category. Need to beat them in some other competitions. Dad just bought me a new phone and it arrives today. It's some Chinese brand that's apparently quite popular. I have no idea. I've yet to use it.

Cats are adorable.

17/2/14

I got into the 2nd round of biomedical olympiad :D
I'm glad my notes weren't wasted. Now I need to study some more. And get a medal.
Had physics test. I think it was alright.
I have no idea.
Also had astronomy training today. Learned about the astronomy of clarinets, and how that explains why Neptune and Uranus aren't where they were at the start of the solar system.

16/2/14

Biomedical Olympiad was alright. They gave us a free 8gb thumbdrive as well. We'll only know if we got into the 2nd round around Tuesday. Also, Valentine's Day was uneventful. Apparently senior management didn't approve of whatever proposal the student council had in mind. It actually didn't make much of a difference.

It still isn't raining much. And Indonesia's volcanoes are going off rather more frequently. Also, there's a physics test tomorrow that I should study for.

10/2/14

Haven't posted in a bit. Had quite a bit of homework, and we have a lot of tests in the coming days. I should probably be revising soon. Biomedical olympiad is this Saturday as well. And we have 2 presentations tomorrow and I think I'm getting slightly sleepy but I want to finish them by today. Anyway still having astronomy training sessions. I realise I can do things fast when under sufficient pressure. I forgot who came up with that law. I think it was Boyle or Dalton.

Sean has apparently been banned from walking backwards due to the fact that he fell down and broke his ankle doing exactly that. Oh well. Also, Chong Wen is sick and everyone else in the class appears to be getting sick as well. I hope I don't. I was already sick at the start of the year and all that coughing managed to fracture my left 6th rib slightly. So I've been excused from PE for 2 months. Did I say that in an earlier post?

6/2/14

So anyway we had PE today. It wasn't nice. Ran 2.8 kilometres and made the mistake of drinking water halfway through. Doing economics insight now. We have a lot of tests next week. Finally got the STM working, but the pictures are in an unsupported format so I had to take a picture of the picture with my phone. Which is annoying. Oh well at least I still have the pictures.
If your Flappy Bird highscore is 56 and above, please inform me. I'll start playing the game again.
I need to get my X-ray results back soon. Hopefully nothing comes up.

3/2/14

So now I need to pack my bag for tomorrow. School is starting again. CNY was alright I suppose. Anyway hope your CNY went well. Yes I know this post doesn't have much but anyway happy holidays. Or was happy holidays. Nevermind.

2/2/14

So anyway I'm trying to do the biology Nobel thingy but I'm having some difficulty trying to explain all the terms. I understand what they mean but they're going to take up a lot of space on the slides if I try to explain them fully. Oh well we do have 15 minutes to present. Anyway we have a school holiday tomorrow which hopefully will give me all the time to finish my homework. Assuming I'm not distracted by Facebook. Or tumblr.
Urgh tumblr you funny blue thing with cat pictures and weird pictures of Korean people (nothing wrong with that) and more cat pictures (nothing wrong with that either) and some extremely deep stuff and stuff that makes you want to cry.
So I hope you all had a very nice Chinese New Year. Valentine's Day is not exactly around the corner (always slow down when going around corners. That's usually when you get run over/mugged. Or at least in the movies) but it will be here in 12 days. So get your presents ready if you have someone.
If you don't have someone, you can have me. NO NO NO DON'T PLEASE DON'T THAT WAS A JOKE.

1/2/14

Yesterday was alright. Visited relatives. Didn't take any photographs. Oh well. Still need to do my math tutorial and stuff.

30/1/14

Happy Chinese New Year!
Just get your red packets and some more pocket money I guess. Anyway I'll be doing my homework and watching Sherlock and probably TopGear as well.
Had the CNY celebrations in school today. It was alright, although I had the weird feeling the choir performance was pre-recorded. I don't know, the speakers didn't sound right. Anyway I'm doing my english current affairs portfolio. Relatives are visiting in about an hour. Oh boy this is going to be one unproductive day for me.
 GAWD CAWK IT BLOODY HELL EVERYTHING ON MY COMPUTER SCREEN IS ENTICING ME AWAY FROM MY HOMEWORK STOP DOING THIS TO ME I HAVE A BLOODY MATH TUTORIAL THAT I HAVEN'T STARTED ON AND EVERYONE IS GOING OVERSEAS MY LIFE SUCKS I  ACTUALLY FEEL A LOT BETTER AFTER TYPING THIS I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING HALP.

28/1/14

Had Friday's timetable today. And we have no astronomy today so I got to leave school at 2 p.m. We managed to get the Mobius strip working, but then the wind was so strong it ripped the thing apart so we put it back together but it got ripped apart again. At least I took a video. Coolest thing I've done for a while.

Evolutionary biology practical was interesting. It involved tribbles. Oh well at least tomorrow's the last day of the week, then we have CNY which means relatives visiting and lots of computer games. Oh boy.
Went for a X-Ray today. I'll only get the results back in about a week, so there's nothing to write about it right now.

26/1/14

So anyway astronomy went quite well. Although only 3 year 1s joined. There's another one who is appealing against being put into dance club. Anyway we also have 1 set of fraternal twins, which is rather cool, and one of the new year 1s happens to be a girl. Combo breaker. Had a short practical session on Friday. Could see part of Orion. The sky decided to clear up just after we were dismissed, which was rather annoying.

Just finished my homework. I can hear thunder off in the distance. At least I think that's thunder. The past few days have been cold. Brr. At least I have my jacket.

23/1/14

Had a rather nice biology practical today. Used a light microscope. I could see quite a lot of stuff.

That's the light microscope we used. It's an Olympus one. We were supposed to prepare slides and then view them under the microscope, which was rather easy.
I like them. Unfortunately there wasn't much I could take away from this biology practical in terms of laboratory equiment.

And these are onion cells. I forgot their actual name. Anyway if you zoom in on the picture you can see a small ruler as well, which tells you how big the cell is. Each division on the ruler is 2.5 micrometres. Go figure.
And everyone was busy slicing up the onions with the scalpels because why not? And onions are tasty.

 And these are hydrilla leaf cells. The nucleus isn't observable but you can see the chloroplasts clearly. I also managed to get a video of cytoplasmic streaming. That's where the chloroplasts are moving around inside the cell.

If you look closely you can see the chloroplasts slowly moving around. Don't rush them.

Anyway besides these 2 they also required us to obtain cheek cell samples. And these are how my cheek cells look like.

They're quite irregular.
In several Western countries where oral sex is more common, it appears that students who do this may occasionally also find sperm cells. Ew.
Anyway we also decorated the massive window of our classroom. It's bloody amazing. I like it very much.

 JUST LOOK AT THE AWESOMENESS :D
On a side note, we made an extremely long Mobius strip with 5 sheets of paper, cut it in half, and then cut it in half again to get 2 long Mobius strips that were joined together. The whole thing was so long when we put it out of our classroom window it reached the 2nd floor. An our classroom is on the 5th floor. We'll be doing it again with more paper, just to see if we can't set the world record for the longest paper Mobius strip.

22/1/14

You're never too young to get cancer. Having biomedical training now.

And there was this band called Budak Pantai that came over to our school amd performed for us during ACE lesson, and they were bloody amazing. I liked them. I wish they come back soon.

21/1/14

How to work a STM:
1. Get a long roll of platinium iridium wire.
2. Attempt to cut wire into extremely short and sharp pointy bits.
3. Fail miserably, but since the wires look sharp enough you stick them onto the STM anyway.
4. Attempt to scan a sheet of gold.
5. Look at screen and wonder if that's how gold is supposed to look like.
6. Make around 20 more different wires just to see if the picture improves.
7. If picture does not improve you're doing something wrong you idiot.
And I still have no idea how gold looks like.
We had the biology Nobel thingy today. We're supposed to be doing something on blood types.

21/1/14

Just arrived in school. I had this weird dream about going to a massive Marks and Spencer store somewhere. I have no idea where. I think I was looking for jaffa cakes. Classroom has the lights off because Simrita is still sleeping. And Sean is trying to install a game on his computer. I have electives until 6. Bleh. At least I get to use a STM.

20/1/14

Watched Memento today. It was rather interesting. It's like they printed out the entire movie on paper, folded it in half and slotted the scenes in between each other. Most people only understood the whole thing halfway through the film. And we still haven't finished it. Still doing my english formative essay planner. Netball apparently had a landslide victory. Good for them.
Let's see what we can do at SAO.
Had astronomy training today about ellipses and things like that. Ellipses are interesting. The problem is the equations are hard to type but they're rather neat. Also they gave us a worksheet. It seems alright by astronomy standards. We get prizes for getting above 85.
HELLO THERE TANIA I'M NOT ACTUALLY SURE IF YOU'D BOTHERED CHECKING THIS BIT.
Our mentor put up some rather unglamourous pictures of our class during Orientation up on the board. I'm thinking of moving them somewhere else. I don't like to be sitting next to a picture of people looking rather silly.
However, the noticeboard is good for banging your head against in frustration.
Do you know how to build a snowman? Me neither. Had a chemistry practical today about rate laws and all that. Sodium thiosulfate and HCl. If you heat the sodium thiosulfate up to around 80 degrees Celsius it takes 3 seconds for massive amounts of sulphur to be produced. Chemistry quiz tomorrow. It should be easy. I should probably be revising for that. Anyway goodbye.
I also managed to take away 15 ml of 2.0M HCl solution. I have no idea what I'll use it for. Probably an emergency. Can 2.0M HCl do anything?

19/1/14

Not much happened for astronomy on Friday, we just learnt how to set up the astronomical camera thingy. We should be having pizza next Friday. Whoopee. I wonder which year 1s are joining. Anyway they're also sending us for the Singapore Astronomical Olympiad in March, which isn't too far away so I should start revising.
Got new earphones. I have no idea what they do but the bass is nice and they fit in my ear nicely and the sound is good as well.
Urgh need to prepare my math file for tomorrow. I do not want to write a 500 word essay about not bringing it. But at least I finished the tutorial. Whew. There's a chemistry practical tomorrow about rate laws and that sort of stuff. It should be easy.

15/1/14

And this is one of those days where I think about all the homework due tomorrow, and the one thing that comes to mind is "F***."

12/1/14

So I've started playing Minecraft again. THERE GOES ALL THE TIME FOR MY HOMEWORK. At least I've finished chinese and the rest. Although I still need to draw that table for the economics worksheet. What exactly is home economics anyway? From what I've seen it appears to teach you how to cook. Not very economicy. They should just teach you about the economics of houses and groceries. That might fit the title better. Anyway elective modules start soon so I can't wait to see how my modules are.

I should probably be revising chemistry. Oh well anyway goodbye unless I think of something interesting to put here.

10/1/14

CCA fair was alright.
It's interesting that Ann's younger sister is taller than her. I suppose this is another case of "Pei Hui" syndrome.
Not quite sure who will join astronomy, but as long as they're good learners and don't cause too much trouble it probably doesn't matter. And now me have 2 separate biology modules. One is advanced cell biology and the other one is evolutionary biology. Which uses Cornell notes. And Cornel is a type of ceramic maker thingy company. The spelling is different. I guess it probably makes revision easier.
It's only the 2nd week of the new year, so homework hasn't really accumulated yet.However I do have economics, chinese, math and some other stuff due on Monday, which isn't a very good thing. I'll just have to stop using the computer too much. And use my phone instead. Ok that sounded a bit silly. Nevermind.
And everyone says that they year 1s tuck in their shirt. They don't. Funny. But I'm alright with being the only person that does that. Now I understand I do like staring down everyone else and I have no idea why. It seems a bit weird. Actually I think I just want people to talk more to me. But then and again most of the time whenever me and my classmates communicate it's often with a lot of insults as well. I seem to be getting tired of that. But it is a bit funny but there's this pain in my chest and it flares up whenever I laugh/cough. So I've been keeping a bit quiet lately. Not sure if anyone's noticed. What's with Sean and Bianca/Hannah anyway. It's not that I don't approve. But anyway I don't watch anime. Not quite sure why. Or maybe it's because I just googled the anime and I know the ending. Or I can extrapolate from what has happened in the 13th episode. Ah whatever why can't the British make their own animated stuff actually I'd still prefer Doctor Who. I might be suffering from a lack of coffee and a need for sleep. That should be a game.

8/1/14

At biomedical training right now. It's a little bit sleepy. Almost finished decorating the notice board. It looks cool. PE tomorrow. I hope the teacher is alright. Anyway I forgot what I'm supposed to put here. Unicorns are fluffy.

I actually forgot what I was going to put here. Bugger.

6/1/14

Chemistry quiz tomorrow. That escalated quickly. Had economics and math and chinese as well. Math teacher spent the entire lesson telling us how to behave and laying out the rules. He seems alright, though I wonder why my classmates say he looks like me. He doesn't, in case you were wondering. Module registration starts tomorrow. I want to try the Nobel module thingys. Economics just taught us about profits and revenues and marginal profits and that kind of stuff. Temperature checking tomorrow. I have been coughing so hard I'm hurting all over.
Everybody is either attacking or defending the student council on the confessions page. How interesting. Apparently there are quite a few people who think those in the student council are twats who want to have fun, and then there are those who are saying you can't expect everything of the student council, and there isn't really anyone suggesting any real improvements to orientation, which is what this debate is about. It would be much easier for everyone if orientation served to orientate the new students with the school and its workings, instead of having a slightly silly storyline, lame jokes, silly water games that acheive no real purpose other than getting everyone wet and walking around Singapore doing activities that are supposed to bring the class together even though a class party/outing probably does a better job and probably costs less as well.
CCA fair on Friday. Wonder who wants to join astronomy club. Funny thing is that it's got a lot of males and not too many females. At least not too many females that contribute substantially during competitions. Actually make that none. In fact, searching for women astronomers brings up only 140 results on Wikipedia, and the only one I actually remembered before doing the search was Caroline Herschel. I have Horrible Science to thank for that. There was also another woman astronomer who happened to be a monk and apparently died in a horrible way. I think her name was Hilda. I do suppose I should stop now. Bye.
Actually no. Module registration starts tomorrow. Oh wait I already wrote that. Oh well. Just reminding you. English, chemistry and math tomorrow. Whee. And I am required to redecorate the astronomy club notice board as well. And I'm with Pei Hui and Simrita for the economics project group thingymajig.

5/1/14

Orientation doesn't exactly orient the new students, does it? Perhaps a 2 hour mentoring session would be nice, as well as tours of the school facilities. Then lessons. Just the basics and what they should expect for the rest of the year. It'll help them build impressions of their subject teachers as well. So far I've realised the only thing past orientations have achieved is tell everyone that a house system exists in our school. And probably tell the new people where the toilets are. I might be generalising. Oh well.
Hi! My name is Joe! And I work in the butter factory! Actually I used to work there. I'm unemployed now. Stupid economy.
Anyway it seems many people want to join astronomy club, from what my friends tell me. But then they don't like the late hours. Whatever.

4/1/14

So anyway we had the campfire yesterday and it wasn't really that big. However, the sky was alright and you could see quite a bit. Didn't get too many people interested in that unfortunately. Biomedical training is alright, if you try not to fall asleep.
Get well soon Shumacher.
So anyway last year I went to Thailand. It was rather interesting. They had cashew nut factories and bees and the beaches were full of people but I didn't do any swimming so it didn't matter. Also, stargazing on the cruise ship was good. Unfortunately there's quite a lot of wind at night so it's hard to keep the binoculars steady. You'll need a tripod. The food on the cruise ship was alright. They had coffee and pancakes. And honey and marmalade. I like marmalade. It's cool. My room was quite small. The bathroom was even smaller so there wasn't a bath tub but at least there was hot water.
I have a really good idea for MRT train carriages. It involves a sloped floor and turnstiles. I still need to work on it. They'll probably never accept it though.

2/1/14

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Gong Xi Fa Cai (that might have been a bit too early). Anyway we had orientation today. The storyline is basically Blackbeard had 4 children (Yellowbeard, Bluebeard, Redbeard and Greenbeard), and they go on an adventure to find treasure. Yeah. That kind of stuff.

Anyway during the holidays I mostly played computer games, but I also went overseas to Malaysia and from there I took a cruise to Thailand and back again. It was alright. There were elephants and beaches.