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[Dec. 4th, 2009|09:28 pm] |
Today in class I thought, "I've waited 8 years to do this."
Now I'm doing it, and it's everything I've wanted it to be.
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I'm applying to schools again (to see if I can get in, and to see if they'll give me a scholarship). this would be the fourth time - I think I can write a book on the application process. |
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| Two-part, Part two |
[Apr. 7th, 2008|10:36 pm] |
I now think aloud here.
Friends-only posts will continue to be locked over here. This split* does seem like quite a hassle, so I guess in time it will be you choosing between reading the log full of truth and the log full of lies, and for my entertainment I won't tell you which is which. :)
*It's interesting to note that the root of Raskolnikov (the protagonist in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment) is raskol, meaning "schism" or "split". |
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| Doctor, the stock photos are spreading! |
[Apr. 2nd, 2008|05:27 pm] |
We do have an acute shortage of doctors in Singapore. This morning these three doctors posed for the shoot at Novena Medical Centre, a collaboration between Tan Tock Seng, Raffles Medical and Mount Alvernia.
In the afternoon they had to rush to West Point Hospital (run by China Healthcare Group) - where they are moonlighting - for another photo shoot.
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| Azmi about chapati |
[Apr. 2nd, 2008|02:51 pm] |
For many years my family bought chapati from this guy we refer to as Janggut, meaning beard in Malay. The name's not actually very helpful because everyone else working in this shop at the corner of Norris Road (off Serangoon Road) sports a janggut. Azmi Restaurant (we only found out the name recently) does have very decent chapatis, in fact about the best I've eaten so far. I've never been to India, so Azmi's soft and fragrant chapati is my benchmark.
I like my chapati, but there is a reason I don't go there to eat or request for their food very often. I don't find their other dishes particularly tantalizing. Their vegetable dishes are ok, but their meat dishes are salty, way too oily and very fatty. And if you choose a mutton dish the muttony pong might affect your appetite. The kheema is the most tolerable, but I'd rather eat my chapati with plain dhal and something that doesn't overpower the taste of the aromatic roti.
Related: Makansutra review |
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[Apr. 2nd, 2008|12:57 pm] |
In the midst of some research I found this clinic's name quite amusing:
K O Chan Ear Nose Throat Sinus & Sleep Centre |
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[Apr. 1st, 2008|08:50 pm] |
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sometimes i wake up thinking i know a girl called mandy, then i just realise it's me living vicariously through the spinto band. |
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| Experience counts, and counts down. |
[Mar. 31st, 2008|06:04 pm] |
Because my mind tends to be the most active (hyperactive, that's why the wandering) when I'm buried under a pile of work, here's a thought:
Instead of spending millions finding cures for diseases like malaria and dengue fever, why don't we just do what humans are good at and have a track record in? We can, like we have done with so many other species, drive the pesky mosquito to extinction. The first step would be to tag some monetary value to the dead mosquito...
[update] I'm not the first to think about this. Evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson wrote about the specicide of mosquitoes in A Bug's Death. While my approach is a social one, hers is genetics-based. |
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| OMG |
[Mar. 27th, 2008|04:29 pm] |
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wtf |
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| Switcheroo, or thoughts on my recent mac conversion |
[Mar. 15th, 2008|10:03 pm] |
This isn't strictly Macintosh-related, but the first time this swaku used the slot-loading optical drive, I got a little scared, because it sounded like after it was done devouring my MS Office (I say this without irony) CD, it was going to come after my first born.
I'm not totally converted lah. But look at the sliding windows! So pretty! So fun! And everything looks good on a Mac. Who needs pr0n when you can get your jollies off your word processor? |
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| questionable statistics |
[Mar. 11th, 2008|08:43 pm] |
So there was that survey done where they found 64% of NUS students have sex at least once a week.
I did not know that 36% of the NUS student population was in the school of engineering. (ha ha)
But I do know that 86.26% of NUS students got a C grade or lower for statistics. Because in stats, sample size does matter. |
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| podiatric ambitions |
[Mar. 9th, 2008|01:36 pm] |
I was just singing I Wanna Dance With Somebody in my head (don't ask), but messed up the lines a little:
"Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna heal the feet with somebody" |
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| a form of praise |
[Mar. 8th, 2008|01:40 am] |
Once in a while reality TV brings something good to the table.
Hallelujah
I heard there was a secret chord
that david played and it pleased the lord
but you don't really care for music, do you
well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth
the minor fall and the major lift
the baffled king composing hallelujah
hallelujah
well your faith was strong but you needed proof
you saw her bathing on the roof
her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
she tied you to her kitchen chair
she broke your throne and she cut your hair
and from your lips she drew the hallelujah
hallelujah
baby I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
but love is not a victory march
it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
hallelujah
well there was a time when you let me know
what's really going on below
but now you never show that to me do you
but remember when I moved in you
and the holy dove was moving too
and every breath we drew was hallelujah
well, maybe there's a god above
but all I've ever learned from love
was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
it's not a cry that you hear at night
it's not somebody who's seen the light
it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
hallelujah |
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| how d'you like them apples? |
[Mar. 6th, 2008|06:14 pm] |
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I have all the reasons why I should get it, but can anyone tell me why I should NOT get a macbook? |
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| $10 donuts |
[Mar. 4th, 2008|07:37 pm] |
I went to Hong Kong with a half-empty suitcase, and came back with a half-empty suitcase. I guess shopping is not my strong suit. I bought two things - a pair of jeans and Krispy Kremes for the family, and to my surprise I spent about the same amount on donuts as I did on jeans. I'm usually not so fair.
I might post pictures of the trip, if I actually get down to scanning the prints AFTER I'm done with the roll of film. Yes, you heard me right. |
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| EdISoN cHeN!!~~111 |
[Feb. 24th, 2008|07:42 pm] |
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I'll be in Hong Kong from Thursday to Sunday, and I'm open to suggestions on places to see, things to do, and food to eat. |
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| chromatogravity |
[Feb. 23rd, 2008|02:34 pm] |
I have, well, had eight post-it notes pasted on the wall where my desk is up against. Seven of them have notes scribbled in black ink and the eighth has words in orange ink. The one in orange has fallen off, and my hypothesis is that orange ink is heavier than black.
Science is fun! |
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| locked in |
[Feb. 21st, 2008|05:41 pm] |
Last night I dreamed that I was looking at myself, and I was missing a pupil.
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| Tingly pinky |
[Feb. 17th, 2008|07:58 pm] |
I think I may have cubital tunnel syndrome, occupational hazard of my being a professional muay thai fighter.
(Fairly common though, an estimated 40% of people in the US experience it at some point) |
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