End of College Awards (Part 4)

04S34 Awards:

Best Joker: Wenjia (seriously!!!)

Best Irritant: Mongseng (no comments)

Best Loudmouth: Thazin (teh obvious)

Best Act-Cute: Jieying (paiseh…haha)

Best Mugger: Jialing (shi zhi ming gui)

Best Whiner: Shuk In (paiseh x 2)

Best Act-Blur: Youcheng (needless to explain)

Most Lovely Couple: Zhang Li & Zu Yuan (they are very intimate =S)

Most Boring Person: Dawei (can talk a little bit or not?)

Most Intelligent Person: Han Xiao (seriously!!!!)

Most Active: Kaizhi (he needs a tranquilizer at times)

Best Ponner: Chen Xi (help you sign? No way!!)

Best Dota Player: Jingzhan (GODLIKE!!!)

Best Singer: Saykai (he’s a living jukebox)

Ok, I think I’ve fen1 enough zhu1 rou4 for the class already. Time to give the rest of the meat to myself.

Best Blogger: Junrong!!! (thank you thank you thank you...firstly I wanna thank blogsp…*cut*...)

Defence of the Chemistry (Final Showdown)

Chemistry:

CaptainInorganic: I can’t take this humiliation anymore, let’s go!

CaptainPhysical: Go where? Back to Cambridge?

CaptainInorganic: No you idiot! We’re going to take Servbot ourselves!

CaptainPhysical: Whattt? You kidding?

CaptainInorganic: With our powers combined, I’m pretty confident we can defeat Servbot. Besides we are unlike those previous creeps and whelps who are capable of doing nothing except getting themselves killed.

CaptainPhysical: Aren’t we taking a huge risk then? What if we get ourselves killed too?

CaptainInorganic: You’ve been asking me questions ever since I started! Stop it and get moving!

CaptainPhysical: Uh, as you wish sir...

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Servbot:

"Without Crestfall, I’ll be dead if Chemistry sends another wave of creeps."

*big red dots appear on the map*

"I see, so the captains are going to face me themselves."

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Battlefield:

CaptainInorganic: We are going to defeat you once and for all!

CaptainPhysical: But...isn’t it unfair for 2 against 1?

CaptainInorganic: Who cares, DotC is all about teamwork. If Servbot plans to fight alone then let him be!

"Fine, I accept. I’ve to get rid of you sooner or later."

CaptainInorganic: Good! Let the fight begin!

*suddenly somebody cuts between Servbot and the captains*

CaptainOrganic: Wait, I shall deal with Servbot first...to prove my strength!

CaptainInorganic: Ah ha! You’ve finally appeared. Where have you been all these while?

CaptainPhysical: Haha, more like to prove your weakness?

CaptainOrganic: You shall see. I will defeat Servbot!!! Alcohol Haze!

*Alcohol molecules begin to swirl around Servbot, blinding his sight*

"Hah...that’s easy!"

*Servbot gushes out hot concentrated sulphuric acid in all directions, dehydrating all the alcohol, leaving behind immobile liquid alkenes.*

CaptainOrganic: Hmph...it won’t be easy the next round. Carboxylic Blade!

*Carboxylic acid molecules shoot towards Servbot at high speeds.*

"Carbonate Shield!"

*Servbot conjures a giant brick made of carbonate in front of him, blocking the beam of carboxylic acid*

*Psssssssssssst*

CaptainInorganic: If this continues we might die of carbon dioxide suffocation.

*Psssssssssst*

*Finally the brick crumbles just after all the acid have been neutralized*

CaptainOrganic: No! Ketenenenenenene!

*Ketenes swarm around Servbot, threatening to knock him down with its sharp carbonyl end*

"KMnO4!!!!"

*Servbot blasts the strong oxidizing agent, cleaving all ketene into small molecules*

"Come to think of it, all your compounds are so reactive in one way or another. It’s so easy to counter your attack."

CaptainOrganic: Then I shall release my most inert possession... Tetrachlromethane!

*Splat*

*Servbot wipes off the tetrachloromethane on his face*

CaptainPhysical: ...

CaptainInorganic: Small, non-polar, unreactive, what damage can it do?

CaptainOrganic: Whaaat...

"Are you done yet? Now’s my turn!"

*Servbot takes out a huge toy hammer and whack whack whack*

CaptainOrganic: Benzene Barrier!

*A buckybenzeneball forms around CaptainOrganic, but was quickly smashed in pieces by the hammer*

"The final whack!"

*BAAAASH*

Servbot just pwned CaptainOrganic’s head for an extra 200 gold!

CaptainInorganic: Useless...really useless.

CaptainPhysical: I told you so, Organic is such a weakling, he can’t fight.

CaptainInorganic: Forget about Organic now, it’s time for us to fight. Get your auras ready, Physical!

CaptainPhysical: Yes sir!
Energetic Aura: Increases attack speed
Kinetic Aura: Increases movement speed
Electroaura: Increases attack damage
Equilibaura: Maintains balance between health and mana

"Wow, that’s a lot of powerups! Anyway why is equilibaura so lame?"

CaptainPhysical: What do you mean lame??? With that, as long as our mana pool is large we will never die! Muhahaha!

CaptainInorganic: Actually I kinda agree with Servbot.

CaptainPhysical: Whaaat?

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"Storm Hammer!"

*CaptainInorganic gets hit by the hammer and is stunned, Servbot continues to whack*

CaptainPhysical: Bleaching Chlorate!

*Servbot’s hammer becomes soft and blunt*

"How dare you!"

*Servbot takes out an Enpitsu and starts stabbing. CaptainInorganic is no longer stunned.*

CaptainInorganic: Ligands’ Plague!

*H2O, CN-, Cl-, NH3, SCN-, OH- binds onto Servbot like leeches, obstructing his movement and slowing him down, and dealing damage per second*

"Shit, I can’t shake it off"

1800/1800......1700/1800......1600/1800

CaptainPhysical: pH Minus!

*sprays aqueous solution of pH = -10, which corrodes Servbot’s skin at an alarming rate.*

1200/1800

*the ligands disappear and Servbot regains its speed again*

"Servbot’s Hole!"

*A dark mysterious hole appears on the ground below the captains, attempting to suck them beneath the earth.*

CaptainInorganic: Erase Group II!

*All Group II elements temporary disappear from the surroundings*

*The earth beneath the captains becomes soft and eventually crumbles, forming a huge crater and the dark hole disappears*

CaptainPhysical: What the...don’t go around erasing elements like that!

CaptainInorganic: That spell will not affect us. Moreover it saved us, be thankful instead!

CaptainPhysical: Uh ok...anyway it sounds like a cool skill to have.

CaptainInorganic: Actually I can erase carbon and it will render Organic useless...haha.

CaptainPhysical: He’s already useless as he is...haha.

*Servbot hurls his Enpitsu towards the captains who are happily chatting away*

CaptainPhysical: Careful sir!!!

*CaptainPhysical defends CaptainInorganic and gets stabbed through his body. (ouch!)*

CaptainInorganic: Phy...Physical!!!!!

*CaptainPhysical collapses on the ground*

CaptainInorganic: Grrr, Servbot you shall pay! Ammonia Flood!

*Liquid ammonia floods into the crater where Servbot stands, engulfing Servbot while CaptainInorganic brings CaptainPhysical to safety*

"Argh...the smell!!!"

*All Servbot’s stats decrease by half*

600/900

CaptainPhysical: I... am... ok... don’t... worry... we... unleash... the... final... blow... *coughes out blood*

CaptainInorganic: You sure you can perform it?

CaptainPhysical: Yes... finish... it... once... and... for... all... lets... call... upon... the... four forces... of... nature...

CaptainInorganic, Very well then… The 4 Forces of Nature Gather!

CaptainPhysical: Gra... vit... ation... al... Force!

CaptainInorganic: Electromagnetic Force!

CaptainPhysical: Weak... Nu... clear... Force!

CaptainInorganic: Strong Nuclear Force!

CaptainPhysical, CaptainInorganic: UNLEASH THE ION CANNON!!!

*The sky starts to roar, and seconds later, a strong thick blinding white bolt of ions descends from the clouds and strikes the crater at an extremely high speed, ionising everything in its vicinity*

CaptainInorganic: ???

Servbot has been slain by Chemistry. All Chemistry players get 800 gold.

CaptainInorganic: Yes! We did it!!!

CaptainPhysical: Yeah... it... was... worth... it.

CaptainInorganic: I will bring you back to camp quickly.

CaptainPhysical: Wait... Organic......

CaptainInorganic: Yes, I’ll bring him back too…come on, let’s go!

*Uses Teleport Scroll*

Changelog

Went to look at the new 2006 syllabus for A lvls and compared them to our current syllabus. As much topics removed as topics included. Made a list of changes below for H2 Maths, Chemistry and Physics. H1 is the lesser version of H2. Does not concern us but you can just see for fun. May not be accurate though.

H2 Maths:
- graphic calculator required
- mechanics removed
- vector product (cross product) included
- vector planes included
- system of linear eqns (matrices) included
- numerical methods and iteration removed
- small increments and approximation removed
- trapezium rule removed
- trigonometry equations removed
- trigonometry identities moved to O levels
- partial fractions moved to O levels
- simple 2nd order differential equations included
- continuous random variable removed
- t-test included
- linear regression and correlation included

H2 Chemistry:
- Paper 3 format changed. Choose 4 of out 5 questions. 20 marks each. 2 hours.
- option topics removed
- entropy included
- Gibb’s free energy included
- uses of Group II metals and compounds removed
- electrolysis of brine removed
- ligand stability removed
- protein structures (primary to quaternary) and its denaturation included
- polymerization removed
- infra-red absorption wavelengths of organic molecules included in data booklet
- NMR chemical shift included in data booklet
- NMR removed (???)

H2 Physics:
- Paper 1 increased from 30 to 40 mcq questions
- duration of Paper 2 decreased to 1h 15min, 60 marks
- Paper 3, 2 hours, 80 marks, Section A compulsory, Section B choose 2 out of 3, no writing paper needed
- option topics removed
- calculation of pressure and upthrust included
- root mean square speed of ideal gas molecules removed
- first law of thermodynamics removed
- thermometers removed
- capacitance removed
- Kirchhoff’s laws removed
- analogue electronics removed
- Millikan’s experiment removed
- full wave rectification and smoothing removed
- Heisenberg position-momentum and time-energy uncertainty principles included
- Schrondinger model and wave function included
- barrier tunneling, scanning tunneling microscope, reflection and transmission coefficient included
- lasers included
- energy bands included
- semiconductors included
- biological effects of radiation included

Wah, the new physics syllabus look scary. Lucky I wasn't born 2 years later...hehe.

For those who dunno the subject combi changes in 2006 and are curious, can visit:
http://www.moe.gov.sg/cpdd/alevel2006/experience/sub_comb.htm for more information.

*what is knowledge and inquiry???????*

Not the end yet

Was lying on my bed just now when I suddenly plunged into a dream (or probably it's just simply thoughts). I was looking out at a blank window, thinking that everything has come to an end. No more school, no more studying, no more exams, and most importantly I wun get to see my classmates again. A few faces started to pop out, and most likely I wun see them ever again. Quite bleak.

Ok, then i woke up...>_> At least this 'dream' is not those ridiculous unlogical type and it speaks true of my mind. The only difference is, during the dream I felt that everything is going to be lost and I did not want my school life to end, whereas after I woke up that sense of loss just dissipated. Why be so sad? I've (almost) completed the A lvls and I shld be happy abt it. Furthermore not being to meet some ppl ever again is so common along our path in life. Whenever we step onto another stage of education (ie from sec sch to jc), we will surely lose touch of many ppl. Going to school for so many years, we've met and left several ppl along the way. Unless we're really close to a person, we shld become immune to such separation by now, no reason to be reluctant to let go of our current social circle. A few months from now, we're going to form a new circle and everything will start anew with a fresh experience. Isn't that what we've been doing for the last 10 or so years of our lives?

It's time to finally pack up my stuff and draw down the curtain. Since like dunno when I've sleeping beside a messy table full of books and paper. Shall fold up the table soon and keep it in the storeroom. (oh wait, my house doesn't have a storeroom...hehe) It's like closing down a stall liddat...haha. As for my study cupboard, I wun empty it for now unless I find something more important to replace the contents, which wun be the case for the next 2 years. I'm not the sort who burns tys and throws aways notes and tutorials after the exam ends...haha.

I'm going to wear the hc uniform for the last time this friday. Dunno what to do with it after that. My tchs uniform has disappeared, dunno if it's thrown away or sold to garang guni liao.

Looking forward to the final class gathering! Make sure everyone in the class attends!!! (esp wenjia...i've never seen you attend any outings before)

The End?

Haven't been online for almost 48 hrs liao, many things have changed, esp from those who have just completed their A lvls. This shows I'm so dependent on my com, half of my life is from it mah...hehe.

Anyway when the invigilator was giving out the writing materials this morning, I suddenly had the feeling that I was taking 2 3hr maths papers consecutively. Felt a sense of tireness and fatigue.

After the FM paper yesterday, 7 of us went to Orchard. Kaizhi and Mong went to pool while Saykai, Jieying, Thazin, Youcheng and I wanted to catch Harry Potter (not literally). It was a terrible period to get seats in Cine. (why must the paper be in the afternoon???) Almost every seat was booked, except the you-know-seats. Discussed for a long time before deciding to go Lido instead and fortunately we were able to find seats there. The movie would start rather late, so we went into a time-killing spree by filling up our stomaches and looking ard for eye-pleasures.

HP is not bad, kinda rushed though. Even with all the rush, the length of movie is still so long. Sometimes I wish I haven't read the book so I wun try to expect what is going to happen next (and probably be disappointed). But if I dun read, I might not understand the story, leaving me bewildered like the last 3 movies. Nevertheless I liked the movie! ^_^ Hmm, I noticed Dumbledore appears to act so rashly...>_>

The movie ended past 11pm, for the 4 of them it was ok but for me...hehe. Anyway whether I study or not it will still yield the same result. The paper today proved me right. S paper ah...so unpredictable, anything can come out, how to study???

Might get merit or below, but at least my result slip got more lines to see. I admit I'm not a material for s papers or olympiads. There's sth lacking in my brain to tackle such problems.

Compared to math s, FM was ok.

End of College Awards (Part 3)

Best Lecture Theatre: LT2 (large and spacious, audi not counted)

Best Refrigerator: A304 (the classroom at right wing 3rd floor overlooking central plaza)

Best Oven: B101 (first classroom of B block, no wind, no aircon, so cramped)

Smallest Classroom: right wing last floor last classroom, more like a storeroom.

Best Canteen Stall: Chinese Rice (ok I’m biased cos this is also my most visited stall)

Best Vending Machine: The one with canned H2O (being biased again cos I bought most of my drinks from there. I noticed it hates 10 cent coins, probably most machines hate it too)

Best Class Benches: Those at the tip of each wing, spacious and relatively sheltered.

Best Water Coolers: Those near the gym (most of the time at least one of them will be cold)

Worst Water Cooler: The one in the canteen (nuff said)

Best Toilet: The one just outside the audi (the other one seems to be always locked…eerie)

Worst Toilets: 1st floor left and right wing toilets (too many vistors = dirtier)

Best College Event: Orientation Campfire 2004 (this event left the greatest impression on me of my 2 years in hc)

Worst College Event: MAF 2004 (I really dun enjoy it at all)

Best Word: Farmaly

Most Heard Sentence: We will like to thank our principal Mr Ang, vice-principals Mrs Chin and Mr Chan for their support. (like a stamp required to be pasted on a piece of letter)

Best Weekday: Friday!!! (of course, esp with dota!!)

Worst Weekday: Thursday (The period lineup is just Zzzzzz)

Best Class Timetable: 04S34 (no kidding, where can find a normal weekday when you’re dismissed at 11.20am?)

04 Class with the greatest impression: 04S77 (probably due to the geniuses in the class)

04 Class with almost no impression: 04A15 (who what where when how???)

CPU fever

Now I know why my com blacks out and shuts down so often these days. Those who understand coms well shld have already known that my cpu is probably overheated. Unlike fever, I can't just wait for the heat in my cpu to die down. Have to do sth to solve this problem...haiz. Com idiots like me definitely dread this kind of stuff happening.

Downloaded a program to check the cpu temp and fan speed. It gave a whooping 90 degrees in one of the readings! Wah, it's like soooo overheated, almost to the boiling point of water liao. However I suspect the reading might be wrong. Firstly, my cpu cannot be that hot right? Secondly I was able to touch my cpu without scalding myself. Thirdly if such temps are reached the com would have already shut down itself. Ok, with so many reasons I can conclude that there is sufficient evidence to show the reading is wrong at 0% lvl of significance.

However that does not mean my cpu is not overheated...it surely is.

Hmm, my cpu only has 1 fan, the one directly below the psu (is that wat you call it?). Is that normal? Ok, I think my cpu really needs more fans now.

*folds paper fans and throw them into the cpu case*

Huh? Cannot ah? Ok...

*puts a table fan in front of the cpu*

Huh, still cannot? Ok...

*goes to Fannatic Fan Club*

...

Unless I get this problem fixed, I can't play any computer games now. That means no dota for me...sobz.