My Lost Memories...

Keita's Comfortation...

2010-10-20T22:03:00.001+08:00

lols. i aint sure if this will help but, its not what our parents think that is important mah. its about ourselves. its the o levels that is the major thing, also, even if they arent satisfied, it will be motivation to do better :) So dont take it so hard boy, we still have time.

Dude trust me, you gotta believe in yourself. Everyone doesnt dare to tell their parents at first, but I'm sure they'll understand. I know everyone might be telling you the same thing over and over again, but you just gotta do it. What's done is done, it's about later that matters.

Everyone has their ups and downs, if they are disappointed this time then you just gotta try to make them smile next time :) I know its a lot of pressure but that's what make life challenging.

C'mon you arent lousy man. Nothing in this world is the 'best' , there is always something which is better than another. All of us are good at something, but weaker at another.

Thanks Keita.. You're really a nice person... Grateful to know you...

Meaning of Words

2010-06-07T15:47:00.003+08:00

Research is code for surfing the internet
Drafting is code for eating in your office
Misc.Legal Forms is code for ordering gifts online
Preparing for Meeting is code for taking a crap

Adapted from The Anonymous Lawyer, A Novel, Jeremy Blachman

Pi Day!

2010-04-10T16:59:00.002+08:00

Did anyone know that there's a pi day? It falls on the 14 March by the way

To the Sec 4 Councillors

2010-04-08T18:45:00.002+08:00

This is a thank you to the secondary 4 councillors that had just stepped down as a councillor. I dunno why but I have to say this. Why did you guys chose to sing that song as your performance? I was about to cry when you guys exchanged badges with the currect sec 3s ex-cos. I was trying to force myself to not cry, however, when you guys sing that song, I really cannot stop my tears from falling... This is a thank-you to you guys, the X student council will be a legacy in my eyes! I really hoped that we can go back in time and then start all over again, but i know it's impossible right? Thank you for all the guidance, and good luck in all your endaevors! Bye... Presenting the lyric of Miley Cyrus - The Climb. Good luck in your O-Levels!

Games Day

2010-04-01T18:15:00.001+08:00

Today is Commonwealth's Games' Day! Well, i partook in the telematch (Miss Chua was with us!!). It is extremely fun la! I wanted to play again... Sigh, anyway, generally, I think that my class did quite well in today's games... I want to say "Good Job"! Okay, that's about it! Gotta Go! Woohoo! By the way, tomorrow is Good Friday, and I am going to do a humanities star project with Jooyee, Siling, Rohini, Sri, and Huiting. Good Luck to us!

Commemorating 4 March

2010-02-28T15:34:00.004+08:00

51 – Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth).303 or 304 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
852 – Croatian Duke Trpimir I issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources.
932 – Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs.
1152 – Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans.
1215 – King John of England makes an oath to the Pope as a crusader to gain the support of Innocent III.
1238 – The Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Russia.
1351 – Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam.
1386 – Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) is crowned King of Poland.
1461 – Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his Yorkist cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV.
1492 – King James IV of Scotland concludes an alliance with France against England.
1493 – Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what is now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean.
1519 – Hernan Cortes arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and their wealth.1570 – King Philip II of Spain bans foreign Dutch students.
1611 – George Abbot is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury.
1621 – Jakarta, Java is renamed Batavia.
1629 – Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter.
1665 – English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands which marks the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1675 – John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
1681 – Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.
1776 – The American War of Independence: The Americans capture Dorchester Heights dominating the port of Boston, Massachusetts.
1778 – The Continental Congress votes to ratify both the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance with France. The two treaties are the first entered into by the United States government.
1789 – In New York City, the first United States Congress meets, putting the Constitution of the United States into effect.
1790 – France is divided into 83 départements, which cuts across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
1791 – Vermont is admitted as the 14th U.S. state.
1791 – A Constitutional Act is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
1793 – French troops conquer Geertruidenberg, Netherlands.
1794 – The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress.
1797 – In the first ever peaceful transfer of power between elected leaders in modern times, John Adams is sworn in as President of the United States, succeeding George Washington.
1804 – Castle Hill Rebellion: Irish convicts rebel against British colonial authority in the Colony of New South Wales.
1813 – Russian troops fighting the army of Napoleon reach Berlin in Germany and the French garrison evacuates the city without a fight.
1814 – Americans defeat the British at the Battle of Longwoods between London, Ontario and Thamesville, near present-day Wardsville, Ontario.
1824 – The "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" is founded in the United Kingdom, later to be renamed The Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1858.
1837 – Chicago is incorporated as a city.
1848 – Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will later represent the first constitution of the Regno d'Italia
1861 – First national flag of the Confederate States of America (the 'Stars and Bars') is adopted.
1863 – The Idaho Territory is created as a political division of the United States.
1865 – Third (and last) national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
1877 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its première performance at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
1882 – Britain's first electric trams run in East London.
1887 – Gottlieb Daimler unveils his first automobile which he test runs in Esslingen and Cannstatt, Germany.
1890 – The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Railway Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520 m) long, is opened by the Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII.
1893 – Congo Free State: The army of Francis, Baron Dhanis attacks the Lualaba, enabling him to transport his troops across the Upper Congo and, capture Nyangwe almost without an effort.
1894 – Great fire in Shanghai. Over 1,000 buildings are destroyed.
1899 – Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39 ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) inland, killing over 300.
1902 – In Chicago, the American Automobile Association is established.
1904 – Russo-Japanese War: Russian troops in Korea retreat toward Manchuria followed by 100,000 Japanese troops
1908 – The Collinwood School Fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
1911 – Victor Berger (Wisconsin) becomes the first socialist congressman in U.S..
1917 – Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
1917 – Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia's renunciation of the throne is made public, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia publicly issues his abdication manifesto. The victory of the February Revolution.
1918 – The first case of Spanish flu occurs, the start of a devastating worldwide pandemic.
1925 – Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to have his inauguration broadcast on radio.
1929 – Charles Curtis becomes the first native-American Vice President of the United States.
1930 – Floods ransack Languedoc and the surrounding area in south-west France, resulting in twelve départements being submerged by water and causing the death of over 700 people.
1931 – The British Viceroy of India, Governor-General Edward Frederick Lindley Wood and Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) meet to sign an agreement envisaging the release of political prisoners and allowing salt to be freely used by the poorest members of the population.
1933 – Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
1933 – The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure – Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates authoritarian rule by decree (see Austrofascism).
1941 – World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands.
1944 – World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
1945 – In the United Kingdom, Princess Elizabeth, later to become Queen Elizabeth II, joins the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service as a driver.
1945 – Lapland War: Finland declares war on Nazi Germany.
1954 – Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, announces the first successful kidney transplant.
1957 – The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
1960 – French freighter 'La Coubre' explodes in Havana, Cuba killing 100. Fidel Castro blames the U.S.
1962 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission announces that the first atomic power plant at McMurdo Station in Antarctica is in operation.
1966 – Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people.
1970 – French submarine Eurydice explodes.
1972 – Libya and the Soviet Union sign a cooperation treaty.
1976 – The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London via the British parliament.
1976 – The last flight of the second Concorde prototype aircraft to the Fleet Air Arm Museum at the Royal Naval Air Station, Yeovilton, England.
1976 – The first Cray-1 supercomputer is shipped to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico.
1977 – The 1977 Bucharest Earthquake in southern and eastern Europe kills more than 1,500.
1979 – The first encyclical written by Pope John Paul II, Redemptor Hominis (Latin for "The Redeemer of Man") is promulgated less than five months after his installation as pope.
1980 – Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.
1982 – NASA launches the Intelsat V-508 satellite.
1983 – Bertha Wilson is appointed the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada.
1985 – The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
1986 – The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Comet Halley and the first images ever of its nucleus.
1990 – Loyola Marymount University, All-American basketball player Hank Gathers dies on the court of a heart attack during a conference semifinal game.
1991 – Sheikh Saad Al-Abdallah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, the Prime Minister of Kuwait, returns to his country for the first time since Iraq's invasion.
1994 – Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16) launches into orbit.
1994 – Bosnia's Bosniaks and Croats sign an agreement to form a federation in a loose economic union with Croatia.
1997 – U.S. President Bill Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research.
1998 – Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
2001 – 4 March 2001 BBC bombing: a massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring 11 people. The attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
2001 – Hintze Ribeiro disaster, a bridge collapses in northern Portugal, killing up to 70 people.
2002 – Canada bans human embryo cloning but permits government-funded scientists to use embryos left over from fertility treatment or abortions.
2002 – Multinational Force in Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers are killed as they attempt to infiltrate the Shahi Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.
2005 – The car of released Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena is fired on by US soldiers after it ran a roadblock in Iraq, causing the death of an Italian Secret Service Agent and injuring two passengers.
2005 – The United Nations warns that about 90 million Africans could be infected by the HIV virus in the future without further action against the spread of the disease.
2006 – Final contact attempt with Pioneer 10 by the Deep Space Network. No response is received.
2007 – Estonian parliamentary election, 2007: Approximately 30,000 voters take advantage of electronic voting in Estonia, the world's first nationwide voting where part of the votecasting is allowed in the form of remote electronic voting via the Internet.
2009 – The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.

Citation: 27 February 2010. March 4 [internet] Wikipedia. [28 February 2010]. Available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_4

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2010-01-19T16:30:00.002+08:00

Woah, today was considered as a VERY free day for me... Today's lessons were quite slack - Physics (which I'm doing the homework now), EMath, PE (finished within the time limit of 4 minutes), English, Chemistry (done all 3 worksheets), and Biology-Practical (Easy - draw t.s. of an onion today -.- Eew!!!)...

Today's lessons ended at 1420, and the others have a pre-camp briefing in the auditorium... However, i dont have to attend because I'm not going to the camp this year :C

Today also dont have CCA because teacher say no time... Briefing ended at 1530, and we have to eat lunch, by which will be very late.. So, teacher said today's CCA is cancelled... Woohoo!! Now choinging homework in the library while playing ghost trappers on facebook.. Call me lame!!!

~ Signing off, Vincent :)

"VOX!新媒体新闻工作

2009-12-16T16:16:00.001+08:00

由资讯娱乐网omy.sg以及义安理工学院联办为期3天的"VOX!新媒体新闻工作坊"于11月25日圆满落幕。

工作访除了邀来数位媒体从业人和到场的60名学生分享工作经验，今年主办单位也特别在最后一天的活动中增设了"制作大挑战"，让参与的中学生能现学现用所学到的拍摄及采访知识。

学生们必须根据4个主题，分别为"美声"、"美腿"、"美食"以及"美色"在4小时的时限，完成一篇完整的网络新闻以及制作出一段1分钟的网络新闻短片，亲身感受记者的工作。

从拍摄、采访到撰写新闻稿件和剪辑，中学生们都得亲力亲为，而要制作出一则有趣的新闻，更是非常考功夫。

康培中学学生王倩男说：" 我觉得采访不是件容易的事，尤其要拦住路人接受采访时，他们很多时候都是不愿意的。但我发现只要肯去尝试，有些人还是愿意接受采访的。"

立才中学的林伟雯则和记者分享了自己与组员们在策划时所遇到的困难，她说："我们做的是美食，原本想报道很多的东西，但发现因为时间有限，于是我们到街上去做个调查，了解（理工生）对什么感兴趣，最后才决定去报道鸡饭。"

同学们当了一天的记者，付出了心力，而原本设立的4个奖项，却有5所学校获得表扬。其中，莱佛士书院以及康培中学就同时分享了"最佳新闻短片（美声组）"的殊荣。

来自莱佛士书院的肖宇轩在获奖时说："我觉得大家都付出了心力，特别要感谢学生导师给予的帮助。"

当天的颁奖嘉宾也是omy副总编辑李冠芳说："他们的作品都很有趣，也出乎我的意料之外。但基于这个工作坊涵盖的主要是新媒体新闻工作的范围，可能学生过于关注在创意的部分，而少了新闻应有的规范。但整体上，我觉得学生们都很活泼，很敢于去尝试新的事物。"

VOX!新媒体新闻营策划人张咏中认为学生们能在这么短的时间内制作出如此精彩的短片，已经非常了不起。

60名学生在三天的工作坊中参与了什么有趣的活动，看vodcast就知道啦。

要更多学生们的新闻短片作品，请点击这里至VOX!部落格。

VOX最佳新闻短片得奖名单

美声组：康培中学、莱佛士书院
美腿组：美华中学
美色组：义顺中学
美食组： 立才中学

Erm... For those that dont understand what this article is about, this is a brief summary.. We participated in this media camp on the 23rd Nov, which was held in Ngee Ann Polytechnic, and we won in the category of "food"...

Participants: Zhiming, Kaixiang, Vincent, Weiwen, Siling...

11 Sept

2009-09-11T08:49:00.000+08:00

On September 11:

1816 German lens maker Carl Zeiss was born.
1862 USA author O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) was born.
1885 English writer D. H (David Herbert Richards) Lawrence was born.
1917 English writer Jessica Mitford was born.
1928 The first Trans-Tasman flight took place.
1961 the World Wildlife Fund was formed.
1973 Chilean President Salvador Allende was killed in a revolt.
1997 Scotland voted in a referendum to form a devlolved parliament within the United Kingdom .
2001 The September 11 suicide attacks took place in the USA.

Vincent Chua @ 0850, Singapore

Short Note

2009-08-18T14:41:00.001+08:00

hi people, writing a short note cause the cca teacher hadn't come yet.. Firstly, there's no homework today right??? haha.. I'm lame, i know... Just watched GI Joe.. it's a wonderful thriller... You all should watch it... The original plan was to watch harry potter but then the tickets went out already... Sad right?? Yes!! Anyway, the teacher is here... I shant say too much about the movie lest it spoils your appetite to watch the movie.. I know my English sucks!! Byebye...

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

2009-07-15T16:29:00.003+08:00

Hey people, I am so excited that Harry Potter and the half blood prince is almost out in cinemas soon, and guess what?? I'm going to watch it with some of my friends...

Early in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" young wizard-in-training and prophesied chosen one Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe, is magically transported to a small house by his headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, Michael Gambon. Dumbledore says, "Harry, I suppose you must be wondering why I've brought you here." Harry replies, "Actually, sir, after all these years I just sort of go with it." And in that brief moment, it also reflects how the audience feels: We've spent years with the creators and actors behind this series (currently in its sixth film, with only a two-film adaptation of the final book to go). And we, like Harry, trust the people taking us on this journey, because we've come to know them as worthy stewards of our interest in the past. And with "Half-Blood Prince," they continue to earn that trust with what may be the best film in the series.

Directed by David Yates (who also directed Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" isn't great family entertainment -- it's great entertainment, period, a blockbuster with true heart and real humanity alongside the high-stakes struggles and brilliant effects. One of the great pleasures of this series has been the rare chance to watch actors, characters and a franchise grow and mature with the passing of time. Gone are the playful high jinks and mild peril of the early films. Now, the world is in the balance, and so are the fates of characters we've come to care about, and it's testament to the work director Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves (whose adaptations of J.K. Rowling's novels have become more and more adept at trimming the bulk from the books without cutting the soul from the stories) that we care as much as we do.

"Half-Blood Prince," the next-to-last book in the series, has a lot of setup -- more about the past of series nemesis Lord Voldemort and the drawing of the battle lines before the final clash. But "Half-Blood Prince" never feels draggy or dreary, and while it may be two hours and 20 minutes long, it moves like a greased cat. The "Potter" series has always mixed the mighty blows and blasts of its magic alongside the everyday triumphs and tragedies of normal teen life. And the too-long hugs and sidelong glances of adolescent affection are in full play here; it's a minor miracle of a balancing act that the soap opera-style romantic material never feels bloodlessly shy or heartlessly cheap.

The film's success is in no small part thanks to the army of great actors giving small parts their all. Alan Rickman's velvet croak, with those glacial ... pauses ... is still purring threats, and this time they're delivered on. Gambon, as Dumbledore, is still the kind father Harry never had. Rupert Grint, as Harry's best friend Ron, still provides great comic relief alongside Emma Watson's heroic faithfulness as Hermione. Radcliffe even gets to swing for the fences here with an unexpected -- and unexpectedly funny -- bit in which Harry, benefiting from a "liquid luck" potion, is jazzed and jaunty in a way we've never seen him before. Radcliffe sells the scene with ace comedy timing ("I just have a really good feeling about going to Hagrid's. ...") and yet never lets us doubt we're watching Harry.

The technical accomplishments and effects are great, as ever, with amazing cinematography by Bruno Delbonnel making the fantastic real and the real fantastic. It should also be noted that "Half-Blood Prince" confirms that you could watch the "Potter" series in order and not only witness the best in special effects but the best use of judgment in when and how to use them. Yes, there's a Quiddich game in "Prince" -- the broomstick-football wizard's workout sporting game of the series -- but it not only looks amazing, it's also entirely about who these characters are, what they mean to each other, and where the series is going.

And the series is going to dark places. Harry, entering adulthood, has to make choices here, between losing badly and losing very, very badly, and we watch his plight with interest and sympathy. The forces against him are mighty, and yet the allies he has are strong. This is the true wonder of the Potter series: How it expresses not simply the fantasy that in our time of need we might have magical miraculous powers but, rather, the real hope that in our time of need we might have the miracle of true friendship. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" is great, rousing summertime movie adventure, and satisfies on every level even as it makes you eagerly await the finale of the series. After all these years, we just sort of go with it, gladly, and the cast and crew of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" have worked hard to make sure the going is good.

Sorry

2009-06-12T12:50:00.002+08:00

To Those Who Were Offended On Plurk:

That person who were on plurk saying all those things, like you all already know, it's not me... Cause I'm like an angel right?? Alright, shuddup!! Anyway, I'm saying sorry on behalf on that hacker, even though I dont know who is he (should be a 'he' right?)... Once more, I am sorry...

I Found This Article!

2009-06-10T10:31:00.005+08:00

Hey People, giant news.. Maybe you all have already discovered this but read the following article which I've found.

Bing me. Bing it. It's time to Bing and decide. Prepare yourself as Microsoft wages its all-out advertising assault on Web-surfing lingo.

Last week, the software giant launched its new online search engine, Bing. It's spending an estimated $80 million to $100 million on a campaign to shape Bing.com as a "decision engine" for consumers.

What will you find there?
Bing focuses on four experiences: making a purchase, planning a trip, researching a health condition and finding a local business.
Like Google, Bing also provides tools to search videos, images, news and maps updated with real-time traffic info.

Bing enters a search engine landscape dominated by Google, which holds more than 81 percent of the global market, according to statistics by Market Share. Yahoo, in second, garners a little more than 9 percent.

Will Bing's consumer focus win people over?
Dewey Davis-Thompson, who owns Internet Adept Inc., a St. Petersburg Web design service, said he hasn't seen anything beyond Bing's glossy interface to capture his attention.
"They may catch up with Google, but I don't know about surpassing it," he said. "Google is a word like Coke — like Kleenex or Trojan.
"People don't use a search engine. They Google."
Will they also Bing?

PS. Reading My Family and Other Natural Disasters by Josephine Feeney right now.

Outing With Friends

2009-06-09T10:01:00.007+08:00

Yesterday, I went out with a couple of friends (names not to be mentioned) to Woodlands. We met up at Jurong East Library and did our homework until around 1400. Before we decided to go to Woodlands, we didnt know where to go and we were like sitting in the Mrt (Mass Rapid Transport) Train and we travelled to like Bishan (NS17)... After we've decided on Woodlands (NS9), we took the train all the way back to Woodlands.

We went into Causeway Point and have our lunch first because someone complained about being very hungry.. After eating, we went into Timezone™ and played for a while.. It's really a while only for we only played one game...

We came out of Causeway Point and because it's still very early, we went to the Woodlands Regional Library™ and stayed there for a while, reading books, playing PSP and handphones. That's what happened yesterday...

New Blogskin

2009-06-04T16:45:00.004+08:00

Hi... This is the new blogskin that I've created and the one that you all have been waiting for, and the one that I've been constructing for so long... Is it nice??? Hope I didnt disappoint you all.. Anyway, will be putting up the tag board at a later date cause I'm now in the school library and the library is closing soon.. haha!!!