The Legends of the Pugilistic Leader

This is a record of my everyday life, my thoughts and feelings, and my favourite topics. Read it if it's of interest to u!

Sunday, April 30, 2006

Got this off Shihong's blog.. found it quite cute hahahaha I'm YOUNG!!! But not younger than Shihong of cos. But then there's a different between young and childish yea? Heee


You Are 16 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.

13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.

20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.

30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!

40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.



Saturday, April 29, 2006

On the elections


I just realised a lot of people my age are not very pro-PAP. These are people who are of voting age. Hmm... what does the future spell?

Actually, what I feel are the general complaints the people have are as listed below.


Generally, the cost of living in Singapore is too high. That is manifested especially in the health costs. Can the government subsidize our healthcare costs more? The government says if it subsidizes any more, there will be a budget deficit. But then maybe we should now look at where else the government is spending the money.

In Can A the other day, I overheard some pple chatting.

"The other day my flat started upgrading works. Just before elections. Wah! Potong Pasir 20 years already still no upgrading, my flat only 6 years old already they upgrade. So good ah."

Is that necessary?? A 6 yr old estate, upgrading? What's the point? Rather, maybe we could use these non-essential expenses on health care for the people? Isn't that more important?

And then there's the foreign talent issue. You see them everywhere. And hello guess what?! Our government is paying for them to study here! Is it necessary?! Maybe we could groom our own talents? Let more of our own people study in our universities? Will these foreign talents be loyal to our country??? Are they even as capable as our own??? There are so many PRCs in my fac who cant even measure up to Singaporeans. Why are we wasting resources on them! When they wont be loyal to our country. And after graduation, they fight with Singaporeans for jobs. Is it necessary???

A lot of country resources are wasted on unnecessary things. It is not a problem of budget deficit, but rather finance distribution.

The PAP has lost a lot of young fans because they do not protect their own people enough.


There are many other complaints of cos. Like how the PAP is elitist etc etc.

But then again, like what my dad says, u think after the opposition comes into power, they are able to run Singapore as well as the PAP? What has gone wrong is their communication with the younger generation. The PAP is actually rather capable.

Like what my idol 马英九 says, "权力多么容易使人腐败啊!" 阿扁's political party only got into power for like, 10 years, and in that 10 years they became so corrupted. That may be what happens if an original opposition party came into power. Do we really want that?

But of cos, I understand why people like the opposition. An alternative voice to check the power of the government. This government lacks communication with the people. Whenever people suggest something, rather than looking into it, they give an explanation on why they think what they do is right, or just brush it off. Is that what we want? Is that communication? Little wonder the people are upset over some issues.


Maybe a little opposition presence is necessary. Just saw the news. The PM is playing up the Gomez incident. But how about the NKF incident?! The opposition did not bring it up anywhere. Partly its cos if they bring it up, it's illegal cos legal proceedings are still undergoing. (Guess why Durai is only brought to court now) Yea maybe like what MM Lee said, there's no level playing ground anywhere in the world where politics is involved. But well..


Anyways....

I CAN'T VOTE!!!! And thus, I dont get the progress package. AHHHH!!!! Not happy!!!!

Friday, April 28, 2006

There is something about ang mohs.

Something really weird.

Or maybe its cos i've never ever taken any exams with a bunch of them before.. but well.


Anyway, today marked the end of all the stressed up and screwed up days. Well, almost. I slept just 2 hours, or slightly less than that, the night before. Had been doing that for too many nights before exams. GOING CRAZY! But anyway... the last paper... shall leave it alone for a while first! I've made holiday plans already!

Oh right. I was talking about ang mohs. Today's paper was damn terrible la. TONS and TONS of things to memorise. Horrendous enzyme mechanisms to draws, mechanisms that my ignorant mum called 'cute cartoons'.. well i very nearly puked in front of her when she said that. Anyway I somehow managed to convince her that having to memorise half a book of 'cute cartoon' drawings isnt exactly very fun. And on top of that there are all those shitty-hell hormone pathways wat adrenaline adrenergic receptors glucagon insulin yea all-that-shit. And wait! There's more! Cooperativity, pre-steady-state enzyme activity, ATPase activity etc etc


I got past yesterday and today morning on sheer willpower alone.

Middle of the night really felt like giving up and giving in to the sleep demon. But in any case.... hopefully it wont go too wrong. The results I mean.


Oh but anyway I was talking about the ang mohs who were in the same exam hall!

Ok call me sua koo but I've never seen pple taking examinations in this fashion. Really.

Firstly, they looked like they were all dressed ready to hit town or go to the newly opened club or something. Whenever they are not in the exam halls the shades are on. Yea u got it. Keanu-Reeves matrix Neo shades. And the make up. Woohoo. But anyway, that's not really the point. I think on next wednesday I will wear my tube top and mini skirt to the exam hall cuz it's time for a party after the paper! So the dressing is juz a small part.


So we went into the exam hall. At first I never really noticed them although there were a few who looked like a carbon copy of Brad Pitt and young Nick Carter, but yea I was too stressed out about the paper. Then midway thru the paper, I was looking around. Cos i was at a total loss and i needed inspiration from the surroundings. And OMG i was this ang moh girl popping a can of pepsi and drinking it! COOL! Shiqin said she even saw this ang moh guy bringing a cup of steaming hot coffee into the exam hall! Kayan suggested that maybe we should order pizza during our next paper. Good idea.

Then the minute the examiner said 'Pens down.', I saw this ang moh guy taking out his ipod nano and plugging the ear phones in. HMMM I thought we were not supposed to bring anything that could store information into the exam hall? Weird. But the examiner didnt say anything so I guess it's allowed. As the examiner was collecting the papers, the excited ang mohs kept discussing among themselves. The examiner kept shouting feebly, "No talking before I have collected your papers." But I think those ang mohs do not understand English. Yea.


Ok gonna talk about the coming GE in my next entry. Now too tired. Gotta go sleep!!!

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Today's paper sucked. I never expected that prof to ask everything in such detail. E.g. How has this guy contributed to the advancement of Virology? OMG.

U noe this thing about ang mohs and Chinese? We Chinese are really practical people. When we learn about a topic, we learn about the principles and mechanisms and we try to understand how the thing works. That is how we define learning. Ang mohs think differently. They think it is important to know how things work. But it is EQUALLY important knowing who was the first person to make it work! And maybe also which institute he came from, what exactly did he do etc etc. Talk about cultural differences.

Anyway as I was telling some of my friends, the past few days stress had gotten me really depressed and when I'm depressed its really quite scary. Inside. Not outside. And then there are also many external factors. Like reading about that jnr from RG. She's younger than me for heaven's sake. And she's dying. Life is never fair.

joanchanshufang.blogspot.com

Seeing the pictures inside, seeing how she faces and fights her fate, I feel depressed, yet to a certain extent, glad. A queer mix. The last time I felt like this was when this other girl from RG hung herself. Dunno if any still remember her. Someone who had everything going for her, to end it like this. I dunno her very well, just hi and bye friends maybe. But her usual sunny personality shone thru. I never understood why she did what she did, but well.

Anyway i'm starting to blabber.

My point is, our lives are what we make it. How we face things in life, how we perceive things.

I have a killer paper in 2 days, and I just might get all stressed out and get all depressed again. But I read this article in the papers tonight (Chinese tabloid again, my dad loves it!).

How a person faced with the most extreme adversities managed to think positively throughout and maintain a happy outlook despite all that happened. The story is pretty long, if u guys wanna read about it then leave a tag or something then I shall post it in my next entry. But otherwise, shall not bore u all here.

The article mentioned some Buddhism teachings. I'm not a real devout Buddhist, but there is great wisdom in some of the teachings that are noteworthy. The secret to being happy is to always have an open mind. If you allow any little thing to bother you, you get irritated easily, the only person who's suffering is yourself. If someone does something that bothers you, you brush it off and then smile and be happy again, you stand to gain cos u achieve happiness. If someone does something bad to you, you get angry. That is human nature. But after a while, if u smile and forgive, you gain happiness again.

Wealth and poverty, life and death, material gains and losses, good or bad? It's all just how we perceive things. Once we are able to change our mindset and look at things from a different perspective, we will be a happier person and we will be more at peace with ourselves.

If you are interested, please click here.

BTW I don't mean to sell my religion here, but for my non-buddhist friends perhaps we can all learn from some of the wisdom behind the teachings. Not asking u guys to follow the religion, but rather think about the way of life being advocated. You can still believe in what other religion u are in. But I feel, if we can all life like the way described above, we will all be very happy people and the world will be a much better place! =D

Friday, April 21, 2006

On a lighter note..

Received this email from Kayan yesterday.


Police cars around the world

German police car...Lamborgini..gallardo..max speed 320km/hr


Japan...lancer Evo IX..max speed 280km/hr


France ...peugeot...sports gt


Spain .....audi TT max speed 280km/hr


England .....porsche ......Do I have to tell the speed?



Suddenly I got this 冲动 to quit school and heck all exams and go send in my application to the police academy. Anywhere. Lambos, Porsches, Peugeots, these cops have it good yea?! Live the high life! Never mind I will have the words "Policia" splashed across my baby Gallardo. It's ok. For the experience of driving a Gallardo, anything is worth it.

And then I was living in my dreamworld, weaving my beautiful dream of me in my cop uniform at the wheel of that baby blue Lambo Gallardo. Looking smart.

And then I realised the email had a 2nd part.


Now for the Ultimate Police Car in the World !!!




















India 's Mahindra Jeep !!!
Max Speed not disclosed due to Security Reasons ...))



Thursday, April 20, 2006

A lil something for us all to think about.

When we whine about homework, clothes, boys, girls, there are people around us who are facing what nobody our age should be facing. Death.

How does it feel to be thinking of when you might have to die and how u are going to fight the fear and live on bravely?

onlyskindeep.blogspot.com

a junior from my sec sch.

Saturday, April 15, 2006

OK i said i would go and train for Kungfu Idol I know.. but rite.. this is something important! Cos I had this weirdest dream.... before i retreat to my cave, let me tell u about this dream.

I dreamt about Andy Lau! Don't ask me why I dreamt of him. He's not even my idol. But anyway I digress. Let me tell u about the dream. I was dreaming about how I should celebrate my birthday. I probably need to celebrate it early cos on sept 12 I would be in Vancouver already. (I'm going on an exchange for those who dont yet know. But that I shall talk about in detail later, after 3rd May.) And then I was receiving presents.

Then suddenly Andy came into the picture. Ok actually the minute he came into the picture I knew I was dreaming but I refused to wake up. Like any smart girl of cos, I knew the best was yet to be HAHA! He brought me to this tiny little doll house (but not so tiny cos I could go inside) and then he told me it was my present. So I stepped inside the doll house and OMG! It was decorated with loads of tiny heart shaped balloons and my name was hanging from the ceiling. It was really pretty.. and the most important thing was, everything inside was all soo thoughtful! From blowing all those balloons to the tiny details like the name and everything!

Ok the best is yet to be.

being a nice girl I gotta thank him of cos! So I gave him a kiss!

but DAMNIT! Now I'm dui. HOW COME I NEVER KISS THE LIPS BUT ONLY THE CHEEK!

So I decided to try again. I wanted to kiss...............

And then some idiot alarm started sounding in the distance.

I tried to ignore it. I tried to prolong the dream. I tried I tried I TRIED but that KNS TMD alarm REFUSED to stop beeping!!! I officially hate my Nokia 6680.

And so reluctantly, I opened my eyes.

And then I wondered.... wah lau why the hell didn't I dream of Takeshi Kaneshiro instead! Not like I ever fantasized a lot about Andy Lau... BUT I FANTASIZE A LOT ABOUT TAKESHI!!!! Sianzzzz haizzzzzz

ok anyway rite... there's a moral behind the story ok.

My subconscious mind is telling me that my dream guy (literally) should be someone who is willing to gimme a dream doll house. Need not be too ex but what matters is the thought and effort that went into it! =) An added bonus would be of cos, that the dream guy looks like Andy Lau. No wrong... best would be if he looks like Takeshi!!!! HAHA



OK anyway now I'm watching that China drama 仙剑奇侠传. It's really friggin damn nice. Really. I'm gonna embrace all prc productions from now on. Seriously. There's a hidden meaning behind everything. Even without any hidden meaning, the story is touching enough on its own. The attractive cast helped too of cos. And all the 道可道, 非常道 etc sighhh I'm captivated. Ok ya la ya la i'm captivated more by 胡歌 (oops! Yes I like a prc) but anywayz that drama is still nice. Go watch ok! SAYONARA!

Studying can be interesting. Agree? If u noe how to entertain yourself la. Like this bit of info i picked up from my lecture notes about the poison from puffer fish:

SYMPTOMS: The first symptom of intoxication is a slight numbness of the lips and tongue, appearing between 20 minutes to three hours after eating poisonous pufferfish.

The next symptom is increasing paraesthesia in the face and extremities.

The second stage of the intoxication is increasing paralysis. Many victims
are unable to move; even sitting may be difficult. There is increasing respiratory distress. The victim, although completely paralyzed, may be
conscious and in some cases completely lucid until shortly before death.

Death usually occurs within 4 to 6 hours, with a known range of about 20
minutes to 8 hours.

I couldn't stop thinking.. how the hell did they know all these???

I could just picture this guy holding a paper and pen and writing down all the symptoms and timing when they take place while observing this poor poisoned person in front of him.

"Ok so now the lips and tongue starts numbing." *pens down the symptoms*

20 minutes later..

"Ok now it's the extremities." *pens down symptoms again*

and then 8 hours later..

"Ok so now he's dead." *closes notepad*

Yea studying for exams tend to make u sadistic. But well...

its not just the students... on another set of lecture notes about glucose and adrenaline

(adrenaline converts glycogen to glucose during times of danger so we can react better, but after using too much glucose u suffer from lack of glucose and go into a coma)

And on that matter, there was this saying..

"Evolution gave us a way to activate maximum speed to run from tigers and a simultaneous
route to unconsciousness before being eaten."

So yea. Lecturers too, have their sadistic moments.


K darlings. Wendy told me there's this Kungfu Idol thing coming up soon. Something like Singapore Idol, but this time it's kungfu fighting, not singing. I think I can win everyone else with a few flicks of my superb arms. But well, to make it more spectacular I decided to go into hibernation and come up with a new type of Chinese kungfu. So there. Don't disturb me ah! I'm retreating to the caves of Mount Wudang in China. SAYONARA! Kungfu idol starts 3rd may on tv. Think its shown on the "kungfu channel" on tv. Dun have it?? Got la. Go ask ur local cable tv subscriber. Really dont have?! Means ur area is too ulu. It's time to MOVE! Ok ok time is precious. I need to go meditate. Like Zhang Sanfeng... meditation made him come up with Tai Chi. I will better that! SAYONARA!

Thursday, April 13, 2006

有眼不识泰山

U ever heard of the 狼来了的故事? Long long time ago, got a lil boy. He is a shepherd and when his sheep are grazing he tends to get bored. So one day, he started shouting "狼来了!" And everybody came with sticks and axes to kill the wolves. But there were no wolves around! The boy thought it was funny.

One fine day, the boy got bored again. So he decided to pull his trick once again. "狼来了!" Everybody ran to him with sticks and axes once again. But once again, there were no wolves. The boy was very amused. But no one else was.

Finally, the real wolves came. The boy shouted and shouted, and no one came to help him. Cos they thought he was lying.

In NTU, u always see these posters around school. This this this distinguished speaker is coming to give a talk. Some Rolex award winner. Then another day, got some other Casio award winner. Then some other day, got some Swatch award winner. And then oso sometimes got some Nobel dunno wat talk. U know its fake. Cos there cant be that many dunno dunno wat awards around to let u win. And after u win u cant possibly come down every other day to NTU to give a talk. So it's fake. It's a 狼来了 story.

So the other day, when I walked around school and saw all these posters stuck around school about some Nobel Laureate coming to give a speech, I was like... aiya mai lai la... I oso Nobel Laureate lor. Some more that guy was Chinese. How many Chinese Nobel Laureates are there? The only one i heard of was the 82 yr old ah pek with a 28 yr old wife.

Then day before yesterday, I was mugging in Lib 2. And then 2 irritating viets took over my seat when i went to print something. KNS! And then they din even ask me. Then they invited their fren over to sit.. SO BLARDIE CRAMPED! So they found a solution. By PUSHING my file away. BLARDIE HELL i was damn dulan with them. Seriously wanted to pick up a fight already. ANd u noe wat?! THat idiot guy fren they invited to sit BESIDE me STANK like a friggin pigsty. WAH BIANG.

So anyway, my point is, I went home early. Around 5+pm. I walked past LT1a, and saw a huge crowd outside there. I was like.. hmm weird. This guy... hmm managed to get a huge crowd to go for his public lecture. But then again, it could be for the food. These talks always have good food. In fact, if i was not rushing for time, I would have stopped to get a plate. But anyways.

So i was rushing. I walked past the corridor leading to the LT. Then around the blind corner, i almost very nearly knocked down our dear Mr Speaker. I recognised his face splashed on all those posters around school. Him in his clean cut suit (weird.. in Singapore no one ever wears a suit, but i feel guys who wear suits look SO smart! Of cos, i dont mean middle aged, balding guys.) and a pretty young lady leading him around. I was like.. oh yeah Mr Speaker. Nice. But all i could see was the nice yummy food behind him....... YUM!

Then I went home.

Then my dad brought home some chinese tabloids. Forgot which one. They all look the same to me. Then OH MAN i saw my favourite man. 李敖 I mean. So i turned to the page. And on the papers.. I SAW OUR MAN! No not 李敖... this time.. it's Mr Speaker!

STUNNED.

I read on.

诺贝尔奖得主.......


WAH KAOZ!

This time the school really never bluff me! He really is a Nobel prize winner! Have you ever heard of the 狼来了的故事??? SEE? Bluff me some more got real Nobel prize winner I oso dunno! Some more I almost knocked into him!

When i told my father that, he said.. aiya... 你真是有眼不识泰山啊!

Let's see if any of his Nobel Prize dust rubs off on me =)

But dont think soo sighhh... my exams are so dead. Gone. No time planning. Next time I WILL bring a watch in. Please, someone remind me. Always forget. ARGH!

Friday, April 07, 2006

致:李敖先生

一直以来, 对您抱有无比敬意, 特别是当时您抱着无党派自由参选人身分获得高票, 更加证明了您的人气. 一直以来, 对您的无比尊敬, 来自于对您的智慧的钦佩. 直至昨日, 您不加斟酌, 不负责任的言辞, 另本人对您感到无比的失望.

李敖先生您说,新加坡人笨,是因‘种’不好。当年南下的祖先都非知识份子,亦非重量级人物,只是来南洋讨生活的。

此言听来,颇令人难受。李敖先生,您认识几为新加坡人?除了李光耀资政,李显龍总理,孙燕姿小姐,尚有几人?如此狭隘的眼界,就直接笼统的把其余的人一概规划为您所谓的‘种’不好,笨。

就 ‘种’ 不好而言,实在令人听了浑身不舒服。发表本人小小的意见,惭愧的说,并非出于伟大的爱国心态,而主要出于对本人祖先的敬爱。没想到入土为安数十年后,竟被人说自己 ‘种’ 不好,如何说得过去!

就 本人祖先而言,已经决非李敖先生所想象的泛泛之辈。其中玄曾祖父就是清朝一位秀才。虽不及举人状元,但也决不至于‘种’不好。曾祖母家族也非省油灯,当 年在中国福建曾任地方大财主,所有人都得敬畏三分。后来共产党逼迫,不得不举家迁离祖国,飘洋过海到南洋落地生根。没想到因为这么做,到了将近一百年后的 今天,却沦为李敖先生口中的 ‘种’ 不好,笨。九泉之下,老祖宗要是知道了,要他们如何安息?

新加坡人对于政治的,并非冷漠不理,而是 至今,政府仍没另人们有任何抱怨的理由。以小国而言,动荡不安的局势就是自取灭亡。这个简单的道理,身为政治家的 您,难道不了解吗?就拿台湾来说,蓝绿对打,到头来,受苦的还是人民。大陆亦是,自天安门事件后,再也没有任何大型反政治活动。李敖先生,难不成,您是唯 恐天下不乱吗?

就台湾人的‘糊涂’而言,真让人为那些上届大选时投您一票的人感到忿忿不平。宝贵的一票,换来的却是一个‘糊涂’的称号。的确,投票支持您的人,太糊涂了。

至今仍深感不解与纳闷,为何凤凰台,一个一直以来保持高水平的电视台,为何会允许如此言论播出?

李敖先生,要是 ‘哗众取宠’ 如您所说,属褒意的话,‘哗众’ 您是成功了,‘取宠’,想必今后都很难了。

Explanation,
Sorry I've been neglecting my non-Chinese speaking friends for far too long haha. Anyway wat I meant was this writer/politician from Taiwan said Singaporeans were stupid. Cos our ancestors were dumb.

mine were not. were yours?