Tired...

Juz woke up and I'm feeling groggy, lolx... So many things happened over the weekend... Be prepared for a long long post...

Sat evening went to Wei Ming's hse for the farewell gathering... We bought lots of tidbits and drinks at the Toa Payoh Interchange NTUC, then in the end ordered pizza hut delivery for dinner :) We gave our gifts and sat ard toking... It was a pleasant evening for many of us I suppose, and we'll difinitely miss him! :D Keep in touch Wei Ming!!

Sunday was reli an extraordinary day for me! I woke up at abt 10am and for the first time in my life did my sch work on a Sunday morning! Supposed to meet Glenn for lunch but he overslept, so in the end we had lunch at 1245 at tm fd court... After tat met Alvin at Tampines mrt at 130 then we set off together...

Service was v diff, in the sense that it was a diff place altogether and oso cos there seemed to be sooo many ppl... Oh ya, Shane came back and joined us too! :) Seems tat he's doing quite well over in Australia... One thing to note was the creative way in which the so-called skit flowed smoothly into the sermon, and Rev. James costume was appealing at least for the first half hr or so, lolx... But things were short and sweet, and b4 long Li-Shien Jie was in front with our 12^th Anniversary cake :) After the service we had donuts, which I think was quite a cool idea... They were given out as refreshments in boxes of 2 each, and it was juz the right amount to consume :)

Things were going v well as we headed down to the airport for badminton until yixin called the management and we realised we were given tennis courts instead... I muz say tat affected me quite abit cos I was reli looking forward to a gd workout after such a long break from badminton :( I was on the brink of insanity as I asked Si Hui to help me check out the Pasir Ris CCs for their court availability as well as for the numbers of the Tampines CCs... It turned out, as I had expected, that we had totally no chance of getting any courts at such last minute notice...

Anyway, we still headed down to the airport... Managed to catch Liyun and welcome her back to Singapore :) Chengxin was determined to fight for our rights so he went down with Yixin to the clubhouse to see if we could 讨回公道。It turned out that we could play, but onli starting from 8.30pm onwards... I agreed almost immediately after receving this news cos my hands were reli itching, lolx... In the end, there were onli 5 of us playing, haha... It was a great workout and we were all exhausted to the max after tat!

I went back after tat only to realise tat time is not on my side; I had to mug for both Econs test... To add on to the already crazy day, I actually mugged till 1am... Somehow I found the discipline and energy to do so... Covered abt half the Macro chapters, there's still the other half and Micro to go =/

Mon today woke up at ard 6.30am, then went airport to meet Yixin for breakfast... It was quality time spent :) Then went to send Wei Ming off at T3... Oh man, it'll be 9 months b4 I'll get to see him in person again... After tat I chio-ed Yixin to go T1 to send Han En off, lolx... Might as well right, since I'm at the airport already...

If I continue to send so many ppl off to diff parts of the world, I think I'm gonna go crazy! 'Cos I wanna go overseas too!! Its like everyone is going everywhere la, lolx... Well, I shall hold on the to hope tat I hav, which is to go to a western country for my Exchange Program :) Already eyeing one of NTU's Exchange Program, and if everything goes well, I'll be able to go for one sem next yr! :) N its gonna be so so so cool la I think, to study there and immerse in their culture, and of cos make new frens! :D

Alrite, I'm supposed to be studying for Econs but I juz hav so much to share, lolx... Shall stop here for now... After this week is recess week... YAY!!! :) Finally got some time to breathe and reflect... Half the sem is going to be gone juz like tat, lolx... More tests and midterms to follow after tat =/ Well, hopefully I learn better time management as well...

*Its the beautiful memories in life that spur us on! :D

Quiz

It seems like a lighter word, "Quiz", but I suppose in Uni "quiz" is the same as "test", lolx...

Had my first ever test, or quiz as they put it juz now in the afternoon...

The lecturer was like : "The test should be quite easy, at least I can do it...."

I was like thinking : "Erm if you set a test that even you cant do, then I believe we'll all get the same marks, lol"

We were given 30 mins to do 6 qns and I muz admit I'm reli not used to the fast pace... Stunned by the first qn already, which was actually quite basic =/ Then seriously not enough time to do lor... I skipped all those tat I didnt noe and attempted those that I THINK I could do... In the end onli managed to finish 4 out of 6 qns... Haiz, think my efforts spent in mugging wont get me the desired results... Prob shdnt hav studied sho much in the first place, haha...

Oh well, I had my first taste of wad its like to take a Uni level test... Abit discouraged, but I shall continue to press on... Now throwing away Math, cos next wk got 2 Econs quiz... Hav to fill my head with Demand and Supply, Elasticity, Indifference Curves, Income Consumption Curves, Substitution Effect, Marginal Product, GDP, Inflation, National Output, Unemployment, Fiscal Policy, Money Supply.... Gosh Econs got SO MANY terms to rmbr, lolx... Another crazy week coming up!!


*Many thanks to XH, SH & LJ who offered to lend me their Econs stuff! =)

*Changed my blog song; saw the chorus on Serene's blog and suddenly juz fell in love with this song again =)

Logic...

Ok I'm trying to mug for my first Math test this coming Friday now... Its been years since I last took an academic test of any kind so they seem kind of alien... Trying to read my textbook now and make sense of formal logic, lolx... It can be quite fun in a way, if only I could understand what I'm studying... Meanwhile, more tests are scheduled next wk in wk 7 and oso in wk 9... Gosh, I think I forgot wad its like to take a test liao =/

CONTRAPOSITIVE:

"If a vehicle is a car it has 4 wheels" is logically equivalent to "If a vehicle does not have 4 wheels it is not a car"

"If I am broke I will not have money to buy clothes" is logically equivalent to "If I have money to buy clothes I am not broke"

"If I am at home I will be slacking" is logically equivalent to "If I am not slacking I will not be at home"

U get the idea? LOL

Can be quite intuitive actually, and prob uses much of our common sense...

N can u believe that all of the above sentences can be expressed in mathematical notation, as in symbols?

Random Math Jokes

1. There is an engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician all walking down a road in the country. All of a sudden a sheep farmer calls them over to the nearby field where he tells them that he will pay a significant sum of money to the person who can build a fence to enclose his sheep using the least amount of fencing material.

The engineer goes first and builds a circle around the sheep and reasons that it is the least amount of material because it is a circle. The physicist goes next and builds an infinitely large circle around the sheep and shrinks it down to fit closely around them. The mathematician pauses, looks around, then builds a circle around himself and says, "I define that I am outside the fence..."


2. Person discussing his lack of math knowledge:
“Heavens! I don't even know what's the difference
between the radius and the diameter of a circle!
What's the difference between the radius & the diameter?”
The quick-thinking professor:
The radius!


3. A Mathematician, a Biologist and a Physicist are sitting in a street cafe watching people going in and coming out of the house on the other side of the street. First they see two people going into the house. Time passes. After a while they notice three persons coming out of the house.
The Physicist: "The measurement wasn't accurate."
The Biologist: "They have reproduced."
The Mathematician: "If now exactly 1 person enters the house then it will be empty again."

I'm blessed! =)

This week has been good! :) Cos I received quite a few presents... One cup from Agape, some pen and keychain set from my cousin, and a new pair of slippers from my Dad! :D

Agape's cup!

I got a present! :D

S-T-Y-L-E

I suddenly realised tat I'm so blessed! So many wonderful ppl ard me, so many gifts for me! :) Indeed God is gd!


Today went to HighPoint for some soccer competition... First time I'm playing in a formal competition and muz say I reli learnt alot... Last time when I play I would juz chase after the ball as and when I like but now I learnt tat its important to reli work as a whole team :D

There was oso a fun fair sortof thingy going on and there were many stalls and booths selling merchandise as well as fd!

Team Agape

Definitions

Its getting harder to update consistently but I shall try my very best :)

10 Random Things That Happened Recently

1. I learnt that in order to prove rigorously that √2 exists you need the definition of "real number"

2. I have shown 3 diff ppl ard NTU :) (Who's next?)

3. Linguistics is getting technical whereas Math is getting abstract :D (Isnt it the other way round?)

4. There is steamboat in one of the hall canteens (Yes it rox! :))

5. The new items on the menu at Cafe Cartel are deliciously nice :)

6. I finally understood a little of one of my Core Math Modules (Enlightenment is cool!)

7. I received a "Happy Teachers' Day" sms from one of my students (Thanks Kailin!)

8. I used up one whole foolscap pad within a month juz by doing tutorials (Is this rate normal?)

9. The Roti Prata at Canteen B really CMI (seriously cannot make it la)

10. My tutor asked us why is 1 + 1 = 2 & 2 x 2 = 4 during Math tutorial =/

This basically sums up some of the stuff that I exp. recently =)