Probably one of the most beautifully pointless playthings I’ve seen in a while.

bomomo - have fun!

Reposted from some China netizens…(with some edits)

I don’t agree totally with the comments, but the pictures are quite pretty.

这个镜头的时候，看电视的人，完全看不到两边的优美陶瓷图画。BOB只给了中间特写，而且是长时间的，完全没有顾忌到两边的整体协调性。远景，远景才是张艺谋导演追求的效果啊！天呐，这和今天电视上播出的，真的是同一场开幕式吗？这么美丽的东西，为什么没有被呈现出来？而此时我们能在电视上看到的，只有BOB导播切到的脑袋顶端羽毛特写。真实的效果！ 被这张桃花震撼了！我敢打赌看电视转播的观众，都不知道这幅画原来是这样的。历史的画卷缓缓展开 为啥咱自家人拍的就这么好看。张艺谋不愧是导演出身，这完全是电影效果啊。这个场景看电视是绝对看不到的。因为这个时候导播把镜头切到了场内，在给演员们打超近距离面部特写。这是太极拳表演变换太极阵。 太美了，电视上看不到的。

WE WON!

(table tennis women’s team semifinals)

The score: KOREA 2 - 3 SINGAPORE

To be honest, this software has been around for ages, but since most of my immediate circle of friends have never even thought of using something other than Acrobat Reader for PDFs or IE for browsing…might as well recommend some things now and then. (Switch to Firefox! As I’ve been trying to tell anyone who uses the class compy under my account.)

Software in question - Foxit PDF Reader.

Basically, it’s a free PDF viewer with a feature set that rivals Acrobat Reader. (It also does annotations, which I don’t think the free Reader does) The main reason why I think it’s awesome is because it’s blazing fast.

Also, more importantly, it’s cured my PDF phobia*. See, I used to have a phobia of PDFs because opening them in browsers entailed major lag and probably a crash in the browser, and opening them normally meant major lag again. My system sucks. And Acrobat Reader was slow. I liked (and still do) the splash screen design though.

Foxit launches very quickly (I got times of about 1 sec or less, even for larger files) which is good, because I’m impatient. And when I’m organizing large amounts of PDFs accumulated during research (coughIHcough) speed is something that’s nice to have. It can also convert PDFs to txt files, though I’ve never really had uch use for that function.

As a side note, I don’t think it supports Macs.

*Alternatively, to reduce PDF phobia, one can also grab Nitro PDF’s PDF Download extension (click to install) if you’re using Firefox.

From Zitian, because MAGIC TRIANGLES ARE KILLING MY BRAIN AGAIN. Thankfully for you I’ve hidden it behind a cut. But I tag Sugi, Pam, Marshy, Chiachia and Yong.

Part One

1. The person who last tag you is:
Nobody really, I stole it on my own.
2. Your relationship with him/her is:
Best friends!
3. Your five impression of him/her:
A void beyond five words.
4. The most memorable thing he/she had done for you:
Nothing.
5. The most memorable thing he/she had said to you:
Nothing.
6. If he/she become your lover, you will:
Well, seeing as there’s nobody there…
7. If he/she become your lover, thing he/she has to improve on will be:
The laws of Physics must be re-examined.
8. If he/she become your enemy, you will:
Oh dear.
9. If he/she become your enemy, the reason will be:
I, uh, poked it by accident?
10. The most desired thing you want to do for him/her now is:
Nothing.
11. Your overall impression of him/her is:
Nobody.
12. How you think people around you will feel about you?
Multiple personality disorder?
13. The characters you love of yourself are:
The C and the A.
14. On the contrary, the characters you hate yourself are:
This sentence doesn’t make sense. What is it with quizzes and horrendous English?
15. The most ideal person you want to be is:
@___@
16. For people that care and like you, say something to them:
>___>
<___<

Part Two

List 10 persons:

1. Zi Tian
2. Sugi
3. Xeo
4. Bow
5. Addie
6. Yong
7. Greg
8. Kai
9. Sherri
10. Yoda

18.Who is no.6 having relationship with?
This feels very familiar. And bad English again. Anyway, no-one. I think.
19. Is no.9 a male or female?
Female, the last time I checked.
20. If no.7 and 10 are together, will it be a good thing?
No, no, not at all.
21. What is no.2 studying about?
See, that ‘about’ there is unnecessary…anyway, I have no idea.
22. When was the last time you had a chat with no.3?
Last week.
23. What kind of music band does no.8 like?
Potter Puppet Pals.
24. Does no.1 have any siblings?
Don’t know.
25. Will you woo no.3?
NO
26. How about no.7?
NO!
27. Is no.4 single?
Maybe.
28. What is the surname of no.5?
Chang.
29. What ’s the hobby of no.4?
Being a lazy prick. And ignoring me.
30. Does no.5 and 9 get along well?
They haven’t met.
31. Where is no.2 studying at?
That “at” is…uh, never mind. DHS.
32. Talk something casually about no.1:
;__; “talk something”…she is in my CCA.
33. Have you tried developing feelings for no.8?
Um, we’re friends. I hope.
34. Where does no.9 live at?
Near my home. And that “at” is not needed.
35. What colour does no.4 like?
It probably depends on who he’s fangirling fanboying at the moment.
36. Are no.5 and 1 best friend?
No.
37. Does no.1 have any pets?
Not sure.
38. Is no.7 the sexiest person in the world?
I generally don’t look at people that way…anyway, no.
39. What is no. 10 doing now?
Trying to figure out how MSN works.

Part Three

Last person…
1. You hung out with?
My math group.
2. You texted?
Yong.
3. You slept next to?
My bolster?
4. Went to the movies with?
Now we’re talking a very very long time ago. I can’t remember.
5. Went to the mall with?
I don’t go out…
6. You talked to on the phone?
My bro.
7. Made you laugh?
@__@ Pam?
8. You hugged?
Uh.
9. You kissed?
Uhh.
10. Made you cry?
My math paper. I went to emo in the art room lawl.

Would you rather…
1. Be serious or be funny?
Serious. See, my poker face is non-existent…
2. Drink whole or skim milk?
Lactose intolerant :V
3. Die in a fire or get shot?
Something painless.

Which one…
1. Sun or moon?
Stars. The moon will overpower them if it’s present and then you can’t see the fainter ones.
2. Dark or light chocolate?
Light.
3. Leftie or rightie?
Right.
4. Sunny or rainy?
Rain! With wind!
5. Hugs or kisses?
Money.
6. Where do you live?
Near school.
7. Rock or Techno?
Boom-de-yadda
8. Do you want to get married?
Yesno.
9. Do you twirl your spaghetti or cut it?
Twirl.
10. Do you cook?
I can cook instant noodles!

In the past 3 days have you…
1. Kissed someone?
No.
2. Sang?
Yes.
3. Been hugged?
Dunno.
4. Liked someone you can’t have?
A cool phone. But that’s ’something’.

Favourite…
1. Color?
Sap Green/Most shades of blue.
2. Food?
Lots!
3. Movie?
Dunno.
4. Sport?
Avoiding sports.
5. Day of the week?
Friday.
6. Season?
Rainy season!
7. Ice Cream?
That cheap rounded-rectangle-white-base-blue-lid ice cream you can get at Giant. The one that comes in French Vanilla.

Current…
1. Mood?
Confused.
2. Clothes?
Shirt, shorts.
3. Desktop?
Main desk - messy. Side desk - recently organized.
4. Time?
2:41 pm.
5. Location?
Home.
6. Annoyances?
Construction sounds.
7. Thoughts?
Why is it 3[C – ½(n-1)(3n-2)]?

First…

1. Best friend?
Sherri.
2. Crush?
P5. D:
And then after that I became asexual (second sense, Dictionary.com Unabridged)
3. Movie?
Spirit? Snow White? Cinderella? Pokemon the Movie? (the Mewtwo one)
4. Lie?
Kindergarten?
5. Song?
A midi of Ai Xiang Shui lawl.

Last…
1. Drink?
Strong Chinese tea. I love the stuff.
2. Ride?
Back home from performance class yesterday afternoon.
3. Text msg?
Dunno.
4. Person you talked to?
Mum.
5. Song you listened to?
My scales…

Things you can hear now
1. Noisy construction work
2. My insanely noisy fan
3. My brain exploding

© 2008 krysjez

This was drawn sometime back on foolscap with a G-2 pen. Doodle during Chinese Culture class. It festered on my computer for goodness knows how long. I kinda like the style I used though.

Video’s not too old, I hope.

Participated in Connect Singapore today.

Pam shoots at Peiling.

So, um. Basically, this thing was a National Day celebration. Oh gosh. It’s hard to type a blog post…or write anything, really, when you’re listening to an audiobook. I’m listening to The Hobbit read by Rob Ingles/Inglis (no idea which is the correct one) on Youtube.

They used to go up like great lilies and snuffdragons…

Where was I? Yes. We were supposed to hold hands with a lot of people, mostly students, around 20 000 according to a leaflet that we were given. We assembled at the Old Police Academy, had insanely loud councillors and music blared in our ears (we sat near the speakers) and moved off slightly before noon to along this road that led to Braddell and another B-road. Anyway, we formed a line and proceeded to become very bored.

I’m not sure who started it (I think it was Pam and her giant inflatable hand) but we started randomly waving at all passing vehicles. After that we yelled “Happy National Day” to motorcyclists (only during red-lights, though) and passers-by. We had one nice passer-by who asked us what we were doing and we talked for about 2 minutes.

Oh, and there was one “We want Coke!” to the driver of a Coke truck.

So someone said “it’s starting!” and we held hands. And we waited…there was a countdown from 10 to 1, but then nothing happened. We went back to waving at vehicles. And yelling at motorcycles. I’m already having a bit of a sore throat. The most amusing part of today was probably when a councillor-organizer came down the line and told us:

Don’t panic! Stay calm!

Oh dear, Connect Singapore has failed. The end of the world is coming!

Well, now that I’ve got 3 papers back I think I can begin posting my results. I’ll be following the same format as before:

● = Good (relative to previous scores, personal expectations etc)
● = Sort of Good (relative to class median/mean scores)
● = Average (relative to class median/mean scores)
● = Pretty Bad (relative to personal expectations)
● = Poor (relative to everything)

Math: 31/60 ● and of course ●/●
Chinese: 71.5/110 ●
Language Arts: ?
Physics: 44/60 ●
Chemistry: 44/60 ●
Biology: 48/60 ●
Integrated Humanities: 15/20 ●
AEP (Study of Visual Art): ?
Bicultural Studies (Chinese): ?

Will be updated as I get more test scripts back. I hope I don’t die too hard this time. Please, please, let my MSG be below 3.