The real applied goodness

Aiyo just realised some ppl search weird stuffs on google to get to my blog -.-

Anyway, went to NUS today with tianle for the Math and Financial Crisis talk thing that has constantly been flashing over the TV in school just cause We Can and that we don’t have chem tomorrow (But aiyah, go take the last laugh every one else, 4 papers this weeks is no kidding)

Proof of epicness… 1) Were one of the few non uni kids there, along with random NUS high kids, and probably the ONLY RJ PPL THERE MUHAHAH 2) I AM DAMN SURE we’re the only ppl who went there in the midst of As whoohoo! Aiya but was worth it on otherwise time spent on slacking after dinner and probably doing a little more for applied-common-sense.

Cheers to math anyway, further PROOF today that math dominates all academically rigourous studies (and no, i don’t mean applied common sense or applied intution (HUMAN geog) or applied rhetoric (i.e. LIT). Aiyah mind the bigotry, I take 2 of the above 3 APPLIED NONSENSE yea; am eating my own poison) and I guess we should just screw all BBAs and MBAs and B.A. Econs and whatever for APPLIED MATH MATH MATH (and FISIKS of course)!

Still, going to NUS today just reminded us why we don’t want to stay in this cauldron for 4 more years (actually cause too much competition from epic chinese ppl, even in today’s lecture) :/ Gosh and the ETHZ prof dude was totally one awesome (m)academia nut living in one awesome country… Sigh, more great reasons to master Deutsch after As and go to the land of the SWISS!

Thinking about it

There is often, I feel, very few reasons to be thinking above and beyond the present..OR perhaps even thinking above your innate simpleness uh. Been reading through certain controversial ppl’s blogs (bearing in mind of course being controversial itself is alr an accomplishment so don’t even try to guess if it’s you x)) and realising contrived sophistication is the lowest common denominator… That and some form of blatant pretense (argh nearly an oxymoron but who cares)

Ohwells bigotry aside, A WEEK IN REVIEW: generally going okay I guess. All papers have been beyond expectations though rather manageable so yep, FOUR MORE TO GO before the bulk of the war is over.

Anyway, personal take aways from something a tad a while ago that tianle and i finally realised made more sense that actually intended. Hence, the interpretation of our uh…class motto?

THE 4 MOTTOS TO LIFE

1. Make love, not war

Speaks for itself la.. Making love (not sex) work takes time and effort, and we’re not just talking about romantic love so yep, a general motto to follow (cause war is veh costly too).

2. Do not discriminate others (especially black women)

Meant initially as a reference to alaricious’ obsession over black women and bunifa jackson, this tells us to be less of bigots (the above paragraph being NOT a good example :/) and respect others for who they are even if they are uh..weird. Aiyah standard fare la uh..

3. Keep your underwear on at all times

Probably the most senseless of them all initially..IT ACTUALLY MAKES THE MOST SENSE LEH. Cause well, I guess everyone wants to do stupid stuff at times and uh often forgetting that it’d be QUITE STUPID uh. Screwing (no pun intended) your life and someone else’s life up is no joke ah. Hence yea, keep it on at all times (and not get drunked or doped) and life would be moderately good.

4. Be the best S05 class!

Tells you that even if you can’t be the best and are probably relegated to the lower echelons of society, nothing is worse than poverty than the POVERTY OF ASPIRATION (aiyo GP) Hence, some good amount of hard work and goals would definitely make for a more respectable life regardless of circumstance..

alright very nice.. now for the next week ):

Extrapolation

Significance of Physics research and progress over time

Ahha, was reading some Scientific American article today while taking a break from mugging (actually that kinda sounds like going for a 10km run after cooling down from uh, a game of cards) but yea, found this entire bulk of the magazine talking about the future of fisiks being particle fisiks and what’s not so yep, here’s THE PROGRESS OF PHYSICS for you over the years…

Veh soon, we’ll all be undoing progress! So yep, I think by some finite time, physicists will be all unemployed due to no significant things to research, or perhaps even some things to unresearch? (whatever, sense is out of stock)

09S05B for the last time

Ahha a veh nice and epic concluding photo of 2 years in a very awesome class. Though not everything has been very memorable..it’s still after all a very diverse and special bunch of people to remember Kinda get to appreciate things more after a while eh.. x)

Oh and i think the wooden board thing…totally random but cool.

Some leap

Perhaps the only call for some relief this prelims is a seeming consistency in grades and well, the epic jump in physics to decent A (though i think i still have been shortchanged on some qns :/) Well, for the sake of TACT, shall not complain anyway..

Prelims is probably memorable for proving that hard work pays off (one day) in fisiks and math, and also that influence from epic ppl will somehow provide the needed drive to excel in the diff subjects. Realised that the equalisation in grades works both ways..Tianle improved in econs, I improved in fisiks. Tammy says her improvement in fisiks can be attributed to us too? Well, that’s good I guess Probably the absence of such influences was the reason why geog and econs were less epic. :/

Still, I guess I shall keep my word about giving gary chan some ang pow and a thank you note anonymously for borrowing his wksheets and practices at one point of time and yet avoiding formal tuition..

Nobel prize anticipation

Actually the title’s misleading..can’t care less who would get them maybe except to see who would get it for Econs this year. But was thinking, with the next 5 days having each field announce its winner(s) on every day, this kinda feels like post-prelims anticipation/fear and well, every significant member of the academic community just sitting in their offices/homes hopefully to receive a call from sweden. True for the rj kid hoping that he’d get an A for prelims too uh, all wide-eyed and hopeful.

Yet, I guess all these excitement over grades, accomplishments and results just die away after a long while with the uh EVERY DAY HUMDRUM of money problems, marriage problems, work problems etc. Ohwells..

A is for Awkwardness

The most pimp phrase a guy can say – “Good morning ladies!” — Really, try it. I haven’t though. Well, excluding stupid and gross stuffs that might get you slapped, kicked, ignored or hated, I have to say this one will only kinda make you be perceived as a tad weird (just a little) and probably make for a good laugh.

The most pimp phrase a girl can say – “Hey boys!” (does it with the blonde attitudeee) — Actually, not so sure about it being the MOST pimp phrase ever cause then again, guys wouldn’t slap, kick, ignore or hate just for untactful stuffs or presumably gross stuffs but well, I guess it’s the most non-suggestive phrase with the largest shock factor? Whatever…

Oh and today after two hours of FISIKS, tianle and I thought (purely out of unrelated issues..hmm) that perhaps we should go up to a CERTAIN female teacher we know and tell her “HEY, you know we think you’re actually being hit on by many male teachers in school.” cause well she looks like she could take the Awkwardness (with capital A) and laughter…

Who knows, maybe the response would be “Perspective, perspective…” o.O You think?

Moral Hazard

My belief is that moral hazard, while practically irrelevant in many context except information asymmetry conditions and principal-agent problems, probably found it’s roots in something more practical and well…down to earth.

The word ‘moral’ exists beside ‘hazard’ because back a while ago, along the lines of the Public Enemies movie, random men used to borrow money from banks, used borrowed money to purchase guns, and used the purchased guns to rob the bank. Of course the banks found out after a while they were actually shooting themselves on the foot and hence, believed that such an action of lending money to shady people was in fact, a MORAL HAZARD, literally.

Not too bad I hope, could use it in h3 if it requires. Think the brit examiners could do with a little humour.

On the other hand, about all things unhappy, GP was doubleplusungood and very discouraging to know how geog ppl got owned in their own urban geog questions while certain groups of ppl did way better -.- . A huge surprise this time for some though, probably like how Rio De Janiero’s win was a huge surprise too.

Needs to relax man

Gosh, has many ideas for a blog post but realised they are often too UN-PC (psychometric test explicitly stated I don’t function well in politically charged environments, euphemism for PSC doesn’t need you) or too academically inclined. “Academically-inclined posts are where it’s at”, says Wayne but should take it light. Ohwells, shall relax man.. Needs something to fill the void of mugging (oh wait, didn’t just say that. BUT is true if you think about it) and make life more exciting.

SAT Fisiks is a tad not too exciting, SAT math..not bothering. I guess should just take tianle’s advice and read the 1000-word list.

We believe that the age of intelligence, wit and creativity in learning is DEAD. All forms of pre-graduate assessments into intelligence, wit and creativity will always be circumvented by rote studying by the CHINESE. And who am I to condemn hurhur..AM ONE OF THEM (albeit to a very small extent) :O

Auschwitz

I’m not sure if you think so, but walking down the streets of post-GP Singapore town just reminds me of the Nazi’s Auschwitz concentration camp O.o

Is just the high metal fences sprawling the streets that make them look epic (Y) and deathly. Not forgetting the absence of cars on those roads too. Very post-apocalyptic scene. Just try to visualise this… (photo from Purple_man on flickr.. Better get all these IP stuffs right lest resentment breeds somewhere)

as this?..

Okay, maybe not THAT similar. But well, just a very morbid thought upon seeing rows and rows of fences.