breather .

one of the hardest paper

(certainly excluding maths)
is over .

i wouldn't say i did badly ,
it was pretty decent actually .

considering the first thing i did when the paper started ,
was to make a toilet trip to
jettison my cargo .

had a bit of a time management issue after that ,
but i made it up by churning out words
at the speed i never did ,
at the expense of a sore hand .

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a breather indeed .
other than maths ,
and perhaps a little literature
for me to worry about .

now it has begun ,
what else can i do ?

looking forward to post-exams ,
but grind on till then .

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couple of pics spacecraft Cassini sent back from its trip to Saturn over the years .
well just skip it if you aint interested .

Jupiter : Cassini on its way to Saturn .

Jupiter and its natural satellite moon .

Jupiter's storm-rich northern hemisphere .

Approaching Saturn .

even closer to Saturn . notice the rings .

current orbit of Saturn .

hardly photographed northern hemisphere of Saturn .

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ought to practice some violin for now .
lesson tomorrow .

music keeps me going .
for sure .

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alrighty then .

jiayous everyone !

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catcha' all really soon .

time : 1053
activity : violin-ing
music : currently listening to my own playing .
mood : hmms . decent .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

here it goes .

sorry for not editing for ,

hmm .
quite a while .

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been busy with
obviously the exam ,
and yeh , computer's acting up abit recently .

and this competition thing after my A's ,
knowing that i still cant enjoy immediately after the exam

kinda suck .

but well .

lead on .

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A's starts in 7 hours .
History SEA paper .

Clock ticking down to both the start and the end of A's .

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of all days ,
my wisdom tooth chose to hurt TODAY .

terribly painful i'll say .

and i cant even revise at all . AT ALL .
what a time to be NOT able to revise .

-which is clearly why im trying to catch up now at 1am in the morning-

and i kinda need a short brain now .

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couple of pictures update :

150million miles away , 109 times larger then us , our great Sun .

couple of sunset's i caught :

and Venus , at 25x magnification :_______________

yes yes , i know i cant sleep too late before the exams .
some theory on our adjusting out biological clock before the papers .

but i napped 2 hours in the afternoon ,
that ought to make it up .

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gotta get back to do abit more history .

all the best to everyone's papers .

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catcha' all really soon .

time : 0109
activity : mugging history .
music : currently not listening to anything .
mood : cranky , somewhat nervous .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

new layout .

new layout .

basically just an addition of a background image
which i spent the evening designing by hand.

thanks to felicia for helping me out ,
oleng and eileen for comments and suggestions :D

sorry if its abit creepy .
i just think it really fits in .

comments , suggestions and criticisms still welcomed .
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graduation yesterday .

nothing fancy though , just a symbolic "closure" to
our 2 years of JC .

it did brought the entire class together for good ,
and we headed out for lunch and movie later on .

kinda short on pics now .

but here's for the day :








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i got lucky with the calibration
of my scope the previous night .

heres what i got

i made it into a simple moon map , with picture enlargement
of noticeable features on the moon .

enjoy (:

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thats it for today ,
have to catch some sleep soon .

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catcha' all really soon .

time : 0141
activity : chatting .
music : currently not listening to anything .
mood : decent .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

hmmmms .

moody moody moody .

getting moodier and moodier .

maybe its the weather ,

maybe not .

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its the exams i believe ,

but stress never (or rarely) had such effects
on me .

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study study study .

avoid avoid avoid .

shut myself up from the outside world .

thats what i do best perhaps ,
taking things by my stride .

compliance .

how ironic .

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grind on !

all the way guys !

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catcha' all soon .

time : 2308
activity : playing some browser game zoe introduced to me xD everyone's addicted.
music : currently not listening to anything .
mood : moody , decent though .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

discrete random variable .

day's are getting ,
somewhat repetitive now .

i need something to inject some colours .

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but hey ,
A's will end as fast as it approaches ,
and we will be rejoicing in no time .

im going to get my

Canon Eos 40D
when the exams end .

cant wait to do some serious imaging (in and out of astrophography)
when i get my hands on one .

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compliance , grind on .

grind on .

grind on .

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getting harder to blog about anything for now .

but i'll try .

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catcha' all real soon .

time : 2209
activity : trying to entertain myself .
music : currently not listening to anything .
mood : decent .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

grr im tagged .

no idea what this is .
but im tagged lol !

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1) the person who tagged :
Eileen Chia , GRRRRR .

2) Your relationship with him/her is:
Classmates , good confidante , good friend :D

3) Your five impressions of him/her:
1) YOU LIKE KOREAN THINGS TOO MUCH .
2) cheerful most of the time ?
3) emo and down sometimes ):
4) complicated and complex , hard to decipher at times .
5) encouraging hahas .


4) The most memorable thing he/she had done for you
yeaps . lending a listening ear and advice when i needed it .
for being a friend .

5) The most memorable thing he/she said to you:
"HUHHH... u didnt do this before??"
when i got this tag .
LOL just joking . you like to say "jiayous !"

6) If he/she becomes your lover you will :
UHHHHH . hmms .
this is tough .
other than fainting , i will talk more to her ! haha .
everyone needs a confidante .

7) If he/she become your lover, thing he/she has to improve on will be:
DIVERSIFY ! lol dont stick to one band !
just stay the way you are other than that :D

8) If he/she become your enemy, you will:
burn her DBSK discs LOL .

9) If he/she became your enemy, the reason will be :
LOL . no idea .

10) The most desired thing you want to do for him/her now is:
hmms . MAKE HER STUDY more ? cheer up !

11) your overall impression of him/her is :
always smiling ahhas .

12) How do you think people around you will feel about you? :
i SERIOUSLY have NO idea .

13) The characters you love of yourself are:
hmms . i love nature !
and i like to help people !
i know what im doing most of the time .
passionate about things i wanna do well in and love !
i appreciate little things in life :D

14) On the contrary, the characters you hate yourself are:
if i dont like doing something , i probably wont do well in it .
unless under extreme stress and pressure .
happy-go-lucky at times , not really a good trait .
i like to avoid things . shuffle em under the carpet .
im shy when i really am |:

15) The most ideal person you want to be is:
be happy with myself and what im doing (:

16) For people who cares and likes you, say something to them:
thank you for being there !
you know i'll always be there for you too :D

17) Pass this quiz to 10 people that you wish to know how they feel about you"

eileen forced me lol . made me feel bad for not doing this .
grrrr .

EILEEN CHIA GRRRRR
Hong Siew
Cheryl
Elaine
Amanda
Felicia
Shahidah
Jiahao
Clement
Dominique

& anyone who wishes to tag :D
not forcing though .

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eeeee .
so this is how tags work .

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i shall post more tomorrow xD
this was an abrupt interruption to my daily posts lol !

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catcha' all real soon .

time : 0200
activity : practising erhu .
music : currently not listening to anything .
mood : good (:

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

i guess .

my wrists still hurt .
my violin teacher is going to
rant at me for lying to him
that i injured my legs instead .

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remember that boy we met that day ,
navin ?
he came back again yesterday evening .

happier than ever .

perhaps its good for him to know that
someone pays attention to him .

here are some pictures of him from that day and yesterday .

courtesy of hong siew and navin the photographer .

hong siew , cheryl , navin and i .


i acknowledge that i look , wrong , in this picture .
but navin took it , so let not get critical here xD

hong siew , justina and i . navin took this while we were eating .

navin .

navin looking really happy with his innocent smile .



he really cheered us up .
brighten our days and nights .

i suppose now we are here to brighten his days too .

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now back to POTD .
yet again , courtesy of NASA APOD and individual photographer .

Picture of the day
August 1st 2008 total solar eclipse .
the "rays" shows the solar corona , the magnetic loops of the sun itself ,
which is able to extend out to 20 times the radius of the sun .

usually not visible to naked eyes due to the brightness of the surroundings ,
the solar corona can ONLY be seen through naked eyes during a total solar eclipse .

surrouding the eclipse is the darkened sky of the region , exposed to reveal stars .
and you can even spot the bright mecury and the beehive cluster to the top left and top right
of the eclipse respectively .

dont miss the next eclipse :D
(next total is at july 22 2009)

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guess im getting the hang of studying now already .
hating it less now .

perhaps due to , the fact that ,
i dont have a choice but to grind on i guess .

but at least its helping .
and thats the best for now .

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tuition soon .

will update tonight or real soon .

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catcha' all real soon .

time : 1238
activity : practising violin , in pain .
music : Romantische Stucke - Dvorak
mood : bright .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

flip side .

GET OVER IT GET OVER IT
GET OVER IT GET OVER IT
GET OVER IT GET OVER IT

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long day .
really long .

but beautiful .

aside from the rampant
attempt at studying ,

and the grateful moments of talking
me out of my subliminal flow of emotions
(thanks to hong siew and cheryl ,
along with eileen for talking me out these few days)

i met this boy , Navin .

he wanders around the college at odd hours
with such consistency that almost everyone recognises him .

but doesnt know him .

i knew him on occasions during rugby trainings
as a very curious and naughty boy .
but never more till just now .

cheryl , hong siew and i invited him over to our table
while eating , as he waded pass our canteen as usual .

his smile was so sincere .

i believe he suffers from mild cerebral palsy ,

and knowing his condition ,
he definitely liked the attention and concern he received .

talking to him was a chore but never a burden .
his innocence (though as a 16 year old boy)
is angelic .
and his intelligence , is way beyond believable .

though his speech and movement impaired to an extent
beyond understanding through usual means .
he made an effort to communicate with us through his gestures ,
attempts at enunciating words ,
and especially his smiles .

and when he knows we will not understand ,
he made the effort
and traveled home
to bring us a little torn piece of notebook cover that spells his school .

touching .

he operated all of our handphones , almost as instantly as he picks it up .
camera functions , music players , dialling , even GPRS .
wow .

his persistence is immense .

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perhaps its a blessing , his simplicity and innocence .
not knowing how harsh the world truly is .

but prospectively , he views the world as a beautiful place .

sweet innocence .

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sounds like an autobiography .

but those almost 2 hours we spent with him was ,
i will say ,
heartwarming .

lifechanging even .
perhaps situational in my case .

but he really cheered my up .
broke quite a few of my chains bounding me .

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image courtesy of NASA APOD and individual photographer .

Comet McNaught of the 2007 .
shot against the backdrop of one arm of our very own
Milky Way Galaxy .
exposed digitally , this is what the night sky will yield .

and even under naked eye conditions and superb weathers
and atmosphere ,
one can actually SEE the milky way band .

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and once again .
thank you all of which who have talked me out of my previous
situation .

time to sort things out .

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catcha' all real soon .

time : 0058
activity : nbanner designing .
music : not playing anything .
mood : sneezy , but rather good .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

complacence .

mugged out with eileen and angela
today .

ended up being chased out of subway
and at eileen's house to mug .

compass point was irritatingly crowded today .

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finding hard to find words
to describe my days nowadays .

perhaps its just
the days getting increasingly repetitive .

but well ,
lil beautiful things never fail to occur everyday .

and its all up to us to spot .

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is hating school a sin ?

yes i do acknowledge that the
school is trying to help us out ,
(or pragmatically , help us achieve good results)

but don't they recognize the fact not all
imposed study methods work for everyone ?

and is it really necessary to take disciplinary
measures for not obeying such methods ?
and simply pursuing what i think its the best
and most effective way to achieve results ?

teach less , learn more .
hmms .

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though it all grinds down to
we dont really have a choice but to squeeze on .

its too late to complain :D

we HAVE to adapt and comply .

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im taking a break from
picture of the day for awhile .

feel kinda bad grabbing pictures from NASA xD

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school tomorrow again .
another showdown session of lessons .

i shall get some rest .

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catcha' all soon .

time : 0024
activity : nuthin .
music : not playing anything .
mood : moody .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [