Answer to the Math question!

Read:

There are 8 bags.
In each bag, there are 10 coins.
So there are 80 coins altogether.
But, out of these 8 bags, there is 1 bag which contains fake coins.
Presume, a real coin weighs 1.0 g. A fake coin weighs 0.9 g. (means there is 0.1 g difference)

Given that there is a weighing scale.
Question: How many times do I need to weigh to find out which bag contains the fake coins? (which means the max number of times is 7 since there are 8 bags)

And I think I did not phrase my question properly.
The question should be: How many times do I need to read the reading on the weighing scale in order to find out which bag contains the fake coins?




And TADA! Below is the answer! Provided by none other than Mr. 29! Hahaha..(I think there's this icon where you can actually enlarge the image to actual size)

That's life.

"You never know what is going to happen next.

The sky's so big, yet planes still collide. "

- my gene cell prof, Dr Patrick Loh

And I love you so.

I think I have this thing for guys singing with the guitar.

Silly us...

May and me. Zara's. Seeing doubles. Unbelievable tee price. Copycats (gil). I am getting white tops? Needs to lose the tummy. Haha. It's getting bad.

Sweet little surprise from Gil. I ate it le! Haha..Thank you so much dear!

And Jiamin told me that she has a surprise for me too! Hahahahha...so I have to wait for the mail! So much for telling me now right? Makes me so excited!

And Benson promised to bring me to changi and eat supper during the hols! Hahaha..

Math Question!

Read:

There are 8 bags.
In each bag, there are 10 coins.
So there are 80 coins altogether.
But, out of these 8 bags, there is 1 bag which contains fake coins.
Presume, a real coin weighs 1.0 g. A fake coin weighs 0.9 g. (means there is 0.1 g difference)

Given that there is a weighing scale.
Question: How many times do I need to weigh to find out which bag contains the fake coins? (which means the max number of times is 7 since there are 8 bags)


If you know the answer, tell me you know it but don't tell me how you get to your answer yet!

The nice cabbie offered me chewing gums. "Can't find these in Singapore", he said. I obediently took 1, slipping it into my pocket. Popped it into my mouth only when I am home. Haha.

Just so random..

Just came home. Tired. So just one-liner each to describe the photos below:

Gil's birthday (in September).

Sunflowers (my favourite!) sent by my secret admirer!

Goodies to be packed to the little cute chinese takeaway boxes (see the pink one above) for my dearest people. Some foodstuff that I bought from the Malacca trip - dodol, chocolate and Halloween chocolate (the eyeballs!) from the Marketplace (cityhall).

Paper bags to hold the goodies..

My hotel room in Malacca. Look at the super comfy bed!

Friend: are you attached?

Me: No..

Friend: then what's this:

- nearly a month
- 3 weeks and 4 days
- 25 days- 600 hours
- 3,600 minutes
- 2,160,000 seconds

Me: oh..no la..i am not..

Hmm..so yeah..I am not attached..there's no one special now too..and the counting has stopped..unrequited love just sucks..but that's what makes the show worth watching..Oh no, I am not in love with someone who doesnt reciprocate..it's just that I feel that unrequited love sucks..was telling May about my dream just now. I think what I am dreaming recently are all my troubles that I am facing. Today's dream just woke me up, telling me that I should just get out of this whole mess..

Shireen's Words of "Wisdom"!

"Think about it!

It only needs a moment of courage

to breach that topic,

for a lifetime of relief!"

Yes, I will I will I will...haha..I will..

Ashton Kutcher - I'll be there for you

I'll be there for you,
these five words I swear to you
When you breathe,
I wanna be the air for you
I'll be there for you
I'd live and I'd die for you
I'd steal the sun from the sky for you
Words can't say what love can do
I'll be there for you

Will you be there for me?

Busy Busy Me..

Tomorrow - First presentation of the term. EDA.

Hmm, have been very busy with school since..the 14th of October. It's the 25th now. Wow. And finally my body gave in. You should have seen me on Monday, in the Library. I used 120 pieces of tissue on that day itself. Nevertheless, working with the Gene Cell team was real fun. I don't know why. Been some time since I have enjoyed working with a team. We managed to crap out 97 pages for our report. The minimum number of pages required for the report is 80, mind you.

Back to Monday, it was real bad. Having less than 3 hours of sleep, I was in school at 0830 for class 1 and class 2 was at 1200 till 1515. And I have a quiz in class 2 too. And I was blowing my nose off in class 2 too. I really wanted to just go home and sleep after that, but I have a group report that was due at 9pm - the Gene Cell report. So off I went to the Lib after class and stayed there all the way till 9pm. And I took train back home too, not sitting down but standing, clutching my beloved big packet of tissue and my laptop.

Well, all I want to say is that: I am really amazed by myself, my will power and determination to hold on. Cos me of the past would never have endured these all; me of the past would have gone home in a cab and buried myself in the comforts of my blanket.

When Libra and Capricorn form a friendship, the success of their connection depends on their ability to agree on similar goals. The similarities aren't always easy to spot.... Libra is extroverted and derives satisfaction from the public interaction. Capricorn is more calculated, steering clear of distractions while moving steadily toward a set goal. Both Signs will certainly reach their destination, following two very different paths that can still certainly merge.

There's something about Capricorns..

Hmm..it has all along been in my mind that Libras and Capricorns can't really communicate that well..but..

Thanks to Mark Low for offering to carry my laptop. Haha..you ought to yeah..

Thanks to Peiyu for being so nice..getting the hot drink for me when I am like sneezing all the way and for walking me to the library..

But all these just make me wonder whether Capricorns are NICE to everyone or only to selective individuals. I, myself, am only nice to selective people. But it seems to be that Capricorns are NICE to everyone.

Last night, I popped 2 Panadol tablets, 1 Flu pill, 1 asthma pill. I went to bed at 0230 and I woke up at 1130. Totally uninterrupted! That's like 9 hours of sleep! The last time I slept for so long was the time I went to MoS. So, can you imagine how happy I am right now? Haha..

Okay it's time to go for my driving lesson (hope I am sound enough to drive!) and a 7pm meeting in school! Sigh..hahaha..

The full package:
- sore throat
- flu
- fever
- cough

And I am doing my report still. :(
And I still can't sleep well.

Sunflowers!

A very sweet surprise! :))

Well, it turns out that..

It's just a bottomless pit.

The best solution?

Probably I should get out of it before I can't.

What Mark Low does in EDA class..

This is what Mark Low does in EDA (Economic Development in Asia) class:

Pretty pretty cows with different outfits!

And...

and...

and...

this

too...

Don't look like me right? This is better than what he has shown me the first time round..haha..i was trying to contain my laughter when he showed me the first draft..cos I looked like some ghost initially..not like i don't in this one..haha..it's supposed to portray some kind of 梦幻 feel as mentioned by him if i am not wrong..

And I am still counting.

Do you miss me as much as I do?


It has been:

- nearly a month
- 3 weeks and 4 days
- 25 days
- 600 hours
- 3,600 minutes
- 2,160,000 seconds


And I am still counting.

Retail Therapy!

I bought a long flowing deep purple skirt some time back. It has been some time since I was last dressed like this: since 2004 I think..but but but...

SIGH. I was shopping for shoes when I stopped to chat with one of the salesgirls and she was trying to guess my age. And to my horror and disappointment, she thought I was 24 years old! SIGH. When I have just turned 22! I am going to blame it on my dressing and on the lack of sleep that I have been receiving for the past few weeks. Maybe this would mean that I need to find a guy who's somehow older than me so that I wouldn't look older than him when we go out. Hahaha..

Hmm..I bought shoes. Count the number of boxes.

I bought biscuits too. My all-time favourite Marks and Spencer's. Almond, dark chocolate digestive (for my dad), high fibre digestive and rich tea (for my mum).

Some days back, my mum went Robinsons and got herself some skin products from Estee Lauder. And that's like only one of her many shopping sprees for skin products. She really knows how to spend yeah? Her two boxes of skincare costed like a freaking $(145 + 150) = $295! Imagine the amount of stuff that I can get for $295! That's like more than 100 plates of wanton mee! Oh no..and she got this cleanser for me that costs $39.

Yes, finally these are the shoes that I have bought. Hmm...if you notice, there are three pairs that kind of looked the same: round front and ribbons on top. My new fetish for now. I got a pair of whites to replace the dirty old one and my first wedges - the white polka dots.

Daphne asked me if I am currently facing some kind of trouble. Cos people run a lot when they are troubled. Maybe I am. I did a 7km run recently. Running makes me think. And running fast makes me feel good. And retail therapy is supposed to make me feel better. But why did I need it? Cos I am troubled? But...about what?

And no, I don't think I spend a lot. At least I spend with what I earn. :)

Malacca here I come!

In 3.5 hours' time I will be on my way to Malacca! Be back soon! Lots to update!

It's really the thought that counts.

Remember I once posted a letter that I have written to someone? This someone just gave me this, half an hour ago. :))

I was telling TSO that I am easily contented by the little little things that people do for me. Like when Peiyu accompanied me to my bustop and waited for me to board the bus that would bring me home, not before having to cross the overhead bridge to and fro cos her bustop is in the opposite direction; like the postcard above with a message "saw this cardpost and thought you'd love it (yes I do, I really do); like when Gil insisted on waiting with me for my bus even though it was really late at night and she would have to travel alone to her bustop after I have boarded my bus. And there are many many more. And I do really appreciate every one of you.

It is always this kind of little gesture that touches the heart, like for example:

- saving a seat for a friend;

- asking a friend whether she/he wants lunch;

- zapping an extra piece pf readings for a friend;

- taking attendance for a friend 'cos he/she cannot attend lessons for whatever reasons (oops!);

- doing something to cheer a friend up 'cos she/he has been feeling down;

- sharing a mooncake with a friend 'cos she/he likes to eat that particular kind;

- calling a friend up 'cos you have a hunch that he/she might not be so okay;

- listening to a friend even though you might have to wake up very early the next day and you only have less than 4 hours of sleep;

- staying up so that you would be able to wake a friend up in the middle of the night even though it might affect your sleeping routine or even though you would end up having poor quality sleep or even though you might not have adequate sleep;

- choosing to be with a girlfriend or someone who needs you at the moment even though you could have been enjoying yourself with a HOT date somewhere else - in short giving up your potential happiness for a friend;

- having to hang around/wait for a couple of hours doing practically nothing productive all 'cos you want to wait for a friend;

- taking the same transport as your friend even though it might be rather inconvenient for you;

and the list can just gets longer and longer....

Don't you think so? I don't need lavish presents or gifts, it's really the thought that counts.

Back from school on a lazy Thursday afternoon. Yeah this is me in the super unglam outfit. School polo tee and a pair of shorts. Coupled with my super aunty bag (which Shir commented it's really aunty!) and my super retro esprit sweater. Luckily I didn't manage to capture my flip flops in this picture..otherwise it will be the complete picture of the aunty me. The mirror is dirty by the way. I went for driving in the later part of the day in this too. And not forgetting my pair of frameless specs, a clip to hold my fringe up and a super pink pair of shoes. I asked Daphne whether I looked aunty enough. She said yes. But comfort's the best!

Sigh..

Many thoughts have been running through my mind. Will talk about them soon. A short trip to Malacca this weekend might help. Nope, I haven't been happy happy these few days.

Somehow I miss the closeness we once had. Are we really drifting apart? And why is that so?

Monday's coming. Yeah, monday's coming. So?

Mooncake Festival Celebration @ West Coast Park!

Celebrated the Lantern Festival with Gil and Gang last Friday.

The weather was way bad.

Photos turned out to be way dark cos they were taken with the camera phones.

Traditional lanterns were way tacky cos of the chinese characters on them.

But but but..

I had fun. Lots of fun. We had great fun trying to take a group photo. Doing a half squat is really a challenge to our physical endurance. Funny poses of half-squats were revealed by the camera. I think the girls posed the best. So natural and lady-like. The guys' poses looked funny. We laughed, to Gil's attempt to make a joke out of it. At least for once, she kind of succeeded in making all of us laughed. And to the people (Gil, May, Show Meng, Michael, Alex and Chun Ming) who brought all the necessities to make sure that we were not lacking of anything: the lanterns, the sparklers, the food and the mooncakes.

Thanks for making October 6th 2006, a very memorable one for me. :)

Sociology!

Oh no. Sociology courses in some universities are so interesting! Check them out:

Ethnic Minorities in the United States

Did you know that a young, urban, black American male is less likely to live to the age of 40 then a young man in a Third World nation? Sociologists and other social scienctists are currently describing a disturbing amount of racial and ethnic inequality in the U.S. This course is an historical, theoretical, and ultimately, sociological exploration of American inequality through an examination of racial/ethnic groups and women in the United States.

Political Sociology

Distribution of power in society, power relations in nation-states, electoral politics, social movements, and relationships between power and the state.

Deviant Behavior and Social Control

Sociologists of the past saw the study of deviance as the study of "nuts, sluts, and perverts." Contemporary sociologists have a more nuanced and critical perspective on the subject. This course is an historical, theoretical, and ultimately, sociological exploration of the field of deviant behavior, describing and analyzing particular forms of socially defined deviant behavior including murder, rape, prostitution, and illegal drug use, among other topics covered.

Criminology (I like this!)

The objective of this course is to explore crime, its context, and its causes. Four major areas of criminology are explored: a foundation in criminology, theory of crime causation, typology of crime, and crime prevention efforts. Specifically, students will be introduced to the nature and extent of crime, the criminal justice system, various theories explaining why crime occurs, different types of crimes, and recent efforts to deal with and prevent crime.

Social Epidemiology

Methods and findings of the quantitative analysis of social factors in morbidity and mortality.

How I wish I can just spend all my time reading and learning all of these!

I am still counting.

Exactly:

- half a month;

- 2 weeks;

- 14 days;

- 336 hours;

- 20,160 minutes;

- 1,209,600 seconds

has passed. I am still counting.

On another note, Gil and May, you know you will always have me by your sides to lend a listening ear or a shoulder to cry on. Please contact me if you need anything.

Clothes!

I was clearing my wardrobe yesterday evening.

part of the clothes I have..

The amount of stuff that I have kinda amazed me. I didn't know I have that much. Imagine every colour of plain tops (black, red, pink,yellow, green, no blue cos I am not a blue person). In general, I have:

15 plain tops - 8 are black (which I wear only 2 or 3 of them most of the time);

16 tops - those tops with some graphics/patterns on it;

15 T-shirts

16 polo! - Was rather horrified to find out that I have so many of them..cos some time ago I remember telling Peiyu that I don't really have polo tees..

I didn't add in those stuff that I would wear for special occasions etc..haha..

Now I know where my $$ goes..and my mum was complaining at the amount of clothes I have when she caught me packing. Haha..but she also has damn a lot! And I bet everyone does too! Go start packing and you will be amazed too!

My wardrobe is bursting! It looks better now compared to some hours ago..neater and lesser..and all these are the clothes that I think I will continue to wear them...

Hmm, I haven't have a chance to wear this out yet. Cos...it is still way too small for me! Hahaha..yah it's a free size tee from Bangkok. Free size. Haha..

The Departed!

World Trade Center!

I want to watch this! At VivoCity!

Ignore me, I am just too tired and hungry..

I have always have this high tolerance level...maybe tolerance isn't the appropriate word to use here..it's like no matter how tough or how strong your character is, or the way/tone you used to talk to me each time, I will always try to make sure that I don't get easily irritated. Who else would tolerate this kind of attitude? Maybe someone else will. Who will keep on trying to engage conversations with you? Maybe someone else will. I am not trying to say that I have put in extra effort in this friendship or whether you are not trying hard enough. But sometimes I do feel that I give more than what I really deserve. Why is it so hard to have a decent conversation with you? I feel so tired.........

It's only when I am tired and hungry will I have the urge to pen this down.

Just for you, Mr. 29..

Some nights ago...two persons (three, if you want to include Mr. 29) came and tell me that they were online, for the very reason of waiting for me to appear so that they can talk to me. This is really so sweet. :)

Was talking to Mr. 29 online some nights ago..and he specifically asked me to blog about the contents of our conversation. So here they are:

Mr.29 was complaining why his name is not mentioned in my blog but only represented by numbers. Haha..you ought to feel honoured okay! People whose names are not revealed means something yeah! You shouldn't complain! And you were not asleep cos you wanted to talk to me yeah? You are always lying to me!

I still don't see the link between you and conservative! And you ought to learn to be more romantic and proactive! Girls still like romance after all! At least I still do!

Haha! Mr. 29 - you called me Chiobu...so are you praising me? Hahahahaha..okay the point here is he wants me to blog about our conversation..hahah..not me!


Cheat Sheet! I absolutely absolutely dislike cheat sheets! Haha...the time wasted preparing them...and to squeeze as much as you can into 1 sheet of paper! And...I really have to thank my dearest dearest Peiyu for sharing her cheat sheet with me! Thank you so much! Otherwise I would be spending more time trying to come up with it and god knows how late I would be up last night! Hee..

I was up till 4am trying to mug more for my paper today..Peiyu was worse..I think she slept around 445am..yeah..I spent Wednesday at home trying to study for the test. It was terrible 'cos I was rather stressed up over it and I could actually feel my relief right after the paper!

Hmm..

TSO asked whether I am scared of him and whether I was refering to him in that post. Hahaha...well......I will be refering to you in that entry if and only if you think that you are really that nice to me! :P

Haha..this post sounds so cheerful! All due to the lack of sleep!

Random!

I just drank a bottle of Superior Bird Nest with Rock Sugar. A freaking bottle which costs $7. And now I feel like going to the toilet. Hahaha.

I don't understand how you can be so nice to me. I am really afraid.

Random!

Sakae Sushi finally changed its menu! But....the food's still the same..hahaha..

I wrote a letter to someone! Hahahah...please ignore the hearts and all...it has been ages since I have written something for anyone..

Declaration.

I am not in love with anyone right now.

Supermarket-ing!

I went supermarket-ing with my parents on Saturday morning (read: 8am) despite sleeping at 4am the night before. We dropped by IMM Giant and JE NTUC. I love going to the supermarket with my parents! So much fun! I am always the "maria" who has to push the trolley around the entire supermarket! But I love that! Hahaha..

I love love love the Haw Candies! The ones coated with sugar! Hahahaha..yeah I know super unhealthy....but nice leh...it's almost half gone..trying to not finish it so soon...and my dearest dad is shaking the bottle so that the sugar will drop to the bottom so that I won't take in so much sugar hahaha..

Quaker Chewy Chocolate Chip Bars! Heaty but nice! For my daily breakfast before going to school.. http://www.quakersnackbars.com/CHW_Products/index.cfm

eh, got Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk ones..but Singapore don't have..I haven't seen it yet..

Kinder Bueno! Definitely not for me! I bought them for my brother! 6 packets! 3 for him and 1 for Gil and 1 for May! And 1 for TSO if he wants to get it from me! Was planning to give to Gil and May on Saturday but I didn't get to meet up with them! :(

Sweets for the weak throat! Hmm, I have this habit of popping something into my mouth every day so that I will have something to chew on! And for my very very weak throat that can get painful whenever I take something heaty!

The bags of CHIPS we bought just for my brother as well as the family! And more stuff which I didn't manage to take pics of....like tapioca chips, oreo biscuits, milk, juices and cereals!

Hmm..I used to be a chocolate and candies person...like I would go straight to the chocolates and candies section every time and get myself something. Nowadays, I just don't do that..