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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Election Day:
It's Election Day and all our council hopefuls are trying their best to rally for support. During the Q&A session, there were a number of good questions which really challenged some of the candidates. Personally, I think I wasted my time there cuz I already know who I'm going to vote for. Hard Core Muggers and Why they should not be feared
=) See...mugging is a way of life in the modernized community.Ok..back to my lecture proper. Today I shall lecture on why we should not fear hard core a.k.a. impulsive muggers. Recently, there have been negative comments about some hard core muggers in the college. Some also claim that some use "under-hand" means to ace their tests. Well, Hard Core muggers have always been in existence since the invention of education by some crazy freak came up with it some thousands of years ago. And they have, to some extent been stigmatized to be nerds or even wierd and horrifying.
However, depite their not so good reputation, hard core muggers are beneficial for us. Take this example. When you are running your 5.7km road race, do you run at your own pace or do you pace yourself with a fellow competitor running infront? The same goes to mugging. Hard Core muggers, regardless of how hard they are can be used as a pace-maker to pace ourselves in the long "run" in our mugging carrer. we need not see them as competitors like we do in competitions. But they can be a good gauge to how well you have mugged and when you should seek help from your tutors when your mugmode kena short-curcuit. LoL...
Geography: Vulcanism
Here are some important lava flows one must learn for their geog topic on Lithospheric process.
`A`a flow
A`a (pronounced as" AHHH!!!!") is a Hawaiian term for lava flows that have a rough rubbly surface composed of broken lava blocks called clinkers. The incredibly spiny surface of a solidified `a`a flow makes walking very difficult and slow. The clinkery surface actually covers a massive dense core, which is the most active part of the flow. As pasty lava in the core travels downslope, the clinkers are carried along at the surface. At the leading edge of an `a`a flow, however, these cooled fragments tumble down the steep front and are buried by the advancing flow. This produces a layer of lava fragments both at the bottom and top of an `a`a flow. Pahoehoe
Pahoehoe( pronounced as" Pa! Ho! Ho!) is a Hawaiian term for basaltic lava that has a smooth, hummocky, or ropy surface. A pahoehoe flow typically advances as a series of small lobes and toes that continually break out from a cooled crust. The surface texture of pahoehoe flows varies widely, displaying all kinds of bizarre shapes often referred to as lava sculpturePahoehoe to `a`a transition
Nearly all lava in Hawai`i erupts as pahoehoe, and some changes to `a`a during flowage and cooling. The critical factor that determines whether pahoehoe or `a`a forms is the relationship between the viscosity of the lava (resistance to flow) and the amount of internal disturbance or shear that occurs as lava spreads from a vent downslope.
Generally, if pahoehoe viscosity is high (relatively cool pasty lava), a low rate of shear or disturbance may cause `a`a to form. For example, a slow-moving pahoehoe flow that has cooled sufficiently may transform into `a`a as the flow continues to advance. If pahoehoe viscosity is low (relatively hot fluid lava), a high rate of shear or disturbance is required for transition to `a`a. For example, when a fluid pahoehoe flow pours over a steep slope, it increases its speed and creates conditions favorable for `a`a to form.
Any factor that increases the viscosity of pahoehoe, such as cooling, loss of gas, or crystallization will favor the transition of pahoehoe to `a`a. Pahoehoe can change to `a`a, but the reverse never occurs.
Coutesy of ( http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/)
Current State:
Ofcourse I'm still in the solid state la...lol..so lame..anyway.. just started listening to the E-learning topic on gases which is starting to get cheemer as more equations are being combined into an unrecognizable mass of numbers and letters...Just finished the torturous atomic structure tutorial and a Beijing sincerely Reviewed piece of tutorial for CSE. Biz club is starting to piss me off with their wonderful banner project and I'm given the bloody reposibility to call everyone up and vomit out the banner by Friday. Grrr...Stupid Banner...Hope I get to succeed JianXin in his place for Perkafe OM...All i need to do is to jaga the stupid cafe everyday and mug alone inside as the souls on duty perform their ritual...hopefully no one else is as siao as me..so interested in saikanging...haha...At this second, my stupid tagboard is giving me a very nice problem so I can't reply or read any tags..grrr...
Labels: election, Muggers, usual crap, Volcanoes
6:38 PM
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Election:Election's coming soon and all the contestants are putting up a "great" show to advertise themselves. Some even resort to doing all sorts of outragous acts to attract attention. I'll let the pictures do the talking...here're some posters and updated Mugland footage.
This is no.37...her slogan: Empowe(red)Did this really huge poster...but was out-shadowed by no.49 who had an even bigger one...now it's falling apart..
This is a result in an alliance between 3 candidates who advertised their "nice'ness" by giving out free sweets( and Macs chili sauce) outside the LT...how nice! So we won't fall asleep during lectures? lol...personally, if they wanted to improve their sincerity, they should put cardboard figures of themselves outside the LTs...so we'll see them everyday..
Some posters at the deserted Atrium.
Very interesting...a work of art by Candidate no.15...made this paper death God( from deathnote) Duno for wat...so crazy la...Advertisement:
Vote for no.40 LoLs...thats about all I can say...gota go mug soon...Labels: election
10:02 PM
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Yakult Factory VisitBiz club finally had its first field trip! To...Yakult Factory! The bus ride itself was already interesting. Fist, we had a little insight to Biz Club's Holy Man, Moses, who is nothing but a genius. he doe'nt need to study for any tests cuz he just passes them effortlessly with flying colours. Then I got...err...placed in the limelight?...by my J2 Seniors who keep calling me Guang Liang even though I look totally different from him. LoLs...but they were like super funny..We were first introduced to the bacteria inside the Yakult as well as the business strategies of Yakult. Much to our surprise, there are actually many things which we don't know about Yakult. Here's a variety:1.Singapore Yakult ias the only Yakult in the world that has more than 1 flavour.2.Yakult packaging is not always red. Thai Yakult is blue.3.Yakult manufactures their own brand of healthy instant noodles(Only available in Japan) With 4 different flavours. 4.Yakult has their own pharmaceutical department. Makes lots of wonderfully delicious medicine.( Yakult digestion powder..very tasty..XD)( only available in Japan)5.Yakult also makes their own brand of skin care products. (Imagine splashing Yakult all over your face for a facial! dots...)( Again..only available in Japan)6.Singapore Yakult bottles are larger then the "original" bottles. Singapore's contain 100ml. The "original" ones carry only 65ml.7.Yakult can be found as far as the UK and Brazil. (Sexy Yakult chiobu's by the beach!)8. Most countries have Yakult aunties(e.g Japan, Korea). ( Singapore does not...Brazil also does'nt..they employ chiobu's instead.)9.Yakult almsot got phased out by Vitagen when they first invested in Singapore.10. Yakult is good for you.Then we were shown the "ingrediants in our Yakult( after drinking our complementary bottle). The bacteria. It looked like some transparent jelly moving about...much to the disgust of some of us...=)
Half Drunken Yakult... We then got a tour of the place, hosted by this very funny Uncle who told us his "life story" about studying and chasing girlfriend. His advice, " Don't chase now..wait till university." Anyway, the factory itself is very interesting. Especially when you see Yakult Bottles whizzing around. (As well as the poor packing auntie..tour guide uncle says it's good excercise...can make your butt bigger..lol!) Anyway, all I can say is that Yakult is indeed an interesting drink with alot of things which muggles like us don't know. lols...Election Special: 
Vote for Number 40!TK News:TK Choir got their Gold with Honours again! Another something that we can be proud of! Jiayou!The Peaceless MuggerFeeling pressure? Think failing tests is getting on your nerve? Wana take a gun and start shooting everyone to death in school? Or you wana curse 32 people to their deaths? You can always sing our your hearts out to relieve your pain! Here's an example:I've no peace at my college:I've no peace in my college.I've no peace in my college.I've got to mug four hours,For Bloc Test.For Bloc Test!I tell you why I'm muggin.If I fail,Kena hantam,By some out-rag-ed,Tutor from chem lab.From Chem Lab!So you bet-ter start muggin.So you bet-ter start muggin.Later you fail you test, Don't come find me.Don't find me!So you must start your muggin,Later you kena retainThen so suay don't go cursing all our soulsAll our souls!Labels: Biz club, election, Music, TK choir, usual crap, Yakult
7:50 PM
