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Sunday, April 27, 2008
~ 4/27/2008 02:26:00 PM ~
"...we stand on the crossroad of history, we can make the right choices and face the challenges that meets us. Tonight, if you feel the same energy as I do, if you feel the same urgency as I do, if you feel the same passion as I do, if you feel the same hopefullness as I do; if we do what we must do, then I have no doubts, that all across the country, from Floria to Oregon, from Washington to Maine, the people will rise up in November..."

---- Barack Obama, on Democratic National Convention

Saturday, April 26, 2008
~ 4/26/2008 11:34:00 PM ~
When I was in Secondary 3 back in my country, I came across the funniest (I hate grammar of superlatives or comparatives) – in the cold sense – test question, ever. It was a physics problem. The students were required to explain the physical phenomenon. The question was roughly like this:

大清年间,林则徐应洋人之邀赴宴。洋人上一道甜品,可谓冰淇淋,冒有白气。则徐以为热,故以口吹之,被洋人取笑。过后则徐回请洋人,上高汤一碗,表面有厚油,故无热气。洋人一口吞下,滚到地上,喜哈有声。

Troubled by the language? Okay. During Qing Dynasty, Lin Zexu (an official who banned opium) were invited by Westerners for a meal. The offspring of the Anglo-Saxons provided some snacks, known as ice cream. Zexu thought the snack was hot, due to his observation of the “white smoke”. Thus, he blew it with his mouth, giving the Westerners an excuse to laugh at him. Zexu took revenge later on. He provided them with very hot soup. However, a thick layer of oil covered the soup, so there was no escape of water vapours. Westerners thought it was cold, hence drank it up, and rolled onto the floor, gasping and laughing.

It is a “=.=” right? Okay, yesterday was really busy. The Track and Field Day. Well, now I know what is called “cheer in top of the voice”. Our Captain was a pretty good example and I have to learn from him. Alpha glory. Yes, Alpha glory, glory for Alpha. The Alpha cheerleaders have done a good job. I know, the rest of the Houses had a longer cheerleading duration and more dances. But I know how hard Alpha cheerleaders had trained. So, a pat on the shoulders to the cheerleaders.

After the relay race of PDPs, in which my PDP lost, my attention was diverted to things happened behind sports complex. Somehow, someone got a basketball somewhere, therefore I got a chance to practice hoop. Trinity shot a while as well. And soon Zhi Hao and Gavin joined me. Zhi Hao kept shooting but very few went into the hoop, so I kept calling him sucker, and he laughed and shot again. Okay, a three point, or, a zero point? Dunno. That was the end of everything of Friday that worthwhile for me to jot down. Titans trial is coming soon. See if I could get it over.

Cheerio.

Thursday, April 24, 2008
~ 4/24/2008 08:15:00 PM ~
Joke for this week:

Ryan: I got phobia.
Bryan: What phobia?
Ryan: Claustrophobia. You know what is that?
Bryan: Fear of Santa Clause?
Ryan: Hehehe...no you idiot. It's the fear of enclosed space.

I hate PE without Physical Training. And I have to start training for Titans anyway. Because if I do not, I would not pass the trial next Monday and Tuesday. So I went to train my squat thrust, 400 run, sit-ups and chin-ups during PE with Tiong Wei. Kaizen joined us later. Wish them good luck for the cheerleading tomorrow. I shall not elaborate on that now because I got a bad mood at this moment: I could not log into my msn. The hostel blocked it. Shit, shit, shit. Tomorrow I shall go train in the early morning, the premise is that if I am able to wake up that early. Nevertheless, I shall stay back and train after school.

Monday, April 21, 2008
~ 4/21/2008 08:39:00 PM ~
Hi, hi, I’m back.
Things I want to say are overwhelming.
There is a paragraph I like the most. Here it comes.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us; we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way
---- Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities


And,

“Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden,
Spear shall be shaken,
Shield be splintered,
A sword-day, a red day,
ere the sun rises!
Ride now! Ride now! Ride now!”

---- King Théoden, the King of Rohan,
the Lord of the Rings,
the Return of the King


Okay, they are totally not pertinent to what I am going to talk about in this entry. But I wrote it any way. Between the end of January and this very day I post my entry, many events happened. Road run is something I do not intend to mention too much. I was in front when it started. Got pushed from behind by the anxious runners. Tripped, landed flat on the track, and injured one leg badly. Other runners were 20 meters ahead. Cursing, spitting, gritting my teeth, I pushed on, ranked 88. The rank sucks, good number nevertheless.

JC1 is the year during which I want to participate as many events and activities as I can to fill up my portfolio. So I end up signing up for HC, Nanyang Research Programme, Titans, and Kids Reading Programme (which I quitted as my timetable is seriously full). I got into NRP and I did not even know how I do that. My choice was a sociology project even though I have a high possibility of going to physics faculty in the university. Strange right? Just like I am in Science Council but I go join Titans anyway. It is like – no link. The interviewer started asking me about food in my hometown, Tianjin. At first I thought she was just asking out of curiosity, but soon I realised that the interview had begun. I did not say anything impressive. But there is one thing I always remind myself to do. Shake hands firmly. That is that. Or to be more colloquial – That’s it.

Titans is something I always wish to go. I like to keep fit. Muscular? Erm, that one can wait. But hopefully lah. If I am too busy to go gym recently, Titans is definitely a good alternative, and I can work on the glory of Alpha House in that way. No, I am not just “saying” without action to be done. I really love my House. Maybe, no – that is the very passion that drives me to run for the post of Vice-House Captain (Sports). And I really hope I can get in. Here comes the thing. When I worked with other Alpha House Nominees and did the Group Proposal, or, okay, fine, GPP (for heaven’s sake, do not mention it, but by the way, I finally get my PI presentable), we made friends. And now, two of my friends wished to run the same post that I intended to run. It is hard to know what to do right? Somehow, I thought of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. You are all too familiar with the plot. But, okay, in the story, Neville Longbottom tried to stop Harry, Ron and Hermione from leaving the House at night, who were actually trying to stop Voldemort from laying his hand on the Philosopher’s Stone. Neville’s purpose was just to prevent more points from being minus from Gryffindor. Dumbledore had commented this way: “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends.” For me, it is hard for me to compete with my friends. Hence I avoided mentioning this with them. I thought this may be the way. But my friend has phrased it this way: “Friends may be friends, but that’s only when work is not involved. When it comes to work, just perform to your best ability then let them judge who’s better and who suits the post most.”

It has not been long before the last time I heard something really classical and true. JP even quoted that for his speech at the end of OBM, which is “A leader has to be a good follower” by Clarence.

Got chemistry to revise. Do not know when will be the next time I could possibly blog. Hopefully soon. I will blog if I could get into HC. The HC post? See how it goes.

Adios amigos.

'Knowing Him


lin.f.x.
tjcian
ta1d/06, 2a/06, 02/08
artivity club,science council,16th alpha hc member
22/01/1990
aquarius
werewolfscene@hotmail.com
likes:basketball, scorpia (book), English
wish list: make friends as many as possible,basketball shoes,go to Britain, to be a good basketball player
motto:a man is not made for defeat.a man can be destroyed but not defeated.

'Tag Me


'Eternal Friendship


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-Benjamin-
-Charmine-
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-Xin Zhi-
-Yi Heng-
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-Ying Xuan-
-Yu Hang-
-Zhihao-
-Zhi Yang-

'Road of Life


;
September 2006; October 2006; November 2006; December 2006; January 2007; February 2007; March 2007; April 2007; May 2007; June 2007; July 2007; August 2007; September 2007; October 2007; November 2007; January 2008; April 2008; May 2008; June 2008; July 2008; August 2008; September 2008; October 2008; November 2008; December 2008; April 2009; May 2009


Blame - Transluzent feat. Carla Vallet