The Queensway Insiders
Mr Tuxedo whoever he is, has asked me through their new "The Queensway Insiders" blog to help him and his fellow authors publicise their new blog. I've read it and it seems quite interesting. There are 4 writers there, so I don't think the blog will 'die' because at least 1 of the 4 writers must be updating the blog. Enough introduction already, they didn't pay me you know? I am so kind to advertise for them. I just hope they tell me who they are :) Haha!
Here's the link:
http://thequeenswayinsiders.blogspot.com/
I've also included their link in "My Friends" column. Feel free to explore this blog! Argg, why do I sound like I'm being paid to do this? Oh well, I'm off, Vrooommm...!
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Monaco Grand Prix Review
It was wet wet wet in Monaco! Moderate rain fell in Monaco just before the start of the race. Rain in Monaco is going to call for an exciting race ahead because of several reasons. First, it is a very slow and tight street circuit, barriers are so close to the cars. If a driver make a small mistake, chances are he will end up in the barriers, as many have found out in the past. Secondly, the problems caused by the ban of traction control this year is amplified in Monaco because of tight and twisty nature of the track. Finally, rain at any track without traction control is going to be dangerous. But rain in tight and twisty Monaco is going to spell trouble for the teams and drivers.
During Qualifying, a major accident happened at the chicane after the famous Monaco Tunnel. David Coulthard lost control of his car and slammed into the barriers which detached his right rear wheel from his car and it was sent flying down the road. Luckily, he was not injured and climbed out of the car. Here's the video of what happened.
David Coulthard crashes heavily during Qualifying
Scooby Dooby Doo! Lmao!
The Monaco Harbour, so many boats/ yachts
Before the cars set off for the warm up laps, they were all fitted with Intermediate rain tyres for the wet conditions. Intermediate tyres are used when the track is not very wet but it's not dry enough for normal slicks tyres to cope. As the 5 red lights went off, Lewis Hamilton (Hammy) made a good start and overtook Kimi Raikkonen (Kimi) by the time they reached the first corner. Surprisingly, contrary to everybody's speculations, there were no accidents at all in the first lap. That is very rare for Monaco, even in the dry. But the peace was short lived as the first accident happened soon after the race start, lap 2 to be exact. Fernando Alonso got his front wing chopped off when he tried an over optimistic overtaking move on Nick Heidfield. Alonso has to pit for a new front nose. But troubles for him did not end there, he lost control of his car at Turn 4 and remember what I said when a driver makes a mistake? Yes, he slammed into the barrier which punctured his right rear tyre. He has to pit once again to have his tyre changed. That's 2 pit stops in a space of 6 laps, not a good sign for Alonso.
Alonso having tyre troubles after hitting the barrier at Casino Square, (note the right rear tyre).
However, Alonso is not the only one who has problems keeping away from the wall. Hammy punctured his right rear tyre after slamming at the side of the barrier after exiting the swimming pool complex. He has to pit for a new tyre. This accident was thought to have blown any chances of Hammy winning the race. Hammy was touted as the driver most likely to win the race, but it doesn't look good for him after that accident. But, as luck has it, another accident happened just 20 sec later which brought the safety car out. The fact that the safety car was deployed means that the whole race has to be slowed down and this gives Hammy to catch up with the rest of the field, he only lost 2 places after his impromptu pit stop.
The safety car leading the pack
So what caused the safety car to be brough out? The collision between David Coulthard and Sebestian Bourdais at Casino Square is what brought the safety car out. As conditions got worse, David Coulthard lost control of his car at Casino Square (Turn 4) and hit the barriers hard, SOON after, Bourdais did the exact same thing and end up crashing into the back of David Coulthard. As luck would have it, they came to a grinding halt in a box on the road marked as "Taxis". It was quite funny. Both their cars were promptly lifted away by the so ever efficient cranes at Monaco. Here's a video of what happened.
Look mum! Flying cars!
Video of the incident of Alonso, and the accident between David Coulthard and Sebestian Bourdais at Casino Square
In the torrential rain, many front wings did not survive. Here are some of them.
Timo Glock with a front nose missing
Timo Glock lost his wing again!
Nelson Piquet Jnr emo-ing after crashing out at Ste Devote (Turn 1)
Despair for Ferrari as 2 inicdents sprouted. Kimi Raikkonen was given a drive through penalty because his tyres were not fitted onto the car 3 mins before the race. This was clearly the team's mistake and not Kimi's. The penalty cost Kimi 4 places. Secondly, Felipe Massa made a mistake at Turn 1 and lost almost 30 secs after over shooting the 1st corner. He lost 2nd place to Robert Kubica and struggled throughout the race to keep up with the BMW driver.
The rain started to ease and many driver soon switched to the dry weather tyres. There were cases of sliding and scraping the barriers as drivers got used to the dry tyre in moist conditions. But one driver who certainly did not get used to the dry tyres was Nico Rosberg. He had a major crash down at the swimming pool complex exiting Tabac corner. The crash looked spectecular but Rosberg got out of the car unscathed. The same can't be said for the car though, there was a complete mess at the swimming pool complex as other drivers tried hard to avoid sharp carbon fibre debris scattered round the track. As again, the wreck was lifted by the ever efficient Monaco cranes as the safety car was called out for the second time.
Nico Rosberg hopping away from the wreck
Safety marshals exitingushing the fire from the wreck
The remains of Rosberg's wreck
The Nico Rosberg major accident at the swimming pool complex
The very next lap after the safety car came into the pits to allow normal racing to resume, another accident happened at the chicane after the Monaco Tunnel. It is the same place where David Coulthard had his Qualifying accident the day before. Adrain Sultil was in his best ever carrer postion in 4th place and is hoping to score 5 points for the worse team on the grid - Force India. However, all hopes of scoring points, or even finishing the race was dashed when Kimi Raikkonen lost control of his Ferrari under braking after the Monaco Tunnel. The only difference from Kimi's accident to that of David Coulthard's was that Kimi managed to keep his car away from the barriers.
But has (bad) luck would have it, instead of hitting the barriers, Adrain Sultil was hit from the back by Kimi. Sultil would retire from the race later on due to rear suspension damage while Kimi continued on to finish in a lowly 9th place after pitting for a new nose. The incident sparked a public outcry from Force India as they said they were denied the best result they have ever had. They claimed that they would have lost at least 5 Million because of the lost of 5 points. Television cameras soon focused onto the devestated Sultil as he was seen crying while his mechanics tried unsucessfuly to comfort him. Kimi appologised after the inicdent claiming that he simply lost control of the car and had no where to go to.
Kimi Raikkonen with his front wing missing after crashing into the back of Adrain Sultil after the Monaco Tunnel
The video of the crash between Kimi Raikkonen and Adrain Sultil
The race was cut short by 2 laps as the race hit the 2 hour time limit. Lewis Hamilton took the chequered flag to win his first ever Monaco Grand Prix. Surprisingly, only 6 cars did not finish the race! Very good considering rain created havoc and visibility problems for the drivers. Here are the rest of the results.
Results
01 L. Hamilton McLaren 2:00:42.742
02 R. Kubica BMW + 3.064
03 F. Massa Ferrari + 4.811
04 M. Webber Red Bull + 19.295
05 S. Vettel Toro Rosso + 24.657
06 R. Barrichello Honda + 28.408
07 K. Nakajima Williams + 30.180
08 H. Kovalainen McLaren + 33.191
09 K. Räikkönen Ferrari + 33.792
10 F. Alonso Renault + 1 laps
11 J. Button Honda + 1 laps
12 T. Glock Toyota + 1 laps
13 J. Trulli Toyota + 1 laps
14 N. Heidfeld BMW + 4 laps
Did not finish
15 A. Sutil Force India F1 + 7 laps
16 N. Rosberg Williams + 17 laps
17 N. Piquet jr. Renault + 31 laps
18 G. Fisichella Force India F1 + 40 laps
19 D. Coulthard Red Bull + 70 laps
20 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso + 70 laps
The next race will be at Canada on the 8th of June. I may or may not do a report after the race. It all depends on the level of excitment of the race. So, I hope you enjoyed my review of the Monaco Grand Prix, till then, keep your eyes on the road and not crash into the back of somebody.
It was wet wet wet in Monaco! Moderate rain fell in Monaco just before the start of the race. Rain in Monaco is going to call for an exciting race ahead because of several reasons. First, it is a very slow and tight street circuit, barriers are so close to the cars. If a driver make a small mistake, chances are he will end up in the barriers, as many have found out in the past. Secondly, the problems caused by the ban of traction control this year is amplified in Monaco because of tight and twisty nature of the track. Finally, rain at any track without traction control is going to be dangerous. But rain in tight and twisty Monaco is going to spell trouble for the teams and drivers.
During Qualifying, a major accident happened at the chicane after the famous Monaco Tunnel. David Coulthard lost control of his car and slammed into the barriers which detached his right rear wheel from his car and it was sent flying down the road. Luckily, he was not injured and climbed out of the car. Here's the video of what happened.
David Coulthard crashes heavily during Qualifying
Scooby Dooby Doo! Lmao!
The Monaco Harbour, so many boats/ yachtsBefore the cars set off for the warm up laps, they were all fitted with Intermediate rain tyres for the wet conditions. Intermediate tyres are used when the track is not very wet but it's not dry enough for normal slicks tyres to cope. As the 5 red lights went off, Lewis Hamilton (Hammy) made a good start and overtook Kimi Raikkonen (Kimi) by the time they reached the first corner. Surprisingly, contrary to everybody's speculations, there were no accidents at all in the first lap. That is very rare for Monaco, even in the dry. But the peace was short lived as the first accident happened soon after the race start, lap 2 to be exact. Fernando Alonso got his front wing chopped off when he tried an over optimistic overtaking move on Nick Heidfield. Alonso has to pit for a new front nose. But troubles for him did not end there, he lost control of his car at Turn 4 and remember what I said when a driver makes a mistake? Yes, he slammed into the barrier which punctured his right rear tyre. He has to pit once again to have his tyre changed. That's 2 pit stops in a space of 6 laps, not a good sign for Alonso.Alonso having tyre troubles after hitting the barrier at Casino Square, (note the right rear tyre).
However, Alonso is not the only one who has problems keeping away from the wall. Hammy punctured his right rear tyre after slamming at the side of the barrier after exiting the swimming pool complex. He has to pit for a new tyre. This accident was thought to have blown any chances of Hammy winning the race. Hammy was touted as the driver most likely to win the race, but it doesn't look good for him after that accident. But, as luck has it, another accident happened just 20 sec later which brought the safety car out. The fact that the safety car was deployed means that the whole race has to be slowed down and this gives Hammy to catch up with the rest of the field, he only lost 2 places after his impromptu pit stop.The safety car leading the pack
So what caused the safety car to be brough out? The collision between David Coulthard and Sebestian Bourdais at Casino Square is what brought the safety car out. As conditions got worse, David Coulthard lost control of his car at Casino Square (Turn 4) and hit the barriers hard, SOON after, Bourdais did the exact same thing and end up crashing into the back of David Coulthard. As luck would have it, they came to a grinding halt in a box on the road marked as "Taxis". It was quite funny. Both their cars were promptly lifted away by the so ever efficient cranes at Monaco. Here's a video of what happened.Look mum! Flying cars!
Video of the incident of Alonso, and the accident between David Coulthard and Sebestian Bourdais at Casino Square
In the torrential rain, many front wings did not survive. Here are some of them.
Timo Glock with a front nose missing
Timo Glock lost his wing again!Nelson Piquet Jnr emo-ing after crashing out at Ste Devote (Turn 1)
Despair for Ferrari as 2 inicdents sprouted. Kimi Raikkonen was given a drive through penalty because his tyres were not fitted onto the car 3 mins before the race. This was clearly the team's mistake and not Kimi's. The penalty cost Kimi 4 places. Secondly, Felipe Massa made a mistake at Turn 1 and lost almost 30 secs after over shooting the 1st corner. He lost 2nd place to Robert Kubica and struggled throughout the race to keep up with the BMW driver.The rain started to ease and many driver soon switched to the dry weather tyres. There were cases of sliding and scraping the barriers as drivers got used to the dry tyre in moist conditions. But one driver who certainly did not get used to the dry tyres was Nico Rosberg. He had a major crash down at the swimming pool complex exiting Tabac corner. The crash looked spectecular but Rosberg got out of the car unscathed. The same can't be said for the car though, there was a complete mess at the swimming pool complex as other drivers tried hard to avoid sharp carbon fibre debris scattered round the track. As again, the wreck was lifted by the ever efficient Monaco cranes as the safety car was called out for the second time.
Nico Rosberg hopping away from the wreck
Safety marshals exitingushing the fire from the wreckThe remains of Rosberg's wreckThe Nico Rosberg major accident at the swimming pool complex
The very next lap after the safety car came into the pits to allow normal racing to resume, another accident happened at the chicane after the Monaco Tunnel. It is the same place where David Coulthard had his Qualifying accident the day before. Adrain Sultil was in his best ever carrer postion in 4th place and is hoping to score 5 points for the worse team on the grid - Force India. However, all hopes of scoring points, or even finishing the race was dashed when Kimi Raikkonen lost control of his Ferrari under braking after the Monaco Tunnel. The only difference from Kimi's accident to that of David Coulthard's was that Kimi managed to keep his car away from the barriers.
But has (bad) luck would have it, instead of hitting the barriers, Adrain Sultil was hit from the back by Kimi. Sultil would retire from the race later on due to rear suspension damage while Kimi continued on to finish in a lowly 9th place after pitting for a new nose. The incident sparked a public outcry from Force India as they said they were denied the best result they have ever had. They claimed that they would have lost at least 5 Million because of the lost of 5 points. Television cameras soon focused onto the devestated Sultil as he was seen crying while his mechanics tried unsucessfuly to comfort him. Kimi appologised after the inicdent claiming that he simply lost control of the car and had no where to go to.
Kimi Raikkonen with his front wing missing after crashing into the back of Adrain Sultil after the Monaco Tunnel
The video of the crash between Kimi Raikkonen and Adrain SultilThe race was cut short by 2 laps as the race hit the 2 hour time limit. Lewis Hamilton took the chequered flag to win his first ever Monaco Grand Prix. Surprisingly, only 6 cars did not finish the race! Very good considering rain created havoc and visibility problems for the drivers. Here are the rest of the results.
Results
01 L. Hamilton McLaren 2:00:42.742
02 R. Kubica BMW + 3.064
03 F. Massa Ferrari + 4.811
04 M. Webber Red Bull + 19.295
05 S. Vettel Toro Rosso + 24.657
06 R. Barrichello Honda + 28.408
07 K. Nakajima Williams + 30.180
08 H. Kovalainen McLaren + 33.191
09 K. Räikkönen Ferrari + 33.792
10 F. Alonso Renault + 1 laps
11 J. Button Honda + 1 laps
12 T. Glock Toyota + 1 laps
13 J. Trulli Toyota + 1 laps
14 N. Heidfeld BMW + 4 laps
Did not finish
15 A. Sutil Force India F1 + 7 laps
16 N. Rosberg Williams + 17 laps
17 N. Piquet jr. Renault + 31 laps
18 G. Fisichella Force India F1 + 40 laps
19 D. Coulthard Red Bull + 70 laps
20 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso + 70 laps
The next race will be at Canada on the 8th of June. I may or may not do a report after the race. It all depends on the level of excitment of the race. So, I hope you enjoyed my review of the Monaco Grand Prix, till then, keep your eyes on the road and not crash into the back of somebody.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Holidays! Yeah, right
I have nothing much to say in this post, so I guess it will be the shortest post yet. Anyway, it's the June holidays but there ain't holidays for me :( 1st week, packed with extra lessons. 2nd week is going to be fully packed too. It's only until the 3rd week where things start to calm down abit. Maybe we can take this opportunity go Ubin!
Anyway, in school, my Chinese teacher relieved the class for 2 days. As everyone present can sense, he is very forgiving and cannot control the class at all. So Charles used the teacher's weakness to his advantage by bullying him. Here's pictorial evidence:
My Chinese teacher, he's so innocent looking, no wonder he gets bullied.
Charles: "You believe I will whack you with this bar?"
Feuds aside, Friday's meet the parents day was short and sweet. My L1R4 is 19 and L1R5 is 28. Terrible results man. If this was O levels, I'll be so dead. So Loo Loo did not say much, he just said study hard, study the weak topics blah blah blah. Luckily he did not mention anything bad to my dad, or else I will be in for some nagging. Argg! I hate naggings.
So anyway, I found this video on the net which shows how crowded trains can get in Japan. There, they actually hire 'pushers' to literally push people onto the trains. You'll get what I mean when you see this video. Now, after watching this, don't ever complain about how crowded the MRTs in S'pore are. At least we do not have to be pushed into the train.
That's the end of this very short post, I can't wait to catch the Monaco Grand Prix as it is predicted to be a wet race! Racing in Monaco without traction control is bad enough, racing in Monaco without traction control in the rain would be disastrous. It'll be interesting to find out how many cars will finish the race (or not). I'll update the results on the most glamorous Grand Prix in my next post, till then, don't get caught in the rain!
I have nothing much to say in this post, so I guess it will be the shortest post yet. Anyway, it's the June holidays but there ain't holidays for me :( 1st week, packed with extra lessons. 2nd week is going to be fully packed too. It's only until the 3rd week where things start to calm down abit. Maybe we can take this opportunity go Ubin!
Anyway, in school, my Chinese teacher relieved the class for 2 days. As everyone present can sense, he is very forgiving and cannot control the class at all. So Charles used the teacher's weakness to his advantage by bullying him. Here's pictorial evidence:
My Chinese teacher, he's so innocent looking, no wonder he gets bullied.
Charles: "You believe I will whack you with this bar?"
Feuds aside, Friday's meet the parents day was short and sweet. My L1R4 is 19 and L1R5 is 28. Terrible results man. If this was O levels, I'll be so dead. So Loo Loo did not say much, he just said study hard, study the weak topics blah blah blah. Luckily he did not mention anything bad to my dad, or else I will be in for some nagging. Argg! I hate naggings.
So anyway, I found this video on the net which shows how crowded trains can get in Japan. There, they actually hire 'pushers' to literally push people onto the trains. You'll get what I mean when you see this video. Now, after watching this, don't ever complain about how crowded the MRTs in S'pore are. At least we do not have to be pushed into the train.
That's the end of this very short post, I can't wait to catch the Monaco Grand Prix as it is predicted to be a wet race! Racing in Monaco without traction control is bad enough, racing in Monaco without traction control in the rain would be disastrous. It'll be interesting to find out how many cars will finish the race (or not). I'll update the results on the most glamorous Grand Prix in my next post, till then, don't get caught in the rain!
Monday, May 19, 2008
Happy Birthday!
Woots! I would like to wish people whose birthday falls in the month of May. These people includes my grandmother and Divaagar! In this post, you will see that Bad Dogie WILL NOT be mentioned AT ALL! (at long last!). It will all be about how I spent my quite 'exciting' weekend. Ok, let's skip the formalities and get on with this week's story.
It was Diva's 16th birthday on Friday. Yeah! Happy Birthday Diva! Sorry hor, I don't know what present to get for you, and I am STILL searching for it. You should expect your delayed present to arrive before the end of the June holidays (god, that's long!)
And now, the 2nd birthday girl, my Grandma! I just noticed something, I don't even know how old is my grandma! My god! What a 'great' grandson I am! But anyway, before going to my Grandma house to celebrate, I went to Marine Parade to have Ayam Pengyet for lunch. Somehow, I think the Changi Village Ayam Pengyet taste much nicer, and cheaper too! So after lunch, we went to fetch my Grandma's sister from her house at Marine Parade and we set off to my Grandma house at Sengkang.
In the afternoon, we set off in a 3 car convoy to the newly established Pernakan Museum. My grandmother, and most of my family, is a Pernakan and they planned this trip specially for my Grandma so that she could learn more about her heritage. We were plague with navigation problems such as finding the correct car park to park our car but most importantly, the exact location of the museum. I took my uncle's car to the museum. He was lucky to have me on board as he is a very very bad navigator. I don't understand his navigational skills. He has been driving for more than 8 years already and he is still having problems navigating in the City! The City is one of the most important places to navigate and he still has problems with it after driving for 8 years. He does not even know which exit to take from the CTE expressway =.=" So after some U turns and heated debate over which roads to take, we finally reached the museum. Yeah!
The person manning the ticketing counter was quite blur. He does not even know that I am entitled to a free admission as I am a Queenswayan. I guess this is one of the good points of being a Queenswayan :) He asked me to show him my student pass, which I did so willingly. Then after finding out that the student pass does not state my school, he asked me for something that could identify myself as a Queenswayan. Zzzz, As if I will bring along my school uniform for him to see? So, luckily he gave me the benefit of the doubt and handed me the admission pass. Thanks dude!
The museum was very high tech. It has alot of LCD screens placed around the building and the exhibits were very nicely laid out. And of course, they were genuine! Here are some pictures I took in the museum, enjoy!
The Pernakan Museum
Omg! It's so PINK!
Creepy old lady!
Wow! What an ancient telephone we have here
And so is this...
Pink again! Arggg!
The dining table, so luxurious! And it's PINK again! =.="
Ancient wooden tennis racket
We will never get to use this anymore! Classic machine!
Colourful vases
Are these bowls? Or rice cookers? LOL!
How I wish I had these medals :)
What a beautiful and exquisite jewelry!
Don't give me that look you woman! I'm not going to hand that piece of jewelry to you! Never!
Now, my cousin is going to eliminate you at a touch of her finger. So long woman!
This guy some how reminds me of Mr Chia, my Sec 3 Physics teacher. Anyway, don't ask me what is he doing, I have no idea!
And now, he looks angry (or retarded?) because I took a picture of him :)
So after we left the museum, we went to have our Grandma's birthday dinner at "The house of Pernakans" somewhere in Orchard. Yes, Pernakan again =.=" Whole day Pernakan. But whatever, and guess what! My ever so lost uncle, DOES NOT know how to go to Orchard! OMG! I wonder how he navigated round Singapore for the past 8 years. So he dragged me along to his car to be his navigator once again =.=".
Once we reached, the first thing we noticed is that the restaurant was VERY VERY empty. We are the first patrons. And it's not like we came late or early, we arrived at 7.30PM which was dinner time. So there were a few China waitress serving us. The food was ok, had curry fish head amongst other unknown stuffs. My uncle, together with most adults said that the food standard dropped drastically since they last came. That may explain the lack of patrons to the restaurant.
So they have a live musician performing for us, he looks to be in his 80s. According to my uncle, he was the same performer when they came about 5 years ago. Wow! So loyal to the restaurant. Then he dedicated a birthday song to my Grandma. He is a really nice person! So we had the cake cutting ceremony. Here are some photos.
The Durain birthday cake
My Grandma and my aunt together with the Durain birthday cake
My Grandma and my cousin. 
Here are some random shots of the week:
Porsche 911 Carrera 4S
Mitusbishi Evo 10 with a cardboard number plate! Go racing some more lah! Now get accident... Aiyooo!
Loo Loo molesting Yan Xun
That's all for the weekend. Diva, don't worry, I will remember to buy you a birthday present ok? So till then, enjoy!
Woots! I would like to wish people whose birthday falls in the month of May. These people includes my grandmother and Divaagar! In this post, you will see that Bad Dogie WILL NOT be mentioned AT ALL! (at long last!). It will all be about how I spent my quite 'exciting' weekend. Ok, let's skip the formalities and get on with this week's story.
It was Diva's 16th birthday on Friday. Yeah! Happy Birthday Diva! Sorry hor, I don't know what present to get for you, and I am STILL searching for it. You should expect your delayed present to arrive before the end of the June holidays (god, that's long!)
And now, the 2nd birthday girl, my Grandma! I just noticed something, I don't even know how old is my grandma! My god! What a 'great' grandson I am! But anyway, before going to my Grandma house to celebrate, I went to Marine Parade to have Ayam Pengyet for lunch. Somehow, I think the Changi Village Ayam Pengyet taste much nicer, and cheaper too! So after lunch, we went to fetch my Grandma's sister from her house at Marine Parade and we set off to my Grandma house at Sengkang.
In the afternoon, we set off in a 3 car convoy to the newly established Pernakan Museum. My grandmother, and most of my family, is a Pernakan and they planned this trip specially for my Grandma so that she could learn more about her heritage. We were plague with navigation problems such as finding the correct car park to park our car but most importantly, the exact location of the museum. I took my uncle's car to the museum. He was lucky to have me on board as he is a very very bad navigator. I don't understand his navigational skills. He has been driving for more than 8 years already and he is still having problems navigating in the City! The City is one of the most important places to navigate and he still has problems with it after driving for 8 years. He does not even know which exit to take from the CTE expressway =.=" So after some U turns and heated debate over which roads to take, we finally reached the museum. Yeah!
The person manning the ticketing counter was quite blur. He does not even know that I am entitled to a free admission as I am a Queenswayan. I guess this is one of the good points of being a Queenswayan :) He asked me to show him my student pass, which I did so willingly. Then after finding out that the student pass does not state my school, he asked me for something that could identify myself as a Queenswayan. Zzzz, As if I will bring along my school uniform for him to see? So, luckily he gave me the benefit of the doubt and handed me the admission pass. Thanks dude!
The museum was very high tech. It has alot of LCD screens placed around the building and the exhibits were very nicely laid out. And of course, they were genuine! Here are some pictures I took in the museum, enjoy!
The Pernakan Museum
Omg! It's so PINK!Creepy old lady!Wow! What an ancient telephone we have hereAnd so is this...Pink again! Arggg!The dining table, so luxurious! And it's PINK again! =.="Ancient wooden tennis racketWe will never get to use this anymore! Classic machine!
Colourful vasesAre these bowls? Or rice cookers? LOL!How I wish I had these medals :)What a beautiful and exquisite jewelry!Don't give me that look you woman! I'm not going to hand that piece of jewelry to you! Never!Now, my cousin is going to eliminate you at a touch of her finger. So long woman!This guy some how reminds me of Mr Chia, my Sec 3 Physics teacher. Anyway, don't ask me what is he doing, I have no idea!And now, he looks angry (or retarded?) because I took a picture of him :)So after we left the museum, we went to have our Grandma's birthday dinner at "The house of Pernakans" somewhere in Orchard. Yes, Pernakan again =.=" Whole day Pernakan. But whatever, and guess what! My ever so lost uncle, DOES NOT know how to go to Orchard! OMG! I wonder how he navigated round Singapore for the past 8 years. So he dragged me along to his car to be his navigator once again =.=".Once we reached, the first thing we noticed is that the restaurant was VERY VERY empty. We are the first patrons. And it's not like we came late or early, we arrived at 7.30PM which was dinner time. So there were a few China waitress serving us. The food was ok, had curry fish head amongst other unknown stuffs. My uncle, together with most adults said that the food standard dropped drastically since they last came. That may explain the lack of patrons to the restaurant.
So they have a live musician performing for us, he looks to be in his 80s. According to my uncle, he was the same performer when they came about 5 years ago. Wow! So loyal to the restaurant. Then he dedicated a birthday song to my Grandma. He is a really nice person! So we had the cake cutting ceremony. Here are some photos.
The Durain birthday cake
My Grandma and my aunt together with the Durain birthday cakeMy Grandma and my cousin. Here are some random shots of the week:
Porsche 911 Carrera 4S
Mitusbishi Evo 10 with a cardboard number plate! Go racing some more lah! Now get accident... Aiyooo!
Loo Loo molesting Yan Xun
That's all for the weekend. Diva, don't worry, I will remember to buy you a birthday present ok? So till then, enjoy!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Omnimax!
So on Tuesday, we went to the Science Centre. But before we entered the OmniMax Theater, we had this science lesson about the rock formation at the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River. The 'lecturer' has a very strange way of pronouncing simple words such as 'snake'. She pronounced it as 'Snag'. But overall, it was quite entertaining. Here are some photos.
"Let me try to squeeze the Colorado River out"
"I must have caused the Colorado River to catch fire! Nooooo!"
Then, we made our way to the Omnimax Theater to watch a documentary about the Grand Canyon and it's surroundings. The graphics was simply stunning. Here are some photos I took of the documentary:
Outside the Theater, a mummy plaster statue
Amazing life-like pictures:
So, after that show we left for school. Upon reaching school, I saw this Nissan 200SX parking in our school. I wonder who owns that Nissan. It's quite rare to see a 200SX in S'pore.
Nissan 200SX in the school's car park.
Went for that Dr William Tan talk which was inspiring, but boring at the same time. I fell asleep halfway through the talk and don't know what happened next.
Wednesday was the day where the various Tertiary institutions would come to advertise their courses. I was posted to S'pore Poly Mechanical and Electronics, Shatec and S'pore Poly Maritime. The S'pore Poly talk was the best as I got out of the courses $20 richer. The reason for my sudden 'wealth' is because I randomly answered some questions that they put out to the floor and they gave me a $10 Pizza Hut voucher for answering each question correctly. I like the S'pore Poly course because it interests me. For example, that Mechanical talk covered Aerospace, cars and various other things. They even showed a picture of Michael Schumacher's Ferrari at Sepang, M'sia 2005. Maritime was interesting too because I got to learn things about ships that I never knew before. For example, the students at the Maritime school get paid to study. Wtf, so good!
Shatec was plain boring and useless. It was largely about how you should join that institution so that you become a better waiter/waitress. Sorry, but I have no interest in being a waiter. But the most memorable moment that came out of Shatec was: The speaker said: "I suggest you stop at 'N' levels and join Shatec instead, don't waste your time". What rubbish statement is that? And for the record, I don't even take N levels. Besides, being in the food industry does not float my boat, so sorry, the Shatec talk was just a complete waste of my time.
Then we went to AVA room 2 for a movie of Fantastic 4. I was listening to my radio while watching the movie at the same time. I never watched Fantastic 4 before. So, some scenes amused me! The only problem was, that Titus was extremely noisy and irritating throughout the movie. I bet he will be kicked out from a cinema hall if he was to carry this kind of behaviour over to the cinema.
Went to Vivo with Yagesh and Diva after school to... Yes you guessed it! To play that G25 steering wheel again! Muhaha. This was Yagesh's first time playing the game so I taught him the basics of driving. He tried the auto gear first before switching the manual. I warned him that the game was much harder than it looks and he agreed with my statement after crashing in the first corner. But at least, he beat Diva by miles in terms of driving ability and sense of direction. Yagesh struggled a little with manual gear but said it was more fun to drive than auto - a statement which is completely true! I aced the game by beating the best lap record, setting a time of 2min 28 secs in a Mitsubishi Evo X around a lap of Suzuka Track, Japan. A check on Youtube shows that I'm one of the fastest driver in a Evo X around Suzuka! I feel so proud of myself. Hahaha! Went home with Yagesh on 855 after a successful round of driving.
Exams results are released on Thursday and Friday. I have to say, overall I did better than expected. I expected to fail 2 subjects at least but ended up only failing one.
English - Comprehension was a disaster. I barely passed. I got 26/50! Now, how pathetic is that! Well, at least I passed compre. Buger said compre was very badly done overall. But on the bright side, Buger said I was top in level for compo! I was like OMG! I just anyhow write the transport question and got 24/30. I never ever in my life got so high for compo. My passion for transportation has finally paid off! I got a total of B4 for English. Kim was the highest with a B3. The majority got either a fail or a 'C' grade.
Maths - Hahaha! As expected, I failed like shit. I got 37.5 for both Paper 1 and 2 combined. F9 for Maths, what horrible result. 403's MSG was 7.89 which is plain pathetic. But 402's MSG was worse, I think it was 8. something. Well on the bright side, at least we are not last in the level.
Chemistry - Only 10 people passed. And guess what, I passed! It's incredible, I rarely passed Chemistry. I don't know how I passed with a C5. I was expecting C6 at best. But the best thing is, I beat Diva in chemistry, fair and square!
Physics - Physics was a total surprise! I was expecting C5 at best. But I got A2! Wow! This A2 grade pulled up my Combined Science results to B4 which is a vast improvement from last year's C6!
Geography - As expected, I got an A2 which was acceptable. But, the unexpected thing was that Cynthia, the geog queen finally, at long last, met her match! Quincy from 401 beat her in Combined Humans! Cynthia is definitely falling off her throne as a tree hugger.
Social Studies: It was horribly done. I expected a 30+ marks but I got 27. Pathetic. My SEQ basically screwed up and it caused my Combined Humans marks to drop drastically, fell down from 5th place to 11th place. So sad!
POA - I passed with a 56/100 mark. I think that this is the best I can achieve as POA revision was done last minute. I am glad that I passed my POA even though a better grade is desired.
Chinese: Wow! I passed, incredible! And my listening compre got an all time high of 18/20! But, the very sad news is that, our Chinese teacher is leaving us and that slutty Chinese HOD is going to take over! NOOOOOO! Gone are the days of slacking, gone are the days of having a good nap, gone are the days of reading Top Gear Magazine in the open during Chinese lesson. I guess our Chinese teacher reached his limits of sanity and decided to resign before we make him go insane. I am really going to miss him! Sobs :(
D&T - Results are not released yet, But I am confident that I will not fail.
As you can see, it has been a rather eventful week. This coming weekend will be a long weekend as Vesak day falls on Monday. I am very tempted to go arcade on Monday to play Battle Gear 4 (if you don't know what that is, read my previous few posts). So, I hope you did well in your MYE and if you didn't, don't despair! There's always the prelims and O levels. Talking about O levels, good luck for those taking their MT O levels in roughly 1 week time :) Till then, enjoy!
So on Tuesday, we went to the Science Centre. But before we entered the OmniMax Theater, we had this science lesson about the rock formation at the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River. The 'lecturer' has a very strange way of pronouncing simple words such as 'snake'. She pronounced it as 'Snag'. But overall, it was quite entertaining. Here are some photos.
"Let me try to squeeze the Colorado River out"
"I must have caused the Colorado River to catch fire! Nooooo!"
Then, we made our way to the Omnimax Theater to watch a documentary about the Grand Canyon and it's surroundings. The graphics was simply stunning. Here are some photos I took of the documentary:
Outside the Theater, a mummy plaster statue
Amazing life-like pictures:
So, after that show we left for school. Upon reaching school, I saw this Nissan 200SX parking in our school. I wonder who owns that Nissan. It's quite rare to see a 200SX in S'pore.Nissan 200SX in the school's car park.
Went for that Dr William Tan talk which was inspiring, but boring at the same time. I fell asleep halfway through the talk and don't know what happened next.
Wednesday was the day where the various Tertiary institutions would come to advertise their courses. I was posted to S'pore Poly Mechanical and Electronics, Shatec and S'pore Poly Maritime. The S'pore Poly talk was the best as I got out of the courses $20 richer. The reason for my sudden 'wealth' is because I randomly answered some questions that they put out to the floor and they gave me a $10 Pizza Hut voucher for answering each question correctly. I like the S'pore Poly course because it interests me. For example, that Mechanical talk covered Aerospace, cars and various other things. They even showed a picture of Michael Schumacher's Ferrari at Sepang, M'sia 2005. Maritime was interesting too because I got to learn things about ships that I never knew before. For example, the students at the Maritime school get paid to study. Wtf, so good!
Shatec was plain boring and useless. It was largely about how you should join that institution so that you become a better waiter/waitress. Sorry, but I have no interest in being a waiter. But the most memorable moment that came out of Shatec was: The speaker said: "I suggest you stop at 'N' levels and join Shatec instead, don't waste your time". What rubbish statement is that? And for the record, I don't even take N levels. Besides, being in the food industry does not float my boat, so sorry, the Shatec talk was just a complete waste of my time.
Then we went to AVA room 2 for a movie of Fantastic 4. I was listening to my radio while watching the movie at the same time. I never watched Fantastic 4 before. So, some scenes amused me! The only problem was, that Titus was extremely noisy and irritating throughout the movie. I bet he will be kicked out from a cinema hall if he was to carry this kind of behaviour over to the cinema.
Went to Vivo with Yagesh and Diva after school to... Yes you guessed it! To play that G25 steering wheel again! Muhaha. This was Yagesh's first time playing the game so I taught him the basics of driving. He tried the auto gear first before switching the manual. I warned him that the game was much harder than it looks and he agreed with my statement after crashing in the first corner. But at least, he beat Diva by miles in terms of driving ability and sense of direction. Yagesh struggled a little with manual gear but said it was more fun to drive than auto - a statement which is completely true! I aced the game by beating the best lap record, setting a time of 2min 28 secs in a Mitsubishi Evo X around a lap of Suzuka Track, Japan. A check on Youtube shows that I'm one of the fastest driver in a Evo X around Suzuka! I feel so proud of myself. Hahaha! Went home with Yagesh on 855 after a successful round of driving.
Exams results are released on Thursday and Friday. I have to say, overall I did better than expected. I expected to fail 2 subjects at least but ended up only failing one.
English - Comprehension was a disaster. I barely passed. I got 26/50! Now, how pathetic is that! Well, at least I passed compre. Buger said compre was very badly done overall. But on the bright side, Buger said I was top in level for compo! I was like OMG! I just anyhow write the transport question and got 24/30. I never ever in my life got so high for compo. My passion for transportation has finally paid off! I got a total of B4 for English. Kim was the highest with a B3. The majority got either a fail or a 'C' grade.
Maths - Hahaha! As expected, I failed like shit. I got 37.5 for both Paper 1 and 2 combined. F9 for Maths, what horrible result. 403's MSG was 7.89 which is plain pathetic. But 402's MSG was worse, I think it was 8. something. Well on the bright side, at least we are not last in the level.
Chemistry - Only 10 people passed. And guess what, I passed! It's incredible, I rarely passed Chemistry. I don't know how I passed with a C5. I was expecting C6 at best. But the best thing is, I beat Diva in chemistry, fair and square!
Physics - Physics was a total surprise! I was expecting C5 at best. But I got A2! Wow! This A2 grade pulled up my Combined Science results to B4 which is a vast improvement from last year's C6!
Geography - As expected, I got an A2 which was acceptable. But, the unexpected thing was that Cynthia, the geog queen finally, at long last, met her match! Quincy from 401 beat her in Combined Humans! Cynthia is definitely falling off her throne as a tree hugger.
Social Studies: It was horribly done. I expected a 30+ marks but I got 27. Pathetic. My SEQ basically screwed up and it caused my Combined Humans marks to drop drastically, fell down from 5th place to 11th place. So sad!
POA - I passed with a 56/100 mark. I think that this is the best I can achieve as POA revision was done last minute. I am glad that I passed my POA even though a better grade is desired.
Chinese: Wow! I passed, incredible! And my listening compre got an all time high of 18/20! But, the very sad news is that, our Chinese teacher is leaving us and that slutty Chinese HOD is going to take over! NOOOOOO! Gone are the days of slacking, gone are the days of having a good nap, gone are the days of reading Top Gear Magazine in the open during Chinese lesson. I guess our Chinese teacher reached his limits of sanity and decided to resign before we make him go insane. I am really going to miss him! Sobs :(
D&T - Results are not released yet, But I am confident that I will not fail.
As you can see, it has been a rather eventful week. This coming weekend will be a long weekend as Vesak day falls on Monday. I am very tempted to go arcade on Monday to play Battle Gear 4 (if you don't know what that is, read my previous few posts). So, I hope you did well in your MYE and if you didn't, don't despair! There's always the prelims and O levels. Talking about O levels, good luck for those taking their MT O levels in roughly 1 week time :) Till then, enjoy!
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