On CNY eve, I played the computer from about 7.30pm to about 5.40am. This is the only day in the whole year that I was allowed to play on the computer for a long time. There is a Chinese belief that when the children stay up late on CNY eve, the parents can live to a ripe old age. I just played some random games.
On CNY Day, we went to my cousin's house at Simei Green for lunch. I loved eating the baguas. We also watched some videos on the Youtube there and received some ang baos. After that, we went to my grandmother's house at Queenstown for dinner. We hardly did anything there, as most of my relatives had already left. Only my maternal grandparents, eldest auntie, 7th auntie and her children were there. We received more ang baos. I think I collected about $300 in total.
Our 4 days holidays are going to be over so quickly. I wish everyday could be Chinese New Year, then I can play on the computer for as long as I want on the eve of everyday. There will also be no school. We will also receive a lot of money from the ang baos everyday. Haha.
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Sunday, 18 January 2009
This Semester's Modules
This semester, my most-like to least-like modules are:
1. MA4105 Sequences, Series and Mathematical Induction. I always put maths first no matter what. This is a Year 4 module, the teacher Ms Sie is not boring, she is experienced and gives detailed explanation.
2. MA4107 Vectors in 2 and 3 Dimensional Space. This will be covered after the above is completed. I can predict that I will like this subject.
3. CM2104 Foundation Chemistry 2. We are learning chemical reactions. I just like the subject.
4. FA2102 3D Basic. I get to create the sculpture using clay. It's fun.
5. PC2110 Foundational Physics II. We are learning Thermal Physics, Optics and Electricity & Magnetism. I always like Physics as it is just like Maths, but the teacher is boring.
6. BL2101 Human Reproductive System. I don't really like Biology, but the teacher is thorough and gives a lot of information.
7. EL2103 Narration and Description. I am weak in language, but luckily Ms Lau (our form teacher) is nice, loud and clear.
8. GE2101 The Dynamic Blue Planet. Last year's module (on population, industrialisation and globalisation) made me dislike Geography, but this year should be better as we are learning about the earth.
9. Da Vinci. Very long, 3 hrs of research project every week.
10. PE. I hate to run under the sun and exercise.
11. CL2101 Chinese 2A. What can I say?
Actually, I am also attending Maths Olympiad training on Saturdays (3.5 hrs) at NUS Maths Dept. This is under the National Team training, no module credits are earned. If I must rank it, then it is after PC2110 and before BL2101. Though I learn new things in the training, most of the time the topics covered are quite cheem, probably JC level.
1. MA4105 Sequences, Series and Mathematical Induction. I always put maths first no matter what. This is a Year 4 module, the teacher Ms Sie is not boring, she is experienced and gives detailed explanation.
2. MA4107 Vectors in 2 and 3 Dimensional Space. This will be covered after the above is completed. I can predict that I will like this subject.
3. CM2104 Foundation Chemistry 2. We are learning chemical reactions. I just like the subject.
4. FA2102 3D Basic. I get to create the sculpture using clay. It's fun.
5. PC2110 Foundational Physics II. We are learning Thermal Physics, Optics and Electricity & Magnetism. I always like Physics as it is just like Maths, but the teacher is boring.
6. BL2101 Human Reproductive System. I don't really like Biology, but the teacher is thorough and gives a lot of information.
7. EL2103 Narration and Description. I am weak in language, but luckily Ms Lau (our form teacher) is nice, loud and clear.
8. GE2101 The Dynamic Blue Planet. Last year's module (on population, industrialisation and globalisation) made me dislike Geography, but this year should be better as we are learning about the earth.
9. Da Vinci. Very long, 3 hrs of research project every week.
10. PE. I hate to run under the sun and exercise.
11. CL2101 Chinese 2A. What can I say?
Actually, I am also attending Maths Olympiad training on Saturdays (3.5 hrs) at NUS Maths Dept. This is under the National Team training, no module credits are earned. If I must rank it, then it is after PC2110 and before BL2101. Though I learn new things in the training, most of the time the topics covered are quite cheem, probably JC level.
Sunday, 11 January 2009
Do-It-Yourself Ice Cream
Today my family went to the Yuki Yaki restaurant in Marina Square for a Do-It-Yourself steamboat, Teppanyaki & Ice Cream Buffet. The steamboat and Teppanyaki (bbq on hotpan) are nothing unusual, so I shall not blog much about it. After our main course, we changed table and had our ice cream buffet. The same Teppanyaki pan was used but this time the thermostat was adjusted to a cold temperature, ready for ice cream making. We started to choose from a variety of ice cream flavours (passion fruit, tiramisu, chocolate, yam, durian) and made our ice cream using something like the Spongebob's spatulas.
My sister trying to scoop out the frozen ice.
Durian flavour with rainbow rice and chocolate rice toppings
We just poured coca cola inside the pan, to make coca cola ice cream.
Our newly, invented water melon fruit ice cream
We also experimented with sprite, orange juice, lemon juice, zapple and even plain water! Most of them tasted horrible. Zapple is probably the nicest.
My sister trying to scoop out the frozen ice.
Durian flavour with rainbow rice and chocolate rice toppings
We just poured coca cola inside the pan, to make coca cola ice cream.
Our newly, invented water melon fruit ice cream
We also experimented with sprite, orange juice, lemon juice, zapple and even plain water! Most of them tasted horrible. Zapple is probably the nicest. Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Interesting Memory Metal
Nitinol is a metal alloy that is made from Nickel and Titanium. It is also called 'memory metal' or Shape Memory Alloy (SMA). Shape Memory Alloys have two distinct types of crystal structure, depending on whether they are above or below a certain critical transformation temperature. Below the critical temperature, Nitinol is flexible and can be bent easily into any shape. But once heated to the critical temperature, Nitinol shows its 'heat memory' by springing into its remembered shape.
What are the uses of Nitinol? One use is spectacle frames. Nitinol is soft, so the frames are comfortable to wear. But if they get accidentally bent, you can heat the frames using hot water, and they will spring back to their original shape. Currently Nitinol is quite expensive. But as its cost goes down, there can be many other potential applications. Another possible use is vehicle parts that will repair themselves after an accident.
The 'hot' wire video below demonstrates the properties of Nitinol.
What are the uses of Nitinol? One use is spectacle frames. Nitinol is soft, so the frames are comfortable to wear. But if they get accidentally bent, you can heat the frames using hot water, and they will spring back to their original shape. Currently Nitinol is quite expensive. But as its cost goes down, there can be many other potential applications. Another possible use is vehicle parts that will repair themselves after an accident.
The 'hot' wire video below demonstrates the properties of Nitinol.
Wednesday, 31 December 2008
Fantastic Contraption
Fantastic Contraption is simply fantastic. It is a very fun and addictive physics puzzle game. Just watch the video below or play this game (http://fantasticcontraption.com/) if you want to know what it is.
The purpose of Fantastic Contraption to move all red objects into a rectangular goal area. To do this, you are given a blue rectangular building area and various materials in which you can build your device. There are some obstacles along the way, to make it difficult for you to complete your task.
There's a tutorial to teach you how to play so I don't have to tell you the details. After you complete each level, you can look at other players' designs. Their designs are rated from 1* to 5*. Those with 5* are quite rare as they have to be extraordinary. You can publish your own designs by logging in, saving your designs and just publishing it. I have made my own designs but none of them are 5*, all of them are just 3* and 4*. One of my coolest designs is here (http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4074261). I have no idea who give the ratings. You can also get the full version of the game for US$10. With the full version, you can make your own level and look at other players' levels. I didn't get the full version as it is too expensive, so I play only the free version, which is good enough.
The purpose of Fantastic Contraption to move all red objects into a rectangular goal area. To do this, you are given a blue rectangular building area and various materials in which you can build your device. There are some obstacles along the way, to make it difficult for you to complete your task.
There's a tutorial to teach you how to play so I don't have to tell you the details. After you complete each level, you can look at other players' designs. Their designs are rated from 1* to 5*. Those with 5* are quite rare as they have to be extraordinary. You can publish your own designs by logging in, saving your designs and just publishing it. I have made my own designs but none of them are 5*, all of them are just 3* and 4*. One of my coolest designs is here (http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4074261). I have no idea who give the ratings. You can also get the full version of the game for US$10. With the full version, you can make your own level and look at other players' levels. I didn't get the full version as it is too expensive, so I play only the free version, which is good enough.
Thursday, 25 December 2008
Monday, 22 December 2008
8 Days China Trip
We went for an 8 Days Nanning/Detian Waterfall/Scenic Guilin/Longsheng + Merryland tour from 13 to 20 Dec. We were on the coach most of the time, averaging 4-5 hours of travelling time a day. The longest was a 9-hr trip (to and fro) to Detian Waterfall which is the largest transnational waterfall in Asia, and was located between the border of China and Vietnam.
This is the Longsheng Terraced Fields - the Champion of the terraced field in the world. We visited the Zhuang minority village and had lunch served by the local villagers.
We went to the Merryland Theme Park, and took many fun rides, which were quite similar to those in Genting Highlands.
During the long coach rides, we passed our time by playing computer games. We had to remember to charge our notebook whenever we were in the hotels.
The Elephant Trunk Hill in Guilin.
Taken from a cruise ride on the picturisque Lijiang River.
In Lipu - the Silver Limestone Cave.
An unforgettable part of the trip was the toilet breaks. Some of the toilets were very smelly and dirty without flushing system and had no doors. Only the toilets in the hotel rooms were the cleanest.
This is the Longsheng Terraced Fields - the Champion of the terraced field in the world. We visited the Zhuang minority village and had lunch served by the local villagers.
We went to the Merryland Theme Park, and took many fun rides, which were quite similar to those in Genting Highlands.
During the long coach rides, we passed our time by playing computer games. We had to remember to charge our notebook whenever we were in the hotels.
The Elephant Trunk Hill in Guilin.
Taken from a cruise ride on the picturisque Lijiang River.
In Lipu - the Silver Limestone Cave.
An unforgettable part of the trip was the toilet breaks. Some of the toilets were very smelly and dirty without flushing system and had no doors. Only the toilets in the hotel rooms were the cleanest.
Saturday, 13 December 2008
One Minute Painting
Artistic and awesome piece of work!
I will be going to Guilin/Nanning with my family, from 13 to 20 Dec. Will update my blog after I come back.
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Genting Trip 1-3 Dec
I went to Genting on Monday morning and came back yesterday night at 10pm. On the first day, we took the Singapore-Genting coach at Boon Lay Place at 7am and reached Genting at 2.30 pm. We waited for our hotel room to be ready for a very long time, as there was a long queue. To kill time, we played games on our laptop. By the time we got into our room at First World Hotel Tower 2, it was about 5pm. As it was rather late, we did not do much except taking our dinner, watch TV and then slept.
The next day we went to the Outdoor Theme Park. We paid RM$125 (family package - 2 adults and 2 children) + RM38 (one child). My favourite ride was the Flying Jumbo although it was really lame, but I like the bumps when the Jumbo went up and down. We also took other rides such as the Pirate Ship, Flying Dragon, Boating (see photo) and Spinner.
The next day we went to the Outdoor Theme Park. We paid RM$125 (family package - 2 adults and 2 children) + RM38 (one child). My favourite ride was the Flying Jumbo although it was really lame, but I like the bumps when the Jumbo went up and down. We also took other rides such as the Pirate Ship, Flying Dragon, Boating (see photo) and Spinner.
The third and final day was the most awaited day. After we checked out, we played games on our laptop again while waiting for the Genting-Singapore coach to arrive. We boarded the bus at 2.30pm and reached Boon Lay Place at about 9.30pm. Throughout the journey, my siblings and I took turn to play the GameBoy. We took a cab home and arrived home at 10pm.
Usually the best part of my holidays trip is the journey to and fro, as I am able to play games on the coach or plane. However this time, there's no games on the coach so the best part of the trip was playing on the laptop and the GameBoy, which we brought along.
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
"Magic - The Science of Illusion" at Science Centre
This is an illusion of the disembodied head, demonstrated by my father. The exhibit uses mirrors and principle of angles of reflection to make the illusion effective. 
This is me.
Lim Li was relaxing herself in the "Mind Ball" game. In this experiment, two competitors wearing a brain signal detector around the forehead, sat opposite each other, with a ball between them. You must relax as much as possible to help push the ball to the opponent. She won twice! Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Holidays = Jigsaw Puzzle Time!
I like to fix jigsaw puzzles. These are the puzzles that I have fixed so far since the holidays started.The 'Mother & Child' and the Japan scenary puzzles are 1000-pc. They are good quality puzzles with interlocking pieces, but are quite difficult to fix as there are not many unique colours/patterns. I took a few days to fix them.
The above puzzles are also 1000-pc, but very easy to fix since they are cartoon types.
Sometimes when I find it boring fixing from the front, I will fix from behind (see puzzle on the left), then turn the pieces over. The completed puzzle is below. 
After completing the puzzle, I would divide the puzzle into several equal portions, pile them up in a stack and then wrap them up in an unused paper (see the left picture). During the next holidays, I will unwrap the paper, dismantle the puzzle into individual pieces and then fix again.I have more than 30 puzzles at home, and have fixed each of them many times. Anyone has new, challenging puzzles for me to fix???
Friday, 14 November 2008
My Year End Results!
Today I got my semestral progress report.
AX1018 Innovation Programme: Merit
BL1102 Diversity of Life: A- (4.5)
CL1102 Chinese 1B: B (3.5)
CM1105 Atoms, Molecules and Stoichiometry: A+ (5.0)
EL1104 Developing Language Skills II: B (3.5)
FA1110 2D Basic: A- (4.5)
HY1101 From Settlement to Singapore (1930s - 1970s): B+ (4.0)
MA1109 Foundational Mathematics II: Exempted
MA1201 IT in Mathematics (GSP) and Loci: A+ (5.0)
MA2104 Trigonometry I: Exempted
MA2109 Basic Statistics and Probability: Exempted
MA3103 Trigonometry II: A+ (5.0)
MA3113 Functions and Graphs: A+ (5.0)
MA4204V Number Theory: B+ (4.0)
MU1341 Group Keyboard For Beginners: Merit
PC1104 Force, Motion and Energy: A+ (5.0)
A+ >=85 (5.0), A >=80 (5.0), A- >=75 (4.5), B+ >=70 (4.0), B >=65 (3.5), etc.
I am happy with my Semestral Grade Point Average GPA/CAP of 4.37 (maximum is 5.0). There is a slight improvement over my last Semestral GPA :-)
AX1018 Innovation Programme: Merit
BL1102 Diversity of Life: A- (4.5)
CL1102 Chinese 1B: B (3.5)
CM1105 Atoms, Molecules and Stoichiometry: A+ (5.0)
EL1104 Developing Language Skills II: B (3.5)
FA1110 2D Basic: A- (4.5)
HY1101 From Settlement to Singapore (1930s - 1970s): B+ (4.0)
MA1109 Foundational Mathematics II: Exempted
MA1201 IT in Mathematics (GSP) and Loci: A+ (5.0)
MA2104 Trigonometry I: Exempted
MA2109 Basic Statistics and Probability: Exempted
MA3103 Trigonometry II: A+ (5.0)
MA3113 Functions and Graphs: A+ (5.0)
MA4204V Number Theory: B+ (4.0)
MU1341 Group Keyboard For Beginners: Merit
PC1104 Force, Motion and Energy: A+ (5.0)
A+ >=85 (5.0), A >=80 (5.0), A- >=75 (4.5), B+ >=70 (4.0), B >=65 (3.5), etc.
I am happy with my Semestral Grade Point Average GPA/CAP of 4.37 (maximum is 5.0). There is a slight improvement over my last Semestral GPA :-)
Sunday, 9 November 2008
Wednesday, 5 November 2008
Sunday, 2 November 2008
Crystal Balls
Guess what's the above? The tiny balls are in their original state, and they become the large, clear and beautiful crystal balls after being placed in water for 3-5 hrs. Well, it is commonly called 4D Crystal Soil, its chemical components are Potassium Hydroxide/Acrylic Acid/Polyacrylamide/Others. It is used in indoor plants for decorative purposes. It's made from water absorbent polymer which can absorb up to 200 times of its weight in water. It can store and hold water and nutrition, which is steadily released as the plants needs are required. 4D Crystal-Soil can prevent insects and bacteria problem which usually occurs in ordinary soil. It's non-toxic, biodegradable and safe. Cool, right?Thursday, 30 October 2008
Unmoving Images
Look at the images (double-click to get a bigger picture, for a better effect). Both are not moving, but appears to be moving!
Today I am at home. Tomorrow I have Physics and History papers. Sat is Music Grade 3 Theory paper. Monday is the last paper, Trigonometry II. I would consider my exam over on Sat, as Trigo is very easy, there is no need to revise.
Friday, 24 October 2008
QtPS Gathering on 4 November
Attention all Queenstown Primary School friends,
Maam is organising a movie marathon in the Queens Condo function room on 4 November (Tue). The movies screened will be a combination of latest English/Chinese movies and cartoon movies. As usual, bring food (halal). You can also bring along your pillows, mattresses and blankets.
Time: from 4 pm onwards (till 10 pm latest).
Saturday, 18 October 2008
IMO National Training Team Briefing
Today, I attended the IMO National Team Training briefing at NUS Blk S16 #05 from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm. The actual training will start next Saturday (25 Oct) from 9.30am to 1pm, and it will be held every Saturday until late April 09 or early May 09. There are four lecturers/teachers in charge of the training - Mr Teo, Mr David Chia, Dr Wong Yan Loi (NUS) and Dr Tay Tiong Seng (NUS).
We got to know some maths pros of other levels from other schools. Most of them are JC1 students and I am the youngest. We played some Maths games like "24", where they would give you 4 numbers and you must make 24 by using only addition, subtraction, multiplication, division or brackets. For example, if the numbers 5, 5, 9, 9 were given, you can make 24 by 5x5-9/9. Try with numbers 1, 5, 5, 5. The answer is below.
After the briefing, I still had to go back to NUS High for a Number Theory (my Maths Elective) test. After that, I went home for my lunch (my favourite chicken rice!) at about 3.30pm.
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Answer: (5-1/5)x5=24
We got to know some maths pros of other levels from other schools. Most of them are JC1 students and I am the youngest. We played some Maths games like "24", where they would give you 4 numbers and you must make 24 by using only addition, subtraction, multiplication, division or brackets. For example, if the numbers 5, 5, 9, 9 were given, you can make 24 by 5x5-9/9. Try with numbers 1, 5, 5, 5. The answer is below.
After the briefing, I still had to go back to NUS High for a Number Theory (my Maths Elective) test. After that, I went home for my lunch (my favourite chicken rice!) at about 3.30pm.
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Answer: (5-1/5)x5=24
Friday, 10 October 2008
National Training Team for IMO 2009
I have been selected to be in the National Training Team for International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2009. Besides myself, a few of my NUS High seniors - Ang Yan Sheng, Ryan Chan, Sung Hyun Lim and Gabriel Wong, were also selected. I heard that the training will be starting soon. Hopefully there will be no training during the Nov/Dec holidays, as my family is going on a trip to China (Nanning/Guilin) in Dec.
My exams will be from 24 Oct to 3 Nov. Ughh .. my sister from RGS has taken her last paper today. I think among the secondary/high schools, NUS High has the latest exam period which means that we are mugging when others are enjoying their holidays :-(
My exams will be from 24 Oct to 3 Nov. Ughh .. my sister from RGS has taken her last paper today. I think among the secondary/high schools, NUS High has the latest exam period which means that we are mugging when others are enjoying their holidays :-(
Sunday, 5 October 2008
American's Got Talent Magic Trick
I enjoy watching American's Got Talent. Below is a really cool magic trick!
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