Tuesday, August 28, 2007

eoys are over!

hurray! for my sec 4 sch life is coming to an end! at least for the most part of it ^^ eoys are over! chem was quite bad but ok lah just that i didn't complete everything ):

i see slack-er times coming...-ihope options won't be too taxing...- mingle2 has quite a lot of cool quizzes ^^"

Mingle2 - Tampa Singles

This rating was determined based on the presence of the following words:
torture (1x)

hehe not bad eh?

$6400.00The Cadaver Calculator - Find out how much your body is worth. From Mingle2 - Dating Site

Mingle2 - Dating Site

not bad lah im worth quite a lot, considering im supposed to be a dead body...

1,662,780How Many Germs Live On Your Keyboard?

Mingle2 - Dating Site
There are about 1,662,780 germs on your keyboard right now!
That's equivalent to the number of germs on 333 toilet seats.

wahh o.O haha

52%How Addicted to Blogging Are You?

Mingle2 - Dating Site

not too bad la hor...considering im on hiatus 99% of the time ^^"


Mingle2

hoho. some tricky ones but im fine!

Mingle2 Free Online Dating - Science Quiz



yay

38%

Mingle2 - Free Online Dating



this is lame -.-"



HAHAHA SUPER FUNNY MANNN like making a mountain out of a molehill! the subs aren't true of course but it's super funny


courtesy of the UnHappy Planet Index website, go and try it!

Happy Planet Index
Your personal Happy Planet Index (HPI) is 39.3, which is similar to that of countries such as Ireland, Palestine or Poland. Sorry to say that this is below the world average of 46, and about the same as the UK average. Your score is about the same as that of your country, 40.8.

Below is a breakdown of the various components that make up your HPI score.

You: 39.3
Average: 43.3
[Average is of all online responses to this survey - not the average for your country]

Life Expectancy
Congratulations. Your life expectancy is above average for your gender and country. Whether it's eating well, not smoking, getting regular exercise, or just being lucky enough to have the right genes, you're doing something right. However, nobody's perfect and we could all improve our health a little! Aside from getting all the above bits of your lifestyle right, there are some more surprising factors that can influence your life expect - for example, giving up your car, avoiding living alone, moving out of the city or shrugging off stress.

You: 85
Average: 80.6
[Average is of all online responses to this survey - not the average for your country]

Ecological Footprint
Your ecological footprint is 4.64 global hectares, or 2.58 planets. This is equivalent to the average in Austria, Netherlands or Hong Kong.

Your ecological footprint is below average for the country you live in.

You are using between and one and a half and three times your share of the planet's resources (assuming no resources are put aside for other species). This is an amount typical of people in many industrialised countries, though just below the average for the UK. As such, if you are living in an industrialised country, you are probably doing some things well and some things not so well in terms of reducing your ecological impact. Seven ways that everyone can reduce their footprint include:

It's obvious, but we have to say it. Conserve energy. Turn off the lights when you leave a room, buy energy-efficient bulbs and appliances, turn off your TV completely, rather than leave it on standby.
Reduce your waste. If there are ways to recycle where you live, try and do so. If you have a garden, start a compost heap. Re-use plastic bags. Give away clothes you don't use, rather than throwing them away. There are hundreds of little things you can do.
Live with someone! Whether it be your partner, family, children or friends, sharing your living space means sharing your ecological impact. It will probably also increase your well-being!
Leave your car in the garage. Car use has a huge impact on ecological footprint. Obviously it's easier for some people than others, but where possible, try to use public transport more. Or, even better, get on a bike, or simply walk!
Go local. Why buy tomatoes from another country, if you can get home grown ones? For those living in Europe - think about all those miles travelled by wine from South Africa and Australia, when Europe produces some of the best wines in the world.
You don't have to become vegetarian, but cutting down on meat, particularly beef, and particularly from animals fed by imported soya feed, is an effective step to reducing your footprint.
It has to be said that air travel is one of the biggest contributors to many people's footprints. For example, flying direct from London to Sydney and back would add 5.44 g ha to your footprint - that's the average Briton's footprint for an entire year. Flights with a connection add even more polluting air miles.


You: 4.64
Average: 5.37
[Average is of all online responses to this survey - not the average for your country]

Carbon Footprint
Your carbon footprint is 2.39 global hectares, or 1.33 planets.

You: 2.39
Average: 3.24
[Average is of all online responses to this survey - not the average for your country]

Life Satisfaction
You reported a life satisfaction of 6. This is just above our estimated world average life satisfaction of 5.9. At a national level, your score matches the means for Portugal, Iran and Vietnam. In Britain, just over a quarter of respondents reported a life satisfaction of 6 or lower.

You: 6
Average: 6.76
[Average is of all online responses to this survey - not the average for your country]

Well-being
The new economics foundation (nef) recognises that there's more to life than feeling good, which is why our model for well-being is based on four domains ? personal feelings, personal functionings, social feelings and social functionings. 'Feelings' refers to your attitude to the way you, your future and society are. 'Functionings' looks at whether you have the opportunities to do the things that bring you well-being. Like with life satisfaction, a score of 5 is theoretically the middle score, but, given the way most people respond to surveys, is below average.

Personal Feelings
In this online questionnaire, personal feelings are assessed with two questions ? one testing your optimism and one testing your self-esteem.

You are optimistic about the future and probably also about yourself.

You: 6.08
Average: 6.05
[Average is of all online responses to this survey - not the average for your country]

Personal Functionings
In this online questionnaire personal functionings are assessed with five questions ? two evaluating your subjective opinion on your health and how activity you are, the other three testing you for feelings of autonomy, purpose and worth.

In various ways, you are unable to function in the way you would like. You may be having problems with your health, feeling unable to make your own decisions, and/or failing to find opportunities to get involved in activities that give you a sense of purpose and ability. No doubt this is affecting your overall well-being. Is there any way to take more control over life, perhaps by making some space for yourself? Once you have done this, taking up different activities (sporting, creative, political, etc.) can provide an excellent focus for your abilities and offer a purpose. Voluntary work, in particular, can provide one with a strong sense of purpose and worth.

You: 4.69
Average: 6.16
[Average is of all online responses to this survey - not the average for your country]

Social Feelings
In this online questionnaire social feelings are assessed with four questions ? three assessing your opinion of your community, whilst the last looks at personal relationships.

You are unsatisfied with, or perhaps indifferent to, the community within which you live. Sense of community is an important aspect of well-being. It is often lacking simply because there is little engagement taking place, as people lead atomised lives.

Another reason for this score, may simply be that you are currently unsatisfied by your personal relationships.

You: 4.4
Average: 5.69
[Average is of all online responses to this survey - not the average for your country]

Social Functionings
In this online questionnaire social functionings are assessed with four questions ? two assessing your job / studies, one your free time, and one your community participation. If you did not respond to the work / study questions, your score is judged purely on the other two aspects.

Your job / course is really not treating you well. Somehow it is at the same time dull and stressful! Either you're just going through a bad patch, or you really should consider moving on to somewhere else.

You: 4.16
Average: 5.6
[Average is of all online responses to this survey - not the average for your country]


haha super long post with random quizzes and the HPI - influence from ss c.k. (contextual knowledge) im not exactly very happy ne? thanks to singapore's wonderful education system. ^^"

Saturday, August 11, 2007

bye bye bro

Hey that’s alliteration! (look at post title)

kk this post is dedicated to my dearest bro, so bro if you ever bother to read my blog you should be GLAD that there’s even a post dedicated to you! ^^

anw here’s LOVE from all of us, me mum dad, and we will miss u –I hope I rmb to- uhh and BON VOYAGE! yepp hope you will arrive safe and sound at uiuc, and hope you have fun there!

Gah im all envious alrd I want to go toooo! I mean to be rid of stress for a levels and all that is COOL and I can’t wait for my turn. –fun and play and I hope I get to go overseas too-

Ah well nothing much to say alrd, for those blurheads reading this post and not quite understanding it, it’s just bro going overseas for university. so fun righttt I wan go overseas too ): hmm b4 I forget must say that Philip sends his best regards to you. and do you want me to send you all those stupid photos on the camera? (of your macbook and crap like that)

p.s. to Gillian: the reason I have a phone in my bedroom is bcos there’s some free phone I forgot how come, so yah it’s put in my room bcos we alrd have a lot of phones around the house. also, im the “secretary/clerk/telephone operator” of the house, which means I pick up all the phones bcos everyone is lazy to get to one and they just bully me and get me to go get the phone. Yeah so a phone in my room would facilitate such picking up of phones. ^^”

Thursday, August 09, 2007

my room

this is from gillian's blog.

how many windows are in your room? two windows
what color are your walls? white
hardwood floor, tile, or carpet? parquet
do you get ready for the day in your room or the bathroom? my room
what size bed do you have? single size bed
what does your comforter look like? blue and yellow coloured (current one)
is your room big? it's subjective isn't it? i would say ok, not really big but not too small either
is it clean? yeah kindof
do you have a night light? nope
do you have the following in your room:
[x] desk. yes
[ ] more than 3 sources of light. nope, only ceiling light and sunlight
[x] phone. yepp one. practically one in every room (to gillian: why of course not?)
[x] chair/dish chair. yes one
[ ] book shelf. nope my room is more for sleeping and stuff, book shelves are in study room (to gillian: why duh?)
[x] dresser. well one kindof, though nothing much is on it other than my fan and my badges and nametags etc
[ ] TV. nope, my mum don't believe in spending money putting a tv in our bedrooms and giving us free rein to become addicted to tv. esp since she insists bedroom is for SLEEPING and not for waking up middle of the night to watch stuff yeah, not that i really mind. tv is kinda boring.
[ ] CD player/stereo. nope all in the living room.
[ ] bean bag chair. doesn't seem to appeal to my parents at all, so it doesn't exist in our home.
[ ] computer/laptop. well as you should alrd know my bedroom is kinda for sleeping so com is in study room
[ ] posters. again my mum doesn't believe in vandalising the walls. haha anw i dun have any posters (a waste of money i think)
[ ] paintings. not in my bedroom, but in the living room and all around the house yeah. (those chinese paintings u know)
[x] pictures. not photograph those kindof pictures, but i have some picture of a sheep that my godmother had sewn for me when i was small. still hanging in my room.
[x] walk-in closet. walk in? well i suppose i can try walking into it...
[x] large mirror. not really that large, but large enough (about half the full length mirror)
[x] bed. HAHA yes DUH
[ ] drumset. uh. i dunno how to play drums and uh it would be a waste of money and space
[ ] bathroom. nope, that is only for the master bedroom ^^"
[x] clock. yeah it's kindof cranky and goes haywire once in a while but yeah generally accurate (i hope)
[x] clothes. of course. all the clothes i have are in my room, so no room, no clothes! (WHOA what a horrifying prospect!)
[ ] box of tissues. not a box, but i have a pack in my desk. just in case :D
[ ] guitar. no don't play guitar...
[ ] lava lamp. my mum isn't exactly a MODERN kindof person u know...
[ ] smoke detector. no...
[ ] piano/keyboard. not in my room, it's in the living room there
[ ] bongos. what's this?
[ ] a bin. nope i used to have one in my old house, but seems like my mum doesn't like dirty dustbins in bedrooms "where you SLEEEP U KNOW!" so yah
[x] locking door. well we have to lock doors once in a while right...?
[ ] can of soda. no soft drinks allowed in my room. i don't like soft drinks anw...
[ ] bottle of water. not usually, but sometimes if i am working in my room i might have one to drink from
[ ] playstation or another game source. if only. i have a deprived childhood u see
[ ] a blacklight. HUH? blacklight? i have enough radiation around thankyouverymuch.
[ ] something about your own country. -thinks hard.- i can try clearing out my desk and see?
[ ] awards. in some shelf in the living room
[ ] water polo ball. i don't play water polo
[ ] soccer ball. i don't play soccer either...
[ ] beach ball. uh i think there may be one in the storeroom
[ ] sofa. ...my room isn't THAT big.
[ ] empty liquor bottles. er hem. im underaged. anw even if i have any it would have been cleared out b4 my mum discovers them (and since she cleans my room everyday it would have to be cleared very quickly)
[ ] flag. hoho NO
[ ] stop sign. all these are weird
[ ] caution tape. weird weird weird.
[X] calendar. yepp. finally something more normal ^^

anw HAPPY NATIONAL DAY EVERYONE! BON ANNIVERSAIRE SINGAPOUR! happy birthday singapore! happy holidays everyone...