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又是物理

时间过得真快. 这张照片是四年前在国大物理部门所拍的.

Optics

くるま

新加坡

Cover?

Akan Datang.

Science

影片

Short Film

By Royston Tan.

Back Cover

Solid.

Entertainment

Something different.

Facebook?

Should I post this photo on Facebook?

Speech

A long video clip.

Trailer

Still remember this movie.

Textbook

New book by Prof. Masahito Ueda.

Movie

Would not mind watching this movie again.

Photo

Large Hadron Collider? Nope. Photo from Train along North East Line, courtesy of Dr Joseph Nebus.

Video

Professor Brian Cox.

Humour

Calvin and Hobbes.

新的鞋子

今天买了一双新鞋子. 十分开心!

Reward

Like this!

Website

Interesting link.

Success Story

Something to share:

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Rick and Kay Warren, age twenty-five, moved to Orange County from Texas in January 1980 to begin a new church. Arriving with a four month old baby late one Friday afternoon in a U-hall truck, they stopped at the first real estate office they found. Warren introduced himself to the only realtor in the office: "My name is Rick, I'm here to start a church, and I need a place to live … but I don't have any money!" Realtor Don Dale laughed and said, "Well, let's see what we can do." Within two hours, the Warrens had rented a condo with nothing down and getting the first month's rent free. Warren asked Dale if he attended any church He said "No," so Warren replied, "Great! You're my first member!" The two families began Saddleback church meeting in that condo. The small group quickly grew to fifteen people.

To announce the first public service on Easter, 1980, Warren wrote an open letter to the community. The letter announced, "A new church for people who've given up on church." The small group of fifteen hand addressed and hand stamped 15,000 invitations to Easter. Ten days later, 205 strangers showed up at the first service at Laguna Hills High School. A church was born.

At the first service, Warren announced his forty year commitment to leading the new congregation and laid out a vision for the future.

Over the next fifteen years, the church kept outgrowing rented facilities, requiring that they use 67 different locations to accommodate the growth! Members joked, "This is the church you get to attend IF you can figure out where we are meeting this week!" The churched used four different high schools, numerous elementary schools, theaters, restaurants office buildings, recreation and community centers, parks, and stadiums, eventually holding four weekend services in a 2,300 seat high-tech tent. Saddleback is the only American church to grow to over 10,000 in attendance without owning a building. "We wanted to make the point that a church is people, not a building," explained Warren, "so we put off building until we had no other choice."

Today, as Saddleback Church begins its Decade of Destiny, Saddleback holds weekend services in many cities, and over 4,000 small groups meet weekly in every city of Southern California. Try one this week!

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from this website. :)

Entertainment

Victor Khoo.

Yummy!

Good Friday Dinner with Dad at Eng Hoon Street.

Song

Lyrics:

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I'm not a perfect person

There's many things I wish I didn't do

But I continue learning

I never meant to so those things to you

And so I have to say before I go

That I just want you to know

I've found a reason for me

To change who I used to be

A reason to start over new

and the reason is you

I'm sorry that I hurt you

It's something I must live with everyday

And all the pain I put you through

I wish that I could take it all away

And be the one who catches all your tears

That's why I need you to hear

I've found a reason for me

To change who I used to be

A reason to start over new

and the reason is You [x4]

I'm not a perfect person

I never meant to do those things to you

And so I have to say before I go

That I just want you to know

I've found a reason for me

To change who I used to be

A reason to start over new

and the reason is you

I've found a reason to show

A side of me you didn't know

A reason for all that I do

And the reason is you

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PubMed

Found out more about PubMed, which can be accessed here. :)

Meeting

Happy that the meeting with Professor took place today at the above venue, and have this to show as a memento.

Proposal

Check this out.

Photo

Nice bike!!

Comic

Haha..

Hiatus

First riding practical lesson at Bukit Batok Driving Centre today, after a hiatus of one month. :)

Meeting

Wonder if the meeting with Professor will take place?

Apartments

Photo of apartments near my home. The Developer is UOL Group Limited.

Richard Dawkins

Video. :)

Memory

An unforgettable video clip.

Something Good

Happy that the headphones at the National Library computer terminals have recently been upgraded. This means greater listening pleasure.

Lo Hei

Huat Ah! (Let's prosper!)

Carrot, Egg or Coffee?

A carrot starts out firm, but when you put a carrot in boiling water, it becomes limp. An egg starts out with a hard shell and is soft in the middle, but place it in boiling water and the inside becomes hard. And when you put coffee in boiling water, it changes the water completely.

Some people are like carrots. They act tough enough, but the challenges of life soften them, they wilt and won't stand up for themselves anymore.

Other people are like eggs. As they confront challenges, they get hard on the inside. They are calloused, and become unable or unwilling to feel and do not allow themselves to connect and relate with other people.

Leaders are like coffee. When thrust into the challenges of life, they actually CHANGE the situation.

An interesting website to check out. :)

Interview

Interview with Slavoj Žižek.

Article

Cool article.

Linkway

Was at Woodlands Bus Interchange earlier today, and found the name of the above Linkway very interesting. I wonder why it is called 'Linkway of Excellence'? According to Wikipedia, 'Excellence' is defined as the state of excelling.

Poster

The way forward in scientific publishing!

Website

An interesting website. :)

Visit

Paid a visit to Republic Polytechnic today, as can be seen from the photo above. Happened to be the day of an Open House, so there was a free shuttle service from Woodlands Bus Interchange.

However, in preparation for the start of a course next week, decided to take bus 911 instead to familiarize myself with the route. The Open House was in full swing when I arrived at around 3 pm, and there were various performances being put up by the students, including a taekwondo demonstration.

Was impressed by the well-designed campus buildings, and found some of the booths set up by students pretty interesting, such as one with motion-sensor devices at the exhibition by the School of Health and Sports Science.

Was unable to locate the main office of the Continuing Education and Training (CET) department, which was the main purpose of the visit. However, it was still a unique afternoon spent visiting an institution renown for its Problem Based Learning (PBL) approach.

Looking forward.. :)

Takeaways

Three important takeaways from today's Riding Practical 3.01 lesson.

1. Once the bike has mounted the narrow plank, open throttle so as to maintain speed. Do not slow down.

2. While riding on narrow plank, ensure that knees are tucked in and gripping the fuel tank.

3. When riding on narrow plank, keep body upright at all times.

Bowyer Block

Was at Singapore General Hospital 'Bowyer Block' today, and found this interesting poster. Learnt that 'Bowyer Block' was named for Dr John Herbert Bowyer, chief medical officer of the then Outram Road General Hospital, who was killed during the Japanese Occupation in 1944.

Mist

Interesting photo of a pot emitting mist, taken at the Safra Mount Faber swimming pool today.