A real university exam story

It really happened at NUS.
My friend told me yesterday.

A test/exam on a philosophy module.
The instructor came in the examination room.
He wrote the topic on the white board : "Why?"

One of the students answered in the answer book : "Why not?"

The grade this student got?

C+.

A conversation between a father and a daughter

A little part of the conversation between me and my dad this afternoon in our usual Sunday call:

Time: around 2:30pm

Dad: Your exam's coming up this week right? Have u started studying?

Me: Of course not! The first exam is on Tuesday. That means I will start my studying on Monday. So today I'll be sleeping whole day.

Dad: Yes, right. Never study too early, otherwise how can u keep your memory until the exam? Good plan, you'd better sleep today.

Me: Yes I will.

What Should You Be When You Grow Up?

NO WAY!

You Should Be a Manager

You're very organized, motivated, and methodical. Fair and objective, you can see all sides of a conflict. You are a good mediator. You are task oriented. You do well with deadlines and schedules. And while you can be a task master at times, you're good at managing people and listening to their input. You do best when you: - Must have attention to detail - Are in charge of people You would also be a good accountant or personal assistant.

What Should You Be When You Grow Up?

for myself

I wrote a letter

I wrote a letter tonight.
A long letter.

My children

My secondary school friend blogs about her wish of being a mother.
I guess it is true that once a woman reached a certain age, she will have a desire to give birth to a child. It doesn't matter if she is still single or not, she just want to have a baby. I think there must be some DNA controlling that.

I always want to have my own children. In the past when I was still suffering from depression, I was almost afraid of everything: getting on a plane, giving birth, being in a lift... etc. Now I'm a lot better, and the desire of having my own children is growing and growing. Not to mention the fact that my old friends are all getting married and having their lovely babies already!!

However, the more I want to have baby, the more I think it is impossible. Let's assume that I have no problem finding a man to "make" the baby with me first. But what kind of life do I want to give to my children?

Look at the kids in Hong Kong. They have to start learning even when they are still in their mom's tummy. Their parents play music to them, talk to them without even meeting them. Once they reach the world, they can never stop studying. There are tons of "learning materials for babies" available in the market. Super expensive but parents buy them without hesitation. Babies have to learn many languages BEFORE they can say their first word.

Parents start planning for the admission for kindergarten, primary school and secondary school when the kids are still 2 years old. Families have to move to the districts with high quality schools. Besides normal studying, children NEED to learn piano, dancing, drawing... etc. So that they will have a nice portfolio to show when they apply for secondary school.

Do I want my children to have this kind of life??? Definitely NOT. I just want them to be happy.

But if I choose to have baby in Hong Kong, I'd probably do the same things as the other parents do, maybe not that extreme, but if I do nothing, my kids will be "left behind" from other kids of the same age.. and they will suffer in the future.

This is terrible. You think this is why we have the lowest birth rate? Not really. The main reason for the low birth rate is the expenses of raising a child in Hong Kong plus all other living costs for your own. A child is a luxury product to consume.

I can't afford raising a child in Hong Kong and I definitely do not want them to grow up in such pressure environment. So if I still have a chance to have my own children, I will never raise them in Hong Kong. In fact, even I don't have children, I won't stay in HK for long. I will go when everything is ready.

A song that makes me cry

ENJOLRAS
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!

COMBEFERRE
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Courfeyrac:
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!

ALL
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!

FEUILLY
Will you give all you can give
So that our banner may advance
Some will fall and some will live
Will you stand up and take your chance?
The blood of the martyrs
Will water the meadows of France!

ALL
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!

The bright is gone

I was in the darkness almost all of my life.
The brightness came finally last week and unfortunately it only last for a few days.
I am back to my darkness now.
Don't worry, it's just my normal world.
The only thing is, after feeling "brightness", now I know how dark my darkness world is.
Well... I doubt anyone actually understand this?
Whatever.

Li Ka Shing saves the world

Hong Kong supermarket chain asks shoppers to pay for plastic bags
Nov 20, 2007, 7:57 GMT

Hong Kong - One of Hong Kong's two leading supermarket chains is to introduce a charge for plastic bags starting Wednesday ahead of an anticipated mandatory 'green tax' next year.

More than 200 branches of Park 'n' Shop will for the first time ask customers to pay 20 Hong Kong cents (2 US cents) for each bag, the chain's managing director Philippe Giard announced Tuesday.

However, if they refuse, they will be allowed to take the plastic bags for free, said Mr Giard. He said the scheme aimed to get customers used to taking reuseable bags when they go shopping.

Littering is a major problem in Hong Kong, a notoriously environmentally unfriendly, densely populated city of 6.9 million which has one of the world's largest per capita carbon footprints.

A mandatory 50 Hong Kong cents 'green tax' on plastic bags is to be introduced in all major supermarkets and chain stores by the former British colony's government (what da...?!?!) next year.

Many plastic bag manufacturers with factories in China are based in Hong Kong and they have argued against the tax, saying many of the alternatives to plastic bags are less environmentally friendly.

© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

A story

One day, a man and a woman met each other.
The next day, they never see each other again.
But somehow they know something in their lives has changed.
They did not waste time flirting, testing, guessing.
They even did not waste time on saying "I love you" "I miss you" etc.
Instead they started planning for marriage immediately.

Are they insane or what?