December 2010
40 posts
Solitude Again
It’s the dawn of 2011 - but an hour before the curtains close on 2010. It’s been an eventful year no doubt, one full of highs and lows. I’ve discovered new things and re-learnt old things, maybe even forgotten some things. The past week has been a massive tirade of college application essays, no doubt leaving me bamboozled and miffed, but now that they’re out of the way...
Hokkaido Bus Route
via buzzhunt.co.uk Saw this once for myself a couple of years ago. Always wondered how they actually make these roads…
Antartica
Missing it like crazy. One of the most technologically advanced boats in the world - enough technology to make some university departments look poor. It can even beach itself voluntarily…
Ultimate Win 2010
The Dentist and the Camera
So I visit my dentist this sunny but chilly morning to get stiches removed from my mouth - remnants of my wisdom tooth extraction. And as usual nothing good comes of it. -Dentist walks in drinking ice-cream milkshake at 9am in the morning, sets aside milkshake and scrubs- Dentist: Oh, STO (Short Term Orthodentics, i.e. random and trivial stuff like post-op) ah. Great, we can be done in thirty...
GoPro Camera + Broadsword
Now I know how all my swords feel when we do routines. There’s a “Speed Test” towards the end of the video, btw, for those who didn’t make it through the front half.
Untitled
Could you give us your view of the rivalry between Caltech and MIT? It’s only called a “rivalry” when the two sides are approximately equal. The correct term is “noobstomp.” — The Tech (57)129 For those who do not understand the reference. The Tech is MIT’s campus newspaper. Caltech students once pranked MIT by hanging a “Sold” banner on the pillars of the Great...
Fighting
I feel like I’m fighting a losing battle in more ways than one. And fate, oh cruel fate is making fun of me the entire damn way.
Wishing
The icy expanse of my current desktop background. Looking at it almost makes me wish I was back there. No, this is not Antartica - Antartica does not have trees. Admittedly sitting at the peak of Vinson Massif is tremendously helpful for inspiration. Still have a good number of college essays to work on, but hey, I’m getting there.
QoTD
You good lah! You come to my house, eat my food and take my clothes! — Stephanie Chew to Divya Ramesh
QoTD
You good lah! You come to my house, eat my food and take my clothes! — Stephanie Chew
Beers Filled From the Bottom of the Cup
via hotsvideos.com From an engineering perspective this is a pretty cool machine. And it serves my favourite brand of beer, not that I’m much of a drinker or anything.
Starcraft > Chess
via ui13.gamespot.com Gabriel Wong are you seeing this? This is why playing RTS is better than playing Chess XD
Last Christmas
Merry Christmas
There’s many things I want to say, but I suppose, for now ‘Merry Christmas’ should do the job. A wish for Christmas they say, and yes Nic, I think my wish may well be the same as yours.
SOL Survival Tool
via adventuremedicalkits.com A pretty sweet Christmas gift, if you ask me. Not mine to have though.
Eternity
It’s times like this, snared amongst the hustle and bustle of lives that we all lead, that I wish can last for eternity. But I think that’s wistful thinking? I think some of my scholarship interviews may have the correct idea about me. I so dense sometimes I refuse to acknowledge the blatantly impossible.
QoTD
The cute is too girl for you — Goh Jun Le in response to The strong is too smell for me — Nicholas Yeo It is clear that good food has dyslexic properties
Food Outing
See the full gallery on posterousSo after something close to four years of procrastination we finally banded together and set out across Singapore on another of our food outings. This time the numbers were small though, since we have one down in army and one down in bed (sleeping). Nevertheless first stop of the day was to Toa Payoh Wet Market, where we indulged in a plate of carrot cake...
What It’s Like To Walk On One Of The Most...
via nedhardy.com If I had a chance to walk this path with the appropriate safety measures in place it would probably count as one of the more exhilarating things I have done in my life. I wager there would be traceurs who will wet their pants walking this trail. Watch past the first five minutes for real shit-brick crossings, then it gets a bit repetitive.
Don't Give Up
(9267 KB) Listen on posterous
Kreutz
A heart encased in armour
Loss of Wisdom
Went for tooth extraction today. You can get an idea of the monster tooth that I had to remove. Another 3 more impacted teeth to go… one at a time, I guess. Learnt today that I am particularly resistant to local anesthesia…-Dentist injects one vial of anesthesia-Dentist: “Do you feel anything?”Me: “Yes”-Dentist injects another vial-Dentist: “Now, can...
Life's Simple Pleasures
via s-hphotos-snc6.fbcdn.net What I would give to be with them instead of in Singapore…
SDYC Testimonial
via placesatniagara.files.wordpress.com … has proven himself to be a capable worker. He is without a doubt, veli goose…
Ultimate Hurdle Race
This guy plays QWOP. I’m certain of it.
Sweden Ice Hotel
via updatedhome.com Next target, methinks. They say the average temperature inside is around -5 to -8 too!
Ravine Anonymity
I feel like I’m right at the top of the mountain, surrounded by peaceful tranquil.Or so it seems. Because all I can do is look across to the other peak. To see and to talk is immensely easy, but to reach one has to cross the immense valley that separates both peaks. I need courage to make that journey
Time Passes Fast
60 days, it seems
Remembrance
The simplest things are the hardest to sayA very well-known quote, and yet we all still succumb despite knowing it. Perhaps it is because we reserve our simplest words for people and things which mean the most to us.
Life
I wish life was like anime. Then we could go from sadness to happiness within 25 episodes. The solitude of this barren land might be calming, but I think it is causing me to remember things which I try to forget and respect. Things that happened because I was rash, foolish and tactless, and didn’t think to spare a thought for the feelings of others.
Macbook Temperature Range
I’ve taken the liberty of writing this post, physically, at a very special location in the world. I expect I will later transcribe it online accordingly when there’s no solar flares or excessive cloud cover. This post was written at 90o 0’ 0” S 0o 0’ 0” W, thereabouts. Took me the better half of a day’s journey just to reach the location, and I’ll...
The Yin and Yang of Engineering
“The highest level of engineering is math.” “The highest level of math is engineering.” “The highest level of economics is also math” — One of my profs
Self-Reflection: Time
For someone who appears to shoot his mouth off at the slightest thing and is known for speaking a tad too much about useless things, or even, by the power of speech, turning useful things into useless things, I find I have far too often been fearful of saying what I really would like to say. It’s scary when I think of how people we’ve come to know, love and respect can just leave us...
Join the Army: Aim to be Storeman
MINDEF EAT THIS PLEASE. =DDDD
Codehunters
A good 7 min steampunk oneshot
Strings
This is why I really really regret not picking up the piano, and instead picking up some two-stringed instrument.
This Ain't Goodbye
Footprints
Once there was a man who, by the many distractions of the modern world, had gone blind. As he languished and reflected in the later years of his life he decided to retrace the path of his youth and right the many wrongs he had committed. So he and a friend-of-his-heart went back to the beginning. They passed valleys, deserts and cities, tracing their footprints all the way. At every junction...