Tuesday, February 27, 2007

All Eng Teacher's that are reading my blog... This is the post you want...
Thought I'd make the post before adding the article you know?!


BBC Africa, Khat


k I found it... =)
This article talks about the people in Africa, especially the men, becoming increasingly reliant on the use of Khat, which is used as a stimulant to make them feel high. The women are appealing to the government to impose a ban on Khat as their husbands are abandoning their family responsibilities to chew khat with their business partners, noting that alot of the family income is going to buying Khat rather than using it on family expenses. The places where Khat is grown also has high incidences of boys dropping out of school as they can make quick cash selling Khat. Khat has provided farmers with a quick source of income as it is very popular in the area and is even used in social gatherings all across Mogadishu. Khat is known to cause several negative health effects on the body which include loss of appetite, lack of sleep, hallucinations, mental health issues and sometimes impotence, khat is also blamed social problems. In defence, A medic and Khat farmer, Dr Samuel Murega has claimed that he has not treated anyone for the use of Khat as yet and is trying to tell us that the effects of Khat on the society is not as serious as claimed by these women. In Singapore, the abuse of drugs is not as widespread as that of Africa, due to our tight law enforcement system and strict punishments. I personally feel that Khat should indeed be banned as its effects on the level of education and society is being affected as its users are mainly men who have to support a family. If these men use the money on Khat, there would be much less money to provide for the education of the children. This would result in less people being able to have a good education and might result in problems finding a job in the future. Although Khat provides for a certain amount of income for the farmers right now, i think that they should slowly change their crops to something less damaging to the society.


BBC America, Internet Slimming Pills Warning

This article is about the illegal selling of Slimming Pills on the internet including those that are counterfeit. The United Nations drug control board says that a growing number of women desperate to lose weight are buying the rug from the internet. The warnings are supported by a claim that an anorexic brazillian model had killed herself, taking slimming pills and painkillers. I feel that these illegal website are actually doing more damage than help by selling these products illegally even selling their customers counterfeit products. Appetitite surpressant drugs meant only for those who have a life-threating obesity are being misused to feed the slimming obsession affecting some societies. I feel that the doctors who are selling these drugs to women illegally are doing the society damage as these women might suffer from all sorts of syptoms, even death in some serious cases.In a survey carried out last year by closerdiets.com, it was found that more than half of the 1,230 women surveyed admitted to using slimming pills. This problem is very serious as these women are potential targets for these illegal wesites. According to Dr Emafo, it is important that consumers understand that what they think is a cut price medication is actually something that can be lethal if comsumed, whenever the cunsumed drugs are not the actual product or are taken without medical advice. I feel that in Singapore the problem is not serious as that of the UK or USA. We should be able to take action quickly and prevent these illegal websites from claiming more helpless victims. But as of yet, we do not know the actual size of this problem. These drug vendors do not know what damage they are causing to these women and that these women who are desperate to lose should know and understand that buying drugs from the internet is fairly risky and that they should try to consult the help of a local doctor if they wish to undertake a slimming programme or regime. Doctors should also try to warn their patients about these illegal vendors and reduce the risk of them buying counterfeit products from these websites.

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Hey guys, I hope you are bored right now cuz i got something for ya =)... Ok its a comic that I drew myself but right now its still under construction. Well I'll try to have it uploaded ASAP k? Just have to cinvince Qayyum to scan it for me =)...


In case You aren't in my class or in my school, the comic is about special people with powers that are the only ones able to stop the evil lord from taking over the world. Well so far the characters included are,


-Me (Duh!)
-Sarah (Some girl, don't ask.)
-The Evil Lord (Don't ask his name cuz i haven't thought about it yet....)


Anyway I just wanted to say that you have the power to affect how the story goes k? So email me before 5th Marth and I'll try to incorporate your part of the story into it k? Thanks XD


Tuck Productions 07'

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Thursday, February 15, 2007

Sigh* Today, which is Friday... Is totally gonna suck... I can predict whats gonna happen in school... Firstly, i arrive really really early in the morning, sit there and stone... talk to my classmates about the three letter word then proceed to the assembly ground... We walk slowly as we don't give a danm whats gonna happen to us if we were late. We are late then get scolded for being ponners. We are then ushered into the hall which they renovated claiming it was bigger... Actually it looks exactly the same... lol... We sit around for some performances, but we really don't give a damn about what they are talking about... We talk and talk and i will be asked by my form techer to shut up! Then, we stare in silence and stone for easily the whole 2 hours then proceed back to class... I would be swearing becuz we are going back to class to do a ****ing Philo test and I know i haven't studied... lol...After the test i'll come out feeling like a ****head then me, timo and some of my Nan Hua frens gather and take the MRT back to school. We meet up with our frens but they ask us wth r we so late... I stone... then timo tries to take a pic of my crush and send it to vic', I beat him up then deletes the pic with the utmost ease. The day passes like in 5 minutes and I leave for home.

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I woke up from my sleep with a pain in my head... The phone had buzzed loudly to awake me from my sleep... I had received a message from "her"... It was exactly 7 pm, I opened it... It said...


"Sorry.i don't know what to reply...oh,just to let u know,i'm not sure if i'm going back to..."


I felt the pain of the realisation that she didn't posess any feelings for me... well she did but not the kind that I wanted and needed... I could hear the soft pitter patter of the rain against my window... The world was so cruel and unforgiving... yet I sensed a glimmer of hope between us... something that gave me the strength to carry on... The strength to continue with life... The wisdom to know that there was still next year... I still had her friendship...


There was once a great general who said "If you lose hope before the battle, you might as well kill yourself, as if you lose hope, the battle is as good as lost..."

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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

sigh*...
I have an empty feeling in my heart... Didn't have it till today...
I had a great morning... I wasn't even thinking about Valentine's Day much.
Then during Lessons... My friends asked me if I had a date...
"Tuck Wai, you got a date?"...
"No, I have someone in mind"...
"C'mon man! Dun be a pussy!"
"I dunno..."



After a few minutes, I sent a message to "her"...
"Will you be my valentine?" was all it contained... yet it held so much meaning, so much power...



1 hour passed by... Still nothing...
2 hours passed by... Still nothing...
3 hours passed by... Still nothing...



"ZZZZ!" my handphone buzzed! I whipped it out in sheer excitement, but to my disappointment, it was a message from Singtel.



4 hours passed by... Still nothing from "her"...
5 hours passed by... It was time to go home...



I started to walk home, alone... deciding to avoid my friends. I didn't want them to know much hurt I felt inside me, how much pain I felt in my heart. My heart yearned for the message to come... If it was a "yes" then I would be the happiest man on Earth, if it was a "no", I would be sad but I would be motivated to try for next year... But... No reply came... My heart was left hanging by a thin thread of hope, waiting to be pulled up or dropped into the depths of oblivion... Then pain was unbearable, I could feel it comsume my entire spirit, my soul... my very life force was leaving me...



In the MRT I observe couples talking to each other, girls laughing... giggling... it almost kills me...




The MRT train reached the stop and i got off... I got a call! I took out my phone and checked who was calling... It was my grandmother... she told me i had to walk home by MYSELF. I walked home slowly... "Cry Me a River" played on my walkman... It was raining slightly, rain drops hit my cheeks and slid off my contorted face... Leaves were falling all around me of all different colors... A warm tear slid down my cheek... I could tell it was a tear, it was warm not like all the other cold raindrops...



As I arrived home, no one greeted me... the door was left open and I went up to my room. I shut the door slowly, thinking about what I had done... It was about 5pm... I looked at my computer, turned it on and then tried to hack into it... It didn't work... I sighed... walked up to the wall and banged my head. Once, twice, thrice... No pain... All I could feel was the pain inside... I fell slently onto my bed and cried myself to sleep...

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BeatBox-er was here @ 1:18 AM

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Here are 12 Scientifically Proven Ways to increase your chance of finding a Perfect Partner. ( Yes, academics actually get paid to research interpersonal attraction, as psychologists rather drearily dub this thing called love. ) These findings dispel many cliches beloved of romantic fiction - from opposites attracting to absence making the heart grow fonder - while confirming others. > By MEGAN GRESSOR



1 Like Seed Like


- Look for someone as much like you as possible, because chances are, he or she is looking for you too. We prefer mates with similar backgrounds, interest, values and beliefs because they validate our own. we even gravitate towards people who look like us. Eminent scientist Sir Francis Galton drew attention to this phenomenon a century ago, and since then it has been confirmed by numerous studies on the resemblances between spouses.



2 Declare Your Desire



- Ditch the strong and silent act because a major turn-on, according to social psychologist Dr Arthur Aron, is the simple realisation that somone fancies you. It makes you feel good about yourself, which, in turn, overflows into feeling good about them. We warm to those who flatter and are nice to us, which is why the stereotypical Byronic hero trading barbs with his love interest ( until near the end when they eventually melt into one another's arms ) is a romantic cliche that does not bear close examination.


3 The eyes Have It



- On one point, however, the bodice rippers are right: there can be such a thing as love at forst sight. It's been shown that the longer a pair of prospective oartners lock eyes upon meeting, the more they like what they see. It helps if you have dilated pupils because these are the single most attractive physical attricute, according to research conducted by the late Eckhard Hess, who was a professor at the university of Chicago's psychology department. He found that subjects shown two pictures of a member of the opposite sex - identical except for pupil size - were twice as likely to pick the larger - pupils photo as the more attractive, even when they could not spot the difference. Enlarged pupils signal intense arousal.

4 Body Language

- Run out of sweet nothings to say? Fall back on body language, a form of non-verbal communication understood by both sexes. The most obvious - and effective - overture is simply staring at the prospective partner and smiling; then there are "preening" gestures, such as playing with your hair.

-According to Allan Pease, author of the Definitive Guide to Body language, what really turns men on is female "submission" gestures, which includes exposing vulberable areas such as the wrists or neck, as well as the leg twine ( the manoeuvre at which Princess Diana, that premier flirt, excelled: it involves crossing the legs and hooking the upper leg's foot behind the lower leg's ankle ).

-Men typically make themselves look more dominant by taking up space and engaging in "crotch display" - thumbs hooked in pockets, fingers "pointing" at the genitals ( worked for Michael Jackson... For a while anyway ).

5 Be Beautiful

- Ignore everything your mum told you about inner beauty - good-looking people are almost universally viewed as smarter, sexier and more successful than their homelier counterparts.

-According to evolutionary social theorists, we value those attributes that improve the chances of successful reproduction, which is why men prefer younger women with long, shiny hair and hip measurements a third larger than their waists ( all markers of youth, health and fertility ), while women prefer taller, older men because they're most likely to have the most resources to invest in offspring.

6 Home Is Where It's At

- Forget about long-distance romances: proximity rules. Being situated close to your potential love object - whether at the desk or in the next street - ensures repeated exposure, beneficial because the more we see someone, the more we like them ( unless we strongly disliked them at first exposure, in which case the opposite is true ). That's why we so often end up with workmates or the boy/girl nxt door.

7 Avoid Comparisons

-All that said, it seems that we gauge prospective partners against prevailing norms, if the findings of Sara Gutierres and Douglas Kenrick of Arizona State University's Psychology department are to be believed. The researchers asked men to rate their dates' looks after viewing Playboy centerfolds pr watching a TV show with pretty female stars. You guessed it: the dates rated worse after the show or centerfolds than before.

-This demonstrates a phenomenon called the contrast effect, whereby our perception of relative differences is distorted according to the order in which things are viewed. For example, if you look at a dark object after a light one, it will appear much darker than if you'd looked at it first or by itself.

8 Love At First Fright

In the 1994 film Speed, Sandra Bullock tells Keanu Reeves, "I've heard relationships based on intense experiences never work out," to which he replies, "We'll have to base ours on ***, then."

The truth


Ya I'll type the rest another day... bored...

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Monday, February 12, 2007

Lol... Got back my Bio Test today... 21/25...
Anyway people in 3T good job!
- Ryan Lee Khee Jin 25/25
- Karthik (WTF) Naga. 25/25
- Sivananda S/O Rajananda 23/25
- Jonathan Koh 23/25
- Rui Jie 23/25
- Benjamin 23/25
- Vigneshwar 23/25
- Ramasamy 23/25
- Joshua 22/25
- Pek Wen Jie 22/25
- James Goh Chin Hou 21/25
- Me... Lol

Soz to the others who got above 20/25!!! i can't remember everyone's marks =)
Those just under 20/25 work harder k??

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Today sucks... Had a mathematics topical assessment today which I think i totally flunked... sigh* i have to get into higher chinese one way or another... lol I don't think I can last through JC chinese... It's 2 hours more than the normal curriculum time... sad =( Well, at least I'm doing well for Biology =) She said that I was "not bad" for her but I was too disruptive in class becuz I talk too much and make too many comments =) lol... I'm sorry 3T. Lol XD Anywayz, I'm going back for Chinese New Year lol those ppl in Nan Hua better try to go back... I wanna c all you guys!!! I miss you...lol

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Sunday, February 11, 2007

If your birthday is on......
December 23rd~ January 1st = Red
January 2nd ~ January 11th = Orange
January 12th ~ January 24th = Yellow
January 25th ~ February 3rd = Pink
February 4th ~ February 8th = Blue
February 9th ~ February 18th = Green
February 19th ~ February 28th = Brown
March 1st ~ March 10th = Aqua
March 11th ~ March 20th = Lime
March 21st = Black
March 22nd ~ March 31st = Purple
April 1st ~ April 10th = Navy
April 11th ~ April 20th = Silver
April 21st ~ April 30th = White
May 1st ~ May 14th = Blue
May 15th ~ May 24th = Gold
May 25th ~ June 3rd= Cream
June 4th ~ June 13th = Grey
June 14th ~ June 23rd = Maroon
June 24th = Grey
June 25th ~ July 4th = Red
July 5th ~ July 14th = Orange
July 15th ~ July 25th = Yellow
July 26th ~ August 4th = Pink
August 5th ~ August 13th = Blue
August 14th ~ August 23rd = Green
August 24th ~ September 2nd = Brown
September 3rd ~ September 12th = Aqua
September 13th ~ September 22nd = Lime
September 23rd = Olive
September 24th ~October 3rd = Purple
October 4th ~ October 13th = Navy
October 14th ~ October 23rd = Silver
October 24th ~November 11th = White
November 12th ~ November 21st = Gold
November 22nd ~ December 1st = Cream
December 2nd ~ December 11th = Grey
December 12th~ December 21st = Maroon
December 22nd = Teal
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*RED*
Cute and lovable type, You are picky but always in
love... and liked to be loved. Fresh and cheerful,
but can be "moody" at times. Capable with people
nice, soft, and that can love you for the way you
are. Likes people that are easy to talk to, and can
make you feel comfortable.

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*CREAM*
Competitive and sportive. Don't like losing and
always cheerful! You are trustworthy, and very
out
going. You choose love carefully, and don't fall in
love easily. But once you find the right one, you
don't let go or a long time.
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*TEAL*
You are mostly interested in your looks. And have
high standards in picking love. You think and make
a solution precisely, and hardly make stupid
mistakes. You like to lead, and is easy for you to
make new friends.
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*GREY*
You are attractive, and active. You never hide
your
feelings, and express everything that's inside. But
can be selfish at times. You want to be noticed,
and don't like to be treated unequally. You can
brighten up peoples day. You know what to say at
the right time, and you have a good sense of
humor.
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*GREEN*
You get along well with new people. You are not
really a shy person, but sometimes you can hurt
people's feelings by your words... You like to be
loved and noticed by your lover, but mostly you are
single, waiting for the right person.

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*GOLD*
You know what's right and what's wrong. You are
cheerful and out going. It's hard for you to find the
one you want, but once you find the right person,
you won't be able to fall in love again for a long
time.
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*PINK*
You are always trying your best in everything, and
like to help and care for other people. But you are
not easily satisfied. You have negative thoughts,
and you look for romantic love like in a fairytale.
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*YELLOW*
You are sweet and innocent. Trusted by many
people, and have a strong leadership towards
relationships. You make good decision and make
the right choice at the right time. And always
dreaming of romantic relationship.
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*MAROON*
You are intelligent, and know what's right. You like
to make things go your way, which can
sometimes cause trouble for not thinking about
other people's feelings. But you be patient when it
comes to love... Once you get a hold of the right
person, it's hard for you to find a better love.
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*ORANGE*
You are responsible for your own actions, and
you
know how to treat people.You always have goals
to reach and you really work hard to get there, you
are competitive. Your friends are really important to
you and you appreciate what you have, you
sometimes over react that's because you are
sensitive.
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*PURPLE*
You are mysterious, never selfish and get
interested in things easily. Your day can be sad or
happy depending on your mood. You are popular
between friends but you can act stupid at times,
and forget things easily. You go for a person that's
trustworthy.
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*LIME*
You are calm, but easily stressed out. You get
jealous easily, and complain over little things. You
can't get stuck into one thing, but you have a
capable personality for everyone to trust you and
like you.
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*SILVER*
You are imaginative and fun, you love trying new
things. You like to challenge yourself and you
learn things easily, you're easy to talk to and you
give good advice. When comes to friendship, you
find it hard to trust someone, but once you find the
right friend, you trust them forever.
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*BLACK*
You are challenging, and have the "guts". But you
don't like changes in your life. And once you make
a decision, you keep it that way for a long time.
Your love life is also challenging, and different.
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*OLIVE*
You are warm and light hearted. You seem to flow
well with friends and family. You don't like violence
and know what's right. You are kind and cheerful,
but don't envy other people easily.
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*BROWN*
You are active and sportive. It's hard for other
people to become close with you, but you fall in
love easily. But once you find out you can't get
something, you give up and let go easily as well.
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*BLUE*
You may have low self-esteem, and can be very
picky. You are artistic and like to fall in love, but
you let your love pass by, by loving with your
mind,
not your heart.
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*NAVY*
You are attractive, and love your life. You have a
strong feeling towards everything. And very easily
distracted. Once you get angry at someone, its
hard for you to forgive them.
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*WHITE*
You dream and have goals in your life. You get
jealous easily and you don't react to things easily.
You are different and sometimes weird, but
everyone loves that in you.
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*AQUA*
Your feelings change suddenly and easily. You
are
always lonely, and like traveling. You are truthful,
but listen and believe other people too easily. It's
hard to find love for you, and get lost in love
easily.
Sometimes get hurt by love

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BeatBox-er was here @ 5:21 AM


This entry was written last year on the 27th of May 06'.


Welcome to my screwed life =)... Do I sound HAPPY?! Ok...Lets me say that again... Welcome to my screwed life!!! Damn it! Better? Of course...


I definitely cannot deny that Runescape is really getting "old"... I might consider quitting... Ah what the heck... I play for the fun of it anyway. -.- I shouldn't be training so much anyway... I'm so much better than my sis anyway... I'm hard not to use slangs... I'm under a lot of pressure... Too many things happening in Runescape... I have to Ann and Tiffany will arrange for the ... I really am regretting it now... lol... Things will be better tomorrow, I hope =)... I still can't believe I can secretly play the computer, anyway, my parents took away the computer tonight. They must be getting suspicious. I must be more careful... I think I will have some explaining to do... Ann is gonna kill me...


I am still not sure about writing this entry... If my parents see it... I might be so dead or mabe for once they would understand me. Ah!, I shouldn't be worrying about this now, got better things to do anyway...


P.S Crap... Tuckertooty


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BeatBox-er was here @ 12:37 AM

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Nothing much right now... Although there will be class test coming up... =( i hate class tests. Playing Runescape like siao... lol...


Stats on Monday

-Woodcutting 65
-Rune Crafting 33
-Magic 49
-Ranging 49
-Hitpoints 67


Stats Today
-Woodcutting 76
-Rune Crafting 35
-Magic 50
-Ranging 51
-Hitpoints 68


Oh yeah, I found this really cool game! Thought you would like to try it out XD

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BeatBox-er was here @ 10:26 PM

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Nothing much. Just created my blog =). Hope you'll like it!

Tuckertooty

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