Something interesting to share

A few days back, I stumbled upon some videos that is interesting and be helpful in our future, so I decided to share it with the entire class.

Sliced Bread - Seth Godin



In a world of too many options and too little time, our obvious choice is to ignore the ordinary stuff. Marketing guru Seth Godin spells out why, when it comes getting our attention, bad or bizarre ideas are more successful than boring ones. And early adopters, not the mainstream's bell curve, are the new sweet spot of the market.

Why Are We Happy? Or Not? - Daniel Gilbert



Dan Gilbert is a psychology professor at Harvard, and author of Stumbling on Happiness. In this memorable talk, filmed at TED2004, he demonstrates just how poor we humans are at predicting (or understanding) what will make us happy. (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 22:02)

Some jokes

Vampire Bats

A vampire bat came flapping in from the night, face all covered in fresh blood and parked himself on the roof of the cave to get some sleep.

Pretty soon all the other bats smelt the blood and began hassling him about where he got it. He told them to piss off and let him get some sleep, but they persisted until he finally gave in.

OK, follow me, he said and flew out of the cave with hundreds of bats behind him. Down through a valley they went, across a river and into a huge forest.

Finally he slowed down and all the other bats excitedly milled around him tongues hanging out for blood.

"Do you see that large oak tree over there?" he asked. "YES, YES, YES!!!!" the bats all screamed in a frenzy.

"Good!" said the first bat, "Because I fucking didn't"

A Blonde's Year in Review

January - Took new scarf back to store because it was too tight

February - Fired from pharmacy job for failing to print labels...HELLOOO!...bottles won't fit in printer.

March - Got really excited...finished jigsaw puzzle in 6 months....box said "2 - 4 years"

April - Trapped on escalator for hours...power went out.

May- Tried to make Kool-Aid - wrong instructions... 8 cups of water won't fit into that little packet.

June- Tried to go water skiing - couldn't find a lake with a slope.

July - Lost breast stoke swimming competition...learned later, the other swimmers cheated, they used their arms.

August- Got locked out of my car in a rain storm...car swamped because soft-top was open.

September- The capital of California is "C", isn't it?

October- Hate M&M's - they are so hard to peel.

November - Baked turkey for 4 1/2 days...instructions said 1 hour per pound and I weigh 108 !!!

December - Couldn't dial 911- duh - there's no eleven on the stupid phone.

Salesman

A little old lady answered a knock on the door one day, only to be confronted by a well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner.

Good morning," said the young man. "If I could take a couple of minutes of your time, I would like to demonstrate the very latest in high-powered vacuum cleaners."

"Go away!" said the old lady. "I haven't got any money!" and she proceeded to close the door. Quick as a flash, the young man wedged his foot in the door and pushed it wide open.

"Don't be too hasty!" he said. "Not until you have at least seen my demonstration." And with that, he emptied a bucket of horse shit onto her hallway carpet. "If this vacuum cleaner does not remove all traces of this horse shit from your carpet, Madam, I will personally eat the remainder."

The old lady stepped back and said, "Well I hope you've got a damned good appetite, because they cut off my electricity this morning."

Cop On Horse

A City cop was on his horse waiting to cross the street when a little girl on her new shiny bike stopped beside him. "Nice bike," the cop said "did Santa bring it to you?" "Yep," the little girl said, "he sure did!" The cop looked the bike over and handed the girl a $5 ticket for a safety violation.The cop said, "Next year tell Santa to put a reflector light on the back of it."

The young girl looked up at the cop and said, "Nice horse you got there sir, did Santa bring it to you?" "Yes, he sure did," chuckled the cop. The little girl looked up at the cop and said, "Next year tell Santa the dick goes underneath the horse, not on top."

19102007

The answers for the Physics June Paper is still saved in this class blog account, but you have to sign in to see it.

Things to note for O Level Exam:

1. ENTRY PROOF

2. Avoid bringing GARGANTUAN pencil cases

3. Remember to remove any bits and pieces of paper/formula sheet from your pencil cases and calculator

4. Report punctually

5. Bring extra pens and whatnot

6. Usage of correction tape is merely not advisable

7. Remember to use only dark blue/black pens

8. Bring mathematical set(s) for Maths, Sciences, Geography

9. Bring string for Geography Paper one if you're scared.

10. Bring extra calculator/battery

11. Bring Water bottle

12. Don't burn midnight oil the night before the paper

13. Take good care of your health

14. Remember to read instructions to know how many questions to attempt.

15. Lastly, remember that asking question is Free of Charge.

16102007

Hello people once again!

Mr. Chee gave some of us the answer scheme for the June 2007 Physics paper.

You can get it from him to photocopy a copy for yourself, or look for either Ginny, me, Hui Jing, Cheryl, Jian Wei, Cun Kuang, Kah Meng, Yie Sing, Cassandra, Sandra, Shi Ling, Evelyn, Chin-Wen or Yeong Jing as we have the copy too.

I know that the answers to the essay questions weren't printed, but that's only because our nice teacher didnt give me the answer sheet. Lol. I'll post the answers to the essay questions here this Thursday, so do remember to come and check, and inform your friends too.

The following are the answers for the MCQs.

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. D
6. A
7. D
8. D
9. A
10. C
11. C
12. D
13. A
14. B
15. B
16. A
17. B
18. B
19. B
20. C
21. D
22. C
23. A
24. B
25. C
26. A
27. D
28. B
29. D
30. C
31. D
32. C
33. B
34. A
35. D
36. D
37. C
38. D
39. B
40. A

Those who got the answers from Mr. Chee earlier on are to note that there is a change in answer for question 37, the correct answer is C instead of B.

The answers are supposedly correct as they are done by our teacher. ^_^

I'm not responsible for any mistakes horh.

On the other hand, I've compiled notes without any diagrams for Weather Studies for each of the weather elements separately, namely Humidity, Temperature, Air Pressure, Rainfall and.. something else lah. Oh. Winds... and also done a compiled note for River Studies.

You can ask Mrs Wong, Yeong Jing or me to email them to you. Wahaha. FOC leh!!

14102007

Here's the Summarized notes for Rivers.

Our FT once told us that it's important to note that it's getting less common for requirement of drawing diagrams. So do take note of it lest you have yet realised.

Then urmz.

The tidied notes are supposedly typed in Microsoft Word, but I dunno how to upload MWD onto blog (not like it's possible, i think) so the following is the best I could do lo.

If you want to print it out that badly, sms me or tag and I'll email it to you asap. Please tell me your email address, of course.

ALRIGHT PEOPLE!!!
THANKS TO YAP NING
WE'RE GG TO HAVE A CLASS CHALET THIS YEAR
BUT WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY FURHER DETAILS ABT IT
BUT WE WILL BE HAVING ONE!
I INSIST!

SHALL GO INTO A SERIOUS DISCUSSION WHEN THE O'S OVER~
BYEBYE
TAKKAIRE
CYA PEEPS!
STUDY HARD!

welfare head, LYJ

Notes on migration

TYPES OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION

Examples of different types of international migration

	Forced	Voluntary
LEDC to LEDC	Movements of Hindus and Muslims after the Partition of India Migration of Ethiopians into Sudan	Labour recruitment in Venezuela Indian labour to Trinidad
LEDC to MEDC	Expulsion of Asians from Uganda Evacuation of Tristan da Cunha	Turkish guest workers in Germany West Indian migrants to UK
MEDC to MEDC	Emigration of Jews from Germany Refugee movements in former Yugoslavia	Movement of Soviet Jews to Israel Retirement moves from UK to Spain
MEDC to LEDC	British penal settlements in Australia Pilgrim Fathers to USA	White settlers to British colonies Japanese branch plant staff in Indonesia

Do you think that the rural – urban distinction is important in international migration as well as national migration?

Impact of international migration

POSITIVE	NEGATIVE
COUNTRY OF DEPARTURE (SOURCE)
Relief of shortages eg food, housing, jobs, services Reduced pressure on resources Emigrants send money back to relatives Increased influence / awareness overseas If migrants return, they take new skills back with them Reduction of birth rate in overpopulated areas due to emigration of people of child-bearing age	Loss of human resources eg labour, enterprise, skills Communities and regions drawn into vicious circle of decline Growth of emigration culture Dependence on remittances Premature ageing of population due to emigration of younger people
COUNTRY OF ARRIVAL (HOST)
Enrichment of human resources i.e. enterprise, skills, capital Cultural diversification and emergence of a more multi-ethnic society Unwanted jobs filled by cheap labour Opening up of peripheral regions	Pressure on food supplies, housing, jobs, services, etc Discrimination against immigrants, particularly if members of ethnic minorities Congestion, particularly in major cities Spread of disease Predominance of males leading to social problems

Different types of government-led migration

Motives	International migration	Internal migration
Political	US selective immigration Expulsion of Ugandan Asians Vietnamese boat people	Israeli settlement of West Bank China’s Cultural Revolution Westminister Council’s displacement of tenants
Social	Manx policy to attract wealthy immigrants Export of UK orphans to colonies in the 19thC	Post-war overspill in UK Kibbutz movement in Israel
Ethnic / Religious	Evacuation in Ethiopian Jews Immigration control in UK Partition in India	Apartheid in South Africa Ethnic cleansing in former Yugoslavia Movement of Kurds in Iraq
Economic	Labour recruitment in Venezuela Australia’s populate or perish policy Turkish guest-workers in Germany	Ethiopian villagisation Indonesian transmigration Control movement in Romania

07102007

SORRY 404..

That I've been keeping the photos of our class in my computer and not sharing them with you guys.. Reckon that I got too paranoid lest the photos are abused/misused..

But I just watched the CD CK gave us..

..and I decided that I'll send ALL the photos I have of you guys to ALL of you in the near future, for memories' sake. Hope that you guys would remember the memories woven with every classmate, and preserve the friendships, if not building on.

There's a saying that Things left unsaid would eventually become regrets of the future..

Hope that you guys would not leave anything unsaid to any other classmate in class.. Keeping them to yourself would not bring your message across in time before graduation.. Let there be no regrets.. =)

Meanwhile, do remember to work hard in these last 14 days we have left until O Levels. =)

On the other hand, please make sure that you get the Physics Other Schools papers (Anderson, Bukit Panjang, CHIJ, Crescent Girls..) from me TOMORROW after your Chemistry lesson. In addition, you'll be getting a note on Physics Practical which I hope would benefit you guys.

Don't worry, you don't have to pay for the additional sheet of "tips". =)

So from now, feel free to download the photos put up by me in Friendster or anywhere else to keep for yourself. =)

Once again, good luck, people, for O Levels in advance.

~Emo-ing Hui Ying~

P.S.: Oh yeah, remember to pay twenty cents tomorrow for your Chem Notes.

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