Music is it all about~ [Episode 1]

--If your internet connection speed is slow, jus pause it and let it finish loading 1st~
Enjoy~


Althou not really knw what music is about, but stil many ppl love using it 2 express themselves~
I'm among them =)

未题

--为什么是未题..
是因为想了一晚上.还是没想出有什么题目可以符合这些文字
                                                                                -Shin-


——之恨
恨的时候，牙齿痒痒的，恨不能咬一口，吐掉！
不恨的时候，心是痛的，但不是沉重的...
恨与不恨就像刀刃的两边，一念之间，谁说站在刀锋上不是痛苦的呢??
还好，我记性好，忘性也不错...

——之承诺
如果说承诺只是一句话，那真的没什么值得可信的地方...
现如今，白纸黑字都不见得管用，空中无凭的事多了去了...
但是，偏偏有那么一种人，说了就等于刻在心里了，答应了的就算赴汤蹈火也再所不惜...我恰巧算在此列...
再可是，有用么，只是一次次的被耍，好可笑...
承诺，要找一个值得你承诺的人去承诺...

——之永远
永远有多远，这似乎是我碰到过比较尖锐的问题，是啊，永远有多远??
有多远??我看看...
往前看，晕，白茫茫的...
往后看，还晕，还是白茫茫的...
....见鬼了....

——之blog
好现代的东西。
想留下来用作回忆，很简单，保存—刻盘，可以留上几十甚至几百年...
想毁掉抹去段段记忆，也很简单，删除按钮一点，欢喜，哀愁，痛苦，悲伤就什么都没有了...
唯一跟手写一样的就是，嘴里说不出的话，放在这里，自己的心情舒畅些，某些事情成功的机率要大些...

——之无奈
有些事情真的是纵有天力也无可挽回，譬如拉拉跟她的爱情，譬如小军无可挽救的生命，再譬如……
眼睁睁的看着与之相关或不相关的人痛苦或者悲伤或者看客似的表情，真的发现自己好无奈...
生命、爱情、感悟无非是在这种情况下产生的...

——之男人女人
我见过的最经典的一句话：
女人用可怜来俘获男人，
男人则用女人带给他的可怜来俘获其他女人...
嘿嘿，是不是真的是这样呢??
嘿嘿，真的是这样...
最起码，我身边很多的人是这样的。

——之睡觉
喝杯牛奶，望着星空发呆...
在暖暖的被子里睡上一觉，太阳晒到PP，睁开眼睛...
在镜子面前把自己从丑小鸭打扮成白马王子...
出门，享受大自然带给人间一切的美好，如此，谁还愿记起昨夜梦里都发生了什么?!

——之眼泪
看不惯女人流泪，尤其是凄凄哀哀的女人。
不管是因为什么，不要流泪，不值得，我这样认为...
欣对这样的想法嗤之以鼻，她说：
这样做，你会什么都得不到，眼泪是武器，懂不懂，是杀伤力很强的武器...
嘿嘿，我莫名其妙，到底是懂还是不懂，我也不知道...

——之手机
黑色的，很小...我的手机...
电话也不是很多，所以每天按时开机，关机...
直到有一天，我们对对方说，我的手机二十四小时为你开...我一直将这个习惯保持到现在...
终于发现，纵然是开着，它也是每天静静的躺在那里...
越发的失望...所幸关了一次，那一夜，竟然安然如睡...
再也不会在深夜四点钟的时候，依然对着电脑荧幕发呆...

——之漂泊
选择这种方式来对抗命运。
你对我不公，即是上天对我不公，既然这样，我为何要面对你，面对上天??
何时何地，手心里多了一颗痣，灰灰的...
而握着手的时候，手心里的汗浸的掌纹清晰可见，惟独那个痣，不浓不淡，毫无变化...
如此的命运你还握着干麻??好玩么??
笨蛋！！

New Leopard Species Announced

Borneo Clouded Leopard

March 15, 2007—It turns out a leopard really can change its spots—or at least its species. New DNA tests show that Borneo's top predator is one of a kind.

The clouded leopard of the Southeast Asian islands of Borneo and Sumatra is its own unique species, according to genetic test results announced yesterday by WWF, the international conservation organization. Until now the cat was believed to be of the same species as the mainland clouded leopard.

The mainland leopard

The differences aren't all in the genes, either—the two species have different fur patterns and skin coloration.

"It's incredible that no one has ever noticed these differences," said Andrew Kitchener, mammal and bird curator for National Museums Scotland, in a statement.

Weighing in at about 50 pounds (23 kilograms), the Bornean clouded leopard—as it's being called—is the largest predator on Borneo and is second only to the Sumatran tiger on Sumatra. A hunter of lizards, monkeys, and small deer, the big cat has proportionately the longest canine teeth of any cat.

Many of the estimated 8,000 to 18,000 Bornean clouded leopards in existence inhabit a Kansas-size, mountainous rain forest called the Heart of Borneo.

"The fact that Borneo's top predator is now considered a separate species," said WWF's Adam Tomasek in a statement, "further emphasizes the uniqueness of the island and the importance of conserving the Heart of Borneo."

—-Ted Chamberlain

天空

-- Started this blog with various kinda feelings... Sad, Relief, and whatever you name it.

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几天前，我走着在上lab途中，不经意地抬头仰望了天空...蓝天、白云，在加上绿叶的衬托...
虽然知道再好的相机也无法把我的心情捕捉下来，但还是take下这个画面...
我想起，在某个漫画里的一段对话...
主人翁问他父亲说：“为什么大人总爱把希望寄托在下一代身上？明明自己就很强，还要孩子超越自己...”
提问不怎么样，但回答我很喜欢....
"因为大人已经摸到了自己的天空，看到了自己的极限，也知道，自己的成长会去到什么地方..."
"孩子们不一样，他们的天空还是无界限的..."
"只要不迷惑，他们还有无限量的发展空间..."

发展的空间...那介于大人和小孩间的我们，看到了自己的天空界限了吗？？

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珍惜


曾有一小段时间对现况感到厌倦...
每天来来去去过着一再重复的生活，规律得让我有点不自在...
我迷惑了...成长也停止了...*懊恼*...
重新反省，仍然觉得自己不懂珍惜...没有appreciate现有的一切...

不只是我，周遭实在有太多的朋友跟我以前一样...
唉....迟早会后悔的.....

已经好一段时间了，自以为可以放下...却发觉还在暗地懊恼着自己...
放弃了不该放弃的...在梦里也会唾骂自己...
每一份感情都很美，每一程相伴也都令人迷醉...
曾天真的以为时间可以冲淡一切...也相信everyone deserves a second chance...
才醒觉...不可能的...
除非有一天你不再懊恼自己，除非有一天你不再觉得自己犯错....
当幸运的人不再觉得自己幸运...
当幸福的人不再觉得自己幸福...
那....
准备后悔吧...
要强逼自己踏上不归路，就要有心理准备...
不要一而再，再而三希望能有第二次机会...
重新再来、重新再来、重新再来，在某种程度上已经是不会实现的了...只是用来骗自己的一句说话而已...




后记:
懂是什么？！
当你遇到挫折时，他不说一句损妳尊严的话。
当你意气用事时，他绝不迁就而会娓娓解说事理给你听。
当你心情不好时，他绝不和妳一般见识而大吵大闹。
当你远隔千里难得见面时，他也深信妳。
当你愉快时，他也愉快而且会告诉你。
当你烦恼时，他也烦恼但不会轻易告诉你。

懂，是需要多少的了解，多少的体谅，多少爱心，要找一个懂你的人，也许很难，但要有信心，找一个懂你的人，也期许自己做一个懂他的人。

『爱』字收藏一颗完整的心 代表珍惜~
『情』字收藏一颗站着的心 代表陪伴~

[ 转贴] HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT

--The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.



Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time.
So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and t he rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets
to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.

As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.

With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

So which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you, and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct...leaving only Heaven thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God."



一个字 - 强~!! orz

CyberMania Quarter Final

20th March
Today is CyberMania CounterStrike quarter final
I've been nervous whole day, will we met our opponent @@"...
Familiar face - we kept their skin in the International Game~~ =P
wow~ So happy ^^



Results :
RF 16 : 0 TP
Teamop 16 : 1 NOob3rs
cNc 16 : 2 SmokiNg D3ligh+
pur3 16 : 0 Elimination

21st March's schedule :
12.30pm
Match 1 : RF vs Teamop
Match 2 : pur3 vs cNc

Teamop
China team of year 3 students, won 07' IG 1st Runner-up. They advanced to semi so easily... They swore to revenge to RF team for being beaten in the IG.

RF -Red Flags
China team of final year students, won 07' IG Champion. They have shown extraordinary skills and teamwork all this long. Highlight when they beaten the last year WCG NTU Qualified 2nd Runner-up 16:0. can consider as a Godlike team le @@"...

cNc
China team of year 2 students, 07'IG semi-finalists. Considered as a strong and skillful team, but not as good as Teamop and RF. Anyway they won us in the IG >.<

pur3
Malaysia bloody junior little team ^^
6players~ I'm 1 of it =P ...Nth special >.<... Just wanna get into top 3 of CyberMania~~~

Recent Life~

Having abandoned my bloggie since last week ^^
Busy with a handful of mid-terms, assignments ain't an enjoyable moment to gone through >.<...
A flash back to things that happen this recent....

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Senior Farewell Party @ 18th March

Final year 年轻人们 is graduating soon lo =P
Gonna miss them much after this, especially 阿帮、阿Teh、永庆and CK...
Lucky got them accompany me in this very first year of my University life =)
Thx them acc me play badminton~

Seniors~

The committee steal cups frm McD =.="

Helpers~

07' Upcoming FOA theme : Half Angel 半个天使~ =P

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MAS182 Mid Term @ 17th March

Should be the worst exam I did for this sem >"<...
Die prettily...aihz...
*sad*...
tis sem jia lat lo...1st class drop till 2nd lower I think >.<

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[Upcoming] CyberMania @ 20th March

Match 1 - t e a m o p ^ 9 vs NOob3rs
Match 2 - pontang vs RF-4ever
Match 3 - pur3 vs elimination
Match 4 - smoking delight vs cNc

yeah~
I'm in pur3 team ^^
we're now in the last 8 (quarter final)~~
hopefully we can get better result than last time la(5th place)~~
Last time we lose to cNc~!
tis time...If win...can meet in semi final le~
add oil dude~

Our team :
pur3 | Stanley.C
pur3 | K.T.Gooi
pur3 | [cK]MiNg~ *ShiN* <---- Me
pur3 | zh3nji3
pur3 | Ant
pur3 | Dasboi

Special thx to :
My lovely [cK]MiNg~ for lending me tis name =P

Jumbo Squids vs. Whales

For the first time ever, researchers have electronically tagged sperm whales and jumbo squid swimming together off Mexico's Pacific Coast to learn more about how the giant creatures hunt and feed.

It's probably the only time tracking devices have been applied simultaneously in the same waters to deep-diving predators and their prey.

Sperm whales, one of the world's largest hunters, can reach nearly 60 feet (18 meters) in length and 57 tons (52 metric tons) in weight. They feed on enormous amounts of fish, octopi, and squid, including giant squid.

How the whales search for, detect, and capture their deep-water prey, however, has remained a mystery until now.

"No one has ever actually seen a sperm whale eat a squid, so we don't know how they manage to catch them," said William Gilly, a biologist at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, California.

The new study tracked both the whales and one of their favorite foods: jumbo, or Humboldt, squid, which are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

The study suggests that these large squid are much more plentiful than previously suspected. It also reveals that sperm whales have adapted to forage on such squid when they may be at their most vulnerable.

The findings appear in the March 12 edition of the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series.


Dark Depths

Sperm whales, immortalized by Herman Melville in his novel Moby Dick, are the largest toothed whales in the world. They inhabit every ocean.

The animals have a voracious appetite for squid. Researchers estimate that more than 110 million tons (100 million metric tons) of squid—equivalent to the entire annual harvest of all the commercial fisheries on Earth—may be consumed by sperm whales every year.

The predatory jumbo squid, with its powerful arms and tentacles and a razor-sharp beak, also has a fearsome reputation, garnering the nickname "red devil." It can weigh more than 100 pounds (45 kilograms) and grow six feet (two meters) long.

But little else is known about the two animals, because they live at such great ocean depths. Both creatures spend much of their lives in the ocean's mesopelagic zone, 650 to 3,300 feet (200 to 1,000 meters) below sea level.

The tagging of the animals was conducted near Santa Rosalia, a coastal Baja California town, in the fall of 2004 by two separate teams of researchers. One group, led by Gilly, tagged three squid, while another group, led by Randall Davis, a professor of marine biology at Texas A&M University, Galveston, tagged five sperm whales.

Deep Divers

The study's findings have helped clear up some longstanding mysteries.

"No one has ever seen a sperm whale feeding, so most of our information on hunting behavior is circumstantial," Davis said. "Nevertheless, our study provides some new insights into how they may capture a very active prey at depth."

During the day the whales and squid spent about 75 percent of their time at depths ranging from 600 to 1,300 feet (180 to 400 meters).

At night, the tagged squid spent at least half of their time above 600 feet (180 meters), most likely following small fish and other prey that migrate toward the surface at night and then return to deeper waters during the day.

Unlike the squid, however, the sperm whales only slightly altered their diving pattern at night, continuing to spend most of their time at lower depths.

"The whales are not diving to eat where the squid are the most abundant," Gilly, of Stanford University, said.

Researchers do know, however, that squid often make rapid nighttime dives from the surface to deeper waters, possibly to recover from spending too much energy in warmer waters or to avoid long exposure to the higher oxygen levels found near the surface.

During their deep nighttime foraging, the squid may be recovering from stress after their recent surface activity and may be more susceptible to predation by sperm whales.

"A stressed-out squid may be an easy target for hungry sperm whales waiting below," Gilly said.

The reaction times of squid may also slow down at low-oxygen levels, making them easier to catch.

Cocktail Party

Still, just how the whales manage to catch the squid is a mystery. They might sneak up on their prey or perhaps use sonar to catch them, scientists say.

One thing is clear: There's plenty of food for the whales.

Analysis of the tagging data showed that the whales were traveling up to 60 miles (100 kilometers) a day within a relatively small area, suggesting that they easily found an abundant supply of squid to eat.

"We're beginning to realize how many squid there are," Gilly said. "It may be like a cocktail party for the whales down there."

Jumbo squid are the target of a thriving commercial fishery in Baja California and are now found from Chile to Alaska.

"They're incredibly adaptable in diet and can tolerate temperature extremes as well as low oxygen levels," Gilly said.

"It's just an awesome animal and an unbelievably important player in the ecosystem of the eastern Pacific," he added. "Their abundance is a good news story for the oceans."




News by:
Stefan Lovgren
National Geographic Society

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最近心情有点差，很奇怪的，每次睡下去，4~5小时后又会惊醒过来，做一些奇奇怪怪的梦...
感觉很不自在...不管把自己操得多惨，一样躺下去4~5小时后就醒过来了...>.<"
zzzzzz

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--Recently I felt that I did not expose myself as much to the marvelous World of Science, which seems kinda unhealthy for a Science student like me.
Therefore, I decide to add in some Scientific article, or maybe some report paper to my blog =)

Medical Update
>> New Cell Discovery

Scientists at the University of Calgary have identified a gene that could lead to dramatic new treatments for breast cancer and other diseases.

The gene makes the protein components in a previously unidentified part of the cell: GW bodies. ''The GW bodies and their unusual proteins play an important role in a new pathway that controls or ‘silences' genes within the cell. This has become one of the hottest areas in developing new avenues for therapies aimed at a variety of diseases,'' says Dr Marvin Fritzler, professor of medicine, biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Calgary.

The scientists, along with colleagues at the University of Florida, found that these unique proteins are particularly prevalent in nerve tissues and breast-cancer cells. ''The next step is to manipulate these proteins in breast-cancer cells,'' says Dr Theophany Eystathioy, a research associate in Fritzler's laboratory. ''The drugs currently used are too wide-ranging in their approach. We plan to use this new knowledge to attack breast cancer where it first begins: within the genetic code of the cell itself.''

These findings contribute to a growing body of international research focused on how genes are controlled within the cell by microRNA, which serve as switches to turn genes on and off. ''About 30 per cent of genes appear to be regulated by microRNA,'' says Fritzler. ''We hope this discovery will help us develop better diagnostic tools and new treatments for cancer and immune disorders,'' says Eystathioy.

Reference:
RD Asia, The Scientist

[轉貼～]把身分證放在內衣裡

--可以改變時，請盡力改變；不能改變時，請心平氣和接受。

有位朋友在搭國內班機時，碰到了生死存亡的緊急狀況。

快降落時，飛機遇到了亂流，不斷上下震盪，桌上的刀叉都飛到天花板上，像亂箭一樣的掉下來。

整個飛機上的乘客都尖叫嘶嚷，尖叫了十分鐘後，飛機的狀況還是很糟，剛剛尖叫的人，已經叫到聲嘶力竭，飛機上有個和尚，開始念起經來。

這時，有宗教信仰的人也開始仿效他，機艙裡充滿各式各樣禱告和念經的聲音，然而，飛機的震盪幅度卻有增無減。

經念完了，全部的人都陷入沉默的寂靜中，有位老先生以沉穩的聲音打破寂靜，說：「現在，還是請大家把身分證放進內衣裡吧！」全機愕然。

他解釋：「這樣，萬一發生了什麼事，人家才認得出你是誰，家人才找得到你。」所有的乘客都默默的照做了。

所幸飛機並沒有失事，在降落前恢復了平穩，呆若木雞的乘客，在驚嚇中聽到了起落架觸地的聲音。

飛機雖然平安降落，大家還失魂落魄，一直到回到家中，推門的那一剎那，她才感覺到胸罩裡有個硬硬的東西：身分證！

返家途中，她還在發呆，忘了把身分證拿出來。

不能改變就接受

死裡逃生，使她重新思考人生，也獲得了一種「就算碰到再大的困難，也能夠鎮定自若的能力」。

她說，每次在遇到難以解決的困難時，她總會想到「把身分證放在內衣裡」的那一刻──人生中並沒有任何危機，比生死關頭更難處理，只要能夠在危急保持冷靜，想到「怎麼樣善後是最好的方式」，就可以做出最理性的瞬間判斷。

難怪，不管她碰到什麼事情，臉上總能掛著從容的微笑，不管再怎麼忙，態度與風度依然漂亮。

她的故事也給我相當大的啟示：把身分證放在內衣裡的智慧，就是認清「什麼是我可以改變的」和「什麼是我不能改變的」的區別。

可以改變時，請盡力改變；不能改變時，請心平氣和接受。

*sad* day again...

一直听人说，今天兔子运势不错哦~
但是，不开心的事却一直围绕在兔子周围...

刚从Gracy那边听到一些不好的消息，还没想到要怎样response，今天帮HuiShan查看她的NTU application outcome，发觉她被reject了...
OMFG...
She score 6As in UEC, and still she can't manage to get into NTU... Why?? Someone tells me?? How come people with 2As 3As can come here easily, but we can't??
Kanasai...
还以为可能去年学生成绩平均较高，所以没成功，但今年Statistic很清楚显示，the average result is dropped already what?? Why??
Izzit the so-called God's will?? Won't it be too cruel??
Fuck it... I alwaz expect her to be here with us... But... zzz...
Kanasai...%*&^#$...

《孤军作战》
其实我们也曾努力要争取所有人的称赞
扪心自问你们究竟给了我们多少希望
泪水已经流干 前途也很渺茫
迷失的灵魂 我们应该怎么办
惩罚我们就是堂皇的协助成长
然后让我们一生绝望
有些人幸运天生没有战场
我们一出世就是自己孤军作战
站在十字路口的风雨中呐喊
不要让我们一生绝望

--有些人幸运天生没有战场
我们一出世就是自己孤军作战
Why do others have so good so smooth a path for them, while we needa piah like hell??
It is unfair...Simply unfair...