Singtel Singapore Grand Prix 2009

And Hamilton wins the Singapore GP 2009. It was not like last year where there was much hoo ha over the inaugural night race in F1 History as well as the fight for the driver's championship between hamilton and massa. This year, there are mistakes by both vettel and rosberg, especially with the pit lanes incidents. And think one of the red bull teams just show us an exact replica of the 'Massa' incident yesterday night. Sutil blur blur tried to get back on track and cause heidfield to crash out of the race...and apparently he was fuming...lolz...

To me, F1 singapore is just to see singapore in another light, and to see if there are crashes again and maybe overtakings(which ain't much yesterday). Its quite amusing to hear the commentators keep talking/praising our anderson bridge and old supreme court. As well as the wags of the drivers....haha. And nicole of PCD was damn funny, after lewis won, the camera zoom at her and she was like " WOO" pause "WOO" pause as she is leaving, then turn around and "WOO" again....wth...a bit bimbo-ing from her hur. And our PM looks uber stiff there, ahaha maybe he has a lot of other things in his mind then passing a trophy to lewis...and once the champagne was open...he was whisked away...haha maybe his minders are afraid that the 3 drivers might just pour all over him..lolz.

Knowing it and executing it is two very different words.

Executing is much difficult to start.

What role are u playing on this stage?

Just heard this phrase from Shakespeare which goes something like this:

"The world is a stage. Men and Women are just players or actors on this stage. And one man can play many roles on this stage."

When I heard this, I immediately thought of LOTR. haha...cuz in tolkien's books, he told that the entire world was created by an almighty god and that he created different beings as well as lower gods like himself to manage the world. These lower gods use music to determine the world as well as use their influence over the different beings, and eventually created a perfect melody for the world and hence to show to the almighty god. Now, isnt this as similar to Shakespeare idea of the world as a stage? Which makes me wonder whether was tolkien's idea of middle earth based from shakespeare ideology? or is it based on some kind religious view with christianity?(that many had draw similarities from)...having said that, is shakespeare based from christianity ? assuming that if tolkien is based on both of them...haha...linkages man=P

Oh and FYI, I heard this phrase from an old Singapore movie" I Do, I Do"...haha and it was mark lee's character that said it de...haha...weird hur.

CITIGROUP
Recently, there had been much hype over Citigroup shares only worth US$4.52 as of 230909. Apparently,this morning on reuters, citigroup was said to be planning to cut down its US network to just 6 metropolitan areas in the states. And they also plan to limit its consumer lending business like credit cards and huge mortgages which caters to the more affluent customers. Another pointer to note was that the US govt. holds up to 35% of citi's shares and that they were pumped in with cash from the govt. twice.

So are they cutting costs because they need to increase more liquidty to find more assets to back their monsterous debt they have? And by limiting their lending business means that they are unwilling to lend more as they have less liquidity to back the loans. From my own perspectives, I think they are undergoing some major restructuring in their company's reserves and their asset allocation structure. We can expect more changes from them I think, and the price of their share will go even furthur down...but of course when will it stop and appreciate, i dun know and what's its fair price to own that share, i also dun knw. However the layman out there are hoping that they will rise back to its US$45 at least....i think it will take a long time for it to reach such heights again, due to all the changes and the potential regulations that the obama adminstration is going to impose on the financial sector in the USA. Well, heard that its fundamentals are quite good(havent check yet by me..haha), so it might very well be the steal of the crisis yet.=P

Facebook: New Era of Communication

Yesterday was at NUS visiting Pig. Felt a bit overwhelm by the place...haha though it aint my 1st time there. Saw some ppl graduating le as they borrow their grad clothes or smthg outside the co-op. Then I was imagining what if I am a NUS student, haha seems so stress everywhere and all...maybe cuz I went during the exam period thats why. So I was at FASS the com lab there, waiting with Pig to print her stuff and surf FB lor. I updated my status and mass-people reply me...ahaha...and one was even in NUS FASS as well!!!...haha

During the course of the 'NUS tour', Pig ask me why some people update their status and why some twit around like they want everyone in the world to know about every minute and second of their life. Given with these new technology and all, I think this is how we as humans want to reach out to everyone out there lor. Its like having your friends besides u when u exclaimed something and that everyone is able to say their views on the spot. Some media sources like to term it as the new media, and FB is such a great tool to use in some ways, like stalking people;P, looking at the good-looking(if they permit) and as well as recruitment firms or future employers to recce on their employees or potential employees as well. Entrepreneurs may even use FB to promote their products as well as use it as a form of direct communication with the public. So, FB has been integrated so much into all our lives, but I think nothing can still beat face 2 face or rather 'live' communication between people lor. Maybe FB can be used as a tool to connect with the others who we have been too busy to communicate with and as a way to pass time (FB Games such as Mousehunt)

Illusions

Two entry ago, I talk about the notion of perceptions playing a significant role in our everyday life and how it can even clouded out five senses. This clearly shows the strength of our human mind where it seems that it can erode all logic from us. So maybe this entry is also something related to it, its on illusions. Illusions are something that causes our senses to be tricked. In some sense, one can phrased it as our senses are clouded.

Recently, I found this very very huge illusion which have been clouding my senses for a very long time le. In some way, I shouldn't have allow it to happened, I let my imagination grew and grew, grew into something that seems second nature to me and that it soon became a definite way of how I should react to things and stuff. Its really kinda sucky if you ask me, for so long you thought you are right and that everything is just normal...but actually its not and that I kept running away. Right now, the illusion still exists but I am still trying to reject it, because I know that if I continue to persists with this illusion, I will want to expect something out of this, and it will turn me into a more petty person and all. I will feel uber bad and all...the cold turkey is seriously shiong man...keeps playing with the emotions...lolz...lousy.

One Year On...

It has already been a year since the world's financial industry suffers it greatest setback in history ever since the Great Depression and has affected various countries around the globe. Luckily somehow or rather, the Asian economies prevail although our economies have also taken quite a significant hit. We all knew how the crisis came about after many media sources have taken great lengths to publicise and let the world know about the situation. Now one year on, has the economy finally recovers, for those that had follow the markets for the past few months or rather weeks, there had been various indicators that global economy is picking up with the US market more stable then a year ago but it is still low as compared to the boom before 2008. Singapore markets also had seen some rise this few weeks and GDP which reflect the country production of goods and services and economic performance, is good. Well just to add, this are info. that I had pick up from the papers, so I am not so pro yet to say where the economy is heading or not...lolz...maybe once I procrastinate less, I might learn more and see it better...lol

If I am not wrong, FM Mr Tharman said that the recent indicators of growth in the economy is not substantial, its because it is based on the public perception that the economy is doing well again and all but the market is not seeing an inflow of investments yet from the companies or lending instituitions themselves so it means that some companies out there are still struggling as the actual demand for goods aint there yet and the companies realised it yet, however people out there felt that economy is bouncing back and all. Well, I do not know whether is it true a not, but previously when Robert Miles came for his talk in Singapore, he commented that he is still seeing people shopping happily as if we aren't in a technical recession at all, whereas in the states one can noticed that people are going for more budget items and packages instead of maybe branded goods? So, maybe he is right?

Anws it has been quite awhile since I last read my investment book le, I better hurry up if not once it is due to be return back to library, I wasted time again...lolz...

What is Real, What is Fake?


In today's 'Mind Your Body' section of the Straits Times, there is this every fortnightly article written by a psychologist, and he explores various issues regarding our mind and the subconscious. Its about how our memory and even our five senses make mistakes. Like the author put in one The Beatle's song, he heard 'I buried... paul' whereas the actual words are 'cranberry sauce'. This shows that due to certain preconceptions that we humans have can alter one's perceptions. Another interesting example is scientists prepared a stack of cards of which there is a black four of hearts(4<3)and other kind of anomalies, we know this is wrong right? The scientists got people to come and find the wrong card in a selected period of time, the people named the wrong cards as being normal cards like the black 4<3 as 4 spades. Later when the scientists gave them a much longer time to examine the cards. Some managed to find the faults, but there are some who took 40 times more than the average person to find them.

Now I find this piece of article kinda intriguing, because it is saying that our minds can play tricks on us. Even our senses can be totally wrong. So is it wrong to follow our gut feeling or rather intuition then?? Well, I am more of the IDEALIST kind in some psychological survey about my character and apparently I am the kind that always follows my gut feeling in a lot of decisions and situations, isn't that make me the kind that will make a ton of mistakes due to my preconceptions about things? What if my preconceptions have clouded my judgement? my gut feeling ? That sounds like a huge problem isn't ?=) And the solution is....I DONT KNOW. HAHA..seriously, cuz it seems that to avoid such a problem is that one should adopt a totally logical and rationale approach to life right? Well...though I am an advocate for rational approach to many things, I am also a strong believer in the intangibles side of life as well. ie feelings between one another, bond and ties between friends and family members.

On hindsight, there had been various cases about me making the wrong calls as well as wrong moves due to my false preconceptions of things. Like when in the past, when muddy did some actions or comments, I lapped it up immediately and saw it in a totally different perspective from her. Which brings me to a point, where I assumed that it got to be that, but in actual fact, from her point of view, its nothing to even begin with. Or to put it in some way, I regard her as MTF(though now I not so sure lah), but she regard me as JGF.A philosopher once said, " to be happy, one must have no expectations" , in other words to be reach the so call goal which in this case is happiness, one must be able to see through the preconceptions that might have come with the goal which in this case is expectations of the meaning happiness.

Now if u ask me, why I bother to go thru this article and its motions...haha maybe its because to console myself? or to make myself a more carefree person?...maybe its because of her?...lolz...one can never truly comprehend the true intentions of someone when it comes to relationships between people. So I think what I am trying to say here is, try to not let preconceptions cloud your thinking and
rationality at times but do not be sad when you err, because which humans don't err.=)

NTU Tour

Today after stats lesson went to NTU to meet up with some of them and to see the halls there. James totally pawned jy and me as we waited for him at hall 1 only for him to change to NIE...luckily kenneth came by over to meet up with us then we went over to NIE for lunch. Somehow we managed to meet up with all the plt 5 ppl in NTU=D. Its great to be able to see them again. Saw andrew as well on the way. So the first stop, we went to ed and kenneth room, which was at Hall 14. Coincidentally, they are the same hall as jon and wei ren. And seriously their rooms are nice, but a bit stuffy. After tuang there for awhile, we went to boon's bunk and its kinda squeezy the corridor and stuff but almost the same as ed's one. GK pop by for awhile and SC join us for awhile...felt like a tourist in NTU, got that kind of '1st time see hall' feeling.

Then after jy went to find his friend and SC looking for benny, I went to find li sian. And her place is coolz man, so bright and her residence got a lift!!!OMG to the max...helped her do some edit-ing of her ppt slides, but I just glance through only lor. 1st impression was it wasn't very impressive at all, but well maybe their lecturer wants it to be like that. Oh wells...then got her to show me the chio gals in her course.Unexpectedly, saw some familiar guy faces in as well...lolz...Saw some of her readings, looks cheem but I was wondering whether is there a need for quotes and all sort of stuff like that...hmm but its kinda interesting lah, organisation behavior.

After that, its a long long ride home back to serangoon....super long sia=$

Emotions

Just now was having another of those interesting talk with jian yang over some rather thought provoking issues...We were like going through the idea behind cause and effects and how Einstein seems to use that idea a lot as well and that we also try to use it as some sort of explanation between a relationship between 2 persons. Then he said a friend ask him this:" Is there a need to explain emotions?" JY was stunned and kept quiet...haha and when JY told me, I was like..oh..yeah..hmm...it struck me somewhere in my memory when someone told me that before as well. I would say that friend of his is very observant, or rather he hit the jackpot.

WHY? How come some of us want to explain the emotions of humans? the complexity that lies behind all our doings.Maybe its because we want to console ourselves in the sense that for every problem there is an answer for it and thats why it happen. Maybe because we want to sound knowledgeable to others. Maybe we just want to understand it better so that we will never make the same mistake as others.Or maybe its just in built in some of us because of our inquisitiveness and our thirst to explain, to make it simple for others to follow.

In my case, I am guilty of a couple of reasons there.

Habits

Someone said before that after much practice, one will be an expert at it, that it seems 2nd nature to them to be so good at it. In this sense, its consider a good habit because this habit allows us to keep going forward as well as to make us be good at some things in life. Its almost allows us to be automated, in built in us. However, sometimes unconsciously we got ourselves into certain habits that bring us and others more harm then good. In my case, maybe its that because it had already became 2nd nature to me to see her in such a way, to treat her..to have certain feelings and outbursts..even though I knw deep down, it will never work out de. Its such habits that cloud everyone's judgment as well as vision on things around them. It forces them into self-denial, even when evidence is clearly right in front of them and of course emotions doesn't help the cause as well I would say.Looks like I got to undergo the cold turkey treatment already.

Updates

Well well...it seems that blogger UI is getting more and more irritating and annoying...whats with the small box on the left to type sia...lose...lolz..tried wordpress but then can't really get use to it leh...so forget it lor...ahaha...but the account is still there, maybe one day I might used lor....=P

Hmm its been awhile since I last blog liao...actually its only like 2 weeks lor...and pig is chasing me with a rod...oks the rod part was fake...bleahz..not fair leh, u never blog for a month, I never say anything but I only 2 weeks and u start chasing me...ROFL...

Hmms...here are the updates=P...

Studies
is like that lor...seems much less stressful than the peeps at NUS and NTU, total only 12 hrs lessons in a week..no projects...totally slack...haha..or so I thought...After last week PBF lessons, felt that there are too many things to catch up and stuff...forgoing $42 bucks liao...haha cuz aint going to work on thursday liao...need more time if not I weekends totally no life liao...eh wait I always weekends no life as well right??ROFL...

Health is so far so good. Except now I got 2 bloody irritating ulcers in my mouth...tried to use salt yesterday...searing pain but quite effective sia..hehe...but pain lor...definitely not for the faint hearted.;P

$$ is stagnant, spent too much this month and salary looks set to drop as well since thursday not working liao.

Family also oks, ernest exams coming,maine is stressing over NTU...lolz...and my granny going to melbourne to visit my uncle and dear cousins...lucky sia...ROFL...

Love-life...hehe bet most very interested in this right?? the hottest topic of the entry right??...lolz...and the long awaited answer is ...*drum rolls* stagnant!!!!..now isn't that fascinating...haha...well..think SIM no lack of good looking girls..but well, maybe sianz already or just don't really care about such stuffs liao or whatsoever...lolz