And keeping with the trend...

For more insightful pics, visit http://www.despair.com/viewall.html!

And an emo song.

Since everyone's too lazy...

Listen to this song. Then feel the wave of sadness wash over you as you think about all the lost time, all the lost opportunities.
Realise that the holidays are ending.. where did all the time go?
Have you lost your pieces?
.
.
.
Eh. the song's too short

Happy Birthday Eka :P

You are the number one today. Thank goodness I posted this before 12.

Courtesy of Alwyn's facebook photo.

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

KPOP-Medley

Cheers,

Nic Low

Funny

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

Oh they have this song too...

 

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

Vitamin String Quartet

This group plays good music.

They have various rendition of pop songs on youtube, can search for them if you are bored like me :P

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

Some comics

Realised I have some funny comics at home. Most of it is about the Malaysian school life, which I find rather lame but funny. Attached are some excerpt:

Copyright (c) Heng Teik Chee 2010. (Don't sue me I am just promoting your work...)

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

Word Play

Can you figure out what this sentence mean?

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

Try to put appropriate punctuations so that this sentence makes sense:

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.

Above all, I still think Chinese is epic.

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

我猜我猜我猜猜猜

See if you all can guess what these photos are :) (Hint: I can't coz i m not a bio student)

Cheers (for the end of the dearth of new posts!)

Shi-Jie

Picture of some Hwa Chong students

Aw man, I gotta get me out of these pants, they are killing me!

Dear Juniors,

As our year ends, you might ask, 'Why do we eat our childhood snacks, listen to old songs, and see a senior from 10 years back?'

Food- music- people- and now nostalgia connects us. The present always seems grim and shaded by work, while the future is so bright for all of you that it is hard to see ahead. But what does the past mean to you, being 17?

While we cannot travel back in time, we can recreate the past like we did in class today. I know you might not remember when you were 7 ten years ago - but I do remember when I was 17.

And this is what I remember. I remember being soaked in the sweat of daily work and fun, a sea of deadlines and wave after wave of events in Hwa Chong. Friends. Absorbing and absorbed by us alike, they accompany you deeper.

Each day left you spent and spinning.

So today I hope these words from above the water come clear to you.

Carve out your life plan, your mission statement and what you want to achieve in life. Let everything you do flow through that mission. Plan this early because time is really like the sea. As you swim and think you move forward, it is ultimately meaningless to the sea itself. You only advance when you have a goal. A shore to find. If you have a mission grand enough to sustain, when your body falters, your loved ones are equally adrift, and you find your spirit drowning - that goal of yours will not fade. Carve it on solid rock now.

In a short life, how then do you decide as to what is a worthy goal? To me, it is as simple as it is difficult. Give to others. Principles will never fail you. We are never perfect, but our ideals always must be.

Well, that is all I dare say before my words get lost in the echoes and deep end of where you are submerged.

Having looked through all I have written above, I feel that I might have been too rough in describing time. Here, at this moment, she has allowed me to wading gently into her waters, and briefly, I hope I have swum back to help pull you into the future. But I have not been able to be with you all long; just a short year. 2010 went by too quickly. Writing this, I also know the dangers of memory, and of swimming too far into it. Luckily I have my rock to return to - Teaching! And thus I have these words for you today.

Hwa Chong's tsunami will flood you all next year and time will just flash by. But do not fear. We always think of the many waves crashing towards us - but do we count the number that recede? Find your mission's rock and after it all, you will still be standing.

The sea goes nowhere even though it is unrelentless. But we - we can decide.

All the best, cos you all are. Thank you.

Once your Civics Tutor, but always your Senior, :P
Mr. Mark Tan

HEEHEE

A Salute to our Dear CT Rep

Well, because the Assistant CT Rep has been saluted already :PPPPPPPP




Original, no editing. One of my best photos ever! :D

Kenneth

Nic Low... ><

Whatever since 100th post is no more I shall start posting other stuff. This is a cool video.

Logorama from Marc Altshuler - Human Music on Vimeo.

Enjoy, especially to those who just had the fun bio o test.

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

The Song by Mr Tan

Cheers,

Nicholas

More useful things for OP

Some people asked me where I get good photos for my slideshow. If you are rich, the one-stop destination for stock photos would be istockphotos. But here I am going to suggest some sites (drum rolls....) to get free and superb images.

http://www.deviantart.com/ (make sure the mature content filter is one, a very good website to find images or even poems)

http://www.morguefile.com/

http://www.sxc.hu/

http://www.everystockphoto.com/

Also, the following is a website that will change your perspective in presentation and slideshow designs. (also include tips on handling Q&A)

http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/

For even more creative presentations, visit the following slide. I particularly like Jamie Oliver, Chris Anderson, Bill Gates' presentation. (actually all are good XD)

http://www.ted.com/

Who knows, perhaps in the future these website will be very useful to you :)

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

Google takes its stand

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

In honour of Mr Chua (& MM Lim)

We will miss you, MM Lim Mr Chua!

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

Senior Class Video Montage!

Hi all!

Video Montage from Senior Class! Watch and laugh out loud! Then wonder about next year...

Jeremy

Source of inspiration for OP

Good source of inspiration (at least for me :P)

100 Beautiful Slides from Cannes Lions 2010

View more presentations from @JESSEDEE.

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

This post aims to:

1) Push down the previous post

2) Celebrate Bo Jun's 100+ year old birthday (many many flame in the video)

3) Wish Bio people good luck for paper checking tomorrow

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

Well, Since u all demanded for a post... I thought the below convo was very interesting. xD

yuhe :P

Winner of China's Got Talent

Speechless, nuff said.

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

For people without FB

Here are the videos for Kbox:

菊花台：

勇气：

痴心绝对：

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

Hey guys!!!

thank you all for turning up for the class outing!!! i mean, like i think the 3 SMTP classes are one of the few rare classes who went out AS A CLASS!!! so horrayyyy to us! xD

Anyway, so as we were waiting for the buffet, we went to TPY hdb hub gallery to learn about the FISCAL policies that gov. use for housing xD and tada!! there's this free photo-taking thingy that will send the photos taken to the email typed!!! xD

(Message: Hi mr tan! have fun marking our GP papers!!! XDDD. Email: Marktan@hci.edu.sg)

So yeap. cant wait to see what's his expression the next time he checks his email!! MUHAHAHA.

Then we went to Kbox after the buffet. xD and now our class have a Kbox membership card.. lol. and the next time outing we can go Kbox again and it'll be SUPER cheap!xD

but all in all, its just such fun day!!! Hope ya all had fun too!!! xD

Enjoy your holiday! for it will be short-lived.

Yuhe

Just... Have a Laugh before Math

Cheers and good luck for Math,

Shi-Jie

the REAL Nobel Prizes

Hello

In case most of you are hibernating in your mugging sessions, the Nobel Prizes for this year are being announced..
and the first Nobel Prize is MEDICINE which goes to Robert Edwards for Britain.
He was responsible for the first test-tube baby.. which makes me realise how lag the Nobel committee is (the first test tube baby July 25, 1978)
so next time u want to discover something important dont do it too late or u might die before you get your Nobel Prize!
btw his research partner has already died so yeah.

The physics prize will be coming out in 2 hours time! for more information visit http://nobelprize.org/ (theres even a countdown provided!)

Cheers and dont mug too much bio.
ps whats up with the retarded tags?
Nicholas

Two very GL questions from Prelims this year

>1) Singapore govt allocates the largest amount of fiscal budget to the ministry of defence and the MOE. discuss whether the expenditure in defence and education by the singapore govt contributes to the econ goals of efficiency and economic growth. (25) 

2) With economic growth and the singapore govt's move away from direct taxes to indirect taxes, examine the impact on business sales and revenue of various types of gds and services (25)

So typical of HC to set such intellectually stimulating qns...

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

Calculus Rhapsody

I am sure this will help in your revision.

Good luck for math!

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

BIO )':

Hellooooo :] I've some (hopefully) useful stuff for bio people ! :D

Saw this on a past year rjc promo paper:

Distinguish between repression and feedback inhibition caused by an end product of a biosynthtic pathway. Briefly state how regulatory phenomena complement each other to provide for the efficient regulation of metabolism. [5]

It's basically testing on control and enzymes (and I'll die horribly if this question comes out ._. )

Anyone that wants the answer key can photocopy from me on mon or smth, I'm lazy to type out ><

Yeppp then for this year rjc bio promo essay questions:

1(a)difference in structure between pro and eu genome

(b) role of promoter, telomere and centromere

(c) describe control at post-transcriptional level

2. (a) explain the evidence for semi-conserative replication

(b)explain the role of mRNA in protein synthesise

(c) describe the genetic code

The marks are 6,6 and 8. Anyway the second question is roughly like that, my friend could only remember exactly the one that he did, which is the first one.

Heh hope it's useful for those trying to spot essay questions ~

JIAYOU JIAYOU (:

-Mengjie

Hey guys!!!

Well, Since "通用纸" is 2 days away... I bumped across this VERY interesting article.

"7 reasons the 21st Century is making you miserable"

Its rather long, so just gonna put the main points here...

#1. We don't have enough annoying strangers in our lives.

#2. We don't have enough annoying friends, either.

#3. Texting is a shitty way to communicate

#4. Online company makes you lonelier

#5. We dont get criticized enough

#6. We're victims of the outrage machine

#7. We feel worthless, because we actually ARE worthless.

For more: http://www.cracked.com/article_15231_7-reasons-21st-century-making-you-miserable.html

I think it's.. KINDA relevant to put inside GP essays yeah? Not to mention that ur essay will be provide high entertainment value for the marker xD HAHA.

Alternatively, you can read it AFTER promos and feel miserable about ur life ^^

TUDOS!

Good luck everyone!

YuHe xD

Ig Nobel Prize

Nobel prize for witty discoveries this year. Quite interesting:

Engineering Prize: Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse (UK) and colleagues for perfecting a method to collect whale snot, using a remote-control helicopter.

Medicine Prize: Simon Rietveld (Netherlands) and colleagues for discovering that symptoms of asthma can be treated with a roller-coaster ride.

Transportation Planning Prize: Toshiyuki Nakagaki (Japan) and colleagues for using slime mould to determine the optimal routes for railroad tracks.

Physics Prize: Lianne Parkin (New Zealand) and colleagues for demonstrating that, on icy footpaths in wintertime, people slip and fall less often if they wear socks on the outside of their shoes.

Peace Prize: Richard Stephens (UK) and colleagues for confirming the widely held belief that swearing relieves pain.

Public health Prize: Manuel Barbeito (US) and colleagues for determining by experiment that microbes cling to bearded scientists.

Economics Prize: Awarded to the executives and directors of Goldman Sachs, AIG, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, and Magnetar for creating and promoting new ways to invest money — ways that maximize financial gain and minimize financial risk for the world economy, or for a portion thereof.

Chemistry Prize: Eric Adams (US) and colleagues for disproving the old belief that oil and water don't mix. The research, supported by BP, was published under the title: "Review of Deep Oil Spill Modeling Activity Supported by the Deep Spill JIP and Offshore Operator's Committee".

Management Prize: Alessandro Pluchino (Italy) and colleagues for demonstrating mathematically that organisations would become more efficient if they promoted people at random.

Biology Prize: Libiao Zhang (China) and colleagues for scientifically documenting fellatio in fruit bats.

Cheers,
Shi-Jie

New Media News!

Hi all,

this popped up on the news yesterday or so, and is incredibly relevant to the New Media topic for GP!

Basically its about a boy secretly taping his gay roommate and posting it online. Then the roommate committed suicide.

Links for the article:

BBC (more factual): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11446034

Fit-to-post (more commentary and more info about past cases): http://sg.yfittopostblog.com/2010/10/01/nj-students-suicide-illustrates-internet-dangers/

Happy mugging! And to all those who don't bother checking class blog and only saw this after GP - tough luck =P

Jeremy

ECONS ZOMG

Hi im posting on the behalf of meng jie taken from the tagboard for easier reference.

Helloooo I'm writing the RJC Econs 2010 promo essay questions here if anyone wants to try hahaha. It's only micro questions bcus they only took micro this year heh. JY with revision (:(:

1 (a). Explain why excessive alcohol consumption is a form of market failure [10]

(b) Discuss whether the use of minimum pricing is the best measure in correcting the above market failure [16]

2. In singapore, the increasing cost of driving makes public tranposrt a good alternative in both 2006 and 2007, the rail operators applied to the public tranport council for approval to increase MRT on the ground of significant energy increase.

(b) The public transport council is a regulatory body, tasked with the twin responsibility of safeguarding the interest of the public transport operators. discuss the extent to which it can rely on the concept of demand elasticities in deciding whether to approve the fare increase [16]

- 2(a) and the other question was on monopoly so not relevant to us ~

heehee sorry for spamming tagboard, I forgot the blog password .__. anw jyjy ( :

Cheers

Nicholas

I find this to be a very interesting question...

(AJC Prelims 2009 Qn 3) Explain why the level of innovation in markets is likely to be less than desirable and discuss the view that innovation should therefore be solely carried out by the government. [25]

Interesting twist to market failure. Has potential to get very extreme scores.

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

Hwa Chong Choir - A Basque Lullaby (from Festival of Songs, Olomouc)

Kenneth

Intellectually Funny

Clinton KO-ed the media:

Cheers,

SHi-Jie

Insightful Video

From my friend's blog, enjoy!

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

中秋节 must 猜灯谜

1) 路在脚下 (6笔)

2) 爱读书不爱买书 (4笔)

3) 天书 (国名)

4) 水仙来自福建 (校名)

5) 半 (成语)

6) 身边都是好朋友 (海外艺人)

7) 说英文要你管 (网络名词)

Quite challenging. Have fun!

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

Answers to Lame Questions

1. 孤单

2. Open door, put in elephant, close door

3. Open door, take out elephant, put in giraffe, close door

4. Giraffe

5. White

6. All animals went to attend the meeting

7. Argh... Pooom and Pooom... Argh....

8. Your pants

9. 3

10. Scissors paper stone

11. Saddam

12. Thailand

13. 三只鸡

14. 还是三只鸡

15. 2

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

Some Really Lame-until-you-Orz Questions

1. 人在什么时候会想喝汽水?

2. 三个步骤把一只大象放进冰箱?

3. 四个步骤把一只长颈鹿放进冰箱？

4. 森林举办森林大会，全部动物都有去，但有一只没去，那是什么？为什么？

5. 蜘蛛侠是什么颜色？

6. 有一条很长很长的河，河里有很多凶恶的鳄鱼。无论什么动物靠进都会给侵犯，

但是有一天有一个猎人却成功过河，那条河没有什么桥和船。那么那个猎人是怎样过河呢？
为什么？

7. 一個人由10呎高和1呎高跌下來有何分別？

8. 有甚麼東西有三個口，你有我都有？

9. 请问阿拉丁有几位兄弟？

10. 什么时候…… 5 < 2 、 2 < 0 、 0 < 5 ？

11. Osama, Saddam Hussein, Bush 和 Clinton玩麻将。哪一个会先赢？

12. 哪一个国家的人民喜欢用信用卡来付款？

13. 一只母鸡跟两只公鸡。猜三字。

14. 两只母鸡跟一只公鸡。猜五字。

15. 1+1=?

Answers will be posted soon (Paiseh I lazy to translate to English). Those who went KAP after MAF can try 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, and 15.

If you are really despo to know the answers, hehehe...

Just think harder !! :P

Cheerio,

Shi-Jie

Masterpiece

I'm now addicted to this hahahaha. Enjoy! :D

我的自述

小时候我家很穷，穷到家里只剩下钱，其他什麼都没有了。
爸爸忙著算钱，妈妈忙著扫钱，弟弟睡觉时没有被单，只好用钱，
妹妹大便没有卫生纸，只好用钱擦屁股。

爸爸常常在我出去外面玩时，塞了一大堆的钱给我，叫我花光。
我手上堆著满满的钞票，我很难过，因為我怕别人笑我。
所以我常常把它们都丢进了垃圾桶，或者水沟里。

因為家里什麼都没有，所以我每天晚上只能利用烧钱的光线看书，
于是近视很深。

离我家最近的便利店要花三小时才可以到达，而且要开法拉利去，
如果开奔驰还得要开五小时。

我每个月都要固定放火将我家的一些钱烧掉，因為真的是太多了。
多到我们都不够地方住了。必要时还要用炸药。

我妈妈也常常叫我不要读太多的书，以免长大以后赚更多的钱，
那我们的生活就更辛苦了。

有时听到隔壁的妈妈骂他的孩子说长大以后要成為有钱人，
我也会替他难过一阵，好几次晚上还睡不著觉。

每次我一想要我家的情况和坎坷的过去，泪水便忍不住地夺眶而出……

From: http://walaua.com/entry/很他妈欠揍的《我的自述》#recentTrackback

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

Attention CMGs!

Would deeply appreciate if you guys invest 3 minutes of your study time to comment on the class bookmark!

Front:

Back:

Please tell me if you want personalised name (like cat, dog, panda, whatever), otherwise I will put the name on the class name list.

P/S: Uploaded on fb too. Easier to comment there.

P/S 2: Updated with design for girls. Credit goes to my roomie who helped me with the proportions

Enjoy!

Shi-Jie

Creative Ad

This ad uses youtube brilliantly:

 

Cheers,
Shi-Jie

10 best questions to ask after a job interview!

So I was looking at Yahoo.com news, and came upon this very interesting and helpful post. And so I decided to share it with you all.

You're interviewing for a job. After 20 or 30 minutes, you're asked: "Do you have any questions?"

The worst thing you can do is ask, "What is it your company does?" (Hey, it has happened.) The next worst thing you can do is say, "Um, nope, I don't have any questions."

You need to ask some questions! Asking questions shows your interest in a company and makes you look smarter (smart people tend to be inquisitive). Asking questions gives interviewers a chance to talk about themselves, a thing most people love. And--this is important--asking questions is a way to find out if you really want to work for these people.

Bottom line: Don't make the interviewer do all the heavy lifting. Take an active role in the interview process and improve your chances of landing a job.

So what should you ask? Here are 10 suggestions:

1. "Can you describe a typical day for someone in this position?" If your interviewer appears to be nervous or ill at ease, a non-abstract question like this is a good way to get the ball rolling.

2. "Could you talk about the history of this position?" Specifically, what you're trying to find out is how long the position has existed, how many people have held it, and why it is now available.

3. "What were the major strengths and weaknesses of the last person who held this job?" Or in other words, what kind of act would you have to follow. This is also a chance to find out what happened to your would-be predecessor. How this question is answered will tell you a lot about the dynamics and expectations of this workplace.

4. "What are this position's biggest challenges?" You're naturally curious about the downsides of the job. But find out in a way that makes you look confident and unafraid to tackle problems.

5. "In what area could your team use some improvement?" Do you get an honest-sounding answer? This is important. It's also an opportunity to talk some more about how your skills specifically match this company's needs.

6. "What are the prospects for advancement?" Asking this demonstrates that you have ambition, and makes you look like a big picture person.

7. "How would I be evaluated?" If you want to know an employer's true priorities, and what is really important about the position under discussion, ask this.

8. "Who are the most successful people in this company and why?" A clever way to get a glimpse of a company's values/ethos/culture and how the powers-that-be measure success.

9. "Why do you enjoy working at this company?" Okay, it's a softball question. But the answer, and the tone in which it is given, should tell you a lot. Basically, you are looking to see some sincere enthusiasm here.

10. "Do you have any reservations about me or my ability to perform this job?" It's a gutsy thing to ask. But consider doing so because it's a great way to get real-time feedback on you and your interview skills. Asking for criticism not only earns you points for courage, it could result in some very helpful information.

P.S. Do not ask questions that would be easily answered by consulting the company's website. You will look unprepared, even lazy. You'll also lose the opportunity to gather some valuable insight about this employer and the job on offer.

Quite helpful right?

Happy mugging for Promos, and you may want to check back to this post 5 years later when you are interviewed for your first job!

Jeremy

Cool

Cool idea :)

Jiayou for physics eh!

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

For the sake of updating...

Random question. Is it true that there are more positive integers than square numbers?

Cheers,

(Obviously who posted this)

BOO!

Hey!!

For all you visual learners out there who dont understand FRAT PRANE (like me), I think this is a very useful video! xD

WARNING: this video is NOT FOR math pros such as shijie!!

Yeap. Like.. i FINALLY SAW THE LIGHTTTT after looking at this video.

And then i wonder why i'm paying school fees to the school, but not youtube. ^^

Oh wells. wonders of the world indeed.

Hope this helps all you poor and lost souls out there!!! (or maybe its just hanyi and i LOL)

Thanks!

Yuhe

Auto Pager

Found this cool plugin for your browser. It automatically loads the next page at the bottom of the page so that you can scroll through all pages. Good for googling, reading blogs, reading mangas, etc.

Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4925/

Safari: http://extensions.apple.com/

Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/mmgagnmbebdebebbcleklifnobamjonh

Internet Explorer user... Get a life, get another browser :P

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

Magic

In case there are people who never watch a magic show before...

Enjoy the weekends!

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

Funny Ad

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

New Song!

Hey everyone,

In view of the current trends in our class, I added a new song to the mixpod playlist.
Song Info: "Confessions of a Friend" by Korean Ballad group "2AM"

Translated lyrics (Syllable to Syllable translation):

However,
Baby, come to me by my side
and be my lady.
I have waited far too hard.
Stood at the door, saying words no more.
Trying hard to hide my pitiful heart.

As a friend, just to remain as friends,
I had to keep low.
Locking feelings that I hold.
The confessions, can't hide anymore.
However it is now I will confess,
Nawrir saranghae (I love you) ...

I shall dedicate this song to everyone going overseas this term, and to anyone who feels for the song.

Will translate and upload the entire song if response is good and time permits XD

힘내!
Jin Jian

FONTS

Hi 10S7F!!

here are some articles about fonts which you may like to read :)

provides some tips to make your WR look nicer. hehe

30 Best Fonts to last a lifetime
http://justcreativedesign.com/2008/03/02/30-best-font-downloads-for-designers/

The Cracked Guide to Fonts
http://www.cracked.com/funny-5647-fonts/

Articles from cracked.com are very enjoyable to read, if you don't mind the occasional use of vulgar language xD

Have fun!!
Bo Jun

Happy Cornetto-Crunch-Ben&Jerrys-Magnum Day!

Dear 10S7F,

Thanks for the sweet surprise yesterday! I like the card very much though I would have loved to hear more from you all. Maybe a minimum of 500 words each, next time?! Haha. May the melty-sweet flavour of friendship be always with you all.

Cheers,
Mr. Tan

Printers

Wasted 20+ pieces of paper to print EoM... Emotions can be summarised in this comic:

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers

Lesson learnt, do not do last minute printing XD

Anyway I have changed the theme to accommodate larger image. Hope you like it!

Cheers,

Shi-Jie

Perhaps some tips on Economics essay?

I was chatting online with the a senior for some tips. He threw me this essay question:

"In 2007, the Singapore economy grew at 7.8%, goods and services tax went up from 5% to 7%, and there were active campaigns on healthy living.

Assess the likely effects of the above changes on consumers' expenditure on fast food."

Take 5 minutes to plan for an outline. In fact, I suggest MORE than 5 minutes... This was the killer question for last year's promos.

Ready to see the answer?

My initial response was:

talk about demand and supply factor

economic growth -> increased income

positive income elasticity -> increased demand

increased in service tax -> decreased supply

large extent as supply very price inelastic, tax incidence

active campaigns -> change in taste of preference

decrease demand

conclusion: demand shift less than supply, quantity demanded drops

_________________

Looks like a two page, chop chop essay. How wrong was I.

This senior took 1 hour and 15 minutes to write a 4 page essay on this question. He scored 20/25.

The key lies in the word EXPENDITURE. EXPENDITURE not QUANTITY DEMANDED or mere CHANGE IN PRICE.

Expenditure is price times quantity. You are supposed to look at the area under the graph. The emphasis is on the elasticity.

His other remarkable points:

Talk about different price elasticities for different income groups

Campaigns introduces substitutes such as organic food

Fast food restaurants also coming up with healthy packages

Ad Valorem tax leads to a PIVOTAL shift, hence making supply more price inelastic

etc etc...

Of course, unless you are as god-like as him, it is unwise to burn 1 hour and 15 minutes for an essay. Hope that I post this in time for you guys to warm up (err not fry) your brains.

Moral of the story: Open your eyes BIG BIG tomorrow

Cheers,

Khor Shi-Jie

Last Minute Mugging...

Trouble keeping your eyes away from facebook, world cup, etc.? Try using this nifty application:

Focus Booster: The Pomodoro Technique

Err... well alternatively you can use a stop watch too XD

Cheers,

Khor Shi-Jie

If you hate integration like I do...

I guess everyone is busy mugging for blocks (and hence the hiatus of the blog ><). But anyway, let me share a shortcut with you guys...

The killer topic for Math block test is definitely INTEGRATION, and we know it sucks for many reason. The most tormenting part, IMO, must be integration by parts. Personally I hate writing long long expressions, moving bulks of expressions here and there, then end up in a zzz careless mistake.

Let me introduce a shortcut which is super useful and easy :) This technique is known as tabular integration by parts.

Suppose you want to solve Not an easy task, if you have tried it in your tutorials. In this technique, we still apply LIATE and let u be x^3 and v' be cos x. Now create a table and write:

Derivatives of u (Column A)	Integrals of v (Column B)

Such that column A represents the subsequent derivative of u and column B represents the subsequent integrals of v. Repeat this until you can no longer continue, for instance when u arrive at 0. Now, the answer is simply:

Which is arrived by pairing the 1st term in A with the 2nd term in B , the 2nd term in A with the 3rd term in B, the 3rd term in A with 4th term in B, etc. Take note of the ALTERNATING sign in front of each terms too.

Another example:

Derivatives of u (Column A)	Integrals of v (Column B)

Then,

Which can be solved easily to yield:

Visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integration_by_parts#Tabular_integration_by_parts for more information. My senior used this and saved a lot of time. However, do show your full working still (I can't guarantee that your tutors will accept such cheapskate method). Use it wisely and pwn the block test :P

Cheers,

Khor Shi-Jie

NUS High (Y)

Hwa Chong has clock tower, 天下之马, 黄城, Tan Kah Kee statue, etc...

What about NUS High?

Try interpreting their attractions...

See the shape of their periodic table?

Guess the constellation...

See the striking similarities with HCI

Random chemicals on the ceiling

Sine wave or cosine wave? (can't make sense of the black tiles yet... maybe it represents 3.142. or 2.718?)

This is epic... anyone can guess what it represents? (...nosaer a rof llaw ip sa nwonk si tI :tniH)

Have fun appreciating the beauty of science in NUS High XD!!

Cheers,

Khor Shi-Jie