pull on my heart's trigger; oh yeah



Wednesday, October 31, 2007 11:48 pm









I'm a freak. All I can do is sit at her webpage and refresh like a madman until I see an update.



2:07 pm



Chinese, pushover, nuff said really. Now, put away BB, school remedials, and other stuff. What do we still have? A Math test on 9 November. How cool is that? Smack dab in the start of the holidays too. I couldn't even bring myself to eat lunch today just because I was that pissed. All these weird dreams, the undue stress AFTER school term is over, and the simple lack of time to enjoy myself. What the hell do they want from me? Can someone try and teach me to forget about everything? I just can't. Note the immense length of this paragraph when I usually insist on breaking everything up so its easier to read, who caress about paragraphing now?

Stupid girls.



Tuesday, October 30, 2007 6:39 pm



Okay, locked and loaded to die.

Well, the only strategy i have for tomorrow's mcq is, strike out 2 that are definitely wrong, pick one that sounds right, then cancel it and pick the last remaining one.

It happened 13 damn times when I was doing the assessment book, dammit. And it works.

Now all that's left is to memorise zuowen(no really, I have no other choice).

Aaaaaaaaaaaand, I seriously hope I won't give out tomorrow, its the big gun and if I don't overcome it, my entire O level is screwed.




Monday, October 29, 2007 11:28 pm



So, Helena's going to Melbourne.

Met everyone at Boon Lay when i was 30 minutes late, but not everyone was there so i guess it was fine. Nicky arrived the same time as me OMG D: I feel slow

Helena's place was it this condo called the Floravale, which has a name pretty unique as it doesn't contain "Gardens" "Green" or anything else referencing a bloody hill. At least its a portmanteau and not 2 lame words.

Initially we went to the function room, and settled down. The hostess was in a sad situation as no one gave half a flying fuck about appreciating what she did. Anyway, the rest of the class were still having a good time, chatting etc. Some of them played cards, the rest played PS2.

WINNING ELEVEN FTW! 302 team summons the power of JEREMIAH and his teal shorts. FEEL THE POWER OF 123KG TACKLING YOU. Even 205's ostrich power pales against it.

Hilarious stuff.

Kendric wanted me to go take a flower and stick it in my hair, even though I took the time and effort to get it layered and shit, and im not gay. Just so he could take pictures with me, and me with everyone else.

I still hate taking photos dammit.



Of course, its stupid to go to someone's house just to play console games, unless that was the original plan.

Well, me kendric kailun and jack formed the 4 man squad and chatted over coffee. We all said goodbye to Helena, and, that was it, lol.

For half an hour we got lost in Boon Lay, but we got back. Went for dinner with Kendric and Jack and we started discussing about the typical "Tournament Movie".


A group of friends who specialize in *specific skill(SS)* are at their peak. Suddenly, a national tournament is organised and they begin to train hard in their SS. In one training session, Teammate A injures himself and will not recover in time for the tournament. The team has no choice but to go on a wild goose chase for a new member only to find that the best person for the job is a relative/friend of one team member. He shows great potential and is interested at first, but flops at the beginning and soon gives up. The team tries to train without him, but fails. The father of the newcomer gives him a pep talk, and he begins to train on his own. This normally attracts the attention of a once promiscous girl who is probably the best friend of teammate B, the only girl in the group *Cue training with no SFX and pure BGM, slow down whenever necessary* On the day of the tournament, usually 1 or 2 hours before. The team still finds that they cannot win in their current state. Each teammate will say something worrying, until the teammate's, who is related to the newcomer, turn comes. Then the newcomer will shout something from afar, stand at a large doorway as a sillhouette, *cue camera shifting angle to below newcomer's legs to capture team's shocked faces*. Newcomer smirks and walks in geared up. "We thought you wouldn't show!" *Cue newcomer saying some smart ass shit and quoting his father*. Random teammate C still insists that they won't win the tournament! Until the newcomer gathers them round and gives them a pep talk/reveals his master plan. During the actual tournament itself, the team barely makes it to the finals, to compete against another team(usually funded by a multi-billion dollar company, with either an elitist leader or a total bonehead which is unusually well skilled at the *specific skill*. Both teams duke it out with their most amazing abilities. Entire protagonist team goes into depression as they think they did badly. Newcomer however, goes against the flow and believes they have won with their skill. Then, by a miracle choice/mistake the other team made/loophole in the tournament rules/disqualification due to cheating by the other team, THE PROTAGONIST TEAM WINS! They all run and hug the newcomer, who is overwhelmed by everyone, yet somehow manages to catch a wink from his new girlfriend(teammate B's best friend). *Play loud motivating BGM* Teammate A is seen either watching the tournament from the hospital bed or standing with crutches. He smiles and says something to newcomer's father. The final scene involves the protagonist walking in the sunset with his father/girlfriend. If with girlfriend, he will quote his father, and they share a passionate kiss. If with his father, the girlfriend has moved away although she loves him, but he still appreciates everything his father did. The other party will say something smart ass, and the newcomer will realise he's forgotten something(either literally or metaphorically). *Play either motivational music/Slapstick Comedy/Give a moral of the story* *Roll credits*



Sunday, October 28, 2007 6:19 pm



BACK FROM CAMP LIKE FINALLY

Yesterday, I grudgingly arrived in school in Full Uniform. Helped the sec 1s with all their awards and stuff. And then and ONLY then did I realise I was in charge of Frog group. Omg froggyyyyyy

frog bird iguana cricket, 4 ways to irritate campers

THE CAMPSITE WAS AT DAIRY FARM LAH. Which is like, 1km away from my house, then I went to Clementi and back like a moron.

I hum the challenge pole, think I climbed too fast and then lost all control of myself lol. In the end I tossed myself off the pole as if I was jumping anyway.

Sec 1s were basically out of control until officer JT planned a muster parade at 12am for them inFull Uniform. Just to get them in line. Thank Goodness it was cancelled.

The food in moe dairy farm adventure standard sucks even for camp food standard. The cabbage tasted like it'd been braised in formeldahyde. And the liquid in the cooler dispensers is just coloured water, no kidding.

The entire camp was spent fearing to wear Full Uniform. I once again wore it against my will.

The night was hell considering the door was beside me with a light shining brighter than the sun. Kailun and Marcus had somehow positioned themselves nicely and I couldn't stretch open my legs. LIANGJIE SNORES. LOUDLY.

He also goes yamaha for drum lessons o.O

So, I spent drill teaching Haixing, the new guy. Didn't get to test the sec 1s at all, haha. No full commands. Still, I got to kind of inspect their Full Uniform.

And after the whole thing, everyone realised that they learnt a lot of - nothing. Shit, the camp didn't work. Ahh what the hell.

Saw Xueyao, sally and (i think) their primary school friends at Plaza Sing just now. Then after drum, had a haircut again.

I'm really hating Richard Ang lol, all he wants is to show off how quickly he can do his quadruplets. He uses them in so many out-of-place situations.

Am going to airport now, discuss Chinese with yuyong and send Auntie Debra off. She's going back to Brisbane with Sarah. Well, another 2 years before we see her again.



Thursday, October 25, 2007 1:45 pm



ONE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL to go.

Man, its been fast, another 2 more months to NC-16 movies :D Gonna be busy throughout the holidays. Hope I get to go out as much as I can, haha.

Got back my report card today, got pissed off at the whole thing lol. Total overall percentage was 63.4, FELL JUST BELOW B3 WTF. Noooooooooooooo. And I don't have a weak foundation in maths and physics can.

I slacked too much in the first term, and then it all balanced out =/

THE ATTENDANCE IS SCREWED. I had perfect attendance for school can. AND THE CCA, MY ATTENDANCE IS ONLY 86.67%? ITS 100% DAMMIT. I was only late for 4 parades T.T

And the most amazing part about my report, B FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION. When I didn't go for like 3/4 of all the PE lessons. Therefore, in short, break a leg has now a new meaning.

Put results aside, I seriously wish one day had more than 24 hours. Someone go out with me pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease.



Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:19 pm





UHH WTF LOL



Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:42 pm



Ahhhhhhh.

Today's drill test was shit. I could easily get full marks for theory but my uniform, ugh. Dammit, didn't realise i didn't have the 94th coy insignia on my sleeves.

Slept on the bus, and then went home and slept again. Like, I want to take years off my death to sleep can :( then not so wasteful of life :D

i still have a stigma of fearing death.

Can't take the giant mass of chinese lessons, am drowning, will die in all the practice papers. On the other hand, I did one during tuition when i was half asleep and got 63/70. HAPPY TIMES.

So, 3 more days "of school" left. Hope its fine.



Sunday, October 21, 2007 10:04 pm





I'll translate through the subbed version I have.

[0:31 - 0:33] To Naruto : "Do you even have a penis?"
[0:42 - 0:44] To Sakura : "I like ugly girls like you"
[0:52 - 0:54] "Don'tassociate me with a ***** like Sasuke"
[1:12] "Can we take a break now?"
[1:19] "Guys..."

... lol. Sai.



9:35 pm





Chire : Senbon Sakura



Basically for the entire weekend I stayed inside my room half the time and spent the other half of the time sitting on a sofa. And travelling around.



After drum, these were the unfortunate 2 faggots who ruined my train ride to Pasir Ris. Firstly, there were no seats available, acceptable. Secondly, the train was rather full. Now, it would've been totally fine if they hadn't been holding hands through the three pronged handle. This prevented me and 5 others from getting well needed support instead of ambling around like morons. To make things worse, Mr(s) and Mr(s)[S is purely optional] I-wanna-make-love-to-another-guy-and-an-MRT-pole-handle-during-a-train-ride clung onto the pole for dear life, even at Kembangan, where they got off. It took them till the warning siren that doors were closing for them to finally relinquish their passionate grip on the seductively slim silver pole and make a break for the door.

Needless to say, unknownst to them, it was quite a scene.

Speaking of scene, I have an idea for the newest Singaporean television series to totally give "The Noose" a run for their money, its called..




WHEN BICYCLES ATTACK - MRT STATIONS
We've seen them at Boon Lay; at Choa Chu Kang; and perhaps Yishun and Woodlands even. Now, as the bicycles begin their invasion of Pasir Ris, we have found ourselves totally outnumbered and surrounded. Who will save us from the horrible aluminium/titanium framed monstrosities? Who is going to throw a grenade and send billions of shards of shrapnel flying in omnidirection and puncturing the bodies of our obese citizens? Find out, in the latest local television sensation - WHEN BICYCLES ATTACK.


Fine, so I was stuck at a family gathering learning how to play mahjong on my own and my imagination ran wild. Did you expect me to like have dinner for 4 hours? I didn't think so.



Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:39 pm



this is like the 10th edit to the post -.- don't really wanna whore postcount lol


Actually, I have an idea, maybe I should learn to be Gaara from Naruto. His hair will never be long, you know why? He doesn't have freaking eyebrows. So his hair can't touch them.


lolol yishuo.

Seriously, I wouldn't mind if Nan Hua took down their entire constitution on attire and allowed me to re-write them. I'd be super reasonable, seriously.

OKAY PHOTO TIME.




Its called Hitsugaya swimming. Goggles ftw ~

At NUH today, after my ankle injection I spotted one of those ceiling rails that used to transport documents from department to department 10-20 years ago, and I spotted this.


The rail ends at the left side. The track can apparently shift up and down to facilitate movement from the lower rail to the upper one. But is this really necessary? Wouldn't it just save time, money, and effort to just have the lower rail turn 90 degrees to the right?





This one really takes the cake. West coast HWAY? Is that a new road? Or is it Hokkien for flower? Or is it missing a box sign or a slash? Perhaps a separating period?



Maybe I can just stop dreaming. Its not going to work out, its never going to happen. I can definitely live without that pretty face invading my mind every 10 seconds.

That really, pretty, pretty face.



Wednesday, October 17, 2007 10:42 pm



http://www.hallpass.com/media/themovinggame.html


Just play it, it looks easy but its not. Kay?



Tuesday, October 16, 2007 11:47 pm



Here I am.

Everyday I think about it, and my inner self tries to condemn myself saying that its wrong. Or rather, its something I shouldn't do. No, its not masturbation or the sort.

I just have that bad experience from my past. It keeps returning to torment me. Somehow, even though I'm naturally trying to evade it, I just feel like going for more.

This, this is ridiculous. How would I succeed?

I've been shown to lack in skill recently. I didn't get a prize in an essay competition, I fed in dota twice, and I've been losing in everything else. I might do more than just lose if I go on ahead.

Maybe I should quit before I even start.



7:56 pm



BB has a lot of, changes.

Kiankoon is still a private.

Officer Junhao has left the company D: like hell. Damn, he was a super nice guy. But those at FCBC can still get to see him weekly right? Hah

Congratulations to everyone who received a promotion today. Includes all my sec 1s and the rest of squad 2. SGT ftw. Now all that's left is LDC 2, and sec 1 camp, and sharity gift box(24 hours of community work)

I think Boonbin is the most satisfied with the promotion. He's going to be a much better DYCS now I think. He chided me and Kailun for suggesting to go parade late LOL. Greatest change in behavior.

My full uniform is still super small. Thank Goodness kailun gave me his old set. Phew. Now I shall no longer live wit the stigma of wearing an undersized uniform.

Today's class was crap. the first thing they talked to us was about removing smegma aka DICK CHEESE from our penises. Want to know more? No you don't.

This kind of talk shouldn't be given by a doctor, it should be given by a psychologist. Maybe except the disproving the myth about hormones.

So SPA is coming soon, yeah, will be crap as usual. Titration and potato.

I feel that dota terminology is fading away from my daily speech style, which is good in a sense. On the other hand, it seems to be seeping into others'. This was most obvious when JT referenced boots of speed and GLOVES OF HASTE(i have no idea how he got there) to the sec 1s.

But the fact that the sec 1s understood meant that they play dota =/



Monday, October 15, 2007 12:07 pm



Auntie Debra and her family is here in Singapore from Brisbane :O for like 2 weeks, again.





That's my cousin Samuel in my room. Cute right? Plus there's the little Hitsugaya doll beside him :D

I smell like Setsuma essence and rosewood. All because I've been using my parents' bathroom to shower recently.


OKAY THERE'S NO SOCCER TODAY. THEY CHANGED IT TO WEDNESDAY WHICH IS MY HOSPITAL APPOINTMENT DAY. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I feel like quitting BB. Or rather, I never want to wear my Full U again.



Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:35 pm



Selamat Hari Raya Adilfitri to all Muslims in Singapore. somehow.

So I woke up after grinding 7 hours of maple last night. Mom and Dad dragged me to SweeChing's and Ikram's house. They were having house visits and stuff. I helped Aiman with his Diamond version! :D Funny stuff.

After that I played with him a bit, and we went home. I slept for about 2 hours before we left the house once again to go to Auntie Sharon's. Went over to Fort Canning and picked up Vivien before we headed to Marine Parade.

Stoned in Auntie Sharon's for about an hour playing with a giant kiwibird marionette. We then went down to the Thai restaurant to celebrate Ahgong's 85th birthday!

Sadly, he has to go for many operations.

After the entire dinner, which incidentally wasn't that good. We got into the car and headed for Seletar camp. the drive to Jalan Kayu was freaking long, winding from marine parade to payar lebar to HOUGANG before we reached.

Caught a glimpse of the PeiHwa Foundation site. Yannick dropped off for 5 minutes to buy 豆花。 It wasn't that sweet but it was silky and soft. Real nice on the tongue.

Talked with everyone for the entire journey about Singapore's flaws etc. Yannick dropped off with his giant load of tofu-based products for his bunk mates. D: Sad, he has duty tomorrow. Which meant he booked out yesterday only to book in today.

Vivien was then *almost* alone for the next 20 minutes. I think if I hadn't been in the car she'd have died of mom and dad's pressure aura. From seletar we sped up the SLE into the BKE and then into the KJE(okay i'll stop it lol) and then into Jurong.

My butt was like burning the leather seats. It was bloody warm and wrinkled when I got up lmao.


Was looking at class photos a while ago. You realise every class is a very messed up jumble of people. The people of the present and the people of the past form a stark contrast and its just too obvious.


No, I don't look like Tom Felton in the fun pic, stfu.

The people whom you know now are different than they were 10 months ago. We've all changed, obviously not just in the physical sense.

We all got our lives ahead of us, some of us got it planned out, most of us don't. Its a rough journey ahead, although I've only cleared so much. Can't say when it'll end for sure. Its even moreso impossible to guess if you're referring to spiritual life as well.

Like I wrote in English paper 1, we're going through a forge. The products are heavily dependent on what goes in, and a skilled smith will never produce works of art the same.

Humans are too intelligent for their own good, really. We think too much, fight and cry because of it.


君が迷うのなら
僕が道しるべになろう
後は信じればいい

確かめる術は持った
恐れないで

I'll protect you, always.



Thursday, October 11, 2007 7:52 pm




AHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Today, chem B3, Emaths A1, Geog A2, Amaths C5, Chinese C6.


lolololol

Let's move on. Nan Hua went crazy and decided to let singular teachers tackle hundreds of sec 3 students hungry to steal marks that includes _____________

They also demanded that the entire school clear their lockers by tomorrow, GG day. Everyone was clearing like crazy. I also not 例外.


See la, after filtering my papers. these were the unwanted ones that formed an 80cm long Olympic-Torch-esque cone. It was somewhat heavy o.O





Pang Kai Lun's giant pile of crap which he carried home today. That crazy ass.

Anyway, after tuition I threw away the old keyboard and kept my mouse D: memoirs of O2Jam and 4 other years of usage. Boohoo T.T



The Logitech mouse was still working so I kept it in my drawer.




This, this is the bankai of my previous mouse and keyboard. FEAR THE BACK BUTTON LOCATED SLIGHTLY BELOW THE MOUSE WHEEL.

No Bleach this week, but next week will be After Dark by Asian Kung Fu Generation :O can't wait to hear it.



Wednesday, October 10, 2007 2:42 pm



omg my blog :O Yishuo is over now lending me his tablet so I can finally access the intarweb again
Unless I go play lan.

Monday, had Zhipeng, Eddie, Kailun, Weiliat, Yisen, Bryan and Kendric. And we kept playing PS2 lolo. Winning Eleven was super fun AGAIN. 205 on ostritches vs 205 on raptors lmao. Feathers and scales. After that Kailun played some Gundam game that was similar to the DBZ one.

At first when I played, I was doing okay against him. Then I realised I picked a foot soldier mobile while Kailun picked one of the main character's. Lucky my pilot is Kira lol, added stats. But I still lost D:

I found out when I remembered I had 320 hp for one bar, while Kailun had 470. And then when weiliat and bryan played another game they both had over 600++. Shit

After that we played Smackdown vs Raw. WWE. Keelun became TaoSaPiah. Still shit lousy stats. Kailun also edited a char out called Hard Gay - Finishing move : Stinkface. Then when kendric used it he got knocked out for over a minute and didn't even twitch.

Fatal four way matches = 3 man FFA + 1 player vs the Ref. The ref doesnt even fight back.


Yesterday, stoned in the morning because com is down. Kendric came over and then we waited for my grandmother to come back with lunch. I then changed out of my class jersey because it looked like shit with my pants. Changed to a black shirt.

Took 180 to boonlay and had icecream while bryan nicky and zishuo had mcdonalds lunch. We then took 172 toward the place unknown to everyone.

Yisen's best quote of the day was "Eh, if you guys wanna get off you better get off quick. If not the next stop for this bus is going to be the expressway"

So we got off in the middle of nowhere and just played around before walking a desolate path beside westwood secondary school. We went right for 200 metres and entered the compound before going left another 300 metres into the courts. Stupid design.

Eddie cut his finger on the fence :O So sad. it was quite deep and some of the flesh was bulging out.

Then only Benny was waiting for us. Somehow one of us had said something like "He was bringing his buddies to play soccer with us". In actual fact, his 'buddies' - us lmao

The court is HOT. Aside from the really low net ceiling, the artificial grass is quite soft and suitable for diving lmao. But there's like all this black rubbery grains like the ones you normally find in playgrounds. It gives a kind of "kick dust up" effect whenever the ball lands.

We played the best we could play. Kendric - man of the match, his defending skillz shoot upxorz. Then there was this 8 second period where yisen successfully tackled eddie and then dribbled the ball forward. Everyone was just stunned it happened, and it did.

Weijiang Bryan Kailun and Kelvin are teh power rangers :D Didn't take pictures because I didnt realised I would get to blog again T.T


After the soccer me bryan and nicky stupidly took MRT all the way from boonlay to Pasir Ris. Arrived there at like 7.30. Along the way we were talking about our 105/205 past. Great memories lol.

KLINSEN TEH ANGRY KID bangs tables and keeps hitting cherhan. He also has a tendency to shout in class like a crazy person.

At the barbecue, saw amanda wave to us while we just didnt bother. Lolol. She emo because she thinks her hair is ugly :O is it?

Didnt even eat much at the BBQ. but i finally returned manda her 6 bucks(now 8 due to 3 months interest). Sally will grow up to be those cooky old women with like 50++ cats in her home :D

She fed the cats with sardines can. And they enjoyed it, I felt good for her lol. She really liked the cats.

Then after the whole thing(in which people pangseh and go eat mcdonalds and play arcade) We missed the last 354 bus to Pasir Ris MRT and we had to walk back ._.

We chionged up one train and took like 2 rows of seats facing each other. During the super long MRT ride Kendric called me up and asked me about the PSP lite deal, $400 for the psp + 4gig memory card + cover + screenthingy. Okay la. But mind you it was at like 11.15pm at night.

So after that Chao got a fat malay woman as a stead. Junwee had some unshaved fat chinese guy as a stead. Lmao.

I missed the last bus of 184 so I took MRT up to Choa Chu Kang and took LRT down back home.
It felt exactly like walking home at 8pm just that the air was much colder and was much quieter.

Back to school tomorrow. I think from now on I'll be playing a LOT of pool considering I have no com. Just after I topped up 10k Acash too. Shit



Friday, October 05, 2007 10:14 pm



When hell is finally over.

A year ago I was thinking how I was ever going to live through sec 3 EOY, but here I've done it.

Sadly, I didn't even catch a single big breakfast at Mcdonalds even once during the whole EOY period, as opposed to the 8 which I had last year :( Shows the real need to study

Couldn't play my drums today because Ahma was at home. Her eyes are already weakened by cataract, I don't wanna screw her ears also.

Played a bit of Maplestory today; I managed to sell my newfound scrolls, earned a measly 3m. I still need good gear before I can train. I found a 33 accuracy guanyu polearm :O i hope it can sell well.

I DIED TWICE with my archer. Making the total wasted exp this year to about 70%. Dammit, could've leveled. Seriously folks, its not easy to be an archer. We go through the toughest shit and the most underestimation in order to achieve the highest attack power in 4th job. Whenever you see a Bow Master or a high level ranger, fame him. Its from me. We have this little cozy community in Henesys where everyone just likes each other :D

Although this 83 is nothing compared to going from 150 - 151. The experience points needed to get from 151 - 152 is more than from level 1 to level 150 LOL. Which actually screws you over at that point.

Gahh, SPA tests coming soon. Express MT O level is coming soon.



Wednesday, October 03, 2007 8:18 pm



Transport in Humans : Klinsen's summary

Red blood cells :
Contains the pigment haemogoblin which is a special type of protein containing iron. Can combine reversibly with oxygen to allow transportation of oxygen from lungs to the rest of the body.

Physical properties - Circular flattened bi-concave shape(surface area to volume ratio, rate of oxygen increased) , does not have nucleus, is elastic and squeeze through blood vessels smaller than 0.01 mm.

Produced by bone marrow, destroyed by spleen.

Haemogoblin can be broken down to iron or bile pigments.


White blood cells :
Colourless and does not contain haemogoblin
Irregular in shape and contains nucleus
Can change its shape to squeeze through walls of capillaries

Lymphocytes - Large nucleus, produce antibodies
Phagocytes - Lobed nucleus with granules, eat foreign particles


Blood group summary : Antigen X(A or B) cannot be exposed to antibody X( a or b).

A and B are enemies, cannot donate to each other.
AB is an asshole, can only receive, cannot donate.
O is a nice guy, can only donate, cannot receive other than from O, I'm an O :D


Blood:

Transports ->
Digested food substances from capillaries in small intestine to rest of body
Excretory products(refer to chapter 11) to the respective excretory organs for removal.
Hormones from glands to parts of body.
Oxygen from lungs.


Haemogoblin of blood combines with oxygen to form oxyhaemogoblin, it releases its oxygen when blood passes through tissues containing little oxygen. Diffusion comes into play here


At high altitudes, concentration of oxygen in atmosphere is low. Body produces more red blood cells to compensate(does NOT make sense). This is acclimatisation. People at high altitudes have higher amounts of red blood cells in their bodies. Atheletes often train at high altitudes to increase the amount of haemogoblin in ther blood; When they run at lowe altitudes, their bodies can carry oxygen more efficiently.

Blood can clot to seal wounds, preventing loss of blood. People with haemphilia are unable to do so; Slight injuries can cause them to bleed to death.

Process :
1.Thrombokinase is released by blood platelets and damaged tissues
2. Converts the protein prothrombin into thrombin, requiring calcium ions
3. Thrombin catalyses soluble fibrinogen to insoluble threads of fibrin
4. Fibrin entangle blood cells and a clot is formed


The circulatory system:
Heart - muscular pump to circulate blood
Arteries - Vessels carrying blood away from the heart, starts from the left side of the heart.
Arterioles - Mini arteries
Capillaries - Smallest blood vessels that one-cell thick walls called the endothelium, which is partially permeable. Numerous branches provied a large surface area for the exchange of substances between blood and tissue cells.
Venules - Mini Veins
Veins - Carry blood back to the heart


Arteries :
Have thick elastic walls to withstand high blood pressure which are stretchable. This helps to push the blood in spurts along the artery and gives rise to the pulse.

Veins :
Contain valves to prevent backflow of blood. Movement of blood along the veins is assisted by the action of skelletal muscles conracting and compressing the vein, increasing blood pressure in the vein to move blood more quickly.


Double circulation is simply when blood passes from the heart, to the rest of the body and back to the heart(systematic) and from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart (pulmonary)


The heart has the left and right atriums(A) and ventricles(V).

When the right A contracts, blood flows into the right V.
When the right V contracts, the tricuspid valve between the right A and V closes to prevent backflow of blood.
Blood leaves the right V through the pulmonary arch toward the lungs.(Low pressure for more time for gaseous exchange)

When the left A contracts, oxygenated blood flows into the left V
When the left V contracts, the bicuspid valve between the right A and V close to prevent backflow of blood.
Blood leaves the left V through the aortic arch toward the rest of the body.(High pressure)

When the Vs contract, the closing of the bi/tricuspid valves cause the loud 'lub' sound. Blood flows into pulmonary arch for right side, aortic arch for left side. Systole(high pressure)
When the Vs relax, the drop in pressure causes the semilunar valves in the two arches to close, producing the dub sound, preventing backflow of blood into the ventricles. Diastole(low pressure)


Heart attack and Angina
Lumen of arteries are deposited to fat and are close to being completely blocked. Any part of the heart that does not receive enough oxygen in time dies. Affected arteries have rough inner surfaces and may develop blood clots easily, which may cut off supply of blood and oxygen to the heart muscles.

When the heart muscles are damaged, a heart attack occurs.


Don't smoke(Nicotine increases blood pressure, CO increases risk of fat deposits)
Have a proper diet.
Manage your stress.
Exercise dammit.


General biology knowledge :
Diffusion - Concentrated to low concentration via concentration gradient
Osmosis - Movement of watermolecules for region of high water potential to low water potential VIA A PARTIALLY PERMEABLE MEMBRANE

Photosynthesis produces glucose from CO2 and H2O.

Renal refers to the kidneys.
Hepatic refers to the liver.
Coronary refers to the heart.
Pulmonary refers to the lungs.

Aaand that's it for transport in humans.



7:19 pm



Okay blame sally and amanda for yourself having to read about BIO in my blog.


Nutrients
So here, for us humans, you have your basic nutrients in the forms of :

Carbohydrates :
Organic compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen in a ratio to 1:2:1(can you spell organic chemistry?)

May be : Monosaccharides(one sugar) -
Glucose, Fructose, Galactose
Disaccharides(two sugars) -
Maltose, Sucrose(Glucose + Fructose), Lactose(Glucose + Galactose). Fructose is normally present in plant material.
Polysaccharides(many sugars) -
Starch(main form of storage for carbos in plants)
Glycogen(main form of carbo storage in animals and FUNGI)
Cellulose(Cell wall in plants, cannot be digested, used as fibre)


Uses of carbohydrates include : Support structures(cell walls), substrate for respiration(energy), converted into other organic compounds, formation of nucleic acids and bodily lubricants

Found in foods such as : Rice, Noodles(pastas included you noobs), Breads, Sugar lmao

Deficiency leads to : Death


Fats

Organic compounds made of C, H and O but contain much less oxygen in proportion to hydrogen

Fat test -> Ethanol emulsion test : White emulsion = Fatass food

Uses of fats : Storage of energy,insulating material, essential part of protoplasm, reduce water loss in skin(WTF LOL)

Found in foods such as, Kenpachi Fried Chicken.


Proteins

Complex organic substances C, H, O. N and possibly S. Always present in protoplasm.

Made up from amino acids(Trivia, contains NH2 and COOH group)

Uses include : Synthesis of new protoplasm, growth and repair of cells, formation of enzymes/hormones/antibodies

Found in food such as : Eggs, Milk, Meats, Legumes

Deficiency leads to : Kwashiorkor - Swollen stomachs, crack and become scaly.


Vitamin C

Found in fruits and vegetables. Fruits with high concentrations of vitamin C include Grapefruits and Guavas.

Deficiency leads to : Scurvy - Bleeding gums(most obvious danger)


Iron

Found in various sources, vegetables and meat both. Liver is rich in iron, so are potatoes.

Excessive consumption causes one to be attracted to magnetss
Deficiency leads to : Swollen joints



Enzymes

Biological catalysts that can speed up a chemical reaction by reducing the activation energy required for the reaction to take place, WE KNOW THIS ALREADY

Profile : Made of proteins, high temperatures and extreme changes in pH break bonds within the protein molecules, DENATURING IT AND CHANGING ITS SHAPE. Active site is then lost... gg

Enzymes catalyse digestion, are vital in anabolic(building with basic substances) and catabolic(destroying to get basic substances) processes. They are supposedly highly specific in their reaction. Certain enzymes only catalyse certain reactions, but there's nothing genetic mutation can't solve :D

Lock and Key HYPOTHESIS ->Reactions depend on presence of active sites, the substrate and enzyme 'fit' together forming an enzyme-substrate complex. After the complex separates, the enzyme molecule is unchanged at the end of the reaction.

Have an optimum temperature of usually around the 40 - 45 degree celsius range. This is due to the greater KINETIC ENERGY the enzymes will have, more effective collisions can occur when... *refer to Chemistry Matters - Rate of reaction*

Are affected by pH, enzymes in stomach like acid, in intestines like alkali. But usually work best at neutral.

Can catalyse reversible reactions o_O



Tuesday, October 02, 2007 10:11 pm



DIFFERENCE IN LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN DCs AND LDCs

Economic well being :
Income per capita -> is the average income each worker in a country receives in a year. It is an indicator of the wealth of people in a country by taking into consideration Gross Domestic Product of the country. GDP per capita refers to the average annual income of each citizen

Employment structure : refers to the ratio of workers working in the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries. Generally DCs have a higher percentage of workers in the tertiary and secondary sector. LDC's are the noob ones, primary industry( AKA KALIMANTAN)

Employment opportunities :
availability of jobs in the country, with more jobs, income per capita increases, and standards of living are improved(because got more money). DC's have more employment opportunities. LDCs are once again, undermined


Health :

Life Expectancy -> The average number of years a person born in a country is expected to live(in Singapore its 143 years, stupid CPF annuities). DCs have enough food, have cleaner environments, access to better health care. LDCs, meh

Infant Mortality Rate -> The rate of babies under the age of one that dies for every 1000 babies. DCs have proper health amenities such as clinics, hospitals, medical research facilities. LDC, ugh.

Water -> Essential for survival, required for activities such as cooking farming and manufacturing. Having access to clean water supply is an indicator of the level of development in the country. in DCs, water is easily available by pipes after it has gone through processing. LDCs have shit water(ahem) which are unsafe for drinking and can spread diseases such as typhoid, cholera, and dysentery(did i spell that right?)

Sanitation -> Access to sanitation facilities allows people to dispose of human waste hygienically. DCs have proper flushing and sewage systems. If sanitation is poor, such as when shit is not properly disposed but left in the open ground. People will exposed to bactera present in the shit and die. End of story

Not, LDCs generally like to leave their shit all over the place randomly(randomly was from the textbook). It may seep into groundwater or washed into rivers and thus the water will be contaminated, posing health risk.


Education!

Literacy rate -> Refers to the percentage of adults(15 years and above) who are able to read and write. Being able to do so allows them to be efficient in using technology, ensuring that the country can continue to develop and achieve a better standard of living. Being able to read and write also enables people to enjoy literature and the fine arts(porn), which can contribute to a better quality of life.

Here comes the comparison : DCs have high literacy rate, duh.

LDCs have a lower literacy rate and it hinders the country's development, primarily due to the fact the citizens are not equipped with the proper knowledge and skills to contribute to the economic development of the country. This will generate less wealth as there will be less tertiary and we all know tertiary > Primary.



Uneven development exists because of the CORE and PERIPHERY. This can be measured on different scales, be it in a single country, or across a region, or even the whole world.





6:11 pm





Cool maplestory glitch, turn up your sound on this one.

If you don't/have never played Maplestory, you might not wanna watch it lol

I hate Emaths, blame me for using youtube today D:



Monday, October 01, 2007 7:14 pm



HAPPY CHILDREN'S DAY ALL!

TAG ON THE LEFT, IT MAKES ME HAPPY




Note : Visage - Face
Vizard - Mask

SS is all about the haze. ya smartay ass nigga.

Naruto : Shippuuden's animators have gone the way of 5 year old kids, in terms of their drawing ability. Naruto looks like a weasel now.

Dad's status as resident council chairman is making him seem like the owner of Cashew Heights. He talks about it more than his regular job. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, we humans are more intelligent than our own good.

I like talking to Weijiang and Kailun because we can keep imagining all sorts of wickedly retarded hypothetical scenarios that wouldn't otherwise happen in real life. Also, weijiang's camera is a bloody sniper. The zoom is not bad, and the focus isn't a pushover either. The rotating lens also allows for perverted usage D=


I'm still missing studio 9 :(

Gave up uploading songs because my ripway account had reached its storage limit. Shall wait till another time when no one bothers reading my old posts anymore.

So the other day I was watching mom watch TV, channel U played some advertisement that used Rolling Star as background music. It was edited so badly there was a one second time gap that didn't link up, just so they could avoid having to begin Yui's singing

Can't wait for 205 chalet, haha. Should be more fun than last time, shall camp there for the entire week. WHO'S IN? Combo with me all the way! :D Wash clothes + iron LMAO okay chao can iron, but I can't. Mebbe I can fold clothes.

Kuanyuan and Zhiwei will remember the time when I washed my clothes at Everly Hotel Resort just because they stank to high heaven. Then I even hung them out on the balcony and then ironed them at max temperature. That same night I caught a cold and tried to remedy it by eating coconut pudding, cup noodles, and guzzling down coke and chips. Kueirong can also testify :D



Memoir of my life, drifted away enough for me to grasp its edge, but never to hold it fully.