Polithinks

Many things past through my brain today... I wonder why most of those related to politics. Am I into politics now???

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I found out that from FASS, the two candidates of NUSSU Exco are Jasmine (Bizcom) and Shawn (PRU). Hmm.. That makes it more fun! So far, those MOST LIKELY to be Exco next year would be

Engin: Zhaowei (Neutral), Amy (Bizcom)
FASS: Jasmine (Bizcom), Shawn (PRU)
SDE: Donald (Bizcom), Michelle (Bizcom)
Sci: Caine (CBLC), Jeremiah (PRU/NVAC)
Comp: Scott (Bizcom), ???
PA: Herman (Bizcom), Junjie (Bizcom)
CAC: Jiancheng (Bizcom), ???

Hmm... Quite a good one... Considering Engin (the stronghold of PRU) has been taken over somehow... But they still have the Sports Club!!! And they have taken one seat from FASS, and a total of 3 seats (improvement from last year 1 seat)... Oh well.... For the benefit of those who are not from NUS, imagine NUSSU as a big country holding a general election. Engin, FASS, etc etc are the contested seats while Bizcom, PRU, etc etc are the contesting parties. NUS fun huh? With all its politics hahaha...

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Speaking of which... I predict that the key to next year PINUS (Perhimpunan Indonesia NUS) general election would be Laura (aka Bulau). This is based on these three observations:
1. Bul was the PD of Kulinus (major event of PINUS) and it was a blast!
2. Bul has the strong 'sidekicks' (Bim, Cin, TLO, Ismy)
3. Bul has generally received well by the top Excos

I bet if she runs as the chairperson (oh well, she is as short as a chair, JK!) she would definitely win. But she told me that she is not that interested to be a chairperson. So there! Her support becomes invaluable. Like when Indonesia had its general election. Why else SBY chose JK other than because he wanted JK pool of supporters from East Indo and Golkar... Similarly, Bulau has quite a wide support. If someone wants to be chairperson of PINUS, he must grab Bulau's support. So yeah, I can think of 3 people who might try to be chairperson next year. Here's the analysis!

1. Danny
Running last year as well. Due to lack of preparation and experience, soundly defeated by more prepared Maulana. Slacker style. Have a big dream about PINUS, coming from arts background. This year Arts and Culture Division Head. Possible VC: Laura.

2. Dipta
Probably running as his nationalism spirit is quite high. Strong candidate on his own. Pretty onst. Coming from hall background. Has his own pool of supporters. This year has been active in PINUS FC and Kulinite. However, he is not that ambitious according to Bulau. Possible VC: Yuven.

3. Ivan
Pioneer cum captain of PINUS FC. This year Sports Division Head. Name mentioned here because of Teddy's idea. Probably not running as chairperson according to TLO's analysis coz he would be busy in his work and PINUS FC. Possible VC: Laura.

4. Eve
Ambitious at times. So might run as chairperson. Who knows? Judging from her grip on Kulinite talkshow this year, she might want to go up next year. Authoritative and plan-based. These two characteristics serve as strength and weakness. She would tie up with those who is strong and who thinks along the same way as her. So, possible VC: Henry.

5. Henry
Teddy thinks it's the other way round... So here it is! Yay! Let's see... Possible VC: Eve.

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And the next thing I need to jot down here is the Engin Club Election yay! I am not running! I dunno, I was thinking that I could win the election this year. Not that I have a lot of support, but I think that I am quite famous in the sense that I am here, there, everywhere. However, my not running this year would be my way of punishing myself from my failure in Oweek. Some more I havent finished learning my Chinese 1 module. I bet if I run (and most likely accepted) history would repeat itself... From this year Oweek Comm, TsinLi, Edi and Yman are running. I bet they are those shoo in candidates. They are like everywhere too...

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Disclaimer: The content of this post is influenced to some extent by Teddy, the guy whom I regard as my senior in NUSSU. Other than that, most analysis comes from TLO. However, I dont want to be sued due to my post!

Pendoa

Pendoa
: anak-anak FA Hendra

setiap malam terdengar suara
dari dalam kamar: sebuah doa
yang khusyuk barangkali puisi

setiap malam terdengar suara
dari luar kamar: seorang malaikat
yang ingin parkir di tubuhnya


19 Agustus 2007

Well, this is a poem created by one of my FA mate, Steven... Quite a nice one IMHO. I could get what he meant at the surface level. Simple, yet deep. The title can be freely translated as 'Ones Who Pray". But I shall not try to translate the whole poem as I may dilute the meaning behind the poem. However, at the surface level, it describes my FA project on mass night prayer at our own houses. Go Steve! This post is for you...

PS: Met ultah, Mam... (though I dont think she would open this blog, she even scared to turn on a computer!)

Alternative Avenue

Oh well... I thought I have found an alternative venue to channel my lamistry but apparently I was wrong haha. The moderators of TLG Forum apparently consider my posts as spam. Partially true... Hahahha... Oh well... Never mind. I always have this blog (supposedly private) if I want to ramble about. 2 fella have already told me that my language a little bit incomprehensible. One is my bro, the other one is sate. This is how I thought so yeah, like that lorh. While I would like to share many thoughts, this blog may not be exactly the best way to do that. As I mentioned way much earlier, this is where I pen (or 'type') my thoughts before they are gone with the winds...

Bizcom interviews have just passed. The standard of those being interviewed I think not so bad. I am particularly excited to find that one guy has a brilliant idea on how to market cute bikinis in Alaska. He said that he would design a transparent sweater to go with it... Cool huh? Of course there are many many ppl (sorry) from Viet n PRC whom I just could not understand. I found it okay. Most likely it's just their inability to express themselves in English. I do believe many of these people will improve. But the thing which I found disappointing is that none of the Indo candidates is good enough to make it to Bizcom... @$%(*&^% laaa.... Their standard is not that bad, true. Edwin had managed to get 2.5 millions rupiah sponsorship from Panin Bank, which is like A LOT OF MONEY back there. Then Gaby did extensive research on Bizcom... Dessy is just 15 but braved herself to do that interview... But then again, the classic problem kicked in! Language! I think Gaby did well, just that she got outshined by a local who was interviewed together with her. Oh well, I just hope that couple of those ppl can join Bizcom... For their own good haha...

LAC1201, Chinese 1 module that I take this sem has been quite interesting. However, I found it quite hard to understand n follow. 4 crazy tones! Still cant d/dx tone no 2 n tone no 3 whee... Maybe it's just that I am not accustomed to it. But just make me a bit worry la... Few ppl apparently know more than me alr. Aiyah, nevermind la... Healthy challenge for me! THENNN... I was told that we were to make a blog as part of the assignment... Errr.... Can I submit this blog? Hahaha...

Life is GOOD!

Sem 1 AY 2007/2008

Im taking 4 modules this sem....
BIZ 2201 Logistic and Marketing
CBL 1102 Welfare in Computing
NVA 1001 Charity Fiesta
IRC 2151 PINUS Welfare

Kidding! Oh well... Being Mech Eng guy has not been fun to me. Quite some challenging new concept. Especially the two 'deep' subjects, Fluid Mech n Mech of Material... There are kind of 'gap' between the level 1000 mods to these two mods. Hmm... A challenge is there to be overcome, no? Currently in CBLC, probably going to be my next home... And they told me 'This system is shutting down....' blah blah... So yeah, must log off before kena kicked.

Undergrads yay!

Well, another silly things I came up with those two guys... Inspiration from the "How many JC students needed to replace a lightbulb" thingy.

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How many Med undergrads needed to replace a lightbulb?
None. They still can use their torchlight to read the 8365-page thick textbooks at night. Study more important you see...

How many Dentistry undergrads needed to replace a lightbulb?
None. The dentist operation table has more than 10 lightbulbs.

How many Arts undergrads needed to replace a lightbulb?
One guy + all the girls. The guy (if any) would replace the lightbulb while the girls do the A-R-T-S cheer.

How many Engin undergrads needed to replace a lightbulb?
One guy + 3 courses. They need the EE ppl to design the circuit, ISE ppl to supervise the production of the new lightbulb, EVE ppl to ensure the lightbulb is biodegradable.

How many Bizad undergrads needed to replace a lightbulb?
The whole fac. One group of girls to ask the Engin guys to design for them, the rest try to sell to the whole world.

How many Sci undergrads needed to replace a lightbulb?
None. They only know the theory. They leave the application to the Engin guys.

How many Law undergrads needed to replace a lightbulb?
Just one. The top student! They just need to sue the lightbulb factory, and ask them to pay $75,000/- on top of replacing the lightbulb.

How many Music undergrads needed to replace a lightbulb?
None. They can go accoustic.

How many SDE undergrads needed to replace a lightbulb?
The whole fac. PFM ppl will supervise the project called "Lightbulb Replacement Project". Industrial Design ppl will make a new lightbulb that can act as a scanner and a massager. Archi ppl will think of the design of the whole house on which the lightbulb is installed. The Real Estate ppl will spam the world with such house.

How many Computing undergrads needed to replace a lightbulb?
None. Who cares. As long as the laptop is still on....

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Engineers-In-Making

Hmm... I decided to spam my own blog today... Long time no writing. Anyways, this is something that I came up with when I was with Edwin n Aditz...

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A lecturer enters a COMMON ENGIN lecture group and greets the students "Good morning!"

A student who is going to be streamed to Bio Engin would:
reply back to him

A student who is going to be streamed to ISE would:
prepare his desk, take out his lecture note and his pen, open up to the last page of the previous lecture, say "Good morning!" all in grand total of 3 seconds (super efficient mah?)

A student who is going to be streamed to Civil Engin would:
be busy making a pyramid out of 3 of his pens

A student who is going to be streamed to ME would:
*snort* uh... lecture time already arh (while waking up from his nap)

A student who is going to be streamed to EE would:
(talking to each other) Wart iss the meaning of good morning? (in thick Indian accent of course)

A student who is going to be streamed to Chem Engin would:
take down "Good morning!" on his notepad (a bit too diligent, eh?)

A student who is going to be streamed to ESP would:
confuse whether the should be in Science instead

A student who is going to be streamed to Env Engin would:
ponder whether the morning is good if the PSI is in moderate level

A student who is going to be streamed to MSE would:
be analyzing whether the bench could be made comfortable if the manufacturer used HDPE instead and ask those Bio Engin guy whether the material is biodegradable or not

A student who is going to be streamed to Comp Engin would:
printf("\nGood morning!\n");

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Cheer v Praise

As might have been observed I always draw a parallel line between my secular life and my spiritual life. Well this time I would present my case on why cheering is at lower level than praise. Many regards my cheering ability above normal. I once did a list on how many cheers I could actually lead and it turned out that I had a collection of 39 cheers (not included those I can half-lead). All the lesson I have learned from cheering apparently showed me that praising God is of a higher level than cheering.

In cheers, you shout your heart out loud.
In praise, you shout your heart n soul out loud.

In cheers, the text does not matter, as long as you high can already.
In praise, while the text matter, the most important thing is the heart of worship, being high is not enough.

In cheers, you build the spirit of the team.
In praise, you build the throne of God.

In cheers, if you do stupid actions with your team, no one is ashamed.
In praise, even if you are the only one doing a stupid action, you wont feel ashamed.

In cheers, 'we' (including me) are the best.
In praise, 'He' (not including me) is the best.

In cheers, the happier your heart is, the better.
In praise, even your heart is broken like mad, God is still pleased.

In cheers, you must smile!
In praise, you can cry!

In cheers, louder is better.
In praise, louder can be worse if your heart is not set on the correct place.

In cheers, you shout out loud nonsense after the cheer to maintain the high-ness.
In praise, you shout out loud after the cheer how you praise God in your own words.

In cheers, you can insult anyone.
In praise, no insulting please...

See what I mean, praise is of higher level rite??

Things I did during my blog-absence

*MF
-> becoming bad guy the whole 4 days
-> chasing ppl, booking societies
-> kicking Haleluyah Society out of MPSH
-> kena spear by Jeremiah, followed by wall of Jericho n inverter
-> fastest carry-er of 10 matric packs
-> looted matric packs n being looted by those in NUSSU Sec

*Oweek
-> fought for FD
-> being demoted to Log Team due to overpersuasiveness
-> kanasai by all the log+prog s***
-> witnessing Alchemist (FD reloaded) becoming the contract killers
-> pride of being the OGL of FD
-> black

*Kulinus - Kulinite
-> high level of spirit of the ppl in kulinite (my lvl 2 though)
-> perform with Citra's grp
-> R-O-K lets ROK (relax one korner la) with Edo, Dipta, Adit Kris, Leo...