Bussing Options

Hellos ppls. I've come up with a list to see how's everyone's response bout the bus.. We might be able to use the Welfare Fund if there's enough demand.. Ooh econs! Haha..

For a 30 seater its $60 for one way and $80 for two way. 45 seater is $70 and $100 respectively.

That would be :
30 seater One Way Two ways
$2.00 $2.70
45 Seater One Way Two ways
$1.60 $2.30

If we take public transport..
5 mins waiting for 196, time to travel to Buona Vista MRT= 10min, BV MRT to Pasir Ris MRT=43 mins + waiting time ave 5 min. Pasir Ris wait for bus, 5mins. Time taken to reach MJC = 10min. Plus all those walking time, 5 mins.
Total : About 80+ mins (1hr 20 mins)
Cost : $0.45 + $0.50 + $0.45 - $0.20 (Rebate for transfer) = $1.20

So yup. Bus will probably be bout 45mins? Max one hour. (Hopefully) And don't need to walk to bus stops/Run for bus/Squeeze on MRT! Just add a bit more money only loh.. And we'll be able to eat meals in hostel so that's another way of saving money! So let's see how it goes yeah..

Do let me know by Sunday aft so that hopefully we can arrange by monday (one week's notice for the bus ppls loh)..
So yup! Thanks ppls! Enjoy your weekend! =)

Interesting Article!

Indulge your inner child today

By Khoo How San

TODAY is 'Why? Day'. Never heard of it?

Never mind, you have xx hours left - depending on when you read this article and the main one by Dr Frank Starmer on this page - to go with the flow of your suppressed curiosity.

Let the child in you ask 'Why?' 'Why not?' 'How come?' 'What if?' 'But, but...' And let the child or kids in the family have their day, ergo, no question, no matter how wacky it seems to you, is to be dismissed out of hand today.

I like to believe that, like Dr Starmer, I have always been curious, and that I have had some role in my children's curiosity.

Eons ago, when I was a six-year-old, my dad finally got me a mechanical wristwatch (those were pre-digital days). Of course he conveniently failed to say where he bought it. But it impressed me: shockproof, waterproof, 17 jewels, automatic, it proudly declared on its faceplate.

Yes, I was curious - to see if it could be shocked. The good old very scientific drop test was initiated. Let's just say that after my experiment I still had a very accurate timepiece: it was very, very accurate twice a day.

Many, many years later, my own six-year-old daughter proved she had acquired my 'curiosity' genes.

We lived on the fifth storey of a five-storey walkup apartment block then, with a balcony where she would spend her weekend playtime. I bought her a battery-operated flying saucer toy, flashing lights and all.

Yes, she tested it. She reported very scientifically that it did not fly when, ahem, the drop test from the balcony was initiated. The good news for me is that she is still curious, and is a doctor training to be a scientist-clinician.

My other daughter is just as curious, in a more philosophical way. Once, we were on a holiday when she was three. At breakfast in San Francisco, we were served bao (Chinese buns). But the bao had a hole on top, presumably to let steam out.

She took a look at the bao in front of her and bawled, 'Who bit my bao?'

It was quite a scene as she was inconsolable. Someone chipped in: 'Look, everyone's bao has a hole in it.'

I would like to think it was her philosophical curiosity (from the particular to the general reasoning at work) that made her riposte: 'Who bit everybody's bao!'

She should be all right on her curiosity quotient (CQ). She has started university, reading philosophy, of course.

So, take the family out the rest of today, and together ask 'Why?' and so on. Look at road signs. Ponder over why a particular sign says 'Raised zebra crossing', yet has a drawing of a man crossing a street.

Recall those good old days when you studied, loved or hated science - and whether you crammed in useless formulae or learnt useful stuff like 'Which organ expands up to 10 times when excited?'

By the way, it's not what you think, you dirty-minded you. It's the pupil of the eye.

The writer is a copy editor with The Straits Times

Aug 25, 2007

PRELIMS!

how's it going seniors?

here's moral support!!
all the best if there're still papers!!!!

Merdeka!

Remember this pic? Well.. For the benefit of those who weren't here last year.. It was taken during last year's Merdeka celebration! So yup. It's that time of year again.. (Thankfully we won't be singing any buruh nelayan.. again!=)

So! Calling all members of the AC Malaysian family! This year's Merdeka celebration..

Date : 30 August 2007
Time : 7pm-12am
Venue: NUSHS Residence Canteen

(Dear J3 Seniors : Since we might not be able to contact all of you.. Do pass the word around and see who would wanna come? Yays!)

get active...

what does being an ASEAN scholar meant to you?
do you realise you're a chosen one?

i came here and realised that i wans't as stuck-in-a-small-town-under-a-coconut-shell as i thought i previously was. suddenly i realise i can make a difference. that my decisions and actions can actually catalyse a change, perhaps in our family, our community or even our country.
you, especially you, being an ASEAN scholar, have been given the privelege to learn first-hand experience from a First world country. you have insider information, albeit a little glossed over as singapore tend to picture perfect everything to you. nonetheless you have experienced an 'out-of-the-box' experience that your fellow friends in malaysia can only dream of.
you are equipped and empowered with the knowledge, the insights and the alternative point-of-view so badly required to precipitate change in Malaysia.

last month, Malaysia blogger Nathaniel Tan was detained by the police
http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/07/13/malaysia-blogger-detained-by-police/

then the Parliament decides to clampdown on Malaysia vibrant blogging scene
http://www.suaram.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=540&Itemid=1

already our newspapers, local publications are being censored, both by the government, or self-censored, to avoid discussion of 'sensitive' issues...the public turns to blogs and now the government wants to regulate the virtual arena too.

isnt it time we got involved in out nation's affairs?
http://thecicak.com/?p=232

oh you'd want to check this out
http://thecicak.com/?p=275#more-275

Gambateh Seniors[Haiching Edition]

Hi Seniors.
I post this on haiching's behalf


She wanted to wish you all happy mugging!!!!

*It is only my interpretation of what she means. I am not responsible misphrasing what she said. :)

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