The Murderous Quantum Mechanics Test

During PC3130 Quantum Mechanics 2 tutorial today,

Prof Englert: What do you think you got for the test?
Someone: 50?
Prof Englert: You're an optimist!

Philosophical Suicide

Tell me, is it suicide to put in a philosophical essay the following line?

It is our ability to reason logically that we can reason logically.

P.S.: the essay is due tomorrow evening...

Philosophical Perdition

I think my PH1101E Reason and Persuasion essay is rapidly becoming a quicksand. Initially my plan was to pick up some ambiguous point in the text, clear things up and reconstruct the whole argument. But now with every re-definition comes another part of the argument shattering into pieces, and even as I mend them the consequence of which causes more pieces to fall off. It's really like cleaning off an oil stain on a pane of glass with your fingers...

Gosh, I better get my essay into proper form by tomorrow... I cannot afford to screw it up given that it is a graded module.

A Zeroth World Singapore

New post in the Feynman Boson regarding MM Lee's vision for Singapore.

uPapa = Yubaba?

OSIM has been very aggressive with their marketing and promotion of their new back massage machine called uPapa. How they arrived at this name, I'm quite interested to know... The first time I heard this on radio, I thought it was called Yubaba, after that evil sorceress who owns the bathhouse in Spirited Away.



Hmm... massage... bathhouse... power drum action... unnaturally large head... Oh well...

Laughs for the New Year

Here's some brilliant stuff by my two favourite performance groups, Tripod and the Umbilical Brothers. Enjoy, and happy new year as always!

Happy New Year

Yeah, that's right. Greetings from The Feynman Fermion on CNY2007!

Jammed Neck

For some unknown reason, I woke up on Tuesday with a slight ache on my neck, which developed in the next day into a crippling neck ache which restricted the rotational capabilities of my neck to about 45º. Even today, my neck isn't in a very good shape, and everytime I talk to someone I've to turn my whole body, reminding myself of FFVIII characters.

This has happened before, and it usually lasts a few days... though I have absolutely no idea what has caused it. I now just hope that my neck will be sufficiently twistable for Chinese New Year.

Killed...

Pandemonium has been slain by PC3130 Quantum Mechanics 2 term test 1.

The End of a Paperclip

(News from AppScout via Slashdot.)



So the much-hated Office assistant has finally met its demise, ending the frustrations of Office users with those irritating, computer-lagging appearances when you need it the least.

So long... and don't come back!

Does Your Lecture Feel Like This?

Mine sure does.

[Edit: Correction - in the title I meant "Lecture", not "Tutorial".]

A Trinity of Abstinence

Today, I'll hereby officially declare that I will be abstaining from alcohol, abalone and McDonald's.

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No, I'm not joking. I'm quite serious about it.

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Reasons. First, for alcohol, I don't really like the taste, and I'm not enthusiastic to have my mind clouded by what I put into my mouth. Second, abalone... I've came to the conclusion that there's nothing delicious about it, and the reason why it's "nice" is because it's expensive, which I thought was rather absurd. Third, McDonald's... well, I never really liked McDonald's actually... I mean, it's expensive and unhealthy, and doesn't even taste nice anyway, and abstinence helps me avoid it.

Above all, for all three, I just felt like it. No particularly strong reason. Just that. Maybe for fun, if you want. But I'm nonetheless serious about my decision.

The Origin of Schrödinger's Equation

"Have you ever asked why F = ma? No? Good. Then don't ask why Schrödinger's equation is like that." - Dr Yeo Ye

The Oily Business in Global Warming

... is a new article at this blog's sister, accessible here.

Oh, regarding the last post, I'm pretty much through the rough time... probably just a few lingering strands of it left.