Sonnet of Permission

Can I address you by nickname with glee,
And start planning the next class vacation?
Can I tell roommates 'bout our family tree,
And share with them our class publication?

Can I call in the middle of the night,
And find you online without thinking twice?
Can I discuss a political fight,
And, on lasting concerns, ask for advice?

Can I play the same songs time and again,
And pronounce "allele" the way you do?
Can I stop the songs before they begin,
And never go mad the way I used to?

When I stand alone in a foreign land,
Can I think of you? Please do say I can.


(Leaving on the 14th. Keep in touch, and don't say I didn't warn you if your phone ever rings at midnight.)

Farewell gathering

Well guys, all of you know that there are a few of us who are going to somewhere else to continue their studies.
So, we have decided to organise the gathering at sunway pyramid again..
Well i know that this is nothing new to you guys...
So the details of the gathering is as follows:

• Date: 22 June 2008
• Venue: Sunway Pyramid
• Time: approx. 10.30 am

If you have any enquiries, pls contact me or boon.

For those who can come, pls tell us as soon as possible.

Thank you. See you there. :)

永恒的存在

如果墙上的时钟整天都在一直滴答滴答响，你就不会觉知它的存在，但是如果有一天突然停止，你将会立刻觉知到。如果你父母或伴侣整天都嘀嘀咕咕，你一定会把它当耳边风，但是当那天他们突然不说了，你反而会记起他们说的话。

如果你突然掉了颗牙齿，你的舌头就会伸向那个不存在的牙齿，以前它根本不会察觉那颗牙齿，牙齿在那里但就跟不存在一样，而现在它不存在，你才发觉它的存在。你和亲密的人的情况不也一样。当他们还在的时候，你常视若无睹，你不会想他们，但是当他们不在，你就开始会去想。

你自己难道没有经验过这样的事吗？如果你所爱的人离你很近，你就会忘掉他们，当他们离得很远，你就开始想他们。他们离得越远，你想他们就想得越厉害。

现在你看着这文章，请你闭上你的眼睛，你心中是不是还记得这文章的内容？如果记得的话，那这文章已经存在你心中。反之，如果你看都不看，那即使它一直都在，也等于不存在。

事实上，当一个人已经不存在，你还能感觉到他，那才是真正的存在，如果你无法感觉他的存在的话，那他压根就不曾存在。

你的父母、伴侣、朋友每天都在你身旁，但你有真正注意到他们的存在吗？

当时钟滴答滴答响时，不要觉得厌烦。有一天突然不响了，你还会怀念它。当你跟所爱别离，不要忧伤；因为当他不在的时候，你会发现他才真正跟你在一起。

记住，要珍惜还在你身边的人哦！


PS: Specially posted for wen zhen. ALL THE BEST to u and I will miss you always!

Initial Goodbye

I find it absolutely difficult to bid farewell.

We have parted ways before, and the bond fostered
in two years time has yet to break. You might say
losing touch with each other is impossible, so don't
let the tears flow once more even as we move apart.

And yet I fail to constrain my doubts as I will be
leaving for KYUEM Perak for two long years. Thus I
will no longer be able to meet you for gatherings
as often as I'd prefer, no longer be there to join
you in visits back to Catholic high, or in RedBox,
singing emo songs that bring back too many images.

Reality hurts. As much as we try not to admit it,
even if we make plenty of promises now, we probably
might drift apart as time's natural consequence. If
ever that happens, I hope you know that the shared
memories we once had really meant a lot to me. Please
be happy; cherish every day the class spends together,
every moment. But I do wish that in my absence, you'd
reminisce the past with a smile, once in a while.

Signing off,
5s5 member - Wen Zhen

(Note: The core of this open letter lies in the initial alphabet of each line. It's always most difficult to be straightforward when you say something you really mean.)

miss lum's retirement souvenir

hellooo darlingsss,

we hav decided to record the "yue liang dai biao wo de xin" video clip for miss lum's retirement souvenir at terence's house..

The details are as follows :

Day : Tuesday (13/5/08)
Time : 6pm
Add : 15, Jalan 1/7, Petaling Jaya, 46000 (old town)

Terence' num : 017-2566991

we hope all of u'll b dere..
if possible, can u guys msg me n let me noe whether u r coming anot.. thanks alot!!
my num is 0166588900..

thanks alot.. = )

Between the Lines

WARNING: READ TILL THE END BEFORE YOU RUN AFTER ME WITH A KNIFE

1 I used to think of my class very highly; no doubt
2 I was wrong, and it would be a lie if I say that
3 my thoughts have never changed. I no longer
4 look forward to any class gathering, and often
5 spend any day not thinking about my classmates.
6 After all I have not been happy with you around.
7 As time has passed, my liking for 5S5 has not
8 lasted like I promised, in fact it has actually
9 faded a bit. Looking back at the times we spent
10 in CHS, it has never felt good at all to be
11 together, the laughter and tears we shared meant
12 nothing at all to me. I dreaded being in class
13 more than anything I can put in words. You are
14 not convincing at all when you self-profess as
15 an amazing bunch of fun people. No one else could
16 have been worse than you, even a politician would
17 have brought more colour to my life. I am able to
18 enjoy life more without you; it is difficult to
19 smile from the depths of my heart in your company.
20 Being in the same class as you was a torment.
21 On the first day itself I decided that I would
22 have prefered any other class; only fools would
23 truly cherish those two years. I believe that
24 as much as we hate to admit it, undeniably, even
25 if we put in our effort to hold on to one another,
26 it will yield no outcome, and there is no way
27 our friendship will last forever. I swear
28 that when I express my growing hatred for you,
29 I mean it. If you think I really do love 5S5,
30 consider again; if you have realised otherwise,
31 you are absolutely right. I appreciate the fact
32 that I have the courage to deny the saying
33 that I am a part of 5S5, and I am proud of it.


Note: Read the odd-numbered lines ONLY, i.e. the first, third, fifth etc.

This confession, with both literal and hidden meanings, is written by Wen Zhen.
There are no seditious contents. Don't sue the blogger.

Ok Here (was) the Deal.

Guys (and girls), we decided to make a short message clip for Miss Lum on her retirement.

So, please record a clip, video or sound and send it to Wen Zhen or I =)

[Aya: If it's a camera-recorded clip, you can send it to either of us via msn or mail.
If it's a phone MMS, please send it to Ying Yang - my phone can't receive them. Thanks.]

The clip should be about 10 secs approx.

Cheerios =) (Thats so Australian =/)
____________________________________________

Dear all,

We regrettably inform that this video clip project has failed due to lack of response, and it is understandable that the timing was inconvenient for most of us. I wish to extend my gratitude and apology to those who have contributed their clips. Sorry guys, perhaps we'll come up with a better plan next time? ^^

Wen Zhen

To Challange Jin

To challange Jin's bashing of engineers and physicists.

Here are some attorney jokes.

These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things
people actually said in court, word for word , taken down and now published by
court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were
actually taking place.



ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?
WITNESS: No, I just lie there.
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ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
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ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS: I forget.
ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?
_____________________________________
ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Susan!
______________________________________
ATTORNEY: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo?
WITNESS: We both do.
ATTORNEY: Voodoo?
WITNESS: We do.
ATTOR NEY: You do?
WITNESS: Yes, voodoo
______________________________________
ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
____________________________________
ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
WITNESS: Uh, he's twenty-one.
________________________________________
ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS: Are you kidding' me?
______________________________________
ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS: Uh.... I was getting laid!
______________________________________
ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None .
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
WITNESS: Are you shittin' me? Your Honour, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?
______________________________________
ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS: By death.
ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?
WITNESS: Now whose death do you suppose terminated it?
______________________________________
ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.
ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
WITNESS: Guess.
_____________________________________
ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
______________ _______________ _________
ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people. Would you like to
rephrase that?
______________________________________
ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
WITNESS: Oral.
______________________________________
ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him!
____________________________________________
ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
WITNESS: Huh....are you qualified to ask that question?
______________________________________
And the best for last:

ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.

Managed to make me smile lah =)

Some Random (Physics) Jokes

Well, this is my maiden post. Let's hope Pn Sim does not see this =)

How many first year engineering students does it take to change a light bulb?

None. That's a second year subject.

How many second year engineering students does it take to change a light bulb?

One, but the rest of the class copies the report.

How many third year engineering students does it take to change a light bulb?"

Will this question be in the final examination?"

How many civil engineers does it take to change a light bulb?

Two. One to do it and one to steady the chandelier.

How many electrical engineers does it take to change a light bulb?

None. They simply redefine darkness as the industry standard.

How many computer engineers does it take to change a light bulb?"

Why bother? The socket will be obsolete in six months anyway."

How many mechanical engineers does it take to change a light bulb?

Five. One to decide which way the bulb ought to turn, one to calculate the force required, one to design a tool with which to turn the bulb, one to design a comfortable - but functional - hand grip, and one to use all this equipment.

How many nuclear engineers does it take to change a light bulb?

Seven. One to install the new bulb and six to figure out what to do with the old one for the next 10,000 years.

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Why did the chicken cross the road?

Issac Newton: Chickens at rest tend to stay at rest, chickens in motion tend to cross roads.

Albert Einstein: Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road crossed the chicken depends on your frame of reference.

Aristotle: It is the nature of chickens to cross roads.

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You enter the laboratory and see an experiment. How will you know which class is it?

If it's green and wiggles, it's biology.
If it stinks, it's chemistry.
If it doesn't work, it's physics.

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There is this farmer who is having problems with his chickens. All of the sudden, they are all getting very sick and he doesn't know what is wrong with them. After trying all conventional means, he calls a biologist, a chemist, and a physicist to see if they can figure out what is wrong. So the biologist looks at the chickens, examines them a bit, and says he has no clue what could be wrong with them. Then the chemist takes some tests and makes some measurements, but he can't come to any conclusions either. So the physicist tries. He stands there and looks at the chickens for a long time without touching them or anything. Then all of the sudden he starts scribbling away in a notebook. Finally, after several gruesome calculations, he exclaims, 'I've got it! But it only works for spherical chickens in a vacuum.'

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Q: How many theoretical physicists specializing in general relativity does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Two. One to hold the bulb and one to rotate the universe.

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You might be an engineer if...

... you have no life and can prove it mathematically

... you enjoy pain

... you know vector calculus but you can't remember how to do long division =)

... you chuckle whenever anyone says 'centrifugal force'

... you've actually ever used every single function on your graphing calculator =)

... when you look in the mirror, you see an engineering major

... you always do homework on Friday nights

... you know how to integrate a chicken and can take the derivative of water =)

... you think in 'math'.. . . you've calculated that the World Series actually diverges

... you hesitate to look at something because you don't want to break down its wave function

... you have a pet named after a scientist

... you laugh at jokes about mathematicians

... the Humane Society has had you arrested because you actually performed the Schroedinger's Cat Experiment =)

... you can translate English into Binary =)

... you avoid doing anything because you don't want to contribute to the eventual heat-death of the universe

... when your professor asks you where your homework is, you claim to have accidentally determined its momentum so precisely, that according to Heisenberg it could be anywhere in the universe =)

... the 'fun' center of your brain has deteriorated from lack of use

... you'll assume that a 'horse' is a 'sphere' in order to make the math easier =)

... you understood more than five of these indicators

... you know the glass is neither half full nor half empty; it's simply twice as big as it needs to be =)

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Several professors were asked to solve the following problem: "Prove that all odd integers are prime."

Mathematician: 3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, 7 is a prime, 9 is not a prime - counter-example - claim is false.

Physicist: 3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, 7 is a prime, 9 is an experimental error, 11 is a prime ... =)

Engineer: 3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, 7 is a prime, 9 is a prime, 11 is a prime ...

Computer Scientist: 3's a prime, 5's a prime, 7's a prime ... segmentation fault

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