Saturday, October 27, 2007

Jobs and Interviews

Enough of rubbish school work.

Today is FRIDAY. Time for some break...

You know, when the end is near- The end towards graduation, which is not exactly that near, since there's still a good half a year to go...People are already looking for jobs, sending resumes, going for interviews and what have you. As for myself, I am as happy as a cranky student. Maybe i should start planning? Heeee

Came across some atypical job interview questions supposedly asked by Google (Dunno how true tt is).

"You are shrunk to the height of a nickel and your mass is proportionally reduced so as to maintain your original density. You are then thrown into an empty glass blender. The blades will start moving in 60 seconds. What do you do?"

"Imagine you have a closet full of shirts. It’s very hard to find a shirt. So what can you do to organize your shirts for easy retrieval?"

I am particularly amused by some questions:

"Four people need to cross a rickety rope bridge to get back to their camp at night. Unfortunately, they only have one flashlight and it only has enough light left for seventeen minutes. The bridge is too dangerous to cross without a flashlight, and it�s only strong enough to support two people at any given time. Each of the campers walks at a different speed. One can cross the bridge in 1 minute, another in 2 minutes, the third in 5 minutes, and the slow poke takes 10 minutes to cross. How do the campers make it across in 17 minutes?"

"You have five pirates, ranked from 5 to 1 in descending order. The top pirate has the right to propose how 100 gold coins should be divided among them. But the others get to vote on his plan, and if fewer than half agree with him, he gets killed. How should he allocate the gold in order to maximize his share but live to enjoy it? (Hint: One pirate ends up with 98 percent of the gold.)"

Heeheee...Kinda reminds me of primary school days.

What does it take for a company to be that out of the box?

Sunday, October 21, 2007

kun gao buay jeng chu (睡到不认屋)

I was SUPPOSED to be a 10 min. break before i would wake up to wrap up the day (Though it was at 1 plus am. Hohoho)

But, i was SOOOO TIRED. The 10 mins 'nap' became 3 hours. Den, my mother came. This is some part of what i roughly remember...

Me: (In semi-comatose state) "你是谁?"
Mother: (In hokkein) "我是你老母啦!"
Me: (Still slurry state) "我的牛奶还没喝完, 我要去喝"
(Attempts to get up but was stopped by mother)
Me: "还有lor mee没有吃, 你们每次吃不完就推给我...叫他自己吃"
(Attempts to get up again)
Me: "我还没有刷牙,不可以...我要刷牙..."
Mother: (Stops me) "不要刷了啦, 现在几点了....那里有人四点起来刷牙的...."
(Sounds reasonable, falls asleep again)

WAS I SO TIRED? Or maybe, i dream of the conversation...Whichever the case...BAAAAAA...This is SOOOOOOOOOO irritating...I din get up to 刷牙!!! ABCD.

Friday, October 19, 2007

Never ending...

正所谓:一眼米养百种人
圆的扁的
正的邪的
善的恶的
好的坏的
明的暗的

近来,到处碰到小动作特别多的人。

天啊!来几个光明磊落的吧!

真恶心。。。累人。

Monday, October 15, 2007

"Tweak tweak....tweak..." This is what i have been doing so far.
Tweak my parameters for HPLC,
Tweak my operating conditions for Hysys, and what have you.

Tweak until my brain is also tweaking.
Please don't let the wires overheat.
I don't want a short circuit.

"Tweak..tweak tweak..."
I see it even in people.
Events bring out the traits.
To each his own,
the survival of the fittest.

What remains of humanity?

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Mood: Moon River by Emi Fujita

This morning i woke up,
sleepier than a log,
deader than a dead horse,
sianer than ever,
with thoughts funnier than ever.

Wonder why, my family likes to call me when i am having lessons.

This afternoon my mum called during my Hysys tutorial. She had with her a very important question:

Mama: "Eh 我老板的孩子(Think PRC) 要来这里(Singapore) 读书."
Mama: "国大什么科最好?"
Me: "哪里有最好的???????????????????????????????????"
Mama: "什么科最好?????"
Me: "Er.................." =.="""
Me: "Medicine lo..."
Mama: "then 第二好呢?"
Me: "Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......不知道"
Mama: "那你那颗呢? 你那颗Physic..."
(?!? Since when i transfer to Science Fac HUH)
Me: "Medicine 进不了就来chem eng lo...."
Mama: "那你是不是进不了才去这科?"
Me: "*($@^&*&(@*&%@(#*!"

Actually, isn't it more important to take what you like? I mean, "best" is subjective. I don't really know how to answer her. But in general, I think people just want to go for the "best" money making course. But how many can actually make it to that "big" eventually? For all you know, you could be blindly chasing some illusion, like what i did when i thought chem eng HAS to be my cup of tea.

I tell you ah, my only 2 consolations for going chem eng are: Having met Mr. Soh; and getting a number of weirdo frens...Whoot~

My level of positivity has just hit a low. I know there are many more things more deserving of thinking than sulking at my own trivial matters. But the projects, outcomes are really wearing me down. For a moment, i feel my thoughts wondering. 好彷徨阿~

Perhaps i should really take more time to sit down and reflect- For directives. I miss my Dynamic Cedar Principal, Mrs. Tay Sor Har. I wish for more inspirations.

Maybe a haircut would do the trick, since my head feels weighed down.

"I see light at the end of the tunnel. Is that a train approaching? "

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Faltering

I was reading some blogs to relax myself when i decided i am tempted to do an entry too...Hoho...

I had been wanting to write this for some time, but, i never got around to it.

I was waiting for bus at some bus stop one night, when i noticed that a bus had stopped by the bus stop for a long while.

What i saw next was the bus captain helping an uncle down the bus. The uncle's legs were weak, and he needed to walk with mechanical support. Wanted to help him out, but then i thought i saw someone waiting for him. Hmm...

Anyway, i looked at the night sky and was reminded of something. Remember the channel 5 program "Extraordinary People"?

Fond rememberance of the song but too bad, couldn't find it online. Goes something like this:

"Just when i was wondering who,
could turn the grey skies blue...
You were passing along the way...
and you brightened up my day..."

The song is doubly meaningful as far as i am concerned. Dunno why.

Well, in my eyes, my grandma n my aunt n my mama are extraordinary.

Technically, we can be one too, in many small ways. Maybe say...extraordinarily spastic?; or extraordinarily lame;? or extraordinarily out of this world...Hoho...

But well, we can always choose to make life a little more beautiful in many little ways of consideration too. You don't need to be ultra kind to achieve that. It is not THAT hard.

In case you are wondering, I do have work to do. But work can never be finished. Besides, the more i push, the greater the inertia. Whoot~

Wasn't feeling well this morning. Betta now. Thanks DT =) You tc 2.