Thursday, December 31, 2009

Oh My Mum!

The last day of 2009!



With regard to the entire year...



Well, I'm too lazy to type out my thoughts. You can listen to this song instead.



Happy New Year everyone!







我以为有一天总算长大
可以大声说自己的想法
哪知道越大就越要识相
莫名奇妙的人都要我听话

我以为我可以不用假装
谁知道还要受这么多伤
闷的我闷的压力这么大
我想跑我想跑我想跑




Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Dumb Korean Songs

KOREAN SONGS...

Recent one especially...




As far as I know













ALL THE SIMILAR CRAP.





Don't believe me? Here's the proof.
(You don't have to watch the whole video, just the first 60 seconds of each)






First, we have "Nobody Nobody Nobody" by WonderGirls, which everyone is already familiar with. So I shall skip that video.




And then, we have "Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry".






After that, we have this, known as "Gee Gee Gee Gee".






And now? We have "Bo Beep Bo Beep Bo Beep". <--- The worst of the lot.




Seriously, how these songs can generate MILLIONS of views on Youtube is beyond me. All of these songs work on the same formula.

Creating an extremly catchy and addictive chorus, and repeatedly drilling it into your head. It's an extremely disgusting yet effective formula.

Even though you know in your mind that the song is just crap, you can't help but listen to it because the chorus just keeps echoing in your head. It's like a deadly virus.








The Winning "Korean Song" Formula




Based on this fact, I think ANYONE can create a successful Korean song. You don't have to be a professional song writer or anything. Save the money, write it yourself.

If I am the producer, I'll do this.

Randomly take some 2 or 3 syallable words and chain them together. Repeat them about 10 times. Use this as the chorus.

Then, find about 5 pretty girls and have them perform some whacky/cute dance. Use this as the MV.

GUARANTEE. This song will be a BIG HIT.








Let me give you a concrete example:



Say, I pick 2 words, "Dou Hua".



Therefore the chorus will be "Dou Hua Dou Hua Dou Hua Mai Dou Hua~~~!!!" repeated about 10 times.



Next randomly find some cute girls to do a some simple dancing (must have cute hand gestures, such as putting the fist next to cheeks and stuff)









Yeah~~~!!!

Sit back and watch the $$$ roll in!!!

Wooo!!!

Korean Music Industry is good business.

Oh wait, did I also mention that there's another song that goes like this...

"Tell me, tell me, tell tell tell tell tell me!" <-- Count how many times it is repeated in the song.

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Old People Social Session

Something I don't really like to get involved with.



But I don't have a choice, do I?




Well, at least there's free good food.



^_^

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Moving To Indie Games

In the recent months (past 1 year or so), I've gradually moved from "mainstream games" ("Big Titles" from "Big Companies") to what is known as the "indie games".

I still play 1 or 2 "big-scale" games that I really like sometimes, but I've become much more accepting towards those independent games.

They are smaller in scale, yes, and their graphics are not as good, yes - but their gameplay and the experience they offer is definitely not inferior to those so called blockbuster titles. In fact, I can honestly say that the quality of these games are just as good, if not better!

And most important, they are DIRT CHEAP. Highly recommend the following titles if you haven't tried them out:

- Plants VS Zombies
- World of Goo
- Braid

Each of these can be brought for less than $10 (Some $5 and even $2!) if you know where to look, and I have nothing but praises for them. They really offer great value for their price.

Sign up accounts at both Steam and Impulse and get them!

Nowadays, I'm rather relucant to spend $50+ bucks to buy one of those "big production". Somehow, I'll get tired of them rather quickly... and it's really a waste.

...

Or perhaps it's due to how life has changed.

Unlike the past, I can no longer spend 100 hours grinding my RPG characters, and I can no longer spend 80 hours on the quest for world domination every so often.

I guess this explains why I've now been playing more "indie" games.

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Anyway, here's a video of Braid, one of the best selling games right now. It's available now for $2.50USD, and I just spent the entire day playing it. LOL~

Highly recommend for those who love some brain exercise. The level design is simply ingenious.

Edit (27th Dec): OMG... The Final Level of this game... simply out of this world! It will blow your mind!!!

Monday, December 21, 2009

T3 3rd Gathering

And guess what?

This might be the final time.

I don't even know if I can classify it as a "major gathering" anymore... LOL.

Each year, the number of people gets lesser and lesser...

It really lost the vitality of the 1st gathering in 2007 and the 2nd one in 2008..



Really pathetic response.

We sent out invitations to over 40+ people.

20 CONFIRMED their attendence.





Only 9 turned up.

All last minute this happen that happen, arbo is just totally AWOL.





ZZZ...

ONCE IN A YEAR only event and such poor response.

: (

I guess this is how it is like.

All the "pacts and promises" we made during the dark times to keep this annual gathering tradition...

Promises are easy to make but hard to keep.

: (






Well anyway.

I still enjoyed it tremendously.

Awesome 5 star hotel buffet with tons of delicacies. From nyona prawns to salmons, sashimi & sushi to roasted turkey and all sort of exotic food. Top it off with my favourite chocolate fondue, ice cream, dessert and caramel cakes. Yum Yum~

We had loads of fun "experimenting" with all sort of combinations. Like adding fondue to Ice Kachang, mixing them with Ice Cream and stuff... And they taste surprisingly "not bad". LOL.

And Nixon is now a chef at a hotel! (Shatec pro graduate)

No wonder he knows this kind of lobang.

The original price of the buffet was like $40+, but we are able to get it for us at a special rate of $25!

Eww... Thanks for the recommendation! It's been VERY LONG since I had such a great and satisfying meal.

And lastly...

Really hope the numbers will "rebounce" for the next gathering...

I don't want to see this annual affair fade into oblivion and scrapped.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Epic Fail



Definition: A Failure of Epic Proportion





Thursday, December 17, 2009

Songs Analysis

Just to share some interesting songs with everyone...

And what I think of them.

Just my 2 cents worth.



1. Great Melody + Bad Lyrics


This is a PERFECT example - A potential great song RUINED by terrible lyrics.

The melody is nice & melochanic, but the lyrics is just so crude... and so... "raw".

”今天早上被老板叫去。。。薪水减半“

”女朋友要的 LV, GUCCI”

“屋子还在跟银行贷款”

O-o

Seriously?

If you don't look it up, you might even thought this is one of those "parody song". But no, this is legitimate.

Argh... I still can't get over why he want to use those lines.

Don't get me wrong - this song is still very nice, just that the lyrics doesn't do it justice!!!



2. Great Verse + Mediocore Chorus


1 of Fish's most popular song. Many will disagree on this one, but my personal opinion is:

(Verse) Great:

我活了, 我爱了, 我都不管了 
心爱到疯了恨到算了就好了
可能的 可以的 真的可惜了
幸福好不容易怎么你却不敢了呢

(Bridge) Superb:

我还以为我们能, 不同于别人
我还以为不可能的, 不会不可能 <-- So touching.

(Chorus) Bad/Mediocore:

你的姿态你的青睐, 我存在在你的存在
你以为爱就是被爱, 你挥霍了我的崇拜

Personally, I just don't like the chorus (melody). It feels like 3 notches below and disconnected from the rest.

That is all I have to say.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Count To 3














Put your mouse pointer over this

text and count to three!











Wednesday, December 09, 2009

What 4 Months Of Couch Potato Do To Your Body

- Whole Body ache for 3 days after a 2 hours badminton session.

- "Breathing Difficulties" after swimming for 5 laps.

- Cannot even complete 2.4km run.

- Out of breath after cycling for 10 minutes... (Ok, got some up-slope)




: (

How!!!


Monday, December 07, 2009

Memorable Quotes Of The Semester

Disclaimer: To protect the interests of all parties involved, all quotes will remain anonymous.


"Top schools this... top schools that... then why don't u go to a top school then? why come here?"


"Something may going wrong."


"Ajjuming the Conjumer Rejume..."


"Money is not everything. It's the only thing."


"If you don't like Maths, drop this course. If you don't like Matrix, drop this course. If you're not good at trigonometry, drop this course."


"I already warned you to drop this course."


"I see that you guys have not taken up my advice to drop this course."


"I make sure it's the last time I see him/her."


"DeterMINE"


"Alright? ... Alright?"


"You, you stay back after class!"


"Now that all the smoke has settled..."


"Sly old fox."


"If you can't convince him, confuse him." (Strategy for exams)

Saturday, December 05, 2009

A Thank You Note For The Semester

At long last come the end of the semester.

And as I indulge myself in all the nice things of this world...

Let's not forget all those who've lend their help during this semester...

Without them, I really "don't know die how many times" liao...


So here goes...

Ben - for being always always around to clarify my doubts on all the subjects, especially 204. The notes were of a tremendous help.

Glenn - There was a time when I don't even know what XY Plane is. It was you who told me to "Stand in front of your wall. That is the XY plane." And I don't think I would ever have been able to complete the cursed house on my own.

Kenrick - For being there to "yimo wibs moi, especially during the sexams". :P

Melvard - For his 184 notes which were extremely helpful. And always a great host.

XJ - I really can't imagine how horrible our 301 would turn out to be if not for his l33t programming skills. And Wishing Well of course.

Clarence - For refusing to eat Palette.






And anyway...

I have thank TC, Haleem & Cas for sharing all their photographs of the tutorials.

And also, HY, WL and the rest whom I've studied 204 with. That of course all the great tutors from the STG.

I'll also like to extend my thanks to those who had taught me lessons that can't be learnt in the classrooms.

:)

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Utmost gratitude to the above people...

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And of course...

My Mum who's always there reminding me to take my meal when I'm '废寝忘食'.

For all the herbal tea and tonics and fruits...

For everything.




Thanks everyone!



Thursday, December 03, 2009

7 Years To Windows 7


Bye, Windows XP...



You have been a great companion for the past 7 years...

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Now, 7 years later.

Your true successor is here.















Welcome to My Life

Windows 7




Tuesday, December 01, 2009

First Day Of Freedom!



For the past 3 weeks.... this is how my room looks like...



Dreadful.

I work from the table to the bed, then back to the table again.

For what?



To keep myself AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE from the computer.

I have to off the monitor and get an additional table to make sure I do not succumb in to temptations.

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Although more often than not, it fails to work... :(

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...

...



Guess what's this?




























Self improvised, budget coordinate axis system!





The past 3 weeks can really be described as "Hell On Earth"...

This IS NOT THE WAY TO STUDY.

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I SWEAR, I am NEVER, EVER GOING TO TORTURE MYSELF THIS WAY AGAIN.

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For 1 month, I haven't step out of the house due to reasons other than going to buy food, or going to school.

I've become a mindless mugging zombie.

This is really what you call "no life".

Especially during the past week (and the 4 days marathon)...

I couldn't sleep well at all.

I have nightmares about studying.

I lost all my appetite.

I eat barely 2 meals a day.

Pimples outbreak... :(

Even darker panda eyes... :(

Frequent headaches...

Flu, ulcers and the likes...

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It's absolutely torturous and punishing on the mind and body.

...

To Myself: I apologize for this abuse I've put you through. Please forgive me.

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Truthfully speaking... this semester really made me "hate studying". And I don't like to feel this way.

So...

Next semester onwards... no more overloading.

No more Madness.

No more Spartans.

No more Dining In Hell.

No more.

NO MORE.

We need to balance life and work.

And well...

...

The good news?
















IT'S ALL OVER NOW.

WOW.

I can't believed that I survived through all this.

And I have a lot of people to thank for it. (Next post)

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Finally...

I have to say that I've never LOOK FORWARD to holidays with this much intensity.

I really want to scream out at the top of my lungs right now.

For the first time, I am actually living again.

I am actually able to BREATH again.

If I were to described the first 2 semesters as "bookout after 2 weeks confinement", then this semester is POP-ing from Tekong!!!



This is Ecstatic!


This is Euphoric!


This is freedom!!!


THIS IS LIFE!!!






考过试的那天傍晚, 我都会期待
唱歌的蝉, 嘿!
把星星都吵醒, 月光晒了很凉快!

就是这样回忆起来, 真的不简单
快乐的我,看, 熬过四个月的我终于苦尽甘来
你说活在明天活在期待, 不如活得今天很自在
我说我懂了会不会太快,未来第一天要展开!!!

第一天我存在, 第一次呼吸畅快!
站在地上的脚踝, 因为你而有真实感
第一天我存在, 第一次能飞起来
这是腾空的魔幻, 第一天的假期到来
它总是永远那么灿烂!!!

永远那么灿烂~~~!!!
永远那么灿烂~~~!!!

FIRST DAY~~~!!! FIRST DAY~~~!!!
FIRST DAY~~~!!! FIRST DAY~~~!!!
TODAY~~~!!!
HOLIDAY~~~!!!

EVERYDAY~~~!!!
FIRST DAY~~~!!!

Thursday, November 26, 2009

End Of 4 Days Marathon

OMG!!!

Sibeh SONG ahhhhhh~~~!!!

I feel so high!!!

RAWR!!!








I can feel it~~~!





I can smell it~~~!






I can almost touch it~~~!!!















HOLIDAYS~~~!!!






My long awaited


HOLIDAYS~~~!!!


COME TO PAPA~~~!!!











Seriously, I STRONGLY DISCOURAGED anyone from attempting such stunts again (numerous consecutive papers).

Unless you think the papers are "darn easy" or you is "Shu Shu Got Train Before"...

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...

"Taking a toil" on your body isn't even sufficient to describe its effects.

It is having all your life force drained out of you - and that you're no longer part of the living, and neither are you dead. A walking, mindless zombie.

Let me take you through my life in the past 6 days or so...


Saturday/Sunday

Ever tried tossing and flipping around in bed for FOUR HOURS and be unable to sleep? That's what happened to me on Sunday. 12am to 4am.


Monday - Tuesday

Multiprogramming at its best - Forensic Science video lectures playing in the background 24 hours while I mug through the other subjects


Tuesday - Wednesday

Reached home at 9pm and started 204... To my HORROR, I have forgotten near 50% of everything.

So I started practicing...till 3am. I tried to sleep, but the moment I close my eyes - all I can see are equations, functions, formulas, PYP questions... Literally FLOODED MY HEAD. I want to "blank my mind" but nothing I do works...

No point wasting time tossing around in bed...

Got up and did more papers...

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Wednesday - Thursday

I am REALLY REALLY tired... especially after the cursed 204 paper... but I can't afford to get any rest - It's the final lap...

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Slept at 1am, woke up at 5am and did some last minute revisions...



...

Sparta may be superhuman.

But a superhuman is still a human.

He is not a god.

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I am so deprived of sleep... and I'm totally exhausted...

I'm totally exhausted...

Never ever try this again.

Never in my life.

This thing will kill your brain cells, and SHORTEN YOUR LIFE SPAN

I've never been this tensed and stressed over some dumb papers before.

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Now if you excuse me...

I just want to get some NICE, WELL DESERVED QUALITY SLEEP...

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Before I wake up, and make my last stand against the "final boss".

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Friday, November 20, 2009

Some People Say This Is Madness...











I say...










































THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!



























Yes...

Going for exams is like fighting a war...











ONE BY ONE THEY COME











AND ONE BY ONE THEY SHALL FALL!!!




Wednesday, November 18, 2009

The Epic Battle...

And so...

The battle is about to begin.



The most perilous battle...



What we're facing here...



Are some of the most notorious villains and monsters.



One that needs "verbal regurgitation".




Some of the most ambiguous enemies & content.



Some of the toughest and most hard-to-crack subjects...



The heaviest workload in history...



4 continuous days of relentless assault...



And the odds seem insurmountable...



BUT IT ALL DOESN'T MATTER!!!





BECAUSE...














THIS IS SPARTA!!!






Friday, November 13, 2009

Soon To Be Exams...

It's the dreaded period of every student life...

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Something that will bring about a drastic change in our lives...

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Eat hearty my men...

FOR TONIGHT, WE DINE IN HELL~~~!!!!




Content Page
Original Title: 你是我的眼, By 蕭煌奇
Title: 就快要测验




如果就快要测验
就要努力从白天读到黑夜
才能准确的在考卷中牵到A的手
如果就快要测验
就不能够继续到处遨游
就得好好的在家里, 跟着书本拥抱

如果就快要测验
生命一定完全不同
可能我想要的我喜欢的我爱的
都不一样

眼前的A不是A
你说的PASS是什么PASS
别人说得很简单
是我成绩中那团叉叉背后的烂GRADE

我望向这考卷
却只能看见一片虚无
为什么读了那么多现在脑子里, 一片空白!!!
(是不是上帝在我眼前遮住了帘, 忘了掀开!!!)

就快要测验, 带我领略考题的变化
就快要测验, 带我穿越考试的烦恼
就快要测验, 带我阅读浩瀚的书海
因为就快要测验
让我看见这答案就在我眼前

(因为过完了测验
就会看见那假期就在我眼前
就在我眼前...)



Monday, November 09, 2009

Frigging Exams Are Here Again!!!

Exams!

EXAMS!!!

EXAMS!!!!!!!

EXAMS!!!!!!!

EXAMS AHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Operating Systems, Batch Systems, Multiprogrammed Systems, Time-Sharing Systems, Multiprocessor Systems, Distributed Systems, Real-Time Systems, Interrupt, Traps, System Calls, Process Transition Diagram, Storage Structure, Caching, Dual Mode Operation, Process Management, Process State Diagram, Process Control Blocks (PCB), Process Scheduling Queue, Process Schedulers, Context Switch, Interprocess Direct/Indirect Communication, Message Buffering, Process Address Space - Code Data Stack Heap, Execution Context, Threads & Multi-threading, User Thread & Kernel Thread, Preemptive & Non-Preemptive. CPU Utilization, Throughput, Turnaround Time, Waiting Time & Response Time, Scheduling Policies - First Come First Serve, Shortest Job First, Shortest Remaining Time First, Round Robin, Multilevel Feedback Queue, Process Synchronization, Mutual Exclusion, Semaphore, Starvation, Aging, Monitor, Deadlock, Resource Allocation Graph, Safety State Algorithm, Deadlock Avoidance/Detection/Recovery, Memory Management, Contiguous Allocation, First/Best/Worst Fit, Fragmentation, Paging, Address Translation, Translation Lookaside Buffer, Multi-Level Page Tables, Inverted Page Table (IPT), Effective Access Time (EAT), Segmentation, Swapping, Virtual Memory, Page Fault, Belady's Anomoly, Thrashing, Working Set Model, Page Fault Frequency, File System Interface, File Structure, Sequential & Random File Access, Directory Organization, File Sharing - Hard Link & Symbolic Link, Disk Allocation Schemes, Index Allocation - Inode, Spooling, Disk Structure - Cylinder, Track, Sector, Disk Access Time, Seek Time, Rotational Latency, Transmission Time, Disk Scheduling, Protection And Security, Worms, Viruses, Trapdoor, Asymmetric Key Encryption
Imperative, Functional, Object Oriented, Logical Programming Languages, Syntax & Semantics, Terminal & Non Terminals, Production & Goal Symbols, Backus Naur Form (BNF), EBNF - Alternation Optionality Repetition, Syntax Diagrams, Derivation Tree, Unambiguous Grammar, Abstraction, Encapsulation, Polymorphism, Inheritance, Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL), Common Language Runtime (CLR), Primitives & Objects, References & Values, Implicit Boxing, Explicit Unboxing, Formal & Actual Argument, C# Paramter Passing, Struct & Properties, Garbage Collection, Finalizer & Destructor, Function Overloading & Overriding, Operator Overloading, Virtual Function, Dynamic & Static Binding, Abstract Class, Base Class, Interface
Scheme, Lambda Expression, Local Bindings, List Operations & Quote, Cell Model Representation, Tail Recursion, Prolog, Horn Clauses, Goal & Facts & Rules, Resolution Unification, Box Model, Cut & Fail, Data Object Binding Environment, Dynamic & Static Type Checking, Type Domain Name Declaration Equivalence, Type Constructors, Scope of Binding, Hole In Scope, Activation Records, Dynamic & Static Scoping, Control Structure, Exception Handling, Language Translation, Lexical Syntactic Semantic Analysis,
Entrepreneurship, Business Concept, Business Plan, Resource Base, Competitive Advantage, Industrial Changing Factors, Porter 5 Forces, Mintzberg's Managerial Roles, Organizational Culture, Ethics & Morals, Barriers and Diversity, Human Resource Management, Self Managing Team, Group Decision Making, Maslow's Needs Hierarchy Theory, Herzberg's 2 Factor, Adams's Equity Theory, Vroom's Expectancy Theory, Behaviour Management, Leadership Grid, Fiedler's Contingency Leadership Styles, Hersey & Blanchard's Situational Leadership Style, Change Management, Kurt Lewin's Model Of Change, Force Field Analysis, Conflict Management Styles, GUM Model, Labour Management Relations, Just In Time Business, Total Quality Management

Entity Relationship Modeling, Degree Of Relationship, Er Notation, Recursive Relationship,Weak Entity, Enhance ER, Specialization & Generalization, Disjointness & Overlapping Constraints, Aggregation, Relational Algebra, Structured Query Language, Closure, Normal Forms, Functional Dependency, DeterMINE, Projection of FDs, Relation Decomposition, Minimal Basis, Lossless Join, Storage & Indexing, Dense/Sparse Index, B+ Trees, Hashing, Query Processing & Optimization, Sort Based Join, Index Based Join, Hash Based Join, Nested Loop Join, Sort Merge Join, Partition Hash Join, Transaction Concurrency Control, Shared Locks, Exclusive Locks, Two Phase Locking, Serialization, Conflict Equivalence
Computer Graphics, Frame Buffer, True Color, Index Color, World Modeling Observer Device Coordinate Systems, Geometric Shapes, Explicit Implicit Parametric Functions, Vectors and Normals, Line Plane Circle Ellipse Sphere Ellipsoid, Bilinear Surface, Rotational Sweeping & Translation Sweeping, 2D & 3D Transformations, Affine Transformations, Translation Rotation Scaling, Homogeneous & Cartesian Coordinates, Parallel Orthographic Oblique Cavalier Cabinet Axonometric Perspective Projection, Stereo Projection, Window To Viewport, Illumination & Shading, Texturing & Shadows, Flat Shading, Gouraud Shading, Phong Illumination Model, Computer Animation, Uniform Acceleration Deceleration, Real Time Rendering, Direction Cosines, XYZ Fixed Angles, XYZ Euler Angles, Hierarchy Representation, Spatial Organization, Bounding Volumes, Level of Detail, Current Transformation Matrix, VRML, Proximity & Touch Sensors, Virtual Reality, Pathologist, Actus Reus, Mens Rea, Toxicology, Entomolgy, Anthropology, Odontology, Reconstruction, Reenactment, Trace Impurities, Flame Tests, Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, Scanning Electron Microscope Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence, Algor Mortis, Rigor Mortis, Livor Mortis, Putrefaction, FUN (Fluorine Uranium Nitrogen) Analysis, Carbon 14 Dating, Time Of Death, Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC), Presumptive Test, Gas Chromatography (GC), Infra Red Spectroscopy, Mass Spectrometry, Erythrocytes (Red Blood Cells), Antigens, Antibodies, Serum Antibodies, Agglutination, Kastle Meyer Test, Precipitin, Blood Serology, Narcotics, Chromosomes, Junk DNA, Genes, Genome, AGCT DNA Pairing, Paternity and Maternity Testing, Mitochondrial DNA, Fingerprints Second Principle, Fingerprint Visualization, Fibre And Polymers, Firearms & Rifling, Striations and Gunshot Residue, Griess Test, Coroner, Autopsy.

Thursday, November 05, 2009

I've Dug My Own Grave...

Someone...

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Please...

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Tell me what I have gotten myself into...

Tell me...

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TELL ME!!


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Tell me HOW THE **** DID I GET MYSELF INTO THIS!




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I was too naive...


Too ****ing naive...

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Glenn it's your fault!!!


It was you who encouraged psycho me to take 204!!!

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No wait.

We shouldn't have take that ****ing 301.

Whose brilliant idea is it to take that piece of ****!

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SEMESTER ::- ADD_DROP_PERIOD, !, EXAMS.

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There is no backtracking now...

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Everything is too late...


RAWR!!!

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I've really dug my own grave this time...