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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Buddha Rocks

For your information, i came across this site:

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Softcopy for Richard Dawkins' God's Delusion

Anyone wants, can look for me for it. I think is quite an interesting book for people who interested in this kind of stuff. Should be better than the Da Silva's book.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Some Bee Gees

Hey guys some retro:



I know your eyes in the morning sun
I feel you touch me in the pouring rain
And the moment that you wander far from me
I wanna feel you in my arms again

And you come to me on a summer breeze
Keep me warm in your love and then softly leave
And its me you need to show

Chorus:
How deep is your love
I really need to learn
cause were living in a world of fools
Breaking us down
When they all should let us be
We belong to you and me

I believe in you
You know the door to my very soul
Youre the light in my deepest darkest hour
Youre my saviour when I fall
And you may not think
I care for you
When you know down inside
That I really do
And its me you need to show

Let's Party!!



Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk,
Im a womans man: no time to talk.
Music loud and women warm, Ive been kicked around
Since I was born.
And now its all right. its ok.
And you may look the other way.
We can try to understand
The new york times effect on man.

Whether youre a brother or whether youre a mother,
Youre stayin alive, stayin alive.
Feel the city breakin and everybody shakin,
And were stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive.

Well now, I get low and I get high,
And if I cant get either, I really try.
Got the wings of heaven on my shoes.
Im a dancin man and I just cant lose.
You know its all right. its ok.
Ill live to see another day.
We can try to understand
The new york times effect on man.

Whether youre a brother or whether youre a mother,
Youre stayin alive, stayin alive.
Feel the city breakin and everybody shakin,
And were stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive.

Life goin nowhere. somebody help me.
Somebody help me, yeah.
Life goin nowhere. somebody help me.
Somebody help me, yeah. stayin alive.

Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk,
Im a womans man: no time to talk.
Music loud and women warm,
Ive been kicked around since I was born.
And now its all right. its ok.
And you may look the other way.
We can try to understand
The new york times effect on man.

Whether youre a brother or whether youre a mother,
Youre stayin alive, stayin alive.
Feel the city breakin and everybody shakin,
And were stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive.

Life goin nowhere. somebody help me.
Somebody help me, yeah.
Life goin nowhere. somebody help me, yeah.
Im stayin alive.

Let's Sing! C'mon!

Let's learn to "dance" 点灯的孩子! My favourite Buddhist kid song!

This is what the students in Singapore Buddhist Federation Sunday School gonna perform on Vesak at Orchard! Thank you Wan Wen my buddy for being the camera lady!!

Instructions on the "dance"


Demo


Lyrics
Verse
点灯的孩子 高举你的灯
点灯的孩子 举起明亮灯
歌颂佛陀 慈光遍照
歌颂菩萨 慈爱遍满

Chorus
佛光普照你 给你祥和
菩萨保佑你 给你平安
佛光普照你 给你祥和
菩萨保佑你 给你平安

Verse

Chorus x 3

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Guess what I eventually wrote in my acknowledgements...

My Heartfelt Gratitude:

To Prof Hugh Tan,
Who took me in and nudged me on.
Whose shake of the head and disapproving chuckles,
Made sure I saw the project to the end.

To Prof Richard Corlett,
Who read my doubts and pointed me wrong.
Whose admonishments and insights,
Taught me what an ecologist does.

To Dr. Yap Von Bing,
Who heard me out and set me straight.
With his twinkle in the eyes and easy-going ways,
Told me not to use stats as a statistician would.

My Keenest Gratitude:

To Xingli, Chow Koon, Alvin, Kai-xin and Alex,
For their raucous laughter and lewd jokes.
Camaraderie and mentorship,
Made data-mining much less drier than it really was.

To Dr. Peter Todd and Dr. Myron Shekelle,
For their sharp insights and keen mind.
Frank inputs, tips and advice,
Made this thesis what it eventually is.

My Utmost Gratitude:

To the trees that gave the paper,
The Earth that gave the rest.
May all scientific progress be dedicated to all beings,
Who share their water and their land.

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My Prof's comments on the manuscript he sent back to me:

"These acknowledgements are kind of corny! However, it’s your thesis, so will leave it to you. The grammar is also off in some places!"

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My friend said after i let him read it on msn:

ZL says:u wrote poetry?!!?!?!?
ZL says:WTF
ZL says:damn free right?!

Friday, April 4, 2008

touching...~

This is very touching...

This 5 year old girl (who is blind) has the ability to play any tune on the piano after listening to it.. what what's more, she had never received any training b4! :P

Tears just brimmed when i listen to her sing 'you were born to be loved' gosh..

She must be a v talented musician in her past life!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntReE2n15bo