bet I made you go HURH?!

1) I have no idea what a benzene ring is, nor do I have any idea of what is going on in the song. But anyway, here's a chemistry song presented proudly to you by a MIT student.

http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/life/student_life_culture/benzene_back.shtml

Getcha benzene on.


2) Any driver's dream.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8e9a/

The driving LED emoticon!


3) Like heavy metal? Of course you do.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/science/8953/

(that is, if you take chemistry)


4) And the final website... It's really cool.

http://web.mit.edu/sp.778/www/index.html

The MIT toy product design website! =D

The Art of Coin Balancing

When we were done with drinking our blub-blub teas today, Cassandra, Nina, and I were sitting around, waiting for our small intestines to digest complex carbohydrates.

And suddenly

Nina started to balance her coins on the bench. It was a beautiful and complete set of coins.

From big to small... In proper order... Just like a homologous series.

$1, 50c, 20c, 10c, and..... 5c!

Too bad that the difference in Mr between two consecutive members of this family doesn't differ by 14...

I challenge of you to find a coin balancer as good as Nina!!!

By the way, some of you may have noticed something different whenever you tap your ezlink card in an SBS bus. Something purple and orange.

it's nice and bright, right?

And finally, for those of you who haven't seen a 4x4 cube before!

I managed to solve 3 layers! =D After that, I was simply clueless.

Nice view from this angle!

But look at this.

Top view.

ARGH! Oh how it breaks a 3x3 speedcuber's heart to see an unsolved cube. In the end, I just decided to mess everything up. Guess what? I can't even solve ONE layer now. Sob sob sob...

(basically you have to form all the centres, pair up the same edges, and when you're done with that, you can solve it using 3x3 formulas) SOUNDS EASY! Hehe.

To my 4/7 friends... Sigh. Mrs Chan has rained chemistry worksheets on us. (as mentioned in the previous post) So sad lah. But then again, practice makes perfect!

"What other people can do, you all must be able to do. What other people cannot do, you all must be able to do."-- Mrs Chan

So basically we have to do everything.

Girls were meant to own the cube.

EVERYBODY!

If you think that only guys can speedcube, just look at this girl named Brittany.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2dE3ltt_i4

YAYNESS! PRO GIRL CUBER! FINALLY!

But of course the first pro girl cuber would be Jessica Fridrich. La la la. We wouldn't be able to perform F2L today if not because of her.

And by the way. That mysterious guy on your *LEFT* hand side is none other than...

Tyson Francis Mao !!!
one of my favourite speedcubers.

But why isn't he cubing??? He is one of the best cubers ever. Btw I posted a link to the human tetris video on his blog last week. And he actually thanked me for it. Sort of.
OH THE WONDERS OF THE INTERNET.

Back to me. My current average: 1min +
My current lucky timing: 54 seconds

Aww man. Looong way to go.

But I am SURE I can achieve Brittany's averages after the O levels.

For now, I'll have to finish my Chemistry worksheets. Now THAT's a long way to go. (well, Hwa Chong JC's still my top priority for now!)


If you haven't had enough of the dreaded (?) Rubik's cube, watch THIS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sXtSC2KLE0
The Siamese Cube. *faints*


Still not enough? Then visit this channel. http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=gvdlfs





And let's end off with a joke today.

Why do stars smoke?

Because they have 'tar' in them!

[ Joke created by Nina in the MRT ] Thanks Nina!

Appalling Videos

[Above] The Simpsons and Tetris

[Below] A scientific viewpoint of The Simpsons (Charles Darwin anyone?)

And finally, a Japanese gameshow about... HUMAN TETRIS!

(note: this is terribly hilarious)

auntified

If you have the Female magazine at home, check out the LAST PAGE!

Joanne Peh is modelling for Bonia handbags!

*gasp!*

*shock!*

*WHAT?!*

ARE YOU APPALLED BY THIS?

I've had this impression since I was a child that most Bonia bags are targeted at aunties. No offence to aunties here, but their customer base is predominantly made up of aunties.

So, why is Joanne Peh advertising for them?

I can think of 4 reasons.

1) She likes Bonia bags for some peculiar reason
2) Bonia is paying her a ridiculously substantial amount for this ad.
3) Joanne Peh is being long-sighted. She's aspiring/preparing to become an auntie.
4) Bonia wants to change their image and inject youths into their customer base.

I guess the 4th reason makes the most sense. Hmm.


Here are some new and boring updates!

-My tuition teacher for maths is apparently preparing to start her own blog. Wow...?!
(or was she just kidding with the guys?)

-NEW SPEEDCUBING TIMING! 54 seconds. =D I'm cutting down on cubing, hehe.

-the $8 Dr Grip mechanical pencil my dad bought for me a year ago is now not functioning properly =(
ARAGSBJSSJAHADSKJADDSA^%&*GBJBA
(the above gibberish was shown to express my discontent and fury)

-I linked Cassie! Hello Cassie!!! =)

And I didn't know that Elain visits my blog too. HIEEE!!! =D