Relieved that I got my A for project work. I knew I put in enough effort to deserve an A but anything can happen. Anyway, with this grade, at least I know I didn't upload any substandard pieces of work in my previous blog posts! Unfortunately, having reformatted my computer, I am unable to upload the rest of my work onto the blog... Sorry about that!
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Monday, April 1, 2013
GetBackers: Beautiful anime, interesting facts.
This entire post would talk about the elements of the manga Getbackers that we might not have noticed throughout the series, so it's really meant for manga/anime fans who have watched or read the manga in its entirety.
Getbackers is a beautiful anime, with a plot that invokes thought in the reader, the action that would appeal to any Shonen manga reader and the intricacy that makes this manga a notch above the rest. A little fact about the author and the manga today: it was written by Shin Kibayashi, (the same author for Bloody Monday and Kindaichi) between 1999 till 2007 spanning 39 volumes. Unfortunate the manga is now out of print. In truth, I have only come to realise last year, how much detail the manga had built up with concepts and knowledge derived in the real world. This post would focus on the main character Midou Ban and the relation to the plot.
A first look at the Infinity fortress and the GB duo's destiny which is already established. The battle between the devil and the god for the salvation or destruction of the GB world.
By creating another dimension with the use of physics, the GB world was born. After its creation Midou Ban's grandmother had the desire to keep the GB world in its chaotic form free of intervention by the control of mankind or in this case, Brain Trust. The Brain Trust wanted the GB world to resemble the real world. Due to Ban's grandmother, actions had been taken to free the GB world from the real world. This led to the creation of Ban and Ginji in the struggle over whether the world is to be free or not. Midou Ban and Ginji were destined to battle each other for the chance to ascend to the top of the infinite fortress to alter the world according to their desire. Ginji was described as the God, for he is created to help shape the world according to the desire of the Brain Trust, which were the creators of their world. Ban was created to destroy Ginji and prevent that from happening, and so he is the Devil.
Details about the subjects, lifted from Wikipedia and GetBackers Wikia.
Beauty of the manga.
Here is where the intricacies of the manga came into play. Interestingly, the Babylon city of the infinity fortress which is the gateway to where the Brain Trust resides is similar to the ancient city of Babylon which had been described as the 'Gateway of the God'.
But back to the focus on Midou Ban as I had mentioned earlier and examine the amount of details that make the character fit together and into the entire concept of the manga as a whole.
Getbackers is a beautiful anime, with a plot that invokes thought in the reader, the action that would appeal to any Shonen manga reader and the intricacy that makes this manga a notch above the rest. A little fact about the author and the manga today: it was written by Shin Kibayashi, (the same author for Bloody Monday and Kindaichi) between 1999 till 2007 spanning 39 volumes. Unfortunate the manga is now out of print. In truth, I have only come to realise last year, how much detail the manga had built up with concepts and knowledge derived in the real world. This post would focus on the main character Midou Ban and the relation to the plot.
A first look at the Infinity fortress and the GB duo's destiny which is already established. The battle between the devil and the god for the salvation or destruction of the GB world.
By creating another dimension with the use of physics, the GB world was born. After its creation Midou Ban's grandmother had the desire to keep the GB world in its chaotic form free of intervention by the control of mankind or in this case, Brain Trust. The Brain Trust wanted the GB world to resemble the real world. Due to Ban's grandmother, actions had been taken to free the GB world from the real world. This led to the creation of Ban and Ginji in the struggle over whether the world is to be free or not. Midou Ban and Ginji were destined to battle each other for the chance to ascend to the top of the infinite fortress to alter the world according to their desire. Ginji was described as the God, for he is created to help shape the world according to the desire of the Brain Trust, which were the creators of their world. Ban was created to destroy Ginji and prevent that from happening, and so he is the Devil.
Details about the subjects, lifted from Wikipedia and GetBackers Wikia.
Infinity fortress.
''Limitless Fortress is subdivided into three specific tiers
– Lower Town, the Beltline and Babylon City. ...
Babylon City, the upper most level of the Limitless
Fortress, is said to be where the Brain Trust resides, and is the home of
Ginji's mother. ... Only those who have won the Ogre Battle may enter Babylon City and when that happens, they can change the world as they see fit....''
''In the manga, the Brain Trust is akin to its counterpart in
the anime - a secret cabal formed by the best scientists, engineers, artists,
politicians, patrons, and super-natural beings. … The members of Brain Trust,
and Brain Trust itself, actually originate from a separate plane of existence.
It is not just Infinity Fortress that is a virtual reality, but all of the
world of GetBackers. In fact, the world of GetBackers was essentially a
"backup copy" that Brain Trust, existing in the "real
world", had hoped to create using the Archive as a template of the world. However, Brain Trust soon realized that their "virtual
world" was going rampant, diverging off actual reality, creating new rules
of physics and phenomenons that would otherwise be impossible in the real
world; this might explain why the characters of GetBackers are gifted with
superhuman abilities, and why pseudoscience is prominent in their world. They
soon realized that their efforts were sabotaged by the Witch Queen, Ban's
grandmother, who led a small group of traitors against Brain Trust. With
little options left open to them, Brain Trust decided to "reformat"
their virtual world, which they deemed too corrupted and damaged to be
salvaged, a full "restart". To achieve this end, Brain Trust ordered
the Archive to begin the reformatting of the virtual world, all while selecting
a single person within that virtual world with the proper willpower and
strength to ascend to Babylon City and assist in steering that world back it
the right path with his willpower.''
''It was then revealed that Ban Midou has a destiny. He was
born to complete the destiny that his grandmother, the Witch Queen had set out
for him. His grandmother believed that the world Professor Amano was trying to
create is a hollow world, devoid of soul, of choice. It is a world not suitable
for human habitation. That is why she sealed the door to Babylon City, to
protect the people in the world of Get Backers. Protect the world from the
whims of those that live in Babylon. She wanted to create a vacuum between
the two worlds, so that no one from that world could lay their dirty hands on
this one. However, Ginji Amano was sent to the world, to reset the world
according to the original design. Thus Ban Midou was destined to fight and kill
or be killed by Ginji Amano in the Ogre Battle. Ginji was sent to the world as
God of the world. Ban Midou was sent to this world as the Devil. They both had
the willpower to alter the rules of reality and change all of existence.''
Beauty of the manga.
Here is where the intricacies of the manga came into play. Interestingly, the Babylon city of the infinity fortress which is the gateway to where the Brain Trust resides is similar to the ancient city of Babylon which had been described as the 'Gateway of the God'.
But back to the focus on Midou Ban as I had mentioned earlier and examine the amount of details that make the character fit together and into the entire concept of the manga as a whole.
1. In the manga it was stated that Midou Ban was born under the star of Asclepius with his birthday on the 17th of December.
2. The term Asclepius was also raised in his incantation whenever he summons his strength to defeat an opponent: ''I shall be the herald of Asclepius. Only he who accepts that
accursed fate shall receive the power of the highest heaven and the deepest
hell that lay hidden within thy venemous fangs. Thus, let thy hammer fall upon
the heads of the foolish. With all the wrath of a Demon God."
So why the link with Asclepius?
We are under the 13th constellation, Ophiuchus between 30 November and 17 December. Ophiuchus, also known as the Serpent Bearer is actually Asclepius of Greek mythology. The Rod of Asclepius, the Serpent entwined rod, is wielded by Asclepius, the man killed by Zeus and then had his image placed among the stars.
Draw some parallels with the character?
In essence, this is why Midou Ban mentions the word Asclepius as he draws the infinite power from the cosmos because he was born under the constellation. Fitting it all together, is why his trademark attack is none other than the snake bite from his hand: Because he wield the power of the snake in his arm just like Asclepius wields the Serpent.
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| Asclepius, |
The next level of detail: Relation to the plot.
Remember when it was said that the destiny of Midou Ban and Ginji were similar to the battle between the Devil and the God for the fate of the GB world? Whether it is to be left in its 'chaotic' state or it is to be recreated back to something similar to the 'real' world? Again parallels can be drawn between the details in the design of Midou Ban and the texts found the real world.
1. Midou Ban was sent to fulfill the wishes of his grandmother in separating the world of the GetBackers from influence of the real world, leaving it to develop in the state which those of the Brain Trust had perceived as chaotic and violent.
2. Midou Ban's grandmother was a member of the Brain Trust of the Babylon City of the infinite fortress, otherwise viewed as the 'Heaven' of the GB world.
In essence he could be seen as an entity that had been cast upon the Earth (GB world) from the heavens (Babylon city) by his grandmother. Otherwise known as a fallen angel. In addition, the fallen angel can also be identified with the devil which is also the portrayed role of Midou in his destiny. Here is a quote taken from Wikipedia that was referring to the New Testament (I'm not very knowledgeable of these things) ''In the New Testament, Revelation 12:3-14 speaks of a great red dragon whose tail swept a third part of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. In verses 7-9, after defeat in a War in Heaven in which the dragon and his angels fought against Michael and his angels, "the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world - he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him."
And lastly, there is a portrayal of serpents in religions as a symbol of evil power and chaos, and is many times being used synonymous with the word Satan. Which also explains why Midou had the power of the serpent.
The amount of detail that we probably wouldn't realise which is being put into the manga makes it one of my favourite. This truly makes it one heck of a good read! Sadly, the 50 episode anime couldn't even scratch the surface of the entire story, instead presenting a more simplified concept of the infinite fortress. Despite the anime's positive reviews, I certainly hope more people would get to the manga rather than the anime, and I truly wish for a remake of the anime that follows the entire story much more closely.
Sources:
Ophiuchus: http://www.neptunecafe.com/Ophiuchus.html
Asclepius: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepius
Fallen Angel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallen_angel
Photos are obtained from:
Sunday, March 17, 2013
About promoting learning not scoring well in exams
Just sharing my experiences, talking about the situation around me and explaining why I'm so pessimistic about things.
A couple of my secondary school friends shared this link on Facebook just recently. http://www.todayonline.com/voices/promote-learning-not-scoring-well-exams. Basically, it's talking about how my country's education system focuses too much on exams only to produce students who are able to memorise to obtain better grades without actually learning. Unfortunately, despite the fact that countless individuals have spoken up about this before and about the way we study, I am extremely pessimistic about the way things are going to change anyway. I've always thought about talking about these things recently but it's simply so complicated that a single blog post wouldn't be able to cover the surface of this issue, not to mention the fact that I'm not exactly extremely knowledgeable in this field and I'm not very strong in my language. What I can offer, is perhaps some of my personal experience as a student.
Firstly, I'm glad to say that this problem doesn't happen in each and every school in my country. At least, I'm proud to say that in my secondary school we actually focus a great deal in learning and understanding whatever that is being taught. I have a great number of teachers who constantly emphasise to us the importance for learning and understanding the concepts rather than just memorising the basic ideas if we couldn't grasp it. Perhaps I was lucky to have met great teachers, (Thinking about it makes me feel ashamed that I wasn't exactly the most polite/mature/understanding student around. Not even close!) perhaps it was the culture of my school, regardless the factors my secondary school friends do share the same sentiments as myself. However, clearly it had not been the case elsewhere. Entering a Junior College with over 800 people I know I'm bound to meet different kinds of people. To think that nearly my entire class is filled with people who would forgo their CCA for their work, even when its a measly once/twice a week. Here's more to the story. They are the ones who would refuse to take down notes if they find out that it's a concept which would not be tested for the exams even when the teachers encourage us to write it down! On the otherhand, they are also the ones who would copy the teacher's answers literally word for word if it was relevant to the syllabus.
Why do I think that this problem is rather difficult to resolve? Here's my logic behind it.
While it is easy to wag your finger at the system for breeding people who are results oriented, or to blame the way the system used to rank schools that indirectly caused us to focus too much on examination results, or perhaps to blame my society which molds people that only focuses on the tangible results, the reason (Which is most definitely caused by an array of factors) is too complicated to blame a single entity. Resolving the issue with multiple root factors requires an equally complicated approach to tackle what we see as a problem , which is difficult to achieve. Here's an example. While there are people claiming that the education system is 'flawed' with our heavy emphasise on exams which had led us to memorise our work rather than to understand what is being taught, the act of memorising and focusing on ''exam grades only'' is a tried and tested method that had worked for many before yourself and even by changing the way things are taught, many might not be willing to change and risk their chances for a higher education, reemphasising the fact that this situation is far more complex! (Like a dead knot I would say) While the article did mentioned that ''We need to realise that a good life consists of more than that (A good degree, high paying job etc)'' That's easy for a university undergrad to say!
We are all standing at different points in this rat race, each with different priorities. I am a science guy, I talk about understanding concepts too, but not everything in life can be accommodating to everyone I suppose and things are difficult to change. If we really want to make the switch we would really need much time and fervour. The question is, can we last long enough to make the switch?
A couple of my secondary school friends shared this link on Facebook just recently. http://www.todayonline.com/voices/promote-learning-not-scoring-well-exams. Basically, it's talking about how my country's education system focuses too much on exams only to produce students who are able to memorise to obtain better grades without actually learning. Unfortunately, despite the fact that countless individuals have spoken up about this before and about the way we study, I am extremely pessimistic about the way things are going to change anyway. I've always thought about talking about these things recently but it's simply so complicated that a single blog post wouldn't be able to cover the surface of this issue, not to mention the fact that I'm not exactly extremely knowledgeable in this field and I'm not very strong in my language. What I can offer, is perhaps some of my personal experience as a student.
Firstly, I'm glad to say that this problem doesn't happen in each and every school in my country. At least, I'm proud to say that in my secondary school we actually focus a great deal in learning and understanding whatever that is being taught. I have a great number of teachers who constantly emphasise to us the importance for learning and understanding the concepts rather than just memorising the basic ideas if we couldn't grasp it. Perhaps I was lucky to have met great teachers, (Thinking about it makes me feel ashamed that I wasn't exactly the most polite/mature/understanding student around. Not even close!) perhaps it was the culture of my school, regardless the factors my secondary school friends do share the same sentiments as myself. However, clearly it had not been the case elsewhere. Entering a Junior College with over 800 people I know I'm bound to meet different kinds of people. To think that nearly my entire class is filled with people who would forgo their CCA for their work, even when its a measly once/twice a week. Here's more to the story. They are the ones who would refuse to take down notes if they find out that it's a concept which would not be tested for the exams even when the teachers encourage us to write it down! On the otherhand, they are also the ones who would copy the teacher's answers literally word for word if it was relevant to the syllabus.
Why do I think that this problem is rather difficult to resolve? Here's my logic behind it.
While it is easy to wag your finger at the system for breeding people who are results oriented, or to blame the way the system used to rank schools that indirectly caused us to focus too much on examination results, or perhaps to blame my society which molds people that only focuses on the tangible results, the reason (Which is most definitely caused by an array of factors) is too complicated to blame a single entity. Resolving the issue with multiple root factors requires an equally complicated approach to tackle what we see as a problem , which is difficult to achieve. Here's an example. While there are people claiming that the education system is 'flawed' with our heavy emphasise on exams which had led us to memorise our work rather than to understand what is being taught, the act of memorising and focusing on ''exam grades only'' is a tried and tested method that had worked for many before yourself and even by changing the way things are taught, many might not be willing to change and risk their chances for a higher education, reemphasising the fact that this situation is far more complex! (Like a dead knot I would say) While the article did mentioned that ''We need to realise that a good life consists of more than that (A good degree, high paying job etc)'' That's easy for a university undergrad to say!
We are all standing at different points in this rat race, each with different priorities. I am a science guy, I talk about understanding concepts too, but not everything in life can be accommodating to everyone I suppose and things are difficult to change. If we really want to make the switch we would really need much time and fervour. The question is, can we last long enough to make the switch?
Monday, February 18, 2013
Rainfall in mid February
It rained last Sunday during the Chinese New Year. It rained yesterday, and it rained again today. In fact, it's been raining in Singapore over the last few weeks. So I did a quick search on google for the 'Mean monthly rainfall in Singapore' just to make sure my memory didn't play any tricks on me and these aa few of the websites I've visited. I'm not sure how reliable each website is but by cross-referencing with each other we can tell that in Singapore, there usually isn't much rainfall from the month of February. The wettest months are from the month of November till the month of January. We're already headed towards the end of February and we're experiencing consistent rainfall across the weeks? Well, I can't be certain but there seem to be something wrong with the weather..
http://www.weather-and-climate.com/average-monthly-precipitation-Rainfall,Singapore,Singapore
http://www.travelhappy.com/travelhappy_climate_charts.php?city_code=SIN
http://asiaforvisitors.com/singapore/sg-weather.html
http://www.weather-and-climate.com/average-monthly-precipitation-Rainfall,Singapore,Singapore
http://www.travelhappy.com/travelhappy_climate_charts.php?city_code=SIN
http://asiaforvisitors.com/singapore/sg-weather.html
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| The website says historical climate data for Singapore, average monthly rainfall. This picture belongs to http://asiaforvisitors.com/singapore/sg-weather.html |
Friday, January 4, 2013
Woes
I'm not sure if this post is out of anger or anguish. I might seem like a child to talk about things this way but I'd rather get this off my chest than hide behind the masquerade of being a teenager.
I tend to keep more to myself nowadays because as much as I hate to hear of other people's constant (and often unintelligent) chattering I would expect the crowd to feel the same for me if I were to babble on about something that doesn't quite fit their area of interest. Instead, I give my opinions to friends who share my views and interests who would listen to my words with sincerity. In a way, it shows respect for the people around you by not acting as a distraction and you experience the true essence of conversations with people.
Yet, there are people who feel that they know you better than yourself. I have no qualms with people who think they are especially gorgeous or highly intelligent, I have great confidence in my own abilities as well, but treating others as if they know your actions seem as a huge act of disrespect for another and it simply serves to magnify your stupidity to others. I for one have a strong disdain for these people, and yet they are people whom I have work with every single day in the sports team and in college.
Every time the topic on homework is raised in conversations, without a single utterance of a syllable, people assume that I've finished all my homework weeks before they've started. Nobody likes to be accused or for others to misunderstand them. When I denied these allegations, I am assumed to be lying. Well, aren't these assumptions simply, well, assumption? What makes your opinions more believable than another, especially if you aren't even one of knows me well enough to reprimand me? So a person who keeps to himself and does better in the exams would study harder than you? (No, my results are not fantastic less common in a sports team where people train 6 times a week before competitions and just sufficient to keep in the higher percentiles) So one who scurries about the soccer field during lunch hours would be a better sportsman than another who avoid the mid day sun in Singapore? Is one more active in his lifestyle if he or she pretends to be sociable? I'd beg to differ. At least compared to those I know, I experienced more things than they did in the last few years, achieving better in Wushu competitions, taking part in the student council in the past, played in Chess tournaments, taking up research projects, learning to be a drummer and still not losing out in the academics.
In the face of criticism from friends, I would at least attempt to accept and correct myself for they are of good intentions. Perhaps I've been sensitive over the words of others, but I never claimed to be immune to them. I do not enjoy putting down others but I believed I had not lost out against those people who would never listen. I stress I am not comparing myself to everyone out there, there are always better people out there, but I had to pen down my feelings. Not a good thing to do on a blog, but I believe it had not been insulting in any sense, not to mention the number of people who would read it..
I've contemplated over a post on Facebook, but what more would it seem than a fit of tantrum if it was filled with frustration directed carelessly towards others? With this blog post, I can better reason myself rather than project a barrage of profanities that would so easily, and yet so ineffectively express myself? I apologise for my weak language and lengthy post. If there was anyone to offer thoughtful advice, I would gladly embrace it.
I tend to keep more to myself nowadays because as much as I hate to hear of other people's constant (and often unintelligent) chattering I would expect the crowd to feel the same for me if I were to babble on about something that doesn't quite fit their area of interest. Instead, I give my opinions to friends who share my views and interests who would listen to my words with sincerity. In a way, it shows respect for the people around you by not acting as a distraction and you experience the true essence of conversations with people.
Yet, there are people who feel that they know you better than yourself. I have no qualms with people who think they are especially gorgeous or highly intelligent, I have great confidence in my own abilities as well, but treating others as if they know your actions seem as a huge act of disrespect for another and it simply serves to magnify your stupidity to others. I for one have a strong disdain for these people, and yet they are people whom I have work with every single day in the sports team and in college.
Every time the topic on homework is raised in conversations, without a single utterance of a syllable, people assume that I've finished all my homework weeks before they've started. Nobody likes to be accused or for others to misunderstand them. When I denied these allegations, I am assumed to be lying. Well, aren't these assumptions simply, well, assumption? What makes your opinions more believable than another, especially if you aren't even one of knows me well enough to reprimand me? So a person who keeps to himself and does better in the exams would study harder than you? (No, my results are not fantastic less common in a sports team where people train 6 times a week before competitions and just sufficient to keep in the higher percentiles) So one who scurries about the soccer field during lunch hours would be a better sportsman than another who avoid the mid day sun in Singapore? Is one more active in his lifestyle if he or she pretends to be sociable? I'd beg to differ. At least compared to those I know, I experienced more things than they did in the last few years, achieving better in Wushu competitions, taking part in the student council in the past, played in Chess tournaments, taking up research projects, learning to be a drummer and still not losing out in the academics.
In the face of criticism from friends, I would at least attempt to accept and correct myself for they are of good intentions. Perhaps I've been sensitive over the words of others, but I never claimed to be immune to them. I do not enjoy putting down others but I believed I had not lost out against those people who would never listen. I stress I am not comparing myself to everyone out there, there are always better people out there, but I had to pen down my feelings. Not a good thing to do on a blog, but I believe it had not been insulting in any sense, not to mention the number of people who would read it..
I've contemplated over a post on Facebook, but what more would it seem than a fit of tantrum if it was filled with frustration directed carelessly towards others? With this blog post, I can better reason myself rather than project a barrage of profanities that would so easily, and yet so ineffectively express myself? I apologise for my weak language and lengthy post. If there was anyone to offer thoughtful advice, I would gladly embrace it.
Friday, December 14, 2012
About Wushu training, Beijing.
And so I was away from 24 November till 3 December for martial arts training with my school team. Here's a documentation of the time there for those curious to find out about training Wushu (or other sports) in China. I'm not advertising or anything! Just sharing my experiences. Photos were taken by an Android phone so its not very good.
Location: China, Beijing, Beijing ShiChaHai sports school. (Pretty famous sports school in China if I'm not mistaken, here is the link if you wish to find out about it >>) http://www.admissions.cn/sch/
Temperature: < 0 degrees centigrade, around -6 degrees on colder times of the day.
Training time: 9.30-11.30, 3.30-5.30 (We trained twice a day to maximise our time there, students usually only train once per day, so it's not as tough as you believe!)
Meal time: Breakfast 7.30-8.30, Lunch 11.30-12.30, Dinner 5.30-6.30 (We follow a rather strict timetable when it comes to our nutrition)
Lodgings: Within the school compound, in a hotel.
Classes: While we trained alone as a team with their coach in the morning, we trained with their students in the afternoon session. The students in the class which we joined were considered average.
There were foreigners who joined their professional team. I believe they were from the national/professional team of their respective countries. Foreigners I met include: Italians, Australians, Canadians, Malaysians.
Their professional team is also further classified into 3 groups based on their skills (And age if I'm not wrong)
Obviously the older ones are better anyway.
Also, we were allowed to use the gymnasium to practice some difficult jumps since its safer with all the cushions.
Life there: We pretty much spent the time when we're not eating or training (Between 8.30-9.30, 12.30-3.30, 6.30 onwards) watching movies online so it's very laid back!
There are several places of interest located within walking distance of the school and of course good food to purchase, so its worth the time to explore those places. Not to mention plenty of clothes and electronic products! Noteworthy details: Starbucks located next to the school!
I'd certainly wish to visit the school again if I have the chance.
Location: China, Beijing, Beijing ShiChaHai sports school. (Pretty famous sports school in China if I'm not mistaken, here is the link if you wish to find out about it >>) http://www.admissions.cn/sch/
Temperature: < 0 degrees centigrade, around -6 degrees on colder times of the day.
Training time: 9.30-11.30, 3.30-5.30 (We trained twice a day to maximise our time there, students usually only train once per day, so it's not as tough as you believe!)
Meal time: Breakfast 7.30-8.30, Lunch 11.30-12.30, Dinner 5.30-6.30 (We follow a rather strict timetable when it comes to our nutrition)
Lodgings: Within the school compound, in a hotel.
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| Hotel room, there is a computer/television at the front of the bed ( Not shown in photo) |
There were foreigners who joined their professional team. I believe they were from the national/professional team of their respective countries. Foreigners I met include: Italians, Australians, Canadians, Malaysians.
Their professional team is also further classified into 3 groups based on their skills (And age if I'm not wrong)
Obviously the older ones are better anyway.
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| This is one of the places where the professional team trained. |
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| Gymnasium |
Life there: We pretty much spent the time when we're not eating or training (Between 8.30-9.30, 12.30-3.30, 6.30 onwards) watching movies online so it's very laid back!
There are several places of interest located within walking distance of the school and of course good food to purchase, so its worth the time to explore those places. Not to mention plenty of clothes and electronic products! Noteworthy details: Starbucks located next to the school!
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| Favourite part of the school: A giant greenhouse where the environment is cool and trees are still green |
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| Huge bowl of noodles at 13 RMB or 2.60 SGD |
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| Starbucks |
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| 5 or 4 storey compound located near the school (About 1km) selling clothes and electronics, |
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Rain
I feel uplifted when it rains, simply because its the most natural phenomenon that could happen in my city. Never at the mercy of people, it happens completely at the will of nature. No amount of trees planted in my garden city could allow my country to assimilate into nature as much as what the rain could provide. My city, having being located in the tropics, is the coolest in times of rain, and it makes the urban jungle feel alive again.
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