Lame

My hands are feeling a bit itchy. So much so that I may buy any combination of the below mentioned:

1) Apple ITouch
2) New Logitech Mouse (After like 999999 hours of use, my MX310 has survived counterstrike, WC3, C, MathLab, Excel, e.t.c and the thing that's bugging me is the terribly worn out look)
3) New Bag
4) More T-shirts
5) Swimming Goggles
6) Thai Express Discount Card
7) New Gaming Mouse Pad
8) Zara clothing (though my long sleeved shirts are rotting in my closet)
9) Watch

Hmm the number of options are 9C0 + 9C1 + 9C2 + ... + 9C9 = 2^9 = 512 possibilities.
Then again, I might not even buy anything. Hmm.

Oh ya. I forgot I should be saving A LOT so that I can go crazy in Europe next year.
Ok no buy no buy.




Anyway, everything aside. If there's anything that's making me very gian, it's the ITouch. Gosh how ah how ah how ah how ah.

Bond

Based on my superficial understanding of the word bond, I believe it is a simple type of instrument where you pay a lump sum of money, and receive a coupon or a yield monthly or yearly at regular intervals, with the total accumulated coupon payouts being of a slightly higher percentage of the initially investment. The bond contract is binding, ensuring that the investor receives that particular amount regardless of any financial farce.

Mini, as defined explicitly by www.dictionary.com being anything of a small, reduced, or miniature size, would suggest that the word "mini-bond" is a bond of smaller value, intensity, reduction in risk or of course, reduction in eventual payouts, which has unfortunately become the latest talk of the town.

Deceiving right?
Triple A rating? Double A rating?
Nah. I suggest you leave that categorizing methodology solely to your Energizer batteries, for the moral or rather immoral conscience in financial institutions has left us commonfolk cannon fodder by the banks along the Singapore River.

New Credit Card Scam

This one is pretty slick since they provide YOU with all the
information, except the one piece they want.

Note, the callers do not ask for your card number; they
already have it. This information is worth reading. By
understanding how the VISA & MasterCard Telephone Credit Card
Scam works, you'll be better prepared to protect yourself.

One of our employees was called on Wednesday from 'VISA', and
I was called on Thursday from 'Master Card'. The scam works
like this: Caller: 'This is (name), and I'm calling from the
Security and Fraud Department at VISA. My Badge number is
12460. Your card has been flagged for an unusual purchase
pattern, and I'm calling to verify. This would be on your VISA
card which was issued by (name of bank). Did you purchase an
Anti-Telemarketing Device for $497.99 from a Marketing company
based in Arizona ?'

When you say 'No', the caller continues with, 'Then we will be
issuing a credit to your account. This is a company we have
&nbs! p; ;been watching and the charges range from $297 to $497, just
under the $500 purchase pattern that flags most cards. Before
your next statement, the credit will be sent to (gives you
your address), is that correct?'

You say 'yes'. The caller continues - 'I will be starting a
Fraud investigation. If you have any questions, you should
call the 1- 800 number listed on the back of your card
(1-800-VISA) and ask for Security.'

You will need to refer to this Control Number. The caller
then gives you a 6 digit number. 'Do you need me to read it
again?'

Here's the IMPORTANT part on how the scam works. The caller
then says, 'I need to verify you are in possession of your
card'. He'll ask you to 'turn your card over and look for some
numbers'. There are 7 numbers; the first 4 are part of your
card number, the next 3 are the security Numbers that verify
you are the possessor of the card. These are the numbers you
sometimes use to make Internet purchases to prove you have the
card. The caller will ask you to read the 3 numbers to him.
After you tell the caller the 3 numbers, he'll say, 'That is
correct, I just needed to verify that the car! d has no t been
lost or stolen, and that you still have your card. Do you have
any other questions?' After you say No, the caller then thanks
you and states, 'Don't hesitate to call back if you do, and
hangs up.

You actually say very little, and they never ask for or tell
you the Card number. But after we were called on Wednesday, we
called back within 20 minutes to ask a question. Are we glad
we did! The REAL VISA Security Department told us it was a
scam and in the last 15 minutes a new purchase of $497.99 was
charged to our card.

Long story - short - we made a real fraud report and closed
the VISA account. VISA is reissuing us a new number. What the
scammers want is the 3-digit PIN number on the back of the
card Don't give it to them. Instead, tell them you'll call
VISA or Master card directly for verification of their
conversation. The real VISA told us that they will never ask
for anything on the card as they already know the information
since they issued the card! If you give the scammers your 3
Digit PIN Number, you think you're receiving a credit.
However, by the time you get your statement you'll see charges
! ; for purchases you didn't make, and by then it's almost too
late and/or more difficult to actually file a fraud report.

What makes this more remarkable is that on Thursday, I got a
call from a 'Jason Richardson of Master Card' with a
word-for-word repeat of the VISA scam. This time I didn't let
him finish. I hung up! We filed a police report, as instructed
by VISA. The police said they are taking several of these
reports daily! They also urged us to tell everybody we know
that this scam is happening.

Please pass this on to all your family and friends. By
informing each other, we protect each other.

Yeah. Thankfully my friend forwarded me the mail. I could have been unknowingly scammed too

Ok. 4250 words more to go.
Hell Week 2 has just begun. And it begins on a Friday.

Bush

Under Bush's leadership, the following has taken place:

1) 9/11
2) Invasion of Afghanistan
3) Invasion of Iraq
4) Crappy 6 party talks with North Korea that has no possible resolution
5) The Collapse of Bear Sterns
6) The bail out of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
7) The Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers
8) The see-saw prices of oil
9) The pending collapse of AIG

Hasty generalization. But to see so much nonsense taking place under one leadership, you really wonder where have all the brains gone to.


Gosh. I think my 22 inch monitor is really quite sick. I can stare at 6 pages of my report.

Light Bulp

I'm not very sure how my search for in-vitro fertilization and fertility related topics led me to this light bulb joke on Google. But I thought it's worth posting anyway.

Come on ladies. Do your National Service, so I won't have to subject myself to this mind numbing essay any longer!

Q: How many RJC students does it take to change a light bulb?
A: 4 whole faculties. One to design the new bulb, one to manufacture and test it out, one to write a proposal on it and one to market it.

Q: How many HCJC students does it take to change a light bulb?
A: The whole school. To compete with RJC

Q: How many VJC students does it take to change a light bulb?
A: The whole school. One student to screw it in and the rest to cheer, wave flags and banners to give him/her support.

Q: How many NJC students does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. They can study without light

Q: How many AJC students does it take to change a light bulb?
A: They’re too busy trying to be one of the top 5JCs

Q: How many ACJC students does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. They’ll rather use all their money to employ YJC students to do it for them.

Q: How many YJC students does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. Only one teacher to tell them what a light bulb is in the first place and to demonstrate how to change the light bulb. (So how do you think they’re able to change it ACJC?)

Q: How many CJC students does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None.They’ll prefer it to be darker. (Hmmmm?*raises eye-brows*)

Q: How many JJC students does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. Their physics is so bad that they made their macho teacher cry.

Q: How many TPJC students does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. Would they even bother?

Q: How many SAJC students does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. They believe in praying for it.

Q: How many NYJC students does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. They are still using oil lamps.

Q: How many SRJC students does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Huh, what litebarb

Q: How many PJC students does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Heck the light bulb lah, the principal would do something about the rightbarbs. Let’s do 300 jumping jacks for not wearing the proper school attire.

Q: How many MJC students does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. They are too busy trying to get promoted.

Q: How many IJC students does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. They are Innovians. They’ll find ways out of the dark


Q: Who wrote all this
A: A TJCian

Q: How many TJC students does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. They think they are already very bright

Occifer

IPPT Scores Test Date CAT VOC Venue SIT-UP (rep) STANDING BROAD JUMP (cm) CHIN-UP (rep) 4X10M SHUTTLE RUN (sec) 2.4KM RUN (min:sec) Total Pts. Overall Result Score Pt. Score Pt. Score Pt. Score Pt. Score Pt. 10 Sep 2008 X B KHATIB FCC 0 0 221 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 2 Passed 6 Sep 2008 X B KHATIB FCC 37 4 212 1 6 2 10.5 3 11.55 2 12 Failed 21 Aug 2008 X B KHATIB FCC 35 3 225 3 6 2 10.3 4 0.0 0 12 Failed 6 Feb 2007 X B KHATIB FCC 42 5 225 3 6 2 10.2 4 0.0 0 14 Failed 7 Oct 2006 X B KHATIB FCC 32 2 234 4 8 3 9.9 5 0.0 0 14 Failed 30 Sep 2006 X B KHATIB FCC 40 5 234 4 8 3 9.9 5 12.48 1 18 Failed

Summarized IPPT Scores Year 2008 2007 2006 Award Passed Failed Failed

Yup. Officer no more pride already. My running timing is quite surprising though.

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My dad sent me this email and I thought it was pretty crappy and funny.

Hmm. My blog hasn't been updated much. To busy making out with matrices.

If your father is a poor man,
it is your fate but,
if your father-in-law is a poor man,
it's your stupidity.

If it's true that we are here to help others,
then what exactly are the others here for?

Since light travels faster than sound,
people appear bright until you hear them speak.

How come 'abbreviated' is such a long word?

Money is not everything.
There's Mastercard & Visa.

Every man should marry.
After all, happiness is not the only thing in life.

The wise never marry.
and when they marry they become otherwise.

The more you learn, the more you know,
The more you know, the more you forget
The more you forget, the less you know
So.. why learn.

A bus station is where a bus stops..

A train station is where a train stops.

On my desk, I have a work station....
what more can I say........

London

I wanna go London.............................................

But
I have GRE
I have my Reproductive Essay
I have my MATLAB assignment

Hmm. Zhongwen is surrounded by 2 Michelles. That's funny. Thankfully they both don't have the same surnames.

PB

Michael Scolfield's back.
Random update.

Fuck la. I can't even do the last 5 questions of my bloody matrix tutorial. My linear algebra is really damn screwed up.

Rojak

Oh ya. Check out the song playing on my blog. I think it's awesome. Haha. Michelle told me only one song and I got the whole album instead.

MA4267: Introduction to Peking English

Announcement on Tutorial

• Friday Group ST03: Few registered for Group ST03, so this group will be likely canceled.

• Tuesday Group ST01: This group has about 60. Not everyone has an opportunity to present the homework. In order to evaluate the performance, each time, 5-6 persons prepare the homework, some of which present it and all of which submit it just after the tutorial.

• Wednesday Group ST02: Each time, 2-3 persons prepare the homework, some of which present it and all of which submit it just after the tutorial.

• The following persons prepare homework for Chapter 2 (Problems 1-3):

Anandhi Raveendran

Ang Hui Shan

Beertino Romerow Woe

Chan Khai Qing

Chen Cheng

Chia Wee Siong Alvan

Zheng Rui

Zhang Xiaoou

Eh. Did the professor pass his GRE or TOEFL before pursuing his PHD? I think we need to improve the standard of English for some of our lecturers.

The beginning of the semester has seen me engaged in the following:
full-time tuition teacher
part-time knitter
part-time athlete
part-time researcher
part-time student

Woo!