Saturday, February 28, 2009

errrr....

Coming back late every weekends until 5 AM ?

I think I'm making a bad examples to my brothers.

Anyway, Jason was trying to test my IQ by giving me one of the Maths questions from his textbook. Personally he already knew how to do by the formula given by his teacher, which he didn't understand and he wanted to ask me this question as if challenging me if I can solve this so called "brainworks" question. Fine, I accepted the challenge, even though I didn't have much sleep at all.

n=1
S=1
P=1

n=2
S=1+2 = 3
P= 1^3 + 2^3 = 9

n=3
S=1+2+3=6
P=1^3+2^3+3^3 = 36

So on and so forth.....

a) Find the equation that links S and n (which is seemingly the hardest part of this question. If you can solve this, you can solve all the other parts)

b) Find the equation that links S and P.

c)
i) Find 1+2+3+.....+100 ii) Find 1^3 + 2^3 + 3^3 + ..... + 100^3

Surprisingly I finished this question within less than 5 minutes. o.O It was confusing at first, but after a few trials and errors, I finished it as quickly as I finish the O level maths paper.

Even though this was not included in this question, but I would find this interesting and it would add in more challenge into this.

Find the equation that links P and n.

I haven't had time to try this yet. Meanwhile, just crack your skulls a little bit and post your answer here. ^^

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Wow, finally I am going to work. Good pay good pay.



EDIT: Sorry, the last part was actually included in the question, and it was actually not hard at all. Hehe. Probably my mind was not very fresh at 5 AM so. Haha ^^ Apology.

errrr....

Monday, February 23, 2009

20 highest paying careers

I guess this would be interesting to I post it here.

Physicians provide health care to patients in private practices or clinics.
Mean annual salary: $147,405*
2006 employment (including surgeons): 633,000**
2016 projected employment (including surgeons): 723,000

Top corporate controllers supervise the financial and budget departments of corporations and create financial reports that assess the company's financial situation.
Mean annual salary: $115,818
2006 employment (all financial managers): 506,000
2016 projected employment (all financial managers): 570,000

Engineering managers oversee the engineers designing and producing products and machinery.
Mean annual salary: $100,038
2006 employment: 187,000
2016 projected employment: 201,000

Corporate attorneys work for corporations and do trial work and consultation, and handle all legal issues that impact the company.
Mean annual salary: $93,250
2006 employment (all attorneys): 761,000
2016 projected employment (all attorneys): 844,000

Physicists observe the laws of physics, develop new theories and apply their knowledge to the development of products and scientific processes.
Mean annual salary: $93,073
2006 employment: 17,000
2016 projected employment: 18,000

Systems and programming managers draw up plans for an organization's computer network and its security.
Mean annual salary: $90,138
2006 employment: n/a***
2016 projected employment: n/a

Pharmacists fill prescriptions for patients and administer medical advice in pharmacies.
Mean annual salary: $89,564
2006 employment: 243,000
2016 projected employment: 296,000

Marketing managers create the marketing plan for a company or organization, including how it will be publicized and who the target audience is.
Mean annual salary: $87,038
2006 employment: 167,000
2016 projected employment: 192,000

Financial analysis managers assess the state of financial investments and decide what course of action should be taken based on economic data and trends.
Mean annual salary: $86,739
2006 employment: 506,000
2016 projected employment: 570,000

Lead computer programmers oversee a group of programmers and delegate work as needed, often for a specific project.
Mean annual salary: $80,182
2006 employment (all programmers): 435,000
2016 projected employment (all programmers): 417,000

Lead systems analysts oversee a group of analysts who address computer problems for an organization and ensure that the computer system fulfills the demands of that organization.
Mean annual salary: $79,479
2006 employment (all analysts): 504,000
2016 projected employment (all analysts): 650,000

Personnel managers are involved in the creation, development and implementation of human resources policies and activities for an organization.
Mean annual salary: $77,984
2006 employment: n/a
2016 projected employment: n/a

Benefits managers ensure that employee benefits programs are administered properly within an organization.
Mean annual salary: $75,425
2006 employment: 49,000
2016 projected employment: 55,000

Electrical engineers are involved in the planning, development and creation of electrical equipment.
Mean annual salary: $75,094
2006 employment: 153,000
2016 projected employment: 163,000

Sales area managers are in charge of an organization's sales group, including who is assigned to what territory and what the sales strategy is.
Mean annual salary: $73,146
2006 employment: 318,000
2016 projected employment: 351,000

Chemical engineers use their knowledge of chemicals to handle any issues that arise during the production of chemicals or biochemicals or of products that use chemicals in a variety of industries.
Mean annual salary: $71,942
2006 employment: 30,000
2016 projected employment: 33,000

Purchasing managers often supervise purchasing agents in the purchase of a good, such as steel or lumber.
Mean annual salary: $69,980
2006 employment: 70,000
2016 projected employment: 72,000

Mechanical engineers are involved in the creation, production and use of mechanical equipment and machines that vary from everyday consumer goods to large-scale, commercial items.
Mean annual salary: $68,775
2006 employment: 226,000
2016 projected employment: 235,000

Civil engineers oversee the design and construction of public structures, such as roads, airports and bridges.
Mean annual salary: $61,681
2006 employment: 256,000
2016 projected employment: 302,000

Computer programmers create and troubleshoot the programs that computers use to perform tasks.
Mean annual salary: $60,682
2006 employment: 435,000
2016 projected employment: 417,000

Sunday, February 22, 2009

He could be Jeremiah because it was my intuitive, and I know how he usually text people.

This entry is mainly for my thoughts and feeling about Psychology career path, as requested by Stephanie.

Simply I would say the pay of a Diploma in Psychology is just the same as diploma in mass communication, unless you wanna take Degree course or higher level of study, then you will be able to have a salary of $50,000/year.

However, Psychology enthusiasts who like to study this course actually not for the purpose of earning a lot of money. If you want to have a better/more comfortable living, there are so many alternatives to choose from, like engineering, Doctoring, especially Business. People who are into Psychology already had a very deep inner thought when young and thus developed a great interest in this course. Many people study this course purposefully are not to seek a prospective future, but simply just to find an answer for their own questions. Again, Psychology is a very very demanding/discouraging/difficult/stressful course UNLESS you really love this course and inside your head there are already questions popping up that desperately demand for answer about human behavioral activities, emotions and stuffs. However it is also a very interesting course popping up in the economy, so I guess it will keep you awake most of the time, save for the memorizing part. (:

Psychology is believed to be a science subject, but it is a mixture between science and arts. Psychology is widely linked with Philosophy (which belongs to Arts!) and Biology (which is Science of course!), both theoretically and practically. Sometimes you also have to do foresic study which involves understanding about mysterical activities in brains and bodily functions. You may have to split open a human brain to study why people has such abnormal, or extraordinary behaviours. When somebody reacts aggressively, some areas in the brain will be more active than the others, and sometimes the brains will send signal to the wrong direction, subsequently leading to undesired behaviours and actions. Thinking of Psychology this way is more understandable because it's not just about common sense, but also about rationality. Psychology seeks to find the answer for you.

And yes, you have to memorize a LOT of things.

A Diploma can get you to be a school councillor only, where you earn just as much as the others. Usually people I know taking this course go for Master, or Ph.D. and not because they will earn a lot but they will know a lot more. These people are usually bookworms. Be prepared because taking this course will not give you any time to sleep, let alone going out every day.

I am actually very into Psychology & Philosophy, which Philosophy being the dominant interest of mine. After the O level, I got accepted into Psychology course both in University of Canberra and Australian National Uni. But when I look at the annual fee, I rejected both (ya, call me stupid or whatever, but don't expect any more mercy from me.). Probably it's not a good way at all unless I have Scholarship, which is unlikely. I am very independant and I don't want to touch my parents' money anymore Thus I decided to stay in Singapore and continue studying, to save less trouble. I hope with the course I am not good at, I will just strive to do well and go to uni later.

Never in my life had I given a thought about how much I am gonna earn in the future. It's all about living a life that is worth living.

All the best for you Stephanie, I respect your choice and I hope you will be able to do well in the course you like and maintain a good interest in the course which I find is always happening. If you're good in this course, trust me, you will have a good life in 10 years time.

I beg you read this funny story:

A man went into a small library, and he found a very young and attractive lady sitting on a table near the corner. When he came near the lady and wanted to make friends, the lady shouted: "GO AWAY, YOU FILTHY PERVERT!"

Everybody instantly spun around and stared at him. Extremely embarrassed, he quickly walked away, his face burning red. A little while later, the lady came to the man's table and whispered:

"I'm sorry, I am a first year Psychology student, and I was trying to know how people react in unusual situations."

Suddenly the man cried out loud:
"NO WAY! $5000 A NIGHT IS TOO MUCH!"

I think you get the joke right? (: Just for fun haha.

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Yay, I'm getting back in shape!








How come a lot of people say I look like this guy Wu Chun from the Taiwanese band Fahrenheit?


Even Mr. Lim from Fuchun also said that. Now it's a group of NS people from church. Cool people though, enjoy going out with them.


Friday, February 20, 2009

two out of three

If I don't get this job, I don't know what other jobs I can get.

God please help me.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Exhaustion ?

I am really out of shape recently.

Besides running, which has shown some significant progress, I completely lost all my motivation when I entereed the gym. Consequently I skipped all the exercises scheduled for that day after doing just 3 sets of chest press and 3 sets of quadriceps extensions. I felt so bored that I didn't want to do any more working out.

I left the gym one hour later. Normally I would spend time in the gym for at least 2 hours.

I'm like shit now, my muscles now are just as soft as tou fu.

My weight has been going down recently, probably because I have only had 2 meals every day. I slept very late at night and when I woke up, it's already noon.

Anyway, I just woke up and there's nothing much for me to do, so I just blog for a while. Another boring day.

I hope I get the job. The pay was so good for a student like me so I just can't wait to start working and save some cash on my own.

Last night, Rahmat gave me some of his views about fate, failure and success, which I thought might be true since it seems convincingly philosophically rational. That was something from the Koran also so I wouldn't doubt it.

"If you already have planned everything clearly and worked so hard, and when you achieved your target, then it's called success. Instead, if you already have planned everything clearly and also worked very hard, but you didn't get the resuts you want, then certainly it's fate. But, if you didn't plan anything, and not working for the target at all, and on the day you didn't get what you want, now it's called failure."

"Basically it's just fate that you didn't make it to Hwa Chong, because you already planned everything and worked very hard for it for more than one year. your target is very clear but, probably it's fate. Hwa Chong is not meant for you. God already has a plan for you and Hwa Chong wasn't in it. All you need to do now is accept your fate and continue working hard toward the goal that has been given to you by god."

Personally I think I am more lucky than many other people. Rahmat lost his mother and today is his Anniversary for his death. And for me I think Rahmat is a really strong person. He could handle his emotion so well that surprised me extremely. Who could have controlled his emotion when a mother passed away? I don't think I can.

When I was talking to him, Rahmat tried his best not to cry, but I could sea a tear drop from the corner on his eye, slowly rolling down his nose, as he talked to me about his mother's story, and how he isolated himself from others and if I'm not wrong, there was a moment when Rahmat became a complete freak in 5N1 that scared everyone to death.

Anyway, forwarding to midnight, when I was pondering about Rahmat's view on my fate.

"So it's fate you get a B3 for your English, huh? Because it's Valkyrie, not Valkerie, Anniversary, not Aniversary, and grief, not grieve." I kept correcting his mistakes when he put his display messages on his MSN.

"Well Tony, I think you should have got an A2 instead of B3, because you keep correcting me. xD" I don't know whether he was trying to be sarcastic, so I just played along.

"fate, Rahmat, fate." Maybe in Comprehension part, I didn't do a very good job. And probably my story was not at all interesting either. Who knows?

It's time to brush my teeth and and breakfast at 11:30 AM.

Monday, February 16, 2009

GOOD JOB!

Great.

Now I cannot sleep anymore, all thanks to my mom.

I was in bed and out of the blue she called me just to tell me that I had to come to SP directly to ask about the enrolment package.

I was confused, then worried, and lastly pissed at her for spreading her worry to me. Fucking irritating. I should have told her that others didn't receive the enrolment package as well, not only me.

How I wish she let me do everything..................

Yea I'm pissed right NOW!

Hey I still love her dudes.

Just that she treated me like a kid.

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God please tell them not to change their mind in the last minute. =[

Hope I do well.

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Happy Valentine's day people.

I had a really awesome Vday. Haha.

We went out for the whole day until 5 AM the next morning.

Had I got some pictures, I would have uploaded here. Haha.


Some of my friends offered to teach me guitar haha. How cool it is.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Haha.

Honeyed dreams and chocolate wishes.

Remember that.

Monday, February 9, 2009

ARGH!

Ok I'm going for job interview this afternoon. Hope everything goes well.

Amen.

You might ask when I became Christian?

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Enraged.

That's the word I describe for my feelings toward those who are in the Hwa Chong Orientation right now. I shall not describe more. If triggered, the anger could erupt and I could whack anyone to smithereens. I'm dead serious.

Confession.

To be honest, the reason why I don't want and don't really have a stable relationship with any girl is because I lose interests way too quickly. Sometimes there are a few girls where I really want to stay together with, but after I got into her heart, when she almost fell to me, I started to lose interest and change my target at rapid rate. Personally I think, a stable relationship is way too boring for me. And I become bored very quickly, too quickly for me to even realize.

Not unless I have a huge crush on somebody. In my whole life, there are only 2 people that actually and really moved me; my very first love, and a girl which I met 2 years ago. Both have lots of things in common: close birthdays, strong character (I don't know, I don't really like shy girls, no matter how pretty.), very smart (both are older than me and studied in good schools and have very stable life.), have enjoyable life, both love me in the heart, and were left by me! I know it's damn cruel and stupid but I don't know, it's my nature. Back then I was an idiot, and with time I learn.

After a while I got into contact with my first girlfriend. She confessed she still liked me a lot, probably the guys back there didn't satisfy her needs. For the second one, from some reliable sources, I realized that she already has a new boyfriend, a very stable relationship. (Ahem, she's in uni.). I don't know whether she still likes me but I'm sure that guy is with her after I left. When I first heard this, I was very heartbroken, but that died down probably half a year ago, when this girl Cassandra came into my life. Unfortunately, now Cassandra also hates me because of some misunderstanding I have yet to uncovered.

Another story of mine: in sec 1, one girl really liked me, but I had a crush on the other one, and she didn't notice until much later, which consequently caused a lot of confusions and catastrophes. When she realized that, she cried uncontrollably on the stage, and I was the one to blame. Her friends started to sabotage me, and some of my classmates, who are really gangsters even in sec 1, and they were very big, provoked me with fights. I don't know what fighting is like in Singapore, but in Vietnam it is real violence! Even in school, no one will dare to stop you. You might even die on the spot if security didn't come in time. That's why I took some self-defence. It's a better way to join gang though.

Probably I'm a bad guy, because a good guy won't make a girl cry. So don't come for me even if you find me very attractive.

My fate will come and god will choose for me the most suitable one, so I don't need to rush. I have a very carefree personality so probably that doesn't bring me to any girl, though a lot of girls actually compliment me with my looks, and sometimes my brains (Sorry, but this is so wrong honestly, I'm stupid!)

Probably I need 10 strokes of canning from mommy to teach me how to appreciate love.

Lol, after posting this, I guess I have to hide this from any potential girlfriend of mine. xD

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It's time I look for a job in Singapore.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Life.

Suddenly I felt that life has become more meaningful than ever. Hah.

I made so many friends today and they brought me around the school, my future school, Singapore Polytechnic. The school is really huge and it took around 2 hour plus for the tour and still we didn't manage to finish looking at everything! There are 6 foodcourts in SP and each of them is situated distinctively far from the other. Guess what, I met the Malay auntie selling Malay food at the last stall in Fuchun secondary. Turned out that she is also selling food here too, at food court number 4. Still, it is awesome that I have good friends that were willing to bring me around the campus before the actual orientation.

I got to know a lot of stories about SP. From an accident of a girl that leads to the bridge being painted all red, to the phone booth at the School of Business block suddenly rings at midnight. Lol, we actually walked past them and noticed nothing wrong, but to be honest, the view from where we were standing (the block of School of Business) to the vast deserted land below that was under construction sent chills down my spines. SP is, afterall, the oldest poly in Singapore and there are lots of stories to tell.

I got into Chemical Process Technology. I don't know what the heck that course is but from what I know and what I heard, this course is interesting and "power", even though in fact it is from the 8th choice of my JAE application.

Pathetic right?

Had I got a better results, I could have got into some better courses like Aerospace Engineering, or Biomed.

Nevermind now, at least I got what I really desire after all.

Really looking forward to SP Orientation. I don't care about my Hwa Chong results anymore.

But what if I got enough points to enroll in HCI again?

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One girl that I just met is really cute. ^^

I threw the coin into the "happiness" box.