Ride the surf.

Survived the math test today feeling quite proud I was able to attempt most of the questions. I'm feeling ultra drained right now after having less than 4 hours of sleep for the past two days. And I have tuition in less than half an hour's time! I think I'll just collapse in my bed directly after tuition.

And holy. I just realised that all my tags have accumulated since eternity, so I'ma respond to them.

Tags:

xining - LOL. Now we know that gorillas have the biggest balls. And also that gorillas are promiscuous creatures! How can a certain gorilla be faithful if he commits bigamy!

VaderDarth - O.o testosterone... steroids... huh? *blur*

passery-by - haha thanks alot : )

cheerfulb0y - like no o.O I don't dare to turn around to see what you and wen wei do at the back of the class when no one's watching!

linping - lol yeah its cute. The key word here, though, is "was".

jun kiat - haha thanks : D

toad, smileyboi - YES. For some reason I don't really like her.

wen wei' - updated!

cw - lolololol do it yourself!

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Amy Winehouse hospitalised for the second time this year.

LONDON (AP) — A spokesman for troubled singer Amy Winehouse says she has been released from a London hospital after suffering a reaction to medication.

Spokesman Chris Goodman says Winehouse is feeling fine. He says she was discharged from a London hospital Tuesday after spending the night under observation.

Winehouse had been rushed by ambulance from her north London home to London's University College Hospital on Monday evening.

It was the second time in as many months that the Grammy winner had been taken to a hospital. She was hospitalized in June after collapsing at home.

Again? Could it be drug overdose? Amy Winehouse, has been, from statements given by her father, taking drugs for quite some time now. Her father was requesting the public to boycott her album until she sends herself to rehab (and that was probably why her single, Rehab, came out).

I would think that this hospitalisation would most probably be due to drug overdosage, but we can't really tell. Just keep away from drugs.

Hormones.
I just read Clement's blog and saw his tagboard was full of discussion about hormones. Interestingly, maybe the scientific community should do a full review on how hormones are used for anything at all.

Oestrogen-like compounds found in sunblock
http://www.anapsid.org/cnd/hormones/estrogen3.html

"benzophenone-3, homosalate, 4-methyl-benzylidene camphor (4-MBC), octyl-methoxycinnamate and octyl-dimethyl-PABA - behaved like oestrogen in lab tests"

"When the team mixed it with olive oil and applied it to rat skin, it doubled the rate of uterine growth well before puberty. "That was scary, because we used concentrations that are in the range allowed in sunscreens," Schlumpf says. Nobody knows if doses are high enough to create problems for people, says Schlumpf."

Know what, now I'm sorta worried. Next time, when you get sunblock, try getting one that uses Zinc Oxide instead.

A Third of male fish in rivers change sex
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-396612/Third-male-fish-rivers-changing-sex.html

What! 1/3 of fish changed sex. And there were also some that were neither gender, i.e. transvestites?

"British men's sperm counts dropped by almost a third between 1989 and 2002, and one in six couples now have difficulty conceiving."

Ok so now we sorta know why men these days have problems conceiving. Its probably due to high oestrogen levels in food we etat.

Alot of talk has centred around oestrogen found in soya bean and chicken (for tenderising of meat) and yes, it is a real danger that exists out there.

Plastics cause gender change
http://www.hindu.com/seta/2004/08/05/stories/2004080500311400.htm

"These [oestrogen-mimicking compounds] are found in plastics, food packaging, shampoos and pesticides and accumulate in the environment. "

Ahh oestrogen is EVERYWHERE.

Now that we know a male fish treated with oestrogen can grow ovaries, what the heck are we doing to protect ourselves? O_O Now if we were dosed with oestrogen, would we grow ovaries? Maybe. But it has been proven that in men, testes would shrink and their female secondary characteristics would be enhanced (i.e. become a sissy).

Creepy huh. So the next time you see anything that says hormones present, think twice before using it.

Some week that was.
The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved

Friday was half-day. But it didn't really turn out. We still had lessons till 1:20 because of that maths test (AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE ON TUESDAY) and Bio practical.

Bio practical pictures below!

Disclaimer: The photos below are not for those weak at heart and elderly and pregnant women are advised to look away while scrolling down.



Aww cute mouse.



Cruxification o.O



Incision at the abdomen.



Bat-rat?



All the instruments into the mouse head. Ouch.



See that pink thing? Yeah its the intestines.



Yes. In case you were wondering. We de-skinned the mouse and burst its bladder. And not to mention, squeeze its faeces out from its intestines.

Man did it stink.

The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved
(5/5 stars)




Amazing band. The script came into the music scene not too long ago with their song "We Cry". I believe that this song would be one of the top few in the charts.

The song talks about this guy who waits for his lost love at the corner of the street.

Very meaningful lyrics, touching melody and beautiful vocals. Very nostalgic.

I'm not moving.

39 Days.

Its been eons since I last blogged. Too many projects and academics.

Anyways listen to the song I put at the right. Swing, swing by All-American Rejects. I've been looking for this song for 6 years. Finally found it.

Went to Orchard with Xi Ning to fix his newly bought nano. o.O apparently some elephant trampled on it till the screen became all white whenever it was turned on. And it's only what, 3 weeks old? Lucky for him, the maintenance shop said they'll get a replacement for him for free. And bleh, I saw a pair of really cool iPod in-ears but they cost 69 or something. Super expensive. Ah well, guess I have to save up.

Miley Cyrus - 7 Things







This song's quite nice, amazingly coming from Miley Cyrus.



But there are some really really irritating parts like when she sounds like a cow towards the end like about 3:08 onwards. Felt like punching her in the face and tell her to shut up. And also at the start and end when she does that creepy whispery voice, I couldn't decipher it at all o.O I thought it was something like "shut-up" or "sharks" until I checked the lyrics and it was actually "shy" O.O



Another issue that she really needs braces. She's super rich but can't afford braces? Pause at 0:46 and 1:17 and she looks like a pig.



But overall, the song and the MV were ok and the song's kinda catchy.

Speak of the devil.
Ashanti - That Way That I Love You

Pday was a total mess up.

1st Project went quite well except one or two really weird questions that I didn't know how to answer.

2nd Project completely died. We were set up and ready to present, gleaming that there were no imba judges in the judging seat. Wishful thinking. Lo and behold came Ms T. who totally owned the group.

I give up. Sometimes things don't always go the way you want it to no matter how hard you try.

Got tons of work to chiong by tonight. Gotta go!

Tags:
cheerfulb0y - yalah total 撞邪. and we have to do marshal because NCC have ORD this friday. haiz haiz haiz. very stressed up lately.

teckseng - linked! lol sorry i took eons. last week tests spam like siao.

VaderDarth - hmm true. but sometimes its a mix of both.

shadow - linked! ahh. thanks for taking care of our crystals lol. totally neglected them for one whole week. bleh.

Homeostasis? Le Chatelier's?

Time for a time-out.

I'm honestly quite stressed now.

Who am I to be?

Mugger-no-lifer or fun-jubilant?

Playing both roles take a toll on me.

Where's the balance point?