Saturday, May 31, 2008

Don't Shells Obey the Golden Ratio?

Trees abide to Fibonacci's pattern. You know, 1,1,2,3,5,8,11 . . . apparently.
-Yeah those 10 sheets we did on it in yr 8? Didn't really help much.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Rudyard Kipling is so Awesome

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
-Rudyard Kipling the board of studies should so adopt this policy.

TODAY: A tribute to to my brother's 'historical interest'

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Get Your Quotes Out

Words fascinate me. They always have. For me, browsing in a dictionary is like being turned loose in a bank.
-Haha, I'd just like to say, 'pretty much Eddie Cantor, pretty much.'

TODAY: Nothing special, I just realised I dont have an 'awesome' tag. WHO DOESN"T HAVE AN AWESOME TAG?? Specially if they love the word so much and use it all the time.....

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Water is Special...Fellow Chemists, Unite!

Water never tastes as good as it does after a game of soccer. Never.
-It's true. Or else, it depends on what you've been eating/what you're drinking it out of. e.g out a glass vs drinkbottle and the drink bottle will always come out superior.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

I Though You Should Learn Something Again Today

East Germany, or the German Democratic Republic, was a state from 1949-1990, governed on the communist Soviet model, with the Berlin wall built to stop the great numbers of immigrants to West Germany. People DIED.
-Who else finds Germany interesting??

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

We Call it "Newton's Second Law"

The longer the time interval, the smaller the force.
-who's been studying physics??

Monday, May 19, 2008

Ah Yes, Well In Theory

The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.
-Haha if only our teachers would adopt this philosphy Andrew Tannenbaum

TODAY: A tribute to my dad, who has a high standard for explaining things :)

Friday, May 16, 2008

And Don't They Always Say it in Books?

Disappointment in you is worse than anger at you. Where anger seems irrational and hence may be blown off as 'passion-of-the-moment', disappointment is entirely rational and means you've failed a person's expectations.
-I was thinking deep today. Just thinking randomly, not from experience . . .

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Passive Resistence Is . . .

Spinning your own cotton is what brings peace and makes the world go round.
-Mahatma Gandhi has taught me so much

DSICLAIMER: Not to patronise huim, i'm just jesting one aspect of his 'nationalistic agenda', as MT put it. Hey i'm all for nations' independence!!

Sunday, May 11, 2008

"!"

To use bitter words when kind words are at hand is like picking unripe fruit when the ripe fruit is there.
-Oh Thiruvalluvar, you are so philosophic and so right.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Elizabeth Taylor, You Make Me Laugh

1940's movies are hilarious.
-They just are, watch one, possibly Little Women??

Friday, May 9, 2008

Simple Writing Hurts My Heart

Stories with a good plot, but written badly, are so frustrating!!
-Um sorry Carole Wilkinson, I just really think ....

Thursday, May 8, 2008

I Hate Going Backwards

Don't ever stop playing your instrument or your talent will sink depressingly low.
-Yeah something that makes me sad.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

I'm a Plain Eater Too

Too often i go to some lunch party and am presented with an exquisite froufrou creation when what i long for is the pasta the three-year-old sitting next to me is given.
-Nigella Lawson, i can so relate.

Monday, May 5, 2008

Steam Oh Wonderful Steam

Steam power is efficient, cost effective, great for the environment and a driving force of the economy!
-My Modern teacher has opened my eyes to many fascinating things.

NFFMR: Yes it was rather inevitable i put this on here, fellow Modern kiddies, wasn't it?