"Hi may I know how you manage to become to rich and pretty?"
"HELP!! This psycho wants my money and virginity!!!!"
Actual:
"hey how come I increase 500 here would end up 700 more at your side? how did you arrive with the figures? isn't the formula linear?"
"hey that's my rice bowl man. no way I'm telling you but take them as they are."
you know what? keep your fucking bowl. I have finer wares.
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Monday, 19 October 2009
Testing 1, 2, 3. Examinations need a reality check.
Jim bought some chocolates and gave half of it to Ken. Ken bought some sweets and gave half of it to Jim. Jim ate 12 sweets and Ken ate 18 chocolates. The ratio of Jim’s sweets to chocolates became 1:7 and the ratio of Ken’s sweets to chocolates became 1:4. How many sweets did Ken buy?
Answer? 68.
2 things to highlight here.
1) Ken & Jim are rich! I can't imagine myself having enough to buy 68 sweets, back then.
2) Diabetes & Headache.
sure I can solve this algebraically and/or with diagrams without the pressure of time. but in an examination room setting, the clock is ticking and it probably doesn't help that the snorings from the napping invigilator are in the rhythm of Sun Ho's aka Lady-Gaga-Wannabe dance hits. enough to give an ex-CHCer a headache.
maybe they should change the "story" in the question to something more .... "everyday".
Jim has a mobile plan with 250 sms free per month. Ken has a mobile plan with 300 mins free per month. Jim let Ken send half of the sms and Ken let Jim call a chatline for 45 mins. how much would the telcomm overcharge Ken for the usage? or for that matter, what would Ken's mum say?
"no more chocolates for you!"
Answer? 68.
2 things to highlight here.
1) Ken & Jim are rich! I can't imagine myself having enough to buy 68 sweets, back then.
2) Diabetes & Headache.
sure I can solve this algebraically and/or with diagrams without the pressure of time. but in an examination room setting, the clock is ticking and it probably doesn't help that the snorings from the napping invigilator are in the rhythm of Sun Ho's aka Lady-Gaga-Wannabe dance hits. enough to give an ex-CHCer a headache.
maybe they should change the "story" in the question to something more .... "everyday".
Jim has a mobile plan with 250 sms free per month. Ken has a mobile plan with 300 mins free per month. Jim let Ken send half of the sms and Ken let Jim call a chatline for 45 mins. how much would the telcomm overcharge Ken for the usage? or for that matter, what would Ken's mum say?
"no more chocolates for you!"
Thursday, 1 October 2009
iLike
it's almost a month since the switch and so far how?
1) phone functions. nothing to shout about, yet. with my previous phone the volume and controls were adequate. I could hear the other side loud enough without going full volume. but with the iphone I turn it on 100% most of the time. kinda no room left for adjustments when in areas with loud ambient noise, or when my hearing starts to go.
2) input. took a bit of getting used to but ok now even for fingers and thumbs like mine.
3) music. ipod in an iphone. need to say more?
4) other functions. thousands of games and apps waiting to be downloaded at a low fee (nah. jailbreaks are for jailbirds). including a very fav early 90s classic remake Secret of the Monkey Island for a price of USD$8! I remember the game went for SGD$80 and it was in an amazing EGA 16 colours.
final verdict? I am liking the new phone-casual gaming device-music player-whatever else but I do sometime wish its just a phone and leave those everything else to everything else. kinda a "jack of trades but master of none".
1) phone functions. nothing to shout about, yet. with my previous phone the volume and controls were adequate. I could hear the other side loud enough without going full volume. but with the iphone I turn it on 100% most of the time. kinda no room left for adjustments when in areas with loud ambient noise, or when my hearing starts to go.
2) input. took a bit of getting used to but ok now even for fingers and thumbs like mine.
3) music. ipod in an iphone. need to say more?
4) other functions. thousands of games and apps waiting to be downloaded at a low fee (nah. jailbreaks are for jailbirds). including a very fav early 90s classic remake Secret of the Monkey Island for a price of USD$8! I remember the game went for SGD$80 and it was in an amazing EGA 16 colours.
final verdict? I am liking the new phone-casual gaming device-music player-whatever else but I do sometime wish its just a phone and leave those everything else to everything else. kinda a "jack of trades but master of none".
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