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Have you wondered how does the Sentosa Express switch rail? Being a monorail system, the mechanism is slightly different from normal railway's switching mechanism and in my opinion it's quite spectacular. The other day I went to Sentosa and took this set of pictures:the track from the station leads to the right track, which goes to Sentosasomething's moving...this sure looks …
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(disclaimer: since I am in one of the universities, this post may be biased)It's the time of the year for choosing university and 2 of the local top universities are all out to grab some gray matters. Advertisement in MRT stations, in printed media, in blogs (yeah yeah NTU ads appear in this blog. Where's NUS'?) Let's look at the different approaches employed by the 2 …
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Sometimes it's not wise to always follow what they say to save the environment.Examples:They say switch off home appliances at the power socket, don't leave them on standby. So you unplug your refrigerator's power and only plug it in when you open the fridge door and need the light.Throw your mucus-soaked tissue paper into the paper recycling bin and your plastic sweet …
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最近翻閱一本飲食雜志, 裡頭不只一次極力推介星巴克的焦糖咖啡, 講到好似瓊汁玉液般.上週五和一群豬朋到星巴克, 一試焦糖咖啡. 嘩, 難以形容!一杯 caramel macchiato, 盛惠6 新元; 我平時在大學飯堂的香濃海南咖啡: 6 角. 10倍的價錢, 能給我10倍的滿足感嗎?這就像拿粉絲和魚翅作比較. 一個是吃爽的, 一個是吃飽的. 學校的咖啡, 是我專心聽課的 …
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I've always wondered how bolts and nuts are made. Saw this video clip taken from Discovery's Science Channel which talks about how bolts and nuts are manufactured. Manufacturing processes and material science stuffs like rolling, forging, heat treatment, tensile test... things that we have learned in lectures. Engineering is so fun when you don't have to sit for exam.
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Yesterday Alvin and I went to collect some parts from the contractor. On our way back walking towards the bus stop we saw the bus coming. Normally I don't chase after buses, but Alvin said "chase lah" and started running. With 2 pieces of heavy metal on the back I started running, overtaking Alvin and reached the bus stop before the bus arrived. Was about …
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Recently I have switched from my old trusty Nokia 3120 to a Nokia E51.I don't usually spend on stuff that ain't edible, but at S$48 it was a real bargain. This candy bar (ironically I don't trust stuff that has too many mechanical components) has got a shiny stainless steel casing, 240 x 320 pixels screen, 2 megapixel camera, but what attracted me was the integrated WLAN …
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Went to the Esplanade to catch Beatles go Baroque by re:mix, part of the Flipside series of performances.re:mix is a classical music ensemble whose members come together to play music during their spare time. It was kinda cool to see them playing the violin in jeans. Casual is good. Oh a few of the members are engineers =)They played 5 of Beatles pieces including Help, Girl, …
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Ok away from all the machines that bore you, onto the streets of Guangzhou!That's Pearl River. Classic metal bridge. Pearl River, the other direction, a new bridge. Some very old buildings along the river. The street of Guangzhou. This isn't the worst in flow yet. I love the buses. Inside the tramway (or is it called trolley?) Basically it looks like a bus, but above the roof …
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Attended Carte Noire's launch event "Sip" at Old School yesterday and it was an eye opener for me. Must be the fashion show models that opened my eyes =P. Carte Noire is a French coffee brand made from Arabica beans. The event started with the opening address, followed by fashion show featuring the designs by Romyda Keth. Pretty models =PNext up was foam art …
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Logitech keyboard, NUS mug, Vietnamese drip coffee filter, Vietnamese civet coffee. The civet coffee does NOT keep you awake, so don't rely on it while mugging. My brother got me the filter and the coffee from his Vietnam trip some time ago. I got the NUS mug from the tuition fee hike.
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這幾天一直聽到張信哲的這首歌.我試著對妳微微笑 妳總視而不見.何必 何必 何必情景就像那個她. 只是, 我不是難以抗拒她容顏. 我很想撕破她容顏.每次跟她禮貌上的微笑, 她卻很像嘴巴抽筋一樣. 拜托喇, 搞清楚情況好不好. 雖然我還是耿耿於懷, 但我也在表達一點善意. 難道真的要一善一惡, 還是兩個都惡, 負負得正?大半個學段都過了, 她昨天突然間出現在講堂裡. 如果我是潑 …
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I've been telling people that there's an engineering library in NUS but none believes.Now, how about these:Seeing is believing.
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Back on foot onto the streets (and even rivers) of my Day 6 and 7 Hong Kong / China trip. I've some photos of the flood as well.Rice wine in a supermarket. If you like alcohol, China is your paradise.Soups at a restaurant. They have exotic soup like scorpion turtle soup. Eek.Old brick houses that used to be a school.Imagine students reading out loud from inside the …
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Yesterday is History.Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a gift.That’s why we call it the Present.-- anonymousTreasure your gift.
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As a person who writes blogs, sometimes I find myself making 2 very contradicting assumptions. One is that people read my blog, the other is that people don't read my blog.The first assumption about people reading my blog, is something like you assume people know what is happening to you. Take for example, recently I was bedridden and I received many messages asking me stuff …
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We design a jet engine with 100 million parts, zero failure rate, in 18 months. You take 6 years for a chair?!?!?!-- Assistant Professor MatthewPennsylvania State University
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Do they have like "pole dance society" as CCA in schools?This morning I was on a very crowded bus when this kiddo in National Junior College uniform shamelessly leaned on the grab pole which a few of the passengers were grabbing onto.We didn't give way. One passenger put his hand on the pole near where the boy's neck was, while I put mine near his spine. We sticked …
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I think I'm like forever stuck with shapes.Yes it's so late in the semester and I still have project/assignment due.For this Mechanics of Thin-walled Structure question, I'm supposed to find the shear centre of the cross section. The funny thing is, in the lecture notes my lecturer uses totally different notations from all the well-known mechanics textbooks. (something like, …
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