Thoughts on Mas Selamat, why capture not made to public immediately?

Mas Selamat the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leader escaped from prison through a window in the toilet. He successfully escaped to Malaysia but was arrested on 1st April. But why did the government only divulge that he was arrested a month later? The Prime Minister said information about the capture of Mas Selamat on 1 April was not made public earlier, because of a prior agreement with the Malaysian authorities. But I don’t know what reasons did the Malaysians had for not revealing the news immediately. Although he is captured, his members may come seeking for revenge so we are not very safe. Must stay vigilant lorhs, that’s what the government said. Anyone knows why they did not reveal the news immediately?

My Thoughts on Swine Flu

I think everyone knows bout the Swine Flu that originated from Mexico killing around 600 people there. It has spread to many countries such as Australia, Austria, US and Japan. There are many suspected cases in nearby countries like Malaysia and Indonesia. Its spread is rapid and almost similar to SARS. In just a few months it has spread almost worldwide. Singapore doesn’t have any cases yet. I think most of you would want one rite. Suspension of schools YEAH! But Hwa Chong has the IVLE, homework can all be posted there for downloading. So suspension of school would be meaningless. I should be going to China in June but bcoz of the widespread of Swine Flu, I may not be going. How sad la. Hopefully, scientists can create a vaccine to stop the spread then I can go China lerh.

Recommending a comp game

The game I would like to recommend is Wolfteam. You can download it through softnyx.net. This is a short description of the game. The game is similar to CS (counter strike) but you can transform into wolves and there’s a wide variety of guns like flame thrower, RPG, MG and many more. Try it to see more guns. Its multiplayer so you can play with lotsa people around the world. Its more fun this way, but I suggest you play in the Singapore/Malaysia server coz you may lag in other servers. The aim of the game is either to annihilate the opponents within a time limit (death match, ice hold), plant bombs/defuse bombs (destruction, bomb plant) or capture the bases (wolf conquest, ex conquest, conquest). Don’t worry there’s respawn. You got to be good in guns otherwise u gonna get pwned. Sadly I can’t play coz my comp lags. If your comp is fast, try it.

Animal Farm

I have read this book three times, coz of annotation, reading guide and summaries. The first time I read it, I found it interesting but after reading it several times, it became boring. Its just about a farm of animals who got inspired to rebel against humans by a prized boar-Old Major. They achieved the rebellion but the first sign of greed in the pigs was shown when Napoleon-Berkshire boar took away the cow milk and declaring that all milk and apples was to be reserved for them. Plus, they didn’t work, the other animals did. The pigs just supervised la. Then Squealer came up with explanations (merely abusing his speech capability). Some animals were troublemakers e.g. Mollie (white mare), Moses (tame raven) and the cat. Worse still, they do nothing, just eat and sleep. Many events followed. The humans returned to regain control over the farm, the Battle of the Cowshed was fought. Then Snowball came up with ideas for the windmill and Napoleon opposed. Realizing that he could not gain support from the animals he unleashed his dogs. His long termed planning helped him. Snowball was expelled from the farm, Napoleon gained total control. His dogs and sheep ended all protests. New rules such as abolishing of debates and meetings were set as Napoleon didn’t want opposition. Napoleon engaged in trades with humans through Whymper (human). The humans returned again with larger manpower and guns. The windmill was destroyed, many animals were killed and all were wounded. The humans lost but the animals had lost their kind too. Boxer the most hardworking horse was injured and the pigs sent him to the Knackers for money to buy a case of whisky. They had a meeting with man, played cards and indulged in beer. An argument broke out. Now pigs and man could not be differentiated. Thats a short summary of it. I find it more interesting fo it to be short.

Wierd Maths Question

This question appeared in our 2nd term test: In the number sequence 1,1,1,1,101 find the formula for the nth term and find the 6th term. I spent 10mins on this question!! Eventually, I still didn’t get the answer. How stupid, should have checked other questions when I had the time. If I had not wasted my time on that question could have got more than 34 for the test. Arghh…wasted. Soon after, Mr. Tan told us the formula: [100(n-1) (n-2) (n-3) (n-4)] 24+1. It was so complicating. At least I understood. In fact no one got the answer. Jia Hao’s answer was correct but he didn’t have the formula, 0 marks awarded... should have given at least 1 mark for getting the answer lehs.