I finally did it.

It has been bothering me for almost a month..

Seen it on tv, die die wanna do it.

Tried a few times but i couldnt find my balls..

Rossi did it @ Philip Island race..

He stood up on his moving bike, on the front pegs n released his hands..

Handsfree n balancing on a bike that’s moving ard 50km/h

N started bowing! Damn!

Way cool

I finally did it last nite, @ 30-40km/h

On lonely toh tuck road

At 1am

to be attempted when wearing proper gear, author bears no responsibilities for other wannabes

Comments (0)

Wiki about Wikipedia

Wikipedia (pronounced as either [ˌwiˑkiˈpidi.ə] or [ˌwɪkiˈpidi.ə]) is a multilingual, Web-based, free-content encyclopedia. It is written collaboratively by volunteers with wiki software, meaning articles can be added or changed by nearly anyone. The project began on January 15, 2001 as a complement to the expert-written Nupedia, and is now operated by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. The English-language version of Wikipedia currently has 793,584 articles. Wikipedia has steadily risen in popularity,[1] and has spawned several sister projects, such as Wiktionary, Wikibooks, and Wikinews.

Read the full wiki here

Comments (0)

I’m on a blogging frenzy today, didn’t really have the time to blog the whole of this week and i have to clear my brain of them.. Short chunky posts seems to be easier to read, and hence i decided not to do a long lengthy one that would probably be categorised under every single category avail here..

Went up to huixin’s lab today to sample fishballs for her project, dragged michelle tan n her fren (whom i still dunno her name) along.. FST lab really looks more like a kitchen than a lab, and with all the experiments on food going on inside, this is one lab where u can’t possibly stick signs saying “No eating in lab”. I can just imagine u making some new product, then have to get out of lab to eat it.. Anyway they have like fridges..ovens n stuff.. interesting..

Anyway the way they test is damn pro lah, u’re brought into this room where u sit in ur own partition, with a computer infront of u… n the food samples, today was to try 3 fish balls n decide which one of the 2nd n 3rd tastes closer to the 1st. Then b4 n after tasting each one, u’re supposed to eat a cracker n drink some water to clear ur tastebuds.

It’s sad in a way to see how technology has changed the way our foods are made? Everything becomes so scientific n precise, whatever taste/texture/colour/smell you want in ur fishball, or for that matter any food item, there’s a high chance that it could be created in ur FST lab. Cooking n food become so impersonal for the sake of uniformity and convenience in preparation, that the input of the person cooking it is no longer that impt? After watching too much 妙手厨师, i’m of the opinion that 70% of the taste of a dish comes from the chef, how much effort n feeling he puts into his cooking. A dish cooked while devoid of feelings would never taste as good. That’s y home cooked food rules, which i havn’t had for a VERY long time

Comments (0)

My 1st email interview, mabbe it would be the last. This came from an Informatics student doing a paper on mass communications. So yah, it wun be seeing the light of day except via here… Qns in bold. Happy editing hor student, i was lazy to type in proper english..heh..

1)Name: jkaiser 2)Blog address: http://jkaiser.blogsome.com 3)What is your current occupation? 3rd year physics undergraduate, NUS 4)How long have you been blogging?: almost 2.5 yrs 5)What made you set up a blog? (peers?, Curiosity? etc.): It was back in jul 2003 when online diaries became increasingly popular. Back then, on my friend’s recommendation i set up mine on Diaryland. It was a “screaming” thing, space to express myself, considering that i’ve just finished my NS and gone into NUS. Emotionally i was unstable then, dealing with matters of the heart.. haha! Shifted to blogger in oct 03…n finally blogsome in oct 05 6)What do you normally post about? (Specific events?, Memorable events, daily activities? etc.): I used to use my blog as an online diary, blogging about my daily life.. It got basically very boring. Slowly it evolved into more reflectory posts, on my life and daily happenings instead of purely regurgitating what happened today etc. It’s actually a hidden side of me, most ppl dun really know that i tend to think alot about current affairs, and hence some commentary posts (not as much as i would like though). 7)Do you share your intimate moments by writing about it in your blog?: It depends on what you mean by intimate. I’m fine with talking about my relationships with my close friends, and mostly they are ok with it. A word from them would suffice to make me remove the post or censor it if they are uncomfortable with it. Erm i do blog about crushes on some gals, and i dun put their names, haha! Of cos if you have started reading from my old blog, you would noe about “that gal in my blog”, remnants of a failed r/s. How detailed/brief the post would be would depend on the scenario. “that gal in my blog”, i could afford to be more explicit in talking about my feelings as most of my friends dun really noe her n she is more or less shielded. 7.1)If yes, do you write about it explicitly or jus a brief outline of it?: as above in Q7 8)What are your views about bloggers in Singapore? Blogging is still relatively new, in the sense that most ppl are having web diaries as opposed to a blog. I like to see mine as a combi of both, with the diary part playing a slightly smaller role. With regards to the recent sedition cases in court, and schools forcing students to tone down, we are moving into a new era where we realise that blogs are no longer personal and the blogger would have to acct for his/her words. I like the fact that many prominent bloggers are going into print media as well, like mr brown and mr miyagi. However the leap into print media would mean greater viewership, and hence greater responsibilities to their readers n society in general. The new semi-celeb status would mean that they inevitably become role models to the next generation, good or bad, that is wholly subjective

Comments (0)

Wikipedia is really amazing shit, new category here for my blog… wiki of the day! and presenting the 1st one..as suggested by candice

Bebop and Rocksteady are a pair of dimwitted henchmen in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series and the Archie TMNT Adventures comics. They follow the orders of The Shredder, leader of the Foot Clan.

Check out the rest of the wiki entry here

Comments (0)

I realised that my actions today really stinked of this particular place’s politicking, abit pissed to noe that i’m actually starting to use this kind of 关系 to get things done my way..

on a totally new note…It has been a rough few days, i’m juggling my SSP test, and of cos nusriders’ display booth this thurs and fri @ s16 foyer.. Was complaining to some ppl last nite that i felt sucky that i was doing most of the work on my own, passion can carry me part of the way but support from other members has to account for the remainder. I’m seriously getting little of that, it makes me wonder how we ever started out. From telling me that president is just a figurehead, and work would still be done together, to now when i’m not really seeing that.

Really should learn to let go, got more things to do next sem..

Comments (0)

Update: Size of photo has been reduced, changed to a link as well for those who wanna see it… Ouch! this is really sickening…

Dogs Used as Shark Bait on French Island

Live and dead dogs and cats are being used as shark bait by amateur fishers on the French-controlled island of Réunion, according to animal-welfare organizations and local authorities. The small volcanic island off Africa’s east coast is bursting with stray dogs—upward of 150,000, says Reha Hutin, president of the Paris-based Fondation 30 Millions d’Amis (the Thirty Million Friends Foundation). Hutin sent a film crew to Réunion this summer to obtain proof that live animals were being used as shark bait. The goal was to expose the practice on the animal rights group’s weekly television show. It didn’t take long for the film crew to find three separate cases, she said. A videotape and photographs show the dogs with multiple hooks sunk deep into their paws and snouts.

Click @ own risk

Rest of story, pls read here…utterly disgusting

Tech Dogs Animal Cruelty

Comments (5)

I realised that he doesnt talk to me anymore, or even smile @ me when he sees me… how how…sekali kena condemned by him..later may even spark a sino-singapore conflict..no i still want to go disneyland or eat dim sum!!

time to celebrate, peace…

Comments (2)

Do you know how important screening SLeague matches live on CNA is? Apparently, not very….

Wasn’t really watching the game on friday between Young Lions and Paya Lebar, more of listening to it when i was surfing the net with the tv blaring away in the background..but towards the end of the game, with the score tied 1-1…young lions scored in the 82nd min, making it 2-1 and things got abit more interesting… the other team no choice but to attack..so i sat down to watch the ending proper..until…

CNA happily decided to cut transmission… no warning at all… then i tot, can’t be go for ads now rite…so little time left… no…they cut for 9pm headline news…damn the fuckers @ mediacorp..have they got no fucking ethics at all… i mean..if ch u can delay news abit so that the NKF show hosts can shed more tears while @ the same time telling u to “再打一通电话，我们的肾胀病人因为有你的支持，他们才会有将来” so that they can buy peanuts… Why can’t CNA do the same…if really, die die must have news…can we @ least expect some basic courtesy to viewers?

I was very tempted to write in to Today as a pro-local soccer fan.. but i figured that 1. they prob. wun publish anything bashing themselves, and 2. i would sound like some bo liaoz guy who has so much time to complain about this kind of stuff…ppl talk about racist bloggers i talk about cmi CNA…dun gimme the bullcrap about sg soccer not impt..2nd standard..it’s more than that..u not just insulted sg soccer, u oso showed urself as a fucking cmi broadcaster… i shall not watch cna for a week.

Tags: CNA Sleague

Comments (0)

Keeping on with the army theme, i gonna rant about one of my bosses at one of my venues… u ppl can have fun guessing..but i guess it’s pretty obvious to some ppl.. ok i have a relatively new boss i think, let’s call him Jin Jia-On..cos i seriously dunno his name..not that i really care actually..

Jin Jia-On totally gives me the feeling that he’s either fresh out of NSF, or just got booted out from 6-yr saf regular contract, or he feels that this is a chance to show his command ability picked up from days in green.. i mean, i can’t think of any other reasons for him to put the chao-bin that’s so characteristic of newly-commissioned 2LTs, newly graduated specialists, super old encik, ie. the siao-on, no nonsense type..

He’s the 1st person who calls ushers “his men”.. Like, “it’s ok, i get my men to help u” or “i have XX men, and i need XX more” If i’m a female usher, i would be damn pissed to hear that… totally politically incorrect… ok fine i admit that i’m not that PC, but yea, this kind of faux pas, dun play play…

So basically Jin Jia-On patrols ard the venue with that chaobin, saying “i dun wanna see anyone sitting on the parapet!”

sorry LTA (NS) / 3SG (NS) / MWO Jin Jia-On!!

Comments (4)

…when u can win the Ig Nobel Prize?

The Ig Nobel Prize is administered by the Annals of Improbable Research and they “are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people’s interest in science, medicine, and technology.”

There are awards in categories like Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Peace and Literature, amongst others.. i just have to feature this ahead of the physics winner

MEDICINE: Gregg A. Miller of Oak Grove, Missouri, for inventing Neuticles — artificial replacement testicles for dogs, which are available in three sizes, and three degrees of firmness.

and how can i miss out physics one..

PHYSICS: John Mainstone and the late Thomas Parnell of the University of Queensland, Australia, for patiently conducting an experiment that began in the year 1927 — in which a glob of congealed black tar has been slowly, slowly dripping through a funnel, at a rate of approximately one drop every nine years.

Check out the site yea…

Ig Nobels

Comments (0)

Remember the silly midterm that i took, got 48/66..heh..

Comments (0)

Last week, i expressed my interest in leading an overseas comm. service project, Project Angel VII, which is organised by Science Club. This is already something strange as i usually wouldn’t wanna do/org something linked to sci club for the fear of getting entangled with the politics but i was hoping that as the proj director for a yep, i can more or less siam4 them

So i met with the secretary and stand-in proj director, who went over with me the so-called terms n conditions of the deal. The main issue is that the proj would be getting minimal funding from sci club, like definitely less than 400 bucks and for that, i would have to do club room duties, which according to sources, would be more than once a week. That’s not all, i still have to support sci club activities and preferably, run my team n project in close contact with sci club. They apparently already had 20 ppl or so who were interested to participate in the proj, incl one who wanted to lead.

I told her that i would think about it, but i think seriously, no way i would do the proj, for the following reasons:

1. They do not have anyone who noes anything about overseas project currently. Everything is sketchy, no idea where funding would come from. NYC is giving grants but nobody noes the details of the grants, incl me. Call me a slacker, but i dun wanna do a proj that may end up with zero funding and my team has to raise or pay 30 odd thousand dollars.
2. She seems uncomfortable that if i become proj director, or PD, i may axe all the ppl on the interested list thru interviews and selections, incl the guy who’s interested. Assuming all of them are really keen on the trip, bear in mind that they signed up knowing nothing. Could be idealistic ppl who have the sign-up-1st-consider-later mentality which i had b4 my 1st trip
3. I probably wun consider working with the other person as co-leader because of the fact that i dunno him long n well enuff. Leaders must trust each other 100% and i would definitely hunt for a co-leader from among my circle and he/she might not be even from science. 2ndly, he’s totally untrained, hasn’t led a yep, hasnt participated in one.. now that SIF mabbe scraping YEPs, there may not be any proper training for potential leaders.

I’m not trying to diss sci club off, but then i think we have to be realistic…. if i’m the leader at the booth trying to recruit ppl n this guy comes to me..

Guy (G): So where do u wanna bring the team to? Me (M): Oh somewhere in N.India G: where exactly, wat’s the place like? M: Not sure yet, but can go there find out G: What are we doing for the proj? M: not sure yet, we can go there then find our hosts n decide wat to do G: in case of medical emergencies, what can we do? M: i THINK there will be doctors ard

Blind leading the blind, and no more pirate ships for me yea.. All is not lost though, the club can just call back the prev PA director, he really noes his stuff.. as long as he can mentor the new guy, i tink that would be good.. Leaders’ network n peer support is very impt n i dun mind giving the guy advice, or even need be, conduct with other ex-leaders a crash course for him.. no ex-leader would wanna see him lead a team blindly, without the required tools and knowledge

As for myself, wait for confirmation of SIF’s plans n funding b4 i commit myself to a project, trying to see if EMED’s still interested in collaborating on a yep

Comments (2)

With all the fiasco about racial tolerance these days, it’s abit dangerous to start talking about racial differences n prejudice, but i gotta say my perhaps, worthless piece. As a child, i’ve been told that if dun behave myself, the abu neh neh or the bang-kali would come kidnap me, and it never failed to scare the shit out of me.. How else would u react to someone whose skin is so dark n different from u.. n yea, moustaches, they were terrifying to me… so yea, dark skin with moustache..killer combi..

I never saw a single indian/malay in my primary, sec schs and jc, cheena schools all the way.. but i think army changed me alot, mixed ard with various ppl, not just of different races, but different education levels, diff. places in society. How many ppl can claim that he has spoken to a drug addict/thief/serial awolee..

My malay frens in camp would sometimes call me cheena babi..n i would taunt back by making fun of the so-called mat attitude towards life. Jokes about chinese, malays or indians are laughed by all, and i dun really think that’s a problem.

A guy wrote into Today recently n said that racial harmony shouldnt be just about tolerating, cos by tolerating we still see the difference as a problem, just that we chose to remain silent in order to maintain the peace, and/or to prevent themselves from going ISD for kopi session.. Tolerating a problem does not solve it, the tap in the kitchen is dripping, you solve it by getting off ur bed to close the tap fully; you tolerate it by wearing earplugs.

Celebrate the differences, step out today to find out more about another religion or race…go enrich yourself alright?

Comments (0)

I like to tell u all about this wonderful guy in my lab, i nearly wanted to say “this wonderful prof in my lab” but i realised he’s not there yet..but no worries…someone as impressive as him would definitely be up there, rubbing shoulders with the barber, 肥猫，teddy bear, and bus driver-lou in the dept…

Who else but Dr Tok…ok wait i realised he’s assoc prof…but i’m sure he will go higher soon…y do i say that? cos he’s definitely the most professional, most 敬业乐业 guy i know..

• He is very concerned for our safety in lab, so advises us not to play music on laptop, esp when wearing earphones, cos in case alarm or anything goes off, what if we can’t hear.
• He tries his best to enforce dress code in lab..long pants n shoes..i mean, if the gyroscope drops on our feet, he wun be responsible for it u noe…still, he’s just concerned for our safety.
• He doesnt let us eat in lab, cos whoa! what would happen if we spill, create work for cleaners.. or worse, drop radioactive source unknowingly into chendol..if not for A/P Tok, we might become ninja turtles the next day w/o us knowing
• He discourages us from talking in lab, so that we can pay full attn to our experiments. This also creates a very quiet lab and to some ppl, the perfect environment for conducting highly complicated and difficult experiments.
• He tells us not to discuss the experiments using mandarin, cos it’s not professional. I would have never thought of that point, remember hor sci ppl..next time ur PRC lab demo tries to explain to u in english, dun stop him or her, cos he or she is trying to be PROFESSIONAL
• He raises his voice to tell us to keep quiet in lab when doing expt, if not we should leave if we have already finished. What can i say, concern for our effective use of time.

Such a good prof, go where find… i’m not joking..i can’t even find a bad point to write about him… wait till u see my end-of-sem student’s review of him…and incase u trying to spot him in sch, imagine him with specs and ekin’s hair

Comments (7)

I am the baby who put my mum in labour for close to a day, before she opted for caesarian. 2nd time round when his sis was born, natural labour was never even considered.

I am the baby who spent most of his time at the babysitter’s house.

I am the baby who got whatever he wants at the babysitter’s house.

I am the baby who the babysitter carried while drinking milk, n her eldest daughter would be playing with me, the 2nd daughter fanning me with a card if not i would cry..and the youngest daughter refusing to give me a damn cos i took all her mum’s attention from her

I am the toddler who had became childhood bosom friends with the neighbour’s daughter, lost contact after 6 yrs old, and meeting her again in nus.

I am the son whose father took a very quick time to teach to cycle, graduating from four wheels, to 3 wheels then to 2.. it wasn’t long after when the son started to terrorise the neighbourhood

I am the son who got seen by the babysitter’s fren when cycling across the road, and thru the aunties-network, mum found out and he got caned.

I am the boy who liked to climb the hill behind the block to look for uncle lim and ask for more pandan leave for his mum.

I am the boy who did so many crazy things at the playground that he’s lucky to be still alive.

I am the boy who climbed into the monsoon drain on his own to play and couldn’t get out for 2 hours. He never told his parents for fear of being caned.

I am the boy who made frens with a 16yr old boy when he was barely 6, the teenager eventually showed the boy his dick in the lift.

I am the boy who had nitemares for 2 wks and didn’t dare to play at the playground after seeing the dick.

I am the boy who got so much toys from his neighbours. Who says neighbours are not impt.

I am the boy who would shout “三点了！看戏了！” everytime it reaches 3pm on wkdays n they showed reruns of serials.

I am the boy who after his kindergarten concert, saw the area’s MP n shouted “SEET AI MEE” that the MP turned ard to see who was calling her.

I am the boy who pooped his pants in primary 2 in a sudden bout of diarrhea and had to hide in the loo until the cleaner came to save him. His mum later came to fetch the crying boy.

I am the boy who started soccer in his school, nobody played it b4 that..n it all started from watching malaysia cup n kicking ard with a tennis ball.

I am the boy who broke countless window panels, stuck wet toilet paper wads on toilet ceilings, n broke a car windscreen in primary school. The last thing was never mentioned out of the circle of 4 friends until very recently. They were too worried that they would be barred from taking PSLE.

I am the boy whom madam chan marked as the ringleader of the class boys in sec 1, who didn’t actually did the mischievious acts but instead psyched ppl to do it

I am the teenager who dunno how he managed to get into the students council in sec 4

I am the teenager who was torn between council and class, and chose the latter, abeit with regrets.

I am the teenager who got into the best class in HCJC, and had so much fun for the 2 yrs stay, and so much fun for the 5 years thereafter so far.

I am the runner who tried so hard to get a gold in jc2 napfa n enhance his chances of signing on, that he got a slipped disc after running 2.4

I am the pes c recruit in a pes c company that’s constantly seeking ways of boosting our confidence when other companies recruits called us useless.

I am the infantry clerk who has to go outfield to count “dead bodies” and also stay in camp carrying 200+ pink ICs

I am the docu clerk that has so much power and control over things that he became an asshole sometimes never treat me kopi, dun need to ord hor

I am the NSman who left army totally disillusioned with the ball-carrying/bootlicking/apple-polishing/butt kissing culture in army.

I am the son who learnt how to ride a bike behind his parents’ back.

I am the son who bought 2 bikes behind his parents’ backs, and he tries to make up for it by being a good son @ home.

I am the freshie who nearly decided to run for sci club mgmt comm. n pulled back at the last moment cos he realised he wouldn’t be able to take all the politics inside, a decision that he never ever regreted

I am the man who went for 2 YEPs, including leading one to india.

I am the guy who broke the hearts of 2 gals and would live to regret one forever when she hasn’t forgiven him till now.

I am the guy whose wrong smses u had to endure, and who could never make u feel secure.

I am the guy who made u cry, and whom u made cry.

I am the guy who is resigned to losing u forever and there is no point in waiting.

I am the blogger who got called up to espl’s HR director office for counselling.

I am the man who harbours secret intentions of applying to be an air steward, knowing full well that he would be rejected cos of looks and that his ears are air pressure sensitive.

I am the man who might end up growing rice n rearing cows in India.

I am who I am, nothing will ever change that

Comments (3)

Finally decided to shift from blogger to here, ok fine..decided long long time ago, but it took me a while to set this up nicely, all the links, tagboard n other misc stuff, like shifting over old entries (up till start july 05) Older entries u have to revisit my old blog (not listed here, ask me pls if u dunno)

Why the need to shift? A few reasons which i shall elaborate below.

Technical: I’m sick of blogger actually, just wanna try a wordpress-based one for a while. This would probably help me decide if i like it n make the jump to my own domain. Semi-incognito: After all the fiasco at the old blog, I need a new disguise, or rather a disguise, considering that i wasn’t hiding my identity at all. Here i wun be hiding my identity, but neither would i be like broadcasting my name. Photos would still be on.. just dun want ppl to search for my name n land up here..

Moving On: All good things have to come to an end, this is my 3rd blog, coming all the way from diaryland to blogger to this. Stayed nearly 2 yrs on blogger, time to try something else.. take it as a start to, i quote teck, “becoming the most controversial bloggers in south east asia”

As with ushering, every venue has its house rules..here’s mine =Pp

1. Link me from ur blog as jkaiser, not by anything else please.. Even if u don’t, i gonna plea with you. If that fails, i gonna ignore u. =)
2. Do not comment/tag here calling me by my name. jkaiser is jkaiser with a small “j”, who is also jkaiser not with a capital “J”, nobody else.
3. Comments are more than welcome for my weird ideas n shitty stuff, but do leave your email address behind and name behind..if u wanna be incognito, get a blogging nick, like lancerlord, mr miyagi, mr brown..u noe lah..n a blogging email address..
4. Anything feel free to email me at jkaiser.sg AT gmail DOT com , just replace accordingly

Shops open got freebie, business open oso got promotion.. here’s mine.. The 1st 3 persons to post a comment here AND sms me will get the following freebies, all from jkaiser me.

1. 1st person: 1 x Spinelli drink of your choice, not exceeding S$5
2. 2nd person: 1 x waffle from Dilly’s and 1 x drink from Science Canteen
3. 3rd person: 1 x hot drink from Science Canteen drinks stall

Enjoy your stay here

Comments (17)