Time

Was at RJC yesterday to help out at a course my supervisor's teaching for 3 weeks. As I sat at the back of the classroom and watched the students listen to my sup's lecture (or playing on the comp), I had a flashback of JC life. How innocent they looked.... the lack of worries in their lives besides grades, CCAs, university... the hope in their eyes. Intelligent youths looking towards bright futures, enjoying lives with friends all around. Then the irreversibility of time struck me. Like "WHAMP!" There's no way of going back to that age and stage of our lives.... no way to reverse the weathered gaze in our eyes... life ceased to be simple as our teenage years.


A second thought from this morning. Was reading Nat Geog on the train, and there was this photo of the rooftop of a London home. Just like the one we stayed in back then along Gloucester Road. And then I realised how much I missed London. Miss the cosy-ness of the low-rise apartments, the Victorian architecture, the red-bricked walls, the little alleys that led into doorways of pretty houses. There's just something about Europe that'll tug at the corners of my heart, and leave me with a contented sigh and feel at ease as I walk down the streets, walk through the parks. Somehow we just need some connection to some history or culture to make us feel human, away from the hectic, almost mechanistic modern world.

Rainbow!

A nice rainbow appeared after a heavy rain on Wednesday =) This photo was from Therie =) I like how the rainbow looked like it emerged from the top of the colorful HDB flat, looks almost magical =)
If you look closely, you can also see the double rainbow above the main one. "Secondary rainbows are caused by a double reflection of sunlight inside the raindrops, and appear at an angle of 50°–53°. As a result of the second reflection, the colours of a secondary rainbow are inverted compared to the primary bow, with blue on the outside and red on the inside." (wiki)
Very beautiful.... amazing how simple things can light up one's day =)

李克勤-左右手

don't take things for granted before you lose that you treasure

李克勤 - 婚前的女人

the tune is quite interesting.. makes it sound as if a married woman's life is like a battle in the olden days...lyrics are quite true for many too

Take my heart back

It'll be alright
You said
Tommorrow
Don't you cry
Don't you she'd a tear
When you wake up
I will still be here
When you wake up
We'll battle all your fears
And now I'll...

Take my heart back
Leave your pictures on the floor
Steal back my memories
I can't take it anymore
I've cried my eyes out
Oh,and now I face the years
The way you loved me
Vanished all the tears

Just a little more time was all we needed
Just a little time for me to see
Oh,the light that life can give you
Oh,how we get such a free
So now I'll...

Take my heart back
Leave your pictures on the floor
Steal back my memories
I can't take it anymore
I've cried my eyes out
Oh,and now I face the years
The way you loved me
Vanished all the tears

Evolutionary algorithm

Cool! someone used a genetic algorithm with polygons to create a replica of the Mona Lisa =)