:( No idea wtf is going on and what this means but I HATE MY INGTERNET CONNECTION!
Thursday, August 24, 2006
My traceroute to PC's IP address
:( No idea wtf is going on and what this means but I HATE MY INGTERNET CONNECTION!
Of parabens and breast cancer
Reading about a friend's blog post about this, I decided to do some research.
As fitting of a BSc (Physics) holder, wikipedia came to mind (lol)
Complete article here
Basically, paraben can be adsorped not absorbed. Surface absorption = adsorption if I remember my A level chemistry correctly. Maybe Beng or even Henry can clarify.
Looking at the chemical structure it is basically
1. A benzene ring,
2. An ester group (sweet smelling compound common in perfumes) R-O-C=O where R determines the prefix. If R is CH3 then it will be methylparaben as seen on Gatsby facial washes.
3. On the 4th carbon just a plain looking -OH (essentially, the most fundamental alcohol group, one oxygen & 1 hydrogen atom)
Myth busted!
As fitting of a BSc (Physics) holder, wikipedia came to mind (lol)
Parabens are a group of chemicals widely used as preservatives in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. One report, now universally discredited by scientists, showed parabens present in breast cancer tissue samples. This study was driven by the belief that parabens in underarm deodorants migrated into the breast tissue, despite the fact that less than 1% of all underarm products contain parabens (they rarely require any preservative due to the nature of these products). No causal link with cancer has ever been proven and so far there is no scientific evidence to support any link with any form of cancer . Parabens were claimed to have been found in 20 samples of breast tumors, see Parabens in breast tumors from the Journal of Applied Toxicology Jan-Feb 2004. It is by no means certain that the parabens were actually present in the tumour tissue as similar concentrations were detected in the blank control samples. The presence of parabens in the blank samples was attributed to "contamination", so it is possible that the parabens detected in the tissue samples were also due to contamination.
Complete article here
Basically, paraben can be adsorped not absorbed. Surface absorption = adsorption if I remember my A level chemistry correctly. Maybe Beng or even Henry can clarify.
Looking at the chemical structure it is basically
1. A benzene ring,
2. An ester group (sweet smelling compound common in perfumes) R-O-C=O where R determines the prefix. If R is CH3 then it will be methylparaben as seen on Gatsby facial washes.
3. On the 4th carbon just a plain looking -OH (essentially, the most fundamental alcohol group, one oxygen & 1 hydrogen atom)
Myth busted!
Monday, August 21, 2006
I did it!
Yeah, completed the New Balance Real Run 10km which comprised about 5km of road, 1.6km of sandy beach and 2.4km of 'trail'.
At the beginning I ran with my sister and well it was quite a slow pace then after the slopes and hills, just before the beach, we (PC and me) decided to run ahead and wow we didn't stop at the beach we ran all the way until the trail started. Frankly I was quite surprised that I could take on the sand portion without pausing~
After that I ran ahead and it was smooth going from then on till the finish line. I have no idea what was my timing but I am guessing that it was about 1hr 30mins.
Not bad for someone who simply buey zhao~
Good job guys! Hope more peeps will join us in your weekly Sunday run/jog/blade/swim/kayak!
At the beginning I ran with my sister and well it was quite a slow pace then after the slopes and hills, just before the beach, we (PC and me) decided to run ahead and wow we didn't stop at the beach we ran all the way until the trail started. Frankly I was quite surprised that I could take on the sand portion without pausing~
After that I ran ahead and it was smooth going from then on till the finish line. I have no idea what was my timing but I am guessing that it was about 1hr 30mins.
Not bad for someone who simply buey zhao~
Good job guys! Hope more peeps will join us in your weekly Sunday run/jog/blade/swim/kayak!
Friday, August 11, 2006
Finance noob
Uh uh uh I'm really a finance noob. Luckily there's wikipedia to make things simple.
Learnt quite some stuff today, its good being paid tosurf work :X Nope I didn't say that!
Learnt quite some stuff today, its good being paid to
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Movie Review!
Oh yeah this is my first movie review so yeah hope I do a good job!
Movie: Too fast too furious: Tokyo Drift
Acting: What acting? Ok lah, the main baddie did a good job of doing that hyperventilating cum quivering/angry thingy. Not bad. A few cameos by Keichii Tsuchiya (The real drift king in real life) and Vin diesel.
Storyline: American boy ricer moves to Tokyo cos he got busted in USA. Somehow gains the trust of a local ricer and gains access to a red Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. And so the drifting begins..
Cars: Ahhhhh really tasteful bodykits and paintwork. Nothing in the local scene can match the artistry in the vinyls. Quite sad really.
Main stars: The evolution, Fairlady 350Z and a couple of other RX-8s and Silvias. Nope, nothing human here.
Soundtrack: Well a couple of tunes were from Need For Speed: Most Wanted. But other than that, WHY NO EUROBEAT??!?!?!! Haha!
Would I recommend it: Only for the car fanatics, drifting performance was really good, nothing like I've seen at the movies so far.
Saving grace: Infinitely better than Initial D. If you thought Initial D sucked, the drifts in this movie, the cars, the soundtrack reinforces the argument. If you thought Initial D was great, well.. why are you still reading this? =D
Ok end of review!
Movie: Too fast too furious: Tokyo Drift
Acting: What acting? Ok lah, the main baddie did a good job of doing that hyperventilating cum quivering/angry thingy. Not bad. A few cameos by Keichii Tsuchiya (The real drift king in real life) and Vin diesel.
Storyline: American boy ricer moves to Tokyo cos he got busted in USA. Somehow gains the trust of a local ricer and gains access to a red Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. And so the drifting begins..
Cars: Ahhhhh really tasteful bodykits and paintwork. Nothing in the local scene can match the artistry in the vinyls. Quite sad really.
Main stars: The evolution, Fairlady 350Z and a couple of other RX-8s and Silvias. Nope, nothing human here.
Soundtrack: Well a couple of tunes were from Need For Speed: Most Wanted. But other than that, WHY NO EUROBEAT??!?!?!! Haha!
Would I recommend it: Only for the car fanatics, drifting performance was really good, nothing like I've seen at the movies so far.
Saving grace: Infinitely better than Initial D. If you thought Initial D sucked, the drifts in this movie, the cars, the soundtrack reinforces the argument. If you thought Initial D was great, well.. why are you still reading this? =D
Ok end of review!
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Mind Control?
I can stare and stare at Rolex 30 second commercials all the way, its really a damned nice commercial. Well I'm not sure if you can find it on youtube but you can catch in on CNN if you have cable. There's the sailing version, the Phil Mickelson one, the LPGA version, and my favourite..
Roger Federer!!!! yay!!!!
Roger Federer!!!! yay!!!!
Monday, July 31, 2006
What do you suck at?
I suck at..
1. Counting dates, for example if today is the 12th and its a Tuesday and you ask me on the 17th what day is it, I can't tell you in like 5 seconds and its highly irritating! Ok I took about 10 odd seconds and the answer is Sunday!
2. Remembering past dates, sometimes you just wish you had Beng's mega memory, I can remember events that happened before but I'm unable to put my finger down on the date that it happened. Terribly sucky memory :(
3. Telling which month has 30 or 31 days. Yesterday I just told my younger sis that July only has 30 days. Haha damned!
4. Running. Even Uncle Nick asked me why I can't get gold, that coming from a CSM, is highly irritating as well.
5. Studying by myself. Without a good teacher/teachers, I really cannot do well, as shown in my below average Uni grades. :(
Oh well, what do you suck at today??
1. Counting dates, for example if today is the 12th and its a Tuesday and you ask me on the 17th what day is it, I can't tell you in like 5 seconds and its highly irritating! Ok I took about 10 odd seconds and the answer is Sunday!
2. Remembering past dates, sometimes you just wish you had Beng's mega memory, I can remember events that happened before but I'm unable to put my finger down on the date that it happened. Terribly sucky memory :(
3. Telling which month has 30 or 31 days. Yesterday I just told my younger sis that July only has 30 days. Haha damned!
4. Running. Even Uncle Nick asked me why I can't get gold, that coming from a CSM, is highly irritating as well.
5. Studying by myself. Without a good teacher/teachers, I really cannot do well, as shown in my below average Uni grades. :(
Oh well, what do you suck at today??
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Random rant
After much deliberation, finally bought a Rollerblade Twister II Pro.
Initially I wanted to get the K2 Soul Slide but too bad the 2005 model was sold out and the 2006 model which is exactly the same as the 2005 model, has a significantly higher cost :( Stupid system if you ask me
After graduation, I still haven't found a proper job yet. Its starting to get irritating whenever your parents bug you, don't you just hate it when people nag at you to do something that isn't easy? Its not like I graduated from Accountancy or Engineering where there are tons of available positions.
Maybe its a wrong move to study Physics as a major but too late to regret, currently applying at Investment Office at NUS, we'll see how that goes :/
Support Jkaiser!
jkaiser is shaving his head in support of the Children Cancer Foundation. If there's anything you need to know, just know that it is for a good cause :p
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
OUCH
Argh @!#*%()( I'm in office and my cheek/gum/mouth is damned painful because the local anaesthetic that Dr Lee applied is wearing off. ARGH!!!!
That's a small price to pay for getting rid of all the stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid decaying stuff. Apparently the doctor spotted an old restoration done by the polyclinic and told Dr Lee to explore that.
Nearly fainted when Dr Lee told me that there was a small civilisation of decaying stuff under the old restoration!!! THE PAIN!!!
I really almost fainted when he used his 'spoon' or excavator or whatever to dig out, and it really was 'highly visible' (read: copious amounts).
Jeez, /me shudders at the thought of lying there, shivering and quivering uncontrollably. Must pwn doctor Lee in dota revenge.. haha
Just j/k he did a great job, except the restoration possibly too thick so will have to go back another time to fine tune it.
Thanks to Dr Lee and his assistant the snoozing (hah, caught her multiple times) Tien2.
That's a small price to pay for getting rid of all the stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid decaying stuff. Apparently the doctor spotted an old restoration done by the polyclinic and told Dr Lee to explore that.
Nearly fainted when Dr Lee told me that there was a small civilisation of decaying stuff under the old restoration!!! THE PAIN!!!
I really almost fainted when he used his 'spoon' or excavator or whatever to dig out, and it really was 'highly visible' (read: copious amounts).
Jeez, /me shudders at the thought of lying there, shivering and quivering uncontrollably. Must pwn doctor Lee in dota revenge.. haha
Just j/k he did a great job, except the restoration possibly too thick so will have to go back another time to fine tune it.
Thanks to Dr Lee and his assistant the snoozing (hah, caught her multiple times) Tien2.
Friday, July 14, 2006
Dream dog!
Finally know what kind of breed is my dream dog, its called rough collie, not Shetland sheepdog although the 2 look highly similar.
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
World Cup 2006
So sad, this WC I didn't manage to catch many matches, basically I only watched the opening ceremony, the first match (Germany vs Costa Rica) and another match which was Portugal vs somebody. Or was it England vs Paraguay? Shit, my memory is failing me :(
Some thoughts, felt that Zidane did quite well in the final match except for the headbutt combo on Materazzi. Pirlo really got Italy going and his crosses were really of high quality. Totti was rightfully replaced as he was really quiet and perhaps it would have been better to let Pirlo take the reins instead of 2 people trying to playmake.
Congratulations to the Azzurri and to Cannavaro for simply being able to fend off Henry. Henry can seek solace that even if he can get past the world's best defender, still got 1 more world's greatest goalkeeper lah. At least, one of the best. So take heart :p
Oh yeah I also managed to catch the highly exciting Argentina vs Germany match where Argentina was ousted out of the competition. The exciting combination of Riquelme and Tevez together with the ever dangerous durian picker Crespo really charmed me! They were my favourites but the coach made some mistakes with the substitutions and it all went wrong when Riquelme was substituted. Damned..
And they were defensively sound too! With players like Gabriel Heinze, it really was a great squad. Their playing style was the most attractive I've ever seen, cool and composed, think Riquelme fending off 3 defenders, Tevez shielding the ball and then with a twist, nutmeg one defender and with another shimmy + burst of speed.. off he goes!
I was aghast at some of the newspaper articles that commented on Italy's performance though. Italy's gameplay was more of a patient one, waiting for opportunities and shutting up France's fluidity by numbers. I didn't see that they were hungry for success or whatever.
Until now they still don't know that the Italians are the masters of protecting their advantage? Time wasting, time delaying, great theatrics etc..
Jkaiser's highly apt description of the Italian game
Some thoughts, felt that Zidane did quite well in the final match except for the headbutt combo on Materazzi. Pirlo really got Italy going and his crosses were really of high quality. Totti was rightfully replaced as he was really quiet and perhaps it would have been better to let Pirlo take the reins instead of 2 people trying to playmake.
Congratulations to the Azzurri and to Cannavaro for simply being able to fend off Henry. Henry can seek solace that even if he can get past the world's best defender, still got 1 more world's greatest goalkeeper lah. At least, one of the best. So take heart :p
Oh yeah I also managed to catch the highly exciting Argentina vs Germany match where Argentina was ousted out of the competition. The exciting combination of Riquelme and Tevez together with the ever dangerous durian picker Crespo really charmed me! They were my favourites but the coach made some mistakes with the substitutions and it all went wrong when Riquelme was substituted. Damned..
And they were defensively sound too! With players like Gabriel Heinze, it really was a great squad. Their playing style was the most attractive I've ever seen, cool and composed, think Riquelme fending off 3 defenders, Tevez shielding the ball and then with a twist, nutmeg one defender and with another shimmy + burst of speed.. off he goes!
I was aghast at some of the newspaper articles that commented on Italy's performance though. Italy's gameplay was more of a patient one, waiting for opportunities and shutting up France's fluidity by numbers. I didn't see that they were hungry for success or whatever.
Until now they still don't know that the Italians are the masters of protecting their advantage? Time wasting, time delaying, great theatrics etc..
Jkaiser's highly apt description of the Italian game
Listen to Instructions!
Sometimes, when people say A, you better don't do B.
Doh! If not people have to end up undoing all the extra trouble that you bring to other people.
Be considerate!
Doh! If not people have to end up undoing all the extra trouble that you bring to other people.
Be considerate!
Friday, July 07, 2006
Overdue meme (what is a meme???)
10 Favourites
Favourite colour: Red for now
Fav food: Prawn noodles (hey same as JK!)
Fav song: No real favourite, love a lot!
Fav movie: Epic types like Star wars, LOTR
Fav sport: Soccer, Swimming
Fav season: Holiday season
Fav day of e week: No favourite
Fav ice-cream flavour: Rum & Raisin
Fav book: Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers (ya right, Angels & Demons/Tuesdays with Morrie)
Fav cartoon: Tom and Jerry, Donald Duck (absolutely love the duck)
9 currents:
current mood: Slepy
current song: Nothing’s playing
current book: No book but yet to finish DaVinci code
current subject studying: CNN
current thought: What to eat for lunch later :/
current time: 1032hrs
current toenail colour: The colour its supposed to be
current girlfriend: Miss J
current wish: My name is charity, so 85% of Warren Buffet's $$ goes to me!
8 Firsts:
1st best friends: Shaorong from St. Gab's pri
1st crush: A pri sch classmate now that I remember!
1st movie: Crocodile dundee
1st piercing: None
1st handphone: Nokia 3210
1st sport: Swimming
1st pet: Terrapin, not even mine, my sis one :(((
7Lasts:
Last cigarette: None
Last drink: Tea from the pantry
Last car ride: Beng Wee's ride!
Last crush: TT lor
Last movie seen: Should be DaVini's code @ Cathay
Last phone call: Call from Ducky
Last sms: Miss J
Last song played: Earth Wind & Fire - September until the battery died! :(
6Have you evers:
Dated one of ur best friends: No
Broken e law: Speeding, illegal U turns, chiong red arrow, never put coupon, download music :p
Been arrested: No
Skinny-dipped: No
Been on TV: NDP counted? I was maybe half a pixel on your screen
Kissed someone u din noe: No
5 things you are wearing: : Fila Polo T, Giordano jeans, specs, underwear and standard issue army white socks.
4 things ive done today: Eat muffin, surf blogs, complete first 2 hours of the tape and made tea
3 things I can hear rite now: Adrian Finigan on CNN, office staff yakking, keyboard chattering.
2 things u cant live without: Computer and money? Ok not really computer..
Things u do when ur bored: MSN, blog, bug people, sleep, game, find Miss J!
5 people to do this quiz: Whoever wants to do lah!
Favourite colour: Red for now
Fav food: Prawn noodles (hey same as JK!)
Fav song: No real favourite, love a lot!
Fav movie: Epic types like Star wars, LOTR
Fav sport: Soccer, Swimming
Fav season: Holiday season
Fav day of e week: No favourite
Fav ice-cream flavour: Rum & Raisin
Fav book: Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers (ya right, Angels & Demons/Tuesdays with Morrie)
Fav cartoon: Tom and Jerry, Donald Duck (absolutely love the duck)
9 currents:
current mood: Slepy
current song: Nothing’s playing
current book: No book but yet to finish DaVinci code
current subject studying: CNN
current thought: What to eat for lunch later :/
current time: 1032hrs
current toenail colour: The colour its supposed to be
current girlfriend: Miss J
current wish: My name is charity, so 85% of Warren Buffet's $$ goes to me!
8 Firsts:
1st best friends: Shaorong from St. Gab's pri
1st crush: A pri sch classmate now that I remember!
1st movie: Crocodile dundee
1st piercing: None
1st handphone: Nokia 3210
1st sport: Swimming
1st pet: Terrapin, not even mine, my sis one :(((
7Lasts:
Last cigarette: None
Last drink: Tea from the pantry
Last car ride: Beng Wee's ride!
Last crush: TT lor
Last movie seen: Should be DaVini's code @ Cathay
Last phone call: Call from Ducky
Last sms: Miss J
Last song played: Earth Wind & Fire - September until the battery died! :(
6Have you evers:
Dated one of ur best friends: No
Broken e law: Speeding, illegal U turns, chiong red arrow, never put coupon, download music :p
Been arrested: No
Skinny-dipped: No
Been on TV: NDP counted? I was maybe half a pixel on your screen
Kissed someone u din noe: No
5 things you are wearing: : Fila Polo T, Giordano jeans, specs, underwear and standard issue army white socks.
4 things ive done today: Eat muffin, surf blogs, complete first 2 hours of the tape and made tea
3 things I can hear rite now: Adrian Finigan on CNN, office staff yakking, keyboard chattering.
2 things u cant live without: Computer and money? Ok not really computer..
Things u do when ur bored: MSN, blog, bug people, sleep, game, find Miss J!
5 people to do this quiz: Whoever wants to do lah!
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Friday, June 30, 2006
Friday, June 16, 2006
Lunch time blog
What do you do when you finish eating, have half an hour to go before you need to return to office, and there's Singapore Pools in front of you?
Haha!
Haha!
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
I'm through!
Yeah man I got to the 2nd round of interviews! Don't really know to be happy or not because its shift work, bloody 12 hour shit.
On the 2nd hand, heard the pay is quite good but come on work till like a dog/donkey/mule/elephant if don't get a good pay, might as well go fish. Right or not PC? :p
Today watched Bloomberg and this dude, chairman of semiconductor association in the US said that semiconductor growth is 10%. 10%, wu yia bo? If really 10% STM, Tech, Chartered and Micron etc all smile until teeth drop liao lor. All you buggers, please upgrade to 3G phones man. And yeah buy more mp3 players please! Forget about your ipod, get that nano! =D
Tomorrow I'll be going for the interview, not knowing what to expect. I look forward to having a ... good discussion with the interviewer. Yawnz ~
On the 2nd hand, heard the pay is quite good but come on work till like a dog/donkey/mule/elephant if don't get a good pay, might as well go fish. Right or not PC? :p
Today watched Bloomberg and this dude, chairman of semiconductor association in the US said that semiconductor growth is 10%. 10%, wu yia bo? If really 10% STM, Tech, Chartered and Micron etc all smile until teeth drop liao lor. All you buggers, please upgrade to 3G phones man. And yeah buy more mp3 players please! Forget about your ipod, get that nano! =D
Tomorrow I'll be going for the interview, not knowing what to expect. I look forward to having a ... good discussion with the interviewer. Yawnz ~
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
First impressions
Just wondering, what first impression did I give to you guys? As in, what was I doing, when we first met?
Just a question which I think will be quite interesting! Tag meeeee!
Just a question which I think will be quite interesting! Tag meeeee!
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