Too Sudden...

From yesterday night until now, my feeling and mood is not so good.. Feel sad as someone who has taught me before and imparted his wisdom and teachings. He was very young professor died at 41 years old...

It stated in the newspaper, my paper.

NUS PROF DIES AFTER BEING HIT BY TRUCK

A TRUCK hit an engineering professor of the National University of Singapore on Tuesday evening and killed him. Associate Professor Ooi Ban Leong, 41, who was taking his usual walk home from the campus, was then crossing the road at the junction of Commonwealth Avenue West and Clementi Road at 8.30pm He died at the scene from severe head injuries. The truck driver, an unidentified man in his 50s, is helping police with investigations.

One of my gal friends tell me that she has a rather unconventional concept about people dying. All our loved ones and people we know will all die, including ourselves. She guess that is a destination for all of us, no one can escape from it. So, we always have to cherish the treasure those still alive now, because we never know when we are leaving them, or they leaving us. The more valuable a person becomes to us, the more we resist to think that they may leave or die before us; however, for her, the more the person is valuable to her, such as her parents, her sister, and hubby, and her best friend etc, she tend to try to ‘imagine’ their deaths before that day arrives, so that she has spread some grieve along the path. At the same time, that always help us to remember that they may not be around tomorrow, or next minute, so when we understand the kind of sadness we may go through, we will learn to cherish the time with them

When she was small, she always imagined her grandpa dying, because she loved him so much, she would spend most of her school vacation at his house, because she think logically he should die before her mum, so she will rather spend more time with him first. When he really died, she was very sad, but she had never thought that he shouldn’t die, because we all die. she was sad and glad that she felt sad, because we feel sad only because we feel for the people. She still miss him all the time, and glad that we are able to miss someone after he dies, because that goes to shows that she must have many memories with him.

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Heehee the little dog looked like snowiiee hor... but not her leh. These pictures are came across when I browse friend's photo album. Looked so alike with our Snowie. Do you agree??

Mini Project B - Xiaowen

Long time didn't blog abt my mini projects... This is another mini project that I have done within 2days. Cos I abandoned other mini projects and did this first. First time doing this pattern, the head didn't look nice and the eyes abit too wide apart. But overall it is still looked okie. Heehee...

I have named it as Xiaowen. I also found an owner for her and her owner is Ms. Wendy. Do you notice that Xiaowen has a small shawl at her neck?? Her owner always afraid of cold and she would wear a thick jacket and a blanket in office to cover her legs and feets. LOL!! Hence I added it to show Xiaowen also same as her owner, also scared of cold!! Heehee.

Significance of Chinese Themes in Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony

Invention of Movable Print Blocks

Pi Sheng, during the Ch'ing-li period, Sung (1041-1048), invented the proto-type of movable print blocks. 300 years before Gutenberg.

Guqin (Father of Chinese Music Instrument)

Not to be confused with guzheng which has movable bridges. Legend has it that the qin, the most revered of all Chinese musical instruments, has a history of about 5,000 years. The legend states that the legendary figures of China's pre-history - Fuxi, Shennong and Huang Di, the "Yellow Emperor" - were involved in its creation.

Confucius - Analects

Recited: "Within the Four Seas, all men are brothers".

Invention of Compass

The earliest reference to a specific magnetic direction finder device is recorded in a Song Dynasty book dated to 1040-44. Some controversies. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass

Admiral Zheng He (Ming Dynasty) (1371-1433 AD)

Almost a century before Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas and Vasco da Gama's in India. All the ships of Columbus and da Gama combined could have been stored on a single deck of a single vessel in the fleet that set sail under Zheng He. He led seven great western maritime expeditions, traversing the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean into the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, and reaching as far west as the east coast of Africa.

Corbel System - Tou-Kung

See Joseph Needham's Science and Civilization in China: Builiding technology. Interlocking bracketing system to support corners of building without need of nails.

Invention of Silk - Silk Road

About 2700-2650 B.C.E., the Chinese began making silk. According to Chinese Tradition, the part-legendary emperor, Huang Di (alternately Wu-di or Huang Ti) invented the methods of raising silk worms and spinning silk thread. But the same tradition credits not Huang Di, but his wife Lei-tzu, with discovering silk-making itself, and also the weaving of silk thread into fabric.

Invention of Gunpowder - Fireworks

Many historical materials indicate that gunpowder first appeared before the Tang Dynasty (618-907). From 300 to 650 AD several recipes were written about inflammable mixtures. SOme historians date the invention of gunpowder at 850AD when a Toaist book warned of three specific elixir forumlas as too dangerous to experiment.

Invention of Paper

AD 105 is often cited as the year in which papermaking was invented. In that year, historical records show that the invention of paper was reported to the Chinese Emperor by Ts'ai Lun, an official of the Imperial Court. Recent archaeological investigations, however, place the actual invention of papermaking some 200 years eariler. Ancient paper pieces from the Xuanquanzhi ruins of Dunhuang in China's northwest Gansu province apparently were made during the period of Emperor Wu who reigned between 140 BC and 86 BC.

'Fou' Drums - the ancient Chinese Container for Wine

In the Qin Dynasty (200 BC), people sart to hit the 'Fou' to express welcome to friends, especially for friends from far way. Drums were used in Xia Dynasty to imitate sound of thunder. There are 2008 drummers in the ceremony.

Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games

Last Friday, I watched the opening of the Olympic Games. Heehee this is my first time watching the opening. The fireworks are so beautiful!! Did you see the "foot print" walking to the bird nest? The program is amazing too! Wanted to wait for Singapore team to appear but too tired... In the end I went to look for "Zhou Gong". Hahahaha!