Club 30's "Kill the Boredom Demon" Jive Pad 152nd Edition

• cassie

  8 May 12, 18:04

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  Meh.... I had a falling out with some of the more elite runners a few years back. Never been back to that website since.

  Anyway, I'm sure gonna flip a few tables, because the AHM has always been the best half-marathon event in Singapore.

  

   

  
  yeah i hope it's not off the calendar too. it was one of the better organized runs (and reasonably priced!)...then again, resource is never a problem for the army. let's hope for the best.

• SBS2601D

  8 May 12, 18:23

  Packing packing packing

• cassie

  9 May 12, 09:26

  when's the exact date you leave? just curious...

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  9 May 12, 09:44

  to land of elephants and spices???
• sbst275

  9 May 12, 09:49

  land of cyclone
• fudgester

  9 May 12, 10:13

  I had a very interesting tuition lesson with my student last night.....

  I was discussing a Maths question with him, and he could not accept the idea that 'maximum' does not always have to be greater than 'minimum'.....

  So I asked him a simple question:

   

  I am Bill Gates. I want to give you money. I let you decide between two choices:

  (a). You can take a maximum of $1000 from me.

  (b). You can take a minimum of $1000 from me.

  What choice do you take?

   

  He repeatedly insisted on choice (a).

  

   

• elindra

  9 May 12, 10:27

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  I had a very interesting tuition lesson with my student last night.....

  I was discussing a Maths question with him, and he could not accept the idea that 'maximum' does not always have to be greater than 'minimum'.....

  So I asked him a simple question:

   

  I am Bill Gates. I want to give you money. I let you decide between two choices:

  (a). You can take a maximum of $1000 from me.

  (b). You can take a minimum of $1000 from me.

  What choice do you take?

   

  He repeatedly insisted on choice (a).

  

   

  Yr student don't have a problem with Math

  He have a problem with English

• sbst275

  9 May 12, 10:27

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  I had a very interesting tuition lesson with my student last night.....

  I was discussing a Maths question with him, and he could not accept the idea that 'maximum' does not always have to be greater than 'minimum'.....

  So I asked him a simple question:

   

  I am Bill Gates. I want to give you money. I let you decide between two choices:

  (a). You can take a maximum of $1000 from me.

  (b). You can take a minimum of $1000 from me.

  What choice do you take?

   

  He repeatedly insisted on choice (a).

  

   

  
   

• sbst275

  9 May 12, 10:30

  Originally posted by elindra:

  Yr student don't have a problem with Math

  He have a problem with English

  
  it's the concept...

• fudgester

  9 May 12, 10:40

  Originally posted by elindra:

  Yr student don't have a problem with Math

  He have a problem with English

  I think at least part of it is psychology. 

  When we see the word 'maximum' we tend to equate it with 'a lot', and when we see the word 'minimum', we equate it with 'a little'.

  At least, that would be the knee-jerk response of people who just dive right in without properly establishing the context first.

  To be fair to the kid, I did struggle a bit for precisely that reason when I was first learning about minimum wages and maximum rents in economics.

  I had to hammer into my head that minimum wages must be set above the equilibrium, and maximum rents must be set below the equilibrium. 

  Anyway, the kid finally managed to get the point when I explained that choice (a) gets him $1000 at most, while choice (b) can make him a billionaire if he wants.

• cassie

  9 May 12, 11:28

  Originally posted by elindra:

  Yr student don't have a problem with Math

  He have a problem with English

  
  yeah, my first thought was language rather than maths

• elindra

  9 May 12, 12:25

  sbst, hv you tried Koka's purple wheat noodle?

  I bought the Chilli Lime one to try. It reminds me of the CQYD Tom Yam when it was Made in HK!!! I cannot tahan the new tom yam of CQYD now!

  I think it's nice le. Very nice al dente texture to the noodles 

• cassie

  9 May 12, 14:10

  i need to take a break from noodles, pasta...maybe except the rice noodles or vermecelli

• sbst275

  9 May 12, 15:04

  Eh no. I rarely eat instant noodle, so normally just eat Myojo nia. Now there's scary news from upnorth. There's people using mainly chicken skin to make burger pattie.
• elindra

  9 May 12, 15:21

  Originally posted by cassie:

  i need to take a break from noodles, pasta...maybe except the rice noodles or vermecelli

  Thing is I usually eat noodles/pasta (whole wheat) or quinoa or wholemeal bread

  I love noodles. As for instant noodles I only use the seasoning sometimes

  I realise I don't eat a typical asian diet

• elindra

  9 May 12, 15:21

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  Eh no.

  I rarely eat instant noodle, so normally just eat Myojo nia.

  Now there’s scary news from upnorth. There’s people using mainly chicken skin to make burger pattie.

  Ok ma just that they use fats and flour to form patties

  At least not some weird chemical or cardboard. 

  Die from heart attack nia LOL

• Kuali Baba

  9 May 12, 16:58

  Originally posted by elindra:

  Thing is I usually eat noodles/pasta (whole wheat) or quinoa or wholemeal bread

  I love noodles. As for instant noodles I only use the seasoning sometimes

  I realise I don't eat a typical asian diet

  Neither do I. I tend to go for something light for lunch like soup or a small portion of noodles or kway chap. Chye png is way too much. I wouldn't normally have fried noodles or carrot cake for breakfast either.

• sbst275

  9 May 12, 18:40

  Originally posted by elindra:

  Ok ma just that they use fats and flour to form patties

  At least not some weird chemical or cardboard. 

  Die from heart attack nia LOL

  
  ya

• Kuali Baba

  9 May 12, 21:37

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  ya

  The seaweed-wrapped chicken from the frozen food sections is mostly fat too.

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  9 May 12, 23:04

  Originally posted by Kuali Baba:

  Neither do I. I tend to go for something light for lunch like soup or a small portion of noodles or kway chap. Chye png is way too much. I wouldn't normally have fried noodles or carrot cake for breakfast either.

  recently the kopitiam nearby my house no serve noodles for supper anymore, so my supper has become cai png >___>

   

  and yes, morning I would prefer noodles as well... bread leaves me hungry WAYYYY b4 lunch...

• sbst275

  10 May 12, 08:30

  SPH will appear at BOI today. Pinky is right abt the better soy milk
• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  10 May 12, 08:37

  sbst... dun tell me evening u immediately go buy both and try ah?

• sbst275

  10 May 12, 08:40

  Ya la. That brand very common nowadays.
• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  10 May 12, 08:52

  I keep forgetting to buy air tight container for my teas >__>

   

   

  and yes~ I manage to get someone to get for me a nice blend of tea from msia...

• cassie

  10 May 12, 09:43

  Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:

  I keep forgetting to buy air tight container for my teas >__>

   

   

  and yes~ I manage to get someone to get for me a nice blend of tea from msia...

  
  what tea do you normally take?