2day i went for the hua lo-geng maths competition....
第二十三届 (2008年度)雪隆中学华罗庚杯数学比赛
PERADUAN MATEMATIK PIALA HUA LO-GENG ANTARA SEKOLAH-SEKOLAH MENENGAH KAWASAN KUALA LUMPUR DAN SELANGOR YANG KE-23 (2008)
日期: 2008年8月10日 (星期日)
时间: 09:30 - 11:30 (两小时)
地点: 吉隆坡中华独立中学礼堂
Why i kena 选中? I also dunno why.... Those maths questions like kisiao de... 都不是人做的题目... Just blur blur 做完这张纸... also dunno correct anot... and i think i gt a lot 粗心....
I think edmund tan and choon hiang 都不是人, cuz they were able to do these 不是人做的题目... Edmund said he only duno 5 questions.... I think i duno de more than half.....
Sunday, August 10, 2008
HUA LO-GENG 华罗庚
Friday, August 8, 2008
Four Great Buildings to Shape Olympic Beijing
08/08/08 8.08pm...... Beijing Olympics.....
Beijing has both excellent and classical architecture but few distinguished modern buildings. Now such world famous architects as Ram Koolhass, de Meuron, Paul Andrew and PTW Architects are to display their skills here. With the speeding up of China's urbanization and the challenging concept of the 2008 Olympic Games, almost all famous design consortiums from around the world have found that China is one of the few countries which provides not only imaginary space but also abundant funds for modern architecture today. Therefore, Ram Koolhass's "door", Herzog and de Meuron's "bird-nest", Paul Andrew's "eggshell" and PTW Architects' "water cube" are just a small part of the skills displayed by famous architects in China.
National Swimming Center--exquisite and exciting "Water Cube""鱼缸"
A semi-transparent "cube", with "bubbles" spread out all over its surface, is a shape very similar to the structure of "H2O", the outlook for the National Swimming Center at the 2008 Olympic Games. After the games, it will become a recreational water park open to the public.
In Chinese culture, water is an important natural element. It creates a calming atmosphere and inspires happiness. Taking full consideration of the functions of water in recreation and bodybuilding, designers have explored many ways for people of different age groups to appreciate its function. The design is called "Water Cube". Many creative designs have been employed in the creation of the swimming pools at the swimming center. Other high-tech facilities including optical devices used to define positions of athletes, and multiple-angle, three-dimensional screening systems are provided to help spectators enjoy competitions.
The National Swimming Center, one of the three landmark buildings for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, is located inside the Beijing Olympic Park. Covering a total floor space of 50,000 square meters, it has 17,000 seats. The project costs about US$100 million. The center will be a venue for swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water-polo games during the period of the Olympic Games. After the games, the center will become a large water recreational center open to the public.
In January 2003, Beijing started to solicit design schemes for the National Swimming Center. The international competition settled on "Water Cube" as the winning scheme. It is designed by the design consortium consisting of the China State Construction Engineering Corporation, China State Construction International (Shenzhen) Design Co Ltd, PTW Architects (Australia) and Ove Arup (Australia).
The National Swimming Center will be the only landmark Olympic venue that is constructed by donations from compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao.
National Stadium--natural "Bird's Nest""鸟巢"
"Bird's Nest" is jointly designed by Herzog and De Meuron Architekten AG, Switzerland, and China Architecture Design Institute. It gained high praise and also aroused most controversy.
Some people think the design is too avant-garde and trendy, and not in keeping with acceptable traditional ideas. However, insiders think "Bird's Nest" has properly expressed a new architectural vernacular. Such schemes can not work out without an understanding of Chinese philosophy and the Chinese idea of good timing, geographical convenience and harmonious human relations.
According to designer De Meauron, first, it is a contemporary Chinese building; second, it has close links with Chinese culture; third, it is reliable in its use of techniques. The architecture of the 20th century emphasized technology. In the new century it will reflect the contemporary culture of the Olympic Games. The stadium is designed for its people; the "gentle" environment shows respect to its athletes.
The stadium is a bowl shape with a red stand. It looks like a nest structure. It is made of gray mining steel covered with a transparent membrane. "Bird's Nest" is an original creation, with a fresh and unique appeal, an exciting example of global architecture.
As the main stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games, the National Stadium is located in the Olympic Park, northeast of the city axis line, covering an area of 204,100 square meters and forming a construction area of 258,000 square meters. During the 2008 Olympics, the National Stadium is designated to host the opening and closing ceremony, the track and field competition and the soccer games, etc.
The National Stadium accommodates 100,000 spectators of which 20,000 are with temporary seating. After the 2008 Olympics, the National Stadium will be converted to an 80,000-seater stadium suitable for large-scale sport competitions and other non-competitive events. The National Stadium will become a large-scale venue for sports, recreation and entertainment for the people of Beijing.
New CCTV site--unconventional "Z crisscross""大底裤"
While elaborating on his design concept, Ram Koolhass, designer of "Z crisscross" said: "It's the architecture that China needs -- I bring it to you now!" Wu Yaodong, vice general architect of Tsinghua Architecture Design Institute, pointed out "The open attitude shown in selecting design schemes of this high caliber has surpassed the architecture itself."
A member of the review committee said, "the designer of the new CCTV (China Central Television) site changed from a domestic master to an international master. The pressure it brought is not whether the scheme is backward, but rather the futurist design may not be accepted by the general public."
The design of the new CCTV site started from invitation biddings from 10 architecture design organizations, of different styles, from around the world, to the final selected scheme. Hong Kong architect Rocco Yim, a member of the review committee, said, "The design scheme selection of the CCTV competition was very professional," compared with other appraisals he has taken part in.
After discussions and polling, the three schemes shortlisted were the Metropolitan Architecture of the Netherlands, Japan's Toyo Ito Architecture and the Shanghai Xiandai Architecture Design Group. The design scheme of the Metropolitan Architecture of the Netherlands impressed most members of the committee, not only for the design itself but also for remarks made by its designer, Ram Koolhass. Later, Koolhass's scheme became the final selection.
With a 230-meter high major building, the new CCTV site will be a landmark in the heart of the Central Business District (CBD) in eastern Beijing. The project, which will cost around US$600 million, has 550,000 square meters of floor space. The space will be divided into several construction areas in accordance with the operational requirements and functions of various departments.
National Grand Theater--Paul Andrew's "Eggshell""鸟蛋"
According to French architect Paul Andrew, after the construction is completed, the Grand Theater will look like a huge green park with an oval and silver grand theater encircled by green water. The shell, made of titanium metal and glass together with day and night lights will add radiance and beauty to each other, and have fast-changing colors. The surroundings of the Grand Theater are semi-transparent, golden netted glass walls. People can see the sky inside the building through its dome. Some people describe the complete Grand Theater as "a crystal drop of water", other people call it a "big egg shell" or "boiled egg".
The Grand Theater project was approved by the State Council in April, 1998 and formerly put into construction on December 13, 2001.
It will be China's top arts performance center and a first class art palace.
Covering a total area of 118,900 square meters, the Grand Theater has a total floor space of 149,500 square meters. It is equipped with accessory facilities including halls for opera, music, drama, art exhibitions, as well as an art exchange center, and audio and video store. Opera, dancing and ballet will be mainly presented in the opera hall, which can accommodate an audience of 2,416. The Music Hall, which can accommodate 2,017, will mainly present large orchestral work and folk music. Drama and local opera including Peking opera will be staged in the drama hall.
Beijing has both excellent and classical architecture but few distinguished modern buildings. Now such world famous architects as Ram Koolhass, de Meuron, Paul Andrew and PTW Architects are to display their skills here. With the speeding up of China's urbanization and the challenging concept of the 2008 Olympic Games, almost all famous design consortiums from around the world have found that China is one of the few countries which provides not only imaginary space but also abundant funds for modern architecture today. Therefore, Ram Koolhass's "door", Herzog and de Meuron's "bird-nest", Paul Andrew's "eggshell" and PTW Architects' "water cube" are just a small part of the skills displayed by famous architects in China.
National Swimming Center--exquisite and exciting "Water Cube""鱼缸"
A semi-transparent "cube", with "bubbles" spread out all over its surface, is a shape very similar to the structure of "H2O", the outlook for the National Swimming Center at the 2008 Olympic Games. After the games, it will become a recreational water park open to the public.
In Chinese culture, water is an important natural element. It creates a calming atmosphere and inspires happiness. Taking full consideration of the functions of water in recreation and bodybuilding, designers have explored many ways for people of different age groups to appreciate its function. The design is called "Water Cube". Many creative designs have been employed in the creation of the swimming pools at the swimming center. Other high-tech facilities including optical devices used to define positions of athletes, and multiple-angle, three-dimensional screening systems are provided to help spectators enjoy competitions.
The National Swimming Center, one of the three landmark buildings for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, is located inside the Beijing Olympic Park. Covering a total floor space of 50,000 square meters, it has 17,000 seats. The project costs about US$100 million. The center will be a venue for swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water-polo games during the period of the Olympic Games. After the games, the center will become a large water recreational center open to the public.
In January 2003, Beijing started to solicit design schemes for the National Swimming Center. The international competition settled on "Water Cube" as the winning scheme. It is designed by the design consortium consisting of the China State Construction Engineering Corporation, China State Construction International (Shenzhen) Design Co Ltd, PTW Architects (Australia) and Ove Arup (Australia).
The National Swimming Center will be the only landmark Olympic venue that is constructed by donations from compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao.
National Stadium--natural "Bird's Nest""鸟巢"
"Bird's Nest" is jointly designed by Herzog and De Meuron Architekten AG, Switzerland, and China Architecture Design Institute. It gained high praise and also aroused most controversy.
Some people think the design is too avant-garde and trendy, and not in keeping with acceptable traditional ideas. However, insiders think "Bird's Nest" has properly expressed a new architectural vernacular. Such schemes can not work out without an understanding of Chinese philosophy and the Chinese idea of good timing, geographical convenience and harmonious human relations.
According to designer De Meauron, first, it is a contemporary Chinese building; second, it has close links with Chinese culture; third, it is reliable in its use of techniques. The architecture of the 20th century emphasized technology. In the new century it will reflect the contemporary culture of the Olympic Games. The stadium is designed for its people; the "gentle" environment shows respect to its athletes.
The stadium is a bowl shape with a red stand. It looks like a nest structure. It is made of gray mining steel covered with a transparent membrane. "Bird's Nest" is an original creation, with a fresh and unique appeal, an exciting example of global architecture.
As the main stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games, the National Stadium is located in the Olympic Park, northeast of the city axis line, covering an area of 204,100 square meters and forming a construction area of 258,000 square meters. During the 2008 Olympics, the National Stadium is designated to host the opening and closing ceremony, the track and field competition and the soccer games, etc.
The National Stadium accommodates 100,000 spectators of which 20,000 are with temporary seating. After the 2008 Olympics, the National Stadium will be converted to an 80,000-seater stadium suitable for large-scale sport competitions and other non-competitive events. The National Stadium will become a large-scale venue for sports, recreation and entertainment for the people of Beijing.
New CCTV site--unconventional "Z crisscross""大底裤"
While elaborating on his design concept, Ram Koolhass, designer of "Z crisscross" said: "It's the architecture that China needs -- I bring it to you now!" Wu Yaodong, vice general architect of Tsinghua Architecture Design Institute, pointed out "The open attitude shown in selecting design schemes of this high caliber has surpassed the architecture itself."
A member of the review committee said, "the designer of the new CCTV (China Central Television) site changed from a domestic master to an international master. The pressure it brought is not whether the scheme is backward, but rather the futurist design may not be accepted by the general public."
The design of the new CCTV site started from invitation biddings from 10 architecture design organizations, of different styles, from around the world, to the final selected scheme. Hong Kong architect Rocco Yim, a member of the review committee, said, "The design scheme selection of the CCTV competition was very professional," compared with other appraisals he has taken part in.
After discussions and polling, the three schemes shortlisted were the Metropolitan Architecture of the Netherlands, Japan's Toyo Ito Architecture and the Shanghai Xiandai Architecture Design Group. The design scheme of the Metropolitan Architecture of the Netherlands impressed most members of the committee, not only for the design itself but also for remarks made by its designer, Ram Koolhass. Later, Koolhass's scheme became the final selection.
With a 230-meter high major building, the new CCTV site will be a landmark in the heart of the Central Business District (CBD) in eastern Beijing. The project, which will cost around US$600 million, has 550,000 square meters of floor space. The space will be divided into several construction areas in accordance with the operational requirements and functions of various departments.
National Grand Theater--Paul Andrew's "Eggshell""鸟蛋"
According to French architect Paul Andrew, after the construction is completed, the Grand Theater will look like a huge green park with an oval and silver grand theater encircled by green water. The shell, made of titanium metal and glass together with day and night lights will add radiance and beauty to each other, and have fast-changing colors. The surroundings of the Grand Theater are semi-transparent, golden netted glass walls. People can see the sky inside the building through its dome. Some people describe the complete Grand Theater as "a crystal drop of water", other people call it a "big egg shell" or "boiled egg".
The Grand Theater project was approved by the State Council in April, 1998 and formerly put into construction on December 13, 2001.
It will be China's top arts performance center and a first class art palace.
Covering a total area of 118,900 square meters, the Grand Theater has a total floor space of 149,500 square meters. It is equipped with accessory facilities including halls for opera, music, drama, art exhibitions, as well as an art exchange center, and audio and video store. Opera, dancing and ballet will be mainly presented in the opera hall, which can accommodate an audience of 2,416. The Music Hall, which can accommodate 2,017, will mainly present large orchestral work and folk music. Drama and local opera including Peking opera will be staged in the drama hall.
At the northern side of the Grand Theater there will be an underground parking lot, which can hold almost 1,000 motor vehicles and 1,400 more bicycles. It can be used as an accessory facility for the Grand Theater and as a public facility in the Tian'anmen Square area.
Information from www.china.org.cn
Information from www.china.org.cn
Sunday, August 3, 2008
..l.. msn....
Failed to sign in Windows Live Messenger.... is msn de problem or streamyx de?
Since yesterday then 为此问题而烦...
I restarted the modem >1000000 times.... Spent hours repeating the same thing - restart modem/repair connection, sign in, failed, then restart modem..... restart computer.... all also 于事无补....
I also got a lot of false hope....
- Successfully signed in but failed to send messages
- Successfully signed in then it disconnected after a few minutes
- I even signed in using Window Messenger, it tahan for around 20 minutes b4 it disconnected.....
Sien 死人了... To overcome this "sien"ness, i downloaded >50 songs, watch more than 10 episodes of anime, read wikipedia for more than 2 hours.... in this 2 days.....
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Moonlight Resonance
家好月圆 damn nice!!! The storyline 高潮迭起... Just 区区 5 episodes also so 过瘾... Too bad AOD don't provide free viewing after episode 5, need to download myself...
Basically the story is like its predecessor, with mooncakes replacing abalones, two wives fighting, the husband 夹在中间, the children suffers... It is just 米雪 replacing 关菊英 as the evil 二奶, 李司祺 as the always good and 宽容大量的大婆, 陈豪 is like in the prequel 儍儍地, 黄宗泽 replacing 林峰 as the 钟嘉欣有型的专业人士男朋友 (in the prequel, 林峰 is a lawyer and a 负心汉;in this Moonlight Resonance, 黄宗泽 is a doctor and dunno will be a 负心汉 or not....)
The story itself is a bit lame (like naming their sons and daughters according to the letters in 家好月圆庆中秋, and overuse of all those 烂gets from 荷妈, i dun think 李司祺 acted well enough when saying those 烂get) and the 曲折离奇的 family relationships (like brother falling in love with the 契妹) make the story too 戏剧化, 家好月圆 is a story that can only exist in TV dramas...
In addition to that, the opening theme song for this drama is just like its indirect prequel, the 关菊英 as the vocalist... Her songs are like those 70's 80's oldies.... If the 插曲 《爱不疚》 becomes the 主题曲, then it'll be better (for me la, the younger generations of the 电视观众). 林峰's 《爱不疚》 is nice, although not as good as his 《岁月风云》's 插曲, 《爱在记忆中找你》...
Filming 你争我斗的伦理剧 is always TVB's 拿手好戏, from 《大时代》，《天地豪情》，《金枝欲孽》，《溏心风暴》... to 《家好月圆》 and the upcoming 《珠光宝气》... Almost each of them became or most probably will become the classics for TVB.....
Hope this Moonlight Resonance won't disappoint us the 电视观众, don't give us a good beginning but a lame ending... hope it can do better than the Heart of Greed....
But trials is around the corner... so.... 唉...
Basically the story is like its predecessor, with mooncakes replacing abalones, two wives fighting, the husband 夹在中间, the children suffers... It is just 米雪 replacing 关菊英 as the evil 二奶, 李司祺 as the always good and 宽容大量的大婆, 陈豪 is like in the prequel 儍儍地, 黄宗泽 replacing 林峰 as the 钟嘉欣有型的专业人士男朋友 (in the prequel, 林峰 is a lawyer and a 负心汉;in this Moonlight Resonance, 黄宗泽 is a doctor and dunno will be a 负心汉 or not....)
The story itself is a bit lame (like naming their sons and daughters according to the letters in 家好月圆庆中秋, and overuse of all those 烂gets from 荷妈, i dun think 李司祺 acted well enough when saying those 烂get) and the 曲折离奇的 family relationships (like brother falling in love with the 契妹) make the story too 戏剧化, 家好月圆 is a story that can only exist in TV dramas...
In addition to that, the opening theme song for this drama is just like its indirect prequel, the 关菊英 as the vocalist... Her songs are like those 70's 80's oldies.... If the 插曲 《爱不疚》 becomes the 主题曲, then it'll be better (for me la, the younger generations of the 电视观众). 林峰's 《爱不疚》 is nice, although not as good as his 《岁月风云》's 插曲, 《爱在记忆中找你》...
Filming 你争我斗的伦理剧 is always TVB's 拿手好戏, from 《大时代》，《天地豪情》，《金枝欲孽》，《溏心风暴》... to 《家好月圆》 and the upcoming 《珠光宝气》... Almost each of them became or most probably will become the classics for TVB.....
Hope this Moonlight Resonance won't disappoint us the 电视观众, don't give us a good beginning but a lame ending... hope it can do better than the Heart of Greed....
But trials is around the corner... so.... 唉...
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