The numbers we all use (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) are known as " arabic " numbers to distinguish them from the " Roman Numerals " (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, etc). Actually the arabs popularized these numbers but they were originally used by the early phonecian traders to count and keep track of their trading accounts.
Have you ever thought why ....... 1 means "one", and 2 means "two"? The roman numerals are easy to understand but what was the logic behind the phonecian numbers?



It's all about angles !
It's the number of angles. If one writes the numbers down (see below) on a piece of paper in their older forms, one quickly sees why. I have marked the angles with "o"s.

No 1 has one angle.
No 2 has two angles.
No 3 has three angles.
etc.

and "O" has no angles





(8:02 PM)

Let me be the bandage for your bleeding;
Let me be the ocean for your tears.
Let me be the secret of your healing;
Let me be the song to still your fears.

Love isn't love that cannot love in darkness,
Nor is it love that turns away from pain;
Nor would I love would I not hold your sadness
And with my love your love of life sustain.

So do not think your malady a burden,
And do not think my willingness deceit.
Just let your sorrow flow into my garden,
And I will share with you the harvest sweet.

(3:21 PM)

sign up for chingay 2008 at www.bank4u.org! we need 1500 volunteers so plz spread the word! any queries.. u can conatct me

(9:59 PM)

back to blogging after such a long hiatus.. ok maybe not so.. was simply too lazy to update. haha
anyways.. results were out.. news of our promotion was more or less leaked out in some way..
i'm not really sure of my finalised results.. cuz they said there would be some moderation.. so i wont post it up just yet.. be patient and wait till friday! haha
to be frank.. nothing big happened to me as of late.. really.. other than the PW stuff we been doing.. with a certain someone not doing a shit.. and giving us a shitty attitude.. ok enuf with that..
i have been running every morning with bobo recently.. i have no idea what made me wake up at 5 every morn to run when i could have slept till late.. running about 5km each morn and additional after school on my own.. guess i want to ensure i get my 30points next year for NAFA bah.. and of cuz maintain that 10min timing for 2.4km!
a ruckus was made in class recently.. over the meeting of the VP.. i somehow felt no emotions in me.. it cant really be that i was too into WR.. i felt cut off.. disconnected somehow.. its affecting me even outside.. i find it harder to be who i am more and more.. CA on weekends seemed to be a means of escape from everything else.. and now i have found yet another thing to occupy myself with.. CHINGAY'08.. i made it into EXCO for it.. and now am the Head for Logistics.. i never expected myself to make it into this.. let alone being part of the EXCO.. i mean.. i'm not even juz a member of the sub comm.. but HEAD of it.. gosh.. good and bad i guess.. i now have to make the decisions for the event.. and my first task it to find a place to house.. 1500 people for training! gosh lah.. where am i to find such a big place? i mean.. i know NTU has.. but.. location wise.. its a bit.. erm.. A BIT out of e way for everyone.. so yup.. if ur campus has a place big enuf to fit these ppl.. muz tell me!
so yup.. that's it for now! i will try to update as much as possible bah.. lol.. hey.. u dun expect me to spill out everything that happened during the past month right.. haha.. so ya.. be contented with this short post! =)

(8:45 PM)

i see it.. the light.. i stand on a meadow of green pastures, blue wind sweeps across the clear sky. i never knew it could feel this good.. knowing you have cleared a single major hurdle in your life. results are back.. i have met the criteria for promotion.. most of us did.. thank you GOD!

with the exams over.. why are we still in sch u might ask. well its for PW.. but i tend to use the time to play sports rather then to do PW.. its such a waste of time.. i rather sleep at home.. gosh..

(7:02 PM)