My Theory Of A-Tap-Chi

CURRENT MUSIC: FEI XING BU LUO by F.I.R

Looks like dessert vendors are also starting to use shrewd tactics to cut costs in the wake of price increases in Singapore. I'm sure you know what are atapchis (I dunno the proper word for that), those grape-shaped nata-de-coco like stuff you can find in dessert ranges?? Yep, I was having a bowl of chendol at the food court nearby my place and after having that bowl of chendol, it confirmed my 'observations' over the past few months: Vendors always give 2 atapchis per bowl of desserts, and somehow or rather one atapchi will be chewy and soft while the other one will be hard like wood. Have you felt the same before? It happened alot of times to me already man. Haha.

Do vendors mix two types of atapchis, namely Grade A and Grade D atapchis, together so that the probability of getting one Grade A and Grade D per bowl is the greatest? Let us work out the calculations:

Assume 1 bag contains 50 atapchis, we have 1 bag of Grade A and Grade D atapchis respectively:

P(2 Grade A in 1 bowl) = 50/100 x 49/99 = 49/198 (24.7%)
P(2 Grade B in 1 bowl) = 50/100 x 49/99 = 49/198 (24.7%)
P(Mix Grades in 1 bowl) = 2[50/100 x 50/99] = 50/99 (50.5%)

As you can see, if the vendors have really been doing this, then they are quite smart to use the law of probability, because to get a good bowl of dessert (2 Grade A atapchis) it is only a mere 24.7%, while 75.2% of the time you are not enjoying what you have been paying for fully...

Interesting insight dun ya think?

My New Love For Tennis

CURRENT MUSIC: FANG SHENG by FAN YI CHEN

I have been playing some tennis recently and I'm already in love with this sport. It's a great way to work out the body as well as build up the arm muscles as tennis involves the technique of swinging your arm to hit the ball over the other side of the court. I'm even contemplating to sign up for tennis courses after I ORD or even better still, hire a tennis coach! Haha.. Madness.. Anyways, just bought my new tennis racquet. The brand is PRINCE and its made of Titanium. The racquet is really light and I can't wait to start using it next week. Promise I'm gonna thrash Henry's ass with his new racquet of mine! Haha. Thing to note: Queensway really sells cheap racquets...or least I think so. Mine is a considerably good one and it cost me 85 only! :)



And how is this for Liverpool's new home kit for the upcoming EPL season? I'm so glad they decided to change it from Reebok to Adidas haha! I'm definitely goin to purchase one of these when I have sufficient funds to spent haha..

If you have been watching TV ads, I would like to share with you my opinion on this particular tourism ad. Recall the 'Taiwan' ad often shown on TV recently? I think its fuckin ridiculous, I don't even understand what they are trying to convey! Their slogon 'Flying High Flying Taiwan' is already absurd, to make it worst in the ad they hav this woman and a fat man flying around parts of Taiwan. What for? It's totally laughable and ridiculous and whoever made this ad is a joke. Total flop. I'm not going to be least attracted to go to Taiwan with such advertising? Never! Haha...but with that said..I still wanna go Taiwan because of the food...the Karaoke there and everything...I feel food is such an important aspect in attracting visitors to Taiwan but why didn't the ad show any of these? On the other hand, I tot the HK tourism ad featuring Daniel Wu and that reather pretty woman was really good. Taiwan should start learning from their Hongkie frens on how to make better ads. Well, if I ever get a chance to visit Taiwan, you must be my food guide Grace! Haha...

CLEMCUBE World Cup 2006 Awards

It's been so fast and suddenly the World Cup has come to an end already. I just like to share with you some players and teams that gave me a memorable impression of them, be it good or bad...

OVERALL BEST PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT: Fabio Cannavaro (Italy/Juventus)
BEST GOALKEEPER: Ricardo (Portugal/Sporting)
BEST CENTERBACK: Lillian Thuram (France/Juventus)
BEST LEFTBACK: Phillip Lahm (Germany/Bayern Munich)
BEST RIGHTBACK: Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy/Juventus)
BEST CENTER MIDFIELD: Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan)
BEST LEFT MIDFIELD: Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany/Bayern Munich)
BEST RIGHT MIDFIELD: Franck Ribery (France/Marseille)
BEST PLAYMAKER: Juan Riquelme (Argentina/Villareal)
BEST STRIKER: Fernando Torres (Spain/Atletico Madrid)
BEST COACH: Marcello Lippi (Italy)
THE 12TH MAN: Aaron Lennon (England/Tottenham)
BEST YOUNG PLAYER: Christiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester Utd)
GOAL OF THE TOURNAMENT: Maxi Rodriguez (Argentina/Atletico Madrid)
BEST TEAM: Argentina
BEST AFRICAN REPRESENTATION: Ivory Coast
BEST ASIAN REPRESENTATION: Saudi Arabia
BEST CONCACAF REPRESENTATION: Mexico
BEST REFEREE: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
BEST CAPTAIN: Fabio Cannvaro (Italy/Juventus)
MOST INSPIRING PLAYER: Zinedine Zidane (France, retiring after WC2006)
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER: Mariano Pernia (Spain/Getafe)
PLAYER WHO DID UNEXPECTEDLY WELL: Owen Hargreaves (England/Bayern Munich)
WORST GOALKEEPER: Fabien Barthez (France/Marseille)
WORST DEFENDER: Oguchi Onyewu (USA/Standard Liege)
WORST MIDFIELDER: Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea)
WORST STRIKER: Razak Pimpong (Ghana/Copenhagen)
WORST COACH: Zico (Japan)
WORST TEAM: Togo
WORST REFEREE: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
MOST UNSPORTING PLAYER/COACH: Guus Hiddink (Australia Coach)
PLAYER WHO NEVER GOT HIS CHANCE: Theo Walcott (England/Arsenal)

These are my picks, you can choose to agree with me or not. Feel free to leave your comments!