d.o.a
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 (6:41 PM)
i had wanted to talk about the lady who, upon seeing a sweaty me who was running from hougang to ang mo kio, took a deep breath, pursed her lips and stepped to the side, probably assuming that i stank like a skunk. as an english major, i should know that for comprehensibility, i should've avoided using so many nested clauses but you might wanna try drawing a tree using the x-bar theory.
getting back, a more harrowing sight was that, while heading back towards hougang, i saw a crowd gathering below a block. the next thing that caught my eye was a stage, something like those you see during the 7th month getais and some tentages with a toilet that could either be a funeral service or a tribute to the gods. but a strangely familiar blue-white tape caught my attention. when i focused my lenses, i realised that a dead body was on the ground and a police was just covering it up leaving the hair exposed at the sides.
well, to finish it off, i am going to stay true to our doa team - random thoughts. a campmate asked a very intelligent question today and i was impressed. let's see how many of you can get it right. here goes:
there are 10 bottles of pills that look exactly alike. 9 of the bottles contain normal pills and 1 bottle contains poisonous pills. each normal pill weighs 1 gram while each poisonous pill weighs 1.1 grams. using the weighing machine only once, how can you tell which bottle contains the poisonous pills? (note: it's a weighing machine. not a libra-like weighing scale.)
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never take an english major's word at face value.