ElectroCity Game

I came across this online game yesterday where the objective is to build a virtual city using various methods of generating electricity. You start with a small town, growing it by building different structures and feeding it with a steady source of energy while ensuring the environment is clean. You can see the cities I have built by doing a search on "James Ng" as the player's name. The great thing about this game is that you can play it without any registration.

..suMMer teARs..

A friend's Jabber status:- ..suMMer teARs..
My reply:-

    Light shines and the wind blows,
    Let the tears of summer flow.
    Rain drops and the sun peeks,
    Wipe away the tears on summer's cheeks.

Team Singapore @ SEA Games

As the newspapers have reported, Team Singapore has done well in the ongoing South East Asian Games, performing beyond expectations in some sport. Here's my take on the team's performances.

The Usual Suspects:
Table Tennis and Water Polo swept their haul of gold medals as expected, given that their regional opponents weren't so big in these two sport. Nonetheless, their dominance is still quite a feat.

The Amazing Races:
Belong to who else but the swimming team! How amazing their races had been. You have split seconds finishes, record breaking swims, narrow misses, and one-two wins, all resulting in an impressive tally of eleven gold medals. Besides swimming, we even have one gold from triathlon.

The Total Crap:
Once again, the football team disappoints the nation. One question to the team, "Do you know the meaning of playing simple but effective football?" What a bunch of imbeciles trying to show-off skills they don't have. They deserved to be beaten by Thailand and they might as well forget about the third place playoff with Vietnam if they continue to play as they did just now. One suggestion, "If you can't play, get off the pitch!"

It's All Over...

My JLPT 4 exam in the morning that is. "How was it," you might ask? Oh well, the writing & vocabulary section was pretty okay with me not very sure about questions 29 and 33. The listening section definitely would be the killer if I do fail. I had problems processing the words I detected during the listening fast enough and when I tried to shade the answer sheet for a question, I would miss part of the next question's conversation. The last section, reading & grammar, was manageable overall with some questions I answered using my instincts rather than actual knowledge or reasoning.

Anyway, the exam was over and done with, and I also have taken a couple of pictures of the venue, the Japanese School, Singapore (Changi Campus).

The main lobby.

The classroom that I took my exam in.

Examinees collecting their shoes from the wooden racks. One is not allowed to wear shoes in a Japanese classroom.

I will be taking the JLPT 4 tomorrow

Wishing myself and whoever is taking the test too the best of luck! (I need lotsa luck :p)