| What Madchemist Means |
 You are confident, self assured, and capable. You are not easily intimidated. You master any and all skills easily. You don't have to work hard for what you want. You make your life out to be exactly how you want it. And you'll knock down anyone who gets in your way! You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality. You are balanced, orderly, and organized. You like your ducks in a row. You are powerful and competent, especially in the workplace. People can see you as stubborn and headstrong. You definitely have a dominant personality. You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily. You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind. A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable. You are truly an original person, never live behind a mask. You are frank with your words, but remember to be tactful with people. Success comes rather easily for you... especially in academia and research. Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing. You're a strong person. You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. Some people feel that you understand the problems of others and confine their secrets with you. You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing. You have a lot of enthusiasm, and you have the determination to complete the tasks. You just don't give up unless you have achieved your goals. You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you don't neglect the people who cares for you. You are the total package - suave, sexy, smart, and strong. You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know. You don't always resist your urges to crush the weak. Just remember, they don't have as much going for them as you do. You are a seeker, and a curious individual. You often find yourself restless - and you have a lot of questions about life. You tend to travel often, to fairly random locations. You're most comfortable when you're far away from home. You are quite passionate and easily tempted. Your impulses sometimes get you into trouble. |
Random rants of a madchemist.
Chemistry,
Is for the one with Chemistry.
Whenever new chemistry
Is yet to be discovered,
Different reactions conditions
Has to be experimented
For a reaction to work.
With determination.
For I've found
The type of Chemistry
I truely adore.
I will work hard.
Control Chemistry,
Don't let it control you.
I love chemistry.
One day, before an open book exam, lvl5000, in NUS....
Student A: Eh, B...... Wu seh boh... Got study or not?
Student B: Har? Open book leh.... Got lecture notes wad.
Student A: Slacker~ Open book also must flip through flip through wad. Ah boh later how you find the answer?
Student B: Aiya, ok one la. The lecturer so dumb can't set very difficult question one.
Student A: Haha. Hi 5! Cannot make it one right....
Student B: Yalor... Eh, so you got study or not?
Student A: A bit la.
Student B: I see.... you get 90 marks enough already right you?
Student A: Onz boh.... 90. Onz.
Student B: I get 80 can already. Ha.
At this point in time, student C, carrying one heavy text book X emerged, as if out of hibernation.
Student C: Harlow~
Student A: Wha~ So garang..... Carry text book X. You got study ah....
Student C: So so la. *adjusts glasses*
Student B: You look as though you have not slept for 3 nights.
Student A: Don't tell me you read the whole book?!
Student C: I tried, but failed. Recommended textbook mah.
Student A: No wonder this book is always on hold. People like you always hold on to it right...
Student C: Got red spot leh....
Student A: Aiya, you think you will need it in the exam meh?
Student B: Yalor~ So kiasu~
Student C: Open book mah.... You see, I put stickers already... can flip very easily.
Suddenly out of no where, student D appeared, with 2 text books, X and Y, and a big ring file.
Student D: Wha~ So early ah...
Student B: Wha kao! You god man, bring so much for fuck.
Student D: Open book leh...
Student A: You think you will need it meh?
Student C: Well, looks like I'm not the kiasu one.
Student D: Well, just bring lor. JUST in case you know? Just in case.
Student A: *slapz forehead*
Student D: Ok la... Wait till you need it later you need it man.... See who laughts... LOL
Student A: You make me a slacker.
At one corner, Student E sits patiently with an A4 paper box. The gang of 4 walks over.
Student B: Look what have here? *Open box*
Student C: Wha. you mean you still keep your undergrad notes? My Idol.
Student E: Er.... ya. Just bring them in case you know....
Student D: IN CASE *echoes what E said*
Student A: Wha seh.... Year 1 notes.... That's ancient.
Student C: Don't mess up people's collection la.
Student E: Eh, don't touch my notes. It's OPEN book exam. I need it later.
Student B: So did you study for this paper?
Student E: Er... Nope. *LOL*
Student A: Hi 5!
Student D: *Joins the Hi 5*
Student E: You din study also?
Student D: I din say that... Haha. So that makes.....
Student A, B, D and E: MUGGER! *points at C*
Student D: Perhaps we really need the stuff. The lectuer teaches like shit. Dono what can he test us on. I don't even know what I've learnt this sem.
*The sound of trolley echoed along the corridor*
Student C: Oh, the papers are finally here.
Student D: Wait a minute, isn't the papers already INSIDE the LT?
*Student F, pushing a trolley of 7 text books, 2 ring files and 1 A4 box of paper, drove into the scene.*
Student A: Oh my goodness.
Student B: Holy Cow.
Student C: My Idol.
Student D: Guiness World Record.
Student E: I think I'm gonna fail.
Student F: Hi everyone! *waves*
Student D: *jaws wide open*
Student B: What is THIS for *points at the pile of books on the trolley*
Student F: Open book exam! Right?
Student A: Do you really need it?
Student F: I've got the entire collection of reference text from the library. Just in case la... Text book X is good for this, Text book Y is useful for that... Blar Blar... *In a heavy PRC slang*
Student B: Oh my goodness! *shakes head*
Student C: Can i borrow from you during exam?
Student F: Ha! NO. :P
*Students A, B, C, E and F joins the laughter and walks into the exam hall.*
- Mood:
cranky
Boy ah, eat your vege-tables ah~
Fancy making your own salad after yesterday's sinful fried stuff? Here's how. I've concoted this salad receipe which i always make when i feel like having my greens. It's easy to make and the stuff are readily available from the supermarket.
Madchemist's Garden Salad (for 2)
2 bulbs of Butterhead Lettuce
1 packet Rocket Lettuce
1 Tomato
1/2 can of Pineapples rings
2 Eggs
2 tubes of silk Tofu
100ml Italian Dressing
Procedure:
1. To prepare the hard boiled eggs, place 2 eggs in a pot of cold water and bring it to a boil. (Never put cold eggs in boiling water. It will crack). To achieve best hardboiled eggs with firm egg whites and soft and pastey yolks, allow the eggs to boil in the water for only 2 min after the water has boiled. turn off the fire immediately and let the egg simmer in hot water for 3-4min before taking out. To check that the egg yolk has solidified, spin the egg, stop it with 2 fingers and release it. If inertia forces it continue spinning, it means the egg is still liquid. A solidified egg will not spin. Cut the eggs into quaters.
2. Simultaneously while the egg was cooking, pluck the butterhead lettuce from the stalk and break it into bite size. So the same for the rocket. Prepare a really large salad bowl ( or 2 for each person). Wash the leaves and place it in your salad bowl. Swing away as much moisture as possible.
3. Cut the pineapple rings into bite size and throw them into your salad bowl.
4. Cut the tomatoes into eights and throw them into the salad bowl.
5. Cut the tubes of tofu into 2cm chunks. Halve them into bite size. Throw them into the salad bowl. (Tofu is already cooked when you buy it. You just need to wash if you wish.)
6. You can store your salad in the fridge until you want to eat them. Add the italian dressing and toss evenly before consumption. (Adding it too early will turn your crisp salad soggy). Therefore, eat fresh! Enjoy.
~~~
If you are on a diet, you may wish to omit the egg yolk. Other than that, this receipe is perfectly healthy. Always choose non-cream based salad dressing. That's to say, no mayonase, thousand islands, caesar, honey mustard, etc. The best is french dressing and italian dressing, which is vineger and herb based. Some dressings are rich in sugar though, like sweet and sour dressings. But at least sugar is better than fat on this account.
Pineapples really makes this salad inviting. Cos its sweet and sour. Wets your appetite.
Some people think tofu is so out of place in salads. I think not. It has a nice and soft texture and it really serves as a contrast to the crisp lettuce. Besides, it's a real good source of PROTEIN leh.
- Mood:
hungry
| You Should Get a PhD in Science (like chemistry, biology or pharmacy) |
 You're both smart and innovative when it comes to ideas. Maybe you'll find a cure for cancer - or develop the latest underground drug. |
Hmm.... how interesting...
The insanity and depression of mine.
I'm not as strong as many knew,
I'm not as strong as those few.
Sulk, stone, blank and stare,
Get those "A"s if you dare.
Why do i have to bare it alone
Astrology and Cryptology i cannot fathom.
What is life, if full of care,
When there is no one to share?
If the above doesn't make sense, that's precisely that title.
Sec 3Z showing what class spirit is like when they can't agree on simple things
Teacher: Blah blah, today we are doing blah blah...
Student 1: 'Cher, we can't hear you!
Student 2: Use the mike!
Student 3: Siao! You must be deaf.
Student 4: Don't want lah, your voice so loud liao...
Student 5: Shh..... [goes back to sleep]
No wonder Happy Birthday is the most sung song on Earth
Teacher: (still explaining the procedure, experiment has NOT started yet) Blah blah blah...
*sound of breaking glass*
Class minus one guilty student: ooooorrrrr... (think gloating sounds that say "You are dead")
Guilty student: Uh-oh...
"Support" group: Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to You...
In the Realm of Lab Apparatus, the state of being broken must involve some sort of rebirth...
*sound of yet another glass apparatus breaking*
Another "support" group: Happy Birthday to You...
Learning First Aid was a great idea...
Student: 'Cher!! XYZ cut his finger and it's bleeding!
Teacher: (tends to XYZ) You apply pressure, and when the bleeding is not so severe, I will put the plaster for you.
After a while,
XYZ: 'Cher, the bleeding can't stop!
Teacher: (looks at the way he applies pressure) Oh the bleeding won't stop if you apply pressure below the wound. In fact, you are forcing the blood to flow faster.
Returning to the crime scene
Teacher: (stares at blood stain on the floor) Oh yucks.
Smoking test tubes
Various students from 3Y: 'Cher! How come there's smoke coming out from my test tube?
Teacher: Sigh! Please read instructions! It says the delivery tube must be below blah blah...
How NOT to give instructions
Teacher: Do not apply heat to the retort stand clamp. The cork will burn and the lab will stink.
Student: (leans forward to take a whiff) Wah, it really stinks!
Practicals are never the same for different classes.
- Mood:Er...
I think all my effort had paid off after so many hours of planning and liasing with the lab staff in NUS. Right from the begining of discussing what to teach the students, searching for suitable experiments for them to do, ordering reagents, preparing lesson plan, prepare students for practical, to the actual practical held today on the 18th March.
It's something like a mini module on antioxidant. Imagine having to teach that to a bunch of secondary 2 kids. I think even undergrads have problem understanding it. But i made the effort to simplify my explanations, use interesting analogies, interactive power point slides, video clips, charts, molecular models and not to mention create my own lecture notes and practical protcol. Yes! Lecture notes and practical protocols! I feel like a module co-ordinator! I've walked them through 5 afternoons of theory and practicals and today thay have set out to perform what is required of them.
Sec 2 kids can understand antioxidants? Unbelievable right? I made that happen. That's why it is such a big achievement. Hee. I think monetary wise is not that important. What's more important is the valuable experience that I've gained from it: Applying the teaching skills, Liasing with lab, Ordering reagents, Writing notes and handouts, Planning for lessons, Conduct practical, Discussion of results... All in one pot: Teacher Aid program.
I don't really have the intention of being a teacher but i think it is a form of exposure and experience. There were so many people in today's lesson, watching how i conduct the lesson: lab manager, teaching assistants, experienced teachers and other NUS staff. I was rather nervous but i manage to perform once the ball has started rolling. It was my first time standing on stage with a marker pen and a mike, in front of the white board giving instructions to students. Moreover, this lab is the one which I've been using for the past 2 years. The only difference is that for this practical, I'm not the student but the conducting TA.
It was stressful. So many experienced personal watching me. A year 2 student. So green and yet the conducting TA. NUS staff watched. Teachers watched. I'm glad that there were smiles on their faces and nods everytime i said something important. Their smiles and nods are priceless signs of encouragement and an indication of my ability. I was a great challenge. NUS staff and teachers think so too. I chose a practical meant for year 2 life science students. But the kids are secondary 2. And they managed it. That is my sense of achievement.
Many thanks to all who made this possible. I'm so happy that I've managed to accomplish such a challenging task assigned to me. With this achievement, there will certainly be more challenges ahead for me. More assignments to undertake. More schools to conduct. With every experience made me a more confident TA in front of a class.
I'm so happy today. Yay.... :)
- Mood:Overjoyed
曲：阿信 词：阿信 编：五月天
当 我和世界不一样 那就让我不一样
坚持对我来说 就是以刚克刚
我 如果对自己不行 如果对自己说谎
即使别人原谅 我也不能原谅
最美的愿望 一定最疯狂
我就是我自己的神 在我活的地方
我和我最后的倔强 握紧双手绝对不放
下一站是不是天堂 就算失望不能绝望
我和我骄傲的倔强 我在风中大声的唱
这一次为自己疯狂 就这一次 我和我的倔强
(就这一次 让我大声唱啦啦啦...)
对 爱我的人别紧张 我的固执很善良
我的手越肮髒 眼神越是发光
你 不在乎我的过往 看到了我的翅膀
你说过被火烧过才能出现凤凰
逆风的方向 更适合飞翔
我不怕千万人阻挡 只怕自己投降
What a nice song. Beautiful lyrics. Look carefully.
- Mood:
calm - Music:倔强
That they usually judge people by their looks?
That more sex appeal confers higher degree of privilledges?
We just can't help being nice to them.
Sigh. Life is so unfair.
God, make me a hunky yandao.
is in my German class
[Just in case that I get into a lawsuit for writing some negative stuff about him on the net. Please gossip with me in private.]
dun bother you....
This phrase, so much touching and
so much truth in it...
For you and i are only born for
today, not for tomorrow or yesterday...
Therefore,
every burden and every troubles
you have,
forget about them at this very minute,
for to not to forget is to
imprison yourself....
In a world of sorrows and pain,
where only you alone
will be inflicted with it,
feeling all the pains....
Since no one is there to truly
understand how you feel,
why not take the time
to forget about the sorrows
and treat it as an experiences
Of course, its not easy
but it will be better than
causing yourself to be sorrow
Afterall, who knows whether tomorrow
will be here....
What is important is only today,
right this moment....
Have you done what you hoped
to do or are you still trapped
in the world of yourself???
14:21 30 July 04
NewScientist.com news service
Scientists around the world have paid tribute to British scientist Francis Crick, co-discover of the structure of DNA and the simple way in which genetic material is copied, who passed away on Wednesday night. He died at a hospital in San Diego, California, where he had been battling colon cancer. He was 88.
Crick is credited with a number of important discoveries but will be best remembered for determining the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in 1953.
Crick and his US collaborator James Watson described a double helix linked by rungs, each of which was a pair made from two of the four "letters" of DNA. They suggested this could be the means for copying genetic material. The implications were profound as DNA proved to be nothing less than the inherited template for creating and sustaining life.
"I will always remember Francis for his extraordinarily focused intelligence and for the many ways he showed me kindness and developed my self-confidence," said Watson. "Until his death, Francis was the person with whom I could most easily talk about ideas. He will be sorely missed."
Golden age
The pair's work laid the foundations for future work in genetics and is widely acknowledged as one of the most significant scientific breakthroughs of the last century. Crick and Watson, along with Maurice Wilkins, were awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1962 for the research.
"Francis Crick made an enormous contribution to science and his discoveries helped to usher in a golden age of molecular biology," said Lord May, president of Britain's Royal Society.
During celebrations held in April 2003 to commemorate the 50-year anniversary of their discovery, a plaque was unveiled at The Eagle pub in Cambridge, UK, where Crick and Watson had gone after making their discovery and had told bemused regulars that they had found "the secret of life".
Crick's other discoveries include the relationship between DNA and genetic coding. He found that genes are digital codes written on DNA molecules, which can be expressed as three-letter words, and was instrumental in cracking the code. Crick and Vernon Ingram also found that genetic material is crucial in determining the specificity of different proteins.
Scientific pantheon
"Francis Crick made not one but many great scientific discoveries," said Matt Ridley, author of Genome and Nature Vs Nurture. "Any one of those would have got him a place in the scientific pantheon. Discovering all three places him alongside Newton, Darwin and Einstein."
Steve Jones, professor of genetics at University College London added: "Francis Crick was the Charles Darwin of the 20th century."
Crick moved to the United States in the mid-1970s, settling in La Jolla, California. He published over 130 scientific papers and several books, and was awarded many international prizes.
The stick is broken and the spell is cast.
Mighty white light floods the room,
Attempts to protect master and salvage his strength.
With diminishing inorganic chemiluminoesence,
Comes a weakened aura of chemistry.
Madchemist slowly fading away into darkness,
With sanity barely sustained by phamaceuticals.
A fragile day of loneliness,
A sense of helplessness,
Eventually consumed by predating vultures,
My worthless flesh that none awares.
Just Dazing,
Awake, tired in bed.
Wishing upon fallen starlight,
Under the dark, vast, isolated empty sky,
For company of lonely dolphins in the cruel sea.
Basking under chemiluminoessence glow,
Of the light stick I break dear yearly,
When the clock struck twelve.
In the shadows,
In silence,
Alone.
Baked Spicy Sesame Chicken
Ingredients: [Serves 2]
2 chicken quarters
150ml low fat yogurt
1/2 lemon of juice & rind
1 tsp medium hot curry paste
~ sesame seeds
Method:
- Remove the skin from the chicken and slah the flesh at regualr intervals witha sharp knife.
- Combine the yogurt, lemon rind. lemon juice and curry paste in a bowl.
- Spread the mixture over the chicken and arrange a foil-lined grill pan or a baking sheet.
- Place under a preheated oven and cook, turning once, for 12-15 min until golden borwn and cooked. [Test by piercing the thickest part with a fork or skewer; the juice should run clear].
- Just before the end of cooking, sprinkle the chicken with the sesame seeds.
- Serve with a choice of salad, bread or noodles.
Baked Lemon Sauce Fish with Maccroni & Cheese
Hey guys, do you love fish? How about this? Fragrant fish fillet in tangy lemon sauce on a bed of cheesy maccroni? Hmm.... Yummy... Here are the ingredients:
Ingredients:
- 1 Dory Fish Fillet
- 1 Lemon
- Maccroni pasta
- Mozzrella Cheese
- Thyme, Parsely, Salt, Sugar
- Who Hup Lemon Sauce
Method:
- Firstly extract the lemon juice from the lemon and extract some lemon rind.
- Cut up the fish into sizable chunks and sprinkle some salt onto the fish so as to remove excess moisture from the fish. After awhile, use kitchen papper to blot the fish dry.
- Use the lemon juice to marinate the fish for at least 4 hrs, perferably overnight until the fish turns white.
- Prepare a baking tray with greesed aluminium foil and transfer the marinated fish onto the tray. Add a sprinkle of thyme and parsely and all the lemon rind.
- Drain the lemon juice into a bowl and add desired amounts of sugar [lemon sauce is very sour]. Add 1-2 tsp of the lemon sauce to taste. Add 1/2 tsp of cornstarch for thickening.
- Bake the fish in a preheated oven at 200C for 5 minutes. Remove the thyme and parsely on the fish. Meanwhile, cook the maccroni in a pot of water until al dente.
- Place the cooked maccroni into a bowl and sprinkle mozzrella cheese followed by the fish on the top. Finally, pour the sauce evenly over the fish and maccroni.
- Bake for another 5 min or until the cheese melts.
- Serve with a portion of garden fresh salad and glass of coke if desired. ;-)
You should try this out manz...
Mounting evidence suggests sex helps keep us healthy
Okay, so maybe there’s some wishful thinking going on — the science isn’t exactly iron-clad — but evidence is accumulating that the more sex you have, the better off you are.
There is one caveat, though. “We do not have good data to show a direct connection [to all-around good health]," says Jennifer Bass, the head of information services at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction in Bloomington, Ind. "We know that healthier people have more sexual activity. But we do not know which comes first. Does the good health make you more willing to have sex, or does the sex have a positive impact?”
And you dirty girrrls and Don Juans should know that the assumed health benefits of sex are generally thought to accrue to people in loving, monogamous relationships or those flying solo. Risky sex with lots of partners will probably do more harm than good.
But while researchers try to nail down the impact on overall health, data is mounting when it comes to some specifics. Here are several potential benefits:
1. Easing depression and stress
Bass says this is pretty definite. “The release from orgasm does much to calm people. It helps with sleep, and that is whether we talk about solo sex or sex with a partner,” she says.
But wait, there’s more. A recent study of college students at the State University of New York in Albany suggests that semen acts as an antidepressant. Females in the study who were having sex without condoms (see safe sex caution, above) had fewer signs of depression than women who used condoms or abstained from sex.
“These data are consistent with the possibility that semen may antagonize depressive symptoms,” the authors wrote, “and evidence which shows that the vagina absorbs a number of components of semen that can be detected in the bloodstream within a few hours of administration.”
I kid you not, ladies. Semen is good stuff. It gives a shot of zinc, calcium, potassium, fructose, proteins -- a veritable cornucopia of vitality!
2. Relieving pain
Orgasm is a powerful pain-killer. Oxytocin, a natural chemical in the body that surges before and during climax, gets some of the credit, along with a couple of other compounds like endorphins.
According to a study by Beverly Whipple, professor emeritus at Rutgers University and a famed sexologist and author, when women masturbated to orgasm “the pain tolerance threshold and pain detection threshold increased significantly by 74.6 percent and 106.7 percent respectively.”
3. Boosting cardio health
I can’t resist another plug for semen. It’s possible that male goo can lower blood pressure. Another recent study found that women who gave their men oral sex, and swallowed, had a lower risk of preeclampsia, the dangerously high blood pressure that sometimes accompanies pregnancy.
No, I’m not making this up. “The present study shows that oral sex and swallowing sperm is correlated with a diminished occurrence of preeclampsia,” said the Dutch authors.
See? We told you it was good for you.
There have been other studies showing that sex lowers blood pressure, and might even protect against strokes because of its stress-relieving ability.
But when we think of sex and the cardio system, we tend to think of poor old Nelson Rockefeller having a heart attack in flagrante delicto. Well, not only does that hardly ever happen, but sex might actually protect the heart. A 2002 report from a large British population of men said “some protection from fatal coronary events may be an added bonus” of frequent sexual intercourse.
4. Countering prostate cancer
Over the past few years, several journals have published studies showing that the more ejaculations the better.
Now the Journal of the American Medical Association, no less, has reported that “high ejaculation frequency was related to decreased risk of total prostate cancer.” It doesn’t matter how a man climaxes -- intercourse or masturbation. So next time he says, “Really, honey, it’s therapy,” he could be telling the truth.
5. Healing wounds
Some evidence suggests sex can be rejuvenating to the point of helping wounds to heal faster. Several experiments have shown that oxytocin can help even stubborn sores, like those suffered by diabetics, to heal by regenerating certain cells.
6. Fighting aging
Maybe it’s the rejuvenation, maybe the happiness, maybe all of the above. One thing’s for sure: “Use it or lose it” is literally true. For example, postmenopausal women often suffer from “vaginal atrophy,” which is what it sounds like and can lead to all sorts of complications like urinary tract infections. What’s one way to prevent it? More intercourse.
Sex is a form of exercise, after all, and like all exercise, it burns calories and can help battle the onslaught of the years. In fact, nursing home experts say they wish oldsters would have more sex.
Can sex really make you live longer? Maybe. In the same population of British men I cited earlier, researchers found a 50 percent reduction in overall mortality in the group of men who said they had the most orgasms. There was a dose response: the more orgasms, the better.
Of course, as Kinsey’s Bass reminds us, it could be that these blokes were just healthier and felt like having sex more often. But since there’s no evidence that lots of sex is bad for you, what have you got to lose?
DPM Lee on private, unofficial visit to meet friends in Taiwan: MFA
By Hwee Goh, Channel NewsAsia
"SINGAPORE : China has protested against Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's visit to Taiwan, saying Singapore has to take all responsibilities for the consequences.
It said Mr Lee made the so-called unofficial visit "regardless of solemn representations repeatedly made by China".
Chinese state television quoted Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue as saying that China is firmly opposed to official exchanges in any form between Taiwan and countries that have diplomatic ties with China.
She said Mr Lee's visit would damage China's core interest and the political foundation for China-Singapore relations, and hurt the feelings of 1.3 billion Chinese people.
Responding, Singapore's Foreign Ministry said Mr Lee was on a private and unofficial visit to Taiwan to meet friends. He last visited them in 1992.
MFA added that Singapore has consistently maintained a "One-China" policy, and does not support independence for Taiwan.
It said Mr Lee's private visit does not in any way change this policy, nor does it represent any challenge to China's sovereignty or territorial integrity.
The Foreign Ministry said Singapore values its close and extensive ties with China, and that it would be regrettable if they were to be affected by this private visit.
Meanwhile, the Monetary Authority of Singapore said that this year's MAS Lecture, due to be held on Wednesday, has been cancelled.
The speaker, Dr Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of the People's Bank of China, has cancelled his trip to Singapore. - CNA
Hands up.
Presenting.... My very own pizza... tada....
Hey guys, this is not pizza bought from supermarket ok... I made it. Whahahaha.... Spent quite some time on the pizza base. Failed twice before. Today, the base turn out wonderful. Finally got the temperature and fermenting time right.
After the base is done, everthing else is a breeze. Just get some tomato puree and smear it on the surface together with some mozzrella cheese then add what ever toppings you want followed by another thin layer of cheese. Put inside the oven at 220C for 12 min and whala... pizza... what taste you want also can. Whahaha...
I din expect my base to be successful this time so only managed to scavenge some ham and capsicum for my pizza but it still turned out wonderfully well... next time, I'll add other traditional pizza toppings that gives it an authentic feel.
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