So called answer to the brain teaser qn.

Hmm. The answer to the previous brain teaser qn is, "Does the lady who always tells the truth holds the key to the gold bar?"
Then I realise that I have not made myself clear in the question in the previous blog post. I have not mentioned about one lady holding a key to the box containing cookies and the other holding a key to the box containing the gold bar.


Upon analysing it, suppose the lady who tell the truth hold the key to the gold bar.
If I pick the lady who always tell lies and ask her this question, she will say no.
If I pick the lady who always tell the truth and ask her this question, she will say yes.

Suppose the lady who tell the lies hold the key to the gold bar.
If I pick the lady who always tell lies and ask her this question, she will say yes.
If I pick the lady who always tell the truth and ask her this question, she will say no.

So, in both situations, when you ask this question to a lady, and the lady answers yes. That lady holds the key to the gold bar.

Logic is so confusing.

Brain teaser Qn over the CNY weekend.

Here is a brain teaser question over the weekend.

There are two treasure boxes. One box contains cookies and the another a gold bar. You don't know which treasure box contains the gold bar and your purpose is to obtain the gold bar. Here are the two ladies who can aid you in your conquest. They know which treasure boxes contain the cookies and the gold bar. However, there is one problem. One lady will always tell lies whenever you pose a question to her and the another will always tell the truth.
You are allowed only a question to be asked to one of the ladies. What question will you ask so that you can be 100% sure that the treasure box contains a gold bar? For your info, you also don't know which lady will always tell lies and which lady will always tell the truth?

The new module that I have picked up is quite interesting. It is related to mathematics, study of number patterns, logical deduction and reasoning using mathematics and of course common sense. The module is called Living with Mathematics and I wouldn't have expected that mathematics can be applied into logical deduction and reasoning and about the formation of strong or weak agruments. This module shows several situations where strong arguments doesn't mean that the thing that one argue for is correct.

Fantasy Route Amendment service 49

In conjunction with the opening of Old Airport Rd, service 49 will be amended to ply Cassia Link instead of Guillemard Camp Rd. Any inconveniences is regretted.

Amendments in several bus services during CNY period.

From 16 January 2009 onwards, there will be amendments to the operation timings of Chinatown Direct Services. CT28 plying from Clementi to Chinatown will be operational during this period. View the poster for more details.

From 26 January to 30 January 2009, the frequency of Jurong Industrial services will be decreased due to "projected" low demand of these services.

The two posters are extracted from SBS Transit website. Hmm. There are also diversion during the eve of Lunar New Year Countdown. Visit www.sbstransit.com.sg or www.smrtbuses.com.sg for more details.

Hate clash

Today is the most screwed up and most depressing day. I have to drop one of my modules just because the final year exams clash. Sigh!!!

A new year, a new sem, a new beginning

A new year, a new semester, and hopefully, a new beginning. 2008 is a year that marks the ned of my full time army life, a start to my university life and the year when I have the longest period of holidays.

2009 will be a more difficult year for me in terms of academic committments. However, it is an exciting year too for me. I will be anticipating news about the new distance based fares in October 2009, the opening of certain phases of Circle Line in mid or late 2009, new changes to bus services routes and of course, meeting new people through taking new modules.

4 new bus stops along Petir Rd.

With effect from 18 January 2009. Refer to the poster for more details on the location of the bus stops. This poster is obtained from SMRT official website www.smrt.com.sg

Adult ezlink cards replacement exercise begins on 9th January 2009

http://www.ezlink.com.sg/NEWS_ez_press08Jan09.htm"

Old adult ezlink cards can be replaced at the 42 Transitlink Ticket Offices to new ezlink cards starting from 9th January 2009 which in future can be used as a form of "cashcard" and "ezlink card". Forgot to add some points. Replacement is totally free plus old ezlink cards cannot be used to pay for transport fares with effect from 30th September 2009 as new ezlink readers will be installed in buses and trains. So, it is "complusory" to replace them.

Replacement exercise for child and student concession cards will commence from 16th February 2009 onwards till 30th September 2009.

Replacement exercise for senior citzens ezlink cards will commence from April 2009 onwards.

Let's walk from Kent Ridge Park to Harbourfront.

Photos are taken by my friend.


The event dubbed "Let's Walk" is conducted at 30th December 2008 which is the second last day of the year. Actually, I was quite fatigued when I turned up for this event as I slept at around 0200 hrs on the same day and woke up at 0630 hrs. I was playing a dota match with my friend and his friends and it was quite a memorable - Not a good one actually but that's another story - match for me.
It was sunny and gradually became hot as the time ventures towards noon. All of us turned up at Buona Vista MRT station and we took a bus to Science Park. So, here we began the Kent Ridge Heritage Trail. There were many trees, a couple of flowers and murky and clear waters in our whole adventure. However, as time goes by, the weather starts to become merciless to us as it becomes hotter, taking a toll on our stamina. Nevertheless, as I walked closer to the Henderson Waves, there were quite a few good scenaries which made me feel revitalised. The wave like structure bridge across Henderson Road really lives up to its name. The treetop walk makes me feel that I am top of some trees. It feels great to be on the top sometimes.
Lastly, we arrived at Harbourfront at around 2 plus, relishing our drinks. I feel tired, exhausted but satisfied of being aware of this trail now.

Fantasy Route Amendment for Service 106 and 968A

This amendment occurs in the direction towards Bukit Batok for service 106 and Woodlands for service 968A.

Fantasy Route Withdrawal of 700

With the introduction of service 968, service 700 seems to duplicate too much onto service 968. Thus, it will be withdrawn with effect from Monday.

Old Airport Rd / Dunman Rd Reopened

Finally, the section linking Old Airport Rd and Dunman Rd is going to be opened. This will cut down travelling time for bus services plying that area. For more info regarding the changes in bus routes, click on the poster by SBS Transit. Visit www.sbstransit.com.sg for more updates.

Fantasy Bus Services affected: 84

Things about me.

If she didn't write in my chatbox, I would have known later that I just got tagged.
"According to your age, list down the number of things that most people don't know about you. And then tag 5 people."

Let me start then.
Things that about me that most people don’t know.
1.I only know how to call Mum and Dad when I was 7 years old.
2.I prefer to “stone” when faced with a crowd of strangers to mix around with them.
3.I love to eat bitter gourd.
4.I am rather anti-social.
5.I enjoy looking at books which talks about different types of diseases and the mechanisms.
6.At times, I ponder about my existence when the outcome is back to square one.
7.Coming to my hobby, I like bus routes and it starts from reading Transitlink Bus Guides at my grandma’s house since the age of 6.
8.I start to watch buses just outside my grandma’s house one year after.
9.“It is like learning how to walk or learning how to ride a bicycle.” I guess that’s the description on how I gradually know some bus routes in my mind.
10.This hobby of mine is the major reason why I love numbers and number pattern, like the divisibility tests of different prime numbers.
11.I am trying to reduce my carbon footprint recently. This mindset of mine is spurred by watching a nice documentary called “Earth from Above.”
12.I like to play computer games provided that my computer is able to support it.
13.My eyes hurt when I play computer games for more than three hours.
14.I hate eating cheese, any spicy stuffs and drinking milk and alcohol.
15.I prefer things that are more durable to things that look nice.
16.I am actually very lazy.
17.I like to play Reversi.
18.I can get unexpected stomachache after meals.
19.I am colour blind but it doesn’t mean that my world consists of black and white only.
20.I am quite content with what I have.
21.I like to keep things to myself rather than spilling it out.

Regarding to tagging, I only have two people in mind.
Jing Chong
Jayden/Steven Ho.

Extension of Operating Hours of SMRT services

Poster is taken from SMRT official website www.smrt.com

Is global warming really happening?

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=11383

Is global warming really happening? It seems to have been embroiled with politics.

Bus Fan Amazing Race

A candid shot by one of the fellow bus enthusiast.

I went to the Amazing Race organized specially for bus fans on Saturday. Did I just mention “for bus fans only?” I think I just did. Hmm, I don’t think I am a bus fan since it is defined to be a person who is proficient about the information of buses and I am not sensitive to the bus type and their specifications. So, I am neither here nor there. Without the usage of bus guides and street directories, this race tests my proficiency of my bus routes and my knowledge of “popular landmark” in Singapore. As expected, there are landmarks which I don’t know and I have realized that my searching skill is terrible.

First, and foremost, the meeting place is at a “tower” in Toa Payoh Town Park. This is my first time venturing into this town park and as usual, I am bitten by some mosquitoes. I take 73 from my house to Toa Payoh. The weather is good and scenery looks fine except that the water in a small pond there looks like it is infested with bits of algae. Faint sounds of cars and buses can be heard from Toa Payoh Interchange and the Pan-Island expressway. Many people arrived late for the event as the weather was conductive for resting. Hence, the introduction part was sort of “cut” and the race commenced a few minutes before 10.

My team and I went to the newly built HDB block at Blk 79. Photos are given to us and we are expected to find the same spot in Blks 79A to 79E and produce the exact same replica. As mentioned earlier, I was very terrible in my searching skills for spots which produce this photo from the camera’s perspective. In the end, we were quite behind time and so we proceed to the next destination at CCK.

We took 105 and transfer to 190. All of us knew what we were looking for – a Shop N Save outlet. However, it is a NTUC Fairprice outlet in Lot 1 Shoppers Mall. So, it was later found that the place we were seeking for was at Sunshine Place since the clue given to us had a picture of a loaf of Sunshine Bread and CCK and 172.

We took some time to complete the assigned tasks over there and one of my teammates decided to try his luck onto fishing. This was my first time in seeing a “fishing farm” at a shop which is just a vending machine containing a pump and water and some “light fishes” that is circulating about. After all this “distractions”, we finally proceed to our next destination at Sembawang Shopping Centre. Our choice of route is 975 to Bukit Panjang, 187 to Woodlands, 169 to Admiralty Road West and 856 to Sembawang Shop Ctr. In my opinion, taking 171 from Bukit Panjang to Sembawang Road and transfer to 167 or 980 to Sembawang Shop Centre may be a faster alternative. Halfway through the journey, we are told to proceed to SMRT Ang Mo Kio Depot.

Thus, we took 854 to Yio Chu Kang Rd and walk from there. From there, we consumed our lunch and proceeded from there to Thanggam LRT station near Jalan Kayu. Again, a set of tasks were assigned to us. So, we went around the place to search for 15 members of the public for their signatures. It requires us to be more proactive and luckily the many members of the public were very helpful in leaving their signatures to help us complete our activity. At this point in time, I was already quite exhausted as I sprinted 600 metres from Jalan Kayu Prata House to the LRT station to and forth. The reason is we failed to read the instructions for our tasks carefully and made several mistakes in it.

Next, we proceed to Ruman Tinggi, a place where 63 bus is parked near a rubbish dump. This is also my first time to the previous Ruman Tinggi terminal. We take LRT to Sengkang, transfer to 80 and next to 63. Same thing as in the previous stations, we did some tasks again and proceeded to Vivocity afterwards to conduct a “search hunt.” Never did I expect finding 5 people out of the thousands or ten thousands people already in Vivocity will be that hard. The whole event ended at around 2100 hrs and all bus fans including me the neither here nor there one went for supper.

Anyway, though many of them are bus fans, some of them are very proficient in bus routes as well as perhaps it is related to buses too. For me, I think I just remain at who I am unless I am influenced by them one day. It is rather interesting to interact with them as they provide with new views and perspectives and mostly are about buses. Hehe. However, it is interesting to note that all the bus fans that have attended the event are all males. Hmm, I am not being bias here but from here, I infer that this interest is catered more towards the males.

Holidays

Its holidays now. Unfortunately, I have numerous regrets about my exams. Thoughts have been flooding my mind like "Why didn't I study this tutorial qn?" and so on. I guess time is still ticking away and life continues to go on as usual.

I have just turned 21 but I am not "mentally" prepared for this symbolic number. Although 21 symbolises more freedom and less restriction, it represents more responsbilities, more factors to consider, more relationships and social network to be built as I enter into the interdependent world.

In addition, I will like to thank the animals (The Family of Bears and a unique flying fish)for the b day present. I will try to utilise less often so that the bag remains presentable at the next time I meet u guys. Cos, I tend to put heavy stuffs in my bags. :)

Sores and itchy bumps are starting to come out of my arms and thighs one day after the mangrove cleanup. I am not exactly sure what is happening but I presume that some forest flies have sucked my blood incessently for their afternoon tea.

Holidays are coming but I am at a loss at what to do. Do I study my modules for the next semester? Or do I study more about diseases? Or do I play more dota? Or do I catch up the current affairs in the world? Oh man, I am at a loss. I just hope that this holiday can recharge my battery to the fullest by the time a new semester starts.

Some fantasy routes amendments

Oh yea. Some of my fantasy route amendments as my hobby. Drawing still seem to look terrible.

Mangrove cleanup at Pasir Ris Pk.

Yesterday was the day that I got myself really dirty with several mud stains on my Tee shirt.

I went to Pasir Ris Park together with some passionate "environmentalists" to clean up the mangrove swamps there. It was more of a physical challenge as I have to do some "aerobatics" inside there. Trees and twigs are some of the numerous impedences to locations where artificial rubbbish can be found. There are several instances where my whole body is stepping onto a thick wood branch hanging in the air and it cracks as soon as I move. As a result, I fell into the muddy pool of water. The next obstacle will be the soft mud. Since it is soft, my boots are easily stuck inside it and thus my walking speed is further slowed.
Though there are not a lot of rubbish, I have found many plastic bottles lying in the mangrove swamps especially Vitagen and Yakult bottles enough to fill up two black trash bags. Although it is tiring and exhausting, at least this is one thing that I can do to repay to the environment for me causing harm to it.

Exams are pretty much over. Sigh!!! I have many regrets pertaining to this exams but I can't do much now. My last paper is chemistry and I am still wondering how I can study effectively and score well in the exams. I hope that I won't have any regrets for the last paper.

160 & 170 call at a new bus stop

Click on the poster to view the enlarged version. Visit www.sbstransit.com.sg for further details.

Services 160 and 170 will call at a bus stop along Jalan Tun Abdul Razak which is located outside JB Sentral with effect fom 2nd December 2008.