Hey Ding Dong! I managed to score K! Congrats to me! Hahahha.

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Please come!! Just outside the Secondary Library!

P.S. Now for something totally random, M1 has come down and installed their signal repeaters in the staffroom! We are transformed from a mobile desert into a signal paradise! So now I have a repeater right on top of my cubicle, full bar for my reception and loads of radiation to kill my brain cells. Yay!

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I laughed out when I read this article on BBC News about how a student got marks for his English GCSE Exam for writing a two word expletive. In UK, the public schools are mostly taking the GCSE Examination which is revised O-Level examination. The GCSE has lately come under many vocal criticisms for making the examination too easy, and this latest bugaboo is yet another mark against the exam.

The pupil apparently has been marked 2 marks out of 27 marks (7%) just for writing a 2 word expletive in his answer. If the pupil has taken the pain to add an exclamation mark, it would have merited another mark! Hence what is the lesson for all of us here? Remember to PUNCTUATE your sentences!!!

It is interesting to note that BBC now allows expletives to be printed on their website as well. Alas, I cannot risk having expletives on my blog so I recommend those who are curious to read the original news report.

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For DD and all the other struggling with physics and magnetism, here is an interesting and beautiful video about Magnetic fields!

Magnetic Movie from Semiconductor on Vimeo.
Happy studying science!

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He is the chairman of Microsoft, the 3rd richest person in the world (estimated wealth of $58 billion), a philanthropist, and he was named one of the most influential people in the 20th century according to Times. Yet to some, he is one of the most hated person in the world.

During the landmark United States vs Microsoft case, I used to remember how I booed and jeered at everything uttered by Gates, his lame behavior in court, and their totally evil world-domination plans. Finally he is retiring.

But I cannot deny that he has contributed immensely to the world we now live in. None of whatever I am doing now would have been possible if not for Microsoft. And now he is doing even greater good in charity work.

This post is for a sometimes flawed but still very great person.

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