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cflee: 893 | What The Duck: Swindler’s List Volunteers for the...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:07:53 +0800

893 | What The Duck: Swindler’s List

Volunteers for the Excuse Resource System 2.0?

Perfect for the SAF!

"What is clear is that we are all gifted. And the tragedy on display is that this is masked,..."

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:37:46 +0800

“What is clear is that we are all gifted. And the tragedy on display is that this is masked, defeated, debilitated. By conforming to the statistical, logical, socially-constructed patterns of this world, we ensure that the laws of ‘normal distribution’ require us to describe each one of us as ‘above the mean’, ‘below the mean’ or ‘within n standard deviations of the mean’ – as if these mean something. The truth is simple: we are multifactorial, talented in a myriad ways.”

- Findings: A Roman Devotional (via cflee)

cflee: quote-book: (by pixel-refill) In the context of...

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:20:36 +0800

cflee:

quote-book:

(by pixel-refill)

In the context of today’s TOK lecture, this is very fitting.

"Easy is to get a place in someone’s address book. Difficult is to get a place in someone’s..."

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:17:12 +0800

“

Easy is to get a place in someone’s address book.
Difficult is to get a place in someone’s heart.

Easy is to judge the mistakes of others.
Difficult is to recognize our own mistakes.

Easy is to talk without thinking.
Difficult is to refrain the tongue.

Easy is to hurt someone who loves us.
Difficult is to heal the wound.

Easy is to forgive others.
Difficult is to ask for forgiveness.

Easy is to set rules.
Difficult is to follow them.

Easy is to dream every night.
Difficult is to fight for a dream.

Easy is to show victory.
Difficult is to assume defeat with dignity.

Easy is to admire a full moon.
Difficult to see the other side.

Easy is to stumble with a stone.
Difficult is to get up.

Easy is to enjoy life every day.
Difficult to give its real value.

Easy is to promise something to someone.
Difficult is to fulfill that promise.

Easy is to say we love.
Difficult is to show it every day.

Easy is to criticize others.
Difficult is to improve oneself.

Easy is to make mistakes.
Difficult is to learn from them.

Easy is to weep for a lost love.
Difficult is to take care of it so not to lose it.

Easy is to think about improving.
Difficult is to stop thinking it and put it into action.

Easy is to think bad of others.
Difficult is to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Easy is to receive.
Difficult is to give.

Easy to read this.
Difficult to follow.

”

- Gmail - Easy - Difficult - elvenemperor@gmail.com (via bennybenny)

cflee: jayparkinsonmd: The price of a course of...

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:14:21 +0800

cflee:

jayparkinsonmd:

The price of a course of ciprofloxacin, an antibiotic used the world over to treat a range of bacterial infections, varies enormously. The cost depends on where the pills are bought, and whether they are sold under a brand name (such as Ciloxan or Cipro) or as a generic version. According to data collected by Health Action International, an NGO, branded pills sell for an average of $101 a course in America, while the generic variant is available for $9.25. In Britain, branded versions cost only about half as much as in America, perhaps reflecting the bargaining power of the country’s National Health Service. In India, large drug companies compete to cater to poor consumers, ensuring that even branded ciprofloxacin costs less than $2.50 per course. And Brazilians pay about the same for branded and more for generic ciprofloxacin than even much wealthier Americans. Differences in national health-care systems mean that consumers typically shell out different proportions of the full cost of pills, because many countries subsidise medicine. (via The price of pills: Drug money | The Economist)

So a drug is an actual chemical compound with a very defined chemical structure. The chemical structure is what the FDA approves. That’s what makes it a certain drug. A different chemical structure is a different drug.

Therefore, there is no difference at all between a branded medication and a generic medication. There is no difference between Cipro the brand and ciprofloxacin the generic. It’s just marketing. Ask your neighborhood pharmacist. They get ciprofloxacin for about 7 cents a pill.

It’ll be cool to see where Singapore stands in the chart.

Photo

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:26:41 +0800

shaneguiter: Apple Tablet Rumors Condensed In Handy Visual...

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:24:17 +0800

shaneguiter:

Apple Tablet Rumors Condensed In Handy Visual Guide - apple tablet - Gizmodo

"If you’ve built a system that’s supposed to be reliable, you shouldn’t be up fixing it at four in..."

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:14:23 +0800

“If you’ve built a system that’s supposed to be reliable, you shouldn’t be up fixing it at four in the morning. You shouldn’t be getting paged at all hours. Sure, you might need to do some occasional planned after-hours maintenance, or some very occasional unplanned-but-process-driven disaster recovery, but you shouldn’t need a hero.”

- Alex Payne — Don’t Be A Hero

in other words, this would have fit quite a few other professions too. if you need a hero, something is wrong.

(via cflee)

Less Than 45

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:13:02 +0800

cflee:

Good morning! Some satire to wake you up. (via Uncle Edna)

Less Than 45 parody of 1985 by Bowling for Soup

Woohoohoo
Woohoohoo

Debbie just hit the wall
She thought she had it all
Great World Lit essay
Excellent TOK
Her dreams went out the door
When she received her score
Only got forty-two
What is she gonna do?

She was gonna be an doctor
She was gonna go real far
She was gonna be a judge
Or maybe a superstar
Prestigous scholarships
Now look like comic strips
Looks at her average points
And wonders how she’ll apply for

John Hopkins, and Princeton,
Imperial College London
There was Cambridge, Trinity
And places still at MIT
Her parents share her stress
No point trying NUS
‘Cause you can’t, can’t just apply
With less than, less than, less than 45

Woohoohoo
(Less than 45)
Woohoohoo

She’s done all the IAs
Footnotes every line
CAS, Mathematics
Every sine and cosine
She had interviews
Student Council through and through
Thought she’d get a shot
At something in a high paid slot

Where’s the scholarships and the invites?
Maybe she’d do better jumping from a great height
When did ‘below forty’ mean ‘no degree’?
Whatever happened to offers, career fairs,
(All the millionaires from)

John Hopkins, and Princeton,
Imperial College London
There was Cambridge, Trinity
And places still at MIT
Her parents share her stress
No point trying NUS
‘Cause you can’t, can’t just apply
With less than, less than, less than 45

Woohoohoo

She’s crying in the dark
Thinking of the cash she needs to re-mark (Re-mark)
And now lowering becomes a factor
I guess it’s time, time
Time!
To give up

Hopkins, and Princeton,
Imperial College London
There was Cambridge, Trinity
And places still at MIT
Her parents share her stress
No point trying NUS
‘Cause you can’t, can’t just apply
With less than, less than, less than 45

Woohoohoo

John Hopkins, and Princeton,
Imperial College London
There was Cambridge, Trinity
And places still at MIT
Her parents share her stress
No point trying NUS
‘Cause you can’t, can’t just apply
With less than, less than, less than 45

"Because even if it breaks your heart to be just friends, if you really care about someone, you’ll..."

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:11:49 +0800

“Because even if it breaks your heart to be just friends, if you really care about someone, you’ll take the hit.”

- Scrubs (via kari-shma) (via cflee)

loves 鸳鸯.

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:25:57 +0800

loves 鸳鸯.

is spending unnecessary amounts of time queuing at sapura.

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:12:03 +0800

is spending unnecessary amounts of time queuing at sapura.

is going to try out Snow Leopard soon

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:04:13 +0800

is going to try out Snow Leopard soon

is wondering where his PSP went

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:33:06 +0800

is wondering where his PSP went

is fuming mad as his 2nd Macbook battery is bloating

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:43:17 +0800

is fuming mad as his 2nd Macbook battery is bloating

needs a new pair of earphones

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:04:20 +0800

needs a new pair of earphones

thanks God for this great weather for parade rehearsals

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:30:03 +0800

thanks God for this great weather for parade rehearsals

just watched OTOT. It was awesome!

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:20:53 +0800

just watched OTOT. It was awesome!

needs an iPhone 3GS. 384 kbits/s is just too slow.

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:52:34 +0800

needs an iPhone 3GS. 384 kbits/s is just too slow.

finds the CTE (SLE) to PIE (Changi Airport) viaduct to be one of the more exciting ones around

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:44:53 +0800

finds the CTE (SLE) to PIE (Changi Airport) viaduct to be one of the more exciting ones around