Eng Meng, the lead character, poses for a photograph 

Notice the clarity of Xiaoye in the picture.. 

Two sha guas looking each other in the eye, heads titled... =P 

Yin Chu and Jiatian get sabotaged as a forfeit 

The juniors looking on fervently as an uncle tries to throw a ball up the four levels 

KC just got fed a biscuit by Xiaoyuan 

Brent playing with the jiu jie bian 

Guang Hao's funny look 

Zhan Pei teaching Ming Han and Zhen Cong dao stuff 

The girls playing games 

MAF! MAF! MAF!

Oh my, MAF is coming soon! So exciting, to see my juniors perform... they've put in so much hard work in the past week, I'm sure they're going to rock the entire central plaza. Way to go guys! Keep up the good work!

Next up... coming up will be photos! Photos of MAF... so keep your eyes peeled for them...

New Cut

New cut. Army cut. Square cut. Whatever the name. New cut.

Katrina

my thoughts go out to the Katrina victims... it's close to heart, for in Singapore, there were many efforts to coordinate the relief operation in Sumatra. I went to chip in a few times with my classmates, at a neighboring Sri Lankan Buddhist temple in my house, which was going to send supplies over to Sri Lanka to help the victims there.

I remembered the low-cost, tsunami-safe housing strategies that was developed by MIT that was used to help rebuild the communities of Sri Lanka. Perhaps they could come in handy by employing the low-cost strategies to rebuild the stricken communities down there.

Though drinking water is a very pressing problem, another water-related problem is the West Nile virus. Sewage systems would likely be clogged, and efforts should be directed towards clearing out the sewage area. This would help lessen the threat of water-borne diseases, and would also help set the momentum for the rebuilding of the infrastructure there. Even better, to solve the immediate problems of unemployment, and to encourage ownership of their living area, employ the people around there to kickstart the clearing up, especially in the less dangerous areas, before bringing in machinery to clear up the tougher-to-clear debris.

When it comes to prevention, I doubt that in the near future we can overcome nature, but other efforts can be made to prevent the loss of human life. The infrastructure to evacuate people should be expanded perhaps by having more public transport systems mobilized to help evacuate the underprivileged, and increasing emergency escape routes that could double up as regular transport routes during normal use.

It's been good to know that Texas and other states have been opening up their doors to the Katrina victims. However, I think that perhaps more could be done for humanitarian aid to that area. Especially things like clean bottled water - now that's an essential item. Blankets too - to protect against the cold.

It's true that engineering ideas are needed, but perhaps for the short-term, it's better to give a piece of our heart and deliver several quanta of warmth to them. That would bring a ray of hope into their lives.

Best wishes to every survivor. Keep strong, make it out alive, and things will get better - for nothing can get worse than this, can it?

全国武术锦标赛：真是的太惨了。。。

居然给枪打到。。。而且还在不知情的情况下被打到。。。就只是想玩一下自己的相机， 结果就给那个选手失手的枪打到。嗨，太不可思议了。

现在回想起来，还真好笑。当枪撞到头时，就只听到“tok” 一声，就台起头看一看，结果看到比赛选手手里没有枪。忽然，自己头开始痛了，才知道已经被他飞出手的枪打到。sigh...

英文有一句常用语，就是"Empty vessels make the most noise." 假如说我的头，被撞到时，能有声音发出的话，那也就是说，我的头里面是空的。。。

真是一个超级无敌好笑的一天。