﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>extrac7's Xanga</title><link>http://extrac7.xanga.com/</link><description>Latest Xanga weblog from extrac7</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>The Weblog Community</title><url>http://s.xanga.com/images/xangalogobutton.gif</url><link>http://extrac7.xanga.com/</link></image><item><title>Friday, September 19, 2008</title><link>http://extrac7.xanga.com/675059051/item/</link><guid>http://extrac7.xanga.com/675059051/item/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:32:00 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial Black;" size="5"&gt;MOVED.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I love you xanga, but i must move.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It's been 5 good years. &lt;br&gt;It all started when i was partly influenced by rubberbeam. ( whom i haven't seen for N years).&lt;br&gt;And this blog accompanied me through 3 break-ups, 2 major exams, thousand heartbaches and certain questionable periods. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I love you xanga. It's been 5 good years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I reassure all you good people out there that i will keep xanga as it is. They are my memories, and reminders that I should never experience any heartaches anymore. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Hello blogspot, I hope it'll be another 5 good years and the years beyond.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;www.artcyk.blogspot.com &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It's 3.27am. I'll start blogging on blogspot once i wake up 10 hrs later. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://extrac7.xanga.com/675059051/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Sunday, September 14, 2008</title><link>http://extrac7.xanga.com/674337927/item/</link><guid>http://extrac7.xanga.com/674337927/item/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:35:37 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Palatino;" size="4"&gt;Uninspired. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I worry a lot.&lt;br&gt;I worry about things i don't have, I worry about how long more i can keep on to the things i have.&lt;br&gt;This is insane.&lt;br&gt;I know i'm bothering too much about things.&lt;br&gt;maybe i should just let things go.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;and the essay. bah. i need to be more concise and clear.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;all these horrible dreams ..&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href=""&gt;&lt;img title="" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3195/2855253215_8a0ccab73a.jpg"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a target="_blank" href=""&gt;&lt;img title="" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3051/2855253761_328c24b200.jpg"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt; </description><comments>http://extrac7.xanga.com/674337927/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Friday, September 12, 2008</title><link>http://extrac7.xanga.com/674070781/item/</link><guid>http://extrac7.xanga.com/674070781/item/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:03:39 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;I don't remember anymore. and I don't wanna be left behind.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="about:blank"&gt;&lt;img title="" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3158/2849935785_6725e8fefb.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For a moment just now, I couldn't remember the surname of my good friend at all.&lt;br&gt;Well, I still can't remember now.&lt;br&gt;But it still feels odd for the fact that we've spent some time together before.&lt;br&gt;That was so long ago. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then, it occurred to me that there were actually so many things that i didn't remember anymore.&lt;br&gt;Those things were once so dear to me.&lt;br&gt;And they have now disintegrated to zero. &lt;br&gt;nothing,&lt;br&gt;not even a vivid image.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Many memories are now blurred images, associated with probably a phrase, a gesture. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Is it something bad to forget?&lt;br&gt;Maybe i didn't forget at all. &lt;br&gt;There were just stashed somewhere inside.&lt;br&gt;Or were they really over-write by some new memories? &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;a target="_blank" href=""&gt;&lt;img title="" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; width: 257px; height: 453px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/2849935677_25334d10c5_b.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; </description><comments>http://extrac7.xanga.com/674070781/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Tuesday, September 09, 2008</title><link>http://extrac7.xanga.com/673738785/item/</link><guid>http://extrac7.xanga.com/673738785/item/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:46:21 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Courier;" size="5"&gt;Oh well, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href=""&gt;&lt;img title="" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3223/2843428540_b01b05cfdc.jpg"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt; </description><comments>http://extrac7.xanga.com/673738785/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Friday, September 05, 2008</title><link>http://extrac7.xanga.com/673236895/item/</link><guid>http://extrac7.xanga.com/673236895/item/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:00:20 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Courier; font-weight: bold;" size="5"&gt;Everybody's  changing.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="about:blank"&gt;&lt;img title="" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3112/2830435789_5176982aea.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I like this anticipation before change.&lt;br&gt;But i must know the change, i must know the outcome and process of change.&lt;br&gt;And so will the feeling of the process, the transition excite me.&lt;br&gt;But once i reached it, everything seems so mundane and boring again. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reliance is unhealthy. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; </description><comments>http://extrac7.xanga.com/673236895/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Tuesday, September 02, 2008</title><link>http://extrac7.xanga.com/672812464/item/</link><guid>http://extrac7.xanga.com/672812464/item/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:07:32 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Courier;" size="5"&gt;How to deal with hearbreaks.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="about:blank"&gt;&lt;img title="" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3080/2821054705_39d476c864.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I never believe that i could understand man even after a few failed relationships and I never knew how to deal with heartbreaks either. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; </description><comments>http://extrac7.xanga.com/672812464/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Saturday, August 30, 2008</title><link>http://extrac7.xanga.com/672404244/item/</link><guid>http://extrac7.xanga.com/672404244/item/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:36:02 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;I think, love and companionship is different. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://extrac7.xanga.com/672404244/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Friday, August 29, 2008</title><link>http://extrac7.xanga.com/672246648/item/</link><guid>http://extrac7.xanga.com/672246648/item/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:15:49 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;I'm still not in the mood to blog, to tell you about my life, to tell you whether i'm ok , to tell you what made me teared.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;but then I found this that was quite interesting. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"&gt;http://app.ejustice.gov.sg/blogs/our_blog/default.aspx &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="BlogPostContent"&gt;
								&lt;p class="style3"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"A justice
system that enjoys the confidence of the public is one that pays proper
heed to the needs of the community. As fundamental judicial reforms
have been institutionalized, the time is right for the establishment of
a specialist court that is responsive to the needs of the community. A
new Community Court will be established. There will be sufficient
linkages with community resources to allow for the successful
re-integration of individuals back into community settings. In
appropriate cases, offenders who would ordinarily be prison-bound would
be linked to long-term community-based treatment. Consistent with the
current penal philosophy of rehabilitation and prevention, &lt;strong&gt;the
Community Court will adopt a problem-solving approach that combines
criminal justice and community resources for a comprehensive response&lt;/strong&gt; ..."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style3"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Honourable the Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong &lt;br&gt;15th Subordinate Courts Workplan &lt;br&gt;18 May 2006&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style3"&gt;There may be an underlying cause to any problem that
the Courts encounter. The following story may provide a simple
illustration to all of us.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style3"&gt;Never underestimate your Clients' Complaint, no matter how funny it might seem! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style3"&gt;This is an account of what happened between a
customer of General Motors and its Customer-Care Executive. Please read
on. The Pontiac Division of General Motors received a complaint: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style3"&gt;'This is the second time I have written to you, and I
don't blame you for not answering me, because I sounded crazy, but it
is a fact that we have a tradition in our family of Ice-Cream for
dessert after dinner each night, but the kind of ice cream varies so,
every night, after we've eaten, the whole family votes on which kind of
ice cream we should have and I drive down to the store to get it. It's
also a fact that I recently purchased a new Pontiac and since then my
trips to the store have created a problem. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style3"&gt;You see, every time I buy a vanilla ice cream, when I
start back from the store my car won't start. If I get any other kind
of ice cream, the car starts just fine. I want you to know I'm &amp;nbsp;serious
about this question, no matter how silly it sounds&amp;nbsp; "What is there
about a Pontiac that makes it not start when I get vanilla ice cream,
and easy to start whenever I get any other kind?" The Pontiac President
was understandably sceptical about the letter, but sent an Engineer to
check it out anyway. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style3"&gt;The latter was surprised to be greeted by a
successful, obviously well educated man in a fine neighbourhood. He had
arranged to meet the man just after dinner time, so the two hopped into
the car and drove to the ice cream store. It was vanilla ice cream that
night and, sure enough, after they came back to the car, it wouldn't
start. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style3"&gt;The Engineer returned for three more nights. The
first night, they got chocolate. The car started. The second night, he
got strawberry. The car started. The third night he ordered &amp;nbsp;vanilla.
The car failed to start. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style3"&gt;Now the engineer, being a logical man, refused to
believe that this man's car was allergic to vanilla ice cream. He
arranged, therefore, to continue his visits for as long as it took to
solve the problem. And toward this end he began to take notes: He
jotted down all sorts of data: time of day, type of gas uses, time to
drive back and forth etc. &amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style3"&gt;In a short time, he had a clue: the man took less
time to buy vanilla than any other flavour. Why? The answer was in the
layout of the store. Vanilla, being the most popular flavour, was in a
separate case at the front of the store for quick pickup. All the other
flavours were kept in the back of the store at a different counter
where it took considerably longer to check out the flavour. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style3"&gt;Now, the question for the Engineer was why the car
wouldn't start when it took less time. Eureka - Time was now the
problem - not the vanilla ice cream!!!! The engineer quickly came up
with the answer: "vapour lock". &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style3"&gt;It was happening every night; but the extra time
taken to get the other flavours allowed the engine to cool down
sufficiently to start. When the man got vanilla, the engine was still
too hot for the vapour lock to dissipate. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style3"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Even crazy looking problems are sometimes real
and all problems seem to be simple only when we find the solution, with
cool thinking. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style3"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Don't just&amp;nbsp;say&amp;nbsp;it&amp;nbsp;is &amp;nbsp;"&lt;/em&gt; IMPOSSIBLE&lt;em&gt;" ... without putting a sincere effort. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style3"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Observe&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;word &amp;#8220; &lt;/em&gt;IMPOSSIBLE&lt;em&gt;"&amp;nbsp;carefully. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style3"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Looking&amp;nbsp;closer&amp;nbsp;you will see,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;" &lt;/em&gt;I'M POSSIBLE&lt;em&gt; ". &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="style3"&gt;&lt;em&gt;What really matters is your&lt;/em&gt; &amp;nbsp;attitude&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp; and&amp;nbsp; your&amp;nbsp; perception. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
							&lt;/div&gt;</description><comments>http://extrac7.xanga.com/672246648/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Tuesday, August 26, 2008</title><link>http://extrac7.xanga.com/671867250/item/</link><guid>http://extrac7.xanga.com/671867250/item/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:23:27 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;M_ad &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;a target="_blank" href="about:blank"&gt;&lt;img title="" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3107/2800137840_2a2160b6ee.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It makes me happy to be nicely dressed for school.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; </description><comments>http://extrac7.xanga.com/671867250/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Saturday, August 23, 2008</title><link>http://extrac7.xanga.com/671463079/item/</link><guid>http://extrac7.xanga.com/671463079/item/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:50:51 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;font style="font-family: Courier;" size="5"&gt;&lt;br&gt;You can linger but I'm still not officially back. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What an irony to start thinking about design;&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;isn't design suppose to be spontaneous?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://extrac7.xanga.com/671463079/item/#firstcomment</comments></item></channel></rss>