tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12949653.post114782468036337428..comments2023-10-01T05:02:17.857-05:00Comments on takchek (读书 ): Between a rock and a hard placetakchekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17726707339435418357noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12949653.post-1148531034544784202006-05-24T23:23:00.000-05:002006-05-24T23:23:00.000-05:00Ike See doesn't have his dreams put on hold. His p...Ike See doesn't have his dreams put on hold. His professional aspirations and prospects are greatly affected. <BR/><BR/>Does it make that much of a difference whether you enter college at 19 or 21 or 25? For a promising young classical musician, it does. I understand that the window of opportunity for development is usually in the late teens and early twenties for recitalists.<BR/><BR/>Even if weAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12949653.post-1148061320070919652006-05-19T12:55:00.000-05:002006-05-19T12:55:00.000-05:00Yes, if he is only able to be free of other obliga...Yes, if he is only able to be free of other obligations when he is 18, he will be too old to be accepted for Curtis. Also, the other kids there are also immensely talented and are all of 15 to 16 or even younger. The amount of years you lose in practice can make a great deal of difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12949653.post-1147988699370681532006-05-18T16:44:00.000-05:002006-05-18T16:44:00.000-05:00>does him doing NS mean his scholarship is revoked...>does him doing NS mean his scholarship is revoked forever and ever?<BR/><BR/>While I don't know the details of his scholarship, some universities offer scholarships based on the funding that they have in that particular year. i.e. in one year they might have the money to pay for your education, in the next year the applicants may be better or the school might have received less funding.<BR/><BR/L'oiseau rebellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884820715854388363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12949653.post-1147879365367902872006-05-17T10:22:00.000-05:002006-05-17T10:22:00.000-05:00Given that i'm female without the extra bits stick...Given that i'm female without the extra bits sticking out and not conscripted either, there's a very high chance i'm just damn wrong lor.<BR/><BR/>(so 20 odd years of existence and i've misunderstood the essence of LPPL wah lau! too much!)<BR/><BR/>As far as metaphors go, you can hardly fault me for my original belief. Isn't banging balls unnecessary, pointless, superfluous, otiose, and so on - Angelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09277360962388393590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12949653.post-1147877773400801942006-05-17T09:56:00.000-05:002006-05-17T09:56:00.000-05:00I took the definition from here (under "bang balls...I took the definition from here (under "bang balls"):<BR/><BR/>http://pachome2.pacific.net.sg/~willows5/singlish_B.htm<BR/><BR/>At least this was consistent with how I used the term when I was a conscript. Talkingcock's singlish dictionary (under "LPPL") gave a different meaning though.<BR/><BR/>http://www.talkingcock.com/html/lexec.php?op=LexView&lexicon=lexicon&alpha=L&page=1<BR/><BR/>So which takchekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17726707339435418357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12949653.post-1147876757436077492006-05-17T09:39:00.000-05:002006-05-17T09:39:00.000-05:00Er, I always thought LPPL refers to doing the unne...Er, I always thought LPPL refers to doing the unnecessary, pointless, superfluous, otiose, and so on.<BR/><BR/>Why would LPPL mean "To feel frustrated, generally as a result of being unable to do what one wants to do" ???<BR/><BR/>I can't reconcile the two.<BR/><BR/>*traumatised*Angelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09277360962388393590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12949653.post-1147874948920323692006-05-17T09:09:00.000-05:002006-05-17T09:09:00.000-05:00I am not sure if the scholarship would be revoked,...I am not sure if the scholarship would be revoked, at least not from the details the ST had provided.<BR/><BR/>As for LPPL - it means "To feel frustrated, generally as a result of being unable to do what one wants to do"takchekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17726707339435418357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12949653.post-1147833221706617432006-05-16T21:33:00.000-05:002006-05-16T21:33:00.000-05:00does him doing NS mean his scholarship is revoked ...does him doing NS mean his scholarship is revoked forever and ever? and what is LPPL?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652000826372838428noreply@blogger.com