SHIFTED.
I'll miss you old bloggy(:
You went through my "O" levels w me. For that, you rock! You shall be used for private posts!!!(:
love,
Deborah(:
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Daddy, I'm in love... and he looks just like you!
PARIS (AFP) - - Men tend to wind up with life partners who look like their mother, while a woman is lured to a partner who looks like her father, scientists reported on Wednesday.
Heterosexuals are deeply attracted to individuals whose faces are similar to that of their opposite-sex parent, they said, suggesting that this characteristic is rooted in an evolutionary drive.
A team led by Tamas Bereczkei at the University of Pecs in Hungary created a model of facial ratios -- width of jaw, distance between mouth and brow and so on -- comprising 14 facial zones.
They measured 312 Hungarian adults from 52 different families using this method. Each family included a couple, along with two sets of parents.
The researchers found a significant correlation in facial similarities between a woman's mate and her father, and also between a man's partner and his mother.
The team tested the model on faces that were randomly selected from the general population and repeated the experiment with a panel of judges, who also picked out the same pairings from randomly selected groups of photos.
Interestingly, men and women focused on different parts of the face when they home in on a potential mate, they found.
A man's lover and his mother tended to have similar fullness in the lips, width of mouth, as well as length and width of jaw.
But for women, the critical features were the distance between mouth and brow, the height of the face, distance between the eyes and the size of a man's nose.
HUH. 我爸爸的鼻子有点大。:X
The choices are driven less by psychology and socialisation and more by evolutionary pressures, suggests Bereczkei.
Too much genetic overlap -- as can happen with incest -- is an evolutionary no-no.
But seeking similar genetic traits "may confer individuals with additional adaptive advantages," he wrote.
It could increase the degree to which parents share genes with offspring, enhancing the genetic representation of future generations.
Finding similar partners might also help perpetuate genetic complexes that have evolved to adapt to a particular environment.
There may be an additional bonus, which probably has more to do with happiness than a genetic imperative.
"Human couples who are similar in physical and psychological characteristics are more likely to remain together than dissimilar partners, possibly leading to an increase in fertility," the study concludes.
The research appears in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The Royal Society is Britain's de-facto academy of sciences.
Acknowlegdement of source: http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080904/ttAsk me what I'd say of life, and I'd tell you - Life...is fragile. And short. Whatever God gives you, he can take back. Yet, I know God has his plans. I went for a tribe member's wake today, which was the second wake I had been to all my life, with my grandfather's being the first. However, this wake was somehow more significant that the first wake I had been to, perhaps because it was more peaceful and also because during the time of my grandfather's wake, I was merely 6 years of age. 10 years on, and it is a whole new spectrum of emotions, although I know it will never be of the same magnitude as when I lose a loved one of my own. It saddened me to know that she had passed on, but at the same time hearing all the speeches various people in her life had to share about her, there was a deep sense of warmth in my heart, that my sister in Christ was able to complete whatever God had planned for her to do within a short 22 yeas of age. Although I did not know her well, she struck me as one who inspired others to never give up and fight on. In her case, she fought a long, tough battle with leukemia, and fought it well. I don't think I'll forget her in a long time. How she always seemed positive when I saw her, how she never seemed to complain and how she made an impact on others through Christ. She was an exemplary example of how we should live our life to the fullest, glorifying God with her never ceasing hope, constantly renewed faith and spreading joy to those around us. After going for the wake today, I am also determined to live my life to the fullest.
My deepest condolences to the family of the late Ms Sarah Lim Li Fang.
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Today is THE DAY!!!
The day is TODAY!!!
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I'm finally gonna go to wales:)
Havent been overseas in 1.5 years, which is for me, a very long time. Partly becoz every time my parents ask me to go I refuse and also cos' of O levels. So yeh. Been excited for weeks alr:D YAY!!!
Hv to be at the airport at 9.30pm, and the plane departs at 11.55pm. heh. How cool is that man! Yep, Alex' parents will come to pick me up later and i'll be gg to the airport with her.
But now, xinyi a.k.a SIS is here, at home with me! Haha, she spent the night. And altho it was simple, it was rather fun. We had maggi mee and fried rice for dinner, which we had a great time randomly adding stuff, and i gotta say, it didn't taste half bad! It was actually rather good! =)
Haha. dorothy (who is my REAL sister btw) and I carried our mattresses to the living room and camped there the whole night. o.0
lol lol. And xy slept on the sofa. haha. Damn funny. My bro came back ard 6a.m. in the morning and saw her sprawled on the sofa. =/ And he was like what the shit. hahahaha.
Anw later off to do some grocery shopping and whatever for the trip with sis. Ought to be quite fun ba. Haha. Excited excited.
I'll update when i get back!
haha. Wow, almost a month since i last blogged. So lets not make it a full month lol. K, much has happened. If I were to blog on a daily basis then it wouldn't appear a lot luhhh. But then, after ALMOST a month has passed, yeh, things have accumulated.
Well, for one, my myes are over. I don't think I will do well. T.T One week of studying aint enough to cover all the topics. And man, if i am thinking of promoting, WHICH I WILL - I am left with 12 more weeks to study. 12 more weeks to promos like whatheshit. Ahhh well. Im predicting my results. And they are all gna be U, except maybe for chinese and maybe, just maybe and hopefully pleasepleaseplease lit as well. Maths is cfm die alr. I only did 37/100 marks worth of questions so if it will be impossible to pass. And it would be crazytopzyturvysiaooooo if i get full marks for the questions I attempted. So i wont possibly get 37/100. I'll most probably get like <20. Omgoshshitshitdamn. Hahaha. Chemeeeeeshhhhhhtreeeee arhhh. That one ah. I attempted more than half the questions but trust moiii i didnt understand AT all anything i was doing. I was so tired I almost fell asleep during the paper. I couldnt even think for goodness' sake. So i wrote crap. And trust me, when you write crap, you get crap results. And I have a feeling I will get lower marks for chem than maths. GREATTTTT. Hahaha. Others dowan say alr luh. Die liaozxszxsxzxs. Oh, and just for the record 3 hours for one paper is siao luh. Especially afternoon papers I'll just die. And what more when there are two papers in one day. Haha GG sia. Damn I must start working hard:/
Anw, for the record, my chinese A lvl oral is OVER. Wo0t. overoverover. donedonedone :D:D:D
K la. wasnt that nervous, not when i was the second last person, so i had plenty of time to be nervous before that heh. So yeh.
ANDAND. I can't wait for the wales trip! It's next sun! :D I'll be leaving in the night wo0tz. I think it's gna be great fun. Will be coming back like on the 16th! So unfair for chinese students cos we gotta leave a day earlier:( You know why? Cos we hv chinese a lvl listening. Anw, once i come back im gna hv to begin mugging like shit. And catching up with the lessons that i missed.
Haha k la. Dowan blog alr:)
Nxt time, hopefully awful soon.
Maybe not seeing you
makes me not miss you.
I think it's for the better.
DAMN. My complexion's real bad. It's screwed yet again. Haix. SIGHHHHHHHHH. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I hate pimples and blackheads and whiteheads! UGH. :(
Haha anw, much has happened. Holidays have come, for one. And I have no idea to rejoice or to sulk. Cos got so much work to catch up on but also nice movies to watch and great friends to meet up with!
Happy belated Birthday
Dorothy!