An overview of the life of dKiWi

Just a normal guy who loves tennis and computer games. Used
to write a whole bunch of short stories for secondary school exams and
sometimes for fun, or practice. Since in Junior College, General Paper (a very retarded subject)
only permits discursive or argumentative, fanfics provide me with a great opportunity for an outlet.

Studying currently in Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC) Singapore, enjoys mathematics particularly calculus, but not to the extreme (contrary to what my friends think). I like it to the extent that I take double math in my JC. Where every other science student takes only Core Math, I take Furthur Math in addition to C Math, better known as F Math. My non F Math friends call F Math Fk Math or Fail Math due to its sheer difficulty.

Math and writing fiction possess 2 similar characteristics, beauty and power. Although, Math is completely dead, it is more powerful than fiction in my opinion. Fiction on the other hand, is very much alive. A few paragraphs can bring to life a very engaging character. For example, take Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt.

Ambitions? Well if I can make it, how about mathematical research. But since I wouldn't mind experiencing the dog-eat-dog world of office politics, I would at least like to work in a company that impresses me as a young consumer. Top examples include Valve, Vivendi Universial and Pixar Animation Studios. Either way, I'll try writing something and try to get it published.

Update: I've decided to be a mechanical engineer.

Note:
My nicknames on most games i play (Tribes Vengeance, CS:Source e.t.c.)
are dKiWi as well. dKiWi actually means the rate of change of KiWi
which is a very lame calculus joke. Don't laugh.

Some stuff about me

Real Name: Chua Kian Wee (Kian Wee is hard to remember frankly, so I just tell new people I meet to call me Kiwi for short)

Age: 17

Likes: Fresh new tennis balls, immersive computer games, watching starcraft and warcraft3 replays, Char Kway Teow (that's a Singaporean local dish), hawaiin pizza, mechanical calculus sums, solitude, stability, alone time, writing fiction, Pixar Animation Studios

Dislikes: Teaching Method of Chinese in Singapore

Other Stuff

I realise that many people are not familiar with the Singapore education system. Here's a summary comparing with the American System:

American: Elementary, Middle School (Junior High), High School - which is quite similar to our secondary school

Singapore: Primary School (6 years), Secondary School (4 years), Junior College (2 years, furthur academic subjects like Pure Sciences) or Polytechnic (3 years, vocational training like mass com.) , University or College (varying number of years)

Update: If i do decently well for my preliminary exams after August, I'll be back finishing up Invisifield. Was reading through my half-done chapter 11 which was left around from long ago, and I was surprised at how fun it was to read my own work. Strange really. Gotta study hard now to get into a good college, sorry that I've not been updating really. Life's been hell (but not wo simple pleasures lyk friends and food). School 3 quarters of my waking day and when i hit home i gotta do my tutorials till 2am and im still behind. Well, that's how JC-life is like in Singapore...

You can access my blog @ ckwiz.xquisite.org