User:Russianroulette2004

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You may want to visit Advanced's Image Gallery for all the photos of the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit and its sister Light Rapid Transit.

Hello all. I do not wish to reveal my real name, but you know my user name as Russianroulette2004. I am eighteen years old and am currently residing in Singapore. I joined this community sometime in June 2005.

Academic Interests
My interests are varied. I demonstrate an aptitude in Chemistry and Mathematics. I hope to become a scientist or a businessman in the future. Despite my immense interest in these two fields, I have not contributed any article with relation to them on Wikipedia, as I feel that I do not have all the specific details on them, and some of them are already well-written and corroborate with what I read.

I read up books during my spare time, such as guides to General Paper, Organic Chemistry by L. G. Wade Jr. and Mathematical Olympiad books.

Other Interests
Below highlights several of my other interests, well though I am pretty not very interested in the technical details:


 * Transportation - From buses, metros and aeroplanes, you name it, I (probably) like it. Similar to Calvin, I am interested in the bus and MRT operations in Singapore. Within the past year, I am introduced to the marvels of our counterpart in Hong Kong - the MTR and also aeroplanes (by ABTZY).

Good aspects of the MTR include the dynamic in-train map (which SMRT tries to imitate with a similar but cheaper variation), retrofitting of a few of its M Stock into its dedicated Disneyland Resort Line trains and its efficiency.


 * Exploring and travelling - I have kind of explored Singapore in various ways over the years. During my spare time, I sometimes go for joyrides around Singapore on the buses and trains. Some examples include:


 * 1. Taking bus service 88 to view Hougang (January 2003)
 * 2. Taking bus service 28 to view  Circle Line  works at Upper Paya Lebar Road (late 2003)
 * 3. Taking a joy ride with Calvin on the  North South Line  and  East West Line  to  CG2  Changi Airport (7 November 2004)
 * 4. Taking a joy ride with Calvin on the  North South Line  to  NS27  Marina Bay (2005)
 * 5. Taking bus service 156 with Calvin and Cheng Xiang to get to NUS (below transferring to 96) (2006)
 * 6. Taking a joy ride on the  Punggol LRT  East Loop to view developments in Punggol (21 May 2006)
 * 7. Walking from  EW15  Tanjong Pagar to  NE1  HarbourFront while exploring Cantonment Heights and Vivocity, then under construction (24 June 2006)
 * 8. Walking from National Library to  EW15  Tanjong Pagar to view One Raffles Quay, then also under construction (August 2006)
 * 9. Taking bus service 147 with Calvin to get a taste of the B9TL and simultaneously explore Bukit Merah and Serangoon (9 November2006)
 * 10. Taking a joy ride on the  Sengkang LRT  West Loop to view the  North East Line  depot and the side platforms at  SW5  Fernvale (24 November 2006)
 * 11. Taking bus service 157 to get to NUS (below transferring to 151) (9 January 2007)
 * 12. Taking bus service 86 from Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange to Jalan Kayu to have a meal of roti prata, after which I took the  Sengkang LRT  at  SW4  Thanggam (11 February 2007)
 * 13. Taking bus service 88 on a B9TL from Bishan Road to Sengkang to take a peek at North Eastern areas (31 July 2007)
 * 14. Taking bus service 100 on a Scania K230UB (24 December 2007)

Somehow they coincide with Calvin's interests. lol!


 * Contract Bridge

I learnt Contract Bridge before I turned 16. While I had previously played Floating Bridge before, Contract Bridge really requires more skills and intelligence in order to make the contract, whilst Floating Bridge usually hinges upon luck. I cannot be considered as an advanced or professional player, as I am still learning the various skills such as correctly bidding and playing each trick.


 * Eight-ball Billiards

Before playing the real version, I used to visit Shockwave.com and Yahoo! Games to play eight-ball billiards. However, they do not provide me with the necessary skills and techniques to play the proper version of billiards, though I am equipped with the rules thereafter. I play pool once in a while with my friends for entertainment purposes, and my skills are average.

Wikipedia and me
During my spare time, I will read articles on Wikipedia with regard to the MTR or the Singapore MRT. I have contributed my self-created map (edited by Kah Hou and Meow.wang) for the article on Singapore MRT and also various sister articles such as the rolling stock on the MRT articles:


 * Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151 Cars
 * Siemens C651 Cars
 * Kawasaki Heavy Industries & Nippon Sharyo C751B Cars
 * Alstom Metropolis Cars

In addition, I have launched various sub-articles with regard to the Mass Rapid Transit system and the complementary Light Rapid Transit system. I am happy to be able to contribute my knowledge and experience from taking the MRT since I was four onto this public-based encyclopedia.

Other than the MRT and LRT, I have edited other articles where I have first-hand accounts or experiences.

Contacts
To avoid Spambot, a program designed to collect e-mail addresses from the Internet in order to build mailing lists for sending unsolicited e-mail, please ask it on the discussion page and identify yourself. I will consider whether to give you my e-mail then.