I call it a reverse-colonial trend. First, Indian curries became popular fare in the UK. Now it looks like some British parents are becoming more like Singaporeans – at least, in one aspect. In a bit to ensure their children get into the best primary schools, parents have resorted to moving house, using relatives’ addresses, …
Month: November 2003
I went for the Alpha talk at Fullerton Hotel to see Nicky Gumbel. He was good. Funny. Took photos with new phone. Don’t have laptop, so can’t beam it, and am too tired to take out the multimedia card in my phone and connect it to PC, so no photos for now. Realised that if …
Test your digital IQ with this Flash-based quiz (nope, you can’t jump back to the previous question). I scored 178. Warning: for some answers, you get points deducted. A few things I did with my Nokia 6600 yesterday: Assign voice commands to activate my camera and call various people, including the police; shoot numerous videos …
Today I realised I’m definitely not an MGS girl, as I just seared two of my fingers trying to iron my dad’s shirt. Since I’m nowhere near marrying well (or marrying, period!), and since I don’t think I’m too ‘boring’ a person, I’m starting to wonder if I really belong to my alma mater SCGS …
After the useit.com redesign competition comes a proposal to redesign Slashdot. Also useful to read if you’re thinking of reformatting your company website into something a little more compliant and semantic. And here’s the book we’ve been waiting for: Carrie Bickner’s Web Design on a Shoestring. A positive Digital Web magazine review here. Considering the …
Last night, after starting, my computer detected new hardware. Strange, because I hadn’t inserted any. It was my ethernet controller. Hmph, I thought, maybe it was loose and got reconnected again. Anyway, my internet connection was up and I didn’t give it another thought – until this morning, when the hardware in question decided to …
This morning I sent our maid off to the airport. She’s been with us for six years so the least I could do was to get up at 5 something in the morning to drive her to the airport myself. She asked me to inspect her bags last night and this morning, but I refused, …
Today I tried to transfer funds electronically to a friend who ordered and paid for some tickets on my behalf, and realised that there is now a new ruling for those who use internet banking in Singapore, which requires users to provide their mobile phone numbers (for SMS security alerts) at an ATM before the …
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I haven’t, honest-to-goodness for the life of me, had time to review my favourite newsfeeds since I started work again. I nearly had to skip one friend’s wedding this weekend because of contractor problems (but I made it, hallelujah), and nearly forgot about an ex-colleague’s forthcoming wedding, AND I forgot the birthday of one of …