Today marks the first year that I have wilfully NOT visited the family temple and graves, for ancestor worship and burning paper money. Last year I thought I’d tag along just to help clean up the weeds and sweep away the dirt on my great-grandparents’ graves. However I soon realised that everyone who was going …
Month: January 2004
It was interesting that I watched the Hutton Report (pdf) live on the BBC channel, then read about the BBC Chairman quitting – on the BBC website. Not many news corporations would be so forthcoming with information portraying them in a bad light. Of course, they don’t completely agree with the report, but at least …
After many hectic weeks at work, I finally had enough time to sit myself down and figure out how to sync my mobile phone to my Lotus Notes calendar and contacts. I decided to use my Bluetooth connection to do it, and everything works together beautifully. I also took the opportunity to install the smartphone/PDA …
There was an interview on Newsradio 93.8FM this evening with a spokesperson from a visually impaired association in Singapore. I didn’t catch most of it, but my ears did prick up when they mentioned online text readers and how there is so much we can do to improve online accessibility for these people. Duh, it’s …
Our stay at Cebu has been great so far. It was bitingly hot at first, then it started to pour. It rained today again – from morning till evening. Fortunately like true Singaporeans we spent most of our day at a mall, then feasted at a seafood grill in Plantation Bay itself. Business is good …
We’re flying off to a resort in the Philippines in a few hours’ time. I might not be accessing the Internet, so things will be a little quiet over here. In the meantime, here’s wishing all my Chinese readers Gong Xi Fa Cai 😀
I attended a couple of farewell dinners for Mark and Kristen this week (yes, I really love the couple, can’t bear to be without them, yadda yadda). And this evening I finally got to meet Andrea. I first discovered her blog via an online directory, then noticed her site had photos of this couple I …
Well, the e-filing saga has ended (so I hope) thanks to a few telephone conversations with the Income Tax folks. I produced my print records, and they waived the fee. Hallelujah! Thanks anyhow to the kind souls who offered their help. My plight was reported to a senior IRAS official, who happens to be a …
Check out the new single from Tears For Fears (Real/Windows Media). It might not be a mind-blowing smash hit, but it is quite easy on the ear. The pace and rhythm are very much like Sowing the Seeds of Love, down to the ‘air drum’ effects and hand clapping. I don’t quite like the repetitive …
I feel vindicated. After a night of intense paper-sorting, I located the printout of my 2003 Income Tax e-filing consolidation page! And my memory didn’t fail me – I did file early enough, two weeks before the deadline. Ha! I burst out into song and dance, praising God whom I had an inkling was going …