How many Singaporean readers were hit by yesterday night’s blackouts? I was in the middle of redesigning vantan.org and had just hit upon the right colour combination and layout…. BEFORE I got to save the page. I suddenly found myself thrown in pitch darkness. My immediate reaction wasn’t something like, “Oh no! I’m scared!” but …
Month: June 2004
My bible study mates and I had a glorious time camping at Sentosa over the weekend and playing with their kids on the beach. My shoulders, however, now resemble that of a lobster’s because I neglected to apply sun block all the way up my arm. Duh. The last time I camped at an island …
Muddy patches? Bad refereeing? I’ll throw another conspiracy theory into the works: David Beckham may not realise it, but his teams’ (England, Real Madrid) recent poor performances could be for more personal reasons than you think. You see, back in Manchester United, he was still with a woman called Victoria. That’s why they kept on …
I bought a G5. With a 20 inch screen. 2 Ghz dual processors, 512MB RAM. Couldn’t resist the wireless keyboard and mouse. Airport and Bluetooth, too. (Thank God for instalments.) Delivery in 1-2 weeks’ time.
Electronic musicians out there: Which is ‘best’, Cubase, Pro Tools, Logic? Or something else I haven’t heard of? Better in the sense that it can meet my growing needs for a more professional setup. I want to be able to edit my tracks in greater detail than what my Triton is capable of doing on …
Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi, who suffered heavy vote losses, now alleges election fraud. The Italian football team, trailing in their Euro 2004 group, allege a Nordic conspiracy. I am officially withdrawing my support for Italy (the football team). They’re a bunch of spoilt brats who have been underperforming and blaming everyone but themselves. However, there …
Remember the problem I had with hard disk space? I tested out a theory today and it solved my problem. Since my iPod (hereafter known as VanPod) also serves as a spare hard drive, why not reassign my iTunes music folder on my PC, to a directory in VanPod itself? So I copied all my …
Sometime, somewhere, someone’s going to write about interdisciplinary approaches to solving life’s complex problems if they haven’t already. One good example would be what I experienced today, while deciding on the layout for our new kitchen. Budgetary issues aside, we made modifications and decisions using a mix of common sense, experience and … some old …
Another example of the excellent service I get in a particular CD shop chain in Singapore.
If you’re a fan of Sweetback (the band making up Sade, without the singer) you may be pleased to hear that they’re launching their second album, Stage 2, on 22 June 2004. One of their guest vocalists for this album intrigues me. Aya was born in Singapore, moved to London (a la Vanessa-Mae?) and met …