I’m back, though of course I wish I could have stayed even longer! We took it easy on Thursday and explored the hotel area and neighbouring casino. When the rest of the clan arrived on Friday, we went to Victoria market to look at clothes and foodstuffs. We also went to suburban shopping malls like …
Month: January 2006
[If you haven’t read the first part of my story, go here first. ] I sent my car for servicing this morning. Then I crossed the overhead bridge above Bukit Timah road, wondering if I was still blessed with the knowledge of when the 174 bus would arrive. It’s been over three years. As I …
I just re-discovered an old blog game I used to play. It’s called BlogShares, based on BBC’s Celebdaq. It all happened when I clicked on a random blog link which pointed to the Blogshares value of the Playboy.com site. It was B$10,379.76. Then I searched for the value of my blog and it was B$18,662.34. …
We’re going to Melbourne tomorrow. Time to start packing. Here’s my geek checklist of things to do. Check out the weather Glance at a popular daily paper While I’m at it, I might as well check out the official tourist guide Watch the Australian Open (on TV). I hope Justine beats the shrieking Russian lass. …
This article is too important to plonk into my “Asides” column, so here it goes: Five Architectural Flaws in Windows Solved In Mac OS X. I’m not security expert so let me know if this makes sense.
I have nothing against Middlesborough but I like seeing the Gunners fire on all cylinders – though it should have been 8-0 as Pires was wrongly ruled offside. Oh well. Two 7-0 scores in two seasons, ain’t too bad. Congrats to Henry’s record-breaking hat-trick, and to Hleb for finally scoring a goal, after giving all …
I read Kevin’s post about the Weblog Awards 2005, and agree with that quality matters more than quantity. This triggered off a thought – what are my personal guidelines for this blog? I’ve never written them down before as this is an ongoing thing, but these are probably the main points: I do not blog …
Had lunch with DSD today and she asked me about my new year resolutions. I had given up making resolutions for a few years already. But at the end of 2005 I did decide, after a culmination of incidents, that certain things would certainly improve my life and relationship with other people. My first resolution …
Drool over Apple’s first Intel-powered MacBook Pro. With dual processors. [Update: Kevin Lim took a video of a MacBook Pro demonstration. Get as close as you can, to the real thing!]
This morning, the Tan clan went for a canopy walk at Kent Ridge Park, followed by a visit to ‘Reflections at Bukit Chandu’ war memorial. I liked the dog poo sign: Just outside the museum, I decided to salute our brave troops. From the title of the museum, you’d think the its displays would be …