It is disturbing to see myself becoming tardier about punctuality. Over the last few years I have developed this unrealistic belief that more things can be squeezed into less time and that I can magically appear at another part of Singapore in a few minutes, in a parallel universe where no traffic exists and car …
Month: May 2008
In the space of a few days, I was told by people from different walks of life – my mum, a random French shopkeeper, a couple of friends – that I should smile more. The thing is, often I’m not feeling unhappy but my default expression is a 😐 not a :-> and I don’t …
I’m officially announcing that I will be doing my MBA at [INSEAD](http://www.insead.edu/) this Fall. It took me many years to decide to do an MBA, and it was not easy. I told God I could not do it without Him, and He answered my prayers. Of course, an MBA is not an end in itself …
My blog was bombarded with comment spam an hour ago, and I could not log in to update anything because all the database connections were used up. My web host has since blocked all IP addresses that were attempting to connect to my database. [Contact me](http://vantan.org/about/contact.php) in case your IP was blocked and you cannot …
I’m quoted in the papers today regarding YouTube as an outreach channel. Thanks to Tan Weizhen for the coverage! I was explaining how some may have concerns that uploaded videos could be downloaded and manipulated, etc. But this also happens with anything else you put online. You have a corporate website? Well, someone could modify …
I’m fine with Maria Sharapova as a tennis player, apart from the shrieking. Now I’m more ingrigued to learn that Maria has now turned to her fans for advice online, since this smells of Web 2.0 spirit. [According to the Beeb](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7381548.stm), she’s protesting against a WTA ruling that she and other stars must do a …
I and two of my cousins played at my grandmother’s birthday dinner on Saturday. These are recordings from our rehearsal on the day itself. It was a last-minute affair, since we were ‘volunteered’ for it! Violin and piano rendition of ‘Think Of Me’ from Phantom of the Opera, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Violin, cello …
So it seems that a [second friend](http://vantan.org/archives/2008/04/facebook_hackin.php#comment-86776) has had her Facebook account broken into. I urge everyone not to list any personal details on their profiles, such as your email address and mother’s maiden name. If you haven’t logged in recently, do so just to make sure everything’s OK. Both my friends hadn’t logged into …
…fell asleep earlier than expected, and woke up, also earlier than expected. Since that shouldn’t be happening on a public holiday, I went back to sleep. Sleep does magical things for mouth ulcers, like making them almost disappear overnight. I should apply more sleep for a longer-lasting effect. Surfed the net as usual, bummed about. …