Sardine Trains

I thought the squeeze on the MRT would end when the price of oil started going south.But man, was I wrong.Nowadays I see...

Food for Thought

During my lunch walkabout today, I found an interesting shop just across Chinatown Complex called S'ban Siew Pow.As I walked...

Of men and women

I nearly bought myself the Rockband drum set and a XBOX driving wheel yesterday at the X08 event at Suntec yesterday.If...

Pleasure And Pain (PAP)

In light of the latest developments of the unfolding financial crisis, I'd been thinking what drives people to behave the...

Mini Notes that are not so Jubilant now

I'd been reading blogs that rant about the numerous people, particularly the man-on-the-street who'd been allegedly "cheated"...

My "Ah Ba Then" moment

Something's going up again - according to the Energy Market Authority (EMA), electricity bills would go up about 21 per...

Broken again

My laptop has died on me for the second time in 6 months.It was getting slower these few weeks and I'd been procrastinating...

Bellwether of a sinking ship

Well, having a few AIA policies of my own, I am reading with interest about the developments of AIG and one of its subsidiary,...

Love that Transcends Boundaries

I read with interest that George Takei, famous for his role as Hikaru Sulu in the original Star Wars series has gotten married...

Hooked on Blood

If you've read my Facebook wall lately, you'll be able to see that I've been busy lately with one particular application...

Cow or Cart

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Not a game anymore

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End of the Lee and Lee saga

Ms Lee has apologised publicly on Friday - so marks the end of the ping pong saga. Or did this mark the start of something...

F1 comes to Calvary

Caeden and Topaz with e make-shift f1 track during twinklers cla...

A happy snapper

Lunch location today - Bugis junction new food cou...

First shot from new k850i

Our little bookw...

A ping-pong story of Lee and Lee

Timing is everything, so a popular adage goes.With Ms Lee's (now famous for her "unpopular and insensitive" sacking of Singapore's...

Stay-at-Home Moms (SAHM)

In my opinion, a very glaring omission from this year's rally had been the issue of SAHMs.Having a SAHM at home, I can appreciate...

Creating Something out of Nothing

I had a department retreat with the team yesterday.We were trying to make sense out of what we had been doing for the last...

Chunghwa Internet?

Lately, I get a strange name on my Treo's 3G network title. When my pda gets connected to the Singtel network, it displays...

FaceBook Fun

Facebook is fun.I've only been on it for the past 4 days and have found long-lost friends that I thought I might never see...

Hunting Season

Sick and tired of cleaning lizard poo on the floors and tables, we decided to get traps to catch them.I'd set up 2 traps...

I'm on Facebook (finally)

I just got myself a Facebook account today (I also got a Twitter account too)"About time", Ivy said.When I joined, I never...

Review of Nokia 5610 camera function

After a few weeks of experimenting with my nokia 5610, I'd discovered some quirks that I've not been able to overcome (up...

Japanese House in Singapore?

Having worked at my office (near People's Park) for a couple of months already, I noticed that there was an interesting...

Inside the Singapore UFO

One of my first shots using my new Nokia 5610.I was having a meeting at the Supreme Court (no, I was not attending any...

Fever again

Caeden ran a fever last night.This morning, Ivy brought him to the doctor. Seems like a lung infection again.Sigh. What...

New Bed for Caeden

Caeden got himself a new bed on Sunday.Not just an ordinary bed, but a Thomas train bed.My wife discovered this bed was...

Spending adulthood satisfying childhood desires

I just read an article on a man who spent the last 10 years satisfying his desires that were not sufficiently fulfilled...

Nothing new under the sun

When King Solomon said in Ecclesiastes that nothing was new under the sun, I think he was right.When I was turning in my...

Locked in, locked out

Caeden got locked in the toilet today.Yep, not a "nearly", but GOT locked. I just came home and was going to bathe when...

CEO tips

As part of my job, I have the privilege to work with senior management of various organisations.Yesterday, we went to seek...

Caeden takes a dip

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A new phone at last

After many moons and sleepless nights, I finally and eventually got (not decide to get) a Nokia 5610 (the flashy red one).This...

Singapore security

I had an interesting discussion over Singapore's security yesterday.My colleague said that over the past few years, there...

Test MMS submission on M1 from k750i

Shot of my ...

Caeden was caned

Caeden was caned yesterday for climbing up the cabinet.It might sound normal if the cabinet wasn't 1.2m high.I still feel...

I wrestled with crocodiles last night

I wrestled with crocodiles last night.It sounds strange but it was even stranger when it was part of a management course...

My MMS works

After a quick test, I've discovered that I can now blog by sending an email thru MMS to Blogger. Sua-ku u may ask - if you...

Test email submission from Treo 500v

Test submission to Blogger via Singtel broadband for Google email (whe...

Golfing

This week, I met two separate groups of people talking abt golf. One group spoke passionately about the sport and how it...

My technological umbilical cord

For some unknown reason, my work computer died on me last Friday. This morning e IT department told me that it'll only be...

3.5G coverage confirmed

It's confirmed.I just went into e mrt tunnel after bishan and saw e 3G symbol disappear; my phone lost the signal and changed...

3.5G doesn't work in mrt

It seems that Singtel's HSDPA or 3.5G network doesn't work in e mrt.I used to surf using my K750i but this was limited to...

Caeden takes a dump

Our boy did his first (unsupervised) dump on his potty today :)Sparing the gory details, Ivy and I were really pleased as...

City comes home

After one and a half months at the workshop, we got our car (Honda City) back after the accident.I had heard some funny...

ERP rates going up *again*

ERP rates are going up again with 5 new gantries to be switched on along the Singapore River (Water taxis anyone?).As a...

I'm SMART at last

After weeks of research, I finally got myself (or rather my wife bought on my behalf) a Treo 500v ($299) at the PC show...

Old still works

after some testing it seems that my k750i is able to use e singtel broadband card as well. although it's not as fast as...

3G terminology - UMTS\HSDPA\HSUPA

What is UMTS/WCDMA?Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) -- also known as Wideband Code Division Multiple Access...

SE k660i

I tried the Singtel Broadband on Mobile on my colleague's Nokia Navigator handphone today and it seems to work.Perhaps I'll...

Caeden goes to the dentist

Caeden went to the dentist for the first time last Saturday.The decision came because we kept hearing him cry and kept touching...

New handphone

With my M1 contract just past the 20th month mark, I'd been thinking of changing my handphone.It's not that my current handphone...

Managing Conflict

I was caught in between a two-person (whose names cannot be revealed to protect their privacy) yesterday.When two people...

Round-robin Flu

For the last weeks, the flu/fever/cough bug has been circulating in my family almost round-robin style.Caeden caught it...

Goosh - the unofficial Google shell

For those who're relatively experienced in using shell commands instead of the "traditional" web browser interfaces, you...

Intel, Belkin Pushing Ozmo, the Wi-Fi-Based Bluetooth Killer

Ozmo, a spanking new startup backed by Intel and partnered with Belkin, will demo its new Wi-Fi-based Bluetooth competitor...

First APSN committee meeting

Through an initiative by my former office, I was given a chance to serve on the APSN (Association of Persons with Special...