Posted by Unknown | 6:59 AM

I just completed my two-week stint working as a teaching assistant at the Stanford Uni EPGY expository writing workshop held at HwaChong. T...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:22 AM

I'm doing some research on the Core 2 Duo system that I'll be building. So far I've completed research on the motherboard/proce...

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Posted by Unknown | 12:29 AM

I just attended a preliminary research debrief of the 'rebuilding the Portal' focus group interview session that I participated last...

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Posted by Unknown | 6:20 AM

I've just discovered that the aircraft repaint I did last year made the April cover of Computer Pilot magazine! I'm going have to...

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Posted by Unknown | 8:19 PM

Princeton Uni professor Harry Frankfurt has come out with a new book called On Truth after his On Bullsh*t became an unexpected hit. I ha...

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Posted by Unknown | 8:17 AM

My favourite GPS manufacturer Garmin announced their new logo a week ago. This is the old one they've used for the past 16 years. Nic...

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Posted by Unknown | 8:39 PM

Just a public service announcements for Palm users. SPUG is currently down. The situation is currently being monitored. If need be, a Task F...

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Posted by Unknown | 3:33 AM

I'm not exactly sure how my pedagogy stacks up against established schools of thought, but here's just a reminder to all: speak good...

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Posted by Unknown | 12:14 AM

Corrinne is doing a Christmas concert again at the Esplanade on 16th December. Tickets on sale Oct 19th. New preview songs are out at her m...

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Posted by Unknown | 10:38 PM

Today's activity is: Spot the differences! (Click for larger pictures.) Oops, I thought maybe they didn't like the layout and decide...

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Posted by Unknown | 8:33 AM

I watched Singapore Dreaming with Steph this past week. If you haven't watched it, it'll be showing at GV until at least next Wedn...

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Posted by Unknown | 7:15 AM

How much money does a company need to spend in order to create the world's best selling 'shaving system'? Well, in 1998, Gillett...

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Posted by Unknown | 8:13 PM

Angie sent me the following email message. It looks like spam. Why can't spam be more easily understood? The second version is my rewrit...

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Posted by Unknown | 8:40 PM

Sometimes the truly ironic thing in life is that one can be killed by the very creatures one loves the most. In Australia, there are plenty ...

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Posted by Unknown | 6:54 PM

I was looking at my logs recently and found something quite bizarre. Go to Yahoo! Singapore , and put in 'xiaxue' in the search box....

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Posted by Unknown | 6:11 PM

School has been lots of fun, even though right now I'm still stuck at a 400-word short essay trying to argue why 'the English Langua...

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Posted by Unknown | 8:11 PM

For many years, I've had the suspicion that golfer Tiger Woods isn't really a human, but an alien from the planet SasQuatch. That g...

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Posted by Unknown | 7:51 PM

So a few weeks ago I started school again at Teacher's College. This place is really cool. It's in the middle of a thick secondary t...

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Posted by Unknown | 4:46 AM

As I was flipping my paper version of The Straits Times a few hours ago, I thought their editorial office had been hacked by The Onion or s...

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Posted by Unknown | 10:18 AM

Wow!!! A few hours ago, I switched off the TV with 10 minutes to go between Japan and Australia; Australia was trailing 0-1. I thought the R...

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Posted by Unknown | 10:01 AM

La what?! When this appeared on the handphone today, I thought I got a handphone virus and promptly switched it off! hahaa... It's about...

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Posted by Unknown | 8:31 AM

"If you're going to tell the truth, you'd better make people laugh. Otherwise they'll kill you." ~(probably) George Be...

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Posted by Unknown | 8:20 AM

Phew! The NDA agreement I signed with myself has expired today, so I can start writing again. I've got a few entries backlogged. This on...

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Posted by Unknown | 7:44 AM

This morning, the screen of the Nokia 8210 that I've been using for the past five years suddenly went dim. So I had no choice but to lo...

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Posted by Unknown | 4:31 AM

Stranger! If you, passing, meet me, and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you? ~To You/Le...

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Posted by Unknown | 11:27 PM

Oops! From today's Straits Times: Believe those blogs? Only 1 per cent find them credible IT MANAGER Jerry Chia, 34, trusts the newspape...

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Posted by Unknown | 4:15 AM

Two days ago, I walked the Bibbulmun Track . Well actually, just 1% of it since the whole trail is almost 1000km long! Took the first 7am bu...

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Posted by Unknown | 3:01 AM

OK Amy, here's proof that 1) there's an island called Heirisson Island, and 2) kangaroos live on this island! LOL This place rocks. ...

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