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• Win 3 Xbox 360 and 15 Microsoft Office 2007 Standard Edition worth S$600 each!

  Posted on Monday March 30th, 2009 at 01:12 am in book win ads conditions apply

  From January 15 - April 15 2009, buy any book from www.mspress.sg and stand a chance to win 3 Xbox 360 and 15 Microsoft Office 2007 Standard Edition worth S$600 each! *Terms & Conditions apply. Ads by BLOG2u Win 3 Xbox [...]...

• DK, you are an asshole!

  Posted on Friday March 6th, 2009 at 07:00 am in friendship blogosphere Me conversation a

  Yes, I am referring to DK – Darryl Kang of Blog2u.sg, i.e. @dk99 on plurk and blog.dk.sg (heh, free plug eh?) Below is a conversation between DK and another friend. DK is apparently using our (his and mine) friendship to emotionally blackmail me. W...

• How about uploading your photos when you are overseas?

  Posted on Wednesday February 11th, 2009 at 07:34 am in technology pictures media risk devices

  In my last few trips overseas, there’s always been request to send home some photos while I was on the move. It would have been quite an easy task, except that sending a few megs or gigs of photos over email may not always be possible, and there’...

• Windows 7 to be here this year… and counting

  Posted on Wednesday January 14th, 2009 at 07:51 am in technology vista windows business Marketing

  It’s always nice to write about non-political stuffs. I am threading on safe grounds and can probably compliment (or slam) a product as much as I want. Yes, I am talking about technology posts. Microsoft has slated it’s latest operating system �...

• Harry, I love you too!

  Posted on Wednesday January 14th, 2009 at 07:33 am in Security Police house Singapore article

  A man was apparently arrested outside the Parliament House when he scribbled “Harry Lee, I love you” on the signage stone wall just outside the building. Just as he had finished scribbling the words, Certis Cisco guards ran across the lawn to nab...

• Ex-cabby, assailant of MP Seng Han Thong charged

  Posted on Monday January 12th, 2009 at 09:57 am in health white community Singapore court

  The attacker of MP Seng Han Thong, an ex-cabby, had been charged in court today in a district court. He had apparently crept up on Mr Seng and poured thinner on him before setting him ablaze with a starter gun. If convicted, he may be jailed for life...

• Singapore MP set on fire

  Posted on Sunday January 11th, 2009 at 06:06 am in Singapore man red a year

  A singapore MP had been set on fire by a 70 year old man during a ceremony to hand out red packets to selected residents. Apparently, the man was unable to quality for the red packet and this incident is thought to be an act of vengeance. The MP, Mr ...

• Borders card holders: Today is the last day to get your 40% discount

  Posted on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 at 11:42 pm in books Personal my card coupon

  Notice for all Borders card holders: Today is the last day to get a discount of up to 40+ % if you purchase 4 or more books. The coupon is available at http://email.borders.com.au/sg/2008/20081226/t0k/coupon-02-sg.asp Well, I did my purchase last wee...

• Now, don’t forget your US visa

  Posted on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 at 06:06 pm in Place Online Security Singapore article

  I saw this article this morning and it reminded me of a friend who was unable to leave Singapore because his passport has less than 3 months’ validity. I’m not sure what happened after that, but I think he got someone else to go in his place. Ye...

• Simply Jean returns! And Happy New Year!

  Posted on Sunday January 4th, 2009 at 03:46 am in blog blogosphere awards a the

  Yeah, after a pretty long hiatus, I have returned. Well, not that I’ve really been away, but 2008 had been a really hectic year! 2009 will be an even more hectic year, but I’m trying to prioritize things so that there will be time for everything....

• It’s been quite a while…

  Posted on Wednesday December 10th, 2008 at 05:28 am in life rants homeless trains save

  … since I last blogged about something sensible. And something sensible means… something about my life. Well, it had been all work and no play since a few months back because I got really tied down work all the research stuffs going on in my lif...

• Chevrolet Driveaway 2008: Day 3

  Posted on Monday December 8th, 2008 at 07:18 pm in view sea Singapore wind a

  Day 3 marks the end of the Chevrolet driveaway. It had been a fun 2 days so far and I am beginning to miss the fun already. Alice and myself had initially wanted to catch the morning sun, but I guess after 5 glasses of beer, that was close to impossi...

• Chevrolet Driveaway 2008: Day 2

  Posted on Monday December 8th, 2008 at 02:11 am in race nice a 10 the

  The original plan was for the teams to race it out at Sepang with their Chevys until the last man survive and emerge as the winner of the Chevrolet Driveaway. Nay, of course this is not entirely true. The real plan was actually for everyone to partic...

• Indulge Your Senses with Philips

  Posted on Thursday November 27th, 2008 at 02:58 pm in apple work happy event blogosphere

  Simply Jean was invited to the bloggers’ event, but oh man, did I felt out of place or what? It was a glam event, with glam limousine rides… with an unglam me! Almost all the other female bloggers were dressed to the nines except me. In fact, Sab...

• COE crashed!

  Posted on Wednesday November 19th, 2008 at 08:48 am in Cars my circle Singapore COE

  Well, I was probably amongst the first non-dealers who got hold of the news. My phone probably started ringing non-stop from my dealers who had been working on sweetening the deal for me. What was more frustrating was… I had this tinge to actually ...

• Euthanasia… Hmm….

  Posted on Wednesday November 5th, 2008 at 11:30 pm in God population legalization a the

  Euthanasia is a topic that brings about much debate, and when our minister brought it up into the open, I knew that it was just a can of worms waiting to burst open and spilling it everywhere – including the ceiling with a ceiling fan that helps to...

• News interruption… for a bimbotic moment

  Posted on Tuesday November 4th, 2008 at 05:23 am in oil republican Democrats Personal bush

  I would have been writing about something on euthanasia, but since it’s just going to be less than 24 hours before we know who will rule America, I thought I would just give my count here. I think Obama will win. Definitely, without a doubt. Uh-uh...

• Entrepreneurship in the midst of a global financial crisis?

  Posted on Thursday October 30th, 2008 at 04:38 pm in women Hot 2008 market Consumer

  When a global financial crisis happens, life doesn’t end there. Yes, we may have completely devastated people jumping off buildings because they may be unable to cope with the unbearable thought of losing everything, but that doesn’t mean you sho...

• Hospitalized: Day 3

  Posted on Tuesday October 28th, 2008 at 12:09 am in religion Personal my happy build

  It’s almost been like a holiday camp if not for the drip that hangs from the side of my bed. I slept past midnight yesterday, but it had been a good sleep. The only thing I remembered was the doctor waking me up at 7am to tell me that I can be home...

• Hospitalized: Day 2

  Posted on Monday October 27th, 2008 at 09:43 pm in Personal my food thing nice

  Didn’t manage to sleep until pretty late last night. Well, at least according to hospital time since lights off is at 9pm. Dinner was alright yesterday – think it was minced meet with some other stuffs. A friend visited me until it was past the v...

• Hospitalized

  Posted on Saturday October 25th, 2008 at 10:00 am in life Personal my Index spectrum

  Well… it started from a really small insect bite – actually, I don’t even know what bit me. Then an itch started and it got a little inflamed. The next thing I know, my entire limb got inflamed and here I am, stuck in the hospital. Without a po...

• How the banks get free money from you…

  Posted on Monday October 20th, 2008 at 03:30 am in Personal money loan credit account

  I got an interesting call from a person representing one of the banks in Singapore on how they can give me back my money with a service charge imposed on it. Actually, it’s one of those “fund transfer program” that the banks offer you at 0% int...

• The DBS High Notes–Lehman debacle: Savings all down the drain?

  Posted on Friday October 17th, 2008 at 06:50 am in money insurance my investment facts

  I had a personal experience with the DBS Relationships Managers (RMs) a few years back when I was utilizing their counter services at the then Raffles City branch (which had since closed). I was ushered to one of the cubicles of the RM and he started...

• Fined for taking a nap on a park bench

  Posted on Monday October 13th, 2008 at 10:56 pm in Singapore article sleep a shelter

  A guy was apparently fined for taking a nap on a park bench. The fine, $200, was issued to him while he was taking a 15 minute snooze while taking shelter from the rain. He was approached by 2 NPark rangers and was told that he had abused park facili...

• The bear and the rabbit

  Posted on Friday October 10th, 2008 at 02:11 am in china food products Singapore article

  A bear and a rabbit took a poo in the forest one day and the bear asked the rabbit: Bear: Do you have a problem with poo sticking on your fur? Rabbit: No, why? Before the rabbit knew it, the bear picked up the rabbit and begin cleaning the poo of his...

• Going down: Pump prices. Again. (But electricity going up)

  Posted on Friday October 10th, 2008 at 01:19 am in oil consultant Singapore article price

  For the 8th time this year, petrol and diesel prices have been steadily going down, with at least 3 consecutive dips within a span of 1 month a few months ago. This is happening as the cost of crude oil relaxed whole wide in the last few weeks. What ...

• BBQ Portobello mushroom

  Posted on Friday October 10th, 2008 at 01:02 am in oil virgin food apply nice

  And just because I am going for a BBQ tonight, served with Chardonnay and Merlot, I am going to present a recipe for making nice grilled BBQ Portobello mushrooms. Things that you need is simply: 1 x packet of (about 4 to 8 for 1-2 servings) Portobel...

• Reliving India

  Posted on Tuesday October 7th, 2008 at 09:36 pm in travel Singapore Easy universal laptop

  Within minutes of stepping into Starbucks and getting my regular drink, the lights went off in a power trip. This, I assure you, is quite an uncommon phenomenon; at least in Singapore. In no more than 5 minutes later, the lights went off again. Whoop...

• Simply Jean is migrating…

  Posted on Saturday October 4th, 2008 at 11:35 pm in 2008 Easy hope a readers

  Yes, Simply Jean is migrating. It’s been a tough decision and it hasn’t been easy. Migrating to another place requires a lot of effort, especially when we have to pack everything up to make sure that everything that is packed will still be at its...

• HGM’08: Hyderabad, India: Thoughts and bouquets

  Posted on Saturday October 4th, 2008 at 07:07 am in Horses bored Creative cows a

  Going to India was probably not something within my plans if not for the event. However, it somewhat changed the way I viewed certain things. Frankly, before I went over, I envisaged cockroaches and rats running around on the hotel bedroom floor, fam...