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- November 12th, 2008
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Happy Birthday to me!!!
Woohoo! Another year has passed and I have grown older. Again. Haha… Yes, I am finally 21, again. =P Life this year had been more difficult than usual, with many things happening everyday. I just ho…
- November 5th, 2008
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Euthanasia… Hmm….
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 – incl…
- November 4th, 2008
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News interruption… for a bimbotic moment
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…
- October 30th, 2008
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Entrepreneurship in the midst of a global financial crisis?
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…
- October 28th, 2008
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Hospitalized: Day 3
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…
- October 27th, 2008
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Hospitalized: Day 2
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 s…
- October 25th, 2008
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Gosh! More Melamine!
Like the Lehman Brothers, many brands are getting into the papers for the wrong reasons. Household brand Khong Guan (Malaysia-made) Biscuits, which had been feeding so many people including young kids…
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Hospitalized
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…
- October 20th, 2008
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How the banks get free money from you…
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 tran…
- October 17th, 2008
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The DBS High Notes–Lehman debacle: Savings all down the drain?
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 usher…
- October 15th, 2008
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SBS, SMRT fined… but who ultimately pays for it?
Yes, SBS and SMRT both got fined for not meeting the service standards set by the Public Transport Council. While the sums are not huge, it will still eat into the bottom line of the bus operators, wh…
- October 14th, 2008
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A trip to the Toa Payoh Polyclinic
I had been procrastinating this for ages, but by some chance, I happened to be in Toa Payoh; and by some chance, I thought I’d be in time for the last entry into the registration. I grabbed a cab fr…
- October 13th, 2008
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Fined for taking a nap on a park bench
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 r…
- October 10th, 2008
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The bear and the rabbit
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 pick…
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Singapore is in technical recession!
Finally, Singapore as slipped into a technical recession. What this means is that the output (export) of Singapore had been declining in the last 2 quarters. At the same time, inflation in Singapore h…
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Going down: Pump prices. Again. (But electricity going up)
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 o…
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Going up: Singtel fixed line subscription. Free: Starhub fixed line.
Just after Singtel announced that they will be raising the rates and fees for their fixed home line service, Starhub announced that they will be providing free fixed line for their customers – hardw…
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BBQ Portobello mushroom
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…
- October 7th, 2008
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Reliving India
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…
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Dedicating this to all who wear shorts on buses
I got this while on SMRT service 970 home one evening. Some might have said that I should have been more gracious, some might have thought that I am over doing things… but I mean no harm while posti…
- October 5th, 2008
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Melamine in everything? There may be more coming… and here’s why
This is quite a brave heading but as things started to unfold over the past few weeks, there’s a chance that China may not be entirely at fault for the melamine in the milk – at least we don’t t…
- October 4th, 2008
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Simply Jean is migrating…
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 t…
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HGM’08: Hyderabad, India: Thoughts and bouquets
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 r…
- October 1st, 2008
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HGM’08: Hyderabad, India: Day 5 (airport) and Day 6
We got an arrangement to the airport (Noori Travels, MD Ahmad [Mobile 9885566199/9290773572] – may not be the cheapest, but drives like an F1 racer and ensures that you get to your flight on time) a…
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HGM’08: Hyderabad, India: Day 5
Today’s the last day in Hyderabad for us. It’s been quite a packed 5 days with zero shopping, so we are sorry that we are unable to get anything for our friends and readers. However, we got some t…
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HGM’08: Hyderabad, India: Day 4
Today is the last day of the HGM conference and it will be 2 years later before it is held again, with Dubai being the next venue. As expected, the turnout at the various sessions was quite small. Ali…
- September 30th, 2008
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J. B. Jeyaretnam passed away
It is quite shocking to receive news that prominent opposition J. B. Jeyaratnam had passed away yesterday morning due to a heart failure. He is well remembered for his perseverance on freedom of speec…
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How To Get Online in India for 15 Rupees a Day
We have not explored other service providers (Vodafone?), but according to Popagandhi, this is probably one of the better deals, considering that you now pay Rs. 15 instead of her previous Rs. 20 per…
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HGM’08: Hyderabad, India: Day 3
Just when we thought Day 2 was bad. Day 3 was… exhausting. I didn’t want to use any extreme terms because it has nothing to do with HICC, HGM nor India. I guess a combination of flight fatigue, lo…
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HGM’08: Hyderabad, India: Day 2
Almost everyone woke up feeling extremely tired. It was straight to the conference venue for all of us, so unless you would like to hear more about what is being covered during the convention, there 
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HGM’08: Hyderabad, India: Day 1
Breakfast was provided and through our conversations with the coordinator, we found out that there is Wifi in each rooms. The user ID is your room number and password is kdr<room_no>. I am not…
- September 29th, 2008
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HGM’08: Hyderabad, India: Day 0
It was quite a rush as we scrambled to get our air tickets confirmed. Yes, apparently our flights had just been confirmed even though the names for the conference had been submitted at least a month a…
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The Chevy Night Race Party
Had the privilege to attend the Chevy Night Race Party @ Gotham Penthouse. Boy, was I excited, cause there was a live screening of the F1 Race. This is how the tickets look like… There were 2 t…
- September 27th, 2008
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Simply Jean out on a mission
Two of your… ahem, favourite authors =P are away for a mission in India, and it’s quite regrettable that we are only able to post this up because Internet access here is less than ideal. =( We wil…
- September 24th, 2008
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The Lenovo IdeaPad U110 – Really First Impressions
I laid my hands finally on the delicately crafted Lenovo IdeaPad U110 that was couriered from Lenovo a few days back. I didn’t want to rampage through the bag on what’s inside because I wanted to…
- September 22nd, 2008
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Coming soon: F1 taxi surcharge (no, I am not kidding)
Singapore, perhaps well-known for having one of the most complicated taxi fare and perhaps going to be known as the land of surcharges, has imposed on a new taxi surcharge specially for the coming F1…
- September 19th, 2008
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Wealthy clients of DBS lose everything
There are risks in every investment, but to have everything zero’d out is an investor’s nightmare come through. DBS High Notes 5 investors, consisting of mostly clients of DBS’s prio…
- September 18th, 2008
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And the bus driver asked "Should I be going straight?"
It’s been a long while since I last wrote something here, and for me to write something here today means that it’s going to be quite a scoop. I was on a particular bus heading to a particu…
- August 27th, 2008
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Just how far will you go to get your en bloc?
Pouring acid. Check. Vandalise cars. Check. Glue mailboxes. Check. Glue doors to frames. Check. Pig heads, however, are getting a little too expensive, and red paint leaves behind an unpleasant smell…
- August 26th, 2008
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Free AirAsia tickets!
I noticed that quite a number of people had been searching for “free air asia tickets” and had been directed to my older posts. So, instead of letting people hit the wall when they reach h…
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Of EZ link cards, $100 million investments and my $5 deposit!
If you think mrbrown’s revelation on changing headlines on the Straits Times website is bad, wait till you see changing content. I got news of some new EZ-Link card that the LTA is rolling out t…
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Of dual citizenship, national service, exemptions and your CPF money
3 Norwegian brothers, born in Singapore left Singapore at the age of 5, 3 and 2 and leaved in Norway for 10 years before returning here, presumably to study for their O levels before leaving for Norwa…
- August 25th, 2008
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Ban lifted; now you can talk all you want… almost
The ban on demonstrations have been lifted and now you are free to speak your will, but only at the Speakers’ Corner. You can speak about almost everything except issues on races and religion an…
- August 23rd, 2008
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Sexing up the game
Well, sex does sell, doesn’t it? Adding sex to any “thing” boring will probably help liven thinigs up a little, although I am not sure if such a move actually defeats the purpose of…
- August 22nd, 2008
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Cashing in on the F1 cow
The F1 craze is getting nearer by the day and my friends have started to collect their F1 passes. I didn’t know that the cheapest non-seat, walk-about ticket costs only S$68 and it’s alrea…
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Lawry’s The Prime Rib
Be amazed with the superior service provided by the staff. Lawry’s signature dish, Roasted Prime Ribs of Beef, is craved and served specially from Lawry’s silver carts. These carts are whe…
- August 18th, 2008
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Like that how to have kids?
I was shocked beyond words reading the letter by Yeh Siang Hui in the ST Forums. In particular, I was put off by his declaration that "a pregnancy in the workplace is nothing but bad news". Wi…
- August 17th, 2008
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Singapore team women’s table tennis gets silver medal in Beijing 2008 Olympics
Yes, the Singapore team has finally emerged as runner-ups in the table tennis team women event in Beijing 2008 Olympics. Yesterday, Singapore faced World No. 1 team China in a match that saw the latte…
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Singapore vs. China in bid for Olympic Gold medal in Table Tennis (Live Blogging)
Singapore is playing against China for the gold medal in table tennis for the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Today, there are going to be 2 singles, then a double and then 2 singles as China plays against Sin…
- August 16th, 2008
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Have you tried ST701 yet for your cars?
Petrol prices are rising and falling and no one knows how long this yo-yo will last. ERP gantries are springing up as if there were ERP-trees that could sprout seedlings. Congestions are getting from…
