Found 3 recordings (I’m sure there are more) on BWV1007 – which have been bothering me since it was truncated for the Taiwan tourism advertisement screening around S’pore because I can’t memorize it yet. Which one do you like best? Mischa Maisky Yo-Yo Ma Mstislav [...]

Good modern rendition of a classic. The need to explore Chinese websites grow everyday

Too many things in the house – will let my own blog readers have a pick first before consolidating and posting it to public sites. Will take pictures soon! All cash and carry from my place. 1. Single Bed Frame – just your regular, wood based bed frame, with wooden board. About one foot from [...]

First and foremost, please watch the following TED talk: Gustavo Dudamel and the Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra: A musical sensation from Venezuela Source: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/466 Perhaps, you also want to watch Jose Abreu’s interview and TED prize wish: Source: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jose_abreu_on_kids_transformed_by_music.html Growing up in Malaysia, [...]

I’ve argued against this, on the premise that the language itself represents the thought it embodies, but nevertheless zhiwei‘s writings are always a good read. Enjoy! Why Should We Write in Malay? – Fill Malay Language Corpus with Our Ideas During a research on Malaysian languages, language data are all collected to be saved in [...]

Buy it today! Buy it, NOW! Buy it for ME!! buahahaha – but cannot use internationally

This Sunday 5pm @ the National Museum of Singapore (NOT Esplanade…) Should be educational so bring your family if you can.

Moved – new address on the contact page. Somewhere half way while moving, this weird feeling struck me: it came from the scene in LOTR where the souls of the ghost army was relived after the fighting. In 1 week, I had my entire last 4 years replayed: was sitting half way around the globe [...]

As the drama on the Perak government unfolds, a number of interesting efforts by people have sprung up, one of which I found really interesting, as the Sultan of Perak would have a say in which government to listen to: A Royal Guest Book as a means of conveying the people’s wishes. From the official [...]

I have a bookmark which I check every other day on my data plan usage. After I got back from CNY, I realize it didn’t work anymore. Turns out that the URL has been changed from http://www.ideas.singtel.com/BOM/HS_usage02.jsp?mobile=65<YourPhoneNumber>&ic=<YourICNumber> to http://apps.ideas.singtel.com/BOM/HS_usage02.jsp?mobile=65<YourPhoneNumber>&ic=<YourICNumber> Don’t do this, please. URLs are supposed to be well known. It’s hard for people to [...]