Congrats to CHS Band for putting up the concert yesterday (now can someone send over the recording?) Too bad I can’t make it home this weekend, with 2 performances on both days to juggle. It’s 2009, means it has been at least 15 years since my first An Evening Of Music (AEOM), which is CHS’s [...]

Tonight must have been the crux of all the stupidity that I have to deal with this passbook savings account. As I promised shaowei, I must put this whole thing in perspective, and hopefully someone in UOB can give me a good explanation right here on this blog post. Otherwise, I hereby grant permission to [...]

Everyone who can come, come! Be sure you understand networking terminologies before registering for this one…

Come one come all! Q: Similai? A: Quote from IDA website: Lighthouse Forums The Lighthouse Forums is a series of thought-provoking presentations shared by IDA and its partners. At these forums, RSPs will get to learn about latest industry updates and an overview of programmes and initiatives available from IDA and its partners. These forums [...]

Just Brass Ensemble will be doing a short brass quintet item at Heart Strings Date: 25 July 2009 Venue: Singapore Poly Convention Centre Time: 7.30pm Tickets at $8 each Email heartstrings at inspire dot sg or call 94553883/ 98280246 for ticket orders. More info at arts.inspire.sg/heartstrings.html

Source: Nasa / Wikipedia This must mark a very special occasion, hope everyone can jot down what they did. For me, 3 days away from my 29th (sob) birthday, I bought a flat.. well sort of, haven’t confirmed, but wrote the very 1st check. A HDB, in Ang Mo Kio, which, if everything goes smoothly, [...]

My favorite still comes from this wikipedia article about IBM’s SSME: Service involves both a provider and a client working together to create value. or a longer version: Services are processes, performances, or experiences that one person or organization does for the benefit of another – such as custom tailoring suit, cooking a dinner to [...]

The quote that’s often attributed to architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, can be traced to the following article by R.M. Schindler written in 1926 entitled “Care Of The Body“. www.globalpossibilities.org/old/project1f_article.html (the quote is on page 6) How refreshing the article bring forth in terms of home concepts. Layers of air in an air tight [...]

Recently a friend’s application to have his Singapore PR renewed got rejected. His application was rejected on the grounds that as he has left the country to work in Malaysia, he would have failed the precondition for being a PR in the first place under the “Technical” Scheme (PTS), which require him to stay employed [...]

Here’s a rant by someone that says that Monopolies allow innovation to flourish. Noting that the data that was used to back this argument in the article was primarily Bell Labs and the Department of Defense of US, it has a point. It’s very similar to another discussion about having only one child at home. [...]