As I read Jeremy’s front page report on ST today, I was disturbed by MOE’s decision to raise school fees, even as I can imagine everything else being in its place (the timing of the raise, the amount to raise, the emphasis placed on raising fees only for non-citizens etc.) So here’s the run down [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Education cost going up (but the causeway jam is still there)
Prelude & Fugue in C minor (God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen)
(Scorch score – please install plugin) Haven’t wrote a fugue in a long while! Wishing everyone a merry christmas with a brass quintet piece based on a traditional folk tune.
[job] Sales Specialist (Software as a Service)
Responsibilities To accelerate growth in Cloud Computing markets, to enhance SaaS adoption and focus the execution in delivery of Software as a Service (SaaS) to SME segment. Carry out Business Development activities to develop horizontal and vertical solutions for corporate customers. This includes customers” needs profiling/analysis, business development engagements, creating solution-based value proposition, developing new [...]
Startups can hire for less
On the newly setup job board for start-ups, jobs.triplepoint.asia, startups get to hire for less! Startups Pay Less If you’re a startup that incorporated in 2009, Listing Fee = S$25 If you’re a startup that incorporated in 2008, Listing Fee = S$35 If you’re a startup that incorporated in 2007, Listing Fee = S$45 For [...]
Long weekend at Neoteny Labs
In all frankness I should have been asleep. So I have to bluff myself on bed that it’s a working day, and I have to crawl into a conference by 8am. Both today and yesterday. By the time I reach the main auditorium, fortunately, the weariness vanished, and it felt like attending some lecture in [...]
Philwinds calling for new works
Write for standard band instrumentation for no more than 8 minutes and win $1000! Check out Philwinds’ website for detailed information. Need to submit by 23 Jan though, so I guess I won’t even have the time to try something myself.
Hotel Singapura
On a warm windy highway, air-cond in my face Long queues of motorbikes, riding slower in pace Up ahead in the distance, I expected some delay My hand drew out my passport without thinking straight I had to cross the causeway There she sat in the counter Stamping and wishing me well And I was [...]
Street view of my place next year
And Street View is finally launched here on sunny island. Has been more than a year since the vans were running around the streets. This is my new place that I’ll be moving in next year, if everything goes well. And will be stuck there for quite some time (unless I leave the country that [...]
Imagining the 100Mbps Gardens in Eden-net
(warning: I’m quite badly read in biblical text not being a Christian myself, so please forgive me for the misquotes if any. On the other hand, I like stories, old stories.) Welcome, to the new Gardens of Eden-net (yes, plural). Much like the original Garden of Eden in ancient times, it’s location is unknown, perhaps [...]
What is Mendolssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream?
Coming for tomorrow’s concert? Then, you might have asked the above. The problem is that the plot is interlocked you might need to “study” the story closely to fully appreciate 3 interlocking stories in a short 70-80 minutes incidental music by Felix Mendolssohn. So here’s the summary: 10 seconds 3 stories: Love quadangle with 2 [...]











