Hong Kong Squatters I
One of the big differences between NUS and NTU lies in that the main campus of NUS is in a semi-central location of Singapore. NTU, on the other hand, is located on the western end of the island. To get
Month: February 2009
D300 + MB-D10
Most of the pictures I took when I first had my SLR in the 80s were portrait shots. Now, the right way to take portrait-styled pictures is to use an underhand rather than an overhand grip. Besides that taking portrait
That French Guy
I don’t think there’re many children in Singapore taking piano lessons who haven’t played pieces by Richard Clayderman. Who’s he? Well, only one of the most successful romantic piano recording artistes ever, what with his 267 Gold and 70 Platinum
Oh the student life
About 16 years ago I was one of three NTU students invited to join the Annual Conference at Cameron Highlands organized by the NUS Varsity Christian Fellowship. It should normally had been a little weird since this was really an
Work? It’s never ending
One of those little things I really appreciate of Ling is that she tries to make sure we go to and come back home from work together every day. Throughout the day too we keep in touch with MSN messages
Morning routines
As we grow older, our sleeping patterns and morning routines change quite a bit. It’s dependent on your morning programs of course i.e. do you have to go to work. But just as another entry on recollection: 1992 – 1995
Till death do us part (with asset division)
There was an article in The Sunday Times over the weekend about a Singaporean woman who married a Frenchman aristocrat, and was asked to sign a pre-nuptial agreement by her in-laws. Until recently, one didn’t see much news or articles
Operating System Malfunctions
One thing about end user computing that’s taken some getting used to has been the transition from text-based to graphical operating systems. For the first initial years up till Windows 98 at least, I found I could get system-centric tasks
All wired up
If there’s one thing I missed when I was in Perth, it was quality Internet access. The University network was pretty good, but public Internet access was a different matter. For the first year, I was using dial-up 56K connections,
Taxi drivers
If you followed the news here, you’d be forgiven in thinking that the cab services in Singapore are a huge mess. I mean, you get reports of drivers who drive like their adrenaline button is stuck on high, drivers who
Flowers
A couple of nights I was having a match on NBA 2K9. I was playing the Boston Celtics against the LA Lakers, but it was fun seeing Ling’s reactions as she watched me. She squealed each time Kobe Bryant dunked
Baby storehouse
The guest room / kid’s room / Matt’s old room has become a little store house of late, what with the growing collection of equipment and materials we’ve been getting in preparation for our baby girl. Several of the large
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