Death Grips
Hannah has just turned 5 months old today, and it’s been one big change after another in the last couple of weeks! We were planning for Saturday brunch again at Compass Point’s Swensens’, and just when we were at the
Sound Play
Hannah has been exploring the range of her vocal capabilities lately whenever she has some ‘me time’ after feeding and interaction with mommy. She would hit low drumming notes and then swing to high screeching ones. Sounds like somebody’s playing
Red Eye
Red Eye (2005) – on rental. I’d assume that the term “red eye” refers to the photographic effect you get when you take pictures of human subjects with flash directed at their eyes. The film “Red Eye” has nothing to
Get your H1N1 vaccination today!
It’s here finally! The H1N1 vaccine is now available in Singapore. I’ve called a nearby clinic to book for vaccination for two (Yang and I). Surprisingly, that clinic is charging less than the polyclinics. I looked up the list of
IDD No More
I first got into network chatting in 1992 during my first year in NTU. All students were given network accounts and Internet email address. Back then though those network accounts weren’t normallyused for studies. We used them mostly for leisure
Will I Believe…? Part 3
Well, I’ve already posted about niggling annoyances with my new MacBook. So, to balance things up a bit, here’s part 3 of my series of posts on whether I’m falling in with the crowd of Apple Faithful – or not
Hannah's reaction to surrounding sounds
It was thunderstorm outside our cosy little home and every time the lightning flashed across the night skies and deafening thunder ensued, I expected Hannah to be frightened and start crying. She didn’t. Just a few days ago I was
Will I Believe…? Part 2
Day 2 of using the MacBook. I spent all of last night installing my productivity software and also Vista Ultimate on a Boot Camp partition. And the little irritating nuances are already showing. The first couple of applications I installed
Will I Believe…? Part 1
The MacBook arrived by DHL Express late yesterday afternoon. I’d placed the order on late Thurs night, and the unit had taken a day to bounce from Apple’s warehouse to DHL’s one, and then finally arriving at the latter’s delivery
Google Maps Buddy
There’s a couple of sites that I rely on a lot whenever I make a trip overseas: one’s Tripadvisor, and the other is Google Maps. The latter is especially handy, since for every journey I have to plan for during
“I was busy looking for a ‘explode macbook’ button.”
Well, no one can now say – hopefully – that I didn’t give MacBooks a chance. My NEC Versa E6310 has undergone abuse. It’s switched on at least 10 hours a day, everyday at work for 2 years now, it
A Rock and a Hard Place
There are a couple of issues in the national consciousness these few days that are regularly showing up in the local newspapers. For instance, there’s the increasing level of anxiety about Singapore citizenship and permanent residency. That issue has been
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