Mad About English
Back in August last year I wrote a short entry on a new movie about Beijing’s attempt to learn English for the Olympic Games 2008. The movie was titled “Mad About English!”, and I finally got round to renting the
Keeping up with the Lims
I used to spend a lot of money as an early adopter of new toys that come along. I was quite at the forefront: the early 3D graphic accelerators just before the mid 90s, optical drives from 1995, video imaging
Furniture upgrades
I blogged six months ago about gradually changing our furniture.:) Now, just explaining things a bit again; we didn’t have much of a budget to work with when we were planning for our first home, especially after taking into account
Lessons: Punctuality
We never stop learning. My firmest beliefs in one matter or another comes from lessons in life imparted by people, events and literature who’ve made a big impression on me through the years. So, here’s a new series of posts
OSIM iEcologi – my review (* * *)
Well, here’s my preliminary evaluation of OSIM’s steam vacuum cleaner, iEcologi. I had 2 objectives in mind when we bought this machine: 1) To continue sharing the load of cleaning the floors with Yang during my pregnancy (as I had
CNY Feasting II
More additional items from the fourth feast at Lentor over the CNY festive period; this one was on the 31st Jan where all the relatives from my maternal side came over to join in the fun.:) Pictures were taken on
How to survive a sinking car
One of the most fun things about our being together is that, fundamentally, we’re both from science streams. Ling of course is from the pure sciences Biology and Chemistry; and myself, Physics and Chemistry, and now in information systems and
To Boldly Go II
Continued from my previous post. Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek universe has been around for a lot longer than Star Wars, and there’s certainly a lot more material too. There’s been six TV series with a couple running for seven seasons
To Boldly Go I
There was an online discussion group in NTU 17 years ago containing fan fiction created in the Star Trek universe. Fans of the series wrote up continuing stories with their own characters and starships, and posted them in text form
Eyes like an eagle – or not
One of the photographic assignments that came up in Hakuna Matata the other day was to find and take pictures of this lizard called Jackson’s Chameleon. These critters grow up to just 30 cm, and these go, can remain pretty
Student feedback v2.0
One of those things I have regrets not doing is keeping better records of student feedback over the 12 years I’ve lectured and taught at institutions. If nothing else, it’s fun to see how one’s teaching methods, styles and approaches
CNY Feasting
If there’s one thing that’s changed over the years over the Chinese New Year, it’s my perceptions of the feasts. When I was younger, I threw myself at all the new year goodies: bak kwa, the many types of Chinese
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