Ultra-wide angles
One of the best things about having an ang mo friend is that every time he comes by to visit, I go wild at Amazon and order all the lenses and accessories I need and have them sent to him,
Day Zero: Ang Moh Direct
Carry-on luggage, Lowepro CompuDaypack: 15.4’’ Dell laptop, Nikon D40 w/ kit lens, 80gb iPod classic, 8gb USB flash-drive, Samsung A-737 handphone, printed e-ticket, and accompanying itinerary—all mine; also containing: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM Lens, Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G VR
Checklist – checked
Ling posted up a checklist of things to do when Matt was in Singapore, and the foodie items for him to try out. Here’s the current report after Day 2.:) Paranakan Cuisine: laksa (Katong of course!), nonya curry, mee siam,
O Mosquito, Mosquito, wherefore art thou Mosquito?
Truth to tell, I wasn’t eager for the Pulau Ubin trip that Ling had planned on Day 2 of Matt’s stay with us. She’d been thinking of bringing us to this favorite school spot of hers over the years e.g.
Ling half-wondered if it was a hoax…
… when Matt didn’t appear at belt 41 after the flight landed. As it turned out, his luggage had been misrouted, and that took a while for him to sort out. We’ll leave him to tell the story hopefully soon.
Stallone vs The Reds
There were three big huge Hollywood actors in the mid 80s, and whichever movie they appeared in, it’d be a big hit at the box office, even if the movie was a turkey. The three were Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis,
What I really wanted to be
Truth to tell, I didn’t always want to be a teacher. Heck, growing up with a family where nearly every person on my maternal side was a language teacher, I wanted to be anything but a teacher. Why I eventually
7.9
I was talking to Matt yesterday and somewhere along our on/off conversation the topic got into the state of toilets in Singapore. He said Singapore rocks, and I said Singapore is probably the only country in the world that regularly
Unknown callers
An email with an attachment just landed in Outlook at work titled Phone Scams: Crime Prevention Outreach to Schools. Reading off the forward list, the email has gone quite quite a long way before it finally reached staff. I suspect
Car parking
Here’s another letter that was written to the forum page at The Straits Times just a couple days ago. Sections of the letter are below (edited to save space, but full letter in the link). May 14, 2008 Insert graciousness
Paid by the hour
There was an interesting letter by a Huang Qiao Ying to The Straits Times recently about property agent commissions. Truth to tell, it’s one of the best forum letters I’ve read in the last year. Here’re some snippets of it:
GTA IV = education (!)
Well, after completing a review of Civilization IV as an education game alongside a colleague at work for the other blog I write for, I was asked to consider writing another educational game review, but this time for GTA IV.
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