The Battle of Britain Blunder
A short story on the Battle of Britain that was originally posted here on the 18 Feb 2001. The Battle of Britain is frequently also regarded as the first major turning point of the war, when the allied forces finally
Pearl Harbor – Success or Blunder?
This was posted up here on the 14 Feb 2001, shortly before the release of Michael Bay’s turkey of a mess Pearl Harbor movie. Another commonly made observation of the Pearl Harbor attack was that most pundits believe it was
A high adrenaline event
I can finally breathe easy now that my choir’s SYF (Singapore Youth Festival – Central Judging of Choirs) event is over. The girls, together with their conductor, were awarded ‘gold with honours’. I couldn’t believe my ears when the results
Rendang at home
Chicken Rendang Curry @ Home While I was in Australia, one of my favourite dinner menu items was curry using prepared paste, for example using Brahim’s simmer sauces. They’re really easy to prepare, with short cooking times of around 35
The Niland Brothers
Another short entry I wrote, which was originally posted up here on 6 Oct 2000. The source of the story in Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg’s tour-de-force motion picture on the second world war, was in reality based on a
The Reluctant Warrior
The recent movie by Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima, makes a passing reference to the death of General Yamamoto during the war. Here’s a short but well-known story about him that I originally posted up on the 13 Feb
1 flower = 4 seeds
The cinnamon basil plant which flowered some weeks ago has started to show signs of its final stages of life, or so it seems. As I tried to observe for formation of fruits from its withered flowers, I was dismayed
Size comparisons
Upon reading my earlier entry on our new Sterbai Cory – which Ling has named GG – addition to the tank, I realized that it’s rather difficult to tell the relative size of this gentle giant compared to the other
“Flied Lice” – The Simpsons Season 9
Fried rice with crab meat @ Koufu (Sengkang East Avenue) Since I started on the obsession of finding a great plate of mee goreng at local foodcourts, it’s been a while since I had a plate of fried rice when
Tank Version 5.0
The last of the four Lionheads, Patches, expired a fortnight ago after losing a bout with white spots. Ling was especially sad since they were the four critters that got us started on our aquarium hobby. We decided to start
Medics, Nurses and Doctors
Here’s the first of the many stories I wrote during the earlier years of keeping this web site. The source for this one is from Citizen Soldiers by the late Stephen Ambrose, and I put it up on the 6
Site tinkering
Visitors to the site may have noticed the frequent visual changes to our blog over the several days. Yep, that’s all me. Since I was done recovering whatever posts I could, I figured I might as well redo the theme
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