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As the Tech Editor of Nanyang Chronicles, I wrote an article on Nanyang Technological University's course Blackboard system, the Edventure.

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This is what I am up to in the past year :)

Endless Opportunity

I believe that I am very fortunate to be here in Singapore with all the things provided for.. I am not nationalistic, but i think most will agree with me that over here, there is endless opportunity, unlimited resources with good environment for work, learning or play.. Therefore, it is unacceptable for a able-bodied person to not excel.. My point is, I must work hard to capitalize on all these resources..

Goodnight and lets welcome the new week with this thought..

Another weekend spend at the library

I had spend another full day in the library.. The Singapore National Library at Bugis.. It is a very nice building right smack in the middle of the city.. It is rather accessible from my house too.. I like it very much.. It has food, water, shopping, greenery, scenery, good lightings, people etc.. :)

I think more of my weekends will be spent there.. I usually bring my laptop over to read journals, but also read physical books.. I like to read.. I feel that there is so much knowledge written down.. we need to read as much as we can, listen and also travel to experience what our forefathers have learnt.. So we need not start from scratch..



My favorite place now.. The Bugis Library

A beautiful saturday - the Formula 1 saturday

Today is the F1 race day, so i postponed my appointment.. It is also aikit's sis wedding day.. This morning played tennis at bp.. This is the first time after a few mths hiatus cos my arm was injured.. It is nw ok.. After medication and therapy.. It was nt tat serious anyway..

I am nw at the national library.. Good view, good books, water cooler nearby, can hear faintly a blues concert downstairs and place to put my bag away.. It is very conducive to study.. This could be one of my fav place in the city..

I am reading a book by howard gardner.. It is an interesting book about the 5 minds for the future..

*Disciplined
*synthesizing
*creating
*respectful
*ethical mind

i found this book by accident and i shall complete it :)

Good deeds day

Today there were quite a few opportunities to do good deeds.. Of cos i did.. I am privelleged, so if i can help within my means, of cos..

This thurs gonna be my driving test.. Hope i pass wit flying colours.. With no marks deducted :)

Hari raya something

Today is holiday.. :) morning went for driving lessons in circuit.. Then buy some crab meat and beancurd so i hav something special to eat for lunch..

Finally, at the back of mind, I am hoping to pass next week's driving test so tat i can get 1 thing off my to do list every week.. :)

Matriculation

Yea, i am officially matriculated into NTU.. And i had been assigned a seat in one of the pure play offices. My new seat is big and quiet.. I will be sitting there for the next few years..

There are a lot of adminstrative work cos of the scholarship, school, and faculty requirement.. I am looking forward to start of semester..

One of my goals now is to finish the program as soon as possible, whilst maintaining calibre :)

Singapore National Day Holiday

It's a hot day today.. I can feel the heat from outside my window.. my fan is not helping.. I think the Youth Olympic Games flames just passed near the main road.. i can hear loud music and horns.. but i am too lazy to go out to look anyway.. it must be 35degC outside..

Went taman negara, it was a very good trip.. i hope even if i left the company, i can still go out with the group.. the pple inside were unique and amazing to be with.. each has own strengths and therefore, no matter wat difficulty, could just overcome.. one has great leadership, one has planning, one has local knowledge, one super smart one, one has pro camera, one knows languages, one travels widely, one has money, all cheerful and tat's the way..

The air over in Taman Negara was fresh and cool.. even with the sun shining at full, u cant really feel all of it.. the mist kinda block and offset the heat.. we stayed in a Woodland Taman Negara Hotel.. the room we got must be the cheapest one, it sucks.. the guys room got spiders and dust on the bedsheet and blanket.. i guess no one stay there for long.. the gers one were better.. gers were 4 sharing, guys were 6 sharing..

We only spend some time in the hotel.. the rest of the time were spend exploring the place.. it was a memorable trip.. :)

this week i will get my seat in school and next week will start matriculation, soon school will start and i will be going full force ahead..

Saturday 3rd July

Today is a lazy day.. Been watching some BBC Knowledge on Nazis, Top Gear.. Today mum is out holiday, so i cooked myself.. Made fried rice.. with Chinese wine, sesame oil, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, and leftover rice from yesterday.. it took me about 45 mins over low heat to get rid of all the moisture to get tat claypot quality fried rice.. it taste good :) this will be my dinner too.. later i am going to excercise then read up on graphene again..

Travelling Plan

April - Hongkong, Shenzhen, Macau, Zhuhai
May - Lao PDR (Vientianne)
June - Philippines (Laguna, Manila, Tagaytai)
July - Thailand, Malaysia (BKK~SIN Rail Route)
August - Malaysia Trekking

Cards to Cash Blog (Small Business)

I have just started out a new blog, http://cardstocash.blogspot.com/.. This is still in progress.. Will be live on a auspicious date and time.. Meanwhile, please feel free to look around the webpage :)

Workweek

Now i am on my way back. So tired cos worked consequently for 2 weeks.. Been doing a high priority evaluation. Well, good news is i'll hav exposure, but bad news is that i'll hav to work extra hard.. Adding 2 new processes into my machine. Hope to learn some doe and data analysis from this..

This weekend gg to hkk already, so might not be too bad after all..

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Photocopier

The photocopier near my seat is finally removed :) the copier smells of ink.. The old canon was replaced with a fuji zerox at another location.. Fresh air now

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laos

I am going to laos in may =) business trip

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Drive

Today went for 4th driving lesson.. It's fun driving ard with a driver beside.. He gives instructions, so i just drive.. Slow down, clutch, brake etc..

Sometimes i think the instructor breaks into cold sweat as i'm quite impatient and ramp up speed anywhere.. Overall, it's a nice 'experience' everyweek.. But it's rather expensive too..

Army

Cat Massage

In Camp Training

ICT is good.. can sharpen senses and get close to nature.. hehe.. next week team shooting.. looking forward to it.. this year end, got another high key ict again.. :) in camp training is good..

Happy New Year!

After the holiday, I got food poisoning.. think it is the harm (chinese shell).. Anyway, it is good, as give me good cleansing after eating so much.. :)

Happy New Year!

Chinese New Year coming soon already.. It had been a good last year.. This coming year is going to be a good year too..

Penang Dec Holiday

I can log onto internet here all day long.. :) thanks to sy yuan's laptop.. big and sturdy nice to type and play.. Here the food is very nice!! Ham(the chinese seashell), oyster egg, kuay tiao, pork intestine porridge, penang laksa, chicken wing, chendol nice nice.. maybe tmr try out bak kut teh.. today went trishaw ride.. highlight for today also got peranakan museum, fort corningwall, and some other sights.. tmr will be penang hill and spice garden..

good company, great hotel, wow... this is y we work hard.. so that we can enjoy.. :D

just bathed hehe.. slowly play psp later till sleep.. holiday is good..

test

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Sunday Morning.. One of the last in 2009

Today is a sunny day.. Quite different from the past few weeks..

Later I am going to get a new bag.. the old one has holes already.. quite bad.. one of my favourites.. it was bought off a sale from timerland and lasted me for bout 4 years already.. i think it has been with me countless of exams, interviews, journeys.. it is time to say goodbye to it..

Kahwing is back in singapore.. And before he start his teaching career, he'll hav some free time.. I tried to fix a gathering, but everybro is busy.. Alex, ben, yong jia, jacob.. all got activities.. But it is good we still got sms each other..

Caught up with joanne, weiling and sean during cheekeong's wedding.. Congrats cheekeong..

Work is still the same, nothing much.. This month end, going with a few section buddies to penang.. going to meet up with denise and james over there in penang.. gg by bus on christmas night.. not sure if the bus will celebrate the christmas countdown.. maybe i should bring some drinks on me.. This weekend, my compatriot, jane went bali, so i am left alone in the office to fend off arrows and spears long hours..

Well, as it is a precious sunny sunday, gg out now.. miss all my friends and my free time..

SuNdAy Rain! Then how? No UbiN!!! So stay home lo

yes, i am getting fatter.. got tummy liao..went to the gym, din train the stomach, but it just gets bigger.. went to learn basic rules of mahjong at friend's place. not bad.. nice enviroment, good teacher.. but i lost 196dollars leh.. luckily fake fake one.. fire water powerful opposites,love hate life's norm,seize time every half have,once passed only marks remain. Unity of opposites since Greek,Engineering marvels fails to date,Optical illusion sure makes true,But till date opposites remains same. Body are but lump carbon,Eyes are but balls photo cells,Souls are but descriptive terms,Spirit are but human conscience. Probe

yes, i am getting fatter.. got tummy liao..went to the gym, din train the stomach, but it just gets bigger.. went to learn basic rules of mahjong at friend's place. not bad.. nice enviroment, good teacher.. but i lost 196dollars leh.. luckily fake fake one..

SuNdAy Rain! Then how? No UbiN!!! So stay home lo

Fire Water powerful opposites,
Love Hate life's norm,
seize time each half stage,
once passed only memories remain.

Unity of opposites since Greek,
Engineering marvels fails to date,
Optical illusion sure makes true,
But till date opposites remains same.

"Shine for Singapore" by Hady Mirza - Singapore National Day Parade 2008 English Theme Song

explosive fireball

had a simple dinner at ten mile junction.. the food is good and the view was good.. not too noisy place to spend the sunday evening..

i wan to go jb.. a different feeling when over there..

FW: Fwd: A little something I was sent

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March, April, may

Been good months, starting easter.. Easter, vesak, labour day was fun.. Been to genting and good food all over.. Genting trip was after a hiatus of maybe 10 years.. It was an eye opener..

Collegues commented i grew horizontal.. Almost no one disagree..

My company had been especially good to me, and i'm giving it back in more ways.. Organised their nature activities on weekends..

Yes, still lazy to go exercise.. Had told collegues if they remember, pls bug me to go and also the ladies to help c wat food i take during lunch..

Watched a good year.. It was good.. It'd easily made a seat in my fav movie list..

Spiritually, not much improvements.. But this month it'll be different..
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Got a new pair of sony's latest headphones.. It's pretty cool.. Sounds better than it's earlier series.. I got this new one cos the previous wire broke.. I am strong.. :) got 3 more batteries and a desktop charger.. Now no more low hp batt.. And i commited to use this my good trusty n82 for another few years..

Will be going bali next week, i am worried of the h1n1 virus as bali's main visitors are the americans.. Hope i dun bring back any viruses..

Now on the mrt to buffet.. One collegue is leaving us.. One less worker to share the work load.. But i wish them all the best..


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Sat

It's sunny saturday and i love it:)

Sat

It's sunny saturday and i love it:)

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Happy Day (Happy Easter)

It's a happy day.. spent a lazy morning sleeping in my bed.. Then in the afternoon, went out to meet jerry for a stock market update.. it's kinda cool to exchange information and level up each other.. something like in facebook apps, mafia wars, where we'll help each other out..

This week, i just got my trading account with Philips Securities, will be getting iOCBC and the UOB Kay Hian soon.. I just typical singaporean, kiasu.. so take up all the accounts i can get lor..

Going to the picturesque Bali =) it is a dream come true for me.. This trip will be on SQ and paid for by A*Star since i'll be helping them in a ASEAN COST subcomm meeting. So I will be given 3 nights free and 2 nights i pay myself.. I dun think i'll pay so expensive to Bali.. But it's free y not?

I will take lots of Balinese Java House architecture pictures.. Finally my camera can be put to it's task..

I am loving my job nowadays too cos my immediately supervisor is starting to treat me well.. I think he understood that it is 2-ways.. If u dun treat me well, I leave and If i do my work, then treat me well.. It's simple for me.. anyway, today later going to read newspaper and take a rest and read some books..

May 1st going Genting highland with Mini, Karen, Syl.. yupz all 3 gers.. suppose to balance out with TY but he cant go cos he took leave on vesak day already for prayers.. well.. i dun suppose there is much ladies shopping available in Genting, so it's great.. really looking forward to seeing them..

2nd day of week

A terrible day.. The train was pretty packed, so a sweaty man pressed onto my side.. Wa lau!! I was shocked! I opened my eyes and gave back a stare.. Could hav just given him a punch.. No, i got self control, will not do this..

And also, today is the last day i'll hav a partner.. She is leaving.. But at least she is happy, cos my boss may not be as good and work load is huge.. So starting tomorro, i'll be alone.. Alone.. Dun like it..


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@ work.. took this photo accidentally..

Sunday Morning

I watched Red Cliff 2. It was a nice show.. the moral of the story is that smart poeple never die.. and i love rock music.. esp the one currently in my imeem box.. Sonatine by Suemitsu.. anyway, today suppose to go celebrate my frends' birthday, but in the end, both birthday ger and boy cant make it so cancel lor.. i gg swimming.. tata.. hope it does rain so soon..

Headspace

I wan to complain about the height allowance in sbs buses and lrt.. Singaporeans r evolving taller and bigger, so buses and trains too.. The new buses and lrts hav height allowance of about 1.82 cm.. How do i know?

Cos i'm 1.79 and my hair always touches the doorframes.. It messes up my hair.. The double deck bus is even worse.. I got to drop my head.. 2nd storey of the bus was designed by the japanese? :p

Hope bus and train designer or purchaser reads this.. Hehe


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Changi Beach, Singapore

My great uncle were taken and never came back.. They could be taken away during the "sook ching" operations.

I was Googling what buses goes to changi village when i chance upon that changi beach was a popular massacre ground for the jap.. I was taken aback.. Could this be true? I came upon a MINDEF article.. This is an excerpt:

"Chinese males were ordered to report at the "registration camps" around Singapore. At the camps, they were sorted according to their occupations. Among the "purged" were persons connected to the China Relief Fund (in aid of China’s war of resistance against Japan); those who worked for the British or were involved in the resistance of the Japanese army and even students. They were tied and taken on trucks to Changi beach, Punggol beach or to the docks of Tanjong Pagar and gunned down."

and

"Operation Sook Ching only marked the beginning of the Japanese Occupation, however it was definitely a far cry from the "Greater East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere" the Japanese propaganda machine had advertised."

Operation Sook Ching took place in Feb 1942, in Singapore.

Yes, I am still going to Changi Beach tomorrow, but I will be reminded how fragile is human life and how deceptful humans can be..

Sat and Sun

I was waiting for my army mobilisation at home, but they never call me either days, so shd be dun hav already.. it's 2.30pm now.. spoilt my weekends waiting, cos i dun wan rush all the way back, then go camp..

anyway, now uploading some pictures and also chat a bit with frends.. Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Happy chinese new year:)

Now on my way to my uncle's restaurant for faxily dinner.. Very long haven't try out the email function of my hp already.. Anyway, happy chinese new year to all :)


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My fav drawer :)

Force Leave

It's going to be Christmas soon.. And there will be a week's break for me again.. This is not the first time.. Previously at hewlett-packard, the company had a policy to go leave from 25th to 1st jan.

So this is my 2nd time... But this had not been Chart's case last year..Chart went opted for this force leave as the economy is slowing and demand dropping.. Well, as long as i can have leave, it's ok for me =)

i'll have time to write out my resolutions for next year, clear my cupboards, backup my computer and sun my luggages... Also will time to shop for new year clothes and meet up with frends.. I love to go on leaves.. And not forgetting to excercise to prepare myself for the huge intake of food during the festive season :D

Merry Christmas!

Pirates of the Caribbean Medley piano

Pirates of The Caribbean theme song (He's a Pirate) on piano

Canon in D - Sungha Jung (2nd time)

Pirates of The Caribbean theme song (He's a Pirate) on piano

Christmas Wishlist

Well, I am not a materialistic guy.. but i do have some wishes.. hehe

I want:
BMW Series 7 2008 car
Driving License or Chauffeur
Nice Polo Shirts
Cool Close Shave Electric Shaver
Creative Aurvana Noise-cancelling Headphones
MacBook Pro Lappy
HP Dragon HDX Lappy
Travel to Europe enroute Middle East
52' Sharp LCD TV
Apartment near Suntec
will update again..

Selling new wireless router.. if anyone wants to buy at any price, let me know..

i just realised one thing, i like to listen to songs, but i dun listen to lyrics one, so thai, pinoy, chinese, english, jap songs i also listen.. :) i am one ear in one ear out kind of music guy.. but i like to listen to the same piece of music again and again till i remember the melody.. so my handphone collection can be rather outdated..

My Workplace Background

I am now working as a Process Engineer in blahblah company.. it's a semicond company so everyday got production run 24hours.. i got this job a year ago via EDB specialised manpower program in wafer fabrication program. got some payment while studying my last year in ntu.

i (singular not pural) am taking charge of the "resist stripping", "light etch" and "passivation" process. and taking care of 37 machines. normally, people just take charge of 15 machines the max. and they usually only take one process.. so u can c y i handed in the resignation letter..

well, i like to write reports, compile data and make engineering judgements. so i think this job i like. but the working hours are too long.. in my coming 5 months in this company, 3 people had left the job. the workload is the reason.. yea, tat's some background bout my job :) not much politics in my workplace.. either tat or i am too busy to get involved..

pls ask me out, as sometimes i am lazy, especially after office hours.. i cant be hardworking all day rite?

ok, i am now waiting for the sun to come up on a sunday noon, so i can sun tan a bit so not so white and let none say that i look like from china again.. hehe

Happiness

happiness is blogging away on a sat afternoon

chartered woodlands board room.. waiting for the class to start..

the bowl is huge.. the portion is much smaller though..

blading session at ECP..

my almond paste +)

dessert at bugis.. cashew paste not as good as the sesame-mixedwith-almond paste..