I just came back from the Singapore vs. Malaysia semi-final match of the ASEAN Football Championships. With the score 1-1 at the end of normal time, the match went into Penalties, from which Singapore emerged triumphant (five conversions to Malaysia's four). Fantastic Atmosphere It was a rocking affair at the Kallang Stadium (Singapore's National Stadium),... Continue Reading →
Studying Overseas
I'll be going over to UWA (University of Western Australia) in a little less than three weeks time. This all still feels a little strange to me. I never quite expected to be one of those who "study overseas". But I plans in education haven't always gone smoothly. In primary school, I did rather badly... Continue Reading →
On Passing Time, Driving, and Writing
After I stopped working at the end of last month, I've been spending most of my time in front of the television and on the computer playing Warcraft. However, realising that there's no better time to catch up on reading than now, in the last couple of days I've turned my attention to reading a... Continue Reading →
Man Makes Himself
Here's a quotation I'd like to share with you, attributed to Jean-Paul Sartre: Certainly we cannot say that this man [a young student of Sartre's who in 1940 had to choose between going to England to join the Free French Forces or staying in occupied France to care for his mother, who depended on him],... Continue Reading →
Friends, Don’t be so Quick to Love
A poem I wrote for a friend. I felt he was going after a girl who had only just recently broken up too aggressively, but he seemed to have no clue that he was.
Friends, Don't be so Quick to Love
A poem I wrote for a friend. I felt he was going after a girl who had only just recently broken up too aggressively, but he seemed to have no clue that he was.
I Feel like a Teenager
I stopped working at UniSIM about two weeks ago. So for the last couple of weeks, I've had considerably more time on my hands than I've had for the last couple of years (when I was doing my full-time National Service in the army).
Limiting Profile Depth Search on Friendster
One of the greatest joys in life is going through the profiles of friends and their friends on Friendster. It used to be incredibly easy to search for like-minded people who were closely connected to you. Type in a keyword, select the "profile depth", and viola, you've got a list of like-minded people (or otherwise)... Continue Reading →
Exactitudes
I found this very interesting website called Exactitudes by chance while browsing through a book called Web Design: Portfolios (Icons S.). From the book: Visualises the complex relationship between the individuality and the collectivity: the apparent contradiction of wanting to stand out from the others and be unique by assuming a group identity. Images from... Continue Reading →
On Making Resolutions
I've never been much of a "new year resolutions" kind of guy. As much as I've always believed in goal-setting, which is what new year resolutions really are, it has never occurred to me that they actually work. I was looking back on the new year resolutions I had written about last year -- both... Continue Reading →
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