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	<title><![CDATA[quote of the day]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/quote-of-the-day-23</link>
	<dc:creator>chillycraps</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[me: 你们有用CAD的吗? gw: 用猫... (me: do you use CAD? gw: use cat) Met up with some university and secondary school friends for dinner. Some of them I knew them since Secondary 1. It is always goo …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[come and go phenomena]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>chillycraps</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[They say change is the only constant, and this surely applies to shops. (Most) shops don't last forever. It is like, a month or so ago they were still open for business, and now they are all gone. Toy shop, tea house, hamburger place, eateries, cafe, places that I told myself I would revisit them when I have the time/money. And now they have vanished, either turned into …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[escalator accident]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>chillycraps</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Ok it will sound a little stupid and exaggerated if I say I was involved in an escalator accident. I wasn't wearing Crocs by the way.  I was on a down-riding escalator with The Old Ones. Being the *ahem*caring*ahem* son that I am, I turned around to look out for them. Just as I was travelling down I felt a sharp pain on my leg and saw the step above mine was pressing onto my …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[manned but unmanned]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>chillycraps</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Engineers usually incorporate redundancy or factor of safety into their designs. It can be as simple as knocking a few more nails into the plank, or as sophisticated as having a few backups. But where to draw the line between too much and too little redundancy?  The Alstom trains running on our North East Line and Circle Line use something called communication-based train …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[racism starts young]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>chillycraps</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[I was on a crowded MRT train when I saw these 2 kids. The reserved seat was empty and the younger sister sat down. She shifted towards the glass panel to let her elder brother squeeze into the same seat, but guess what, the elder brother said "I don't want to sit next to him.", quite loudly.  The "him" alighted some stations later, and the kids' father took up the seat. The …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[choosing your course]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>chillycraps</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[I guess 'cos A Level result was released recently, some people were asking me about the choice of course in university.  Seriously, I can't answer you, cos I am not you, and you are not me. If you like washing test tubes, I can't possible recommend you to play with bolts and nuts.  All I can say is, choose a course which you think can help you find a job in future. Flip the …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[牛雜書]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/zwnyfcdm</link>
	<dc:creator>chillycraps</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[最近父親從圖書館借了本國學大師季羨林的《 牛棚雜憶》.  沒時間看.  書名的簡寫, 是不是《牛雜》呢?]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:29:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[loan repaid]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>chillycraps</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[I just repaid the full sum of my university's tuition fee loan before the interest kicks in in April. While I purposely waited until so late then repay the amount (so that I can earn a bit of interest), it still is a load off my mind and now I can continue with whatever financial plan I have.  I've got a feeling some of us take the tuition fee loan for granted like a given, …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:22:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Anime Showdown]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>chillycraps</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Was at Takashimaya basement 1 and saw that they are having an Anime Showdown till 17 March (Wednesday). Saw quite a collection of 30th Anniversary Gundam models and some from Tamashii Nations. Urgh, I also saw the M9 Gernsback from Full Metal Panic!  Not a big event but still not to be missed by anime fans.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:47:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[quote of the day]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/quote-of-the-day-19</link>
	<dc:creator>chillycraps</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[It is a good time to start being passionate about your work not sure if those were the exact words, but I saw this interesting book at kikki.K. I flipped open and the first page I arrived at I saw these words. Hmm...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:29:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[international women's day]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>chillycraps</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[It's 8th March today, so happy International Women's Day! (any lady had an off-day from your boss?)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:33:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[quote of the day]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>chillycraps</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[They spend the money that they don't have, live in space that they don't need, to impress people they don't care for. -- overheard on the MRT Good food for thought.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:51:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[cj your bread]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>chillycraps</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[There is this bakery (or is it confectionery?) that is known for selling Hong Kong-style bread and tim sum from its bigger brother restaurant. And as a marketing strategy, they have some discount for their cakes and breads after 8:30pm. It is common to see people loitering outside the bakery and then suddenly it gets crowded at 8:30pm sharp.  So the other evening I happened …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:10:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[operate machines]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>chillycraps</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[I dared not take my drowsiness-causing medicine today,  cos I had to operate machines at work.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:11:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[講不出聲]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/ogvslnyt</link>
	<dc:creator>chillycraps</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[不知怎的咳了一個禮拜, 日咳夜也咳, 一開口想講話就咳個不停, 簡直是講不出聲.  去診所看醫生, 給了我一大包抗生素和催眠藥...  行我這行靠口吃飯的, 影響好大.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:06:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[[the nest] home design handbook]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/-the-nest-home-design-handbook</link>
	<dc:creator>chillycraps</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[I was killing time at Times Bookstore when I chanced upon this book [the nest] home design handbook by Carley Roney.  Home design is one of my favourite casual reading genres. I flipped through this book and saw that the author has made home design "systematic". Or some sort of "formularised". Unlike interior design magazines that show you photographs after photographs of …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:28:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[job vacancies]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/job-vacancies</link>
	<dc:creator>chillycraps</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[While I am very much employed, I think it doesn't harm to know more about how the job market is like. I chanced upon the Job Vacancies, 2009 by the Ministry of Manpower's Manpower Research and Statistics Department and find it quite informative, especially for job seekers out there. It shows the job market trend, which sectors are hiring, which positions are unfilled, what …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:58:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[關公與曹操]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/aotkplvr</link>
	<dc:creator>chillycraps</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[關公亦有對頭人 曹操亦有知心友 有時你看到一些神憎鬼厭的人, 也有人會為了自身利益去奉承他.  是虛偽嗎? 還是自保?  唉. 我還是太嫩.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:30:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[the thing about being a diy guy]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/the-thing-about-being-a-diy-guy</link>
	<dc:creator>chillycraps</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[I think during the festive season I overworked one of my household appliances (not gonna name it here) a little, and it refused to work last week. Me being the hands-on engineering type, I unscrewed and opened it up. With multimeter in hand I did some troubleshooting. After some 10 minutes of probing, I located the problem. Faulty part. Had the component been easily available …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:56:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[inclusive design]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>chillycraps</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[The 27 Jan issue of Professional Engineering magazine mentioned about "inclusive design" in the article Get a grip. One of the examples cited in the article is the OXO Good Grips which is like the textbook example in product design. If you have the chance, do read up on its design process and the difficulties faced.  I first heard of the term "inclusive design" in my product …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:22:00 +0800</pubDate>
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