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Kenneth Pinto
an arts & social sciences graduate, trained in the media, working in an educational technology department, who guides heritage walks and struggles with the eternal question: why?
July 05, 2006
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I went for another installment of Pedal Ubin on Saturday. I turn up often enough that some of the Toddycats mistakenly think that I’m one of Pedal Ubin guides. Heheh. Nah, I’m just along for the ride.Saturday was my first experience at the relatively new Ketam Mountain Bike Trail. I mistakenly read it as “Ketam ...
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She’s almost gone.The lady who announces which station you are approaching.Her voice is commanding yet soft.Never intrusive.Informing passengers when they should prepare to alight.Warning them not to get caught in the gap between train and platform.SMRT, in all their wisdom, have decided to update the announcements.In her place, a younger voice.One that has strange …
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Otterman gets a tip off about unusual activity on Kent Ridge. He then discovers the reason: a Chinook landed on the multi-purpose field in NUS. Check out keropokman’s photo!.For the uninitiated, the Chinook is a huge tandem-rotor troop/transport helicopter. I got to sit in one during in-camp training a couple of years back. Man, it ...
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Ok, I know everyone is more up to date with their Prison Break/Toilet Break witticisms regarding one Mas Selamat Kastari. I have been quietly observing what’s gone on and reading what’s been written the past week. So far, it has been one cock-up after another.Unlike some articles in the Straits Times and letters from the ...
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I finally got my hands on the tickets for Singapore’s first Formula 1 race. Yes, I realise the irony of a post about Formula 1 just after one about Envirofest, but I don’t claim to be an environmental saint.Unfortunately, the tickets came in a big box, meant for 10 sets - the maximum any individual ...
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Ok, it wasn’t a rock concert. But the speakers were certainly rocking! If elections were based on rally attendance, speaker charisma and audience participation, the Workers’ Party would win by a landslide. Their candidates seem aware of this. A few mentioned that they are glad that Singaporeans have come out in force to listen to ...
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I attended the Reform Party’s rally at Clementi Stadium for West Coast GRC earlier. It had not dawned on me that this was the party’s first ever election rally. The party was founded in 2008, after the last General Election in 2006. I’ll just give some brief personal impressions. I’m assuming the mainstream and social ...
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Prof Leo Tan wrote a guest post at Lam Pin Foo’s self-titled blog. He tells the familiar story – familiar to most Toddycats* at least – of the story of the museum, from an idea of Raffles (hence the name) to its rebirth at Kent Ridge. But he has added on to this story with ...
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iTunes: Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive One way to back up your iTunes library is to consolidate your library into one folder and then copy that folder to an external hard drive. This is a painless process that only takes a few moments to accomplish. iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to a computer If you …
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I hesitate to call this my running playlist, because I can’t sustain a pace that can be considered running. To be accurate, this should be called my walking/jogging playlist. Some of these are labeled Parental Guidance, so consider yourself warned. Here goes: Time Title – Artist“Lyric quotes.”Commen ts 01:30 Magnet – Nike ad featuring Lance …
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