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Is Saudi Arabia considered greener grass? But definitely, joining a university in Saudi Arabia with an endowment of more US$10 billion means good career prospects with all the research equipments that can be purchased and talent that the university will attract.National University of Singapore (NUS) president, Prof Shih Choon Foon will leave NUS at ...
More than a year ago, the free Wireless@SG was started in Dec 2006. However, Changi Airport was excluded from the list of hotspots, and Starhub was allowed to run instead a paid WiDi service at the rate of S$6 per half an hour. There wasn’t any other choice, except to pay the exhorbitant price, unless ...
More crimes. On wednesday, just yesterday, we have two Jalan Ulu Siglap homes burgled and a car was break-in at clementi. Laptops, cash, hanphone, watch and ring had been stolen.Seems like crime is increasing… Is this imported crimes committed by foreigners or are they committed by locals.If they are committed by locals, it might either ...
Oh yes! Those are the tickets to today’s Singapore Slingers Vs Adelaide 36ers basketball match at Singapore Indoor Stadium. And yes yes! It is at Corporate Box! Thank you, Nicholas, for these tickets! It is my first close range match, and I was searching around like a tourist for the allocated seats. Heh heh. ...
Last night, Traffic Police conducted a midnight to drawn 7.5 hours operation to nabbed drink-drivers and speeders. 99 people were asked to take breathanlyser test, with 26 who failed and w …
Prima Deli chocolate cakes purchased as early as Nov 19 has been linked to more then 100 cases of food poisoning. The Prima Food main factory in Keppel Road will therefore be close today and tomorrow (Tue and Wed) for disinfection.Six of those who fell ill were infected by salmonella enteritidis, causing fever, diarrhoea, vomiting ...
Anne and Alexter are two post-graduate students, who came to Singapore to study an engineering M.Sc. course. Being the usual thrifty students, they rented a common room outside the university. They have lots of projects to do, and as cash was short, they decided to co-purchase an AMD laptop. This AMD laptop does not have ...
Uploaded popout 2007 pictures at smaller size and larger size images. The original images are huge (around 1+GB). Any idea where can I place them for those who wants the originals? Thanks.
According ST, 5 new ERP gantries are being put up in Upper Bukit Timah Road (outside Hume Park), Toa Payoh Lorong 6 (gantry incomplete at the moment), Upper Boon Keng Road, Kallang Bahru Road and Geylang Bahru Road (gantry incomplete at the moment).According to LTA spokesman,1) Location of gantry is unlikely to affect residents as ...
The CPF reforms package announced in Sepemberwill give members an extra 1% (on top of the existing 2.5% for OA) for the first $60k of a member’s combined CPF balance (OA+SMRA), with …
According to CNA, during the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, Dr Tony Tan spoke to Singapore reporters. He gave the stand on Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) investing over S$22 billion into the two financial institutions - UBS and Citigroup.1) “… Dr Tan said it did so for long-term investment, and not to ...
Singapore do not have any natural resource. It does not have oil, gold or diamond to mine. But, it has something that is everywhere and easily accessible. It is human resource! One people, one nation, our treasure… Click here for Walt Disney Picture’s National Treasure
Sigh. Having sinus problem again. It is affecting my eustachian tube for the fourth time. The lingering cold has been with me for nearly two weeks. It just refuse to go away. And now, finally, the germs won the war. They have managed to infect both my eustachian tube and the sinus cavities. The pressure ...
Remember, the last time I mentioned meeting up the KartingEdge founder? I was hoping for a complimentary karting trip. Gee! You know what? He actually called me up after spotting my blog entry, and offered me a complimentary one day go-kart getaway trip. So, I wasn’t just wishing in my dreams. Dreams do come true. ...
Paying respect to the late Sim Kee Boon, PM Lee says that Singaporeans owe the pioneer generation of public servants such as Mr Sim Kee Boon an “enormous debt”.Citing quotes on the reasons on why Singaporean owe pioneer civil servants a big debt:- “They grew up, they saw the country change, they made the change ...
Our [favourite beloved?] Land Transport Authority’s yesterday’s regular review of ERP rates concluded that we need to increase the maximum ERP charge for CTE from the PIE between 8:30am and 9am by another 50 cents to $5 for cars, in order to tackle congestion. Meanwhile, car owners are not the worst hit. Goods vehicles and ...
If there is an agenda behind every new legistration? What is the agenda behind the new dog legistration laws? By the way, I have not yet read the entire legistration law, but saw the headline that more dogs are abandoned or given up. The few details I glimpsed from from the straits times article are ...
The cold that has been lingering around for the past weeks finally whack me hard on the head after most of the pressing matters are over. Feeling terribly tired, sicked, with a nose block, and sneezing till the eyes tears.This week is a really hectic, tiring and sombre one. Within the midst of my busy ...
The saga on the NMP Thio getting second threatening letter has gotten many comments from readers and bloggers on internet. In addition to the previous theory. Two additional theories are p …
Memories. I remembered that the Library@Orchard opened in the midst of a happening year (1999) that both the “giant” bookstores, Borders (at Wheellock Place) and Kinukuniya (a …
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