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Haven’t been writing for a month or so, mainly because I was taking some personal time off to take a break before home!Most of my work’s done, had my last presentation on Thursday, and now I’m just sitting at home waiting for results which should be out some time this week. It’s been a long ...
A countdown to the end of my academic life, as major milestones pass daily.. Project Presentation Literature Report Examination Viva IIIB Exams Project Report Project ...
A recent study by the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems has found that Starhub (and 2 other American ISPs) is blocking PSP transfers.3. Both in the U.S. and in Singapore, all hosts that suffered BitTorrent blocking are located in cable ISPs. We did not see any blocking of BitTorrent transfers from DSL hosts in ...
Thrilling shoot out. United almost lost it. But they are now the champs of Europe, all thanks to John Terry.
Blogging activity has ballooned since blogging became ‘cool’ and ‘hip’ and ‘in’ over the last few years. But there are those bloggers who remember the dos and don’ts of blogging, while there are those newbies who jump head first in without understanding the implications or intricacies of blogging. I have been blogging since …
Obviously I’m not studying as I should. So here are photos of Santorini in Greece from Easter break. Enjoy. ...
Daryl walked into my room that day and asked for my "profound advice as a ‘cher", promptly throwing down an A level maths question last night.Eh, got analytical solution or not ah? Or brute force using numerical?e^x = 3xI still can’t find a analytical solution. Anyone? None right? (I got the solutions by graphing.)For the ...
First things I needed to do was to clear my room of things I didn’t want to bring home. So I decided to sell them on eBay! Over the past week, I have sold about 7 items on eBay, making a tidy sum of 76.51pounds after postage. Not too shabby, didn’t feel like shipping too ...
And you thought Mat Selamat's escape from Singapore was incredulous, a prisoner actually broke out from a jail by climbing down a rope made up of bedsheets knotted together. It was the most fairytale-like jail break - an old stone jail tower, a dangling rope of knotted sheets and an empty cell. All under the watchful (probably sleeping) eyes of the guards.
iPhone's coming to Singapore! Will it be 3G? When? How much?
As I blogged about my journey coming to London over 3 years ago, it’s about time to blog about the journey home. I will start writing about this process, my feelings and the many things that happen between now and the time I land in Changi, this time for a much longer time.I will chuck ...
Oh well, it’s all over now. I just completed the last written examinations of my BSc(Hons) + ARCS.It really feels so surreal. After 3 years and many trying times, it’s all coming to a close. Guess the idea of finishing up and returning home is finally setting in. I was at a function today and ...
What do you do when you are taking the last exams of your life?
This kind of inaccuracy in a national newspaper is becoming close to unacceptable. I understand that humans err, but the golden rule in report has always been to check, double check and triple check. Facts, text and engrish. Some bloggers write better than our papers.Spot it?Unfortunately, the standard of Straits Times has been below my ...
This happens to be the song of the moment, by the band Within Temptation. This is for you dear friend.It waits for the day I will let it out.To give it a reason, to give its might.I fear who I am becoming,I feel that I am losing the struggle within.I can no longer restrain it,my ...
I only started to play poker when I came here, mainly played Texas Hold’em, where everyone has 2 cards and there is a common pool of another 5 cards on the table. The objective is to get the best 5 card combination form the 5 common, and 2 individual cards. There are other variants, including ...
Every since M1 introduced the HSDPA dongle last year, mobile broadband has mushroomed in Singapore. Now, Starhub is offering free wireless access on the go for it’s residential subscribers.I have had the opportunity to use the M1 service back home (thanks Ridz!) to get work done once in a while, but I mainly stick to ...
Unfortunately, the College’s further attempts to censor the event came as a huge irritant to many people, but CGCU managed to get their hands on a recording by someone who managed to smuggle a recorder in.Click here to listen to Mahathir’s talk on Criminalising War last Friday, 25 April 2008.[via: CGCU website]Tags: cgcu, mahathir, recording, ...
Last night’s talk by Mahathir on ‘The Case for Criminalising War’ was indeed a well thought out affair. Even though there were a few unfortunate incidents (read my previous post), everything seemed as normal. I had my college ID checked 4 times on the way up to the LT where Tun Mahathir was speaking, all ...
Malaysia’s 4th Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, is visiting today to give a talk on "The Case for Criminalising War", and I will be attending it. Doors open at 6pm, and that’s in 30mins. It’s in the Sir Alexander Fleming building, Imperial College London.The City Guilds College Union has a news article on this.Although ...
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