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"Money is a bitch that never sleeps" says Gordon Gekko. Went to catch the premiere of the movie Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps at The Cathay yesterday. Directed by Oliver Stone and starring Michael Douglas and Shia LaBeouf, the movie is a sequel to the movie Wall Street of 1987. Ok, I haven't caught the 1987 version, so I'm not sure how much am I missing. The 2010 version …
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Some time back I visited the Zero Energy Building @ BCA Academy. Environmental friendly buildings that boast low emission, low carbon footprint and sustainable designs are getting more and more common, but what makes the ZEB @ BCA Academy special is that it is the first of its kind in South-east Asia to be retrofitted from an existing building, a 3-storey former workshop to …
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Today a few colleagues and I went to this hawker centre for lunch. This colleague bought his food from the soup stall, but think he forgot to take the fork. So he went to the nearer chicken rice stall, which is right next to the soup stall, and took a fork from there. Just as he was about to settle down back at the seat, the auntie from the chicken rice stall screamed after …
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The design of the front entrance of our public buses is such that there are 2 card readers, one on the left and one on the right, for passengers to tap their card when boarding the bus. Some buses even have a hand rail in the middle of the entrance dividing it into 2 lanes. Some funny people, when they are clearly on the left side, like to cut into the right lane when your …
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Went to take a look at the National Engineers Day event at *SCAPE. Organised by the Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES), the National Engineers Day aims to promote engineering to students. On display are some of the engineering projects and innovations from both local and oversea companies. Also there are local tertiary institutions' project work. To be honest, when I …
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Went to the Gundam Fiesta 2010 held at Compass Point. There is simply no excuse for a Gundam fan not to check it out. Other than the same old Gunpla booth, this year's Gundam Fiesta feels quite different from last year's. For a change there's a giant RX-78-2's open palm on the stage, although I would prefer Zaku's head anytime. Of course, the big Unicorn wasn't there last …
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They say dress appropriately, but the rules didn't explicitly state what kind of attire do we have to wear to work. So whenever there is no big meetings or what-so-ever, I tend to wear short sleeves and my suede leather Rockport to work. I like to blend in with the technical staffs in my team. One day, a manager from another division asked (casually) why do I wear short …
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Recently I watched this Indian movie "3 Idiots". The name seems to suggest it's a comedy, but it's more than that. It's an Indian rojak of comedy, romance, motivational, philosophical, maybe a bit of technical. Oh, don't forget the Bollywood dances that make it so musical as well. The story revolves around this 3 roommates who are undergrads at the Imperial College of …
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A few weeks back we were at Bugis Junction when we spotted a signboard saying something about sweets buffet. The sweet tooth in me said we must come back and check it out. A few days later it was all over magazines and newspaper. Damn. When we finally went to check it out the following weekend, there was already a long queue outside the place before it was open for business. …
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The other day I was in a meeting with some external party. We were planning some schedule and the boss brought up that we should avoid the Chinese New Year period. Then he asked, when is Chinese New Year next year. Everyone was clueless, so one colleague went back to the office to check, while I took out my Nokia E72 and googled it. Some 5 minutes later the colleague came …
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Part 1: Today a few colleagues and I were going to Alexandra Village for lunch. The funny thing is, I am the only one who can remember the bus services that go there. So today while waiting for bus, a stranger approached us asking how to get to Esplanade. Me being me, gave him the direction (no, I didn't just point East and kthxbai). Then we saw a bus came and I told the …
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Remember my Gakkenflex 35mm Twin Lens Reflex camera? I guess it isn't of much use talking about camera without looking at the photos it chunks out. I actually finished my first roll of Fujifilm some time back and sent it for developing. The effect? I'll say the whole package is really a different feel from digital photography, starting from the moment you handed over the …
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Among the group of colleagues whom I go lunch with, I think I am the youngest, easily 10-20 years apart. So today during lunch, somehow the topic ended up with childhood fun. Everyone was so excited talking about playing marble and the rules, like the one who tosses the marble closest to the line drawn on the sand, how we hit other players' marbles out of play, etc. Another …
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The brother and I were on the way home. At the lift lobby we saw this couple whom we have never seen before. The lift came, and we entered after them. (yes, we FOLLOWED them in, since they were there first. Basic manners). Inside the lift, the couple pressed for the floor which we are staying on. If someone has pressed the button that you wanted to press, you don't press …
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有時我們覺得理所當然的事物, 對他人而言未必如是. 例如, 我們扭開水龍頭就有清潔的自來水. 自來呢! 但是地球上還有不少人是沒有乾淨的食水. 扭開水龍頭, 對我們來說實在太容易、太方便. 例二. 我不是剛換工作囉. 我現在有位同事竟然去申請我的舊工作, 卻剛接到不被取錄的消息. 他在這裡是做經理(比我高級), 卻已經申請了那份工好幾次, 都不被取錄. 我, 一擊即中, …
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One fine day I was washing the plates at the kitchen. Looking at the faucet, I was reminded of the water efficiency labelling scheme for taps and showerheads. A water appliance with good rating is said to be water efficient. I also recall the authority recommending consumers to put a little rubber ring in their taps to increase water efficiency. Now, what exactly is water …
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Went to watch the preview of the movie The Expendables (not, expandables). Looking at the cast it seems like a gathering by Sylvester Stallone and friends. You've got Jet Li (Singaporean actor ok!), Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, among others. Basically the tough guys. The story revolves around this group of mercenaries who called …
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This must be the weirdest ship I've come across. Name's FLIP, or Floating Instrument Platform. By filling its ballast tanks, it can flip from horizontal position to vertical. The vertical position enhances stability in the sea and allows for precise measurement taking by the scientists onboard. Have you seen those tea leaves that float in the same manner? I wouldn't want to …
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And so, "travelling time - and not just distance - is also used to charge train commuters under Singapore's distance-based fares system." Mercy on those who can't squeeze onto a train and have to wait on the platform, cos your travelling time is longer. So, why not call it "distance and time fare" instead of "distance fare"? Well, they never say a plate of chicken rice …
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I feel irritated whenever I press for the lift and others rush to enter the lift first. I was at a MRT station just now, and I saw this couple with their 2 toddler children. The father pressed for the lift, and then 2 other kids popped in from nowhere and snatched the front place in front of the lift doors. As the lift approached and the doors opened, that father held his …
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