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For some time now, I’ve been going to digg regularly. Okay, religiously. I read the stories and comments every chance I got. I didn’t think anything would ever stop me from reading digg. But now, against the odds, I am free. It happened this way:My family and I went back to Malaysia about 3 weeks ...
Singapore, the concrete jungle? This place is so different from my place of birth. Back home, the people are more laid back, and buildings didn't need to reach for the skies.At first, I thought the closely built buildings and small apartment homes would conspire to suffocate me. And there was very little privacy. Over the years, this has become the norm for me. My personal …
Gosh, time flies! I’ve been using the Windows 7 beta, which is expiring. After today it’ll start shutting down every 2 hours. I started getting warnings a few days ago and thought it would be a good time for me to try switching to ubuntu again to replace the windows 7 beta.So I headed over ...
A few weeks back, LTA (Land Transport Authority of Singapore) sent me a letter notifying me to take my car for inspection before the 13 July. After delaying it for a few weeks, I took my c …
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So we went to the Singapore Fireworks Celebrations on Friday night at the floating stadium. The crowds were unbelievable. It was such a hassle getting in that we were soon thinking 'This had better be worth it.'There were kids games and food stalls outside but we were quite late so we didn't stop to see. Anyway I don't think we would enjoy the inflated prices anyway. There …
Christmas is upon us again. This is one holiday where all retailers rejoice. Singaporeans all get to indulge in their favourite pastime, whether they celebrate Christmas or not. Not that I'm complaining.What I enjoy about the holiday is that shopping malls will try to outdo each other and try to be the best decorated. I haven't seen anything really nice this year. I did see a …
Welcome! Thanks for dropping by. This is a blog for Orange Ox and me to share our experiences, and the sights and sounds we see in and around Singapore. We've been here a good many years, so we each have our point of view and experiences to share. So, pull up a chair and enjoy!I'm going to start off by introducing myself. I was born in east Malaysia. Kuching, Sarawak to be …
I was taking the North East line train last night and saw this familiar looking dialog box in their display. Java.exe is warning that there is a corrupt file.I just had to take a photo. :)
I've been on holiday the past 2 weeks. Now I'm back! I hope to post some pictures and stories about my trip. Stay tuned!
For some time now, I've been going to digg regularly. Okay, religiously. I read the stories and comments every chance I got. I didn't think anything would ever stop me from reading digg. But now, against the odds, I am free. It happened this way:My family and I went back to Malaysia about 3 weeks ago for a vacation. 3 weeks without my broadband. I really thought I could do it …
This week, PC Show 2007 is being held at Suntec City. I was there briefly yesterday so I wanted to post about it here first. I would have stayed longer but I was carrying my daughter and the place was so crowded that when she started crying I just had no choice but to leave. :(My family and I went via MRT to City Hall station. From the moment we stepped out of the station we …
Here are more pictures I took while back in Kuching. The contrast between Kuching and Singapore is pretty great. I know it took me a long time to get my vacation pictures in order and that makes the posts here seem disjointed. :(This is a picture of what you will typically see in Kuching. Lots of shophouses. Lately the streets are overflowing with cars and crime is rampant. …
Hey dudes. I’ve been living and working in a little place called Singapore for almost 8 years now. Originally, I was born in Vietnam. Well…I’m not really Vietnamese – I don’t speak Vietnam …
I am posting this from my phone right now via the Wordpress application. Still getting used to the touch keyboard so I will have to keep this short.First off, I am not a power user when it comes to phones, so I chose this phone knowing full well it is entry level smartphone amd has ...
Gosh, time flies! I’ve been using the Windows 7 beta, which is expiring. After today it’ll start shutting down every 2 hours. I started getting warnings a few days ago and thought it would be a good time for me to try switching to ubuntu again to replace the windows 7 beta.So I headed over ...
I’ve been using this phone with the cupcake version (1.5) for more than a month now. I’ve just upgraded the firmware via Samsung’s PC Studio this morning and couldn’t wait to post about it. The update process itself is painless, although I did have to reset the phone and reboot my laptop. Since my ...
I am posting this from my phone right now via the Wordpress application. Still getting used to the touch keyboard so I will have to keep this short.First off, I am not a power user when it comes to phones, so I chose this phone knowing full well it is entry level smartphone amd has ...
Just an update.I posted about seeing Tux, the Linux mascot, being used by a store at the Expo last year (In my May 2007 archives). There’s an article on BoingBoing yesterday about a similar thing. Apparently Tux is so adorable people are using him everywhere.
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