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BBC reports:Microsoft has offered to buy the search engine company Yahoo for $44.6bn in cash and shares.The offer, contained in a letter to Yahoo’s board, is 62% above Yahoo’s closing share price on Thursday.Yahoo cut its revenue forecasts earlier this week and said it would have to spend an additional $300m this year trying to ...
Man, I don’t know whether to be surprised or furious or what. Now the public performances licenses for the Complaints Choir project is revoked - why? because of foreigners? It was one thing to stomach the act that certain performances will “pollute our mind” and “affect the public psychology”, such as those of gay issues ...
This is the last post of the series, which is a random collection of other highlights of my childhood.Airwolf and Macgyver was the two non-cartoon that I watch quite religiously.We occasionally make bubbles like thesewith theseand then adore the bubble And finally a tribute to my brother, whose childhood is really about this:Do you ...
Round 2 of the big swop? Or just symbolic gesture? The rule-that-shall-not-be-named is evoked too many times, and needs to be cast into mount doom.Don’t let this be a reason to deter from further racial integration. Interestingly, the ones evoking the rule-that-shall-not-be-named in OL2.0 are the ones who evoked racial sentiments, and therefore the ones ...
Got this in the mail today from Stanford Alumni. $114 million for undergraduates!STANFORD ANNOUNCES FINANCIAL AID ENHANCEMENTSStanford University today announced the largest increase in its history for its financial aid program for undergraduates.Under the new program, parents with incomes of less than $100,000 will no longer pay tuition. Parents with incomes of less than …
(quick note: sorry for those who don’t quite follow - i’m just thinking out loud and i know it can be frustrating if you’re not a regular reader or you’re not attuned to some of the issues that are commonly raised on this blog. i’ll increase pedantic level. + 1.)To summarize the previous post, one ...
Yours truly,Ong Jiin Joo.* * *This month of August would mark many things for my life, amidst the national and global events that I’m following closely (e.g. those happening in Permatang Pauh and Beijing) Turning 28 recently, I’ve embarked on a journey to start rediscovering the purpose for some of the things I’m doing (again ...
We will miss you.From President Cohon to the Alumni:It is with great sadness that I inform you that our dear friend and colleague Randy Pausch passed away today, July 25, after a brave struggle against pancreatic cancer.Randy captured the minds and hearts of millions worldwide with his Carnegie Mellon lecture, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” ...
A quick reminder for those who signed up. For those in US who didn’t, can try asking if still can sign up. For M’sia side - consider a trip to m’kini this weekend. Still no news on whether S’pore will have one stream, which most likely will be in NUS.Accurate as of writing: check the ...
Recommend a book (that I haven’t read yet): The Craftsman by Richard SennettWell, at time of writing, you have to pre-order on amazon, but these 2 articles gives a pretty good introduction to the book, thanks to Charis’s recommendations.From Times Online and The New Atlantis.Drawing it closer to my own daily life, I live by ...
Logged into Wireless@SG today and found this campaign Notwithstanding the excellent female subjects, the entire experience of the application (silverlight needed) was really well done - kudos to whoever made it - it really brought out the flair of the girls.http://www.singtelrace.com/SingTel-Grid-Girls_Heart-Race.aspxAnyway, there are other games there which might be worth …
Wow, I didn’t think it could happen, but it did Thanks Yi Jian for your swift actions!See previous post for details about the NMF, or this website.Because the event is in Harvard, the event will be 12 hours apart from Singapore time. Here’s the details:Start Time: Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 8:00pmEnd Time: Sunday, March ...
I work on the 4th finger (tower 3) of this highly feng-shui influenced building, Suntec City. Stumbled upon this nice drawing on the Suntec City website today.Tradition has it that you receive wealth with the left hand. So, basically the design of SG downtown is like the right hand (Raffles Place area, generate wealth) and ...
Yey it’s on! Don’t know how much actual work I can do, but promotion is cheap Quick note: if you’re in US (especially east coast) - go to Harvard. It’s one weekend, and it’s going to be great. Even if you’re on the west coast, it might also be worth it to fly there. ...
Setup by Stanford Technology Ventures Program, the Educators Corner is a free online archive of entrepreneurship resources, paid by sponsors.Compared with TED, their set of lectures seems to be more down to earth, and practical for most people in today’s entrepreneurial world. Streaming is as expected to be not as good as video sharing sites, ...
Latest from AVA:White Rabbit Creamy Candy Found To Contain MelamineAVA’s latest laboratory findings show that the “White Rabbit Creamy Candy” (大白兔奶糖) from China is also contaminated with m …
Will be I think my shortest chinese new year break - Wednesday drive up Sunday drive down. Thursday and Friday in Ipoh, Saturday in PJ/KL, Sunday noon in Malacca.FYI la if anyone wants to meet up. CMU affiliates - Saturday night supper (will update on email). Friday night supper is still open (in PJ), Ipoh ...
Want to know how much it REALLY cost to drive in Singapore? Here’s my “report” - next time remember to help sponsor a bit, moi not very rich… Initial cost (including loan from bank)$71,300Minus Loan $40,000 from the bank($40,000)Installments thus far @ $693/mo$7,623Total Petrol (1 year, including 3 trips to KL, 1 trip to ...
Who doesn’t needs a pretty face? Ad from szelee:As some of you might know, my wife, Yun Xin has been taking up make-up course for the past few months and she has completed the course recently. Here are the links of her work:Makeup lessons photos: picasaweb.google.com/tanyunxinSelected makeup lessons photo: szelee.com/yunxin/?cat=44Final exam photos: …
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