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In 1964, Richard Feynman was sitting in the committee for choosing textbooks for Californian kids. Here’s what he said.[ Judging Books by Their Covers ]How are textbooks chosen? How should textbooks be chosen? Most country’s MOE sites don’t really share the process in detail. Singapore’s Approved Text Book List site alludes to the fact that ...
Always discovering good music. John Rutter completed this Requiem in 1985. Here’s an easy to follow for those who can sing along, by Cambridge Singers (also founded by Rutters himself). If you don’t have 40 minutes, I recommend 3: Pie Jesu.1: Requiem Aeternam 2: Out of the Deep 3: ...
It’s holiday! As you plan your school holidays and do remember to slot in this exciting all-Russian programme brought to you by The Philharmonic Winds on December 7th @ the Esplanade!.Tickets are dirt cheap: $15, $20, $25, $35, $50 - and if you’re student, remember the drill - go order through your school and you ...
Will be crowded.. register quick!Invitation to Lighthouse Specialised Track - Ideas & Innovation Workshop 2: RSP Services Enablement by Cisco’s EPIC@SG As part of the Lighthouse Series of activities, IDA has worked with Cisco to share their Enabling Platform Innovation Centre (EPIC@SG) with potential RSPs on Singapore’s Next Generation Broadband Network (Next …
You may have read some of my scribblings about Interesthink 2. Well thanks to a bunch of passionate people it’s happening again in December 12 night. The speaker list is still growing, and the audience list would come soon as registration opens today.Based on the previous event, I thought what would really make a different ...
Well technically I never sang this coz I was in HCJC, but I thought the production was pretty well done (maybe got budget … but mainly got heart la..)
Is Today, 1pm to 3pm @ Fusionopolis. Yesterday night, TDM/A*STAR did a nice event for people to interact with the finalists. If one is new to image/video/audio/speech search, I thought it was a great event, but personally I didn’t learn anything new except more anecdotes of the need to search in a more human manner. ...
ComicsI remember reading quite a number of comic books, in addition to my daily dose of comics on the papers till this day. However, I only followed Dragon Ball 七龙珠 all the way. The versio …
If you have no idea where to go on Tuesday evening, why not just stop by Hwa Chong Audi (Bukit Timah) for a light hearted night with my alma mater’s band? The theme “Capriccio” has stood the test of time and is now in its 23rd year. We have alumni coming back from Capriccio II too! HCI(C)SB (SYF 2007 Gold) will play their SYF piece and there will be plenty …
Got to play with new LEGO sets yesterday Better take some pictures before it’s gone (taken back by government) haha:Since I got a different set from jiaxin last year (the Santa and this Angel were both products of BlackBulb Creations (Nicholas Foo)), and both are related to the Western tradition, I thought I ...
The Pencil BoxThe pencil box plays a crucial role in the life of a child. It contains all the important stuff for life, e.g. the ink rubber, bottle caps, marbles etc. and of course pencils for school work but nobody really cares right.They are usually classified into 2 types. One is the “plain” type. I ...
“XXX 正常!” “YYY 正常!”, as we have live stream on TV of China’s first unmanned mission to the moon (XXX normal, YYY normal, etc. manual status report). After a f …
Better hurry to go shop shop shop! GSS starts today and if you miss GSS, then you’ll either end up GSNS! No Sale! Here’s the list of all shopping location I got from a forwarded e-mail. According to the Keynesian economic model, spending is the only way to keep Singapore from plunging into anther recession so soon. Aggregate demand ensures the economy approaches …
If you read PhD Comics, you might have noticed the addition of a new “Emergency Button” at the bottom of each comic strip like this:Clicking on it generates an academic paper that looks like this:Intl. Journal of Temporal Deflective BehaviorVol. 4, No. 1163, pp.169, 2009Copyright c 2008 J. Cham. All rights reservedAdmin Assistants Week: A ...
Last week, when I received a heavy box at office, my heart kinda stopped. I expected the CFA text books to be thick (I didn’t have them for my last exam) but not THIS thick… It measures 14 cm thick if you press them down hard. I appeased myself by imagining the bulk of the ...
SnacksWhen we were absolutely young (primary 1 / standard 1) we cannot venture beyond the walls of our school. But as we age, we learn of brave seniors who would bring in bubble gums and a whole slew of other entertainment stuff. Here’s a sample of (probably illegal by my mum’s standard) food items that ...
One last piece of furniture for sale! Double Decker Bed: $200 only! You move!This is a double decker bed that has served me and my brother pretty well for the past year. It’s available in Hougang (contact me for exact location), and I can dismantle it for you prior to move, but you’ll have to ...
Alas, forget the quirky title. Search engines are dumb that way. I got the idea after seeing this huge ST pull out for “Friendship” in Singapore, as a National Day special in Singapore, and I thought it’s amusing that the most important friendship, that is of these two brother and sister countries are not mentioned ...
Are you a Primary, Secondary, JC, Poly student or someone like a teacher representing them? If so, there is a way for you to get 60% discount on many tickets, thanks to the Singapore Totalisator Board (STB) Arts Grant. This is a step by step article on how to get this refund for Philharmonic Winds‘ concert on 9 June: Behind Wooden Bars.A bit more background: Endorsed by …
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