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Part One – Dinner Perhaps I shall hand out a feedback form to my mother to fill in at the end of her each visit to Singapore, at the airport, before flying back to Hong Kong. The qu …
This book, I have read twice. After “My Cousin Rachel“, I wanted to keep up with the soul nourishing reading spree. I ransacked my book collection, even scanned through the b …
Everybody loves Taylor Swift. Even those who have not heard of her before instantly fall in love when I play her concert recording at my home. Including my 2 years old niece who clapped …
I normally do not read books that are written before I was born. I mean, way before I was born. This book “My Cousin Rachel” was published in 1951. I cannot even relate to w …
Quite recently, Blizzard the creator of World of Warcraft has done something rather innovative to a 7 years old online game. They put together a mechanism to automatically matchmaking 25 …
My boss has been kind and understanding. Over an early evening meeting, he said to us in all sincerity, “I know I should have asked you two to do this back in November. But can we …
“How Crazy Your Love” is YUI’s fifth studio album. I am a fan. Hence you can imagine how painful it was for me to wait till the record hits the store here in Singapore …
This year, I am not going to over complicate my New Year’s resolution. It would be: read more, write more, play more music, and do more sport. Other time sinking activities will ha …
Having worked in the financial market industries for quite some years, both Cynthia and I found the movie “Margin Call” pretty realistic. There are moments in the movies when …
A choir. I shall use a choir to illustrate what raiding in an online gaming environment is like. In any given choir, think Christmas Caroling if you may, there is usually one organist or …
Singapore is a small country. You can drive from east to west along the highways that totaled to approximately 50km. That is from Changi Airport to Tuas Checkpoint that leads to Malaysia …
My mother is in town. All of a sudden, my humble home has turned into a family headquarter. My sister visits my home often, with or without my presence, together with my buddy a.k.a. her …
“This is my patent pending invention!” Recently, the inanimated objects around me seem to have taken an unanimous decision to stop working. I felt like moving inside a huge sw …
1Q84 is the 10th Murakami book that I have read. There are similarities when compared to The Wind-up Bird Chronicle. It is divided into three books that span across three consecutive tim …
Cue to perfection, at the very nanosecond that this show was ended, the dude next to me bellowed in pain. For a good ten or twenty seconds, I wasn’t counting. It could well be half …
I am not an American. My version of thanksgiving as such. I am thankful for this country where I call home. She may be tiny; her citizens may have plenty of complaints (myself included); …
Life can be like scenes from your favorite movies. Take today as an example. I felt like being Rachel McAdams in “Morning Glory“. I was excited to face the day, with added r …
I am grateful, to say the least, when I received a beta key from Asiasoft, the new distributor of Blizzard Entertainment games in Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. Thank you Asiasoft! I …
It has been a while since I last attended a Nokia’s media event for the bloggers. My personal schedule seems to be in conflict with Nokia’s calendar lately for some reasons. …
OK. Yet another Gosling movie. This one is good. Much darker than I have expected. It is an artistic movie that captivates. In this movie, Gosling drives cars and works in a garage. …



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