December, 2009

December 15, 2009

{UPDATED} Plagiarism at its best: Microsoft China steals Plurk's concept

I was chilling out on Plurk when this came up: Yes. You must be thinking, Microsoft China ripping off Plurk? See for yourself. In this blog post, a comparison was done between the design and the codings. They have uncanny similarities between them. Except for visual changes, I cannot see that Microsoft China created its [...]

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December 14, 2009

Job hunt

The hunt starts now! Anyone has a job to spare? Preferably admin ones.

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December 12, 2009

Flash Mob at Orchard

There will be a flash mob later at Orchard. I just received news of it on Facebook. It is perfect for those who wants to have pillow fights. Remember to bring pillows for it. Please refer to the Facebook event page for more information. P.S. I am falling sick. It is probable that I will [...]

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December 12, 2009

I am a Singaporean blogger who acts indepedent of Singapore Government control

The debate between Fusion Garage and Tech Crunch over Crunchpad and Joo Joo has heated up to another level. Micheal Arrington has made a sweeping statement: Singapore indeed does not have a free go on what can be published on the press. What is deemed as unsavory to the local population at large is censored [...]

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December 8, 2009

[Telegraph(UK) Video] Extreme Sheep Herding

Here is a just for laughs video involving dozens of sheep in a pasture somewhere in the United Kingdom. Credits should go to @Endoh for highlighting this on Plurk. Enjoy!

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December 7, 2009

Why you should never spot questions

I just came back from my Tax paper and all I can say is: I was not fully prepared. Due to distractions in camp and at home, I managed only to concentrate fully on my studies much closer to the exams, to close for comfort. Anyway, I was revising through the notes given out in [...]

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December 6, 2009

Local places to visit after ORD and exams

Just a list. You won’t know how much I have missed juggling both at the same time. Marina Barrage Henderson Walk Ikea. I want the meatballs. East Coast. Cycle and run. Ice rink at Kallang. There are only 2 groups I went ice-skating with before. Tampines. New mall! Pasir Ris. The beach. P. Ubin. Hiking [...]

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December 5, 2009

Cultivate local runners please

Why does Singapore have to pay foreign athletes to participate in our local events? No doubt, for local events to survive, we do need foreign participants. However, is there a need to pay them? Can’t the Sports Councils or equivalent authorities in these athletes’ countries fund their expenses instead? The logic is simple, no matter [...]

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December 4, 2009

[Facebook Video] ORD Song to Taylor Swift’s Love Story

It is here! Not really. I still have 10 more days to ORD. Back to the topic, there is this guy who uploaded a video on Facebook singing about his joy of ORD-ing and getting his pink IC back. His singing is off, but it is just amusing. Enjoy. Oh, by the way, if the [...]

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December 4, 2009

Blog Music

One thing that ire most blog readers is having music suddenly blasting out when they enter a blog. In most situations, it is inappropriate. How are the readers going to explain to their teachers or bosses when they are supposed to be doing work? Or how will the readers apologise to fellow library users for [...]

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