Review of BAK2u Loss Recovery Service

Originally written for SPUG.You probably know what this feels like. Having just misplaced your PDA, you rush back to where you might have dropped it, only to find an absence accompanied by that unmistakable, heavy sense of helplessness. All you can do is wait... knowing that you probably won't see your gadget again.A new service called BAK2u might just be the thing you...

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New Blog: Recovering Christians

I've started a new blog called Recovering Christians, hopefully it can become a community blog eventually....

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Getting Married At The Zoo

I was just looking at Cowboy Caleb's call for help to get more information on the workings and protocols of a Chinese wedding ceremony, and it got me thinking of the kind of wedding I'd like. Not like it really matters because I don't even have a partner to marry and I've real doubts about the institution of marriage itself, but just for the sake of wondering aloud...I...

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BlogConII@Hideout And Related 感想

So there was a much smaller con at Hideout last night. Managed to get two Kilkennys at half price, haven't had that for around three years, so that's good. But before that, met my ex-gf in the afternoon before wandering into a library that's along the way and deciding to pick up a book on the I Ching but managed to find two instead (fascinating stuff, I should talk about...

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Blog Terrorism: Xiaxue Hacked

So anyway, the terrible news today was that Xiaxue's blog was hacked and entries and thousands of her email were deleted from her email account. Now, Streetdirectory.com.sg was also hacked yesterday, but somehow I don't feel much sympathy for them. But Xiaxue's different. There's so much material inside, in the form of personal diaries, that it's a personal space (and...

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The Singapore I Want

Over at the SPUG Forums, there's an interesting thread going on titled The Singapore I Want. I said,The Singapore I want:Is a Singapore where all the folks can move out the MRT before the folks outside start to walk in.For some reason, I believe that if we can do this, Singapore would be an entirely different place compared to now.Anyway, I've said it before, but I'll...

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NKF Peanuts Abhor A Vacuum

Why is it not a complete surprise to me that someone's wife has now stepped into the fray? Mrs Lee Hsien Loong (Prime Minister's wife) has just written a letter "Charity still saving lives and still needs support" and it takes up almost half the ST Forums page today.On the issue of CEO pay, I believe that even charities ought to be managed professionally. How else can...

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Bloggers.sg BlogCon: ST Reporters Got Tired And Yawned

Today (Saturday) is the Bloggers.sg event to be held at NTUC at the Esplanade. I'll be helping out at the event, so see you there!Sunday Update (!): When I saw this in this morning's papers, I literally LAUGHED OUT LOUD!Click picture for bigger picture. I believe I know what the reporters are talking about. At the event (I was the guy ferrying the microphone around),...

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NKF Saga: A Watershed In Local Court Case Reporting!

他中计了! (Please don't sue me, my personal unreliable opinion only.) NKF CEO finds himself A Few Good Mened after he's forced to reveal his salary ($25,000 a month + 12 months bonus = $600,000 a year) during cross examination in the latest interesting defamation case of the National Kidney Foundation against the Straits Times' owners. The NKF "is taking issue with a Straits...

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I Believe I'm Not Intelligent

I was just reading Adina's blog entry about a friend who's depressed he didn't do well for the exams, and as a result even begins to doubt his intelligence. I'm probably like him; I just got my results today, and they aren't good by any measure. I did get the B.Sc.; but I thought I'd do well enough to get into Honours, and that seems unlikely now unless there's a calculation...

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MIT Blog Survey

Go and participate! The presentation of the results is quite fun to watch..."This is a general social survey of the greater weblog community being conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Our goal is to help understand the way that weblogs are affecting the way we communicate with each other. Specifically we are interested in issues of demographics, communication...

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Love Triangle Between Three Nations

I haven't intentionally watched a Chinese drama serial on TV in over 20 years, so to make up for lost time, I'm now slogging through this mega set of 28 DVDs, 84 40-minutes episodes of "Love Triangle Between Three Nations" (三国演义）. I now have a better idea of why the Chinese people are unparalleled in their ability to think up the most awesome plots to trick others; it's...

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London Weeping

When I first heard the news on TV, one thing that came to my mind was: can Singapore handle something of this magnitude? I guess I'm resigned to the idea that terrorist acts will happen anywhere in the world; it will happen, if not in London, then elsewhere. The victims were innocent civilians who for no particular reason were at the wrong place at the wrong time. The...

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Google Earth: View Of The Gods

I've just downloaded Google Earth, and this program is absolutely stunning! I once tried to collect satellite images to make scenery for Microsoft Flight Simulator, it took so long just to find the relevant authorities/service providers that possess the images, then searching for relevant pictures, cutting and pasting one small piece of map one by one... In contrast,...

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Gay Couples: Methodists Move Progressively Forward

I've just been reading some news on the Internets that the Methodist church has endorsed gay marriage. This was incorrectly reported, the recommendations from last week's Methodist Conference 2005 was more like:35. Guidance should be published on how to respond to requests to conduct prayers or services of blessing for same-sex couples, particularly in the light of recent...

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Writing Letters To The Editor

An anonymous person commented yesterday on my entry on PCK...Hi, I was wondering why bloggers like yourself do not write to the forum of ST. For example, your take on SM Goh's comments brought out a very important point on Singapore society's attitude today. Does not writing in have anything to do with heavy editing on ST's part?I have at times suggested to other bloggers...

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Airbus A320 Cockpit Pictures!

So while everyone was moving slowing out of the parked aircraft at Singapore's Changi Airport, I noticed a kid walking into a cockpit. What was he doing there?! Post 9-11, it's totally impossible to ask for permission for a tour of the cockpit while the aircraft was in flight. But what about if the flight was already over? I never considered that scenario, did the kid...

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I Am A Tourist

So take, take me homeCos I don'’t remember...~Phil Collins/Take Me HomeSo I've just come back from Perth. There're some rumours floating around that foreigners are treated better than locals, so I'm going to test this idea by imagining I'm a tourist.Of course, all tourists pick up tourist brochures. So there's a new Visitors' Centre at the airport and it's beautifully...

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