Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Saturday, August 13, 2005

Vancouver

Vancouver is the start of our cruise. My family and cousin's extended family from Hawaii are booked on the wonderful Island Princess. We arrived three days earlier before the ship set off so had some time to explore the city and Victoria Island.tbc tbc tbc tbc tbcfsdfasdfRead the entire entry. [testte...
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Monday, August 8, 2005

National Day Astronomy

On this Singapore's 40th National Day, does anyone have any concerns about the crescent moon in our flag? LOL :)Logo of Tomorrow.sg, designed by Xiaxue.The geeky flag designer's worst nightmare: Scalability!Anyway, I'll be going off tomorrow on some cruise to nowhere, so there'd be probably no new entries for the rest of the month...Update (!): I was just watching the...
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Friday, August 5, 2005

Oasis

It has been years since I've sat at a cafe to read a book and sip drugs. The quiet Starbucks at Far East Plaza has closed and is now replaced by a Subway. I love that place; a tiny, quiet, out-of-place that few people know existed. The walls are curved so one could just hide behind them or the strategically placed pillars, and disappear. It's an oasis in the midst of...
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Thursday, August 4, 2005

Uniquely Singapore Postcards: Can Win Prizes!

So here's the latest fun thing that was found in this morning's papers: spam your overseas friends with pre-paid postcards from the local tourist bureau, and you might win yourself Metro vouchers or possibly a free trip to Singapore for your friend!All the postcards will be quarantined by Singapore Post until after the draw, and following that, they will be sent to your...
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Uniquely Incongruent Singapore

I was looking at HuiChieh's newspaper cutout on the PM's interview about how he doesn't really mind folks engaging with the government in problem solving, but shouldn't question fundamental policies unless they are taking part in elections, and I wondered how far we've come these 40 years...The same incongruity hit me when I read a newspaper report a few years ago about...
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