Sony Ericsson Z520i

This morning, the screen of the Nokia 8210 that I've been using for the past five years suddenly went dim. So I had no choice but to look for a new handphone. Problem was, my impression of the latest handphones was that they just wouldn't good enough. Yes, they have colour screens and so on whereas the venerable 8210 has a monochrome screen, but the newer phones that...

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Travelling Great-grandparents

Stranger! If you, passing, meet me, and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?~To You/Leaves of Grass/Walt WhitmanIf you meet someone that you don't know on the streets, it's reasonable to think of that person as a stranger. But I just read in this month's Geographics that even though he's not someone you know, he's still...

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Straits Times Survey: Almost Half Of Respondents Don't Trust Straits Times

Oops! From today's Straits Times:Believe those blogs? Only 1 per cent find them credibleIT MANAGER Jerry Chia, 34, trusts the newspaper in his hand more than a fleeting TV snippet for his daily dose of local news. To keep up with local politics, he would rather read a page of analysis in the newspaper than catch a newsflash on TV. His preference is typical of 88 per cent...

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Bibbulman Track / Hewett's Hill Campsite

Two days ago, I walked the Bibbulmun Track. Well actually, just 1% of it since the whole trail is almost 1000km long! Took the first 7am bus to the Kalamunda, found the Northern Terminus traihead, but promptly got lost within the first 100m. Luckily, that didn't happen too often for the rest of the 20km return hike.The view before the descent to Piesse Brook. The plan...

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Heirisson Island

OK Amy, here's proof that 1) there's an island called Heirisson Island, and 2) kangaroos live on this island! LOLThis place rocks. The last time I was here, there were I think six kangaroos. This time I either saw two, or four (because I was unsure if the two that I saw initially were the same two that I saw a few minutes later.) Can you see them 'roos?!The good thing...

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Geocaching!

So I've been doing some Geocaching in the past few weeks, but have only found one so far. The fun thing is not just finding the cache itself, but the walking, sometimes for a few hours, which I did one weekend from Bukit Timah but didn't find anything despite reaching all the locations. Last week, I was in Perth, and I found six! I think I'm getting better, there seems...

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First Aid Course

There was an interesting article a few days ago in the newspaper about this girl called Esther in ACS (I didn't know ACS had girls?!) who performed CPR on a heart attack victim. Her efforts bought enough time to keep him alive.Student, 17, keeps heart attack victim aliveBy Jessica LimTHREE times, the news magazine vendor's heart appeared to have stopped beating. It made...

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Crashback Mountain

I'm so looking forward to tomorrow morning's Oscar telecast. It's the first time in months that I'm going to watch the local English free to air TV Channel 5, woohooo! Three reasons: Crash, Mountain, B., and Stewart, J., in alphabetical order.I haven't recalled any Oscar in the last three decades that had such a compelling and important lineup. Crash forces folks to think...

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For SPUGers

This is a public service announcement for SPUGers who read this blog. I've just been informed that the website is currently down as the hard disk has crashed. The backup can only be restored this weekend The downtime might last for another week, so in the meantime, you can take the opportunity to surf other websites instead of just SPUG hehe... please spread the word,...

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