I never thought I’d encounter something like this in my life. But I did. So here is one more for the series “I see I take”.
2009 Ang Pows
Last year, I blogged about OCBC Ang Pows and I think I will be remiss if I don’t follow up on this year’s batch of ang pows I received.
The good news is, OCBC did not disappoint, although it wasn’t quite as impressive as in year 2008. And there were some with interesting ideas with other red packets, but that I thought didn’t quite work.
Tom Bihn Small Cafe and Soft Cell Size 6
It’s here!
My order of Tom Bihn’s Small Cafe and vertical Soft Cell for my new second hand macbook. And it comes with a free sticker too!
Because my sister shipped it for me, I only had to pay US$8 for shipping. She sent it to me after repacking it out of the box into a envelope for US$14.65.
If I had opted for the huge shipping box that Tom Bihn would’ve sent it in, it would’ve cost me anywhere between US$45 and $55. So I owe my sister a treat.
Sichuan Earthquake – Picking up the pieces
The following photos appeared on The Straits Times Thursday 13th November 2008.
The photos from Reuters accompany two articles from Associated Press (AP) and Agence France-Presse (AFP), titled “First Step for Sichuan – jobs” and “Rebuilding a town brick by painful brick”, that took a whole page.
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I see, I take #1
Sorry about the title, but there’s really nothing better to call this. And I bet there’s going to be tonnes of these.
There are times, you just walk around and see things. And the mobile phone being such a proficient camera these days, you’re obliged to snap away and add to the growing international collection of space hogging digital photos pressed into CDs, DVDs, hard disks and never getting printed.
Since I’m not an avid a-post-every-five-minutes type of blogger, these junk photos get backlogged until I am absolutely compelled to clean up my digital gunk.
Okay, to get the ball rolling…
Captions for photos
Remember English class in primary school? They’d give you a picture and you’d have to make up a caption for it. And later on, it became make up a story for it?
Well, when I took this picture, outside Novena Square, I was thinking I could come up with a good caption for this photo.
But it’s not easy to be funny, smart and clever all the time. Let alone any of the time.
Hari Puttar and the Order of the Names
Seen in today’s Straits Times:
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Americans. Still think we Asians can’t spell.
Singapore’s Medal Haul at Paralympics
Two bronzes, a silver and a gold. All thanks to Laurentia Tan (Equestrian) and Yip Pin Xiu (Swimming).
After so much fanfare, crowd support, media coverage, financial support for the Olympics team, the performances from the lesser known disabled sportsmen, is truly something to be admired.
There were no tears like cry baby ping pong player Gao Ning who blamed his coach for not being court side to help him defeat his opponent.
Geriatric Race
I was just thinking about my post where I mentioned that Singapore needs a national sport – something that Singaporeans naturally would be motivated to play because they simply love it.
It seemed ping pong was the answer. Singapore has invested so much into the sport. Our entire team has been transplanted out of their home country and away from their families for our selfish desire for a medal. And now, we actually have a silver medal after our 48 year drought.
While others are asking when the next medal will come, the question I think is more important is who is going to win it. I said, hopefully, it’ll be a born in Singapore Singaporean.
But now, I’m not so sure. Not so sure that ping pong should be our national sport.
The Olympic Tale of Two Countries
Yesterday, I watched two matches in two fields of sport, involving two countries who made it to the finals of that sport for the very first time.
I’m talking about Singapore in the team ping pong finals and Malaysia in the men’s singles badminton finals.