• Tweets

    Twitter Weekly Updates

    June 7, 2009
    • It is Sunday. Tomorrow will be the start of my Hell Week. Hope to survive. Can’t imagine how I will feel by Friday night. #
    • E3 Booth Babes. http://tinyurl.com/owlyr3 Eye candy as usual. #
    • RT @feliciaday: Um, Star Wars MMO Video: Gasp! http://bit.ly/10E8Rf #
    • Australia’s H1N1 cases up to 876 confirmed cases. http://bit.ly/VKunp #
    • R.I.P David Eddings. You will be missed. http://tinyurl.com/qd8sq7 #
    • The Palm Pre review is out. http://bit.ly/rUzCj #
    • Twitter addicts bring down NYT computers. http://bit.ly/1llxI #
    • H1N1 confirmed cases now up to 11. http://bit.ly/IA15Y #
    • Just found out that one of my fav fantasy author, David Eddings, has passed away at the age of 77. You will be missed. #
    • I am asked to get myself certified. As if I have any time to attend any training/course. #
    • RT @FluSingapore: SG has confirmed its 9th case of H1N1. http://bit.ly/4dOhJ (The number is climbing.) #
    • The game that I wasted too much of my life on is now 25 years old. http://bit.ly/GToxl #
    • RT @GameSpot_E3: NEWS: New Super Mario Bros. Wii due this holiday – http://gamespot.com/6210802 #E3 #
    • Has always been introspective after midnight since uni days. Still the same after so many years. #
    • Next week will be Hell Week for me. I don’t know if I can survive through it, as such, I will take it cool this week. #
    • I always believe if I don’t know, I should open my mouth and ask. I may not get the answer, but at least I asked. #
    • RT @mrbrown: http://bit.ly/o0Cl8 Star Wars: The Old Republic trailer. I think I just ****** in my pants. (Ditto) #
    • WWF is having exclusive movie preview ‘Trail of the Panda’. Proceeds go to WWF for its panda efforts in Sichuan. http://bit.ly/hJoFl #
    • RT @mashable: Bing Opens Up. It’s Live.com, Wrapped In a Prettier Box. – http://bit.ly/Eb2Vy #
    • The planning is done. Instructions have been given. Now it is execution, and that is out of my hands. I look forward to the results. #
    • Irresponsible? http://bit.ly/gAo7k #

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  • Ramblings

    David Eddings

    June 4, 2009

    A quick glance at my Twitter and something caught my eye yesterday.

    ‘David Edding has passed away.’

    It was a name that I was familiar with, yet a name that I have not come across in years. It brought back the memories when I was still schooling, and when I actually read books.

    I remember the first fantasy book that I came across was back in Secondary 2. A classmate recommended me the book Magician by Raymond E. Feist. Before then, I knew nothing about fantasy books, but within a few pages, I was hooked. The idea of a small boy who went on to become the most powerful magician in two worlds somehow appealed to me. Perhaps deep inside the boy I was then, I was hoping to be like Pug, that small boy, hoping that when I grow up, I will be somebody.

    David Eddings, Tolkien (way before the movies came out), Tracy Hickman, Margaret Weis, and other fantasy authors, I read their books again and again. The stuff of my day dreams then were made of powerful wizard battling against the immense might of the dragons, to save the beautiful elven lady captured, or a beggar boy growing up to be a knight in shinning armour, riding a white unicorn and leading an army to overthrow the evil King, and other fantasy inspired dreams. Looking back, I think reading fantasy books help to develop the creativity side of me.

    However when I started work, the time spent reading books gets lesser and lesser, and then one day it just stopped. The only non-work related stuff I read are what is on Facebook, Twitter and Google News. It is sad really.

    After thinking about it, I told myself that no matter how busy I am, I should start reading books again. One of my friends told me before that while food is the source of nourishment for the body, books are the source of nourishment for the brain.

    So thanks David Eddings for everything. Not only you were partly responsible for how I am today, but also you were part of the wonderful memories I have now when I was much younger. I hope you are now beside Aldur, enjoying a tankard of ale and giving yourself a pat on the back for all the wonderful books you have written.

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  • Tweets

    Twitter Weekly Updates

    May 31, 2009
    • Twitter’s Biggest Egos, Exposed. http://bit.ly/bahM1 #
    • Cleaning the floor using newly bought OSM’s iEcologi is like going to the gym for a 2 hrs workout. OMG, the weight! But OMG the clean floor! #
    • Ordered McDonald’s delivery at 1.20pm. It reached at 3.15pm. 2 hrs to have my lunch delivered. You fail, McDonalds. #
    • Spend so much money, with so many good players, and a good manager. Should be winning the Champions League, not the FA Cup. #
    • Why is winning the FA Cup consider the winning in the ‘Mecca’ of world football? Shldn’t it be the Champions League? #
    • Green promise seen in LED lighting. http://bit.ly/yC1rK #
    • Susan Boyle lost! OMG! #
    • RT @mashable: WARNING: Juste is Latest Twitter Scam to Avoid (please RT) – http://bit.ly/nR26E #
    • RT @avalanchelynn: If @livestrongceo reaches 25,000 followers by 2morrow, Livestrong gets an extra $25,000 from an anonymous donor! #
    • Too many login IDs, too many passwords to remember. #
    • Google Wave looks very cool. If only it can be downloaded now so I can play with it. http://bit.ly/btFPx #
    • RT @izreloaded: Fuck! 3 more H1N1 cases in Singapore! I’m sure there will be more. http://tinyurl.com/o26e5y #
    • Yes! Wendy’s is coming to Singapore! http://bit.ly/ProgZ #
    • RT @JoeAugustin: FB RT: Puyee Wong .. Singapore’s first H1N1 case. call 1800-3339999 if u were on SQ25 arriving from NY on tue 26.5 #
    • Hate to think of all the BCPs that companies might start activating now cos of the H1N1 case. Means more work for me! #
    • Can’t get into CNA website. Must be overloaded from pple wanting to read abt the H1N1 news. #
    • Passengers on SQ25 on 26 May from NY to SG (arrival 6.30am) seated in rows 52 to 58 are to call the MOH H1N1 hotline at 1800-333 9999. #
    • SG 1st H1N1 confirmed case. http://bit.ly/4woYAQ #
    • Confirmed by CNA 1st H1N1 case in SG. #
    • Lesson learnt. A very painful one, but at least I end up wiser. #
    • Goodbye Newcastle. You were never good enough. Now where is Owen going to be next season? #
    • Last match of the EPL 2008/2009 season. No EPL football for at least 3 months. Weekends will have 1 less thing to look forward to. #

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  • Ramblings

    Busy

    May 29, 2009

    Busy.

    One word that I use to describe what is happening to me for the past few weeks.

    With additional responsibilities thrown onto my shoulders, I find myself working. And working. Days pass by like whirlwind, time does not mean anything to me. I only know the work that needs to be done, and planned. I only know when it is time to wake up, when it is time to eat, when it is time to go home, and when it is time to sleep.

    I feel numb.

    Perhaps when I start to slow down, I might question myself if this is all worth it. I suspect though, that the only one word answer I will get is, ‘Meaningless’.

    In the meantime, I work. I am busy.

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  • Tweets

    Twitter Weekly Updates

    May 24, 2009
    • Sigh another 4hrs+ and it’s Monday. How come the weekend went by so fast? #
    • Cameras that spy on you while you pee in the airport’s toilet. http://bit.ly/LsUWQ #
    • I am still working. I don’t know why I am doing this. My life is nothing but work. Meaningless. #
    • I am having another conference call in the middle of a meeting. I don’t know how I even manage all these. #
    • How do you get people to improve their quality of work? Motivate them or just kick their ass? Decision, decision. #
    • Palm Pre. WANT! When is it coming to Singapore? http://bit.ly/dlzvV #palmpre #
    • RT @minishorts: my IT friend said #microsoft #cibai is not a program – its a tool. Of course #Cibai is a tool! What else didya think it was #
    • Microsoft named their application after a pussy. http://bit.ly/LUtFN #
    • RT @miyagi @izreloaded: I stop going to Channel News Asia since last night because I’m too scared of the InSing.com Nasi Lemak ad. ** Ditto. #
    • In a conf call with colleagues from… Colombia. #
    • Accept that some days you’re the pigeon, some days you’re the statue and some days the white stuff that splats on those statues. #
    • WTF is people expecting me to pick up my hp at night and expect me to monitor my work emails even after I am home?! #
    • RT @NASA: The fourth of five STS-125 spacewalks concluded at 5:47pm ET. It was 8 hours, 2 minutes. #
    • Silhouette of Atlantis and the Hubble Space Telescope in front of the sun. http://bit.ly/PnzN9 #
    • Everyone is saying Star Trek is great. Everyone is watching it more than once. Must find time to watch. #

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  • Tweets

    Twitter Weekly Updates

    May 17, 2009
    • Work to live, not live to work. Have to constantly remind myself this. #
    • WTF am I working even on weekends? Come to think of it, I have been working at home on weekends for some time. WTF happened? #
    • CNA website has a annoying ad that says ‘nasi lemak’ on my PC speaker on almost every single page. It is just irritating. #
    • I have a job that makes it impossible to plan my leave in advance. I hate it. #
    • Yes, weekend is here. After 1 wk of crazy work days, I can look forward to some rest. #
    • RT @lucian: We need to free information. #nextbus #
    • In the fourth meeting of the day. I have absolutely no idea what I am saying in all of the meetings so far. #
    • I am an otaku. I am still working at this hour and have 2 scheduled conf calls before 12mn. #
    • RT @tweetmeme Twitter Puts a Muzzle on Your Friends: Goodbye People I Never Knew – ReadWriteWeb http://bit.ly/yUooo #
    • RT this if you disagree with Twitter’s decision to hide replies to people you don’t follow. #fixreplies #twitterfail #
    • Question abt gay marriage is temptation from Satan says Miss California http://tinyurl.com/q7bzb7 Wonder what she says abt her topless pics? #
    • I am trying to go green by using the fan as I work at home. I feel like a stuffed turkey in an oven. #
    • I am the Suzhou SHIT cleaner. #
    • I am a man wearing many hats and juggling different coloured balls at the same time. #

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  • Tweets

    Twitter Weekly Updates

    May 3, 2009
    • No confidence vote was passed against the new Exco with 1414 to 761. http://tinyurl.com/d34v4x #awaresg #
    • CNA is reporting it as Breaking News. #awaresg #
    • Motion to remove new AWARE exco from office and elect new president has been passed. Ms Josie Lau and her exco have stepped down. #awaresg #
    • Shibuya, Tokyo http://twitpic.com/4e90b #
    • Following #awaresg while ninja free wifi in shibuya, Tokyo. #
    • Following #awaresg on Twitter really gives new meaning to the phrase ‘New Media’. It is like being there in SG even though I am not. #
    • Can’t believe I am following the #awaresg Tweets all the way in Tokyo. #
    • Trying the alcoholic Chu-hi. Quite good! #
    • Finally checked into the hotel in Tokyo. Dead tired. Getting too old to take overnight flight. And hotel only allows me to check in at 2pm. #
    • RT @JoeAugustin: I’m not just aware of AWARE… I’m wearily wary. Best tweet I have seen in the past few days. #
    • Yes, bought Skype credits, setup skype on my iPhone, tested it, and now to use it in Tokyo! #
    • RT @pvponline: the swine flu’s 150 deaths sound scary until you realize the REGULAR flu kills 36,000 annually. #
    • Lynda Carter looks so pretty in the movie Wonder Woman. #
    • The MoH alert system : http://tinyurl.com/cxfb2j #
    • MoH has raised its alert level from Green to Yellow. #
    • Take over someone’s account so someone can go home before 3pm. WTF? #
    • Just found out that Bea Arthur has passed away. Sad. And yes, I love The Golden Girls. #
    • They play good music in my office building’s toilets. #
    • #SwineFlu : Don’t panic, yes. But can’t stop worrying. The scars from SARS still remain. #
    • RT @wilw: By the way: @mashable has a useful, non-sensationalizing, fact-based HOWTO on the whole #swineflu thing: http://is.gd/uyJ2 #
    • US declares public health emergency over swine flu. http://tinyurl.com/co7ogo This is getting worrying. #swineflu #

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  • Happenings

    Dangerously AWARE

    April 26, 2009

    When people actually interprets and twists their religious teachings into what they perceived as correct, and then set forth to commit acts which they justify it on religion, it becomes dangerous. We have seen it too many times. Whether it is strapping on explosives and then setting themselves off in marketplace, or steering a plane into an office building, or beheading women because they got too close to married men, they firmly believe what they are doing is right because that is what their religion taught them.

    As such, when the AWARE drama happened, I sat up and was worried. Because even though no violence nor deaths were involved, a group of women executed a well planned coup because they perceived AWARE as supportive of the alternative lifestyles, and from what they were told by their religion, alternative lifestyles are wrong.

    Listening to the comments by their so called mentor was chilling. They are trying to impose their views of what is right or wrong, on other people. And they firmly believed what they are doing is right. What is even more frightening is that those involved are not some hungry, uneducated people who are easily manipulated using religion, but are doctors, bankers and lawyers. What is going to happen next?

    I have a nagging question that worries me. Does any of our leaders have the same beliefs as them?

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    I should really write more often. It was so hard trying to express my thoughts into this post. I guess all those writing for work is different from trying to put my non work related thoughts into words.

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  • Tweets

    Twitter Weekly Updates

    April 26, 2009
    • This month’s electricity bill will go through the roof. But this heat! OMG! I am melting! Without aircon at full blast, I will die. #
    • Excellent movie! http://tinyurl.com/cjzfvk Eyes red and heart touched. #
    • QF HWZ ‘how is a feminist a feminist if she ignores and refuses to help women of different race, religion, and gender preferences?’ #
    • TGIF! Yes! Look forward to the weekend so badly! TGIF! TGIF! #
    • This AWARE thing. So drama! Maybe Mediacorp can make a TV series out of it. Confirm better than that Red Thread nobody-watches-series. #
    • Woah. News just reported last night’s wind reached 83 km/h! #
    • Can’t wait till I go to the land of sake. OMG! I need a vacation so bad. #
    • Hot during the day. Crazy wind at night with thunderstorm. Going to be sick! #
    • It is dangerous when religious groups try to impose their beliefs on others. #
    • Can feel the flu bug coming. A *MAJOR* flu bug. #
    • Want a longer life? Have more friends. http://tinyurl.com/c8fogz #
    • RT @wilw: “Every man thinks that his burden is the heaviest.” #
    • This is funny. Comics strip for football fans. http://tinyurl.com/c7ujux Going to bookmarked it. #
    • Had a bad headache. 2 panadols didn’t help. Then had 2 LITs. Headache gone. Alcohol. The cure for *everything*. #
    • A guaranteed 100% way to lose weight : Stress and overwork. #
    • Tenga – Next generation of sex toys. http://tinyurl.com/ck8dua #
    • RT @nytimes: Stephen Hawking Hospitalized http://bit.ly/o74mM #
    • Boss asked me to plan how to manage my time. My plan is to learn how to be at 10 places at the same time. #
    • RT @TIME: Japan to unemployed immigrants: Thanks, you can go home now. http://twurl.nl/4kiu5i Will other countries follow suit? #
    • RT @mashable: Susan Boyle Videos To Exceed 100 Million Views!! – http://bit.ly/17rR11 #
    • I need to hire people but there is a headcount freeze. Have to hire or I will die from overwork. #
    • Race between Ashton Kutcher and CNN goosed by Twitter? http://tinyurl.com/c5egeg #
    • Heart beating faster these few days again. Must be the stress. Need to destress. #
    • Bye bye Newcastle. You will be relegated. #

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