Category: Miscellaneous

Any other thing under the sun.

Another Year Passes By

December 30, 2010  |  Miscellaneous  |  Last Christmas (the one in 2009), we were in Hawaii. I was just doing some “housekeeping” on my notebook and started to look through some of the photos, particularly those of our family holiday in Hawaii. Oh, and the ...

On 10-10-10

October 10, 2010May 11, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  It’s 10th October 2010. It’s the 10-10-10 date, apparently very popular with many couples to get married on this day. But on this day, the wife is sick. The baby girl is sick. The baby boy is also sick. I woke up with ...

TransitLink Claim Follow-up

October 8, 2010May 5, 2014  |  Miscellaneous  |  As promised, here’s the follow-up to my previous post on my TransitLink Fare Refund. I’m delighted at the effort it took to process my refund of 65 cents in the form of a cheque sent by post. The accompanying letter ...

TransitLink Fare Refunds

September 22, 2010May 5, 2014  |  Miscellaneous  |  I wasn’t going to write about this (yet), but then, the “NFS Anonymous Access User” decided for me that I should rant a little bit. Yes, that’s the name of the person from TransitLink who sent me an email ...

Appraisal Time

September 21, 2010August 18, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  I hate appraisal time. Not just about me getting appraised. But also about me appraising or giving input to appraise others. The “system” sometimes (or often times) fail to capture pertinent performance markers. The ...

Offline…

August 22, 2010August 18, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  I just realized that I’ve been “offline” for a while. “Offline” in the sense that this blog hasn’t had any updates for almost 2 weeks now. There are a couple of reasons for it. Probably the ...

National Day Patriotism

August 9, 2010April 11, 2011  |  Miscellaneous  |  The most patriotic member of the family this year has got to be Vanessa. She’s been bugging both me and Mummy: “Why we no Singapore flag?” “Why our car no Singapore flag?” “See, Singapore ...

Courtesy is for YOG too, Part 2

July 29, 2010June 9, 2015  |  Miscellaneous  |  I didn’t think the YOG intended any courtesy in their Give Way sign. My suggestion to “Please give way” was moot. It’s now officially “Give Way or Give Me ...

How Many Signs Does It Take To Locate A Room?

July 29, 2010June 9, 2014  |  Miscellaneous  |  16. At least. Sixteen! That’s for academics! It’s not a big building. There are only just 4 storeys (and one basement). It’s not a maze. It’s just a rather longish building. There are only two stairwells. ...

From Rags to Riches

July 29, 2010  |  Miscellaneous  |  Not quite riches. But it’s amazing how in a little over a week, all this mess is going to turn into something that actually does look nice enough to be paraded around in a sort of competition. That is going to become a ...