Category: Miscellaneous

Any other thing under the sun.

Building Silos

March 20, 2010March 25, 2015  |  Miscellaneous  |  Sometimes, I think about how silos are formed in organizations. You know, the sort of situation where fellow colleagues are divided into organization groups that are oblivious to the existence of the others. Or, they compete with ...

Alongside Cyclists

March 18, 2010May 5, 2014  |  Miscellaneous  |  I used to cycle around a lot, on the roads. That was over 10 years ago. I think I was a well-behaved cyclist, keeping to the side of the road, not getting in the way of motorized vehicles. Back then, the danger was with drivers ...

Realtime Traffic Information

March 6, 2010May 5, 2014  |  Miscellaneous  |  One of the worst things about driving in Singapore (and perhaps many other cities in the world) is getting stuck in traffic jams. It’ll be really nice if we could all somehow have detailed realtime traffic information about ...

Rain, Finally

February 15, 2010March 25, 2015  |  Miscellaneous  |  It’s finally raining now in the afternoon of the second day of this Lunar New Year. I think this must be about one of the hottest ever Lunar New Year. It’s been so hot I already feel uncomfortable the moment I step ...

SingTel Mobile Mucks Up Again

January 20, 2010March 25, 2015  |  Miscellaneous  |  It looks like SingTel Mobile has mucked up again. In the late afternoon, I found that my mobile phone had no signal. After rebooting, it seemed to be okay. So perhaps it was my phone. Then my colleague noted that he had no 3G ...

Visit to Bukit Timah Campus

December 13, 2009May 11, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  I recently visited the NUS Bukit Timah Campus. I was there for a whole day meeting. As I walked around in between breaks, I saw the beautiful internal courtyard. This one in the photo is what they call the Upper Quadrangle. It ...

Gambling at MacDonalds

December 9, 2009March 25, 2015  |  Miscellaneous  |  If you think students hogging tables to study at fast food places is bad, this is worse: Students hogging tables to play cards. I suppose you don’t call it gambling if money doesn’t change hands, but many places just ...

The Meaning of No Bonus

November 27, 2009June 9, 2015  |  Miscellaneous  |  Today I woke up to be greeted by a rather contradictory headline in our Straits Times paper. Civil servants will not get a bonus this year, but they will get a one-time payment. Hmm. Aren’t bonuses like one-time payments ...

IT Joke of the Day

November 26, 2009June 3, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  Obviously this is the kind of joke only for IT people, particularly the Linux people. It’s a case of a post sent to the wrong mailing list which quickly developed into a series of hilarious follow-ups. I myself had a good ...

Colours of Conversation

November 16, 2009  |  Miscellaneous  |  I just attended a course on communication skills last week. I was hoping to pick up some tips on making conversation, in order to better network with other people. People networking is an important part of work, especially when ...