Category: Miscellaneous

Any other thing under the sun.

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 ...

The Meaning of Shingz

November 9, 2009May 19, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  I’ve just noticed that Shingz has become the top searched phrase that led to my blog, some 14 times more so than the next phrase. As a word on its own, it’s in number two place. In fact, if you just search for shingz ...

$166 Million Jackpot Malfunction

November 4, 2009  |  Miscellaneous  |  In a report from WFTV, a man in Daytona Beach, Florida, hit the jackpot of about US$166 million, or so the slot machine says, but was told he will not get a single cent because the machine had probably malfunctioned. It’s ...

Electronic Payments Not For All Merchants

November 1, 2009May 19, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  Here’s what a merchant did with his EZ-Link payment terminal: Shelved neatly inside a glass display. Nice to look at, but not to be used. I’m guessing this merchant doesn’t want to use it at all. There are ...

Boomz and Shingz

October 30, 2009June 9, 2015  |  Miscellaneous  |  I’m surprised how much momentum Ris Low’s brand of English has gained in such a short period of time. I can imagine there will be lots of talk around town about Boomz and Shingz. It’s on TV, it’s on radio, ...

The NUS Beer Garden

October 25, 2009November 3, 2009  |  Miscellaneous  |  I’ve been joking about this beer garden in NUS for some time, even before construction actually started. After many months of waiting, this timber deck overlooking the valley behind Kent Ridge was finally ready. When it was ...

Jack Neo Guest Lecture

October 14, 2009May 11, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  We had a treat today – a guest lecture by Jack Neo and Boris Boo. The guest lecture was for a course in Digital Media Production. The main star was Jack Neo, of course, and although I wasn’t expecting to hear anything ...