Category: Miscellaneous

Any other thing under the sun.

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 ...

What Does SingTel’s EPL Win Mean

October 11, 2009May 26, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  If SingTel plays their cards right, I think they’re going to win lots of customers. Their win of the English Premier League broadcast rights in Singapore last week surprised many people. The immediate reaction of most ...

ERP for Pedestrian Crossings

September 29, 2009May 12, 2014  |  Miscellaneous  |  That’s what I was thinking, ERP for pedestrian crossings, when I came across an article in the Straits Times a couple of days ago. Tap & Cross. Or perhaps Tap, Deduct, and Cross. Yet another interesting revenue ...

University Education as a Consumer Good

September 20, 2009August 21, 2013  |  Miscellaneous  |  It’s an interesting thought. What if one day, you select a university education by comparing prices, facilities, location, bundled freebies, guarantees, loan schemes, and reviews? What if one day, your university education ...

The Disabled’s Toilet

September 12, 2009May 13, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  I came across this sign on a toilet door recently: Disabled’s Toilet. I thought it sounded crude. Usually such toilet facilities are labeled as “Handicap Toilet”, or at least that is the case I most often see in ...

09/09/09 09:09

September 9, 2009May 22, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  Today, and this time of day particularly, is one of those special moments in time where the day, month, year, hour and minute are all the same. It seems like a good time to post some rant at this auspicious minute. Yeah, I missed ...

The President Visits My Workplace

September 8, 2009May 22, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  Yes, President  S R Nathan came by today, not to visit me, but just to visit my workplace. I’m not important enough, so I had to sneak a photo shot from far back, behind a glass wall. Hence the strange reflections you see ...

Speedy Service at M1 Shop

August 16, 2009August 17, 2009  |  Miscellaneous  |  You know how it is, the queue to get a queue number is itself quite long and slow moving. Buying a handphone, especially on a weekend, can take up quite a bit of time. I’ve waited like 2 hours to be served at M1 Shop the ...

The Cat Got Out of the Bag

August 14, 2009June 8, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  Yeah, the cat has finally been let out of the bag. Actually, it became officially announced many days ago, but most people seldom read official news. I would have missed it myself too. So it took an email announcement for the ...