Category: Miscellaneous

Any other thing under the sun.

Downsized Christmas Tree

December 25, 2008December 25, 2008  |  Miscellaneous  |  This year’s Christmas tree has been downsized. Not that it was intended as a reflection of the economic downturn. It’s actually a new tree though. The previous tree isn’t that old, but I guess the new tree is ...

Heater Still Needed In Hot Singapore

December 24, 2008May 19, 2014  |  Miscellaneous  |  Yes, sometimes you still need a heater instead of cold air-conditioning even in the hot Singapore weather. Previously my Honda Civic had a heater mode. I would have thought that it would be quite useless in our local climate. But ...

Inferior RikeCool Clarity from Kah Motor

December 20, 2008May 19, 2014  |  Miscellaneous  |  Most people will try to negotiate some freebies with their new car purchase. One item that often gets packaged together is solar film installation. Solar films are designed to tint the glass and reduce the amount of heat absorbed ...

Clothes Dryer In A Honda Stream

December 12, 2008May 19, 2014  |  Miscellaneous  |  The multi-purpose flexibility of our new Honda Stream has already been put to good use. We transported a clothes dryer. It was actually enough to just fold down the 3rd row seats. But it didn’t fit after padding the sides ...

Christmas Tree Dressed in Recycled Materials

December 8, 2008  |  Miscellaneous  |  This is a Christmas Tree put up at the Botanic Gardens, dressed up with decorations made out of recycled materials. You can probably make out things like plastic straws, drink cans and CDROMs. Not so obvious are things like ...

Mandatory Get Out Of My Way Scheme

December 6, 2008June 4, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  LTA recently announced their new Mandatory Give Way to Buses Scheme to commence from 20 Dec 2008. I’m thinking that nowadays buses are getting too much privileges. Very soon, they might just as well have a Mandatory Get ...

Customer Waiting Lounges For Car Owners

December 5, 2008May 19, 2014  |  Miscellaneous  |  RikeCool Customer Lounge Car owners nowadays get quite well taken care of by various automotive service providers. Pictured here is the RikeCool customer waiting lounge. It’s a small room, but clean, neat, comfortable and ...

But Of Course COE Has To Go Up

December 3, 2008May 19, 2014  |  Miscellaneous  |  The $2 COE has to go up, what else did you expect? The 1st bidding exercise for December 2008 has just concluded, and the Cat A COE that fell to a record $2 last month has been “corrected” to $7721. COE in all ...

State Of The Blog – 20 Months On

December 2, 2008May 21, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  You have State of the Union Address, State of the University Address, and I will have my very own State of my Blog essay. This blog site is now coming to about 20 months old. It has grown tremendously over the months. While in ...

Moving to WordPress 2.7

November 30, 2008November 30, 2008  |  Miscellaneous  |  Running on WordPress 2.7-beta3 WordPress 2.7 is coming soon. I’ve been trying out the beta releases on my test site. Although much of the improvements are usability enhancements (things that I don’t generally find ...