Category: Miscellaneous

Any other thing under the sun.

Coffee ‘O’ Included, Add 40 Cents For Milk

November 28, 2008November 28, 2008  |  Miscellaneous  |  Set meal includes black coffee, but no milk This will be the first time ever I’ve seen a set meal that includes coffee ‘O’, tea or a soft drink, but not milk for the coffee. Look at the menu. No doubt, they ...

Time Travel In This Lift

November 26, 2008May 22, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  Obviously it is nowhere near 2028 when I skepped into this lift last week. That’s some 20 year ahead. — Posted from my N95 ...

Car Accident With NUS Bus

November 24, 2008May 19, 2014  |  Miscellaneous  |  Some months ago, a bus collided into my car. I was fortunate that there was video footage to capture the entire accident, including the fact that the bus driver simply drove off. The matter is finally over, so I feel okay to ...

Korean’s Are So Poor Thing

November 19, 2008November 19, 2008  |  Miscellaneous  |  Today, a few colleagues and I decided to head to the new West Coast Plaza for lunch. It’s the newly refurbished shopping centre that used to be known as Ginza Plaza. I had the impression that the shopping centre was already ...

Autumn In Singapore

November 18, 2008November 30, 2008  |  Miscellaneous  |  It’s 37 days to Christmas, and some of the trees are getting into the mood. Like this one along Bras Basah road shedding its leaves to lend an autumn atmosphere to the area. If only there was a nicer backdrop than a ...

SMRT Forgets To Pay The Bills

November 14, 2008June 4, 2016  |  Miscellaneous  |  This should be an embarrassment to SMRT. It looks like they forgot to pay their bills. Their corporate website www.smrtbuses.com.sg is now inaccessible, because apparently the license for their Blue Coat proxy appliance has ...

Attending Class at SMU

November 13, 2008November 12, 2009  |  Miscellaneous  |  The last two days I’ve been attending class at the Singapore Management University’s downtown campus. It’s actually my first visit to the SMU campus, so during the breaks I went around exploring the place a ...

Wedding Lunch

November 12, 2008  |  Miscellaneous  |  It’s interesting how different phases of our lives are marked by the types of events that we attend. For example, there are the stages of chalets and BBQ, then wedding dinners, then baby first months, etc. Sometimes it ...

Excursion to Singapore Flyer

November 4, 2008November 5, 2008  |  Miscellaneous  |  After one postponement due to bad weather, and another due to scheduling difficulties, we finally made our excursion “flight” on the Singapore Flyer. Personally, after having gone up enough ferris wheels, observation ...

RSAF 40th Anniversary

November 1, 2008  |  Miscellaneous  |  It’s the RSAF’s 40th anniversary this year. The last couple of years, the RSAF (and to some extent Mindef as a whole as well) seems to be making lots of effort to reach out to its “men” in more personal ...