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Recently I noticed that security cameras were being installed at the Bukit Batok MRT station. Nothing unusual in that, except that as the d...

I went for a medical test at the hospital last week that really freaked me out. It's called a fluorescein angioplasty Basically, it...

This is the most irritating, most irresponsible statement I always hear, especially on the shop floor where I work. Mind you it happens also...

I am a fan of Farmville. Yes, like 74 million others out there, I too, have been swept up by the current rage on the social networking site ...

What a year 2009 had been for me, medically speaking. I am now fully recovered from my spinal surgery done in 2007. I'll be going ...

My co-workers, Kevin and Gibson, and I went to Phuket earlier this month. Here's a clip of them at the rifle range and go kart circuit h...

I hold a credit card which doubles as my stored value card for riding the MRT trains. The card was issued by a major bank, which I shall not...

These are the results of my HBS scan. And these are the scans, for the curious, or the learned who can interpret. (click on the image for a ...

I went for my regular medical check-up last week. I used to have high cholesterol levels and slightly elevated BP. The results of the blood ...

I subscribe to an internet forum based in Thailand whose main purpose is to chat on things happening in Phuket. Recently, postings on the f...

Perhaps coincidentally, since I wrote about Alfred Russel Wallace in early August, there were several further reports in the local newspape...

"What is caveat venditor ?" asked my sister, "I only know of caveat emptor , meaning let the buyer beware." Caveat empto...

Last Sunday, The New Paper On Sunday, had an article by Elysa Chen. In it, she reported on the phenomena that occurs in major departmental s...

Yesterday, my key fan supplier, Fiona from KDK, was sitting at my desk when I received a call from an irate customer. This customer had orde...

Saturday, August 29, 2009 A few recent incidents in my profession on the front-line for my store sadly reminds me that there are still peopl...

If someone asks who founded the Theory of Evolution , most people would say Charles Darwin . And rightly so. Ever since he published his ...

When I was younger, literally at a time when the policemen wore shorts , I lived in the Upper Bukit Timah area. From the mid-50s till late ...

I was doing a search for some information for a piece I intended to write about the Upper Bukit Timah area when I came across this picture t...