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Friday, December 30, 2011

Us against them, again?

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I woke this morning to read some pretty disturbing development in the Home section of the dailies. "First time curbs placed on 24-hour...
Saturday, December 24, 2011

Hot and under fire (again)

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Please note the term  fire here is used figuratively, as we are aware the subject is a bit sensitive to  'fire'.  (For the uninitia...
Sunday, December 18, 2011

Sunday Rantings. 18 Dec 2011.

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As expected, after the 3 times failure of the rail operator within this same week, I am joined not just by a chorus  but a full choir of ran...

My first job.

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I had my first full time paying job when I was 18 on completion of my GCE A levels. While most of my other classmates were being drafted in...
Saturday, December 17, 2011

Photography as my hobby - Part 3 Been there done that

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As my dads' interest waned, I 'inherited' his cameras. His favorites were the Polaroid Land camera and the twin lens Rolleiflex ...

Photography as my hobby - Part 2 Developing skills

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My dad was a photography enthusiast. In his days, he dabbled in cinematography and was an avid outdoor photographer. He picked up his skills...

Photography as my hobby - Part 1 The beginnings

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My interest in photography started when I was given my first camera, a Kodak Brownie 127 on my 10th birthday back in 1965. It was a simple l...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

The house always wins.

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Here's an article in Yahoo today that you might be interested in reading, especially if you have that occasional itch to try your luck a...
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

I was a 'Super Rider'.

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Sounds like a piece about motorcycles and the thrill of speed? No, the term was used by the then transit operator, MRT Corporation and the ...
Monday, December 12, 2011

Hillview Railway Bridge Revisited

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Today, on my way to Woodlands, I stopped by Hillview Road to re-visit the site of the old railway bridge which was dismantled on 26 Nov 2011...
Thursday, December 8, 2011

Another MRT mystery?

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I was catching up online on the current hot issues about the impending Comfort Taxi fare hikes when I came across an article I had missed a ...

Christmas present for my friends

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Christmas is but once a year as they say. It's about celebrations, it's about feasting, it's about exchanging, giving and recei...
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Sunday Rantings. 7 Dec 2011

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Woke up feeling less than a million dollars, more like 30 cents worth. Still so tired after spending the whole of yesterday at my in-law ca...
Sunday, December 4, 2011

Sunday Rantings. 4 Dec 2011

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Here I go again, nothing better to do on Sunday than to spout my nonsense. I'll start with the best article this week found somewhere i...
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Saturday, December 3, 2011

My life as an aeroplane.

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What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet;                                                   ...
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Friday, December 2, 2011

A revelation from beyond the grave.

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The century old Bukit Brown cemetery will soon give way to the growing needs of an ever developing Singapore. Gazetted by the government, ab...
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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Bukit Brown MRT Station

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Following a private email response to my Sunday Rantings (previous blog), I just want to show some evidence of Bukit Brown MRT Station , whi...

Sunday Rantings. 27 Nov 2011

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At my age, my circadian clock automatically gets me up at 7 in the mornings. The daily routine would be morning ablutions followed by light...
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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Seeing Pink Elephants!

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It's the time of the year when we tend to over-indulge and imbibe just a little too much for our own good. It's all in the spirit o...
Saturday, November 12, 2011

Shame the sin, forgive the sinner.

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Shame, shame, shame on you. Which do you feel is the greater shame? Gawking at girls in skimpy bikinis. Exhibiting your body in public. ...
Friday, November 4, 2011

Wait, the meaning will be clear...

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In 2009, we had Phua Chu Kang with his crass rap on the trains. Last year we had the Dim Sum Dollies annoying us with "train is coming...
Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Keeping Singapore litter free.

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What better way to wake up on a lazy Sunday morning then with a good laugh. The Sunday Times had a serious article with unintentional hilar...
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Monday, October 31, 2011

Humans Fail monkey bins

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A while back I wondered when the monkeys at MacRitchie Nature Reserve would overcome the new monkey-proof trash bins introduced by NEA*. (s...
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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Mister, can you spare a dime?

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Poor sad rich man! Sheldon Adelson, chairman of Las Vegas Sands and one of the richest man in the world, is disappointed, apologetic and s...
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