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1st day of 2007

It the first morning of 2007 and it's already nice and sunny around here, nothing much of the long old days of rain back in 2006. Whee! mabe I can get started on my weekly runs again!
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Hello 2007!

My New year Resolutions & Targets for 2007: > School: Maintain my GPA at 4.0 (with 2 academic semesters left!) Achieve NYAA Gold by end 2007 > Business: Rocket my e-commerce sales & savings Benefit more from long term investments > Community: Contribute more community service within Singapore > Health & Sports: Clock at least 1000km of running millage Build more muscle mass (more gym visits duh...) Achieve a 1:50 half-marathon Achieve...
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Goodbye 2006…

Its time again, reflection time! Oh yea with that in hand I guess I hadn't had the opportunity to wish everybody (and on a rather late note) a very happy Merry Christmas 2006, Selamat Hari Raya Haji and a very Happy new year. Alot has happened since I came back, namely greeted by new of Singapore flooding around the Thompson...
Polytechnic

Rotaract Medan 2006 Trip Day 6 /6

24th Dec Sunday- The days just seem to pass by faster and faster, this is the last day in Medan, Indonesia, also our rest day where we get to do sightseeing and shopping. Got out of bed 8am local time which means about 6 hours of sleep from the last night (where many got less having BBQ overnight). Good...
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Rotaract Medan 2006 Trip Day 5/6

23th Dec Saturday - It bag packing time and we are heading to Brastagi! We were told to split our bags into 2 sets, one to bring up, the other left at home so we can pick it up on our way back tomorrow (& it beats carrying all our luggage up there too). Breakfast this time, is the...
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Rotaract Medan 2006 Trip Day 4/6

22th Dec Friday - Today would be the mental hospital day visit, for many it will be a first time experience stepping into one, coupled with all kinds of freaky stories Ning told us the day before. Breakfast was hokkein mee on banana leaf before embarking on about an hour's long journey to the hospital which is situated in...
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Rotaract Medan 2006 Trip Day 3/6

21th Dec Thursday - Woke up early in the morning, then it's an hour plus trip out of Kota Medan to another neighboring smaller town where we encountered rather interesting padi fields and cow crossings upon reaching the rural area. Where the old folks home we are visiting for the day is located. Old folks home visit We were greeted by...
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Rotaract Medan 2006 Trip Day 2/6

20th Dec Wednesday – 8.30am (Medan Time) Woke up with feeling very sleepy after last night's meeting, had only 6 1/2 hours of sleep. Recapping on the meeting from last night we tied down and finalized the tasks to do. The plan is to do origami & balloons for the primary school students chaired largely by the Peili, while...
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Rotaract Medan 2006 Trip Day 1/6

19th Dec Tuesday - 7.50am (SGT) Flight from Changi Airport to Medan International Airport. It had been raining the last whole days, but that didn't drench our sprits nor delay our scheduled 1 hour flight to Medan. We landed and cleared customs, little do we know we “brought the rain over” from Singapore as well. We were greeted by...
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3D Stereolithography Printing with Stratasys FDM & Z-Corp

Met up with Angelvin this morning to discuss NYAA Gold matters, it turns out that alot of my daily activities actually accomplished almost all aspects of NYAA, it's just all about writing and putting it into report... whee! Headed down to the Rapid Prototyping Center to meet KM thereafter. This semester's product design and development will see ourselves doing...
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Medan Indonesia Community Service Trip

Alot of stuffs have been happening lately, namely in preps for all the events next week - the week before christmas. While most the limelight is on Christmas shopping for PS3 and Nintendo Wii, there's chalet planning on my side, ironically for only one day as I would be flying off to Medan for a volunteer community service program....
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Dinner with Primary School Classmates

Just as Geoff flew back to Melbourne last Thursday, it's another reunion with my old primary school classmates. Had dinner at Suntec's Country Manna where I had the chefs recommendation of the beef cubes on pasta and the usual set, all for $27 including the extras. Ironically this outing was planned 6 months ago, but last minute call offs...
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Geoff’s Singapore Visit

It's time of the year again where my old SAJC classmate Geoffery comes by from Melbourne to Singapore for a visit. Well, he's not exactly Australian if you are wondering, just an undergrad studying there, based largely in Singapore and Hongkong. Sunday was the intended day for the outing. But most of the gang couldn't make it then, with...
Interesting Stuffs

Bicycle Outruns Cops On Highway

Can't believe it? Well watch it, show from a overhead patrol helicopter, so video can get rather shuttery at times. All thanks to 18 wheelers.
Polytechnic

SP Bookprize for outstanding performance?

I've always longed for some sort of "monetary award" one can always get from being just the plain top few in class. Not that I've ever been the top few in class but it's definitely something to look forward to when you know you are doing well and not too hot headed about it. Moreover, I've applied for several...
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Honesty, the best policy

My classmate JB today found a plastic file folder in the library when using the free access computers. Later do he showed us the contents of his find - Lecture pad, Singapore River Raft 2007 donation card and misc. homework inside - No tell tale sign of it's owner. Initially we thought of returning the folder to the MM office...
Polytechnic

Rain Rain Rain

Well it had been rainy quite alot lately. Didn't go for training yesterday as I've got a family dinner on in the evening. Later do I know will it rain smack right at 5pm islandwide yesterday drenching not only track training, but the SGX bull run too... heheh good for them... Anyway, my family is no longer directly associated...
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4th SP E-learning Week, Indestructable Toyota Hilux

Sorry I've not been updating lately, its always the same reasons, work work and more work to the extent of destruction. Other than that, I admit I had been buggering on YouTube for TopGear videos very often these days, so blogging was the last thing on my mind the past week. Good thing I treated myself to a relaxing...
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Up on Runs, Top Gear Videos

School On a recap, PDDII presentation was on last week, did a blast again, good for both the team and morale as a whole. Engineering Maths III tests will be on coming Wednesday, haven't studied for it, should be focusing on it the coming days. A slip on an MST costed me a non-perfect score last Semester even after reportedly...
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Airport Security – Realistic?

Mmm, good thing an Air Terrorist plot had been foiled recently, but the air-travel industry did kinda shaken up over the past few days with increased security & inspections. Basic items like scissors, jackknifes all not allowed on board planes, even combustable laptop batteries are not permitted (thanks dell and sony) not sparing any macs either. At this rate even...
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