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Army

what a PASS?

Mum & dad had been going for lots of health related course & talks at various hospitals/schools lately & man is the place filled with tons of leaflets & articles regarding all things from osteoporosis to kidney stones. Furthermore, Alexandra hospital is offering free dental checkups, maybe I would try dropping by someday. The work day ended for...
Army

Short weekend

Recieved a comfirmation e-mail from the software boutique @ funan on my half-life 2 preorder. There would be life firing tomorrow, so its a sunday burnt. Stayed-in on friday night, a very rare choice but very much fueled by laziness, guess arriving in camp back on sat 6.30am is too much for me, sleeping is camp is...
Blog

Block leave over

Well, there always comes a time when, well happiness ends? lol nah I was just referring to the end of the very much needed block leave which too, ended today. Passing by orchard road in the afternoon, the subaru impreza challenge at nee ang city seems to be heating up too, starting yesterday with more cars, more...
Family

Halloween recaptionation

Its another sunny sunday (thankfully) similar to that of yesterday morning. Its 10.30am & yea its sunday. Recapping some notable happenings of the weekend: Had steamboat dinner on Friday at Golden Mile complex & later dropped by to Geylang Serai for the festival shops & deco. They had lots of things, such as malay traditional sweets, dessert...
Site Updates

New site template

Ok, as promised the new site design would be up for all by tonight. You can check it out here. DO NOTE that the new template is not fully up yet. Therefore there might be some visual problems/inconsistencies between pages. But they should all be fised by saturday. 😉
Site Updates

Ups a daisy!

The site would be undergoing a makeover starting today afternoon, during this period there may be some mismatch of colours, images due to the new css styles. But the site would still be up nonetheless. Would see everything up by well, tonight. In the meantime why not check out these cool sites I came about: Bunny music video:...
Sports & Runs

Jog da round

Mum finally succumbed to my constant bragging of going for runs & exercising. & mind you I don't take excuses such as a long day at work or "look its 8pm & I just came back from work" When health is concerned. My parents are starting kinda starting to get out of shape now, so I guess...
Automotive

Coasting to a stop

Just came back from a visit to granny's. Went to abc market for supper thereafter, had chicken cutlet while the rest of my family had a more muslim type meal with satay & mee siam. The more I drive, the more some habits start to show, such a "dishwashing the wheel", not keeping left & coasting on neutral...
Site Updates

New site design comin’ up

Just came back from my WITS leader course at Toh Payoh, HDB hub, its a 9am-5pm workshop held today & tomorrow teaching mainly on skills & knowledge about being a wits team leader. Very much looked forward too are the 2 tea breaks at 11am & 3pm, not to mention the 1 hour lunch break from 12pm-1pm...
Gadgets

Short week ahead

wee ho hay! its time of the umm year? again where I just can't stop bitchin' bout holidays ahead. Yup you got that right its gonna be a short week ahead of me with work days monday, tueday & wednesday. Thursday & friday aren't exactly free days but stay out days, as I have a wits leader...
Automotive

First drive out

Its sunday morning! family day & what better than driving my family out for the morning. With my dad as my "navigator" (well I am sitting on his usual throne!) mum & sis as passengers behind. Fetched my sis for her tution class in good old jurong west & went to visit my grannys at nearby clementi...
Gadgets

New handheld Dell Axim x50v

Dell had released their new series of Axims, the x50 range. I 've always been looking for a good vga PDA, with the $1199 hp ipaq hx4700 currently in mind, but with the similarly loaded $800 Axim x50v I think its reconsidering time... Some reviews I dug on the net regarding the x50v: Axim Site Geek.com BargainPDA PDA...
Gaming

Completed frozen throne

Well, guess this is not the very of latest news. But hey I finally managed to complete Warcraft III Frozen Throne today, well after (counts fingers) 7 months or so. Guess my time in the army really takes away lots of your gaming time at home. Now lemme see, now I have C&C generals zero hour, Commanche...
Computers

Gmail

Got an invitation for a gmail account. With 1GB of storage space, how can I resist? haha. The week ended quite ok with me as DI on the last day (fri) started the week with a much needed slow start with wos duty, allowing me to recover from my fever last sunday. I've got an ATTB status for...
Art

Tutorial: Drawing and computer coloured art – Part I line art and planning

I enjoy sketching and drawing as a form of expression, not to mention a way to relax as well. It's a hobby I enjoy doing since I was a kid and never stopped since. This tutorial will cover some of the basic techniques I use in creating various hand-drawn artworks you see around the site. Article table of...
Computers

DIY your own home theater personal computer – Installing drives and booting up

Article table of contents First impressions, Installing RAM & the addon cards About the heatsink. installing the CPU Installing CD-ROM & Harddrive. Wrapping & booting up Installing CD media drives and harddrive Whether you intend to use your HTPC as a universal player for DVD or Blue-ray movies, you can always purchase a Blu-ray writer or combo drive for use in the...
Computers

DIY your own home theater personal computer – Installing the CPU

Article table of contents First impressions, Installing RAM & the addon cards About the heatsink. installing the CPU Installing CD-ROM & Harddrive. Wrapping & booting up Installing the CPU, some interesting parts A small confined case requires some careful space management for components, also considering that regular parts do not fit well in such a small case. One of the most interesting...
Computers

Tutorial – Build your own DIY home theater personal computer

A home theater PC is very much alike a regular home PC, only that it is used mainly more for media and visual needs. Also given the increasing adoption of alternative medias such as digital content sold over the internet, as well as soft-copy video, music files over conventional mediums such as DVDs or CDs. A home...
Blog

2nd doctor visit

Followed up friday's visit to the doctor's... well this time to satisfy my mum's worries (aka curiosity) about my fluctuating fever. Personally I saw no need for it- I am feeling better than I was the last few days. Then she painted a picture, together with my dad about viral infections, dengue & more. So what can...
Automotive

Beautiful sunday

Didn't go out today, as I wanted more rest at home. 😉 Since I've passed my driving test, I think hey why not compile a small set of tips & hints for anyone out there taking the traffic police driving test. Hope that may prove useful. Reality check: Payday is on & pay is in, but my marksman bonus is...
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Travel Guides

East Asia

Exploring Cup Noodles Museum Yokohama

Let’s take an explore today The Cup Noodles Museum in Yokohama, Japan. It is an interactive museum dedicated to the popular instant noodle brand....

Visiting Batu Caves Selangor, Malaysia

South East Asia

Exploring Yokohama City and Chinatown

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Visiting the Tokyo imperial palace

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Visiting Plaza Lowyat Bukit Bintang KL

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How to install and run a local Deepseek R1 instance

This article teaches you how to quickly install, setup and run DeepSeek R1 large language models (LLMs) in under 30 minutes on your local...

Visiting Plaza Lowyat Bukit Bintang KL

Computers

Galaxy Ai 2024 new Fold 6 and Flip 6

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Belkin BoostCharge portable Magsafe 5k charger review

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Events

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Hanami Market 2025 Suntec City

Let’s take a visit to Hanami Market 2025 at Suntec City in Singapore. This annual event is a marketplace which tad celebrates Japanese culture....

River Hongbao 2025 explorations

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Light to night 2025 SG Art week

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Artbox 2025 Singapore Expo

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Food Reviews

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Nosh Bistro at Henderson

Nosh Bistro, located at 213 Henderson Road in Singapore, is a western-style eatery known for offering quality dishes at affordable prices. The establishment originated...

Butabage Butadon Suntec City

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Yappari Steak Vivocity

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Bai Nian Niang Dou Foo

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Bird Avenue Centrepoint

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Heun Kee Claypot Chicken Rice KL

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Fuiyoh! It’s Uncle Roger fried rice

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