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Vivo X21 in-display fingerprint sensor, benchmarks and camera

The Vivo X21 in-display fingerprint sensor unlock functionality offers a fresh new way to unlock your phone. It is an excellent security feature and a first in the mobile industry. It is also the phone's main selling point in addition to its dual camera. Let's take a more in-depth look at these features in the second part...
Gadgets

Vivo X21 in-depth review, exterior, UI and impressions.

The Vivo X21 is a new smart phone with the main selling points of offering top-end features in the mid-range segment. With the 2018 World Cup currently in tow, you might recognize Vivo as the official mobile sponsor for the international event. The phone is currently on sale and was launched in China on March this year....
Western

Wild Olives Western Pasir Ris Central Hawker Centre

Wild Olives Western at Pasir Ris Central Hawker Centre is a hipster western food store selling a good selection of western food at very affordable prices. For years, food Pasir Ris Town had been largely served by private coffee shops and food courts. Finally this year, the eastern neighborhood got its first government operated hawker centre. Let...
Food Places

Pasir Ris Central Hawker Centre Faregrounds

For years, Pasir Ris didn't had quite a hawker center they could call their own. This need is often filled by commercial coffee shop and food court operators. These usually operate at void decks, the NTUC downtown east and White Sands by the MRT. This year, the eastern neighborhood got its first government operated hawker centre. Let...
Blog

OBike Singapore exit- Getting your OBike deposit refund

With the recent announcement of OBike pulling operations out of Singapore. Users are left in the lurch of being unable to use their services or get a deposit refund from the now defunct dock-less bike sharing operator. Lets look into how OBike came into the fray and how to submit an OBike deposit refund request from the...
Sports Events

Great Eastern Women’s Run 2018

To this date, the Great Eastern Women's run is one of the key running staple events of Singapore's annual running calendar. Whether it is your wife/partner, your mum or everyday friends, the event best recognizes and is dedicated to the ladies in our daily lives. The event is back again this year. Lets take a look at...
Asian

Bukit Merah Day Night Char Kuay Teow

Char Kuay Teow is one of the dishes which resonate well in the Singapore foodie community. It is an unmistakable staple so ingrained into Singapore culture that is it said to be one of Singapore's national hawker dishes. Day Night Char Kuay Teow is a Fried Kuay Teow store only specializing and serving this favorite Singapore's hawker...
Events

A visit to WeWork 71 Robinson Hipster Offices

I was fortunate to be invited to the new offices of WeWork to view their newest and largest space in Singapore at 71 Robinson Road, as well as to meet up with a couple of industry experts. WeWork 71 Robinson is not a stranger to this space. The American company was founded in 2010 and headquartered in...
Blog

Trump-Kim summit, Singapore Sentosa Capella facts

Much attention is now focused on Singapore Sentosa Capella hotel. This is following White House press secretary Sarah Sanders making the announcement on instilling the America-North Korean summit scheduled to happen in Singapore come June 12th. Capella is the chosen venue for the historic summit. Additionally, the summit will see President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim...
Events

Marvel Studios Ten Years of Heroes exhibition Art Science Museum

The heroes are in town! Brewing in the depths of the Singapore Art Science Museum is an entire awesome collection of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Called the Marvel Studios Ten Years of Heroes. The exhibition showcases 10 years of Marvel movies. The show runs from 9 June till 30 September 2018. In addition to my write-up about the...
Sports Events

NTU Vertical Marathon 2018 Guoco Tower Race Report

Today was the National Vertical Marathon. The NTU Vertical Marathon is an annual vertical marathon race event held in Singapore. The annual vertical race is organized by the NTU University sports club. Also, the event has it place in the Singapore sports calendar as one of the few pioneering sports events, having been around for almost 20...
Automotive

New Mercedes 2019 A-class

The new Mercedes 2019 A-class is a car plenty to be excited about. It is a completely new model built from the ground up and loaded with plenty of cutting-edge tech. The sub-compact car market is one of the biggest selling segment for Mercedes. Mercedes in the recent years begun to market their brand towards young working professional....
Asian

Nan Heng Hainanese Chicken Rice Bukit Merah

Nan Heng Hainanese Chicken Rice is probably a name which does not comes first to mind when you ask about chicken rice in the Bukit Merah region. Though maybe some may quip at the popular Char Kuay Teow store there. The Chicken Rice store however, one of my few favorite chicken rice stores to date given it's...
Computers

Hands on new Windows 10 Sets Tabs Feature

The upcoming introduction of tabs (Sets) in Windows 10 is plenty to be excited about. It goes about the idea of allowing you to bunch together multiple windows together as tabs in a single window. Also, you can create multiple windows with tabs. Today, let take a first look at the Windows 10 Sets Tabs feature. What makes...
Sports Events

Singapore Bay Run Army Half Marathon 2018

The Singapore Bay Run Army Half Marathon 2018 to be held on 26th August. It is a staple running event in the Singapore Annual Running Calendar. The event was previously known as the Sheares Bridge Run, the highlight of the event involving a run along the iconic bridge. Presently, given new more viable running routes in the...
Western

Chef Hainanese Western food at Commonwealth Tanglin Halt

Update: Following the SERs en bloc of Tanglin Halt, Chef Hainanese Western has now moved to the new two-storey Margaret Drive Hawker center Unit #1-32 (Blk 38A Margaret Dr, Singapore 142038). They will begin operating from 28th Aug 2022. Chef Hainanese Western food had been serving up their traditional western food style for decades. Such small family businesses,...
Articles

How to disable Windows 10 updates

Windows Update is widely known today in the computing world as the evil everyone likes to hate. Interestingly, it protects Windows computers everywhere as much as it annoys. This post focuses on how I managed to successfully disable Windows 10 Update via disabling key services. This was tested on release in the 15xxx builds up to the...
Articles

The bane of Windows 10, how to disable Windows telemetry

My experience with Windows 10 had been a love-hate affair. It started great as a lightweight replacement to my main Windows 7 daily driver. The lightweight operating system was well received globally. It offers benefits of both function and familiarity. However, in recent light, Microsoft's had sadly put it down with many crippling and worrisome features, such...
Europe

Linnanmaki Theme park, Helsinki, Finland

Linnanmaki is an amusement theme park in Helsinki, Finland. It is one of the few classic theme parks dating back and been running for more than 50 years. Much older than Thrope Park in the UK, which I last touched on previously. The park opened on May 1950 and is owned by Finish Children's Day Foundation (Lasten...
Western

Collins Western Grille Premium Restaurants

Collins is a household brand in Singapore when it comes to offering good western grille at a matching good price. The brand has now expanded into a more premium market with dine-in restaurant setting. You can remember Collins from the last time I wrote about my dining experiences to their coffee shop western grille stores. They can...
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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

East Asia

Visiting the Tokyo imperial palace

East Asia

Visiting Plaza Lowyat Bukit Bintang KL

Computers

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Computers

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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Design Earth NTU Exhibition

Design Earth NTU Exhibition

Blackhat Asia 2025

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Remembering LKY Reflecting and Renewing exhibition

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Hanami Market 2025 Suntec City

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