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Planned downtime with new drives for ShaunChng.com servers.

You may notice some downtime over the last weekends, the 15k RPM SAS drives running on the server running the site has failed after trusty continuous operation for 7 years. So I took the time to replace the drives, particularly on the database servers and took the opportunity to upgrade the Operating system which the site runs...
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SG 50 Singapore Youth Festival Art exhibition at Raffles City

The Singapore Youth Festival Art exhibition is an SG50 art initiative supported by Ministry of Education. It saw the art contributions of several students and schools revolving about Singapore’s SG50 theme to showcase uniquely Singaporean memories. The exhibition Lions! The Gallery This can include items or scenes we all come to know off, such as food, iconic landmarks and scenes of...
Japanese

Dining at IKOI Japanese Restaurant at Hotel Miramar Singapore

IKOI Japanese Restaurant at Hotel Miramar is one of the few small dining gems you can find in southern Singapore. Geographically located along Havelock Rd, it not too far off the Central business district. Moreover, it is one of the hotel restaurants in the 3-star Hotel Miramar. Large Menu Choices Tucked on the first floor by the main...
Events

Campus Game Fest 2015 at ITE College Central

The Campus Game, Arts, Media, Edutainment (GAME) Fest 2015 is an initiative spearheaded and organised by the Singapore CyberSports & Online Gaming Association (SCOGA), Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and produced by Wolong Ventures. Held at the ITE college central, the three-day festival running from the 26th- 28th June is open to the public, and is an...
Events

28th SEA Games Closing Ceremony

Today marks the closing of the 12 day 28th Southeast Asian (SEA) games event held in Singapore from the 5th to 16th of June. Celebrated in the National stadium at the new Singapore sports hub, the ceremony saw a sell-out and oversubscribed crowd packing the Stadium to the brim. Similar to the opening ceremonies, entering the...
Singapore

Universal Studios Singapore Ancient Egypt and Sci-Fi City

Following on my tour through the Madagascar, Far Far Away and the Lost World regions of Universal Singapore, this part of our explorations covers the last two sectors of the park. Moreover, this two said sectors are home to my personal favorite rides in the theme park. Lets take a look at the Universal Studios Singapore Ancient...
Singapore

Universal Studios Singapore Jurassic Park Lost World and Water World

Let go on exploring two other well-themed and action packed sectors in the park. For this part I shall touch on Universal Studios Singapore Jurassic Park Lost World and Water World performance. The Lost World As John hammond would exclaim- Welcome to Jurassic Park!. Without a doubt, no Universal theme park is complete without venturing into their Jurassic park...
Singapore

Universal Studios Singapore Theme park Madagascar and Far Far Away

Continuing on my exploration from the Hollywood Boulevard and New york stretch of Universal Singapore. The theme park comprises of a number of individually themed park sectors, each with their own unique rides, food stalls and entertainers. Let's check out the more family-orientated side of the park, cue the toony and fairy tale regions of Universal Studios Singapore...
Singapore

Universal Studios Singapore Theme park Hollywood stretch and New York

Universal Studios Singapore is part of Singaporean master plan to establish the country as a world-class and major tourist destination in Southeast Asia. Part of this plan comprises of two new integrated resorts. This comprises namely the Marina Bay Sands Resort in the Singapore Central business district and the Resort World’s Sentosa. The latter is run by...
Events

28th SEA Games Opening Ceremony

The SEA Games is Southeast Asian (SEA) is a multi-sport event between 11 participating countries in SEA themselves organised as a biennial event. The one in 2015 is hosted by the city-state of Singapore and is the fourth time Singapore had hosted the games and the first time since 1993. The one opening on 5th June will...
Events

Inaugural U Creative Summit with Jake Parker in Singapore

Jake Parker presented a short presentation on his professional life, works and a short introduction into his life story as an illustrator and concept artist. Jake himself has works with Marvel (Rocket raccoon series), Blue Sky Studios, Disney Animation and Warner Brothers Animation. The event was hosted by NTUC in partnership with Lasalle College of the Arts,...
Events

28th SEA Games Fireworks and Sports carnival

Leading up to the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games is a sports carnival held right at the OCBC square at the Singapore sports hub. The localised event comprises of various booths, merchandise stores and a live stage (with live performances almost daily), filled with events leading up to the actual opening ceremonies of the SEA Games. Here you...
Art

Artwork- Robot mech

A bipedal robot mech sketched during my free time today.
Australia

Gold Coast SkyPoint Observation Deck

The Q1 building is one of the few tallest buildings on the Surfer’s Paradise skyline and currently the tallest building in the Gold Coast, even overlooking the Soul tower. The building architecture itself is rather unique too, shaped to withstand the strong regular cyclone winds originating from the east. So it makes good sense to put the...
Australia

Australia Gold coast city

The Gold coast is a coastal city on the western shores of Continental Australia. It is Australia’s main tourist destination and a haven for surfers complete with long stretches of open beaches facing the Pacific, almost like equivalent of the Miami of continental Australia. Main things to go for here are the beaches and theme parks (i.e....
Australia

Dreamworld theme park, Queensland Australia

Dreamworld is one of my favourite theme parks in Australia, namely for the sheer park size and the number of rides they have at the park. The 85 hectare park located beside the Pacific Motorway in Coomera is largely accessible using direct public buses from Surfer’s Paradise. The park was founded by businessman John Longhurst in 1981...
Australia

City of Brisbane, Australia and Brisbane River South banks

Brisbane is a nice to check out if you are in the Gold Coast area. It is a short 1-2 hour drive from Surfer’s paradise via the Pacific Motorway. A good place to begin will be from the South banks near the convention center (which also provides cheaper parking than the exorbitant prices at the downtown Brisbane...
Australia

Wet ‘n’ Wild Gold Coast Oxenford, Queensland, Australia

Wet and wild is one of the premiere and pioneering water theme parks in Gold coast Australia and one of seven water parks operating under the Wet 'n' Wild brand. Opened in 1984 and adjacent to Warner Bros. Movie World (also owned by Village Roadshow Theme Parks), it an open air water park comprising of 17 water...
Australia

Warner Bros Movie World Oxenford, Queensland

The Warner Bros Movie World at Oxenford is home to the coolest rides and best thrill roller coasters in the region. Located along the Pacific motorway and like Seaworld and Wet wet wild, is similarly run by Village Roadshow Theme Parks. The theme park itself is not actually an actual movie studio, but rather a full-fledged theme...
Australia

Australia Gold coast Themeparks, Sea world Southport, Queensland

Sea World is one of the classic and oldest theme parks in the Gold coast. Opened on 30th October 1971 and currently operated by Village Roadshow Theme Parks. A white maritime ferry terminal shaped visitor center greets you are the main entrance, where a customer service booth, gallery seating and food stores line the ground floor of...
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Galaxy Ai 2024 new Fold 6 and Flip 6

Let’s take a hands-on of Samsung’s new foldable phones and wearables at this year’s Galaxy AI Unpacked 2024 event in Singapore. The global event...

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Singapore Garden Festival 2024

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Kapitan Slavic Ukrainian restaurant

Let’s take a dine-in today visiting the Kapitan Slavic Ukrainian/Russian restaurant at Tanjong Pagar. The restaurant offers a curated offering of Eastern Europe. The...

Sheng Ji Fishball Noodle Bukit Merah

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Yat Ka Yan Dessert (Fortune Centre)

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Kheng Fatt beef noodles Golden Mile

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Mio Fine Foods Neil Road

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