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Singapore Story and Lee Kuan Yew paintings at The Crescent, Suntec City

The Singapore Story is a public art showcase of the private art collection of Mr Vincent Chua on display at The Crescent, a gallery located on the second floor of Suntec City Mall (Galleria). The free public exhibition features over 300 oil paintings, charting much of Singapore’s past and development from the colonial times to the present,...
Computers

Singapore-based virtualised private server space available!

Available Singapore virtualised server space for rent! I’ve improving my virtualisation techniques lately and I am glad to say that I’ve created much free capacities on my servers from these optimisations. As such I will be opening up a few limited virtualised and dedicated slots on my cluster. If you are looking for dedicated developmental server space in Singapore,...
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Books and publications on Lee Kuan Yew

What I have here is a listing of all the books and publications written by and on Mr Lee Kuan Yew prior to his passing. I've excluded satirical comic books which you can see popping up in book store now. I hope this compilation will be useful for anyone looking to read up more or simply would...
Current Issues

OCBC 360 account 3.05% interest drop reduction and revisions

I had always been a fan of OCBC 360 deposit account, and been on their 3.05% interest on savings for almost a year. From my market research, the bank probably offers the best savings interest in the Singapore banking market in terms of savings interest and also meeting my current cash portfolio as a saver so far....
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Asia Dive Expo (ADEX) 2015 at Suntec

Asia Dive Expo (ADEX) 2015 runs from April 10th-12th 2015 at Suntec City (Halls 401-403). It is Asia’s longest running dive show and held in several countries around the region. The marine creature theme this year is Dolphins. Every year, the event will set and dedicate its theme to a particular animal/ focus point, raising awareness and...
Events

Memoriam: Lee Kuan Yew exhibition at National Museum

The Lee Kuan Yew Memoriam exhibition is currently held at the National Museum of Singapore as a temporary exhibition set up at the Museum’s atrium section. It covers notable items and photographs the Lee family has opened up to shared publicity on the less-seen private life of the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew. It covers Mr Lee’s...
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Paying Respects and Tribute to Lee Kuan Yew at the Parliament House, Singapore

Following the passing of Mr Lee, 1.7 million residents and guests in Singapore paid tribute to him lying-in-state at the Singapore Parliament House and at community tribute sites around the country. The mourning was planned for over a week before the state funeral. Thousands of people queued up for hours at a go to pay their respects...
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Passing of Singapore founding father, Mr Lee Kuan Yew

Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew has passed on at 3.18am today (23 Mar 15). Harry Lee Kuan Yew was the first Prime Minister of Singapore. Mr Lee started his early political career (1951–1959) as the 1st elected Prime Minister of Singapore In office 16 September 1923 through the formation of the People’s Action Party....
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Growing Shaunchng.com as a system administrator and my experiences into server management in Singapore

My fray as a system-administrator started with my curiosity to have a-go and enjoyment of running my server cluster to fulfil my computing and web-hosting needs. I started creating websites almost 20 years ago- when I barely left primary school. Till, then I've never looked back. 10 years ago, went into the hobby of server management. Looking...
East Asia

Taiwan Sun Moon Lake in Yuchi Township, Nantou

Sun moon lake is one of the few picturesque and chill natural sights in Taiwan. Located in Yuchi Township, Nantou County, it is geographically situated at elevation near the central of the Taiwan island, it a large enclosed body of water with a 8 square km surface area sitting at a highland area and is the largest...
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Taipei City, Taiwan

Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan, is a large metropolis with most of the city is located on the Taipei Basin. The city itself is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, a city which sits on the northern-most part of the Taiwan island as port city. Taipei itself sits on an ancient lakebed bounded by two narrow...
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Taiwan Taipei 101

Taipei 101 is a modern skyscraper located in Taipei, Taiwan in the busy Xinyi District. It was formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center before being renamed into the TAIPEI 101- a name we know of today. The landmark is a mixed-use building with an MRT metro station located right at its basement. It sits on...
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Taiwan Taroko Gorge, Taichung, Hualien, Tienshiang

Taroko National Park and its resident natural Gorge is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan and was named after an aboriginal tribe “Taroko”. The gorge is one of the few highly accessible scenic sights in Taiwan located near the island’s east-coast. The park spans Taichung Municipality, Nantou County, and Hualien County. Getting there A trip to...
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Taiwan Xueshan mountain climb in Shei-Pa National Park

Xueshan is one of the two tallest peaks on Taiwan island. The mountain located in the Shei-Pa National Park is over 3,886m in elevation above sea level and is the second highest mountain in Taiwan and in East Asia. It is mostly snowy throughout the year even in summer. The mountain is geographically located on the northern...
Events

Alienware 13, 15, 17 Laptops, Graphics Amplifier, Alpha & Area-51 preview and impressions

Alienware Laptops 13, 15 and 17 In this 2015 hardware refresh, Alienware has kept the screen size naming convention of their flagship gaming laptop line consistent, with the number corresponding to the gaming laptop’s corresponding screen size. Alienware, has a reputation for offering powerful portable solutions than most mainstream laptops. Their latest portfolio includes the Alienware 13 and...
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Alienware Launch Party at 1-Altitude

The Alienware launch party last week was held at the 1-Altitude bar at 1 Raffles Place. The place is decked out cool for the occasion right up on the 61st floor of the former OUB center. In the glitz of drinks and dinner, the event saw the unveiling of Alienware’s collection of new hardware for the new...
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Happy Lunar New Year of the Goat! (2015)

Happy Chinese New Year of the Goat! Wishing you, my visitors to my blog good health and lasting prosperity to your family and yourself. Best wishes for the holidays and happiness throughout the coming New Year. 🙂 Gong Xi Fai Cai!
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700 Years of Singapore at the Singapore National Museum

700 years of Singapore is a temporary exhibition at the Singapore National Museum, bringing you on a journey through six sections back in time into iconic events in Singapore’s transformation from a humble fishing village, the pride of an empire, to an independent nation-state it is today, 700 years back. The exhibition runs from 28th Oct 2014...
Gadgets

Tomtom Multi-sport Cardio Running Computer Watch review

The TomTom multi sport cardio watch is one of the few advanced all-in-one running computers available in the market today. The brand we come to know synonymous in in-car GPS navigation systems had expanded their product line into the now-hugely popular fitness tracker market. The device comprises of an integrated heart rate (HR) monitor together with GPS...
Western

Fat Boys Burgers

Fat Boys is a causal burger joint serving affordable burgers in a contemporary setting. Let’s check out what the Fat Boys burgers establishment has to offer. Where for Burgers? Fat Boys burgers has a number of branches all overs Singapore. One of their more popular and prominent branch being the one along Orchard road at MacDonald house. Additionally,...
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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

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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

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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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