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Borders UK to wind up business

Word of good buys can go a far way, well despite the financial situation of the store actually offering the bargains. Borders UK and it's current owners and joint administrators are currently working with the company's management in order to attempt to sell the business as a going concern. Much of Border's UK operations are winding down...
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The last day of the term to end

Today is the last day of term! Two months of back to back hectic lectures, supervisions and lab, all over! well for 6 weeks of term break at least. And whoa was it hectic. Quite notably, the pace of classes going on here in the department are so fast it can be compared to almost a half...
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The week in Photos

Last week was exceptionally busy, particularly with term coming to and end in about 1 weeks time. Time do pass rather fast when you are buried with work almost literally every day! I even do not have time to send out Christmas cards yet, despite having telling myself to send them weeks ago! Nevertheless, some interesting things...
Interesting Stuffs

Down San Francisco Market Street in 1905

Ah, good old San Francisco, one of my favorite cities in the world, only this showing how it looks like in the past, specifically set in 1905 before the big earthquake and fire of 1906. Well, besides the fact that this video is more than a century old and almost everyone you see in this video is...
Computers

Word random crash on Windows 7 Ultimate and Office 2007

I came across this problem when doing some word processing on my new installation of Office 2007 on Windows 7. If you are running the final release build of Windows 7 (build 7600) and Office 2007, you may have this problem of being unable to use your mouse to click on text or click-drag the right scroll...
University

Work hard? Play harder! oh yea there’s food as well!

In my latest email from home, it seems that there were some highlights and talk in Singapore of our PM Lee’s speech at Cambridge 800th anniversary gala dinner. Well not that I do not know of despite it happening within close proximity from where I am, but hey I have other things to worry about. There was social...
University

About Cambridge colleges and formal (nomming) halls!

With some spare time to spare between classes, I will talk about the college culture here in Cambridge. I believe I touched briefly on this previously on a dated post about Cambridge being a college based university, but didn’t dwell deeper into it College culture It comprises of 31 different colleges, including 3 all-girls colleges as well as 4...
University

Mystery of the disappearing weekend food

No it's not an aftermath of a zombie vending machine raid, but it always seem to be the case here every weekend in school, particularly those staying within the college dorms. The college generally serves 3 meals a day- breakfast, lunch and supper (aka dinner) everyday, with the exception on Saturdays with only brunch served and lunch...
University

College matriculation formal!

Enrollment in the university of Cambridge is like a ritual in this traditional university. It's like almost going back into time as well, with all the formal matriculation processes, the setting, formal dress robes and formals to go through to welcome the new cohort. As exclaimed by the seniors, it's like a "rite of passage, with my...
University

College chill out!

There are quite alot happening around college, chill out sessions, welcome parties, ice-breaker sessions, speed meeting sessions, performances, talks you name it. And that is not just limited to events here but around town as well. The freshers events are the highlight for this time of the year, with the seniors getting to know all the juniors...
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The engineering department

With some time to spare, let me talk about the engineering department along Trumpington street where all freshers will have to go through as a rite of passage here in the university of Cambridge before specializing in their various fields of chosen expertise here or out of the department at West Cambridge. Built around 1875, this department...
University

Cambridge engineering prep week

The engineering prep course was held over the course of last week, it was organised by the university department as an introductory course for all fresher engineers starting their first year in Cambridge university. There were talks on various engineering topics such as reducing airplane noise and introductory electronics by various speakers and industry partners, such as...
University

Aihoy Cambridge!

School starts in a few weeks time and it's time for my flight to Cambridge before term starts. My flight was seduled on the late night of the 27th, a Sunday at the Changi Terminal 3. After dinner within the airport with my family and a long farewell to friends, relatives and loved ones, I slowly made...
Automotive

Singtel Formula 1 Singapore GP 2009 paddock visit by Shell

I was fortunate enough to be invited by Shell to witness the Singtel Singapore Formula 1 GP up close. I was part of a group which were brought around the track and general area by Shell technical directors from London and KL, we were given free tickets for the day to catch the action up close at...
Articles

Wacom Intuos 4 Medium Tablet review- A cartoonist perspective

Today is a good day! And a coincidence, the day my new Intuos4 arrived in the mail as well! I brought mine off Amazon at $297 USD with a student discount. The non-academic version is retailing too at Amazon for about $320 USD which is roughly $20 bucks more, however what you get is rather similar. The...
Blog

Looking back at the year 2008 in photographs

Excerpt from the Boston globe: 2008 has been an eventful year to say the least - it is difficult to sum up the thousands of stories in just a handful of photographs. That said, I will try to do what I've done with other photo narratives here, and tell a story of 2008 in photographs. It's not...
Interesting Stuffs

How USB thumbdrives are made

Thumbdrives don't grow on trees, neither can you find them with a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Find out how this minute everyday object is made by going through a tour of the Kingston memory thumbdrive production line. Interesting watch.
University

Fedex has been fed, textbooks are here

It's a little more than a month before the Michaelmas term begins in October. Time do passes very fast and before you know it, it's time for studies again. I just feel that I am really running out of time for the things to do before flying abroad. My calendar is packed to the brim and there...
Sports & Runs

Run for Hope 2009 (Sunday, 22nd November 2009)

Thanks Lyla Lin for sending me the official details of the event. Many thanks also going out to the various runners who sent me updates on the event and reporting the error I had for this event on my 2009 listings page. RUN FOR HOPE 2009 Today’s Research. Tomorrow’s Cure. Run For Hope 2009, the most established non-competitive charity running...
Blog

A engineering interview to remember (Cambridge university engineering)

Since my unconditional undergrad offer to study engineering in Cambridge, I've never really found the time to write about my experience of the selection process and the interview I went through to be shortlisted. But heck it was really competitive, going against the top dogs in the best JCs in Singapore, not to mention scholars from around...
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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 Night Festival 2024

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