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Institution of Mechanical Engineers Greenpower Race

The iMech Greenpower race (25th April 2010) is an annual eco-race organised by the institution of mechanical engineers (iMechE) in conjunction with secondary schools, colleges and manufacturers to introduce and promote the engineering profession to students in the UK. This blog entry covers much in a nutshell what my team of 4 did to prepare ourselves for...
Europe

A visit to London’s Tate Modern

Located in a former Power Station by the London Thames Bankside, the Tate Modern in London is Britain's national museum of international modern art. You can recognise it with it’s very iconic tall smoke stack located at the front façade of the museum- looking quite out of place in the buzzles around the Thames. The original building...
Gadgets

Apple’s new 4th Generation iPhone leaked? Android with HTC Incredible or iPhone 4G?

I've always been waiting for the successor of the iPhone 3Gs, apparently June 28 may not be the day the phone be announced due to a leak of a confidential unit so as claim by Gizmodo, which they had the chance to get their hands on for a review of the dud unit. Apparently, the phone was...
Europe

A visit to the London Science Museum

I was at the science museum early this month in London, it's one of the few museums which I really wanted to visit in a long time, (considering what they have on display actually floats my boat!) but never always been able to make the opening times (which closes usually at 5pm-6pm). This is so as learnt...
Sports & Runs

Back to running!

Whee, I did 5km on the treadmill today. Had been sometime since I've ran. It's good to see me back to incorporating runs in my schedule since my injury last year. But I've been maintaining my fitness over the last months since I am in UK- With lots of inevitable daily cycling as well as weekly swims...
Europe

A hike along the Granchester Meadows & tea at the Orchard Tea Garden

Grantchester is a village on the River Cam or Granta in Cambridgeshire, England. It is a tranquil little village not to far off from the heartland of Cambridge city. The place is known for it’s nice iconic scenery and great English breakfast offerings. The area is also said to have the world's highest concentration of Nobel Prize...
Laughs

World Pillow Fight Day 03 April

Was at the world pillow fight day last Saturday (3rd April) in London. The event is a free-for-all event with very simple rules of engagement- Get as many friends to come down the event and anybody with a pillow is a target. Man! it was chaotic but extremely fun at the same time. The event is part...
Blog

4th (4G) Generation iPhone to be annouced on June 22nd 2010

And so as told by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Soon after the news broke, we were informed that the next-generation iPhone would be announced on June 22nd (a Tuesday, naturally) and would be dubbed the iPhone HD (a name that has been tossed around before). That certainly makes sense given that Apple almost certainly has to...
Blog

Birthday Celebrations at La Tasca’s Spanish Restaurant

And so I was at La Tasca Cambridge, for my 26th Birthday celebrations. It's a treat and get together for everyone for a table of 9 collegemates. The Spanish food was good and so was the service, we also had a dedicated waiter throughout the serving. Had had the "Tapas to share", which was an assortment of...
Site Updates

PhotoStitch paranoma galleries updated!

After spending the last 2 days sloughing through hundreds of photographs (even to the extent of Photoshop glitching when putting together several 12 Megapixel images to form an image over 32000 pixels in width), it is finally done! The photo stitch gallery had received a significant update with all the panoramas I've captured over the last few...
Blog

Happy Birthday to me!

Today is my birthday! Yay! *runs around rejoicing* It's neat having it on the term break holidays so as you can really enjoy every single bit of this day which you can truly call your own day off! And so this is my first time celebrating my birthday overseas in a new environment, but the party seems to...
University

London: British Museum & 39 Steps!

Ah yes, so much for mentioning the British Museum & 39 Steps in the post title, actually the whole reason for me to be in London last Saturday was an invitation to a lunch seminar at Royal Garden Hotel organized by PS(D) for SAFOS, SMS, DMS and DSTA Scholars studying in UK. It was a rather small...
University

Greenpower, building our race car

It's the start of the easter term break and no what other better way to start it but getting all engrossed in building an electric racing car to compete in Greenpower. Greenpower is an annual racing event organised by the Institution of mechanical engineers (iMechE). It electric car racing for schools, colleges, apprentices and youth groups. colleges,...
Current Issues

Chile, nine days later

It was devastating, nine days after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake killed hundreds of people in south-central Chile, relief efforts were beginning to reach those in need, rescue missions became recovery missions, and rebuilding is already under way. In the days since the February 27th quake, nearly 150 aftershocks have been recorded, including thirteen above magnitude 6.0. Despite the...
University

Happy Chinese New Year of the Tiger!

Welcome the year of the tiger! A whole new year on the lunar calendar. There had been much talk among the Chinese group here in Cambridge with regards to the new year, particularly how it is celebrated in various countries, with experiences of their own, let be in China or Malaysia. Things here in the UK are...
University

When things go pop! Destructive testing in the materials laboratory

Guess what we get to do in the engineering laboratories today, well it's not everyday where you get to use the words "copper, steel and liquid nitrogen" in the same sentence nor being able to work with them in the lab at a go. But not when you are during destructive testing of material specimens in the...
Europe

Sights along the London River Thames

London is a world class city with much to explore, given the sights at almost every corner. But you won't be able to call your visit to London complete without a walk by the Thames itself. With the exception of the markets and some museum, many of London's main attractions and viewing sites are all conveniently located...
University

Cambridge University MSA asian food festival

Cambridge University Malaysia Singapore Association organized this event last Saturday, the 30th of January which is essential and asian food festival where the society gets to prepare unique Singaporean dishes for everyone to come and enjoy. I've signed up as a helper for the food festival since early last term. So that very much grants me "free"...
Gadgets

Apple iPad annouced, not a workhorse, but hey it can run iPhone apps!

It interesting that such technology and capability already existed ages ago, but no one seemed to put it all together for the consumer. Apple seem to always get that right, this time they are doing it again with a new slate tablet computer called the iPad. At first glance, it looks like an over sized iPhone, which the...
Gadgets

Solving iPhone 3Gs apps “unknown error” or “file not found” in iTunes 9.0.2 64-bit

I had this problem with iTunes previously, but solved the problem by reverting the program, so I am posting this here in case anyone who experienced the problem on a same setup can get a solution here. After updating iTunes on my PC to the spanking new 9.0.2 64-bits to suit my current system platform, I kept...
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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

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

Gadgets

Belkin BoostCharge portable Magsafe 5k charger review

Gadgets

Events

Events

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

Events

Light to night 2025 SG Art week

Events

Artbox 2025 Singapore Expo

Events

Food Reviews

Western

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

Japanese

Yappari Steak Vivocity

Japanese

Bai Nian Niang Dou Foo

Asian

Bird Avenue Centrepoint

Western

Heun Kee Claypot Chicken Rice KL

Asian

Fuiyoh! It’s Uncle Roger fried rice

Asian

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