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Team Fortress 2: Meet the spy

As part of the series of "Meet the cast" in the uber cool game, Team Fortress, which sadly had saw me playing for a good ol' 10 years since 1999 with team fortress classic and now it's sequel, team fortress 2. This latest installment is an early leaked version not released by VALVe yet, but it's still...

Guide for applying to UK universities via UCAS for polytechnic students – Part 2 (Employment, personal statement and reference)

This is the second part of my guide for applying to UK universities via UCAS for polytechnic students in Singapore, covering the remaining sections, employment, personal statement and reference. 4. Employment If you've have any working experience, say part-time at a fast food joint or being your own boss, list them here, if you do not have any, you...

Guide for applying to UK universities via UCAS for polytechnic students – Part 1 (Personal details, choices and education)

After my successful application as an international student from Singapore via UCAS (guess many found their way here from a dated blog post), I've been receiving quite a number of questions about the application process, particular for non-mainstream poly students like myself. I have written a small guide condensed from the replies I've given out, going section...

Mizuno Mount Faber Run, 14 Jun 2009

In the third year running, the highly successful Mizuno Mount Faber Run is back again, taking runners through the sights of the southern hills of Singapore. Race Details Venue: Open carpark space between Block 121 & 123 Bukit Merah View (There will be multiple tents erected in the carpark itself) Distance: 10km Race Start Time: 0730hrs (No reporting needed, just arrive on...

Launch of Dell Swarm

Due to be launched on the 5th of May and the first of it's kind in the world, Dell Swarm by Intel and Dell is an online ordering portal targeted at students and value hunters alike. So it works like a mass order system we usually see taking "lobangs", only that this time, you are dealing the...

Site revamp progress, right on track

Well, progress on the site revamp is rather fruitful. It started with a rather tough fight to get div containers to go fluid on percent values for a 3 column layout, fixed width divs are more predictable over a range of browsers, so I am still contemplating whether to allow the fluid width option for content. Nevertheless...

Classifieds impersonations!

I've been receiving quite a few emails asking about my "Ad" on few popular online classifieds sites, such as 88db. Which left really really puzzled as I do not feature my freelance services anywhere else on the internet other than my portfolio pages on this website. So I went about a search on the net and found...

Followup of the hacking situation

Am updating all scripts on my servers as I type along in this blog post, there is quite much updating to go, I guess I just sneak an update here. After much investigation of the previous hacking attempt in my last blog post, it seems that the DoS problem narrows down to a vulnerability in the roundcube...

ShaunChng.com servers hacked

Sorry for the 1 hour downtime last night from 12:30am to about 1:30am (Singapore time). The site is up and functional now. I jumped when I got a downtime message from my servers, strange, the server can be reached and pinged, so not a hardware or network problem, but my website cannot be reached. A short search...

Site upgrade planned in next month

Always wanted to get a site revamp up since last year, but just do not have the time and commitment to do so. I guess I has been more busy creating and building websites for my clients that I think that I am starting to neglect this very site. Bummer. Furthermore, in the age of code compliance, web...

Singapore is a “fine” city, of course, aren’t you proud of it?

It's ain't no april fool's joke, but hey Singapore does have a reputation of a fine city. And what better way to see it through the eyes of a rather chatty taxi driver. Though I think the expats have not really seen much of Singapore to make any firm creditability from their remarks, I guess Singapore will still...

Remember to flick the switch on earth day, tomorrow

Vote Earth! On Saturday 28 March 2009 8:30PM local time, wherever you live on planet earth, your light switch is your vote to climate change. This year, Earth Hour has been transformed into the world’s first global election, between Earth and global warming. For the first time in history, people of all ages, nationalities, race and background have the...

It’s the 25th of March and Shaun turns 25 today!

The 25th of march is always a cool day for me, haha, but this year it's much more special as this 25th is my 25th birthday, the magical 2 numbers and I am 25 years young! A year young, a year wiser as well! For me, it's a rest day today, work is non-existent today (bahahahawith). Gotta chill...

Networking site restraints and blogging compel-lance

It had been sometime since I last wrote an entry in here. I am starting to think that maybe Facebook or Twitter may be taking over the possible hassle of blogs. But I do not think we will see the death of the blog, particularly this one as well. You may see me more relatively active on...

US bailout funds from the hood!

Ok we all know that the US treasury is bailing-out and boosting the economy with various economical policies using the reserves. This is so in Singapore as well. I found this photo shopped animated gif image while surfing the internet and I can't stop laughing whenever I see it. It's like ol' snoops with the big daddy's...

Photo Booth Prank at Universal Studios

Ahh, good ol' Universal studios, and with a photo booth prank to boot as well. This one really made me laugh quite a bit, courtesy with footage on the tube from CNBC. I just wonder how cooperative people will get if we have this in Singapore, or will they simply just go off marching to the complains...

The quid for the byte, internet is expensive in UK. Recommend me a UK mobile operator!

Internet ain't that covered nor cheap in Europe, I guess originating from one of the most connected nations in the world (currently 99.9% penetration in Singapore right?) I am quite spoilt for free campus internet, let be even free wi-fi on the Singapore streets and cafe. We had grown so synonymous with the word unlimited in Singapore that...

International Women’s Day 2009 Fun Run/Walk 2009 Details

IWD Fun Run/Walk 2009 Details Date: 1st March, 2009 (Sunday) Time: 3.30pm Registration; 4.30 flag-off time Venue: Bedok Reservoir Park GOH: Ms Jessica Tan, MP for East Coast GRC Registrations Closing date of registration: 27th Feb 12pm Open to both men and women can apply! Registration Website As part of IWD (International Women's Day) 2009, SCWO will also be organising a fun run/walk to...

The fortnight dailies, a dated update!

Much had happened recently, well not only here but around the world, little bits here and there which I punched into as saved drafts into my blog but never had the justification to publish it into a dedicated blog post, so I will just lump it all up into one collective blog post. I think it's about...

Lectures Doug Zongker’s “Chicken chicken chicken”

A good laugh for the day- the video of Doug Zongker's "Chicken chicken chicken" lecture at the click: The lecture slides in PDF for those who wish to zap them for the exams.

Travel Guides

Exploring Yokohama City and Chinatown

Let’s take an explore of Yokohama city in Japan today, checking out key sights like the city district, Chinatown, and Shinko Island. Yokohama city...

Technology and Gadgets

Visiting Plaza Lowyat Bukit Bintang KL

Plaza Lowyat Bukit Bintang KL

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

Light to night 2025 SG Art week

Artbox 2025 Singapore Expo

Food Reviews

Yappari Steak Vivocity

Let’s dine in today at Yappari Steak VivoCity. The restaurant is famous for serving 100% Certified Black Angus beef, lightly seared and presented on...

Museums

Sport Events