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Nike+HumanRace Singapore 2008 (31st August Esplanade Bridge)

04/08/08 Hot off the oven! Race Pack Collection Details! UPDATE: RACE PACK COLLECTION Date: 24th August 2008 (Sun) & 25th August 2008 (Mon) Time: 10am to 8pm Location: Central Square Fountain, Clarke Quay Participants will need to present your IC/Passport/Fin Card and confirmation slip. Reprint your confirmation slip here. Note: If you are unable to collect your race pack in person, you may allow...
Blog

My thoughts and plans so far of the Omy Singapore Blog Awards (Best design)

Well, today is the 3rd day of the voting rounds of the Singapore Blog awards, and just as how campaigning fever has subsided in the States with Obama and Hilary in alliance now (with the exception of the Anwar case going on now), campaigning fever is definitely up on my side now! I am glad I have...
University

Back to school, probablity-MIT up significantly!

I was around back at school today after a short corporate meeting in the morning. There I managed to bump in a short one hour of gyming back at campus with my new alumni card before getting more work done in the day. Alumni what card? There, I was told by the gym auntie in-charge there that the alumni...
Blog

Support and vote in the Omy Singapore Blog Awards 2008 (Best Design Category)

The voting period of the Omy Singapore Blog Awards 2008 are open! with each of the top 10 members of each category announced. So far is the competition is in it's third and final stage with the floor now open to public voting, yes now it's your turn to determine the winners by voting! Overall, the winner...
Interesting Stuffs

I LOVE MY APPLE! (ShaunChng.com entry)

This is my entry for I love my Apple contest. Check out the Flash animation!
Interesting Stuffs

Singapore Toy and Comic Convention 2008

Hey here it is finally the Singapore Toy and Comic Convention 2008 was finally here. Held at the Suntec City convention center over the last weekend, the event is one of the few first public events to bring the whole toy and comic industry closer together in a series of annual cons and events held throughout the...
Automotive

Blue and White favorite automobile colours from DuPoint surveys

Here is an interesting read from Dupont automobile painters, especially if you are in the design scene where colour tells more than it being just a plain dab of hue. From their surveys, it seems that Blue (and their varying shades) will still always be a favorite colour among many. While its still interesting to know that...
Interesting Stuffs

Lego A380, the biggest Lego airplane ever made

I had been always a fan of Lego, having grown up with them since I was a kid, even I do occasionally build some contraptions of my own especially with the Lego Mindstorm series. So what do you get when you bind them and the world largest commercial passenger jet? You get the world's largest Lego airplane...
Blog

Next on my gaming list – UT?

It's Thursday already and for a note, I've recently beat the game, Test Drive Unlimited by Atari/Eden last Thursday, its kinda fun earning your filled crown having to complete all the missions and discover all the road of the replica Hawaiian island, just sad that no one plays this game now, but as again, that was stuff...
Computers

Bill Gates Retirement

It is official straight from Mr William Henry Gates III himself- on June 27th, Bill Gates will stop commuting to Microsoft's Redmond campus on a daily basis, and begin full-time work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation where he plans to donate his fortune of approximately $40 billion towards charitable causes. Bill Gates will retire from...
Sports & Runs

Running and sports, an advertised healthy way of life

I can't help noticing some new advertisements we are seeing around our bus stops lately, particularly those typically up on signboards by JC decaux which seems to litter all round the areas where I do my evening runs. It's seems that the health promotion board is selling sports as a great way for both young and old...
Blog

ShaunChng.com in the top 10 for Omy 2008 Singapore Blog Awards! (Best Design)

Whee! Shaun Chng.com has been selected in the judging round as the top 10 blogs in the competition for the Best blog design category! The voting round will open very soon the end of this month (around 30th June). I will be needing all of your support, yup you all my beloved my visitors to see the...
Interesting Stuffs

Photo greetings from Mars, now is that salt or ice?

Greetings from Mars and they come in peace! In the search for habitable regions on the Mars' north pole region, the Phoenix lander had began digging into the area to sprout some interesting finds, clumps of white stuff. These were discovered in shallow trenches excavated by the lander's backhoe-like robotic arm have turned up specks and at...
Polytechnic

Birthday Celebrations – Happy Birthday Coach Robin!

Yesterday (Saturday) night was our planned coach birthday celebrations and it was a secret very well kept in place for our "host" friend who faked her birthday so that we can deceive our coach into attending the party last night. Everybody knew that, except well... coach until last night haha. Held in home premises at the Holland...
Interesting Stuffs

Project green home – a personal challenge

I had few ideas of a technically possible self-sufficient green home, only that I didn't put much of it to work till the recent recent increase in oil prices which resulted in a corresponding increase in goods and service, utility bills, not to mention paying for gasoline for your car. As a picture speak more than words,...
Computers

Team Fortress 2 New Pyro Achievements Tips and Hints

The Pyro achievement pack is out today, so got about over the night to play Pyro over my few favorite public servers such as the 32 player Yen Japanese server, and got my Axtinguisher already! It's remarkable that most of the achievements for the Pyro are easily obtainable this time, contrary to the Medic pack which...
Sports & Runs

Endurance Races gone bad article on Straits Times today – yay!

I read with great interest in today's front page article on the Straits Time on poorly organised races in Singapore. With runner's experiences and the bad of the runs exposed. While the OSIM triathlon and SCM taking the few "must run" and better organised events of the annual runner's calender. The interesting thing is the Passion run...
Family

Happy 20th Birthday Sheena!

Today's is Sheena's birthday & we are taking a day out for lunch and dinner out! Cheers & happy 20th!
University

Unexpected greetings from Imperial College

Look what I got unexpectedly in the mail- A thick blue plastic wrapped package which reads Imperial College London, whoa presents! cool! Ripping out the contents revealed a full 140 odd full colour printed 2009 prospectus on yes you guessed it, on Imperial College itself. And hey it's even more posh than the one Trinity of Cambridge...
Polytechnic

More Segway talk with a student’s final year project

Met up with my old workshop TSO on my last Tuesday's visit to school and since the Segway debate is still under the wraps of being a legal car alternative in Singapore, I will just touch on abit of the issue here, elaborating and stating the facts on how I find much our current country-wide strict regulations...
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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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