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More advertising in the toilet near you, this time in mirrors!

Picture a scenario of you washing you hands at the toilet sink and doing your hair thereafter in front of the mirror when a picture simply just appears right in front of your face asking you to buy a particular product, catch Rambo 4 or join the Navy. I think that could be the of many things...
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How to recognize spam phishing emails (adsense, websbiggest.net, Paypal, HSBC, etc)

Phishing is nothing new to most web users nowadays, but despite how aware we are, there will always still be people who get caught unaware by them, even I was almost fooled once. What is Phishing? Phishing mails had came a long way from simple autonomous plain-text mails to nicely detailed craft emails from various banks or monetary...
Gadgets

Grow up Singapore! We can’t use Segways on Singapore Streets?

There is always so much controversy with regards to the inflexible regulations notorious in Singapore- govern this govern that they say. This one in particular with respect to the rules against the use of Segways in commuting. No wonder it never took off, or even heard of to many in Singapore. However, with the ongoing encouragement of public...
Current Issues

Effective tips to selling fund-raising flags in Singapore

I won't consider myself a veteran flag seller, since I've started my work as a flag day volunteer few years ago in aid for various VWOs such as the Singapore cancer society, heart foundation, St Lukes hospital, Viriya and the President's Challenge just to name afew. Since then, I've bagged close to about 100 of flagday hours,...
Polytechnic

SP graduation 2008 invites in

Oh yes, nothing like "news" but hey my invitation cards for the upcoming SP graduation had arrived in the mail few days ago. They are all clad glossy-esthetique on paper board- it does not look cheap, goes to show how much SP puts into their collaterals... Though it will be better if we don't actually to have...
Current Issues

Grants for Singapore Interactive Digital Media Startups

Singapore is well known globally as the best place in the world to start a business, let be the transparent procedures and the ease of registering one. The availability of government grants and funding are also one of the reasons why startups these days can flourish so easily without much financial limitations as well. Caught up with an...
Family

singapuahra at Night & Day +gallery+friends bar at Selegie

Popped by after work today before dinner at my cousin Ben Puah's art exhibition at the Night & Day +gallery +friends bar along selegie road (unit 139). Titled "singapuahra", it's one his exhibitions lined up for the year. The gallery is currently open on the 3rd floor of the 5 foot wallway shophouse since early this month...
Events

Nafa Design & Media Graduation Show 2008 Exhibition

Last Thursday was Design & Media Graduation Show 2008 held in the evening at the NAFA Campus 1, Gallery 3. Showcased are various final year productions by the graduating cohort of NAFA in the multimedia course. As stated in their rather provocative invitation leaflet- "The graduation show aim to engage visitors to ponder and wonder over 200...
Polytechnic

SP Model student award 2008 ceremony awardees group photo

I believed I mentioned briefly about my model student award presentation in a dated blog post last month, but didn't actually managed to get any photos of it till recently- It was not until I chanced upon it when surfing the SP website after finally getting my NYAA booklet and reports written and submitted today, having literally...
Western

Café Cartel at Raffles City

Café Cartel is a small café located on the first floor of Raffles city right at the city hall MRT exit. Despite being called a Café, Café Cartel at Raffles City is in fact a full-fledged dine-in restaurant complete with a full American western menu. Their trademarked main dish will be their St Louis pork ribs. These are...
Family

Mother’s day dinner at Cafe Cartel, and Houston we have St Louis pork ribs!

Today's Mother's day! Mother's day dinner this year is one of the few typical last minute things which we managed to get properly settled without much planning beforehand. If you were to follow up on my last blog entry of my event at Singapore heart foundation yesterday, thereafter, plans for dinner out that night was actually planned...
Events

Singapore Heart Foundatin Go Red Day at Yew Tee

Heart disease and stroke is the world's number one killer among women claiming the lives of more women each year than any other disease. Heart disease and stroke claims the lives of 8 times more women than breast cancer In Singapore, 1 in 3 women die from heart disease and stroke. Many women are still unaware of...
Sports Events

Mizuno Mount Faber Run 2008 Race Details

Last year's race was great! And after last year's success, VGO will be having their 2nd annual regular go at the Mount Faber run again. For those who are familiar with the brief history is line of Mt Faber races are a resurrection of the annual race many years ago. Just hope the previous experiences of badly...
Current Issues

Safra automated membership stole my service pay!

This is some quite dated news, but since most guys who gone through NS in Singapore will more or less be a Safra member, so I will just share it here. They sent me a letter early this year telling me to renew my membership, so as with most club memberships or magazines, when you never respond...
Polytechnic

Myanmar Hurricane Relief & Fundraising

In the spade of the Myanmar Hurricane Relief efforts going on. Singapore polytechnic students will conduct a class to class fund raising to aid the relief efforts within campus grounds itself. It will mainly be led by volunteer students from Myanmar themselves so please show your support if they come around tomorrow asking for donations. Besides the...
Polytechnic

Ez-linkers in SP, Graduation website up.

For those who were wondering where I am these days, I am in school working part time- ummm distributing Ez-link cards. Ok it's not really my definition of a wise way to spend my time there given the opportunity costs, but hey I had to be in school anyway to finish my national youth achievement (NYAA) reports...
Blog

ShaunChng.com nominated for Singapore Blog Awards 2008 (Omy)

Here are some news with respect the site! This site has being nominated for the Singapore Blog Awards 2008 under the Best Design Category. Thanks Alvin for nominating my blog. Here is a general timeline of the awards schedule, starting from the beginning of this month: Phase 1: Nomination (4 weeks - Now) Phase 2: Closed Panel Judging (2 weeks) Phase 3:...
Asian

Dad’s Birthday Dinner at Red Star Restaurant

Backtracking on his birthday dinner, dinner last Saturday was at the Red Star restaurant along Chin Swee road, (around the China town/people's park area). It's a quite a large Chinese a-la carte food restaurant with food portions and quality is much better than few other I've tried in the similar league as well. The food they serve...
Family

Happy Birthday Dad!

Today is my dad's birthday, the 5th of May. Happy birthday Dad! Year older, a year wiser! And there was cake! Not meaning cake in the game "Portal" though we did have chocolate cake, something rather similar to the one in the game (as referred on my previous blog post). You should be able to know how old...
Computers

Portal completion and some facts about GlaDOS

Got some time to complete the orange box game Portal today. For those who never heard of the game, it's one kinda unique first person shooters (FPS) meets puzzle games. Portal is developed by Valve, the same company which brought the world Half-life and brought the game Counter-strike into the retail channels. The staff on the Portal...
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