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A day with the professors NUS GMS Final Interview

I had this funny mixed feeling of happiness yet guilt about going so far and being shortlisted for the final NUS scholarship interviews- As one of my main intentions was to study overseas in the UK, particularly in Cambridge and the Imperial College. I wanted to pull out, but I won't want to count my chickens before...
Gaming

Tips and tricks on getting all Team Fortress 2 (TF2) Medic Achievements

With the new Team fortress achievement packs out, I bet everyone on the steam server will be raiding on medics hoping to get all the new achievements (aka new weapons loadout). Many of the achievements can be unlocked while playing normally on any causal server, but if you simply wish to speed up the process for the...
Asian

Dinner at Muthu’s Curry (Racecourse road branch)

Dinner tonight was at Muthu's Curry joint situated along race course road. It's a restaurant which serves authentic Indian cuisine in a relatively posh setting comparable to that of general hotel restaurants. Having eaten there, why don't I just share bit more about the place. The old Muthu's curry eatery used to be around the race course...
Gaming

New Team Fortress 2 Update- Goldrush and 39 Medic achievements up

For those TF2 fans, the day of the major update has arrived, with a new game mode called payload in the goldrush map (very similar to thehappycow style tf2 maps) and many new spy-friendly fixes and misc updates on top of the new "loadout" menu for the medic with 39 new achievements. Here is the low down...
Automotive

Singapore Formula Drift – USA’s Ryuji Miki Champion

Though I have a whack more for continental cars more than Japanese tuner cars, the recent formula tuner drift held on April 27 was a sold out crowd at the Changi exhibition center, with Team USA's Ryuji Miki taking the crown in his RX-7. You can check out more on their site at www.formuladrift.com.sg. So the Japanese...
Interesting Stuffs

Polysics- I My Me Mine (Strong Machine 2 Version)

Here is quite a cool dance by Mao Murakami an 11-year-old in "Polysics- I My Me Mine". Apparently she is called Strong Machine 2 which her group generally call themselves as part of a Japanese dance group focused on robotic dances. Shes good, especially doing the robot at 0:58, I think she can even trash many of us...
University

Awarded my overseas DSTA Scholarship!

Whee! Got a letter from my scholarship provider, the Defense Science Technology Agency today congratulating me on being awarded their scholarship! It will include fully paid fees for overseas studies in a top overseas university (as stated in their letter) including accommodation, not to mention all the nitty gritty book and computer fees as well! Woot! Now...
Automotive

Volkswagen Park Assist Vision, where cars do “it” all for you!

Well, we've seen self parking cars in the Lexus IS series, and Volkwagen with their "Park Assist”, in its Touran, Tiguan, Passat and Passat estate to help drivers parallel park. Now Volkswagen is presenting the next evolution of self parking cars with it's new "Park Assist Vision". Now parking a car out of it will definitely turn...
Current Issues

Virtual Map streetdirectory.com denied leave to appeal

Following up on the recent lawsuits, unfortunately Virtual Map streetdirectory.com had been denied leave to appeal, so as stated in this press release. VIRTUAL MAP DENIED LEAVE TO APPEAL Singapore, 21 April 2008 – The High Court has declined to grant Virtual Map (VM) leave to appeal a ruling in its ongoing copyright infringement case with the Singapore Land...
Computers

Da ubber PC up and running, Windows Vista pitfalls

Finally, finally! got my PC up and running at full capabilities, that is of course with an absence of 1-2 days having to deal with unsupported so far my experience with Vista had been a bitter-sweet one, but I guess that is something I will have to live with as Windows XP, though faster have it's software...
Polytechnic

Serangoon Broadway graduation attire collection and yesterday’s flagday

As you know SP graduation attire is very much different than what it was years ago- with a simple white shirt/blouse with black pants/skirt- very much a waiter's reception we would say, so with the way enroute on "progress", apparently, a more formal graduation attire and robe is required for the grandulous occasion since last year, this...
Computers

2TB of space! wohahahaha

Part II of pimp my PC was today, in other words, yes was around Simlim got a quick swipe at few more items to make my PC complete. That means picking up a western digital 1TB harddisk ($322) together with Vista Home Premium ($129). Amazingly alot of stores are still selling vista at like $167 to $179...
Computers

Got My New Yorkfield Quad Core PC!

Got some cool stuff today, or like those peeps in hardware zone will call "a Hoot", will let ya in for in with this teaser on the left to figure out the parts. I wanted to challenge myself in building a sub 10k 3Dmark2006 PC around $1000 without overclocking, the budget itself is a challenge I gave myself...
Sports & Runs

2008 IPPT cleared

Passed my IPPT with a silver at Maju Camp yesterday. Despite able to get a silver, it was my worst result to date, with 3 points (C) scored for standing board jump and 2.4km run with 21 points total. It was like Oh my Gosh, 11:14 for 2.4km? that was like more than 1 minute since I...
Current Issues

Streetdirectory.com comes back online (press release)

Yup Streetdirectory.com is coming back up online, here is the official press release, thanks to Glenn from Virtual Map public relations for sending this in. STREETDIRECTORY.COM COMES BACK ONLINE Singapore, 14 April 2008 – Taking its first step towards becoming fully functional again, Streetdirectory.com came back online at 4:20am today with most of its popular features including bus/ MRT...
University

US Ivy Universities talk at Civil Service College, more interviews

It was a busy weekend. Was at the Civil Service College (CSC) yesterday, University of Chicago, Dartmouth, Duke, Stanford, Wellesley and Yale were there to give a talk about each of their universities. It was largely a talk on "selling" their colleges, which I personally think, well, is not exactly needed considering the excess of applications the...
Current Issues

Upcoming Singapore fundrasing flag days from April to December 2008 (Whole year)

The previous SP flag day together with the Viriya community service ones were a blast this month. If you would like to help out as a volunteer and make a difference to the lives of the least fortunate by fund raising, here are the upcoming flag days in Singapore from April 2008 (today) to December 2008. Here are...
University

NUS Global merit scholarship interview

Had my NUS Global Merit Interview, it is one of the 2 interviews conducted in consideration for the prestigious Global Merit (GM), undergrad (Merit) or the basic undergrad scholarships. The interview was conducted by 2 Proffs and a Dr, so it's 3-1, the setting is very done typical meeting table style. The interesting task of the day was...
Polytechnic

SP Flag Day 2008 for President’s Challenge Charity 08

Today is SP's flag day and we were everywhere, including being highlighted on today's TV news as well. If you've missed us, well, then where have you been? My spot was at raffles place early in the morning, there I got to meet my "class tutor" Mr Teng who I got recommended by my Materials Lecturer, Mrs...
Interesting Stuffs

Xiaxue, Wendy Cheng on the real and china fake iPhone (fake one wins)

Posted just for the moment of zen after catching this on gizmodo, don't ask... OMG who do not know how an iPhone looks like? Oh yes, but hey we are in Singapore right? Anyway she mentioned that she's gonna be kinda biased throughout, so oh well, at least the producers got what they wanted from here, haha.
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