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Post 2007 Poly 50

And here we are the Poly 50 for 2007 had ended. The race is rather spaced out this year, despite having alos about 90 teams taking part. The interesting thing this year is the donation run part where few volunteers ran 50 laps single handedly with donations going in for every round completed. The main highlight of...
Polytechnic

Ngee Ann Scholarship Interview Invitation

Received my Ngee Ann Kongsi Scholarship interview invitation letter today. Whee! step one done, now to go through the interview. I wonder what questions will they ask? "why do you think you deserve this scholarship?" wahhh! hard!
Interesting Stuffs

The 2007 new 7 wonders of the world

Here is it, the verdict from 100 million internet and phone voters on the world's new 7 wonders, organized and compiled by a private Swiss foundation. Great wall of China Taj Mahal in India Christ The Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro Petra in Jordan The Colosseum in Rome Chichen Itza Mayan City Machu Picchu Incan Ruins Out from the list The not so Grand Canyon in...
Sports & Runs

2007 Poly 50 Training

The heat is up with almost everyone taking part in this year's poly 50 crowding training on the track and race route. Very much peak period now. However, today's is the last official training for Poly 50 for all track and field teams. Not that I've trained today, as I've already done so since Sunday, going for...
Site Updates

New Site Width Update

Site Updates The site will be under going on the fly upgrades, namely to the right side navigation bar with a new improved and wider width. The shoutbox is much wider and easier to type in now, the polls are removed and in place are spanking new ads from the good guys at www.nuffnang.com.sg to further monetize the...
Sports Gear

1st Run with Mizuno Wave Creation 8, inital review & impressions

I had not ran in more than 2 weeks, a relatively long "cooldown" period after recovery from my fever 2 weeks ago. Especially with many cases of runners suddenly collapsing when running under the influence of a flu, cough or even the lack of sleep, who knows what will happen. Take no chances and be a responsible...
Gadgets

New 8GB N95i Rumored

It seems that Nokia is not quite contented with the N95 crown jewel dominating the limelight at the moment (and trashing the iphone too). As we all know, Nokia always upgrades current handsets by making them black and installing firmware and hardware upgrades besides slapping a distictive 'i' a the end of every such model. The N95i...
Family

070707 Green Live Day, Earth Day, Life Earth & Hokkaido Food Fair!

Today is green day, earth day or life earth day as you may call it. Whatever it is the least you can do is just remember to be green and wear green these two days (07-08 July). Remember, it's environmental awareness we are talking about here so put that car or gas guzzling SUV in the park...
Sports Gear

Brought my new Mizuno Wave Creation 8!

Brought my new Shoes today! Tata! brought my in-season shoes for the year - The "New" Mizuno Wave Creation 8! My current old DS trainer 12 is busting out from sole wear so bad (approx 1000km under it's belt since march last year) it's cushioning is not only gone but effectively not much rubber left between road...
Gadgets

Toshiba Portégé G900 Specifications and Photos

Announced early January this year and showcased in Cebit, The Toshiba G900 is official out for sale in all glory the main feature being a wide 800 pixel width screen making web browsing a breeze, here are some shots of the beauty: G900 Box QWERTY Keyboard Box contents Official specifications of Toshiba G900 from the user manual: Processor Marvell PXA270 Processor at 520...
Site Updates

2007 Site Hosting Upgrades

Been around with my host lately to discuss upgrades to the my current hosting plans of shaunchng.com. Having doubled both my webspace and bandwidth to accommodate for future site expansions. Though my site doesn't really take up much space (about 380MB in pages and images in total), bandwidth was a particular concern especially with the increasing traffic...
Site Updates

SEO fun, Search Engine Rankings

Yes, I know this is not how search engines goes, but for some SEO fun, had some time to play with with them recently & here are some findings of my own using my name as a test search option & the ranking of the site. Well, just for fun. Keyword (worldwide): Shaun Chng 1st search result on Yahoo Google The keyplayers...
News

Farewell Captain America, for now

Well, yer all Marvel Fans, especially Captain America Fans here are some news to expect in the coming issue of Marvel Comics. Yes, folks, Captain America is dead and buried in the latest issue of Marvel Comics' "Fallen Son," due on newsstands 5th July 2007. After 66 years of battling villains from Adolf Hitler to the Red...
Gadgets

Stumped by buggy iPhone – Meredith Vieira

Well steve, seems that there are quite a few laughs out there. shhh they are listening, pretend to talk! For those who wanna know more bout the iphone, read more below:
Blog

Ahoy July and 070707

Its the weekend! The last day of the month and the the last day before the GST hike. Besides seeing the shopping areas like a dead town tomorrow there's still more ummmm shopping to do today, well for the rest of my family that is... For me I will be training with my Poly 50 team today...
Thoughts

Using return addresses to get your mail through free

This came to be from just a random neuron connection Ever wondered what happens when you post a letter in the mail box with your address on the front (To: address) and the address you actually want to send the letter to on the reverse (From: address) return address area? If you just want the letter to reach...
Interesting Stuffs

Fevers, SGH, Pokes back and school reopens, and some news too!

You may not have not seen me up around here lately besides poking out the occasional shoutbox, the main reason this week is the official Mid-Semester Test week, which remarkably makes various places like Food court 6 a ghost town even during peak lunch beak times, very much a welcome for us people from Engineering who pop...
Sports & Runs

Overhead burning sun ahoy, run and swim.

Actually woke up early in a different tide today, about 8.30am to be exalt. Awoken mainly by my parents who were all over the house before leaving for work in the morning and partly because they turned off the central air-conditioning which makes falling back to sleep a rather miserable sweaty feat. Usually I will wake up...
Sports & Runs

Heads up, the 2007 NIE Director’s Delay Details

Event Date: Friday, 3 August 2007 Venue: Technological University (NTU), National Institute of Education (NIE) Fun Run Runner’s kit collection: 1630hrs to 1730hrs Fun Run Start: 1745hrs. Competitive Runner kit collection: 1730hrs to 1830hrs Competitive Runners’ briefing: 1845hrs Competitive Run Start: 1915hrs Beneficiary: All registration fees shall be donated to the MINDS Jurong Gardens School. Here we go, the details of the 2007 NIE director's...
Sports & Runs

Kicked out of Poly 50 Team 2, now I am in Team 3

Well despite looking forward into running for Track and Field team 2 this year to prove to the sports club that Team 2 is a force to recon with, not to mention break the disqualification curse (which seems to run almost every year 2 years ago). Things got a blow which I removed from Team 2 today,...
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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

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Exploring Yokohama City and Chinatown

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Visiting the Tokyo imperial palace

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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

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Galaxy Ai 2024 new Fold 6 and Flip 6

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Belkin BoostCharge portable Magsafe 5k charger review

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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

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Light to night 2025 SG Art week

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Artbox 2025 Singapore Expo

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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

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Yappari Steak Vivocity

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Bai Nian Niang Dou Foo

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Bird Avenue Centrepoint

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Heun Kee Claypot Chicken Rice KL

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Fuiyoh! It’s Uncle Roger fried rice

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