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Automotive

Is owning a car beneficial in Singapore? 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer

And yes, on Cars. Dad came around one day with mum asking about plans for our next new family car. Despite all his talk on Renaults previously, he was considering the 2006-2007 1.6L Mitsubishi Lancer which is going for a dirt cheap $43,000 with COE at C&C, which is close to half of how much we paid...
Current Issues

Its holiday! But only for this week…

Despite the sun coming out quite nicely these days, the whether and ambient temperature is still holding out nice and cool in my area. In fact so good I do not even need to sleep with regular air-conditioning on for a few weeks! Morning temperatures are around 25 Degrees Celsius (readings from my desk clock), with rather...
Site Updates

New Video and Portfolio Section up

Site Updates As part of my planned holiday chores, spent time over the last few days revamping and fixing up parts of the site. The videos page now has the videos streamed from youtube and google video, so no hassles to download them for viewing anymore, freeing up alot of server space for the site as well. Did...
Asian

Lor mee and Laksa at AMK Ave 10, Chong Boon Market

One of my favorite lunch spots in the Ang Mo Kio area will be the Lor Mee and Laksa store at Chong Boon Market along Avenue 10 . This hawker store had old beginnings being in the business for over a decade, or at least since I first tried their dishes in the late nineties. Their trademark...
Computers

Windows Vista – Slow! Bill Gates: No No No!

With all the hype and publicity on Windows Vista going on in Singapore, I guess I can only commend on the efforts MS Singapore is putting into promoting the OS. However in that limelight, definitely the main selling point and MS broke in sales will tell you that it's "safer", "more secure", "looks fabulous" and has "excellent...
Polytechnic

Too easy to score, Engineering Materials II

With some new found time before dinner today, let me just spend some time talking about the paper I had today. Engineering Materials II. It's TOO EASY! wahahah it's really a disappointment, studied and researched so much out of the box and the questions which came out are all repeated from the class! A typical case of overkill? Like...
Laughs

No Pok! No Pork! Coffeeshop & More…

In the mist of all this exam madness, let just catch some local laughs with these ol' hawker audio clip pranks. No POK! Kopi Yi-Pei! School Time had been very tight on my side, this semester is very very very short, too short to even breathe I guess, with me just barely making through on most of the modules I am...
News

Formula 1 in Singapore 2008?

With all the rumors and such going on for years, finally theres some official word... Singapore may join F1 in 2008 Singapore is the latest country rumored to be hosting a new Formula One event, with news that F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone is in negotiations with at least two Singaporean groups about a deal to host the grand prix...
Polytechnic

*Bleep* Please hold Life, incoming Exams

😐 Well it had been a very very fast hectic week for me & it will get worse - before I know it, it's 2 weeks left to the exam week. With no running millage for this week (I won't see myself running, gyming or training so often these weeks now). Sometimes in this mess, I just...
Sports Events

NTU Surf n Sweat 2007, National Vertical Marathon 2007

2 Events to keep ya sports freaks busy for the 1st quarter of Janurary, namely the NTU Surf n Sweat 2007 & the all-usual NTU National Vertical Marathon 2007. More will be coming soon, especially the cross-country season. NTU Surf n Sweat 2007 Event Date: 4 February 2007 Venue: Tanjong Beach, Sentosa Time: 8am - 6pm Organiser: NTU Sports Club Main Events: Surf...
Sports & Runs

Exams coming, Labrador Park Run

Ahh here I am tucked in the comfort of my room surrounded by lecture notes, library books and stationary, while still typing this post. Well the exams are just around the corner & I say, this semester is as tough as it can get, in fact it's the most packed ever, with 9 modules to take (excluding...
Blog

Lets talk about Toes! & Spinnovex 2007

Internet had been very screwy lately, even can't even access yahoo mail or even google.com, me wonders how I survived without internet when I was a kid... Oh yea there was still the invention called TV back then... :mrgreen:At least now I can tell which site are locally based, depending on their access speeds... Those at the other...
News

Foxtrot comic to cease dailies

Ah great, my favorite comic strip Foxtrot has ceased it dailies... Brrwrr! Kansas City, MO (12/05/2006) Bill Amend’s popular FoxTrot comic strip will go to a Sunday-only publication schedule as of Dec. 31, 2006, announced Universal Press Syndicate today. The last daily will be Saturday, Dec. 30. Reruns of dailies will be available for Web usage. “After...
Sports & Runs

First 2007 run at Macritchie

Did a 11km cross-country run at MR today afternoon (Time 1:07). Running there today does bring back alot of old army memories - It's along the tree top route past the round about MR route into rather familiar training areas I've trained during my NSF days, then exiting around the golf course area back through MR then...
Interesting Stuffs

I am @ Youth.SG

I am @ Youth.SG - Written by yours truly. In the deep dark shadows of Area-Y, Lies the conspiracy of the blog Jointly headed by agent Y, Head blogging agent, Youth.SG Smack you with my lightsaber you may Readers alike, feeders or may Till the minions bow before, they may Better not, later kana Tomorrow-ed Ping a-ling Permalink Drumroll for the Blogroll Tick-Tag there goes Technorati From Xiaxue...
Occasions

1st day of 2007

It the first morning of 2007 and it's already nice and sunny around here, nothing much of the long old days of rain back in 2006. Whee! mabe I can get started on my weekly runs again!
Thoughts

Hello 2007!

My New year Resolutions & Targets for 2007: > School: Maintain my GPA at 4.0 (with 2 academic semesters left!) Achieve NYAA Gold by end 2007 > Business: Rocket my e-commerce sales & savings Benefit more from long term investments > Community: Contribute more community service within Singapore > Health & Sports: Clock at least 1000km of running millage Build more muscle mass (more gym visits duh...) Achieve a...
Thoughts

Goodbye 2006…

Its time again, reflection time! Oh yea with that in hand I guess I hadn't had the opportunity to wish everybody (and on a rather late note) a very happy Merry Christmas 2006, Selamat Hari Raya Haji and a very Happy new year. Alot has happened since I came back, namely greeted by new of Singapore flooding around...
Polytechnic

Rotaract Medan 2006 Trip Day 6 /6

24th Dec Sunday- The days just seem to pass by faster and faster, this is the last day in Medan, Indonesia, also our rest day where we get to do sightseeing and shopping. Got out of bed 8am local time which means about 6 hours of sleep from the last night (where many got less having BBQ...
Polytechnic

Rotaract Medan 2006 Trip Day 5/6

23th Dec Saturday - It bag packing time and we are heading to Brastagi! We were told to split our bags into 2 sets, one to bring up, the other left at home so we can pick it up on our way back tomorrow (& it beats carrying all our luggage up there too). Breakfast this time,...
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East Asia

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

South East Asia

Exploring Yokohama City and Chinatown

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Visiting the Tokyo imperial palace

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Visiting Plaza Lowyat Bukit Bintang KL

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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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Events

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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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Food Reviews

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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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