After the SARS scare in 2002, the world was awaken to the possibility of a pandemic of epic proportions. That time, the SARS virus was limited in its reach, and the threat was successfully averted. But it seems that threat of a global pandemic is still lurking.
There has been increasing articles in the […]
There’s a thousand things to be done for a wedding! When RD and I first decided to marry, it was July last year - it seemed almost yesterday. Now, the Day is a mere four months away.
After the initial rush of excitement, we booked our hotel, church and priest. Then, I sort […]
If you haven’t visited my online photo album, you might want to take a look. Since I bought my first digital camera in 2000, I’ve grown accustomed to the convenience and features that digital photography offers. Yet, with all it offers, managing digital photos can be a pain.
After years of experimenting with various […]
Yesterday (17 Jan 2005) was Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the USA. To my surprise, although this was a gazetted public holiday, my corporate HQ (based in Sunnyvale, California) did not recognize that. Some people took leave, but others turned up for work as usual.
I’ve never given it much thought before, but […]
Here’s a site that has some interesting posts regarding the Singapore financial scene. WallStraits.com hosts an interesting forum that appears to have a decent community with intelligent comments. Various members have posted views on unit trusts, ETFs, REITs and some of them are actually decent.
I’m sure a number of them have vested professional […]
This weekend, I met two persons in need of healing.
The first was RD’s brother-in-law, who underwent surgery to remove portions of his colon which had been afflicted by diverticulum (a sac portruding from an organ) that was chronically infected. It manifested itself some years ago, and most recently struck just before Christmas.
He is now […]
BBC has an article about how solar radiation has been decreasing in recent decades due to increased particulate pollution. It was an interesting article because we’ve all heard about Global Warming - how can this be if there’s less sunlight reaching the ground? It is frightening how many of the choices we make […]
In case you haven’t noticed, I’m running Wordpress as my blog engine. It is a lightweight and flexible application that allows me to post my journal entries and to categories and administer them effectively. Like many web applications, it runs on PHP and MySQL. It is a ubiquitious environment that many webhosting […]
Today, I made my semi-regular visit to the blood bank and had 450g withdrawn. It was a painless exercise and the centre at the Singapore General Hospital was extremely efficient about the process. The nurses are proficient about locating and inserting the needle with minimal fuss and the whole procedure was over in […]
Today, we (the Harvesters) started a 4-week study of the letters of St Paul to the Thessalonians. This Little Rock session was advertised in church bulletins and through email.
Given that we have just come out of the Christmas and New Years vacations, the organising team was not wholly prepared. We could have made […]