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 […]
Fixed my bicycle which had its front wheel stolen about two months ago. Since then it had been languishing in the carpark as procrastinated the task of fixing it.
A few days ago I came across this bicycle shop that gave me a good quote - they replaced the rim, tire and tube for S$40. […]
I sent in the Toyota for its first service: at 1000 km, it’s a minor checkup, where Borneo Motors (the authorised Toyota dealer in Singapore) cleans up the car, changes the oil and returns it to the owner almost-spanking new. The service centre (of which there are currently five in Singapore) was very comfortable […]
How do I know I’ve recovered from an illness? When my appetite returns. Although my tonsils are still sore, my fever has been lifted today and I had the chance to bring my parents out to dinner at a new place in Serangoon: Canton Wok.
Its a small restaurant that serves mouth-watering Chinese dishes […]
I picked up my new car today. It’s a zippy little Toyota Vios with a 1.5l engine in a bright red chassis.
There’s something special about taking posession of a new car: unwrapping the plastic that covers the driver’s seat, being surrounded by the smell of new leather, opening the bonnet to see a spotlessly […]
In American media, political coverage of the Presidential Elections 2004 reaches its zenith in the last few weeks before Election Day. It has displaced the normal sports and entertainment coverage, and even some news from the war in Iraq (although it can be argued that Iraq is a key political issue). The […]
Everytime I step into an airplane, I am amazed at the options available. From the wide range of magazines, food, movies, music and games, the choices are (almost) endless. It was not so long ago that stewardesses distributed playing cards and magnetic chess sets to stave off the boredom of a trans-Pacific flight.
Today, […]
At regular intervals, the Singapore Armed Forces calls me up to stick needles into me. No obedient soldier ever questions why or what. Well, at least I asked “what is it?” today.
According to my medical records, the last time I was vaccinated by the army was in 1989(!). Wow, talking about a […]
Its not often I’m without my mobile phone, but last night, my Nokia 7210 stopped working. It was a strange error - the keypad just locked up. Just like a computer error, except that it resisted all efforts to restore it to operational state. Took out the battery, restarted, nothing worked.
I dropped […]
The hit musical Mamma Mia! finally comes to Singapore. This is the opening weekend at the Esplanade, and the theatre was packed for the Saturday afternoon matinee.
It took some creative writer to put together a musical using only songs from Abba - it was one of those innovations that became obvious once someone else […]