Just a few hours after I penned the last "Things Do Fail" entry, the laptop that i used to update my blog also died. Well... not died-died, but the "Fan error" doesn't even allow me to get past the Bios.

Seriously Lenovo/IBM should let users get into the system for a few minutes to do some backup at least.

So I sent my dear lappy for repair again. It ( Read more... )

The huge Hoover fridge in my house is dead after operating perfectly for exactly 5 years and 3 days. That got me started wondering if manufacturers put malfunction timers in their product so they go crazy right after the warranty period.

Anywayx, I was tasked to browse around at Best Denki Orchard for a new fridge before gymming.

Me to Saleslady: How ( Read more... )

My sprouting wisdom tooth caused my left cheek to swell up for 2 days. Somehow, the side of the neck is also inflamed and now I can't turn my neck without feeling sore. Luckily it didn't happen during the exams.

Renovation going on upstairs. Not the 'normal' renovation, but the TILE BREAKING type of renovation. I'm promptly awaken everyday at 9+ am ( Read more... )

The people of Hougang will be known as people with backbone and not succumb to pork barrel politics.

A candidate like Eric Low must now learn how to fight his own battle, or just give it up because voters have spoken against you and your brand of politics twice.

All papers for this semester has ended. Hence the holidays begin...

First French class with Wyman Alliance de Francais yesterday. I don't like sarcastic teachers.

Have been drinking too much coffee, eating too much chocolate and relying too much on pills to sleep. Feels like zombie after a grueling 2 weeks.

My sister asked me to help her buy 0.7mm ( Read more... )

I was hoping I do not have to see this, but in less than 48 hours after the election day was announced, the first election related lawsuit was file today.

Since the NKF saga, I have already come to such a conclusion, that there are really only two classes of Singaporeans:

1. One that that can afford to sue others for libel and,
2. One that cannot.

NKF's T ( Read more... )

I'm listening to a very weird song. It's called "Tip-toe through the tulips" by Tiny Tim, a singer who was very popular in the 1970s and appears regularly on the Johnny Carson show.

If you bother to google about him, he's like a convervative trapped in a liberal radical's body. The opposite of me, in a way.

Speaking of 'liberal radical'... what does ( Read more... )

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The story that Li Ao said Singaporeans are 'stupid' (translated by ST as such, but actually 笨 can mean many other things) made it to Taiwan's Udn. I shall just play news aggregater here:

李敖罵新加坡人「笨」 掀波
新加坡人笨？ 李敖明說清楚
招誰惹誰？ 新加坡常挨台灣罵
李敖言論 新加坡歌手黃湘怡：不舒服

Such comments naturally make a lot of us uncomfortable. I'm a Singaporean who migrated here from Hong Kong ( Read more... )

Alright... 19 days to the first final exam paper. Revision kicks into high gear.

Received an email from the Macro lecturer:

(1) In the remaining two lectures, we will cover Chapters 12, 8 and ( from Gordon.

(2) The Final examination will be a comprehensive exam--i.e., it will cover the entire course--but with an emphasis on the material from the ( Read more... )