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Pre-Olympics Water Polo Invitational
Sunday, went over to Sg Sports School to catch the pre-olympics water polo invitational matches.
1st time in my life watching live matches of water polo. Know not much about this sport, but sitting through 3+ matches allowed me to gain a better appreciation of water polo. Somehow it resembles rugby: with the dirty tactics and rough play such as ( Read more... ) -
Ethics - A recap & Amazing Amazon
Normative ethics for everyday use
Moral principles:
1. Utilitarianism
> ACT utilitarianism
> RULE utilitarianism
> Consequentialism
Essentially, utiliarianism operates via the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
However, cons include unpredictability of the consequences of actions used in weighing a course of action. And potential negligence ( Read more... ) -
Life is Good ?
From the same source, I found yet another nice song, that by Nathan Hartono:
Life is Good:
Earlier caught up with a good friend who's gonna transit to another phase of life. Did a 4-5 hour heart-heart talk. It'll be a drastic change, won't be easy. Hope can be powerful motivator but to maintain the fine balance between idealism and practicalism (or ( Read more... ) -
Southern Ridges Walk & RUNNUS run
Sunday was spent on the Southern Ridges.
Said to be 15km in walking distance.
We began at about 1115 am from the Westcoast park
Then to Clementi Woods (where we discovered where Sakura restaurant was) ,
NUS's Kent Ridge Road,
then hit Kent Ridge Park,
all the way to Hort Park,
pass the Alexandra Arch (rather small scale)
to Forest Walk
which links ( Read more... ) -
Tod man khao phad (Curried sweetcorn fritters)
Did a good gym workout this evening,
Thereafter headed to cold storage to gather ingredients neccessary
For whipping up of a Southern Thai snack:
>> Tod man khao phad <<
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A visit to Dentist
Visited Quan Ming earlier to kick start a regular dental check-up routine.
The check-up was really fast, followed by a really painful process to dig out all the tartar ($65!). Black and bloody stuff was what I spitted out while rinsing! >_Then, I agreed to an application of chloride gel ($40!). Was still suffering from the morning blurness, and I ( Read more... )
