Empty Vessel

I just finished this year’s IPPT test and I should thank God for seeing me through yet another year. The test was held during my ongoing incamp training and I was worried about a stretched hamstring and strained right ankle sustained from last week’s virgin snow ski experience.

Well, I didn’t have to worry about those two medical issues [....]

Continue reading No love for IPPT

I spend so much time posting pictures, downloads or rants here, I sometimes forget this site is meant to be a personal homepage to store my “normal” sentiments! So here goes.

ON FATHERHOOD

I really feel like a father these days, because I come home every day and ask my son the same thing – “So what did you learn in [....]

Continue reading Some Feb Thoughts

I had to replace my living room’s AV receiver recently when the Onkyo 696 died from old age (about 8 years old). As I shopped for a new receiver, it dawned upon me how much technology had changed in the past decade.

For example, my new Onkyo TR807 receiver (above) has new features that weren’t heard of, or even [....]

Continue reading A decade in review – Part 1

First off, apologies for the month-long hiatus in blog posts. October has been a crazy month and I was involved in two crazy-big events – the Xbox 360 Gaming Showdown at VivoCity (23-25 Oct) as well as the midnight retail launch of Windows 7 at Challenger on 22nd Oct. I’m really proud to be with a team that managed to [....]

Continue reading This used to be my (DIY PC) playground

This was originally posted by me on my old 1999 homepage. Am currently archiving what I can find online before it all disappears.

All of you must be thinking I’ve gone bonkers right?

The Facts

Mee Pok is Singapore’s foremost in culinary achievement. The penultimate in cookery skills. Fast to cook, good to eat. Oooooh. Can you smell it?

History [....]

Continue reading Mee Pok, the love of my life

Here are some daily thoughts I’ve posted on Facebook recently, for those interested to know what’s been going on in my mind since I haven’t been updating this blog as regularly as I should have.

Ian Tan shakes his fist at the morning thunderstorm that thwarted his morning run. I smell a conspiracy here to keep me fat.

Ian Tan is [....]

Continue reading Some recent ramblings on Facebook

If you aren’t on Facebook, you haven’t been seeing the Photoshop mockups I’ve been doing of possible decals on my new black Altis. Most of my FB friends think I’m crazy, but hey, am just having fun with vectors and pixels.

A lot of car drivers out there go slap decals on their car without doing a visual trial, and [....]

Continue reading Mockups of Ah Beng car decals