Empty Vessel

I haven’t put up a new blog post for a month, thanks to a rather interesting increase in my office workload.

That happens once in a while and I’m quite used to it.

But I just wanted to pen down some general observations about people that I’ve been thinking about. Largely just to fill the empty air for this month [....]

Continue reading A filler post

Hullo world!

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