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Recyling Water~It is only in the recent week did I realize the true meaning of recycling water. Previously, the concept of recycling water was more on a macro scale, where imagination would take me to the water processing plants that purifies used water to make it clean and potable. At home, the concept was more of reduce, by taking shorter showers, cleaning the car with a pail of water rather

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If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. It’s the hard that makes it great. ~Tom Hanks

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Another one of Windows Live’s new programs that attempts to integrate what you do on the net with Windows 7. Pretty cool I must say. It mirros the template on my blog so I see the template as I am typing this post.Also, there is Windows Live Messenger Beta which is also quite cool. Integrating MSN with social networking sites like facebook and myspace etc. Will be looking forward to more awesome

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The Mini Grad Trip~And so we've conquered Mount Kinabalu, if you define conquering as climbing to the top of the peak. However, it was a common feeling that Mount Kinabalu has conquered us. It is safe to say that we have taken everything the mountain has to throw at us as a deterrence from scaling to it's peak.We set our footprints on the Mesilou trail, the less beaten path because of its

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Here I come

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"Whatever you do is unpopular. It doesn’t matter.""The only way to avoid making mistakes is not to do anything. And that…will be the ultimate mistake."

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Pleasantly Surprised~All I asked for was a 2A 240V fuse, but I got a 30 mins conversation on Singapore issues, economic, social and political, and some advice from an ex electronic engineer at Sim Lim Square.

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9 Months~

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We tend to complain sometimes. But in retrospect, things may not be as bad as it seemed

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iPhone~Just last Friday, my mum suddenly decided to get me on the iPhone data plan. She called my mobile and I was half expecting one of those yakayak talk but nope. It was nice and I wanted to switch to a data plan anyway once I start working and start being REALLY financially free. I say that now because my parents somehow have a knack of giving me money when I keep reminding them I have enough

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Thank God~I hope God has already made his decision for me.

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I'm Back."The best performance improvement is the transition from the non-working state to the working state."

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Singapore~ The way it is

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Villeurbanne Badminton Club~So yesterday, I played my last badminton game at the Iris gym, the usual place where Villeurbanne badminton club holds its weekly Monday and Wednesday’s badminton sessions. The funny thing is that I did not even know that yesterday was the last badminton session till after the session itself, and till people were wishing me good luck and asking me whether I’ll be

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Daring Yet Confident~Make The Girl Dance "Baby Baby Baby" ( official video )envoyé par placeblancherec. - Regardez la dernière sélection musicale.

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We see the Nice things, but do we see the Ugly things?

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Do you agree with this?http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/09/alternative-investment-marrying-a-millionaire/

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"The tennis gods brewed up a storm around Roland Garros on Sunday afternoon as they prepared to welcome a new member into their midst. Roger Federer repelled the rain, thunder, and a certain Robin Soderling to take his rightful place among the immortals of the game."

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Paris~Despite all the hype about Paris being the most romantic city in the world, I don’t find it particularly romantic. With all masses of tourists, swindlers, touters, and pee smelling like subways, I wonder after what the definition of being romantic is. If being romantic is defined as kissing under the Eiffel Tower, or walking into the Louis Vuitton boutique store with your boyfriend and

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You belong to me :)~

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Malta~Went with Jasmine and Terry who flew in from London while I took a straight flight from Lyon. Malta had much to offer in terms of historical monuments, musuems and great sights to see. I would say that we didn't cover all that we could have covered due to the more relaxed mood we were in, but still the holiday was thoroughly enjoyable due to the great company I had. I am quite getting used

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The Last Letter~Dear Mum, Pop, By the time you receive this letter, you will be aware that my postal address wil change such that instead of writing “England” after my date, I will be writing “France”. The papers should have…..the invasion news about, and I can visualize your feelings when you read that an Airborne Invasion has taken place. We just have been given the liberty of divulging the

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Nostalgia is setting in already~With only about 2 more months before my attachment finishes, nostalgia is already setting in. Lunch and dinner conversations are about how we are spending too little time in Lyon, and too much time elsewhere, and how perhaps in our last week here, we would not go anywhere but just soak in the last moments of being in Lyon, walking around aimlessly and just watching

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Do materialists really think that language just “evolved”, like finches’ beaks, or have they simply never thought about the matter rationally? Where’s the evidence? How could it come about that human beings all agreed that particular grunts carried particular connotations? How could it have come about that groups of anthropoid apes developed the amazing morphological complexity of a single

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Far Away~

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The Slowness of WorkWork is getting rather slow these days. I’m not getting fast enough responses from Gwenaelle, the person from EADS Astrium so that I can do some experimenting and get some results on the model that we have worked on. Hence, work has been largely reading of articles and journals, improving on the Matlab code, writing some reports and doing up PowerPoint presentation slides. Not

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Volant d'Oc Montpellier~This was the fate of my tournament at Montpellier.  Getting faulted for service and losing 6 points in a match is not very funny. Oh well, I guess Jana and I made our point. We came with a bang and left with a bang in the elite category of French badminton where the top 50 players play. I probably witnessed my first discrimination against other races in France.  Helen,

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"You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving."- Anatole France

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Châteaux de la LoireIt was a great trip. We spent 4 days in the Loire Valley and managed to visit 5 castles. There were many castles in the region, but due to the time constraint we chose the best 4 based on the perhaps biased opinion on wikipedia and wikitravel: Château d'Amboise, Château de Chambord, Château de Chenonceau and Château d'Azay le Rideau. Château de Villandry was supposed to be a

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Marriage and Funeral~

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The Hitchhiker~It was in Annecy, the nice little town that is known as "the Venice of France" east of Lyon near the Switzerland France border where I first hitchhiked. The feeling of someone actually stopping for you when he sees you sticking your thumbs up on the road is kinda exciting. It is a special feeling that perhaps only those who tried it will understand especially on the long cruel road

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Meet the parentsSo my parents came over to visit me in Lyon over the weekend, one part of their holiday which includes Paris and Hong Kong as other destinations. Well for me the most important thing was to make sure my parents were able to see that I could take care of myself while I am all alone overseas, so that they won't get worried and not to mention nag. Mum brought her famous Ngo Hiang all

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I am not a Malay..Hear around the 10:50 markLe club des sports 29 03 09 - TLMLe club des sports 29 03 09 - TLMLe club des sports 29 03 09Mots-clés : tlm lyon sport Video de interne3 "On a l'exchange quelque jouers international avec un malay qui fait ses etudes a Villeurbanne et de jouers Allemands qui sont aussi de region Lyonnais"

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The Road Ahead or the Road BehindSometimes I think the fates must grinas we denounce them and insist,The only reason we can’t winis the fates themselves have missed. Yet, there lives on the ancient claim-We win or lose within ourselves,The shining trophies on our shelves can Never win tomorrow’s game. So you and I know deeper downThere is always a chance to win the crown,But when we fail to

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10th Grand Prix of Oullins Badminton Tournament So it was tournament weekend and this time the tournament was to be held at a town called Oullins on the South West of Lyon. Learning from my US experience, I chose not to take part in all 3 events, just doubles and mixed doubles. Spread your line too thin and your defence gets broken because it becomes weak;) The tournaments in France are slightly

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Daylight Savings and the iPhone~I'm up early today for the tournament at Oullins. But 1 hour earlier than expected. There was an adjustment in time due to daylight savings and at 2 am CETS this morning, and it was supposed to jump 1 hour ahead to 3 am CETS. So, having arranged to meet Marion, a friend from Villeurbanne badminton club to pick me up at 7:50 am to go to the tournament venue, I

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Life...is like a plate of Oh Lua...You never know whether inside got pearl or not...HAHA:)

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This is Home~

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Le Travail idéalLe travail idéal bien que peut-être n'existe pas dans le mondiale vrai, mais c'est comme ça pour moi. Mon travail idéal est celui où je pourrai aimer tout ce que je ferai. J'aime beaucoup d'avions, science et ingénerie. Donc, je voudrais travailler la secteur aviation ou la sector aérospatial. Mon rêve est faire une nouveau découverte parce que je croirai que je pourrai faire une

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London was beautiful.....Not because I arrived there 2.5 hours behind schedule, and forced Kiki to wait for me although she had a 9am class the next morning. Not because I visited Leceister Squre, Trafalgar Square, Westminister's Abbey, the Big Ben, Buckingham's Palace, Hyde Park and King's Cross. Not because I went ice skating in London with Eugene, not quite a usual touristy activity to do in 

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The Journey to London~Getting to London was as hard as it could get. On that faithful Thursday, Lyon had a strike and most of the public transportation system wasn't working. I had French class till 1800hrs and I had to be at the airport by 2015hrs. Hence, I left class early just to make sure I could get a Velo'v (public bicycle) to cycle to Part Dieu and catch the shuttle bus to the airport

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Je peux dire quoi? C'etait un Fabuleux Week-EndIt started out with the concert at the Auditorium of Lyon by the National Orchestra of Lyon on Thursday. We bought the tickets at a steal and it was kinda stumbled upon. We actually wanted to watch a soccer game of Olympic Lyon, the football team here. But there was an offer for both tickets for the soccer match and the concert for 20 euros, which

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The things we leave behind~Skiing on the slopes of La Norma was simply....magical. The snow covered trees, the fresh untouched snow, the tranquility, the bear paw prints. It is by far the best skiing experience so far, not to mention the good company to ski with. I finally mastered parallel turns on my skis at the blue slope. The feeling was exhilarating. It was special. At the end of the day

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Funny French~1) When you walk into a French kebab restaurant, and u see the menu saying "Nos kebabs", don't tell the guy you want Nos kebabs..cos Nos kebabs means Our Kebabs. During the 1st week of our stay in France..this was how a dialogue with the kebab store guy went.Us : " Je veux un nos kebab" (I want an our kebab)Kebab guy: "Tu sais dire kebab? (You mean kebab?)Us: "Non non...je veux NOS

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Of things to come~Photo courtesy of soccernet.com

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Distractions~ Been rather distracted of late. Alot of things have been running through my mind. Good things though. I can't seem to focus at work, though I've not much of it. My professor "tua" me alot of times today. I was supposed to see him to discuss about some problems I had while trying to model the vibrational frequency response of a 2 Degree of Freedom system. And so I went to his office

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These Little Wonders~

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What a weekend~This picure sums up le fabuleaux weekend. The pervertic smile on WJ's face, a side of him that we dumbfoundedly discovered while we were on the trip. He is an example of a "Singaporean H***** uncle".  The smile on my face, describes how much I enjoy travelling with the guys. It is quite amazing how 6 random people can come together and travel and get along rather well. I would like

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Strasbourg~So, we are heading to Strasbourg this weekend, 4 hours north from where we are, to enjoy what seemed to be the week of the holidays, but only 2 days for us. So this little town of Strasbourg is somewhere in Alsace, just next to Germany. Apparently in the town u have some people speaking french, and some people speaking German. Finally, Elvin can unleash his german power upon someone.

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Settling In~I'm kinda well and settled in Lyon after almost one month now. I've finally started work which seems to become a new challenge everyday day. I have found a badminton club which is pretty near school. It used to be a 20 minutes cycle on the velo'v, but now its just a 5 minutes car ride away thanks to Clement, a new found french friend from the Badminton Club de Villeurbanne. Playing

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Aicha~An addictive french song...

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Le Weekend Derniere~Skiing was AWESOME. After 3 years of inactivity, I still managed to get my Wedge and my parallel turns right. Tried to teach some of the guys how to ski and the basics of skiing, but it wasn't really that easy. I was mostly skiing with Teijo, a Finnish exchange student who we got to know during the french course. Teijo was like going "This is great. It is so relaxing. I can do

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Les Deux Alps~This weekend, we'll be heading up to the French Alps to ski!! Really looking forward to it as I heard it will be great. My Parisien roommate kindly lent me his ski pants, as I have forgotten to bring mine from Singapore. Helped me save the extra cash on buying another ski pants. I hope to relive the good and fun days I had at Queenstown, New Zealand with Puang on our great ski

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The Wonders of Technology~

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Intense Stuff~Ok. I've barely been here for a week but I felt like I've been here for like 3 months. The french intensive course which is 5 hours everyday except for Thursday which we have half day is exceptionally draining to the brain. Just being here for 1 week and exposing myself to French culture makes alot of difference. The once undecipherable french is now slightly decoded. French meals

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On the way to Lyon~I travelled slightly more than 24 hours to Lyon from Singapore, stopping at 2 cities on the way. It was one helluva journey. Qatar Airways, I love Qatar Airways. One of the better airlines I have taken for a long long time. The acoustic shielding of the plane from its engines was superb. Everyone was given an eye mask and socks.  They even gave you stickers to paste on the top

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Its time to Multiply!!!......Click here for the best product!! ;)

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2nd Blood~So my new pair of running shoes, the adizero breeze beijing olympics version cost me a mere S$42. Thanks dad for the $80 adidas voucher and the $30 old shoe trade in promotion by adidas, which will last till the end of the month. So those who wanna get adidas running shoes, go get it before September ends! Haha!

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F1 Cham Shiong~We went down with the intention to hear. But we got so much more than that. 4 brave souls and 2 more that endured the ear drum shattering sound waves and the earthquake like vibrations of the passing of each F1 car. It was beyond amazing. It was REVolutions-nary.  Fernando AlonsoKimmi RaikkonenLewis Hamilton** The pics were taken with 1/2000s shutter speed with f/2.5 aperture, and

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The day I spent 6 hours walking~Went to check out the Singapore Biennale with Kianboon yesterday, and took the opportunity to test fire the lx3 again and learn some photography stuff from Kianboon. Photography is a hobby that when you start picking up, u can't stop. The only thing that can stop you is the lack of financial resources to fund the equipment that would give you visually stimulating

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Its been a long time~

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The last week of Sch, the hols, and the 3 days tt Sg would be awakened~Woo hoo!!! Next week's the last week of school before term break, a well needed one after the 1st exhausting half of the sem. Can't wait man...but kns...got 3 quizzes next week.  The school certainly doesn't let us go off easily. Heat transfer, french and Are you ok mental health. Can't wait for the quizzes to be over man.

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Photos~

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Nothing But the blood~One can have the greatest talent, but without the right attitude and focus, he can't achieve anything."Oh what can wash away my sins, what can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood, nothing but the blood of Jesus."

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End of the World? ~What would you be doing on September 10th? Whatever that you may be doing, it may be the last thing that you may do. For on September 10th, the scientists at CERN (The European Organization for Nuclear Research) would be running a particle beam through the Large Hadron Collider,the world's largest particle accelerator in Geneva, Switzerland. Sparing you the scientific theories

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Enfin!!~Finally, after a long gruelling wait, I have finally gotten hall. My distracted and wandering mind during Heat Transfer lecture would aptly decribe my mental and emotional state when I got the news that I've been offered a place in Hall 12 on Wednesday. I couldn't wait to go collect my keys lah. Unfortunately, I had to wait a leetle teeny bit longer because I had to account to people who

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Mannerism~Driving on the roads in Singapore just makes me disappointed and frustrated. Although we are an affluent country and are relatively well developed, we lack the basic courtesy and manners that people of affluence should have. Drivers signal late and they don't give way to others. They also attempt to "cut" into filter lanes that have long queues. More often than not, when they want to

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1st Blood~So, I just couldn't resist the affinity I had with this particular camera. Unfortunately or fortunately, its another Panasonic Lumix. Considering that the 1st lumix I bought was an initial disappointment, you would think that the chances of me getting another lumix was highy unlikely. But NO. I have no regrets with this camera, at least for now. When I was looking for a digital camera,

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Of Happiness and Health~"Happiness is created by oneself, and one must constantly seek his own happiness, to be happy." In one's pursuit of happiness, I think it is important that we do not take away happiness from people. But achieve happiness through the system and by taking advantage of the system. Gain happiness through the happiness of others, and share the happiness so that other people

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Objects Of Desire~

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1st Week in NTU~Despite the fact that I have 3 lesser core courses than my peers which they hate me for, it has not been the best start to the new academic year since coming back from the States. With Hall issues still pertinent at the back of my mind, and the lack of a comfortable environment to study and rest in, I am starting to wonder how I would be able survive the start of the semester. I

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Problem with Passion In Everything~The problem with having passion in everything leaves you with passion in nothing. The problem with having passion in everything leaves you good at nothing. The problem with having passion in everything leaves you time for nothing.Hence, when one is young, discover. But when one grows old, be a master. For the jack of all trades is a master of none. And that

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Amazing~This.....is what I call honouring your wedding vows...."...till death do us part...."

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Injustice~There is so much injustice in this world, that one can either choose to fade away and not let the troubles of this world be upon him, or stand up and fight against injustice, an action which might cause further injustice to beset upon him. So what exactly is justice? It is the quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness or moral rightness and the moral principle determining just

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The Vagabond~"The best option for you is legal squatting. You probably can get a hall place in September or October..or maybe December...." So this is the story of my hall life. Because of being too trusting in people and making wrong decisions, I have been from earning my right to staying in hall, to shifting to an alien hall, to not having any hall at all. Luckily for me, I have XP, the

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World Record~ I had my first haircut in Singapore which the hairdresser took 10 mins to cut after 6 months. I thought about my hair in the states and how I have managed to achieve to keep it the longest ever in my entire life. This picture shows you the record for longest hair Hamon ever had. WOW.

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Singfest~Well well, the "biggest" music festival is dawning upon us, with the "biggest" names in the music industry like Travis, Jason Mraz, Simple Plan, Stacie Orrico and Alicia Keys coming down to perform at the humble Fort Canning Park, it would definitely attract the "biggest" crowds, and oh did I mention the "biggest" price tag? Ok so amongst the aforementioned artistes that are performing,

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This Blog Is not Dead..yet~Finally back after 6 months in Sunny Singapore. Finally back after 3 weeks of holidaying. Finally writing a post after a very long needed break and the lack of motivation to. Unpacking kinda sucks. The things just adds to the already so many things I have at home. Time to do some spring cleaning and donate some of the overflowing items to the Salvation Army. I'm not

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The Trip Thus Far~ We began our journey on that faithful day, where goodbyes were said and parting messages were exchanged. The date was June 12th 2008. And so the 3 of us took the 1st step towards a 16 day adventure of the US and Canada. We took an overnight flight into Toronto Canada, transiting at Las Vegas where prominent street lamps and neon lights greeted us in the sky, and slot machines

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MIA, I will be. For how long, I dunno....

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In 2.5 hours,The agony will be vanquished, the shackles from freedom will be broken, and I will be free......

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Now's not the best time.....to study for 2 exams, when there are more pressing issues at hand such as the shifting out of the apartment, soaking in the last drop of seattle rain, basking in the magnificent UW architecture for a final time, worrying about summer trip and the unecessary necessary admin, and the emotional effects of saying goodbye to a city that I have called home for 6 months.

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The Kakis~A Chemistry professor, a Microsoft computer engineer, an Amazon employee, a computer science graduate student, a Chemistry graduate student, a Badminton entrepreneur, and an aeronautics major exchange student. Thanks for helping me keep in touch with the sport I've played for 15 years now, in a land so far away from home.Wu fei - Thanks for being one of the 1st few person to play

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Nua~Its the time of the year when u feel so nua, kinda burned out, just waiting for that long holiday to come, for you to recharge and rejuvenate. I wonder how people in the working world can work 5 days a week for the entire year. Exams are coming. Shit. I've been watching more movies and playing more badminton than I should be. I have been studying so much lesser than I should be. In fact, I've

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Terminology~Its the time when I start wondering whether I would miss Seattle and its Wastelands, or at least that's what a girl from the other side of the mountains call it. Nostalgia has yet to be in full effect, but it will soon be. Today I was this close to get a decent haircut. It turned out to be slightly less than disastrous, and could have been even worse if I didn't request to the

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Dear Professor Lok...I am a 2nd year Aerospace Engineering student going onto 3rd year, and am currently on the Global Immersion Program in University of Washington, Seattle. Just a little background about myself, I am a member of the school’s IVP badminton team, and have represented Singapore Universities in the Asean University games in Hanoi and the World University games in Bangkok. In my

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Memorial Weekend~Because of the long weekend and being Singaporeans who always know how to maximize our resourses, we took the drive east towards the state of Montana, to Yellowstone National Park. It was another one of those super long drive. It took us about 12 hours odd in total to get to West Yellowstone, a small little town outside the National Park itself. We set off on Friday afternoon and

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Singapore in Seattle~Firstly the weather has taken a drastic turn for the weekend. We have been hit by 25 degree celsius temperatures which called for the drastic change in fashion sense, and conducting of class?!?! I had one class today out in the open, on the grass. It seems that Seattlites really enjoy the sun, although it gives u sunburn like the one I got from the overexposure of my skin to

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Why?Why do people always ride on good things when they come by even when you promise them goodness in time? Whatever happened to patience, whatever happened to good company? Whatever happened to "I give you my word?" Why are people so opportunistic? Why can't we have more spirit of togetherness? Why does it seem so hard to achieve? Why do people keep sayin hurtful things to each other? Why can't

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Training~And so, I almost died doing 3 mid term examinations in 1 day, in a span of 4 hours. I even had to run from one exam venue to the other once I'm done with the previous one. By the end of it all, 1 word. SHACK. Anyway its time for some training. As I've mentioned before, I'm playing in the Washington State badminton Open going to be held next weekend. And I happily signed up for 3 events:

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D-day H-hour minus 9.53 midterm exams, 4 hours. Wish me luck

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I love Fridays~Maybe not next Friday, but today was chillaxing. I went downtown with Juanita today, went to exchange my American Eagle T shirts while she went to do some assignment for her course at Seattle Art Museum. I realized that the American Eagle store in downtown has so much more stuff compared to the store at Northgate. After that, Dan came along and we went to try the Clam chowder at

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Be Unto Your Name~We are a moment, You are foreverLord of the ages, God before timeWe are a vapor, You are eternalLove everlasting, Reigning on highHoly holy, Lord God AlmightyWorthy is the Lamb who was slainHighest praises, honor and gloryBe unto your name, be unto your nameWe are the broken, you are the healerJesus Redeeemer, Mighty to saveYou are the love song we'll sing foreverBowing before

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Don't You Just feel proud to be Singaporean?

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Retail and Sports Therapy~I bought 3 American Eagle shirts which were on sale yesterday, a brand that I'm feeling connected to. A pair of berms from Ross for like 12 bucks, and a new pair of incanal earphones cos my trusty Koss Portapro is on the verge of dying. Spent most of the day out yesterday, taking the GIP video with Juanita then heading to Northgate to do all the shopping, before going to

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