February 2011
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January 2011
2 posts
Scattered Thoughts on His Dark Materials
Finished reading all three books of His Dark Materials, close to three years after I bought the book.
The part where Dust stopped flowing out of the mulefa world and started collecting on Will and Lyra was disappointing. Deus ex machina dude. Not cool at all.
Subtle Knife was kinda short I thought, but more boring compared to Golden Compass and Amber Spyglass, so probably it can’t be...
Mosaics
Season 8 of 24 was dark. Darker themes, darker characters than the 7th. Not just about stopping terror, defusing bombs, interrogating terrorists that kinda stuff, but really a darker introspection of the human nature and the consequences of human actions.
Day after tomorrow is the first day of work in 2011, and frankly I don’t know what to expect. I’m kinda over the hope thing,...
November 2010
8 posts
Kamakura Corporation. Blog - The Merton Model of... →
I love this guy.
Why is MM Lee visiting primary schools?
From today’s Channel News Asia online article
I imagine it’s not just a whim or fancy, but a deep psychological yearning to go through the stages of life as a Singaporean, starting with primary school, secondary school, JC/Poly/ITE, NS, university, and then maybe one or two state owned enterprises to experience the working life of an adult Singaporean
Then he will decide whether...
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Geo-engineering: climate intervention is a dilemma... →
“If the jobless rate does not come down and bank credit remains depressed, the...”
– HSBC Chief US Economist Kevin Logan.
At Milky Way’s Center, Scientists Find Big Bubbles... →
Youths want to move to Singapore? →
I guess the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Stochastic coincidence
Stumbled upon a very cool tumblr page at http://thevspot.tumblr.com/ and decided to log in again to tumblr to see if they kept my account. And they did. So decided to clean up a bit on the themes and profile photos and see where this leads me.
Jiu-jitsu, US TV dramas like Leverage, Lie To Me and Dollhouse will be what I expect to keep me busy in the next few months, in addition to work work...
December 2008
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