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I can be a futurist.  I see a future that our bodies will be repaired by robots of nano-scale in the comfort of our home, bulky televisions are things of the past and instead, we will have our own Eyeset (think headset).  Walking through the building entrances, office doors, and immigration checkpoints without the need [...]

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Ideas are peculiar little tangibly intangibles.  They are not as abstract as dreams like you want to marry a perfect guy (or girl) when you grow up or that Lamborghini you must have; wanting to be a rock star or to save the world.  Ideas on the other hand are more tangible than that.  It could be as simple [...]

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The so-called vivid story told by today’s newspaper is neither in-depth nor entertaining.  I was expecting a Hollywood script like this.  Enjoy!  Rated M18 for strong language, blood and gore.
1. EXT.  DETENTION CENTER, SINGAPORE – NIGHT (4am)
 
(Writer’s note: Who wants to watch a fugitive film that happens at four in the afternoon?)
 
An unidentified truck pulls in [...]

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One weekend, Cynthia passed me a newspaper cutting written by The Straits Times journalist Sumiko Tan on how her text message conversation with her friend inspired her to write an article on why some people tend to tell white lies to comfort others.  Sumiko was having lunch alone one day, sent a text message to [...]

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I have read tens or perhaps hundreds of English books but none matches the sensation I derive from reading in my mother tongue.  Like this particular book I am going to feature here, I was so deeply affected that my mind just wouldn’t allow me to do anything else right after I’ve finished reading the [...]

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Everything in life can be measured, that is what I believe - either directly, via proxy measurement, or indirectly. One friend of mine asked: how do we measure love?
We don’t have something like a love-meter, nor any consistent correlation that can scientifically measure love. How love is measured (after months and years of pondering), I [...]

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My new colleague once asked me if I know where the best sites to download music are. My immediate response was Apple.com (iTunes Store that is). It is rhetoric. I knew that was not what she has in mind and neither can we buy music from iTunes Store in Singapore.
Allow me to indulge myself in [...]

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Increasingly, I realize that there is some sort of role reversal between Cynthia and I when it comes to shopping. And I assure you, there is nothing to do with that 7 months break I had and how I became domesticated.
Cynthia shops with objectives in mind. She may not know where to buy that something [...]

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Not many people I’ve talked to appreciate the technology of Videocassette Recorders (VCR). It is a matured technology - the first VCR made for home use was back in 1965 by Sony - and low cost compares to Digital Video Recorder (DVR). I clean the video heads and change my tapes regularly. Four hours long [...]

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Day 1 of the Facilitation course at British Council, as icebreaker, the trainer asked us to think of an animal that best described ourselves and why (the activity was called “Animal Magic” by the way). So, some said dog, cat, lamb, hamster, cow, and some said lion, tiger, and eagle (I chose eagle because of [...]

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