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I Support the New Singapore Integrated Resorts

April 19th, 2005 No Comments

Many Singaporeans are against the Integrated Resorts (IR) proposal because IR comes with a casino. In fact, none of my Singaporean friends I have talked to support the idea of having a casino here in Singapore. They feel that it is not necessary and casino will spell social issues. Granted, gambling is a vice on [...]

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Pope Dies At 84

April 2nd, 2005 No Comments

It is a day of saddnes for some of us who remember the Pope as “champion of human freedom”, “tireless advocate of peace”, and “wonderful sense of humour”. He was one of the history’s great moral leaders and will always be remembered of. I have an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see him in person at the [...]

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How the New Police Speed Laser is Going to Affect Me

February 24th, 2005 No Comments

On one hand, it is good to read the list of roads that Singapore traffic police may deploy the speed laser camera (and why do they do that?). On the other hand, it is bad because almost all the roads that I frequently use will have speed traps. The entire list can be found in [...]

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A Path to Reconciliation?

December 13th, 2004 No Comments

Read the news from Reuters today that Singapore Senior Minister and Malaysia Prime Minister resume the path to improve relationship between the two countries. This is indeed good news. I still remember that some point in the past I was very much affected by the deterioration of our relationship with the Malaysian counterpart. There are [...]

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Galileo Probe and Jupiter’s Moons

February 22nd, 1997 No Comments

Woke up at 2 pm.  Actually planned to wake up at 7:30 am to watch “The Rock” again but couldn’t get up.  Had a lazy shower and ordered a light snack room service.  Felt good at that time. The best thing that could happen to me on a Saturday Afternoon was that when I opened [...]

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