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An eclectic mix of thoughts and views on life both in meat-space and in cyber-space, focusing more on the informal observational/inspirational aspect than academic rigour.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Why So Serious?

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The transition from college student life into a formal adult working life can be rather disorienting at times, as I soon found out. The mos...
Thursday, March 18, 2010

Non-Greedy Searching in Vim

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So Regexes are very powerful. Until you want a non-greedy matching in Vim, then you'll go ``what?''. Here's the incantation...

Juicy Details

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A friend asked me over IM for juicy details (without much qualification), to which I replied with the following. Her succulent flesh glisten...
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Blank Mind

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I'm starting to find my writing dull, tasteless and generally of a quality that baffles even the most mediocre writers. I don't see...
Monday, March 15, 2010

Snowball

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First, a confession. If one were to be following what I have been writing here, there might be an impression that I am one bitter and sorry...
Sunday, March 14, 2010

On Extra-Martial Infidelities

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Damn it! I've deleted quite a few rants that I should have completed, but for one reason or another, I could not complete them before I...
Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Uselessness?

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What's the point of knowing all the classifications of demons from both Eastern and Western mythology and knowing medieval weaponry and ...
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Monday, March 08, 2010

Bananarama

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So this is Bananarama: I've been listening to their songs on and off and never knew this was them... dang.
Tuesday, March 02, 2010

我不难过

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《我不难过》——孙燕姿 又站在你家的门口 我们重复沉默 这样子单方面的守候 还能多久 终于你开口向我诉说她有多溫柔 虽然你还握著我的手 但我已不在你心中 我真的懂 你不是喜新厌旧 是我没有 陪在你身边 当你寂寞时候 別再看著我 说著你爱过 別太伤痛 我不难过 这不算什么 只是为什...
Monday, March 01, 2010

Imperial March

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It's March! A month befitting its name in many ways. It's a march uphill towards the Promised Land [of project completion]; it...
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Monday, February 22, 2010

Run Barefoot

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Run barefoot, damnit! Even the mainstream media has got wind of this. Though I must add that the picture they provided of a runner is the...
Thursday, February 18, 2010

Singapore Has Easy Coordinates

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Random fact: Singapore's official coordinates are roughly (1.283333, 103.833333). Now that's an easy number to remember.
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Monday, February 15, 2010

Chinese New Year Apathy?

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Some time ago, long long time ago, someone made a comment that as one got older, the feelings that one gets during Chinese New Year will slo...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

More Oldies...

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Here are two pieces by 林慧萍: And my favourite piece by her so far:

Down Under

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Each time I hear this on the radio, a smile breaks out on my face---it is just that fun! That said, Men At Work were sued successfully for ...
Monday, February 08, 2010

[PROTOTYPE]

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So not too long ago (less than three or four days back, actually) I finally convinced myself to put up the cash to purchase [PROTOTYPE] off...
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Thursday, February 04, 2010

Theremin

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Okay, new instrument to figure out: Theremin.

Left irc.freenode.net

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I have officially dropped my thelaptop moniker on irc.freenode.net . Henceforth any appearances of that character has got nothing to do wi...
Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

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Mmm... ethereal. That's all I can say.

Sinatramania

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I think I should try learning how to sound like Sinatra: His voice has a certain masculine yet magnetic quality in it that is the epitome of...
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