I got 500 emails waiting to be read after not checking the account for just 3 days!!

signs that your email account have been used for spamming

If I was not so alert this morning, I would love to just press Ctrl+A and press the DEL key. Unfortunately, in between these nuisance emails are legitimate emails. Sigh. What a morning to start with by going through this.

One of the new revolutionary way of doing presentations these days. I was really grateful for the staff who shared with me this wonderful application.

Unfortunately, it can only run with Internet connection (unless you signup as an educator, for which you will be able to download the files for offline viewing.)

So go on, give yourself a try with this.

In a way, every World Cup since ’98 had an impact on my life.

During World Cup 1998, it was during the period where I transitioned into life as a polytechnic student. Then, I would have caught the matches with a few of the poly mates.

During World Cup 2002, during my NS days, I was going out with my then-girlfriend-soon-to-be-wife. Needless to say, I had to put up with her ogling at those soccer players.

During World Cup 2006, I solemnised my wedding with the said-girlfriend just a week before the start. The first match, France vs Senegal, was spent in the comfort of a chalet in Downtown East ala ‘honeymoon suite’. I wasn’t sure which was more interesting: the match on tv or the match on bed! LOL (Of course, the latter wins hands down anytime!! :-p)

Now, World Cup 2010, I am watching it together with my wife and my 2 kids. Ok, both the kids are sound asleep but you get the drift.

How significant is the World Cup to you ?

A couple of days back, I stumbled across a familiar man, sitting near my void deck. He is probably in his 50s. As I tried to recall where I could I have possibly met him, then I realised that he have been around my neighbourhood for quite some time. In fact, I remembered seeing him playing football under my previous residential area with a group of kids back when I was in secondary school. That was about 15 years ago. .. continue reading ..

If you just pass your driving and are new to the roads in Singapore, please don’t be a slowpoke and drive at a speed of 70 km/h on the highway at the 2nd lane (the lane beside the overtaking lane).

I mean, why can’t you just stick to the slow-moving lane if you want to cruise at that speed, oblivious to the honks made by other furious drivers towards you ?

Sometimes, I don’t blame people from labeling female drivers (yes, that driver was a female driver). Just yesterday, I was driving around my neighborhood when a car just made a turn from a carpark exit without stopping to check for incoming vehicles on the main lane. No points for guessing who was on that lane unfortunately though. Luckily, I was not travelling too fast but even so, had it been some other driver, the lady would not be let off so easily.

So what is the main point of this blog entry ? I guess, as much as I want the stereotype towards female drivers to be lifted off, female drivers do have a part to play in driving a little bit more carefully.

Last Friday marked the last day that I traveled to NIE for my full-time teaching course. Since I am in a good mood (after completing my 4 assignments in the span of 1 week and having a pretty much relaxing first week into my practicum) and sharing is caring, I would like to write about my journey to NIE. No, not my nostalgic 2 year course but literally, the journey from my house to the institution itself.

Normally, after I have dropped my wife to work in Ang Mo Kio around 7.15 a.m., I travelled via various highways in Singapore in a bid to find the fastest and easiest route to NIE, which is located in NTU vicinity near Jalan Bahar. I like to travel via PIE but the traffic congestion + ERP in CTE always made me think twice about going by that route.

Rather than paying $2 for ERP, I would prefer travelling up north first via SLE and then exit at the BKE(PIE) exit before turning in to KJE.

However, if you noticed, I would normally reach the SLE expressway around 7.30 a.m. and by the time I reached the exit to BKE(PIE), traffic congestion will tail-back all the way towards the Woodlands Ave 2 exit. It was not till early last year that I discovered a new route courtesy of one of my NIE course-mates.

This route will take you from SLE and bring you out of the traffic congestion over there and magically bring you to Jalan Bahar.

Oklah, I was exaggerating a bit but I am serious on avoiding the congestion. Let me tell you now how you can achieve this magic of going to Jalan Bahar from SLE but avoid the traffic congestion at the BKE (PIE) exit, the Mandai Road exit and also the KJE traffic congestion.

The best thing is, the journey to NIE using this new route from SLE will only be maximum 30 min !!! (because that was the time that I needed while driving my Picanto so if you are driving a bigger car than mine, +- 7 min).

Here’s how.

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