Heard this term floating around but didn't really bother about it till as of yesterday, whereby the eLearning Standards Seminar invited a speaker, Mr Warren Chik, to give a talk on that topic.
A few things learnt from that topic:
1. Protectionism. Copyright law is there by default, so the usage of phrases like "© entity name. All rights reserved. " is not necessary. But useful as declarative evidence. 'Copy Right' means only the owner has the right to copy.
2. Open source. Free for all to use.
3. Creative Commons - Free but with conditions.
#1 and #2 are the two extreme ends, while #3 is somewhat between those two.
Click here to learn more about creative commons or visit their official site at http://creativecommons.org
27 October, 2007
26 October, 2007
imustbethworldsmosteasilyconnedperson
ya, tell me any sob stories.. no, i think tell me any stories and i'll readily surrender all my cash to you...
yup, just gave $10 to 2 students who claimed to be volunteers and raising funds to help the ex-offenders. didn't see any license nor anything, and the students just place the money inside their pockets. no donation tins whatsoever. sigh
yup, just gave $10 to 2 students who claimed to be volunteers and raising funds to help the ex-offenders. didn't see any license nor anything, and the students just place the money inside their pockets. no donation tins whatsoever. sigh
25 October, 2007
shopping
Had a pleasant experience shopping at Harvey Norman West Mall today. Was looking for a digital voice recorder and was recommended to a Samsung mp3 player with that function instead. Price was within budget, so I bought it. The surprising part was when the sales girl brought out the accessory for the player (cover and lanyard). Then I saw the price tag ($20), so I said, "Must pay money one isit?" Then the sales girl Bena said, no need.. free one. That was pleasant surprise #1.
Then went to counter to pay for the device. After settling the bill, then she asked me wait for a while. After that she brought out a pack of ice cream and gave it to me. She said treat me eat. Wah.. that was another pleasant surprise!
Then went to counter to pay for the device. After settling the bill, then she asked me wait for a while. After that she brought out a pack of ice cream and gave it to me. She said treat me eat. Wah.. that was another pleasant surprise!
23 October, 2007
random thoughts
Tired tired. Probably will sleep early tonight. My brother's currently in Japan for work and will be back in a weeks time. Muahahahha, toilet for my entire self for one week!
Received a phone call from my sales rep (funds). She sounded quite apologetic that due to the current market situation, the funds are not performing as she said it would. Haven't recoup the sales charges as incurred. Will need the price to go up by about another 16-18 cents more before it makes a small profit of about $100-$200. As long as the money dun go down the drain, can already. Haha... first time investing in a fund that is rated as aggressive.
Other than that, this week is work work work. Ya, today ate the "Ah Koong Fishball Noodles" at Food Republic (Suntec). Supposedly famous. So tried the fishball noodle lor. Everything there also expensive. Costs me $4.20 per bowl. Hmm... nothing fantastic. The noodles(mee kia) wasn't springy, quite soggy in fact. Fishball... I've tasted better ones. The soup got 3 plain fishballs, 1 small fried fishball and 1 piece of fried beancurd skin, plus some little(really little niah..) bits of pork. Dunno who created the hype one. Maybe the original one in Johor better? Don't know 'coz never ate at Johor before. But I'm quite amazed at why the Food Republic must use such heavy bowls. Very difficult to carry and then navigate thru throngs of ppl hor! The only good thing there was, that those dirty dishes will be cleared by pretty ladies in cheongsam (also dunno who said must wear those tight fitting cheongsam, and then must carry heavy plates and bowls and then still must navigate thru the crowds and avoid dirtying customers' clothes).
Received a phone call from my sales rep (funds). She sounded quite apologetic that due to the current market situation, the funds are not performing as she said it would. Haven't recoup the sales charges as incurred. Will need the price to go up by about another 16-18 cents more before it makes a small profit of about $100-$200. As long as the money dun go down the drain, can already. Haha... first time investing in a fund that is rated as aggressive.
Other than that, this week is work work work. Ya, today ate the "Ah Koong Fishball Noodles" at Food Republic (Suntec). Supposedly famous. So tried the fishball noodle lor. Everything there also expensive. Costs me $4.20 per bowl. Hmm... nothing fantastic. The noodles(mee kia) wasn't springy, quite soggy in fact. Fishball... I've tasted better ones. The soup got 3 plain fishballs, 1 small fried fishball and 1 piece of fried beancurd skin, plus some little(really little niah..) bits of pork. Dunno who created the hype one. Maybe the original one in Johor better? Don't know 'coz never ate at Johor before. But I'm quite amazed at why the Food Republic must use such heavy bowls. Very difficult to carry and then navigate thru throngs of ppl hor! The only good thing there was, that those dirty dishes will be cleared by pretty ladies in cheongsam (also dunno who said must wear those tight fitting cheongsam, and then must carry heavy plates and bowls and then still must navigate thru the crowds and avoid dirtying customers' clothes).
20 October, 2007
lifeache by leunig
A HERBAL Remedy for LIFEACHE.
You suffer from lifeache.
Your whole life is sore; it hurts when you move it.
HERBAL REMEDY.
Take one patch of grass, a mild day and two large, green trees.
Lie on the grass beneath one tree and contemplate the other tree.
Nap from time to time or gaze occasionally at the grass.
Pain will subside. Lifeache cannot be cured but you can learn to
MANAGE THE SYMPTOMS.
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You suffer from lifeache.
Your whole life is sore; it hurts when you move it.
HERBAL REMEDY.
Take one patch of grass, a mild day and two large, green trees.
Lie on the grass beneath one tree and contemplate the other tree.
Nap from time to time or gaze occasionally at the grass.
Pain will subside. Lifeache cannot be cured but you can learn to
MANAGE THE SYMPTOMS.
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13 October, 2007
i am obese
Went to the gym the other day to look look see see. I've always thought of gym as a sweaty smelly place (thanks to my experience in Ngee Ann Poly, where you only need to stroll past their small small gym... and the musky, stale sweat smell will assault your nostril in no time!)
So while I was there, they did a body composition analysis (probably it'll give them more fire power in terms of convincing the customers to sign up). Anyway.. I am indeed.. OBESE. I will need to lose 11 kg of fat, and to gain more muscle mass.
Feels almost like ... mission impossible.
So while I was there, they did a body composition analysis (probably it'll give them more fire power in terms of convincing the customers to sign up). Anyway.. I am indeed.. OBESE. I will need to lose 11 kg of fat, and to gain more muscle mass.
Feels almost like ... mission impossible.
11 October, 2007
10 October, 2007
buying into a dream?
These few days we've been buying TOTO like nobody's business. Dreaming of all the "what ifs..." if we ever strike the first prize. Thinking of which property to get, which areas to invest the surplus money into... But alas, reality always keep us grounded. We never did get beyond 3 numbers.
Probably each of us had already sunk in about $30 per person (or more!) for this year.
Maybe, if we pool the money and use it to invest. The returns could've been much higher?
Probably each of us had already sunk in about $30 per person (or more!) for this year.
Maybe, if we pool the money and use it to invest. The returns could've been much higher?
06 October, 2007
money no enuf...
Heard from my bro that owner will increase rental to $2500 next year. $2500 divide by 3 means about $833 per pax. Wow... that kind of price I could rent a 2 bedroom flat in Serangoon North 3 years ago. How things have changed since then. But all these are expected with the boom in property. So will be looking for a place to move to for next year. Nowadays, HDB rental should be between $1500 to $1800 for a 3 bedroom flat. Sigh...
29 September, 2007
the central n sentosa
Went to Central today. YT said he wanted to eat at Grains. I wanted to go see the Japanese restaurants and shops there. So we walked one round to look look see see the place. Marutama Ramen has a queue outside. But the shop selling curry udon looked practically empty. YT asked me to choose which place to lunch at so I suggested Waraku (more variety to choose from). Unfortunately, it has a queue too. So we ended up at Tom Ton (because I never tried black pig before and there was no queue)
view from our table
The black pig ramen lunch set (@$13.80++) is only available during weekdays, so had to order something else. He ordered the black pig nabe (@$18.80), while I chose the black pig rice with ginger (@$18.80) in hot stone (like bibimbap kind but without the egg in the center). Side dish was one stick of black pig with leek yakitori (@$4.80). Click here to read the review.
udon soup
ginger rice
After lunch, went to look look see see what's in Central. Basement got Petit Provence, so bought some Pon (cheese ball thingie), Cream and Chocolate Wassant (some croissant thingie). Haven't eat yet, so don't know what they taste like. Marcial Kobe mini doughnuts are really tiny. There's this shop opposite Lao Zhao Pai that sells stuffs from Japan (similar to Lao Zhao Pai concept), so if anyone suddenly got craving for the shiroi koiibito choc de langue.. can get from that shop. There's also a Jap grocery shop called Yamakama.
After that, went to Vivocity and had a belgian mocha (or was it latte?) @ Haagen Daaz.
belgian mocha
chitty chitty bang bang car at Vivo
After that, decided to go Sentosa to burn off some calories. So took the sky train there. Below are some random picture @ Sentosa:
seaside
sand...
jungle trail.. but no la, never go in
hey, look what i found.. a trapeeze!
cafe del mar
some flora... i kinda like this picture
walked this stretch of road...
there were trees...
lifeguard post
some kind of statue
entrance to the hanging bridge
was at the southernmost point of asia continent
nightfall approaching...
Oh ya.. saw Ix Shen (should be him.. else its someone who looks an awful lot like him) playing beach volleyball as well... and yeah, he has a hot bod!
view from our table
The black pig ramen lunch set (@$13.80++) is only available during weekdays, so had to order something else. He ordered the black pig nabe (@$18.80), while I chose the black pig rice with ginger (@$18.80) in hot stone (like bibimbap kind but without the egg in the center). Side dish was one stick of black pig with leek yakitori (@$4.80). Click here to read the review.
udon soup
ginger rice
After lunch, went to look look see see what's in Central. Basement got Petit Provence, so bought some Pon (cheese ball thingie), Cream and Chocolate Wassant (some croissant thingie). Haven't eat yet, so don't know what they taste like. Marcial Kobe mini doughnuts are really tiny. There's this shop opposite Lao Zhao Pai that sells stuffs from Japan (similar to Lao Zhao Pai concept), so if anyone suddenly got craving for the shiroi koiibito choc de langue.. can get from that shop. There's also a Jap grocery shop called Yamakama.
After that, went to Vivocity and had a belgian mocha (or was it latte?) @ Haagen Daaz.
belgian mocha
chitty chitty bang bang car at Vivo
After that, decided to go Sentosa to burn off some calories. So took the sky train there. Below are some random picture @ Sentosa:
seaside
sand...
jungle trail.. but no la, never go in
hey, look what i found.. a trapeeze!
cafe del mar
some flora... i kinda like this picture
walked this stretch of road...
there were trees...
lifeguard post
some kind of statue
entrance to the hanging bridge
was at the southernmost point of asia continent
nightfall approaching...
Oh ya.. saw Ix Shen (should be him.. else its someone who looks an awful lot like him) playing beach volleyball as well... and yeah, he has a hot bod!
neha's birthday party
This was supposed to be an old post. Never got to it because too lazy to write anything...
Was at Art Frenzy again for a glass painting workshop cum Neha's birthday party. This time round, the group was bigger.. with about 17 kids in total. The interesting part was this time the kids were an international group. Quite exotic but kids being kids, they were fun. ;)
birthday cake
one for the pic
Was at Art Frenzy again for a glass painting workshop cum Neha's birthday party. This time round, the group was bigger.. with about 17 kids in total. The interesting part was this time the kids were an international group. Quite exotic but kids being kids, they were fun. ;)
birthday cake
one for the pic
13 September, 2007
tremors felt
About 7.50am, the tremors were felt @Yew Tee. Was at home, on the 13th floor.
At approximately, 11.40am, felt it again in office on the 17th floor.
At approximately, 11.40am, felt it again in office on the 17th floor.
08 September, 2007
k618i
Oki doki, finally bought the phone. But because of dilly-dallying, didn't get to buy it @$8 but instead @$38. That's because online only have black now. So did everything today, and ok la. My second Sony Ericsson phone in my entire mobile phone ownership lifetime. First one, lost it in M'sia... so sad.
Here's a sample of a pic that I took using the measly 2 megapixel camera
Here's a sample of a pic that I took using the measly 2 megapixel camera
07 September, 2007
nightmare...
Dreamt that we were rushing for some kind of project. Everyone was there (the ground level people). We were gathered at some place outside of office. After everything was done, we were ready to go for the big presentation. Suddenly, we realized that no one ever mentioned about the presentation venue nor the time. Panic ensued.
I remembered asking Reuben, who was seated at one corner (that place felt like a cafe of some hotel.. something like that..) Reuben just looked at me and replied nonchalantly. Simply bo-chap. Haha!
So frantically, dialed VS number. No one picked up. Dialed Chet's number as well. Still no one answered. That's it. This time, sure die!
Suddenly, a lady walked by and said, "Hey Ai Ling, saw your portion of the proposal.. Not bad!" She smiled. I looked at her and thought, "eeks, its Eunice Olsen talking to me!" Wasting no time gawking at celebrities, I grabbed her and asked, "Do you know what TIME and WHERE is the presentation?!"
She said yes and so I heaved a sigh of relief and woke up with a major headache...
Thinking back.. it was quite funny!
I remembered asking Reuben, who was seated at one corner (that place felt like a cafe of some hotel.. something like that..) Reuben just looked at me and replied nonchalantly. Simply bo-chap. Haha!
So frantically, dialed VS number. No one picked up. Dialed Chet's number as well. Still no one answered. That's it. This time, sure die!
Suddenly, a lady walked by and said, "Hey Ai Ling, saw your portion of the proposal.. Not bad!" She smiled. I looked at her and thought, "eeks, its Eunice Olsen talking to me!" Wasting no time gawking at celebrities, I grabbed her and asked, "Do you know what TIME and WHERE is the presentation?!"
She said yes and so I heaved a sigh of relief and woke up with a major headache...
Thinking back.. it was quite funny!
05 September, 2007
02 September, 2007
Merdeka!
Selamat Hari Merdeka ke-50!
Moga rakyat Malaysia kekal bersatu-padu dan sama sama menuju ke puncak kejayaan!
Moga rakyat Malaysia kekal bersatu-padu dan sama sama menuju ke puncak kejayaan!
29 August, 2007
puri?
Yesterday after meeting, Reuben drove us to a nearby coffeeshop for lunch. So we were looking for somewhere that no need pay so much for carpark (read: no shopping complexes), somewhere other than canteen and hawker food price (read: below $4).
Anyway, I think we were at Toa Payoh somewhere. This coffeeshop have 4 stalls only. One nasi padang stall, one drinks stall (with kopi-cino and ice blends no less!), one western food (but not open) and one prata stall. So I went to get food from prata stall.
Decided to get the puri set. Because, I don't know what is puri, never tasted before so wanted to try. Got the mutton puri set for $3. Someone else tried butter prata (but quite expensive @$2 per piece although its big)
According to Zak, puri is chappati fried. Cool, it looked a bit like naan but with oil ('coz fried!). The puri set comes with 2 puris (bigger than usual prata kosong), 1 potato masala (side dish) and mutton curry. The potato masala was nice, mutton curry was tender and puri tasty and sweet on its own. Very nice, didn't disappoint. I'd recommend this set to everyone! (who can take mutton) Value for $$
The coffeeshop is just beside MUIS (Majlis Ugama Islam Singapore), so it should be at 1 Lorong 6 Toa Payoh.
Anyway, I think we were at Toa Payoh somewhere. This coffeeshop have 4 stalls only. One nasi padang stall, one drinks stall (with kopi-cino and ice blends no less!), one western food (but not open) and one prata stall. So I went to get food from prata stall.
Decided to get the puri set. Because, I don't know what is puri, never tasted before so wanted to try. Got the mutton puri set for $3. Someone else tried butter prata (but quite expensive @$2 per piece although its big)
According to Zak, puri is chappati fried. Cool, it looked a bit like naan but with oil ('coz fried!). The puri set comes with 2 puris (bigger than usual prata kosong), 1 potato masala (side dish) and mutton curry. The potato masala was nice, mutton curry was tender and puri tasty and sweet on its own. Very nice, didn't disappoint. I'd recommend this set to everyone! (who can take mutton) Value for $$
The coffeeshop is just beside MUIS (Majlis Ugama Islam Singapore), so it should be at 1 Lorong 6 Toa Payoh.
because it was raining
No need to send any sms to me now because I won't be able to read it. The display panel of my mobile phone is now rendered useless. Why? Because I dropped it... onto the cold hard floor. $^%&*$!
So sad...
So sad...
28 August, 2007
service
The other day I bought a pair of sunglasses ( because I heow mah... can?) and after that it was chucked into some drawer to never see the daylight again. Yes la.. another white elephant. But probably will have some use when I travel home (yeah.. like twice a year maybe...) Anyway, last week I decided to take it out for some airing and suddenly noticed that there was this line on the lens. Looked like glue stuck on it.. so tried to rub it off but couldn't. So decided to bring it back to the shop. But not sure whether they will entertain me or not 'coz the glasses weren't that expensive (after discount less than a hundred) and moreover, I'm not even one of their regulars and the glasses were bought for more than a week.
At the same time I thought that I should bring the VCD that was bought in early August back to TS because when I tried to play it recently, a lot of discs couldn't be read by my computer DVD rom. The other I only watched disc 1 and it was alright and subsequently didn't get to watch it till recently. So, ok.. I'll do those two together.
So I went to the optical shop first. After some spying and confirming that the sales guy who attended to me previously was in the shop, I went in hesitantly. Another sales lady attended to my enquiries this time as the guy was busy with another customer.
me: Ahhh... the other time I bought this from here. Found some lines on the lens.
lady: Ok, let me take a look at it... (after inspection) Are you sure you didn't drop it? This looks like quite a deep scratch.
me: Nope, didn't drop it
lady: Let me try to clean this first while I search for your record in our files
guy: Hey, its you again! Did you wear your sunglasses?
me: Nope.. it went into the drawer straight
guy: Haha! Really?!
me: Yeah, now realized got scratches on it
guy: Let me exchange another one for you
me: Your colleague is attending to me now ^_^
So after all that, they couldn't exchange any new ones for me 'coz the one that they had in stock also had similar scratches. So yesterday he called me up to say that the glasses were back in stock and I could go collect.
As for the VCD, I went back to the shop and told them the problem. The lady asked for the receipt and when did I buy it. Sheepishly I said, "Quite long... like early this month..." She sort of like looked annoyed but amused but still annoyed. Then she was about to exchange with another box of VCD when I asked if I could exchange it with DVD version instead and pay the price difference. Now she looked less amused and more annoyed. Nevertheless, she was ok with it and thus, I paid an extra $7+ to get the DVD version. Heh heh..
So all in all, I am now a happy customer. Ask and you shall receive...
ps: thanks to the ppl in Optical 88 (CCK) and TS (Woodlands)
At the same time I thought that I should bring the VCD that was bought in early August back to TS because when I tried to play it recently, a lot of discs couldn't be read by my computer DVD rom. The other I only watched disc 1 and it was alright and subsequently didn't get to watch it till recently. So, ok.. I'll do those two together.
So I went to the optical shop first. After some spying and confirming that the sales guy who attended to me previously was in the shop, I went in hesitantly. Another sales lady attended to my enquiries this time as the guy was busy with another customer.
me: Ahhh... the other time I bought this from here. Found some lines on the lens.
lady: Ok, let me take a look at it... (after inspection) Are you sure you didn't drop it? This looks like quite a deep scratch.
me: Nope, didn't drop it
lady: Let me try to clean this first while I search for your record in our files
guy: Hey, its you again! Did you wear your sunglasses?
me: Nope.. it went into the drawer straight
guy: Haha! Really?!
me: Yeah, now realized got scratches on it
guy: Let me exchange another one for you
me: Your colleague is attending to me now ^_^
So after all that, they couldn't exchange any new ones for me 'coz the one that they had in stock also had similar scratches. So yesterday he called me up to say that the glasses were back in stock and I could go collect.
As for the VCD, I went back to the shop and told them the problem. The lady asked for the receipt and when did I buy it. Sheepishly I said, "Quite long... like early this month..." She sort of like looked annoyed but amused but still annoyed. Then she was about to exchange with another box of VCD when I asked if I could exchange it with DVD version instead and pay the price difference. Now she looked less amused and more annoyed. Nevertheless, she was ok with it and thus, I paid an extra $7+ to get the DVD version. Heh heh..
So all in all, I am now a happy customer. Ask and you shall receive...
ps: thanks to the ppl in Optical 88 (CCK) and TS (Woodlands)
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