Monthly Archives: August 2010
Tearing My Hair Out Over Jawi
This may look like Arabic to you, but it’s not. This is Jawi, previously the standard script for writing the Malay language. Adapted from the Arabic language, it uses all of the original 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet. In addition, Jawi has six unique supplementary letters: va (same as wa but with a single … Continue reading
Science Centre Singapore: Singapore’s 3rd Most Visited Attraction
The last time I visited the Science Centre Singapore (SCS) was in the early 1990s, way back when I was still single and was in Singapore with my girlfriends to watch ‘The Phantom of The Opera’. The SCS made quite an impact on me at the time that I made a note to myself to … Continue reading
What To Do When Your Flight Is Overbooked, Cancelled, Or Delayed
The problem with us, humans, is that we tend to think that those things we see on movies or read about in the newspapers will never happen to us. But they do. Oh yes, they do. Just like getting bumped off a flight when it’s overbooked (quite common in the United States, if I’m to … Continue reading
The Model & The Sketch
I was attending a seminar at JW Marriott last week. The first session was a bit slow and before I realised it, my mind started wandering and my pencil started sketching. (It’s an unconscious habit I have — doodling or sketching whenever my mind starts to wander.) I was quite pleased with the outcome of … Continue reading
The Video That Took On A Life Of Its Own
This video started as a simple requirement for a series of reviews of the HTC Desire that I did for Maxis Communications. Long after the review programme was over, the video just seemed to have taken a life of its own. First off, there was this tweet that popped out of nowhere on the 14th … Continue reading
