April, 2010

April 21, 2010

Perk of working

  Many times in the day, we would have felt dejected and unappreciated at work. However, there are occasions when we do feel appreciated and loved at work. Me and my friend were processing applications at an undisclosed institution when we saw this Post-itTM note pasted on the front of the supporting documents that she [...]

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April 19, 2010

Army boys are… well, boys…

I thought I had it easy, lucky if others may say, during my two-year stint. Rewinding memories, I had it easy when I got posted as a regimental police. A role with much predictable routine in it. I had it easy when I was a recruit with the CSM not being around due to medical [...]

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April 16, 2010

Time

A friend at work shared with us an old riddle: What is something that is too short and yet too long; something that we sometimes need, sometimes don’t? Time. Time can be too short when there are many thing to do and is something that we need. Time can be too long when there is [...]

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April 6, 2010

Morning activity

Upon finishing my new routine, morning runs and strengthening exercises, I made a mistake. I took the lift up back home too soon. My body is quite sensitive to motion immediately after runs, and the outcome can be me fainting over nothing. To prevent that from happening, I decided to try the concrete flooring on [...]

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April 6, 2010

Fog of War

The following video shows how fog of war affects a battle, no matter how one sided it is. Questions to be asked: How did the guys up in the air mistook cameras for weapon? There is no way in my eyes that the cameras can be RPGs and no metals showing AK-47 bodies. What are [...]

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April 5, 2010

DNS and more VPN woes

Recently, I have been having trouble with my internet service. Twice a day, I was kept disconnected from the Internet. Each time I checked using Windows Live Messenger’s troubleshooter, it was the DNS (Domain Name System) that caused the trouble. There was nothing much that I could do, except to keep flushing my DNS settings. [...]

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April 3, 2010

BHB moment for Microsoft

Sometimes people can be very buay hiao bai (thick-skinned and full of himself). Organisations do that too at times. But Microsoft takes the tops for this: Seriously? The only reason why I choose to install Microsoft Office 2010 beta is that I need Outlook 2007, and I have yet to get the installation and product [...]

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April 2, 2010

Army Half Marathon 2010

I have signed up. Have you? It is comparatively cheaper at $25 instead of $32 last year. In any case, do check you email for the invite code!

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