Flowers
A couple of nights I was having a match on NBA 2K9. I was playing the Boston Celtics against the LA Lakers, but it was fun seeing Ling’s reactions as she watched me. She squealed each time Kobe Bryant dunked
Category: Entertainment
Scrubs!
Whenever the new season of Grey’s Anatomy gets released on DVD and I rent them, Ling gets absolutely hooked. In fact, she’ll ban me from watching any episodes without her. Now this really isn’t a big thing, because the successful
Tennis, anyone?
Of the three boys growing up at Lentor in the 80s, I was the only one who didn’t get into Tennis, which I think was the ‘in’ sport back then. Both my brothers did, but I preferred badminton. Maybe it
Slam dunks
My dad loves watching the NBA. It must be something about those tall black American players with their 3 point shooting and slam dunk moves. Myself; I remembered following the stunning debut of the American ‘Dream Team’ basketballers at the
Golf, goofing
I’m not a sporty person. In the last 10 years, my exposure to physical training and activity has been limited to jogging, swimming, and all those training sessions in the IPT program in order to fulfill my yearly NS IPPT
Addiction? Nah…! – Part 2
Continued from the previous post! I don’t think time spent is the direct indicator of addiction. At one point in 1999 when I was forming a guild, I was in-game for 37 straight hours – the longest I have ever
Addiction? Nah…! – Part 1
Every couple of months the faculty organizes a Parents’ Seminar for students across all the programs offered. The Seminars are actually pretty fun events. The food’s always good, the students get involved as ushers, and there’s always a sort of
Mad About English
Back in August last year I wrote a short entry on a new movie about Beijing’s attempt to learn English for the Olympic Games 2008. The movie was titled “Mad About English!”, and I finally got round to renting the
How to survive a sinking car
One of the most fun things about our being together is that, fundamentally, we’re both from science streams. Ling of course is from the pure sciences Biology and Chemistry; and myself, Physics and Chemistry, and now in information systems and
To Boldly Go II
Continued from my previous post. Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek universe has been around for a lot longer than Star Wars, and there’s certainly a lot more material too. There’s been six TV series with a couple running for seven seasons
To Boldly Go I
There was an online discussion group in NTU 17 years ago containing fan fiction created in the Star Trek universe. Fans of the series wrote up continuing stories with their own characters and starships, and posted them in text form
Eyes like an eagle – or not
One of the photographic assignments that came up in Hakuna Matata the other day was to find and take pictures of this lizard called Jackson’s Chameleon. These critters grow up to just 30 cm, and these go, can remain pretty
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