May 28th, 2008
Sailing to Tioman
» sailing, tioman, Travel
We set off on 24th early morning. We did our immigration clearance on the west side of Sentosa. We set off immediately to the east. Wind condition was bad so we were on our engine assisted sailing. Along the way, we saw a Malaysia police marine heading towards Pedra Branca, for the first time in 30 years allowed to be near there since the Malaysia now owns two (strategic) rocks. We also saw the Singapore stealth ship (I think) near there.
I done my fair bit of sailing but this is my first extended trip. The difference is like playing golf at the range and at the green – similar yet dramatically different. When you are out in the sea, no land nor ship in sight, you suddenly realised you are so insignificant. Your life is really in the hand of God, regardless of how much planning you do.
When the sunset, it sea sparkled and shimmered across the horizon, quietly, only the sound of the wind and the splashing of the waves.
Nightfall is the time to find a place to anchor, flipping through maps, wind and tide forecast and using GPS as a guide, you wonder how the heck sailors in the past did it without all the modern technologies.
May 23rd, 2008
Evening with Vint
» Internet, tdm, vint cerf
I was asked to introduce and moderate this evening session with Vint Cerf in Singapore jointly organized by The Digital Movement and IDA.
I didn’t take much notes but I managed to twitter a bit here and there during the session.
Vint Cerf is a great speaker and therefore really needs very little moderating nor prompting. On the other hand, I find myself fumbling quite a bit…looks like I am getting rusty at public speaking and presentation. But hey, the star of the show is Vint and he definitely took it!
Okay enough fun for the evening and time to pack my stuff. I am going sailing for the next couple of days to Tioman, hopefully coming back alive. Wish me luck!
May 3rd, 2008
Next Stop
» copenhagen, shanghai, Travel
Goodbye lands of the Vikings.
Waiting for the plane to go back to Singapore for a short transit (a warm bath and change of cloths) before flying to Shanghai. See you on the other side of the globe.
May 2nd, 2008
Copenhagen
» copenhagen, Travel
I think this is my first trip to Copenhagen but I am not sure. Small city (about 1M people) but lovely town. And gosh, they love their hotdogs!
April 30th, 2008
Short Vacation
» copenhagen, paris, swiss, Travel
Wrapping up my vacation in, erm, I can’t remember how long but must have being several years. Vacation for me means staying in my bed and playing World of Warcraft for 3 days. As my sis-in-law getting married in France, my wife insist we take a short vacation through Swiss Alps, thru Geneva and end in Paris.
Anyway, time to go back to work. Boarding now. See you in Copenhagen.
April 18th, 2008
Automated Content Creation (Patented)
» patent, Technology
Using a little bit of artificial intelligence, a computer program has been created that mimics the thought process of someone who would be responsible for doing such a study link »
It will then open a Word document and export the information into Word, just like a real author would out of their minds, so to speak, or spreadsheets link »
– from He wrote 200,000 books (but computers did some of the work) | Tech News on ZDNet via sharedcopy.com
April 16th, 2008
Back to Shanghai
» shanghai, Travel
I come back from China with a soar throat and cough 2+ weeks ago. The cough has persist till now and I am going back Shanghai with it. Hopefully I will recover there :P
Boarding now. No more blogging. See you later.
April 15th, 2008
Blogger Friendly
» Blogging, malaysia, Travel
Was at the National Press Club in Malaysia to meet up with various bloggers.
Quote Rockybru “Malaysia is the most blogger friendly country in the world now.”
Strange world. 6 months ago, bloggers are jobless liars. Today, all politicians must have a blog “or else you are not a leader” :-)
Note to self: Don’t play scrabbles at National Press Club. ^_^