Archive for September, 2006
I’ve been hit by the fitness bug this last week. Let’s see what I’ve done: walked from Takashimaya to Lavender (2x), cycled a total of 10km, did 2 evenings of the stepper machine at the gym, played badminton, and probably tennis again tomorrow.
The ‘other’ benefit of exercising that I want to talk to you about [...]
Felt like taking the afternoon off, which I did. I stopped by at Borders and by chance, ended up with Steve Wozniak’s iWoz.
The writing is simple, straight-to-the-point and honest. I felt very comfortable reading it. It’s like reading about the life of a teacher that I’ve never had.
A year ago, I came across Steve’s interview [...]
Just finished watching Dan Gilbert’s Stumbling on Happiness presentation at TED. Professor Gilbert’s research on happiness shows that there’s no difference between synthesized happiness and actual happiness. Furthermore, he points out that when given a choice, humans inevitably end up less happy than if they are not. In other words, having choices in life makes [...]
The bicycle I bought finally made its maiden trip today. It was postponed for a day due to rain.
Well, today’s a bright sunny 33°c and yes, I perspired quite a bit from the 15-minute trip. All in all, it felt good to move around without emitting carbon.
Hmm, to tell you the truth, my girlfriend still [...]
Came across Jory Squibb’s Moonbeam homepage, a project website documenting Jory’s year-long journey in building a 100mpg (miles per gallon) vehicle assembled from 2 used vespas.
Here’s Jory, brimming with pride on his new-born:
I admit, this guy looks pretty content. A very intense year of half-time work has come to an end. Now it’s just drive [...]
Just read from Seth Godin’s Purple Cow that I’m a ‘post-consumption consumer’. By Seth’s definition, it means I’ve got everything I need and almost everything I want.
It’s a shame because I really wanted to have that new 80GB iPod. And on Seth’s cue, I checked that my 3G ipod has never ever reached full potential:
I [...]
Had some personal time today and I decided to take a short bus ride to Orchard.
I originally wanted stop by Kino at Taka to check out some books, found 2 (Seth Godin’s Small Is The New Big and Screwed: The Undeclared War Against The Middle Class) but realised that the 20% sales is only valid [...]
Was with a couple of friends talking about the notion of ‘dreams’ and it turns out that money is involved in all of them. Well, we’re not really all that hard-up for cash but the fact is that we’re all tied to some ‘cost-of-living’ here and in order to pursue our dreams, we will need [...]
I’ve been thinking about selling my car for a while now. The painful part is rationalizing having to pay the bank to top up the loan balance. 3 years ago, I’ve decided on a long-term low-interest-down car loan so as to stop myself from getting a new car every couple of years. Maybe I should [...]
I’ve been a little obsessed with how much electricity I use running my life as I do now.
I own a tiny web application development company and we run 5 servers 24×7. The server room is airconditioned 24×7. The office is airconditioned 9×5. My study is airconditioned 5×7. My bedroom is airconditioned 8×7. Then of course, [...]
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