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January 2004 - Posts

Where is the soap??
Friday, January 30, 2004 10:13 AM

I may have blogged about this before. Not sure.I didn't sleep much on my flight, so I've been somewhat awake for 30+ hours now. I watched 5 movies on the flight. Thumbs up for the movie with the Rock and Sean William Scott. Thumbs

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20 hours in the air
Wednesday, January 28, 2004 5:22 PM

I was gonna write a blog entry but I thought instead I could re-use the reply that will be automatically sent to anyone who e-mails me while I'm out of town:---Hello! I will be out of the office from January 29 - February 11. I will be in Seattle,

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Before and After
Tuesday, January 27, 2004 7:20 PM

Hmm... 3:16 in the morning... whatever shall I do. Well, I guess I might as well do the before and after pictures of Stan and his haircut. Maybe that will help me sleep?Before the haircut:After the haircut:As they say in Singapore: "Ai-yo

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Cultural differences between UNIX and Windows programmers
Tuesday, January 27, 2004 5:27 AM

I read an interesting article today talking about the cultural differences between Windows and UNIX programmers.The article is titled "Biculturalism" by Joel Spolsky."What are the cultural differences between Unix and Windows programmers? There are many

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Haircut
Monday, January 26, 2004 4:38 PM

I know as I get older I should really try to be more mature, but sometimes I can't help myself...STANLEY TAN JUST GOT A RIDICULOUS HAIRCUT.It makes me laugh.Man, I can be mean sometimes.Maybe if he doesn't put a picture of himself up on his blog, tomrorow

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Hug an Australian today!
Monday, January 26, 2004 4:05 PM

Happy Australia Day today! Another holiday that I've never celebrated before (and not really a holiday in Singapore). One thing about moving from the US and working in the Asia region is that I've met tons of Australians - they have really

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Happy Chinese New Year!
Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:47 AM

Gong Xi Fa Cai!Happy Chinese New Year to all of you... welcome to the Year of the Monkey.Best wishes for prosperity, health, good fortune, wealth, and all those other good things in this upcoming year.Some info for those of you who are new to the Chinese

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I love Singapore!!
Wednesday, January 21, 2004 5:00 AM

Scene: McDonald's in Suntec CityHoward, Ed, Stan, David, Matty, and Andrew walk into McDonald's.Howard: I'm going to sit down.Ed, Matty, Stan, Andrew: I'm buying ice cream.Howard: I'm full. I'll just wait here.(5 minutes later)Ed: The ice cream

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Didn't the work week just begin?
Sunday, January 18, 2004 4:21 PM

The work week is all of 21 minutes old and I just looked at my work e-mail and feel like I am behind already.How exciting!!!Err...Well, there's other words to describe the feeling I suppose.Anyway, at least Chinese New Year starts on January 22!

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Chiang Mai and the elephants!
Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:08 PM

You know, I meant to write a bit about Chiang Mai when I got back here to Singapore, but the whole getting sick thing kind of threw me for a loop. It’s funny… I’ve been living in Singapore for about 10 months now, and during that time I’ve

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Deleting new babies
Tuesday, January 13, 2004 4:49 PM

I found out an incredibly funny thing that one of my colleagues here in Singapore does. In Singapore, the government encourages young folks to get together to get married and start increasing the population. I'm not sure if the population

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Our way to fall...
Sunday, January 11, 2004 6:08 PM

Right at this moment, as I'm sitting here in the dark, trying to fall asleep (well, tried to fall asleep then got up and started using the computer), I've decided that Yo La Tengo's "Our Way to Fall" has been my favorite song for quite awhile.I know it's

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WHO GOT ME SICK?
Friday, January 09, 2004 11:50 AM

WHO GOT ME SICK?WHO GOT ME SICK?WHO GOT ME SICK?Was it STANLEY TAN who has been sick all this past week... or was it my friend in Chiang Mai...??I don't know, but I hate both of them!! FOREVER!!Well, ok, I'll just hate them for as long as I am sick.But

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Hey Julie...
Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:59 AM

Every once in awhile you have one of those work days where many things seem to go wrong, or if not wrong at least seem overwhelming.This day wasn't particularly bad, but it did start quite early this morning when I couldn't sleep. People were instant

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Welcome back to Singapore you insomniac
Tuesday, January 06, 2004 7:27 PM

I'm back from Chiang Mai. I slept a lot in Chiang Mai... would go to bed around 1 every night and get up around 8 in the morning or a little later. It was great. I felt relaxed (when I wasn't thinking about work).Here I am in Singapore

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The beauty of instant messenger
Sunday, January 04, 2004 9:51 AM

Instant messaging is a wonderful thing.So here in Chiang Mai, I sign into my messenger account; figure I can say hello to anyone who happens to be online.In New Zealand, my friend Pradeepa (also an academic evangelist for MS), saw my messenger name and

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Chiang Mai blues
Saturday, January 03, 2004 8:37 AM

Greetings from Chiang Mai, Thailand. I'm killing a little time right now while waiting for the optician to finish creating some glasses for me.This has been a trip of... confusion so far. I came to Chiang Mai to meet my friend from Seattle,

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