Posted by: Rin
filed under: Chit Chat
Tags: thoughts
Over the course of my career (which has many ups and downs) and my life I have come to realise that having the skill to manage our finances is important in many aspects, especially when we are talking about settling down, starting a family. Studies has shown that one of the main key factors that [...]
Posted by: Rin
filed under: Chit Chat
Tags: thoughts
Hmm wishlist~~~ Year 2008 is coming to a close in a few weeks. Time to set new material goals for the next year haha. Below is a list of stuff that I want, or rather, will like to have in the coming year. Geeky Gadgets Apple iPhone (8GB will be good enough for me [...]
Posted by: Rin
filed under: Lifestyle
Tags: rantings, thoughts
I am born into a buddhist family. Like all others, I am told to embrace the religion with all my faith, attend the weekly, neccessary events and gatherings and amongst most stuff, not to question the faith. As I grew up, I started to learn more about the world and the sciences. Science and technology [...]
Posted by: Rin
filed under: Web &Work
Tags: rantings, thoughts, web design
I Hate IE6! I have been busy doing some front-end web development the past few days. Half of the time is spent on debugging and making those web projects work with IE6 (Internet Explorer Version 6.0). With so many CSS incompatabilities and no support for PNG alpha transparency it is a big hassle to script [...]
Posted by: Rin
filed under: tug-o-war
Tags: social commentaries, thoughts, tug-o-war
These days over in Singapore, we can see more and more foreigners taking up positions in the service industry. Most of the foreigners are mainly mandarin speaking and quite a number of them have a problem conversing in English. If customers cannot speak their main language, the customers might end up getting insulted or a [...]
Posted by: Wendy
filed under: Miscellaneous &Work
Tags: teaching, thoughts
I have been missing in here the past few days because I was so swamped with my assignments. I had two presentations today and they were just over around an hour ago. I am so glad to have gotten them out of the way, but I was so stressed out before the first presentation because [...]
Posted by: Wendy
filed under: Lifestyle &Outings
Tags: thoughts
Upon hearing from my friend that Museum of Broken Relationships is making its first Asian stop in Singapore from 7 to 18 January 2009, I decided to drop by for a visit this afternoon. This gallery is built on an interesting concept. It does not have any outlandish antique pieces nor does it possess any [...]
Posted by: Wendy
filed under: One-Liners &Work
Tags: teaching, thoughts
I will be starting my practical teaching soon, in a school yet to be known. I am excited and nervous at the same time. I usually feel this way when I have to move away from my comfort zone to a new environment where I have to start building rapport and fitting in all over [...]
Posted by: Wendy
filed under: Miscellaneous
Tags: thoughts
Have you ever encountered a situation when both you and the person you are talking to, suddenly fell silent and the conversation between the two of you just..died? If that happens to you, do you try hard to find something else to say to fill the gap or are you comfortable with the silence? I [...]
Posted by: Wendy
filed under: One-Liners
Tags: One-Liners, thoughts
I’m reminded of what one of my friends said during one of our discussions about marriage. Do not marry a man because of his current worth. Rather, marry him for his potential. Do you think that’s true?