Archive for October, 2007
Cajun chicken
Yesterday I tried cooking Cajun chicken and it turned out quite nice.
Cajun sauce ingredients:
1/2 pc green pepper
1/2 pc red pepper
2 medium-size tomatoes
Mccormick’s cajun seasoning / paprika powder / salt
1. Blend the peppers and tomatoes in a food blender
2. Bring to boil in a saucepan, adding cajun seasoning, salt and/or paprika powder to taste
The sauce is [...]
Town councils investing in stock market
While looking through Creative Technology’s latest Annual Report, I was surprised to see “Holland-Bukit Panjang Town Council” listed as one of the majority shareholders with 530,000 shares currently valued at about S$3,000,000.
While I understand that town councils would want to invest their funds to get some capital gains on their surpluses, I wonder if [...]
Singapore is a stepping stone for foreign students
Well, this is not really news, just that MM Lee publicly acknowledged this issue.
Mr Lee acknowledged in the interview that the Chinese students on Singapore Government scholarships were using the Republic as a stepping—stone.
Since the problem is now officially recognized, what is the government going to do about it? A review should be made to [...]
Singapore happy to rejoin Malaysia – not SingaporeANS
Here’s a controversial suggestion by MM Lee in his recent interview with an American journalist – that Singapore rejoins Malaysia.
“If they would just educate the Chinese and Indians, use them and treat them as their citizens, they can equal us and even do better than us and we would be happy to rejoin them.”
Well, [...]
NUS’s commitment to teaching
I’ve often been telling my friends that teaching is not a priority for NUS – the university is obssessed with research in the hopes that more breakthroughs can be made so that NUS can become world famous.
The following statement, taken from a NUS webpage, proves my point:
NUS is a research university, with low teaching loads, [...]
Falling into the complacency trap
These days, I’ve been trying to slack off a bit from my studies. I decided I’ve had enough of hardcore mugging at books.
I’m spending more time relaxing, trying to cook different stuff, experimenting with yogurt making, occasionally setting some time aside to cycle to a friend’s neighbourhood to have coffee and chat. I’m also trying [...]
