Archive for October, 2008
mrbiao.com is 3 years old
mrbiao.com is now 3 years old. Seeing that blogging about societal matters don’t seem to help improve anything, and that Google Adsense has only yielded him US$30 over the years… mrbiao is contemplating turning this into a food blog (um, of NUS canteen food and normal coffeeshop fare?). Hmmm.
First job interview
Had the first formal job interview of my life today. Well, it wasn’t that hard for me I suppose, but the interviewers certainly asked some very tough questions. I personally think I pulled through the interview part quite well, having managed to highlight some of my better strengths (but on hindsight I think I should [...]
Singaporeans – Stop referring to foreign workers as TALENTS
If my WordPress statistics are accurate, one of my most popular posts is Why are Talented Singaporeans Leaving?
I’m flattered at the constant attention that it’s been getting from people searching in Google (I don’t know why) for keywords related to “Singaporeans leaving”, and that people actually bother to respond to my posts.
Anyway this morning I [...]
“Homework” of the day
Peter Wolff 2005 Silvaner Kabinett troken / Obereisenheimer Holl – Franken
A good buy at just $19.90 at the ongoing (ending soon) Carrefour wine fair at Suntec. In restaurants, this would cost several times more (although in Germany itself it’d probably cost just a few Euros). I read my wine encyclopedia and it says that Silvaner [...]
Valemount
Been feeling nostalgic about the trips I went on while on exchange in Canada… and suddenly thought of the small little village that we stayed overnight in on our trip to the Rockies… Valemount. It’s a really tiny place set in a mountainous region. Can’t even say it’s a town. It’s core consisted only of [...]
Is the world coming to an end?
One cannot help but wonder if the world is coming to an end soon. At least, it does seem that way to a skeptic like me.
What with the widespread food scare, unending inflation, pending global recession, mega earthquake in Sichuan earlier this year, and global warming getting worse.
I wonder if I will be able to [...]
