January 1, 2009 – 4:18 pm
Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
Psychology in Singapore Issues of an Emerging Discipline edited by Tan Ai-Girl, Michael Goh.
The force of character : and the lasting life by James Hillman.
Colourful Myanmar by Khin Myo Chit. (NLB Singapore)
Kimchi and IT: Tradition and Transformation in Korea by Kim Choong-soon. (Seoul Selection) (partial)
Related: ‘Kimchi and IT’ [...]
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Tagged Amazon, book, Buddha, dream, Korean, meditation, Myanmar, pilgrimage, self awareness, spiritual
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December 1, 2008 – 1:21 am
Buddhist pilgrimage 2008-10-27 photos.
We would have to take a long bus journey from Varanasi to our next destination at Lumbini. Lumbini is the birth place of the Buddha.
I was a bit late for breakfast and I sat beside Raja for the only time we had ate together during the trip. He asked me why [...]
November 30, 2008 – 1:12 am
The MSI Wind has a spec of 2Gb ram, 160Gb harddisk, and comes with 6 cells battery.
I first use the Wubi Ubuntu Installer to install Wubi 8.10 on Windows. This Ubuntu runs on the Windows file system, so we can test Ubuntu out without creating separate partitions. (The instruction is detailed at Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy [...]
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Tagged installation, internet, Linux, MSI Wind, netbook, testing, Ubuntu, wireless network
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November 23, 2008 – 1:52 pm
Yesterday, my father and I travelled back to our Malaysia home town in Pontian. I recorded down the bus trip from Larkin interchange to Pontian with Sports Tracker. We travelled on a Penawar express bus.
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View the same map on Nokia Sports Tracker.
On our return journey, I received sms from my brother, knowing that [...]
November 17, 2008 – 1:21 am
Buddhist pilgrimage 2008-10-26 photos at Sarnath, Varanasi.
Varanasi is a holy city in Hinduism, being one of the most sacred pilgrimage places for Hindus of all denominations. According to legend, the city was founded by the Hindu deity, Shiva, around 5,000 years ago, thus making it one of the most important pilgrimage destinations in the country. [...]
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Tagged Buddha, Buddhist art, history, India, meditation, Photos, pilgrimage, respect, Sarnath, story
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November 9, 2008 – 10:45 pm
Buddhist pilgrimage 2008-10-25 photos.
I took the MRT to the Changi airport on the day of departure to Kolkata, India (Oct 24). Along the way, I had a few chances to take a cab instead. As I was not sure whether I would be late as we are supposed to meet with the rest of the [...]
This afternoon, I took a walk with my recently bought Nokia N82. I had already installed Nokia Sports Tracker and was eager to test it.
I created a new walking workout with autolap set to route based. Once the application starts tracking, it will record the path, location, time and number of steps I took. The [...]
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Tagged exercise, Google map, GPS, nature, Nokia, Photos, sports tracker, walking
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