Logicmills

Poon invited Andy, Key and me to "Philosophy on Tap" at Logicmills, that school he co-started. The topic was on infinity, and it wasn't quite as interactive as I'd expected, as there was quite a bit of technical background to be covered. Nonetheless, quite interesting and fun! Plus, they have tons of board games! Poon intro-ed us to Lost Cities, Cash n Guns, and Venus Needs Men. All fun games, and I'm adding them to my considering list. Lost Cities is probably more the thinking game, Cash n Guns is a very quick, raucous fun game (where you get to bang people!) and Venus Needs Men is munchkin-like, stop-the-leader fun.

Season's Reasons

Dinner at a restaurant called "Season's Reasons" at the basement of Raffles City. Not bad, and quite affordable - I think it was about $12 and there's a 15% discount for UOB credit cards.

Normally for this kind of place I would not expect too much - confluence of high rental and "low" price usually results in not-very-good food. But the pasta was of a decent quality and the chicken pieces were quite succulent. Not too bad, would definitely give the restaurant another shot.

Australia - Cairns - Fun fun fun (let the pictures do the talking)

Koalas at Ken Done in Cairns



Gelato on nice tropical nights



Hotel Room at Rydges Tradewinds



Fun white water rafting at Barron's

Australia - Cairns - Impressions

Cairns is a beautiful city with really nice beaches...


Well .. maybe not this view. More like these...




As with any nice place with a decent airport, it's very touristy - but that isn't always a bad thing. For example, they really cater to you, for example with nifty little notices like these...

She Said Yes

Qiwei has a beautiful post here about Key's Yes...

Engaged...

I proposed yesterday...

she accepted!

More updates soon! Once I get back from Cairns, anyway.

Update - Retroactive post here!

Behind every successful man

I snuck it out while she was distracted by the creme brulee




Such a small thing for a life together




Key - be the capable woman behind me...

Study Says Eldest Children Have Higher I.Q.s

NYTimes article says what I always knew! Lol..

Steamboat + friends = good food + good company

Was cleaning up the camera for trip and found this....

Graze @ Rochester

Decided to walk-in to Graze@Rochester yesterday night for dinner with Key. By some luck, managed to get a table, and wow, the dinner was good. Rump steak was delicious, the white pudding was marvellous. Probably the next time will pass on the oysters and get a ribeye fillet instead of rump though.

Scenario paintball

Like I said, I enjoyed the paintball. So is it any surprise I think this is really cool?

Google Street View - so cool!!

Google Maps has a cool new feature called "Street View"! This is so fun! Wonder when they'll do it for Singapore... ? Maybe the F1 promo team can get it started by getting the vehicle to do the street view for the F1 route!

As part of the Wired feature, they've also shown the vehicle and tech that one company uses to do this mapping, and a page featuring people's picks for best shots. One of those shots seems to show the Google imaging van too!

Damn, this is good stuff. Feeling a bit happier...

Water thrill rides!

I wanted to share this with Key - reminds me of Wild Wild Wet which was fun in its own way...

Automated kill zones - suits my mood

Connected via fiber optics to a remote operator station and a command-and-control center, each machine gun-mounted station serves as a type of robotic sniper, capable of enforcing a nearly 1,500-meter-deep no-go zone.

Sounds like sci-fi? Read about it at Wired. Definitely fits my mood.

Solar-powered flashlights

Instead of being a joke item, solar-powered flashlights are now a way to alleviate world poverty!