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Office Politics 101 – It’s Not the Size of Your Office Politics Tool.

Office Politics 101. Some advice dedicated to my ex-colleagues are are now ‘walking on sunshine’ :)

Larger and more frequent NS rank allowance increments proposed

Good news for those still doing their reservist. At least you are compensated more for the cab fare from Bedok to Tanjong Gul when you have to book at unearthly hours.
The details are here at CNA
Something caught my attention when I was scanning through the article.
“Emphasizing the importance of family support for NSmen the committee [...]

MLM/Insurance harvesting on Monster.com?

Has anyone received calls from insurance company or even MLM companies after you have posted your profile on Monster.com? Ever since I posted my profile on Monster.com few weeks back, I started to get such calls, offering me jobs as financial advisors and one call possibily from a MLM company. I later realised it was [...]

Why run Linux on Mac?

Saw this advertisement for Mac in the Straits Times today. I wonder why they want to market the Mac as a machine that runs Linux.
I’m both a Mac and Linux user. (Long time Linux user and 1 yr old Mac convert). And in my opinion, I won’t want to buy a Macbook and run Linux. [...]

New tagline for Earth Hour – Less CO2 Emission, More Procreation

I thought of a new tagline for Earth Hour – Less CO2 Emission, More Procreation.
This is really suitable in the Singapore context, with the government so worried about falling birth rates. There was a joke (which perhaps has some truth in it) that during the old days, people had no electricity, so no TV, no [...]