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October 2004 - Posts

29 - 31 Oct 2004: One of the Best Weekend of my Life :)
Sunday, October 31, 2004 12:44 AM

Friday - Aced my interview presentation about ADO.NET and was offered a job. Need to consider the offer because of the 2 years bond but at the same time I wish to apply for an Australian PR. - Continue reading my copy of MSDN Magazine - SE Asian Edition.

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Melbourne Morning
Friday, October 29, 2004 3:39 PM

I got up super early this morning close to 4am-ish to complete my secret presentation. It is due this morning. You know it's pretty hard to get up early at that hour of the day. But luckily, it was 6am in Melbourne and my fav morning show is online :)I

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Spinters of Melbourne
Thursday, October 28, 2004 11:14 PM

A crazy contest currently running on Nova100, only in MelbourneMelbourians, choose ur favourite spinters :) Ms Monday Ms Tuesday Ms WednesdayMs Thursday Have a good weekend, everyone! Andrea Powels - Welcome to Singapore =)

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ABC Classic FM
Thursday, October 28, 2004 3:08 PM

have been a wonderful companion during those lonely nights in the Honours Room while I worked on my thesis.Once again, while I am working on my presentation for tomorrow morning, I relied on ABC Classic. provides lovely music to make

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The Amazing Japanese Super Flies
Thursday, October 28, 2004 6:57 AM

Yesterday, Charisse emailed me this clip of Japanese flies that can do amazing tricks. You got to view it to believe!

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Microsoft Sites and Passport Registration Blues
Thursday, October 28, 2004 5:32 AM

I tried to listen in to a series of existing webcasts (On-demand webcast) on this site Soup and Nuts: Building Windows Forms Application with .NET. I was trying to gather some information for a upcoming presentation.Apparently, I need to reside in the

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Melbourne: perfect one day, diabolical the next
Thursday, October 28, 2004 2:02 AM

The weather gods threw a party on Melbourne yesterday (27/10).More pictures and report can be found in The Age

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Where my heart lies ...
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 3:29 PM

Jasper left this comment in the previous blog entry, "hehe let's see... based on his blogs.. i'm not sure if bernard's future really lies in singapore :) "My heart is really not in Singapore. I have been in Singapore for 1 month. I dislike here. The people

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Birthday Memories
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 2:53 AM

This year I received a very nice card which describes an intention I have for awhile ever since I'm back in Singapore.The front of the card says, "Praying you'll have a clear view of all God has planned for you". True, so true ... thanks Elin.

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Scobleiz-ed
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 2:05 AM

Andrienna Tan, you know you have hit the big times1 when you're Scobleiz-ied.Still on that thread, maybe you might want to check out Koi and the Kola Nuts: The Story of Koi and the Kola Nuts. What on Monkey Island is this article appearing on Microsoft

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Oh Bernard, where can I find ...
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 1:21 PM

Don't you ever get friends who asked you this question?"Hey Bernard, where can I find more info about xxxxx?"Just refer them to check out this page.Have a nice day :)

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Must See TV for the Day on ABC
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 10:46 AM

Foreign Correspondent 9.20pm AET on ABC (Australia)Title: U.S.A. - Florida Polling Broadcast: 26/10/2004 Washington correspondent Jill Colgan travels to the Sunshine State, the scene of the crime in the 2000 Presidential poll, when the Republicans “stole

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Bush punked me: Kutcher
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 4:35 AM

ASHTON Kutcher, turning out for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry and running mate John Edwards in the actor's home state, said he and others who voted for President George W. Bush in 2000 "got punked.""I voted for him because I thought he

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Java and .NET Security Advisories
Monday, October 25, 2004 11:48 PM

Java.NETSurprised? From Michael Howard's Web Log

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Gmail Drive - Are You Dumb?
Monday, October 25, 2004 7:32 AM

GMail Drive creates a virtual filesystem on top of your Google GMail account and enables you to save and retrieve files stored on your GMail account directly from inside Windows Explorer. GMail Drive literally adds a new drive to your computer under the

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More Birthday Pictures
Monday, October 25, 2004 4:08 AM

I have just included some additional pictures from a sushi dinner treat from my sis last Saturday.They can be viewed from here.

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Retail Therapy
Monday, October 25, 2004 4:03 AM

Retail therapy works for both sexes. Last Sunday morning, I had some domestic disputes at home because my folks were nagging me with the same old mantra. “Go and find a job … Go and pick up driving … Go and make yourself useful … Force yourself

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I want the "CAULFIELD" signage
Monday, October 25, 2004 1:21 AM

They are replacing the Melbourne train platform signages. I want to buy "Caulfield"!!! The most expensive sign went for only $305! What a bargain! Just imagine if I can have one in my room (less those pigeons droppings, thank you)http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/24/1098556292281.html?oneclick=tru

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Bumper Issue
Monday, October 25, 2004 12:42 AM

Because I'm in such a good mood today. I need to do a double blog entry for today. Navy approves first ever Satanist (BBC)The British Armed Forces has officially recognised its first registered Satanist, according to a newspaper report.A spokesman for

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Blue Bar - London - A Birthday Treat from Ax
Sunday, October 24, 2004 1:36 PM

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The First Mass - JOKE!
Sunday, October 24, 2004 3:16 AM

A new priest at his first mass was so nervous he could hardly speak. After mass he asked the Monsignor how he had done. The Monsignor replied, " When I am worried about getting nervous on the pulpit, I put a glass of vodka next to the water glass. If

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The Return of Antz and His B'day Pictures
Sunday, October 24, 2004 3:08 AM

Recently I have been under the weather, a combination of nasties. Anyway 20th October was my 25th birthday. I didn't get around to plan for anything until the last minute on Monday (the 18th). Pictures here.<24_10_addition>I would like to take this

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Generic Nan Desu Ka?
Sunday, October 17, 2004 12:01 PM

The introduction of generic is one of many new features of VS 05. Wonder what's generic esp if you're not from a C++ background. Check the blog entry below.A generic class declaration is a declaration that requires type parameters to be supplied

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ILDASM - .NET Reflector
Sunday, October 17, 2004 1:42 AM

Want to run ILDASM from inside VS?Nothing beats ILDASM when it's time to understand what your VB.NET or C# compiler actually emits. In this case you should prepare a desktop shortcut to ILDASM so that you can run it quickly, and then open a Windows

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Do We Need Another Reason?
Friday, October 15, 2004 9:13 AM

Do we need another reason why Visual Basic is the language for Champions?Even Ferrari uses Visual Basic ... more details from CNET

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Google Desktop
Friday, October 15, 2004 5:47 AM

Google unveils desktop searchINTERNET search giant Google has unveiled a new desktop program thatallows users to search the web as well as their own computer files in a move analysts said could be a challenge to Microsoft.http://email.news.com.au/ct/click?q=0b-0NK~INQ9dFlTD6QGfwJpCt7fYdRRI

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It's Official
Thursday, October 14, 2004 11:58 PM

I have been officially conferred the degree (Honours Degree of Bachelor of Computing - what a mouthful!) in absentia last evening in Australia. Source

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Fri Morning 1.01am - Ardi
Thursday, October 14, 2004 11:07 PM

Sutardi, one of the B,Computing Honours student has just joined theSpoke. Check out his blog. Welcome onboard Ardie!Ardie's honours thesis is about mobile device context awareness. Unfortunately :P It is developed in Java due to supervisor's

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Been Lazy - Polytechnic Grades
Thursday, October 14, 2004 4:57 PM

Undergone a massive workout on Monday. Completed a 6.24km run plus my weekday weights training program. Since then I have been feeling kinda lazy/worn out (can't figure my exact feeling). So far, I have skipped two training opportunities in a row this

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Beckham Virus
Thursday, October 14, 2004 8:27 AM

Virus writers are trading on interest in David Beckham to distribute their malicious wares. Messages are circulating widely that purport to have evidence of the England captain in a compromising position.But anyone visiting the website mentioned in the

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Walking Down Memory Lane
Thursday, October 14, 2004 6:19 AM

I was clearing up my cupboard to make space for my CDs collection (to make space for my new desktop with space currently occupied by my CD racks). Going through my old Polytechnic lecture notes brought back a lot of memories. I did not recall until

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That Stupid Kid from Aussieland Blasting Loud Music *Again*
Thursday, October 14, 2004 4:20 AM

I want to start off this blog entry with another CD recommendation. Does Bernard do anything except to listen and buying new CDs? Yes, he revisits his old CDs, read books and runs. I'll blog about my boring life later. Contents---------~ Music: Fabriclive

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Visual Studio 2005 Express Beta Products
Monday, October 11, 2004 12:51 PM

Are you interested to try out the new features in Visual Studio 2005?Well, pick your favourite brew (Visual Basic, C#, C++, J#)*Each link is a direct link to the particular express product home page*Recommended System Requirements. 1GHz Pentium Processor.

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Not a Good Sleep - Neighbourhood Watch
Monday, October 11, 2004 7:35 AM

Woke up this morning @ 4am when the phone went off. It was a call from my neighbours. They saw a crazy middle aged Chinese guy breaking a series of cars' glass wipers and our family car was one of them.The phone ring woke up everyone at home - Dad, Mum

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Visual Basic World Tour in S'pore - 6 Oct 04
Monday, October 11, 2004 3:26 AM

The VB World Tour covered both Visual Basic.NET 2003 (“Everett”) and Visual Basic 2005 (“Whidbey”). For starters, the .NET tag is dropped as we are all aware the direction of the language is well entrenched on the .NET platform. I was quite disappointed

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Happy Birthday Howard
Sunday, October 10, 2004 9:09 AM

Just wanna take a moment to wish my good friend, Howard, a happy 28th birthday! Omeideto gozaimasu!May all your dreams and aspirations come true, plus years of good health mate ... and next week Toto 1st prize winner!

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UI Patterns and Techniques
Sunday, October 10, 2004 7:28 AM

Today while I was browsing the Visual Basic Developer Center on MSDN, they featured this site ("UI Patterns and Techniques"). I think this would be of interest especially to developers involve in GUI or web or even smart client applications. Check it

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Ok Ok Ok ...
Saturday, October 09, 2004 3:02 AM

I knew I should blog about content discussed during the VB World Tour but Friday had been a pretty busy day. I will do it this week ... promise :PA good part of the day was spent updating my CV since I have to start looking for jobs here in Singapore.

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8500th!
Friday, October 08, 2004 7:14 AM

Another Day in the Antz Farm has just been graced by its 8500th visitor! Thank you :)

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Numbers!
Friday, October 08, 2004 4:05 AM

My blog has been read 8499 times! Who is my 8500th visitor? I sure wish there is someway I can identify that milestone visitor.Nevertheless, I like to take this opportunity for everyone who has been reading my blog since December 03. Can't believe that

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Giles Peterson's Worldwide / Where to Get Decent Music on Air?
Friday, October 08, 2004 4:02 AM

Giles Peterson has to be one of my all time favorite DJ, the other being no other John Digweed.Anyway, Giles Peterson's worldwide is an excellent program. Gilles Peterson's always played amazing music from all corners of the globe and he's always finding

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Just Wanna Touchbase With Ya ...
Friday, October 08, 2004 2:02 AM

The last two days have been pretty interesting, I have not quite found the time to blog them in detail but here are some of the stuff I hope to mention by this weekend.. Wed's Visual Basic World Tour in Singapore. On Thurs, made myself useful at the local

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MVP - Visual Developer - Visual Basic
Tuesday, October 05, 2004 3:35 PM

How was your week? The bright spot of the week was the announcement from Microsoft that I am a recipient for MVP - Visual Basic. I am so pleased to be awarded this title. You can bet your money that I will continue to advocate VB and the .NET Framework

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Running Kaki Club and VB World Tour in SG
Tuesday, October 05, 2004 3:33 PM

This evening I joined a running club in the central business district in Singapore. It is held every Tue and Thur at 6.30pm. There were about 10 runners there, 5 of which were some students from a nearby international school. The olders folks like

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O Happy Days...
Tuesday, October 05, 2004 7:47 AM

I have been applied for 3 positions, two with MS Singapore and one with Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Unfortunately my applications for both these organisations were not successful. I went on to the final round and got to meet MS Singapore MD, Andy Zupsic.

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Singapore Marathon 2004
Monday, October 04, 2004 6:50 AM

The premier marathon event of Singapore is now open for registration. It will be held on Dec 5 (Sunday) I have signed up for the 10km fun run, there are about 2 months to train for the event. Plenthy to time to prepare yourself. Anyone interested to

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Friday Afternoon Bits
Saturday, October 02, 2004 1:38 AM

When to the gym early today cos a friend (Lim Swee Lian - yes u :P was suppose to meet me for an early lunch but true Singaporean style ... she "let go my airplane" (a singaporean chinese term for backing out on the last minute). I read her sms only 5

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My Regular Internet Radio Stations
Friday, October 01, 2004 7:45 AM

Regular blog readers know that Im quite fond of internet radio. I listen to a lot of internet radio cos its was my link to the world (alright, plus the newspapers). The Honours Room has no windows and all the four corners of the room are all white walls

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