Tired Yesterday
Too tired to blog yesterday, asleep by 11pm. Nothing much, usual weekday. Went to Suntec's Tower Records for Kinki Kids F Album with Lian; she heard it's out December, but not in Singapore yet, maybe Japan.
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Founder of lesterchan.net, a Singapore tech and gadgets blog running since 2002. An engineering leader by day and a WordPress plugin developer since 2003, with a soft spot for gadgets, smart home, and a good deal.
Secondary School Classmates Chalet BBQ
Secondary school classmates' chalet BBQ, after Bugis Junction with Lian; spotted XiuHui right behind her, no wonder her back looked familiar. Reached Aranda Country Club's chalets, surprised by a $1 entrance fee. Found the room, 2314.
Oily Lunch
Lian worked a full day at my place, finishing the extracting and resizing of the third product batch, still to upload, add info, and extract the fourth, within six days. Lunch at Great World City foodcourt, oily.
Apache Blues
Plenty of ranting ahead. Slept at 5am after Warcraft III till 3am, then spent two hours trying to configure PHP as a SAPI module in Apache2, with no luck. Gave up and posted for help online.
Rainy Sunday Morning
Slept till 3.30pm; heavy rain makes great sleeping. Woke and started coding my Food Module, planning the structure yesterday. It'll hold the best eating places in Singapore, with 200 records to insert and more to come.
Raining Friday The 13th
Posting this for the third time; the data won't insert after I hit submit, and the page just refreshes empty. Today's Friday the 13th, the year's second after September's. It's been raining steadily for hours now.
Cooling Night
No Warcraft III last night. Reaper wanted to watch TV, so I slept early, around 1am. Had vegetable rice from my coffeeshop, good; another solid stall alongside the western food, wan ton mee and lor mee.
Park Mall’s Hans
Lunch at Park Mall's Hans, long since my last. Their set lunches have gone up from $6.80 to $7.50. GST rises 1% to 4% too; everything's going up except your pay or allowance. Sad case, really.
Lian’s Christmas Present
More Warcraft III with Reaper and Demoblitzer, on a losing streak; we couldn't beat two insane computers on Timberhold, must buck up. Woke earlier at 1.30pm, grabbed lor mee for lunch. Mom called to fetch me.
Rainy Afternoon
Slept till 3.30pm. I'm waking later daily. More Warcraft III with Demoblitzer and Reaper: won first round, then nothing but losses; we suck. Slept at 3am. Meant to meet Lian at 4.15pm but woke at 3.30.
Star Awards 2002
Woke at 1.30pm; the more I sleep, the more I want to. Marina Square with family, lunch at food court: sirloin steak on hot-plate, $7.80. OP for shirt and shorts, but XL when I wanted M.
Toa Payoh
Woke at 11am, took Lian to Burger King at Tiong Bahru Plaza, long since last; we used to hit Suntec's McDonald's or Burger King after school. Sent her to Eunos, home to sleep, short on rest.
Do You Live To Die Another Day?
Watched Die Another Day at Great World City, two hours, nice, with action every minute. Not for movie-goers who want a story, though. Steamboat for dinner at home, where my mom always prepares too much food.
Hari Raya Puasa
Today marks the end of Muslim fasting, Hari Raya Puasa. Just back from supper at Henderson Market: the Yong Tao Foo, a one-hour wait, since the stall auntie always serves familiar faces first, jumping the queue.
Booked Die Another Day Tickets
Woke at 1.30pm despite sleeping at midnight. The more I sleep, the comfier it gets. Met my dad at coffeeshop for lor mee; he'd fished Sentosa bridge, caught nothing. His friend reckons crystal will replace silicon.
Inbox Messages Deleted
Lunch with Lian at my downstairs coffeeshop. The second batch is done, the fourth batch's photos taken, some left for tomorrow at my mom's office. Lian won't come tomorrow, since my mom's clerk has something on.
Warcraft III Demo Out
Blizzard released the Warcraft III demo yesterday. The story: after an ominous warning from a mysterious prophet, Orc warchief Thrall must lead his warriors to a strange new land in this playable demo of Reign of Chaos.
Claypot Rice
Nothing much today. Lunch at Tiong Bahru Plaza, Fish Claypot Rice. Lian scolded me for eating burnt rice, but that's the best part. One product's price left, my mom missed; otherwise the second batch is done.
Its December
We've reached the year's last month; before you know it, 2003 arrives. Time flies, as they say, 'time and tide wait for no man'. Supper last night at Henderson Market 12.30am: Yong Tao Foo, 30-minute queue.
X-Mas Site Color
Switched the site to its red theme for Christmas; it's existed for ages, now set as default for the season, with snowflakes falling, though the JavaScript lags slightly. I'll change the top image to something festive.
Queues Queues Queues
Sorry for late post, busy all day. Played Warcraft III last night with Reaper and DeMoBLiTzer after two months off; rusty first round, but my skills returned the second and third. Followed my mom to office.
GhostShip Again
Lunch at Great World City with my mom, brother and Lian: teppanyaki, long since my last. M1 to buy Lian's Nokia 8250; my mom paid first as Lian hadn't brought money, my fault for not warning her.