Personal posts and the diary I have kept since 2002: birthdays, year-in-reviews, milestones, and whatever is on my mind.
Before your LASIK operation, you must stop wearing soft contact lenses for three days, soft toric lenses for seven, and hard gas-permeable lenses for fourteen. Ladies should also remove eye makeup four days prior, avoiding liner, mascara, and lash extensions.
My LASIK journey began with a public talk by Dr Lee Sao Bing on Friday, 8th March 2013, at the Shinagawa LASIK & Eye Centre in Wheelock Place. The talk runs evenings, roughly 7pm to 8:30pm, and I'd recommend attending.
I turned 29 yesterday, my last year before hitting 30. On 23rd March 2013, Li Xiang and I had a quick dinner at Everything with Fries in Holland Village before meeting my Hong Kong cousins at Wala Wala, then 2am:dessertbar.
Uber has arrived in Singapore. It's a service connecting passengers with drivers of luxury vehicles for hire. You book the car, see an estimated wait, get driven to your destination, and hop off, with payment charged to your card.
Three years ago, I blogged about getting your first tweet if you have more than 3,200. Those instructions relied on the Internet Archive, which isn't always available. Happily, Twitter now lets most users download their Twitter Archive directly.
I last printed my Blogger Name Cards in 2010, getting 200 for S$60 from Tommy Print. I'd nearly run out, and Li Xiang had redesigned my logo for lesterchan.net v4. I returned to Tommy Print, where 200 cost S$60.
As I manage my mom's domain, firstfood.com.sg, a scam email I received looked legitimate. Addressed to the CEO and Manager, it claimed to come from a domain registration and dispute organisation in Asia, handling companies' domain registration and IP protection.
In my Looking Back 2011 post, I'd hoped for a new iMac and MacBook Air to replace my ageing desktop and MacBook Pro, and I managed it. My 2012 wish is simpler and cheaper: just those same two replacements.
The Mayans were wrong, and we're all still here. There's a strong tradition of 'world ages' in Mayan literature, but the record has been distorted. According to the Popol Vuh, the K'iche' Maya believed we're living in one such age.
Just like last year's 11-11-11, I'm marking 12-12-12 at 12:12pm. 2012 is the last year until 2100 when the month number matches the last two digits of the year. WordPress 3.5 was also released today.
If you're visiting Singapore as a tourist or on business and plan to buy mobile phones, gadgets, computers, or components, this post is for you. Hopefully you'll find it via Google beforehand. First, do not buy anything from Lucky Plaza.
Happy 28th birthday to my dearest wifey! I didn't get you a present this year, unless the Pixel Ruler I bought last month counts. I promise more effort next year. Tonight I've found a few ice cream spots.
I spent the weekend in Kuala Lumpur, from Friday, 23rd March to Sunday, 25th March 2012, to celebrate my birthday. We stayed at the Piccolo Hotel in Bukit Bintang, a fantastic location between Lot 10 and Fahrenheit 88, near Pavilion.
I joined the bandwagon and ordered my Facebook Name Cards from moo.com. The 50 cards are free for now, though you pay shipping, which cost me US$15.75 to Singapore, arriving in two weeks. I like the box they come in.
Street Fighter players will recognise Akuma's Raging Demon move. Thanks to Benjamin's tip, I bought this Akuma's Heavenly Combo T-Shirt from GameScore for S$25. GameScore likely earns just a few dollars, since SplitReason sells the same shirt for US$19.95.
I didn't announce that I got married in Las Vegas during my US holiday two months ago, only sharing it on Facebook, which feels more private than Twitter. It wasn't sudden, I'd proposed to Li Xiang on our 7th anniversary.
Today marks two full years at mig33 and the start of my third. I've just returned from mig33 Kopnas 2012 in Jakarta, the yearly gathering of mig33 users in Indonesia. Kopnas, from 'Kopi' and 'Nasional', means a national coffee gathering.
Today is the eve of Lunar New Year, the last day of the Rabbit year, with the Dragon year beginning tomorrow. Expect plenty of babies, as the Chinese adore a Dragon year. I wish all a Happy Lunar New Year.
In my Looking Back 2010 post, I wished to visit the US and see snow in 2011, and I did, posting this from my uncle's house in LA. Having never seen real snow in 26 years, Snow City excepted.
After Google's Building 44, I drove about 15 minutes to Apple's Company Store at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino. The famous 'I visited the mothership' T-shirt is no longer printed; the new design reads 'I visited the Apple campus'.
Google's Building 44 sits at 1635 Charleston Road, Mountain View. I rented a car from Hertz and drove there from San Francisco, about an hour away. I noticed snow on the ground and was surprised, but it turned out artificial.
On 20th December 2011, SingTel launched Singapore's first LTE service, available to both consumer and business users. Initially it supports only USB dongle modems, with LTE smartphones and tablets to come once they're more widely available.