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December 2004 - Posts

Ready for midnight?
Friday, December 31, 2004 6:37 AM

Dear friends - theSpoke is gradually forming into community :)This is my last entry for 2004.Wishing everyone a bright start to the new year. I hope the new year brings you lots of good cheers, success, happiness, keeps you all in

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Felt Mountain - Goldfrapp
Friday, December 31, 2004 2:28 AM

Originally I planned to start of this entry in response to Howard's earlier comment. But the CD I am listening now is simply captivating and I need to blog about it. I love going through my old CDs collection and rediscover gems.Felt Mountain - GoldfrappFelt

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Family
Thursday, December 30, 2004 2:25 PM

My family wears me out constantly and never fails to disappoint me. I want to get away but I can't. This is my family; we should make things work as a family ... do we? I am stuck, dazed and confused. I am clashed between the

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Cash is Better than Goods
Thursday, December 30, 2004 1:27 PM

From The Age: Relief groups have some friendly advice for people who want to lend a helping hand to desperate tsunami survivors: Don't donate that old sweater or a loaf of bread. Just send cash. It's too expensive to ship stuff abroad. Then,the logistics

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Gmail Anyone?
Thursday, December 30, 2004 2:43 AM

I have 10 Gmail invites available. Is there anyone still keen for a gmail account? Drop me an email to bernardoh at gmail dot com and I will send you one. CheersBer

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The Earthquake Aftermath
Monday, December 27, 2004 2:27 PM

How are you coping with the devastating reports of the earthquake aftermath? The destruction and scenes of devastated and torrentmented families sadden my heart. I really hope I can raise some funds to pass to the local aid agency. What would be a good

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Culpa est mea - Carpe diem - Ancora imparo
Monday, December 27, 2004 4:58 AM

Culpa est mea Today, I had just learnt that my window period to get an Aus PR is as good as closed. I am not able to assemble the necessary paperwork in time despite having more than enough points to qualify as a PR under the Skill – Independent category.

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Feast of the Holy Family
Monday, December 27, 2004 1:05 AM

Today (26th Dec), the Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Family. I want to take this moment to wish you a wonderful and happy time together with your family. I'm taking my family out for an ice-cream treat this evening.Below is a short reflection

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メリークリスマス
Saturday, December 25, 2004 4:22 PM

To everyone reading this entry, May the occasion of the Nativity of the Lord bring forth a new and continuing sense of joy, peace and hope in your life.Bernard =)PS: メリークリスマス means Merry Christmas in Japanese The people who walked in darkness

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Midnight Mass in Novena
Saturday, December 25, 2004 8:29 AM

Last evening attended mass in Novena Church @ 11pm. I was there at 10pm and the entire church was filled up by that time. Instead I sat with my god sister at the temp tentage setup over the car park.Good thing, I came early cos by 10.50pm, there were

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A Recent Editorial Cartoon on the Straits Times (21/12)
Friday, December 24, 2004 4:04 AM

- By Miel (ps: he's from the Philippines)

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Firefox - A Safer Browser?
Thursday, December 23, 2004 7:31 AM

Peter Torr works with Microsoft development teams during their security development lifecycle and final security review. Recently he has blogged about his opinion about how safe Firefox is, in comparison to Internet Explorer ("How Can I Trust Firefox").He

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Da Vinci Code
Wednesday, December 22, 2004 1:46 AM

I am a practicing Catholic. Personally I am not pleased with the popularity of books like Da Vinci Code. It is a book of fiction but the way the author wrote it misled people especially Catholics. These sorts of books are dangerous if people are

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Random Thoughts - 21 Dec 2004
Tuesday, December 21, 2004 12:25 PM

Some disjointed thoughts ... 1. Last night I dreamed that I was writing interfaces. Why interfaces? Is there a geek's dreams interpretation guide out there? I could be writing implementations or importing references etc 2. I need more money! (Who doesn't?)

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Christopher Hawkins
Monday, December 20, 2004 11:54 PM

Christopher Hawkins had wrote some interesting articles about IT project management. I found these topics rather interesting, maybe you might want a read.1. The 5 Pitfalls of Estimating a Software Project2. Professionalism Means Saying "No" Sometimes3.

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Knoppix 3.7
Monday, December 20, 2004 9:05 AM

Dowloaded and ran Knoppix on my desktop this afternoon. It sounds trivial but I didn't expect to run Linux on my machine. After all the noise Linux generates, any well-informed IT dude/chick can't just omit Linux. Otherwise it's blind faith and that's

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Bwahh!
Monday, December 20, 2004 4:05 AM

Sorry I need to behave like a kid here. I just learnt that I do not have any more access to online journals through my university's library journals and e-database subscriptions. Bwahhh ... no more Foreign Affairs, no more LNCS, no more ACM, no more

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Visual Studio .NET - Visualise Yourself, Fully Optimised
Sunday, December 19, 2004 6:16 AM

1. David Kean had blogged about how to add a shadow effect to your form ("Add a drop shadow to a form"). I thought its was a pretty cool thing to add. Come on, admit it, everyone likes a bit of eye candy.2. Do you use MS Word to edit your Visual

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Heard on Nova: Underwear Goes Inside the Pants
Saturday, December 18, 2004 1:59 PM

Yesterday morning, heard this really interesting song on Nova 100 . It's called "Underwear Goes Inside the Pants" by Lazyboy. Have a laugh at it, sometimes it's good to get away from all the political correctness crap. For Christ's sake (no puns

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My Early Self-Ordered Christmas Gift from Microsoft
Saturday, December 18, 2004 6:57 AM

Knock! Knock!Who's there? UPS.<The house door opens ...>Bernard Oh?Yeah. Please sign here. xxxxxxxxHorray! Ordered Code Complete (Second Edition) by Steve McConnell on 13 Dec and it arrived at my place on the 17th! Is that quick or what!Thanks Microsoft

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myOPML - 141204
Saturday, December 18, 2004 12:45 AM

I have just uploaded my latest OPML file. OPML an XML-based format that allows exchange of outline-structured information between applications running on different operating systems and environments (Source: http://www.opml.org/). This file contains

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.NET Security: Lessons Learnt and Missed from Java
Thursday, December 16, 2004 10:56 PM

The Department of Computer Science in University of Virginia has published a paper entitled ".NET Security: Lessons Learnt and Missed from Java".This paper was recently presented during the recent 20th Annual Computer Applications Security Conference.Check

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A Staple of Life - Bread
Tuesday, December 14, 2004 12:19 AM

Are you fond of bread? I love bread. The fruit of the earth, work of our hands. I think having good bread is one of the simple pleasures of life. When I was living in Melbourne, I always had wholemeal or multi-grain bread. I am also quite fond

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What's the Story Behind this Sign?
Monday, December 13, 2004 4:12 PM

(Click on image for expanded version)Mr Brown cited this blog entry made about an Indian Ah Pek who used the hairdryer found in the public pool to blow dry the nether region of his body.Excerpt (by Mr Brown): You wouldn't believe this but there was

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Scandinavian Countries
Monday, December 13, 2004 2:30 AM

I have always admired the Scandinavian countries. I found their social and economic model has much to be admired for. Their family friendly labour policy and high standard of education and high standard of living has made a deep impression on me. Because

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I got music, I got Fabriclive 11
Monday, December 13, 2004 1:40 AM

Now listening to Fabriclive 11 (read review on Amazon) - BentI got music, I got the groove. Despite a cloudy Monday morning. I'm feeling darn power up. It all started from yesterday's homily during mass. The "Ah Beng-Hokkien typed" priest's homily was

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Thunderbird 1.0 - Reclaim Your Inbox
Monday, December 13, 2004 12:46 AM

Thunderbird (the open source email client from Mozilla) has released version 1.0 on 7 Dec 2004.It includes a built-in spam filter, an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) reader and improved search and sorting capabilities; users can save the results of a

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3rd Week of Advent
Sunday, December 12, 2004 4:49 PM

This week the Church celebrates the 3rd of week Advent. The gospel today talks about the herald of the Messiah and proclaimation of the Good News and healing of Mankind.... Jesus said to them in reply, "Go and tell John what you hear and see:the blind

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Creative Concept to Put City in Top Class
Friday, December 10, 2004 4:02 PM

An American professor's urban vision has Melbourne buzzing.Source: The AgeEarlier this year Richard Florida, the uber-cool professor of economic development from Pittsburgh, came to Melbourne to talk about his bestseller The Rise of the Creative Class.

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Last Night's Dream
Thursday, December 09, 2004 11:35 PM

Last night, I dreamt that I was back in Melbourne and I was drinkingMilo made in Australia. What is the rational behind the dream? I have no idea.But I could not remember the other parts of the dream.

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Melbourne - Will You Still Recognise Me?
Tuesday, December 07, 2004 5:30 PM

Time: 1.08am, listening to Mal Stanley's Jazztrack on ABC ClassicI have been away from Melbourne for just over 2 months.From my room window (Singapore), I saw the Singapore Central Business District skyline. The image that reflected back to my mind was

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The Asia Foundation's Report on America's Role in Asia
Monday, December 06, 2004 5:01 PM

Yesterday during the Singapore launch of the Asia Foundation's report on America’s role in Asia, Prof. Tommy Koh has listed out a few points that could be linked to to the current weakening presence of the US in the area. They are. US losing

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Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2004
Monday, December 06, 2004 3:18 AM

I came, I saw, I trained ... I achieved!This morning about 8.10am, I have completed the 10km event!I had a good run but I reckon I could easily done better if I had familiarise myself with the actual route and the distances between each point. I think

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What File Extension Are You?
Sunday, December 05, 2004 7:48 AM

Find out what file extension you are. I'm a .MP3, try this quiz.Actually I think I'm more of a .WMA cos I always ripped my cds and play them from my hard disk on my Altec Lansing speakers my precious

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Ber - Grandma? or Grandma - Ber?
Saturday, December 04, 2004 5:46 PM

I asked my good friend Eujin to resize one of my Grandma's birthday party pictures and here is what he sent me.Someone is going to get a special Christmas card from me this year.Now ListeningBuzzin' Fly Volume One: Replenishing music for the modern soul

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The Weekend Part 1
Saturday, December 04, 2004 1:28 AM

I just wrote a long blog entry about my week, but the Internet Gods will it, all of these content went into the abyss after I clicked the "post" button. The entry didn't make it to theSpoken land.Wanker. I put so much soul and thought into the entry Now

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Another Day in the Antz Farm turns 1!
Friday, December 03, 2004 5:05 AM

I have been involved in this community for 1 year now, I can’t believe it! This blog was born on one late night (02 Dec 04 @ 10:13pm) in the Honours Room B3.50 in Monash University, Caulfield. Since then it has become an integral part of my life.

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