Friday morning ... with a smilie : )
Not a habitual early riser but yet again, I woke up @ 7am plus on my own despite sleeping @ 3.30am last night.
Try as I might but I just couldn't get back to dreamland anymore.. so after loitering on the bed for another 15 mins, decided to get up for certain. Perhaps can catch a nap in the afternoon when I finished my work.
The weather today - outlook's bright and sunny, can feel the heat creeping into my bedroom... can't turn on the aircon also coz I've got a sensitive throat and nose in the morning. Well, for once, I felt kinda in a dilemma on whether to go finish my work (yes, still working on the Onward Soldiers magazine graphics) and then take the weekend off to settle a calendar project I've been thinking about for the past week OR to just dive right back into bed and snooze till I'm happy. Afterall, one should get at least 6 - 8 hours of proper sleep to stay healthy... I.. heh .. tend to take more than that.....
Guess in the end, I decided to get up and go boot up my computers and think about how to go about scheduling the day's work. Picked up the Straits Times and was browsing through some of the headlines:
1) Chicken Genes share traits with human genes (ST World | 29)
NEW YORK - HERE is something to ponder when you bite into your next chicken wing: A new study says about 60 per cent of the genes in the critter you are eating have close cousins in your own DNA.
In fact, the deciphered chicken genome should prove a valuable tool for learning about the human version, researchers say in their first detailed analysis of the genome.
The work was presented by an international team of scientists in yesterday's issue of the journal Nature.
The chicken's genome is the first from a bird to be 'sequenced', which means scientists identified the one billion letters of its DNA code. That job was completed and the results made available this year.
In fact, the new analysis revealed that people have genes related to chicken genes for eggshell proteins, which evidently play a role in bone formation.
Dr Richard Wilson of the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis said the chicken genome may also help scientists learn about bird flu. -- ASSOCIATED PRESS
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So.... does that mean we are now related to a chicken as well?
2) Something about Bishan estate (ST Home | 22)
Dec 10, 2004
Rising from the ashes
As the high-rises of Bishan went up, the population went down. Today, Bishan's 68,000 residents live where 100,000 graves once were - something few people born after the 1970s know about.
This old picture (left), taken in 1979, is one of the last photographs of the area before it was developed to become the bustling Housing Board township we see today (below), with its schools and suburban malls, homes and families.
Before it was developed, the Kwong Wai Siew Peck San Teng cemetery was meant for early immigrants.
Founded in 1870 by immigrants from Guangdong province in China, it was one of the biggest and oldest burial grounds on the island.
Kwong Wai Siew refers to three prefectures in Guangdong province - Kwong Fu, Wai Chow Fu and Siew Hing Fu - the founders of the cemetery hailed from. Peck San Teng translates, literally, as 'Bishan pavilion'.
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Now you know why Singapore Ghost stories like to write about Bishan's late night train rides or the amount of 'sightings' during the Chinese 7th month. But I'm still wondering about Bishan being 'advertised' as a hip estate to live in - okie, it's really convenient to get around from or to Bishan, there's J8 (ohh, a new apple shop has opened there! yippee!!) and with its new extension, seems to make the appeal to stay in Bishan even more comtemplatable. A lot of events were held there (mega stars going there to do promotions - check out Lil'Ms Snooze's blog on an Andy Lau's appearance @ J8 last night (Images by Teh Peng, who doesn't have a blog..... yet) so who minds the paranormal once in a while...
3) Handphone woes (ST Forums | 25)
Dec 10, 2004
It's no joke to fork out $2 for a joke each day
MY DAUGHTER recently saw an advertisement on TV about dialing a certain number to receive jokes via SMS. It costs $2 per joke. She thought it was a one-time affair but it was not.
It's no joke to fork out $2 for a joke each day
The jokes kept coming, one per day. She tried to stop the service by replying to the SMS but they kept coming.
After more than two weeks, she told me about the matter. I called SingTel and was informed that as she had subscribed to the service, she was liable to pay for all the jokes received, totalling $30. I was provided a number to call to terminate the service.
If a subscriber finds a joke funny and is willing to pay another $2 for the next, there is no issue. But it should not be assumed that he has signed on for good.
Tan Chin Hwee
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The joke's on you lady :D
Well, here's the morning news for ya! Time for me to work
Try as I might but I just couldn't get back to dreamland anymore.. so after loitering on the bed for another 15 mins, decided to get up for certain. Perhaps can catch a nap in the afternoon when I finished my work.
The weather today - outlook's bright and sunny, can feel the heat creeping into my bedroom... can't turn on the aircon also coz I've got a sensitive throat and nose in the morning. Well, for once, I felt kinda in a dilemma on whether to go finish my work (yes, still working on the Onward Soldiers magazine graphics) and then take the weekend off to settle a calendar project I've been thinking about for the past week OR to just dive right back into bed and snooze till I'm happy. Afterall, one should get at least 6 - 8 hours of proper sleep to stay healthy... I.. heh .. tend to take more than that.....
Guess in the end, I decided to get up and go boot up my computers and think about how to go about scheduling the day's work. Picked up the Straits Times and was browsing through some of the headlines:
1) Chicken Genes share traits with human genes (ST World | 29)
NEW YORK - HERE is something to ponder when you bite into your next chicken wing: A new study says about 60 per cent of the genes in the critter you are eating have close cousins in your own DNA.
In fact, the deciphered chicken genome should prove a valuable tool for learning about the human version, researchers say in their first detailed analysis of the genome.
The work was presented by an international team of scientists in yesterday's issue of the journal Nature.
The chicken's genome is the first from a bird to be 'sequenced', which means scientists identified the one billion letters of its DNA code. That job was completed and the results made available this year.
In fact, the new analysis revealed that people have genes related to chicken genes for eggshell proteins, which evidently play a role in bone formation.
Dr Richard Wilson of the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis said the chicken genome may also help scientists learn about bird flu. -- ASSOCIATED PRESS
-----------------
So.... does that mean we are now related to a chicken as well?
2) Something about Bishan estate (ST Home | 22)
Dec 10, 2004
Rising from the ashes
As the high-rises of Bishan went up, the population went down. Today, Bishan's 68,000 residents live where 100,000 graves once were - something few people born after the 1970s know about.
This old picture (left), taken in 1979, is one of the last photographs of the area before it was developed to become the bustling Housing Board township we see today (below), with its schools and suburban malls, homes and families.
Before it was developed, the Kwong Wai Siew Peck San Teng cemetery was meant for early immigrants.
Founded in 1870 by immigrants from Guangdong province in China, it was one of the biggest and oldest burial grounds on the island.
Kwong Wai Siew refers to three prefectures in Guangdong province - Kwong Fu, Wai Chow Fu and Siew Hing Fu - the founders of the cemetery hailed from. Peck San Teng translates, literally, as 'Bishan pavilion'.
---------
Now you know why Singapore Ghost stories like to write about Bishan's late night train rides or the amount of 'sightings' during the Chinese 7th month. But I'm still wondering about Bishan being 'advertised' as a hip estate to live in - okie, it's really convenient to get around from or to Bishan, there's J8 (ohh, a new apple shop has opened there! yippee!!) and with its new extension, seems to make the appeal to stay in Bishan even more comtemplatable. A lot of events were held there (mega stars going there to do promotions - check out Lil'Ms Snooze's blog on an Andy Lau's appearance @ J8 last night (Images by Teh Peng, who doesn't have a blog..... yet) so who minds the paranormal once in a while...
3) Handphone woes (ST Forums | 25)
Dec 10, 2004
It's no joke to fork out $2 for a joke each day
MY DAUGHTER recently saw an advertisement on TV about dialing a certain number to receive jokes via SMS. It costs $2 per joke. She thought it was a one-time affair but it was not.
It's no joke to fork out $2 for a joke each day
The jokes kept coming, one per day. She tried to stop the service by replying to the SMS but they kept coming.
After more than two weeks, she told me about the matter. I called SingTel and was informed that as she had subscribed to the service, she was liable to pay for all the jokes received, totalling $30. I was provided a number to call to terminate the service.
If a subscriber finds a joke funny and is willing to pay another $2 for the next, there is no issue. But it should not be assumed that he has signed on for good.
Tan Chin Hwee
----------
The joke's on you lady :D
Well, here's the morning news for ya! Time for me to work
