Capital ideas from an Outbursty guy

2007-10-23T12:08:00.004+08:00

Pirates Game

2006-10-15T14:55:00.000+08:00

Its funny how there are somethings in your childhood you just don't want to grow out of. Some people continue their childhood hobbies into adulthood, some people take their passion and turn it into an occupation. Games have always been a big part of my life, even though I can safely say my parents never really splurged on me that much. Most of the games I played were PC games. Never had any

Beijing Day 3 - Great Wall of China

2006-09-25T23:03:00.000+08:00

I didn't expect to be able to see the Great Wall this time around, given the limited time in Beijing. I also assumed that the Wall would be in the outskirts of Beijing, and would be relatively inaccessible. But my dad's business associates offered to drive us there, and now there was a freeway directly to the Great Wall, so getting there took no longer than half an hour.Approaching the Great Wall

Beijing Day 2 - On the road and Bei Hai (北海)

2006-09-21T16:50:00.000+08:00

Had to wake up early - arrggh. But had to because I was meeting Allen and we had to prepare to meet a client in the afternoon. Had time to take a picture of the view from our hotel:After a couple of hours of discussion, we made our way down to a nearby restaurant to have a meal. As it turned out, the restaurant we picked wasn't bad.Beijing noodlesSpicy pork in water (can't remember the exact name

Beijing Trip Day 1 - Dust and Traffic jam

2006-09-21T01:18:00.000+08:00

**I uploaded my Beijing Trip photos to Flickr. Also, all the pictures were taken with a lousy Free Creative DiVi Cam. After this I'm taking my award-winning HP camera back from my dad.The trip to Beijing was really quite unexpected. The week before, my dad asked me if I had any friends that were proficient in Chinese, and could go to Beijing on short notice. The only person I could think of was

My "Googled" Desktop

2006-08-30T19:32:00.000+08:00

Yeah... its been almost 2 months since the last entry, but its hard work - blogging. Anyways, I recently replaced the computer, so now its been fitted with a Core 2 Duo E6300 processor, 1 GB ram and a ATI 1900GT graphics card. So I decided to tax the computer a bit more, and installed the Google desktop software I've been wanting to try out. AND ITS DAMN COOL!!! And the more friends that use it,

Germany 2006: The highlights (part 2)

2006-07-16T19:09:00.000+08:00

I remember Germany 2006 for its sheer drama. The group stages had good football being played, but when the knockout stages came, there was high tension, tactical battles and a number of unexpected outcomes. I'll start with what I remembered most in chronological order.Great footballIt started with the Czech Republic's 3-0 thrashing of the U.S.A. That got me excited about the Czech's chances,

Germany 2006: My thoughts (part 1)

2006-07-14T00:46:00.000+08:00

After a hectic 1+ month of football, it is finally time to get back to the normal routine. Like spending more time at work. And blogging more. So here's my analysis on the World Cup 2006 and how it compared with the previous ones I watched before.OverviewThis World Cup wasn't about individual players. No player set the tournament alight, or brought himself to the forefront of football. While the

World Cup memories

2006-06-27T18:00:00.000+08:00

I'm not crazy football fanatic. I don't paint my face or travel the world following my team. But I love to watch football, the skill of the players and the emotions that follow whenever there is a major cup competition. And they don't come any bigger than the World Cup, and since happens only once every 4 years, I think its pretty understandable that I don't wanna do anything else during this

World Cup most important

2006-06-19T16:23:00.000+08:00

Haven't blogged much because of World Cup.Haven't slept much because of World Cup.Haven't been able to work properly because of World Cup.In fact, all my plans for going out, watching movie, meeting people all revolve around the matches. Crazy yes, but worth it. Watching Argentina beating Serbia&Montenegro 6-0 - that was the highlight of the championship so far. Not just the goals but the quality

What is Havok?

2006-06-06T12:39:00.000+08:00

Its funny that this question was asked only now, so many years after the bunch of us came up with the name. Its funny that the question was even asked at all. Most people, and most of us would think, isn't Havok just the name we gave ourselves, the guys from the RJC orientation group of '96?But Dennis, in one of his kaopei-ing states, wanted us to think about it. He wanted to "make Havok an

Back home (Terengganu Trip Day 4)

2006-05-21T22:14:00.000+08:00

Whilst everyone was asleep, we stayed up to play mahjong. The intention was to stay up the whole night so that we could catch the sunrise. Our place was ideal was watching the sunrise because just a few hundred meters away was the beach with an unobstructed view of the South China sea(east). Nothing unusual happened during mahjong. I lost, TM won. And he still gets pissed off when he wins. What

Beautiful scenery (Terengganu Trip Day 3)

2006-05-21T13:54:00.000+08:00

The plan today was to go to Hotel Awana to do sea sports. I was looking forward to riding the jetski. The only one time I rode a jetski was in Desaru about more than 6 years ago, and it was damn fun.Morning was free and easy, so the 4 of us set out to look for Ramly burger. Since coming to Malaysia, we haven't been able to find a single Ramly burger stall!! All this while I had thought that Ramly

The sun, sea, stars and 2 watermelons (Terengganu Trip Day 2)

2006-05-17T22:09:00.000+08:00

Part 1: Sunshine and SnorkellingStarting the day all smilesWe started the day in bright sunshine. Apparently there was a very beautiful sunrise earlier, so we told ourselves that we had to catch the sunrise before we left. Today, we looked forward to spending time in the sun and the sea, and at night, sotong fishing. This entire trip was pretty much a guided tour by TM's uncle, who is also a

Journey to Terengganu (Terengganu Trip Day 1)

2006-05-15T22:45:00.000+08:00

TM's uncle organized this trip, a sotong fishing cum diving trip, and we were invited. So the 3 of us, Barry, Dean, myself went along with TM's family, with 3 other families on this trip to the Malaysian heartlands.3 vehicles were used for this trip, and the 4 of us shared a rented minivan with another family, which I dub the 'Watermelon' family, for their perchant for watermelons, as I'd find

Sex Game

2006-04-22T13:42:00.000+08:00

Do you guys recall my post about the Massive Multi-player Online Sex Game? Well it has become a reality. A game called "Naughty America" is due to be released in the U.S. But I'm pretty sure that this is just the tip of the iceberg. A whole of online sex gaming will eventually open up. Read about it here

In-camp Training (a.k.a holiday camp)

2006-04-18T12:28:00.000+08:00

Just finished my first ever ICT which started on 3rd April and ended on the 11th April, 11 days, but effectively 2 weeks being away from work and in camp. When I first got the call-up, I was like, "How come they remembered me?!" Being the outcast from the Battalion, I thought I would never have to see the old guys again, and that I would hopefully never get called up. This was the fifth time the

BottleTree Village

2006-04-02T11:50:00.000+08:00

I'm really running out of material for the blog, so I'm going just post some pictures of the group outings. I'll also blog about my first In-camp Training experience, which will happen tommorrow!! I was hoping that ICT would never happen for me, but wishing thinking I guess. Anyways, yesterday's outing was pretty big, with a couple of new faces - namely Yuihui (Barry's gf) and Daphne, Denise's

Game of life

2006-03-12T23:53:00.000+08:00

The next few posts will probably be a bit philosophical... probably a sign of old age :) , and the events of the last few weeks... people getting married, meeting up with old friends... Saturday was Liming's wedding, and what a long day it was. Go pick up bride in the morning (where Adrian Mah was late as usual), and had to be 'tekan' by the bridesmaids... which wasn't too bad... The worst was

Falling in love is easy

2006-03-05T17:30:00.000+08:00

... but getting married is hard. At least that's my take on the social life situation of people around my age.I was observing recently that I haven't received any wedding invitations from people I knew, either from RI or RJ. But then in the space of 1 month I got 1 invite and 2 "sound-outs". The wedding invite was from Tsai Liming, RI classmate (congrats to him... or should I say condolences?)

Updates

2006-02-26T13:42:00.000+08:00

I haven't had time to update cos I've been so busy... I'm bereft of new business ideas, cos I'm so busy focusing on existing ones. The latest, as mentioned before, is the DeclareYourLove site. The reason why the site is down is because we have decided to rethink our strategy in the face of competition. Honestly speaking, when we first started DeclareYourLove, we thought the idea was the first of

Declare your love Part 2

2006-02-07T21:23:00.000+08:00

So its been a couple of days since Declareyourlove.net was launched. I must say the feedback has been quite positive, most people like the idea, but nobody is willing to pay for it (typically Singaporean!). The site already has about 1200+ hits for the past 2 days (including repeat hits), so things could improve further. Dean and Kenneth, keep up the good work!! A special mention also goes out to

Declare your love

2006-02-05T12:44:00.000+08:00

I've been neglecting the blog lately, all because I've been involved in 3 projects simultaneously. But now finally 1 of the projects has been completed!It is DeclareYourLove.NET, a website inspired by the milliondollarhomepage (read my earlier blog post). The back story to this is that Dean and I were discussing the million dollar page, and he was saying, "lets just copy that guy man". Then I

UCB : Unidentified Colorful Bug

2006-01-26T06:46:00.000+08:00

Just something interesting I found on my gate - 2 unidentified beetles trying to do something... I have no idea what kind of beetles they are. Can anyone give a name?

Crazy ideas do work

2006-01-21T16:27:00.000+08:00

Haven't had anything to write about recently, but I felt I better post something so that the pictures of the naked virtual women will be off the front page... Not a very good impression to give new blog visitors...Anyways, here's some more inspiration for people who think that their business ideas are too crazy to work - The Million Dollar Home page. It was started by a British guy, Alex Tew,

Massively Multiplayer Online Sex Game

2005-12-27T22:29:00.000+08:00

Its another of those days where I have some crazy idea and have to blog about it. This one is about having an online game that is focused on having sex with other online players. It was partly inspired by this article on wired.com about "Sluster", an online magazine started in this online game called "Second Life". For those not in the know, "Second Life" is a game that has taken virtual

Birthday thoughts

2005-12-21T13:39:00.000+08:00

It's my birthday today! Thanks to all the well-wishers who remembered. Someone actually sent me a birthday greeting but I dunno who it is. The number is 96253996. Its too embarrassing to ask the person who it is, so if anyone knows, drop me an email.My thoughts on turning 26? Its nothing to shout about - I am officially in my "late twenties", which sucks, but still I can pass off for 16, which

Copycats

2005-12-16T00:30:00.000+08:00

They say that imitation is best form of flattery. That's quite true in business of course. If you're a smaller player amongst the big boys, one strategy is to copy your way to reach the same level as the leaders. But when you rip-off something as try to pass it off as original, then you lose all credibility altogther. I came across 2 examples, both unfortunately big Singaporean companies. 1st

Busy busy

2005-12-06T22:05:00.000+08:00

Haven't had time to blog, cos I've been super busy. It seems like I've taken on more projects I can't handle, but what the hell, its about time the business started coming in. One of those projects is actually starting another company with 2 blokes I met recently. They were looking for an IT guy to develop an online soccer game, and it was something that I wanted to do for a while. So what the

I love my job

2005-11-24T23:48:00.000+08:00

A few days ago I appended "I LOVE MY JOB!" to my MSN nick, and someone messaged me asking me if I was being sarcastic. But I wasn't. I love what I'm doing. What prompted this "outburst" was being able to meet some of the top game developers from the U.S over 3 days - 17, 18 and 19 Nov. Basically, Media Development Authority (MDA) organised a games workshop, and invited guest speakers from the U.S

The clean city

2005-11-22T22:07:00.000+08:00

Is Singapore too clean? This question arose while I was on the KL trip with the guys, and Ben lamented that Singapore, being too clean, was losing its good hawker food. Whether KL food is better than Singapore food is debateble, but I do find that food along the streets, hawker centers is indeed tastier than food found in foodcourts. Hawker foodJalan Alor - Rows of Hawker foodThe city center,

Kuala Lumpur Trip Photos

2005-11-15T00:15:00.000+08:00

Dean, Barry, Ban, Ben and I went to KL from 3rd to 6th November. But instead of doing a travelogue, describing day 1 to day 4, I'll write a couple of posts describing and reflecting on the entire experience. But first I'll start by posting some nice photos from the trip.The Petronas TowersA Close up ViewHindu Rice Art, on display at Times Square Shopping Center.KL ZoukBeautiful Sunset on the way

Religious Conservatives taking over the U.S?

2005-11-09T21:11:00.000+08:00

I was planning to blog about my thoughts about the Kuala Lumpur trip, which I will eventually, but after reading this article in CNN titled "Kansas School Board redefines science", I had to blog about it.Let me quote the first few lines from the article - "At the risk of re-igniting the same heated nationwide debate it sparked six years ago, the Kansas Board of Education approved new public

Apple the phenomenon

2005-11-02T21:40:00.000+08:00

I wanted to do a piece about Apple vs Creative, but basically there was no comparison. Everyone knows that Apple is kicking Creative's butt in MP3 player sales, and I hope they go on to dominate the PC market as well. In the iPod, Apple has not just created a product, but a lifestyle. It was Apple who changed the music industry by having 99 cent song downloads, encouraged the trend of Podcasting,

Braggin' Time

2005-10-10T22:46:00.000+08:00

Hey guys, there's another article about me in the NUS Enterprise Zone mag, same as last time, except in this one the photo is bigger, and I look better. Click here to check it out!

Ramblings about love

2005-10-07T14:17:00.000+08:00

DC:make money first lahThe women will followMe:i know... but liddat it won't be love lorDC:money won't buy you lovebut it will sure get you noticedMe:but I could live with lots of money and lots of girlsDCof courseyeah, if you like women, you can't settle for just oneif not then you just like 'woman'Me:yeah. but then there's like and there's loveu can like women but love 1 womanDC:roightyou're

One list to rule them all

2005-10-04T13:05:00.000+08:00

They say good ideas meet a particular need or problem. Well, this one arose while I was trying to organize my business cards. I have about 200+ business cards, and I'm pretty sure that its a problem a lot of businessmen face - compiling their business cards (digitally), so that contacts can be retrieved easily. And as the saying goes, "It's not what you know, but who you know". So keep tracking

Cute Animals Zoo

2005-09-29T21:28:00.000+08:00

Singapore is known for its world famous Zoo right? Well, we can have another one - The Cute Animals Zoo, which will feature just cute animals. This idea has actually been in my head for quite a while now, but I was recently reminded of it by my friend who recently found a newly born kitten, and was working very hard to keep it alive. It's doing very well so far, and I wish her all the best in

S.N.A.G

2005-09-22T21:52:00.000+08:00

I was travelling with Wu Dan (my permanent intern), and he mentioned to me that SNAG, a new local men's magazine, was started by his friend, a computer engineering undergrad who got funding from NUS. SNAG stands for Sensual New Age Guy, and its supposedly about dating. Firstly, I've got to admire the guy's guts. I think that the Magazine industry is a cutthroat business, and you really have to

Happiness comes from within

2005-09-18T01:25:00.000+08:00

It's amazing how you can be up in the clouds 1 day (metaphorically and literally), and life throws you a few curveballs and you're down flat on the ground the next day. But it happens. I believe that in life, good times and bad times come in cycles, and its how you cherish the good times and deal with the bad that determines how happy and satisfied a person you will be. As a person who just

Back to Singapore

2005-09-16T08:12:00.000+08:00

End of Mexico TripThis marks the end of my trip to Mexico, but hopefully there will be more to come. It was great fun, cos the people were nice, and the food was great. And from talking to Pedro, and observing first-hand, I can say that many business opportunities await those who look hard enough. Mexico, despite still having large debts and a large number of poor people, are looking more and

City of Guadalajara

2005-09-14T20:00:00.000+08:00

Mexico Day 7My day was basically split into 2 parts - 1st the tour of the beautiful city sights, and 2nd, my amazing trek back to Edgar's place. The morning started off with breakfast at the Amorita Corazon (a place where I would revisit later in the day) with Pedro, and I had a lovely breakfast of omelette filled with chicken on taco chips, covered with tomato gravy (the mexicans are quite

Cheap booze and tequila

2005-09-14T02:44:00.000+08:00

Mexico Day 5The conference had ended. No guide, no hotel, no free transport. I moved in with Edgar, with of Gil's friends the night before, and went to the Monterrey Tech with him to meet Gabriel and gang.The campus interiorI must say the campus is very nice. Spacious and beautiful. Gabo brought me to see a few people who might be interested in my software. Met the Head of the Incubation center

Conference

2005-09-10T03:59:00.000+08:00

Mexico Day 4Today is the day I had to give the talk, what the Uni had paid for. And this after the drinking and 4 hours of sleep. Managed it quite well though.A gift from the University - Tequila!As a token of appreciation, I was presented with a glass rifle filled with tequila! Damn they treat their guests well! Met up with Pedro for dinner at a theme restaurant, Santo Coyote, and looked really

More mexican food and drinking

2005-09-10T03:26:00.000+08:00

Mexico Day 3Today was pretty much the same as yesterday. Spent the day in the school, spent more time getting to know the Mexican culture... its true what they say about Mexican families - They are huge! On average 4 to 5 kids, and 1 girl I know had 9 siblings, and apparently 1 guy´s grandfather... Had 21 KIDS! Also getting to like the friendly Latin culture... the guys greet each other with a

Universidad and Tlaqapaque

2005-09-07T13:10:00.000+08:00

Mexico Day 2 (Tlaqapaque)Today was the first day of the conference. It feels damn good to be a V.I.P man! Basically its a Jalisco (a Mexican state) and Singapore economic exchange, but only 3 Singaporeans were there, and I was one of them. So everything was planned out for us, and from the start we were made to feel very welcome. Each of us had a student helper to guide us and help us in the

On my way to Guadalajara

2005-09-05T13:03:00.000+08:00

Biz IdeaWell I did say that this blog was meant to be different, so I'll start with an idea that came up a few days ago. Jun was just compiling his dvd collection on a website - http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=darphpinko and at last count had over 200+ original dvds! And he was saying it was enough to start a rental service! And he could be right! He has lots of rare, unheard of

1st Blog!!!

2005-09-03T20:34:00.000+08:00

I had been toying with the idea of a blog for a while now... those who've know me for a while should know that I had an 'against PAP' website before, then had a few pages on www.carnasaur.com (check it out! lots of pics there of the gang) and I thought my trip to Mexico would be an ideal time to start one! Then friends would be able to see photos of my travels. But I don't really want my blog to