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Come listen to an entire concert of my band arrangements performed by Philwinds! Visit www.philharmonicwinds.org for more details.

2008.08.03 - 23.45 PM

Just started my secondment to IDA. Anyone working around town - now is a great chance to catch-up over lunch!

2007.11.02 - 09.08 PM

Wow, moving to wordpress did make this page rather static :) guess you can only have one webpage at any one time! It's nearing my rotation period, currently hunting for a job in the public sector of the government (intro me if you can!). Landlord sold the house so I'll also be moving (tell me if you know of a 5 room flat for 4 person to stay!)

2007.06.11 - 11.00 PM

It's Chinese New Year again. Wow, time flies. All the best wishes to you in year 2007. I've launched a separate site (too sentimental about this one) that incorporates Wordpress as the blogging engine. I syndicate it here too as a summary, but more and more of the fresher content will come from there. So do visit: http://wp.jiinjoo.com

2007.02.11 - 01.38 PM

TaDa - I've moved xanga into my homepage, hopefully this gives more people to come visit here. Planning to expand more blogs and more content. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

2006.12.02 - 09.13 PM

And then 12 months in Singapore! Time flies when you're not doing something interesting... Better buck up! Just came back from Cheng Du - the city that no one wants to leave.

2006.09.24 - 00.01 AM

6 months in Singapore! 5.5 years to go! Achievement so far? Nil! Anyone interested in hiknig Mount Kinabalu with me sometime later this year?

2006.02.27 - 10.03 PM

Rainy days in Singapore, extreme cold weather around the world. Stay Warm! Forces of Sun Shine Unite to dry my cloths!

2006.01.14 - 10.48 PM

I have finally got a phone (look to your left) - now you can call me till your hearts content. It has been a month since I started working in SCS. Trying very hard to be content with life for now, will see what happens. Happy fasting to the muslims!

2005.10.08 - 02.35 AM

Constantly moving on is really tiring. Looking forward to September where I'll again be in a foreign land (Singapore) because of a promise that was made 5 years ago. I will not forget the lessons I learned in Amazon.com, which is the same lesson I learn everywhere: to love deeply, and to give generously, is the greatest happiness of all.

2005.07.27 - 09.14 PM

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