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Facebook Salvo to save the day… or time
Simple productivity tips while tinkering with Facebook: Facebook Salvo. Ok, the name was not exactly the most creative one and the process is not exactly new but I guess it worth written just in case some of you are drowned in the sea of mini-feeds and applications.
In short, Facebook Salvo involves doing a barrage of Facebook related activities within short period of time. See for yourselves on how I usually do it.
The example show how I replied to wall messages which I have neglected over the weekend. Notice the timestamp of each activity. Of course it helps to do the salvo during time of the day in which I am usually least productive – before and after lunch – or when I was super bored – usually in the middle or the nights or right before office hour ends. *grin
Of course the best course of action is to close the Facebook tabs and never open it.
Maybe I should dedicate this week to Facebook related posts.
A quick update: my parents were in Singapore last weekend. Together with one of my brothers and sister. It was fun. My youngest brother could not make it due to smallpox.
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Not to blog on Sunday
If you notice, I have blogging almost everyday. Maybe I should slow down. Maybe I should not post anything on Sunday.
In short, I decide not to write anything significant on Sunday.
That is all for today. Thank you for coming.
Wondering if I should start the countdown now…
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Cool Jakarta Police
For the first time, I feel so proud of Jakarta police force. Instead of sitting around and doing nothing but accepting bribe, they have shown the exemplary conduct… no matter how miniscule it is to conserve energy and protecting environment.
Presenting to you, Jakarta Police force in inline skates.
The best part is, the police can stroll easily despite horrendous Jakarta traffic jam… or rather… a complete gridlock at certain time of the day (especially during raining day).
A commendable effort despite the fact that many part of Jakarta’s street is not exactly the smoothest street in the world. With many construction works going on regularly – or like what locals said, gali lubang tutup lubang, I am sure the insurance agency will scream at Police department (assuming the police is insured).
I took the photo from one website which I forgot the link. I feel bad for taking people’s photo without proper credit. Please help me find out who owns the photo if you got nothing else to do.
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Bye Bill! See you soon!
With June 27 or 30 marking the Microsoft founder’s last official day of work, I would like to bid a simple farewell to one of the prominent figures of the 20th century. Someone who has a grand dream and perseverance (and any other ‘ingredients’) to put PC in every single home and eventually started the revolution that makes German unification looks pale in comparison. Yes, Bill Gates is retiring as full time employee of Microsoft.
Instead, he become a part time employee for Microsoft. Wondering how much is his paycheck as a part timer.
The reactions to his farewell have been varied across the netspher. Here are some interesting ones I could find.
One that thank him…
Bill Gates ‘ last day at Microsoft is just days away, so it’s a good time to take stock of what the man has and hasn’t done for us (and in some cases, to us). By and large, I think we owe Bill Gates a world of thanks. – Lance Ulanoff has written a well balanced article on Bill Gates here
One that ridicule him…
Now that Gates officially has announced plans to relinquish his day-to-day company responsibilities by July 2008, we thought it would be a good time to look back on some of the less popular products and technologies championed by Gates during his 31-year Microsoft tenure. – Something we can learn about Gates’s flop here
In any case, I am sure Microsoft has lost one great employee.
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Professional Exchange Student
I got this inspiration from my friend Aaron Tan. He went for one term local exchange to NUS. So I am thinking if it will be great if we can go for an exchange every term. Let say as Professional Exchange Student.
So the degree will be Bachelor Degree in General Elective Majoring in International Communication. Every term, students are required to do an exchange or two to any other university approved college or institutions. The example program will be something like…
| Term | Institution |
| Year 1 Term 1 | SMU |
| Year 1 Term 2 | UPenn |
| Year 1 Term 3 | Beijing University |
| Year 2 Term 1 | NTU |
| Year 2 Term 2 | KAIST |
| Year 2 Term 3 | LSE |
| Year 3 Term 1 | Tokyo U |
| Year 3 Term 2 | NUS |
| Year 3 Term 3 | Internship |
| Year 4 Term 1 | IIT / IIM |
| Year 4 Term 2 | CMU |
| Year 4 Term 3 | SMU |
I am sure the fun-factor of this program is more than 10 out of 5. The best part is, the GPA is almost irrelevant since 90% of the modules taken are pass/fail subjects. So if there is scholarship for this kind of program, the GPA requirements will be pretty much for formality sake only. In reality, the scholarship criteria will be somewhat like… ‘must be able to go to at least 2 different continents every year excluding summer term’ or ‘must be able to be conversant in one new language every years’ or ‘acquiring 500 new Facebook/MSN friends every term’ – Actually Facebook is better since it can be easily verified.. Frankly, I am not worried with the details. I am sure people can come up with all the weirdest stuff I could not think of.
Obviously due to the nature of the program, students will graduate with at least 20 General Elective modules (not counting the half credit courses) and unable to specialize in anything but networking (read: clubbing) and distinguishing different types of alcoholic beverages from six continents minus antartica.
Of course to support government campaign to retain talent within Singapore, the last destination will be one of the local university. Hopefully the graduate will stay for good.
Above all, it is a journey more daring 
Did I miss anything?
