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Another email address of mine

I just get my new CMU email. At first I want aditya@cmu but someone has taken the user id before me. It seems that ‘Aditya’ is quite a common name there. Thus, after much consideration: choosing between alesmana@cmu or adityalesmana@cmu, here is my new email. Yes. No dot is allowed. Oh… Firefox 3.0 is now [...]

Firefox 3 Download Day… Hmmmm

Firefox 3.0 should be released anytime now. Mozilla has once again harness the hype surrounding its latest baby: Firefox 3.0. Touted as an attempt to set a world record for the most downloaded software in 24 hours, many people have pledged their support. In addition to myself, there are even 69 people from Timor Leste [...]

30 Hours ‘Famine’ Camp

I went for a 30 hours famine camp last week, organized by World Vision Singapore. As one of the wanderer-souls who is neglected by the busy organizers, I am quite happy with the CSP hours – my main reason of joining the program (pssstt… trust me, I am not that shallow) In total, most of [...]

An agonizing ritual for foreign student

I admit, after six years staying in Singapore, the hardest part when going back to my hometown is to bring an array of ‘oleh-oleh’ or gifts or souvenirs to many eager relatives, neighbors and many other non-related strangers. In short, bringing oleh-oleh has been one of the agonizing rituals for foreign students… at least for [...]

Worst Male Bashing Ads

AskMen.com has published a list of 10 worst male bashing ads. Despite their disparaging remarks, I personally these videos are rather cute with plenty of subtle punchline. While I am part of the sex that is being bashed rather relentlessly, I am sure the opposite also happens all the time. So… as long as there [...]