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Monday September 01, 2008 at 9:15

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No Tumblr in China, or at least I couldn’t access it from my hotel in Hangzhou

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The GMAT 700 Challenge

On a new challenge spree man?

I will take up this challenge. I have also been thinking about the GMAT for the longest time. My gf actually bought me a Princeton Review GMAT book, which is still brand new in the same shopping bag from 2 months ago. Time to bust that baby out.

larrychi:

This challenge is probably going to bore the shit out of you. But I’m Asian, so you have to expect the nerd DNA to come out at some point, right?

I’ve been thinking about applying to business school for the longest time and never did anything about it. The burning question for me has been whether or not I need an MBA if I plan to eventually become an entrepreneur. Then I figured I might as well take the GMAT anyway, because without a good score, I don’t have a choice!

Here’s my weak-sauce plan for now:

Study my ass off to the tune of 2 hours per day beginning September 7, 2008.

Not going to take classes—just books and the web. (Let me know if you have any bootylicious resources or tips.)

Take the test at eight-in-the-fucking-morning on December 27, 2008.

Challenge is successful if I get over 700 (max score is 800). According to Dai, that’s the unspoken floor for getting into a top 10 business school.

FYI, I was a perennial B-student and sucked at taking standardized tests. I always told myself that my academic non-performance was due to the fact that I never applied myself. Now I have to prove it.

Don’t worry, I won’t bore you with daily updates. But putting this out in the public will motivate me to study because I’m an attention whore.

Yes, that’s right, I’m using your bitch-asses. High five!

This post was reblogged from Pushing the Limit..

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Thursday August 21, 2008 at 2:27

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People need to stop telling my gf they are getting married

Seriously.

I am happy for people getting married. I am super stoked for my friends popping the question and hearing that most important “Yes” in their lives. I get all teary and think life can’t get any better when I went to my friends’ weddings.

But seriously, my gf handles this stuff a little differently than I do. So.. I will stop telling her if ppl I know are getting married. As to friends of her whom I have no control over, just refer to the title of this post. Just stop it already.

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Wednesday August 20, 2008 at 15:13

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How the Olympic female wrestling bronze medal was won. Have to hand it to the Japanese for this display of superior ‘technique’.

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Wednesday August 20, 2008 at 14:55

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She is hotter than Leryn Franco

I wasn’t aware of this informative website called, chickipedia.com. Thank you, Google.

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Wednesday August 20, 2008 at 1:36

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Wordpress or Habari...

I have been playing around with some blogging software on my NAS. I installed Wordpress first cuz it’s very easy to install, has a lot of themes and plugins to play around with. However, with the limited RAM and CPU muscle on the NAS-01G, I wanted something that can be run with less resources. Habari seems to fit the bill with its support for sqlite. Also this theme for Habari looks really fresh and clean.

After some tweaking, I got both Wordpress and Habari running on my NAS right now. I have actually gotten used to the Wordpress interface and recently discovered this plugin that allows me to post to my Tumblr from Wordpress. Neat. That’s the neat thing about Wordpress. Usually the features just work right out of the box.

On the other hand, Habari has been a bit rough around the edges. Took me a while to figure out what I was doing wrong in the installation and the plugins have given me problems. It reminds me a bit of my early experiences with Linux, when I spent half the time getting things to work instead of actually using the computer.

So far, more inclined to go with Wordpress as the platform of my longer posts.

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Thursday August 14, 2008 at 1:02

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My Singapore To Do List

I like making lists and crossing things off.

After being in Singapore for 3 years, I still have many things that I haven’t done. As I contemplate a move elsewhere, I am going to start drafting my To Do List for Singapore, in no particular order:

1. Bike around the island

2. Visit Orchard Towers, at night, when the action is hot and drunken American sailors have trannies in their arms.

3. Hike in MacRitchie nature reserve, to the Treetop.

4. Hike the Southern Ridges, a hiking route from Mount Faber Park through Telok Blangah Hill Park to Kent Ridge Park.

5. Bike in Pulau Ubin

6. Take the train up the East side of Malaysia peninsula and through ‘The Jungle Line’

7. Try the crabs at Ang Mo Kio

Hmm… that’s all I have for now. Needless to say, this list will be updated.

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Wednesday August 13, 2008 at 9:35

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stumblepeach:

This is freaking excellent. (via 147xxxx and yungsang and originally from Pixdaus).

Wow. That is indeed eggcellent.

This post was reblogged from Stumblepeach.

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Tuesday August 12, 2008 at 14:17

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“
座右銘

一個人活在世上要有自信，
要給自己最大的肯定，
自己的價值要由自己來決定。
唯有徹底的肯定自己，
才能得到完全的自由。
一個人若是不能給自己最大的肯定，
就會和別人比較，
和別人競爭，
會在乎別人的看法。
贏了，
會有傲慢之心；
輸了，
會自卑惱怒；
這樣是不可能贏太多的。
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見小利則大事無成。
”