Archive for January, 2008
« Previous EntriesUGLY MALAYSIA: Taxi Stand Experience
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Malaysia is a rather rough and tough place to live in. To live in harmony in this country called Malaysia, tolerance is a MUST, not a choice.
Take the taxi stand at Center Point Bandar Utama for example. (too bad I was not armed with a camera, I promise to put pictures the next time I [...]
PLEA FOR A CAUSE
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Please post this on your blog now to help:
Chung Lern and Nian Ning’s families would like all families and friends of the victims, dead or alive, in the Slim River Bus Crash to come forward and join them in taking action against the bus company. Stand up to seek justice for these three innocent individuals, [...]
ENTREPRENEURSHIP FEATURE: Home-Grown Start-ups SHOUTMIX and NUFFNANG
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008I would like to feature two applications which are currently found on ErnSheong.Com.
ShoutMix
The first is ShoutMix, the free chat widget proudly brought to you by a Malaysian named Tan Wei Heng. Tan started out with a passion to provide the best free shoutbox. In his words, “It started from my own enthusiasm on crafting shoutboxes. [...]
SWITCHFOOT LIVE IN MALAYSIA
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008Yeah I’ll just help spread this around a bit. I’m going! *rushes off to buy tickets*
From Wikipedia:
Switchfoot is a Grammy-nominated alternative rock band from San Diego, California, United States. …
Switchfoot first gained mainstream recognition after the inclusion of four of their songs in the 2002 movie A Walk to Remember . This recognition led to [...]
How many of us have actually appeared in newspapers before?
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008I know I haven’t.
But a close friend of mine has. My former classmate, good friend and fellow prefect Daphne Chua was featured in the Star Metro on Monday 28 January 2008 with her beloved pet Cookie. It was The Malaysia K9 Day 2008 organized by Puppy.com.my.
Daphne Chua, who had attended the dog carnival for two [...]
God answers Prayers, no matter how trivial
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God (Phil 4:6)
I received this story from a forwarded e-mail:
A young man had been to Wednesday Night Bible study.
The Pastor had shared about listening to God and obeying the Lord’s voice the young [...]
ErnSheong.Com is now officially online!
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to Ome, my fellow Thai friend who studied with me in National Junior College, for his very kind and patient assistance with the installation of a self-hosted Wordpress blog. Ome helped me by giving detailed instructions and helping me troubleshoot despite being busy with other programming work. [...]
ErnSheong.Com is getting an uplift
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008Number of Applicants to Top US Universities Increasing
Sunday, January 27th, 2008Quoted from Chen Chow’s blog:
This year, total applicants (Early Decision + Regular Decision) to top US Universities have been increasing by quite a lot!
Harvard University increases by 19% to 27,278.
University of Chicago increases by 18%. (International applicants grew 23% to 1,826)
Amherst College increases by 17%.
Northwestern University increases by 14% to more than 25,000.
Dartmouth College increases [...]
Barack Obama wins in South Carolina!
Sunday, January 27th, 2008I’m so happy for Obama!
Barack Obama ousts Hillary Clinton in South Carolina with 55% of the votes as opposed to Clinton’s 27%, while John Edwards settled for 18% of the votes. Exit polls showed that Obama “won almost every age, ideological and income group” in South Carolina.
This win ties Obama and Clinton at a score [...]
