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Do you think they can comprehend these diagrams?

Do you think people who chant the mantra of “with us or against us” will understand that the world is not just: but it is possible to be actually like this:

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Truth Be Told

You have heard it before, be it in a movie, a television programme, or even read it in a novel. So what is with “.. the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth” in a court scene? Is … Continue reading

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Postcards from Romania

I mailed 4 postcards from the airport of Bucharest, 1 to myself and 1 to a friend who is also in Singapore, and 2 to individuals in Malaysia. I got mine a week later. And then the other 3 were … Continue reading

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Romania

Other than the gymnast Nadia Elena Comaneci, who became the first gymnast to be awarded the score of perfect 10 in the Olympic Games (1976, Montreal), the only other fact that I knew of Romania was that it was part … Continue reading

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Movie Magic

This week’s technology question: Everytime I watch a television program or a film that involved the use of image processing, I would think that they had meant to say “perform magic!” instead of the mundane “enhance that part of the … Continue reading

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Follow Up, as Demanded

Disclaimer: my grasp of both the Chinese and English languages, as you will soon realised, is not something that I’m proud of. I’m sure it will make a suitable case study material of How Not To Do It in a … Continue reading

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Trust No One

I was going to write about XX’s blog that has recently stirred some little storm in a teacup, here and across the straits, but as my main theme was to point my finger at making “general” statements I thought I … Continue reading

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