APCS Crew

Photo (from Left to Right): [Backrow] Shima Rayej, Irving Stern, Martha, Marko Stankic, Diana Seymour, Mike Anderson, Sam Junge, Adam Hiatt, Anil Shrestha [Frontrow] Sarah, Meredith Liu, Chris Echave.

I dug out some photos and found my old APCS (Advanced Placement Computer Science) crew photo. Check out Mr. Stern (Einstein looking guy). Wonder where he is now.

Five Worst Things

Here are five meeting offenses that will not only drive your co-workers crazy, but will also damage your reputation within the workplace.

1. Show up late - Occasionally there is an emergency that crops up that forces you to go into a meeting a few minutes late. But usually the culprit is poor time management. Consistently arriving late implies to your manager and your co-worker that you are either extremely disorganized or don’t really respect the rules that everyone else follows.
2. Bring your cell phone - Again, there could be special circumstances that would require having a cell phone in a meeting, such as a call from a doctor or your child’s school. But if your cell goes off at every meeting and it’s just your spouse needing to know if you’ll pick up some Pudding Pops after work, shame on you. This behavior shows a lack of respect as well as a lack of commitment to your job.
3. Have a side conversation - Nothing rankles a meeting leader more than two people having a whispered conversation separate from the topic at hand.
4. Don’t focus - Believe it or not, I’ve been in meetings when attendees have leafed through clothing catalogs or balanced their checkbook while the leader is talking. Trying to multi-task in a somewhat dull meeting might be tempting, but it’s very rude. And don’t think people don’t notice.
5. Talk just to hear yourself speak - It may be your way of raising your office profile, but hogging much of the meeting spotlight with philosophical ramblings will not do it. Be brief and succinct. Meetings are for communication; they are not your personal stage.

Cited from Tech Republic Blog. Sadly, we all see this in our meetings, especially in Singapore.

Read Exam Answers

Real Exam Answers - no kidding folks.

Question 1: What is high level format?

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Question 2: What is Parallel Processing?

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Now you want to blame me for failing them???

Panoramic Shots

Just shooting around my school with my W810i Sony Ericsson Walkman phone. Really need to get a DSLR soon.

(Across from the school)
(Bedok Reservoir as seen from top of the TP's 9 storey library)

(Horseshoe Plaza)

Feasty Mikey

Okay, for those of you who have seen me outside would comment, "so skinny sia". Yep, they're right. I'm standing 179cm with only 68kg on top which is considered underweight (supposed to be 75kg at least). But do not mistaken my looks with my eating habits. Ask my friends around, they'd say I'm like a beast; particularly addicted to rice (high carbo, I know). Anyway, for the past month I've been eating out a lot here and there and I can't seem to stop eating at home either. I make nice cheese and egg pratas at home (with onion flava!) which goes very well with Iced Cafe Mocha, of course, also homemade. So here are the updates on what has been happening to Mike's lunches and dinners (sorry I'm not a morning person, I usually skip breakfast on weekends, believe it or not).

(Cherry, Natasha, Hanyoung, Sean, Me at Villa Bali)

(After the first round -- believe it or not -- damn good butter chicken!)

(So full! Yum Yum!!!)
(Another indian cuisine again. This time was at Holland V with Mark, Therese and Amanda. I had 3 pots of biryani rice!)

Patterns

I'm so obsessed with patterns. Here are some I've taken in the past month.



















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The first one was taken at Tampines Mall, the decorations on the lift doors. The second one was at the restaurant at the cineleisure.