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• Burned out

 by Stanley, June 9, 2008

My brain is literally fried. I’ve been working on a tight schedule for the past 3 months. An IT project way past deadline, with system requirements and design changing at the very last minute is a developer’s nightmare. Imagine getting not more than 4 hours of sleep every weekday, slumped over your workstation slugging it out. Powered by coffee and the need to make ends meet. Eyes staring at the LCD display but mind wandering off to some Caribbean cruises and exotic island getaway. If this is life for the rest of my remaining years, I’d be burned out before I’m 35. Oh gawd, I need some time away. Some time to relax, destress and lots and lots of sleep.

• Another Croc wearing kid loses toes

 June 8, 2008
Another Croc wearing kid loses toes
Croc shoes, or simply known as Crocs, is famed for it's super soft and grippy compound material. every year, we hear about croc-wearing little kids getting their foot stuck in escalators resulting in really painful and horrifying injuries. But is it fair to blame Crocs?
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• Bad cell phone reception around the house

 June 7, 2008
One of the most annoying aspect of my room is the cell phone reception. Imagine when you’re sleeping, your cell phone rings, you answer the call and it drops a few seconds later. This happens to me all the time. I’d have to drag myself out of bed and walk out to the living room [...]
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• Lasik now?

 June 7, 2008
I have been contemplating Lasik eye corrective surgery for a couple of years now. It’s about time I make up my mind as to when I shall get it done. For someone who’s in his early thirties, I’m at an age where the condition of my eye is strong enough to undergo Lasik and the [...]
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• French Open 2008 finals - Federer vs Nadal again

 June 6, 2008
French Open 2008 finals - Federer vs Nadal again
Another year, another attempt to win the French Open crown for Roger Federer. While watching the French Open semifinals match between Federer and Gael Monfils, I can’t help but rate down Federer’s chances of clinching the only Grand Slam crown missing from his collection. The only crown which will cements his reputation as one of [...]
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• Making it to the runway

 June 2, 2008
Most of my schoolmates now are either accountants, engineers, lawyers, or IT professionals. You know, the usual safe and sound career choices of our generation. In other words, boring. Whereas there are some who embarked into pretty exciting and unique careers. Friends who used to sit next to me back in the school days are [...]
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