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Month: February, 2008

Leadership by example

It is not a pay cut.
It may not have any real impact on the economy.
It might just be a token move to score points with the people.
But at least Australian PM Kevin Rudd isn’t trying to justify ever-increasing world-leading remuneration for him and his colleagues in parliament while telling people to cut costs by buying [...]

F1 tickets secured! Only one thing can thwart me now…

… and that is In-Camp Training. My unit has a tendency to book the last week of September/first week of October for annual ICT. Yes, the race is on a Sunday night, so I can probably rush back to camp. But I have a 3-day ticket, and I intend to use it on all three [...]

Farce 1 at Singapore GP ticketing website

After a whole morning of not being able to even access the site, I finally manage to choose my tickets in the afternoon.
Then, I hit an Error 51.
Is that like Area 52?
Call Customer Support for further assistance?? What’s the number?
The main ticketing hotline has been engaged since morning too.
Oh, and I tried getting tickets [...]

Munich – 6th February 1958

Many people scoff my support of Manchester United.
I am not sure what drew me to them. Back in the days of Big League Football on Sunday afternoons – I still remember the theme song – there was only one team that caught my attention.
In the early 80s, the Division One title constantly switched hands across [...]

Two Richards

Complaints. We are famous for making them. We even sing songs of complaints (w/o foreign input).
It is with interest that I read two contrasting complaints, both by men named Richard, in ST on Saturday. Let me deal with the one that had me going “ST has space to print this?”
Channel logo leaves its mark [...]