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I am a person currently living in Singapore who is passionate about using technologies to help people, empowering them and solving problems. I do some photography, movies, and music in my leisure.

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Boy Soldier

I had a chance to meet this little friend, Max, along Sint Peiterstraat at the square in front of Oude Minderbroederskerk Catholic Church. He was dressed in a dated military uniform with combat gears, jeep and truck owned by his family for display on a car-free Sunday in Maastricht city, Netherlands. He agreed to pose in the driving seat of the jeep for me to take a picture.

I took another picture of Max standing beside the jeep. He looked fantastic in the war-washed uniform with the combat outfit. He was 10 years old, the same age as my son, Elijah, at the time I took this picture.

I am thankful for the opportunity to take pictures of random people; you may not have the chance to meet again and that is what made these pictures memorable and unique!

Max if you happen to be reading my blog please leave me your email at the comment column. I would like you to have the high-resolution copies of these photographs. Thank you!

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Butterfly Lantern

It began from Elijah's sketch of the butterfly wings, we had built a symbol to commemorate 90 years of establishment of Radin Mas Primary School - The Monarch Butterfly for this year's lantern making competition. The theme was "RMPS: Past, Present, Future". The idea of making butterfly lantern came from, coincidentally, the 2 caterpillars given to Elijah to nurse them into butterfly for his study on life-cycle of a butterfly. What could be better theme than this!

Therefore, whether past, present or future, the school's vision is to nurse its caterpillar students into a soaring butterfly; a place where they work hard, play hard and make a mark!

It was fun and fulfilling being able to engineer and improve from Elijah's initial sketch to the end product. Material used are: duct tapes, clear tapes, coffee stirers, drinking straws, desk pad, semi-clear folders, LED lighting, cable ties and water bottles.

He won the 1st prize - $50 (SGD) vouchers from Popular Bookstore and had some face-time and photo-session with Mr Sam Tan, MP for Radin Mas SMC and of course, Mrs Wong Siew Shan, Principal RMPS.

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While others were going to the world, Mr Lee Kuan Yew brought the world to us and created a nation, a society that is unlike any others. Today, Singapore is a vibrant, multi-cultured, safe and efficient country which many envy and world leaders sought to model it’s success. All these attributes would not be possible without Mr Lee’s strong determination, foresight, courage, perseverance and administration in accelerating the country’s transformation to a world-class business-hub while developing it’s people; enabling Singaporeans to take on the world. I cannot express my gratitude in words to Mr Lee whenever I look at the modern successful Singapore. He could have chose a different life considering his outstanding academic performance and a well family brought up at that time. Yet he chose to return to Singapore; back to this backward society and determined to make a change in his life and the lifes of many here. Today’s Singapore is a reflection of his selfless contributions, a mark of his successful leadership using his entire lifetime that sometimes, I feel his life essence, his relentless spirit is the source of powering the entire nation, continuously thriving for the better. The thought makes me lament on his passing… Though some have criticized his autocratic approach, the life that Singaporeans are leading today proves that his approach is right and necessary for a small nation without any natural resources to survive and be successful.

Today on his State Funeral Service, it rained and felt like heaven was weeping for the passing of this great man. I felt honoured and grateful that his funeral cortege would pass through my residence along Jalan Bukit Merah. I saluted as he moved pass.

I followed the live telecast of the State Funeral Service at UCC with my family members. At the close of the event, we observed a moment of silence, recited the National Pledge and sung Majulah Singapura in front of the television with all family members standing in attention. This is the saddest Majulah Singapura I have ever sang in my life as tear rolled from my eyes. I am forever indebted…

In honour of Mr Lee Kuan Yew, I sincerely hope Singaporeans will carry on this relentless spirit of his in furthering his work, to stay relevant and create a better life - a life Mr Lee Kuan Yew had lived building that we have inherited. It is for generations to come to make it better and take Singapore to a much greater height. Majulah Singapura!

Thank you, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, our beloved founding father and may you rest in peace!

Click here for more: In Memory of Our Beloved Founding Father - Mr Lee Kuan Yew

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Bitcoin's Earliest Adopter Is Cryonically Freezing His Body to See the Future | WIRED

What we had known from science fiction may become a reality in the near future: Extropians, a movement of technologists and futurists focused on transhumanism and life extension through DNA altering vector virus, genetic engineering etc. Sorry too much Dan Brown… enjoy the read!

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Edward Snowden: The Untold Story | WIRED

I came across this article of Edward Snowden: The Most Wanted Man in the World by James Bamford posted on wired.com. This is also a “whistle-blow” to reflect the extend of impact it will have on our life, especially true in this Cybernetic Era we live in.

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I had the chance to take this picture before sunset of the Research Cresent 66kV Substation for Ministry of Health. This is a project to construct a 3-Storey 66kV Substation on Lot 1781W PT & 03337V PT MK 1 at Jalan Bukit Merah; opposite where I stay. The construction work was on going. I believed this will be powering a new research facility within the SGH (Singapore General Hospital) vicinity. The site was formally occupied by ZhangDe School.

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My lovely wife, Pearlyn, had prepared steamboat for dinner at dad's place on this Vesak Day. Kok Soon, Jin Zhi and Kai Yao also turned up with floating heart shaped balloons for Libby and Elijah. The children had a good time playing together while we had a good get together session. Thank you everyone!

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Today I had taken my B'TWIN Hoptown 3 for a ride home after sending Elijah to his NAFA lesson. He was having an outdoor painting trip organized by the institution to Arab Street this time round. I strolled and carried the bike, gotten into a cab with Elijah and headed to our destination. After discharging him to the teacher in charge, I unfolded the Hoptown and rode home. It was quite a good workout for me as an below average rider. The ride home was also bumpy because I had to go over many pavements. Nonetheless, this did feel good and I looked forward to do more riding in future. Probably in parks or PCN before tackling the "KTM Green Corridor" with a MTB.

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I had the chance to capture this after 22 years into our relationship. Yes, it was the overhead bridge which connected Funan Centre to Hill Street Hawker Centre. The hawker centre had been demolished many years ago to give way to the greens of Fort Canning Park. Both Pearlyn and I called it the “黑貓” place - because we actually met a black cat back then, when we were still students during our Polytechnics days. On that occasion, we ended up sticking one of our foots in the drain at the center divider while crossing the roads. We were laughing heartily while pulling ourselves out of the drain. I remembered we were carrying our T-Squares back then! How time had flown, and I could only relate this sweet memory through this photograph.

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Starting up...

First and foremost many thanks to my brother (Kok Leong) who have gotten me inspired to explore tumblr in hosting my personal blog.

Here it is!

It is my wish that I use this platform to communicate and connect friends, relatives and family; sharing moments, memories, viewpoints, interests and information through an interactive and rich media portal.