Fitting in exercise around work

I need to clear my annual IPPT by the end of this year. That means I need to start exercising at least 3 times a week (if not more), if I'm going to have any chance of passing the fitness test. I'm now trying to figure out whether I should exercise before, or after work.

Frankly, I'm leaning towards exercising after work. That's what I've been doing during previous years.

Conquering the 'ewww' factor of the public potty

CNN.com
This is such an apt topic to write on...:)

missed a bargain

was thinking long and hard about buying the samsung i780 at S$198 (and recontracting with singtel) for the past few weeks.

it had all the features i desired, and was selling at a low price (compared with other phones with the same features).

• QWERTY keypad, candybar design
  
• touch-screen
• GPS
• wi-fi
• HSDPA

the situation wasn't made easier when the black version went out-of-stock, leaving the wine red version in stock.

i was looking at the singtelshop website yesterday, when i noticed that the offer was till 3rd Oct. it was past midnight (i.e. 4th oct) when i saw it, and the price was still $198.

this morning, the price became $298. :(

Healthy Right Up to the Day You’re Not

NYTimes.com
A great article pointing out the contradictions of "being healthy". It's part of a series of articles under a "Decoding Your Health" special.

A motorcycle named desire

Yamaha YZF-R125
What a beauty












This is the view I want...

Btw, a quick search shows that this new model is yet to be on sale in Singapore.

Democracy - Your voice. Your video.

YouTube
A video competition organised by the US State Department.

AIA's executive VP and GM, Mark O'Dell, resigns

Channelnewsasia.com
While AIA is telling Singaporeans that the AIG meltdown will not affect AIA Singapore significantly, news that just broke that its big boss is jumping ship will not steady the ship. And to think I just read a full-page AIA ad in TODAY signed by Mark O'Dell. Anyway, would you believe the explanation below?

...AIA said that his decision to leave the company is not related to the recent developments at American International Group (AIG). It was a personal decision that he had been planning for some time.

New web tools

Courtesy of PC Answers magazine (August 2008), some new web tools to try out

• splashup (online photo editor)
• quikmaps (Google Maps mashup)
• Cl1p (online clipboard to cut-and-paste between 2 computers)
• Grappa (swirly drawing tool, get a picture like the one above)
• Roxer (dar-and-drop webpage designing)

BBC & Metallica

BBC Radio 1 presents Metallica
5 hours of music on BBC about Metallica. It doesn't get much better...

AYCN-UNESCO Communication and Information Competition

AYCN
This looks cool...I think I might be interested to write in...