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First time playing bowling

2009-05-12T10:53:00.001+08:00

These are the friends who were playing bowling with me last week. The guy on my left is the only Singaporean although he looks like Chinese Malaysian more. The other 2 are Vietnamese and also playing bowling for the first time like me. I scored 64 the highest among the 3 newbies, just after the Singaporean guy who has had a lot of experiences. It was a lot of fun anyway.

Heading for KL

2009-05-12T10:45:00.001+08:00

I'm here again at Tanah Merah Interchange, heading for the airport to go to Malaysia for graduation trip.

Pool at Marina Square

2009-05-07T14:53:00.001+08:00

So fun! I play arcade games and then pool and bowling. Super fun!

My room in the afternoon

2009-04-19T18:59:00.001+08:00

The sun shines directly into the room and burns it up to 35 degree or more. Everything wet will get dry in less than 5 minutes. It's terrible. How can I live in such a hot room?

See a friend off for New Zealand

2009-04-18T20:54:00.001+08:00

His name is Hai Dang and he is one of my good friends in high school. We haven't seen each other for more than 4 years since both of us entered university. I've never expected that the time we meet again is also the time I have to see him off at the airport before his journey to New Zealand.

Seeing him again after several years, I'm surprised that he is much more mature now and has shown a greater respect to me. I wish he will complete his course in New Zealand soon and we can have more time together some day.

How hot it is!

2009-04-15T01:39:00.001+08:00

It's too hot for me to sleep. Damn it! I need to go to school early tomorrow and now I still can't sleep. Why does it keep being so hot? Shit!

Homme généreux

2009-03-30T15:15:00.001+08:00

C'est moi! Je suis un homme généreux.

Lecture break

2009-03-17T16:18:00.001+08:00

And everyone takes their time to... sleep. So do I. Very sleepy.

New hair

2009-02-25T12:48:00.001+08:00

This is my new hair style

Traffic jam in NUS

2009-02-06T18:17:00.001+08:00

This is a quite common scene in NUS during rush hours. A long queue of cars following each other slowly in the street. I'm in an A2 bus and it took me almost half an hour to reach PGP hostel from Science faculty.

Life band at Quarubar

2009-01-31T23:00:00.001+08:00

I'm gathering with my old buddy from Start-up at Singapore at Quarubar. The place is quite cosy and there's a life band playing jazz for us. I've drunk 3 glasses of beer today. 2 Hoegaarden and 1 Stella Artois. It's fun!

Singapore Streets

2009-01-31T14:39:00.001+08:00

This is one corner of Tanjong Katong road. On the left is Chelsea Lodge. As you can see, the street in Singapore is quite clean and tidy

Changi Airport

2009-01-31T09:49:00.001+08:00

I was at Changi Airport to see my father and brother off leaving Singapore for Vietnam.

Picture with the Mascot

2009-01-20T11:43:00.001+08:00

On my right hand side is Duke, the character for Java and on my left is Dolphin for MySQL

Sun Tech Days 2009

2009-01-20T10:08:00.001+08:00

This is the opening stage of Sun Tech Days 2009 in Singapore which happens this morning.

New Polo

2009-01-12T14:56:00.001+08:00

I got it from Tran earlier as a present for my birthday. The size is L, a bit tight for me but I look good in it right?

On the plane

2009-01-01T17:24:00.001+08:00

Yey!

With Binh beo

2008-12-22T00:15:00.001+08:00

The match will start soon

Shmily at National Stadium

2008-12-21T19:30:00.001+08:00

Before the match

Vietnam vs Singapore

2008-12-21T19:20:00.001+08:00

AFF Cup

Shmily at Changi Airport

2008-12-02T14:37:00.001+08:00

It's ten minutes to the boarding time and I'll fly back to Vietnam for a short holiday trips of 8 days after more than one year. I don't know why but I have no special feeling. I think I feel more comfortable here in Singapore. Ha ha. You might not agree but after more than three years living here, I feel like at home when I'm in Singapore. Anyway, I'm going to meet my friends again later and it's supposed to be a lot of fun. Yeah!

Study for exam

2008-11-29T19:22:00.001+08:00

Despite the difficult final exam, Shmily still tries to be as optimistic as possible. The picture was taken when he sat in the basement of Com1 to study for the papers. The landscape outside is very nice.

The golden fish

2008-11-21T16:22:00.001+08:00

Whenever you got angry with me, you used to come here, sit down at the bench and look at the golden fish. Now I wish if I can find you whenever you are angry with me, as before...

Sleeping Shmily

2008-11-08T00:31:00.001+08:00

Feeling sad and lonely, Shmily decided to sleep to forget all the sorry moments. He wished if only he would never wake up...

PGP and the harbour

2008-10-29T14:59:00.001+08:00

This is PGP and the sea port looking from the 10th floor.

Debug forever

2008-10-28T19:23:00.001+08:00

This evening I help Sophie debug her project and it seems that the task can never end. I've been waiting for her to cry but she still hasn't cried for me to see. Ha ha

Tea with old SaS people

2008-10-22T23:26:00.001+08:00

On the occasion of Grand Launch, we 8th Start-up at Singapore people gathered together for a warm tea while there was a cold rain outside. It has been two years since we last met. I'm the only person who gets fatter after the long time, unfortunately. I miss Peter and Christina but they were not with us tonight. Good night!

Blank mind after the exam

2008-10-17T14:46:00.001+08:00

I've just walked out from a certification exam and it was so intensive that my mind went blank. Now I'm going back home, after which I'm delivering another talk on the same topic!

New vending machine

2008-10-17T11:38:00.001+08:00

There's a new vending machine at the old Soc1 building. Yet I still never forget where we were together. Time flies so fast.

Rain in Singapore

2008-10-16T16:49:00.001+08:00

It suddenly rains heavily when I started to go back home. I like the cool air when it rains but definitely don't feel happy being outside in the rain. I have an umbrella in my bag but I hate using it. Thus I get wet finally.

Out of noodles

2008-10-16T11:50:00.001+08:00

I'm running out of Vietnamese instant noodles soon and was waiting for a new supply.

Coding day

2008-10-12T12:26:00.001+08:00

This morning I went to Com1 to code with Ren Zhi for his 3266 project and in the end he suggested taking this photo before we went to Mc Donald for lunch. He liked my phone K850i very much.

Business canteen during peak hour

2008-10-08T12:13:00.001+08:00

There are long queues of people in front of every stalls. No matter what cousine you choose to eat, you'll always need to wait for a very long time. Anyway, I cannot change my lunch time, right? Horrible!

SunRay

2008-10-07T18:31:00.001+08:00

SunRay is a small hardware box running Solaris system. It is the standard platform used in Sun Microsystems office for all Sun employees. The employees can have the flexibility to switch to any SunRay in the office without losing configurations and documents.

As an intern at Sun, I also have access to SunRay. In the picture is one of the SunRay which I used to work today. You can see how small it is. The 20.1 inch monitor, the Unix keyboard and the optical mouse are all branded by Sun. It's a nice working environment I have to say. If it didn't take me half an hour to travel to the office, I would come there everyday.

Shmily in Dental Center

2008-10-06T10:46:00.001+08:00

I didn't feel well for the last three days. Finally I discover that it's because of a wisdom tooth in my jaw. I'm really nervous. I pulled out one wisdom tooth last year and it was so painful that I couldn't eat anything for two weeks. Moreover, the charge for pulling it out in Singapore is from 150 to 400 dollars, too expensive! I wish I can wait until December when I can come back to Vietnam and mom can take care of me when I'm too painful to do anything. However, I think the tooth just can't wait to grow, and even if it can, it will spoil the whole holiday of mine in december. Poor me!

Sleepy in lecture

2008-10-02T15:16:00.001+08:00

CS2250 Fundamentals of Information System. It is a very cold and sleepy lecture. I just want to go home and take a nap.

The power of OpenSolaris

2008-10-01T16:49:00.001+08:00

I got this tattoo from Sun and I love it. It looks as if you had a mysterious power in your hand and when you open your hand, you can utilise the power. Yes, it is a power, the power of OpenSolaris! I want to buy an inkjet printer to print my own tattoo. It's really cool!

The trail behind our paradise

2008-10-01T16:43:00.001+08:00

Since then, you started to know I love you...

The spot has gone!

2008-10-01T16:40:00.001+08:00

...and Shmily gets back his handsome face and confidence. There's still a little mark at that point though.

The spot!

2008-09-29T01:01:00.001+08:00

Oh my god! What's this? The doctor said it was getting better so just let it be but I can see it's growing bigger and bigger. It not only makes me feel uncomfortable but also makes my face ugly. I hate it and it hasn't disappear even after one week. What the hell! God bless me...

Shmily at Sentosa

2008-09-29T00:57:00.001+08:00

The ocean awaits you! Come back here and we'll play together at the beach. I really feel missing you. Without you, the beautiful beach becomes meaningless...

Mr. Coca

2008-09-27T11:56:00.001+08:00

This is the vending machine at the old SoC1 building. Each time I'm waiting for the bus here, I often recall those days when we were still here. I like coca and you do, too. You like the apple flavour and thus I bought you one although it's more expensive than others. We shared the drink and felt very happy. When you come back here, I'll take you to those memorable places again...

Shmily returns

2008-07-30T18:52:00.001+08:00

Today I will come back to PGP and this is a view from my block 12 towards the harbour. Beautiful!

The memorable bus stop

2008-07-28T16:00:00.001+08:00

... because there were too many memories there.

The way to the bus stop

2008-07-28T15:52:00.001+08:00

Dear, do you remember this path? You used to see me go to work every morning. I can never forget it as well as the story you often tell me about. When will you be back? I want to see you at the bus stop every morning, again...

Behind the paradise...

2008-07-28T15:45:00.001+08:00

... is a small road leading to the bus stop with lots of trees. Can you recognize this place, dear? We were here, together.

The Silver Cars

2008-07-22T18:42:00.001+08:00

My dear,

I still remember the first time you came to Singapore. You told me joyfully that you like silver cars a lot. I gave you a smile back because I thought you were so childish and your smile was just as lovely as those actresses in the Korean movies I watched. And now, whenever I see the silver cars, I think of you, I recall the happy time that we had together...

Soon after you left, I was kicked out of the paradise where we were together. I took this picture in front of the new house, on the way to the bus stop. There's a car park with a number of silver cars. If you were here, you would like it a lot.

I'm moving back to the old place but without you by my side, it's no longer a happy paradise with joy and laughs. I miss you. So do the pigs and crabs...

Sun Microsystems Pte. Ltd.

2008-07-09T19:17:00.001+08:00

I've just come back from Sun's office. It locates in the Central Mall building and occupies two storeys 6 and 7. Well, it's a quite nice place I have to say, splendid, large, modern and tidy. That's also the place where I'll work for next year.

After one year joining Sun as a campus ambassador in Nus, this year I get promoted and take over the coordinator position from my previous manager, who has just graduated. The position is challenging and I'm still struggling a lot. Hope everything will be fine.

My black shoes

2008-07-09T19:05:00.001+08:00

Do you think they're new shoes? Well, they look quite new although I'm quite sure that they should be more than one year old. The reason why they don't look their age is ... well, you've probably known, because I seldom use.

I hate shoes because they make me totally uncomfortable. Together with T-shirt, shoes make me feel extremely hot. I thus will sweater a lot and it doesn't look good at all.

I'm going to change a new more comfortable shoes this time when I go back to Vietnam. Although I might not look so great with the new shoes, I prefer to go for comfort when it comes to be a whole day in the office. Splendid shoes simply don't work.

The happy trail

2008-07-09T16:18:00.001+08:00

Also known as the trail of memories, the path was used as a shortcut to Nus. We were here once upon a time and both of us love the romantic scene here with a lot of trees along the sides just as in the fairy tales.

Esplanade

2008-07-08T11:21:00.001+08:00

Sweet memories but there're still two more years to go after the wish hasn't come true.