Monday, January 31, 2011

21 It's raining, man!


Strange. It's been raining throughout the weekend. It's already Monday but it seems the rain has no plan on stopping soon. It feels like I'm inside Naruto's world, in Amegakure where the rain never stops. I was also checking any news of flooding in Singapore. Luckily, only a small number of places had been flooded, not the same flood as those which hit Orchard Road last year. Three days of non-stop rain and still no flood in major areas. That's what you call a good infrastructure. Compare that to Philippines, in which three hours of slight rain equals flood three feet high. They say that there are no storms or typhoons here in Singapore, just rain or sun, that's it. Add to that the occasional windy weather.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

1 10 Things To Do in Singapore

I made a list of ten things that you can do when you're here in Singapore. I haven't done two or three out of the ten things here, but still trying to do all of them. If you're going to visit Singapore and haven't planned your itinerary, you can include these pointers.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

118 Exiting from Singapore to Johor Bahru and back

(Additional Update: 12 August 2011


Milca, a commenter on the 'Going through Immigration' post, notified and confirmed to us that the Singapore Immigration officials imposed a new rule when exiting and entering Singapore via Malaysia. You should stay in Malaysia for five(5) days before you can enter to Singapore again. This is a big change compared to the 24-hour-stay rule before. Although I haven't heard about this from other people, and didn't see this kind of announcement on ICA's website, it's a fair warning for those who plan to exit to Malaysia.)

Being denied in the immigration is a shocking and hurtful experience. Especially when you've put all your money and effort to find a job in Singapore and other countries for a better life. Currently, the Philippine Immigration is tightening their measures to prevent illegally recruited persons to fly out of the country. Singapore immigration is also doing the same on their immigration policies on people going in and out of the country.

Friday, January 28, 2011

18 Old Habits Die Hard

It all started when I was in 2nd year high school. I can still remember who brought me to that computer shop. The day I was introduced to the awesomeness of Counter-Strike.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

0 Stupid Where Clause

Working hard on a brand new task, my only guide was a piece of half-baked document. It outlines the steps but not specific enough to make you guessing everytime you read each step. This task was handed over to me because the assigned person was going for an early Chinese New Year holiday. I have nothing against it, on the contrary, I love my job very much. I've been working on this project for several months now, and pretty much adjusted to the working environment. Accepting tasks is part of my job, and this will also expose me to greater work experience.