笔记

How to dramatically reduce crime in nightspots?

Yesterday my team and I had a brainstorming session on how to reduce crimes such as theft and outrage of modesty in popular nightspots. First, we looked at the factors that encouraged crime to happen.

Lighting
Dim lighting at nightspots makes it difficult for the victim to identify the culprit.

Alcohol
Drunk victims are easy targets for crime as they lose their inhibitions and judgement.

Crowded places
Increases chances of the culprit getting away after stealing something or molesting somebody.

Loud music
Screams for help by the victims may be drowned by the loud music.

So, to dramatically reduce crime, dramatic steps must be taken to make the conditions unfavourable for crime to take place, say, change the way nightspots conduct their businesses.

Now, envision the crime-free nightspot which is brightly-lit, spacious, does not serve alcohol and plays moderate volume music. Wouldn't it be a heaven on earth?

My growing angry birds family

Welcoming the red and blue birds on board

Spot the two new additions?

Yes, they are the white bird and adult pig!

Happy Winter Solstice 2011

It's the time of the year to eat tang yuan again!

I can sew my own angry bird soft toys too!

Oink! My first creation

The yellow bird, complete with tail and feather on the head

Best foes

My cute little niece Rei

Rei with a pair of reindeer horns

Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2011

Camels or illusions?

Look carefully. The camels are really the little white lines in the picture. What you are seeing are the camels' shadows. Amazing!

Life Work Balance

Why is there an emphasis on acheiving Work Life Balance when the ultimate truth is really attaining Life Work Balance? Work should never be the core of life though work may be the means to a comfortable life.

So what's your life?

Logic Verus Temptation

Do you follow you heart or do you follow your brain?

Let's take for example the iPad2 (16GB, 3G) and the Samsung Galaxy Touch 10.1" (16GB, 3G). Both are priced at $848 at leading computer and electronics stores. Which would you choose?

iPad requires a microSIM card and cannot support Flash applications. On the other hand, Samsung Galaxy Touch, besides using a regular data SIM card and supports Flash, comes with free word processing programmes. Both, do not support USB port. For me, IF I REALLY NEED a TABLET, I'd choose the latter. But, if I really need a COMPUTER, I would choose the all functional and cheaper netbook with USB port. Come on, just admit it. The tablet is only more convenient for one to play games, especially the all-popular Angry Birds and to surf the internet on the go. Neither of them are necessities.

I'll be frank here. I am never an Apple supporter and I never owned any Apple product. This explains why I am always baffled when I see streets filled with people using iPhones, iPods and iPads. Most baffling of all, I see people owning both iPhone and iPad. Do they seriously need an iPad when they already have an iPhone?

If all consumers' purchasing decisions were based purely on logic, Apple wouldn't be making so much money like they are making now. Seems like consumers are all following their hearts instead of their brains.

2D1N Batam Tour!

On the ferry to Batam!

All excited

At South-East Asia's largest Buddhist temple

Laughing Buddha playing musical instruments

At a kueh lapis home industry

Yummy

Seafood lunch at 933 Golden Prawn

Houseflies sharing the food with us

Cultural show at the vicinity of our seafood restaurant

Man jumping through a ring of fire during the show

At Taman Mini Indonesia

Fat panda

Set dinner at our hotel, Golden View Hotel

The good thing about our hotel is that it's just next to the seafood restaurants

Yummy BBQ lobster

View from our hotel room

At an A&W restaurant in Batam Center Shopping Centre which is next to Batam Center Ferry Terminal

Food for thought

You are only just one out of thousands of workers in your organisation but you are the only husband that I have. No one is indispensable in their organisation. If you die, your company will get somebody to replace you. But, if you die, who is going to replace my husband and your future baby's father? Is it really worth it to risk and lose your life for work?

Conspiracy theories regarding the "Face on Mars"

Just wanted to share a few interesting pictures.

Photograph of the 'Face on Mars' taken in 1976 by Viking 1

When this picture came out, I can imagine the number of conspiracy theories that people came up with regarding Martians and the possibility of life on Mars then. So, is this photo sufficient to convince you that there is some sort of Earth-Mars connection? If so, look at the photos below:

The same photo taken over the years using a higher resolution camera

According to NASA, the landform is a mesa, or a flattened mountain of sorts. In 2001 photo, the 'facial features' on the Face of Mars are less distinct. It's amazing what optical illusions can do isn't it?

The photos were taken from:
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast24may_1/

Happy moments :: 25th Executive Development Course

First day of the 25th Executive Development Course :)