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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6MhAwQ64c0 I must share this because its simple and inspiring. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
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Portuguese
Just downloaded Rosetta Stone Portuguese and will make an attempt to pick up a bit of Portuguese. The goal is to be comfortable during the trip and being comfortable means at least having an idea/understanding of what locals speak. Let’s get started on the lessons!
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Blog taking a turn
Good morning, Today is June 30th, 7:05 in Chicago and I am wide awake and ready to start a new day. First things first: I started this blog a couple of months ago with an intention to keep track of the ideas that come to mind and I must admit that I was not very…
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Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought” ‐ Albert Szent‐Gyorgyi, Hungarian Biochemist, 1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1893‐1986
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Idea #1: Craiglist based on location
Real world problem: I want to find somebody who is selling a bicycle -> I go on craiglist and try to find it but most of the ads I see are on the other end of the city. I don’t want to drive to another end of the city…. what if you can have people…
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Cambodia
Trip to Cambodia with Thomas, Shelley and Ran was great. We had a good time in KL before leaving. First we did some climbing!!! and then headed to the airport. Taxi driver was either high or… very high. We made it though so s’all good.First two days were spent in Phnom Penh. Long story short:…
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…it has been a while
I haven’t updated the page for a while and believe it would only be appropriate to update.So first off it was the weekend trip to Kuala Lumpur. After realizing that I cannot go to Thailand on Wednesday and then be back in KL for Formula 1 race in Sepang on Sunday (23nd of march), I…
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Jurong Island Visit
A week ago, on Wednesday I had an opportunity to visit Jurong Island. This place is off-limits to general audience so to visit the place was an honor in itself. The trip was arranged by Prof. Young of Geography Department here at NUS. I’m in his class titled Economy and Space.So bus filled with 45…
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Douglass North visits NUS Law School
The other week I have visited Bukit Timah Campus of National University of Singapore, where Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy and School of Law is located. On this day (11th of March) Douglass C. North (a nobel laureate of economics in 1993) was giving a speech on what he called “a natural state”.…
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Pilipinas (Part II)
So off we go the the village called Panaman. After a long trek we get there and the village has a population of about a 100. I don’t think they have electricity, not to mention other things we are so attached to nowadays. So we walked through the village and stop on the shore of…
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