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Entries for April, 2005

April 24th, 2005

BBQ, Alcohol, and Amara

After last month outing in Zouk Wine Bar, this month we had a BBQ last night somewhere around Clarke Quay. Satay, sausages, chicken wings, fried rice, fried bee-hoon, string-ray, prawns, corn, garlic bread, and such are on the food menu, and a lot of varieties of alcoholic drinks and fruit juices for the drink menu. Last night, I virtually had most alcohol in one night ever, in my whole life. I started with what we called

Avanade plus, a mixture between Sparkling Wine and Sunkist, followed by Tequila Shot, Jack Daniels, Whisky Cola, Vodka with 7 Up, closed by Red Wine with 7 Up. Wow ... that was close to my maximum already. Amazingly, I was still quite sober last night, albeit a bit high. hahaha...

Sorry, I don't have any photos since the one who took the photos is now overseas, will post as soon as I have it.

Today, for lunch, we went to Amara hotel for $50++ buffet

, I had a lot that starts with "S": shark fin soup, sashimi, salmon, sushi, scallop, shrimps, salads, and those that doesn't start with "S" like lobster, beef, chicken, mango mousse, etc. etc. A very filling lunch indeed.

But today, they didn't have a discount for Citibank credit card holder, which they usually have, just because this week is the so-called Secretary Week. yeah right ...

However, this week may still not comparable to what I may have next week. As of now, there are three dinners and one lunch already arranged for next week. Hahaha... so happy ... Bring it on ...

Posted by hendrikch at 02:55 AM | Comment Here

April 27th, 2005

Opera CEO starts Atlantic swim

Opera Software CEO Jon von Tetzchner said last week that he would swim from Norway to the United States if Opera 8 browser was downloaded a million times in its first four days of release. Because this target was exceeded over the weekend, the executive has agreed to keep to his promise.

I really don't know how he is going to do that, but we'll see. FYI, approximate distance in miles from Minneapolis United States to Oslo Norway is 4036 miles or 6493.92 kilometers. What do you think of this "crazy" stunt?

Read on from CNET ...

Posted by hendrikch at 11:08 AM | Comment Here

Windows Longhorn Seminar

Last night, I went to Microsoft for a seminar on the upcoming Windows Longhorn. We were shown the pre-beta build 5054 of Longhorn in soon-to-be-released IBM Thinkpad T43. There are few features that were shown last night, from the latest Longhorn Display Manager, which can zoom and shrink windows into any size in your screen, to the new index-based search and filtering. (Read More)

Posted by hendrikch at 11:08 AM | 6 random snippets

April 28th, 2005

Nokia N91

Imagine a 3G phone with 2 Megapixel camera, and video recorder, and GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800/1900 MHz, and Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi 802.11b, and Wi-Fi 802.11 g, and built-in stereo FM, and Opera browser, and USB port that can play MP3, WMA, AAC, M4A from its built in 4 GB hard drive

via a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack. Nah ... Sounds like a dream phone? Introducing (Read More)

Posted by hendrikch at 12:49 PM | 7 random snippets

April 30th, 2005

Mandarin, SuperBowl, Go-Kart, Tennis, and Phone Call

Yesterday was a half-day for our team, and so we went to Orchard Mandarin Triple 3 for $45+++ lunch. It was sumptuous, better than Amara's or Fullerton's buffet lunch, though the selection there was not as many as those in Amara. see this photo, and this one. Another round of lunch, this time in form of sashimi, oysters, scallops, prawns, salads, lobster, chicken, black forest, chocolates, etc. Hahaha... do you feel hungry now?