Trip to Funan
11:54 AM on Saturday 01 February 2020
We were at Funan to get some coffee beans from PPP. For lunch Esther and I had Wok Hey which was not too bad. And they had a really nice box this time. As we were walking around the stores, we saw this which was hilarious. At a time where the word mask conjures up shortages and infection, here comes ...
Disk speeds
09:43 PM on Tuesday 28 January 2020
Wondered how fast the various disk options are on the Mac. So I did a little test using dd for writing since it was available on Linux and Mac. First up is the internal SSD of a MacBook Pro (15-inch 2019). So 1506 MB/s write speed which is very very impressive. Next up is the WD 4TB USB hard drive c ...
Second day of Chinese New Year
01:47 PM on Sunday 26 January 2020
The second day of Chinese New Year and Esther and Pauline are all dressed up.
I got a hamster
11:51 PM on Saturday 25 January 2020
We watched the show “Enter The Fat Dragon” a comedy by Donnie Yen which was really enjoyable. Interestingly we watched the show at EagleWings Cinematics (located at King Albert Park Mall) which was a great experience. It was a cosy affair with a small small of recliner seats per movie and like Golde ...
First day of Chinese New Year
11:36 AM on Saturday 25 January 2020
The first day of Chinese New Year. Everyone was dressed up and ready to go.
Donut loves milk
06:40 AM on Wednesday 22 January 2020
Donut really loves milk like Esther. Look at her enjoying her milk.
New portafilter
06:38 AM on Wednesday 22 January 2020
The existing portafilter seems to be turning a lot more than the expected 90 degrees. And I had to get thicker gaskets because of that. Got a new bottomless portafilter to check whether the issue was the gasket or the portafilter. Got a beautiful one from PPP coffee with the handle in a beautiful wo ...
Huge pack of pineapple filling
07:20 PM on Monday 20 January 2020
Pauline wanted me to buy some pineapple filling for her pineapple tarts but the shops are all out of it except for this ridiculous large 10kg pack. Given no other choice I brought it. Here is Esther holding it.
A service robot
11:47 AM on Sunday 19 January 2020
Saw this cute service robot at the M Hotel where we were celebrating the birthday of mother, Ernest and Theresa with a buffet lunch.