After few months that I have reset my domain and blog.  My old blog got banned somehow in Google SERPs.  Probably due to numerous spam links, obviously, a result of my own negligence.

Now that I have a new Blog URL, and has actively patrolled by comments for spams, my domain’s back on top of Google SERP when googling my name.  Cool!

Tags: Blog, Google, SEO

I am now a former employee of Barclays.  Barclays Global Investors that is.  Why former?  It’s because BGI has been acquired by my new employer, BlackRock.  Almost two years with BGI has left me good memories and tremendous growth.  Here’s hoping the same with BlackRock. The same enthusiasm and positive outlook is now channeled to our new team at BlackRock.

Anyways, after few days after the official execution of the “divorce”, I saw this advertisement from CNN.com.  Funny, but this is now reality.  The world “Global” was BGI’s punchline, at least in name and in internal culture usage.

Tags: Finance, M&A, Work

Suddenly, I don’t feel the urge to get myself Firefox.  I was one of the first adopters of the browser since its pre-V1 beta days.  However, I got myself the (de-facto standard?) dominant IE and the simplistic Chrome.  I don’t think I’ll ever find practical use for Firefox.  I am not a fan of the plugin paradigm of Firefox either, so no love lost there.  Let’s see how it goes…

Tags: Browser, Chrome, Firefox, IE

Here it is, brand me evil or stupid, but I got myself a Windows 7 Ultimate on my ThinkPad X200.  Replacing the old and annoying Vista.

My new desktop.  My wallpaper being RSS Steadfast, one of Singapore Navy’s stealth frigate.

Windows XP mode.

Of course, I couldn’t complete my desktop without Eclipse.  This one’s Galileo.

Tags: Desktop, Vista, Windows, Windows 7, xmas

… is a Lego Mindstorm

For a very simple reason and procedure for me to enable sharing file sharing between my machines at home, Vista just simply refuses to enable me to access. Maybe, I am not techie enough (which I doubt) or… Microsoft hear this, VISTA SUCKS!

Disappointing run from the scarlet team! But here are few pics of my fave drivers:

BAR

ALO

RAI

Here’s few more:

Fisi driving Massa’s Ferrari

View from junction of Nicoll Highway and Stamford Road

View from the Padang

One of the giant screens… Here’s showing Alonso

crowd

and more crowd

Suntec City beyond the wire mesh

Raffles Place at night

Here’s a view of Qualifying sessions (Q1)

I was one of the early adopters of CF when it came out. I was one of the first owners of a digital camera. Time flies so fast, here I am disposing them as 16 and 64MB would get me nowhere. And the speed of the flash media is insanely slow.

Something I have picked up on Leadership.  I have always dreamed of becoming a military officer.  Here’s the closest it can get.

Values build character
Character breeds leaders
Leaders make a difference

Source: www.pma.ph

Tags: Leadership

Singapore GP here I come!

Tags: Formula1