Aug 23, 2008
Try Anjappar !
Anjappar is a restaurant chain that sells Chettinaad dishes. Chettinaad is a region of southern India very renowned for their local cuisine.
They have a stall at NUS (Prince George Park Residence), it was delicious. I rarely asked to shake the cook's hand but this time I did because great food deserves great appreciation. It was one of those dishes that just make you crazy at every ...
Aug 22, 2008
Research papers often presents interesting results the community by mentioning alongside the conditions under which they obtained these results.
It is not generally advised to bring up the thousands of tries (generally failures) with a comprehensive list of the changes of parameters to obtain incrementally something successful.
Some of those changes you do in experimental research may or may not yield any interesting improvement. But if people get to an ...
Aug 19, 2008
Having been awarded no less than 9 Clumsiness Gold Medals at the Beijing Olympic Games 2008, I stand proudly and admit freely that my cloth do not last long without experiencing stains of all sorts.
Feeling tired of web-searching and re-re-reading the same cleaning solutions over and over again, I have compiled here the not-so-magic granny old recipes to get rid of them quickly and at no cost.
Special products ...
Aug 18, 2008
In strength conditioning (weight-based) the one rep max (1RM) refers to the maximum weight you can do ONE and ONLY ONE repetition with.
In a previous article, I listed the many reasons why this number should be kept as an indicator for strength assessment. One shall avoid however pulling that weight because it is heavy and straining, while the same result can be achieved with less weight and few ...
Aug 16, 2008
According to Abraham Maslow, human needs are to be sorted by priority into 5 levels, thus forming a pyramid. First, Maslow's official pyramid, followed by...a version adapted for Singapore :)
And...
Aug 15, 2008
First of all, all apologies are to be presented to the few readers of this category. The intraviews were supposed to be very monthly but things got very busy. It's not there was no time for it, it's just the mind was somewhere else.
NUS: The Exams and Lectures Experience
Last intraview was before the exams. Everything went very well, the level of difficulty and in fact education at NUS ...
Jul 29, 2008
Although Singapore and more specifically NUS seems to have absolutely NO IDEA what Linux is, you may want to set up Linux on your desk at some point of time. And a few days later you will, like me, realize you have not set your lab's printer and start struggle with that. I did, so you no need lah, just follow this:
The printer is shared on a PC ...
Jul 20, 2008
This article will intentionally not be very comprehensive due to the vast amount of information available online. I will therefore insist on what I NEVER find on workout websites.
SUMMARY
THE GYM TOUR
HAVE PRECISE OBJECTIVES
DOCUMENT THE EXERCISES
SPECIAL: WHAT WEIGHTS TO START WITH?
HAVE A PROGRAM AND LOG
NUTRITION
ADOPT A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
THE GYM TOUR
If you hit a gym where you know no one, just approach the oldest person you see and ask them ...
Jul 18, 2008
Unbelievable but true, this is indeed a post about...yep: Toilets :)
The city of Paris faces a huge lack in the number of those public facilities. Anyone who has been to Paris knows that and it's one of the very few reasons why I hate Paris at times. Not only there is not enough but they are often barely clean, they charge, and they are closed at night. So ...
Jul 18, 2008
Je le dis et je le répète, le statut d'étudiant est extraordinairement avantageux ! Vous cherchez un logement étudiant en Essonne ? Avec la liste qui vous est fournie ci-dessous, profitez de votre statut avant d'aller vider votre portefeuille chez les agences immobilières :)
EVRY
CROUS : ATTENTION DOSSIERS A REMPLIR DE JANVIER A AVRIL
Les Estudines
Les Aunettes
SONACOTRA (à environ 30 mètres de la gare Evry/Courcouronnes!)
Cf ce document edite par la ...