Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Run on 30 Mar - cbd area

Time taken : 56 mins 01 secs
Distance : 7.37 km
Avg Speed : 7.9 km/h, 7min 35sec per km.

Instead of the weekly run. Joined the Sundown roadshow 5km run. Meeting point is at Raffles Green.

Stanley, Yuen See and me took the MRT to Raffles Place. Lai Yin was a Sundown pacer and she paced Yuen See for the whole run. The whole run was 4km+ looping around Marina Bay Sands.

After the run, 100+ was provided and was given a Sundown event Tee. Yee Tat, Seth and another colleague join us at Raffles Green and we ran back to Comcentre together.





Hoot! Hoot! HDMI cable.

Hoot from forumer at xtremeplace.com

Came in envelope.

From 2011 Mar HTC Desire pictures.

From 2011 Mar HTC Desire pictures.

Run on 29 Mar - CBD run, set Z, Tanjong Pagar MRT to Singapore Indoor Stadium

Time taken : 1 hr 14 mins 48 secs
Distance : 10.28 km
Avg Speed : 8.2 km/h, 7min 16sec per km.

Joined CBD run tonight. U turn just before Merdeka bridge. Quite a relaxing run today.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Your vote is secret!

Since our GE is approaching soon, either in April or May.
I would like to assure all votes that your vote is secret.

Read this from the worker party.

And from the election website.

BALLOT SECRECY

There are 2 significant threats in any election where voting is done using paper ballots - ballot box stuffing and undue influence of voters' choices by impersonation.

Counterfeiting of ballot papers and stuffing the lot into the ballot box cannot be completely ruled out. There is also the threat of "chained balloting", where the perpetrator hands a marked ballot paper to a voter to cast and buy a blank ballot paper from the voter on return from the polling station. He then marks the blank paper for the next voter from whom he can buy another blank vote. Finally, there is also the possibility of persons impersonating voters whom they know will not be casting their votes.

Serial number on ballot papers
Having numbered ballot papers is still the best effective method to counter these threats.

The serial numbers on ballot papers enable strict accounting of all ballot papers issued and cast. That way, the number of papers found in the ballot box at the end of the election can be reconciled with the number of papers issued during the poll and the number of papers stocked before the poll began. This is a means to deal with the threat of ballot boxes being stuffed with false ballot papers.

Ballot papers have to be numbered to provide evidence if there is an allegation of impersonation, i.e. that a voter has cast his vote pretending to be someone else. This is done if the court orders so, by matching the suspicious ballot paper with the counterfoil, on which the voter's registration number is recorded. If proven, the vote can then be subtracted from the declared election results. Without the serial number on the ballot paper, it will be difficult to establish such an allegation, and to adjust the declared election results accordingly.

While some argue that it would be better to nullify an entire election if there is any such electoral fraud, calling for a fresh election would be too costly for taxpayers and traumatic for the electorates if there are only a few allegations of impersonation.

So, is ballot secrecy compromised by reason of having a serial number?

Theoretically, it is possible for anyone with access to the ballot papers to identify who cast a particular vote. The link between the ballot paper number and the electoral register through the counterfoil does facilitate tracing from a ballot paper to a voter's identity on the register. However, ballot papers can be examined only under strict conditions, and there are safeguards that make it extremely difficult to find out how any particular voter voted.

After the ballot papers are counted, all ballot papers and their counterfoils have to be sealed in the Supreme Court vault for 6 months, after which all the ballot papers and other election documents are destroyed. During those 6 months, these documents can only be retrieved by court order. The court will issue such an order only if it is satisfied that a vote has been fraudulently cast and the result of the election may be affected as a result. Our courts have issued no such order to date.

The serial number on the ballot paper is to protect the integrity of the democratic process, and not to undermine the secrecy of the vote.

The ballot paper number is still a feature of UK parliamentary and local government elections.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

SCO (Singapore Chinese Orchestra) at AMK central.

From 2011 Mar HTC Desire pictures.

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From 2011 Mar HTC Desire pictures.

From 2011 Mar HTC Desire pictures.

God of War Collection updates 3.

Finally, completed God of War 1.


Run on 26 Mar - east coast park

Time taken : 2 hr 53 mins 00 secs
Distance : 22.67 km
Avg Speed : 7.9 km/h, 7min 37sec per km.

Decide to take a look at the Twilight Ultra Challenge. An event where runners ran a 10km ECP loop from Sat 5pm to Sun 9am. So will do my running at ECP tonight and skipped tomorrow normal sunday run.

Drove and park at D5 carpark. Started my run at around 2240 hrs. Target is to do 2 loops. Met quite a number of the runners still going strong, even after I've finished my 2 loops.

Drove back home, eat fishball noodle at sengkang square (almost all stall at east coast food centre is closed). Hit the sack at around 0400 hrs.



From 2011 Mar HTC Desire pictures.

From 2011 Mar HTC Desire pictures.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Hoot! Hoot! Barnes & Noble Nook Color Leather Skin Case Jacket.

Just Hooted the above from ebay seller lee262online.

Total damage = US $ 14.98 ($19.40)

Updated on 13 April.

Finally arrived at the letter box. A little bit longer than 2 weeks.

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Bike on 25 Mar - punggol east, lorong halus, pasir ris west area, tampines rd, hougang rd, buangkok dr

Time taken : 1 hr 31 mins 29 secs
Distance : 29.12 km
Avg Speed : 19.1 km/h, 3min 08sec per km.

Explore the area after crossing the new bridge to lorong halus.
Kenna chased by black dogs and was almost caught by them outside the Commando Training institute.

On the way home, along buangkok drive, almost had an accident when my bike went in the narrow section between the kerb and road when i try to press my garmin 305. Luckily managed to brake in time and did not fly off my bike.

Must resist the temptation of changing my garmin screen while cycling.



From 2011 Mar HTC Desire pictures.

From 2011 Mar HTC Desire pictures.

From 2011 Mar HTC Desire pictures.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Run on 23 Mar - u turn at esplanade

Time taken : 1 hr 1 mins 53 secs
Distance : 8.98 km
Avg Speed : 8.7 km/h, 6min 53sec per km.

Weekly wednesday run. Lai Yin, Seth, Khoo, 3 other person and me turn out today.




Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Run on 22 Mar - sk, punggol popeye, park connector down to Kovan MRT station.

Time taken : 1 hr 7 mins 41 secs
Distance : 10.10 km
Avg Speed : 9.0 km/h, 6min 42sec per km.

Did not went for CBD run as it was still drizzling. Decide to take a gamble and see whether weather at sengkang is good enough. It was clear sky, so decide to do a 10km run.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

DR exercise.

Went back to office on Sunday to conduct DR (Disaster Recovery) exercise.

Breakfast taken by the team.

From 2011 Mar HTC Desire pictures.

From 2011 Mar HTC Desire pictures.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Isaac kindergarten work.


Running milestone - breach 5000km.

Breach the 5000km mark since i started recording on Dec 28, 2007.

From and including: Friday, 28 December 2007
To and including: Saturday, 19 March 2011

It is 1178 days from the start date to the end date, end date included

Or 3 years, 2 months, 20 days including the end date
Alternative time units
1178 days can be converted to one of these units:

* 101,779,200 seconds
* 1,696,320 minutes
* 28,272 hours
* 168 weeks (rounded down)

From www.runningahead.com

My distance totals
Week: 24.6 km
Month: 64.5 km
Year: 312.4 km
Total: 5010.4 km

Avg of 4.26km per day.

Bike on 18 Mar - yio chu kang rd, amk ave 1, upper serangoon rd, punggol and sengkang area.

Time taken : 1 hr 56 mins 01 secs
Distance : 35.04 km
Avg Speed : 18.1 km/h, 3min 18sec per km.

Resume friday night ride after 1 week break. Last ride was 2 weeks ago at OCBC cycle. Explored the new punggol east park connector. Target to ride every fortnightly.



From 2011 Mar HTC Desire pictures.

From 2011 Mar HTC Desire pictures.

From 2011 Mar HTC Desire pictures.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Hoot! Hoot! 20GB of google storage.

Hoot 20GB of google storage.

Order date: 17 Mar 2011 22:56 GMT+08:00
Google storage - 20 GB shared storage plan for USD5.00/year.

Storage increase is almost immediately.

Youtube : Tsunami in Japan [HD] 3.11 first person FULL raw footage



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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Run on 16 Mar - loop around Marina Bay Sands

Time taken : 1 hr 15 mins 44 secs
Distance : 12.14 km
Avg Speed : 9.6 km/h, 6min 14sec per km.

Wednesday run. Yee Tat, Lai Yin, Stanley, Yuen See, Khoo, 1 other fellow and me turn out day. Did some extra distance by looping around Marina Bay Sands. Total distance about 12km.



Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Run on 15 Mar - CBD run , set F. Tanjong Pagar MRT up to fort canning

Time taken : 1 hr 27 mins 16 secs
Distance : 12.49 km
Avg Speed : 8.6 km/h, 6min 59sec per km.

Did 3 loops today.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Just setup my new printer, HP Officejet 4500.

Damage = $149.
Just setup HP officejet 4500 AIO printer. Took about 45 minutes.

From 2011 Mar HTC Desire pictures.

From 2011 Mar HTC Desire pictures.

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From 2011 Mar HTC Desire pictures.

Old printer C5180.
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Isaac 4th birthday.

At Ah Ma house on Mar 8.

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At Tony Roma restaurants on Mar 11.

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On 13th Mar at Nai Nai house.

From 2011 Mar HTC Desire pictures.

Panasonic TZ7.

From 2011 Mar TZ7 Isaac birthday and Nook Color.

From 2011 Mar TZ7 Isaac birthday and Nook Color.

From 2011 Mar TZ7 Isaac birthday and Nook Color.

From 2011 Mar TZ7 Isaac birthday and Nook Color.

From 2011 Mar TZ7 Isaac birthday and Nook Color.

From 2011 Mar TZ7 Isaac birthday and Nook Color.

From 2011 Mar TZ7 Isaac birthday and Nook Color.

From 2011 Mar TZ7 Isaac birthday and Nook Color.

From 2011 Mar TZ7 Isaac birthday and Nook Color.

From 2011 Mar TZ7 Isaac birthday and Nook Color.

From 2011 Mar TZ7 Isaac birthday and Nook Color.

From 2011 Mar TZ7 Isaac birthday and Nook Color.

On 14th Mar, actual day.
Isaac birthday present from yi yi.

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4 years old.
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Thomas the train birthday cake.
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From 2011 Mar HTC Desire pictures.