Just a brief introduction of myself, I’m a frequent traveller to and fro the two cities. I’ve been doing this for the past 15 years, not one or two. Doing this for such a long time, I realised that there’s a pattern to the buses.

Travel fares (As at publishing date)

Note that if you travel from JB, you pay fares in Ringgit Malaysia. If you board the bus at Singapore Customs or in Singapore, you’d have to pay in Singapore Dollars.

Want to be time and cost efficient? You can be a smart traveller. Read on.

Its the 40th year we’re celebrating Earth Day!

The climate is changing, day by day! Can you feel how hot it is right now? Readers from overseas, such as the states might not understand how we, in Singapore feel. The temperature here is constantly changing. It doesn’t rain as much in December anymore! Sea levels are rising with most of us not knowing.

Did you participate in last month’s Earth Hour (26 March 8.30-9.30pm)? You were supposed to off your lights and any unused electronic appliances. Honestly, I didn’t.

I thought that turning off lights on a daily basis, when not needing them, was part of my effort. I felt that we should be educated and practice this in daily life. This way, it doesn’t only save our electricity bills, its a good practice to save the Earth.

Don’t feel bad. Start by turning off your computers at night when you do not require them. There are many other ways you can contribute to saving Gaia.

You are responsible for Earth too.

I happened to come by an article on The Straits Times today (27 April 2009, Monday) and I felt that I should write something too.

How much does the brand name of a school factor into youth identity? YouthInkers respond.

Let’s go.

I see myself no different from any student graduated from St. Joseph’s Instutution. Neither am I different from someone who studied at Raffles Instutution. Marsiling Secondary School, at the time I entered, was only a year old. (I’m proud to be the second batch!)

We’ll discuss the teachers first. I must agree that teachers are really important when it comes to developing a child, but again, it’s how the child process what’s taught. Anyway, I didn’t really agree that many things I was taught until now. I admit I’m slow in processing, that took me a few years. I’m glad I got it, eventually.

But I must mention that we’ve got a fantastic headmaster (aka Principal). Mrs Choy had totally no airs and was easy to get close with and to talk to. It’s sad that her career had to come to an end just when I graduated. If not, it would be awesome if she could spread the motherly love to more batches. All good things come to an end, don’t they?

I was given a chance to develop myself in the world of technology. School got me started in programming (Pascal was the in-thing, hurhur.) and that was when I found my hobby and love for technology. They developed me and sent me for competitions and through that, I learnt that I’m not the best. (Indirectly, I benefitted lots.)

Cherish the chances given to you. I was given many for my evil-doing. I’m not going to talk about them.

I’m not successful at all, now. But someday, I will make my mark.

Felix Ker (class of 2004), 20 going 21, is a first-year Business student at SIM Global Education (University of London & London School of Economics).

So, how did your school ‘brand’ you?

With all the stupid quizes around, everyone’s doing them. Really too many people doing it everyday and it floods my feeds.

Can facebook allow us to use regular expressions to block what we do not want to see?

I know my friend is a Shopaholic because… (Actually, I’m a shopaholic too!)

1. I’d be holding many bags of goods if we’re shopping together! Whenever we go shopping it’s only sweet that a guy holds the shopping bags for ladies while they do their shopping. Then they can shop happier without having to put them on the floor then choose. Hopefully they know it’s been hard on us and offer a good backrub or massage.
2. I would receive SMS messages containing “I just bought…” or “I just went shopping…”. These messages sounds familiar? Fine, I might be one of them that sent you the messages. So what if I’m a shopaholic?
3. She’ll take 30mins to choose her required item and end up taking another hour choosing something she doesn’t require from another shop. “Stop.. I think I see something I like inside this shop!” It’s never going to be that 30mins of choosing a mascara and thats it. She’s sure to be back home with something else.
4. The more she buys, the happier she is. Spending money makes some people feel good? Perhaps.

There are many more reasons why I discovered about a shopaholic! But.. if you wanna know why…

Catch Confessions of a Shopaholic on 26 March!