| Tomato Goes back to Skool Visualised by archtomato On Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at 13:05 Hrs | Minimum B.S. Ok ok, I am confused. Due to a set of myriad reasons it seems like i have to take the part time route for my undergraduate courses. I would like to however, find out from anyone if NUS or maybe even NTU offers part time courses for Degrees in Computing or Comp Engineering.
I cant seem to source out from the damn websites they have and i seem to be getting even lesser from the students they breed.
Cheers
ps: NUS students should be Decapitated and then sent back to school
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| Downtime Notice Visualised by archtomato On Sunday, May 28, 2006 at 7:16 Hrs | Minimum B.S. Dear Readers,
We have been experiencing downtime in out servers for the majority or last night and this morning. We would like to thank all readers who have sent us emails highlighting us of this problem.
The flaw has been isolated to out servers in the southern US from 270506 GMT(8+) 2300hrs to 280506 GMT(8+) 1500hrs. We have received word that due to a power shortage, the servers had been offline. Since then, we have been working round the clock and have succeeded in activating our alternative backup servers located in Swiss Alps.
All operations have been reverted back to normal. Any inconvenience caused is greatly regretted and thank you for spending time with us. With regards,
The Archtomato.com Team
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| Work Visualised by archtomato On Friday, May 26, 2006 at 11:19 Hrs | Minimum B.S. Ok ok, Work has been frantic for the past 2 weeks. Haven had the time to idle in MSN and watch “Russell Peters” from youtube . The guys and me had to test and prepare abt 80 Dell laptops for mass deployment to out clients. A tragic and laborious task
Laptop Beta Testing Laptops Awaiting my touch My Work Space So, i figured i go get coffee for everyone to ward off the z-monster. Zoooom .. to the vending machine. When i get the cup of coffee, the damn thing is infested with ants. The damn things have a nest inside the vending machine. There goes coffee break. So anyway the damn things been down for a week now and we have to go long distance for coffee. I have applied for a plot of land beside the office to grow coffee plants and and built a small brewery to make em into powder. So don’t be surprised to see "Tomato’s Gold Roast" in the market in the near future. Cheers ps: Should start drinking Green Tea. Technorati tags: Archtomato, work No Tomatoes Squashed • Throw a Tomato • Category: Ageless |
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| Ver.Beautiful.Game.06 Visualised by archtomato On Thursday, May 25, 2006 at 1:11 Hrs | Minimum B.S. Hi folks, As you can see things are a little different at www.ArchtomatO.com. A auspicious theme for a auspicious event. As most of you know, the World cup is going to come knocking on our doors real soon. The world is gearing for the event. Tourism in Germany is going to peak and merchandising the world all over is going to hit a all time high. Governments will be smiling and policemen will be frowning. My lucky bastard of a colleague will be going in a 3 weeks block leave. So i decided to get in the mood and have sort of experimented with a new World Cup Theme. More improvements will be added along the way and the full release will be before the world cup. I am also toying with the idea of providing daily results on top of publishing my articles. I am still undecided on which document type to use for my results. Maybe you folks can help me with that.
I would like to dedicate this theme to …
– My dog Bill
– Alee, he shut entertaining blog down
– Bus Driver for the diff theme idea (" Though no pink fonts and orange ribbons")
– Omni Chups for her wedding
– And ya, World Peace
Cheers
ps: I hope Spain goes on to the final four, but then again Spain never does.?
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| Rules Visualised by archtomato On Monday, May 22, 2006 at 13:14 Hrs | Minimum B.S. Ok ok, Disclaimer: The following is purely based on the author’s research and personal thoughts. These findings have not been approved by any leading psychiatric body. This article is a philosophical launch pad for the author who is thinking of publishing a book. You have a choice not to read this. Plagiarism is a sin. Parental Guidance is advised.
What are rules and why do they even exist? Who came up with them and what for? I believe these are a couple of questions I’m sure all of us will ponder at least once in our lonely existence. Rules are meant to be broken. I have heard this old adage being used to death many many times. So is it true than. Are rules really expandable and are they worth breaking. Some claim rules are akin to quick sand. I’m sure some of us think rules were whipped up by bored old farts who take too much sugar for their own good, that rules were simply a means to leash us and make us dance to a desolate tune that we had neither or envisioned nor orchestrated. Everything exists in parallels. Light and Darkness … Yin and Yang, Life and Death. Even a piece of paper has 2 sides. Galileo did say that life exist in perfect symmetry. So it got me thinking .. could these rules that we tirelessly fight be actually a means to help us? To guide us? To sustain us? Could our ignorance be the reason we hate rules? The mind fights what it deems illogical, what it deems irrelevant and fights to propagate towards an opposite. Although the mind is beautiful, it is by no means perfect. Its erratic, far too much erratic. Without the mind, there is no body, and without the body, no life. Could rules actually be the meas to protect the mind to ensure our survival? I leave you with the adage, "What doesn’t kill you, only makes u stronger".
Cheers
ps: Kind of gloomy don’t you think?
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| Where are you really from? Visualised by archtomato On Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 14:19 Hrs | Minimum B.S. Ok ok, I was doing some analysis about the globalization of the products that my company introduces recently when it struck me as to how much this phenomena is influencing most of our lives these days. Of course, it also depends on how "open" the country you live in is with regards to trade with other countries, but generally, it is quite interesting. Ever thought about it? Here goes my version:
That’s already 17 countries in one day! Of course, there can be much more to add, but you get the picture! Think about your daily life similarly, and feel free to type it out in the comments section!
Cheers
ps: I wish to own something from Timbuktu.
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| Defeated Opinions – The Writer’s Block Series Visualised by archtomato On Friday, May 12, 2006 at 16:00 Hrs | Minimum B.S. Ok ok, I’m sure my avid readers have been absolutely devastated at my lack of posting of late. Truth be told, between general life busyness, travel, and bouts of insomnia (I know, insomnia should add to the posting, not detract from it), I just haven’t had a lot of time left open for posting. Added to this has been my general weariness with world events, and the fact that the baby next door doesn’t want to shut its mouth. It is not that I lack opinions on the cartoon cacophony that has deafened both mass media and blogs these last few days, but in many ways I simply feel like everything that can be said has been said. And then there’s Mission Impossible 3 in the cinemas. A textbook summer popcorn flick that will entertain while watching, but instantly forgettable and runs out of steam early in the 3rd act. While all the Mission plots are convoluted and slightly preposterous, the keyword in the title is "Impossible" and the latest is just this side of insultingly stupid. The only thing more boring than nothing happening in this movie is a lot of nothings happening. Could I be less passionate about a film that I liked?"
A certain country has left its political footprint largely untouched in its recently ended elections. The ruling hand of the nation still strikes you fast like lightning. A few million people also got free money, their money and i believe that should be noted here. Although political wranglers and my local baker seem to think there might be connections, i would like to keep my mouth shut. I might just end up being in a CCTV.
On to World affairs. The Middle East still has no shortage of problems, war and suffering, and oil for that matter. Iran has decided to promote world peace and do us all a favour by trying to be a nuke baddie. Colombo still burns … occasionally. The Americans still think Bush is a genius. And the Chinese? Who the hell knows what they are up to.
The Aussies are still sour about the recent but done with death sentence of one of their citizen for drug trafficking. The Aussies are refusing to grant Singapore Airlines the trans pacific route to aid in its bid to become and global carrier. It seems the death of the jackass martyr has strained a few nerves. And Steve Irwin is still trying to talk to crocodiles. Lets pray he does succeed. That way he won’t bore us with his shows.
I would like to question many issues both globally and locally – Growing Oil prices, Continuing Pandemics, an authoritarian political systems, Lousy American idol winners, Inaccurate weather reports are just some of them. Add these to the fact that i actually have to go to work every Monday, and I just feel a little overwhelmed.
Nor is the first time, either that I have felt overwhelmed or that I have had to step back from news consumption simply because I had to give my mind a break. It is difficult being in a position of so little power with so great an inclination to make a difference.
Cheers
ps: I might call in sick this coming monday. That should help to tide me over the blues.
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| The Fan of Life Visualised by archtomato On Saturday, May 6, 2006 at 3:57 Hrs | Minimum B.S. Ok ok, I’m a baseball fan. I have always been a baseball fan. Its a fragile game that contains many subtle complex variations. Many of you may not be all that familiar with the difference between a slider, a curve ball or a change-up. To sum them all up, they are all designed to do one thing – throw the batter off his or her game – get them out of their rhythm so they swing and miss. It can be a challenge to be someone who doesn’t deal well with surprise. In life, often the unexpected is thrown our way. A slow fade here, a curve ball there. Just when we think we’ve got the game under control, we know what to expect, a pitch comes along that completely throws us out of our rhythm and sends us swinging at air. That’s the reason I’m a fan. You never know what’s going to be thrown at you and I cherish adjusting to the unexpected. I’m not a person who likes things to go straight down the line, across the center of the plate, nice and predictable. Rather i like surprises, i live for the moments, the moment between the throw and the swing. The brink between breathes. To me, as with baseball, Life is not about the destination, its about the journey. Cheers. |
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