Archive for the 'News' Category
What America will be in the next few years?
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008Two interesting videos from GOOD Magazines:
Barack Obama
vs
John Mc Cain
NTU Admission AY 09/10 - Indonesian Ads
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Computing in the 21st Century Conference
Saturday, October 25th, 2008(taken from here)
Computing in the 21st Century Conference, jointly hosted by National Natural ScienceFoundation Commission, Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) and Peking University will be held on November 4th, 2008. Thousands of professors and students from colleges all around Beijing will gather in Peking University’s Centennial Hall for this grand event. Masters in computer research throughout the country and from around the world will be given the opportunity to meet face to face with Chinese students and scholars, delivering keynote speeches and sharing their achievements in computer science research. On November 7th, the conference will then be held in Singapore, expanding the influence of world’s top research results to the Asia-Pacific region.
Under the theme of “New Horizon of Computing”, Computing in the 21st Century Conference will review the history of computer development, and look ahead to the new world of future computing. The speakers include Turing Award (which is recognized as the “Nobel Prize of computing”) recipients Dr. Raj Reddy, Dr. Butler Lampson, Dr. Tony Hoare, Dr. Rick Rashid, Senior Vice President of Microsoft Corporation, Dr. Harry Shum, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Corporation and Dr. Hsiao-Wuen Hon, Managing Director of Microsoft Research Asia. We hope the conference will inspire young students and scholars with new angles, arouse their interest in computer science, and further enhance the development of related research fields in China and Asia Pacific.
Emi Fujita Accoustic Live at Esplanade
Friday, October 24th, 2008Wow, a nice concert will come to Singapore… Accidentally after I see Ungu’s concert ads, I see this one (which I pasted below). Well, anyone who interested to come, can go with me. Most probably, I’ll come to the concert with the $68 ticket (the 88-138 are too expensive for a student like me while from the 58 I don’t think I can see much, hehe…).
Well I know it’s kinda late, I hope I didn’t wake you. But what I’ve got to say can’t wait…
I’ll have to say I love you in a song…
(taken from here)
The distinctive and pure vocals of Emi Fujita made the song Hidamari no Uta (which was part of the soundtrack for the Japanese TV drama series Under One Roof 2) a sensational hit for the group Le Couple. The CD single sold over 1.8 million copies. Emi Fujita made her solo debut in November 2001 with the album Camomile, which received Platinum and Golden Disc Awards in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore.
Since then, Emi has released a series of albums under the same title achieving the No. 1 ranking in many Asian countries. The Camomile series has established her as a vocalist of immense depth and soul. Emi Fujita’s last performance in Singapore was for a SOLD-OUT concert at the Esplanade Concert Hall in 2004. Emi Fujita now returns after 4 years, she is ready to give you the best ‘Sound Therapy’. Do not miss this great opportunity to catch Emi ‘Live’ in Singapore
Come and Join: Youth Fellowship
Friday, September 26th, 2008Come and join, IEC youth fellowship, this Sat. See the poster below.

UN Millenium Goals Declaration
Sunday, September 21st, 2008In an age when human beings have learned the code of human life and can transmit their knowledge in seconds from one continent to another, no mother in the world can understand why her child should be left to die of malnutrition or preventable disease. Never before have the leaders of so many nations come together in a single assembly. This is a unique opportunity and therefore, a unique responsibility. No one can understand why the soil their parents tilled has turned to desert and their family is left hungry. We need to decide our priorities so that that in the future those priorities are reflected in clear and prompt decisions leading to real change in people’s lives. They expect you to work together as governments, and they expect you to work together with other institutions profit and non-profit, public and private where human beings join hands to promote their ideas and their interests. People know that these challenges cannot be met by one country alone. That is why we are here. They look to you to protect them from the great dangers of our time. That, my friends, is what the peoples expect of us. Let us not disappoint them.
Former Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan


