Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

The first thing I would like to do is to wish readers a Merry Christmas (I know it's a bit late) and a Happy New Year! I've been delayed in updating my blog because I was busy with many things at home.

(1) I have been fixing up the furniture we bought from Ikea. We managed to get a steal on some shelves. So that's a lot of screwing and knocking for the past week. Well... just as soon as I clear up the rubbish from the garage, I'd really like to get a snapshot cos I'm really proud of what I accomplished. Ya ya... I know... EGO!

(2) My computer that accompanied me from Singapore, died last Saturday. I had to salvage the situation by purchasing a new system since I couldn't really figure out what's wrong. The motherboard seemed to be frying every single graphics card fitted on it. So I'm now posting from my Windows Vista (yes I happen to like the UI), running on my dream machine - a Quad-core!!! I'll be installing a Linux 64-bit OS this week, as soon as I can complete all the necessary software installation for daily use. I still need to finish up my SimpleViewer album editor application and my website. :(

(3) I spent several nights rushing on a Christmas card application for my friends. I will write more on it in a separate post. But here's the output:


Since I started hosting with Easy CGI, this is the first time that I've really used the ASP.NET support. And thankfully, I could accomplish the task just before Christmas... PST!

(4) And finally, we were celebrating Christmas at home by roasting a 6kg turkey. Yummy. We were led by our chief cook SF. Who also managed a nice marble cake for breakfast everyday!


We're just so glad that we had a our first White Christmas. It started snowing on Christmas morning, and it hasn't stopped. Apparently, it'll probably snow for the rest of this year.


With the snow comes the need to shovel the pavements and driveway. So I donned my favourite aviator's cap and set out to plough the snow. SF says I looked like a