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68A Novice's Review: Grokking the GIMP by Carey Bunks
Grokking the GIMP is a manual on GIMP, a free yet powerful software for image editing, sometimes billed the Photoshop of the open source software world. I must confess I was predisposed to like this book,...
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86Spice Garden at Fort Canning Park, Singapore - Showcase of Southeast Asian Herbs and Spices
Not perhaps the best-known of Singapore attractions, the Spice Garden at Fort Canning Park is a veritable trove of Singapore's natural history, with over 100 varieties of plants and trees lining its trails. ...
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76Indian Borage -- Effective Cough Remedy from your herb garden
Indian borage (Plectranthus amboinicus) The Indian borage first came to my notice when I was suffering from a bad cough, and a friend suggested chewing the leaves of this plant she had growing in her garden....
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63Credit Card Crazy in Singapore, for the Uncrazy
Prevailing wisdom that we should hold as few credit cards as possible. Absolutely sound advice for those in debt or those who cannot control their shopping impulses. But what about those who are good at...
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71The "boutique" charm of Alexandra Hospital, Singapore
I had to spend quite a bit of time in Alexandra Hospital Singapore recently, and came away impressed. It struck me that Alexandra Hospital is the equivalent of something I wrote about recently, a boutique...
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66Singapore: Don't bank on your bank's sales pitch
In Singapore last week, many retail customers of a local bank were affected when Lehman Brothers collapsed. They had bought a product called DBS High Notes 5. According to a Straits Times Singapore article ...
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74What to Bring Home from Singapore
And I'm not talking about designer goods here. I conceived this topic after a friend asked me what to buy for her friends overseas. And I couldn't think of a thing off the top of my mind! I didn't want to...
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85The Art of the Boutique Hotel: NEW MAJESTIC HOTEL, SINGAPORE
Boutique hotels are increasingly sought by travellers these days, as they provide individual and often quirky hotel experiences. A higher-end boutique hotel in Singapore that's been very well-received is the New Majestic Hotel. I had the opportunity of taking a look round the hotel recently, and I must say I was impressed. It's so easy for a concept or themed hotel to overdo it, and seem pretentiously ethnic, or self-conciously modern. However, the overall impression I got from the New Majestic
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73Well worth a visit: The Singapore Turf Club
The Singapore Turf Club race course at Kranji (pic taken April 2008). Check out the large outdoor screen which allows you to see close-ups of races "live".Another item not at the top of the list in most...
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77Scifi for Teens: THE ENDER SERIES
One of the best science fiction series for teens must be the Ender Series. I remember enjoying it very much when I first read it. The series starts with its main protagonist, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, then six...
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