Temasek Engineering School, Singapore


Today ate at Rancoon Road’s Ng Ah See Pork Rip Soup Shop
17 October, 2009, 4:37 pm
Filed under: In Singapore..., Makan makan, Uncategorized

Today, me and my parents went to Rancoon Road which is near Balestier Road to eat the famous Pork Rip Soup Shop from Ng Ah See. The shop was patronised by Ma Eng Jiu, the current president of Taiwan.

The Store Front

The Store Front

 And shown in this pic is a typical pork rip soup meal from them, athought they are rather pricey, many locals and foreigners patronise this shop within their operating hours (6am to 2pm) :)

The Pork Rip Soup Meal

The Pork Rip Soup Meal

Do give it a try if you like Pork Rip Soup better known as Bak Ku Tea. :)



Cut-off-Points for Temasek Poly Engineering courses (2009)
4 February, 2009, 11:05 am
Filed under: Uncategorized

The 2009 JAE posting results were released last week, and so were the Cut off points (COP) for all diploma courses in Singapore.

It was a pleasant surprise…. Temasek Poly’s Engineering School did extremely well.  Amidst the backdrop of poor economic conditions, and declining interest in Engineering as a career in Singapore, TP’s Engineering courses bucked the trend, and there was still such a high demand for our Engineering courses….  actually i was personally also quite surprised.

The highest COP for an Engineering course at TP is now 22.  That means, the “weakest” new student coming in, is a 22-pointer.  Amazing.  At RP (Republic Poly) and NYP (Nanyang Poly),  so many courses are still taking in 26-pointers.

i think the reason is simple: The economics of supply & demand.  When demand is higher, and supply (vacancies) being constant, the price will go up.  In this case, the COP improved.

For a full list of COP of all Temasek Engineering School diploma courses for 2009, please see here:

http://w3-eng.tp.edu.sg/emag/cop.html

PS: Congratultions to all ‘O’ level students who managed to get a place in Temasek Engineering School.  — you made it !! :)

fellow Bloggers, please join me in congratulating our new friends who will be coming into our family, staring new semester in April 2009!! :)



Quizes…
30 January, 2009, 1:49 pm
Filed under: Student Life in TP, Uncategorized

last week MC two days, thursday and friday.. tan i missed two quizes.. one on security and surveillence n another on airfield system 2…

my secsur tutor say cant do a make up quiz.. he will average out from TT… but i fail TT.. tan hw siah.. like this i also dono hw…
but my airfield systems 2 tutor was soo kind.. he give the 3 of us who were on MC requiz… jus nw.. it was in the canteen cos couldnt get another place.. all 3 of us were nt prepared cos he jus cum find for us n ask us take the quiz.. so we jus take oni la… gd enough he giv us a chance… it was 10 mcq.. so jus do oni… i was like nt sure of the anwsers cos nvr read the notes.. haiz.. but think can make it la..



26 Jan 2009- Colour formatting.
26 January, 2009, 1:42 pm
Filed under: Uncategorized

Yo Alan buddy, you just need to go to the “visual mode” instead of HTML mode click onto “Show/hide kitchen sink” button to show another line of toolbar, & there is one icon ‘A with a colour block below” Just nagivate accordingly..

See?
Blue.
Red.
Green.
Yellow.

Haha whatever you want luh !
If you want to go HTML mode, you will need to use the pointed brackets not the square ones or the round ones.  But using Visual mode will be easier.



24 Jan 2009- Random 2.
24 January, 2009, 8:11 am
Filed under: Uncategorized

Recently, Id joined one online fashion platform (or so you can call that?) where you post your pictures online and let others rate your outfit.
Although I know there are similar websites like this but heard from critiques that this is better, so I might as well share this web to everyone here?(:

http://www.chictopia.com/

You can see how people dress up and make cheap stuffs look expensive.

These are some of the style icons I like..
http://www.chictopia.com/swankheights
http://www.chictopia.com/Starrgirl
http://www.chictopia.com/TheStylishWanderer

What do you think?
Leave me a comment(:



24 Jan 2009- Random 1
24 January, 2009, 7:48 am
Filed under: Uncategorized

Its 7.44am in the morning and I was like “Oh Sh** !” I gotta do a various number of posting today O:

Speaking about CNY hows everyone preparing for it? I dont feel the festive mood like I did every single year, most probably is because Im in poly and the holiday breaks are (kind of) irregular..
Anyone feels that way as well?



Stress :(
20 January, 2009, 10:09 pm
Filed under: Academic subjects, In Singapore..., Uncategorized

Today, my team leader told me abt the time to submit our projects. Oah, so stress :(

After new year week we hv to submit almost all the subjects include the  project :(

Until now, our AdvEln project just half working only :(

And the PowerE project still got something to work on it, dun kn can work or not :(

ECAPP project is ok now, just hv to combine every part together. It’s very funny, all the parts can work separately, but when we combine them, it doenst work :(

No time to play anymore, maybe hv to work on the New Year also :(



RC club & study…
20 January, 2009, 4:41 pm
Filed under: CCA's in TP, Uncategorized

due to many quiz  n proj deadline coming,i hav to spend less time going RC club n practice …last Fri my fren taught me how to let my car “piaoyi”..it’s vry interesting n exciting..but its really nd  lots of time to practice…i saw my frens they all can control cars vry well…i envy them…but study is more important than learning to control car….so i hav to go there lesser…



CHinese new year
19 January, 2009, 9:36 pm
Filed under: Life outside TP, Uncategorized

Wa this sunday is chinese new year eve already…can’t believe it…but can get red packets :D

But exams are also nearing and the datelines for the projects are getting closer…even though it’s chinese new year….can’t really slack…still must revise as the week after chinese new year got quiz and role play…

Hope can make it…



New EZlink card !!!
17 January, 2009, 12:27 pm
Filed under: Social issues, Student Life in TP, Uncategorized

For your info

MASS ez-link card REPLACEMENT BEGINS
Current ez-link cardholders have 9 months to exchange their cards – from 9 January to 30 September 2009

SINGAPORE – 8 January, 2009

1. Members of the public will be able to exchange their ez-link cards for new cards that are CEPAS–compliant in a free one-for-one card replacement exercise starting from tomorrow (9 January). The new cards are required for the next generation e-payment system for public transport, Symphony for e-Payment (SeP) which was launched by the Land Transport Authority in December 2008. SeP is based on the Singapore Standard for Contactless ePurse Application (CEPAS) and allows more card issuers to issue CEPAS-compliant cards for use in Singapore’s public transit system, thus giving commuters more choice.

2. The card replacement exercise will be conducted in stages, starting from 9 January with the replacement of cards for holders of the ez-link Adult Anonymous cards. This will be followed by the replacement of cards for holders of concession cards from 16 February.

3. The one-for-one card replacement exercise will end in September 2009, when the current EIFS fare system will be discontinued. After September 2009, the old ez-link cards cannot be used for travel on public transit. However, cardholders may still get a refund on any remaining value in their old cards up to 12 years from the date the card is first encoded for use.

Avenues for card exchange

4. Cardholders may exchange their cards at the following venues:

Adult Anonymous card>>>> 9 January – 30 September 2009>>>(i) *62 Singapore Post Office branches
(ii) 42 TransitLink Ticket Offices
(iii) * Roving Centres at 13 selected Bus Interchanges

Child card>>>>16 Feb-30Sep 2009>>>>Any of the 42 TransitLink Ticket Offices.

Student and Tertiary concession cards>>>>From 16 Feb 2009>>>>New student/tertiary concession cards which  are CEPAS-compliant will be distributed directly to students by their respective schools from February.Details on the collection of the new card and exchange of the current concession card will be provided by the respective schools.

Senior Citizen concession card>>>>from Apr>>>>Cardholders will receive their new concession card and details for the exchange of their current card by mail from end March 2009.When they get their new cards, cardholders will need to activate their new card and exchange their current card at the following venues:
(i) 42 TransitLink Ticket Offices
(ii) * Roving Centres at 13 selected Bus Interchanges
(iii) *R oving Centres at 23 selected Community Clubs

Non-MOE student and National Serviceman concession cards>>>>From 2009>>>New concession cards will be issued directly to cardholders by their respective institutions/ organisations.Details on the collection of the new card and exchange of the current concession will be provided to cardholders by the respective institutions/organisations by June 2009.

Note: Current cards with GIRO/Credit Card Auto Top-Up facility can only be exchanged at the TransitLink Ticket Offices.

5. The card replacement exercise applies to both valid and expired adult ez-link card and valid concession cards. Holders of co-brand credit or debit cards with an ez-link purse will be informed by their respective banks on the replacement procedure for their cards.

6. To ease queuing time during the card replacement exercise, more counters will be opened and operating hours extended at selected MRT stations with high commuter traffic. Additional manpower will be on-hand to assist cardholders and to direct commuters to the right counters.

What commuters need to do

7. Cardholders may exchange up to a maximum of three cards at a time to help minimise waiting time for others.

8. At the point of card exchange, any remaining value in their card will be transferred to the new card. Their old card will be retained. Cardholders whose current Adult ez-link, Senior Citizen, Tertiary and National Servicemen concession card has a value of less than -$3.00 should top up their card before exchanging it. Student concession cardholders should top-up their card if their current card has a value of less than -$1.00 before exchanging it.. Top-up service will not be provided at the card exchange counter to minimise waiting time for others. Those who need to top-up their cards may do so at the automatic top-up machines (General Ticketing Machines and Add Value Machines) and Passenger Service Centres.

9. As the non-transit applications for the new ez-link cards will be available in phases, commuters who wish to continue to be able to use non-transit applications should exchange their cards at a later date, when these applications become available. (Examples of non-transit applications include use for payment at convenience stores, libraries, and on SMRT taxis.)

Credit Card and GIRO Top-up facilities

10. The Auto Credit Card or GIRO Top-Up facilities on the current ez-link card will be discontinued when the card is exchanged. Refund on the current card will be transferred to the new card issued or to the designated credit card account.

11. Cardholders will need to re-apply for the facility for their new card. All cardholders who are on Auto Credit Card Top-up facility and bank GIRO will be advised directly via mail by the respective scheme owners about their card replacement procedures.

Adult Anonymous Cards

12. EZ-Link will offer two auto top-up facilities for the new adult ez-link cards:
(i) Auto Credit Card Top-Up facility, available from 27 February 2009 or
(ii) Auto GIRO Top-Up facility, available from 27 July 2009

13. More details on each of these facilities will be made available on the EZ-Link website at www.ezlink.com.sg at a later date.

Concession Cards

14. Similarly, LTA who is the issuer of the new concession cards will offer two auto top-up facilities for these cards. The schemes will be managed by TransitLink Pte Ltd. Concession cardholders can re-apply for the facility when they receive their new card. Details of the application are as follows:

(i) Auto Top-Up (GIRO) facility, available from 16 March 2009
Application for the facility can be made via the General Ticketing Machines located in MRT and LRT stations. Non-Singaporeans may call TransitLink Hotline to request for an application form.

(ii) Auto Credit Card Top-Up facility, available from 27 July 2009
Details of the application for the facility will be announced via TransitLink website www.transitlink.com.sg at a later date.

15. ez-link Adult and concession cardholders who wish to continue using their current Auto Top-Up facility are advised to exchange their current card at a later date when these facilities become

available.

Features and benefits of the new ez-link card

16.. Unlike the existing ez-link card, the new ez-link card does not have a travel deposit. Commuters will have full use of the stored value of the card for transit and non-transit payments. To ensure commuters are familiar with the no-deposit feature and use of the new card, a brochure will be given to cardholders with their new card.

17. The brochure will highlight the no-deposit feature of the new card and remind cardholders to ensure that they have sufficient value in their cards to complete their journey before entering the transit system, and to top-up their cards when the balance is low (i.e. less than $5).

18 . From end-March, motorists with vehicles fitted with the next generation In-vehicle Unit can use the new ez-link card for Electronic Road Pricing transactions. By mid-2009, they can use the new card to make payments at carparks with Electronic Parking Systems that support the CEPAS standard.

19. Merchants or service providers that are ready to accept the new ez-link cards for payment will have stickers and notices of the new ez-link card displayed at their point of sales.

20. For enquiries on the card replacement exercise, members of the public are encouraged to call LTA, EZ-Link and TransitLink at the following numbers:

    • LTA at 1800 CALL LTA (1800 225 5582)
    • EZ-Link at 6496 8300 Operating hours: 8am – 6pm daily except Public Holidays
    • TransitLink at 1800-2255-663 Operating hours: 8am – 6pm daily except Public Holidays

I’hv just received this letter from my cousins.U guys got any info abt it? Why school never tell us go n change the EZlink card?