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Europe Trip Part 3: Cambridge vs. Stanford

Posted in Education, World on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 9:29 am 1 Comments

Cambridge is as different from Stanford (or the US system of education) as I can possibly imagine. Where Stanford allocates rooms based on a lottery system, Cambridge’s policy of pricing rooms differently results in the well off people living in nicer rooms. Where Stanford programs always ended off with…

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Europe Part 2: Cambridge vs. Stanford

Posted in Education, World on Saturday, August 8th, 2009 at 2:29 pm No Comments

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Source: The Independent, UK

I lived for a few days in Cambridge University, visiting many of the Singaporeans there. One of the world’s oldest universities, its halls were once graced by greats such as Newton, Marlowe and so many other…

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Europe Part 1: Iceland

Posted in World on Thursday, August 6th, 2009 at 6:42 pm No Comments

(This is the first in a series of backdated posts, of my backpacking trip through Europe before returning home)

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Travelled from Stanford to London on the cheapest flight possible- Icelandair. Along the way I had a 10 hour…

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Summer in Singapore

Posted in Personal on Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 at 11:42 am No Comments

I’m now back in Singapore, serving my Police attachment in various police divisions. I honestly enjoy and find meaning in the work that the Police does and I’m happy I chose to sign on with the Police. Just following other officers around to see the ground has opened my…

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