Columns of the "Daily N" & "Rotating Wok Meat"

Ｎ紙のコラムを読んでいるが、ここ数カ月はパッとしない。話題が問題というのではないが、何か観光客的視点での話が多いように思う。想像だが、転勤が増えて、記者の赴任歴が短いことが原因ではないか。

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昨日近くの「東北菜館」で買った残りで、冷めた「回鍋肉」が今日の夕食。冷めてても辛～～い。日本で食べてたのと全然違う。

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未だにいくらか床に置いてある古雑誌があるものの、契約譲渡の問題を残してではあるがネット接続が解決してこともあって、やっとこの場所に慣れてきた。「Broadband on Mobile」は、午前０時前になると急に速度が落ち、それが１時間以上続く。接続が増える時間帯だろうから当然ではあるけど、あまりに昼間との差が激しい。

(Almost) End of Online Ordeal

Back at B. J. yesterday. This time things went smoothly and I brought the stick modem home. The “Quick Start” booklet is totally unhelpful. It explains almost nothing. The icon that is supposed to appear automatically on the desktop never appeared. The device itself was recognized by the PC. I didn’t know what the problem was. This afternoon, when I clicked “Computer” to get a work file, I found a red icon that looked unfamiliar. That was the icon that should have appeared on the desktop, according to the booklet. The connection speed is as fast as or faster than MaxOnline Premium. Back at VC today. I suspended my contract with StarHub. Now, I need someone to transfer the contract to.

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土曜日の夜だったか、CPの地下で髪を七三に分けながらポニーテールにしている人がいた。かなりの異様さだった。

TIME WASTED AGAIN

At the SingTel shop at B. J.: “ID?” I produced my EP card. “Passport?” “Ha?” I was asked to show my passport as my current EP expires in less than half a year. Three weeks short of six months. Fuck!

Trying to Create Empty Space

Bed bugs seem to have been exterminated successfully.

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Another journey to IKEA today to order another bookcase, two extra shelves and a desk lamp. All passed to home delivery. I positively hate shopping trips. About the tiny parts I thought were missing were not missing after all. It was just I wrongly placed them… Now corrected. With another bookcase et al., I hope this place will become more comfortable.

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I decided to sign up to a mobile broadband plan. It cannot go on like this. At the VivoCity SingTel shop, I was told to go to Bugis Junction. If I feel like going out tomorrow, I go there for the plan and drop by Plaza S. to terminate my StarHub contract. I need to explain why I terminate it as they surely will ask me to pay a termination penalty fee.

More to Store

I sent out two invoices and delivered the remaining work this afternoon. After a nap, I started to assemble the bookcase. When I thought I finished the assembling and turned it upright, I found I had put the top panel backward. Did it again… Some improvement in the room with books on the shelves, but still many books, all CDs and DVDs are on the floor. It may not be possible to store them all as I believe the room lacks sufficient space.

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No bug attack last night.