http://miccheng.com function me() { return array( PHP, Video Podcast, Podfire.sg, Web 2.0, AJAX, Movies, Apple, Christianity ); } Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:15:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Was off work early one day last week. One of those days where i didn't have any work meeting planned in the evening. After a whole day of hard work, i just wanna unwind and grab dinner. I suddenly realise that i needed a dinner companion. On the way to the bus ... http://miccheng.com/2008/10/01/why-im-just-not-ready-for-a-relationship-right-now/ Be amazed with the superior service provided by the staff. Lawry's signature dish, Roasted Prime Ribs of Beef, is craved and served specially from Lawry's silver carts. These carts are wheeled to diner's tables, giving them the opportunity to choose their preferred cuts, from rare to as well done as ... http://miccheng.com/2008/08/22/sponsored-post-lawrys-the-prime-rib/ Some of you might have noticed that i have removed the "Lazy Serial Entrepreneur" tag line from my blog. Not that i am not lazy anymore (although that is a good thing). Neither am i stopping my serial entrepreneurship endeavors. Its more that i've given up my juvenile aspirations of becoming ... http://miccheng.com/2008/07/24/confessions-of-an-ex-entrepreneur/ In life, i've always strove to look forward, not backwards. As the mantra goes - "In life, we regret the things we didn't do, more than the things we did." However, there are some things that i did in my life that i've come to feel not so sure about. I ... http://miccheng.com/2008/06/28/regrets-ive-had-a-few/ "It is tiring to build a business," says blue-collar worker. (I posted the original article here. Thanks to Lufeng for the translation.) A lot of young people want to create their own businesses. But starting a business is no easy task. A survey of local startups found that 60% of local startups ... http://miccheng.com/2008/06/27/translated-article-in-mypaper-wobao/ Heh... this is a long delayed and urgent request for anyone who has a copy of the Kopi Kat Klan's 2nd Singlish album - "We Are Back". Buyer is an avid collector and supporter of local talents (especially local music and movies). Will pay good money for a working CD or ... http://miccheng.com/2008/05/29/wtb-kopi-kat-klans-2nd-singlish-album-we-are-back/ 24 May 2008 @ 11am - Somewhere in Singapore... a legion of bloggers and social media activists gathered... Event: Social Media Breakfast 2 Address: Cafe Domus 124 Owen Road Singapore Oh... watch out for the interview we did for Daryl Tay, Sheylara and Derrick Kwa for Geek Goddess Show (Episode 4 - due out in 4 ... http://miccheng.com/2008/05/27/social-media-breakfast-20/ Podfire was launched on 30 April 2008 to much fanfare. From the get go, it was an interesting experience working with "different" people. For the host and producer of one of the shows (for convenience's sake, we'll call it "the show" from here on) were pretty temperamental. The Show I hadn't had much ... http://miccheng.com/2008/05/25/podfire-dealing-with-unreasonable-people/ I'm featured on "MyPaper"(WuoBao) today! Check out page B8 - sorry, its in Chinese. Will try to translate it into English for my English speaking readers. Many thanks to Paddy Tan for introducing me to the writer. Thanks Soo May for writing such an exceptional article. :D You can read more about ... http://miccheng.com/2008/04/23/im-on-mypaper-wobao/ Channel65: HP 2133 Mini-Note PC - Singapore Blogger's Preview from Michael Cheng on Vimeo. Bloggers from Singapore gathered for an exclusive event at Mezza9 (Hyatt Singapore) on 10 April 2008 to preview and get a first look at HP's new Mini-Note PC - the ultralight and small form factor notebook. Check out more ... http://miccheng.com/2008/04/12/hpmini-video/ View more at my Flickr photo gallery Coming Soon: Videos of the Blogger's Preview Event! http://miccheng.com/2008/04/11/report-bloggers-preview-of-hp-2133-mini-note-pc/ I'm owning on Battle Stations! http://miccheng.com/2008/04/10/ive-got-that-sinking-feeling/ I've been invited to a private event on Thurs, 10 April by HP to preview the HP2133 Mini-Note PC. This is HP's first foray into the UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) market. Here's the specs in brief from Engadget's website: 2.6 pounds, Via C7-M processor, 1280x768 8.9-inch screen, full QWERTY keyboard that's just ... http://miccheng.com/2008/04/09/bloggers-preview-of-hp-2133-mini-note-pc/ Check out my spanking new WordPress Theme - its called "Home Sweet Home". Ah... gives you the warm fuzzy feeling ain't it? :D Also added a new "In Series" plugin - so you can read my posts that are in a series. Here's my current series of posts: Why i became an entrepreneur? Childhood ... http://miccheng.com/2008/04/09/upgraded-to-new-skin/ I attended the Social Media Breakfast on Saturday and i brought my new HDV camera out with me... so enjoy! Social Media Breakfast Singapore from Michael Cheng on Vimeo. http://miccheng.com/2008/03/30/social-media-breakfast-singapore/ Just got me a StarHub MaxMobile mobile broadband modem. Couldn't get it to work on my Mac OSX Leopard (10.5.2). The solutions on their website was useless. But i found this useful fix on Apple's website: Taken from: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6318313 After calling Starhub, this is the solution.1. Install the driver from the CD ... http://miccheng.com/2008/02/17/mac-osx-leopard-solution-for-starhub-maxmobile-dial-up/ One of the few things people warn you about Australia is to keep away from spiders for they are venomous. Ha ha... we were working late one night and we found a small colony (ok, 3 lah) of Huntsman spiders crawling outside our apartment - at the balcony. Last week we had ... http://miccheng.com/2008/02/09/spiders-at-the-balcony/ This was taken 1 week ago. I enjoy good food... good company and good wine. Here's an example of the good food found at my boss's restaurant down at Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Australia. Here's the menu at the Aubon Gateau. We had the Barramundi. The good company and good wine! The guy in the middle ... http://miccheng.com/2008/02/08/i-love-good-food/ I'm still stuck in Australia and unable to join my family for reunion dinner in Singapore yesterday... So decided to cook my own dinner today. At 4pm, i went out to the nearby super market and bought the ingredients. - Chicken Breast - Canned stir fry vegetables - A can of button mushrooms - Sesame ... http://miccheng.com/2008/02/07/my-chinese-new-year-dinner/ Got this is the email: :: Schmap London Fourth Edition: Photo Inclusion Hi Miccheng, I am delighted to let you know that your two submitted photos have been selected for inclusion in the newly released fourth edition of our Schmap London Guide: Hereford Arms http://www.schmap.com/london/nightlife_kensingtonandchelsea/p=103618/i=103618.jpg Baden-Powell House http://www.schmap.com/london/sights_kensingtonandchelsea/p=62832/i=62832_3.jpg If you like the guide and have a website, blog or personal page, ... http://miccheng.com/2008/01/21/my-photos-selected-for-schmap-london-online-tourist-guide/ Back in the Gold Coast again. Here's some pictures of my first week back. My first meal back in Gold Coast - Spudzley & Snitchzel. My colleague from New Zealand. Home cooked meal - pork chop + instant soup (bacon & peas) The cook Went to Toowoomba for a meeting at University South Queensland. Stopped ... http://miccheng.com/2008/01/20/first-week-back-in-gold-coast/ Veron's Twitter reminded me of how bad drunkenness can be. That got me thinking about my family. It seems that people in my household are prone to addictive behaviour. My grandfather was addicted to opium, he was a brilliant engineer who worked in the Singapore Bus Company, who smoked his inheritance ... http://miccheng.com/2007/12/26/childhood-dreaming-about-addictions/ I've struggled with that question for a while - are love and career mutually exclusive? I've seen entrepreneurs - men and women alike - reach the pinnacle of industry because of their supportive spouses. My heros - Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Zig Ziglar, Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki comes to mind ... http://miccheng.com/2007/12/26/entrepreneurs-are-love-and-career-mutually-exclusive/ To all the Digg.com lovers out there! This is one awesome song! When I’m feeling lazy, at school or when I work I sneak to my computer, and then I like to shirk I don’t go online shopping, I don’t email with my mom I open up my browser, and go to digg-dot-com Chorus: Gotta ... http://miccheng.com/2007/12/24/digg-the-song/ w00t! Its official! w00t is the word of the year! http://miriamwebster.com/info/07words.htm Check out the rest of the words in the list: 1. w00t (interjection) expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word "yay" w00t! I won the contest! Submitted by: Kat from Massachusetts on Nov. ... http://miccheng.com/2007/12/24/w00t-is-the-word-of-the-year/ Here's what our tax dollars are going to. A nice try to be hip and trendy... but someone needs to be told to act their age. *God! HDTV Man?* LOL... (* The long hair lady's kinda hot though...) Still... props to the folks at MDA who were willing to give it a ... http://miccheng.com/2007/11/22/singaporeans-cant-rap-seriously/ GH, my business mentor, has this running gag that he pulls on me everytime we meet up. He'll smile at me and with a twinkle in his eye ask me the same question that i always dread "Eh, so how? Still a virgin ah?" I had the misfortune of telling him that i ... http://miccheng.com/2007/11/20/i-aint-getting-no-sex/ Thanks to NTT, Farinelli and Daniel... i popped in to Tech65's podcast recording last Saturday morning and they invited me to join in their recording. It was really fun - let's see if you can discern my voice from all the rest of them. View the Show Notes here! Cheers! http://miccheng.com/2007/11/20/im-on-tech65s-podcast/ Its been a while since i last blogged. Had been really busy of late... here's the skinny... Singapore PHP User Group Finally got some positive news on the Singapore PHP User Group that i started last year. Here's the site (http://www.php.com.sg) and the Facebook Group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14934950373). The last meetup was on 14 Nov and ... http://miccheng.com/2007/11/20/long-time-no-see/ Business Lesson: Fail Responsibly Business start-ups seldom happen in a vacuum. It involves clients, employees, suppliers and investors. So when your business does fail, it will affect all these people at the same time: Clients won't have anyone to service / supply them Employees will be jobless Suppliers will lose a source of income Investors ... http://miccheng.com/2007/10/05/entrepreneurs-plan-to-fail-fail-early-fail-responsibly-part-3/