29 August 2009

Jurong Railway Line | Bridge Over Ulu Pandan River

Following tips from Lam Chun See's blog, we walked the abandoned line from Sunset Way to Faber Heights. Crossing the bridge over Sunset Way was okay stepping on the huge I-beams. But crossing the Ulu Pandan River needed some self-persuasion. On top of that, one of the side railing was loose and we almost lose one of our fellow hikers.

We had to stop at Faber Heights because trees were growing on the track itself and prevented further progress. At first we moved to the sides but these were full of pot holes, so we decided to leave the railway line and headed for the park connector to take us to the next section. LTA was doing some survey and planning a slip road in this area. Further down the line just after the bridge over the Pandan River, the line was boarded up for further construction work.

Because it was a hot day, we stopped here and visited Jurong Country Club instead then retired to a coffee-shop for a beer.

15 August 2009

Zamzar Helps To View Word2007 Files

An online colleague sent me a Word2007 docx file. I could not read it 'cause my version is 2003 and I do not want to install the 20mb reader. So uploaded to Zamzar and voila got my file emailed back in Word2003 format.

12 August 2009

Grooveshark -- Listen to Free Music

Grooveshark -- Listen to Free Music

Get access to any song by any singer and play it for free. Choose an album and it will continue to play the songs in the album. Good as background music while working.

05 August 2009

Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test

Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test
Local from Starhub the results were 8.47 mbps download .73mbps upload ping 23.

From LA to SG were 2.6mbps download .44mbps upload ping 222.

Local time is 09.51hr

My broadband is supposed to be 8mbps. As all my sites are overseas, should I downgrade?