EVACOMICS BLOG

In 5 days time, we will be celebrating our Mid Autumn Festival, a much celebrated festival by the Chinese. It is the 8th month 15th day on the lunar calendar when the moon is at its roundest form. Thousands of years had passed, but our lunar calendar never fails to nail down the date for the roundest moon. On this day, families come together, much like Chinese New Year, to eat mooncakes and admire the bright moon. It is also a custom to give mooncakes between relatives or business associates to wish them have a happy reunion with their families. Mooncakes are traditionally baked with lotus paste filling and sometimes with yolk. These are usually favored by the older generation. However for younger people like me, snowskin mooncakes are appealing too, such as the ones shown above. 再過5天就慶中秋了！以前的天文學家真是厲害，千年後的農曆還是能準確算出月亮最圓的日子。

I liked Astronomy when I was a kid. Too bad NASA will not be getting money to fly anymore. Meanwhile, it's our Chinese Mid Autumn Festival! I'll talk about more in my next post! 中文版請點（更多）→ 

If you're pretty or handsome, you can get away with a lot of things. 中文版請點（更多）→

Just returned from the Borders Sale at Expo with 50% discount off all books. The original price tag was way too expensive, no wonder they're going out of business in Singapore. In fact, you might find some paperback version cheaper in Amazon than the 50% discounted hardcover versions found there. I arrived at 11am and spent 1.5 hours browsing and selecting my books. By the time I join the queue, it was already incredibly long and I had to drag my basket of books for 2.5 hours before reaching a cashier. When I was done, it was already 3pm, too tired and famished to "cheong" (battle) the John Little Sale at Hall 3. Here are some shopping strategies to share when you go to a "clearance" sale: Just grab the things that you're interested in, if you're having a hard decision, just grab and go. By the time you're done scavenging, the queue would have been really long. So if you're going with a friend or family member, a good strategy is to have

Introducing my brand new netbook bought from the COMEX IT fair at Suntec City, Singapore. Yes, I'd been saving up for a netbook so that I won't have to carry my 2.5kg MCP to school everyday! 今天買了一台小型筆記電腦！因為不想每天帶我的2.5kg重的蘋果電腦去學校，所以存了幾個月買的。

Well let's face it, men can never understand women and women can never understand men. No use wasting money on those books that teach you how to read each other's mind. You might as well use that cash on better things, like making the world a better place. You can start by donating to this poor artist :P 中文版請點（更多）→

If there's any rich and handsome guy, 100% chances are that he's already taken! 中文版請點（更多）→

Never ask the waiter if the food in the menu is good or not, it's common sense! 中文版請點（更多）→

Many Japanese restaurants are very small. Their toilets are right next to the tables. So when you're inside doing any kind of business, you have a feeling of proximity with the people eating right outside the door. How do I know? I was in Rolex's position :P 中文版請點（更多）→

I find that food always look better at the other side... 中文版請點（更多）→