Author: Nick Pan

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Bliss

Cleo having a drink at BlissWhat a wonderful Saturday it was.

Got up at 7:15am and went jogging. Came back, read the papers, had a shower then went straight back to bed. lol…

Kids came back from Chinese class and we got ready for lunch at home.

Brought Cleo to afternoon phonics class, then headed to Starbucks, to have my latte and got some work done. Wife brought Clié to Popular to get some stationary and books, hence i had peace and full concentration.

After picking Cleo up from her class, we headed to Ikea and got hotdogs for the kids as a snack while waiting for their turn to go into the play area. Had tea and chicken wings with wife, we chatted. Got the kids out from the play area and we only bought a $2.90 clock.

We then headed to Punggol Park and had dinner at Bliss.

Wife, kids, food, beer…

Reached home, showered and slept at 9:30pm.

What a day. What a Saturday.

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Steamboating at thepans

Steamboat

My wife loves to have steamboat, hence we have it at home sometimes. This time round we invited my wife’s secondary school friends as its been a long time since we last got together. We also had 2 friends from church who came to join us.

It feels not long ago that i was trying to get acquainted with Pearl’s classmates and trying to blend in. With the years, we all got quite friendly and my wife’s friends are also now my friends. Some are married, some have kids, some are single and very eligible, some got the date wrong and did not show up. lol…

Steamboat

We had a fun time catching up, chatting about life, updating each other on what we are up to. We ate and ate. We had wine too. Lots of it.

Overall, it was a nice and heartwarming evening. We all went to bed nice and bubbly.

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Happy Fathers Day

So what does it take to be a good Father?

A good father is one that does not make his children cry, but makes them laugh. (i fail)

A good father is one that does not let mommy worry about the kids. (i fail)

A good father is one that have patience to teach and educate his kids. (i fail)

A good father is one that will drop everything and give his children his full attention. (i fail)

A good father is one that will not break his promises. (i fail)

A good father is one that feeds his kids with nutritious and healthy diets. (i fail)

A good father is one that will read to his kids every night. (i fail)

A good father is one that will spend at least 1hr everyday with his kids. (i fail)

A good father is one that does not need encouragement from his wife. (i fail)

A good father is one that will do his best to be better at being a good father. (i think i pass)

So to all you fathers out there. Happy Fathers Day.

Keep it real. Don’t give up.

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The Tsunami of Google Wave

I update my online status via Twitterbar, sometimes via the Web, sometimes via TweetDeck. Any of these 3 channels will update both my Twitter and Facebook status. The problems starts when i get @replies via Twitter on Twitter and Facebook comments via Facebook.

So if you can imagine, the mess starts here. Popular sites will only get more popular with tools being built around it as popular sites open up their API and encourage people to innovate and build stuff for them. This means the mess can only get messier when the conversation and interaction grows. This will not only happen to Twitter and Facebook, but for any Web2.0 websites out there that is trying to offer the next essential service or be the next big thing.

I think, this problem might be solved soon and it might be from the recently announced Google Wave.

The wave team started with a few simple and fundamental questions and i simply love the questions.

  • Why do we have to live with divides between different types of communication — email versus chat, or conversations versus documents?
  • Could a single communications model span all or most of the systems in use on the web today, in one smooth continuum? How simple could we make it?
  • What if we tried designing a communications system that took advantage of computers’ current abilities, rather than imitating non-electronic forms?

I still remember learning about Data Normalisation in school 10 years ago. So now, its time for Normalisation of Communication Data.

For those who want to know more about Google Wave, read about it on Wired, Webmonkey, TechCrunch,  Mashable, Wikipedia, there are loads of good explination out there.

So its cool we are going back to fundamentals, its cool that the net will soon be experiencing a new rebirth. Its cool that conversations / interactions no matter where they are will eventually be done in a similar fashion while allowing individual websites / services to retain their autonomy. Someone have to lead this revolution, why not Google.

The Tsunami of Google Wave is imminent and i’m so looking forward to it.

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Ice Skating

Clié and Cleo Ice Skating

For those who don’t know, the first time i set eyes on my wife, i was wearing ice skates. That was in 1993 wow… now 16 years later I’m bringing her daughters out ice skating.

Clié and Cleo asked me to bring them ice skating 2 months ago and i promise them that i will during their June school holidays, so today is the day.

The last time i brought Clié skating she was 4, Cleo could not join as she was too small and the are no ice skates her size. Now she is ready and i’m glad she could just hold the bar and move around herself.

After i wore her skates, my dad carried her down and put her on the ice with the bar, when i was done wearing my skates, she was already out and about moving around happily. So cool.

Cleo learning how to ice skate

I think Cleo at least went around the rink like 15 times. She kept going and going as i told her the more she did it, the better she would become. She started just walking on ice, but after a while i could see that she is pushing the ice correctly. Yay! I think she really enjoyed it.

Can you spot the girls

Clié and Chole could already inline skate, so they could ice skate quite well. Its good to see kids enjoying themselves and really feeling confident in what they can do.

After the ice skating session, we had a simple lunch, then went to catch Monsters vs Aliens. With popcorns, soft drinks, the kids could not ask for more.

Isn’t it great to be a kid! No need to pay for anything at all. The damage that day was substantial. lol… but well worth it.