To rotate an object in Adobe PageMaker
1. Select object.
2. Select 
in tools panel (Windows>Show Tools).
3. Position mouse at rotating point. Press, hold, and drag in direction of rotation.
4. To use centre of object as rotating point, hold Ctrl (Windows) and drag mouse. To constrain rotation to 45 degrees angles, press and hold Shift.
N.B. Useful for rotating entire pages in its place.
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Techie Tip of the Day
Monday, January 17, 2005
Run for tsunami victims
The Lonely Runner is organising a run for tsunami victims. He plans to run for 24 hours from Friday night to Saturday night at East Coast to raise funds. If you are interested in joining this run, do check out his post for details.
I think I will faint before the 12 hour mark! May consider joining him for a round or two, if I can run on my own/ or with a friend. Don't want to slow him down lah.
So what, do I just show up whenever?
Friday, January 14, 2005
breakfast
If I were to categorise the subjects of my posts, an entire category will be reserved for breakfast.
Toast, melted butter, melted cheddar cheese, and a cup of hot tea. Now I'm ready to begin.
Thursday, January 13, 2005
My restless ghoul
Don't you just hate it when you have to pick up after someone's mistakes?
I wish the powers-that-be will quit treating me like a clerk and realise that my skills exceed taking calls, printing photos, designing layouts, and fixing computer issues. I covet responsibility, advancement and affirmation - a sprinkling of all three will quell my restless career ghoul.
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Monday, January 10, 2005
In other news
Check out singabloodypore's post on Corporate Contributions to Help Tsunami Victims. He contrasts the media's coverage of tsunami giving in Singapore and in the UK. Fodder for thought.
I have finally updated the pic of my fishtank. Check it out!
Where are the bodies?
I am two fish short - one white transparent fish and one red guppy. I assume they are dead. But where are their bodies???
Going from missing fish to eating fish, I think the talk about avoiding fish because they feed on dead bodies is a load of crap. Fish feed on dead bodies all the time. I should know.
Sunday, January 09, 2005
Come by here!
There was a combined prayer service for the people affected by the tsunami at St. Andrew’s Cathedral on Friday, 7th January. It was a moving service – with leaders of the various mainline denominations leading prayers for those affected in the disaster. The Wesley Singers sang the song Kumbayah as a prelude to the service. Kumbaya is translated "Come by here". In light of this disaster, the words rang deep:
Kumbayah my Lord, Kumbayah
Kumbayah my Lord, Kumbayah
Kumbayah my Lord, Kumbayah
Oh Lord, Kumbayah
Someone’s crying, Lord, Kumbayah
Someone’s crying, Lord, Kumbayah
Someone’s crying, Lord, Kumbayah
Oh Lord, Kumbayah
Someone’s praying, Lord, Kumbayah
Someone’s praying, Lord, Kumbayah
Someone’s praying, Lord, Kumbayah
Oh Lord, Kumbayah
The service ended with the call to go do our part as salt and light of the earth, along with the warning not to trumpet our good deeds so that we will get praised by everyone. After a moment of silent prayer, the versatile bells at St. Andrew’s chimed Amazing Grace.
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God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,
though the mountain be moved into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling.
Psalm 46:1-3 (ESV)
Friday, January 07, 2005
New fish!
I have new fish! I bought 4 guppies and 1 suckerfish from Tiong Bahru, but only 3 guppies and no suckers made it alive to my office fish tank. I desperately needed a suckerfish (for non-fish keepers, a suckerfish is equivalent to a self-running energy-saving vacuum cleaner) and so I got one at AMK for a dollar.
(Argh! I spelt transparent wrong!)
I'm keeping the white albino catfish for a friend who has gone away to Australia to work. I don't usually like catfish, but this one is alright - it minds its own business and keeps its nose on the ground. It isn't very big either, so that's a plus point. My friend who owns it is a vet and Mr. Catfish is one of ten dependents she is leaving behind in Singapore. The coolest of her dependents is a schnauzer nicknamed sexy tail.
The three guppies are gorgeous. I don't know how long they will last though. At most three months I say, and if so, I'm lucky already. These beautiful things have a knack of going belly-up at the slightest provocation.
I have one orange transparent goldfish-like-but-not-goldfish fish. This little fella has a swim bladder problem. He can't swim straight. Swim bladders are the most amazing organ in a fish. It keeps a fish bouyant, and in some species, it acts as a sound producer and receptor used in courtship! Read this short snippet for more info.
I also have two white transparent fish, and three orange fish. The white transparent ones were a little daft in the first month - they didn't know how to swim to the surface to get food. I was worried that they would starve. But they got the hang of it eventually. At least one of them. The other is perenially shy. Haven't seen him in ages, hope he is still around somewhere.
And of course I have innumerable neon tetras. They are the hardiest pretty fish you can get for your money. And with the perfect temperment too, unlike my all-time favourite twerpfish, R.I.P.
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
*stupid people
Please click on comic for larger version.
* See gripe about stupid people
N.B. Blasted asterisks**. Can't get rid of them. This year is starting on a very *bad* note.
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
plainspoken prose & other resolutions
I would like to develop a skill for plainspoken prose. My posts have been far too fanciful.
Therefore, resolutions for the new year:
#1 - Write more plainspoken prose
#2 - Walk up more steps
#3 - Fast food* at most twice a week
#4 to #32,236 - Other worthy things** I have the velleity*** for
*not including curry puff
**like jumping rope, spending more time with family, getting a new job, saving the world...
***the lowest degree of volition
N.B. Too many asterisks. Plainspoken prose will begin next entry.
Monday, January 03, 2005
Proposal
Me to the Government - How's about cycling lanes? It'll reduce traffic, pollution and COE prices, promote a healthy lifestyle, propagate the idea that we are a rugged state, and increase the number of adventure tourists... a multi-prong solution.
My condolences to Mr Sylvester Ang's family.
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