From Straits Times, September 18:
“Surprising jump in new home sales last month
Private property sales up 25%; most were less pricey ones away from central area
By Fiona Chan, Property Reporter
SALES of new private property homes made a surprising jump last month, despite August being a traditionally slow month for property deals.
Home buyers seemed to brush [...]
Archive for September 19th, 2007
19 Sep
Jump in new home sales
19 Sep
Happy 25th birthday, emoticon!
The emoticon turns 25 years old today.
:-)
From Straits Times:
“Prof Fahlman posted the emoticon in a message to an online electronic bulletin board at 11.44am on Sept 19, 1982, during a discussion about the limits of online humour and how to denote comments meant to be taken lightly.
‘I propose the following character sequence for joke [...]
