Credits: AOH website

AOH 2012 or Army Open House 2012.

Looking at the highlights and programs, loads of stuff to watch and try… heh.
And part of the programs, include leopard tanks and chinook heli and  pyrotechnics for night shows
*hint hint photographers*

In case you can’t view the photo attached, details as followed:

Date: 26 – 27 May 2012 (for Public)
Time: 9am to 8pm
Venue: F1 Pit (next to Singapore Flyer)

Website: NS45 – AOH2012

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Thoughts:

National service, at its 45th year, may seem to be just an obligated 2 year service but not many realize why the need for it.

Through past conversations with Dad, exes and bros, I understand what they do in training does make a different, in time of need.
Even if it doesn’t seem that way to the general public.

So, to those who serve with sweat, tears and pride, with understanding to its need for security and peace…

Thank you.

A digital mixer and a pair of Panasonic earphones…

Wonder what they are for?

Check back later, for the story :p

Habitat-Barclays’ Bare Your Sole Walk is back, for another year of fun walk and fundraising.

To fund projects, to help improve living conditions of those in developing and/or disaster-stricken countries by building homes and assisting in their fight on poverty.

Registration has started, early bird registration will end 23rd April.
Do lend your support and enjoy a fun walk with family & friends!

Event date: 2nd June 2012
Time: 9am to 12noon

Location: Gardens by the Bay, Tanjong Rhu

For more details, check out Bare Your Sole’s website and Facebook Page.

If you love traveling and dream of being a travel host, here’s your chance.
Win up to $S10,000 worth of cash & prizes and the chance to stay in 12 great hotels, across 4 countries.

Eligibility / Requirement:
• Be residing in Singapore
• Be 18 years old and above
• Own an active Facebook account
• Have a bubbly personality, an adventurous spirit, and a love for travel.
• Be fluent in English
• Have the ability to bring to the camera a unique and distinct personality
• Bonus/Advantage: Have prior experience in video blogging

Deadline for the video submission – 11 April 2012.
There’ll be a round of public voting (14 – 23 April), the winning video will be selected and announced on 24th April 2012.

For more details, do head over to AsiaRoom’s FB Page –> LINK
Or AsiaRoom’s Join The Search Page –> LINK

A casual sharing session at The PigeonHole early this month, with Assurity Trusted Solutions’ COO – Mr Chai, cleared some doubts and queries we end users have.

1) Size, look and functionality of OneKey:

Around 2/3 size of EZlink card and 2 EZlink card worth in thickness.

2) What does the codes or buttons on it mean and its functions?

Definitions:

OTP –> One Time Password
CR –> Challenge Response
SIGN –> Transaction Signing

Most banks are using OTP for internet banking verification, I’m sure that’s easy enough to understand.
If you are required to do a bank transfer, users will press on SIGN (Transaction Signing) and input account number and amount into the OneKey and it’ll generate a secure code for your transfer. That would minimize possibility of tampering with the amount and account, which some hackers could do.

The most confusing one would be CR (Challenge Response), which probably gives you a string of numbers as verification for a non-financial login?
Hmm, I could be wrong but I’ll read up on it and update this post.

3) How long will the OneKey last, in terms of battery life?

Battery would last for about 5 years.
You can’t replace the battery without replacing the whole OneKey.
Replacement is at SGD11.

4) Do we need to pay for it and who gets it first?

First device is free for all Singaporeans and PR, subsequent device (replacements) will at SGD11.
As for foreigners, it’ll be SGD11 for first device.

Note:
Somewhat like the NRIC, registered to you.

For more answers, tutorials or FAQ, check out their site –>; OneKey

A handful of companies (Phillip Securities, Kim Eng Securities and ST Electronics) signed on and will be utilizing OneKey.

Will more be joining them?
Eg. the banks and govt sectors?

That we’ll have to wait and see.

After all, it’s difficult to do a major change without incurring some / huge monetary cost and creating unhappy users.
Not forgetting the time and effort to retrain and create documentation on how it works and what it does.

Always a long and tedious process.

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Thoughts:

Frankly, I prefer using OTP through sms but lately, there had been delays for OTP send outs, making it rather unreliable when I urgently need it.
And it seems that banks will need to stop using it by end of this year and start using a token (be it their own or a unified one, like OneKey).

As for the token from DBS, I don’t like bringing it everywhere but I understand the need for additional layer of security, for my transactions.

Well, it will be good if they managed to unify and make it OneKey for all.
I don’t want a bag filled with tokens, for each site… or paying SGD20 for each lost token… -_-”

And there will always be a need to have better, if not more, security for online transactions, be it financial or personal data.
Coming from me, someone who had been hacked previously and received odd / unauthorized credit card transactions from overseas sites – better safe than sorry.

Hmm…