2011

A Life Less Ordinary

Digital Siantar Saturday, 31 December 2011 Add Comment Adventure Sports, Life, Travel and Expeditions Edit

I once led a normal life. Some would call it ordinary. For a while, it was what I wanted... and then it wasn't. So I quit my job as...

iPhone 4s Camera... Wow!

Digital Siantar Monday, 26 December 2011 Add Comment Bike, Gear, Reviews, Travel and Expeditions, Web and Tech Stuff Edit

It's been said that the best camera is the one you have with you (originally from Chase Jarvis ) and the iPhone 4s camera brings you one...

Top 4 Travel Must-Haves To Keep You Healthy

Digital Siantar Saturday, 12 November 2011 Add Comment Gear, Life, Travel and Expeditions Edit

These are my top 4 travel must-haves. They have multiple uses and purposes and can often replace more than one item in your travel kit. Th...

Bottles vs. Hydration Bladder

Digital Siantar Monday, 7 November 2011 Add Comment Adventure Sports, Bike, Gear Edit

Which is better for mountain biking: water bottles or a camelbak style hydration bladder pack? It's an age old debate that I'll try...

Drak Bike Park: As Good As It Gets!

Digital Siantar Saturday, 5 November 2011 Add Comment Adventure Sports, Bike, Reviews Edit

With 65km of groomed and maintained singletrack, Super D and downhill courses, is Drak Bike Park as good as it gets? Drak Bike Park is situa...

Lighten Up!

Digital Siantar Wednesday, 2 November 2011 Add Comment Adventure Sports, Bike Edit

I'm in the process of lightening up my Giant Anthem X. I'm hoping a lighter bike will save me some energy for the upcoming grueling...

Howz it Ride?

Digital Siantar Monday, 31 October 2011 Add Comment Adventure Sports, Bike, Reviews, Travel and Expeditions Edit

I've been riding my 2011 Giant Anthem X for over a month and I think I can give it a pretty good review. The Anthem X is my 3rd full-s...

Resistance is Futile

Digital Siantar Thursday, 6 October 2011 Add Comment Photography Edit

Camel and Handler at Sunset. Nikon D300, 18-200mm, F/14, 1/400, ISO200. Getty Images is one of the big players in the stock photography bus...

To Buy Or Not To Buy

Digital Siantar Wednesday, 5 October 2011 Add Comment Gear, Web and Tech Stuff Edit

I wonder if any other Apple fans are as disappointed as I am over Apple's announcement last night about the new iPhone 4S? I'm kin...

It's been a strange journey...

Digital Siantar Thursday, 29 September 2011 Add Comment Adventure Sports, Bike, Gear, Reviews Edit

My entry into the 2012 Cape Epic mountain bike race in South Africa sent me on a quest to find the perfect mountain bike to complete the ev...

Vision 2030 Singapore

Digital Siantar Thursday, 4 August 2011 Add Comment Adventure Sports, Life Edit

Vision 2030 is an initiative by the government of Singapore to explore the opportunities in sport to best contribute to the future developme...

The Green Corridor

Digital Siantar Sunday, 17 July 2011 Add Comment Adventure Sports, Bike, Life Edit

The Green Corridor is the nickname given to the disused railway line in Singapore when the Malaysia-Singapore KTM trains ceased operations o...

Future Camera Now

Digital Siantar Tuesday, 12 July 2011 Add Comment Everest, Photography, Web and Tech Stuff Edit

I had a look at the Micro Four Thirds (M4/3) system a while back. Back then, I wasn't interested in shooting video, and the bodies I l...

Mt. Everest Photography Equipment

Digital Siantar Friday, 8 July 2011 Add Comment Adventure Sports, Everest, Photography, Reviews, Travel and Expeditions Edit

Greeting the sunrise just above the First Step (8500m) on the North Ridge of Mt. Everest. It had been a cold, windy night. Panasonic LX3. ...

Everest Summit Day

Digital Siantar Saturday, 4 June 2011 Add Comment Adventure Sports, Everest, Travel and Expeditions Edit

Traversing the North Ridge of Everest at about 8700m on the way to the summit. Photo by Jamling Bhote. The previous summit day of May 26th ...

30 Days of CrossFit

Digital Siantar Thursday, 7 April 2011 Add Comment Adventure Sports, Everest, Travel and Expeditions Edit

I've just concluded a month of CrossFit (well, four weeks to be exact), and well, I'm sold on the whole concept - CrossFit workouts ...

Supplements For High altitude Mountaineering

Digital Siantar Wednesday, 30 March 2011 Add Comment Adventure Sports, Everest, Travel and Expeditions Edit

UPDATE: With the exception of the liver tablets, I no longer take or recommend these supplements. Please standby for an updated post to fin...

Peak Training for Mt. Everest

Digital Siantar Tuesday, 29 March 2011 Add Comment Adventure Sports, Everest, Travel and Expeditions Edit

It seems there is no one 'best' way to train for climbing the big E. With less than a month to go, Esther Tan, my team mate for E...

The Cult of CrossFit

Digital Siantar Saturday, 26 March 2011 Add Comment Adventure Sports, Life Edit

Pulling the sled around the block at CrossFit Singapore. Photo by Laura Liong Tucked away in a Kallang industrial estate amidst motorcycle ...

2011 Equipment List for Climbing Mt. Everest

Digital Siantar Monday, 14 March 2011 Add Comment Adventure Sports, Everest, Gear, Travel and Expeditions Edit

Fresh off Aconcagua and with Everest looming right around the corner, I'm scrambling to get my gear cleaned, organized and packed. I...

Cerro Aconcagua

Digital Siantar Sunday, 6 March 2011 Add Comment Adventure Sports, Everest, Travel and Expeditions Edit

A climber at sunrise on Aconcagua It was our first morning at Basecamp Plaza Argentina. I was awakened by the thumping beat of an approachi...