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Congratulations to Alvin Chin!

Posted on March 4th, 2006 by Sacha Chua
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Congratulations to Alvin Chin on his successful proposal – and I don’t
mean the scientific kind! Eiffel Tower, eh?

We’re still waiting for the podcast… ;)

E-Mail from Alvin Chin

Random Japanese sentence:

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(Psst! Clair! Fuwafuwashita neko… ;) )

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