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缘中秀 - 紫微斗数

2008-11-28T22:10:00.004+08:00

Recently i got a call from a friend whom i have not been conteacting for at least 1 year.... The 1st thing he said was "要不要去算命"? I was like?!?!? How random can that be? But out of curiousity i asked where and what kind of fortune telling? He then mentioned that it is not some expensive fortune telling session or anything, the place is located at Toa Payoh and the fortune telling tells your fortune by your Aura. Aura?! Hmm, since it is not very expensive so i agreed to go with him as he also told me that the price is only $18.00 =P

On 27th Nov 2008, 8.45pm, i met up with Leon at Toa Payoh, we headed straight to the Fortune Telling Center. Upon reaching, i was surprised that the place is actually big and commercialized, not anything like what i have imagined it to be "Household auntie sitting in front of a red altar". Any way, Leon introduced me to his friend whom is actually working there, from there his friend brought me to 1 side and said that they are going to take a photo of me..... I was quite puzzled on why take photo? What has it got to do with fortune telling????

缘中秀 Photo

He then explained to me that the camera they are using is not any common camera, their camera will be able to capture the Aura around me.... Still feeling kinda skeptical, but since im ready to pay that $18, so i obliged =.= I was then asked to sit on a really "Blockish / Squarish" Chair, with my hands on the arm rest (Feel like going to be executed on a Electric Chair) and they snap a photo of me.

Thereafter, i was led to a consultantion room, and inside was a lady, well dressed in formal attire. I was then told that she will help me deciphere what eactly my Aura is saying..... Below is what she told me about me, everything was conversed in Mandarin, but im now not in the mood to type chinese, so i will just explained in English....

Before the consultant peeled off the cover from the instant photo that was taken earlier, she told me that she can sense that there will be blue in the photo.... After looking at the photo, i was like... What the..... There is only blue and green on my photo, whereas the photo of my friend is so colurful, with Red, Yellow, Violet etc.... The lady then told me that from my Aura

The 1st thing she saw is that i have not been sleeping well, it's not like im not having not enough sleep, it's that i am sleeping very light
2ndly, she said that i am currently stable in my job and has not financial worries (NOT TRUE!!! I NEED MORE $$$)
3rd, my photo has no red in it, which means that i has no fire, in other words, i have no "Drive" (冲劲), and i need someone with "Fire" to push / motivate me.
4th, said that i am stubborn, as stubborn as a bull =.= once my mind is made up to do something, it is quite impossible (not impossible) to change my mind. She also quoted that if i want to do something "This" way then i will have it my way
5th, she also said that i am the type of person whom is not socialable kind, in any circumstances, i will not be the one that pops out to some one and introduce myself, instead i will sit by a side and observe what a person is really like before i open up (This is very true!!)
6th, im someone who is very conserved, and does not express my emotions to anybody, she quoted an example where i am in a scenrio where i had been hurt deeply, and was crying the whole nite, but i will still appear nothing has happened the following day (你实际上已经受伤了，而且伤的很重，不过你会隔天就在别人的面前当作什么事都没发生过)
7th, this is the part that bothers me the most. She said that i will not find long term happiness (你很难找到长久的快乐，因为你追求完美。当你做任何事，你会做到满意为止，而当你满意之后你会觉得你还可以加强的，还可以做的更好) Simply to say, that i want the best for everything, be it the things i do, the things i possess and even my partner....

After the consultantion, the lady offers me to sign up for their 紫微斗数 service, which will cost $98.00 =.= (Gimmick!)

Well, after some many things that she had told me, those mentioned above are some of the things that she told me which i find them true. Well, it is still up to my friends to tell if the above description fits me? >.<>

Simple Life

2008-06-12T23:50:00.004+08:00

12th June 2008 (Thursday)

Im feeling so emotional these days.... Probably due to having to juggle work and studies at the same time.... At times i wonder, did i made a wrong move to take up this job? Am i really capable to manage it? Or is it just luck or maybe favoritism from the boss?

Im totally drained from work. I have got exams coming this Monday, and i have not started to study.... Meetings after meetings, conferences after conferences, work keep piling up.... there is literally no time for study at all.... How i miss my old job where i take calls from customers. Day by day, no stress, office hours over, pack my bag and go.... Totally no worries....

While i was going home today, i overheard a couple's conversation. How should i describe them? Dressed in T-shirts and shorts, abit to the plump side, and personality wise, hmmm.... I dun wanna be rude or anything, maybe i could say that they are just a simple minded couple. Im not out to mock at them or anything, in a matter of fact, im envious of them. Living a simple life, with not much worries. And most importantly happy...

Any way, i was saying, i overheard their conversation, the husband is telling his wife "老婆，这份工你一定要做下去，老公现在没有办法养你。等老公赚多多钱以后你就不用作工了。还有你的EzLink Card我已经帮你Topup十块钱了，用完了跟我说，我再帮你 Topup" I even hear that the wife wanting to get a cellphone, and the husband is saying he will definately buy for her once he saves enough money, and the wife happily said "OK" and replied "我爱你老公". Then the thought of being simple can also be so sweet and happy, those words really touched my heart.

How life can be so simple and happy if money is never an issue in your life. You begin simple, you live simple. People are grown too attached to this materalistic world, we can never get satisfied. We got a decent job but is still complaining our job sucks, we get to wear designer clothings but we yearn for more, we are dining in restaurants and we are complaining the food is lousy.... How life can be so simple if we don't begin to have all those things...

Thinking back, comparing myself to the couple, i feel i have nothing.... and they have everything in the world.... Or should i say, at least they have one another.....

It's Been a Long Time

2007-12-26T17:11:00.001+08:00

26th December 2007 (Wednesday)
It has really been a long time since i last log on to this cob webbed site of mine..... Not much things have changed thou.... But at least i know no one will be viewing my entries any more.....

For these past few months, i have been thru quite a rough ride.... Feeling really down and at times im ecstatically happy. I wonder if it is due to work or could it have been something else? I really don't know the cause.....

It really bothers me, many a times im feeling so alone even thou im at work or around "Friends" or another word to put it acquaintances. I have realised that i have got no one to turn to in times of need and no one to share my sorrows and no shoulder to cry on when i needed one..... What can be worse is that i have got no one there to even to share my happiness.... That's how pathetic i am

But some how or rather, i know that i can make it thru myself... I know it cos it has been this way for the past 26yrs.... And it definately made me a stronger person

Granado Espada Fashion Show

2007-09-03T15:21:00.000+08:00

3rd September 2007 (Monday)

Horray... Off day today, but still gotta go for lesson tonight =(

Any way, was quite free now and so decided to write an entry on my blog.... In fact nothing much to write, so i just wanted to post some pictures on my characters wearing different armour from Level 1 - 100. It looks more like a fashion to me than increasing the defend of my characters =D

Original Costumes	Level 20-30 Armour
Level 40 Armour	Level 50+ Armour
Armour for Level 64+	Level 72+ Armour
For Level 84 and above	Mutation Costumes

Long Time No See

2007-09-03T14:49:00.000+08:00

02nd September 2007 (Sunday)

It's been quite awhile since i last blog, was kinda busy with school work and of cos gaming =P Aside from rushing for my school project, i spent most of my time playing a new game that i started about a month ago...

For the past 1 month or so, i spent most of my time leveling my characters, going on quest / mission with frens.... Not until recently that we joined another faction, only then we started to have some real action in he game =D The most fun i had was going for the Level 51 faction quest in Prison Mohgus, about 25 faction members participated in the raid and we did a great job. But still it took us 2 tries before we manage to clear the mission. The Boss in that area is damn tough =P

Level 51 Faction Quest

Madonna's Cruxifiction

2007-07-14T18:49:00.000+08:00

14th July 2007 (Saturday)
Catholic priest positively reviews Confessions Tour

The Colombian daily El Tiempo published a column by a priest who said he has seen Madonna's DVD of her latest concert tour and defends her 'crucifixion' and nudity and calls the show a model of evangelization.

In a column entitled, 'Madonna: A Suggestive Presentation of Jesus,' Jesuit Father Carlos Novoa, former dean of the Department of Theology at the Javeriana University, said he was impressed by the 'deep spirituality' of some of Madonna's choreography and claimed her parody of the crucifixion 'is not a mockery of the cross, but rather the complete opposite: An exaltation of the mystery of the death and resurrection of Jesus' and a 'creative and moving' work of art.

Father Novoa said the DVD recording of Madonna's 'The Confessions Tour' was something worth viewing for its 'high aesthetic quality.' The song 'Live to Tell,' in which Madonna is 'crucified,' 'is one of the best sermons I have witnessed in my life,' and he challenged Catholics to follow the example of the singer.

'In this postmodern, skeptic world in which so many people abhor or are simply uninterested in the faith, will ministers of the church and Catholics in general have this audacity and this creativity to communicate a Jesus who truly shakes people up on the inside?' Novoa wondered.

The Jesuit priest also defended 'masculine and feminine nudity,' expressed not through 'cheap pornography' but through 'erotic beauty.' He compared Madonna's choreography and nudity with the works of Michelangelo, 'who filled the walls of the Sistine Chapel, the sacrosanct place where the holy father is elected, with frescoes of nude men and women.

'Father Novoa said renowned artists and art critics consider Madonna to be 'one of the best choreographers of our times.' 'In her excellent stage presentations, she sometimes makes use of both male and female nudes, which scandalizes some, as in the case of Michelangelo,' he claimed.

Novoa acknowledged that some of Madonna's antics are 'ridiculous,' but, he claimed, 'they said the same thing about Beethoven when he debuted some of his best compositions and about Picasso, one of the great guides posts of modern-day art, when he presented his master works in 1907: 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.'

Polo Double Black

2007-06-03T02:20:00.000+08:00

26th May 2006 (Saturday)

In conjunction with the Great Singapore Sale, i bought a bottle of the Ralph Lauren's new fragrant "Polo Double Black" It comes with a free travel bag ^^ Its actually the travel bag that i like, so i can say that im buying the bag that comes with the fragrant instead of vice versa =D People who knows me should know that im a CK one guy. I mean its my trademark smell since my secondary school days =P If it weren't for the bag, probably i might not be buying it at all O.o

Polo Ralph Lauren's "Double Black"

Any way i got this fragrant at a discounted price of $100 only. Thanks to Kok San, who's working at CK Tang, he got me the 20% staff discount and so i saved $25. This should be way of the GSS ;)

YumCha 饮茶

2007-05-29T23:01:00.000+08:00

25th May 2007 (Friday)

Off day! Today was supposed to be meeting up with Leon and Julie to go YumCha (饮茶) @Chinatown. As Leon got something important to attend to, so our appointment was cancelled. Not wanting to disappoint myself, i called Meizhen if she wants to go YumCha with me =P

Met up with Meizhen at around 2.15pm went down to Chinatown and the timing was just right. 3pm Buffet High Tea ^^ When the waiter came over to serve us, the 1st question was "Do you have the promotion coupon?" We were wondering what promotion they are having now, so Meizhen asked the waiter. Later found out that if we cut out a coupon from 优周刊or print out from a copy from their website, then we are entitled to enjoy the buffet at a special price of $15Nett. Usual was $16.80++ Being the 三八woman, Meizhen tried to use 美人计on the waiter hoping that we could pay the special price without the coupon =P But it seems like 岁月不留人her 美人计no longer works. And so being the 三八us i volunteered to go down to buy a copy of 优周刊=P

蛋塔eating me

Meizhen & 点心

Just like always, we ate till 6pm (Last serving for the High Tea Buffet) =D We then went on down to Bugis to meet Yanfen for a shopping spree. Sadly nothing really caught my eye so i ended up empty handed while the 2 women got some really good deals from Bugiss Village.... We also bumped into some guys dressed in the Pirates of Carribean clothings to promote the film. So Meizhen went on over to take a photo with 1 of them =P

From there on we went on to Liang Seah for a drink to do some catching up. Actually i wasn't really keen as im feeling kinda tired. But Meizhen insisted that i kept her company as Yanfen has asked along a guy friend of hers whom is a total stranger from Meizhen. And so our nite ended at almost 1am =(

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My Bday Present =P

2007-05-24T23:56:00.000+08:00

24th May 2007 (Thursday)

Alamak.... Went shopping during lunch time yesterday and saw this amazing Nike Free! It's love at first sight.... My intention was to get a slipper or a sandal but now i came across this lovely shoe =/ Don't want to make any hasty decision, so immediately i went back to office.

Called 肥肥for some advices. Asked him if he should see a shoe that he likes and if its not some special edition will he buy it? The answer from him was "NO" so i decided to stick with that decision then....

Then came today, my mind is still thinking of the shoe..... Went down to the shop during lunch to look at the shoe again. At that point im still hesitating on whether to buy it anot? Once again, not doing anything rush, i left the shop got my lunch and went back to office.

9.15pm time to go home, shut down my pc and pack my things. Ok, my mind is made up, looking at my watch, the time is 9.20pm, thinking to myself, if i go back to the shop now, and if its close then i will totally give up the thought of buying the shoe, but if its still open at this hour then im destined to buy it..... By the time i reached the shop, its already 9.35pm, guess what? The shop is still open and there are still quite a numbers of customer in there, so i guess im destined to buy it =P

This could be a birthday present for me as i have not gotten anything for myself for this year's birthday ;) So Happy Birthday to Me ^^

Premonition

2007-05-23T01:03:00.000+08:00

23rd May 2007 (Wednesday)

OMG OMG OMG!!! Sandra Bullock's new movie "Premonition" will be in theatres on 21st June 2007!! Be sure to watch it ^^

Check out the Trailer....

Feast and Party

2007-05-22T23:38:00.000+08:00

19th May 2007 (Saturday)

Working on weekends isn't that bad after all =P No boss around to breath down your neck and monitor everything you do or say.....

Canadian Pizzas

Today, Nelson, Julie, Albert, Rajesh, Andrew and myself is on duty..... At around 1.30pm, the call volumn was not really heavy then, and we were discussing on what are we going to have for lunch.... "Canadian Pizza!" I shouted out =D 6-241-0-241 (2 for 1, Oh, 2 for 1) So we ordered 1 Large Atlantis Pizza and got a Veggie Delight for free ^^ Besides that we also ordered a 5piece Jumbo Chicken wings as side dish.... Plus a free complimentary of a 1.5 litres of Ice Lemon Tea to go along with our meal ^^

It's like a small party, we feast and joke. It's so enjoyable when no bosses is around =D And i watched 3 episodes of Nip Tuck on my lappy ^^ Kinda enjoy working on weekends ;)

Hey You

2007-05-18T23:50:00.000+08:00

18th May 2007 (Friday)
Fans can now download the Pharrell Williams produced Madonna song Hey You for free (for seven days only) from MSN at liveearth.msn.com/green/Madonnadownload

MSN will donate 25 cents for each of the first one million downloads - so what are you waiting for?! Go and get a this Brilliant song and also to do a part for Live Earth!

Night Out with Colleagues

2007-05-18T23:35:00.000+08:00

16th May 2007 (Wednesday)

"Want go supper?" Leon asks. Thinking that even if i don't join him for supper, i would probably end up buying macdonald's back home, so i agreed..... So we ask Albert to join us. At around 9.15pm, while we were packing up, Kelly popped into the office. Since she's here so might as well ask her along.....

"Where you guys want to go at this hour?" Albert asks.... "Changi Village?" I replied. Being at this kind of hour, we guess that that will be the only place that still opens. So we took a cab there.

Decided to have 煮炒for supper as not many stores open late.... Ordered some veggies, fried calamari, Sting Ray and some fried bee hoon. Agreed to have some beer, but never expected that we ended up having 9 bottles =/ Actually wanted to stop after 2 glass or so, but as usual, to 应酬 drank till forget how many le..... =/

When its time to go, the time is already 12.30am.... Took a cab back together as all of us stayed around Tampines area. When i got home, feeling kinda dizzy after the drinks, immediately brushed my teeth, skipped bathing took 2 Panadol and went to bed. Woke up at around 3am, feeling kinda sick, went to the kitchen to drown myself with water. Hoping that it replenishes the water i lost..... I really suck at drinking.....

Thank god, i made it thru the sickly stage and went to work only 15mins late ^^

Surprise Bday Party

2007-05-13T18:37:00.000+08:00

10th May 2007 (Thursday)

Everything seems like any ordinary day. Time is 7pm and the big boss has gone back for the day..... I was chatting with Sam when Alex came barging into the office. Where is the Bird Day Boy?

Was really surprised as there were not at all any sign that there will be a surprise party for me!!! Usually im quite alert to this kind of arranged surprises. Really feeling very touched and also happy that my beloved colleagues have made this effort to plan this for me. Even though its not really some big birthday bash and also not that im getting lotsa presents.... But its the thought from everyone that moved me. I LOVE YOU GUYS / GALS

More Photos (Here)

Happy Birthday

2007-05-11T21:58:00.000+08:00

09th May 2007 (Wednesday)

Hmm.... Sad, even thou its my birthday today, im not enjoying every second of it..... Reason? Cuz im down with a 39.6 degree celcius high fever since Sunday! Until today im still feeling very weak and feverish =/

And so i slept throughout the whole day, while receiving well birthday wishes smses from all of my beloved friends ^^ Thanks to Alvin, my IT helpdesk, he's the very 1st person who have wished me thru sms and also friendster. Cheryl Cheo, even thou she has left SCB but still remembers my BIG DAY. Nashy, always been a very thoughtful and caring friend whom never fogets my bday. Joyce, my sweet lil ex-Singtel colleague whom always bickers with me when we were colleagues. Jessica, a always so chatty friend and someone who can be trusted. Meizhen, my teenage "Sister" where we used to share no secrets between us. Sam, the sweetest one, sang me a Bday song when im half awake lying on my bed feeling half dead. All you guys and gals really brightened up my day, Thanks again all and Muacks!

Then later in the evening, when i thought i was feeling better, so i decided to meet my pal Shawn in town as he had plan for a bday celebration. But never did i expected, when i reached town, my body gave way, im feeling all so weak again.... Not wanting to spoil the mood, i suggested that we could juz go some where for dinner and i requested to have some soupy stuff. So Shawn suggested that we have our dinner at Soup Spoon,. But things did not turn out well... Think im really too sick for anything, i ordered the mushroom soup, when i took the 1st 2 spoon of the soup immediately i felt nausea.... So no choice, i waited for Shawn to finish his share and i took a cab home.

Sorry Shawn that i spoilt the evening.... I will make up to you, it will be my treat when i've recovered.

Old Friend

2007-05-10T20:13:00.000+08:00

08th May 2007 (Tuesday)

Drats..... Im still feeling feverish. This fever has been running since 05th May (Sunday) And the highest point was at 39.6 degree celcius =/

Met up with one of my secondary school pal and so call "Sister", Meizhen (Joyce), at Tampines Stadium. Its been more than 5yrs that we have not seen each other. Decided that we go have the cheap cheap sushi for lunch. Didn't expect her to bring her bf along..... Making me feel kinda awkward as i never like to go out with couples.... But luckily, her bf left after the lunch as he is going back to work. Thereafter we went over to Tampines Mall to shop around, it all juz feels like yesterday that we were shopping and gossiping others =D

波罗包+鸳鸯红豆冰

Time really flys when we are having fun.... By the time for me to take my medication, its already 5.30pm, we came to a stop in one of the Cafe located at the top most floor of TM. Its a Hong Kong style cafe, selling all sorts of Hong Kong snacks and beverages (Reminds me of the food during my HK trip =P) But sadly, the food is nothing compare to the authentic Hong Kong cuisine, frankly speaking its not nice at all =/

By 7pm, her bf has knocked off from work and came over to meet her as they are going down town for a movie. Being a sick man =P I was offered a ride home ^^

3rd Dental Appointment

2007-05-07T11:02:00.000+08:00

3rd May 2007 (Thursday)

My 3rd dental appointment on the 3rd of May. What coincidence =.= Any way today the dentist did a filling for me as the last extraction of my right bottom wisdom tooth has resulted a hole in the tooth in front of it. The filling costs me $90 =/ The dentist also advised me that the left bottom wisdom tooth needs to be extracted too as it is starting to decaying also =/ And so he scheduled me for another appointment on 12th May 2007 (Monday) $$$ again =(

After my dental appointment, i met up with Jasper. Accompanied him to Orchard for his Chiropractic treatment. Thereafter we went Bugis for a few games before settling ourselves for a sumptious 天天火锅 buffet. Like always, i enjoyed it. The soup is simply irresistible ^^

Spiderman 3

2007-05-07T10:34:00.000+08:00

2nd May 2007 (Wednesday)

Caught Spiderman 3 with Tim. Normally Shawn, Tim and myself are always the trio when going for movies. But this time round, Shawn "pang-seh" us as he has already seen it on his last trip to JB with his camp mates.....

Tim went down to the Cathay Cineplex to get tickets at around 1.30pm. After which he jio-ed me to play a round or 2 of Dota as the show is at 4.30pm. After 1 round of Dota, the time is about 2.50pm. He asked me for another round but i said that i needed to prepare myself otherwise im sure to be late for the show.....

Some how or rather, given so much time to get ready.... Im still ended up late =.= Tim called me at 4.30pm sharp but im still on the MRT.... So he insisted that i get off the train and take a taxi instead.... Thinking that it will be faster if i take a taxi.... So i got off at Paya Lebar station and took a cab from there. But still i reached Cathay at around 5.05pm =.= Not much difference even if i continued my ride on the MRT =.= Waste $$$ taking taxi.

After the show, Tim rushed off as he has an appointment elsewhere so i met up with Shawn for Dinner @Hans Restaurant at National Library, we discussed about moving out together with Tim... Seems to us like it wouldn't be any time soon as we are not financially stabilised yet..... After dinner we went seperate ways..... Shawn went to gym while i make my move back home.

On my MRT ride home, i got a call from Chris, he jio-ed me to go Tampines mac juz to "nua" there as he is meeting his friend later. He's apparently with 肥肥 so i got off at Simei station and 肥肥 drove over to fetch me to the 201 mac. As usual our talk is full of Sarcasm on other people.... Think my mind is being polluted by that 2 crude bros.... Better stay away from them =D

Stitches Removed

2007-04-25T20:14:00.000+08:00

25th April 2007 (Wednesday)

Yeah.... Finally got the stitches removed! Snip snip, cut cut and its done, its simpler than i had imagined.... But bad news is that doctor say i need to go back for another appointment to do some fillings!?!? Fillings for what? To fill the gums? =/ Any way have to go back for another dental appointment on 3rd May 2007 @2.30pm ..... $$$ again =.=

Handphone Spoilt

2007-04-23T20:21:00.000+08:00

23rd April 2007 (Monday)

Was supposed to meet up with Nash @Orchard. There's alot of catching to do as we had not seen each other for almost a year or so.... But the stupid rain ruined our plan.... So stayed at home and nap the whole day.

Decided to pay Nokia Care a visit as my N80 is starting to give problems..... Firstly is the music player, whenever i play my Playlist, the phone will hang after 1 song and will not go to the song automatically and ended up i have to manually skip to the next song =/ Besides that it is starting to get laggy... Since my warranty is up to this May, so might as well i get this problem fixed..... So im phoneless for the next 24hrs! SOBZ....

My Lust for Good Food

2007-04-23T20:12:00.000+08:00

22nd April 2007 (Sunday)

Last day of MC and after so many days of torment, finally i could no longer control my lust for good food after having to eat stuffs like porridge, soupy noodles etc... Today im gonna stuff myself with my favorite Japanese Cuisine!

Met up with Hanzy and friend at PS to go for a sushi feast!!! As usual Hanz is late..... When he arrived we walked over to Parklane's Suki Sushi for dinner after which is dessert @TCC before returning home feeling satisfied =P

Limited Edition Snake Skin Nike Free

2007-04-21T16:56:00.000+08:00

19th April 2007 (Thursday)

Yes!! The long awaited shoe is finally here. A new addition to my Nike Free collection ^^

Package direct from Japan

The Invoice

Snake Skin Nike Free

Extraction of Wisdom Tooth

2007-04-16T19:43:00.000+08:00

16th April 2007 (Monday)

Finally, i managed to survive till today... Went to consult a dentist in Tampines Central "Lee & Lee Dental Surgeon Pte Ltd" Waited for almost an hour before its my turn, never expected to have to wait for so long to see a dentist, it was really a big surprise to see a crowd in the clinic -.- Never ever that i imagine that it could be so crowded in a dental clinic, there are about 4-5 consultation rooms there and all are fully occupied!!

Any way, when it was my turn, i went into the consultion room.... It always makes me nervous whenever i visit a dentist, probably this is what i call dentist-phobia =D The doctor attending to me is Dr Chua, quite a young chap, initially was thinking if he's capable enough for the job? -.- After awhile, found out that he is in fact very experienced and very attentive too =P He kept probing me if i got questions and explaining the whole problem to me etc.... And during the whole operation, he kept talking to me, trying to calm me down, knowing that im all tensed up =P

After the Op, i was asked to wait outside to fill up the form so that i can claim from my Medisave. When being asked for the payment, i got a shock of my life!!! $724.50!!! WTF, the information i got was like about $100+ per tooth. No choice gotta pay 1st and wait for the Medisave claim ba.... Before i leave, a nurse came running out saying that the doctor would like to see me again?!?! I was like "Huh" Any way, went in to see him again, he told me that he just wanted to make sure that my wound has stopped bleeding and to change the gauze for me. Im really paying for the service -.- And i will be back to the clinic on 25th April 2007 to remove the stitches. Dunno how much will it cost this time =(

Medicines

My medicines : Left to Right : Anti-swelling pills, Anti-biotics, some more anti-biotics (green), viagra like pain killers -.- and lastly the antiseptic mouthwash. The 1st 2 medicines is exactly the same ones i got from the the clinic where i went to for my puffy sore eyes -.-

Toothache

2007-04-15T23:31:00.000+08:00

14th April 2007 (Saturday)

Happily go Geylang 旺角点心for supper. After supper something terrible happen! Toothache!! KaniNaBuChaoCheeBye, Chao Kotek, Pua Chee Bye!!!! The pain is really unbearable!! What a time for a toothache!! Sunday NO DENTIST!!! Whoa lao, gotta wait till Monday, dunno if i can survive till then anot?? Or will i just die in my sleep because of the pain? O.o No mood to blog now, will update the 旺角点心when im in less pain.....

Free Movie Tickets to SHOOTER

2007-04-12T20:12:00.000+08:00

12th April 2007 (Thursday)

Dear colleagues,

We have achieved our targeted number of volunteers for the movie screening with the visually impaired this Friday (13 April) – thanks to those who have volunteered to be 'sighted guides'.

We have another 150 movie tickets up for grabs. If you are interested, please email your name, department and contact number to sg.xxxxxxxx@sg.standardchartered.com by 11 April 2007.

Details:
Date : 13 April 2007 (Friday)
Time : 6.15 pm
Movie : Shooter (action thriller starring Mark Wahlberg)
Venue : Orchard Cineleisure (Coke Red lounge), Level 5

See you there!

Note:
- Tickets are for staff only and on a first-come-first-served basis.
- Please collect your ticket at the Standard Chartered private cocktail reception at the Coke Red Lounge on Level 5 at 6.15pm.

Being a typical kiasu Sporean, upon receiving the above email, immediately i sent out an email to request for a ticket =P And shortly after that i got a reply....

Hi Patrick,

I’ve noted your reservation.

Please be there at Orchard Cineleisure on coming Friday at 6.15 pm punctually at 5th level, Coke Red lounge.

There will be a small reception held.

See you on Friday!

Ps: your staff pass will be needed for the event. A reminder will be sent out on coming Friday morning.

Cheers

Best Regards,

XXXX
Corporate Affairs
Standard Chartered Bank
X XXXXX Road
#100 - 00
Singapore XXX000

Yeah!!! Free movie tickets ^^ Luckily another few of my colleagues also got the tickets, we consider ourselves lucky as they are only giving away 150 tickets =P

TMNT

2007-04-06T00:46:00.000+08:00

2nd April 2007 (Monday)
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Heros in a hard shell..... Turtle Power" This is a part of the song of my favorite cartoon series back in my childhood days =P Watchin the movie really brings back alot of my childhood memories ^^

Met up with Hanzy at The Cathay Cineplex, meeting time was supposed to be at 6pm, but stoopid Hanzy came late. And its not 15 or 20mins late, its a frigging 40mins late! ARGH... i was like standing outside Cathay pacing around like an idiot =.= Initially when he arrived i was kinda pissed, but looking at his all so "innocent" "funny" looking face, i just can't be angry anymore =D

Me and Funny Hanzy

Immediately we bought the tickets and rushed over to Parklane's Suki Sushi for dinner. Thanks to Hanzy i did not enjoy my fav Japanese cuisine as we had to rush through dinner as the show starts at 7.30pm.....

Left Eye Infection

2007-04-02T23:16:00.000+08:00

31st March 2007 (Saturday)

Zzzz.... Ring ring ring.... "Whoa lao who could that be? Disturbing my slumber.... Im on nite shift tonite lei....." Answered my phone, "Hello...." The other side, "Hey bro, its me suhaimi, are you working tonite? Can you bring the Nero disk for me?" "Ok...." My eyes were closed during that conversation.... When i finally got up from the bed, i realised that i could not open my left eye, when i tried to force it open, it hurts like shit..... I then went to the mirror and realised that my left eye is swollen, all puffed up like as if i got a punch from Bruce Lee....

I quickly went on to take my shower as the time is already 5.30pm and im supposed to be working tonite.... Rushed down to see my company doc, the 1st clinic i went to is a disappointment, from the moment i saw the doc, i knew he's a noob..... Firstly he stammered when he speaks and his dress code is so unprofessional!

Doc : Whaaatt's wroong?

Me : My left eye is all swollen.

Doc : Oooopeen your eye....

Me : (Tried to open it) Cannot, it hurts to open.

Doc : (Try to force open it)

Me : (Softly) Ouch.

Doc : Ok, i cannot see what's inside i will need to refer you CGH A&E.

Me : Ahhh?!?! Ok....

Referal letter to CGH -.-

He then gave me 2days MC and wrote a letter to refer me to A&E. I was quite skeptical on his professionalism. So not wanting to go queue in A&E and spend too much $$$ so i decided to go visit another company's clinic.

2nd Doc : What's wrong?

Me : Swollen left eye.

Doc : Since when?

Me : Since i woke up juz now at around 5.30pm.

Doc : Open your eye.

Me : Can't, i hurts when i tired to open it.

Doc : (Forced open my eye)

Me : (Softly) Ouch

Doc : It's an infection, its not those common sore eyes, its quite bad, but i will give you some anti-biotics, some anti-swelling pills and an eye drop, it should heal in awhile.

MCs from the 2 clinics

My medicines

Then she wrote me another 2days MC and asked me to collect my medicine outside. After collecting my medicine, i went on to buy dinner at the hawker center, meanwhile called up office to inform them that im on 2days mc.... After i got home and had my dinner, i took 1 dosage of the medication and went to rest my eyes, after an hour or so, i can open my eyes and the swelling subside.... Now i know which clinic has a better and more experienced doctor =.=

Secondary School Friend

2007-03-28T12:59:00.000+08:00

28th March 2007 (Wednesday)

Lol..... Been working in Tampines CPF Building for almost 3 years+ never even notice that one of my secondary school friend is working in the same building as me. For 3years! We have not met each other until recently....

Me & Normalah

Clarke Quay with Colleagues

2007-03-25T22:10:00.000+08:00

09th March 2007 (Friday)

Friday nite.... supposed to be meeting Jianhui @Bugis but some colleagues jio-ed to go Clarke Quay for a drink, so thinking Bugis is a almost all weekend event so i pang seh-ed Jianhui and went along with my colleagues (Danny, Albert, Patty and Kelly....)

When we reached there, the time was about 9.45pm as most of us finished work at 9pm.... not wanting to go drinking with an empty stomach, we had a quickie at Long John before starting our nite there ^^ Our first destination was a bar named "Asylum" locted just at the entrance to Clarke Quay, we settled there becos most of the bars inside is kinda pack then.... We had quite a few drinks before we decided to go bar hop.... =P

Patrick & Patty =P

Me & Kelly ^^

After Asylum.... we wanted to check out "Clinic" as layout of that bar is kinda cool.... or should i say special.... Just like the name, their design is basically just like a clinic.... to me it looks more like a hospital =/ Any way.... the bar is totally full and no choice we continued to hop on to check out some other cool bars..... And finally we came to a stop at "Fashion Bar". The place immediately caught of eyes as the interior looks kinda classy and comfy.... so looking inside, there seems to be some unoccupied seats we went on in and settled out nite there.....

JB trip with Shawn & Tim

2007-03-05T12:10:00.000+08:00

28th February 2007 (Wednesday)
Its the last day of February.... Time really flies.... I spent the last day of February at JB with 2 of my buddies, Shawn & Tim. It was really a coincidence that all of our off days falls on today. ^^

Supposed to meet up at Bugis at 10am... As usual i overslept and made them waited for 40mins =/ Really felt bad about that.....

By the time we reach JB, it was almost 12noon. First thing first..... we need to fill our empty stomach.... We all agreed on something not so expensive as we had a long day to go =P So we settled lunch at a coffee shop. We had Herbal Chicken, Baby Kailan and some Char Siew for lunch..... This shop was recommended by 佩芬 the last time i went JB with her.....

Thereafter, we went over to the cinema to see if there's any good shows.... As its a Wednesday (Their "Movie Day") it costs only RM6.00 which is dirt cheap! So we decided to watch some movie that is not worth spending SGD9.50 to watch in Spore =P And our choice was Norbit!

Me, Shawn & Tim

Brownies for Desert

After the movie, we went to have a quick desert at Secret Recipe as the brownie there is a must have every time we visit JB. From there on, we moved on to Taman Sri Terbau to have our dinner..... As usual, being a seafood lover, we could not resist ourselves from the temptation of ordering alot (Video of us Ordering our food =P). We had, Crayfish, Steam Fish, Vegie, StingRay and a plate of Salad油条. Its another sinful day as we basically ate the whole day long.....

Click HERE for More Photos

初七, 人日

2007-02-28T23:30:00.000+08:00

25th February 2007 (Sunday)

Today is 初七so call the人日, so we had 捞鱼生at home.... in actually fact its not really 鱼, it's 鲍鱼! Yeah..... tastes so nice, at least it's something different from the traditional 生鱼片 ^^ Really enjoyed the new dish with a abit of beer to go along with =P

鲍鱼生^^ Abalone Yu Sheng

River Ang Bao 春到河畔

2007-02-27T02:07:00.000+08:00

19th February 2007 (Monday)

Another squeezy day out with Shawn.... Went to the River Ang Bao located near Marina Square to have a feel of the CNY atmosphere. Didn't really had a filling dinner before we went, so one of our objective is to get our stomach filled there =P

While walking there, a round of fire works started at around 9pm... we were like "WTF" why is there fireworks? Being not informed of the timing of the fireworks, we missed it, only to hear the loud BOOMs =(

The 十二生肖 (12 Chinese Zodiac) Lantern

This trip was not at all a disappointment as we met our "Objective". We tried out lotsa food there ^^ We had the 臭豆腐 (Video of 臭豆腐seller HERE), wheat grass with green apple drink, 扣肉包 and also some weird looking and slimy China Snack..... And also not forgetting, we even went to the BIG 财神爷 there as there were alot of people crowding there waiting for the 财神to "Throw Money" which is believed to bring good money luck and also some of the "Money" he threw has got 4 numbers on it where you can bet on the 4D..... Being the "Kiasu" Singaporean, we saw some folks opened up the umbrellas and carry it upside down so as to catch more "Money" =.= What an ugly sight....

Full Photo Album (HERE)

CNY Eve

2007-02-23T01:35:00.000+08:00

18th February 2007 (Sunday)

Sigh... i know this year my ang bao money will be so much lesser liao... cos of the 白事 last year.... So after just a so call gathering dinner instead of the reunion dinner i headed down to Chinatown to have a feel of the CNY atmosphere as till now i have not tried counting down to CNY =D

Me Acting Cute =P

As expected, very squeezy and packed made our way into the 年货市场 and squeeze thru the whole stretch to see if we can find any good last minute bargains =P Unfortunately the prices was not really that fantastic, heard that if you really want to get a really good price, you gotta wait till around 12+ zzzz So we decided to just walk around and wait for the countdown and fireworks (Click HERE for Fireworks Video) ^^

While squeezing in the crowd, we came across a store which was crowded with people and there were lotsa people queueing up for something so he made our way thru and discovered that its some really unique Thai snacks (Click HERE for Thai Snack Video). We find the way the make it really interesting hence we joined the queue and go for a try =P The skin is tasteless but inside its wrapped with strips of sugar, kinda like it as i've got a sweet tooth ;)

Chinese Dance

Dim Sum Supper

After some squeezing and pushing, it really tires us out and made us kinda hungry even thou we already had our fills from our reunion dinner.... So we picked out the nearest restaurant we see and went on inside to settel for a round of supper before the final countdown to CNY.

Full Photo Album (HERE)

M by Madonna

2007-02-22T01:00:00.000+08:00

22nd February 2007 (Thursday)
These are the full range from the latest fashion label "M by Madonna"

Done with CNY shopping

2007-02-13T06:10:00.000+08:00

13th February 2007 (Tuesday)

Finally, after so many months of shopping.... my shopping list is finally completed.... I have got all the things that i needed, from tops, bottoms, shoes, accessories (belt, socks) and even undies =P

Things that i bought for CNY....
1) Ambercrobie & Fitch Polo Tee
2) Armani Exchange Belt
3) Limited Edition Stussy Nike Free
4) Berm, Polo Tee & Short Sleeve Shirt (From FOX)
5) Levi's "Red Loop" Jeans (From Spore) $199!!!! Msia Cheaper...
6) Levi's 501 Jeans (From Msia) only @RM286
7) Mossimo Dutti Polo Tee (Gift from Shawn on Xmas)

Mossimo Dutti

Levi's Jeans

Armani Exchange Belt

FOX Items

Abercrombie & Fitch

These 2 pairs of Nike Free are the new addition to my Nike Free Limited Edition Collection =P

Stussy Nike Free

Kameda Bro Pack

M by Madonna

2007-02-13T04:23:00.000+08:00

13th February 2007 (Tuesday)

Was browsing thru 1 of Madonna's site and came across this fantastic news! She is collabarating with a well-known Swedish Fashion Brand H&M established in 1947 (Hennes & Mauritz) co-branding a label named "M by Madonna" which will be launching in 28 countries on March 2007

One of the Campaign Shots for "M by Madonna"

More Campaign Photos from M by Madonna --> Click HERE

Press Release of M by Madonna @H&M Official Site --> Click HERE

The Wait Is Finally Over

2007-02-09T02:58:00.000+08:00

08th February 2007 (Thursday)

Mysterious Amazon.com box =P

I wonder what's inside??? Hmmm...

Wrapped up sooooo tight!!!

OMG!!!! It's finally here!!

It's 2 disc!! I'm so happy =P

It's finally here, i have been waiting for it for 1 whole week!!! The mental torturing wait is finally over =P I just got it today when i woke up from my afternoon nap.... Still got no time to watch it yet as i woke up late for my night shift today =( So looking forward to get home tomorrow morning and watch it.....

Madonna DVD Arriving Soon ^^

2007-01-31T00:03:00.000+08:00

30th January 2007 (Tuesday)
YES!!! The DVD i pre-ordered is arriving soon!! I placed the order on 28 Jan 2007 as i was doing nothing during my mid nite shift =/ Any way, is very looking forward to it liao!!! Yeah, even thou the estimated arrival date is 15 Feb 2007. Im keeping my fingers crossed that it will come earlier =D

Good Luck to me..... ^^

Shipment Confirmation

Eat Eat Eat on my Off Day

2007-01-30T02:20:00.000+08:00

25th January 2007 (Thursday)
Nowadays i can't really sleep as much as before.... Probably is becos of the shift duty that im currently in that upset my normal sleeping momentum =( So i woke up like around 9am!!! That is consider very very early for me =X

Called Shawn to see if he has woke up as i prviously heard from him that it's his off day as well. Actually when i called him, he was still sleeping, its me that woke him up. I insisted and forced him to go shower and meet me for breakfast =D

We met up at Chinatown as we decided to have Dim Sum for breakfast. Heard from a fren that the Yum Cha Restaurant is having buffet Dim Sum. So we headed there to check out the price if its reasonable.... But unfortunately, the buffet is only for High Tea and we could not be bothered to wait till then.... So i suggested that we go to another place as my craving for Dim Sum is very strong =D

红星酒家 Dim Sums

While walking aimlessly around Chinatown for food.... i remembered that there was a chinese restaurant called 红星酒家 around Chin Swee Rd which is supposed to be quite famous for their Dim Sum.... And so i lead the way as Chin Swee Rd was the place i grew up from ;)

I used to stay around Chin Swee Rd for more than 12yrs and i had never been to that restaurant before..... And finally today i get to try the food there. It's really as good as what the reviews says, it's marvelicious =D Thereafter we went for a few rounds of Dota at Parklane before going over to Suntec to do some CNY shopping as i have not get any bottoms yet....

Don's Pie Packaging

Sheppard & Chix Pie

Walked around the place for almost 3hrs but can't find anything that can catch my eyes, probably is becos i already had in mind on what to buy, its just that im waiting for it to go on sale as it costs $199! So after our wasted shopping trip, we settled down at Don's Pie for a quick lunch.

More Photos (HERE)

Madonna's Confession World Tour DVD

2007-01-29T08:11:00.000+08:00

29th January 2007 (Monday)
The Confessions Tour, filmed at London's Wembley Arena during her worldwide sold-out 25-city Confessions Tour (2006's top-grossing tour world-wide), features songs from throughout the dance diva's career but largely focuses on Confessions On A Dance Floor.

1 more day to the official launch of Madonna's BIGGEST SELLING WORLD TOUR DVD!!!

For Pre-Orders from Amazon.com ---> (HERE)

For Pre-Orders from IconMadonna.com ---> (HERE)

Very Very Belated Xmas Present

2007-01-20T08:29:00.000+08:00

19th January 2007 (Friday)

"Eh, Pat..... Merry Xmas!" I was like HUH?!?!?!? Sam then handed me a small packet of thing wrapped in colourful Mickey Mouse wrapper...... He then said that its a very very very belated Xmas gift from him.... -.- He had always wanted to pass it to me since Xmas but it always seem to have slip his mind.....

Any way, still, im very happy that he bought me a gift even though i didn't get him anything =P But i have always buy small gifts for him whenever i comes back from my holiday, so we can call it quits =X Most importantly is that i really like the gift he bought.... It's my all time favorite! A "Chip & Dale" collar Pin from Hong Kong Disneyland!!! It's really lovely! Thanks Sam ^^

New Sony Ericsson

2007-01-18T22:52:00.000+08:00

18th January 2007 (Thursday)

Whoa check out this new Sony Ericsson phone! Can anyone tell me what model is this? And when will this be released in the market???? It looks damn cool and slick!!! Aiming for it liao =P

天天火锅

2007-01-16T14:40:00.000+08:00

31st December 2006 (Sunday)

Actually our plan was to have dinner at 天天火锅 then head over to catch a movie. As it was New Years Eve, being 天天火锅 the restaurant was fully booked for the whole evening and besides that most of the cinemas are full house! So left with no choice, we booked the 天天 at a later time slot and decided to eat over the year =P

It was not that bad, at the stroke of 12am..... we can still see the fire works from the big grass patch outside the restaurant.

Really nothing special this year.... but again, nothing is more special than spending the last day of the year with my closest buddies having a hot pot of steamboat in a cooling nite =P

Photos & Video

Post Xmas Party in SCB

2007-01-11T04:15:00.000+08:00

29th December 2006 (Friday)

I know, i know, i know, its abit too late to blog about Xmas =( but still im going to write it down as i treat this blog of mine as some sort of a diary.....

Leena & Liu Ping was so busy running around the office when i arrived work at 12pm.... they are preparing all the food and beverages for the upcoming party for the day..... they were so busy running down to NTUC buying some last minute necessities, and doing some last minute prepartions like setting the tables and making sure the food we ordered arrive on time and also helping to lay out all the presents that we each contributed.....

Lucky Draw Prizes

And after their hard day of work the party finally kicked start at 5pm! Initially our big boss forbid us to have beer and alcholic drinks in the office, but after some sweet talking and psycho-ing he finally agreed to our requests =P This is the 1st time that our whole dept got to party in this new office of ours.... and we really enjoyed ourselves with all the food and drinks, espically during the lucky draw, everyone of us are very excited and are keeping our fingers crossed hoping to get the grand prize =P

I really had a wonderful post Xmas party with all my beloved colleagues, we partied till like almost 11pm before calling it a day...... Its a great way to end a year after a long year of hard work in the department. And i sincerely thank Leena & Liu Ping for putting in so much efforts in making this party a memorable one =)

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Xmas Day 2006

2006-12-26T23:18:00.000+08:00

25th December 2006 (Monday, Xmas Day)

Slept till around 1pm due to the long tiring trip back from KL.... called Jianhui and jio-ed him to collect my long awaited mail order from Rakuten Japan ^^ Another Limited Edition Nike Free called the "Kameda Bro Pack" whoo was so excited as i waited like almost 1mth for it O.o After which we had lunch at Long John before sending me home......

Cousin, Thomas later came over to fetch me over to cousin, Gina's house for our annual Xmas dinner ^^ Yeah, a time for the family to get together and have fun and gift exchange ^^ During the dinner, i suggested that for next year's dinner, why not have a BBQ style instead of the traditional turkey dinner and will eventually ends with a log cake as dessert -.- So, im looking forward to something new next year, hope they will plan for a BBQ session instead =D

Click (HERE) for Photos & (HERE) for a Short Clip

Xmas Eve 2006

2006-12-26T22:15:00.000+08:00

24th December 2006 (Sunday, Xmas Eve)
23rd Dec 2006, 2105hrs Rush rush rush.... OMG got a bus to catch at Golden mile @2215hrs and im still at Tampines! Gotta be quick, cannot procrastinate any more!!! The KL trip was kinda a last minute thingy.... a camp mate of mine actually jio-ed me to KL juz last Tuesday. And thinking that im always spending Xmas either @Orchard or some clubs/pubs so decided that i should have a change.... so i agreed for this last minute trip.

Reached KL at around 0500hrs and due to the last minute plan, we did not book any hotel, thinking that we can just simply check into any hotel, be it budget or any hotel as long as there's a place to rest that will do.... but we were so wrong to made that move! Every single hotel there is FULL!!! We walked like almost 1hr along the quiet street of KL and we could not even find 1 single hotel that has juz 1 availbale room! That's how bad it was!!!! So no choice, we waited till the 1st train arrive and we took it down to KL Central and immediately 2 very tall building caught me eyes! It's the "Hilton" and "Le Meridien" hotel. Not wanting to walk any more, so i insisted that we check into either one of them..... We eventually chose Hilton as it's RM$20 cheaper than Le Meridien =P but still it costs like RM$426 -.-

On Sky Bridge

Dinner Time!

Any way, we rested for 2 hour or so before making our way to the Twin Tower (World's 2nd tallest building) for the Sky Bridge Tour. We queued for like almost 2hrs before we went in for a 15mins tour on the Bridge where we get a clear view of KL, and thereafter we had our brunch @Manhattan Fish Market. Was kinda hesitant as dunno if its as good as Spore's but still decided to try it out as we were really hungry then..... and to my surprise, its as good as Spore's, and the best part that its very cheap! The Fish & Cheap is like only RM$14.00!

Had our fills and we went on a shopping spree!!!! Did some really last minute shopping there.... Bought an Adidas bag for my cousin, Gina and also 2 Nike Tees, 1 for my dearest best fren, Shawnie and the other 1 for a good fren of mine, Pika-Chew =P From there we decided to go back to the hotel to rest as we really were tire out by the long bus ride =(

At night we went on to Bukit Bintan for some more shopping spree... This time round i did not buy anything as i think i might have over budgeted this month =( so i need to control on my spending Sobz T.T It was really crowded there, it's really similar to what's happening @Orchard Rd, crowded with youngsters having fun, partying and the usual spraying of the foamy thingy at people -.- I was so afraid that i will get sprayed so i spent most of the time in the shopping mall =D Had a quick count down and we rushed to the bus station as our ride home is 0030hrs. Was kinda rushing trip, but was quite fun thou, at least i went some where different from every year =P and i really enjoyed the Sky Bridge Trip ^^

View more Photos (HERE)

Memorable Childhood Days

2006-12-16T11:16:00.000+08:00

16th December 2006 (Saturday)
Well, This really brings back so much memories For those who studied in Singaporean primary schools... Remember these? Heartwarming and a little funny... the things we used to do... 50 things for Singaporean teenagers. Sit,enjoy and think back about the past...Were you one of these?

>>1. You grew up watching He-man, Transformers, Silver hawk and Mickey Mouse. Not to forget, Ninja turtles and Smurfs too.
>>2. You grew up brushing your teeth with a mug in Primary school during recess time. You will squat by a drain with all your classmates beside you, and brush your teeth with a coloured mug. The teachers said you must brush each side10 times too.
>>3. You know what's Bin(1) Fen(1) Ba (1) San(1) is all about.
>>4. You know what SBC stands for.
>>5. You were there when the first chinese serial, the Awakening was shown on TV.
>>6. Internet? What the hell is that? So you thought a decade or more ago.
>>7. You find your friends with pagers and handphone cool in Secondary school.
>>8. SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned. The bus seats are made of wood and the cushion is red. The big red bell gives a loud BEEEP! when pressed.There are colourful tickets for TIBS buses. The conductor will check for tickets by using a machine which punches a hole on the ticket.
>>9. Your favourite actor and actress is Huang Wenyong and Xiangyun. Next is Lee Nanxing and Zoe Tay and the Aiyoyo woman.
>>10. You've probably read Young Generation magazine. You know who's Vinny the little vampire and Acai the constable.
>>11. You were there when they first introduced MRT here. You went for the first ride with your parents and you would kneel on the seat to see the scenery.
>>12. Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50.
>>13. Gals are fascinated by Strawberry Short Cake and Barbie Dolls.
>>14. You learn to laugh like The Count in Sesame Street.
>>15. You longed to buy tibits called Kaka(20 cents per pack), BeeBee(10 cents per pack), the black ??? pack where you can win $1 note inside and Ding Dang chocolate(50 cents per box), that had a toy in it and it changes every week not forgetting the 15 cents animal crackers and the ring pop, where the lollipop is the diamond on the ring.
>>16. You watched TV2(also known as Channel 10) cartoons because Channel 5 never had enough cartoons for you.
>>17. All that you know about Cantonese is from the Hong Kong serials you watched on TV2.
Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The Three Investigators, Famous Five and Secret Seven are probably the thickest story books you ever thought you have read. Even SweetValley High and Malory Towers.
>>18. Civics and Moral Education was "Hao3 Gong1 Min2".
>>19. KFC used to be a high class restaurant that serve food in plates and let you use metal forks and knives.
>>20. The most vulgar thing you said was asshole and idiot and THE MOST EXTREME WAS 'super white'...you just couldn't bring yourself to say the hokkien relative.
>>21. Catching was the IN thing and twist the magic word.
>> 22. Your English workbooks was made of some damn poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow.
>> 23. CDIS was your best friend.
>> 24. The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellised characters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you maths.
>> 25. Waterbottles were slinged around your neck and a must everywhere you go.
>> 26. Boys loved to play soccer with small tennis balls in the basketball court or play something that uses tennis ball to hit other players known as "HUM TAM BOLA" during recess /after school.
>> 27. Hopskotch, five stones, chateh and zero point were all the rage with the girls and boys too...
>> 28. Science was fun with the balsam and the angsana being the most important plants of our lives.
>> 29. Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and John, eternalized in our minds from the textbooks. Even Mr Wally.
>> 30. During PE you did stupid exercises like seal crawl and frog jumps and play games like "Captain Ball"
>> 31. Every children's day and national day you either get pins or pens with 'Happy Children's Day 1993' or dumb files with Happy National Day 1994'.
>> 32. In Primary six you had to play buddy for the younger kids like big sister and brother.
>> 33. Chinese teachers were always old, boring and damn fierce looking.
>> 34. Your form teacher taught you maths, science and english.
>> 35. The worksheets were made of brown rough paper of poor quality.
>> 36. You went to school in slippers and a raincoat when it rained, and you find a dry spot in the school to sit down, dry your feet, and wear your dry and warm socks and shoes.
>> 37. Famous Chinese singers were only Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok and Leon Lai
>> 38. School dismissal time was normally around 1 pm.
>> 39. There would be spelling tests and mental sums to do almost everyday.
>> 40. Your friends considered you lucky and rich if your parents gave you $3 or more for pocket money everyday.
>> 41. During class gatherings, parents always tag along in case someone gets lost at Orchard Road.
>> 42. You freak out when the teacher tells you to line up according to height and hold hands with the corresponding boy or girl.
>> 43. Handkerchiefs were a must for both genders.
>> 44. Collecting notebooks and all kinds of stationery (eg. eraser) was a popular thing.
>> 45. Autograph books were loaded with "Best Wishes", "Forget Me Not", and small poems like "Bird fly high, hard to catch. Friend like you, hard to forget".
>> 46. Class monitors and prefects loved to say "You talk somemore, I write your name ah!"
>> 47. There were at least 40 people in one class.
>> 48. Large, colourful schoolbags were carried.
>> 49. You brought every single book to school, even though there was one thing called the timetable.
>> 50. Collecting idol cards and dragonball cards (especially those shiny ones) is a very IN thing. to do.
>>51. You get whacked on your palm for not doing your home work, and if your tell your parents they will say you deserve it!

>>52. You play games like "Pepsi Cola 123" "Crocodile Crocodile may we cross the river" or maybe "Er4 ling2 wu3 aka 2 0 5" with your neighbours....

>>53. Canteen used to be known as tuck shop, and we buy yakult and vitagen because they give away cool toys.

>>54. You get freaked out when you are called for dental check ups.

>>55. Most of us order milk, and will be delivered to class for us once or twice a week.

Dilemma

2006-12-11T21:05:00.000+08:00

11th December 2006 (Monday)

Yet another lousy day at work. I used to be so strong and never needed anyone by my side and i survived the last 25yrs. Not until recently that i realised that im not that strong after all, im so weak and vulnerable, i get upset so easily. I got nobody to confide in when im down, nobody to turn to in times of need, i need to shout out, i need to cry, i need vend my frustrations! Think im going into a state of depression..... ARGH....

Its been another lousy day at work. For the past 2 weeks i have been struggling to go to work. This is the 1st time in the last 2yrs 9mths in SCB that i had this feeling, and it feels really sucks and i hated it! The management is killing all my enthusiasm in my work. Have been constantly thinking of leaving my job. Management is applying pressure causing me to go into the state of dilemma. Maybe its time for me to have a change in environment. So i guess for the time being i can only let nature takes its course.

Re-Servist

2006-12-09T21:53:00.000+08:00

28th November 2006 (Tuesday)
Whoa shiok ar, song ar... this is what i get from my colleagues when they hear me saying that i will be going for my re-servist. Most of them in fact are looking forward to their re-servist. Mostly claims that its a time for some gatherings with old friends and slack..... They even says that time passes very slowly as there's really nothing to do, and basically you just need to find ways to sleep throughout the whole duration.....

Until when i personally went into re-servist then i realise that those things they say were just merely words of encouragements..... Everything back there is like going back to BMT training.... except that we don't kena tekan like "dogs"

What we did during these 3days of training 28/11/2006-01/12/2006 is bascially just some refresher course on how to operate the rescue equipments and also to re-train us up physically! Nothing else but sweat sweat sweat and more sweat, training under the hot sun really almost got me dehydrated -.- And for those who have not went for their re-servist, hope and pray for good vocations..... and never hope for anything that people tell you, most of the time it will only end up to you as a DREAM!

Hand Burnt & Cooked!

Just look at what the sun did to me and you can roughly imagine how the training was like and i did not sleep throughout my reservist =(

Some PHOTOS! during my training.

SCB Annual Dinner & Dance 2006

2006-12-03T12:27:00.000+08:00

24th November 2006 (Friday)

Its the time of the year again where all SCB staff can let down their hair and have fun the whole nite long.... This year our D&D was held at Suntec Convention Hall, previous years it was held at Swissotel. But any way, most importantly is that every had fun, we don't really care where it will be held =P

Party till almost 1am before i left with Lena and gang to MOS. Actually my dept had booked a hotel room @Conrad and their plan is to have a second round of drinking session and also to have a game of poker.... but as i feel that im not a good drinker nor a good gambler, so i decided to join the Direct Banking gang instead.....

When we reached MOS, the place is really packed, mostly packed with our SCB staffs as most of them came down straight after the dinner and besides that its a Friday nite hence the club is really packed..... but still we managed to get inside. Did not really have much fun here as we were very disorganised and the other reason is because the place is too packed and most of us got squeezed all over the place and we lost sight of one another, and we ended up partying in many small groups of 3-4 people. Eventually someone got pissed and decided to call it a day, he smsed all of us to meet outside MOS as he finds that it really sux here and also no point of continuing if we are all seperated. So most of the people agreed that its a mistake to come MOS and many decided to call it a day as their mood was ruin, instead of having fun in there, we spent most of our time inside searching for missing people..... and so many decided to go back home while some went for supper and others decided to go some where not so crowded for another round of drinking......

For me i joined Jaslyn and gang for another round @Devil's Bar..... we then took a cab down Forum, had supper @mac before proceeding to Devil's Bar. We then spent the rest of the nite there till almost 6am.... Jaslyn even got drunk and im the one eneded up sending her home as she stays in Tampines, can say that it was fun yet tiring gathering with my beloved colleagues ;)

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Nike Free Priority 5.0 (4th Decade Ultraman)

2006-12-02T16:45:00.000+08:00

24th Novemeber 2006 (Thursday)

Whooo.... finally got mood to start blogging again, its been quite some time since the last time i wrote my entry. Any way, another update on a new shoe i bought. Recently was really into those really rare and limited edition Nike Free 5.0 shoes. Especially those that can't be bought in Spore. I have some how managed to find a way to make order from Japan via Vpost hence was quite busy doing shopping on the internet =D

In the begining i was quite skeptical about it, as im so scared that it would be some scam that will probably debit the money from me end up sending me something that does not match with what i've ordered, what's worse is that they don't even send me anything and just disappeared with my money =(. But i took the risk on trying it as i really loved the shoe very much. After a long wait, the shoe finally arrived on 24th November and i really heave a sign relieve =D

Shift Work!

2006-11-02T21:29:00.000+08:00

02nd November 2006 (Thursday)

Sigh.... im officially going on shift duties wef 3rd Nov 2006..... Given a 3days off since 31st Oct as a compensation for starting of my shift! And tonight will be my last night....

Met up with YongCheng today as im really feeling very bothered by this new shift work thingy.... Hence decided to go for a shopping therapy and i bought anothe pair of the Limited Edition Nike Free =P At least after that i felt slightly better, and hope that this happiness can last =(

Without Lights

With Lights!

Limited Edition Nike Free

2006-10-24T23:31:00.000+08:00

24th October 2006 (Tuesday)

So long no update liao.... guess maybe put somethng on to make sure my blog isn't collecting and cob webs =.= Any way, went to Orchard with JianHui as we had previously agreed. Actually Chris Hong Mun Heng is supposed to be coming along with us, but he came out with a lamest excuse "Leg Sprained"! Sigh.... dun wan go say dun wan go la, give such lame excuse.... =P

Met up with JianHui at Heeren as i saw as Limited Edition Nike Free shoe last weekend. As he's the shoe expert, so i dragged him along to give me some comments on the shoe. Initailly still hestitated whether should i buy the shoe, as i already got a exact same pair at home, juz that the one i saw is limited and in a different colour.... After some hesitation, finally decided to buy it, treating it as a reward for my past weeks hard work at work ;) Really did not regretted abit after i bought it, as its really very special. The whole shoe changes colour under strong lights! This really made the shoe special and made me feel that my money is well spent =D (Some consolations)

Normal Edition Nike Free

Without Lights

With Flash Light!

Busy Busy Busy....

2006-10-16T00:30:00.000+08:00

15th October 2006 (Sunday)

Busy busy busy...... Have been really busy for the past 2weeks. But some how or rather im glad as i feel that im progressing in my current job. Maybe is becos i did the right thing at the right time.... about 2weeks ago, our dept's head of unit popped by our office, he was walking around the office and noticed that our table is all messy with lotsa papers and he's surprised that we are still depending on papers to work.... he then sat beside me and started to make suggestions on whether if we could streamline our current work process and and go into a paperless working environment..... at that point ideas kept running thru my head on is it possible to do it? So after he left i really sat down and thought about if there's really way to go "Paperless"! So after some brainstorming with my mgr, Sam. I finally came out with some thing and proposed to my Boss. And never expected that it really worked out and all the bosses liked my idea and now we are working with my new process....

Not long after that, my Boss came to me again and asked me if i can take up another responsibilty, to come out with a script and some simple process for the migration of Thailand's work to Spore. Because of this new project, i have been cracking my head on the new process and on few occassions i worked till like 11pm worked till forget time -.- But i hope i can come out with something soon.... Besides of the new Thailand process which i need to come out with, im also given the responsibilty of training new staffs! As our dept is expanding, we will be recruiting lotsa new staffs, but current we already got 3 new colleagues. I forsee that there will be more coming in, so guess i will need to come out with a set of training notes for them, so that it will be easier and more organised when giving the training....

14th October 2006 (Saturday)

Met up with Liu Ping, a new colleague of mine. She's from China and came to Spore about 4yrs ago and has just recently graduated from NUS. Any way, decided to show her around, as it's the festive season for the Muslims as Hari Raya is juz around the corner, so i brought her to Geylang Serai to try some of our local Muslim food and also to have a feel of the Hari Raya Festive atmosphere! I recommended her the Mee Soto and the Malay Mutton Soup, and surprisingly she loved it =D After our dinner we went into the Pasar Malam for a walk and also to try out some of there finger food =P Really had an enjoyable and fun evening..... Probably will be bringing her to Little India too =P

The Busy Street of Geylang Serai

Liu Ping

Regional Authorisation Center (RAC)

2006-09-30T16:59:00.000+08:00

29th September 2006 (Friday)

As i had mentioned in my previous post, my dept had recently went through a revamp and reshuffling, and today will be the day for the Grand Opening Ceremony! Alot of those big shots of Standard Chartered Bank are invited. Im really feeling very uneasy with so may Big Bosses around, especially gotta lunch with them, cos gotta entertain them and answer to all questions thrown to us! Luckily our CEO Mike Denoma did not made it to the opening as he has some urgent meeting to attend to.... Otherwise the atmosphere will be even more tense! All photos courtesy of Camera-man, Alex, now lets have fun browsing the photos. =P

Thereafter, i spent my evening my a few of my colleagues, they say they wanna go pubbing so they asked if i wanna go along with them. Thinking that i don't have any other appointments after work, so i agreed to go with them. But i made a terrible mistake to have agreed to their invitations..... We all took Raj's car down to a pub in Duxton Road, looks like any ordinary pubs from the outside, and the inside its just like any other average karaoke pub. But i was so wrong.

From out of no where came a few Philippino gals, they all started to get touchy immediately!!! I was like OMFG!!! Im really lost at that moment!!! They started pressing their breasts against my arms and started pouring me drinks and stuffs!!! Immediately i turned to one of my colleague, to tell him that im really feeling very awkward and i wanted to leave, they told me to relax, they know.... its my 1st time and those gals are not meant for me, i juz need to sit back relax and enjoy my drink, so Law immediately got the attention of the gal which was supposed to "Entertain" me. Told them to leave me alone, only then i felt so much relax.....

Whoo, we drank and they played till like 11.30 before we decided to leave as few of us still gonna report to work the next day..... On our way home, Leon then asked me if i had a cultural experience from this outing? I replied to him saying its more like a "Cultural Shock" to me than an experience!!! O.o

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John Tucker Must Die

2006-09-30T16:21:00.000+08:00

28th September 2006 (Thursday)

Sam & i was discussing on where to have lunch. Alex then overheard us, he then suggested that we go to the newly opened Japanese Restaurant, Nihon Mura which is located inside Tampines Swimming Complex. As its newly opened hence they are having a promotion, every plate of Sushi costs only $0.99, which i find its damn cheap lor..... So i insisted we go there for lunch =P

Colourful Sushis

Its really a cheap deal, we each ate like 9 plates! Really had a satisfying and sumptuous lunch. Morever i don't need to pay a cent as Sam said that this would be his treat. For no particular reason! Think he must have strike Toto or made some winnings from soccer bet?!?! Any way i headed over to Tampines Mall after lunch to buy movie tickets for tonight's show while Sam said that he wanted to go back to office as he still has alot of work undone.

John Tucker Must Die

GV $2 Discount Vouchers

Reason for catching a movie is because of the $2 discount vouchers given to me by Rajesh and it will expires on 30th Sept, so not wanting to waste it, i dated Kelly to go watch with me =P I wanted to watch Miami Vice but Kelly wanted to watch some funny show to de-stress so we both agreed on "John Tucker Must Die"

Suki Yaki

2006-09-24T17:22:00.000+08:00

23rd September 2006 (Saturday)

Lazing at home till 6.30pm. Went on down to Suntec to meet up with Shawnie, Nic & James for dinner. Actually Shawn, jio-ed me to go gyming with him. Being the lazy old me.... of cos i would say "no" hahaha, thinking that must bring clothins to change, must carry bag, bring things to shower etc.... giving any excuses to give gyming a miss =D

Had plans to meet up with a "Dota friend" of mine, Desmond Yip, whom i knew him online who is coincidently working at Carrefour Suntec. Headed over to Carrefour to look for Desmond but too bad he's not there, called him and he's having dinner! Sigh.... any way, im rushing off for my dinner appointment liao so Des & i agreed for a dinner appointment soon......

Table full of food!	Messy & dirty table
Nic & James	Me & Shawn

After meeting up with Shawn and gang, we were undecisive on whether to have dinner @Joaquim (The nice smelling Steamboat beside "Congress") or walk over to Marina Square's Suki Yaki (Got he DIY ice-cream thingy). The whole concept is exactly like Seoul Garden, BBQ and Steamboat..... As usual always hated to do the BBQ-ing as its sure that the oil will be splashing all over my hand O.o And so thanks to Nic, he did all the BBQ-ing stuff while i juz sat there waiting to be served. And as for the Steamboat part, Shawn did all the Prawns cooking and peeling, and again im being served like a "King" =D Really had a satisfying dinner and enjoyable dinner together ^^

Daffy Duck "Solar Tunes"

2006-09-19T21:21:00.000+08:00

16th September 2006 (Saturday)

Was surprise to see Sam coming back to work on a Saturday. He came back to work just to do up our notice board as he kena arrow by BIG BOSS to put it up =D Any way, after work he jio-ed me to go catch a movie, as i got no appointment so i agreed.

Our 1st destination was Suntec City. Reason for going there is because i want to buy the Solar operating Daffy Duck. I saw Sam got a Marvin Martian on his desk so i also want to get one for myself =P. Whoo.... the security was so tight over in Suntec due to the IMF, here cannot go, there cannot cross, every where is a dead end.... its almost impossible to go over to Suntec from City Link! The only way there is thru Millenia Walk! Guess the business in Suntec must have been greatly affected. When we reached there, all those restaurants in the basement are almost empty, with less than 5customers in each restaurant! Its that bad!

Thereafter we went over to Orchard for our movie! Initially wanted to watch in Lido, but had got a bad experience there due to one of the tiny and ulu cinema i been to recently so i decided to boycott it for the time being =P So we went on to Cineleisure. Had our dinner @Subway before our show, "Little Man"! Wahahaha, its another really a super duper hilarious show by the Wayans brothers since the movie "White Chick" =D

Puma Shoe

2006-09-12T13:20:00.000+08:00

09th September 2006 (Saturday)
Running a high fever when i woke up this morning..... called up my direct superior, Sam, to inform him that i can't go to work, but he says that he now has no more authority to approve my MC any more, i have to call up our BIG BOSS to inform him instead as we both report directly to the BIG BOSS..... So got no choice, i rather go to work than talking to "him".....

Struggling at work the whole morning, really glad the 1/2 day work ended quicker than i expected, might be due to the heavy call volumn. After work i walked over to Telepark as there's a company doctor where i can consult, but to my surprise, the clinic does not operates on Sat & Sun!! So no choice gotta take a bus back to my neighbourhood for the other company doctor's clinic..... after which was supposed to meet Shawn as im supposed to meet up with him to go Queensway to get a pair of Puma shoes, but as im really feeling terrible and hence decided to go home to rest abit and also to take some medications before going out to meet him.....

Took my medications and took a 1hr nap before i left home. Met him at Bugis and we took bus 51 to Queensway.... Went to quite a number of shops before i can find the design i like.... Bought it after some hesitations as its the last pair there, and we did try many other shops, but sadly all ran out of my sizes so no choice gotta take the display pair! Thereafter went on down to Parklane to meet up with 4 of Shawn's friends as they have arranged to play a few rounds of Dota. Surprisingly there's a girl in the group, my 1st thought was like "Whoa, girl play Dota!! Pro sia!!!" =D Any way she's quite good for a girl playing Dota. Really had fun gaming with thme =D

Gruesome, Gory & Gross

2006-09-08T00:54:00.000+08:00

06th September 2006 (Wednesday)

Managed to get a 1/2 day off from my BIG BOSS..... Really needed a time out from the stressful environment im in now.... In juz 2days i can feel the tension and stress working so near to the BIG BOSS!!! Morever he's the most demanding BOSS i've ever worked with.....

Any way, met up with JianHui & Chris @Orchard as JianHui wanted to watch his favorite kind of movie (those gory kind, think he's a sadist, well guess he juz love pain =D) Shopped quite awhile before we settled our dinner a Japanese restaurant named "Ken" which is located in the building next to OG. Chris strongly recommended us there as he find the Ramen there is one of the best in Spore! (Sound kinda exagerating) But after trying it, it's not as marvelicious as what Chris has described it, tastes kinda similar to Ajisan, luckily its not worse than Ajisan, otherwise he's gonna get it =D

Thereafter, we settled for a round of dessert in a Cafe in Cineleisure. I had banana split while Chris had a brownie with ice-cream and JianHui had some kind of funny tasting cake =\ After which is movie time! Below is a short summary about the movie. Movie strongly not recommended for the faint hearted.... Really really gruesome to an un-describable extend.... Rated R(A)

A hit at the Thai box office, this slick sick flick is all about teachers, students and black magic. Ms. Panor, a teacher in the countryside, had a nasty prank played on her by her six students, causing her reputation to be ruined. The students then all go away to college, only to return years later, to see Ms. Panor happy and even more beautiful than before. But what they don't know is that Ms. Panor has spent a lot of time learning black magic and summoning demons. She wants to help them open up their third eye, and she wants to teach them about pain and suffering. --------> (Official Site)

I Had A Bad Day

2006-09-05T21:11:00.000+08:00

05th September 2006 (Tuesday)

My dept has recently went thru a revamp. Now im seated with all the big bosses! No more freedom, no more flexible timing, no music, no crap, no nothing!!!! Simply say the working environment is juz like a prison....

Its juz the 2nd day in my new environment and im so unhappy already. I can forsee that it won't be easy in the days to come..... 1st thing in the morning is a questioning session from my BIG BOSS on why my phone is on AUX from the time of 7pm-7.40pm last evening and only after 7.40pm then im back to auto-in? I was thinking to myself, my official working hour is from 10am-7pm, im not obligated to take calls during that time! I continued to take calls even after my working hours is because there were call queues then, and my colleagues were struggling!! He did not get the facts right and juz jumped on me! Not juz that, my 1st call for the dat was from Brunei & i have not got instructions that we are supposed to take on Brunei calls as well so after the call, i called up Brunei office juz to check on why the calls is coming to Spore, then my BIG BOSS overheard my conversation, again he jumped on me saying that its my responsibilty to take Brunei calls wef from 04/09/2006!!! My mind then was in a blank!! Of cos i fought back saying that i got no news nor instruction on taking on Brunei calls, how can he say that its my responsibility to take those calls! Luckily my direct superior was seated beside me and overheard us, he came into the conversation saying that we in fact have not got any confirmation on taking Brunei calls yet!! The only country that is confirmed coming to Spore is only Philippines!! Of cos being the BIG BOSS he's not happy, he insisted to clarify things with our Unit manager. And the finally outcome is we in fact has not got any confirmations to take Brunei calls yet! Thats not the end to the day yet! I got news that my working time will be changed from 10-7 to 11-8!!! Making things worse is that the day off i requested for tmr 06/09/2006 has been rejected!!! Reason is becos we juz settled into the new dept and we need time to adjust and settle down!

I really had a really bad day today! Its my 1st time in my 2.5yrs in SCB that im so unhappy! Really almost burst into tears!!! I don't know how long can i hold on to this kind of environment. With juz a few hundred dollars increment and work in this kind of environment.... i rather take my miserable pay and continue with my happy go lucky work.....

Eat Till Almost Puke!

2006-09-04T21:02:00.000+08:00

03rd September 2006 (Sunday)

Met up with HengFong (Childhood Neighbour). Went to the Comex fair in Expo, got intentions to but a LCD monitor, as CRT is really taking up lotsa space!!! But after some calculations, im not in the position to spend money now, exhausted out too much of my savings during my last 2 trips to HK & Thailand hence now gotta be more thrifty..... Maybe to buy it on the next PC show.....

After that went down to meet Shawn as we have not been meeting up for a very long time, he's too cropped up with his A level's studies so i won't want to disturb him. But he called me & initiated a dinner date, i agreed immediately as i've not seen him for like almost 1mth liao..... Played a few games of Dota before walking over to Somerset to settle our dinner @Sakura Intl Buffet.

We really stuffed ourselves to the max! Ate till we almost vomitted.... Can't even finish our dessert, ice-cream. My stomach is filled up to the extend that when i ate juz 1 spoonful of ice-cream, i almost threw up!!! That is how full i was!!! Sigh..... did i pay money to enjoy or to suffer???

Ate till the restaurant close!

Our table full of food!

Yummy & colourful ice-creams ^^

Condolences

2006-08-31T17:50:00.000+08:00

31st August 2006 (Thursday)

Another kin of mine has pass on 21st August 2006. Its kinda hard for me.... in merely less than 3mths i've lost 2 kins. My cousin passed on some time back in May and now its my uncle.... Why people die??? I can't accept the fact of losing a member in the family.... Death is so unpredictable.... What should i do???

I remembered that months before my cousin pass, i had a dream that my teeth are falling out without pain. Then Nurah (a colleague of mine) happens to learned that i had this dream and told me that this is a sign that death will bring upon my family, be it immedidate of very very distant relatives as long as we have blood relations it could happen to anyone. At that point of time, i did not believe a word she said until what happened to my cousin.... but then i still refused to believe it, thinking that it might have be some coincidence......

About 1mth back i had the same dream again, i was then thinking to myself is this really a sign?? Or is it juz some flashbacks??? But after what happened on 21/08/06, my perspective changed. Dreams can really act as a warning for us if we know exactly how to deciphere it....

As for my uncle, he will be resting in peace now, he has lived to the age of 90+ he would have live is life to the fullest.... May the Angels guide him along the way.....

Monday Blues No More......

2006-08-28T22:38:00.000+08:00

28th August 2006 (Monday)

Should feeling Monday blues.... but its vice versa today =D Feeling juz like a weekend well spent with 2 crappy friends of mine, and they are non other than the crude duo, JianHui & Chirs =D (No offence har.... =P)

Met up @orchard, plan was to catch a movie then have dinner. But the best part is we really have no idea on what movie to watch, juz meet up 1st.... then to decide on the spot. But.... this is not the case, "Someone" (Name not to be mentioned) already had plans on what show to watch!!! That's why "He" suggested to go Lido as that's the only cinema showing the show "Hard Candy" =.= Any way, the show is not those gory ones i've imagined, thou the poster gives people the impression that it is so..... Any way, personally did not really like the show as im really feeling disturbed by the lead actress's role. Even thou she's not supposed to be the "bad guy" in the film, but she just portrays herself as a mentally psychotic teenager, that really irritates me lots and just got me the urge to go into the movie and help the real "bad guy" to strangle and stab her!!!

Any way, after the movie we could not decide where to go for dinner as Chris is on a tight budget and we have to compromise ourselves for him =D So settled our dinner at a market some around Old Kallang Airport. Actually was not anything cheaper than those restaurants in Orchard.... we actually had Fried Rice, Oat Prawns, Chilli Sotong, Chicken Wings, and some sorta of grilled Sting Ray (Juz different type of fish) and the whole meal costs about $60+ for 3 person, so doesn't really consider cheap.....

Snakes On A Plane

2006-08-27T21:52:00.000+08:00

26th August 2006 (Saturday)

So long never go watch movie le.... maybe recently dun really have any nice shows to watch ba.... Any way, went to watch Snakes On A Plane @Bugis with YongCheng.... Hahaha, actually was more entertaining watching the gal beside him screaming and yelling rather than seeing the show. YongCheng was complaining to me that the gal beside him juz kept screaming non-stop, the show has already got him very excited and this gal is making the situation worse.... And the best part is.... she even accidentally kicked him.... wahahaha. Thereafter, we had supper @the coffee shop opposite Bugis Junction before heading our way back home....

Snakes on a Plane stars Samuel L. Jackson as an FBI agent who is escorting an eye witness on a flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles when a crimelord sets in motion the release of hundreds of deadly snakes on the commercial airplane in order to eliminate the witness before he can testify against him. The FBI agent must protect his witness while banding together with the pilot, frightened crew and passengers in a desperate attempt to survive.

Im Traumatise....

2006-08-24T17:39:00.000+08:00

24th August 2006 (Thursday)
Am really feeling very depressed for the past 2weeks, why does such things always happens to me, im really very tired with life..... Every morning im struggling to wake up to go work, im so ashamed to even step out of my room. At work, can't even concentrate at all, with all the pin-pointing and gossips about me.... my life has been traumatised!

I know i can't carry on this way, i've got to stand up for myself and do something about the situation! So i decided that i go get some advice from some of my close colleagues.... the only one that really cares will only be Clarissa. We talked for like 10mins..... and she finally gave me a solution to my problem...... to buy "TEA TREE OIL" from Body Shop.

Tonight will be my virgin night on the product, hope that it could really help me get rid of the traumatising acne problem, and be ready to face the world again! =D

Hong Kong Here I Come!!!

2006-08-12T11:55:00.000+08:00

12th August 2006 (Saturday)

Yeah yeah yeah, getting ready for my 2nd holiday for this year le!!! ^^ In approximately another 3hrs i will be setting off to Changi Airport for my 1600hrs flight to HK!!! Am really excited now, cuz im looking forward to this trip than to the Thailand trip i went last week =P (cos got Disneyland ma!!)

I was so excited to the extend that i could not sleep the whole of last nite =/ Was tossing and turning on my bed the whole night.... and ended up playing game till 4am!!! Thereafter still gotta wake up again @9am as i got to work!!! Any way, it was a great day thou i did not sleep well as i finally collected my $10k Baht Tag Heuer specs liao..... YEAH!!! The spec was bought from Bangkok, as theres not sufficient time to get the lens made there, so i juz bought its frame and i'll get the lens made in Spore..... (Spore price $570, Thai Baht after converting to SGD is like only $425!!)

After that had lunch @Cafe Cartel with Sam.... as there's the everyday lunch promotion, thats why we had lunch there. We both ordered the same, spaghetti with Cod Fish, being the damn clumsy me, i spilled half the bottle of cheese onto my plate of spaghetti, no choice, have to bear with it and finished the whole plate -.-

The Lake House

2006-08-06T17:21:00.000+08:00

05th August 2006 (Saturday)

Finally saw the much anticipated show "The Lake House" by Sandra Bullock along with Shawn & Keewee. I would say its another brilliant show by Sandra..... This will be one of the best shows among all her Filmographies. For those who enjoyed "The Lake House" i strongly recommend you to watch "While You Were Sleeping" & "Two Weeks Notice"

And for those of you who have not watch The Lake House yet, my advise is to bring lotsa tissues cos this will be a sad-sob romantic drama which definately make your tears roll......

Thailand Trip 29/07/2006-01/08/2006

2006-08-02T00:44:00.000+08:00

Im gonna quickly go thru this entry as im too tired to write long story, any way pictures speaks louder than words =P

Day 1 (29th July 2006) (Saturday)

Arrived @Bangkok Intl Airport at around 1600hrs, there's time difference between Thai & Spore. Thai is 1hr behind us. Any way, took a cab down to our hotel immediately, unload our luggages and met up with 1 of Leon's ex-poly classmate, Wende. Wende is taking his degree in advertising there, so he will be the tour guide for the night. He brought us to 1 of Chinatown's famous Seafood Restaurant for dinner, then followed by some Bird's Nest for dessert and some Shark's Fin to "Rinse Mouth" =D The whole dinner costs about THB$1000 only!!! After dinner Wende brought us to Suan-Lum Night Market... A shopping paradise for tourist, opens till 2am!!!

Things i bought for the day : T-shirts (Lots of it), Souvenirs, Snacks

Bangkok Photos Day 1 --->

Day 2 (30th July 2006) (Sunday)

Rushed down to Chatuchack Weekend market, from the name you should know that it only operates on weekends only, if we don't go by today then we'll have to wait till the next weekend -.- Was a hmid and warm afternoon, really shopped till we drop! Shopped from 11am - 4.30pm.... Went back to hotel to "Nua" as the heat in Chatuchak can really kill!!!! Any way, juz would like to highlight on the pet section in Chatuchak, its a place where you can never find in Spore.... They sell all kinds of crazy creatures there which includes, lizards, spiders, snakes etc.... (Sadly those creatures mentioned cannot take pictures) Thereafter we headed over to MBK center. Initially wanted to watch a movie, but i think thats wasting time so we gave it a miss.... had dinner at a famous Japanese Restaurant there "Fuji Japanese Restaurant" serves really good food (better than those japanese food in spore) Went over to Hard Rock Cafe to check it out then after that is back to hotel....

Things i bought for the day : T-shirts (2 pieces), facial products, Tag Heuer glasses (Pending)

Bangkok Photos Day 2 --->

Day 3 & 4 (31th July 2006 - 01st Aug 2006) (Monday)

Accompanied Leon to pray at the Famous 4 face Buddha and also some god..... After which we went on to their Central District which is very much similar to Spore's Orchard Rd. 1st place we went was the "Siam Paragon" 1st thing i saw when i entered Paragon is the Lamborghini displayed near the entrance, you'll need to participate in some lucky draw and you can win a LamBor!?!?!? Today is the day i spent the most, that is inevitable as if im shopping @Orchard Rd, but only slightly cheaper .... =P Night time was back to Suan-Lum Night Market to chiong again as that's the only place that opens after 10pm =D

Last day.... chiong back to MBK to do some last minute shopping.... chiong for the Tag Heuer glassess, after much considerations decided to buy it as its only THB$10000.00 approxiamtely $425Sgd only and Sam bought it @Sgd$600+ and also not forgetting the cheap cheap CKone fragrance @ only THB$1100 (cos i managed to persuade the staff to sell me the tester, thats why cheaper =P) Then was straight to airport....

Things i bought for the day : CKone Fragrance, Tag Heuer glasses, Ralph Lauren Tee, Souvenirs etc....

Bangkok Photos Day 3 & 4 --->

Bangkok Here I Come!!!

2006-07-29T01:15:00.000+08:00

29th July 2006 (Saturday)

Wahahaha ...... The time is now 0136hrs, in approximately another 12hrs time, i will be going off to Bangkok for my 1st holiday trip for this year!!! ^^ Juz finished packing my stuffs, guess i basically brought my whole toilet there -.- Shampoo, conditioner, hair care moisturizer, shower foam, facial wash, toothpaste, toothbrush, cologne, shaver etc... All those things could easily weigh around 3kg!

$9500 Thai Baht & Me ^^

Any way, had just changed Sgd$400 to Thai Baht today, thanks to Sabrina, she's the one who volunteered to changed for everyone of us =D Already felt like a king even before i stepped into Bangkok, with that mere $400, i got myself $9500.00 Baht! =D

Okie.... enough talking.... gonna go have my refreshing shower and enjoy my trip!!!! =D OMG!!! I packed all my shampoos & shower foams in my luggage!!!!! Shit... gonna go dig it out again -.-

Timothy's Bday Celebration in JB

2006-07-23T20:45:00.000+08:00

22nd July 2006 (Saturday)

Food food food & more Food!!! Basically we ate the whole day! Met up with Timothy, Shawn, Keewee & Nicolas @Kranji MRT. 1st we did after we reached JB would be..... lunch! Settled our lunch @Kenny Rogers. The Kenny Rogers there is really dirt cheap, a decent Kenny Rogers meal in Spore can easily costs SGD$15+ but back there in JB the meal is like only RM$13+

After our lunch we shopped around City Square for awhile before decided to catch a movie as we don't intend to really spend much on shopping..... While choosing what show to watch, we had conflicts as we are in a group of 5, initially Shawn suggested Dorm, but i have already seen it, then Keewee suggested Pirates, but seems like all of us has already seen it.... Nicolas then suggested Lake House, but the only available show time will be @5.30pm, so, if we watch that slot, it will be too late to travel down DaMaHuaYuan for dinner liao.... and so the finnaly suggestion will be from me, and i chose Just My Luck =D And finally all agreed =D They always give in to me 1 ^^

Sean & Brownie

Tim & Brownie

Me & Brownie

After the movie, was another round of Food! Had dessert @Secret Recipe, we all ordered the same "Brownie with Ice Cream" yum yum yum.... its my all time favorite, its a all must have dessert whenevr i visit Secret Recipe =D While having our desserts, we bumped into Fred, a friend of ours in Spore! Whoa what a coincidence! =D And apparently, he jio-ed us to go Jaya Jusco (a new shopping complex) which is supposed to match our Spore's Takashimaya! Cannot imagine how it looks like, have heard so much about it but never been there before.... We were quite interested to go, but as we are supposed to go over to DaMaHuaYuan for dinner, so we gave it a miss.... but, im gonna definately go there on my next visit to JB ^^

Thereafter took a taxi down to DaMaHuaYuan for dinner, we ordered lotsa food which includes, Vegetables with chilli, Beggar Chicken, Steam Sea Bass, Cereal Prawns & not forgetting Sting Rays! Really had an enjoyable and satisfying dinner together, and guess what, we only paid only RM$126.00 for the dinner, which is approx about SGD$60!! You can never get those dishes in Spore with that amount of money you are paying!!! =D Thats what i loved most about JB....

Group Photo

From there we took a cab back to the custom, plan was to take a train home, as most of us has never tried taking the train from JB to Spore, so we were so excited to try it =D But sadly while checking the rates at the train station, we were sad to hear the the last train has departed..... We reached the station @ around 8.50pm and the train is like, deprated @8.45pm.... we were like WTF we were just merely 5mins late :( Guess will have to try the train on our next visit =D

More Photo ----> Here

Pirates of the Caribbean

2006-07-21T23:00:00.000+08:00

15th July 2006 (Saturday)

Haha, have not been updating recently.... really feeling very lazy lately =D Any way back on 15 July, i met up with a group of Dota online friends to watch Pirates of the Caribbean. Initial plan was to watch it @PS, as its a blockbuster. The tickets have longged sold out -.- so decided to play a few games while waiting for 2 other friends.....

Time flys when you are playing games =P By the time the other 2 person reached, its already 11.30pm, they thought that we had already bought the tickets.... but.... we have not -.- Only then we started to panick.... Only chance to go over to the new Cathay Cineplex, if its sold out there then our plan is to walk over to Cineleisure! So i decided to call some of my friends to check the availabilty via the internet at home. Tried calling Shawn & Desmond, sadly both of them are out! So no choice but to take a bet and walk over ....

Stared at the "Show Time Board" 12.30am - Sold Out, 2am - Selling Fast! Being a lazy me, not wanting to walk over to Cine, so i decided to try my luck asking if there are any more good seats available. To my surprise, the gal in the ticket booth says that due to the overwhelming response, they have decided to open 1 more cinema for the 2am slot! Whoa so lucky! We were the 1st group to buy the tickets, the whole cinema is empty, so we got the priviledge to choose any seats we want =D Sadly, after so much trouble, did not find the show really that fantastic.... Sigh....

16th July 2006 (Sunday)
Its been a long time since i stepped into a library! Met up with Jessica, Desmond & Sean @Bugis, had the famous Fried Wanton Mee for lunch then we proceeded to National Library! Why out of the blue im going to a library??? =D I won't be agreeing to spend my day in a library unless otherwise hahaha. Actually, we went there to do some research on our upcoming trip to Hong Kong!

Pulled out a few travel guides to HK, sat down at a cafe, penned down the popular places of interest, and also not forgetting shopping paradises! Then we nominated Jessica to plan in those places to go into our schelduled duration =D Initially they pointed me to do it, but as i already did the booking of air tickets and hotel, so i escaped from this chore =D

After that, went over to Katong to meet Andy & Andrew for a few games of Dota. Had supper together with them @the famous Katong Laksa before heading home for a refreshing bath.

Man VS Woman

2006-07-13T19:43:00.000+08:00

13th July 2006 (Thursday)

Was another quiet day at work.... Was reading some of the forwarded emails from some of my colleagues, came across some facts which i totally agree.... It's on the Difference between a Man & a Woman. Enjoy ..... =D

Pizza Hut's Pizza for lunch...

2006-07-11T23:41:00.000+08:00

11th July 2006 (Tuesday)

What a boring Tuesday.... kena pang seh by stupid Sam, he took 1/2 MC abandoning me in the office with no lunch partner ..... =( Beside that, time really passes very slowly today as the work and call volumn was low too, causing it to be a very slow moving and sleepy afternoon! Don't have any mood to even go out for lunch ..... Sigh .....

Curry Chix & Mushroom Chix Pizza

Decided to order Pizza back to office to eat instead, so i jio-ed Nelson to eat as Pizza Hut's serving is always very big. Initially we ordered a regular size Seafood Supreme Pizza (with Cheezy Lava) (Price $25.10), but after some discussions, we called back the delivery call center to change our orders to the Promotional Meal which come with 2 regular pan pizza @only $19.90

We ordered a Curry Chix Pizza & a Mushroom Chix Pizza. Then again, surfing the Pizza Hut's site, craving for more, we decided to order a Beef Lasagne, some salad and also a Garlic bread =D This time round i asked Nelson to call in to change the order again as i already called in once to change order so im too shy to do it again =P But .... sadly, when Nelson called up again, they inform us that the delivery man has left! So if we order those items, we need to pay a $2 delivery charge as the order is less than $20..... so no choice to just have to survive with what we've ordered =(

Disappointed!

2006-07-11T00:11:00.000+08:00

08th July 2006 (Saturday)

Yeah yeah yeah, so excited, finally can go get the white berms i always wanted to get le.... Shawn told me about this white berms last week as he saw it @Zara. Last week i did went down to Taka's Zara to check it out, true enough its there! Sadly it wasn't my size.... as it was quite late then, so did not get the chance to go over to Liat Tower's Zara.

Met up with JianHui, got him to accompanied me down to Orchard to get it... WHAO LAO..... totally sold out, not even a piece left.... i was like WTF.... its only 1 week and all is gone! Really very low morale liao cos this white berm i saw is exactly the type i like. After that we spent the whole day shopping around Orchard... from Heeren to Taka, from Taka to Far East, can't seems to find any white berms!!! SOBZ.... Sigh.... and so left Orchard empty handed. As for JianHui, being a Rich-Man's-Son cannot go home empty handed.... so he just bought a T-shirt from Zara just for the sake of buying something -.-

Then JianHUi drove over to Bugis to do the usual.... (Play game....) Was not in any mood for games as still im still feeling disappointed! =( Decided to jio Hanzy out as he's always so "Funny" looking, hoping that his all so funny look can cheer me up =D

Re-Cycle starring Li XinJie

After meeting up with Hanzy, we had Wanton Mee for dinner with Yama, JH & Firered, decided to catch a midnight movie later on.... I suggested "Re-Cycle" as i always love Horror movies! Most of them agreed and we went off to buy the tickets. As the movie is @12am, so we split up into 2 groups, JianHui & Co continued their gaming session while Hanzy and i went shop around Bugis, hoping to find my white berms =X but still to no avail..... But this time round, was not really sad when i could not find the berms cos i got Farnie Hanzy to talk to me while shopping! Whahaha!!!

After that rested our feets @mac along with FireRed, had supper and chit chatted for awhile before meeting up with the rest to go watch Re-Cycle....

A Secret Picture of Funny Hanzy =P ---> Here

Another Shattered Heart

2006-07-06T20:59:00.000+08:00

04th July 2006 (Tuesday)

Another Shattered Heart in this world..... A call from a good friend informing that his 1yr 7mth relationship has came to an end. I know that i have to be there no matter what.... cos he's one friend whom i cannot lose cos he's one friend whom lent me a shoulder to cry on when i needed one, a friend who kept me company the whole day when i needed him on his anniversary day.....

Met up with him @East Coast Park, did not really talk much as im always a lousy talker (except for talking bullshit....) so the only thing i did was to lend him a shoulder to cry on and a listening ear.... I know even if i say anything at that time, nothing will go in, during that moment everything just revolves around the past, the times they spent together.... It won't be easy to let go, especially for the next 6mths or so, sleepless nights, crying, and feeling sorry for oneself..... but after awhile you will start to think whether is it worth it? You yourself crying and feeling sorry for yourself at night. Nobody will hear you cry.... Nobody will take pity on you..... the best part is, the other party might be out having fun, enjoying life.... so why waste your time on some one who doesn't even care? I know talk is cheap, no one will think this way in the initial stage of heart-break.... but eventually you will realised what i said make sense cos you will definately come to point when you truely wake up from the fairytale dream..... A person once told me this "Freedom comes when you learn to let go...." So when its time to let go, so be it......

A friend can be there when you need someone to talk to and to cry with, but at the end of the day. The only person who can help you is Yourself.... we are all grown ups, gotta stand up again after a fall..... it might leave a scar, but that will remind you of the pain that you've gone thru and you should be glad that you've made it thru..... And from this experience, it will definately make you a stronger person.....

Superman Returns

2006-07-06T00:08:00.000+08:00

02nd July 2006 (Sunday)

Saw "Superman Returns" with Zehui, a gaming friend of mine when i was 15yo hahaha. Have not seen him for a very long time as he has quit gamer very long ago. Only decided to meet up while we were chatting over msn and talking about when we last met.....

Met up @PS had dinner @Manhattan Fish Market, talked about all our old friends, updated each other about those friends that we each kept contact with.... Thereafter, took a slow stroll down to Taka's Zara as Shawn told me he saw a white berms (Always wanted to buy white berms, but can't find nice ones ....) but sadly, they ran out of sizes! So hopped over to Gramaphone as an old friend of ours, Guangwei, is working there. Having walked all the way from PS to Taka, my mentality is to at least buy something =P so i bought a Code 1 DVD "The Net" starring Sandra Bullock at only $35 after a 10% staff discount wahaha.....

After which, rushed back down to PS to catch our 8.30pm show..... Now im looking forward to Sandra Bullock's new movie "The Lake House" (Screening 27/07/06) starring Keanu Reeves and of cos Sandra Bullock. Readers out there (If any) pls do give your full support to this upcoming movie!!!

Happy Bday 24th Bday, Irene!!!

2006-07-01T00:16:00.000+08:00

30th June 2006 (Friday)

Today is Irene's 24th Birthday! Sincerely wish her a Happy Birthday, wishing her a blissful relationship with her "cop" =D Any way, celebrated her bday at Pei's house along with Jessica, had steamboat for dinner. Actually we invited Evan, Desmond & Darren to come over too, Evan is currently holidaying in China, Darren, as usual he put us areoplane and as for Desmond, he has to attend RT so he can't make it wahahaha!!!

Chix soup & Tomyam Steamboat

Dinner is again a very satisfying one ..... Every dinner at Pei Kheng's house is always satisfying and filling as she can really cook, and besides that, Pei and i had known each other for quite some time liao, so whenever i go her house i not pai seh one, juz eat and eat whahaha! This time round, dinner is steamboat.... with 2 soup to choose from Tom Yam and Chix Soup! Being a non-spicy me, i took the Chix soup......

Topshop's Thong

Test-Tubey...

As for present, i bought her the test-tubey thingy with Irene's name in it. And Pei & Evan bought her a Thong from Topshop with her name sewed on it ...... Really cannot tahan this bunch of "Siao Zha Bors" ...... But i love them all!!! =D

Indian Wedding

2006-06-25T00:52:00.000+08:00

24th June 2006 (Saturday)
Met up with Jasper @Tampines, fetched me to Bugis, and thereafter we had our dinner in a restaurant opposite Bugis Junction. After dinner quickly rush down to Chinatown as i was invited to attend a colleague's sister's wedding....

Indian Wedding

1st time attending an Indian Wedding. The wedding is held in the temple @South Bridge Road. The ceremony itself takes more than 1hr.... during the ceremony the bride almost fainted.... probably is due to the incense. Im not being exagerating, but during the ceremony the stage is burning with incense, even me seated quite a few rounds from the stage, the smoke is enough to make me feel groggy..... i really cannot imagine how it will be like on the stage!!!!

After the ceremony, there is a reception downstairs serving vegetarian food, i did not wait for that... i left even before the ceremony ended as Jasper is still waiting at Bugis. Paiseh to let Jasper wait, so i took a cab back to Bugis.....

No need to say, the rest of the night is spent at Bugis....

Causeway Bay Cafe

2006-06-24T01:26:00.000+08:00

23rd June 2006 (Friday)

Was feeling kinda bored today.... Really has got no where to go. But the least expected call came..... My buddy Shawn is asking me out as he just finished his last paper today, he has been so busy and stressed out recently over his exam, never really got a chance to really enjoy a day out together.....

My Coffee	Cheesy Oyster Rice
Beef Brisket Noodles	Combo Seafood Basket

Met up @Bugis for an arcade session as voth of us really had miss alot of arcade games =D Had our dinner at a Cafe along Liang Seah Street (Behind Bugis). Cafe name "Causeway Bay Cafe 铜锣湾茶餐厅". This cafe serves lotsa diff types of Hong Kong cuisine and munchies..... To our surprise that the place is very crowded, never expected that as it was only opened for less than a month! Food we ordered (Shawn : Ice Milk Tea [Served in a very unique glass] & bowl of Beef Brisket Noodle) (Me : Ice Coffee & bowl of Melted Cheesy Oyster Rice) and also not forgetting the Combo Seafood Basket which contain Calamari, Fish Fillets, Soft Shell Crabs & Potato Wedges.

After our dinner, went back down to arcade for few more rounds of games before going back home. Was glad to see the good old chirpy Shawn again =P This is the 1st time i see him so chirpy since he started lesson.....

Bye Bye Pei Kheng .....

2006-06-22T23:21:00.000+08:00

20th June 2006 (Tuesday)

Sobz sobz ..... another casualty of the Bank! Pei Kheng is officially not a SCB staff as of today! But to her it will be a good begining for a new experience of life..... So as a farewell gift, Desmond, Erica, Jessica, Irene & Evangeline decided to give her a treat @Paris Buffet Restaurant. Paris is always a restaurant i always wanted to go..... but after today, i will never go back there again..... Steep price, food not fresh, not as sumptuous as imagined ..... basically did not enjoyed myself at all!!!! I think Sakura is better than Paris!

After much struggling on the food (cos dun wan to waste money....) we went over to City Link's TCC for a cup of coffee and a lonnnnggg chit chat session. Thereafter, Pei, Irene & Evan decided to go shopping in Chinatown, hoping to get some good bargains from this Great Spore Sale, while Erica & Jess juz wanted to go home and sleep -.- As for me, i spent the rest of the night with Desmond walking around Suntec then went on to watch Silent Hill. We each paid $3.50 for 1 ticket as i have 1 complimentary GV ticket....

Hey hey..... Good News!!! The Chio-bu Paris Hilton has released a music album name "The Stars Are Blind" Once i heard the news, i quickly search the internet and managed to find the MTV and so have uploaded it here. Hope ya readers out there will enjoy it and also to give your full support =P

Encounter with a Bitch!!!

2006-06-18T21:45:00.000+08:00

17th June 2006 (Saturday)

Damn fucking, bloody, bitch she is ....... (S**** A*******) Really a disgrace to the religion she believes in, this is the 1st time i see a religious woman so unreasonable..... Kicking a big fuss out of a small issue..... Went to meet a colleague (P** K****) at her work place to pass her a camera, so she suggested that i stayed in the office to wait for her till lunch. So i just sat beside her, not even distracting her from work or anything, then this S.A came over and started barking (Female dog aka Bitch) saying that outsider are not allow in the dept.... P.K was like WTF, im not an outsider, im an existing staff.... there's even ex-staff coming back.... why is it that a current staff comes over and its not welcomed, while the resigned staff can come back. Its no logic at all, ex-staff is no longer an emplyee of the organisation, the more S.A should chase them out, instead of me..... Bias DOG!!!

This incident alone is enough to spoil my whole day!!! Actually wanted to go back home after meeting P.K but i felt so disturbed by the barking voice in my head, so i decided to go Bugis to play a few round games. After that, went home, called D****** to complain about ths Bitch!!! DC is so kind to lend me his ears.... after much complaining and swearing at that Dog, i feel so much better. Really thankful to DC's consolation and advises, or else i think i will have a hard time sleeping .......

18th June 2006 (Sunday)

Whoohooo, had so much fun today..... spent the day at Suhaimi's house helping me to fix up his PC and also to install some useful programs. So i got to play with his really realy really active son "Bean" (Nickname given by his dad). Watched Mr Incredible together and we played with his little remote control car....

Later in the evening, when Suhaimi's wife and daughter came back from a wedding dinner in Johore. Suhaimi, myself, "Bean" & his daughter "NaNa" went over to White Sand for dinner. Had our dinner @Magic wok "Bean" vomitted as he drank too much Bandung!!!! And Suhaimi has to go buy a new shirt for him while i just stayed in the restaurant with "Nana" cleaning up the mess.... quite gross, but guess i have to do it some day =P "Bean" is crying looking for his father, but some how i managed to stop him from crying.... played with him till Suhaimi comes back...... whooo, quite tiring but fun thou =P

Just in 1 day, i know what's the difference of having a daughter and a son. Having a daughter is like having a friend who likes to talk alot, and they are much more obedient and smarter than boys, but having a son is fun but not easy, they are always so hyper active.... never seems to quiet down, running around.... but its really fun just to watch them run and jump, but frankly speaking it is really tiring looking after a boy than to a girl.... Now am looking forward to be a father soon =P Having children around really help drives all stress away ......

My Fav Pig's Brain Soup!!!!

2006-06-14T23:19:00.000+08:00

14th June 2006 (Wednesday)

Whao!!! Donno when was the last time i had Pig's Brain Soup!!! It was my favorite, until today .... its still my favorite =D

Pig Brain Soup

Pei Cooking

Yummy!!!

Was having dinner @Pei Kheng's hse 2days ago, and we were talking about organising a dinner together with Irene & Evan, and i juz casually mentioned that i loved Pig's Brain soup and misses it very much =P And so during the dinner today with Irene & Evan, Pei was really very nice to cooked the Pig's Brain soup for me! Was really touched as i know that nowadays its not easy to find Pig Brains in the market any more...... And besides that, Irene and Evan is not so adventurous to eat the brain.... for Evan she don't even like the soup!!! So Pei has got to cook another pot of Black Chicken Soup for them.....

Really enjoyed my dinner tonight..... after the 1st plate of rice, i even went for a 2nd plate as all the dishes are so marvelicious..... The fried fish, the prawns, the 麻油鸡 EVERYTHING tastes sooooo good, this time i rate a 10 / 10 for her cooking. Whoooo what a satisfying meal...... =P

Tasty "Bi Tai Mak"

2006-06-12T23:49:00.000+08:00

12th June 2006 (Monday)
Whoooo, Monday blues easily engulfed by a bowl of tasty home made "Bi Tai Mak"!!!

Pei Kheng came over from my office after she knocked off from work. She came all the way not because of me..... but to distribute the chocolates she bought to some of our fellow colleagues as she has resigned from the Bank (another casualty). Thereafter, she suggested me to go over to her place as she feels like cooking. So after i finish work, we went shopping @Tampines Mall's NTUC. Bought some simple stuff, veggies, beans, chicken fillet and a packet of Bi Tai Mak .......

Took bus 38 to her house then she immediately started cooking as im complaining that im super duper hungry hahahaha, while i just sit in the hall watching tv and surfing net =D Exactly like a 大少爷 ......

Mmmm, tasty Bi Tai Mak

After 30min or so, finally she came out with this bowl of colourful Bi Tai Mak. Taste kinda blend, but once in awhile, it could be quite tasty =P and so...... i gave a 7.5 / 10 and she very satisfied by the score =D

The Omen

2006-06-10T21:50:00.000+08:00

10th June 2006 (Saturday)
Saw "The Omen" with JianHui and Chris @Suntec, For people who has not seen it and intends to watch it.... DON'T WATCH!!! (Not meant for the weak hearts....... cos its too LOUSY! =D) Any way, it was really a disappointing show, should have listened to my colleagues advice. Sigh.... no wonder the reviews rate this show with only 2stars. Now can only hope that the up-coming "Silent Hill" will not be such a disappointment......

Saw 2 posters of the show, i wonder who would think the red 1 is nice??? =P

Adidas Bag

2006-06-06T22:57:00.000+08:00

06th June 2006 (Tuesday) 060606

I love being me!!! =D Previously got Famous Amos Cookies from Faridah and now a box of Ferrero Rocher from Pamela & Annabelle!!! Seems like i have not lost my charm abit at all =P Actually the reason they bought me the chocolate is bcos i, in a way helped them solve a work related problem....

Besides the chocolate that brightens up my day, the Adidas bag that i bought today also cheered me up alot. Its an Adidas bag that i bought it from Tampines Mall after my lunch with Sam. When i saw this bag its love at 1st sight =D The bag was actually selling at $35 but due to the Great Spore Sale, im entitled to a 15% off so i only paid $30 for he bag. There's also a matching pouch (similar design to the bag) that also caught my eyes, but as i promised myself that im not going to spend much now, so as i could really enjoy a shopping spree on my upcoming trip to HK and Thai =D Really had a hard time fighting against my urge to buy that pouch.... But eventually i managed to overcome the urge and left the shop immediately after i paid for the bag. Like people say, Out of Sight, Out of Mind, so..... im not going step into that Adidas shop again =D

Pulau Ubin

2006-06-04T19:51:00.000+08:00

04th June 2006 (Sunday)

Sunday Sunday... its really a sunny day (and also scourching hot)! Went over to Pulau Ubin for a bicycle-day trip. We bascially ride on the bike under the scourching sun for the whole day (11am-5pm) The hotness today even burned my skin, turning me into a red lobster!

We almost explored the whole Pulau Ubin. We went from Mamam Beach to Tanjong Chek Jawa...... we also tried to locate the rubber plantation and the agriculture farm, but sadly to say, to no avail.... The most exciting part of the trip would be, climbing up a hill that is approximately 60m high (By foot, as the hill is really rocky and steep) At the top of the hill, the scenary is so beautiful that words cannot really describe. Never could have imagine that Spore still has such a beautiful place. When you are standing at the top of the hill, you can see almost the whole of Pulau Ubin and also not forgetting the all so beautiful Ubin Quarry! After the trip, we settled our dinner at a Seafood Center there .....

Map of Pulau Ubin

Its really an eye-opening and experiencing trip there. And now, pictures speaks louder than words, do enjoy some of the pictures i took during the trip ----> Click (Here)

Over The Hedge

2006-06-03T22:15:00.000+08:00

3rd June 2006 (Saturday)

Ok.... kena put areoplane by CHRIS HONG!!! Initially was supposed to be meeting up with him to watch Over The Hedge, but last minute saw areoplane flying off! Any way, managed to get Leon to go watch with me @Suntec.

Spring has sprung, and Verne and his woodland friends awaken from their long winter's nap to discover that a tall, green "thing" has mysteriously cropped up right through the middle of their home. Enter RJ, an opportunistic raccoon, who explains that the world beyond the hedge is the "gateway to the good life" where peculiar creatures called humans live to eat, rather than eat to live.

Suspicious and even a little jealous of RJ, the ever-cautious Verne wants to keep his blended family safely on their side of the hedge. But, proving the adage that one man's garbage is another man's—or rather animal's—treasure, the manipulative RJ tries to convince the woodland band that there is little to fear and everything to gain from their over-indulgent new neighbors. Eventually, RJ and Verne form an unlikely friendship as they learn to co-exist with—and even exploit—this strange new world called suburbia.

After the show, went over the open-air hawker beside esplanade for dinner. Discussed about of coming Bangkok trip, planned alot of shoppings and also i requested to go to the river market where i can go onto the boats =P Im gonna depend alot on him as he will be my only tour guide there as he's been there quite a number of times ......

Dungeon Siege 2, Broken World

2006-06-02T00:52:00.000+08:00

Emotionally tired .....

2006-05-31T20:37:00.000+08:00

31st May 2006 (Wednesday)

Have been thinking very long on whether should i pen down my feelings here? But after much thoughts decided to do it as i don't keep a diary.

Have not been myself for the past few days, reason is bcos my so call "father" came to me after so many years. 1st thing he ask for is money! Of cos, i turned him down, as he has never performed the duty of a father, why should i give him anything? Bcos of that we had a big fight over this.... after he left, i had a tiff with my guardian (my father's sister) over this issue.

Most of the time im thinking, why is life so unfair to me? Why people can have a complete family and i don't? Frankly speaking, im never truly happy in the last 25yrs.... i got no one to turn to when there's problem, i got no one to turn to when im sad, no one there to share my happiness with..... I've never told my problems to any one, not even my closest guardian (as i don't want her to worry as she's very old) No one remembers my bday when i was a child, until my sec sch times when i start to have friends of my own....

Im really tired of putting on a smile in front of everyone. But i got no choice.... i know that nobody wants to have a sulking friend who always feels sorry for himself.... i've been always bottling up all my feelings! I don't know when i will breakdown? The only thing thing that kept me going is my auntie who is now 83yrs old. I cannot imagine one day when she's gone.... I know for now, i definately can pull thru this. Just like before, after every fall, i always get up again myself, im not going to fall apart so easily.....

9yrs old friend!

2006-05-28T21:58:00.000+08:00

28th May 2006 (Sunday)

Met up with Lexx, an old friend of mine since we 1998 when we were studying in TMC computing school. A good friend whom i could share my sorrows and woes with.... she's like a big brother to me, even thou she's different from any other gals i've known, but still to me, she's always a good friend!

She just came back from US for a break during this Summer holiday. She's been studying there for almost 2yrs.... Initial plan was to go catch a movie @PS but it seems like we have seen most of the shows liao =D So decided to probably just have dinner together. I suggested that we have Sushi for dinner as i got a sudden craving for Sushi =P She's so kind to agree to walk all the way to Wheelock's Sakae Sushi.

Me & Lexx

After dinner, met up with a friend of hers, Dillon, made our way back to PS as she parked her car @PS. Sat down at Starbucks and we had a looooong chat of the fun we used to have during school =P Really enjoyed her company as she really can joke and always have crappy jokes to keep me entertained. Hope to have another meet up with her again soon before she goes back to the States this August (Sobz)

X-Men 3

2006-05-28T12:07:00.000+08:00

27th May 2006 (Saturday)

Heavy rain storm in the afternoon. Went home straight after work with a packet of Char Siew Rice. After having my lunch, feeling is again like "Yawnz...." so decided to maybe just lie on the bed for awhile, but like always..... i fell asleep!

"Argh!!!! What's the time now! I'm supposed to meet Shawn @6.45pm at Dhoby Ghaut. OMG! It's 6.15pm and im still @home!" Quickly ran to the bathroom to have a quick shower to freshen up, while preparing to leave the house, Shawn called ..... "Shit! He must be really angry!" But.... luckily he was not angry and the only thing he said was "Ha.... i know you will sleep after your work, and i expected you to over sleep AGAIN....." And so he already met up with KeeWee 1st.

Managed to reach Dhoby Ghaut @7.15pm. We then went over to Dhoby Link's Pepper Lunch for dinner before heading over to the new Cathay to watch "X-Men 3" I personally enjoyed the show very much, but alot of my colleagues gave very bad review on the show (I wonder why?) And most importantly, after the whole show (When i mean after the whole show, it means even after all the credits are shown) There's a suspense! Professor Xavier is still alive?! Wondering would there be another X-men???

DaVinci Code

2006-05-26T23:56:00.000+08:00

Free Movie Tickets

20th May 2006 (Saturday)

Watched DaVinci Code together with Leon @Lido, got 2 free tickets to the show, courtesy of Standard Chartered Bank =D The show is supposed to start at 9.30pm, but due to some reasons, i was late. Reached there at around 9.35pm, as its free seating, late comers will have no choice but to get the front rows seats. For us, we got the worst seats (1st Row!). Being in the 1st row, have to tilt the head up in order to watch, so feeling really very uncomfortable, so did not really enjoyed the show. Will probably wait for the DVD and watch it at home (Self-Consolation) =P

After the show, went over to Youth Park to have supper. Didn't know that there's a Kopitiam there that opens till late hours until Leon suggested that place as i don't want to have Macdonald for supper. Eat, chat and discussing our Thailand trip till about 1.30am. Now really excited for my up coming holiday (29 July - 1st Aug) Hooray!!!

Condolences

2006-05-23T20:04:00.000+08:00

A cousin of mine passed away on 19th May 2006. Never expected this to happen as there's no news of her being sick. Really shocked me when i heard the news.

Attended her wake on 20th May 2006, then the cremation on 22nd May 2006. Even thou, im not very close with this cousin of mine, but still the saying goes "Blood is thicker than water" no matter what, the family bond is still there. The moment when the casket is sent in to cremate, tears filled my eyes, feeling then was as heavy as stone, thoughts of the past kept running thru my head. Really missed her...... Life is so fragile, for her case it all happened so suddenly ..... illness struck her exactly 1yr ago (May 2005) and now she's gone....

There's also a saying "Death is not an end in life, its another begining in the afterlife"..... May god bless her with peace in the afterlife .....

Free Money .....

2006-05-22T21:23:00.000+08:00

19th May 2006 (Thursday)

Yeah, money money money...... even thou is not much, but still its courtesy of Spore Pools. I don't normally bet in any soccer games as i know nothing about it. But came Wed (18/05/2006), my manager Sam suggested that we go bet on a game. He assured me that the chances of winning is very high, and so just to entertain him, i just threw in $10 bet.....

SGD$210.00

SGD$105.00

1st thing i came to work is that Sam came to me saying that he's very guilty as he made me lose $10.... Feeling kinda sad, but told him that im prepared to lose liao hahaha. Then he say he's treating me curry puff as he also lost ..... But on our way to buy the curry puffs, he pulled out the winning tickets saying that he's juz pulling my legs =D

And so, after collecting our winnings (Sam : $105) (Me : $210) we quicken our steps as we sneaked out of office during working hours..... We both agreed that we'll either go Sakura buffet or Parris as a treat for ourselves =D

Pre-Vesak Day Chalet

2006-05-16T01:05:00.000+08:00

11th May 2006 (Thursday)

Knock off work went home straight to change as will be going over to Downtown East Chalet to celebrate Andy (a colleague from Collection Dept) 27th Birthday.

Clarissa with Andy's cake

By the time i reach its already 9.30pm. Most of the people have arrived and already started the "party" =P They were playing 五，十，十五，二十, and loser will have to drink vodka sprite..... Therefore lotsa "drunkard prawns" =D After few rounds of the game, seeing all people have arrived then Clarissa decided to start the sabo session.....

Fruitty taste condom

It's all yours =P

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Vodka in Fruitty Taste Condom! Filled a condom with Vodka and i will be the one holding on the condom for Andy to bite a small hole and suck dry the "thing", but things did not work out the way planned as Andy tore up the condom and everything juz "spurtted" all over hit wahahaha (sounds so porno), then thereafter Andy is to bring the rest of the condom and sell it at a dollar each =D

Jasmine Woman

2006-05-12T18:11:00.000+08:00

10th May 2006 (Wednesday)

Mmm, dinner @Manhattan Fish Market with both JianHui & Chris. Exactly same concept as Fish & Co, selling all sorts of Seafood related dishes. Even the menu is the same. I ordered the usual Fish & Chips while JianHui & Chris shared the Seafood Platter for 2.

Jianhui & me

Me & Chris Hong

After our dinner, ANOTHER JianHui arrived, accompanied him to have his dinner @Long John Silver. Before proceeding to watch "Jasmine Woman". A touching love story starring Zhang Ziyi.

Synopsis
Jasmine Women tells the story of one family's struggle to overcome its tragic history, as each daughter repeats the mistakes of her mother. The film is all the more remarkable for the fact that Zhang Ziyi and Joan Chen each play three roles.

Zhang Ziyi plays the young Mo, the young Li and Hua, while Joan Chen plays Mo's mother and the older Mo in the 1930's, 50's and 80's against the backdrop of an ever-changing Shanghai.

Happy Birthday to Me!!!!

2006-05-11T01:13:00.000+08:00

09th May 2006 (Tuesday)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!! Ok, this should be my most fun and memorable bday celebration. Celebrated it with a group of my SCB colleagues which includes Desmond Chua, Jessica Sim, Diana Lim, Elizabeth Quek, Por Pei Kheng, Evangeline Tang & Irene Lee. Dinner was at Hark's Cafe which is located opposite Parklane. Nice and soothing ambience with a unplugged live band, and for those who is courageous can also request to go on stage to sing .....

As i was mentioning that this is so far my most memorable bday celebration, the reason is because this bunch of crazy friends really made the occassion a special 1 by planning it at this cafe and even the host on the stage wishes me a Happy Bday in front of all the customers that made me feel so special, and not forgetting they sang a bday song for me in front of everyone ......

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By the time the dinner ended, its already 11.30pm, most of them wanted to go back home as they still need to work the next day, so left with both me and Desmond only. Hence got not much to do in Spore, Des suggested either we go for a drink, K session or movie ..... The final decision lies with me as im the Bday boy mah =P So i voted for movie. As all the cinema don't show mid-night shows on weekdays, so the only place will be Cineleisure.

We then settled the rest of the nite @Cineleisure watching MI3 ......

Nokia N80

2006-05-10T16:12:00.000+08:00

07th May 2006 (Sunday)

Ring Ring Ring ..... Argh struggling to pick up my phone as it kept ringing even thou it went off for 1 time before this.

Me : "Hello ....."

Sam : "HELLO, its me Sam ar.... we are supposed to meet up today at Tampines, i juz sent my wife to the airport. Go shower and come meet me asap."

Me : "Mmm ....."

Dragged myself to take a shower. Reached Tampines at around 11.30am, went lunch at Prime Supermarket then went for a walk in Tampines Mall. Out of curiousity, i suggested that we go check if N80 has released yet. 1st saw it at Starhub selling at $838 (2yrs contract). Then went over to M1 who is selling at $938 (2yrs contract). Finally, went over to Singtel, which is offering the lowest price of $783 (2yrs contract), without a second thought, i wanted to buy it =D (As a bday present for myself)

Immediately Sam & I went to choose a new number as im signing up a 2yrs contract to enjoying the $783 deal, else the retail price of the phone itself is $1038. Im always not good in choosing nice number so Sam picked a number for me which i myself find that its very easy to remember ^^

After making my payment, the thought of selling my 7610 kinda hurts me cos its been with me for the past 2yrs and it has never given me any problems and most importantly its been a very useful phone for me. But still decided to sell it as, a fren of mine, Ivan (working at a 2nd hp shop) is willing to take my 7610 at $300, so effectively im only paying $438 for my N80 and also not forgetting the $50 Swensen voucher which is given by Singtel, if taking the $50 voucher into considerations too, im only paying $388 on the phone, so i can say that its really a good buy for a new N80.....

Celebrated my Bday with Shawn

2006-05-07T22:38:00.000+08:00

06th May 2006 (Saturday)

Met up with Shawnie as he's the only one who remembers my birthday and always take time to shop for some really nice presents for me ^^ (Thanks Bro) ..... Had dinner at River City Restaurant in Excelsior Hotel (Recommended by Sam). A really value-for-money buffet dinner as its a Chinese style buffet whereby you can order anything from the menu ..... except for the Shark Fins and Crabs, its restricted to 1 order per person.

Shawn & Me

Food!!!

Keewee & Me

After dinner, initial plan was to go Coffee Club for a drink, but as we really stuffed ourselves with countless orders of Oat Prawns and Deep Fried Seabass, we could even hardly walk after that ..... So we headed over to Parklane to play a few rounds of Dota instead.

What's inside?

OMG! Aren't they lovely?

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Thereafter, all of us headed home as un-noticeably the time is already 11.30pm by the time we finish 2 games. On my way home, was really very excited on what Shawn had bought for me. So i unwrapped the present immediately once i got home, and ..... to my surprise! Its my fav Chip & Dale again ^^ For 2 consecutive years i have been getting Chip & Dale, but still i love it very much as Chip & Dale has always been my childhood fav. But most importantly, its from my BESTEST BEST BUDDY ;)