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late post for nov n dec

2009-01-13T15:11:00.003+08:00

Wah...
2 months already that i didnt visit this blog. Ha..

NO choice.. Facebook seems more addictive nowsadays.All thanks to the smart photo uploading technology and the more user friendly interface.

Time for Blogspot to revolutionise how blogging is done if not, maybe it will be obselete in 5 yrs time. LOL

Last year nov n dec was pretty busy. but i am glad that it has kept me occupied haha.
This year got 4 presents. The best will be the sports bottle and taka vouchers. Kinda expensive. Thanks Tier 1 and IB investigations. Ah sim got me something too. The gift from EG was ok - A cup. The worse gift was a clock.. Yes.. a clock on the eve of my birthday! Shocked for words.

Dec, as usual busy with DTE surveys, the many many MSS treats... Ha. The best was Dian xiao er. Good food and efficient service! Lerk thai was a gone case. Ex and serving portion was hardly for even 1 pax.

Gtg for work. Will update again on the happenings in Jan 09.

words of wisdom

2008-11-25T14:11:00.002+08:00

3 points to note:

World is always round.
Stay positive... Release positive Aura.
Let ur networks work for u..

FAQ

2008-11-15T02:08:00.001+08:00

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"MAN"gnetic... LOL1

kindness

2008-11-14T14:04:00.003+08:00

.............. Can someone be kind enough to offer me what i want?.........................
Chances? where are the chances? Did i not grab it tight? ......
Must be happy.

boj...

2008-11-12T12:15:00.000+08:00

Get me a job!!!!!!! why why why... is it really so hard?

surfing

2008-10-22T14:23:00.001+08:00

hm..last time, i took me 1/2 hrs to surf thru this webpage, now 15 mins was the max! Wat happen??????? Praying hard that it gets longer day by day!!!! :)

" Charge....!"

2008-10-19T23:19:00.003+08:00

the battle ahead looks tough, fighting in a never ending road. When is it ending? Not too sure! Hopefully fast....
- must be happy!

Week check!

2008-10-13T01:56:00.004+08:00

Sunday. A day where everything settles down back again.. a day after all the hype during the weekends, a day where times rearranges itself back to gear us up for the coming fresh new week.

Over this week. Not much things happen though.
Maybe the highlight was I set my "out of voice" for the first time in this year. Totally couldn't speak on Wednesday. Call me Ah Mute!

Sat was a good day. Kitties finally managed to meet and this time round it was in the bright daylight under the scorching sun. Lunch was at Sushi Tei Vivo. Sushi Tei never felt so hot before. Sun rays penetrated the glass and beaming in directly at my eyes. The best remedy will be a pair of shades. Neo was late. talk rubbish, complaining hw bad Tay peng hui was in his Chui delivery for the F1 races, criticising how come Tuzi can get into the top position of the much " anticipated " music competition of the year with their weak rendition of the songs.

Sat's Vivo was really packed with tons n tons of crowd! Loiter around for a while before deciding on location 2. Not much of a surprise and YES! Toast Box tops the list again. Sipping down the signature barley , sampling the ever popular butter sugar toast, this ended the kitties Vivo outing.

As for me, time was still early. Decided to explore Vivo by myself. Though i have been there several times, most of my visits were during dinner thus not much time to walk walk. In fact vivo didnt seem that mega after all. 3 levels of wide shopping area only mah. Really took my time to stroll thru Vivo. Saw the OTO roadshow. There was so much machines on display. Die die must try on of them if not, Dui bu qi OTO's marketing team for their efforts. LOL. Tried the massage chairs at level 1 atrium. Tried all the machines. For the most expensive one, i took the liberty to rest there for 20 mins. Not really shiok i must say. to me, this is only a fresh experience w/o sales staff bothering you! Eventually, my Vivo exploration came to a still at 9.30pm.

And comes sunday. then Monday! Argh.. Must be Happy! :)

6 months of hopes n still counting

2008-10-07T13:54:00.002+08:00

Futile efforts for 6 mths already! hw long more? --- Must be Happy!

ME><

2008-10-06T00:59:00.001+08:00

Hey hey!

1 year anniversary with my enemy!

2008-10-05T23:54:00.002+08:00

. come to think of it, cant believe that i managed to survive the strange n weird hours of my job, coming to 1 year anniversary. If u ask me , more to come? My answer is Probably not, but where to go? I don know..

Great news!

2008-10-03T14:20:00.003+08:00

Congrats to My Cab buddy Ang .. Yeah. Managed to get a new role for in company.
Less one cab buddy from Oct onwards...

Cheers to Teck! Finally got something that he like. 3 more weeks to go only. Young boy with much aspirations! Go for it.

Ketupats any one?

2008-10-01T13:50:00.003+08:00

Selamat Hari Raya! and Happy Childrens Day

Wohoo to a Holiday, WoDuhz to a Working day with no additional cab claims.
Praying hard that today will be a peaceful day at work! finally can go to office in Berms n Slippers!

Argh waiting for cab last night was a nightmare. 20 mins n no cab! TMD..

dAys

2008-09-29T13:54:00.005+08:00

Recalling back the past when we used to be a batch of fun loving idiots who talk loudly on the bus, sitting on MRT floor, cracking lame jokes, cheating in class, passing Candy mix in class while the teacher is giving lessons, Trying a tinge of bronze dye on our hair during teacher's day celebration, turning hiao with contact lens instead of the gold frame glasses, queuing ver night for NDP tickets, running around like headless chicken for some of the sch acivites like union camp and matric fair. Those were the days.

Looking around, i guess many things have changed.

Secondary school mates

Equipped with good degrees, enjoying the climb up the ladder, engaging in their respective hobbies - sports, photography, dragonboat. As for the teachers, they are forever busy with their pile of work but they seem engrossed and immersed in their world. Tired but happy.

JC Mates

Pursing their masters , pharmicist, researchers, teacher, therapist dreams. One of the slackest in the class has even become a analyst in one of the biggest banks. Some r happily married.

Unimates

Deployed overseas for work, Managing big projects, generating great sales numbers and figures! Reporting for the top selling papers in Sg, Dealers.

Great job pple. Proud of you!

But how about me? .. Hmm ..Must be Happy!

就噢可

2008-09-28T01:47:00.004+08:00

有人说过一句话：
人长得难看，不用竟，不果出来下人就不太应该了！

请问我有吓坏你吗？

Kitties unites

2008-09-22T01:52:00.004+08:00

2day was a busy day.

830am .. Whee to market.
10pm Sucking the floor with Vacuum.
11pm Ironing Clothes
1pm Typed my report for some work
2pm Nappping time.
430pm Out of Hse.
500pm Lot 1
530pm Westmall
600pm Jurong East MRt
640pm Cityhall MRT
645pm Strolling along the F1 Tracks.
650pm Marina square
700pm Dinners starts at Milennia Walk
1am Type report for the same piece of work

Now Blogging.

Dinner was fun as usual. In fact all kitties turned up! Wohoo.. Had some discussion at the dining table on what to order.Everyone came with a diff objective. Ng wanted to pay lesser, Neo n Tan was ok no comments, WC wanted fish.. . WC idea was violently objected. He gave up and said he left it to us to make the order. As the foodie guy, i gave my suggestions. All agreed. Restaurant was super duper empty on a sunday night. imagine us only 1 pathetic table of 6 thru out our whole meal there. I bet there were more staff than diners.. Wonder how can they survive? Told ng that maybe today is their busiest Sunday ever. Cos they usually do not have customers on sunday at all.Business increased by 100%. LOL. My god!

Ms E.T come late after her prawning session. Wonder wat is so fun about this prawning ? $30 for 3hrs. This money is enuff to last me for 2 KTV sessions. Wat a waste! ms E.T started to share with us her latest encounter on board. Had a good laugh. Crew ta bao food on board to overseas hotel. Exotic local delights. Our ever famous. Chicken Rice, Char Siew Rice. The best was this -Yong tau foo in ice pack. Freshly flown from Sg. Siao Boh?

Ms E.T provided her strong principle in financial planning and discipline. Ie. Must set aside a sum of money to spend. List a time frame to spend the money. when the money depletes before the month end reaches, LOCK ur self up in your house and don come out at all.. Or when ur frens ask u to come out, keep telling them that you are poor and destitute. slightly hardcore but i bet it works on some pple.

Dinner ended at 2100hrs. Off to Yakun for our routine Silky barley and nonsense talk. Not much fruitful insights in this talk but one thing for sure we have almost reach a consensus on a vacation location next year. i.e Australia. Let' see how far it goes. But i better start planning for a nearer location first, Batam.

However, Kitties friendship strength always gets challenged during trips.

La La La... work still goes on, the search still continues...
Must be Happy! :)

你还需要钥匙吗?

2008-09-17T13:55:00.002+08:00

Gd inspiration.

When one door closes, another opens. Often,we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the door that has been opened.

Knock knock...

Haha...

2008-09-14T17:19:00.001+08:00

Think Positive

2008-09-12T14:16:00.004+08:00

it is all about channeling positive energy to yourself. Try to release positive signals out and it will influence the surroundings and attract positive energies to surround you. I must be happy and confident. must not be defeated, stay cheerful, must take things in stride. My chance will come someday and soon ..please!:(

Here i come....Chiong ah... Ji Pat Ban!!!! HUAT ah..

12 Lotus

2008-09-08T14:37:00.002+08:00

Show ur Support for 12 LOTUS OST... HUAT ah!
( the songs u are listening now)

Latest inspiration

2008-07-30T14:44:00.001+08:00

Must be happy.. 只要能够包容不完美，那就一切完美.

Perfect Cut - 笨人是，自作聪明

2008-07-16T13:04:00.005+08:00

Have been following the latest show in Channel u.
Perfect Cut.

To me, script and the actors lines were good. Well crafted. Much better than Mediacorp typical presentation. Plot was creative but could further develop in depth, mostly of them was touch n go. Lighting n colour was different too. Slightly more pleasing to the eye compared to our typical sharp and brighting lighting. One of the episode featuring Peter kong was analogy to Billy from our local radio station. Ha. so funny ! Michelle chia suddenly looked so attractive in this show!

Meaningful quotes as well : 笨人可怕的不是其笨，而是自作聪明

Good job Wawa Productions!

Yawns ..* Mouth open*

2008-07-07T23:44:00.003+08:00

Yawning like mad in office.. dono why so tired.. TMD. Wahaha.

To the two and only readers of this blog, quite sensitive hor.. start to ask regarding the previous entries. time will tell....Pain Pain! Must stay Happy :)

what happen? Argh..

2008-07-04T00:15:00.001+08:00

So sad.. some shocking news came..Question was why was it not me?Argh...

Publicity Poster 5 days

2008-06-23T17:58:00.002+08:00

No explaination i supposed.

Shokudo Trip

2008-06-11T14:20:00.002+08:00

Recapping last week on the Kitties Trip to Shokudo.

Rate it as a 3.5star dining location, for the fact that the food is reasonably priced and portion was ok.Dining environment is good if u have big gang of pple going. TWC gave it a 3.0 , a discount of 0.5star cos all the soupy stuff were luke warm and some cold. Must try item will be the omelette which literally melts in your mouth. Rosti was ok. The pastas are a no no. Tasted funny and not value for money.

After dinner, will be the usual tea session. Was contemplating to go into JCo Donuts , but even before i step in the smell is unbearable. Wonder how the staff can stand the stench or shd i say the lingering smell of flour and frying oil. Apologies. Your donuts may look tasty and yummy but Mr JCo can consider improving the exhaust to suck up the smell. Of cos, we settled for Toast box. The tea in this outlet is bad. Bittter and not sweet. Anyway the focus on this location was the conversation we had with Ms Tan.

As we are planning for a kitties chalet, so was thinking if we all could take half day leave to go to the chalet. TWC agreed, Ms Ng did not object, Ms Neo has already taken her half day. Tat leaves us to Ms Tan. So we all tried to force her into taking half day. She started all her reasons for not,

1. She was gg for her trip already and cant take the leave ( as she has not much leave left). Started to help her calculate her no. of leave left.

2. She quoted another reason saying her leave was too frequent. so cant afford to take.

3. She is the one in charge of the leave roster so must set gd example.

As usual, Kitties overthrown her reasons. We started to threaten her... targeting at her office inbox. TWC suggested that sending her super big attachments to jam her mail box such as the AKira pamphlet. To Ms Tan, she has limited mailbox space. Due to her position, it is crucial for her to get emails. TWC added on that to him this was easy feat. 3 x Akira pamphlet will do the job. Ms Tan of cos hui di qui rao. Haha. So we told her that we expected an answer before we execute Project Akira.

工

2008-06-05T14:25:00.001+08:00

其实，想想看。。有多少人在做自己喜欢的工作呢？5% 或10% ？哪剩下来的90%是如何对待工作？对我来说，目前的工确实是我不喜欢的。时间颠倒，人家上班，我睡觉，大家放工，我上班。回到家里，已经是深夜了。做的东西，又没有满足感。现在上班的推动力，就是在电邮里，看到几封 kitties 团队所寄来的无聊内容。哪怕只是2段简单的话语，我也很满足。

以前在旧公司的时候，常常听到外头的朋友说很期待星期五的到来。我却没这种感受。或许因为我没有固定的休假日，所以不会觉得。不过，现在总算是给我感受到这种feeling 。所以一过了拜三，就像打完一半的战。

天啊。所谓工字不出头，我几时才会有出头天？

Good old 80's.

2008-05-29T14:14:00.002+08:00

Look at this. the good old 80s..

You would remember:You grew up watching He-man, MASK, Transformers, Silver Hawk and Mickey Mouse, Ninja turtles, Carebears, Robocop, My Little Pony and Smurfs.

You grew up brushing your teeth with a mug in Primary school during recess time.

You would squat by a drain with all your classmates beside you, and brush your teeth with a coloured mug.

You hated or loved the school nurse (she was either pretty or mean).To add on, the dentist will ask you to call the next student using a clip board. - I like the dentist! cos can skip class!

You know what SBC stands for.

You paid 40 cents for cartons of Chocolate or Strawberry milk every week in class.

Everyone's wallet used to be the velcro type. It was cool to have pagers in primary school

SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned. The bus seats are made of wood and the cushionwere red. The big red bell gave a loud BEEP! when pressed. There were still bus tickets and bus conductors would come up to check them.

Envelopes were given to us to donate to Sharity Elephant every Children's Day.

You've probably read Young Generation magazine. You know who's Vinny the little vampire and Acai the constable.

You know what PETS are and the hidden animals in all the text pages.

You hated penmanship.

Writing lines and caning hands were common, esp if you failed chinese spelling (caning was actually allowed. no shit).

You were there when they first introduced the MRT here. You went for the first ride with your parents and you would kneel on the seat to see the scenery.

Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50.

Gals were fascinated by Strawberry Short Cake and Barbie Dolls.

You learn to laugh like The Count in Sesame Street.

You bought tidbits called beebee (20 cents per pack, 10 cents in MGS), and mamee (30 cents), that had a different sticker in it every time. - TMD, even now i have colleagues who leave the company and buy this a farewell present.. Wah cau!!! SCream!

You carried a lunch box to school but either threw away the food or brought it back home again.

You watched TV2 (also known as Channel 10) cartoons because Channel 5 never had enough cartoons for you.

Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The Three Investigators, Famous Five and Secret Seven were probably the thickeststory books you thought you would ever read.

KFC used to be a high class restaurant that served food in plates and had metal forks and knives.

The most vulgar thing you said was asshole and idiot and THE MOST EXTREME WAS 'chicken pie'...you just couldn't bring yourself to say the hokkien translation. - I admit that i tried this. The other class mate then pao to me to the teacher! KNN

Catching and pepsi-cola was the IN thing, and twist was themagic word.

Your English workbooks were made of some damn poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow.

You came to school 15 mins before the bell every morning just so you could copy someone's homework.

CDIS was your best friend.

The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellized characters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you math.

Waterbottles were slung around your neck and a must everywhere you went.

Boys loved to play soccer with small stones or tennis balls in the basketball court.

Girls played five stones and boys played with marbles.

Science was fun with the Balsam and the Angsana being the most important plants of our lives, guppies and swordtail being the most important fishes.

Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and John, immortalized in our minds from school textbooks.

We conducted experiments of our own to get badges for being a Young Zoologist/Botanist etc.

Every Children's day and National day you either got pins or pens with 'Happy Children's Day 1993' or useless plastic files with 'Happy National Day 1994'.

You wore BM2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes. - Mostly with holes

Your form teacher taught you Maths, Science and English.

You went to school in slippers and a raincoat when it rained, and you find a dry spot in the schoolto sit down, dry your feet, and wear your dry and warm socks and shoes.

There would be spelling tests and mental sums to do almost everyday (you hated them).

Your friends considered you lucky and rich if your parents gave you $2 or more for pocket mone everyday.

You saw Wee Kim Wee's face in the school hall.

Boys liked catching fighting spiders, earthworms or tadpoles.

Collecting and battling erasers was a pastime for boys.

Class monitors and prefects loved to say, "You talk somemore, I write your name ah!"
- guilty of this as welll.. Well i am the da zhui ba in class!

You got booked for muddy shoes in class.

There were at least 40 people in one class.

You brought every single book to school, even though there was a timetable.

There was a pro-yo/bumblebee, digimon craze at some point in time.

2008-05-22T23:39:00.002+08:00

Laptop was back today! This laptop was quite a poor thing though..

Last Jan , i sent it for repair. HP informed me that its Heart was faulty. They replaced it.
After it came back for a week, problem started again.. Hanging, Jaming, Freeze, U name it , it has it la. But due to the Wedding Video that i need to produce, drag until last week before i sent it for repair.

2 days ago, a call came. It was the HP doc informing me the latest condition of Lappy. during the intial check up, they concluded that lappy was brain dead. But to my horror, lappy need a Heart change again. wah change heart 2 times. How can i trust HP or Compaq now? the most sad thing is the warranty is ending on 26May08. Poh bi Poh Bi that everything will be fine now. TMD. #%$#

Kitties going for a spree again!

2008-05-21T19:07:00.004+08:00

Hmm.. following Kitties successful first ever Genting Trip, Kitties decided to embark on a new mission . This time in Sg, at the Sunny part of Pasir Ris - Down Town East. Haha.

Thanks to WC for booking and having so much intitative this time round,
Hmm.. what games should we be playing?.. what food should we eat, should we go for KTV or movies. so much things in mind! hmm..

Meanwhile, here is a temporary Org Chart for this Trip.

belated post

2008-05-12T21:08:00.004+08:00

Just logged in and realised that i have ben missing from this page for almost a month..
Wat happen . i dont have the answers.

Probably from the last post, i am still enjoying the simpler pleasures in life! haha

Last weekend, went for dinner with kitties + Chew. A very family style korean buffet with an international price. .. No no.. need to correct myself.. Not family style .. should be worse than family style.. cos the no. of dishes available can be counted using my fingers!!! I take back my review on Seoul Garden and will crown this resturant as the winner of " Least buffet selection restuarant". Argh.. But the fault dont lie with the person who suggest this la. I understand it is not her fault :) . I guess it was still a fun trip. Cos learnt 2 vocab.. Period and Standing Ovation. Laughed over the Cupcakes, my camera etc. will be posting some pics later. Drinks was at Gloria Jean. Ordered a " too sweet" strawberries and cream blend. Was tempted to get some JCo Donuts but didnt cos no one wanted to eat. Ended the trip with

Sunday was family day with ah gong. ah gong 's 92th Bdae!! 7 tables full of relatives and cousin filling up the whole restauarant. Presentation of the food was bad.. plate was too small , portion was too little. - One of the dishes that came looked like a plate of some CNY leftover dish. SCREAMM!! The coke and orange juice tasted gas-less (stale) .. This is another chinese family tyle restaurant. Wah.. 2 family style eating places for 2 day.. Gou leR! Pics will be up soon.

A debate on Rich n Poor.

2008-04-16T13:30:00.002+08:00

Poor =Slightly not rich
Rich = Slightly better than the poor.

End of the day
Poor is never = to less happy.
Rich is never = to happier.

Everything is relative.
Learn to be satisfied and enjoy the simpler pleasures in life.

Gravesweeping

2008-04-10T12:40:00.006+08:00

Some belated entries of Qing Ming,

On good friday. At CCK Hill

The grave looks well kept..after 15yrs.

My ah ma's neighbours

Huat ah..Kim Zhua..

Mandai Columbarium - My mum's ah ma.
If you thot those above was quite standard.. look below..

On 30 Mar 08..

The location is where Mas Selamat run away.. Coincidentally, my ah gong, tai gong "resides" there.. haha.. who noe, maybe ah Mas might have past by their grave before
This area is at thomson area..Ard mediacorp.

The cemetery is called 王氏公坟。meaning to say all my ah gong's relative here are by the surname 王. ** grins**

Look at the dense vegetation. There used to be a temple here but it has been relocated to Bkt Batok.

Last year should be a very fertile year.. so much plants grew up.. and a rainy year as well. many cracked tree branches.

Colour paper is my favourite. My duty usually but this time there were some kids accompanied.. so delegate to them

A top down view

CCK Cemetery for my Ah ma.

My artiste brother doing some final touch up

my eldest cousin at ah ma grave

This is the new colabarium for 王氏公坟. you will be surprised by the family size here.. every family who comes is at least 10 member. After their praying session, their feast continues here. The food they bring is comparable to a buffet. Scary

Look closer and u will spot the MPV. Wah.. now Heaven also got MPV wonder what is their COE prices now? Actually i have seen gucci n LV bags , sport shoes with lace, lap top , computer. Think you name it they have it. I supposed with F1 and IR coming up.. next to hit the list will be Jackpot machines, roulette, F1 vehicles.
ahh

This is where my ah peh resides

my comic mode.

2008-04-09T12:37:00.002+08:00

A real me...

MSN with more actions

2008-04-09T00:43:00.003+08:00

Nowsadays i have a habit of msning with a bit more action...
Like this:

Haha ( Actions: Nearly slip off the chair)
Huh??!!( Actions : Specs fell off)
TMD ( Action: Middle finger pointing out)

My other frens do it too
Emily : Ta ge bi fang ( Actions: Hand keep pushing out in a rotational manner)
Fren XX : We dont drink red wine lah( Action: Hand holding on to the red wine and reluctant to release it)

Wat is ur Chinese name??

2008-04-09T00:40:00.002+08:00

Sometimes, parents are the ones who give birth to kids, the ones who gave them their name.

And can u imagine them not being able to write the name of their children in Chinese? Wah cau.. must jian tao jian tao! just 3 characters only leh..

A date out with the stars

2008-04-07T12:46:00.004+08:00

Some pics from Vivo trip

Below are 4 wannabes with the Gucci Shades ( Lowest Range)

Angela Neo

Tan Wenfang

Tan Wenle / Yang Zong Wei

Ching Jie - Artiste Management Manager.

Happy and Satisfied Moments
Bad pic resolution. Think i use 3 Megia Pix.

The staff took this photo for us.. no zoom in , Ah.. feng ler..
But turn out to be quite ok with the dimensions.

At our usual gathering place - Toast Box.

The treat is courtesy of Wen Fang.

Living our 1 million Dream ( edited)

2008-04-07T12:21:00.004+08:00

Last night was damn funny.. Chatted with Anna n WC on Msn.
What if we strike the 1 million Toto?

- WC can sell his Sugar Cane in B1 of Vivo
- I can do my surveys fulltime for Vivo and occasionally bring wedding couples to Vivo for videos.
- Xiao Ching can be her Daiso ger
- Emily can sell her Boiled Chicken Wing wth her signature chili sauce.
at night , she will move over to St james Dragon fly to sing Hokkien Songs
- Gin can be the Vivo in house performer singing Angela Zhang's songs , and sometimes tag team with Emily as the Vivo Sisters n sing in dragonfly!

But wat job is there for anna (Not real name)?

WC said that he needs helper. So Anna (censored name : Cos 当事人 is reluctant to provide her full name ) volunteered.

But guess what clause did she come out with.

- Anna will work only for half a day.. cos the next half of the day , she will need to work in the IR that is across the bridge.

- Ah lau can be taitai by then, will be the VIP gambler in the IR.

The conclusion is Vivo will be our new hangout place and home ground

Why Why world

2008-04-04T12:23:00.001+08:00

Can someone tell me.. why?
why we have to work?
why must we slog to earn a living?
why do we have to bother with trivial things?
why can i get a proper job?

Ha

Urge

2008-04-01T14:48:00.002+08:00

Last week was preparing for work .. shut down computer at 3.30pm and ready to set off by 4 pm. after lunch at 3.45pm .. suddenly had this strong urge to look for new job.. dash to my comp at 3.50pm and start looking at jobs db and ocbc website. is this a tell tale sign or am i clinging too much to the past? after last night's bad experience, decision has to be made really soon.

Nightmare starts now

2008-04-01T14:43:00.004+08:00

Last night was a nightmare at work..
1 x trg, 1 x meeting, 1x comp down... reach office at 4.15pm and left at 2.45am.. 11.5hrs of work. Somemore it was my first day with a new role within the team. Gosh, wonder when can i call it a day here?

dilemma

2008-03-28T13:49:00.001+08:00

to go or to stay.. is a struggle. 4 mths of it.

4 days of Retreat

2008-03-24T23:21:00.004+08:00

Since my last post .. it is another 10 days.
within the last ten days, the past 4 days was best time since my new job. Why? Cos i finally have 4 days of break
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Friday 21 Mar 08
The annual Ching Ming Jie for my ah ma.
Woke up at 1030hrs and got ready to set off at 1300hrs. Was the first few to head to the cemetery while the rest caught up later. At the entrance of the cemtery, there was a few soliders on duty. they had to check the car boot of all vehicles. Wat they had with them was only a tentage with a raincoat. Poor boys, 都谢mas selamt 所赐，part of their NS memories will be with the CCK cemetery.But this certainly is step up security!

I became a Grandson son turned artist. Did some touch up on my ah ma's tomb ( those chinese characters)due to wear n tear. The rest of the family caught up later. Proceed on to mandai columbarium. Wah, this was really small compared to my ah ma " house " in CCK. In a Singapore context, Columbarium is the HDB while Grave is the "landed property". Ha. Of cos there is the usual offering and prayers to be done. Back to ah gong's house for some small gathering - As usual the chitty chatty stuff. My cousin got this cheese dips from a GV nachos supplier. Hm.. really decent dips that tasted yummy. Dinner was tao pao style buffet.

Sat 22 Mar 08.
Slept late till noon. Supposed to meet EY n gang at 1.30pm. But knowing their kuan, decided to laze a bit before setting off. Landed up leaving home at 1.30pm instead! ha! Even so i was not the latest. EY without fail, turn out to be the last one. Had food at this Chinese restuarant in Bugis junction level 2. Mouth watering Fried Rice and hot steaming xiao long bao. Worth it. Left at 8.30pm. proceed to JP and bought some snacks for family.

Sunday 23 Mar 08
Marketing on sunday is a must to my favourite market. Got nasi lemak instead of the mee kia this time round. Could be since 3 months since i tried the nasi lemak. Still so good, still so tempting. At night was my first visit to Palm Beach seafood.

Wah cau. Trust me. Dont go there if possible. Food is freaking ex. 3person. 5 dishes for $100+. A miserable plate of achar(those appetiser before your meal is served)chargeable at $2. 10 pieces of oversized ikan billis cost $3. Chili crab was still ok at $38. Salted Fried rice was at $12 with less than 1% of salted fish. Hofan at $8 with less than 5 slices of fish. Only comforting item was the desert at $3.80- unique concoction of mango, pomelo, tadpole jelly etc.

Monday 24 Mar 08
Not much activity to bost about but manage to catch my favourite show. Just in Singapore.

This marks the end of my 4 beautiful days. Tomolo will be shit again.

Friday- St james night out!

2008-03-14T14:08:00.004+08:00

Last Friday was freaking siong for me.. Hmm. Thursday work until 3am. Had to wake up at 7am on Friday for a course. Course was quite standard given that i have attended such courses in previous work.

After course, rushed down to Comex to see what it has to offer. 45 mins was all the time for me from office to suntec and back to cityhall. TMD, got stuck at the Suntec Bridge. Sometimes it makes me wonder when will the bridge collapse. At a glance, i think there are like almost 500 pple on that narrow and squeezy bridge. Authorities, please look into better alternatives for pple to make their way to SUNTEC can?

Went to Excelsior hotel for a " Si Beh Wu Hua" ala carte buffet. Food was not bad considering the price. But wat is more important is that Kitties managed to gather in full force again. A get together for Ah lau's birthday. As usual, the chatting , cursing, swearing , bitching.. What's new. ha.

Me, without fail, pop out my signature phrase : " Wat's next? " Got everyone thinking of what we could do after dinner. Final conclusion was to .. ST JAMES! yeah. Attempted for the previous rounds to convince Kitties to go there but failed. This time was so fast.

Hm.. we concentrated our energy at Dragonfly and Mono. Dragonfly looks like a upclass ah beng gathering area or air conditioned ge tai. A lot of tow kay figures loitering around. Songs were ok but is there really a need for the china dancers? er dao.. The female singer from china was equally bad. Mono in contrast was more tame .. resembling a KTV pub, definitely a better environment to chill out and chat. Hope that kitties enjoy it and it is a thumbs up for me!

First or Never?

2008-03-04T15:06:00.003+08:00

Hmm..Finally Monday has past.. Today is Tuesday.
Ytd Pple in office collected their Annual present. General feel was that everyone was damn sad and angry over this present. Amt was considered miserable compared to last year.

Suddenly , this thot came to my mind. Is it me that is causing this?
Come to think of , i may have a part to play.
Ha ..
In sec sch, when i was there, School didnt manage to win anything for the sports. My class was the best class but we were the naughty class. Never in the sch history will you see the best class gg for detention but we did it!

In Uni, when i join the Faculty of Science for Rag n Flag, we didnt manage to win anything but immediately when i left, they won 1st!

In OC, when i was there, we didnt win the CCAS award, immediately after i left, CCAS awarded them the best CC!Maybe some other small awards in CC that the team i was in didnt win..

There cld be many other instances that i cant think of right now. But the morale of the story is.. seems like i am never associated with the word "FIRST" .. Argh...haha..

-SHR-

2008-02-25T02:04:00.002+08:00

Chanced upon the School House Rockz Musical on Kids Central on Sunday morning
This line left quite a impression for me. Kinda powerful phrase.

"Yes, you are different, but you are NOT smarter!"

http://kidscentral.mediacorptv.sg/microsites/SHR/index.html

Uniquely Singapore

2008-02-19T14:52:00.002+08:00

Uniquely Singapore?
Have you ever tot after all these talks about preserving heritage , culture, places.. what is the most unique about Singapore?
In my interpretation, Hawker Centre is my choice. Is there any place that you see hawker centres overseas. Roadside stalls there might be but not really prim n proper , neatly arranged Hawker centres right?

This is a place that accompanied us from young. Selling our all time favourites such as fish ball noodle, prata, chicken rice ,duck rice etc etc. Variety and choice is always there, topping up with the fragrance of char quay teow lingering in the air。Foodcourt and coffeshop may try to mimic the variety but the 人情味 cant never be replicated else where.It may seems dirty and less hygienic but the food always tasted better. Compared to food court and kopitiam, 他少了一点商业感，不过多了一点人情味。This is what makes it so unique.

I guess why i always make it a point to visit the hawker centre once a week on sundays despite having to climb up early but this is where i grow up with. I always enjoy the moments in the hawker centre looking at the hustle n bustle of it. This is a feeling that i can never describe.

So wat is ur piece of uniquely singapore?

Lao Yu Sheng Chu 2

2008-02-14T15:21:00.002+08:00

Sorry for the Jerky shots. Cos i also need to Lao!!!!

Pui Pui and his disturbed sleep

2008-02-14T15:17:00.001+08:00

Chinese New Year Marketing

2008-02-14T14:14:00.004+08:00

Chinese New Year is one of my favourite festival. dono why but i guess this is what a chinese ought to be proud of.

Some photo shots during my marketing..

Yuan Bao is a must during CNY... HUAT AH!!!

Look at the crowd even our malay frens are into the mood.
Ha.. If not during Chu 1 and 2 they will have nothing to eat!!

Ah Long is joining in the festive cheer

Mr Lion in the limelight

8 treasure boxes. Used to be preserved fruits but now selection is richer. Catering to the needs of the kids

Latest Version of 8 Treasure box... all these fruits theme candies are so adorable.

Nian Gao 年糕。。with the fish it means 年年有余。。
good omen for the normal family but for those in business, they dont like this phrase. cos it will mean every year there will be leftovers. Defintely a NO NO for them!

Flowers for the new year!

2008-02-14T13:42:00.006+08:00

Some back dated entries to be shown.

2 weeks before lunar new year, pop by Cousin Mandy 's house and see how she make Pineapple tarts

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Tarts in the oven. Note: She used a Steam oven instead of a conventional one.

dishing out hot and fresh tarts. Dont they look lovely? If you notice carefully, the little cookie crust on the tart is a shape of a star. It is so cute. And the star cutter, smaller than the 1/2 the size of a cigarette cost $10++!

The first 3 bottles ready for me to bring home!
Yeah..

hmm.. After all the effort.... This were the fruits of labour!

Dreams

2008-02-14T01:31:00.004+08:00

Remember when you were young, mum and dad will always ask you wat do you want to do when you grow up? What are your dreams? Back then, everyone would say that they want to be a teacher, solider blah blah blah.. As you grow older, some how or rather the environment starts to influence your beliefs and thinking. Sterotpying success and failure. Right from Primary School where EM1 is elite, EM3 mean gone case. Next was Sec School.. Express was the norm, Normal Tech was #@$@#. Then came our time to make our decision. Poly or JC. JC was branded as the route to Uni while Poly was the happening route, ITE was the least choice as it was termed as Its The End. As we move along this planned route, it somehow or rather stiffles our creativity and making us afraid to take the out of the norm route.

Sometimes it makes me wonder.. what if i didnt do well in Primary school and got to EM3, then flung PSLE and get to Normal Tech, naturally get into ITE? Start to go out and chiong, mixing with ah bengs and ah lian, picked up smoking. Will i be where i am right now? Or will i be better off?

I have seen cases of pple who couldnt do as well in school but shone bright right now. guess taking the "correct" path may not lead you to the best place or land u in the best spot.

The new year continues

2008-02-12T00:06:00.001+08:00

Chu 2 was a happy day for me. Why? Ha. Cos i manage to get leave for that day. Means No work.
Slept until 10am. got ready by 11am and off to ah Gong house! After a round of handhaking and greetings, sat down and started to chat with all the cousins. hru out the whole day, i was in high spirits. Saw a few additions to the family such as Piu Piu and Baby sumo. when i am free, will upload a video featuring Piu Piu. One bad thing for CNY at ah Gong house, will be some kids will bring their donation cards running ard asking for your donation. One time still ok but the kid of my cousin pratically brings it every year... some sort became like an tradition liao.. SIAN!! DamnEr dao. Damn irritating. Lunch was normal but "Lou Hei" for this year was reduced from two plates to one plate only.

Afternoon time was the annual Black Jack Competition. Featuring Cousins and Son in Laws of the SIM family. There is some thing unique in my ah Gong's family. All the sons and daughters of my ah gong dont gamble but their kids and son in laws gamble like hell. One most evident family will be mine. We have 5 in my family and on the table we have 4 representatives. Haha. didnt win much for the game though. cousin Ying's hubby SAM won this round and managed to gain winnings for a trip to 4 Wan Island in Malaysia.

After dinner, Black Jack competition part 2 continued. This went on all the way until 3pm. SAM continued his luck and poor things like us donated to his Genting Fund for two. After making generous donations to him, he couldnt get off so easy. supper was on him. 3am .. proceeded to Mac at JW. But this is the first time ever that Mc Nuggets tasted so yucky! super greasy and no fragrance.

Chu 5

2008-02-11T14:43:00.000+08:00

5th day of Lunar New Year.

Hope everyone had a great time during these 4 day of CNY holis. As for me, was lucky enuff to have 3 full days of rest out of the 4 days of holis. SAd to say, i spent my New Year Eve in office and so was my Chu 1. Something relived was that there wasnt any much work to do in office thus we could all leave on time. Yeah! with free ride home. compimentary ride from Ah Sim!

Started Chu 1 with a good start. Won some $$ from my cousins at the ALoha Changi Chalet. Some bets though 10cents, 20 cents, 50 cents. And i won 30 bucks. The Chalet was great. Breezy wind, a seaview right in front of you. Spacious rooms.

Error in Previous Post.

2008-01-25T19:03:00.001+08:00

RE my previous post on Friend "S" - Never step onto the land of Genting

Friend S ask me to make some amendments
Error 1 : I have a "S" friend who went with us to Genting.
Correction: Friend "S" advised that i can make known her name as there are only 2 readers to my blog so far. Friend S is Stella.

Error 2 : She sweared that will never step into Genting again for the next 5 days.
Correction : Stella mentioned that she never SWEAR 5 days but for an extensive period of 5
years.

Hmm.. i should count myself lucky to have readers that will help to correct my post to ensure that all entries are as accurate as possible.

2008-01-22T19:36:00.000+08:00

Tuesday - 22Jan08

I have a "S" friend who went with us to Genting. After that fateful trip, She SWEARED that she will never step into Genting again for the next 5 days.

She broke news to me that she is going to Genting this coming April. That came as a rude shock as based on her personality, she will never go back on her words. Guess what was the reason that she is going? All becos of MayDay! An avid MayDay fanatic indeed. This friend is indeed a fan for Concerts. She has been to Jing ru concert, the SOLD OUT Jay concert and of cos all MayDay concerts. 2 words for thought -" FENG LER"" Haha.

Yesterday , heard that pple were all held up by the SMRT Train disprution. My g0odness, 7 hrs. Jiat Liat la for the poor 50k pple affected.. Heng i wasnt one of the those involved. See the East is not neccessary than the West. Ok.. Cant be complacent that i am living in the West.

Work=?

2008-01-20T03:51:00.000+08:00

When u begin to enjoy what you are doing, you will not be working again.
Are u working or enjoying?

Ah Ong Good Deals - YP t-10 Offers

2008-01-14T14:33:00.000+08:00

To all who is reading this blog. Great Offers again!

This time is an offer from the people of RippleVox and Samsung.

If you have been following the blog, by now, you should have spot tons and tons of photo of my YP T10 MP 3 player. RippleVox and Samsung has decided to let my friends to share the joy as well.

Click on the link below to grab this offer. Latest news i got is this Samsung player is only distributed exclusively at the Samsung Flagship Store and no other place.

http://apps.vocanic.net/appsSamsungTracker/start?code=948694

Save up to $52.35* courtesy of those lovely guys at Samsung this Christmas. Be sure to ask your pals to print out the voucher and take it with them to the Samsung flagship store at VivoCity!

* 8GB (RRP: $349) , 4GB (RRP: $249) and 2GB (RRP:$199)

Underwear - In or Out?

2008-01-14T12:48:00.000+08:00

Forced myself up up on Sat 12/01/07 at 11.30pm, rushing frantically to 4Leaves to get a bdae cake for a fren, in the course of all these rushing , 4get to bring her bdae pressie out. don care, continue my trip. Reach couple Yap house at 1.15pm. Nice deco . Cool looking clock, Comfortable sofa, big TV.

Played some card games. Being introduced to In Between. Indeed this is a game of Luck n UnLuckyness. We started with a dry run. I got my beginners's luck at the first round where i "kop" the pool of cash ( $6.90 only ) on the table. Kanna scolded for not being friendly to the players down the row. Ha.. don't care! The highlight was Bdae Ger played the game. Such a wide range but she still hit the goalpost. Hiak.. Damn suay. Halfway thru, she decided to go to toilet, Kitty gin asked if she was going to toilet to change her underwear( to change luck), then Kitty WC said: " u can also flip ur underwear if u want. But remember to flip it inside out. not flip from front to back" Tat was hilarious. But true enuff, when she came back , her luck improved. Continued on with Black jack. Pleased to announce that i am the only player who got black jack thru out the game ! Yeah!

hmm.. Morale of story, Next time must standby underwear for any gambling game.

6.30pm -Couple Yap had to go out so we made our way to Vivo. The trip to the bus stop took us 20 minutes due to some hiccups here n there. Reached vivo and settled for food at Asian Kitchen. Next stop was Toast Box for Lah Teh n Lah Kopi - courtesy of Birthday Ger. The standard bitching and joking continued until 11.30pm where it all came to a halt. quite like the feeling of drinking in Toast box. Damn retro and authentic although the seats were horrible. Thank you kitties for another good night of jokes n laughter. so Wats next?

Ring ring.. Ring ring

2008-01-10T21:06:00.000+08:00

Hmm.. why?
A call of concern from one became a nusiance to another. Is this wat that one deserves to get? I really don have the answer. Guess time will tell.

1001

2008-01-10T00:04:00.001+08:00

Now in office. Trying to slack a bit.. Taking some time off to drop a few lines on my blog.

Today woke up exceptionally early. all for the fact that some " kind" soul came and ring my door bell at 8.45am. Force myself to climb out of bed and headed to the door. KNN, no one at the door. Went back to sleep then the bell rang again!!! thinking that i might be something urgent. I rushed out immediately to see my guest. Standing at the door was a plump looking woman. Seh said : " 是XX的妈玛吗？I gave her a HUH look. She said sorry and rushed off. Perhaps it was not my huh look but my messy hair bah.

Was supposed to complete some online survey but didnt recall when was the dateline. Heng ah. Luck i woke up early today and went to check on the timing. TMD Today is dateline. siao Liao. Haven do it yet!! Log in immediately and tried to rush it thru. Halfway , the link became invalid. Wah Lau all my efforts gone! But i clever . Screenshot the page done and forward it to the
company involved and showed them the evidence. Just in case they think i cheating them. Now waiting for Lin's reply. If u see my post now, Lin, please revert ASAP ok?

today

2008-01-07T02:45:00.000+08:00

Week 1 Ending 2007

2008-01-04T21:07:00.000+08:00

Was working halfway . At 6.30pm. Mum called. Telling me MC King passed on. That was too sudden. During my younger days, when the clock strikes 8pm on Monday evening, i will definitely standby at my TV box waiting to see the Comedy Nite. MC King will definitely be one of the characters i look forward seeing. A funny man with a funny shape. Bring us joy and laughter. He launched a Cassette tape when i was in Primary school. That tape was super duper hilarious. Vaguely remembered it as 今夜来看我。

quite a sad thing to hear. At the age of 40, when he managed to rebuilt his career, when he starts to get famous.. Death brought him away from his loved ones. some times it gets quite ironic, when one is alive, no one treasured him. But when he is gone, the news spread was generous. Pages and Pages, Paragraphs and Paragraph. But i guess our local reporters did their best contribution during his wake. On this note, hope you have a good journey. Excel in the other world and stay as joyful as you are before. http://mcking13.spaces.live.com/

1st day of the Year

2008-01-02T14:42:00.000+08:00

ok.. Started 2008 with a fresh start!

Met CY and SA and went to LY house to see Baby Yu Heng.
Super cute, adorable. This baby has long legs. May be an athlete next time. Mummy Ly looks quite tired so is Daddy SH. Her breast feeding time can break Guinness World of Records. 2-3 Hours. That is powerful.. If it was to be me, i would already doze off while feeding the baby. Saw LY's ah ma helping her for the first mth of her birth. Her ah ma is damn happening. With Makeup, Eye Brow drawn. She is 82 but looks like 60+. LY said if she wants to meet her ah ma, she will still have to make appt to see her , cos her ah ma has a super packed schedule in her neighbourhood.

After meeting baby Yuheng, we proceeded to Sakae Sushi @ Lot 1.My maiden visit to this outlet. Hm.. food is ok but portion is quite small. Full house as usual. Like the fried veg and the Don.

HAPPY 2008!

2008-01-01T01:09:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year Everyone. A Goood 2008 Ahead!

Right now, Sitting in office ready to pack up. Facing the Esplanade Bridge looking and hearing the loud music blasting for the Marina Bay. Manage to catch some fireworks though blocked by Bank of China building and MayBank building. SAw the nice balls lighting up on the river front. The spectular lighting across the Bay.

2007-12-31T00:12:00.000+08:00

Updates on YP T10

tried to use it and made some new discoveries.

- U can customize everything you can even select a picture to put on ur backround.
- U can view your photos and text files on the T10. Zoom for photos and custom text size and color provide powerful options to these great features.
- The T10's built-in FM Tuner will scan the entire FM range in less than 60 seconds and automatically place the available FM stations into presets.

Ah Ong Good Deals

2007-12-30T17:29:00.000+08:00

Hmm Guess everyone starting to collect their bonus for the year. Thinking of where to put them? A short summary of the Deposit Rates in Sg.

Fixed Deposits
Based on 10-12month tenure
$40k and Above
1st: Sing Investments *
http://www.sif.com.sg/
2nd: OCBC - 10/10 S$ Time Deposit Promotion * ( Addtional int if you meet certain criteria)
http://www.ocbc.com.sg/personal-banking/promotion/Pro_Bnk_1010_SGD_TD_2007.shtm
3rd: Hong Leong Finance* (Comes with Free Gift)
http://www.hlf.com.sg/personal/deposits/promo_fd.html
4th Singapura Finance*
http://www.singapurafinance.com.sg/webtop/interest.phtml

Normal Savings Acct (No minimum amount):
1st: Standard Chartered E$aver*
http://www.standardchartered.com.sg/deposits/esaver.html
2nd: FairPrice Plus
http://www.fairpriceplus.com.sg/savings/savings.shtm?bcid=M3

Disclaimer: The above is for your information and for sharing purpose only. Any action taken based on the above is at your risk.

*Please refer to the individual Banks' website for the full set of Terms and Conditions.

Camwhoring with YP T10 Series 2

2007-12-30T16:56:00.002+08:00

Did my Best to introduce YP T10 to my MF mates during the Xmas Gathering.

Some camwhoring and sharing in progress

Security Lady: Hm.. Looks not bad, the design looks sleek.

mimi looked engrossed

VPD: Wah.. So many functions

Security Lady: Yup!

VPD: Testing , Sound Check 1, 2, 3..

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Thumbs Up for the new YP T10 MP3 Player from Samsung.

XXX Games

2007-12-30T16:45:00.000+08:00

An MSN conversation with a Gal Fren below:

A: hey we going to BB hse next week
Me: ok!
A: Heard my uni fren hse got those sensor game.
A: They say very fun one.
A: Wonder if BB house have or not
Me: HUH! Wah what type of game is it? Censor Game? hmm..
A: those that got sensor one.. like u move left the charcter will move left, you jump , the character will follow your move.
Me: Orh... for a moment i thot wat was on your filthy mind ?( Ha.. censor Game)
A: Aiya, i dono what is the name la
Me: Tat one is called Nintendo Wii

Moral of the story: When will the time comes when Sensor games really become Censored Game in SG?

EOTY

2007-12-30T15:55:00.000+08:00

Wat is EOTY? End Of The Year!

Some pictures from the MF05 Outing Xmas Party this year.

A short gathering to hear how they are. I guess every one is doing just as well. SO Work hard pple. Till we meet again.

VPD, Head Security,Sales girl x 2

Watch ur strap.. looks like dropping off

Gel and her Bu Shuang Face

My Everything also Can Floor Manager!

Food Pics - Courtesy of Outback Steak House

Chicken Breast Meat $ 16 - Slightly tasted too dull

Spicy chick Chunks $12 bucks#@$#@%

Fries with cheese and Bacon - $11 Worth It

Ribs - $18 ( Half Size) No Porky Taste.
Highly Recommended

Xmas 07- finale Updated

2007-12-26T01:21:00.000+08:00

A round up of Xmas this year!

5 pressies for me in total.
- A XXXX brand pillow from Jieli
- A Dancing Giraffe from Sim (Office Xmas Xchange)
- A Duracell Battery Phone from Sim (Personal)
- A Cool looking Bag from Yue Ling
- Pending Samsung YP T10 MP3 Player from Samsung.
- A Cannot Fly Aeroplane and box of Chocolates (Shangri La) from Company

5 Pressies out
- Piglet and Set for Sim
- 4ever Frens cushion + key chain ( Colleague)
- Adidas Belt and Bottle (XH)
- Nike Shoe bag and Bottle (EY)
- Bottles for all frens.

I guess this is the time to share. Wont really mind the gift la.Each gift and gathering is really a blessing to me, telling me where i stand. ( not in $$ terms). To those which the gathering was not successful, lets try to make it successful this coming new yr or next yr. To those whom i missed the gathering, apologies:( will try to make it next time. For those who have celebrated with me, thanks for the trip . Enjoyed it! Cheers

Coming up next, Pics from the Xmas gathering with MF 05

Xmas 07

2007-12-25T00:51:00.001+08:00

hmmm, Still have to work on 24 December. Sian!
So envious when i heard that some kitties, some DSTA staff, some FSM,Practically everyone except me la.. can have Half Day off!!! TMD. No justice!Sian.

Actually boss was telling us maybe got chance to go back ard 12am. Was super happy about it. So we waited and waited. ML told us she need to check with the NY team at 10pm of the arrangement. Tat was at 7pm. Thot something great could happen, so happily enjoy the sponsored dinner fro Company. Sakae Sushi, Turkey et from Shangrila. At 10pm, staring at the clock, staring at ML table, still no news.. Continue reading my emails. at 11pm, ML not at her table, 12am,the other team started to wish each other Merry Xmas blah blah blah, ML took out a bottle of champagne popping it. The other Team started to have merry , "cheers"ing each other...I guess all is gone. Wah lau.. Never mind. Our next tgt will be to leave on the dot at 2am. Tat nver happen again. Last minute, some one threw some stuff over for us to do. KNN.. only completed at 2.30am..My usual knock off timing!!
Only thing i felt lucky was that i still had MP3 player accompanying e thru out the night.. i guess that is my little blessing for this Xmas.

Camwhoring with YP T10

2007-12-23T01:13:00.000+08:00

Some not so new photos of Camwhoring with my YP T10 during CY n DW 's Bdae

KS Thumbs Up!

Weileen Feels like partying with the bluetooth set and the Player.

3 ladies posing with the MP3 player

CY with her Beautiful Balloon Listening to Some Love Songs.

The couple themselves Striking a loving pose.

Love fills the air.

夫妻连心

2007-12-23T00:28:00.001+08:00

youtube reviews on Samsung YP T10

Dec is a great month!

2007-12-21T23:16:00.000+08:00

I guess it is Dec is a joyous month for all.

My Birthday is on, CY got married, LY's Baby is out, First time cut so many cakes, Wah!
Last night, SA sms me this : "Give Birth le, ......." Wah, my first close fren giving birth. Actually wanted to visit her at hospital at night but i guess no chance cos i working at night. so envious to hear that everyone rushed to see Baby immediately.

This moring, 超早起来的，吃了last night 大姐家的buffet. some nugget, spagetite, brani rice. Hmm Yummy! Dashed out at 2pm to Jp and got X mas Gift for Colleague. Happy with my buy. A Forever Friends Cushion and customised HP strap. Pia to KK at 3.30pm . Reached KK at 4.20pm. found Room 8122. spoke the mum and dad for Baby but didnt get to the Star himself. Baby.. Argh.. Wasted Trip so sad! rushed back to reach office at 5.05pm. sit for 10 minutes then rushed to Pantry to prepare Bdae surprise for Colleague.

Xmas Exchange was quite normal, Ah Sim got me a Dancing Giraffe! Feng ler!!!! Aiya, i nvr like unpractical gifts. Ha. But appreciate the effort! Thanks..

Highlight for today was the Xmas Treat from Boss. Went to Waraku @ Central. Always thought that Central was a ulu and bad shopping place. but at Waraku, TMD!! Cao ji many pple!!!! waited for 15mins. Food was ok. Udon was too much, the Unagi was ok.

My Shifu and Shifu' Shifu!

This hamper came as a surprise after my boss made a complain to Bank of Canada! Impressed!

Supervisor with Sim n Bdae Ger

My Unagi Rice with Udon

Swordfish Sashimi

Next will be to look forward to Sunday Gathering with EY, CS, Mimi, gel ,YL ! Hmm.. Wonder wat my gift will be..

2007-12-21T00:02:00.001+08:00

How to untangle your Headphone Wires?

Cool Videos!!

Night to remember

2007-12-18T14:43:00.000+08:00

Last night, was a busy night.

Went to work at 4pm. Ask permission for 2 hrs long lunch. Cos CY is having her wedding banquet on a MONDAY!!!! Argh! At 9pm biah one cab down to the hotel. Just in time for the 2nd March In and the song item by their fren. Ha. She is totally gorgeous last night + He was dashing thru out the night. Buddy Au and gang left food for me. This is the 2nd time i manage to complete the whole dinner within 2 hrs. The usual Yam seng carried on..cameras were snapping here and there. Caught up with a few sec sch frens. All now ladylike, Super feminine. Some couldnt recognise me. But i could recognise all of them! Yeah!

Towards the end , it was the Sa Bo session by our Creative Saboer : ME! Didnt bring any props down so make do with something on the spot. Part 1 was to ask CY to use a spoon and pass thru the pants of DW, from the left to the right. Part 2 was to use the spoon to feed DW some Beer with " God Noes wat is inside". Approached CY, then the brother si beh agressive .. keep saying no time liao they need to stand at the door to thank the guest.. Sian 1/2. Imagine 3 table full of pple waiting for them to pay the game and the best man like tat.. Spoiler!

But i think CY wanted to play along with us, she keep looking in at our table when she was at the door. Haha.. 3 minutes later, 2 of them walked in with quick steps and told us she will spare us 5 mins. Started the game . Everyone cheered her on. Really a bunch of Sporting and fun loving frens and classmates. When she reached the crucial point, i gave her a warning.. Telling her the direction that u chose to use to pass the spoon over will have some implications. She chose the back way (i.e Backside). After she passed the spoon thru, roars of cheers came from the tables around us. I dont really noe what happen to her. After she retrieve the spoon, she was so delighted that she threw the spoon up and it landed on the table ( Cracked into 2). Sad to say Part 2 plan wasnt executed out! By that time, i had to rush back to office. Bid goodbye to all and had my last photo shots with the couple and zoomed down to the lobby to get a cab. NO cab lor, walk all the way to CK tang and managed to get on a Trans cab. Ha $4 bucks only.

Last night was the first night Cab charges was changed. Cab ride back cost me $2 more. Wah..

大出血。。bo hua..

This frenship is one that i will treasure and remember thus my only regret was not able to sit in for the full wedding banquet and followed the gang of them to her hotel room after the event. ALso paiseh that i couldnt help her video cam the banquet part of the wedding.

I think wat i take away from this 2 days is Friendship can nver be bought and it takes time and effort to look after and maintained it, otherwise it may land up back to Hi Bye Frens again!

A Last note to the Couple. 恭贺新禧！Peace!

~16 Dec 07~

2007-12-17T14:30:00.001+08:00

!6 Dec was tiring day for me. Woke up before Dawn @ 4am..( Tat is the usual time that i sleep daily!) Rush to CY Wedding as the Video Man Camera man. Will talk about it in my later post. Photos are not in yet. Will share some time later.

After the event, went to Fish n Co. for Kitty Gathering. First time celebrating Bdae with Kitties. Food was ok. Brought my MP3 player that and share it with all of them. Let them take a look at the specs. Comments were generally good. Some said it looked like Ipod, Some agreed on its light weight. They were impressed by the Bluetooth function. Below are the pics that Kitties modelled for the MP3 player. Haha, Samsung could consider using them as their models Swee rite! Highlight of the dinner was to ask me to stand on the chair right in front of everyone in the resturant while the crew sing Bdae song for me! Hate it!! I warn AT that no such things if not i will walk out.. but since everyone is so sporting. bo bian also must be Gentlemen abit.

WC .. Wat is he giggling at?

SN n AT looking at the Bluetooth Headset with surprise

the newly Wed!

Gin "Woh"ing at YP T10

Gin with her cute pose. She gives it a Thumbs Up!

Et rocking on with the MP3 player.

The gang w/o TWC. Wats that blink on Emily's chest? hahha

The Saggis ( Belated Bdae) with our cake.

2007-12-15T23:51:00.000+08:00

Tiring day. Woke up at 2pm. Still feel like sleeping. On my way out to busig today, caught sight of the chipmunks at the stairway facing the road. believe that they were getting ready for some meet n greet session. Sibeh CUTE!

At bugis village , Bought my fav chicken chop + xtra Chili.. Shiok x 10 Decided to go to Vivo to have dinner. We left Bugis at 5.45pm The traffic jam started at Keppel Road. We were stuck there for lmost 45 minutes. Entering the carpark was another 15 wait. BUt TMD, even waiting so long.. also carpark full! Is there really so many cars in Sg? This is hell! hahah. Did a turn at the round about and went to some where else.

About my mp3 player, was trying to look thru and explore more on it.
Realise that actually the time and date function is not unique to ypt10. Other brands also have that function. But still it wil definitely be something that i will look for in a MP3 player. REalise that the touch buttons for the player was abit out of syn after a while. It will require more precise touch to select the relevant options. Perhaps my finger is too big thus out of range! after using it for a while to scroll for song, the too glossy surface makes it a bit tiring for the finger. Samsung can consider making it a bit more matt to increase the friction. Ladies will still like it..WHY? Can use it as a mirror! Ha.

At this time, i am getting ready for my fren wedding tomorw. EXcited leh! why?
ha cos this is the first time i am becoming a video man. Kay Kiang offer my services as i cant make it for the actual dinner night. Donno if i can even shoot decent shots. But hopefully i can la.. Will give my best shot! Maybe this is my first step to be a camera man! Work for mediacorp ? ahhaha.Need to sleep already. Have to wake up at 4 am tomorrow. If i dont sleep. Confirm gone cos tml will be as twice as tiring .After the wedding, Going to have a gathering with kitties. Hmm.. looking f4ward to seeing them again. Will update more tomolo.

2007-12-15T01:24:00.000+08:00

Today is my first Xmas in Office with colleagues. Look at these pict of the people in this new company. Ha Maybe 180 pax. The food was good. Turkey , Ham, Walnut rice, Log Cakes, Champagne, Red Wine, Cupcakes not forgeting Xmas Tree - It is really Xmas Time! There was a lucky draw to. 8 prizes. Some quite happening.. Some quite rubbish.

Happening ones are Ipod Touch, PSP Slim, Lumix Camera. Rubbish ones are like er.. Zoo Tickets, Bakerzinn voucher, Singapore Flyer Tickets, Beautyworld Tics.

Surpisingly, 15 mins before the party, some guys came over and placed a box each on every one table with the company logo. Guess wat it was?? A radio control Plane for all. Heard that the price is $40. Imagine that they are giving to all in the company.. Could be 20k staff worldwide!!

Something about my BLue tooth headset. Was listening to my mp3 song. Decided to have a switch to FM radio. But what i didnt expect was the FM player did not supppppport the bluetooth headset! Wah.. How can this be?
It is slightly funny. Imagine having to bring out 2 headsets. One Bluetooth headset for mp3 songs. One wired set for FM radio. Argh.....

Never mind. Continue using it still. This headset is really not that bad la.. At least when u rec your calls while listening to the music, The music will be on hold first. After disconnecting from the call, the music resumes back to where u left off.

2007-12-13T14:13:00.000+08:00

More Videos on the colour range and how stunning they look!

Some videos to Share

2007-12-13T13:24:00.000+08:00

As explained yeserday, today i will attach a video clip to show the menu bar.Just note that there are 3 desktop themes to choose from.
The Flash based Sammy theme, the pendant cool colours theme and my skin.

The player also allows u to set the time. So gone are the days for watches.
The colour range and selections

2007-12-12T14:40:00.000+08:00

I am back..

These few days are crazy.. Sg never felt so cold before.. Freezing in my room. Hiding under my fav comforter, dont feel like waking up! One word to describe. 爽。

So what have i been doing with my MP3 player? Uploading songs and wat else. A briefing rundown on the menu of the player. It includes FM Radio,

Datacast (RSS feed), Prime pack ( Can record voice) File Broswer (Some thing like My Computer on yr PC), Blue Tooth ( i like this but hate it also) , Settings, Music , Video and Pictures. Gt the specs here. 96 x 41.5 x 7.9mm

The bluetooth feature is the latest addition to Samsung range of MP3 player. I like it cos, i can break free from wired earphones. But the limitation is it does not support the FM radio function. I.e. When listen to FM, need ear phone. Sian.. If only it can be used for both.

The video options are slightly limited to WMV. mpeg4 and only SVI format. This is slightly to constrain. But Samsung is kind enuff to provide a user pack that comes with some converting software into.svi format.

Another feature that is interesting is it allows for direct recording of ur FM on to ur MP3 player, making it unqiue and i will nvr miss my fav idol/program on radio any more. Viewing of Photos is nver a hassle again with this mp3 player as it displays reall superb photo quality :QVGA; 320 x 240.

The Touch pad is ok but may need slightly more precise touch to get it right. The picture below shows that colour of the touch pad as purple. Sad to say, mine is white. hai... Anyway longer batt life is 30 hrs. I used it for 3 days but never charged it yet. Suits me. I hate cables and connecting here and there. Super drag!

SBH500 headset

2007-12-11T14:57:00.000+08:00

the headsets!

After collecting my bluetooth headset for 2 days, i have been trying my best to read the instructions properly and carefully and closely on hw i could pair it with my mp3 player. but no way it could be done..
i tried pressing on the call button, a trick used for most bluetooth devices but it failed. totally sian abt it. So i continued using my MP3 player first.

the $#% instruction guide

yesterday i emailed lin ( the lady from ripplevox) and guess wat she told. She gave me some addtional instructions and it really work. U are a genius. But to Samsung, Erm, i think there is really a need to add this additional info in ur user guide. If nt, i guess ur call ctre will be busy answering such calls. One more thing to add for samsung, There is no user guide on the website for this item!!!!#@$! Please do something about it.Thanks
the full packaging

Back to the BT set, hmm rather a light ( in terms of weight) set. On off buttons are well hidden , even the A/C connection is hidden neatly on the left ear piece. On the right ear piece, will be the control buttons. Pretty std design with Play pause fwd and one button to pick up calls. One thing i like abt the headset is the part when u on it. It comes in flashing colours blue pink purple red. Sibeh swee.. quite ah beng. Ha..

the buttons on the right

Connecting it to the mp3 player is quite simple. Go to "Bluetooth" select "Stereo Headset" then press detect. SBH 500 will appear. So can pair it up directly. Sound is Hmm.. Wonderful. Fanastic. First time using a headphone, last time to me sound is just sound, i nver knew headset sound so gd!

Ok .. gg for lunch and to work soon.. the story continues

My Loop Song on YP T10

2007-12-10T02:54:00.000+08:00

Up Close n Personal with my new YP -T10

2007-12-10T02:26:00.000+08:00

Decide to open up my MP3 player to explore.
Some decription of the packaging first.

IT comes in a pretty neat box. Transparent. NOt like those conventional ones in paper boxes. For this one, the box is acrylic and square in design. Pretty trendly design.

In the inside of the box, it comes with a display panel that fits the MP3 player and the ear phones neatedly. The panel is splashed with vibrant colours like green orange pink blue and black. A refreshing new look. The MP3 seats neatly in the centre with the black earphone flagging it on the right and left. It comes with a coat of sticker on the surface. But it will be better to come with a screen proctector to prevent the surface from scratches.

The actual gadget itself only weights 43 gms and 7.9mm thick. Can match Ipod nano i think. Not too bulky and it gives a firm grip.The unique point is this is a full touch panel player. Controlling the player will be via the 4 arrows with the menu bar on the top right and the back back on the top left. In the centre lies the main selection button for the option. When it lights up, the buttons will start to glow. Something like the LG Chocolate Hp.

As a person who is quite rough, it will be good for me to get some screenprotector to protect the whole player including the keypad. Can Samsung come out with some screen protector accessories.There could be a market for this!

The update of the Bluetooth head set will come in the next post

My New YP-T10 MP3 player. Yeah

2007-12-10T02:00:00.000+08:00

Got no time for entries but have time to upload some latest photo of my my FRee YP T10 courtesy of Samsung ( http://www.samsung.com)thru/ Ripple Vox.( http://www.ripplevox.com/)

The headset at the bottom and the MP3 player T10.

Samsung SBH 500 Bluetooth Headset Close Up

YP-T10 MP 3 player. The latest range from Samsung. http://www.samsung.com/sg/news/newsRead.do?news_group=productnews&news_ctgry=&news_seq=4012

Some write up on it :

The YP-T10 features full functionality in a super slim, super sexy and feather-weight player. A slice of music entertainment at only 7.9 mm thick and 43 grams, the YP-T10 combines a music player, FM radio, photo album, video player, voice recorder, text reader and game player all in one.

a TMD Friday that i hate but also looked 4ward to.

2007-12-10T01:37:00.000+08:00

Ok back on net again..

Actually i wanted to post something while at work on Friday night.. After i finished typing, some work came in. Began to concentrate on working on them, suddenly my com hanged. W/o realising that my blog entry is still on my IE. Within 1 sec of clicking, " ARGH....., all my entries are gone!" I think i have a suggestion for Blogspot. Other than auto saving the blog entries, they should auto save these entries as Drafts, so even when the com hanged, theese entries are still there. Too demanding , i guess!

Toking about last friday work, 想了就生气。他妈的, early early the stupid emails dont come in. I was quite relaxed after dinner until 1am... So was clearing my table, some unimportant email, staring at the clock hoping that it will turn 2pm soon.. Chatting with colleagues, At 1.45pm, KNN, the emails started flooding in.. Wah cau.. some more it is not those unimpt ones but those that demanded immediate attention. Sian 1/2.. Land up cleared them until almost 2.45am before i start to pack up.Come On, its friday night.. Cant u Ang moh traders work properly and make up ur mind if u want to complete the deal? U can end ur work at london 6pm sharp, i cant leh. I want to go home leh..Dont jam all ur mails at the last minute and ZO Lang boh Eng can? Change this , change that, cancel deal..

Before tat, when i went to work.. Went to collect my latest gadget.. FOC. Courtesy of RippleVox. Reached Tanjong Pajar ard 4.30 pm. Stroll to unit 73A. Up a flight of old wooden stairs and steep looking steps, was the home to Ripple Vox. At the door, was a Malay Ger who welcomed me. Told her my purpose of coming and she responded immediately. I was invited to take a seat while she gt ready the items. She passed the stylish black YP T10 MP3 to me. Though i would prefer more striking colours, like red or even my Fav Green ( Kinda of Xmas feel), my 2nd thoughts tell me no la.. better get a safe looking black! But tat is not all. To my surprise , it came with another BLuetooth Headset. NOt those for making phone calls one la ( although it has the function) but it was a Stereo Bluetooth Headphones! Samsung SBH500 at no cost....Cool! She explained to me the TnCs of the item and got me to sign on the form. And ....Off i went to work. In my next entry, probaly will show the pic of the headset and MP 3 player in their original packaging.

As true as it seems

2007-12-07T14:09:00.000+08:00

Hey, You are our First 1000 customer to visit this site, Click here to win.
The first 50 customer who submit their details will stand to win a XX brand handphone worth $XXXX.

Doesnt these sound familar?

I have my doubts on all these online campaigns, lucky draws etc. Skeptical i guess. After saying this, i wouldnt mind trying my luck out. It's easy though, a few clicks of a button. Some basic information requried and I am done.

1 year ago i chanced upon this site in Starhub ( http://www.starhub.com/). To me was hmmm... kind of an interesting name. Ripplevox. www.ripplevox.com A catchy name with a flashy design. So decided to click on the link. Ok. Some youngster site i supposed. There was this particular segment that interest me. This is what was written : " Sign up now, tell us how you feel, get a chance to try out the latest gadgets in town before their launch!" Woh,that is really cool. I am not a tech freak but tech stuff will interest guys more.

Decided to give it a try and sign up as member AT NO COST! Heng, at least it is of no cost to me. 3 month later i received some emails in my inbox offering me the chance to try out some mobile broadband service. I submitted my name but i believe lady luck wasnt with me.

2 weeks ago, i signed up for another new project, it is to try out some MP3 players. As usual submited my name.. To my surprise, they really replied back!

I thot this could just be another advert method to get my details but DaDA..Another email followed up along...

Cool, Ready to be collected! I will have a brand new MP3 Player.

Pretty excited over this - A sneak preview of how it looks like.

http://www.samsung.com/common/microsite/sg/freedomfromwires/

Will be making my trip down to collect my MP3 later.. Yeah!

A Tribute to the 5 Warriors of SG

2007-12-03T02:31:00.000+08:00

The latest news that shocked the whole Sg will be that of the 5 warriors who perish in the name of DragonBoat. Who will ever expect 老天will be bringing them away from their family, friends, teammates, country at such a young age. It saddens me to read the stories related to them, the news coverage provided by our local media. It didnt impact on me so much intially when the news broke out. To me, it was just another by the way thingy. Someone going out to rep the country, then went missing. I thot these pple were fit young men who could survive the ordeal. The next day was the start, that gave me 1 x Jiat liat Jiat Liat..New reported 17 pple has been rescued, the other 5 are still missing after 24 hrs.

Woh, in my mind was 不会是正的吧。。他们可能飘到比较远的地方。。应该没事的。。I started following the news closely.. Day 3, 1 body was found. 完蛋了。。可能大事已不秒。News started reporting on the 5 missing men. their details etc.. so young, promising young men with good future..hai.. Day 3 nite came, they were found. I guess it is the end of the guessing and praying. The news is final. These five men were all gone. Hopes were all shattered. Comments in friendster for them to come back safely were redundant . Blogs were set up in memory of them , hundreds and thousand entries started flowing in. As u read thru each and everyone of them, u can actually visualise how they are in their own life.

Entries in Jeremy Blog

http://profiles.friendster.com/4882469

Living it to their fullest as a Caring Mr Nice Guy for Jeremy, a Musician for Ruben, a Straight As boy for Wei Zheng, a Respected PE teacher for Stephen and lastly a gungho engineer for Boon San.

I have heard from my friends that this sport was not really in the good books of some organisation and was facing the fate of disbanding again and again. But yet these fine men, loyal to their passion for the sport, staying strong to their belief , pursued on .. Yet their passion was a costly one.

Looking at each of the casket and their cheerful faces in the papers, sometimes i still cant believe that they r gone. Tv coverage showed how sad the parents were.

Jeremy Mum quoted what the son told him when he was at Cambodia- He asked the mum what she wanted, mum said no need, Jeremy told mum to think about it, he will call back again to ask her when he is at the airport on Monday.. come to think of it.. Tat final call will never come again..
http://www.straitstimes.com/Video%2BNews/Singapore/STIVodcast_3131.html?playid=3131&type=Singapore

http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_181367.html

On Ruben blog www.compositious.blogspot.com, he said, he had this instinct :
'Closer and closer. I heard it today, and yesterday. Its getting worse. What I feared so much, feels so good. To not give a damn, to give in to it. Maybe it preparation for going into unfamiliar territory. If anything would happen there, he would be able to ensure any threat would be nullified. Its so hard to fight against instinct sometimes. Yet sometimes instinct is the only thing that will keep you alive. But it can also strip you of what makes you human. This trip will be a fight in more ways than one..
'The short talk I had with coach before disembarking worries me

Should he have said it out, things wouldnt turn out this way.

http://www.straitstimes.com/Video%2BNews/Singapore/STIVodcast_3120.html?playid=3120&type=Singapore
http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_182007.html?vgnmr=1

Day 5-6 were days of mourning and for family and friends to pay their last respect and spend their last moments with their lost loved ones.
http://www.straitstimes.com/Video%2BNews/Singapore/STIVodcast_3122.html?playid=3122&type=Singapore

DAy 7 was the final day, the hardest to swallow, the day that no one wanted it to come. A final memorial service was called for the five warriors, 1000 people flooded Mandai with flowers, their well wishes. Within them, were people whom may never ever crossed path with these 5 young men before. Out of the 2 hrs of Memorial Service, these are the word that made the most impact.

http://www.straitstimes.com/Video+News/Singapore/STIVodcast_3144.html?playid=3144&type=Singapore
http://www.straitstimes.com/Video+News/Singapore/STIVodcast_3143.html?playid=3143&type=Singapore

I saluate Mr Vivian for this part of the speech:
'There's nothing that I can say or do that will fill the painful emptiness in your hearts and I also know that your lives will never be the same again.' 'I want you to know that your sons have touched so many lives in so many ways. They were the best that Singapore could offer and they wore our flag proudly. And Singapore is proud of them.' 'It is now our turn, those of us here now stand by these families and to make sure that they will not journey alone. I can promise the families here that we will not forget your sons or their legacy. And from now on every dragon boat that sails with a Singapore flag will sail in honour of each of these fine young men.'

Ruben's dad:
On coping with the pain of Rueben's death, a distraught Mr Kee said: 'I tell you we cannot cope with the pain. Some people try to comfort us and say Reuben is in heaven. My faith tells me he's not in heaven, don't be shocked.' 'He's not in heaven yet, because if he's in heaven and if he's looking down now seeing his father crying, and his mother and grandmother so upset, he will not want to be in heaven. And heaven will not be heaven.'

Jeremy's Brother Norman said:

In his tribute to Jeremy Goh, his brother Norman described him as the 'live-wire' of any group he was with and said his infectious sense of humour would lighten up any situation. 'You have turned out to be one fine gentleman whom everyone loves, respect and admire. You have touched the lives of many. You are one guy that friends can rely on for a good laugh and to provide a good listening ear to when the need arises.' Calling out the names of the five rowers, his parting words were: 'All five of you will have to take care of each other from now on, just like what you did in life as a team.'

Captain said below:

Extract from Straits Times:Farewell tribute from the team captain By Judith Tan Hardly able to hold back his tears, Mr Yeo (above) closed by saying that all five will live on in the hearts of their team mates as 'brothers forever'. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAIDRAGON boat captain Yeo Chin Hwei paid an emotional tribute to the five team mates who lost their lives last week. In a choked voice, Mr Yeo led his tribute with Mr Stephen Loh, whom he had known for five years. Calling his friend a 'charismatic, sure-footed energiser bunny', Mr Yeo said Stephen 'was one with the attitude'. 'But attitude with a cause - pursuing what he truly loved and what he had always believed in,' he said. Moving on to both Poh Boon San and Jeremy Goh, he told family and friends gathered at the memorial service on Thursday that both were known for their great sense of humour and the penchant to make the team laugh. Boon San, or 'ba-gay' (Hokkien for rabbit teeth) as he was affectionately known to the team, was the 'clown' but under the joker's exterior was a fighter 'who was determined to not only excel in the sport but also in all aspects of his life,' he said. He was the 'comeback kid', says brother of Boon SanHE WAS the comeback kid.National dragon boat paddler Poh Boon San struggled with his studies in his early years, said his elder brother Poh Boon Sen on Thursday in his eulogy for his 27-year-old sibling.

Buddy on Chee Wei Cheng's impact on his friendsCHEE Wei Cheng made an impact on his friends as a young chap who thought about life, was determined to improve himself, and worked hard at it.'I remember the times we spent speculating about our future, talking about our dreams, talking about what we want to achieve and the wishes we have for our families and friends,' said his good friend Chong Ming Liang in his tribute to the 20-year-old dragon boat paddler at a memorial service on Thursday.
Calling Jeremy a 'Da tou xiong' (big headed bear in Mandarin), he said he placed others before himself. 'He would want us to live our lives to the fullest and remove obstacles at all costs,' Mr Yeo added. Describing Reuben Kee as as more than just brains and brawn, Mr Yeo called him beautiful 'physically and artistically'. He said what Reuben had achieved in the short span of 23 years was what some had failed to do in a lifetime. As for the youngest, Chee Wei Cheng, Mr Yeo said his simple and down-to-earth personality had touched everyone 'who had the honour of being his friend'. Hardly able to hold back his tears, Mr Yeo closed by saying that all five will live on in the hearts of their team mates as 'brothers forever'.

This were the phrase that touched me :
'Take some time to remember your mother and your family. When you go home, cherish your mother, hug your mother and say, 'Ma, I'm home' because there will come a day when you move out or something worse happens and you'll no longer be able to hug your mother.'

In Jeremy's blog http://rememberingjerbroni.blogspot.com/, This one moved me :

At the memorial service..." What are you doing? " I asked a female friend." I'm smsing Jeremy... I'm asking him to go in peace...And we miss him... And I'm hoping he is looking after us.... "" I'm sure he will... " and I hugged her...and tears rolled down our eyes...

Sad right..

Enuff said.. This blog entry is dedicated to the above five warriors who left ahead before us. Guys, We are proud of you people, standing tall and strong, You guys might have left us physical but will remain in the hearts of many . Your stories definitely touched the hearts of many pple who loved you or even those who dont know you. Your courage will be respected by us. As Norman said, five of u must live together and take care of each other as you all had before. .Life will never be the same again as you guys will has made a difference in our life. On this note, I salute you. Continue your passion in heaven and go live your dreams!

For the five young ones:

Boon San http://bgpoh.blogspot.com/
Stephen http://energizerloh.blogspot.com/
Jeremy http://rememberingjerbroni.blogspot.com/
Wei Zheng http://rvhs2j2001.blogspot.com/
Reuben http://ntu.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6327748991

Hi

2007-12-03T01:14:00.000+08:00

L.I.F.E

wonder what it means?
Live It For Experiences

It's appropriate to start introducing my blog title first.

Time now: 1.20am at 3Dec07.

Phew.. Last month of 2007...Time dont fly past, should change to Zoom past! Enuff, Back to what i wanted to blog about..

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