Not too bad a trip. Had a good time up at the top of Gunung Brinchang. It was really COLD!!! Brrrrrrrr..........! Too bad we had to give Mount Ophir a miss as it was flooding nearby and the access to the mountain was closed for safety reasons (although it was not flooding AT the mountain itself).
A new movie from director Zhang Yimou, it stars Gong Li and Chow Yun Fatt. Jay Chou plays a role in this movie as well, and that's one of the reasons why I am watching it - just to see if his acting skills have improved since Initial D.
:)~
However, Jay's not the only reason to watch this movie. The set and costumes seem pretty good too. The overkill load of gold and yellow is really impressive! I believe it will be a good movie for me to watch, irregardless of the storyline.
By the way, did I mention that Jay's polearm is simply cool?!? Damn! I wish I had one like that in MapleStory... blood and goo from all my kills...hahah!
Kyle recently got abducted. Woah, abducted siah! No joke you know?! Haha! But then, it's great getting abducted by JBL's Creature II ain't it? For the moment, I am quite satisfied with my Altec Lansing 621 - not getting abducted anytime soon I guess. :-)
Over at my end, my Yamaha DVD player decided to call it quits. Sent it to the service centre and got the shock of my life. The cost of repairs is at least SGD500.00. What the...?! I might as well get myself a top-of-the-range, brand new DVD recorder!!
The new Yamaha (again?!) DVD-S2700 DVD Player caught my attention while I was looking through their site for support options. Hmm, getting a new AND EXPENSIVE player at this moment seems a bit too much. Especially after blowing SGD1400 on my DSLR recently. Ha!
Maybe got to push till after the Chinese New Year before I buy the player.
Eddie's last day at the office and we popped by Temasek Towers for him to clear some administrative stuff and to collect a bag (from D&D).
After that, we had our favourite duck rice at Circular Road. The meat was a bit tough today. Not that good but both Teow Meng and myself agreed that the sauce still POWER!!!
Hmm, those people at head office are having a Christmas Party today. How come our miserable suburban office does not? WTF!
Now that the exams are over, I think it is time to start shooting again! Yeah!! Got to get used to the camera before any trips. Don't want to have to figure things out in the field!
Just noticed that using the Digital Set-top box from Starhub gives you TV streams that are about 2 seconds slower (delayed) than if you plugged your TV direct to the wall's TV socket.
Carbide UI Requirements
Hmm... just a round-up of the weekend just passed.
The dinner and dance was 'ok' and I walked away with a miserable 100 dollar Metro Shopping voucher. *sucks*
The Star Awards was a big boo-hoo to me as I felt that by holding the event at St James Power Station, the production crew was not really that ready for it. You get stars walking on the 'blue carpet' en route the event and before they were even properly introduced, another group comes out and an awkward situation of 'shall-I-continue-to-intro-or-not'. During the show, you could hear interruptions from the crew (or someone, a lady) giving instructions... blah, blah...
Oh, and I recently downloaded the Nokia Carbide UI Theme creator for S60 devices. For what, you say? As the name suggests, for theme creation on S60 (includes Nokia phones like N70, N73, N80 etc) devices.
I wanted to create a custom theme for my N70 after the exams and guess what? I happened to read the 'basic' requirements on the download page at the Nokia Developers' Forum and I got a shock... recommended 2GB of RAM?!?! Just for theme creation?!? WTF!!
Or maybe my PC's 'near' 1GB of RAM is passe already?!
I've gotten another Swissflex Rainbow for myself!! Hehehe! This time round, it is the Rainbow Half Rim Type Beta frame that I got.
My combination for this pair of spectacles is #50 (Clear) frame with #65 (Blue Orchid) temples. Not too bad lah. :-) You can also 'build' your own Rainbow here!
The frame looks like this (not the colour I chose).
I have spent almost 2 days trying to find a fix for Janet's problem with her N80 - a non-responsive Contacts list that just won't display the contact names when a call comes in.
Then, I saw it. The repeated entries, even with different names, that have same phone numbers. This totally screwed the Contacts and my 2 days.
Fuck!
So, I manually removed the extra entries and it seems to be working properly (for now). Have to try with Janet's own SIM card to know for sure.
Le Papillon (The Butterfly), taken from the movie of the same title, is a nice and cute little tune. Heard this song sometime back and sort of forgotten about it until I heard it again on KH's car last night.
It is the kind of song that features a cute kiddy voice (a la 吉祥三寶 and Schnappi). Go check it out! Nice to relax the mind and endulge a bit in the carefree mood of the song.
Trailer and music video of Le Papillon.
After a little searching, I found the lyrics on a Chinese website. Accuracy in translation is definitely NOT GUARANTEED! Look around the site and you will find something worth downloading looking for. Hehehheheh! *wink*
歌词：
Hélène helene ☆°．·∴Le Papillon°★． ☆° ∴·
Pourquoi les poules pondent des oeufs?“为什么鸡会下蛋?” Pour que les oeufs fassent des poules.因为蛋都变成小鸡 Pourquoi les amoureux s’embrassent?“为什么情侣们要亲吻?” C’est pour que les pigeons roucoulent.因为鸽子们咕咕叫 Pourquoi les jolies fleurs se fanent?“为什么漂亮的花会凋谢?” Parce que ca fait partie du charme.因为那是游戏的一部分 Pourquoi le diable et le bon Dieu?“为什么会有魔鬼又会有上帝?” C’est pour faire parler les curieux.是为了让好奇的人有话可说
Pourquoi le feu brule le bois?“为什么木头会在火里燃烧?” C’est pour bien rechauffer nos coeurs or.是为了我们像毛毯一样的暖 Pourquoi la mer se retire?“为什么大海会有低潮?” C’est pour qu’on lui dise "Encore."是为了让人们说:“再来点” Pourquoi le soleil disparait?“为什么太阳会消失?” Pour l’autre partie du decor.为了地球另一边的装饰 Pourquoi le diable et le bon Dieu?“为什么会有魔鬼又会有上帝?” C’est pour faire parler les curieux.是为了让好奇的人有话可说
Pourquoi le loup mange l’agneau?“为什么狼要吃小羊?” Parce qu’il faut bien se nourrir.因为牠们也要吃东西 Pourquoi le lievre et la tortue?“为什么是乌龟和兔子跑?” Parce que rien ne sert de courir.因为光跑没什么用 Pourquoi les anges ont-ils des ailes?“为什么天使会有翅膀?” Pour nous faire croire au Pere Noel.为了让我们相信有圣诞老人 Pourquoi le diable et le bon Dieu?“为什么会有魔鬼又会有上帝?” C’est pour faire parler les curieux.是为了让好奇的人有话可说
☆°．·∴°★． ☆° ∴·
ca t’a plu, le petit voyage“你喜欢我们的旅行吗?“ Ah oui beaucoup!非常喜欢。 Vous avez vu des belles choses? “我们看到了很多漂亮的东西，不是吗？” J’aurais bien voulu voir des sauterelles可惜我没能看到蟋蟀。 Des sauterelles ? Pourquoi des sauterelles ?“为什么是蟋蟀？” Et des libellules aussi,还有蜻蜓。 la prochaine fois, d’accord.“也许下一次吧“ D’accord. Je peux te demander quelque chose?“我能问你点事情吗?“ quoi encore?“又有什么事?“ on continue mais cette fois-ci c’est toi qui chantes.“我们继续,不过由你来唱?“ Pas question.“绝对不可以“ Tu te pleures.“来吧“ Non, mais non.“不不不“ alors, c’est le dernier couplet. “这是最后一段了“ Tu ne crois pas que tu pousses un peu le pourchas?“你是不是有点得寸进尺了呢?“
☆°．·∴°★． ☆° ∴·
Pourquoi notre coeur fait tic-tac?“为什么我们的心会‘滴答’?” Parce que la pluie fait flic flac.因为雨会发出“淅沥”声 Pourquoi le temps passe si vite?“为什么时间会跑得这么快？ Parce que le vent lui rend visite.是风把它都吹跑了 Pourquoi tu me prends par la main?“为什么你要我握着你的手?” Parce qu’avec toi je suis bien. 因为和你在一起,我感觉很温暖 Pourquoi le diable et le bon Dieu? “为什么会有魔鬼又会有上帝?” C’est pour faire parler les curieux.是为了让好奇的人有话可说
Ok. I received emails from some friends asking me to update my 'sites' list. Haha! I guess it's time to reorganize my galleries/blogs/email accounts/etc. Especially after the cancellation of some of my email accounts and the Clubsnap gallery!
For a start, I will close down some sites and maintain only those that I list here.
Especially after what happened last Friday. The dentist's assistant was poking my gums with the 'vacuum' so hard that I think my gums were bleeding. Nabeh! I guess I deserved this since I did not make noise at that moment... but well... :-(
Now, I have a mouth full of ulcers and to add on to the suffering, one BIG ulcer right on the lips as I had accidentally bit into my lips last week. Aarrgghhh!!!
We were over at IKEA Tampines on Saturday to help them 'stress test' their crowd handling capabilities. IKEA Tampines in Singapore is not due to open till 30th November 2006. It is HUGE and is definitely a fresh change from the 'often cramped' Alexandra branch.
Huge entrance sign. Can't miss this
After parking, we had no trouble at all finding the entrance! The sign is big and clear! The carpark is spacious too!
As we were early, we had to do what Singaporeans do... QUEUE. Haha! It was really hot in the afternoon and luckily, there were tents set up to shelter us from the sun. However, the hanging fans were not working. It seems they have installed the fans but not the generators to power them!
(It was too hot... and I did not bother to go out to get a shot of 'IKEA' logo)
A lot of IKEA Tampines staff were there to greet and guide the 'Friends' of IKEA (as their membership is called). If I am not wrong, Mr. Philip Wee was there too... not bad... OH! We were each given a 'heart-shaped' plushie at the entrance.
One important thing to let you guys know is that the CAFE is very much better now! It is almost like my school canteen! It is spacious and we can forget about the 'excuse me' and knocks here and there, at the old Alexandra branch as we squeeze for seats! There are even two queues for people to line up to get their food!
So much for these bits and pieces of the new IKEA at Tampines! See it for yourself on the 30th lah!
Hmm... quite a lot of people I know are either down with a cough, runny noses, sore throats or fever.
THE END OF THE YEAR IS HERE AGAIN!!
*hooray*
*tweet tweet*
I was thinking... maybe I should make the 'fugsvidz' a regular thing on this blog - since it is really easy to put up. What do you think? Say a video upload per week? Sounds good?!?
Read from the papers that Civil servants will get a total of 2.2 months of bonuses this year! That's not bad. I can not even try to imagine the amount I will be getting this year next April.
Yupz! My company's policy on bonus payouts is end of the fiscal year (which is usually end of March or beginning of April - the following year). As such, I do not have the 'luxury' of having spare cash to tide over the New Year.
I have been a sick puppy for the last two days. :-(
Shucks!
Finally back in office today, everything look alien to me. My keyboard does not feel as 'friendly' as it did 3 days back, my table seems a little low for me, and the water tastes bad. Aarrggghhh!
During lunch time today, we were at Tampines DBS building to get a stylus for CTM's O2 phone from the 'Challenger' store. Upon reaching, we saw a sign stating that with effect from today, the outlet there will be closed. On the sign, there was a list of other outlets we could visit. Pasir Ris White Sands was one of these.
We decided to go over to White Sands as it was the nearest. When we reached there, we could not find any Challenger outlet at all! It was only moving in after the Tampines branch had closed. Duh! WTF!
These few days, I have been feeling tired and rather empty inside. No, not in the stomach! :-) Just the feeling of emptiness in myself. I don't see a clear direction in what I am doing and I certainly feel a little lost.
Nevertheless, I think it would be wise for me to garner up whatever 'energy' I have left to complete the year. It's been a rather hectic year for me and I guess I am in dire need of a good relaxing holiday. When the year ends, I would gladly show 2006 my 'two-fingers' of gratitude and bid it a fucking farewell. Year 2006 has really been a bitch overall!
Is it time for me to once again consider moving on to new working environments? Will everything be fine in the new year to come? Will everything work as planned in 2007?
Only God knows, and he ain't telling me anything!!
After getting my hands on a (big mama) flash unit from Cornelius, the school has to come with a letter informing parents that photo/video-graphy are not allowed during the graduation concert! WTF!
And, they are offering the PCD/VCD/DVD of the concert 'taken by professionals' at a price. Sucks! This means we have no choice but to buy the 'professionally-produced' (a.k.a. not cheap) discs from them right?! @#$!@%$!!#%
So Corn, lunch sometime soon to return the flash light to you? Ha! :-)
Just received my 'token' device from DBS. I wonder if other banks will do the same - requiring a second level of authentication for their Internet Banking facilities.
OMFG!!!
This means that if I have accounts from 3 different banks, I will need 3 tokens!! On top of this, I have also got one from the office for secured VPN access. Shit!!
Diao! It's such a sloooooooooooooooooowwwwwww day!! !@#!@#!$#@$@#%
nabe-nabe.com is back online again! Thank goodness it is!
I just noticed that a couple of pictures on this blog are not showing up -probably due to the shutdown/suspension of my Clubsnap account. I will get those fixed soon. :-)
Just received a call from NEA officer. He told me that the stall I mentioned had already received quite a handful of warnings and tickets from NEA before and I was definitely not the only one to lodge a complaint about the hygiene issue.
The previous post was put up at tomorrow.sg and received responses from people. Those who posted there generally felt that I over-reacted and was kind of petty in asking for the SGD2.00.
Can I stress that I did not ASK for SGD2.00? I demanded from him what he was going to do now that he has spat into my bowl of dessert. (I had half expected him to apologize but..) His first reaction was not to apologize but to ask me how much was that bowl of dessert. Like I mentioned in tomorrow.sg, I was too angered by his earlier actions to think properly - so I just told him 'two dollars' and when he passed me SGD2.00, I took it without thinking.
I agree that I should not have taken the SGD2.00, and I really regretted taking it. Well I was angry then and just simply took it without much thought.
Why would I want his SGD2.00 anyway? I was just too pissed by his behaviour.
Maybe people are not understanding what I really meant in my previous post. His unhygienic handling of food and inconsiderate shouting were the main points. I have come across a lot of hawkers who do tout but not in this way, and I did not complain against them! But well... :-)
Something was brought up on tomorrow.sg by Anonymous Monkey. He/She mentioned that the "non-elite/neighbourhood poor/average IQ ppl must always conform to highly educated standard..."
Erm, I don't remember ever mentioning anywhere that I was 'highly educated'... :-( I am not an elite in any sense and definitely not highly educated. So, I was not trying to make anyone conform to any 'highly educated standard'!
For the record, I AM NOT AN ELITIST and I don't want anything to do with any 'WSM-ism'!!! :-) I'm just an ordinary guy relating a bad hawker experience!
On Saturday, we visited Ang Mo Kio Central's Food Centre for dinner. Dinner was simple fare, but the experience we got was nowhere near simple.
Almost immediately upon our arrival, we were greeted with a very loud and startling, "來! 甘蔗水!?"
WTF! This guy was trying to get us to buy sugarcane juice from his stall. Since we'd only just arrived, I simply told him we will decide later. We found a table near the sugarcane stall (most unfortunately) and ordered our food.
Less than 5 minutes later, the same guy came along to our table and shouted (YES! S-H-O-U-T-E-D!), "來! 甘蔗水!?" This really startled Janet and she actually jumped upon hearing the sudden shouting of the man. I waved him off, signalling him that we will decide later (again). We finished our food and by then, I was already very pissed by his frequent "來! 甘蔗水!?" to other customers at the tables near his stall.
I decided to order the sugarcane juice from another stall instead. A while later, Mr. 甘蔗水 came behind Janet and shouted the same fucking sentence to another table. This really scared her a lot so I changed seats with her. A short while later, Mr. 甘蔗水 again did the same thing behind her - but this time, his shouting sprinkled many drops of saliva into Janet's food and body. Feeling pissed, Janet asked him to stop shouting as this was both very irritating and unhygienic as he was 'spraying' his saliva all over the place.
He ignored her and went back to his stall while still shouting "來! 甘蔗水!?" to anyone who passes by his stall. I took the bowl of dessert that Janet was eating and demanded him to pay me for that as he had 'deposited' his saliva into it and there was no way anyone could eat that anymore. He paid me SGD2.00 for that and I went back to my table.
By this time, the other stall holders beside him were talking to Janet. They were saying that he does this very frequently and many customers were scared a lot by his 'antics' and touting methods. Seeing Janet speaking to the other stall holders, Mr. 甘蔗水 shouted from his stall to her, telling her not to speak to the others now that we have received his SGD2.00. WTF! Nabeh! You really think we want your SGD2.00?
Janet, though as calm as she was always, lost it and shouted back at him that she has the rights to speak to anyone she pleases. Jeez! This guy really needs help!
Anyway, we left after that and I have since started contacting the NEA for the procedures to lodge a complaint.
Some things I noted: - Mr. 甘蔗水 seems to be on bad terms with his stall neighbours - he kept shouting "甘蔗水買完了!" to the other drink stalls. - Mr. 甘蔗水 is very unhygienic as he used his bare hands to clear the table in front of his stall and without washing them, proceeded to prepare sugarcan juice for customers. - Mr. 甘蔗水 swept all the leftover food on the table to the floor and seats dirtying them. Hmmph! That's one 'neat' way to clear the table.
Took some shots of the kids on Sunday at the playground. Go here to see.
Yi Na was quite expressive...
Chu Hui was quiet...
Eugene was climbing everywhere...
Lucas was nowhere...(actually he was running around way too much) But, had something from the VivoCity trip to show...
Valerie was happy hanging here and there..
Chu Tuan could not be pictured as he was full of mosquito bites! Haha!
I have this feeling the UV filter is a bit overkill in the evening light. Will try removing it the next time I shoot during early evenings. As usual, my WB settings are killing me! Shit!
Taken at the water sprouts area at VivoCity's children's playground. I was trying out the Continuous Auto-Focus (C-AF) mode using the 40-150mm lens. A little tricky to catch the way C-AF works, but if you play a little more with it, this function should not be a problem.
After much 'research', I finally decided on the Olympus E-System with the E-500 D-SLR. At 8.0 megapixels, it should capture enough detail for my usage.
I was considering the Canon 400D too but, eventually went with my heart and bought the Oly instead. Out of the box, the E-500 gives the most natural colours one can find on the current range of D-SLRs (normal consumer cameras too!). The auto-focus (AF) system was a tad bit slower than the 400D's though. Other differences include 10.1MP vs. 8.0MP, CMOS vs CCD sensors, and of course, the price!
I bought the E-500 for SGD1399.00 including GST and it came with:
E-500 Body
14-45mm Zuiko Digital (kit) lens
40-150mm Zuiko Digital lens
1 x battery
2 x Hoya UV filters
2GB Kingston 50x CF Card
1 x camera bag
1 x Olympus E-System padded camera strap
1 x xD card reader
This is cheaper than Canon's package of the 400D with just a single lens and a 1GB card at SGD1500.00 with GST.
Well, hope I have a lot of fun with my 'new toy' and post more new pictures to the gallery!
Damn the bloody haze! My throat feels like some shithead's been rubbing sandpaper all over its walls! @!@#!@#!!!
My nose is runny, my throat is coarse, head's spinning like hell, and what else?! Yah, stupid James Blunt screaming "...you're beautiful!" over the headphones. Ohh! Shut up!!
The patch from 0.33 to 0.34 was a BIG PAIN IN THE ASS!! Yup! All 61MB+ of it!!
It screwed my 0.33 installation and thank goodness I had a backup copy of that to re-install with! Jeez!! 0.34 introduced several interesting stuff which you can read here.
Well, after the patch and all the disconnection problems surfacing, many people could not get a line into the MS servers, so it was quite quiet around the towns for a while when I got in.
After getting about 10 orihalcon ore drops, 2 white t-shirts and 2 wooden clubs, I got a Blue Tai from the Dark Stone Golems! Hehehe! Useless to me but it was a Level 60 item nonetheless. Besides, I had been hunting at Sleepywood Dungeon for way too long without a decent drop. Sniper pots don't count right!?!? Bleah!
The introduction of the new (maybe not so new as I heard that KMS/GMS already had this long ago) beginner skills and the addition of the Monster Piece drop from Gachapon machines top my list of 'GOODIES' for this versional upgrade!
Here's a screenshot of the beginner skills
Oh, and did you check out the Ranking pages on the Maple SEA webby? MrYandao is tops (as expected) at Level 185 o.0
P/S: CTM is in DA HOUSE! Hahah! Finally, he has decided to come over to Bootes!
Read on the papers today that there are some stupid fucks from China who are making unsolicited IDD calls to our mobile phones and then hanging up on first ring.
This will create a MISSED CALL item on our phones. If we returned the call, we will usually hear some recorded messages of some sort (go read the Straits Times), and all this while you are connected to a Premium line (means must pay premium $$$ also lah!)
According to the report, these scam numbers usually start with "+861", just like this one I received.
However, it seems like these calls are useless against users in Singapore as there are some levels of check in place (really?!) - like an agreement between the operator there and our local ones, before the call is connected and charged. How true, I don't know.
For me, those memories are largely connected in one way or another to music and songs. Music because I was with the school's military band, and songs because, well, every other teenager tunes in to the radio stations right?!
Through the years, songs of the past still remain most memorable. Especially more so for those during your years in Secondary school and college/polytechnic.
My memory of the songs during those times were a mingled mish-mash of anything and everything from classical pieces to hard-core heavy metal music. Every now and then, I come across these songs on the radio (from the 'ah-pek' stations, some say) and it never fails to bring about bittersweet memories for me.
Let me list a few songs of different genres that I have deep impressions of from that age.
Gonna make you sweat - C&C Music Factory
* This was THE piece for any reputable disco goer! Haha! I still remember the way my friends used to crank up the radio in anticipation of the signature "EVERYBODY DANCE NOW!" introduction line of this song. Cool!
Everything I do, I do it for you - Bryan Adams
For most people of my age, this is a song which would probably be the one that was playing when they had their first romantic dance with a girl. This sabo piece was always played during get-togethers and parties to get couples and would-be couples to dance together.
*Did you also notice that these kinds of songs are always played/requested by those who have no partners at the parties? Haha!
Don't Cry - Guns 'n' Roses
Not forgetting us rockers, we always had GNR to rock to! In this case, Mr. Rose and company gave us not only a dose but TWO doses of this fantastic (slow) rock piece! There were two versions of Don't Cry and each was available on each of the two Use Your Illusion albums from GNR.
U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
Ok, think baggy pants. Think super duper, big balls baggy pants! Hahah! Yup! Hammer with this rap song that er, got me interested in rap music. *faints*
Ya, I was digging him before Vanilla Ice came into the scene. Thinking back, both were equally disastrous in their choice of wardrobe and image. Hammer with his big balls pants, and Vanilla Ice even more so with his 'kuey-tao'1 on top of his equally big balls pants with the America flag print!!
What were your favourites during that period of time?
I think everyone will have a different list of songs that they fancied - but one thing will be the same. I am sure everyone will agree that songs played a big part of our teenage years.
Recently, I have been checking out Radio Blog Club. The site offers free-to-play songs, searchable from what seems like a mountain of songs that they have.
If you were to complete a simple (and free) registration, you will be able to add songs to your playlist and listen to them later. The streams are generally very stable even on my office's crappy Internet connection.
You can see a permanent link to my personal playlist on the right column of this site, right under the RadioBlogClub chicklet. Or you may also go to http://www.radioblogclub.com/fav/0/1114693/0 direct.
After a long long lifetime of watching movies where aliens attack western cultures (more specifically, AMERICA), wouldn't it be nice to finally watch one that has aliens attacking Asia instead?
Richmanclub Studios presents The Alien Invasion - an absurd movie of a galactic war, between the aliens and us Asians! Haha! No, no more we are the Americans and we save America, save the world bullshit!
The best thing about this digital short film is that it is available on a couple of platforms - iPod, PSP, Smart Phones/PDAs, 3G Phones, and online viewing on your PC!! Phew!!
I'm downloading now so I can watch on my N70 on the way to campus. 92MB for a 'high-quality' WMV version for PDAs and a 83MB MP4 version for iPods and my N70! wah! I hope it is worth the download.
Why no updates since I returned from Desaru? Ha! I was unfortunate enough to injure my back TWICE in two days! So, I had to rest at home on Monday and Tuesday. Ouch!!
So, I had no choice but to go down to Chinatown to get my back rubbed and man-handled by some guys...ouch ouch!!
*sucks*
Anyway...
The trip to Desaru over the weekend was ok. The food was a little on the lousy side and the lack of an automobile to our disposal meant that we were stuck with either the food at the restaurant in the hotel, or the food from the small stall just beside the chalet further down the road.
Desaru-Pengerang International Long Distance Triathlon Kim Hong finished 9th overall for his age group category and was the 4th Singaporean triathlete to complete the course for that category.*
*This should be accurate. I only had a glance at the results but this should be very close, if not accurate.
Almost time to knock off... off for my short break in Desaru! We will be leaving Singapore on Friday morning at around 1030hrs, and will be back on Sunday.
He was probably more famous than the Prime Minister of Australia. Most of the kids who watched Discovery Channel should know him well. I know my kids do.
He will be missed but his works and conservation efforts never forgotten.
This is going to dip my position on the popularity charts with the ladies... er, HA! As if I have A LOT of female readers (or male for that matter)!! Bleah!
Here is my list of favourite weird things to do.
Good vibrations I like the feeling of my teeth clattering whenever the bus (or any vehicle I am in) vibrates when it is in a stationary position with the engine running.
Throw in the ticklish feeling of your earwax being slowly vibrated out of your ear, wah simply shiok!
Exotic Aromatherapy The smell of my fart when it comes out warm. Hmm.... careful when it comes out wet and warm though.
(C'mon!! I'm a man! Heheheh!)
Getting Corny Cutting away corns on my feet and hands!
These guys get pretty annoying once they get to a certain size. The dead skin becomes hard and I tend to develop a habit to start feeling and scratching them. Cutting them off with a nail clipper always soothes and smooths EVERYTHING!
I read, I read, and I read! Reading a paragraph in a book many times over. The idea is to see how many times I can repeat reading a paragraph before getting real sick of it.
Nostril Deforestation You know those longer-than-others nostril hairs that stick out? Well, I like to pull them out using only my index finger and thumb! This usually makes me tear but it is a strange and nice feeling when you see that long and an eyesore of a hair getting up-rooted.
*PLUCK* *TEARS* *PLUCK AGAIN*
Ha! There you go!! Heheheheh!
More Deforestation I like to pull hair out of moles too! Just can't wait till the next hair-ling starts to grow out of the middle of this particular mole on my arm... Hahah!
*PLUCK* *PLUCK*
What weird shit do you fancy? Deh!
P/S: NO, I DO NOT EAT STUFF THAT CAME FROM MY NOSE! Hehehe!
The old joints are creaky and making noise with every step that I take. Gunung Lambak's ascend is much tougher than expected. I would say it was steeper than Bukit Teresek at Taman Negara.
At the top of Gunung Lambak
It was hot and humid over the weekend at Kluang. Not much clouds in the sky. We were quite sticky after spending about 10 minutes outside.
We had the chance to visit a vegetable farm and 'bought' lots of greens (well, M's sister and mum refused to take our money for these). It was an enjoyable trip, thanks to our good host and friend M. Thanks also to nephy for the ride there and back!
At approximately 1711hrs, that fellow in my office finally switched off the stupid Persian/Peruvian/Indian/Egyptian/...watdafuckuwannacallit music he has been 'piping' F.O.C. throughout the day.
Aaarrggghhhh!
I am surprised no one made noise about this all afternoon! >.< (Ok, I'm just too annoyed to care. There's a major problem from one of our customers...)
Oh shit! Just when I thought he'd switched it off... here it comes again!! This time I am bloody sure it's Bollywood stuff. KNN!
We will probably be headed for Kluang this weekend. Found ourselves a 'tourguide' for the weekend and we will be going up the 510m Gunung Lambak for a short trek.
I have long heard about the fantastic bread toast, half-boiled eggs and coffee being served at an old coffee shop at the train station. That I will not miss as well! Heehee!
On the 8th of September, we will head for Desaru. KH will go for his race while the rest of us will go laze around the beach. I think I will give the Ostrich farm a miss.
The sunny beach and sea should be enough for the weekend. Oh, and maybe catch some fireflies at night (at Kota Tinggi?) Mum and Dad will be out gambling at Genting Highlands (again) with the church-going folks.
Ha, so much for the "no gambling since we are Catholics..." rule some of these guys always tell my parents.. bah! Nothing but a load of hypocritical cow crap! The moment they reach Genting Highlands, they will step into the casinos and start gambling! !@#!@#!$%!$
Heard this over the radio this morning ~ Jay Chou introducing his new song 《千里之外》 "Faraway". This is a collaboration between him and Taiwanese crooner 費玉清 Fei Yu Qing. Eewww!
The track however, is a pretty ok mix of Jay's R&B style and Fei's smooth crooning, with a strong tinge of nostalgia in it. This song is quite similar in terms of sadness, with Jay's other song 《发如雪》 "Hair Like Snow".
And the fantastic YouTube has the video for this!!! Haha!
Just realized how much junk I lug around everyday... here's a glimpse at what I carry in my bag.
1. Mini-SD Card for mobile phone 2. 18-in-1 card reader with my CF and xD cards still inside 3. World Cup event lanyard 4. SecurID token card 5. Screwdriver set (!?) 6. Earphones 7. Wallet 8. Multi-purpose mini toolkit (little black box just beside my SecurID token card) 9. Nokia mobile phone USB data cable 10. LED mini torch 11. Mobile phone charger 12. Black pouch to store all the above
Apart from these, I also have an umbrella, a water bottle, breath fresheners, scientific calculator and a pencil case, all stashed into my bag!
Ok, can you name me the 8 planets in our solar system? Yes, EIGHT!!! Not NINE anymore!!
They are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
Hey, where's Pluto?? Well, officially, the IAU (International Astronomical Union) has come to a decision over the debate of whether Pluto qualifies as a planet! It has now been classified as a 'dwarf planet', and a process will be set up to properly name these objects.
A man was arrested1 for trying to smuggle Subutex and other controlled drugs into Singapore - by stuffing the restricted pills contained in a plastic tube, up in his anus!!! OMFG!!!
This brings about whole new meanings to these phrases...
"You're going to inject that shit into you?!?"
"This shit is going to kill you!"
Haha!
Just imagine that he managed to get into Singapore and tries to sell the pills. While 'extracting' the pills, an 'accident' happened and some pills got 'contaminated'. Heeehee! Eeewwww!
Damn! I hate to do this complaining stuff, but... WTF is wrong with the bus service in Sengkang?!?!?
I have to take bus Service 163 to send Lucas to school every morning. Service 163A was introduced to the Sengkang part of Service 163's route recently. "More trips at times that matter" - that's what the signboard says. Yah, but what is the use when the extra 'short trips' come so closely behind the standard one?
Here is an example.
Service 163 (standard route) comes along at its normal 15-20 minute interval. Service 163A (short trip route) comes almost immediately behind it. This will make sense if the problem for this particular service was overloading, but apparently, it is not. The problem with Service 163 (at least for the Sengkang part of its route) is that usually, we had to wait at least 15-20 minutes in the morning for the bus. Service 163 is the only bus from Fernvale Road (Sengkang) that connects the bus interchange at Compass Point.
For some residents who are going to Sengkang Eastway, etc., they will either have to take Service 163 or take the LRT (West loop) and transit to another LRT (East loop) service at Sengkang centre. Therefore, the wait for the bus, especially in the morning rush hour, can be very frustrating.
Another 'aggravating' factor to the frustration is that the Service 163A bus will usually wait at the bus stop (red star) before the one it is supposed to start its service (yellow star). People waiting at the bus stop (yellow star) can see it waiting there. Sometimes, it stops there for at least 25 minutes, and moving off only when Service 163 comes along.
- The red star is where Service 163A waits
- The yellow star is where we wait for the bus
- Solid arrowed line is normal Service 163 route
- Dotted arrowed line is where Service 163A joins the route
Things that I hear people grumble about while waiting at (yellow star):
Auntie going to market... "Why have extra service when it comes only when the normal one comes?"
A mother with her kid... "If it (Service 163A) has to wait there, why not wait at interchange until time is right then come out?"
Uncle smoking Marlboro... Nah beh! Pay more money get lousier service!
I know it sounds like I made those up, but NO I did not! These are what I hear almost daily from the people waiting at the bus stop!
I sent a complaint letter (email) to the town council on the 4th of August regarding poor estate cleaning services. No reply till date. Fuck. Not even an acknowledgement of receipt for the email. So much for 'customer service quality' in Singapore!
I have yet to video clip Mr. I-drag-the-broom, but I will definitely get that done when I have the chance! And when I do, I will make sure that he becomes a star on YouTube! !@#$!%$^$%&#$*
Speaking of YouTube, have you tried it? It is not bad you know? I managed to find the video for Green Jello's (aka Green Jelly) version of "Three Little Pigs". Though the story is a skewed and distorted version of the original classic story, the video and the lyrics sure kicked ass!
Here's a line from the song, where Rambo makes an appearance and blasts the hell out of the wolf with his machine gun. Hahah!
"YO, WOLF-FACE, I'M YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE, YOUR ASS IS MINE!!!"
WTF!!! After less than a week of usage, the display of the Creative Zen V just went dead. DEAD!! What the fuck!
So, I had it sent for servicing at the service centre yesterday and guess what? I was told that they would replace the set for me - but I will have to wait 2 weeks! Duh! Er, but I thought I saw some sets on sale in the Creative shop just beside the service centre?
The worst bit came this morning when I surfed by Tomorrow.sg. Titus Phoon has a similar situation and has already waited at least TWENTY days for his replacement! OMFG!!
Lisa: Yup! I kena your Creative problem liao! Hahaha! That bloody player's display just went kapooot!
Let's see how long I have to wait for my replacement! I will make noise if I don't get it fast!
Janet and I watched the movie The Lake House yesterday. It was nice to have a day off from the kids and some time to ourselves.
Despite the many low-ratings I've gotten from friends about the movie, I found it quite to my liking. Maybe I'm a sucker for such movies. Hehehe! Or maybe, it was the chemistry between Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock - I've always liked them as an on-screen pair.
Woot! End of the week again! Yup! It's here once again! Haha! And I have to work overtime today... :( Eeeks! Bummer! Never mind, I want to get my mind off this migration project anyway. So, I might as well get it over and done with. Once and for all.
Luckily, I have my MP3 player here today. Can groove to Gnarls Barkley while working late. Hopefully, the servers don't go kaput on me during the migration!!
I wrote an email to the town council today. The cleaners at my neighbourhood have unfortunately gotten my attention (again). This time, I decided that it was to be the last straw. I will not keep quiet anymore. I have to COMPLAIN!!
Here's the situation.
The cleaner 'assigned' to my block sweeps the floors everyday (almost). But, if you were to pay attention to how he does it, you will definitely be pissed off. How does he do it? Well, he drags the broom behind him and not making any obvious efforts to actually 'sweep' the floor. KNN!!! Even the lifts are also not properly cleaned! WTF!! Nabeh!! I pay S&C charges for what??
The only place he seems to be cleaning is the floor just outside one of my neighbour's flat. This neighbour of mine had 'nagged' at his way of sweeping before. And since then, the cleaner made very sure to clean his area. Maybe I should do the same??
Guess what Janet saw this morning?! Said cleaner walked past my flat, dragging his broom as usual, and started sweeping the floor outside this neighbour's house. Not did he sweep the floor, he started picking and re-arranging the shoes and slippers for him!! What the fuck!?!? So, does it mean that I have to make noise at him and offer him cigarettes to make him get his ass around to sweeping the floor properly??
I am not jealous at him doing this for my neighbour but isn't it his job to be sweeping the floor for the whole of this block? I mean, you are a cleaner, so you clean the place right? KNN! Think about it also made me fed up!
I have already made plans to try to take a video of him doing his 'broom-walk' this weekend. I will make this fucker regret being lazy. I know that some may argue that it is everyone's responsibility to keep the neighbourhood clean - YES I definitely agree. But in this case, I am talking about him doing his job for what his job is. I am not arguing about whose fault it is that there is litter around the area or who should be held responsible for causing the litter.
moe at 12/31/2006 05:56:00 PM
