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.
Nope! Not moving (house) but rather, moving my online gallery.
I have mentioned before that I will be looking for a new web host to host my photographs and I have finally settled for W3Hub. The SGD60.00/year basic package that I signed up for includes 100MB of storage, unlimited number of MySQL databases, quite a handful of installable script packages, gallery support, blog support, as well as POP email accounts. Very basic for some, but quite enough for me - someone who has been paying SGD65.00/year for much lesser services rendered.
Oh, and the best thing that came with the new package? A free web domain for me! Hahah! The only letdown is that the first choices that Janet and I wanted were all taken up! :-( WTF!!!
These include fugs.com, nabenabe.com, junhao.com, luan.com, etc...
As at now, nothing much is on the main site. But the migration process for the gallery is already hot on the go!!! The new gallery site has been configured at http://gallery.nabe-nabe.com. Do drop by to have a look!
By now, some of you might be thinking why the hell 'nabe'?? Well, nabe is simply the Japanese word for 'pot'. So, the idea behind nabe-nabe.com is just that everything is mixed together there like in a pot... all the good and nice essences (gossips and noises mainly!!) all in one place!
Bought the new Creative Zen V from the Creative online store last Friday. Not bad overall. See the review by Dickson because I am too lazy to write one. Besides, he has already written a whole chunk of good information there.
The player should come in handy for Janet when she goes for her jogs. Before this, we were sharing one miserable MP3 player, which is pretty 'war-torn' by now. Haha!
I transferred the track Crazy by Gnarls Barkley and WTF! The earphones really can not make it!! The bass sounded really flat and dead...duh! Changed to her Sony MDR-NX1/W earphones and it sounded waaaaaaaaaay better!
Now, I am waiting for them to release the armstrap and casing for the set!
moe at 8/30/2006 11:09:00 AM
