Rainforest in Concrete Jungle

This picture is taking in my block. 3rd floor. I wonder who is staying inside. Looks like Tarzan came to Singapore and bought a EA from HDB. haha

Are you earning enough ?

Am I earning enough? I think no..

Read on hwz forum, there is this survey done by a research firm. The results of their studies is posted here

http://www.kellyservices.com.sg/res/...handbook08.pdf

Durian Dinner + The Dark Knight

There is a durian dinner buffet at Carlton hotel. Knowing my aunt loves durian more than anything else, we brought both of them them. Dinner costs $45+++ per person and UOB cardmembers has 15% discount. Dinner starts @ 6.30pm.

Food Spread ~ 7/10. Standard items available. The highlights should be the deserts where are a lot of varieties of durian deserts available. There is durian pudding, durian puff, durian mousse cake, durian chocolate, durian green bean ( dont try this.. ) and RAW durians.

Ambience ~6/10 , being near the hotel lobby, nothing special .

Price ~ Abit too high. if it is around ~35, i think will be more worth a deal

Overall ~ Can go for special occasions, anyway the dinner will end in July. In August, they have "Mushroom Dinner Buffet"



after dinner program is "The Dark Knight". I like the show. 2.5 hours. Heath Ledger acts as Joker and i think he is superb. In Fact, i think all the villians are better acting than Batman itself. Overall still a worthy movie to watch ( 2.5 hours though! ) . Can catch the quicktime trailer at
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/thedarkknight/

Mixed up in life

¿ ɥdɐɹƃɐɹɐd sıɥʇ ǝʞıl ʇsnɾ 'ǝɟıl uı dn pǝxıɯ lǝǝɟ ɹǝʌǝ

˙suɐǝɯ ʇı ʇɐɥʍ puɐʇsɹǝpun oʇ ǝlƃuɐ sǝǝɹƃǝp 081 ɐ ɯoɹɟ ʇı ʇɐ ʞool oʇ pǝǝu noʎ puɐ ǝʇısoddo oƃ ʇsnɾ sƃuıɥʇ sǝɯıʇǝɯos 'ǝɟıl ǝʞıl lǝǝɟ ʇsnɾ ˙ʎɐʍ ɹǝɥʇo ǝɥʇ spɹoʍ ɹnoʎ sdılɟ ʇɐɥʇ ʞuıl looɔ sıɥʇ punoɟ ʇsnɾ

Journey on the MRT Day 2

Woke up late today. The motoQ went flat and the alarm did not go off. by the time i realise, it s already 8.45am. My class is supposed to start at 9am!

Quickly rush off to the train station and go to work. Surprisingly , i am not the bit nervous for being late. I reach the class at 9.30pm and class went on as usual except that half my attention is on my inbox. Today class focus on metrics, statistical analysis and presentation. most of the contents relates back to our daily job. I like this course, it prepares me for my GB ( Green Belt ) . Tomorrow there is exam, but we get to go off at 4pm , according to the instructor.

Trying to arrange mj session tomorrow, been quite some time, hands already start to itch...

Journey on the MRT

July16 Wednesday
on a 3 day green belt course at midlink plaza. with the rising petrol prices and erp costs, i deciided to take the public transport. it is kind of exciting since the last time i commute on the public transport is probable 3 years back when i changed my car ....

1. i got lucky to be able even to squeeze into the train. and i am only on the 2nd station to board on!

2. i dont have to get newspapers, because everyone on the train is reading and all i need to do is to turn my head left or right...

3. i need to change 3 trains to reach bugis... sengkang -> dohby gaut - > city hall -> bugis.

Class went off at 5.30pm sharp. Go to SuperCut Orchard for a haircut , and met QB at dinner at PS before taking MRT back.

this is call Computing

Lost and Not Yet Found

Wellfleet .. Wellfleet.. where are you ??

Adventure of the 24" Mac Monster Part 1

Finally got my new iMac today at Cineleisure Club21. I decided to go for the 24". 要就不买，要买就买最大的.

The looks is impressive. Looks Sexy, looks cool. Nothing can beat it. Remove all my wires , keyboard, 17"LCD screen, 4.1 speaker to make way for this 24" monster. Looks totally cool on my study desk.



Next thing is to figure out how to use it. Gab told me this is designed for left handers.. haha.. cos the minimize, close and maximize is all on the left side, as oppose to PC version on the right side. I think i will going to take some time to figure out everything on Mac. Time to get magazines! Time to subscribe to RSS feeds!

The iSight looks impressive.. i beginning to like this 24" monster.. lol

Today's exploration ends here . Findings include how to setup MSN, downloading and installing applications.. Stay tune for the next episode of the 24" Monster.

Oh.. by the way, this is the queue at punggol nasilemak. Long, but worth the wait! I queued for about 30 minutes..

尽tour guide 的责任

Brought Emily around singapore after work on Friday night yesterday. Went to Chinatown first for dinner at Maxwell. Went to eat 和记粥。跟着去味香园吃糖水。 在牛车水卖的美食比较有道地的味道. We saw Zekai ( Weelead ) friend there too. What a coincidence.

介绍“爱美丽” 买林志源的肉干, i also bought 2 boxes. 1 for Qisda Team , 1 back home to eat. 谁知道QB也买了一包. Haha...

Weelead brough his Sony W150 Camera along. That camera is cool! it can take very nice pictures in the evenings.. no flash and can see everything very clear... ( wait till i get the pictures i will upload some here and facebook




Bringing overseas friends to see our Night Spots is a must. There is no other place than Clarke Quay! We went into Lunar, because weelead strongly recommend and there is Live Singing . MandoPop. ( And Amex Plat have free entry + 2 guests and 1 for 1 whole night long )

My First Time there.. and like the place. As weelead quoted
1. Got Chinese live MandoPop
2. Got Retro
3. Got Free Dancing Showgirls
4. And got place to sit and chill out :)

Supper @ Lavender 猪杂汤

溏心風暴 - Car Crash Scene

one of the reasons why i love TVB Series so much... You cant help it but to get yourself involved into the storyline. If you watch the whole of 溏心風暴, i bet you will cry if u see this scene..

Shozu.com or 手足 ?

Was playing with one of our new phones.. and has this application call shozu.com.. looks cool. you supposed to be able to link to all your social websites like blogger, youtube , facebook.

Cant wait to try it out. It doesnt work on my phone now!



Will you ever buy a phone that does not have
1. Camera
2. Browser
3. MMS
4. Bluetooth ?

I have one project ( G*****A) That is like that :S:S

No Lunch for 1 week

Sighz... life is all about work and sleep only.

Barbaric shouting in MRT, Singapore

Singaporeans....

Working on a Sunday Afternoon

Haizhou went back to China for his vacation. Everyone in the team is so busy, so bo bian, 我这个老板 got to cover the work lor.

We need to ship Project SLPR out this week, still got so many issues to fix... sighz.

QB went to gym with Cat, i didnt go cos so many things to do!

Watched 师奶股神。 when i started to watch initially , it wasnt really very good , but the story starts to kick in and is getting better and better.

Now i am thinking if i should start to invest again....

Revisiting 21 years of friendship

Ernie is moving house. We went over to his condo at Regent Grove and revisit the things we did when we were young. all of us go crazy, although no full attendance, but still full of fun. Joshua , Sean and Jacko didnt join us. A pity so else we can have a 全家福.

Ate pizza. I thought it was Pizza hut. Only to find out it is canadian pizza. not exactly the best food .. but for filling stomach still alright.





Qibin didnt go cos she L.S... more pictures on Facebook :) But they are "private" due to the degree of sickness when they are taken.

We should take more pictures everytime we meet. Because these will become fond memories when we grow older

Record your fave MediaCorp Programs online!

Read the news about this company sueing mediacorp.. and decided to log on to check it out

http://www.recordtv.com./

Try it yourself! i preprogram 3 shows, see how good it is and will let everyone know..

Cheers!

My PC and MY DVD Writer

DVD Writer spoilt.. lucky i get a 1 to 1 exchange. I love my writer. Used it to dubbed my TVB Series and i can do it in the office. Go get one.. LG model. White in color, powered by USB cable

My PC also spoilt.. dont know whats wrong. need help! If no one can help, i will go get a iMac.. hehe

Bad way to Start a Day

Wanted to copy out Forensic Heroes #8 and #9 today. Stupid LG DVD Rewriter dropped on the floor and now the disc tray cannot open.

Tomorrow need to bring to the service centre to get it serviced.

Sighz.

Chomp Chomp

Went Chomp Chomp today with emily. She say singapore food is #1 ! There is a new yogurt shop along the road with 2 chio bu inside selling yogurt and their smiles. Check it out :)

Tomorrow we will promote Singapore Chicken Rice to our taiwanese colleage :)

TVB Show :: 疑情別戀

幸福並不是必然，當你曾經擁有它，卻驟然失去，比從來沒有得到過更痛苦！更可怕的是，一切的幸福都只是假象，背後竟埋藏著一個可怕的陰謀。

Apple and pear Soup

Today is our first attempt to brew the above soup. Not too bad,i will give ourselves 3 out of 5 stars. Need to brew it longer.

Damn, i should have taken a picture of it.. haha

Cooking is fun afterall!

@ Melben Seafood

 

Jimmy Feng and his girlfren ( Lisa ) came to Singapore for their holiday. Chilli Crabs is a must go for tourists visiting singapore, especially the first time. We bring them to Melben Seafood at AMK. The crabs there are good, price reasonable. Everyone who came always say Chilli Crab #1!

Go to sentosa after that.. nothing much to see at night.. we went to clarke quay after that. Clarke Quay is damn happening nowadays, almost comparable or even better than Lan Kwai Fong in hongkong. A must go for Tourist clubbers to experience the clubbing scene in singapore. After that, they seem tired so we send them back to their hotel. Saw Dave still online in office and we called him out for supper at Jalan Kayu again.

My Drunken State

 

Date : June 13th
Place : Shangri la Hotel
Event : Taipei DM Team + SPM Gathering.

Ex

My ExColleague will become my lunchmate
My neighbour excolleague will become his lunchmate
my excolleague will become my excolleague lunchmate
My ex lunchmate will become my lunchmate

what else?

火狐狸3

I just installed FireFox 3. I have always been a firefox fan because of its speed and extensive number of addons to customise to individual preference.

There is a accident on CTE today. Speaking of CTE.. realise recently the traffic is much smoother.. maybe becuase of the rising petrol prices and ERP fares.. that is why people are travelling on the road by cars lesser and lesser.. maybe i should do the same too.. haha.. a round trip to CTE costs almost $20 bucks!

Bugs in the Office

Some people are employed to help, some are employed to give you more trouble....

Pieces of Life : "The Slope"

Weichian is going to Aussie to study MBA and will be ending his career as a flight attendant this month. We had a "Farewell party " with him at Dbl-O and "The Slope" .

Ricky has a slogan "Ten Years of Legacy , One Night at the Slope". Sounds great

Knew him since he joined NTU, and 10 years has just passed like that. Last time , "The Slope" is a place we go almost every other weekday. Drinking cheap drinks before going to Mdm Wong to dance the night away. But that was years ago. The last time i remember going to a disco other than mambo was donkey years ago.

Lots of S-Group people went. I think at least 9 generations.. lol.. That is really impressive.

Thanks guys for keeping the S-Fire burning! and Weichian study hard!

Pieces of life : SQ Service #1

was on a flight back from taipei. because i boarded late on eco class, culdnt get the straits times. i always had that habit to read it on the plane. so trying my luck , i decided to ask the flight attendant for a copy once she get it while she is serving refreshments. about 2.5 hours later when i have almost forgotten abt it and was busy watching my forenisc heroes, she came back with the newspapers and say " sir, here ius ur papers and thanks for waiting". i feel so satisfied! and reply back "thanks for remembering " plus one to sia

Pieces of Life : Moto Taipei TeamBuilding Day

yesterday was our teambuilding day. We went to 147漆彈主題樂園 to have a afternoon of paintball shooting. Damn fun sia. The theme park is very different from the Paintball in Singapore because all the 场地 are actual forest terrains and they have many different themes. Check it out here

http://www.147.com.tw/



We have a total of 3 games, the first one is more of a introductory one in a sloppy terrian. The impact of the paintball is pain man.. The last game is crazy, we are put into a flat small terrian ( about size of a volleyball court with a lot of oiil barrels as shelter ) and you just keep shooting at the opponents....

My whole body is bruised and ache.. lol.. have a great time there followed by a sumptous dinner at one of the Teppanyaki restaurant.





The climax of the whole evening is after that.. where the gang came to my hotel for a drinking session... Siu Man came to join us. She is working in TaoYuan now.. ( she used to be with Moto-SG ) . As usual , i got drunk ... Pictures will be loaded soon....

Pieces of Life : The hotel that gives M.M.C ( Manual Morning Call ) and Demonstrating Anti-Management Decisions...

I am staying in Far Eastern ( a member of Shangri La ) in Taipei CIty. Every morning, i need to wake up at 7am, the hotel doesnt have a automated computerised morning call system. So if you have a request to wake up at 7 am, they will usually get the front desk on duty to call you.

For the past 1.5 weeks, they HAVE NEVER BEEN punctual. It is either 7.05am, 7.08am or 7.10am. I guess probably the front desk have a handful of calls to make. lol.. i wonder if the whole building of hotel guests request to wake up at the same time ( about 300 rooms ), what will they do.. hehe...

Went to Compal yesterday for customer meeting, wah seh.. the customer-client meeting environment is probably 3.5/10 if you were to ask me to give a rating. In a single room, you can have 2 or more different discussions happening AT THE SAME TIME.

Damn i should have taken a photo or video to show...

Friday there is a team building event . Original plan was to Hiking->Archery->HotSpring->Dinner. Yuks. The weather is so hot now, and there is nothing to Team Build about when you Hike, Shoot or Bathe, unless you can bathe with the people u want... haha.

So i went around asking and realise Paintball is the game everyone wanted. Started off an email "Why not paintball", everyone start replying to show their support, as a result of that, management have to change their decision. (Management consists of 2 married women with kids who probably is happier doing something less heart pumping.) hehe

Finally experience the feel of anti-strike... lol

okay need to get changed and go to office... signing off in Taipei City, Far Eastern Shangri La Hotel (远东国际大饭店)

Pieces of Life : 不要为失去而哭，要为拥有而笑

just landed in taipei airport and i am queuing now to clear immigration. the landind is very bumpy , at least compared from last week trip. sitting beside me are 2 businssman . the are talking abt work for the whole 4.5 hours on the plane! i couldnt do that, i watched dunk, starring jay chou. a show i wanted to watch but never had the chance when it is screening.

took out my dvd player and watch 3 eps of forensic heroes 2. one of the cases is about a loving husband struck with some tumour which will cause him to lose contrl of his emotions easily and lose control of his actions too. thats scary and it spark me again to go for a full body check one of these days to make sure i am completely okay... okok, once i gather the courage to go i will go!

there is a phrase mentioned by the wife in that case which i keep thinking about :: 不要为失去而哭，要为拥有而笑

Waiting for my turn to clear immigration...

Pieces of Life : Not a typical day

7am - Wake up
7.15am - Send my wife to work at Cuppage
7.45am -> Reach Gym and starting working out. Not much people. I just did a 20 min Cardio Run and some reps with dumbells.

10am -> Reach office for the usual conference calls. Today is a bit rush because i need to catch a flight later to Taipei.

12pm -> went for lunch. Weelead says i very long never eat prata so decided to go Jalan Kayu for prata. I took a cheese prata, a egg prata and some otak. ( Rhymes huh ? ). Pass him a $100 TWN .. lol..

I suddenly remember about the couple who sit beside me on the way back from Taipei on Saturday. Their inflight entertainment is not working and at least 4 different flight attendants keep coming to ask them " Can i change the headset for you ? " , " Can you stow back the control and i will reset the system" . Finally the senior stewardess offer each of them USD$50 to compensate them. Not a bad deal really.

I hope my inflight entertainment system doesnt work today too! i can get a bottle of cologne on Krishop with that USD$50.. hehe

Damn, i still owe him $1335.... he ask me to get something at the price of $35 for him. lol.

1.30pm , 2 more conference calls with Taiwan team before i head to the airport. I should be leaving office at 3pm to catch the flight at 5.05pm. Else i will be late!

Update this later... now is 1.10pm...

4pm -> reach airport, resting at the lounge. The cab i took has a carplate 5187. My car is 5817. Haha. immnediately i thought of buying $10 big and $10 ibet.

Damn, the wireless@sg doesnt work. now i got to use the open PCs in the lounge to write this..

Flight will take off at 5.05pm

Signing off.. see you in taipei.

Pieces of Life : Casualty in the Team

One of my team members told me she will be resigning because she is head hunted. Feel happy for her to get a better offer , but now i got a bigger problem to fill the gap in the team.

People come and people go.. sighz..

原來愛上賊 ep20 高哲jack哥 『不死傳說特別版』 大結局

Just finished watching 原來愛上賊 . Jack died in the series, but there is a 不死傳說特別版.

I prefer this version. TVB recently like to have 大結局 that has everyone killed...

Pieces of Life - 正宗罗宋汤的做法

Suddenly interested to learn how to cook this....

http://www.101do.com/jiankang/yinshi/1351.html


正宗罗宋汤做法：
　　先是焖罗宋汤里要用的牛肉：把牛肉洗净切成小块放进准备好的汤锅，再接大半锅水，先用大火煮沸，再改用小火，舀去汤面上的浮沫，焖到牛肉酥软，大约三小时。（小贴士，可放一个红茶包进去一起煮，牛肉更易炖的酥软）

　　然后准备罗宋汤里要用的蔬菜：先将土豆、胡萝卜、西红柿洗净去皮和芹菜一起切成差不多大的小块，卷心菜切一寸长的菱形，胡萝卜和红肠切成小片，洋葱切丝。


　　等牛肉炖的酥软，汤汁浓郁的时候，另用一个炒锅，先热锅再放油，随后把奶油也放进去，油热了先后放入土豆块，煸炒到外面熟了放入红肠，炒香了随后放入其它蔬菜，再放入番茄酱和番茄沙司（按汤的量估算尽量多放），放入精盐一勺旺火煸炒一两分钟后趁热全部放入刚才准备好的牛肉汤里，用小火继续熬。
　　把面粉放到洗净擦干的炒锅里反复炒到面粉发热，颜色微黄然后趁热放到刚才小火慢熬的汤里用汤勺搅匀，这个可以正宗罗宋汤的做法才有的一步哦。
　　最后再熬20分钟左右，放盐和糖调好口味放入胡椒粉，正宗的罗宋汤就大功告成了。

　　冬天里，舀上一碗浓香扑鼻的罗宋汤，再拿块全麦面包沾着美味罗宋汤一起吃最是惬意了，这可是俄罗斯人的正宗罗宋汤吃法哦。

更多煲汤食谱尽在煲汤食谱大全

Pieces of life - Forgot to get my VAT Refund!

Damn! Checked into the airport, forgot to claim my VAT refund for my Porter bag... thats about 300 TWN , which is $15SGD.

I need a easier way to remember all my things, maybe a personal assistant? lol...

Waiting for boarding time at KrisFlyer Lounge now....

Pieces of Life - 黑色星期五并不会黑色

今天是黑色星期五。为什么我感觉不到黑色?

lol.. was just practicing my chinese since i am now in taipei. Just back from Mala Steamboat .. Eat liao confirmz will L.S...and your A** feels extremely Mala...

Pieces of Life - Shopping in Taipei City

Yeah.. i finally got the porter bag. That become my most expensive bag in the wardrobe. $115 bucks cheaper than getting in Singapore and you get 5% VAT Refund!

Woo Hoo!

Friday Morning... Going back Singapore tomorrow.... Tonight will be going for 麻辣 Steamboat with my team and colleagues.. Shiok man!

Shopping Craze - Porter International Bag

I saw this bag in porter int'l at Taipei 诚品新仪. Wisma is selling at $400+. Is only $300 here. SHALL I BUY IT ???

Pieces of Life - Ratatoulie in Taipei City

Went to office today and found this on the glass door. Cant see clearly ? Check the close up pic below



Hope it doesnt spoilt your appetite. Because it spoil mine for the day.

Was at the customer place today. Discussions went on well. But ODM projects are tougher than i thought. I need more staff!

Pieces of Life - Black or White?

Shall i stay Black ? or White? both pictures taken within a span of 6 months. ( one in hokkaido and one in New York City )

Travel - Isnt Manhanttan Beautiful ?

Date : May 29th, 2008

There is a very nice Ice Cream Factory just at the side of this pier where we took photos. Further up the street has the "most famous pizzeria in New York", but you need to queue to get in.

Pieces of Life - Nearly .... Nearly...

Bought $5 Big .. could have won $1000 if my Car Plate open ( 5817 ) to cover my repair costs....

Pieces of Life - 没有汽车的周末

on the way back from lunch yesterday, the Power Steering Wheel unit starts to show its unhappiness again. This time is worst, you cant get it back to work even after restarting the engine.. Sighz.. luckily after waiting for about 10 mins, it is back in operation but i finally decided to bring it down to Autofrance to get it fixed.

The service guy told me the unit is gone case liao, need to pay 1.4k to change that part! just 2 months after my warranty ended!! =(

What to do ? No choice need to change....

This weekend, we dont have car, so i decided not to leave the house.. haha.. hmm maybe not, Sunday is a good day to go gym to workout

Pieces of Life - Pigeons in the Organisation

Why are there so many pigeons in the organisation?? People who just take your work and send it to high management . People who doesnt attend meetings and throw questions at you just 5 minutes before the deadline. People who are just paid for nothing.

Business Travel - Taipei Jun 9 - JUn xx

Need to travel to Taipei for Business reasons. Project in red flag and has to meet up with partners there to get things done at a faster pace. All the tickets are almost full and only managed to get a ticket to fly out monday , come back Thursday. Hopefully can get a return ticket on Monday.

The last time i went to taipei is in April... shouldnt have much changes there i hope...

Pieces of life -> Am i a shopaholic?

My shopping results in New York/New Jersey and the regions. Am i a shopaholic?

Pieces of Life - Jet Lag

Just came back from a 2 week vacation in New York ( May 17 to May 30 ) . Serious Jet lag.. Out of curiosity, went to find out on the internet why there is such thing call jet lag...

Found something on wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_lag

But there is no remedy!

Time now is 5am ( Slept at 2am ) . Day 2 after i came home. For those who want to find out about my road trip, check out the 4 albums in my facebook!

TVB Fanatic :: 原來愛上賊 - Watching Now

Watching this series now. If you like Ocean 11, you will love it. Only watch till episode 5 and is already one my faves for 2008!

From one of the review sites::
剧情简介
因为一笔毒犯赃款掀起了干探江扬(马德钟)和侠盗高哲(刘松仁)一段微妙的兵贼关系。扬逐渐揭露哲以餐厅老板掩饰其贼党首脑的真正身分，却无法搜获证据将哲入罪，两人在交手期间互有胜负，扬坚信邪不能胜正，对哲步步进逼，因而忽视了太太康美莉(陈法拉)令婚姻出现危机，幸好莉一直得好友兼同事包蓉蓉(陈玉莲)在旁安慰及扶持；而蓉天生善良的性格亦深深打动了哲……

TVB Fanatic :: 古靈精探

于子朗为一精明干探，一次查案过程之中，子朗头部遭到重击，竟因而得到一种通灵感应，凭着此种神奇力量屡破奇案。子朗于侦查一宗凶杀案后，令上司对他怀恨在心，于是将他流放到‘特别凶案调查分部’，更谎称该分部之负责人费格逊行将退休，日后会由子朗接任其职。子朗赴任后发觉此分部之成员，尽是一些骑呢之辈，更与稍后到任之刑晶晶结成斗气冤家……

when can i have one of these?

TVB - 最美丽的第七天

兩個年齡相隔十年的年青人，背景不同，性格迴異，但是有著相似的命運，二人在一個浪漫的離島屋苑中，開始了兩段愛情故事，過程之中似是互相影響、互相相扣著…

I like this show. Very romantically filmed and the chemistry between the 2 lead actors and actress are superb.

More information here
http://tvcity.tvb.com/drama/the_seventh_day/story/synopsis.html

Jobless in 10 months ?

Motorola Announced last week that they will be spinning off the handset division. Lots of restructuring now, layoffs and simplifying the organisation

What will happen to me in 2009 ?......

18 Months Missing in the Blog Sphere

Cant believe it. 18 months i didnt update the blog

Thats me... everything i do.. i do for a short while only.

I smell Smoke everywhere...

It has been some time when the haze strike us. As of this morning 9am, the PSI reading is 119.

I went to Plaza Singapura last nite , and even the whole shopping mall is hazy!!

Smells smoky, Looks Smoky, Feels Smoky.

When will all this go away ?

Have you seen this siccors before ?

i saw this on gizmodo.. and i think is very interesting.. a manual shredder!!

It is amazing how sometimes japanese comes out with such innovative ideas !!
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/ninebladed-shredding-scissors-193138.php

Bye Bye Letter #1

What you would write if you want to say bye bye

All,
Today is my last day at XXX. Starting Monday I will be trying to make an impact on YYY.

When I think about the last few years, I think WIG.
It's been a very rewarding project. It got the best and worst out of me. It forced the abolishment of artificial barriers and creative thinking. It was responsible for hours of frustration and days of fun. It was very uplifting to see it rise from a simple idea to a solution making an impact on the shipment of phones while saving hundreds of millions of dollars in the process. In addition, it was a very unique opportunity for me to learn and grow with the project as an engineer and a person.
None of it would have been possible without the help and input of so many of you. I enjoyed every minute of it. I appreciate every comment and every piece of criticism.
I hope it made a positive impact on your daily routine and made your work a little bit easier.
Until next time, then

Mr A

What i want for my birthday , Part 2

The “Stealth” is O2’s latest Windows Mobile 5.0-powered Smartphone. It features a 416MHz Intel Xscale PXA 272 processor, 64MB RAM, 192MB ROM, 2.4-inch touchscreen display, 2.0-megapixel camera. 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. This slider measures 110 x 53 x 22.5mm and weighs 140g.

I Can't wait for it to arrive on the shelves!!!

What i want for my birthday , Part 1

Relive Mambo Days

The music is still as good!
The crowd is still as good!
The drinks is still as good!
Good! Good! Good!

我的老婆在北京

10 days China Tour means

1. 10 days sleeping alone
A. 10 days can go anywhere i want .
2. 10 days no companion
B. 10 days no nagging
3. 10 days got to wake up on my own
C. 10 days to meet up frens and catch up with a movie or go for a chill out
4. 10 days no one to hug
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Power of Wi-Fi

Never really truly appreciate the power of WiFi until today. Waiting for a friend to go for a chill out session. Took out my laptop at burger king and boom! ,

I can post a short blog :)

Mosquitone - Can you hear it ?

Recently , there is a tone call the Mosquitone. This tone comprises of high freqency notes which only people under the age of 25 can hear it. Try it! I already have it on my mobile phone :)

You are an easily repelled teenager

The mosquito device was made for the likes of you. You are probably begging to make the noise stop! The highest pitched ultrasonic mosquito ringtone that I can hear is 18.8kHz

Find out which ringtones you can hear!

Size does matter when climbing the corporate ladder ?

I read this article in the Newpaper today... and find it quite interesting.. here is part of the extract...

Thinking of asking for that pay raise ? Then add an extra mile to your daily runs... If you are about to request for a promotion, you can bnoost your chances of success by adding an extra hour to your workouts in the gym. Like it or not , Looks do matter.

... In order to acheive big dre3ams, you need a slim waist.

If you think this is unfair because a person's performance is measured based on his physical appearnace instead of his ability to perform, think about it again for the next 10 minutes ::

If you are slim, you tend to be fitter. While fat office workers lumber around and often seem to be out of breadth, Skinny ones are energetci and able to scamper from one boardroom meeting to another. They tend to be healthier too because medically has been proven obesity are linked with hear disease , diabetes , high blood pressure and a host of other life threatening ailments.

... Looks like my decision to engage personal training in CFC is the right move!

Reading this book now

Reading this book now....

法证先锋

Nice Show! Strongly Recommended to rent it from your TVB Rental Store . A show about forensic Studies and a lot of crimes that makes you can't stop watching epsiode after epsiode!

More details available @ http://tvcity.tvb.com/drama/forensic_heroes/story/index.html

For a colleague on his 30th bday

Posted a bit late.. because i forgotten i got a blog :) .
If i am not a software engineer.. i should become a poet :)

Happy Birthday To XXX

You are turning to thirty

Hope you always stay happy

Hope your body stay healthy

5 years 8 months my colleague

Been through quarrels and vomit..

when i' happy i share it

when i say 人 u tell me.

Finally you turn thirty

hope you make more more money

now we both are in same team

next week we still got Funky :)

今天祝贺XXX,

三十大寿要恭喜

祝你天天都开心

身体健康人美丽

5年8月认识你

吵架冷战包有你

你说我爱欺负你

我会改过答应你

现在你爱买nike,

以后你会买sisley ?

以前我们去ridleys

现在我们去Funky =)

今天我就到这里

明年写封马来语

有句话想告诉你

这段友谊我珍惜

台北 - 再给阿宗多一次机会

自从上次到了西门丁尝试 阿宗面线之后,就觉得不是真的那么好吃. 但我决定再去尝试多一次.

look at the crowd! However, i decided not to try it because i dun like intestines haha.. maybe the next time ba...

Who is Buying Shoes in Taipei ?

I Luv Benetton!

Never knew Luggage Bags can be so stylish.
I love Benetton!

SAF Day

Today is SAF Day. July 1st , 2006. This day marks the 41st anniversary of the presence of SAF in Singapore .

军人节对我们服过兵的工作人士又带来什么意义呢 ?

This day doesn't mean much to me really, except this year , NSMen will be joining in to commemorate this event. On a friday afternoon, they will be wearing their No.4 and gather at designated spots to sing national anthem and recite the pledge.

Luckily i wasn't ärrowed to go :)

My Personality Assessment

I went for a 2 day course @ Conrad. The course name is Coaching for Performance and Development. There is a exercise which we need to complete a 400 questions survey and it will give us a personality asssessment of ourselves. This is what i got ..

Strengths : Willing to take initiative in a group , and able to assume lead roles on team projects. Others see me as energetic , talkative and socially active.

Shortcomings : Need to understand sensitive situations and avoid being irritable or emotionally inconsistent when these situations arise.. Having high standards for myself and others may have trouble delegating or priortizing.

I think is quite true... Suddenly , i have a interests in reading more books on Personality Asssessment. How well do we really know ourselves ?

Beautiful game turns rough..

The game between Netherlands and Portugal on Sunday night saw 20 cards ( 4 red ) being issued within the game of 90 minutes.

Where are all the sportmanship ? We saw headbutting.. hard tackling, mass confrontations...

High Expectation -> High Disappointment

3 trips to Taipei in search for Ah Zhong Mian Xian.. I finally found it on the 3rd attempt... The price is reasonable.. $2 per bowl. The queue is long..

So i quickly get my friend to go and queue and buy one bowl to share and decide how good i should rate is. 7/10 or 8/10 ? Everyone is talking about it back in Singapore.. "Must Try! Must Try! "

It isn't that fantastic really.. maybe the taste and flavour doesn't suit us.. Every bowl that was returned is emptied and cleaned. We are so paiseh.. we walk about 50 metres away , and while no one is seeing, pour everything into the thrash...

So much for Ah Zhong Mian Xian...

Room #910 and Room #911

Date : Jun20 to Jun23, 2006
Venue : Taipei
Purpose : Business Trip
No.of Travellers : 2
Hotel : Far Eastern Shangri La Hotel





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Travelling in pairs for buisness trip is always fun. Especially if you and your travelling partner are on the same freq.

1. Your meals wun be so boring. You do not have to talk to the food anymore.
2. Your shopping trips become more expensive. Your buddy give u comments and u usually will appreciate them and make some purchase.
3. Your after work time passed faster.
4. You can go to a pub or disco and people will not think you are there alone trying to hook someone up.
5. You have someone to wake you up in the morning for work.
6. Most importantly , you get to know each other better!!

David Beckham - Motorola Ambassador

David Beckham - Motorola Latest Ambassador.. Expect to see tons of advertisements, commercial ads with England Skipper carrying Motorola Products..

The one on his hand, L7 Red.. is one of my projects!! The best phone i used so far!

It won the Best Mobile Phone Design 2006 as well.. Cool Man!

Lost Wallet Found!

Jun 5 - Wallet Lost
Jun 5 - Jun 11 - Waiting for someone that picked up and return to me
Jun 12 - Reported loss and damages incurred as follows

1 x LV Wallet ( $400 )
1 x NRIC ( $100 )
1 x Driving License ( $50 )
3 x Credit Cards
? x membership cards

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Received a letter that my wallet is found and now with the police.. is it too late.. ? Haiz.... already spend so much and forgotten about the matter...

Now everything came back again.....