Army Half Marathon 2008

Just completed the run today. I signed up for the 6km Fun Run since i havent been running such long distance for quite some time.

The run is good. It rained heavily the previous day though, there isnt any direct sun as well! Weather is great, view is magnificent. We ran through Singapore Flyer, Esplanade, Suntec City and the city skyline , minus the part where we are runinng through the construction site :S

I think i took about 35 mins to complete the run. There are so many SAF people here, i guessed because this is ARMY 1/2 Marathon.



Already confirmed with JH, we will sign up for Std Chart 10km run. 21km ? Maybe next year :)




And i also wonder how these 2 girls run ;)

分分钟需要你

Moonlight Resonance Ep#14
Looks LIke Mambo Jumbo.. haha.

But this is really touching... suddenly i rememebr this song and downloaded the videos and mp3...

搜神传

It has been some time since HK TVB released legendary movies. Hope this dont disappoints!

Macdonald without Garlic Chilli is not Macdonald

Today we went lunch at Mac @ Compass Point. I was surprised that the waiter tell me "sorry sir, we do not have any more garlic chilli". What? I was surprised. French Fries taste best with Garlic Chilli. I dont think i will be going to Macdonald any more.. until they come back with Garlic Chilli.

Office Olympics?

Read this on TalkingCock.com and 8days


1. Wastepaper Basketball

2. Synchronized Stapling

3. Backstab Javelin Throwing

4. Tea Break Office Gossip Relay

5. Office Chair Rowing

6. Heavyweight Cardboard Boxing

7. Arrow Dodging

8. 4x100 Buttocks Photocopy Relay

9. Three Hour Powerpoint Presentation Stay Awake Marathon

10. Freestyle Accounting

11. Windows Vista Installation Disk Throwing

12. Xiaxue’s Blog to Excel Spreadsheet Alt-Tab Dash

13. 6 O’Clock Dash

14. Boss Carrying (formerly known as ‘Softball’)

15. Long Distance Hands-free Urinal Cake Carving

16. Accidental Breaststroke

17. Escaped Terrorist Marathon Chase

Did we win a Silver Medal ?

August 17th , 7.30pm
Beijing Olympics Women's Team final : Singapore vs China.

Singapore has Li JiaWei, Feng TianWei and XXX , while China has World No#1 Zhang, World #2 and World #5

If you never follow , you may think is China vs China since all our sports talents are imported from China. Li and Zhang came from the same training school about 1.5 decades ago when the Singapore scout spotted them. China keeps Zhang and give us Li.

Does it really matter? Some people say Yes, Some say No. But at the end of the day, the medal credited to Singapore after 48 years. For the sportswomen, is a dream for them come true because they will never make it to the China team when China is so spoilt for choice ( they left out #3 and #4 which are also from China )

And for Singapore, our small island finally has our name on the Medal Tally table , and ranked higher than some of the bigger countries in the globe.

So win win situation .. why not?

3 August Babies

2 Parties, 3 Birthday boy/girl
2 haigan diaz cakes. Ice Cream cakes are nice.
and Damn, i left my teeshirt in the hotel. sighz

Venue : Ding Tai Feng @ Bishan / Swissotel

溏心風暴之家好月圓 Ep 1 Part 1

Cant wait to start watching this..

溏心風暴之家好月圓宣傳片

Finally is here!!

Pixar Wall-E Movie Trailer

Watched this in Taipei last nite. I must say this is a show worth watching the 2nd time!

The show is about a Waste Collector Robot who is the only one on planet Earth ( 700 yrs from now ) . How he met this lady robot call Eve ( i thought it was EVA.. ) and a series of comedy , romance and adventures from there onwards to bring thepeople back to Planet Earth - their home.

Pixar never fails to disappoints!

Wall E

Another Great Movie not to missed! I dont think singapore has started to screen this yet. I caught this in Taipei last night.

The show talks about Wall E , the robot who clears wastes on Earth and how he met EVE ( i thought was EVA ) and started a series of comedy , romantic and exciting adventures to bring the people back to earth !

Olympics Memories - One Man Show

Beijing Olympics - Events i never knew i would watch

Olympics started on 08-08-08. over the weekend i started to keep my eyes on the TV to watch the various olympic events. There are some events which i never even expected myself to watch. Things like Weightlifting ( China girl lifted the first goal ). Watching Swimming heats , different contestants swimming laps over lap for 3-4 hours against different events ; fencing ; judo ; shooting ; gymanstics ; diving.

My favourite is still Gymnastics , Swimming and Diving. I am totally amazed at the gymansts. Look at those from the China team , and you will understand what i mean. I think the youngest is only 13. To achieve olympic level quality , i think they have to start training once they can walk. These people train from day till night, what happened to their childhood ? Given a choice and talent, will i do the same ? Hah, i dont think so. I need to stay on the computer at least 12 hours a day :P

And in addition, they never give up, sometimes , the competitors fell off the bar, but they dont give up! they just get up and complete the sequence or routine they are supposed to do. All the years of hardwork to prepare for this event will just be on that 1 min or 2 mins on the bar. The sportsmanship and the never-say-no is really something we need to look up to

Swimming is another of my favourite. Men's Swimming, drool and hope i get a swimmer body like that. Women's swmming -> Still thinking about their sexual identity.

Tao Li ( Representing Singapore ) is going to participate in her 100m butterfly in about 2 hours time . Hopefully , she can bring Singaporeans proud by clinching a medal. I will definately stay tune to the TV to watch!

8th Time Taipei , Talk about Food!

8th time to Taipei for work this year. There isnt really much to talk about here about Taiwan. Everyday is a routine , Hotel->office->Hotel. Lets blog down the food i eat this time.

Breakfast in the hotel. The food isnt cheap actually, in fact i think it is considered expensive. A breakfast buffet will costs 660 TWN per person. That is equivalent to about $30. If you have Golden Circle card, it will probably costs you 50% less. Everytime i go for breakfast at the coffeehouse, i didnt eat much. The more i think the more i do not find it worth the money.


Chilli's is one of my favourite restaurant for dinner in Taipei. The food is great, though in big portion. If you go in groups, it is quite a nice place to munch and talk. I love the buffalo wings in particular. Actually i LOVE buffalo wings no matter where i go. Haha.


Po-I brought us to this cosy Jap house for dinner one of the days after we finished our tasks in our ODM partner's offices. This place is call 居酒屋. Food is great. Even 七仔 & Good Luck Bear joined us for dinner. HoHo

Another TVB series completed :: 移情别恋

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

I missed the inbetween episodes, but still managed to catch the full story. Finally found the killer!

Another good series by TVB! Particularly love the comeback of Anita Yuen and "Jackie", till now i still cannot remember "Jackie" real name. haha. although i saw her in Taipei, :)

Happy Birthday Singapore!

Today is our country 43rd birthday!
Also one of my colleague's 2nd daughter new born day!
And also the start of the olympic games ( minus opening ceremony )

Didnt manage to get tickets to the parade this year, was hoping Mrs Chan can get 2 or 4 tix and let Aunt go with my niece. watching olympics on Channel 300. ( HD ). Shiok ! Wondering when Singapore team will be shown on the HD Channel.

Have Dental later at Compass point. Ever since 6 months back when i broke a tooth, i make a point to visit the dental every 6 months.

And oh yah, i need to make appointment to visit Thomson Medical Centre too...

Fight Back Time

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080731/tc_nm/motorola_dc

Finally.... Finally.... Finally....

溏心風暴之家好月圓 Ep 1 Part 1

Can't wait for the show to be released, i took a sneak peak on youtube and can't stop!!

The New Sengkang Swimming Complex

Opened on Aug1, yesterday was my last day of training , the class ends at 1pm . Went back home early before the mahjong session at 6pm. Finally ! there is a mahjong session. I havent been playing for i think at least 4 months!!

Decided to pop into the new swimming complex to check out the facilities, met up with Jacob ( neighbourhood friend ) to go together. Admission Fees is expensive, ( $1.50 ) compared to the other pools, but the environment looks like Wild Wild Wet @ Downtown East. They have 2 olympic size pool, one of them is sheltered,i.e. you can swim Rain or Shine. I only took a 20min dip before we left, since both of us are in a hurry. Drop Jacob back @ PG ...

Bad MJ Session . 一家输三家。Lost $195... Aug2 is the first day of Ghost Month.. maybe thats why.....

$30 Trip

Decided to drive to downtown for my greenbelt class today. in the morning i by pass 3 ERP gates costing me total of $6.50... i parked at NLB which costs $2.10 per hour.. and the total costs ( 8.30 to 5.30 ) is $18.90. Return trip back to office adds another 0.50 for ERP gate outside Park Mall.

If i ever worked in town, i think i will sell my car away...

Hot Hot Taipei...

Weather here is super hot.. news reported a high of 37 degrees!!!
every aafternoon , we need to leave office to go to customer office . Saw this girl doing testing under the hot sun...



caught someone sleeping in the office. Guess who...



One guy smoking a $10 SGD per pack Cigarette.. one smoking a $1 per packet Cigarette . Both same Brand..



and my favourite food in Taipei is still 鼎泰丰. I like the 猪扒饭。 Weelead likes 元盅鸡汤.




诚品书店 is by far one of the best book shops i have been to. The only thing is most of the books are in Chinese , but that is understandable since this is based in Taipei. But the variety of books, the magazines and the layout always makes me wanting to go there every time during lunch from a break off my work in the office ( Office is on the 8th floor , the book store is from 2nd to 5th )

When Times are Tough

Saw this motivational quote on the Web

When times are tough
When everything is broken, it's easy to find plenty of things you can fix. When nothing seems to be going right, even the most basic positive effort can make a noticeable difference.

Times of great difficulty and challenge are also times of great opportunity. When there are problems in every direction, there is also much value waiting to be created.

When all is going well, it's easy to get lulled into a sense of complacency. It's easy to forget how truly capable and resourceful you can be.

Difficult times are not much fun. Yet they can give you great and valuable insights into what's truly important.

There is much to be gained when times are good. There is even more to be gained when times are tough.

Resolve to persevere and grow stronger through whatever difficulties may come. For though the difficulties will eventually end, the treasures they compel you to create can often last a lifetime.

-- Ralph Marston

I think i am at one of my career lowest in 8 years. Feeling unengaged , projects always having problems, workload never seem to subside and things never get better. The only reason probably i am still staying is because
1. I have a good boss
2. I like the company
3. I still like my work..

Sounds kinda of contradicting, but this question starts to pop into my mind "What will make me leave Motorola? "

Taipei.. Here i Come.. again

Got a last minute notice to go taipei and meet up with one of our software house clients. Flying out later at 5pm and will be back this weekend because i have 1 week of training next week at midlink before i go back to Taipei again.

Maybe i should just migrate to Taipei...

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。

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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.