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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Visit to ikea Tampines
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Sorry! no pics hahahaha, hope u aren't expecting any...
Was at Pasir Ris camp on wednesday, then decided to go to ikea Tampines for lunch (long time nv went there already) so stupid me, forgot there is free parking, actually parked at Pasir Ris housing estate then walked over (somemore park at a further carpark haha), waste coupon $$ somemore... Long time nv went there liao... but not much changes lah...
Had chicken chop (actually it's fried chicken only) and princess cake (cake + ice cream) not bad le... but quite ex.. add up about $10...
too bad no pics to show... next time bah.. haha
Sorry! no pics hahahaha, hope u aren't expecting any...
Was at Pasir Ris camp on wednesday, then decided to go to ikea Tampines for lunch (long time nv went there already) so stupid me, forgot there is free parking, actually parked at Pasir Ris housing estate then walked over (somemore park at a further carpark haha), waste coupon $$ somemore... Long time nv went there liao... but not much changes lah...
Had chicken chop (actually it's fried chicken only) and princess cake (cake + ice cream) not bad le... but quite ex.. add up about $10...
too bad no pics to show... next time bah.. haha
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Goodbye Cup
Presenting my New Cup for 2009 onwards
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Finally dumped my CCKSS cup which i've been using for almost 13yrs.. abit "舍不得" but have to throw to show my mum I also can throw my things...found alot of things during spring cleaning which she dun use but reluctant to throw...grr...
Goodbye my CCKSS Cup, I will miss u...

Hello my new cup, from now on, u will serve me

Group photo of the old and new

Now for some grumblings...
Been thinking of the "kiasu-ism" in SG, i.e. Aunties who stand right in the middle of MRT doors and rush in as soon as the door open, cope-ing seats with tissues ...etc...
but then think of it, kiasu-ism is actually not a bad thing if u use it in the good way. I wonder why SG people always try to outdo each other in the $$/status sense but when dun they try to outdo each other in the "good act" area. Like comparing how many good deeds u've done today, who got a better character.. etc... if this can materialise, u will see people fighting to give up their seats for old people in MRT.. haha.. but i guess all those kiasu=competitive are crap la.... why dun they "compete" to be better people? that's why i say sometimes things we say/do really make us slap ourselves in the mouth... haha
Finally cleared my credit card bills for the santa's month... OMG, the bills come up to a whopping $1700++ (usu every mth only $200-300) for all my credit cards... dunno wat i spent on too... KaoZ... luckily this mth, managed to get some $$ from SAF + a freelance project... else may have to touch my savings liao... Then even made a mistake and paid $28 lesser to CitiBank last mah and i kena slapped with a $40 (late payment) + $16.62 (interest) wahhh... luckily they are still humane enough to waive off this seemingly absurd amount else really scold them and cancel their service liao.
From this mth onwards, cannot spend so much liao ...SAVE SAVE SAVE!
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Finally dumped my CCKSS cup which i've been using for almost 13yrs.. abit "舍不得" but have to throw to show my mum I also can throw my things...found alot of things during spring cleaning which she dun use but reluctant to throw...grr...
Goodbye my CCKSS Cup, I will miss u...

Hello my new cup, from now on, u will serve me

Group photo of the old and new

Now for some grumblings...
Been thinking of the "kiasu-ism" in SG, i.e. Aunties who stand right in the middle of MRT doors and rush in as soon as the door open, cope-ing seats with tissues ...etc...
but then think of it, kiasu-ism is actually not a bad thing if u use it in the good way. I wonder why SG people always try to outdo each other in the $$/status sense but when dun they try to outdo each other in the "good act" area. Like comparing how many good deeds u've done today, who got a better character.. etc... if this can materialise, u will see people fighting to give up their seats for old people in MRT.. haha.. but i guess all those kiasu=competitive are crap la.... why dun they "compete" to be better people? that's why i say sometimes things we say/do really make us slap ourselves in the mouth... haha
Finally cleared my credit card bills for the santa's month... OMG, the bills come up to a whopping $1700++ (usu every mth only $200-300) for all my credit cards... dunno wat i spent on too... KaoZ... luckily this mth, managed to get some $$ from SAF + a freelance project... else may have to touch my savings liao... Then even made a mistake and paid $28 lesser to CitiBank last mah and i kena slapped with a $40 (late payment) + $16.62 (interest) wahhh... luckily they are still humane enough to waive off this seemingly absurd amount else really scold them and cancel their service liao.
From this mth onwards, cannot spend so much liao ...SAVE SAVE SAVE!
CNY 09 is coming : Visit to Chinatown
Chinatown @ D-8 to CNY
Another 8 days to CNY, finally managed to overcome my laziness to go to Chinatown to shoot the decos this year... As usual it's "People mountain people sea". but seems that not many people are buying, more like 'looking'
CNY Decos



The cow family...

Huat Ah! (the backdrop is actually quite nice, don't u think?)

Oranges?

Goodies


Cute little stuffs


Look at the crowd...

The only stuffs i bought - "Chinese New Year Cake"
Green Tea


Sakura

see more pics here
Something that almost make me boil this morning, being questioned by my dad why i sold my acer notebook to my brother at such an expensive price ($500)... I think $500 is already a very reasonable price already, my specs not bad one... (online got seller wants to sell at 750-940 for the same model). He told me why don't give to him... Wah, give to him? i think i sell at $500 i already lose out, but brother so i also dun wan to charge him too high, then my mum quip in saying that he never work so no $. WTH!!!, my bro's $ is $, mine is not? my acer notebook is bought with my $ ok... They say i am unfair and 'exploit' my brother but Are they fair to me?
if i post online and sell, i believe i can sell at a higher price. I don't even need to sell it, i can continue to use that notebook but cos my brother wans it then i decide to "downgrade"...
Sometimes I wonder if trying to be nice guy is wrong? people always want to take advantage of you. When u are normally nice, people take ur 'niceness' to bully u... when u are not that nice for a while, they think that you are bad. In work also, when u are helpful, people try to push everything to u and they get the credit for doing NOTHING... From now on, i shall not be too nice, i gotta be fairer to myself... No more letting people bully or take advantage of me....
Another 8 days to CNY, finally managed to overcome my laziness to go to Chinatown to shoot the decos this year... As usual it's "People mountain people sea". but seems that not many people are buying, more like 'looking'
CNY Decos



The cow family...

Huat Ah! (the backdrop is actually quite nice, don't u think?)

Oranges?

Goodies


Cute little stuffs


Look at the crowd...

The only stuffs i bought - "Chinese New Year Cake"
Green Tea


Sakura


see more pics here
Something that almost make me boil this morning, being questioned by my dad why i sold my acer notebook to my brother at such an expensive price ($500)... I think $500 is already a very reasonable price already, my specs not bad one... (online got seller wants to sell at 750-940 for the same model). He told me why don't give to him... Wah, give to him? i think i sell at $500 i already lose out, but brother so i also dun wan to charge him too high, then my mum quip in saying that he never work so no $. WTH!!!, my bro's $ is $, mine is not? my acer notebook is bought with my $ ok... They say i am unfair and 'exploit' my brother but Are they fair to me?
if i post online and sell, i believe i can sell at a higher price. I don't even need to sell it, i can continue to use that notebook but cos my brother wans it then i decide to "downgrade"...
Sometimes I wonder if trying to be nice guy is wrong? people always want to take advantage of you. When u are normally nice, people take ur 'niceness' to bully u... when u are not that nice for a while, they think that you are bad. In work also, when u are helpful, people try to push everything to u and they get the credit for doing NOTHING... From now on, i shall not be too nice, i gotta be fairer to myself... No more letting people bully or take advantage of me....
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Red Cliff 2
Read my views on Red Cliff 2
Suddenly feel like watching a movie, many of my colleagues also say it's nice...thus decided to just go do what i want to do...
Last time usually think alot before deciding to do something but recently become bolder and more "spontaneous" haha
Left Office early today to go West Mall, Long time nv visit Eng Wah West Mall also... Had Popcorn and Coke for dinner, not cheap also damn! $7.50!! Even more expensive than a movie ticket!
Anyway digress enough already, here's my view on "Red Cliff 2"
What I like:
1) Cinematography is nice
2) Special effects
3) The politics
What I don't like:
1) Plot Deviate too much from the orginal story
2) Zhou Yu suddenly becomes such a gentlemen
3) Zhuge Liang doesn't seem special
Perhaps I am a history freak, that's why i feel that the show isn't that nice to me because it deviates too much from the orginal 'Romance of the 3 Kingdoms'
Zhuge Liang is supposed to be a brilliant strategist, but when the allied forces needed the eastern wind, he seems to be surprised when he observed the skies and noted that there will be eastern winds soon. I tot Everything should be within his calculation wat?? Why make him look like an opportunist? He is supposed to "trick" Zhou Yu that the Eastern wind is summoned by him, but in this he just tell him straight.
Zhou Yu is supposed to be a brillant but petty guy, here he is potrait as a true gentlement, even when he knew his wife is with Cao Cao, he still insist on a 'gentlemen's ' war. He suddenly becomes a vanguard general rather than the supreme commander ( he goes straight to the front and fight with the enemy rather than direct the battle, he does more fighting than directing)
Sun Quan also goes to fight at the front line!!! how can the lord do that???
In the end, after all the bloodshed, they just released cao cao!!! Wat????!!! actually i wound prefer that cao cao's general fought off the allied forces to allow Cao cao to escape. Cao Cao a prime minister and a great man of his time have to resort to using a woman to force the allied forces to submit???Unthinkable!!!
The sea battle scene is nice, but the land battle is a disappointment, too "deliberate" until it looks fake...
Didn't really enjoy it but as entertainment and not those die-hard RTK fans i think this will be nice.
Suddenly feel like watching a movie, many of my colleagues also say it's nice...thus decided to just go do what i want to do...
Last time usually think alot before deciding to do something but recently become bolder and more "spontaneous" haha
Left Office early today to go West Mall, Long time nv visit Eng Wah West Mall also... Had Popcorn and Coke for dinner, not cheap also damn! $7.50!! Even more expensive than a movie ticket!
Anyway digress enough already, here's my view on "Red Cliff 2"
What I like:
1) Cinematography is nice
2) Special effects
3) The politics
What I don't like:
1) Plot Deviate too much from the orginal story
2) Zhou Yu suddenly becomes such a gentlemen
3) Zhuge Liang doesn't seem special
Perhaps I am a history freak, that's why i feel that the show isn't that nice to me because it deviates too much from the orginal 'Romance of the 3 Kingdoms'
Zhuge Liang is supposed to be a brilliant strategist, but when the allied forces needed the eastern wind, he seems to be surprised when he observed the skies and noted that there will be eastern winds soon. I tot Everything should be within his calculation wat?? Why make him look like an opportunist? He is supposed to "trick" Zhou Yu that the Eastern wind is summoned by him, but in this he just tell him straight.
Zhou Yu is supposed to be a brillant but petty guy, here he is potrait as a true gentlement, even when he knew his wife is with Cao Cao, he still insist on a 'gentlemen's ' war. He suddenly becomes a vanguard general rather than the supreme commander ( he goes straight to the front and fight with the enemy rather than direct the battle, he does more fighting than directing)
Sun Quan also goes to fight at the front line!!! how can the lord do that???
In the end, after all the bloodshed, they just released cao cao!!! Wat????!!! actually i wound prefer that cao cao's general fought off the allied forces to allow Cao cao to escape. Cao Cao a prime minister and a great man of his time have to resort to using a woman to force the allied forces to submit???Unthinkable!!!
The sea battle scene is nice, but the land battle is a disappointment, too "deliberate" until it looks fake...
Didn't really enjoy it but as entertainment and not those die-hard RTK fans i think this will be nice.
Monday, January 12, 2009
CNY is coming....
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OK i admit i haben been very diligent in updating my blog, I wun give myself any excuse, I am just lazy haha...
Been working on a new freelance web programming project recently but actually also cannot say that i am very busy.
CNY is arriving abit earlier this year and i haben been a good boy this year also cos nv really help my mum in the spring cleaning... ok lazy also... slowly bah...
Been clearing alot of old stuffs... clearing my FB photo album of CMI (cannot make it) pictures... Hopefully can add a lot of better new pics to my albums... haha
Been almost sick the last weekend, sneezing non stop, now i am much better, should be due to the erratic weather the last few days. but still went to take my IPPT last saturday plus soccer on Sunday...
Guess age is really catching up with me, alot of aching muscles now... haha..
Gotta change EZ link card before Oct, but alot of people (dunno why so KS) queuing up at all the EZ link offices... kaoz.. Sometimes happen to be at the station and want to "shun bian" change but see the long Q.... ah give up... think gotta wait another month before the craze dies off bah...
Thinking of gg Chinatown to shoot the CNY decorations, guess it will be a big squeeze again... see how bah... Chinatown wait for me yeah?
Of bad people, sometimes i really wonder how come the good guys always take bad things while the bad guys who do bad things get away Scot-free, is there really no such things as "fairness" in this world? or good guys always have no good rewards?
I know my thinking is quite negative but i wun give up my principle to be a good guy, in truth i am not really after any rewards, more for a piece of mind bah...
sometimes i really wonder if those ppl who did wrong do feel any remorse at all...
Nvm bah guess i shouldn't think so much for others, just think for myself bah...
Of recession, everyone is talking about a recession now, there would likely be paycuts and retrenchments everywhere, that's why i always say must prepare for 'rainy days' such as this. But seems that singaporeans don't really care, the restaurants are still packed and long queues waiting outside. Shops selling branded goods are still packed with shoppers also. Recession? is it really here? or most people just chose to adopt the ostrich attitude? if i dun see it, it's not gg to happen to me... let's brace ourselves and see how the economy will shape out after CNY.
Of Talent, been thinking of how arrogant and complacent we are (even though we aren't the one who got us here in the 1st plc),always looking down on 'guest' workers. It's true that we are current ahead now, but i wonder how long we can be that if we keep thinking that we will always be ahead... Remember the tortoise-hare race story? it might be true that the hare is naturally faster than the tortoise, but if it gets complacent, it will end up losing the race to the tortoise. If we dun change our attitude soon enough i am very worried we will lose our competitive edge soon.
Oh yah I got my new 5yr biometric passport and also sold my rarely use 50mm f1.8 lens haha...
Ok that's all, a happy CNY everyone!
OK i admit i haben been very diligent in updating my blog, I wun give myself any excuse, I am just lazy haha...
Been working on a new freelance web programming project recently but actually also cannot say that i am very busy.
CNY is arriving abit earlier this year and i haben been a good boy this year also cos nv really help my mum in the spring cleaning... ok lazy also... slowly bah...
Been clearing alot of old stuffs... clearing my FB photo album of CMI (cannot make it) pictures... Hopefully can add a lot of better new pics to my albums... haha
Been almost sick the last weekend, sneezing non stop, now i am much better, should be due to the erratic weather the last few days. but still went to take my IPPT last saturday plus soccer on Sunday...
Guess age is really catching up with me, alot of aching muscles now... haha..
Gotta change EZ link card before Oct, but alot of people (dunno why so KS) queuing up at all the EZ link offices... kaoz.. Sometimes happen to be at the station and want to "shun bian" change but see the long Q.... ah give up... think gotta wait another month before the craze dies off bah...
Thinking of gg Chinatown to shoot the CNY decorations, guess it will be a big squeeze again... see how bah... Chinatown wait for me yeah?
Of bad people, sometimes i really wonder how come the good guys always take bad things while the bad guys who do bad things get away Scot-free, is there really no such things as "fairness" in this world? or good guys always have no good rewards?
I know my thinking is quite negative but i wun give up my principle to be a good guy, in truth i am not really after any rewards, more for a piece of mind bah...
sometimes i really wonder if those ppl who did wrong do feel any remorse at all...
Nvm bah guess i shouldn't think so much for others, just think for myself bah...
Of recession, everyone is talking about a recession now, there would likely be paycuts and retrenchments everywhere, that's why i always say must prepare for 'rainy days' such as this. But seems that singaporeans don't really care, the restaurants are still packed and long queues waiting outside. Shops selling branded goods are still packed with shoppers also. Recession? is it really here? or most people just chose to adopt the ostrich attitude? if i dun see it, it's not gg to happen to me... let's brace ourselves and see how the economy will shape out after CNY.
Of Talent, been thinking of how arrogant and complacent we are (even though we aren't the one who got us here in the 1st plc),always looking down on 'guest' workers. It's true that we are current ahead now, but i wonder how long we can be that if we keep thinking that we will always be ahead... Remember the tortoise-hare race story? it might be true that the hare is naturally faster than the tortoise, but if it gets complacent, it will end up losing the race to the tortoise. If we dun change our attitude soon enough i am very worried we will lose our competitive edge soon.
Oh yah I got my new 5yr biometric passport and also sold my rarely use 50mm f1.8 lens haha...
Ok that's all, a happy CNY everyone!
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Hello Lenovo, Goodbye Acer
I think many would expect a title of "Hello 2009, Goodbye 2008" but i shall be different, introducing my new buddy for 2009 (onwards)
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