The Bear

Waterbear is really sensitive to one's feelings. This morning, just after talking 5 mins with him, he can sense that I am down. Initially told him that I am alright as I do not really like to bring problems outside work to office. But guess that I can't hide my feelings from him. And yah, I DID had some problems. As you can see, DID is in past tense... so now I have no more problems.. Well, thanks Waterbear..

Anyway, today finally got my Royce chocolate. Had wanted to get a box on Tuesday lunch time. But did not reach our location at Suntec City. The rain kept us at Shaw Tower and we did not have any brolly with us. Today, I drove to Suntec City again. Darn it, Suntec car park is closed?!? Yah, I know that today is the start of Comex, but did not expect so many people on the first day. Gave up finding a lot at Marina area and once again returned empty handed.

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Sometimes, when you cannot achieve a goal by yourself, you need friends to help you. As Waterbear think I must be pretty desperate to get those chocolates, he volunteered to help me get it. He is doing some work around the area and he said it is easier to get a lot. And darn, thanks to him, I got the chocolates. Felt bad when I saw him coming back to office with a tired face. Anyway, big thanks to you. This entry is for you...

Anyway, for the record, the chocolates are meant as a Teacher's Day gift, for my dear.

ZZzzzZZzzzzz....

These few days, do not know why also, I have been really sleepy at work. I had skip my coffee on Monday. So I blamed my sleepiness on the lack of coffee. Yesterday, had a coffee right in the morning and even had a super duper early 2nd coffee break at 1030 am. Still, I can't last through the whole day. Darn sleepy at 3pm. Today is the same thing, by 4pm, I am half alive. Really bad these few days. I think must blame the weather. Today, rain rain rain the whole morning.... Then, after my lunch the sun is super BIG loh. What kinda of weird weather is that.

Now, I am getting sleepy. Think will turn in early tonight. But then hor, Arsenal is playing tonight at 3am. 2nd leg of t he Cha mp io n s L e a .......zzzZZZZzzzzZzzzzzz......

Call from the other side

Today while busy answering some enquiries at 1805 hours, my phone rings. It was a gal's voice, she is Irene. Well, WTF is this Irene? Ok, she said she is from the recruitment side and asking about my application for GPO. She said I missed out on my diploma transcript. She asked to fax her a copy tmr. To be honest, I was kinda of shock. Firstly, I always thought that our (I mean mine) application would just be sort of be collected and maybe burnt for the seventh month. And secondly, why would recruitment side worked OT for my stupid application?? ha..

Anyway, my chances remained low...

Finally, managed to meet my dear after more than a week. A happy reunion, at least. :) We missed each others so much...

Dun be mistaken, we are just too busy to meet up during the last week....

Fruity Friday

Had a rather fruity yesterday. Work was great. Completed my task before dateline and needless to say lunch was great too. Had BUFFET lunch again. Since I changed office, the amount of buffet lunches I had increased tremendously... haha.. However, I had not put on any weight, as yet. It must be due to the weekly runs and gym sessions I had each week.

So yesterday been Friday, was on relax mood after lunch when new assignment came in. I must say that we did a fairly good job, an eye-opener for both of us. In my line of work, I am always learning something new everyday. I really love what I am doing now. It is always good to love your job, isn't it?

After completing our tasks, the durians store lining along the street really makes me tempted to grab some. My parents love durians too. So in the end, bought 3. Wanted grade D101 but the season already over. So settled for the common D24 for the price of $20. Also grab 1kg of "lan sak", darn sweet. Waterbear also bought a pack of durians. Are we expecting some durian puffs next?

Enjoy your weekends, folks.

《旅行的意义》

歌手名稱： 陳綺貞
歌曲名稱： 旅行的意義

你看過了許多美景
你看過了許多美女
你迷失在地圖上每一道短暫的光陰

你品嚐了夜的巴黎
你踏過下雪的北京
你熟悉書本裡每一句你最愛的真理

卻說不出你愛我的原因
卻說不出你欣賞我哪一種表情
卻說不出在什麼場合我曾讓你動心
說不出離開的原因

你累計了許多飛行
你用心挑選紀念品
你蒐集了地圖上每一次的風和日麗

你擁抱熱情的島嶼
你埋葬記憶的土耳其
你流連電影裡美麗的不真實的場景

卻說不出你愛我的原因
卻說不出你欣賞我哪一種表情
卻說不出在什麼場合我曾讓你分心
說不出旅行的意義

你勉強說出你愛我的原因
卻說不出你欣賞我哪一種表情
卻說不出在什麼場合我曾讓你分心
說不出離開的原因

勉強說出你為我寄出的每一封信
都是你離開的原因
你離開我
就是旅行的意義

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The current song that is playing is 《旅行的意义》 by 陈绮贞 or Cheer Chen. She is a talented Taiwanese songwriter / singer. I super like her crystal clear voice and her lyrics are always meaningful. She is super popular in Taiwan but she seems to be an unknown in Singapore. Probably because she seldom do 宣传 here.

She will be coming for a concert next month, I think. If she had came two years ago, most probably I would had bought the most expensive tickets to her concert. But I guess she comes at a wrong time. This is the time when I am saving my money. So, sorry Cheer, can't support you at your concert. It is your lost, not mine. Wow haha..

Her latest "Live" CD 《花的姿態》is good too. Anyone looking for a nice album can consider this CD. Available at all major music stores, while stocks last!

Rot away

Today is a Sunday.

Sunday should be a family day.

But look at the weather, rain whole day.

Nice weather to sleep the entire day.

So let me rot, the whole Sunday.

First Viewing

Today went for our first viewing of venues to host our wedding dinner. Went to Furama Riverfront, a hotel in Havelock Road.

Saw one of the rooms, Mercury Room at level five. This is a new ballroom which can cater to about 30-33 tables. The bad points of this room is that it got low celling and there are 3 pillars inside the room. But they got projector screens to show 'live' the events that will take place on the stage. The plus point of this room is that it is beside a swimming pool. Can host the cocktail reception by the pool side. Seems to be not bad.

Furthermore, also viewed the bigger ballroom, Venus. I quite like this room as it had high ceilings, no pillars blockage and the space is so much bigger. However, the minus points are that we must booked a min of 28 tables and the price is higher for this room. Well, do not want to take the risk to book 28 tables although we may even need more than that.

Overall, is pretty satified with this place. The hotel also have some pretty nice and cute wedding favours. Still in the consideration list.

Ratings: 7.5/10 for Venus
7/10 for Mercury

In the upcoming weekends, we will be viewings more venues...

Donations to Charity

Come to think of it, Singaporeans are really a caring group of people. Every week, without fail, you will see queues of people lining up to make donations. On every Wed, Sat and Sun, the queues gets longer. In some hot donations spots like the 7-11 store in Yishun, the queue gets really long comes Mondays and Thursdays. Well, Singaporeans are a really kind lot!

I used to make weekly donations too. However, I believed I am getting more than what I donated. My luck is good? Nah, never had much luck so far in my life. Its just that I stopped at the right time.

At the last World Cup, I got more than what I donated. Yeah, I did won some. Stop after sensing my luck is getting bad, so still win. Well, I am a die hard fans of the underdogs, so my donations normally goes towards them. Higher risk, higher returns. Always my style of donations.

Come the new EPL season, not going to make much donations. But still on-off monitor the screen infront of the donation outlets or online. Hand abit itchy when I saw the odds for yesterday match, Spurs VS Everton. Wanna support the underdog Everton at an odds of $4.00, but did not. Dun think I should make donations since I am saving up for my big day.

The result? Spurs 1 Everton 3

Arsenal playing later tonight, Champions League qualifier. Will not be watching it, need my sleep for a long day at work tmr.... Sweet dreams....

The Wedding Plan

Here are the list of stuffs that we need to do prepare for a wedding next Dec.

1) Look for a fortune teller to have our ROM and wedding dates fixed

2) Source for restaurants or hotels to host our dinner. Got to book early. Got people already complaining that they can't get hotels for next Dec. This is freaking me out.

3) Book dinner venue ASAP.

4) Source for wedding packages.

5) Look for wedding bands.

6) Decide whether to go for honeymoon stright after wedding dinner.

7) Name list of friends and relatives to invite for wedding dinner.

8) Starts saving money!!

I think there should be more to be done. But at the moment can't really think properly. Planning a wedding can be stressful. Anyone willing to become my free wedding planner?

Kanna tagged? What the...

Got this from Miss Watson, kinda of fun, I think. However, rules are meant to be broken, so I will not tag anyone else.

Rules of the game:
Each player of this game starts off with ten weird things or habits or little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged must write in a blog of their own ten weird things or habits or little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you must choose six people to be tagged and list their names. No tagbacks!

1) An open secret. I love pink color. I got pink T-shirt, pink polo tees, pink short sleeves shirts (i think about 3 I got) and lastly pink color long sleeves shirt. But please, I am no gay.

2) During Chinese New Year, I must wear new red color underwear. My socks must also be new. But, I dun insist on other new clothing.

3) This, my parents told me about this. When I was young, like a few months old, I once hold onto the feelers of a cockroach and swing it about.

4) My set of teeth is the best feature of my body. Also the part I like best. Can become colgate model. But please, cover my face, just show ny teeth.

5) I like the Hong Kong Band Beyond since I was like 13 years old. Went to their concert alone in 1995 when I was still in poly. I still collects their CDs, some of which cost over few hundreds.

6) Sometimes, I called my dear, brother. In return, she calls me sister. One weird couple we are, I must say.

7) My birthmark is on my right ribcage, just below my armpit.

8) I MUST drink orange juice while on a flight. Not other juice, just orange.

9) I was hit by a moving van while I was on duty, in full uniform, on a Christmas Eve 1999. Went for my Christmas dinner in a arm sling.

10) I got a two year old son.

All of the above are facts, except for number 10. Wow hahahaha... I crap alot.

Happy Birthday Singapore!!

Happy 42nd Birthday Singapore!

My office is always very cute, today we got a mini National Day party. Got nice durian puffs, 凉茶 and jelly. All sponsored by my colleagues, I did not buy anything. Haha... abit pai seh. Let's see what I can buy back for them next week. Well, anyway, as always, had fun.

Remember 5 years ago (people are always more nostalgic when they gets old), I was invloved in the NDP as a Guest of Honour. Training was tough, darn tough, but still we sort of enjoyed it. Also great feeling during the marching in when screams of cheers could be heard. And yeah, managed to be caught by the camera. I was on TV! Trained for about 5 months and appeared on TV for maybe about a second! Great! Anyway, during that period, made quite a few friends. Too bad everyone seems to be busy, but at least I am still in contact with one. Hope our friendship will last...

End of the first blog of the day......

Rhain Davis

This is a cool video.

Rhain Davis, if you did not already know him, is a 9 year old kid who had just recently signed for Manchester United. His grandfather sent in this video and Man U signed the kid by just watching this video.

The kid is darn cool, doing all the cross-overs and dummies. Wonder if he will grow up to be a great footballer.

Monday Blues

For the record, I had never ever experienced Monday blues since the day I started office hours some 9 months back. However, today, I experienced one of the most darn Monday. Even thinking that this will be a short week did not help. After thinking about why I got these blues, I realised it is caused by my worries.

Ya, I am really worried about someone, my dear. Why? Because she is sick. Although it is a minor illness, I am still worried sick. I think I am more worried about her than she, about herself. So, can't really concentrate today. Was thinking how is she going to last thru' her whole day of school.

So the first thing when I reached home is to give her a call. She sounds cheerful and she is feeling better. Only then are my blues gone, just like that. No more worries. This must be the power of love. Its magical......

Saturday Night Fever..

Had dinner at Holland Village's NYDC. Was really hungry and had wanted to order some chops, chicken or pork. However, to my horror, NYDC does not serve chops, darn. Instead settled for some Italian noodle. Of course, not filling enough and ordered "That boney cake", my favourite. Darn nice.... makes me droops.

After dinner, went on to meet the others at the next meeting place, Essential Brew, also at Holland V. This place is pretty cool, their speciality is tea. On the second level, you need to take off your shoes and the sitting style is like the Japanese. Ya, sitting on the floor. A good place to relax and chill out with friends. After staying there for like an hour or so, someone suggested to change location. Wanted to go the Dempsey Road.

So ended up at The Wine Company in Dempsey Road. This is the first time that I went to Dempsey Road. This place was formerly used by the army, but had since been converted to be some wine and dine place. Another great place to chill out. You can also look at the stars from here. The wine is not ex too. We ordered a bottle of white at about $40 after service charge and GST. So, a pretty good place to be at. Although, it can be pretty inaccessible to those with no transport.

Anyway, had a good time chatting under the stars.... Hope we can do this more often.....

Stage of dilemma

Arsenal released two new jersey designs for the new season of 2007/08. Here are the two designs. The one above is the new away jersey. Cost about S$94. My friend already got it. Darn him, always the fastest in getting new jerseys... hahaha...

Above is the so called third jersey. Seldom Arsenal released third jersey. Just launched recently, should be in Singapore in another one or two months.

Both looks good to me. Should I get the white color one first or wait for the strips one? Or should I get both? Or rather should I wait for the jerseys to be given as my birthday gifts? Hee.....

Broke back!

Had plan for a jog early this morning at 7 am. However, did not materalise as I am more interested in my sleep. So, will go for a early morning jog tommorrow. Hope I can get up, that is.

Today, I am really broke.

Sent my blacky for 60Km servicing at the agent. I last serviced blacky at the agent at 5km. Did not send in my car to agent because it cost more. But as my blacky is about to turn 3 years old, I decided to go the agent. Why? Because the warranty will expire at year 3. Will make use of the warranty to have some parts of blacky fixed. So, total got 6 complains. Managed to fix most of the problems without a single cent. But still need to go back again because one of the spare part need to be ordered.

The servicing cost me $349 + $80 for my car alarm to be fixed. They said that car alarm is not covered under warranty.

Furthermore, renewed blacky insurance for $1300. Another $475 goes into LTA for the road tax. So in total I spent $2200+.

So I am broke. Really an expensive day to go on leave.