Saturday, December 29, 2007

Impulse Buy???

I had plans to get a compact digicam, namely Canon Ixus 860IS. But some how.. I got coax into buying this camera. Its not a mainstream brand... but what attracted me most was this capability below..... and it does have whole lot of good to have stuff... so I guessed its a planned buy but and impulse switch... just hope I dun regret it.....

For those who are wondering... the words are found on the top of the big number "2"

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

2007 Looking Back....

To some it may be a week too early.. but who cares.. I am in the mood to recollect

The way to describe my 2007.... roller coaster... in every aspect.... Experienced the highs and lows of life this year. Definitely a good learning experience for me. I would just have to remember not the make the same mistakes or fall for the same traps again.

I guess the little graph below sort of sums up my 2007.... Glad that things are in the upward trend again...

Cheers to 2007 Year of the Pig... Thanks for great journey and experience....

Timing Matters...

Timing as been off today... damn....



and Palm sux....

Sunday, December 23, 2007

X'mas Present

Received this present last night... cool!

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Words of Comfort

A friend just lost his friend recently... and I stumbled real bad while trying to offer some consolation to him....

Somethings I really wonder how come I keep stumbling in my words when I really need them most.....

Friday, December 7, 2007

Things to buy .... update

1. Renovation of study and my room
2. New Bed and bedsheets

3. ipod nano

4. Wireless Keyboard

5. Spectacles

6. 22" wide screen LCD

7. Graphics Card

8. Nikon
18-200mm VR Lens
9. LCD TV

Last day in Batam

Today marks the last day I am working in our Batam office.

Didn't really have much time to feel about this last day. Have been really busy during this final days with the company. I guess now, the feelings finally sets in....

After spending about 10 months working on the nearest Indonesian island from Singapore, one cannot help but look back and reflect. When I first stayed in the island, the disparity between the island and Singapore was within my expectations. Being put up in a pretty good hotel helps to smoothen the transition from modern development to a developing environment.

My confidence in moving around the island was somewhat shaken by the stories I hear from people around me. But thanks to my fellow colleagues who stayed there with me, my confidence was slowly built up to the point that I can bring my friends around when they come over for the weekend.

Working in a Singaporean led Indonesian environment was a real eye opener for me. Having come from a well establish firm, I was able to appreciate the things I had in my previous job. Many things were not as systematic as where I came from but still the plant can still progress very well.

Now that I am moving back to a Singapore based company... I really wonder if I am able to adjust back...... I seem to have lost the feel of what it feels like to work in Singapore....

加油吧!!!

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Friday, November 16, 2007

Destination : Ko Samui

All set to go.... what a day of rushing to get things done before this break

This is not the usual trip I used to go.. hope it will turn out great!!

Thursday, November 1, 2007

TV vs FF

Its an deadly struggle now.... I can't decide... The heart, mind and pockets are fighting each other.... I guess a decision will come on Sat/Sun..... i hope... hahaha

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Open Secret

Its no longer a secret in the company anymore. Everyone in the factory and office knows about my impending departure. Its great to see the different reactions of people. Some run to you and pull you aside and ask, "Is it true??", some choose to ask when you are alone with them, some looks at you with a weird grin and some just take it as nothing happened and life goes on. Non of these reaction is wrong really.... But it really gives a feel to me on what truly is the person's character.

Now that this baggage of a secret is no longer there... I find work life so much easier now.. my staff does not fear in sharing their thoughts with me and I also have no fear in sharing my thoughts about the matters discussed. Matters that I had to give "politically correct" answers in the past, of course my response in no way will damage the company for.. I have no qualms with the company. My decision to leave is purely a personal one.

The challenges ahead of me is quite unknown and I do hope I will have to ability and capability to pull through. The tough times have gone, the clouds have cleared.. what is left now is for the sun to rise again.

Arise... Dragon of Fire... arise.....

Friday, October 12, 2007

Koh Samui 2007

Finally... my break has been booked. Looking forward to it... totally relax and idle... not like usual holidays I've had....

Thursday, October 4, 2007

A Birthday Gift REQUEST

Someone asked for a handphone as a gift from me today...... The miser in me ponders.....

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Which Heroes Character Are You?



Which Heroes Character Are You?

You are part Hiro. You are everyones favorite Japanese tourist. Your time is well-managed and you make sure things get done. On top of that, the girls always want a second chance with you.
You are part Sylar. You are very aggressive. You like to pick fights and play mind games. You've got it coming.
Find Your Character @ BrainFall.com

Friday, September 28, 2007

The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Chance upon this prayer and did a google on it. I feel many people in these times need to know this prayer and understand it...... irregardless of religion.

Monday, September 24, 2007

Tales of 2 Cities

Went to a local pharmancy to get my Inhaler... cos I ran out and forgot to buy from home. Pharmacists gave me 2 boxes... one made in SG and the other.. made in Indo.... The difference? Indo one is half the price of SG one.... I chose the SG one...

I wonder if the contents are also 50% .....

Monday, September 17, 2007

Zero Seven One Two

With some negotiations and a little carrot thrown in... it has been decided... 0712 will be the number to watch out for......

Friday, September 14, 2007

A matter of timing.....

Notification was given and accepted. Negotiations were made.... The timing of all that transpired could not be any worse...

Just gotta see how things will turn out. If all unfolds as discussed... the path looks rosier than before....

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Celebration of Moving On

Good friend leaving my ex-working place soon. Photos of the event









Monday, August 27, 2007

Friday 31st August

The day that will most likely determine whether another chapter opens or not...... I really hope so this time.


Mood has been real bad lately... mind just cannot concentrate at the task at hand and keeps wondering off to a virtual land.... haiz.. when will I get back to the gribs of being in control.... it has been gone for too long... far too long......

Saturday, August 25, 2007

Home Coming

Coming home after a week out at work never felt so good.....

Will another "New Beginning" happen after 6 month? I hope so.....

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Things I want..... update

1. Renovation of study and my room
2. New Bed and bedsheets

3. ipod nano

4. Wireless Keyboard

5. Spectacles

6. 22" wide screen LCD

7. Graphics Card

8. Nikon
18-200mm 17-55mm VR Lens
9. LCD TV

Renovation Completed

Finally... everything is done... packing, moving, reno, cleaning, painting, more cleaning, moving, unpacking, more more cleaning....

Just left a few cartons to unpack... will leave it for next week since they are not so important stuff. Can't imagine what a hoarder I am.. threw away so many thing...

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Renovation

Renovation for my room and study has commence.. everything it pre-fabricated. i wonder why it needs 3 days to complete.. hmm....

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

What Can You Do With Rp55,000?

1hr hair wash with shoulder and head massage
1 plate of chap chai aka mixed veg with chicken and prawn
1 plate fried indomie with seafood

Yup! all these for Rp55,000 which is S$9.20... less than 10 bucks......

Saturday, August 4, 2007

依然是朋友 - 宇恒

情人节的前一天, 他离开你身边
却剩下你到至今的想念,
那一夜我陪着你, 你哭了一整夜
你是否知道 我对他一样很想念
直到有一天我和他碰面
在那间我们常去的咖啡店

才知道有些感受
我和他谁都不曾说出口
我们之间隐藏了什么
除了我自己没人懂
可是你, 你怎么说
你知道好事不是从此避开我
哦, 我一样难过
多希望我们不曾相识过

才知道有些感受
我和他谁都不曾说出口
我们都是最好的朋友
谁会有勇气去开口
不在乎不再难过
我们还有好大好大的天空天空喔~
故事的最后
我们都不曾失去过什么

我们依然是朋友........
噢~

Thursday, August 2, 2007

Things to buy - Update

Sis left this pair of specs on my desk. Thanks to her lobang, can get this Rudy Project Kabrio at a very cheap price. Now gotta get the lens prescribed.

Renovation is more or less firmed up, saw the quote... ouch....

1. Renovation of study and my room

2. New Bed and bedsheets

3. ipod nano

4. Wireless Keyboard

5. Spectacles

6. 22" wide screen LCD

7. Graphics Card

8. Nikon 18-200mm VR Lens
9. LCD TV

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

1262

One Thousand Two Hundred and Sixty Two..... That is all it took.... From Cradle to Grave.....

Sunday, July 29, 2007

你要的不是我 - 林俊杰

怎么能忘时间多长
你快乐吗想代替你回答
你知道吗走了好远
我才能去面对
这份牵挂沉默伤悲

你要的不是我
心碎的失去轮廓
曾经给你的感动
只是情绪的波动
能给的不是我
放任你沉溺自由
掩饰不了我的笨拙
就连说话都会颤抖
我被遗忘在
你遗忘的角落
我被遗忘在你遗忘的角落

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough

I don't wanna lose you,
I don't wanna use you
Just to have somebody by my side
And I don't wanna hate you
I don't wanna take you
But I don't wanna be the one to cry
That don't really matter to anyone, anymore
But like a fool I keep losing my place
And I keep seeing you walk through that door

But there's a danger in loving somebody too much
And its sad when you know its your heart you can't trust
There's a reason why people don't stay where they are
Baby sometimes love just ain't enough

Now I could never change you
I don't wanna blame you
Baby you don't have to take the fall
Yes I may have hurt you
But I did not desert you
Maybe I just wanna have it all
It makes a sound like thunder
It makes me feel like rain

And like a fool who will never see the truth
I keep thinking something's gonna change

But there's a danger in loving somebody too much
And its sad when you know its your heart you can't trust
There's a reason why people don't stay where they are
Baby sometimes love just ain't enough

And there's no way home
When it's late at night and you're all alone
Are there things that you wanted to say
Do you feel me beside you in your bed
There beside you where I used to lay

And there's a danger in loving somebody too much
And it's sad when you know its your heart they can't touch.
There's a reason why people don't stay who they are
Cause baby sometimes love just ain't enough.
Baby sometimes love just ain't enough.

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Comfort Zone

Everyone has a path of life that they always travel, a path where one is comfortable with, a path that people falls back to in the time of need and to seek comfort in. Some term this as Comfort Zone.

Time and time again... we stray out from this zone, to see, to feel and to experience what is it like. And if you get "bitten" by it, most will retreat back into the safety of our own comfort zone. Of course, there are people who takes this discomfort as a challenge and carve a
new path out it.

The taste of the forbidden fruit or the greener grass across the fence never fail to entice many out of the well- trodden path that we are walking on. But exactly how many can move on from there instead of retreating back to the comfort of the zone? How many can adapt to this new experience and becomes the new comfort zone. Not many I guess...

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Mussel Guys

Dined in Mussel Guys@ Vivo for the first time. The mussels were very fresh and well cooked, though its abit on the salty side.

With ABN Amro card.. you get 1 for 1.. so it was quite good deal. Can go again. :P

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

A taste almost forgotten

Sis went with some friends to Mandai to pick some WILD durians last night. Tasted them and they were heavenly. Though they have no breed and grade, their taste certainly surpass that "D24" you see on the streets. Durians never tasted so good for a long time... I think it was only during our childhood days that durians tasted this sweet and strong.

With all these scientific and commercial farming methods, fruits don't taste as distinct as before.... its quite sad that kids today are unable to enjoy some of the good old food of the past.. food in every food court taste the same....

Sis, THANKS for bringing back the childhood durian experience ... err... taste..

Sunday, July 8, 2007

Body Resistance

Seems to be weaker than before... for the past 3 weekends, have been down with a severe COLD every Sunday. Consequence... sleepless sunday, tired mondays....

Damn....

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Things to buy update

1. Renovation of study and my room
2. New Bed and bedsheets
3. ipod nano (bought)
4. Wireless Keyboard
5. Spectacles
6. 22" wide screen LCD
7. Graphics Card
8. Nikon 18-200mm VR Lens
9. LCD TV

Friday, June 29, 2007

14 Years....

A friend triggered me to dig out this photo... Time really passes fast... seems like just not long ago. Still can remember the days spent in WyWy Wonderspace and also Queensway...

Guess what.. that friend is not even in this pic..

Glad that a few of us are still in contact, its not easy to last through these 14 years...

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Sunday, June 24, 2007

Things to buy...

One whole list of things I want to buy .........
  1. Renovation of study and my room
  2. New Bed and bedsheets
  3. ipod nano
  4. Wireless Keyboard
  5. Spectacles
  6. 22" wide screen LCD
  7. Graphics Card
  8. Nikon 18-200mm VR Lens
  9. LCD TV
Where is Santa when you need him......

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Lousy Day

Lost my precious ipod nano and I have no idea when that happened.... sigh..... feeling really sad cos it has some sentimental value attached to it....sigh......

Work ain't any good either today... got to deal with something that I already foresee will not succeed.. now have to find ways to mend the damage... can't someone else do it instead....

Monday, June 18, 2007

端午节


Tomorrow will be the 5th day of the 5th Month of the Lunar Calendar(五月初五), also known as 端午节 aka Dumpling festival. It also happens to be Grandma's Lunar birthday, the only birth-date she knows of herself. Chinese those days relies on the use of the lunar calendar more.

I fondly remember the days she makes her own dumplings for the family, they were always filled with lots of ingredients than glutinous rice, that you often get in the stores these days. People just don't make dumplings the way they used to these days. I remembered, as a child, I went over to Grandma's place to "help" her in the dumpling making. I can never get pass the final stage of wrapping and tying :( I think I only made her more busy..... with my frequent questions and attempts to try to impress her with my folding skills... :) she was ever so patient in showing me again and again how to do the final wrapping and tying up of the dumplings, which I, of course, fail to master... I was just over 10 years old then... if I can recall...

Eating the dumplings mum bought today makes me think of Grandma, her passing 52 days ago finally sets in... Rest in peace ah ma.

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Monday, June 11, 2007

KL Photos

Taken with my Treo 750v... day shots looks good for a 1.3megapix .. but with zoom and/or night shots... its not so nice... :(


Saturday, June 9, 2007

Shopping in KL

Shopping KL does not feel the same as the last time I was here... which was at least 3 years ago.

With the GSS, things in KL aren't exactly attractively cheaper now. In fact, dollar to dollar comparison, the cost of living in KL is considerably higher than Singapore... I really wonder why this is so....

Thursday, June 7, 2007

KL KL KL

Heading up to KL tomorrow early morning.... a nice break....

Monday, June 4, 2007

Nothing to blog

Having been unable to come up with anything much to blog about... any topic suggestions?

Saturday, June 2, 2007

Good Food .... Bad Service

The title says it all..... thumbs down..

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

EGO

Heard this today.....

Ego, it is the mind that cherish itself more than others.

小情歌

这是一首简单的小情歌
唱着我们心肠的曲折
我想我很快乐
拥有你的温热
脚边的空气转了

这是一首简单的小情歌
唱着我们心头的白鸽
我想我很适合
当一个歌颂者
青春在风中飘着

你知道就算大雨让这座城市颠倒
我会给你怀抱
受不了 看见你背影来到
写下我 度秒如年难捱的离骚
就算 整个世界被寂寞绑票
我也不会奔跑
逃不了 最后谁也都苍老
写下我 时间和琴声交错的城堡

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Anyone got $1200 to give??

I want to buy this beauty.... money is the obstacle now...... sigh....

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

The Flirt in Me.......

Someone told me I was a such a flirt today.. with the words I used..... I went ???

Am I a natural in flirting?? i dun think so... ..... .... am I??

Monday, May 21, 2007

感动的歌

下面的两首歌是我最竟听到的。爱情转移和好久不见,两首都是陈奕迅所唱的。

歌词与曲都感动了我。尤其是在这个心灵非常混乱的时候,把我的心弄得跟乱。。哈哈哈

好歌还是要听,日子还是要一天的一天过。。船到了桥头再说吧。。。虽然很不是我一向来的作风。。。但也没法子了。。。咳。。。

好久不见

我来到 你的城市
走过你来时的路
想像着 没我的日子
你是怎样的孤独
拿着你 给的照片
熟悉的那一条街
只是没了你的画面
我们回不到那天

你会不会忽然的出现
在街角的咖啡店
我会带着笑脸挥手寒喧
和你坐着聊聊天

我多么想和你见一面
看看你最近改变
不再去说从前只是寒喧
对你说一句只是说一句
好久不见

拿着你给的照片
熟悉的那一条街
只是没了你的画面
我们回不到那天

你会不会忽然的出现
在街角的咖啡店
我会带着笑脸挥手寒喧
和你坐着聊聊天

我多么想和你见一面
看看你最近改变
不再去说从前只是寒喧
对你说一句只是说一句
好久不见

Saturday, May 19, 2007

爱情转移

徘徊过多少橱窗住过多少旅馆
才会觉得分离也并不冤枉
感情是用来浏览还是用来珍藏
好让日子天天都过得难忘
熬过了多久患难湿了多长眼眶
才能知道伤感是爱的遗产
流浪几张双人床换过几次信仰
才让戒指义无返顾的交换
把一个人的温暖转移到另一个的胸膛
让上次犯的错反省出梦想
每个人都是这样享受过提心吊胆
才拒绝做爱情待罪的羔羊
会议是捉不到的月光握紧就变黑暗
等虚假的背影消失于晴朗
阳光在身上流转等所有业障被原谅
爱情不停站想开往地老天荒
需要多勇敢
烛光照亮了晚餐照不出个答案
恋爱不是温馨的请客吃饭
床单上铺满花瓣拥抱让它成长
太拥挤就开到了别的土壤
感情需要人接班接近换来期望
期望带来失望的恶性循环
短暂的总是浪漫漫长总会不满
烧完美好青春换一个老伴
你不要失望荡气回肠是为了
最美的平凡

Meeting of Friends....

A fruitful day.. with a meeting of friends old and new.

The inner struggle grows stronger each day..... some how history likes the repeat.. and I mean not so nice history...

加油吧!

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Labrador and Jurong Hill Shoot Out

When with 2 friends for a sunset shot at Labrador. The place was really not so nice for photo taking... or maybe my eyes are not well trained...

Jurong hill was surprisingly nice.. thanks to the numerous tower lights from Jurong island.. making the night scape very glittering...


Labrador Park and Jurong Hill

Friday, May 4, 2007

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Interesting Tuesday Lunch

Today's lunch is definitely eventful.
1. A fight broke out between 2 factory workers on the opposite of the food court resulting in a crowd of spectators.
2. The DVD shops were raided... first time for me.. heard that the last raid results in the shops being closed for 2 months...

Interestingly.. while we were leaving, we passed by the Police Pickup herding up the DVD shop workers, and the workers were giggling.... duh.... I wonder why......

Monday, April 16, 2007

Blue Blue Monday

Monday is becoming a drag for me as the weeks goes by. The need to wake up early and to catch the ferry and long van ride to work. Spending Sunday evenings packing didn't help the feeling either. But once I get to workplace and start the week. The feeling ain't that bad after that, with the amount of things coming at me and e-arrows from my boss..... hmm.. which arrows to clear first??? I have no idea...hahaha

Tuesdays awaits......

Friday, April 13, 2007

创造新的一个春天

Almost every other week, new news of exodus comes to me. Will it ever stop? From the looks of it... I seriously doubt it will stop soon.

All the best and good luck to all............. 去创造新的一个春天吧!

Thursday, April 12, 2007