This is the Place...

Tomorrow will be a better day...

2011-10-11T10:13:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time since I last updated my blog. I have almost forgotten that I have a writing space over here. Know that there's still a few faithful readers. You know who you are and I think I know who are you too... Wanna say thanks for popping by every time to "check on me".
My life has its ups and downs as usual. At this every moment I am feeling very lousy though the day went on well, but it did not end well.
Humans are really interesting, to a point that I don't really know how to react in certain situations. Sometimes doing nothing may be the right choice. But the urge to want to see things going the way we want it to be and having to suppress the urge can be such a terrible feeling. However, I will keep on believing that...
Tomorrow will be a better day...

Amazing Creation...

2010-01-27T08:19:00.000-08:00

Any idea what is the function of the above device? Does it look like a remote control? That is what I thought it was when I was being introduced to this amazing creation. But it is not a remote control. It is so amazing that I am WOW-ed and at the same time quite Eeee-ed by it.
This device is a phone, a projector, a global voice translator, a coffee brewer, a shaver and a harmonica. Yes! All in ONE!!!
Go and explore this device to find out more.
The function of the coffee brewer is cool...

SINGAPORE!!!

2009-08-15T08:06:00.000-07:00

Funny video on history of Singapore...

New lifestyle...

2009-07-30T09:58:00.000-07:00

Yes... New Lifestyle for me!!!

School has started since last week. Two months of break away from books and school seems so short. New lifestyle in school??? Not so boring lah...
Within the two months of break, I picked up a new skill and cultivated a GOOD HABIT.

New skill will be learning how to play the guitar. I am still in the process of learning. How does it get started? Some friends expressed the interest of learning and 1 friend decided to impart his skills to us and it’s FOC. So it started this way. Besides the FOC lessons, two of my friends bought a guitar for me, upon knowing that I was asking around to borrow one. I was speechless when they told me about their intention and got me to “try” on the guitar. Besides keep saying no, I really do not know how to react at that moment. Wanted to walk out, but that will be quite rude. So in the end, I am proud to say that I am now the owner of that guitar! Haha…

Good habit… And I am very proud to blog it here too. I started JOGGING since the start of my two months break. Yes! It's JOGGING! During my school times, I jogged because I have to. During those times, I can jog about 5km in a day. Why is it 5km and not just 2.4km? 2.4km during my PE session and the remaining was usually covered in T_F club. This is a club which no one will desire to be in. : ) And I think I have never graduated from the club yet... Haha...
Ok, let's come back to jogging... Now, I can only jog once every week, due to my schedule. I am trying to keep this on going even though school has started. Moreover, I have found a jogging companion too. Realized that it is good to have someone jogging along, if not, I think I would have given up on jogging. I am looking forward to every jogging session every week!

Am hoping to master the skill of playing the guitar well soon and building up my stamina in jogging… & staying healthy!

Cool Babies...

2009-07-17T09:09:00.000-07:00

Really very cool and chubby babies...

Reality... Face it lah...

2009-07-07T19:42:00.000-07:00

Saw and heard something recently. Don’t feel good about it. But I have no right or power to do anything. Even though in my heart I wish and hope many times that I can stop it from happening, but I know that I got to face it if it really happens. That’s life!
I know I can take it if it happens but I know the feeling will be very terrible.
Oh... Sometimes I do hope that I have no emotions.

天才衝衝衝

2009-06-03T10:29:00.000-07:00

Managed to catch 天才衝衝衝 , a Taiwan variety show, last night on Channel U. Previously heard some negative comments from radio and some good comments from my colleagues about this show. After watching it, found it really hilarious.
In this show, celebrities play a game similar to “Taboo”. However, they have to describe to the person guessing the word or phrase in English. Being Taiwanese, it is not an easy task for them.
Tough for them but some of them were very creative.
Yesterday was the last screening on TV. Not sure if it will be allocated to another time slot. But it's on YouTube...
View it and have a good time laughing...

2nd Quarter...

2009-04-19T08:18:00.000-07:00

It is already the 2nd quarter of the year 2009… 10 years later… Where will I be? What will I be doing? These were the questions I like to ask my friends in my secondary school days. NOW… 10 years is up! Back then, I never expect to be where I am today, what I am doing in my life right now and all those good and bad things that happened.
Obviously, what I am today wasn’t in my plan back then. In fact, planning my life wasn’t part of my life last time. Life was all about studies, school and fun… I went to school, I had fun but talking about studies… I feel guilty to mention it but I did study lah… Just that I did not put in enough effort. Friends who know me from that time, you know what I’m talking about. Therefore, if there’s a time machine, I will want to go back to 10 years ago… Doing what I ought to do and doing my best. But that’s IMPOSSIBLE! While reading this, you must be thinking that I’m dreaming. Yah! IMPOSSIBLE!!!
So I can only do my best in what I am doing right now. However, doing your best is not an easy task. Do you agree with me?
Anyway, I just hope that 10 years later when I look back once again, I will not feel guilty, instead happy about the past 10 years.
2009, is the start of the next 10 years…
Till now, I will say, so far so good...

1. There’s FUN! In fact, in 4 months, I had quite lot of fun! Hope it won’t be concentrated in these 4 months only… 1 of the fun events will be my JB trip. It’s only 1 day, but it’s really exciting… I played paintball! 1st time in my life!

And I got “shot”… 1st time in my life too! This is a minor shot… I won’t go into the seriousness of the shooting! Just want to add on, it’s fun!

2. School… I’m in school, still in school… But school is not as fun as last time. But there’s fun too. 3 weeks ago, in class, my lecturer showed us this video (It’s a funny video, don't think too much about the contents, just listen to the English). The topic for that day was Radio and TV… She was talking about the pranks that DJs in Singapore did before.

3. Next… Studies… Till now, I’m not as guilty as compared to last time. But I still got a lot more to catch up.
Wish and hope that I can do better…

Lastly, to end off… Just saw this…

A+T+T+I+T+U+D+E=1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100%

Like it?

A Day of Happenings!

2009-02-25T08:43:00.000-08:00

2 days ago, I had an exciting day at work! About 3 of my clients portrayed quite different behaviors. Usually on a regular day, it is quite peaceful, in terms of their behaviors. They will be doing their routine work when they arrive at the centre in the morning and activities for the day followed by in the afternoon. Therefore, to have 3 of them behaving differently can be kind of “chaotic”, especially for my supervisor and my other colleague. We were wondering how come so many things happened at the same time...
Not knowing that it was not all for that day!
The climax came in the later part…
We had a “visitor” after our lunch…
The “visitor” was none other than…

Yes, this “visitor” kept us busy for about an hour…
It happened about half an hour after our lunchtime. 2 of my clients saw the rat crawling in to the centre by the main door over to the work area. They remained calm and did nothing. After 5 minutes, when my supervisor walked pass them, they told her about it. I heard it and responded immediately. I walked over to the work area and made a quick, but thorough glance over the open area. There was nothing. I went in to my office and saw my colleague giggling away. Then, she told my supervisor and me that how could it be possible for them (the 2 clients) to remain so calm upon seeing a rat crawling in and reported it after 5 minutes! That makes sense to me and we went on doing our own stuffs. After about 20 minutes, another colleague who was outside came in to tell us that another person saw the rat while on his way to the toilet. As it was quite confirmed by then, my colleague immediately called the town council to ask if they could offer help to deal with the rat. However, she was told that they could only come the next day!
How to wait till the next day! By then the rat would be creating havoc all over the place… So my colleague called up 1 of the pest control companies and was told that the charge was $150! The third option came when my supervisor remembered that her friend is an expert in catching rats! She called her up and within 20 minutes, she arrived…
During the 20 minutes, several times, I saw the rat trying to escape. Knowing that it was spotted by us, it went back into the gaps in between the fridge and the cabinets.

Action time:

When my supervisor’s friend arrived, we offered her gloves and asked what she needed. She did not take the gloves but asked for a broom instead. My 2 colleagues and I were there getting ready to help her “fight” the rat. My supervisor locked herself in the office as she was pregnant so not advisable for this kind of “activity”.
My 2 colleagues, each took a wide, plastic board, ready in position to block the rat. I armed myself with a dustpan and a basket, these 2 items seems to be the most useful things around me at that time. The 3 of us were ready!
My supervisor’s friend started to shift the fridge, open the different cabinets… About 5 minutes of searching, the rat appeared! Scurrying around for its life! Into the different cabinets, trying to make its way to the toilet, and many other places… My supervisor’s friend was also very swift in chasing after the rat.
What were the 3 of us doing then? The moment when the rat came out, there were screams! We jumped on tables and chairs, when the rat came near us…
There was a moment we lost the rat, not knowing where it was. My supervisor, who was an observer in the office, saw where it was. She phoned and told us that the rat was behind the oven. My supervisor’s friend then went on to move the oven and “battled” with the rat again till the rat was caught under her broom! She squeezed the rat under the broom and it squealed. Soon it went silenced and motionless.
But 1 of my colleagues was still screaming as she could not stand the squeal from the rat. The squeal was indeed not that pleasant to the ear…
This is how the rat looked like when I took a last peek at it.

After the whole incident, we had a good laugh when we realized how silly we were, jumping around.
What amazed me most was the "rat catcher"! I really took my hat off to her. Throughout the whole process of rat chasing, she was very focused to the task!
And she's a lady!!!

Back to School...

2009-02-23T06:20:00.000-08:00

I’m back to school since 19 January. During registration last December, I chose 4 courses (advised not to take more than that) and a university core course. My uni core course is an online course, therefore I do not need to attend class. Chose it as the rest of the uni core courses have lessons on Saturdays.
Each of the 4 other courses that I chose runs on a term basis (6 weeks). Therefore, for each course, I only have to attend 6 lessons. For this current term (Jan to Feb), I am supposed to have 2 courses. However, during the first lesson for 1 of them, I was advised by the lecturer to withdraw from it as it is a more advanced course and it is for students who had completed their introductory courses. I’m not the only one who, being a year one student, had registered for this course. In the class, there were another 2 more students and we registered for it as it was made available for us to choose from among all the other courses. Therefore, the lecturer told us to send a mail to the Head of Program and another Professor, to explain so as we will be able to get back our course fees for withdrawing from it. I did so and as it was during the Chinese New Year period, their replies were not that immediate. But after about 2 weeks of following through the issue, I was able to withdraw with the course fees being brought over to the next semester.
So, that left me with only one course for this term. It happened to be a good thing for me as I felt that I was not that ready for school, after so many years of break from school and books! Anyway, I just attended the last lesson for this course. It was quite an interesting course, with topics like prejudice, love & intimacy, etc. Interesting? The 2 assignments for this course, both with about 900 words, were interesting also, but tough.
Hmmm… Besides all that were mentioned above, of course I made friends from this course too. For 1 of them, I got to know him as he was also going through the withdrawal process. Therefore, we kept each other updated in the process of withdrawal and when we had queries on assignments. He was the only person I know during the first 2 weeks. After about 3 weeks, I found out that we are from the same church! And I bumped into someone I know during the second lesson of the course too! We were in the same class... Everything was like so coincidental! I was not that lonely in school afterall. Actually, I did also bumped into a few people I know while walking to class sometimes. It's a small world!
I will be starting a new term soon in two weeks time. I will be meeting new faces again… Hopefully, I will be able to get to know more people for this up coming two courses.

After 11 months...

2009-02-02T09:02:00.000-08:00

Hey… I’m back to blog again after 11 months! Why 11 months? What was I busy with for the past 11 months? It was the lack of discipline to blog that keep me away from here. Actually, I was kept busy with some other things as well.
Sometimes by observing a person, the topic the person talk about or the way the person behave, you will be able to know what is going on in that person’s life.
I’m not trying to say that I was busy with observing people for the past 11 months… Instead, I realized that for myself…
Just December last year, I realized that the first URL on my Internet browser that I can easily click on was… www.viwawa.com
Yes, I was somehow addicted to one of the games there. I got to learn how to play the game last year during Chinese New Year period. And so without me telling you what game was that, I believed that you had already guessed it correctly. Can say that it is a skill that I picked up in 2008, though I’m not an expert in it and don’t have the intention to be one. Nature will just take its course…
However, recently Viwawa was “conquered”…
Instead, www.unisim.edu.sg took over…
It counseled me out of my “addiction”!!!
However, it wasn’t a very willing action on my part to let it take over. But whenever I had the urge click on www.viwawa.com, the word “DISCIPLINE” will remind me that I need to click on www.unisim.edu.sg. I have to frequently click on that to check for announcements, get my notes and to submit assignments. That explains the frequency and UniSIM’s “victory”…
I’m in my third week of school now and had already submitted 1 assignment and about to start on the next one. So do you think I will find school fun and exciting?
I shall tell you more in my next post…

New Year...

2008-02-10T04:02:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!!!
This is my first post in the year 2008...
It is already February now. WOW... It's fast! Time files...~~~
It is also the Chinese New Year period now. It's a time which I like and dislike as well...
Hmmm... Actually the dislike part is the spring cleaning lah... Haha... But usually I'll be very satisfied after everything is done. My room will look so neat and tidy! This year, I shifted some of my furniture too. New look... The satisfaction level is even higher! Hee...
After spring cleaning was done, I felt so relieved! Haha... As it's time for me to enjoy the new year... Goodies, no work for 4 days, long hours of sleep and many many more... Haha...
Of course Chinese New Year for me will also be ang pow collecting too...
Went to a distant relative's house, my first time there. Just tagged along since my parents, auntie, uncle and cousins wanted to go. That means an extra ang pow... Haha...
Also fr my CG... My CGL, first year giving ang pow leh... Haha...
Also from some other cg members as well! I am WOWED!!! by their giving! Haha... Must say that their giving are really of quality, increased as compared to last year ah... Think this year my collections will be more as compared to previous years!
All in all... This year has been quite good for me so far...
Apart from... The lost tooth(not visible) in January, which I am still pondering whether to do implant or not. Was SHOCKED and Depressed ah..., when I knew about the cost for the implant. Aiyo!!! But everything still ok lah for now, just that if I leave it and do nothing about it, a few years later when I talk to people, I will be SHOWERING them with blessings ah! Haha...

Got Head, Got Tail...

2007-12-30T09:05:00.000-08:00

Gonna post the last blog for the year 2007...
2007 seems to pass by so fast! Throughout the year, of course many things (good & not so good things) happened in the past 365 days. But I would say, it's still quite a good year for me. I survived!!! Haha...
2008...
In the beginning of December 2007, I have been thinking about what I'm gonna do for the coming year. One thought that keep appearing in my mind will be to stay focus on the things that I want to achieve in 2008. Looking back, I felt that there were times where I somehow wasted my life away. I can't afford to waste anymore time. I don't have much time left liao... Haha... As in I'm not young anymore.
Of course, there were things which I will continue to build on from 2007... Like relationships with friends, colleagues & etc...
Hmmmm... Most probably will be setting some goals in the coming few weeks. By then, 2008 will appear more detailed for me.

Voucher Again...

2007-12-17T08:39:00.000-08:00

Yes... I got voucher again! This time round is a travel voucher...
Got an sms on Wednesday last week stating that I won a $50 travel voucher from Thailand Tourism on the radio station, YES 933, and needed my mailing address to send me the voucher. Did not reply as I wasn't sure whether is it reliable as usually will receive call instead of sms.
Then on Thursday, I received a call from YES 933. I wasn't very sure too, even though I got the call as I can't recall participating in any contest. But the person told me that it is through sms that I took part in that contest. And I did sometimes sms in to take part in some contests especially those when I know the answer and when I know that I can be the first few to sms in, as sometimes they judge by speed... Also after verifying my NRIC number, I'm more assured that I got the voucher. Hee...
But actually, I don't really know what to do with the voucher too. And it's only valid till March 2008. Hmmm... Maybe I should go and check out and plan whether I should go for a holiday...
If you are reading this, and planning to go Thailand, can approach me...
Approach me for what leh??? Approach me and you will know lah... Haha...

I'm Back...

2007-12-11T08:56:00.000-08:00

Yes, I'm Back!!! Back to update again...
I'm also back in action for work too. After the break, I'm back to work extra harder! Must be more "Good Luck"(In Hokkien)=Hardworking.
Haha... Want to end the year well. Will start by reaching work on time for the rest of the days this year!
Hmmm... What did I do during my break??? Some exciting events will be...
Sentosa trip!!! Erm... But... On that day itself, it rained the whole day! In the end, Sentosa trip became Vivo & IKEA trip... Exciting ah! Haha...
But overall, it was a relaxing day shopping around. And I got something from IKEA, but not what I am holding in the picture below. Haha... Bought something useful for my room.

Then it was the Ubin trip!!! It rained!!! But not throughout... We managed to step on Ubin's ground! Haha...
Got proof...

Went with these 2 gals...

This is my bike for that day...

And the person sharing bike with me is...
Hee... Look at her expression. So cute!!! Haha...

Along the way, we notice this...

Not 1 only... But 2 of them!
YES!!! It's DURIAN!!! At UBIN!!! The 3 of us get very excited. Trying our best to open 1 of them. We took out our keys, compare who got the sharpest key...
Then we started to work on it...

But... Still our keys weren't sharp enough. We threw it hard on the ground and try stepping on it, but still we didn't get to taste the durian... Looking up, we saw lots of durians hanging on the tree. Hmmmm... I think I'll remember to bring a knife or something sharper than my keys when I go Ubin next time! Haha...
My leave ended off with some birthdays celebrations with friends, and that included mine which was belated for 3 months. But I'm surprised and touched... And happy, as I received some more vouchers! Haha...

Free Time...

2007-11-28T08:57:00.000-08:00

I'm on leave!!! For this week and next week, I only have to work 4 days in total. Clearing those leave that I can't bring forward to next year. This week will be quite boring, nothing exciting to look forward to. Will be doing my own things, settling some personal stuffs, like doing up a will. Haha... Went for a talk before, the person said that everyone should do up a will. Anyway, I don't have much now, doing up a will now will be quite easy, like allocate what to who. If I become a millionaire, it'll not be easy liao. Haha... I'm talking nonsense! That's the result of having too much time.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to next week. Will be going to Sentosa and cycling at YUBING(Tat's my name! Haha...)! Take out the first and last letter... Yes! It's UBIN! Actually, I have some concerns about cycling there after asking my friends out for it. Like the slopes there are quite steep... But after consulting one of their views, she mentioned that if it's raining, we will just go and enjoy the breeze and eat seafood!!! Haha... So most probably will be going for it.
They are so ON lah!!! Haha...

Interesting Happening at PP!!!

2007-11-06T10:24:00.000-08:00

Around 3 weeks ago while I was at work, 1 resident, living at the block where my Centre is, came to tell me that there was a "Da Mang She" = "python" in English (if I'm not wrong) at the canal just outside and that there were police and some other people there trying to catch the python. As I was at work, so did not go out and "show my concern"...
It was before 9am then...
Shortly after 9am... My supervisor came in... The first thing I asked her was... "Did you see the "Da Mang She" at the canal when you walked there just now?" Knowing that she'll pass by there on her way to work.
Immediately she knew what I was talking about. And she told me that it wasn't a "Da Mang She", it was a huge turtle!!! We went on talking about it, like... Police know how to catch meh? Where the huge turtle came from?, etc...
Then... After 2 days of the incident... I saw this at STOMP site...

The post on STOMP says... Python at Potong Pasir swallows animal!
The moment I saw this, I was laughing to myself, thinking about what my supervisor told me what she saw that day!!! Maybe she did see the Huge Turtle and did not notice that it was the python that caused the crowd at the canal...
So... Maybe the Huge Turtle is still swimming in the canal... Haha...

Gals' Trip...

2007-11-06T09:37:00.000-08:00

Ended my previous post mentioning that I am expecting something more for my bday 2 months ago... Indeed... I got some Capital Land Malls vouchers from my friends... Went cycling on that day too... It has been a long time since I last cycled. I loved cycling! Initially, I thought that I would be sharing a double-bike with someone as usually I won't get to cycle on a single bike when I go cycling with my this group of friends. Haha... Not that I don't like, just that the person's life is at risk! But I think I'm quite a good double-biker! Haha... After cycling, we went to have a feast at the East Coast Korean restaurant. Guess what's this??? After knowing what it is from 1 of them who went there before... We were all very curious!!!
Took a video of it but can't get it up here...
Anyway, it's a hand towel. Once water is poured on it, it'll "grow up"! Amazing...
Haha... I got to know something new that day!

Is it true???

2007-11-04T03:21:00.000-08:00

Your Birthdate: September 7

You are an island. You don't need anyone else to make you happy.
And though you see yourself as a loner, people are drawn to you.
Deep and sensitive, you tend to impress others with your insights.
You also tend to be psychic - so listen to that inner voice!

Your strength: Your self sufficiency

Your weakness: You despise authority

Your power color: Maroon

Your power symbol: Hammer

Your power month: July

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

2007-10-01T08:16:00.000-07:00

Almost 2 months liao... Since my FIRST! blog...

Happening things happened within this 2 months...

One of them will be my birthday! Haha...

CELEBRATION...

Celebration started on Thursday that week.

This cake was custom-made for me by 1 cg mem. It's a chocolate ice-cream cake.
This cg mem of mine makes great cakes... With great taste of course!
Just heard that he knows how to make cakes with images standing up on the cake and not flat on the cake... Amazing hoh?

Of course got present...

A very comfortable & soft cushion...

I spend time with it 8hrs everyday from Monday to Friday!

Haha...

Friday... Actual day...

With my colleagues. Had BBQ at my colleague's condo...
It was a birthday(for my colleague & me) cum farewell(for my ex-sup) party.

They prepared a cake as well...

Got present also... A strapless pair of slippers! Or should I call it a platform instead??? Haha...

Sunday...

Had JAMs annual conference after service at Riverwalk...

As usual, will always fellowship with JAMs workers after such events...

But...

Knew what's on their mind that day.

Cos some of them went missing now & then...

Haha...

Then...

Singing of birthday song...
Celebrated with another friend who share the same birthday as me...
Funny part is that during the 1st part of the birthday song, some people in the cafe, whom we do not know, started singing as well... Memorable ah!
Like holding a birthday party at the cafe like that...

Haha...

Present...

My present inside got present some more...
It's RED colour... Haha...

Think some more presents coming along the way...

Haha...

First!

2007-08-09T02:00:00.000-07:00

Hey, this is my blog! My personal blog!

Don't really know how to go about making it more attractive. But I think it's ok...

Started this because can't get to sleep so was exploring and decided to have a personal blog. And I did it!

Anyway, during my boredom, I remembered what I heard from Yes 933 this morning, regarding the other version of this year NDP theme song, There's No Place I'd Rather Be, sung by Zhou Chong Qing & Xiao Jia Hui... I got to know that it's on Youtube! Therefore went to view it. Haha... It's funny! I love it the first time I heard from the radio! Check this out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02uu0KSFRkY

Happy National Day, Singapore!

This is the Place...

Tomorrow will be a better day...

Amazing Creation...

SINGAPORE!!!

New lifestyle...

Cool Babies...

Reality... Face it lah...

天 才 衝 衝 衝

2nd Quarter...

A Day of Happenings!

Back to School...

After 11 months...

New Year...

Got Head, Got Tail...

Voucher Again...

I'm Back...

Free Time...

Interesting Happening at PP!!!

Gals' Trip...

Is it true???

First!

天才衝衝衝