Ordinary World

Lights of Spring 2010 - 20th Feb 2010

2010-02-20T23:58:00.000+08:00

Winston & Bee Sin invited me out for lunch so that they could pass me their wedding invitation. Coincidentally the venue is VIVO CITY yet again ... from Thursday till today that's 3 days in a row!

Lunch was quickly settle at Kopitiam's foodcourt and we wondered what we should do other than wondering around Vivo City shopping mall. After checking out various shops for Winston's blazer, we decided to go see Lights of Spring which I missed out yesterday.

Entering Sentosa had become easier as we are able to tap our Ez-Link card to get access to the sky train towards Sentosa :) Fare is still 3 dollars thou ...

We alighted at Sentosa station as Winston suggested that we take alook at the newly opened Resort World Sentosa ...

The first Casino in Singapore ...

& the pretty hotelsss...

Entrance towards the Lights of Spring ...

The 12 Chinese Zodiac (not in order) ...

Transition from day to night ...

Night time ...

Time to leave ... we end at where we started ...

Karaoke Session - 19th Feb 2010

2010-02-19T23:01:00.000+08:00

Initially we wanted to meet up for dinner and then to view the Lights of Spring at Sentosa but due to the heavy rain we decided to have a relaxing karaoke session instead.

CT brought along Lionnel and Joey for the dinner together with me, Alvin.K and momo.

It was only yesterday that I know about the Partyworld @ vivocity which we all decided to visit after the rain persistently refuse to stop ...

River HongBao 2010 - 18th Feb 2010

2010-02-18T23:37:00.000+08:00

Our company is closed for a week for the Lunar New Year holiday hence we decided to visit the River HongBao 2010 @ Marina Bay to spend the day.

Me, Doreen.C & Alvin.K met up at City Hall at about 2pm for our tea break as the weather was pretty hot and we wanted to spend more time in the aircon while waiting for the sky to darken.

I decided to have coffee at TCC and ordered the Valentine's Day special ... The perfect 10 which cost 13.80 SGD. It was pretty good!

Afterwhich at about 3-4pm we walk pass The Esplanade towards the Marina Bay Floating Platform.

River HongBao 2010 Entrance ... and display ...

The PIG ...same color somemore :X

The displays wasn't any spectacular other than the dragon & phoenix made from spoons, blows and plates. Dinner was decided to be at Marche@ VivoCity hence we took bus 97 from The Esplanade and alight at Vivo City entrance.

As it was still early we went for a short walk around the shopping mall while waiting for Alvin whom wanted to replace his HTC phone cover.

Finally at about 6:30pm we proceed to Marché Restaurant for our dinner. Time for delicious Rosti!!! ;p

After dinner we went for drink at Harris Bar located at Habourfront before ending this eventful day ...

Chinese New Year - 14th Feb 2010

2010-02-14T23:50:00.003+08:00

It's time for family gathering again!!! Chinese New Year is here again!!!

As usual the sequence for the first day is as follows :

1. Uncle's and auntie's family from my mum's side would come around lunch time to gather at my home for lunch.

2. Everyone will proceed together to Mum's side grandparent house to gather and chit chat again

3. Around 6pm we will proceed to my Dad's side grandparent house to gather

4. Go home ... koonz ;p

Home ....

Mum's side grandparent house ...

Me and my cuttest xmm cousin ^_^

Dad's side grandparent house ...

Back home to rest ... & count Ang Bao :X

Happy Lunar New Year Everyone .... HUAT AH !!!!! ^_^

Mini Reunion Lunch in office - 12th Feb 2010

2010-02-12T15:23:00.003+08:00

Today is the last day of the Lunar Calender's work day for us hence we decided to have a mini reunion lunch together to mark a happy working year =)

The girls suggested pizza and proceed with the ordering which arrived shortly at about 1230hrs. While I proceed to buy fruit juice to go with the food.

Pretty girl with her flowers ;p

We finished the food at about 1330hrs and it was time for group photos ...

I left the office shortly after as it was halfday for me today =)

The 7-Eleven aunty whom we always buy Pokka drinks from gave me and Doreen this yesterday and told us it will Huat but alas 8911 did not came out in any of the 4D draws =(

I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Happy Lunar New Year and may our next work year be another joyous and prosperous one.. HUAT AH!! ^_^

Town Restuarant - Fullerton Hotel - 11th Feb 2010

2010-02-11T22:49:00.003+08:00

Weeks after receiving the complimentary seafood buffet voucher from Momo, we finally decided to used it today @ Town Restaurant in Fullerton Hotel.

We reached the restaurant at about 7pm and maybe we were early the restaurant was still empty.

After informing the reception on our reservation we were shown to our seats and we wasted no time to check out the food.

The varieties were average as I was expecting a bigger selection of seafood however it was not so. I have always like seafood and it was disappointing that the prawns & lobsters was not really fresh =( The seafood bisque was very good thou. Not sure how much it cost for the seafood buffet but I personally do not feel it is worth more than 35SGD.

We finish eating at about 9pm before heading home.

Dinner @ Pu Tien - 5th Feb 2010

2010-02-05T23:58:00.000+08:00

Meet up with Alvin after work to look for some new clothes for CNY around Marina Square and finally bought one shirt from Zara which was at 50% discount ;p

Alvin suggested his uncle's restaurant Pu Tien for dinner which serves Xin Hua dishes according to him. My initial thought was that maybe he will have discount but I was wrong :X

Anyway here are the food we ordered ...

Very nice Chinese Tea - Tie Guan Yin @ 4.80SGD

Braise Pig Intestine @ 12SGD, Fried HingHwa Bee Hoon @ 6SGD, Bamboo Herbal Prawn Soup @ 7.60SGD for 2 prawns serving and Homemade Beancurd.

The food where all pretty tasty especially the herbal prawn soup. Price was rather reasonable too. Recommended to try =)

Hollywood Dino - 31st Jan 2010

2010-01-31T23:35:00.002+08:00

Megane managed to get hold of tickets to view the Hollywood Dinosaurs@ Jurong Birdpark and invited us to go together.

Jack, Megane, Henson, Nicole, Zhixuan & me met up at Jurong Point where we take bus number 194 to Jurong Bird Park.

After taking some group pictures using Nicole and Henson cameras we proceed into the Dino Park ...

The infamous MEG-a-loh-so-rus ... (MEG is also Megane's short name ;p)

End of the trail ...

We eventually completed the Dino trail together with the guide within an hour, it was as expected to be more suitable for kids :X but we enjoy the outing nevertheless with our endless jokes ;p

Dinner was decided to be near Arab street where Deli-Moroccan restaurant was located.

We ordered Preti,Tajine Chicken with Potato @12SGD, Couscous @15SGD & Chicken Biryani @ 11SGD

Only the Chicken Biryani is worth trying as it was really good just abit expensive at 11SGD. The rest don't bother unless you just want to try some new dishes.

We went for a short walk around Bugis before making our way back home ...

CNY Lights Up @ Chinatown - 23rd Jan 2010

2010-01-23T23:52:00.001+08:00

Momo suggested to meet up to watch the lights up @ Chinatown today and we meet up together with CT and Alvin at 1830hrs. We were surprised to found out that the stage area is only for invited guess and walking round it to find a suitable site for viewing was unfruitful =(

We eventually ended up at the building opposite of Pearl's center which has an open carpark where we can have a view of the firecrackers. After setting up our equipments we waited till 2000hrs where the firecrackers and some fireworks was set alight together with the lights up of the street ...

It was rather disappointing for us as the angle was rather bad =( Nevertheless it was good to welcome the coming CNY with a bang ...

We proceed for supper at Maxwell Food Center before ending the day ...

T.A.G Paintball - 23rd Jan 2010

2010-01-23T16:07:00.003+08:00

2years and a half years have pass since our last T.A.G Paintball battle ... Many have survive through the years while many have left ...

Today the warriors met up again this time Turf City was the chosen battle ground ... Gio, Rendi and I met up at Bedok MRT and travel along the east-west route towards Dover station which we concluded would be the nearest ~~MRT Station~~check point. We paid for a ~~taxi~~ escorted ride from there at 6.50SGD and reached within 15mins. Well ahead of the 12:00 H-Hour designated by our commander Peter.

We decided to replenish our food supplies while awaiting for the arrivals of our other warriors. It was about 12:30pm when everyone finally reached our form up point at T.A.G Paintball site.

With our gears on and team selected we rush into battle while our adrenaline was still very high!

My team won the first two round to win the first match up with S.H Gui completing accomplish the first round while I did the second =) The opponents were consist of the entire W.A.S.S team which was WEAK :X

I have learn well from previous battle and was well protected this time from any close range arm shot ... hahaha

We took a 15mins break in between matches and randomize the teams for the next match up but my team still won the 2nd match with me accomplishing both rounds.

Most of us were exhausted but the thirst for blood keep us going to the last and final match ... once again we randomize the teams using coin toss. We swapped sides as the other team complain the blue home base have site advantage O_o? no matter we still kick their ass and won the first round of the last match.

As it was already the last round we decided to play very slowly and try not to win so that we can all expand all our bullets ;p

I completed 5 out of 6 missions and only got killed twice =)

In all we fired 4000 round which cost $800 SGD plus $10 SGD for the equipments per pax which cost us approximately $67 SGD each. Much cheaper than previously but still quite expensive compared to the battle ground at Johor which we would likely be next time ;p

Till we meet again ... the legend of Neo will goes on ...mwhahaha

Completion of ATEC II - 15th Jan 2010

2010-01-15T23:09:00.002+08:00

FINALLY I have completed my 7th ICT (In Camp Training) at Jurong Camp II today. It was a grueling week for most of us as we have to wake up very early in the morning and can't really sleep till late at night.

The guys did a good job by completing the two counter-attack mission with a score of REDCON 2A(which means a high REDCON2)

REDCON 1 - 90% & above
REDCON 2 - 80 - 89.9%
REDCON 3 - 70 - 79.9%
REDCON 4 - 69.9 % & below

That would means we would have slightly easier ICT for the rest of the 3 cycles ^_^
And of cause we decided to treat ourselves some good food after eating cutlets over and over again in camp :X

13 Serra suggested Ohsumi japanese restaurant which serves authentic Shabu Shabu.

We meet up at 8pm and as usual it was not until 8:20 then everyone arrives =(
Pork was their specialty hence we decides on having the pork buffet at about 55++ dollars each ...

The 9 of us have a total of around 5 Big plates and 4 small plates of pork! I have never eaten so much pork EVER in my entire life ;p But it was really good!

After the sumptous meal we went to a bar nearby and chill out before heading home to rest ...

Singpore Botanical Garden - 2nd Jan 2010

2010-01-02T21:55:00.003+08:00

Meet up with Alvin and Nick to try out Macro photography using the new Macro conversion lens Raynox DCR-150 that we have bought for him. My 50mm 1.8f did not have enough focal length(zoom) to capture those super macro shots hence I decided to just take normal photos instead ...

Marina Bay Countdown 2010 - 31st Dec 2009

2009-12-31T11:59:00.002+08:00

Thanks to Jack, I got free tickets to this year Marina Bay Countdown again :)
Together with Bee Sin & Winston, we met up with Hanson, Jack & Megane at about 7:30pm and start choosing a got spot for our main objective the fireworks display.

Time does flies, this time last year was the first time I met Megane whom got free tickets from me ;p The countdown show was as usual nothing to shout about as the Mediacorp artiste try ways to pump up the crowd without much success. The performance was really quite sucky at times :X

We ignore most of the performance and concentrate setting up our DSLR for the firework display. As the clock strikes 12, the almost bored crowd suddenly sprung to life as one by one the beautiful fireworks explode into the night sky .....

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !!! ^_^

Overseas Trip - Bali - Day 5 - 27th Dec 2009

2009-12-27T20:55:00.000+08:00

~ to be updated

Overseas Trip - Bali - Day 4 - 26th Dec 2009

2009-12-26T23:53:00.000+08:00

~ to be updated

Overseas Trip - Bali - Day 3 - 25th Dec 2009

2009-12-25T23:58:00.000+08:00

~ to be updated

Overseas Trip - Bali - Day 2 - 24th Dec 2009

2009-12-24T22:52:00.000+08:00

~ to be updated

Overseas Trip - Bali - Day 1 - 23rd Dec 2009

2009-12-23T23:51:00.000+08:00

~ to be updated

Karaoke - 22nd Dec 2009

2009-12-22T23:00:00.002+08:00

Meet up with Kein, Nick, Sharon and her friend for Karaoke at Marina Square K-Box. It has been a long long time since I last sing with Kein and it's good to hear Mayday concert all over again ;p

We ended our singing at around 7pm and met up with Alvin, Jack, CT & Megane to have a small gathering dinner at Raffles City's Ding Tai Feng.

We finished the dinner at around 10pm and we made our way home so that we can get ready for Bali tomorrow!!! =)

X'mas Lighting at Orchard - 19th Dec 2009

2009-12-19T23:48:00.001+08:00

Meet up with Nick & Alvin for photography again and this time the target is X'mas Lighting at Orchard to pratice night shooting with my Canon 500D. We met up earlier so that I can purchase my new bag to carry all my camera equipment for my upcoming Bali trip as well as check out for tripod prices.

After checking our various photo shops I ended up at Sim Lim's Orient Photo and purchase a Kata 3N1-20 which I like alot.

As it was still quite early for the X'mas lightings we decided to walk about to take some pictures before making our way to Orchard road.

We stop by Plaza Singapura for dinner before heading out again to start the night shooting ...

1-Net X'mas Celebration - 18th Dec 2009

2009-12-18T22:47:00.001+08:00

As we have a very long company break from 25th Dec till 4th Jan 2010 this year, it was decided that we had our X'mas celebration way early on the 18th Dec 2009 when everyone is still around and not somewhere else on the planet.

We finally get to replace the "1,000 years" old Xmas tree but the buffet was not as good as previous years :X

Here are the pictures and Merry X'mas to everyone ^_^

Sister's ROM - 11th dec 2009

2009-12-11T23:00:00.002+08:00

Woke up at 8+am by my bustling sound of my parents and sis whom was excited of the big day while I was lazing on my bed wondering why they wake up so early as the big event is at least 4 hrs away ...

Couldn't get back to sleep hence I get off bed to check out what the commotion was about. Mum apparently was getting lunch ready while Sis was preparing stuff to bring to the Registry of Marriage. Dad which seems least busy was actually getting ready to go market for his morning routine of getting misc stuff, drunk tea and purchasing of newspaper.

I proceed to iron my shirt and pants after numerous nagging from Mum but still it was only 10am =( Went online facebooking till about 11am when my 2nd Uncle cum driver arrived with his wife for lunch. After which it was finally time to go the ROM.

I was expecting some teary scenes but it didn't happen since my "princess" sister would still be staying with us after signing on the dotted line. It won't be until next March I presume that we will finally "get rid" of her :X

We had our high tea buffet with friends and relative at Carousel at around 3:30pm. After filling our stomach to the brim it was finally time to head back to undress from the my shirt and pants which kept me HOT throughout the day ... ;p

Operation Team Buffet - 9th Dec 2009

2009-12-09T21:59:00.001+08:00

Our new VP ops organized a team buffet for all operations staff for a get together among the team. The buffet started at around 3:30pm and the food was pretty good too.

While having the high tea buffet everyone sit around to have a nice chit chat and photo taking ...

The day I caught 1 prawn .... - 5th Dec 2009

2009-12-05T23:30:00.001+08:00

Winston suggested meeting up to catch prawns at night and Mahjong in the afternoon. I reached his house at around 3pm and started taking pictures of Darius ..

We started playing Mahjong with Winston'mum and Sis for one round. It took us around 3 hrs and I won a grand total of TWENTY ... cents :X Dinner was next on the list and we had ours at a Zhi Char near Hougang Bowl. The crab there were pretty good, we finished more of the food except the fried noodle.

It was about 10pm when we made our way to Ebi Culture at Hougang to start fishing for prawns... the rate was 15SGD for 1hr, 25SGD for 2hrs & 30 for 3hrs if I remember correctly. We opted for 3hrs since we have time to burn. After choosing our rods its time to starting fishing ... Winston was the first to catch a prawn followed by Desmond ... I would have to wait till 3hrs later when I FINALLY catch my one and only catch of the day =(

We stopped at around 2am and proceed for supper at a Indian coffeeshop near Hougang's S11 before heading for home.

Johor Bahru Makan Session - 4th Dec 2009

2009-12-04T23:50:00.002+08:00

After a boring and meaningless reservist day, ZhiLun suggested that we visit our neighboring country tonight for supper. We met up at around 7:30pm at Yishun MRT where ZhiLun finally drove his Evolution wannabe to fetch me ;p

Inside the "TURBO" charged vehicle :X

We went to a Korea restaurant where the meat that we choose would be cook for us right where we are feast.

Took some photo while waiting ;p

Food was pretty good especially the free flows of side dishes ...

Satisfied customer ...

We went for a short walk and check out some DVDs before heading home to rest ...

Vivo City 3rd Anniversary Firework Celebration - 2nd Dec 2009

2009-12-02T23:26:00.001+08:00

Meet up with Nick to try out Firework shots at Vivocity which would be celebrated their 3rd Anniversary with a firework display.

After reading through some websites on firework photography, the few main points would be a good location with clear view of where the fireworks would be fired with no obstructions a tripod and of cause your trusty camera that can do bulb mode. A wired controller would also assist greatly to minimize the vibration when you press the shutter.

Anyway I am still quite poor at it ;p Below are some of the pictures taken ...

Hopefully can take better pictures next time =)

Sentosa Underwater World - 27th Nov 2009

2009-11-27T17:12:00.000+08:00

Decided to go along with Siew Hiong and her KL friend to Sentosa's Underwater World since the last I went was erm more than 15 years ago at least ;p

We meet up at Bedok MRT at 9am in hope to meet the 11am showtime for the pink dolphins located at the dolphin lagoon. We reached Vivo City at around 10am bought the tickets for the 1 day pass entry to Sentosa via the Sentosa Express and proceed for breakfast at Toast Box.

After filling out stomach we board the Sentosa Express and disembark at Beach Station where we transit to the Blue Line buses that will bring us to Underwater World @ Siloso Point.

Beach Station & Bus Terminal ...

Underwater World and just in time to see the feeding of the gigantic turtles ...

We got the tickets at a discount rate of 16SGD from the normal rate of 22.90SGD. Didn't know of this offer until we got there to purchase the ticket but cheaper is always good ;p Another surprise was the dolphin lagoon is no longer located far away from the Underwater World but instead it is now directly built next it.

Eventhou we meet it in time for the dolphin show but we were disappointed to hear that the show is no longer available and currently being replaced by Sealion =(
Anyway we head on to view the supposingly upgraded facilities with the new add-on of the dolphin lagoon.

The main attaction of Underwater World would be this "tunnel" with loads of huge fishes swimming around ...

We proceed to the Dolphin Lagoon next ...

We managed to see the pink dolphin eventhou we were told they were resting inside their bunkers ...

Then is was the Sea-Lion show at around 1330hrs. The show was pretty interesting with the agile and intelligent sealion showing different tricks but it was pretty short.

After the show it was time to head back as the sky had started to darken too...

We decided to have a short coffee break at TCC before making our way home to rest ...

Asia Festival Anime 2009 - 22nd Nov 2009

2009-11-22T22:53:00.001+08:00

After seeing Nick's photos of the AFA'09 event I decided to head down to Suntec where the event is held. A huge crowd was expected as today is the last day of the event and many cosplayers were seen at the foyer area posing for the many photographers present.

I bought the adult ticket at 15SGD and proceed straight in ...

Bandai Booth was the biggest as well as the one which I wanted to see most ... There were are number of first launch on display and the most attractive had definitely got to be the Perfect Grade 00 Raiser GUNDAM ...

Newly launch BB Knight Gundam ...

Some of the Anime Figurines on display ..

Mini Anime Figurines ...

Initially wanted to look for Nick but he was on his way to queue up for I LOVE ANISONG concert hence I decided to head for dinner and proceed home ...

First time never bought anything from such events ;p

Farewell Jack & Celebration of Birthday for both Doreens & Siew Hiong - 20th Nov 2009

2009-11-20T23:34:00.003+08:00

Finally the day of separation ... Jack is leaving ... the old NOC colleagues is left with only me, Mr Wee and Albin =*(

We decided to have a bigger farewell since the date coincide with both Doreens and Siew Hiong's birthday as well. The venue was Tiffany Cafe & Restaurant at Furama City Center Singapore.

I meet up with Doreen.C earlier at City Hall to drink coffee and went for some shopping before heading to the hotel to meet up the rest at around 7pm.

The varieties of food wasn't alot but most where pretty ok in taste.

Birthday Gersss ...

Group photo of the lot ...

As the old saying goes ... there is no everending banquet & all good things must come to an end ... ALL THE BEST MY FRIEND !!! ^_^

After the dinner we went for the movie 2012 with most of the people present before I head to Mono to join CT, Paul, Alice & Lionnel for a drink before going home at 2am ;p

The "NEO" Efficiency - 19th Nov 2009

2009-11-19T22:54:00.003+08:00

After receiving an invite from Albin for the Microsoft introductory seminar to The New Efficiency products, I wasted no time in registering simply because ... they will give anyone a FREE COPY OF WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE EDITION .. WOW!!! I am very sure I am one of the first few to register :D

But unfortunately my happiness was short lived as I was told GLC are not entitled to the free OS =(

Nevertheless I decided to attend the seminar with Albin & Fei Min to take a look at some of the new stuff in the exhibition namely the Windows7 OS, Windows Server 2008R2 and Exchange Server 2010 aka the one OWA that finally can be viewed as its supposed to be with a Firefox browser ;p

The seminar at Suntec started at around 9am but I came much later at around 12pm to meet up with the Albin and Fei Min. However I completed all the stamps on the game card much faster than the both of them :X The game card have all the exhibitor's name printed on it and the motive is to get the guest/delegates to visit all their booth to get the chops in return to receive a chance for the lucky draw held by Microsoft event organiser.

Here are some of the free gifts given by the generous exhibitors while they explain their product and asking the visitors to fill in survey forms ...

Some of the gifts are pens, LED pointer, highlighters, Laptop sleeves, umbrella etc

The most interesting one was from Chamoxa which was a Tube Amplifier Miniature that is actually a USB 2.0 Hub cum Speaker with LED lights that dance to the beat :D

The efficiency of my stamp collection leads to me being able to beat others to get a lucky number of my choice which will be drawn in a lucky draw held at 1530hrs. Initially I wanted 33 however someone beat me to it hence I choose 38 instead. When the organiser announced 33 as a winning number my heart sank, then came NUMBER 38 whahaha it had been so long since I win something in a lucky draw ;p

BUT it was a table lamp =(

Luckily Sam needed such a lamp and offer to buy if off me which I gladly sold to him at a cheaper price :D

All there is left to do is to go through the stacks of brochures on Monday and shred those useless one :X

Chin Chye & Mei Zhen's ROM - 18th Nov 2009

2009-11-18T16:26:00.004+08:00

Was invited for Chin Chye & Mei Zhen ROM at Peony Jade Restaurant today ...
I was reached at 12:15 which was 15mins before the appointment time and was surprise to see that the main leads where actually later than me ;p

We proceed to sit at the restaurant at around 12:30pm and the ROM started at around 12:40pm.

After the ROM ceremony, a 8 course lunch was served and most of the food where pretty good. The lunch ended at around 3pm before we made our way back.

I would like to wish both of you a blissful & everlasting marriage!!! ^_^

Birthday treat for Doreen & Siew Hiong - 17th Nov 2009

2009-11-17T23:13:00.005+08:00

Yuling & I decided to give Doreen & Siew Hiong a birthday dinner treat today as both their birthday would be approaching very soon, 25th & 20th respectively.

We decided to have out dinner at Shokudo @ Bugis Junction.

Drinks were refreshing and cost around 5 SGD ...

The food that we ordered ...

I ordered Grilled Chicken with Curry Rice which comes with a separate bowl of curry sauce that taste pretty sweet and non spicy but goes very well with the fragrance rice. Grilled chicken was not as good thou.

Wishes both Doreen & Siew Hiong happy happy always!!! =)
Hope you all enjoy the food ^_^

Japanese Gift from CT & Momo - 15th Nov 2009

2009-11-15T22:07:00.002+08:00

CT & Momo came to meet me up at Tampines Mall's Ding Tai Feng for dinner as well as pass me the present they have bought for me from their Tokyo trip ...

The wonderful presents include a Hard Rock Cafe T-shirt, Delicious Tokyo Banana cake as well as a chocolate call the Bai Se Lian Ren ...

Mervin's Surprise Birthday Celebration

2009-11-06T23:36:00.004+08:00

Date : 5th Nov 2009
Received secret encoded msg from Kat that operation Final Surprise is a go.

Mission Objective : Ensure target will be occupied within holding area
Operation Time : 6th Nov 2009 1830hrs.

I reached Merv's house at 1600hrs at the pretext that we will play War Of Worldcraft boardgame. The previous round which was the first time we played this game took us more than 6 hrs to reach the end which was 30 turns and as none of us could kill the EPIC boss hence it was down to PvP. Waited 30mins before Merv & family returned and we proceed back to his house as per norm.

Me and Kat wasting no time in convincing him to set up the boardgame inside the spare room and took drinks and stuff into it to ensure he will be inside till dinner is ready. Plan was a great success as I was able to ensure Mervin was totally engross in the game and did not leave the holding area =D

At around 1830hrs, Merv's dad came in to inform us that dinner was ready and the Merv whom was totally unaware of the situation went out to be greeted by the birthday cake and a group of friends and relatives singing the birthday song...

After having the delicious durian cake everyone help ourselves with the food that was prepared by his aunt and uncle. Everyone of us have multiple servings and was very full after the dinner. At around 10pm everyone left leaving me to start round 2 of WOW boardgame with Merv. We ended the game at around 3am before I left for home to rest my tired mind that was full of orcs and trolls ;p

Hope you enjoyed the surprise party and Happy Birthday my friend! =)

Cycling - East Coast Park - 25th Oct 2009

2009-10-25T23:00:00.000+08:00

Meet up with the others at around 4pm and went for cycling on Sunday at East Coast Park. We took SBS Bus 401 at Bedok Interchange and it took about 20mins to reach the area where Mac Donald was located.

The bicycle rental was within 100meters from the Mac Donald and we wasted no time to get hold of a bike each. It cost 6SGD for an hour rental and comes with 1 additional hour free. All we need is deposit 6SGD x 5(number of bikes) = 30SGD for the rental and any additional cost that we might incur would be collected from us when we return the bikes. A photo identity would be taken from one of us as well.

Group photo @ Bedok Jetty ...

We cycle approximately 7.7Km according to Google Map ... that's a total of 15.4km to and fro ...

After dinner at Mac Donald we decided to return home to rest our aching legs ... old liao :X

Today also marks the revival of Liverpool which beat Manchester United convincingly 2 - 0 ... ^_^

Ariqbal's House Warming - 24th Oct 2009

2009-10-24T21:52:00.000+08:00

Ariq invited us to his house on Saturday to celebrate Hari Raya as well as house warming for his new home.

He even prepared food for us =)

Jack the baker also bought new test materials for us to try ;p ... it was pretty good!

Group photo with Ariqbal and his pretty wife ...

Thanks for the invitation to you nice house Mr Ariqbaba =D

Karaoke at Kbox Cineleisure - 15th Oct 2009

2009-10-15T23:50:00.000+08:00

It's being quite awhile since I last sang karaoke nevertheless we look forward to this outing as we keep toking about it since few weeks ago. However things always don't goes as plan and Doreen.N was not able to go with us due to server crash =(

We wanted to sing Li Ge together =*(

Li Ge 离歌 - Shin Yue Tuan 信樂團

We reached Kbox@Cineleisure at about 8+ and proceed to pick up the buffet food as soon as we got to our room ...

Jack finished the most food :X

The two Li ge singers, really sibei siong this song ;p

we also sang Yi Xiang Qing Yuan 一廂情願 by Beyond dedicated to me thanks to Doreen.C =(

Yi Xiang Qing Yuan 一廂情願

The karaoke plus buffect cost a total of 182.90SGD for the 7 of us which work out to be about 26SGD each. Not too expensive consider the food was pretty ok. The session ended at 11pm and we proceed home soon after.

Asia AutoSalon - 10th October 2009

2009-10-10T22:52:00.002+08:00

Nick informed us that there will be a car show at Singapore Expo this weekend and we decided to tag along to try and take some pictures ...

Some of the cars that was exhibited ...

Parts of motocars were actually the main idea for this exhibition ...

Outdoor drifting display by local boys as well as down under and land of rising sun ...

Of course not forgetting the ever presence of the show girls whom were as usual the main crowd drawers ...

& not forgetting the drivers ...

CT arrived slightly later to join us and we both left at around 5pm to meet up with Momo whom was attending a wedding lunch at a nearby church. We went to Takashimaya for our dinner as well as for Momo to shop as there was a 15% discount on top of discounted price for all Takashimaya card holders.

CT eventually bought his golf set for around 1200SGD and Momo got her Coach bag at around 560SGD. Can buy my DSLR with the money already ;p

Baby Darius 1 Year Old - 8th Oct 2009

2009-10-08T23:34:00.000+08:00

Invited for baby Darius first year birthday today and coincidentally it is also held at Aranda Country Club where my cousin held his 21st birthday.

Meet up with Winston and Bee Sin after work and we proceed to Aranda country club from Pasir Ris MRT station which is about 15mins walk away.

Once there we proceed with BBQ session, buffet food and of course taking pictures ...

BBQ ... guess everyone does not want to dirty themselves with their office wear on so ended with only the few of us there but we still make full use of the opportunity to cook all the nice food available ...

Most of the guest and relatives left at around 10pm so we started to pack up as well ... took pictures again while baby Darius was asleep ;p

Always drinking uncle Winston :X

We packed up most of the stuff and Desmond fetch us home at around 10:30pm.
Wish Baby Darius be always healthy and happy =)

Krispykreme once again .... - 7th Oct 2009

2009-10-07T22:21:00.001+08:00

It's been very long since I last eaten these delicious donut that Kein introduce to me ... ever since I last eaten it other donut just can't make the grade anymore. I'hv been wondering if December when Kein is back will I be able to taste these wonderful donuts again ....

Haha good people get good rewards ... Siew Hiong happened to buy Krispykreme on her way back from KL for us ...

Thanks for the donuts!! ^_^

Now for December .... I want Glazed Donuts KEIN !!! :X

Farewell for Chikai and Andi - 30th Sep 2009

2009-09-30T21:29:00.000+08:00

Today is one of the account managers ChiKai and IT support Engineer Andi last day. As per norm we brought them out together for a farewell lunch.

Eric suggested Secret Recipe at Changi Airport Terminal 3 which turn out to be not a great idea. More about that later photo first ....

The two lead of the day ...

Photographer which is me and the rest of the crew ...

and last but not least the driver cum boss ;p

Back to the restaurant, I ordered this crayfish pasta thingy ...

The crayfish was so puny that a small prawn would be even bigger than it is ... I'hv been wondering it is of legal size :X

Food aside the service was extremely poor ...
1. Long waiting time
2. We ordered soup but NO soup was served after most of the main courses were already served
3. It's only after repeated reminder that all four soups were serve which at least point some already finished their main course.
4. Eventhou another colleague ordered same dish one was serve at least 15mins earlier. It's only when I reminded them that they still have not serve the dish that they decided to act on it ....

Conclusion I will never visit them again ...

All the best my friends ...

Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix 2009 - Day 3

2009-09-27T23:00:00.003+08:00

Today is the final day of the Singapore Grand Prix but coincidentally it is also one of my army friend Tze Chiang's wedding lunch which was held at Guilin Restaurant located at Chao Chu Kang Stadium.

Sadly once again I was the first to reach at 12noon and had to wait till around 1:30pm for the lunch to start =( Nevertheless we have some good chatting with camp mates and the lunch concluded at around 3pm.

Leonard drove me to Bugis and I made my way once again to City Hall to meet up with Momo whom had been early as well.

Coincidentally Clarence and Winston was also around ...

Meet up with Jack and Megane together with CT and Momo for dinner at Manhattan Fish Market before we head out to take photos again ...

We did not stay long with Jack and Megane as the race was about to start hence we make our way backed after CT bought his Brawn GP T-shirt. The race started at around 8pm and it was full of incidents. Eventually Luis Hamilton won the Singapore Grand Prix 2009 after leading from start to finish with Timo Glock finishing second and Fernando Alonso which won the 2008 Singapore GP at third.

With that the Singapore GP come to a final conclusion and the crowd dispersed into the night ...

Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix 2009 - Day 2

2009-09-26T23:00:00.001+08:00

Had to wake up early today as Mervin has invited me to his house to celebrate his dotter (Merkela) birthday. It as quite sometime since I last seen them as the whole family including his wife Kat has been staying at Brisbane even since he graduated.

As usual I was the first to reach his parent's house at Hougang Ave 4 and we started chatting away while waiting for the caterer to arrive to set up the buffet. I decided to leave at around 3pm to proceed to City Hall to meet up with Momo whom was already shopping at Marina Square.

After CT arrived we made our way around the track to take pictures and look around for souvenirs ...

Taking with one of the LG girls since I can't get to the pit to take with race queens ;p

Ferrari displayed by Bridgestone within Marina Square ...

We decided on MOF at Marina Square for dinner and Momo will be treating me for my belated birthday =)

The food was ok and priced however the Sashimi was very plain which CT commented that it is fish without the fish taste.

It's back to the Bay Grandstand next to watch the qualifying session of the Formula 1 Grand Prix ...

The qualifying came to an abrupt halt when Barrichello slams his Brawn GP machine into the side wall at around 10pm which signals that we should make our way home before the crowd does ...

Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix 2009 - Day 1

2009-09-25T11:50:00.002+08:00

Finally after months of waiting it is time for my first "LIVE" experience of Formula 1 racing =). Took an hour off work and left office at 5pm to meet up with CT,Lionnel & Alince for Dinner as Momo was not available today.

We decided on Sushi Tei at Raffles City for our dinner and finish filling our stomach before 7pm. The pratice started earlier than we expected and by the time we reach the first practice run was already over, so we had to wait till around 9pm for the second practice.

Since we got to wait for the next practice session we decided to took some photos of ourselves ..

It was pretty hot and humid even at night but luckily for us there were still occasional breeze blowing towards us. The lights of all the major buildings were brightly lighted to ensure that they standout during the race where milions would be watching from the many HD video cameras located all around the race.

Once the practice starts the roaring of the engines could be heard very clearly eventhou we were quite far from the pit area. Once the cars reached Fullerton Hotel we can hear the engine roar even louder and within 10 secs or so the cars will zoom pass us who are seated at the Marina Bay Grandstand.

I tried different shutter speed & different ISO settings to try and capture the cars using my FX-48 camera but to no avail. Setting the shutter speed too fast would dim the photo so much that everything is black even with 1600ISO rating =(

Hence I decided to play cheat and record using HD and screenshot :X

We left as soon as the practice session ends as to avoid the thousands of spectators around the track ...

Happy Birthday to Neo - 22nd Sep 2009

2009-09-22T12:31:00.019+08:00

Happy Birthday to myself and to all those whom have ...
Names in no particular order ;p

Celebrate birthday as well as the presents & treats given ...
Alvin.K, Yuling, Doreen.C, Doreen.N, Siew Hiong, Rendi, Ariqbal, Eric, Missy Prawn, Nicholas, Kein.C, Stan.C, MuM&TOM ...

Spend weekend together with me,
Alicia, Clarence, Ryan, Winston & Bee Sin ...

Send Wishes via SMS,
My tupig sister, Angela.S, Lishi, Doreen.C, Stan.C, Momo, Lillian, Jesvin, Alvin.K, Liqin, Nick.S, Nicole.G, Bee Sin & Winston ...

Send Wishes via Facebook ...
Ivy, Joo Ann, Yuling, Shahrudin, Jack.H, Lionel, Vivien, Nicole.O, Trina, Roland.A, Alvin.K, Kein.C, Danny, NanZhen, Chin Chye, Dven.K, Yung Shin, Glen, Kevin, Salimi, Darrick, Doreen.N, Andrew & CT

Send advance birthday greetings via Facebook ...
ArDeLi, Beng Seong, Wei Yu, Marlon & Christopher

Send Wishes via Blog ...
Esther.C

Called via Phone ...
Chee Loon

MSN ...
Nurul, Hong Leong, Adrain

Birthday Tea Break treat today @ Coffee Club with Doreen.C ...

Birthday Dinner treat today @ Jack's Place with Siew Hiong & a present too ^_^ ...

I Sincerely thank everyone for their kind wishes as well as effort to make my day a happier one ... You'll Never Walk Alone my dear friends ... =)

Malacca Trip - 20th to 21st Sep 2009

2009-09-21T23:30:00.003+08:00

Meet up at 7am with Winston, Bee Bee, Alicia, Clarence & Ryan at Kovan Market & Food Center for breakfast. Unfortunately as usual they were all late >_< It was not until around 7:30am that everyone arrived. After getting breakfast we board the coach at Kovan bus station at around 8am and begin our journey towards Malacca.

It took approximately 4hrs to clear the customs and travel to Melaka Sentral bus terminal which was surprisingly smooth eventhou it was an important Public Holiday for the majority of the Malaysians.

Upon reach Melaka Sentral bus terminal we board a taxi and paid 15 Ringgit to get ourselves from the terminal to The Emperor Hotel where we will be staying for the night. The cost of the hotel was approximately 148 Ringgit per night for a double bed room.

As the hotel only allow us to check into our room at 2pm, we decided to waste no time and proceed with our long walk towards Jonker Street to find FOOD!!!

The WALK under the scorching sun ...

Entrance to Jonker Street ...

First stop was the ba chor mee ...

Ryan giving the stamp of approval ;p

After the short break we proceed to Stadthuys Square ...

It is here today after 10 long years of friendship that I receive this gift from Clarence ... ;p

A'Fomasa which is located further up of Stadthuys Square was next ...

It was way pass 2pm when we finish the tour around A'Famosa hence we decided to head back to hotel to take a break from the scorching sun.

But along the way we got hungry and decided to have another snack instead ... :p

Both the different types of prawn noodle was rather plain to our dismay but we finish it anyway. When we were opposite our hotel Winston and Clarence suggested that its TIGER TIME! ... yes in the middle of the afternoon -_-

After 6 bottles it's finally time to head back to hotel ...

We rested till around 6:30pm before heading out again for dinner opposite our hotel dinner ... food here was pretty good and reasonably priced between 6 to 15 ringgit..

We proceed back to our hotel's lobby where a small cafe called Meetingplace123 to have some desert, light snacks and watch the Manchester Derby "LIVE" =D

The match was pretty exciting and half-time ended with both teams scoring. We move on to Jonker street to visit the night market as we do not have much time left for the night ...

Due to the holiday season the night market was very crowded and we eventually finish the walk and bought some souvenirs along the way after around 2 hours. We head back to our "kopitiam" opp the hotel again for Round 2 of "TIGER TIME" this time round we got Carlsberg instead ... 6 bottles as well while watching Cheski thrash Totterham before we head back to hotel to rest for the night ...

We woke up at around 7am skipped the hotel's breakfast and went to OldTown White Coffee to have our breakfast instead ...

The food we ordered for breakfast looks good but nothing special =( ...

We went Tan Kim Hock to get some local goodies before heading back to check out of the hotel ...

Requested hotel staff to call for taxi as it was rather difficult to flag for one along the road =( It cost us another 15 ringgit to travel from the hotel to The Eye Of Malaysia aka Ferris Wheel per car.

The pain of flagging a cab offroad came back to haunt us as The Eye of Malaysia was very isolated no cabs would come in to pick-up passengers eventhou we tried to call a few of them =( We have no choice but to turn explorer mode on again ....

After walking approximately 1.5km or more in the hot sun, we decided to act cool ;p

We carried on the walk towards Mahkota Parade Shopping Mall and took photos along the way ...

It's Lunch time ...

I ordered X.O sauce fried rice @ 8.90RM ... not bad but abit too spicy ..

Clarence ordered fried pork chop rice @ 8.90RM

and the rest of the food which I have no idea what name they are :X cost is between 7.50RM to 12.90RM ;p

Feedback from everyone was the food was pretty ok and price was rather cheap too ...

We split up to explore the shopping mall ourselves and gathered at around 3pm to make our way back to Melaka Sentral bus terminal for our coach back to SG which leaves at 4pm.

The traffic jam back to SG was horrendous taking up at least 2hours of our journey. Plus the food at the half-way stop was TERRIBLE ... I have swore NEVER to eat again at those canteen that the coach would stop for breaks along the way >_<

We finally reach SG at around 9pm and the coach drop us off at Lavender while we have our supper before making our way home to rest finally ....

Birthday Present - Kein & Nick - 18th Sep 2009

2009-09-18T22:06:00.003+08:00

This year got to be the year I received the most present ;p
Meet up with Nick earlier for dinner at KFC@Bedok Central. He handled over the present which consist of MasterGrade Event Limited Edition Crystal Version Destiny Gundam as well as a HighGrade Event Limited Edition Crystal Version Arios Gundam & GN Archer, Uber Cool stuff :D

Once again Thanks alot guys !!! Really appreciate the effort to go back to compass point to buy the Gundams =)

Birthday Present - Missy Prawn - 16th Sep 2009

2009-09-16T22:00:00.000+08:00

Was pleasantly surprised to receive a present from Missy Prawn today.
She even made a very cute card with a erm looster (lobster) according to her ;p

I you wish all the best too ...
Thanks alot my dear friend ^_^

Very Early Birthday Celebration by Office friends - 15th Sep 2009

2009-09-15T21:33:00.002+08:00

It was to my greatest surprise that my office friends decided to celebrate my birthday today which is another 7 days later. No matter the date, it always feels great to know that there are friends around to share the happiness with you when you least expected it.

To all those whom where around (Doreen.C, Yuling, Doreen.N, Siew Hiong, Ariqbal, Alvin, Rendi) & those whom chips in the present as they are not avialable (Jack & CT)I sincerely thank you all for sharing the happiness with me today ^_^

Good friends never walk alone!

New Live Soccer Venue - 12th Sep 2009

2009-09-12T23:00:00.001+08:00

CT managed to book a table at Sports Bar of St James Power Station for us to watch soccer today. Met up for dinner at Vivo City's Dian Xiao er with CT, Alvin & Lionnel.

It had been a long time since I visited this restaurant that served good duck dishes.
We ordered the family set for 4 which consist of the following dishes at a package price.

Sets comes with 4 rice, 1 soup of the day and the below 5 dishes

The food was still pretty good especially the fresh sliced fish and herbal duck but the veggies were abit too salty to my liking. Overall still pretty worth the package price which I have forgotten how much :X

We went for a short walk around Vivo to digest our food before heading to check out the new venue ...

We thoroughly enjoyed the big projector screen with good speakers which enhance our viewing pleasure. To CT's & my delight Liverpool thrashed Burnley 4-0 & Manchester United beat Tottenham 3-1 which brings a smile to Alvin initial sad face ;p

Covocation for Alvin Kuan - 10th Sep 2009

2009-09-10T22:22:00.000+08:00

Alvin invited me & Jack for his convocation which was held at Shangri-La hotel. Took us quite awhile to walk for orchard MRT to the hotel and Jack shirt was full of sweat when we finally reach the hotel :X We really made an effort to go ;p

I was assigned to be the duty camera man =)
Here are some of the pictures ...

Congratulation my friend and thanks for inviting me ^_^

Birthday Celebration for Rendi - 8th Sep 2009

2009-09-08T19:58:00.001+08:00

We decided to celebrate Rendi's birthday earlier as he would be on leave on Thursdays which is his actual birth date. Got the present over the weekend from Adidas@Bugis and wrap it up nice nice just for him :)

Birthday cake from Doreen and Yuling & present from the rest of us ...

A Happy Birthday Boy wearing his present from us =)

Glad that he loves the present =)
Have a great day my friend !

Run Singapore 2009 - 6th Sep 2009

2009-09-06T23:14:00.002+08:00

Rendi & I paid 25 SGD to register ourselves for this charity event Run Singapore 2009 held today next to the Padang.

We meet up at around 3:30pm had a quick snack at MacDonalds before heading to the Padang to have out bags check-in and get ready for the run which starts at around 5:15pm.

Padang assembly area ...

Mini-Performance to lighten up the event ...

We took the opportunity to get some shots before sending in our bags and stuffs ...

A mass warm up was carried out by First Fitness at around 4:45pm before Mr Nathan flag off the run at around 5:10pm.

I completed the 4.5km run in about 25mins, it was pretty cool to run nearly the entire Formula 1 race track. Come this 25th September the Formula 1 cars will blaze through this same tracks in under 2mins ...

Gundam Fiesta 2009 - 4th Sep 2009

2009-09-05T23:59:00.001+08:00

Meet up with Alvin & Nicholas at around 12pm for the Gundam Fiesta 2009 held at Compass Point.

Loads of Gundam's from the many different series since 1979 was on display which exceed what I initially expected from this "small" event held in a neighborhood shopping mall.

Pictures =)

Master Grades Gundam ...

Entire battlefield created from Gundam 00 series 1/144 models and BB Senshi Sangokuden...

Very realistic cosplay of Strike Freedom ...

Bought a EcoPla aka Recycle Plastic limited edition RX-78 and an event limited edition 00 Riser "Clear Version".

After having coffee break with the guys I left to watch Blood Ties with Siew Hiong.
Big mistake ... the show is definitely one of the worst I have ever watch.

This movie is so bad that I must write it down as a reminder >_<
1. It's suppose to be a horror movie but imagine the "scary" ghost is the little girl whom is not the least scary and even show that she is scared after killing someone -_-
2. It tried to piece missing parts of the "plot" by RE-SCREENING the scenes OVER and OVER again ... at least four times with a little bit more information added each time. IF the "plot" was slightly more of a plot then a story telling kindergarten storyline maybe I would have been more enticed to watch it over and over again to know what actually happen. BUT it so plain FREAKING OBVIOUS what had happened and imagine watching it 4 times at least -_-
3. PAINFULLY SLOWWWWWW pace ... enuff said

Ok end of venting ;p

Run Singapore 2009 Collection - 28th Aug 2009

2009-08-28T23:29:00.001+08:00

Woke up early to meet up with Rendi for the collection of Run Singapore 2009 goodies bag at The Central.

I reached the foyer area at around 11:20am and was surprise that there was no queue.

I made my way to collect the goodies bag while waiting for Rendi and when he reach at around 11:30am we were still among the first 500 which entitled us to receive some gift vouchers.

Goodies Bag ...

Gift Vouchers for first the 500 participants to collect the bag ...

We parted ways soon after the collection while I proceed to orchard to meet up with Doreen.

We had our lunch at Soup spoon & ice-cream with Nicole afterwards at Gusttimo di Roma@ION Orchard. The girls went for their manicure and facial treatment while I visited CT and gang for kopi break at Raffles place.

Meet up with Doreen again for dinner at Crystal Jade(Takashimaya) and shopping around orchard while waiting for Alvin, CT & his gang for chill out later that night.
We finally made our way home at around 12:30pm.

District 9 - 27th Aug 2009

2009-08-27T23:28:00.002+08:00

Meet up with Alvin Jack and Siew Hiong at The Cathay to watch the movie District 9 which was exclusively shown in Cathay's cinemas only.

District 9 steps out of the normal Alien Sci-Fi storyline and portray Alien first contact with humans in a totally different perspective. Instead of assuming that the alien with superior technology would enslave or annihilate human this movie simply bring out that Aliens could be just as clueless about us as to us about them.

The movie started off with Humans helping the clueless alien settled down on our planet which slowly incurred various humane issues as well as discrimination among human & aliens due to the differences which closely resembles racial disharmony amount current state of our planet as well.

Slowly the movie brings about the exploitation of large organization using their wealth to cover their true motive of coveting the alien technology for their monetary benefits with lies to the public.

I really like the new ideas as well as fresh approach this Alien Sci-Fi movie brought about and I thoroughly enjoyed it ... especially when the hero start zapping humans with the alien lazer guns ;p I give it a 4/5 Stars :)

After the movie we went for dinner at the nearby The Coffee Connoisseur aka TCC ...

Alvin ordered Chicken & Turkey Lasagne@ 16SGD .. Jack ordered Mentaiko Spaghetti with Salmon @ 19SGD ...

I ordered Red Hot Chicken Spaghetti@ 17SGD as the name suggested it is red hot ... the first few spoon of the thick curry sauce was pretty tasty and spicy but soon it gets abit too thick for my throat overall not something I like, Ice green Apple tea@6.40SGD was thoroughly refreshing to have ...

Vege ah hiang ordered Cheesecake and Hazelnutella Milkshake @ 5.8SGD & 7.90SGD respectively.

We had a short chat before ending the day to rest.

Yi Qin 21st Birthday - 22nd August 2009

2009-08-22T23:27:00.001+08:00

Times flies, seems like not long ago when I was playing Football manager with my cousins at my grandparents house. Now he is already 21 years old and ready to make a greater contribution to the family ...

Yi Qin invited me to the chalet at Aranda Country Club that he had organized himself eventhou it was nothing special I finally seems to acknowledged that he has come of age and know proper planning and stuff...

The cake ...

The grandparents ;p

2nd Uncle Family

Most of the relatives ...

with grandparents ...

the main boy and his ger ...

I sincerely wish my dear cousin a very happy birthday and a happy life ahead ...

Happy Bithday Mum - 18th August 2009

2009-08-18T21:12:00.003+08:00

Today is my boss birthday and coincidentally it is also my Mum's too. Sis suggested to eat out so that Mum no need to cook so I suggested Chinese Cuisine at Tampines Central but as Mum was lazy to travel we decided on our nearby kopitiam instead.

I ordered the following for a total of 51+ SGD
Pictures taken using Samsung Omnia phone ;p

Bittergourd Soup ... 4SGD

Coffee Pork Rips ... 12SGD

Stir Fried Ginger Frog ... 15SGD

Stir Fried Xiao Bai Cai with 3 types of mushrooms at ... 8SGD

Hot Pan Tofu ... 10SGD

To my surprise the zhu chao was pretty good & four of us enjoyed the good food with dad commenting on how the dishes can be done better ;p

Singapore Toys Games & Comics Convention 2009 - 15th Aug 2009

2009-08-15T22:39:00.003+08:00

Meet up with Nicholas for Singapore Toys, Games & Comics Convention 2009 at Suntec Singapore.

It was pretty crowded but the spacing between stores and exhibits where pretty well placed. Many cool cos-players posing sportingly for photographers as well as many cool toys on displays. Really an event for old and young :)

Time for pictures ...

Dinner Tonkichi ...

I ordered Miso Ramen with Sashimi set which comes with Chawamushi as well for 20SGD ... Sashima was very fresh and thick love it! Ramen was abit too salty for my liking and Chawamushi was rather plain

Nic ordered this, forgotten what it was but it cost 22SGD :X

Initially I'hv changed 10dollars to 1 dollar coins for the Luna Maria Gashapons but turned out that none was available in the 100hundreds of machine at the venue =( Hence I try my luck with the cute Doraemon instead. I also bought two iron dolls at 10 dollars each...

Nic got another Asuka while trying to get Rei and generously gave it to me :)

MUM's Birthday - 15th Aug 2009

2009-08-15T22:24:00.003+08:00

After being told by Kein that Mum's birthday is tomorrow I decided to buy durian cake from Goodwood Park Hotel for her today as I would be working tomorrow. Unfortunately durian season is over and they aren't any durian items available :( Plan B was to get a cheese cake from the Deli of Goodwood Park instead.

Mum cook a few dishes to welcome me for lunch =)

Cheese Cake

Happy Group Family photos and cake cutting ...

She finish the whole big piece of cake that I cut for her ... haha ...Kein say Mum never finish any cake they bought for her last time ... She love me more mwahahah !!! ;p

Happy Birthday MUM, May all you wishes come true & Kein give you grandson to play soon ;p

Disclaimer : She is my unofficial God-Mum :X

To get a New Bag - 14th August 2009

2009-08-14T23:55:00.005+08:00

Went to city area in search of a casual looking leather bag for work as I am tired of carrying the heavy laptop bag already :(

Meet up with Doreen & Siew Hiong as both of them are also around city area. Along the way we saw Daniel, Siu Po, Raymond and Nicole at different parts of Orchard. Guess our colleagues all have no place to go during off days ;p

We walk nearly all the shopping centers namely Tangs, Isetan, Takashimaya, Ion etc and finally found a suitable bag at Espirt in Isetan.

Dinner was settled at Xin Wang Hongkong Cafe @ Ion Orchard ...
Doreen ordered Black Pepper Chicken Spaghetti @ 8.50SGD

I ordered Chicken Chop Cheese Baked Rice @ 9.90SGD ... pretty good minus the chao da rice along the edge ;p

Siew Hiong ordered gigantic TOFU and Mochi with white sesame @ 3.90 each. The TOFU was actually french toast ;p

Took a photo with Doreen before leaving the restaurant ...

Siew Hiong left for home shortly after while me and Doreen headed to TCC for a drink before calling it a night ...

Night at Mono - 7th Aug 2009

2009-08-07T23:10:00.004+08:00

Met up with CT, Lionnel & Alice after work @ One Raffles Quay before making our way to Habourfront where we had our dinner at The Coffee Club ...

Our first order to arrived was the Calamari Rings @ 7.90SGD ...

CT ordered Wild West Baked Rice@15.90SGD ... I don't eat beef but CT say it was not bad ... I ordered Skipper's Delight @ 15.90SGD and the fish was pretty good but pasta was abit overcooked ..

Lionnel ordered Captain Crunch Pasta @ 15.90 SGD, the sauce was not good so is the pasta & the soft shell crab sucks :X ... Alice ordered Carbonara Moderna @ 14.90 SGD and it was not bad as well ...

We went for a short walk around Vivo City to digest our food before making our way to Mono at St James Power Station ...

We started at around 10pm+ and ended at around 12 finishing more than 1 bottle of Martell VSOP and sung a couple of song in the process ;p

Dinner @ Xin Yuan Ji - 4th Aug 2009

2009-08-04T23:12:00.002+08:00

Meet up with Winston, Bee Sin & Ryan at Tan Queen Lan St(Opp Bugis Junction) to have our dinner at Xin Yuan Ji Fish Head Steamboat Restaurant. The queue was pretty long and the restaurant was fully pack, as Ryan and Winston was late we were also not allowed to wait inside if we do not start ordering :(

I was not very pleased with such service at first but I realised that if every other person wait inside for their friends to come they would have lost plenty of business via waiting since their seats are pretty limited.

We finally got into the restaurant at about 8pm and food arrived pretty fast as we ordered while queuing up. I was told that this restaurant is famous for their fish soup ....

We ordered the smallest one which cost 25SGD & it was really pretty good ...

The other 3 dishes we ordered were Prawn Paste Chicken Wing @ 12 SGD, Red Wine Pork Ribs @ 12 SGD & Deep Fried Baby Squid respectively ...

All four of us enjoying the dinner ... food was pretty good and about market price which explains the crowd coming here ...

We proceed to TCC to "la kopi" ...
Ryan ordered Nutella which was way smaller then he thought ;p

Last few pose for pictures afterwhich we chit chat till about 1030pm before making our way home ...

Lunch Treat from Eric - 4th Aug 2009

2009-08-04T23:11:00.001+08:00

After working like a bangala for Eric yesterday night till 9pm, he decided to reward us by treating us to lunch ^_^

And of cause I wouldn't have choose a cheap one :X
We decided on Fish & Co as I thought they served LOBSTER ... but I was wrong =( nevertheless I got many prawns ... haha

Fish & Co @ Parkway Parade Shopping Center

Soup of the day Seafood Chowder was great!

Swee Huat & Rendi ordered this grilled Salmon ...

Me & Jack was not so kind :X we ordered Premium Platter (Grilled Version) @59.90SGD++

Portion as still alittle to huge for both of us but we finish it nevertheless :D

Thank you for the Lunch Eric ... eventhou u can't read this :X

Karaoke Outing - 1st August 2009

2009-08-02T22:47:00.002+08:00

Meet up with Shifu, Albin and UTM for Karaoke at Partyworld Shentonway on Saturday.

Sang from 3pm till 7pm before proceeding to Marina Square for our dinner. Albin suggested Hotpot Culture hence we heed his suggestion and proceed without much objection.

Some of the stuffs that we ordered ...

Food comes in either "ala carte" style which you can ordered and would be served accordingly or you may choose from those available at the counters ...

Soup base comes with 4 types - Chicken, Fish , Herbal, Tom Yam ...

For around 30SGD per pax during weekends I personally feel that it's too expensive for the varieties they served. Nevertheless the food was pretty ok.

Belated Birthday Lunch for Bee Sin - 31st July 2009

2009-07-31T18:34:00.002+08:00

Decided to treat Bee Sin for lunch since there was no present for her this year from me :X
Meet up at about 1pm outside her office and she says she is bringing me to a restaurant called Manna.
Sounds like Indian or Malay food but turned out to be Korean ;p

The restaurant was still relatively packed when we reached at around 1305hrs. After we placed our orders, 6 dishes of side dish was served Free Of Charge...

Kimchi with Pork Soup for 16 SGD ... (warning real spicy stuff but taste good)

Bee Sin ordered BBQ Chicken Lunch Set while I order BBQ Pork Lunch Set at 9.50SGD and 9.80SGD respectively ...

I would say the food was pretty good and has the authentic Korean flavor will definitely go again next time =)

Satisfied customer ... Wish Bee Bee a very Happy Belated Birthday again =)

Karaoke Outing Organised by Ethan - 30th July 2009

2009-07-31T09:57:00.003+08:00

Ethan invited me to his karaoke outing that he had organized for his team and the admins. Those whom his team liaise with most were also invited and I believe that's the category I falls into ...

We started at around 7pm and sing all the way to around 1am before we call it a day ...

We decided to head down for supper at a prata shop along Bendemeer road which was suggested by Alvin. It must have been a conspiracy since that shop is very near his house :X

Team Lunch & Jack Birthday Celebration - 30th July 2009

2009-07-31T09:55:00.001+08:00

Both my boss invited me for team lunch and luckily both is at the same location else I really don't know which I should go ;p
Seems like Latitude @ ONE°15 has become our normal spot for team lunch :X

After some group photos ....

I wasted no time in attacking the food ;p

We celebrated Jack's birthday as well =) ... handing over of present from Alvin,CT,Siew Hiong and Me ....

Siew Hiong cries when she saw the cake :X

Birthday cake and Birthday boi ...

Coffee to end the lunch ...

We finished the meal at around 1450hrs and proceed our way back to work after taking another group photo ...

New Office - 29th July 2009

2009-07-29T20:03:00.003+08:00

FINALLY after exactly 1 YEAR we finally have our NEW OFFICE ... sort of minus electrical and network point that is :X

Waiting for the auspicious hour ...

HUAT AH !!!

Fine weather ... view via our side window ..

Group photo ...

Around the office ...

more pictures after I decorate my desk next week ;p

NDP 2009 - NE Show - 18th July 2009

2009-07-18T23:13:00.001+08:00

Met up with Jack at around 2pm to visit the site for this year NDP 2009 to check out the network equipments used this year. This might well be the last time we support the event on site as our technical expertise might no longer be needed =(

Nevertheless we took this opportunity to go around the site and took pictures ...

Marching contingent doing dry practices while the other personnel set up the ticketing check counters around marina ...

The crowd starts to come in gradually followed by the children at around 5pm ...

The happy children started to fill the Marina Platform so did the 3 photographers ;p

As usual The Red Lions started off the event ...

Followed by the mock Anti-Terrorist exercise to display different defensive system Singapore possesses ...

Disclaimer : Events might not be in order from now on :X

Something new this year ... 21 gun salute on floating Landing crafts ...

The usual Flag fly by ....

This year fighter plane fly by was pathetic ... only THREE F-16s ... =(

Day changed to night ...

The show ended with a bang as the rumored "60% of actual day" fireworks was fired to lighten the dark skies ...

Me, Jack, Roland and Yong Shin ended our day at Marina with a dinner at Kenny Rogers before heading our way home ...

~ Nasi Lemak Day ~ 17th July 2009

2009-07-17T22:51:00.002+08:00

Woke up early at around 6:45am as boss wanted us to attend HP software solution to automated operations services aka Business Technology Optimization (BTO).

We meet up at around 8am at city hall before heading for NUSS Suntec City - Guild House - The College. It was a very pleasant looking place to hold a seminar but the space was rather small to hold anymore than 20 odd participants.

Breakfast provided was not to our liking hence we went to Mac Donald to setting it ...

The seminar ended at about noon which was about time for Jack & I to meet Alex for the Nasi Lemak treat that he had arranged for us earlier ...

The chili plus the nasi lemak prepared was great stuff just that the fish can be improved by frying it more crispy ;p

All of us enjoyed the food and chit chat session, after which the WASS team proceed for gaming session at Gaming Haven while the rest of us left for our own walk walk session.

Thanks for the food Alex =)

CosFeast VIII - 11th July 2009

2009-07-11T21:43:00.006+08:00

Meet up with Nicholas and Alvin at White Sands for lunch before we head out to Downtown East for the annual cosplay event in Singapore the CosFest VIII. We reached the location at about 1pm and the snapping of photos was non-stop since then on ....

At around 2pm the karaoke contest was carried out while we snap away with the nice songs being sang out by the contestants...

More cosplayers ...

Two of my favorites ... Black Saber ...

and Tiga

I also manage to get some photos together with the cosplayers ...

We finally stopped at around 6pm when we made our way back to White Sands for a cup of coffee at Coffee Club before ending the day ...

Kota Kinabalu Trip - 2nd to 5th July 2009

2009-07-05T15:55:00.008+08:00

2nd July 2009 1800hrs, we made our way to Singapore's Budget Terminal for our flight Tiger Airway's TR484 which is bound to depart at 2020hrs.

Everyone arrived to meet up for dinner at Mac Donald's within the airport departure hall and Da sao took a group photo for us.

We reached Sabah's Kota Kinabalu Terminal 2 arrival hall at around 2235hrs ...

Siew Hiong had already booked a driver for the entire trip and we were pleased that he was awaiting for us well ahead of schedule to pick us up to the hotel.
The hotel that we stayed in was Best Western - Kinabalu Daya Hotel and it was only about 15mins drive from the airport.

As we were not tired we decided to walk around the hotel's vicinity before heading back to rest for the day ...

Woke up at 7am to start the day 1 of the trip with breakfast at the hotel's cafe...

The only thing I was not satisfied was there were very limited choice of food provided by the hotel but it was cheap so I guess I shouldn't expect much.

After breakfast was done we proceed to get ready for our island trip aka Tunku Abdul Rahman (TAR) Marine Park while waiting for our driver to pick us up ...

We were drove to Jesselton jetty which was about 15mins away from our hotel ...

From here we discuss the activities we wanted to carry out with the boat man grap our snorkeling kits and proceed to the boat that we hire for the day ...

We are off to our first island drop - Pulau Mamutik ...

This was chosen as our first snorkeling stop as it was the island with the least human presence and fishes was aplenty according to our boatman ...

After snorkeling it was nearly noon hence we proceed to the next island Palau Sapi for our BBQ Buffet lunch ...

BBQ Lunch ...

This island is also infested with many big moniter lizard with average length of 1meter ...

I started wandering around the island taking pictures ...

We left Palau Sapi at around 1500hrs and proceed to Palau Manukan ...

The island has chalets/resort and many amenities ...

We snorkel and relax along the beach till around 1700hrs before we made our way back to mainland.

After cleaning ourselves back at the hotel we proceed to look for the legendary big big prawn ... We found a seafood resturuant that sell one for 60 Ringgit O_O!!! which was way to expensive according to Sam hence we carried on our search ...

We finally concluded that we should eat at the local seafood market area and the prawn just cost us around 15 Ringgit each =)

I got to eat the BIGGEST BIG BIG PRAWN mwhahaha!!! :X

We went for a leisure walk around the area and proceed back to the hotel carried out our drinking session after buying green tea and tidbits from a nearby supermarket ...

Jack was pretty happy ;p even after being assaulted by Siew Hiong :X

We finally get to rest at around 0200hrs.

After breakfast at 0715hrs at the hotel we head out with our driver at 0800hrs towards Mount Kinabalu National Park ...

We stopped along the way to visit the souvenir shop located near midway of the park...

I was disappointed that the park was merely like a visitor center and we don't get to "climb" the famous mountain =( We went to a nearby Flower garden since it was along the way to our next stop the Hot Spring + Canopy Walk ...

Lunch was arranged by our driver along the way at a small local restaurant managed by Malays which serve Chinese style food ...

When we reached Poring Hot Spring area it began to rain heavily =(

We continue our tedious walked uphill towards the Canopy Walk ...

We took approximately 40mins to complete the walk and make our way back down towards the hot spring area to relax our feet. Along the way Doreen kanna sneak attacked by a leech that hook on to her chest area =( While me and Jack tried to find for lighter and medicated oil, her buddy Siew Hiong use her hand to plug it off O_O!! Respect ;p

We headed back down the mountain park back to the hotel but stopped along the way to take pictures of the majestic Mount Kinabalu again ...

We managed to catch a rainbow too ...

On the way back to the hotel ...

Dinner at a chinese restaurant two blocks away from out hotel ... it was good and cheap :)

While the ladies went to shop at One Borneo Shopping Center, we went for our 2 hour Thai Massage that cost 126 Ringgit each. It was so relaxing that both Sam and Roland slept for a long part of the massage :X

We meet up again with the rest at a Kbox, yes KBox @ The Waterfront area ...

Singing lasted till 2am before we make our way back to finish the remaining drinks.
Jack, Roland, Sam, Peh Lee and I were the chosen personnel for the task and we finished most of the drinks by 4am before heading back to bed.

We skipped the hotel's breakfast and tried out some local dishes for our breakfast ...

We concluded the trip with a walk along the Sunday Flea Market located behind our hotel and made our way to the Airport at around 1030hrs ...

I was hungree so eat again ;p

We boarded the flight TR483 at around 1145hrs and departed at 1205hrs ...

Thank you to everyone whom made this trip possible and I really enjoyed it together with everyone =)

Photo Taking Session - 27th Jun 2009

2009-06-27T23:01:00.001+08:00

Meet up with Jack and Megane at Bugis at around 10am. Initally we wanted to have our breakfast at Ya Kun but settled on Mac Donald instead. After having breakfast we were joined by Nicole, Alvin and Christopher shortly.

The first stop was the colorful stairway along bugis street ...

Alvin was shooting away at the construction site as well ...

Then we stroll along the road and proceed to the "Street photography" that was the plan. The start point was Bali Street ...

We proceed further eastwards and reached Kampong Glam area ...

Christopher in full battle order ...

Masjid Sultan Singapura Mosque

Malay Heritage Center - Istana Kampong Gelam

Megane trying to be a show ger ... :X

Time for Lunch ...
My Seafood Mee Goreng

Christopher's Nasi Ayam Curry

Megane and Nicole's Maggi Goreng

Alvin's fried rice

Jack ordered Mutarbat

One final shot before heading back to Bugis MRT and Alvin left for other activities ...

Marina Barrage was our next destination ...

We start taking pictures of the International Event - Singapore Dragon Boat Festival 2009 that was taking place at the barrage ...

Many people were there flying kites as well at the windy roof top ...

We were all pretty tired after standing under the hot sun and decided to have some cool drinks before dinner ...

Streets Cafe at Raffles City was decided venue ...

Photo taking does not stop thou ;p

The drinks were pretty good and cost around 3-4SGD each ...

We started thinking of where we can have a relaxing dinner and rest our tired body ... Kbox Dinner Buffet was finally decided after much discussion ...

Group photo ...