i passed!

Nothing to boast about, but im really happy for passing my basic theory test...after years (2 yrs to be exact, ever since sis bought a car) of wanting to have my driving license converted. I was perpetually delaying, gave all sorts of excuses i.e. laz to study, no leave to sit for exam, the exam is tough, timing not right .... all lame excuses i could think of.

Finally, the mission accomplished, and i'll be on the road soon ~~

My first emcee on stage

A very good evening ladies and gentlemen, a very warm welcome and thank you for joining us on this special day of Jasper&Seeyin.... thats how it begins......

It was Monday at the wedding banquet, I was supposed to be there at 6 pm for the debriefing, rushed from my office 5:30 sharp hope to reach on time, aiks i was late and my partner was there rehearsing himself when i reached. Quickly i changed and got ready for the last rehearsal...oh my, its almost 7pm then and the guests were coming in soon.

I'm not used to public speaking, even worse this is the first time emceeing, quite nervous and heart beating fast..90rpm?. My worrisome came by... but with the help of my partner, we managed to run through a few times, and i was wee bit relieved.

It started around 83o that night, was slightly delayed. Standing on the platform, facing the guests, i felt adrenaline rushed through my veins at first. Slowly and steadily, we carried through the first session, then the second. I like the toast session best, the "yam seng" cheers from heng dai was like eveready batt, long and powerful. Finally, we made the closing and banquet ended at 1030.

It was a wonderful night, and i had great time, gave it a 99% =)

Recycled dress

costume design: hongaboy(top)/xiaoyu(bottom)

RSAF Open House 2008

The story begins ......

Paya Lebar Air Base

Black Kight pilots featuring CH

lucky drawn ticket for free aircraft ride

air transporter C130 Hercules boarding pass granted

before boarding

empty cabin

emergency O2 supply

got a front window seat

rear view of the aircraft

prepare for take off

way up high~~

smoke gets in your eyes~~

gloomy cloud

Hercules landed in rain, approx. 40mins flight, unforgettable journey =)

One "suay" day

CASE REPORT

Date: 16 August 2008
Time: 1600 - 1640
Venue: Sengkang
Description: 5 yrs old, dark green RENOMA (chinghwee's beloved wallet)
Incident report:
Subject was found missing after taxi-ride to punggol. Suspected lost:
1. in taxi
2. nearby HDB flat
Follow up actions:
- cancellation of bank cards -> 3 banks to call
- report to police -> denied as police accepts only stolen cases
- check ICA website for I/C replacement -> waraoz...replacement fees SGD100 + documentations
*point to note: victim was puzzled, depressed, miserable for 3.5 days

Case resolved:
One kind lady picked it and contacted victim via letter. Yay! i got it all back~~

I'm back

Never posted for such a long time, but decided to pick it up again.
Have experienced a lot for the past few months, alone, with family and frenz. Hardly remember everything that happenned but vaguely some which i would like to blog it. First and foremost, departure of my dearest hong hong to Australia in Jan, it was hard initially, things didn't turn out as smooth but have settled down eventually. All the best to you and we are proud of you!
The next event which came immediately was Chinese new year and visited some frenz up north. It was a short yet memorable trip. March and April weren't good, was busy preparing for some exams, didn't do well, as i have high expectation of myself.
Went into a transition phase in may and june, shall i stay on or leave my job? It wasn't an easy decision to make, as I'm moving out from my comfort zone into an unknown territory. Anyway, the decision was made, I'm on the way out, and seeking new adventures in the next month.

Birthday 07 cum 1st anniversary

This blog was created by sis as my 06' birthday gift. Time flies and i'm now celebrating my 07' birthday cum blog first anniversary.
Had a "blow cake" session with my colleagues today (9 Nov) as an advance celebration. This was my 3rd in the office, even though its short and sweet, but gonna be memorable to me.
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10th Nov is the day! celebrated with sis and bil @ swensen and we only realised they offer special treat for birthday: complementary main course for any 3 main courses ordered + fire house ice cream. 3 of us shared the 4 main courses... really a big feast this year!

what time is it?

How do you ask the time in Japanese? i ma nan ji des ka? - what's the time now?
How do you answer?
"ji" = o'clock
1:00 i chi ji
2:00 ni ji
3:00 san ji
4:00 yo ji
5:00 goh ji
6:00 ro ku ji
7:00 shi chi ji
8:00 ha chi ji
9:00 ko ji
10:00 ju ji
11:00 ju i chi ji
12:00 jiu ni ji
:05 goh hun
:15 jiu go hun
:25 ni jiu go hun
:35 san jiu go hun
:45 yong jiu go hun
:55 goh jiu goh hun
:10 jiu pun
:20 ni jiu pun
:30 san jiu pun
:40 yong jiu pun
:50 goh jiu pun
Answer eg. "i ma (now) san ji go hun (3:05)des"

10 dollars cut

10-minute haircut is shrooming everywhere in town, EC (ExpressCut),QB (QuickBeauty) The idea was originated from Japan, which you can have a 10mins hairdo for 10 bucks. At first i was a lil reluctant to try...but in the end i decided "why not?", if didn't look nice, just wash a few more times and it will grow.
The first cut was quite good, and satisfied, not much of styling basically just cut and trim. Was impressed by their speed and neat-clean concept, no nonsense services. Thereafter, i started to visit them on regular basis, once every 6 weeks. My hair is short, not much to style. most importantly i saved up a lot, used to pay 25-30 bucks per cut. Amount that i save 52/6 x (25-10)= 130bucks per year! (by no mean of calculative):P

New Skin

It is not the season molting; I lost my skin couple of days ago, the whole site was not loaded properly, turned into html format.
Hope the new skin is fine, back to simplicity.

Touch

The sense of touch is wonderful. My heart leaps everytime i touched, it gave a sense of excitement and curiousity when it slips away from me.
Guess what that makes me feel the pleasure?? Its the fish in the water that i touched today. I have never experienced this before. Had a good trip at Sentosa Island - Underwater world. I felt myself so close to the nature!

HK+SZ trip - Aug 07

Day 1 - 16 Aug 07,
We were told to be at the airport at 4:45 AM! Gosh, our flight is 6:45 am, do we need to be there so early? Obediently, i reached there on time and checked in luggage. Wandering around the airport till the time to board. Everyone was so excited on the plane, as the plane was moving towards the the runway, the captain announced "We are returning to the gate for checkup due to unidentified smell in the air-conditioning" 30 mins later, announcement came again "We have detected and fixed the failure, ready for take off". I was not scared or worried, but astonished cz never had such encounter in my life.
We touched down at noon, and checked-in to the hotel. My first meal in hk is wanton mee with milk tea at 茶餐厅. We walked around Mongkok later on. So happen that dad was travelling in hk also, had dinner with him that night, seafood feast at gold coast.
Day 2 - 17 Aug 07,
Morning call at 6am, we had dimsum at restaurant, then half day tour in hk. Went to few places like repulse bay, golden bauhinia square, madame tussauds etc. We had teochew lunch at noon, then transfer to shenzhen by train. Second half of the days was spent in shenzhen, 东门老街. Thats the heaven for my fellow buddies, because they shopped for loads of shoes, bags and clothes.
Day 3 - 18 Aug 07,
Shenzhen one day tour, as usual, they brought us to see jewellery and TCM - bored, then window of the world, 小人国 and cultural village, which we have to walk under the sun (temperature was 35 degrees) i melted and tanned! We had 2 shows at cultural village, first being china costume show, it was great. However, the second was unforgettable, 15 mins after the show, sepat typhoon arrived. The performance was abandoned and we were trapped in the rain.
Day 4 - 19 Aug 07,
Back to HK, it was free and easy, and i decided to tour around admiralty and causeway bay before meeting Flora (my hk fren) at the food fair. The exhibition was huge and crowded, but i enjoyed so much, cz have tried lots of food there. Flora brought me around, went to avenue of stars, 庙街, and had lots of nice streets food(smelly beancurd, curry fishball, fried oyster cake etc)
Day 5 - 20 Aug 07,
Slightly exhausted after a few days, but my stomach still hyperactive, and craving for good food. We had dimsum, tried hk mooncake, egg tart, etc. Spent another half day in HK before travelling back to SG.

The King And I

The King and I musical is in town! Have seen this on movie twice, different version, first is "The King and I" by Yul Brynner, and the second "Anna and the King" by Chow Yun Fatt. This is the third, which i caught on Stage of esplanade!

Quite like the storyline which tells about the story of a school teacher, Anna who was hired by the King Mongkut of Siam to teach his wives and children, although it was claimed to be historically inaccurate.

I was fully indulged in the songs, "Getting to know you" and "Shall we dance" being the favourite, funny play of the King, with his famous utter - et cetera, et cetera, et cetera... hehe..
Good play!

My crave

Hey sis, when are we making popiah again? has been a month plus since we last made.

I'm craving for this lately, is one of my fav food - i call it "the oriental sushi" cz i use seaweed instead of "spring roll skin" (any special term?)

The 'secret' recipe of my style of popiah is:

Ingredients: eggs, beansprout, beancurd, long bean, mince pork+onion, bang guang, seaweed paper
Prepare all ingredients as shown in picture, then put a bit of each dishes on the lower end of seaweed paper. Slowly fold in and roll~~

Advice: must not be greedy, too much filling will burst the seaweed paper.

Try it out!

KL trip - Jul 07

Yay! Home again, almost 2 months since my last trip in KL. Its a short one this time (Sun - Wed) cz mainly for work, not taking any leave.
Day 1, took the early coach this morning, and travelled a long journey (300+ km, ~6 hours inclusive of 30 mins break at ayerhitam). Never got a chance to sleep in the bus, cz they showed movies thoughout the journey - The Marine and Mr Bean with high speaker volume, can hear clearly even with my mp3 on...sigh.
Reached home around 2 pm, exhausted with hunger.... and forgotten to let sis know that i have reached safely... till she called me at 5pm....paiseh, me always like that.
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Day 2, worked from KL office. Have been there a few times, quite familar with the people also. Oh yeah, i also visited Malaysia Pesticide Board, its an old building, located at jln parliament, not much to see, typical gov office. After lunch, had discussion with colleagues to clear some backlogs... yeah, my day work at KL, pleasant and fruitful.
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Day 3, full day seminar at Subang Sheraton, which is about the registration of veterinary products. I have paid full attention throughout the presentation, cz its something i'm gonna work on for the next few months. Also, met some frens at the event, nice catching up with them, cz have not seen for some time.... a tired day.

Had a photo snapping session with bro at night, end products:

shooting skill....me vs bro

new celebrity

Who is this small eyes starring into the microscope? A potential RAIN to be huh :P
Picture snapped from an edu.my website.

2007 - Second 1/2

Welcome to the second half of 2007... gosh, time is sneaking away, as it always does, silently.
Was reviewing my first half year, and noticed that.... hey not much have been accomplished.
1. wanted to convert my driving license in Jan, but have been perpetually postponed.
2. planned to take some courses, oh have been delaying
3. exericise more, to hit my "ideal" weight...but still my input always > than output.
Guess i have laze enough.. better buck up a lil in the coming 6 months...and to make some wonders.

My new toy

yoohoo~~ bought a new handphone last weekend, sony ericsson K800i... decision made in 30 minutes, expedited within an hour. Have been eyeing on nice cool phone lately, knowing that my contract is going to end in July, should i get Nokia or Sony? 3G or walkman phone?

Finally the phone is in hand, it looks gorgeous, silvery mated cover with much wider display and a lot more of its astonishing features. This 3 day old toy of mine, is yet to be explored!

Was this the phone used by James Bond in Casino Royalo? :P

KL trip - May 07

Have not been home for 2 months. Went back with sis for a relaxing and enjoyable weekend stay in KL. Throughout the 5 days, i din shop, no gallivant... but had 100% of my time with family, celebrated dad's birthday and attended hong's convo.
Wish i could have a longer stay at home, really look forward to my next "balik kampung".

Dad: see, how striking i am.... blue shirt and red tie... my perfect match....

Mom: come, lets take another picture here...

Sis: my "hairband + side parting" look....

Hong: can you help me snap?

Me: lets take a nice pic for my blog.... say "cheese"

My Pencil

Something i have read recently, by Paulo Coelho - the story of the pencil...from ....Like the Flowing River
Have you ever thought of the 5 qualities of a pencil? I find it interesting cz it reflects so brilliantly in my life... and i want to be a good pencil.
~First Quality~ as a pencil, can be very capable of great things, but shall never forget that a pencil should always be guided by a well hand on the moves, which would be my believes.
~Second Quality~ now and then, when i'm blunt, i have to stop writing and use a sharpener. It will make me feel a lil suffer but after that i will become a much sharper pencil. A bit of sorrows that i experience in life, will make me a stronger and better person.
~Third Quality~ pencil always allows ppl to correct its mistake with an eraser to rub. Being corrected is not necessarily a bad thing cz this will lead me to a brighter path.
~Fourth Quality~ the appearance of wooden exterior that covers the pencil doesn't really matter cz is the graphite inside that counts the quality.
~Fifth Quality~ pencil always leaves a mark. I must always be mindful cz whatever i have done in my life will leave a mark.
I like Coelho's work, its really inspiring and powerful.